Category: Contemporary-fiction

SPOTLIGHT BOOK TOUR: PAPERBOY (A Dylan Tomassi Novel) by Dan Romanello

1/27/2023

Join Us For This Tour From Feb 27 to Mar 17
Book Details:

Book Title: PAPERBOY (A Dylan Tomassi Novel) by Dan Romanello
Category: Adult Fiction (18+), 332 pages
Genre: Coming of Age Contemporary Thriller
Publisher: Sanitas Publishing, Inc.
Publication Date: August, 2022.
Tour dates: Feb 27 to Mar 17
Content Rating: R: A series of explicit sex scenes, minimal bad language and drug use are utilized for character and plot development.

Book Description:

Abandoned by his father as an infant and raised by a single mother among the wealthy and privileged in Fairfield County, Connecticut, Dylan Tomassi grew up poor. As a boy he is befriended by a mysteriously reclusive widow he meets on his paper route. She mentors him with sage advice on matters facing a young man growing up without a father. She never pays for her newspapers, and he never asks for the money because of all the good advice she dispenses. When she finally does square up, it changes his life forever.

Dylan relocates to Florida and becomes a successful private investor, wealthy beyond his wildest dreams. His newfound socioeconomic status introduces him into the upper echelon of Florida society where he finds many things going on in the world simply don't make sense. With the help of his old friend and mentor, he navigates life in a turbulent modern-day society and vows to use his wealth to make a difference when he’s not sidetracked running into nefarious characters or busy keeping his best friend, wealthy playboy Alex Malloy, out of hot water. With corruption, debauchery, deception, and murder swirling around him, Dylan proves nice guys can finish first.

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Meet the Authors:

DAN ROMANELLO began his career working for a large Florida newspaper before attending law school at the University of Florida. After serving as an assistant state attorney, he entered private practice where he spent more than 20 years as a civil trial lawyer litigating cases in courtrooms throughout Florida. He retired from the active practice of law in 2017 and, before writing PAPERBOY, spent four years coaching college athletics. He lives in St. Petersburg, Florida.

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Tour Schedule:

Feb 27 - Mystery Review Crew– book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Feb 27 – Adventurous Jessy – book spotlight / giveaway
Feb 28 – Sue’s Musings – book spotlight
Feb 28 - Kim's Book Reviews and Writing Aha's – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Mar 1 – Book Corner News and Reviews– book spotlight / giveaway
Mar 1 - The Obsessed Reader – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Mar 2 – The Book Countess Tours - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Mar 3 – Reading Authors Network – book spotlight / giveaway
Mar 3 - I'm Into Books - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Mar 6 – My WorldReads – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Mar 7 – fundinmental – book spotlight / giveaway
Mar 7 - Cover Lover Book Review – book spotlight / giveaway
Mar 8 – Celticlady's Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Mar 8 - Books for Books - book spotlight
Mar 9 – Diane’s Book Journal – book spotlight / giveaway
Mar 10 – StoreyBook Reviews – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Mar 13 – Stephanie Jane – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Mar 13 - FUONLYKNEW - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Mar 14 - 411 ON BOOKS, AUTHORS, AND PUBLISHING NEWS - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Mar 15 –Locks, Hooks and Books – book spotlight / giveaway
Mar 15 - The Adventures of a Traveler's Wife – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Mar 16 – Liese's Blog – book spotlight / author interview
Mar 16 - Gina Rae Mitchell - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Apr 4 – Jazzy Book Review – book spotlight / giveaway
TBD - Books and Games – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway

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BOOK TOUR: Love Madly by Tracey Hooker

1/12/2023

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Join us for this tour from Feb 20 to Mar 10, 2023!

Book Details:

Book Title: Love Madly by Tracey Hooker
Category: Adult Fiction (18+) , 284 pages
Genre: Contemporary Women's Fiction
Publisher: Tracey Hooker
Release date: May 2021
Format available for review: print-softback (USA a), e-book (EPUB, PDF)
Will send print books out: USA
Tour dates: Feb 20 to Mar 10, 2023
Content Rating: PG-13: some f-words, violence, non-explicit sex scenes

Book Description:

One afternoon Jamie is so bored she forms lips with her left hand and kisses it. She is missing passion in her life. Her husband, Joe, always ready with a snide remark, catches her in the act. This time he's speechless when Jamie quips that she's "having an affair."

The story is told in Jamie's irreverent voice and blends two timelines--that of Jamie's young years with her teenage soulmate, then her troubled marriage and ensuing Hollywood affair.

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Meet the Author:

Tracey Hooker is a creative thinker, writer and doer. She has a master’s degree in health administration and spent 16 years educating state legislators across the United States on critical public health issues. Tracey practices yoga, hikes in the Rockies, dabbles in watercolors, writes rap songs and donates blood. She has lived in California, Spain and Arizona, and now lives in Denver, Colorado, with her husband and her dog, Winnie.

connect with the author: website

Tour Schedule:

Feb 20 – Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / giveaway
Feb 21 – Cover Lover Book Review – book spotlight / giveaway
Feb 22 – Liese's Blog – book spotlight
Feb 23 –fundinmental – book spotlight / giveaway
Feb 24 – Novels Alive – book spotlight / giveaway
Feb 24 – Novels Alive – book review / giveaway
Feb 27 –Gina Rae Mitchell - book review / guest post / giveaway
Feb 28 – Viviana MacKade – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Mar 1 – Honey Can Do It – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Mar 2– Stephanie Jane – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Mar 6 –Splashes of Joy – book review / giveaway
Mar 7 –Celticlady's Reviews – book spotlight / giveaway
Mar 8 - 411 ON BOOKS, AUTHORS, AND PUBLISHING NEWS - book spotlight /giveaway
Mar 8 -Book Corner News and Reviews – book review / giveaway
Mar 9 –Locks, Hooks and Books – book review / giveaway
Mar 10 – Adventurous Jessy – book review / giveaway
Mar 10 - Reading Excursions – book spotlight
Apr 1 – Books and Games – book review / author interview / giveaway

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BOOK TOUR: The Key to Circus-Mom Highway by Allyson Rice

11/23/2022

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The Key to Circus-Mom Highway by Allyson Rice

The Key to Circus-Mm Highway by Allyson Rice

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Join us for this tour from Jan 30 to Feb 17, 2023!

Book Details:

Book Title:  The Key to Circus-Mom Highway by Allyson Rice
Category:  Adult Fiction (18+) , 270 pages
Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Women's Fiction
Publisher: The Total Human Press
Release date:   Jn 3, 2023
Format available for review: print-softback (USA a), e-book (EPUB, PDF, NetGalley Download)
Will send print books out: USA
Tour dates: Jan 30 to Feb 17, 2023
Content Rating: PG-13 + M because one of the characters swears a lot, and she drops some f-bombs. Also, there are short flashback scenes that reveal the mom's history and it includes rape (not graphically depicted in the novel)

Book Description:

In an attempt to secure an unexpected inheritance—and hopefully find a few answers—two estranged sisters and their newly discovered brother embark on a comically surreal trip through the Deep South to retrace the life of the mother who abandoned them as infants.

On a Tuesday afternoon, sisters Jesse Chasen and Jennifer McMahon receive a phone call notifying them that their birth mother has died, leaving behind a significant inheritance. But in order to obtain it, they must follow a detailed road trip she designed for them to get to know her—and that includes finding a brother they never knew existed.

For the next week, this ill-assorted trio treks across Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia to meet their mother’s old friends, from circus performers to a juke joint owner, each of whom delivers a shocking vignette into the life of a young mother traumatized by loss and abuse. Along the way, these three siblings—Jesse, whose fiery exterior disguises a wounded, drifting musician stuck in a rut; Jennifer, whose carefully curated family life is threatened by her husband’s infidelity; and Jack, whose enigmatic Jackie, Oh! persona in the New Orleans drag queen scene helps him escape the nightmares of Afghanistan that haunt him at night—must confront their own demons (and at least one alligator). But in chasing the truth about their real mother, they may all just find their second chance.

This uproarious debut novel is a reminder that sometimes, the family you’d never have chosen may turn out to be exactly what you need.

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Meet the Author:

Allyson Rice is a writer, mixed media artist, and a producer with Atomic Focus Entertainment, currently splitting her time between Los Angeles, CA, and Rehoboth Beach, DE. She’s a graduate of Northwestern University with a Bachelor of Science in Communication. After spending many years as an actress on stage and on television, she left acting and spent the next decade running yoga/meditation retreats, women’s retreats, and creativity retreats around the country. After that, she pivoted to focus on her own creative work. In addition to her writing and art, she’s also a photographer.

Some random bits of Allyson trivia:

She’s been skydiving, paragliding, bungee jumping, ziplining through a rainforest, and scuba diving with stingrays;
she has an extensive PEZ dispenser collection;
she played Connor Walsh on As the World Turns for seven years;
she’s been in the Oval Office at the White House after hours;
she’s related to the Hatfields of the infamous Hatfield/McCoy feud; and
her comedic rap music video “Fine, I’ll Write My Own Damn Song” won numerous awards in the film festival circuit.

Also available from Allyson is her line of women’s coloring books (The Color of Joy, Dancing with Life, and Wonderland), and The Creative Prosperity PlayDeck, an inspirational card deck about unlocking and utilizing your creative energy in the world. They’re available on www.Allyson-Wonderland.com.

She’s currently at work on her second novel and her fourth women’s coloring book.

Also, anyone who signs up for Allyson’s periodic author newsletter on her website will be entered in a drawing to have a character in her next novel named after them, and a free book will be given away in each newsletter to a subscriber!

connect with the author: website ~ Allyson Wonderland ~ twitter ~ facebook ~ instagram ~ instagram ~ instagram ~ pinterest ~ goodreads ~ bookbub

Tour Schedule:

Jan 30 – Stephanie Jane– book review / giveaway
Jan 30 - Cover Lover Book Review - book spotlight / giveaway
Jan 31 – fundinmental – book spotlight / giveaway
Feb 1 – Olio by Marilyn– book review / giveaway
Feb 1 – Olio by Marilyn – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Feb 2 – Deborah-Zenha Adams – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Feb 3 - Book Corner News and Reviews - book review / giveaway
Feb 3 – Welcome To MLM Opinion’s Reviews – book review
Feb 6 – Diana’s Book Journal – book spotlight
Feb 6 - Books for Books– book spotlight
Feb 6 - Lamon Reviews - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Feb 7 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book review / giveaway
Feb 8 – Gina Rae Mitchell– book review / guest post / giveaway
Feb 9 – Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Feb 10 – Pick A Good Book – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Feb 13 – Books for Books - book spotlight / guest post
Feb 14 – Celticlady's Reviews– book spotlight / giveaway
Feb 14 - Leanne bookstagram - book review
Feb 15 – @bookqueenbee– book review
Feb 15 - FUONLYKNEW - book review / guest post / giveaway
Feb 16 – @enjoyingbooksagain– book review
Feb 17 –Liese's Blog – book spotlight / author interview
Feb 17 - Books and Games - book review / author interview
Feb 20 - Authors on iTours: Let's Talk Books - book review
TBD - @ReadwithMe - book review

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BOOK TOUR: Espoused by Jean Marie Davis

6/24/2021

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Join Us for This Tour from August 16 to September 3!

Book Details:
Book Title: Espoused by Jean Marie Davis
Category: Adult Fiction 18+
Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Literary, Humor
Publisher: Wren Park Publishing, 264 pages
Release date: July 2021
Format available for review: Print Softback, ebook (PDF)
Will send print books out: USA and Canada
Tour dates: August 16 to September 3, 2021
Content Rating: PG for the subject matter of adult relationships/marriage/divorce, but there is no bad language or explicit sex scenes.

Book Description:

Espouse: (v.) to take in marriage; to make a marriage permanent by court decree; the court-approved process by which couples may stay together beyond the legal 15-year term.

In the contemporary world, fifteen years is considered the legal life cycle of a marriage. If a couple wants to stay together (married), they must hire a lawyer and petition the court to become Espoused.

After 14 years of marriage, Sara and Thomas Healy are still in love. Their decision to go to court to be espoused permanently is a source of great embarrassment for their children. Avery is ready for the benefits of uncoupling, and Sam really doesn’t need the social stigma of parents who decide to stay together, on top of everything else. Lame! Their espouse attorney, Gwen Stevens, has other problems. The judge for the Healy case is her nemesis, Carly Abraham, also known as “the Wicked Witch of the Bench.” Judge Abraham was previously married to Gwen’s husband Dennis, from whom she uncoupled after the allotted 15 years. She hates espouse lawyers on principle, and seems to have an extra dose of dislike for Gwen personally.

While the Healys struggle through the espouse experience—trial separation, uncouple counseling, and ongoing financial burdens—Gwen has to deal with the judge and her own struggles at home. In this fight for love, who has the answers?

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Meet the Author:

Jean Marie Davis was born and raised in Huntington, New York. After graduating from Southern Illinois University – Carbondale, she moved back to Long Island where she worked in the Marketing Research industry for over 30 years. She currently lives in Centerport, New York close to her daughter and son.

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Tour Schedule:

Aug 16 –I'm All About Books – book spotlight / giveaway
Aug 16 – Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Aug 17 – Twilight Reader – book review
Aug 18 – Rockin' Book Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Aug 19 –Cover Lover Book Review – book review / giveaway
Aug 19 - Viviana MacKade – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Aug 20 – Lalitha's World of Serenity – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Aug 23 –Sadie's Spotlight – book spotlight / giveaway
Aug 24 - Kam's Place – book review
Aug 25 –Based on a True Story – book review
Aug 25 - Literary Flits – book spotlight / giveaway
Aug 26 – Gina Rae Mitchell – book review / author interview / giveaway
Aug 27 –Lisa's Reading – book spotlight / giveaway
Aug 30 - Celticlady's Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Aug 31 –Locks, Hooks and Books – book review / giveaway
Aug 31 – RebeccaReviewedIt – book review / giveaway
Sep 1 – Splashes of Joy – book review / guest post / giveaway
Sep 1 - Books for Books – book spotlight
Sep 2 – Book Corner News and Reviews – book review / giveaway
Sep 3 – Adventurous Jessy – book review / giveaway

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BOOK TOUR: THE SHADE UNDER THE MANGO TREE BY EVY JOURNEY

6/9/2021

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TOUR FULL

Join Us for This Tour: August 2 to August 27

Book Details:
Book Title: The Shade Under the Mango Tree by Evy Journey
Category: Adult Fiction 18+, 396 pages
Genre: Contemporary Multicultural Fiction
Publisher: Sojounrer Books
Release date: November 2, 2020
Format available for review: print - softback, e-book (Gifted Kindle, Mobi file for Kindle, epub, pdf )
Tour dates: August 2 to August 27
Content Rating: PG13 & M: There's a suicide, reference to a past genocide, and reference to sex about to happen but no description of the sexual act.

Book Description:

Gold Medal, Contemporary Fiction, 2021 Global Book Awards (formerly New York City Book Awards)
Finalist, Multicultural Fiction, 2021 International Book Awards

After two heartbreaking losses, Luna wants adventure. Something and somewhere very different from the affluent, sheltered home in California and Hawaii where she grew up. An adventure in which she can also make some difference.

Lucien, a worldly, well-traveled young architect, finds a stranger's journal at a café. Though he has qualms and pangs of guilt about reading it, they don't stop him. His decision changes his life forever.

Months later, they meet at a bookstore. Fascinated by his stories and adventurous spirit, Luna goes on a Peace Corps stint to a rural rice-growing village in Cambodia. There, she finds a world steeped in ancient culture and the lasting ravages of a deadly history. Will she leave this world unscathed?

An epistolary tale of courage, resilience, and the bonds that bring diverse people together.

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Meet the Author:
Evy Journey writes. Stories and blog posts. Novels that tend to cross genres. She’s also a wannabe artist and a flâneuse. Evy studied psychology (Ph.D. University of Illinois) so she spins tales about nuanced characters dealing with the problems and issues of contemporary life. She believes in love and its many faces. Though she has traveled to many places, she has one ungranted wish: To live in Paris where art is everywhere and people have honed aimless roaming to an art form. She visits and stays a few months.

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Tour Schedule:

Aug 2 –Viviana MacKade – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Aug 2 -Cover Lover Book Review – book spotlight / giveaway
Aug 3 - Rockin' Book Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Aug 3 – Olio By Marilyn – book review / giveaway
Aug 3 - Working Mommy Journal - book review / giveaway
Aug 4 – @twilight_reader – book review
Aug 4 - Kam's Place - book spotlight
Aug 5 - A Mama's Corner of the World - book review / giveaway
Aug 6 –fundinmental – book spotlight / giveaway
Aug 9 - Literary Flits – book spotlight
Aug 9 - Gina Rae Mitchell - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Aug 10 – Lamon Reviews – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Aug 10 -Book Corner News and Reviews - book spotlight / giveaway
Aug 10 - A Mama's Corner of the World - book review / giveaway
Aug 11 –Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Aug 12 - Rockin' Book Reviews – book review / giveaway
Aug 12 – @booking.with.janelle – book review / author interview / giveaway
Aug 13 - Rajiv's Reviews - book review / giveaway
Aug 13 – Hall Ways Blog – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Aug 16 – Sadie's Spotlight – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Aug 17 - Westveil Publishing – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Aug 17 - Locks, Hooks and Books - book review / giveaway
Aug 18 – Sefina Hawke's Books – book review
Aug 19 – Reading is My Passion – book review
Aug 19 - Deborah-Zenha Adams – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Aug 19 -I'm Into Books – book spotlight / giveaway
Aug 23 –Books Lattes & Tiaras – book spotlight
Aug 24 – Splashes of Joy – book review / author interview / giveaway
Aug 25 –Falling Into A Good Book – book review / giveaway
Aug 26 – She Just Loves Books – book review / giveaway
Aug 27 – Books for Books – book review
Aug 27 -Adventurous Jessy - book review / giveaway
TBD– Talk of Tales – book review / giveaway
TBD – Read with Me – book review

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