Monday, September 14, 2015

Enchanted Book Promotions Presents: Unbelievable by Trevor Brown

About the Book
Title: Unbelievable
Author: Trevor Brown
Genre: Literary Fiction
Starting in the 1970s, an adventure which follows the trials and tribulations of a young guy trying to make an improvement in his nation's agricultural and industrial initiatives. He finds that good things can happen from bad, and bad things can happen from good. The story contains an underlying indigenous theme.

Author Bio
At age 59, this book was started over 20 years ago. Now a retired teacher and full time carer of an invalid father residing in Forster NSW. When the book was being written, the thought of a musical came to mind. With a little help from his friends, the author completed the musical in 2003. The cost of publication has always been a worry. His second book “Trolling For Sharks” was released on Keeaira Press in 2005.


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http://trev-brown.com
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Book Excerpts
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Sunday, September 13, 2015

Sunday Review: Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn


Title: Sharp Objects
Author: Gillian Flynn
Source: Purchased
Buy Links: AMAZON

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WICKED above her hipbone, GIRL across her heart
Words are like a road map to reporter Camille Preaker’s troubled past. Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, Camille’s first assignment from the second-rate daily paper where she works brings her reluctantly back to her hometown to cover the murders of two preteen girls.

NASTY on her kneecap, BABYDOLL on her leg
Since she left town eight years ago, Camille has hardly spoken to her neurotic, hypochondriac mother or to the half-sister she barely knows: a beautiful thirteen-year-old with an eerie grip on the town. Now, installed again in her family’s Victorian mansion, Camille is haunted by the childhood tragedy she has spent her whole life trying to cut from her memory.

HARMFUL on her wrist, WHORE on her ankle
As Camille works to uncover the truth about these violent crimes, she finds herself identifying with the young victims—a bit too strongly. Clues keep leading to dead ends, forcing Camille to unravel the psychological puzzle of her own past to get at the story. Dogged by her own demons, Camille will have to confront what happened to her years before if she wants to survive this homecoming.

With its taut, crafted writing, Sharp Objects is addictive, haunting, and unforgettable.




REVIEW

It has been a long time since I picked up a physical paperback book and just sat in bed staying up way to late reading. BUT! That is exactly what I did with this book. It was just a faced paced but still detail orientated book. The characters were so impacting. Any mental disorder you could think of I think was touched on by these characters and it was fantastic.

Not that disorders are fantastic but how they were woven into everyday life by seemingly everyday people was great. These characters COULD have been your girls next door or your boy next door growing up.

As much as I LOVED this book, and I did. I did not like the ending. It was very very quick like all the sudden we had to wrap every story line up with a nice neat bow and then we are done. Which made me feel robbed as a reader. It was like why have all this awesome detail and story and build up if you're just going to cheap out in the end.

But overall I would read another book by this author anytime. Because I felt so robbed by the ending I'm only going to give this book 4 stars. But it was still a fantastic read!


Tuesday, September 8, 2015

HEA Book Tours Presents: Cover Reveal: The Song Remains The Same by Kelli Jean


COVER REVEAL

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THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME
Author: Kelli Jean
Series: NOLA's Own Series, Book #3
- SYNOPSIS -
Phil
“Kenna stood strong, taking my grief into herself. In that moment, if the world had truly threatened to fall, I had no doubt my Baby Girl would hold it up.”

A pillar of strength, Kenna only grows stronger as time passes. I’ve known from the beginning that I was the weak link between us. Always, she’s risen above and beyond the darkness of the unknown that threatens to suck me down. This time…I’ll have to crawl out of that darkness on my own.

Kenna
“What we have—the kind of love we share—comes at a price. The universe demands it. It’s not free, and it shouldn’t be.”

So many souls make up the fabric of the music. Thousands upon thousands of years, millions of eyes and ears, hands and hearts have seen, heard, created and felt it. There’s only one who sings to me, and in the face of the unknown, I watch him lose the language of the soul. The pain and loss for Phil is so great, I have no way to bring the symphony back into his being, as he has done for me so many times.

Within me for now, for always…The Song Remains the Same.

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RE CREATIVES

- NOLA'S OWN SERIES - 
OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY, Book #1: http://amzn.to/1NW7oXA
NO QUARTER, Book #2: http://amzn.to/1NW7r5V

- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -
KELLI JEAN

Born and raised in Miami, Kelli Jean traded the tropical heat for the arctic. Now she deals with twenty-four hour daylight in the summer, zero sunlight in the winter, and believes the Northern Lights make up for the mind-boggling amount of ice and snow she has to put up with for seven months out of the year. She’s surrounded by mountains and ocean and sheep, and claims her bizarre sense of humor is what keeps her sane. The insane don’t know they’re insane. Kelli uses her imagination to create worlds she can escape to from the mundane tasks of everyday life, such as washing the damn dishes and vacuuming up Legos off the floor—and don’t get her started on the mad amount of cat hair on the end of the couch. She gave up on that a long time ago. When the household goes to sleep at night, she writes down everything that happened in her head while doing such tedious chores. But she enjoys living in her own head, so that’s pretty cool. Technology terrifies her. She can barely turn on a computer, and was completely shocked when she’d actually written a book on one. To this day, she has no explanation for this baffling mystery. It took her three years to realize she can take screen shots of messages and pictures of bearded, tattooed men with her phone. Now that she’s mastered this task, her phone is slowly dying, and she’s nervous that she’s going to have to buy a new one and it will take her another three years to learn how to use it.

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Monday, September 7, 2015

HEA Book Tours Presents: Cover Reveal: Darkness Falls by J. L. Drake


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“I see everything. I know their deepest, darkest secrets.”

DARKNESS FALLS by J.L. DRAKE
Series: Darkness Series #3
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Publisher: Limitless Publishing
Release Date: October 13, 2015
- SYNOPSIS -
More than a year after her ordeal, Emily McPhee finally feels safe…

Emily’s psychological scars are healing. Things are great between her and OPD Officer Seth Connors, and her biggest problem is the X-rated Halloween decorations her best friend Pete has placed all around her house. 

If only it would stay that way…

Seth senses something isn’t right, but he doesn’t know where the danger is coming from…or why. He’s sure Emily’s neighbor, Travis McKay, is hiding something, and the man pays way too much attention to Emily. 

To make things even more complicated, a new female officer appears to have her sights set on Seth, and fellow officer Alexander Avery has some sort of connection to a mysterious brothel employee. Seth has a feeling all these odd things are somehow connected—but he knows he’s missing a huge piece of the puzzle.

Pull at a thread and everything unravels.

Emily’s mother shows up with a surprise and a dirty plan to force her to sell the family home…and Seth’s father is proven to be the deceitful monster he always believed him to be. Lasko’s tainted past and twisted family ties turn out to be more complex than they ever imagined.

Every lie has a consequence, and Seth and Emily need the truth. 

In order to escape with their lives and their love intact, they must answer one critical question…

Who is the real target in this deadly game?

- DARKNESS SERIES - 
#1: Darkness Lurks: http://amzn.to/1NgcqwW
#2: Darkness Follows: http://amzn.to/1havVuU
#3 Darkness Falls: Coming Oct 13! 

- MEET THE AUTHOR -
J.L. DRAKE

J. L. Drake was born and raised in Nova Scotia, Canada, later moving to Southern California where she lives with her husband and two children. 

When she's not writing she loves to spend time with her family, travelling or just enjoying a night at home. One thing you might notice in her books is her love for the four seasons. Growing up on the east coast of Canada the change in the seasons is in her blood and is often mentioned in her writing. 

An avid reader of James Patterson, J.L. Drake has often found herself inspired by his many stories of mystery and intrigue. 

She hopes you will enjoy her stories as much as she has enjoyed writing them.



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Sunday, September 6, 2015

Sunday Review: : Let's Talk About Tickling by Veronica Frances


Title: Let's Talk About Tickling
Author: Veronica Frances
Source: Received in exchange for an honest review
Purchase Link: AMAZON

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Let's Talk About Tickling is an honest, straightforward discussion about tickling. Discover the many different aspects of tickling the fantasies, the realities, the many paradoxes of the tickling fetish and how to come to terms with ones own sensuality. A refreshing and very welcome find, Let's Talk About Tickling is for anyone who wishes to expand their awareness of tickling and other related fetishes. This book will be of great interest to anyone who wants to get in touch with their sensual self, whether they have a tickling fetish or not. Author Veronica Frances offers her readers the chance to improve their relationships in and out of the bedroom by shining a light on the powerful significance of tickling. She reminds us that tickling is not merely the whisper of a feather on the flesh. It is an echo that calls us from deep within, beckoning us to listen and respond.

REVIEW

When I was asked to review this book it didn't click that this was a non-fiction. I don't typically read those books.

So please keep that in mind while you read this review.

I thought the quality of the writing itself was some of the best I've read all year. This author wrote very cleanly and there wasn't any moments of confusion or potential for confusion for readers I thought.

However with all those positives ... this just wasn't the book for me. I feel like I learned a lot and def don't regret spending my time reading it. I just really got the confirmation that I am not a non-fiction kinda gal.

Overall I'm going to give this 4 stars. I really think the writing quality was good and I think if non-fiction was my thing this would be a slam dunk. But since it isn't my thing I just cant give it 5 stars.


Thursday, September 3, 2015

HEA Book Tours Presents: Changing Destiny by Brandy L Rivers

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CHANGING DESTINY
Author – Brandy L Rivers
Series – Others of Seattle: Book 4 ~ Standalone
Genre – Paranormal romance
– SYNOPSIS –
One decision can alter your destiny.

The nymph every woman desired swept Jayde off her feet, but an oath put Scotty in Saressa’s path. To protect Jayde, he did everything in his power to keep her from Saressa’s wicked clutches.

Years later—and finally free—Scotty catches a glimpse of Jayde. After everything he put her through he struggles with the decision to mend their broken love… or let her go.

Convinced she had been wrong about Scotty and their future, Jayde has moved on. An old friend pushes them together, but her heart has been battered.

With her hold on Scotty broken, Saressa will stop at nothing to regain control.

In an effort to convince Jayde she’s the only one, Scotty must rebuild the happiness stolen from them both. Or will Saressa change destiny once again?

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- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -
BRANDY L RIVERS
I've always loved books, especially about monsters and magic, so I started writing. I'm working on a prequel and the next few books in the Others of Edenton series, and I have a head full of stories to share.

I'm a stay at home mother with a wonderful husband who lets me write and write to my hearts content.

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1. Year In Books – Promo Only: https://www.facebook.com/YearInBooks
2. Bloggin With M. Brennan – Review + Promo: https://www.facebook.com/MaureenBrennan.Author
3. Archaeolibrarian – Promo Only: https://www.facebook.com/Archaeolibrarian
4. Kats Reading Corner – Promo Only: http://www.katsreadingcorner.blogspot.com/
5. Diane’s Book Blog – Promo Only: https://www.facebook.com/DianesBookBlog
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Tuesday, Sept 1:
1. Ms Me28- Promo Only: https://www.facebook.com/MsMe28PersonalBlog
2. Romance Schmomance – Review + Promo: https://www.facebook.com/RomanceSchmomance
3. I'm A Book Shark – Promo Only: http://www.imabookshark.com/
4. Four Chicks Flipping Pages – Promo Only: https://www.facebook.com/fourchicksflippingpages
5. What Lies Within These Pages – Promo Only: http://whatlieswithinthesepages.blogspot.co.uk/
6. The Power of Three Readers – Promo Only: https://www.facebook.com/ThePowerofThreeReaders

Wednesday, Sept 2:
1. Warrior Woman Winmill – Review + Promo: http://petulareadsromance.blogspot.com/
2. Book Worms/Book Written Love Affairs – Promo Only: https://www.facebook.com/theloveofagoodbook
3. Chicas Love to Read – Promo Only: http://www.chicalovestoread.blogspot.com/
4. Paranormal Romance and Authors That Rock – Promo Only: https://www.facebook.com/ParanormalRomanceAuthorsThatRock
5. Here is What I Read – Promo Only: https://www.facebook.com/hereiswhatiread
6. Abby & Lisa's Book Blog – Promo Only: https://www.facebook.com/AbbyandLisasBookBlog

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2. Crazy Daisy Book Whore – Promo Only: https://www.facebook.com/CrazyDaisyBook
3. Book Junky Girls – Review + Promo: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Book-Junky-Girls/248512268629919
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3. Jacklynn Love's Reading – Review + Promo: https://www.facebook.com/jacklnn79
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5. Red Moon (Silence Is Read) – Promo Only: https://silenceisread.blogspot.com.tr
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Saturday, Sept 5:
1. Night and Day Book Blog – Promo Only: https://www.facebook.com/nightanddaybookblog
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4. Motherhood Books and More Blog – Promo Only: https://www.facebook.com/MBMBlog
5. Pinky's Favorite Reads – Promo Only: https://www.facebook.com/PinkysFavoriteReads

Sunday, Sept 6: 
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 Twinsie Talk – Review + Promo: https://www.facebook.com/twinsietalk
2. Deal Sharing Aunt – Promo Only: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Deal-Sharing-Aunt/124318396397
3. Alpha Book Club – Review + Promo: https://www.facebook.com/Alphabookclub
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Sage Blog Tours Presents: Blitz: Summer on the Cold War Planet


Summer on the Cold War Planet
By Paula Classon Buck
Genre: Literary Fiction
Release: September 3, 2015
Publisher: Fomite

“Each story he told shed about as much light as a match and made all the dark around it worth wanting to know...”

In the late spring of 1989, Lyddie, a young American art historian, finds herself alone and pregnant when her husband, Phelps, disappears in Kurdish Iraq. Set adrift from the security of their marriage, she returns to the divided city of Berlin where they met four years before, seeking truths she believes Phelps may have kept from her.
Now the ferment at Germany’s borders is spilling into the private lives of their bohemian friends—particularly that of exiled East German painter Axel Herzog. Lyddie has always felt the gravitational pull of Axel’s art and of the stories of mystics he learned as a boy in Greece. And though Phelps once warned her away from Axel, the attraction grows stronger as she uncovers a vulnerability beneath the scorn he learned on the other side of the Wall.
When revelations about Axel’s past force her to retreat to an island in Greece, Lyddie finds she has run headlong into everything she has tried to avoid.
In this novel of conflicting allegiances played out between a richly realized late Cold War Berlin and the stark beauty of the Cycladic islands, travellers, natives, and refugees circle one another warily, their fates hanging on the question of which trusts if any, will remain unviolated.

Author Bio
Paula Closson Buck is the author of two books of poems. Her short stories have appeared or are forthcoming in Southern Review, Kenyon Review, and Ploughshares. She has lived briefly in both Berlin and the Greek islands, but her current home is in Lewisburg, PA, where she teaches creative writing at Bucknell University.