The Gingerbread Curse by April Marcom | $25 Giveaway, Guest Post, Book Excerpt, & Spotlight

The Gingerbread Curse by April Marcom | $25 Giveaway, Guest Post, Book Excerpt, & Spotlight

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The Gingerbread Curse by April Marcom | $25 Giveaway, Guest Post, Book Excerpt, & SpotlightThe Gingerbread Curse by April Marcom
Published by 5 Prince Publishing on February 5, 2019
Genres: Fiction, Fairytale & Folklore Adaptations, Fantasy
Format: eBook
Pages: 189

All her life, Falon's grandfather told her the age-old tale of 'The Gingerbread Man'. Even as a teenager, she'd fallen asleep to his favorite bedtime story, a special tradition she knew she'd never outgrow. However, when he makes a dying wish, asking her to visit a secret underground world of magic to rescue the best friend he left behind fifty years ago, the tale begins to come to life.

Setting out with her self-obsessed cousin and a cure for the magicked man with skin like gingerbread, she finds herself tangled within an adventure nothing like the story her grandfather always told.

Once having found the long-lost man of her grandfather’s youth, her only hope of ever returning home, or even surviving his world, lies in the talons of a deadly hybrid she scarcely trusts.

Together they must face the animals taken from the children's tale and magicked into monsters, a man who can move mountains who is bent on killing them all, and a labyrinth rumored to have never allowed a survivor.

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Excerpt from The Gingerbread Curse

Hidden within the Evanish Mountains, there is a crevice that leads to an unknown world deep within our earth, where magic bleeds through the ground, transforming whatever it touches.

Over time, a great many wanderers have fallen into the enormous underground world, drawn in by its magic and turned into beings who look like they could have been made from gingerbread. The only way to escape is to face a maze filled with monsters and peril nearly impossible to survive.

Men have become lost until time consumed them. Others were destroyed and eaten by horses, by pigs, by oxen, or by whatever creature was unlucky enough to be touched by the magic of this underworld. It affects every sort of animal differently, but all are transfixed by the maze to crave the taste of the magicked man. The wind, as prey cuts through it, seems to chant:

“Run, run as fast as you can.

The moment you stop, you’re a dead man.”

None are worse than the vixens, however, a cache of female foxes with unparalleled speed and teeth that can cut through anything like butter.

Only a few have ever made it past them. The rare escapee is where the age-old tale of “The Gingerbread Man” originated, told differently from mouth to mouth. Not to mention that each “gingerbread man’s” tale is different.

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A few words from April Marcom,

author of The Gingerbread Curse

If I had a time machine…

There are so many things I’d want to do. My younger self could certainly use some straightening out when she was getting into trouble as a teen.

My even younger self could stand to be reminded to be more grateful and appreciate her wonderful precious years of childhood.

I’d also love to see the world before cars and airplanes for just a day.

And it would be a lie if I said I wouldn’t buy a couple of old items in brand new mint condition to make a few bucks selling in today’s world.

It would be a toss-up between who to visit between two of my favorite past writers, Edgar Allen Poe and Arthur Conan Doyle.  

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About April Marcom

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April Marcom works as a Pre-K teacher's assistant, but her true passion is writing. When she's not teaching or creating stories, she's enjoying the country life with her car-obsessed husband and three fabulous children.

She also enjoys rainy days, traveling, and her very rowdy dogs. April grew up a southern bell in Mississippi but is now a proud Oklahoman.

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Giveaway!

April Marcom will be awarding a $25 Amazon or Barnes and Noble GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour.

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Full Tour Schedule:

February 28: Read Your Writes Book Reviews
March 1: Seven Troublesome Sisters
March 2: Eye-Rolling Demigod’s Book Blog
March 3: All the Ups and Downs
March 4: Literary Gold
March 7: Gina Rae Mitchell
March 8: Kit ‘N Kabookle review
March 9: Lisa Haselton’s Reviews and Interviews
March 10: fundinmental
March 11: Hope. Dreams. Life… Love
March 11: Long and Short Reviews

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30 responses to “The Gingerbread Curse by April Marcom | $25 Giveaway, Guest Post, Book Excerpt, & Spotlight

    • Thanks, Marisela! It’s always so exciting getting the email with my book cover from the publisher and I loved this one the moment I saw it.

  1. Cindy Merrill

    Many pf the older fairy tales are dark, which is not all that surprising.

  2. Bea LaRocca

    I like the cover, synopsis and excerpt, this sounds like an awesome story and I am looking forward to reading it

  3. Eva Millien

    The Gingerbread Curse sounds like a brilliant fairytale adaptation for me to read and I love the cover! Thanks for sharing it with me and have a spectacular week!

    • Thanks, Eva! I hope you have a great week too. It’s always fun to reimagine a tale you grew up hearing. The possibilities are endless when magic’s involved.

  4. What I liked the best is being introduced to a new author and their books.
    The book cover, title, excerpt & author interest & intrigue me. Would love to read the book in print format.
    Thank you for this giveaway and chance to win.
    Here’s hoping I Win.