tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77307465758749402122024-03-18T22:30:32.982-07:00A Life Through BooksEverLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07383634611752545400noreply@blogger.comBlogger3568125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730746575874940212.post-60814343084296165452024-03-18T22:30:00.000-07:002024-03-18T22:30:00.133-07:00Teaser Tuesday: The Cyclopes' Eye by Jeffrey Haskey-Valerius #excerpt #youngadult #yadystopian #yascifi #rabtbooktours @jeffreyhvwrites @RABTBookTours <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/rabtbooktoursandpr.com/2024blitzes/jeffrey-haskey-valerius-the-cyclopes-eye-teaser-tuesday"><img height="200" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/af8b8b114bc84b81956098383841c514" width="500" /></a></div><p> </p><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/1c195758302944eba0549bf5d25646dd" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/1c195758302944eba0549bf5d25646dd" width="267" /></a>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>YA Dystopian, Soft Sci-Fi</b></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Date to be Published:</b></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> 04-09-2024</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Publisher:</b> NineStar Press</span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/209492824-the-cyclopes-eye"><img height="75" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/26885701adea4bb791503c2c1651b879" width="200" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">First they came for his sister’s eye. Now they’re coming for
his. And what’s even worse is he deserves it.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Henry has never had anything good happen to him, period. Full stop.
That’s why, after school, he’s going to put on his big-boy pants
and confess his love to his best friend—because the universe owes him
one, dammit, and he needs a win.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">But maybe doing it on Drill Day wasn't the best idea—the one day a
month that healthcare conglomerate Axiom infiltrates schools across America
to select a new candidate to give up one of their eyes, for... research? And
if this Drill Day is anything like the last, Henry will never get a chance
at a good life. Especially if his past keeps threatening to eat him alive,
and especially if his old ways of keeping the darkness at bay refuse to work
anymore.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Excerpt</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I hate attention. I hate causing a scene. I hate being noticed. And
I’m very, very aware that, right now, that is exactly what’s
happening. I’m also noticing how sweaty I am. My face is either ghost
white or bile green. Or beet red. All three?</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">A part of me knows they can’t be looking at me any worse than they
usually do, though. Poor Henry with his one-eyed sister. Poor Henry with his
drunk of a dad. Poor Henry with his convict of a mother.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I think about reaching down to my thigh to catapult me out of this moment,
the tangle of cuts and scars I could squeeze and knead like dough so the
jolt of hurt would replace this ache of embarrassment. But I can’t.
Not here.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We take the third speed bump slower than the last two, but I still feel
touch-and-go. At this point, the best option is to just get out of here as
fast as I can. Since I’m already standing when we pull into the
parking spot, I don’t wait for all the people in front of me to get
off first. I march right on up to the front like I own this bus. And you
know what? For right now, I do, fuckers.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“You in a hurry or something?” asks the driver. He removes his
shades to reveal two very intact and very brown eyes. His fist is wrapped
around the lever to open the door, but he’s not opening it.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I wasn’t expecting this, and with each second, my blood feels thicker
and thicker, like sludge. I mumble something about a test I have to study
for.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“One day you’ll realize life’s about more than
school,” he says, believing, I’m sure, that he’s being
very profound at six-thirty.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I just nod and smile, hoping my face doesn’t betray my anguish.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">He smirks and finally pulls the lever, and the door squeaks and sighs as it
opens. I jump down the stairs, and I must go a little too fast because
there’s no way I can hold it in anymore. I’ve got to puke, and
I’ve got to puke now.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I race around to the front of the bus, shielded on all sides by other buses
that I really hope are empty, and let it go.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">It’s so painful coming up, like someone is stabbing me. My eyes
flutter open and closed as it comes pouring out, and it’s like
I’m watching myself in stop motion. It forms puddles around my feet.
Some of it gets on my shoes.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">It’s hot and gross, and some of it sprays up into my nose, which
might make me puke more. I try to be quiet so nobody will hear me, but the
bus engine is so loud that it probably doesn’t matter. Or maybe
that’s delirious thinking. Maybe the driver is watching from his
window right now. But if anybody does come over to see, they don’t
wait around long enough to say anything.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">A minute later, when I’m sure it’s all out of me, I feel light,
free. Empty. I think this might be the best I’ve ever felt in my life.
Maybe I can read this poem today. Maybe Sam will respond the way I want. I
should puke more often.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Everything in me goes still and quiet. It’s almost like I’m
floating through fog as I wind my way through the maze of buses all parked
in a cluster. I’m so light, it feels like a dream. Like I’m not
real. Is this what it’s like to get high?</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">As soon as I round the last bus, I come down.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">If getting sick was a dream, reality is not worth waking up for. The
nightmare of my life is as bleak as it’s ever been.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Ah, yes, here we are. Drill Day.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Across the parking lot, a few hundred feet away, is the entire student
body—two thousand of my peers. They’ve been rounded up like
cattle in front of school, their incessant chatter like primal, god-fearing
cries for help before being led to slaughter. And just like real cattle,
they know there’s no escape.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">But at least the cows get to die before their mutilation
</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>About the Author</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Jeffrey Haskey-Valerius works in healthcare by day and writes weird fiction
and poetry by night. His shorter work has been featured in numerous literary
journals and has been nominated for prizes, including Best of the Net. He
currently lives in the Midwest with his unbelievably handsome and perfect
dog, and also a human whom he loves. The Cyclopes’ Eye is his debut
novel.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Contact Links</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://www.jeffreyhaskey-valerius.com">Website</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://facebook.com/jeffreyhvwrites">Facebook</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Twitter: @jeffreyhvwrites</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Instagram: @jeffreyhvwrites</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">TikTok: @jeffreyhvwrites</span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.rabtbooktoursandpr.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="RABT Book Tours & PR" height="400" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/wzukusers/user-32179697/images/0ef1e26fd5f04c99b11731d6d17c8a41/RABT-Tour-Host.png" width="400" /></a></div>
EverLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07383634611752545400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730746575874940212.post-3930027805824897572024-03-18T22:00:00.000-07:002024-03-18T22:00:00.145-07:00Teaser Tuesday: Ghost by Dana Cask #excerpt #comingsoon #motorcycleclubromance #rabtbooktours @ChangelingPress @RABTBookTours <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/rabtbooktoursandpr.com/2024blitzes/dana-cask-ghost-teaser-tuesday"><img height="200" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/53af58f793274f6fac8e26249f9eea2f" width="500" /></a></div><p> </p><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/dade4f9248f54349a9d649493a309245" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/dade4f9248f54349a9d649493a309245" width="263" /></span></a>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">(Shiva’s Road MC)</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Motorcycle Club Romance, Interracial & Multicultural</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Date Published:</b></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> March 22, 2024</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/208823284-ghost-shiva-s-road-mc-1"><img height="75" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/26885701adea4bb791503c2c1651b879" width="200" /></a>
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span>
</p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Ghost -- Against my better judgment, I went to Chicago to meet my father.
Instead I find a sexy siren who’s fighting a daily struggle to
survive. I claim her for my own the first chance I get, but that’s
when our troubles really start. She won’t leave without my sister
Rachel, her best friend, and I’m a long way from home and my brothers.
When the bad guys attack, I’ll do whatever it takes to keep them
both.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Simone -- I need a way out. When Ghost arrives, I take a chance and ask him
for help. But he’s the son of the man who sells my body. I don’t
know how far I can trust him. My life and Rachel’s hang in the
balance. Ghost says he wants me by his side forever. I’m trusting him
with our lives, but can I trust him with my heart?</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/d5df0de401414cb7843fca587730c09d" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="402" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/d5df0de401414cb7843fca587730c09d" width="480" /></a>
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>EXCERPT</b></span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><i>Ghost</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“This place is something else,” Beowulf said over the sound of
their idling bikes.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Ghost didn’t respond, knowing his best friend didn’t expect him
to. He just stared at the place his mother had called home for the last
twenty-five years. The McMansion and surrounding grounds presented a vulgar
display of wealth against the suburban Chicago backdrop. The pink granite
drive wound around the two-story house, lit by spotlights in the center of
the immaculately manicured lawn. In bright sunlight, he’d no doubt
need darker shades to withstand the glare of the mica-flecked walls and
white shutters. He’d known about the setup from the intel Bytes had
gathered on his father before they left the compound in Central Ohio, but
seeing it in person shocked the man who had grown up dirt poor in a
single-wide trailer on the Mescalero Apache Tribe Reservation.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Name,” snapped a male voice from a box built into the brick
column to the left of the wrought black iron gate.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Lucas Blackfoot,” Ghost replied. His voice sounded rusty, even
to his own ears.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“You were told to come alone.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Ghost shrugged, sure the security cameras would pick up his response.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">After a long pause, the voice instructed, “Park your motorcycles in
the open garage bay. You will be met at the interior door. Do not enter
without an escort or you will be shot.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Friendly type, your Pops.” Wulf chuckled.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Ghost let his unease out by revving his old Harley. The Knucklehead
vibrated the ground as the gate with a stylized W in the center pulled back
to allow them entrance. They followed the drive to the right of the house,
moving at a slow pace on the loose gravel, and found the place they were to
leave their bikes without issue.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Almost as soon as they swung their legs over the fenders, a door at the far
end of the far end of the garage opened. A limo occupied one bay. Midlife
crisis cars sat in the remaining two, each of which probably cost more than
Ghost had seen during his entire childhood.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">A large, bald man in a black suit he couldn’t button over his flabby
stomach -- a security drudge so stereotypical as to be laughable -- motioned
them to come closer.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“What do you wanna bet he gets handsy?” Wulf said loud enough
to be overheard.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Ghost grunted. This was gonna suck. He had planned to get in and out as
quickly as possible, having minimal interaction with his sperm donor.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Which one of you is Blackfoot?” the guard asked as they
approached.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Like that wasn’t obvious. Even a toddler could tell the black-haired
Native American from the Nordic blond. “I am,” Ghost
replied.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Your… companion… can wait here.” The guard put a
wealth of innuendo into the word companion, still trying to get a rise out
of him.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“No.” Ghost didn’t make a threatening move, but he
wasn’t going into this house alone. He’d never spoken to Donald
P. Willard, never went looking for his parents after his mother left the
Reservation when he was eight. His father should be happy he’d only
brought his best friend for backup. No way in hell would he allow himself to
be separated from Wulf this early in the game.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“You come alone, or you don’t come at all.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Fine,” said Wulf, “We’ll be home in our beds by
morning then.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The dumbass reached out to grab Ghost by the arm. “I said
--”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Ghost grabbed the guard’s hand by the thumb and bent it back. When
the man tried to twist out of his grip, Ghost held on long enough to make
sure the man knew Ghost was choosing to release him.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Another man, this one a little older and in better shape than the first,
appeared in the doorway. “Problem?”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“He doesn’t want to come quietly, boss,” Dumbass
said.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Let him bring his little friend if it makes him feel better,”
the new arrival replied. “I’m sure they won’t cause any
trouble. Right, boys?”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“We’re housebroken,” Wulf assured him. “Can’t
say the same for your team though. Need a lesson in manners.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Boss” stared at them for a few beats, then turned on his heel
and walked back into the house. His lapdog followed, leaving Ghost and Wulf
to take up the rear. As soon as they cleared the doorway, another man came
up behind them, closing the door and walking practically on their heels.
They moved through the mostly dark house in that formation until they
reached a closed door with soft light spilling through around the
cracks.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">A knock on the door received a curt, “Enter.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">A hand on his back pushed Ghost ahead of Wulf into the room. No less
opulent than the rest of the house, the study had dark built-in shelves at
the back wall and thick, velvet green drapes bracketing the floor-to-ceiling
windows along the side. Donald P. Willard sat behind a polished walnut desk.
A Tiffany desk lamp illuminated Donald’s thick features and extremely
short-cropped, graying hair. His hands were laced together in front of him,
resting over a sizeable belly straining the buttons on his tailored shirt.
His blue suit jacket hung on the back of his leather executive chair. The
picture of a prominent light-skinned black businessman, surrounding himself
with obvious signs of wealth and opulence. Ghost was pretty sure it was all
a front, meant to impress.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Son, please have a seat. The rest of you are dismissed,”
Donald said.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The three bodyguards tried to grab Wulf to remove him bodily from the room,
but he evaded their grasps and sat down on the green leather sofa which
rested against a creamy damask wallpaper. “I think I’ll stay. I
like it here,” Wulf said mildly.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“This is a private conversation between my son and myself. Please do
us the courtesy of letting us have this family moment,” Donald
replied.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Wulf looked to Ghost, who gave him a slight nod. Beowulf could take care of
himself, and it didn’t seem like anyone was going to talk in front of
his friend.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Come on, boys. Show me the kitchen. I could use a snack after the
long ride.” Wulf jumped up from the couch and led the way out into the
hall.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Once they were alone and the door shut, Donald gave Ghost an appraising
glance. “You look like your mother.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Ghost knew what he meant. His father’s African American heritage
didn’t show much in Ghost’s features. There didn’t seem
much point in replying so Ghost didn’t bother.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Donald sighed. “Have a seat, son. We have a lot to talk
about.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Ghost sat in one of the chairs in front of Donald’s desk that matched
the leather sofa. It was as uncomfortable as it looked. Still, he said
nothing. He’d learned a long time ago prolonged silence had a way of
getting people to start rambling just to fill the void.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“I have to say, your existence came as quite a shock to me. In all
the years I’ve been married to Caroline, she never once mentioned you.
Do you know why?”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“No.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Has she ever contacted you since she left the
Reservation?”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“No.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“I’ve always wanted a son to carry on my legacy. Surely, she
would have known I’d have welcomed you with open arms.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Ghost shrugged. His mother had signed over custody of him to his
grandfather when she left, giving no explanation. His memories of her were
happy, but dim. He couldn’t say why his mother did what she did, and
wouldn’t tell this man even if he did know. He owed this man
nothing.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Did she tell you anything about me before she left? Anything at
all?”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“No.” Ghost knew he sounded like a broken record but really
what was there to say? He’d received word of his mother’s death
from a lawyer, closely followed by a summons from Donald P. Willard to
discuss her “affairs.” Ghost already regretted his decision to
come here and couldn’t wait to get the fuck out.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Man of few words, eh? I can respect that. Too many people
don’t stand by their word these days. I’m not one of those. Old
school to the core, just like my daddy.” He probably practiced his
“trust me” smile in the mirror. Ghost wasn’t falling for
it.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Why am I here?” He knew why, but he wanted to see how the
other man would spin it.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“I wanted to meet you, talk to you. I am your father, after
all.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Are you sure?” Ghost was. Bytes had done the research.
Donald’s name wasn’t listed on his birth certificate, but his
mother had left a letter with his grandfather. The old man never said a
word, but the document had been among his things given to the tribal leaders
upon his death. An old friend read it to him over the phone. His father had
been a high roller at one of the casinos on tribal land. His mother worked
there and caught his eye. Eventually they started a relationship. She got
pregnant. Eight years later, she left the Reservation to be his wife.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Of course, I am. Your mother was faithful to me, even before we
married. Or are you trying to tell me you know otherwise?” The thought
seemed to anger him.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“No.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Well then, there you are. You’re my son. And I’d like to
think we could have a good relationship now that we know about each
other.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Ghost almost said no again, just to see what the other man would do, but
managed to stop himself. Instead, he changed tracks. “Your letter
promised legal action if I didn’t show. That’s not very…
fatherly.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“That was before I got to know you. My security team did a little
digging. Can’t blame a man for wanting to get to know all about a son
he suddenly finds out about, can you? And now I know you’ve served
your country well, but you’ve fallen on hard times. That motorcycle
club you’re with, well, I’d like to see my son socializing with
a better class of people. I can and will help you there.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“No.” The word came out fast and emphatic. Shiva’s Road
MC was his family now. Not this man.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“OK, OK, I can see I’m moving too fast for you. A habit in my
business. You don’t make money letting grass grow under your
feet!”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Donald’s business, according to Bytes, barely paid the mortgage on
this eyesore these days. Donald’s father had been a solid contractor
for large scale buildings in downtown Chicago. But cutting corners to
underbid other contractors, shoddy supplies, and other bad business
practices had given the family business a bad name. Donald scrambled to
cover his monthly debts and if he didn’t hire better lawyers,
he’d be facing jail time. Then there was the little matter of his
gambling debts…</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Instead of replying right away, Ghost let his attention drift around the
office. There were business books, decanters containing various kinds of
alcohol with the usual glasses, and several framed pictures. One of the
pictures caught his eye. Two young women were laughing with their arms
around each other in front of a fountain. One had black hair, dusky skin and
a more than passing resemblance to Donald. She must be Rachael, his
half-sister.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The other woman -- he didn’t recognize her -- was nothing less than
stunning. Platinum-blonde hair surrounded her tanned face in a halo as the
sunshine poured down on her, seeming to illuminate her from within. The red
top she wore hugged her more-than-a-handful breasts and rode up enough to
show a strip of her belly. The matching skirt flared out from curvy hips
that begged to be gripped with his large hands and held onto for a wild
ride. Though he couldn’t tell the exact color of her eyes from the
photograph, they seemed to sparkle with mischief. And her full lips, painted
the same red as her shirt, were a form of temptation all their own. He
wanted to lick and suck and taste every inch of her. His cock came to life
behind his zipper as he studied the image. He’d never had such a
visceral reaction to a woman, let alone one he’d seen only in a
picture, in his life.</span>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>About the Author</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Every book is a mystery to Dana. Whether it’s writing one or reading
one, she delves into the who, what, when, where and why with a thirst for
knowledge. Getting to know the characters and following their journey as it
unfolds gives her a thrill she hasn’t been able to duplicate in any
other activity. She’s been known to devour as many as three books in a
day, and would write until her fingers bled if her muses allowed.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Although Dana is just getting started on her publishing career, please join
her on Facebook and Goodreads, and visit her website often as her MC
collection grows to see what Dana has in store for her readers next!</span>
</p>
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</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Contact Links</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.danacask.com/">Author’s Website</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61553651656438">Author on Facebook</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Publisher on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok:
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EverLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07383634611752545400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730746575874940212.post-3447959037204460952024-03-17T22:00:00.000-07:002024-03-17T22:00:00.245-07:00Book Blitz: Code of Reanimation by Lanie Mores #promo #giveaway #paranormal #thriller #scifi #horror #rabtbooktours @LanieMores @RABTBookTours<p> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/rabtbooktoursandpr.com/2024blitzes/lanie-mores-code-of-reanimation-book-blitz"><img height="200" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/497e5eb9c18d4e8aba6954c4f3b2c5ed" width="500" /></a></div><p> </p><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/527457d50fc94ab88e637e16879c0943" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/527457d50fc94ab88e637e16879c0943" width="267" /></a>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Spin-off of the Father of Contention series</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Paranormal Thriller, Science Fiction, Horror</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Date Published:</b></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> 11-14-2023</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><i>Freedom is a state of mind.</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Brigita Nowak has only ever wanted one thing—her freedom. Labelled
psychotic and committed to a mental institution at seventeen, she missed the
chance of a “normal” life. She never held a job, owned her own
place, or experienced love. Until now.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">After awakening sprawled on the common room floor—the hospital in
ruins, the staff and patients missing—she realizes it’s her
chance to escape. Seeking sanctuary with her sister, she meets “the
boyfriend” Renner Scholz, a vile yet brilliant geneticist. He has
developed a bioweapon, the Code of Reanimation, destined to destroy the
world. Or so Brigita believes. She’s been seeing zombie hallucinations
as of late, a sure premonition of the highly contagious bioweapon getting
out of hand. Why the connection? Because the bioweapon reanimates dead
organisms into bloodthirsty killing machines.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Brigita has typically experienced death-based hallucinations, blamed on her
mental illness. She, however, always felt they were psychic premonitions.
Convinced that Renner intends to release the bioweapon at a public
fundraising event, she teams up with a handsome love interest to thwart the
catastrophe. But, as Brigita’s visions kick into hyperdrive and
timelines blur, she must determine which events are based on reality or
delusional constructs of her subconscious mind...</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">before it’s too late.</span>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>About the Author</b></span></p><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/1e896b7aec894109a1133234c12a9bdf" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/1e896b7aec894109a1133234c12a9bdf" width="240" /></a>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Lanie Mores is the award-winning author of the science fiction and fantasy
book series, Father of Contention. She has an Honours Bachelor of Science
Degree, a Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology, and she is an active member
of the Canadian Authors Association. When she isn't writing, you'll find her
reading, binge-watching Netflix, baking, and slaughtering zombies and other
monsters on her Xbox. She lives in Ontario with her family and forever
barking fur babies, Batman and Petri.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Contact Links</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.laniemores.com">Website</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/LanieMores2/">Facebook</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://twitter.com/LanieMores">Twitter</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.laniemores.com/blog/">Blog</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17950238.Lanie_Mores">Goodreads</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/LanieMores/">Pinterest</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/laniemores/">Instagram</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Purchase Link</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://amzn.to/48YMKST">Amazon</a></span></p>
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EverLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07383634611752545400noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730746575874940212.post-15438185949520357572024-03-14T22:00:00.000-07:002024-03-14T22:00:00.183-07:00Book Blitz: The Morbid Alphabet Book by Gabrielle Ferrara #childrensbook #rabtbooktours @RABTBookTours <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/rabtbooktoursandpr.com/2024blitzes/gabrielle-ferrara-the-morbid-alphabet-book-book-blitz"><img height="200" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/8181c7009ae94c268e70d7b8171ff47a" width="500" /></a></div><p> </p><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/c1d8fc62f16b4c3ba4afc5fa2c636fba" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="528" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/c1d8fc62f16b4c3ba4afc5fa2c636fba" width="528" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Children's Book</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Date Published: </b></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">July 2022</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/122419667-the-morbid-alphabet-book"><img height="75" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/26885701adea4bb791503c2c1651b879" width="200" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The Morbid Alphabet Book combines a love of the macabre with learning the
alphabet. This fully illustrated book is the perfect educational tool for
children curious about the world around them. Each page features a different
letter paired with a morbid word and corresponding definition. Not only will
children learn their alphabet, but they will expand their vocabulary at the
same time!</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">From A to Z, The Morbid Alphabet Book is sure to educate and
entertain.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>About the Author</b></span></p><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/a8fb2d06df53438f8520468e52d89ac0" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="220" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/a8fb2d06df53438f8520468e52d89ac0" width="220" /></a>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Gabrielle Ferrara is an artist and entrepreneur who creates
Victorian-inspired art and jewelry with ethically sourced animal remains.
She has a master's degree in Museum Studies and undergraduate degrees in
Anthropology and Art History. Gabrielle enjoys spending her free time with
family, venturing down the rabbit hole of obscurity, and talking about
dinosaurs.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://www.uniquelymorbid.com">Website</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/UniquelyMorbid">Facebook</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://www.instagram.com/UniquelyMorbid">Instagram</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Purchase Links</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3Pd4FOH">Amazon</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-morbid-alphabet-book-gabrielle-ferrara/1141669840">B&N</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p>
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EverLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07383634611752545400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730746575874940212.post-8814920397928398612024-03-13T22:00:00.000-07:002024-03-13T22:00:00.237-07:00Book Blitz: Bretisms by Bret Davis #promo #nonfiction #selfhelp #rabtbooktours @RABTBookTours <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/rabtbooktoursandpr.com/2024blitzes/bret-davis-bretisms-book-blitz"><img height="200" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/dba2561c2e544f0486eba7fde2c5a6af" width="500" /></a></div><p> </p><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/4e91ce1271d940a6945579869464220b" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="462" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/4e91ce1271d940a6945579869464220b" width="289" /></a>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Adopted, Borrowed and Modified Philosophies For a Life with LESS ANXIETY
and MORE CONFIDENCE</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Nonfiction / Self-Help</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Date Published: </b></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">January 29, 2024</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Publisher:</b> MindStir Media</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">This book contains a collection of sayings, thoughts, and life lessons that
have helped to reduce my level of stress and anxiety while building
confidence in myself and others. Some are mine, and others I have heard and
adopted either as is or marginally tailored to become mine over the years. I
repeat these sayings to myself and others almost daily. By reading these
healthy reminders on a daily basis you will come to realize a healthier
outlook on life, find others treat you with more kindness and respect all
while building confidence in yourself and your abilities.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>About the Author</b></span>
</p><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/77103146f43f46a49fec64f6a21c3ac2g" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/77103146f43f46a49fec64f6a21c3ac2" width="240" /></a>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Born in Youngstown Ohio, with stops throughout his life in Michigan, NJ,
Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Florida, Ohio (again) Georgia and Texas. Bret Davis
is a born salesman. With the love of his wife of twenty-eight years, Kelly,
and their two sons, Blake and Connor, he has achieved his dreams and more.
Starting from a door-to-door salesman, he has worked his way up to
executive-level positions with multiple companies in the medical field.
Throughout his trials and experiences in the sales industry, Bret has come
to understand people and that the way we all work holds a unique value.
Today, he and his family reside in Houston, Texas.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Contact Links</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://www.bretisms.com">Website</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Purchase Link</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3Tt64Df">Amazon</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p>
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EverLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07383634611752545400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730746575874940212.post-62868780078888519322024-03-13T04:00:00.000-07:002024-03-13T04:00:00.238-07:00Virtual Book Tour: Threads of a Needle by D.G. Zitting #thriller #scifi #blogtour #rabtbooktours @RABTBookTours <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/rabtbooktoursandpr.com/2024tours/d-g-zitting-threads-of-a-needle-virtual-book-tour"><img height="200" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/72f70d84c5804a999436291bc64185e9" width="500" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">A Mind-Bending Sci-Fi Journey through Dimensional Probabilities</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><b>Fiction, Sci-Fi/Adventure, Futuristic, Thriller</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Date Published:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> January 30, 2024</span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Publisher: </b>Elite Online Publishing</span>
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</p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/204120151-threads-of-a-needle"><img height="75" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/26885701adea4bb791503c2c1651b879" width="200" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><i>Immerse yourself in a near-future world on the brink of transformation in
"Threads of a Needle." Follow Hope Valencia, a skilled PT-SOF
agent for the League of Consciousness, as she embarks on a daring mission
transcending the boundaries of time and space.</i></b></span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Advanced neurological technologies, now under the control of a dominant
media conglomerate, manipulate humanity's belief systems, deviating from
their original intent to advance human progress. At the heart of this
narrative are Hope's parents, Dr. Gabriel Valencia, neurotechnologist, and
Ella Valencia, whose monumental discovery of Trans-Dimensional Probability
Threads unites consciousness with the physical realm, revealing a vast
expanse of probable realities. This groundbreaking revelation paves the way
for the Quantum Thought Dynamics-AI Protocol (QTD-AI), a technology that
enables the digitization and manipulation of human thought processes.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Embark on a journey with Hope that challenges traditional understanding,
unravels the very fabric of reality, and unveils hidden truths.
"Threads of a Needle" not only narrates an enthralling tale but
also invites you to reflect on the malleability of reality and the
influential power of your beliefs, thoughts, and emotions in shaping the
world around you. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/cb40d0e189a04b248b71ff5e42610367" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/cb40d0e189a04b248b71ff5e42610367" width="521" /></a> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><b>About the Author</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">DG Zitting is a seasoned entrepreneur with a career spanning over three
decades in real estate finance and financial technology. He has successfully
led national business firms to significant achievements.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Beyond his thriving professional journey, Zitting's insatiable curiosity
spans various domains, including science, technology, philosophy,
psychology, and non-denominational spirituality. This lifelong quest for
knowledge has unveiled profound insights into the greater reality of the
world and universe.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">What sets Zitting apart is his ability to translate this wisdom into both
his personal life and business ventures, yielding resounding success. As a
co-founder and leader of firms employing over two thousand individuals and
achieving billions in sales volume objectives, Zitting attributes his
accomplishments to transformative insights gained along his remarkable
journey.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">By infusing his knowledge into every facet of life, including business,
family, friendships, hobbies, and passions, Zitting has created a distinct
advantage in navigating life's intricate game. He has also established the
B</span><span style="font-family: "Cambria Math", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">∈</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">E+T=R Life Strategy (BETR), recognizing the pivotal role of beliefs</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">—</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">conscious and subconscious</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">—</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">in shaping reality. This philosophy is elegantly summarized in his symbolic
equation, B</span><span style="font-family: "Cambria Math", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">∈</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">E+T=R, where Beliefs, Emotions, and Thoughts align to shape the probable
thread of Reality, empowering others to choose the reality they wish to
experience.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://betrlife.com/">Website</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: x-large;">Purchase Links</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/42jSAN0" style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18.6667px;">Amazon</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://geni.us/TFYo" style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18.6667px;">Genius</a></p>
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EverLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07383634611752545400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730746575874940212.post-49276833068105145062024-03-12T22:00:00.000-07:002024-03-12T22:00:00.138-07:00Teaser: Darker by A.K. Nevermore #teaser #comingsoon #preorder #paranormal #motorcycleclubromance #rabtbooktours @changelingpress @RABTBooktours <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/rabtbooktoursandpr.com/2024blitzes/a-k-nevermore-darker-teaser-tuesday"><img height="200" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/5cc551efc9d742f7990129065f4d014e" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/dbf6b67f61c44cd8b3dfbe82df148726" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="453" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/dbf6b67f61c44cd8b3dfbe82df148726" width="298" /></a>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Maw of Mayhem MC, Book 2</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Paranormal, Motorcycle Club Romance</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Date Published:</b></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> March 15, 2024</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/208457158-darker-maw-of-mayhem-mc-2"><img height="75" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/26885701adea4bb791503c2c1651b879" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><i>So much for sanctuary.</i> 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.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">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.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">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?</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Shades of the past tore through the consciousness Darke shared with his
man, threatening to swallow Grim whole. He fought against their poisoned
bite, but the witch’s spell had weakened the big cat’s
skin-brother and freed the memories from their fetters. They lashed at Grim
with inky black tentacles of torment. His agonized screams rose within the
crescendoing squall, raging through their split psyche. A growl welled in
Darke’s chest, ruff bristling at their assault.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">-- <i>Mine! </i>-- he snarled, lunging into the fray. Sharp claws and teeth rent
the shadowed memories of the bad time from his man, scattering them back
into the depths of their mind. Grim was his. Him. A self separate, yet one.
His skin-brother. Darke nuzzled him close, tongue rasping over Grim’s
flickering light.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">-- <i>heal </i>--</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Kit… his man whimpered, curling into a ball. His light dimmed,
giving up control of their form to the big cat.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">-- <i>ours </i>-- Darke rumbled, shifting their body and sending Grim what
strength he could. Fur sprouted, limbs cracking and reforming. Two legs
became four, and a tawny gray mountain lion lay sprawled on the bed where
the others had lain his man to recover.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Within, his skin-brother’s light strengthened, its low glow holding
steady.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Darke ran a paw over his face, licking at his pad. He sneezed at the scent
of old blood, the room thick with the patina of its tang and the decaying
musk of the undead. A low growl rumbled in his chest, his pupils dilating to
take in the room’s blend of muted color.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Heavy furniture dominated the space, its angles stark amidst the gloom.
Tendrils of scent threaded through the room, age and linseed seeping from
the wood to twine with the rest of the civilized rot assaulting his nose. He
pushed off the bed, padding across the thick carpet. His shadow grayed the
fingers of scant moonlight streaming in from long, amber-tinted
windows.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Darke paused, his lip curling over his canines, disdainfully eyeing the
city spread out below him before turning his face to the bulbous moon.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Had Grim’s female changed and released her animal?</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Clay’s cat had promised Darke a mate. Teased him with her scent,
captured within the weft of the afghan on Grim’s bed. The desperate
longing it evoked proved the connection. The tip of Darke’s tail
twitched. He’d trusted it would be so. Waited for so long. Too long.
Kit’s scent matched the afghan’s. That meant the beast within
her was his.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Darke chuffed his frustration. Sensing his mate without being able to claim
her was torture. He paced the breadth of the room, eyes narrowed at the
heavy oaken door leading out. Beyond it, faint voices pricked at his ears.
Part of his skin-brother’s pride was near. His crew. Darke growled at
the snippets of the MC’s inner cats’ near-unintelligible
murmuring punctuating the two-legged babble. That he could understand the
crew’s stupid yapping better than his own brethren’s yowls
irked.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">A pang of loneliness shot through Darke’s chest. He missed Clay. When
his father’s inner lion had spoken, his deep rumble was clarion. The
lynxes out there? Yowls and hissing. Darke could pick out maybe one hard-won
word in six, and they couldn’t understand him at all. It had been the
same with his littermates, Grapple and Shiv, leaving Darke to rely on
instinct when forced to interact.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">It got him into trouble. Lynxes were shady and the two-leggers lied. Said
things they didn’t mean, then hurt you. Clay had been different, but
he was dead while his murderer walked free.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Reaper.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Darke shivered, ears flicking back, remembering the bad time. The man who
called himself their uncle needed to die, and Grapple and Shiv with
him.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Darke’s temper spiked, his tail swishing. Keenly feeling the loss
locked within his mind again, in this stinking place of undead. His
skin-brother shared his sorrow at their father’s murder, but not
Darke’s isolation.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">And now Grim had left him, too.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Darke shouldered through another door into a smaller room lined with tile.
It smelled faintly of excrement and strongly of fabricated pine, the water
in the bowl stale and chemical-laced. Darke shook droplets from his maw and
chuffed his distaste, returning to the window.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Soft footfalls approached from the beyond the oaken door.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Darke slunk into the deep shadow of an armoire as the heavy slab canted
open, then closed. Kit limped to the center of the room, favoring a leg. Her
arm was splinted, the opposite hand bandaged in gauze. A ruddy stain marred
its whiteness. She wrapped her damaged limbs around herself with a low sob,
the scent of fresh blood perfuming the air as she moved. Darke’s
nostrils flared at that thread of wrongness twining within the delicate
tendrils of citrus, cinnamon, and female musk.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">His mate was presenting as wounded prey.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Darke bit back the growl building in his chest, fury pounding through his
temples. His claws extended and retracted from the carpet’s thick
pile. Healthy, she’d be a tempting prize for any predator.
Injured… He was going to kill --</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">No. Darke’s ears flattened against his skull. His man would think
before spilling blood.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">But Grim thought too much.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Kit scanned the room, then dashed a hand across her face, stumbling to the
bed. Her feet froze at its foot, head snapping toward the bathroom, then
away. Another low sob eked from her throat, and Darke’s ruff stood on
end. He would destroy them. Destroy them all. Starting with those who had
failed to protect --</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">-- <i>Hey! Boy Vengeance! You really just gonna let her think her think
he’s gone?</i> --</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Darke jumped, fur bristling at the syrupy censure. He backed deeper into
the shadows, eyes wide and pulse pounding.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">-- <i>Aww. Here puss, puss, puss… I don’t bite</i> --</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">His lip curled over a canine, and a female’s mocking laughter flitted
through his mind as clearly as the gravelly chuckle of Clay’s beast
had. Darke’s heart leaped, his ears pricking forward, saliva pooling
in his maw.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">He could understand her.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The beast inside Kit, his promised mate -- when she spoke, her words were
clear, and she wanted to play.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>About the Author</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">AK Nevermore enjoys operating heavy machinery, freebases coffee, and gives
up sarcasm for Lent every year. A Jane-of-all-trades, she’s a
certified chef, restores antiques, and dabbles in beekeeping when
she’s not reading voraciously or running down the dream in her beat-up
camo Chucks. Unable to ignore the voices in her head, and unwilling to
become medicated, she writes Science Fiction and Fantasy full time. AK pays
the bills writing a copious amount of copy, along with a column on SFF. She
belongs to the Authors Guild, is an RWA chapter board member, volunteers for
far too many committees, teaches creative writing, and on the rare occasion,
sleeps.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Aury and Scott travel to the Finger Lakes in New York’s wine country
to get to the bottom of the mysterious happenings at the Songscape Winery.
Disturbed furniture and curious noises are one thing, but when a customer
winds up dead, it’s time to dig into the details and see what
ferments.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Is there any truth to the Native American legends that cluster near Seneca
Lake? Is the warrior’s disapproval of wineries growing legs?</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Aury will need to pour over the clues to unearth the mystery before the
winery’s reputation is crushed. With the annual wine festival just
around the corner, Aury harvests more than she bargained for when the killer
tries to bottle her up for good.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Dawn Brotherton is an award-winning author of nineteen books and featured
speaker at writing and publishing seminars. When it comes to exceptional
writing, she draws on her experience as a colonel retired from the US Air
Force as well as a softball coach and Girl Scout leader. Her variety of
interests has led to a range of genres including mystery, romance, young
adult fantasy, middle grade sports, picture book, and nonfiction. When she
isn’t using her words, Dawn is in her craft room in Williamsburg, VA,
quilting, painting, or taking online classes. Her affection for travel and
all-things-crafty keeps her imagination in high gear for the next Eastover
Treasure Mystery.</span></p>
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EverLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07383634611752545400noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730746575874940212.post-67259426041427827112024-03-11T22:30:00.000-07:002024-03-11T22:30:00.137-07:00Release Blitz: A Win Won Situation by Reggie Gray #releasday #giveaway #nonfiction #business #motivational #Rabtbooktours @BookWriting1 @RABTBookTours <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/rabtbooktoursandpr.com/2024blitzes/reggie-gray-a-win-won-situation-release-blitz"><img height="200" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/67ed93bd29e446379bd8a969965f79a6" width="500" /></a></div><p> </p><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/8d7f35f4f3ed4d47b4186094c8c9151d" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/8d7f35f4f3ed4d47b4186094c8c9151d" width="301" /></a>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Crossroads to Collaboration, A Personal Development Journey to Building
Successful and Synergistic Relationships</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Motivational/Business improvement</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Date Published: </b></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">March 12, 2024</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Publisher:</b> Elite Online Publishing</span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/206768337-a-win-won-situation"><img height="75" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/26885701adea4bb791503c2c1651b879" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">In <i>A Win Won Situation</i>, Reggie Gray embarks on a profound exploration of
personal development, interweaving his life experiences with insightful
lessons on building successful and synergistic relationships.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">WIN WON comes from what Reggie puts into practice in his business and
personal relationships. <b>W</b>HAT <b>I</b> <b>N</b>EED – <b>W</b>HAT <b>O</b>THERS <b>N</b>EED</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Through engaging chapters filled with personal accounts deeply woven with
important life lessons, Reggie imparts wisdom gained from his unique blend
of experiences. He challenges the reader to rethink conventional notions of
success and relationship building, offering a fresh perspective on how to<b>
lead a more fulfilling life</b>. This book is not just another motivational
read. It is a call to action, inviting readers to scrutinize the motives
behind the self-help industry and to seek authenticity in their personal
growth journeys.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Perfect for anyone at a crossroads in their personal and professional
relationships, <i>A Win Won Situation</i> is a guide for those who seek to live a
meaningful last third of their life, <b>leaving behind a legacy of
collaboration, success, and genuine connection.</b></span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>About the Author</b></span></p><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/575da121c271497b96351d2eb2c5e47d" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/575da121c271497b96351d2eb2c5e47d" width="260" /></a>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">As the President of the Intercontinental Chamber of Commerce, Gray has been
a pivotal figure in the Houston area, with a strong presence in the
community for over 25 years. Gray has served on numerous area boards and
received numerous awards from those area organizations for his commitment
and service to Houston-area communities. Previous to the Chamber, he was a
Vice President of Marketing in the real estate management and development
industry and Vice President of Business Development for an international
logistics corporation.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">His projects and positions have taken him throughout the U.S. and to nearly
60 countries worldwide, where he has collaborated with a variety of
industries, corporate executives, international leaders, and royalty. Gray
has received awards of designation, appreciation, and partnerships from
numerous countries, such as Canada, Mexico, El Salvador, Malta, China, the
Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Monaco, and Panama.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Gray spends time and speaks often of his three sons and his focus on them
or, as he has repeatedly been quoted, “They are the oxygen in his
lungs.”
</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://linkedin.com/in/reggiegray-14223120">LinkedIn</a></span></p>
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EverLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07383634611752545400noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730746575874940212.post-41991718674313822232024-03-11T22:00:00.000-07:002024-03-11T22:00:00.346-07:00Teaser Tuesday: Fallen: Of Outer Gods and Fallen Angels ANTHOLOGY from Dragon Soul Press #excerpt #comingsoon #preorder #fantasy #anthology #rabtbooktours @ReadersRoost @RABTBookTours <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/rabtbooktoursandpr.com/2024blitzes/fallen-of-outer-gods-and-fallen-angels-teaser-tuesday"><img height="200" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/1dfab583ecc547f1bf20822fd36233e4" width="500" /></a></div><p> </p><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/923b0ed6e912470ea8d2a92bdadb60f5" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/923b0ed6e912470ea8d2a92bdadb60f5" width="274" /></a>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Fantasy Anthology</b></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Date Published: </b></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">March 30, 2024</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>FALLEN ANTHOLOGY</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b><br /></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Fall from grace…</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">In a twist of fate, these angels have done the unforgivable and have been
kicked out. Some are left to roam freely while they plot their revenge. Some
are immediately given a new job as a form of punishment. Some are even
innocent and try to prove it themselves. But can any of them find their new
purpose in the end?</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><i>Featuring stories by Michael Paige, Matthew Fryer, Bruno Lombardi, Barend
Nieuwstraten III, Kelly Barker, A.E. Lowan, C.L. Hart, and J.E.
Feldman.</i></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span>
</p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Of Outer Gods and Fallen Angels by C.L. Hart</b></span>
</p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Story Genre</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Lovecraftian Fantasy, Judeo-Christian Mythology,</span>
</p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span>
</p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Tropes</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Friendship, Lost Love, Reincarnation</span>
</p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Gerry Clifford appears to be simply a small, frail older man who has fallen
victim to early-onset dementia.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Yadira Root appears to be an impossibly ancient woman who volunteers her
time at the care center where people like Gerry live out their final
days.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">A conversation between the pair reveals unexpected truths about both of
them.</span>
</p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Excerpt</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">For eons, I have been looking for a way to right the wrongs committed at
the time of my birth. I have once again encountered Malak, son of Lucifer;
he with his heart burst open like a snowdrop’s pouting petals.
However, to my dismay, Malak, the world-builder and shadow-weaver, has
forgotten who he was. He is bound to a broken, dying body, although at
night, his soul roams free.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">In our first meeting at the care center where he now resides, I approached
Malak cautiously, unsure of how he would respond to my presence. Bewildered
disorientation had replaced the once alert, inquisitive look in his eyes.
Like a spark struggling to ignite, I noted a faint glimmer of recognition,
but it was obscured by the murk of confusion overtaking his decaying
memory.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">"Malak," I said softly as I took his hands in mine. "It's
your old friend Yadira. Do you remember who you once were? World-builder,
shadow weaver, beloved son of Lucifer."</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">It was evident from his expression that his mind was seeking an elusive
memory. A longing for understanding replaced his puzzlement.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">"Who... who am I?" he mumbled, his voice feeble and uncertain.
"I feel like fragments of a shattered mirror, lost in a labyrinth of
forgotten dreams."</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">A pang of sympathy pierced my heart. Seeing this brilliant being trapped in
a decaying vessel, his bright, inquisitive soul longing for release, was
tragic. I took his trembling hand in mine, hoping my touch would serve as an
anchor, reconnecting him to his forgotten self.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">"Malak, you were once a weaver of worlds, a creator of infinite
possibilities," I explained. "Your mind held the secrets of the
cosmos, and your hands shaped realms beyond imagination."</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Despite the fragility of his body, a spark of ancient power flickered
within him as he struggled to break free from the fog of
forgetfulness.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">"I remember whispers of worlds born from the rhythm of my
thoughts," he murmured. "Visions of beauty and darkness once
flowed through me like a river of eternal creation."</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I continued to paint a picture of his former existence, hoping to unleash
the dormant power lying buried deep within.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">"Malak, reclaim your identity," I urged. "I will help you
mend the fractures in your soul, reuniting the shattered fragments, and
restoring the balance disrupted long ago. The broken body that confines you
is insignificant compared to the boundless potential within. The key to
redemption and rectification lies in you. Please assist me in redressing the
wrongs of the past. With you healed and my parents reunited, we will forge a
future where your power, reclaimed and revitalized, can help restore balance
to the cosmos."</span>
</p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>About the Author</b></span></p><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/ed6d251727584b08a5a761ff4d862a3e" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/ed6d251727584b08a5a761ff4d862a3e" width="298" /></a>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">C. L. Hart, the owner and sole employee of Naughty Netherworld Press, is
spoken of in hushed tones. She is described as The Mad Scribe of the
Northeastern Colorado Plains, The Terrible Old Woman, and The Author That
Should Not Be.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">When not penning sanity-destroying works of dystopian fiction, Lovecraftian
fantasy, or old-school horror with the occasional sweet romance thrown in to
upset the cosmic apple cart, Ms. Hart enjoys creating baked goods she hopes
will be considered palatable.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Ms. Hart shares a home in a remote rural town of 134 souls with her adult
son and three cats. Her sense of fashion is best described as Early
Twenty-First Century Unmade Bed. This disabled former nurse can usually be
found arguing with herself about subplots or rehabilitating eldritch
horrors.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Follow C. L. Hart</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.subscribepage.com/clhart">C. L. Hart Newsletter</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://www.naughtynetherworldpress.com/">Naughty Netherworld Press Books</a></span></p>
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EverLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07383634611752545400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730746575874940212.post-81653807190330484022024-03-10T22:00:00.000-07:002024-03-10T22:00:00.129-07:00Release Blitz: Petrified Prunella by Sophie Jupillat Posey #childrensbook #rabtbooktours @RABTBookTours<p> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/rabtbooktoursandpr.com/2024blitzes/sophie-jupillat-posey-petrified-prunella-release-blitz"><img height="200" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/3debf09b806e4b45afd78c19d8c6c2db" width="500" /></a></div><p> </p><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/c4251a68e4914ecd986a1d03b6a4584c" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/c4251a68e4914ecd986a1d03b6a4584c" width="309" /></a>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Children’s Book</b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Date Published: </b></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">March 11, 2024</span>
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</p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/205025316-petrified-prunella"><img height="75" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/26885701adea4bb791503c2c1651b879" width="200" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Join Prunella on a journey of self-discovery as she navigates the fears
surrounding her first tooth loss in a new country in this new bilingual
book, <i>Petrified Prunella.</i></b></span>
</p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Sweet Prunella is soon to lose her first tooth. She dreads the pain and the
Little Mouse who in France whisks your pearly whites away.</span>
</p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">But as she relocates to the United States with her family and learns about
new tooth traditions, will Prunella be able to conquer her fears and
inhibitions?</span>
</p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><i>Petrified Prunella</i> motivates children to overcome their fears, inspires
them to embrace change, educates young readers about different cultural
traditions, and empowers them to make choices. This book will help you raise
open-minded, confident kids.</span>
</p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Get your copy today and join <i>Petrified Prunella</i> on this heartwarming
journey from France to the United States, as she discovers the magic hidden
within every gap-toothed smile.</b></span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>About the Author</b></span></p><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/72d35e02449c495f8d6df96615094f85" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/72d35e02449c495f8d6df96615094f85" width="225" /></a>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">French-Venezuelan Sophie Jupillat Posey wrote a poem about spring in the
4th grade and started a mystery series a year later. She’s been hooked
to creating stories ever since. She studied writing and music at Rollins
College. She’s had numerous short stories and poetry published in
literary magazines since 2014. She enjoys reading and writing anything from
science fiction and fantasy, to paranormal and mystery novels. When she
isn’t writing, she is composing music, creating albums, and teaching
French to students in Central Florida. She can be reached on Twitter,
Facebook, and her website.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Contact Links</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://sophiejposey.com">Website</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/p/Sophie-Jupillat-Posey-Writer-100063449271165">Facebook</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Purchase Link</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3V8zmrS">Amazon</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p>
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EverLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07383634611752545400noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730746575874940212.post-15974116582534580502024-03-08T22:00:00.000-08:002024-03-08T22:00:00.135-08:00Book Blitz: Travel the Continents and Be Back Before Bed by Robert McFadden III #childrensbook #rabtbooktours @RABTBookTours <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/rabtbooktoursandpr.com/2024blitzes/robert-mcfadden-iii-travel-the-continents-and-be-back-before-bed-blitz"><img height="200" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/84e23b906c1346adb9fc74d2814a0f98" width="500" /></a></div><p> </p><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/a30cb1476a3740a8aebca0a53ade0c81" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="579" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/a30cb1476a3740a8aebca0a53ade0c81" width="565" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Children’s Book</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Date Published: </b></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">February 2021</span>
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</p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/207983072-travel-the-continents-and-be-back-before-bed"><img height="75" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/26885701adea4bb791503c2c1651b879" width="200" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Are you looking for the best read-aloud book for early readers or
just an adventurous bedtime story to inspire and help the young,
inquisitive minds of kids develop their knowledge and
imagination?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Get ready for an exciting journey with this brightly illustrated and
artistic adventure for readers. The author takes the kids on a
fantastic journey across continents with this soothing bedtime
narrative.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">In this insightful children's book, rendered in basic vocabulary for
easy reading, kids will learn about fascinating wild animals from
different parts of the world. From the giant elephants of Africa to
the playful pandas of Asia- you’ve got a relaxing sleep aid for
those fun-seeking kids.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">With colorful illustrations and interesting facts, “Travel the
Continents and Be Back Before Bed" is the perfect children's book
for bedtime reading.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Join us on a fantastic adventure as we travel the continents and meet
fascinating animals. From the giant Elephants of Africa to the playful</span>
</p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">pandas of Asia, this book will take you on a journey like no other.
Packed with colorful illustrations and fun facts, it's the perfect
bedtime read for young explorers. So grab your passport and get ready
to go on a wild adventure - and be back before bed!</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>About the Author</b></span></span></p><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/08226669419e4357bb9006943ceca03f" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="232" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/08226669419e4357bb9006943ceca03f" width="232" /></a>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Robert McFadden III discovered his passion for writing for kids when his
first son was born. As he began sharing joyful stories with his kid to make
his growing family happy, little did Robert know that a journey into writing
delightful children's books had started.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Simultaneously managing the tasking reality of parenthood and being in
graduate school, Robert suddenly found solace in crafting imaginative tales
instead of tackling homework.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The desire to make Children happy is his newfound joy, and he cherishes
every opportunity to create heartwarming adventures that will inspire kids
and bring smiles to their faces.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">A loving husband and father of two fantastic boys, what Robert started as a
pastime soon blossomed into a fulfilling creative adventure.</span>
</p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Purchase Link</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3TiqDlw">Amazon</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.rabtbooktoursandpr.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="RABT Book Tours & PR" height="400" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/wzukusers/user-32179697/images/0ef1e26fd5f04c99b11731d6d17c8a41/RABT-Tour-Host.png" width="400" /></a></div>
EverLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07383634611752545400noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730746575874940212.post-25920856410019235142024-03-07T22:00:00.000-08:002024-03-07T22:00:00.135-08:00Book Blitz: The Freaks of Lark Street by Harvey Havel #giveaway #fiction #rabtbooktours @RABTBookTours <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/rabtbooktoursandpr.com/2024blitzes/harvey-havel-the-freaks-of-lark-street-book-blitz"><img height="200" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/c67fdb427fe647dbb1a0860f876a9857" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/1859bade41f64cf8b4235f1fd34ef852" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/1859bade41f64cf8b4235f1fd34ef852" width="264" /></a>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Fiction</span></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; line-height: 107%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Date Published:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> 01-04-2024</span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Publisher:</b> Pageturner Press and Media</span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/205841935-the-freaks-of-lark-street"><img height="75" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/26885701adea4bb791503c2c1651b879" width="200" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Julius T. Downer has lost his job at a prestigious Wall Street firm, his
lovely girlfriend who has run off with his best friend, and his shoebox of
an apartment where he and his girlfriend have been locked up in
Pandemic-stricken New York City during COVID. Without much money left, he
has little choice but to dump it all and relocate to Albany, New York, where
he lives hand-to-mouth at a Motel 6.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Demoralized, Downer knows he must get on his feet. He ventures to the most
cosmopolitan street in Albany, which is Lark Street, hoping to find another
girlfriend similar to the one who just abandoned him and also hoping to have
a little fun before he searches for another job. Instead, he finds an
antagonistic and unwelcoming crowd who snub him at every turn. The only ones
who welcome him in are those he terms as "freaks." These are the
homeless, the drunks, the addicts, and the sex workers on Lark Street.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">But his downward slide is mitigated by an outsider artist who takes up
residence in one of the few coffee shops that are established there. With
the help of this outsider artist and his group of "freakish"
friends, Julius T. Downer finds that he has a special supernatural ability
when it comes to viewing art.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">And Downer enters Albany already hating artists and everything about them.
But after finding that he has this new ability bestowed upon him by this
outsider artist, he finds that his new relationship to art and the art world
around him can help many people who are suffering and struggling through
their own lives. Downer finds a new path to follow with the understanding
that he is just a "freak" himself.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>About the Author</b></span></p><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/004fd2da69824b698386631b39854813" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/004fd2da69824b698386631b39854813" width="213" /></a>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Harvey Havel has been a short-story writer and novelist for over thirty
years. His first novel, Noble McCloud, A Novel, about a young, struggling
musician was published in November of 1999. He now has nineteen books which
include novels, short stories, and two collections of essays on current
affairs and political matters.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">His latest book is a serialized novel, The Queen of Intelligence: A 9/11
Novel, has just been released through Kindle Vella on Amazon.com in
2021.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Havel is formerly a Lecturer in English at Bergen Community College in
Paramus, New Jersey. He also taught writing and literature at SUNY Albany
and the College of Saint Rose, also in Albany, New York.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">He currently lives there with his pet cat, Marty, and has many more books
in store for his many fans in future.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Copies of his books and short stories, both new and used, may be purchased
at Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble.com, Smashwords.com, or at your favorite
local bookstore.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">An excellent interview with Harvey Havel by Robert Nagle of Personville
Press in Katy, Texas, can be found at Imaginary Planet.net.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">His readers are encouraged to leave their honest comments about his work
anywhere his fine books are sold.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Contact Links</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?k=harvey+havel&crid=1ZIMNWGHDI4UA&sprefix=harvey+havel%2Caps%2C183&ref=nb_sb_noss">Amazon Author Page</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/authorharveyhavel/">Facebook</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/33911.Harvey_Havel">Goodreads</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: 107%;"><b><a href="https://mybook.to/TheFreaksofLarkStreet">Purchase Today</a></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p>
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EverLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07383634611752545400noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730746575874940212.post-39922636549841324312024-03-06T22:00:00.000-08:002024-03-06T22:00:00.350-08:00Book Blitz: The Queen of Intelligence by Harvey Havel #historical #fiction #giveaway #rabtbooktours @RABTBookTours <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/rabtbooktoursandpr.com/2024blitzes/harvey-havel-the-queen-of-intelligence-book-blitz"><img height="200" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/fb8d90ba82f6486ea6f048750e1e18ed" width="500" /></a></div><p> </p><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/df43c6848c244eb384ed8710408d556d" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="466" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/df43c6848c244eb384ed8710408d556d" width="311" /></a>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">A 9/11 Conspiracy Novel</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Historical Fiction</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Date Published: </b></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">05-12-2023</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Publisher:</b> Workbook Press</span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123220101-the-queen-of-intelligence"><img height="75" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/26885701adea4bb791503c2c1651b879" width="200" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">As early as December of 1998, the CIA reported that Osama Bin Laden and his
Al-Queda organization prepared for direct attacks against the United States
using hijacked aircraft, prompting the FBI to place Osama Bin Laden on its
Ten Most Wanted List.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">In an effort to recruit the best possible Operations Officers to take on
these dangerous terrorist organizations, the CIA approaches a young,
intelligent, and exceptionally beautiful blonde-haired, blue-eyed Sherry
Aspen and sends her into Afghanistan to locate whatever terrorist cells are
hiding there and report these locations back to Langley. But as Sherry soon
discovers, she is but a mere pawn in a much larger game of intrigue and
espionage.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Despite all that she has to give up to obtain the most relevant information
to protect the United States, the CIA turns a deaf ear to what she finds in
the Middle East, except when she learns of a terrorist plot to attack the
Twin Towers in New York City just months after she is deployed. As a result,
Sherry is on the run, not from any of the terrorists in the Middle East who
may want to kill her, but by the CIA itself.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">In this exceptional work of historical fiction, Harvey Havel outlines a
conspiracy theory in the form of a novel that questions whether or not the
tragedy that took place on September 11th, 2001 was really based on the
actions of only one man and not more powerful forces at work, such as the
CIA. By following Sherry Aspen on her mission through such places as
Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Israel, Havel takes us on a thrilling ride that
uncovers what may have been the real reasons behind the 9/11 attacks in
which nearly 3,000 innocent American civilians perished. For anyone
interested in alternate perspectives of what might have caused the 9/11
attacks as well as those who crave high-caliber literary fiction, this
important and carefully-crafted novel is a still very timely and a definite
must-read.</span>
</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Harvey Havel has been a short-story writer and novelist for over thirty
years. His first novel, Noble McCloud, A Novel, about a young, struggling
musician was published in November of 1999. He now has nineteen books which
include novels, short stories, and two collections of essays on current
affairs and political matters. His latest book is a serialized novel, The
Queen of Intelligence: A 9/11 Novel, has just been released through Kindle
Vella on Amazon.com in 2021.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Havel is formerly a Lecturer in English at Bergen Community College in
Paramus, New Jersey. He also taught writing and literature at SUNY Albany
and the College of Saint Rose, also in Albany, New York.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">He currently lives there with his pet cat, Marty, and has many more books
in store for his many fans in future.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">His readers are encouraged to leave their honest comments about his work
anywhere his fine books are sold.</span></p>
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EverLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07383634611752545400noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730746575874940212.post-27854139076360244022024-03-06T09:12:00.000-08:002024-03-06T09:12:47.896-08:00Virtual Book Tour: Profitable Usherpreneur by Clementina Busayo #interview #giveaway #nonfiction #rabtbooktours @RABTBookTours <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/rabtbooktoursandpr.com/2024tours/clementina-busayo-profitable-usherpreneur-virtual-book-tour"><img height="200" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/454d31b7972247b0af5d51dcb7ae5a5f" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p> </p><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/617b15289c4144f09508660b967c0437" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="485" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/617b15289c4144f09508660b967c0437" width="308" /></a>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">How To Start And Grow A Successful Ushering Business</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><b>Nonfiction</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><b>Date Published:</b></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> 09-06-2022</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Publisher: </b>MagicWand Publishing</span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/158123128-profitable-usherpreneur"><img height="75" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/26885701adea4bb791503c2c1651b879" width="200" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Profitable Usherpreneur: How To Start And Grow A Successful Ushering
Business is a book for anyone who wants to build a successful and profitable
ushering service business. The book aims to promote ushering service as a
business.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In this book, Clementina explains the concept of Usherpreneurship,
misconceptions about the ushering business, pricing, and more. PUBook
provides practical insights on team building, pricing, and client attraction
strategies.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The book offers a way for new and existing agency founders to build a
profitable ushering business.</span></p><b style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></b><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/e0ed8cb0ffff4c56841f2714214f3002" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="277" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/e0ed8cb0ffff4c56841f2714214f3002" width="529" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><b>INTERVIEW</b></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">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? <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">The process of getting my book “Profitable
Usherpreneur: How to Start and Grow A Successful Ushering Business” published
started with research and enrolling in a course on how to write an e-book in 30
days. With the book coaching program, I was able to come to a decision on why
my book should be on the business of ushering since I already founded an ushering
business called Gloriouswills Ushering Services GWUS and I experience
first-hand what the challenges of building profitable ushering business are.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">What surprised you most about getting your book published? <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">My greatest surprise about getting Profitable
Usherpreneur #PUBook: How to Start and Grow A Successful Ushering business
published is the quality of reviews and the countries I have gotten reviews
from so far. It has been interesting to see that people in different parts of
the world such as United Kingdom, United States, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya,
Ghana, Sierra Leone, Nigeria etc, are interested in the topic and conversation
about the Ushering business.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Tell us a little about what you do when you aren’t writing<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">When I am not writing, you would find me creating videos
about the business of ushering and books via my Clementina Busayo YouTube
Channel. You would also find me learning to speak French, Moderate, or and host
events.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">As a published author, what would you say was the most
pivotal point of your writing life?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">The most pivotal points of my writing life were when I
began to get orders and alerts of purchase for my Profitable Usherpreneur book
#PUBook, and emails and reviews on how readers got the clarity they needed upon
reading Profitable Usherpreneur: How to Start and Grow A Successful Ushering
Business book.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Where do you get your best ideas and why do you think that
is?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">I get my best ideas from my life events and watching
how other people respond to life experiences. Mostly I am usually inspired from
these life events to not only write but draw lessons of what I can do to
maximize such situations whether in the moment or future.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">What is the toughest criticism given to you as an author?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">I am yet to experience a criticism that I would
consider tough. I like to see reader’s feedback as a tool to improve the
existing book if it is something I can change or use such feedback in the
subsequent books I would be writing. For example, with my initial draft my
first reader told me that my book was “mechanical and that instead of just
writing I should also tell my story” that feedback helped me to infuse real
life stories to write my Profitable Usherpreneur book on the business of
ushering.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">What has been your best accomplishment as a writer?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Recently, Amazon had our first set of Profitable
Usherprenur Paperback books delivered internationally. Profitable Usherpreneur:
How to Start and Grow A Successful Ushering business book can be bought via https:tinyurl.com/AmazonPUBook
on Amazon. I also get featured on Canvas Rebel Magazine and Business Day Paper
for my Profitable Usherpreneur book.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">How many unpublished and half-finished books do you have?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><b><i>None at the moment. Plus, I am currently working on a
new book for both private and public sectors to treat “Service As A Tangible
Experience” so In the meantime, you can follow my journey via my HQ at </i></b><a href="http://www.madebyclementina.com/"><b><i>www.madebyclementina.com</i></b></a><b><i>
or via Clementina Busayo on YouTube, Instagram, and LinkedIn.<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></o:p></p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><b>About the Author</b></span></p><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/1bab3c3acef4440e80f947ea69496ace" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/1bab3c3acef4440e80f947ea69496ace" width="272" /></a>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Clementina Busayo is an Author, Usherpreneur, & Project Manager.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">She is the Founder of Gloriouswills Ushering Services GWUS an ushering
agency that teaches the business of ushering, trains ushers to be
professionals, and provide ushering service for corporate and social
events.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">When she is not teaching about the business of ushering via Clementina
Busayo's YouTube channel, She loves to moderate events and learn the French
language. Clementina believes in</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">"Service A Tangible Experience" she co-founded Professional
GroomsMen - a place for grooms to choose their wedding groomsmen. Through
these businesses she is addressing the</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">sustainable development goal 8 of providing decent Jobs and economic
growth. She is the convener of Usherpreneur Summit and she is open to
cross-country collaboration.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.madebyclementina.com">Website</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/clementina.busayo">Instagram</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/clementinabusayo">LinkedIn</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://youtube.com/@clementinabusayo">YouTube</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Anxiety, Depression, and Adolescent Mental Health</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Publisher:</b> MindStir Media</span>
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Do you have a son or daughter going through growing pains? Hoping to avoid
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they're here to share how you can take charge and live your best life.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Talking About Adolescence: Anxiety, Depression, and Adolescent Mental
Health is an inspirational and easy-to-digest resource that explores top
issues affecting young minds. Through a direct conversational style and
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essential topic while providing healthy coping skills and habits to help you
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parents, and guardians will confidently look forward to a life of
fulfillment and happiness.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">In Talking About Adolescence, you'll discover:</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">- Passionate and well-researched information that can transform lives</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">- A great start to productive dialogue that will allow parents and
educators to connect with teens</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">- Ways to eliminate the stigma of mental illness so any young person can be
comfortable seeking support and treatment</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">- Key strategies to tackle self-harm, panic attacks, bullies, childhood
trauma, substance abuse, neurodiversity, and much, much more!</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Talking About Adolescence: Anxiety, Depression, and Adolescent Mental
Health is the must-have guide to thriving during those formative years and
is the first book in the Talking About Adolescence series. If you like
life-changing knowledge, learning more about yourself, and gaining control,
then you'll love Eichin Chang-Lim & Lora L. Erickson's comprehensive
handbook.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>About the Author</b></span></p><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/ad8c8efcd2c548a4b963e21132a04827" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/ad8c8efcd2c548a4b963e21132a04827" width="256" /></a>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Dr. Eichin Chang-Lim earned her Doctorate in Optometry, a Master of Science
in Microbiology, and a Master of Arts in Psychology. She is the mother of
two grown-up children, a wife, a semi-retired optometrist, and a
multi-award-winning author. The genres of her books include romantic
fiction, short stories, memoirs, self-help, and educational
nonfiction.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Chang-Lim’s books depict the intricacies of human relationships and
the striving of the human spirit. Ultimately, they evolve into inspirational
tales that readers will find multidimensional and thought-provoking.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">When asked about her motivation to be a writer, she replied, “Every
human being is valuable; every soul is unique and special. I write with my
heart and soul. My mindset is that if my writing can make a difference in
even one person’s life, it’s all worth it, and that’s what
love is all about.”</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Currently, she is collaborating with an international psychologist and
educator, Dr. Lora Erickson, to write a three-book series, Talking about
Adolescence.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Book 1: Anxiety, Depression, and Adolescent Mental Health is coming
soon.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Besides writing, Eichin is also passionate about acting, photography,
music, and dance acrobatics. She and her husband live in Orange County,
California, with their poodle mix named Gabby.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.bookbub.com/profile/eichin-chang-lim">Bookbub</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://twitter.com/EichinChangLim">Twitter</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/eichinchanglim/">Instagram</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/eichin-chang-lim-827a9b20/">Linkedin</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@EichinChangLim1">YouTube</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>About the Author</b></span></p><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/179690d7582a42d78d60370907b38e09" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="259" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/179690d7582a42d78d60370907b38e09" width="259" /></a>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Dr. Lora Erickson is an international psychologist, licensed mental health
clinician, and core faculty in the Master of Arts in Psychology program with
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. She earned her Bachelor of
Science in Psychology from Illinois State University, her Master of Arts in
Counseling from Lincoln University, and her Doctorate in International
Psychology (trauma specialization) from The Chicago School of Professional
Psychology. For nearly 15 years, Dr. Erickson has been teaching and
providing clinical services to children, teenagers, and young adults. She is
also a mother to a teen and preteen and cares deeply for young people,
wanting the very best that life has to offer for them. She is also an
award-winning researcher within APA (American Psychology Association)
Division 52 (International Psychology) and currently holds an elected
position within the APA as Early Career Psychologist Past Chair for Division
52.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/talking-about-adolescence-eichin-chang-lim/1144496232">B&N</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p>
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EverLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07383634611752545400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730746575874940212.post-43665552049463707032024-03-04T22:30:00.000-08:002024-03-04T22:30:00.135-08:00Release Blitz: The Berman Murders by Doug Kari #truecrime #nonfiction #releaseday #giveaway #newbooks #rabtbooktours @Journada @RABTBookTours <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/rabtbooktoursandpr.com/2024blitzes/doug-kari-the-berman-murders-release-blitz"><img height="200" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/28ed485a9d6f42f999cf71d934f4c648" width="500" /></a></div><p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/8764a1085bb04a7887ba89c406689347" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/8764a1085bb04a7887ba89c406689347" width="267" /></a>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Unraveling the Mojave Desert's Most Mysterious Unsolved Crime</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>True Crime</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Date Published: </b></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">March 5th 2024</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Publisher: </b>Rowman & Littlefield</span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/190129902-the-berman-murders"><img height="75" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/26885701adea4bb791503c2c1651b879" width="200" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">At daybreak on January 6, 1986, a couple on a camping trip in the Mojave
Desert set out for a stroll and never returned. The local sheriff’s
office eventually discovered that Barry and Louise Berman had been murdered.
As years passed and the double homicide remained unsolved, the Berman case
spawned speculation and conjecture. Despite extensive investigation by local
and federal authorities, to date there’s never been an arrest made in
the case – let alone a conviction. But this doesn’t mean the
crime is unsolvable.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">After years of investigation, research, and interviews, Kari was able to
link the Berman murders to a Cambodian sex crimes and trafficking case
involving a former Marine. This is the first book to tell the full story of
the Berman murders and uncover the likely suspect.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/DougKariAuthor">Facebook</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://twitter.com/Journada">Twitter</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/dougkari/">LinkedIn</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-berman-murders-doug-kari/1143786995">Barnes and Noble</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p>
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EverLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07383634611752545400noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730746575874940212.post-53326384399606995812024-03-04T22:00:00.000-08:002024-03-04T22:00:00.244-08:00Teaser Tuesday: Lemon by Marteeka Karland #teaser #excerpt #comingsoon #motorcycleclubromance #romance #rabtbooktours @changelingpress @RABTBookTours <p> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/rabtbooktoursandpr.com/2024blitzes/marteeka-karland-lemon-teaser-tuesday"><img height="200" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/5d4f0b8d57d34622ba37b0d7ccc78da7" width="500" /></a></div><p> </p><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/80c283642b1c48a29a1f65307a30b608" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="444" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/80c283642b1c48a29a1f65307a30b608" width="292" /></a>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Grim Road MC, Book 2</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Motorcycle Club Romance, Suspense, Age Gap</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Date Published:</b></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> March 8, 2024</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Lemon: I’m settling in at Grim Road in my role as vice president. The
men test me, but it’s all in good fun. I think I enjoy it as much as
they do. Then, out of nowhere, things go horribly sideways. I realize how
much weaker I am physically than everyone else in the club. That weakness
can be a horrible liability. Yeah. Things are going great. Until they
aren’t. I may have bitten off more than I can chew…</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Rocket: My little sourpuss is a force to be reckoned with. She takes
everything dished out to her and gives it back in spades. She’s my VP,
but she’s also my old lady. Sometimes, I need to take care of her.
More importantly, she has to let me. That fact is never more apparent than
when a small team of roughnecks think she’s a woman from another club.
They soon find out the error of their ways, but at what cost to Lemon?
It’s time for the president of Grim Road MC to take charge. And
there’s gonna be hell to pay.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Excerpt</b></span>
</p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><i>Lemon</i></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I made it a whole month at Grim Road MC before Falcon threatened to cut off
my dick and feed it to me. I think he forgot I was a girl or something
because I’m as docile as they come. Yep. Passive even!</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">OK. I’m lying. I liked busting Falcon’s balls just ‘cause
I could. The guys had made me vice president of Grim Road right after Rocket
brought me to the compound. Since then, we’ve all been working on our
trust issues. And by “we,” I mean the men of Grim. I got that
they all had secrets. I got that everyone had things they didn’t want
anyone else to know. Even then, you tell your family. Because it was your
family who would always have your back. Grim Road was family. Rocket’s
family. My family.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Except for Falcon. But he was a work in progress.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“I swear to God, Rocket. If you don’t do something about that
little hellion, I may shoot her.”</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Now, Falcon. You know it’s not nice to threaten to shoot your
vice president.” I just loved taunting him.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Next time Rocket calls church, I’m askin’ for your
fuckin’ patch.”</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I sighed, trying to fight back a smile before I ruined my indifference.
“Are you still sore about your bike? ‘Cause it was totally for a
good cause. Saved Rocket’s life.”</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“You know what the fuck this is about, woman!” Falcon’s
hair was wild and sticking out all over the damned place. Looked like
he’d been trying to pull his hair out by the roots. Over and over. And
over.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“I even had the thing fixed for you. Only took a couple weeks in the
body shop, and they assured me it would be good as new. Not a scratch to be
seen.”</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“You had them paint it pink!” He had his arms out like he was
going to lunge and choke me to death the second he got the chance, but I
wasn’t worried. First, Falcon was all bark and no bite. At least he
was with me. Remember the family part? Second, he knew Rocket would feed him
to the sharks in very small pieces if he even looked at me cross-eyed.
“Not only did you crash my fuckin’ bike through a door<i>
intentionally</i>, you disrespected it even more by painting it <i>pink</i>!” He
practically roared the last word. And I was pretty sure there was spit
flying from his lips. Which was just gross. Fucker.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Tell you what. I’ll apologize to your bike. I’ll even
volunteer to ride beside you when you take her for a test
drive.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“No way in fuck I’m ridin’ that abomination in public.
I’m surprised Knox let the fuckin’ thing in the compound at
all.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Knox chose that moment to enter the common room. “Knox didn’t
know what was gonna roll out of that Goddamned trailer or he <i>wouldn’t</i>
have let it in,” he commented.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I grinned, looking over my shoulder at Knox and popped my gum like a bimbo.
“Hey, Knox. Havin’ a good afternoon?”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Was until that fuckin’ bike showed up.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Awesome! Now. Forget all that. It’s not
important.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Not important? How the fuck is you having my bike painted pink not
fuckin’ important?” Yeah. Falcon was in a bit of a snit. But
fuck him. If he wanted to be the best patched member of Grim Road -- after
me, of course -- he needed to learn that there was a method to my madness.
And there was one very huge wrong in this place that needed to be righted. I
figured one month was long enough for everyone involved to start their
penance.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Because it was sacrificed for the greater good. This is one of those
times, Falcon.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“What the everlovin’ Christ are you talking about,
Lemon?” Falcon sounded equal parts pissed and resigned.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“I’m talking about Gina.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">That got everyone’s attention. And quit the bitching.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“She good?” Falcon was immediately sober, all his anger at me
evaporating in the space of a word.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“She’s learning to be. In case you hadn’t noticed,
she’s been leaving her house more and more. Had supper in the common
room last night.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Yeah. I noticed.” Falcon glanced at Leather, who ducked his
head, shaking it slightly as if he wanted to deny what had happened.
“A few of us made sure she had what she needed.” Falcon gave a
sigh. “I apologized, too. Took several tries before she finally opened
her door. Not that I blame her. She say why she ain’t left? Surely she
knows she can. Right?”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“She knows,” Rocket leaned back on the couch where we sat. He
draped an arm over my shoulder, and I snuggled against him shamelessly. Not
only did it feel good to have his arm around me, but it reinforced my claim
to any club girls in the building. “This is her home now. I promised
to keep her safe, even from men inside my own club.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“So she trusts you,” Falcon nodded. “I guess that’s
something.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I snorted. “Nah. She don’t trust Rocket.” My man gave me
the side eye, but flashed a cocky grin too. Like he was proud of me. But,
honestly, what man with me wouldn’t be proud, right? “She trusts
me.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">When Falcon looked to Rocket to confirm, Rocket just smirked. “She
ain’t lyin’, my friend. Gina believes in Lemon. Believes Lemon
can keep her safe. Ain’t gonna lie and say I’m not disappointed
a woman under the club’s protection doesn’t fully trust me, but
I suppose that’s just one of many reasons I have Lemon in my
life.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Damned straight, baby.” I leaned in and brushed a kiss over
Rocket’s lower lip. “See me, love me, motherfuckers.” That
got a laugh from everyone, including Falcon.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Seems like you’ve got that situation under
control.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“I totally do, Falcon. Which is why I had your Harley painted
pink.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Not… seeing how the two go together.” Poor Falcon. He
was really having a hard time. He seemed to have even forgotten he was
supposed to be pissed about the paint job on his bike. This was why I liked
keeping him off-balance. It was so much fucking fun to watch. I knew I
shouldn’t enjoy myself at Falcon’s expense. This was actually
serious stuff. But, honestly, I just couldn’t help myself.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Because, Gina happens to be fond of the color pink. In fact, she
told me that, if she knew how to ride a motorcycle, she’d save
everything she could to buy her a pink bike. Now, me personally?” I
shook my head. “Don’t see the appeal. However, if Gina likes it,
I think we all owe her way the fuck more than one stupid pink
motorcycle.” I pointed at Falcon. “You ever want to graduate to
officer’s training camp?”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Officer… what?” Falcon jerked his head back like
I’d slapped him. Which, I mean, I won’t lie and say I
didn’t want to. Not because he deserved it, but because he thought he
deserved it. And I just plain thought beating up on Falcon was fucking fun.
But, not in this instance. Much.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Well, yeah. You don’t think every officer in this club will be
around forever, do you? Or even want to stay an officer. There will be a
time when your services may be needed in that capacity, though why,
I’m not sure. You’re just as big a dumb fuck today as you were
the day I met you.” I looked him up and down like I was judging him
and finding him lacking. “Gonna take longer than I first thought with
this one,” I muttered.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Falcon took a threatening step toward me, but Rocket growled at him. The
younger man glanced from me to Rocket before slinking back that fucking
threatening step. I smirked.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“One of these days, Lemon,” he growled.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Yep. One of these days I’ll hand you your balls, and
you’ll probably just stand there wondering what the fuck just
happened. You know. Like you’re doing right now.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Christ.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Pretty sure Christ had little to do with it,” Leather
muttered. “Satan? Yeah. Possibly.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I waved them both away. “Satan has a restraining order out on me. He
had nothing to do with it either.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Knox barked out a laugh before moving from the doorway. “Give it up,
guys. You’re never gonna get one over on that woman.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Whose bright idea was it to make her vice president anyway?”
Falcon was back to looking all surly again.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“That’d be me.” Bear, the second biggest man I’d
ever seen in my life moved into the room, crossing from the back to the
front in his even, confident gate. He didn’t pause but passed by
Falcon and smacked him on the back of the head before heading out the front
door to the parking lot.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Ow, Bear! What the fuck?” Falcon looked ready to do murder,
but I wanted to laugh. God, I loved it here! There was so much glorious
mayhem! And, being vice president, I got to cause as much as I wanted and no
one said anything. Occasionally, Rocket would pull me back, but most of the
time, he let nature take its course.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Best get on your bike and go find Gina. Give her a few rides, make
her comfortable with everyone here and maybe Lemon will let you paint your
bike black again,” advised Bear.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Finally!” I threw up my hands in exasperation. “Someone
who understands.” I looked up at Rocket. “You should make him
your vice president. Oh, wait…” I grinned.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Falcon mumbled, but Leather actually nodded his head, his face relaxing a
little, and I knew he got it. “We should all take a turn, Falcon. I
know it’s your bike and all, but if she likes pink Harleys, then I
think we should all take her ridin’. Show her we’ll do anything
to earn her trust.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I tilted my head at Leather. “You just went up several notches in my
esteem. Maybe we can put you in charge of sensitivity training.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Lemon,” Rocket sighed. “They’re doing what you
wanted. Let them work it out.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“They don’t seem to be able to, though Leather got the right
idea. Kudos to you!” I grinned at Leather. “See if you can get
the other dumbasses who don’t want to admit they did anything wrong to
fall in line. You do, I’ll give you a cookie.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Surprisingly, Leather grinned. “Yes, madam vice president.” He
sketched me a two-finger salute and sauntered outside. Falcon gave a
dramatic sigh and followed.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“He’s not a bad guy, you know.” Rocket leaned down to
murmur next to my ear.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Yep. I know. I just like fuckin’ with him. Besides, Gina needs
this. And I think the guys do too.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“They do. I’m glad you recognize that. Of course, I’m
pretty sure none of them would have voted you in as VP if they hadn’t
known you’d have good instincts with us.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“How’m I doin’?” I gave him a cheeky grin.</span>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>About the Author</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Marteeka Karland is an international bestselling author who leads a double
life as an erotic romance author by evening and a semi-domesticated
housewife by day. Known for her down and dirty MC romances, Marteeka takes
pleasure in spinning tales of tenacious, protective heroes and spirited,
vulnerable heroines. She staunchly advocates that every character deserves a
blissful ending, even, sometimes, the villains in her narratives. Her
writings are speckled with intense, raw elements resulting in page-turning
delight entwined with seductive escapades leading up to gratifying
conclusions that elicit a sigh from her readers.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Away from the pen, Marteeka finds joy in baking and supporting her husband
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">The Before Series, Book 5</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Fantasy</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; line-height: 107%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Date Published:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> 02-28-2024</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Publisher: </b>Sword and Thistle LLC</span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/204376038-before-the-emerald-crown"><img height="75" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/26885701adea4bb791503c2c1651b879" width="200" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b><i>In a time nearly ancient, before a brave Scottish princess defied her
mother, a young woman has lost everything.</i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Except for her unexplainable talent for magic.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Now Magda's being hunted, and in her attempt to survive, loneliness and
desperation take control.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Until she meets someone who offers her a chance at happiness, at normalcy,
at the fullness of life. Then she discovers something wrong, so shockingly
wrong with this hopeful future, and she must make a harrowing decision to
ensure her survival.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">And she will have to draw on all her magic to do it.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Actions have repercussions -- Magda knows this better than anyone else --
and with her magic, she will ensure everyone else learns that lesson as
well.</b></span>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/ba83533eeb2740c8b94a819e4b2803f7" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="277" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/ba83533eeb2740c8b94a819e4b2803f7" width="530" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><b>INTERVIEW</b></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: -0.1pt;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">What is the hardest part of writing your
books?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: -0.1pt;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: -0.1pt;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">I’m a mom of five, a college professor,
and my health is not the best, so the sheer lack of time is the hardest part.
So many stories, so little time. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: -0.1pt;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: -0.1pt;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: -0.1pt;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">What are your most played songs?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: -0.1pt;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: -0.1pt;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">I love “Running up that Hill” by Kate
Bush, and I listen to Hamilton and The Greatest Showman on repeat! <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: -0.1pt;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: -0.1pt;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">Do you have critique partners or beta
readers?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: -0.1pt;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: -0.1pt;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">Yes, my hubby, who is also a writer, is
my top beta reader/critique partner. I bounce ideas off him and he reads most
of my books before they go to editing. I have adult children (this is a bit of
a family business) who also act as critique partners for me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: -0.1pt;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: -0.1pt;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">What book are you reading now?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: -0.1pt;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: -0.1pt;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">Highland Defender by Kathryn LeVeque. I’m
just over halfway through it. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: -0.1pt;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: -0.1pt;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">How did you start your writing career?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: -0.1pt;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: -0.1pt;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">That is a bit of a funny question,
because I technically wrote my first book when I was nine. It was about my
little sister. Then in high school, I had two poems traditionally published in
an anthology. College and grad school was dedicated to academic writing, and I
have written literary articles and then homeschooling articles and curriculum
when I homeschooled my kids. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: -0.1pt;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: -0.1pt;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">My first book, To Dance in the Glen, was
started at a pet project back in the 1990s. I finished it in the early 2000s
and sat on it. It was only in 2018, due to being passed over for tenure again
and out of spite, that I decided to take the indie publishing route, which led
to 60+ book between myself and my husband, our own publishing house, Sword and
Thistle, and to each of us having a book series being published by a separate
indie publisher as well! <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: -0.1pt;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><a name="bookmark=id.gjdgxs"></a><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana;"> </span></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: -0.1pt;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">Tell us about your next release.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: -0.1pt;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: -0.1pt;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">My next release is a genre-switch – it is
a military romance (my hubby is a cop and former Marine, and I teach on a
Marine base, so I have lots of book fodder for that!). <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: -0.1pt;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: -0.1pt;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">Her Tempting Protector is book 3 of my
Tactical Protectors: Marines series.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>About the Author</b></span></p><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/2b5a82ed5c5e4aedb5fd702807f94063" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="253" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/2b5a82ed5c5e4aedb5fd702807f94063" width="253" /></a>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Michelle Deerwester-Dalrymple is an award-winning author of historical
romance -- Scottish, Highlanders, and Ancient! To Dance in the Glen was
recently a bestseller! She also writes contemporary romance as M.D.
Dalrymple -- police and campus romances, and as Strawberry Chase, paranormal
romance author.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Winner of the Top Ten Author Academy Award for 2018, Best Indie Book 2019,
and N.N Night's 2021 Winner for Scottish Romance.</span>
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EverLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07383634611752545400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730746575874940212.post-5821589307349839562024-03-03T22:00:00.000-08:002024-03-03T22:00:00.176-08:00Cover Reveal: Soft Lies & Hard Truths by Dalia Dupris #comingsoon #bookcover #coverreveal #romance #preorder #rabtbooktours @dalia_dupris @RABTBookTours<p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/5e016f84cf63422cb83445d8a42eabb1" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="726" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/5e016f84cf63422cb83445d8a42eabb1" width="485" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Contemporary Romance</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Date Published:</b></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> 04-17-2024</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Publisher: </b>The Wild Rose Press</span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/207587319-soft-lies-and-hard-truths"><img height="75" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/26885701adea4bb791503c2c1651b879" width="200" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Heartbroken and mortified by mean-spirited taunts and social media pictures
of her looking like a hot mess at her ex-boyfriend’s wedding, Leah
James decides to accept her friend, Miguel Montoya’s, offer to take a
road trip to their hometown of Santa Lorena.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Miguel, ex-Marine turned fitness trainer, is done pretending that he
doesn’t have strong feelings for Leah. From the moment he laid eyes on
her, he knew she was the one, and now this trip provides the perfect
opportunity to take their relationship to the next level.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Will shocking lies, deceits, and half-truths dampen the fiery sparks of
passion that ignite when Leah and Miguel are forced to share a cozy
honeymoon cottage, or will they overcome their fears and build a brighter
future based on honesty and love?</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>About the Author</b></span></p><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/030666b9cf694ec9b5df0d8e24c9423a" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/030666b9cf694ec9b5df0d8e24c9423a" width="240" /></a>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Dalia Dupris has been a book lover as long as she can remember.
Dalia’s BA in English Literature from UCLA and Master’s degree
in Social Work, from the University of Southern California, in addition to
years of experience as a licensed psychotherapist, contribute to her
creation of relatable and complex characters.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">In her spare time, she enjoys bike riding along the California coast with
her husband, and hiking with her daughter. She loves hearing from her
readers. Their words of encouragement inspire her to continue creating
memorable characters, who will make you laugh and cry and keep rooting for
them until the very last page. Subscribe to her website for a chance to
learn more about Dalia and her books.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://linktr.ee/DaliasBooks">Linktr.ee</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://www.daliadupris.com">Website</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/daliadupris">Facebook</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Twitter @dalia_dupris</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/daliadupriswriter">Goodreads</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/daliadupris/">Instagram</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">TikTok: @daliadupris8</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: 107%;"><b><a href="https://mybook.to/SoftLiesandHardTruths">Preorder Today</a></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Culture, Measurement, and Language</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Nonfiction / Language and Physiology</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Date Published</b></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">: December 6, 2023</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Publisher:</b> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Mindstir Media</span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/203433184-bone-body-lessons"><img height="75" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/26885701adea4bb791503c2c1651b879" width="200" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">One way to understand self is through the skeletal frame. Skeletal bones
hold many secrets which can be unlocked to tell stories of humankind; they
become lessons for life. This book provides four perspectives on bone:
culture, measurement of bones and body postures, grammar, and bone names.
Word roots and definitions related to bone vocabulary allow the reader to
gain insight. A major theme is to know oneself-to develop self-awareness.
What can a person learn about self from bones? This book accompanies each
person on their quest to know themselves, whether or not on a conscious or
subconscious level. The current popularity of DNA kits that are being sold
today-as well as the many websites offering assistance to people delving
into their ancestry-validate this. Whether it is to delve into possible
hereditary health conditions or to locate relatives and forge a
connectedness to others in the world around them, people want to learn more
about themselves. Bones provide such framework, for body and self.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>About the Author</b></span>
</p><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/f5ffb8902435409890e748f514815ba6" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="215" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/f5ffb8902435409890e748f514815ba6" width="287" /></a>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Lois Liggett is a retired physical therapist and a world traveler. She
worked in Japan in 1990 as a geriatric rehabilitation consultant. She has an
M.A. in gerontology and a B.S. in physical therapy from Russell Sage
College. She has an avid interest in the interface of language with
mythology, religion, and spirituality. She developed a method she calls
“spiritual linguistics” to find common and essential meanings of
a nomenclature using word roots and definitions. Her first book, Decoding
Norse Myths with Pet Ravens, published by Mindstir Media, LLC in 2021,
reflects this linguistic method, as does this book, Bone (& Body)
Lessons.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://rootedtongue.com/">Website</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Social media @rootedtongue
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Fiction</span></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; line-height: 107%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Date Published:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> 01-04-2024</span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Publisher:</b> Pageturner Press and Media</span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/205841935-the-freaks-of-lark-street"><img height="75" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/26885701adea4bb791503c2c1651b879" width="200" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Julius T. Downer has lost his job at a prestigious Wall Street firm, his
lovely girlfriend who has run off with his best friend, and his shoebox of
an apartment where he and his girlfriend have been locked up in
Pandemic-stricken New York City during COVID. Without much money left, he
has little choice but to dump it all and relocate to Albany, New York, where
he lives hand-to-mouth at a Motel 6.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Demoralized, Downer knows he must get on his feet. He ventures to the most
cosmopolitan street in Albany, which is Lark Street, hoping to find another
girlfriend similar to the one who just abandoned him and also hoping to have
a little fun before he searches for another job. Instead, he finds an
antagonistic and unwelcoming crowd who snub him at every turn. The only ones
who welcome him in are those he terms as "freaks." These are the
homeless, the drunks, the addicts, and the sex workers on Lark Street.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">But his downward slide is mitigated by an outsider artist who takes up
residence in one of the few coffee shops that are established there. With
the help of this outsider artist and his group of "freakish"
friends, Julius T. Downer finds that he has a special supernatural ability
when it comes to viewing art.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">And Downer enters Albany already hating artists and everything about them.
But after finding that he has this new ability bestowed upon him by this
outsider artist, he finds that his new relationship to art and the art world
around him can help many people who are suffering and struggling through
their own lives. Downer finds a new path to follow with the understanding
that he is just a "freak" himself.</span>
</p>
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</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Excerpt</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;"><b>Chapter Three</b></span>
</p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Even on the crowded subway, he grew impatient while hanging onto the
overhead handlebar, his weight rocking to and fro, the train car abruptly
jarring its passengers off their feet.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">As soon as he opened the door to their studio apartment, he dropped his bag
to the floor and embraced his girlfriend. He loved feeling her skin
again, his body reconnected to hers.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“God, did I miss you,” he whispered on her earlobe.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“I did too,” said Elisa, “but you know we can’t
continue this way.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“What way?”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Well, I was talking to my mother today, and she said that we need to
do things differently, now that we’ve been locked in here for so
long. It’s unhealthy, at least emotionally.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">He wanted to say that her mother should go fuck herself, but he
didn’t say that. Instead, he slid his hand down her back in an
obvious attempt to seduce her and return to the single organism they had
been during the Pandemic.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“We’re not going to go through all of that again, are
we?” she whispered.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“It has to be gradual, sweetie. A gradual separation.
Otherwise, it will hurt too much.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">She removed his hand from her back and held it between their bodies, as
though he were a kid caught stealing candy.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“It’s not healthy,” she said. “It’s
like we’re addicted to each other.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“I can’t stand being away from – ”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“ – my body. You can’t stand being away from my
body.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“That’s not true,” he said. “We are one
body.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“It doesn’t work that way.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Who says?” he insisted. And then more seriously,
“honey, we can’t listen to your mother all of our
lives. It’s our lives together, and not all three of
ours. You and me alone are ones who have to live it.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Why don’t I make us some dinner, and we can talk about
something else for a change.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Like what?”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“How about we watch the news or start reading books?”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“The news? That will only make us angry and
depressed.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“We have to get into something new. How about
music?”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“It’s all the same recycled, trained-monkey girl
garbage.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">She pulled away from him. She wasn’t happy with him now, he
guessed. Maybe he should have opened himself up to her new
ideas. Then, he remembered to ask her about Mace’s party that
weekend.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Hey, I’ve got an idea. We’ve been invited to a
party this weekend. My buddy at the firm. We can go to that and
meet other people. That will definitely help.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Honey, it’s only Wednesday.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“So? We maintain the status quo until Saturday night. I
don’t see anything wrong with that.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“We have to start changing right now,” she said
matter-of-factly, as though her mother were a doctor who had written a
prescription for them. “It has to be immediate. Cold
turkey. I’ll make you some dinner, and when we go to sleep, we
shouldn’t be touching each other. Think of it as an
experiment.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">His heart sank. All day staring into a computer screen, and this is
what he gets. He had been daydreaming about his lean body pressed to
hers, his body on her body, as though nothing had mattered more than the
prospect of holding her in bed until the time came to enter her. He
couldn’t imagine what their individual bodies would feel like or
mean. But he could tell that she stood firm on this new policy of
hers, all to his detriment, proving once again that Elisa could handle it
much more easily than any man. She was much stronger in this sense, as
though the new policy had been written in a textbook for all couples to
follow, or at least advised in couple’s therapy when man and wife
wonder how they went bankrupt or no longer had a place in each other’s
hearts. Maybe she was right, though. Maybe their physical
closeness was unhealthy. Nevertheless, it did not alter his
need. Nor did she want to take off her clothes and crawl into bed with
him.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“How about grilled cheese and tomato soup?” she asked him,
smiling as though a new day had dawned.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“I’m not very hungry,” he said.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Oh, c’mon, honey. Don’t feel bad, okay?
We’re adults. We’re not children. We have to grow
up.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Nevertheless, Julius peeled off his clothes and climbed up the ladder to
the loft above. Under the covers, he could not lie still. He
kept rubbing his feet together, the back of his head pressing down on the
pillow, his body fumbling to find a cool spot in the sheets. Nothing
worked.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Elisa cooked downstairs, and he couldn’t stand it. The cooking
became a new part of her happiness instead of cuddling with him. A
curse had set in. A new life without touching her had manifested
itself. One part cleaving from the other. If only she would stop
her damned cooking and comfort his gaping vulnerability, he would have given
her anything. Instead, she ate her grilled cheese sandwich and turned
on the television to a useless show about the lives of celebrities. He
needed her to say something, say anything, to rid him of this horrible
curse, this unfathomable separation from her skin, breasts, and hips.
His need was immediate. He became a lost soul in the hell created by
his longings and her bodily absence. It was visceral. The
acuteness of it cut through him like a surgeon’s blade.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Julius waited a couple of hours for her to join him in bed. When he
curled up against her in the middle of the night, she moved away,
deliberately separating her body from his. He tried several times,
until she grew irritated by his gestures.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Do you want me to sleep downstairs?” she asked.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Please,” Julius said, “let’s not do this.
And besides, there’s no room downstairs.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Then sleep on your side of the bed. You don’t have to
touch me all night.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Why are you doing this to us?”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Because I’m sick of being your plaything. Now please,
you have work again in the morning, and I have to research how I’m
going to get back to college. Go to sleep, or we’ll never get
up.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">He blamed her mother for filling her head with these new ideas. It
came straight out of a Women’s Studies class, he figured.
Surely, a woman had to stand on her own two feet, but that didn’t mean
abandoning her significant other. Deflated, he rolled away from her,
admitted defeat, and even though he longed to spoon into her backside, he
didn’t want to anger her. His childishness was now her
annoyance, the unhooking of their flesh painful. She cut off the
umbilical cord and sent his body into a cold, shivering sleep.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>About the Author</b></span></p><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/004fd2da69824b698386631b39854813" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/004fd2da69824b698386631b39854813" width="213" /></a>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Harvey Havel has been a short-story writer and novelist for over thirty
years. His first novel, Noble McCloud, A Novel, about a young, struggling
musician was published in November of 1999. He now has nineteen books which
include novels, short stories, and two collections of essays on current
affairs and political matters.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">His latest book is a serialized novel, The Queen of Intelligence: A 9/11
Novel, has just been released through Kindle Vella on Amazon.com in
2021.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Havel is formerly a Lecturer in English at Bergen Community College in
Paramus, New Jersey. He also taught writing and literature at SUNY Albany
and the College of Saint Rose, also in Albany, New York.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">He currently lives there with his pet cat, Marty, and has many more books
in store for his many fans in future.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Copies of his books and short stories, both new and used, may be purchased
at Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble.com, Smashwords.com, or at your favorite
local bookstore.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">An excellent interview with Harvey Havel by Robert Nagle of Personville
Press in Katy, Texas, can be found at Imaginary Planet.net.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">His readers are encouraged to leave their honest comments about his work
anywhere his fine books are sold.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Contact Links</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/authorharveyhavel/">Facebook</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://pageturner.us/bookstore/the-freaks-of-lark-street-a-novel">Pageturner</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.rabtbooktoursandpr.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="RABT Book Tours & PR" height="400" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/wzukusers/user-32179697/images/0ef1e26fd5f04c99b11731d6d17c8a41/RABT-Tour-Host.png" width="400" /></a></div>
EverLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07383634611752545400noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730746575874940212.post-56974383334397554512024-02-29T22:00:00.000-08:002024-02-29T22:00:00.235-08:00Book Blitz: Improbable Possibilities by Linda E. Rawlings #nonfiction #business #memoir #rabtbooktours @Lrawlingsbooks @RABTBookTours<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/rabtbooktoursandpr.com/2024blitzes/linda-e-rawlings-improbable-possibilities-an-entrepreneurs-quest-book"><img height="200" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/6089e8a3a4f04ad59779c8a2ecfd6e56" width="500" /></a></div><p> </p><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/6b5d05ac9bb84d5d93e2c336bc09c727" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="461" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/6b5d05ac9bb84d5d93e2c336bc09c727" width="288" /></a>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Nonfiction / Entrepreneur / Business Memoir</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; line-height: 107%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Date Published: </span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">October 25, 2023</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Publisher: </b>MindStir Media</span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/202143164-improbable-possibilities"><img height="75" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/26885701adea4bb791503c2c1651b879" width="200" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Observe Possibilities.</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Entangle Possibilities.</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Create Possibilities.</span>
</b></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b> </b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Throw spaghetti against the wall of life and see what sticks.</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Multi-business entrepreneur Linda Rawlings is perhaps best-known as
co-creator of California-based Otis Spunkmeyer, Inc. Her debut book
"Improbable Possibilities", reveals other entrepreneurial quests
through childhood, a business career, a dance career, and three
marriages--in twenty episodes of you-can't-make-this-up and
you-can't-put-this-down true stories.</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Diverse San Francisco entrepreneurial adventures include Robert C. Brown
and Company, investment advisors; Triple 888 Manufacturing, the sheet metal
company purchased created to manufacture ovens for baking Otis Spunkmeyer
cookies; and Sentimental Journeys, the DC3 airline that promoted Otis
Spunkmeyer Cookies. Her other entrepreneurial activities include founding
and producing New Shoes Old Souls Dance Company, producing Yoga Garden
Dancers, and working with Heterodoxy Magazine and George Magazine. Rawlings
helped develop MANA!, a food brand in Hong Kong.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b><i>Praise for Improbably Possibilities
</i></b></span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><i>Reading "Improbable Possibilities", is like catching up with your
most adventurous and entertaining friend.</i></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Carolyn Wyman, author: "The Great American Chocolate Chip Cookie
Book"</b></span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><i>"The author, who describes herself as a baby boomer with an old soul,
opens with an account of her youth in Connecticut, and in a series of
chapters filled with quotes from rock music . . . these chronological
self-portraits unfold with a wonderfully readable combination of inner
exploration . . . A lively, colorful memoir of corporate and personal
growth."</i></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>KIRKUS REVIEWS</b></span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>About the Author</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Linda’s entrepreneurial endeavors include the improbable creations of
a start-up investment firm, Robert C. Brown & Co., Inc.; a cookie
company, Otis Spunkmeyer, Inc.; a sheet metal company, Triple 888
Manufacturing; a DC3 airline, Sentimental Journeys; two dance companies,
Express Dance Company and New Shoes Old Souls Dance Company; and--producing
the Yoga Garden Dancers and two daughters.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Linda has a BA in Mathematics and a BFA from Bates College in Lewiston,
Maine, and an MBA and an MA in Journalism from UC Berkeley. Past board
memberships include Bates College, Mark Morris Dance Group, UC Berkeley Cal
Performances, Yoga Journal, and she has been a member of the Young
Presidents' Organization and Dancers' Group in San Francisco. Her writing
has appeared in Heterodoxy, the Oakland Tribune and Newport Life Magazine.
This is her first book, inspired by theoretical physics.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">She believes in "observing, entangling, and creating possibilities,
and throwing them against the wall of life to see what sticks". Linda
lives life as a quest, not as an algorithm.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Contact Links</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://lindarawlings.com/">Website</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/LindaRawlingsBooks/">Facebook</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://twitter.com/Lrawlingsbooks">Twitter</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/lindarawlings/">LinkedIn</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/lindarawlingsbooks/">Instagram</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Purchase Link</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3UOYYtV">Amazon</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p>
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EverLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07383634611752545400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730746575874940212.post-69619346383566673292024-02-29T10:04:00.000-08:002024-02-29T10:04:44.302-08:00Virtual Book Tour: Oaky with a Hint of Murder by Dawn Brotherton #interview #giveaway #mystery #cozymystery #rabtbooktours @RABTBookTours <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/rabtbooktoursandpr.com/2024tours/dawn-brotherton-oaky-with-a-hint-of-murder-virtual-book-tour"><img height="200" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/076f78f0d6c74015a46da1560294b741" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/247699eafebb446b8a161cf75d938168" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/247699eafebb446b8a161cf75d938168" width="302" /></a><p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;">Eastover Treasures, Book 2</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><b>Cozy Mystery</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><b>Date to be Published: </b></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">12 Mar 2024</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Publisher: </b>Blue Dragon Publishing, LLC</span>
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</p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/204191032-oaky-with-a-hint-of-murder"><img height="75" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/26885701adea4bb791503c2c1651b879" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Aury and Scott travel to the Finger Lakes in New York’s wine country
to get to the bottom of the mysterious happenings at the Songscape Winery.
Disturbed furniture and curious noises are one thing, but when a customer
winds up dead, it’s time to dig into the details and see what
ferments.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Is there any truth to the Native American legends that cluster near Seneca
Lake? Is the warrior’s disapproval of wineries growing legs?</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Aury will need to pour over the clues to unearth the mystery before the
winery’s reputation is crushed. With the annual wine festival just
around the corner, Aury harvests more than she bargained for when the killer
tries to bottle her up for good.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/61876d2854f34e728ef7722987a30fe1" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="284" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/61876d2854f34e728ef7722987a30fe1" width="543" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><b>INTERVIEW</b></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">What is the hardest part of writing
your books?<br />
Finishing. Lol. Tying up the loose ends without rushing is rough. And by the
time I get to the end, I’ve been working with the book for close to a year, and
I’m ready to start the next one.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">What are your most played songs?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">Lately, AJR. I have two daughters (21
and 23) who got me hooked. “Don’t Throw Out My Legos” and “Yes, I’m a Mess” are
two of my favorites. I also enjoy Taylor Swift. She always has something that
will fit my mood.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">Do you have critique partners or beta
readers?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">Absolutely. Critique partners are an
important part of the writing process. They help me get the story going,
chapter by chapter at the beginning. Then I don’t share it again until I’m
done. My daughters act as my Alpha readers. Once I make their corrections, it
goes back to my critique group, then to Beta readers before the editor gets it.
It’s a long process but well worth every step. I didn’t do that with my first
book, and I learned a harsh lesson. It was rejected many times until I fixed it
by not skipping steps.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">What book are you reading now?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">I read three books at a time usually.
I’m listening to <i>Brave New World</i> on audio. On Kindle, I’m reading
Melanie Cellier’s fairy tale rewrites. I’m working my way through her many
books. She is absolutely brilliant. For the book I hold in my hand, I’m reading
<i>The Last Mayor’s Son</i> by Leslie Heath. I write across many genres, so I read
the same way. Fantasies are my favorite though. Anne McCaffrey and <i>Dragonriders
of Pern</i> got me started.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">How did you start your writing career?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">I was in the Air Force for 28 years.
During my first duty assignment, I had a stalker. Someone was breaking into my
house, messing with my phones, and generally scaring the crap out of me. My
friends thought it was a fascinating story that I should write down. I finally
did, but it wasn’t exciting enough. I added a few murders to make the story
more interesting and created <i>The Obsession</i>. After that, I thought I was
done. After all, I had written my story. But readers kept asking for more Jackie
(my main character). The opening scene from my second book, <i>Wind the Clock</i>,
is a true story from when I was working for the inspector general in Germany.
After that, the ideas kept coming. <i>Oaky With a Hint of Murder</i> is my 19<sup>th</sup>
book.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><a name="OLE_LINK3"></a><a name="OLE_LINK4"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Tell us about your next release.</span></a><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Oaky With a Hint of Murder</span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"> is the second in the Eastover
Treasures cozy mystery series. In the first book, <i>Eastover Treasures</i>, Aury
and her sewing sisters are on a quilt retreat when a storm rolls in. They get
stuck inside a manor house where they find a diary that was written during the
Civil War. In the diary, Mary has left clues to a hidden treasure, so they go
on a treasure hunt. In <i>Oaky</i>, Aury and Scott go to the Finger Lakes area
of New York where they are helping their cousin flush out the Seneca Warrior
who is supposedly haunting the winery. My cozy mysteries have chapters that
take place in the past, so readers can also get a taste of historical fiction.
The series will follow Aury and Scott, but each story is a standalone. Because
they are cozy mysteries (no graphic violence, sex, or swearing), I’m finding a
lot of younger readers who read higher than their grade level are enjoying them.
Aury is like a thirty-something Nancy Drew.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><b>About the Author</b></span></p><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/1e3347200ec644258d1a2efa931bc4b4" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/1e3347200ec644258d1a2efa931bc4b4" width="214" /></a>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Dawn Brotherton is an award-winning author of nineteen books and featured
speaker at writing and publishing seminars. When it comes to exceptional
writing, she draws on her experience as a colonel retired from the US Air
Force as well as a softball coach and Girl Scout leader. Her variety of
interests has led to a range of genres including mystery, romance, young
adult fantasy, middle grade sports, picture book, and nonfiction. When she
isn’t using her words, Dawn is in her craft room in Williamsburg, VA,
quilting, painting, or taking online classes. Her affection for travel and
all-things-crafty keeps her imagination in high gear for the next Eastover
Treasure Mystery.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.dawnbrothertonauthor.com/">Website</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/DawnBrothertonAuthor">Facebook</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/dawnbrothertonauthor/">Instagram</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7867237.Dawn_Brotherton">Goodreads</a></span></p>
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EverLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07383634611752545400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730746575874940212.post-56143887194034331452024-02-28T22:30:00.000-08:002024-02-28T22:30:00.127-08:00Book Blitz: Hidden Treasure at Little Lake by Dawn Lenée Reed #childrensbook #mystery #rabtbooktours @RABTBookTours <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/rabtbooktoursandpr.com/2024blitzes/dawn-len%C3%A9e-reed-hidden-treasure-at-little-lake-book-blitz"><img height="200" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/d253d10a03284d6488176a81851228a0" width="500" /></a></div><p> </p><a 1="" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/2280c4e4d45549c6aca5472780d08e33" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/2280c4e4d45549c6aca5472780d08e33" width="293" /></a>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Children's Mystery</b></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><b>Date Published:</b></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> January 29, 2024</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Publisher:</b> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Mindstir Media</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">It seemed like it would be another quiet, summer morning of fishing for
11-year old Charlie, her older brother, Finn, and his best friend, Tyler.
Their friendly lakeside town in west Michigan was usually peaceful and a bit
boring during summer vacation for these three mystery-loving middle
schoolers. Little did they know, they were about to stumble upon a thrilling
treasure hunt with tricky clues and a sinister thief who is determined to
beat them each step of the way. Join these three amateur detectives for a
small town Michigan mystery with twists and turns that will keep you
guessing.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Instagram: @dawnlineereedbooks</span></p>
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