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June 5, 2014
Book Review: The Janus Legacy by Lisa von Biela
Title: The Janus Legacy
Author: Lisa Von Biela
Genre: Dark Fiction, Horror
Age Group: Adult
Rating: 3,5 stars
Purchase: Amazon
Jeremy Magnusson’s life changes forever when his estranged father, the renowned physician Ivan Magnusson, is unexpectedly killed in a plane crash. Recently dumped by his girlfriend and suffering from a serious, likely fatal disease, Jeremy faces a choice: Take over SomaGene, Ivan’s highly successful custom organ cultivation and transplant operation, and inherit all his weal...
Book Tours: Book Spotlight Wonder-n-Wandering in a Zoo
Title:Wonder-N-Wandering in a Zoo
Author: JR Holbrook
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Pages: 29
Genre:Kids
Format: Kindle
Purchase atAMAZON
My name is JR Holbrook, and I am a 2012 USA BEST BOOK AWARDS finalist and a 2013 San Francisco Book Awards honorable mention, as well as, other credits. I am also a graduate of Sullivan University, graduating in 2008. My book Wonder-N-Wandering in a Zoo is my third book, and it tells of the many adventures a group of teenagers get in wandering further from home in what i...
June 4, 2014
Book Tours: Book Spotlight Mothers with Broken Hearts
Title: Mothers with Broken Hearts
Author: Monica Shipley
Publisher: iUniverse
Pages: 108
Genre:Self Help
Format: Kindle
Purchase atAMAZON
Death is a part of life, but for a mother who has suffered the death of a child, life can suddenly become unbearable. She finds herself completely shattered—knocked to her knees and unable to get up. Her pain is horrible, beyond anything she has ever felt or experienced before. In Mothers with Broken Hearts, author Monica Shipley tells the heartrending story of th...
June 3, 2014
Book Tours: Book Spotlight The Amazing Legacy of James E. Hanger
Title: The Amazing Legacy of James E. Hanger, Civil War Soldier
Author: Robert J. O’Connor
Publisher: Infinity Publishing
Pages: 298
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Purchase at AMAZON
James E. Hanger was wounded at Philippi, Virginia on June 3, 1861 and became the first amputee of the American Civil War. He hated the Yankee peg leg his Union doctor gave him. Instead, he used his ingenuity and engineering background to invent an artificial leg with a joint at the knee and a hinge at the a...
Book Review: Disconnected by Lisa M. Cronkhite
Title: Disconnected
Author: Lisa M. Cronkhite
Genre: Mystery, Suspense, Young Adult
Age Group: Young Adult
Rating: 4 stars
Purchase: Amazon
Review copy provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
Seventeen-year-old Milly has a huge problem on her hands. She is being bullied by Amelia Norris. Day in and day out, Amelia torments Milly and even threatens to hurt her, but she can’t tell anyone—not a soul. Milly’s reasoning—she does not want anyone to know where her tormentor lives. They...
June 2, 2014
Book Tours: Book Spotlight Queen’s Wings
Book Title: Queen’s Wings
Author: Jamie K. Schmidt
Release Date: 5/27/14
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Author Website: http://www.jkschmidt.com/
Author Blog: http://jamiekswriter.livejournal.com/
Author Twitter: https://twitter.com/Jamiekswriter
Author Facebook: www.facebook.com/jamie.k.schmidt.1
Author Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/jamiekswriter
Author Bio:
Jamie Kleinkauf-Schmidt has over thirty short stories published in small press and ezines. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the State U...
Book Review: Dark Father by James Cooper
Title: Dark Father
Author: James Cooper
Genre: Dark Fiction, Horror
Age Group: Adult (18+)
Rating: 4,5 stars
Purchase: Amazon
Review copy provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
What drives a violent husband and dysfunctional father to pursue his wife and son across a moonlit English landscape?
What compels a troubled man to rebuild his broken family, constructing a fractured reality of hollow promises and false hope?
What forces an old man suffering from a rare mental disorder to...
June 1, 2014
Book Tours: Book Spotlight Healing Her Heart
Book Title: Healing Her Heart
Author: Audra North
Release Date: 5/27/14
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Author Website: Audranorth.com
Author Blog: Audranorth.com/blog
Author Twitter: Twitter.com/AudraNorth
Author Facebook: Facebook.com/AudraNorthAuthor
Author Goodreads: Goodreads.com/AudraNorth
Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/NYOD1
Author Bio: Audra North fell in love with romance at age thirteen and spent the next twenty years reading as many romance novels as she could. Even now, after having read over on...
Book Review: The Truth about Alice by Jennifer Mathieu
Title: The Truth about Alice
Author: Jennifer Mathieu
Genre: YA Contemporary
Age Group: Young Adult
Rating: 4 stars
Purchase: Amazon
Review copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review.
Everyone has a lot to say about Alice Franklin, and it’s stopped mattering whether it’s true. The rumors started at a party when Alice supposedly had sex with two guys in one night. When school starts everyone almost forgets about Alice until one of those guys, super-popular Brandon, dies in a car wreck...
Book Tours: Starter Day Party Shadow’s Moon
I’m hosting the starter day party today for paranormal romance / urban fantasy “Shadow’s Moon”, the third book in a series. The tour runs from June 1st to July 1st, and I’ll be reviewing the book on June 28. Stay tuned for the review and meanwhile, visit the other tour stops.
Tour Schedule
June 1st: Starter Day Party @ I Heart Reading
June 2nd: Promo Post @ I’m an Eclectic Reader
June 3rd: Book Excerpt @ The Book Gazette
June 5th: Author Interview and Giveaway @ The Single Librarian
June 7th: Promo...
