Blog Tour of AN EVERYDAY HERO
Is Their Relationship Worth Fighting For? I’m delighted to be taking part in the blog tour of An Everyday Hero by Laura Trentham. My Thoughts Trentham’s first book, The Military Wife, was so well written that I couldn’t wait to read her second in this series. And I wasn’t disappointed with An Everyday Hero. When Greer Hadley walks away from her dreams of making it big in Nashville she returns to her tiny hometown of Madison, Tenn.Read More →
Book Review – Evonne Goolagong by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Little People, BIG DREAMS (44) Publisher’s Description Evonne grew up on a hot, dusty farm in Australia. She was the third of eight children, and descendant of the Wirundjuri people, who have lived on the land for more than 60,000 years. Her talent for tennis was discovered at a local tennis club, and before she knew it, the girl dreaming about the place called “Wimbledon” was playing on center court. This moving book features stylish andRead More →
Three Little Things by Patti Stockdale
One forbidden love. Two broken hearts. Three Little Things. Publisher’s Description Hattie Waltz should forget the troubled neighbor leaving for boot camp in 1917. He forgot about her ages ago. It had always been the Waltzes verses the Kregers, his family pitted against hers. When she hands him a farewell gift, a chemistry lesson unfolds. The good kind. Arno Kreger can’t leave Iowa or his old man fast enough. He’s eager to prove his worthRead More →
The Unexpected Spy: From the CIA to the FBI
My Secret Life Taking Down Some of the World’s Most Notorious Terrorists by Tracy Walder and Jessica Anya Balu Publisher’s Description When Tracy Walder enrolled at the University of Southern California, she never thought that one day she would offer her pink beanbag chair in the Delta Gamma house to a CIA recruiter, or that she’d fly to the Middle East under an alias identity. The Unexpected Spy is the riveting story of Walder’s tenure inRead More →
Book Review – I’m Bored by Michael Ian Black
She’s B-O-R-E-D But Trust Me she’s Not boring Details Title: I’m Bored Author: Michael Ian Black Illustrator: Debbie Ridpath Ohi Narrator: Cassandra Morris Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (September 4, 2012) Pages: 40 Click to look inside the book Grades: P – 3 Ages: 4 – 8 My Thoughts So far this cute series consists of three books, I‘m Bored, I’m Sad, and I’m Worried. In very few words Black manages to address each issue withRead More →
Review – C JUMPED OVER THREE POTS AND A PAN and landed SMACK in the garbage can! by Pamela Jane
Publisher’s Description The letter C falls into the garbage can, and it is up to the rest of the alphabet to save him from ending up in the dump! In this rollicking, action-filled story, the letters of the alphabet must work together to help their friend. But four letters of the alphabet are missing! Could they be the answer to saving C? This unique book conveys the transforming power of teamwork and brings language andRead More →
Book Review – This Book Is Gray by Lindsay Ward
It’s Sure to Bring Smiles Publisher’s Description Gray just wants to be included. But the other colors are always leaving him out. So he decides to create his own project: an all-gray book. Once upon a time, there lived a wolf, a kitten, and a hippo… Gray just knows it’s going to be perfect. But as he adds page after page, the Primary and Secondary colors show up…and they aren’t quite so complimentary. A book within a book,Read More →
Wildland A Novel by Rebecca Hodge
A Heart-Pounding Story of Bravery, Sacrifice, and Self-Discovery My Thoughts You’d better have a big chunk of reading time or lots of self-discipline when you start this book. I found myself falling into both categories. As I read I kept thinking there were other things that I should be doing. Like getting out of my pajamas. Going grocery shopping. Cleaning the house. And, of course, it wouldn’t be acceptable to ignore the birthday party. EspeciallyRead More →
Almost Just Friends: A Novel by Jill Shalvis
Wildstone series, #4 Publisher’s Description New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis returns to Wildstone with the touching story of finding your place in the world—and the people who make it home. Piper Manning’s about as tough as they come, she’s had to be. She raised her siblings and they’ve thankfully flown the coop. All she has to do is finish fixing up the lake house her grandparents left her, sell it, and then she’s free.Read More →
Book Review – I’m Worried by Michael Ian Black
For The Little Worrier Publisher’s Description A girl, a flamingo, and a worried potato star in the third book in New York Times bestselling author Michael Ian Black and illustrator Debbie Ridpath Ohi’s series about feelings—and why they’re good, even when they feel bad. Potato is worried. About everything. Because anything might happen. When he tells his friends, he expects them to comfort him by saying that everything will be okay. Except they don’t. Because it might not be, andRead More →
Book Review – The Look-Alike: A Novel by Erica Spindler
A Psychological Drama Publisher’s Description From Erica Spindler, the New York Times bestselling author of The Other Girl and Justice for Sara comes The Look-Alike, a thrilling psychological drama about a woman who believes she escaped a brutal murder years ago—but does anyone else believe her? Sienna Scott grew up in the dark shadow of her mother’s paranoid delusions. Now, she’s returned home to confront her past and the unsolved murder that altered the course of her life. In her mother’s shutteredRead More →
#BookReview ~ A Love Hate Thing by Whitney D. Grandison
Can These Opposites Find A Common Ground? I’m very happy to join the blog tour for A Love Hate Thing by Whitney D. Grandison today! My thanks to Harlequin Publishing for the invitation to join. Publisher’s Description When they’re stuck under one roof, the house may not be big enough for their hate…or their love. When Tyson Trice finds himself tossed into the affluent coastal community of Pacific Hills, he’s ready for the questions, the stares and the feeling of notRead More →
#BookReview ~ The Girls with No Names: A Novel by Serena Burdick
Sisters You Will Remember For Years To Come Publisher’s Description A beautiful tale of hope, courage, and sisterhood—inspired by the real House of Mercy and the girls confined there for daring to break the rules. Growing up in New York City in the 1910s, Luella and Effie Tildon realize that even as wealthy young women, their freedoms come with limits. But when the sisters discover a shocking secret about their father, Luella, the brazen elderRead More →
The Birth Mother by Seymour Ubell
Book Review & Book Tour Giveaway When Love Transcends All About The Book On a business trip, a high-powered fifty-six-year-old American entrepreneur visits his partners in China. After their meeting, his Asian mentor invites him to an orphanage, a trip that will change the course of his family’s life forever. Without hesitation, he and his wife fall in love with Anglo/Asian twin girls and become their adoptive parents. The children grow up in a worldRead More →
Book Review – I’m Sad by Michael Ian Black
A Girl, A Potato, And One Very Sad Flamingo Publisher’s Description A girl, a potato, and a very sad flamingo star in this charming sequel to I’m Bored by New York Times bestselling author and comedian Michael Ian Black and celebrated illustrator Debbie Ridpath Ohi. Everyone feels sad sometimes—even flamingos. Sigh. When Flamingo announces he’s feeling down, the little girl and Potato try to cheer him up, but nothing seems to work. Not even dirt! (Which usually works for Potato.) Flamingo learns thatRead More →
An Everyday Hero by Laura Trentham
Is Their Relationship Worth Fighting For? Publisher’s Description From award-winning author Laura Trentham comes An Everyday Hero, an emotionally layered novel about redemption, second chances and discovering that life is worth fighting for. At thirty, Greer Hadley never expected to be forced home to Madison, Tennessee with her life and dreams of being a songwriter up in flames. To make matters worse, a series of bad decisions and even crappier luck lands her community service hoursRead More →
Cold Truth by Susan Sleeman #audiobook
A Cold Harbor Novel Publisher’s Description Want to play a game? When research chemist Kiera Underwood receives a cryptic phone call about her twin brother, she tries to contact him to no avail. Her twin sense tingles, warning her that something is wrong. When he doesn’t return her call and his supervisor at Oceanic Labs claims he didn’t come into work, she heads to Cold Harbor. But when she arrives in town to find theRead More →
Guarded by Sara Davison
#CoverReveal Welcome to the Cover Reveal for Guarded, the second book in The Night Guardians series by Sara Davison, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours! ABOUT GUARDED Series: The Night Guardians, Book 2 Author: Sara Davison Release Date: February 1, 2020 Genre: Suspense / Thriller Book Blurb The tip the stranger left sent Nicole a painfully clear message. The past is no longer in the past. Nicole is fighting to bury the memories. Someone else is fighting toRead More →
#BookReview – Imagine That by Jonathan D. Voss
A Pretend Adventure ABOUT THE BOOK Beloved characters Hoot and Olive return in this beautiful picture book from Jonathan D. Voss about imagination, rainy day adventures, and the spirit of friendship. Olive is a little girl with a big, bright imagination. Hoot is her stuffed-animal owl…and her best friend. The two love adventures of all sorts. But on the rainiest of days, there is only one thing to do: stay inside and imagine a wholeRead More →
The Military Wife by Laura Trentham
A Captivating Book That’s Hard To Put Down Publisher’s Description A young widow embraces a second chance at life when she reconnects with those who understand the sacrifices made by American soldiers and their families in award-winning author Laura Trentham’s The Military Wife. Harper Lee Wilcox has been marking time in her hometown of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina since her husband, Noah Wilcox’s death, nearly five years earlier. With her son Ben turning five and living atRead More →