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Book Details: Book Title: The Girl of Many Crowns by D.H. Morris Category: Adult Fiction (18 +), 305 pages Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: New Classics Publishing Release date: October 4, 2024 Formats Available for Review: print (softback) (internationally), audiobook (audible download), and ebook (PDF. Gifted Kindle - internationally) Tour dates: April 28 to May 27, 2025 Content Rating: PG due to some mature subject matters, but no graphic violence, language, or sexual content.
"The Girl of Many Crowns offers a riveting glimpse into the tumultuous life of Judith, the first princess of France, against the richly detailed backdrop of medieval Europe. D.H. Morris masterfully blends history and human drama, making Judith’s struggles both personal and profoundly symbolic of the era’s precarious politics." - review by Gina Rae Mitchell
"D H Morris' talent shines through in this debut. She no doubt did extensive research to bring this story to life. I loved how they were able to portray Judith. The historical details were so vivid, I felt as though I was transported back in time and living in the medieval times." - review by Amy Campbell, Locks Hooks and Books. "The book sent me down the rabbit hole of reading more about Baldwin Iron Arm, which itself was a super exciting bonus activity (and yes, a bonus – the author is a descendant of Baldwin Iron Arm and Judith – can you even imagine finding your ancestors back to… years 837 – 879?)." - review by @this.human.reads
Book Description:
The true story of a powerful Knight and a runaway Queen who unite to defy an empire. The Kingdom of Francia – 856 Thrust into the political intrigue surrounding the throne of Francia, young Princess Judith loyally supports her father, King Charles. She strengthens his kingdom by marrying twice for political alliance. But, when Judith refuses to marry a third time at her father’s command, King Charles imprisons her in one of his palaces. Baldwin “Iron Arm” is a trusted knight and companion to Princess Judith’s brother, Prince Louis. Baldwin helps protect Francia and the king’s family from Vikings, rebel Lords, wars, and assassinations plots. When Judith and Baldwin fall in love without the blessing of the king, will they be able to hold on to their faith and each other after unleashing the fury of an empire? 
Meet the Author:
A native of San Diego, California, D. H. Morris has lived on four continents and traveled through many countries. She has four children and eleven grandchildren and currently lives in Kansas City, Missouri. She graduated from Utah State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre and Choral Music education and pursued graduate work in English at USU and law at the University of Utah. She is also a published playwright. As a descendant of Judith and Baldwin, the author discovered their intriguing story while doing a genealogical project. This journey inspired her to research everything about the 9th Century – including food, politics, travel, war, education, clothing, jewelry, religion, holidays, marriage customs, and medicine. She loves talking about this remarkable time in history when the European countries we know today were being formed and fighting for their very existence. connect with the author: website ~ pinterest~ goodreads
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April 14 - @reader_ceygo * - book mail April 15 - @picky_pages * - book mail April 28 - Liese's Blog – book spotlight April 28 - fundinmental - book spotlight / giveaway April 28 – Working Mommy Journal – book review / giveaway April 28 - Faith and Books – audiobook review / giveaway April 28 - @artxsouls * - book review / giveaway April 29 - Cover Lover Book Review – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway April 29 - @my_fair_fiction * - book review / giveaway April 29 - @ablueboxfullofbooks * - book review / giveaway April 30 – @carnavalprints * - book review / giveaway April 30 - @bookarlo * - book review / giveaway April 30 - @acourtofspinesnpages * - audiobook review / giveaway May 1 - Book Corner News and Reviews – audiobook review / giveaway May 1 - @tia.reads * - book review / giveaway May 1 - @bookscape__ * - book review / giveaway May 5 – @thebookishren * - book review / giveaway May 5 - @countrymamaswithkids/ * - book review / giveaway May 6 - FUONLYKNEW - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway May 6 - Gina Rae Mitchell - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway May 6 - Locks, Hooks and Books – audiobook review / giveaway May 6 - @theratherslowreader * - audiobook review / giveaway May 7 - Kim's Book Reviews and Writing Aha's – book review / giveaway May 7 - @speedreadstagram * - book review / giveaway May 8 – @what.rincy.reads * - book review / giveaway May 8 - @therearenobadbooks * - audiobook review / giveaway May 9 – @jlreadstoperpetuity * - book review / giveaway May 9 - @my.book.nooks/ * - book review / giveaway May 12 – @mauireadsbooks * - book review / giveaway May 13 – Ilovebooksandstuffblog – book spotlight / giveaway May 13 - @picky_pages * - book review / giveaway May 14 – Casia's Corner – audiobook review May 14 - @inkkandpages * - book review / giveaway May 15 – @reading_for_sanity *– book review May 15 - @chantalsbookshelf * - book review / giveaway May 15 - @stars.and.embers * - book review / giveaway May 16 – GetUrBook – book review / guest post / giveaway May 19 – @onemorechap * - audiobook review / giveaway May 20 – @chloeltaylor__ * - book review / giveaway May 20 - @bexsbookshelves * book review / giveaway May 20 - @thetbrtrek * - book review / giveaway May 21 – @thisreadergirl * - book review / giveaway May 21 - @reader_ceygo * - book review / giveaway May 22 – @rajendra_kumar02 - book review May 22 - @charlottesbookishadventures * - book review / giveaway May 27 - @bookreviewsbytaylor * - book review / giveaway May 27 – @onceuponamaltesereader * - audiobook review / giveaway May 27 - @kiv_coffeeandpages * - book review / giveaway May 27 - @onlyforthebooks * - book review / giveaway
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Book Details: Book Title: The Girl of Many Crowns by D.H. Morris Category: Adult Fiction (18 +), 305 pages Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: New Classics Publishing Release date: October 4, 2024 Formats Available for Review: print (softback) (internationally), ebook (PDF. Gifted Kindle - internationally), and audiobook Tour dates: Jan 6 to Jan 31, 2025 Content Rating: PG due to some mature subject matters, but no graphic violence, language, or sexual content.
Book Description:
The true and inspiring story of a powerful knight and a run-away queen who unite to defy an empire. King Charles, the first king of France, is beset by Vikings, rebel lords, and his brother, all seeking to take his kingdom. To strengthen his kingdom, King Charles marries his twelve-year-old daughter Judith to elderly, widowed Aethelwulf, King of Wessex. When Aethelwulf dies unexpectedly, Judith is pressed into marrying Aethelwulf's cruel eldest son. When her second husband also dies, twice-widowed Judith refuses to accept a third arranged marriage. As punishment for her refusal, King Charles imprisons 16-year-old Judith in one of his palaces where she is visited by her brother, Louis, and his knightly companion, Count Baldwin “Iron Arm.” When Baldwin helps Judith escape, they are hunted by her father’s men and must flee for their lives. Can Baldwin and Judith hold on to each other and their faith as they face the fury of an empire? 
Meet the Author:
A native of San Diego, California, D. H. Morris has lived on four continents and traveled through many countries. She has four children and eleven grandchildren and currently lives in Kansas City, Missouri. She graduated from Utah State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre and Choral Music education and pursued graduate work in English at USU and law at the University of Utah. She is also a published playwright. As a descendant of Judith and Baldwin, the author discovered their intriguing story while doing a genealogical project. This journey inspired her to research everything about the 9th Century – including food, politics, travel, war, education, clothing, jewelry, religion, holidays, marriage customs, and medicine. She loves talking about this remarkable time in history when the European countries we know today were being formed and fighting for their very existence. connect with the author: website ~ pinterest~ goodreads
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Dec 15 - @onceuponafrida * - book shoutout Jan 6 - Gina Rae Mitchell – book review / guest post / giveaway Jan 6 - Liese's Blog – book spotlight Jan 6 - @bearyintobooks * - book review Jan 6 – @adriftinfictionalworld – book review Jan 7 - Cover Lover Book Review – book spotlight / giveaway Jan 7 - @this.human.reads * - book review Jan 7 - @acourtofspinesnpages * - book review Jan 8 – laksesideivingsite – book review / giveaway Jan 9 - Happily Managing a Household of Boys - book review / giveaway Jan 10 – @onceuponafrida * - book review Jan 10 - @nessasbookreviews * - book review Jan 10 – @jilljemmett * - book review Jan 13 – @Leannebookstagram – book review Jan 13 – @speedreadstagram * - book review Jan 13 – @booksandlagniappe/ * - book review Jan 14 – Ilovebooksandstuffblog – book spotlight / giveaway Jan 14 - Book Corner News and Reviews - book review / giveaway Jan 15 - @michellegodardricher/ * - book review Jan 17 - @myfictionalmusings * - book review Jan 21 – @book_withquotes * – book review Jan 21 – History from a Woman’s Perspective – book spotlight / giveaway Jan 21 - @kiv_coffeeandpages * - book review Jan 22 – 411 ON BOOKS, AUTHORS, AND PUBLISHING NEWS – book spotlight / giveaway Jan 23 – Books R Us – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Jan 24 - FUONLYKNEW - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Jan 24 – @lizzies.reading.recs * - book spotlight Jan 24 – @onceuponamaltesereader/ * - book review Jan 24 - @onemorechap * - book review Jan 27 – @jilljemmett * - book review Jan 27 – @readsandmusic * - book review Jan 28 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book review / giveaway Jan 29 – @thewinter_fox_library * - book review (tiktok) Jan 29 – @thewinter_fox_library * - book review (instagram) Jan 30 - @seayon_reads * - book review Jan 31 – bookishengineer – book review / author interview / giveaway Jan 31 - Teatime and Books – book spotlight Jan 31 - Adventurous Jessy – book review / giveaway Jan 31 – Faith and Books – book spotlight / giveaway Jan 31 - @bookishrebel01 * - book review Jan 31 - @nissa_the.bookworm * - book review Jan 31 - @nadaabdelrahmann * - book review TBD - @laylabaylabooks * - book review TBD – Meghan 's Mindless Mutterings: Reviews & Giveaways – book review / giveaway TBD - @ashleycl1985 – book review
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Book Details: Book Title: Tumult in Mecca: From Civil Servant to Global Business Adventurer: Henrik Bertelsen's Unexpected Journey by Hans Peter Bech Category: Adult Fiction 18+, 276 pages Genre: Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction, World Literature European/Scandinavian, Coming of Age Publisher: BOOX Release date: August 2024 Formats Available for Review: print-softback (USA only) and ebook (EPUB and PDF) internationally. Tour dates: Nov 18 to Dec 6, 2024 Content Rating: G: There is no language, sex scenes, etc.
Book Description:
Tumult in Mecca: From Civil Servant to Global Business Adventurer transports readers to 1979, a year of upheaval and change. Henrik Bertelsen, a Danish civil servant and baby boomer, is dedicated to his stable life in Copenhagen. Alongside his English wife, Sammy, they are building a co-housing community and navigating the complex adoption of a child from Indonesia. Henrik longs for peace and stability to secure his career. But life takes an unexpected turn when he is offered the chance to renovate hospital kitchens in Saudi Arabia. His adventurer's spirit is awakened, and Henrik plunges into a world far removed from the predictable corridors of Danish bureaucracy. As the project escalates, Henrik finds himself caught in the Mecca conflict—an armed religious uprising that places him in grave danger. Trapped between rebels and police in one of the holiest cities in the world, he must rely on his instincts to survive. Escape brings him more than safety—it opens the door to a lucrative job offer from an American tech company, setting his life on an entirely new path. Tumult in Mecca masterfully weaves Henrik’s personal quest for fulfilment with the global turbulence of 1979, capturing the tension between career and adventure, ambition and family, security and risk. 
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Hans Peter Bech is a bestselling author and a frequent blogger on how to make information technology companies global market leaders. He has produced numerous books, papers, podcasts and videos on business development in the software industry. Hans Peter is also a keynote speaker, workshop facilitator, and an advisor for governments and companies. He holds an M.Sc. in macroeconomics and political science from the University of Copenhagen. connect with the author: website ~ X/Twitter ~ facebook ~ instagram ~ goodreads
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Nov 18 – @adriftinfictionalworld– book review / giveaway Nov 19 – fundinmental – book spotlight / giveaway Nov 21 - Gina Rae Mitchell– book review / guest post / giveaway Nov 21 – Frugal Freelancer – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Nov 25 – Books R US– book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Nov 25 - FUONLYKNEW - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Nov 29 – Country Mamas With Kids – book review / giveaway Dec 2 – @Leannebookstagram– book review Dec 2 - Liese's Blog– book spotlight Dec 4 – Locks, Hooks and Books– book review / giveaway Dec 4 - Books for Books– book spotlight Dec 6 – Authors on iTours– book review
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Book Details: Book Title: SUNNY GALE: A NOVEL by Jamie Lisa Forbes Category: Adult Fiction 18+, 268 pages Genre: Historical Fiction, Literary Novel Publisher: Pronghorn Press Release date: May, 2024 Formats Available for Review: print-softback (USA only) and ebook (PDF, NetGalley download) Tour dates: Oct 21 to Nov 8, 2024 Content Rating: PG-13 +M: There is no profane language. There are some sexual scenes, non explicit. There is one instance of sexual abuse that is more recollected than described. My specific reason for giving this rating was two scenes where animals are harmed intentionally.
"Forbes is an experienced author, and her latest novel is beautifully, even poetically written...A moving, memorable, and fully realized rodeo saga." Kirkus Reviews, starred.
"Those who have an interest in historical fiction...will find this book enlightening. It's an eye-opening read and an evocative mixture of fact and fiction." Michaela Gordoni for Portland Book Review. "Forbes showcases her remarkable storytelling skills, promising readers an unforgettable experience." Suzie Housley for Midwest Book Review
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It's 1895 and fourteen year old Hannah Brandt is struggling with the hard life on a new Nebraska homestead. When her imagination is captured by a wild filly she becomes obsessed with horses, which opens the door to her destiny. Just four years later she enters the first Cheyenne Frontier Day rodeo where she wins the relay race and her fate is sealed. She gives herself a new name, Sunny Gale, and pursues a rodeo career, much to the disgust of her young husband and her very proper mother. Sunny defies convention with every move as the drive to compete takes over her life, leaving everything else behind, including husbands and children. It is a rough life she has chosen, but she craves the glory of the spotlight and refuses to bow to the expectations for a woman in her time. Award winning author Jamie Lisa Forbes has once again brought us complex characters in a story based on real women and the early days when rodeo was wide open for them to become stars. It is a story of the social mores of the times and of a woman determined to defy them no matter how high the personal cost or where that choice might take her. 
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Jamie Lisa Forbes was raised on a ranch in the Little Laramie Valley near Laramie, Wyoming. She attended the University of Colorado where she obtained degrees in English and philosophy. After fourteen months living in Israel, she returned to her family’s ranch where she lived for another fifteen years. In 1994, she moved to Greensboro, North Carolina. In 2001, she graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Law and began her North Carolina law practice. Forbes’ first novel, Unbroken, won the WILLA Literary Award for Contemporary Fiction in 2011. Her collection of short stories, The Widow Smalls and Other Stories, won the High Plains Book Awards for a short story collection in 2015. Forbes’ novel of rural North Carolina in the segregation era, entitled Eden, was published in 2020. Her historical novel about women bronc riders in the early days of rodeo, entitled Sunny Gale, was published in May 2024 by Pronghorn Press. Ms. Forbes continues to live—and write—in North Carolina. Connect with the author: website ~ facebook ~ pinterest ~ X ~ goodreads
Tour Schedule:
Oct 21 – Cover Lover Book Review – book spotlight Oct 21- @stars.and.embers * - book review Oct 22 - @acourtofspinesnpages * - book review Oct 22 - @bearyintobooks * - book review Oct 22–@adriftinfictionalworld - book review Oct 24 – Deborah-Zenha Adams – book spotlight / author interview Oct 24 - @this.human.reads * – book review Oct 25–Book Corner News and Reviews - book review Oct 28 – Sharing Life’s Moments – book review Oct 28- Gina Rae Mitchell – book review / guest post Oct 28 - @kiv_coffeeandpages * - book review Oct 28 - @jilljemmett * - book review Oct 30 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book review / guest post Oct 31 -Cheryl's Book Nook – book review Nov 1 – @Leannebookstagram – book review Nov 4 – FUONLYKNEW – book review / guest post Nov 5 – Books R Us – book spotlight / guest post Nov 5 - @CountryMamasWithKids – book review Nov 6 – Bigreadersite – book review Nov 7 – Connie's History Classroom – book review / author interview Nov 7 – @bookscape__ * - book review Nov 7 - @onceuponamaltesereader * - book review Nov 8– Liese's Blog – book spotlight Nov 8 – @bookameme * – book review Nov 8 – @bookameme * – book review (tiktok) Nov 8 - @readsandmusic * - book review TBD - @alwaysreadingxo * - book review 
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Book Details: Book Title: Tidewater by Eric B. Miller Category: Adult Fiction (18+), 588 pages Genre: Literary Fiction; Historical Fiction Publisher: Milbrown Press Release date: May 23, 2024 Formats Available for Review: print-softback (USA only), and ebook (EPUB and PDF) Tour dates: Aug 5 to Aug 23 Content Rating: PG-13 +M: There are sexual innuendos and numerous sex scenes. In every scene there is set up of taking clothes off, then the bedroom door closes. Language: There is mild profanity (2 G-damns).
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On a sluggish Chinese river in 1890, American heiress Alice Sheffield falls for Andrew Croft, the Boston soldier of fortune hired to bring her home. Alice looks past Andrew’s limitations and finds an agile mind willing to take a leap of faith. Out of the turmoil of this relationship are born two sons who grow up knowing nothing of their parents’ former lives. Autie, a Princeton dropout, goes to war seeking adventure and fame; Rory, a morally adrift playboy, runs aground in the Mediterranean. Caught up in their lives are Laura Eklund, the adopted sister in love with both since childhood; Lois, a bohemian Greenwich Village savant; Margaux du Pret, Belgian war bride on the brink of suicide; Procter Darlington, a young stockbroker living fast in Gay Nineties New York; and Gregory Haines, a disfigured war veteran running liquor in the early days of Prohibition. Spanning the end of the Gilded Age to the aftermath of the Great War, Tidewater does not pass the torch from one generation to the next, but tells concurrently the stories of these individuals in a quickening pace where plans go awry and events turn on loves lost and found. 
Meet the Author:
Eric B. Miller grew up in southern New Jersey. He holds a master’s degree in English and pursued writing while working on farms in Virginia, Maryland, and Belgium. He spent twenty years in the business world back in New Jersey, then eighteen years in the American Red Cross, and recently began writing again. He is the author of Hula Girls, a novel...and Little Known Stories, Prose in Format. connect with author: website ~ goodreads
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Aug 5 – @Leannebookstagram– book review Aug 6 – Cover Lover Book Review – book spotlight / giveaway Aug 7 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book review / giveaway Aug 13 – Bigreadersite– book review / giveaway Aug 15 – Country Mamas With Kids– book review / guest post / giveaway Aug 16 – Adventurous Jessy– book review / giveaway Aug 20 – Liese's Blog– book spotlight Aug 21 – Gina Rae Mitchell– book review / guest post / giveaway Aug 23 – Kim's Book Reviews and Writing Aha's– book review / giveaway
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  Join us for this tour from Nov 1 to Nov 27, 2023! Book Details: Book Title: The Mark of the Salamander by Justin Newland Category: Adult Fiction (18 +), 246 pages Genre: Historical Fiction and Magical Realism Publisher: The Book Guild Release date: September 2023 Formats Available for Review: print (softback) (internationally), ebook (MOBI (for Kindle), EPUB, PDF) Tour dates: Nov 1 to Nov 27, 2023 Content Rating: PG-13 +M. Mild sex and cruelty. Mature themes. Book Description: 1575. Nelan Michaels is a young Flemish man fleeing religious persecution in the Spanish Netherlands. Settling in Mortlake outside London, he studies under Queen Elizabeth’s court astrologer, conjuring a bright future – until he’s wrongly accused of murder. Forced into the life of a fugitive, Nelan hides in London, before he is dramatically pressed into the crew of the Golden Hind. Thrust into a strange new world on board Francis Drake’s vessel, Nelan sails the seas on a voyage to discover discovery itself. Encountering mutiny, ancient tribes and hordes of treasure, Nelan must explore and master his own mystical powers – including the Mark of the Salamander, the mysterious spirit of fire. THE MARK OF THE SALAMANDER is the first in The Island of Angels series: a two-book saga that tells the epic story and secret history of England’s coming of age during the Elizabethan era. Buy the Book: Book Guild Amazon (US) ~ Amazon.uk ~ WHSmith Bookshop.org ~ Brownsbfs ~ LoveReading Waterstones ~ Google Books ~ Agenda Bookshop add to goodreads  Meet the Author: JUSTIN NEWLAND’s novels represent an innovative blend of genres from historical adventure to supernatural thriller and magical realism. His stories explore the themes of war and religion, and speculate on the human’s spiritual place in the universe. Undeterred by the award of a Doctorate in Mathematics from Imperial College, London, he conceived his debut novel, The Genes of Isis (Matador, 2018), an epic fantasy set under Ancient Egyptian skies. The historical thriller, The Old Dragon’s Head (Matador, 2018), is set in Ming Dynasty China in the shadows of the Great Wall. The Coronation (Matador, 2019) was another historical adventure and speculates on the genesis of the most important event in the modern world – the Industrial Revolution. The Abdication (Matador, 2021) is a mystery thriller in which a young woman confronts her faith in a higher purpose and what it means to abdicate that faith. The Mark of the Salamander (Book Guild, 2023) is the first in a two-book series, The Island of Angels. Set in the Elizabethan era, it’s an epic tale of England’s coming of age. His work in progress is the second in the series, The Midnight of Eights, the charting of the uncanny coincidences that led to the repulse of the Spanish Armada. Author, speaker and broadcaster, Justin appears on LitFest panels, gives talks to historical associations and libraries and enjoys giving radio interviews and making podcasts. Born three days before the end of 1953, he lives with his partner in plain sight of the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England. connect with the author: website ~ twitter ~ facebook ~ instagram ~ pinterest ~ bookbub ~ goodreads eTour Schedule: Nov 1 – Liese's Blog – book spotlight / book excerpt Nov 1 - Leanne Bookstagram – book review Nov 3 – JB's Bookworms with Brandy Mulder – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Nov 3 – The Sexy Nerd Revue – book spotlight / giveaway Nov 6 – Country Mamas With Kids – book review / book excerpt Nov 7 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book review / guest post / giveaway Nov 8 – Cover Lover Book Review – book spotlight / book excerpt / giveaway Nov 8 -- FUONLYKNEW - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Nov 13 - Gina Rae Mitchell - book review / guest post / giveaway Nov 14 – Lady Hawkeye – book spotlight / guest post / book excerpt / giveaway Nov 15 – Stephanie Jane – book spotlight / guest post / book excerpt / giveaway Nov 16 – Book Corner News and Reviews – book review / author interview / book excerpt / giveaway Nov 17 – Books With a Chance – book review / book excerpt / giveaway Nov 21 – Ilovebooksandstuffblog – book spotlight / book excerpt / giveaway Nov 24 – fundinmental – book spotlight / author interview / book excerpt / giveaway Nov 27 – The Momma Spot – book review / book excerpt / giveaway Enter the Giveaway:
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Book Details: Book Title: Two Rivers: De Trouble I Be See by Bob Rogers Category: Adult Fiction (18 +), 333 pages Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: BookLocker Release date: June 19, 2023 Formats Available for Review: ebook (MOBI FILE (FOR KINDLE), EPUB, PDF) Tour dates: Oct 23 to Nov 10, 2023 Content Rating: R. My book is rated R because of foul language, rape, infanticide, and homicide.
"Rogers...tells the story [in Two Rivers] with the restraint of a gifted writer. Very highly recommended." - Jamie Michele for Readers' Favorite
"[Two Rivers is] a fast-paced tale of enslaved people in a land on the brink of war...a novel about the iniquities of slavery in pre-Civil War South Carolina." - Kirkus Reviews "For me, the standout feature of the work is its ensemble cast and the passion and emotional intelligence that [Bob] Rogers displays in crafting so many different, realistic, and fully fleshed-out viewpoints...Two Rivers is intricately penned with much to experience, be intrigued by, and learn from." - K.C. Finn for Readers' Favorite
Book Description:
Rich with history, the geriatric romance in Two Rivers entertains and educates. Without fear of causing “discomfort” to some, Two Rivers takes us deep into the lives of two peoples—Africans and Europeans—in 1854 near Charleston, South Carolina. In Two Rivers, the parallel courtships of enslaved widow Ella wooing 84-year-old widower Posey and Tiffany Plantation manager James’ pursuit of Jacqueline, daughter of a bank president, reveals the side-by-side lifestyles of enslavers and the enslaved. Attorney James’ dream was to join the elite planter-banker class by any means necessary. Rebuffed by Congressman William Aiken’s daughter, James turned to Jacqueline. Meanwhile, Angolan Ella was determined to marry Posey, whose ancestry was Igbo. Though enemies from the day James arrived, both Posey and James respected Senator John C. Calhoun—but for vastly different reasons. For James, Calhoun represented the “rule-maker class” he wanted to join. Posey welcomed Calhoun’s prediction of war between white people. By 1854, the Tiffany family had enslaved over 300 Africans for more than a century on the 1,100-acre slave labor camp that they called the Tiffany Plantation. The Tiffanys were the largest rice producer in South Carolina’s Colleton District. While the toil of enslaved Africans earned untold riches for the Tiffanys, the Africans endured violence inflicted to force increased rice production and profits followed by the indignity of the bodies of loved ones being stolen from their graves and delivered to a medical school. Rich with history and a cast of unforgettable characters, Two Rivers is a sweeping saga of two peoples—European immigrants and African abductees. Together, they experience courtships, infanticide, homicide, rape, rebellions, revenge, sabotage, storms, high-stakes gambling, grave-robbing, counterfeiting, slave mortgage-backed securities, and more. “De troubles Posey be sees” in Two Rivers reminds one of Southern Gothic storytelling.
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Book Title: First Dark: A Buffalo Soldier's Story by Bob Rogers Category: Adult Fiction (18 +), 516 pages Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: BookLocker Release date: September 19, 2015 Formats Available for Review: ebook (MOBI FILE (FOR KINDLE), EPUB, PDF) Tour dates: Oct 23 to Nov 10, 2023 Content Rating: R.
"The book ... is an impressive feat of historical fiction, offering many traditionally underrepresented perspectives in a sprawling work of love and warfare." -- Kirkus Reviews
"An ambitious and lush tale set during the Civil War and Reconstruction." -- Kirkus Reviews "The Gripping saga of Isaac Rice is a hero's journey. [Don't] be surprised if First Dark ends up as a popular movie. It's also a darn good read." -- Baltimore Post-Examiner "First Dark is a powerful story of the underbelly of American history that has been carefully researched and written. Characters are well-developed and believable, and the dialogue and description throughout the book are brilliant." -- Reader's Favorite
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First Dark is a coming-of-age story, an epic adventure, and a compelling examination of the primary feelings that drive human nature – hate, hope, desire, love, loss, grief, revenge, and forgiveness – as seen by Apache, black, Mexican, and white young adults during and shortly after America’s Uncivil War. The San Francisco Review described Bob Rogers as a rising author who takes readers back to life and times in the early years of the Civil War, blending a brilliant mix of historic persons with his fictional characters. Celebrating the sesquicentennial year of the famed Buffalo Soldiers, Bob Rogers delivers his most ambitious work yet–a novel that spans their first generation–from Charleston and Vicksburg to Appomattox and desert Apache battlefields. First came dark days that beset Isaac Rice's epic journey–America’s wars to settle the "Negro and Indian problems.” First Dark: A Buffalo Soldier’s Story–Sesquicentennial Edition (with a foreword by General (Ret) Lloyd “Fig” Newton) is an historically correct action novel that follows Isaac Rice, the Tenth Cavalry, and the women who love him. His nineteenth century saga begins in Charleston and contributes to the story of how twenty-first century America came to be. Telling Isaac’s story, Rogers surrounds a host of diverse fictional characters with an impressive nonfiction cast, including historic political, military, religious figures, and entrepreneurs of that era. Subsequent volumes follow Isaac’s descendants, ordinary nineteenth and twentieth century working people, into and out of calamities–recessions, panics, droughts, world wars, a depression, natural disasters, and the division of people by race, class, and caste. The view through their eyes serves to enhance twenty-first century readers’ understanding of “how things got this way” in America. Isaac Rice, a teenager on a South Carolina rice plantation, traveling alone, follows a treacherous waterborne route filled with incredible hardships and danger to escape from slavery. Too young to be a soldier, the Union Army hires him to shovel coal on a gunboat. Thus begins Isaac’s westward journey, in which he encounters storms, stampeding buffalo, and the hate of zealous patriots whose causes are antithetical to the nation he is sworn to defend. Undaunted, he pursues respect and dignity on an odyssey from the middle of the Civil War in South Carolina’s Low Country and the Mississippi Heartland, to the Indian Wars on the Great Plains and deserts of Texas, New Mexico, and Mexico. Isaac’s is an epic tale of young North Americans coming of age amid the violence of the U.S. Civil War, Indian Wars, Reconstruction, and spillover bloodshed from a Mexican Revolution. Telling Isaac’s story required extensive research of 19th and 20th century books, official documents, and letters, plus multiple visits to relevant geographic locations over a period of twenty years. A memorable set of characters revolve around Isaac–a Confederate guerilla, a black female activist in a Mississippi Constitutional Convention, a Mescalero Apache warrior, a white Union cavalry sergeant, and a Mexican nurse–who raise their voices and bare their souls as the world they seek constantly changes, bringing tragedy to their lives and danger for Isaac. 
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Bob Rogers is the author of the historical novels First Dark and The Laced Chameleon, which earned critical acclaim from Kirkus Reviews, San Francisco Review, and Baltimore Examiner. Bob is a meticulous researcher, known to spend extra time, magnifying glass in hand, deciphering 18th and 19th-century handwriting for “just the facts, ma’am.” Bob, a former U.S. Army captain and combat leader during the Vietnam War in Troop A, 1/10 Cavalry, finds his topographic experiences useful in field research. If not closeted in libraries or museums, you are likely to find him walking centuries-old rice fields, battlefields, or in a canoe following the river trails of his characters. He studied at South Carolina State University and the University of Maryland. Bob tends his flowers, okra, and tomato plants in Mérida, Yucatán, México. connect with the author: website ~ facebook ~ facebook ~ instagram ~ goodreads ~ bookbub - youtube
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