tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55936615907116626062024-03-19T04:47:18.798-04:00 Our Town Book ReviewsThis is a place to read what I think about various books and to give your own opinions about books. I am a plain-spoken person but this is not the place for any hurtful words. Being hurtful accomplishes nothing for anyone.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3215125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593661590711662606.post-22148432941909715162024-03-18T13:24:00.000-04:002024-03-18T13:24:01.814-04:00Code of Reanimation<p> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/rabtbooktoursandpr.com/2024blitzes/lanie-mores-code-of-reanimation-book-blitz"><img height="200" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/497e5eb9c18d4e8aba6954c4f3b2c5ed" width="500" /></a></div><p> </p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Date Published:</b></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> 11-14-2023<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><i>Freedom is a state of mind.</i></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Brigita Nowak has only ever wanted one thing—her freedom. Labelled
psychotic and committed to a mental institution at seventeen, she missed the
chance of a “normal” life. She never held a job, owned her own
place, or experienced love. Until now.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">After awakening sprawled on the common room floor—the hospital in
ruins, the staff and patients missing—she realizes it’s her
chance to escape. Seeking sanctuary with her sister, she meets “the
boyfriend” Renner Scholz, a vile yet brilliant geneticist. He has
developed a bioweapon, the Code of Reanimation, destined to destroy the
world. Or so Brigita believes. She’s been seeing zombie hallucinations
as of late, a sure premonition of the highly contagious bioweapon getting
out of hand. Why the connection? Because the bioweapon reanimates dead
organisms into bloodthirsty killing machines.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Brigita has typically experienced death-based hallucinations, blamed on her
mental illness. She, however, always felt they were psychic premonitions.
Convinced that Renner intends to release the bioweapon at a public
fundraising event, she teams up with a handsome love interest to thwart the
catastrophe. But, as Brigita’s visions kick into hyperdrive and
timelines blur, she must determine which events are based on reality or
delusional constructs of her subconscious mind...</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/201108782-code-of-reanimation" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img height="75" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/26885701adea4bb791503c2c1651b879" width="200" /></a></span></div><p></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>About the Author</b></span></p><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/1e896b7aec894109a1133234c12a9bdf" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/1e896b7aec894109a1133234c12a9bdf" width="240" /></a>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Lanie Mores is the award-winning author of the science fiction and fantasy
book series, Father of Contention. She has an Honours Bachelor of Science
Degree, a Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology, and she is an active member
of the Canadian Authors Association. When she isn't writing, you'll find her
reading, binge-watching Netflix, baking, and slaughtering zombies and other
monsters on her Xbox. She lives in Ontario with her family and forever
barking fur babies, Batman and Petri.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17950238.Lanie_Mores">Goodreads</a></span></p>
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<blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdsgGr6earjTofG6SFh40Ys6qgDaAvEN6RuIa9IX2KjyR0NdEpCaChiD81CeVOWJ3u4Wn-om_N2eBZdI3ISDOWNmnIaKneI8PYRHvi6Czrf5VbgkRqv_ccG46jtLeQuYC2kXWQnY_gXi_BvK4sxXcb-ClEyKYsWaBYhJjqXWVLp3YTBpjjk8zQy8jsNTg/s2752/BookCover%20In%20All%20Things%20%20God%27s%20Providence.jpg" style="clear: left; display: block; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="2752" data-original-width="1824" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdsgGr6earjTofG6SFh40Ys6qgDaAvEN6RuIa9IX2KjyR0NdEpCaChiD81CeVOWJ3u4Wn-om_N2eBZdI3ISDOWNmnIaKneI8PYRHvi6Czrf5VbgkRqv_ccG46jtLeQuYC2kXWQnY_gXi_BvK4sxXcb-ClEyKYsWaBYhJjqXWVLp3YTBpjjk8zQy8jsNTg/s320/BookCover%20In%20All%20Things%20%20God%27s%20Providence.jpg" /></a></div>The issue of control is a central question of life. At work, in family, community clubs and schools, with the economy or international politics, the question is, "Is anyone in charge here?" Dr. John Neufeld demonstrates the Bible teaching of God's providence. We are assured that God's Hand is upon everything and everyone, without exception. Dr. John explores God's sustaining grip through the natural world and human endeavor, in pivotal matters or the seemingly trivial, the things we welcome and those we shun. He teaches the impact of God's sovereign rule upon our hearts, minds, work, worship, homes, and nation. We can live in the confidence that God is unfolding His purpose for time and eternity.<br /><br />
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The Creator is involved both in the world and in our lives, every moment of every day. How foolish when we only see His hand in miracles, for His hand is all around us all the time. God speaks in creation and directs the properties of every created thing, both living and non-living. He not only causes them to exist and is responsible for their existence, but He also gives purpose to all that is. Yes, it really is true that all things are caused by God, for the purpose of His glory!<br /><br />
<b>About the Author:</b>Dr. John Neufeld, Bible teacher of Back to the Bible Canada, is well known both nationally and internationally for his excellence in expositional Bible teaching. Dr. Neufeld is passionate about bringing the truth of God's Word to life across Canada and beyond.<br /><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593661590711662606.post-29740865452145637622024-03-14T16:28:00.002-04:002024-03-14T16:28:14.254-04:00The Morbid Alphabet Book<p> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/rabtbooktoursandpr.com/2024blitzes/gabrielle-ferrara-the-morbid-alphabet-book-book-blitz"><img height="200" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/8181c7009ae94c268e70d7b8171ff47a" width="500" /></a></div><p> <span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/c1d8fc62f16b4c3ba4afc5fa2c636fba" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="528" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/c1d8fc62f16b4c3ba4afc5fa2c636fba" width="528" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The Morbid Alphabet Book combines a love of the macabre with learning the
alphabet. This fully illustrated book is the perfect educational tool for
children curious about the world around them. Each page features a different
letter paired with a morbid word and corresponding definition. Not only will
children learn their alphabet, but they will expand their vocabulary at the
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Gabrielle Ferrara is an artist and entrepreneur who creates
Victorian-inspired art and jewelry with ethically sourced animal remains.
She has a master's degree in Museum Studies and undergraduate degrees in
Anthropology and Art History. Gabrielle enjoys spending her free time with
family, venturing down the rabbit hole of obscurity, and talking about
dinosaurs.</span></p>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593661590711662606.post-67611232080335272492024-03-14T08:00:00.001-04:002024-03-14T08:00:00.137-04:00Bretisms<p> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/rabtbooktoursandpr.com/2024blitzes/bret-davis-bretisms-book-blitz"><img height="200" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/dba2561c2e544f0486eba7fde2c5a6af" width="500" /></a></div><p> </p>
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have helped to reduce my level of stress and anxiety while building
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adopted either as is or marginally tailored to become mine over the years. I
repeat these sayings to myself and others almost daily. By reading these
healthy reminders on a daily basis you will come to realize a healthier
outlook on life, find others treat you with more kindness and respect all
while building confidence in yourself and your abilities.</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Born in Youngstown Ohio, with stops throughout his life in Michigan, NJ,
Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Florida, Ohio (again) Georgia and Texas. Bret Davis
is a born salesman. With the love of his wife of twenty-eight years, Kelly,
and their two sons, Blake and Connor, he has achieved his dreams and more.
Starting from a door-to-door salesman, he has worked his way up to
executive-level positions with multiple companies in the medical field.
Throughout his trials and experiences in the sales industry, Bret has come
to understand people and that the way we all work holds a unique value.
Today, he and his family reside in Houston, Texas.</span></p>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593661590711662606.post-44624552853446461792024-03-14T07:00:00.018-04:002024-03-14T07:00:00.249-04:00Road To Nineveh - Book Tour<p> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/rabtbooktoursandpr.com/2024tours/charles-besondy-road-to-nineveh-virtual-book-tour"><img height="200" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/6c79f907c8934ada8fdced2b3f3f4fc0" width="500" /></a></div><p> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">The Lighthouse, Book 4</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Contemporary Christian Fiction/Thriller</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Date Published:</b> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">December 26, 2023</span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Publisher: </b>Besondy Publishing LLC</span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">When Charley Austin Marches to the Wrong Beat, Life Gets Ugly<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Twenty-year-old Charley Austin travels a torn and troubled world as the
star drummer and lyricist for the famous Christian rock band, DelivRus. He
has musical gifts and a clear mission from God.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">And that mission makes him a big problem for Lucky Zebul.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Zebul implements a sinister and depraved plan to crush the vulnerable rock
star and put an end to the band’s Godly influence in the world.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Against a backdrop of societal upheaval, <i>Road to Nineveh</i> continues the
story of Charley Austin (introduced in Book 3, <i>The Snare</i>) as he, like a
modern-day Jonah, faces the harsh consequences of turning away from
God’s purpose for his life and succumbs to pride and lust.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Follow the gripping, emotionally charged story as Charley performs in the
bright lights with DelivRus across America and Europe, igniting hope and
faith, while off-stage his soul is systematically smothered by the
darkness.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Will the tough love of his parents, band mates, and Mia be enough to bring
him back from a devastating scandal? Will he regain purpose for his life on
a sun-baked Texas ranch, or for redemption, must he make one more trip to
the Lighthouse on the misty Washington coast?</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Besondy’s Christian thrillers have been compared to the character
development and emotion found in a Charles Martin novel. Others suggest
Besondy writes as if he is the secret lovechild of C.S. Lewis and Stephen
King. You can decide.</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/203795987-road-to-nineveh" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img height="75" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/26885701adea4bb791503c2c1651b879" width="200" /></a></div><p></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Road to Nineveh will appeal to fans of edgy Christian Thrillers or New
Adult Thrillers.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><i>Road to Nineveh by Charles Besondy received a gold medal in the Christian
Mystery/Thriller category of the 2024 Illumination Book Awards.</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><i>Reword to suit.</i></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b><i>Part of The Lighthouse series</i></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">#1 The Hidden Saboteur</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">#2 The Chase</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">#3 The Snare</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>#4 Road to Nineveh</b></span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Read an excerpt below...</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>About the Author</b></span></p><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/53116c060d014b33b9c256c40f1102d3" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/53116c060d014b33b9c256c40f1102d3" /></a>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Charles Besondy is a multi-award-winning author of Christian thrillers and
New Adult Christian thrillers. All his books explore the sometimes raw
spiritual battle for our hearts.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">His first novel, The Hidden Saboteur, was published in 2018. He has
self-published four major novels, a novella and a short story within The
Lighthouse series.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://www.charlesBesondy.com">Website</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/CharlesBesondyOfficial">Facebook</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://twitter.com/CharlesBesondy">Twitter</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://charlesbesondy.com/blog/">Blog</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1744513.Charles_Besondy">Goodreads</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2ajfy-Ocs69DeXKSIdkskg">Youtube</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://rumble.com/c/c-5479062">Rumble</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Road-Nineveh-Christian-Psychological-Lighthouse-ebook/dp/B0CQ8TBVLF">Amazon</a></span></p>
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was mostly filled with the decommissioned lantern assembly bolted firmly to the center of the steel
floor. Just enough space existed, about three feet between the circular wall and lantern, to permit
access to the equipment. This space provided an area to stand or sit on the cold metal floor.
From this vantage point, Charley took a moment to look to the south, to the narrow, buoy-marked
entrance of the Reef Bay harbor that lay between two twin cliffs rising seventy-five feet from the
churning waves. To the north, the lawn he had just mowed yesterday spread out like a green carpet to
the windswept trees that bordered the property. Beyond lay the rugged coastline. To the west was
nothing but ocean, a vast gray canvas with splashes of white where the blustering wind blew the wave
tops into white foam.
He turned from the spectacular view. He wasn’t up here to sightsee. Sitting down on the floor,
Charley retrieved a pen from his shirt pocket. Seventeen months ago he sat here with Jerry Levine and
wrote the lyrics to a hit Christian song. Here he was again, paper pad and pen in hand, prepared to write
other lyrics that would become the song that would launch him, once again, onto the world stage.
With eyes closed, he stilled his mind, preparing it for a rush of creative inspiration. Outside the
tower, the whistling wind seemed to be urging him on. Hurrrrry. Hurrrrry.
Time passed. The only words that came to mind, were “Go to Nineveh.”
He scribbled the words on the pad in his lap and studied them. “Go to Nineveh.” What on earth did
that mean? He vaguely remembered that in Biblical times, Nineveh had been a city on the Tigris River.
That’s all he could remember.
Where was he going with this, a single sentence, three words? He closed his eyes again, waiting for
the next line to rush into his brain, but it didn’t. “Go to Nineveh” was stuck in his head, like brain
constipation.
Wind buffeted the tower, making the eerie sound again. Hurrrrry. Hurrrrry.
Maybe he was going about this all wrong. Rather than wait for lyrics to roll through his head as they
used to, he should first think about his objective. What did he want the song to say to the world? He’d
already decided against writing music with Christian themes, so the door was wide open. He was free to
write about anything. He could cut loose. Let it all hang out.
He recalled the night on tour when he ripped open his shirt on stage and played the remaining set
bare-chested. Fans told him later that they loved the act, that it symbolized a passionate submission to
God, a willingness to strip off worldly things to present himself humbly before Jesus.
Actually, the motivation, what the fans believed to be an expression of submission and surrender,
was nothing more than a jealousy-fueled gesture aimed at stirring up the crowd and drawing attention
to himself, away from the stately Jerry Levine, the band’s frontman and leader.
The adrenaline rush he had felt when the audience roared in response was incredible.
There was the answer. The purpose of his new music would be to encourage unbridled physical
expression. His music would celebrate life free from the norms that society and religion imposes on
people.
He was beginning to get excited now. The purpose of this song, the big vision for his band, was
coming into focus.
Hurrrrry. Hurrrrry, the wind sounded.
He scratched a line through the words on his pad: “Go to Nineveh.” He was ready to seize other
phrases and sentences now, to tame and shape them to deliver powerful sensual experiences. He would
become, through his music, a guru of pleasure—a leader of physical expression and experimentation.
Visions of what his stage performances could be excited him. As a trademark, should he tear off his
shirt every night? A name for the band popped into his head and he scribbled it on the pad: “Ripped
Open.” It was missing something. He wrote on another line, “Charley Austin and the Ripped Open
Band.”
He smiled. He was on a roll. Now, with a vision established, he could settle down to write the first
hit song. Charley closed his eyes and waited.
Random thoughts and images flew through his head like a fireworks display, but it was all mental
noise, nothing even close to a lyric. He just needed to be patient. He settled with his back against the
lantern and waited.
Thirty minutes passed; the paper pad was empty except for the band name ideas and the words he
had struck through: “Go to Nineveh.”
What was going on? Lyrics had always come to him easily. He could write lyrics for a complete song
in half an hour. His skill had amazed Jerry and the other members of DelivRus. So, why wasn’t it
happening now? Could his song writing have been a fluke, a one-time thing?
He closed his eyes again to concentrate. Time passed.</span> </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593661590711662606.post-82210419893339861962024-03-13T03:00:00.001-04:002024-03-13T03:00:00.140-04:00Everybody Loves Polar Bears - Book Tour<p> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/rabtbooktoursandpr.com/2024tours/lolo-paige-everybody-loves-polar-bears-virtual-book-tour"><img height="200" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/23a4f97304c8447bad41d1dc799dc817" width="500" /></a><a href="https://sites.google.com/rabtbooktoursandpr.com/2024tours/lolo-paige-everybody-loves-polar-bears-virtual-book-tour"> </a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Book 1 of the Polar Paired Series</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Romance Enemies to Lovers</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Date Published:</b></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> December 19, 2023</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Publisher:</b> Avoca Press</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><b style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><i>Expect the unexpected when it comes to love under the Aurora skies.<span></span></i></b></p><a name='more'></a><p></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/eba0d74ea9a14dc49e0603e1412a6fcc" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="433" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/eba0d74ea9a14dc49e0603e1412a6fcc" width="272" /></a><b>In the frosty mayhem of the Alaskan film set for Everybody Loves Polar
Bears</b>, accident-prone Macy Applegate catapults herself into a hilarious
array of mishaps better suited for a blooper reel. As Macy dreams of
stardom, she reluctantly works with Nick Westwood, the grumpiest and most
arrogant assistant director this side of the Arctic Circle—a man who
irritates her more than a stuck zipper in a sub-zero wind chill.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Beneath Nick's stoic exterior lies a mysterious secret</b>, and the only thing
more challenging than Alaska's winter is these two trying to get along for
longer than a commercial break. Macy is a walking disaster in matters of the
heart, and Nick is fed up with shallow relationships. But fate has a
penchant for mischief when Nick transforms from Macy’s nemesis to her
off-screen hero, chipping away at the permafrost around her heart. Should
she give this guy a chance or continue wishing on the magical aurora
borealis for perfect love?</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/204130149-everybody-loves-polar-bears" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img height="75" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/26885701adea4bb791503c2c1651b879" width="200" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>In this hilarious romantic comedy, where polar bears play supporting roles
and love takes center stage</b>, Macy and Nick navigate a situation as
unpredictable as Macy's on-set blunders. If you swooned through The Proposal
and chuckled at The Hating Game…and if you have a soft spot for polar
bears…get ready for laughter in this heartwarming tale of unexpected
love!</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b><i>Enemies to lovers</i></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b><i>Celebrity romance</i></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b><i>Grumpy sunshine</i></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b><i>Strong woman, alpha male</i></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b><i>Forced proximity</i></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b><i>Polar bear love</i></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b><i>Snowbound Alaskan cabin</i></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b><i>Northern lights</i></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b><i>Polar plunges</i></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Read an excerpt below...</b></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/9b7e91bde3224131bbfca4db62053122" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="289" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/9b7e91bde3224131bbfca4db62053122" width="553" /></a>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>About the Author</b></span></p><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/9baf1417f51b4305b136e82b7aeb9db0" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="284" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/9baf1417f51b4305b136e82b7aeb9db0" width="235" /></a>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">LoLo Paige is an award-winning author in both romantic comedy and romantic
suspense. She’s been honored with several awards, including an RWA
chapter award for her romantic comedy, Hello Spain, Goodbye Heart. Irish
Thunder and Everybody Loves Polar Bears are her recent rom-coms published in
2024. Her romantic suspense books have topped Amazon bestseller lists in the
U.S., Canada, and Australia, and Publishers Weekly has featured her books in
their Booklife section. Her second book, Alaska Inferno, was a finalist for
best indie romance in the 2022 Kindle Book Review Awards.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.lolopaige.com">Website</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/LoLoPaigewildlandfire">Facebook</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://twitter.com/LoloPaigeAuthor">Twitter</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/204130149-everybody-loves-polar-bears">Goodreads</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/simenson64/">Pinterest</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/lolopaige/">Instagram</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.bookbub.com/profile/lolo-paige">Bookbub</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">TIKTOK @lolopaigeauthor</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3SpCH2L">Amazon</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/everybody-loves-polar-bears-lolo-paige/1144515470?ean=2940179311850">Barnes and Noble</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/everybody-loves-polar-bears">Kobo</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1496794">Smashwords</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/everybody-loves-polar-bears/id6474687742">iBooks</a></span></p>
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Do you know how humiliating it is for me right now after—after—God, Westwood,
you saw me naked and for all I know, you could be a serial killer, plus, I’m
not sure I even like you!” she blurted.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-right: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">How Macy got all that out in one breath
after nearly drowning yesterday mystified him. At least she was honest. He’d
give her that. He tried to let the sting of her not liking him slide off his
back.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-right: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> “If it’s any consolation, I saw nothing,” he
said in a low, measured tone. “I was busy trying to raise your core
temperature, so you wouldn’t… you know, die of hypothermia.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-right: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> “Thank you, but I’d like to know what you did
in the car. The details, please.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-right: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">He couldn’t believe this. “Not here. Not
now. Cripes, I mean seriously—you’re turning an ant hill into Mt. Everest.” He
shifted impatiently. “We’re running behind schedule.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-right: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">“For the love of God. Just tell me!” Her
voice rose in pitch and volume, drawing inquisitive glances from others on the
set.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-right: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Nick shifted his weight to the other
foot, blowing out air. “All right. I stopped by to see how filming was going.
When you did your Olympic dive, I got you out with a dip net. The water was too
cold to dive in and rescue you, or we would’ve had two drownings.” He shrugged.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-right: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">“So, you basically dip-netted me like a
salmon.” She forced a partial smile. “I’m surprised you didn’t bonk me on the
head and gut me,” she quipped. “What makes me curious is how some random Los
Angeles person would even know what a dip net is.”<i> </i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-right: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Nick was the one feeling gutted, like
he’d done something wrong. He folded his arms in a defensive posture. “You were
hypothermic when I fished you from the water, so I put you in my car to warm
you up. I did what anyone would have done in that situation—removed your
clothes and warmed you with my body temperature.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-right: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> “Did you remove my—you know—intimates?” She
spit it out like it pained her to say it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-right: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">He lifted his arms and dropped them. “Why
is that such a big deal? I would think you’d be happy that I helped you out. As
an Alaskan, surely you can appreciate that.” He pointed at her. “I left your
panties on, by the way.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-right: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">“And you deserve a congressional medal of
honor for that? Thank God my core temperature <i>down</i> <i>there </i>wasn’t
in any danger.” She squeezed her eyes shut. “I’m beyond mortified. I wish you would
have bonked me on the head and gutted me!”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593661590711662606.post-50228110416634910242024-03-13T02:00:00.001-04:002024-03-13T02:00:00.250-04:00Picasso's Lovers<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://goddessfishpromotions.blogspot.com/2024/02/book-blast-picassos-lovers-by-jeanne.html" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2vrhednamOVZcQy9rkThVajUkZWAo1SDQGYYGu-1J7iRs-f-nvfE6kyJTU7HT_bZmJMm2B8pkRDqHiJsWMucF3xpMuXhdDc4PEtxTVE3xakY4mhNFqrfsEfGBrqtNU0wclSpxLlR9MZNoO2yLKmCnn_kn9aW98K0xh49Z2rsuA-pozhwCXAGA3aOCiGs/s400/TourBanner_Picassos%20lovers.gif" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
This post is part of a virtual book tour organized by <a href="http://www.goddessfish.com">Goddess Fish Promotions</a>. Jeanne Mackin will award a randomly drawn winner a $25 Amazon/BN GC. Click on the tour banner to see the other stops on the tour.<span><a name='more'></a></span><br />
<blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi71t_6GzOSX8BhEndfPdV5TjWP2lr9x-NmzRUeAPGE6WbPsuzUYU7vJ9DGdRnaPyoGuR37GF9ZRzCQVLwa9RUd2eTpyVNPlqKgwNnOCkft1z660A1Vb_nI2CVq-QQIbiXU1Qr__EczUlSCxENzFnpGhH9wJRYPTw5D0ql7ZGkqwM2_K_eeNp7jPC4DW8/s2397/BookCover_picasso%20cover.jpg" style="clear: left; display: block; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="2397" data-original-width="1546" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi71t_6GzOSX8BhEndfPdV5TjWP2lr9x-NmzRUeAPGE6WbPsuzUYU7vJ9DGdRnaPyoGuR37GF9ZRzCQVLwa9RUd2eTpyVNPlqKgwNnOCkft1z660A1Vb_nI2CVq-QQIbiXU1Qr__EczUlSCxENzFnpGhH9wJRYPTw5D0ql7ZGkqwM2_K_eeNp7jPC4DW8/w129-h200/BookCover_picasso%20cover.jpg" width="129" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />You know Pablo Picasso. Now meet the women behind the masterpieces. The women of Picasso's life are glamorous and elusive, existing in the shadow of his fame - until, in the 1950's, aspiring journalist Alana Olsen determines to bring one into the light and discovers a past complicated by secrets and intrique.</blockquote><br /><br /><br /><br />
<b>Read an Excerpt</b> <br /><br />
Gazes from Pablo Picasso are like brushstrokes. Some are long, lingering, full of texture and pigment. Some are short, shallow, even accidental. His gaze on me now falls somewhere between the two. <br /><br />
Once, his gaze would have found enough for an entire painting. He would have seen flesh, and the bone and muscle under the flesh, the question or certainty of the eyes. He would have seen past, present, and future and painted them in a way that made time irrelevant. <br /><br />
Yes, that was how he pained me. Everything and at once, all the angles and geometry of the body, and he made of me something eternal and always beautiful. That is what an artists can do for a woman. When most men looked at me, all I saw in their faces was desire, the urge to possess. When Pablo looked at me, his face filled with wonder waiting to be translated to lines and brushstrokes. <br /><br />
Spring. The second year of the Great War. I wasn’t twenty yet, and had returned from cold, starving Moscow, where a loaf of bread coast as much as a silk dress…Back to Paris for me! <br /><br />
When Pablo first saw me, I was sitting on the rim of the Wallace Fountain in Place Emile, face turned up to the sun like a basking cat, enjoying the fine day and wondering what adventure I might find…It was early summer. I had stolen a bunch of cherries at Les Halles and a roll, but my stomach rattled. <br /><br />
<b>About the Author:</b> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnbzKZ6rjT7-Xb7KxEpsd6b527QQ8nmGZTf5M8RcQpZ0DcMytHCQRq4OgomC09_LmCfnHzBFea6-J-Wp0bIVovEmaQiLWI10Ux2J3utCDOi4-rZZVlDZ7z9HbZDnEh2m9VmexRisDSJP0A4wmLCTd_ChgAeOLtDhyC9FF1S1RvD6w1Q2Lk8BHV1jKebfg/s2219/author%20image.jpg" style="clear: left; display: block; float: left; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="2219" data-original-width="1791" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnbzKZ6rjT7-Xb7KxEpsd6b527QQ8nmGZTf5M8RcQpZ0DcMytHCQRq4OgomC09_LmCfnHzBFea6-J-Wp0bIVovEmaQiLWI10Ux2J3utCDOi4-rZZVlDZ7z9HbZDnEh2m9VmexRisDSJP0A4wmLCTd_ChgAeOLtDhyC9FF1S1RvD6w1Q2Lk8BHV1jKebfg/s320/author%20image.jpg" /></a></div>Jeanne Mackin is the author of several historical novels, including The Last Collection, which has been translated into five languages, and The Beautiful American, which won a CNY award for fiction. She has taught in the MFA Creative Writing program at Goddard College and won journalism awards, and is currently at work on her next novel.<br /><br />
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Date Published: </span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Jan 31, 2024</span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Publisher:</b> Bookbaby<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/ddc672bf10984832b0cc330d5225b6da" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="465" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/ddc672bf10984832b0cc330d5225b6da" width="301" /></a>How do you stitch yourself back together after trauma, loss, grief,
heartbreak? By inviting what is broken to become what is breathtaking. THE
BODY is a collection of poems and short stories written in lyrical prose
during the hardest moments of the author's life. This collection explores
themes of love, loss, grief, seduction, creativity, consciousness, female
empowerment, post- traumatic expansion, and the collective human experience.
Because when words are not enough, art is the container that holds what the
body cannot. And as the heart breaks open, the soul can be set free.</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/203451805-the-body" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img height="75" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/26885701adea4bb791503c2c1651b879" width="200" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span>
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<h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Read an Excerpt Below</span></h3><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/b811ea716fa647a1851ac3c7ee6ddf7d" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/b811ea716fa647a1851ac3c7ee6ddf7d" width="528" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><b>About the Author</b></span></p><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/9db261fc39db42f99d6896bd0bcf5c97" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/9db261fc39db42f99d6896bd0bcf5c97" width="213" /></a>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Artist. Two-time TEDx talker. Singer-Songwriter. Entrepreneur.
Novelist-Playwright. Ghostwriter. Mental Health Advocate. A no-holds barred
journey of transformation and recovery from PTSD, Holly's story is a raw and
honest testament to the power of creative resilience. Forged from the
heartache of personal trauma, she's spun her pain into a wealth of creative
prowess, shattering societal norms, and challenging the idea of 'spiritual
bypassing.'</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Holly's lyrical prose combines self-hypnosis with carefully crafted
wordsmithing to ignite the senses and the soul through their musical
cadence. Holly wrote, produced, and starred in her debut musical BLOOD
SUPPLY: A ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE LOVE STORY premiering in Los Angeles January
2023 to stellar reviews. She releases music under the artist name HOLLY
HOLLOWS and resides in Los Angeles, CA.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://hollyannemitchell.com">Website</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Instagram: @hollyanne_mitchell</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Youtube: @hollyannemitchell</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Tiktok @hollyanne.mitchell</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://mybook.to/TheBodyPoemsandStories">Universal Link</a></span></p>
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<h1>Be<span style="letter-spacing: -0.4pt;"> </span>A<span style="letter-spacing: -0.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">Surrealist</span><o:p></o:p></h1>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 16.35pt; margin-top: 13.35pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-size: large;">A</span><span style="font-size: large; letter-spacing: -0.6pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">beautiful</span><span style="font-size: large; letter-spacing: 0.3pt;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">life</span><span style="font-size: large; letter-spacing: 0.3pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">defies</span><span style="font-size: large; letter-spacing: 0.35pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">logic</span><span style="font-size: large; letter-spacing: 0.3pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">and</span><span style="font-size: large; letter-spacing: 0.3pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: large; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">conditioning.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 95%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 5.0pt; margin-right: 255.95pt; margin-top: .2pt; margin: 0.2pt 255.95pt 0in 5pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It laughs in the
face of convention and dares us to open ourselves<span style="letter-spacing: 4pt;"> </span>to the terror of the possible–<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 16.1pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-size: medium;">…to<span style="letter-spacing: 0.2pt;"> </span>lean<span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;"> </span>into<span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;"> </span>sorrow<span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;"> </span>joy’s<span style="letter-spacing: 0.2pt;"> </span>inevitable<span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">departure.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 16.35pt; margin-top: 13.35pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Whichever<span style="letter-spacing: 0.3pt;"> </span>dream<span style="letter-spacing: 0.35pt;"> </span>cannot<span style="letter-spacing: 0.35pt;"> </span>leave<span style="letter-spacing: 0.35pt;"> </span>your<span style="letter-spacing: 0.35pt;"> </span>mind,<span style="letter-spacing: 0.3pt;"> </span>court<span style="letter-spacing: 0.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;">her.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 16pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Lure<span style="letter-spacing: 0.2pt;"> </span>her<span style="letter-spacing: 0.2pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: 0.2pt;"> </span>your<span style="letter-spacing: 0.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.25pt;">bed</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 16pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and<span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;"> </span>cook<span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;"> </span>her<span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;"> </span>breakfast<span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;">
</span>in<span style="letter-spacing: 0.3pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">morning.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 95%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 5.0pt; margin-right: 139.5pt; margin-top: .2pt; margin: 0.2pt 139.5pt 0in 5pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">For the moments
you spend together in lock step will feel unreal and uncharted,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 95%; margin-right: 275.7pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And the times
you are apart will<span style="letter-spacing: 0.2pt;"> </span>be<span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;"> </span>beige<span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;"> </span>with<span style="letter-spacing: 0.2pt;"> </span>dry<span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">mouth.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 16.35pt; margin-top: 13.4pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Know<span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;"> </span>this:<span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;"> </span>everything<span style="letter-spacing: 0.3pt;"> </span>that<span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;"> </span>is<span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;"> </span>not<span style="letter-spacing: 0.3pt;"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;"> </span>you<span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;"> </span>feels<span style="letter-spacing: 0.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">normal,</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 16pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And<span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;"> </span>everything<span style="letter-spacing: 0.3pt;"> </span>that<span style="letter-spacing: 0.3pt;"> </span>is<span style="letter-spacing: 0.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">yours</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 16.35pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-size: medium;">will<span style="letter-spacing: 0.15pt;"> </span>terrify,<span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">
</span>seduce,<span style="letter-spacing: 0.15pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: 0.15pt;"> </span>astound<span style="letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">
</span>you<span style="letter-spacing: 0.15pt;"> </span>with<span style="letter-spacing: 0.15pt;"> </span>life<span style="letter-spacing: 0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">surreal.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593661590711662606.post-88204699717349934832024-03-12T19:00:00.001-04:002024-03-12T19:00:00.274-04:00Darker<p> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/rabtbooktoursandpr.com/2024blitzes/a-k-nevermore-darker-teaser-tuesday"><img height="200" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/5cc551efc9d742f7990129065f4d014e" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Maw of Mayhem MC, Book 2</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: x-large;">Paranormal, Motorcycle Club Romance</b></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Date Published:</b></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> March 15, 2024<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><i>So much for sanctuary.</i> Kit Parson doesn’t feel any safer than she was
before she first stepped into the Maw of Mayhem, and things are going from
bad to worse. Something big is definitely going down in the paranormal
community… and inside Kit. Now that her inner beast has awoken, all
it wants is out. The only thing Kit wants is Grim, but he’s got issues
of his own.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Fingered for a crime he didn’t commit and injured by the
witch’s spell, his cat Darke has control of their form. He
doesn’t play well with others, and tensions with the crew are at an
all-time high.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">With the witches’ elite assassins on their trail, can Darke and the
crew put aside their differences to keep Kit safe and get back to the MC?
And as the clock ticks toward the vote with Grim’s reputation in
shambles, will there be an MC to go back to?</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/208457158-darker-maw-of-mayhem-mc-2" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img height="75" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/26885701adea4bb791503c2c1651b879" width="200" /></a></div><p></p><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/64ac56b4eacd40f0be91b7d08a2adf5f" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="473" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/64ac56b4eacd40f0be91b7d08a2adf5f" width="564" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Shades of the past tore through the consciousness Darke shared with his
man, threatening to swallow Grim whole. He fought against their poisoned
bite, but the witch’s spell had weakened the big cat’s
skin-brother and freed the memories from their fetters. They lashed at Grim
with inky black tentacles of torment. His agonized screams rose within the
crescendoing squall, raging through their split psyche. A growl welled in
Darke’s chest, ruff bristling at their assault.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">-- <i>Mine! </i>-- he snarled, lunging into the fray. Sharp claws and teeth rent
the shadowed memories of the bad time from his man, scattering them back
into the depths of their mind. Grim was his. Him. A self separate, yet one.
His skin-brother. Darke nuzzled him close, tongue rasping over Grim’s
flickering light.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">-- <i>heal </i>--</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Kit… his man whimpered, curling into a ball. His light dimmed,
giving up control of their form to the big cat.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">-- <i>ours </i>-- Darke rumbled, shifting their body and sending Grim what
strength he could. Fur sprouted, limbs cracking and reforming. Two legs
became four, and a tawny gray mountain lion lay sprawled on the bed where
the others had lain his man to recover.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Within, his skin-brother’s light strengthened, its low glow holding
steady.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Darke ran a paw over his face, licking at his pad. He sneezed at the scent
of old blood, the room thick with the patina of its tang and the decaying
musk of the undead. A low growl rumbled in his chest, his pupils dilating to
take in the room’s blend of muted color.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Heavy furniture dominated the space, its angles stark amidst the gloom.
Tendrils of scent threaded through the room, age and linseed seeping from
the wood to twine with the rest of the civilized rot assaulting his nose. He
pushed off the bed, padding across the thick carpet. His shadow grayed the
fingers of scant moonlight streaming in from long, amber-tinted
windows.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Darke paused, his lip curling over his canines, disdainfully eyeing the
city spread out below him before turning his face to the bulbous moon.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Had Grim’s female changed and released her animal?</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Clay’s cat had promised Darke a mate. Teased him with her scent,
captured within the weft of the afghan on Grim’s bed. The desperate
longing it evoked proved the connection. The tip of Darke’s tail
twitched. He’d trusted it would be so. Waited for so long. Too long.
Kit’s scent matched the afghan’s. That meant the beast within
her was his.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Darke chuffed his frustration. Sensing his mate without being able to claim
her was torture. He paced the breadth of the room, eyes narrowed at the
heavy oaken door leading out. Beyond it, faint voices pricked at his ears.
Part of his skin-brother’s pride was near. His crew. Darke growled at
the snippets of the MC’s inner cats’ near-unintelligible
murmuring punctuating the two-legged babble. That he could understand the
crew’s stupid yapping better than his own brethren’s yowls
irked.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">A pang of loneliness shot through Darke’s chest. He missed Clay. When
his father’s inner lion had spoken, his deep rumble was clarion. The
lynxes out there? Yowls and hissing. Darke could pick out maybe one hard-won
word in six, and they couldn’t understand him at all. It had been the
same with his littermates, Grapple and Shiv, leaving Darke to rely on
instinct when forced to interact.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">It got him into trouble. Lynxes were shady and the two-leggers lied. Said
things they didn’t mean, then hurt you. Clay had been different, but
he was dead while his murderer walked free.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Reaper.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Darke shivered, ears flicking back, remembering the bad time. The man who
called himself their uncle needed to die, and Grapple and Shiv with
him.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Darke’s temper spiked, his tail swishing. Keenly feeling the loss
locked within his mind again, in this stinking place of undead. His
skin-brother shared his sorrow at their father’s murder, but not
Darke’s isolation.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">And now Grim had left him, too.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Darke shouldered through another door into a smaller room lined with tile.
It smelled faintly of excrement and strongly of fabricated pine, the water
in the bowl stale and chemical-laced. Darke shook droplets from his maw and
chuffed his distaste, returning to the window.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Soft footfalls approached from the beyond the oaken door.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Darke slunk into the deep shadow of an armoire as the heavy slab canted
open, then closed. Kit limped to the center of the room, favoring a leg. Her
arm was splinted, the opposite hand bandaged in gauze. A ruddy stain marred
its whiteness. She wrapped her damaged limbs around herself with a low sob,
the scent of fresh blood perfuming the air as she moved. Darke’s
nostrils flared at that thread of wrongness twining within the delicate
tendrils of citrus, cinnamon, and female musk.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">His mate was presenting as wounded prey.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Darke bit back the growl building in his chest, fury pounding through his
temples. His claws extended and retracted from the carpet’s thick
pile. Healthy, she’d be a tempting prize for any predator.
Injured… He was going to kill --</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">No. Darke’s ears flattened against his skull. His man would think
before spilling blood.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">But Grim thought too much.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Kit scanned the room, then dashed a hand across her face, stumbling to the
bed. Her feet froze at its foot, head snapping toward the bathroom, then
away. Another low sob eked from her throat, and Darke’s ruff stood on
end. He would destroy them. Destroy them all. Starting with those who had
failed to protect --</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">-- <i>Hey! Boy Vengeance! You really just gonna let her think her think
he’s gone?</i> --</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Darke jumped, fur bristling at the syrupy censure. He backed deeper into
the shadows, eyes wide and pulse pounding.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">-- <i>Aww. Here puss, puss, puss… I don’t bite</i> --</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">His lip curled over a canine, and a female’s mocking laughter flitted
through his mind as clearly as the gravelly chuckle of Clay’s beast
had. Darke’s heart leaped, his ears pricking forward, saliva pooling
in his maw.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">He could understand her.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The beast inside Kit, his promised mate -- when she spoke, her words were
clear, and she wanted to play.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>About the Author</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">AK Nevermore enjoys operating heavy machinery, freebases coffee, and gives
up sarcasm for Lent every year. A Jane-of-all-trades, she’s a
certified chef, restores antiques, and dabbles in beekeeping when
she’s not reading voraciously or running down the dream in her beat-up
camo Chucks. Unable to ignore the voices in her head, and unwilling to
become medicated, she writes Science Fiction and Fantasy full time. AK pays
the bills writing a copious amount of copy, along with a column on SFF. She
belongs to the Authors Guild, is an RWA chapter board member, volunteers for
far too many committees, teaches creative writing, and on the rare occasion,
sleeps.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Contact Links</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://aknevermore.com/">Author’s website</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/AkNevermore">Author on Facebook</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/aknevermore/">Author on Instagram</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@ak.nevermore">Author on TikTok</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/stores/AK-Nevermore/author/B0CHPKSN1B">Follow AK Nevermore on Amazon</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Publisher on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok:
</b></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> @changelingpress</span></p>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593661590711662606.post-73277425338952717552024-03-12T02:00:00.013-04:002024-03-12T02:00:00.140-04:00Toothbrush Animal Hunt<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://goddessfishpromotions.blogspot.com/2024/02/book-blast-toothbrush-animal-hunt-by.html" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEmFaeSyu0P71tmDxu0eCBKzeqx1gCDDuxXhHqAGHNUIFciy01X1cEDPGhl_CbQvHw40GZYHY8s8nvv4JHWtSxfuaJPRYE9rdCJ4Ht_EErZJ8TDlviXsx5m3Y8sqKJ4Z_4VBz5U3CCiFDDquC_KHrbLFORokOKP00xj7W9BINwbT2-IkmgneaqBoFS0MI/s400/TourBanner_Toothbrush%20Animal%20Hunt.gif" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
This post is part of a virtual book tour organized by <a href="http://www.goddessfish.com">Goddess Fish Promotions</a>. Carleen Dehaney will be awarding a $10 Amazon/BN gift card to a randomly drawn winner. Click on the tour banner to see the other stops on the tour.<span><a name='more'></a></span><br /><br />
<blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs0Y551uNW4nvPEgR-yVUTGKKIHFiYUYLxGXe5eNIklAc7qHgbJJqQoB4g4uHjWVyt1-T0D1ongcfcKUktbXeVFa5RlVgEanVuNggsMHEtNF9gB7ODYrumHjbL-Ux8HBi-TK1vTNnhWE2z96JqDRQs6fGqC8Cqio3I3VJYd6E5pO9dwqAQUa5fTmdxEK4/s2700/BookCover_Toothbrush%20Animal%20Hunt.jpg" style="clear: left; display: block; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="2700" data-original-width="2700" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs0Y551uNW4nvPEgR-yVUTGKKIHFiYUYLxGXe5eNIklAc7qHgbJJqQoB4g4uHjWVyt1-T0D1ongcfcKUktbXeVFa5RlVgEanVuNggsMHEtNF9gB7ODYrumHjbL-Ux8HBi-TK1vTNnhWE2z96JqDRQs6fGqC8Cqio3I3VJYd6E5pO9dwqAQUa5fTmdxEK4/s320/BookCover_Toothbrush%20Animal%20Hunt.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Embark on a delightful adventure with Toothbrush Animal Hunt, the perfect children's book to encourage daily toothbrushing habits in a playful and enjoyable way.<br /><br />
From a clapping sea lion at the beach to a cheeky squirrel in the forest, children will be fascinated as they learn about toothbrushing through the actions and antics of these charming creatures. And don't forget to spot the toothbrushes hidden throughout the pages, making this hunt, a delightful game of discovery.<br /><br />
Say goodbye to toothbrushing struggles and let the adventure begin!</blockquote><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>My Review</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">An absolutely great way to teach children to brush their teeth the "proper" way. They'll have so much fun they'll never realize they completed a good hygiene task. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">That's not all this book contains. It's full of beautiful, bright illustrations. Just a fun book overall and a great way to get them brushing away!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><b>Enjoy an Excerpt</b><br /><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp0Xy2IGm-weR8r2ZMEFTUng9Fy8-2iA2l-qO5cf1XjyzK9bk0YM4iiVYoHyJBHM49Z_XVfste_jVEQPqFFTmOQhbyhv_pFV9oXc7OPWuHKcOqPsRZVbjAz3SyWq496d7HGNrM8VKGELi_rR3JSN3kAl9Ik0FbnRWM5LNI0fQgGga9J-6RjRHmOCkP8js/s1000/Excerpt_2_ToothbrushAnimalHunt.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="985" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp0Xy2IGm-weR8r2ZMEFTUng9Fy8-2iA2l-qO5cf1XjyzK9bk0YM4iiVYoHyJBHM49Z_XVfste_jVEQPqFFTmOQhbyhv_pFV9oXc7OPWuHKcOqPsRZVbjAz3SyWq496d7HGNrM8VKGELi_rR3JSN3kAl9Ik0FbnRWM5LNI0fQgGga9J-6RjRHmOCkP8js/s320/Excerpt_2_ToothbrushAnimalHunt.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br />
<b>About the Author:</b> Meet the author, Carleen Dehaney! Carleen is a mother and wife. She hails from the UK but now calls Canada home. This enchanting book draws inspiration from a tenacious 2-year-old in need of some toothbrushing magic. Carleen embarked on a whimsical journey, incorporating playful animal sounds into her daughter's brushing routine, and thus, the idea for this captivating book was conceived. Today, her little one, who has since outgrown her toddler years, recites this tale back to Carleen, forging cherished moments between them.<br /><br />
Amazon: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Toothbrush-Animal-Hunt-Carleen-Dehaney/dp/0228877024/ref=sr_1_1">https://www.amazon.com/Toothbrush-Animal-Hunt-Carleen-Dehaney/dp/0228877024/ref=sr_1_1</a><br /><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593661590711662606.post-19761248959339663912024-03-11T23:00:00.001-04:002024-03-11T23:00:00.139-04:00A Win Won Situation<p> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/rabtbooktoursandpr.com/2024blitzes/reggie-gray-a-win-won-situation-release-blitz"><img height="200" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/67ed93bd29e446379bd8a969965f79a6" width="500" /></a></div><p> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Crossroads to Collaboration, A Personal Development Journey to Building
Successful and Synergistic Relationships</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: x-large;">Motivational/Business improvement</b></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Date Published: </b></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">March 12, 2024</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Publisher:</b> Elite Online Publishing<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">In <i>A Win Won Situation</i>, Reggie Gray embarks on a profound exploration of
personal development, interweaving his life experiences with insightful
lessons on building successful and synergistic relationships.</span><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/8d7f35f4f3ed4d47b4186094c8c9151d" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/8d7f35f4f3ed4d47b4186094c8c9151d" width="301" /></a></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">WIN WON comes from what Reggie puts into practice in his business and
personal relationships. <b>W</b>HAT <b>I</b> <b>N</b>EED – <b>W</b>HAT <b>O</b>THERS <b>N</b>EED</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Through engaging chapters filled with personal accounts deeply woven with
important life lessons, Reggie imparts wisdom gained from his unique blend
of experiences. He challenges the reader to rethink conventional notions of
success and relationship building, offering a fresh perspective on how to<b>
lead a more fulfilling life</b>. This book is not just another motivational
read. It is a call to action, inviting readers to scrutinize the motives
behind the self-help industry and to seek authenticity in their personal
growth journeys.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Perfect for anyone at a crossroads in their personal and professional
relationships, <i>A Win Won Situation</i> is a guide for those who seek to live a
meaningful last third of their life, <b>leaving behind a legacy of
collaboration, success, and genuine connection.</b></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/206768337-a-win-won-situation" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img height="75" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/26885701adea4bb791503c2c1651b879" width="200" /></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>About the Author</b></span></p><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/575da121c271497b96351d2eb2c5e47d" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/575da121c271497b96351d2eb2c5e47d" width="260" /></a>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">As the President of the Intercontinental Chamber of Commerce, Gray has been
a pivotal figure in the Houston area, with a strong presence in the
community for over 25 years. Gray has served on numerous area boards and
received numerous awards from those area organizations for his commitment
and service to Houston-area communities. Previous to the Chamber, he was a
Vice President of Marketing in the real estate management and development
industry and Vice President of Business Development for an international
logistics corporation.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">His projects and positions have taken him throughout the U.S. and to nearly
60 countries worldwide, where he has collaborated with a variety of
industries, corporate executives, international leaders, and royalty. Gray
has received awards of designation, appreciation, and partnerships from
numerous countries, such as Canada, Mexico, El Salvador, Malta, China, the
Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Monaco, and Panama.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Gray spends time and speaks often of his three sons and his focus on them
or, as he has repeatedly been quoted, “They are the oxygen in his
lungs.”
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://www.houstonicc.org/">Website</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://linkedin.com/in/reggiegray-14223120">LinkedIn</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Purchase Link</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://amzn.to/48O6pVB">Amazon</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593661590711662606.post-89196947789120651782024-03-11T22:00:00.001-04:002024-03-11T22:00:00.242-04:00Oaky With a Hint of Murder - Release<p> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/rabtbooktoursandpr.com/2024blitzes/dawn-brotherton-oaky-with-a-hint-of-murder-release-blitz"><img height="200" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/03f61e767fc0420585dbefa32ffb0850" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;">Eastover Treasures, Book 2</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: x-large;">Cozy Mystery</b></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><b>Date to be Published: </b></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">12 Mar 2024</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Publisher: </b>Blue Dragon Publishing, LLC<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/247699eafebb446b8a161cf75d938168" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/247699eafebb446b8a161cf75d938168" width="302" /></a>
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Aury and Scott travel to the Finger Lakes in New York’s wine country
to get to the bottom of the mysterious happenings at the Songscape Winery.
Disturbed furniture and curious noises are one thing, but when a customer
winds up dead, it’s time to dig into the details and see what
ferments.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Is there any truth to the Native American legends that cluster near Seneca
Lake? Is the warrior’s disapproval of wineries growing legs?</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Aury will need to pour over the clues to unearth the mystery before the
winery’s reputation is crushed. With the annual wine festival just
around the corner, Aury harvests more than she bargained for when the killer
tries to bottle her up for good.</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/204191032-oaky-with-a-hint-of-murder" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img height="75" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/26885701adea4bb791503c2c1651b879" width="200" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><b>About the Author</b></span></p><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/1e3347200ec644258d1a2efa931bc4b4" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/1e3347200ec644258d1a2efa931bc4b4" width="214" /></a>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Dawn Brotherton is an award-winning author of nineteen books and featured
speaker at writing and publishing seminars. When it comes to exceptional
writing, she draws on her experience as a colonel retired from the US Air
Force as well as a softball coach and Girl Scout leader. Her variety of
interests has led to a range of genres including mystery, romance, young
adult fantasy, middle grade sports, picture book, and nonfiction. When she
isn’t using her words, Dawn is in her craft room in Williamsburg, VA,
quilting, painting, or taking online classes. Her affection for travel and
all-things-crafty keeps her imagination in high gear for the next Eastover
Treasure Mystery.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/DawnBrothertonAuthor">Facebook</a></span></p>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593661590711662606.post-89345088889901903152024-03-11T21:00:00.001-04:002024-03-11T21:00:00.124-04:00Fallen<p> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/rabtbooktoursandpr.com/2024blitzes/fallen-of-outer-gods-and-fallen-angels-teaser-tuesday"><img height="200" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/1dfab583ecc547f1bf20822fd36233e4" width="500" /></a></div><p> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Fantasy Anthology</b></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Date Published: </b></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">March 30, 2024<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>FALLEN ANTHOLOGY</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b><br /></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Fall from grace…</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">In a twist of fate, these angels have done the unforgivable and have been
kicked out. Some are left to roam freely while they plot their revenge. Some
are immediately given a new job as a form of punishment. Some are even
innocent and try to prove it themselves. But can any of them find their new
purpose in the end?</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><i><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/923b0ed6e912470ea8d2a92bdadb60f5" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/923b0ed6e912470ea8d2a92bdadb60f5" width="274" /></a>Featuring stories by Michael Paige, Matthew Fryer, Bruno Lombardi, Barend
Nieuwstraten III, Kelly Barker, A.E. Lowan, C.L. Hart, and J.E.
Feldman.</i></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Of Outer Gods and Fallen Angels by C.L. Hart</b></span>
</p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Story Genre</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Lovecraftian Fantasy, Judeo-Christian Mythology,</span>
</p>
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</p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Tropes</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Friendship, Lost Love, Reincarnation</span>
</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Gerry Clifford appears to be simply a small, frail older man who has fallen
victim to early-onset dementia.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Yadira Root appears to be an impossibly ancient woman who volunteers her
time at the care center where people like Gerry live out their final
days.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">A conversation between the pair reveals unexpected truths about both of
them.</span>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/9335cedc08c147338b5bcda825a3f403" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="282" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/9335cedc08c147338b5bcda825a3f403" width="501" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Excerpt</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">For eons, I have been looking for a way to right the wrongs committed at
the time of my birth. I have once again encountered Malak, son of Lucifer;
he with his heart burst open like a snowdrop’s pouting petals.
However, to my dismay, Malak, the world-builder and shadow-weaver, has
forgotten who he was. He is bound to a broken, dying body, although at
night, his soul roams free.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">In our first meeting at the care center where he now resides, I approached
Malak cautiously, unsure of how he would respond to my presence. Bewildered
disorientation had replaced the once alert, inquisitive look in his eyes.
Like a spark struggling to ignite, I noted a faint glimmer of recognition,
but it was obscured by the murk of confusion overtaking his decaying
memory.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">"Malak," I said softly as I took his hands in mine. "It's
your old friend Yadira. Do you remember who you once were? World-builder,
shadow weaver, beloved son of Lucifer."</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">It was evident from his expression that his mind was seeking an elusive
memory. A longing for understanding replaced his puzzlement.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">"Who... who am I?" he mumbled, his voice feeble and uncertain.
"I feel like fragments of a shattered mirror, lost in a labyrinth of
forgotten dreams."</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">A pang of sympathy pierced my heart. Seeing this brilliant being trapped in
a decaying vessel, his bright, inquisitive soul longing for release, was
tragic. I took his trembling hand in mine, hoping my touch would serve as an
anchor, reconnecting him to his forgotten self.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">"Malak, you were once a weaver of worlds, a creator of infinite
possibilities," I explained. "Your mind held the secrets of the
cosmos, and your hands shaped realms beyond imagination."</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Despite the fragility of his body, a spark of ancient power flickered
within him as he struggled to break free from the fog of
forgetfulness.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">"I remember whispers of worlds born from the rhythm of my
thoughts," he murmured. "Visions of beauty and darkness once
flowed through me like a river of eternal creation."</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I continued to paint a picture of his former existence, hoping to unleash
the dormant power lying buried deep within.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">"Malak, reclaim your identity," I urged. "I will help you
mend the fractures in your soul, reuniting the shattered fragments, and
restoring the balance disrupted long ago. The broken body that confines you
is insignificant compared to the boundless potential within. The key to
redemption and rectification lies in you. Please assist me in redressing the
wrongs of the past. With you healed and my parents reunited, we will forge a
future where your power, reclaimed and revitalized, can help restore balance
to the cosmos."</span>
</p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>About the Author</b></span></p><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/ed6d251727584b08a5a761ff4d862a3e" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/ed6d251727584b08a5a761ff4d862a3e" width="298" /></a>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">C. L. Hart, the owner and sole employee of Naughty Netherworld Press, is
spoken of in hushed tones. She is described as The Mad Scribe of the
Northeastern Colorado Plains, The Terrible Old Woman, and The Author That
Should Not Be.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">When not penning sanity-destroying works of dystopian fiction, Lovecraftian
fantasy, or old-school horror with the occasional sweet romance thrown in to
upset the cosmic apple cart, Ms. Hart enjoys creating baked goods she hopes
will be considered palatable.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Ms. Hart shares a home in a remote rural town of 134 souls with her adult
son and three cats. Her sense of fashion is best described as Early
Twenty-First Century Unmade Bed. This disabled former nurse can usually be
found arguing with herself about subplots or rehabilitating eldritch
horrors.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Follow C. L. Hart</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.subscribepage.com/clhart">C. L. Hart Newsletter</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://www.naughtynetherworldpress.com/">Naughty Netherworld Press Books</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Children’s Book</b></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Date Published: </b></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">March 11, 2024<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/c4251a68e4914ecd986a1d03b6a4584c" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/c4251a68e4914ecd986a1d03b6a4584c" width="309" /></a>Join Prunella on a journey of self-discovery as she navigates the fears
surrounding her first tooth loss in a new country in this new bilingual
book, <i>Petrified Prunella.</i></b></span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Sweet Prunella is soon to lose her first tooth. She dreads the pain and the
Little Mouse who in France whisks your pearly whites away.</span>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">But as she relocates to the United States with her family and learns about
new tooth traditions, will Prunella be able to conquer her fears and
inhibitions?</span>
</p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><i>Petrified Prunella</i> motivates children to overcome their fears, inspires
them to embrace change, educates young readers about different cultural
traditions, and empowers them to make choices. This book will help you raise
open-minded, confident kids.</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/205025316-petrified-prunella" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img height="75" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/26885701adea4bb791503c2c1651b879" width="200" /></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Get your copy today and join <i>Petrified Prunella</i> on this heartwarming
journey from France to the United States, as she discovers the magic hidden
within every gap-toothed smile.</b></span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>About the Author</b></span></p><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/72d35e02449c495f8d6df96615094f85" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/72d35e02449c495f8d6df96615094f85" width="225" /></a>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">French-Venezuelan Sophie Jupillat Posey wrote a poem about spring in the
4th grade and started a mystery series a year later. She’s been hooked
to creating stories ever since. She studied writing and music at Rollins
College. She’s had numerous short stories and poetry published in
literary magazines since 2014. She enjoys reading and writing anything from
science fiction and fantasy, to paranormal and mystery novels. When she
isn’t writing, she is composing music, creating albums, and teaching
French to students in Central Florida. She can be reached on Twitter,
Facebook, and her website.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3V8zmrS">Amazon</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593661590711662606.post-35166651126080639492024-03-09T08:00:00.001-05:002024-03-09T08:00:00.140-05:00Travel The Continents And Be Back Before Bed<p> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/rabtbooktoursandpr.com/2024blitzes/robert-mcfadden-iii-travel-the-continents-and-be-back-before-bed-blitz"><img height="200" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/84e23b906c1346adb9fc74d2814a0f98" width="500" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Children’s Book</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Date Published: </b></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">February 2021<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Are you looking for the best read-aloud book for early readers or
just an adventurous bedtime story to inspire and help the young,
inquisitive minds of kids develop their knowledge and
imagination?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/a30cb1476a3740a8aebca0a53ade0c81" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="579" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/a30cb1476a3740a8aebca0a53ade0c81" width="565" /></a></span></div><p></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Get ready for an exciting journey with this brightly illustrated and
artistic adventure for readers. The author takes the kids on a
fantastic journey across continents with this soothing bedtime
narrative.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">In this insightful children's book, rendered in basic vocabulary for
easy reading, kids will learn about fascinating wild animals from
different parts of the world. From the giant elephants of Africa to
the playful pandas of Asia- you’ve got a relaxing sleep aid for
those fun-seeking kids.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">With colorful illustrations and interesting facts, “Travel the
Continents and Be Back Before Bed" is the perfect children's book
for bedtime reading.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Join us on a fantastic adventure as we travel the continents and meet
fascinating animals. From the giant Elephants of Africa to the playful</span>
</p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">pandas of Asia, this book will take you on a journey like no other.
Packed with colorful illustrations and fun facts, it's the perfect
bedtime read for young explorers. So grab your passport and get ready
to go on a wild adventure - and be back before bed!</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/207983072-travel-the-continents-and-be-back-before-bed" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img height="75" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/26885701adea4bb791503c2c1651b879" width="200" /></a></span></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>About the Author</b></span></span></p><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/08226669419e4357bb9006943ceca03f" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="232" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/08226669419e4357bb9006943ceca03f" width="232" /></a>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Robert McFadden III discovered his passion for writing for kids when his
first son was born. As he began sharing joyful stories with his kid to make
his growing family happy, little did Robert know that a journey into writing
delightful children's books had started.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Simultaneously managing the tasking reality of parenthood and being in
graduate school, Robert suddenly found solace in crafting imaginative tales
instead of tackling homework.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The desire to make Children happy is his newfound joy, and he cherishes
every opportunity to create heartwarming adventures that will inspire kids
and bring smiles to their faces.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">A loving husband and father of two fantastic boys, what Robert started as a
pastime soon blossomed into a fulfilling creative adventure.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Purchase Link</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3TiqDlw">Amazon</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.rabtbooktoursandpr.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="RABT Book Tours & PR" height="400" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/wzukusers/user-32179697/images/0ef1e26fd5f04c99b11731d6d17c8a41/RABT-Tour-Host.png" width="400" /></a></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593661590711662606.post-60075505929660162332024-03-08T02:00:00.003-05:002024-03-08T08:29:59.389-05:00The Spinster, the Rebel, and the Governor<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgUP7ZFMtcToX0AE14rQnuJRxCAgNk-tm58WokjZqKLV2tNBj5WnDOroYshn4yVpynKdJbnpMlMfBKbMjFoj_oYPL15qtL-qE0gVxFoF4f4nfSKCk8tcIyXWNBN_1jRSFC_jrQsygDxvBkVx-IBQX5Yy1Rjh5m-BPHqnORpGFANCACqotN5xV3sNJZaRs/s1200/TourBanner_The%20Spinster,%20the%20Rebel,%20the%20Governor.gif" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="1200" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgUP7ZFMtcToX0AE14rQnuJRxCAgNk-tm58WokjZqKLV2tNBj5WnDOroYshn4yVpynKdJbnpMlMfBKbMjFoj_oYPL15qtL-qE0gVxFoF4f4nfSKCk8tcIyXWNBN_1jRSFC_jrQsygDxvBkVx-IBQX5Yy1Rjh5m-BPHqnORpGFANCACqotN5xV3sNJZaRs/s320/TourBanner_The%20Spinster,%20the%20Rebel,%20the%20Governor.gif" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">Move over Susan B.
Anthony. There’s an unsung woman asking for the vote 224 years before you, and
murderous rebels and bigoted gentlemen can’t prevent spinster Lady Margaret
Brent from wielding her power to defend Maryland settlers from plunder and
obliteration.</span><p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Lady Margaret Brent,
compelled to right wrongs, risks her life by illegally educating English women, </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">placing </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">her family at risk. She fights to have a voice,<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a> yet her father and
brothers exclude her from discussions. Worried the kings’ men may know of her illegal
activities, she flees to the New World where she can enjoy religious tolerance
and own land, believing she will be allowed a voice. Once in Maryland, she
presents cases in provincial court where she’s hired as the first American
woman attorney, but there she uncovers perilous actions, prompting her to build
a fort to shield those within from being murdered. Can Margaret Brent’s
integrity and ingenuity protect Maryland from being destroyed?<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif">read an excerpt...</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">The Wells girl covered her eyes with both hands. Margaret,
ignoring the buzzing of flies and the damp heat of the morning sun, worked to
untangle the girl’s words in her mind.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">“If the river doesn’t take me, then I shall have my baby
alone and will have to live with Master Cole, and I shall never see my dear Tom
again.” With that, she burst into tears.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">“You do not look like you are about to have a baby. Why do
you say your time is up?”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">“Master Cole brought me here four years ago. He said after I
had worked for him for four years, I wouldn’t owe him a tad more, and now he
says I can’t leave, and so I might as well marry him. Lady Brent. I worked hard
from early morning until after dark every day, and my time is up. Even the
devil would say this isn’t right.” She sniffed and looked away.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Margaret set her jaw. “Heaven help us if other masters here
in Maryland treat their servants in this manner.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">“There’s nothing I can do.” She bit her lip. “I thought
maybe the next time you talked with Governor Calvert you might say something on
my behalf, and I pray my request is not one of cheekiness.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">“Mary.” Margaret called sharply across to the soap making
group. “Would you please come here?”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">When Mary finished saying something, she trotted over to the
garden. “Hello, Carrie. Are you not feeling well—your face seems flushed?”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">“So, you are acquainted with Carrie Wells?” Margaret studied
her sister, slipped the basket from Carrie, and moved it into Mary’s hands.
“She brought these for us and herbs to scent your soap.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJxg-81MuCgG0GU6O5ghMh6ASzso0ysFUrIP9XLSaeR8l0uo5C223aKGr9o9fNIVgiRQciuBKoIEJkkCv3Ic-OOAUXi66foClLvRQxNH-515hfnWJAoDz5tmVYjoOYN9uQCgBqX7bA8GWO2fWMb_TCXClMREP-c8iqAHkEihCObFnd9vK7ghMtx0bqswA/s2700/BookCover_SpinsterRebelGovernor2ndEd.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2700" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJxg-81MuCgG0GU6O5ghMh6ASzso0ysFUrIP9XLSaeR8l0uo5C223aKGr9o9fNIVgiRQciuBKoIEJkkCv3Ic-OOAUXi66foClLvRQxNH-515hfnWJAoDz5tmVYjoOYN9uQCgBqX7bA8GWO2fWMb_TCXClMREP-c8iqAHkEihCObFnd9vK7ghMtx0bqswA/s320/BookCover_SpinsterRebelGovernor2ndEd.jpg" width="213" /></a></span></div><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><br />“Sometimes on Sundays after church Carrie walks with me in
the woods and shows me barks, roots, and herbs that heal.” She glanced at the
basket. “Why, these are lovely.” She glanced at the young woman, then put her
hand on Carrie’s arm. “Are you still having trouble with Jacob Cole?”</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">“Jacob Cole is about to have troubles with her. Has Giles
returned from Kent for Assembly today? Will both our brothers be at the
meeting?” Margaret’s frogs roiled inside her.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">How dare these men take advantage of their servants?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">“I saw him and Fulke along with some other men heading to
Lewger’s home earlier.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">“Come, Carrie Wells. We shall also attend Assembly.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">“But—Margaret,” Mary grabbed her arm. “Certainly, women
would not be allowed—”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Margaret shrugged Mary away, snatched Carrie Wells by her
hand, and stomped off down the path.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">“Sister,” Mary called after her, “you must take off that
filthy apron. You’re covered in soil.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Margaret jerked it untied and slung it. “There is a
difference between God’s soil and men’s dirt. Carrie Wells and I are about to
sort this very thing out with all those fine gentlemen of Assembly.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif">about Charlene Bell Dietz...</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCkqTpUDiPN3OxMDKaa4h4gcY14kUYg5hzClYkQB7rheo0wPAuFQtlQ7YpmXakK0B0DlPpKiWht3fS1R3bj_8pi99ybNljPQOl-Ccdul1Id3U37RSmMhjstHTF6ZiqGtBGrZqkiKJhrBiRaFXBwz_2V2hjg54cfbwAlD0hjvyrC7NzsaoRYcL60LZ0uzo/s2121/author%20image.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2121" data-original-width="1740" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCkqTpUDiPN3OxMDKaa4h4gcY14kUYg5hzClYkQB7rheo0wPAuFQtlQ7YpmXakK0B0DlPpKiWht3fS1R3bj_8pi99ybNljPQOl-Ccdul1Id3U37RSmMhjstHTF6ZiqGtBGrZqkiKJhrBiRaFXBwz_2V2hjg54cfbwAlD0hjvyrC7NzsaoRYcL60LZ0uzo/s320/author%20image.jpg" width="263" /></a></span></div><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><br />Charlene
Bell Dietz lives in the central mountains of New Mexico. She taught
kindergarten through high school, served as a school administrator, and an
adjunct instructor for the College of Santa Fe. After retirement, she traveled
the United States providing instruction for school staff and administrators.
Her writing includes published articles, children’s stories, short stories, and
mystery and historical novels</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Email:
<a href="chardietzpen@gmail.com ">chardietzpen@gmail.com </a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Website:
<a href="https://inkydancestudios.com/">https://inkydancestudios.com/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> Char Bell Dietz <a href="https://www.facebook.com/charlene.dietz.9" target="_blank">@CharBellDietz</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593661590711662606.post-78773146891127377412024-03-07T22:00:00.001-05:002024-03-07T22:00:00.136-05:00Crimeline Hollywood<p> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/rabtbooktoursandpr.com/2024tours/thomas-collins-crimeline-hollywood-virtual-book-tour"><img height="200" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/b5b3c7fba7434778a2d18028484be13d" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Comic Mystery / Thriller / Humor</span></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Date Published: </span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">December 28, 2023</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Publisher:</b> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Mindstir Media<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a>
<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/a7d464d7eb314d908887ab7f9159ca25" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="456" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/a7d464d7eb314d908887ab7f9159ca25" width="285" /></a>Whoever thought an astrologer's life could be so dangerous? Especially when
you're "Hollywood's Astrologer to the Stars." Yet he once crawled
out on a 20-story beam to talk down a suicidal celebrity. And when he gave a
Vegas casino owner a costly piece of advice, he found himself the target of
a hitman.</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/204515878-crimeline-hollywood" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img height="75" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/26885701adea4bb791503c2c1651b879" width="200" /></a></span></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Fortunately he escaped only to face another crisis: the kidnapping of
Sparklynn James, his most famous client. After the Feds falter on the case,
the family asks him to assist Rebecca Fairway, a publicity-seeking P.I.
(a.k.a. "The Glamorous Gumshoe) to find her. Not exactly the A
Team.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">But a coded ransom message from Sparklynn herself points them in the right
direction...leading them straight into a web of corporate evil.</span>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Read an Excerpt below...</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/7abb6dedac1e4cf685d9e829f4c4272c" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/7abb6dedac1e4cf685d9e829f4c4272c" width="534" /></a></div><div><br />
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Thomas Collins wrote his first book, The Adventures of Tom and Rom, at the
age of ten. (Now out of print) As an adult he gained valuable knowledge of
the inner workings of big business as corporate communications director for
a Fortune 500 company. Crimeline Hollywood is his first mystery though not
his last, especially since the hitman from Crimeline is still on the loose.
Like his hero, Dash Harwood, he is an Aquarian who likes to think outside
the box… once he cuts through all the packaging.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/crimeline-hollywood-thomas-collins/1144544444?ean=9781961532649">B&N</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.rabtbooktoursandpr.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="RABT Book Tours & PR" height="400" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/wzukusers/user-32179697/images/0ef1e26fd5f04c99b11731d6d17c8a41/RABT-Tour-Host.png" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Excerpt from "Crimeline Hollywood"</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Chapter 1<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Looking back, I suppose you could say I got to North
Carolina by way of the Hollywood Freeway. Actually, it was all Nigel’s fault.
He’s the one who told me to use the Alvarado entrance, which proved a perfect
location to spy on cars entering this famous roadway. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Nigel was the GPS guide on my mother’s beloved Lincoln Town
Car, and just for old times’ sake, I used him instead of my iPhone for
guidance. But because of him, I nearly got my temporal and parietal lobes
parted by a bullet. Muscle control and memory are governed by these regions, so
it’s not something to take lightly. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">My mother liked Nigel for his “refined” delivery. And,
indeed, he seemed a prince of a fellow—charming, urbane, and of course, very
proper. I imagined him ensconced in a large wingback, clad in a silk smoking
jacket and ascot. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“Proceed seven miles to U.S. Highway 101,” he said as I
eased into the flow of traffic. “Smashing idea, Nigel,” I said. “We’ll give it
a go.” And just like that the die was cast and, my future was determined by
this little Brit deep inside the dashboard . <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The car had served my mom well for years, but now she was
living in a retirement home, and I finally persuaded her to sell her beloved
“Black Beauty” as she called it. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“You will be careful with it, won’t you?” she said.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> “Mom…” <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“You know what I mean, son.” <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Unfortunately, I did: my atrocious driving record as a teen.
Before the age of nineteen, I’d managed to mangle, maul or completely total
three cars, including a rental. But that was years ago. Today I was a
responsible adult, a preferred risk according to my insurance company. I was
perfectly capable of driving Black Beauty the twenty-six miles to a car auction
where collectors would get the chance to bid on one of the largest cars in the
Free World—the only one with a Rolls Royce-style grill. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So, there I was, tooling down the Hollywood Freeway,
enjoying a pleasant fall morning, not particularly aware of the 4Runner that
was lurking behind me since Alvarado. Suddenly there was a sharp, popping
sound, or maybe a crack. About the same time, I noticed a funny little hole in
the dashboard, perfectly round with a curl of smoke rising out of it. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Holy shit, someone was shooting at me! <o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Probably a crazy sniper or one of those homegrown terrorists
I’m always reading about. I sped into the thickening traffic of the downtown
area, hoping to get out of his range. After several miles I began to feel safe,
but when I glanced at my side mirror, there it was again. Worse yet, I spotted
a familiar face poking out of the passenger window and my blood froze. Carmine!
That bullet wasn’t random. It was meant just for me. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Several months earlier I provided casino owner Milo Karp
with a bad piece of astrological advice, and he apparently took it personally.
I gave a thumbs-up on his newest property but not without considerable concern.
For one thing, Milo was a Scorpio, and as I tried to explain to him, shit
happens to Scorpios this time of year. It’s a period of volatility, thanks to a
new moon plus some Mercury-Venus friction. But Milo is a skilled businessman
with years of experience battling unions, contractors, sub-contractors, and
agents. Me? I was just an astrologer. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Well, not just any astrologer. I was, after all, last
month’s six across on People magazine’s crossword with the clue “Hollywood’s
astrologer for the stars.” I had big name clients like Sparklynn James, one of
the most talented performers of our generation, and whose career I helped to
launch. There was also the hulking Rowdy Gold of Too Tough To Kill fame and TV
star Quinella Cardwell, a surgically fortified beauty. Also Mister Pister, a
respectable rapper, if there is such a thing. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I knew Milo because Vegas casinos bring in a lot of
Hollywood talent to do shows and he eventually became one of my clients. He was
difficult at times with a bad temper, but I never thought he would send someone
to hunt me down on the freeway like a gazelle on the Serengeti Plains. But hunt
me he did. Carmine was his strongman and the driver a young guy, an apprentice
thug perhaps, and their mission seemed clear. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Death was riding on my rear bumper. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I wondered about the odds of an old parade float outrunning
a nimble 4Runner? The SUV could corner on a dime. The Lincoln required big
bills and made you wait for the change. In this kind of situation, it was
little more than a rolling coffin. Icy terror shot through my veins. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Whap!</i> A second bullet slammed through the car,
catching the top of the passenger window. Another hole, perfectly round. I
pressed hard on the accelerator and the 460-cubic-inch engine responded. The
pride of Detroit wouldn’t go down without a fight. Constructed of real,
honest-to-God metal and chrome, it was practically an armored panzer. At least
I had that in my favor. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">But the freeway, or “the 405” as locals called it, proved
too confining. Ordinary streets would offer me more maneuverability, so I put
my left blinker on (as if hit men really pay attention to that sort of thing).
Then I swerved right, allowing me to shoot off one of the exits, completely
confusing Nigel. But not Carmine. He kept behind me, tucked in between a Beemer
and a Saab convertible, holding steady. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“Recalculating.” <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“Yeah, you do that, Nigel. Get us out of this mess!” <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I hung a right at the end of the ramp, spotted some open
road and let the big engine do its thing. I continued with a series of random
turns with no idea where I was going. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“Left turn and continue one point five miles onto Whitmire.”
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“Not now, Nigel,” I snapped. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Up ahead, a large delivery truck lumbered toward me in low
gear. Carefully timing my speed, I skidded onto a side street. I’d seen Steve
McQueen pull a similar move in Bullitt. The only problem was, when I did it,
only about two-thirds of the Lincoln made it. The remaining third hopped the
curb and took out a mailbox. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Nonetheless, the move allowed me to gain some distance from
my pursuer. I took a hard left at the next crossing, this time throwing the car
into a terrifying slide. Centrifugal force took control of the car until it hit
a stubborn no-parking sign. The wheels continued to spin, shooting out gravel
before finally catching and rocketing the car forward. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I didn’t seem to be in control of this metal beast. The
beast was controlling me. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I zipped around the corner of the next street, again jumping
the sidewalk and sending pedestrians scurrying for their lives. I whipped the
car back and heard a loud snap as a light pole clipped the mirror on the
passenger side, leaving an ugly tangle of wires. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Nigel, meanwhile, continued to spit out conflicting
instructions: “Stay on Arcadia for one point three miles. Turn right on
LaSalle. Recalculating.” <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“Shut the hell up, Nigel!” I shouted. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“Turn left in one half mile onto Anzarro,” he said, totally
ignoring me. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I veered onto a grimy sidewalk, pushing through a row of
metal newspaper stands. Copies of free tabloids flew across my windshield like
a flock of birds. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Still the 4Runner kept behind me. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ahead I spotted something orange, a sawhorse with traffic
cones next to it, blocking off the street ahead. Decision time. What would
Steve McQueen have done? I gritted my teeth and ploughed through it in a blaze
of construction orange. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So much for the Rolls Royce-style grill. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The SUV followed in my wake, flattening whatever was left.
All I could do now was to snake through the inner city, hoping for some kind of
miracle. Nigel, meanwhile, was strangely silent, perhaps from the violent
contact with the barricade. From the corner of my eye, I noticed several
alleyways. They were narrow, but just wide enough for one auto. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I picked one and turned into it. Carmine’s driver did the
same. More gunshots and more panic. If a bullet hit a tire, I could careen out
of control and crash. If one hit the gas tank, it would probably explode. And
if it struck the back of my skull…well, that would explode too, and I would die
in a Lincoln limo. Just like Kennedy. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A large intersection loomed ahead. The corner of Life and
Death where Destiny crosses Fate. A stoplight hung there, and you can probably
guess what color it was. A city bus lumbered toward the intersection, giving me
one last, insane chance. I jammed hard on the gas pedal and the giant engine
responded with every horse still available. I flew across the intersection
amidst a chorus of honks, clearing the bus by inches. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Then, vehicular chaos. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In my rearview mirror, I watched the bus sideswipe the SUV
and hit the brakes, setting off a string of other collisions. All of this
seemed to take place in a second. Later I learned the bus catapulted the SUV
through the front window of a muffler shop. The cars behind it couldn’t brake
in time and piled one by one into each other, accordion style. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Meanwhile I kept driving straight ahead. All I wanted to do
was put as much real estate as possible between the Lincoln and the crash site.
The terrible cracking sound kept reverberating through my head along with the
horrifying crunch of metal meeting metal. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">After traveling several miles through normal traffic, I
began to feel a little safer. That’s not to say all the panic was gone. So far
this morning I managed to outrun a pair of hit men, dodge a half dozen bullets,
race through some of meanest streets of L.A. and barely escape death. Yet at
some point I would face the most daunting challenge of all. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Explaining to Mom what I’d done to her Black Beauty<o:p></o:p></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593661590711662606.post-87188599927819172762024-03-07T21:00:00.001-05:002024-03-07T21:00:00.142-05:00The Freaks of Lark Street - Book Blitz<p> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/rabtbooktoursandpr.com/2024blitzes/harvey-havel-the-freaks-of-lark-street-book-blitz"><img height="200" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/c67fdb427fe647dbb1a0860f876a9857" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; line-height: 107%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Date Published:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> 01-04-2024</span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Publisher:</b> Pageturner Press and Media<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a>
<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Julius T. Downer has lost his job at a prestigious Wall Street firm, his
lovely girlfriend who has run off with his best friend, and his shoebox of
an apartment where he and his girlfriend have been locked up in
Pandemic-stricken New York City during COVID. Without much money left, he
has little choice but to dump it all and relocate to Albany, New York, where
he lives hand-to-mouth at a Motel 6.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/1859bade41f64cf8b4235f1fd34ef852" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/1859bade41f64cf8b4235f1fd34ef852" width="264" /></a>Demoralized, Downer knows he must get on his feet. He ventures to the most
cosmopolitan street in Albany, which is Lark Street, hoping to find another
girlfriend similar to the one who just abandoned him and also hoping to have
a little fun before he searches for another job. Instead, he finds an
antagonistic and unwelcoming crowd who snub him at every turn. The only ones
who welcome him in are those he terms as "freaks." These are the
homeless, the drunks, the addicts, and the sex workers on Lark Street.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">But his downward slide is mitigated by an outsider artist who takes up
residence in one of the few coffee shops that are established there. With
the help of this outsider artist and his group of "freakish"
friends, Julius T. Downer finds that he has a special supernatural ability
when it comes to viewing art.</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/205841935-the-freaks-of-lark-street" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img height="75" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/26885701adea4bb791503c2c1651b879" width="200" /></a></div><p></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">And Downer enters Albany already hating artists and everything about them.
But after finding that he has this new ability bestowed upon him by this
outsider artist, he finds that his new relationship to art and the art world
around him can help many people who are suffering and struggling through
their own lives. Downer finds a new path to follow with the understanding
that he is just a "freak" himself.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>About the Author</b></span></p><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/004fd2da69824b698386631b39854813" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/004fd2da69824b698386631b39854813" width="213" /></a>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Harvey Havel has been a short-story writer and novelist for over thirty
years. His first novel, Noble McCloud, A Novel, about a young, struggling
musician was published in November of 1999. He now has nineteen books which
include novels, short stories, and two collections of essays on current
affairs and political matters.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">His latest book is a serialized novel, The Queen of Intelligence: A 9/11
Novel, has just been released through Kindle Vella on Amazon.com in
2021.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Havel is formerly a Lecturer in English at Bergen Community College in
Paramus, New Jersey. He also taught writing and literature at SUNY Albany
and the College of Saint Rose, also in Albany, New York.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">He currently lives there with his pet cat, Marty, and has many more books
in store for his many fans in future.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Copies of his books and short stories, both new and used, may be purchased
at Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble.com, Smashwords.com, or at your favorite
local bookstore.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">An excellent interview with Harvey Havel by Robert Nagle of Personville
Press in Katy, Texas, can be found at Imaginary Planet.net.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">His readers are encouraged to leave their honest comments about his work
anywhere his fine books are sold.</span>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593661590711662606.post-6272869085464678392024-03-07T08:00:00.001-05:002024-03-07T08:00:00.276-05:00Talking About Adolescence - Book Tour<p> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/rabtbooktoursandpr.com/2024tours/eichin-chang-lim-lora-l-erickson-talking-about-adolescence-virtual-boo"><img height="200" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/aefa7b5414974e14a08febf653d2bb20" width="500" /></a></div><p> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Anxiety, Depression, and Adolescent Mental Health</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Publication Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">November 8, 2023</span></p>
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<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Want to transition from childhood to adulthood successfully? Discover how
to empower yourself for a bright future.</b></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/6875240e4b86477985f3670fa00e8920" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="464" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/6875240e4b86477985f3670fa00e8920" width="290" /></a>Are you looking for help navigating the ups and downs of being a teenager?
Do you have a son or daughter going through growing pains? Hoping to avoid
the pitfalls of emotional, psychological, and social challenges unique to
young adults? As two experts in the field, multi-award-winning author Eichin
Chang-Lim, OD, MS, MA and international psychologist Lora L. Erickson, PhD,
LCPC, LMHC-QS, LPC have come together in a crucial collaboration. And now
they're here to share how you can take charge and live your best life.</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/203863379-talking-about-adolescence" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img height="75" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/26885701adea4bb791503c2c1651b879" width="200" /></a></div><p></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Talking About Adolescence: Anxiety, Depression, and Adolescent Mental
Health is an inspirational and easy-to-digest resource that explores top
issues affecting young minds. Through a direct conversational style and
engaging visuals, Chang-Lim and Erickson carefully walk you through each
essential topic while providing healthy coping skills and habits to help you
consistently make good choices. Equipped with the tools to succeed, teens,
parents, and guardians will confidently look forward to a life of
fulfillment and happiness.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">In Talking About Adolescence, you'll discover:</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">- A great start to productive dialogue that will allow parents and
educators to connect with teens</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">- How to triumphantly wade through the traps of social media</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">- Ways to eliminate the stigma of mental illness so any young person can be
comfortable seeking support and treatment</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">- Key strategies to tackle self-harm, panic attacks, bullies, childhood
trauma, substance abuse, neurodiversity, and much, much more!</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Talking About Adolescence: Anxiety, Depression, and Adolescent Mental
Health is the must-have guide to thriving during those formative years and
is the first book in the Talking About Adolescence series. If you like
life-changing knowledge, learning more about yourself, and gaining control,
then you'll love Eichin Chang-Lim & Lora L. Erickson's comprehensive
handbook.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Buy Talking About Adolescence to find self-empowerment today!</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Dr. Eichin Chang-Lim earned her Doctorate in Optometry, a Master of Science
in Microbiology, and a Master of Arts in Psychology. She is the mother of
two grown-up children, a wife, a semi-retired optometrist, and a
multi-award-winning author. The genres of her books include romantic
fiction, short stories, memoirs, self-help, and educational
nonfiction.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Chang-Lim’s books depict the intricacies of human relationships and
the striving of the human spirit. Ultimately, they evolve into inspirational
tales that readers will find multidimensional and thought-provoking.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">When asked about her motivation to be a writer, she replied, “Every
human being is valuable; every soul is unique and special. I write with my
heart and soul. My mindset is that if my writing can make a difference in
even one person’s life, it’s all worth it, and that’s what
love is all about.”</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Currently, she is collaborating with an international psychologist and
educator, Dr. Lora Erickson, to write a three-book series, Talking about
Adolescence.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Book 1: Anxiety, Depression, and Adolescent Mental Health is coming
soon.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Besides writing, Eichin is also passionate about acting, photography,
music, and dance acrobatics. She and her husband live in Orange County,
California, with their poodle mix named Gabby.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://www.EichinChangLim.com">Website</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Eichin-Chang-Lim/e/B00J79SY2Q?">Amazon Author Page</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.bookbub.com/profile/eichin-chang-lim">Bookbub</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://twitter.com/EichinChangLim">Twitter</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7207313.Eichin_Chang_Lim">Good Reads</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/eichinchanglim/">Instagram</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/eichin-chang-lim-827a9b20/">Linkedin</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@EichinChangLim1">YouTube</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>About the Author</b></span></p><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/179690d7582a42d78d60370907b38e09" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="259" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/179690d7582a42d78d60370907b38e09" width="259" /></a>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Dr. Lora Erickson is an international psychologist, licensed mental health
clinician, and core faculty in the Master of Arts in Psychology program with
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. She earned her Bachelor of
Science in Psychology from Illinois State University, her Master of Arts in
Counseling from Lincoln University, and her Doctorate in International
Psychology (trauma specialization) from The Chicago School of Professional
Psychology. For nearly 15 years, Dr. Erickson has been teaching and
providing clinical services to children, teenagers, and young adults. She is
also a mother to a teen and preteen and cares deeply for young people,
wanting the very best that life has to offer for them. She is also an
award-winning researcher within APA (American Psychology Association)
Division 52 (International Psychology) and currently holds an elected
position within the APA as Early Career Psychologist Past Chair for Division
52.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/talking-about-adolescence-eichin-chang-lim/1144496232">B&N</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.rabtbooktoursandpr.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="RABT Book Tours & PR" height="400" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/wzukusers/user-32179697/images/0ef1e26fd5f04c99b11731d6d17c8a41/RABT-Tour-Host.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Excerpt from "Talking About Adolescence"</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="background: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-highlight: white;">Recently, I watched a news clip of <i>Good
Morning America </i>in which Selena Gomez was interviewed about her mental
health journey. She, her mother (Mandy Teefey), and Ms. Daniella Pierson
founded a website called <i>Wondermind </i>(<u>https://www.wondermind.com)</u>
with the desire to help others achieve mental health. I cannot honestly say I
endorse this site as of this moment because it’s too new, but I applaud their
noble goal of creating “a world where caring for your mental health is
democratized and destigmatized.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0pt; margin-right: 8.6pt; margin-top: 0in; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: 36.2pt;"><span lang="EN" style="background: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-highlight: white;">The key and powerful words/concepts to
emphasize here are “democratize” and “destigmatize.” Mental pain is invisible,
yet real. We seek to strengthen physical health; why not treat our mental
health the same? If society could embrace the ones suffering from mental
illness, those who bear the mental and emotional pain would not have to feel
like covering it up and going through the pain silently and alone. Don’t you
think so? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0pt; margin-right: 1.3pt; margin-top: 0in; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: 36.15pt;"><span lang="EN" style="background: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-highlight: white;">In part 1, I will highlight adolescents’
most common mental challenges: depression, anxiety, disordered eating,
addictions, and some related conditions. For anyone struggling with mental
health issues, please seek help. Whatever you’re going through is not your
fault, and you are not alone. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .9pt; margin-right: 14.05pt; margin-top: 0in; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: 36.25pt;"><span lang="EN" style="background: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-highlight: white;">If you know someone in a difficult
situation, give them encouragement, love, and understanding. Your kind support
may rescue someone on the verge of hurting themselves.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .9pt; margin-right: 14.05pt; margin-top: 0in; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: 36.25pt;"><span lang="EN" style="background: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-highlight: white;">In an interview with Juju Chang of ABC
News for the episode of <i>Good Morning</i> <i>America</i>, Selena Gomez, her mother, and
Daniella Pierson talked openly about their journeys with mental illness.<sup>1 </sup>The key messages are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 18.9pt; margin-right: 14.05pt; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN" style="background: white; font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols"; mso-highlight: white;">●<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN" style="background: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-highlight: white;">Let us all talk about our mental wellness
as much as we talk about our physical health. That can be translated as “we
should be working on our mental fitness just like you work on your physical
fitness.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 18.9pt; margin-right: 14.05pt; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN" style="background: white; font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols"; mso-highlight: white;">●<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN" style="background: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-highlight: white;">It’s okay not to be okay.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 18.9pt; margin-right: 14.05pt; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN" style="background: white; font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols"; mso-highlight: white;">●<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN" style="background: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-highlight: white;">Stepping away from Instagram for four and
a half years detoxed Selena Gomez’s life; it made her happier, more present,
connect more with people, and feel normal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 18.9pt; margin-right: 14.05pt; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN" style="background: white; font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols"; mso-highlight: white;">●<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
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disorder. The information about her diagnosis made her feel free and happy and
helped her develop a relationship with herself.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 18.9pt; margin-right: 14.05pt; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN" style="background: white; font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols"; mso-highlight: white;">●<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
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to help a mentally ill child: with love and understanding.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593661590711662606.post-15612207385974749502024-03-06T21:00:00.001-05:002024-03-06T21:00:00.137-05:00The Queen of Intelligence<p> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/rabtbooktoursandpr.com/2024blitzes/harvey-havel-the-queen-of-intelligence-book-blitz"><img height="200" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/fb8d90ba82f6486ea6f048750e1e18ed" width="500" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">A 9/11 Conspiracy Novel</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><b style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: x-large;">Historical Fiction</b></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Date Published: </b></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">05-12-2023</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Publisher:</b> Workbook Press<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">As early as December of 1998, the CIA reported that Osama Bin Laden and his
Al-Queda organization prepared for direct attacks against the United States
using hijacked aircraft, prompting the FBI to place Osama Bin Laden on its
Ten Most Wanted List.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/df43c6848c244eb384ed8710408d556d" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="466" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/df43c6848c244eb384ed8710408d556d" width="311" /></a>In an effort to recruit the best possible Operations Officers to take on
these dangerous terrorist organizations, the CIA approaches a young,
intelligent, and exceptionally beautiful blonde-haired, blue-eyed Sherry
Aspen and sends her into Afghanistan to locate whatever terrorist cells are
hiding there and report these locations back to Langley. But as Sherry soon
discovers, she is but a mere pawn in a much larger game of intrigue and
espionage.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Despite all that she has to give up to obtain the most relevant information
to protect the United States, the CIA turns a deaf ear to what she finds in
the Middle East, except when she learns of a terrorist plot to attack the
Twin Towers in New York City just months after she is deployed. As a result,
Sherry is on the run, not from any of the terrorists in the Middle East who
may want to kill her, but by the CIA itself.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123220101-the-queen-of-intelligence" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img height="75" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/26885701adea4bb791503c2c1651b879" width="200" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">In this exceptional work of historical fiction, Harvey Havel outlines a
conspiracy theory in the form of a novel that questions whether or not the
tragedy that took place on September 11th, 2001 was really based on the
actions of only one man and not more powerful forces at work, such as the
CIA. By following Sherry Aspen on her mission through such places as
Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Israel, Havel takes us on a thrilling ride that
uncovers what may have been the real reasons behind the 9/11 attacks in
which nearly 3,000 innocent American civilians perished. For anyone
interested in alternate perspectives of what might have caused the 9/11
attacks as well as those who crave high-caliber literary fiction, this
important and carefully-crafted novel is a still very timely and a definite
must-read.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>About the Author</b></span></p><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/9de3b3c9a3e54c91bebd22caef1470e5" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/9de3b3c9a3e54c91bebd22caef1470e5" width="213" /></a>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Harvey Havel has been a short-story writer and novelist for over thirty
years. His first novel, Noble McCloud, A Novel, about a young, struggling
musician was published in November of 1999. He now has nineteen books which
include novels, short stories, and two collections of essays on current
affairs and political matters. His latest book is a serialized novel, The
Queen of Intelligence: A 9/11 Novel, has just been released through Kindle
Vella on Amazon.com in 2021.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Havel is formerly a Lecturer in English at Bergen Community College in
Paramus, New Jersey. He also taught writing and literature at SUNY Albany
and the College of Saint Rose, also in Albany, New York.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">He currently lives there with his pet cat, Marty, and has many more books
in store for his many fans in future.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">His readers are encouraged to leave their honest comments about his work
anywhere his fine books are sold.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/stores/Harvey%20Havel/author/B00J946VBU">Amazon Author Page</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/authorharveyhavel/">Facebook</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/33911.Harvey_Havel">Goodreads</a></span></p>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593661590711662606.post-38124778480656905882024-03-05T20:00:00.001-05:002024-03-05T20:00:00.246-05:00Talking About Adolescence<p> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/rabtbooktoursandpr.com/2024blitzes/eichin-chang-lim-lora-l-erickson-talking-about-adolescence-book-blitz"><img height="200" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/36b709840c864cc6b35caa3c65326db5" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Anxiety, Depression, and Adolescent Mental Health</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><b style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: x-large;">Nonfiction, Self-Help, Health & Wellness, Parenting</b></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Publication Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">November 8, 2023</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Publisher:</b> MindStir Media<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/6875240e4b86477985f3670fa00e8920" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="464" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/6875240e4b86477985f3670fa00e8920" width="290" /></a>Want to transition from childhood to adulthood successfully? Discover how
to empower yourself for a bright future.</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Are you looking for help navigating the ups and downs of being a teenager?
Do you have a son or daughter going through growing pains? Hoping to avoid
the pitfalls of emotional, psychological, and social challenges unique to
young adults? As two experts in the field, multi-award-winning author Eichin
Chang-Lim, OD, MS, MA and international psychologist Lora L. Erickson, PhD,
LCPC, LMHC-QS, LPC have come together in a crucial collaboration. And now
they're here to share how you can take charge and live your best life.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Talking About Adolescence: Anxiety, Depression, and Adolescent Mental
Health is an inspirational and easy-to-digest resource that explores top
issues affecting young minds. Through a direct conversational style and
engaging visuals, Chang-Lim and Erickson carefully walk you through each
essential topic while providing healthy coping skills and habits to help you
consistently make good choices. Equipped with the tools to succeed, teens,
parents, and guardians will confidently look forward to a life of
fulfillment and happiness.</span>
</p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/203863379-talking-about-adolescence" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img height="75" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/26885701adea4bb791503c2c1651b879" width="200" /></a></div><p></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">In Talking About Adolescence, you'll discover:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">- Passionate and well-researched information that can transform lives</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">- A great start to productive dialogue that will allow parents and
educators to connect with teens</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">- How to triumphantly wade through the traps of social media</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">- Ways to eliminate the stigma of mental illness so any young person can be
comfortable seeking support and treatment</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">- Key strategies to tackle self-harm, panic attacks, bullies, childhood
trauma, substance abuse, neurodiversity, and much, much more!</span>
</p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Talking About Adolescence: Anxiety, Depression, and Adolescent Mental
Health is the must-have guide to thriving during those formative years and
is the first book in the Talking About Adolescence series. If you like
life-changing knowledge, learning more about yourself, and gaining control,
then you'll love Eichin Chang-Lim & Lora L. Erickson's comprehensive
handbook.</span>
</p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Buy Talking About Adolescence to find self-empowerment today!</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>About the Author</b></span></p><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/ad8c8efcd2c548a4b963e21132a04827" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/ad8c8efcd2c548a4b963e21132a04827" width="256" /></a>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Dr. Eichin Chang-Lim earned her Doctorate in Optometry, a Master of Science
in Microbiology, and a Master of Arts in Psychology. She is the mother of
two grown-up children, a wife, a semi-retired optometrist, and a
multi-award-winning author. The genres of her books include romantic
fiction, short stories, memoirs, self-help, and educational
nonfiction.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Chang-Lim’s books depict the intricacies of human relationships and
the striving of the human spirit. Ultimately, they evolve into inspirational
tales that readers will find multidimensional and thought-provoking.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">When asked about her motivation to be a writer, she replied, “Every
human being is valuable; every soul is unique and special. I write with my
heart and soul. My mindset is that if my writing can make a difference in
even one person’s life, it’s all worth it, and that’s what
love is all about.”</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Currently, she is collaborating with an international psychologist and
educator, Dr. Lora Erickson, to write a three-book series, Talking about
Adolescence.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Book 1: Anxiety, Depression, and Adolescent Mental Health is coming
soon.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Besides writing, Eichin is also passionate about acting, photography,
music, and dance acrobatics. She and her husband live in Orange County,
California, with their poodle mix named Gabby.</span>
</p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Social Media Links</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://www.EichinChangLim.com">Website</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Eichin-Chang-Lim/e/B00J79SY2Q?">Amazon Author Page</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.bookbub.com/profile/eichin-chang-lim">Bookbub</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://twitter.com/EichinChangLim">Twitter</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/authoreichinchanglim/">Facebook</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/eichinjennifer.changlim">Facebook</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7207313.Eichin_Chang_Lim">Good Reads</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/eichinchanglim/">Instagram</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/eichin-chang-lim-827a9b20/">Linkedin</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@EichinChangLim1">YouTube</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>About the Author</b></span></p><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/179690d7582a42d78d60370907b38e09" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="259" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/179690d7582a42d78d60370907b38e09" width="259" /></a>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Dr. Lora Erickson is an international psychologist, licensed mental health
clinician, and core faculty in the Master of Arts in Psychology program with
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. She earned her Bachelor of
Science in Psychology from Illinois State University, her Master of Arts in
Counseling from Lincoln University, and her Doctorate in International
Psychology (trauma specialization) from The Chicago School of Professional
Psychology. For nearly 15 years, Dr. Erickson has been teaching and
providing clinical services to children, teenagers, and young adults. She is
also a mother to a teen and preteen and cares deeply for young people,
wanting the very best that life has to offer for them. She is also an
award-winning researcher within APA (American Psychology Association)
Division 52 (International Psychology) and currently holds an elected
position within the APA as Early Career Psychologist Past Chair for Division
52.</span></p>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593661590711662606.post-61400387207191246282024-03-05T08:00:00.005-05:002024-03-05T08:00:00.137-05:00Oakley, mostly good - Book Tour<p> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/rabtbooktoursandpr.com/2024tours/kristen-grainger-oakley-mostly-good-virtual-book-tour"><img height="200" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/a0dcba8853984c5cb534fb9c915186fc" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Illustrated by Sophie Barlow</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Date Published: </span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">December 14, 2023</span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Publisher:</b> MindStir Media<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a>
<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Nothing's been the same ever since Oakley came to live at Mavis' house.
Change can be hard, but change can bring good things too.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZC9sU5LGNW7UMlYvPqq8-qhXEiG98rDcfB5KlMj4yNrtxsbpVuwk-A6kNcTR4Knd2Z1LUzij9GZ7qpY1OrmKyWSoEPBKckItgvG-LciGUlCV-bTVH2uyz965QfpPJMvMGTE1Utw5C55cATIDo4W4p9jeAUE4TzFauUaXb_IpUtP89PQL2ePpzz1jDXuY/s764/oakley,%20mostly%20good%20Excerpt.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="764" data-original-width="763" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZC9sU5LGNW7UMlYvPqq8-qhXEiG98rDcfB5KlMj4yNrtxsbpVuwk-A6kNcTR4Knd2Z1LUzij9GZ7qpY1OrmKyWSoEPBKckItgvG-LciGUlCV-bTVH2uyz965QfpPJMvMGTE1Utw5C55cATIDo4W4p9jeAUE4TzFauUaXb_IpUtP89PQL2ePpzz1jDXuY/s320/oakley,%20mostly%20good%20Excerpt.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/6b519270cfe54bf0af76e6a9db1c9195" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="246" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/6b519270cfe54bf0af76e6a9db1c9195" width="552" /></a><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/633753de57324492ae40b291d1a60a0f" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/633753de57324492ae40b291d1a60a0f" width="146" /></a>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: x-large;">About the Author</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Kristen Grainger is a poet, author and performing songwriter who loves
books. She lives with her husband in the Pacific Northwest not far from
their grown children who also love books.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Sophie Barlow is an Illustrator and designer born and raised in Oregon and
the Pacific North West.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Sophie earned her degree from the University of Oregon in Art and
Technology but has enjoyed working in a range of mediums from digital to
physical in her artist practice. In addition to creating art, Sophie loves
to hike, bake, and travel whenever she can.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://amzn.to/48SRJVF">Amazon</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/book/1144516890?ean=9781962987981">B&N</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593661590711662606.post-59726761247580436272024-03-05T07:45:00.000-05:002024-03-05T07:45:00.136-05:00The Berman Murders - Book Tour<p> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/rabtbooktoursandpr.com/2024tours/doug-kari-the-berman-murders-virtual-book-tour"><img height="200" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/66770c78693a4f7abf1857318fd284b4" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Unraveling the Mojave Desert's Most Mysterious Unsolved Crime</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: x-large;">True Crime</b></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Date Published: </b></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">March 5th 2024</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Publisher: </b>Rowman & Littlefield<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/8764a1085bb04a7887ba89c406689347" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/8764a1085bb04a7887ba89c406689347" width="267" /></a>
</span></p><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">At daybreak on January 6, 1986, a couple on a camping trip in the Mojave
Desert set out for a stroll and never returned. The local sheriff’s
office eventually discovered that Barry and Louise Berman had been murdered.
As years passed and the double homicide remained unsolved, the Berman case
spawned speculation and conjecture. Despite extensive investigation by local
and federal authorities, to date there’s never been an arrest made in
the case – let alone a conviction. But this doesn’t mean the
crime is unsolvable.</span><p></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">After years of investigation, research, and interviews, Kari was able to
link the Berman murders to a Cambodian sex crimes and trafficking case
involving a former Marine. This is the first book to tell the full story of
the Berman murders and uncover the likely suspect.</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/190129902-the-berman-murders" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img height="75" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/26885701adea4bb791503c2c1651b879" width="200" /></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/DougKariAuthor">Facebook</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://twitter.com/Journada">Twitter</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/dougkari/">LinkedIn</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/dougkariauthor/">Instagram</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Purchase Links</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Berman-Murders-Unraveling-Mysterious-Unsolved/dp/1538186381/">Amazon</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-berman-murders-doug-kari/1143786995">Barnes and Noble</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p>
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<a href="http://www.rabtbooktoursandpr.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="RABT Book Tours & PR" height="400" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/wzukusers/user-32179697/images/0ef1e26fd5f04c99b11731d6d17c8a41/RABT-Tour-Host.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Excerpt from "The Berman Murders"</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">To Deputy Boyer’s way of thinking, the call from Chili
Bob wasn’t cause for alarm. </span><span style="line-height: 107%;"> Maybe the missing couple went backpacking into
the wilderness, or maybe they </span><span style="line-height: 107%;"> hitched a ride into town to buy more supplies.
Although the call warranted follow </span><span style="line-height: 107%;">up,
it seemed no different from any of the other minor incidents that the sheriff’s </span><span style="line-height: 107%;"> office regularly handled. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"> </span>From this benign beginning, the case of Barry and Louise
Berman would become a years long saga of near misses and dead ends
– confounding Boyer and other law enforcement officials and tormenting the
missing couple’s family and friends. How did Barry, the heir apparent to the Kahlua
liqueur fortune, and Louise, a 1960s wild child turned spiritual seeker, end up dead in
the desert – murdered while on a romantic getaway? </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593661590711662606.post-81425609153823643152024-03-05T07:35:00.006-05:002024-03-05T07:44:51.197-05:00Oaky With a Hint of Murder - Book Tour<p> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/rabtbooktoursandpr.com/2024tours/dawn-brotherton-oaky-with-a-hint-of-murder-virtual-book-tour"><img height="200" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/076f78f0d6c74015a46da1560294b741" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;">Eastover Treasures, Book 2</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: x-large;">Cozy Mystery</b></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><b>Date to be Published: </b></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">12 Mar 2024</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Publisher: </b>Blue Dragon Publishing, LLC</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/247699eafebb446b8a161cf75d938168" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/247699eafebb446b8a161cf75d938168" width="302" /></a>Aury and Scott travel to the Finger Lakes in New York’s wine country
to get to the bottom of the mysterious happenings at the Songscape Winery.
Disturbed furniture and curious noises are one thing, but when a customer
winds up dead, it’s time to dig into the details and see what
ferments.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Is there any truth to the Native American legends that cluster near Seneca
Lake? Is the warrior’s disapproval of wineries growing legs?</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/204191032-oaky-with-a-hint-of-murder" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img height="75" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/26885701adea4bb791503c2c1651b879" width="200" /></a></div><p></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Aury will need to pour over the clues to unearth the mystery before the
winery’s reputation is crushed. With the annual wine festival just
around the corner, Aury harvests more than she bargained for when the killer
tries to bottle her up for good.</span></p><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span>Read an Excerpt Below</h3><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/61876d2854f34e728ef7722987a30fe1" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="284" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/61876d2854f34e728ef7722987a30fe1" width="543" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><b>About the Author</b></span></p><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/1e3347200ec644258d1a2efa931bc4b4" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/1e3347200ec644258d1a2efa931bc4b4" width="214" /></a>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Dawn Brotherton is an award-winning author of nineteen books and featured
speaker at writing and publishing seminars. When it comes to exceptional
writing, she draws on her experience as a colonel retired from the US Air
Force as well as a softball coach and Girl Scout leader. Her variety of
interests has led to a range of genres including mystery, romance, young
adult fantasy, middle grade sports, picture book, and nonfiction. When she
isn’t using her words, Dawn is in her craft room in Williamsburg, VA,
quilting, painting, or taking online classes. Her affection for travel and
all-things-crafty keeps her imagination in high gear for the next Eastover
Treasure Mystery.</span></p>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593661590711662606.post-54791629296275396392024-03-04T19:00:00.001-05:002024-03-04T19:00:00.246-05:00Lemon<p> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/rabtbooktoursandpr.com/2024blitzes/marteeka-karland-lemon-teaser-tuesday"><img height="200" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/5d4f0b8d57d34622ba37b0d7ccc78da7" width="500" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Grim Road MC, Book 2<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><b style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: x-large;">Motorcycle Club Romance, Suspense, Age Gap</b></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Date Published:</b></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> March 8, 2024</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/80c283642b1c48a29a1f65307a30b608" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="444" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/80c283642b1c48a29a1f65307a30b608" width="292" /></a>Lemon: I’m settling in at Grim Road in my role as vice president. The
men test me, but it’s all in good fun. I think I enjoy it as much as
they do. Then, out of nowhere, things go horribly sideways. I realize how
much weaker I am physically than everyone else in the club. That weakness
can be a horrible liability. Yeah. Things are going great. Until they
aren’t. I may have bitten off more than I can chew…</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Rocket: My little sourpuss is a force to be reckoned with. She takes
everything dished out to her and gives it back in spades. She’s my VP,
but she’s also my old lady. Sometimes, I need to take care of her.
More importantly, she has to let me. That fact is never more apparent than
when a small team of roughnecks think she’s a woman from another club.
They soon find out the error of their ways, but at what cost to Lemon?
It’s time for the president of Grim Road MC to take charge. And
there’s gonna be hell to pay.</span>
</p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/207591482-lemon-grim-road-mc-2" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img height="75" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/26885701adea4bb791503c2c1651b879" width="200" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/50a64fc76fc148e4bfbcf3e80498352d" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="458" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/50a64fc76fc148e4bfbcf3e80498352d" width="458" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Excerpt</b></span>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><i>Lemon</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I made it a whole month at Grim Road MC before Falcon threatened to cut off
my dick and feed it to me. I think he forgot I was a girl or something
because I’m as docile as they come. Yep. Passive even!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">OK. I’m lying. I liked busting Falcon’s balls just ‘cause
I could. The guys had made me vice president of Grim Road right after Rocket
brought me to the compound. Since then, we’ve all been working on our
trust issues. And by “we,” I mean the men of Grim. I got that
they all had secrets. I got that everyone had things they didn’t want
anyone else to know. Even then, you tell your family. Because it was your
family who would always have your back. Grim Road was family. Rocket’s
family. My family.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Except for Falcon. But he was a work in progress.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“I swear to God, Rocket. If you don’t do something about that
little hellion, I may shoot her.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Now, Falcon. You know it’s not nice to threaten to shoot your
vice president.” I just loved taunting him.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Next time Rocket calls church, I’m askin’ for your
fuckin’ patch.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I sighed, trying to fight back a smile before I ruined my indifference.
“Are you still sore about your bike? ‘Cause it was totally for a
good cause. Saved Rocket’s life.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“You know what the fuck this is about, woman!” Falcon’s
hair was wild and sticking out all over the damned place. Looked like
he’d been trying to pull his hair out by the roots. Over and over. And
over.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“I even had the thing fixed for you. Only took a couple weeks in the
body shop, and they assured me it would be good as new. Not a scratch to be
seen.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“You had them paint it pink!” He had his arms out like he was
going to lunge and choke me to death the second he got the chance, but I
wasn’t worried. First, Falcon was all bark and no bite. At least he
was with me. Remember the family part? Second, he knew Rocket would feed him
to the sharks in very small pieces if he even looked at me cross-eyed.
“Not only did you crash my fuckin’ bike through a door<i>
intentionally</i>, you disrespected it even more by painting it <i>pink</i>!” He
practically roared the last word. And I was pretty sure there was spit
flying from his lips. Which was just gross. Fucker.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Tell you what. I’ll apologize to your bike. I’ll even
volunteer to ride beside you when you take her for a test
drive.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“No way in fuck I’m ridin’ that abomination in public.
I’m surprised Knox let the fuckin’ thing in the compound at
all.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Knox chose that moment to enter the common room. “Knox didn’t
know what was gonna roll out of that Goddamned trailer or he <i>wouldn’t</i>
have let it in,” he commented.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I grinned, looking over my shoulder at Knox and popped my gum like a bimbo.
“Hey, Knox. Havin’ a good afternoon?”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Was until that fuckin’ bike showed up.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Awesome! Now. Forget all that. It’s not
important.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Not important? How the fuck is you having my bike painted pink not
fuckin’ important?” Yeah. Falcon was in a bit of a snit. But
fuck him. If he wanted to be the best patched member of Grim Road -- after
me, of course -- he needed to learn that there was a method to my madness.
And there was one very huge wrong in this place that needed to be righted. I
figured one month was long enough for everyone involved to start their
penance.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Because it was sacrificed for the greater good. This is one of those
times, Falcon.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“What the everlovin’ Christ are you talking about,
Lemon?” Falcon sounded equal parts pissed and resigned.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“I’m talking about Gina.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">That got everyone’s attention. And quit the bitching.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“She good?” Falcon was immediately sober, all his anger at me
evaporating in the space of a word.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“She’s learning to be. In case you hadn’t noticed,
she’s been leaving her house more and more. Had supper in the common
room last night.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Yeah. I noticed.” Falcon glanced at Leather, who ducked his
head, shaking it slightly as if he wanted to deny what had happened.
“A few of us made sure she had what she needed.” Falcon gave a
sigh. “I apologized, too. Took several tries before she finally opened
her door. Not that I blame her. She say why she ain’t left? Surely she
knows she can. Right?”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“She knows,” Rocket leaned back on the couch where we sat. He
draped an arm over my shoulder, and I snuggled against him shamelessly. Not
only did it feel good to have his arm around me, but it reinforced my claim
to any club girls in the building. “This is her home now. I promised
to keep her safe, even from men inside my own club.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“So she trusts you,” Falcon nodded. “I guess that’s
something.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I snorted. “Nah. She don’t trust Rocket.” My man gave me
the side eye, but flashed a cocky grin too. Like he was proud of me. But,
honestly, what man with me wouldn’t be proud, right? “She trusts
me.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">When Falcon looked to Rocket to confirm, Rocket just smirked. “She
ain’t lyin’, my friend. Gina believes in Lemon. Believes Lemon
can keep her safe. Ain’t gonna lie and say I’m not disappointed
a woman under the club’s protection doesn’t fully trust me, but
I suppose that’s just one of many reasons I have Lemon in my
life.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Damned straight, baby.” I leaned in and brushed a kiss over
Rocket’s lower lip. “See me, love me, motherfuckers.” That
got a laugh from everyone, including Falcon.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Seems like you’ve got that situation under
control.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“I totally do, Falcon. Which is why I had your Harley painted
pink.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Not… seeing how the two go together.” Poor Falcon. He
was really having a hard time. He seemed to have even forgotten he was
supposed to be pissed about the paint job on his bike. This was why I liked
keeping him off-balance. It was so much fucking fun to watch. I knew I
shouldn’t enjoy myself at Falcon’s expense. This was actually
serious stuff. But, honestly, I just couldn’t help myself.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Because, Gina happens to be fond of the color pink. In fact, she
told me that, if she knew how to ride a motorcycle, she’d save
everything she could to buy her a pink bike. Now, me personally?” I
shook my head. “Don’t see the appeal. However, if Gina likes it,
I think we all owe her way the fuck more than one stupid pink
motorcycle.” I pointed at Falcon. “You ever want to graduate to
officer’s training camp?”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Officer… what?” Falcon jerked his head back like
I’d slapped him. Which, I mean, I won’t lie and say I
didn’t want to. Not because he deserved it, but because he thought he
deserved it. And I just plain thought beating up on Falcon was fucking fun.
But, not in this instance. Much.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Well, yeah. You don’t think every officer in this club will be
around forever, do you? Or even want to stay an officer. There will be a
time when your services may be needed in that capacity, though why,
I’m not sure. You’re just as big a dumb fuck today as you were
the day I met you.” I looked him up and down like I was judging him
and finding him lacking. “Gonna take longer than I first thought with
this one,” I muttered.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Falcon took a threatening step toward me, but Rocket growled at him. The
younger man glanced from me to Rocket before slinking back that fucking
threatening step. I smirked.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“One of these days, Lemon,” he growled.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Yep. One of these days I’ll hand you your balls, and
you’ll probably just stand there wondering what the fuck just
happened. You know. Like you’re doing right now.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Christ.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Pretty sure Christ had little to do with it,” Leather
muttered. “Satan? Yeah. Possibly.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I waved them both away. “Satan has a restraining order out on me. He
had nothing to do with it either.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Knox barked out a laugh before moving from the doorway. “Give it up,
guys. You’re never gonna get one over on that woman.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Whose bright idea was it to make her vice president anyway?”
Falcon was back to looking all surly again.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“That’d be me.” Bear, the second biggest man I’d
ever seen in my life moved into the room, crossing from the back to the
front in his even, confident gate. He didn’t pause but passed by
Falcon and smacked him on the back of the head before heading out the front
door to the parking lot.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Ow, Bear! What the fuck?” Falcon looked ready to do murder,
but I wanted to laugh. God, I loved it here! There was so much glorious
mayhem! And, being vice president, I got to cause as much as I wanted and no
one said anything. Occasionally, Rocket would pull me back, but most of the
time, he let nature take its course.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Best get on your bike and go find Gina. Give her a few rides, make
her comfortable with everyone here and maybe Lemon will let you paint your
bike black again,” advised Bear.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Finally!” I threw up my hands in exasperation. “Someone
who understands.” I looked up at Rocket. “You should make him
your vice president. Oh, wait…” I grinned.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Falcon mumbled, but Leather actually nodded his head, his face relaxing a
little, and I knew he got it. “We should all take a turn, Falcon. I
know it’s your bike and all, but if she likes pink Harleys, then I
think we should all take her ridin’. Show her we’ll do anything
to earn her trust.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I tilted my head at Leather. “You just went up several notches in my
esteem. Maybe we can put you in charge of sensitivity training.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Lemon,” Rocket sighed. “They’re doing what you
wanted. Let them work it out.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“They don’t seem to be able to, though Leather got the right
idea. Kudos to you!” I grinned at Leather. “See if you can get
the other dumbasses who don’t want to admit they did anything wrong to
fall in line. You do, I’ll give you a cookie.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Surprisingly, Leather grinned. “Yes, madam vice president.” He
sketched me a two-finger salute and sauntered outside. Falcon gave a
dramatic sigh and followed.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“He’s not a bad guy, you know.” Rocket leaned down to
murmur next to my ear.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Yep. I know. I just like fuckin’ with him. Besides, Gina needs
this. And I think the guys do too.”</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“They do. I’m glad you recognize that. Of course, I’m
pretty sure none of them would have voted you in as VP if they hadn’t
known you’d have good instincts with us.”</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“How’m I doin’?” I gave him a cheeky grin.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>About the Author</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Marteeka Karland is an international bestselling author who leads a double
life as an erotic romance author by evening and a semi-domesticated
housewife by day. Known for her down and dirty MC romances, Marteeka takes
pleasure in spinning tales of tenacious, protective heroes and spirited,
vulnerable heroines. She staunchly advocates that every character deserves a
blissful ending, even, sometimes, the villains in her narratives. Her
writings are speckled with intense, raw elements resulting in page-turning
delight entwined with seductive escapades leading up to gratifying
conclusions that elicit a sigh from her readers.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Away from the pen, Marteeka finds joy in baking and supporting her husband
with their gardening activities. The late summer season is set aside for
preserving the delightful harvest that springs from their combined efforts
(which is mostly his efforts, but you can count it). To stay updated with
Marteeka's latest adventures and forthcoming books, make sure to visit her
website. Don't forget to register for her newsletter which will pepper you
with a potpourri of Teeka's beloved recipes, book suggestions, autograph
events, and a plethora of interesting tidbits.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Contact Links</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Author on Instagram & TikTok: @marteekakarland</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/experiencethemagicmk">Author on Facebook</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Publisher on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok:
</b></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> @changelingpress</span>
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