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Book Blast & Giveaway - An Epiphany in Lilacs by Iris Dorbian

An Epiphany in LilacsAuthor: Iris DorbianGenre: Historical YA

Book Description:
An Epiphany In Lilacs is a young adult novel set in a DP camp outside Hamburg, Germany following the end of World War II. The author, Iris Dorbian, captures in this story a unique glimpse into the period after the Holocaust when survivors had to deal with their new realities for living, based on her father's personal experience.

After liberation in May 1945, Daniel, a 14-year-old Latvian Jew, is treated in a fiel...

Blog Tour Dream Cast, Excerpt & Giveaway - The Dragon’s Gate by Barry Wolverton

The Dragon’s GateAuthor: Barry Wolverton
Book Description:An engrossing fantasy, a high-seas adventure, an alternate history epic—this is the richly imagined and gorgeously realized second book in acclaimed author Barry Wolverton’s Chronicles of the Black Tulip, perfect for fans of The Glass Sentence and the Books of Beginning series.

A magical white jade stone and a map inscribed in bone that may be the key to an even greater mystery—this is the treasure Bren and Mouse have found buried on th...

Book Blitz & Giveaway - Curse of Stars by Donna Compositor

  Curse of Stars
(Diamond Crier #1)Author: Donna Compositor
Publication Date: February 19th, 2017
Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult
Book Description:Sabi Perez is the last Diamond Crier, only she doesn’t know it. Not until a crazed ruler from another world comes to collect her priceless tears and won’t take no for an answer. 
Living in New York, Sabi’s seen some nasty things, but the lengths to which her captor will go to keep his crown are things found only in the darkest nightmares. Afraid and alone,...

Blog Tour Spotlight & Giveaway - Quinn's Honor by Shirleen Davies

Quinn's Honor
Author: Shirleen Davies
Book Description:
Quinn’s Honor, Book Three, MacLarens of Boundary Mountain Historical Western Romance Series “Every book of Shirleen's never fails to draw me in and make it impossible to put down until I devour it!” Quinn MacLaren has one true love…Circle M, the family ranch. He makes it a habit of working hard and playing harder, spending time with experienced women who know he wants nothing more than their company. He buries the love he feels for on...

Promo Blitz - A Northern Rebel by John J. Schaffer

A Northern RebelAuthor: John J. SchafferGenre: Historical Romance
Date Published: February 2016

Book Description:
Jameson Hartford and his wife, Abigail, return to their home in South Carolina to claim his inheritance, the Serenity Plantation, where he is determined to free all his workers and put an end to the evils of enslavement. He encounters hostility and hatred from family, friends, an entire community, and even his wife, as he steadfastly holds to his beliefs. Through the ordeal, he meet...

January Favourites

Welcome to my January Favourites.Here, you will find a list of the movies and books I watched and read in December and my favourite among them.
Books Read:




Favourite:



Insidious
Author: Victoria Evers
Genre: YA Paranormal Romance
Buy Links:
Amazon US ¦ UK

Movies Watched:



 Favourite:

Blog Tour Tens List & Giveaway - Unfolding by Jonathan Friesen

UnfoldingAuthor: Jonathan Friesen
Genre: YA Fiction
Book Description:Jonah wishes he could get the girl, but he’s an outcast and she’s the most perfect girl he knows.

And their futures seemed destined to fork apart: Jonah’s physical condition is debilitating, and epileptic seizures fill his life with frustration. Whereas Stormi is seemingly carefree, and navigates life by sensing things before they happen. And her most recent premonition is urging her to leave town.

When Stormi begs Jonah for hel...

Book Blitz & Giveaway - Court of Vampires by Megan Linski

  Court of Vampires
(The Shifter Prophecy #1)Author: Megan Linski
Publication Date: January 31st, 2017
Genres: Mythology, Paranormal, Romance, Young Adult 
Book Description:Vampires and werewolves shouldn’t fall in love. 
Lysandra was born for one reason; to kill shifters. Princess of vampires, the heir to Vlad Dracula’s throne and the last descendant of Princess Anastasia, Lysandra lives in a castle of witches and human slaves,engaged to a dark vampire prince and prophesied as the one who will en...

BOOK REVIEW: The Empty Room by Sarah J. Clemens

The Empty RoomAuthor: Sarah J. ClemensGenre: Mystery / Romance
Date Published: July 23, 2016

Book Description:
Rain soaked and dreary, it was a 1901 abandoned Victorian that Dean and Elizabeth hoped would fulfill their dreams, even if the town of Eastbrook, Maine was trapped under a blanket of fog. The first neighbor they meet in town dashes those dreams when he raises a bizarre question: what happened to the last person who lived in their house? Under mounting pressure from the residents of Eas...

Blog Tour Spotlight & Giveaway - Servants of Fate Books 1-3 by Wendy Sparrow

Servants of Fate
Boxed Set
Books 1-3
Wendy Sparrow
Genre: Paranormal romance
Publisher: Pen and Kink Publishing
Date of Publication: December 24, 2016
ISBN: 978-1-988233-21-5
ASIN: B01N1Q567S
Number of pages: 308
Word Count: 96,000
Cover Artist: Amanda C. Davis

Book Description:
As servants of Fate, Father Time’s sons must sacrifice a mortal’s lifetime on behalf of humanity before each year ends. It’s simpler if they don’t get involved, as their immortality is a barrier to relationships and to understand...