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March 2016 Month of Maisie Readalong for Jacqueline Winspear’s Maisie Dobbs series

February 19, 2016 By trish Leave a Comment

To celebrate the release of Jacqueline Winspear’s 12th novel in the Maisie Dobbs series,
Journey to Munich,
we’re hosting a series blog tour during the months of March and April.

Tour Schedule:
March 1st – 14th – The first nine books in the Maisie Dobbs series
March 15th – 18th – Leaving Everything Most Loved
March 21st – 24th – A Dangerous Place
March 29th – April 29th – Journey to Munich

March 1st – March 14th

About Maisie Dobbs

Maisie Dobbs, Psychologist and Investigator, began her working life at the age of thirteen as a servant in a Belgravia mansion, only to be discovered reading in the library by her employer, Lady Rowan Compton. Fearing dismissal, Maisie is shocked when she discovers that her thirst for education is to be supported by Lady Rowan and a family friend, Dr. Maurice Blanche. But The Great War intervenes in Maisie’s plans, and soon after commencement of her studies at Girton College, Cambridge, Maisie enlists for nursing service overseas. Years later, in 1929, having apprenticed to the renowned Maurice Blanche, a man revered for his work with Scotland Yard, Maisie sets up her own business. Her first assignment, a seemingly tedious inquiry involving a case of suspected infidelity, takes her not only on the trail of a killer, but back to the war she had tried so hard to forget.

About Birds of a Feather

An eventful year has passed for Maisie Dobbs. Since starting a one-woman private investigation agency in 1929 London, she now has a professional office in Fitzroy Square and an assistant, the happy-go-lucky Billy Beale. She has proven herself as a psychologist and investigator, and has even won over Detective Inspector Stratton of Scotland Yard’s Murder Squad—an admirable achievement for a woman who worked her way from servant to scholar to sleuth, and who also served as a battlefield nurse in the Great War.

It’s now the early Spring of 1930. Stratton is investigating a murder case in Coulsden, while Maisie has been summoned to Dulwich to find a runaway heiress. The woman is the daughter of Joseph Waite, a wealthy self-made man who has lavished her with privilege but kept her in a gilded cage. His domineering ways have driven her off before, and now she’s bolted again.

About Pardonable Lies

In the third novel of this unique and masterly crime series, a deathbed plea from his wife leads Sir Cecil Lawton, KC, to seek the aid of Maisie Dobbs, psychologist and investigator. As Maisie soon learns, Agnes Lawton never accepted that her aviator son was killed in the Great War, a torment that led her not only to the edge of madness but also to the doors of those who practice the dark arts and commune with the spirit world. Determined to prove Ralph Lawton either dead or alive, Maisie is plunged into a case that tests her spiritual strength, as well as her regard for her mentor, Maurice Blanche. The mission will bring her to France and reunite her with her old friend Priscilla Evernden, who lost three brothers in the war, one of whom has an intriguing connection to the case.

Set against a finely drawn portrait of life between the World Wars, Pardonable Lies is “a thrilling mystery that will enthrall fans of Jacqueline Winspear’s heroine and likely win her new ones” (Detroit Free Press).

About Messenger of Truth

London, 1931. The night before an exhibition of his artwork opens at a famed Mayfair gallery, the controversial artist Nick Bassington-Hope falls to his death. The police rule it an accident, but Nick’s twin sister, Georgina, a wartime journalist and a infamous figure in her own right, isn’t convinced.

When the authorities refuse to consider her theory that Nick was murdered, Georgina seeks out a fellow graduate from Girton College, Maisie Dobbs, psychologist and investigator, for help. Nick was a veteran of World War I, and before long the case leads Maisie to the desolate beaches of Dungeness in Kent, and into the sinister underbelly of the city’s art world.

About An Incomplete Revenge

With the country in the grip of economic malaise, Maisie Dobbs is relieved to accept an apparently straightforward assignment to investigate a potential land purchase. Her inquiries take her to a picturesque village in Kent during the hop-picking season, but beneath its pastoral surface she finds evidence that something is amiss. Mysterious fires erupt in the village with alarming regularity, and a series of petty crimes suggest a darker criminal element at work. A peculiar secrecy shrouds the village, and ultimately Maisie must draw on her finely-honed skills of detection to solve one of her most intriguing cases yet.

About Among the Mad

Christmas Eve, 1931. On the way to see a client, Maisie Dobbs witnesses a man commit suicide on a busy London street. The following day, the Prime Minister’s office receives a letter threatening a massive loss of life if certain demands are not met—and the writer mentions Maisie by name. Tapped by Scotland Yard’s elite Special Branch to be a special adviser on the case, Maisie is soon involved in a race against time to find a man who proves he has the knowledge and will to inflict destruction on thousands of innocent people.

In Among the Mad, Jacqueline Winspear combines a heart-stopping story with a rich evocation of a fascinating period to create her most compelling and satisfying novel yet.

About The Mapping of Love and Death

August 1914. As Michael Clifton is mapping land he has just purchased in California’s beautiful Santa Ynez Valley, war is declared in Europe—and duty-bound to his father’s native country, the young cartographer soon sets sail for England to serve in the British army. Three years later, he is listed as missing in action.

April 1932. After Michael’s remains are unearthed in France, his parents retain London psychologist and investigator Maisie Dobbs, hoping she can find the unnamed nurse whose love letters were among their late son’s belongings. It is a quest that leads Maisie back to her own bittersweet wartime love—and to the stunning discovery that Michael Clifton was murdered in his dugout. Suddenly an exposed web of intrigue and violence threatens to ensnare the dead soldier’s family and even Maisie herself as she attempts to cope with the impending loss of her mentor and the unsettling awareness that she is once again falling in love.

About A Lesson in Secrets

In the summer of 1932, the career of psychologist and investigator Maisie Dobbs takes an exciting new turn when she accepts an undercover assignment from the British Secret Service. Sent to pose as a junior lecturer at a private college in Cambridge, she will monitor any activities “not in the interests of His Majesty’s government.”

When the college’s controversial pacifist founder, Greville Liddicote, is murdered, however, Maisie is directed to stand back as her colleagues in Scotland Yard spearhead the investigation. But she soon discovers that the circumstances of Liddicote’s death appear inextricably linked to the suspicious comings and goings of faculty members and students under her surveillance. To unravel this web, the investigator must overcome a reluctant Secret Service, discover shameful hidden truths about Britain’s conduct during the Great War, and face off against the rising power of the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei—the Nazi Party—as the storm clouds of World War II gather on the horizon.

About Elegy for Eddie

Early April 1933. To the costermongers of Covent Garden—sellers of fruits and vegetables on the London streets—Eddie Pettit was a gentle soul with a near-magical gift for working with horses. So who would want to kill him . . . and why?

Maisie Dobbs’s father, Frankie, had been a costermonger, and she remembers Eddie fondly. But it soon becomes clear that powerful political and financial forces are determined to prevent her from learning the truth behind Eddie’s death. Maisie’s search for answers on the working-class streets of Lambeth leads her to unexpected places and people: to a callous press baron; to a has been politician named Winston Churchill; and, most surprisingly, to Douglas Partridge, the husband of her dearest friend, Priscilla. As Maisie uncovers lies and manipulation on a national scale, she must decide whether to risk everything to see justice done.

March 15th – 18th

Leaving Everything Most LovedAbout Leaving Everything Most Loved

In Leaving Everything Most Loved by New York Times bestselling author Jacqueline Winspear, Maisie Dobbs investigates the murder of Indian immigrants in London.

The year is 1933. Maisie Dobbs is contacted by an Indian gentleman who has come to England in the hopes of finding out who killed his sister two months ago. Scotland Yard failed to make any arrest in the case, and there is reason to believe they failed to conduct a thorough investigation. The case becomes even more challenging when another Indian woman is murdered just hours before a scheduled interview. Meanwhile, unfinished business from a previous case becomes a distraction, as does a new development in Maisie’s personal life.

Bringing a crucial chapter in the life and times of Maisie Dobbs to a close, Leaving Everything Most Loved marks a pivotal moment in this outstanding mystery series.

March 21st – 24th

A Dangerous PlaceAbout A Dangerous Place

Maisie Dobbs returns in a powerful story of political intrigue and personal tragedy: a brutal murder in the British garrison town of Gibraltar leads the investigator into a web of lies, deceit, and danger.

Spring 1937. In the four years since she left England, Maisie Dobbs has experienced love, contentment, stability—and the deepest tragedy a woman can endure. Now, all she wants is the peace she believes she might find by returning to India. But her sojourn in the hills of Darjeeling is cut short when her stepmother summons her home to England: her aging father, Frankie Dobbs, is not getting any younger.

On a ship bound for England, Maisie realizes she isn’t ready to return. Against the wishes of the captain who warns her, “You will be alone in a most dangerous place,” she disembarks in Gibraltar. Though she is on her own, Maisie is far from alone: the British garrison town is teeming with refugees fleeing a brutal civil war across the border in Spain.

And the danger is very real. Days after Maisie’s arrival, a photographer and member of Gibraltar’s Sephardic Jewish community, Sebastian Babayoff, is murdered, and Maisie becomes entangled in the case, drawing the attention of the British Secret Service. Under the suspicious eye of a British agent, Maisie is pulled deeper into political intrigue on “the Rock”—arguably Britain’s most important strategic territory—and renews an uneasy acquaintance in the process. At a crossroads between her past and her future, Maisie must choose a direction, knowing that England is, for her, an equally dangerous place, but in quite a different way.

March 29th – April 29th

Journey to Munich coverAbout Journey to Munich

• Hardcover: 304 pages
• Publisher: Harper (March 29, 2016)

Working with the British Secret Service on an undercover mission, Maisie Dobbs is sent to Hitler’s Germany in this thrilling tale of danger and intrigue—the twelfth novel in Jacqueline Winspear’s New York Times bestselling “series that seems to get better with each entry” (Wall Street Journal).

It’s early 1938, and Maisie Dobbs is back in England. On a fine yet chilly morning, as she walks towards Fitzroy Square—a place of many memories—she is intercepted by Brian Huntley and Robert MacFarlane of the Secret Service. The German government has agreed to release a British subject from prison, but only if he is handed over to a family member. Because the man’s wife is bedridden and his daughter has been killed in an accident, the Secret Service wants Maisie—who bears a striking resemblance to the daughter—to retrieve the man from Dachau, on the outskirts of Munich.

The British government is not alone in its interest in Maisie’s travel plans. Her nemesis—the man she holds responsible for her husband’s death—has learned of her journey, and is also desperate for her help.

Traveling into the heart of Nazi Germany, Maisie encounters unexpected dangers—and finds herself questioning whether it’s time to return to the work she loved. But the Secret Service may have other ideas. . . .

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Jacqueline WinspearAbout Jacqueline Winspear

Jacqueline Winspear is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Leaving Everything Most Loved, Elegy for Eddie, A Lesson in Secrets, The Mapping of Love and Death, Among the Mad, and An Incomplete Revenge, as well as four other national bestselling Maisie Dobbs novels. Her standalone novel, The Care and Management of Lies, was also a New York Times bestseller. She has won numerous awards for her work, including the Agatha, Alex, and Macavity awards for the first book in the series, Maisie Dobbs, which was also nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Novel and was a New York Times Notable Book. Originally from the United Kingdom, she now lives in California.

Find out more about Jacqueline at her website, www.jacquelinewinspear.com, and find her on Facebook.

Tour Stops

Tuesday, March 1st: My Book Retreat – Maisie Dobbs

Wednesday, March 2nd: Jancee Reads – Maisie Dobbs

Wednesday, March 2nd: Reading Reality – Birds of a Feather

Thursday, March 3rd: View from the Birdhouse – Birds of a Feather

Thursday, March 3rd: BookNAround – Pardonable Lies

Thursday, March 3rd: Puddletown Reviews – Pardonable Lies

Thursday, March 3rd: From the TBR Pile – Messenger of Truth

Monday, March 7th: Books & Tea – An Incomplete Revenge

Monday, March 7th: Olduvai Reads – An Incomplete Revenge

Tuesday, March 8th: #redhead.with.book – Among the Mad

Thursday, March 10th: Joyfully Retired – A Lesson in Secrets

Friday, March 11th: Lavish Bookshelf – The Mapping of Love and Death

Monday, March 14th: Queen of All She Reads – Elegy for Eddie

Monday, March 14th: Lis Carey’s Library – Leaving Everything Most Loved

Tuesday, March 15th: Nighttime Reading Center – Leaving Everything Most Loved

Tuesday, March 15th: Lit and Life – Leaving Everything Most Loved

Wednesday, March 16th: Emerald City Book Review – A Dangerous Place

Monday, March 21st: A Bookish Affair – Leaving Everything Most Loved

Monday, March 21st: Book Nerd – A Dangerous Place

Wednesday, March 23rd: Carina Gonzalez – A Dangerous Place

Thursday, March 24th: My Reader’s Block – Leaving Everything Most Loved

Thursday, March 24th: Lis Carey’s Library – A Dangerous Place

Tuesday, March 29th: Curling Up by the Fire – Journey to Munich

Tuesday, March 29th: nomadreader – Journey to Munich

Wednesday, March 30th: A Chick Who Reads – Journey to Munich

Thursday, March 31st: A Bookish Way of Life – Journey to Munich

Friday, April 1st: A Bookish Affair – A Dangerous Place

Friday, April 1st: My Book Retreat – Journey to Munich

Monday, April 4th: Raven Haired Girl – Journey to Munich

Tuesday, April 5th: Broken Teepee – Journey to Munich

Wednesday, April 6th: Reading Reality – Journey to Munich

Thursday, April 7th: Dwell in Possibility – Journey to Munich

Tuesday, April 12th: M. Denise Costello – Journey to Munich

Wednesday, April 13th: A Bookish Affair – Journey to Munich

Thursday, April 14th: A Bookworm’s World – Journey to Munich

Monday, April 18th: Joyfully Retired – Journey to Munich

Wednesday, April 20th: bookchickdi – Journey to Munich

Wednesday, April 20th: Emerald City Book Review – Journey to Munich

Thursday, April 21st: Nighttime Reading Center – Journey to Munich

Monday, April 25th: Time 2 Read – Journey to Munich

Wednesday, April 27th: Lavish Bookshelf – Journey to Munich

Thursday, April 28th: Luxury Reading – Journey to Munich

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Happy Wednesday friends! Today I have some different books I want to recommend to y’all. But I’m thinking these are ones you’re gonna want to keep in your car for the spontaneous road trip adventure!⁣
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Guide to the National Parks of the United States and Secrets of the National Parks will be your best friends if one of your goals is to get out more and experience the natural beauty of the U.S.⁣
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💗My best friend and I (shoutout to @maddbrans ily) have been toying with the idea of a road trip for ages and now I happen to have the perfect tools 😏 Through everything that’s happened in the past two years, I’ve realized that I have a tendency to let time pass me by with the excuse of waiting for “the perfect moment”. Surprise, TPM doesn’t exist! We have to make room to do what we want to do.⁣
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These two books are filled with beautiful images of the national parks along with with ALL of the information you’d need to plan a trip. They have phone numbers, directions, best times to visit, maps!! They also tell you HOW to visit: what fees you’d need to pay to enter, rental equipment information, visitor centers and very clear directions. Basically all of the info you’d get by Googling but boiled down to what you’d actually want to have with you.⁣
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✨Have you visited any of the U.S. National Parks?
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If we're anything at all alike, you probably have a long list of titles fitting this criteria. One of the standouts for me on the list of "I wish I would have gotten to that book" is NO BAD DEED by Heather Chavez. This one was a bookstagram favorite in 2020! ⁣
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Not only am I thrilled to have a copy finally in my hands, but it just got voted as the April pick for @criminallygoodbookclub, so I'll definitely be reading it soon!⁣
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This amazing sounding read is finally out in paperback today, so go snag a copy and join me reading it in April!⁣
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A huge thank you to @tlcbooktours, @williammorrowbooks & @iamhrchavez for my gifted copy!⁣
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Driving home one rainy night, Cassie Larkin sees a man and woman fighting on the side of the road. After calling 911, the veterinarian makes a split-second decision that will throw her sedate suburban life into chaos. Against all reason and advice, she gets out of her minivan and chases after the violent man, trying to help his victim. When Cassie physically tries to stop him, he suddenly turns on her and spits out an ominous threat: “Let her die, and I’ll let you live. And this will change her life.”
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Thank you @tlcbooktours for these gifted books! It’s a snow day in Ohio and much of the U.S. Hope these sunny covers help warm you up today!⁣
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Have you been to many of our national parks? I think I’ve only been to about five, but I’ve loved them all. My favorite was probably the Grand Canyon on vacation when our boys were younger. But there are so many more I want to visit!⁣
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In true @natgeo style, these books are filled with gorgeous photos and great information and resources. I especially enjoyed reading about the hidden gems at the various parks and found useful information for lodging, visitor centers and much more.⁣
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Pre-pandemic we were planning to visit our son in Alaska and go to Denali. We still hope to get there this year or next and might be able to check out the Kenai Fjords near Seward, Alaska as well. The other parks high on my list are those in Utah – Arches, Bryce Canyon, Zion and more. These guides will certainly be useful in planning our travels!⁣
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Fun fact: There’s even a national park in Ohio! Cuyahoga Valley National Park is in the northeastern part of the state. We’ve visited a handful of times with our dogs to view the scenic waterfalls and other attractions. We still need to ride the railroad though.⁣
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Do you have a favorite national park?⁣
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Take care my friends. Be safe and stay warm! 💕
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B O O K I S H  F E A T U R E✨

I’m so excited to read Dance Your Dance by Laurieann Gibson as she shares principles and insights into what motivates her and helped shape her career.

I think all too often we compare ourselves to one another in terms of careers, finances, relationships, and especially on social media when we truly need to focus on ourselves. Your dream, your dance, is unique to you and you should never allow others to deter you. It’s so important to surround yourself with positivity and love because those individuals will always genuinely support you. If you have ever doubted yourself this is your chance to follow your passion. Today is your day and I’m rooting for you! 💕

QTOD: What is the last memoir or self improvement book you read? What motivates you to achieve your goals? 

Thank you @wpublishing @laurieanngibson for the #gifted copy! 

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Are you in a book club? Every month we give away a Are you in a book club? Every month we give away a set of books to a book club, and this month you could win THE FOREVER GIRL by @jillshalvis! Check out the link in our linktree for the details. ❤⁣
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I can confirm that EIGHT PERFECT MURDERS is fantas I can confirm that EIGHT PERFECT MURDERS is fantastic!!⁣
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What’s your favorite thriller you recommend to everyone? Mine is by author @petermswanson (see below), so I’m so excited to finally read his latest #EightPerfectMurders . 😻 Thank you @tlcbooktours, @williammorrowbooks, and @petermswanson #giftedbook ⁣⁣
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Fridays = #WineAndCurrentlyReading with @andreanourse ! Also, if you follow along in my stories you know my bookshelves are still at our house we are selling, so I’m just drowning with my hardbacks in stacks pictured here in the background in the meantime. 😆⁣⁣
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My all-time favorite thriller is The Kind Worth Killing and I even own three different covers of it. If you love mystery & suspense, it’s a MUST READ. Have you read it?! Are you a Peter Swanson fan as well?! 😍 ⁣⁣
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You’ve probably seen Eight Perfect Murders as it was a huge hit when it released last year. It just released in paperback and I’ve been told I’ll absolutely love it because I’m an avid Agatha Christie reader. I mean, who doesn’t love a mystery about books?! Full synopsis in the comments. ⁣⁣
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QOTD: Have you read this one? ALSO! Are you excited for his upcoming thriller #EveryVowYouBreak releasing next month?! 🤩 ⁣⁣
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Here’s an awesome suggestion for Thriller Thursd Here’s an awesome suggestion for Thriller Thursday! 🖤 Repost from @wherethereadergrows
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🏴‍☠️ Action thriller with a kick ass female lead and pirates?! Hi. Hi there. Yes. 😏
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“A fast-paced, page-turning thriller that contemplates the consequences of motherhood, memory, and crime as a commodity.

Black ops specialist Aubrey Sentro may be one concussion away from death. But when pirates seize the cargo ship she’s on, she must decide whether to risk her life to save her fellow passengers.

Sentro’s training takes over, and she’s able to elude her captors, leaving bodies in her wake. But her problems are just getting started. Her memory lapses are getting more frequent, symptoms of serial-concussion syndrome.

As she plays a deadly game of cat and mouse with the pirates, she pushes herself to survive by focusing on thoughts of her children. She’s never told them what she really does for a living, and now she might not get the chance.

While her memories make her vulnerable, motherhood makes her dangerous.”
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Do you have a hard time getting BACK TO BUSINESS a Do you have a hard time getting BACK TO BUSINESS after a three day weekend? Or after a longer break, like a career pause? 💕 Repost from @dropandgivemenerdy
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Today I’m teaming up with @hcleadership @theswingshiftco and @tlcbooktours to feature #BackToBusiness
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The 45 percent of American women who take career breaks know better than anyone that searching for a job—with its new modes of communication, new rules of discoverability, and new expectations—has changed rapidly in the last decade. This book lays out a clear path for anyone ready to re-enter the workforce.

On the job hunt? Don’t just polish your resume—you better make sure your LinkedIn profile is updated. And, if you aren’t getting responses from recruiters, chances are it’s, because the robots  aren’t selecting your profile because it’s missing pertinent keywords. And, by the way, dress codes have changed and you’ll need to know new technologies such as Slack and Google+ Hangouts.

Got it?

For many women re-entering the workforce after a career break, the job search world is a disorienting, confusing, and overwhelming place. Getting started is much easier when you know what the first step should be.

In Back to Business, career coaching and re-entry experts Nancy McSharry Jensen and Sarah Duenwald have put together a guide for women returning to the workplace.

Easy to understand and easy to put into practice, Back to Business teaches you how to:

Identify and talk about what you want, taking into account what you’ve been up to while on break.
Understand your personal brand, both in-person and online, and how your skills translate to the career you are looking for.
Become professionally relevant and gain confidence in your ability to return to the paid workforce.
Look for job opportunities while being productive and intentional with your time.
The authors understand through first-hand experience the anxiety of returning to work. They have helped hundreds of women facing the job search process to overcome the anxiety of what is often overwhelming life change.
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Looking for a good thriller? Here you go! 💜 Rep Looking for a good thriller? Here you go! 💜 Repost from @k2reader
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🖤 Blog Tour: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗗𝗢𝗪 𝗕𝗢𝗫 by @luannerice. 🖤 Thank you @amazonpublishing & @tlcbooktours for the gifted copy. ⁣
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After reading her last book, 𝘓𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘋𝘢𝘺, I was curious to see if Luanne Rice was going to take a new direction with her books & I'm happy to say she has...not that I didn't enjoy her earlier books. But I also love that she has moved into the mystery/psychological thriller genre.⁣
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I loved how this latest book starts with a violent crime & then we are left to work out the pieces. The book moves back & forth in time & I loved trying to work out just what was going on. There are also a lot of characters but I never felt lost as everyone is so richly developed & stands on their own. There were so many potential suspects & I loved that there were multiple things going on to keep you engaged.⁣
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One of the things I've always loved about this author's books is that she sets her books in small towns & you can count on her characters keeping secrets. This is definitely the case here. Right from the start I was pulled into the story & that pull never let up. I loved all the different points of view & felt I was part of the investigation. There are quite a few twists & turns, & while you may think you know where things are headed, you definitely don't know everything. ⁣
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If you enjoy a good, smart mystery, definitely give this one a try. ⁣
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It’s Bachelor Monday 🌹 Repost from @bibliolau It’s Bachelor Monday 🌹 Repost from @bibliolau19
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As the star of the twentieth season of The Bachelor, Ben Higgins looked like he had it all together. Instead, Ben felt dissatisfied, fearful, and deeply alone. Like so many of us, he thought of himself as the kid who never got picked for the game, the person always on the outside of the joke, the friend who knew a lot of people but was never truly known. He wondered if he mattered at all.

In Alone in Plain Sight, Ben vulnerably shares how he found authentic connection with himself, with others, and with God. As Ben helps us name our own yearning for meaning, he explores ways to understand ourselves more deeply so that we are free to connect with others; how shared pain can bridge even the widest gaps between two very different people; 
why we must deconstruct our culture’s fairy-tale view of love; and how the God who longs for relationship with us is the answer to our need for connection.

As Ben discovered, in a disconnected world, it is still possible to have lasting purpose and peace. You are already known. You are already loved. You are already seen. Discover how to live out how much you matter as you embrace the true meaning of your one incredible life (Goodreads synopsis).

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Are you a big fan of The Bachelor? While I haven't watched as religiously the last couple seasons, I always seem to get sucked into the show, and I can tell you that Ben Higgins' season was one of my very favorites! So it goes without saying that, when I learned he had written a book, I was absolutely onboard to sign up for his book tour via @tlcbooktours !

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Though I'm not very far into this book, I'm already loving it! It reads like a conversation over coffee with a good friend, and during a pandemic, that's definitely what I need. I also love learning more about Ben aside from what I learned from The Bachelor.

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My review of this one will be coming soon, so keep your eyes peeled!

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#feature // The Paris Dressmaker

💬 Are you interested in fashion?

Once, I loved watching fashion shows and flipping through glossy magazine pages. While leggings and hoodies are my go-to today, this book was a fond reminder of an old love, wrapped in an incredible story of strength and resistance.

Told across the span of the Nazi occupation, The Paris Dressmaker highlights the brave women who used everything in their power to resist darkness and restore light to their world.

Paris, 1939. Maison Chanel has closed, thrusting haute couture dressmaker Lila de Laurent out of the world of high fashion as Nazi soldiers invade the streets and the City of Lights slips into darkness. Lila’s life is now a series of rations, brutal restrictions, and carefully controlled propaganda while Paris is cut off from the rest of the world. Yet in hidden corners of the city, the faithful pledge to resist. Lila is drawn to La Resistance and is soon using her skills as a dressmaker to infiltrate the Nazi elite. She takes their measurements and designs masterpieces, all while collecting secrets in the glamorous Hôtel Ritz—the heart of the Nazis’ Parisian headquarters. But when dashing René Touliard suddenly reenters her world, Lila finds her heart tangled between determination to help save his Jewish family and bolstering the fight for liberation.

Paris, 1943. Sandrine Paquet’s job is to catalog the priceless works of art bound for the Führer’s Berlin, masterpieces stolen from prominent Jewish families. But behind closed doors, she secretly forages for information from the underground resistance. Beneath her compliant façade lies a woman bent on uncovering the fate of her missing husband . . . but at what cost? As Hitler’s regime crumbles, Sandrine is drawn in deeper when she uncrates an exquisite blush Chanel gown concealing a cryptic message that may reveal the fate of a dressmaker who vanished from within the fashion elite.

Thank you to @tnzfiction @kristycambron  and @tlcbooktours for the free book!

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Happy Valentine’s Day! A VINEYARD VALENTINE is a Happy Valentine’s Day! A VINEYARD VALENTINE is a flirty and fun novella and the perfect thing to listen to on this day of romance 💕🍷😘 Repost from @mrsboomreads
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#feature 💝 Happy Valentine’s Day!

💬 What is your ideal way to spend time with someone you love? Romantic, familial, and platonic...anything goes!

💝If you are looking to add a little humor and swoon to your day, this @audible Original novella, A Vineyard Valentine, is the perfect listen! I enjoyed every minute of this story. 

The annual Valentine’s Day singles soiree is always a big money-maker for Eloisa Giordano’s winery. What could be more romantic than looking for love at a quaint family vineyard on the most romantic night of year? Well, just about anything as far as Eloisa is concerned. She’s a Valentine’s Day Grinch who thinks it’s the lamest, most clichéd holiday ever invented.

Fortunately, she’ll get to hang out with like-minded folks this year by hosting an Anti-Valentine’s Day party on the same night. She’ll just need to alternate between events to keep them both running and she’ll be raking in the profits. But Eloisa is thrown for a loop when a sexy, self-described hopeless romantic shows up at the singles soiree and keeps her captivated. Will he change her mind about the holiday…and about love?

Thank you to @ninapolitan @ronconiamanda @audible and @tlcbooktours for the free audiobook! 

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I'm going to use this book as a checklist of sorts I'm going to use this book as a checklist of sorts. What do you think?⁣
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Have you visited any of the United States national parks?✨⁣
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I would absolutely love to visit Yellowstone. I would also love to go hiking in Utah and Arizona. There is so much natural beauty in this country. I can't wait to get back out there and explore it!⁣
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These books are filled with great information and resources for those wanting to visit our national parks. The photos are so beautiful and I loved reading about the secrets and hidden gems that can be found in each park! These books include information for lodging and visitor centers as well as maps and trail descriptions to aid you on your journey! Both books will inspire anyone to want to get outside and explore!⁣
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Check out this beautiful cover! Wait until you hear about what is inside this lovely YA romance. 👏

Thank you @tlcbooktours, @authorcarolinegeorge, and @tnzfiction for a copy of this gorgeous YA fiction.

1821: Elias Roch has ghastly luck with women. He met Josephine De Clare once and penned dozens of letters hoping to find her again.

2021: Josie De Clare has questionable taste in boyfriends. The last one nearly ruined her friendship with her best friend.

Now, in the wake of her father’s death, Josie finds Elias’s letters. Suddenly, she’s falling in love with a guy who lived two hundred years ago. And star-crossed doesn’t even begin to cover it…

♥️ If you’re interested in a YA romance that sweeps over different time periods, check out Dearest Josephine available now! ♥️

✨ QOTD: Which time period would you like to live for a week? ✨

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Congratulations to our January winners! LaKibria and Club Read won Nowhere Near Goodbye by Barbara Conrey, Kim and the QHS Book Club won The Hollows by Jess Montgomery, Moira and the Little Navy Bookclub won Oliver: The True Story of a Stolen Dog and the Humans He Brought Together by Steven J. Carino, Marie and Nosh, Read, and Repeat won It’s Never Too Late: Make the Next Act of Your Life the Best Act of Your Life by Kathy Lee Gifford, Wendy and For the Love of Books won Good Apple: Tales of a Southern Evangelical in New York by Elizabeth Passarella, Carol and Mary’s Club won A Child Lost: A Henrietta and Inspector Howard Novel by Michelle Cox, Kathleen and the 39th St. Book Club won Ink and Shadows: A Secret, Book, and Scone Society Novel by Ellery Adams, and Erica and the Clearing Our Shelves book club won The Forever Girl by Jill Shalvis!

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