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Renée Shantel

indie author & unashamed daydreamer

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Audrey Herringbone’s main focus has always been her YouTube channel dedicated to helping find missing persons, but when her best friend is the one to go missing things start getting a little too real.

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What Are They Saying?

Unputdownable is not a word I use lightly. But I’m using it for this book.
Roz MacLaren Goodreads Review
This superbly-crafted book can best be described as “a ghoulish tale without any ghouls.” It dives deep into the frightening reality that is social media, the internet, the media itself, gossip, and high school dynamics all intermixed. It also highlights that trust is a sacred concept — but you need to be prudent as to whom you give it.
Cynthia BrubakerGoodreads Review
I honestly have so many good things to say about this book. The authors passion is clearly seen in the language that she uses and her descriptions of events are so vivid you’re literally right there…
KimmiGoodreads Review
The biggest plot twist – I definitely did not see that one coming. I nearly dropped my phone while reading that one sentence.
Charmelle HendriksGoodreads Review

About the Author

Renée Shantel started writing at the age of eleven, for no better reason than she was tired of waiting for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix to be released. She has entertained dreams of being published ever since. She has taken several short courses in creative writing, book editing and publishing, and managed to have her first short story published in May, 2017.

When not writing, she can be found shooting analogue photography, casually learning to play the violin, or smothering her cats with love.

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reneeshantel

indie author & unashamed daydreamer

SAILS & SIRENS by @cb.novelist Genre: fantasy roma SAILS & SIRENS by @cb.novelist
Genre: fantasy romance
Rating: 🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶

Eliana is a siren princess. Will is a sea hunter.

She’s been sent to kill him. His purpose in life is to destroy her kind.

Their worlds are about to be upended.

SAILS & SIRENS is a roller coaster ride. We get to jump between both Eliana and Will’s perspectives, seeing the world through each of their eyes, and Cynthia Brubaker has done a wonderful job painting their differing views. They’re both passionate about their beliefs, and it’s hard to tell whether one or the other will break.

Family relationships play an important role in this story, and they’re beautifully done. Anybody with siblings will be right at home with the I-hate-you-but-love-you dynamics on display, and I’d be hard pressed to choose whose siblings I liked more.

Overall, the novel gave me Supernatural vibes, which I LOVED. Replace Sam and Dean with Will and Aidan, throw in a coastal setting and some vicious sea monsters, and you’ve got SAILS & SIRENS.

If you’re into fairytale retellings with a little bit of spice, this one is definitely for you!

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a poem? #diaryofawriter #journal #indieauthorsofi a poem?

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it begins. #wipwednesday #seconddraft #indieautho it begins.

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“Autopsy of a Fairytale” series by @nicolescar “Autopsy of a Fairytale” series by @nicolescarano_author
Genre: paranormal mystery/thriller
Rating: 🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶

This is the kind of series I have always aspired to write, and I’m so glad I finally took it off my TBR and binged it — because it was SO GOOD.

Bel Emerson is an NYPD-turned-small-town detective, but there’s nothing small town about the cases she has to work. Every one of the books in this series brings a crazy new mystery to be solved, and there’s a dash of fairytale in them all (but not so much that it’s overwhelming). Add in the elusive millionaire who screams danger at every turn, and you’ve got this series.

I love a good mystery thriller (could you guess?), and when I tell you this novel had me GRIPPED from the very first chapter, it’s not an exaggeration. These might be small town romances on a level, but they’re not for the faint of heart. The crimes depicted are dark and terrible, and absolutely perfect for anyone who happily binges true crime docos.

I can’t say much without spoiling things, but go. Go now. Read this series before the next book drops this November!

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