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Review: The Tenth Saint (The Sarah Weston Chronicles #1) by D.J. Niko

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Sarah Weston is in the middle of the biggest dig of her career as an archaeologist in Ethiopia, when she is approached by a local claiming he has ‘rare artifacts’ to show her.

Sarah is skeptical, she knows that most locals are simply out to make a buck but the artifacts have all the authentic markers.

She asks the man to show her where he found the artifacts and what she discovers will change the direction of her exposition.

She finds a sealed tomb with inscriptions in an obscure dialect. When the director of the exposition hears that Sarah has basically gone on a wild goose chase, he sends in reinforcements–anthropologist Danial Madigan.

The tomb she discovered is rumored to be that of Tenth Saint of Coptic Christianity. Sarah and Daniel embark on a dangerous journey that will lead them through the dangerous caves of Ethiopia, through the deserts of the Near East, England, Paris, and Texas.

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Announcement: A Divided Inheritance by Deborah Swift

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And the winner of A Divided Inheritance by Deborah Swift is…..

Rosanne L (tweeted about the giveaway)

The winner will be notified via email.

Thank you to everyone who entered and a huge thank you to HFVBTand the publisher for making this giveaway possible! Be sure to check out the other tour stops for more giveaways and author interviews as well as reviews!

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Giveaway: A Divided Inheritance by Deborah Swift

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Get ready for some swash-buckling adventure in this thrilling and vivid historic novel! Take a ride through the splendid Spanish sun and back to London with an action packed historic novel!

Thanks to Historical Fiction Virtual Book Tour and the publisher, I am ecstatic to be able to offer a copy of A Divided Inheritance by Deborah Swift for your enjoyment!

Giveaway runs 11/13/13 to 11/20/13

Winners will be announced 11/21/13.

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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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Review: A Divided Inheritance by Deborah Swift

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In 1609, Elspet Leviston plans on doing something most women wouldn’t dream of–she hopes to take over her father’s lace business.

In an age where most women only care about finding husbands and having children, Elspet wants nothing more than the learn the trade.

Since her father doesn’t have a male heir the odd of her taking over are pretty good–until a mysterious cousin shows up and starts helping her father with the lace business.

Zachary Deane has basically come from nothing. His mother was a prostitute and with three children. They had little money to support themselves but she had high hopes for Zachary. She told him if anything happened to her, he should find his father, Nathaniel Leviston.

When Zachary arrives at the Leviston house, Elspet is immediately suspicious of him. Her father tells her that Zachary is his sister’s son and now that she is dead, they are taking him in.

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Review: Dark Angel: A Gothic Fairy Tale by T.J. Bennett

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Strong winds and storm surges batter the hull of a ship carrying the young widow Catherine Briton home to England.

Catherine spots land and tells the captain that they should abandon ship and try to make it to the island. To her dismay the captain refuses and denies that he even saw the land.

The ship eventually sinks and Catherine is left floating in the ocean waiting for death to overtake her. Instead of dying, she wakes up on the beach of the island she saw from the ship.

A stranger rescues her and takes her back to his castle. When she awakes she finds that the man, Gerard, not only saved her life but he is ridiculously good looking as well.

As she regains her strength she finds that things are a little strange on the island. She seems to be stuck in some weird time  lapse. There is also a feral beast that stalks the island.

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