Torn Together by Emlyn Chand @emlynchand

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Torn Together

Why does growing up have to be so difficult?

I honestly cant say enough good things about this book. I was so very lucky to meet the author and when I read the book I was fell in love. Mostly with the characters and the way they were written. It is a very emotional book and the main topic is recovery from loss. Whether you have gone through a loss such as the passing of a parent or a relative, you will be inspired by Daly English. Her explanation of her name is given and it is her Mother maiden name. A lot of people ask and she tells them it rhymes with tally. I had to add that I thought it was cute. We meet Daly at a crossroads. she lost her Dad almost ten years ago and she is trying to decide what she does after her Associate’s Degree is finished.

Take the journey with Daly as she bounces back from a breakup, tries to understand Laine (her Mother who she calls Laine) and lets love find her.

Sometimes in life there are ups and downs and what Daly goes through is pretty tough for such a young girl. When she meets Kashi, she is sort of intrigued and then he re-appears. He is so special you will love him, his sayings and wisdom. His family in India is just so entertaining, as was Daly and her approach to his background, lifestyle and family customs.

I think this is a MUST read!. I felt like I knew all of the characters and it honestly touched me. The bonus is they will stay with you for a while I am sure. At the beginning of each chapter there is a drawing by Daly and a great quote. I loved them and made so many Kindle Hi-lights. I will post more in the next couple of days. get ready for me to shout from the highest about how good this was.

Totally recommend it and give it a very inspiring 5*

Meet the Author

Emlyn Chand

Emlyn Chand emerged from the womb with a fountain pen clutched in her left hand (true story). When she’s not writing, she runs a large book club in Ann Arbor and is the president of author PR firm Novel Publicity Best known for her Young Adult novels, she is also developing a small, but devoted, following to her children’s book series and is beginning to dabble in other genres as well. Emlyn enjoys connecting with readers and is available via almost every social media site in existence. Visit www.emlynchand.com for more info. Don’t forget to say “hi” to her sun conure Ducky!

Note: Emlyn also writes romance under the pen name, Darby Davenport.

11Mar2013

Winners of the No Strings Attached Blog Hop Color of Forgiveness by by Madeleine Beckett

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The book I will give away is one I just finished and LOVED Color of Loneliness Just in time for book 2 to be released!

Color of Forgiveness by by Madeleine Beckett

The winners

Monica

Gloria Lancia Collaro

Sherri Caudill Lewis

Robyn Heffley Lee

Mary Reiss

Tess Halim

Casi Isher

Darlene Saguire

Nicole Sender

Anna Eileen

11Mar2013

Paranoid Contracts by Gordon Kenz @GordonKenz

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I really enjoyed this book. The way it was written made it and divided into 5 different parts. My favorite part was seeing things through the private detectives thought process. So Paranoid Contract were put together from a variety of different cases. I like the cheating spouse parts. You can learn how various cases are sorted out and watched. I always enjoy detective novels so this was a perfect one for me. Being a fan of these types on books I will of course always rate them higher, because it is my opinion.

The life of a private eye seems juicy and scandalous so Cerys and her team had me captivated! I would like a book all about celebrities and their exploits. Cerys got some ideas and input from Jock, her husband adding another element especially when he punked people. When a victim decided to give her a publishing contract, I was thinking “yes”!! How juicy would that be! When the clients and their targets realized they were set up really put the icing on the cake. This could without a doubt become a great series. I can see a few more books written the same way. We could have business partners, wives and husbands, and their point of views too.

About the author:

Gordon Kenz is a lecturer, photographer, farmer, psychologist and private detective. He was inspired to write by the large number of apparently true stories he hears of incidents that initially appear to be difficult to believe. With a bit of vision though and further investigation a different picture often emerges.

Twitter @gordonkenz

Book Description

Publication Date: November 30, 2012

The detective agency set up by Cerys encompassed her perception of amoral and legal enquiries taken up on behalf of her clients. However those persons investigated found themselves in situations which involved rather more of a deception than a perception. How moral was the work? How could it be justified to smash personal relationships, to break apart marriages, to destroy careers or to feed the greed of managers at the expense of their colleagues? To what lengths would such investigations go and where would the work of the agency finally end up? When staff started to break the rules of engagement, the whole of the agency began its inevitable collapse. Cerys was no longer in control and methods used were clearly not as she had started. Individual and poorly planned investigations brought an end to her careful planning and outcomes rested on poorer levels of work. This in turn led to a financial downturn in the profitability of her agency. Where would it all end?

11Mar2013

Dreamscape by Christie Rich cover reveal @authorchristier

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Blurb:

Every night before Amelia falls asleep she makes a wish to dream of him – the man who calls her to their beautiful private oasis, her sanctuary where she is free of her greedy landlord’s threats. But tonight, he will not call Amelia to him. Tonight, another man will step into her world to claim her. Tonight, Amelia’s shattering reality will crumble – and disappear into the Dreamscape…along with her freedom.

When Amelia dreams tonight, her nightmare becomes her new world where Seth is her captor and anything is possible…except escape. Seth needs Amelia to break the curse that binds him to the Dreamscape. He must convince her that she was made to free him, that she was made to join him.

For if he fails, he will never escape his prison, and he will lose Earth to the Netherworld where the evil Erobos wait to consume the human realm and everything in it. If he fails, Seth will lose the one thing that matters to him: Amelia.

Author Bio:
I grew up daydreaming about fairytales, and my love for discovering new worlds has never died. I am not one of those writers who always knew I would write. I thought that was what other people did until one day a few years ago, I took a challenge from a friend and typed my first words. My journey has been wonderful, and I cannot imagine a day where I would ever give up writing now. My love for reading is what fueled my imagination in the first place and still does. When I am not writing or reading, I am enjoying family time with my husband and two children. We live in a quiet community under the Wellsville mountains in Utah, and I am so thankful for the rich life I have been blessed with.

Author Links:

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11Mar2013

First to Find (Caching Out, #1) by Morgan C. Talbot @rapublishing @MorganCTalbot

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First to Find (Caching Out, #1)

Review:

Well this was a new sort of book for me. I really enjoyed it once I got into it. At first I was scared it was a little too technical for me and I was a little intimidated. The main character Margarita Williams escaped death at a young age. It seems like there is a dark cloud looming over her all the time. She never really forgot how close she came to death. Margarita discovers someone is killing fellow geocachers.

Learning about this sort of a past time is really interesting. I had no idea, like I am sure many people do, what the actual geocaching meant. Margarita and Bindi her best friend set out to find the guilty. Bindi is hilarious if not for the fact that she has a super power, but it is her unbelievable sense of smell. That itself is enough to get you hooked. They really start the adventure to help a friend who is accused of stealing. It is the remedy for Bindi to get over her husband who left her when they got to the US from Australia. I mean really who can’t laugh at a super nose? Does Margarita solve the puzzle? Can she learn about love again? Read it!

Together, Margarita and Bindi need to solve the puzzle. The story was unique as was the little humorous bits thrown in. I would totally recommend this book not only for mystery sleuths but for techies.

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Meet Morgan C. Talbot

Morgan C. Talbot

Morgan is an outdoorsy girl with a deep and abiding love for the natural sciences. Her degrees involve English and jujitsu. She enjoys hiking, camping, and wandering in the woods looking for the trail to the car, but there isn’t enough chocolate on the planet to bribe her into rock climbing.

When she’s not writing, she can be found making puzzles, getting lost on the way to geocaches, reading stories to her children, or taking far too many pictures of the same tree or rock. She lives in Eastern Washington with her family.