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  Join Us for This Tour from Mar 26 to Apr 15 Book Details: Book Title: The Promise of Unbroken Straw by Ken Steele Category: Adult Fiction (18+), 379 pages Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Yorkshire Publishing Release date: Mar 2024 Tour dates: Mar 26 to Apr 15 Content Rating: PG Book Description: Paul's teachers say he's distracted, and they're not wrong. With the demands of a struggling farm, Allied boots in Europe, and secrets surrounding his mother's death, who can blame him? And the expectations of his father are seemingly unachievable. When a financial windfall sparks a rags-to-riches transformation, it also sets in motion events that will test young Paul to his core. This coming-of-age story connects Paul's tumultuous adolescence to his unfulfilled adulthood. Across those decades, he searches for redemption and reconciliation with the ghosts of his past.  Meet the Author: A native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Ken Steele holds degrees in Civil Engineering from Oklahoma State University and MIT. The Promise of Unbroken Straw is Ken's debut novel, a work of historical fiction. He resides in Colorado with his wife of 41 years where his days are filled with pickleball, golf, hiking, and all that the mountains can offer. connect with author: website ~ facebook ~ instagram Tour Schedule:
Mar 26 – Gina Rae Mitchell – book spotlight Mar 26– Cover Lover Book Review – book spotlight Mar 27 – Rockin' Book Reviews – book spotlight Mar 28 – Leanne Bookstagram – book spotlight Apr 2 - Book Corner News and Reviews - book spotlight Apr 3 – Diane’s Book Journal – book spotlight Apr 4 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book spotlight Apr 8 – StoreyBook Reviews – book spotlight Apr 10 – Cheryl's Book Nook – book spotlight Apr 15 – Liese's Blog – book spotlight TBD – fundinmental – book spotlight
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  Join Us for This Tour from Jan 24 to Feb 12 Book Details: Book Title: Shield of the King by M.B. Mooney Category: YA Fiction (Ages 13-17), 298 pages Genre: YA Fantasy Publisher: Yorkshire Publishing Release date: January 2024 Tour dates: Jan 24 to Feb 12 Content Rating: PG. YA Fantasy Book Description: She may not be the hero they want, but she is the one they need. Born in a kingdom where women are kept from power, Elowen has been trained as a warrior by her father, a former general. When her father is ordered out of retirement, she joins him on a journey to thwart a plot to assassinate the king. Tragedy strikes in defense of the royal family, and Elowen begins her own mission to expose the rebellion. She discovers secrets about her past that threaten to destroy her homeland and her own life, and she must find a way to fight for what is right in a corrupt kingdom.  Meet the Author: MB Mooney has traveled the world, teaching in the Republic of Korea and visiting places like Fiji, China, and the Philippines. He loves to write books, stories, and songs. His books are fantasy/sci-fi related, and his first published novel is The Living Stone: The Eres Chronicles Book 1. Mooney lives in Lawrenceville, GA with his amazing wife and three energetic kids. connect with author: website ~ facebook ~ instagram ~ goodreads Tour Schedule:
Jan 24 – Rockin' Book Reviews – book spotlight Jan 24 – Character Madness and Musings – book spotlight Jan 25 – fundinmental – book spotlight Jan 26 – Library Lady's Kid Lit – book spotlight. Jan 29 – Ilovebooksandstuffblog – book spotlight Jan 30 – Liese's Blog – book spotlight Jan 31 – From the TBR Pile – book spotlight Feb 2 - Locks, Hooks and Books – book spotlight Feb 6 – Cheryl's Book Nook – book spotlight Feb 8 – Leanne Bookstagram – book spotlight Feb 12 – Cover Lover Book Review – book spotlight 
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Book Details: Book Title: Dead Letters by P.J. Murphy Category: Adult Fiction (18+), 349 pages Genre: Mystery, Literary Fiction Publisher: P.J. Murphy Release date: May 2023 Tour dates: Jan 22 to Feb 9 Content Rating: PG-13 +M. The book is not violent, and swearing is infrequent. There are a number of references to ghosts, but the atmosphere is more gothic than scary (with one exception). However, it is a book aimed squarely at adults, with references to depression and mental illness.
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“If you want to find me, search within these pages.” Bestselling author Richard Debden is missing. The only clue: a copy of his unpublished final novel delivered to his ex-girlfriend, Amy. When those closest to Richard reunite for his memorial, Amy turns to Chris, his former best friend, to help unravel the mystery. Could Richard still be alive and in need of their help? Richard’s manuscript tells of two abandoned children in wartime Britain, instructed by a shadowy Postmaster to deliver letters to ghosts and release them from their torment. As Chris and Amy delve into the text, they identify parallels between fiction and reality; clues to a trail that leads across the country and – they hope – to Richard. But they are not the only interested party. A mysterious society is following them, their motives unclear. Can Chris and Amy unlock the secrets of Dead Letters, or will more sinister forces get there first? Dead Letters is the captivating second novel by P.J. Murphy, author of Troubleshot. 
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P.J. Murphy writes novels that introduce unusual and humorous twists to classic genres. If you pick up one of his books, you’re in for an interesting read that never loses its sense of fun. As a writer, P.J. tries to stick to the adage ‘write what you know’, although with the addition, ‘just make sure you exaggerate and distort it beyond all recognition’. He is planning to write a novel about taking a road trip with a parrot. He has never owned a parrot. connect with author: website ~ facebook ~ goodreads
Tour Schedule:
Jan 22 – Elizabeth McKenna – Author – book spotlight / giveaway Jan 22 - Cover Lover Book Review – book spotlight / giveaway Jan 23 – Celticlady's Reviews – book spotlight / giveaway Jan 24 – fundinmental – book spotlight / giveaway Jan 24 - JB's Bookworms with Brandy Mulder – book spotlight / giveaway Jan 26 – Casia's Corner – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Jan 26 – Cheryl's Book Nook – book spotlight / giveaway Jan 26 - Rockin' Book Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / spotlight Jan 29 – FUONLYKNEW – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Jan 30 –My Reading Getaway – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Jan 30 - Mystery, Thrillers & Suspense - book spotlight author interview giveaway Jan 31– Country Mamas With Kids – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Jan 31 - Book Corner News and Reviews - book spotlight / giveaway Feb 1 – Diane’s Book Journal – book spotlight / giveaway Feb 2 – The Sexy Nerd Revue – book spotlight / giveaway Feb 2 - Liese's Blog – book spotlight Feb 5 – Leanne Bookstagram – book spotlight Feb 6 – Gina Rae Mitchell – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Feb 7 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Feb 7- The Phantom Paragrapher - book review / giveaway Feb 8 – StoreyBook Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Feb 9 – From the TBR Pile– book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
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Book Details: Book Title: A Song that Never Ends (Hamilton Place Book I) by Mark A. Gibson Category: Adult Fiction 18 yrs +, 338 pages Genre: Family Saga Fiction, Thriller, Historical Fiction Publisher: Hamilton Press (Self) Release date: January, 2024 Format available for review: print (print - softback / USA and Canada) and ebook (EPUB and PDF) Tour dates: Feb 5 to Feb 23, 2024 Content Rating: A soft R for the following: Language, although appropriate for situation, does have a smattering (perhaps 5 uses over 350 pages) of the F-word. Sexual situations are more so implied than graphic, although there is one soft description of fellatio. There is no use of derogatory descriptions for persons, sexes or races. No graphic violence is described.
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Home. For over three hundred years, that’s what the Hamilton family has called a shrinking swath of farmland in the Appalachian foothills of South Carolina. Home. That’s the failing tobacco farm where Walter and Maggie Hamilton choose to raise their three children. Walter has big plans to make the farm more profitable, but his plans are interrupted by World War II and family heartbreak. Walter returns from the war a changed man, and finds Maggie, too, has changed; neither of them for the better. But at least their family is together at... Home. More than anything, that’s where their eight-year-old son, Jimmy Hamilton, wants to be. However, after an unspeakable tragedy, he’s sent away from the only life he’s ever known—to live with a kindly uncle in North Carolina, far from… Home. That’s where Jimmy is finally going to be, unless fate has plans of its own… A Song that Never Ends is the first installment of the Hamilton Place series, an epic family saga extending from the Great Depression to present day. Through war and peace, love and loss, triumph and tragedy; follow the Hamilton family on their journey from a run-down farm in South Carolina, through the jungles of Vietnam, to the top of the world in New York City, and beyond the gardens of stone at Arlington.
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Book Title: Roses in December (Hamilton Place Book 2) by Mark A. Gibson Category: Adult Fiction 18 yrs +, 358 pages Genre: Family Saga Fiction, Thriller, Historical Fiction Publisher: Hamilton Press (Self) Release date: April, 2024 Format available for review: print (print - softback / USA and Canada) and ebook (EPUB and PDF) Tour dates: Feb 5 to Feb 23, 2024 Content Rating: A soft R for the following: Language, although appropriate for situation, does have a smattering (perhaps 5 uses over 350 pages) of the F-word. Sexual situations are more so implied than graphic, although there is one soft description of fellatio. There is no use of derogatory descriptions for persons, sexes or races. No graphic violence is described.
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Jimmy Hamilton overcame childhood tragedy to become a hero in Vietnam, only to die there in 1967. All but forgotten, Jimmy leaves behind a young wife, an infant son, and a man wracked by guilt. Circumstances allow Becca, his young widow, to be manipulated into an abusive, loveless union with Jimmy’s brother and into raising her son ignorant of his father’s true identity—a wrong she knows must be set right…but how? When? Like Jimmy before him, James, Jr. is an intellectually gifted, albeit troubled man. Hamstrung by the false narrative of his life and then tormented by an unspeakable loss, his days are spent treading the knife’s edge between present day reality and a past he’s incapable of forgetting. With his final act of bravery, Jimmy unknowingly saved the scion of a powerful Washington family. In so doing, he set in place circumstances that just might draw his son back from the abyss…but only if he can somehow make it home from Vietnam. Roses in December concludes the Hamilton Place series, an epic family saga extending from the Great Depression to present day. Through war and peace, love and loss, triumph and tragedy, follow the Hamilton family on their journey from a run-down farm in South Carolina, through the jungles of Vietnam, to the top of the world in New York City, and through the gardens of stone at Arlington. 
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Mark A. Gibson is a physician who practices Cardiology in the mountains of rural North Georgia. He was raised on a small farm in upstate South Carolina—the last postage-stamp sized sliver of a much larger parcel granted to the family by land grant from King Charles II in 1665—and may or may not have once gotten in trouble for digging up his mom’s calla lily bed in search of the family’s long-lost charter. Dr. Gibson graduated from the Citadel in Charleston, SC with a BS in Biology. Afterwards, he received his medical degree from the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Columbia, SC. He received his Internal Medicine training through the University of Tennessee Medical System and Cardiology training through the Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center. He served for eight years on active duty with the US Air Force, before leaving the military for private practice. Although a cardiologist by profession, Dr. Gibson is a dreamer by nature. He is a self-styled oenophile who enjoys travel and fine food. In his spare time, he builds sandcastles and dreams of distant shores. Roses in December represents Dr. Gibson’s second offering to the world of literature, and the conclusion of his Hamilton Place Series. All previous publications have been of the professional, peer-reviewed, medical variety, and make for lovely sleep aids. Connect with the author: amazon ~ X/Twitter
Tour Schedule:
Feb 5 – Cover Lover Book Review – book series spotlight / giveaway Feb 5 - Locks, Hooks and Books – book review of A SONG THAT NEVER ENDS / giveaway Feb 6 – Bigreadersite – book review of A SONG THAT NEVER ENDS / giveaway Feb 7 – JB's Bookworms with Brandy Mulder – book series spotlight / guest post / giveaway Feb 7 - Leanne Bookstagram – book review of A SONG THAT NEVER ENDS / giveaway Feb 8 – Gina Rae Mitchell – book review of A SONG THAT NEVER ENDS / guest post / giveaway Feb 8 - Country Mamas With Kids – book review of A SONG THAT NEVER ENDS / author interview / giveaway Feb 9 – The Sexy Nerd Revue – book series spotlight / giveaway Feb 9 - Liese's Blog – book spotlight of A SONG THAT NEVER ENDS Feb 9 - Rockin' Book Reviews - book review of A SONG THAT NEVER ENDS / guest post / giveaway Feb 12– fundinmental – book series spotlight / giveaway Feb 12 – Welcome To MLMOPINIONS Reviews – book review of A SONG THAT NEVER ENDS / giveaway Feb 13 – Welcome To MLMOPINIONS Reviews – book review of ROSES IN DECEMBER / giveaway Feb 13 – Bigreadersite – book review of ROSES IN DECEMBER / giveaway Feb 14 – StoreyBook Reviews – book review of A SONG THAT NEVER ENDS / giveaway Feb 14 - Leanne Bookstagram – book review of ROSES IN DECEMBER / giveaway Feb 15 –Novels Alive – book review of A SONG THAT NEVER ENDS / giveaway Feb 15 - Book Corner News and Reviews - book review of A SONG THAT NEVER ENDS / giveaway Feb 15- Liese's Blog – book spotlight of ROSES IN DECEMBER Feb 16 - Book Reviews by Linda Moore – book review of A SONG THAT NEVER ENDS / giveaway Feb 16 – Novels Alive – book review of ROSES IN DECEMBER / giveaway Feb 16 - Book Corner News and Reviews - book review of ROSES IN DECEMBER / giveaway Feb 16 – StoreyBook Reviews – book review of ROSES IN DECEMBER / giveaway Feb 19 - Rockin' Book Reviews - book spotlight of ROSES IN DECEMBER / giveaway Feb 19- Locks, Hooks and Books – book review of ROSES IN DECEMBER / giveaway Feb 20 - Connie's History Classroom – book review of A SONG THAT NEVER ENDS / guest post / giveaway Feb 20 – Gina Rae Mitchell – book review of ROSES IN DECEMBER / guest post / giveaway Feb 21 - Kim's Book Reviews and Writing Aha's – book review of A SONG THAT NEVER ENDS / author interview / giveaway Feb 21 - @dana.loves.books - book review of A SONG THAT NEVER ENDS / giveaway Feb 22 - Connie's History Classroom – book review of ROSES IN DECEMBER / giveaway Feb 22 – Kim's Book Reviews and Writing Aha's – book review of ROSES IN DECEMBER / giveaway Feb 22 - Country Mamas With Kids – book review of ROSES IN DECEMBER / giveaway Feb 23 –Diane’s Book Journal – book series spotlight / giveaway Feb 23 - Teatime and Books - book series spotlight / giveaway Feb 27 -- Book Reviews by Linda Moore – book review of ROSES IN DECEMBER / giveaway Feb 27 - @dana.loves.books - book review of ROSES IN DECEMBER / giveaway
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BOOK SERIES TOUR: A GATEWAY TO HOPE / OVERFLOW WITH HOPE (The Hope Series) by E.C. Jackson12/8/2023 
Join Us for This Tour: Jan 15 to Feb 14, 2024
Book Details: Book Title: A Gateway to Hope: Hope Series, Book 1 by E.C. Jackson Category: Adult Fiction 18+, 296 pages Genre: Inspirational Romance Publisher: E.C. Jackson Release date: June 19, 2015 Format available for review: print - softback, e-book (Gifted Kindle, EPUB, PDF) Tour dates: Jan 15 to Feb 14 Content Rating: PG + M. These books contain mature themes.
This novel catches your attention in a dramatic opening and holds your attention while you follow the ups and downs of a love story. It is a rarity to find a romance that focuses on the fine tuning of character building and adjustments couples have to make for their relationship to work, particularly while also trying to hold onto faith and personal convictions. There is a place in this day and age for well written literature that goes against the grain of popular media. - review by Catherine Ndhovu
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Twenty-one-year-old Neka is a bit of an introvert, she also happens to be stunningly beautiful. When she discovers her friend James is about to be dumped, she sees the perfect opportunity to escape from her quiet life. Can she summon the courage to leave it all behind? James Copley comes from a ruthless family. It’s rubbed off. Years ago, he disengaged from his brother’s smear campaign, but now his father has offered him an ultimatum, “Get married or lose your seat at the table.” Plotting to stamp his design on the family business, he proposes to a woman, even though he doesn’t love her. But his carefully laid plans start to unravel when she leaves him on the day she’s due to meet his family. Could years of planning his comeback vanish with her departure? A possible solution comes in an unexpected form: Neka. She’s not only a friend, but the daughter of his benefactor. And she’s right there, offering to support him. But will her support stretch to marriage? He attempts to win her over to his plan but collides with her powerful father who wants to leverage the situation for his own gain. In their fight for survival and love, they are forced to face some uncomfortable truths. Can they overcome thwarted dreams and missed chances to find true love, or does forcing destiny’s hand only lead to misery?
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Book Title: Overflow With Hope: Hope Series, Book 5 by E.C. Jackson Category: Adult Fiction 18+, 241 pages Genre: Inspirational Romance Publisher: E.C. Jackson Release date: Nov 9, 2023 Format available for review: print-softback (USA only); e-book (Gifted Kindle, EPUB, PDF) Tour dates: Jan 15 to Feb 14 Content Rating: PG + M. These books contain mature themes.
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Two men. One wrong choice. Tempia Wade’s life had jumped the rails. One fateful night, she believed a stranger’s lie rather than the assurance of a trusted friend. For her lapse in judgment, she paid an agonizing price. Her now-bankrupt life featured shattered dreams, ruined friendships, and the loss of a promising relationship. Now, two years later, the twenty-three-year-old prayed for a second chance with the man she had fallen for at first sight. Would Cory Sanders finally overlook her egregious mistake in accepting a next-day date and liaison with another man? Or would she have to truly accept life without him?
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Book Title: A Living Hope: Hope Series, Book 2 by E.C. Jackson Category: Adult Fiction 18+, 286 pages Genre: Inspirational Romance Publisher: E.C. Jackson Release date: July 31, 2016 Format available for review: e-book (Gifted Kindle, EPUB, PDF) Tour dates: Jan 15 to Feb 14 Content Rating: PG + M. These books contain mature themes.
E.C. Jackson weaves a story of imperfect people working through misunderstandings, secrets, traumas, and just plain stubbornness. In other words,her characters are like many of us! She builds complex characters with believable struggles. Happy endings don't come easily, but must be worked through with prayer, honest communication, and the willingness to step out in faith and do the right things.
This is a worthy successor to Jackson's earlier novel, A Gateway to Hope. -- review by Hog on Ice: Books and Independent Learning
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It was a match made in heaven. Or so everyone thought. Sadie Mae Cummings is all set to marry her childhood sweetheart, Kyle, when she is assigned to tutor Lincoln, the new college football running back. This sophomore phenomenon has all the girls on campus knocking on his door. But Sadie isn’t interested in his advances. Lincoln’s overblown ego doesn’t take well to being shunned, and he resolves to make Sadie his own. He pursues her relentlessly, until finally Kyle finds himself shut out of Sadie’s life, with their shared future crumbling around him. After two years, Sadie’s relationship with Lincoln ends, and she is left having to put the pieces of her life back together. She desires nothing more than to recapture her relationship with Kyle. He has stayed true to the dreams they had planned together, living the vision even without Sadie by his side. When she moves back to her hometown, she labors to rekindle their love. But things have changed, and Kyle has moved on. Sadie quickly discovers how hard it is to rebuild burned bridges. Follow Sadie’s story as she fights for a chance to restore broken dreams. Will love endure? This inspirational romance by E. C. Jackson is book two of the Hope series and is a standalone book. 
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Book Title: The Certain Hope: Hope Series, Book 3 by E.C. Jackson Category: Adult Fiction 18+, 261 pages Genre: Inspirational Romance Publisher: E.C. Jackson Release date: Dec 5, 2018 Format available for review: e-book (Gifted Kindle, EPUB, PDF) Tour dates: Jan 15 to Feb 14 Content Rating: PG + M. These books contain mature themes.
The title of this novel is perfectly suitable to its meaning. The Certain Hope is the one of a couple of lonely guys that decided to marry after two weeks of dating. The groom believes that everything will go fine, especially if the bride will do only what he wants. He is control addicted, she is a romantic girl who believes in having met the man of her dreams. Through this behavioral contrast, the author built a great story, focused on the burning topics of marriage, loss and control addiction. In my view, the novel is a little, big literary masterpiece for the underlying meaning that oozes from every chapter. I believe that The Certain Hope deserves to be translated internationally and this thought is my certain hope for the success of this gripping romance novel. -- review by Advices books Reviews
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Love at first sight. It’s every girl’s dream. But Tara Simpkins is finding out it’s not as easy as it seems. Is this truly the man God sent to be her husband, or is she just desperate to escape her loneliness? The recent loss of both parents has left her reeling, and close friends don’t think she’s in any position to make major life decisions. She and her new-found love are convinced they can live happily ever after in the home of their dreams. His family thinks he’s moving way too fast and might disappoint the kind-hearted woman he’s fallen head over heels for. And then there’s Leah. Leah is supposed to be part of his past, but what if she decides she’s his future? Tara’s match made in Heaven may be over before it truly begins. 
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Book Title: The Confident Hope: Hope Series, Book 4 by E.C. Jackson Category: Adult Fiction 18+, 271 pages Genre: Inspirational Romance Publisher: E.C. Jackson Release date: Sep 15, 2020 Format available for review: e-book (Gifted Kindle, EPUB, PDF) Tour dates: Jan 15 to Feb 14 Content Rating: PG + M. These books contain mature themes.
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Is there hope for this love between friends? Pamela Hayes is a smart, successful business owner with a supportive family and a thriving bakery. She should be the happiest girl in the world. But she can’t shake the melancholy that accompanies every conversation she has with her best friend, Mark. Pamela doesn’t know how much longer she can hide her true feelings. Why can’t Mark see how perfect they would be together? She would make a much better girlfriend than the one he currently has. Pamela prays he’ll come to his senses soon and realize he’s with the wrong girl. But when her dream comes true, it isn’t the fantasy she had envisioned. There is trouble in paradise from the start, and all the red flags she’s been ignoring are starting to threaten her confidence…and her relationship with Mark. She’ll have to rely on family and her faith in God to help her secure the hope she so desperately needs. 
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Book Title: Pajama Party: The Story by E.C. Jackson Category: Teen & Adult Fiction (13 to 18 yrs), 241 pages Genre: Teen & Young Adult Fiction / Teen & Young Adult Christian Fiction Publisher: E.C. Jackson Release date: Sep 30, 2017 Format available for review: e-book (Gifted Kindle, EPUB, PDF) Tour dates: Jan 15 to Feb 14 Content Rating: PG + M. These books contain mature themes.
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Most sleepovers are simple. Food, fun, and pillow fights. But sixteen-year-old Karen Duncan has bigger plans for her slumber party. Family troubles have changed her over the past year, and she’s no longer the petty, selfish girl she used to be. Now she’s ready to shake things up with her friends. The guest list comes as a surprise to some and a slap in the face to others. This popular girl has invited some not-so-popular guests. Even more shocking, she’s left out some of the girls she’s hung out with since middle school. Diane and Evette are outsiders, nervous about being stuck in a house with the same girls who tease them at school. Kathy, Lisa, and Joann come to the party with the confidence of the in-crowd, but they’re masking inner-turmoil that is bound to surface. Sandy and Angela are usually the voices of reason…usually. And then there’s Linda, the friend that got away. She may not ever forgive the girls who abandoned her years ago. Karen hopes to change her mind. Her agenda is ambitious, and it could spell disaster. But Karen is convinced God will use this party to spark a new beginning for everyone involved. This companion book to A Living Hope gives us the inspired story Sadie Cummings wrote for the girls of Shiatown. 
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E. C. Jackson began her writing career with the full-length play "Pajama Party." Thirty-one years later, she adapted the play into Pajama Party: The Story, a companion book to the second book in the five-book standalone Hope series. Jackson’s favorite pastime is reading fiction. She enjoys taking the journey along with the characters in the books. That also led to her unorthodox approach to story writing. Her vision for each book she writes is to immerse readers into the storyline so they become connected with each character. “The Write Way: A Real Slice of Life” is the slogan on her Facebook author page. She feels that if every person reading her books feels connected to the characters, her job is done. connect with the author: website ~ amazon ~ facebook ~ X/Twitter ~ bookbub ~ goodreads
Tour Schedule:
Jan 15 - Cover Lover Book Review – book series spotlight / giveaway Jan 15 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book review of A GATEWAY TO HOPE / giveaway Jan 16- Liese's Blog – book spotlight of A GATEWAY TO HOPE (Hope Series, Book One) Jan 17 - Liese's Blog – book spotlight of A LIVING HOPE (Hope Series, Book Two) Jan 17 – Gina Rae Mitchell – book review of A GATEWAY TO HOPE / guest post / giveaway Jan 18 – Liese's Blog – book spotlight of THE CERTAIN HOPE (Hope Series, Book Three) Jan 19 – The Sexy Nerd Revue – book series spotlight / giveaway Jan 19 - Book Corner News and Reviews - book review of A GATEWAY TO HOPE / giveaway Jan 22 – Leanne Bookstagram – book review of A GATEWAY TO HOPE Jan 22 - Splashes of Joy - book review of A GATEWAY TO HOPE / giveaway Jan 22 - Book Corner News and Reviews - book review of A LIVING HOPE / giveaway Jan 23 – Leanne Bookstagram – book review of A LIVING HOPE Jan 23 - Splashes of Joy - book review of A LIVING HOPE / giveaway Jan 23 – Liese's Blog – book spotlight of THE CONFIDENT HOPE (Hope Series, Book Four) Jan 24 – Gina Rae Mitchell – book review of A LIVING HOPE / giveaway Jan 24 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book review of A LIVING HOPE / giveaway Jan 24 –Leanne Bookstagram – book review of THE CERTAIN HOPE Jan 24- Book Corner News and Reviews - book review of THE CERTAIN HOPE / giveaway Jan 25 – Leanne Bookstagram – book review of THE CONFIDENT HOPE Jan 25 - Book Corner News and Reviews - book review of THE CONFIDENT HOPE / giveaway Jan 25 - Liese's Blog – book spotlight of OVERFLOW WITH HOPE (Hope Series, Book Five) Jan 25 – JB's Bookworms with Brandy Mulder – book series spotlight / guest post / giveaway Jan 26 – Leanne Bookstagram – book review of OVERFLOW WITH HOPE Jan 26 - Liese's Blog – book spotlight of PAJAMA PARTY: THE STORY Jan 27 - Splashes of Joy - book review of A CERTAIN HOPE / giveaway Jan 29 – Welcome To MLM Opinions Reviews – book review of A GATEWAY TO HOPE / giveaway Jan 29 - Book Corner News and Reviews - book review of OVERFLOW WITH HOPE / giveaway Jan 29 – Leanne Bookstagram – book review of PAJAMA PARTY: THE STORY Jan 30 – Ilovebooksandstuffblog – book series spotlight / author interview / giveaway Jan 30 –Welcome To MLM Opinions Reviews – book review of A LIVING HOPE / giveaway Jan 30 - Splashes of Joy - book review of THE CONFIDENT HOPE / giveaway Jan 31 - fundinmental - book series spotlight / giveaway Jan 31 – Gina Rae Mitchell – book review of THE CERTAIN HOPE / giveaway Jan 31– Welcome To MLM Opinions Reviews – book review of OVERFLOW WITH HOPE / giveaway Feb 1 - Working Mommy Journal - book series spotlight / giveaway Feb 1 – Country Mamas With Kids – book review of A GATEWAY TO HOPE / author interview / giveaway Feb 2 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book review of THE CERTAIN HOPE / giveaway Feb 5 - Rockin Book Reviews - book review of OVERFLOW WITH HOPE / guest post / giveaway Feb 5 – Gina Rae Mitchell – book review of THE CONFIDENT HOPE / giveaway Feb 6 – Sandra's Book Club – book series spotlight Feb 7 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book review of THE CONFIDENT HOPE / giveaway Feb 7 - Splashes of Joy - book review of OVERFLOW WITH HOPE / giveaway Feb 7 - Adventurous Jessy – book review of A GATEWAY TO HOPE / giveaway Feb 9 – Adventurous Jessy – book review of A LIVING HOPE / giveaway Feb 9 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book review of OVERFLOW WITH HOPE / giveaway Feb 9 - Pause for Tales - book review of OVERFLOW WITH HOPE / giveaway Feb 9 - Adventurous Jessy – book review of THE CERTAIN HOPE / giveaway Feb 12 – Gina Rae Mitchell – book review of OVERFLOW WITH HOPE / giveaway Feb 12 - Splashes of Joy - book review of PAJAMA PARTY: THE STORY / giveaway Feb 13 – Diane’s Book Journal – book series spotlight / giveaway Feb 13 - Adventurous Jessy – book review of THE CONFIDENT HOPE / giveaway Feb 13 - Reading Excursions - book review of OVERFLOW WITH HOPE / giveaway Feb 14 – Gina Rae Mitchell – book review of PAJAMA PARTY: THE STORY / giveaway Feb 14 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book review of PAJAMA PARTY: THE STORY / giveaway Feb 14 - Adventurous Jessy – book spotlight of OVERFLOW WITH HOPE / giveaway Feb 14 - Adventurous Jessy – book spotlight of PAJAMA PARTY: THE STORY / giveaway
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Join us for this tour from Jan 15 to Feb 2, 2024!
Book Details: Book Title: Undomesticated Women, Anecdotal Evidence from the Road by Anna Blake Category: Adult Non-Fiction (18+), 325 pages Genre: Travel Memoir Publisher: Prairie Moon Press Release date: Oct 2023 Formats Available for Review: print-paperback (USA only), ebook (EPUB, PDF) Tour dates: Jan 15 to Feb 26, 2024 Content Rating: PG. oblique mention of dysfunctional family, no sex, drugs, etc
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Welcome to our year of living compactly. My dog, Mister, and I took to the road pulling our A-frame trailer, the Rollin’ Rancho. I’m a traveling horse trainer/clinician, who became a non-essential worker during the COVID-19 lockdown. Then, in 2022, we bounced back. We were nomads looking for horse training adventure and liver treats. Work paid for the trip; it was part clinic tour, part travelogue, part squirrel hunt. But mostly an unapologetic celebration of sunsets, horses, RV parks, roadkill, diverse landscapes, and undomesticated women. It’s a book made of made of adjectives and nouns, blue skies and tornado watches, resorts and reservations, open roads to the horizon, and one-lane dead-ends. We emerge from the truck in a cloud of dog hair and sunflower shells, like disoriented and scruffy rock stars in a GPS haze, not entirely lost or found. This book isn’t about training, although there are horses in it. It’s a follow-up of Stable Relation, my first book, but my life changed in ways I would never have guessed, so don’t expect the usual sequel. Undomesticated Women is a travel memoir, a peek behind the curtains of what my job is like. I wanted to see this beautiful country, do some time travel, and explore thoughts and memories now that I’ve become a gray mare. Mister would tell you it’s his memoir about being tasked with the unreasonable job of guarding me against a wild range of dangers. Like eating dinner late. 
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I’m an animal advocate, award-winning author, solo RV traveler, old-school feminist, dog companion, unabashed lover of sunsets, and professional horse trainer/clinician. I’m sixty-nine years old. I’ve done just about everything and done it well. No longer auditioning. My books include: Stable Relation, A memoir of one woman’s spirited journey home. Relaxed & Forward: Relationship advice from your horse. Barn Dance, Nickers, brays, bleats, howls, and quacks: Tales from the herd. Horse Prayers, Poems from the prairie. Going Steady, More relationship advice from your horse. Horse. Woman. Poems from our lives. Undomesticated Women: Anecdotal Evidence from the Road I was born in Cavalier County, North Dakota, in 1954, the youngest daughter in a farm family. Now I live at Infinity Farm, on the flat, windy, treeless prairie of Colorado with a herd of reprobates, raconteurs, and our moral compass, Edgar Rice Burro. Previously, I was a self-employed goldsmith, showing one-of-a-kind artwork in galleries from coast to coast. My Denver studio and gallery was shared with generations of good dogs. Early writing included a few screenplays, one of which was produced independently, and articles for several periodicals. Every Friday since 2010, I have posted an unconventional and popular blog about life on the farm and horse training. My unique perspective combines Calming Signals and Affirmative Training for a special method of understanding, training, and respecting animals. connect with the author: website ~ facebook ~ facebook ~ instagram ~ goodreads
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Jan 15 – Cover Lover Book Review – book spotlight / giveaway Jan 16 - Leanne Bookstagram – book review Jan 17 – Cheryl's Book Nook – book review / giveaway Jan 18 – My Reading Getaway – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Jan 22 – @chaoshappinessbookmama – book review Jan 23 – fundinmental – book spotlight / giveaway Jan 24 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book review / giveaway Jan 25 – Celticlady's Reviews – book spotlight / giveaway Jan 25 - Gina Rae Mitchell - book review / guest post / giveaway Jan 30 – FUONLYKNEW – book review / guest post / giveaway Jan 31 – Rockin' Book Reviews – book review / guest post / giveaway Feb 1– Liese's Blog – book spotlight Feb 2 – Diane’s Book Journal – book spotlight / giveaway Feb 2- Splashes of Joy - book spotlight / giveaway
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  Join Us for This Tour from Jan 15 to Feb 2 Book Details: Book Title: The Black Leopard's Kiss & The Writer Remembers by Laury A. Egan Category: Adult Fiction (18+), 306 pages Genre: Literary, with magical realism Publisher: Spectrum Books Release Date: Dec 16, 2023 Formats Available for Review: e-book (EPUB, PDF) Tour dates: Jan 15 to Feb 2 Content Rating: PG + M. Language is moderate; scenes of attempted incest and lesbian encounter. “A fast slide and a wild ride, dizzying and amazing!” —Beverly Harris, author of “The Two-Dollar Fortune” "Characters “peel off layer after layer of age and the façades accrued in a lifetime until emotional truths are revealed—a Russian doll effect. Novellas that felt like falling into a rabbit hole, where the rules of my world no longer applied and were being changed as I went along….with the characters turning into their own creators. A work infused with the possibility of disaster and violence, a sense of foreboding permeates the pages.”—Dr. Helga Schier, former executive editor, Random House “A winning combination of genius. Complimenting each other beautifully, using elegant and poetic prose, these clever novellas explore the life of Sidonie Ross in an autobiographical style with a twist. Intriguing throughout, the possibilities about what is transpiring are only as limited as your imagination allows. Sidonie's story is emotionally complex, with mystery and fantasy elements that elevated it into a wonderful exploration of the mind and memory.”—Carol Archer Hutchinson, LESBIreviewed “…so much to admire in [these] brilliantly interlinked novellas: their elegance and wit, the sophistication of the narrative style, the assured and prolonged focus on scene, with all its pure and revealing gestures and withholdings, and the weaving in of larger thematic questions about the interpenetration of literature and life, questions which are themselves mirrored beautifully by the fluidity of gender and sexuality, youth and age.”--M. Allen Cunningham, author of "Perpetua’s Kin" Book Description: Featuring magical realism and "Orlando"-esque touches, the two linked novellas plunge the reader into the slippery world of an aging writer as she delves into her half-remembered childhood and re-experiences volatile relationships. The swirling structure, with its interwoven narratives and warping time periods, deals with the treacherous nature of memory and how an author, Sidonie Ross, returns to the past in order to illuminate and understand it; how unhealed wounds from childhood re-surface in adult consciousness like emotional thorns, especially those relating to shame, guilt, disappointment, betrayal, and rejection.  Meet the Author: Laury A. Egan is the author of twelve novels: "The Psychologist’s Shadow;" "The Firefly;" "Once, Upon an Island;" "Wave in D Minor;" "Turnabout;" "Doublecrossed;" "The Swimmer;" "The Ungodly Hour;" "A Bittersweet Tale;" "Fabulous! An Opera Buffa;" "The Outcast Oracle;" and "Jenny Kidd;" and a collection, "Fog and Other Stories." Four limited-edition poetry volumes have been published: "Snow, Shadows, a Stranger;" "Beneath the Lion’s Paw;" "The Sea & Beyond"; and "Presence & Absence." Eighty-five of her stories and poems have appeared in literary journals and anthologies. Her fiction ranges from literary to psychological suspense, coming-of-age, comedy, and YA. connect with author: website ~ X/twitter ~ facebook ~ instagram ~ goodreads Tour Schedule:
Jan 15 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book review / guest post Jan 15 - fundinmental - book spotlight / author interview Jan 16 – Cover Lover Book Review – book spotlight Jan 17 – Rockin' Book Reviews – book spotlight / guest post Jan 18 – FUONLYKNEW – book spotlight Jan 23 – Kim's Book Reviews and Writing Aha's – book review Jan 24 – Celticlady's Reviews – book spotlight Jan 25 – Casia's Corner – book spotlight Jan 26 – Casia's Corner – book review Jan 26 – Liese's Blog – book spotlight Jan 30 – Gina Rae Mitchell – book review / guest post Jan 31 – Cheryl's Book Nook – book spotlight Feb 1 – My Reading Getaway – book review Feb 1 - Book Corner News and Reviews - book review / guest post Feb 2 - Amy's Bookshelf Reviews – book review |
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