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Tuesday 13 February 2018

Book Blitz & Giveaway - Barnabus Tew and the Case of the Missing Scarab by Columbkill Noonan

Barnabus Tew and the Case of the Missing Scarab
Author: Columbkill Noonan
Genre: YA Mystery / Mythology
Release Date: June 3rd, 2017

Book Description:
Barnabas Tew is a detective in Victorian London, although he is not nearly as successful as he dreamed he'd be. In fact, there are times that he fears that he may not be very good at the detecting business, after all. 

Everything changes, however, during a visit to the museum, where an encounter with a none-too-friendly mummy whisks Barnabas away from everything he knows. It seems that the Egyptian afterlife is in turmoil and the fate of the entire world is at stake, and Barnabas has been sent for by Anubis, the jackal-headed god of the dead, to save the day.

Barnabas is in over his head but determined to prove himself once and for all. With only his trusty assistant Wilfred at his side, will Barnabas manage to solve the case and save the Egyptian afterlife? Or will the dangerous and unpredictable Egyptian gods get the best of the intrepid duo?

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Monday 12 February 2018

Blog Tour Excerpt & Giveaway - Devil's Gold by Amanda McKinney


Devil’s Gold
Author: Amanda McKinney
Publication Date: February 13th, 2018
Genre: Adult Mystery / Thriller

Book Description:
Despite being chronically late, occasionally disheveled and a tad disorganized, Dixie Knight is one of the top private investigators in the country, and when a young woman goes missing in the small, Southern town of Devil’s Den, Dixie takes the case. She expected it to be another ordinary missing person case—until Lizzie Meyers is found naked and beaten to death at a local, seedy motel.

While visiting relatives on his two-week leave, Marine Liam Cash bumps into Dixie at the local bar, and his attraction to her is immediate. When Liam connects Dixie’s current case to two unsolved murders in his hometown, he steps in to help find the killer, and keep her safe, whether Dixie wants him to or not.

After another woman is found brutally beaten, Dixie turns the town upside down trying to solve the mystery—could it be the rumored witch that lives in the mountains; the rich, neurotic doctor’s wife; or the perky, blonde receptionist at the local medical clinic?

Time is running out and Dixie knows she has to put the pieces of the puzzle together before another body turns cold in Devil’s Den.

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Pre-Order & Giveaway - Soft Kisses and Birdsong by Lynnette Bonner

Lynnette Bonner is excited to announce that Soft Kisses and Birdsong is now available for pre-order! Even more exciting is the opportunity you will have to win one of the 3 great prizes shown below!


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Soft Kisses and Birdsong
Book 2 in the Riversong series
Author: Lynnette Bonner
Genre: Contemporary Romance

Book Description:
Years ago, he walked away from the only woman he had ever loved because he feared she wouldn’t want a man who’d failed.

She numbly tried to move on with her life. And is finally beginning to feel she can face the future.

Zaire Breckenridge can’t believe it when her lout of an ex-husband walks back into her life, claiming he’s a changed man. Worse than his invading the sanctuary of her town—the town they both grew up in together—is the fact that he’s invading the peace she finds at church. There really ought to be a rule. The heartbreaker should never be allowed to move back to town.

Landon Breckenridge knows that he’s made a mess of his life. But he also knows that finally surrendering everything to Jesus was the best decision he ever made. He aims to be a better person, and certainly a better witness to his friends and those who watch his rock climbing show on TV. Now if only he can convince the woman he loves to take him back. But if she won’t? Will Jesus be enough?

Sometimes the river of life cascades into a torrent of white-water. And sometimes it levels out on the other side, flowing smooth and slow, like soft kisses…and birdsong.

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If you pre-order, when you receive your copy of the book on release day, the book will contain a special link where you can go and enter to win one of the below prizes. There is no purchase necessary to enter for these prizes, however. On release day you can come back to this page and the link to enter for the below prizes will be posted here. But buying the book on pre-order will give you a reminder to enter when you get the book and open it and see the reminder to enter the contest. AND it will support my desire to keep helping my kids pay their way through college. :) Void where prohibited.

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Prize #1:
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What a great chance to win some awesome prizes, right?! The book is only $2.99 while on pre-order! So grab it at a low price and secure your reminder to enter to win the above prizes!


Entering this contest will also add you to Lynnette's newsletter, where you will have a chance to read her novella, My Blue Havyn, for free.

Sunday 11 February 2018

Book Blitz & Giveaway - Resurrection: Shadows of Omega by Summer Lane

Resurrection: Shadows of Omega 
Author: Summer Lane
Publication Date: February 9th, 2018
Genre: NA Dystopian

Book Description:
The war is over. At last, Omega has been defeated, and the militias have found peace and stability. General Cassidy Hart has been elected to lead the newly resurrected post-apocalyptic government as President of the Western Republic.

The world is a different place. From the ashes, structure emerges. From death, hope blossoms.

Yet the shadows of Omega remain. Omega loyalists and dangerous anarchists infect every level of the crestfallen civilization, threatening to undermine the Republic’s attempts to maintain peace. Most of the world’s population has been slain: those who remain alive have very different ideas about what must be done to continue to survive.

A seasoned war veteran, sniper, and leader, Cassidy resents the stifling role of presidential leadership. General Chris Young, her former fiancé, leads the United Militia’s military as it rebuilds. Her comrades from war have scattered, and the one person who understands her, truly and completely, has disappeared.

When a new threat emerges, one that could undo everything they have fought for, Cassidy is forced to make hard decisions and ask for help in places where she never imagined she could.


The old is gone. The new has come.

Welcome to the Hart Presidency. Welcome to the Western Republic.
The Resurrection has begun.


From prolific author Summer Lane, creator of the #1 bestselling smash-hit Collapse Series, Zero Trilogy, Bravo Saga, Unbreakable SEAL and Running with Wolves. Enjoy this new series, following the adventures of beloved heroine Cassidy Hart, along with some familiar faces that fans have come to know and love.



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Book Blitz & Giveaway- Bad Wolf by Jo Raven

Bad Wolf 
Author: Jo Raven
Publication Date: February 8th, 2018
Genre: Adult Romance

Book Description:
This is no fairytale…

Once I fell in love with a gorgeous boy next door. Years later, he’s back—a total hunk, hot as hell, and bad. So bad. Rude. Cocky. Hard. And I’m dying for a taste.

Jarett was our neighbors’ adopted son. Handsome, strong, quiet, he was my protector, and my friend. Now he’s back, and he’s still gorgeous. Tall, dark and sexy. All man. But he’s a bad guy, moving with a dangerous crowd. So why do I keep winding up in his arms? On his lap. In his bed. I know better than this—I’m better than this. I should stop. Only my heart tells me there’s good inside Jarett. That I could save him. Then again, what happens to gullible girls who climb into bed with the big bad wolf? …Right.


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Saturday 10 February 2018

Blog Tour Excerpt & Giveaway - Rattlesnake Hill by Leslie Wheeler



Rattlesnake Hill
Author: Leslie Wheeler
Genre: Mystery/Suspense
Date Published:  2/16/18
Publisher:  Encircle Publications

Book Description:
It’s November in the Berkshires, a dreary time of dwindling light when the tourists have fled along with the last gasp of fall foliage. So when a stranger shows up in the sleepy hilltown of New Nottingham and starts asking questions, the locals don’t exactly roll out the welcome wagon.

Bostonian Kathryn Stinson is on a deeply personal quest to solve a family mystery: the identity of a nameless beauty in an old photograph an ancestor brought with him to California over a century ago. But, as Kathryn quickly discovers, the hills possess a host of dark secrets – both ancient and new – that can only be revealed at the price of danger and even death.

Her suspicious neighbors on Rattlesnake Hill become openly hostile when Kathryn starts seeking answers to a more recent mystery: the murder of Diana Farley, who once occupied the house Kathryn is now renting. Was it Diana’s husband, who killed her to keep her from divorcing him, or her lover, Earl Barker, a backwoods charmer and leading member of a wild clan known for their violent tempers?

When Kathryn plunges into a passionate affair with Earl, she puts herself on a collision course with past and present. She must find out if Earl killed Diana, or risk becoming a victim herself.

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Friday 9 February 2018

Blog Tour Promo & Giveaway - Of Sea and Stone by Kate Avery Ellison



Of Sea and Stone
Author: Kate Avery Ellison
Genre: YA Fantasy
Release Date: February 2014

Book Description:
Aemi lives in a village carved from stones and surrounded by sea. She wins spear-throwing competitions in disguise and earns slaps from her spoiled mistress by talking back. She hates being a slave. She survives by remembering her mother's tales of home, a paradise called Perilous.

Aemi intends to find it.

But then, black ships rise from the sea in the night. Aemi is captured and taken to Itlantis, an underwater world of cities and gardens encased in glass, dazzling technology. and a centuries-long war.

She is determined to escape, even if it means conspiring with fellow prisoner Nol, who fills her with equal parts anger and desire. Even if it means impersonating her mistress. Even if it means fleeing into the territory of the Dron, the bloodthirsty barbarians of the deep.

But when Aemi witnesses firsthand an attack by the Dron, she realizes not all is as it seems below the sea.

And Perilous might be closer than she thinks.

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Thursday 8 February 2018

Blog Tour Spotlight - The Long Lost by Tom Nixon



The Long Lost
Author: Tom Nixon
Publisher: CreateSpace
Pages: 418
Genre: Suspense

Book Description: 
The sudden and strange disappearance of Joel Thomas brings together his ex-wife and best friend in a search for answers. As Mary and Jason seek out the truth, their quest consistently turns up more questions than clues. In another time, the story of a long-time group of college friends plays out across 30 years of history, revealing the highs and lows of a group that vowed to maintain their friendship until death. Is the answer to Joel’s mysterious departure found in a simple note sent to Mary, or is it locked somewhere back in time? Told in alternating voices and timelines, Nixon’s The Long Lost tells a story of both intrigue and suspense — along with sentimentality and introspection — as he examines the painful discoveries realized when childhood friends grow up...and grow apart.


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Release Blitz - All Systems Down by Sam Boush



All Systems Down
Author: Sam Boush
Genre: Thriller
Date Published: 8 February 2018

24 hours.
That’s all it takes.
A new kind of war has begun.

Book Description:
Pak Han-Yong’s day is here. An elite hacker with Unit 101 of the North Korean military, he’s labored for years to launch Project Sonnimne: a series of deadly viruses set to cripple Imperialist infrastructure.

And with one tap of his keyboard, the rewards are immediate.

Brendan Chogan isn’t a hero. He’s an out-of-work parking enforcement officer and one-time collegiate boxer trying to support his wife and children. But now there’s a foreign enemy on the shore, a blackout that extends across America, and an unseen menace targeting him.

Brendan must do whatever it takes to keep his family safe.

In the wake of the cyber attacks, electrical grids fail, satellites crash to earth, and the destinies of nine strangers collide.

Strangers whose survival depends upon each other’s skills and courage.

For fans of REVOLUTION and Tom Clancy, ALL SYSTEMS DOWN is a riveting cyber war thriller that presents a threat so credible you’ll be questioning reality.


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Wednesday 7 February 2018

Blog Tour Spotlight - Dead Serious: Breaking The Cycle Of Teen Suicide by Jane Mersky Leder



Dead Serious: Breaking the Cycle of Teen Suicide
Author: Jane Mersky Leder
Publisher: Independent
Pages: 237
Genre: YA Self-Help

Book Description: 
Thirty plus years after publishing the first edition of Dead Serious, this second completely revised and updated edition covers new ground: bullying, social media, LGBTQ teens, suicide prevention programs, and more. Scores of teens share their stories that are often filled with hurt, disappointment, shame--yet often hope. Written for teens, adults and educators, Dead Serious: Breaking the Cycle of Teen Suicide explores the current cultural and social landscape and how the pressure-filled lives of teens today can lead to anxiety, depression--suicide. Leder's own journey of discovery after her brother's suicide informs her goal of helping to prevent teen suicide by empowering teens who are suffering and teens who can serve as peer leaders and connectors to trusted adults. The skyrocketing number of teens who take their own lives makes Dead Serious: Breaking the Cycle of Teen Suicide more relevant and important than ever.

"Talking about suicide does not make matters worse. What makes matters worse is not talking."

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Book Blitz - See Her Run by A.K. Leigh



See Her Run
Author: A.K. Leigh
Genre: NA Romantic Suspense
Release Date: January 23rd, 2018

Book Description:
See Her Run blends elements of romance, suspense, and psychological thriller in an exploration of life after severe trauma.

Diana King arrives in Smithfield, North Carolina as part of her witness protection relocation. After six months of running from her crime boss ex-husband, she is looking forward to starting over in the quaint country town.

Jonathan Smith has no time for love. Not after the devastating relationships he has experienced. He prefers to focus on his Mixed Martial Arts business, his family farm, and the management of the town he owns.

That is, until he meets the mysterious newcomer. Something stirs in him; something familiar that remains elusive. This only serves to increase his curiosity – and attraction.

Though he is unaware of the important connection he has to her past, Diana realises immediately. Prevented from divulging the information, she struggles between the growing feelings she has for Jonathan and the freedom she fought so hard to obtain.

But, when secrets are exposed, and the past comes looking, will Diana and Jonathan’s new-found love survive? Or will they pay for it with their lives? 

In the end . . . you can run from everything except your past.

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Tuesday 6 February 2018

Blog Tour Spotlight - The Black Sheep Shadow by Ashley Terrell



The Black Sheep Shadow
Author: Ashley Terrell
Genre: Memoir
Publisher: Ashley Terrell LLC
Date of Publication:  April 19, 2017
ISBN: 978-1-329-90288-6
Number of pages: 130 pages
Cover Artist: Freepik

Tagline: “We have symptoms of ‘The Black Sheep’. Aren’t you aware?”

Book Description:
A unique book on strength and how a person can overcome difficult events in their lives.

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Blog Tour Spotlight - Searching for Gertrude by D.E. Haggerty



Searching for Gertrude
Author: D.E. Haggerty
Publisher: Independent
Pages: 250
Genre: Historical Romance

Book Description:
While growing up in Germany in the 1930s, Rudolf falls in love with the girl next door, Gertrude. He doesn’t care what religion Gertrude practices, but the Nazis do. When the first antisemitic laws are enacted by the Nazi government, Gertrude’s father loses his job at the local university. Unable to find employment in Germany, he accepts a position at Istanbul University and moves the family to Turkey. Rudolf, desperate to follow Gertrude, takes a position as a consulate worker in Istanbul with the very government which caused her exile. With Rudolf finally living in the same city as Gertrude, their reunion should be inevitable, but he can’t find her. During his search for Gertrude, he stumbles upon Rosalyn, an American Jew working as a nanny in the city. Upon hearing his heartbreaking story, she immediately agrees to help him search for his lost love. Willing to do anything in their search for Gertrude, they agree to work for a British intelligence officer who promises his assistance, but his demands endanger Rudolf and Rosalyn. As the danger increases and the search for Gertrude stretches on, Rudolf and Rosalyn grow close, but Rudolf gave his heart away long ago.   

How far would you go to find the woman you love? 

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Cover Reveal & Giveaway - Slippers And Thieves by Christina Bauer


Slippers And Thieves
(Fairy Tales of the Magicorum #3)
Author: Christina Bauer
Published by: Monster House Books
Publication Date: TBA
Genre:  YA Paranormal