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Join Us for This Tour: July 5 to July 25
Book Details: Book Title: LIES AT HER DOOR (A Psychological Thriller) by A.A. Abbott Category: Adult Fiction 18+, 220 pages Genre: Mystery, Psychological Thriller, Domestic Thriller Publisher: Perfect City Press Release Date: July 5, 2022 Format available for review: print-softback (USA and Canada), ebook (MOBI FILE (FOR KINDLE), EPUB, PDF) Tour dates: April 4 to April 22 Content Rating: PG + M: The book has references to adultery (not explicit), kissing and drugs. It features mild blasphemy and profanity.
Book Description:
She forgot about her childhood friend… until his body is found under her garden. Can she prove she didn’t commit the decades-old murder? Lucy Freeman struggles to find satisfaction in life. Trapped in the shadow of her rock star brother, the thirty-two-year-old craves more than her days at home caring for her terminally ill mother. But her routine takes a turn for the horrifying when a giant sinkhole collapses the earth outside their house and reveals a skeleton. Shocked to discover the bones belong to a former member of her sibling’s band, Lucy’s worst nightmare comes alive when police suspect her of the killing. And as she turns to her dying parent’s diaries in a desperate search for vindication, she’s entangled in a dark and complicated truth. Will unearthing long-buried wrongs prove lethal? Lies at Her Door is a heavy-hitting psychological thriller novel. If you like strong character growth, overcoming dysfunctional relationships, and revealing unexpected secrets, then you’ll love AA Abbott’s chilling whodunnit.
Meet the Author:
British crime thriller writer A.A. Abbott (also known as Helen Blenkinsop) enjoys escaping with an exciting and emotional read, and that’s what she aims to write too. Based in the city of Bristol in England’s beautiful West Country, she’s shared her love for the city by writing about it in her latest psychological thriller. Lies at Her Door is Helen’s ninth book. She’s had help from readers on subjects as varied as police procedure, philosophy and music. She’s grateful to them and to editor Katharine D’Souza for making huge improvements to the story. Like 10% of us, many of Helen’s family are dyslexic. While she is not, she wants her books to be enjoyed by readers with dyslexia and visual impairment too. She publishes her thrillers in a Large Print dyslexia-friendly edition as well as standard paperback and ebook versions. (You can also adjust the font on your electronic device to suit your needs.) A member of the Alliance of Independent Authors, Helen likes speaking to book groups, business networks and social circles. She also has fun reading thrillers and short stories at live fiction events and on Zoom. If you're a book blogger, litfest organiser, reviewer or simply adore books, she’d love to hear from you. connect with the author: website ~ facebook ~ twitter ~ bookbub
Tour Scheduled:
July 5 – Mystery Review Crew – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway July 6 –RebeccaReviewedIt – book review July 6 - FUONLYKNEW - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway July 7 –She Just Loves Books – book review / giveaway July 8 - Splashes of Joy - book spotlight / giveaway July 11 – Literary Flits – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway July 11 –Kam's Place – book review July 12 - From the TBR Pile - book review / giveaway July 13 – Reading is My Passion – book review / giveaway July 13 - Deborah-Zenha Adams – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway July 14 – Review Thick And Thin – book review / giveaway July 15 – Celticlady's Reviews – book spotlight / giveaway July 18 – fundinmental – book spotlight / giveaway July 18 - Mostly Mystery Reviews – book review / author interview July 19 – Book Corner News and Reviews – book review / giveaway July 20 - Locks, Hooks and Books – book review / giveaway July 21 – Novels Alive – book spotlight / giveaway July 21 – Novels Alive – book review July 22 – @booking.with.janelle – book review / giveaway July 22 - Lynchburg Reads – book review / giveaway July 25 - The Page Ladies – book review
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Join us for this tour from June 6 to July 1, 2022!
Book Details: Book Title: Finding Ruby Draker by Marianne Scott Category: Adult Fiction (18+), 330 pages Genre: Mystery / Thriller Publisher: Friesen Press Release date: Original January 2016. Relaunch March 2022 Tour dates: June 6 to July 1, 2022 Content Rating: PG-13 +M. Occasional Profanity
Book Description:
Kathleen Jones has lived a protected and typical suburban life, nothing unexpected in her carefully controlled and planned existence. She’s about to complete her college degree and is ready to start a successful career but after completing her last exam she comes home to find her world has been turned upside down. Her home has been torched and her parents and little brother killed. If that’s not bad enough, she is kidnapped and drugged unconscious by strangers posing as a police officers. When she awakes she discovers that everything has changed – her face, her name, and everything she believed to be true. But things get worse. Hardly recovered from surgery, she is whisked away under the cover of darkness as more men storm the clinic with guns. It seems that the men who abducted her are not her greatest threat. Now on a private charter on its way to Nice, France, her abductors are calling her Ruby – Ruby Draker! Finding Ruby Draker is a novel about knowing yourself, accepting change, embracing danger, and taking risks. You never know what life is going to throw at you.
Also Available for Review - Marianne Scott's Upcoming New Release!
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Book Title: Shadows in the Aftermath by Marianne Scott Category: Adult Fiction (18+), 330 pages Genre: Mystery / Thriller Publisher: Friesen Press Release date: June 2022 Tour dates: June 6 to July 1, 2022 Content Rating: PG-13 +M. Occasional Profanity
Book Description:
Ruby Draker has found new strength and is ready to move on after Felix Szabo devastated the Draker estate in Nice, France. Three Drakers are dead leaving Ruby in grief and with thoughts of revenge. The Drakers are a family built of survivors; each rescued from Felix Szabo, a psychopath, who sought to murder his former agents at the CIA whom he believed betrayed him. The Drakers’ sole mission is to stop Szabo from adding more victims to his list, and although he also perished during the invasion, his legacy continues to haunt them. When the Drakers learn that Robert Draker, presumed dead since the shoot-out at Robert’s farmhouse, may be alive and at a rehab clinic in Portland, Maine, the Drakers know it could be a setup, but they have no choice but to try to nd him and bring Robert home. Shocked that Robert may be alive, the family head from France to America to find him. It’s only when they arrive in the west that they realize finding Robert won’t be as easy as they thought. Szabo has found a way to terrorize the Draker family, even after death. His outstanding debt with a Corsican crime family means the Drakers must now find and deliver a shipment of plutonium, which will likely be used by terrorists to create a nuclear bomb, to get Robert back. As Ruby struggles with the decision to save her brother or North America, she must also evade the CIA, who are trying to stop the Drakers from delivering the plutonium.
Meet the Author:
Marianne Scott is the Canadian author of four mystery thrillers and is currently finishing an edit on her fourth novel, a murder mystery. She has a BA and a Diploma in Business Administration from Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, CA. She studied creative writing through Conestoga College and Humber College. She enjoys writing workshops such as those offered by Brian Henry, publisher of the blog, Quick Brown Fox, and One Lit Place, a writers’ hub by creator/editor Jenna Kalinsky. She has an author’s website and blog is the president of The Cambridge Writers’ Collective and is a member of the Guelph Genre Writers. In September of 2018, she completed a fourth-year course in Writing Fiction at the University of Guelph under the expert teaching of Lawrence Hill. Her novels, Finding Ruby Draker and Shadows in the Aftermath are self-published. She is actively seeking representation to break into the traditional publishing world with her third and fourth novels. connect with the author: website ~ twitter ~ twitter ~ facebook ~ instagram ~
Tour Schedule:
June 6 –Mystery Review Crew – book spotlight of FINDING RUBY DRAKER / author interview / giveaway June 6 -Rockin' Book Reviews – book review of FINDING RUBY DRAKER / guest post / giveaway June 7 – Jazzy Book Reviews – book series spotlight / giveaway June 7 -She Just Loves Books – book review of FINDING RUBY DRAKER / giveaway June 8 –Gina Rae Mitchell – book review of FINDING RUBY DRAKER / guest post / giveaway June 9 –Celticlady's Reviews – book series spotlight / giveaway June 9 -Kam's Place – book review of FINDING RUBY DRAKER June 10 –Cover Lover Book Review – book review of FINDING RUBY DRAKER / giveaway June 10 - @booking.with.janelle – book review of FINDING RUBY DRAKER June 14 –Literary Flits – book review of FINDING RUBY DRAKER / giveaway June 15 –Novels Alive – book review of FINDING RUBY DRAKER June 15 – Novels Alive – book series spotlight / giveaway June 15 - Amy's Booket List – book review of FINDING RUBY DRAKER / giveaway June 16 –Bigreadersite – book review of FINDING RUBY DRAKER / giveaway June 16 -The Momma Spot – book review of FINDING RUBY DRAKER / giveaway June 17 –Novels Alive – book review of SHADOWS IN THE AFTERMATH June 20 - Kam's Place – book spotlight of SHADOWS IN THE AFTERMATH June 21 – Mystery Review Crew – book spotlight of SHADOWS IN THE AFTERMATH / guest post / giveaway June 21 – fundinmental – book series spotlight / guest post / giveaway June 22 –Literary Flits – book review of SHADOWS IN THE AFTERMATH / giveaway June 23 –Locks, Hooks and Books – book review of FINDING RUBY DRAKER / giveaway June 24 –Locks, Hooks and Books – book review of SHADOWS IN THE AFTERMATH / giveaway June 24 –Cover Lover Book Review – book review of SHADOWS IN THE AFTERMATH / giveaway June 27 – Gina Rae Mitchell – book review of SHADOWS IN THE AFTERMATH / author interview / giveaway June 27 - Amy's Booket List – book review of SHADOWS IN THE AFTERMATH / giveaway June 28 –The Page Ladies – book review of SHADOWS IN THE AFTERMATH June 28 -She Just Loves Books – book review of SHADOWS IN THE AFTERMATH / giveaway June 29 -@booking.with.janelle – book review of SHADOWS IN THE AFTERMATH June 30 –StoreyBook Reviews – book review of FINDING RUBY DRAKER / giveaway June 30 -The Momma Spot – book review of SHADOWS IN THE AFTERMATH / giveaway July 1 -Books for Books - Book Series Spotlight July 2 – Bigreadersite – book review of SHADOWS IN THE AFTERMATH / giveaway TBD – My Fictional Oasis – book review of FINDING RUBY DRAKER / giveaway TBD – My Fictional Oasis – book review of SHADOWS IN THE AFTERMATH / giveaway
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Join Us for This Tour: February 7 to February 25, 2022
Book Details: Book Title: Discovery of the Five Senses Book One - The Urban Boys Series by K. N. Smith Category: YA Fiction (Ages 13-17), 340 pages Genre: Young Adult Action-Adventure, Young Adult Thriller, Urban Fantasy, Mystery/ Thriller Publisher: Two Petals Publishing (self-published) Release date: September 15, 2021 Formats Available for Review: print - softback (USA only), e-book (mobi for Kindle, EPUB, PDF_ Tour dates: February 7 to February 25, 2022 Content Rating: PG
"Brilliantly crafted and written!" - Megan King, Indie Book Reviewers
"An energetic adventure debut with stellar action sequences. Smith's writing is intelligent and often lyrical. Her exuberant prose never fails to dazzle." - Kirkus Media "A captivating and poetic tale of mystery, fantasy, and reality tied together by action!" - 5-stars, Lars Jackson, Amazon Customer
Book Description:
Welcome or unwelcome. Fate has arrived. A suspenseful incident in a forbidden preserve heightens the senses of five friends. Sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell become super-gifts that forever change the world. But furious battles confront the boys as they try to understand their sensory super powers in a race to save mankind. With light beings and mysterious strangers complicating their plight, will the boys be able to defeat the evil Druth before it’s too late? Get prepared for the twisting and grinding of this award-winning, action-adventure story — an edge-of-your-seat narrative for young and mature readers alike. EXCERPT: As one would imagine, a mysterious forest might offer deep, eerie chills, especially at night. Instead, the forest cast a rich glow, and the environment was beautiful and serene. Walking slowly with their eyes absolutely feasting on the horticultural delights, the boys were approached by something they weren’t sure was real. It floated effortlessly, lighting up in a sporadic pattern, but had neither sound nor discernible shape, other than being somewhat clear and round. Its fluttering wings suspended it in the center of their disbelieving huddle. All eyes were on it, but what it was provoked more mystery than the forest itself. It bounced in a cheery, beckoning fashion, flashing its stunning wings, drawing the boys into a never-ending waltz. They were transfixed, unable to glance at each other, prevented by the daze each silently battled. The little glowing being carried about, moving closer to their faces. It moved in and out of trees, spewing, sparkle and splendor, then floated away from the boys, yet stayed close enough to continue the enticement. Contributing to the amazing glow ricocheting from sprawling fronds to soaring trees and fallen leaves, the being’s creativity advanced in a display of twirls and spins, astonishing the boys. And they followed their little friend further and further into the forest. Deeper ahead, the visual spectacle beautifully intertwined with the clicking noise, which grew louder and more defined, moving up the scale into high notes. The repetition of the noise mesmerized the boys, equating to an invisible lasso. The friends grouped together, looking ahead and behind. Their stomachs tightened as the tension grew. What they saw next would pale in comparison to their little, wondrous friend, who steadily bounced around several curvy pathways. The small creature led them into an area deep within the preserve housing two large, floating, clicking balls of light. The boys instinctively covered their eyes, yet still tried to peep through their fingers. The light balls began spinning wildly and grew louder, with their tops spitting out free-falling shavings of light like fireworks. The sputtering light bounced off the dirt only to end up against a tree or one of the boys, then back down and up again. Slowing down, the beings moved in between the boys. Too scared to move and struggling with reality, the boys’ eyes locked onto the radiant balls. And with a striking force, the five friends were encased by a bright, piercing light as the balls exploded, emitting their energy onto the boys. Mixing and mashing north, south, east, and west, bright waves covered the soil, spreading across trees, rock, and all plant life. The forest fell silent, frozen like an inhale without an exhale. It was dark and quiet, except for the liquid energy dripping from the huge, wavy leaves. Being subjected to drifts both in and out of reality, the boys succumbed to the lure of a vacant black space within the deepest parts of their minds. They fell to the ground unconscious, laying in this forbidden domain in the center of a place they had been warned not to approach. And from some distance toward the other side of the preserve, a draped shadow had been looking inward and saw this mysterious incident. The curve of his black hood was loose enough for him to witness the unthinkable. But it also shrouded his expression, which was impassive. This figure, a dark stranger, had been watching the boys for a period of time and saw the explosion of light. He knew it had exposed them to a grave risk in this place of both awe and fear. He realized time would now take the reins as a master guide for these stricken young men, all of whom would need hope as a rod and stamina as a spear on the long journey ahead. Knowing the veil of normalcy would need to be maintained in order for this inconceivable episode to be minimized, the Dark Stranger drew upon his strength to physically move each of the boys to Rhee’s house. He knew familiar surroundings would ease them as they roused, barely able to comprehend their predicament. For he knew much, and every step, every footprint left an indelible impression on the path leading to the studio in Rhee’s backyard. Indeed, footprints providing a window to the past meshed with hope for the future. And like a laser, the Dark Stranger steadied his gait, hurling each one up and over his powerful shoulders. As he absorbed the totality of the scene, he breathed deeply. His head hung in a manner to which only trauma could relate. But in a sign of resilience, it swiftly sprung back. Under the circumstances, he knew time would not be patient nor friendly. Welcome or unwelcome. Fate had arrived.
Meet the Author:
K.N. Smith, winner of the “Best of” in the category of “Outstanding Young Adult Novel” at the Jessie Redmon Fauset Book Awards, is an author, screenwriter, and passionate advocate of literacy and arts programs throughout the world. She inspires people of all ages to reach their highest potential in their creative, educational, and life pursuits. She lives in California with her family. connect with the author: website ~ facebook ~ goodreads
Tour Schedule:
Feb 7 – Cover Lover Book Review – book spotlight / giveaway Feb 7 - Rockin' Book Reviews – book review / giveaway Feb 8 – Bookworm for Kids – book spotlight / giveaway Feb 8 -Olio by Marilyn – book review / giveaway Feb 8 - Olio by Marilyn – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Feb 9 –Because I said so -- and other adventures in Parenting – book review / giveaway Feb 10 –Splashes of Joy - book review / giveaway Feb 11 – Pick a Good Book – book spotlight / giveaway Feb 11 - Stephanie Jane – book review / giveaway Feb 14 –Book Corner News and Reviews – book review / giveaway Feb 14 - Sefina Hawke's Books – book spotlight Feb 15 –Buried Under Books – book review / giveaway Feb 16 –Locks, Hooks and Books – book review / giveaway Feb 17 - I'm Into Books - book spotlight / giveaway Feb 17 –Lamon Reviews – book spotlight / giveaway Feb 17 -Westveil Publishing – book spotlight / giveaway Feb 18 –fundinmental – book spotlight / giveaway Feb 18 - Literary Flits – book review / giveaway Feb 21 - Library Lady's Kid Lit - book spotlight / giveaway Feb 22 – Books are a Blessing – book review / giveaway Feb 22 -Books for Books – book spotlight Feb 23 –Kam's Place – book review Feb 24 –@twilight_reader – book review Feb 25 –Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / giveaway Feb 28 - Leels Loves Books – book review / giveaway
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