Category: fiction

BCB: The Silver Star by Jeannette Walls #bookclubbook

This month’s book club book was The Silver Star by Jeannette Walls.  It is a fiction book but some have said that it sounds somewhat like her life.  I haven’t read her other books, so do not know if that is true or not.   Synopsis The Silver Star, Jeannette Walls has written a heartbreaking […]

Review: Swimming Upstream by Ruth Mancini @RuthMancini1

  Synopsis “I once read that the end of a relationship is like being involved in a road traffic accident. Which is quite fitting really, given what happened.” After seven years, Lizzie wonders whether she’s truly happy with her long-term boyfriend. When one wrong step and a chance meeting set off an unexpected chain of […]

Spotlight: The Amazing Crystal by Gerald Lizee

The Amazing Crystal     Synopsis In the summer of 2025, Lydia’s grandfather sent her a strange diamond pendant admonishing her to handle it with utmost care. From the moment that she receives the small package, her life changes. She becomes engulfed in a series of life-threatening events that lead her to realize the incredible […]

Spotlight & Guest Post: Out of the Storm by Kevin Symmons @KevinSymmons @BabsHightowerPR

Synopsis War hero Eric Montgomery returns from Iraq, hoping to revive his family’s Cape Cod marina and marry his childhood sweetheart. When his wife and unborn child die in a tragic auto accident Eric’s dreams are shattered. He spends long months grieving, losing himself in alcohol, isolation, and anger. Then Ashley Fitzhugh, a young woman […]

Blog Tour, #Giveaway & Review: Mr. 365 by Ruth Clampett @RuthyWrites

Title: Mr. 365 Author: Ruth Clampett Releasing: November 19, 2013 Age Group/Genre: Adult Contemporary Romance Tour organized by: AToMR Tours  Synopsis When reality show producer Sophia is assigned to convince Christmas fanatic Will to be on their holiday special, she imagines him to be an oddball momma’s boy wearing a reindeer Christmas sweater. What she […]

Blog Tour & #Giveaway: The Bitches of Brooklyn by Rosemary Harris @rosemaryharris1

  The Bitches of Brooklyn Paperback: 322 pages Publisher: Chestnut Hill Books (October 2, 2013) ISBN-13: 978-0989697019 E-Book File Size: 469 KB ASIN: B00E3XMPN0   Synopsis Are they really bitches? That depends who you ask…Rachel, Clare, Tina and Jane are four friends awaiting the arrival of a fifth at a secluded Cape Cod bungalow where […]

Blog Tour: Between Boyfriends by Sarka-Jonae Miller @sarkajonae

  Synopsis At first glance, twenty-one-year-old Jan Weston has it all: a gorgeous boyfriend, fun friends, and wealthy parents who take care of all those pesky credit card bills. Then her boyfriend dumps her, her friendships fall apart, and her parents cut her off. Suddenly without money, without a man, and without a plan, it’s […]

Book Blast & $50 #Giveaway: Rebels by Scott & Judith Powell @scottandjudith

Rebels The world is on fire. From the ashes like a phoenix rises a new America, one that will save it all. Under one condition; absolute and complete surrender. The world complies without question. Those who don’t are destroyed. It is in this world, John is born. His very name is treason. If the New […]

Book Blast & $25 #Giveaway: The Secret on the Island by Dorcas Mladenka @DMladenka

  Title: The Secret on the Island Author: Dorcas Mladenka Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Mystery/Suspense Pages: 166 Purchase at iUniverse Synopsis As a research assistant for a Texas detective agency, Maggie Haslo has a knack for connecting the dots. She can see that the facts don’t add up in the suspicious death of her friend Mando. […]

BCB: The Secret Life of Copernicus H. Stringfellow by Lorin Barber @lorinbarber

I decided to start a new monthly feature on my blog called BCB which is short for Book Club Book.  I have a great group of friends that gather once a month and discuss books from the serious to the light-hearted.  j For November, we read The Secret Life of Copernicus H. Stringfellow: Surreptitious Superhero […]