tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39355023799615639392024-02-08T00:23:46.014-06:00Lily Luchesi's Blog (formerly Kelly Smith Reviews)Book reviews, author interviews, and more! Contact me at kellysmithreviews (at) gmail (dot) com for more information!
I also write books as USA Today bestselling author Lily Luchesi.Kelly Smith Reviewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14744725577727200309noreply@blogger.comBlogger1872125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935502379961563939.post-22089276541116454472021-11-02T00:00:00.002-05:002021-11-02T00:00:00.212-05:00THE FOWL TWINS: GET WHAT THEY DESERVE Blog tour<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.rockstarbooktours.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="615" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2CX6lVI0nSgBlLVd9xTGqrvXWK-kxPgOCTxX4fIFGXv0pgR3WwyRXyZ3DStCq4hoWf9U6WIwDAY9UepR6i05pjmhgN6y_pChhYAeeajuoYGJOWMaC__r72hXJaAOYDXXwsogbfFrA_-ok/w400-h156/THE+FOWL+TWINS.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I
am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the THE FOWL TWINS: GET WHAT THEY DESERVE by
Eoin Colfer Blog Tour hosted by </span><a href="http://www.rockstarbooktours.com/"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Rockstar
Book Tours</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">. Check out my post and make sure to
enter the giveaway! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">About
The Book:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3nAeFCT" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAEcP003ZaWPORxf7ucexb3EwT_nqtw8SBTNovx0auHIfumW6ereovFlRDY8hjYGAwREv1OyEDo_-Jgi2H2MJFUJsw5bWm1rzdv6mDRaeTpNDDeahzOyk1aVWCSzWF7EtNUe86eVx0e3fi/w266-h400/FOWL+TWINS+GET+WHAT+THEY+DESERVE+hi+res.jpg" width="266" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Title:</span></b><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk23678104;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> THE FOWL TWINS: GET WHAT THEY
DESERVE</span> </span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk23678104;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">(The Fowl Twins #3)<o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk23678104;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Author: </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk23678104;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Eoin Colfer<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk23678104;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Pub. Date:</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk23678104;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> November
23, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk23678104;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Publisher: </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk23678104;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Disney-Hyperion<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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Paperback, eBook, Audiobook<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk23678104;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Pages:</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk23678104;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> 320<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Irish Twins Myles and Beckett, Artemis Fowl's
younger brothers, return in their third and most bizarre adventure yet.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">For almost two years, Lord Teddy Bleedham-Drye, the Duke of Scilly, has been
plotting revenge against the Fowl Twins, who humiliated him in Book One. Teddy
plans to give them exactly what they deserve: permanent death.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk23678104;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">He threatens Myles with his weaponized jet and Beckett and Specialist Lazuli
succeed in disarming the aircraft and causing an accident that kills the duke.
But does it really?<br />
<br />
<b>Ghosts, clones, and fairy magic come to play in this ultimate and ridiculous
showdown between the twins and their worst enemy.</b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk23678104;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Review:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk23678104;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">*Like its bestselling progenitors, a nonstop
spinoff afroth with high-tech, spectacular magic, and silly business.--<i>Kirkus</i> (starred
review)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk23678104;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span><a href="https://amzn.to/3miwuH4" style="font-size: 12pt;">Grab the first two books in the series now!</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">About Eoin Colfer:</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://www.eoincolfer.com/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="429" data-original-width="640" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic7L2s4B6wFXYwUhYI5VDoGVP2QfoCIkUGIpoZBKCJ36gWTEBewOFMf43abMThhOS8ECJ5qLcA-RwOEw9INmILR0S50fCffT_Qx8KV-w4vgW2HU81xPWDRQMspnw2uY8iGMiBdfdcs2p7n/s320/Eoin+Colfer_photographer+credit+Sonya+Sones.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Eoin
Colfer</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> is the
author of the <i>New York Times</i> best-selling Artemis Fowl series,
which was adapted into a major motion picture from the Walt Disney Studios. He
also wrote the critically acclaimed WARP trilogy, and many other titles for
young readers and adults, including <i>Iron Man: The Gauntlet</i>, <i>Airman</i>, <i>Half
Moon Investigations</i>, <i>Eoin Colfer's Legend of . . .</i> books, <i>The
Wish List</i>,<i> Benny and Omar</i>; and <i>Benny and Babe</i>. In
2014, he was named Ireland's laureate for children's literature. He lives with
his wife and two sons in Dublin, Ireland, where he is working on the next Fowl
twins novel. To learn more, visit www.eoincolfer.com. He is also on Twitter and
Instagram @EoinColfer.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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| </span><a href="https://twitter.com/eoincolfer"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Twitter</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> | </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/eoincolfer/"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Instagram</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> | </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/10896.Eoin_Colfer" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Goodreads</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
| </span><a href="https://amzn.to/3pK1Vwi"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Amazon</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> | </span><a href="https://www.bookbub.com/authors/eoin-colfer"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">BookBub</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Giveaway
Details: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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winners will win a finished copy of THE FOWL TWINS: GET WHAT THEY DESERVE, US
Only.</span></p><p></p>
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<div><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><u><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Tour Schedule:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><u><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Week One:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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Says</a><u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://kellysmithreviews.blogspot.com/">Lily
Luchesi's Blog</a><u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">11/4/2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Excerpt<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">11/5/2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Excerpt<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">11/6/2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.givernyreads.com/">GivernyReads</a><u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Review<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><u><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Week Two:</span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">11/7/2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Review<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">11/8/2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Review<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">11/9/2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://booksaplentybookreviews.blogspot.com/">Books
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Review<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">11/10/2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Review<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">11/11/2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Review<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">11/12/2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Review<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">11/13/2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Review<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><u><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Week Three:</span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">11/14/2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Review<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">11/15/2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://themommaspot.home.blog/">The Momma Spot</a><u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Review<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">11/16/2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://booksaremagictoo.com/">Books Are Magic Too</a><u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Review<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">11/17/2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/onemused">onemused</a><u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">IG Post<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">11/18/2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://eyerollingdemigod.blogspot.com/?m=1">@eyerollingdemigod</a><u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Review<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">11/19/2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://laurasbookishcorner.wordpress.com/">laura's
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Review<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">11/20/2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://fkrants.blogspot.com/">FyreKatz Blog</a><u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Review<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><u><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Week Four:</span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">11/21/2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://am2cents.blogspot.com/">two points of
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Review<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">11/22/2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Review<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">11/23/2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://www.twochicksonbooks.com/">Two Chicks on
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Excerpt<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">11/24/2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://lexijavabookish.wordpress.com/">Lexijava_Bookish</a><u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Review<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">11/25/2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://brittreadsalattebooks.wordpress.com/">brittreadsalattebooks</a><u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Excerpt & IG Post<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">11/26/2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Review<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">11/27/2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Kelly Smith Reviewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14744725577727200309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935502379961563939.post-27811969091108202882021-09-30T05:21:00.001-05:002021-09-30T05:21:00.308-05:00NEW RELEASE: "The Family Firm" by S.L. Sinclair<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqN7QgWooHUHzwy7AUEtuuutzdDnI9yS2oEIZEOKcNLWwyqBeeIObXp5SKhBtBdTa7RwmxXkbOhJNa4iLV0bHigWD3rlRN3ZCdWtmKxzdWnUtYpb0V1YGMRdhPcqDTceDc5kfeV_3pr4g/s1640/FamilyFirmBanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="1640" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqN7QgWooHUHzwy7AUEtuuutzdDnI9yS2oEIZEOKcNLWwyqBeeIObXp5SKhBtBdTa7RwmxXkbOhJNa4iLV0bHigWD3rlRN3ZCdWtmKxzdWnUtYpb0V1YGMRdhPcqDTceDc5kfeV_3pr4g/w640-h244/FamilyFirmBanner.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbKK4OYqxfX7wMZ39Ez4YOthpD03D4df8QIMrX4oWUxn8f7Q_KIPPiN5_3fXw0FtPoGj7hL_4CxaLDiqD3VU4Pf9lEQA6IEw7KX5sT0HcMzN5xOX0X8ffQJErWUC2Kbsk9CC5pFhNKMrw/s2048/FamilyFirmCoverTagline.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbKK4OYqxfX7wMZ39Ez4YOthpD03D4df8QIMrX4oWUxn8f7Q_KIPPiN5_3fXw0FtPoGj7hL_4CxaLDiqD3VU4Pf9lEQA6IEw7KX5sT0HcMzN5xOX0X8ffQJErWUC2Kbsk9CC5pFhNKMrw/w426-h640/FamilyFirmCoverTagline.jpg" width="426" /></span></a></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;">💜⭐💜 New release! 💜⭐💜</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The Family Firm by S.L. Sinclair</span></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;">A taboo, age gap, reverse harem romance novel.</span></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;"><a href="http://smarturl.it/thefamilyfirm" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><b>BUY NOW</b></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">(available in ebook, Kindle Unlimited, paperback, and hardcover)</span></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;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><b>To make a dream come true, sometimes you have to get dirty.</b></i><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">Sasha's step-family owns one of the biggest law firms in the country, and the biggest in Chicago. Even after her stepfather divorces her mother, her goal remains the same: get accepted in that firm no matter what.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">But as she graduates high school, her neighborhood becomes plagued by someone kidnapping young women and returning them the next morning.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">Sasha wants to catch the perv and prove to her step-family she is worthy of joining their firm. But nothing is ever so simple when Sasha finds herself in the suspect's sights.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;" /><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><b>One click this why choose RH novel today!<br /><br />Contains MM scenes.</b></i></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><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;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">Exclusive excerpt!</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Uncle Tony’s house looked even more massive to my drunk, unfocused eyes. Two of me standing on top of each other could fit under the massive door frame. But the house was like Tony: broad, strong, and stunning to look at.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-1d16e0c6-7fff-653b-6d25-d7fdd7074cd7"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“So tell me something,” he asks as he helps me from the car. I stumble as I try to stand. That last vodka he gave me really hit me hard. “Do you usually go commando at these parties?”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My face must be a tomato by now. “Um, no. My stupid ex … well, it’s a long story.”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He tightens his hold on me to keep me upright as he opens the front door. “Still trying to get in your pants after you told him to fuck off?” he guesses.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I nod, and regret it as the movement makes the foyer spin.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Well, I can’t blame him,” Uncle Tony admits. “You’re gorgeous. I’d never let you go if I got my hands on you.”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wait, what? Did he just say that, or is the liquor messing with my hearing?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Kick those heels off,” he instructs as he also removes his shoes.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I do as he asks, only to once again stumble backwards, but luckily he catches me. Without my heels, I’m 5’3” to his 6’1”, and the difference is noticeable to say the least. My head only comes up to his sternum, and my hand can’t close around his wrist as I grab on to remain steady.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Silly girl,” he says, his voice a low rumble in his chest. I can feel it vibrate and I feel like I should cross my legs as it makes my core ache. “Come on. Up you get.”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In one quick movement, he sweeps me into his arms, bridal-style. My miniskirt rises up and I can literally feel a breeze on my unmentionables. He turns and walks up the stairs as easily as if he were carrying a couple of pillows and not a fully grown human woman.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He leads me to one of the guest rooms, though this one is extremely sparsely furnished compared with the rest of his house. The bed wouldn’t be out of place in a prison, and there’s a small TV in front of it. He deposits me on the bed abruptly, unlike the delicate way he’d carried me.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My unbalanced, drunk self lands on my ass, but my legs are splayed, revealing my wet slit to the man I’ve called “uncle” since I was five years old.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He scoffs. “Aren’t you a needy one? First you somehow let your ex take your panties, after that you spread your legs on the sidewalk, then you let me grope you, and now you’re silently begging for it.”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“What? No, all that … it was an accident,” I say, trying to get my brain to think clearly, but I can’t.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Sure it was,” he mocks, stepping between my legs. He reaches out and pulls at my sparkly pink tank top until it tears away, leaving my breasts bare. My nipples immediately harden in the air.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I cover up, but that makes me move too much on the bed so I move one arm to prop me up. I need to sit up, I need to get out. Whatever’s gotten into him, somehow I feel like I made it worse.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This far down, I get a good eyeful of the growing bulge in his jeans. It doesn’t look long, but it looks thick.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">That could ruin me…</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I shake my head to dispel that thought. It’s wrong. It’s knocking on the house next door to incest. But alcohol and common sense don’t really go together, and heat rises in my cheeks as I keep staring, transfixed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Uncle Tony chucks me under the chin so I have to look up into his face. “Tesoro, I know you want this. I know you need this. Why are you fighting? Don’t you think Uncle Tony knows what’s best for you?”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I nod, his words and deep voice wrapping themselves around me like a blanket.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Unzip my jeans. Show me what those pretty pink lips can do, sweet girl,” he commands. He lets my chin go and moves back a step. Just enough room for me to run, to leave, before this gets even more out of hand.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">His dark eyes glance from me to the door then back to me, a triumphant smirk on his lips when he sees I’m not going anywhere.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgltCLya6q-ZtL_Ocx3ZPQzPQ1ChL-SlMQg2di328vo2reqn06FTc0_rE8wvtFLWrmk02hB2dFbv0PNXywiTUr94G1-X2mG9wJDCQh2OiIPAjDS_QMyi8Rt97b0Z-OKl2wGDr-kOIhJSFI/s1640/slbanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="1640" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgltCLya6q-ZtL_Ocx3ZPQzPQ1ChL-SlMQg2di328vo2reqn06FTc0_rE8wvtFLWrmk02hB2dFbv0PNXywiTUr94G1-X2mG9wJDCQh2OiIPAjDS_QMyi8Rt97b0Z-OKl2wGDr-kOIhJSFI/w640-h244/slbanner.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></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;"><a href="https://linktr.ee/slsinclair" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Find S.L. online!</span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p><br /></p>Kelly Smith Reviewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14744725577727200309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935502379961563939.post-65933704992938813072021-09-30T05:00:00.001-05:002021-09-30T05:00:00.252-05:00BLOG TOUR: REMNANTS OF BLOOD by H. F. Cunningham<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.rockstarbooktours.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="615" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLrsEQzNroUw9wjVoSO9jcJW4XsWB4XmZVMg8GlfNKSZqGnT-u6f_Ce7p9CpI_ttkTVFyLjBKDJdRpfT7QsHWq_bWWhqFIrA_xxJYk2L-tE-fehCgE_4THqYm4tKI6dmXRtI12HWy2wqE_/w400-h156/REMNANTS+OF+BLOOD.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the REMNANTS
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The Book:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2XdrwS7" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1280" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTYf7xaCQJnWhKdFGtAZt4Qfo8I-1-SmHgxXC3W2zOWP3cHjdwge67_9p-XjSKx3IiWG7iIscATTdT13l7ibxaT2l8h4Te5lB0i84EcpDOXvnNsUusHLh2doIgklXk6Tfl-mLyZDqRtGkG/w250-h400/Remnants+of+Blood+Ebook.jpg" width="250" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Title:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <a name="_Hlk82594400">REMNANTS OF BLOOD</a><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Author: </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">H. F. Cunningham<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Pub.
Date:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> September 14, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Publisher: </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">H. F. Cunningham<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Formats:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> Paperback, eBook<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Find
it:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58635961-remnants-of-blood"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Goodreads</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">, </span><a href="https://amzn.to/2XdrwS7"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Amazon</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span color="windowtext" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">, </span></span><a href="https://amzn.to/2XjRrrz"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Kindle</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span color="windowtext" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">, </span></span><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/remnants-of-blood-h-cunningham/1140009508?ean=9783982353807"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">B&N</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span color="windowtext" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">, </span></span><a href="https://click.linksynergy.com/deeplink?id=5LPtjgetns4&mid=37217&murl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kobo.com%2Fus%2Fen%2Febook%2Fremnants-of-blood"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Kobo</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span color="windowtext" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">, </span></span><a href="https://tidd.ly/3hMIqyr"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">TBD</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span color="windowtext" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">, </span></span><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1250/9783982353807"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Bookshop.org</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The
Fair Folk are the stuff of myth. Stories of monsters and old magicks. But all
myths carry a grain of truth. That truth is that remnants of this ancient power
live on in the blood of their descendants.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">When
Tannin’s grandfather dies, he leaves her with a mountain of trouble. Between
cryptic journals that warn of unknown foes lying in wait and a crippling debt
owed to a cruel and formidable local Laird, Tannin is thrown into a cut-throat
world where she is perilously out of her depth.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">But
her problems have only just begun. Secrets lurk in Tannin’s bloodstream –
secrets not even she is aware of. And they want out.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">A
scheming princess with the offer of an alliance. A secret society with
murderous intentions. A dark past that refuses to stay buried. Tannin’s life
will never be the same.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Reviews:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">"If you are a fan of fantasy,
court intrigues, queer characters and a good old enemy to lovers trope, I can
only urge you to put this on your TBR pile and read this book ASAP!” —Goodreads
review<br />
<br />
"<i>Remnants of Blood</i> is a must-read for any fan of the fantasy genre,
and those interested in creative spins on folklore and legends. Cunningham’s
writing style is sure to enrapture any reader and leave them wanting more. "—</span>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Goodreads review<br />
<br />
"</span> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I would recommend this book to any
lover of the fantasy genre, queer characters, action-packed fight scenes, and
an overall amazing story! If you don’t already, then I would recommend adding
Remnants of Blood to your TBR list immediately! "—</span> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Goodreads review<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;">Book
Trailer:</span></b></p><p></p>
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YOUR POST OR REVIEW HERE!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;">About
H. F. Cunningham:</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;"><a href="https://hfcunningham.com/" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbscDJkLJqOmIeGcNun4Emdbz-aCKhfZVcB_qlnJwpd77Xsub5rPdLcuxLurgavchaTQRy7b5TlaMqRc707vAPsZee0ugK82ccSjcJr18AYu82nMSZVtqrlHRJYBbUkh4t2ykz6-LqlEtB/s320/H.F..jpg" width="240" /></a></span></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;">Hello! I'm HF
Cunningham; a queer YA/NA fantasy author who likes puns!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;">My debut novel
Remnants of Blood is launching 14th September 2021 and is perfect for lovers of
fantasy, intruiging characters, enemies to lovers, monsters, scottish accents
and witty banter!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;">Follow me on
instagram hfcunningham.author or twitter hfcunningham or check out my website
www.hfcunningham.com <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Details:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;">2 winners will win a signed
finished copy of REMNANTS OF BLOOD & swag, US Only.</span></p></div>
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Schedule:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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Kelly Smith Reviewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14744725577727200309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935502379961563939.post-5624750575612076282021-09-15T02:52:00.001-05:002021-09-15T02:52:00.207-05:00COVER REVEAL: "The Living Waters" by Dan Fitzgerald<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYo1JMvdelbtiHLHWd1lU2x0il4JZeab-jGOVFKB4vSFq454Bz54sqdeHXFZbpxaZBJlmnMyxnSF_TFUek8PyQHdT0PFJhjwy-Qsq6DXJPw5J86eHjEYFp7_-wtxNQqOXpXmLIiFGSXco/s1440/the-living-waters_fitzgerald_banner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1440" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYo1JMvdelbtiHLHWd1lU2x0il4JZeab-jGOVFKB4vSFq454Bz54sqdeHXFZbpxaZBJlmnMyxnSF_TFUek8PyQHdT0PFJhjwy-Qsq6DXJPw5J86eHjEYFp7_-wtxNQqOXpXmLIiFGSXco/w640-h334/the-living-waters_fitzgerald_banner.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd3C3y9Irra6338VTJeUHyslj8uDmHAZsAPUTlF1SJ4vrAXj-XyUWOJGrIBuZpktmFElSoBr7XPl2thwVFRq73CxCNGMe2UGm33zJCITAd6iN4lhbfAgMDl48Lg8L_mGX1fiZw-WttOKQ/s2048/Living+Waters+ebook+cover.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1280" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd3C3y9Irra6338VTJeUHyslj8uDmHAZsAPUTlF1SJ4vrAXj-XyUWOJGrIBuZpktmFElSoBr7XPl2thwVFRq73CxCNGMe2UGm33zJCITAd6iN4lhbfAgMDl48Lg8L_mGX1fiZw-WttOKQ/w400-h640/Living+Waters+ebook+cover.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> <span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 13pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Living Waters </span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">by Dan Fitzgerald</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-5529eb88-7fff-b56a-1b0c-566474724f8c"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Series:</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> The Weirdwater Confluence (#1)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Published:</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> October 15, 2021 by Shadow Spark Publishing</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Genre:</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Sword-free Fantasy</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Book Cover Illustration:</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Karkki AKA Kittensartbooks</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Twitter:</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/kittensartsboo1" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://twitter.com/kittensartsboo1</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Instagram: </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/kittensartbooks/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.instagram.com/kittensartbooks/</span></a><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Book Cover Design: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jessica Moon of Shadow Spark Pub</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Twitter:</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/jhlmoon" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://twitter.com/jhlmoon</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #424242; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">— — —</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #424242; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Book Blurb</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When two painted-faced nobles take a guided raft trip on a muddy river, they expect to rough it for a few weeks before returning to their life of sheltered ease. But when mysterious swirls start appearing in the water, even their seasoned guides get rattled. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The mystery of the swirls lures them on to seek the mythical wetlands known as the Living Waters. They discover a world beyond their imagining, but stranger still are the worlds they find inside their own minds as they are drawn deep into the troubles of this hidden place. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Living Waters is a sword-free fantasy novel featuring an ethereal love story, meditation magic, and an ancient book with cryptic marginalia.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #424242; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">— — —</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #424242; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Author Information</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dan Fitzgerald is the fantasy author of the Maer Cycle trilogy (character-driven low-magic fantasy) and the upcoming Weirdwater Confluence duology (sword-free fantasy with unusual love stories). The Living Waters comes out October 15, 2021 and The Isle of a Thousand Worlds arrives January 15, 2022, bothfrom Shadow Spark Publishing. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He lives in Washington, DC with his wife, twin boys, and two cats. When not writing he might be found doing yoga, gardening, cooking, or listening to French music. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #424242; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Website: </span><a href="https://www.danfitzwrites.com/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.danfitzwrites.com/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #424242; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; 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HURRICANE, 1900 (I Survived #21)<o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p>
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eBook, & audiobook: September 7, 2021. Hardcover: November 2, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">More than a century later, the Galveston
Hurricane of 1900 is still America's deadliest disaster. Lauren Tarshis's story
of one child surviving the horrible event churns with page-turning action and
bold hope.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The city of Galveston, Texas, was booming. Perched
on an island off the southern coast of Texas, Galveston had been founded in the
1830s. By 1900, it was Texas's richest and most important city. Boats loaded up
with American cotton and wheat steamed from Galveston to countries around the
world. Arriving ships were crowded with immigrants. The streets, paved with
crushed oyster shells, sparkled like they'd been sprinkled with diamonds.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk23678104;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">True, this glittering city was prone to flooding. But just a few years before,
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absurd.<br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk23678104;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">So when a storm started brewing on September 8, 1900, no one believed it would
be any worse than previous storms. They gathered on the beach to cheer on the
wild waves. But what started as entertainment soon turned into a nightmare as
those wild waves crashed into the city. By morning, hundreds of homes were
destroyed. Eight thousand people were dead. The city had all but disappeared,</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk23678104;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In this thrilling installment of Lauren Tarshis's <i>New York Times </i>bestselling
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treacherous waters to make sure his neighbors are safe.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</tbody></table></div><div><br /></div><br />Kelly Smith Reviewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14744725577727200309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935502379961563939.post-86199729401814660912021-08-30T08:12:00.001-05:002021-08-30T08:12:00.212-05:00NEW RELEASE: "Daunting Darkness (Paige Papillon Paranormal Mysteries Book 1)" by USA Today bestselling author Lily Luchesi<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBqOEf3Yru56gPdJx1bN60c4cch1nbcy7zvgBx33H05e94EeCPGaudqrlzbjKBQ0tYnF6hdbIxQ9Ch247Jy2DEMMX3HdCTEQ4i8bYH7MiOnC72JhgWnWsOg0s_YgAjGKMNg63_th8xG9k/s1640/PaigeNewReleaseExclusBanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="1640" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBqOEf3Yru56gPdJx1bN60c4cch1nbcy7zvgBx33H05e94EeCPGaudqrlzbjKBQ0tYnF6hdbIxQ9Ch247Jy2DEMMX3HdCTEQ4i8bYH7MiOnC72JhgWnWsOg0s_YgAjGKMNg63_th8xG9k/w640-h244/PaigeNewReleaseExclusBanner.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b>Discover the brand new paranormal mystery from USA Today bestselling author Lily Luchesi, available exclusively in the <i>Magical Mayhem and Murderous Mysteries </i>boxed set!</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Magical-Mayhem-Murderous-Mysteries-Collection-ebook/dp/B095BM8X7B"><span style="font-family: georgia;">https://www.amazon.com/Magical-Mayhem-Murderous-Mysteries-Collection-ebook/dp/B095BM8X7B</span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">🖤🖤🖤</p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Following your dreams can become a nightmare.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Paige Papillon has always loved mysteries. So much so, she enlists in the Police Academy to one day become a detective.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">But when she washes out of training, her Sergeant inspires her to go another route: become a private investigator.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">After a few boring cases, she receives an envelope full of cash and mysterious clues that lead to the discovery of a cover up of paranormal proportions.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Worse, the Sergeant's wife is at the center of it. Can Paige solve the mystery and stay alive, or will she become a midnight snack for a monster?</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">One click the start of this supernatural series today!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX0lQMoYR9CUnnE1X70tOP1_E6cJHDNwwTtzoaPyj81G43H-e73_3Vxi14egL-xY_6BeEVaEJIXYlMJ4zk9qLDPEyjU0T4M2IascsH3wIFNpNSjWqnW24O3V7xfq0WvgUFg0OoiRdlpiY/s1640/LilyBanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="1640" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX0lQMoYR9CUnnE1X70tOP1_E6cJHDNwwTtzoaPyj81G43H-e73_3Vxi14egL-xY_6BeEVaEJIXYlMJ4zk9qLDPEyjU0T4M2IascsH3wIFNpNSjWqnW24O3V7xfq0WvgUFg0OoiRdlpiY/w640-h244/LilyBanner.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Find Lily online via: <a href="https://linktr.ee/lilyluchesi">https://linktr.ee/lilyluchesi</a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div></b><p></p>Kelly Smith Reviewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14744725577727200309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935502379961563939.post-53707239490019008392021-08-26T09:00:00.001-05:002021-08-26T09:00:00.212-05:00COVER REVAEAL: "Chasing Alys" by Morgana Bevan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.rockstarbooktours.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="615" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjyw7fzByCLnnbv2PwjgOkJKWBEbBxk3duZ75Z00eHp9cIAi02t6e_Fi3nCwyu-Vqcg1yC6i8pPtpLJpJCPulfS6xf-RbNNijv-4dsAX7LgOaKQy_MKDvDg8-C6dt5Zcwrw6dKrZXI58yv/w400-h156/COVER+REVEAL.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Today Morgana Bevan and </span><a href="http://www.rockstarbooktours.com/"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Rockstar
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rockstar romance series which releases September 28, 2021! Check out the
awesome cover and enter the giveaway!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">On to the reveal!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3zjRBNd" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1280" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ1dqpXYQgIoxy8_VGcVi8gQ-9z6PT8LvtIN-HAJyytIPGOD8WmTNbUmWSVIygImAS5Tv2M9huOxPqYWf7O1Cm9OGkTwblEm9SZsqMpooVP6tOPlweARcaYvN6wb9xI9slHmLgXJzWuC5z/w400-h640/Chasing+Alys+-+ebook.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">About the Book</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><a name="_Hlk75422247"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Title:</span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk75422247;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> CHASING ALYS (True Platinum Series, #1)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk75422247;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Author:</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk75422247;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> Morgana Bevan<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk75422247;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Pub. Date:</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk75422247;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> September 28, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk75422247;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">When love’s song takes over, I’m
forced to find the beat.</span></i></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk75422247;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br />
<br />
Heartbreak has been my dance partner for years, but I’m done. Love is a
complication I don’t want. Especially from a rockstar.<br />
<br />
Ryan Evans is the very definition of heartbreaker. Women line up so he can rock
their worlds.<br />
<br />
Not me. I will resist his charms.<br />
<br />
Who cares if he has striking blue eyes, and a voice that turns me inside out?
Our beats are thoroughly out of sync.<br />
<br />
I am definitely, one hundred per cent, never again waking up to a stupid thank
you note, for a night that probably shouldn’t have happened, with a guy who’s
already on a plane out of here.<br />
<br />
Except…<br />
<br />
There’s something about Ryan’s charming determination that utterly slays me. He
creeps into my heart… and my bed, despite my vigilant defence, until I’m so
wound up in him, there’s only one way it can possibly end…<br />
<br />
Heartbreak! Mine. Again.<br />
<br />
<b>CHASING ALYS is a full length steamy rock star romance. It is the first book
following Rhiannon and the first in the True Platinum Series.</b> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk75422247;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Excerpt <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“I’m sorry about that.” He gestured back to the club. “That
doesn’t normally happen. I don’t understand why it did tonight.” He dragged a
hand through his hair, frustration darkening his eyes.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I shrugged, magicking up an air of nonchalance from
somewhere. “You’re an up-and-coming rock star. It was going to happen someday.”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“I know, but not here. We don’t have a following in Cardiff.”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">My eyes flicked back to the club. I could still hear the
music; the bass vibrated down the street. They were lucky this was a commercial
zone. The complaints would have been constant.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“Looks like you just got one.”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">My words didn’t ease the tension in his face. I didn’t know
how to do that or why I felt the need to comfort him.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“I’ll be better prepared from now on,” he said, his tone
dripping with desperation.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Despite the situation, my lips twitched. “What are you going
to do? Wear a disguise?”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">His nod was swift. “If it’ll help, absolutely.”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“I appreciate the suggestion, but maybe this was just a sign
that it wouldn’t work out anyway.” I took a step back, towards the waiting
taxi. “It was a fun couple of days, Ryan,” I said, trying to inject some light
into his sad expression.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The truth in those words took me by surprise. I had had fun
with him, even if our interactions were brief. I’d miss his easy smile and the
way he seemed to draw me to him like a magnet.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Wordlessly, he stepped around me and opened the taxi door.
With a grateful smile, I slid in and buckled up.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Fun or not, I couldn’t give in. At this point, it felt like I
needed to prove that I could be happy without a man messing with my head.
Breaking a promise to myself for a guy who had women tracking his every
movement would be foolish.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I was giving the driver my address when Ryan knocked on my
window. He gestured for me to roll it down and I hit the button, frowning.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Ryan leaned forward until his head was level with mine.
Something had eased in him and he had that determination shining in his eyes
again. My stomach dropped at the sight. In that second, my wishes to be a mind
reader came true. I knew what he was going to say before he uttered the words.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“There’s something important here and I’m not giving up yet.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">About Morgana Bevan:</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://morganabevan.com/" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="700" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRsN0_bW-aP5TLhta1ZEH-g3H8igFfxaLenlvusGHZsl-LAVhYlEaJPdB0Np6l3DFrSX21Wv_vw7hU-87vzJMlaICNDFDMqg24ekTxI3Fk0uRuCqG4qcblGxZgYeulj-IIH7KmIuycd-YX/s320/Morgana.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Morgana Bevan is a sucker for a
rock star romance, particularly if it involves a soul-destroying breakup or
strangers waking up in Vegas. She's a contemporary romance author based in
Wales. When Morgana's not writing steamy rock star and movie star romances,
she's working in TV production in the UK.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">When not writing, she enjoys
travelling, attending gigs, and trying out the extreme activities she forces on
her characters (see Instagram for evidence!).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">
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Kelly Smith Reviewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14744725577727200309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935502379961563939.post-84370870190829042992021-08-23T17:16:00.001-05:002021-08-23T17:16:00.203-05:00RELEASE BLITZ: "Seventeen Butterflies" by Anna Katmore<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.rockstarbooktours.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="615" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEDaHjxYtUSNUKZAXR4ANOBO-2aKXzBm4HgRwUJrwKJ9Kim8dc5Fxd9wUwYAVXrS4OUsUpAStHrKkx5Cg1nEeMNY4uQSF7xki1f5UM_Dh-zQmEjtYrxu7NjTrNfwEUmv1iH8CCek3zWYHt/w400-h156/SEVENTEEN+BUTTERFLIES.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I am so
excited that <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SEVENTEEN BUTTERFLIES </b>by
Anna Katmore is available now and that I get to share the news!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">If you
haven’t yet heard about this wonderful book, be sure to check out all the
details below. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">This blitz
also includes an awesome giveaway courtesy of Anna, & </span><a href="http://www.rockstarbooktours.com/"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Rockstar Book Tours</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">. So if you’d like a chance to win, check out the giveaway
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">About The Book:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3AWWE6P" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1418" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizUf7oTQ7EL9x783OZDuJA6br_KkM6RS5gu-uM876T1UjQ1VJ9ERz20oO-SbucMdSKJznRZfWa8rocpPVuh2QGAhZc8eKjYM_NJWOhMrqsb8Ti6S1vFHbcGzfoj8OEiqaNJizDqe8HX95i/w278-h400/Seventeen.jpg" width="278" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Title:</span></b><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk78363837;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> SEVENTEEN BUTTERFLIES<o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk78363837;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Author: </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk78363837;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Anna Katmore<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk78363837;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Pub. Date:</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk78363837;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> August 23, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk78363837;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Publisher: </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk78363837;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Anna Katmore<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk78363837;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Formats:</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk78363837;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> Paperback, eBook<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk78363837;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Pages:</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk78363837;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> 136<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The
embarrassment of being the only “un-kissed” girl in senior high is something
Sandy Cardington refuses to accept. The </span><i style="font-size: 12pt;">first kiss project</i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> is
her foolproof plan to finally get rid of the status at her birthday party while
her parents are out of town.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">With several kissable boys on her guest list, this should be a walk in the
park. But she didn’t reckon on her older brother returning from college days
before her 17th birthday, putting a spoke in her plans. To make matters even
more complicated, he has a friend in tow, and the cute hockey player stirs
unexpected butterflies in her stomach every time their paths cross.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">While Sandy moves heaven and earth to make her party and project come true, she
doesn't know that Thane Griffyn is making his own plans to teach her the real
meaning of a first kiss.<br />
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New adult romance<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">“Since you’re up anyway, do you have any plans for today?” Thane asks
quite casually again as he moves closer and grabs the jar. I can feel his chest
gently aligned to my side. Sinking into the shelter of his body, I drown in yet
another cloud of melting-snow scent. Boy! How can somebody smell so good and
not be turned into a brand of perfume?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">“I’m meeting up with Adrian after lunch,” I answer in a surprisingly shy
voice, turning my head just slightly so I can look at him around my upstretched
arm.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">“That means I could borrow you until…let’s say noon?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">“Why?” For heaven’s sake!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">As I lower to my feet, we both bring down our arms slowly, then Thane
passes me the raspberry jam. “Because that’s probably how long your brother
will sleep.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">True. Hang a half-naked girl on a swing frame in front of <i>his</i> window,
and he’ll be up in a flash. But that’s not what I meant. I drag my eyebrows
down a little, trying to understand. “No. I mean, <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">why</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> borrow </i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">me</span>?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Thane shrugs, and it seems this is the on-switch for his
pretty-please-smile. “Because I’d love to see a little more of this town, and
you’d surely make a great tour guide.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Scrunching my face as I uncap the jar, I study him from the corner of my
eye. “You wanna go sightseeing?” This is Oakspeak, for goodness’ sake. We’ve
got exactly one town hall and a slowly declining train station. That’s it. “I
don’t want to disappoint you, but there’s really not much to see.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">“It’s either sightseeing or hanging out on the couch doing nothing until
your brother returns from the dead,” he says, leaving my side and heading around
the kitchen island. But then he grins at me over his shoulder. “I don’t think
you could disappoint me.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I believe it’s only because of the warm feeling he gives me that I
murmur, “Okay…”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Thane takes a seat on one of the barstools, an even more hopeful look on
his face than before. “Could I get some sugar for my coffee, please?” He looks
like the cutest little boy asking for presents when he doesn’t know whether
it’s already Christmas or not.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">My cheeks crinkle with a rising smile. “You know what?” I take a seat
next to him. “Since you’re going to live here for the next few days, I guess
it’s okay you feel at home. Sugar is in that cupboard, yellow bowl.” I point to
the one above the coffee machine. “And when you’re hungry, just come down and
grab whatever you want yourself.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">His black eyebrows knit together. “Without asking?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I bite the corner of one toast. “Mm-hmm.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">“Really? You mean everything?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">“Yes, I mean everything,” I assure him, laughing now while I chew.
“Except my Oreos. If you want to live, don’t touch them.” This is a warning he
should take very seriously. I’m addicted to the cookies.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">As his gaze drops to my body and rises within a millisecond, I roll my
eyes because I realize I ran right into that one. To his credit, he holds back
his gamy smirk ninety percent. “Got it. Can eat everything. No Oreos.” Leaving
his mug on the counter, he slides from the stool and grabs the sugar bowl.
After he comes back, now standing beside me, he adds a careful spoonful of
sugar to his brew then reaches over and snags my untouched second slice of
toast.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">My eyes widen in sharp protest. “Hey!”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">“What? You said <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">everything</i>.”
And there’s that dimple again on his left cheek. With a shower of mischief in
his star-blue eyes, he arches his brows and takes a bite from the toast. Then
he leans in really close, keeping our gazes locked with his intense stare. “Be
thankful that I didn’t eat the Milky Way.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">About Anna Katmore:</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://annakatmore.com/" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="446" data-original-width="450" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ5wyxX67j3hly3ylqyr5AuRZTKoNHVyPUXLxyyeyzwKV5lURN5Oa5Zg37CUr-DSoSJYDDv1FBch20Mebi61h_7yoJtF0EoCz2SrLTzuD2FnGzA17Ctll-uwrSehQD5bFMmW6I7LcARiUM/s320/Anna.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">"I'm writing stories because I can't breathe
without."</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Anna Katmore lives in an enchanting world of her own, which
allows only those to enter who are ready to hand in logic and rationalism. But
beware, if you dare to step through this door, you'll never want to leave
again...</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Disney is her attitude towards life, and if she could, she'd save the world
from itself. Her patronus is a wolf, her wand the broken twig of an apple tree,
13 inches long with a unicorn hair core. Glitter on her shoes is a must, though
she doesn't care for Cinderella's glass slippers. Too risky that something
might break...</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">For more information, please visit <a href="http://www.annakatmore.com/">www.annakatmore.com</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://annakatmore.com/">Website</a> |</span> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/annakatmorebooks"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Facebook</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> | </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/annakatmore/"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Instagram</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> | </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7462654.Anna_Katmore"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Goodreads</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span color="windowtext" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> | </span></span><a href="https://amzn.to/3j3BUnN"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Amazon</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span color="windowtext" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> | </span></span><a href="https://www.bookbub.com/authors/anna-katmore"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">BookBub</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Giveaway Details:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">1 Winner
will receive the entire <a href="https://annakatmore.com/books/">Grover Beach
Players series</a> in ebook format, International.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">3 Winners
will receive 2 eBooks of their choice from Anna’s <a href="https://annakatmore.com/books/">entire collection</a>, International.</span></p><p></p>
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Kelly Smith Reviewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14744725577727200309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935502379961563939.post-88238810812881640822021-08-20T00:00:00.001-05:002021-08-20T00:00:00.218-05:00FOREVER by Ivy Nelson COVER REVEAL<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.rockstarbooktours.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="615" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj20citRjSnzbDelAUhCoAzQa2MpoqGYI_UYINYWEpYJWjJQiCqUC69653IuqSBJHEUZS-vbCkFfgcsvN6RCqqSzRNIHDyv4PxpWPQEd2-q1rcFroB5D-2XsfnLwAjgrnNJTVwsOK6dj7Va/w400-h156/COVER+REVEAL.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Today Ivy Nelson and </span><a href="http://www.rockstarbooktours.com/"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Rockstar
Book Tours</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> are revealing the cover for FOREVER, the ninth book in her Diamond Doms
Romance series which releases September 28, 2021! Check out the awesome cover
and enter the giveaway!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">On to the reveal!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3ATmDMp" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1273" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1JRXaiEVaLjdc-yU0fBy5pqxFmyQs-GPEZkIG800s-m7AGgD5XisGeZpdzaNWWukdZ7VJ7l_iKB8FQgMB6gTv4id-tWbaE4SUKNHBV53qcjuurMcN0jYyuOaO8_oR_mPxkywUm87b-LQD/w398-h640/Forever+Final+Cover.jpg" width="398" /></a></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">About the Book<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><a name="_Hlk75422247"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Title:</span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk75422247;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> FOREVER (Diamond Doms #9)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk75422247;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Author:</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk75422247;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> Ivy Nelson<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk75422247;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Pub. Date:</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk75422247;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> September 28, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk75422247;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Publisher:</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk75422247;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> Ivy Nelson<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk75422247;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Formats:</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk75422247;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> Paperback, eBook<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk75422247;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Find it:</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk75422247;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57509293-forever"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk75422247;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Goodreads</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk75422247;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">, </span></span><a href="https://amzn.to/3ATmDMp"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk75422247;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Amazon</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk75422247;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk75422247;"></span><a href="https://amzn.to/3g9oMM7"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk75422247;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Kindle Unlimited members will be able
to read this for FREE!</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk75422247;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk75422247;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk75422247;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Russel Adler has one job while Elijah
Barrett is away. Keep Holly Barrett and her best friend safe from those out to
collapse Club Solitaire. There's just one problem, Holly's best friend is a
pain in the ass. A gorgeous, irresistible, pain in the ass.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk75422247;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk75422247;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Forever is the conclusion to the
Diamond Doms series. Cover Reveal and full description coming soon.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk75422247;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk75422247;"></span><a href="https://amzn.to/3ggCzjQ"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk75422247;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Haven’t started the series yet? Get
all the books now!</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk75422247;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk75422247;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> Each one can be read as a stand alone.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk75422247;"></span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Forever Excerpt <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Gemma stood near the dungeon entrance and watched as Russell
approached a kneeling woman. When he crouched down and cupped her chin, she
cursed herself for being unable to look away. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">His intense stare at the bar had unnerved her and intrigued
her at the same time. Something in his eyes made her want to ask a million
questions and get to know him. His demeanor had changed when he found out she
was married to Matthew. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">That made her curse her family all over again. Yes, they were
legally married. No, they were not in love or even sleeping together. In the
best of times, they were friends. But most days, they were strangers who didn’t
even live together anymore. They had their own lives, and that was how they
liked it. If their world hadn’t exploded—literally—she might have been divorced
by now, and maybe she would be the one being strapped to the cross by the
gorgeous silver fox across the dungeon. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">She shook her head and went to find a place to sit. There was
no sign the two even liked the same things in the bedroom, and here she was
fantasizing about him. Get a grip, Gemma. You’ll be back in London before you
know it. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">At least she hoped so. She wasn’t sure what the future looked
like after the harrowing experience of barely escaping death and Matthew
shoving her onto a plane against her will. And now, nobody could locate
Matthew. She wanted to reach out to Kendall, but he had been adamant about her
not contacting anyone for fear that the people trying to kill them might find
her.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">She shuddered and took one more look at Russell and the woman
he was with. Just in time to see him unfurl a single tail whip. A loud crack
echoed through the room and she pushed open the door and left the dungeon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3ATmDMp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="856" data-original-width="1640" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMPIH8jS9sal92GfTqde9xivoH787XSA1dH1fjla77UTZLKUvVajLfHzPY9kj3xBMQBfZFFl5fQqfV9Rt3UjdbypYihCYCOIv4Pxte7RjiGVRNGbXj4ck88k5qbpe33wZugJzPp5X-F0zF/w400-h209/BookBrushImage-2021-8-4-0-2752.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></span></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">About Ivy Nelson:</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.ivynelsonbooks.com/" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="520" data-original-width="340" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4F3fPk0UCxJoZFIu0d-_Dj3zBvbFCiD0droIHffKhd6B4sS33vjfZFs_RZZeLE6wJviQfrVnakVjfbAMugBNtnJcDYcjW89J68cAzRt68gj_52QiPY8uvEeLjG2vIxN4un195HDd27T54/s320/Ivy.jpg" width="209" /></a></span></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Ivy Nelson is an emerging
contemporary romance author, hopeful romantic, and passionate advocate, who is
versed in all things steamy, sultry, and sensual. It all started back when she
read her first steamy romance novel at the age of fourteen. From that point
forward, it became her favorite genre—one she wanted to write in herself
someday. Sylvia Day’s writing style cemented that passion, and gave her just
the inspiration she needed to be an author herself. In December of 2018, Ivy
published her debut novel, Power Desired at the age of thirty-two.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Most recently, Ivy completed the
“D.C. Power Games” series and the fourth book in her popular “Diamond Doms
series” titled “Pressure". In a not-so-distant past, she was a student
affairs professional at a university and earned her political science degree,
which explains her politically-driven romance debut.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">When she isn’t penning steamy
scenes or attending writing/kink/BDSM conferences, you can find this
contest-winning karaoke singer and bookworm passionately supporting human
rights or growing her Sims 4 empire. She is also a wine aficionado and
certified whiskey taster (no really, she has the certificate to prove it). All
that aside, Ivy loves spending quality time with her amazing son and husband of
three years at their home in Houston, TX.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">
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Kelly Smith Reviewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14744725577727200309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935502379961563939.post-81649591486991433522021-08-06T00:00:00.005-05:002021-08-06T00:00:00.177-05:00BLOG TOUR/REVIEW: Archibald Lox and the Slides of Bon Repell by Darren Shan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.rockstarbooktours.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="615" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMZs5OJwIHZ-MwzZUTquZehhgIU8YRbHL-5y8iGqqvjo0kQJGCjuTUTeUEUwgoEgjNuWHKY0q08qFZhXkGROfa5lYCCxRyD31qFjAwfhqCxdwDMv_xNgYOj_UMWF71m168koKBmz-ThMYN/w400-h156/ARCHIBALD+LOX.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I am thrilled to be hosting a spot
on the ARCHIBALD LOX VOLUME 2: ARCHIBALD LOX AND THE KIDNAPPED PRINCE by Darren
Shan Blog Tour hosted by </span><a href="http://www.rockstarbooktours.com/"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Rockstar
Book Tours</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">About the Books:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3ljkyVr" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1280" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJnkhphCAPeBx8o8BuoH5vY7cMT5uCLHsThwt4d8QtBQyrQ9R9btRFETdb-YDK0trEa_7d6Saz6My6XuRqJOKA4J-dluib7Lgw04nQfRv9jaoIL5p4zhMC7HJOsw2im_BsJvyNFwtlfFQg/w250-h400/Archibald+Lox+Book+04+-+Forgotten+Cryptl+-+v01+%2528Ebook%2529.jpg" width="250" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Title:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> ARCHIBALD LOX AND THE FORGOTTEN CRYPT (Archibald
Lox #4)<o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Author: </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Darren Shan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Pub. Date:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> July 1, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Publisher: </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Home of the Damned Ltd<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Formats:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> Paperback, eBook<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Pages:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> 144<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Find it:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58187647-archibald-lox-and-the-forgotten-crypt"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Goodreads</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">, </span><a href="https://amzn.to/3ljkyVr"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Amazon</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">, </span><a href="https://amzn.to/37aUuDB"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Kindle</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">, </span><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/archibald-lox-and-the-forgotten-crypt-darren-shan/1139362274?ean=2940165247583"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">B&N</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">, </span><a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/archibald-lox-and-the-forgotten-crypt/id1564802669?itsct=books_box_link&itscg=30200&at=10l32yD&ct=books_archibald_lox_and_the_forgotten_cr&ls=1"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">iBooks</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">, </span><a href="https://click.linksynergy.com/deeplink?id=5LPtjgetns4&mid=37217&murl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kobo.com%2Fus%2Fen%2Febook%2Farchibald-lox-and-the-forgotten-crypt"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Kobo</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span color="windowtext" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">, </span></span><a href="https://tidd.ly/3lpC36N"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">TBD</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">When a couple of assassins catch up with Archie, he's forced
to flee to the Merge in search of friendship and safety.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">As his skills develop, he opens a gateway to a long-forgotten crypt, where
ancient secrets are revealed.<br /><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">In a city of ice, the greatest gropsters of the six realms have assembled for a
legendary Tourney, but a small group of plotters are more interested in
kidnapping...<br />
<br />
Book four of the Archibald Lox series by Darren Shan, the New York Times
bestselling author of Cirque Du Freak and Lord Loss.<br />
<br />
This is the first of three books in VOLUME TWO of the series.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2WKdNSv" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1280" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeTq_6jMn_7QDk_BECovSl8y1NS0pNf0b5KKa8ai_TQlGAKddPKDXSL-PPFfrKa71mei4_Ja4HZ95o8qHFqm-b_GC2WB-karN5sWggKbw84GldomIXwnQz0VtstIc8Vypoa2hlheoofYDR/w250-h400/Archibald+Lox+Book+05+-+Slides+of+Bon+Repell+-+v01+%2528Ebook%2529.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Title:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> ARCHIBALD LOX AND THE SLIDES OF BON
REPELL</span> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">(Archibald Lox #5)<br /><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Author: </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Darren Shan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Pub. Date:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> August 3, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Publisher: </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Home of the Damned Ltd<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Formats:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> Paperback, eBook<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Pages:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> 197<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Find it:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58187633-archibald-lox-and-the-slides-of-bon-repell"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Goodreads</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">, </span><a href="https://amzn.to/2WKdNSv"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Amazon</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">, </span><a href="https://amzn.to/2V3KnOP"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Kindle</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">, </span><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/archibald-lox-and-the-slides-of-bon-repell-darren-shan/1139362774?ean=2940165160172"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">B&N</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">, </span><a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/archibald-lox-and-the-slides-of-bon-repell/id1564784137?itsct=books_box_link&itscg=30200&at=10l32yD&ct=books_archibald_lox_and_the_slides_of_bo&ls=1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">iBooks</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">, </span><a href="https://click.linksynergy.com/deeplink?id=5LPtjgetns4&mid=37217&murl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kobo.com%2Fus%2Fen%2Febook%2Farchibald-lox-and-the-slides-of-bon-repell"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Kobo</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Tourney has kicked off, and it's the biggest draw in the
Merge.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Archie has a ticket to every match, and is soon caught up in the excitement.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">But when a scheming king sets his sights on the young locksmith, all thoughts
of grop are swiftly forgotten, and Archie might fight for his freedom and his
sanity...<br /><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Book five of the Archibald Lox series by Darren Shan, the New York Times
bestselling author of Cirque Du Freak and Lord Loss.<br />
<br />
This is the second of three books in VOLUME TWO of the series.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3C2cUVn" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1280" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSSJDe-q04I2SLe6f04o9B2kYQEV7AORdZmUqd69WdTmwff0MnwdqfnRxf1oECHssKBtbF2EtWbOdDqzsy18dDqVtnl_-AhuQbMgzxsxKvcWDC1EqkarsG4Fm-_XrpHUPPpvwdaGLjM0Ao/w250-h400/Archibald+Lox+Book+06+-+The+Rubicon+Dictate+-+v01+%2528Ebook%2529+copy.jpg" width="250" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Title:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> ARCHIBALD LOX AND THE RUBICON DICTATE</span>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">(Archibald
Lox #6)<o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Author: </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Darren Shan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Pub. Date:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> September 1, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Publisher: </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Home of the Damned Ltd<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Find it:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58187665-archibald-lox-and-the-rubicon-dictate"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Goodreads</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">, </span><a href="https://amzn.to/3C2cUVn"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Amazon</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">, </span><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/archibald-lox-and-the-rubicon-dictate-darren-shan/1139376266?ean=2940165260025"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">B&N</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">, </span><a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/archibald-lox-and-the-rubicon-dictate/id1565213354?itsct=books_box_link&itscg=30200&at=10l32yD&ct=books_archibald_lox_and_the_rubicon_dict&ls=1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">iBooks</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">, </span><a href="https://click.linksynergy.com/deeplink?id=5LPtjgetns4&mid=37217&murl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kobo.com%2Fus%2Fen%2Febook%2Farchibald-lox-and-the-rubicon-dictate"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Kobo</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The kidnapping of a prince shocks the Merge and turns the
Tourney on its head.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">In New York, a desperate Archie and Inez play a cunning game of chess with the
fates.<br />
<br />
But if they are to force a checkmate, they must travel to the heart of an enemy
empire and face down the rulers of a merciless realm...<br />
<br />
Book six of the Archibald Lox series by Darren Shan, the New York Times
bestselling author of Cirque Du Freak and Lord Loss.<br />
<br />
This is the third of three books in VOLUME TWO of the series.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3ie5NRQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="313" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ6BYI3ZBKKnxVAenaEowktueW-3B9QWeCMtyilUILi3CHt4abrvQpXmGkByvugPFbTtLIDA_VTCDZPPGH8wxcNE6CowWVNffLzgMLrbR44OPcfRwfl6o9_WAa3WeF6amFmzUFfESwh6Bc/w250-h400/Volume+1.jpg" width="250" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /><o:p><br /></o:p></span><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">MY REVIEW of Archibald Lox and the Slides of Bon Repell:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400;">The Tourney! I loved getting to learn more about grop in book 4 and continuing it in 5. Fantasy sports and games are so interesting to me, and many fantasy worlds are nearly defined by them. (See HP's Quidditch and Shan's own Trials.)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400;">Right off the bat, Inez informs us all, including Archibald, that there's a chance the chef might poison an opposing player in order to give his preferred team an advantage. I admit I did a double-take and shouldn't have; I'm familiar with Shan's storytelling.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400;">Speaking of familiarity...</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400;">As this story goes on, we see the author delving back into what his old-school fans know best: horror. It's not terrifying like The Demonata, but the plot becomes much darker as you read on, especially compared with the rest of the series so far.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400;">While I love this whole series, so far this book is my favorite for its ingenuity and depravity. This is where I become mind-numbingly vague in order to avoid spoilers.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400;">I will say that the twists and danger and anticipation as you read in prove one thing: Darren Shan is by far the best YA author out there. This book will grip adults and entertain teens, and is a great way for families to bond over the plot, the characters, and the question: what happens next?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400;">*I received an advance copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.</span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">About <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Darren Shan</span>:</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://www.darrenshan.com/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="1024" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9BvOpKjKRwMhV9Ue1cB77Oq-tcWqlTav9xfyf6THue401wQVCfhMVHVcDOIjNe5SqxCfhyphenhyphen_Q4bkT55pey2IVaULBspugCG_AV3yU8xyj1m4jatxaUUV6TMIkUC99YPsKBgtovOHl-uqiB/s320/Darren-2-hi-res-1024x534.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Darren Shan </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">is a globally bestselling author who broke onto the fantasy/horror
scene with <i>Cirque Du Freak </i>in January 2000. He has published more than
fifty books, for children and adults, including the 10-book <i>Demonata </i>series
and 12-book <i>Zom-B </i>series. <i>Cirque Du</i> <i>Freak </i>was adapted into
a major Hollywood movie and it was recently announced that the Electric Shadow
Company and Fantastic Films have teamed up to adapt his <i>Zom-B </i>series for
television. Shan’s books have sold more than thirty million copies worldwide,
in 40 countries and 32 languages. He has topped the bestseller charts in the
US, UK, Ireland, Japan, and elsewhere. He lives in a small village in Ireland,
with his wife and children. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Kelly Smith Reviewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14744725577727200309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935502379961563939.post-71341981109856828902021-07-01T08:22:00.002-05:002021-07-01T08:22:37.336-05:00BOOK REVIEW: Archibald Lox and the Forgotten Crypt<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;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#"><span style="color: black;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz579rQRkt88eeY71-isO7-ohAiKirJUJlCZHXaU4XMvtZNhqhJHhn__87gfu3d4lhOhQxXaK6gXeN-PH9xMIbVW3muXpOsqJxfOrThsZx2Tq2PuxF72jUVys7XzDX9MocMaerMaWxjEw/w400-h640/image.png" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Buy at Amazon: <a href="https://t.co/Ff9zBtQqFd?amp=1">http://mybook.to/archie4ebook</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">or Apple, B&N, Kobo, etc: <a href="https://t.co/CHVwnL6SfC?amp=1">https://books2read.com/u/mKRAxL</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">or Google Play: <a href="https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Darren_Shan_Archibald_Lox_and_the_Forgotten_Crypt?id=JkArEAAAQBAJ">Archibald Lox and the Forgotten Crypt: Archibald Lox series, Book 4 by Darren Shan - Books on Google Play</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">When a couple of assassins catch up with Archie, he's forced to flee to the Merge in search of friendship and safety.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">As his skills develop in that parallel universe, he opens a gateway to a long-forgotten crypt, where ancient secrets are revealed.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In a city of ice, the greatest players of the six realms have assembled for a legendary Grop Tourney, but a small group of plotters are more interested in kidnapping...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Book four of the Archibald Lox series by Darren Shan, the New York Times bestselling author of Cirque Du Freak and Lord Loss.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is the first of three books in VOLUME TWO of the series.</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;"><b>MY REVIEW:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Everyone who has known me since age 12 knows what a big Darren Shan fan I am. Even as an adult, he's one of the authors whose YA books still captivate and intrigue me.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The same goes for Archibald Lox. The first three books were unlike anything I'd read before, Merging (pun intended) our world with a fantastical world of magic and mystique.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I was eager to start book 4, which has Archibald struggling with a specific lock on the brink of our world and the Merge.</div><div style="text-align: center;">During just the first few chapters, we learn a shocking tale about Archibald's mentor Winston. Right away, you're immersed in the veiled darkness Shan writes so well, making you think and wonder about what ifs and whys.</div><div style="text-align: center;">You also learn more about the kingdoms within the Merge and that world's politics.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I wanted to touch on that in my review because oftentimes, when a fantasy author spends a lot of time on in-world politics, it can become dull or, even worse, an infodump.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Shan artfully avoids that by weaving the history across a chapter, almost as if it's its own tale within the novel.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am afraid if I go any further, I will accidentally give spoilers, so I am going to stop here.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I do however want to add that Shan once again brings us into a first person, present tense POV without seeming to have lost anything that can sometimes be left behind in this tense: such as scenery and impartiality.</div><div style="text-align: center;">You are IN Archibald's head, living the story through him, and book 4 truly proves that Shan is a master storyteller.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">*I received an advance copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Find me at: <a href="http://smarturl.it/lilyluchesiamazon">http://smarturl.it/lilyluchesiamazon</a></div>Kelly Smith Reviewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14744725577727200309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935502379961563939.post-57042212993227084832018-11-14T07:00:00.000-06:002018-11-14T07:00:01.176-06:00RELEASE BLITZ: "Soul Syndicate" by Lily Luchesi and Faith Marlow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">“Thank you, peanut gallery,” Rachael said, clicking on the other app. Jake saw that she followed about eight thousand people. Yet there were no updates from anyone since eleven the previous night, central time. “Is it my connection?” She typed out a quick tweet, “</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Hello, is this thing on?</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">” and it posted immediately. And why was Wifi working but not landlines or text messages?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; text-align: left;">Her younger half-brother, Nick Smith, is moving to London with three friends ... including Roger Ainsley, the son of the former leader of the Dark.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; text-align: left;">When a mysterious stranger appears back from the dead, his words of warning of another Dark Clan rising might change Nick and Harley's lives forever.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">“That name sounds familiar,” Nick said, looking at the grave. The years listed said this guy was born the same year as his parents and had died during the battle that had killed them both as well.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">When she stood up and spoke to her brother, he didn't respond. He was staring straight ahead, eyes frozen in fear. She turned and saw why.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">“For crying out loud, Nick, get behind me!” she snapped, yanking him behind her. He was smaller than she was, so she shielded him fairly completely. She wasn’t a self-sacrificing person, but she had a natural instinct to protect someone currently incapable of protecting themselves. It was a bit of a problem, actually.</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta;">One year after The Company of Clan Munro was defeated, things in the UK Coven are settling down, and also beginning to be shaken up.</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta;">The Princess, Harley Sinclair, is building her potion business and planning a wedding to James Quigley, while still taking lessons from her father, the Coven King.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">By USA Today bestselling author Lily Luchesi</span></span></div>
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Simon Moonspell and Tobias Bloodworth, the last two mages of the ancient houses, must put their animosity aside in order to stop this new mage and fulfill the prophecy. However, when their hatred slowly turns to love, can they remain impartial or will they be forced to battle to the death?</div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Tobias scoffed, but he was smirking. “Well, there </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">is </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">a first time for everything, isn’t there?”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">“Yes, I am, and I own it.” He stood up and stretched his legs. His coat was discarded, and he wore only a pair of black trousers and a white shirt. Simon noticed his nails were polished matte black. It was a nice touch … as was that gorgeous body.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">“Once we find the prophecy and see if there is a way to circumvent it, we need to figure out where Thornhill is hiding and eradicate the bastard from existence,” he said with more vehemence than Simon had ever heard from him. “We have spent hundreds of years fulfilling this prophecy, upholding the names of our houses and the standards at which mages have always been held and he — he — ” Tobias trailed off in a huff. “Damn it,” he muttered. “Control, control.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Stop it,</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> he scolded himself. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">For once my brain makes more sense than my body!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Tobias stood straighter and turned, dislodging Simon’s hand from his shoulder and breaking the moment. “Forgive me. I am not often like this.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">“There’s nothing to forgive. This is a lot of pressure, mate,” Simon said. “We never really discussed it but … if there is no way to change the prophecy…”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">“You don’t want to kill me?” Simon asked, confused. He always assumed that Tobias would relish the chance to kill him and make it hurt after how he’d treated him when they were children.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">“No, despite my sour disposition, I am not a particular fan of murder,” he said. “And you? Were you relishing the idea of finally getting rid of the pesky little brat you used to knock over on the playground?”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Simon felt sick. Had he really hurt Tobias so much that those beautiful black eyes were filling with moisture? “No… I — I’m sorry,” he said, head hanging. “I was a stupid kid. I never wanted to hurt you, not really. And I don’t want to kill you.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Tobias acted as though he hadn’t just been on the verge of some sort of breakdown as he gave Simon a translator and they began looking for the prophecy again.</span></div>
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Jett loves to play hard and race harder, but has issues. The love of his life, Logan, disappeared five years ago, but suddenly reappears. Will they crash and burn? Is it even real? Or is he just in for wishful thinking?</div>
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I always said I would, and got laughed at for chasing a dream I could never be by some very close family members, so I did it to prove a point. Plus the characters in my head wouldn't behave themselves or let me sleep. </div>
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Too many to name. I guess I started writing after reading Ann Rice's stuff, she is wonderful. I love reading MM, PRN type stuff</div>
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A dream. I grew up with mostly male cousins, I was the only girl for 20 years and learned about racing and how to work on cars. The characters just let the way in this one, like most of my stories, so I ran with it.</div>
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Of course, we all put a little bit of ourselves into a book. Or take something from someone we know. My whole life can be told if you can figure out which parts through each story. You'll learn my favorite color down to someone's death and all the history in between.</div>
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I would love to write paranormal, but I don't have the gift. I chose to write in the MM genre because I was told early on that I write in a masculine voice and to give it a try. I did and love it.</div>
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Get laid a lot. LOL Kidding! I would be a fighter, one that fights for what they believe and follows their heart just like I do now.</div>
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Writing and watching people. I love people watching.</div>
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I just hope it shows that true love is out there, you just have to get through situations.</div>
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Next up, a story called Glorious Disaster, and talk bout a train wreck. I love it. Plus several others.</div>
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1) I'm shy 2) I'm really a blonde 3) I'm a widow</div>
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Amazon author page: http://amazon.com/author/piperkay</div>
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Website: piperkay-author.com</div>
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Race & Roll is probably the shortest thing I've read this year that gave me so many feels. It's a quick, 20 minute read, but it gives you the entire story without seeming like you got cheated on the full background of the characters.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Genre: Urban Fantasy & Paranormal Romance<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Midsummer Players stage an outdoor version of A Midsummer Night's Dream every year on Midsummer's Eve, in a glade in a forest. The actors have a wonderful time, even though they’re dreadful. Audience members appreciate the effort they put in and applaud politely, but almost never attend more than once. Except for... </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">All of the fairies named in the play are obliged to attend every performance, due to a deal that they struck back in the day with a mischievous Master Shakespeare. In an attempt to disband the irksome Midsummer Players on the eve of their twentieth anniversary, Oberon and Puck hire a human agent of chaos to infiltrate the actors' ranks and set them against one another by focusing on secret attractions and grudges that have been lying dormant up to now. Sparks will fly, and everyone will come to blows, but it's all executed with a wink and a grin, and there will be more smiles than tears by the end. At least, that’s the plan... </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Inspired by the Bard's immortal play (which it also weaves into its plot), this light-hearted Comedy is a novel in the spirit of the movies Smiles Of A Summer Night and A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy, and the musical A Little Night Music. For lovers of Shakespeare, chaos and fairies everywhere.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">By now, I should be used to receiving surprises once I open my Kindle to a new Darren Dash book. Right? But when I opened my email and saw that this book was to be derived from Shakespeare and comedic in nature, I admit even I scratched my head a little. Dash's three previous literary offerings have been horrific in their own way, despite being different genres, so what was I to expect from a comedy?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Frankly, combining Dash and Shakespeare (both childhood favorites of mine), would make me want to dive right in, and so I did.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It starts out with Del Chapman, the aforementioned human agent of chaos. He sets the tone by sending out a computer virus through an entire company's computer system, destroying it for fun. He then steals a car and goes joyriding. It's only when he crashes said car near a glade in Limerick, Ireland that things start to get weird.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The fairy Puck rescues him ... but he wants something in return. Del must infiltrate an amateur showing of A Midsummer Night's Dream and destroy it so that the humans never, ever perform it together again.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Enter ... everyone else. The rest of the characters are made up of a middle-aged married couple, a beautiful young actress, a romance novelist and her new husband, a gay DJ and his boyfriend, and a shy banker. It's not a super large cast, but their backstories and issues mean you really need to pay attention to remember who is who, who's sleeping with whom, and who wants to sleep with whom.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This book is highly adult in nature, so anyone under 18 might want to shelve this till their next birthday.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The story, while occasionally venturing into Feyland and getting highly fantastical, is a hyper-realistic tale of humanity. There is cheating, discovering one's sexuality, blossoming romance, sex-for-opportunity, body image issues, secrets, lies, and so much more than I ever expected to find in less than 500 pages about amateur actors in Ireland.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You get this intricate, stripped bare look at humanity. There are no frills in this story. It's all right there, in your face. Dealing with weight, age, infidelity, identity, and the truth so dark you need a floodlight to see it properly. It's funny, yes. Some things had me actually laugh out loud. But this is darker than it seems on the surface, and about so much more than fairies wanting an acting troupe disbanded.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Anna and Nuala are by far my favorite characters, but everyone had an endearing quality about them (even Terrence, whom I wanted to slap more than once), especially Finn, the changeling from Feyland. We got to see him assimilate to the human world, and alternately, we got glimpses of Diarmid, a human, learn to love Feyland. Those moments of them discovering these new worlds and falling in love with them were truly some of the most shining moments of the book. The scenes are filled with sweet wonder, little pockets of light amidst the chaos of the main story.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I loved the diversity. Bisexual, gay, questioning, straight, cross-dressing: there was a little of everything in this small cast, and the representation without shame, without it feeling forced, was wonderful.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The best thing about Dash's writing is how well he writes people. You never get the same character twice, and every single one is handcrafted, unique, endearing. He has a talent for making characters feel like they're real, like you know them and care about them. I don't know how he does it; maybe he has a little bit of Puck's influence in him, like the Bard did so long ago.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As always, I end my review by telling you that you need to buy this book. Why? Not because I am a longtime fan of his, but because this book rocks. I don't care if the name on the cover was Joe Blow, this story should be read by pretty much any human over the age of 18, because it literally has something for everyone, a character to relate to or sympathize with.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">While it isn't my favorite Dash book (An Other Place still holds that title), A Midsummer's Bottom is engaging, humorous, and intricately woven to grip you and take you straight to a beautiful green glade in Limerick.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Another brilliant offering from Dash!</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Midsummer's Bottom is obviously based around the famed Shakespeare play. What is your favorite work by the Bard and why?</b><br />Well, I kind of have to say <i>A Midsummer Night's Dream</i> or the fairies will come and attack me! But in truth my opinion changes over the years, based on the quality of different productions, the mood I'm in when I watch them, etc. I love <i>King Lear</i>, but I've seen a couple of dull enough productions of it. <i>Hamlet</i> is, of course, majestic, but I'm giving it a wide berth at the moment, as I saw several versions of it in a relatively short period of time and I've overdosed on it. One of the ones that really stands out for me is <i>The Tempest</i>. I saw a local (Limerick) production of it many years ago, where they completely converted a theatre, and it was my first exposure to what theatre can be in the right hands, where it becomes an immersive experience rather than something you just sit back and watch. The players - the Island Theatre Company - also put on <i>A Midsummer Night's Dream</i> a year or two later, and it was that production that led me to write <i>Midsummer's Bottom</i> -- their version was slickly presented and very professional and funny, but I came away from it wondering what might happen if a <b>bad</b> set of players got their hands on the play, and <i>Midsummer's Bottom</i> is the result of those musings.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>The cast is amazingly diverse, even by today's standards. Who is your favorite, least favorite, and why?</b><br />Finn (a human changeling who has been raised by the fairies in Feyland and comes to Earth for the first time in the book) was the most fun to write. I've always enjoyed comedies where fish-out-of-water get to experience our world and society, e.g. <i>Star Trek IV</i>, or a brilliant 1970s film called <i>Being There</i>. It allows us, the readers or viewers, to see ourselves through different eyes and chuckle at what ludicrous creatures we are. I didn't have a least favourite character -- I tried to devote roughly equal time to all the main members of the cast, and I felt attached to them all. They're a bunch of bumbling fools, for the most part, but my plan wasn't to be cruel and write a book where readers would laugh at the dunderheads in it -- my point (which Shakespeare was always keen to remind us in his plays, and especially his Comedies) is that we're <b>all</b> fools in our own ways, exactly like the actors in <i>Midsummer's Bottom</i>, and we should celebrate and laugh at our foolishness.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>If you could visit Feyland, would you?</b><br />Are you kidding? I'd be over there in a heartbeat if I had the chance! Like Del in the book, I don't think it's a place I'd want to linger too long - I like the chaos and foolish uncertainty of our world - but I'd certainly love to spend a short vacation there, if only to see what the Hairy Mountain that I mention in the book looks like!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>If you could sit down and meet any of the characters in the book, who would it be and what would you do/talk about?</b><br />Hmm... While I'd love to name-check one of my own creations here, a certain bard from Stratford makes a cameo appearance in <i>Midsummer's Bottom</i> late on in the book, and how could any writer not want to sit down with the shade of Will Shakespeare and quiz him about his incredible works? (As an aside, the character of Shakespeare has my favourite line in the entire book, when he comments on his (in)famous use of iambic pentameter...)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>You've written about many mythological and paranormal creatures during your career as both Darren Dash and Darren Shan. What creature have you yet to tackle in a book and want to?</b><br />To be honest, I don't have a bucket list of monsters. I'm always far more interested in telling a good story than I am in writing about specific creatures. I don't look for stories to go with monsters -- I look for good story ideas first, then start wondering what sort of creatures might best fit them.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>If you were Del, contacted by Puck, would you agree to do as he wished and ruin the play? If yes, would you do anything differently than he did?</b><br />Del is pretty much my avatar in the book, so I'd have done everything much the same as he did. As for ruining the play... his aim was never to just wreck it, but to elevate it to a point of such ridiculousness that it would actually become an engaging work of wonder on its own terms. Like Del, I'm all for creating great art out of chaos!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Last, if you had the ability to make Puck the fairy cause mischief for anyone, anywhere in the world, who would you sic him on?</b><br />Anyone who, likes the actors in the book, takes themselves too seriously. We humans are silly things, and we should never forget that, or frown upon mere silliness. I like to think that if Puck really existed, he would be like The A-Team -- "If <b>you</b> know an anally retentive stick-in-the-mud, if no one else can make them smile, and if you can find him, maybe you can hire... Puck!"</span></li>
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</span><span style="color: black; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">“What the fuck happened to you, Anya?” were the only words thrown
at me as I flashed into my living quarters, right before being pulled into a
crushing embrace by my mate who was so emotional she kept flashing between
being male to female. My entire body was so numb I couldn’t tell how many times
she transformed. Truth be told, I didn’t care. Being in Kierra’s arms was all
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felt numb, right down to the depths of my soul, the feeling going beyond skin
and bone-deep. Being with my Fated One didn’t take all the pain away, but it
did at least make me feel grounded again and helped me to feel something other
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</span><span style="color: black; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">“Anya, I’m not going to insult you with apologies.” My left eye
twitched at that. I couldn’t help it, and I hadn’t bothered to try and hide it.
She wasn’t supposed to die yet, and she owed me so much more than an apology.
“What I did, I did only because of how much I love you. The beliefs as they are
right now within the witch community? No way would you have been able to
survive that. The king would have taken one look at you and killed you on
sight, no questions asked and no answers needed. Which is something you girls
are going to have to change. Your fire may be gone, but a flame still burns
bright within you, honey. Hone your new element and let it shine through.”</span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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girls, all of you, and I know you will make all this right.”</span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Looking at my sisters, Tia and Elyssia, with tears streaming down
their faces, my own remained dry. And for a brief moment, I hated them both.
Which was completely unfair. It wasn’t their fault what happened, any of it.
But I couldn’t help the anger I felt for them having been with this woman for
their entire lives, none the wiser that I had even existed. When I looked back
down at my mother’s body, I felt anger at her for abandoning me and fear at
what she had left us to face. There was also the fact that she had given her
element to me so that I could live. There was a turmoil of emotions dominating
for control inside of me.</span></span><span style="color: black; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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</span><span style="color: black; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">I allowed myself to sink deeper into Kierra’s embrace, losing
myself as her lips captured mine in a kiss that went beyond physical contact
and began to put a healing balm on my shattered soul. I don’t think I ever
referred to her as a male, even when she was penetrating me as one. Some
distant part of my brain was telling me that this time, however, I needed to
help her regain control and remain in her female form. But right then, neither
of us cared about anything except being as close to one another as possible.</span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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</span><span style="color: black; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">So, when Kierra was finally able to settle on just one form, it
didn’t matter to me that it was her male form. And I also didn’t stop to spell
myself against getting pregnant.</span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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</span><span style="color: black; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">I reached up and ran my hands through now shoulder-length, silky
jet-black hair as Kierra deepened the kiss even more and brought my body flush
against a chest that was all male and packed with smooth, hairless muscles, and
an erection that was impossible to miss. At some point we both must have done
away with our clothes, because before I knew it, we were already on the bed
with my legs wrapped firmly around Kierra’s waist. And we made love, as male
and female.</span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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</span><span style="color: black; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">If I were being one-hundred percent honest with myself, I would
admit that Kierra’s male form was exactly what I needed at that moment. I loved
making love to Kierra in her female form, but that wasn’t what I needed at that
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made no move, leaving her rock-hard shaft, seemingly growing in length, lying
there inside of me, and rubbing my clitoris with her thick, calloused thumb. My
mind blanked out of all thoughts, and primal instincts took over where all I
could do was feel as Kierra began to thrust, rubbing and hitting against my
walls at a perfect pace. “Harder,” I managed to say, right before I sank my
fangs into the throbbing pulse point that seemed to be calling out to me.</span></span><span style="color: black; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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out a long stream of thick, wet heat inside my core. After a few more thrusts,
we came together once more. Without breaking our connection, Kierra rolled over
so that I was the one on top, and just held me as I laid my head down on that
sweaty, muscular chest. We both drifted off, content in each other’s arms, not
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<span style="color: purple;">Vampires and angels are locked in a deadly war. But first, they want their daughter back.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">Half vampire/half angel, Violet, was abandoned amongst the humans in London as a baby. Suddenly discovering monstrous powers on her twenty-first birthday, she thinks she’s the most dangerous creature to prowl the streets.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">When a snarky angel falls into her lap and her adopted sister disappears, Violet is forced into a new role: Huntress. But the deeper she’s dragged into this supernatural world, the more she struggles to</span> <span style="color: purple;">survive.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">On the run, Violet’ll have to rely on a sexy vampire geek, while facing off the harem boy angel threatening her sister. And there’s only one way she’ll win: by letting out the monster...</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"> Vampires? Angels? All I know is they’re both bastards.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">In the beginning, I made games about them. None of it was real, only play. I was human, after all, in a world of humans. At least, I reckoned so. The gamer and developer, lost in make-believe.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">Except, they tasted of sugar and blood.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"> There are dark kisses that bruise your soul as well as your mouth. Kisses as soft as feathers. Light. Gentle. Kind. Whereas others blaze and burn to ash.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">As I drifted back towards the grey, once more out of the black, soft lips kissed mine.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">The kiss didn’t bruise or burn but it was firm and possessive.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">I bit hard. The bastard gasped, and the mouth pulled back. But not before a coppery sweet blood crescendo exploded; my tongue chased after heaven.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><em>It’d been Rebel’s kiss…and blood</em>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">The new, fluttering forces deep within me awoke and roared at the taste, claiming Rebel. Wanting him, even if <em>I </em>didn’t.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">How had I lost control even of myself?</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">Rebel peered down at me, concerned. He stroked my arm, as he had when I’d first awoken; I reckon it soothed him more than me.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">Rebel hadn’t chained me this time, only snapped steel handcuffs around my wrists.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">When Rebel leaned closer, I elbowed him — <em>oomph</em> — in the guts. ‘Congratulations, you’ve just made my List of Asses to Kick.’</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>WINNER OF SILVER AWARD in the National Wishing Shelf Book Awards.</b></span>
<span style="color: purple;"><b>ROSEMARY A JOHNS</b> is also author of the bestselling <i>Rebel Vampires</i> series.</span>
<span style="color: purple;">ROSEMARY A JOHNS is an award-winning, #1 Amazon bestselling fantasy writer, music fanatic, and paranormal anti-hero addict. She writes sexy angels, savage vampires, and epic battles.</span>
<span style="color: purple;">Rosemary is also a traditionally published short story writer. She studied history at Oxford University and ran her own theatre company. She’s always been a rebel…</span>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Midnight Musicals and Coffee Ice Cream Blurb</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Takashi never imagined that a simple call to an escort service would result in meeting Zander. What started out as a date to the winter gala at his office, morphed into a series of paid dates that offer him several unique opportunities to get to know the handsome, enigmatic escort. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">LAYLA DORINE lives among the sprawling prairies of Midwestern America, in a house with more cats than people. She loves hiking, fishing, swimming, martial arts, camping out, photography, cooking, and dabbling with several artistic mediums. In addition, she loves to travel and visit museums, historic, and haunted places.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Rolling on his back, Corban brushed his shaggy blond hair from his eyes and stretched, eyes catching on the remnants of his ‘Zander’ persona draped carefully over the back of his chair. He’d take it to the drycleaner later, when he was running the rest of his errands. This time of year, there’d be several other formal events to attend and he only had four carefully cobbled together outfits to mix and match between. The clock on the end table said eight forty-three, shit, he’d have happily slept for another hour or two. A quick glance at Ainsley and he knew she’d been up for hours. Her hands were already dye stained and there was a little purple smudge on her cheek. It matched the streaks in her mahogany brown hair, but Corban knew those were deliberate. Her golden eyes were framed by red reading glasses that took up half of her face, the wide, circular lens, giving her a slightly owl-like appearance. It was classic Ainsley, ‘funky nerd’ perfect for her workshop or anywhere else she might care to wander. Right now, though, the look she was giving him was part concern and part frustration and he could practically feel another lecture coming on. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Greetings and thank you so much for hosting me and my new release Midnight Musicals and Coffee Ice Cream. One of the things that I really wanted to explore in telling Takashi’s story was the concept of time. Its easy to get so involved in something you loose track of a day. As a book lover this happens to me all the time, be it while I’m reading or while writing. I get lost in photography as well, and wandering museums, fossil hunting and almost everything else I love. But what happens when someone comes to love their work above just about everything else in their life?</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00983739527082593290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935502379961563939.post-60628958497880229372018-05-01T19:54:00.000-05:002018-05-01T19:54:52.780-05:00BOOK REVIEW: "The Darker Side of Me" by S.L. Perrine<div style="text-align: center;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00983739527082593290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935502379961563939.post-48341288570653271032018-04-27T07:09:00.001-05:002018-04-27T07:09:11.749-05:00BOOK REVIEW: "Jax Starlight: Earth Ten Vol. 1" by Jenn Nixon<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As a lifelong fan of superheroes, I was stoked to see this book. There are, in my opinion, too few books focusing on superheroes. And for Nixon's first offering in this genre, it's more than promising.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After an apocalyptic event, people flee Earth to travel to a new world which bestows powers on young Jax, a teenage girl who considers herself a freak. That's one of the things I loved, that Jax wasn't a "normal" girl, but rather more of an outcast. I think she'll be a great role model for teen girls reading the book on that alone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">Christina Saint is a walking demon magnet. Born into a long line of dream walkers, when a creature from hell is in possession of a human’s body she can see it in their eyes, and she can destroy them in her dreams.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">When she comes back to town after attempting to run away from her problems, she finds they’ve only multiplied. Her best friend is being distant, the guy who broke her heart is angry with her, and the casual fling she’s trying to avoid wants to be something more, but these are the least of her problems. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">There’s only one way to destroy a demon. Entering the dreamscape is a necessity, but this time it’s going to take dealing with the human too. She’s going to have to risk life and limb to drag a murderer back to hell, and she needs to try and keep her new job and deal with the aftermath of leaving town at the same time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">Welcome to Tina Saint’s nightmare. Meet the first of Seven Deadly Demons in the new urban fantasy series from USA Today bestselling author Sharon Stevenson.</span></div>
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