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#AuthorInterview Meinos Kaen - Children of the New Era #dystopian

1. Hi Meinos Kaen, tell us a bit about your latest book.My latest and first book is called Children of the New Era. It's a Sci-Fi set in a semi-dystopian England, in a future where a large part of the world population is now born with supernatural abilities, following an incident the causes of which were never fully discovered or disclosed.
Set up like a non-fiction book (like World War Z, to make a famous example) it's a fugitive's published recollection of the various events brought to light...

#BookReview A DIFFERENT BLUE by Amy Harmon #YA Coming of Age

A Different Blue by Amy Harmon
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

You can't help but root for Blue, a young woman who so desperately wants to be loved, yet refuses to let anyone know her true self, believing she was unworthy of respect. She meets Wilson, a high school history teacher who encourages his students to look at history as a story and to write their personal stories.

Blue is disdainful, uncooperative, and snarky, but Wilson does not give up on her. Everytime she throws her personal history into t...

#BookReview TIDES OF PASSION by Tracy Sumner #historical #romance

Tides Of Passion by Tracy Sumner
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Absolutely passionate. When headstrong Savannah Connor, activist from New York, meets Zach Garrett, the constable and keeper of peace in Pilot Isle, trouble brews and sparks fly. Savannah is a liberated woman, determined to keep herself independent from any man's control whereas Zach is a wounded widower determined to never love or marry again.

When the two decide on a friends with benefits arrangement, neither is prepared for the depth an...

#CoverReveal BEING KALLI by Rebecca Berto #NA #Romance

Being Kalli by Rebecca Berto
Publication date: TBA
Genre: NA Contemporary Romance
Synopsis:There are two things you should know about Kalli Perkins.

1. She’d rather do it in public than be alone with a guy.

2. She loves her little brothers more than her mom does.

Kalli doesn’t pretend to be a good girl. At nineteen, she’s never been in love and doesn’t ever intend to be. She has her issues handled. She’s managed to keep the secret of what happened to her nine years ago from her...

#BookReview CRUSHING by Elena Dillon #YA

Crushing by Elena Dillon
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Perfect blend of teenage crushes and lurking danger.

Rory has everything a teenage girl could wish for: a warm, loving family, a hot guy who adores her, and popularity at school. But when she gets trapped in a storm drain with an adorable chocolate lab pup, her life takes a sharp detour. The puppy belongs to Gage, a boy with a shady past who Rory had a major crush on.

Meanwhile, teenage girls are disappearing. When her friend Lindsay disappears, Ro...

#BookReview THE SECRET LIFE OF CEECEE WILKES by Diane Chamberlain #family #drama

The Secret Life Of CeeCee Wilkes by Diane Chamberlain
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A sad story of psychological manipulation. CeeCee was sixteen and living on her own when she met a charming grad student studying to be a social worker. Her mother had died many years ago and left her a series of letters full of motherly advice, applicable to each stage of life she would grow into.

Through a series of wrong choices and deception, CeeCee has to assume a new identity. Towing along the victim's baby and c...

#BookReview THE SECRET LIFE OF CEECEE WILKS by Diane Chamberlain #family #drama

The Secret Life Of CeeCee Wilkes by Diane Chamberlain
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A sad story of psychological manipulation. CeeCee was sixteen and living on her own when she met a charming grad student studying to be a social worker. Her mother had died many years ago and left her a series of letters full of motherly advice, applicable to each stage of life she would grow into.

Through a series of wrong choices and deception, CeeCee has to assume a new identity. Towing along the victim's baby and c...

#NewRelease WHITE SWANS - REVELATIONS #fantasy #historical

Announcing a new releaseBook: White Swans: RevelationsAuthor: annamaria BazziRelease date: June 5, 2013
White Swans: Revelations
Book Blurb:After attempting to accept her fate in the strange fishbowl world, Kendíka decides it’s impossible. Call her a pet, will they? Determination revived, she tempts her “master’s” fury by trying to make life better for the people of Deverow’s Duchy. She will bring technology to the Regency era or end up a swan trying.Still longing for a higher station in her ne...

#AuthorInterview Norwood Holland #blogtour MINUS ONE

1.       Where did the idea come from for the book?Minus One’s inception and inspiration was biographical.  Right out of law school I worked as a Concierge at the Washington Marriott.  I befriended two Bellman, a Latino and an Egyptian.  That summer we hung out.  DC is an international is both a small southern town and international.  Most think of it as just a political seat of government, but it’s so much more.  It’s also the city...

Vera Custodio Cooks: Kare-Kare

Vera Custodio, from my upcoming novel, Knowing Vera , cooks a peanut-flavored meat and vegetable stew for her mother's homecoming. Most of the ingredients are found easily, except for the key one, bagoong [fermented salty shrimp paste]. If you're in Silicon Valley, Marina Foods has jarred "Mother's Best Ginisang Bagoong" in three flavors, Classic, Spicy, or Sweet. While you're there, grab a couple cans of Calamansi Juice Drink, and have it with the Kare-Kare.


1-1/2 pound beef cross-cut hind sha...