Bodyguard of Deception by Samuel Marquis Spotlight!

“A fast-paced, riveting WWII espionage thriller. Bodyguard of Deception is as good as the best of Daniel Silva, Ken Follett, Alan Furst, and David Baldacci and brings back fond memories of the classic movie The Great Escape and Silva’s finest novel, The Unlikely Spy.”

—Fred Taylor, President/Co-Founder Northstar Investment Advisors

#1 Bestselling Author Samuel Marquis Prepares to Launch Fourth Thriller in Planned Six-Book Publication Schedule

Marquis’ first novel in new WWII Espionage Trilogy will thrill fans of Baldacci, Silva, and Follett

Bestselling, award-winning author Samuel Marquis is redefining “prolific” with six highly anticipated thrillers scheduled for release in one year: his thrillers were #1 Denver Post bestsellers, received national award recognition, and garnered glowing reviews from #1 bestseller James Patterson, Kirkus, and Foreword (5 Stars). Marquis again showcases his trademark versatility with a gripping new WWII espionage thriller, Bodyguard of Deception (Mount Sopris Publishing, Trade Paperback, $13.99, 331 pages, March 29, 2016).

Bodyguard of Deception (March 2016): The first of a new WWII Trilogy – Can the American and British Allies stop a German spymaster and his U-boat-commander brother from warning Hitler’s High Command about their greatest military secret—a secret that could bring the Allies to their knees? From the North Sea to a brutal British interrogation center in London to a German-POW camp, the world-famous Broadmoor Hotel, and the wild mountains of Colorado, this bracing thriller will keep you guessing until the final chapter. (978-1943593125)

The Coalition (January 2016): James Patterson praised this political thriller’s “good action and suspense.” When a deadly female sniper kills the U.S. president-elect in Denver, FBI special agent Patton must catch the assassin and expose the shadowy Coalition—before they claim another presidential victim. (978-1943593088)

Blind Thrust (October 2015): #1 Denver Post bestseller and USA Best Book award-winning finalist, former Colorado Governor Roy Romer said the first Joe Higheagle book “kept me up until 1:00 a.m. two nights in a row…An intriguing mystery that intertwined geology, fracking, and places in Colorado that I know well. Great fun.” (978-1943593040)

The Slush Pile Brigade (September 2015): A #1 Denver Post bestseller, Kirkus called Marquis’ first book in the Nick Lassiter series “a fresh concept and protagonist…[an] exciting actioner.” (978-1943593002)
Upcoming Thriller Releases from Samuel Marquis:

• The Fourth Pularchek (June 2016) – Book #2 of the Nick Lassiter Series 
• The Cluster (August 2016) – Book #2 of the Joe Higheagle Series
• Roman Moon (Winter 2017) – Book #2 of WWII Trilogy 

About Bodyguard of Deception
Can the American and British Allies stop a vaunted German spymaster and his U-boat- commander brother from warning Hitler’s High Command about the Allies’ greatest military secret?

It is a secret that could win the war for Germany—or, at the very least, delay the outcome for years with an inestimable cost in bloodshed, physical destruction, and suffering. And it is a secret that the two contentious brothers must grapple with within their own Wehrmacht ranks, as they bring U.S. and British intelligence to their knees on America’s doorstep with the clock to D-Day ticking down.

From a U-boat on the frigid North Sea to a brutal British interrogation center in heart of London to a remote German-POW camp and the world-famous Broadmoor Hotel overlooking the high plains and snow-dusted mountain peaks of Colorado, Bodyguard of Deception will keep you guessing until the final chapter. The first book of #1 Denver Post bestselling, award-winning suspense author Samuel Marquis’s World War II Trilogy.

About the Author
Samuel Marquis is a bestselling, award-winning suspense author. His books include "The Slush Pile Brigade," "Blind Thrust," "The Coalition," and "Bodyguard of Deception." He works by day as a VP-Hydrogeologist with an environmental firm in Boulder, CO, and by night as a spinner of historical and modern suspense yarns. He holds an M.S. in Geology, is a Registered Professional Geologist in eleven states, and is a recognized expert in groundwater contaminant hydrogeology, having served as a Hydrogeologic Expert Witness in several class action cases. He also has an abiding interest in military history and intelligence, specifically related to the Golden Age of Piracy, Plains Indian Wars, World War II, and the current War on Terror.

His strong scientific background and passion for military history and intelligence has served Mr. Marquis well as a suspense writer. His first two thrillers, "The Slush Pile Brigade" and "Blind Thrust," were both #1 Denver Post bestsellers. "Blind Thrust" was also an award-winning finalist in the fiction: thriller/adventure category of the USA Best Book Awards and a Foreword Reviews' Book of the Year award finalist (adult fiction: thriller & suspense).

Former Colorado Governor Roy Romer said, "Blind Thrust kept me up until 1 a.m. two nights in a row. I could not put it down. An intriguing mystery that intertwined geology, fracking, and places in Colorado that I know well. Great fun." James Patterson compared "The Coalition" to "The Day After Tomorrow," the classic thriller by Allan Folsom. Donald Maass, author of "Writing 21st Century Fiction" and two novels, compared "The Coalition" to "The Day of the Jackal." Other book reviewers have compared "Bodyguard of Deception" to the spy novels of Daniel Silva, Ken Follett, John Le Carre, and Alan Furst.

The first thriller in Mr. Marquis's World War Two Trilogy, "Bodyguard of Deception" is currently a "Top 10 Best World War II Spy Book" and "Top 10 Fiction Book Set During WWII" on Goodreads along with such WWII thrillers as Follett's "Eye of the Needle" and "The Key to Rebecca," Daniel Silva's "The Unlikely Spy," and Ben Mcintyre's "Agent Zigzag" and "Double Cross."

Mr. Marquis lives in Colorado with his wife and three children and he plays competitive lacrosse, hikes, and skis on weekends when he isn't writing. 

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The Hawk Hunters by Maj-General Pushpendra Singh (retd.) Indian Army Spotlight! Updated with a Review From Author!

SYNOPSIS: ‘THE HAWK HUNTERS’

A MEDIEVAL TALE WITH 21^st CENTURY RESONANCE

A novel by Maj-General Pushpendra Singh (retd.) – Indian Army

Historical Background

The Mughals ruled Delhi from the 14^th Century for close on 500 years. Aurangzeb, the sixth Mughal, was also the last of the ‘Great Mughals’. He seized the throne in a bloody fratricidal war, then blinded and imprisoned his father, Shahjehan, the creator of Taj Mahal. He was a religious zealot much influenced by a fundamentalist view of Islam.

The rise of Sikhism - a monotheistic religion - was more or less synchronous with the first six Mughals. It is a peaceful religion which views all human beings as equals, including men and women, as the handiwork of a Creator - formless and eternal. After the fifth Teacher (or Guru) was inhumanly tortured and killed by Jahangir (Aurangzeb’s grandfather), the successor Guru vowed to arm the Sikhs for self-defence.

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Synopsis

At the end of the 17^th century, Aurangzeb unleashed a tornado of terror and torture in a drive to convert all of Hindustan to Islam. Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth (and last Guru), then created the Khalsa (pure in precept and action) to be dauntless defenders of the Hindu and Sikh faiths.

In pursuit of Aurangzeb’s conversion drive, the Mughal Governor of Sirhind province snared, tortured and then executed Guru Gobind Singh’s two little sons – plumbing the depths of depravity and brutality. As the inferno of war for survival engulfed the Punjab, Shammi a poor Sikh peasant-warrior and Naaz, daughter of a renowned Muslim physician of Sirhind, fell hopelessly in love.

Then, as Guru Gobind Singh lay dying from an assassination bid at Nanded in peninsular India; he deputed Banda Singh Bahadur – a hermit – to lead the Sikh fight-back and rid the Punjab from Mughal tyranny. Starting with just twenty soldiers, this hermit journeyed over a thousand miles to Punjab and liberated present-day Indian Punjab and its adjoining state of Haryana – a territory the size of Austria. This little-known military feat is remarkable by any yardstick.

Shammi was inexorably drawn into the ferocious fight for freedom and through him ‘The Hawk Hunters’ recounts the momentous events and how a remarkable leader galvanized a brutalized citizenry and transformed them into invincible warriors. How did Banda Bahadur succeed in liberating the Sikh homeland? The novel strives to recreate the rival strategies of the antagonists.

Did Shammi succeed in winning his lady-love? ‘The Hawk Hunters’ tells the story in an authentic historical setting that evokes the fragrances and vistas of medieval Punjab. It’s a fast-paced, action-packed tale replete with exalting compassion; acts of great courage, nobility, and supreme sacrifice. The story explores the conflicts of conscience that confront the protagonists and bares the maelstrom of human emotions they face. Without being judgmental, ‘The Hawk Hunters’ highlights the conflict between humanitarian ideals and cynical exploitation of terror and subjugation.

The Nuremberg War Crimes trials at the end of World War II established a benchmark for human rights and new civilisational norms in the twentieth century leading up to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. However, in the twenty-first, ISIS has reverted to medieval savagery and magnified the horror exponentially with electronic media. Viewed in that context, the larger message of ‘The Hawk Hunters’ is of universal human values as opposed to barbaric cruelty and terror as State Policy.

Above all the book celebrates the triumph of the human spirit over ruthless brutality and personal tragedy.

THE AUTHOR HAS PLEDGED ALL ROYALTIES FROM THE BOOK TO A CHARITY WHICH SUPPORTS EDUCATION FOR POOR AND SPECIAL CHILDREN AND ORPHANS.

Ms Gul Panag (left) and author's wife

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THE AUTHOR

Maj General Pushpendra Singh is a retired Army officer who lives at ‘Harshabadpuri’ in Panchkula (North India). He was educated at the Lawrence School, Sanawar and St Columba’s, New Delhi and has a first-class M.Sc. from the Madras University. He has written numerous professional papers and articles.

During one of his tenures in J & K he happened to visit the birthplace of Banda Singh Bahadur in Rajouri. Fascinated with this hermit’s success in liberating most of present Punjab and Haryana from the Mughals; he decided to delve deeper into this brilliant military feat, which “The Hawk Hunters” portrays.

A national-level horseman, he is also keen on wildlife and nature. These interests are reflected in the work. He also visited all the main locales for maximum authenticity to the story.

He is married with children and three grand-children. The Hawk Hunters is the author’s first novel - based on historical events.

Review
Chander Suta Dogra At a time when writing historical fiction is fraught with possibilities of polarised situations on accurate depiction, a Sikh General, now retired, has taken upon himself to write a novel set in the times of the famous Sikh military commander, Banda Bahadur. The Hawk Hunters by Maj-Gen Pushpendra Singh (Retd) is an 18th century saga of treachery, sacrifice, romance and war, set against the backdrop of the Sikh wars against the Mughals and how they avenged the killing of the 10th Sikh Guru Gobind Singh and his two young sons. It is also a story that takes place at a time when Sikhism is a nascent and simple new religion where its adherents follow the purest ideals, some still in the process of being crystallised. We find, for instance, that Sikh women enjoyed great independence of thought and deed and the author seems to have gone out of his way to weave this into his narrative — the episodes of forthright articulation by Mai Bhago, a Sikh woman warrior for instance, or the liberal streak in the everyday lives of his Sikh women characters. Set in the times of war, the story is about the tender love of young Shammi (a Sikh peasant warrior) and a Muslim noblewoman Nazneen. The author’s military mind analyses for the reader the lie of the land and the battle tactics it dictates. The former army officer made it a point to visit some of the places that were the site of momentous battles while researching the book. His keen feel for what life was like in rural Punjab when Sikhism was still emerging from the suffocation of Hindu dogma is evidence of his thoroughness. But it is in the imagery he paints, of the opulence of Muslim nobility, the simplicity of peasant Sikhs and the rough and ready lives of Banda Bahadur’s rag-tag force, that the book comes alive. Many of the anecdotes that pepper the book are true and the author has provided the atmospherics to recreate the feel and form. His prose moves from flowery descriptions of the elements to heaving bosoms of lissome maids, from heart-rending scenes of pure brutality to the politics of subjugation practiced by marauding armies. And then, there are the artistic liberties that he takes to dramatise the narrative. Such as, the role of Osman Khan, who killed the Muslim saint Badr-ud-Din Shah of Sadhaura for allying with Guru Gobind Singh. Khan also subjugated the Hindu population of the town in vengeance, but as the author points out in his note towards the end, his role in the Guru’s assassination is fiction. For admirers of Sikh history, it is a riveting read that resonates with their well-honed beliefs about the valour of medieval Sikh warriors and their sense of justice and secularism. For others it is a delightful way to get acquainted with the torturous and bloody saga through which this minority community has emerged and kept its faith intact. To my mind, The Hawk Hunters has a running skein that helps us understand the psyche of the brave and courageous Sikhs, who have influenced history in contemporary India too.

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Til Fear Do Us Part Book Blitz! @starange13 @AuthorMichelleG

 Title: Til Fear Do Us Part

Series: A Grim Awakening Series #1

By: Michelle Gross

Publication Date: February 24, 2016

Cover Designer: Mayhem Cover Creations

Genre: PNR/Fantasy

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How long does it take to change a person’s life from happy to terrifying? How long was I normal before that part of me was taken away? How long would I live in fear after that? After being attacked by something she can’t explain as a child, Melanie Rose is left with the ability to see ghosts and it haunts her everyday life. It only gets worse the night before her eighteenth birthday. Things that shouldn't be real, start appearing before her. The evil that attacked her as a child is back to finally take her life. Then he appears, a stranger wearing a black leather jacket. All the unanswered questions she’s had, start to unfold around her. She soon realizes it’s only the beginning. Melanie must control her fear before Fear claims her.

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Michelle is from a small town in Kentucky where she spends her days chasing after her twin girls and conjuring up crazy stories in her mind. She loves all things paranormal and fantasy, the crazier, the better.She has a slight obsession with Korean Dramas and their men. She loves to write just as much as loves to read, but there's nothing like a good smutty read with strong alpha men!

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On a Desert Shore by S.K.Rizzolo #OnaDesertShoreBlogTour #HistoricalFiction #HistoricalMystery @hfvbt

On a Desert Shore: A Regency Mystery by S.K. Rizzolo

Publication Date: March 1, 2016
Poisoned Pen Press
Hardcover, Paperback, eBook; 270 Pages

Series: Book #4 of the John Chase/Penelope Wolfe Regency Mystery Series
Genre: Regency Mystery

Protecting an heiress should be an easy job for Bow Street Runner John Chase. But the heiress—daughter of rich London merchant Hugo Garrod and a slave-housekeeper on his Jamaican property—is no conventional society miss. Educated to take a place among Regency England’s upper crust and marry well, she has failed at London’s social scene and lives isolated among the Garrod family in Clapham. And someone is playing her malicious tricks, some of which recall her island heritage of Obeah.

John Chase needs to determine whether Marina is indeed a victim—or is herself a delusional and malicious trickster. If the trickster is real, is it her rejected suitor and cousin Ned Honeycutt? His demure sister? Their devoted aunt who acts as the Garrod housekeeper? A clergyman friend? Everyone around Hugo Garrod has a stake in how he disposes of his immense wealth.

Meanwhile, Mrs. Penelope Wolfe, an abandoned wife, flouts convention by earning her living with her pen. She’s in love with barrister Edward Buckler and hesitant to further scandalize society by breaking any more rules. Hugo Garrod invites her to join his household and put her pen to work. Her assignment takes her into an exotic world where menace lurks at every turn of the garden path and the façade of propriety masks danger.

To solve the case, Chase must grasp the enigma of Marina, an expert in self-concealment, who challenges his assumptions and confronts him with difficult truths. And, with the aid of Penelope and Edward Buckler, reveal a clever killer.

On a Desert Shore stretches from the brutal colony of Jamaica to the prosperity and apparent peace of suburban London. Here a father’s ambition to transplant a child of mixed blood and create an English dynasty will lead to terrible deeds.

Praise

“Fans of traditional whodunits with a closed circle of suspects will enjoy Rizzolo’s fourth historical featuring savvy Bow Street Runner John Chase.” – Publisher’s Weekly

“This fourth outing for Chase (Die I Will Not, 2014, etc.) blends thwarted love, class and racial issues, partly convincing historical details, and solid sleuthing.” – Kirkus Reviews

“Bow Street runner John Chase is hired to protect a young heiress from Jamaica, and Mrs. Penelope Wolfe is engaged to live in the woman’s household as an added layer of protection. Together, they must work to uncover a ruthless and diabolical killer. An engrossing fourth historical adventure (after Die I Will Not).” – Library Journal

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About the Author

S.K. Rizzolo earned an MA in literature before becoming a high school English teacher and writer. Her Regency mystery series features a trio of crime-solving friends: a Bow Street Runner, an unconventional lady, and a melancholic barrister. On a Desert Shore is the fourth title in the series following The Rose in the Wheel, Blood for Blood, and Die I Will Not. Rizzolo lives in Los Angeles.

For more information visit S.K. Rizzolo’s website. You can also find her on Facebook, Google+, and Goodreads.

My Thoughts 

On a Desert Shore by S.K.Rizzolo reminded me of a Georgette Heyer novel. Suspense, family secrets, and murder. Fourth in the John Chase/Penelope Wolfe Regency Mystery Series which has John and Penelope together again. John is hired by Hugo Garrod to find out who is tormenting his mixed blood Jamaican-born daughter Marina. Penelope goes to stay in the household as added security.

Not long after, poison is added to the sugar used for tea. Someone put poison in the expensive sugar that was kept in a teapoy. (An aside, did you know that granulated sugar was not a thing back in Regency times? I also learned a new word, teapoy, a small three-legged table or stand, especially one that holds a tea caddy). The key to this teapoy has gone missing which made it easy to poison the sugar by someone in the household.

Tea is served, anyone who used the sugar became extremely ill including Hugo Garrod. He eventually dies and now the race is on to find the killer. John and Penelope believe that it is someone in the household and Hugo's family believes it is the illegitimate daughter Marina. 

Strange occurrences continue, all leading towards Marina's guilt. John must figure out who among the many suspects, would benefit mostly from Mr.Garrod's demise. Underlying issues include slavery, prejudice and its impact on people of mixed color from another country such as Jamaica. Fortunately, in this time, there were  some laws to protect those of mixed color.

I enjoy these types of mysteries, always a good story to them. Unfortunately, I have not read the first three in the series so some of the back stories of John and Penelope were not known to me. The reference to John's son Jonathan had me stumped also. None of this detracted from me enjoying the book, though. If you love a Regency type historical mystery, then give this series a try!

I received a copy of this book for review and my honest opinion.

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Tuesday, March 8
Review at Oh, For the Hook of a Book!

Thursday, March 10
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Friday, March 11
Review at Back Porchervations

Monday, March 14
Review at Luxury Reading

Monday, March 21
Spotlight & Giveaway at Just One More Chapter

Tuesday, March 22
Interview at Author’s Dianne Ascroft’s Blog

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Review at Buried Under Books

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Review at First Impressions Reviews

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Review at CelticLady’s Reviews

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Spotlight & Giveaway at Passages to the Past

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Collective Ramblings : Volume 1 by Various Authors Book Blast! Includes #Giveaway

Collective Ramblings: Volume 1

by Various Authors

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GENRE: Anthology

BLURB:

2015’s Twenty Short Story Contest winners assembled in one place. Five stories from each category (Super Powers, Deserted Island, Horror, and Labyrinth), including the top winners of each contest shown below.

The Era of Super Weapons – Roger, America’s super-soldier, embarks on what seemed a routine mission –until his enemies turn to allies against a horde revealing information that will turn the entire world on its head.

Synchronysi – A steampunk masterpiece. After her volunteer operation, a woman awakens to a world made entirely of tine crystals. As she travels the shining island, the product of her surgery reveals much more than she may be able to handle—neither the land of crystals nor the world from which she arrived are exactly what they seem.

Terrors Great and Small – A couple barricades themselves in their home to escape a viral outbreak carried by mosquito bites. As the days of panic and solitude stack up, they battle with both their own crumbling sanity and the terror of what really awaits them beyond their front door.

The Walls Are Alive – in a world where violent offenders are placed in a deadly, automated labyrinth—designed to let no one escape alive—the labyrinth’s caretaker steps inside for a routine maintenance. When the automation turns on him, he’s forced to run the maze like all the criminals he’s sent to their own demise.

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EXCERPT

Horror

From out in the hall, something big dropped from the ceiling, slamming its bulk into the door and knocking Simon against the desk. He quickly bounced back, throwing all his weight against the door, pushing it back. A terrible droning sound filled them all with a primal fear. It rose in pitch and volume as the door moved toward Simon. He pushed against it with all his strength, groaning as he gained and lost inches. Simon used the desk behind him as a brace, using his legs to add to the strength of his push. The door was closing. He was…winning.

He shouted in alarm as something grabbed the door from the outside. At first, he thought it was a stick, like a branch. It was segmented and moving, with bristling hairs, like thorns. He gave a greater push as the droning outside reached a terrifying whine. He was awestruck with horror when he risked a strained glimpse through the narrowing crack and saw a huge compound eye staring back at him.

Simon recoiled and the door opened a little wider. He could now clearly see the thing. It was neither a giant insect nor a man, but a ghastly amalgam of both. Torn and bloody flesh was a quivering, wet curtain beneath the bulging eyes. From behind the bleeding mess, a long and slender tube, like an exposed muscle, stretched toward Simon's face. He almost wept when he saw, above those prismatic eyes, a tuft of shocking orange hair. The frantic beating of veiny, cellophane-like wings caused the droning. He could feel the wind of their beating and he could smell the stench of decay it blew off its own shredded flesh.

- Terrors Great and Small By John Langmaack

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AUTHOR Bio and Links:

Just as it says, Collective Ramblings is a collection of various works, an anthology. In 2015, we completed our quarterly writing contests, each with its own theme. For each theme, the five best entries were selected from the contest to have their works published. All twenty stories have been compiled into this book for your reading pleasure. The four contest themes were:

• Super Powers

• Deserted Island

• Horror

• Labyrinth.

We know everyone will love these imagination-stretching stories, that are filled with suspense, bravery, and danger, as much as we did.

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The Creative Tarot by Jessa Crispin Review!

Book Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Touchstone (February 16, 2016)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1501120239
• ISBN-13: 978-1501120237
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A hip, accessible, and practical guide for artists and creative people looking to tarot for guidance and inspiration in the tradition of The Secret Language of Birthdays and Steal Like an Artist.

What if the path to creativity was not as challenging as everyone thinks? What if you could find that spark, plot twist, or next project by simply looking at your life and your art through a different lens?

Written for novices and seasoned readers alike,The Creative Tarot is a unique guidebook that reimagines tarot cards and the ways they can boost the creative process. Jessa Crispin guides you through the intuitive world of the tarot to get those creative juices flowing again. Thought to be esoteric and mystical, tarot cards are approachable and endlessly helpful to overcoming creative blocks. Crispin offers spiritual readings of the cards, practical information for the uninspired artist, and a wealth of fascinating anecdotes about famous artists including Virginia Woolf, Rembrandt, and David Bowie, and how they found inspiration.

With five original tarot spreads and beautiful illustrations throughout, The Creative Tarot is an accessible, colorful guide that demystifies both the tarot and the creative process.

About the Author
Jessa Crispin is the editor and founder of Bookslut.com. Her writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The Chicago Sun-Times, The Guardian and The Toronto Globe and Mail, among other publications.

My Thoughts
I have always been interested in the Tarot and have dabbled a bit over the past 30 years. I was never really successful and I wish that there had been a book like this back then. 

The Creative Tarot gives the reader a history of the tarot and the Artists that created the card designs and the meaning behind each one. The author also goes a bit into her experience with tarot. 

The reader also learns how to do a reading, from setting up the cards, learning about the cards, choosing a deck, and then deciphering the meaning behind the cards. You can also learn how to do a reading for someone else!

What I liked about the book was that each card was thoroughly explained and that there were listings of other resources in which to learn more. If you are interested in learning more about the tarot, give this book a try!

I received a copy of this book for review and my honest thoughts.

The Tour Grand Finale for Her Summer Crush By Linda Hope Lee! Includes #Giveaway!

On Tour with Prism Book Tours.

The Tour Grand Finale for

Her Summer Crush

By Linda Hope Lee

We hope you enjoyed the reviews and excerpts shared during the tour! If you missed any of them, go back and check them out now...

Launch - Introduction to Her Summer Crush

After I finished Eva’s Deadline, I kept thinking about Luci and Cody. Did she get over her crush? Did Cody get to follow his dream? What happened to these two people? Soon I was playing the “what if?” game and writing Her Summer Crush

Bookworm Lisa - Excerpt

“CODY JARVIS! What’s he doing here?” Luci Monroe stared at the man who’d just stepped out the back door of her parents’ home.

Singing Librarian Books - Excerpt

The ocean sparkled under a sun about to slip below the horizon, and the waves made a soft shushing sound as they rolled onto the shore. If only she could escape there now. When something upsetting happened, a walk on the beach always helped to calm her. Cody’s unexpected appearance was certainly one of those times. As soon as the party was over...

Bookworm Nation - Review

"I thought this was a fun read, a nice escape in a charming small town setting. If you enjoy contemporary romance this is a good one!"

I Am A Reader - Excerpt

“Are you finished now?” Her words came out sharper than she’d intended. She must be in worse shape than she’d realized.

He frowned. “Not okay to take your picture? You’re the guest of honor. Besides, you’re a good subject.”

Wishful Endings - Review

"It was a fun and sweet story from beginning to end, with fun characters, complex family relationships, and a light romance."

Katie's Clean Book Collection - Review

"I always enjoy the characters journeys of growth and overcoming hard things. I really loved the setting--I love the beach and could picture living in this great, small town. I also loved the relationships between each character and his/her family members, as well as Luci in the role of a mentor to Tessa. This is a gentle, sweet, and clean summer romance, perfect for a pool or beach read."

Rockin' Book Reviews - Excerpt

"Cody sat at the table, put down his mug and clicked the mouse. A new picture flashed onto the screen. Another shot of Lucy. He chuckled. He's taken more pictures of her tonight than of anyone else."

Love, Laughter, Friendship - Excerpt

“I like my place,” he said. “It’s cozy and has everything I need.”

“Maybe so, but do you think you’ll ever find a woman who’ll put up with all this?” Olive went to the sofa and plumped up the loose cushions.

“Not a question that needs to be answered, because I’m not looking. Not right now, anyway.”

Thoughts of a Blonde - Review

"I enjoyed this story. The characters are fun with a lot of potential there — would have liked to have seen them decide to test their relationship waters earlier in the book."

Her Summer Crush
by Linda Hope Lee

Adult Contemporary Romance

Mass Market Paperback & ebook, 368 Pages
March 1st 2016 by Harlequin Heartwarming

She's over her crush…isn't she?

Luci Monroe is on top of the world. She's just graduated from journalism school and she's already landed her dream job in PR. Then Cody Jarvis saunters into her office. Nothing like finding out that your teenage crush, now a gorgeous, globe-trotting, freelance photographer, is going to be your staffer for the summer. Never mind. They're both professionals. And she's over him. Kind of. Anyway, he's not interested. Cody is always waiting to disappear on his next assignment, and Luci needs someone stable. Someone who wants to build a life right here in Willow Beach…

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Linda Hope Lee writes contemporary romance, romantic suspense, and mysteries. She enjoys traveling especially to small towns in search of story ideas. She's also an artist, specializing in watercolor, pen and ink, and colored pencil. Photography provides inspiration for both her writing and her art. She lives in the Pacific Northwest, where many of her stories are set.

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