Books
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Special Feature: Free on Amazon Kindle The Bone Church by Victoria Dougherty
We all know that summer is prime reading time! Spy novels make the perfect beach read! Right now on Amazon Kindle, you can get The Bone Church by Victoria Dougherty for free! This thrilling debut novel is free for a limited time only, 5/21-5/25! I will be reviewing this novel this summer and I can’t wait! It sounds so captivating and full of intrigue! If you are interested in historic thrillers or spy novels then this might be a new one to try! And really, you can’t go wrong with free! Click here to purchase your copy today! About The Bone Church In the surreal and paranoid underworld of wartime Prague, fugitive lovers Felix Andel…
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Special Feature: The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair by Joel Dicker
I am thrilled to inform you all about the upcoming US release of the #1 international bestseller THE TRUTH ABOUT THE HARRY QUEBERT AFFAIR (A Penguin Books Original; On-sale: May 27, 2014; $18.00), a debut novel by 28-year-old Swiss author Joël Dicker. A global phenomenon, with over 2 million copies sold in Europe, THE TRUTH ABOUT THE HARRY QUEBERT AFFAIR is a fast-paced, tightly plotted, cinematic literary thriller about the disappearance of a fifteen-year-old New Hampshire girl and, thirty years later, a young American writer’s determination to clear his mentor’s name—and find the inspiration for his next bestseller. In a starred review, Publishers Weekly said, “Dicker makes his U.S. debut with an ambitious, multilayered novel of suspense…this…
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Review: Time and Again (Time #1) by Jack Finney
It’s not very often that I see a book on Goodreads that has over 7000 ratings and it still carries over a 4 star average! When I got this book for review, I had read so many wonderful reviews that I couldn’t wait to start reading it! It would be hard to put this book into a specific category as there are so many wonderful elements to it: mystery, time travel, sci fi, romance, and historic fiction! Si Morley is working as an artist in an advertising firm when a visitor makes him a mysterious offer. Si’s life is pretty dull and he longs for something different and exciting. This…
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Book Blast/Giveaway: Love at Pemberley Series by Reina M. Williams
Please join Reina M. Williams on her Love at Pemberley Series Book Blast from May 12-June 13. About Most Truly Publication Date: December 15, 2013 Amazon Digital Services, Inc. eBook; 88 pages Heat level: Sweet Colonel James Fitzwilliam is home. The war has left him weary, battle-scarred—and a free man of fortune ready to find a wife. He travels to Pemberley, his second home. There he meets Kitty Bennet. Her unexpected charms soon have him questioning his familial duty and his expectations. A fight looms on the horizon when his aunt—Lady Catherine de Bourgh—and his parents arrive with their own plans for his future. Kitty Bennet has found happiness. At…
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Giveaway: Daughter of the Gods by Stephanie Thornton
In ancient Egypt, Hatshepsut will become on it’s most notorious rulers. Egypt will prosper under her reign, but at what cost to her personal life? Her whole life she dreamed of being free and able to make her own choices but a tragic accident changes her life forever. Thanks to the HFVBT and the Publisher, I am ecstatic to be able to offer a copy of Daughter of the Gods by Stephanie Thornton for your enjoyment! Giveaway is for one paperback copy. Giveaway runs 5/15/14 to 5/22/14 Winners will be announced 5/23/14. (how to enter) On this blog you must leave a comment to be entered in the giveaway. Your comment MUST include your email so I can…
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Review: Daughter of the Gods: A Novel of Ancient Egypt by Stephanie Thornton
Author Stephanie Thornton has an affinity for lost women in ancient history. I had the pleasure or reading her first book about Empress Theodora last year and absolutely loved it. I was thrilled when I heard about her latest novel, Daughter of the Gods, about one of Egypt’s most notorious female pharaoh, Hatshepsut. This time we venture into ancient Egypt where the country has known peace for quite some time. Thutmose reigns and with one surviving son, Thut and two daughters Neferubity and Hatshepsut. Neferubity is to marry Thut to ensure the pure blood lines, while Hatshepsut is free to be as wild as her patron goddess, Sekhmet, is. The goddess of war is…
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Review: Long Live the King (Love & Inheritance Trilogy #2) by Fay Weldon
Like many fans of the show, Downton Abbey, I am constantly on the look out for upstairs/downstairs inspired books to tide me over until the next season of Downton comes out! I stumbled upon Fay Weldon’s latest novel in the Love and Inheritance series, Long Live the King and was thrilled to learn that Weldon was actually the writer of the original series Upstairs Downstairs. This novel is full of Edwardian era intrigue, not to mention a healthy dose of occultist practices such as seances and communicating with the dead. Queen Victoria is dead and along with her, the restrictive lifestyle that had defined her reign. Her son, Bertie is to take the throne and…
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Cover Reveal: First Impressions by Charlie Lovett
I’m very excited to share with you the beautiful cover of Charlie Lovett’s upcoming novel, FIRST IMPRESSIONS, which will be published by Viking this October. This charming book is sure to appeal to the same readers who loved his novel The Bookman’s Tale, and will be especially exciting for Jane Austen fans (maybe the title rings a Pride and Prejudice bell?). First Impressions: A Novel of Old Books, Unexpected Love, and Jane Austen (Viking; October 16, 2014; 978-0-525-42724-7) Book lover and Austen enthusiast Sophie Collingwood has recently taken a job at an antiquarian bookshop in London when two different customers request a copy of the same obscure book: the second edition of Little Book…
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Review: The Imposter Bride by Nancy Richler
In post WWII Montreal, Lily Azerov arrives to meet her betrothed for the first time. But this stranger harbors a secret. In Eastern Europe she stumbles upon a dead woman and assumes her identity. After fleeing Eastern Europe for Palestine, as a new woman, she becomes engaged via mail order to a Canadian names Sol Kramer. After arriving in Montreal, Sol refuses to marry her rather quickly after the meeting. Luckily for Lily, his brother Nathan steps in and marries her. At the wedding, a couple of uninvited guests of the groom arrive. Ida has heard from her cousin, Sonya, in Tel Aviv that a woman has been there pretending to…
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Winner: Dark and Deadly Book Barrage Six in One Box Set
And the winner of the Dark and Deadly Book Barrage Six in One Hot Paranormal Romance Box Set is….. Jasmine (commented on giveaway) The winner will be notified via email. Thank you to everyone who entered and a huge thank you to the publisher for making this giveaway possible!