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Teaser Tuesdays (76)

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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly meme hosted by The Purple Booker. In this meme, we grab our current read, open it to a random page and share two teaser sentences from somewhere on that page with our readers.

Click HERE to view all my ‘Teaser Tuesdays‘ posts.

Here is my teaser:

Fifteen days after Oliver LeBanks was murdered, Joseph Brown turned up dead, his partially clothed body found on the western end of Veteran’s Memorial Boulevard in Kenner. That gave venue to the detectives of St. Charles...

Author Interview with Ivan Ringbell

[image error]Today I’m interviewing Ivan Ringbell, the author of Famished: The Gentlemen Ghouls. Welcome to my blog, and thanks for answering my questions.

How long have you been writing?

I started in elementary school, writing plays for my friends and I to put on in the playground and competing in district contests. I started submitting to magazines in high school. I stopped after a particularly painful rejection – not something I recommend to new writers – and when I wrote through college and young ad...

Book Review and Giveaway Trolling by Emma Brady

Theno woke up with missin...

Book Review Forget Me and Giveaway

[image error]Title: Forget Me

Author: Chelsea Vanderbeek

Genre: YA Christian Fiction

Age Group: Young Adult

Rating: 4,5 stars

Purchase: Amazon

Review copy provided by Enchanted Book Promotions in exchange for an honest review.

Sabine is a budding poet who was practically born with a pencil in her hand. Though her intelligence and maturity far surpasses that of those around her, she lacks the confidence and social graces to come out of her shell.

She’s been forced on numerous occasions in the past to slip...

Book Tours: Starter Day Party The Sullivans Box Set 1-3

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I’m hosting the starter day party today for the book tour for romance “The Sullivans Box Set 1-3”. The tour runs from July 24 to September 24. I hope you enjoy the tour!

Tour Schedule

July 24th: Starter Day Party @ I Heart Reading

July 24th: Promo Post @ Books and Tales

July 24th: Book Excerpt @ Read Review Blog Repeat

July 24th: Promo Post @ Stormy Night Reviewing

July 25th: Book Excerpt @ T’s Stuff

July 28th: Book Excerpt @ Book Plus Heart

July 30th: Book Excerpt @ Two Heart Beats

August 2...

Blog Tour: Hunted

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About the Book 

[image error]A gripping thriller full of twists you won’t see coming… The next thrilling serial killer read from the author of MISSING. Perfect for the fans of Angela Marsons and Jeffrey Deaver.

Seven years ago, psychiatrist Dr Claps assisted police in capturing Giacomo Riondino, a man accused of abducting, torturing and murdering two women. On arrest, tests had revealed that Riondino suffered from a rare and disturbing psychiatric condition and was sectioned.

Six years later, Riondino ...

Book Review: One for Sorrow by Mary Downing Hahn

[image error]Title: One for Sorrow

Author: Mary Downing Hahn

Genre: Historical, Middle Grade, Ghosts

Age Group: Middle Grade

Rating: 3 stars

Purchase: Amazon

Review copy provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

Against the ominous backdrop of the influenza epidemic of 1918, Annie, a new girl at school, is claimed as best friend by Elsie, a classmate who is a tattletale, a liar, and a thief. Soon Annie makes other friends and finds herself joining them in teasing and tormenting Elsie. E...

Book Tours: Starter Day Party Forget Me

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I’m hosting the starter day party today for the book tour for YA Christian Fiction “Forget Me”. The tour runs from July 17 to July 31. Stay tuned for my review on July 24!

Tour Schedule

July 17th: Starter Day Party @ I Heart Reading

July 18th: Promo Post @ Read Review Blog Repeat

July 18th: Author Interview @ Jena Baxter Books

July 20th: Promo Post and Giveaway @ Indy Book Fairy

July 22nd: Promo Post @ Lisa Queen of Random

July 24th: Book Review and Giveaway @ I Heart Reading

July 26th: Prom...

Book Tours: Starter Day Party Scent of the Past

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I’m hosting the book tour today for the tour for historical fiction “The Scent of the Past”. The tour runs from July 17 to August 17. Stay tuned for my review on August 1!

Tour Schedule

July 17th: Starter Day Party @ I Heart Reading

July 17th: Promo Post @ Stormy Night Reviewing

July 18th: Book Excerpt @ Books, Dreams, Life

July 19th:  Promo Post @ I’m an Eclectic Reader

July 21st: Book Excerpt and Giveaway @ Mythical Books

July 22nd:  Author Interview @ The Single Librarian

July 23rd: Book...

Cover Reveal Accidental Lawyer

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Title: Accidental Lawyer

Author: Kim Hamilton

Genre: Mystery & Detective

ACCIDENTAL LAWYER is a contemporary fiction with a thread of mystery, and a humorous peek into the dubious practice of personal injury law.

Rookie attorney Jessica Snow is fresh out of law school and fresh out of options. She takes a job as an ambulance chaser—not because it’s her dream, but because she’s desperate to move out of her parent’s home. Her face and name appear on buses and billboards across...