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September 24, 2018
“TREAT” Reads Blog Hop!- Day 7 #RRBC #RRBCTreatReads
Greetings! Welcome to the 2nd RRBC “TREAT” Reads Blog Hop! These members of RRBC have penned and published some really great reads and we’d like to honor and showcase their talent. Oddly, all of the listed Winners are RWISA members! Way to go RWISA!
We ask that you pick up a copy of the title listed, and after reading it, leave a review. There will be other books on tour for the next few days, so please visit the “HOP’S” main page to follow along.
Also, for every comment that you leave along this tour, including on the “HOP’S” main page, your name will be entered into a drawing for a gift card to be awarded at the end of the tour!
Author, Karen Ingalls
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Book: OUTSHINE: AN OVARIAN CANCER MEMOIR – https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KI1HGZI/
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Book Blurb:
When Karen Ingalls was diagnosed with Stage IIC ovarian cancer, she realized how little she knew about what is called “the silent killer.” As Ingalls began to educate herself she felt overwhelmed by the prevalent negativity of cancer. Lost in the information about drugs, side effects, and statistics, she redirected her energy to focus on the equally overwhelming blessings of life, learning to rejoice in each day and find peace in spirituality.
In this memoir, Karen is a calming presence and positive companion, offering a refreshing perspective of hope with the knowledge that “the beauty of the soul, the real me and the real you, outshines the effects of cancer, chemotherapy, and radian. It is a story of survival and reminds readers that disease is not an absolute, but a challenge to recover.
Twitter: @KIngallsAuthor
September 23, 2018
“TREAT” Reads Blog Hop!- Day 6 #RRBC #RRBCTreatReads
Greetings! Welcome to the 2nd RRBC “TREAT” Reads Blog Hop! These members of RRBC have penned and published some really great reads and we’d like to honor and showcase their talent. Oddly, all of the listed Winners are RWISA members! Way to go RWISA!
We ask that you pick up a copy of the title listed, and after reading it, leave a review. There will be other books on tour for the next few days, so please visit the “HOP’S” main page to follow along.
Also, for every comment that you leave along this tour, including on the “HOP’S” main page, your name will be entered into a drawing for a gift card to be awarded at the end of the tour!
Author, Rhani D’Chae
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Book: ONE DYKE COZY – https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0713TQFCF/
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Book Blurb:
People come into our lives for a day, a season, or a reason…
“Shy taught me to fight like a champion, love like a poet, & live like it was my last day on earth.”
One Dyke Cozy touches on the lives of two girls, Gabby and Shy, from their first meeting as children to Shy’s untimely death.
This novel contains profanity and adult situations.
Twitter: @rhanidchae
September 22, 2018
Random Image Day!-#33
Ok, don’t panic. Fall is here, Fall is here!
Now, that I got that out of the way we can focus on the weeks ahead and get down to business. As you’ve noticed in the past couple of days, The Bearded Scribbler has been posting daily and showcasing a different author and their amazing work. It’s all part of the plan and although a different sight versus the normal frivolity and supernatural inspiration, it’s for a good, I mean great, cause. We’re giving back and showing love!
From now until Sept. 30th, we’ll be providing space to show off members of the Rave Reviews Book Club (RRBC) and Rave Writers International Society of Authors (RWISA) whose members who were the Grand Prize Winner, the 1st Place Runner Ups and the Finalists, during the 2017 KCT INT’L LITERARY AWARDS Contest!
If you get the chance and would like to explore some great talent in the indie author world covering a slew of genres and topics, please check them out each day. Also, if you’re an author and would love some great support from a very large group of talented, well-versed, and highly experienced people who are like an indie-author family please check out the RRBC link below! Their mission and main goal is to Profile, Promote & Propel!!
https://ravereviewsbynonniejules.wordpress.com/
Lastly, back to the start of Fall! I know, I know it’s either slightly cooler where you are and the colors are already changing on the trees. Congrats, I envy you and cast a jealous stare your way. 
“TREAT” Reads Blog Hop!- Day 5 #RRBC #RRBCTreatReads
Greetings! Welcome to the 2nd RRBC “TREAT” Reads Blog Hop! These members of RRBC have penned and published some really great reads and we’d like to honor and showcase their talent. Oddly, all of the listed Winners are RWISA members! Way to go RWISA!
We ask that you pick up a copy of the title listed, and after reading it, leave a review. There will be other books on tour for the next few days, so please visit the “HOP’S” main page to follow along.
Also, for every comment that you leave along this tour, including on the “HOP’S” main page, your name will be entered into a drawing for a gift card to be awarded at the end of the tour!
Author, Robert Fear
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Book: EXCLUSIVE PEDIGREE – https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HDWF1CY/
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Book Blurb: John Fear was born into a religious sect known as the Exclusive Brethren. This sheltered him from the outside world as he grew up, but could not hide him from its influences. A struggle began in his mind that led him to leave the Brethren, along with his young family. Rather than reacting as many do and totally abandoning any belief system, John remained true to his convictions and continued a strongly religious way of life. Still serving God he worked in many places throughout the world, rubbing shoulders with famous people such as Billy Graham, Mother Teresa and Cliff Richard.
The writing style of this book is dynamic and engaging. John’s personality shines through and he paints an insightful account of his personal life and surrounding historical events. This account is not a sensationalised expose of the Exclusive Brethren. Instead, it follows one man’s life journey and is brought to life through his diary entries and family letters. This beautifully edited book is more than a memoir. It is a delightful mix of history, social customs, travel and belief. An honest, personal and emotive account of how religion can touch and shape a person’s life – forever.
Twitter: @fredsdiary1981
September 21, 2018
“TREAT” Reads Blog Hop!- Day 4 #RRBC #RRBCTreatReads
Greetings! Welcome to the 2nd RRBC “TREAT” Reads Blog Hop! These members of RRBC have penned and published some really great reads and we’d like to honor and showcase their talent. Oddly, all of the listed Winners are RWISA members! Way to go RWISA!
We ask that you pick up a copy of the title listed, and after reading it, leave a review. There will be other books on tour for the next few days, so please visit the “HOP’S” main page to follow along.
Also, for every comment that you leave along this tour, including on the “HOP’S” main page, your name will be entered into a drawing for a gift card to be awarded at the end of the tour!
Author, Peggy Hattendorf
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Book: SON OF MY FATHER – https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DIKH570/
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Book Blurb: It was always “Father” never “Dad.” The love and respect was manifest so was the distance – the distance not as evident. Christiana Lynn Barrington’s life was a carefully constructed world built, presented and controlled by her billionaire father, Jonathan Robert Barrington. She never knew anything else.
Frequently, she wondered if her father had wished to have had a son instead of a daughter but never posed the question. Maybe she was afraid of the answer.
As the only child of Jonathan and Elizabeth Matthews Barrington, she was the heir apparent to the behemoth Barrington Holdings International. But a threat to her hard-earned succession waits in the shadows ready to take everything she’s worked for away from her.
Twitter: @PeggyHattendorf
September 20, 2018
“TREAT” Reads Blog Hop!- Day 3 #RRBC #RRBCTreatReads
Greetings! Welcome to the 2nd RRBC “TREAT” Reads Blog Hop! These members of RRBC have penned and published some really great reads and we’d like to honor and showcase their talent. Oddly, all of the listed Winners are RWISA members! Way to go RWISA!
We ask that you pick up a copy of the title listed, and after reading it, leave a review. There will be other books on tour for the next few days, so please visit the “HOP’S” main page to follow along.
Also, for every comment that you leave along this tour, including on the “HOP’S” main page, your name will be entered into a drawing for a gift card to be awarded at the end of the tour!
Author, Gwen Plano
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Book: LETTING GO INTO PERFECT LOVE – https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K7WYTW6/
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Book Blurb: Inspiring and unforgettable, Letting Go into Perfect Love is a riveting account of a journey through the terror of domestic violence to a faith that transforms all. As a college administrator, Gwendolyn M. Plano lived her professional life in a highly visible and accountable space–but as a wife and mother, behind closed doors, she and her family experienced unpredictable threat. The statistics are staggering–every 9 seconds in the United States, a woman is assaulted or beaten–but to Gwen, this was her secret; it was her shame. When her husband eventually turned his brutality on her son, she knew she could no longer remain silent.
Alternately heart-wrenching and joyful, this is a story of triumph over adversity–one woman’s uplifting account of learning how to forgive the unforgivable, recover her sense of self, bring healing into her family, and honor the journey home. Accompanied by glimpses of celestial beings, Gwen charts a path through sorrow to joy–and ultimately, writes of the one perfect love we all seek
Twitter: @gmplano
September 19, 2018
“TREAT” Reads Blog Hop!- Day 2 #RRBC #RRBCTreatReads
Greetings! Welcome to the 2nd RRBC “TREAT” Reads Blog Hop! These members of RRBC have penned and published some really great reads and we’d like to honor and showcase their talent. Oddly, all of the listed Winners are RWISA members! Way to go RWISA!
We ask that you pick up a copy of the title listed, and after reading it, leave a review. There will be other books on tour for the next few days, so please visit the “HOP’S” main page to follow along.
Also, for every comment that you leave along this tour, including on the “HOP’S” main page, your name will be entered into a drawing for a gift card to be awarded at the end of the tour!
Author, Mary Adler
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Book: IN THE SHADOW OF LIES – https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K7WYTSU/
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Book Blurb: Richmond, California. World War II. Marine Lieutenant Oliver Wright comes home from the war in the Pacific injured and afraid his career as a homicide detective is over. But when an Italian Prisoner of War is murdered the night the Port Chicago Mutiny verdicts are announced, and black soldiers are suspected of the crime, the Army asks Oliver to find out the truth.
He and his canine partner Harley join forces with an Italian POW captain and with a black MP embittered by a segregated military. During their investigation, these unlikely allies expose layers of deceit and violence that stretch back to World War I and uncover a common thread that connects the murder to earlier crimes.
In the Shadow of Lies reveals the darkness and turmoil of the Bay Area during World War II, while celebrating the spirit of the everyday people who made up the home front. Its intriguing characters will resonate with the reader long after its deftly intertwined mysteries are solved.
Twitter: @MAAdlerWrites
September 18, 2018
“TREAT” Reads Blog Hop!- Day 1 #RRBC #RRBCTreatReads
Greetings! Welcome to the 2nd RRBC “TREAT” Reads Blog Hop! These members of RRBC have penned and published some really great reads and we’d like to honor and showcase their talent. Oddly, all of the listed Winners are RWISA members! Way to go RWISA !
We ask that you pick up a copy of the title listed, and after reading it, leave a review. There will be other books on tour for the next few days, so please visit the “HOP’S” main page to follow along.
Also, for every comment that you leave along this tour, including on the “HOP’S” main page, your name will be entered into a drawing for a gift card to be awarded at the end of the tour!
Author, Ronald Yates
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Book: THE IMPROBABLE JOURNEYS OF BILLY BATTLES – https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GKU3P28/
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Book Blurb: The year is 1894 and Billy is aboard the SS China sailing to the inscrutable Far East. Trouble is not far behind. He has met a mysterious and possibly dangerous German Baroness. He has locked horns with malevolent agents of the German government and battled ferocious Chinese and Malay pirates in the South China Sea.
Later, he is embroiled in the bloody anti-French insurgency in Indochina–which quite possibly makes him the first American combatant in a country that eventually will become Vietnam. Then, in the Philippines, he is thrust into the Spanish-American War and the brutal anti-American insurgency that follows. But Billy’s troubles are only beginning.
As the 19th century ends and the 20th century begins, he finds himself entangled with political opportunists, spies, revolutionaries, and an assortment of vindictive and dubious characters of both sexes. How will Billy handle those people and the challenges they present? The answers are just ahead.
Twitter: @jhawker69
September 11, 2018
Random Image Day!-#32
It’s been a while. Ok, it’s been longer than that and we both know it, but adulting and all. It’s that time again to start anew, to fire up the old brain pan for new and exciting adventures in the writing world and the world of randoms right outside our windows.
This month, although we’re nearly two weeks in, we’ll be focusing on the unseen, the creepy, the cool of the supernatural and paranormal. We’re calling it Supernatural September, but feel free to add your own special seasonings or sauce if it makes you feel better.
September 1, 2018
“The Haunted Swamp” — SHEILA RENEE PARKER
Ahhhh…. The Haunted Swamp. Nefarious place or a peaceful location? I guess that’s up to the individual and their experience. Recently, my husband and I checked out a place called Bear Creek Swamp located in Prattville, Alabama. It was nearly a three hour drive that we took early in the morning to attend our son’s […]
