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November 25, 2015
Book Review: Rebecca’s Initiation by Gary Green
Title: Rebecca’s Initiation
Author: Gary Green
Genre: YA Fantasy
Age Group: Young Adult
Rating: 4 stars
Purchase: Amazon
Review copy provided by Enchanted Book Promotions in exchange for an honest review.
Rebecca’s Initiation is a fast paced fantasy adventure about a young girl who loses her mother in a car accident and has to go live with her grandmother. Her grandmother, Naomi, is an extraordinary woman who lets Rebecca in on her secret and initiates her into a world of magic populated wit...
Book Tours: Starter Day Party The Uber Author Planner
I’m hosting the starter day party today for the book tour for non-fiction “The Uber Author Planner”. The tour runs from November 25 to January 25.
I’ll be reviewing this epic 1200-page long book on December 13. Since I’m an author too, I’m really looking forward to reading it.
There’s also an EPIC giveaway. Scroll down to find out more and participate.
Tour ScheduleNovember 25th: Starter Day Party @ I Heart Reading
November 25th: Promo Post @ Stormy Night Reviewing
November 28th: Book Excer...
November 24, 2015
Release Day Party Never Meant To Be
About the Book 
Title: Never Meant to Be
Author: Yarro Rai
Genre: Romantic Mystery
Stella is journalistsearching for a breakthrough story her wish is granted when she comes across two diaries written by two lovers (johnny and Esther). Stella is excited because Esther is the young Ceo and owner of several companies after her parents tragic death. But to her surprise she finds that she is a childhood friend of johnny who is just an orphan street hustler. The diary entry tells that how they met...
November 23, 2015
Release Day Party The Uber Author Planner
Title: The Uber Author Planner
Author: Hazel Butler
Genre: Non-Fiction
The Uber Author Planner is the ULTIMATE tool for Authors, Writers, and Bloggers.
Created by an author, freelance writer, and blogger, this planner is specially designed to keep everything writing-related in one place, making you super organised and super productive.
Far more than a simple planner, The Uber Author Planner will help you raise your writing profile, build your online platform, write more, publi...
Book Tours: Starter Day Party A Brooklyn Affair
I’m hosting the starter day party today for the book tour for African-American romance “A Brooklyn Love Affair: Vixen and Gino Story”. The tour runs from November 23 to December 7. I’ll review the book on December 3.
10 lucky winners have a chance to get an eBook copy of the book! Scroll down to participate.
Tour ScheduleNovember 23rd: Starter Day Party @ I Heart Reading
November 24th: Book Excerpt @ Leigh Anderson Romance
November 26th: Promo Post @ I’m an Eclectic Reader
November 28th: Au...
November 22, 2015
Cover Reveal and Trailer Reveal Nuttycracker Sweet
Title: Nuttycracker Sweet
Author: Megan O’Russell
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Pointe shoes, tutus, and a snowy road trip with the man she hates. What could possibly go wrong?
The plan was simple. Get to Portland, dance The Nutcracker, and don’t murder your dance partner. And most definitely, do not, under any circumstances, fall in love with him.
A snowy road trip strands Elle Grant in a tiny cabin better suited for serial killings than rehearsals for two pro...
November 20, 2015
Book Review: Flamingos, Dust and Occasional Leopards
Title: Flamingos, Dust and Occasional Leopards
Author: Sarah Knipping
Genre: Women’s Fiction
Age Group: Adult
Rating: 4 stars
Purchase: Amazon
Review copy provided by Enchanted Book Promotions in exchange for an honest review.
After a painful breakup Iris finds herself standing outside her mother’s doorway, her feet six inches deep in the Kenyan dust. A bra-less hippy version of her mum embraces her and so begins Iris’s adventure in Kenya…
Can Iris fix her broken relationship with her mum?
C...
November 19, 2015
Cover Reveal Party Calasade: Sanguinem Isle
Title: Calasade: Sanguinem Isle
Author: Mark Stone
Genre: Fantasy
Caderyn Fortis has been many things—loyal husband, soldier, war veteran, public servant. Now he is a fallen nobilis and gambling addict, an alcoholic who never got over the murder of his wife. In his darkest hour an opportunity comes that can help him recover his self-worth and make up for the mistakes that cost him his wife. All he has to do? Discover who kidnapped a young woman and where they took her, then r...
Book Review: 10 Bits of Wisdom from the Shoe Shine Guy by John Early
Title: 10 Bits of Wisdom from the Shoe Shine Guy
Author: John Early
Genre: Spiritual / Inspirational
Age Group: Adult
Rating: 4 stars
Purchase: Amazon
Review copy provided by Enchanted Book Promotions in exchange for an honest review.
John Early worked in the corporate world for over 25 years. From the outside looking in, it seemed as though he had it all: the beautiful family, the magnificent home, the nice cars and great vacations, the fabulous income with the big 401k. He had what most wo...
November 17, 2015
Book Review: One Hundred Days by Mark Morey
Title: One Hundred Days
Author: Mark Morey
Genre: Historical Fiction
Age Group: Adult
Rating: 4 stars
Purchase: Amazon
Review copy provided by Enchanted Book Promotions in exchange for an honest review.
In 1917, the mud of Flanders soaked up the blood of a quarter of a million men. If the war continued like that, the Allies would lose. One battle turned that around and was the beginning of a hundred days of advances to victory. This is a story about how that was done.
Two Australian soldiers...
