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Book Details: Book Title: Mother Knows Worst by Sofia Bella Roma Category: Adult Fiction (18+), 280 pages Genre: Literary Fiction, Novel Publisher: Mascot Books Release date: December 2022 Formats Available for Review: print-softback (USA only, e-book (PDF) Tour dates: Apr 24 to May 12, 2023 Content Rating: PG -13
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"Author Sofia Bella Roma tells an absorbing story about two people from very different backgrounds falling in love and struggling to navigate the circumstances and people around them. Infusing romance, humor, and plenty of drama, Roma weaves an engaging narrative that keeps hold of the reader until the last page. Mother Knows Worst is not just a dramatic comedy but also a novel that showcases the challenges people sometimes face in adapting to other cultures, especially in relationships involving in-laws. The characters have their own idiosyncrasies, which make them very intriguing to read. Rose and Anil's dynamic feels genuine, as do their respective struggles and conflicts. Recommended to readers who savor drama novels revolving around relationships." - Reviewed by Pikasho Deka for Readers' Favorite
"A lively, thought-provoking journey into one young woman's marriage, cross-cultural encounters, and life. Mother Knows Worst is recommended not just for novel readers seeking stories of women's experiences, but for reading groups interested in the psychological entanglements between different cultures and generations." - Reviewed by Midwest Book Reviews
Book Description:
After trying her hand at acting, Rose decides to change career paths and enter law school. She enrolls in law school in a sleepy New England town, only to find that the practice of law is not all she will study. This quirky thirty-something Italian girl falls in love when she lays eyes on Anil, a handsome intellectual from India. The two discover a deep connection and quickly begin a romantic relationship. What could go wrong as their romance blossoms? Their future looks bright. They have each other. They have great friends. They also have Anil’s mother. Inspired by true events, Mother Knows Worst is a humorous and heartfelt novel. Rose is on a path to finding herself, love, and relationships, taking the reader on a delightful and often comedic journey as she explores two cultural worlds colliding. 
Meet the Author:
Sofia Bella Roma is a lawyer in North Carolina. She has been practicing law since 2009. She was first licensed to practice law in Massachusetts and then went on to become licensed attorney in North Carolina. Sofia has spent most of her career telling stories. She regularly performs to judges when litigating her cases. Mother Knows Worst is Sofia’s debut novel. This book tackles common problems in relationships and takes on mother-in-law drama with a quirky point of view. Sofia knows firsthand about difficult relationships since she has been practicing law as a divorce attorney. She currently lives with her son and their pet lizard. She has a love for the arts and enjoys making people laugh.
Tour Schedule:
April 24 - Cover Lover Book Review– book spotlight / giveaway April 24 - Splashes of Joy – book review / giveaway April 25 – Authors on iTours: Let's Talk Books! – book review April 25 – Rockin Book Reviews – book review / guest post / giveaway April 26– Leanne Bookstagram – book review / giveaway April 26 - My Reading Getaway – book review / giveaway April 27 - The Adventures of a Traveler's Wife – book review / giveaway April 28 – Welcome TO MLM Opinion's Reviews – book review / giveaway April 28 - Stephanie Jane – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway May 1 -Liese's Blog– book spotlight May 1 – Just Another Reader – book review May 2 – Pick a Good Book – book spotlight / giveaway May 3 - FUONLYKNEW - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway May 3 – Sandra's Book Club – book spotlight / giveaway May 3 - Books are a Blessing– book review / giveaway May 4–@bookqueenbee – book review/ author interview / giveaway May 4 - The Obsessed Reader – book review / giveaway May 5 – fundinmental – book spotlight / giveaway May 5 - @chaoshappinessbookmama – book review May 9 - Locks, Hooks and Books – book review / giveaway May 9 – Books With a Chance – book review / author interview / giveaway May 10 – Gina Rae Mitchell – book review / guest post / giveaway May 10 - Diane’s Book Journal - book spotlight May 11 - mamof9– book spotlight May 11 - Readers Muse - book review May 11- Book Corner News and Reviews - book review / giveaway May 11 - Books for Books – book spotlight May 11 – Leels Loves Books – book spotlight / giveaway May 12 - Sue’s Musings – book spotlight / giveaway May 12 - Adventurous Jessy – book review / giveaway May 29 - Paws.Read.Repeat – book review / giveaway
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Book Details: Book Title: The Connection Game: A Novel by S.S Turner Category: Adult Fiction (18+) , 272 pages Genre: Literary Fiction Publisher: The Story Plant Release date: Feb 2023 Format available for review: print-softback (USA ), e-book (MOBI FILE (FOR KINDLE), EPUB, PDF, NetGalley download) Will send print books out: USA Tour dates: Mar 21 to Apr 11, 2023 Content Rating: PG: There’s some violence and a small bit of profanity.
"A one-of-a-kind tale ... a surprising and entertaining piece of work."
- Bill Fitzhugh, author of A Perfect Harvest.
Book Description:
Benny Basilworth makes connections. A rare intellect, he sees things that others don't see and draws conclusions that others completely fail to grasp. He has the kind of mind that can make a person a national sensation on the television gameshow "The Connection Game"– and the kind of mind that can be the target of predators. Despite his brilliance, Benny and his family find themselves destitute, living in a basement apartment with one tiny window that affords them only the view of the feet of passersby on the street above. It is from this vantagepoint that Benny once again starts making connections. Mad, inconceivable connections. Connections that can change lives . . . and turn the entire world upside down. Humorous, surprising, wise, and remarkably perceptive, The Connection Game is a novel unlike any other and one that you are unlikely to forget.
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Meet the Author:
S.S. Turner has been an avid reader, writer, and explorer of the natural world throughout his life, which has been spent in England, Scotland, and Australia. He worked in the global fund management sector for many years but realized it didn't align with his values. In recent years, he's been focused on inspiring positive change through his writing as well as trying not to laugh in unfortunate situations. He now lives in Australia with his wife, daughter, two dogs, two cats, and ten chickens. He is the author of one previous novel, Secrets of a River Swimmer. connect with the author: website ~ twitter ~ facebook ~ instagram ~ goodreads
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Mar 21 –Viviana MacKade – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Mar 21 - Leanne Bookstagram – book review Mar 22 – Rockin' Book Reviews – book review / guest post giveaway Mar 23 – Splashes of Joy – book review / giveaway Mar 24 –Books for Books – book spotlight Mar 27 - Honey Can Do It – book spotlight / giveaway Mar 28 - Paws.Read.Repeat – book review / giveaway Mar 29 –411 ON BOOKS, AUTHORS, AND PUBLISHING NEWS – book spotlight / giveaway Mar 29 - StoreyBook Reviews - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Mar 30 –Locks, Hooks and Books – book review / giveaway Mar 30 - Review Thick And Thin - book review / giveaway Mar 31 – Liese's Blog – book spotlight Apr 3 – Pick a Good Book – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Apr 4 –Gina Rae Mitchell – book review / guest post / giveaway Apr 4 –Authors on iTours: Let’s Talk Books – book review Apr 4 – Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Apr 5 –Book Corner News and Reviews – book review / giveaway Apr 5 - Stephanie Jane – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Apr 6 – Celticlady's Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Apr 6 - Cover Lover Book Review – book spotlight / giveaway Apr 6 - Novels Alive - book review / giveaway Apr 7 – fundinmental – book spotlight / giveaway Apr 7 - Deborah-Zenha Adams - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Apr 7 - The Adventures of a Traveler's Wife - book review / giveaway Apr 7 - The Obsessed Reader - book review / giveaway Apr 11–Sue's Musings – book review Apr 11 -@bookqueenbee – book review / author interview / giveaway Apr 11 - Just Another Reader - book review TBD - Books and Games – book review / author interview / giveaway
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 Join us for this tour from Dec 6 to Dec 19, 2022! Book Details: Book Title: Mother Knows Worst by Sofia Bella Roma Category: Adult Fiction (18+), 280 pages Genre: Literary Fiction, Novel Publisher: Mascot Books Release date: December, 2022 Tour dates: Dec 6 to Dec 19, 2022 Content Rating: PG -13 Book Description: After trying her hand at acting, Rose decides to change career paths and enter law school. She enrolls in law school in a sleepy New England town, only to find that the practice of law is not all she will study. This quirky thirty-something Italian girl falls in love when she lays eyes on Anil, a handsome intellectual from India. The two discover a deep connection and quickly begin a romantic relationship. What could go wrong as their romance blossoms? Their future looks bright. They have each other. They have great friends. They also have Anil’s mother. Inspired by true events, Mother Knows Worst is a humorous and heartfelt novel. Rose is on a path to finding herself, love, and relationships, taking the reader on a delightful and often comedic journey as she explores two cultural worlds colliding.  Meet the Author: Sofia Bella Roma is a lawyer in North Carolina. She has been practicing law since 2009. She was first licensed to practice law in Massachusetts and then went on to become licensed attorney in North Carolina. Sofia has spent most of her career telling stories. She regularly performs to judges when litigating her cases. Mother Knows Worst is Sofia’s debut novel. This book tackles common problems in relationships and takes on mother-in-law drama with a quirky point of view. Sofia knows firsthand about difficult relationships since she has been practicing law as a divorce attorney. She currently lives with her son and their pet lizard. She has a love for the arts and enjoys making people laugh. Tour Schedule:
Dec 6 – Rockin' Book Reviews – book spotlight Dec 7 – JB's Bookworms with Brandy Mulder – book spotlight Dec 8 – @sarahs.bookstack – book spotlight Dec 8 - Liese's Blog – book spotlight Dec 9 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book spotlight Dec 12 – Splashes of Joy – book spotlight Dec 13 – StoreyBook Reviews – book spotlight Dec 14 – Lynchburg Reads - book spotlight Dec 15 – Celticlady's Reviews – book spotlight Dec 16 – Cover Lover Book Review - book spotlight Dec 19 - Book Corner News and Reviews – book spotlight 
Join us for this tour from Oct 24 to Nov 11, 2022!
Book Details: Book Title: FOR LOVE AND MERCY: A Novel by C. Ingrid Deringer Category: Adult Fiction (18+), 195 pages Genre: Literary Fiction, Mystery, Historical Fiction Publisher: FRIESEN PRESS Release date: August 2022 Formats Available for Review: print-softback (USA and Canada), ebook (EPUB, PDF) Tour dates: Oct 24 to Nov 11, 2022 Content Rating: PG-13. There is a death, near-death experience, some swearing, no explicit sex scenes.
Book Description:
“Suddenly angelic beings of light appeared. They said I was at a crossroad, and it was here where I had to make a choice . . .” In 2022, forty-two-year-old Dr. Stormy Hera, a music professor at the University of Victoria, is serving a manslaughter sentence at Sunnydale Forensic Hospital in British Columbia. Although she can’t recall committing the crime, she feels strongly that she did the right thing. In the hopes of jogging her memory and healing her soul, Stormy is tasked with writing her autobiography as part of her rehabilitation. Spanning the 1940s to 2026, and set in the Saskatchewan prairies, Olympia, Greece, and Canada’s West Coast, For Love and Mercy follows the lives of free-spirited Evangeline, and Stormy herself—including a near-death experience that changes everything. 
Meet the Author:
Charlotte Ingrid Deringer was born into a large family in Saskatchewan, Canada and has lived all across the country, on the east coast, west coast and everywhere in between. Her family’s love of music, dance and practical jokes left a tremendous impression on her, but it was her voracious appetite for adventure that has driven her to experience life to the fullest. She was in her 50s when her creative passions ignited, fueling her desire to write fiction. Ingrid holds a BA in Psychology, an MA in Women’s Studies and is also an Acupuncturist, Shiatsu Therapist, a Life Cycle Celebrant and a Meditation Teacher. She has worked in the health and wellness field, specializing in the treatment of chronic pain and chronic illness for over 25 years. Now semi-retired, Ingrid loves to hang out with her grandchildren and spend winters in warm climates with her feet in the sand where she can write to her heart’s content. connect with the author: website ~ facebook ~ facebook ~ instagram ~ bookbub ~ goodreads
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Oct 24 – Rockin' Book Reviews – book review / guest post / giveaway Oct 25 – Leels Loves Books – book spotlight Oct 26 – Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Oct 27 – Liese's Blog – book spotlight Oct 28 – Viviana MacKade – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Oct 31 – Stephanie Jane – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Oct 31 - Splashes of Joy - book review / giveaway Nov 1 -Books are Blessing - book review / giveaway Nov 1 – The Page Ladies – book review Nov 2 – Book Corner News and Reviews – book review / giveaway Nov 3 – Literary Flits – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Nov 3 - Books for Books – book spotlight Nov 4 – @shangread_la – book review / author interview / giveaway Nov 5 - I'm Into Books - book spotlight / giveaway Nov 7 – Cover Lover Book Review – book review / guest post / giveaway Nov 8 – fundinmental – book spotlight / giveaway Nov 8 - Book Reviews by Taylor – book review Nov 9 – 411 ON BOOKS, AUTHORS, AND PUBLISHING NEWS – book spotlight / giveaway Nov 9 - Locks, Hooks and Books – book review / giveaway Nov 10 – Gina Rae Mitchell – book review / guest post / giveaway Nov 11 – Paws.Read.Repeat– book review / giveaway TBD - She Just Loves Books – book review giveaway
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Book Details: Book Title: Hidden Buddha: Lama Rinzen in the Hungry Ghost Realm by Jim Ringel Category: Adult Fiction (18+), 298 pages Genre: Mystery, Literary Publisher: Black Bee Publishing Release date: October 2022 Formats Available for Review: print-softback (USA & Canada), and ebook (PDF) Tour dates: Oct 18 to Nov 7, 2022 Content Rating: PG+M due a section focusing on a woman's miscarriage of her fetus.
Between classic scenes of deduction, complex layers of truth and reality, and skillful red herrings, Ringel freshens up the tropes of mysteries. - BookLife Reviews (Editor’s Pick)
Ringel’s prose creates a delightfully unnerving atmosphere… readers are likely to find themselves carried along by the mood and mystery alone. - Kirkus Reviews … a most enjoyable and engaging mystery. I urge you to take this wild adventure with the seductive lama. - Roshi Gerry Shishin Wick, Spiritual Director, Great Mountain Zen Center, Berthoud, CO
Book Description:
In Hidden Buddha Lama Rinzen finds herself reborn as a doctor into the Hungry Ghost Realm in a haunted hospital on Colorado’s eastern plains. It’s an unfriendly place. The patients do not respect her, the staff ignores her, and there’s rumors of ghosts in the hospital. Rinzen is afraid of ghosts. She is not even sure they truly exist. Instead she focuses on learning the Hungry Ghost Realm’s lesson about what the Buddha means when he talks about emptiness. If she can only learn that she will escape the hospital and progress along her path to enlightenment. But nine-year-old patient Claudia says the ghosts are real, and that they are here to trap Rinzen so she might never learn and never escape the hospital. Not in this lifetime, and not in any future lifetimes either. How can the lama learn without seeing the things she denies? Maybe that’s what the Buddha means when he talks about emptiness. These little bits of ourselves we keep suppressed and hidden and never admit to?
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Jim Ringel is an unconventional Buddhist who writes the Lama Rinzen mysteries as part of his own spiritual path. Each book in the series finds the lama reborn into one of the six Buddhist Realms on a search for deeper understanding along the path toward Nirvana. Jim practices Zen, skis, hikes, bikes, and visits brew pubs throughout Colorado seeking the Buddha in everyday life. connect with the author: website ~ facebook ~ twitter ~ bookbub ~ goodreads
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Oct 18 –fundinmental – book spotlight / giveaway Oct 18 - Viviana MacKade – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Oct 19 –Locks, Hooks and Books – book review / giveaway Oct 19 - Liese's Blog - book spotlight Oct 20 – Just Another Mother With Books – book review Oct 21 – Book Reviews by Taylor - book spotlight / giveaway Oct 24 – Leanne bookstagram – book review / giveaway Oct 25 – Olio by Marilyn – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Oct 25 – Olio by Marilyn – book review / giveaway Oct 26 – Paws.Read.Repeat – book review / giveaway Oct 27 – Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Oct 27 - Book Corner News and Reviews - book review / giveaway Oct 28 – Literary Flits – book review / giveaway Oct 28 – Rockin' Book Reviews – book spotlight/ guest post / giveaway Nov 1 – Gina Rae Mitchell – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Nov 2 – @bookqueenbee – book review / guest post / giveaway Nov 3 – Deborah-Zenha Adams – book review / giveaway Nov 4 – Deborah-Zenha Adams – book spotlight/ guest post / giveaway Nov 4 – Books for Books – book spotlight TBD - @onecreativeartist – book review
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Join us for this tour from Aug 18 to Sep 14, 2022!
Book Details: Book Title: Call My Name: A Novel by Jenni Ogden Category: Adult Fiction (18 +), 384 pages Genre: Literary/Women's/Bookclub Fiction Publisher: Sea Dragon Press Release date: April 2020 Formats Available for Review: print (USA only), ebook (MOBI FILE (FOR KINDLE), EPUB, PDF, NetGalley download), audiobook (Findaway download, NetGalley download) Tour dates: Aug 18 to Sep 14, 2022 Content Rating: PG-13 + M: Has childbirth/abortion/adoption/surrogacy themes, the brief description of a rape in the past by a Japanese guard of a prisoner in a POW camp in Sumatra in WWII (not explicit but of course disturbing and violent). A mention of cannabis smoking when characters are young, mild in-context use of f-word and other expletives.
Praise from Paula McLain, New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Wife & When the Stars Go Dark:
"An emotionally piercing and absorbing account of turbulent female friendship over time, Call My Name is also a keen meditation on the powerful pull of connection and belonging—the places and people that shape and change us, forever calling us home."
“A gripping story that’s hard to put down--draws the reader into complex and deeply human questions as her characters’ lives intertwine over three decades of joy, loss, grief, and below it all, like a sustaining chord, loyalty and kindness. Call My Name reminds us that love calls us to be generous rather than possessive and that we can go on, even when terrible things happen, because we’re profoundly connected. Layered, sometimes shocking, yet shining with goodness and hope, it’s exactly the kind of story we need right now.” — Barbara Linn Probst, Sarton and Nautilus award-winning author of The Sound Between the Notes & The Color of Ice
"Jenni Ogden's done it again—given us a beautifully crafted novel filled with the complexities, mysteries and joys of human connection within a family and between sisters, lovers and friends. Filled with authenticity, compassion and grace, Call My Name will find its way deep into your heart and soul, and stay with you long after the last page has been turned." — Sally Cole-Misch, Award-winning author of The Best Part of Us “Vivid setting, dynamic plot, and likable characters come together beautifully to deliver an emotionally compelling tale of friendship, love, loss, and forgiveness. Call My Name is a fantastic read.” — Jodi Wright, Award-winning author of How to Grow an Addict & Eat and Get Gas. “This is a love story ... of couples, of friends, of families. A page turning saga that is fresh in its story, yet provides the warmth of an old-fashioned classic." — Romalyn Tilghman, Award-winning author of To the Stars with Difficulties, 2018 Kansas Notable Book of the Year
Book Description:
Two women, bound together by opposite personalities, friendship, love and family—until motherhood rips them apart. From Jenni Ogden, author of bestselling novel A Drop in the Ocean (Gold Nautilus Award for Fiction) comes a compelling family saga set in the Australian Tropics and spanning the 1960s to 1990s. Her mother dead from a drug overdose, thirteen-year-old Olivia is rescued by Cathie Tulloch, her mother’s friend throughout the years they were held captive in Japanese prison camps in Sumatra in WWII. Welcomed into the Tulloch’s remote family home in the Australian tropics, introverted Olivia is claimed by dramatic, generous, controlling Cassandra Tulloch as her sister and best friend. Moving to the UK at 18, Olivia finds her independence, and partner Ben. But in 1970, after five years away, she is homesick, and ready to fulfill her long-held dream: to make a family of her own. In Brisbane she and Ben share a hippie lifestyle with Cassandra and husband, Sebastian. But while earth-mother Cassandra effortlessly produces beautiful babies, for Olivia, becoming a mother is hard. Even harder is discovering the truth about her own mother. And when the unimaginable happens, destroying the friendship with Cassandra that has been her bedrock for so long, Olivia tells herself that she doesn’t deserve a family, nor a place to call home. 
Meet the Author:
Jenni Ogden and her husband live off-grid on spectacular Great Barrier Island, 100 kms off the coast of New Zealand, a perfect place to write and for grandchildren to spend their holidays. Winters are often spent in Far North Tropical Queensland, close to Killara, the fictional home in Call My Name, her third novel. Her debut novel published in 2016, A Drop in the Ocean, was an Amazon bestseller and won multiple awards including the 2016 Gold Nautilus Award for Fiction, Large Publisher. Her second novel, The Moon is Missing, was published in 2020 and is set on London, New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, and Great Barrier Island, NZ. Jenni, who holds a PhD in Clinical Neuropsychology and was awarded the Distinguished Career Award by the International Neuropsychological Society in 2015, is well-known for her books featuring her patients’ moving stories: Fractured Minds: A Case-Study Approach to Clinical Neuropsychology, and Trouble In Mind: Stories from a Neuropsychologist’s Casebook. Connect with the Author: website ~ facebook ~ twitter ~ instagram ~ pinterest ~ goodreads
Tour Schedule:
Aug 18 – Rockin' Book Reviews – audiobook review / guest post / giveaway Aug 18 - Literary Flits – book review / giveaway Aug 19 – Novels Alive – book review / giveaway Aug 19 - Book Reviews by Linda Moore – book review / giveaway Aug 19- Bookish Trisha - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Aug 23 –Leanne bookstagram – book review Aug 24 –Authors on iTours: Let's Talk Books – audiobook review / giveaway Aug 25 –Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Aug 26 – Stephanie Jane - book review / giveaway Aug 29 –FUONLYKNEW – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Aug 29 – Leels Loves Books – book review / giveaway Aug 30 –A Mama's Corner of the World – book review / giveaway Aug 31 –fundinmental – book spotlight / giveaway Sep 1 –She Just Loves Books – audiobook review / giveaway Sep 2 –Paws.Read.Repeat – audiobook review / giveway Sep 6 – Splashes of Joy – audiobook review / giveaway Sep 7 –Cover Lover Book Review – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Sep 8 - Celticlady's Reviews - book spotlight / giveaway Sep 8 –Locks, Hooks and Books – audiobook review / guest post / giveaway Sep 9 – Books Are a Blessing - book review / giveaway Sep 12 –I'm Into Books – book spotlight / giveaway Sep 13 - Geaux Get Lit - audiobook review / giveaway Sep 13 –Books for Books – book spotlight Sep 13 - The Garden of Reading - book review Sep 14 –Pick a Good Book – book review / author interview / giveaway
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Book Details: Book Title: Semper Fi Brothers: A Hero's Dangerous Journey for Redemption by A.C. Turner Category: Adult Fiction (18+), 150 pages Genre: Literary Fiction / Military Action Fiction Publisher: Write My Wrongs LLC Release date: March 16, 2022 Formats Available for Review: print-softback (USA only), ebook (EPUB and PDF Tour dates: July 18 to August 5, 2022 Content Rating: PG-13 (some f-words, violence, non-explicit sex scenes)
Book Description:
Yarmuck, Syria is under attack. ISIS goons under the command of ruthless Commander Abu, have infiltrated the village and are determined to purge it of its Yazidi heritage... by any means necessary. Meanwhile, half a world away in California, tormented Shamus "Gunny" O'Malley-retired Marine and Vietnam Vet who's done nothing but drink his way through civilian life as a TV personality and bar owner-learns his young Yazidi bartender, Quassam, fears for the lives of the family left behind in Yarmuck. When Quassam, "Q" to his friends, announces his plan to save his mother and sister from the ISIS goons, Gunny's hapless best friend (and best customer), Buzz, decides he's going to aid young Q on his journey, and does everything he can to convince Gunny to come along for the ride. With time running out and ISIS tightening its grip, Gunny has a decision to make. As the son of a white father and black mother, O'Malley knows from his time in the Marines that race can never break the bonds between semper fi brothers. Will he stay brash and boozy in sunny California, or will he take a leap of faith and journey to hellish, war-torn Syria to help his brothers and slay his-and Yarmuck's-demons? 
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A. C. Turner's writing career began in the 1980s with a focus on screenplays. In that time, and with the help of his agent, Anne Getty, he was able to option two of them, Shoplift and Hercules Down and Out, to major film companies. Unfortunately, neither went into production, but that didn't stop the Los Angeles Times from featuring him on the front page of their Sunday edition on up-and-coming writers in Los Angeles. He then moved on to write two plays, Chickenscratch and Down and Out in Sioux Falls, which were produced at the Hayworth Theatre in Los Angeles. He achieved all of this while raising three kids and coaching high school and junior college football, predominantly in inner-city Los Angeles. After taking twenty years off from writing, he got the itch back in his mid-fifties. He wrote Semper Fi Brothers as a screenplay and entered it in Final Draft's screenwriting contest, where it placed third out of nine thousand. The story was inspired by the military exploits of his career-soldier dad and his three overseas tours in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam as well as his Army daughter's four tours, including one in Afghanistan. The script was given to a large production company again, which was exciting at first, but when Covid-19 hit and the script found itself on the back burner, he decided to run with it and turn it into a novel, feeling the story was too inspirational not to be told. connect with the author: website ~ twitter ~ facebook ~ goodreads
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July 18 – Cover Lover Book Review – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway July 19 – Books for Books – book spotlight July 20 – Rockin' Book Reviews - book review / guest post / giveaway July 21 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book review / giveaway July 25 – Splashes of Joy – book review / giveaway July 26 –Stephanie Jane - book review / giveaway July 27 – Literary Flits – book review / giveaway July 29 – fundinmental – book spotlight / giveaway Aug 1 – Books are a Blessing – book review / giveaway Aug 2 – Book Corner News and Reviews – book review / giveaway Aug 5 – Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
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