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Vote for ADOTT & Meet Your Favorite Whimsical Authors!

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A Daughter of the Trolls Needs Your Vote!

My beautiful, and talented, and AMAZING author @mckenziecatron has made it to the FINAL round of the @realmmakers people’s choice award for her book, A Daughter of the Trolls!!! I am SO proud of her, you have no idea!!! 😭❤️ And we both just wanted to ask, if you’ve read ADOTT, to please consider voting for it in the finals. Please make sure you read the rules carefully and vote properly so that your entry is not disqualified. 🙌

Thank you to everyone who voted to get McKenzie this far! We love you all!!! 🍄❤️🍄

Meet Our Authors!!

Meet Into the Churn author Hayley Reese Chow on July 2nd at The Hidden Lantern Bookstore in Rosemary Beach, Florida! The signing and book sale will be from 9:30 am – 12:30 pm EDT.

Our next signing is a BIG one! If you’re in the Orlando, Florida area, you’re going to want to put this one on your calendar!

For one day only, you can meet almost ALL of Whimsical’s authors! I personally won’t be able to travel that far, but Hayley, McKenzie, and Megan will all be at the Barnes & Noble at the Plaza Venezia in Orlando, FL on September 23rd from 2-4 pm!

Don’t miss this opportunity to meet almost the whole Whimsical family! My admin assistant Christina will also be there helping out with things so if you see her, say hi!

Take a peek inside my sketchbook!

Do you recognize any of these faces? Here’s a hint – one may be familiar, while some are also new… but they are all from Whimsical novels!

Did someone say SALE?

Book on the Beautiful ocean beach On the outdoor blurred sea background

The paperback of The Rightful Bearer is 40% off! No code needed! Click here to add it to your cart!

Reminders

This month, orders of $10 or more before shipping (Pride & Prejudice preorder excluded) will receive this postcard inspired by The Night Circus absolutely free!

Don’t forget this Caraval-inspired bookmark will only be available until June 14th or until supplies last! Only 25 were printed!

 

 

Thank you ALL for being here and being part of our Whimsical family!

Big Hugs!
Micheline

New Caraval Bookmark and Another Giveaway?!

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Caraval Bookmark #2 – The Prince of Hearts

For the month of March, I couldn’t resist giving the spotlight to the Prince of Hearts himself! And how better to feature him than with one of his magically tantalizing apples?

Remember, these are limited! They will only be available for a month or until they sell out, whichever comes first! Only 50 are being printed so don’t drag your feet if you want to add mischievous Jacks to your collection.

CLICK HERE to order yours now!

GIVEAWAY!

Whaaaaat? Two giveaways back to back? That’s right! This month, we’re giving away a copy of the Faecrate edition of The Rightful Bearer, the thrilling conclusion to The Maiden Ship trilogy! This hardcover edition features a gorgeous hidden cover and artwork on the reverse side of the dust jacket and sprayed edges. Click here to enter this giveaway!

Current Preorders:

We have two preorders currently available in the shop!

Into the Churn by Hayley Reese Chow is a sci-fi romance perfect for fans of The Hunger Games and The Scorpio Races. (Releases April 4, 2023)

A Daughter of the Trolls is turning one year old! To celebrate, we have an all-new jacketed hardcover up for preorder. Releasing on April 21, 2023, this anniversary edition will have an exclusive design on the hard case that won’t be available anywhere else!

Free Gift with Purchase

Don’t forget! All orders over $10 (before shipping) receive this postcard of Jude and Cardan absolutely free! They’re limited to 50 though and once they’re gone, they won’t be coming back for a very long time (if ever)! Don’t forget, my shop prices are shown in CAD (Canadian dollars) so if you’re in the US or UK, you’re getting a better deal due to the exchange rate. And shipping is more affordable than ever now that orders are shipped from the US.

We’ve also got lots of discounted items in the shop, including discontinued prints, imperfect books, and slightly flawed prints. These are always changing based on our current inventory, so check often!

Check out the new art released over the past few weeks!

Happy One Year Anniversary to ADOTT & Special Giveaway!

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April 21st, 2023 will be the ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY of McKenzie Catron’s, A Daughter of the Trolls!!! This book will forever hold a special place in my heart since it’s the very first story that I published through Whimsical that wasn’t my own. It was a dream for many years to reach the point in my business where I could afford to start supporting and publishing other authors, so ADOTT was a dream come true for me! In celebration of dreams, I AM SO EXCITED that we are able to offer this new exclusive jacketed one-year anniversary edition with a secret cover on the hardcase! This edition also comes with a preorder art gift, a bookmark, and a signed bookplate from the author.

Pre-orders are live now and the book will be released on April 21, 2023!

A note from McKenzie:

I can’t believe this April, it will have been a year since A Daughter of the Trolls has been out in the world and in all of your hands! It’s still crazy saying I’m a published author when I meet people out in the real world, and they ask me what I do for a living. I’m forever blessed Micheline/Whimsical Publishing decided to take a chance on my story and the world I created! It takes a lot of faith to believe in a story enough to invest time and money to see it come to fruition.

There’s been a lot going on behind the scenes for a few years now that I’m anxiously waiting for you all to see! The first was this beautiful special one-year anniversary edition of my firstborn book baby. Another is book two, coming out later this year! Next is the third book (publishing 2024) I’m currently working on. And others are the stories unrelated to the world of the Numina Parables that I hope you all get to read one day.

But I just want to thank you for sticking around and reading my work!

Don’t forget! Into the Churn is also available for pre-order in three formats: paperback, hardcover, and jacketed hardcover with exclusive design under the dust jacket. Pre-order incentives are going fast! There are only 3 sets left so hurry hurry! Pre-order here.

 

And remember! All orders of $10 or more before shipping (preorders excluded) will receive this postcard of Jude and Cardan from The Cruel Prince absolutely free!

 

GIVEAWAY!!!

The wait is OVER!!!

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Our warmest, most EXCITED congratulations to our precious author, McKenzie Catron, whose debut novel, A Daughter of the Trolls just released today! This incredible tale is now available worldwide! You can obtain a high quality paperback version with a signed author bookplate and a complimentary bookmark here in our shop, or you can also purchase the paperback, hardcover, or ebook via Amazon as well.

Are you afraid of the bogeyman?

Eighteen-year-old Sparrow can’t remember a time when she wasn’t. And neither can her mother—or the trolls, imps, gnomes, and faeries who all live in the Glade and call it home. Though Sparrow’s weak heart keeps her wheelchair bound, she and her mother have dedicated their lives to protecting the Glade, especially from the worst bogeyman of them all: the skin-stealing, poison-ingesting witch called Black Annis.
But one night, Sparrow makes a terrible mistake, and everything she once held dear is taken from her. The Glade is no longer a sanctuary, and the only way Sparrow can save her mother and her friends is to journey out into a monster-ridden world that wasn’t made for her or her wheelchair. Joined by her half-goblin friend, Rush, Sparrow will have to confront her fears before the ones they love are lost forever.

A Daughter of the Trolls will appeal to fans of European folklore and the darker Grimm Brother’s fairytales. This is a spine-tingling young adult fantasy adventure about evil witches, monsters, and the imperfect heroes who face them all. You’ll join Sparrow and her faerie friends on a life changing journey where they face not only their outer demons, but their inner ones as well.