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May 7, 2014
Book Review: The Taming by Atticus Krum
Title: The Taming
Author: Atticus Krum
Genre: Middle Grade, Fantasy
Age Group: Middle Grade
Rating: 4 stars
Purchase: Amazon
Review copy provided by Enchanted Book Promotions in exchange for an honest review.
When a mysterious Creature appears just beyond the Hollow bearing a shiny object, it is urgent news for those living within the Refuge, especially the Council of the Glade. However, for a young shrew named Thutter, and his three friends, it becomes the occasion for an ill-advised adventure. To...
Book Review: Waiting For You by Heather Huffman
Title: Waiting for You
Author: Heather Huffman
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Rating: 4 stars
Purchase: Amazon
For years, Karise McAlister has been running: from her family, from herself, and from her dreams. Now she’s made it, with a successful career and a promising engagement. But when she meets the compelling and creative Aidan Donnelly, his down-to-earth charm provides the wakeup call Karise badly needs. Moving across country to start over, Karise devotes herself to her work, convinced she needs...
May 6, 2014
Book Tours: Book Spotlight A Woman Possessed
Title:A Woman Possessed
Genre:Historical Fiction
Author: Marilyn Hering
Publisher: iUniverse
Pages: 268
Language: English
Format: Ebook
In 1913, silk mill workers in Paterson, New Jersey, went on strike, demanding an eight-hour work day and better working conditions—reasonable requests that nevertheless led to the arrest of over 1,800 people. Young Eleanor O’Bannion was not arrested, but she was there. Living in the tenements of Paterson, she survived near starvation, poverty, and illness. She survi...
Book Review: Rogue by Greg F. Gifune
Title: Rogue
Author: Greg F. Gifune
Genre: Dark Fiction, Horror
Age Group: Adult (18+)
Rating: 5 stars
Purchase: Amazon
Review copy provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
Cameron Horne has it all, an intelligent, beautiful and loving wife, a great home and a successful and important career. His life is the American Dream come true. Until things begin to change.
Without warning, he exhibits strange behavior he can’t seem to control, loses time and memories, has horrific nightmares...
May 5, 2014
Book Tours: Book Spotlight Breath of Spring
Title:Breath of Spring
Author: Charlotte Hubbard
Publisher: Kensington
Pages: 352
Genre:Amish Romance/Inspirational
As a bright season brings a fresh start to Willow Ridge, Annie Mae Knepp feels she can never make peace with the past. Her disgraced ex-bishop father is furious that she’s has taken her five siblings to live with her. She’s never been truly at home in her faith…or believing in herself. And Annie Mae fears no man will want to take on the responsibilities she’s gladly shouldered. True,...
Book Tours: Guest Post Ritual Tea
I’m hosting a guest post today for non-fiction “Ritual Tea” by Mario Zeleny. Enjoy the guest post!
Guest Post
What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You: The Entity that Controls You—Take Back Your Power
There is an entity that works 24 hours a day recording and analyzing everything we do and experience. This entity applies meaning to this data; literally creating an interlocking, complex web of relationships and conclusions from our personal information. Storing, organizing and retrieving this amount of...
Book Tours: Starter Day Party Between Friends
I’m hosting the starter day party today for the book tour for contemporary romance “Between Friends”. The tour runs from May 5 to June 5, and I’ll be reviewing the book on May 19. Stay tuned for my review, and in the mean time, visit the other tour stops.
Tour Schedule
May 5th: Starter Day Party @ I Heart Reading
May 6th: Book Excerpt @ I’m an Eclectic Reader
May 8th: Author Interview @ The Single Librarian
May 10th: Book Excerpt @ Deal Sharing Aunt
May 12th: Book Review @ Marked By Books
May 14th:...
May 4, 2014
Book Review: The Voices by F.R. Tallis
Title: The Voices
Author: F.R. Tallis
Genre: Horror, Ghosts, Supernatural Horror
Age Group: Adult (18+)
Rating: 4 stars
Purchase: Amazon
Review copy provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
In the scorching summer of 1976 the hottest since records began Christopher Norton, his wife Laura and their young daughter Faye settle into their new home in north London. The faded glory of the Victorian house is the perfect place for Norton, a composer of film soundtracks, to build a recordi...
Book Tours: Book Spotlight China Red
Title:China Red
Genre:Suspense/Thriller
Author: Ralph Sanborn
Publisher: iUniverse
EBook:292 pages
Release Date:April 8, 2013
ISBN:978-1-47598-293-0
Heroin, called “China Red” on the street, is being smuggled into the United States. Zhou Jing—who fancies himself a fifteenth-century Chinese warlord, is using Muslim Uighers in western China to produce the heroin. In exchange, Zhou arms, trains, and provides security from the Chinese government for the Uighers.
Caleb Frost is a professional assassin in...
Author Interview with Mike Hartner
I’m hosting an interview with Mike Hartner, author of “I, Walter”. Welcome to my blog, Mike, and thanks for answering my interview questions.
Author Interview
1) How long have you been writing?
When I was in school and young, I wrote poetry. Years ago, I wrote stories about my genealogy. Now, I write romantic fiction.
2) What is your favorite genre to write?
So far, the favorite is romantic fiction.
3) Which genre have you never tried before, but would you like to try out?
Quiet a few genres that...
