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SPOTLIGHT BOOK TOUR: Valencia and the Velvet Dress by Lorri Smith Jackson

9/21/2022

Valencia and the Velvet Dress by Lorri Jackson

Join us for this tour from Nov 1 to Nov 14, 2022!

Book Details:

Book Title: Valencia and the Velvet Dress by Lorri Smith Jackson
Category: Middle-Grade Fiction (Ages 8-12), 88 pages
Genre: Children's Early Chapter Book
Publisher: Mascot Books
Release date: Nov 1, 2022
Tour dates: Nov 1 to Nov 14, 2022
Content Rating: G

Book Description:

Valencia is a kind ten-year-old, who always sees the good in others. When she receives a dress for a special performance at school, she can’t stop wearing it. After many taunts, rumors, and finger-pointing—especially from neighborhood boy Joseph-Kelly Hunter—Valencia’s parents come up with the perfect plan to stop the ugly rumors before Valencia gets word of them. Will they be successful?

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Meet the Author:

Lorri Smith Jackson has been writing since she was a teen. Lorri graduated from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, with a degree in Communications. She currently works for the City of Manassas in Virginia, and is happily married to her husband, Bruce, and they have five daughters: Lorrin, Samantha, Corin, Elizabeth, and Renee. They also have four grandchildren: Hazel, Micah, Sydnei, and Kaleigh.

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SPOTLIGHT BOOK TOUR: Maral & Lupita: A Celebration of Friendship by Maral Pushian Sultanian and Judith A. Verduzco

9/21/2022

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MARAL & LUPITA: A CELEBRATION OF FRIENDSHIP by Maral Pushian Sultanian and Judith A. Verduzco

Maral & Lupita: A Celebration of Friendship by Judith Verduzco & Maral Pushian Sultanian

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Join us for this tour from Nov 1 to Nov 14, 2022!

Book Details:

Book Title: Maral & Lupita: A Celebration of Friendship by Judith Verduzco & Maral Pushian Sultanian
Category: Middle-Grade Fiction (Ages 8-12), 96 pages
Genre: Children's Book, Chapter Book
Publisher: Mascot Books
Release date: Nov 1, 2022
Tour dates: Nov 1 to Nov 14, 2022
Content Rating: G

Book Description:

It's the first day of fourth grade! Lupita and her family have just emigrated from Mexico and settled into their new home in the United States of America. Maral, a bit of a know-it-all, looks across the playground and notices the new girl in town. What follows is the birth of a friendship, the merging of cultures, and all that comes with these sorts of things! Throughout the pages of Maral & Lupita: A Celebration of Friendship, readers will find how friendships are born, nurtured, challenged, and celebrated.

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Meet the Authors:

Dr. Maral Pushian Sultanian has spent the majority of her professional career in service to youth and their families, entering the field of mental health in the community-based sector and finding herself now engrossed with the privilege of serving foster youth in Ventura County, California. She draws creative inspiration from her two children, Leo and William.

Judith A. Verduzco, LCSW, MPA, finds inspiration to collaborate and develop stories such as Maral & Lupita: A Celebration of Friendship from the myriad relationships that bring light and love to each of her creative endeavors. She is an ideas person who nurtures their fruition, bringing them to life. She has spent the majority of her professional career in public administration and in service to children, youth, and their families in and through community-based mental health.

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SPOTLIGHT BOOK TOUR: Ask Yourself: Inspiring Questions for Health, Happiness, and Self-Discovery by Mike Parker

9/21/2022

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ASK YOURSELF: INSPIRING QUESTIONS FOR HEALTH, HAPPINESS, AND SELF DISCOVERY by Mike Parker

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Join us for this tour from Nov 1 to Nov 14, 2022!

Book Details:

Book Title: Ask Yourself: Inspiring Questions for Health, Happiness, and Self-Discovery by Mike Parker
Category:  Adult Non-Fiction (18+), 228 pages
Genre: Self-Help
Publisher:  Mascot Books
Release date: Nov 1, 2022
Tour dates: Nov 1 to Nov 14, 2022
Content Rating: PG

Book Description:

Join author, speaker, and coach Mike Parker in an inspiring journey of self-discovery as he reveals the keys to finding, keeping, and savoring your most gratifying, heartwarming, and rewarding memories. It all starts with his delightfully unique and uplifting questions for you to Ask Yourself in a guided journal format. These questions are specifically designed to help you focus on the best times and people from your past, present, and even future.

Ask Yourself is your guide to a happier, healthier life, full of inspiring self-discovery. With the turn of each page, you will rediscover the memories and people you never want to forget. This thoughtfully crafted guided journal will bring all of those memories to the forefront of your mind and help you store them in the perfect place to keep forever.

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Meet the Author:

Mike Parker has been delivering motivational presentations for over twenty years. He is driven by his passion to help others achieve more than they ever thought was possible by igniting their full potential. Mike has a clear and inspiring message about the qualities found in overachieving people, teams, and organizations. Mike has been able to inspire thousands of individuals through his motivational presentations and his work as a Success Coach.

As a former track and field athlete at the University of Kansas, and now as a coach who built one of the country’s most successful programs, he has firsthand knowledge of what it takes to get to the top and enjoy the journey along the way. His girls cross country and track and field teams at Iowa City West High School have won eleven Class 4A team state titles.

Mike’s firsthand knowledge of how to ignite individual and team peak performances has helped thousands of individuals and many teams, organizations, and corporations reach amazing success. Due to the success of his teams, Mike has been selected as the Iowa High School State Coach of the Year or the At-Large Coach of the Year thirty-two times. Mike has been a finalist for National Coach of the Year awards three different times. In 2018, the National High School Athletic Coaches Association selected Mike as the Girls Track and Field National Coach of the Year, and in 2022 they inducted Mike into the National High School Athletic Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

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BOOK TOUR: On The Edge of Shattered: A Mother’s Experience of Discovering Freedom Through Sobriety by Kimberly Kearns

9/21/2022

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ON THE EDGE OF SHATTERED by Kimberly Kearns

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Join us for this tour from Nov 1 to Nov 28, 2022!

Book Details:

Book Title: On The Edge of Shattered: A Mother’s Experience of Discovering Freedom Through Sobriety by Kimberly Kearns
Category: Adult Non-Fiction (18+), 252 pages
Genre: Non-Fiction, Memoir, Self-Help
Publisher: Glass Spider Publishing
Release date: November 2022
Formats Available for Review: print-softback (USA only), ebook (PDF)
Tour dates: Nov to Nov 28, 2022
Content Rating: PG-13 + M: Intended for adults only, contains information on alcoholism

Book Description:

Before she stopped drinking for good, Kim was lying to herself and everyone she knew about her daily habit—sneaking morning sips of vodka behind her husband’s back, emptying bottles of wine and hiding the evidence from her family, and convincing herself that nothing was wrong and everything was under control. Until she realized that it wasn’t, and that her dishonesty could cost her everything she loved. What would happen to her marriage if things continued in this way? And how could she be a mother to her young children if she remained trapped in this cycle of abuse? Deciding she had to make a change, Kim threw herself into a new life of sobriety seven months into the Covid-19 pandemic. But only after severing the chains of bondage did she realize how much work there was still to do. Opening the doors to buried memories and past traumas was only the beginning. Throughout her journey to sobriety, Kim would come to terms with the secrets and lies told by her parents and loved ones, allowing her a clarity and freedom she never before thought possible.

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Meet the Author:

Kimberly Kearns is a wife to an incredible husband and a mother to three beautiful children. She currently lives in Need-ham, Massachusetts. She continues to tell her story of sobriety and inspire others every day on her blog at kimberlykearns.com, and through her Instagram account @asoberandstrongmom. Kimberly co-hosts the podcast The Weekend Sober and is a writer for the Webby Award-winning narrative podcast F*cking Sober: The First 90 Days. Writing has always been an escape for Kimberly, even as a little girl. Being able to express herself in words and getting lost in her imagination has served as a source of comfort to her as far back as she can remember.

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Tour Schedule:

Nov 1 – Book Reviews by Linda Moore – book spotlight / giveaway
Nov 1 -Books are a Blessing– book review / giveaway
Nov 2 – Rockin' Book Reviews – book review / guest post / giveaway
Nov 2 - Leanne bookstagram – book review
Nov 3 – Stephanie Jane – book review / author interview / giveaway
Nov 4 – Literary Flits – book review / giveaway
Nov 7 – Just Another Mother With Books – book review
Nov 8 – Liese's Blog – book spotlight
Nov 9 – Novels Alive– book review / giveaway
Nov 9 – Novels Alive – book spotlight / giveaway
Nov 10 – Books for Books– book spotlight
Nov 10- Welcome To MLMOpinion’s Reviews - book review
Nov 14 – Jazzy Book Reviews– book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Nov 15 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book review / giveaway
Nov 16 – The Momma Spot – book review / giveaway
Nov 17 – Book Corner News and Reviews – book review / giveaway
Nov 18 – Reading is My Passion – book review / giveaway
Nov 18 - Faith and Books – book review / giveaway
Nov 21 – Gina Rae Mitchell– book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Nov 21 - Because I said so -- and other adventures in Parenting – book review / author interview / guest post giveaway
Nov 22 – Paws.Read.Repeat– book review / giveaway
Nov 22 - @allbookedupwithcyn - book review
Nov 23 – Cover Lover Book Review – book review / giveaway
Nov 25 – fundinmental– book spotlight / giveaway
Nov 25 - @twilight_reader - book review / giveaway
Nov 25- Women Connect Online - book spotlight / giveaway
Nov 28 – Olio by Marilyn – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Nov 28 – Olio by Marilyn– book review / giveaway
Nov 28 - Authors on iTours Book Reviews - book review
Nov 29 - Splashes of Joy – book review / giveaway
Nov 29 - Women Connect Online - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway

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AUDIOBOOK & BOOK TOUR: The Secret Garden of Yanagi Inn by Amber A. Logan

9/21/2022

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The Secret Garden of Yanagi Inn by Amber A. Logan

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Join us for this tour from Oct 25 to Nov 14, 2022!

Book Details:

Book Title: The Secret Garden of Yanagi Inn by Amber A. Logan
Category: Adult Fiction (18+), 336 pages
Genre: Paranormal Mystery
Publisher: CamCat Books
Release date: Nov 15, 2022
Formats Available for Review: print-softback (USA only), audiobook (Book Funnel download), ebook (EPUB, PDF, Book Funnel download)
Tour dates: Oct 25 to Nov 14, 2022
Content Rating: PG. The book is clean, without excessive swearing, no sexual content or graphic violent scenes, etc.

Book Description:

Cracked doesn’t always mean broken.

Grieving her mother’s death, Mari Lennox travels to Kyoto, Japan to take photographs of Yanagi Inn for a client. As she explores the inn and its grounds, her camera captures striking images, uncovering layers of mystery shrouding the old resort—including an overgrown, secret garden on a forbidden island. But then eerie weeping no one else in the inn seems to hear starts keeping her awake at night.

Despite the warnings of the staff, Mari searches the deep recesses of the old building to discover the source of the ghostly sound, only to realize that her own family’s history is tied to the inn, its mysterious, forlorn garden . . . and the secrets it holds.

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Meet the Author:

Amber A. Logan is a university instructor, freelance editor, and author of speculative fiction living in Kansas with her husband and two children—Fox and Willow. In addition to her degrees in Psychology, Liberal Arts, and International Relations, Amber holds a PhD in Creative Writing from Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge.

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Tour Schedule:

Oct 25 – Rockin' Book Reviews – audiobook review / guest post / giveaway
Oct 25 - She Just Loves Books – audiobook review / giveaway
Oct 26 – Viviana MacKade – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Oct 26 - JB's Bookworms with Brandy Mulder – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Oct 27 - Sadie's Spotlight – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Oct 28 - Just Another Mother With Books – book spotlight
Oct 28 – Jennareadstuff – book review / giveaway
Oct 28 - Stephanie Jane – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Oct 31 – Paws.Read.Repeat – book review / giveaway
Oct 31 - Books for Books – book spotlight
Nov 1 – Mysweetenedlifebychix – audiobook review / giveaway
Nov 1 - Leanne bookstagram – book review / giveaway
Nov 2 – Liese's Blog – book spotlight
Nov 3 - @bookqueenbee – audiobook review
Nov 3 – Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Nov 3 - Novels Alive – book review / giveaway
Nov 4 – Amy's Booket List – audiobook review / giveaway
Nov 4 - Booking With Janelle – audiobook review / author interview / giveaway
Nov 7 – Cover Lover Book Review – book review / guest post / giveaway
Nov 7 – Literary Flits – audiobook review / giveaway
Nov 8 – Olio by Marilyn – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Nov 8 – Olio by Marilyn – book review / giveaway
Nov 9 – fundinmental – book spotlight / giveaway
Nov 10 – Deborah-Zenha Adams – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Nov 10 - @shangread_la – book review / giveaway
Nov 10 - Pause for Tales – book review / giveaway
Nov 11 – Book Corner News and Reviews – book review / giveaway
Nov 14 – Bound 4 Escape – audiobook review / giveaway
Nov 14 - Gina Rae Mitchell – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Nov 15- Splashes of Joy – audiobook review / giveaway
TBD - @onecreativeartist – book review
TBD - The Page Ladies - book review

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BOOK TOUR: FOR LOVE AND MERCY: A Novel by C. Ingrid Deringer

9/21/2022

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FOR LOVE AND MERCY by C. Ingrid Deringer

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Join us for this tour from Oct 24 to Nov 11, 2022!

Book Details:

Book Title: FOR LOVE AND MERCY: A Novel by C. Ingrid Deringer
Category: Adult Fiction (18+), 195 pages
Genre: Literary Fiction, Mystery, Historical Fiction
Publisher: FRIESEN PRESS
Release date: August 2022
Formats Available for Review: print-softback (USA and Canada), ebook (EPUB, PDF)
Tour dates: Oct 24 to Nov 11, 2022
Content Rating: PG-13. There is a death, near-death experience, some swearing, no explicit sex scenes.

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Book Description:

“Suddenly angelic beings of light appeared. They said I was at a crossroad, and it was here where I had to make a choice . . .”

In 2022, forty-two-year-old Dr. Stormy Hera, a music professor at the University of Victoria, is serving a manslaughter sentence at Sunnydale Forensic Hospital in British Columbia.

Although she can’t recall committing the crime, she feels strongly that she did the right thing. In the hopes of jogging her memory and healing her soul, Stormy is tasked with writing her autobiography as part of her rehabilitation.

Spanning the 1940s to 2026, and set in the Saskatchewan prairies, Olympia, Greece, and Canada’s West Coast, For Love and Mercy follows the lives of free-spirited Evangeline, and Stormy herself—including a near-death experience that changes everything.

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Meet the Author:

Charlotte Ingrid Deringer was born into a large family in Saskatchewan, Canada and has lived all across the country, on the east coast, west coast and everywhere in between.

Her family’s love of music, dance and practical jokes left a tremendous impression on her, but it was her voracious appetite for adventure that has driven her to experience life to the fullest. She was in her 50s when her creative passions ignited, fueling her desire to write fiction.

Ingrid holds a BA in Psychology, an MA in Women’s Studies and is also an Acupuncturist, Shiatsu Therapist, a Life Cycle Celebrant and a Meditation Teacher. She has worked in the health and wellness field, specializing in the treatment of chronic pain and chronic illness for over 25 years.

Now semi-retired, Ingrid loves to hang out with her grandchildren and spend winters in warm climates with her feet in the sand where she can write to her heart’s content.

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Tour Schedule:

Oct 24 – Rockin' Book Reviews – book review / guest post / giveaway
Oct 25 – Leels Loves Books – book spotlight
Oct 26 – Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Oct 27 – Liese's Blog – book spotlight
Oct 28 – Viviana MacKade – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Oct 31 – Stephanie Jane – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Oct 31 - Splashes of Joy - book review / giveaway
Nov 1 -Books are Blessing - book review / giveaway
Nov 1 – The Page Ladies – book review
Nov 2 – Book Corner News and Reviews – book review / giveaway
Nov 3 – Literary Flits – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Nov 3 - Books for Books – book spotlight
Nov 4 – @shangread_la – book review / author interview / giveaway
Nov 5 - I'm Into Books - book spotlight / giveaway
Nov 7 – Cover Lover Book Review – book review / guest post / giveaway
Nov 8 – fundinmental – book spotlight / giveaway
Nov 8 - Book Reviews by Taylor – book review
Nov 9 – 411 ON BOOKS, AUTHORS, AND PUBLISHING NEWS – book spotlight / giveaway
Nov 9 - Locks, Hooks and Books – book review / giveaway
Nov 10 – Gina Rae Mitchell – book review / guest post / giveaway
Nov 11 – Paws.Read.Repeat– book review / giveaway
TBD - She Just Loves Books – book review giveaway

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BOOK REVIEW TOUR: Brotherhood By Fire by Lindy Bell

9/20/2022

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Join us for this tour from Oct 24 to Nov 5, 2022!

Book Details:

Book Title: Brotherhood By Fire by Lindy Bell
Category: Adult Fiction (18+), 445 pages
Genre: General Fiction
Publisher: Day Agency
Release date: August 2022
Formats Available for Review: print-softback (USA), and ebook (GIFTED KINDLE, MOBI FILE (FOR KINDLE), EPUB)
Tour dates: Oct 25 to Nov 5, 2022
Content Rating: PG. There is one use of "hell" and one "oh my god." There are also several instances of kissing and one reference to "they loved each other with abandon" and one reference to "The bed where they'd loved each other so gloriously and so happily."

Book Description:

While passionately in love with his wife Katie, Andy also loves being a firefighter and when he is diagnosed with cancer, his whole world is turned upside down. What seemed so certain only days before, is now an unknown. Andy tries to protect Katie by not telling her, but her fears, and his increasing pain and moodiness only succeed in fueling a growing divide between them.

The fire station and its comradery are Andy’s refuge, but station officer Lt. Mike Bentley wages a vendetta against Andy, only making Andy more determined not to reveal weakness of any kind. In spite of Bentley, the C shift crew rallies to support Andy until events take a downward turn.

Firefighters face a myriad of dangers but invisible dangers can pose the greatest threat of all. Will courage, duty and even love be enough to save Andy from this unseen threat? If the worst should happen, would his greatest legacy be the love of the fire service or his love for his wife? Time can only tell because in the end, the unforeseen might have the greatest impact of all.

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Meet the Author:

A project ten years in the making, Brotherhood By Fire is Lindy Bell’s debut novel and avidly reflects her admiration and love of the fire service. Thoroughly researched, the quest for accuracy for the book led Lindy to participate in the Plano Citizens Fire Academy, attend classes and accompany firefighters on ride outs. With a retired fire chief and a current paramedic/firefighter in the family, Lindy has witnessed firsthand the dedication and humbleness of first responders which fueled the impetus to convey the importance of the legendary fire service brotherhood and create cancer awareness and its growing effect on the fire service.

Lindy’s first book, Jane Austen Celebrates~Holidays & Occasions Regency Style, is a showcase Regency Era holidays and their impact on modern holiday celebration traditions. A member of the Jane Austen Society of North America, Lindy has spoken to a variety of groups and taught Continuing and Adult Professional Education courses at Southern Methodist University (SMU). A graduate of Abilene Christian University, Lindy currently lives in Plano, TX and works from home for a governmental executive recruitment and training firm. As hobbies, Lindy enjoys supporting Plano Fire Rescue by volunteering with the Plano Fire Rescue Association, writing, reading an engaging novel and cross stitching.

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Tour Schedule:

Oct 24 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book review / author interview / giveaway
Oct 26 – Rockin' Book Reviews – book spotlight/ guest post / giveaway
Oct 27 – Books for Books – book review
Oct 28 – Book Corner News and Reviews – book review / giveaway
Oct 31 – Rockin' Book Reviews – book review / giveaway
Nov 1 – Cover Lover Book Review – book review / guest post / giveaway
Nov 3 – Leanne bookstagram – book review / giveaway
Nov 3 – Book Reviews by Taylor – book review / author interview / giveaway
Nov 4 – Reading Excursions – book review / giveaway
Nov 5 - @onecreativeartist – book review

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