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March 11, 2015

May I introduce: Maggie Christensen "The Sand Dollar" ( @MaggieChriste33 )

The Sand Dollarby Maggie Christensen 
What a delight to have Maggie back to talk about her next book!


1 - The Sand Dollar is the first book in the Oregon Coast Series. I fell in love with Oregon when we travelled there two years ago. What's your fascination with the US State?
My mother-in-law moved from California to Florence, Oregon in her mid-eighties. Sadly she passed away last year a few months after celebrating her 100th birthday. Over the years we visited her many times and I fell in...
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Published on March 11, 2015 16:00

Get hooked on "Innocent Tears" 11/03/15 - #MFRWHooks #Reading

  Welcome to another MFRWHook!  


"Innocent Tears" is set in Melbourne / Australia                 I hope you get hooked by this Snippet   BLURB: Becoming a parent can be daunting at the best of times, but for Flynn, a business lawyer in Melbourne, it almost pulls the feet from right underneath him. He’s become a father to six-year-old Nadine literally overnight! He had no idea about her existence, and the...
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Published on March 11, 2015 00:00

March 9, 2015

Tuesday Tales - STAIRS ~ #TT1 #Reading #WIP


 
Welcome to Tuesday ... Welcome to Tuesday Tales ...
I continue with my story about Connor and his dad Jack, who's ill with cancer. Connor lives in London and is visiting his father who lives in a small town along the Victorian coast.

Today's prompt is: STAIRS


Enjoy - and feel free to leave a comment. And don't forget to click the link below to go back to the main Tuesday Tale site for more stories by very talented authors.
  Coming back down the stairs, she held up a photo."H...
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Published on March 09, 2015 16:00

March 8, 2015

March 7, 2015

Snippet Sunday - Little Beginnings 08/03/2015 #Reading #WIP

 
 ~~~LITTLE BEGINNINGS Jeri lives in Hobart where she owns a gallery. Since her divorce, many years ago, she's finally ready to "be" with a man again. But finding the right one seems to be harder than she thought. ~~~ Jeri mopped and mopped, trying not to panic about the exhibition at the weekend. She kept telling herself, it’d be all okay, and she would get through this obstacle as well. After all, nothing could be worse than being left by your husband for a younger...
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Published on March 07, 2015 13:56

March 6, 2015

Review: Lee Child "Gone Tomorrow" (Jack Reacher #13) ~~ #JackReacher #Review

 



Publisher:  Bantam

ISBN: 978-0345541581

My Rating: 5/5




New York City. Two in the morning. A subway car heading uptown. Jack Reacher, plus five other passengers. Four are okay. The fifth isn’t.
In the next few tense seconds Reacher will make a choice--and trigger an electrifying chain of events in this gritty, gripping masterwork of suspense by #1 New York Times bestseller Lee Child.
Susan Mark was the fifth passenger. She had a lonely heart, an estranged son, and a big secret. Reacher,...
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Published on March 06, 2015 01:47

March 4, 2015

May I introduce: Shea McIntosh Ford "The Stone of Kings"

   The Stone of Kingsby Shea McIntosh Ford 

Blurb: Twelve year old Ardan is hopelessly distracted because he wants to meet a real faerie. But when he gets his hands on a mysterious red book loaded with faerie spells and accidentally sends himself three hundred years into Ireland’s future, he soon learns that there are more important things on which to focus his attention. Throw in some immortal druids, fun storytelling, a touch of forbidden romance, along with the music and...
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Published on March 04, 2015 15:00

March 3, 2015

Get hooked on "Innocent Tears" - #MFRWHooks @AstraeaPress

  Welcome to another MFRWHook!  


"Innocent Tears" is set in Melbourne / Australia                 I hope you get hooked by this Snippet   BLURB: Becoming a parent can be daunting at the best of times, but for Flynn, a business lawyer in Melbourne, it almost pulls the feet from right underneath him. He’s become a father to six-year-old Nadine literally overnight! He had no idea about her existence, and the...
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Published on March 03, 2015 23:00

March 2, 2015

Tuesday Tales - ADDRESS ~ Where #Authors #Write to a #Prompt



 

Welcome to Tuesday ... Welcome to Tuesday Tales ...
I continue with my story about Connor and his dad Jack, who's ill with cancer. Connor lives in London and is visiting his father who lives in a small town along the Victorian coast.

Today's prompt is: ADDRESS

Enjoy - and feel free to leave a comment. And don't forget to click the link below to go back to the main Tuesday Tale site for more stories by very talented authors.
 
It took Emily a second to redirect her mind back to the...
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Published on March 02, 2015 15:00

March 1, 2015