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June 15, 2013
This week's Book Choice - Jessie Anderson "At What Cost"
AT WHAT COST RONE AWARD Finalist During her junior year, sixteen-year-old Maggie Reynolds expected to shop for prom dresses not maternity clothes. Now, instead of studying for the SATs, she’s reading, What to Expect When You’re Expecting. Maggie’s ‘Mother Dearest’ lives in fear that Maggie will somehow taint the family name, so Maggie can’t turn to her for help. Meanwhile, her father is oblivious to anything but his 9-9 job. And her boyfriend, Justin? She’s pretty sure he’ll stay b...
May I introduce - Jessie Anderson
AT WHAT COST RONE AWARD Finalist During her junior year, sixteen-year-old Maggie Reynolds expected to shop for prom dresses not maternity clothes. Now, instead of studying for the SATs, she’s reading, What to Expect When You’re Expecting. Maggie’s ‘Mother Dearest’ lives in fear that Maggie will somehow taint the family name, so Maggie can’t turn to her for help. Meanwhile, her father is oblivious to anything but his 9-9 job. And her boyfriend, Justin? She’s pretty sure he’ll stay b...
June 12, 2013
Cover Reveal - Kelly Martin "The Deception of Devin Miller"
Cover Reveal for: THE DECEPTION OF DEVIN MILLER by Kelly Martin
Kelly Martin's new release is self-published and after her success with Astraea Press books CROSSING THE DEEP and SAINT SLOAN, the obvious question would be why.
Self publishing isn't something I ever saw myself doing. I've thought about it for awhile and thought I'd give it a shot. I'm all about trying it all and finding my nitche. I have nothing against publishers. In fact, I'm querying now. My goal is to have 1 book pu...
Kelly Martin's new release is self-published and after her success with Astraea Press books CROSSING THE DEEP and SAINT SLOAN, the obvious question would be why.
Self publishing isn't something I ever saw myself doing. I've thought about it for awhile and thought I'd give it a shot. I'm all about trying it all and finding my nitche. I have nothing against publishers. In fact, I'm querying now. My goal is to have 1 book pu...
May I introduce - Kelly Martin
Cover Reveal for: THE DECEPTION OF DEVIN MILLER by Kelly Martin
Kelly Martin's new release is self-published and after her success with Astraea Press books CROSSING THE DEEP and SAINT SLOAN, the obvious question would be why.
Self publishing isn't something I ever saw myself doing. I've thought about it for awhile and thought I'd give it a shot. I'm all about trying it all and finding my nitche. I have nothing against publishers. In fact, I'm querying now. My goal is to have 1 book pu...
Kelly Martin's new release is self-published and after her success with Astraea Press books CROSSING THE DEEP and SAINT SLOAN, the obvious question would be why.
Self publishing isn't something I ever saw myself doing. I've thought about it for awhile and thought I'd give it a shot. I'm all about trying it all and finding my nitche. I have nothing against publishers. In fact, I'm querying now. My goal is to have 1 book pu...
June 10, 2013
Tuesday Tales - SHOES
Tuesday !!!!!!
It's time for Tuesday Tales. So this is my little AFL story. Tyson Gaspaldi is a footy player in Melbourne, Australia, who had met Katie in a small town along the NSW coast. Love at first sight? It seems like it .... but the newspaper now are saying he's about to marry someone else.
This week's Tuesday Tales prompt .... SHOES.
Enjoy - and feel free to leave a comment. And don't forget to click the the link below to go back to the main Tuesday Tale site for more sto...
It's time for Tuesday Tales. So this is my little AFL story. Tyson Gaspaldi is a footy player in Melbourne, Australia, who had met Katie in a small town along the NSW coast. Love at first sight? It seems like it .... but the newspaper now are saying he's about to marry someone else.
This week's Tuesday Tales prompt .... SHOES.
Enjoy - and feel free to leave a comment. And don't forget to click the the link below to go back to the main Tuesday Tale site for more sto...
June 8, 2013
Susan Elizabeth Phillips - Call me Irresistable
Publisher: AvonISBN: 978-006-135152-5
My rating: 3/5
Lucy Jorik is the daughter of the former President of the United States.
Meg Koranda is the offspring of legends.
One of them is about to marry Mr. Irresistible—Ted Beaudine—the favorite son of Wynette, Texas.
The other is not happy about it. Not happy at all....
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(susanephillips.com)
My thoughts
I'm a bit torn with this story.
This is the "pre-Great Escape" story - Lucy Jorik leaves Ted Beaud...
June 5, 2013
This week's Book Choice - Joselyn Vaughn "Climbing Heartbreak Hill"
Please check out Jocelyn's latest release ....
A portion of my proceeds from Climbing Heartbreak Hill will be donated to the One Fund Boston to help those injured at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon. https://secure.onefundboston.org/page/contribute/default Professional runner, Ryan Grant, blows out his knee training for another attempt at the Boston marathon and the dreaded Heartbreak Hill. Ryan retreats home, not looking for anything more th...
A portion of my proceeds from Climbing Heartbreak Hill will be donated to the One Fund Boston to help those injured at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon. https://secure.onefundboston.org/page/contribute/default Professional runner, Ryan Grant, blows out his knee training for another attempt at the Boston marathon and the dreaded Heartbreak Hill. Ryan retreats home, not looking for anything more th...
May I introduce - Joselyn Vaughn
Please check out Jocelyn's latest release ....
A portion of my proceeds from Climbing Heartbreak Hill will be donated to the One Fund Boston to help those injured at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon. https://secure.onefundboston.org/page/contribute/default Professional runner, Ryan Grant, blows out his knee training for another attempt at the Boston marathon and the dreaded Heartbreak Hill. Ryan retreats home, not looking for anything more th...
A portion of my proceeds from Climbing Heartbreak Hill will be donated to the One Fund Boston to help those injured at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon. https://secure.onefundboston.org/page/contribute/default Professional runner, Ryan Grant, blows out his knee training for another attempt at the Boston marathon and the dreaded Heartbreak Hill. Ryan retreats home, not looking for anything more th...
June 3, 2013
Tuesday Tales - TRAIN
Tusday !!!!!!
It's time for Tuesday Tales. So this is my little AFL story. Tyson Gaspaldi is a footy player in Melbourne, Australia, who had met Katie in a small town along the NSW coast. Love at first sight? It seems like it .... but the newspaper now are saying he's about to marry someone else.
This week's Tuesday Tales prompt .... TRAIN.
Enjoy - and feel free to leave a comment. And don't forget to click the the link below to go back to the main Tuesday Tale site for more stor...
It's time for Tuesday Tales. So this is my little AFL story. Tyson Gaspaldi is a footy player in Melbourne, Australia, who had met Katie in a small town along the NSW coast. Love at first sight? It seems like it .... but the newspaper now are saying he's about to marry someone else.
This week's Tuesday Tales prompt .... TRAIN.
Enjoy - and feel free to leave a comment. And don't forget to click the the link below to go back to the main Tuesday Tale site for more stor...
May 29, 2013
May I introduce - Lisa Orchard
It's an absolute pleasure to let you all know about the Lisa Orchard's latest release "The Super Spies and the Pied Piper"My daughter reads A LOT, and I find it hard to keep up finding new books for her. I hesitantly gave her Lisa's first book a few weeks back and it was only a day or two later that she excitedly told me all about it and how much she had loved it!
Then I gave her book number two! Same result.
Imagine her joy when I told her book number three has been released!
According to my gi...
