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To any authors/publishers/ tour companies that are looking for the reviews that I signed up for please know this is very hard to do. I will be stopping reviews temporarily. My husband passed away February 1st and my new normal is a bit scary right now and I am unable to concentrate on a book to do justice to the book and authors. I will still do spotlight posts if you wish it is just the reviews at this time. I apologize for this, but it isn't fair to you if I signed up to do a review and haven't been able to because I can't concentrate on any books. Thank you for your understanding during this difficult time. I appreciate all of you. Kathleen Kelly April 2nd 2024

26 May 2020

The Bone Cutters by Renee S. DeCamillis Book Tour and Giveaway!


The Bone Cutters 
by Renee S. DeCamillis 
Genre: Psychological Horror, Supernatural Thriller 


Horror, Psychological Thriller, Supernatural, a novella from the 2019 New Bizarro Author Series from Eraserhead Press: 

Dory wakes up in the padded room of a psychiatric hospital with no recollection of how she wound up there. She soon finds out she's been Blue-Papered--involuntarily committed. She gets sent to the wrong counseling group and discovers a whole new world of psychiatric patients she'd never known existed. At first she just thinks they're cutters, all marked by similar scars, but then she finds out that those scars are from carving into their bodies where they chisel and scrape their bones. They harvest bone dust, and this dust is highly coveted and sought after, as well as highly addictive. When they realize she's never been"dusted", Dory becomes their target. After all, dust from a "freshie" is much more valuable than theirs. Frightened for her life, she desperately tries to prove to the psych. hospital staff that she's not delusional about these particular patients wanting to slice her open and scrape her bones. The staff doesn't believe her. They all think she's crazy. Dory ends up on the run, fighting for her life, trying to avoid getting "dusted" by The Bone Cutters. 

Like Girl, Interrupted and "The Yellow Wallpaper", The Bone Cutters is one woman's dark and surreal experience with a madness that is not necessarily her own. 

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Renee S. DeCamillis is a dark fiction writer, an Editorial Intern with Crystal Lake Publishing, a member of the Horror Writers Association, a lyricist and poet, a life-long musician--hard rock/blues rhythm guitarist and singer, & a tree-hugging hippie with a sharp metal edge.

Renee earned her MFA in Creative Writing from the Stonecoast Graduate Program, she has her BA in psychology, and she attended Berklee College of Music as a music business major with guitar as her principal instrument. Music has been a huge part of Renee's life ever since she was a young child. She has been in a number of bands where she took on various roles, including hand percussionist. Renee is also a former model, school rock band teacher, creative writing teacher, private guitar instructor, A&R rep for an indie record label, therapeutic mentor, psychological technician, and pre-school teacher. (Yes, she loves to wear many hats; she is known to have worn thirteen hats all at once--literally.) She is also a former gravedigger; she can get rid of a body fast without leaving a trace, and she is not afraid of getting her hands dirty. Renee lives in the woods of Maine with her husband, their son, and a house full of ghosts. 


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Beginning With Cannonballs by Jill McCroskey Coupe Book Spotlight!


BEGINNING WITH CANNONBALLS
A Novel By Jill McCroskey Coupe
She Writes Press
Publication date: May 26, 2020;
Fiction; ISBN: 978-1-63152-848-4, 5 1⁄2 x 8 1⁄2,
Trade paperback, 232 pages,
$16.95 E-book
ISBN: 978-1-63152-849-1, $9.95 
Description: 
“This lyric novel is a gorgeous mosaic, fragmented in a way that lets the
reader into the gaps in order to complete the meaning, to connect the
narrative dots. Beginning with Cannonballs reminds me of an Alice Munro
story, one that looks at people’s lives over decades, like catching them
in snapshots, so we can see how they relate to the people they once
were. Jill McCroskey Coupe is one savvy, irresistible, and fearless writer.”
—John Dufresne, author of I Don’t Like Where This Is Going 
“The book takes on important and timeless issues of race, racism, and
cultural shifts in America.”—Centered on Books 
“...a thoughtful novel about the meaning of friendship...”—Booksies 
“Beginning with Cannonballs spans fifty years in a poignant yet difficult
friendship. Through each episode, each explosive cannonball, the novel takes
an unstinting and courageous look at how societal forces can seek
to destroy the truth that lies beneath the surface of our skin: that we are
all sisters and brothers at heart.”
—J.E. Irvin, author of The Dark End of the Rainbow and The
Strange Disappearance of Rose Stone 
“Jill McCroskey Coupe’s compelling story of an unlikely friendship in
the segregated South is unforgettable. Hanna and Gail’s struggle to
defy the odds of racism and social status is truly one of hope. Such
lovely and deft writing from a masterful storyteller. A must read.”—
Kim Bradley, short story writer and Assistant Professor of English, Flagler College 
In the 1940s, in segregated Knoxville, Tennessee, Gail (white) and Hann
a (black) shared a crib in Gail’s parents’ house, where Hanna’s mother,
Sophie, was the live-in maid. When the girls were four, Sophie taught them
to swim, and soon they were gleefully doing cannonballs off the diving
board, playing a game they'd invented based on their favorite Billie Holiday
song. 
By the time they’re both in college, however, the two friends have lost
touch with each other. A reunion in Washington, DC, sought by Gail but
resented by Hanna, sets the tone for their relationship from then on.
Marriage, children, and a tragic death further strain the increasingly
fragile bond. How much longer can the friendship last? 
Jill McCroskey Coupe’s first job was gathering (collating) in her father’s 
printing plant in Knoxville, Tennessee, in the foothills of the Great Smoky 
Mountains. A former librarian at Johns Hopkins University, she has an MFA in 
Fiction from Warren Wilson College, located in the heart of the Blue Ridge. The 
Southern Appalachians will always feel like home to her, but so does Baltimore, 
where she has lived for more than thirty years. Her first novel was TRUE STORIES 
AT THE SMOKY VIEW (She Writes Press). Her new novel, BEGINNING
WITH CANNONBALLS, is due out from She Writes Press in May 2020.
Find her online at jillmcoupe.com Buy Links: 

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25 May 2020

Kelegeen by Eileen O'Finlan Book Tour and Giveaway!


Kelegeen by Eileen O'Finlan

About Kelegeen

 
Historical Fiction 
Publisher: BWL Publishing Inc. (March 1, 2018) 
Paperback: 433 pages 
ISBN-10: 0228600294 
ISBN-13: 978-0228600299 
Kindle ASIN: B07B52K2TB
Ireland 1846  
Meg O’Connor, daughter of poor Irish cottiers, eagerly anticipates her wedding to Rory Quinn. Her dreams of marriage and family vanish along with Ireland’s potato crop when Kelegeen’s inhabitants awaken one morning to find their sole source of food destroyed by blight.
At first Meg and Rory are able to use their skills, hers of sewing and his of wood carving, to provide for themselves and their families. But tragedy and a costly mistake end those means of survival forcing them into more dangerous ventures.
As An Gorta Mór, the Great Hunger, continues to churn through Ireland ravaging the country’s peasantry with no let up in sight, Meg is compelled to make the most difficult decision of her life. What she chooses could be the salvation of the O’Connor and Quinn families or it could separate her forever from all she knows and loves.
 About Eileen O'Finlan
 
Eileen O’Finlan calls her writing “history with a twist” because she is intrigued by the unusual and little known aspects of history – the stories on history’s margins, the things rarely taught in the classroom. For her, that’s where history really gets fun.
Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, her family moved to Worcester when she was two. Four years later they moved to Holden where Eileen grew up and where she now resides with her 93 year old mother and two cats.
Eileen holds a Bachelor’s degree in history and a Master’s Degree in Pastoral Ministry. She works full time for the Diocese of Worcester and teaches online courses in Catholic studies for the University of Dayton, Ohio. She is proud to say that Pope Francis owns a copy of her debut novel, Kelegeen. Erin's Children, the sequel to Kelegeen, will be released by BWL Publishing, Inc. in December of 2020.

Author Links Webpage: https://eileenofinlan.com/
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  Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17762333.Eileen_O_Finlan ;
  Twitter: https://twitter.com/eileenofinlan ;
  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnoxfrZpgvtHbAH74qM_vEQ ;
  BWL Publishing, Inc. 
Author page: http://bookswelove.com/o-finlan-eileen/

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Revelations: Sunken Treasure, Lost Worlds The Risky Business Chronicles Book 2 by Hep Aldridge Book Tour and Giveaway!


Revelations: Sunken Treasure, Lost Worlds 
The Risky Business Chronicles Book 2 
by Hep Aldridge 
Genre: Action, Adventure 
The Saga continues… 

As the mystery deepens from the peaks of the Andes to the ocean floor off Florida’s Space Coast, Colten X. Burnett, and the Risky Business team are confronted by new perils and discoveries in their extraordinary quest for both treasures and what might be explosive, historical findings. 

New friends and new adversaries make their quest a suspense-filled thrill ride. 

Will they find the elusive treasure galleon, is the legendary golden library in Ecuador real? 

REVELATIONS - Volume 2 of the Risky Business Chronicles will engulf you as a virtual participant in this amazing adventure. 

It is the second book in Hep Aldridge's action and adventure series about Dr. Colten X. 

Book Trailer 


Sunken Treasure, Lost Worlds 
The Risky Business Chronicles Book 1 

His knowledge can make them all rich... or get them killed. 

From the depths of the Atlantic off Cape Canaveral Florida, searching for sunken Spanish treasure, to the Andes mountains of Ecuador chasing the legend of a lost golden library, Dr. Colten X. Burnett and the Risky Business team are on a quixotic adventure. 

While trying to make an honest, well sort of honest living, searching for remnants of the lost 1715 fleet, Risky Business Ltd. becomes entangled in a mystery that covers two continents and may rewrite history. 

The lure of uncovering a lost civilization, as well as the secrets it holds, motivates the team on their dangerous journey into a cosmological unknown. 

-Sunken Treasure Lost Worlds is the first book in Hep Aldridge's action and adventure series about Dr. Colten X. Burnett and the Risky Business team. 

Book Trailer 


Hep Aldridge is a certified scuba diver, cave diver and amateur archaeologist whose main area of interest is Pre-Columbian cultures of the Americas.

He has led or been part of archaeological expeditions to Mexico and Honduras, making discoveries that have been reported in National Geographic Magazine.

Hep's related interest in space, and space exploration and "things unknown" was fueled by his father who worked for NASA.
While living in New Mexico, he began to question the many strange and unexplained things he saw in the night sky in the mid 60's, and also developed an interest in lost treasure that has stayed with him his whole life.

The combination of these diverse interests led to the genesis of the Risky Business Chronicles, Book One, his first novel of a three-part series.

Hep is an Air Force veteran and resides on Florida's Space Coast 



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Drawn and Driven My Haiti Adventure by Rod Ellis Book Tour and Giveaway!


Drawn and Driven
My Haiti Adventure 
by Rod Ellis 
Genre: Non Fiction Adventure 

He was 61 years old. He had a secure position as a tenured associate professor at a major university. He had a bustling mental health practice. His home was loaded with equity. He drove and rode his dream vehicles, a Jeep Wrangler and a Victory Cross Country motorcycle. His son was set for college. Life was good. He could work for a few more years, then retire comfortably in his secluded country home. 

One day everything changed. Sitting in a crowded bus jammed between stalled vehicles in a classic Port-au-Prince traffic jam, Rod Ellis decided to chuck it all. Surrounded by the blare of horns and the cries of street vendors, he resolved to close his practice, resign his university position, and move to Haiti. 

What possessed him to do such a thing? How could he leave behind everything familiar for a world he knew only a little? Haiti is the poorest nation in the western hemisphere. There would be no air conditioning or running water. He would drive a 20-year-old vehicle. He would reside in an unfinished house, at the mercy of tropical winds and weather. Light-skinned, he would live in a world of almost exclusively dark-skinned people. Whatever was he thinking? Drawn and Driven: My Haiti Adventure tells the tale. In it, Ellis describes his physical, emotional, and spiritual journey into a country he had visited only a handful of times. He talks about preparing for the move, the people he interacted with after arrival, and the challenges he has faced trying to help the wonderful people of this struggling country. From cultural conflicts to renegade priests to building his own off-the-grid house to the development of a vocational school, Ellis weaves the tale of his great, ongoing adventure: Drawn and Driven. 


Rod Ellis retired from The University of Tennessee College of Social Work at the end of December 2016. He had served there for 17 years, as Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Acting Associate Dean, and Coordinator of International Programs. During his time at UT, Rod published 6 books as writer, co-writer, or editor, as well as several articles in professional and academic journals. These were published under his full name and credentials, Rodney A. Ellis, PhD, MSW, MA. 

For about two years prior to his retirement Rod had been making regular visits to Haiti with the American Haitian Foundation. Upon retirement, he moved to Petite Riviere de Nippes, Haiti where he has helped start churches, repair roads, start small businesses, and provide funding for students. He is currently director of a school that teaches conversational English and several vocational programs. He has also maintained a blog on his Facebook page since before his arrival in Haiti. 

Rod is a member of Crossroads Community Church in Baxter, TN, where the folks prayed over him before his departure and continue to pray for him as he works in Haiti. Even today, Crossroads Community Church is still “holding the ropes.” 

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23 May 2020

Cast in Stone Treasures of the Heart Book 2 by Lawna Mackie Book Tour and Giveaway!


Cast in Stone 
Treasures of the Heart Book 2 
by Lawna Mackie 
Genre: Romantic Adventure, Suspense 
Emma Taggart is a headstrong determined woman who knows exactly what she wants. That would be Finn Avery—not because he’s a multimillionaire with a mountain of gold—literally, but because all her life she’s had a crush on him. He also happens to be her best friend’s brother. 

When Emma finds herself in the small town of Dawson City, Yukon, for a second time, she realizes the beauty of the wilderness has grown on her. Granted the place is a far cry from the glamorous city of Chicago. Her job was to film and produce a special story for a prominent Chicago fashion magazine. It seemed a perfect way for her to spend time with Finn. 

Trouble begins when Finn’s best friend and partner passes away. Finn blames himself for the death and turns away from those who care. Emma knows he cares for her, the heated moments spent together spoke the truth, but now she can’t seem to break through to him. 

When a pompous billionaire, Marco Bishop, comes parading into town offering to buy the Charlie Avery Gold Mine, Finn is furious. The man has little respect for the town and its heritage, even worse he has come to fancy Emma and is determined to have her as his next conquest. Not only does Marco want the gold mine, but he’s certain he knows where to find diamonds. Marco persuades Emma to take a day trip with him up into the mountains, but by the time she realizes there is more to his plans, she knows she’s in terrible trouble. 

Finn suspects Emma has been taken against her will. He is determined to find her and bring her home. It’s another adventure into the brutal wilderness, where the rivers are as wild as the animals they encounter. 

Along the way Emma, Finn and Groot…the baby wolverine…yes, a baby wolverine, discover some interesting clues cast in the stones. Finn refuses to let anything happen to Emma but wonders if it might be too late. His great-great uncle once wrote—true treasures come from the heart. 

Gold Fever 
Treasures of the Heart Book 1 
by Lawna Mackie 
Genre: Romantic Adventure, Suspense 
Could it be true? The gold existed. A treasure map alluded to such a find, but for over a century it was rumored a fable, one told by an old crazy man—Samantha (Sam) Avery’s great-great-uncle. 

One huge problem existed. Her brother Finn sent her the map and told her to run. Sam knew her big brother was in trouble and she had to help him. 

In Dawson City, Yukon, Hunter Gray, outfitter and guide had been hired to do a job. At the airport, pick up a Sam Avery and take him to the old Charlie Avery cabin up the mighty river. 

What Hunter Gray hadn’t expected was for Sam to be a Samantha, who wore fashion designer shoes, had a sharp tongue and a goddess-like appearance—the vast wilderness of the Yukon was no place for somebody like her. 

Sam had to learn quickly. How hard could it be to ride a horse and live without running water and restaurants for a week? It didn’t matter, her brother needed her and Sam had to convince the ruggedly handsome man and his wolf… yes…wolf, that she was up to the adventure. 

Spending night and day together, Samantha knows the attraction between them is growing quickly. Not only is Samantha determined to rescue her brother, but she must now save her heart from a man who doesn’t believe in love. 


I'm a small town girl with big world dreams. I was born in Jasper, Alberta, and my parents were outdoor enthusiasts. My dad was an avid fisherman and I'm certain my mother was Mother Nature.

The love of my life is my husband. He, along with my animals are my inspiration for everything I write.

I live for romance, and truly believe true love conquers all. From an early age you could always find me with my nose buried in a romance novel--that hasn't changed. I write various forms of romance from contemporary, paranormal and fantasy to erotica. 

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22 May 2020

Never Walk Alone Harry Hunter Mysteries Book 4 by Willow Rose Book Tour and Giveaway!


Never Walk Alone 
Harry Hunter Mysteries Book 4 
by Willow Rose 
Genre: Thriller, Suspense 
\The world is on lockdown due to a virus that originated in Miami. 

A woman is kidnapped from her apartment, and Detective Harry Hunter is on the case. 

At the same time, his sister shows up after they have not seen each other in a year. 

As it turns out, Harry's sister knows more about the virus than she lets on. Soon, he wonders if the virus is connected to the missing woman. 

As he digs deeper into the strange mystery, he realizes his sister's life is in great danger, and so is his. 

NEVER WALK ALONE is the fourth book in the Harry Hunter Mystery Series. 


 No Other Way 
Harry Hunter Mystery Series Book 3 
Shocking evidence hits close to home for Miami PD’s Detective Harry Hunter as Willow Rose’s bestselling series continues. 

Three women went on a road trip to Key West. Only two returned. When asked what happened, their stories don’t completely match. 

Who is telling the truth? 

What are they hiding? 

Detective Harry Hunter of the Miami PD is in church on a peaceful Sunday morning when a young teenager pulls out a gun and shoots his own father. 

Once the shock is gone, Harry starts to ask himself the question no one else seems to care about: What makes a young boy want to kill his own father? 

When more blood is shed, Harry suspects there’s a secret buried in this town that no one wants unearthed. What are the people around him not telling him? 

NO OTHER WAY is the third book in the bestselling Harry Hunter Mystery Series. 
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Run Girl Run 
Harry Hunter Mystery Series Book 2 
Willow Rose’s beloved detective, Harry Hunter is back in this thrilling second installment of the bestselling series. 

When a mother and her child are pulled out of the harbor in their car, the case seems pretty straightforward for Miami PD and Detective Harry Hunter. 

Everything points to a murder-suicide. 

They were homeless, living in their car, and the mother decided to end it all for them both by driving into the water. 

But the case is not what it looks like, Detective Harry Hunter soon realizes. 

Harry’s daughter is carrying devastating knowledge about their deaths, and soon she becomes the killer’s next target. 

As Harry races to protect her, he is betrayed by someone he thought he knew, leaving him terrified of trusting anyone in a town filled with liars. 

RUN GIRL RUN is the second book in the Harry Hunter Mystery Series. 

All the Good Girls 
Harry Hunter Mystery Series Book 1 
This novel is the first book in Willow Rose's electrifying new Harry Hunter series. 

Detective Harry Hunter of Miami PD’s homicide squad throws himself into a case no one asked him to solve. 

Four teenagers from one of Miami's affluent neighborhoods are murdered on a boat. Another is found in a dumpster. All five of them go to the same school and are on a list of witnesses to another crime. 

Because he's in bad standing with his boss, Harry is given the task of protecting a possible future victim, but Harry isn't always known to follow his boss's orders. 

Soon, he'll risk everything while racing to stop a killer who has left everyone else in the homicide squad shaking in terror. 

ALL THE GOOD GIRLS is the first book in the Harry Hunter Mystery Series and can be read as a standalone. 

**Only 99 cents!** 


The Queen of Scream aka Willow Rose is a #1 Amazon Best-selling Author and an Amazon ALL-star Author of more than 60 novels.

She writes Mystery, Thriller, Paranormal, Romance, Suspense, Horror, Supernatural thrillers, and Fantasy.

Willow's books are fast-paced, nail-biting pageturners with twists you won't see coming. Several of her books have reached the Kindle top 10 of ALL books in the US, UK, and Canada. She has sold more than three million books.

Willow lives on Florida's Space Coast with her husband and two daughters. When she is not writing or reading, you will find her surfing and watch the dolphins play in the waves of the Atlantic Ocean. 

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