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Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Book Blitz: Family Ties by Michele Packard #psychological #dark #suspense #rabtbooktours @aesopstories

Psychological Dark Suspense

Date Published: September 9, 2025

When an unidentified patient is admitted to a psychiatric ward, her erratic behavior and cryptic journal entries leave the staff scrambling for answers. Fragmented tales of abandonment, conspiracy, and violence spill from her lips, blurring the line between reality and delusion.

Dr. Teresa Brock is determined to uncover the truth. But every clue she uncovers deepens the mystery, pulling her into a labyrinth of chilling revelations. Is the patient a victim of mental illness? A master manipulator? Or something far more dangerous?

About the Author

Michele Packard writes like she talks—with just enough sarcasm to make you smirk and squirm at the same time. An award-winning, multi-genre author, Packard is best known for her snarky, high-stakes thrillers that blend conspiracy, chaos, and current events. But she’s not afraid to slow down the pace and get personal, especially when sharing stories that open conversations around mental health, addiction, and grief.

Her background? Military kid turned cable TV exec turned full-time mom—and now, full-throttle storyteller. Her family dubbed her "AESOP" for her tendency to exaggerate (okay, lie creatively), and she's proudly living up to the name. Whether she's writing fiction that reads like Bourne meets The Americans, or raw nonfiction that hits where it hurts, Packard keeps readers hooked with her wit, grit, and brutal honesty.

Her books have been recognized by the American Book Festival, BestThrillers.com, Pencraft Awards, and Writer’s Digest, among others. But her favorite accolades come from readers who say, “I stayed up all night reading,” or, “You put into words what I’ve felt for years.”

Follow her misadventures and latest releases at http://www.michelepackard.com or on Bookbub: Michele Packard.

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Monday, July 14, 2025

Tour Kick Off: Kill Beth by Jon Cohn #nowontour #horror #psychological #blogtour #rabtbooktours @JonCohnAuthor

Horror/Psychological

Date Published: June 12, 2025

Publisher: Deadbolt Books

After a horrific incident fifteen years ago, theater director Mike O’Brien never planned to return to Seattle. But when his estranged best friend sends him a script he can’t ignore, Mike finds himself back in the city with a spotlight on his troubled past.

As rehearsals begin, so do the nightmares. Strange figures keep him up at night, the production is plagued by one horrific accident after another, and everywhere he goes he can’t help but see the same message: Kill Beth. The strange thing is, Mike doesn’t know anyone named Beth, or how he could ever be capable of killing anyone.

When his world descends into chaos, Mike has to ask if he’s being haunted by his past, or if there is some sinister force working behind the curtain to derail his life.

About the Author

Jon Cohn is a horror novelist and professional board game designer. His works include 2024 Indie Book Brawl Quarter-Finalist Slashtag, and the much less popular, but award winning novel The Island Mother. He gets his best ideas from a tarot reader who lives in Hawaii.

As a designer, Jon is very excited to finally be able to merge horror books and board games together by bringing Ghostland to life as a board game, coming to Kickstarter. He’s also designed games like Thanksgiving, co-designed with Eli Roth, Basket Case and Taboo Horror.

Order autographed books, and get updates for new games and upcoming novels at www.joncohnauthor.com. Sign up for Jon’s newsletter for free short stories and games, and follow at @joncohnauthor on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok .

Jon lives in San Diego with his supernaturally patient wifeDelaney, and their adorable dog, Miss Cordelia Chase.

He would also love to give you free stuff like stories, audiobooks, and games by signing up for his mailing list at www.joncohnauthor.com.

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July 14 -Nana's Book Reviews - Spotlight

July 15 - The Indie Express - Review

July 16 - Always Reading - Interview

July 17 - Liliyana Shadowlyn - Spotlight

July 18 - Momma and Her Stories - Excerpt

July 19 - The Avid Reader - Interview

July 21 - Book Junkiez - Excerpt

July 22 - The Faerie Review - Spotlight

July 23 - On a Reading Bender - Review

July 24 - Tea Time and Books - Spotlight

July 25 - Texas Book Nook - Review

July 25 - RABT Reviews- Wrap Up

Monday, July 7, 2025

Tour Kick Off: The Rebound Effect by Linda Griffin #nowontour #audiobook #blogtour #giveaway #psychologicalthriller #thriller #rabtbooktours @LindaGriffinA

Psychological Thriller

Date Published: September 23. 2024

Publisher: ACX

Narrator: Catherine Hein Carter

Run Time: 5 hours, 34 minutes

In the small town of Cougar, struggling single mother and veterinary assistant Teresa Lansing is still bruised from a failed relationship when Frank McAllister sweeps her off her feet. Frank is a big-city SWAT officer who moved to Cougar only four months ago. He's handsome, charming, forceful, very sexy, and a bit mysterious. He had his eye on Teresa even before they met and is pushing for a serious relationship right away. Teresa finds his intense courtship flattering, and the sex is fabulous, but she doesn't want her deaf six-year-old son to be hurt again. Her former fiancé cheated on her when he got drunk after being unjustly fired, but he loves her and her son, and the whirlwind romance is complicated by his efforts to win Teresa back. And then there's the matter of the bodies buried at Big Devil Creek…

About the Author

As soon as Linda Griffin learned to read, she knew she wanted to be a “book maker” and wrote her first story, “Judy and the Fairies,” at the age of six. Her passion for the printed word also led her to a career at the San Diego Public Library, including 22 years as Fiction Librarian. She retired to spend more time on her writing, and her stories have been published in numerous journals. She has had ten books published by the Wild Rose Press.

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July 7 - The Faerie Review - Spotlight

July 8 - Readers Roost - Review

July 9 - On a Reading Bender - Review

July 10 - Sarcastically Yours, Jen - Audio Excerpt

July 11 - Book Corner News and Reviews - Spotlight

July 12 - The Avid Reader - Interview

July 13 - Book Junkiez - Audio Excerpt

July 14 - Tea Time and Books - Spotlight

July 15 - Texas Book Nook - Review

July 16 - Sarandipity's - Audio Excerpt

July 17 - Matters That Count - Spotlight

July 18 - Always Reading - Interview

July 19 - Liliyana Shadowlyn - Spotlight

July 20 - RABT Reviews - Wrap Up

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Friday, June 13, 2025

Kill Beth by Jon Cohn #newrelase #newbooks #horror #psychological #rabtbooktours @JonCohnAuthor

Horror/Psychological

Date Published: June 12, 2025

Publisher: Deadbolt Books

When his world descends into chaos, Mike has to ask if he’s being haunted by his past, or if there is some sinister force working behind the curtain to derail his life.

About the Author

Jon lives in San Diego with his supernaturally patient wifeDelaney, and their adorable dog, Miss Cordelia Chase.

He would also love to give you free stuff like stories, audiobooks, and games by signing up for his mailing list at www.joncohnauthor.com.

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Monday, April 28, 2025

Release Blitz: A Voice in the Mind by Bruce M. Perrin #pyschological #thriller #newbooks #releaseday #rabtbooktours

The Mind Sleuth Series

Psychological Thriller

Date Published: April 29, 2025

Randy Hutton had fallen on hard times. He had lost his management job in customer service, “a victim of technology” as his manager had put it during his exit interview. Randy, however, described it as being ousted by little more than a glorified answering machine.

His wife, Isabella Perez-Hutton, on the other hand, was the up-and-coming star at Breakthrough Systems, leading a project that would help artificially intelligent computer systems work with their human counterparts. All the smart machines needed, she reasoned, was a better understanding of the strengths—creativity, intuition—and limitations of their human coworkers.

The irony of the couple’s situation—she building better, faster, smarter technology—and him displaced by a simple form of it wasn’t lost on either of them. That irony, however, wasn’t the reason for the violence that surrounded Isabella at work—a suicide, a demolished lab, a murdered programmer. Rather, the justification for those acts came from a voice deep within Randy’s head, a voice that tormented him endlessly, making sleep impossible and retaliation against those who would destroy him his only sanctuary.

And although Isabella’s new friend, Nicole Veles, came to suspect Randy, would it make any difference? Because by the time she came to this position, husband and wife were deep in the Colorado wilderness and Randy had killing on his mind.

A Voice in the Mind is part of The Mind Sleuth Series

Find out more about all of the books in the series at

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0753HDYWF

About the Author

If you’re interested in what I’m like in something more detailed than what will fit in this space, I’d say, buy any of my books. That overly analytic guy (read geek) is me. OK, I’ve never saved the day like the heroes in my books, but we think alike. I’m interested in technology and psychology (my formal background) and enjoy writing about where they meet, now and in the future. In addition to pounding the keyboard, I like to tinker with home automation and I’m an avid hiker. When I’m not on the trails, you’ll find me at home with my wife and our dog in Aurora, CO.

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Thursday, February 20, 2025

Book Blitz: Infernal Delights from Dragon Soul Press #psychological #horror #excerpt #rabtbooktours @ReadersRoost

Psychological Horror

Date Published: January 16, 2025

Publisher: Dragon Soul Press

Zombies, reapers, and more monsters.

In a world where so many dark things go bump in the night, terror awaits around every corner as these authors take horror stories to the next level. Discover ghosts, demons, and your worst nightmares. Read at your own risk.

Featured stories by C.L. Hart, Mae Thorn, S.E. Reed, Kristen Argyres, Barend Nieuwstraten III, Demi Michelle Schwartz, Adele Liles, C.L. Storm, Benjamin Kurt Unsworth, Desirae Gracyn, Rob Nisbet, Anwen Redlake, Kat Craig, Gabriella Balcolm, Lianne Robinson, David O'Mahony, Andrew J. Lucas, Binod Dawadi, Daniel DiQuinzio, Arwyn Sherman, Stephen Johnson, Kelly Barker, and J.E. Feldman.

The Darkness Within

When does the time come to give up the fight?

When her husband leaves their hardscrabble homestead in the remote Arizona territory to pick up their daughter and granddaughter from the train station in Tucson, Kine Šimonis is left alone to deal with the ghosts of her past. She knows from experience that humans are the worst of monsters, capable of committing actions with lifelong repercussions for the victim.

This story is based on a real incident in the author’s family.

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“I’ll be back this afternoon, mijn liefje. Back home with our daughter and granddaughter. You and Hema will comfort one another, and spirited Miss Emina and I will enjoy adventures together. Things will be good now, you will see.”

Kine Šimonis regarded her husband standing near the door with an expectant look in his forest green eyes. Though time had weathered his face and turned his once-thick rusty brown hair silver, he still stood tall and powerful. Tygo Šimonis had an adventurous spirit and tended to look on the bright side of things. This rugged land was an ideal match for him. Although she was a sturdy woman with the physical stamina of someone half her age, Kine was not as well suited to her environment and circumstances.

A smile turned up the corners of Kine’s mouth but didn’t reach her eyes. She embraced her husband. She still loved him deeply. She didn’t blame him for the darkness inside her.

About the Author

C.L. Hart had a stormy start to her life. She was born at 6 A.M. the morning after Valentine’s Day in 1965 during a raging blizzard.

She has been a fan of horror and weird fiction for as long as she can remember. She used to read horror comics under the covers with a flashlight as a child.

She started reading Edgar Allan Poe when she was six years old. In her early teens, she discovered H.P. Lovecraft. She pretended to lose the copy of At the Mountains of Madness that she borrowed from the school library and paid the fine so she could keep the book.

Ms. Hart blames the team at Chaosium Role-Playing Games for renewing and strengthening her obsession with Lovecraft’s writing. She lives in a small town on the northeastern plains of Colorado in an appropriately old and storied house with her son and cats. She enjoys watching the normal people pass by as she records the happenings in the weird worlds of her imagination.

C.L. Hart writes poetry and nonfiction as Cara Hartley, and erotica as Lil DeVille.

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Monday, September 16, 2024

Tour Kick Off: The Contraption by Barton Allen Stewart #blogtour #nowontour #giveaway #psychologicalthriller #rabtbooktours @BartStewart1

Psychological Thriller

Date Published: 03/25/2024

Publisher: Great Whale Books

The wedding was weeks away for two young lovers, who had counted themselves lucky to have found one another. Then, it was over, as one of them abruptly disappeared. Audrey was not abducted. Not exactly. She was not taken against her will. Rather, her will itself had been taken. Coerced and controlled. Deceived and derailed. Matthias cannot walk away from the catastrophe, though he has nothing to go on, and is in the dark beyond all personal darkness he has ever known . . .

The Contraption is a novel that deals with the challenges faced by a woman who has been recruited into a dangerous, coercive religious cult. Her fiancé is left not knowing even where she is. Her name has been changed and she has been relocated to another state. The cult, Church of the Mountain of Radiance, is an all-controlling psychological prison.

About the Author

The author, Barton A. Stewart, is a long time student of the cult phenomenon, and literary fiction. The Contraption marries together his two long time interests. Stewart has lived all over the United States, is presently single, and currently calls Metro Boston home. His book will be among the most realistic fictional depictions of the kinds of things that can happen in cases like this. Avoiding the sensationalism of so many novels on this subject, Stewart offers a look into another world, which unfortunately exists in the here and now.

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September 17 - Crossroad Reviews - Spotlight

September 18 - Momma and Her Stories - Excerpt

September 19 - Liliyana Shadowlyn - Spotlight

September 20 - Book Junkiez - Excerpt

September 23 - Nana's Book Reviews - Spotlight

September 24 - The Avid Reader - Interview

September 25 - Matters That Count - Spotlight

September 26 - Texas Book Nook - Review

September 27 - Momma Says to Read or Not to Read - Spotlight

September 30 - A Life Through Books - Interview

October 1 - BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee Blog - Spotlight

October 2 - My Bookmarked Reads - Excerpt

October 3 - Sapphyria's Books - Spotlight

October 4 - Novel News Network - Review

October 7 - Lisa's Everyday Reads - Spotlight

October 9 - Ella English - Spotlight

October 10 - Gale Stanley - Spotlight

October 16 - My Reading Addiction - Interview

October 17 - Pat Fayo Reviews - Spotlight

October 18 - On a Reading Bender - Review

October 21 - The Faerie Review - Spotlight

October 23 - Tea Time and books - Spotlight

October 24 - Our Town Book Reviews - Review

October 27 - Readers Roost - Review

October 28 - Books Blog - Spotlight

October 29 - Books. Coffee. Happiness - Excerpt

October 30 - The Indie Express - Review

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Sunday, May 19, 2024

Book Blitz: Can't See Around Corners by Josie Townsend #promo #psychological #thriller #rabtbooktours

Psychological Thriller

Date Published: January 27, 2024

Two fraternal twins, Sharon and Annie are the only children of Edna and Warren Karce.

They are the future of the highly famed socialite dynasty.

The girls have graduated with honors and look forward to their trip to Europe.

The sisters' love for one another is obvious but a sinister force of malicious feelings dwells beneath their facade of shared contentment.

Once abroad and with their hypervigilant parents absent, treachery, deceit, and wickedness develop intensely between the girls, and their relationship advances into the vilest possible nightmare, changing their lives forever.

The discovery of an ancient, mysterious pendant formerly owned by Vlad, the Impaler from Dracula's Castle begins an epic spiral of demonic incidents that traumatize not only the twin girls lives while in Romania but has the ability to penetrate their family's existence back home in Australia.

How will the highly renowned family survive the unforeseen satanic entity, integrated with the discreditable exploits from the once idolized and respected daughters of the Karce Empire?

About the Author

Josie Townsend was born in regional NSW Australia, the eldest daughter of five children. She started writing at the age of 55yrs old and has self-published two manuscripts and a third on the way. At the young age of 21, Josie had a car accident and lost sight in her left eye, so as a vision-impaired writer it was even more difficult for her to write but she endeavour's to follow her heart's desires and keep moving forward in life. Even through her struggles, she believes in never letting life's hardships hold you hostage like you're its victim.

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Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Book Blitz: Brake Check by Gitte Tamar #promo #horror #thriller #darkfantasy #rabtbooktours @brigittetamar

Horror, psychological thriller, dark fantasy, occult, fiction

Date Published: February 18, 2024

When winning turns deadly…

It's 1972. On a scorching summer day in North Carolina, the sight of Rut, the father of her child, cheating with the next-door neighbor, sends pregnant Loretta into labor. Amidst the chaos, she promises that her baby boy, Rich Richardson, will not follow in his father's footsteps as a loser, but become something much greater - a professional race car driver. Loretta leaves the hospital's entrance, filled with anticipation of a fresh start and dreams of her baby's prosperous future. However, the fairytale life she had sold herself quickly takes a dark turn, when she is left with no choice but to go back home to the child's waiting father. Driven by a sense of entitlement to fame and fortune, her impulsive decisions forever change her and her son's fate.

Are you ready to face the horrors that await?

Get your copy today and uncover the rollercoaster of frightening evil that lurks beneath a young man’s life of fame.

About the Author

Brigitte, "Gitte," Tamar was born in a small rural Oregon town. Growing up, she was enthralled by scary tales featuring poetic tones and consistently gravitated towards writing darkened narratives. In the different storylines, Brigitte explores the harsh realities of social issues faced by today's generations. This includes the dark outcomes brought on by peer pressure, addiction, homelessness, mental illness, childhood trauma, and abuse. She feels it is essential to share narratives that refrain from sugarcoating the topics society tends to shy away from.

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