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Giveaway: North of Boston by Elisabeth Elo

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Spunky and tough Bostonian Pirio Kasparov thrills in this new mystery novel! If you caught the guest post, you will know that this book is sure to keep audiences on their toes!

Thanks to the publisher, I am ecstatic to be able to offer a copy of North of Boston by Elisabeth Elo for your enjoyment!

Giveaway runs 1/24/13 to 1/31/14

Winners will be announced 2/1/14.

(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 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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Guest Post: North of Boston by Elisabeth Elo

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Guest blog: What Makes a Female Protagonist “Strong”?

by Elisabeth Elo, author of North of Boston

We’ve all heard discussions about “strong female protagonists” and how important they are to a book’s success.  I confess that the term makes me uneasy.  Because if one female protagonist is strong, what are all the others?  Are they weak?

In sexist societies, women are routinely separated, classified, and judged.  Often they are set in opposition to each other — madonnas vs. prostitutes; working women vs. stay-at-home mothers, and so on.  It doesn’t seem right, at this point in history, to divide female fictional characters into groups as well, with one group being privileged over others.

There are about 3.6 billion women living on the earth today, and only a tiny fraction of all the possible stories about them have been told.  Why should we waste our time judging how well a female character adheres to a limited number of socially acceptable attributes?  Think about it.  What could be more backwards-looking and conventional than a writer setting out to create a female character that other people will approve of?  It’s even sadder if a writer does this to gain approval for herself.

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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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Giveaway: Banquet of Lies by Michelle Diener

by The Lit Bitch12 Comments on Giveaway: Banquet of Lies by Michelle Diener

Feast your eyes on the delicious new historic romance!

Thanks to Historical Fiction Virtual Book Tour and the publisher, I am ecstatic to be able to offer a copy of Banquet of Lies by Michelle Diener for your enjoyment!

Giveaway runs 10/24/13 to 10/31/13

Winners will be announced 11/1/13.

(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 ONLY AND NO PO BOX)

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Review: Banquet of Lies by Michelle Diener

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In Sweden one fateful night, the life of a young English woman changes forever. Giselle Barrington witnesses the murder of her father, a spy for the British crown. While in Sweden, Giselle’s (Gigi) father procures a dangerous document that if discovered could mean a political nightmare for England, France, Sweden, and Russia!

It’s for this document he is killed for. He gave the document to Gigi to keep safe shortly before he will killed. After witnessing the murder Gigi knows three things–she must take the document safely back to England and second, the person who killed her father was also British which means there is a traitor in her father’s circle, and finally that man who killed her father will surely come for her next.

She needs to get it in into the hands of someone she can trust but she’s been away from the English court for so long and her father basically kept her in the dark as to his dealings.

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