April 2022 - A Life Through Books

Saturday, April 30, 2022

Release Blitz: Spirituality, Healing and Me by Ilana Estelle #promo #spirituality #nonfiction #releaseday #rabtbooktours @TheCPDiary @RABTBookTours
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Mind/Body/Spirit

Date Published: May 1, 2022

Publisher:  RedDoor Press


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Everyday life has never been more challenging and it’s easy to lose sight of who we are and who we want to be.

In Spirituality, Healing and Me, Ilana Estelle draws on her experiences of emotional, mental, and physical disability, to show how tuning into our spiritual side can improve wellbeing, heal our minds, and set us firmly back on track.

Ilana shows how focusing on values such as understanding, empathy, compassion, tolerance, kindness, creativity, and acceptance can help us find our inner calm.

Packed with inspiring messages and real-life vignettes, Ilana’s book shows how spirituality can help us navigate even the roughest waters.

 

Ilana’s book can help to:

•Improve emotional balance and wellness

•Boost confidence and self-esteem

•Stay self-aware, grounded and patient

•Appreciate life and each other

•Accept changing circumstances

•Enhance positive emotions and personal healing

•Change the way you perceive and think about your life


About the Author

Ilana was born with a disability she didn't know she had until the age of 46, when through her medical notes she discovered she had been diagnosed with cerebral palsy at the age of 2.

That discovery turned out to be a unique and life-changing experienced that has forced her to stand back and look at her life experiences differently. On her late diagnosis, she set up her website The CP Diary and now uses her experiences to explore her emotional and physical health, with inspiring messages advocating resilience and change.

Ilana likes to spend her days writing and blogging about anything that contributes to her health and wellbeing. Ilana is an animal advocate and is passionate about environmental issues. When she is not writing, or tending to her blog, she enjoys days out exploring the Yorkshire countryside.

Ilana lives with her husband, in Yorkshire. Her grown-up son and daughter both live in London.


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Release Blitz: The Hell Bound Kids #promo #releaseday #darkfantasy #horror #crime #suspense #giveaway #rabtbooktours @RABTBookTours @redsunmagazine
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Book One: Wild In The Streets


A transgressive new book series that blurs the lines between crime, horror, dark fantasy, and suspense

 

Date Published: 05-01-2022

Publisher: No Sell Out Productions

 

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Lawlessness. Rampant crime. Ruthless gangs running wild in the streets. Welcome to Punk City... city under a perpetual moonless and starless night. The city of the Hell Bound Kids: one of the many gangs warring for control of Punk City’s hellish streets. A transgressive new book series that blurs the lines between crime, horror, dark fantasy, and suspense.

 



About the Authors


Manson

Manson loves and hates everyone equitably. Though she'll read just about anything, she enjoys weird shit like Hunter S. Thompson. She also likes crime fiction, the occult, horror, transgressive, science fiction, and dark fantasy.

 

 

Anthony Perconti

Anthony Perconti lives and works in the hinterlands of New Jersey with his wife and kids. He enjoys well-crafted and engaging stories from across a variety of genres and mediums. His articles have appeared in several online venues as well as some indie press magazines such as Three Crows Magazine, Grimdark Magazine, Dark Matter Magazine & Pulp Modern. He can be found on Twitter @AnthonyPerconti

 

Sebastian Vice

Sebastian Vice is the founder of Outcast Press devoted to transgressive fiction and dirty realism. He writes a regular column for A Thin Slice of Anxiety called “Notes Of A Degenerate Dreamer,” and has poetry and short fiction published in Punk Noir Magazine, A Thin Slice Of Anxiety, Outcast Press, Terror House Magazine, and Bristol Noir. His flash piece “One Last Good Day” was nominated for Best Of The Net 2021.

 

Joe Haward

Joe Haward is an author, poet, and heretic. As a freelance journalist his work challenges religious and political corruption. Writing horror, noir, and transgressive fiction and poetry, his work can be found in various places. His debut poetry collection, Heresy (Uncle B. Publications) drops in 2022. Find him on Twitter @RevJoeHaward or at www.joehaward.co.uk.

 

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Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Release Blitz: Breaking News by Frank Morelli #promo #releaseday #giveaway #middlegrade #mystery #Rabtbooktours @RABTBookTours @frankmoewriter
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Middle Grade Mystery / Spy / Detective

Date Published: 04-28-2022

Publisher: Fitzroy Books / Regal House


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Things don’t usually come to a screeching halt at the RAT, also known as Ridgewood Arts & Technical School, Ridgewood City’s most prestigious progressive institution. But that’s what happens when Headmistress Hardaway interrupts class and announces, “A scandal has rocked the fundraising committee!” Everyone is a suspect and Hunter Jackson, student council special investigator, vows to root out the student who’s heartless enough to steal donation money. He’s not alone. Ridgewood Roar news editor, Anthony Ravello, and the rogue, indie-press pioneer, Liberty Lennon, plan to do some journalistic digging of their own in a race against each other to scoop the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth to their faithful readers…or at least their versions of it. With the truth getting murkier by the day, students at the RAT gobble up news bytes and wash them down with locker-side gossip as they try to unmask the classmate responsible for the missing funds.

 

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Frank Morelli is the author of the young adult novels On the Way to Birdland (2021) and No Sad Songs (2018), a YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers nominee and winner of an American Fiction Award for best coming of age story. His fiction and essays have been featured in various publications including The Saturday Evening Post, Cobalt Review, Philadelphia Stories, and Highlights Magazine. A Philadelphia native, Morelli now resides in High Point, NC with a brilliant illustrator and his fur babies.

 

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Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Book Blitz: Leading the Lost Boys by Paulino Mamiir Chol #promo #giveaway #memoir #nonfiction #rabtbooktours @RABTBookTours
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The Untold Journey


Memoir

Date Published: June 22, 2021

Publisher: Mamiir Chol Foundation


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As a member of the Lost Boys of South Sudan, author Paulino Mamiir Chol offers the gripping account of his transformation from a kidnapping survivor to a leader— Mr. Chol led over 700 boys across three African countries.

Paulino Mamiir Chol was abducted from his family, in the Twic County of Warrap state. Over the course of seventeen harrowing years, he survived Ethiopian and Kenyan refugee camps, and eventually made it to Denver, Colorado, in the United States of America, where he now pursues a PhD.

In detailing the journeys of the Lost Boys, as well as the murderous actions of the Murahalin Militia before and after the Second Sudanese Civil War, Mr. Chol paints a vivid picture of one of modern history’s most horrific human rights abuses. In so doing, he also offers hope in the power of the human spirit to overcome trauma and tragedy—especially when we focus on serving others.

Leading The Lost Boys: The Untold Journey is part of Paulino Mamiir Chol’s effort to fight the inhuman darkness we are all capable of, and to empower and inspire the hearts of those suffering.

 

All proceeds will go to the Mamiir Chol Foundation (MACH), which will provide funds to villagers in Twic County for clean drinking wells, clinics, schools, and community centers. Proceeds will also support organizations working for human rights, homeless children, widowed mothers, disabled people, and to protect women and girls from sexual abuse, exploitation and gender-based violence.


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Virtual Book Tour: Discovery of the Five Senses by K.N. Smith #blogtour #bookreview #giveaway #youngadult #yamystery #yafantasy #mystery #Rabtbooktours @RABTBookTours
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The Urban Boys Series, Book 1


Young Adult Action-Adventure, Young Adult Thriller, Urban Fantasy, Mystery/ Thriller

Date Published: 9-15-2021

Publisher: Two Petals Publishing


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A suspenseful incident in a forbidden preserve heightens the senses of five friends. But furious battles confront the boys as they try to understand their sensory superpowers in a race to save mankind. With light beings and mysterious strangers complicating their plight, will the boys be able to defeat the evil Druth before it’s too late?




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This group of kids was fun to read about. I loved the aspects of friendships and how authentic it felt, you wanted to be included right along with them. 

 You will be invested from the start, but as the book progresses the reader should be intrigued by where the story is going and what is going to be the fate of these kids as they navigate the mystery and evil in front of them. 

It really is so nice to read something that you can’t predict the ending before it has even begun!

A Wild, Fun Ride! 



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K.N. Smith, winner of the "Best of" in the category of "Outstanding Young Adult Novel" at the Jessie Redmon Fauset Book Awards, is an author and passionate advocate of literacy and arts programs throughout the world. Her lyrical flair sweeps across pages that twist and grind through action-adventure and urban fantasy in edge-of-your-seat narratives. K.N. has over twenty-five years' experience in communications and creative design as an award-winning consultant. She inspires people of all ages to reach their highest potential in their creative, educational, and life pursuits. Visit K.N. Smith at www.knsmith.com.


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Release Blitz: The Path 365 by Susan Newell #promo #selfhelp #nonfiction #giveaway #rabtbooktours @RABTBookTours
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Daily Direction for Ladies and Mothers, Witches and Others


Self Help

Date Published: April 26, 2022

Publisher: Foxglove Studios


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Suzie Newell has her doctorate specializing in coping mechanisms for women. Her research took her into the world of neuroscience where she gained understanding into how mental health issues are related to dopamine and endorphins. Creating activities and mindsets that build these important feel good hormones is the basis for this book. The Path 365 demystifies the concepts of mind, body and spirit and allowing you to create a Path that is uniquely your own. Whatever you think, believe, or do, you can create a Path that works for you.


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Monday, April 25, 2022

Virtual Book Tour: Catch the White Tiger by Tony Assali #blogtour #interview #nonfiction #memoir #giveaway #rabtbooktours @RABTBookTours
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Autobiography/Memoir

Date Published: April 5, 2022

Publisher: Acorn Publishing



In 1970, at the age of 17 and with only twenty-eight dollars in his pocket, Tony Assali flew to America to escape war in his homeland, Beirut, Lebanon. With the intention of establishing a foothold so that he can bring the rest of his family to safety, Tony must find work quickly. Luckily, Tony possesses a special skill: the ability to perceive white tigers, rare and valuable opportunities other people either do not see or are too afraid to pursue. From humble beginnings working in a doughnut factory, to parlaying his charm into a position selling men’s suits by the thousands, Tony fulfills his promise to his family. Then Tony dares to dream bigger, creating a thriving business that makes him a millionaire. But even with these victories, Tony still hasn’t found the white tiger he’s really looking for—the right partner to make his life complete…until a woman he can’t stop thinking about walks into his life. Complications arise, but she might just be the one, and Tony is never the type of person to let an obstacle stop him.




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Can you tell us a little about the process of getting this book published? How did you come up with the idea and how did you start?

A friend of mine recommended Acorn Publishing company, I gave them my book and they took over all the publishing details.

 

What surprised you most about getting your book published?

It was a lot easier than I thought when I asked for help. Acorn Publishing is very professional and easy to work with.

 

Tell us a little about what you do when you aren’t writing

I am not specifically a writer, but I hired a ghost writer to help bring my story to life! It was a great experience working with him.

 

As a published author, what would you say was the most pivotal point of your writing life?

The pivotal point was to get my success story in writing so I can motivate others. That’s what it is all about for me.

 

Where do you get your best ideas and why do you think that is?

My book is a biography of my life so it is not a made up story, but I will say working with a ghost writer helped in figuring out what pieces of life were most important to include.

 

What is the toughest criticism given to you as an author?

Honestly, so far I haven’t faced any extremely tough criticism, and I am grateful for the encouraging community that has given great feedback for my book.

 

What has been your best accomplishment as a writer?

Documenting my life so that my story will be in print for generations to come, including my grandchildren, is the most important accomplishment so far.

 

How many unpublished and half-finished books do you have?

None, I only have one life and I wrote about it. 😊

 

 


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Tony Assali is the president of a well-established escrow company in California and new author of his autobiography, Catch the White Tiger, where he tells his story about growing up in Beirut, establishing life in America, and discovering the keys to success. The debut author has been married for 25 years. He has 4 children, 11 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. On his time off, he enjoys drinking wine, dirt bike riding, board games, and he is a coffee connoisseur. He is blessed to have the Lord in his life, and he thanks Him daily and pays it forward as a born again Christian.


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Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Virtual Book Tour: I'm a Contract Killer by Andrew Segal #blogtour #interview #thriller #noir #giveaway #rabtbooktours @RABTBookTours @HappyLDNpress
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The Aberration Series: Book 2

Thriller / Noir

Date Published: 03-07-2022

Publisher: Happy London Press



This is the second book in the Aberrations Series, a collection of ten new, short stories to tease and tickle.

How would you feel if you came face to face with a contract killer? I did, and it formed the basis for my title story .

But then, most, if not all of my yarns have a foundation in something I've heard, read or personally experienced.

I've kept a diary, for example, but have not had as macabre an experience as the old man in my tale, Dear Diary .

One might wonder, for example, whether, given the chance, the leopard might ever change its spots? Read my take on it and find out for yourself. This story was based on an actual event involving my wife, when she was just six years old. Her mother was so appalled by what happened, she refused to ever speak about it, or hear about it for the rest of her life.

I am not, and have never been a Gigolo, but decided to have our hero from Book 1 meet his comeuppance in Book 2 when he meets a Courtesan, who tumbles his well-kept secret. It's all there for you to appreciate.

In this second Book in the series, I've also looked at taxidermy, car crime and conditions under which an innocent journalist might be tortured and imprisoned in Vietnam? All based on personal experience, or else events I've read about in the press which struck me as being worthy of a view to be expressed in a short story .

These are just a few tasters of a collection of tales I hope you'll enjoy reading as much as I've enjoyed writing them.

Andrew Segal



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What is the hardest part of writing your books?

 

Character formation is probably one of the hardest parts. Making people come alive so they jump off the page, so that the reader recognises them as soon as they speak.

 

What songs are most played on your Ipod?

Jimi Hendrix, Voodoo Chile, anything by Pink Floyd, anything by Bach, particularly the cello concertos.

 

 

Do you have critique partners or beta readers?

I have at least a dozen beta readers who spare no feelings in giving their views.

 

 

                           What book are you reading now?

I’m reading The Minotaur, by Barbara Vine. She writes brilliant psychological thrillers.

 

 

How did you start your writing career?

Thirty years ago I had an idea for a short story occur to me, and with my wife and daughter’s encouragement wrote, Cat and Mouse, about a timid man and his cat. It went down well, as did many of my following short stories once I’d joined a writers’ group. A thriller, The Hamilton Conspiracy was published by US publishers around 2000 and received excellent reviews. Beads of Blood, some ten shorties was published in 2017 to brilliant reviews, though I later parted company with Spinetinglers, the publishers, I’m now with Happy London Press who have published my first crime thriller, The Lyme Regis Murders, and The Black Candle Killings.


About the Author

My inspirations have come from real people, events or situations that have presented themselves. Titles like, I am a Contract Killer, I am a Gigolo, Death Zone, License to Kill, are all based on my own lifetime experiences, questions asked, incidents occurring.

Let me be reassuring, thus-far, nobody has been murdered on my watch. But the notion gave rise to the impetus to write my first murder mystery, The Lyme Regis Murders. Could I make the jump after years of writing macabre short stories to a full length drama? That familiar beating in the gut, said, ‘Yes, try it. Give it a go.’

And so to that cosy coastal town where nothing untoward ever happens. Or perhaps it does. The author seeks to shatter notions, change people’s perceptions, spoil long held views. That was my intention in entering into the world of crime thrillers. I’ve found that ‘nice’ people are not always what they seem. The helpless can be transformed into the most dangerous, the most dangerous become the most harmless. It’s all up to the writer and what they’re hoping to achieve.

For me there have been 10 children’s books, 4 books of short stories and so far, three novels, with a fourth in the mixer.

Whilst a short story might be written with a flurry of adrenalin in the space of a few hours, a book will need more than just a flash of creativity. It will need perseverance, discipline and dogged determination.

But then, isn’t that what is required of every ambition?


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Tuesday, April 19, 2022

New Release Blitz: Apples for Ashley by Annee Jones #promo #newbooks #christianromance #westernromance #giveaway #rabtbooktours @RABTBookTours
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The Orchard Brides - Book 2

Christian Contemporary Western Romance

Date Published 04-11-2022

 

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Can forbidden fruit lead to sweet romance?

After standing up to the wrath of the owner of a private apple orchard where her daughter picked some of the tantalizing, but off-limits, fruit, will Skye Palmer allow the handsome cowboy to atone for making her little girl cry?

New owner of Humble Tree Orchards Troy Sutton feels terrible - he shouldn't have come down so hard on the child for taking some of his ripe produce - even if the farm's profit margin is in the red zone. Can he find a way to make it up to her and her gorgeous angry mother? And can they come up with a plan to save the apple orchard before the winter frost arrives?

Sweetness is in the air... and perhaps an "apple-y ever after" might just be possible after all...

 

About the Author

Author Annee Jones writes heartwarming romance and will soon be adding cozy mystery, fantasy/ PNR, suspense, and more to her list of genres since her imagination often runs away with her. She is passionate about writing stories that offer readers a place where dreams come true!

Professionally, Annee works as a disability counselor where she helps her clients navigate through complex medical and legal systems while rediscovering their wholeness in Spirit.

Annee also enjoys freelance writing for Publishers Weekly and multiple publishing companies.

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