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Book Tour and #Giveaway: Holding on Loosely by Dana Knox Wright

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HOLDING ON LOOSELY by DANA KNOX WRIGHT Genre: Narrative Nonfiction / Memoir / Self Help Publisher: Carpenter’s Son / Clovercroft Publishing Date of Publication: August 24, 2021 * 208 pages  Scroll down for giveaway! Helicopter parents. Control freaks. Perfectionists. Intolerants. Over-consumers. Social media junkies. We all fit in there somewhere. Read one woman’s stories of […]

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Book Tour – Once Upon a Camel by Kathi Appelt

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ONCE UPON A CAMEL By Kathi Appelt Categories: Middle Grade Fiction / Historical / Friendship / Ages 8-12Publisher: Atheneum / Caitlyn Dlouhy BooksPub Date: September 7, 2021Pages: 336 pages Scroll for the Giveaway! Zada is a camel with a treasure trove of stories to tell. She’s won camel races for the royal Pasha of Smyrna,

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Finding a New Author

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One of the joys, and sometimes a time-suck, of the Internet is starting with one thing that leads to another, then another, sometimes so many places you forgot where you started. Confused? Yeah, so am I. 🙂 So, this is how it started. I came here yesterday to put a few notes in for today’s

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Divine Lola – Historical Fiction

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An enthralling biography about one of the most intriguing women of the Victorian age: the first self-invented international social celebrity. Lola Montez was one of the most celebrated and notorious women of the nineteenth century. A raven-haired Andalusian who performed her scandalous “Spider Dance” in the greatest performance halls across Europe, she dazzled and beguiled

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Book Blitz: The Last Trial of T. Boone Pickens

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THE LAST TRIAL OFT. BOONE PICKENS by Chrysta Castañeda & Loren Steffy Genre: Biography/Autobiography, Courtroom Drama Publisher: Stoney Creek Publishing Group Date of Paperback Publication: September 15, 2021 Number of Pages: 300 Pages ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Finalist, 2020 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award T. Boone Pickens, legendary Texas oilman and infamous corporate raider from the 1980s, climbed the steps of

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Monday Fun and Inspiration

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It’s becoming a habit to read a quote from Inspiring Quotes and have it trigger thoughts to share on the blog. I may decide this is a good weekly feature. Let me know what you think of it and whether you’d like to see content like this every week. First, a little Monday Fun from

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Trace of Doubt by DiAnn Mills

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TRACE OF DOUBT BY DIANN MILLS Categories: Romantic Suspense / Christian Fiction / FBI Crime Solving Novel / Clean RomancePublisher: Tyndale HousePub Date: September 7, 2021Pages: 432 pagesScroll for the Giveaway! Fifteen years ago, Shelby Pearce confessed to murdering her brother-in-law and was sent to prison. Now she’s out on parole and looking for a

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A New Suspense Novel from Laura Lippman

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Today I’m sharing a review of a new book by Laura Lippman, Dream Girl, a psychological suspense story that immediately made me think of Stephen King’s Misery. But this is a delightful twist on that story. In the end, has anyone really led a blameless life? Injured in a freak fall, novelist Gerry Andersen is

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Book Blog Tour: No Names to be Given by Julia Brewer Daily

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NO NAMES TO BE GIVENByJULIA BREWER DAILY Categories: Women’s Fiction / Vintage Fiction / Adoption / 1960sPublisher: Admission Press Inc.Pub Date: August 3, 2021 – 334 pages Scroll for the Giveaway! 1965. Sandy runs away from home to escape her mother’s abusive boyfriend. Becca falls in love with the wrong man. And Faith suffers a

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Book Blog Tour: Crude Ambition by Patricia Hunt Holmes

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CRUDE AMBITION by Patricia Hunt Holmes Categories: Mystery / Thriller / Women’s Fiction Publisher: River Grove Books (Greenleaf Book Group) ** June 8, 2021 ** Number of Pages: 326 Scroll down for the giveaway! A Texas Reckoning In the early morning hours after a law firm recruiting party at a beachside house on Galveston Island,

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