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Series Details: Book Title: THE SERAPHIM'S SONG - Book 5, The F.I.G. Mysteries by Barbara Casey Category: YA Fiction (Ages 13-17), 213 pages Genre: Mystery, Fantasy Publisher: Gauthier Publications (Hungry Goat Press) Release date: April 2022 Formats Available for Review: print-softback (USA and Canada), e-book (Gifted Kindle, PDF) Tour dates: July 5 to July 25, 2022 Content Rating: G. THE SERAPHIM'S SONG is suitable for all readers - adult and young adult.
Book Description:
Many changes have taken place at Wood Rose Orphanage and Academy for Young Women while Carolina and Larry were on their honeymoon in Frascati, Italy, on the Granchelli farm. The newlyweds have been given a larger bungalow; Ms. Alcott, niece of the founder of Wood Rose, and Mrs. Ball, assistant to the headmaster, have moved into a bungalow together; and Jimmy Bob, caretaker and night watchman at Wood Rose has moved from his family home down the road a bit into a small bungalow on the orphanage property with his hound dog Tick, as well as his new cat and her litter of kittens. Summer is coming to an end and the F.I.G.s will soon return to the universities to complete their special projects. They are starting to feel anxious, and the coping mechanisms they have used their entire lives are starting to work overtime. Dara’s thoughts turn to an unknown language, possibly from another world; Mackenzie focuses on the relationship of math to music; and Jennifer keeps hearing the note of B flat minor and is drawing dark swirls on her canvas board. 
Meet the Author:
Barbara Casey is the author of several award-winning novels and book-length works of nonfiction for both adults and young adults, and numerous articles, poems, and short stories. Several of her books have been optioned for major films and television series. In addition to her own writing, Barbara is an editorial consultant and president of the Barbara Casey Agency. Established in 1995, she represents authors throughout the United States, Great Britain, Canada, and Japan. In 2018 Barbara received the prestigious Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award and Top Professional Award for her extensive experience and notable accomplishments in the field of publishing and other areas. Barbara lives on a mountain in Georgia with three cats who adopted her: Homer, a Southern coon cat; Reese, a black cat; and Earl Gray, a gray cat and Reese’s best friend. Connect with the author: Barbara Casey Author ~ Barbara Casey Agency ~ Goodreads
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July 5 – Rockin'' Book Reviews – book review / guest post / giveaway July 5 - Cover Lover Book Review – book spotlight / giveaway July 6 – Kam's Place – book spotlight July 8 – The Momma Spot – book review / giveaway July 8 – Lisa's Reading – book spotlight / giveaway July 11 –Splashes of Joy – book review / giveaway July 12 – Bound 4 Escape – book review / giveaway July 13 – Pick a Good Book – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway July 14 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book review / giveaway July 15 – Books for Books – book review July 18 – Laura McHale Holland, Author, Dreamer, Storyteller – book review July 19 – Mystery Review Crew – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway July 20 – Sadie's Spotlight – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway July 20 - Book Corner News and Reviews - book review / giveaway July 21 – fundinmental – book spotlight / giveaway July 22 – Literary Flits – book spotlight / giveaway July 25 – Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
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Book Title: The F.I.G. Mysteries by Barbara Casey Category: YA Fiction (Ages 13-17) Genre: Mystery, Fantasy Publisher: Gauthier Publications (Hungry Goat Press) Release dates: The Cadence of Gypsies (2011); The Wish Rider (2016); The Clock Flower (2018); The Nightjar's Promise (2020) Tour dates: May 25 to June 5, 2020 Content Rating: PG. There are some themes that deal with the Jewish Holocaust and some frightening scenes appropriate for young adult and adult readers. 
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Book Title: The Cadence of Gypsies (The F.I.G. Mysteries) by Barbara Casey Category: YA Fiction (Ages 13-17), 200 pages Genre: Mystery, Fantasy Publisher: Gauthier Publications (Hungry Goat Press) Release date: The Cadence of Gypsies (2011) Tour dates: May 25 to June 5, 2020 Content Rating: PG. There are some themes that deal with the Jewish Holocaust and some frightening scenes appropriate for young adult and adult readers.
Book Description:
Three high-spirited 17 year olds, with intelligent quotients in the genius range, accompany their teacher and mentor, Carolina Lovel, to Frascati, Italy, a few weeks before they are to graduate from Wood Rose Orphanage and Academy for Young Women. Carolina's purpose in planning the trip is to remove her gifted, creative students from the Wood Rose campus located in Raleigh, North Carolina, so they can't cause any more problems ("expressions of creativity") for the headmaster, faculty, and other students – which they do with regularity. Carolina also wants to visit the Villa Mondragone where the Voynich Manuscript, the most mysterious document in the world, was first discovered and search how it is related to a paper written in the same script she received on her 18th birthday when she was told that she was adopted – a search that will fill in all of the missing pieces of her past and help each of her students to discover something meaningful within themselves. 
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Book Title: The Wish Rider (The F.I.G. Mysteries) by Barbara Casey Category: YA Fiction (Ages 13-17), 220 pages Genre: Mystery, Fantasy Publisher: Gauthier Publications (Hungry Goat Press) Release date: The Wish Rider (2016) Tour dates: May 25 to June 5, 2020 Content Rating: PG. There are some themes that deal with the Jewish Holocaust and some frightening scenes appropriate for young adult and adult readers.
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Seventeen-year-old Dara Roux and her two best friends, Mackenzie Yarborough and Jennifer Torres, the three collectively referred to as the FIGs (Females of Intellectual Genius) because each has an intelligence quotient in the genius range, have just returned from Frascati, Italy. It was there that their much loved teacher and mentor, Carolina Lovel, discovered that her birth parents were gypsies, and that she had a connection to the Voynich Manuscript, the most mysterious document in the world. Now, with graduation from Wood Rose Orphanage and Academy for Young Women behind them, Dara asks Mackenzie, Jennifer, and Carolina to help her locate her birth mother when she learns that she might be living in New York City. All the young women have to work with are five addresses, and when Mackenzie prepares a grid showing the location of all five addresses, four of the locations form a square with the fifth in the middle—which is also Grand Central Terminal. Relying on Dara’s gift for speaking and understanding foreign languages, the black and white images that stir musical cadences in Jennifer’s mind, and Mackenzie’s mathematical calculations that normally provide numerical solutions and answers to life’s most difficult questions but now keep showing the number “61”, the determined young women tirelessly go from one address to another in search of Dara’s mother. Their determination turns to desperation, however, and they ignore caution and the dissonant chords Jennifer frantically scribbles on her eight-stave musical paper as they pursue one final address—the one located in the middle of Mackenzie’s grid. Encountering a dark hidden society and sub culture more dangerous and terrifying than they could have imagined, it is there that Dara learns why she was abandoned as a seven year old in a candy store all those years ago. 
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Book Title: The Clock Flower (The F.I.G. Mysteries) by Barbara Casey Category: YA Fiction (Ages 13-17), 180 pages Genre: Mystery, Fantasy Publisher: Gauthier Publications (Hungry Goat Press) Release date: The Clock Flower (2018) Tour dates: May 25 to June 5, 2020 Content Rating: PG. There are some themes that deal with the Jewish Holocaust and some frightening scenes appropriate for young adult and adult readers.
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The three FIGs—Females of Intellectual Genius—as they are called, have graduated from Wood Rose Orphanage and Academy for Young Women after returning from New York City where Dara learned why her mother abandoned her all those years ago, and they are now attending universities where they can further their special talents. This means they will be separated from each other and from Carolina, their much-loved mentor and teacher who is “one of them,” for the first time in their young lives. They vow to try living apart for one semester, in the so-called real world that doesn’t include the orphanage; but if things don’t work out, they will come up with another plan—a plan where they can be together once again. Dara is invited through Yale University to take part in an exciting archeological project in China. Jennifer, once again visualizing black and white images and the unusual sounds of another cadence that seem to be connected to Mackenzie, is engrossed in creating her next symphony at Juilliard. Mackenzie, because of her genius at problem-solving, is personally chosen by a US Senator to get involved in a mysterious, secret research project involving immortality that is being conducted in a small village in China—not too far from where Dara is involved with the archeological site. Once there, however, she finds herself facing a terrifying death from the blood-dripping teeth of an ancient evil dragon. Her best friends, the FIGs and Carolina, rely on their own unique genius and special talents to save her as she discovers the truth of her birth parents. 
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Book Title: The Nightjar's Promise (Book 4 of The F.I.G. Mysteries) by Barbara Casey Category: YA Fiction (Ages 13-17), 130 pages Genre: Mystery, Fantasy Publisher: Gauthier Publications (Hungry Goat Press) Release date: April, 2020 Format available for review: print, gifted Kindle, PDF Will send Print Books to: USA and Canada Tour dates: May 4 to May 22, 2020 Content Rating: PG. There are some themes that deal with the Jewish Holocaust and some frightening scenes appropriate for young adult and adult readers.
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Jennifer Torres, one of the three FIGs (Females of Intellectual Genius) who is a genius in both music and art, is the last to leave the closed rehearsal for her upcoming performance over Thanksgiving break at Carnegie Hall when she hears something in the darkened Hall. Recognizing the tilt of the woman’s head and the slight limp of the man as they hurry out an exit door, she realizes it is her parents who were supposedly killed in a terrible car accident when she was 15 years old. Devastated and feeling betrayed, she sends a text to Carolina and the other two FIGs—THURGOOD. It is the code word they all agreed to use if ever one of them got into trouble or something happened that was too difficult to handle. They would all meet back at Carolina’s bungalow at Wood Rose Orphanage and Academy for Young Women to figure it out. As soon as they receive the text, because of their genius, Dara starts thinking of words in ancient Hebrew, German, and Yiddish, while Mackenzie’s visions of unique math formulae keep bringing up the date October 11, 1943. That is the date during World War II when the Nazis—the Kunstschutz—looted the paintings of targeted wealthy Jewish families and hid them away under Hitler’s orders. And as Carolina waits for the FIGs to return to Wood Rose, she hears warnings from Lyuba, her gypsy mother, to watch for the nightjar, the ancient name for the whip-poor-will. As they search for “The Nightjar’s Promise” and the truth surrounding it, Carolina and the FIGs come face to face with evil that threatens to destroy not only their genius, but their very lives.
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Originally from Carrollton, Illinois, author/agent/publisher Barbara Casey attended the University of North Carolina, N.C. State University, and N.C. Wesleyan College where she received a BA degree, summa cum laude, with a double major in English and history. In 1978 she left her position as Director of Public Relations and Vice President of Development at North Carolina Wesleyan College to write full time and develop her own manuscript evaluation and editorial service. In 1995 she established the Barbara Casey Agency and since that time has represented authors from the United States, Great Britain, Canada, and Japan. In 2014, she became a partner with Strategic Media Books, an independent nonfiction publisher of true crime, where she oversees acquisitions, day-to-day operations, and book production. Ms. Casey has written over a dozen award-winning books of fiction and nonfiction for both young adults and adults. The awards include the National Association of University Women Literary Award, the Sir Walter Raleigh Literary Award, the Independent Publisher Book Award, the Dana Award for Outstanding Novel, the IP Best Book for Regional Fiction, among others. Two of her nonfiction books have been optioned for major films, one of which is under contract. Her award-winning articles, short stories, and poetry for adults have appeared in both national and international publications including the North Carolina Christian Advocate Magazine, The New East Magazine, the Raleigh (N.C.) News and Observer, the Rocky Mount (N.C.) Sunday Telegram, Dog Fancy, ByLine, The Christian Record, Skirt! Magazine, and True Story. A thirty-minute television special which Ms. Casey wrote and coordinated was broadcast on WRAL, Channel 5, in Raleigh, North Carolina. She also received special recognition for her editorial work on the English translations of Albanian children’s stories. Her award-winning science fiction short stories for adults are featured in The Cosmic Unicorn and CrossTime science fiction anthologies. Ms. Casey's essays and other works appear in The Chrysalis Reader, the international literary journal of the Swedenborg Foundation, 221 One-Minute Monologues from Literature (Smith and Kraus Publishers), and A Cup of Comfort (Adams Media Corporation). Ms. Casey is a former director of BookFest of the Palm Beaches, Florida, where she served as guest author and panelist. She has served as judge for the Pathfinder Literary Awards in Palm Beach and Martin Counties, Florida, and was the Florida Regional Advisor for the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators from 1991 through 2003. In 2018 Ms. Casey received the prestigious Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award and Top Professional Award for her extensive experience and notable accomplishments in the field of publishing and other areas. She makes her home on the top of a mountain in northwest Georgia with her husband and three cats who adopted her, Homer, Reese, and Earl Gray - Reese’s best friend. Connect with the author: Website~ Goodreads ~ Facebook
Tour Schedule:
May 25 – KC Beanie Boos Collection – series spotlight May 26 –Nighttime Reading Center – series spotlight / giveaway May 26 -Sefina Hawke's Books – series spotlight May 27 –T's Stuff – series spotlight / author interview / giveaway May 27 -Book Corner News and Reviews – series spotlight / giveaway May 28 –Locks, Hooks and Books – series spotlight / guest post / giveaway May 28 -Library of Clean Reads – series spotlight / giveaway May 29 –Jazzy Book Reviews – series spotlight / giveaway June 1 –My Reading Journeys – series spotlight / giveaway June 2 –Bookworm for Kids – series spotlight / author interview / giveaway June 2 -Stephanie Jane – series spotlight / giveaway June 3 –Splashes of Joy – series spotlight / author interview / giveaway June 4 –Celticlady's Reviews – series spotlight / giveaway June 4 -Blooming with Books – series spotlight / giveaway June 5 –Writer with Wanderlust – series spotlight / guest post / giveaway June 5 - Books for Books – series spotlight TBD - La libreria di Beppe – series spotlight / giveaway
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Book Details: Book Title: The Nightjar's Promise (Book 4 of The F.I.G. Mysteries) by Barbara Casey Category: YA Fiction (Ages 13-17), 130 pages Genre: Mystery, Fantasy Publisher: Gauthier Publications (Hungry Goat Press) Release date: April, 2020 Format available for review: print, gifted Kindle, PDF Will send Print Books to: USA and Canada Tour dates: May 4 to May 22, 2020 Content Rating: PG. There are some themes that deal with the Jewish Holocaust and some frightening scenes appropriate for young adult and adult readers.
Book Description:
Jennifer Torres, one of the three FIGs (Females of Intellectual Genius) who is a genius in both music and art, is the last to leave the closed rehearsal for her upcoming performance over Thanksgiving break at Carnegie Hall when she hears something in the darkened Hall. Recognizing the tilt of the woman’s head and the slight limp of the man as they hurry out an exit door, she realizes it is her parents who were supposedly killed in a terrible car accident when she was 15 years old. Devastated and feeling betrayed, she sends a text to Carolina and the other two FIGs—THURGOOD. It is the code word they all agreed to use if ever one of them got into trouble or something happened that was too difficult to handle. They would all meet back at Carolina’s bungalow at Wood Rose Orphanage and Academy for Young Women to figure it out. As soon as they receive the text, because of their genius, Dara starts thinking of words in ancient Hebrew, German, and Yiddish, while Mackenzie’s visions of unique math formulae keep bringing up the date October 11, 1943. That is the date during World War II when the Nazis—the Kunstschutz—looted the paintings of targeted wealthy Jewish families and hid them away under Hitler’s orders. And as Carolina waits for the FIGs to return to Wood Rose, she hears warnings from Lyuba, her gypsy mother, to watch for the nightjar, the ancient name for the whip-poor-will. As they search for “The Nightjar’s Promise” and the truth surrounding it, Carolina and the FIGs come face to face with evil that threatens to destroy not only their genius, but their very lives.
Buy the Book:
Amazon.com ~ Add to Goodreads Coming Soon to Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, and Bookstores Everywhere! 
Meet the Author:
Originally from Carrollton, Illinois, author/agent/publisher Barbara Casey attended the University of North Carolina, N.C. State University, and N.C. Wesleyan College where she received a BA degree, summa cum laude, with a double major in English and history. In 1978 she left her position as Director of Public Relations and Vice President of Development at North Carolina Wesleyan College to write full time and develop her own manuscript evaluation and editorial service. In 1995 she established the Barbara Casey Agency and since that time has represented authors from the United States, Great Britain, Canada, and Japan. In 2014, she became a partner with Strategic Media Books, an independent nonfiction publisher of true crime, where she oversees acquisitions, day-to-day operations, and book production. Ms. Casey has written over a dozen award-winning books of fiction and nonfiction for both young adults and adults. The awards include the National Association of University Women Literary Award, the Sir Walter Raleigh Literary Award, the Independent Publisher Book Award, the Dana Award for Outstanding Novel, the IP Best Book for Regional Fiction, among others. Two of her nonfiction books have been optioned for major films, one of which is under contract. Her award-winning articles, short stories, and poetry for adults have appeared in both national and international publications including the North Carolina Christian Advocate Magazine, The New East Magazine, the Raleigh (N.C.) News and Observer, the Rocky Mount (N.C.) Sunday Telegram, Dog Fancy, ByLine, The Christian Record, Skirt! Magazine, and True Story. A thirty-minute television special which Ms. Casey wrote and coordinated was broadcast on WRAL, Channel 5, in Raleigh, North Carolina. She also received special recognition for her editorial work on the English translations of Albanian children’s stories. Her award-winning science fiction short stories for adults are featured in The Cosmic Unicorn and CrossTime science fiction anthologies. Ms. Casey's essays and other works appear in The Chrysalis Reader, the international literary journal of the Swedenborg Foundation, 221 One-Minute Monologues from Literature (Smith and Kraus Publishers), and A Cup of Comfort (Adams Media Corporation). Ms. Casey is a former director of BookFest of the Palm Beaches, Florida, where she served as guest author and panelist. She has served as judge for the Pathfinder Literary Awards in Palm Beach and Martin Counties, Florida, and was the Florida Regional Advisor for the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators from 1991 through 2003. In 2018 Ms. Casey received the prestigious Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award and Top Professional Award for her extensive experience and notable accomplishments in the field of publishing and other areas. She makes her home on the top of a mountain in northwest Georgia with her husband and three cats who adopted her, Homer, Reese, and Earl Gray - Reese’s best friend. Connect with the author: Website~ Goodreads ~ Facebook
Tour Schedule:
May 4 –Working Mommy Journal – book review / giveaway May 5 –She Just Loves Books – book review / giveaway May 6 – Splashes of Joy – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway May 6 - Rockin' Book Reviews – book review / guest post / giveaway May 7 –Locks, Hooks and Books – book review / giveaway May 8 –Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway May 11 –Bookworm for Kids – book review / giveaway May 12 –Book Corner News and Reviews – book review / giveaway May 13 -Bound 4 Escape – book review May 13 –StoreyBook Reviews – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway May 14 –Peaceful Pastime – book review May 17 - Merlot Et Mots – book review / giveaway May 18 - Merlot Et Mots – book spotlight / author interview / guest post May 19 - mowgli with a book – book review May 19 - Lamon Reviews - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway May 21 –Permanently_booked – book review May 22 –Books for Books – book review May 22 –The avid reader – book review / giveaway May 22 – Books and Zebras – book review / giveaway TBD - La libreria di Beppe - book spoltight / guest post / giveaway TBD – Karma Readz – book review / giveaway
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Book Details: Book Title: The Clock Flower by Barbara Casey (Book 3 of The F.I.G. Mysteries) Category: YA Fiction, 208 pages Genre: Mystery / Fantasy Publisher: Gauthier Publications, The Hungry Goat Press Imprint Release date: February 2018 Format available for review: print & ebook (PDF or gifted Kindle copy) Will send print books to: USA & Canada Tour dates: Feb 26 to March 30, 2017 Content Rating: PG-13 (There is light profanity and some threat of violence.) Book Description: Dara Roux, abandoned when she was seven years old by her mother. Exceptionally gifted in foreign languages. Orphan. Accepted to Yale University. Mackenzie Yarborough, no record of her parents or where she was born. Exceptionally gifted in math and problem-solving. Orphan. Accepted to MIT. Jennifer Torres, both parents killed in an automobile accident when she was sixteen. Exceptionally gifted in music and art. Orphan. Accepted to Juilliard. The three FIGs—Females of Intellectual Genius—as they are called, have graduated from Wood Rose Orphanage and Academy for Young Women after returning from New York City where Dara learned why her mother abandoned her all those years ago, and they are now attending universities where they can further their special talents. This means they will be separated from each other and from Carolina, their much-loved mentor and teacher who is “one of them,” for the first time in their young lives. They vow to try living apart for one semester, in the so-called real world that doesn’t include the orphanage; but if things don’t work out, they will come up with another plan—a plan where they can be together once again. Dara is invited through Yale University to take part in an exciting archeological project in China. Jennifer, once again visualizing black and white images and the unusual sounds of another cadence that seem to be connected to Mackenzie, is engrossed in creating her next symphony at Juilliard. Mackenzie, because of her genius at problem-solving, is personally chosen by a US Senator to get involved in a mysterious, secret research project involving immortality that is being conducted in a small village in China—not too far from where Dara is involved with the archeological site. Once there, however, she finds herself facing a terrifying death from the blood-dripping teeth of an ancient evil dragon. Her best friends, the FIGs and Carolina, rely on their own unique genius and special talents to save her as she discovers the truth of her birth parents. Although THE CLOCK FLOWER is the 3rd book in the F.I.G. Mystery series, it is a stand-alone novel. If you want to read and review one or both of the previous 2 books in the series, the author is willing to send you copies of those too. Just choose this option on the sign-up form.
The Cadence of Gypsies: Book 1 of the F.I.G. Mysteries Book Details: Book Title: The Cadence of Gypsies (Book 1 of The F.I.G. Mysteries)by Barbara Casey Category: YA fiction, 272 pages Genre: Literary/Mystery Publisher: Gauthier Publications/Hungry Goat Press Release date: April 2015 (e-Book) Content Rating: PG-13 (A few expletives, mild sexual innuendo) Book Description: On her 18th birthday Carolina Lovel learned that she was adopted and was given a letter written by her birth mother in an unknown language. After years of research she travels to Italy on a mission to find the truth about her past. Carolina is accompanied by three extremely gifted but mischievous students the FIGs from Wood Rose Orphanage and Academy for Young Women. In an effort to help their favorite teacher, the FIGs will have to use their special abilities to decipher the Voynich Manuscript, the most mysterious document in the world, and the one thing that is strangely similar to what Carolina was given. Their search will take them into the mystical world of gypsy tradition and magic, more exciting and dangerous than any of them could have imagined. The Wish Rider: Book 2 of the F.I.G. Mysteries Book Details: Book Title: The Wish Rider (Book 2 of The F.I.G. Mysteries) by Barbara Casey Category: YA Fiction, 160 pages Genre: Literary / Mystery Publisher: Gauthier Publications Release date: May 10, 2016 Content Rating: PG-13 Book Description: Seventeen-year-old Dara Roux and her two best friends, Mackenzie Yarborough and Jennifer Torres, the three collectively referred to as the F.I.G.'s (Females of Intellectual Genius) because each has an intelligence quotient in the genius range, have just returned from Frascati, Italy. It was there that their much loved teacher and mentor, Carolina Lovel, discovered that her birth parents were gypsies, and that she had a connection to the Voynich Manuscript, the most mysterious document in the world. Now, with graduation from Wood Rose Orphanage and Academy for Young Women behind them, Dara asks her friends to help her locate her birth mother when she learns that she might be living in New York City. Relying on Dara’s gift for speaking and understanding foreign languages, the black and white images that stir musical cadences in Jennifer’s mind, and Mackenzie’s mathematical calculations that normally provide numerical solutions and answers to life’s most difficult questions, the determined young women tirelessly go from one address to another in search of Dara’s mother. Their determination turns to desperation, however, as they encounter a dark hidden society more dangerous and terrifying than they could have imagined. It is there that Dara hopes to find out why she was abandoned in a candy store all those years ago. 
Meet the Author:
Barbara Casey is the author of several award-winning novels for both adults and young adults, as well as book-length works of nonfiction true crime and numerous articles, poems, and short stories. Her nonfiction true crime book, Kathryn Kelly: The Moll Behind Machine Gun Kelly, has been optioned for a major film and television series. In addition to her own writing, she is an editorial consultant and president of the Barbara Casey Agency. Established in 1995, she represents authors throughout the United States, Great Britain, Canada, and Japan. Barbara is also a partner in Strategic Media Books Publishing, an independent publishing house that specializes in cutting-edge adult nonfiction. Barbara lives on a mountain in Georgia with her husband, and three dogs who adopted her: Benton, a hound-mix; Fitz, a miniature dachshund; and Gert, a Jack Russel terrier of sorts. Connect with the author: website ~ facebook BOOK TOUR SCHEDULE: Feb 26 - Working Mommy Journal - review of Clock Flower / giveaway Feb 27 - eBook Addicts - book spotlight / giveaway Feb 27 - Writers and Authors - book spotlight / author interview Feb 27 - Pretty Little Library - review of Cadence of Gypsies / guest post / giveaway Feb 28 - Laurie's Thoughts and Reviews - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Feb 28 - Library of Clean Reads - review of The Clock Flower / giveaway March 1 - Cheryl's Book Nook - review of Cadence of Gypsies / guest post / giveaway March 2 - #redhead.with.book - review of Clock Flower / giveaway March 3 - Booklove - review of Cadence of Gypsies / guest post March 5 - T's Stuff - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway March 5 - Book for Books - review of Cadence of Gypsies March 6 - Sefina Hawke's Books - review of Cadence of Gypsies March 6 - Rainy Day Reviews - review of Cadence of Gypsies /author interview /giveaway March 7 - Bound 4 Escape - review of Clock Flower / giveaway March 8 - Booklove - review of Wish Rider March 9 - A Mama's Corner of the World - review of Cadence of Gypsies /giveaway March 9 - Cassidy's Bookshelves - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway March 9 - Rockin' Book Reviews - review of Clock Flower / guest post / giveaway March 12 - The Book Enigma - review of Cadence of Gypsies / giveaway March 12 - Sefina Hawke's Books - review of Wish Rider March 12 - Literary Flits - review of Clock Flower / giveaway March 13 - A Mama's Corner of the World - review of Wish Rider / giveaway March 13 - Cheryl's Book Nook - review of Wish Rider / giveaway March 14 - Pretty Little Library - review of Wish Rider / giveaway March 14 - Rainy Day Reviews - review of Wish Rider / giveaway March 15 - Book Reviews @Athena - review of Cadence of Gypsies / guest post March 15 - Booklove - review of Clock Flower March 16 - A Mama's Corner of the World - review of Clock Flower / giveaway March 16 - Bookworm for Kids - review of Clock Flower / giveaway March 19 - The Book Enigma - review of Wish Rider / giveaway March 19 - Book for Books - review of Wish Rider March 20 - Book Reviews @Athena - review of Wish Rider March 20 - Cheryl's Book Nook - review of Clock Flower / giveaway March 21 - Pretty Little Library - review of Clock Flower / giveaway March 21 - Rainy Day Reviews - review of Clock Flower / giveaway March 22 - Book Reviews @Athena - review of Clock Flower March 23 - Sefina Hawke's Books - review of Clock Flower March 26 - The Book Enigma - review of Clock Flower / giveaway March 26 - Two Points of Interest - review of Cadence of Gypsies / giveaway March 27 - StoreyBook Reviews - book spotlight / author interview ./ giveaway March 27 - Book for Books - review of Clock Flower March 28 - JBronder Book Reviews - review of Clock Flower March 28 - Books are Love - review of Cadence of Gypsies / giveaway March 28 - Two Points of Interest - review of Wish Rider / giveaway March 29 - Books are Love - review of Wish Rider / giveaway March 30 - Books are Love - review of Clock Flower / giveaway March 30 - Two Points of Interest - review of Clock Flower / giveaway Enter the Giveaway! Ends April 7, 2018
On May 2, 2013, the FBI added her to the Most Wanted Terrorist List, the first woman to be listed. Assata Shakur: A 20th Century Escaped Slave is the story of Assata Shakur, before she became a fugitive and since.
Join us for this tour from April 10 to 28, 2017! Book Details: Book Title: Assata Shakur: A 20th Century Escaped Slave by Barbara Casey Category: Adult Non-Fiction, 210 pages Genre: Biography/True Crime Publisher: Strategic Media Books Release date: February 15, 2017 Format available for review: Print, ebook (gifted Kindle and PDF) Will send print books: Internationally Tour dates: April 10 to 28, 2017 Content Rating: PG-13 (There is occasional use of bad language and it deals with crime including killings.) Book Description: In May 1973, Assata Olugbala Shakur was involved in a shootout on the New Jersey Turnpike in which she was accused of killing New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster and assaulting Trooper James Harper. This resulted in her indictment of first-degree murder of Foerster and seven other felonies related to the shootout. A member of the Black Panther Party, she became a prime target of the Federal Bureau of Investigations Counterintelligence Program. When she joined the Black Liberation Army and went into hiding, between 1973 and 1977, she was placed on the FBI's Most Wanted List for three bank robberies, the kidnapping and murder of two drug dealers, and the attempted murder of two New Jersey police officers. In March 1977 Assata Shakur was convicted of murdering state trooper Werner Forrester and was imprisoned. Two years later she broke out of the maximum-security wing of Clinton Correctional Facility in New Jersey, pistol in hand, as she and three cohorts sped out of the prison grounds. In 1984 she was granted political asylum in Cuba where she has lived ever since. On May 2, 2013, the FBI added her to the Most Wanted Terrorist List, the first woman to be listed. Assata Shakur: A 20th Century Escaped Slave is the story of Assata Shakur, before she became a fugitive and since. Buy the book: Amazon ~ Barnes & Noble ~ Books-A-Million 
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Barbara Casey is the author of several award-winning novels for both adults and young adults, as well as book-length works of nonfiction true crime and numerous articles, poems, and short stories. Her previous nonfiction true crime work, Kathryn Kelly: The Moll behind Machine Gun Kelly, has been optioned for a major film and television series. In addition to her own writing, she is an editorial consultant for independent publishers and writers, and president of the Barbara Casey Agency, established in 1995, representing authors throughout the United States, Great Britain, Canada, and Japan. Barbara lives on a mountain in Georgia with her husband and three dogs who adopted her: Benton, a hound-mix; Fitz, a miniature dachshund; and Gert, a Jack Russel terrier of sorts. Connect with the author: Website TOUR SCHEDULE: April 10 - Working Mommy Journal - review April 11 - Books, Dreams, Life - book spotlight / author interview April 11 - Books for Books - review April 12 - Literary Flits - review / giveaway April 13 - Mystery Suspense Reviews - book spotlight / giveaway April 14 - Cheryl's Book Nook - review / guest post / giveaway April 16 - Writers and Authors - book spotlight April 18 - A Mama's Corner of the World - review / giveaway April 19 - Jaquo Lifestyle Magazine - guest post April 20 - Kristin's Novel Cafe - review / giveaway April 24 - Svetlana's Reads and Views - review April 24 - Bound 4 Escape - review / giveaway April 25 - Library of Clean Reads - review / giveaway April 26 - Fil - Amazon Reviewer - review April 27 - Leels Loves Books - review April 28 - Jessica Cassidy - review / author interview / giveaway Enter the Giveaway! Enter the world of bestselling publishing, filled with intrigue, power, betrayal, ambition and greed. 
Join us for this tour from Aug 15 to 26, 2016! Book Details: Book Title: The House of Kane by Barbara Casey Category: Adult Fiction, 198 pages Genre: Mystery / Suspense Publisher: ArcheBooks Publishing Release date: February 2014 Format available for review: Print, ebook (gifted Kindle and PDF) Will send print books: Internationally Tour dates: Aug 15 to 26, 2016 Content Rating: PG-13 + M (There is some light profanity.) Book Description: Aislinn Marchánt, a writer and editorial consultant, is hired by the major New York publishing company, Kane Publishing House, to help determine why several submissions sent to them have mysteriously disappeared only to be published later by another publisher. Are the editors at Kane simply not being diligent enough with the in-coming material, or is there something more sinister going on? Working from her West Palm Beach home, Aislinn quickly becomes involved with the House of Kane as well as with Caldwell Kane, the man who hired her. As Aislinn works toward uncovering the various layers of truth of her former husband, her elderly neighbor, and Kane Publishing House, she continues to research her own novel, the story of a love between two people that becomes fractured because of the misunderstandings created by two different cultures. Her research takes her to a botanica where a Santerian priest reveals the truth in her own life and a destiny that is joined to that of Caldwell Kane. Praise for The House of Kane: Simultaneously wise and poignant, exotic and suspenseful, House of Kane is a fascinating story of loyalty, treachery and the power of destiny. With an insider's view into the world of high stakes publishing, Barbara Casey weaves a masterful story that haunts the reader long after the final page. - Nancy Steinbeck, Author of The Other Side of Eden: Life with John Steinbeck Barbara Casey's House of Kane is a touchingly tender love story, set in an intrigue-riddled publishing industry. Her characters are interesting and varied. Her story is refreshing and engagingly told. Aspiring writers will want to read House of Kane to tap her wisdom about getting into print. - John DeDakis, Former CNN Senior Copy Editor, Author of Fast Track Buy the Book: Amazon ~ Barnes & Noble 
Meet the Author:
Originally from Carrollton, Illinois, author/agent/publisher Barbara Casey attended the University of North Carolina, N.C. State University, and N.C. Wesleyan College where she received a BA degree, summa cum laude, with a double major in English and history. In 1978 she left her position as Director of Public Relations and Vice President of Development at North Carolina Wesleyan College to write full time and develop her own manuscript evaluation and editorial service. In 1995 she established the Barbara Casey Agency and since that time has represented authors from the United States, Great Britain, Canada, and Japan. In 2014, she became a partner with Strategic Media Books where she is involved in acquisitions and day-to-day operations and oversees book production. Ms. Casey's two middle-grade/young adult novels, Leilani Zan and Grandma Jock and Christabelle (James C. Winston Publishing Co., Trade Division) were both nominated for awards of excellence by the SCBWI Golden Kite Award, the National Association of University Women Literary Award and the Sir Walter Raleigh Literary Award. Shyla's Initiative (Crossquarter Publishing Group), a contemporary adult novel (occult romance/mystery), received a 2003 Independent Publisher Book Award and also an award of special literary recognition by the Palm Beach County Cultural Council. The Coach's Wife (ArcheBooks Publishing), also a novel for adults (contemporary/mystery), was semi-finalist for the 2005 Dana Award for Outstanding Novel and listed on the Publisher’s Best Seller List. The House of Kane (ArcheBooks Publishing), released in 2007, was considered for a Pulitzer nomination. Another contemporary novel for adults, Just Like Family, was released at Christmas 2009 when it received “Special Recognition from the 7-Eleven Corporation.” The Cadence of Gypsies, a novel written for new adults, was released in 2011 and was reviewed by the Smithsonian Institute for its List of Most Notable Books. Her novel for adults, The Gospel According to Prissy, received a 2013 Independent Publishers Book Award for Best Book in Regional Fiction. In 2016, Ms. Casey’s biography/true crime Kathryn Kelly: The Moll behind Machine Gun Kelly was released as well as The Wish Rider, the sequel to her young adult book The Cadence of Gypsies. Her award-winning articles, short stories, and poetry for adults have appeared in both national and international publications including the North Carolina Christian Advocate Magazine, The New East Magazine, the Raleigh (N.C.) News and Observer, the Rocky Mount (N.C.) Sunday Telegram, Dog Fancy, ByLine, The Christian Record, Skirt! Magazine, and True Story. A thirty-minute television special which Ms. Casey wrote and coordinated was broadcast on WRAL, Channel 5, in Raleigh, North Carolina. She also received special recognition for her editorial work on the English translations of Albanian children’s stories. Ms. Casey's award-winning science fiction short stories for adults are featured in The Cosmic Unicorn and CrossTime science fiction anthologies. Ms. Casey's essays and other works appear in The Chrysalis Reader, the international literary journal of the Swedenborg Foundation, 221 One-Minute Monologues from Literature (Smith and Kraus Publishers), and A Cup of Comfort (Adams Media Corporation). Ms. Casey is a former director of BookFest of the Palm Beaches, Florida, where she served as guest author and panelist. She has served as judge for the Pathfinder Literary Awards in Palm Beach and Martin Counties, Florida, and was the Florida Regional Advisor for the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators from 1991 through 2003. She is a frequent guest lecturer at universities and writers’ conferences around the country including the SCBWI Regional Conference, the Harriett Austin Writers Conference in Athens, SIBA (Southeastern Independent Book Sellers Association), Florida Writers Association, and the University of Auburn, Montgomery. She makes her home on the top of a mountain in northwest Georgia with her husband and three dogs. Connect with the author: Website TOUR SCHEDULE: Aug 15 - Library of Clean Reads - spotlight / author interview / giveaway Aug 15 - Jaquo Lifestyle Magazine - review Aug 16 - Working Mommy Journal - review / giveaway Aug 16 - Life as Leels - book spotlight Aug 17 - Bound 4 Escape - review / giveaway Aug 17 - Heidi's Wanderings - review / giveaway Aug 18 - #redhead.with.book - review / giveaway Aug 18 - The Autistic Gamer - review Aug 19 - Jaquo Lifestyle Magazine - guest post Aug 19 - Northernmsw - review / author interview Aug 22 - Words And Peace - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Aug 22 - Rockin' Book Reviews - review / author interview / giveaway Aug 23 - Readers Muse - review Aug 24 - Library of Clean Reads - review / giveaway Aug 24 - Olivia's Catastrophe - review / giveaway Aug 25 - StoreyBook Reviews - review / giveaway Aug 25 - Book and Ink - review / giveaway Aug 26 - The Writing Garnet - review / guest post Aug 26 - Jessica Cassidy - review / author interview / giveaway Enter the Giveaway! 
Join us for this our from Aug 15 to Sept 9, 2016! Book Details: Book Title: The Wish Rider (Book 2 of The F.I.G. Mysteries) by Barbara Casey Category: YA Fiction, 160 pages Genre: Literary / Mystery Publisher: Gauthier Publications Release date: May 10, 2016 Format available for review: Print, ebook (gifted Kindle and PDF) Will send print books: Internationally Tour dates: Aug 15 to Sept 9, 2016 Content Rating: PG-13 Book Description: Seventeen-year-old Dara Roux and her two best friends, Mackenzie Yarborough and Jennifer Torres, the three collectively referred to as the F.I.G.'s (Females of Intellectual Genius) because each has an intelligence quotient in the genius range, have just returned from Frascati, Italy. It was there that their much loved teacher and mentor, Carolina Lovel, discovered that her birth parents were gypsies, and that she had a connection to the Voynich Manuscript, the most mysterious document in the world. Now, with graduation from Wood Rose Orphanage and Academy for Young Women behind them, Dara asks her friends to help her locate her birth mother when she learns that she might be living in New York City. Relying on Dara’s gift for speaking and understanding foreign languages, the black and white images that stir musical cadences in Jennifer’s mind, and Mackenzie’s mathematical calculations that normally provide numerical solutions and answers to life’s most difficult questions, the determined young women tirelessly go from one address to another in search of Dara’s mother. Their determination turns to desperation, however, as they encounter a dark hidden society more dangerous and terrifying than they could have imagined. It is there that Dara hopes to find out why she was abandoned in a candy store all those years ago. Buy the book: Amazon ~ Barnes & Noble The Wish Rider is a stand-alone novel. However, you are welcome to read and review the first book in the F.I.G. Mysteries. 
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Book Title: The Cadence of Gypsies (Book 1 of The F.I.G. Mysteries)by Barbara Casey Category: YA fiction, 272 pages Genre: Literary/Mystery Publisher: Gauthier Publications/Hungry Goat Press Release date: April 2015 (e-Book) Format available for review: print and PDF Will send print books: Internationally Tour dates: August 15 to Sept 9, 2016 Content Rating: PG-13 (A few expletives, mild sexual innuendo) Book Description: On her 18th birthday Carolina Lovel learned that she was adopted and was given a letter written by her birth mother in an unknown language. After years of research she travels to Italy on a mission to find the truth about her past. Carolina is accompanied by three extremely gifted but mischievous students the FIGs from Wood Rose Orphanage and Academy for Young Women. In an effort to help their favorite teacher, the FIGs will have to use their special abilities to decipher the Voynich Manuscript, the most mysterious document in the world, and the one thing that is strangely similar to what Carolina was given. Their search will take them into the mystical world of gypsy tradition and magic, more exciting and dangerous than any of them could have imagined. Buy the Book: Amazon ~ Barnes & Noble 
Meet the Author:
Originally from Carrollton, Illinois, author/agent/publisher Barbara Casey attended the University of North Carolina, N.C. State University, and N.C. Wesleyan College where she received a BA degree, summa cum laude, with a double major in English and history. In 1978 she left her position as Director of Public Relations and Vice President of Development at North Carolina Wesleyan College to write full time and develop her own manuscript evaluation and editorial service. In 1995 she established the Barbara Casey Agency and since that time has represented authors from the United States, Great Britain, Canada, and Japan. In 2014, she became a partner with Strategic Media Books where she is involved in acquisitions and day-to-day operations and oversees book production. Ms. Casey's two middle-grade/young adult novels, Leilani Zan and Grandma Jock and Christabelle (James C. Winston Publishing Co., Trade Division) were both nominated for awards of excellence by the SCBWI Golden Kite Award, the National Association of University Women Literary Award and the Sir Walter Raleigh Literary Award. Shyla's Initiative (Crossquarter Publishing Group), a contemporary adult novel (occult romance/mystery), received a 2003 Independent Publisher Book Award and also an award of special literary recognition by the Palm Beach County Cultural Council. The Coach's Wife (ArcheBooks Publishing), also a novel for adults (contemporary/mystery), was semi-finalist for the 2005 Dana Award for Outstanding Novel and listed on the Publisher’s Best Seller List. The House of Kane (ArcheBooks Publishing), released in 2007, was considered for a Pulitzer nomination. Another contemporary novel for adults, Just Like Family, was released at Christmas 2009 when it received “Special Recognition from the 7-Eleven Corporation.” The Cadence of Gypsies, a novel written for new adults, was released in 2011 and was reviewed by the Smithsonian Institute for its List of Most Notable Books. Her novel for adults, The Gospel According to Prissy, received a 2013 Independent Publishers Book Award for Best Book in Regional Fiction. In 2016, Ms. Casey’s biography/true crime Kathryn Kelly: The Moll behind Machine Gun Kelly was released as well as The Wish Rider, the sequel to her young adult book The Cadence of Gypsies. Her award-winning articles, short stories, and poetry for adults have appeared in both national and international publications including the North Carolina Christian Advocate Magazine, The New East Magazine, the Raleigh (N.C.) News and Observer, the Rocky Mount (N.C.) Sunday Telegram, Dog Fancy, ByLine, The Christian Record, Skirt! Magazine, and True Story. A thirty-minute television special which Ms. Casey wrote and coordinated was broadcast on WRAL, Channel 5, in Raleigh, North Carolina. She also received special recognition for her editorial work on the English translations of Albanian children’s stories. Ms. Casey's award-winning science fiction short stories for adults are featured in The Cosmic Unicorn and CrossTime science fiction anthologies. Ms. Casey's essays and other works appear in The Chrysalis Reader, the international literary journal of the Swedenborg Foundation, 221 One-Minute Monologues from Literature (Smith and Kraus Publishers), and A Cup of Comfort (Adams Media Corporation). Ms. Casey is a former director of BookFest of the Palm Beaches, Florida, where she served as guest author and panelist. She has served as judge for the Pathfinder Literary Awards in Palm Beach and Martin Counties, Florida, and was the Florida Regional Advisor for the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators from 1991 through 2003. She is a frequent guest lecturer at universities and writers’ conferences around the country including the SCBWI Regional Conference, the Harriett Austin Writers Conference in Athens, SIBA (Southeastern Independent Book Sellers Association), Florida Writers Association, and the University of Auburn, Montgomery. She makes her home on the top of a mountain in northwest Georgia with her husband and three dogs. Connect with the author: Website TOUR SCHEDULE: Aug 15 - Working Mommy Journal - review of The Wish Rider / giveaway Aug 15 - Bound 4 Escape - review of The Wish Rider / giveaway Aug 15 - Rockin' Book Reviews - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Aug 16 - Haddie's Haven - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Aug 16 - Writers and Authors - interview Aug 17 - Mystery Suspense Reviews - review of The Wish Rider Aug 18 - Sahar's Blog - review of The Wish Rider Aug 19 - The Travelogue of a book addict - review of The Cadence of Gypsies Aug 19 - Zerina Blossom's Books - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Aug 21 - Writers and Authors - book spotlight / giveaway Aug 22 - Bookroom Reviews - review of The Wish Rider / interview Aug 22 - Heidi's Wanderings - review of The Cadence of Gypsies / giveaway Aug 23 - First Impressions Reviews - review of The Wish Rider Aug 23 - Olio By Marilyn - review of The Cadence of Gypsies /author interview Aug 24 - Jaquo Lifestyle Magazine - book spotlight / interview Aug 24 - Haddie's Haven - review of The Wish Rider / giveaway Aug 25 - Laura's Interests - review of The Cadence of Gypsies / guest post / giveaway Aug 26 - The Travelogue of a book addict - review of The Wish Rider Aug 26 - The Autistic Gamer - review of The Wish Rider Aug 29 - Corinne Rodrigues - review of The Wish Rider / giveaway Aug 30 - Words And Peace - book spotlight / giveaway Aug 31 - Discovering/Writing Life - review of The Wish Rider / interview / giveaway Aug 31 - My Journey Back - review of The Cadence of Gypsies / interview / giveaway Sept 1 - Laura's Interests - review of The Wish Rider / giveaway Sept 1 - Book and Ink - review of The Cadence of Gypsies / giveaway Sept 5 - Heidi's Wanderings - review of The Wish Rider / giveaway Sept 6 - Olio By Marilyn - review of The Wish Rider Sept 6 - Book and Ink - review of The Wish Rider / giveaway Sept 6 - Jorie Loves A Story - review of The Cadence of Gypsies / guest post Sept 7 - Jorie Loves A Story - review of The Wish Rider Sept 8 - JBronder Book Reviews - review of The Wish Rider / guest post Sept 8 - My Journey Back - review of The Wish Rider / giveaway Enter the Giveaway! |
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