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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.
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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
Tour Schedule:
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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Join us for this tour from Oct 18 to Nov 7, 2022!
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
Tour Schedule:
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.
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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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Join us for this tour from July 18 to August 5, 2022!
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?
Meet the Author:
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
Tour Schedule:
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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Join us for this tour from June 14 to July 11, 2022!
Book Details: Book Title: The Beached Ones by Colleen M. Story Category: Adult Fiction (18+), 354 pages Genre: Paranormal, Literary, Ghost, Fantasy Publisher: CamCat Books Release date: June 14, 2022 Format available for review: print (USA only) & ebook (MOBI FILE (FOR KINDLE), EPUB, Book Funnel download) Tour dates: June 14 to July 11, 2022 Content Rating: PG-13 + M: The book does explore suicide, and there is one scene indicating potential sexual abuse (that is stopped before it starts). There is the occasional swear word, but they are not frequent.
Book Description:
HE CAME BACK, DETERMINED TO KEEP HIS PROMISE. Daniel and his younger brother grew up in an abusive home. Daniel escaped. Now an established stunt rider, he intends to go back to rescue his brother. But then one jump goes horribly wrong . . . He recovers to find himself in Iowa, unscathed, yet his life has drastically changed. His best friend won’t answer his calls. Even his girlfriend is hiding something. Increasingly terrified, he clings to the one thing he knows: He must pick up his brother in San Francisco. In five days. From the isolating fields of Iowa to the crowded streets of San Francisco, Daniel must fight his way through a fog of disjointed memories and supernatural encounters to face the truth and pay a debt he didn’t know he owed.
Meet the Author:
Colleen M. Story is a novelist, freelance writer, writing coach, and speaker who loves animals, music, and the great Pacific Northwest. Her novel, Loreena’s Gift, was a Foreword Reviews’ INDIES Book of the Year Awards winner, among others. Her next novel, The Beached Ones is forthcoming from CamCat Books on June 14, 2022. Colleen has written three books to help writers succeed. "Your Writing Matters" helps writers overcome self-doubt and determine once and for all where writing fits in their lives. Her previous release, Writer Get Noticed!, was a gold-medal winner in the Reader’s Favorite Book Awards and a first-place winner in the Reader Views Literary Awards. Overwhelmed Writer Rescue was named Book by Book Publicity’s Best Writing/Publishing Book in 2018 and was an Amazon best seller. With over 20 years as a professional in the creative industry, Colleen has authored thousands of articles for publications like “Healthline” and “Women’s Health;” worked with high-profile clients like Gerber Baby Products and Kellogg’s; and ghostwritten books on back pain, nutrition, and cancer recovery. She continues to work as a full-time freelance writer, helping clients create informative and inspiring communications in a variety of media formats. Colleen frequently serves as a workshop leader, writing coach, and motivational speaker, where she helps attendees remove mental and emotional blocks and tap into their unique creative powers. Go to Colleen's website for free chapters of her books. connect with the author: website ~twitter ~ goodreads ~ bookbub
Tour Schedule:
June 14 - Cover Lover Book Review – book spotlight / giveaway June 14 –Viviana MacKade– book spotlight / author interview / giveaway June 14 - Rockin' Book Reviews – book review / giveaway June 15 – Celticlady's Reviews – book spotlight / giveaway June 15 - The Official Blog of Amy Shannon – book spotlight / author interview June 16 – Working Mommy Journal – book review / giveaway June 17 - @twilight_reader – book review June 20 – Review Thick And Thin – book review / author interview / giveaway June 21 – Gina Rae Mitchell – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway June 22 - Kam's Place – book review June 23 – Book Corner News and Reviews – book review / giveaway June 24 – Splashes of Joy – book spotlight / giveaway June 27 – Mostly Mystery Reviews – book review June 27 – Mostly Mystery Reviews – author interview June 27 - My Reading Getaway – book review / giveaway June 28 – Olio by Marilyn – book review / giveaway June 29 – The Momma Spot – book review / giveaway June 30 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book review / giveaway July 1 – fundinmental – book spotlight / giveaway July 6 – Bigreadersite – book review / giveaway July 7 – Deborah-Zenha Adams – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway July 8 – Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway July 8 - Literary Flits – book review / giveaway July 9 - From the Book Reviewer's Desk – book review July 9 - From the Book Reviewer's Desk – book spotlight/ author interview July 11 – Sadie's Spotlight – book spotlight / author interview July 26 – Amy's Bookshelf Reviews – book review TBD- Ravenz Reviewz – book review / giveaway TBD – My Fictional Oasis – book review
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Book Details: Book Title: The Art of Traveling Strangers by Zoe Disigny Category: Adult Fiction 18+, 272 pages Genre: Literary Fiction, Women's Fiction Publisher: Subplot Publishing Release date: February 2022 Formats Available for Review: print-hardback (USA), e-book (gifted Kindle, mobi file for Kindle, EPUB, PDF, NetGalley download) Tour dates: Feb 15 to Mar 7 Content Rating: PG13 + M for cursing (from a side character), reference to adultery, and discussion of AIDS.
Book Description:
It’s the 1980s, and art historian Claire Markham reels from a series of heartbreaking losses. Desperate to escape her shattered reality, she becomes an art guide in Europe for quirky stranger Viv Chancey and embarks on a life-changing journey through the art-filled cities of Milan, Venice, Ravenna, Florence, Siena, Rome, and Paris. Once abroad, Claire tries to hide her woes by focusing on Viv’s art education, but Viv—who is not who she seems—has a different learning experience in mind. Frustrated and wanting to reimagine her life, Claire embraces the idea of reality as illusion and finds herself slipping into the tales of art and history. When threatened with one more crushing loss, Claire must learn from the spirit of her eccentric companion and the lessons from the art they encounter to take charge of her life or lose the most precious thing in it. The Art of Traveling Strangers is a journey of self-discovery and personal empowerment inspired by the great art masterpieces of Italy and France. It’s a tale of female bonding and the amazing powers of perception. After all, reality, like art, is just an illusion.
MEET THE AUTHOR:
Zoe Disigny holds a master’s degree in art history and has taught at the college level throughout her career. She has led numerous art tours in Europe and established a business in Paris offering art history adventures for American tourists. connect with the author: website ~ twitter ~ facebook ~ instagram ~ goodreads
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Feb 15 – Cover Lover Book Review – book review / giveaway Feb 16 – @booking.with.janelle – book review / author interview / giveaway Feb 18 – Books for Books – book review Feb 23 – @twilight_reader– book review Feb 23 – mysweetenedlifebychix – book review / giveaway Feb 24 – Book Corner News and Reviews – book review / giveaway Feb 24 – My Fictional Oasis – book review / giveaway Feb 25 – Kam's Place – book spotlight Feb 28 – Literary Flits – book review / giveaway Mar 1 – Splashes of Joy – book review / giveaway Mar 2 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book review / giveaway Mar 3 – Review Thick and Thin – book spotlight / book review / giveaway Mar 3 – Review Thick and Thin – author interview Mar 4 – Bookish Trisha – book review / guest post / giveaway Mar 4 - The Culture Hunter – book review / giveaway Mar 7 – Adventurous Jessy – book review / giveaway Mar 7 - Working Mommy Journal - book review / giveaway
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Book Details: Book Title: Gideon's Grandchildren by Bill Jaquette Category: Adult Fiction (18+ ), 228 pages Genre: Legal, Criminal Law, and General Fiction Publisher: ARJ Publishing Release date: November, 2021 Tour dates: Jan 10 to Jan 28, 2022 Content Rating: PG-13 + M. References to sex and violence (thought not explicit), and a few "f" words
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Steve Cole is a young public defense attorney with a long list of clients: Among them is Jeff Harris, who is facing a life sentence under a law that Steve believes is cruel and unfair. When Harris is presented with a plea bargain that would spare him a life sentence, Steve urges his client to accept. Steve is shocked when Harris turns down the plea bargain in favor of going to trial. Steve quickly finds himself in the most difficult case of his career, in addition to all his other clients. Nevertheless, Steve grows to respect Harris and the decision he made, compelling him to work tirelessly for a not-guilty verdict for Harris. Throughout the novel, author Bill Jaquette weaves his own thirty-plus years’ experience in public defense and provides readers with an intimate look at the day-to-day lives and struggles of public defense attorneys. The result is a compassionate portrayal of some of the most critical figures in the American courts, their clients, and the arduous and complicated role of maintaining justice.
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Bill Jaquette practiced law for over forty years. During that time, he served as a deputy prosecuting attorney and was also in private practice. A substantial part of his career, however, was as a public defender, including thirty years with the Snohomish County Public Defender Association, of which he was also director. In addition to his JD from the University of Washington, Bill holds a PhD in philosophy from the University of Missouri and, prior to his career in law, served as a tenured member of the philosophy faculty at Southwest Missouri State University. Gideon’s Grandchildren is his first novel. connect with the author: website
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Jan 10 – Working Mommy Journal – book spotlight / giveaway Jan 11 – Kam's Place – book spotlight Jan 11 - Book Corner News and Reviews - book spotlight / giveaway Jan 12 – Literary Flits – book spotlight / giveaway Jan 13 – Elizabeth McKenna – Author – book spotlight / giveaway Jan 14 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book spotlight / giveaway Jan 17 – Gina Rae Mitchell – book spotlight / giveaway Jan 18 – Lamon Reviews – book spotlight / giveaway Jan 19 – Pick a Good Book – book spotlight / giveaway Jan 20 – Celticlady 's Reviews – book spotlight / giveaway Jan 21 – Hall Ways Blog – book spotlight / giveaway Jan 21 - Books are a Blessing - book spotlight / giveaway Jan 24 - Splashes of Joy - book spotlight / giveaway Jan 24 – Books for Books – book spotlight Jan 25 – Sadie's Spotlight – book spotlight / giveaway Jan 26 – Sefina Hawke's Books – book spotlight Jan 26 - Stephanie Jane - book spotlight / giveaway Jan 27 – Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / giveaway Jan 28 – Mysweetenedlifebychix – book spotlight / giveaway Jan 28 - fundinmental - book spotlight / giveaway
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