Candiano Books

02/02/2023

. Instructions in Flesh is L.J. Smith's The Vampire Diaries and television's The Originals meets Anne Rice's The Queen of the Damned. Honest; raw; heartfelt. An exciting, erotic, and addictive read dripping with blood, passion, and emotional intensity on every page. .It's a fresh, q***r take on vampire lore, drawing on prehistoric myth, European history, and the ghosts of the Pacific Northwest. GET IT TODAY IN HARDCOVER AND DIGITAL WHEREVER BOOKS ARE SOLD!

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About Instructions in Flesh:

Talbot Mathias has always felt different. He's never really been able to connect with his adoptive parents, has had difficulty making friends at school, and has been tormented for his sexuality ever since entering Mariner High School, a place run by a new generation of teenage Golden Gods from South Hill, Edgemoor, and Fairhaven; legacy neighborhoods along the dark waters of Bellingham Bay filled with generational families with dark secrets and ghosts that seem to be in every window or on every street corner.
As dark visions begin to consume Talbot's nights, his days grow worse and worse because of the vicious treatment at the hands of Thomas Burke, Randy Erickson, and Jared Peters, three stars of the Mariner football team. But what neither Talbot nor his tormentors know is that a haunting transformation is seeping its way through his veins.

Once pushed to the breaking point, Talbot does something that changes the course of his life forever.

Now a vampire, Talbot learns that he comes from a line of Born vampires-the Mathias-the only humans in the world with the genetic predisposition to vampirism, and Talbot discovers a family he never knew he had. As Talbot navigates his new existence as one of the undead, his horrific dreams of a woman bathing in blood in the bowels of an ancient castle only get worse, and he begins to feel her calling to him-drawing him to her. As Talbot becomes more and more entrenched in the world of the immortal, the shadow war between the Created vampires and the Mathias-Born is revealed.

A bloodthirsty and infamous Bloody Queen awakens and is hell-bent on purifying the vampire world of the Created; leaving only the Mathias to rule. Through this war, Talbot discovers that the only one who has any power to stop her is him, and in the process, Talbot unravels the mystery of himself and the mother he never knew.

Blending myth, history, and science, Instructions In Flesh is a compelling vampire novel that not only bites the jugular but goes straight through the heart, exposing the pains of youth and the courage in confronting your own worst fears.. ‼️

09/05/2022

Publishers of excellent fiction of Gothic Horror, Speculative, Dark Thrillers and Suspense. We are committed to uplifting q***r voices and stories as priority and mission.
We are an AUTHORS FIRST publisher, and as such, we do not pay advances. We PAY FOR YOUR BOOK. That's it. Candiano/Midnight Choir authors are never required to earn back monies before they can earn royalties. Advances are a tool of the Big Five that keeps the majority of all writers, ESPECIALLY Q***R WRITERS, in poverty for most of their lives. At Candiano Books and our imprint, Midnight Choir Press, we believe you should just get paid for your work. First for us to publish it, and second, for you to just start earning the sales right away. You will also never be required to shell out money to promote yourself and your book. We will do that.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS will open soon. keep checking back for updates!

08/09/2021

NEW FROM CANDIANO BOOKS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON! Where the Vile Things Are: A Study in S*x, Revenge, Deceit, and Affluenza by Marcus James - author.

"Though they lack the mystique of someone from, say, Bret Easton Ellis’ Less Than Zero, underneath all their planning and trickery, they, too, have feelings worth sharing. ...this tale of dangerous liaisons comes packed with raucous emotions."--Kirkus Reviews

Set against the backdrop of San Francisco during the presidential elections, we follow Nathan Valmont and Oliver Merteuil as they set out on their respective paths of conquest and revenge in this daring and imaginatively faithful but no-less transgressive adaptation of Choderlos de Laclos' iconic epistle; Les Liaisons Dangereuses.
For Valmont, it is a constant pursuit of pleasure and indulgence, and for Merteuil; to be the avenger--the right hand of God--bringing justice for those like him.
Bound by a wager that will be impossible for either one to get out of, Nathan and Oliver embark on a game of seduction and psychological warfare that turns their chosen targets into helpless flies caught in their web.
Like the original work, Where the Vile Things Are confronts, challenges, and holds a mirror up to class, marginalization, privilege, and the tribalism of today.
*to pre-order signed paperbacks, visit the author's website:
www.marcusjamesbooks.com

08/09/2021