A Song for Bellafortuna by Vincent B.LoCoco Book Tour!

Publication Date: May 14, 2015

Publisher: Cefalutana Press
Formats: Ebook, Paperback, AudioBook
Pages: 284

Genre: Historical Fiction

SHORT LIST FINALIST IN THE WILLIAM FAULKNER-WILLIAM WISDOM WRITING COMPETITION.

A Song for Bellafortuna is an inspirational Italian Historical Fiction novel concerning a young man’s desire to free his Sicilian village from the domination of one family’s long reign. For years, the beautiful, yet secluded, hilltop village of Bellafortuna, Sicily, was a great producer of wine and olive oil. The entire village prospered. However, after the arrival of the Vasaio family, production dwindles and the villagers soon find themselves in crushing debt to the Vasaios. Only one family in the village remains outside the control of the Vasaios, but the reason haunts Antonio Sanguinetti every day of his life. Antonio is determined to erase this legacy by offering financial and emotional support to his fellow villagers. He introduces them to the choral song from Verdi’s opera, Nabucco, which becomes the rallying cry for the villagers and offers them hope for a better life.

When Antonio’s only son, Giuseppe, discovers his family’s past, he becomes determined to take on the Vasaios and remove them from power. Led by the young Giuseppe, a plan is hatched that could result in either complete freedom for the villagers, or if it fails, forever solidifying the Vasaios’ control.

Find out what happens in A Song for Bellafortuna, a sweeping epic historical fiction tale of love, drama, sacrifice, and redemption, set among the beautiful landscape of Sicily. Already listed by Amazon as a Top New Release in Historical Fiction and Italian Historical Fiction.

Praise for A Song for Bellafortuna

“Vincent B. LoCoco writes a heartwarming piece of historical fiction . . . He captured the essence of the Sicilian culture, especially regarding the value of ancestry and music . . . A Song For Bellafortuna is a beautiful tale of antiquity.” – Readers Favorite 5 Star Review

“The book was a joy to read. It is a wonderful story, told in a magical way.” -Cavaliere Ufficiale Aldo Mancusi, President of the Enrico Caruso Museum of America in New York

“An inspiring story of an Italian village threatened by commerce and saved by opera.” -John Biguenet, author of The Torturer’s Apprentice and Oyster

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About the Author

Award winning and bestselling author, Vincent B. “Chip” LoCoco, lives in New Orleans. His first novel, Tempesta’s Dream – A Story of Love, Friendship and Opera, became an Amazon bestselling novel and was awarded the 2014 Pinnacle Achievement Award in Historical Fiction. Amazon also has named his book as a Top Rated Novel in Italian Historical Fiction.

Visit him at www.vincentlococo.com, or follow him on Facebook, Twitter, and Goodreads.

Pearl Pro Hair Remover Giveaway and Blogger Opportunity!

 

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Johnny Come Lately by Kathleen M.Rodgers Spotlight, Reduced Price and Giveaway!!!

The ebook normally retails for $4.95, but until 

July 31st 

the publisher is offering it at the specially reduced

price of $2.99!

About the Book:

 

Would life have been different for Johnnie if she'd been named after a woman rather than her dead uncle? Or if her mama hadn't been quite so beautiful or flighty? The grandparents who raised her were loving, but they didn't understand the turmoil roiling within her. And they had so many, many secrets.

Why did her mama leave? Would she ever return? How did her Uncle Johnny really die? Who was her father? Now Johnnie Kitchen is a 43-year-old woman with three beautiful children, two of them grown. She has a handsome, hardworking husband who adores her, and they live in the historic North Texas town of Portion in a charming bungalow. But she never finished college and her only creative outlet is a journal of letters addressed to both the living and the dead. Although she has conquered the bulimia that almost killed her, Johnnie can never let down her guard, lest the old demons return. Or perhaps they never went away to begin with. For Johnnie has secrets of her own, and her worst fear is that the life she's always wanted--the one where she gets to pursue her own dreams--will never begin.

Not until her ghosts reveal themselves.

Amazon buy link:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00R6J3DE8?tag=tributebooks-20

Barnes and Noble buy link:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/johnnie-come-lately-kathleen-m-rodgers/1120028327?ean=9781603812153

About the Author:

Kathleen M. Rodgers' stories and essays have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies. Johnnie Come Lately is her second novel. She is also the author of the award-winning novel, The Final Salute, featured in USA Today, The Associated Press, and Military Times. She lives in a suburb of North Texas with her husband, a retired fighter pilot/commercial airline pilot, and their dog, Denton. 

About the Giveaway:

 

There is also a $25 Amazon.com gift card/PayPal cash giveaway going on at:
http://johnniecomelatelyblogtour.blogspot.com

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Eeny Meeny by M.J.Arlidge Spotlight!

EENY MEENY by M.J. Arlidge has been one of the most buzzed about books for the last few months here in the halls at Penguin. It kept my colleagues and me up into the early hours of the morning reading, and I would love to know if you would like to review or feature the book in June when it goes on sale.

EENY MEENY opens with a compelling and terrifying premise. A young couple wakes up trapped in an abandoned diving pool without food or water. There's no escape. Instead there is a loaded gun with a single bullet, and a phone with enough battery life to receive one message: to walk free, one of them must kill the other. 

When other pairs are given the same orders in increasingly twisted ways, the brilliant but damaged Detective Inspector Helen Grace (reminiscent of Prime Suspect’s Jane Tennison or Stella Gibson in the TV series The Fall) finds herself racing against time and confronting dark chapters of her own past.

The "dark, twisted, thought-provoking" (#1 New York Times bestseller Tami Hoag) international bestseller—first in the new series featuring Detective Helen Grace.

Two people are abducted, imprisoned, and left with a gun. As hunger and thirst set in, only one walks away alive.

It’s a game more twisted than any Detective Helen Grace has ever seen. If she hadn’t spoken with the shattered survivors herself, she almost wouldn’t believe them.

Helen is familiar with the dark sides of human nature, including her own, but this case—with its seemingly random victims—has her baffled. But as more people go missing, nothing will be more terrifying than when it all starts making sense....

M.J. Arlidge has worked in television for the last 15 years, specialising in high end drama production. Arlidge has produced a number of prime-time crime serials for ITV In the last five years, and is currently working on a major adaptation of The Last of the Mohicans for the BBC.

CHAPTER 1

Sam is asleep. I could kill him now. His face is turned from me—it wouldn’t be hard. Would he stir if I moved? Try to stop me? Or would he just be glad that this nightmare was over?

I can’t think like that. I must try to remember what is real, what is good. But when you’re a prisoner, the days seem endless and hope is the first thing to die.

I rack my brains for happy memories to hold off the dark thoughts, but they are harder and harder to summon.

We’ve been here only ten days (or is it eleven?), yet normal life already seems a distant memory. We were hitching back from a gig in London when it happened. It was pouring rain and a succession of cars had sailed past without a second look. We were soaked to the skin and about to turn back when finally a van pulled over. Inside, it was warm and dry. We were offered coffee from a flask. Just the smell of it was enough to cheer us up. The taste was even better. We didn’t realize it would be our last taste of freedom.

When I came to, my head was pounding. Blood coated my mouth. I wasn’t in the warm van anymore. I was in a cold, dark space. Was I dreaming? A noise behind me made me start. But it was only Sam stumbling to his feet.

We’d been robbed. Robbed and dumped. I scrambled forward, clawing at the walls that enclosed us. Cold, hard tiles. I crashed into Sam and for a brief moment held him, breathing in that smell I love so much. Then the moment passed and we realized the horror of our situation.

We were in a disused diving pool. Derelict, unloved, it had been stripped of the boards, signs and even the steps. Everything that could be salvaged had been. Leaving a deep smooth tank that was impossible to climb out of.

Was that evil shit listening to our screams? Probably. Because when we finally stopped, it happened. We heard a mobile phone ringing and for a brief, glorious moment thought it was someone coming to rescue us. But then we saw the phone’s face glowing on the pool floor beside us. Sam didn’t move, so I ran. Why did it have to be me? Why does it always have to be me?

“Hello, Amy.”

The voice on the other end was distorted, inhuman. I wanted to beg for mercy, explain that they’d made a terrible mistake, but the fact that they knew my name seemed to rob me of all conviction. I said nothing, so the voice continued, relentless and dispassionate:

“Do you want to live?”

“Who are you? What have you done to u—?”

“Do you want to live?”

For a minute, I can’t reply. My tongue won’t move. But then:

“Yes.”

“On the floor by the phone you’ll find a gun. It has one bullet in it. For Sam or for yourself. That is the price of your freedom. You must kill to live. Do you want to live, Amy?”

I can’t speak. I want to vomit.

“Well, do you?”

And then the phone goes dead. Which is when Sam asks:

“What did they say?”

Sam is asleep beside me. I could do it now.

Let's Talk About Tickling by Veronica Frances Spotlight!

Title: Let’s Talk About Tickling
Author: Veronica Frances
Publisher: Blue Note Books
Pages: 240
Genre: Non-fiction/Erotic Literature/Self Improvement
Format: Kindle

Let’s Talk About Tickling is an honest, straightforward discussion about tickling. Discover the many different aspects of tickling—the fantasies, the realities, the many paradoxes of the tickling fetish and how to come to terms with ones own sensuality.

A refreshing and very welcome find, Let’s Talk About Tickling is for anyone who wishes to expand their awareness of tickling and other related fetishes. This book will be of great interest to anyone who wants to get in touch with their sensual self, whether they have a tickling fetish or not.

Author Veronica Frances offers her readers the chance to improve their relationships in and out of the bedroom by shining a light on the powerful significance of tickling. She reminds us that tickling is not merely the whisper of a feather on the flesh. It is an echo that calls us from deep within, beckoning us to listen and respond.

For More Information

• Let’s Talk About Tickling is available at Amazon.
• Pick up your copy at iApple Bookstore or Barnes & Noble.
• Visit the book’s Facebook page.
• Discuss this book at PUYB Virtual Book Club at Goodreads.
• Read excerpt here.

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Veronica Frances is the author of the gutsy, no-holds-barred novel, Tickling Daphne H. Her new non-fiction book Let’s Talk About Tickling sheds a refreshing new light on the subject. She is known as the TickleWriter in some circles.

Veronica also writes under her real name, Stacey Handler. Stacey is the author of The Body Burden; Living In The Shadow Of Barbie. Her book was featured in Jump Magazine, Australian Women’s Weekly, The National Enquirer, and several other publications, radio shows and cable TV shows.

Stacey excels at public speaking, singing, composing, and writing. She is a singer-songwriter, poet, and has written in many different styles. She has an album and several singles available, including her two popular anthems, Ain’t No Skinny Little Thing and Soap Opera Diva.

She lives in New York City, where she continues to write erotica, fiction, poetry and non-fiction.

Nexium 24HR, The Little Purple Pill Review!

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Use as directed for 14 days to treat frequent heartburn. Nexium 24HR may take 1-4 days for full effect.

My Thoughts on Nexium 24HR, The Purple Pill

I received a free 14 day regimen of Nexium 24HR for review. Over the years and because of a lot of medications I take, I have been diagnosed as having acid reflux, not a fun thing to have, especially at night. Before taking Nexium I would frequently wake up in the middle of the night because of the reflux. I have been overweight all of my adult life and because of this and medications I have had to do some changing in my life, dieting and exercise has definitely helped. You have to be careful with certain foods late at night or before bed. I started taking Nexium 24 HR and lost weight and watch what I eat, all that combined has stopped the acid reflux for me. This little purple pill takes care of the problem. I would recommend it to anyone who has this problem and wants relief. A wonderful product!! See the list below for symptoms and if you have any of these, Nexium just may help. Please see a doctor if your symptoms are severe!

"I received a free product for the purpose of my review. Opinions are 100% my own."

"I received a free product for the purpose of my review. Opinions are 100% my own."

Matcha Green Tea; Culinary Teas Review #CulinaryTeas

Our Matcha is a thin Matcha called Usucha and ideal for the everyday Matcha drinker.  It is the perfect quality for enjoying the genuine taste of Matcha as a tea or as an ingredient in smoothies. Our Matcha is a light creamy liquid with a very sweet and mild flavor. It is 100% green tea powder; no sugar or other ingredients.  

Matcha is a power-house of antioxidants.  One serving contains 137x the amount of antioxidants in green tea! 

 What are the benefits of Matcha Tea?

Matcha Tea is packed with antioxidants, it can boost metabolism and burn calories, calms the mind, relaxes the body, It can prevent disease and lower cholesterol and blood sugar. I started drinking matcha tea (black) about a year ago. I loved the flavor of it, so recently I received a sample of Matcha Green Tea from Culinary Teas.

I have various health issues, among them diabetes, so I had to do a lifestyle change as my A1C levels were through the roof. With diet and exercise I was able to lose 65 lbs. My A1C went from a 10 to a 5.9, impressive right? Among the things I added to my diet like I said before was to add matcha tea to my daily regime. I like to take about a half of teaspoon and add it into a glass of soy milk or almond milk, put it is a mini blender for a few seconds and that is my breakfast! I often like to drink it hot also with a bit of honey or rock sugar. 

It is easy to incorporate matcha green tea into your diet, you can drink it in place of your morning coffee, it gives you the energy you need without the jitters that coffee can give you. If you don't want to drink it, to get your daily intake you can add it to your cooking/baking. I have used it in banana bread, cookies, and even mixed it into a pasta sauce. There is so many things you can put it into, lattes, smoothies and iced tea. I highly recommend adding matcha green tea into your daily routine. Once you start you will wonder why you haven't used it before! 

How to prepare hot!

STEP ONE: Heat spring or filtered water

STEP TWO: Add a few drops of hot water to matcha powder and mix into paste with a spoon

STEP THREE: Add more hot water to paste mixture and stir. Try 1 teaspoon to 6 ounces of water. Adjust measurement to suit taste.

STEP FOUR: Matcha is ready to drink

This is a sponsored post, I received a sample of Matcha Green Tea from Culinary Teas for my honest review. #CulinaryTeas

Grapefruit Tangerine Tang Natural Soap Review! #Soapdotclub

About the Soap

The Soap.Club offers our customers the ability to purchase our amazing soap online or join our monthly membership service.

Soap is our passion. In fact, it’s our only product. We focus on premium quality soap aged up to 6 weeks and made fresh with pure ingredients that will stimulate your senses. The secret is our old-fashioned cold process soap making. Every product is made by hand, starting from stirring the recipe, cutting the bars and even packaging each individual item. Right away, you will notice the soft gentle lather that feels like lotion instead of rough sharp edges that feel scratchy or rough on your skin.
 
The cold process method of making soap helps enhance the fragrance. Many of the essential oils and fragrances provide the same properties used in aromatherapy and wellness programs. Feel the guilt free, sensual indulgence of our soap.



What I Think

I received a bar of Grapefruit Tangerine Tang Natural Soap for review and was not monetarily compensated. I choose Grapefruit/Tangerine fragrance because I love the citrusy scent of soap. I have used the soap ever since I received it and it lathers great and has a subtle scent that won't overpower you. The bar is a really nice size also.

The soap rinses clean without leaving a film as store bought soaps tend to do. I love handmade soap and have for years, not too crazy about the name brands you find in a store, I think I like that the soaps are handcrafted using pure/organic ingredients, plus these bars tend to last a really long time as opposed to name brand, I really think that they make them that way so you have to replace the bars sooner.

All in all, I would buy a bar from Soap.club anytime. The only complaint I have is that there is no straight Patchouli fragrance soap, one of my faves!! Otherwise, I would definitely recommend this brand if you are looking to try a soap from Soap.club or are just looking to try something different with natural ingredients.

*Note: You need to use some type of wooden type of soapdish,, like the one in the picture above, otherwise the soap will get mushy. Soapdish sold separately.

This is a sponsored ad #Soapdotclub. I received a bar of soap to try and was not monetarily compensated.

Odin's Child by Bruce Macbain Book Spotlight!

Publication Date: May 26, 2015 Blank Slate Press Formats: eBook, Trade Paperback
Pages: 400
Genre: Historical Fiction

     

 Driven from the flaming ruin of his Iceland farmhouse, young Odd Tangle-Hair, the only survivor of a feud in which his family is slaughtered, steals a ship, rounds up a rag-tag crew and embarks on the Viking life. He swears one day to return, rich and powerful enough to take vengeance on his enemies. But how far off that day seems! His father, Black Thorvald, had once been a chieftain in Iceland. But in the year 1000, when the country adopted Christianity, Thorvald denounced the new faith and shut himself up in his hall, shunning the world and shunned by it. Odd fears that the worm of cowardice that unmanned his father has infected him too. He has inherited from Thorvald a shock of black hair, a gift for poetry, and an allegiance to Odin, god of battles and magic. But Odd is heir to darker traits as well?a hint of madness and a temper which will sometimes cost him dearly. Fate carries him and his men to a shamanistic healer in Lapland, to bloody religious strife in Norway, to the lair of a witch in Finland, and finally to the borders of Russia. Here Odd will leave his comrades behind to join the retinue of a Norwegian princeling who is fleeing to the court of Yaroslav, Grand Prince of Rus. New dangers wait for him in that faraway country. Eager, curious, quick-witted?and sometimes wrong-headed?Odd Tangle-Hair recounts his story with candor, insight, and always an ironic sense of humor.

Odin's Child Available at

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Praise for Odin's Child

?Meticulous research and poetic writing make Odin's Child a multilayered masterpiece...It brings medieval Scandinavia vividly alive. Written with passion, peopled with superbly realized characters, I was gripped from the very first page of this historical novel.? -Carol McGrath, author of The Handfasted Wife and The Swan-Daughter ?[Macbain?s] writing is vivid and compelling, and his understanding of Norse and Icelandic culture and history is woven deftly throughout the tale. The cast of characters is well-fleshed out and Odd makes for a wonderful protagonist. I thoroughly enjoyed this novel, and I eagerly await its sequel. Highly recommended.? -Historical Novels Review, Editor?s Choice

Excerpt from Chapter 1: The Stallion Fight At Thingholt

On that day in May, as we rode to the stallion fight at Thingholt, my fate showed itself to me. A raven flew low across the sky into the rising sun and the moment I saw it I knew that Odin had spoken to me and that he would give me courage for the thing I had secretly made up my mind to do. Only now, half a century later, do I see what a long text was folded into that swift vision. The spring of my sixteenth year had come early to the South Quarter of Iceland, with hot-cold days and thunderclouds sweeping up over the mountains. The stallions, smelling the air, trembled and kicked against their stalls. At this season if you stake out a mare where the stallions can smell her, they will fight like berserkers to get at her, and a great one will die before he breaks and runs. Black Grani was such a one. This was his fourth spring and the time had come to bring him to the South Quarter Thing and fight him. Thorvald, my father, grumbled and held back, but I gave him no peace, until, at last, he flung up an arm, which meant 'yes'. Although my brother Gunnar and I had set out early from the farm, the day was far gone before we came in sight of Thingholt plain and heard the distant shouts of men and the whinnying of horses. We left Grani and our mounts at the horse lines and walked across the sparse heath into the holiday crowd. And as we pushed our way through, there were some who knew us. A few old men came up and in low voices asked to be remembered to our father. But one red-faced woman, seeing us, cried, "Jesu!" and dragged her little daughter from our path.

About the Author

From boyhood, Bruce Macbain spent his days in reading history and historical fiction. The Greeks and Romans have held a special fascination for him and this led to earning a master?s degree in Classical Studies and a doctorate in Ancient History. Along the way, he also taught English as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Borneo. Later, he taught courses in Greek and Roman civilization at Vanderbilt University and Boston University, and published a few dense scholarly monographs, read by very few. Recently, he has turned to writing fiction, a much more congenial pursuit. He has previously published two historical mysteries set in ancient Rome, Roman Games and its sequel, The Bull Slayer. Now, he has turned his attention to his other favorite folk, the Vikings. Odin's Child is the first novel of a trilogy, Odd Tangle-Hair?s Saga, which follows our hero?a wanderer, poet and warrior?from his tiny Iceland farm to the Great Palace in Constantinople. It will be published by Blank Slate Press in May, 2015. Bruce spends his spare time in the kitchen, cooking spicy food. For more information please visit Bruce Macbain's website. You can also follow him on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and Goodreads.

Odin's Child Blog Tour Schedule

Monday, June 29
Review at A Book Geek
Interview at Shelf Full of Books
Spotlight & Giveaway at Unshelfish
  Tuesday, June 30
Interview at Brooke Blogs
  Wednesday, July 1
Review at Book Nerd
  Friday, July 3
Spotlight at Layered Pages
Spotlight & Giveaway at Teddy Rose Book Reviews Plus More
  Monday, July 6
Interview at A Literary Vacation
  Tuesday, July 7
Spotlight & Giveaway at Passages to the Past
  Wednesday, July 8
Spotlight at CelticLady's Reviews
  Thursday, July 9
Review at Bookramblings
  Friday, July 10
Review at Just One More Chapter

The Shakespeare Conspiracy by Jeffrey Hunter McQuain Book Feature!

Title: The Shakespeare Conspiracy
Author: Jeffrey Hunter McQuain
Publisher: Telemachus Press
Genre: Fiction/Thriller
Format: Kindle 

What makes a secret worth dying for? That’s what Christopher Klewe, a brash young professor from Virginia, finds out in Jeffrey Hunter McQuain’s new thriller “The Shakespeare Conspiracy” when he stumbles upon the most shocking cover-up in literary history.

On a rainy Halloween at Washington’s Kennedy Center, a masked killer brutally stabs Klewe’s best friend. Before dying, the victim deliberately drops his raincoat across a puddle and scrawls the letters “SoN” in his own blood.

Investigating the murder scene, Klewe is joined by Zelda Hart, a married reporter for The New York Times. They learn the victim’s ear was severed and find evidence of a 400-year-old secret society. When questioned by police, Klewe reveals the surprising question he’s been researching: was Shakespeare black?

Outside Kennedy Center, they meet a drunken security guard who saw the murder and swears that “Shakespeare did it.” Klewe and Zelda grow less skeptical when a figure wearing a Shakespeare mask and wielding an Elizabethan dagger chases them into the Metro subway system toward Maryland.

After being cornered in a remote Maryland cabin by the killer, the two escape to look for answers at Shakespeare and Company, a famous Paris bookstore, as well as in London’s Globe Theater. As they solve each step of the mystery, though, they face new obstacles to overcome and more clues to unravel in their search for the truth.

Pursued across two continents by murderers, the desperate Klewe and Zelda have only three days to solve the strangest mystery of Renaissance history. The evidence mounts up, drawn from actual anagrams hidden in Shakespeare’s own words as well as historically accurate descriptions of Elizabethan paintings and observations made by the playwright’s contemporaries.

Their dangerous journey takes them ultimately to Stratford and the Bard’s final resting place. There the words of the playwright’s epitaph help thwart the deadly conspiracy.

Once hailed as “a jaw-dropping premise” by the late columnist William Safire, “The Shakespeare Conspiracy” is the first novel by a published Shakespeare expert. It offers readers the twists of a thrill ride reminiscent of “The Da Vinci Code” as well as that novel’s excitement of wondering whether its central secret just might be true. If so, this new thriller has the potential to expose the biggest literary conspiracy of all time, offering a whole new way of looking at the world’s greatest writer, William Shakespeare.

ORDER INFORMATION

The Shakespeare Conspiracy is available for purchase at  Amazon and B&N

Jeffrey Hunter McQuain, who holds a Doctorate in Literary Studies from American University, is co-author of several popular books, including “Coined by Shakespeare” and “The Bard on the Brain.” For more than a dozen years, he served as the researcher for William Safire’s “On Language” column in The New York Times. A poet and dramatist, he has also taught college courses in Shakespeare and occasionally performed in the Bard’s plays. His first novel, “The Shakespeare Conspiracy,” is based on his nonfiction book “Ebony Swan: The Case for Shakespeare’s Race.” Dr. McQuain lives in Maryland and is currently adapting “Ebony Swan” as a stage play.

For More Information

 

Visit Jeffrey’s website.

June 15

Book featured at Undercover Book Reviews

Interviewed at Review From Here

June 16

Book featured at 3 Partners in Shopping

June 17

Guest blogging at What is That Book About

Book featured at The Literary Nook

June 18

Interviewed at Author C.A. Milson

June 19

Guest blogging at Confessions of a Reader

June 22

Book featured at Chosen By You Book Club

June 23

Interviewed at I’m Shelf-ish

Book featured at The Dark Phantom

June 24

Book featured at Celticlady’s Reviews

June 25

Book reviewed at A Room Without Books is Empty

Book featured at Lover of Literature

June 26

Book reviewed at My Life, Loves and Passion

Book featured at Bent Over Bookwords

Turning to Stone by Gabriel Valjan Spotlight!

TURNING TO STONE, the fourth book of the highly praised Roma series (Winter Goose Publishing; June 2015; softcover $15.99; Kindle / Nook, $5.99).

Alabaster Black aka Bianca Nerini returns as an investigation into a public official’s assassination pits Bianca and her friends against a backdrop of financial speculation, female assassins on motorcycles, and the Camorra—the most ruthless of Italian organized crime gangs—in Gabriel Valjan’s

En route to a secret meeting, Aldo Giurlani—the regional commissioner of Lombardy in northern Italy and a specialist on organized crime—is assassinated in the middle of a public square.

More mysterious is the package sent to Giurlani’s hand-picked team of five top investigators within the Guardia di Finanza (GdF), the Italian law enforcement agency that investigates illegal financial transactions, from money laundering to drug trafficking. Within the package are five copies of a book entitled Man of Smoke written by Aldo Palazzeschi.

Then there is Bianca’s tenuous online contact with a mysterious online contact known as Loki, who delivers a cryptic message to her, takes on a new twist with the appearance of a brilliant young obsessive-compulsive man who joins her team.

Complicating matters even further, old enemies and, more problematically, Alabaster’s former employer—Rendition, a murky covert U.S. government agency that does more than just investigate financial crimes—still have grudges to bear against her.

As new mysteries unfold, Bianca’s group quickly discovers that Naples might just be the most dangerous city in Italy.



Learn more about Gabriel  Valjan here: http://www.gabrielvaljan.com/bio/

Go here to read a sample chapter: http://www.gabrielvaljan.com/turning-to-stone/

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