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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: 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
Tour Scheduled:
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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Join Us for This Tour from September 15 to October 12!
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Book Title: What's Not True by Valerie Taylor Category: Adult Fiction 18+ Genre: Women's Fiction, Chick Lit Publisher: She Writes Press, 321 pages Release date: August 2021 Format available for review: Print softback, ebook (Gifted Kindle, mobi file - Kindle, EPUB, PDF) Will send print books out: USA Tour dates: September 15 to October 12, 2021 Content Rating: PG-13 + M What's Not True has several sex scenes and some bad language.
“What’s Not True…is an enthralling, character-driven story that will appeal irresistibly to fans of women’s fiction…Taylor’s prose is crystalline…she does not waste words, rather using them to create a tense, nerve-shredder that offers full entertainment to readers.” — Readers’ Favorite 5-star review
Book Description:
With her court date set for her divorce and her plans with the younger man in the rearview mirror, Kassie O’Callaghan shifts attention to reviving her stalled career. But things get complicated when she unexpectedly rendezvous with her former lover in Paris. After a chance meeting there with a colleague and a stroll along Pont Neuf, Kassie receives two compelling proposals. Can she accept them both? But Kassie’s decision process screeches to a halt when her soon-to-be ex-husband has a heart attack, forcing her to fly home to Boston. There, she confronts his conniving and deceitful fiancée—a woman who wants not just a ring on her finger but everything that belongs to Kassie. In the ensuing battle to protect what’s legally and rightfully hers, Kassie discovers that sometimes it’s what’s not true that can set you free. Though a standalone novel, What’s Not True is the sequel to What’s Not Said (September 15, 2020).
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Book Title: What's Not Said by Valerie Taylor Category: Adult Fiction 18+ Genre: Women's Fiction, Chick Lit Publisher: She Writes Press, 300 pages Release date: September 2020 Format available for review: ebook (Gifted Kindle, mobi file - Kindle, EPUB, PDF) Tour dates: September 15 to October 12, 2021 Content Rating: PG-13 + M: has several sex scenes and some bad language.
2021 International Book Awards Finalist in Fiction: Women’s Fiction
2020 Canadian Book Club Awards Finalist in Fiction Chosen as an August 2021 Pulpwood Queens Book Club selection Featured by the international NoMo Book Club in May 2021 “Taylor’s dialogue is snappy and contemporary . . . A witty and often amusing marriage drama.” ―Kirkus Reviews
Book Description:
What’s Not Said is a story about Kassie O’Callaghan, a middle-aged woman on a mission to divorce her emotionally abusive husband and start a new life with a younger man she met while on a solo vacation in Venice. When she learns her husband has chronic kidney disease, her plans collapse until she pokes around his pajama drawer and discovers his illness is the least of his deceits. Then again, Kassie is no angel. The separate lives they lead collide head-on into a tangled web of sex, lies, and DNA. As she helps her husband find an organ donor, Kassie uncovers a secret, forcing her to decide whose life to save: her husband’s or her own. 
Meet the Author:
Valerie Taylor was born and raised in Stamford, Connecticut. She earned a B.S. Marketing degree and an MBA from Sacred Heart University, as well as a graduate certificate in health care administration from Simmons University (formerly Simmons College). She had a thirty-year career in the financial services industry as a marketer and writer. Valerie is a published book reviewer with BookTrib.com; and a member of Westport Writers’ Workshop, Independent Book Publishers Association, and Women’s Fiction Writers Association. She enjoys practicing tai chi and being an expert sports spectator. connect with the author: website ~ twitter ~ facebook ~ instagram ~ goodreads
Tour Schedule:
Sep 15 – Viviana MacKade – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Sep 15 - Cover Lover Book Review – book spotlight / giveaway Sep 15 - I'm All About Books – book spotlight / giveaway Sep 16 - Review Thick & Thin - book review of WHAT'S NOT SAID / author interview Sep 16 – Pick a Good Book – book review of WHAT’S NOT TRUE / author interview / giveaway Sep 17 – fundinmental – book spotlight / giveaway Sep 21 - @twilight_reader – book review of WHAT’S NOT SAID Sep 23 – Book Corner News and Reviews – book review of WHAT’S NOT SAID / giveaway Sep 23 - Review Thick & Thin - book review of WHAT'S NOT TRUE / guest post Sep 24 – Book Corner News and Reviews – book review of WHAT’S NOT TRUE / giveaway Sep 25 - AllBookedUpReviews (instagram) - book review of WHAT'S NOT TRUE Sep 27 – Sadie's Spotlight – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Sep 28 – Cheryl's Book Nook – book review of WHAT’S NOT TRUE / giveaway Sep 29 - Falling Into A Good Book - book review of WHAT'S NOT TRUE Sep 30 – @twilight_reader – book review of WHAT’S NOT TRUE Sep 30 - StoreyBook Reviews - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Oct 1 – Celticlady's Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Oct 1 - NatReads - book review of WHAT'S NOT SAID / giveaway Oct 4 - Books for Books – book review of WHAT’S NOT SAID Oct 4 - Sefina Hawke's Books – book review of WHAT’S NOT SAID Oct 4 - Sefina Hawke's Books – book review of WHAT’S NOT TRUE Oct 4 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book review of WHAT’S NOT SAID / giveaway Oct 5 – Locks, Hooks and Books– book review of WHAT’S NOT TRUE / giveaway Oct 6 – Splashes of Joy – book review of WHAT’S NOT SAID / giveaway Oct 6 - Books Lattes & Tiaras – book spotlight of WHAT'S NOT SAID Oct 7 – Splashes of Joy – book review of WHAT’S NOT TRUE / author interview / giveaway Oct 7 - Kam's Place - book spotlight / author interview Oct 8 – Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / giveaway Oct 8 - Books for Books – book review of WHAT’S NOT TRUE Oct 8 - NatReads - book review of WHAT'S NOT TRUE / giveaway Oct 12 – Adventurous Jessy – book review of WHAT’S NOT TRUE / giveaway Oct 12 - Books Lattes & Tiaras – book review of WHAT’S NOT TRUE TBD – Welcome To MLM Opinion's Reviews – book review of WHAT’S NOT TRUE TBD - Amy's Booket List – book review of WHAT’S NOT TRUE / giveaway TBD - Books and Zebras - book review of WHAT'S NOT TRUE
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Join Us for This Tour from August 9 to August 27!
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Book Title: What's Not Said by Valerie Taylor Category: Adult Fiction 18+, Genre: Women's Fiction, Chick Lit Publisher: She Writes Press, 300 pages Release date: September 2020 Tour dates: August 9 to August 27 Content Rating: PG-13 + M
2021 International Book Awards Finalist in Fiction: Women’s Fiction
2020 Canadian Book Club Awards Finalist in Fiction Chosen as an August 2021 Pulpwood Queens Book Club selection Featured by the international NoMo Book Club in May 2021 “Taylor’s dialogue is snappy and contemporary . . . A witty and often amusing marriage drama.” ―Kirkus Reviews
Book Description:
What’s Not Said is a story about Kassie O’Callaghan, a middle-aged woman on a mission to divorce her emotionally abusive husband and start a new life with a younger man she met while on a solo vacation in Venice. When she learns her husband has chronic kidney disease, her plans collapse until she pokes around his pajama drawer and discovers his illness is the least of his deceits. Then again, Kassie is no angel. The separate lives they lead collide head-on into a tangled web of sex, lies, and DNA. As she helps her husband find an organ donor, Kassie uncovers a secret, forcing her to decide whose life to save: her husband’s or her own.
WHAT’S NOT SAID eBook Sale – only $1.99!!
Beginning the afternoon of August 9 and ending September 7, wherever you buy eBooks in the U.S. BUY THE BOOK: Amazon ~ Book Depository Indie Bound ~ Bookshop.org B&N ~ GooglePlay Add to Goodreads
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Book Title: What's Not True by Valerie Taylor Category: Adult Fiction 18+, Genre: Women's Fiction, Chick Lit Publisher: She Writes Press, 321 pages Release date: August 2021 Tour dates: September 15 to October 12 Content Rating: PG-13 + M
“What’s Not True…is an enthralling, character-driven story that will appeal irresistibly to fans of women’s fiction…Taylor’s prose is crystalline…she does not waste words, rather using them to create a tense, nerve-shredder that offers full entertainment to readers.” — Readers’ Favorite 5-star review
Book Description:
With her court date set for her divorce and her plans with the younger man in the rearview mirror, Kassie O’Callaghan shifts attention to reviving her stalled career. But things get complicated when she unexpectedly rendezvous with her former lover in Paris. After a chance meeting there with a colleague and a stroll along Pont Neuf, Kassie receives two compelling proposals. Can she accept them both? But Kassie’s decision process screeches to a halt when her soon-to-be ex-husband has a heart attack, forcing her to fly home to Boston. There, she confronts his conniving and deceitful fiancée—a woman who wants not just a ring on her finger but everything that belongs to Kassie. In the ensuing battle to protect what’s legally and rightfully hers, Kassie discovers that sometimes it’s what’s not true that can set you free. Though a standalone novel, What’s Not True is the sequel to What’s Not Said (September 15, 2020).
Meet the Author:
Valerie Taylor was born and raised in Stamford, Connecticut. She earned a B.S. Marketing degree and an MBA from Sacred Heart University, as well as a graduate certificate in health care administration from Simmons University (formerly Simmons College). She had a thirty-year career in the financial services industry as a marketer and writer. Valerie is a published book reviewer with BookTrib.com; and a member of Westport Writers’ Workshop, Independent Book Publishers Association, and Women’s Fiction Writers Association. She enjoys practicing tai chi and being an expert sports spectator. connect with the author: website ~ twitter ~ facebook ~ instagram ~ goodreads
Tour Schedule:
Aug 9 –Cover Lover Book Review – books spotlight / giveaway Aug 10 – A Mama's Corner of the World – books spotlight Aug 11 – Locks, Hooks and Books – books spotlight / giveaway Aug 12 –@twilight_reader – books spotlight Aug 13 – Westveil Publishing – books spotlight / guest post / giveaway Aug 13 - Sefina Hawke's Books – books spotlight Aug 16 – ajbookreads – books spotlight / author interview Aug 17 – Kam's Place – books spotlight Aug 18 – Celticlady's Reviews – books spotlight / giveaway Aug 19 –Gina Rae Mitchell – books spotlight / author interview / giveaway Aug 20 – StoreyBook Reviews – books spotlight / guest post / giveaway Aug 20 - Books for Books – books spotlight Aug 23 –Jazzy Book Reviews – books spotlight / guest post / giveaway Aug 25 –Sadie's Spotlight – books spotlight Aug 26 –Stephanie Jane – books spotlight Aug 27 -Gold Dust Editing & Book Reviews – books spotlight / author interview / giveaway Aug 27 - Splashes of Joy - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway TBA – Pine Enshrined Reviews – books spotlight / guest post / giveaway
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Join us for this tour from Sep 20 to Oct 8, 2021!
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Book Title: No Names to Be Given Category: Adult Fiction (18 +) Genre: Vintage Women's Fiction Publisher: Admission Press Inc Release date: 08/2021 Format available for review: audiobook ( MP3 audio ) Tour Dates: Sep 20 to Oct 8 Content Rating: PG + M. No bad language, but mature subjects like suicide and a rape scene. These are both mild and not explicit. Fade to black kind of scenes.
"A gorgeous, thrilling, and important novel! These strong women will capture your heart.” Stacey Swann, author of Olympus, Texas.
“An insightful and sympathetic view offered into the lives of those who were adopted and those who adopted them.” Pam Johnson, author of Justice for Ella. “A novel worthy of a Lifetime movie adaptation.” Jess Hagemann, author of Headcheese. “Readers can expect deep knowledge of the world the characters inhabit.” Sara Kocek, author of Promise Me Something. “I found myself thinking about Becca, Sandy, and Faith frequently as I went about my day—I was always excited to sit down and find out what happened next.” Sarah Welch, author of Austin Brown Dogs: The Shelter Dogs Who Rescue Us.
Book Description:
Today’s young women will not understand how our families made us feel shame so intensely; we surrendered our first-born children to strangers. Faith Reynolds, No Names to Be Given The widely anticipated debut novel by Julia Brewer Daily is a glimpse into the lives of women forced by society to gift their newborns to strangers. Although this novel is a fictional account, it mirrors many of the adoption stories of its era. When three young unwed women meet at a maternity home hospital in New Orleans in 1965, they are expected to relinquish their babies and return home as if nothing transpired. Twenty-five years later, they are brought back together by blackmail and their secrets threatened with exposure—all the way to the White House. Told from the three women’s perspectives in alternating chapters, we are mesmerized by the societal pressures on women in the 1960s who found themselves pregnant without marriage. How that inconceivable act changed them forever is the story of No Names To Be Given, a novel with southern voices, love exploited, heartbreak and blackmail.
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Meet the Author:
Julia Brewer Daily is a Texan with a southern accent. She holds a B.S. in English and a M.S. degree in Education from the University of Southern Mississippi. She has been a Communications Adjunct Professor at Belhaven University, Jackson, Mississippi, and Public Relations Director of the Mississippi Department of Education and Millsaps College, a liberal arts college in Jackson, MS. She was the founding director of the Greater Belhaven Market, a producers’ only market in a historic neighborhood in Jackson, and even shadowed Martha Stewart. As the Executive Director of the Craftsmen’s Guild of Mississippi (300 artisans from 19 states) which operates the Mississippi Craft Center, she wrote their stories to introduce them to the public. Daily is an adopted child from a maternity home hospital in New Orleans. She searched and found her birth mother and through a DNA test, her birth father’s family, as well. A lifelong southerner, she now resides on a ranch in Fredericksburg, Texas, with her husband Emmerson and Labrador Retrievers, Memphis Belle and Texas Star. connect with the author: website ~ facebook ~ goodreads
Tour Schedule:
Sep 20 – Cover Lover Book Review – audiobook review / author interview / giveaway Sep 21 –Gina Rae Mitchell - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Sep 22– Bound 4 Escape – audiobook review / giveaway Sep 23 – Book Corner New and Reviews – audiobook review / giveaway Sep 24– I'm Into Books – book spotlight / giveaway Sep 24 – Rockin' Book Reviews – audiobook review / guest post / giveaway Sep 27 - @booking.with.janelle – audiobook review / author interview Sep 28 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Sep 29 –@fantasybookcraz_mum - audiobook review Sep 30 – Pick a Good Book - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Oct 4 – Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Oct 5 – Sadie's Spotlight – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Oct 6 - Literary Flits – book spotlight / giveaway Oct 7 - I'd Rather Be At The Beach - audiobook review / giveaway Oct 8 - Laura's Interest - audiobook review / giveaway
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Join us for this tour from Jan 25 to Feb 19, 2021!
Book Details: Book Title: Twinkle by Patricia leavy Category: Adult Fiction (18+), 161 pages Genre: Women's Fiction Publisher: Brill/Sense Release date: December 1, 2020 Tour dates: Jan 25 to Feb 19, 2021 Content Rating: Rated R. A few sex scenes (not explicit) and discussion of sexual assault in the protagonist's childhood
Book Description:
Twinkle follows Tess Lee and Jack Miller after two years of marriage. Tess is a wildly successful and world-famous novelist. Her inspirational books explore our innermost struggles and the human need to believe that there is light at the end of the tunnel. Jack is a federal agent. After spending decades immersed in a violent world, a residue remains. As they both heal from past trauma, their epic love, fostered by their ability to truly see one another, has brought them true happiness. However, when an anonymous threat is made against Tess’s life, everything changes. Will they learn to lean on each other, or will they fall apart into the darkness? Their friends are along for the ride: Omar, Tess’s sarcastic best friend, who calls her Butterfly; the female president of the United States, who Tess visits regularly to discuss politics and bake cookies; Joe, Jack’s friend from the Bureau, who understands the sacrifices he’s made; and Bobby, Jack’s younger friend, who never fails to lend a calming presence. Twinkle is a novel about the nature of doubt, the struggle to feel worthy of love, the relationship of the small part to the greater whole, and the ways in which love – from lovers, friends, or the art we experience – can help us move from trauma to healing and redemption. Written as unfolding action, Twinkle is a poignant novel that moves fluidly between melancholy, humor, and joy.
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Book Title: Shooting Stars by Patricia leavy Category: Adult Fiction (18+), 137 pages Genre: Women's Fiction Publisher: Brill/Sense Release date: June 15, 2020 Tour dates: Jan 25 to Feb 19, 2021 Content Rating: Rated R. A few sex scenes (not explicit) and discussion of sexual assault in the protagonist's childhood
Book Description:
Tess Lee is a novelist. Her inspirational books explore people’s innermost struggles and the human need to believe that there is light at the end of the tunnel. Despite her extraordinary success, she’s been unable to find personal happiness. Jack Miller is a federal agent. After spending decades immersed in a violent world, a residue remains. He’s dedicated everything to his job, leaving nothing for himself. The night Tess and Jack meet, their connection is palpable. She examines the scars on his body and says, “I’ve never seen anyone whose outsides match my insides.” The two embark on an epic love story that asks the questions: What happens when people truly see each other? Can unconditional love change the way we see ourselves? Their friends are along for the ride: Omar, Tess’s sarcastic best friend who mysteriously calls her Butterfly; Joe, Jack’s friend from the Bureau who understands the sacrifices he’s made; and Bobby, Jack’s younger friend who never fails to lighten the mood. Shooting Stars is a novel about walking through our past traumas, moving from darkness to light, and the ways in which love – from lovers, friends, or the art we experience – heals us. Written as unfolding action, Shooting Stars is a poignant novel that moves fluidly between melancholy, humor, and joy. 
Meet the Author:
Patricia Leavy, Ph.D., is a bestselling author. She was formerly Associate Professor of Sociology, Chair of Sociology and Criminology, and Founding Director of Gender Studies at Stonehill College in Massachusetts. She has published over thirty books, earning commercial and critical success in both fiction and nonfiction, and her work has been translated into many languages. She is also series creator and editor for ten book series with Oxford University Press, Guilford Press, and Brill/Sense, including the ground-breaking Social Fictions series. Patricia has received dozens of accolades for her books. Recently, her novel Film won the 2020 American Fiction Award for Inspirational Fiction, her 3-novel set Candy Floss Collection won the 2020 American Fiction Award for Anthologies, and her novel Spark won the 2019 American Fiction Award for Inspirational Fiction and the 2019 Living Now Book Award for Adventure Fiction. She has also received career awards from the New England Sociological Association, the American Creativity Association, the American Educational Research Association, the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, and the National Art Education Association. In 2016 Mogul, a global women’s empowerment network, named her an “Influencer.” In 2018, she was honored by the National Women’s Hall of Fame and SUNY-New Paltz established the “Patricia Leavy Award for Art and Social Justice.” She has residences in Maine and Massachusetts where she lives with her husband, daughter (when she’s not away at college), and her dog. Patricia loves writing, reading, watching films, and traveling. connect with the author: website ~ twitter ~ facebook ~ instagram
Tour Schedule:
Jan 25 - Working Mommy Journal - books spotlight / giveaway Jan 25 - 411 ON BOOKS, AUTHORS, AND PUBLISHING NEWS - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Jan 26 - Cover Lover Book Review - books spotlight / author interview / giveaway Jan 26 - BookishKelly2020 - books spotlight / book excerpt Jan 27 - Sefina Hawke's Books - book spotlight Jan 27 - The Author's Harbor - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Jan 28 - Jazzy Book Reviews - books spotlight / guest post / giveaway Jan 29 - Book Corner News and Reviews - books spotlight / giveaway Feb 1 - Locks, Hooks and Books - books spotlight / giveaway Feb 2 - Elizabeth McKenna - Author Blog - books spotlight / giveaway Feb 3 -Rockin' Book Reviews - books spotlight / guest post / giveaway Feb 4 - Falling Into A Good Book - book spotlight / giveaway Feb 5 - I'm All About Books - books spotlight / giveaway Feb 8 - Books for Books - book spotlight Feb 9 - Sadie's Spotlight - books spotlight / giveaway Feb 10 - Laura's Interests - book spotlight / giveaway Feb 10 - Gina Rae Mitchell - book spotlight / giveaway Feb 11 - Stephanie Jane - books spotlight / giveaway Feb 12 - Books Lattes & Tiaras - book spotlight 1/ giveaway Feb 15 - Celticlady's Reviews - books spotlight / giveaway Feb 16 - Splashes of Joy - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Feb 17 - Books Lattes & Tiaras - book spotlight 2 / giveaway Feb 19 - High Society Book Reviews & Club - books spotlight / guest post / giveaway
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Join us for this tour from Nov 18 to Dec 22, 2018!
Book Details: Book Title: Mages Unbound: Book 2 of the Fifth Mage War Series by Laura Engelhardt Series: Fifth Mage War Series Category: Adult fiction (18+), 480 pages Genre: Paranormal Women’s Fiction Publisher: Laura Engelhardt Release date: Nov 2020 Format available for review: Print (USA and Canada),. ebook (mobi, epub, PDF) Tour dates: Nov 18 to Dec 22, 2020 Content Rating: PG-13 + M for battle sequences, bad language including F-words, and adult-themes mildly referenced. Euphemisms are used in lieu of graphic descriptions of sex/violence. There is NO sexual violence or child abuse.
Book Description:
It’s ironic to find out your whole life has been a lie when you’re married to a truth-teller. If only Mary could find some humor in it. She’s drowning her sorrow in vodka and song when a surprise visit from her youngest sister jolts her into accepting the magical reality hidden from her for fifty years. Mary’s epiphany can’t come soon enough because her fresh start may be the only thing that can save her siblings and the world from an utter melt-down. As the two Bant sisters grapple with sirens, faeries and the FBI in America, their brother is trapped in a high-stakes game of mage politics in Australia. Meanwhile, middle-sister Amy’s malfunctioning mage-sight forces her to seek help from the very same mages who tricked her once before. Can Mary pull herself together in time to rescue her family from the coming war? Mages Unbound is a paranormal women's fiction novel, told from the perspective of the Bant family members. This is Book 2 in the Fifth Mage War Series, a magical epic about sirens, fae, and family ties.
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Book Title: Sirens Unbound: Book 1 of the Fifth Mage War Series by Laura Engelhardt Series: Fifth Mage War Series Category: Adult fiction (18+), 548 pages Genre: Paranormal Women’s Fiction Publisher: Laura Engelhardt Release date: July 29, 2019 Format available for review: Print (USA and Canada),. ebook (mobi, epub, PDF) Tour dates: Nov 18 to Dec 22, 2020 Content Rating: PG-13 + M for battle sequences, bad language including F-words, and adult-themes mildly referenced. Euphemisms are used in lieu of graphic descriptions of sex/violence. There is NO sexual violence or child abuse.
"Loved it! Members of the Bant family become entwined in an upcoming mage war in this epic urban fantasy novel about sirens, fae, and family ties." -- Michelle Hogmire, Reedsy Discovery
"a unique take and meshing of different established ideas... Sirens that feed and aid? Fae trapped in England as a prisoner camp? Mage's getting optical surgery for magick sight? I really loved the combination of ideas and I thought they all worked together surprisingly well ... I found myself immersed in watching the fae emerge and interested in Amy's work. I appreciated not being talked down to on either side, as a reader. Some writers over-explain or use too much jargon. This was just the right mix for me. And the descriptions placed me in each scene. I'd definitely buy this." -- Mel Candea, Ink & Insights
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Amy’s day starts with three things: Coffee, breakfast, then brains. In that order. Relax, it’s not what you think. She’s just your everyday neurosurgeon who can fix everyone’s brain but her own. It doesn’t matter if she has fifty years of life experience and regularly works with mages—she’s still a mundane. She’s turning fifty, and her last achievement was what, ten years ago? She’s not sure if anyone even remembers it. Determined not to be a one-hit-wonder, Amy jumps head-first into a new opportunity. Literally. Some people have affairs to deal with a midlife crisis—Amy has brain surgery. The results are even bigger than her career ambitions, and Dr. Amy Bant will need the help of her siblings to survive what comes next. Cordelia, an agoraphobic underwater photographer, Thomas, a playboy with a Brazilian tourism business, and Mary, a choir director with a truth-teller husband are all keys to unlocking secrets a whole lot closer to home than any of them could have realized. Turning fifty doesn’t have to be mundane—not when you’re in the Bant family! Sirens Unbound is a paranormal women’s fiction novel told from each member of the Bant family. This is Book 1 in the Fifth Mage War Series, a magical epic about sirens, fae, and family ties. 
Meet the Author:
An avid sf/fantasy reader, Laura Engelhardt writes the kind of book she likes to read: fantasy with intricate worlds and complex characters facing moral dilemmas. She started writing plays in college, then moved to Germany, where she continued to write while teaching ESL to executives. After moving back to the U.S., she supported her playwriting by teaching ballroom dance and working retail. Deciding that living in her parents' attic wasn't for her, Laura went to law school and then spent the next seventeen years as a lawyer and compliance officer in New York City. In 2017, she quit Wall Street and began helping people resolve disputes as a mediator and arbitrator. She now lives in New Jersey with her family. connect with author: website ~ facebook ~ goodreads
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Nov 18 – Elizabeth McKenna - Author Blog – book spotlight / giveaway Nov 18 - Book Corner News and Reviews – book spotlight / giveaway Nov 19 –Stephanie Jane – book spotlight Nov 19 -Splashes of Joy – book spotlight / guest post / author interview / giveaway Nov 20 - Literary Flits – book spotlight / giveaway Nov 20 - I'm Into Books – book spotlight / giveaway Nov 23 –Sadie's Spotlight - book spotlight Nov 24 – Instagram.com/asreadbydanielle – book review of SIRENS UNBOUND / author interview / giveaway Nov 25 –The Momma Spot – book review of SIRENS UNBOUND Nov 26 –The Review Crew – book review of SIRENS UNBOUND / author interview / giveaway Nov 30 –Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Nov 30 - Pine Enshrined Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Dec 1 – eBook Addicts – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Dec 2 –Instagram.com/asreadbydanielle – book review of MAGES UNBOUND / giveaway Dec 3 - Amy's Booket List - book review of SIRENS UNBOUND / giveaway Dec 4 –Lamon Reviews – book spotlight / author interview Dec 4 - Locks Hooks and Books – book review of SIRENS UNBOUND / giveaway Dec 8 –Amy's Booket List - book review of MAGES UNBOUND / giveaway Dec 9 –The Momma Spot – book review of MAGES UNBOUND Dec 10 – Cheryl's Book Nook – book review of SIRENS UNBOUND / giveaway Dec 10 - Gwendalyn’s Books - book review of SIRENS UNBOUND / giveaway Dec 11 – The Review Crew – book review of MAGES UNBOUND / giveaway Dec 11 – Cheryl's Book Nook – book review of MAGES UNBOUND / giveaway Dec 11 – fundinmental – book spotlight / giveaway Dec 15 – Locks Hooks and Books – book review of MAGES UNBOUND / giveaway Dec 15 - Gwendalyn’s Books - book review of MAGES UNBOUND / giveaway Dec 16 –Westveil Publishing – book review of SIRENS UNBOUND Dec 17 – Westveil Publishing – book review of MAGES UNBOUND TBD – Books and Zebras @jypsylynn – book review of SIRENS UNBOUND / giveaway TBD - Books and Zebras @jypsylynn – book review of MAGES UNBOUND / giveaway
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