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May 13

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Giveaway: Changing Lanes by Kathleen Long

Posted by Teddyrose@1 on May 14, 2013
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Thanks to Brianne Beers of Media Connect, I am giving away 3 copies of Changing Lanes.

Book Description:


Abby Halladay has the perfect life. Or, rather, she will…as long as everything goes exactly according to plan. Abby never leaves anything to chance—not her job as a syndicated columnist, not her engagement to her fiancé, Fred, and certainly not her impending wedding in Paris (New Jersey, that is).


Unfortunately for Abby, even the best-laid plans often go awry—like when Fred runs away to Paris (France, that is), her column is canned, and her dream home is diagnosed with termites. Forced to move back in with her parents and drive her dad’s cab, Abby’s perfect life has now officially become the perfect disaster.


Then a funny thing happens. Slowly but surely, Abby begins letting go of her dreams of perfection. As she does, the messy, imperfect life she thought she never wanted starts to feel exactly like the one she needs.


Poignant and heartfelt, Changing Lanes celebrates the unexpected joys of everyday life—and the enduring promise of second chances.


About Kathleen Long:


Kathleen Long is a RITA®-nominated, RIO Award and two-time Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence winning author. She’s penned fourteen novels of contemporary romance, romantic suspense and women’s fiction. Her additional honors include National Readers Choice, Holt Medallion, Booksellers Best, and Book Buyers Best award nominations, as well as appearances on the USA TODAY and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists. After a career in PR spent spinning words for clients ranging from corporate CEOs to talking fruits and vegetables, she finds great joy spinning words for fictional characters, places and plots. A native of Wilmington, Delaware, Kathleen now divides her time between suburban Philadelphia and the Jersey shore.


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May 13

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Review & Giveaway: Blood Drama By Christopher Meeks

Posted by Teddyrose@1 on May 13, 2013
Posted in Books Read in 2013 • My Past Giveaways  | 11 Comments

Book Description:

Publisher: White Whiskers Press  (June 15, 2013)
Category: Mystery/Thriller/Suspense, Crime Thriller
Tour Date: Mid May- Mid June, 2013
Available in: Print &  eBook, 242 pages


Everyone has a bad day. Graduate student Ian Nash has lost his girlfriend in addition to being dropped from a Ph.D. program in theater at a Southern California university. When he stops at a local coffee shop in the lobby of a bank to apply for a job, the proverbial organic matter hits the fan. A gang of four robs the bank, and things get bloody. Ian is taken hostage by the robbers when the police show up. Now he has to save his life.


FBI Special Agent Aleece Medina’s analysis of the bloody bank heist drives her into the pursuit of a robbery gang headed by two women. She doesn’t anticipate how this robbery will pit her against both the bandits and the male higher-ups in the FBI while the media heats up during a giant manhunt.


The robbers are about to kill Ian, and all he has at hand is his knowledge of the stage.


My Thoughts:


This is the third book I have read of Christopher Meeks and consider myself a big fan of his work.  The first two books of his that I read were, The Brightest Moon of the Century and Love At Absolute Zero.  Both are literary fiction with some smart romance and biting humor.  The characters in both are quirky.  I love quirky characters and biting humor.


When Christopher told me about his new book, Blood Drama, I wasn’t sure what to expect. It a crime mystery thriller, not a genre  I typically read.  However, as a fan, I wanted to give it a try.


Blood Drama delivered!  It is full of the quirky characters, I’ve come to expect from Meeks, especially the lead character, Ian Nash.   It is fresh and has the biting humor I also expect from him.  The book is well written and researched and flows well.  It takes place in California, Minnesota, and Winnipeg.  Since I grew up in Minnesota, I am familiar with all of the cities and some of the landmarks mentioned.  I always find that a fun aspect of a book when I am so familiar with the location.  I can certainly vouch for the authenticity of Meeks representation of Minnesota.   


The crime/mystery is easy going and not heavy handed.  IMO, the ending is pretty predictable but I enjoyed it despite that.  With Blood Drama, Christopher Meeks has proved to me that he can successfully cross genres and still entertain.  Highly recommended!


4.5/5


I received this book for my honest opinion.


About Christopher Meeks:


Christopher Meeks first published short fiction in a number of literary journals, and the stories are available in two collections, The Middle-Aged Man and the Sea and Months and Seasons. Recently, he’s focused on novels. The Brightest Moon of the Century is a story of a man who yearns for love and success, covering over thirty years—a tale that Marc Schuster of Small Press Reviews describes as “a great and truly humane novel in the tradition of Charles Dickens and John Irving.” His last novel, Love At Absolute Zero, is about a physicist who uses the tools of science to find his soul mate–and he has just three days. Critic Grady Harp calls the book “a gift.” The new novel, Blood Drama, has him edge into a thriller. Meeks also runs White Whisker Books and publishes four authors.


Christopher at the Red Room: http://redroom.com/member/christopher-meeks
Christopher’s Website www.chrismeeks.com


Thanks to Christopher Meeks, one winner will receive a copy of Blood Drama. This giveaway is open internationally.  If the winner live in Canada or the U.S. there is a choice of print or ebook.  If the winner is international, s/he will receive an ebook.  Please use Rafflecopter to enter.

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Follow the Tour: 
So Many Precious Books May 13 Review & Giveaway
Books, Books & More Books May 14 Review
Books, Books & More Books May 15 Interview
Alive on the Shelves May 16 Review
Ordinary Girls May 17 Review
DWED Blog May 20 Review
DWED Blog May 21 Interview
She Treads Softly May 22 Review
Darlene’s Book Nook May 24th  Interview &Giveaway
OmniMyMystery June 6 Interview
Green Mountain May 27 Review
Book Lover’s Library May 28 Review
Book Lover’s Library May 29 Interview & Giveaway
Hezzi D’s Books & Cooks June 3 Review
Celtic Lady June 4 Interview
Laurie’s Thoughts & Reviews June 10 Review
Laurie’s Thoughts & Reviews June 11 Interview
I’d Rather be at the Beach June 12 Review & Giveaway
Self Taught Cook June 14 Review
Wormhole June 17 Review
Raging Bibliomania June 18 Review
Wormhole June 18 Interview & Giveaway

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May 13

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Giveaway: The Family Mansion by Anthony C. Winkler

Posted by Teddyrose@1 on May 10, 2013
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Thanks to Danielle Caravella of Wunderkind PR, I am giving away one copy of The Family Mansion.


Book Description:


After a botched attempt to have his elder brother assassinated in order to inherit the title of Duke, Hartley Fudges finds himself exiled to Jamaica to make his own fortune.  In his new home, Fudges speaks with Received Pronunciation, stands erect, and muses about philosophy like a proper English gentleman only to be rendered useless in the face of yellow fever and rebel slaves.


In THE FAMILY MANSION, as Hartley painfully adjusts to life on a plantation manned by slaves, he begins to question all that he thought he knew.  He has a passionate affair with a woman who, to his own great surprise, he loves madly despite her ability to write only one English word.  But just when it seems that he might find happiness and humility, he runs into his former slave who, having learned from Hartley, is hell bent on becoming an English gentleman himself in the worst way.
About Anthony C. Winkler:


ANTHONY C. WINKLER was born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1942 and is widely recognized as one of the island’s finest exports. After being expelled from Cornwall College for refusing to submit to corporal punishment (which entailed being beaten with a cane), he eventually made his way to California where he attended Citrus College and California State University, earning a BA and MA in English. 

His first published novel, The Painted Canoe (1984), received critical acclaim and was followed by The Lunatic (1987), The Great Yacht Race (1992), The Duppy (1997), Crocodile (2009), Dog War (2007), and God Carlos (2012). Trust the Darkness: My Life as a Writer, his autobiography, was published in 2008. His writing credits also include film scripts and plays. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with his wife Cathy.


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