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The Witch Hunter Trilogy - Book Tour and Giveaway

3/3/2020

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The Shadow Rises
Witch-Hunter #1
by K.S. Marsden
Genre: Urban Fantasy 

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When a new witch threat rises, only Hunter Astley can stop them… 

In the face of dark magic and evil witches, a secret witch-hunting society works tirelessly to keep them at bay. The Malleus Maleficarum Council have strict rules and practises for eradicating magic.

Due to their work, witches have been almost forgotten, relegated to myth; but the rumours are starting to emerge of a new power that will throw the world into chaos.
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As the only 7th generation witch-hunter, Hunter Astley is the best the MMC has to offer. With the help of his colleagues, it’s a race to track down this new threat and stop them… in any way he can.

Part one of the Witch-Hunter trilogy.


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The Shadow Reigns
Witch-Hunter #2 

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The world has been thrown into darkness by the Shadow Witch's revolution. The witch-hunters are scattered, but still strong. The race is now on to gather allies and win the war. 
New enemies will arise; loyalties will be pushed to the limit. And an important question will be answered: can a witch-hunter that practices magic ever be trusted, or will he be persecuted? 
 

It is said that 'love conquers all', but this twisted love must stay secret, locked away with the past.


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The Shadow Falls
Witch-Hunter #3 

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Hunter Astley has always known that he is different: being a witch-hunter that can use magic has sealed his fate.  He must destroy the Shadow Witch once and for all, with the help of some unlikely allies.

We delve even deeper into the world of the Malleus Maleficarum; into myth, rumour and history that refuses to stay in the past.


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James: Witch-Hunter
Prequel to the Witch-Hunter Trilogy 

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James Bennett is a Yorkshire lad, making the big move to Oxford to start university.
His ambitions involve getting a good education; impressing the Rugby Club; and not throttling his roommate. All perfectly normal drama, until Hallowe'en.

A girl's murder throws James into the dangerous world of witches, and those that hunt them.


After playing a sidekick in the Witch-Hunter trilogy, it's only fair that James gets to be centre stage in his own prequel.
This can be read as a stand-alone, and does not contain any spoilers. It may contain witches, bad jokes and cringe-worthy scenes; but definitely no spoilers. 



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Sophie: Witch-Hunter
Prequel to the Witch-Hunter Trilogy 

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Everyone will betray you…
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Sophie has always had a high opinion of herself. She is smart, beautiful, and meant for something more than a mundane, human life.
From a young age she’s had to weigh duty against selfish desires. Her new friend Izzy starts to break down her carefully-constructed walls, and makes Sophie question everything she thought she knew.

With witch-hunters and witches vying for a place in her future, Sophie has to decide who she can trust.
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This is a prequel to the Witch-Hunter trilogy, and contains spoilers from the very beginning.
We highly recommend you read 
The Shadow Rises, before finding out more about everybody's favourite cold-hearted bitch.


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Kelly Marsden grew up in Yorkshire, and there were two constants in her life - books and horses.
Graduating with an equine degree from Aberystwyth University, she has spent most of her life since trying to experience everything the horse world has to offer. She is currently settled into a Nutritionist role for a horse feed company in Doncaster, South Yorkshire.
Her first book, The Shadow Rises, was published in January 2013, and she now has several successful series under her belt.


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What inspired you to write about this book?
This story started with the villain.
I was learning about Wicca at the time, and I wondered what would happen if a witch broke all of their rules. In fact, what would happen if the witches were a different breed, with their own set of rules?
Their champion would be the most powerful witch in history, whose magic was beyond all rules, and they would come to free the Witchkind from persecution.

From there, I was able to create the ‘hero’. The person that would stop the Big Bad.
I looked into the history of witches, the witch craze, the witch-hunters and their bible, the Malleus Maleficarum. (When I say ‘looked into’, I was at university at the time, so I was in full-research-mode)
From there I created the Malleus Maleficarum Council (MMC), who after the disaster of the witch craze, knew that the general public couldn’t be trusted with hunting witches. So, they formed a society that worked in secret to keep people safe from real witches.
Fast forward to the modern-day, and you have the best the MMC has to offer. Hunter is from the highly-regarded witch-hunting Astley family, with all the benefits that come from seven generations of fighting witches.



Why did you choose to write about witches?
There’s a long-running joke that all the women in my family are witches.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, started by my dad, who said his Scottish mother-in-law was a wicked witch who would turn us into toads if we didn’t behave.
As kids, we loved this story, and fully embraced the joke, buying my Nanna cauldrons, brooms and all sorts of witchy-paraphernalia every Christmas and birthday.
Without meaning to, I picked up a lot of witchy information over the years and it was natural that witches and magic would feature heavily in my books.
Unfortunately, my Nanna passed away before I started writing; but I think she would have really enjoyed these stories of evil and/or kooky witches.



Where did you come up with the names in the story?
Out of our three main characters, I probably spent the least amount of effort coming up with Hunter’s name. I honestly had no idea what I wanted to call our lead man, so I put the temporary title of ‘Hunter’ in whilst I wrote the story. In the end, it kinda stuck, because Hunter was arrogant enough to carry it off.
His real name is George Astley VII, which does provide a few moments of humour throughout the series.

With Sophie Murphy, our leading lady, I purposefully wanted a name that did not suit her. Throughout the series, she proves herself to be strong and cold-hearted, but loyal to Hunter. So, I gave her a very normal name; something that sounds soft and feminine – the complete opposite of our Sophie.
I wanted a name that didn’t hint at what fate has in store for her.

James Bennett is the best friend, and often a source of humour. He’s a Yorkshire lad (my home county), as I swore that every book I wrote would contain Yorkshire characters or settings, as none of the books I read growing up had them in and I felt very underrepresented.
I named him Bennett because the Bennetts are like an extended family to me. They own the local riding school in Yorkshire (where I practically lived), they inspired my love for horses, and my love of teaching. They also gave a very shy and socially awkward me, the confidence to go after my dreams of a career with horses and writing.


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40 Comments
Bea LaRocca
3/3/2020 03:47:22 am

Intriguing book covers and synopses, this sounds like an exciting paranormal series. Thank you for sharing your guest post and book details, I am looking forward to reading your stories

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Beyond Comps
3/3/2020 05:38:27 am

Great cover!

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Victoria Alexander
3/3/2020 10:19:16 am

Sounds like an awesome series!

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Kelly D
3/3/2020 11:42:41 am

I like the cover. The special effects are neat.

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Rita Wray
3/3/2020 12:03:50 pm

The books sound great.

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Sherry
3/3/2020 12:27:51 pm

Sounds like some interesting books.

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Elaine G
3/3/2020 01:57:20 pm

These are great covers. Sounds like a great series.

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Calvin
3/3/2020 02:42:09 pm

Neat theme, reminds me of a movie.

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wendy hutton
3/3/2020 03:07:32 pm

love all the covers, very well designed

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Debbie P
3/3/2020 03:34:31 pm

This sounds like an excellent series! Cool covers!

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Sarah Oswald
3/3/2020 06:33:52 pm

I love the look of the book covers and the storyline sounds interesting.

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Terri Quick
3/3/2020 08:33:05 pm

I love the cover

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James Robert
3/3/2020 11:04:02 pm

Hello! Thanks so much for sharing your book with us. Always fun reading about another book to enjoy.

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Kelly S. Marsden link
3/4/2020 04:07:16 am

Thank you for featuring my books!
And thank you, everyone for all of your lovely comments. I'm biased, but I think my cover designers did an awesome job.

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jenn fike
3/4/2020 09:00:23 am

This cover is perfect

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Victoria Scott
3/4/2020 09:27:10 am

Love the covers! Thanks for sharing!

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MARCY MEYER
3/4/2020 05:10:41 pm

The covers look really great. Thanks for sharing.

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Jennifer L.
3/6/2020 01:34:32 pm

The covers are stunning. They really grab my attention.

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Amy F
3/6/2020 05:12:41 pm

Love UF! Sounds great!

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lynn clayton
3/6/2020 09:19:23 pm

oh nice cover looks like a great read

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Viki S.
3/7/2020 01:36:51 pm

I think the covers look scary and imply great reads.

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Serge B
3/7/2020 01:42:43 pm

Nice cover--liked the concept of the series

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Peggy Salkill
3/8/2020 06:41:43 pm

Cool cover!

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Karrie A Millheim
3/9/2020 09:22:10 pm

oh i love this

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KIMMY RIPLEY link
3/11/2020 01:36:44 pm

ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!

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Melissa
3/11/2020 01:38:20 pm

very cool covers, make me want to read more.

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Barbara Montag
3/13/2020 09:32:16 am

Spooky and eerie series - with matching covers - love it!
Thank you for sharing the review.

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Wendy Jensen
3/13/2020 07:41:59 pm

I love the colors in the book cover.

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Heather Mahley
3/16/2020 05:50:36 pm

Loving the cover

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Diana Hardt
3/20/2020 09:51:36 pm

Nice covers. I liked the synopses. They sound like really interesting books. Thank you for sharing.

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bn100
3/23/2020 11:25:59 pm

boos are interesting

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Tammy powell link
3/26/2020 11:21:07 pm

Interesting books

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Robyn Bellefleur
3/27/2020 12:14:59 am

I really like the cover. Very apt for this book.

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Nina Lewis
3/29/2020 11:57:23 pm

Looks good! :)

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jose rosado
3/31/2020 04:48:52 pm

What do you think of the books or the covers?

all the covers are amazing but The Shadow Reigns Witch-Hunter #2 is the best

THX

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Robin Abrams
4/1/2020 08:46:16 pm

I love the covers they are great. Sounds like real good reads

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Judy Thomas
4/1/2020 10:35:53 pm

The cover is a work of art! I love it!

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Daniel M
4/2/2020 03:50:13 pm

like the covers

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Elizabeth Sullivan
4/2/2020 06:54:17 pm

Cool covers. Kinda give me Silent Hill vibes.

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Jerry Marquardt
4/3/2020 11:57:11 pm

I would like to give thanks for all your really great writings, including The Witch Hunter trilogy, and wishing the best in keeping up the good work in the future.

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