Hi everyone! I'm B. Dalton, offering free advance copies of my debut ahead of its September 15, 2026 release.
Genre: Portal fantasy / academy fantasy (older-teen safe)
Length: about 102,600 words
Formats: EPUB, MOBI, or PDF via BookFunnel or StoryOrigin. Just let me know and I can send you a link.
blurb:
Eli Walsh never asked to be saved. At eighteen, he's weeks from a two-year church mission he doesn't believe in, trapped between a faith he's been faking and a mother whose heart he can't bear to break.
His best friend Mary wasn't going to let him go quietly. Goth, furious, and desperate enough to try anything, she drags him to an ancient mound and calls to powers that should have stayed forgotten.
Now Eli is somewhere else entirely.
A world where magic flows through the elements. Where armies clash over territory he doesn't understand. Where a girl with Mary's face answers to a different name—and where his memories of home are dissolving like smoke.
He's not sure that's a bad thing.
It just earned a 4/5 from Reedsy Discovery (though not public until release).
Content notes: domestic violence (opening chapter, child POV, handled with care), war violence, religious trauma, institutional abuse, strong language (sparse).
Happy to send copies to interested reviewers. Goodreads reviews can go up any time, and Amazon opens on launch day for anyone who wants to cross-post. Honest reviews only, always. Goodreads page: Aura Wielders: Citadel
Genre: Portal fantasy / academy fantasy (older-teen safe)
Length: about 102,600 words
Formats: EPUB, MOBI, or PDF via BookFunnel or StoryOrigin. Just let me know and I can send you a link.
blurb:
Eli Walsh never asked to be saved. At eighteen, he's weeks from a two-year church mission he doesn't believe in, trapped between a faith he's been faking and a mother whose heart he can't bear to break.
His best friend Mary wasn't going to let him go quietly. Goth, furious, and desperate enough to try anything, she drags him to an ancient mound and calls to powers that should have stayed forgotten.
Now Eli is somewhere else entirely.
A world where magic flows through the elements. Where armies clash over territory he doesn't understand. Where a girl with Mary's face answers to a different name—and where his memories of home are dissolving like smoke.
He's not sure that's a bad thing.
It just earned a 4/5 from Reedsy Discovery (though not public until release).
Content notes: domestic violence (opening chapter, child POV, handled with care), war violence, religious trauma, institutional abuse, strong language (sparse).
Happy to send copies to interested reviewers. Goodreads reviews can go up any time, and Amazon opens on launch day for anyone who wants to cross-post. Honest reviews only, always. Goodreads page: Aura Wielders: Citadel
Thanks for considering!