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Can't wait to be at this month's Arlington Author Salon with longtime writer friend @emilyrosswrites.bsky.social and author @mcnamaraluna.bsky.social at the Kickstand Cafe! See you on Thursday night! #booksky #mythology

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Crystal King @crystalking.com · 01/10/2026

It's that time! Ghosts, creepy houses, gardens, and a sense of foreboding. If you love a good #Gothic novel to get you in the mood for autumn and the days leading up to Halloween,🎃 have I got a bunch of suggestions for you! #spooky #books bit.ly/4hIOUMW

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Crystal King @crystalking.com · 05/08/2026

Hey book lovers!😍 Last week I chatted w/ @dianagauthor.bsky.social about DAUGHTERS OF NAPLES. And TODAY IS THE LAST DAY 🏃‍♀️‍➡️ to win your copy of the novel. Sign-up is in this free post: crystallyn.substack.com/p/a-glimpse-.... I regularly give away books, so make sure to subscribe! #newbooks #booksky

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Crystal King @crystalking.com · 30/07/2026

Hey book lovers!😍 This week I chat w/ @dianagauthor.bsky.social about DAUGHTERS OF NAPLES. I'm also giving away a copy 📖 to a lucky reader. Sign-up is in my latest post: crystallyn.substack.com/p/a-glimpse-.... I regularly give away books, so make sure to subscribe (always free)! #newbooks #booksky

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Crystal King @crystalking.com · 27/07/2026

Hey #booksky! My latest #bookgiveaway ends on WED! This week I chat with #psychologicalthriller writer Kimberly Hensle Lowrance. Subscribe (always free!) and find the sign up in my latest post: crystallyn.substack.com/p/how-well-d... #newbooks #newengland

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Crystal King @crystalking.com · 21/07/2026

Hey #booksky! I've got a new #bookgiveaway going this week on my substack! This week I chat with #psychologicalthriller writer Kimberly Hensle Lowrance. Subscribe (always free!) and find the sign up in my latest post: crystallyn.substack.com/p/how-well-d... #newbooks #newengland

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Crystal King @crystalking.com · 20/05/2026

Sending out a Happy Bookbirthday to @msheatherwebb!! I adore her novels, and I was SO lucky to get an early read of her latest, THE HOPE KEEPER. geni.us/7APNPxo It's an absolute gem of a book (in all ways!) and you really need to add it to the top of your #TBR list! #newbooks #booksky

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Crystal King @crystalking.com · 14/05/2026

Did you know there was a connection between the fall of Troy and WWII? Read on to learn more and for your chance to win the latest ebook by Elisabeth Storrs! crystallyn.substack.com/p/were-not-t... #newbooks #ancientgreece #WWIII #histfic

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Crystal King @crystalking.com · 05/04/2026

Hey #booksky! I've got a new #bookgiveaway going this week on my substack! This week I chat with #thriller writer Edwin Hill. Subscribe (always free!) and find the sign up in my latest post: crystallyn.substack.com/p/want-to-kn... #newbooks #newengland

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Crystal King @crystalking.com · 20/03/2026

This week I am giving away @pkennedywrites.bsky.social’s latest gothic thriller😱which looks amazing and I can't wait to read it. Check out my interview with her for your chance to win! bit.ly/4dyZMfE

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Crystal King @crystalking.com · 19/02/2026

Today is #CherryPieDay which may seem really strange in February. I explain why in this post, plus share a cherry tart recipe, AND a #bookgiveaway for Kate Quinn's new novel THE ASTRAL LIBRARY! crystallyn.substack.com/p/i-cannot-t... #booksky #newbooks #recipes

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Crystal King @crystalking.com · 16/02/2026

This week, I talk about 15 new books coming out that I'm SO excited about. And I'm giving away a copy of @virginiapye.bsky.social 's wonderful new novel, MARRIAGE AND OTHER MONUMENTS. You can get in on all the bookish goodness here: crystallyn.substack.com/p/books-book... #books #newbooks #fiction

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Crystal King @crystalking.com · 22/01/2026

This week on my Substack @mariatureaud.bsky.social discusses her new, ghosty, 👻 Gothic novel, THIS HOUSE WILL FEED, set during Ireland's Great Hunger. And you can win a copy of the book! Subscribe (my newsletter is always free!), check the post for the sign up form! bit.ly/4jT99YN #Booksky #newbooks

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Crystal King @crystalking.com · 21/01/2026

TODAY'S YOUR LAST CHANCE! This week on Substack I talk about stories of good ❤️ triumphing over evil🔪 🩸and I also giveaway @jennablum.bsky.social's latest novel, MURDER YOUR DARLINGS. Head here: bit.ly/4a1atV9 subscribe (my newsletter is always free!) and check the post for the sign up form! #booksky

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Crystal King @crystalking.com · 20/01/2026

Wow, love the rebel journalist stance on this! Gourmet Magazine Is Back. It’s Not Exactly Sanctioned. (gift link) nyti.ms/4pOaW2M

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Crystal King @crystalking.com · 15/01/2026

This week on my Substack I talk about stories of good ❤️ triumphing over evil🔪 🩸, and I also giveaway @jennablum.bsky.social's latest novel, MURDER YOUR DARLINGS. To get in on this, head here: bit.ly/4a1atV9 subscribe (my newsletter is always free!) and check the post for the sign up form! #booksky

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Crystal King @crystalking.com · 14/01/2026

ENDS AT MIDNIGHT ET! ✨ Signed #BookGiveaway ✨ I’m giving away a signed set of all 4 of my novels: two paperbacks and two hardcovers! To enter: 1️⃣ Read my latest blog post 2️⃣ Fill out the giveaway form in the post 👉 crystallyn.substack.com Closes 01/14/26 at midnight ET U.S. only | 18+ #booksky

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Crystal King @crystalking.com · 13/01/2026

✨ Signed #BookGiveaway ✨ I’m giving away a signed set of all four of my novels — two paperbacks and two hardcovers! To enter: 1️⃣ Read my latest blog post 2️⃣ Fill out the giveaway form 👉 crystallyn.substack.com Closes 01/14/26 at midnight ET U.S. only | 18+ #newbooks #booksky #fantasy #histfic

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Crystal King @crystalking.com · 13/01/2026

Happy Book Birthday to @jennablum.bsky.social for her latest novel, MURDER YOUR DARLINGS! I'm definitely a fan of authors genre hopping, so excited to see how she pivoted from #histfic to #thriller! geni.us/oBI7Iu #newbooks #booksky #amreading

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Crystal King @crystalking.com · 07/01/2026

I'm giving away all FOUR of my novels to start out the new year! Simply sign up for my newsletter (always free) and filling out the form linked in tomorrow's newsletter! Subscribe here: bit.ly/3N5g0Cd And to learn more about my books: bit.ly/3N7vwxj #fantasy #histfic #Italy

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Crystal King @crystalking.com · 25/12/2025

Does my latest novel, "The Happiness Collector," pass the Page 69 test? Read on to find out. And if you want to judge for yourself, head to your fave bookstore and snag a copy with that shiny new gift card Santa brought you! bit.ly/49f1zTt #BookSky #Books #NewBooks #fantasy

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Crystal King @crystalking.com · 09/12/2025

If you love a good espionage thriller, this one from @tudorscribe's husband, Max Eastern, is out today! A historical thriller set in 1945 Washington, D.C., you can snag Red Snow in Winter on Amazon. mybook.to/IWT84 #BookSky #Newbooks #thriller

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Crystal King @crystalking.com · 04/12/2025

🎉💥 Fantasy fans! Looking for your next must-listen? 🎧My new novel, THE HAPPINESS COLLECTOR, is 51% OFF on @Audible! Sale ends 12/8, so act fast! 🔗https://adbl.co/4auajak #BookSky #fantasy #newbooks #mythology #audiobook

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Crystal King @crystalking.com · 02/12/2025

Your boss is a god. Your colleague is devastatingly handsome. Every place you visit for "research" vanishes or faces tragedy. Welcome to Aida's life in THE HAPPINESS COLLECTOR. OUT TODAY for fans of mythology meets modern world chaos. #BookSky #NewBooks #Fantasy #Mythology geni.us/TheHappiness...

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Crystal King @crystalking.com · 01/12/2025

WOOHOOOO! Just learned that THE HAPPINESS COLLECTOR (releases tomorrow) is an Amazon Best SFF pick of December! #booksky #newbooks #fantasy #mythology

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Crystal King @crystalking.com · 30/11/2025

I'm so thrilled that my fourth novel, THE HAPPINESS COLLECTOR, from (@htpbooks, @htp_hive and @readmirabooks) is nearly out in the world!🎉I hope you'll consider joining me at one of my upcoming events. A signed book makes a fantastic holiday gift! 🎄🎁

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Crystal King @crystalking.com · 25/11/2025

This week I interview @KatieParla about her newest cookbook, ROME, which is the ultimate love letter to the Eternal City. Learn about the book and enter the giveaway (US only) to win yourself a copy! open.substack.com/pub/crystall... #bookgiveaway #cooking #newbooks

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Crystal King @crystalking.com · 17/11/2025

I'm thrilled to be in conversation with @juliecdalton.bsky.social at @lovestruckbooks.bsky.social on December 2, to launch my 4th novel, THE HAPPINESS COLLECTOR, a story about ancient Greek gods stealing happiness from the world. I hope you'll join us! bit.ly/43wCi54 #newbooks #mythology #Pandora

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Crystal King @crystalking.com · 15/11/2025

Want to win my 4th novel, THE HAPPINESS COLLECTOR, about ancient Greek gods stealing happiness from the world? It's a reverse Pandora's box, but the @goodreads giveaway isn't! Enter here: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent... #goodreadsgiveaway #booksky #newbooks #fantasy

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Crystal King @crystalking.com · 31/10/2025

Day 31 of 31! 🎃 HAPPY HALLOWEEN! 🎃 Celebrate with ALL 30 spine-tingling books from our #SpookyReads countdown! From Gothic mysteries to supernatural thrillers - find your perfect Halloween read! #SpookyReads bookshop.org/lists/2025-s...

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Crystal King @crystalking.com · 30/10/2025

In the heart of #Rome, there is a little German museum dedicated to #Goethe, a true polymath but best known as the author of Faust. If you love art, it's a way to see Piranesi, Tischbien, Warhol and Dali. open.substack.com/pub/crystall... #Italy #history

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Crystal King @crystalking.com · 30/10/2025

Day 30 of 31! 🧛 "The Heiress of Northanger Abbey" by Nancy Bilyeau - The ghosts of the past are not confined to the Abbey. Who will control Northanger's future? #SpookyReads #BookSky readmuse.net/pages/once-u...

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Crystal King @crystalking.com · 29/10/2025

Day 29 of 31! 🏨 "The Haunting of Room 904" by @erikatwurth.bsky.social - A woman with mysterious powers, called to solve a crime in the haunted hotel where her sister died. #SpookyReads #BookSky www.tatteredcover.com/products/978...

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Crystal King @crystalking.com · 28/10/2025

Day 28 of 31! 🏚️ "The Night Guests" by Marina Scott - 1903 Omaha. A mysterious medium awakens something otherworldly in the house. Walls whisper. Do you dare to listen? #SpookyReads #BookSky www.amazon.com/Night-Guests...

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Crystal King @crystalking.com · 27/10/2025

Day 27 of 31! 🔮 The Fortune Tellers of Rue Daru by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore PREORDER NOW 3-24-26 U.S./3-26-26 UK! A fortune teller in 1920s Paris must untangle two murders buried in her family's past before the killer returns to finish their work. #SpookyReads olesyagilmore.com/books/the-fo...

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Crystal King @crystalking.com · 27/10/2025

I just learned that the audiobook for my novel THE CHEF'S SECRET is on sale at $3.99 through BookBub's Chirp! It's a love story and a mystery about famous Renaissance chef 🍗 🍷 🍒 Bartolomeo Scappi, perfect as we head into the season of comfort food: www.chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/t... #booksky

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Crystal King @crystalking.com · 26/10/2025

Day 26 of 31! 🌴 "The Colony of Lost Souls" by Kelsey James - What would you do if your sister disappeared and then two years later asked for your help from inside a cult? #SpookyReads #BookSky www.amazon.com/Colony-Lost-...

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Crystal King @crystalking.com · 25/10/2025

Today's my day! Day 25 of 31! 👹 "In the Garden of Monsters" is a wild retelling of Hades and Persephone set in a post-war stone garden in Italy. The eBook is on SALE $1.99 Oct 25-27 ONLY! #SpookyReads geni.us/InTheGardenO...

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Crystal King @crystalking.com · 24/10/2025

IN THE GARDEN OF MONSTERS my wild, spooky Hades & Persephone retelling, is on sale for $1.99 for four days only! It's gothic, ghosty👻 , and set in a real stone garden in Italy. 👹 geni.us/ITGOMebook #BookSky #BookDeal #spookybooks #myth

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Crystal King @crystalking.com · 24/10/2025

Day 24 of 31! 💄 "Pretty/Ugly" by @jenniferannegordon.bsky.social - A lyrical, hallucinogenic train ride through the end of the world. When lives end in childhood, it takes an apocalypse to live again. #SpookyReads #BookSky tinyurl.com/PrettyUglyBook

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Crystal King @crystalking.com · 23/10/2025

Day 23 of 31! 🧟"24/7 Demon Mart: Books 1-3 Omnibus" by @dmguay.bsky.social - Evil Dead 2 meets Clerks! When your job is stocking beer but the beer cave is the gate to hell. #SpookyReads #BookSky amzn.to/3KbglBD

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Crystal King @crystalking.com · 22/10/2025

Day 22 of 31! 📖 "Return to Wyldcliffe Heights" by @carolgoodman.bsky.social - Jane Eyre meets The Thirteenth Tale. Losing yourself in a book can be dangerous. Not everyone finds their way out. #SpookyReads #Booksky www.oblongbooks.com/book/9780063...

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Crystal King @crystalking.com · 21/10/2025

Day 21 of 31! 🐝 "Witches of Honeysuckle House" by @lizparkerwrites.bsky.social launches TODAY! Think Practical Magic but if the house was alive. Sisterhood, family curses, and magic. #SpookyReads www.lizparkerwrites.com/witches-of-h...

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Crystal King @crystalking.com · 20/10/2025

Day 20 of 31! ⚱️"The Witches of Santo Stefano" by Wendy Webb - A journalist uncovers the haunting secret history of her own ancestors in bewitching Italy. #SpookyReads www.amazon.com/Witches-Sant...

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Crystal King @crystalking.com · 19/10/2025

Day 19 of 31! 🏰 "The Curse of Penryth Hall" by @jesslarmstrong.bsky.social - Some curses aren't meant to be broken #SpookyReads #Booksky bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

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Crystal King @crystalking.com · 18/10/2025

Day 18 of 31! ⚡ Excited for Frankenstein by Guillermo del Toro? "Unnatural Creatures" by @kriswaldherr.bsky.social reveals the story of the three women closest to Victor Frankenstein and his monster. amzn.to/4makdjC #spookyreads #gothic #booksky

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