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Special Feature: Rodin’s Lover by Heather Webb

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Please join Heather Webb as she tours the blogosphere with HF Virtual Book Tours for Rodin’s Lover, from January 19-February 13.

02_Rodin's LoverPublication Date: January 27, 2015
Plume
Formats: eBook, Paperback
Pages: 320

Genre: Historical Fiction

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A mesmerizing tale of art and passion in Belle Époque France.

As a woman, aspiring sculptor Camille Claudel has plenty of critics, especially her ultra-traditional mother. But when Auguste Rodin makes Camille his apprentice—and his muse—their passion inspires groundbreaking works. Yet, Camille’s success is overshadowed by her lover’s rising star, and her obsessions cross the line into madness.

Rodin’s Lover brings to life the volatile love affair between one of the era’s greatest artists and a woman entwined in a tragic dilemma she cannot escape.

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Giveaway: MOTH AND SPARK by Anne Leonard

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Thanks to the Publisher, I am ecstatic to be able to offer a copy of MOTH AND SPARK for your enjoyment! Giveaway is for one copy

Summary:

Prince Corin has been chosen to free the dragons from their bondage to the power Mycenean Empire, but dragons aren’t big on directions. They have given him some of their power, but none of their knowledge. No one, not the dragons nor their riders, is even sure what keeps the dragons in the Empire’s control.

Tam, sensible daughter of a well-respected doctor, had no idea before she arrived in Caithenor that she is a Seer, gifted with visions. When the two run into each other (quite literally) in the library, sparks fly and Corin impulsively asks Tam to dinner. But it’s not all happily ever after. Never mind that the prince isn’t allowed to marry a commoner: war is coming.

Giveaway runs 1/26/15 to 2/5/15

Winners will be announced 2/6/15.

(how to enter)

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Announcement: Winner WEST OF SUNSET by Stewart O’Nan

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And the winner of the giveaway for WEST OF SUNSET by Stewart O’Nan is…..

Suzy (likes on FB)

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!

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Giveaway: UNBECOMING by Rebecca Scherm

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This week’s bitchin’ giveaway is for UNBECOMING by Rebecca Scherm! UNBECOMING is her debut thriller novel of suspense, mystery.

UNBECOMING is an intricately plotted and psychologically nuanced heist novel that turns on suspense and slippery identity. With echoes of Alfred Hitchcock and Patricia Highsmith, Rebecca Scherm’s mesmerizing debut is sure to entrance fans of Gillian Flynn, Marisha Pessl, and Donna Tartt.

Thanks to the Publisher, I am ecstatic to be able to offer a copy of UNBECOMING for your enjoyment! Giveaway is for one copy.

Giveaway runs 1/22/15 to 1/29/15

Winners will be announced 1/30/15.

(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 contact you….if you do not enter an email in the comments your entry will be void. Winners will be notified by email the day after the giveaway closes and have five days to respond, it not another winner will be chosen. 

(GIVEAWAY OPEN TO US/CANADA ONLY AND NO PO BOX)

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Review: Unbecoming by Rebecca Scherm

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This book made me want to read more thrillers about international art fraud! It also inspired me to finally pick up The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt.

This debut novel by Rebecca Scherm is recommended for fans of The Goldfinch which I haven’t read but thought sounded good.

Since Unbecoming is shorter, I thought this one sounded like a good place to start.

We meet Julie (AKA Grace) who is living a double life in France. While she was on her summer study abroad program in Prague, she receives word that her long time boyfriend/husband, Riley, and his best friend (and her lover), Alls, who have been arrested for a high profile heist at an estate back in Tennessee.

Well three years later Grace is still in Europe, when she learns they will both be paroled. She is hiding from both of them for a number of reasons. One of which is the stolen art canvas she left the states with three years previously.

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