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Review: Letters from Skye by Jessica Brockmole

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What do you do with a married woman besides leave her alone? David Graham is stuck in quite the predicament!

His letters and heart have been laid before a woman half way around the world, now it’s up to her to decide if she will erase him from her life completely or risk a correspondence.

A forbidden love story written entirely in letters spanning two world wars? Be still my heart! This is the book I’ve been looking for!

I am a real romantic at heart and to me there is nothing more romantic than a love letter. But that’s not exactly how this story starts out.

Elspeth Dunn is a published poet who lives on the remote Scottish island of Skye.

One day she receives her very first fan letter from David Graham in America.

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Book Blast: Puritan Witch: The Redemption of Rebecca Eames by Peni Jo Renner

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Please join Peni Jo Renner as she tours the blogosphere for Puritan Witch: The Redemption of Rebecca Eames from April 28-May 30.

9781491705933_COVER.inddPublication Date: September 17, 2013
iUniverse
Formats: Ebook, Hardcover, Paperback

On a cold night in 1692, two young girls are caught up in the divining games of a slave woman-and then begin to act very strangely when the game goes wrong. Suddenly, Salem Village is turned upside down as everyone fears that witches may be involved. Six months later, as news of the girls’ strange behavior becomes known, fear and suspicion overwhelm a nearby farming community, pitting neighbors against neighbors and turning friends into enemies. When Rebecca Eames makes one careless utterance during a verbal attack on her family, she is falsely accused of witchcraft. After her fate is decided by three magistrates, Rebecca must endure a prison sentence during which she and her fellow captives have no choice but to valiantly struggle to find humanity and camaraderie among dire conditions. In this novel based on a true story, a woman wrongly imprisoned during the seventeenth-century witchcraft trials comes full circle where she must determine if she can somehow resume her life, despite all she has endured.

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Review: A Little Folly by Jude Morgan

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Valentine and Louisa Carnell have lived under the overly cautious eye of their father for their entire lives. They have scarcely been allowed to leave their country estate in Devonshire nor have they been allowed visitors.

Their father has purposefully alienated them from their deceased mother’s family so it’s mostly been just the three of them for years. Then suddenly, their father dies leaving them a comfortable fortune and the forbidden freedom they have been craving.

Valentine and Louisa have received a condolence letter from their estranged cousins who happen to be visiting a few towns away and plan on heading home via Devonshire. The siblings agree that their first independent act will be to invite their cousins to stay with them.

When Tom and his sister Sophie arrive, they bring an unexpected guess–the Lady Harriet Eversholt, who is living apart from her husband. Valentine and Louisa welcome them to their home and when they hear of Lady Harriet’s tragic marriage they can’t help but welcome her too.

After a short holiday in the country, Tom and Sophie must return to London. They invite both Valentine and Louisa to join them in London and take in the excitement and distractions of town.

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Book Blast and Giveaway: 1066: What Fates Impose by E.K. Holloway

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1066 What Fates Impose1066 What Fates ImposePublication Date: March 4, 2013
Matador Publishing

King William then utters the following words to the room: ‘I appoint no one as my heir to the Crown of England, but leave it to the disposal of the Eternal Creator, whose I am and who orders all things. For I did not attain that high honour by hereditary right, but wrested it from the perjured King Harold in a desperate bloody battle.’

England is in crisis. King Edward has no heir and promises never to produce one. There are no obvious successors available to replace him, but quite a few claimants are eager to take the crown. While power struggles break out between the various factions at court, enemies abroad plot to make England their own.?There are raids across the borders with Wales and Scotland.

Harold Godwinson, Earl of Wessex, is seen by many as the one man who can bring stability to the kingdom. He has powerful friends and two women who love him, but he has enemies will stop at nothing to gain power. As 1066 begins, England heads for an uncertain future. It seems even the heavens are against Harold.

Intelligent and courageous, can Harold forge his own destiny – or does he have to bow to what fates impose? Continue reading “Book Blast and Giveaway: 1066: What Fates Impose by E.K. Holloway” →

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Giveaway: Dark and Deadly Book Barrage Six in One Hot Paranormal Romance Box Set

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Get ready all you paranormal romance fans out there! I am thrilled to be able to offer this sexy, sizzling set of books!

The giveaway is for e-copies only (ePub or MOBI only, PDF is not available) of Dark and Dangerous: Six-in-One Hot Paranormal Romances Boxed set. Please note that this is NOT the boxed set that’s being featured by this barrage, but an earlier release.

Giveaway runs 4/23/13 to 4/30/14

Winners will be announced 5/1/14.

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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. 

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