Hello! For those of you who follow my blog, you’re no doubt aware that I love chatting with authors and talking about their books. But today I’m absolutely ecstatic about a brand new fantasy romance novel hitting shelves this fall. So grab a paranormal party hat and dust off that lamp, because we’re flying to Morocco as we hang out with author M.A. Guglielmo. Her debut book, Summoned is a fantastic adventure with nymphomaniacal, shopping-obsessed Zahara and her otherworldly, do-gooder Daniel on a dangerous quest.
M.A.’s been a dear writer friend for the past several years, and I adore her deep love for Moroccan lore. I read Summoned in an early iteration and absolutely fell in love with Zahara’s snark. If you love gorgeous worlds that blur the line between reality and fantasy with a dash of the paranormal, this story needs a space on your bookshelf:
Zahara, party girl of the paranormal, floats up out of a lamp in Daniel Goldstein’s apartment ready to trick a sorcerer into giving up his soul. But Daniel, whose Moroccan grandmother has reached out from beyond the grave to command him to raise a jinn, wants to do good—by stopping a vengeful fallen angel.
The nymphomaniacal, shopping-obsessed Zahara isn’t the otherworldly ally Daniel had in mind. A do-gooder with a dangerous quest isn’t what Zahara’s looking for, either.
Stuck in a magical contract with each other, the two travel to Morocco, where Zahara’s handsome friend Zaid, a jinn who’s converted to Islam, reluctantly joins their quest. As Daniel and Zaid struggle against jinn-hunting mercenaries and their attraction to one other, Zahara is forced to join forces with the fallen angel’s gorgeous but infuriating brother to stop a cataclysmic war between the human and jinn worlds.
And now without further ado because I’m practically squirming in my seat, the utterly fantastic cover for Summoned:
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For all you readers and book bloggers out here, here’s some information about the book, and don’t forget to purchase this beautiful paranormal adventure this fall!
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Book Title: Summoned Author: M.A. Guglielmo Publisher: Tule Publishing Website | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter Pre-order: Tule | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Apple & iBooks | Google | Kobo |
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M.A. Guglielmo is a neurosurgeon, mother of two awesome daughters, and a life-long fan of speculative fiction. Her Italian grandmother may or may not have been able to cast the evil eye on difficult neighbors, and Maria loves telling a good story, especially if magical curses and witty villains are involved.
Her interest in Middle Eastern politics and culture inspires her to incorporate mythology and folklore from the region into her writing projects. After having the wits scared out of her by ghost tales told to her over a campfire in the Moroccan Sahara, she’s come up with a plan to travel to all the potential settings for her novels. Since those include the mountain-ringed home of the Jinn and a modernized version of the Greek Underworld, some items on her bucket list might be harder to achieve than others. Maria was born and raised in Rhode Island, and graduated from Yale University with a degree in biology. She completed her M.D. degree at Brown University, and went on to finish her neurosurgical residency there. After several years enjoying the company of sunny friends and overcast skies in Portland, Oregon, she moved back to Rhode Island, where she’s a neurosurgeon in academic practice. She lives there with her two daughters, assorted pets, and is always dreaming of the stories that can come out of her next travel destination. |
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