20 November 2018

A Pivotal Right by K.A. Servian Book Tour and Giveaway! @hfvbt @KAServian1 #KAServian #HFVBTBlogTours



A Pivotal Right by K.A. Servian

Publication Date: August 15, 2018
Paperback & eBook
Series: Shaking the Tree, Book #2
Genre: Historical/Romance/Victorian
Florence struggled for breath as she stared into the face of a ghost. "Jack?" Twenty years after being forced apart Jack and Florence have been offered a second chance at love. But can they find their way back to each other through all the misunderstandings, guilt and pain? And what of their daughter, Viola? Her plan to become a doctor is based on the belief she has inherited her gift her medicine from Emile, the man she believed was her father. How will she reconcile her future with the discovery that she is Jack's child?

Amazon | Barnes and Noble | IndieBound

About the Author

As a life-long creative, Kathy gained qualifications in fashion design, applied design to fabric and jewelry making and enjoyed a twenty-year-plus career in the fashion and applied arts industries as a pattern maker, designer and owner of her own clothing and jewelry labels. She then discovered a love of teaching and began passing on the skills accumulated over the years'design, pattern-making, sewing, Art Clay Silver, screen-printing and machine embroidery to name a few. Creative writing started as a self-dare to see if she had the chops to write a manuscript. Writing quickly became an obsession and Kathy's first novel, Peak Hill, which was developed from the original manuscript, was a finalist in the Romance Writers of New Zealand Pacific Hearts Full Manuscript contest in 2016. Kathy now squeezes full-time study for an advanced diploma in creative writing in around working on her novels, knocking out the occasional short story, teaching part-time and being a wife and mother. For more information please visit K.A. Servian’s website and blog. You can also find her on Facebook, Twitter, and Goodreads. Sign up for K.A. Servian’s newsletter to receive news and updates.

Blog Tour Schedule

Monday, October 22
Feature at Passages to the Past
Tuesday, October 23
Excerpt at Donna’s Book Blog
Thursday, October 25
Feature at What Is That Book About
Monday, October 29
Review at Pursuing Stacie
Friday, November 2
Review at Locks, Hooks and Books
Excerpt at Introvert Booklover
Sunday, November 4
Excerpt at T’s Stuff
Monday, November 5
Excerpt at Passages to the Past
Tuesday, November 6
Review at What Cathy Read Next
Thursday, November 8
Review at A Darn Good Read
Friday, November 9
Guest Post at Jathan & Heather
Monday, November 12
Feature at Maiden of the Pages
Friday, November 16
Review & Excerpt at The Book Junkie Reads
Monday, November 19
Review at Jorie Loves a Story
Tuesday, November 20
Feature at CelticLady’s Reviews

Giveaway

During the Blog Tour we will be giving away 10 eBooks of The Moral Compass, the first book in the Shaking the Tree series! To enter, please enter via the Gleam form below. 

 Giveaway Rules – Giveaway ends at 11:59pm EST on November 20th. You must be 18 or older to enter. – Giveaway is open to US residents only. – Only one entry per household. – All giveaway entrants agree to be honest and not cheat the systems; any suspect of fraud is decided upon by blog/site owner and the sponsor, and entrants may be disqualified at our discretion. – Winner has 48 hours to claim prize or new winner is chosen. 
Posted by at No comments:

19 November 2018

Purls and Poison (A Black Sheep & Co. Mystery) by Anne Canadeo


Purls and Poison (A Black Sheep & Co. Mystery) by Anne Canadeo

 About the Book
 
Cozy Mystery 2nd in Series 
Kensington (October 30, 2018) 
Hardcover: 320 pages 
ISBN-10: 1496708636
ISBN-13: 978-1496708632 
Digital ASIN: B079KT54BW
When a fellow Black Sheep Knitter is suspected of poisoning her coworker, the group puts down their needles and takes up their friend's defense . . .
Suzanne Cavanaugh has just about had it with her office rival at Prestige Properties. It's bad enough that Liza Devereaux is constantly needling her at work, but when she shows up at one of Suzanne’s open houses to poach potential buyers, it’s the last straw. No one in the office fails to hear the two snarling at each other.
When Liza is later found dead in her office cubicle—poisoned by a diet shake—Suzanne becomes the prime suspect. It’s soon discovered, though, that Liza had double-crossed so many around town and stashed their dark secrets in her designer handbags that anyone could be the culprit.
The Black Sheep Knitters have no doubt their friend has been framed—but they need to prove it. Stirred to action, they get together to catch a sneaky killer who's trying to pull the wool over everyone's eyes . . .

About The Author

Anne Canadeo is the best-selling author of more than 30 books, including the Black Sheep & Company Mysteries, and as Katherine Spencer, the Cape Light and Angel Island series. She somehow manages to write a lot, despite many and much loved distractions -- such as digging up the garden, hanging out with her dog, trying new recipes, drinking copious amounts of mint tea, eating chocolate and volunteer work in the community. She lives in Northport, NY, a village on the Long Island Sound very much like the settings of her stories. Anne loves to hear from readers. Answering their messages is definitely another favorite distraction in her day.

Author Links
Website: annecanadeo.com 

Purchase Links: 
TOUR PARTICIPANTS
November 8 – A Wytch’s Book Review Blog – REVIEW, CHARACTER INTERVIEW
November 8 – Mystery Thrillers and Romantic Suspense Reviews – GUEST POST
November 9 – Sneaky the Library Cat’s Blog – CHARACTER GUEST POST
November 10 – Mallory Heart’s Cozies – REVIEW
November 11 – Handcrafted Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
November 12 – Books a Plenty Book Reviews – REVIEW, CHARACTER GUEST POST
November 12 – Brooke Blogs – SPOTLIGHT
November 13 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
November 13 – Babs Book Bistro – SPOTLIGHT
November 14 – The Avid Reader – REVIEW
November 15 – The Pulp and Mystery Shelf – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
November 16 – The Montana Bookaholic – SPOTLIGHT
November 17 – Laura’s Interests – REVIEW
November 18 – Moonlight Rendezvous – REVIEW, GUEST POST
November 19 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
November 20 – Rosepoint Publishing – REVIEW
November 20 – Reading Is My SuperPower – GUEST POST
November 21 – My Reading Journeys – SPOTLIGHT

  Have you signed up to be a Tour Host?
Click Here Find Details and Sign Up Today 

 
Posted by at No comments:

Berlin Butterfly Ensnare by Leah Moyes Book Blitz and Giveaway!




 Leah Moyes is from Arizona but experienced many parts of the world in thanks to a career in the airlines. Now most of her time, aside from writing, is spent with her family, reading Historical Fiction novels or studying ancient cultures as a student of Archaeology.
She always believed she was born in the wrong time period, but since she doesn’t have access to a time machine she must write and read intriguing stories of the past. 






~ Twitter ~ Goodreads ~
~ Amazon ~



Stay or flee? Life or family? An impossible choice.

It's Aug 13, 1961, in Berlin Germany. Nationale Volksarmee soldiers roll barbed wire across the war-torn city to create the first Berlin Wall.
Families are separated, livelihoods destroyed, death comes easily as crippling fear paralyzes the occupants on both sides of the wall. Fifteen-year-old Ella is faced with an agonizing decision. Does she risk crossing the wall and possible death to reach her family? Or does she embrace her new life and blossoming love that could be wrenched from her at any moment? West Germany and possible freedom or East Germany and controlled chaos?

Ensnare, the first book in the “Berlin Butterfly” series, is a story of life, love, survival and the struggle of living through the dark early years of the Berlin Wall. Readers will be captivated with Ella’s strength, determination, and vulnerability as she opens her heart amidst a dangerous and terrifying journey."




Top Ten List:


1. Married to one amazing man, who influences many through teaching and coaching
2. Mom of four, grandma to two, and Mama Moyes to many.
3. I am studying to be an archaeologist, currently working with the top Mesoamerican professors at Arizona State University 
3. I Love to travel! This year I went to France, Germany, Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland, Spain and Italy. Some for Archaeology and some for writing! 
4. I have a bucket list with over three hundred items on it. Half were written by friends.
5. I Love the outdoors, especially the mountains and beach (none of which are really in Arizona) but we have lakes and hills that come close 😊
6. I love popcorn!
7. I have driven a race car, bungee jumped, ziplined, cliff jumped and parasailed.
8. Coached the boys High School Varsity Soccer team for 5 years.
9. Will be climbing to Mt Everest Base Camp with my family next March!
10. When I touched the Berlin Wall I cried!




 To view our blog schedule and follow along with this tour visit our Official Event page 



Posted by at No comments:

18 November 2018

The Skeleton Makes a Friend (A Family Skeleton Mystery) by Leigh Perry


The Skeleton Makes a Friend (A Family Skeleton Mystery) by Leigh Perry

 About the Book
 
Diversion Books (November 6, 2018) 
Paperback: 280 pages 
ISBN-10: 1635764440
ISBN-13: 978-1635764444 
Digital ASIN: B07GT39K2X
Georgia Thackery is feeling pretty good about her summer job teaching at prestigious Overfeld College, and she’s renting a rustic cabin right by a lake for herself, her daughter, Madison, and her best friend, Sid the Skeleton. Together again, the trio are enjoying the quiet when a teenager named Jen shows up looking for her friend. Georgia doesn’t recognize the name, but she learns that the person Jen was looking for is actually Sid.
Sid reveals that he and Jen are part of a regular online gaming group that formed locally, and one of their members has gone missing. Sid admits that he might have bragged about his investigative prowess, enough so that Jen wants him to find their missing player. Given that Sid doesn’t have many friends offline—none, really, unless you count the Thackery family—Georgia agrees to help him search. They manage to discreetly enlist Jen, who lives in town, and follow the clues to... a dead buddy.
Now they've got a killer on their hands. Probing the life of Sid's friend, they realize a lot is wrong both on campus and in the seemingly quaint town, and someone doesn't want them looking deeper.

About the Author

 
Leigh Perry is the author of the Family Skeleton Series: 
A Skeleton in the Family, 
The Skeleton Takes a Bow, 
The Skeleton Haunts a House, 
and The Skeleton Paints a Picture. 
Author Links
Author Website: http://leighperryauthor.com/ 
Author Facebook: https://twitter.com/Family_Skeleton 
Sid's Twitter: https://www.facebook.com/LeighPerryAuthor

My Alter Ego

Toni L.P. Kelner: www.tonilpkelner.com 

 Purchase Links:
Amazon 
B&N
Kobo 

 a Rafflecopter giveaway 

 Read an Excerpt
Sid unzipped the rest of the way, pulled himself out of the suitcase and back together, and tried to turn the knob. “It’s locked.”
“Can you open it?”
“Easy peasy,” he said, pulling a set of lock picks from inside the suitcase. My locksmith sister Deborah probably hadn’t realized that teaching my daughter Madison how to pick locks was tantamount to teaching Sid. Madison had shared everything she’d learned with him, and he’d promptly ordered his own picks online. “You really should learn to do this, Georgia. It’s not that hard.”
Despite his assurance, it seemed to take an awful long time to get the door open. Or maybe it just seemed like a long time because I kept looking down the stairs, worried that somebody would hear us and come to see what was going on.
Finally there was a loud click, and Sid said, “Nailed it!” He opened the door, and cold air streamed out.
“Brr!” I said. “Wouldn’t you know that a department with everybody on vacation would be the one with overachieving air conditioners?” The window unit in my classroom had gone out twice. “Not to mention the waste of electricity.”
“You can complain about it later,” Sid said. “Come on.”
I followed him into the human resources department, pulling the empty suitcase along.
There were four more closed doors: three offices labeled with names and one marked File Room.
“Here we go,” Sid said, using his picks on one of the office doors.

This lock was easier to deal with, which was a relief, but unfortunately, the smell seemed to be coming from that office. “I’m going in.”

“Remember what I said. Get in, look around fast, get out.”
“Got it.” He stepped inside.
Between the cold, the horrid stink, and the fear of being caught, I was hoping that Sid would be swift, but I was surprised when he came out in under two minutes. “That was fast. Did you find something?”
“Don’t go in there.”
“I wasn’t going to—”

Then I looked at him.

He shouldn’t have been able to look like anything but bone-colored, but somehow he seemed paler than usual, and his bones were so loose he was nearly falling apart. “What’s wrong?”
“He’s in there. At least I think it’s him.”
“Did he see you?” I said stupidly.
He slowly shook his skull, and only then did I realize what it was we’d been smelling.
TOUR PARTICIPANTS
November 5 – The Avid Reader – REVIEW
November 5 – Brooke Blogs – SPOTLIGHT
November 6 – Mallory Heart’s Cozies – REVIEW
November 6 – Cozy Up With Kathy – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
November 7 – A Chick Who Reads – REVIEW
November 8 – Carstairs Considers – REVIEW
November 8 – fundinmental – SPOTLIGHT
November 9 – Laura’s Interests – REVIEW
November 9 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW
November 10 – The Book’s the Thing – REVIEW
November 11 – This Is My Truth Now – REVIEW
November 12 – Here’s How It Happened – REVIEW
November 12 – Lisa Ks Book Reviews – REVIEW
November 13 – Books a Plenty Book Reviews – REVIEW
November 14 – Varietats – REVIEW
November 14 –My Reading Journeys – REVIEW
November 15 – StoreyBook Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
November 15 – MJB Reviewers – REVIEW
November 16 – The Layaway Dragon – REVIEW
November 17 – Ruff Drafts – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
November 17 – Mysteries with Character – SPOTLIGHT
November 18 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
November 18 – The Montana Bookaholic – REVIEW

 Click Here Find Details and Sign Up Today! 

 
Posted by at No comments:
Subscribe to: Comments (Atom)

View My Stats!

View My Stats

Pageviews past week

SNIPPET_HTML_V2.TXT
Tweet