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BOOK REVIEW - The Secret Garden of Yanagi Inn by Amber A. Logan

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    Book Details: Book Title :  The Secret Garden of Yanagi Inn by Amber A. Logan Category :  Adult Fiction (18+),  336 pages Genre : Paranormal Mystery Publisher :  CamCat Books Release date:   Nov 15, 2022 Content Rating :  PG. The book is clean, without excessive swearing, no sexual content or graphic violent scenes, etc.   Book Description: Cracked doesn’t always mean broken. Grieving her mother’s death, Mari Lennox travels to Kyoto, Japan to take photographs of Yanagi Inn for a client. As she explores the inn and its grounds, her camera captures striking images, uncovering layers of mystery shrouding the old resort—including an overgrown, secret garden on a forbidden island. But then eerie weeping no one else in the inn seems to hear starts keeping her awake at night. Despite the warnings of the staff, Mari searches the deep recesses of the old building to discover the source of the ghostly sound, only to realize that her own family’s history is tied to the inn, its mysterious, fo

BOOK BLITZ - Hate, Rise, Repeat by Whitney Dineen and Melanie Summers

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  Hate, Rinse, Repeat Melanie Summers (A Gamble on Love Mom-Com, #3) Publication date: October 28th 2022 Genres: Adult, Comedy, Contemporary, Romance Christmas is a time for hate… Maisy Moore is not looking forward to the holiday season. As owner of the only hair salon in Gamble, Alaska, she’ll be run off her feet helping her clients get dolled up for Christmas and New Years Eve parties. Parties she’ll never be invited to. But that’s not the worst of it. As a single mom, she knows she still won’t be able to give her seven-year-old son, Jack, the kind of magical Christmas his classmates get. Telling him how much she loves him will only get a kid that age so far. If only she could give him what he really wants—to know who his dad is. The last thing Maisy needs is for NHL star Chase Evans to come waltzing back into town like he’s God’s gift to women. But that’s exactly what Chase does. After a taking a crosscheck from behind, Chase’s season is over. Instead of scoring goals, h

BOOK REVIEW - My Brave Heart Warrior by Jennifer Diaz

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    Illustrator: Andrew Laitinen Children's Inspirational Books, Children's Christian Books Date Published: January 31, 2022 Publisher: Lucid Books There are many unknowns in life, especially when your child is about to be born. There are even more when you know your child is about to be born with congenital heart disease and defects. Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common birth defect. In fact, 1 in 100 infants is born with CHD, which is more than 1.3 million per year worldwide. Even after intervention through surgery, there is no cure for CHD. It is a life-long battle. Heart warriors are always at war, going through many battles from the moment they are born. And there are many unknowns.   Although CHD can be scary, let's never forget that our heart warriors are: •         Strong •         Brave •         Courageous •         Resilient   The strength and resilience that heart warriors sh

BOOK BLITZ - Two if by Sea by Peter J. Levesque

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    Suspense / Thriller Date Published: September 14, 2022 Publisher: ‎ Mindstir Media   A wave of gruesome executions in Shanghai cripples a top-secret CIA operation in China and points to an informant who has been selling secrets in Hong Kong. Jim Keenan, a handsome and ambitious prodigy at the CIA meets Laura Bowman, a brilliant and alluring rising star inside the FBI's Counterintelligence Division. Together they set out to capture the informant and are shocked to discover an Al-Qaeda plot against the United States involving stolen nuclear weapons. An unlikely source divulges China's involvement in the plot, and in a frantic race against time, Agents Keenan and Bowman must unearth what Beijing knows before it's too late. Two if By Sea is an electrifying international spy thriller that will leave the reader intoxicated and asking for more. About the Author Peter Levesque is an international supply chain e

BOOK REVIEW AND GIVEAWAY - Inhuman Acts by Brooke French

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  Inhuman Acts Brooke French   Black Rose Writing September 29, 2022   A deadly, incurable disease creeps silent through Chattanooga. And its victims aren't random. When inexplicable human rabies cases appear in Tennessee, disease ecologist Letty Duquesne jumps at the chance to trace the virus back to its source. But the closer Letty gets to finding the outbreak's origin, the further someone will go to stop her. With an unwanted promotion threatening to take Letty far from the fieldwork she loves, this outbreak feels like her last chance to make a difference. It's not something she can ignore, especially now. The spillover of zoonotic diseases to the human population is on the rise and violent animal attacks—like the one that killed her sister—are becoming all too common. Something in nature has gone very wrong. Local authorities would rather she go home, but Letty can track a source animal like no one else. With the help of disgraced detective Andrew Marsh, Letty fo

BOOK BLITZ - Purest Mercy by Daniel Roberts

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    Christian Fiction Date Published: January 31, 2022 Publisher: Outskirts Press Purest Mercy is a Christian fiction novel about the extraordinary ways that God can use the simplest, humblest people to achieve great miracles. In it, we meet Mercy, a homeless teenager on the run from horrific circumstances, who finds her place of belonging when she comes upon the Resurrection Christian Mission Church, and its dedicated pastor, Rev. Bethany Lewis. RCMC is a ministry specifically aimed at alleviating the difficulties and struggles experienced by homeless people, but they are strapped to the limit, and about to run out of food to serve the community...when Mercy's prayers result in a miraculous trove of food. But the miracles are only just beginning. As Mercy's prayers begin to transform more and more lives with healing and hope, she falls in love with David Mullins, a homeless youth she seems to know from Another Time an

RELEASE BLITZ AND GIVEAWAY - A Leap into Darkness by Ray Peterolino

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    Fantasy Adventure, Animals, Family, Middle Grade (ages 10+) Date Published: 10-28-2022 Publisher: Beasts at the Feast Press A Readers' Favorite 5-star review recipient Magic stirs and a little dog speaks: the kingdom will fall. But will humans listen? Jake is a fluffy little dog who just happens to be one of the Sculptor's "wise ones" . . . but nobody's told him. He's certain he's ordinary, and he knows he doesn't deserve living in a rags to riches fairy tale where he’s been rescued from his hardscrabble life by the King of Gorseland and pampered and loved by his two royal children, Janice and James. But the good life is threatened with the arrival of the sorcerer, Beezeldorn, and his raven. Beezeldorn is a seeming charlatan: a crowd-pleaser with his sleight-of-hand and cheap spectacle. But his power from dark magic runs deep, on display in town when he heals a leper. The queen s

BOOK REVIEW AND GIVEAWAY - All This Time by Annabelle McCormack

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  All This Time Annabelle McCormack (Brandywood, #1) Publication date: October 25th 2022 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance Almost ten years ago, Samantha Redding swore off her hometown of Brandywood, Maryland. Sure, she misses her family, but she’s over the gossip and drama that came with small-town living. Besides, she has the photography career she always dreamed of now. Then her mom gets sick. Faced with a long stay at home, Sam is forced to relocate a holiday photoshoot to Brandywood to meet a tight work deadline. Only problem is, she needs help from the townspeople she’s spent years distancing herself from. Strangely, Sam finds an ally in someone who kept her at arm’s length all his life: brooding and sarcastic Garrett Doyle—the guy that dumped her best friend at the altar years before. But Sam never knew Garrett tried to keep his distance because he was really in love with her. And he’s just come back to town after trying to get his life together. Garrett knows he ou

BOOK REVIEW AND GIVEAWAY - Old Sins by Lynne Handy

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  Old Sins by Lynne Handy October 24 - November 4, 2022 Virtual Book Tour Synopsis: Battered by her archeologist lover’s betrayal, poet Maria Pell flees to an Irish village to study prehistoric people and write her next volume of poetry, but her sanctuary is invaded first by her moody cousin and then by her Togolese lover who unexpectedly show up on her doorstep. When the discovery of a girl’s body on a rocky shore reawakens Maria’s devastating childhood memory of finding a dead baby floating in a stream, her days become haunted by this child’s death. As teenage girls disappear, villagers are terrified that sex-traffickers are targeting their community. With crimes to be solved, both past and present, Maria risks her life to bring the perpetrators to justice. Praise for Old Sins : "The story is ingenious and unpredictable . . . " Kirkus Reviews "A dynamic, roller coaster ride of plot twists and turns. . . a truly mesmerizing and moving, mystery t