tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58667813231832015352024-03-27T00:39:52.338-07:00by the river's bendTouching lives - one story at a time!theGreatReadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07514892546726773626noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866781323183201535.post-65005398430958523892017-06-13T20:12:00.003-07:002017-06-13T20:12:29.412-07:00The Stolen Child by Sanjida Kay<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Seven years ago you stole my child, now I want her
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Zoe and Ollie Morley tried for years to have a baby and
couldn't. They turned to adoption and their dreams came true when they were
approved to adopt a little girl from birth. They named her Evie. In the days
that follow Evie’s birth the new parents watch anxiously as their precious
daughter struggles – she is battling the severe effects of the drugs her birth
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Seven years later, the family has moved to Yorkshire and
grown in number: a wonderful surprise in the form of baby Ben, conceived naturally
against the odds. Ollie is earning good money and Zoe is pursuing her career as
an artist. As a working mum it's not easy, but Zoe has an exhibition coming up
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But then Evie begins to receive letters and gifts. The
sender claims to be her birth father. He has been looking for his daughter. And
now he’s coming to take her back...</div>
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<i>PRAISE FOR <b>STOLEN CHILD</b></i>:</div>
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<b>The Stolen Child</b> captivated me, terrified me and left me
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Gut-wrenching... <b>The Stolen Child</b> succeeds as both a
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Beautiful terse writing and the build to the shattering
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This story grips to the very last page as it explores
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In this chilling story of fragile family bonds and
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Haunting and real... Sanjida Kay deftly explores
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adopted child who is her own.</div>
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An excellent piece of work [that] triumphs both as an
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14488149322580893988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866781323183201535.post-41348547548727065212016-10-27T22:36:00.003-07:002016-10-27T22:36:58.097-07:00 The Power of Love by James Van Praagh <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1455173590l/28956889.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="28956889" border="0" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1455173590l/28956889.jpg" /></a>Your goal while inhabiting human form is to manifest love in this
physical dimension. Yet, like many a courageous soul who has chosen to
tackle this difficult task, you may need to be reminded to <i>activate</i> this innate force that dwells inside you.<br />
<br /> In this fascinating book, internationally acclaimed medium <b>James Van Praagh</b>
demonstrates that love knows no limits - it is the power that holds
together everything. Through vivid examples of various everyday
situations in life - and knowledge gleaned from the Other Side - James shows
you the process for activating this power...and thereby fulfilling
your life purpose.<br />
<br /> Anxiety and worry will start to fade as you align
yourself with loving thoughts. Decisions that might have preoccupied
you before will become easier to make. Difficult events and people will
not be drawn to you, because you are learning to release that magnetic
energy. When you begin to consciously surround yourself with the energy
of love and acceptance - which is your natural state of being - your journey
in this physical dimension becomes much smoother, more purposeful, and
more powerful.<br />
<br /> Be empowered with love...</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14488149322580893988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866781323183201535.post-64941720987595766882016-10-27T22:31:00.000-07:002016-10-27T22:31:21.416-07:00The Truth about Cancer by Ty M. Bollinger <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span id="freeText14101224586136138721"></span><br />
<a href="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1472437896l/31697876.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="31697876" border="0" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1472437896l/31697876.jpg" /></a>Cancer touches more
lives than you may think. According to the World Health Organization,
one out of three women alive today, and one out of two men, will face a
cancer diagnosis in their lifetime.<br />
<br />
To Ty Bollinger, this isn’t
just a statistic. It’s personal. After losing seven members of his
family to cancer over the course of a decade, Ty set out on a global
quest to learn as much as he possibly could about cancer treatments and
the medical industry that surrounds the disease. He has written this
book to share what he’s uncovered—some of which may shock you—and to
give you new resources for coping with cancer in your life or the life
of someone you love.<br />
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As Ty explains, there are many methods we can
access to treat and prevent cancer that go well beyond chemotherapy,
radiation, and surgery; we just don’t know about them. <i>The Truth about Cancer</i>
delves into the history of medicine—all the way back to Hippocrates’s
credo of “do no harm” —as well as cutting-edge research showing the
efficacy of dozens of unconventional cancer treatments that are helping
patients around the globe. You’ll read about the politics of cancer;
facts and myths about its causes (a family history is only part of the
picture); and the range of tools available to diagnose and treat it.<br />
<br />
If
you’re facing a cancer diagnosis right now, this book may help you and
your health-care provider make choices about your next steps. If you’re
already undergoing conventional treatment, it may help you support your
health during the course of chemo or radiation. If you’re a health-care
provider and want to learn all you can to help your patients, it will
expand your horizons and inspire you with true stories of successful
healing. And if you just want to see cancer in a new light, it will open
your eyes.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14488149322580893988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866781323183201535.post-89798439560737183262016-10-27T22:27:00.001-07:002016-10-27T22:27:31.982-07:00 The Magnolia Story by Chip & Joanna Gaines <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1457810060l/29423083.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="29423083" border="0" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1457810060l/29423083.jpg" /></a><span id="freeText11252238452900061406">Are you ready to see your fixer upper?</span><br />
<br />
<span id="freeText11252238452900061406">These
famous words are now synonymous with the dynamic husband-and-wife team
Chip and Joanna Gaines, stars of HGTV’s Fixer Upper. As this question
fills the airwaves with anticipation, their legions of fans continue to
multiply and ask a different series of questions, like—Who are these
people?What’s the secret to their success? And is Chip actually that
funny in real life? By renovating homes in Waco, Texas, and changing
lives in such a winsome and engaging way, Chip and Joanna have become
more than just the stars of Fixer Upper, they have become America’s new
best friends.</span><br />
<span id="freeText11252238452900061406"></span><br />
<span id="freeText11252238452900061406"><br />The Magnolia Story is the first book from Chip
and Joanna, offering their fans a detailed look at their life together.
From the very first renovation project they ever tackled together, to
the project that nearly cost them everything; from the childhood
memories that shaped them, to the twists and turns that led them to the
life they share on the farm today.<br /><br />They both attended Baylor
University in Waco. However, their paths did not cross until Chip
checked his car into the local Firestone tire shop where Joanna worked
behind the counter. Even back then Chip was a serial entrepreneur who,
among other things, ran a lawn care company, sold fireworks, and flipped
houses. Soon they were married and living in their first fixer upper.
Four children and countless renovations later, Joanna garners the
attention of a television producer who notices her work on a blog one
day.<br /><br />In The Magnolia Story fans will finally get to join the Gaines behind the scenes and discover:<br /><i><br />The time Chip ran to the grocery store and forgot to take their new, sleeping baby<br />Joanna’s agonizing decision to close her dream business to focus on raising their children<br />When Chip buys a houseboat, sight-unseen, and it turns out to be a leaky wreck<br />Joanna’s breakthrough moment of discovering the secret to creating a beautiful home<br />Harrowing stories of the financial ups and downs as an entrepreneurial couple<br />Memories and photos from Chip and Jo’s wedding<br />The significance of the word magnolia and why it permeates everything they do<br />The
way the couple pays the popularity of Fixer Upper forward, sharing the
success with others, and bolstering the city of Waco along the way</i><br /><br />And
yet there is still one lingering question for fans of the show: Is Chip
really that funny? “Oh yeah,” says Joanna. “He was, and still is, my
first fixer upper.”</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14488149322580893988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866781323183201535.post-26195917016113732022014-12-11T08:24:00.000-08:002014-12-11T08:24:00.521-08:00Mrs D's New Books Blast<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Title:</b> Runaway Clothes | <b>Author: </b>Mrs. D | <b>Publication Date:</b> May 1, 2014 | <b>Publisher: </b>Dog Ear Publishing | <b>Number of pages: </b>44 | <b>Recommended age:</b> 6 to 10
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<b>Summary: </b>An enlightening story about a little girl named Nika who didn't want to take care of her clothes and toys. One hazy morning when Nika opened her closet, she discovered that it was empty. Her clothes had disappeared! What had happened to her shirts and pants? Where did her favorite dresses, coats, and socks go? Why did they leave her with just her pajamas on this misty morning? Will they come back? Taking a closer look at her room, Nika starts thinking about her attitude toward her clothes and toys. "How easy it is to lose something you love so much." She learns an important lesson at the end of this story. Watch your children have a blast reading this story while learning valuable lessons.
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1457531917/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1457531917&linkCode=as2&tag=mothanddaugbo-20&linkId=2DJV54D4QE3ZAJLR" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="The Royal Palm by Mrs. D" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-21177" src="http://motherdaughterbookreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/cover-final-234x300.jpg" height="300" width="234" /></a><b> </b><br />
<b>Title:</b> The Royal Palm | <b>Author: </b>Mrs. D | <b>Publication Date:</b> October 21, 2014 | <b>Publisher: </b>Dog Ear Publishing | <b>Number of pages: </b>40 | <b>Recommended age:</b> 6 to 10
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<b>Summary: </b>A thought-provoking tale of the journey of a royal palm born on a tiny island surrounded by mysterious waters. This tender story explores the world of someone wrapped up in herself. Protected by her cousins, the short plain palms, the royal palm grew up beautiful, but very self-centered. Dreaming about life outside the island, she did not bother with her friends, who lived as one big family. Immersed in her own beauty, she only cared for herself, until one day a hurricane struck the tiny island. Then the royal p lam discovered the true meaning of family and real friendship. Inspiring story with valuable lessons to be learned and shared.
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Published children's books by Mrs. D. include <b><i>Carlo the Mouse on Vacation,</i> <i>The Trees Have Hearts</i>, <i>The City Kittens and the Old House Cat</i>, <i>Good Morning, World!,</i> <i>Runaway Clothes</i>,<i> The Royal Palm</i>, <i>The Little Girl Praying on the Hill</i></b> (short story) and <b>Carlo the Mouse, Book 1:</b><i> Too Many Rules for One Little Mouse</i>.
The full series of <b><i>Carlo the Mouse</i></b> and her new books <b><i>The Mysterious Life Inside a Closet,</i> <i>That Is How Things Are </i></b>(two connected stories: <b><i>The Autumn Wind </i></b>and <b><i>The Kitten and the Sparrow</i></b>)<i>, </i>and her new book,<i><b> The Cat Who Wonders, by Itself</b>, </i>and three rhyming stories in <b><i>Who Is Most Important in the Fridge?</i></b> will be published in the near future. Her books are available in print on Amazon and Barnes & Noble, and as e-books for most popular e-devices.
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<b>Title: </b>The Bravest Squirrel Drives a Race Car | <b>Author: </b>Sara Shafer | <b>Publication Date: </b>November 7, 2014 | <b> Publisher:</b> Independent | <b> Pages: </b>96<b> | Recommended Ages: </b>5 to 12<b>
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When his baby cousin Zander runs away, Chaz finally has a chance to live his dream of rescuing someone and proving his bravery. But Zander doesn't want to be rescued, and he certainly doesn't listen.<br />
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When the little squirrel crawls into a race car, Chaz follows him, expecting they will hide from the humans until the race is over. But Zander doesn't stay hidden, wanting to try everything the humans do.</div>
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When the race car spins out of control, Chaz is the only one who can save them. If he's not brave enough, not only will they crash, he'll lose Zander forever.</div>
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"Totally awesome book!! You are brave to be an author!" <i>~ reader Valerie D., age 9</i></div>
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"<span class="readable" id="reviewTextContainer1080768592"><span class="elementOne" id="freeTextContainer10447449608872125704">A wonderful children's book. I am passing mine on to my youngest grandson. He will enjoy this story." <i>~ Susie, Amazon</i></span></span></div>
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Although her attic is currently vacant, the squirrels outnumber the humans in her neighborhood and could decide to take over at any moment. She watches for signs of invasion as she plots more stories of squirrel bravery.
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<b>Title: </b>John Bloom and the Garden of Victory | <b>Author: </b>Leigh Shearin | <b>Publication Date: </b>October 27, 2014 | <b> Publisher:</b> Independent | <b> Pages: </b>195<b> | Recommended Ages: </b>9+<b>
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Chapter One invites the reader to join John and his friends in Appleside, NJ on the afternoon of December 6th, 1941. Through newspaper headlines and radio bulletins, the boys learn about the incredible events of the war- beginning with the attack on Hawaii by the Empire of Japan. As the story moves along, John and his friends learn that everyone- not just soldiers- can make a difference. They learn that commitment leads to ultimate success and that taking a seemingly insurmountable task one step at a time will make that task simple. John, Joe and Chewie learn about where their food comes from, and how important good food is to the Allies overseas.
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<a href="http://leighshearin.weebly.com/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Leigh Shearin, Author" class="alignleft wp-image-21063" src="http://motherdaughterbookreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Leigh-Shearin-247x300.jpg" height="231" width="190" /></a>I am a Writer, Chef, Baker and Farmer.
I earned a B.A. in Studio Art from Maryville College in Maryville, TN, and worked as a Graphic Artist and Photographer before earning my A.A.S in Culinary Art. I've worked as a Chef, Baker and Culinary Art Instructor. Most recently, my husband and I have bought rural land and are developing our own small, sustainable farm, Winter'Rest Farm in north Central New York. Through it all, I've written stories and poems, some published, some tucked away. The older I get, the more the stories stalk me, so I hope to move into full-time writing in the very near future.<br />
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Ashley isn't looking for love. She has a dream to travel the world, and getting tied down by a man doesn't fit into her plans. Relationships always get so complicated, and men always lie. It's better just to have some fun and no one gets hurt.<br />
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When she graduates college and the job offers don't come rolling in, her life continues as usual: working as the manager of a college town bar and hanging out with her friends. Then a tragic event pushes her to take a chance on romance.<br />
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But things are not always as they seem, and Ashley’s white knight has secrets. Her friends try to tell her something isn't right, but her common sense is smothered by his kisses and soft endearments.<br />
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When the job offer she has always wanted arrives, will she follow her heart and choose love, or follow her life-long dream?<br />
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<b>Title:</b> The Shadow of the Unicorn: The Legacy (The Shadow of the Unicorn, Book #1) | <b>Author: </b>Suzanne de Montigny <b> | Publication Date:</b> October 15, 2014 <b> | Publisher: </b>MuseItUp Publishing <b> | Number of pages: </b>124 <b> | Recommended age:</b> 9+
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<b>Summary: </b>A loud, hissing sound filled the air. The unicorns looked up, their eyes filled with horror.
Azaria, a unicorn colt, is intrigued when the young clairvoyant dinosaur, Darius, foresees a terrifying change in the world. When a giant fireball smashes into the earth, the unicorns struggle to survive the hurricanes and starvation that follow. Danger of a more sinister nature threatens when the creatures-that-walk-on-two-legs settle in the valley and their leader, Ishmael, discovers the healing power of the unicorns’ horns. Azaria, now a young stallion, must use his wits to save the herd from complete extinction.
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"<i><b>The Shadow of the Unicorn</b></i> provides an innovative and interesting plotline exploring how the fictional unicorns, the extinct dinosaurs, and early humans may have interacted if they co-existed in a post-apocalyptic world. Suzanne de Montigny does an excellent job of exploring the themes of natural disasters and environmental change, human greed, compassion, and courage. At the end of the day, <i><b>The Shadow of the Unicorn</b></i> is an entertaining read that I think will be enjoyed by children who love the fantasy genre and are keen on reading about unicorns. Ages 9+" ~ <a href="http://motherdaughterbookreviews.com/25-book-blast-giveaway-the-shadow-of-the-unicorn-by-suzanne-de-montigny/" target="_blank" title="$25 Book Blast Giveaway: The Shadow of the Unicorn by Suzanne de Montigny"><i>Renee @ Mother Daughter Book Reviews</i></a></div>
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"Kudos to Ms. de Montigny for writing an original variation on the fantasy epic--unicorns intermingling with dinosaurs! The book's themes include the humane and environmental concerns that Watership Down and the films of Hayao Miyazaki have in common. If you have a middle grader or are just young at heart, pick up The Shadow Of The Unicorn." <i>~ 5 Star Review, Stuart W., Amazon</i></div>
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"The Shadow of the Unicorn is a must-read for all unicorn lovers, but even more so for the ones, like my self, who hadn't read anything about them yet. It is a thrilling and encouraging story about a young unicorn that has to save his herd after a meteor nearly destroyed their environment and killed the dinosaurs. Suzanne de Montigny created a compelling universe with believable characters and a great adventure story to challenge them with. While the story finishes in this book, I can't wait to read about the new adventures the unicorns will face.." <i>~ 5 Star Review, Antje H., Amazon</i></div>
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"This story pulled me in with a beautiful portrayal of a time and place where unicorns and dinosaurs live side by side. It moved me forward with unexpected twist and turns (a requirement in any good story). I found it hard to put the book down and was totally engaged in seeing the young characters (unicorns and dinosaurs) survive and grow because of the challenges they faced." <i>~ 5 Star Review, NW Harris, Amazon</i></div>
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"What a delightfully unique book. Unicorns and dinosaurs facing changing conditions. Darius is a young dinosaur capable of seeing the future. Azaria is a young unicorn who becomes a friend and learns from Darius. Yes, there are humans in this book. They are the villains of the story. Greedy beasts. I think both boys and girls will love this story. Very quick paced and easy to read. A delightful story, and I look forward to more from this author<i>.</i>"<i> ~ 5 Star Review, DM Lawrence, Amazon</i></div>
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<b> Suzanne de Montigny</b> wrote her first unicorn story at the age of twelve. Several years later, she discovered it in an old box in the basement, thus reigniting her love affair with unicorns. The Shadow of the Unicorn: The Legacy, is her first novel. Suzanne lives in Burnaby, B.C. with the three loves of her life – her husband and two boys.
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<b>Title: </b> The Ultimate Treasure Quest I: The Jewel of Peru | <b>Author: </b>Sharon Skretting<b> | Publication Date: </b>September 20, 2014<b> | Publisher: </b>Independent<b> | Pages:</b> 317<b> | Recommended Ages: </b>8+<b>
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<b>Summary: </b>The Jewel of Peru is a magical adventure through time, taking young Captain Christopher and his loyal crew of orphaned stowaways on a perilous quest in search of Christopher's missing parents.<br />
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After his father's ship is found abandoned at sea, Christopher makes an unexpected discovery on board—The Ultimate Treasure Chest! Inside is a message that beckons him to set sail after the treasure and his parents. When a savage pirate and a corrupt businessman join forces to steal the treasure for themselves, the gang gets caught up in pirate chases, time travel, and an underground network of spies. Will Christopher find the Jewel and his parents, or will all be lost for ever?<b>
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"Jewel of Peru took me on an adventure from page one. Sharon Skretting has captured Peru and deftly woven elements of the culture and geography into a fast-paced treasure hunt. It was well written, entertaining and introduced me to new ideas. I loved making little discoveries along the way about the people and places. I found some of the features of Peru so interesting, I looked them up the Internet and was delighted to find things just as she described. Fact and fantasy blend seamlessly in this delightful tale."<i> ~ Sara Marschand, <i>Quiethouse Copy Editing</i></i></div>
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"Engaging and meaningful, the author does an excellent job crafting this story. I don’t usually read middle school novels but made an exception for this one and will be passing it on to all the children in my life." <i>~ 5 Star Review, Love Reading, Amazon</i></div>
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"The Jewel of Peru is a wonderful piece of educational fiction that blends fact and fantasy to create a literary journey that is both informative and exciting for young readers... It's every bit as much of a page turner as it is a learning experience..." <i>~ 5 Star Review, Kelley, Amazon</i></div>
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"Sharon Skretting has captured Peru and deftly woven elements of the culture and geography into a fast-paced treasure hunt. It was well written, entertaining and introduced me to new ideas... Fact and fantasy blend seamlessly in this delightful tale." <i>~ 5 Star Review, Sara M., Amazon</i></div>
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<a href="http://questteaching.com/wordpress/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Sharon Skretting" class="alignleft wp-image-20825" src="http://motherdaughterbookreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/authorpic2.jpg" height="200" width="150" /></a><b>Sharon Skretting</b> is the author of <i><b>The Ultimate Treasure Quest I: The Jewel of Peru</b></i>, and the founder of Quest Teaching. She has been teaching elementary school for twenty years and lives with her husband and a cat, named Scat! Now that her three children have grown, she is spreading her wings into the realm of professional writing. Being able to use her love of writing to excite her students about learning is a dream come true for Sharon. Her goal is to write fast paced, excellent literature —filled with interesting characters, intrigue, danger and intricate plots—that will hook readers aged nine to ninety nine and make them want to read more!
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A themed tour through <a href="http://prismbooktours.blogspot.com/2014/11/were-blitzing-mistletoe-kisses-grand.html" target="_blank">Prism Book Tours</a>.</div>
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<b>It's the MISTLETOE KISSES TOUR Grand Finale for</b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Christmas, Actually</i></span></b></div>
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Three Harlequin Heartwarming novellas, where a sweet kiss takes place under the mistletoe.</div>
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<b><a href="http://prismbooktours.blogspot.com/2014/11/were-launching-mistletoe-kisses-tour.html" target="_blank">Launch</a> - Intro to the Collection</b><br />
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<i style="background-color: clear; color: #383736; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">Christmas, Actually – three holiday stories about three siblings living in Christmas Town, Maine, where tradition has it that a kiss on Christmas Eve in the town square gazebo will lead to wedding bells in the new year!</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">We were looking for a setting that spoke of the holidays, and I’d lived in Maine in a town that decorated the green for Christmas. I described it, and someone suggested Christmas Town as a name for our fictional village.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: clear; color: purple; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: justify;">Snowflakes hit the windshield and splayed into star shapes while Bing Crosby crooned his dreams of a white Christmas. Sophie Palmer tried to sing along, but her mind was already racing up the icy interstate to Christmas Town, Maine, where the father of her unborn child now lived. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: clear; color: #666666; font-family: Titillium, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28.7999992370605px;">And I imagined my own broken hero, Jack Banning, watching from the sidewalk, there in the town, but watching from the boundaries because he doesn’t belong any more.</span></div>
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<b><a href="http://gettingyourreadonaimeebrown.blogspot.com/2014/11/on-tour-with-christmas-actually-from.html" target="_blank">Getting Your Read On</a> - Review</b><br />
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<i style="background-color: clear; color: #5a5a5a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">"Yeah, I really loved my time in Christmas Town with the Banning family. Each story was unique and romantic. I loved all the characters. They were real and identifiable. It is the perfect book to curl up with as the days get colder and we get closer to Christmas."</i></div>
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<b><a href="http://southernchelle.com/279/" target="_blank">Southern Chelle</a> - Review</b><br />
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<span style="background-color: clear; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">"I don’t think I’ve read anything by any of these authors before, but these novellas have me falling hard for their work! I used to receive the Harlequin Heartwarming books monthly, but I didn’t have room for anymore paperback books in my house and had to give it up. I’m so glad they’ve continued these offerings!"</span></div>
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<b><a href="http://kellyatx.blogspot.com/2014/11/mistletoe-kisses-tour-interview.html" target="_blank">Kelly P's Blog</a> - An Interview with Anna J. Stewart</b><br />
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<b><a href="http://readingisoneofmypassions.blogspot.com/2014/11/mistletoe-kisses-tour-christmas.html" target="_blank">My Love for Reading Keeps Growing</a> - Excerpt</b><br />
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<a href="https://thewonderingsofoneperson.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/dean-inspired-photo.jpg?w=199&h=300" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Dean Inspired Photo" border="0" height="200" src="https://thewonderingsofoneperson.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/dean-inspired-photo.jpg?w=199&h=300" width="133" /></a><b><a href="http://thewonderingsofoneperson.wordpress.com/2014/11/16/christmas-actually-tour/" target="_blank">The Wonderings Of One Person</a> - Dream Cast for <i>The Christmas Wish</i></b><br />
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<b><a href="http://christianchicksthoughts.blogspot.com/2014/11/christmas-actually-by-anna-adams-anna-j.html" target="_blank">Christian Chick's Thoughts</a> - Review</b></div>
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<b><a href="http://lisaisabookworm.blogspot.com/2014/11/blog-tour-christmas-actually-by-anna.html" target="_blank">Bookworm Lisa</a> - Review</b><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.fundinmental.com/?p=13122" target="_blank">fundinmental</a> - My Top Ten Christmas Traditions by Anna J. Stewart</b></div>
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<span style="background-color: clear; color: #4c4f51; font-family: Arimo, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">I LOVE Christmas time. Truly, from about Halloween on, I’m all about the tinsel, the trees and the music (why do they have to stop the Xmas carols on the 26th?!). For years now it’s just been my mom and me during the holiday season, but we’ve got our traditions…and they start early…even before we carve the Thanksgiving turkey.</span></div>
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<b><a href="http://beckvalleybooks.blogspot.com/2014/11/interview-with-melinda-curtis-one-of.html" target="_blank">Beck Valley Books</a> - An Interview with Malinda Curtis</b></div>
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One of my favorite aspects is Gina's parents. They've tried for years to do what they thought was right and it strained their character and their relationship. This year, they rejoin the pageant and the town's festivities in a very public way. It's a small part of the story, but a set of vignettes that I love.<br />
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<b><a href="http://www.melsshelves.blogspot.com/2014/11/blog-tourreview-christmas-actually-by.html" target="_blank">Mel's Shelves</a> - Review</b><br />
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<span style="background-color: clear; color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">"I loved seeing the siblings in each other's stories and enjoyed getting to know them. These stories are quick, easy reads which are perfect to get you in the mood for Christmas. I love that they're all clean so I can recommend it to everyone! Christmas Town was a fun place to visit!"</span></div>
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<b><a href="http://www.tipsyink.blogspot.com/2014/11/christmas-actually-review-giveaway.html" target="_blank">Painted Words</a> - Review</b></div>
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<span style="background-color: clear; color: #333333; font-family: Philosopher; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.1839981079102px;">"But what I truly loved about this book was that it didn't feel at all repetitive which can be a big hindrance to books like this especially if written by multiple authors. It was an absolutely beautiful story, one that I look forward to reading again next year at this time and it was the perfect way to start off the season." </span></div>
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<b><a href="http://www.dealsharingaunt.blogspot.com/2014/11/christmas-actually-by-anna-adams-anna-j.html" target="_blank">Deal Sharing Aunt</a> - Excerpt</b><br />
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"Three stories in one book, a great way to start the Christmas season off! Anna Adams takes you on three separate journeys in the life of Jack, Callie, and Gina as each tells their own story. The plot is good in each one."</div>
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<span style="background-color: clear; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">What a fun story! The reader is taken on a journey through Christmas Town, Maine and we get to see snippets of what makes this town special through the eyes of three different characters. </span></div>
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<b><b><i><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Christmas, Actually</span></i></b></b></div>
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<b>by Anna Adams, Anna J. Stewart, & Melinda Curtis</b></div>
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Three lonely strangers come to Christmas Town, Maine, and find love with three Banning siblings in the town that celebrates the holidays by decorating its square with lights and ribbons and a holiday pageant on Christmas Eve. Tradition has it that a kiss beneath the mistletoe that night means marriage for the couple in the new year.</div>
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<i>The Christmas Gift</i> by Anna Adams: </div>
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Jack Banning promised to support the mother of his unborn child… But she doesn't need money, she only needs him. </div>
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<i>The Christmas Wish</i> by Anna J. Stewart:</div>
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Callie Banning's student has declared war on Christmas, so it's up to her to help the little girl—and her widowed father—believe again. </div>
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<i>The Christmas Date</i> by Melinda Curtis:</div>
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Gina Vernay is about to meet her online mystery date…and she's in for the surprise of a lifetime!</div>
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<b>Anna Adams</b> wrote her first romance in wet sand. The Atlantic Ocean washed it away, but Anna kept going. Her stories are of love, like the proverbial stone in a lake, making ripples that spread and contract and involve. From Iceland to Hawaii, and points in between, Anna and her own hero share with children and family and friends who’ve become family. All this living and loving gives Anna plenty of fodder for stories of love set in real life. Come along and live them with her!</div>
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<b style="font-weight: bold;">Anna J. Stewart</b> can't remember a time she didn't have a book in her hand or a story in her head and credits her mother never saying no to a book for turning her into a writer. Anna lives in Northern California with an overly attentive cat named Snickers and is happiest when setting her heroes and heroines on their road to happily ever after amidst family, fun and laughter.</div>
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<b style="font-weight: bold;">Melinda Curtis</b> grew up on an isolated sheep ranch, where mountain lions had been seen and yet she roamed unaccompanied. Being a rather optimistic, clueless of danger, sort she took to playing "what if" games that led her to become an author. She spends days trying to figure out new ways to say "He made her heart pound." That might sound boring, but the challenge keeps her mentally ahead of her 3 kids and college sweetheart husband.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 25px;"><i>In the world of the Telepathic Clans, the descendants of the ancient race that once ruled Europe live in a shadow society...</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 25px;">Publication Date:</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 25px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 25px;">April 22, 2012</span></div>
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Urban Fantasy with a dash of romance. The Succubus Gift is a completely different take on the succubus myth. Brenna's life isn't the same after she discovers her unusual and mysterious heritage. In addition to being a telepath and having other paranormal Gifts, Brenna learns she has the Succubus Gift. She's always been a good girl and isn't comfortable seducing men, except one she really loves. That's just the beginning of her problems. Someone is stalking her. Then there's the tall, dangerous woman who shadows her and hints a Goddess has linked them. And what is she going to do with a handsome, charismatic, womanizing man she knows she should avoid?<br />
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Some days a girl just wants to pull the covers over her head and stay in bed -- with a willing young man of course.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 25px;">Publication Date:</span><span style="font-size: 25px;"> June 25, 2012</span></div>
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Book 2 of the Telepathic Clans Saga, the sequel to the multiple 5-star reviewed The Succubus Gift. </div>
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It's not easy being a succubus. </div>
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Brenna O'Donnell and Rebecca Healy continue their integration into the Clan. Learning more about their Gifts and always seeking someone who will love them. After a crash course in learning about her genetic heritage, Brenna O'Donnell has discovered what it really means to be a succubus and has learned to embrace her strange Gift. Her major concern is whether Collin will accept her for what she is. As she adjusts to telepathic society, others in the Clan have plans that will strip the last of her freedom. </div>
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The social season is around the corner, including events that Brenna never imagined in her wildest dreams. The succubi, representatives of the Goddess on earth, are at the center of an ancient worship. And if a girl is going to be the center of attention, then obviously she needs a new dress. </div>
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Between the romance and glistening balls of the Clan's social events, Brenna and Rebecca discover life is not secure. Telepaths from other Clans are kidnapping young girls and selling them into slavery. </div>
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A continuation of what one reviewer called an, "... utterly heart stopping onslaught of sex, violence and paranormal abilities ..."</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Publication Date: September 29, 2013</span></div>
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Private investigator RB Kendrick makes her living nailing cheating spouses, digging up other dirt to help in a divorce, finding long-lost relatives, and occasionally sniffing out criminal activity and fraud.</div>
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When she takes a job to find a missing girl, she has no idea she is headed for the most dangerous case of her career. Usually, her ability to read minds gives her an edge. But when the people she’s hunting are also telepaths, that advantage is limited. </div>
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The search takes her into the dark underbelly of telepathic society, where anything, and anyone, is for sale. She discovers that telepathic women and girls are being trafficked as the ultimate sex slaves.</div>
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With people trying to kill her, she’s on the run, not knowing who she can trust. Will she find the missing girl, or become a victim herself?</div>
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A novel of paranormal suspense set in the world of the Telepathic Clans.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Publication Date: February 14, 2013</span></div>
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Book 3 of the Telepathic Clans Saga, Succubus Rising</div>
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The Goddess has plans for Brenna and Rebecca, and the Goddess has a wicked sense of humor.</div>
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Rebecca Healy is a true wilder, growing up with no contact or knowledge of other telepaths. Discovered by a Clan member on the streets of San Francisco, she felt like she’d hit the jackpot. Finally, she knew what she was, or at least she thought she did.</div>
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When Brenna O’Donnell, long-lost heir of the O’Donnell Clan, and the strongest telepath in history, is returned to her family, she and Rebecca form a tight bond. Brenna has it all, looks, money, power, and men falling all over her. </div>
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Rebecca isn’t jealous, but it would be nice to find someone who would really love her and stick around in the morning. She’s intrigued by a handsome South American general, but of course, he has his sights set on Brenna. Carlos de Vargas wants more than love. His Clan has its back to the wall, and they hope for an alliance with O’Donnell. An alliance that would lead to war.</div>
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The story began in The Succubus Gift and continued in Succubus Unleashed. In Succubus Rising, questions are answered and new mysteries are revealed.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Publication Date: November 8, 2014</span></div>
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Book 4 of The Telepathic Clans Saga</div>
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Corwin has led Clan O’Neill for one hundred and fifty years. Nearing the end of his long life, he names a twenty-three year old girl as his heir. Not only is Brenna a member of Clan O’Donnell, she’s also a succubus, and many people disagree with his choice. When Corwin dies, his son Hugh launches an open rebellion.</div>
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But Brenna is named heir not only to O'Neill, but also to Clan O'Byrne, where Clan Chief Fergus's oldest son Andrew joins with Hugh and Finnian O’Neill in their rebellion. Faced with war on two fronts, and rebels using terrorist tactics that capture the attention of the human press and authorities, Brenna must fight off assassination attempts while trying to consolidate her rule.</div>
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As if all that wasn't exciting enough, her friend Irina is the target of repeated kidnapping attempts by members of a Russian Clan. Hoping to protect Irina, O’Donnell mounts an operation against the Gorbachev Clan. But the situation in Russia is no more stable than in Ireland, and they discover Irina is at the heart of the Russian Clans' internal plots.</div>
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Frosty had a magic hat.<br />
There was no explanation, just a special hat that turned a pile of snow into a walking, talking best friend. Flury is more than that. And doesn’t smoke.<br />
Born on the North Pole, Flury was created by an ancient race of elven that evolved during the Ice Age and continues to live in the polar ice today. Technologically advanced, they sustain themselves with innovation and wisdom. But even the most peaceful settlements encounter danger, such as polar bears. That’s why they invented abominables.<br />
What we call snowmen.<br />
The life of an abominable doesn’t magically spring from a top hat. The heart of an abominable is a metal orb—an intricately carved sphere that generates an electromagnetic field and builds a body of snow around it. Abominables are intimidating and selfless. They run, they fly. Above all else, they protect.<br />
In the late 1800s, Malcolm Toye was part of an arctic voyage that ended in disaster. The survivors of the expedition never saw him again. Malcolm had wandered into the snowy landscape to be saved by a patrolling abominable he would come to know as Flury.<br />
His rescue, however, became more of a curse than a blessing when the elven refused to allow him safe passage back home, insisting they remain secret from humanity. Malcolm was destined to live out his days among the elven, pining for home.<br />
Longing for his wife.<br />
Malcolm escaped by stealing the metal orb of Flury. Quietly, he arrived back in the United States to settle down and resume a normal life. But there was nothing normal about it. As the years went by, his estate becomes shrouded in mystery and rumors.<br />
A hundred years will go by before the mystery is solved.<br />
Oliver Toye, a teenage type 1 diabetic, will discover the magic hidden on his grandmother’s property. He’ll read about Malcolm Toye’s journey when he finds a set of leather bound journals. He’ll see the snowman trapped on the property, and the other things that haunt the forest. Most importantly, he’ll uncover Malcolm Toye’s master plan to harm others. And why he wants to.<br />
Flury will come to Oliver’s rescue more than once.</div>
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Life hasn’t been kind to Oliver Toye.<br />
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As if juvenile diabetes isn’t enough, he’s forced to live with his tyrannical grandmother in a snow-bound house. He spends his days doing chores and the nights listening to the forest rumble.<br />
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Magical and mysterious, the snowman will save Oliver more than once. But when the time comes for Oliver to discover the truth, will he have the courage? When Flury needs him, will he have the strength? When believing isn’t enough, will he save the snowman from melting away?<br />
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During the day, I'm a horticulturist. While I've spent much of my career designing landscapes or diagnosing dying plants, I've always been a storyteller. My writing career began with magazine columns, landscape design textbooks, and a gardening column at the Post and Courier (Charleston, SC). However, I've always fancied fiction.<br />
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My grandpa never graduated high school. He retired from a steel mill in the mid-70s. He was uneducated, but he was a voracious reader. I remember going through his bookshelves of paperback sci-fi novels, smelling musty old paper, pulling Piers Anthony and Isaac Asimov off shelf and promising to bring them back. I was fascinated by robots that could think and act like people. What happened when they died?<br />
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I'm a cynical reader. I demand the writer sweep me into his/her story and carry me to the end. I'd rather sail a boat than climb a mountain. That's the sort of stuff I want to write, not the assigned reading we got in school. I want to create stories that kept you up late.<br />
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Having a story unfold inside your head is an experience different than reading. You connect with characters in a deeper, more meaningful way. You feel them, empathize with them, cheer for them and even mourn. The challenge is to get the reader to experience the same thing, even if it's only a fraction of what the writer feels. Not so easy.<br />
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In 2008, I won the South Carolina Fiction Open with Four Letter Words, a short story inspired by my grandfather and Alzheimer's Disease. My first step as a novelist began when I developed a story to encourage my young son to read. This story became The Socket Greeny Saga. Socket tapped into my lifetime fascination with consciousness and identity, but this character does it from a young adult's struggle with his place in the world.<br />
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After Socket, I thought I was done with fiction. But then the ideas kept coming, and I kept writing. Most of my work investigates the human condition and the meaning of life, but not in ordinary fashion. About half of my work is Young Adult (Socket Greeny, Claus, Foreverland) because it speaks to that age of indecision and the struggle with identity. But I like to venture into adult fiction (Halfskin, Drayton) so I can cuss. Either way, I like to be entertaining.<br />
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<b>Genre:</b> Mystery
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<b>Published by:</b> Poisoned Pen Press
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<b>Publication Date:</b> September 9 2014
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<b>Number of Pages:</b> 236
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<b>ISBN:</b> 9781464202704
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<b>Series:</b> 2nd Rick Montoya Italian Mysteries; Stand Alone Novel
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Rick Montoya is looking forward to a break from his translation business in Rome—a week of skiing in the Italian Alps with old college buddy Flavio. But Rick’s success helping the Italian police with a murder in Tuscany sends the Campiglio cops his way. An American banker working in Milano is missing. The man’s sister, an attractive and spoiled divorcée, has no idea where he could be, nor do the locals who saw him on his way to the slopes. With the discovery of a body, Rick and Inspector Albani widen their list of suspects. Picturesque resort Campiglio harbors old rivalries, citizens on the make, and a cutthroat political campaign. Why would these local issues, any of them, connect to the missing banker? The investigation doesn’t keep Rick and Flavio from enjoying perfect ski conditions in the Dolomites and glorious after-ski wines and bowls of fresh pasta. As for women—Rick has to wonder if the banker’s sister is just hitting him up for information. The action heats up, testing laid-back Rick whose uncle, a Roman cop, keeps urging him to make the police his career. As in Cold Tuscan Stone, Death in the Dolomites immerses us in the sights, smells and tastes of Italy, this time in a picture-perfect Alpine town with a surprising negative side.<br />
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It had snowed most of the day, but a new and stronger system had begun blowing over the mountain from the north, diving into the valley. Snow was always welcome in a ski town, especially the clumped flakes that now cast ever-larger shadows on the ground under the streetlamps. The cement of the sidewalk and the parking lot, barely visible an hour before, was now covered. Bad news for Campiglio’s street crews but not for the skiers who had left Milan the previous afternoon to climb into the Dolomites, skis snapped to racks on the roofs of their cars. <br />
They had been rewarded with an excellent day of skiing, and with this snow, tomorrow would be even better. If it kept up through the night, the base could last for weeks. The local merchants were likely standing outside their shops right now, letting the flakes fall on their grinning faces.<br />
At this moment the man’s interest was not in tourists, but in the stained canvas duffel at his feet. He pulled his wool cap down over his ears and adjusted a small backpack before looking once more around the large lot. It was deserted save for a few cars of the remaining employees at the far side. His eyes moved to the bulky building and the thick cables that ran out of one side toward the mountain. On its top, the last weak rays of late afternoon sun, long gone from the valley below, outlined the station at the high end of the cable line.<br />
It was time.<br />
With a grunt he wrapped the strap of the duffel around his gloved hand and began to drag it toward the building. His burden slid easily through the accumulating snow and occasional patches of ice, like an injured skier on a ski-patrol sled. The last few meters would be inside on the loading platform, but the snow sticking to the bag would help it slide. This would be even easier than he’d planned. Halfway he stopped to catch his breath, pulling up his jacket sleeve to check his watch. Perfect,he thought. There would be one more run of the gondola before its cables stopped for the night, and he would be on it.<br />
On the mountain the cleaning crew was finishing its duties. Given the number of skiers who had passed through the snack bar on their way to the piste during the day, the workload was heavy. The floor was now clean of slush and mud, and four black garbage bags, almost as tall as the women who handled them,had been loaded into the waiting gondola. It would be the same story the next night, especially with the snow now falling. One of the workers—a woman who had been doing the late afternoon shift for more years than she would admit—put down her mop, walked to the window, and peered out at the falling snow. She shook her head and returned to her job. A few moments later the crew stood in a silent clump near the door while the supervisor made a final check of the room. The woman closest to the door slid it open, letting in a light gust of wind and snow. The others, now in parkas and wool coats, instinctively pulled them around their necks in anticipation of the cold. The supervisor
finally nodded and the group began to file onto the platform to the waiting gondola, snow already covering its roof and the windows on one side. When they were all inside, the supervisor closed the latch on the door and took a silent head count before picking up the black phone hanging near the door.<br />
“Guido, siamo pronti,” she said.<br />
Below, the man in the control room hung up his phone while keeping his eyes on the last sentences of a story in Gazzetta dello Sport. Guido knew it was not going to be a good year for his team, and again wondered why last season’s star player had been sold. To make it worse, the bastard would now play for their biggest rival. He folded the paper in disgust and pulled the long wooden lever, never glancing at the platform below. The huge dynamo came slowly to life and the cable above the long window shuddered and began to move.<br />
The man was crouched on the floor of the gondola, well below its ski-scratched windows, when it swung slowly and lurched upward. Neither he nor the sack were visible from above, even if Guido had taken his eyes off the newspaper and looked down from his seat in the control room. As the huge metal box was dragged from the dim light of the lower station into the darkness, the man inside it heard the snow slapping softly against the glass windows above his head. He slowly got to his feet and looked down at the base station, now fading quickly as the cable picked up speed. In a few minutes its lights would be hard to distinguish from those of the other buildings at the northern edge of Campiglio.<br />
The route was a steep shot straight to the top of the mountain, suspended over a forest of tall pines. The only breaks in the thick covering of trees were the clearings around the pylons or a few spots where the stone core of the mountain had pushed itself through the dirt. The ski trails, in contrast, returned to Campiglio over a tamer terrain. They took their time to work through the softer hills of the mountain’s other side, carrying skiers to a choice of bases along the east side of town.<br />
He walked to the other end of the gondola cabin and looked upward. In the swirling wind and snow he could not make out his gondola’s twin, but he knew it was rushing toward him and would be passing soon. He dragged the duffel toward the door and checked to see that the latch had not slipped closed. It had not. According to his calculations the best time would be after passing the second pylon, and just at that moment the cable carrying his gondola slipped over the first one. He flexed his knees as the floor bounced slowly while continuing its climb.Suddenly the other gondola appeared out of the storm and the man dropped to his knees to get out of sight. Through the howling wind he heard a laugh from one of the workers as the two gondolas passed each other. Seconds later the only sound was once more the hum of the cable and the increasing patter of the snow. He reached over and slowly slid the door open with his right hand. As the snow swirled inside he sat back on the floor, the sack between him and the opening.<br />
When the next pylon passed he waited until the swinging stopped and firmly pushed the sack out the door with both feet.<br />
As he got up to slide the door closed he heard the crack of a tree branch and then the soft thump as the sack hit the snow below. The sound meant that it had sunk in, and with the new snow it would be well covered. Once the door was closed he slipped the latch into place. Safety first. <br />
A few minutes later the other gondola bumped slowly into its berth at the edge of the town, where it would stay until it took the morning crew up on the first run of the day. The workers pushed out, waving at Guido in the control room while they pulled the plastic garbage bags behind them. Guido nodded to the group leader but kept his eyes on the young body of one of the newer members of the crew. When they had all shuffled through the door below him, he switched off the motors and gathered his belongings—the newspaper and a thermos. He was always sure to straighten up so the morning shift would have no complaints. He turned out the lights and locked the door behind him. As he walked down the stairs to the streets he wondered what his wife would be serving for dinner. She had not made lasagna in a while, perhaps this was the night. After pulling on a wide-brimmed hat, Guido buttoned his leather coat and walked into the storm.<br />
High above, the man stepped out of the gondola and slid the door shut. On the platform the footprints of the cleaning crew were already covered, as his own would be in a matter of minutes. He turned and looked down at the valley, its lights blending together through the prisms of the falling flakes. <br />
After a moment of reflection he adjusted his backpack and walked on the deck that ran along the outside of the building. Its tables and chairs had been stacked and pushed against the windows under the overhanging eaves, but the protection was not enough. The morning work crew would need their shovels. Two steps led from the deck down to where the wide trail began, a relatively benign incline for the skiers to start their runs, but still often littered with fallen beginners. He could barely make out the trail, but it didn’t really matter, he could get down the mountain blindfolded.<br />
He cleared away a patch of snow at the edge of the deck with his foot and put down his backpack before stepping off and walking around to the far side of building to a small storage shed. After bending over, he used his gloved hands to scrape away the snow under the shed’s door, revealing a small opening from which he pulled a pair of dark skis and poles. Even though the falling snow would do the job for him, he carefully brushed the snow back with his foot before hoisting the equipment over his shoulder and returning to where he had left the backpack. From it he took out a pair of ski boots whose dark plastic matched the skis. After the usual grunts he had the ski boots on his feet and the snow boots secured in the pack. He also had a pair of ski goggles over his cap. It took him only a few seconds to snap into the skis and strap the poles around his wrists. It was snowing even more heavily now. The clear yellow plastic brightened the view slightly as he pulled the goggles down over his eyes and squeezed the rubber grips of the poles. He straightened up, pulling back the sleeve of his parka to check his watch again in the little light that was left in the day. Yes, the ski patrol would already be at the bottom after their final run to catch any stragglers. He pushed off slowly and began to work his way left and right through the fresh powder, his boots always touching as he flexed his knees for each turn. The flakes swirled around his bare cheeks, but he did not feel the cold. He knew that by the time he reached the valley, his racks, as well as everything else on the mountain, would be shrouded in snow.</div>
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<i>She must learn to wield the power
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J.L. Bond and Val Richards met in college in
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Book of Ivy <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/136507-the-book-of-ivy">(The Book of Ivy #1)</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7795802.Amy_Engel">Amy Engel</a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Release Date: 11/04/14<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Entangled Teen<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">After a brutal nuclear war, the United States was left decimated. A small group of survivors eventually banded together, but only after more conflict over which family would govern the new nation. The Westfalls lost. Fifty years later, peace and control are maintained by marrying the daughters of the losing side to the sons of the winning group in a yearly ritual.<br /><br />This year, it is my turn.<br /><br />My name is Ivy Westfall, and my mission is simple: to kill the president’s son—my soon-to-be husband—and restore the Westfall family to power.<br /><br />But Bishop Lattimer is either a very skilled actor or he’s not the cruel, heartless boy my family warned me to expect. He might even be the one person in this world who truly understands me. But there is no escape from my fate. I am the only one who can restore the Westfall legacy.</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />Because Bishop <i>must</i> die. And I must be the one to kill him…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Amy Engel was born in Kansas and after a childhood spent bouncing between countries (Iran, Taiwan) and states (Kansas; California; Missouri; Washington, D.C.), she settled in Kansas City, Missouri, where she lives with her husband and two kids. Before devoting herself full-time to motherhood and writing, she was a criminal defense attorney, which is not quite as exciting as it looks on TV. When she has a free moment, she can usually be found reading, running, or shoe shopping. </span><i style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Book of Ivy </i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">is her debut YA novel. Find her online at </span><a href="http://amyengel.net/" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;" target="_blank">http://amyengel.net/</a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> or @aengelwrites.</span></div>
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<b>Title:</b> Midnight Eclipse </div>
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<b>Genre:</b> Paranormal Romance with a historical twist </div>
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<b>Series: </b>Bonded by Blood Vampire Chronicles but each book can be read as a stand alone. </div>
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<b>Book 4 – Shetland Islands, 1734 – Shapeshifting Pirates</b><br />
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This paranormal adventure contains a sexy vampire and a kick-ass wolf-shapeshifting heroine. It also contains lots of other sexy shape shifters, has strong romantic elements with HOT love scenes, and swashbuckling pirate action.<br />
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<b>Broderick MacDougal</b> follows the familiar yearning of his soul to a fierce warrior who is as seductive as a siren at sea – and she is just as deadly. The world of the supernatural opens to Broderick as he not only finds himself in the midst of an ancient war of shape shifters, the devious Cordelia Harley has re-entered his life and has a few of her own surprises.<br />
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Born into a hated race of Norse werewolves, <b>Celina Hunter</b> knows all too well the dangers of trusting anyone other than her two brothers. And yet the survival of her family hinges on trusting the strangely familiar Broderick MacDougal, a natural enemy of her kind…yet one her tribe’s Shaman advisors confirm is her soul mate. Enemy or not, Celina slips into the spell of this vampire’s promises of eternal love, gambling with all she holds dear.<br />
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Broderick and Celina are bound by a curse, but having come this far through the centuries, Broderick is not about to risk his chance at having his soul mate for eternity. The price, however, may be more than Celina is willing to pay as there is more at stake than just her immortal soul. <b><a href="http://ctt.ec/3aa3B">Click</a><i><a href="http://ctt.ec/3aa3B"> to Tweet</a> </i></b> <br />
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The <a href="http://www.arialburnz.com/adult-fiction/vampire-bonded-blood-series/" target="_blank" title="Bonded By Blood ñ Vampire Fiction"><i>Bonded By Blood Vampire Chronicles</i></a>†by Arial Burnzis†the saga of Broderick MacDougal following the soul of his true love through the centuries. There are six books planned for the series and this tour highlights the characters featured in the first three books and in the upcoming release <a href="http://www.arialburnz.com/product/midnight-eclipse-bk-4/" target="_blank" title="Midnight Eclipse ñ Bk 4">Midnight Eclipse</a> - Book 4 - which features Norse shapeshifting pirates.
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Bio:†Broderick "Rick" MacDougal</h2>
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<li><b>Born</b>: April 4, 1450</li>
<li><b>Crossed Over</b>: October 11, 1486</li>
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The Search for the Stone of Excalibur by Fiona Ingram</h4>
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<b>Title: </b> The Search for the Stone of Excalibur (The Chronicles of the Stone, Book 2) | <b>Author:</b> Fiona Ingram | <b>Publication Date:</b> October 6, 2014 | <b>Publisher:</b> The Educational Publisher / Biblio Publishing | <b>Pages:</b> 399 | <b>Recommended Ages: </b>10+
<b>Summary: </b>Continuing the adventure that began in Egypt a few months prior in <i>The Secret of the Sacred Scarab</i>, cousins Adam and Justin Sinclair are hot on the trail of the second Stone of Power, one of seven ancient stones lost centuries ago. This stone might be embedded in the hilt of a newly discovered sword that archaeologists believe belonged to King Arthur: Excalibur. However, their long-standing enemy, Dr. Khalid, is following them as they travel to Scotland to investigate an old castle. Little do they know there is another deadly force, the Eaters of Poison, who have their own mission to complete. Can Justin and Adam find the second Stone of Power and survive? And why did Aunt Isabel send a girl with them? And how annoying for them that their tag-along companion, Kim, seems to have such good ideas when they are stumped.<br />
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Max's Arabian Adventure by Wendy Leighton-Porter</h4>
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<b>Title: </b>Max's Arabian Adventure | <b>Author:</b> Wendy Leighton-Porter | <b>Publication Date:</b> July 16, 2014 | <b>Publisher:</b> Mauve Square Publishing | <b>Pages:</b> 82 | <b>Recommended Ages: </b>7+
<b>Summary: </b>In this spin-off adventure from the <i>Shadows From The Past</i> series, Max the talking Tonkinese cat goes on a solo mission without his usual time-travelling companions. Snatched from the house where he lives with eleven-year-old twins Joe and Jemima Lancelot, Max is dragged back into the past by an evil magician who has lined him up to perform a special task. Torn away from all he holds dear, the despondent cat fears he may never be able to return to the present and his beloved owner, Jemima. What will become of him? Will he make it back or will he be condemned to remain forever in a distant time and place, far from home?<br />
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<b>Summary: </b>Armed with what she considers her grandmother’s curse, 15-year-old Rosa agrees to help the ghost of King Tut find his lost queen Hesena. Though Hesena’s <i>ba</i> inhabits part of Rosa, finding the whole spirit of Hesena so that she and Tut can be together for the first time in over 3300 years proves to be a harder task than Rosa first thinks. Thrust back into Ancient Egypt with Tut, Rosa discovers that finding Hesena is not all she must do. She must keep out of the reach of the living Horemheb—who crosses mortal boundaries using Seth’s evil magic—if she is to stay alive to make it back home.<br />
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Fiona Ingram</h4>
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I love ancient history, mystery, legends, and travel. Join my young heroes Justin and Adam in an exciting quest as they search for the Seven Stones of Power. Each book is a new adventure, so be part of it!
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Wendy Leighton-Porter</h4>
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I’m a retired high school English teacher. My hope is to reach reluctant readers with my Arthurian Tales and soon a series of stories from ancient lands and legends that will take readers on adventurous quests throughout history.
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From bestselling Hawaiian author, Kiana Davenport, comes 'The Soul Ajar,' a riveting political thriller and love story. Set primarily in contemporary Russia and the United States, here is a novel that brilliantly knits together four seemingly unconnected lives: Adam, a CIA intelligence operative who suffers from albinism, and searches for the Russian assassin who killed his mother, an act he witnessed as a child; Lily, a young Hawaiian-Chinese journalist who falls in love with him; Bazil, an Indian intelligence operative from Mumbai who befriends Adam; and Zahira, a beautiful Afghani girl mutilated by the Taliban. In this searing and multi-faceted novel, Davenport reveals the paths these characters travel as their lives become intertwined in a haunting and timeless story of the love that binds humans together, and the wars that continue to tear us apart.
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<b>PRAISE FOR DAVENPORT'S EARLIER NOVELS</b><br />
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“A great story written in beautiful prose. It’s been a long time since I cried while reading a novel. Davenport is a brilliant writer.” - The Huffington Post<br />
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“A powerful story about love and war. Davenport is ingenious in the way she writes.
A novel you are unlikely to ever forget.” - Book Reporter<br />
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“A powerful and moving experience.” - The Washington Post<br />
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“A lush, ambitious novel that offers a fascinating glimpse into the beauty and contradictions of Native Hawaiian culture.” - Publishers Weekly<br />
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“Davenport mines the depths of emotion…Readers who enjoy a Doctor Zhivago-like saga will appreciate the broad scope of this novel.” - Library Journal<br />
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“Deeply moving. She possesses the qualities all great writers have, compassion for their subjects. You can’t read Kiana Davenport without being transformed.” - Alice Walker<br />
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“Incredible. Haunting. A powerful tale of love and loss.” - Booklist (starred review)<br />
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“What separates ‘Song of the Exile’ from popular novels is its intensity of feeling, its sensuous detail on every page, its dedication to a level of writing few bestsellers possess.” - Norman Mailer<br />
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“Great storytelling! An epic feminine saga…Davenport’s prose is sharp and shining as a sword. Yet her sense of poetry and love of nature permeate each line.” - Isabel Allende<br />
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“Torrid, yet intelligent. Compares with the fiction of Toni Morrison.” - Glamour<br />
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“A giant, image-fevered, luxuriant saga of a Hawaiian family…powerful, memorable, intoxicating!” - Kirkus Reviews
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KIANA DAVENPORT is descended from a full-blooded Native Hawaiian mother, and a Caucasian father from Talladega, Alabama. Her father, Braxton Bragg Davenport, was a sailor in the U.S. Navy, stationed at Pearl Harbor, when he fell in love with her mother, Emma Kealoha Awaawa Kanoho Houghtailing. On her mother's side, Kiana traces her ancestry back to the first Polynesian settlers to the Hawaiian Islands who arrived almost two thousand years ago from Tahiti and the Tuamotu's. On her father's side, she traces her ancestry to John Davenport, the puritan clergyman who co-founded the American colony of New Haven, Connecticut in 1638.
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Kira, a huntress plagued by dreams of fire and pain has worked tirelessly to rid her city of the scourge that has nearly destroyed it...nostvores, mythlend creatures with dark and vast appetites for blood and sex. She does this not only because they had killed so many people in her life, but also because she has an edge that no other human had...she has their abilities. The problem was, these abilities were killing her and she feared time was no longer on her side.<br />
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If that wasn’t dangerous enough, the more time she spends with the Vanatre nostvore Emmerich, and the mooran Kuron, who she brings with her for protection, the less she wants to kill them. Instead, she feels an unexplainable attraction towards them both, and she fears surrendering to such desire with either is a deadly game to play, for she would not only be risking her life, but quite possibly her heart.<br />
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Brought back to life, Kira awoke to a world where she no longer belonged. She was one of them now…a mythlend, the scourge that she’d lived her entire life hunting. What was worse, she had become the species that she and a number of other mythlends had tried desperately to stop from being awoken…the Hunrati.</div>
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The names of God are like a rainbow—each name expresses part of the spectrum of the character and attributes of God. God is a personality with a multifaceted character too integrated and dynamic to compartmentalize. God’s names are best examined in clusters, around common themes. So that is how the chapters are organized.
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Which of the Hebrew names of God is His personal name—Yahweh or Jehovah?
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The Name Quest mentions all the names of God in the Bible while explaining their significance in ordinary language. The author weaves together fifteen years of Bible study research with plentiful illustrations and humorous anecdotes. These include lessons learned as a pastor on a Caribbean island. A visit to a Welsh hill farm introduces a chapter about the Good Shepherd. The story of a Hungarian political prisoner illustrates the meaning of Immanuel (or is it Emmanuel?) A rescue from the slopes of an active volcano helps explain salvation and the meaning of Jesus’ Hebrew name, Yeshua. Even the clever advertisement on a packet of potato chips offers a lesson about how to grow in faith in God.
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The Realm of Feyron has always been. It is the origin of all things magical, the axis point where all the worlds meet. Once, in days gone by, there were many gateways within the Temple of Pyli connecting the Worlds Beyond seeded with magic to their home. Now many gateways have flickered out, and Feyron weakens as the magic fades and the Guardians are lost.<br />
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The Guardians have awakened after the Time of Sleep and returned to renew the magic with the clans of Faie. At the request of the Guardian, Lord Grypos, Keeper of Knowledge, the Master Scholar travels through the Outer Gateway with craftsmen and apprentices to coordinate the repairs of the once great oasis that houses the ancient archives of knowledge known as the Island in the Sands. </div>
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As the summer wanes and the oasis begins to return to its former glory, the Guardian calls the Master Scholar to the meditation room in the wee hours of the night to discuss a journey. In the fire an image flickers of the red desert sands speeding past, a land of grey beyond the desert, and a cavern of twilight behind an obsidian wall. “Arwyn and Shyamal are to go there for me to seek out that which was once mine.” </div>
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The Box of Melodies was left with Clan Caris by Lady Oyisha, daughter of the mists, for care and keeping. A series of visions revealing the last desperate moments of a forgotten clan - the loss of their gateway to Feyron and the escape of a lone traveler holding the box - spurs a handful of adventuresome youth on a trek through the Lesser Forest where they inadvertently cause a ripple through the mists with unintended consequences.</div>
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A few of the youth find themselves on an unexpected journey to a World Beyond, lost in mist and shadow, where misunderstanding and suspicion lead to danger and darkness. Forgotten histories are discovered, clan secrets are revealed, and old alliances are remembered as the families of the lost seek to discover where the youth have been drawn by the memories within the Mists of Time.</div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">Diana lives in the balmy climate of the US south with her husband, two children, two dogs, two cats, and a cantakerous rabbit. She enjoys reading, sewing (clothing, costuming, and experimental toy making), and RPG games. (She grew up with the old school paper/pencil style of gaming, but has transitioned happily to the highly interactive world of video games.)</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 19.2000007629395px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">The idea for Feyron started with a map, a place for her daughter to tell stories and live out storytelling role playing adventures with her friends. The lore grew around the map, for every world needs lore if you are going to “live” there. The idea for a series, Tales from Feyron, grew out of the lore, for if you’re going to invent a world, you may as well play there too. The stories are continuing to grow through the various historical ages of Feyron and may yet “ripple” outwards to the Worlds Beyond touched by magic.</span></span></div>
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<b>Title: </b>Mother's Love Can Conquer Any Fear! | <b>Author: </b>Subhash Kommuru | <b>Illustrator: </b>Sujata Kommuru | <b> Publication Date: </b>October, 2014 | <b> Publisher:</b> Kommuru Books | <b> Pages: </b>32<b> | Recommended Ages: </b>3 to 8<b>
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Andromeda Reynolds is being hunted. After witnessing her mother's violent death at the hands of a pack of wolf shifters, Andie has devoted her life to protecting her community of cougar shifters from a similar fate. But now, a greater threat lies within her own pack, and she must run. If she stays, Kyle Carstairs will force their mating, seeking the added political power their union would provide.<br />
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Andie would rather chew off her own foot than end up with Kyle. Though, knowing him, she won't live long either way. Andie's only hope of survival is to mate Jaxon Keller, the Alpha of the Keller Dare with which she is seeking asylum. But before she can get to him, Andie must first go through A.J., one of the Alpha's Protectors. What Andie doesn't realize is that A.J. has secrets of his own. All Andie knows is that the incredibly frustrating shifter insists on challenging her story, her skills, her trust…and her heart.<br />
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Abigail grew up consuming books and exploring the world through her writing. A fourth generation graduate of Texas A&M University, she attempted to find a practical career related to her favorite pastime by obtaining a degree in English Rhetoric/Technical Writing. However, she swiftly discovered that writing without imagination is not nearly as fun as writing with it.<br />
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Book 1: The Secret Sisters Club</h3>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Monique+Bucheger&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3AMonique+Bucheger" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Secret Sisters Club - cover" class="alignleft wp-image-20594 size-medium" src="http://motherdaughterbookreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/The-Secret-Sisters-Club-cover-202x300.jpg" height="300" width="202" /></a><b>Title: </b>The Secret Sisters Club (Ginnie West Adventures, Book 1) | <b>Author: </b>Monique Bucheger | <b>Illustrator: </b>Mikey Brooks | <b>Publication Date: </b>March 18, 2012 | <b> Publisher:</b> True West Publishing | <b> Pages: </b>238<b> | Recommended Ages: </b>8 to 13<b>
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<b>Book Summary: </b>Twelve-year-old BFFs want to be sisters. Tillie's divorced mom plus Ginnie's widowed dad could equal a lifetime of round-the-clock girl talk. Too bad Dad vowed to never marry again. Ginnie and Tillie come up with the perfect mission to change his mind: ‘Operation Secret Sisters.’<br />
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Before long, Ginnie suspects Tillie has turned ‘Operation Secret Sisters’ into a scam called ‘Operation Steal My Dad.’ Things get more complicated when Ginnie stumbles across her dead mom’s hidden journals. Ginnie can finally get to know the mother she doesn’t remember and Dad doesn’t talk about … until Dad takes the journals away.<br />
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Book 2: Trouble Blows West</h3>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Monique+Bucheger&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3AMonique+Bucheger" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Trouble Blows West - cover" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-20595" src="http://motherdaughterbookreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Trouble-Blows-West-cover-202x300.jpg" height="300" width="202" /></a><b>Title: </b>Trouble Blows West (Ginnie West Adventures, Book 2) | <b>Author: </b>Monique Bucheger | <b>Illustrator: </b>Mikey Brooks | <b>Publication Date: </b>April 13, 2012 | <b> Publisher:</b> True West Publishing | <b> Pages: </b>234<b> | Recommended Ages: </b>8 to 13<b>
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<b>Book Summary: </b>Putting her body in motion before her brain is in gear creates a mountain of problems for 12 year-old Ginnie West. Ginnie is certain that defending her twin brother from the biggest bully in sixth grade was the right thing to do, but she soon finds out she couldn’t be more wrong.<br />
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Bullies don’t like being embarrassed by girls at school—especially when they are being abused at home. When Ginnie figures out Pierce’s awful secret, she switches gears and decides to be his ally, because he won’t let her be his friend.<br />
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Book 3: Simply West of Heaven</h3>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Monique+Bucheger&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3AMonique+Bucheger" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Simply West of Heaven by Monique Bucheger" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-20596" src="http://motherdaughterbookreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Simply-West-of-Heaven-cover-200x300.jpg" height="300" width="200" /></a><b>Title: </b>Simply West of Heaven (Ginnie West Adventures, Book 3) | <b>Author: </b>Monique Bucheger | <b>Illustrator: </b>Mikey Brooks | <b>Publication Date: </b>January 1, 2013 | <b> Publisher:</b> True West Publishing | <b> Pages: </b>288<b> | Recommended Ages: </b>8 to 13<b>
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<b>Book Summary: </b>Twelve-year-old BFFs are matchmaking geniuses. They schemed to get Ginnie’s widowed dad to fall in love with Tillie’s divorced mom. Then Ginnie stumbled upon her late mom's journals, making life totally awesome sauce … until her dad confiscated the journals.<br />
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Ginnie is counting on Tillie's help to make Dad change his mind, but Tillie's not sure the ghost of Ginnie's mom will make a good addition to their new family tree. When a blast from the past shows up and makes Tillie go nutburgers, Ginnie is torn between helping her BFF and having her questions answered.<br />
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Book 4: Being West is Best</h3>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Monique+Bucheger&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3AMonique+Bucheger" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Being West is Best - cover" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-20597" src="http://motherdaughterbookreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Being-West-is-Best-cover-200x300.jpg" height="300" width="200" /></a><b>Title: </b>Being West is Best (Ginnie West Adventures, Book 4) | <b>Author: </b>Monique Bucheger | <b>Illustrator: </b>Mikey Brooks | <b>Publication Date: </b>April 19, 2014 | <b> Publisher:</b> True West Publishing | <b> Pages: </b>350<b> | Recommended Ages: </b>8 to 13<b>
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<b>Book Summary: </b>Twelve-year-old BFFs, Ginnie West and Tillie Taylor, are matchmaking geniuses. Together, they maneuvered Ginnie’s widower-dad into proposing to Tillie’s divorcee-mom. Sweet! Certain they are well on their way to sisterhood, each girl is floored when Tillie’s lousy-excuse-for-a-birth-father puts in an appearance after a six year absence.<br />
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Too bad “lousy dad repellant” doesn’t come in a can.
Even though Tillie’s dad has sobered up and is determined to make amends, Tillie would rather he just disappear again. If he stays, “Operation: Secret Sisters” may need to be renamed “Operation: Not Gonna Happen.”<br />
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About the Author: Monique Bucheger</h2>
<a href="http://moniquebucheger.blogspot.ca/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Author picture Monique" class="alignleft wp-image-20599" src="http://motherdaughterbookreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Author-picture-Monique-196x300.jpg" height="230" width="150" /></a>When Monique Bucheger isn’t writing, you can find her playing taxi driver to one or more of her 12 children, plotting her next novel, scrapbooking, or being the “Mamarazzi” at any number of child-oriented events. Even though she realizes there will never be enough hours in any given day, Monique tries very hard to enjoy the journey that is her life. She shares it with a terrific husband, her dozen children, sons-in-law, and adorable grandchildren, cats, and many real and imaginary friends. She is the author of the <i><b>Ginnie West Adventures</b> </i>series, picture book, Popcorn, and plans to write plenty more.
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About the Illustrator: Mikey Brooks</h2>
<a href="http://www.insidemikeysworld.com/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Mikey Brooks" class="alignleft wp-image-20601" src="http://motherdaughterbookreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/MIKEYS-PHOTO-209x300.jpg" height="215" width="150" /></a>Mikey Brooks is an author/illustrator that specializes in children’s art. His picture books include the best-selling <b><i>ABC Adventures: Magical Creatures, Trouble with Bernie</i></b> and <b><i>Bean’s Dragons</i></b>. He is the illustrator of several picture books such as <b><i>Popcorn</i></b> by Monique Bucheger, <b><i>Bongo Flo</i></b> by Carolyn Quist, and <b><i>Lucius and the Christmas Star</i> </b>by Jim Long. He is the author of <b><i>The Gates of Atlantis: Battle for Acropolis</i>, <i>The Stone of Valhalla</i></b> the best-selling middle-grade series <b><i>The Dream Keeper Chronicles</i></b>. You can find more about him and his books at: <a href="http://www.insidemikeysworld.com/" target="_blank">www.insidemikeysworld.com</a>
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