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Lizzie Borden, #Zombie Hunter - Audiobook Tour

2/17/2022

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Celebrate the new audiobook (pre-order now, releases 2/21)  for Lizzie Borden, Zombie Hunter!
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Follow along on the blog tour for a chance to win a $10 gift card and the Kindle ebook is also on sale for $1.99! 
* You can pre-order and get the New! audiobook free with a signup at Audible. (Cancel anytime - but right now it's 3 months free!). (*Releases 2/21).  ** LISTEN to Chapter 1 at my website. **

Follow along on the tour here: (Note: some posts may go up later today)
Feb 17
* The Kickoff is up at Silver Dagger Book Tours
A Pinch of Bookdust
 
Feb 18


Girl with Pen
Liliyana Shadowlyn   
The Faerie Review
  
Feb 19
Books a Plenty Book Reviews
Scrupulous Dreams
 
Feb 20
A Wonderful World of Words
Stormy Nights Reviewing & Bloggin'      
  
Feb 21
Lady Hawkeye  
Sylv.net    
  
Feb 22
The Scratching Post
Books all things paranormal and romance
  
Feb 23
Momma Says: To Read or Not to Read  
The Book Dragon
  
Feb 24
Authors from everywhere
4covert2overt ☼ A Place In The Spotlight ☼
  
Feb 25
❧Defining Ways❧
The Sexy Nerd 'Revue'
  
Feb 26
I Smell Sheep
ⒾⓃⓉⓇⓄⓈⓅⒺⒸⓉⒾⓋⒺ ⓅⓇⒺⓈⓈ
  
Feb 27
Readers Roost
Midnight Book Reader
  
Feb 28
#BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee Blog
Writing Dreams
Twisted Book Ramblings
  
Mar 1
Inside the Insanity
Bedazzled By Books
eBook Addicts    
  
Mar 2
Craving Lovely Books  
Insane Books
The Bookshelf Fairy
  
Mar 3
Valerie Ullmer | Romance Author
Teatime and Books   
Cover Love Book Blog  

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March 21st, 2020

3/21/2020

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Reading During the Covid-19 Outbreak. #Lizzie Borden #zombies

I heard that Amazon is pushing book mailing down on the priority list right now, understandably, in favor of shipping out other much-needed supplies.

But... if you want something to read and crave a print book, check out Bookshop.org to buy print copies of Lizzie Borden, Zombie Hunter and Lizzie Borden, Zombie Hunter 2: The Axe Will Fall, and have them sent to your local bookstore.  Click the titles for links to both books. Stay safe and healthy!

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Lizzie Borden, #Zombie Hunter Sale!

8/13/2018

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Lizzie Borden, Zombie Hunter is on sale!   
* I followed the crimes and the trial, along with offering an entirely different solution to the crime, in my book, Lizzie Borden, Zombie Hunter. (new 2nd edition & new cover!) ** 

** On sale starting at 99 cents August 14 to Aug. 21. - 
UK: On sale Aug. 14-17.  **

* Read what happens next  -  (I will have this book on sale after the first sale is over.)

The story continues in Lizzie Borden, Zombie Hunter 2: The Axe Will Fall...  After the trial and being acquitted of murder, Lizzie thought her life would be "normal' again, but can it? When her sister, Emma, is caught up in the latest zombie outbreak, Lizzie has no choice but to pick up her axe again...

   


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Notable June Dates for Lizzie Borden

6/1/2018

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Lizzie Borden, murderer?
 A chapter of history was closed on this date in 1927 with the death of accused but acquitted murderess Lizzie Borden. She died at age 67 on June 1, 1927.

It was the end of an era, yet the continuation of a never-solved mystery: Did 32-year-old Lizzie Borden hack her father, Andrew Borden, and stepmother, Abby Durfee Borden to death on August 4, 1892?

Lizzie was acquitted of the crimes after a two-week trial that garnered coverage from across the country. Sadly, we still don't know the full truth about what really happened that day.

Many, of course, say she committed the murders for the oldest of reasons, greed, jealousy, anger. Did she want more in life after taking her Grand Tour trip to Europe? 

She certainly wasted no time after the murders, moving to a grand house up on "The Hill," the more prestigious part of town. That home, which she dubbed "Maplecroft," will be opening soon as a new B&B (see inside photos and story) by the same owners of her original home, the murder house and now the Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast Museum on Second St. Stay tuned for more Lizzie news this month.

See another view of the murders in my books, Lizzie Borden, Zombie Hunter and Lizzie Borden, Zombie Hunter 2: The Axe Will Fall.


Lizzie Borden Dates in June:

June 1, 1927  -  Lizzie Borden dies.
June 5, 1893  -  Trial begins at New Bedford.
June 10, 1927  -  Emma Borden dies.
June 20, 1893  -  Lizzie Borden found “Not Guilty.”



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Lizzie Borden, #Zombie Hunter Now in Print!

5/23/2018

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 Just got a few copies of the second edition of Lizzie Borden, Zombie Hunter to check. Looks good! Will be ordering more to have signed copies on hand. I really like the 5x8 size, too. A little smaller than the large paperbacks. Nice to hold!
   I am so in love with the new cover and the covers for both books! (Btw, covers are by Juan Villar Padron.)
Happy Zombie Reading!

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Lizzie Borden, Zombie Hunter 2 Release & Blog Tour!

5/13/2018

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 Today is release day for Lizzie Borden, Zombie Hunter 2: The Axe Will Fall. 
Get it here on Amazon - or buy with all countries link.

(Yes, the print version is coming soon!)
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FOLLOW THE BLOG TOUR! May 14-28
Win copies of book 1 or 2!
(Plus one person will win this bracelet so be sure to sign up here as well!)

Here's the full schedule: 

May 14
Kickoff at Silver Dagger Book Tours
Mythical Books
The Book Dragon
Scrupulous Dreams
May 15
FUONLYKNEW
Cloe Michael's Reads Blog
T's Stuff
Midnight Book Reader
May 16
Triple A
Laurie's Paranormal Thoughts and Reviews
The Book Town
Girl with Pen
May 17
Yearwood La Novela
The Authors Blog
Sweet Southern $avings
Book Review Virginia Lee
May 18
Teatime and Books
Taryn Jameson
Inside the Insanity
A Mama's Corner of the World 
(Warning: I got a malware virus warning when I clicked my book link on the above  site.)


​May 19

The Avid Reader - REVIEW
The Voluptuous Book Diva – GUEST POST
Stormy Nights Reviewing & Bloggin'
Millsy Loves Books
May 20
Sci-Fi & Scary – GUEST POST
Tales of A Wanna-Be SuperHero Mom
Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer
Aconite Cafe
May 21
eBook Addicts
Brianna Remus Books
Bound 2 Escape
3 Partners in Shopping, Nana, Mommy, &, Sissy, Too!
May 22
My Chaotic Ramblings
Deal Sharing Aunt
Books a Plenty Book Reviews
2 Girls & A Book
May 23
fundinmental
Sylv.net
Paranormal Palace of Pleasures
Lost in a book – GUEST POST
May 24
Book-Lover
books are love
Books all things paranormal and romance
Readeropolis – GUEST POST
May 25
Kimmie Sue’s Book Review & More
Momma Says: To Read or Not to Read
BookwormBridgette's World
May 26
Cranky TBC - REVIEW
Jazzy Book Reviews – GUEST POST
Rabid Readers Book Blog
May 27
Queen of All She Reads
nanasbookreviews
Ms. Cat's Honest World
May 28
Maiden of the Pages  - REVIEW
The Phantom Paragrapher - REVIEW
Luv Saving Money


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Lizzie Borden, #Zombie Hunter Release Week! #horror

5/5/2018

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It's Release Week!
 * Lizzie Borden, Zombie Hunter releases Thursday, May 10.
* Lizzie Borden, Zombie Hunter 2: The Axe Will Fall releases May 14. 
 * Release week contests & giveaways, start Mon. 5/7. See GirlZombieAuthors blog.

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New Lizzie Borden, #Zombie Hunter & Book 2 Coming! #horror

3/23/2018

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What's New???
A new edition of  Lizzie Borden, Zombie Hunter is coming out - with a new cover & edits!   ** The new Lizzie Borden, Zombie Hunter 2 is also coming soon. Title to Be Revealed!! Hoping pre-orders will be up by mid-late April.

** Here's a tiny sneak peek of the first line of the book blurb: 

After being acquitted of brutally slaying her parents, Lizzie Borden thinks her nightmare is over—but it’s only just begun!

* Sign up for the newsletter (center top column on main page of this website) for contests & more! New NL coming out Mon. 3/26. 
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A little reveal - Here's part of the new cover title! Cool, huh???? What do you think?
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What did Lizzie Borden's Doctor think? #horror #mystery sale

3/11/2018

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** The Haunting of Dr. Bowen - Kindle SALE, 99 cents. March 12-18 **
(See page for US and UK links.) - ** Woo-hoo! #15,144 and #65 in Ghosts. I was even ranked next to Stephen King at one point!!) 

​Imagine the shock... Dr. Seabury Bowen, neighbor and physician to the Borden family, was driving his carriage home after 11 a.m., Thursday, August 4th, 1892 and gets home to shocking news. His wife, Phoebe, meets him at the screen door, telling him Lizzie came over and says her father was killed!

He rushes over, and despite being a doctor, comes upon a ghastly scene--his former patient and longtime neighbor Mr. Andrew Borden lying dead on the parlor settee, his face gashed and bloody. He is among the first visitors on the scene, as well as the first doctor. He later learns that the 32-year-old younger daughter, Lizzie, and the maid, Bridget Sullivan, are the only ones home at the time of the murder. Then, the stepmother and Mr. Borden's wife Abby Durfee Borden, is found dead, lying in an upstairs bedroom/sewing room, also bashed in the head. 

The doctor finds himself in the middle of what becomes "the crime of the 19th century." His recorded testimony is the only time he shares his story of what happened that morning.

But what did he really think? Was he shaken, maybe even haunted by the horrific, and most unusual, murders?

GET HIS VIEWPOINT!

In The Haunting of Dr. Bowen, A Mystery in Lizzie Borden's Fall River, I share the doctor's point of view, and how the murders, and other events, may have affected the doctor. Did Fall River's past tie into the city's bloody legacy? (Light horror. This is a companion book to my book, Lizzie Borden, Zombie Hunter, but without the zombies.)

About the book:

Dr. Seabury Bowen—physician to the infamous Lizzie Borden—swears he’s being stalked by spirits, though his beloved wife thinks it’s merely his imagination. But the retired doctor insists that neither greed nor anger provoked the recent sensational axe murders in Fall River. Rather, he believes the city is poisoned by bad blood and a thirst for revenge dating back to the Indian and Colonial wars.

Now, two years after the Borden murders, Dr. Bowen is determined to uncover the mysteries stirring up the city’s ancient, bloodthirsty specters. Can he discover who, or what, is shattering the peace before Fall River runs red? Or will he be the next victim?

Part mystery, part love story, The Haunting of Dr. Bowen reveals the eerie side of Fall River as witnessed by the first doctor on the scene of the legendary Borden murders.
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Happy New Year! A New Review of Dr. Bowen Mystery!

1/4/2018

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Hope you had a great start to 2018!
   I started out the new year right with a great new review of my companion book, The Haunting of Dr. Bowen in the Jan. issue of Uncaged Book Reviews  4 stars! 
   Here's part of it: "... An enjoyable story to go along with Lizzie Borden (Zombie Hunter)... Though it explores a slightly different facet of the paranormal genre, it fits nicely into the world Verstraete had already built. Additionally, she added one last bittersweet surprise to the end of the book that reminded me of the story's predecessor..." - Kaitlin, see review online. (Jan. 2018, pg. 90) 
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