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Book Details: Book Title: Up from Adams Street (a memoir) by Larry Crane Category: Adult Non-Fiction (18 +), 229 pages Genre: Memoir Publisher: Maine Authors Publishing Release date: July 2019 Format available for review: print, Gifted Kindle, PDF Will send print books out: USA and Canada Tour dates: Sep 14 to Oct 2, 2020 Content Rating: PG-13. Mild mature content. No bad language. Book Description: Larry Crane brings the sensibility of the post-World War II generation and a family of modest means to his fresh new novelesque memoir, Up From Adams Street. Born at home, surrounded by a neighborhood of immigrant families that burst out of the confines of Chicago to buy a lot carved out of the corn fields astride the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy rail line. As the confessed family favorite, he had a lot of expectations heaped on his shoulders, along with a sense that he was destined to fulfill that destiny. He realizes that participating in sports is a potential entrée into worlds that seem beyond his little world. Plus, he loves the games. He plays baseball, football and basketball. He caddies at golf courses. As he grows physically, he senses the need to expand mentally and philosophically too. A scholarship helps, then a surprise appointment to West Point follows. At the military academy, he bends to discipline, survives mandatory boxing, battles mighty Notre Dame in basketball, pitches against the legendary Yankees, conquers Mechanics of Fluids, and Calculus, discovers F. Scott Fitzgerald, befriends Red Reeder, falls in and out of love, turns 23, and becomes a man. 
Meet the Author:
Larry Crane spent the 1960s in a military setting, first at school at West Point, and as a lieutenant in Germany. He was an advisor to a Vietnamese ranger battalion in the Central Highlands. He took on a civilian career in brokerage and banking, retiring early to concentrate on writing, producing several full length plays most notable of which is Baghdad on the Wabash. Published fiction includes a thriller,A Bridge to Treachery, a mystery novel Missing Girls: In Truth Is Justice, and an anthology of short plays and stories, Baghdad on the Wabash and Other Plays and Stories. He lives with his wife Jan in splendid isolation on Southport Island, Maine. connect with the author: website ~ twitter ~ facebook ~ pinterest ~ instagram ~ goodreads
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Sep 14 - Rockin' Book Reviews – book review / guest post / giveaway Sep 14 - Bookish Paradise – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Sep 15 – Cover Lover Book Review – book review / giveaway Sep 16 – Rajiv's Reviews– book review Sep 16 - Jea Reads - book review Sep 17 – Splashes of Joy – book review / guest post / author interview / giveaway Sep 21 – Books for Books – book review Sep 22 –Book Corner News and Reviews – book review / giveaway Sep 23 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book review / giveaway Sep 24 – Sefina Hawke's Books – book review Sep 28 –Adventurous Jessy - book review / giveaway Sep 29 –Literary Flits – book spotlight / giveaway Sep 30 –Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Oct 2 – fundinmental – book spotlight / giveaway Oct 2 –My Fictional Oasis – book review TBD – Pen Possessed – book spotlight / giveaway
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Join Us for this Audiobook Series Tour from Aug 31 to Oct 2, 2020! SERIES DETAILS: Series Title: Henrietta and Inspector Howard by Michelle Cox Category: Adult Fiction (18+) Genre: Historical Mystery Publisher: Michelle Cox Release dates: November 2017; April 2017; April 2018; April 2019; April 2020 Format available for review: audiobook (Author Direct Download) Tour dates: Aug 31 to Oct 2, 2020 Content Rating: R: Books 1-2 do not have any sex scenes, though there is sexual reference, Books 3-5 do have explicit sex scenes (tasteful). There is periodic swearing and violence, but not a lot. There are some dark themes (though not graphic examples) of suicide, prostitution, mob involvement, rape, drinking, homosexuality. 
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Book Title: A Girl Like You (The Henrietta and Inspector Howard Series) by Michelle Cox Narrated by: Jayne A Entwistle Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins Category: Adult Fiction (18+) Genre: Historical Mystery Publisher: Michelle Cox Audiobook Release date: November, 2017 Content Rating: R: Books 1-2 do not have any sex scenes, though there is sexual reference, Books 3-5 do have explicit sex scenes (tasteful). There is periodic swearing and violence, but not a lot. There are some dark themes (though not graphic examples) of suicide, prostitution, mob involvement, rape, drinking, homosexuality.
Book Description:
Henrietta Von Harmon works as a 26 girl at a corner bar on Chicago’s northwest side. It’s 1935, but things still aren’t looking up since the big crash and her father’s subsequent suicide, leaving Henrietta to care for her antagonistic mother and younger siblings. Henrietta is eventually persuaded to take a job as a taxi dancer at a local dance hall—and just when she’s beginning to enjoy herself, the floor matron turns up dead. When aloof Inspector Clive Howard appears on the scene, Henrietta agrees to go undercover for him—and is plunged into Chicago’s grittier underworld. Meanwhile, she’s still busy playing mother hen to her younger siblings, as well as to pesky neighborhood boy Stanley, who believes himself in love with her and keeps popping up in the most unlikely places, determined to keep Henrietta safe—even from the Inspector, if need be. Despite his efforts, however, and his penchant for messing up the Inspector’s investigation, the lovely Henrietta and the impenetrable Inspector find themselves drawn to each other in most unsuitable ways. 
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Book Title: A Ring of Truth (The Henrietta and Inspector Howard Series) by Michelle Cox Narrated by: Jayne A Entwistle Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins Category: Adult Fiction (18+) Genre: Historical Mystery Publisher: Michelle Cox Audiobook Release date: May, 2020 Content Rating: R: Books 1-2 do not have any sex scenes, though there is sexual reference, Books 3-5 do have explicit sex scenes (tasteful). There is periodic swearing and violence, but not a lot. There are some dark themes (though not graphic examples) of suicide, prostitution, mob involvement, rape, drinking, homosexuality.
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In this second book of the series, Henrietta and Clive delightfully rewrite Pride and Prejudice―with a hint of mystery! Newly engaged, Clive and Henrietta now begin the difficult task of meeting each other’s family. “Difficult” because Clive has neglected to tell Henrietta that he is in fact the heir to the Howard estate and fortune, and Henrietta has just discovered that her mother has been hiding secrets about her past as well. When Clive brings Henrietta to the family estate to meet his parents, they are less than enthused about his impoverished intended. Left alone in this extravagant new world when Clive returns to the city, Henrietta finds herself more at home with the servants than his family, much to the disapproval of Mrs. Howard―and soon gets caught up in the disappearance of an elderly servant’s ring, not realizing that in doing so she has become part of a bigger, darker plot. As Clive and Henrietta attempt to discover the truth in the two very different worlds unraveling around them, they both begin to wonder: Are they meant for each other after all? 
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Book Title: A Promise Given (The Henrietta and Inspector Howard Series) by Michelle Cox Narrated by: Jayne A Entwistle Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins Category: Adult Fiction (18+) Genre: Historical Mystery Publisher: Michelle Cox Audiobook Release date: February, 2020 Content Rating: R: Books 1-2 do not have any sex scenes, though there is sexual reference, Books 3-5 do have explicit sex scenes (tasteful). There is periodic swearing and violence, but not a lot. There are some dark themes (though not graphic examples) of suicide, prostitution, mob involvement, rape, drinking, homosexuality.
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This third book in the Henrietta and Inspector Howard series provides a delightful romp through the English countryside and back. Anxious to be married, Henrietta and Clive push forward with their wedding plans despite their family differences, made worse now by Oldrich Exley’s attempts to control the Von Harmons. When the long-awaited wedding day arrives, there is more unfolding than just Clive and Henrietta’s vows of love. Stanley and Elsie’s relationship is sorely tested by the presence of the dashing Lieutenant Harrison Barnes-Smith and by Henrietta’s friend Rose―a situation that grows increasingly dark and confused as time goes on. As Clive and Henrietta begin their honeymoon at Castle Linley, the Howards’ ancestral estate in England, they encounter a whole new host of characters, including the eccentric Lord and Lady Linley and Clive’s mysterious cousin, Wallace. When a man is murdered in the village on the night of a house party at the Castle, Wallace comes under suspicion―and Clive and Henrietta are reluctantly drawn into the case, despite Clive’s anxiety at involving his new bride and Henrietta’s distracting news from home. Delicately attempting to work together for the first time, Clive and Henrietta set out to prove Wallace’s innocence, uncovering as they do so some rather shocking truths that will shake the Linley name and estate forever. 
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Book Title: A Veil Removed (The Henrietta and Inspector Howard Series) by Michelle Cox Narrated by: Jayne A Entwistle Length: 15 hrs and 11 mins Category: Adult Fiction (18+) Genre: Historical Mystery Publisher: Michelle Cox Audiobook Release date: April, 2020 Content Rating: R: Books 1-2 do not have any sex scenes, though there is sexual reference, Books 3-5 do have explicit sex scenes (tasteful). There is periodic swearing and violence, but not a lot. There are some dark themes (though not graphic examples) of suicide, prostitution, mob involvement, rape, drinking, homosexuality.
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Murder is never far from this sexy couple . . . even during the holidays! Their honeymoon abruptly ended by the untimely death of Alcott Howard, Clive and Henrietta return to Highbury, where Clive discovers all is not as it should be. Increasingly convinced that his father’s death was not an accident, Clive launches his own investigation, despite his mother’s belief that he has become “mentally disturbed” with grief. Henrietta eventually joins forces with Clive on their first real case, which becomes darker―and deadlier―than they imagined as they get closer to the truth behind Alcott’s troubled affairs. Meanwhile, Henrietta’s sister, Elsie, begins, at Henrietta’s orchestration, to take classes at a women’s college―an attempt to evade her troubles and prevent any further romantic temptations. When she meets a bookish German custodian at the school, however, he challenges her to think for herself . . . even as she discovers some shocking secrets about his past life. 
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Book Title: A Child Lost (The Henrietta and Inspector Howard Series) by Michelle Cox Narrated by: Jayne A Entwistle Length: 14 hrs and 53 mins Category: Adult Fiction (18+) Genre: Historical Mystery Publisher: Michelle Cox Audiobook Release date: June, 2020 Content Rating: R: Books 1-2 do not have any sex scenes, though there is sexual reference, Books 3-5 do have explicit sex scenes (tasteful). There is periodic swearing and violence, but not a lot. There are some dark themes (though not graphic examples) of suicide, prostitution, mob involvement, rape, drinking, homosexuality.
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A spiritualist, an insane asylum, a lost little girl . . . When Clive, anxious to distract a depressed Henrietta, begs Sergeant Frank Davis for a case, he is assigned to investigating a seemingly boring affair: a spiritualist woman operating in an abandoned schoolhouse on the edge of town who is suspected of robbing people of their valuables. What begins as an open and shut case becomes more complicated, however, when Henrietta―much to Clive’s dismay―begins to believe the spiritualist's strange ramblings. Meanwhile, Elsie implores Clive and Henrietta to help her and the object of her budding love, Gunther, locate the whereabouts of one Liesel Klinkhammer, the German woman Gunther has traveled to America to find and the mother of the little girl, Anna, whom he has brought along with him. The search leads them to Dunning Asylum, where they discover some terrible truths about Liesel. When the child, Anna, is herself mistakenly admitted to the asylum after an epileptic fit, Clive and Henrietta return to Dunning to retrieve her. This time, however, Henrietta begins to suspect that something darker may be happening. When Clive doesn’t believe her, she decides to take matters into her own hands . . . with horrifying results. 
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Jayne Entwistle was born in the North of England and lived in a myriad of places (Vancouver, San Francisco, Tucson, Sequim, Seattle) before landing in Los Angeles. She is an avid improviser who hitched her space-work wagon to Patrick Bristow’s company, Improvatorium, where she studied, taught, directed and performed improv. She is an award-winning audiobook narrator best known for her narration of the Flavia de Luce series by Alan Bradley. She also received the 2015 Odyssey Honour Award for The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place by Julie Berry and the 2016 Odyssey Award for, The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley. When not inhaling books for work or pleasure, Jayne works in film, television and commercials. The biggest star she has ever worked with is Shaquille O’Neal. He is quite literally THE biggest star she has ever worked with. Ever. He’s really big! 
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Michelle Cox is the author of the multiple award-winning Henrietta and Inspector Howard series as well as “Novel Notes of Local Lore,” a weekly blog dedicated to Chicago’s forgotten residents. She suspects she may have once lived in the 1930s and, having yet to discover a handy time machine lying around, has resorted to writing about the era as a way of getting herself back there. Coincidentally, her books have been praised by Kirkus, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and many others, so she might be on to something. Unbeknownst to most, Michelle hoards board games she doesn’t have time to play and is, not surprisingly, addicted to period dramas and big band music. Also marmalade. Connect with the Author: website ~ facebook ~twitter ~ instagram ~ goodreads
Tour Schedule:
Aug 31 - Bookish Paradise – series spotlight / guest post / giveaway Aug 31 – Hall Ways Blog – audiobook review of A Girl Like You / giveaway Aug 31 -Rockin' Book Reviews – series spotlight / guest post / giveaway Sep 1 –Lamon Reviews – audiobook review of A Girl Like You / giveaway Sep 1 -Rebecca Graf on Medium - audiobook review of A Girl Like You Sep 2 - Rajiv's Reviews - audiobook review of A Girl Like You / giveaway Sep 2 - Library of Clean Reads - audiobook review of A Girl Like You / giveaway Sep 3 – Locks, Hooks and Books – audiobook review of A Girl Like You / giveaway Sep 3 -Amy's Booket List - audiobook review of A Girl Like You Sep 4 - Rebecca Graf on Medium - audiobook review of A Ring of Truth Sep 4 -Rajiv's Reviews - audiobook review of A Ring of Truth / giveaway Sep 7 -Rajiv's Reviews - audiobook review of A Promise Given / giveaway Sep 8 – Sefina Hawke's Books – series spotlight Sep 8 - Rebecca Graf on Medium - audiobook review of A Promise Given Sep 9 – Books for Books – audiobook review of A Girl Like You Sep 9 –Jazzy Book Reviews – series spotlight / guest post / giveaway Sep 9 - Rajiv's Reviews - audiobook review of A Veil Removed / giveaway Sep 9 - Library of Clean Reads - audiobook review of A Ring of Truth / giveaway Sep 10 -Amy's Booket List - audiobook review of A Ring of Truth Sep 10 - Rosepoint Publishing - audiobook review of A Girl Like You Sep 11 – Books for Books – audiobook review of A Ring of Truth Sep 11- Rebecca Graf on Medium - audiobook review of A Veil Removed Sep 14 –Hall Ways Blog – audiobook review of A Ring of Truth / giveaway Sep 14 - Rajiv's Reviews - audiobook review of A Child Lost / giveaway Sep 15 – Olio By Marilyn – audiobook review of A Girl Like You / giveaway Sep 16 - Library of Clean Reads - audiobook review of A Promise Given / giveaway Sep 17 –Locks, Hooks and Books – audiobook review of A Ring of Truth / giveaway Sep 17 - Amy's Booket List - audiobook review of A Promise Given Sep 18 - Books for Books – audiobook review of A Promise Given Sep 18 - From the TBR Pile - audiobook review of A Girl Like You Sep 20 - Rebecca Graf on Medium - audiobook review of A Child Lost Sep 21 - Books for Books – audiobook review of A Veil Removed Sep 21 – Hall Ways Blog – audiobook review of A Promise Given / giveaway Sep 22 –Olio By Marilyn – audiobook review of A Ring of Truth / giveaway Sep 23 – Book Corner News and Reviews – audiobook review of A Veil Removed / giveaway Sep 23 - Library of Clean Reads - audiobook review of A Veil Removed / giveaway Sep 24 – Locks, Hooks and Books – audiobook review of A Promise Given / giveaway Sep 24 -Amy's Booket List - audiobook review of A Veil Removed Sep 25 –Books for Books – audiobook review of A Child Lost Sep 25 - From the TBR Pile - audiobook review of A Ring of Truth Sep 28 – Hall Ways Blog – audiobook review of A Veil Removed / giveaway Sep 29 -Locks, Hooks and Books – audiobook review of A Veil Removed / giveaway Sep 30- From the TBR Pile - audiobook review of A Promise Given Sep 30 – Olio By Marilyn – audiobook review of A Promise Given / giveaway Sep 30 - Library of Clean Reads - audiobook review of A Child Lost / giveaway Oct 1 - From the TBR Pile - audiobook review of A Veil Removed Oct 1 – Olio By Marilyn – audiobook review of A Veil Removed / giveaway Oct 1 - Amy's Booket List - audiobook review of A Child Lost Oct 2 –Locks, Hooks and Books – audiobook review of A Child Lost / giveaway Oct 2 - From the TBR Pile - audiobook review of A Child Lost TBD-Rockin' Book Reviews – audiobook review of A Girl Like You / giveaway TBD– Rockin' Book Reviews – audiobook review of A Child Lost / giveaway TBD - Rockin' Book Reviews – audiobook review of A Veil Removed / giveaway TBD – Rockin' Book Reviews – audiobook review of A Ring of Truth / giveaway TBD – Rockin' Book Reviews – audiobook review of A Promise Given / giveaway TBD - History from a Woman’s Perspective - audiobook review of A Girl Like You
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Book Details: Book Title: One Boy's War by Nancy McDonald Category: Middle-Grade Fiction (Ages 8-12), 134 pages Genre: Historical fiction Publisher: Iguana Books Release date: April, 2020 Format available for review: print, PDF Tour dates: September 14 to October 2, 2020 Content Rating: G. There is no violence, bad language etc. in this book.
Raves for Boy From Berlin by Nancy McDonald:
"Inspired by a true story, Boy from Berlin shares a unique voice in the Holocaust. Highly recommended!” - Jennifer Roy, author of Yellow Star, winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Award. “A compelling introduction to themes of war, courage and identity, certain to engage young readers.” - Trilby Kent, author of Stones for my Father, winner of the TD Canadian Children’s Literary Award.
Book Description:
ENGLAND, SUMMER 1940. Following a brush with death in the Irish Sea, 10-year-old Käfer Avigdor unexpectedly finds himself back in London. There, he stumbles upon a sinister Nazi plot that targets hundreds of people in Britain—including the most powerful man in the country. The one person who might be able to defeat Adolf Hitler. With the Germans threatening to invade England at any moment, Käfer musters all his courage and ingenuity in a valiant effort to thwart the Nazis. But will he succeed in time to save the day? One Boy’s War, the sequel to Boy from Berlin, is inspired by real people and historical events.
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Book Details: Book Title: Boy from Berlin by Nancy McDonald Category: Middle-Grade Fiction (Ages 8-12), 142 pages Genre: Historical fiction Publisher: Iguana Books Release date: May 7, 2018 Format available for review: PDF Tour dates: September 14 to October 2, 2020 Content Rating: G. There is no violence, bad language etc. in this book.
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Berlin, April 1938. One night, eight-year-old Käfer Avigdor uses his specialty toilet-paper roll binoculars to spy on his Mama and Aunt Charlotte. The whispered conversation he overhears alerts him to a danger he didn’t know existed and starts him rethinking who he really is and where he belongs. Within hours, Käfer and his family flee their comfortable life. In a desperate race to stay one step ahead of the Nazis, Käfer is called on to be braver and more resourceful than he ever imagined possible. But will it be enough? Boy from Berlin is based on real people and actual events.
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Meet the Author:
Nancy McDonald began her career as a journalist on television programs that include W5, Canada AM, and Marketplace before going on to become a sought-after freelance writer, penning everything from documentaries to live-action scripts to comic books. One Boy’s War is the highly anticipated sequel to Boy from Berlin. Nancy lives in Stratford, Ontario, where she revels in Shakespeare, takes theatergoers on tours of the Costume Warehouse, and treads the boards with the Perth County Players. She also works part-time at Fanfare Books, Stratford’s only independent bookseller. connect with the author: website ~ twitter ~ instagram ~ goodreads
Tour Schedule:
Sep 14 –Splashes of Joy – book review of Boy from Berlin / guest post / author interview / giveaway Sep 14 - Working Mommy Journal - book review of Boy from Berlin / giveaway Sep 14 – Sefina Hawke's Books – book spotlight Sep 15 – I'm Into Books – book spotlight / giveaway Sep 15 - Adventurous Bookworm – book review of One Boy’s War / giveaway Sep 16 – Book Corner News and Reviews – book review of One Boy’s War / giveaway Sep 17 –Book Corner News and Reviews – book review of Boy from Berlin / giveaway Sep 17 - Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Sep 18 – Splashes of Joy – book review of One Boy’s War / giveaway Sep 18 - Nighttime Reading Center – book review of Boy from Berlin / giveaway Sep 21 – Rockin' Book Reviews – book review of Boy from Berlin / guest post / giveaway Sep 22 - Library of Clean Reads - book spotlight / giveaway Sep 23 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book review of Boy from Berlin / giveaway Sep 23 - Working Mommy Journal-book review of One Boy's War / giveaway Sep 24 – Literary Flits – book spotlight / giveaway Sep 24 -Books and Zebras @jypsylynn – book review of One Boy’s War Sep 25 – fundinmental – book spotlight / giveaway Sep 25 - Writer with Wanderlust - book review of Boy from Berlin / giveaway Sep 28 - Books for Books – book spotlight Sep 29 – StoreyBook Reviews – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Sep 29 -Sylv.net – book spotlight Sep 30 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book review of One Boy’s War / giveaway Oct 1 – Connie's History Classroom – book review of Boy from Berlin Oct 1 - Writer with Wanderlust - book review of One Boy’s War / guest post / giveaway Oct 2 -Connie's History Classroom – book review of One Boy’s War Oct 2 - Nighttime Reading Center – book review of One Boy’s War / giveaway Oct 2 - Hall Ways Blog – book spotlight / giveaway TBD – Pen Possessed – book review of One Boy’s War
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Book Details: Book Title: Queen of the Owls by Barbara Linn Probst Category: Adult Fiction (18 +), 307 pages Genre: Upmarket Women's Fiction Publisher: She Writes Press Release date: April 2020 Tour dates: Sep 9 to Sep 25, 2020 Content Rating: PG-13: Includes situations and discussions of adult subject matter.
"A stunner" — Caroline Leavitt, best-selling author
"A must-read" — Barbara Claypole White, best-selling author "Nuanced and insightful" — Christina Baker Kline, #1 New York Times best-selling author
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A chance meeting with a charismatic photographer will forever change Elizabeth’s life. Until she met Richard, Elizabeth's relationship with Georgia O’Keeffe and her little-known Hawaii paintings was purely academic. Now it’s personal. Richard tells Elizabeth that the only way she can truly understand O’Keeffe isn’t with her mind―it’s by getting into O’Keeffe’s skin and reenacting her famous nude photos. In the intimacy of Richard’s studio, Elizabeth experiences a new, intoxicating abandon and fullness. It never occurs to her that the photographs might be made public, especially without her consent. Desperate to avoid exposure―she’s a rising star in the academic world and the mother of young children―Elizabeth demands that Richard dismantle the exhibit. But he refuses. The pictures are his art. His property, not hers. As word of the photos spreads, Elizabeth unwittingly becomes a feminist heroine to her students, who misunderstand her motives in posing. To the university, however, her actions are a public scandal. To her husband, they’re a public humiliation. Yet Richard has reawakened an awareness that’s haunted Elizabeth since she was a child―the truth that cerebral knowledge will never be enough. Now she must face the question: How much is she willing to risk to be truly seen and known?
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BARBARA LINN PROBST is a writer of both fiction and non-fiction, living on an historic dirt road in New York’s Hudson Valley. Her debut novel QUEEN OF THE OWLS (April 2020) is the powerful story of a woman’s search for wholeness, framed around the art and life of iconic American painter Georgia O’Keeffe. Endorsed by best-selling authors including Christina Baker Kline and Caroline Leavitt, QUEEN OF THE OWLS was selected as one of the twenty most anticipated books of 2020 by Working Mother, a debut novel “too good to ignore” by Bustle, and "one of the best new novels to read during the quarantine" by Parade Magazine and Entertainment Weekly. It won the bronze medal for popular fiction from the Independent Publishers Association, placed first runner-up in general fiction for the Eric Hoffer Award, and was short-listed for the $2500 Grand Prize. Barbara has a PhD in clinical social work and blogs for several award-winning sites for writers. Connect with the Author: website ~ facebook ~ instagram ~ goodreads
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Sep 9 – Rockin' Book Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Sep 9 -Locks, Hooks and Books – book spotlight / giveaway Sep 9 - Working Mommy Journal - book spotlight / giveaway Sep 10 – My Fictional Oasis – book spotlight Sep 10 - Bookish Paradise – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Sep 10 - Book Corner News and Reviews – book spotlight / giveaway Sep 11 –Elizabeth McKenna – Author – book spotlight / giveaway Sep 15 –Lamon Reviews – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Sep 15 – fundinmental – book spotlight / giveaway Sep 16 – I'm Into Books – book spotlight / giveaway Sep 16 - Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Sep 17 – Gina Rae Mitchell – book spotlight / giveaway Sep 17 - Library of Clean Reads - book spotlight / giveaway Sep 18 – Hall Ways Blog – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Sep 22 –Literary Flits – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Sep 22 - Deborah-Zenha Adams - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Sep 22 - Sylv.net – book spotlight / giveaway Sep 23 – StoreyBook Reviews – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Sep 23 - Alexis Marie Chute Blog - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Sep 23 - Books for Books – book spotlight Sep 24 –Mystery Suspense Reviews – book spotlight / guest post Sep 25 -100 Pages A Day – book spotlight / giveaway Sep 27 – Sefina Hawke's Books – book spotlight TBD – Pen Possessed – book spotlight / giveaway TBD - Novel Escapes - book spotlight
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Book Details: Book Title: Beyond What Separates Us by R.A. Morris Category: Adult fiction 18 yrs +, 277 pages Genre: Dystopian, Sci-Fi Publisher: Iguana Books Release date: September, 2020 Format available for review: print, ebook (mobi file (for Kindle), ePub, PDF) Will send print books out: USA and Canada Tour dates: July 14 to Aug 10, 2020 Content Rating: PG-13 Some swearing and violent scenes.
Book Description:
Four strangers from distant parts of the world struggle to survive on a planet torn apart by war, greed and disease. Living under drastically different circumstances, they are each presented with an opportunity to choose what type of world they want to live in. Beyond What Separates Us follows these four strangers as they attempt to overcome hardships and reach their full potential. This is a story about the best and worst aspects of humanity clashing to determine not only the fate of our species but all other life on Earth. 
Meet the Author:
R.A Morris was raised in Ancaster, Ontario and holds a Master of Environmental Studies from York University. After graduate school he spent a year teaching science in Honduras before heading back to Canada to work in the environmental sector. He has lived in the small remote community of Fort Good Hope and the territorial capital of Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories. He currently lives in Toronto. His first novel, Beyond What Separates Us, is a timely work of speculative fiction that offers a glimpse of what societies may look like if we continue on our path of ecological degradation. Connect with the Author: twitter ~ facebook ~ instagram ~ goodreads
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Sep 9 –Locks, Hooks and Books – book review / giveaway Sep 10 – Rockin' Book Reviews – book review / guest post / giveaway Sep 10 - Books for Books – book spotlight Sep 11 – Sefina Hawke's Books – book spotlight Sep 14 –Sylv.net – book spotlight Sep 15 –Book Corner News and Reviews – book spotlight / giveaway Sep 15 -Jazzy Book Reviews – book review / giveaway Sep 16 – Momfluenster – book spotlight / giveaway Sep 16 - Lamon Reviews – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Sep 16 – Literary Flits – book review / giveaway Sep 18 – StoreyBook Reviews – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Sep 21 - Books and Zebras @jypsylynn – book review Sep 21 – Splashes of Joy – book spotlight / guest post / author interview / giveaway Sep 21 – fundinmental – book spotlight / giveaway Sep 22 –My Fictional Oasis – book review TBD - Pen Possessed – book review
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Book Details: Book Title: Candidate for Murder by Lauren Carr Series: A Mac Faraday Mystery (Volume 12) Category: Adult fiction, 464 pages Genre: Murder Mystery / Political Satire Publisher: Acorn Book Services Release date: June 9, 2016 Format available for review: Print (USA only). Audible download, ebook (mobi, epub, PDF) Tour dates: Aug 31to Oct 9, 2020 Content Rating: PG-13 - (Lauren Carr's books are murder mysteries, so there are murders involved. Occasionally, a murder will happen on stage. There is sexual content, but always behind closed doors. Some mild swearing (a hell or a damn few and far between). No F-bombs!
"It is an amusing look at politics and media today. Appropriate to see how the Deep Creek mayoral election relates to current events. Dissatisfaction with politicians on many levels often leave us looking for extreme change. It may leave you thoughtful. It may leave you writing Gnarly's name in as your preferred candidate in the next election." Reviewer: Merry Citarella, Jaquo.com
"Hilarious, mysterious and full of adventure, Gnarly and his human friends will have you on the edge of your seat unable to put your book down. Candidate for Murder is well written, played out and a story that you have just never heard before. I enjoyed every moment reading this book!" Reviewer: Working Mommy Journal
Book Description:
It’s election time in Spencer, Maryland, and the race for mayor is not a pretty one. In recent years, the small resort town has become divided between the year-round residents who enjoy their rural way of life and the city dwellers who are moving into mansions, taking over the town council, and proceeding to turn Deep Creek Lake into a closed-gate community—complete with a host of regulations for everything from speed limits to clotheslines. When the political parties force-feed two unsavory mayoral nominees to the town’s residents, David O’Callaghan, the chief of police, decides to make a statement—by nominating Gnarly, Mac Faraday’s German shepherd, to run for mayor of Spencer! What starts out as a joke turns into a disaster when overnight, Gnarly becomes the front-runner, and his political opponents proceed to dig into the canine’s past. When one of the mayoral candidates ends up dead, it becomes apparent that slinging mud is not enough for someone with a stake in this election. With murder on the ballot, Mac Faraday and the gang—including old friends from past cases—dive in to clear Gnarly’s name, catch a killer, and save Spencer!
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"Lauren's dialogue is brisk, her setting beautiful and the addition of Gnarly is very clever...It's Murder, My Son is a delightful read and I look forward to more of Carr's Mac Faraday mysteries." --Connie Gregory, Connie's Reviews
"I couldn't put this book down! Lauren Carr develops the characters and weaves the details of the murder investigation into a complex storyline that keeps the reader relentlessly turning pages. She is skilled at teasing you into reading more. I finished the last page still wanting to read more!" -- Kelly Carpenter, Kelly's Lucky You "No disrespect to Mac Faraday, Archie Monday, David O'Callaghan, Travis Turner or any of the multitude of good, bad and ugly characters populating Lauren Carr's It's Murder, My Son; but to me the most interesting character in the book is a lovable, mischievous, sneaky German shepherd named Gnarly." - David M. Kinchen, Huntington News 
Book Details:
Book Title: It's Murder, My Son by Lauren Carr Series: A Mac Faraday Mystery (Volume 1) Category: Adult fiction (18+), 288 pages Genre: Murder Mystery Publisher: Acorn Book Services Release date: June 23, 2010 Format available for review: Audible download, ebook (mobi, epub, PDF) Tour dates: Aug 31 to Oct 9, 2020 Content Rating: PG-13 - (Lauren Carr's books are murder mysteries, so there are murders involved. Occasionally, a murder will happen on stage. There is sexual content, but always behind closed doors. Some mild swearing (a hell or a damn few and far between). No F-bombs!
Book Description:
What started out as the worst day of Mac Faraday’s life would end up being a new beginning. After a messy divorce hearing, the last person that Mac wanted to see was another lawyer. Yet, this lawyer wore the expression of a child bursting to tell his secret. This confidence would reveal Mac as heir to undreamed of fortunes, and lead him to the birthplace of America’s Queen of Mystery and an investigation that will unfold like one of her famous mystery novels. Soon after she moves to Deep Creek Lake, Maryland, Katrina Singleton learns that life in an exclusive community is not all good. For some unknown reason, a strange man calling himself “Pay Back” begins stalking her. When Katrina is found strangled all evidence points to her terrorist, who is nowhere to be found. Three months later, the file on her murder is still open when Mac Faraday, sole heir to his unknown birth mother’s home and fortune, moves into the estate next door. Little does he know as he drives up to Spencer Manor that he is driving into a closed gate community that is hiding more suspicious deaths than his DC workload as a homicide detective. With the help of his late mother’s journal, this retired cop puts all his detective skills to work to pick up where the local investigators have left off to follow the clues to Katrina’s executor. 
Meet the Author:
Lauren Carr is the international best-selling author of the Mac Faraday, Lovers in Crime, Chris Matheson Cold Case, Thorny Rose Mysteries, and the Nikki Bryant Cozy Mysteries—close to thirty titles across five fast-paced mystery series filled with twists and turns! Book reviewers and readers alike rave about how Lauren Carr’s seamlessly crosses genres to include mystery, suspense, crime fiction, police procedurals, romance, and humor. A popular speaker, Lauren is also the owner of Acorn Book Service, the umbrella under which falls iRead Book Tours. She lives with her husband and two spoiled rotten German Shepherds (including the nephew of the late-great Gnarly! (pictured above)) on a mountain in Harpers Ferry, WV. Connect with the author: Website ~ Twitter ~ Facebook ~ Instagram ~ Pinterest ~ Goodreads
TOUR SCHEDULE:
Sep 1 –Dab of Darkness Audiobook Reviews – audiobook review of Candidate for Murder / giveaway Sep 2 – Books for Books – book review of It’s Murder, My Son Sep 2 - Blooming with Books - book spotlight of Candidate for Murder / giveaway Sep 3 – Bound 4 Escape – book review of It’s Murder, My Son / giveaway Sep 4 – Rockin' Book Reviews – audiobook review of Candidate for Murder / giveaway Sep 7 –Book Corner News and Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Sep 8 – Christa Reads and Writes – book review of It’s Murder, My Son / giveaway Sep 8 - My Reading Journeys - audiobook review of It's Murder, My Son / giveaway Sep 9 –My Fictional Oasis – book review of Candidate for Murder Sep 11 –Nighttime Reading Center – series spotlight / guest post / giveaway Sep 11 –fundinmental – book spotlight / giveaway Sep 14 –Literary Flits – book review of It’s Murder, My Son / giveaway Sep 15 –Jazzy Book Reviews – book review of Candidate for Murder / giveaway Sep 16 –Books for Books – book spotlight Sep 17 –Rockin' Book Reviews – audiobook review of It's Murder, My Son / guest post / giveaway Sep 18 –My Journey Back - audiobook review of It's Murder, My Son / giveaway Sep 21 –My Journey Back - audiobook review of Candidate for Murder / giveaway Sep 22 –Mystery Suspense Reviews – audiobook review of Candidate for Murder Sep 22 - Mystery Suspense Reviews - book spotlight / author interview Sep 23 –Books and Zebras @jypsylynn – book review of Candidate for Murder Sep 24 –Bound 4 Escape – audiobook review of Candidate for Murder / giveaway Sep 25 –Buried Under Books - audiobook review of Candidate for Murder / giveaway Sep 28 –StoreyBook Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Sep 29 –Sefina Hawke's Books – book spotlight Sep 30 –Locks, Hooks and Books – audiobook review of Candidate for Murder / giveaway Sep 30 - Blooming with Books - audiobook review of It's Murder, My Son / giveaway Oct 1 –Christa Reads and Writes – book review of Candidate for Murder / giveaway Oct 1 - So Fine Print – book review of Candidate for Murder / giveaway Oct 2 –Adventurous Jessy – book review of It’s Murder, My Son / giveaway Oct 5 –Splashes of Joy – book review of It’s Murder, My Son / giveaway Oct 6 –Literary Flits – book review of Candidate for Murder / giveaway Oct 6 - Amy's Booket List - audiobook review of Candidate for Murder Oct 7 –Sylv.net – book spotlight Oct 7 - My Reading Journeys - audiobook review of Candidate for Murder / guest post / giveaway Oct 8 - Splashes of Joy – book review of Candidate for Murder / guest post / author interview / giveaway Oct 9 –Nighttime Reading Center – audiobook review of Candidate for Murder / giveaway Oct 9 -Adventurous Jessy – book review of Candidate for Murder / giveaway TBD – Confessions of the Perfect Mom – book review of Candidate for Murder / giveaway TBD – Confessions of the Perfect Mom – book review of It’s Murder, My Son / giveaway
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Join us for this tour from August 3 to August 14, 2020!
Book Details: Book Title: Frankie and the Gift of Fantasy by Ruthy Ballard Category: Middle-Grade Fiction (Ages 8-12), 260 pages Genre: Fantasy and Magic Publisher: WhipSmart Books Release date: June 16, 2020 (ebook); October 1, 2020 (print) Tour dates: August 3 to August 14, 2020 Content Rating: G.
Book Description:
Frankie Russo doesn’t brood about the past or worry about the future. He lives in the present moment, frolicking in a world of make-believe that drives his high-achieving parents crazy. They have lofty ambitions for him, but Frankie has no interest. He prefers to flip helium burgers on Jupiter or rule a kingdom of mermen in the Caspian Sea, up inside his head, where all the fun is. Frankie’s parents nag him endlessly, worried he’ll come to nothing. But all that changes when he disappears through a mysterious crack in his bedroom ceiling and finds himself on a distant, two-mooned planet called Urth. Why was he drawn there? He doesn’t know, but as he embarks on a delightful, mind-blowing adventure, Frankie’s desperate parents think he’s been abducted, and an innocent man is arrested and charged with the crime! On the surface, Frankie and the Gift of Fantasy is a lighthearted science-rich adventure story that takes its middle grade readers on an entertaining romp to the other side of the galaxy. But the undercurrent is one of discovery and redemption, where a ten-year-old boy, through an unexpected journey, finds a way to escape his parent’s stifling shadow and emerge into a future of his own choosing. 
Meet the Author:
Ruthy Ballard is a children's book author, artist, and scientist who lives in Sacramento, California. By day, she’s “Dr. Ruth Ballard,” a professor and forensic DNA expert. By night, she romps in an imaginative playground of colors and words. Ruthy is the author of Frankie and the Gift of Fantasy and Tales by Moons-Light: Stories from Before the Great Melt. She is currently working on the third book in her Tales by Moons-light series: Elvia and the Gift of Passion. Her entertaining stories lure middle grade readers into science, but her creative ventures don’t stop there. She’s also a folk artist whose colorful "cartoons" delight and inspire both children and adults. Ruthy is married to a musician and is the mother of two sons, three cats, and a Samoyed dog named Mush, all of whom appear in her work, in various guises, from time to time. connect with author: website ~ facebook ~ goodreads
Tour Schedule:
Aug 3 – Splashes of Joy – book spotlight / giveaway Aug 3 - Locks, Hooks and Books – book spotlight / giveaway Aug 4 –Book Paradise – book spotlight / giveaway Aug 4 - Pick a Good Book – book spotlight / giveaway Aug 5 –Books, Tea, Healthy Me – book spotlight / giveaway Aug 5 - Library of Clean Reads – book spotlight / giveaway Aug 6 –Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / giveaway Aug 7 - Hall Ways Blog – book spotlight / giveaway Aug 7 - Writer with Wanderlust – book spotlight / giveaway Aug 10 –Book Corner News and Reviews – book spotlight / giveaway Aug 10 – The Book View – book spotlight / giveaway Aug 11 – Pen Possessed – book spotlight / giveaway Aug 11 - The Bespectacled Mother – book spotlight Aug 12 – Sarah Says – book spotlight / giveaway Aug 13 –Haddie's Haven – book spotlight / giveaway Aug 13 - Reading Authors Network – book spotlight / giveaway Aug 13 - Literary Flits – book spotlight / giveaway Aug 14 – Adventurous Bookworm – book spotlight / giveaway
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Not only does Lauren do a fantastic job of organizing the tour and communicating with you at every step of the way, but I found the tour hosts that signed up for her tour to be of a higher caliber. The reviews that I got on this tour were thoughtful and well-written and I noticed an uptick in sales during this tour. I also appreciated the fact that many of her tour hosts that wrote reviews posted them on multiple sites, not just on their blog or Instagram account. This is invaluable to an author. I highly recommend Lauren and iReads Book Tours. - Allyson Rice, author of The Key to Circus-Mom Highway
Lauren Carr's iReads Book Tour is amazing! She gets real results. Not only did I get thousands of new eyes on my series, but I grew my following on all social media channels as well. Lauren has a dedicated group of reviewers and bloggers who are competent and reliable - no more wasted ARCs mailed out with no results.
- Michelle Cox, author of the Henrietta and Inspector Howard Novels Archives
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