Reader's Edyn: Blitz: The Strike and the Shadows by Chantal Gadoury & A.M. Wright

Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Blitz: The Strike and the Shadows by Chantal Gadoury & A.M. Wright

**The Strike and the Shadows by Chantal Gadoury and A.M. Wright**

Good Morning, Everyone! So thrilled to see you all today! We have another new-to-me author and book! Please allow me to feature on the blog Chantal Gadoury and A.M. Wright and their latest release, THE STRIKE AND THE SHADOWS …. And HAPPY RELEASE DAY!

**CHANTAL GADOURY**

**BIO**

Amazon Best Selling Author, Chantal Gadoury, is a 2011 graduate from Susquehanna University with a Bachelor's Degree in Creative Writing. Since graduation, she has published "The Songs in Our Hearts" with 48Fourteen Publishing, and "Allerleirauh" with Parliament House Press, with future titles to follow. Chantal first started writing stories at the age of seven and continues with that love of writing today. Writing novels for Chantal has become a life-long dream come true! When she's not writing, she enjoys painting, drinking lots of DD Iced Coffee, and watching Disney classics. Chantal lives in Muncy, Pennsylvania with her Mom, Sister and furry-'brother' (aka, puppy) Taran.

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**A.M. WRIGHT **

**BIO**

A.M. Wright is an Ohio native, perched on the shores of Lake Erie for as long as she can remember. She is a graduate of Walsh University and holds a Bachelor's Degree in Corporate Communications, with two minors in Marketing and Writing. She has a passion for reading, writing, and drawing; and has a particularly strong love for shojo-manga and all genres of anime. When A.M. Wright isn't focused on her day job, she is sorting through submissions, writing too many stories to keep track of, and playing video games with her fiance in a townhouse that's just a fifteen minute drive from "The Roller Coaster Capital of the World."

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**THW STRIKE AND THE SHADOWS**

Publication By: Parliament House

Publication Date: March 3, 2020
Genres: New Adult, Romance, Dark Fantasy, Horror

**BLURB**

Men have gone missing before.

The village of Krume is plagued by a haunted wood and a hungry witch. It’s been that way for as long as Hans and Greta can remember, though they have never seen the witch themselves; no one has.

When men start to disappear once again in the cover of night – their bloody hearts turning up on doorsteps – the village falls into frenzied madness.

Hans and Greta, two outcast orphans, find themselves facing accusations of witchcraft and are met with an ultimatum: burn at the stake, or leave the village forever.

With nowhere else to go, they abandon their only home.

As they venture into the strange forest, their path is fraught with horrific creatures, wild and vivid hallucinations, and a mysterious man tied to the witch’s past.

The Shrike is watching, just beyond the deep darkness of the woods.

**EXCERPT**

“I think you and your brother have done the impossible,” Barin said lightly. “I should know. I’ve spent enough time in these woods, and I am no closer to freedom than those dead men you saw.”

Greta’s heart skipped, her blood rushing through her body.

“Does that mean you can’t leave?”

“Aye,” he said with a solemn tone.

“Why not?” She felt her cheeks flush with a mild anger. Why could he not leave? Was he afraid of what would happen if he did?

“I am bound to her by my curse. I cannot leave the woods.”

Greta floundered for words, stuttering them as she rushed to say,

“C-Can we break it?”

Barin broke another stick and tossed it into the fire.

“It’s her will. Unless she finds another to replace me, like your brother, she will never let me go.”

Greta felt the color drain from her cheeks. The only way Barin could leave, was for the Shrike to find another. Her brother…

“Don’t worry. I don’t plan to let her take your brother,” he said with a nod; his jaw tightened as he stared at her. “I will get you both to safety.”

But what about your happiness, Barin? Greta’s heart pounded furiously in her chest.

“That’s not fair,” she whispered.

“Fair or not, it’s the way things are,” he said, standing to his full height. The light flickered across his face, dancing around the sharp angles of his cheeks, the sleek line of his nose, and the curve of his chin. She found herself wondering his age, how much of his life he had missed out on because of his curse: a wife, a family, a peaceful night in a quiet village somewhere.

“Don’t you want to be free of her?”

Barin crossed his arms and watched her across the fire with careful eyes.

“Greta, it comes with a cost. A cost that neither you nor I would want to pay.”

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