08 November 2018

Uncle and Ants: A Silicon Valley Mystery by Marc Jedel Book Tour and Giveaway!


Uncle and Ants: A Silicon Valley Mystery by Marc Jedel

About the Book

Cozy Mystery 1st in Series 
BGM Press (October 11, 2018)
Paperback: 287 pages
ISBN-10: 1732716404
ISBN-13: 978-1732716407 
Digital: ASIN: B07H68L6XR
Mysterious attacks. Mischievous nieces. Can a clueless uncle catch a tech-savvy killer … and be home before bedtime? When a freak accident hospitalizes Marty Golden’s sister and condemns him to babysitter duty, he thinks it’s just another case of hardwired bad luck in Silicon Valley. Until a suspicious murder suggests the mishap was no mere coincidence. Something must be done. Too bad this quirky, fashion-backward uncle isn’t exactly hero material. Convinced his sister is in mortal danger, this amateur sleuth follows clues to an oddball array of suspects. Armed with nothing but an eye for detail and powers of self-delusion, Marty tangles with gangsters, a cantankerous school secretary, and a perplexing woman he can’t help but fall for. Glitches in his investigation seem like a piece of cake compared to dinner-prep and bedtime stories with his two precocious, pre-teen nieces. Can Marty catch the culprit, save his sister, and get his life back in order before he gets unplugged? Uncle and Ants is the first novel in a refreshingly modern mystery series set in Silicon Valley. If you like clever humor, sassy side characters, and average Joes facing extraordinary circumstances, then you’ll love this twisty mystery. Buy Uncle and Ants to login to a fresh, funny mystery today! ~Updated 10/10/2018

About the Author

In my family, I was born first — a fact my sister never lets me forget, no matter what milestone age she hits.
For most of my life, I've been inventing stories. Some, especially when I was young, involved my sister as the villain. As my sister's brother for her entire life, I'm highly qualified to tell the tale of the evolving, quirky sibling relationship in Uncle and Ants: A Silicon Valley Mystery.
My writing skills were honed in years of marketing leadership positions in Silicon Valley. While my high-tech marketing roles involved crafting plenty of fiction, we called these marketing collateral, emails, and ads.
My family and friends would tell you that Marty's character isn't much of a stretch of the imagination for me, but I proudly resemble that remark.
Author Links - 
Website - http://www.marcjedel.com 
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/MarcJedel.Author 
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Storm Taken by William Michael Davidson Book Tour and Giveaway! @realwmdavidson @iReadBookTours #StormTaken #WilliamMDavidson


Book Details:

 Book Title: Storm Taken by William Michael Davidson
Category: Adult fiction, 268 pages
Genre: Thriller, Sci-fi
Publisher: Clean Reads
Release date: July 16, 2018
Tour dates: Oct 15 to Nov 9, 2018
Content Rating: PG-13 + M (There's a few graphic scenes with violence, alluded to adult situations as far as sex is concerned. But no real profanity and anything explicit.)

 Book Description:

 Trapped on Naples Island, Eddie Dees does everything he can to hold his family together. A supernatural storm is feeding on people’s fear and paranoia. The more people turn on each other, the stronger it becomes.

 Believing there are small, systematic breaks in the storm, he plans to make his way off the island with as many residents as possible. But he must first deal with the crazed gunman roaming the streets as well as another growing threat: Klutch, a violent army vet suffering PTSD, has recruited a band of followers who believe the storm is a weaponized weather experiment gone awry. Klutch plans on stopping anyone from leaving the island, and one of his followers is Eddie’s own teenage son.

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William Michael Davidson lives in Long Beach, California. A believer that "good living produces good writing," Davidson writes early in the morning so he can get outside, exercise, spend time with people, and experience as much as possible. He is a writer of suspense and speculative fiction. If he's not writing, he's probably at the beach.

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07 November 2018

Fill Me In: Part Journal. Part Game. All Yours Spotlight!

Bella & Kendall, Selena & Cardi B, Blair & Serena – we all have best friends that we just click with. And what’s better to commemorate a friendship than a collaboration of all of your combined memories, hopes and insights?

Inspired by late nights filled with laughter, heartbreak, and predictions of the future, FILL ME IN: Part Journal. Part Game. All Yours. (on sale 11/6/18; Touchstone) is part game, part friendship journal, created solely by members of the Touchstone team. After all, secrets are better shared – so pour a glass of wine and get ready to spill.

For fans of bullet journaling, Wreck This Journal, and Cards Against Humanity, FILL ME IN is the perfect way to bond with your friends—and even get to know yourself a little better. This unique keepsake features 18 illustrations and designed pages by Jo Harrison.

Picture this—it’s Saturday night, and you and your friends are sitting around asking the important questions: What’s your future Real Housewives tagline? What would your dating profile say if it were 100% honest? How do you hope to change in the next three to five years? You can answer all this and more in Fill Me In, part journal, part game, uniquely designed for friends and for fans of Wreck This Journal and Cards Against Humanity.

Fill Me In has questions that range from the thought-provoking to the silly, such as:

· Cast your friends as the characters in the TV show FRIENDS.
· What would your dating profile say if it were 100% honest?    
· What’s something you wish you could tell your past self?
· What would your reality show be called?
· What will you commit to doing with your friends every 10 years?     
Complete with illustrations from Jo Harrison (including a coloring book page!), Fill Me In is a clever, irreverent, and fun keepsake for millennials and friends. It’s all the games of MASH you played as a kid rolled up in book form. Whether you complete it in one session or spread it out over months, this journal is a great way to bond with your best friends—and even get to know them a little better.

For more information and to purchase Fill Me In, please visit http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Fill-Me-In/Touchstone/9781501194795.


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Death Comes in Through the Kitchen by Teresa Dovalpage Book Tour and Q&A!

Set in Havana during the Black Spring of 2003, a charming but poison-laced culinary mystery reveals the darker side of the modern Revolution, complete with authentic Cuban recipes
Havana, Cuba, 2003: Matt, a San Diego journalist, arrives in Havana to marry his girlfriend, Yarmila, a 24-year-old Cuban woman whom he first met through her food blog. But Yarmi isn’t there to meet him at the airport, and when he hitches a ride to her apartment, he finds her lying dead in the bathtub.
With Yarmi’s murder, lovelorn Matt is immediately embroiled in a Cuban adventure he didn’t bargain for. The police and secret service have him down as their main suspect, and in an effort to clear his name, he must embark on his own investigation into what really happened. The more Matt learns about his erstwhile fiancée, though, the more he realizes he had no idea who she was at all—but did anyone?

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 Q & A
Teresa Dovalpage
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
A rainy day with a book and my three dogs cuddled up with me. Even more perfect will be having a cat around but I am catless now.
What is your greatest fear?
Forgetting words: how to string them together, how to play with them…Not long ago I read a book about aphasia, described as “a condition that robs you of the ability to communicate.” For a writer, no fate is worse than that. 
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
Saying yes when I want to say no. Saying no when I want to say yes.
What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Not being direct enough, though I am often guilty of the same!
What is your greatest extravagance?
Vintage furniture, at this moment. I am eyeing an Art Deco buffet I just saw in a secondhand store. Uff. Why is the past so expensive?
What is your current state of mind?
Happy. Pink and fluffy. It’s raining in Hobbs, which is rare. That makes me happy. But the dogs are in the backyard waiting for squirrels to chase.
What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
Patience!
On what occasion do you lie?
When telling the truth may cause unnecessary suffering.
Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
Carajo! (A Spanish curse word).
If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be?
May I go back in time? I want to be born in the early 20th century and come back as a flapper, bobbed hair and everything.
Where would you most like to live?
It changes with time and travels, but at this moment is Viviers a quaint, tiny and delightful town in the south of France.
Author Bio –
Teresa Dovalpage is a Cuban transplant now firmly rooted in New Mexico.  She was born in Havana and now lives in Hobbs, where she is a Spanish and ESL professor at New Mexico Junior College.
She has published nine novels and three collections of short stories. Her English-language novels are A Girl like Che Guevara (Soho Press, 2004), Habanera, a Portrait of a Cuban Family (Floricanto Press, 2010), and Death Comes in Through the Kitchen (Soho Crime, 2018), a culinary mystery with authentic Cuban recipes.
Her novellas Las Muertas de la West Mesa (The West Mesa Murders, based on a real event), Sisters in Tea/ Hermanas en Té and Death by Smartphone/ Muerte por Smartphone were published in serialized format by Taos News.
In her native Spanish she has authored the novels Muerte de un murciano en La Habana (Death of a Murcian in Havana, Anagrama, 2006, a runner-up for the Herralde Award in Spain), El difunto Fidel (The late Fidel, Renacimiento, 2011, that won the Rincon de la Victoria Award in Spain in 2009), Posesas de La Habana (Haunted ladies of Havana, PurePlay Press, 2004), La Regenta en La Habana (Edebe Group, Spain, 2012),  Orfeo en el Caribe (Atmósfera Literaria, Spain, 2013), and El retorno de la expatriada (The Expat’s Return, Egales, Spain, 2014).
Street in Viviers
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Blog in English: https://teredovalpage.com/


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Dangerously Delicious by Denise Swanson Book Tour! @DeniseSwansonAuthor @DeniseSwansonAu @Barclay_PR

Review & Excerpt Tour for DANGEROUSLY DELICIOUS by Denise Swanson!

From New York Times best-selling author Denise Swanson comes DANGEROUSLY DELICIOUS, the second installment in her Delicious Love series. It takes one dedicated wildlife veterinarian, plus an impossibly handsome nightclub manager to prove that love always wins. Fans of Jill Shalvis, Bella Andre, and Susan Elizabeth Phillips will devour this sweet and sexy romance.

Title: Dangerously Delicious
Author: Denise Swanson
Release Date: November 6, 2018
Publisher: Self-published
Series: Delicious Love #2
Genres: Contemporary Romance
Synopsis:


Marco Thorne was hired by Club Wilde’s owner to open up the newest, most outrageous venue yet. He is absolutely certain that he can handle all the competition Las Vegas has to offer until his overbearing boss contracts with Lions and Tigers and More sanctuary to have live exotic animals present in the jungle-themed club. Still, he has no choice but to go along with his boss’s idiotic scheme, even if he thinks it’s the worst idea he’s ever heard.
Dr. Sage DeSantis’s entire life is devoted to keeping the animals under her care in the sanctuary healthy and happy. After the sanctuary’s owner announces that he’s renting out some of Sage’s babies to Club Wilde, she’s sickened that they will once again be exploited.
When Marco and Sage meet, the chemistry between them nearly knocks them off their feet. Although they both have experiences in their past that make them leery of love, and Sage is determined to guard her heart, Marco is all in. But will Marco be able to convince Sage to give them a chance?    
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DANGEROUSLY DELICIOUS Excerpt
Copyright © 2018 Denise Swanson
Sage DeSantis held the rifle loosely in her arms. Charlie had gotten free again. The old rascal had somehow learned to pick the lock on the ranch’s gate and had taken to strolling along the side of the highway.
Sage worked as a veterinarian at the Lions and Tigers and More wildlife park. It was a nonprofit originally established to take in big cats that had previously worked in movies and live performances. All of the refuge’s guests were well socialized, and as long as no one got stupid, everyone was safe. Well, none of the humans were in danger.
Lately, Sage had been a bit worried that the animals’ safety, or at least well-being, was at risk. Her bosses had been discussing the diminishing contributions and skyrocketing costs and she had a bad feeling that today’s staff meeting was about that very subject.
However, all thoughts of the looming announcement fled when Sage reached the end of the driveway and spotted Charlie standing over the prone form of her best friend, Deanna Sloan Thorne.
Deanna was as still as a princess in a glass coffin and almost as pale. Charlie, on the other hand, was grinning like a fool and licking Deanna’s cheek. Each time his pink tongue made another swipe, Deanna’s beautiful green eyes widened a little bit more, and as Sage got closer, she could hear her friend’s frightened little squeaks.
Immediately, Sage depressed the button on the tiny device in her pocket. At the sound of the click, Charlie raised his head and glanced around. Another click and he reluctantly trotted over to her. She clipped on his collar and leash, then fed him the treat he expected for responding to the signal.
As the lion ate the chunk of chicken, Sage heard Deanna’s faint voice ask, “Can I get up now?”
“Absolutely.” Sage looked at her friend. “Why are you on the ground?”
Deanna rose to her feet and brushed the dust from her pink capris. “Well, I was waiting for you at the entrance like we arranged and suddenly the gate swung open and that beast ran toward me. When I realized there was a lion coming at me, I think I might have passed out.”
“Running?” Sage raised a brow. These days, Charlie barely made it to a fast walk.
“Running.” Deanna nodded firmly, then relented and said, “Okay, maybe trotting.” She put her hands on her hips. “Why weren’t you there? You were supposed to meet me at ten.”
“Oops!” Sage put her hand over her mouth. “I am so sorry. When I found out that Charlie was missing, I forgot about your tour. Do you still want to see the place?”
“Definitely!” Deanna refastened her ponytail. “But can I carry the gun?”
While Sage showed her friend around, they chatted about Deanna’s recent marriage and Sage saw the love shining from her friend’s eyes. Sage was truly thrilled for Deanna, but a small part of her wished she had been the one to find Mr. Right.
But that wasn’t going to happen anytime soon. After her disastrous affair at her last gig, she’d given up on men and completely stopped dating. Her ex had been the director of the zoo where she’d been working, so when things fell apart, she’d not only lost her boyfriend but also her job.
Enter to win a signed set of Delicious Love books + $15 Amazon Gift Card!
Nine will win DANGEROUSLY DELICIOUS ebooks!
About Denise Swanson:
New York Times Bestseller author Denise Swanson was a practicing psychologist for twenty-two years. She writes the Delicious Love and Change of Heart contemporary romance series, as well as the Scumble River, Devereaux’s Dime Store, and Chief-to-Go mysteries. Her books all feature small-town heroines with lots of heart.
Denise’s books have been finalists for the Agatha, Mary Higgins Clark, RT Magazine's Career Achievement, and Daphne du Maurier Awards. She has won the Reviewers Choice Award and was a BookSense 76 Top Pick.


Denise Swanson lives in rural Illinois with her husband, classical composer David Stybr.

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