Magical Elements Of The Periodic Table by Sybrina Durant ~ Peek Inside And Giveaway

Posted: June 4, 2024 in Fantasy, giveaways, middle grade
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 No Metal No Magic. . . and No Technology.

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Magical Elements of the Periodic Table Presented Alphabetically by
the Elemental Dragons

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Magical Elements of
the Periodic Table Book 2

by Sybrina Durant

Genre: Childrens
Chemistry, Middle Grade Fantasy Educational

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 In this unique alphabet book, members of the Elemental Dragon Clan,
present 26 Magical Elements of the Periodic Table in alphabetical
order. Each member of the clan has an element tipped tail. They also
have magical powers based on the properties of their metals. There
are no more perfect groups than unicorns and dragons to familiarize
with elements from the Periodic Table. Their theme is “No Metal,
No Magic. . .and No Technology”.

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In this book, Antz
starts out the book by introducing the very necessary metal, Antimony
on his element page. Zora rounds out the alphabet by presenting
scientific facts and other fun information about the metal,
Zirconium, on her elemental page. In all, readers will get some great
insight into the properties of 26 elements from the periodic table.
Each Page is Full of Amazing Facts and Tons of Fun.

There’s
A Magical Elemental Themed Periodic Table, Too!

This unique book will help tweens, teens and anyone else quickly absorb
the elements of the Periodic Table.

REMEMBER. . .
No
Metal,
No Magic
And No Technology.
It’s
Techno-Magical.

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Magical Elements of the Periodic Table Presented Alphabetically by
the Metal Horn Unicorns

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Magical Elements of the Periodic Table Book 1

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 Get this book in soft cover print to experience it fully.

Metals
and all the other elements from the periodic table make everything
seem magical.

You can see it everywhere… in buildings. .
.transportation…communications. . .medicines and even in the food
you eat!

All technology and everything that makes life
modern come from the magical elements in the earth, water and the
air.

Think of it like this, “No Metal – No Magic…and
No Technology.”
You can learn about all about it in The
Magical Elements of the Periodic Table Presented Alphabetically by
The Metal Horn Unicorns.

26 techno-magical elements are
presented from A to Z by the magical metal horn unicorn tribe from
Unimaise.

Every element page shows you

1. Where
the featured element comes from.
2. When it was discovered.
3.
Scientific info about the element.
4. Everyday uses for it.
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Plus a bunch of interesting facts!
6. Last but not least, each
element is represented by a unicorn who wields its magical
powers.

The theme of “No Metal, No Magic” flows
throughout the entire book. Ultimately, if there’s no metal, there
can be no magic. Any metal-horned unicorn will tell you that. Without
metal and all the other elements of the periodic table there would be
no technology for us modern people, either. Now, that’s
“Techno-Magical!”

The book also has an amazing unicorn
themed periodic table plus special pages featuring
elemental
compounds and alloys. Trading cards representing each of the 26
unicorns and their elements plus fun lesson cards and more are also
available as printable downloads. Kids will have fun singing along
with the No Metal, No Magic song, too. Learn more about all the
elements in this book at https://www.sybrina.com/muapt

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 The books Sybrina Durant has written span a wide range between
illustrated picture books, coloring books and YA novels; to technical
and how-to books. Her latest efforts are fanciful illustrated
periodic table books that help kids visualize the importance of the
elements that make up our world.  As the dragons and unicorns
say, “No Metal, No Magic. . .and No Technology”.

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The Ghosts Of Rathalla by Matthew K. Perkins ~ Guest Post And Giveaway

Posted: June 3, 2024 in Fantasy, giveaways, Guest Post
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Book Details:

​Book Title:  The Ghosts of Rathalla by Matthew K. Perkins
Category:  Adult Fiction (18+),  200 pages
Genre: Epic fantasy
Publisher: Resource Publications
Release date:  February 2024
Content Rating:  PG-13: Some swearing and violence. ​

Book Description:

Set in a world that is dominated by a vast desert, two friends are caught in the middle of a civil war. She’s a warrior. He’s a musician. When they discover that the crux of the war is a prophesied newborn baby that one side will do anything to destroy, they become the only people capable of saving the child’s life—all that stands in their way is an active volcano, a barbarian army, and a cunning assassin with motives of his own.

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Guest Post From Author Matthew K. Perkins:
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Here’s something I’ve been struggling with as a writer: I strongly prefer to write my novels linearly (from beginning to end) and, even when I have great ideas for later in the story, I like to make a few notes about the ideas (so that I don’t forget them) and then put them on the backburner until I’m writing that part of the book.

I would really like to stop doing this! My advice to myself, and to anybody reading this is: WRITE IT WHEN YOU GET THE IDEA.

  1. You’re going to write it best when it’s fresh on your mind and you’re most excited about the idea.
  2. If you write it, and it turns out really well, it acts as a motivator to get you to that point in the story (i.e. I’m halfway through writing my book and having some writer’s block, BUT I wrote that one scene near the end that is AWESOME, and I need to get the story there.)
  3. Just because you write it down now, doesn’t mean it’s written in stone. You can get the full idea down and still make changes later!
  4. Having different portions of your novel written at the same time can help solidify themes/motifs that you’re trying to carry throughout, and it can also improve your organization as a writer.

Happy writing to everybody out there!

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Meet Author Matthew K. Perkins:

Matthew K. Perkins is a proud Wyoming native, where he completed an MA in English Literature from the state’s lone university. He currently lives in Denver, Colorado, with his wife, three sons, and two dogs. He is the author of two novels, ‘Saint in Vain’ (2018) and ‘The Ghosts of Rathalla’ (2024).
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Guest Post And Giveaway ~ The Body At Back Beach by KJ Sweeney

Posted: June 2, 2024 in giveaways, Guest Post, Mystery
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 Helena has never dreamt of becoming an amateur detective. But when
she finds the body of a young woman while on a walk, she can’t help
but try and discover who she was and how she got there.

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The Body at Back Beach

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by KJ Sweeney

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Genre: Murder Mystery

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 Helena Statham never imagined herself as a sleuth. But when she
stumbles upon the body of a young woman while on a walk, she can’t
resist the urge to discover who she was and how she got there. Even
if it means upsetting the tight-knit community of the small New
Zealand town she lives in, and uncovering secrets that have long been
buried.

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Thirty years ago, a young woman went missing, but no one
tried to find out what had happened to her. As Helena investigates
deeper, she learns more about what took place back then, putting
herself in danger now.

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Join Helena on her journey as she becomes
an unlikely amateur detective, determined to uncover the truth and
bring justice to the long-forgotten young woman whose story has been
buried in silence for far too long.

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Can you, for those who don’t know you already, tell something about yourself and how you became an author? 

Like many authors, I’ve always written. In my teenage years it was angsty poetry and a daily diary that I kept for about fifteen years (before I had children and hadn’t got the energy for that anymore!) I’ve also written lots of short stories and started books; I can’t seem to not write really. I’d never actually managed to finish a novel though, that seemed to be the hard bit. A few years back I was getting close to turning forty and I thought that it was about time I actually finished one of my ideas. I didn’t quite complete it by my birthday, but I finished the first draft of The Body at Back Beach about a month or so later. Since then, I’ve actually managed to finish three other books. This is the first one that’s ready for the world to share though!

 

Where were you born/grew up at? 

I was born and grew up in Derbyshire England. I lived in the UK until I was thirty and had my first two babies there. My husband is from New Zealand and we decided to move there with our young family. Fifteen years and two more babies later and we’ve recently moved home to the UK. I loved living in New Zealand and it’s where The Body at Back Beach is set. I’ve tried to capture some of the New Zealand that I loved while I lived there in the pages of the book.

I moved back to Britain to be close to my family. I think that there will always be a part of me that has a connection to New Zealand though. I lived there for fifteen years and the decision to come back home wasn’t an easy one. We have family back in New Zealand so no doubt we’ll be back to visit in the future.

 

What inspired you to write this book? 

The Body at Back Beach was very much inspired by the landscape around the area of New Zealand that I lived. I used to walk around Back Beach in Port Chalmers two or three times a week, much like Helena, the main character does. One day I was walking around there after there had been some really bad storms. The rain had caused some land slips and I started to imagine what I would do if it had uncovered something unexpected, like a body that had been buried years before. The story grew from there.

I’ve always really enjoyed murder mysteries, both in books and on television. This was the first one that I tried to write myself though, the other books that I’ve tried to write before have been different genres. I think that a mystery book fits my style better than other things that I’ve tried.

 

What can we expect from you in the future? 

Helena already has a second adventure lined up. I’ve written the first draft but have some editing to do. I hope to write a whole series following Helena where she’ll find herself solving more mysteries. I’ve also got a couple of other books in the works, one set in medieval times, a half-written mystery in a large Victorian mansion and something completely different set in 1980’s Britain, They’re all quite a way off being ready for the rest of the world to share as yet, but hopefully I’ll have something for you all soon.

I just need to find some time to really get my teeth into things and get things edited and polished first. Hopefully after the launch of The Body at Back Beach I’ll have a bit more time to get on with that.

 

Do you read yourself and if so what is your favorite genre? 

I read lots and lots, I always have done. My perfect idea of some ‘me’ time is peace and quiet, a nice cup of tea and a good book; bliss! I like to read lots of different types of books, I particularly like murder mysteries or romance though. My all-time favourite books tend to be historical murder mysteries and if there’s a little bit of chemistry between the lead characters then all the better. I do really enjoy ‘classic’ murder mysteries too, either older ones by Agatha Christie or Dorothy L. Sayers or modern whodunits that follow the same kind of format. I think that The Body at Back Beach would fit in well with that kind of book and be in good company.

Like many avid readers, I have a shelf and kindle full of more titles than I have time to read. That doesn’t stop me from buying more and I’m always on the lookout for recommendations for new books to check out.

 

Pen or typewriter or computer?

I love writing by hand with a nice pen and brand-new notebook. When it comes to writing a book though, it has to be my laptop. I make far too many mistakes to manage with a typewriter and I find that I can write quicker on keyboard than on paper. I’m dyslexic, so using a keyboard (and spell check) makes the whole process much easier for me. I’ve also managed to reach the point where I can type much faster than I can write by hand, at least with it all being legible at the end! I also like to be able to back everything up on the computer. It makes it easier to edit and make changes when I come back to work on a draft too.

 

Can you tell us a little bit about the characters in The Body at Back Beach? 

My main character is Helena, she’s in her early 50’s and works as a counselor at Otago University in Dunedin New Zealand. She has two grown up sons who have left home in the last few years and she lives with her husband in the family home overlooking Otago Harbour. Until recently, she’s been working full-time, but decided to take a bit of a step back and spend some more time in the local community. She loves where she lives and although she travelled quite a lot in her younger years, she wouldn’t live anywhere else.

The other characters in this book are residents of Port Chalmers and the surrounding area. Helena knows some of them before the book starts, but others are people that she comes across as she starts to investigate the murder. We don’t meet Helena’s sons in this book, but they will appear in future titles.

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 Kelly Jo Sweeney grew up in England before moving to New Zealand
where she lived for 15 years with her kiwi husband and four wonderful
children. An avid reader from an early age, crime novels have long
been a favourite. She always likes to work out whodunnit before the
big reveal and writing her own novels means that there’s at least
one that she’ll always get right. Her debut novel is set in and
inspired by the unique scenery of New Zealand, infusing her stories
with a wonderful sense of place and atmosphere.

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The Trudy Genova Manhattan Mysteries Series by M.K. Graff ~ Guest Post And Giveaway

Posted: June 2, 2024 in giveaways, Guest Post, Mystery
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 Nurse Trudy Genova mixes her movie studio consulting work with her
nose for murder!

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Death in the Orchard

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The Trudy Genova
Manhattan Mysteries Book 3

by M.K. Graff

Genre: Mystery,
Police Procedural, Amateur Sleuth

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The
third Trudy Genova mystery from award-winning author M. K. Graff
brings Trudy home, leaving her New York City studio consulting job to
visit her rural hometown of Schoharie, three hours north. NYPD
detective Ned O’Malley accompanies Trudy, primed to meet her family,
but with a secret mission to find out what really happened when her
father died eleven years ago.

Mario Genova’s death was deemed
a tragic accident, but Trudy feels there was more to her beloved
father acting out of character the day before he died. After years of
hard work building a successful apple orchard business with her
mother, Mario cleaned out their bank accounts. No reason-and no
money-was ever found. As Trudy and Ned try to investigate without
informing her family of their actions, a new death occurs on Genova
Orchards property, and once again Trudy’s family is under scrutiny.

“A welcome and forceful
return of MK Graff’s Trudy Genova, Death in the Orchard is a well-
crafted and thought-provoking story of unexplained death and
cold-blooded murder, as Trudy sets out to solve the death of her
father with her NYPD boyfriend Ned O’Malley. The couple return to the
Genova family orchards to dig into the past as the present threatens
to shake the family to their very core.

Graff deals us a cold case of
family intrigue, a small-town conspiracy, and a terrifying leap into
the unknown, as her heroine comes face to face with a secret she
thought would never be told, a case impossible to solve, and a dogged
determination to finally get to the truth.

A masterclass in laying the
threads bare and knitting them together in a satisfying conclusion.”

Mandy Morton, Author of The
No. 2 Feline Detective Agency series.

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Dru Ann Love:              A DAY IN MY LIFE: TRUDY GENOVA                   For April 2024

 

“CUT! That’s a wrap!” With a loud thunk, the Klieg lights dim and I pick my way over heavy cables by the remaining dim light and follow the cast and crew out the studio door., eyes blinking after the darkness inside.

My name is Trudy Genova, RN, and my work as a medical consultant for a New York movie studio is over for this week. I feel like a puppy who’s found the gate left open, freedom beckoning, as I’m cut loose for a week’s vacation with my boyfriend, NYPD detective Ned O’Malley.

This job is any nurse’s dream. I wear jeans to work, no one is puking on my shoes, and best of all, no one is really ill or dying. Of course, there were those murders last spring at the soap opera, but I helped Ned to figure that out, despite his annoyance at me insinuating myself into his investigation. And then there was the case earlier this month at the Dakota building, where we filmed a made-for-TV movie and an actor was killed. By then, Ned was reconsidering my ability to figure out human nature and unravel puzzles as we started our relationship. I guess I do have a nose for murder, but that’s a good thing for someone who has always read and adored crime fiction, and now plans to write her own mystery.

The perks of this job include days when there’s not a medical scene filming, and I can lounge at home in my yoga pants. I may have to correct script pages of medical scenes the studio faxes over, but this schedule gives me plenty of time to work on my NYU course and fledgling writing.

Today is very different, when reality will supplant my fictional world. I run to the production office to pick up my rolling suitcase, backpack, and laptop bag, then rush outside to wait for Ned to pick me up. I have ten days off and we are heading north to my family home in the Catskills on an apple orchard, ostensibly for him to meet my family. My oldest brother and his wife are expecting their first baby, and there will be a shower to attend before Ned and I knuckle down to the bigger reason I’ve asked him to come home with me: I want to finally find out what really happened when my father died eleven years ago.

It was deemed an accident at the time, but there are circumstances around it that have never been explained, including my father draining my parents’ pension fund, with the money never found. I’ve always felt deep down that my father was murdered, but I have no idea if either of my brothers or my mom feel the same way.

All I do know is that it’s time for me to dig deeply into Mario Genova’s death, whether my family is happy about resurrecting the past or not. At least I’ll have Ned and his expertise at my side. What could possibly go wrong?

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Death at the Dakota

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The Trudy Genova
Manhattan Mysteries 2

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 Nurse Trudy Genova is making plans to take her relationship with NYPD
detective Ned O’Malley to the next level when she lands a gig as
medical consultant on a film shoot at the famed Dakota apartment
building in Manhattan, which John Lennon once called home. Then star
Monica Kiley goes missing, a cast member turns up dead, and it
appears Trudy might be next. Meanwhile Ned tackles a mysterious
murder case in which the victim is burned beyond recognition. When
his investigations lead him back to the Dakota, Trudy finds herself
wondering: how can she fall in love if she can’t even
survive?

Readers of Death Unscripted, the first book in
the Trudy Genova Manhattan Mystery series, will find the same
pleasures in this sequel: fast pacing, engaging characters, twists
and turns on the way to a satisfying close. Once again M.K. Graff
reveals her talents in crafting this delightful mix of amateur sleuth
and police procedural.

Part procedural, part cozy, Death
at the Dakota is a well-crafted and highly entertaining mystery.-
Bruce Robert Coffin, #1 bestselling author of the Detective Byron
mysteries.

I fell in love — not only with
co-protagonists, Trudy and Ned, the richly detailed and historic
setting of The Dakota, and the unique cast of characters, but with
the unusual plot of Death at the Dakota. Sherry Harris, Agatha Award
nominated author of the Sarah Winston Garage Sale Mysteries.

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Death Unscripted

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The Trudy Genova
Manhattan Mysteries Book 1

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 Trudy Genova has the best job any nurse could want, working on set as
a medical consultant for a NY movie studio. No more uniforms, bedpans
or emergencies, until at the actor whose overtures she’s refused dies
suddenly while taping a hospital scene–but not before pointing his
finger accusingly at Trudy. When detectives view Trudy as a suspect,
she sets out on an investigation to clear her name. Then a second
death occurs, and Trudy realizes she’s put herself in jeopardy.

A
new mystery from the award-winning author of the Nora Tierney English
Mystery Series, DEATH UNSCRIPTED is based on the authors’ real work
experience during her nursing career and is the mystery series
British Queen of Crime P. D. James insisted she write. A mix of
amateur sleuth and police procedural, the story is told in first
person from Trudy’s point of view, and in third from NYPD Detective
Ned O’Malley

Marilyn Chris, Obie and Drama Desk
Award-winning actor who played Wanda Wolek on ABC’s soap “One
Life to Live” notes: “Graff gets behind the scenes of soaps
just right, as well she should–she was there!”

Edith
Maxell, national bestselling author of multiple mystery series says:
“Your blood pressure will soar during M. K. Graff’s new
Manhattan Mystery, as nurse Trudy Genova takes the pulse of a killer
during a soap opera filming in Death Unscripted. You won’t even think
about changing the channel during this smart, suspenseful
mystery.”

And Triss Stein, author of the Erica Donato
Mysteries, has this to say: “Soap opera drama is as intense on
the set as it is on the screen. Sometimes Trudy Genova, consulting
nurse, feels like the only sane person in the room. Join her as she
copes with huge ego, daily melodrama, an attractive detective, and
life in New York . . . plus murder. The city and the studio provide
intriguing backgrounds for this entertaining mystery.”

Helen
Smith, UK author of the The Emily Castle Mysteries, agrees that Death
Unscripted is “an engaging story featuring a charming amateur
sleuth. A great start to a mystery series.”

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 Marni Graff is the award-winning author of The Nora Tierney
English Mysteries and The Trudy Genova Manhattan Mysteries.
Her stories are in several anthologies, including the Anthony
Award-winning Malice Domestic’s Murder Most Edible. She is
Managing Editor of Bridle Path Press, a crime book reviewer, and
blogs for Miss Demeanors. Graff is a member of Sisters in Crime,
Mavens of Mayhem SinC, Triangle SinC, Mystery People UK, and the
International Association of Crime Writers. She lives in eastern NC
with her husband and two Aussiedoodles.

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The Case Of The Whale Watching Wedding Planner ~ A Buttercup Bend Mystery by Debbie De Louise

Posted: June 1, 2024 in Cozy Mystery, giveaways
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The Case of the Whale Watching Wedding Planner
(Buttercup Bend Mysteries)
by Debbie De Louise

 


The Case of the Whale Watching Wedding Planner (Buttercup Bend Mysteries)
Cozy Mystery
4th in Series
Setting – New York
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Next Chapter (April 10, 2024)
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 266 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8322564232
Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CW1LNJXZ

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Cathy, Nancy, and Mildred are on their way to Long Island to plan a triple wedding. When they try to meet with Georgia Hampton, a wedding planner who leads whale-watching tours, they discover her body upon her boat.

Teaming up again, the trio investigate the crime. Suspects include Georgia’s sister who is a partner in their wedding planning business, an artist who is a naturalist and conducts whale-watching tours, several couples whose relationships ended after consulting with Georgia, and employees of the tour company.

Reuniting with her great aunt after many years, Cathy learns that another suspicious death has occurred at Captain Sharp’s Whale Watching Tours. Can they solve the mystery, or will their efforts sail out to sea?

About Debbie De Louise 

Debbie De Louise is a retired librarian. She’s the author of 16 novels including the six books of the Cobble Cove cozy mystery series featuring Alicia the librarian and Sneaky, the library cat, and the Buttercup Bend cozy mysteries featuring Cathy Carter, the owner of a pet cemetery and rescue center. Debbie’s other books include standalone mysteries, a paranormal romance, a time-travel novel, and a collection of cat poems. She also writes articles for Catster.com and has published dozens of short stories and poems in anthologies. She’s a member of the Cat Writers’ Association, Sisters-in-Crime, International Thriller Writers, and the Long Island Authors Group. She’s recently moved from Long Island to South Carolina with her husband, daughter, and two cats. Learn more about her and her books by visiting https://debbiedelouise.com.

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One Of The Most Expensive, Iconic And Kinetic Maps Of Australia In The World ~ Peek Inside And Giveaway

Posted: May 31, 2024 in Excerpt, giveaways
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One Of The Most Expensive, Iconic And Kinetic Maps Of Australia In The World

by Jose Tugaff Amoloria and Lourdes Villena Amoloria

 

 

Genre: Nonfiction

Synopsis

Dream without fear. When dreams are nourished with faith and actions, dreams bloom into realities.

Jose, a self-taught artist, had no formal training in art, no scholastic qualifications and had very challenging life experiences as an international sailor, chef, watchmaker and stone mason. How can one be multi-skilled and pass international standards without proper educational training?

This book will make you rethink how adversity, grief and loss can cause so much pain, and yet these life challenges can facilitate creativity, and be transformed into gifts and blessings for a meaningful and productive existence.

Get inspired by faith and determination that changed the course of life, and be entertained by the unconventional ways Jose educated and equipped himself with skills to achieve dreams and goals. The one-of-a-kind masterpieces in this book and Jose’s life are testimonials that creativity can really transform lives. Miracles do happen, and anyone can manifest miracles if they sincerely believe in themselves and in the intervention of the unseen power of the Supreme Creator.

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Creativity means many things to many people, but the most common understanding is that creativity happens when someone creates something unique, new, artistic, beautiful and often valuable, an enhancer to our lives. No doubt, creativity is one great way to win in life’s arena of challenges.

The reality is people have different kinds of creativity, and children can be very creative as they do not know the limitations of their imagination. There are adults, too, who are determined to create what has never been done before, hence perhaps Einstein’s famous quote, “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there will be to know and understand.”

Jose’s creativity started to manifest when his father encouraged him to make his own toys out of some spare watch parts and other odd pieces he had kept. His school projects were also a great outlet for his growing creativity. Nonetheless, this creative influence almost got lost when he had to deal with his mom’s passing and pursue his own life travelling around the world as a sailor.

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Jose Tugaff Amoloria is a man of multi-talents and skills. He is a professional watchmaker who had mastered most phases of watches: mechanical, automatic, quartz technology and modern watches. He created one-of-a-kind kinetic masterpieces made of collectible time pieces and watch parts, enhanced with microlights. He became a chef, and was personally taught a French masterchef’s family secret of French liquored ice cream.

Jose mastered stone masonry in record time. His experience in watch repair helped him to gain a feather touch to accomplish his masonry works. He is also an avid martial art practitioner of arnis, a Filipino martial art, and he is also a second-dan black belt in Karate, with a champion’s trophy to prove it. With so many other skills and abilities, Jose thanks God for the gifts and talents given to him.

Email: jjamoloria@gmail.com

Lourdes Villena Amoloria is an Amazon international best-selling author for her book Kiss From an Angel: How to Turn Your Grief Into a Gift From Heaven, published in Sydney, Australia, 2014.

Lourdes holds a bachelor’s degree in mass communications from La Salle, Bacolod City, Philippines, with a post graduate in counselling from the Australian College of Applied Psychology in Sydney, Australia.

Lourdes is on a mission to help others find the gift behind their grief, help with mental health issues, and live more productive lives with faith, self-responsibility and love in action.

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Ghost Cat At The Mystery Hotel ~ A Tenth Life Cozy Mystery by Mollie Hunt

Posted: May 31, 2024 in Cozy Mystery, giveaways
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Ghost Cat at the Mystery Hotel (A Tenth Life Cozy Mystery)
by Mollie Hunt

 


Ghost Cat at the Mystery Hotel (A Tenth Life Cozy Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
3rd in Series
Setting – Oregon Coast
Independently Published (May 30, 2024)
Number of Pages: 246
Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CW3DGRK3

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The game is murder at the Mystery Beach Hotel.

When Camelia Collins meets her old college friend Anne Pine for a murder mystery weekend at the coast, death becomes more than a game.

Accompanied by her ghost cat companion Soji, Camelia begins to discover clues that have nothing to do with the role-playing storyline. A lurking stranger spies on Camelia from the house next door. A vengeful spirit haunts the hotel. A winter storm rages outside, threatening the old building, while a murderer roams the halls, threatening those within.
Will Camelia’s keen senses and Soji’s feline wiles be enough to catch the killer before they kill again?

 

About Mollie Hunt 

Cat Writer Mollie Hunt is the award-winning author of two cozy series, the Crazy Cat Lady Mysteries and the Tenth Life Mysteries. Her Cat Seasons Sci-Fantasy Tetralogy features extraordinary cats saving the world. Mollie also released a cat-themed COVID memoir. In her spare time, she pens a bit of cat poetry as well.

Mollie is a member of the Oregon Writers’ Colony, Sisters in Crime, the Cat Writers’ Association, Willamette Writers, and Northwest Independent Writers Association (NIWA). She lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband and a varying number of cats.

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Blitz And Giveaway ~ Coming Home To Death by Marilyn Levinson

Posted: May 30, 2024 in suspense, thriller
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It appears you can go home again,
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Come Home to Death

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by Marilyn Levinson

Genre: Suspense, Thriller

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“A master of the mystery and
suspense genre.”
—Midwest Book Review

Erica
Parker has barely been a bride nine months when two thugs show up at
her apartment while her husband is away on one of his infamous
business trips, claiming he owes their boss a large gambling debt.
Frightened for her life, and without any other options, she heads for
her childhood Long Island home she escaped three years ago. And swore
never to return.

The aunts who raised her are as
interfering and controlling as ever, but soon as the family attorney
advances the rest of her trust from her parents’ life insurance,
she can return to normalcy. Except he refuses, instead spouting
nonsense about how, if she waits, she will soon inherit millions. On
her twenty-fifth birthday.
Problem is, someone doesn’t want
her to live that long.

Her aunts are harboring secrets,
people are turning up dead, her husband is nowhere to be found, and
someone’s trying to kill her. It appears you can go home again, but
sometimes, you shouldn’t.

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Life Magazine’s “Best of 2014,” and on Book Town’s 2014
Summer Mystery Reading List. She’s an Agatha nominee, a Library
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Best Indie, and was on Book Town’s Summer (and) Fall Reading Lists.
She also writes under Allison Brook.  She is co-founder and past
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Freebie And Giveaway ~ Kit-Kat by AK Nevermore

Posted: May 30, 2024 in Freebies!, giveaways, Paranormal or fantasy, Romance
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Maw of Mayhem MC Book 3

by AK Nevermore

Genre: Paranormal MC Romance

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Grimdarke James’ problems have gone from bad to worse. Ousted from his MC and on the run, all he wants is to keep Kit safe while he sets things right. But calling in a favor drops more than trouble into his lap.

As he tries to salvage what’s left of the Maw of Mayhem, forces close in on them and tensions rise. New allies are found and old loyalties are put to the test. So is Grim’s relationship with Kit when someone from his past tries to come between them.

Kit doesn’t share and the threat to her position as Grim’s mate raises her hackles. With her heat triggered, she’s running on instinct and battle lines are drawn. Can Grim win back his MC, and prove he’s the man for her, or will he lose it all?

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Kit Parson doesn’t feel any safer than she was before she first stepped into the Maw of Mayhem, and things are going from bad to worse. Something big is definitely going down in the paranormal community… and inside Kit. Now that her inner beast has awoken, all it wants is out. The only thing Kit wants is Grim, but he’s got issues of his own.

Fingered for a crime he didn’t commit and injured by the witch’s spell, his cat Darke has control of their form. He doesn’t play well with others, and tensions with the crew are at an all-time high.

With the witches’ elite assassins on their trail, can Darke and the crew put aside their differences to keep Kit safe and get back to the MC? And as the clock ticks toward the vote with Grim’s reputation in shambles, will there be an MC to go back to?

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That takes the MC’s hot-as-hell VP, Grimdarke James, officially off the table. Mourning the recent murder of the club’s alpha and struggling to control his inner cat, the tattooed Viking god is on thin ice. If he goes feral again, he’ll be put down. Which makes his cat’s insistence that Kit belongs to him problematic, upsetting the delicate balance of the MC’s internal politics, and the woman blackmailing Grim.

But when Kit’s father catches up with her, Grim has no choice but to trust his cat, and Kit can’t deny their chemistry. Can they hold on to each other when everything is trying to tear them apart? After a gruesome triple murder propels them deeper into the paranormal world, they find themselves with unlikely allies, even as their enemies threaten to destroy everything they hold dear.

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Unable to ignore the voices in her head, and unwilling to become medicated, she writes Science Fiction and Fantasy full time.

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The Best Life Book Club by Sheila Roberts ~ Peek Inside And Review

Posted: May 29, 2024 in comedy, Contemporary Romance, Excerpt, reviews
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It started as a book club. It became a way to build a better life together.

 

Title: The Best Life Book Club

Author: Sheila Roberts

Publication Date: May 7, 2024

Pages: 368

Genre: Women’s Fiction/Romantic Comedy/ContemporaryRomance

Karissa Newcomb is ready for a new start in a new neighborhood, as far away as she can get from Seattle, where her husband cheated on her with the neighbor who was supposed to be her best friend. She and her nine-year-old daughter are moving on to the city of Gig Harbor on the bay in Puget Sound. She even has a new job as an assistant at a small publishing company right in Gig Harbor. Her new boss seems like a bit of a curmudgeon, but a job is a job, she loves to read, and the idea of possibly meeting writers sounds fabulous.

Soon she finds she’s not the only one in need of a refresh. Her new neighbors, Alice and Margot, are dealing with their own crises. Alice is still grieving her late husband and hasn’t been able to get behind the wheel of a car since a close call after his death. Margot is floundering after getting divorced and laid off in quick succession. They could all use a distraction, and a book club seems like just the ticket. Together, the three women, along with Alice’s grumpy older sister, Josie, embark on a literary journey that just might be the kick-start they need to begin building their best lives yet.

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MY REVIEW

How could I resist a story that revolves around several women who start a book club. It quickly becomes more as friendships are forged and their stories unfold.

Karissa, along with her young daughter, is starting over after she discovers her husband is having an affair with her best friend. New town. New house. New job. And hopefully, new friends. The kind she can trust. Almost by accident, she discovers other women going through tough situations and the book club is formed.

This was my favorite part of the book. I enjoyed how each new character entered the story and learning what their circumstances were. You meet divorcees and widow’s of different ages dealing with things at different stages. As I continued reading their stories they really grew on me. I began to hope each would get a happy ending. Not my normal thing to mention in a review but, I had some favorites. The grouchy Josie with her tough exterior. And Gerald. His bark was worse than his bite. Maybe. They made me laugh.

Whether choosing this book for your own book club read or just for your own pleasure, I recommend you give it a try.

4 STARS

 

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Landing butt first in mud. How symbolic of Karissa Newcomb’s life. The old life. Not the new one, please, God.

She shouldn’t have crossed that corner of the lawn where the grass was sparse and slick in the pouring Northwest rain. Now here she was, wet and caked in mud. Like the cardboard box she’d dropped. At least the towels were still safely inside it. Something to be thankful for.

“See? There’s always a bright side somewhere,” her mother would say.

What was the bright side to Karissa’s marriage ending? There had to be one. It would be nice if she could find it before she turned thirty-five. It felt like a landmark birthday of sorts, but that was only a few months away though, so she wasn’t holding her breath.

Gig Harbor, Washington, a small maritime city, was a good place to start—close enough to Seattle for the obligatory bi-weekly child hand-off with the ex-husband, but far enough away that she wasn’t constantly having to look at the scene of the crime. Out of sight, out of mind. Someday, hopefully. Meanwhile, she needed to get up and get focused.

Brush the mud off your rear and get it in gear. That should be a bumper sticker.

She picked up her soggy box of towels and followed her brother Ethan and his friend Ike, who were making their way up her driveway, carrying her couch. Her eight-year-old daughter Macy was sitting on it, giggling.

The excitement of the new house had temporarily distracted Macy from the fact that she’d left behind her best friend. Who happened to be the daughter of Karissa’s former best friend. Like Karissa, Macy was going to have to find a new bestie.

Moving in the middle of February, in the middle of the school year, swimming through a deluge of icy rain wasn’t ideal, but that was how events had played out. The house in Seattle on which Karissa had lavished so much care had finally sold and now she had this house—a blue, two-story, Victorian-inspired one with three small bedrooms and a front porch. And a need for paint. The price had been right. Motivated sellers, the real estate agent had said. Karissa knew what that meant. She’d been a motivated seller, herself. Divorce had a way of motivating you. The house didn’t come with a water view like she’d originally dreamed of—water views were far outside her price point—but the neighborhood was pretty, and the street seemed quiet. She could hole up in her almost Victorian home and rebuild her life, the new start people expected you to make after your world collapsed.

“This is adorable,” her mother had gushed when she and Dad had made the trip to check out the house with Karissa and her Realtor.

Her parents were as enamored of Gig Harbor and its waterfront downtown as Karissa was. “I think Gig Harbor will be a perfect place to write the next chapter of your life,” Mom had told her.

“I hope I do a better job of writing this time around,” Karissa had muttered.

“It wasn’t you who messed up,” her dad had growled.

But maybe it was.

She jerked her mind away from that thought. She had a new house and a new job waiting for her. Between that and the spousal and child support her ex was paying she’d be okay financially. Certainly not rich, but okay. And she had free moving help. Look at all the good things she could focus on.

Inside the house, she followed one of the butcher-paper paths she’d made and set the box on the guest bathroom counter. Then she went back for the one with her clothes, brought that into the primary bedroom, which would be hers, and dug out a fresh pair of pants and panties. Think of this as peeling off all the bad parts from your past, she told herself as she ducked into the bathroom and stepped out of her pants.

It was hard peeling off the bad though. It stuck to you like dog poop on a shoe. There was always some little stinky bit that hung on. Like the memory of Mark walking out the door for the last time.

Dog poop, mud. She needed a new image to focus on. Rain. Rain washing away past sadness, bringing a rainbow and a promise of something better. Yes, that was a good image.

Her butt hurt.

Her cell phone rang, and she fished it out of her jacket pocket. “Hi, Mom,” she said, trying to sound the way a hopeful woman making a new start should sound.

“How’s it going?” Mom wanted to know.

“The guys are moving the furniture in now.”

“What’s the weather like there? It’s partly sunny up here.”

“It’s raining like crazy. I should have rented an ark instead of a moving van. I spent a fortune on plastic covering.”

“At least it’s not snow,” Mom said. “And the rain is what keeps everything so green.”

The Pacific Northwest was famous for its perpetual state of green and Seattle had been dubbed the Emerald City. Like Dorothy, Karissa had loved living in the Emerald City.

Until the witch showed up.

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USA Today and Publishers Weekly best-selling author Sheila Roberts has written over fifty books under various names, ranging from romance and relationship fiction to self-improvement. Over three million of her novels have been sold and that number continues to climb. Her humor and heart have won her a legion of fans and her novels have been turned into movies for the Lifetime, Hallmark, and Great American Family channels. Sheila is also a popular speaker, and has been featured at women’s retreats, writers’ conferences, and banquets. When she’s not out dancing with her husband or hanging out with friends, she can be found writing about those things near and dear to women’s hearts: family, friends and chocolate.

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