tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71610961475898843902024-03-22T08:07:21.358-05:00Stories Under Starlight: Book Reviews & ToursStoriesUnderStarlighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08286180694905152473noreply@blogger.comBlogger248125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7161096147589884390.post-79345371684664261092024-03-22T07:00:00.081-05:002024-03-22T07:00:00.141-05:00Lone Star Book Blitz: FROWNS AND GOWNS by Amanda Thrasher ***Review & Giveaway***<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="1234" data-original-width="2692" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzSjs0mQ1UvTB_jZcBArf2JWHbQVtoNgmiU1e2DyTmYQP7_CLUidkbozKl5sdhFXZJgxPhJvhDW4tum14g7Q22oqnhfJw77sV8deb9SQnKgKc9FTno-mPsLZgsUI_AEtYEXFtEN4w8QCPKar98ZNMxlHbvnKaJAzjtRVYAVYqYt958xEEOw9dF3L18hz9M/w577-h264/BNR%20Frowns%20&%20Gowns.png" style="text-align: center;" width="577" /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>FROWNS AND GOWNS</i></span></b></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">The Mischief Series, Book 5</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">By AMANDA M. THRASHER</span></b></div></b><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Children’s Chapter Book / Fantasy / Fairies</div><div style="text-align: center;">Publisher: Progressive Rising Phoenix Press</div><div style="text-align: center;">Page Count: 236</div><div style="text-align: center;">Publication Date: September 12, 2023</div></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2778" data-original-width="1838" height="575" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdS90DIjhH9RB3fePrUhEe1ZDVQWZubLXPVWqi-FsJCvzeNhHudGf-Q40Upudada4CbEHe2mv7RPBjIUUlDBwqBut2i23K24pkZixNNC9fsrMmzDD0W8iu27R1C1n1TmliGd_gDhy70j8pdnkYbL7C7mFEbZZSal6XARauujeQJ4qDpMgODsfLT70YamZd/w381-h575/Cover%20Frowns%20and%20Gowns%20Mischief%205.jpeg" width="381" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="576" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Y6ILUbGG8KQqyFdnakSZUXGUuuhnOQTY-7AgLTxWTRl7Zse87jIOSxYZQVylkyS8WFZWTznLVe1nURJUacdzzNMRXVQH8mPS5CDeICxDVYX0lXCf9wKV7tuAzYU22iSgPhAkFvu95KRqWB1e00YBHQ79fRXIg1mwmNokVTIasVv0i1967HfFFz1Z_DqB/s320/Synopsis.jpg" width="320" /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Embark on a Magical Adventure with Lilly, Boris, and Jack!</b></div></span><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Get ready to join Lilly, Boris, and Jack on an unforgettable journey filled with excitement, laughter, and a touch of mayhem. Brace yourself for a whirlwind of mishaps as these three fairies plan a magnificent magical ball, only to encounter an unforeseen disaster! Experience the magic of friendship with Lilly, the quick-witted and resourceful fairy, Boris, the mischievous fairy with a heart of gold, and Jack, the troublemaker with a curious, adventurous spirit on their latest adventure.</div></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Throughout, Lilly, Boris, and Jack teach the true meaning of friendship and teamwork. Together with their friends, they'll overcome challenges, learn valuable lessons, and create memories that will last a lifetime. 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Of course the girls are more excited about the ball than the boys, but as a team they have to come together to make it happen. Planning a ball is not an easy task and the fairies have to solve many challenges along the way. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">This was such a cute story that covers a lot of life lessons for young children. Perseverance, teamwork, and the importance of being kind to others just to name a few. There is a fairy character that uses a “chariot” to get around because of her weak legs. I thought this was such a unique way of including a disabled character, and I loved how the other fairies always included her in everything they did. They didn’t treat her any differently because of her disability. And of course Boris and Jack bring comedy and "mischief" to the story with their stinky moss balls! I enjoyed the side characters that brought more depth to this magical world, especially Broadrick the spider who loves to bake and knit! </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Overall, <i>Frowns and Gowns</i> is a cute addition to the Mischief series that is perfect for your child to learn about friendship, teamwork, and overcoming obstacles. Even though this is book five in the series, you don’t have to read them in order to understand the story. A magical chapter book series with life lessons that is perfect for readers ages 7-10 years old.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">5 Stars!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐</span></p></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="140" data-original-width="400" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXT2eQNtSE4NL6ha1UzE_qGhqBnBl6YYUs4TD6L1KP37n1V_OKGap48jlmezne7e2r2M0A90BB4Cj9RwRs1Rul9hhBkL4iZIxOLJuBybGMa3FQxvLsoy43g6bxK_Xls_m72fZAtmJAT5Nihg4BRexpNFXMU6kWyCSeI_X3waObnQu-TceKlsYKmg5D9HOk/s320/AboutTheAuthor.jpg" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiMr2EH5Ut-zf_MSEsos82YVcKAhJQHYmpKRcqfS1yTNBLAVKDVJkGEehRBUAzi8vRhv7us5-3bLTHodyo7kdRNb8yzGEEl5BGuL9NEqqiMN6Qu3gRqhV2X31xmwjmphWWfjZVvKXNbGRRQUMVAzM3_35Q84E2YydzA_PEmyHhc9gz70uumD4qRKsxtz-J/s824/Author%20Photo%20Thrasher.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="824" data-original-width="793" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiMr2EH5Ut-zf_MSEsos82YVcKAhJQHYmpKRcqfS1yTNBLAVKDVJkGEehRBUAzi8vRhv7us5-3bLTHodyo7kdRNb8yzGEEl5BGuL9NEqqiMN6Qu3gRqhV2X31xmwjmphWWfjZVvKXNbGRRQUMVAzM3_35Q84E2YydzA_PEmyHhc9gz70uumD4qRKsxtz-J/w206-h213/Author%20Photo%20Thrasher.jpeg" width="206" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Award-winning author <b>Amanda M. 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StoriesUnderStarlighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08286180694905152473noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7161096147589884390.post-11819514536916585362024-02-07T13:41:00.000-06:002024-02-07T13:41:39.415-06:00Fiction Review: THE SEAMSTRESS OF ACADIE by Laura Frantz <p> </p><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHK4AQHgC_8V8y1_Zk6DvFoMtfo2pH_5Ml8PajXzBWdZhlfRsA-L1JSLQKP5p8TFOE-GFP6bYNdRDE8ejgiuh4W3YNwkqfu_QojJb4ij8raNjdp53px6WJp7Yp1tTk3gVUIZphPCd4iz1fmJo3sVJfeJejmLqOn4YN4CfLUFOZEn7Xih4H2YfWWx5poIcO/s350/seamstress.jpg"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHK4AQHgC_8V8y1_Zk6DvFoMtfo2pH_5Ml8PajXzBWdZhlfRsA-L1JSLQKP5p8TFOE-GFP6bYNdRDE8ejgiuh4W3YNwkqfu_QojJb4ij8raNjdp53px6WJp7Yp1tTk3gVUIZphPCd4iz1fmJo3sVJfeJejmLqOn4YN4CfLUFOZEn7Xih4H2YfWWx5poIcO/s320/seamstress.jpg" width="207"></a></div><h2>The Seamstress of Acadie </h2><h3>by Laura Frantz</h3><div>Published January 9, 2024</div><div>416 pages</div><div><br></div><div><b>Plot: </b><span face=""Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif">As 1754 is drawing to a close, tensions between the French and the British on Canada's Acadian shore are reaching a fever pitch. Seamstress Sylvie Galant and her family--French-speaking Acadians wishing to remain neutral--are caught in the middle, their land positioned between two forts flying rival flags. Amid preparations for the celebration of Noël, the talk is of unrest, coming war, and William Blackburn, the British Army Ranger raising havoc across North America's borderlands.</span></div><br><span face=""Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif">As summer takes hold in 1755 and British ships appear on the horizon, Sylvie encounters Blackburn, who warns her of the coming invasion. Rather than participate in the forced removal of the Acadians from their land, he resigns his commission. But that cannot save Sylvie or her kin. Relocated on a ramshackle ship to Virginia, Sylvie struggles to pick up the pieces of her life. When her path crosses once more with William's, they must work through the complex tangle of their shared, shattered past to navigate the present and forge an enduring future.</span><div><br></div><div><b>Review: </b>The <i>Seamstress of Acadie </i>by Laura Frantz is an intriguing historical romance that beautifully intertwines the history of the Acadian's past with a lovely slow burn romance between Sylvie Galant (an Acadian seamstress) and William Blackburn (a British Army Ranger turned ally). Sylvie is a skilled seamstress who cares deeply for her family and her home and William is a man determined to right some wrongs. It was heartbreaking to know the expulsion of the Acadians (present day Nova Scotia) was something that actually happened in 1755. There was a lot of suffering and hardship that the Acadians had to endure and you felt every bit of it as the story unfolds. Sylvie was such a wonderful character and you couldn't help but root for her and William to get their happily ever after. The theme of having faith in God is present throughout the story.</div><div><br></div>Overall, <i>The Seamstress of Acadie</i> is one of those books you just sit back and enjoy over a cup of tea or hot chocolate. At over 400 pages this is not going to be a quick read, nor do you want it to be. This is a take your time and live the story type of book that is worth every minute you spend reading it. There is so much history and depth to this story that you feel transported to the time period and experience the story like you are living it too. This is my first Laura Frantz book and I must say I will definitely be reading more of her stories as I just adore her writing style. A captivating story of strength, faith, and resilience. A must read! <div><br></div><div>*I received an ARC for an honest review from the publisher.</div><div><br></div><div><b>5 Stars!</b></div><div>⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐</div>StoriesUnderStarlighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08286180694905152473noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7161096147589884390.post-11579493811336143352023-12-15T07:00:00.001-06:002023-12-15T07:00:00.141-06:00Lone Star Blog Tour: PAWS AND PLAYTIME by Jennie Chen and Giselle Nevada ***Book Blitz & Giveaway***<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1234" data-original-width="2692" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh6w2MysbzilkpTwUyUYCLVro82fv5abgov2y_5v1grl0XZqPvbLJFqo_fTOUyQAQlbw_7VzEND_bp2Q8vf1z0CrWEdQYZ5nwGcjMgyUt8ENLDCcCPseBxPnDWOudcWG_Q59FGVK9wPBYjZbMSGygXn9P_6j8rjd4I-01r9vIE8bE6yFqAQXPSAQIUD-X3/w576-h265/BNR%20Paws%20&%20Playtime.png" width="576" /></div><p></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>PORTER & MIDGE:</i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>PAWS AND PLAYTIME</i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">by</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Jennie Chen and Giselle Nevada</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Children's Picture Book / Pet Care / Dog Training</div><div style="text-align: center;">Series: Porter and Midge series</div><div style="text-align: center;">Publisher: Raise the Woof Press LLC</div><div style="text-align: center;">Page Count: 32 pages</div><div style="text-align: center;">Publication date: December 12, 2023</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;">****Scroll down for Giveaway!****</span></i></b></h2><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="576" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguj9LoEBjocBZay0G2hj4u5SIT5rwjkxnGham90qdZJtVs5CGxbtrGf8-Fh-aCzKoep19Q12iqTjp-b91EPvriHRZtIkJHS90orBC9O5EMzOZDPwY_77imDqKdtOH-URSohBM6e1Z1H-xvyKnRSPKBJFORt2_yEa-v53ybjpYdBAEz0NPLpQJKQn9A9Vv2/s320/Synopsis.jpg" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" width="320" /></div></span><div><b style="font-family: arial;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2146" data-original-width="2126" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNgziP3EBG5CVA4EZaZIkXJTtHRznYdvf8iaV8ka1QurBMB7FFkUG3BBVRV7NGwahfIl6d3qA7xF2Q0okJ-CuWzFvIZuCCvG69VCEvTX7kTpKWuherQpMITHbSGA17FUxktQ7eKyAP9y9P1gvzrziV9azSHujfVQ9RgG0F-2CG8gplh-ptsFzOYmWVLtxQ/w268-h271/Cover%20Paws%20and%20Playtime.jpg" width="268" /></div></div></i></b><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Discover the enchanting world of Porter and Midge: Paws and Playtime - a rhyming children's book that follows the heartwarming bond between two furry friends, Mastiff Porter and Greater Swiss Mountain Dog Midge, and their devoted companions, CJ and Lora.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">On a sunny day, CJ's thoughtful idea sets the stage for a joyful exploration of new ways to make Porter and Midge's days even brighter.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Through rhythmic verses, follow their journey as they uncover imaginative games, canine enrichment activities, and thrilling dog sports, all while strengthening their unbreakable connection.</div></span><span><br /></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; 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float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="512" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhY_QM8n114WQvSfRyPmYpavytTVlFrBtIozp1y2g78ngn4GjZPYYAVS82QbwB2vuSlglRMeh7D4r_YAMTpK-Gb7wFQ-nsMzChJz2OT2XJuCADpkurKpZMfY9L9lFkfHGjQGlEeShetuZUmWA9rFSQ1aZfTdHujh1Hj0VeLYj0IBGobv2x465l5WcG3Q1V/w225-h225/Author%20Photo%20Giselle%20Nevada.png" width="225" /></div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Giselle Nevada</b> has owned several mastiffs, acquired both from reputable breeders and via rescue. Fostering rescued mastiffs and helping them work through their issues led to a keen interest in socialization as a means of preventing future issues. She loves working with her dogs and has dabbled in carting, conformation, agility, rally, trick dog, nose work, and many other canine sports. Her puppy Porter is a testament to early socialization - he has achieved many performance dog titles and has done commercial work. He also has a role in a movie called <i>Match Me If You Can</i> directed by Marian Yeager.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="512" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivzTjMtCE_gJcIn5f1vEsdGF07UpBba8ILVKf9YiUv2RJu0McdsxO1IcrHLOoGsoFO1TamaVzo_O3SIfQ0iAE0qnj5Y2mXSm87ee4Tc8tjZykbv4C7XgX86HEQK-1oqM92jBDaBXnlOmvD_mFO9dLQ3xOi_jYWm1D9OjSPRK5aF58p4UkTZsJtDX9_pYCR/w221-h221/Author%20Photo%20Jennie%20Chen.png" width="221" /></div></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Jennie Chen</b> is a homesick Austinite who founded Keep Austin Dog Friendly. Over the last 20 years, Jennie has owned Greater Swiss Mountain Dogs and Lowchen. She has earned numerous titles in conformation, competitive obedience, rally, herding, animal assisted therapy, and more. She is passionate about the relationship people build with their beloved canines, and she has been an advocate for people living with disabilities who need a service dog to live independently. She is active in various dog clubs and can be seen on AKC.TV from time to time.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://porterandmidge.com/" target="_blank"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">WEBSITE </span></b></a><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">◆</span></b><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/PorterandMidge/" target="_blank"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">FACEBOOK </span></b></a><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">◆</span></b><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/porterandmidge/" target="_blank"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">INSTAGRAM</span></b></a></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Porter-Midge-Playtime-Guide-Childrens/dp/B0CMTKNP4R/" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1035" data-original-width="5224" height="116" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy3ejm2HUywI5G5JfO47UETiEFFluKQV8t7sR27ddoxjCzvLEA5kUYNLOnKD-4B0mwA3ChSLgxusuWP_y3BLWorcVX0J0VdYeJp_zwYsp5XG5HFFuWHv11uv2qjBAe4Xvjyv8t_z3sALjII7IjrP9GKkgRbdWf03Ad6dmLsfB3nHiHhsMELgi7gzy0QSLT/w592-h116/Newsletter%20Ad%20Paws%20and%20Playtime.png" width="592" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">--------------------------------------</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">GIVEAWAY! 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StoriesUnderStarlighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08286180694905152473noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7161096147589884390.post-48821503953034242872023-11-10T12:56:00.005-06:002023-11-10T15:09:48.519-06:00Fiction Review: INTO THE FIRE by Irene Hannon<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXj5pLTWk8rU3nQDzyTXAzF17ISfWC0RLVHAqwlKQsr1biqqzdXtQ5Mqoi86PGpLuwsE06iAmlioydeq1dYvlPPdSc81B3unV9CVFIEX3DyZ_chRcMYY2pEeF5IKmG6d8lvpHIa8BKNNc-GPRNRBKUT5FV2mACwaxVdq2i5dMFZbmWVgNzg-Kf86bVwgwU" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="324" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXj5pLTWk8rU3nQDzyTXAzF17ISfWC0RLVHAqwlKQsr1biqqzdXtQ5Mqoi86PGpLuwsE06iAmlioydeq1dYvlPPdSc81B3unV9CVFIEX3DyZ_chRcMYY2pEeF5IKmG6d8lvpHIa8BKNNc-GPRNRBKUT5FV2mACwaxVdq2i5dMFZbmWVgNzg-Kf86bVwgwU=w260-h400" width="260" /></a></div><br /><p></p><h1 style="text-align: center;"><b>Into the Fire <br /></b><b>by Irene Hannon</b></h1><h3 style="text-align: center;">Christian Fiction/Romantic Suspense</h3><h3 style="text-align: center;">Published October 1, 2023 by Revell</h3><h3 style="text-align: center;">400 pages </h3><div><b style="font-family: inherit;"><u>Synopsis:</u></b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: inherit;">As a former smokejumper, arson investigator Bri Tucker knows her way around fires. But after a mysterious blaze takes the life of a former colleague, Bri inherits a curious puzzle from him that raises questions about several fiery deaths. Someone, however, doesn't want her picking up where he left off in search of answers. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: inherit;">When she teams up with ATF Special Agent Marc Davis to solve the puzzle, the danger escalates. But will they manage to track down the person behind the mysterious deaths before their budding romance--and maybe even their lives--go up in flames?</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: inherit;"> (2023, Goodreads.com)</span></div><div><br /></div><div><b><u>Review:</u></b> Into the Fire by Irene Hannon is book 1 of her new Undaunted Courage series. Fire investigator Bri Tucker is working on her new case when ATF Marc Davis is called in to help her. As much as she wants to do it on her own, she realizes that Marc's help is valuable. And if she's being honest with herself, she enjoys having him around. But, strange occurrences begin to happen to Bri that are more than just coincidences, and having Marc around has been a literal life saver. The chemistry between Bri and Marc is a slow burn romance that works really well and makes the progression of their relationship more realistic. The depth of the characters was great, as they both struggled with not wanting to start a new relationship due to past hurts. But, they also couldn't help but fall for each other despite it all. The multiple POVs between Bri, Marc, and the "villians" was a great way to understand what was going on from everyone's perspective. Adding the antagonists side makes the story so much more interesting. We don't always get to see it from their side. </div><div><br /></div><div>Overall, Hannon does a great job juggling the romance, suspense and action of the story throughout the book. I love it when a story is so well written it really keeps the pages turning. Such a great book to curl up with and enjoy with your favorite cup of tea or coffee. This was my first Irene Hannon book, and I'm definitely looking forward to the next book in the series!</div><div><br /></div><div><b>5 Stars!</b></div><div>⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐</div><div><br /></div><div>I received a copy of the book for an honest review from the publisher.</div><div><br /></div>StoriesUnderStarlighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08286180694905152473noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7161096147589884390.post-65989749493482550432023-08-25T18:54:00.001-05:002023-08-25T19:42:22.400-05:00Fiction Review: COUNTDOWN by Lynette Eason<p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-8b032d34-7fff-8984-b183-d32c096e323f"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</a><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3BD_D44ooPBZrBmACd_uYvxbU440GuKeKhCYIe53NoQB6lElPUCnm_FT9UBEBsXPCnA9wgH2gAhXS_xuiP8osAS-u_6D-TbCH0mSYksziqn1J6wpkmThjggkS6B1lkRdqQ6a4QtsAA8bQVA2nUx_y7TfQvVq6dx1r8uDgy2XrPIjms9wwvRKKR2sK_dk1" width="400"></div><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-8b032d34-7fff-8984-b183-d32c096e323f"><b>Synopsis:</b> Flight paramedic Raina Price's past has marched back into her present--and it wants to kill her. With a stalker who knows her well determined to end what he started, US Marshal Vince Correlli vows to protect her at all costs--even if ends his career.</p><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-8b032d34-7fff-8984-b183-d32c096e323f"><b>Review</b>: <i>Countdown</i> by Lynette Eason follows flight paramedic Raina Price as she tries to move forward from her dangerous past. When the stalker she’s been so careful to hide from finally catches up with her, she realizes that her loved ones are in danger once again. U.S. Marshall Vince Corelli wants to help, and the closer he gets to Raina, the more he realizes that not only is his life in danger, but also his heart. </p><p dir="ltr">As the fourth installment in the Extreme Measures series, <i>Countdown</i> does not disappoint. I love this romantic suspense thriller from Lynette Eason and how she incorporates faith-based principles and beliefs. Both Raina and Vince each have things in their past they wish they could change. Raina struggles with trust, and Vince is trying to overcome past regrets. Their romance is realistic and slowly develops throughout the book. I enjoyed the pace of the story along with the suspense and danger. The different POVs from not only the main characters, but from the villains too really brings you into their world! Overall, a great read from start to finish! Can’t wait for the next Lynette Eason book!</p>StoriesUnderStarlighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08286180694905152473noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7161096147589884390.post-74319131557432517772023-08-24T07:00:00.009-05:002023-08-24T07:00:00.135-05:00Lone Star Blog Tour: FACING THE ENEMY by DiAnn Mills ***Guest Post & Giveaway***<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1234" data-original-width="2692" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCSsEZ8-ruqS5otOtiJ25racoGHQER8vK-0-zKcOQ8DaMDVDbq7g0CUkuceKbLLeDf6kWywhNEQ8el4hUjYYjykqNoieFpGpidrkLDGxexOUpWSYLd2tXFCbTYzp0EB5X6fw-bK3M9RxZjaUjlcTtmoKWDI14LmuD-z76Q8pxxgBKaKvKLoHvJerBNfRPA/w524-h240/BNR%20Facing%20the%20Enemy.png" width="524" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>FACING THE ENEMY</b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">by</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">DiAnn Mills</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Christian Fiction / Suspense / Romance</div><div style="text-align: center;">Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers</div><div style="text-align: center;">Date of Publication: September 5, 2023</div><div style="text-align: center;">Number of Pages: 352 pages </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;">***Scroll down for Giveaway!***</span></b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></i></div></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="576" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU1v0t1SkopwzgXYODtNkZtnmQgjqOeLnox4c7Dfk182srDUX9bsnmnjoMOWuacXrCjOhrPmHM95Xfyv7tWJKGdfgeU7OREue-360uY7-bXKgZ8IG0vUtoWwNTkhINWfwQr9KZpOUfSiiYOK7Gj5H1-Bn5Fqn0O0BsUMHaiSdN79rR8knUdry6KhXIyG9J/s320/Synopsis.jpg" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="442" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggcrrg6UHCS_Rd-ymU3Mqb6FfXaVTYRlwgXBxW1NSXgYNIZBGUL0QSEuUte1lk6K8JzYYU1cSaiqdFYaUF8L24SdeGsIPiEMdSGp-s5hXXh7km4tI2NH0oIQruh_rF0euXStxZ-QZStNpgXScKIAx9IomoTsnCwFbV9Dd5_vlpFWGDoWuaXAl6ErZo2FHa/s320/Cover%20Facing%20the%20Enemy.jpeg" width="221" /></div></b></i></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">When the long-awaited reunion between Risa and her brother, Trenton, ends in tragedy, Risa is riddled with guilt, unable to cope with the responsibility she feels over his death. On leave from the FBI, Risa returns to her former career as an English teacher at a local college, only to see her past and present collide when one of her students, Carson Mercury, turns in an assignment that reads like an eyewitness account of her brother's murder, with details never revealed publicly.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Alarmed by Carson's inside knowledge of Trenton's death, Risa reaches out to her former partner at the FBI. Special Agent Gage Patterson has been working a string of baby kidnappings, but he agrees to help look into Carson's background. Risa and Gage soon discover their cases might be connected as a string of high-value thefts have occurred at properties where security systems were installed by Carson's stepfather and children have gone missing. There's a far more sinister plot at play than they ever imagined, and innocent lives are in danger.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://diannmills.com/books/facing-the-enemy/" target="_blank"><b>CLICK TO</b><span style="font-weight: bold;"> PURCHASE</span></a></div></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123118617-facing-the-enemy" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="116" data-original-width="350" height="55" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWDx4WKnzbvh6-JUb-cGwMVMw5M_deqy6CuetNVdla_fkgkZefyONqw_d1_fFbdENTW3WVCoWyT7ugRVpeCQFpPpoSYmvxgcuXkoA8nbn3x1IUJcWZUcF6MdpJtQAxdnKRd4FsPMUy5fMsCMpg7Pd8a-NdEvWiRSbJuKfLKXBmG1aYD55LuPkUKh4_5WPi/w165-h55/add-to-goodreads.png" width="165" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcXGx6oMr751poxX9_DLd6Ovai7mII3DQeTpi0BFiXCfF6OE9mpYWIcsX8aCdAsZkXZIOzL7rrK8PjbmquMME_OdeSt9qX812M1OaW4XkeKjiJdrYITuSaagFjIKgtOB311dKCLWwPIMEE1H-qlkoT3v3Kg8kRCAD9NKaY5k6Rvcvdd72Gw3Kql8NQ7Zsc/s576/GuestPost%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="576" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcXGx6oMr751poxX9_DLd6Ovai7mII3DQeTpi0BFiXCfF6OE9mpYWIcsX8aCdAsZkXZIOzL7rrK8PjbmquMME_OdeSt9qX812M1OaW4XkeKjiJdrYITuSaagFjIKgtOB311dKCLWwPIMEE1H-qlkoT3v3Kg8kRCAD9NKaY5k6Rvcvdd72Gw3Kql8NQ7Zsc/s320/GuestPost%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> “Why
Should I Journal”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Guest Post by DiAnn Mills<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">If you currently journal, then you understand the positive
features of recording our emotions, thoughts, learning experiences, and
adventures. My journaling has seen me through ups, downs, and everything in
between. Looking back at what I wrote years ago often gives me a new
perspective on personal growth.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">For those who question if journaling could be an asset, the
following may inspire you to begin.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Journaling benefits:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">1.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Builds
healthier bodies. Stress is a proven factor in diagnosing many physical and
mental ailments. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">2.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Develop
good habits and discourage bad ones.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">3.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Encourages
spiritual growth by recording how God is active in our lives.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">4.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Eliminates
stress. Our lives are filled with tension that leads to stress and sometimes
conflict. Journaling provides a way to vent those challenges.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">5.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Encourages
us to express our emotions, positive and negative, in a healthy manner. Seeing
what we feel in words garners a better understanding of ourselves and how we view
the world.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">6.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Engages
our mind and helps to improve memory and concentration.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">7.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Enhances
a higher level of self-confidence with increased awareness of our surroundings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">8.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Establishes
better sleep patterns since we are not focusing on events that prevent rest.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">9.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Helps
us develop better communication skills. Our vocabulary grows when we are
conscious of the words used to describe our experiences. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">10.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Offers a creative form of expression
that is private and intimate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">11.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Provides a means to understand the world
in a nonthreatening environment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">12.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Shows areas in our life where we can
rejoice.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Various kinds of journals are available to suit individual
needs. A simple notebook may work for you, while others may prefer elaborate
bullet journaling with multi-colored pens and highlighters. This is your
journal, and adapting the type to our personalities makes the experience
valuable and enjoyable.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Can you offer additional benefits to journaling? <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><img border="0" data-original-height="140" data-original-width="400" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHCxW83KUjVnfZYhLZGcurT0Z2wUhXYFjPvZVyRMXg_11gfH4qdyrB3qCKZoLGGwsnJGCPnFlE6ZIJUdViY_TPGXglsGXPiGdTgmF2pErHrtPIKFq2KCmhwEmAbp7Mm9K5FCEm9dYFsUHHG4Kk_AR91CgeqZH4YpVwCLu3B5hDs5F9jd26IZd7WNBSVdY5/s320/AboutTheAuthor.jpg" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3600" data-original-width="2400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdmN2yALT8rd-FnFdSnrX2aeTneXZq60jxlkpa4seJtfXPSx0Ve8cPfLVTFuOqe4vdgoM2IHXmWCE0EPNKelHgz96EVxIkDO1Zs5eSo4wRXrXNxsYynQONDbU_zsBN6UYHE-2h71ijJWROQSHVSFALffbMr_uPksLy4XyyXzvoKxD_nhTReIkA4F4FMCbc/s320/Author%20Photo%20Mills.jpg" width="213" /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">DiAnn Mills is a bestselling author who believes her readers should expect an adventure. She is a storyteller and creates action-packed, suspense-filled novels to thrill readers. Her titles have appeared on the CBA and ECPA bestseller lists; won two Christy Awards; and been finalists for the RITA, Daphne Du Maurier, Inspirational Readers’ Choice, and Carol award contests. DiAnn is a founding board member of the American Christian Fiction Writers, a member of Advanced Writers and Speakers Association, Mystery Writers of America, and International Thriller Writers. DiAnn continues her passion for helping other writers be successful. 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StoriesUnderStarlighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08286180694905152473noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7161096147589884390.post-25747034341409068422023-07-12T07:00:00.157-05:002023-07-16T15:17:55.296-05:00Lone Star Blog Tour: WHISKEY ON OUR SHOES by Tonya Preece ***GIVEAWAY & REVIEW***<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1234" data-original-width="2692" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPnbQ6gVvF6ZNrff7YDIWvKKLl_tnGQjNJivXyvUnOLS9vlhqmn8PSC6808Lk3j9MeEcIzAPMQkacRrdt75u0ifznnEJMl5LwTPqGAQMOCy2SShbfUCLVTcyEQuQbx0CMkzaebZWj6REh01cXXPZ7Z4tzucxFunwdLg66WcStujrNn1Pu3_SWpaZiLaA/w567-h260/BNR%20Whiskey%20on%20Our%20Shoes.png" width="567"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">WHISKEY ON OUR SHOES</span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">by</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Tonya Preece</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">Contemporary Romance / New Adult</div><div style="text-align: center;">Publisher: Champagne Book Group</div><div style="text-align: center;">Page Count: 238 pages</div><div style="text-align: center;">Publication Date: February 12, 2023</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Scroll down for a giveaway!</span></i></b></h2></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="576" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXkkbpKOuqJkxM5sYi9fwXx9E90UZcKqFaJhCEJEAASw3fUIR955eVH7Egpt_eI7VqojPMZvkRUFeuAoPzHaprUc4gwjUp26Jql2rGS8MPjd3L8eeth7wq1SCfd3oRTcJvSVwH4R8MkN4tC3l_KgP6fIkc3mKuM9r4G089pVVVia6jONFy9RX1MFDNZw/s320/Synopsis.jpg" width="320"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="608" data-original-width="405" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUZZu9g5dmQFvtTWHaglHPLFYv6qvKSrbCWsemwEx5c1N5T3VOBeHXLbQ34MEYO-y3DS8wpCgSkNIrjGq-17Ty8TlMYyLBPRnvk13gLSvX1Wop6oLiE27vOanjFRX4Nqk5cTNGcuWeEWbdxKIgyc1lOrOEi3Z_SrN8SqPqgSyMmQAvS2sqNExZWbq65Q/w232-h350/Cover%20Whiskey%20On%20Our%20Shoes.jpg" width="232"></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Eva dodges the fans, media, and gossip that follow her supermodel mom and rock star family members by wearing disguises. After an aimless gap year, she struggles to figure out what she wants from life. She moves in with her famous guitar god brother in Austin while he recovers from a drunken stage stunt accident and tries to stay sober. When a hot Texas cowboy named Alex takes Eva by surprise, she risks her safety and security of anonymity by letting him into her unconventional life.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Alex is captivated by Eva and promises to protect her privacy. Yet he has a secret of his own—the fling he had with an older woman is fraught with scandalous potential for him and now Eva. He broke free of that mistake months ago, or so he thought. As things heat up with Eva, his old flame returns and won’t leave him alone.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Just when Alex thinks he has the reins on the situation, his ex teams up with a gossip reporter hell-bent on invading Eva’s privacy. The resulting exposé, with a sly spin on a recent encounter with his ex, is Alex’s worst nightmare, and Eva’s unsure what to believe. Can she face the world with Alex at her side or will she return into hiding?</div></span><br><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Purchase on Amazon:</span></b></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Whiskey-Our-Shoes-Tonya-Preece/dp/1957228768/" target="_blank">Paperback</a> │ <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Whiskey-Our-Shoes-Tonya-Preece-ebook/dp/B0BFL1867Q/" target="_blank">eBook</a></span></b></div></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62620996-whiskey-on-our-shoes" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="116" data-original-width="350" height="55" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBSbLSWQAG8xNb7vn_-t0mWQSlum5YN_92VEDXkP5fTOxHui0WXtpN00rOjPefpkEEr1PHZbMXPMEzu20HUPFm3ocPS4KJuV-zvOfUiwJO0Drr_RdC-uwCAgu_N8O6CC_svFulOPMXgWPvYfioNPppph51SPP8VC-TPB1FEhMj50eAX3oP-RozR_XELA/w165-h55/add-to-goodreads%20-%20Copy.png" width="165"></a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-RsdxrNaL0BOyOpRQ6IYIUFUz5-HafBFTcmXcw3_Xa4KGnC8CszmoePdAO99OperLdNI_qSBDKpl_zAA3KVc9gbtUK1GkwLXGSgHSwVmaaPJxZdHaPDy9LfPHJ9VmMxBbtmt9pegbtaUIQkUfIce-qOmhUuDeKMSFa-gpl6eAXr7xxJlfc342gSkZGQbX/s576/IMG_7127%20(1).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="576" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-RsdxrNaL0BOyOpRQ6IYIUFUz5-HafBFTcmXcw3_Xa4KGnC8CszmoePdAO99OperLdNI_qSBDKpl_zAA3KVc9gbtUK1GkwLXGSgHSwVmaaPJxZdHaPDy9LfPHJ9VmMxBbtmt9pegbtaUIQkUfIce-qOmhUuDeKMSFa-gpl6eAXr7xxJlfc342gSkZGQbX/s320/IMG_7127%20(1).JPG" width="320"></a></div><br><div><br></div><div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;">Whiskey On Our Shoes</i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"> by Tonya Preece is a coming-of-age story about a girl named Eva, the secret daughter of a famous supermodel, and Alex, a down-to-earth college student from Texas. Both are not looking for love when they coincidentally</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"> meet through Eva's brother Lor, a guitar legend, who is recovering from an injury at his place in Austin, Texas. </span><br></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br></div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;">Trying to stay out of the spotlight, but not wanting to stop living life, Eva takes a leap of faith and starts dating Alex. But, Alex has a secret and it's one that he is not very proud of. Dating an older woman when you're barely an adult is not something he wants to share about his past- nor the fact that this woman still wants to get back together with him even though he has blocked her every attempt. But, Eva seems different and maybe she is someone he can finally trust with his heart. Eva is new to relationships, having to hide who you are and traveling in disguises is not a way to live. But, Alex is different from the rockstars and famous people she's met over the years. Eva is afraid to trust anyone outside her circle of friends and family. She's hoping Alex can keep her secret and her heart safe.</div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br></div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;">Eva and Alex's story was very touching and the romance was written realistically. Young love starts out very unsure and tentative, but quickly develops as each person starts to trust. Eva's hesitancy to be with Alex intimately showed how hard it was for her to trust someone because of how she has seen the relationships in the music industry come and go. She didn't want to be with someone who would leave her in a few months. Preece did a good job bringing Eva out of her shell slowly. She was very different from her mother and didn't want anything to do with fame. The author also showed the vulnerability of Alex and how much he wanted to genuinely love someone. He was sweet with Eva and never wanted her to do anything she didn't want to do. He also didn't want to pressure Eva in any way. Alex's heart was finally learning to love again and he didn't want to ruin things between them.</div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br></div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;">The family drama was there for both Eva and Alex. I like how Preece gave more depth to the characters through the family problems that they each had to deal with. Eva, not knowing who her real father is, while also dealing with a mother who is very controlling, self-centered, and who doesn't express much emotion. Alex, on the other hand, has a to deal with a black sheep brother who can't keep himself out of trouble. On top of this, he has to manage college and an ex-girlfriend who is beyond determined to get back together with him. </div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br></div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;">I liked how Preece showed the reader how easily misunderstandings can get out of hand rather quickly. It's was hard for Eva to trust Alex because of this. In addition, the manipulation of the media and the lengths they will go to get a story is a really sad reality for children of the rich and famous. </div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br></div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;">Overall, <i>Whiskey On Our Shoes</i> is an emotional love story with themes of young love, trust, and forgiveness. This book is New Adult and there are explicit scenes later in the story, so it would be more age appropriate for ages 18 and up.</div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br></div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;">4 Stars</div></div></div><div>⭐⭐⭐⭐</div><div><br></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="140" data-original-width="400" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaw9WcqTAB5m_L5zNDSza17Q6r3aX9u0-dlJfF7XmlyIRv9eskPaJF3FK3B-NqhmEEyVbkK07xtn6SRmkVqRX0M9rs4OAyOVfhljPbDc2zOg3lAosZPN_6mD1Er3WIBMOBrrI6rOaGgAiva_71mMuNc2bUPv5TaB_bUBNBwRlSBTEwI2Fdp6GZbE1Vpg/s320/AboutTheAuthor.jpg" width="320"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2100" data-original-width="1500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiqAMjJ8NSN6k3dhzBZAbcK7nj7Z9c3STL35ktOYOtzFHr52xaU2DTJhATlp_KOzspDe0Z6yMb62qSUh-iYtsGaOurZiRHMhgic-CsMdSaaD7fSrltP9_Ej0UmsBZkmJQtfFLWY1VsC9seYDXhg5q8GKpOsGa3_2LwJDkPcvvFro49Qx0ELf1CG7VJQw/s320/Author%20Photo%20Preece.jpg" width="229"> </span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Tonya Preece</b> writes romance and contemporary young adult fiction and incorporates music into all her books in one way or another. She lives near Austin, TX where she’s a small business manager for a forensic engineering firm. She and her husband enjoy traveling, live music, wine, and spoiling their fur babies.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://tonyapreece.com/" target="_blank">Website</a> ◆ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tonyapreecewrites/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> ◆ <a href="https://www.amazon.com/stores/Tonya-Preece/author/B0BFM5CB55" target="_blank">Amazon</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/22855925.Tonya_Preece" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> ◆ <a href="https://www.bookbub.com/profile/tonya-preece" target="_blank">BookBub</a> ◆ <a href="https://twitter.com/TonyaPreece" target="_blank">Twitter</a> ◆ <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tonya.preece.1" target="_blank">Facebook</a></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Whiskey-Our-Shoes-Tonya-Preece/dp/1957228768/" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1035" data-original-width="5224" height="115" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLZzc6MGjeFCYhuoVTQ7oI8vYxfhpQyq8EJIPB2qnzcGCBDsHDaUDEWY6sZW-YH8eqgpWz4l4XJrFMsfoyGQcZVbsefQTpljWrFE0G3TH6U5Kan0Hz9jjUQYSDML7_-Hisz7j9IeklxjNXBE2agDqTEgqz9VLgZFWjUIBNJ_u9ScmiZzFSfUpC4styfw/w588-h115/XTRA%20Ad%20Whiskey%20on%20Our%20Shoes.png" width="588"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>GIVEAWAY! 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when she receives a threatening letter from a man she helped put in prison, she can't stop herself from
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all in to find out why he's coming after her. Unfortunately, she's going to need the help of the one
person who questions her reckless choices more than anyone else. </div><div style="align: justify; text-align: center;"><span style="align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="align: justify; text-align: center;"><span style="align: left;">Explosives and weapons specialist Nicolás Garcia agrees to help Lyla in order to
keep her safe, but her recklessness continues to be a major concern, especially when her investigation
into a conspiracy puts a target on her back. Dealing with bombs is dangerous. Working with Lyla is
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StoriesUnderStarlighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08286180694905152473noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7161096147589884390.post-62282305548533434102023-04-22T10:34:00.010-05:002023-04-22T10:34:03.989-05:00Lone Star Blog Tour: SO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS by Diana Gachman ***GIVEAWAY***<div class="separator"></div><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1234" data-original-width="2692" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPZB7Zi275qIHQFXVwI0ZEvlRM7x_UoclxM52vmcmKPX__txB11cijiMklyBs8JrHQMU-ehkT0Y7k9sP2k7gqGcpPEia-BwU2eu1clyZk4sqg8x3qHZXdIfW4YRFwOhmb2yjiCl41O7ShiR470bOPWr2QqusZcY7WENb4l5kM_uUhA621hKr9IEaFe6A/w526-h242/BNR%20So%20Sorry%20for%20Your%20Loss.png" width="526" /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;">“SO SORRY FOR </b><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;">YOUR LOSS”</b></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">by</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dina Gachman</span></div></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Grief & Bereavement / Love & Loss / Parenting & Relationships</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Publisher: Union Square & Co.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Page Count: 240 pages</div><div style="text-align: center;">Publication Date: April 11, 2023</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large; font-weight: 700;"><i>***Scroll Down for the Giveaway***</i></span></h2><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="576" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDhBTZ0IIj3wP3d3mRu2ELlxTbou21blYd-WF3B-SIaszwbDCYzWpNdhwU4KtulrVnKaLhrAAvmGI5dNDF89dV_p6RvdrwPRe6gpKne8K8Y4-68_-K10cikm0GwNorYOJeB1fFfCDdYj_gVDFyNPA46OMewoKyheOtWlYmG1kIlvGvGNqfh7Ds-8vXPg/s320/Synopsis.jpg" width="320" /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4921" data-original-width="3281" height="377" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgogbJjgdxbSQ5TEB-JwRBPgdu_XVZpbHy93v6FOGU9tNJy-pjzylQwTcWnLcjj1wU1YR_ESBTS0CYuBfc7KiwpVZHFBgIYP6EwqmkMFpIfAPbKSIOkaK83UJEh9DtTYTgxgsfG71RSPJtD4qv0lzg1KeuctrkEATa_IDaPvotCD0TS18B_fDo8PIOAQ/w251-h377/Cover%20So%20Sorry%20For%20Your%20Loss.jpg" width="251" /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A heartfelt exploration about what it means to process grief, by a bestselling author and journalist whose experience with two devastating losses inspired her to bring comfort and understanding to others.</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Since losing her mother to cancer in 2018 and her sister to alcoholism less than three years later, author and journalist Dina Gachman has dedicated herself to understanding what it means to grieve, healing after loss, and the ways we stay connected to those we miss. Through a mix of personal storytelling, reporting, and insight from experts and even moments of humor, Gachman gives readers a fresh take on grief and bereavement—whether the loss is a family member, beloved pet, or a romantic relationship. No one wants to join the grief club, since membership comes with zero perks, but So Sorry for Your Loss will make that initiation just a little less painful.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the spirit of Elizabeth Kubler Ross books like <i>On Grief and Grieving</i>, or C.S. Lewis’s<i> A Grief Observed</i>, <i>So Sorry for Your Loss</i> is the perfect gift for someone who is grieving. With her blend of personal experiences, expert advice, and just a little bit of humor, Gachman has provided a compassionate and compelling resource for anyone looking for grief books.</div><div>
<br /></div></div></span><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /><b>PRAISE FOR <i>SO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS</i>: </b><br /><br />Gachman perceptively puts words to the uncomfortable realities of loss…and deconstructs its social myths, helping readers feel less alone. Those facing loss will find solace here.” <b>—<i>Publishers Weekly </i></b><br /><br />“<i>So Sorry for Your Loss</i> is a monument to the work of remembering and a testament to the immutable love of family and the grief that forever changes us.” <b>—Lauren Hough, </b><i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Leaving Isn’t the Hardest Thing</i><br /><br />“<i>So Sorry for Your Loss</i> is a meditation on loss that reminds us how to go on living.” <b>—Deirdre Fagan</b>, author of <i>Find a Place for Me</i> and <i>The Grief Eaters</i></span><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">CLICK TO PURCHASE ON:</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/product/dp/1454947608/?tag=unionsquare" target="_blank">Amazon</a> * <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/so-sorry-for-your-loss-dina-gachman/1142386967?ean=9781454947608" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a> * <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/so-sorry-for-your-loss-learning-to-live-with-grief-even-if-it-kills-you-dina-gachman/18829822?ean=9781454947608" target="_blank">Bookshop</a></span></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62349954-so-sorry-for-your-loss" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="116" data-original-width="350" height="71" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMfiY1mXeX5tdElfpLE3LNWfYbtD6phV7NtPBBwMRiI1Qg8IIMxUjxNZwZQ4S9f8fP911RBWq-qj0dnKdJclyJrHfsRsssC5YQ_2_rNeJZiCD49TeOSXXPky3u-Rqvm_6_Ya20gEIzSouSBKsm3ZUbD0BKQGj7eXLHZBdJm3Y7dN2GvdXozrYEW07SBg/w213-h71/add-to-goodreads.png" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="140" data-original-width="400" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1LWnKzESwzXQ0kVaG1UrI6uFUDLrvOPeWxKnfXpTV-EydL-6-Tfq47F4jKNz_ms2JIWTnDKP1tXAZmWDOydUr8O8PBBaQcm6cVn_cfQ3ytGcy2B9qzUZlhpqLN_0kDotZ9zKOF-4thLZldc5gWNQnEl_QYRUO5YswhZkOMevh9rq4LMo1mobLe-Ce9Q/s320/AboutTheAuthor.jpg" width="320" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="3600" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8LLtN5y1fPZTORmTkJvYQB-a617P_Tk5B9eoHa7_h9mx3QePkghR3-a3x99iYeNrM1uyznoE9MtiLs2wPTJ6BL6nw8jPqsxYDYy3BcILBPGHZf_9FEhnbHf4d7Y7SFTw2A75BQX12v_v368RYfYQyLhDqcVEuurYyHoyjTgDQ2DSax0FW41OpA6BKWw/w304-h202/Author%20Photo%20Gachman%20credit%20Jessica%20Comiskey.jpg" width="304" /></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Dina Gachman is a Pulitzer Center Grantee and a frequent contributor to the <i>New York Times</i>, <i>Vox, Texas Monthly,</i> and more. She’s a <i>New York Times</i> bestselling ghostwriter and the author of <i>Brokenomics: 50 Ways to Live
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text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1234" data-original-width="2692" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1HTEbknmFBcccUafa9oV5GcYCFjHdBxLCt8BvTpERVJo0dK_-0CuZHPbRpcbWF1wDK11ikZhrnbsms8nuL8Mqj0EhRhH3yuhuyQ35cyVFgvda7u-2aafVFtx4Wt4wtG9SS-4iYKhfoZQ3RuV_hqjrB6g_4d5WHVlYebXNLjQD5BfUG02AZi9fXjOYtA/w589-h271/BNR%20The%20Gold%20Rose.png" width="589" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>THE GOLD ROSE</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>by</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Jodi Lea Stewart</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Historical Fiction / WWII / Action & Drama / International Mystery</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Publisher: Progressive Rising Phoenix Press</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Date of Publication: February 21, 2023</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Number of Pages: 372 pages </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><b>***Scroll down for Giveaway!***</b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="576" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3-73_0j_Al0A4toECLdGhjH3fBd0CzDVqvO5ZmVVAVyC0X1O4WGkqfbrBiqou8vhWdbOE52S-rg1BhC8fBnXCqs3cl3cv2d0JN_hRciGJ-p1xXRQnQrsbwukkI3Isj6gH_UdH0B-4dw-Zxfcx-lV-2YMKkxioJROtAy8CHJspBBGI55RG28HYVUFF0w/s320/Synopsis.jpg" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="404" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrKgyNzKbyLGb7WHGhR-Lte943dtIbk705Iur5ZWBdMoyj8BETyocqvv47IB7zB9B48q4sjLeaFX0A3MWJ_b_y6ZJUKH1P5q-zFcoVpF-1WCkM0qvfDvUnGxQty117kcz-JbY99PXnjmvvDep-FY4j5XNc8GiKTzEhDHO4eJaYqvjiM5dNjsH31SzMEw/w229-h354/Cover%20The%20Gold%20Rose.png" width="229" /></div></div></i></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Since the early 1940s, THE GOLD ROSE, a secret rescue agency with Asian origins, has used unique systems to ferret out and save victims in every corner of the world. Charlotte Hunt-Basse has faced dangerous and often deadly challenges in her decade as an agent with the agency, not the least of which was the past rescues of two of her assignments, Pinkie and Babe.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Two-year-old Pinkie is discovered abandoned on a dirt road during a violent storm. She is whisked off to Mexico by oil heir Clint Sutton and his girlfriend, Angelina, as they attempt to escape the lies of Clint's father's second wife. Three years later, Pinkie is stolen away to Argentina by an aging Romani. Pinkie suffers from the malice of her captor but wins the fatherly love of a Buenos Aires circus owner and his fiance. Shortly after landing in the crosshairs of THE GOLD ROSE, Pinkie's life takes two more shocking twists. When the agency locates Pinkie again, Agent Charlotte must throw all caution to the wind to rescue her.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Babe, the child of Texas-based missionaries, is hidden by two Chinese families during the Japanese invasion and ensuing Communist takeover of China. She is forced by the second family to live incognito as a "boy" for several years to save her from soldiers invading China from the North. Martial arts are banned, but the grandfather of the family teaches Babe Yǒng Chūn in deepest secrecy. 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</p><p class="x-scope qowt-word-para-1" id="E64" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E64" qowt-entry="undefined" qowt-lvl="undefined" style="padding-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="qowt-font4-Arial" id="E65" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E65" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">By Jodi Lea Stewart</span></p><p class="x-scope qowt-word-para-2" id="E67" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E67" qowt-entry="undefined" qowt-lvl="undefined" style="line-height: 1.38; padding-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="x-scope qowt-word-para-2" id="E68" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E68" qowt-entry="undefined" qowt-lvl="undefined" style="line-height: 1.38; padding-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="qowt-font4-Arial" id="E69" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E69" style="font-size: 12pt;">Shadowy impressions are all I have of my two years of life before my new mama found me on a dirt road in Texas. Whisked away in a pickup truck bound for Mexico, I settled into my life only to be taken to Argentina by an aging </span><span class="qowt-font4-Arial" id="E71" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E71" style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic;">Romni</span><span class="qowt-font4-Arial" id="E73" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E73" style="font-size: 12pt;"> hoping to capitalize on my fair looks to feed her coffers. I was tossed about as flotsam in the sea before making it back to America. Let me ask… what is survival of every calamity worth when you are finally </span><span class="qowt-font4-Arial" id="E74" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E74" style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic;">saved</span><span class="qowt-font4-Arial" id="E75" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E75" style="font-size: 12pt;">, but your savior turns out to be worse than all the others? All that I went through before I was ten years old was nothing compared to what came next. </span><span class="qowt-font4-Arial" id="E76" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E76" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">— </span><span class="qowt-font4-Arial" id="E77" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E77" style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic;">Pinkie</span></p><p class="x-scope qowt-word-para-3" id="E78" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E78" qowt-entry="undefined" qowt-lvl="undefined" style="line-height: 1.38; padding-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="x-scope qowt-word-para-2" id="E79" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E79" qowt-entry="undefined" qowt-lvl="undefined" style="line-height: 1.38; padding-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="qowt-font4-Arial" id="E80" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E80" qowt-runtype="qowt-tab" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span class="qowt-font4-Arial" id="E81" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E81" style="font-size: 12pt;">Life was danger and death during the Japanese invasion and ensuing civil war in China. Though my parents left me when I was a young child to go into hiding in 1942, my nature compelled me to see everything through rose-colored glasses. Only after I witnessed firsthand the tragic consequences of hatred and power while hiding behind a </span><span class="qowt-font4-Arial" id="E83" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E83" style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic;">píngfēng</span><span class="qowt-font4-Arial" id="E85" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E85" style="font-size: 12pt;"> screen did my attitude change. The brutality of life pushed me into silence, and later, into seeking remedy from people weak in mind or character. The long hours of gut-wrenching, secret practice of the art of </span><span class="qowt-font4-Arial" id="E87" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E87" style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic;">Yǒng</span><span class="qowt-font4-Arial" id="E89" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E89" style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span class="qowt-font4-Arial" id="E91" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E91" style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic;">Chūn</span><span class="qowt-font4-Arial" id="E93" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E93" style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span class="qowt-font4-Arial" id="E94" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E94" style="font-size: 12pt;">became my life. Now… come and get me. I’ll be waiting. </span><span class="qowt-font4-Arial" id="E95" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E95" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">— </span><span class="qowt-font4-Arial" id="E96" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E96" style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic;">Babe</span></p><p class="x-scope qowt-word-para-4" id="E97" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E97" qowt-entry="undefined" qowt-lvl="undefined" style="line-height: 1.38; padding-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
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Born in Texas and growing up in Arizona smelling cedar berries and cow pens on a large cattle ranch wedged between the Navajo Nation and the White Mountain Apache Tribe, most of her friends were Native American and Hispanic, with a few Anglos thrown in for good measure. On the ranch, she climbed petroglyph-etched boulders, sang to chickens, bounced two feet in the air in the backend of pickups wrestling through washed-out terracotta roads, and rode horseback on the winds of her imagination through the arroyos and mountains of the Arizona high country. Later, she left her studies at the University of Arizona in Tucson to move to San Francisco, where she learned about peace, love, and exactly what she didn’t want to do with her life. </div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Moving back to her native Texas, Jodi graduated summa cum laude with a BS in Business Management, raised three+ children, worked as an electro-mechanical drafter, penned humor columns for a college periodical, wrote regional western articles, and served as managing editor of a Fortune 500 corporate newsletter. Her lifelong friendship with all shades of folks, cowpunchers, southern belles, intellectuals, and "outlaws" propels Jodi into writing comfortably about the Southwest, the South, and far beyond. 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<span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">In the game of chess, there are moves and countermoves. This sci-fi series follows a group of teens with abilities as they go through the U.S. to rescue their siblings. The challenger in this is their sadistic creator, Professor Noah Roth, who has the money and power to win at any cost. This series has been described as “Stranger Things (minus the Mind Flayer portion) meets X-Men.” Don’t miss a single installment of this explosive, action-packed series!</div></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Appointed Time</i> (Sands of Time Trilogy, Book 1), 8/20/21, 268 pages.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Buy the Book:</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3gn4VsP">Amazon</a> <a href="https://bit.ly/3D6NypS">B&N</a> <a href="https://bit.ly/3fZJHk6">Walmart</a> <a href="https://apple.co/3mHQcNi">iTunes</a> <a href="https://bit.ly/38lbgk5">Kobo</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Race Against Time </i>(Sands of Time Trilogy, Book 2), 10/1/21, 248 pages.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Buy the Book:</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3zYPNJ6">Amazon</a> <a href="https://bit.ly/3FborDi">B&N</a> <a href="https://bit.ly/3AuaJK1">Walmart</a> <a href="https://apple.co/3io04bV">iTunes</a> <a href="https://bit.ly/2Yawm3o">Kobo</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i>Out of Time </i>(Sands of Time Trilogy, Book 3), 1/25/22, 248 pages.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Buy the Book:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3rSCtUD">Amazon</a> <a href="https://bit.ly/35knriN">B&N</a> <a href="https://bit.ly/34Yzanm">Walmart</a> <a href="https://apple.co/35pi6a8">iTunes</a> <a href="https://bit.ly/3gejdvD">Kobo</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/362743-sands-of-time-trilogy" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="116" data-original-width="350" height="66" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuJoQjc3QQxdn0k0PMjzNw26zNMPecK3jtZAvgi8exXPae0XQwi2t3TlL0y-wGERtkdDl0wtkJrgrajcIck4qv4yLMTD0gWx-vIO8ZKyaVhtdoLwJQvzHZLt8Vq_mF6Qq1jkrM5-qNdhoqvQ1YxM6-x80IJjdcTBRa49SEwzTomWDxxc1XjxnHNhBWfQ/w200-h66/add-to-goodreads.png" width="200" /></a></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="114" data-original-width="324" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkOnNfo9ihILJtRHobIDVrR6mVJ-7_78EsWqzIAfdo3JJo64XJmN_pRH8Cp0-pB7M0w6MQMCCIqoY446yR9dSYtLmWArwHlxC9fudGGbKNl7tK-ptzEOB7ZrMNyxRegKGKTCl5W__2CmqM5tFY9cRyy7WV1xQP0FrpUcHrX9NjRNjRW2GfUoxAAsNRQg/s320/book%20trailer.jpg" width="320" /></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/o-aIn2OcauU" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">View on YouTube</a></p>
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Peterson is a Christian YA themed story mainly about four gifted children. Two grew up with loving parents (Ben and Grace), and two grew up in a clinic and treated as lab experiments. They each have special abilities and how they choose to wield those powers is greatly influenced by their upbringing. Instead of growing up in a lab with Professor Roth, an unethical scientist trying to create powerful humans that he can control, Blake and Holly live in hiding with two nurses who stole them away to save their lives. Sixteen years later, Professor Roth has finally found them and what happens next will change their lives forever. I don't want to give too much away because this is where the action really starts to take place.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap;">The story is told in a third person perspective so you get to see the point of view of several different characters. It’s clear that the first book is more of a set-up book for the next two. There is a lot of character development and background of Holly and Blake throughout their childhood. Peterson does a good job of showing the reader how these two children learn to harness and control their special abilities while living in hiding. It's not easy for them and it was interesting to see how the two children helped each other through the process. I also liked that the relationships between the characters were not predictable. Even though Ben and Grace lived together while they raised Holly and Blake, they never developed a romantic relationship. Instead, Grace develops a secret relationship with the town Sheriff early on in the story. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap;">Most of the story is getting to know Holly and Blake as they grow up, learn to control their abilities, and how they eventually make some friends who attend the local church. Later in the story, Peterson does a good job filling-in the reader about how Adam and Deanna were raised by using flashbacks at various stages of their youth while growing up in the compound with Professor Roth and other gifted children. You get to understand the motivation and heartbreaking childhood of these two and how vastly different their upbringing was compared to Holly and Blake's.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Peterson’s book is not only telling the story of these gifted children, but of Jesus and Christianity in direct and indirect ways. Christian stories and principles are sprinkled in the book through pastor sermons, or just through dialog of the characters when talking about life choices. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I would have liked to know more about Professor Roth, as well as Ben and Grace's backgrounds. I'm also curious about what </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap;">happened</span><span style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to Alex, as she was a potential love interest for Ben. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I'm sure we'll see her in book two. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap;">There were </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap;">definitely</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap;"> some plot twists that I didn't see coming! We learn later on in the story that Blake and Holly are more powerful than even they know and I'm looking forward to seeing their full potential. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap;">Overall, <i>Appointed Time</i> was a fun, action-packed read that kept my attention until the last page! I am looking forward to finding out what happens next in book two.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">4 Stars!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: right;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="140" data-original-width="400" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid8BxOOiXXYHgLetm79e5_FIzlY7Q7yMadocmXHoHmuiAidJEevwU4FBk9HrEyFpJgJk3SwMzB3hVZKuBiub1BfkHrXb071MJdj7_dJdgUlyrtP1pbsOnJAQypInVnLy4ZyAPnDjegS3wgFQF_5TmGux1CB4y2S1hsYit_Rpqs9XC572flS6DQmMQ3bQ/s320/AboutTheAuthor.jpg" width="320" /></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.85pt; text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1657" data-original-width="1840" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_kaUhZwRDXgPdiUlYNJG5prrgkvwyd7gU9yOkCxHcyQsVnK0qPx2jynNdz2vlIKua4qCC8eu6Zcgwsms64Nu-zllQzVbcCILF6q9MEeNxYZHTgiwYmyGu0pBXhHQhdFK4Zh8DmlLigpOZ29olYOQUi4P9Np71mn0zGUauFNJZVUk3HFs5RqtQ-GT1Xg/w217-h195/Author%20pic%20Peterson.jpg" width="217" /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>C.J. Peterson</b> is a ten-time award-winning, multi-genre published author since 2012. She is also a podcaster, blogger, and publisher who knows how to relate well to folks of all ages. C.J. and her husband currently run a hybrid publishing company, Texas Sisters Press, LLC, which CJ and her sisters founded in 2019.</span><p></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">She has authored multiple series including the Grace Restored Series, the Holy Flame Trilogy, the Divine Legacy Series, the Sands of Time Trilogy, the Adventures of Chief and Sarge, plus her recently released time travel book with a twist, <i>Chain Reaction</i>!</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">“While the stories are fiction, the journey is real.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>Connect with C.J.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/authoresscj">Facebook</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/authoress_cj/">Instagram</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/authoress-cj/">LinkedIn</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/authoress_cj">Twitter</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/authoress_cj/">Pinterest</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@authoress_cj">TikTok</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>Texas Sisters Press Links<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/txsisterspress/">Facebook</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/txsisterspress/">Instagram</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/txsisterspress/">LinkedIn</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/txsisterspress">Twitter</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/CJPeterson">YouTube</a><o:p></o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =</span></b></p><p></p>
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<span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 45.3333px;"><b>Annalisse Series, Book 1</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Updated for 2022!</i></span></div></div>
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<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Genre: Romantic Mystery</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Publisher: Ewephoric Publishing</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Date of Publication: March 20, 2018, Revised 2022</span></div>
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<b><span style="border: 1pt none; color: #010101; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 21pt; letter-spacing: 0.75pt; padding: 0in; text-transform: uppercase;">PEOPLE DIE, BUT LEGENDS LIVE ON.</span></b><b><span face=""helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #010101; font-size: 21pt; letter-spacing: 0.75pt; text-transform: uppercase;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span face=""helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt;">Manhattan antiquities appraiser Annalisse Drury dreams of a quiet life on the family farm among the sheep she loves, when her best friend is murdered. The police assume robbery is the motive because her friend’s expensive bracelet is missing. But the 500-year-old artifact is rumored to carry an ancient curse, one that unleashes evil upon any who dare wear the jewelry created for the Persian royal family—and Annalisse believes her friend is the latest victim.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt;">Weeks later, Annalisse sees a necklace matching the stolen bracelet at a gallery opening. Convinced the necklace is part of the deadly collection, Annalisse begs the gallery’s owner to destroy the piece, but her pleas are ignored— despite the unnatural death that occurs during the opening. With two victims linked to the jewelry, Annalisse is certain she must act.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt;">Desperate to keep the gallery owner safe, Annalisse reluctantly enlists the owner’s son to help—even though she’s afraid he’ll break her heart. Wealthy and devastatingly handsome, with a string of bereft women in his wake, Greek playboy Alec Zavos dismisses Annalisse’s concerns—until his parents are ripped from the Zavos family yacht during their ocean voyage near Crete.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt;">Annalisse and Alec race across two oceans to save his mother, feared dead or kidnapped. As time lapses, the killer switches mode and closes in on the man who’s meant for Annalisse with the lifestyle she wants most.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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raises sheep in beautiful East Texas with her husband, Gregg, three cats and a
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Independent Press Award for Best Mystery (<i>Spent Identity</i>) and FAPA (Florida
Author’s President’s Gold Award) for two other installments, <i>Stolen
Obsession</i> and <i>Scattered Legacy</i>. </span><span style="color: #162127; font-family: Lora; font-size: 13.5pt; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">She also penned the first of her children's picture books, <i>Mia and Nattie: One Great Team</i>! based on true events from the Bell’s ranch. The simple text and illustrations
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The Kingston brothers are back in town, and you can read their stories in the Sky King Ranch series books <i>Sunrise, Sunburst, </i>and <i>Sundown </i>by <i>USA Today </i>bestselling author Susan May Warren.</span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="1650" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj_ZCQyJfJ0QFCYWibKri6MXN_BOr-JQapEo40RwkdtpPT8GuT4JKV7C_urHuX3DD89oAqfqqMq3iNNmyLd9hERwEnGCEYVJFfTF7ZPXicnUx1cAI1KmLWDdgYA1fOvBpe0O7W6HuWi2_U1a5ImrX8xAHH74r8MK4H2HZDPIQQ4B3YUWNnYhE/w137-h212/Cover%201%20Sunrise.jpg" width="137" /> <img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="1650" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxRbVE6DfIYBGNzE1RyCw8Ij3XUy4BquMAKONU3DEMKXjFVMRyaStfc2kLXIZmzSD8B7e0e806AKxdfVpxvTxVjDtkM3PT52YkNVQhQeDycbZN0zOwkNchMHP2htD9J4yaN5HcLs2gGcifc_6dTEIVoPNUGqgG6GMt9EAb7z6YSeWdApVXVh4/w136-h211/Cover%202%20Sunburst.jpg" width="136" /> <img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="1650" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimp2cEGuXOw1AHDarqyaACcER9J8BVB7Q3kax-rlEgB_BybU3qM8tPrmgN2_soQjeF_-7GL0RmDpybPdS9U8PLcJieAjTRJc4Eyy05VwbesUhJNFiVsV8mXHhdGiPbz82MkZUatk4-YnirKh3SDWXsZYixJasN4TE3C9u3jgPENj9_KmHp3YQ/w137-h212/Cover%203%20Sundown.jpg" width="137" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="color: #262626; line-height: 107%;"><b>Sunrise:</b> </span></i><span style="color: #2b2b2b; line-height: 107%;">Pilot Dodge Kingston has always been the heir to Sky King Ranch. But after a terrible family fight, he left to become a pararescue jumper. A decade later, he’s headed home to the destiny that awaits him.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #2b2b2b; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #262626; line-height: 107%;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Sunburst: </span></b></span></i><span style="color: #2b2b2b; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">When former Navy Seal and lifelong bachelor Ranger Kingston is called upon to take part in a rescue mission to save his brother Colt, who has been kidnapped by terrorists in Nigeria, he is shocked to find among the hostages a woman he knows and could never forget.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b2b2b; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="color: #262626; line-height: 107%;"><b>Sundown: </b></span></i><span style="color: #262626; line-height: 107%;">Former Delta Operative Colt Kingston may not know the truth, but he sure doesn’t trust Tae, the woman who is caring for his ailing father at Sky King Ranch. Behind those beautiful blue eyes, he can tell there is a troubled–and smart–woman.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #262626; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #262626; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #212121; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><b>PRAISE FOR THE SERIES:</b></span></span></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #212121; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: courier;">"Warren proves yet again why she is a master in the genre."--<b><i>Booklist</i></b>, starred review on </span><i><span style="font-family: courier;">Sunrise</span><br /></i></span></div><p></p></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: courier;">"International intrigue and adventure
paired with a simmering romance equals one fast-moving story you won't be able to put down!"--<b>Lisa Harris</b>, bestselling author of the <i>Nikki Boyd Files</i> series, on </span><i><span style="font-family: courier;">Sunburst</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></div><p></p></div></div></div></blockquote><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><i>CLICK TO PURCHASE!</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">| <a href="http://bakerpublishinggroup.com/series/sky-king-ranch" target="_blank">Baker Publishing Group</a> |</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">| <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09HGH1B9Y" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/Susan+May+Warren" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a> | <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/search/book?keys=Susan+May+Warren" target="_blank">IndieBound</a> | <a href="https://www.christianbook.com/page/fiction/fiction-authors/susan-may-warren" target="_blank">Christianbook.com</a> | <a href="https://www.lifeway.com/en/searchpage.html?prod.dotcom.products%5Bquery%5D=Susan%20May%20Warren" target="_blank">LifeWay</a> |</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">| <a href="http://bakerpublishinggroup.com/books/sundown/406790/affiliates" target="_blank">Other Baker Publishing Affliliates</a> |</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="116" data-original-width="350" height="69" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii-TMnpZQA2JWN5j4ur-RdncSS4hRAF3phpcKmO8qnQX2os9DEy-JzOVkdbXDHjkRsKjnpkT3kWyTBActNPCoMZO_MP9j6UF8RnH5wxf1RKEcl_7rBufPANLoug-iT-8FUmo3Q7P_ivqe1BfLck0lCBgcszxtOF2lW3y4MJgcBp0LHSbv4hMU/w207-h69/add-to-goodreads.png" width="207" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiivegjXLuyVLWScEnRcs4rVpkzT0sx6tY_03Ye6UTIj5axCIRl41dk3UzkaaqKrR1n-6Eij1nMpClnOglFDJFphO-BxG9tkR79Q_EzOznPuO1p9imTgdPK7SUseKY9x6ayqq3cWixcn8wtQKUAUVAM6sF_3vReuY8f9jxK5Yw_FK87vkbQwhnlLdS-Bw/s576/IMG_7127%20(1).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="576" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiivegjXLuyVLWScEnRcs4rVpkzT0sx6tY_03Ye6UTIj5axCIRl41dk3UzkaaqKrR1n-6Eij1nMpClnOglFDJFphO-BxG9tkR79Q_EzOznPuO1p9imTgdPK7SUseKY9x6ayqq3cWixcn8wtQKUAUVAM6sF_3vReuY8f9jxK5Yw_FK87vkbQwhnlLdS-Bw/s320/IMG_7127%20(1).JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-8556ef64-7fff-22d4-1dac-a07c0c317657"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sunrise </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">by Susan May Warren is the first book in her Sky King Ranch series. It follows Dodge Kingston and Echo Yazzie 10 years after a heartbreaking fallout that left them both hurt. Dodge has to return to the ranch after his father is in a plane accident and can no longer help the community with supply runs and rescues. As much as he doesn’t want to, Dodge knows that if he doesn’t take over then they will lose the ranch and all the consequences that follow are too much for his family. Echo is surprised to find out Dodge is back in Alaska and when she sees him again those old feelings start to creep back up. </span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Warren brings the Alaskan frontier and the harshness of its dangerous habitat to life in </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sunrise</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. I’ve never been, but she has such a beautiful writing style that you feel immersed in the story as if you are living through it with Dodge, Echo and everyone else. I love the dual POV. You get to see both perspectives and Warren does a great job putting the reader in the head of the main characters which makes them more three-dimensional. You feel their frustration, pain, heartbreak, and every other emotion as if you are feeling it too. Dodge and Echo have not only the issues between each other, but also with their families. I like how their relationship developed slowly and it wasn’t rushed, which made the romance seem more realistic. The drama along with the danger really keeps you wondering what happens next! Warren does a wonderful job building the backstory of both of these characters that makes you really root for their well deserved happy ending.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This book has it all, a beautiful but dangerous setting, action, suspense and a heartwarming romance. Overall, Sunrise is a Christian romantic suspense novel with the underlying themes of forgiveness and hope for the future. This is the kind of book you savor one chapter at a time. There is lots to love in this book, and I can’t wait to read the rest of the series! </span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">5 Stars! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="140" data-original-width="400" height="91" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVZ8kGBLhPVNPz_sEUMehwye6AYZWz1YYqbbNP49hXj_U2P5BaKXMzp8aWzDygfgi5JeEXvH5XGHI46Aa3SZIIeTvsKKXXY_uWCZNM63f7dBUUKDnr2WnmO1Os6iRTe3DQiusqWirCq_gqVwOLWpjZL0GHm2v8Wxtn9A0HojrCzHU3Azu5XkU/w260-h91/AboutTheAuthor.jpg" width="260" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1936" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixAfkdydV5qTxG1JPjOdskY_2GSUuKu9gvL-5m5nH2MomWAq-7IU0LxFip6p1kT96TQITQ9CERuK3XKsB0z6apATjLJfoDOV12d-kmm4W4ixuwMncMIV9G2edijxM6U_1chB7YRRneT85JPBwvE3mOU_Mz9PdnhJRiYeTAkP47GnA4oSIdJ54/w266-h178/Author%20Photo%20Susan%20May%20Warren.jpg" width="266" /></div><div style="line-height: 107%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #212121; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Susan May Warren</span></span></b><span style="color: #212121; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> is the <i>USA Today </i>bestselling author of nearly 90 novels with more than 1.5 million books sold, including the Global Search and Rescue and the Montana Rescue series, as well as <i>Sunrise </i>and <i>Sunburst</i>. Winner of a RITA Award and multiple Christy and Carol Awards, as well as the HOLT Medallion and numerous Readers' Choice Awards, Susan makes her home in Minnesota.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 107%; text-align: center;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.85pt;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #212121; font-size: 12pt;">| </span></b><a href="https://www.susanmaywarren.com/" target="_blank"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Website</span></b></a><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #212121; font-size: 12pt;"> | </span></b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/SusanMayWarrenFiction" target="_blank"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Facebook</span></b></a><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #212121; font-size: 12pt;"> | </span></b><a href="https://twitter.com/susanmaywarren" target="_blank"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Twitter</span></b></a><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #212121; font-size: 12pt;"> |</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Now, she’s overcome conniving cousins, salacious press, and an imperial scandal to finally find a place she belongs. She has a perfect bodyguard turned boyfriend. Her stinky dog, Tamagotchi, is living with her in Tokyo. Her parents have even rekindled their college romance and are </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">engaged</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">. A royal wedding is on the horizon! Izumi’s life is a Tokyo dream come true.</span></p><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">Only...</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">Her parents’ engagement hits a brick wall. The Imperial Household Council refuses to approve the marriage citing concerns about Izumi and her mother’s lack of pedigree. And on top of it all, her bodyguard turned boyfriend makes a shocking decision about their relationship. At the threat of everything falling apart, Izumi vows to do whatever it takes to help win over the council. Which means upping her newly acquired princess game.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">But at what cost? Izumi will do anything to help her parents achieve their happily ever after, but what if playing the perfect princess means sacrificing her own? Will she find a way to forge her own path and follow her heart? (2022, Goodreads.com)</span><p></p><p><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><b>Review: </b><i>Tokyo Dreaming</i> picks up where <i>Tokyo Ever After </i>left off. In this book, Izumi and her boyfriend, Akio, are broken up for most of the story. To not have the press or any other person at the palace start playing matchmaker, she asks a new friend to be her fake boyfriend. He is perfect for the position because he comes from a very wealthy family and is someone who would be accepted amongst the royals. However, things start to get complicated when Akio suddenly wants Izumi back, but her "fake boyfriend" wants to be her real boyfriend. Izumi is also worried that the Emperor and council will never approve of her mother marrying her father, so she does her best to be the "perfect" princess to show she can play her part in all this. </span></p><p><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">If you liked <i>Tokyo Ever After</i>, you will enjoy the sequel. Also, if you like the fake dating troupe then you will also enjoy this book. It feels like more is on the line for Izumi in this book because she wants to get into college as well as have her parent's marriage approved. She feels her choices play a big part in whether that happens or not. She cares for both love interests in this story and I wasn't really sure who she'd choose in the end! The story itself paced well, although there were some parts I felt were a bit slow. Overall, a satisfying conclusion to the duology.</span></p><p><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><b>4 Hearts!</b> 💖💖💖💖</span></p><p><b> </b></p>StoriesUnderStarlighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08286180694905152473noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7161096147589884390.post-43420280036220725052022-11-17T07:00:00.162-06:002022-11-17T07:00:00.153-06:00Lone Star Blog Tour WORD OF HONOR by Hallee Bridgeman ***Review & Giveaway***<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1234" data-original-width="2692" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo2MBe7aLTOvVvtwV44aEGd2WOIP1oxmHv6Xen2mSeLEZzOiNSMYL7blUK6tfgHSnfw7mhK7ddhcbgGG1LQtSmlfGehjZ5qdQKpPZTS_CG-tf-DC3Us581R4GDjCdmpUAWmJPgGTY9L7e0zsm9qxjng55GgytEWTyDyUd_3nUZx7xrFCdUxe4lKCV72A/w553-h254/BNR%20Love%20and%20Honor.png" width="553" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>THE LOVE AND HONOR SERIES</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>by</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>HALLEE BRIDGEMAN</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h1 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>****Scroll down for a giveaway!****</b></span></i></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="577" height="111" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4SJTie5SzmDOK9B6tjx31ShGY4dz1Acq4iH0Mq5HKzVw0DIi_068eANg_Fy5pN_Fe0KNHLDEvO2J1oagrX1SHb-3p6oichQdOA_fKeoNK6nXWRvr50xYWJfiZRlNZFEuo0KypP9wpBeCMlvv_bz4v-VeZaHh7kEzoJibJ-pCjA7ACNR2dZ5xbaaZnhg/s320/Synopses.jpg" width="320" /></div><b><br /></b><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2551" data-original-width="1652" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAugrov1JvTfGj9H9Zpt0P0xEbdbA8-s4cV4Btz0Jksa94gGO5sM5AohP_HOIri-H4hhKVFY4hWF1Ge99ThLuDn6_Z4d9ZKz8PEzRkDeKMtswBkF9PJJ8WtuZmvMDwtMhu9BQpIArRv8NIoYJkt9I2TmS9jqkH-x96EJH3Y5A-2-IN8Ub6WXIeZ0_3Jw/w196-h304/Honor%20Bound.jpg" width="196" /> </div></span></i><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">HONOR BOUND</span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>September 2022, 384 pages</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>You can't override the heart</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It may seem odd to seek peace by moving to a war-torn African country, but for medical missionary Dr. Cynthia Myers, it provided a way to escape a shallow life of unearned wealth, a philandering fiancé, and a father now square in the public eye as vice president of the United States. At least here she knows her work and life have meaning. But all that is thrown into chaos when she fails to save the life of a local warlord's mortally wounded son.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As part of the Army Special Forces A-Team on a mission to capture and subdue the warlord, Captain Rick Norton is compelled to use deadly force to save Cynthia's life. Enraged at the violence she witnessed and riddled with guilt that men died because of her, Cynthia doesn't want to like anything about Rick and his team--but an unexpected attraction is taking hold.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">With two members of his team badly injured and rebels in hot pursuit, Rick will have to draw upon all his strength and cunning to get her out alive . . . because he's beginning to think that, despite their differences, they just may be able to make a life together.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><br /><div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2551" data-original-width="1652" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQUbFvr6YOV61qscF3kMJ8kxcuikm4AIAOtKVtL7XAitKfiOq_s3f2CBZEx7AYd27ZKBdwA70ZnMXiY7aUwWk3-3WyCvFNSrU1b6TXF9uFd5oP6ioat9eVmcChIKMRFLLiWtHg706_nPdkdya_o7OrrhHatTciVOJ4xzKDWH4r5v-AYnOcfAEmfGwn7A/w187-h290/Word%20of%20Honor.jpg" style="text-align: center;" width="187" /></div><div><b><i><span style="font-family: arial;">WORD OF HONOR</span></i></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>October 2022, 384 pages</b><br /><br /><b>You can't outrun the past</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">FBI Special Agent Lynda Culter is investigating an ecoterrorist organization in the Alaskan wilderness when she and her partner are taken captive and he's murdered before her very eyes. The only person who can identify the key players, Lynda gets assigned to take part in a joint operation in Istanbul to take the organization down.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As a woman in a Muslim country, she'll find it much easier to move around undetected with a fake husband. Unfortunately for her, the one assigned to play the role is none other than Army weapons specialist Bill Sanders--the man who crushed her heart in college.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">With a cargo bay's worth of hurt and baggage between them, these two consummate professionals must play their parts perfectly if they hope to stop those responsible for bombing oil pipelines, which has killed innocent civilians and threatened to destabilize the oil markets. Protecting Lynda becomes Bill's primary focus--but love long buried has a way of resurfacing at the most inopportune times.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2551" data-original-width="1651" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3ltctAd6L6ZanUH1ZLmCLJ1MG5GpWgWNHXyPhdtzvvgEIHadHPzYWysHYcl947OTtds-j9UMrw5M5dnkldS4O4E94zlXzJu9x884CmcCcCMqKbj6Ubh1QbNKJ1LAVF9BD9OM5QHRUj2oNQYX6YcbIeFYslMO2_AK5c1uqf-lGXRzfZ4PshsIJ4rrP1g/w191-h295/Honor's%20Refuge.jpg" width="191" /></div><div><b><span style="text-align: left;">HONOR'S REFUGE</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">November 2022, 352 pages</span><br style="text-align: left;" /></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /><span style="text-align: left;">You can't give up on love</span></b><br /><br /><div>When she was just five years old, Melissa Braxton watched her father take her mother's life and suffered the pain of separation from her sister, Lola. Melissa grew up with a strong desire to help those stuck in abusive relationships. It's why she became a therapist and opened a domestic abuse shelter.</div><div><br /></div><div>After losing a leg to a gunshot wound in the line of duty, Phil Osbourne has felt like a man without a purpose--until he hears Melissa's story and decides to use his Special Forces contacts to track down her missing sister, the wife of a Colombian cartel teniente. He knows what he discovers will break Melissa's heart. What he doesn't realize is that helping the women reunite will bring the cartel down on them like the category 5 hurricane striking Miami..</div><div><br /></div><div>Bruised yet not quite broken, Melissa and Phil battle the storm and the cartel, calling on strength they didn't know they had to escape death, save the innocent, and--just maybe--find healing in each other's arms.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">PURCHASE THE BOOKS</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">* <a href="http://bakerpublishinggroup.com/series/love-and-honor" target="_blank">Baker Publishing Group</a> * <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09VH6L6Y8" target="_blank">Amazon</a> *</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.halleebridgeman.com/love-and-honor-series/" target="_blank">Hallee Bridgeman's Website</a></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/336682-love-and-honor" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="116" data-original-width="350" height="66" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7IOAB_Ge18e2JysChj5_9dmyLrVRXMU6n0pfTVC8VIAs9HkWMSuvl8JGylAuAmqvDXUcE2xIvDzg8nC_IQFMeSJ5ozFEC-sSGwmxfOvvxWIPm3C6sOoOLvjC5HGsd84jhp3ZJYwhCSGOYwtiCgk3P3J25l9LyZzi4D1xYHYtIiu71E9d7ANuRA00BCg/w200-h66/add-to-goodreads.png" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqQ6MOZthR3WUN9lubVXlCanhLH7NpXiikCcbjqsd1l_wvGzFII3NQiCR3EaUkEArY69LRCFwYV2z1oCQu2yiixUkDWDfkHViCpOqXyP7s0CNLKCDvA9uT-vNe6wpxB2ZW_R4rNZ8lIZdPJRuz9LvIx3weEaoUsAVY7PHRcYXXMmYUo-mTyIXflZkWdQ/s576/IMG_7127%20(1).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="576" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqQ6MOZthR3WUN9lubVXlCanhLH7NpXiikCcbjqsd1l_wvGzFII3NQiCR3EaUkEArY69LRCFwYV2z1oCQu2yiixUkDWDfkHViCpOqXyP7s0CNLKCDvA9uT-vNe6wpxB2ZW_R4rNZ8lIZdPJRuz9LvIx3weEaoUsAVY7PHRcYXXMmYUo-mTyIXflZkWdQ/s320/IMG_7127%20(1).JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Word of Honor Review</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In <i>Word of Honor </i>by Hallee Bridgeman, Lynda Culter is an FBI agent working internationally to bring down a terrorist organization. While on assignment in Istanbul, she is forced to work closely with the man that broke her heart back in college. Bill Sanders had a very good reason for breaking off his relationship with Lynda all those years ago, or at least that what he tells himself. Either way, seeing her again is bringing back those old emotions. While Lynda and Bill navigate their resurfaced feelings, they must put everything on hold while they work together to bring down a very dangerous criminal organization. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I knew after the first chapter <i>Word of Honor </i>was going to be a real page turner. It's great when you have story that not only has lovable main characters, but interesting side characters too! I really enjoyed getting to know Lynda and Bill, as well as their teammates. You could see how much both had changed over the years, but never really stopped loving each other. Both were strong characters in their own way, and I loved how their romance slowly came back together. Lynda was both strong and vulnerable. She was more of an investigator and wasn't too comfortable with doing undercover work. However, Bill was able to help her get through it. He was tough, but had a soft side to him when it came to Lynda. He always encouraged her and let her know she was an amazing person. The romance didn't happen right away and took some work, but it came together nicely throughout the story. I really enjoyed how Bridgeman intertwined the military and other federal agencies in this book. It definitely brings a certain feel to the story and it was a lot of fun to read. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I love it when a story surprises me, and I certainly did not expect that plot twist! The romance, action and suspense will definitely keep you wondering what will happen next. <i> Word of Honor</i> is book two in the Love & Honor series, and I'm definitely looking forward to reading more Hallee Bridgeman books! Full of action, romance, and suspense and I can't recommend it enough!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">5 Stars! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="114" data-original-width="324" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggTwsDONI7clJ4uKpebDwlyiiaX-BDfYNCtiA37FZdqM0q0R-0rYojMfQeQ4tupgPoRC4JGNXuweFOU8rQ8WxAZdpTbqvDhyIMp5sQwq_ODyNv5khB13Gyh7m1EEDoGmmUurj3eC6bVd-qKNXfTcMVcVHAVctFUzGOdJES358sTQJvr5Mc9b18fxJjDA/s320/book%20trailer.jpg" width="320" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/n0K6mrAMmXs" target="_blank">watch on YouTube</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/n0K6mrAMmXs" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div></div></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="140" data-original-width="400" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0JXnmTkx8cGfhEopaqDGYPrpPlup2zfSorRl3dEbcuew3OA6cp2s0hLEo0NhI0Q2jcnLvqgCVqJSuR5Wre0fwEHY49pdbRJWbsKz1R9CczoEc4OW-rKTPVaPRkTiTaerb9ydvDYuqwMFzW3cyR0v8M0Bsp9-MVkRvEsmyHq6oZ2OaX52Ms6oK5V76Tw/s320/AboutTheAuthor.jpg" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><b style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="1600" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Yz9xQTsGCjQknHMONKphF25cLsy-9tsDC45AsmrN7EF6Gql5yty4pmdx129p-KXKmDXRrbjLV7h3Pes-l0EFoVKr9JIL_x8BoQh53EOaHONun4VvIlwyatsHSNW7QD_t8GZE9Bj9Q30fpscgv4FLB2fm0tkObipQ6gNSh5npf_IqWwEZH4isIu2KFg/w167-h251/Hallee%20Bridgeman.jpg" width="167" /></b><b style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: justify;"><br /></b><b style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: justify;"><br /></b><b style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: justify;"><br /></b><b style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: justify;"><br /></b><b style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: justify;"><br /></b><b style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: justify;"><br /></b><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Hallee Bridgeman</b> is the <i>USA Today</i> bestselling author of several action-packed romantic suspense books and series. An Army brat turned Floridian, Hallee and her husband finally settled in central Kentucky, where they have raised their three children. When she's not writing, Hallee pursues her passion for cooking, coffee, campy action movies, and regular date nights with her husband. An accomplished speaker and active member of several writing organizations, Hallee can be found online at:</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.halleebridgeman.com/" target="_blank">Website</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/authorhalleebridgeman/" target="_blank">Facebook</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/halleeb" target="_blank">Twitter</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/halleebridgeman/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/HalleeBridgeman" target="_blank">YouTube</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hallee-Bridgeman/e/B007OVNXZW" target="_blank">Amazon</a> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5815249.Hallee_Bridgeman" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> <a href="https://www.bookbub.com/authors/hallee-bridgeman" target="_blank">BookBub</a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="105" data-original-width="530" height="110" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEUgvkJ5avE0mysNLA6J8Yq5AwIxWhWTUcUUPA8iv_IMqyo665ilIeiPEAau2Mx5Tvp1xBGJo3B8SL2PkIM53PYRhfwAVqVl0PLbMbjHIOeI-j02DRxuGmohxL0UKkqFlpgUmZGFfukEVoDn54qCgWl0oij46i_Bwja9uVa8Du1RxXahSiRkoPrnnVIQ/w555-h110/XTRA%20ad%20Love%20and%20Honor%20series.jpg" width="555" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>GIVEAWAY! 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Jane runs away at sixteen, determined to leave her fraught upbringing in the rearview. Vowing never to return, she hitchhikes to California, right on time for the Summer of Love. Seventeen years later, she looks good on paper: married, grad school, sober, but her carefully constructed life is crumbling. When Mama dies, Jane returns for the funeral, leaving her husband in the dark about her history. Seeing her childhood home and significant people from her youth catapults Jane back to the events that made her the woman she is. She faces down her past and the ghosts that shaped her family. 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This is no crush, and for six blissful years she fills her hope chest with linens, dinnerware, and dreams of an idyllic future with John. When he is killed in action in Viet Nam, Dani’s world shatters. She launches a one-woman vendetta against the men she seeks out in Rush Street’s singles bars. Her goal: break as many hearts as she can. Dani’s ill-conceived vengeance leads her to a loveless marriage that ends in tragedy. At twenty-four, she’s left a widow with a baby, a small fortune, and a ghost—make that two. Set in the turbulent Sixties and Seventies, Just One Look explores one woman’s tumultuous journey through grief, denial, and letting go.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0f1111;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Family Saga / Women’s Fiction / Historical Fiction </span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;">Publisher: </span><span style="color: #0f1111; text-indent: 0in;">Red Boots Press</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0f1111; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Pages: 293 pages</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0f1111; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Publication Date: September 17, 2022</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0dc2de; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><i>CLICK TO PURCHASE!</i></b></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">| <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BF33NJPG/" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/just-one-look-joanne-kukanza-easley/1142265680" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a> | <a href="https://www.bookdepository.com/Just-One-Look-Joanne-Kukanza-Easley-Erin-Cronin-Pearson-Spunky-Cloud-Photography/9798986713342" target="_blank">Book Depository</a> |</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">| <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9798986713342" target="_blank">IndieBound</a> | <a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/just-one-look-37" target="_blank">Kobo</a> |</b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62632484-just-one-look" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="116" data-original-width="350" height="44" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtNM3sibXCAu4dzmBU4LLAVd6BtGcpdaSK1iWk5rKU11IXUyaleqXo66AHWHVwj9SEddpHp5cl9c9NdJZ_QmDG-bWXxB6q3Y7txRzvlrPIgp3XS-p1YU8F2MWQoHpXSiUmBvynNxWD347IrJ1LLCc4jFUjyXJBI0YfVJXj5dzMFBfE1ylkJk6nemQuUQ/w134-h44/add-to-goodreads.png" width="134" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div><p></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="943" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTBKs1qVcq_ZiQrKBhoJxyN6clWjlRBa_Vff9wQD4dEB_6SK_5fz5YSBQSw5SYll1zHGC2hsmGHvAZeINSRgYMqGy7Fh6EOwc7_5MrJy8BNWxJZzYexQS2UUZJIRorZ_WNzcSDWsH3GPi8nIf1zCmHxo2EQuSf5Jkr_q-ALF3nPJCn-RnFVhwLq9k7Lw/s320/Cover%203%20I'll%20Be%20Seeing%20You.png" width="204" /></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: medium;">I'll Be Seeing You</span></i></b></div></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i style="font-family: arial;">The new release from Joanne Kukanza Easley, the multi-award-winning author of Sweet Jane and Just One Look</i></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">A saga spanning five decades, <i>I’ll Be Seeing You,</i> explores one woman’s life, with and without alcohol to numb the pain.</div></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Young Lauren knows she doesn’t want to be a ranch wife in Palo Pinto County, Texas. After she’s discovered by a modeling scout at the 1940 Fort Worth Stock Show Parade, she moves to Manhattan to begin her glamourous career. A setback ends her dream, and she drifts into alcohol dependence and promiscuity. By twenty-four, she’s been widowed and divorced, and has developed a pattern of fleeing her problems with geographical cures. Lauren’s last escape lands her in Austin, where, after ten chaotic years, she achieves lasting sobriety and starts a successful business, but happiness eludes her.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Fast forward to 1985. With a history of burning bridges and never looking back, Lauren is stunned when Brett, her third husband, resurfaces, wanting to reconcile after thirty-three years. The losses and regrets of the past engulf her, and she seeks the counsel of Jane, a long-time friend from AA. In the end, the choice is Lauren’s. 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Blackburn, & Natalie Walters ***Review & Giveaway*** <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1234" data-original-width="2692" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxLnrmZsSpgMYXIj9TDqWTXmN5uLc6G0CL_ol-vVD1r1NVCNWZFLjvbYWj3RWHfoE6EaP-DQ8Of1vDGA5AUE1IaDjrf6oMQBhLUvnRIIZIjJITDcBhcM_hMVQU7r4c5Q5TuIdsp8y33h4qux_Y7RnPyU2C-lkRvcDQvHvPASCn2AkW19Vyo_A/w561-h258/BNR%20Targeted.png" width="561" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>TARGETED:</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Three Romantic Suspense Novellas</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">by</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Lynette Eason, Lynn H. Blackburn, & Natalie Walters</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Christian / Suspense / Romance / Novellas</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; text-align: left;">Publisher: </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; text-align: left;">Revell</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Pages: 368 pages</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Publication Date: November 1, 2022</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>****SCROLL DOWN FOR GIVEAWAY!****</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="577" height="111" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqqcg9uIWGnIZNTzQsv3gBJUlZFGuF0QOM4wwaaksCmhKTMCcApRNXQ5DqUGYDxwWGaLbwVqhVAtrt_ZBbuDihplHC0IJ_FPGhEuQ59TUJPikLjqzvU8D4feADYDXlCcJqjH4gEnOelpfVvE-5Ol5MM_5w7aWwI6GKMM-jgSf3h3XIYwgLglo/s320/Synopses.jpg" width="320" /></div><i><br /></i></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: left; color: #783f04; float: left; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2549" data-original-width="1649" height="351" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihhht0FF_GoHE6YYvEP5nxKGepxwDTDLaGz5fPOGwPOJLpHBkn_LhjVknVthTaXkMMRKJjsulsHVxgkAdiEn0ACh_T7khL-isQ7YzxIQujuj4jQmPvsF99yye_0hXv2ALCRnWM248xGiyFSZsQ1TdZPwaz9N4Yh9hFS-uLZ8nX_VPGDTcn5is/w227-h351/Cover%20Hi%20Res%20Targeted.jpg" width="227" /></div><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #212121;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Get ready for triple the excitement, intrigue, and romance
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">In <i>On the Run</i>, Lynette Eason introduces you to IT Specialist Daria Nevsky, a highly skilled FBI agent with the ability to hack any computer. She must go on the run to find out who wants her dead--and Dr. Ryker Donahue refuses to let her do it alone.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><div style="text-align: justify;">In <i>Deadly Objective</i>, Lynn H. Blackburn throws physical therapist Emily Dixon and Secret Service Agent Liam Harper into an impossible situation. They don't know why the vice president's son seems to be in the crosshairs of a killer, but they'll sacrifice anything to keep him safe.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">In </span><i style="color: #212121;">Caught in the Crosshairs</i><span face="Arial, sans-serif">, Natalie Walters pits former Army PSYOPS officer Ari Blackman against his colleague, CIA officer Claudia Gallegos, when Claudia is implicated in the murder of a Saudi prince. Can he prevent a coup that would put America at risk?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><b><i>CLICK TO PURCHASE!</i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><b>| <a href="http://bakerpublishinggroup.com/books/targeted/407940" target="_blank">Baker Publishing Group</a> |</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><b>| <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Targeted-Three-Romantic-Suspense-Novellas/dp/0800740289/" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://bakerbookhouse.com/products/431734" target="_blank">Baker Book House</a> | <a href="https://www.christianbook.com/targeted-three-romantic-suspense-novellas/9780800740283/pd/0740283" target="_blank">Christianbook.com</a> |</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">| <a href="http://bakerpublishinggroup.com/books/targeted/407940/affiliates" target="_blank">Other Baker Publishing Group Affiliates</a> |</b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60324263-targeted" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="116" data-original-width="350" height="46" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuYPKmLUiLYzWmBVCb65etmgoPwodMTB6WrPQM4VSd-3RrEv5s_s4vQ4APRD3exImFgbeb6dmphELYgwVVDbIGrTwBEtYbGH_jzGbNfva1BM0SdKDXoyGxo9qJcMiF0CwDnBQa1TW2yOTB-B8DtIoNxwsJVxXgCnppoJFpVZPSMY8S3iBcJxo/w139-h46/add-to-goodreads.png" width="139" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidvgfJKAodIx_Jk7a23yRDDqZD8zuZNL5UADhgkfWFaRQc0ipNLMDc1JcOGgFxGJ3r9r5r3yfftFkUuLXFo1dIW41wCGEs01UxhuLAv_RdbPkCBR-lsEvCMaMHhVGqfHoLkKvYNav7BQZxNksOwfEhmYIOjyeT1JnxxwkYi8saxqcMnlmEzZ1Kb4mOLg/s576/IMG_7127%20(1).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="576" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidvgfJKAodIx_Jk7a23yRDDqZD8zuZNL5UADhgkfWFaRQc0ipNLMDc1JcOGgFxGJ3r9r5r3yfftFkUuLXFo1dIW41wCGEs01UxhuLAv_RdbPkCBR-lsEvCMaMHhVGqfHoLkKvYNav7BQZxNksOwfEhmYIOjyeT1JnxxwkYi8saxqcMnlmEzZ1Kb4mOLg/s320/IMG_7127%20(1).JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-8e5ca4d9-7fff-defc-9cd2-b3395bdc7c44"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Targeted</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is a collection of romantic suspense novellas by Lynette Eason, Lynn H. Blackburn, and Natalie Walters. All three are packed with high-stakes, action and romance! </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On the Run</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> by Lynette Eason, FBI agent Daria Nevsky is being chased by dangerous men who want her for a very special reason. Even though her criminal father is dead, Daria is still haunted by his past. Dr. Ryker Donahue meets Daria as she comes to his hospital for a stab wound, but after learning that she is in danger he refuses to leave her side. Daria doesn’t know what these thugs want, but she is determined to find out their connection to her father and why they want her so badly.</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Deadly Objective </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">by Lynn H. Blackburn, physical therapist Emily Dixon provides her services to the teenage son of the Vice President of the United States. Liam Harper is his assigned Secret Service Agent. But, when someone threatens the VP's son, Emily and Liam will do whatever it takes to keep him safe. But, the closer they work together, the harder it is for Emily to keep her relationship with Liam professional. She doesn’t want to get close to him. She knows how dangerous Liam’s job is and she believes that his job will cost him his life one day. He is trained to put himself in front of a bullet if necessary, so she refuses to put herself through that heartbreak. But Liam isn’t so easily dismissed and he is determined to convince Emily to give him a chance. </span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Caught in the Crosshairs</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> by Natalie Walters, CIA officer Claudia Gallegos was at the scene of the murder of a Saudi prince. She has no idea why she was called to come to his residence shortly before he was murdered, but now she is being targeted and somebody wants her dead. Former Army PSYOPS officer Ari Blackman knows there is more to Claudia then meets the eye. After more than one attempt on her life, Ari isn't about to let Claudia out of his sight. The two must work together to find out who wants Claudia dead and why. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">She is also determined not to fall in love and want a family because her job puts those she cares about in danger. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">But, the more she works with Ari the harder it is for Claudia to keep him at arms length. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All three of these novellas by these talented authors were a lot of fun to read and kept the pages turning! I am new to romantic suspense and</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Targeted </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">is another reason why I will keep looking out for more stories just like these! The action and suspense start at the beginning of each story, and the authors do a great job keeping the reader wanting to find out what happens next. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">The romance in these stories are clean, Christian fiction with no graphic scenes or profanity. The novellas are fast-paced with action and romance weaved in seamlessly. Each story was unique yet had similar overarching themes of having trust in others, hope for the future, and faith in God to see you through.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Don’t start this one until you're ready to stay up all night! Loved all three of these stories and I’m looking forward to reading more from Eason, Blackburn, and Walters!</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5 Stars! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐</span></p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="114" data-original-width="324" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR3JAwl3v_RtX3_V3TTQavLrxORAH4BQqhRP-jIZHdEPSf7P83hnnpxf6KHuBWsFS9T_rsTPHJa_ciO-1QokN3RTxz611zaqb8vrerOdqzSZBYvPMSEhdXLHsI7W6MgJry3KTAkWRif_ahRvFLO5MEo6qfSXw2yO_LjTXdG1sAFpby9SBs5KM/s320/book%20trailer.jpg" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KxocwnDxphk" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://youtu.be/KxocwnDxphk" target="_blank">View on YouTube</a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="110" data-original-width="318" height="110" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2pTfXToNdhFt4bfTQLt7Mx_xAW0Ef6jPtw2MFPzl-npcZmIPIOKhCCJ5YC8t9SkMvKA_JaVwlJVWRQQoM_5SmQBl_tdquGkeNiAp_SKwU-MNF01YL79xYUID94S3_UkKpo_UfuayBeNK7Y1_tcTjcLB8OndyRFvd3zEWu9gyMPaZ_oh8r0Xo/s1600/AboutTheAuthors.jpg" width="318" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><a name="_Hlk117865435"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #212121; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lynette Eason</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #212121; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></a><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #212121; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="2400" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0EuHsx-IieobNhKwnswaRx9gR0uLg3x42GsipEnbvaAcke33uijUZ2Ag1KzNLhQ5goKYEltH_G5f6pYU0NcP-yu4zd3j3G7ppHUgnVHj7ExnBhw2znu_13ubtakA31sepuRBzD_jCDLlnUrLmKTK5coPfWNAOfe7Hq5YzRdiskge7Dcdc7nU/w240-h195/Author%20Pic%20Eason%20photo%20credit%20Mary%20Denman.jpg" width="240" /></div>is the <i>USA
Today</i> bestselling author of <i>Life Flight </i>and <i>Crossfire</i>, as well as<i> </i>the Danger Never Sleeps, Blue Justice, Women of Justice, Deadly Reunions, Hidden Identity, and Elite Guardians series. She is the winner of three ACFW Carol Awards, the Selah Award, and the Inspirational Reader's Choice Award, among others. She is a graduate of the University of South Carolina and has a master's degree in education from Converse College. Eason lives in South Carolina with her husband and two </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #212121; font-size: 12pt;">children. Learn more at </span><a href="http://www.lynetteeason.com/" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 12pt;">www.lynetteeason.com</span></a><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #212121; font-size: 12pt;">.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #212121; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #212121; text-align: justify;"><b>| <a href="https://lynetteeason.com/" target="_blank">Website</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lynette.eason" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/lynetteeason" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1091207.Lynette_Eason" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> |</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #212121; text-align: justify;"><b>| <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Lynette-Eason/e/B001TPZ320/" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.bookbub.com/authors/lynette-eason" target="_blank">BookBub</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lynetteeason/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/lynetteeason/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> |</b></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #212121; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #212121; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1283" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigY669nMaptVKxSOBx0Ve7RUByEAhQ5PZxx0vZNoCsggTGGQIF4R5b67iu0wrJsNmyhX2maUCkzO9ZDibB2u_IwetnsfbhwT11PcMj7Oy2KobvgMbfy8P5h2It2Okg9yd6GopbJl9sJX42u8cmfzODT3Eae4p8JPeUNGMNE0C8NFhzn8roWRE/w155-h218/Author%20Pic%20Blackburn%20photo%20credit%20Mary%20Denman.jpg" width="155" /></div><span style="line-height: 107%;"><div style="color: #212121; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><a name="_Hlk117865444"><b>Lynn H. 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<p></p></div></div>StoriesUnderStarlighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08286180694905152473noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7161096147589884390.post-6493084458261112682022-10-25T07:00:00.001-05:002022-10-25T07:00:00.148-05:00Lone Star Blog Tour: CONCRETE EVIDENCE by DiAnn Mills ***GUEST POST & GIVEAWAY***<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1289" data-original-width="2807" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhESHYGx-O9fU7i_-0AInYR9obpg-gG5EUEqKsC5olkKiyVb3Q_u2huoRpKHQ1XVnXxi02qjdmtWE3up1aS62pzfYTvmBUNumUAwMy41K5griFeEov_bdg4jNV772TdqqtL1ljvdcUmD1fBHO_hKvwsDQcio3yNxUDtZu26e3a0dCkufptddts/w549-h252/BNR%20Concrete%20Evidence.jpg" width="549" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">CONCRETE EVIDENCE</span></i></b></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>by</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>DiAnn Mills</b></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Pages: 416 pages<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Publication Date: October 4, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Categories: Christian Fiction / Mystery & Thrillers</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>****Scroll down for a giveaway!****</i></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="576" height="97" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAPgF9sBaYoOQQXKLQk2ghlAmDucW6UOjnPWBjjwESWyPeINzkA08_lgKS8MHR1b9wUWGdzXNl4YNN_8xPJ_emAJa9BeZ8mTUOCGXOHsQ5MjTDekpiqJokaa1yFohtt1qB7OO0mUonr2hJoQbOvC8sljVMS0TCTrqEufMR_afAaIfC6GeQwe0/w278-h97/Synopsis.jpg" width="278" /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="1763" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikJp1MNvGiS-fggIDjeUVFmuQ0rKJhzaIQuDiazZpxotCXEZy9-u4jQ6nJd5S9bGZIlowTvhURl6GD_iZiZSyCkpm9nOIKjjOgudEhT1u-h6KQCjVLJu2KgAO6ahm4LdiFCr-IjnR9S4tY2l_7HrJoJ_qcK3W48E2pGv1jO5pHnVnhbs4-iH8/s320/Cover%20Hi%20Res%20Concrete%20Evidence.jpeg" width="221" /></div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #403e3e; font-family: arial; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bestselling and award-winning author DiAnn Mills delivers a heart-stopping story of a faulty construction job, the discovery of a dead body, and a sinister plot.</span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial; line-height: 107%;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #403e3e; font-family: Arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #403e3e; font-family: Arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span>On the family’s Brazos River Ranch in Texas, Avery Elliott helps run her grandfather’s commercial construction business. Raised by Senator Elliott, Avery has never doubted her grandfather is the man of integrity and faith she’s always believed him to be …. until the day she finds him standing with a gun over the body of a dead man. To make matters worse, Avery’ just discovered a billing discrepancy for materials supposedly purchased for construction of the Lago de Cobre Dam.</span></div><o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #403e3e; font-family: arial; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Desperate for answers, Avery contacts FBI Special Agent Marc Wilkins for help. As Marc works to identify the dead man Avery saw, threats toward Avery create a fresh sense of urgency to pinpoint why someone wants to silence her. With a hurricane approaching the Texas coast and the structural integrity of the Lago de Cobre Dam called into question, time is running out to get to the bottom of a sinister plot that could be endangering the lives of not only Avery and her loved ones but the entire community.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #403e3e; font-family: "Arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Praise For CONCRETE EVIDENCE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“* VERDICT Mills . . . delivers another action-packed novel that offers intrigue and an adventurous ride. Recommend to fans of Dani Pettrey, Lynette Eason, and Carrie Stuart Parks.” </span><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">– LIBRARY JOURNAL,</span></b><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> Shondra Brown</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“The confident plotting keeps the mysteries coming, and red herrings will have readers guessing the culprit through to the satisfying conclusion. Fans of Colleen Coble and Susan Sleeman will savor this thrilling standalone.” </span><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">– PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b>PURCHASE LINKS FOUND AT:</b> </span><a href="https://diannmills.com/books/concrete-evidence" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">https://diannmills.com/books/concrete-evidence</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60510703-concrete-evidence" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="116" data-original-width="350" height="47" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4X8bROgq6oWpur6iXVemFeMdTdUFHPgPfZ2HnXVzMJjXChcFo35UAyILp89IwpZPbnEY6AoRsMIXNanRbUazeEKN6mk77WYzcoELcg8wBjh_VzzYbfqibC9pbFQa81zr1UrHrPurtOmSyULQh8_0Bd8sI6yO6bOXhPlp3LFiAc3sEGSoWMBQ/w142-h47/add-to-goodreads.png" width="142" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLypWoYP4IJTJZqbwedkdQLihYwrNTJZ2efgsGFAiOFdJ-pzB193ssCHOrYuCIrL8Yj8MPnOErdp1xpU45juiP6Ex58WCMvE1jimbJQiPLI4nQrlRR4-NrbaY6q7xVMgDpvIw7YO8ngrvQHBAeGWs2eZVr0mpXNYsiHpv1ZlG2PtCWZm216Y1JUHYl8Q/s576/GuestPost.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="576" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLypWoYP4IJTJZqbwedkdQLihYwrNTJZ2efgsGFAiOFdJ-pzB193ssCHOrYuCIrL8Yj8MPnOErdp1xpU45juiP6Ex58WCMvE1jimbJQiPLI4nQrlRR4-NrbaY6q7xVMgDpvIw7YO8ngrvQHBAeGWs2eZVr0mpXNYsiHpv1ZlG2PtCWZm216Y1JUHYl8Q/s320/GuestPost.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 style="clear: both;"><b>20 Reasons to Read Fiction<br /></b><b>by DiAnn Mills</b></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Has anyone ever said to you that reading fiction is a waste of time, money, and brain matter? That’s hogwash! Yes, I’m passionate about fiction, and here’s why!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">⦁<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>To enjoy an entertaining adventure for readers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">⦁<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>To learn about the world and people in an unthreatening environment.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">⦁<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>To be encouraged in our own lives by characters overcoming adversity.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">⦁<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>To focus our minds on something other than ourselves.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">⦁<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>To stimulate our mental capacity.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">⦁<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>To gain new insights from others’ beliefs different from our own.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">⦁<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>To explore creativity.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">⦁<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>To enhance our imagination. As we grow from children to adults, our imagination dwindles to accommodate the reality of what our parents, caregivers, and teachers prefer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">⦁<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>To understand others and their personalities.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">⦁<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>To develop relational and social skills.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">⦁<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>To improve memory.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">⦁<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>To sleep better. Although if the book is horror, I might change my mind!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">⦁<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>To discover different genres and establish a reading preference.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">⦁<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>To increase our vocabulary.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">⦁<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>To be inspired to try something new and different in our lives.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">⦁<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>To shape our minds for a willingness to learn and ask questions.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">⦁<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span> To force us to slow down from our hectic life and relieve stress.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">⦁<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>To broaden our topics in conversation.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">⦁<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span> To strengthen our thinking skills.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">⦁<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span> To enjoy the adventure of a well-written story.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">What’s your reason for reading fiction? Or maybe you have more than one!</div><div><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="114" data-original-width="324" height="94" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXcDz_DgemdlJmq80Cu8ICiyqcPd0_1w5Ez5zxEoPwgsWAJro-WeJQh5tdcJMmQhDGlpBeoQSuJc4BT1kX056Riglmd6qXJZw8yLfB8rxmTRi5vjDk9UXdDMIfdav32G1RqERFz10dj5WWCOc42rxXfuk66n87R3I10l_KS0Crx2-fQr0ZVV0/w265-h94/book%20trailer.jpg" width="265" /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wra7qJmx1Xo" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><a href="https://youtu.be/wra7qJmx1Xo" target="_blank">View on YouTube</a></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="140" data-original-width="400" height="95" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzEl_skN6bHsLwYBeVN83gyoO42HIxmzCK7Q2O8NDa3awcz0MylyICeuthF9ANF0BF6OUwS7BCstAbSAzczrYsqVJcNAI9QcbRE0Xn9d3RxFaDnJknGm1ZHpXhzD9s6ArDX5JKyyeNbLY8uPr4TDXDZvgnPUzbb8Howu3eKe5ukdrGrcSyIjA/w272-h95/AboutTheAuthor.jpg" width="272" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3600" data-original-width="2880" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWIwGfExRfQflZd-RA_YrMrEx0lLafZe6mu8A9Mju0hNaauaMZIyK2R02xXVwp4ppnAnzb7bfDvhIXMfbySyEixzWsCZE2ZbFSZr08aRCtqkyNh0lXz9BYpGzmryDXSwMlb3-m7fbb9-YMQO7MsfCbt2wfao5HwgdD4e8DZTUL6UCSPWm2BGU/s320/Author%20Photo%20Mills.jpg" width="256" /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">DiAnn Mills is a bestselling author who believes her readers should expect an adventure. She combines unforgettable characters with unpredictable plots to create action-packed, suspense-filled novels. DiAnn believes every breath of life is someone’s story, so why not capture those moments and create a thrilling adventure?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Her titles have appeared on the CBA and ECPA bestseller lists; won two Christy Awards; and been finalists for the RITA, Daphne Du Maurier, Inspirational Readers’ Choice, and Carol award contests. You can download a list of her published titles by clicking <a href="https://diannmills.com/books/">here.</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">DiAnn is a founding board member of the American Christian Fiction Writers, a former director of Blue Ridge Christian Writers, and a member of Advanced Writers and Speakers Association, Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and International Thriller Writers. 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text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1289" data-original-width="2807" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3aHJiANpg6y_vp9Gd0xrXfDhFmm-dB8-KiL763mJPvL35zLbeJeHXM55pQX94QYNsM59a_U-JDH-4g6xQWyK2bV_B3d0lMRmuJMrQnr1zsPaH47GW18zWLbBI8lfrBtxZukrQVsYZvHLCQEYotem0-4qz-bvwXPpmKwcVr51HheB3zcvC8J0/w532-h244/BNR%20A%20Time%20to%20Fly.jpg" width="532" /></div><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;"><i>A TIME TO FLY!</i></b></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>by</b></div></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Diann Floyd Boehm</b></div></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Illustrated by Nancy Hoover</div></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Children's Picture Book</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Publisher: Texas Sisters Press</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Pages: 28 pages</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Publication Date: August 2, 2022</span></div></div><div class="separator"><span style="font-family: arial;"><h1 style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="color: #660000;"><b><i>***SCROLL DOWN FOR GIVEAWAY!***</i></b></span></h1><div style="font-size: large; 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font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">y by award-winning author Diann Floyd Boehm, is an adorable children’s book about a little bluebird finding the courage to leave his nest and learning to fly. After his brother and sister fly away to join their mother and father, one little bluebird is reluctant to leave. After some encouragement, the mother bluebird is able to help her son not only learn how to fly but be brave enough to step out of his comfort zone. </span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Boehm does a wonderful job with the relationship between the mother bluebird and her son. She gives the mother bluebird such a gentle and patient voice throughout the story. Her words are soothing and help keep the baby bluebird calm as she encourages him to be brave and try something new. The baby bluebird is reluctant to leave the comfort of home just like most children. Through the actions of the baby bluebird, Boehm does a great job reflecting the behaviors that young children also exhibit when they are hesitant to change. Yet, she also shows that he still has that childlike curiosity which helps motivate him </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">(along with the encouragement of his mother),</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> as he learns to fly for the first time. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A Time to Fly</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is beautifully illustrated by award-winning artist Nancy Hoover. The watercolor illustrations she creates perfectly fit the story with pastel colors that bring a peaceful and positive energy to each page. The gorgeous blue, yellow, and orange shades really bring the story to life. </span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Such a heartwarming story to read to young children who also have to face leaving home or adapt to change. The dyslexia friendly font is also perfect for teachers or parents who have dyslexic children and need the help when reading. A great lesson on adapting to change and how each child learns at their own pace. A great addition to any home or school library. </span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5 Stars!</span></p><div><br /></div></span></div></span></div><div class="separator"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="140" data-original-width="400" height="91" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhib-IWWBU5ewgjPU7AV7JsuJdqo3fxoeRtrtFtOKfAyUYeOdefWEyePnML6Q0-QOFAULzU1yhO5Uv2VBGq7pYxFYhX0tttvkYju6RG1K6ZQw42yI4kSG4PbvXT21Xd8hDslPds-_Jt8Wm0D9kbJJbOeihl6bVerNXLFm70jdugNGCpPY4Umf4/w262-h91/AboutTheAuthor.jpg" width="262" /></div><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="481" data-original-width="604" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq1t_FKFXStuBklxhGe97C-X0eVVRS8yLO9uq7pb8muJnlQqPVM4xE6KfRA-8Gb8K0BXfp5n9Qkv89Ey8TGoWlJp3tykW2xitZZi3vRMMzHCckAoZWkqlPOWZWWrDvh_JLi8eofgqdxpV2px-AsuE48uzQP4uvwPTu-SRy5YWqEBs94PjtQJs/w230-h183/Author%20Photo%20Boehm.jpeg" width="230" /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Diann Floyd Boehm</b> is an award-winning international author, community volunteer, humanitarian, and former classroom teacher. 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</span></b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><br /><div style="color: #212121; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Liliana Vela hates the term </span><i style="font-size: 11pt;">victim</i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">.She's not a victim, she's a fighter. Stubborn and strong with a quiet elegance, she's determined to take back her life after escaping the clutches of human traffickers. But she can't stay safely in America--unless the man who aided in her rescue is serious about his unconventional proposal to marry her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Meric Toledan was just stopping at a service station for a bottle of water. Instead, he becomes the key to Liliana's rescue. If he can keep his secrets hidden, his wealth and position afford him many resources to help her. But the mysterious buyer who funded her capture will not sit idly by while his prize is stolen from him.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 16pt;">CLICK TO PURCHASE<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p></div></span><!--[endif]--></span><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>| <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dangerous-Beauty-Novel-Melissa-Koslin/dp/0800740173/https://www.amazon.com/Dangerous-Beauty-Novel-Melissa-Koslin/dp/0800740173/" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://bakerbookhouse.com/products/433709" target="_blank">Baker Book House</a> | <a href="https://www.christianbook.com/dangerous-beauty-melissa-koslin/9780800740177/pd/0740177" target="_blank">Christianbook</a> |</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>| <a href="http://bakerpublishinggroup.com/books/dangerous-beauty/407610/affiliates" target="_blank">Other Revell Affiliates</a> |</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59857157-dangerous-beauty" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="116" data-original-width="350" height="48" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6bTRUBSFbPlWUUTyRoqBH4N-SqdYdIZ0uP9RcDV_AyYkBu7w_ttx5c3SkOT4m8Qwwzc_mrjlqMStPfhBVAPjOKSK5OiEvZ-DPUo1zEFSZbVcChojcN3viewpOHriHCpJW0dv1Jvqr53qls9Bkk7DAs28eYBAOCy57PgBUrMGgs-vQ-jRj4Pw/w146-h48/add-to-goodreads.png" width="146" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsgBmO4IxOgNBIOHQy6uQllfhkF-TUCeYgsbBSIJAdHpiig8sdWDeP4o7E4WbNHMf4XqaJOIYw0Tg_YsNzQC3zmoRxkdeUx-gWs0x8HMA-Woy7w0nvzHH8M6KSUr3wfTCY6HP0poy23AaOwEOyf_DB8jasd0vL33OTtpYQ6bRH4harqTcKb2an_7y9Cg/s576/IMG_7127%20(1).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="576" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsgBmO4IxOgNBIOHQy6uQllfhkF-TUCeYgsbBSIJAdHpiig8sdWDeP4o7E4WbNHMf4XqaJOIYw0Tg_YsNzQC3zmoRxkdeUx-gWs0x8HMA-Woy7w0nvzHH8M6KSUr3wfTCY6HP0poy23AaOwEOyf_DB8jasd0vL33OTtpYQ6bRH4harqTcKb2an_7y9Cg/s320/IMG_7127%20(1).JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-8b416dea-7fff-9e35-cfee-26407b088466"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Dangerous Beauty</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> by Melissa Koslin, Liliana Vela is on the run. She has escaped her human trafficking kidnapers, but is lost somewhere in America. Meric Toledan, a high-profile business man, just wanted to grab a water bottle at the local convenience store when he learns a disheveled woman is hiding in the bathroom. He realizes something is wrong when he sees her battered appearance and the two men who are obviously waiting for her to come out. Meric helps Liliana escape, but because her family was killed in Mexico she has nowhere to go to be safe. So, he does the only thing he can think of to keep her from being sent back to Mexico where she will likely be taken again - he marries her.</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It’s been a long time since I’ve read a book that I just didn't want to put down. I knew from the first sentence this one was going to be a real page turner. I was right, </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dangerous Beauty </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">did not disappoint! Right from the beginning, you are drawn into Liliana’s journey of escape from her trafficking kidnappers. Meric is a wealthy businessman, but he is a tortured soul because of his tragic past. While trying to keep Liliana safe and keep his secrets hidden, Meric is trying to navigate his growing feelings for his new “wife.” Koslin did a great job with the character development of Liliana and Meric. Liliana is a strong character who draws strength from God to get her through her horrific experience and the loss of her parents and sister. She slowly grows from a frightened and traumatized young woman to someone who finds the courage to not only move on, but to help other women who are being trafficked as well. Meric is cold and distant and keeps Liliana at arms length because he doesn’t want to get too close to her. He thinks he doesn’t deserve her, but his kindness comes through whenever she needs anything or is in danger. </span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Overall, I loved<i> Dangerous Beauty</i>! Koslin does a great job keeping the suspense and romance going throughout the story. I especially liked the plot twist at the end, it was not expected! I highly recommend you don’t start this book unless you have the time to read it in one sitting! What a great story of survival, love, and redemption. Can't wait to read more Melissa Koslin books! 5 Stars!</span></p><div><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span></div><b><br /></b></span></div><p><b><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">PRAISE FOR <i>DANGEROUS BEAUTY:</i></span></span></b></p><p class="ydpa24407a9yiv2987381590endorsementtext" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">“Do not start this book until you have the time to read it in one gulp. This is a really fresh twist on a marriage of convenience with the potential for pages of suspense. The hero and heroine are each hugely compelling, and I just wanted to protect them both. It’s also a sweet story of the healing power of hope. Highly recommend this novel for those who adore romantic suspense with a fresh twist.” --<b>Cara Putman</b>, award-winning author of <i>Flight Risk</i> and <i>Lethal Intent</i></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">“Koslin brings the underworld of human trafficking to life in a gripping yet redemptive plot.” <b>–<i>Booklist</i></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span></p><p><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"><img border="0" data-original-height="140" data-original-width="400" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoTN3WT46gjZwDFkscB9_IT17O34ofSDCrmZPM5qJMfuY5s6q4_Nm2vKedp1bah7q1zO5_-8xWCGCys6_DiZrlvrLAWs9F_cgDkE-cimjZx367Qh3Ji5Abm8jVfdZbn-n2BNidSksyMDYVA3fAv7E40MnH_dB9K_RIZ6s_YBDTce-pO_qM4g0/s320/AboutTheAuthor.jpg" width="320" /></span></span></span></div><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="2400" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-_U_qbSwbW0ZI0biySb420UWYsFHkxlrmkxfiZn5wpQPwxrF6ukkMyZLeJ17G83JVCSji03UJNpH7T0Sm8LpzEBV2sG6HhXA8oYfjkC4CH8Ip64OVXBpj85Ixw1DSddzJrWaG1mD9-0txgrFXpaOJDk8ieVUIJCp1LDJokH0IkMkGV1qbN_M/w167-h209/Author%20photo%20Koslin.jpg" width="167" /></div><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></span></span><p></p><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial";">Melissa
Koslin</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial";"> is a fourth-degree black belt in and certified instructor of Songahm Taekwondo. In her day job as a commercial property manager, she secretly notes personal quirks and funny situations, ready to tweak them into colorful additions for her books. The author of <i>Never Miss</i>, Melissa lives in Jacksonville, Florida, with her husband, Corey. </span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial";"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;"><b><span style="text-align: left;">| <a href="http://melissakoslin.com/books/" target="_blank">Website</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MelissaKoslin" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/MelissaKoslin" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | </span><span style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/melissa_koslin/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> |</span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;"><b>| <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/melissakoslin/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20805591.Melissa_Koslin" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> | <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Melissa-Koslin/e/B08RHLK17V" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.bookbub.com/authors/melissa-koslin" target="_blank">BookBub</a> |</b></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="105" data-original-width="530" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2eZHMFvwghif_mOf2CWNm5jqu7zANEheIGX0Rm8HSmcAS6IFZztdRuHHJLgrKAMLdN71svtnPaeqQrc5_Pq46g7FpXfuXVoLu6DV4Y76-8vyL-Jp-S2wrHHEc-3HT7qThEGwR4Zv84E4VTGJD2fE3CzaSbh3eK-jKJmqXhVLBugavZOg_I4s/w509-h100/XTRA%20Ad%20Dangerous%20Beauty.jpg" width="509" /></div><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><b>GIVEAWAY! GIVEAWAY! GIVEAWAY!</b></i></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>TWO WINNERS:</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Arial";">Each receives copies of <i>Dangerous
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never too late to find love on the high seas.</span></i></b></a><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">Kate Caldwell is a 72-year-old romance novelist writing under the <i>nom de plume,</i> Desiree Desire. With more than thirty bestsellers to her credit, Kate is considered an authority on romance. Her personal life, however, has been lacking in the love department for a long time, and she has all but given up hope of finding a true, romantic connection. Her latest series, about a rakish eighteenth-century pirate, has been a struggle. Her struggle with her own creative processes boils over on a stormy night, when Captain Edward Peregrine, a pirate of the Caribbean during the year 1721, begins appearing to her as she sleeps. Convinced that Edward is a figment of her imagination, Kate happily accepts his return visits, and the two collaborate on the first two books of the series. Then, Edward suddenly stops appearing, and Kate is frustrated with her publisher’s demands for the next book.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;">In desperation, she decides to take a two-week cruise with her granddaughter, Ellie, hoping the chance to relax and watch the waves breaking in the beautiful waters of the Caribbean will reset her creative process. Little did Kate know that troubled waters lay ahead or that she’s in for the adventure of her life, and possibly, true love at long last. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><b>PRAISE FOR MARGIE SEAMAN'S <i>SOMEDAY BELONGS TO US</i></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: courier;"><a name="_Hlk110851950"><i>“A fun and lively read about romance, and the real and imagined adventures of a woman writer cruising through her senior years. Once again, Margie Seaman proves age is no obstacle in this swashbuckling debut novel.” --</i></a><b>Lise Olsen</b>, Author of CODE OF SILENCE</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>CLICK TO PURCHASE!</i></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>| <a href="https://shop.aer.io/Stoney_Creek_Publishing/p/Someday_Belongs_to_Us/9781736839072-7508" target="_blank">Stoney Creek Publishing</a> | <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Someday-Belongs-Us-Margie-Seaman/dp/1736839071/" target="_blank">Amazon</a> |</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60866421-someday-belongs-to-us" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="116" data-original-width="350" height="54" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5xrEhZlO0yhp35cfzRyfDL9RCilJ6-QqXBdzPPKKgX40-3olFqQnp_1nP4BkMO8uhl7yzGBRylftl7IQDK0K-h3SC9z4qB-dov3TMbpkhS4XObtm_HHXRdJqxqtKt-RCurr4CZTIl4UD9gUawiX1TqsiS4H4HohCqbC6IV3q9X6JkHZh4mAs/w164-h54/add-to-goodreads.png" width="164" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2n4qsnQw0HE7rp-Dr3dqUXB1awsjqzW91wlik08vqF_O-NOAhs62qxCAknbDeMj2NpqDuUa1CUV05PIgRt2NahZVvA2aO6A7Z7eX7jcsS4lbOZqqUDilKiD6zqGN7iT2ZZoi4sSUpnLHEkiQLM6on5EZroo3vqg5gbfnMDhhRomUVWGfp3rRHYjcADA/s576/GuestPost%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="576" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2n4qsnQw0HE7rp-Dr3dqUXB1awsjqzW91wlik08vqF_O-NOAhs62qxCAknbDeMj2NpqDuUa1CUV05PIgRt2NahZVvA2aO6A7Z7eX7jcsS4lbOZqqUDilKiD6zqGN7iT2ZZoi4sSUpnLHEkiQLM6on5EZroo3vqg5gbfnMDhhRomUVWGfp3rRHYjcADA/s320/GuestPost%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><b>WRITING THAT BOOK “NEXT YEAR”</b></div><div><b>GUEST POST BY</b></div><div><b>MARGIE SEAMAN</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Writing a book was something that I had wanted to do since I was fifteen years old, and my high school English teacher told me I should become a writer. However, writing a book never made it to the top of my priority list during my teens and I always kept thinking I would do it "next year." I mean - I had unlimited “next years” in my lifetime, right? Between my twenties and forties, being a mother and having a career took up all of my free time and the book again was relegated to "next year." During the years, there were various plots rumbling around in my head and some half-hearted attempts were made at starting a story, but nothing ever went past the planning and first couple of pages stage.</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>In 1986, the death of my father brought about a desire to write some type of tribute to him. The Houston Chronicle had the Parade magazine at that time, and they were soliciting short narratives for publication. I wrote a piece about life during the war with my family, especially my father, and to my surprise, it was chosen. I remember how excited I was the Sunday it appeared in the paper – I was a writer! Just thinking that brought heavenly music to my ears but my elation was short-lived, and I returned to the “next year” mentality. </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>October of 2016 brought an ominous reality to my consciousness. I turned eighty years old. Eighty!!! How did that happen? Where were my unlimited "next years?" Suddenly, the realization hit me that if I were ever going to do something about the book, it better be soon. The only issue was that after sixty-five years of being a practiced procrastinator, I still was dragging my feet. It took a final challenge to get me focused and ready to finally achieve my dream.</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>That challenge soon showed itself and provided the spark to get me going. As a web designer, one of my clients, Loren Steffy, was a journalist and non-fiction writer who had just written his debut novel, The Big Empty. In a conversation we had, he mentioned that he hated something with "the passion of a thousand burning suns". I replied that his comment sounded like the title of a cheesy romance novel with handsome pirates and beautiful, lusty maidens. He told me to "write it." Something clicked in my head. The gauntlet had been thrown down. It was now or never and from that chance remark, Someday Belongs to Us was born. </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>The timing was perfect even though I was eighty-two. I had spent the previous twenty years with my sister-in-law cruising every chance we had. I used the cruise ship as the background environment for the book, added a little space-time continuum mix-up, a gorgeous pirate, plus a cast of other wonderful characters that just popped into my head. Writing this story as a book-within-a-book gave me the opportunity to develop the character of the eighteenth-century pirate as he lived his life on the sea. The fun began when my main characters, Kate Caldwell and Captain Edward Peregrine, mysteriously became enmeshed in a wormhole of time and their lives were joined.</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Completing the book and realizing my dream at an advanced age only reinforces my belief that life is wonderful no matter what your age and that goals can always be achieved if you work hard enough for them. My optimism is shown by planning this book to be the first in a trilogy. Think I better start the next book, time is passing!</b></div></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="140" data-original-width="400" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEindsK-oXgNw1DOKdJZXQU3yFmxsWtVYdYLqQUHexMOs9H_zkPGXY9lrK4bQ2FVZD8enTKDM2Y_jYZ8mzHRLqmDZfJgz8e-pdtZJoGp8tPpgmGlTvZxE6Nlgg6_zj_kSpoM0-dMb89F4NQ8WM3CkpQnbg53telN_uIqWoPx3LFIujBbvr8nFOk/s320/AboutTheAuthor.jpg" width="320" /></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1011" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2s3C0WLziB3iAOXgM8ByAXLQ0UQn5WigoqoFqRO627AumJa7V6DVPSi3zHIysszkG_n1XBgRaKrvibkXgghEXo0IhidKO_6iUqXw_DFivKGORTch-iQ7XvOvkah6Tk_cHjXxODDjn9sJZFqAArs3AH1lGUnjfhafjLA7Hqv5-GVGS3HgI3cI/w179-h226/Someday%20Belongs%20to%20Us%202.jpg" width="179" /></div><a name="_Hlk110852022"></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a name="_Hlk110852022"></a><a name="_Hlk110852022"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">MARGIE SEAMAN is an eighty-five-year-old, late-blooming author of her debut novel <i>Someday Belongs to Us.</i> After a forty-year career in marketing, she switched to a new venture in website design where she has been the president of Citation Solutions for the past fourteen years. Margie also writes a travel blog for seniors, <i>The Graytripper,</i> that encourages people to get out and explore their world. Margie is the mother of three, grandmother of seven, and great-grandmother of three. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Houston and lives in Houston, Texas, right down the street from her childhood home. She is currently dogless for the first time in her life but does have some totally spoiled cats that ungraciously allow her to share their living environment.</span></a></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>| <a href="http://margieseaman.com/" target="_blank">Margie's Website</a> |</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Stoney Creek Publishing</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">| <a href="https://www.facebook.com/StoneyCreekPublishing/" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/PublishingCreek" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/stoney-creek-publishing/" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/stoneycreekpublishing/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="http://stoneycreekpublishing.com/someday.html" target="_blank">Website</a> |</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="439" data-original-width="2210" height="105" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgS8_o9u6gtaOuo48R8iwcAz2JaQFoP9OEqNCkjqXohdJ5gOPFoDP0oX0bTBYYvuSClOjRuisM4kFQJAiQID8_iyNnL5cskxtg1AZBTYs0MnBZHq9cHiub716TtAUy2AP88mOozUYnJvbslZtjHdRV5jz8UqktX1dt923lHs7rRtM7bqcKnjk/w525-h105/Someday%20Belongs%20to%20Us_Rectangular%20Promo%20Ad.jpg" width="525" /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>***GIVEAWAY! 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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Western Romance /Sweet
Romance/ American Historical Romance</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Pages: 190 pages<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Publisher: Kindle Unlimited<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Publication Date: August 15, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p>
<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>SCROLL DOWN FOR GIVEAWAY!</b></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="576" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQy5-w1F76e1KeUgufuA0z6sv4l6v4lu4ryet20mhmUkyQDgKESpaA3okqMCtIIpSSZ2uq2MUAZVNBeD0-2dzb-jNm1wW306uu9JNp0u9SUqzeG_mA-jZQSDaBtcGJKFeA9avscm-hwpPZwaORiCMlmHYUb3JUDFPtcl2pp_Cupa5BgI71txY/w389-h136/Synopsis.jpg" width="389" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="1575" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKQaquAlPjOZ2xLS5iI18iGbZ4YJSVbGVWSOmCru8kmlZJl8DvnVHbD1IO5qXn2zubKc5IGh0hBWFeFxGNBqpPAe20-O8j3JigAtS-zRN-PU5ucWc8zve2WfX8A_lmEiU0k9FJU3yZCmW6TNZpORG4CqEC6dmoQLUFCD74IvQzNn_hnOH0JHQ/s320/Cover%20Hi%20Res%20Fancy.png" width="210" /></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>A stolen baby</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>An orphan child</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>A bargain struck</b></div></b> <br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Told her baby died in childbirth, Fancy Dalton grieves for her son. But in the midst of a raging storm, a shadowy figure appears and tells her that he’s alive and well! He was stolen! Now she has an address and a name. From despair comes hope.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">One thought drives her—finding and getting him back. Selling everything she owns, Fancy buys a one-way train ticket to Denver. Nothing and no one will stop her. In a mad dash to board the train, she collides with Jack Coltrain. As fate would have it, the rugged cowboy, on a mission of his own, sits next to her. Experience has taught her to be wary of men. But when her bag is stolen, he gets it back and earns a small piece of her trust.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As the iron wheels roll, taking her closer to her two-year-old son, Fancy and Jack discover an orphan girl who needs their help and open their arms to her. Ten hours from their goal, Fancy and Jack strike a deal—her help for his. Desperate times for both call for creative solutions…but marriage, even in name only? However, nothing is off the table. She’ll do whatever she must to save the orphan and get her child back. Still, giving Jack her heart…that’s not part of the bargain.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Click to purchase!</b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><b>| <a href="https://lindabroday.com/e-books/fancy-the-love-train-series/" target="_blank">Website</a> | <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Fancy-Sweet-Historical-Western-Romance-ebook/dp/B0B5NQ2PPQ/" target="_blank">Amazon</a> |</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61383602-fancy" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="116" data-original-width="350" height="77" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6qfIKvroExFlON89kC7Upj5hYmO9xOnJFqoHseuCyZQNyN-qHQDOZkuHO_XvCtGDdxO-oxlGJIYcW6LL1yJeTa3OmIUu7Z3lvcLJ36l9o4nanJ8GE6kM0J4YCb6yXEurgf8gDOThnO-_BSZKSRNLQCNaZ8Gkg_G_yhmFF6HImARM8xKpUn_w/w232-h77/add-to-goodreads.png" width="232" /></a></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">PRAISE FOR <i>FANCY:<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 12pt;">"I have loved every Linda Broday
book I have read, but I must say this one touched my heart." Cricket
(Goodreads)</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 12pt;">"Linda Broday waved her magic
wand when her turn came and gave us one of her most profound heroines she’s
ever written. Fancy wrapped her tragic story around my heart and transported me
into the late 1800s." Tonya (Goodreads)</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 12pt;">"Linda Broday has always been
able to weave her characters together like a mix-match patch quilt, but the end
results are amazing." Rose Ann (Goodreads)</span></i></p>
<i><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">"...Her ability
to convey the goodness of their souls will leave the reader wanting more."
Sally (Goodreads</span></i></div></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ANEes44KT2afHDq0NfwD4AZb1NDq7VH5NPaQA0ilF_HTuAGMrTku5fp4f51OKrPrnwr-x9HHEYpxnx0bmoAalCau_dq0dnCEIfeoliHV-7QSYxv7PWQ6njNCnI4P-MK-b3topuWUJdl7OLsZmQGSMbnnL4zs45a_-IMfwsCKSY8WuBHr9fvoLmvBoQ/s318/Sneak%20Peek.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="112" data-original-width="318" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ANEes44KT2afHDq0NfwD4AZb1NDq7VH5NPaQA0ilF_HTuAGMrTku5fp4f51OKrPrnwr-x9HHEYpxnx0bmoAalCau_dq0dnCEIfeoliHV-7QSYxv7PWQ6njNCnI4P-MK-b3topuWUJdl7OLsZmQGSMbnnL4zs45a_-IMfwsCKSY8WuBHr9fvoLmvBoQ/s1600/Sneak%20Peek.jpg" width="318" /></a></div><b style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></b></div>A
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LINDA BRODAY<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYW1-JZYj64Wu9SeFvjhK2f19k6EJ7UbELk304cCPPxHAV9F4ttxPx6tJ5mTZzAkamatrWtXqFxgSUT7hvx_QHQ113icm1Q5TDBC1dybPU3Jzbt-JIsFwcOIZblvx5G-zl15kFQ5ssXQx3aggc2FU0YuwMIaMpzIymDSnbx_3sJVpq6A1v1eqFzaqd8w/s765/0816%20MARISSA%20Sneak%20Peek%202%20of%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="765" data-original-width="495" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYW1-JZYj64Wu9SeFvjhK2f19k6EJ7UbELk304cCPPxHAV9F4ttxPx6tJ5mTZzAkamatrWtXqFxgSUT7hvx_QHQ113icm1Q5TDBC1dybPU3Jzbt-JIsFwcOIZblvx5G-zl15kFQ5ssXQx3aggc2FU0YuwMIaMpzIymDSnbx_3sJVpq6A1v1eqFzaqd8w/s320/0816%20MARISSA%20Sneak%20Peek%202%20of%202.jpg" width="207" /></a></b></div><b><br /><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></b><p></p>
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to tell them what to look forward to so here goes.</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-pagination: none;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">On Tuesday, October 4, 2022, two months from
now, I’ll have a new Christmas novella available for your reading pleasure.</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-pagination: none;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">HOPE’S ANGEL<i> </i></span></b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">is
about acceptance of your fellow man, kindness, compassion, and for healing of
deep wounds.</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Christmas? It’s nothing to celebrate and brings
memories of everything he seeks to forget.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">When a horrendous accident leaves Jericho Cane
disfigured, he retreats to the dark refuge of his childhood home. People label
him a monster, a phantom. Only while the town sleeps can he find courage to
venture out and seek solace in midnight rides.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">But who is making the mysterious repairs to
broken items, leaving food on doorsteps and putting hand carved angels on
children’s graves?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Newly arrived, Irish doctor Kathleen O’Shea,
has no fear of Jericho Cane. Armed with determination, she offers hope where he
can live again. Still, can he thrive walking in daylight amongst the ones who
call him a monster?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">If she fails, the darkness will consume him for
good.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-pagination: none;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">* * *</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-pagination: none;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Outside of Fort Worth, Texas, lies the coal
town of Genesis which is the fictional name for Thurber. As Thurber once was,
Genesis is mostly a community of immigrants looking to better their
circumstances and give them a foothold in America. After a horrible accident leaves
him disfigured, Jericho Cane returns here to hide. Safety lies in the darkness.
But the new doctor, Kathleen O’Shea, sees his pain, his immense loneliness, and
is determined to help. A tender love develops between them.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-pagination: none;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I think you’ll like it. </span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Hope’s
Angel<i> will go up for preorder on September 1<sup>st</sup>. Then I’ll have a
new series called </i>The Hangman’s Daughters<i> releasing in 2023. There’s
lots ahead.—Linda Broday</i></span></p></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="140" data-original-width="400" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipIcoyeKKQz6blZ5FiIfmn6zVATNbG-2hOR6shF-5vAS-Zp1lg-0LQhbMlUxEumeq1vaex10EW7WeokF5JdTLOIKYAAGCF7D66XCaess_exNgtwynyOvSe6qxOrjkX3sH5kyvAWiW7JTouG5GpWbzM9PKYAgjE85MMdpEUPtLr7BuWgfG4K5E/s320/AboutTheAuthor.jpg" width="320" /></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="1136" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEQCniAgfCy4UIPgefk4uMLf_3Q-uApVLV_qVfq5HD1yYrqc5IbdDFDD87Y_i4-KwCVxzxfpm6kAf_-DMtXglbKZGygJVx0NwIbWNbqA77GnLqCbyqPmx0ov_xmCxzH0k8fD-vkww8c38XT85Ey2ujQO5bDt0a7SoCWKr-QN-a54DF3dUb6GY/s320/Author%20Photo%20Broday.jpg" width="213" /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">I'm a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of thirty historical western romance novels and short stories. I reside in the Texas Panhandle on land the American Indian and early cowboys once roamed, and at times if the breeze is just right, I can hear their voices whispering in the wind. Texas’s rich history is one reason I set all my stories here where cowboys still remain caretakers of the land. I’m inspired every day by their immense dedication and love for the wide-open spaces. I combine those men with the love of family in all my stories and hope to continue to give readers books that entertain and fulfill.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><b>| <a href="https://lindabroday.com/" target="_blank">Website</a> | <a href="http://www.facebook.com/lindabrodayauthor" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="http://twitter.com/lbroday" target="_blank">Twitter</a> |</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">| <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1204489.Linda_Broday" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> | <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/lindabroday1/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> | <a href="https://www.bookbub.com/authors/linda-broday" target="_blank">BookBub</a> |</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjsCnLl7py5TM412c0RNcHopZfR45YCKUfSNzDPK_6jhJKy4nSfMg_DR0htemTMTeBnywvZe6gslxA8rDhrHOAKmOKTVDfR-Qo-vwefqq8SOUHARX2vmtU11f_N4lBpokCkwrU-xxhNbGUTIhP-gixFJ3YT1CnQPwTHkNUzcarJaOwjTmKi-M/s2100/Love%20Train%20Books.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="2100" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjsCnLl7py5TM412c0RNcHopZfR45YCKUfSNzDPK_6jhJKy4nSfMg_DR0htemTMTeBnywvZe6gslxA8rDhrHOAKmOKTVDfR-Qo-vwefqq8SOUHARX2vmtU11f_N4lBpokCkwrU-xxhNbGUTIhP-gixFJ3YT1CnQPwTHkNUzcarJaOwjTmKi-M/w495-h176/Love%20Train%20Books.jpg" width="495" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24pt;">***Giveaway! Giveaway! Giveaway!***</span></i></b></div></span></div></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Publisher: <a href="http://bakerpublishinggroup.com/bethanyhouse" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bethany House Publishers</a></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Date of Publication: May 3, 2022</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Number of Pages: 416 pages </span></div>
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<div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>His promise will cost him far more than he imagined.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Guilt has defined Luke Dempsey's life, but it was self-destructiveness that landed him in prison. When his friend and fellow inmate lay dying shortly before Luke's release, the older man revealed he left a string of clues for his daughter, Finley, that will lead her to the treasure he's hidden. Worried that she won't be the only one pursuing the treasure, he gains Luke's promise to protect her until the end of her search.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Spunky and idealistic, Finley Sutherland is the owner of an animal rescue center and a defender of lost causes. She accepts Luke's help on the treasure hunt while secretly planning to help him in return--by coaxing him to embrace the forgiveness he's long denied himself.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">As they draw closer to the final clue, their reasons for resisting each other begin to crumble, and Luke realizes his promise will push him to the limit in more ways than one. He'll do his best to shield Finley from unseen threats, but who's going to shield him from losing his heart?</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman' , serif; font-size: x-large;">CLICK TO PURCHASE!</span></b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"><div dir="ltr"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><b>Date of Publication</b>: March 1, 2022</span></div>
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</div>StoriesUnderStarlighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08286180694905152473noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7161096147589884390.post-57963648252259417522022-03-08T20:04:00.000-06:002022-03-08T20:04:03.284-06:00YA Review: Bone Crier's Moon by Kathryn Purdie<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbzrOf5yVpbDGcjEMuMYmp_d7NEiIWFNuGPWb8Ph1_D__k-3Db1MSxjPkX-zsBc3aOOCTVz9z72iEBa-wQP9JwTIzIRXH2ZbhkKyURrUPh2i5nw6D6hqjvZe7UDoPh35tPWVLZtbjdUlS5s9yt69I8Yl7PiWhg2eMnMp627kJP_3M9j6LK7n6GHar-aw=s346" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="229" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbzrOf5yVpbDGcjEMuMYmp_d7NEiIWFNuGPWb8Ph1_D__k-3Db1MSxjPkX-zsBc3aOOCTVz9z72iEBa-wQP9JwTIzIRXH2ZbhkKyURrUPh2i5nw6D6hqjvZe7UDoPh35tPWVLZtbjdUlS5s9yt69I8Yl7PiWhg2eMnMp627kJP_3M9j6LK7n6GHar-aw=s320" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b>Bone Crier's Moon</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">by Kathryn Purdie</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="row" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Published March 3rd 2020</span></div><div class="row" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> by Katherine Tegen Books</span></div><div class="row" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">480 pages</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Plot: </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Bone Criers have a sacred duty. They alone can keep the dead from preying on the living. But their power to ferry the spirits of the dead into goddess Elara’s Night Heavens or Tyrus’s Underworld comes from sacrifice. The gods demand a promise of dedication. And that promise comes at the cost of the Bone Criers’ one true love.</span><span id="freeText3579848815296309165" style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><br /></span><span id="freeText3579848815296309165" style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Ailesse has been prepared since birth to become the matriarch of the Bone Criers, a mysterious famille of women who use strengths drawn from animal bones to ferry dead souls. But first she must complete her rite of passage and kill the boy she’s also destined to love.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span id="freeText3579848815296309165" style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Bastien’s father was slain by a Bone Crier and he’s been seeking revenge ever since. Yet when he finally captures one, his vengeance will have to wait. Ailesse’s ritual has begun and now their fates are entwined—in life and in death.<br /><br />Sabine has never had the stomach for the Bone Criers’ work. But when her best friend Ailesse is taken captive, Sabine will do whatever it takes to save her, even if it means defying their traditions—and their matriarch—to break the bond between Ailesse and Bastien. Before they all die (2022, Goodreads.com).</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"> </span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Review:</b> <span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bone Crier’s Moon</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is a very unique story about women who have to ferry the dead to the right place at their time of death. This will keep them from attacking the living. But, in order to be part of this group (which you are raised to be since birth), you have to kill your soul mate. This is to show how devout you are to this faith/religion. In order to find your soul mate, you have to lure him with a special song played with a special flute. These women are called Bone Criers. They also get powers from animal bones, and the stronger the animals they kill the stronger their abilities are. Ailesse is the daughter of the matriarch, and it’s her turn to lure her true love and kill him. </span></span></div><span id="docs-internal-guid-badec271-7fff-5de3-83cf-6b6f59b3d131"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The other POV is Bastien. His father was killed by a Bone Crier and he and his two friends are out for revenge. Bastien finds Ailesse the night she plays her flute and he is ready to lure her in and kill her. But, things don’t go according to plan and Ailesse is captured rather than killed by Bastien. The 3rd POV in the story is Sabine. She is Ailesse’s best friend and will do whatever she can to help her friend return home safely. She has made it her mission to break the bond that Ailesse believes she has formed with Bastien. As Ailesse and Bastien spend more time together both question whether or not their motives for killing the other is worth it. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Overall, the story is interesting and unique. It was a little confusing as to why your true love will die either way even if you don’t kill him (after about a year). So, you technically didn’t HAVE to kill him. You just couldn’t be a ferrier if you didn’t do it to show your loyalty - but then he’ll somehow die anyway? That confused me. There were some interesting twists in the last half of the book that will have you wanting to know what happens next in book 2. The three character POV was a good way to tell the story. I liked seeing the story unfold from these multiple perspectives. The connection between Ailesse and Bastien was done well and was a good enemy to lovers trope. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Rating: 3.5 hearts </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> 💖💖💖💔</span></p><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>StoriesUnderStarlighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08286180694905152473noreply@blogger.com0