Books are food for my soul! Pull up a beach chair and stick your toes in the sand as the Jersey surf rolls in and out, now open your book and let your imagination take you away.

Monday, June 9, 2014

Weddings On Main Street by the Authors of Main Street (Virtual Book Blast Event)

In association with Mark My Words, Jersey Girl Book Reviews is pleased to host the virtual book blast event for Weddings On Main Street by the Authors of Main Street!



Weddings on Main Street by the Authors of Main Street - Eleven New Novellas

You are Cordially Invited: 
When: June 9th, 2014 
Where: Main Street 
R.S.V.P. Amazon, Barnes&Noble, Kobo and iTunes

The Authors of Main Street; cordially invite you to attend more than eleven weddings this summer, in our anthology, Weddings on Main Street. When the Authors of Main Street get together, boxed sets and romance magic, happens. On the wave of our Amazon Best Seller, Christmas on Main Street - which was the #1 Best Seller in Romance - Holiday, Romance - Inspirational, and spent weeks in the top 50, on all of Amazon - we will release a collection of eleven new novellas, by eleven of our authors, all about weddings. We are honoring what readers told us, they loved most about our Christmas anthology, with a fresh mix of stories, characters, and mild to warm levels of romance. 

What a Cowgirl Wants by Tori Scott. Page-Turning Stories from the Heart of Texas. It's wedding bells for Blake and Mandy, but the fairy tale wedding Mandy wants is in jeopardy when Blake's father butts in. Can Mandy pull off the wedding of her dreams on a limited budget? Only if Blake can keep his father under control, which is not an easy thing to do when his father is Barrett Kaufman, tough Houston attorney. 

April Fool Bride by Joan Reeves. It's never too late to live happily ever after. Is it a marriage of convenience or something more? Something that sizzles like steam heat between Maddie and Jake that neither can resist.

Wedding Surprise by Mona Risk. Around the world with love, humor and passion. Finally, Claire's dream of a wonderful white wedding to the man she’s loved for ten years is about to come true. Two weeks before the big day, Claire and David receive an unexpected announcement that can destroy their relationship. Is their love for each other strong enough to turn the worst wedding surprise into the best?

Small Town Glamour Girl Wedding by Stephanie Queen. USA TODAY Bestselling Author. Fun, Flirty & Forever. Julie and Jack are over-the-moon in love, but with their soon-to-be mothers-in-law battling for influence over wedding plans, they fight to keep the peace. Finally when their mothers reveal a stunning secret from the past, Jack and Julie must re-think the wedding. Will they or won’t they say I do?

The Vow by Pepper Phillips. Southern Sass with a Touch of Heart. Coming home after ten years, Ann Normand is discouraged to find nothing has changed. She’s still not wanted. Except for Clay Couvillion. He’s a man now and he wants her to stay. Can she forget the past and open her heart or will she run again?

The Reluctant Bride by Jill James. A little Sweet. A little Sexy. A lot Happily-Ever-After. Jimmy and Claire were high-school sweethearts. A decade later of living together and there is still no wedding in sight. With the help of Claire’s family and friends, Jimmy has a plan to surprise, ambush, and wed his reluctant bride.

Kiss the Bridesmaid by Susan R. Hughes. Sweet with a touch of heat. Serving as a bridesmaid at her brother’s wedding should be a piece of cake for Mari. The icing on that cake turns out to be Jake, a gorgeous wedding photographer with an adorable daughter. Life couldn’t be sweeter until a problem Mari had thought she’d left in the past resurfaces to threaten her future. The wedding of Brooke and Ian from Secret Vow provides the backdrop for this sweet love story.

Second Chance Wedding by Leigh Morgan. Strong women and the men who love them;. After high school, loss strikes again and, Sunshine MacAlister leaves Shute Pond and the man who holds her heart, Conall O’Malley. Twelve years later, Sun, now Dr. “Mel” MacAlister, returns home for her best friend's wedding, and comes face to face with the man she loved and left. Will seeing Conall again re-kindle the passion she once felt, and fill her with love that can last a lifetime?

Once Upon a Wedding by Kelly Rae. Love really is, all there is...Cassie Anderson, bridesmaid extraordinaire, is tired of flying solo to all of her friend’s weddings. Unfortunately, the one man for whom she feels any spark has a nasty habit of having a date on his arm. Stealing another woman's date is against the rules, but if she can just catch him alone - well that would be fair game!

Stuck with You by Kristy Tate. Romance, mystery and magic.Whit offers to forgive Andie's debt if she’ll pose as his date to his brother’s wedding. Andie needs the money, and Whit believes it's the perfect way to escape his mother’s match-making schemes.Whit calls it a win-win situation, but Andie is afraid she may lose her heart.

I Thee Wed by E. Ayers. Where Life and Love Come Together. A product of broken marriages, Julia never sees marriage for herself. She throws everything she's got into her career with Main Street Bridal Salon, until a crazy redhead with freckles named Aaron sweeps her off her feet. But a family secret is about to change everything.




About The Authors

Tori Scott
Tori Scott, a Golden Heart finalist, is published independently as well as by Red Sage Publishing, Woman's World, and selected news media. She lives near Dallas, Texas and writes Western Romance, sexy romantic comedy, contemporary small-town romance, and romantic suspense.
Twitter: @ToriScott

Joan Reeves
Joan makes her home in the Lone Star State with her hero, her husband. They have four kids who think they are adults and a ghost dog--all the ingredients for a life full of love and warmed by laughter. She lives the philosophy that is the premise of all of her romance novels: "It's never too late to live happily ever after." 
Twitter: @JoanReeves
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/JoanReevesAuthor/
I LUV Books, Free Reader Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/PNag1
I love to hear from readers! Please write to me at: Joan@JoanReeves.com. Please put "Real Live Person" in the subject box to make it past the spam filters. Or, send snail mail to: Joan Reeves, P.O. Box 1627, Normangee TX 77871-1627.

Mona Risk
Self-publishing my novels were the best things I ever did for my publishing career. In 2012, my three medical romances, Babies in the Bargain, Right Name, Wrong Man, and No More Lies landed on the Amazon bestseller list for contemporary romance and medical romance. I was walking on cloud nine when my name was posted on Amazon.com in the 100 most Popular Authors in Romance list for several months.
Filled with energy and enthusiasm, I hid in my writing cave and wrote for days and nights, stopping only to walk on the beach or exercise at the gym.
My books have garnered: Top Picks; Outstanding Read; Sweetheart of the Week; Best Book of the Week at various reviewers, and received two mentions in Publisher’s Weekly, and won several awards, from Best Contemporary Romance of the Year at READERS FAVORITE with two Gold Medals, to EPPIE award finalist and Best Romance Novel of the Year at Preditors & Editors Readers Poll.
 I will continue to write and read while traveling and discovering unchartered territories and fresh inspiration for interesting stories and new settings.
 Mona Risk can be found at:
On Twitter: @MonaRiskS

Stephanie Queen lives in bucolic New Hampshire where writing happy, snappy stories takes most of her time. Right now, she’s busy working on a secret new exciting mystery-thriller series.  To find out about new releases CLICK HERE! to sign-up for the Stephanie Queen Newsletter. You are invited to visit her website and the Quirky Quips blog at StephanieQueen.com, or connect with Stephanie Queen online at Twitter or Facebook. You can email her at stephaniequeen@rocketmail.com. She loves hearing from readers!

Pepper Phillips
I had breast cancer in 2009. From diagnosis to the end of chemo and radiation, took a year. I had problems with the treatment phase, developing a stomach ulcer, and needing a new treatment regimen. But I got through it. Like my heroine, I can do this, became my mantra.
One out of every eight women will get breast cancer. Alarming figures. One out of eight!
Get your breast exam yearly. From one year to the next, I was diagnosed with a cancer that was aggressive. If I’d waited another year, it might have been too late. During my treatment, I learned about a writer friend of mine who died of breast cancer. Don’t be the next victim. Get your exam!
Thank you for taking time to read The Vow. If you enjoyed it, please consider telling your friends or posting a short review. Word of mouth is an author’s best friend and much appreciated.
If you would like to keep up with my newly released titles, consider joining my newsletter. Sign up for newsletter

Jill James 
Jill James is a published author with The Wild Rose Press and self-published since 2011. She writes contemporary and paranormal romance. When she isn’t writing she spends time with her husband, who is the inspiration for all her romance novel heroes.
Contact online
Newsletter Sign-up: http://eepurl.com/hvtn-/
Twitter: @jill_james
Facebook: Jill.James-author

Susan Hughes
Nothing gets my heart pumping like a good love story with absorbing emotion, plenty of passion, and an old-fashioned happy ending.
Set mainly in Canada, my contemporary romance novels explore the extraordinary thrill of finding that special someone and falling head over heels in love.
I live in Ottawa, Ontario, with my husband and three daughters.

Website: susanrhughes.weebly.com

Leigh Morgan
A native mid-westerner, Leigh lives in Southeastern Wisconsin and dreams of owning a cottage in Scotland.
Leigh is currently working on a series of stand-alone contemporary novels, The Warrior Chronicles, with a tie to the martial arts. Adventure, romance, and themes such as ‘what constitutes a family’, and ‘living by a personal code’ all wrapped up in a tail-kicking package that will make you laugh, cry, and feel good about the world and your place in it.
A graduate of Marquette University Law School, Leigh studied Comparative Mythology, History and Philosophy as an undergraduate. Who knew this would lead to a lifetime of love with mystical romance, both contemporary and historical.
Leigh is a fifth degree black belt in Okinawan Shorin Ryu karate, a fifth degree black belt in Matayoshi Kobudo (weapons), and has taught self-defense for women and practical defense sequences for writers. She is also an avid motorcycle enthusiast.

You may visit Leigh at: www.leighmorganauthor.com

Kelly Rae
Kelly Rae lives in the Pacific Northwest with her son and a chocolate lab, who has delusions that she is a lap dog. When Kelly is not writing or reading, she spends her time on her favorite work, which is parenting. This often involves watching and cheering at sporting events, and occasionally displaying her impressive jump shot during one on one games of basketball.

Kristy Tate
Kristy Tate writes Women Fiction with a dash romance, mystery and humor. Her debut novel, Stealing Mercy, was on Amazon's top 100 list of historical romance for more than fifteen weeks and spent two weeks as number one. The Rhyme's Library, was a 2013 Kindle Review semi-finalist, and Hailey’s Comments was an Amazon Breakout Novel quarter-finalist.
Kristy studied English literature at Brigham Young University and at BYU's International Center in London. Although a long time resident of Orange County California where she lives with her family, Kristy's heart belongs in her hometown of Arlington, Washington, AKA Rose Arbor--the fictional setting of her popular Rose Arbor series.
For updates on Kristy's upcoming novels, please visit her blog at kristystories.blogspot.com

E. Ayers
II write stories about people who live in today's world and find real love.
Each person experiences love differently because we are all diverse. It's not a one-size fits all world so my books don't have stereotypical characters. 
Writing is something I do. I write and always have. Read and enjoy!
(Twitter)   @ayersbooks




Posted by at No comments:

Friday, June 6, 2014

Virtual Book Tour Events: Week of 6/8-14/14



Virtual Book Tour Events: Week of 6/8-14/14



Monday 6/9/14

American Past Time by Len Joy


In association with JKS Communications

Author Guest Post / Book Review

Book Description: American Past Time


September 1953. Dancer Stonemason is three days away from his major league debut with the St. Louis Cardinals. With his wife and son cheering him on, he pitches the greatest game of his life. And then he loses everything.

Told against the backdrop of America’s postwar challenges from Little Rock to the Bay of Pigs to Viet Nam, American Past Time is the story of what happens to a man and his family after the cheering stops.















Wednesday 6/11/14

My Winter by Nikki Young


In association with Goddess Fish Promotions

Book Review / Contest Giveaway

Book Description: My Winter


At age ten, Leah Anderson was taught a hard lesson about life after the death of her father. Love, happiness and perfection only last so long, so why bother seeking them out.

Jaded by his death and the trauma it caused her family, Leah finds herself detached and indifferent about her life and about falling in love. In a safe and unfulfilling engagement to her demanding, perfectionist fiancé, Ellis, it all begins to wear thin. That's when a handsome stranger comes into her life causing her to second guess everything she's known and believed in.

Abruptly ending her engagement and accepting a date with the stranger, Leah finds herself in a very uncomfortable reality. Knowing that every choice has its consequence, Leah runs from her past and lies to her present to keep herself from falling in too deep.


But in the end, can she live with the choices she makes because they may ruin it all.
















Friday 6/13/14

Chasing Hope by Amy Daws


In association with Goddess Fish Promotions

Virtual Book Blast Event / Contest Giveaway

Book Description: Chasing Hope


At 33 weeks pregnant, Amy is certain something bad will soon happen, it has too many times before. Deep down she fears it’s only a matter of time before the baby she’s carrying will die. Despite the fact that Amy has been repeatedly slapped in the face with multiple miscarriages, she still can’t seem to quiet that tiny voice in the back of her head that’s screaming at her to not give up hope.

Follow Amy’s true story as she stumbles through her journey with humor and warmth all while dealing with the neuroses that come along with getting her hopes shattered time and time again. All she has to do is close her eyes and she’s lurched back to the memories of her losses on the floor in her bathroom, in the hospital, and even at her place of work. No one knows what the internal mind of a woman who’s lost five babies and suffered this many let downs goes through. Can Hope ever truly survive memories such as these?











******




The Insanity Plea by Larry Thompson


In association with Partners In Crime Virtual Book Tours

Author Guest Post / Book Review

Book Description: The Insanity Plea


A young nurse is savagely killed during a pre-dawn run on Galveston’s seawall. The murderer slices her running shorts from her body as his trophy and tosses the body over the wall to the rocks below. As dawn breaks, a bedraggled street person, wearing four layers of old, tattered clothes, emerges from the end of the jetty, waving his arms and talking to people only he hears. He trips over the body, checks for a pulse and, instead, finds a diamond bracelet which he puts in his pocket. He hurries across the street, heading for breakfast at the Salvation Army two blocks away, leaving his footprints in blood as he goes.

Wayne Little, former Galveston prosecutor and now Houston trial lawyer, learns that his older brother has been charged with capital murder for the killing. At first he refuses to be dragged back into his brother’s life. Once a brilliant lawyer, Dan’s paranoid schizophrenia had captured his mind, estranging everyone including Wayne. Finally giving in to pleas from his mother, Wayne enlists the help of his best friend, Duke Romack, former NBA star turned criminal lawyer. When Wayne and Duke review the evidence, they conclude that Dan’s chances are slim. They either find the killer or win a plea of insanity since the prosecution’s case is air tight. The former may be a mission impossible since the killer is the most brilliant, devious and cruel fictional murderer since Hannibal Lecter. The chances of winning an insanity plea are equally grim.

It will take the combined skills of the two lawyers along with those of Duke’s girlfriend, Claudia, a brilliant appellate lawyer, and Rita Contreras, Wayne’s next door neighbor and computer hacker extraordinaire, to attempt to unravel the mystery of the serial killer before the clock clicks down to a guilty verdict for Dan.

The Insanity Plea is a spell-binding tale of four amateur sleuths who must find, track and trap a serial killer as they prepare for and defend Wayne's brother who is trapped in a mind like that of John Nash, Russell Crowe’s character in A Beautiful Mind.

Combining legal thriller with tracking a serial killer, Thompson once again takes the reader on a helluva ride, right up to the last page and sentence.



Posted by at No comments:

Monday, June 2, 2014

Hold Her Down by Kathryn R. Biel (Author Guest Post / Book Review / Contest Giveaway)

In association with Chick Lit Plus Blog Tours, Jersey Girl Book Reviews is pleased to host the virtual book tour event for Hold Her Down by Author Kathryn R. Biel!







Author Guest Post


Hey all! Thanks to Kathleen at Jersey Girl Book Reviews for allowing me to crash her blog today. I'm here in Upstate New York, wishing that I was down by her on the beach. Someday, when I sell millions and millions of books, I will buy a home in Cape May and write staring out at the ocean every day. But until that day, I'm landlocked up here and have to watch the passing cars instead of dolphins.

One of the questions that I often get asked is how I come up with ideas for my books and how I plot them all out. The answer is, that I don't. I get an idea or two and just sit down and start writing. Sometimes, when I'm trying to fall asleep at night, I think about the scene I'm on and what happens next. I think scene by scene, and am often surprised at what happens next. I write by the seat of my pants. When writing Hold Her Down, I tried a bit of plotting, but it didn't work for me. I thought I knew where I wanted to go with the story, but when I got there, that ending was no longer right for the story.

I also tend to have vivid dreams which inspire my writing. There are at least two scenes in Hold Her Down which are almost literal transcriptions of dreams I have had. The odd thing is that when I wake up and remember the dream, I know immediately that it is part of a book. Considering that I can still remember some dreams I had as a child, this is an unusual skill that I am fortunate enough to have.

Because my mind is now working overtime with story ideas, I have started keeping a notebook of some of these dreams or ideas that I have. My plan is to visit the notebook, especially when I don't know where the story is going. In addition to my dreams, I write down random ideas or scenarios that may cross my mind. Sometimes it is something I hear on the radio. Sometimes a conversation that I have. The main character in my third novel got her name from a spam e-mail my friend's husband received. I've also been known to use the occasional writing prompt if I get a bit stuck.

I think there is some degree of irony that I write without planning and that my stories flow organically from me. In my everyday life, I am a meticulous planner, Type A and a bit on the OCD side. I could never, ever approach my day job or running my house how I approach my writing. It does boggle my mind a bit that I have this secret, spontaneous side that comes out when I'm writing. Perhaps, someday I'll find the answer in a dream set on the backdrop of my beautiful Cape May.




About The Author



Kathryn Biel hails from Upstate New York and is a spouse and mother of two wonderful and energetic kids. In between being Chief Home Officer and Director of Child Development of the Biel household, she works as a school-based physical therapist. She attended Boston University and received her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from The Sage Colleges. After years of writing countless letters of medical necessity for wheelchairs, finding increasingly creative ways to encourage the government and insurance companies to fund her clients' needs and writing entertaining annual Christmas letters, she decided to take a shot at writing the kind of novel that she likes to read. Her debut novel, Good Intentions, was released in 2013, and her second novel, Hold Her Down was released in 2014. Her musings and rants can also be found on her personal blog, Biel Blather.


AUTHOR BLOG
FACEBOOK
TWITTER
GOODREADS



Book Review



Hold Her Down by Kathryn R. Biel
Publisher: Independent Self Publishing
Publication Date: February 27, 2014
Format: Paperback - 260 pages
             Kindle - 3901 KB
             Nook - 294 KB
ISBN: 0991391705
ASIN: B00IPH4SJE
BNID: 2940045729475
Genre: Contemporary Women's Fiction


BUY THE BOOK: Hold Her Down
AMAZON
BARNES & NOBLE
CREATESPACE
iTUNES
KOBO
SMASHWORDS


Disclaimer: I received a copy of the book from the author in exchange for my honest review and participation in a virtual book tour event hosted by Chick Lit Plus Blog Tours.


Book Description: 

Elizabeth Zurlo is lost. She's a wife, a mother, a teacher, a PTA volunteer—but somewhere along the way, she's lost herself. Depression and despair can lead to desperate measures and when she is pulled back from the brink of suicide, Elizabeth slowly tries to rebuild her marriage and reclaim her life. Just as she has finally started to put herself back together, a scandalous novel rocks her small town ... and costs Elizabeth her social standing, friendships and ultimately, her marriage. However, the man who seemingly destroyed Elizabeth's life, helps her realize who she is and what she needs to do to become the woman she's not only capable of being, but the woman she used to be.


Book Excerpt:
The marriage seemed to work out well for Peter, but not so much for Elizabeth. Peter got up every morning, showered and went to work. Every so often, he would pop a frozen waffle in the toaster, or pour a cup of juice for one of the kids at breakfast. Sometimes he would put the food away from the dinner Elizabeth cooked at night. Sometimes not. He would stack the dishes up next to the sink, rather than in it, which drove Elizabeth mad. About once a month he would load the dishwasher, although he seemed incapable of actually running it. As his business travel was increasing, Elizabeth was left alone more and more. When he was home, Peter played the doting father role perfectly. He attended school and sporting events. He hung out with the children in the evening. He was a fun daddy. Things were generally amicable between Peter and Elizabeth with the kids there, as long as she was not yelling.

But there were occasional biting comments that criticized the way Elizabeth handled things. Small, but pointed, remarks that one really had to pay attention to hear. But she always heard them and took them to heart. And of course there were the fights about money. Always about money. When the kids were not around, Elizabeth and Peter were either bickering about how the household was run or ignoring each other. When she really thought about it, it was almost worse when Peter was home. He loved the kids as best he could, and was great with them, but paid little attention to Elizabeth. It was one thing to sleep alone every night when your husband was away. It was quite another to sleep next to someone who refused to touch you. On the nights he even bothered to come upstairs to share her bed. She could not remember the last time they had had sex.

But Elizabeth didn't know how to define herself outside of the context of wife and mother. She knew she was not happy but could not see herself ever really making a move to leave Peter. She knew she didn't have the guts to do it. After all, in her experience, she was the one who was left, not the one who did the leaving. And her mother had assured her over and over that no one would want a divorced, middle-aged mother of two. She asked Peter to go for counseling in the past. His response was to laugh at her, telling her that she could go if she wanted, but he was perfectly fine the way he was. Agnes' advice on the situation was that Elizabeth should try harder to meet Peter's needs better. That was the job of a wife.

Elizabeth was failing as a wife and probably failing as a mother. She knew she had failed as a daughter, never able to live up to Agnes' high standards. No matter how hard Elizabeth tried, it seemed that she was doing nothing but failing. She tried to hold back the tears that accompanied this realization. The sky was quickly growing dark and sleet had started to fall. Elizabeth was thankful for her GPS, a voice in the darkness, telling her where to go. If only she had a GPS for her life.

It looked as though she had about forty-five minutes left before she would reach her destination. She was in a rather remote area with narrow, winding roads, and the houses were farther and farther apart. Often the houses were not even visible from the road, just dots of light peeking through the trees. The smell of wood burning stoves was permeating through the vents of the mini-van. Elizabeth was praying that a deer would not run out across the road. She had hit a deer when she was first married. Actually, the deer had hit her, but Peter never thought that way. She was so focused on watching out for a deer that she didn't see the very large pothole ahead and struck it square on the front-passenger-side tire.

Within an instant, with the tell-tale thumping from the front wheel well, she could tell that she had a flat tire. She cursed as she guided the van to the side of the road. The road was very narrow with very little discernible shoulder. The embankment sloped steeply down. Brush speckled the hill. Elizabeth couldn't see the bottom of the hill or how far down it was. She put the van in park and turned the key so that power was left to the vehicle, but the engine was no longer running. She screamed, banging the steering wheel with her fists. Dammit. She had known it was going to be one of those days.

My Book Review:

Through nine years of marriage, Elizabeth Zurlo has slowly lost her self-identity to the one of wife, mother, and teacher. Elizabeth feels like her chaotic life has swallowed her up, she desperately tries to balance the demands in her life, but she never gets a chance to breathe, leaving her burned out, empty, depressed, at the end of her rope, and seriously on the verge of losing it. With a failing marriage to an unfeeling and controlling man, to the always needy demands from her family and work, Elizabeth is resentful and feels disconnected from the world, she is on auto pilot and in survival mode. All Elizabeth wants is to feel beautiful, appreciated, alive, to be the woman she used to be so long ago.

Hold Her Down is an intriguing story about a woman who has lost her identity to her everyday life commitments and responsibilities. Author Kathryn R. Biel weaves a realistic tale that engages the reader to follow Elizabeth's journey as she struggles to maintain a balance in the daily grind of life while dealing with her self doubts and insecurities, which eventually leads her to rediscovering the woman who she used to be. While Elizabeth's story starts out slow with a painful and realistic look of her daily life, the author slowly gains momentum and takes the reader along for the ride as Elizabeth struggles to take control of her life, making changes that will lead her become a strong and independent woman.

Hold Her Down is a refreshing story of one woman's journey of self-discovery that every woman should read. It is a realistic story that any woman can relate to and sympathize with, ponder, find inspiration, and celebrate their true inner-selves and the women that they can be.


RATING: 4 STARS
                                    
  

Contest Giveaway

Win A Print Copy Of Hold Her Down



 Everyone who leaves a comment on Hold Her Down by Kathryn R. Biel Tour Page will be entered to win a print copy of the book! Open to US residents only.





Virtual Book Tour Schedule

 Hold Her Down by Kathryn R. Biel ~ Virtual Book Tour Page Link


Tour Schedule:

May 19 – Tabby’s Tantalizing Reviews – Review
May 21 – Chick Lit Goddess – Guest Post
May 22 – Authors to Watch – Review
May 26 – The East Village – Review
May 28 – Every Free Chance Book Reviews – Excerpt
May 30 – Storm Goddess Book Reviews – Guest Post
May 30 – Books in the Burbs – Review
June 2 – Jersey Girl Book Reviews – Review, Guest Post & Excerpt
June 3 – Cupcake’s Book Cupboard – Review, Guest Post Q&A & Excerpt
June 4 – Two Children and a Migraine – Review, Guest Post & Excerpt
June 5 - Every Free Chance Book Reviews - Review
June 6 – Book Reviews and More by Kathy – Guest Post
June 9 – Chick Lit Plus – Review



Posted by at 4 comments:

The Milestone Tapes by Ashley Mackler-Paternostro (Virtual Book Blast Event / Contest Giveaway)

In association with Goddess Fish Promotions, Jersey Girl Book Reviews is pleased to host the virtual book blast event for The Milestone Tapes by Author Ashley Mackler-Paternostro!







Book Review


The Milestone Tapes by Ashley Mackler-Paternostro
Publisher: Independent Self Publishing
Publication Date: March 12, 2012 / 2nd edition - March 25, 2014
Format: Paperback - 400 pages 
             Kindle - 742 KB
ISBN: 1468150065
ASIN: B007JQ3U5A
Genre: Contemporary Women's Fiction


BUY THE BOOK: The Milestone Tapes
AMAZON
BARNES & NOBLE
GOODREADS


Book Description:

The only thing Jenna Chamberland ever wanted in her life was to be a good wife and a good mom. In death, she’ll find that she still wants the same things.

With stage-four breast cancer, a terminal diagnosis and six months to live, Jenna fears what awaits her family after she is gone: Her husband, Gabe, will be left to raise their daughter alone, and Mia, only seven years old, will be forced to face a world without her mother.

Ten blank tapes to teach her daughter everything she’ll ever need to know. Dead before Mia ever really got to know her, Jenna exists now only in pictures and watercolored memories, and Mia finds herself struggling to remember her mother in a way that feels real. But on the ninth anniversary of Jenna’s death, she will return to her daughter through a series of audiocassettes. One tape each of the milestones of Mia’s life, and with them, a letter explaining that Mia should only listen to the tapes when the time is right.

With the help of her mother’s long-gone voice, Mia may just learn how to embrace the challenges and triumphs of her ever-changing life with humor, grace and a lot of hope.

Rereleased for its second anniversary, the novel that book bloggers have called “beautiful” and “unforgettable” returns with new content and tapes never before read.


Book Excerpt:
“Picking up her finely bound leather journal, Jenna pulled a pen from the recesses of her desk. It had be a long time since she had sat in here, behind her desk, with any real purpose. She flipped open the journal and began to think.

She wrote quickly, crossing off and underlining, as thoughts flashed in her mind, some overruling others, as she highlighted the pivotal moments of her daughter’s coming life.

Her...

Becoming A Mother

Father Getting Remarried

College Graduation

First Love

Wedding Day

High School Graduation

First Broken Heart

Leaving Home First Time

Cancer

Ten tapes, ten corresponding milestones her daughter would pass in her absence. You raise your children to fly, Elizabeth had said, but a mother’s work, even in death, is never really done, Susanna whispered from behind.”
- The Milestone Tapes

About The Author


Ashley Mackler-Paternostro is the author of The Milestone Tapes and the Amazon Best Selling novel In The After. Her shorter works can be found in Holiday Wishes - An Anthology for a Children’s Charity and on the blog www.onepagelovestory.com. Ashley lives in a suburb of Chicago with her husband and their three dogs.


AUTHOR WEBSITE
FACEBOOK
TWITTER
TUMBLR
GOODREADS




Contest Giveaway



Author Ashley Mackler-Paternostro will be awarding The Book Bag, a Glass Fishing Float, a Keychain, Cassette Tape Note Cards, Mug, Paperback & a digital copy of The Milestone Tapes (US only) to one randomly drawn commenter during the tour, and a signed copy of The Milestone Tapes to a randomly drawn host.(US ONLY)

Follow the tour and comment; the more you comment, the better your chances of winning. 

 The tour dates can be found here: 

http://goddessfishpromotions.blogspot.com/2014/03/virtual-blurb-blitz-tour-milestone.html 


a Rafflecopter giveaway







Posted by at 7 comments:

Just Not Mine by Rosalind James (Virtual Book Cover Reveal Event)

In association with Reading Addiction Virtual Book Tours, Jersey Girl Book Reviews is pleased to host the virtual book reveal event for Just Not Mine by Author Rosalind James!




Cover Reveal


 Just Not Mine by Rosalind James
Contemporary Romance
Date Published: June 5, 2014

photo add-to-goodreads-button_zpsc7b3c634.png
  
  
Destiny has a way of sneaking up on you .  . . or of smacking you in the face.

Hugh Latimer's coping with a few problems just now. A broken hand, missing the European rugby tour . . . and a half-brother and sister who are playing havoc with his love life. Instead of packing down in the scrum, he's driving the carpool to ballet--or forgetting it's his turn. When he hears his neighbor wailing out bad pop in the wee hours, it's the last straw.

Josie Pae Ata is a fortunate woman. A new house, good friends, a gorgeous boyfriend--oh, and stardom, too. Getting involved with her new neighbors would bring risks she doesn't need. But life has a way of changing the rules. And when you get more than you can handle, sometimes all you can do is hang on for the ride.




BOOK EXCERPT

        
And then he was standing just the other side of the kitchen bench, and she was looking at the depth of his chest, being reminded about the size of his arms, and he was smiling at her, and her hands had stilled on her knife.

“Do the ballet run, then?” she asked him, forcing herself to start cutting through the dense orange flesh again.

“Yeh. I take it you finished the job? Get your swim?”

“Yeh.” She smiled herself. “Bet I had a better time.”

He laughed. “Bet you did. I was going to say I’d take the kids home, because we all need showers, but d’you need a hand here first?”

She needed to stop smiling at him. “Again, a hand’s what it’d be. Don’t think you could do too much with one.”

“I can do quite a lot with one,” he said, the look in his eyes letting her know exactly what he could do, and suddenly, her oven wasn’t the only thing warming up. All he was doing was standing there, and he was still sending tingles to places they had no business being, evoking every shivery, delicious sensation that the most heated on-screen kiss failed to arouse, and it took all the training she had not to show it.

She looked down again hastily, resumed her hacking progress. “Nah, got this. Go take your shower. Then come back and help me christen my new deck.”

He glanced sharply at her, opened his mouth to say something, then shut it, and she realized what she’d said and very nearly blushed. She never got flustered with men, and she’d worked with, dated, been chatted up for years by men infinitely more handsome, polished, and urbane than Hugh could dream of being, but she was flustered now.

All he said, though, was, “Right. See you in a bit. Hour or so OK? Enough time?”

“Perfect,” she said. “See you then.” And kept chopping her vegies, moving around her dark little kitchen in her bare feet, and did her best to pretend that this was about a thank-you and nothing more.



About The Author


Author Rosalind James photo Rosalind_zpsa49a53c9.jpg
Rosalind James


PERSONAL STUFF: I met my husband Rick at UC Berkeley when I was 21, so I really do believe in True Love and Happily Ever After—which helps a lot in writing about them! We renewed our vows a few years ago with the help of our two grown sons. Our home base when we’re not having our own adventures is in Berkeley, California, where the summers are foggy and the food shopping is the greatest.

WHY NEW ZEALAND: My husband’s job as an engineer, and mine as a marketing consultant, have given us the opportunity to live in many different wonderful places in the U.S., Australia, and New Zealand. During the latest stint, 15 months living and working in Auckland, I fell in love with New Zealand: the beauty and diversity of the landscape (not to mention the seascapes), the Maori culture and its integration into the country’s life, and, perhaps more than anything, the people: modest, good-humored, unfailingly polite and hospitable, and so very funny.  I wanted to share what I loved so much about the country with everyone I knew—and didn’t know!

THE BOOKS: We had traveled to Wellington to watch the final of the Rugby World Cup in a pub as the start of a North Island holiday. I was absolutely overwhelmed by the intensity of All Black fever that gripped the entire nation during the World Cup, and the stature of the players themselves at all times. I had never seen anything remotely like it. I started wondering what it would be like to be so intensely admired and instantly recognizable in a country that has zero tolerance for bad behavior—and how hard it would be to find the right partner in that kind of spotlight. And that is where JUST THIS ONCE was born—walking through the rhododendron gardens of Mt. Taranaki, two days after the World Cup final. Writing that first page was terrifying, but within weeks, I knew that I’d finally figured out what I wanted to be when I grew up.

WHEN I’M NOT WRITING: I raise bantam chickens, foster Labrador Retrievers, and try to remember to cook dinner for my long-suffering husband.


Website | Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest | Goodreads

 Buy Link

 Amazon


photo readingaddictionbutton_zps58fd99d6.png


Posted by at No comments:
Subscribe to: Comments (Atom)