On Monday, June 1st, at 7 pm, Ilona will be joining Caitlin Rozakis at Barnes & Noble Arboretum in Austin to chat shop, ask questions, and help celebrate Caitlin’s new release, STARTUP HELL.
Tickets are free and available at TicketLeap.
Purchasing the book from B&N Arboretum on event day will grant you access to the signing line. If you have any other questions or arrangements you need to make in advance, you can contact the venue at this link. More details about Caitlin’s signing tour dates in both the US and UK can be found on her website.
About STARTUP HELL
STARTUP HELL by Caitlin Rozakis is a contemporary fantasy office comedy about a junior sales witch stuck in (corporate) hell, who has to juggle devilish pacts, her kickass demon-slaying mother, and one inconveniently hot demon, all while trying to hit her quarterly target.
It was released on May 19th from Titan Books, in ebook, audio and paperback format.
Morgan Blackwater-McKey is a junior salesperson for a tech startup that can’t even decide what its product is. Sure, her mom might be a kickass, world-saving, demon-slaying Shadow Council wizard. But with magic dyslexia and a disinclination to kick ass, Morgan’s life is more about sales leads than case leads.
That is, until her boss summons a demon to try to trade his soul to make his quarterly target. And dies without sending the demon home.
Now Morgan is stuck with an inconveniently attractive junior salesdemon sleeping on her couch. Other than that whole souls thing, turns out the infernal realm is not so different from startup culture. If all corporations are hell and their bosses are ruthless monsters anyway, why not team up?
Morgan just has to stay ahead of her demon-hunting mother, her amoral tech bro CEO, and her growing attraction to a certain demon. And a quarterly target that threatens to damn them both...
Corporate life: somehow barely worse when you add actual demons, amirite?
I have only managed to read the sample so far, because moving house stress and back pain (always lift with your legs, Horde!), but Morgan’s reaction to the classic Faust-style “deal with a summoned demon” situation gave me a chuckle. We stan a woman with boundaries, professional burnout, and absolutely no time for infernal nonsense. Goethe could have saved himself a lot of time with that one.
If that sounds like your kind of chaos, this is your chance to hear Caitlin and Ilona talk all things fantasy, writing, demons, and corporate despair.
Come for the author chat, stay for the infernal office comedy, and bring your best fluffy Horde energy!
Hooray! Love that the Author Lords are visiting my favorite Barnes and Noble for the second time in 2 months! Wheeeeee…
oh wow — this is the first time I have ever been first, lol 😉
Certified first 🙂
First?
Guess I shouldn’t’ve read the post, ha!
Don’t feel bad, Elena – that’s been me over 1000 times, lol! You’ll get it (and feel like you won an award)! 🙂
Take care of yourself, Mod R! Jealous of everyone in the Austin area. Enjoy! 🙂
Will the Andrews sign books also?
This would have to be cleared with the venue – place in the signing queue is based on purchase on the day and it is Caitlin’s event 🙂.
That is what I figured. I live in California and have a friend who lives in Austin who was going to make the trek for me. I don’t want to put him out though if it isn’t a for sure thing.
This looks fun! Ive read the authors other books and I enjoyed it. It was cozyish low stakes fantasy mashed in with real life parenting issues.
Have fu. those of you who get to attend!
fun**
Have fun Austin branch of the Horde Monday.
Mod R, get well soon. Yoga stretching might help with the lower back pain. If you have a La-Z-Boy type chair that can elevate your legs, that will help too.
Back pain is a pain in the rear. 😉🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😁
That book looks really fun! Have a great time to any who are lucky enough to be able to go!
I put a library hold on this book before I saw this post. It sounds like it will be fun when I finally get it.
Thanks for the info! Sounds like a fun book!
Hope your back heals quickly. Two days ago on a trip to visit my son I bounded up on a bus with my luggage like I thought I was 20 and strained my hamstring. Had to remind myself not to let my enthusiasm run away with me!
Hi ModR – I am digging this recommendation! I hope the book sees an uptick in sales due to like minded Horde, like me, who will now gobble it up. On your moving house – DEFINITELY take care of your back. While you are recovering please check out Caroline Winkler’s YouTube channel. The stars have aligned and she released another subscriber room makeover! It’s a sign! – Best of Luck – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EZbIEb6a_o
Hey Mod R, hope your back is better soon:) As an aside, apparently I do ‘lift with my legs’ because anytime I’ve been doing some heavy lifting my legs ache like crazy the following day!
I’ve read a couple of Caitlin Rozakis books! My favorite so far is Dreadful. Funny book!
As someone who’s worked at a tech startup… Tech Bros are THE WORST.
Also there’s never enough desk space.
Though the best tech startups serve free lunch… that’s how you fuel Tech Bros.