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 Join Us For This Tour from August 24 to September 18, 2020 BOOK DETAILS: Series Title: COPY BOY by Shelley Blanton-Stroud Category: Adult Fiction (18+) Genre: Noir, Historical Mystery, Literary Publisher: She Writes Press Release dates: June 23, 2020 Format available for review: print, ebook, audiobook Will send print books out: USA & Canada Tour dates: August 24 to September 18, 2020 Content Rating: PG-13 + M. The book includes: the F-word 7 times, the word "g--dammit" 4 times, and one violent fight in the beginning. Book Description: Jane’s a very brave boy. And a very difficult girl. She’ll become a remarkable woman, an icon of her century, but that’s a long way off. Not my fault, she thinks, dropping a bloody crowbar in the irrigation ditch after Daddy. She steals Momma’s Ford and escapes to Depression-era San Francisco, where she fakes her way into work as a newspaper copy boy. Everything’s looking up. She’s climbing the ladder at the paper, winning validation, skill, and connections with the artists and thinkers of her day. But then Daddy reappears on the paper’s front page, his arm around a girl who’s just been beaten into a coma one block from Jane’s newspaper―hit in the head with a crowbar. Jane’s got to find Daddy before he finds her, and before everyone else finds her out. She’s got to protect her invented identity. This is what she thinks she wants. It’s definitely what her dead brother wants.  Meet the Author: Shelley Blanton-Stroud grew up in California’s Central Valley, the daughter of Dust Bowl immigrants who made good on their ambition to get out of the field. She teaches college writing in Northern California and consults with writers in the energy industry. She co-directs Stories on Stage Sacramento, where actors perform the stories of established and emerging authors, and serves on the advisory board of 916 Ink, an arts-based creative writing nonprofit for children. She has also served on the Writers’ Advisory Board for the Belize Writers’ Conference. Copy Boy is her first novel, and she’s currently working on her second. She also writes and publishes flash fiction and non-fiction, which you can find at such journals as Brevity and Cleaver. She and her husband live in Sacramento with an aging beagle and many photos of their out-of-state sons. Connect with the author: website ~ twitter ~ facebook ~ instagram Tour Schedule: Coming Soon! Enter the Giveaway:
Aug 24 – Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Aug 25 - Locks, Hooks and Books – audiobook review / giveaway Aug 25 – fundinmental – book spotlight / giveaway Aug 26 – Book Corner News and Reviews – book review / giveaway Aug 27 – I'm Into Books – book spotlight / giveaway Aug 28 – Reading Authors Network – book review / giveaway Aug 31 – Sefina Hawke's Books – book spotlight Sep 1 – Gina Rae Mitchell – book review / giveaway Sep 2 – T's Stuff – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Sep 2 - Literary Flits – book review / giveaway Sep 3 – She Just Loves Books – audiobook review / giveaway Sep 4 – Sep 7 – Svetlanas reads and views – book review Sep 8 – 100 Pages A Day – book review / giveaway Sep 9 – Olio by Marilyn – book spotlight / author interview Sep 9 - Olio by Marilyn – book review / giveaway Sep 10 – Books for Books – audiobook review Sep 11 – Hall Ways Blog – audiobook review / giveaway Sep 14 – Amy's Booket List – audiobook review / giveaway Sep 15 – Casia's Corner – book review Sep 16 – Dab of Darkness Audiobook Reviews – audiobook review / author interview / giveaway Sep 17 – Sep 18 - My Fictional Oasis – book review
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Join us for this tour from June 22 to July 10, 2020!
Series Details: Book Title: The Annie Oakley Mystery Series by Kari Bovee Category: Adult Fiction (18+), 83 to 332 pages Genre: Historical Mystery Publisher: Bosque Publishing Release dates: Shoot Like a Girl (2019); Girl With a Gun (April, 2020); Peccadillo at the Palace (April 2020); Folly at the Fair (June, 2020) Tour dates: June 22 to July 10, 2020 Content Rating: R for some swearing, violence, and mature themes. 
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Book Title: Shoot Like a Girl (A PreQuel Novella to Girl With A Gun) by Kari Bovee Category: Adult Fiction (18 + yrs), 84 pages Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Bosque Publishing Release date: November 2019 Tour dates: June 22 to July 10, 2020 Content Rating: R for Mature themes and some violence. No bad language.
Book Description:
Shoot like a Girl depicts the historically fictive tale of a young Annie Oakley's struggles before she becomes the most famous sharpshooting woman of all time. After the death of her father, Annie is sent to the Drake County poorhouse where she learns to cook, sew, and keep house for other families to help her mother make ends meet. Annie ends up at the McCrimmons, a couple whom she comes to refer to as "the wolves." Cruel and neglectful, the McCrimmons push Annie to the brink of despair. The only bright spot in her dreary existence is Buck, a beautiful buckskinned horse, and the two form a bond. Despite her resolve to help her family, Annie loses hope of ever seeing them again, as life at the McCrimmons' becomes more oppressive, and she is cut off from all outside communication. Physically and emotionally weak from illness, hunger, and abuse, Annie resigns herself to a life of servitude to the abusive couple. But, when Mr. McCrimmon's continued cruelty to Buck finally threatens the horse's life, Annie takes matters into her own hands and formulates a plan for escape. 
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Book Title: Girl with a Gun (An Annie Oakley Mystery) by Kari Bovee Category: Adult Fiction (18 + yrs), 316 pages Genre: Historical Mystery Publisher: Bosque Publishing Release date: April 2020 Tour dates: June 22 to July 10, 2020 Content Rating: R for one explicit sex scene. There is some swearing, violence, mature themes.
Book Description:
In an exciting new historical mystery series, award-winning author Kari Bovee brings the beloved American icon, Annie Oakley, into the world of mystery and crime as a plucky, amateur sleuth. Fifteen-year-old Annie Oakley is the sole supporter of her widowed mother and two younger siblings. An expert markswoman and independent spirit, she hunts game to sell to the local mercantile to make ends meet instead of accepting a marriage proposal that could solve all her problems, including the impending foreclosure of her family's farm. After a stunning performance in a shooting contest against famous sharpshooter Frank Butler, Annie is offered a position in the renowned Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. Finally, she has a chance to save her family's farm--and make her dreams come true. But after her catapult to fame, a series of crimes takes place in the Wild West Show, including the death of Annie's Indian Assistant. The coroner claims the death was due to natural causes, but Annie is unconvinced. Then her prized horse, Buck--a major part of her act--is stolen, and she realizes that someone is out to get her. With the help of a sassy, blue-blooded reporter, Annie sets out to find her horse, solve the crimes, and clear her good name--before everything she's worked for is destroyed. 
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Book Title: Peccadillo at the Palace (An Annie Oakley Mystery) by Kari Bovee Category: Adult Fiction (18 + yrs), 332 pages Genre: Historical Mystery Publisher: Bosque Publishing Release date: April 2020 Tour dates: June 22 to July 10, 2020 Content Rating: R for some swearing, violence, and mature themes.
Book Description:
In this second book in the Annie Oakley historical mystery series, award-winning author Kari Bovee brings back the lovable character, Annie Oakley, as an amateur sleuth. It's 1887, and Annie and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show are invited to Queen Victoria's Jubilee celebration in London, England. But their long journey across the Atlantic takes a turn for the worst when the queen's royal servant ends up dead and Annie's husband, Frank Butler, falls suspiciously ill. Annie soon discovers that the two events are connected--and may be precursors to an assassination attempt on the queen. In London, it becomes clear that there is rampant unrest in the queen's kingdom--the Irish Fenian Brotherhood, as well as embittered English subjects, are teeming in the streets. But amid the chaos, even while she prepares for the show, Annie is determined to find the truth. With the help of a friend and reporter, Emma Wilson, the renowned poet Oscar Wilde, and the famous socialite Lily Langtry, Annie sets out to hunt down the queen's enemies--and find out why they want to kill England's most beloved monarch. 
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Book Title: Folly at the Fair (An Annie Oakley Mystery) by Kari Bovee Category: Adult Fiction (18 + yrs), 322 pages Genre: Historical Mystery Publisher: Bosque Publishing Release date: June 2020 Tour dates: June 22 to July 10, 2020 Content Rating: R for some swearing, violence, and mature themes.
Book Description:
She never misses a target. But unless she can solve this murder, she’ll become one… Chicago World’s Fair, 1893. “Little Sure Shot” Annie Oakley is exhausted from her work with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. But when a fellow performer scuffles with a man who threatens her harm, she has to keep her eyes peeled. And when the heckler is found dead under the Ferris Wheel, Annie won’t rest until she proves her defender is innocent. Before she can rustle up any clues, an old friend asks Annie to protect her young daughter. And as more bodies turn up around the grounds, she’s going to need all her sharpshooting skills just to stay alive. Can Annie live up to her reputation and put a bullseye on the killer? Folly at the Fair is the third book in the Annie Oakley Mystery historical fiction series. If you like strong heroines, Wild West adventures, and suspenseful twists and turns, then you’ll love Kari Bovee’s fast-paced whodunit. 
Meet the Author:
When she’s not on a horse, or walking along the beautiful cottonwood-laden acequias of Corrales, New Mexico; or basking on white sand beaches under the Big Island Hawaiian sun, Kari Bovee is escaping into the past—scheming murder and mayhem for her characters both real and imagined, and helping them to find order in the chaos of her action-packed novels. Empowered women in history, horses, unconventional characters, and real-life historical events fill the pages of Kari Bovée’s articles and historical mystery musings and manuscripts. An award-winning author, Bovée was honored with the 2019 NM/AZ Book Awards Hillerman Award for Southwestern Fiction for her novel Girl with a Gun. The novel also received First Place in the 2019 NM/AZ Book Awards in the Mystery/Crime category, and is a Finalist in the 2019 International Chanticleer Murder & Mayhem Awards and the International Chanticleer Goethe Awards, as well as the Next Generation Indie Awards. Her novel Grace in the Wings is a Finalist for the 2019 International Chanticleer Chatelaine Awards and the International Chanticleer Goethe Awards. Her novel Peccadillo at the Palace is a Finalist in the 2019 International Chanticleer Murder & Mayhem Awards and the 2019 International Goethe Awards, as well as a Finalist in the 2019 Best Book Awards Historical Fiction category. Bovée has worked as a technical writer for a Fortune 500 Company, has written non-fiction for magazines and newsletters, and has worked in the education field as a teacher and educational consultant. She and her husband, Kevin, spend their time between their horse property in the beautiful Land of Enchantment, New Mexico, and their condo on the sunny shores of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Connect with the author: Website ~ Goodreads ~ Facebook ~ Twitter ~ Instagram
Tour Schedule:
June 22 –Working Mommy Journal – series spotlight / giveaway June 23 –History from a Woman’s Perspective – series spotlight / giveaway June 23 -Two Gals and a Book – series spotlight / giveaway June 24 –The Irresponsible Reader – series spotlight / giveaway June 25 – Pen Possessed – series spotlight / giveaway June 26 – T's Stuff – series spotlight / giveaway June 29 –Celticlady's Reviews – series spotlight / giveaway June 29 - A Mama's Corner of the World - series spotlight / giveaway June 30 –Jazzy Book Reviews – series spotlight / giveaway July 1 – Pick a good book– series spotlight / giveaway July 2 –Locks, Hooks and Books – series spotlight / giveaway July 4 - fundinmental - series spotlight / giveaway July 6 – She Just Loves Books – series spotlight / giveaway July 6 -Splashes of Joy - series spotlight / giveaway July 7 – Lizofwords – series spotlight / giveaway July 8 – Library of Clean Reads – series spotlight / giveaway July 9 – Laura's Interests – series spotlight / giveaway July 10 -100 Pages A Day – series spotlight / giveaway
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"Wow - this is one INCREDIBLE novel that I could not put down. It had me on the edge of my seat and I can honestly say that I never saw the end coming. It was full of suspense, action but also humour (done in a way that only Lauren can accomplish)." - 5-Star Review of THE NUTCRACKER CONSPIRACY by Working Mommy Journal
Join Us for This Audiobook Tour from June 8 to June 26, 2020!
Book Details: Book Title: The Nutcracker Conspiracy (A Thorny Rose Mystery #4) by Lauren Carr Category: Adult Fiction (18 +), 388 pages Genre: Mystery Publisher: Acorn Book Services Release date: January 30, 2020 Format available for review: audible (download code), mobi, epub, PDF Tour dates: June 8 to Jun 26, 2020 Content Rating: PG-13 (Lauren Carr's books are murder mysteries, so there are murders involved. Occasionally, a murder will happen on stage. There is sexual content, but always behind closed doors. Some mild swearing (a hell or a damn few and far between). No F-bombs!
Book Description:
Three years ago, the nation gasped in horror when the President of the United States barely escaped an assassination attempt that left two dead—the vice president’s wife and the attempted assassin. Even after numerous investigations proved otherwise, conspiracy theorists argue that the assassin was acting on orders from the CIA, FBI, and every federal agency within a hundred miles of the capital. Aspiring Author Dean Conway is the last person Lieutenant Commander Murphy Thornton wants to spend his Saturday afternoon when they end up at the same wedding reception table. While their wives tend to bridesmaid duties, Murphy is trapped listening to Dean’s latest work-in-project—completing the manuscript of an investigative journalist who’d disappeared months earlier. “She was number twelve,” Dean says. “Twelve?” Murphy asks. “Twelve witnesses connected to or investigating The Nutcracker shooting have died either in an accident or suicide.” Two days later, Dean dies suddenly―but not before sending a text message to Murphy: “13” 
Meet the Author:
Lauren Carr is the international best-selling author of the Mac Faraday, Lovers in Crime, Chris Matheson Cold Case, the Thorny Rose, and now the Nikki Bryant Cozy Mysteries—almost thirty titles across five fast-paced mystery series filled with twists and turns! Book reviewers and readers alike rave about how Lauren Carr’s seamlessly crosses genres to include mystery, suspense, crime fiction, police procedurals, romance, and humor. A popular speaker, Lauren is also the owner of Acorn Book Service, the umbrella under which falls iRead Book Tours. She lives with her husband and two spoiled rotten German Shepherds on a mountain in Harpers Ferry, WV. Connect with the author: Website ~ Twitter ~ Facebook ~ Instagram ~ Books on Audible
Tour Schedule:
June 8 – She Just Loves Books – audiobook review / giveaway June 9 –Mystery Suspense Reviews – audiobook review / giveaway June 9 – Mystery Suspense Reviews – book spotlight / guest post June 10 –Rockin’ Book Reviews – audiobook review / guest post / giveaway June 10 -T's Stuff – audiobook review / guest post / giveaway June 11 –Sefina Hawke's Books – audiobook review June 11 - Bound 4 Escape – audiobook review / giveaway June 11 - Rosepoint Publishing - audiobook review June 12 –Splashes of Joy – book spotlight / guest post / author interview / giveaway June 12 -Nighttime Reading Center – book spotlight / giveaway June 12 - Locks, Hooks and Books – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway June 15 –Buried Under Books - audiobook review - giveaway June 16 – Dab of Darkness Audiobook Reviews – audiobook review /giveaway June 17 –Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway June 17 - Blooming with Books - audiobook review / giveaway June 19 –Stephanie Jane – book spotlight / giveaway June 22 –Hall Ways Blog – audiobook review / giveaway June 23 –Books for Books – audiobook review June 24 –JBronder Book Reviews – audiobook review / guest post / giveaway June 25 – Thoughts in Progress – audiobook review / giveaway
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Join us for this tour from May 25 to June 5, 2020!
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Book Title: The F.I.G. Mysteries by Barbara Casey Category: YA Fiction (Ages 13-17) Genre: Mystery, Fantasy Publisher: Gauthier Publications (Hungry Goat Press) Release dates: The Cadence of Gypsies (2011); The Wish Rider (2016); The Clock Flower (2018); The Nightjar's Promise (2020) Tour dates: May 25 to June 5, 2020 Content Rating: PG. There are some themes that deal with the Jewish Holocaust and some frightening scenes appropriate for young adult and adult readers. 
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Book Title: The Cadence of Gypsies (The F.I.G. Mysteries) by Barbara Casey Category: YA Fiction (Ages 13-17), 200 pages Genre: Mystery, Fantasy Publisher: Gauthier Publications (Hungry Goat Press) Release date: The Cadence of Gypsies (2011) Tour dates: May 25 to June 5, 2020 Content Rating: PG. There are some themes that deal with the Jewish Holocaust and some frightening scenes appropriate for young adult and adult readers.
Book Description:
Three high-spirited 17 year olds, with intelligent quotients in the genius range, accompany their teacher and mentor, Carolina Lovel, to Frascati, Italy, a few weeks before they are to graduate from Wood Rose Orphanage and Academy for Young Women. Carolina's purpose in planning the trip is to remove her gifted, creative students from the Wood Rose campus located in Raleigh, North Carolina, so they can't cause any more problems ("expressions of creativity") for the headmaster, faculty, and other students – which they do with regularity. Carolina also wants to visit the Villa Mondragone where the Voynich Manuscript, the most mysterious document in the world, was first discovered and search how it is related to a paper written in the same script she received on her 18th birthday when she was told that she was adopted – a search that will fill in all of the missing pieces of her past and help each of her students to discover something meaningful within themselves. 
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Book Title: The Wish Rider (The F.I.G. Mysteries) by Barbara Casey Category: YA Fiction (Ages 13-17), 220 pages Genre: Mystery, Fantasy Publisher: Gauthier Publications (Hungry Goat Press) Release date: The Wish Rider (2016) Tour dates: May 25 to June 5, 2020 Content Rating: PG. There are some themes that deal with the Jewish Holocaust and some frightening scenes appropriate for young adult and adult readers.
Book Description:
Seventeen-year-old Dara Roux and her two best friends, Mackenzie Yarborough and Jennifer Torres, the three collectively referred to as the FIGs (Females of Intellectual Genius) because each has an intelligence quotient in the genius range, have just returned from Frascati, Italy. It was there that their much loved teacher and mentor, Carolina Lovel, discovered that her birth parents were gypsies, and that she had a connection to the Voynich Manuscript, the most mysterious document in the world. Now, with graduation from Wood Rose Orphanage and Academy for Young Women behind them, Dara asks Mackenzie, Jennifer, and Carolina to help her locate her birth mother when she learns that she might be living in New York City. All the young women have to work with are five addresses, and when Mackenzie prepares a grid showing the location of all five addresses, four of the locations form a square with the fifth in the middle—which is also Grand Central Terminal. Relying on Dara’s gift for speaking and understanding foreign languages, the black and white images that stir musical cadences in Jennifer’s mind, and Mackenzie’s mathematical calculations that normally provide numerical solutions and answers to life’s most difficult questions but now keep showing the number “61”, the determined young women tirelessly go from one address to another in search of Dara’s mother. Their determination turns to desperation, however, and they ignore caution and the dissonant chords Jennifer frantically scribbles on her eight-stave musical paper as they pursue one final address—the one located in the middle of Mackenzie’s grid. Encountering a dark hidden society and sub culture more dangerous and terrifying than they could have imagined, it is there that Dara learns why she was abandoned as a seven year old in a candy store all those years ago. 
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Book Title: The Clock Flower (The F.I.G. Mysteries) by Barbara Casey Category: YA Fiction (Ages 13-17), 180 pages Genre: Mystery, Fantasy Publisher: Gauthier Publications (Hungry Goat Press) Release date: The Clock Flower (2018) Tour dates: May 25 to June 5, 2020 Content Rating: PG. There are some themes that deal with the Jewish Holocaust and some frightening scenes appropriate for young adult and adult readers.
Book Description:
The three FIGs—Females of Intellectual Genius—as they are called, have graduated from Wood Rose Orphanage and Academy for Young Women after returning from New York City where Dara learned why her mother abandoned her all those years ago, and they are now attending universities where they can further their special talents. This means they will be separated from each other and from Carolina, their much-loved mentor and teacher who is “one of them,” for the first time in their young lives. They vow to try living apart for one semester, in the so-called real world that doesn’t include the orphanage; but if things don’t work out, they will come up with another plan—a plan where they can be together once again. Dara is invited through Yale University to take part in an exciting archeological project in China. Jennifer, once again visualizing black and white images and the unusual sounds of another cadence that seem to be connected to Mackenzie, is engrossed in creating her next symphony at Juilliard. Mackenzie, because of her genius at problem-solving, is personally chosen by a US Senator to get involved in a mysterious, secret research project involving immortality that is being conducted in a small village in China—not too far from where Dara is involved with the archeological site. Once there, however, she finds herself facing a terrifying death from the blood-dripping teeth of an ancient evil dragon. Her best friends, the FIGs and Carolina, rely on their own unique genius and special talents to save her as she discovers the truth of her birth parents. 
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Book Title: The Nightjar's Promise (Book 4 of The F.I.G. Mysteries) by Barbara Casey Category: YA Fiction (Ages 13-17), 130 pages Genre: Mystery, Fantasy Publisher: Gauthier Publications (Hungry Goat Press) Release date: April, 2020 Format available for review: print, gifted Kindle, PDF Will send Print Books to: USA and Canada Tour dates: May 4 to May 22, 2020 Content Rating: PG. There are some themes that deal with the Jewish Holocaust and some frightening scenes appropriate for young adult and adult readers.
Book Description:
Jennifer Torres, one of the three FIGs (Females of Intellectual Genius) who is a genius in both music and art, is the last to leave the closed rehearsal for her upcoming performance over Thanksgiving break at Carnegie Hall when she hears something in the darkened Hall. Recognizing the tilt of the woman’s head and the slight limp of the man as they hurry out an exit door, she realizes it is her parents who were supposedly killed in a terrible car accident when she was 15 years old. Devastated and feeling betrayed, she sends a text to Carolina and the other two FIGs—THURGOOD. It is the code word they all agreed to use if ever one of them got into trouble or something happened that was too difficult to handle. They would all meet back at Carolina’s bungalow at Wood Rose Orphanage and Academy for Young Women to figure it out. As soon as they receive the text, because of their genius, Dara starts thinking of words in ancient Hebrew, German, and Yiddish, while Mackenzie’s visions of unique math formulae keep bringing up the date October 11, 1943. That is the date during World War II when the Nazis—the Kunstschutz—looted the paintings of targeted wealthy Jewish families and hid them away under Hitler’s orders. And as Carolina waits for the FIGs to return to Wood Rose, she hears warnings from Lyuba, her gypsy mother, to watch for the nightjar, the ancient name for the whip-poor-will. As they search for “The Nightjar’s Promise” and the truth surrounding it, Carolina and the FIGs come face to face with evil that threatens to destroy not only their genius, but their very lives.
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Meet the Author:
Originally from Carrollton, Illinois, author/agent/publisher Barbara Casey attended the University of North Carolina, N.C. State University, and N.C. Wesleyan College where she received a BA degree, summa cum laude, with a double major in English and history. In 1978 she left her position as Director of Public Relations and Vice President of Development at North Carolina Wesleyan College to write full time and develop her own manuscript evaluation and editorial service. In 1995 she established the Barbara Casey Agency and since that time has represented authors from the United States, Great Britain, Canada, and Japan. In 2014, she became a partner with Strategic Media Books, an independent nonfiction publisher of true crime, where she oversees acquisitions, day-to-day operations, and book production. Ms. Casey has written over a dozen award-winning books of fiction and nonfiction for both young adults and adults. The awards include the National Association of University Women Literary Award, the Sir Walter Raleigh Literary Award, the Independent Publisher Book Award, the Dana Award for Outstanding Novel, the IP Best Book for Regional Fiction, among others. Two of her nonfiction books have been optioned for major films, one of which is under contract. Her award-winning articles, short stories, and poetry for adults have appeared in both national and international publications including the North Carolina Christian Advocate Magazine, The New East Magazine, the Raleigh (N.C.) News and Observer, the Rocky Mount (N.C.) Sunday Telegram, Dog Fancy, ByLine, The Christian Record, Skirt! Magazine, and True Story. A thirty-minute television special which Ms. Casey wrote and coordinated was broadcast on WRAL, Channel 5, in Raleigh, North Carolina. She also received special recognition for her editorial work on the English translations of Albanian children’s stories. Her award-winning science fiction short stories for adults are featured in The Cosmic Unicorn and CrossTime science fiction anthologies. Ms. Casey's essays and other works appear in The Chrysalis Reader, the international literary journal of the Swedenborg Foundation, 221 One-Minute Monologues from Literature (Smith and Kraus Publishers), and A Cup of Comfort (Adams Media Corporation). Ms. Casey is a former director of BookFest of the Palm Beaches, Florida, where she served as guest author and panelist. She has served as judge for the Pathfinder Literary Awards in Palm Beach and Martin Counties, Florida, and was the Florida Regional Advisor for the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators from 1991 through 2003. In 2018 Ms. Casey received the prestigious Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award and Top Professional Award for her extensive experience and notable accomplishments in the field of publishing and other areas. She makes her home on the top of a mountain in northwest Georgia with her husband and three cats who adopted her, Homer, Reese, and Earl Gray - Reese’s best friend. Connect with the author: Website~ Goodreads ~ Facebook
Tour Schedule:
May 25 – KC Beanie Boos Collection – series spotlight May 26 –Nighttime Reading Center – series spotlight / giveaway May 26 -Sefina Hawke's Books – series spotlight May 27 –T's Stuff – series spotlight / author interview / giveaway May 27 -Book Corner News and Reviews – series spotlight / giveaway May 28 –Locks, Hooks and Books – series spotlight / guest post / giveaway May 28 -Library of Clean Reads – series spotlight / giveaway May 29 –Jazzy Book Reviews – series spotlight / giveaway June 1 –My Reading Journeys – series spotlight / giveaway June 2 –Bookworm for Kids – series spotlight / author interview / giveaway June 2 -Stephanie Jane – series spotlight / giveaway June 3 –Splashes of Joy – series spotlight / author interview / giveaway June 4 –Celticlady's Reviews – series spotlight / giveaway June 4 -Blooming with Books – series spotlight / giveaway June 5 –Writer with Wanderlust – series spotlight / guest post / giveaway June 5 - Books for Books – series spotlight TBD - La libreria di Beppe – series spotlight / giveaway
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"Lauren Carr's books are never boring, that's for sure. They entertain, give us a good mystery to dig into, keep the reader guessing, give us a few good laughs and make us eager for the next book. Warning: Lauren Carr's series are addictive, so be ready to read more than just one book!" - Laura Fabiani, Library of Clean Reads
Join us for this tour from April 20 to May 22, 2020!
Book Details: Book Title: Killer Deadline (A Nikki Bryant Cozy Mystery) by Lauren Carr Category: Adult Fiction (18 +), 232 pages Genre: Mystery/Cozy Mystery Publisher: Acorn Book Services Release date: April 23, 2020 Format available for review: print, mobi, epub, PDF Tour dates: April 20 to May 22, 2020 Content Rating: G. This is a true cozy mystery. No sex. No on-stage violence. No swearing. Just good clean fun!
"Here we go! Carr is a master storyteller who always offers a plot full of twists and turns, a bit of humor to offset the dark, and a unique cast of characters. In Killer Deadline that cast includes - handsome Ryan, her first love (who is now her step-brother); a mysterious social media friend called Nerdy Guy; Elmo, a super smart dog, a boxer, she rescued who has become asocial media star and has a penchant for cleaning; a TV station full of suspicious employees; and more.
"This book is a wonderful read to pick up at the end of a long day. It truly is a "cozy murder mystery." I promise, it'll draw you in right from page one and keep you turning the pages until you reach the very last page. I can't wait for the second book in this series." - Marilyn R. Wilson, Olio by Marilyn
Book Description:
Folks in Pine Grove, Pennsylvania, claim that where Nikki Bryant goes, trouble is not far behind. Her refusal to back down from a challenge has made Nikki Bryant a top investigative journalist. When an online friend nudges her to join him in a pact to reconnect with their first loves, Nikki and her boxer dog Elmo leave the bright lights of Las Vegas for the charming town of Pine Grove. There, she must face the biggest challenges in her career and life—the first love she had left behind and her father’s unsolved murder. But before she has time to unpack her car, Nikki stumbles upon the dead body of local news anchor, Ashleigh Addison, her childhood rival. Could Ashleigh’s death be connected to an explosive news story that she had teased about airing live? Did that explosive story have anything to do with the murder of Nikki’s father? With the clues in her father’s cold case hot again, Nikki intends to chase down the story of her life until she catches his killer—no matter what it takes. 
Meet the Author:
Lauren Carr is the international best-selling author of the Mac Faraday, Lovers in Crime, Chris Matheson Cold Case, and Thorny Rose Mysteries—over twenty-five titles across three fast-paced mystery series filled with twists and turns! Killer Deadline marks Lauren's first venture into mystery's purely cozy sub-genre with a female protagonist. Book reviewers and readers alike rave about how Lauren Carr’s seamlessly crosses genres to include mystery, suspense, crime fiction, police procedurals, romance, and humor. A popular speaker, Lauren is also the owner of Acorn Book Service, the umbrella under which falls iRead Book Tours. She lives with her husband and two spoiled rotten German Shepherds on a mountain in Harpers Ferry, WV. Connect with the author: Website ~ Twitter ~ Facebook ~ Instagram ~ Pinterest
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April 20 – Olio by Marilyn – book review / giveaway April 20 - Working Mommy Journal – book review / giveaway April 21 - Rockin' Book Reviews – book review / guest post / giveaway April 21 - The avid reader – book spotlight / giveaway April 22 - Thoughts in Progress – book spotlight / giveaway April 22 - Brooke Blogs – book spotlight / giveaway April 22 - Mystery Suspense Reviews - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway April 23 -My Journey Back – book review / author interview / giveaway April 23 - Christa Reads and Writes – book review / giveaway April 23 - Sefina Hawke's Books – book spotlight April 23 - Books for Books – book spotlight April 24 -Jazzy Book Reviews – book review / giveaway April 27 -Cassidy's Bookshelves – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway April 28 - It’s All About the Book – book review / giveaway April 29 - Book Corner News and Reviews – book review / giveaway April 29 -Laura's Interests – book review / guest post / giveaway April 29 - 411 on Books, Authors, and Publishing News - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway April 30 -I'm Into Books – book spotlight / giveaway April 30 -Stephanie Jane – book spotlight / giveaway May 4 - La libreria di Beppe - book spotlight / giveaway May 4 - Michelle's Goodreads – book review May 4 - Lamon Reviews- book spotlight / guest post / giveaway May 5 -She Just Loves Books – book review / giveaway May 7 -Locks, Hooks and Books – book review / giveaway May 8 –Adventurous Bookworm – book review / giveaway May 11 –Literary Flits – book spotlight / giveaway May 12 –Bound 4 Escape – book review / giveaway May 12 -Leels Loves Books – book review / giveaway May 13 –FUONLYKNEW – book review / giveaway May 14 –fundinmental – book review / giveaway May 15 -Splashes of Joy – book review / author interview / giveaway May 15 –Adventurous Jessy – book review / giveaway May 18 –Mowgli with a book – book spotlight / author interview May 18 - Blooming with Books - book review / giveaway May 19 –Pause for Tales – book review / giveaway May 20 - Library of Clean Reads - book review / giveaway May 20 –Peaceful Pastime – book review May 20 - eBook Addicts – book review May 20 - My Fictional Oasis - book review May 21 - JBronder Book Reviews - book review / guest post / giveaway May 25 –Books and Zebras – book review/ giveaway TBD - Down the Rabbit Hole – book review / author interview / giveaway TBD - Booksandsunny - book review / giveaway TBD - A Madison Mom – book review / giveaway TBD - Sahar's Blog – book review
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Book Details: Book Title: The Nightjar's Promise (Book 4 of The F.I.G. Mysteries) by Barbara Casey Category: YA Fiction (Ages 13-17), 130 pages Genre: Mystery, Fantasy Publisher: Gauthier Publications (Hungry Goat Press) Release date: April, 2020 Format available for review: print, gifted Kindle, PDF Will send Print Books to: USA and Canada Tour dates: May 4 to May 22, 2020 Content Rating: PG. There are some themes that deal with the Jewish Holocaust and some frightening scenes appropriate for young adult and adult readers.
Book Description:
Jennifer Torres, one of the three FIGs (Females of Intellectual Genius) who is a genius in both music and art, is the last to leave the closed rehearsal for her upcoming performance over Thanksgiving break at Carnegie Hall when she hears something in the darkened Hall. Recognizing the tilt of the woman’s head and the slight limp of the man as they hurry out an exit door, she realizes it is her parents who were supposedly killed in a terrible car accident when she was 15 years old. Devastated and feeling betrayed, she sends a text to Carolina and the other two FIGs—THURGOOD. It is the code word they all agreed to use if ever one of them got into trouble or something happened that was too difficult to handle. They would all meet back at Carolina’s bungalow at Wood Rose Orphanage and Academy for Young Women to figure it out. As soon as they receive the text, because of their genius, Dara starts thinking of words in ancient Hebrew, German, and Yiddish, while Mackenzie’s visions of unique math formulae keep bringing up the date October 11, 1943. That is the date during World War II when the Nazis—the Kunstschutz—looted the paintings of targeted wealthy Jewish families and hid them away under Hitler’s orders. And as Carolina waits for the FIGs to return to Wood Rose, she hears warnings from Lyuba, her gypsy mother, to watch for the nightjar, the ancient name for the whip-poor-will. As they search for “The Nightjar’s Promise” and the truth surrounding it, Carolina and the FIGs come face to face with evil that threatens to destroy not only their genius, but their very lives.
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Originally from Carrollton, Illinois, author/agent/publisher Barbara Casey attended the University of North Carolina, N.C. State University, and N.C. Wesleyan College where she received a BA degree, summa cum laude, with a double major in English and history. In 1978 she left her position as Director of Public Relations and Vice President of Development at North Carolina Wesleyan College to write full time and develop her own manuscript evaluation and editorial service. In 1995 she established the Barbara Casey Agency and since that time has represented authors from the United States, Great Britain, Canada, and Japan. In 2014, she became a partner with Strategic Media Books, an independent nonfiction publisher of true crime, where she oversees acquisitions, day-to-day operations, and book production. Ms. Casey has written over a dozen award-winning books of fiction and nonfiction for both young adults and adults. The awards include the National Association of University Women Literary Award, the Sir Walter Raleigh Literary Award, the Independent Publisher Book Award, the Dana Award for Outstanding Novel, the IP Best Book for Regional Fiction, among others. Two of her nonfiction books have been optioned for major films, one of which is under contract. Her award-winning articles, short stories, and poetry for adults have appeared in both national and international publications including the North Carolina Christian Advocate Magazine, The New East Magazine, the Raleigh (N.C.) News and Observer, the Rocky Mount (N.C.) Sunday Telegram, Dog Fancy, ByLine, The Christian Record, Skirt! Magazine, and True Story. A thirty-minute television special which Ms. Casey wrote and coordinated was broadcast on WRAL, Channel 5, in Raleigh, North Carolina. She also received special recognition for her editorial work on the English translations of Albanian children’s stories. Her award-winning science fiction short stories for adults are featured in The Cosmic Unicorn and CrossTime science fiction anthologies. Ms. Casey's essays and other works appear in The Chrysalis Reader, the international literary journal of the Swedenborg Foundation, 221 One-Minute Monologues from Literature (Smith and Kraus Publishers), and A Cup of Comfort (Adams Media Corporation). Ms. Casey is a former director of BookFest of the Palm Beaches, Florida, where she served as guest author and panelist. She has served as judge for the Pathfinder Literary Awards in Palm Beach and Martin Counties, Florida, and was the Florida Regional Advisor for the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators from 1991 through 2003. In 2018 Ms. Casey received the prestigious Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award and Top Professional Award for her extensive experience and notable accomplishments in the field of publishing and other areas. She makes her home on the top of a mountain in northwest Georgia with her husband and three cats who adopted her, Homer, Reese, and Earl Gray - Reese’s best friend. Connect with the author: Website~ Goodreads ~ Facebook
Tour Schedule:
May 4 –Working Mommy Journal – book review / giveaway May 5 –She Just Loves Books – book review / giveaway May 6 – Splashes of Joy – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway May 6 - Rockin' Book Reviews – book review / guest post / giveaway May 7 –Locks, Hooks and Books – book review / giveaway May 8 –Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway May 11 –Bookworm for Kids – book review / giveaway May 12 –Book Corner News and Reviews – book review / giveaway May 13 -Bound 4 Escape – book review May 13 –StoreyBook Reviews – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway May 14 –Peaceful Pastime – book review May 17 - Merlot Et Mots – book review / giveaway May 18 - Merlot Et Mots – book spotlight / author interview / guest post May 19 - mowgli with a book – book review May 19 - Lamon Reviews - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway May 21 –Permanently_booked – book review May 22 –Books for Books – book review May 22 –The avid reader – book review / giveaway May 22 – Books and Zebras – book review / giveaway TBD - La libreria di Beppe - book spoltight / guest post / giveaway TBD – Karma Readz – book review / giveaway
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Series Title: A CHILD LOST (A Henrietta and Inspector Howard Novel #5) by Michelle Cox Category: Adult Fiction (18+) Genre: Historical Mystery Publisher: She Writes Press Release dates: April 2020 Format available for review: print, PDF Will send print books out: USA & Canada Tour dates: April 14 to May 11, 2020 Content Rating: R: My book is rated R for 2 sex scenes that are somewhat explicit but which are tastefully done. There is periodic swearing (not excessive), but no violence.
BOOK DESCRIPTION:
A spiritualist, an insane asylum, a lost little girl . . . When Clive, anxious to distract a depressed Henrietta, begs Sergeant Frank Davis for a case, he is assigned to investigating a seemingly boring affair: a spiritualist woman operating in an abandoned schoolhouse on the edge of town who is suspected of robbing people of their valuables. What begins as an open and shut case becomes more complicated, however, when Henrietta―much to Clive’s dismay―begins to believe the spiritualist's strange ramblings. Meanwhile, Elsie begs Clive and Henrietta to help her and the object of her budding love, Gunther, locate the whereabouts of one Liesel Klinkhammer, the German woman Gunther has traveled to America to find and the mother of the little girl, Anna, whom he has brought along with him. The search leads them to Dunning Asylum, where they discover some terrible truths about Liesel. When the child, Anna, is herself mistakenly admitted to the asylum after an epileptic fit, Clive and Henrietta return to Dunning to retrieve her. This time, however, Henrietta begins to suspect that something darker may be happening. When Clive doesn’t believe her, she decides to take matters into her own hands . . . with horrifying results. 
MEET THE AUTHOR:
Michelle Cox is the author of the multiple award-winning Henrietta and Inspector Howard series as well as "Novel Notes of Local Lore," a weekly blog dedicated to Chicago's forgotten residents. She suspects she may have once lived in the 1930s and, having yet to discover a handy time machine lying around, has resorted to writing about the era as a way of getting herself back there. Coincidentally, her books have been praised by Kirkus, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Booklist and many others, so she might be on to something. Unbeknownst to most, Michelle hoards board games she doesn't have time to play and is, not surprisingly, addicted to period dramas and big band music. Also marmalade. Connect with the Author: website ~ facebook ~twitter ~ instagram ~ goodreads
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April 14 – Working Mommy Journal – book review / giveaway April 15 – fundinmental – book spotlight / giveaway April 16 –It’s All About the Book – book review April 17 – Laura's Interests – book review / guest post / giveaway April 20 –Hall Ways Blog – book review / giveaway April 20 -I'm All About Books – book spotlight / giveaway April 21– T's Stuff – book review / author interview / giveaway April 21 - eBook Addicts - book spotlight / giveaway April 21 -Library of Clean Reads - book review of A Girl Like You / giveaway April 22 –Books and Zebras – book review April 22 -Olio by Marilyn – book review / giveaway April 22 - Olio by Marilyn – book spotlight / author interview April 22 - Book Corner News and Reviews - book review / giveaway April 23 –Sahar's Blog – book review April 23 - Library of Clean Reads - book review of A Ring of Truth / giveaway April 24 –The World As I See It – book review April 24 -Just Another Reader - book review April 27 –Literary Flits – book spotlight / giveaway April 27 - The avid reader - book spotlight April 28 –She Just Loves Books – book review / giveaway April 28 –michellemengsbookblog – book review April 29 –Locks, Hooks and Books – book review / giveaway April 29 - A Madison Mom - book review / giveaway April 29 -Mowgli with a book - book review April 30 –Library of Clean Reads – book review of A Promise Given / giveaway May 1 –Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway May 3 - Jessica Belmont – book review May 4 - Gwendalyn’s Books – book review / giveaway May 4 - Adventurous Jessy – book review / giveaway May 4 -Books, Tea, Healthy Me - book review / author interview / giveaway May 5 -Falling Into A Good Book - book review / giveaway May 7 -Leels Loves Books - book review / giveaway May 11 –Library of Clean Reads – book review of A Veil Removed / giveaway May 16 – Library of Clean Reads – book review of A Child Lost / giveaway TBD - Books,Dreams,Life – book spotlight / guest post TBD - Down the Rabbit Hole - book review / guest post / giveaway TBD - Karma Readz - book review / author interview / giveaway
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