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Book Details: Book Title: Clarissa: A Clean & Wholesome American Historical Romance by Jean Jacobsen Category: Adult Fiction (18+) , 324 pages Genre: Historical Romance Publisher: Jean Jacobsen Release date: Feb 2020 Format available for review: print-softback (USA only), e-book (EPUB, PDF) Tour dates: May 8 to May 26, 2023 Content Rating: G: Wholesome
Book Description:
Tragedy brings them together. Will love tear them apart? New York City, 1832. Clarissa Tanner is carefree and lighthearted until the sudden death of her parents. Forced to pay off family debts or lose her horse farm, she's given one choice: auction off her beloved horses or reluctantly enter 1830s New York Society social season to face the dreaded marriage market. Nicholas is a man on a mission, searching for his missing brother. Fearing Liam may be the victim of foul play, Nicholas needs to keep a low-profile while conducting his search. He takes a position as a dance instructor, providing refresher lessons to the beautiful but distracted Clarissa. Clarissa and Nicholas find a connection through grief and movement as they fight their attraction to one another. Will they give in to their desires and find true love or will family obligations keep them apart?
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Jean Jacobsen is an award-winning storyteller of Sweet, Historical Romance. Featuring strong female characters, roguish heroes, and 19th Century adventure tales. She pens stories that transcend the heart and always have a happy ending. Because of Jean’s deep passion for history, she includes real events from the time period, making her stories come to life as they transport you to a by-gone era. Join her on the next adventure. connect with the authors: website ~ facebook ~ bookbub ~ goodreads
Tour Schedule:
May 8 – Cover Lover Book Review– book spotlight / guest post / giveaway May 8 – fundinmental – book spotlight / giveaway May 9 – Liese's Blog – book spotlight May 10 - FUONLYKNEW - book spotlight / author interview giveaway May 11 – Character Madness and Musings – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway May 12 – Book Corner News and Reviews - book review / giveaway May 12- Rockin' Book Reviews – book review / guest post / giveaway May 15 – MacKade – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway May 15 - Splashes of Joy - book review / giveaway May 16 – @regallywritten– book spotlight / giveaway May 17 – Stephanie Jane – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway May 18 – Celticlady's Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway May 19 – mamof9 – book spotlight May 19 - Diane’s Book Journal - book spotlight May 22 - Older & Smarter? – book review / author interview / giveaway May 22 – Novels Alive – book spotlight / giveaway May 22– Novels Alive – book review May 23 – Sandra's Book Club – book review May 23 - Locks, Hooks and Books - book review / giveaway May 24 – Gina Rae Mitchell – book review / guest post / giveaway May 25 – Blooming with Books - book review / author interview / giveaway May 26– Pause for Tales – book review / giveaway May 26 - History from a Woman’s Perspective – book spotlight May 28 - Bizwings Book Blog – book review / giveaway
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Book Details: Book Title: GIRL ON THE RUN (The Doktor's Daughter) by Nancy McDonald Category: Middle-Grade Fiction (Ages 8-12), 174 pages Genre: Historical fiction Publisher: Iguana Books Release date: September, 2021 Format available for review: print-softback (USA and Canada), ebook (EPUB, PDF) Tour dates: May 1 to May 19, 2023 Content Rating: G. It's middle grade. No foul language. No sex scenes.
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It's 1933 in Berlin. The Nazis have seized power, and for thirteen-year-old Amelie Meyer life is changing in ways she never could have imagined. Her new teacher is picking on Jewish students, her friends are starting to shun her for not joining their Aryan youth group and her father is getting remarried. As tensions mount at home and school, Amelie embarks on a perilous journey - with nothing less than her whole future at stake.
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Book Title: THE DOKTOR'S DAUGHTER by Nancy McDonald Category: Middle-Grade Fiction (Ages 8-12), 166 pages Genre: Historical fiction Publisher: Iguana Books Release date: Jun 19, 2022 Format available for review: print-softback (USA and Canada), ebook (EPUB, PDF) Tour dates: May 1 to May 19, 2022 Content Rating: G. It's middle grade. No foul language. No sex scenes.
Book Description:
Tragedy brings Amelie Meyer back to Berlin. It's been four years since she was forced to flee her home, leaving everything behind -- including her father. Transformed by the Nazis, Berlin is now a drab and dangerous city, and Amelie can't wait to return to Paris. But before she can leave, she finds herself swept up in an intrigue that makes her question everything she thinks she knows about her father. Is he a traitor or a hero? The only way to find out is to put her own life on the line.
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Nancy McDonald began her career as a journalist on television programs that include W5, Canada AM and Marketplace before going on to become a sought-after freelance writer, penning everything from documentaries to live-action scripts to comic books. The Doktor's Daughter, the sequel to Girl on the Run, is her fourth novel. Nancy lives in Stratford, Ontario where she revels in Shakespeare, treads the boards with the Perth County Players and works part-time at Fanfare Book, Stratford's only independent bookseller. connect with the author: website ~ facebook ~ instagram ~ goodreads
Tour Schedule:
May 1 - Cover Lover Book Review – book series spotlight / guest post / giveaway May 1 – My Reading Getaway – book review of GIRL ON THE RUN / giveaway May 2 – Rockin' Book Reviews – book review of GIRL ON THE RUN / guest post / giveaway May 2 – My Reading Getaway – book review of THE DOKTOR’S DAUGHTER / giveaway May 3 - Diane’s Book Journal - book series spotlight / giveaway May 3 – @regallywritten – book review of GIRL ON THE RUN May 4 – Deborah-Zenha Adams – book series spotlight / guest post / giveaway May 4 – Rockin' Book Reviews – book review of THE DOKTOR’S DAUGHTER / giveaway May 5 – Gina Rae Mitchell – book series spotlight / guest post / giveaway May 5 - Character Madness and Musings – book review of GIRL ON THE RUN / giveaway May 9 – Celticlady's Reviews – book series spotlight / giveaway May 9 -Connie's History Classroom – book review of GIRL ON THE RUN / giveaway May 10 - Stephanie Jane – book series spotlight / giveaway May 11 - Library Lady's Kid Lit - books spotlight / author interview / giveaway May 11- Library Lady's Kid Lit - book review of GIRL ON THE RUN / author interview / giveaway May 11 – Welcome To MLM Opinion’s Reviews – book review of GIRL ON THE RUN / giveaway May 12 - Library Lady's Kid Lit - book review of THE DOKTOR'S DAUGHR / giveaway May 12- Locks, Hooks and Books – book review of GIRL ON THE RUN / giveaway May 12 – Welcome To MLM Opinion’s Reviews – book review of THE DOKTORS DAUGHTER / giveaway May 15 - Writer with Wanderlust - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway May 15 - Writer with Wanderlust - book review of GIRL ON THE RUN / giveaway May 15 - Connie's History Classroom – book review of THE DOKTOR’S DAUGHTER / giveaway May 15 – @regallywritten – book review of THE DOKTORS DAUGHTER May 16 – fundinmental – book series spotlight / giveaway May 17 –Leanne bookstagram – book review of GIRL ON THE RUN / giveaway May 17 - Locks, Hooks and Books – book review of THE DOKTOR’S DAUGHTER / giveaway May 17 - Writer with Wanderlust - book review of THE DOKTOR'S DAUGHTER / giveaway May 18 - Liese's Blog – book series spotlight May 18 –The Book Countess – book review of GIRL ON THE RUN / giveaway May 19 –Leanne bookstagram – book review of THE DOKTOR’S DAUGHTER / giveaway May 19- Splashes of Joy - book review of GIRL ON THE RUN / giveaway May 19- Splashes of Joy - book review of THE DOKTOR'S DAUGHTER / giveaway May 19 - History from a Woman’s Perspective – book series spotlight May 19 – The Book Countess – book review of THE DOKTOR’S DAUGHTER / giveaway
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BOOK TOUR: She Who Rides Horses: A Saga of the Ancient Steppe (Book One) by Sarah V. Barnes3/28/2023
Join us for this tour from May 1 to May 19, 2023!
Book Details: Book Title: She Who Rides Horses: A Saga of the Ancient Steppe (Book One) by Sarah V. Barnes Category: Adult Fiction (18+), 267 pages Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Lilith House Press Release date: March 2022 Formats Available for Review: print-softback (USA only) and e-book (GIFTED KINDLE, MOBI FILE (FOR KINDLE), EPUB, PDF). Tour dates: May 1 to May 19, 2023 Content Rating: PG. It contains two kissing scenes and the death of an animal.
Book Description:
Set more than 6,000 years ago, She Who Rides Horses: A Saga of the Ancient Steppe (Book One) begins the story of Naya, the first person to ride a horse. Daughter of a clan chief, bolder than other girls but shunned by the boys because of her unusual appearance, Naya wanders alone through the vast grasslands where her people herd cattle and hunt wild horses for their meat. But Naya dreams of creating a different kind of relationship with the magnificent creatures. One day, she discovers a filly with a chestnut coat as uncommon as her own head of red hair. With time running out before she is called to assume the responsibilities of adulthood, Naya embarks on a quest to gallop with the red filly across the boundless steppe. Unwittingly, she sets in motion forces and events that will change forever the future of humans and horses alike.
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Sarah V. Barnes, Ph.D. is both an historian and a horsewoman. When Sarah is not writing stories, she practices and teaches riding as a meditative art. She also offers equine-facilitated coaching and wellness workshops. Sarah holds a Ph.D. in history from Northwestern University and spent many years as a college professor before turning full-time to riding and writing. She has two grown daughters and lives with her husband, her dogs and her horses near Boulder, CO. connect with the author: website ~ facebook ~ goodreads
Tour Schedule:
May 1 – Liese's Blog – book spotlight May 2- History from a Woman’s Perspective - book review May 2 – Stephanie Jane – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway May 3 - Kim's Book Reviews and Writing Aha's - book review / giveaway May 3 – Splashes of Joy – book review / giveaway May 4 – Celticlady's Reviews – book spotlight/giveaway May 4 - Welcome To MLM Opinion’s Review – book review May 5– Character Madness and Musings – book review / giveaway May 9 - Diane’s Book Journal - book spotlight May 10 – Adventures of a Traveler's Wife – book review / author interview / giveaway May 10 – Rockin' Book Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway May 11 – MacKade – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway May 11 - Books are a Blessing – book review / giveaway May 12 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book review / giveaway May 12 - Books With a Chance - book review / author interview / giveaway May 12- The Obsessed Reader – book review / giveaway May 15 - The Pen and Muse Book Reviews - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway May 15 – Cover Lover Book Review – book review / giveaway May 16 – FUONLYKNEW – book review / guest post / giveaway May 16 - Book Corner News and Reviews - book review / giveaway May 17 –Gina Rae Mitchell – book review / guest post / giveaway May 17- Authors on iTours: Let's Talk Books! – book review May 18– fundinmental – book spotlight / giveaway May 18– Rockin' Book Reviews – book review / giveaway May 19 - Writer with Wanderlust – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway May 19 - Writer with Wanderlust – book review / giveaway May 19 - Adventurous Jessy - book review / giveaway May 19 - Bizwings Book Blog - book review / author interview / giveaway May 26 - Mostly Mystery Reviews - book review TBD - Paws.Read.Repeat - book review / giveaway
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Join Us For This Tour from Oct 3 to Oct 21, 2022
BOOK DETAILS: Series Title: Tomboy: A Jane Benjamin Novel by Shelley Blanton-Stroud Category: Adult Fiction (18+), 308 pages Genre: Historical Thriller Publisher: She Writes Press Release dates: June 2022 Format available for review: print - softback (USA only), e-book (GIFTED KINDLE, MOBI FILE (FOR KINDLE), EPUB, PDF, Book Funnel download, NetGalley download), audiobook Will send print books out: USA Tour dates: Oct 3 to Oct 21 Content Rating: PG-13 + M. The F word appears exactly once in the book. There is a completely non-explicit sex scene. There is a suicide.
Book Description:
It’s 1939. Jane Benjamon’s got five days at sea to solve the murder of a Wimbledon champion’s coach and submit a gossip column that tells the truth. If not the facts. On the brink of World War II, Jane wants to have it all. By day she hustles as a scruffy, tomboy cub reporter. By night she secretly struggles to raise her toddler sister, Elsie, and protect her from their mother. But Jane’s got a plan: she’ll become the San Francisco Prospect’s first gossip columnist and make enough money to care for Elsie. Jane finagles her way to the women’s championship at Wimbledon, starring her hometown’s tennis phenom and cover girl Tommie O’Rourke. Jane plans to write her first column there. But then she witnesses Edith “Coach” Carlson, Tommie’s closest companion, drop dead in the stands of apparent heart attack, and her plan is blown. Sailing home on the RMS Queen Mary, Jane veers between competing instincts: Should she write a social bombshell column, personally damaging her new friend Tommie’s persona and career? Or should she work to uncover the truth of Coach’s death and its connection to a larger conspiracy involving US participation in the coming war? Putting away her menswear and donning first-class ballgowns, Jane discovers what upper-class status hides, protects, and destroys. Ultimately—like nations around the globe in 1939—she must choose what she’ll give up in order to do what’s right.
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April Doty is a classically trained actress with a BFA from Syracuse University. She is a voice actor and the narrator of 26 books. Born in Virginia, educated in New York, seasoned in London and settled in Spain, April Doty brings the sound of a rich and varied life experience to her narration. The character of Jane came to life in her home studio on the Costa del Sol. connect with the narrator: website ~ twitter ~ linkedIn ~ soundcloud
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Shelley grew up in California’s Central Valley, the daughter of Dust Bowl immigrants who made good on their ambition to get out of the field. She recently retired from teaching writing at Sacramento State University and still consults with writers in the energy industry. She co-directs Stories on Stage Sacramento, where actors perform the stories of established and emerging authors, and serves on the advisory board of 916 Ink, an arts-based creative writing nonprofit for children, as well as on the board of the Gould Center for Humanistic Studies at Claremont McKenna College. Copy Boy is her first Jane Benjamin Novel. Tomboy is her second. The third, Working Girl, will come out in November 2023. Her writing has been a finalist in the Sarton Book Awards, IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards, Killer Nashville’s Silver Falchion Award, the American Fiction Awards, and the National Indie Excellence Awards. She and her husband live in Sacramento with many photos of their out-of-town sons and their wonderful partners. Connect with the author: website ~ twitter ~ facebook ~ instagram ~ bookbub ~ goodreads
Tour Schedule:
Oct 3 –Rockin' Book Reviews – book review / guest post / giveaway Oct 3 –Literary Flits – book review / giveaway Oct 4 - Olio By Marilyn – book review / giveaway Oct 5 –Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Oct 6 –Books are a Blessing – book review / giveaway Oct 7 –Leanne bookstagram – book review Oct 11 – Amy's Booket List – audiobook review / giveaway Oct 11 - FUONLYKNEW - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Oct 12 – Cover Lover Book Review – book spotlight / giveaway Oct 12 - PuzzlePaws Blog - book review / giveaway Oct 13 - JB's Bookworms with Brandy Mulder – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Oct 13 -Stephanie Jane – book review / giveaway Oct 14 – Splashes of Joy – audiobook review / guest post / giveaway Oct 17 –StoreyBook Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Oct 18 –Book Corner News and Reviews – book review / giveaway Oct 18 -Sadie's Spotlight – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Oct 19 –Locks, Hooks and Books – book review / giveaway Oct 19 - Gina Rae Mitchell - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Oct 20 –Deborah-Zenha Adams – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Oct 21 – Faith and Books – audiobook review / author interview / giveaway Oct 21 - Books for Books – audiobook review
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Join us for this tour from Sep 26 to Oct 21, 2022! Book Series Details: Book Series: The Henrietta and Inspector Howard Novels by Michelle Cox Category: Adult fiction (18+), 200-400 pages each Genre: Historical Fiction, Historical Mysteries Publisher: She Writes Press Release date: April 2016; April 2017; April 2018; April 2019; April 2020, Oct 2022 Tour dates: Sep 26 to Oct 21, 2022 Content Rating: This book series is rated R. Books 1 - 2 do not have sex scenes, but they are implied and the content is mature (prostitution, gambling, alcohol, murder, serial killer). Book 3 introduces tasteful sex scenes between a married couple and there is one rape (not graphic at all). Books 4 - 6 usually have 2 tasteful sex scenes in each Swearing is present in all 6 books, but is minimal. “Downton Abbey meets Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries!” “Henrietta and Clive are a sexy, endearing, and downright fun pair of sleuths. Readers will not see the final twist coming.” ―Library Journal, starred review “Fans of spunky, historical heroines will love Henrietta Von Harmon.” ―Booklist, starred review “Henrietta and Inspector Howard are the best pair of sleuths I’ve come across in ages. A fantastic start to what is sure to be a long running series.” ―Tasha Alexander, New York Times bestselling author Book Series Description: A GIRL LIKE YOU: Beautiful Henrietta Von Harmon works as a 26 girl at a corner bar, Poor Pete’s, on Chicago’s northwest side. It’s 1935, but things still aren’t looking up since the big crash and her father’s subsequent suicide. Left to care for her antagonistic mother and seven younger siblings, Henrietta is persuaded to take a job as a taxi dancer at a local dance hall. Henrietta is just beginning to enjoy herself, dancing with men for ten cents a dance, when the floor matron suddenly turns up murdered. The aloof Inspector Clive Howard then appears on the scene, and Henrietta unwittingly finds herself involved in unraveling the mystery when she agrees to go undercover for him in a burlesque theater where he believes the killer lurks. Even as Henrietta is plunged into Chicago’s grittier underworld, she struggles to still play the mother “hen” to her younger siblings and even to the pesky neighborhood boy, Stanley, who believes himself in love with her and continues to pop up in the most unlikely places, determined, ironically, to keep Henrietta safe, even from the Inspector if needs be. Despite his efforts, however, and his penchant for messing up the Inspector’s investigation, the lovely Henrietta and the impenetrable Inspector find themselves drawn to each other in most unsuitable ways. A RING OF TRUTH: In this second book of the series, Henrietta and Clive delightfully rewrite Pride and Prejudice―with a hint of mystery! Newly engaged, Clive and Henrietta now begin the difficult task of meeting each other’s family. “Difficult” because Clive has neglected to tell Henrietta that he is in fact the heir to the Howard estate and fortune, and Henrietta has just discovered that her mother has been hiding secrets about her past as well. When Clive brings Henrietta to the family estate to meet his parents, they are less than enthused about his impoverished intended. Left alone in this extravagant new world when Clive returns to the city, Henrietta finds herself more at home with the servants than his family, much to the disapproval of Mrs. Howard―and soon gets caught up in the disappearance of an elderly servant’s ring, not realizing that in doing so she has become part of a bigger, darker plot. As Clive and Henrietta attempt to discover the truth in the two very different worlds unraveling around them, they both begin to wonder: Are they meant for each other after all? A PROMISE GIVEN: This third book in the Henrietta and Inspector Howard series provides a delightful romp through the English countryside and back. Anxious to be married, Henrietta and Clive push forward with their wedding plans despite their family differences, made worse now by Oldrich Exley’s attempts to control the Von Harmons. When the long-awaited wedding day arrives, there is more unfolding than just Clive and Henrietta’s vows of love. Stanley and Elsie’s relationship is sorely tested by the presence of the dashing Lieutenant Harrison Barnes-Smith and by Henrietta’s friend Rose―a situation that grows increasingly dark and confused as time goes on. As Clive and Henrietta begin their honeymoon at Castle Linley, the Howards’ ancestral estate in England, they encounter a whole new host of characters, including the eccentric Lord and Lady Linley and Clive’s mysterious cousin, Wallace. When a man is murdered in the village on the night of a house party at the Castle, Wallace comes under suspicion―and Clive and Henrietta are reluctantly drawn into the case, despite Clive’s anxiety at involving his new bride and Henrietta’s distracting news from home. Delicately attempting to work together for the first time, Clive and Henrietta set out to prove Wallace’s innocence, uncovering as they do so some rather shocking truths that will shake the Linley name and estate forever. A VEIL REMOVED: Murder is never far from this sexy couple . . . even during the holidays! Their honeymoon abruptly ended by the untimely death of Alcott Howard, Clive and Henrietta return to Highbury, where Clive discovers all is not as it should be. Increasingly convinced that his father’s death was not an accident, Clive launches his own investigation, despite his mother’s belief that he has become “mentally disturbed” with grief. Henrietta eventually joins forces with Clive on their first real case, which becomes darker―and deadlier―than they imagined as they get closer to the truth behind Alcott’s troubled affairs. Meanwhile, Henrietta’s sister, Elsie, begins, at Henrietta’s orchestration, to take classes at a women’s college―an attempt to evade her troubles and prevent any further romantic temptations. When she meets a bookish German custodian at the school, however, he challenges her to think for herself . . . even as she discovers some shocking secrets about his past life. A CHILD LOST: A spiritualist, an insane asylum, a lost little girl . . . When Clive, anxious to distract a depressed Henrietta, begs Sergeant Frank Davis for a case, he is assigned to investigating a seemingly boring affair: a spiritualist woman operating in an abandoned schoolhouse on the edge of town who is suspected of robbing people of their valuables. What begins as an open and shut case becomes more complicated, however, when Henrietta―much to Clive’s dismay―begins to believe the spiritualist's strange ramblings. Meanwhile, Elsie begs Clive and Henrietta to help her and the object of her budding love, Gunther, locate the whereabouts of one Liesel Klinkhammer, the German woman Gunther has traveled to America to find and the mother of the little girl, Anna, whom he has brought along with him. The search leads them to Dunning Asylum, where they discover some terrible truths about Liesel. When the child, Anna, is herself mistakenly admitted to the asylum after an epileptic fit, Clive and Henrietta return to Dunning to retrieve her. This time, however, Henrietta begins to suspect that something darker may be happening. When Clive doesn’t believe her, she decides to take matters into her own hands . . . with horrifying results. Book Details: Book Title: A Spying Eye: A Henrietta and Inspector Howard Novel by Michelle Cox Category: Adult Fiction (18+), 256 pages Genre: Historical Mystery Publisher: She Writes Press Release dates: Oct 25, 2022 Tour dates: Sep 26 to Oct 21, 2022 Content Rating: R: There are some swear words peppered throughout (not many) and 2 explicit sex scenes (tasteful, but more than a PG-13 scene) Book Description: In A Spying Eye, Clive and Henrietta return to Europe in an attempt to resurrect their failed honeymoon. While in London, they are approached by their old friend, Inspector John Hartle, who convinces them to search for the missing panel of the Ghent Altarpiece, a famous Renaissance painting, of which Hitler’s top men are also in pursuit. Meanwhile, back in Chicago, Oldrich Exley threatens to cut off financial support for the entire Von Harmon brood if Elsie continues with her plan to marry Gunther―a situation made worse by the sudden appearance of one Heinrich Meyer, who claims to be little Anna’s father and threatens to take her away. Desperate, Elsie seeks the help of Clive’s sister, Julia, who is herself the victim of domestic abuse and who has fallen under the spell of a handsome Texas millionaire bent on acquiring a rare painting from the Howard collection. Clive and Henrietta’s search takes them to Chateau du Freudeneck in Strasbourg, France―the ancient seat of the Von Harmons and home to three eccentric distant relatives. What begins as a wild goose chase turns decidedly more deadly when several Nazi officers also arrive at the chateau in search of a “valuable item.” When Henrietta and Clive attempt to flee after Henrietta uncovers a shocking truth, they are forced to trust themselves to a suspicious French servant who seems all-too willing to help . . . Meet the Author: Michelle Cox is the author of the Henrietta and Inspector Howard series as well as “Novel Notes of Local Lore,” a weekly blog dedicated to Chicago’s forgotten residents. Her books have won over 50 international awards and have been praised by Kirkus, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Foreword, Elle, Redbook, Brit&Co., POPSUGAR, Buzzfeed, and many others. Unbeknownst to most, Michelle hoards board games she doesn’t have time to play and is, not surprisingly, addicted to period dramas and big band music. Also marmalade. She lives in Chicago with her husband, three children, and one naughty Goldendoodle and is hard at work on her latest novel. Connect with the Author: website ~ facebook ~twitter ~ instagram ~ tiktok ~ goodreads ~ bookbub Tour Schedule: Sep 26 – Mystery Review Crew – book series spotlight / giveaway Sep 26 - Book Reviews by Linda Moore – book series spotlight / giveaway Sep 26 – fundinmental – book series spotlight / giveaway Sep 27 – Books are a Blessing – book series spotlight / giveaway Sep 28 – Splashes of Joy – book series spotlight / giveaway Sep 28 - FUONLYKNEW - book series spotlight / giveaway Sep 29 - JB's Bookworms with Brandy Mulder – book series spotlight / giveaway Sep 30 – Book Corner News and Reviews – book series spotlight / giveaway Oct 3 – Sadie's Spotlight – book series spotlight / giveaway Oct 4 – Jazzy Book Reviews – book series spotlight / giveaway Oct 5 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book series spotlight / giveaway Oct 6 – Book Reviews by Taylor – book series spotlight / giveaway Oct 11 – Stephanie Jane – book series spotlight / giveaway Oct 13 – I'm All About Books – book series spotlight / giveaway Oct 13 – Falling Into A Good Book – book series spotlight / giveaway Oct 14 - Nighttime Reading Center - book series spotlight / giveaway Oct 18 – The Obsessed Reader – book series spotlight /giveaway Oct 19 – Literary Flits – book series spotlight / giveaway Oct 20 – @onecreativeartist – book series spotlight / giveaway Oct 21 – Books for Books – book series spotlight TBD – Library of Clean Reads – book series spotlight / giveaway Enter the Giveaway:
Join Us for This Tour: March 28 to April 15
Book Details: Book Title: They Called Him Marvin, A History of Love, War and Family by Roger Stark Category: Adult Fiction (18+), 333 pages Genre: Historical Romance, WW2 history, True Love Story Publisher: Silver Star Publishing Release Date: September 2021 Formats Available for Review: print- softback (USA), e-book (Gifted Kindle, mobi (for kindle), ePub, PDF) Tour dates: March 28 to April 15 Content Rating: PG-13: No sex scenes, six mild profanities, depictions of war scenes.
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They were just kids, barely not teenagers, madly in love, desperate to be a family, but a war and a B29 got in their way. Three hundred ten days before Pearl Harbor, buck private Dean Sherman innocently went to church with a new friend in Salt Lake City. From that moment, the unsuspecting soldier travelled a remarkable, heroic path, falling in love, graduating from demanding training to become a B29 pilot, conceiving a son and entering the China, Burma and India theater of the WW2. He chronicled his story with letters home to his bride Connie that he met on that fateful Sunday, blind to the fact that fifteen hundred seventy five days after their meeting, a Japanese swordsman would end his life. His crew, a gaggle of Corporals that dubbed themselves the Corporalies, four officers and a tech Sargent, adventured their way across the globe. Flying the “Aluminum Trail” also called the Hump through the Himalayas, site of the most dangerous flying in the world. Landing in China to refuel and then fly on to to places like Manchuria, Rangoon or even the most southern parts of Japan to drop 500 pounders. Each mission had it’s challenges, minus fifty degree weather in Mukden, or Japanese fighters firing away at them, a close encounter of the wrong kind, nearly missing a collision with another B29 while flying in clouds, seeing friends downed and lost because of “mechanicals,” the constant threat of running out of fuel and their greatest fear, engine fire. Transferred to the Mariana Islands, he and his crew were shot down over Nagoya, Japan as part of Mission 174, captured and declared war criminals. Connie’s letters reveal life for a brand new mother whose husband is declared MIA. The agony for both of them, he in a Japanese prison, declared a war criminal, and she just not knowing why his letters stopped coming.
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I am, by my own admission, a reluctant writer. But there are stories that demand to to be told. When we hear them, we must pick up our pen, lest we forget and the stories be lost. Six years ago, in a quiet conversation with my friend Marvin, I learned the tragic story of his father, a WW2 B-29 Airplane Commander, shot down over Nagoya, Japan just months before the end of the war. The telling of the story that evening by this half orphan was so moving and full of emotion, it compelled me to ask if I could write the story. The result being They Called Him Marvin. My life has been profoundly touched in so many ways by being part of documenting this sacred story. I pray that we never forget, as a people, the depth of sacrifice that was made by ordinary people like Marvin and his father and mother on our behalf. connect with the author: website ~ facebook ~ instagram ~ goodread ~ bookbub
Tour Schedule:
Mar 28 –Cover Lover Book Review – book review / giveaway Mar 29 – Working Mommy Journal – book review / giveaway Mar 29 -The World As I See It – book review / giveaway Mar 29 -Kam's Place – book spotlight Mar 31 - Rockin' Book Reviews – book review / guest post / giveaway April 5 –Connie’s History Classroom – book review / giveaway April 6 - Locks, Hooks and Books – book review / giveaway April 7 –Literary Flits – book spotlight / giveaway April 7 – mysweetenedlifebychix – book spotlight / giveaway April 8 – Book Corner News and Reviews - book review / giveaway April 11 –Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / giveaway April 12 - Reading Excursions – book review / giveaway April 13 - fundinmental - book spotlight / giveaway April 13 - Splashes of Joy - book spotlight / giveaway April 14 –Leels Loves Books – book spotlight / giveaway April 14 - Novels Alive - book spotlight / giveaway April 15 -My Reading Getaway – book review / giveaway April 15 - Christine Marquez - book review
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Join Us for this Tour: November 22nd to December 3rd
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Book Title: Fabyan Place: Two WWII GIs Fight to Survive and Overcome Racial Strife as POWS by Peter Angus Category: Adult Fiction 18+, 350 pages Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Dottenfritz Press Release date: August 2021 Formats Available for Review: print-softback (internationally), e-book (mobi for Kindle, epub, and pdf) Tour dates: November 22 to December 3 Content Rating: PG13 + M: Some use of the “F” word, some swearing, bigoted pejorative vernacular common in the 1940s, treatment attributed to Nazi captors in both a POW and Death Camp and one antagonist suicide.
“Fabyan Place is a book that stays with you. A callow young man goes to war and confronts his prejudice, forming an unlikely friendship in a POW camp with another soldier. They each know a secret about the other that could be a death sentence. Deeply researched with fascinating details and unforgettable characters, moving and thought-provoking, the story rises to a ferocious finish that will take your breath away.” — Kay Williams, co-author, The Matryoshka Murders and Butcher of Dreams
“Enthusiasts of this genre will be impressed by the book’s authenticity. The author has a deep knowledge of the Second World War and offers many historical insights and details that I was not aware of.” — David Aretha, editor, World War II Chronicle and The Holocaust Chronicle
Book Description:
Should racism prevent you fighting for your country? Does bigotry still live even after a war has ended? Must standing at the gates of hell in a POW camp forever change a man? Memories of his internment as a prisoner echo as a young war veteran returns to his family and an enigmatic visitor arrives unannounced on Christmas morning. The guest brings memories of the war, the horrors of the camps and the life-altering changes in his own psyche as his family prepares for their annual feast. Fabyan Place is an engrossing suspenseful historical fiction novel about two mixed race young men from urban New Jersey and rural Georgia whose experiences clash in a Nazi concentration camp.
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Meet the Author:
Pete Angus spent his early years in New York City and environs. From there it was working and living in Vienna, Belgrade, Warsaw, Moscow, and Paris before settling in his current base, London. Fabyan Place, his first novel, is drawn from his own recollections and his extensive study of WWII military history. Pete has caught the writing bug and is currently working on a new mystery series featuring a military CID officer investigating unusual crimes in the 1940s. Connect with the Author: Author's Website ~ Twitter ~ Facebook ~ Instagram ~ Goodreads
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