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June 8, 2024
Review: DARK PURPOSE by Mary Stone and Donna Berdel
The narrative was to trite andrun-of-the-mill. The whole thing was long and unappealing. I expected to getway more into it, but it was just too disappointing and lame. This hadpotential, for sure. Needless to say, I won’t be continuing this series.
Rating:2 stars
Review: THE DEAD DAUGHTER by Thomas Finchman
A mother woke up one morning tofind her daughter dead on the bed. Right away, this kicked off to a great startwith that. However, it didn’t really maintain its appeal or stamina. From thenon, we get the standard investigation and dry procedurals from the crime unit.Did that really need to last several chapters?
The narrative was nice, but Ihonestly expected to get more into it than I did. This had a good mystery, butthe process wasn’t too enticing. It’s a decent mystery, but not the greatest. Idoubt I’ll be continuing the series.
Rating:3 stars
June 7, 2024
Blog Tour: CATCH A COWBOY by Rachelle Paige Campbell
CATCH A COWBOY
Rachelle Paige Campbell
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GENRE: sweet contemporary Western romance
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BLURB:
KincaidRanch’s lead cowboy, Ted Stirling, isn’t looking for romance or entanglements.He settled in Herd, Montana over a decade ago after a devastating loss. He’sseeking comfort and friendship. Nothing more. If he was going to try for loveagain, he would pick someone sweet and sunny, exactly like kindergartenteacher, Stephanie Patricks. But she’s too young for him.
Stephaniehas nursed a crush on quiet, handsome Ted for years. Unfortunately, every timeshe’s around him, she gets tongue-tied. She only seems to be able to find herwords when she’s working with her students. When Ted’s sister unexpectedlyarrives in town with his five-year-old niece in tow, he needs help, andStephanie is just the woman to provide it.
Asudden emergency puts into sharp focus exactly how fragile life is, and Tedneeds to decide whether to open his heart again, or let love slip away forever.
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ExcerptTwo:
Stephanie glanced at the bag in her hands and back up to thecabin’s door. Nibbling her lip, she couldn’t decide if self-confidence orself-sabotage had spurred her to drive to Ted’s house after dark. Whatevermotivated her, she was here, readying herself to knock with the lamest excusepossible.
She fisted her hand and raised it to the door, knockingquickly before dropping the heavy appendage to her side to grip the tote bagagain. Like a flimsy canvas sack containing an assortment of Maddy’sthings—mostly socks and sweatshirts she’d slipped off during the schoolday—from her car would provide her with protection from embarrassment. Shecouldn’t stop thinking about the stolen moments they’d spent together. Each hadbeen spontaneous and natural. Tonight, she was forcing an encounter.
The door opened.
“Stephanie? Hi,” he murmured, slipping outside. “I thought Iheard a knock at the door but wasn’t sure. What’s up?”
She thrust the bag forward, hitting him square in the chest.“I’ve been collecting Maddy’s lost clothing. I realized just how much I had andfigured you’d probably need it. You know. To do her laundry?” Stephanie’s voicewas squeaky and awkward. Her skin flushed.
“Oh, right.” He held the bag to his chest. “Thanks. Iappreciate it.”
She took a deep breath. She was glad he hadn’t asked why shedidn’t just give the items to him tomorrow or let Maddy bring them inside.She’d wanted to see him. But now, once again, her small talk vanished.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
RachellePaige Campbell writes contemporary romance novels filled with heart and hope.She believes love and laughter can change lives, and every story needs ahappily ever after.
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Blog Tour: THE DITHEREENS: ZOOM BARRIER REEF by Cal Devney
THE DITHEREENS: ZOOM BARRIER REEF
Cal Devney
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GENRE: Children's Fiction
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BLURB:
Solvingthis mystery could change everything...
Fromthe deep ocean to a secret doughnut-shaped reef, Zoom and Stephen must confronttheir fears and find the clues they need.
Thistime Zoom and Stephen have their friends with them. But will it be enough whenit comes time to face their greatest enemy?
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Excerpt One:
‘Oh ho! Bonvoyage, boys!’ said Rodonga.
A crackappeared between the jelly and Rodonga’s shell above Zoom and Stephen. Clearocean water gushed in as the gap widened, soaking the two birds in refreshingcool water. Zoom and Stephen flicked their wings. They could breathe and talkjust like normal inside their breathing bubbles.
The currentswallowed them and carried them several metres away from Rodonga. The two birdsflipped and twisted playfully in the water, before pausing and facing Rodonga.They treaded water and waved at Rodonga as they shouted, ‘Bon Voyage, Rodonga!’before flapping their wings and turning east.
Rodonga broughther shell back to reattach to the clear jelly. When she had flushed the saltywater from inside the shell, she began to slowly pull her head back towards thecurved part of the shell where she hid. Then Rodonga remembered something.
‘Oh ho!’Rodonga whirred. ‘I forgot to tell those feathered lads that the little jungahwas here this morning, looking for ‘em again.’
Rodonga peeredthrough the clear jelly to look for Zoom and Stephen, but they had already swumaway.
‘Oh ho!’ saidRodonga as she disappeared into her shell. ‘Too late now.’ Rodonga smiled toherself, thinking how an adventure is not an adventure without a little bit ofexcitement sprinkled here and there.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Director& Author Innovator
CalDevney is an educator, innovator and children’s book author. She has worked inprimary, secondary and tertiary education, specializing in science and digitaltechnologies teaching. Cal’s stories are kooky, fun and creative, but mostlybased on sound science principles… aside from the made up characters and themagic that is!
AtBlue Sea Books, we are re-imaging reading in the 21st Century context bybringing emerging technologies into the children’s book publishing ecosystem.We are passionate about using innovation to engage, entertain and enliven youngminds in new ways.
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June 5, 2024
Blog Tour: THE BODY AT THE BEACH by K.J. Sweeney
Helena has never dreamt of becoming an amateur detective. But whenshe finds the body of a young woman while on a walk, she can't helpbut try and discover who she was and how she got there.
The Body at Back Beach
by KJ Sweeney
Genre: MurderMystery
Helena Statham never imagined herself as a sleuth. But when shestumbles upon the body of a young woman while on a walk, she can'tresist the urge to discover who she was and how she got there. Evenif it means upsetting the tight-knit community of the small NewZealand town she lives in, and uncovering secrets that have long beenburied.
Thirty years ago, a young woman went missing, but no onetried to find out what had happened to her. As Helena investigatesdeeper, she learns more about what took place back then, puttingherself in danger now.
Join Helena on her journey as she becomesan unlikely amateur detective, determined to uncover the truth andbring justice to the long-forgotten young woman whose story has beenburied in silence for far too long.
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Kelly Jo Sweeney grew up in England before moving to New Zealandwhere she lived for 15 years with her kiwi husband and four wonderfulchildren. An avid reader from an early age, crime novels have longbeen a favourite. She always likes to work out whodunnit before thebig reveal and writing her own novels means that there’s at leastone that she’ll always get right. Her debut novel is set in andinspired by the unique scenery of New Zealand, infusing her storieswith a wonderful sense of place and atmosphere.
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June 4, 2024
Blog Tour: PLAYING ARMY by Nancy Stroer
PLAYING ARMY
Nancy Stroer
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GENRE: UpLit / domestic war
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BLURB:
It’s1995 and the Army units of Fort Stewart, Georgia are gearing up to deploy toBosnia, but Lieutenant Minerva Mills has no intention of going to war-torneastern Europe. Her father disappeared in Vietnam and, desperate for some kindof connection to him, she’s determinedto go on a long-promised tour to Asia. But the Colonel will only release her ontwo conditions—that she reform the rag-tag Headquarters Company so they’reready for the peacekeeping mission, and that she get her weight within Armyregs, whichever comes second. Min only has one summer to kick everyone’s buttsinto shape but the harder she plays Army, the more the soldiers—and herbody—rebel. If she can’t even get the other women on her side, much less losethose eight lousy pounds, she’ll never have another chance to stand where herfather once stood in Vietnam, feeling what he felt. The Colonel may sweep heralong to Bosnia or throw her out of the Army altogether. Can you fake it untilyou make it? Min is about to find out.
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ExcerptThree:
I turned to look, but before I could see, before I couldprocess what was happening, brakes squealed and treads strained against theirforward trajectory. A tracked vehicle did not turn on a dime when hemmed in bytrees. Washburn had climbed into the passenger side of my Humvee to get on theradio and his helmet and Reyes’s—awake now and likewise silhouetted against thebrightness—were turned toward an armored personnel carrier that burst frombetween the trees straight at them.
Bright lights made a fuzzy arc in the smoke, then the APCplowed into the vinyl side of the Humvee. There was a sickening crunch, thesound of armor hitting the thin, metal-framed doors. The Humvee lurched forwardinto the back corner of the deuce, pushed by the much larger vehicle. The deucemoved, too, then halted the Humvee’s momentum.
I froze. It took a full five seconds for the cicadas torecover, to begin screaming into the night, although an engine fan was stillrunning somewhere. Those five seconds were so dense I could hear the Browniannoise of molecules struggling for space. Then someone was screaming in alanguage I didn’t know. Maybe Reyes? Screaming in Tagalog? Robinson emergedfrom the cab of the deuce and stumbled toward me on the trail but I motionedher back. “Lay on the horn,” I said. “Fuck light and noise discipline. Turn onthe headlights and don’t stop blasting the horn until somebody turns up.”
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Nancy Stroer grew up in a very big family in a very smallhouse in Athens, Georgia and served in the beer-soaked trenches of post-ColdWar Germany. She holds degrees from Cornell and Boston University, and her workhas appeared in the Stars and Stripes, Soldiers magazine, Hallaren Lit Mag,Wrath-Bearing Tree, and Things We Carry Still, an anthology of military writingfrom Middle West Press.
She’s a teacher and a trainer, and an adjunct faculty memberof the Ellyn Satter Institute, a 503(c) not-for-profit that helps individualsand families develop a more joyful relationship to food and their bodies.Playing Army is her first novel.
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Blog Tour: THE TRUDY GENOVA MANHATTAN Mystery Series by M.K, Graff
Nurse Trudy Genova mixes her movie studio consulting work with hernose for murder!
Death in the Orchard
The Trudy GenovaManhattan Mysteries Book 3
by M.K. Graff
Genre: Mystery,Police Procedural, Amateur Sleuth
Thethird Trudy Genova mystery from award-winning author M. K. Graffbrings Trudy home, leaving her New York City studio consulting job tovisit her rural hometown of Schoharie, three hours north. NYPDdetective Ned O'Malley accompanies Trudy, primed to meet her family,but with a secret mission to find out what really happened when herfather died eleven years ago.
Mario Genova's death was deemeda tragic accident, but Trudy feels there was more to her belovedfather acting out of character the day before he died. After years ofhard work building a successful apple orchard business with hermother, Mario cleaned out their bank accounts. No reason-and nomoney-was ever found. As Trudy and Ned try to investigate withoutinforming her family of their actions, a new death occurs on GenovaOrchards property, and once again Trudy's family is under scrutiny.
"A welcome and forcefulreturn of MK Graff's Trudy Genova, Death in the Orchard is a well-crafted and thought-provoking story of unexplained death andcold-blooded murder, as Trudy sets out to solve the death of herfather with her NYPD boyfriend Ned O'Malley. The couple return to theGenova family orchards to dig into the past as the present threatensto shake the family to their very core.
Graff deals us a cold case offamily intrigue, a small-town conspiracy, and a terrifying leap intothe unknown, as her heroine comes face to face with a secret shethought would never be told, a case impossible to solve, and a doggeddetermination to finally get to the truth.
A masterclass in laying thethreads bare and knitting them together in a satisfying conclusion."
Mandy Morton, Author of TheNo. 2 Feline Detective Agency series
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Death at the Dakota
The Trudy GenovaManhattan Mysteries 2
Nurse Trudy Genova is making plans to take her relationship with NYPDdetective Ned O'Malley to the next level when she lands a gig asmedical consultant on a film shoot at the famed Dakota apartmentbuilding in Manhattan, which John Lennon once called home. Then starMonica Kiley goes missing, a cast member turns up dead, and itappears Trudy might be next. Meanwhile Ned tackles a mysteriousmurder case in which the victim is burned beyond recognition. Whenhis investigations lead him back to the Dakota, Trudy finds herselfwondering: how can she fall in love if she can't evensurvive?
Readers of Death Unscripted, the first book inthe Trudy Genova Manhattan Mystery series, will find the samepleasures in this sequel: fast pacing, engaging characters, twistsand turns on the way to a satisfying close. Once again M.K. Graffreveals her talents in crafting this delightful mix of amateur sleuthand police procedural.
Part procedural, part cozy, Deathat the Dakota is a well-crafted and highly entertaining mystery.-Bruce Robert Coffin, #1 bestselling author of the Detective Byronmysteries.
I fell in love -- not only withco-protagonists, Trudy and Ned, the richly detailed and historicsetting of The Dakota, and the unique cast of characters, but withthe unusual plot of Death at the Dakota. Sherry Harris, Agatha Awardnominated author of the Sarah Winston Garage Sale Mysteries
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Death Unscripted
The Trudy GenovaManhattan Mysteries Book 1
Trudy Genova has the best job any nurse could want, working on set asa medical consultant for a NY movie studio. No more uniforms, bedpansor emergencies, until at the actor whose overtures she's refused diessuddenly while taping a hospital scene--but not before pointing hisfinger accusingly at Trudy. When detectives view Trudy as a suspect,she sets out on an investigation to clear her name. Then a seconddeath occurs, and Trudy realizes she's put herself in jeopardy.
Anew mystery from the award-winning author of the Nora Tierney EnglishMystery Series, DEATH UNSCRIPTED is based on the authors' real workexperience during her nursing career and is the mystery seriesBritish Queen of Crime P. D. James insisted she write. A mix ofamateur sleuth and police procedural, the story is told in firstperson from Trudy's point of view, and in third from NYPD DetectiveNed O'Malley
Marilyn Chris, Obie and Drama DeskAward-winning actor who played Wanda Wolek on ABC's soap "OneLife to Live" notes: "Graff gets behind the scenes of soapsjust right, as well she should--she was there!"
EdithMaxell, national bestselling author of multiple mystery series says:"Your blood pressure will soar during M. K. Graff's newManhattan Mystery, as nurse Trudy Genova takes the pulse of a killerduring a soap opera filming in Death Unscripted. You won't even thinkabout changing the channel during this smart, suspensefulmystery."
And Triss Stein, author of the Erica DonatoMysteries, has this to say: "Soap opera drama is as intense onthe set as it is on the screen. Sometimes Trudy Genova, consultingnurse, feels like the only sane person in the room. Join her as shecopes with huge ego, daily melodrama, an attractive detective, andlife in New York . . . plus murder. The city and the studio provideintriguing backgrounds for this entertaining mystery."
HelenSmith, UK author of the The Emily Castle Mysteries, agrees that DeathUnscripted is "an engaging story featuring a charming amateursleuth. A great start to a mystery series."
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Marni Graff is the award-winning author of The Nora TierneyEnglish Mysteries and The Trudy Genova Manhattan Mysteries.Her stories are in several anthologies, including the AnthonyAward-winning Malice Domestic’s Murder Most Edible. She isManaging Editor of Bridle Path Press, a crime book reviewer, andblogs for Miss Demeanors. Graff is a member of Sisters in Crime,Mavens of Mayhem SinC, Triangle SinC, Mystery People UK, and theInternational Association of Crime Writers. She lives in eastern NCwith her husband and two Aussiedoodles.
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June 3, 2024
Blog Tour: BUBBA AND SQUIRT'S SHIELD OF ATHENA by Sherry Ellis
A Greek Goddess and a MythicalMonster!
Bubba and Squirt’s Shield ofAthena
Bubbaand Squirt Book 4
bySherry Ellis
Genre:Middle Grade Fiction, Adventure
A Greek Goddess and a MythicalMonster!
When Bubba and Squirt travel through themysterious vortex on a quest to save their father, they end up inAthens, Greece where they meet an old woman known as the Oracle ofDelphi. Her intriguing riddles set them on a path that leads to theNetherworld, a place where danger lurks around every corner.
Withthe help of their new friends and some unlikely allies, they mustdefeat the monster that holds their father captive. Will they succeedor be trapped forever in the labyrinth of the Netherworld?
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It’s a quest to save their dad,and Bubba and Squirts find themselves transported to Athens, Greece, where theyfollow a set of clues and riddles to find the Shield of Athena. This is a cute,little, magical adventure. The classical figure, Medusa, makes an appearanceand becomes an ally to the kids. I liked that her story was pretty accurate tothe Greek myth.
A short and quick read!
Rating:4 stars
Sherry Ellis is an award-winningauthor and professional musician who plays and teaches the violin,viola, and piano. When she is not writing or engaged in musicalactivities, she can be found doing household chores, hiking, orexploring the world. Ellis has previously published Bubbaand Squirt's Big Dig to China; Bubba and Squirt's MayanAdventure; Don't Feed the Elephant; Ten Zany Birds; ThatBaby Woke Me Up, AGAIN; and That Mama is a Grouch. Ellis livesin Atlanta, Georgia.
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May 29, 2024
Book Blast: ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE, ICONIC, AND KINETIC MAPS OF AUSTRALIA IN THE WORLD by Jose Tugaff Amoloria
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Dream without fear. When dreams are nourished with faith and actions, dreams bloom into realities.
Jose, a self-taught artist, had no formal training in art, no scholastic qualifications and had very challenging life experiences as an international sailor, chef, watchmaker and stone mason. How can one be multi-skilled and pass international standards without proper educational training?
This book will make you rethink how adversity, grief and loss can cause so much pain, and yet these life challenges can facilitate creativity, and be transformed into gifts and blessings for a meaningful and productive existence.
Get inspired by faith and determination that changed the course of life, and be entertained by the unconventional ways Jose educated and equipped himself with skills to achieve dreams and goals. The one-of-a-kind masterpieces in this book and Jose's life are testimonials that creativity can really transform lives. Miracles do happen, and anyone can manifest miracles if they sincerely believe in themselves and in the intervention of the unseen power of the Supreme Creator.
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Jose Tugaff Amoloria, a self-taught Filipino-Australian artist and watchmaker is very unlikely to admit he is an artist. He is even surprised how he was able to create one of the most expensive, kinetic and iconic maps of Australia in the world as well as his other artworks. The unique map is also a showcase of Jose’s collection of remarkable timepieces. An antique 18-carat gold watch, a 14-carat gold watch, white gold watches, other rare collectible timepieces, gold nuggets, Australian opal, and a certified one-carat diamond are embedded in his art pieces.
All the art pieces featured in this book are one of a kind, handmade and had no prior prototypes as they were done progressively as the designs were revealed in his imagination. Jose didn’t have sophisticated tools and instruments to complete his artworks and he is so grateful the result was far beyond his imagination.
About the Authors:
Jose Tugaff Amoloria is a man of multi-talents and skills. He is a professional watchmaker who had mastered most phases of watches: mechanical, automatic, quartz technology and modern watches. He created one-of-a-kind kinetic masterpieces made of collectible time pieces and watch parts, enhanced with microlights. He became a chef, and was personally taught a French masterchef's family secret of French liquored ice cream.Jose mastered stone masonry in record time. His experience in watch repair helped him to gain a feather touch to accomplish his masonry works. He is also an avid martial art practitioner of arnis, a Filipino martial art, and he is also a second-dan black belt in Karate, with a champion's trophy to prove it. With so many other skills and abilities, Jose thanks God for the gifts and talents given to him.
Email: jjamoloria@gmail.com
Lourdes Villena Amoloria is an Amazon international best-selling author for her book Kiss From an Angel: How to Turn Your Grief Into a Gift From Heaven, published in Sydney, Australia, 2014.
Lourdes holds a bachelor's degree in mass communications from La Salle, Bacolod City, Philippines, with a post graduate in counselling from the Australian College of Applied Psychology in Sydney, Australia.
Lourdes is on a mission to help others find the gift behind their grief, help with mental health issues, and live more productive lives with faith, self-responsibility and love in action.
Email: lourdesvillenaamoloria@gmail.com
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May 28, 2024
Blog Tour: FIELD MOUSE FAIRY LIGHTS by Emma Brown
Children's Book / Healthy Eating / Parenting
Date Published: 2/13/2024
Does your child refuse to try new foods?
Do they go off foods they used to like?
They don’t want to help with meal prep?
They become impossible at mealtimes and say they don’t like it before seeing it.
Why are dinosaur-shaped nuggets so popular? They taste just the same as normal nuggets, but they are shaped for fun.
If you put a sticker of your child’s favorite cartoon character on an apple, they will want that apple, not the identical one next to it.
What if there was a fun game to play at mealtimes that also helps with picky eating?
This book gives you just that. Imagine if you stood in the middle of the kitchen and said in a funny voice, “I think Kiwi fruit looks like troll boulders, and they’re all mine,” or “Brussels Sprouts look like cannon balls, so tonight we’re eating like pirates,” or “This rice looks just like snowflakes, can you sprinkle the snowflakes on that plate for me?” Do you think you’d have your child’s attention and possibly get a giggle?
Children have amazing imaginations, so let’s use them to reduce the stress around mealtimes and create a play environment.
Written by a Nutritionist and mum of two who has helped many children overcome picky eating and families reconnect at mealtimes, this little book takes you into a food fairytale. It encourages children and adults to come up with their ideas of what food looks like to them.
Review: This book was a fun andillustrative look at what all of life’s little things look like. A watermelonlooks like a rainbow that didn’t get all the colors. Lemons look like the sun.Berries look like gems and jewels. Mushrooms look like mini houses.
Cute and funny! This was wildlyimaginative. A good book!
Rating:4 stars
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Author: Emma Brown @emmajebbink
Author Photo Credit: Malo Photography (Instagram @malophotographyau)
Illustrator Credit: Sally Stephens (Instagram: @sals_animation)
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