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July 2016 Book Club Contest

July 1, 2016 By trish Leave a Comment

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Transport your book club to the Golden Age of Hollywood with the lush writing of Adriana Trigiani’s

All the Stars in the Heavens

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All the Stars in the Heavens by Adriana Trigiani

Adriana Trigiani, the New York Times bestselling author of the blockbuster epic The Shoemaker’s Wife, returns with her biggest and boldest novel yet, a hypnotic tale based on a true story and filled with her signature elements: family ties, artistry, romance, and adventure. Born in the golden age of Hollywood, All the Stars in the Heavens captures the luster, drama, power, and secrets that could only thrive in the studio system—viewed through the lives of an unforgettable cast of players creating magic on the screen and behind the scenes.

In this spectacular saga as radiant, thrilling, and beguiling as Hollywood itself, Adriana Trigiani takes us back to Tinsel Town’s golden age—an era as brutal as it was resplendent—and into the complex and glamorous world of a young actress hungry for fame and success. With meticulous, beautiful detail, Trigiani paints a rich, historical landscape of 1930s Los Angeles, where European and American artisans flocked to pursue the ultimate dream: to tell stories on the silver screen.

The movie business is booming in 1935 when twenty-one-year-old Loretta Young meets thirty-four-year-old Clark Gable on the set of The Call of the Wild. Though he’s already married, Gable falls for the stunning and vivacious young actress instantly.

Far from the glittering lights of Hollywood, Sister Alda Ducci has been forced to leave her convent and begin a new journey that leads her to Loretta. Becoming Miss Young’s secretary, the innocent and pious young Alda must navigate the wild terrain of Hollywood with fierce determination and a moral code that derives from her Italian roots. Over the course of decades, she and Loretta encounter scandal and adventure, choose love and passion, and forge an enduring bond of love and loyalty that will be put to the test when they eventually face the greatest obstacle of their lives.

Anchored by Trigiani’s masterful storytelling that takes you on a worldwide ride of adventure from Hollywood to the shores of southern Italy, this mesmerizing epic is, at its heart, a luminous tale of the most cherished ties that bind. Brimming with larger-than-life characters both real and fictional—including stars Spencer Tracy, Myrna Loy, David Niven, Hattie McDaniel and more—it is it is the unforgettable story of one of cinema’s greatest love affairs during the golden age of American movie making.

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Book Clubs will love this story of second chances!

Broken Pieces

Broken Pieces

Broken Pieces by Kathleen Long

Destiny Jones is doing just fine on her own, thanks. From her thriving one-woman carpentry business to the loving support of her small-town community, Destiny has constructed a life as sturdy and polished as her best cabinets. Twenty years ago, Destiny’s world collapsed when her mother died and her father, Albert, abandoned his daughter to pursue acting in New York. His devastating exit taught Destiny a lesson in self-reliance that has kept her safe—and alone—ever since.

Now Albert Jones is back, begging for a second chance. Destiny suspects he’s simply staging another performance, starring himself as the prodigal father. Should she act on her misgivings? Or listen to her inner child, who still yearns for a family? When Albert divulges a shocking secret, Destiny’s life will again be turned upside down.

Kathleen Long’s warm, wise novel reveals the armor that has protected us in the past is often the very thing we must shed to fully live and love.

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Learn about this gutsy beauty who captured the heart of Wyatt Earp in

The Last Woman Standing

The Last Woman Standing

The Last Woman Standing: A Novel of Mrs. Wyatt Earp by Thelma Adams

Thelma Adams has built a successful career writing profiles of Hollywood’s biggest and brightest stars. From Julianne Moore and George Clooney to Jessica Chastain and Matthew McConaughey, her portfolio is dazzling and reputation as a film critic in the industry stellar.

Now, Adams shifts from Hollywood to the Wild West with THE LAST WOMAN STANDING (Lake Union Publishing; on-sale July 1, 2016), the first biographical novel about Josephine Marcus, Wyatt Earp’s wife, the gutsy Jewish beauty who captured the lawman’s heart in 1881, the year he fought the legendary Gunfight at the OK Corral.

In her well-researched and vividly composed novel, Adams doesn’t waste any time proving her talent as a dynamic writer with a cinematic flair. She explores the brief defining period when Josephine comes-of-age on the American frontier, weaving action, wit, and clever introspection.

The daughter of Jewish immigrants, Josephine shames her tight-knit family (her over-bearing mother begins to sit-shiva the minute Josephine walks out the door) when the 19-year-old follows the smooth-talking and attractive lawman, Johnny Behan, from San Francisco, California to Tombstone, Arizona. Hanging on the slim promise of a wedding, the naïve young woman eventually discovers the older man’s untrustworthy side. She also learns that divided loyalties and corruption plague the silver boom town—with her fiancé at the conflict’s heart. And she can’t pretend she hasn’t noticed the courageous straight-shooter Wyatt Earp who becomes Behan’s sworn enemy.

When Behan betrays Josephine, she leaves him—and immediately faces the harsh realities of being a woman on her own in the Wild West, a world where a lady’s every action depends on a man’s approval. Adams’s storytelling from a female perspective, and her rich and descriptive style, allow the reader to feel Josephine’s desperation as she realizes the only available options she has are prostitution or returning home. That is—until Wyatt Earp declares his love for her. As their romance blossoms and their bond deepens, Behan’s jealousy ignites a rivalry destined for the history books.

THE LAST WOMAN STANDING is a compelling novel: both an epic tale of an improbable romance and a retelling of an iconic American legend through a female lens. Josephine is a charismatic, fierce heroine who seeks to reinvent herself—and find her soul mate—in a lawless outpost among cowboys and lawmen, where few people are what they seem on the surface.

“Adams is that rare, vivid author who brings a cinematic quality to her wildly entertaining fiction.” —Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

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Mystery in 16th Century Japan! Book clubs will love

The Ninja’s Daughter

The Ninja's Daughter

The Ninja’s Daughter by Susan Spann

Autumn, 1565: When an actor’s daughter is murdered on the banks of Kyoto’s Kamo River, master ninja Hiro Hattori and Portuguese Jesuit Father Mateo are the victim’s only hope for justice.

As political tensions rise in the wake of the shogun’s recent death, and rival samurai threaten war, the Kyoto police forbid an investigation of the killing, to keep the peace–but Hiro has a personal connection to the girl, and must avenge her. The secret investigation leads Hiro and Father Mateo deep into the exclusive world of Kyoto’s theater guilds, where they quickly learn that nothing, and no one, is as it seems. With only a mysterious golden coin to guide them, the investigators uncover a forbidden love affair, a missing mask, and a dangerous link to corruption within the Kyoto police department that leaves Hiro and Father Mateo running for their lives.

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Confronting the past, where dreams began…

In Twenty Years

In Twenty Years

In Twenty Years by Allison Winn Scotch

Twenty years ago, six Penn students shared a house, naively certain that their friendships would endure—until the death of their ringleader and dear friend Bea splintered the group for good. Now, mostly estranged from one another, the remaining five reluctantly gather at that same house on the eve of what would have been Bea’s fortieth birthday.

But along with the return of the friends come old grudges, unrequited feelings, and buried secrets. Catherine, the CEO of a domestic empire, and Owen, a stay-at-home dad, were picture-perfect college sweethearts—but now teeter on the brink of disaster. Lindy, a well-known musician, is pushing middle age in an industry that’s all about youth and slowly self-destructing as she grapples with her own identity. Behind his smile, handsome plastic surgeon Colin harbors the heartbreaking truth about his own history with Bea. And Annie carefully curates her life on Instagram and Facebook, keeping up appearances so she doesn’t have to face the truth about her own empty reality.

Reunited in the place where so many dreams began, and bolstered by the hope of healing, each of them is forced to confront the past.

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Book clubs will love this comedic Regency-era romance!

A Reckless Promise

A Reckless Promise

A Reckless Promise by Kasey Michaels

London’s Little Season has never been so scandalous 

It’s the kind of vow often made on the battlefield. Darby Travers, Viscount Nailbourne, never imagines he’ll have to honor it. Yet here she is on his doorstep—his late comrade’s young daughter, and Darby’s new ward. Worse, she comes with the most overprotective, mistrustful, bothersome chaperone—the child’s aunt, Sadie Grace Boxer. Darby is quite sure that behind her lovely facade, the woman is guarding a secret.

Sadie Grace faced many trials working in her brother’s surgery, but none prepared her for the world she’s thrust into with his passing. Navigating the ton, with its endless ball gowns and parade of parties, is difficult enough, but hiding the truth about her niece while the sophisticated Viscount watches her every move proves nearly impossible—particularly when his searing gaze tempts her to bare all. But when her family’s past catches up with her, she’ll have to trust in Darby…no matter the cost to her heart.

“The story is filled with delightful characters and witty repartee”–Publishers Weekly on A Scandalous Proposal

RT Book Reviews (Jan print edition): “Michaels, known for her comedic Regency-set romances, outdoes herself… For lighthearted fun, you can’t do better than this.”–RT Book Reviews on An Improper Arrangement

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Regency-era adventure on the high seas!

The Daredevil Snared

The Daredevil Snared

The Daredevil Snared by Stephanie Laurens

Responsibility knocks, and a reckless, hedonistic man responds and opens the door to love—thus is a daredevil snared.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens brings you the third installment in THE ADVENTURERS QUARTET, continuing the drama of Regency-era high seas adventure, laced with a mystery shrouded in the heat of tropical jungles, and spiced with the passionate romances of four couples and their unexpected journeys into love.

Captain Caleb Frobisher, hedonistic youngest son of a seafaring dynasty, wants to be taken seriously by his family, and understands he has to prove himself sufficiently reformed. When opportunity strikes, he seizes the next leg of the covert mission his brothers have been pursuing and sails to Freetown. His actions are decisive, and he completes the mission’s next stage—but responsibility, once exercised, has taken root, and he remains in the jungle to guard the captives whose rescue is the mission’s ultimate goal.

Katherine Fortescue has fled the life of poverty her wastrel father had bequeathed her and come to Freetown as a governess, only to be kidnapped and put to work overseeing a child workforce at a mine. She and the other captured adults understand that their lives are limited by the life of the mine. Guarded by well-armed and well-trained mercenaries, the captives have been searching for some means of escape, but in vain. Then Katherine meets a handsome man—a captain—in the jungle, and he and his crew bring the sweet promise of rescue.

The sadistic mercenary captain who runs the mine has other ideas, but Caleb’s true strength lies in extracting advantage from adversity, and through the clashes that follow, he matures into the leader of men he was always destined to be. The sort of man Katherine can trust—with her body, with her life. With her love.

The first voyage is one of exploration, the second one of discovery. The third journey brings maturity, while the fourth is a voyage of second chances. Continue the journey and follow the adventure, the mystery, and the romances to the dramatic end.

Praise for the works of Stephanie Laurens

“Stephanie Laurens’ heroines are marvelous tributes to Georgette Heyer: feisty and strong.” —Cathy Kelly

“Stephanie Laurens never fails to entertain and charm her readers with vibrant plots, snappy dialogue, and unforgettable characters.” —Historical Romance Reviews

“Stephanie Laurens plays into readers’ fantasies like a master and claims their hearts time and again.” —Romantic Times Magazine

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Start the series from the beginning! Book clubs will love the romantic suspense in

Fatal Affair

Fatal Affair

Fatal Affair, Book 1 by Marie Force

Walking the thin blue line…

Detective Sergeant Sam Holland of the Washington, DC, Metro Police needs a big win to salvage her career—and her confidence—after a disastrous investigation. The perfect opportunity arises when Senator John O’Connor is found brutally murdered in his bed, and Sam is assigned to the case. Matters get complicated when Sam has to team up with Nick Cappuano, O’Connor’s friend and chief of staff…and the man Sam had a memorable one-night stand with years earlier. Their sexual chemistry still sizzles, and Sam has to fight to stay focused on the case. Sleeping with a material witness is another mistake she can’t afford—especially when the bodies keep piling up.

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Book clubs will be drawn into this saga of a daughter’s grief, a mother’s desperation, and an endless highway of deception.

Deliver Her

Deliver Her

Deliver Her by Patricia Perry Donovan

Author Patricia Perry Donovan weaves her tale flawlessly, testing the boundaries of family and friendship.

On the night of Alex Carmody’s sixteenth birthday, she and her best friend, Cass, are victims of a terrible car accident. Alex survives; Cass doesn’t. Consumed by grief, Alex starts cutting school and partying, growing increasingly detached. The future she’d planned with her friend is now meaningless to her.

Meg Carmody is heartbroken for her daughter, even as she’s desperate to get Alex’s life back on track. The Birches, a boarding school in New Hampshire, promises to do just that, yet Alex refuses to go. But when Meg finds a bag of pills hidden in the house, she makes a fateful call to a transporter whose company specializes in shuttling troubled teens to places like The Birches, under strict supervision. Meg knows Alex will feel betrayed—as will her estranged husband, who knows nothing of Meg’s plans for their daughter.

When the transport goes wrong—and Alex goes missing—Meg must face the consequences of her decision and her deception. But the hunt for Alex reveals that Meg is not the only one keeping secrets.

“A powerful story about a mother’s efforts to save a daughter; a story about love and family and betrayal. A perfect book club book!” — Susan Breen, author of “The Fiction Class” and “Maggie Dove: A Mystery.”

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Please fill out our super short registration form (<—click here) by July 31st for a chance to win a set of up to ten copies of one of these great books for your book club! We will randomly choose a winner at the end of the month. This contest is open to clubs in the US only (our apologies to friends in other countries). 

Best of luck!

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𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐚 𝐋𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞⁣
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Thank you to @tlcbooktours @harpervia and @maja.lunde for the #gifted copy!⁣
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When I first saw the cover for The End of the Ocean, I knew that I wanted a copy.  When I read the synopsis, I knew I would need to read it as well. ⁣
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In this family saga that just released on February 9th, we find a father & daughter on a journey that begins where the water ends.⁣
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Written by the author of the number-one international bestseller, The History Of Bees, this is a story of nature and the human spirit or exploration, resiliency and risk.⁣
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With a dystopian bent, we embark on a journey with David and his daughter Loud, who are in the midst of a horrific drought and fighting to survive.  As they flee their home to find safety, they find Signe's abadoned sailboat and begin to weave together her story with theirs showing us the tenacity of the human spirit.⁣
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What a great book to kick off Women’s History Mo What a great book to kick off Women’s History Month 👙 Repost from @itsbibliotherapy
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♥️ Happy Women’s History Month! ♥️

What book mail have you received recently? 📬 I was thrilled when a #gifted copy of A Boob’s Life by Leslie Lehr arrived on my doorstep!  This gem is out tomorrow, March 2nd, just in time to kick off a month all about women! 🎉 See the synopsis below, and prepare to be intrigued.👇🏼

“At turns funny and heartbreaking, A Boob’s Life explores both the joys and hazards inherent to living in a woman’s body. Lehr deftly blends her personal narrative with national history, starting in the 1960s with the women’s liberation movement and moving to the current feminist dialogue and what it means to be a woman. Her insightful and clever writing analyzes how America’s obsession with the female form has affected her own life’s journey and the psyche of all women today.” 💁🏻‍♀️

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"In this game of seduction, the rules don't apply..."
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QOTD: what's your ideal date?
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Good morning, today I teamed up with
@amaliehoward  @entangled_publishing and @tlcbooktours to show off this Regency! The Rakehell of Roth is out NOW!!
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📖 Blurb: As owner of the most scandalous club in London, the last thing the notorious Marquess of Roth wants is a wife. Keeping up his false reputation as a rake brings in the clients with the deepest pockets?money he needs to fund a noble cause. Even though everything inside tells him not to leave his beautiful, innocent wife behind at his country estate…he must. 

But three years later, tired of her scoundrel of a husband headlining the gossip rags, Lady Isobel Vance decides enough is enough. She is no longer a fragile kitten, but as the anonymous author of a women’s sexual advice column, she’s now a roaring tigress…and she can use her claws. 

Isobel decides to go to him in London, channeling her powers of seduction to make him beg to take her back. But she didn’t expect her marauding marquess to be equally hard to resist. Now the game is on to see who will give in to the other first, with both sides determined like hell to win.
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I love stories about the French Resistance during WWII and am so happy to be part of the tour for 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴 𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳 by @kristycambron. Thanks to @tlcbooktour and @tnzfiction for including me and for a gifted copy of the book!

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Based on true accounts of how Parisiennes resisted the Nazi occupation in World War II—from fashion houses to the city streets—comes a story of two courageous women who risked everything to fight an evil they couldn’t abide.

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.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴 𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳 went on sale Tuesday, February 16. 

𝙷𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚎𝚠𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐?
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qotd: what is something you are thankful for today? 

aotd: I am thankful for the sunshine. Last week was one tough week with all the winter storms here in Texas so the sunshine is bringing a smile to my face. 

Thank you to @tlcbooktours for the gifted copy! 🙏 

Falling Home is a relatable read. Author Hallie Lord shares stories of her struggles and describes how she found the way to overcome them. She spreads love and hope and that is something I think we can all use during these times. She is able to highlight her struggles and what she has learned to speak and share her wisdom. 

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Hallie Lord understands the upheaval life can bring. From her parents’ divorce when she was a preteen to moving eleven times in fifteen years with her family, the radical changes she faced relentlessly pushed her toward fear and helplessness. Yet by digging into her faith and through much self-reflection, she realized that even though those challenges had left her a bit battered and bruised, they had also equipped her for any difficulty that may arise. 

In Falling Home, she describes the four interconnected foundations that now give her strength and security during life’s upheavals: 

• committed, supportive friendships, 

• healthy family relationships, 

• an intimate love affair with God, and 

• a compassionate sense of self. 

Inviting readers into her hard-fought journey, Lord shows them how they, too, can embrace whatever life brings their way. With lyrical prose and a tender, inviting voice, she shares how hurts and sacrifices are also the groundwork for creating a beautiful life that can catch them whenever they fall. 

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How do you keep warm during a record-breaking winter storm and power outage in Texas? You read an adventurous tale about the Old West.

Thanks to @tlcbooktours and @blackstonepublishing for the gifted copy of this stunning debut of a novel.

Synopsis: All the Cowboys Ain't Gone is the rollicking adventure story of Lincoln Smith, a young Texan living at the beginning of the twentieth century, who thinks of himself as the last true cowboy. He longs for the days of the Old West, when men like his father, a famous Texas Ranger, lived by the chivalric code.

Lincoln finds himself hopelessly out of time and place in the fast-changing United States of the new century. When he gets his heart broken by a sweetheart who doesn't appreciate his anachronistic tendencies, he does what any sensible young romantic would do: he joins the French Foreign Legion.

On his way to an ancient and exotic country at the edge of the Sahara, Lincoln encounters a number of curious characters and strange adventures, from a desert hermit who can slow up time to a battle with a crocodile cult that worships the god of death. He meets them all with his own charming brand of courage and resourcefulness.

My thoughts: If you love fast-paced historical fiction with vibrant, likable characters then this book is for you! I read this book in a day and couldn’t stop thinking about it when I put it down. It’s a great escape and a brilliant debut. I can’t wait to read more by this author.

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3. Giveaway ends 2/26, US only. Synopsis in comments. Good luck! #ilovecozies #cozymystery #longislandicedtina #giveaway #coasters #acateringhallmystery #ireadcozymysteries #foodiefiction #winwinwin
Anyone want to leave their life for a few days and Anyone want to leave their life for a few days and go on a road trip and visit a national park? Or is that just me? ⁣
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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?
I read this last year and can confirm it is EXCELL I read this last year and can confirm it is EXCELLENT!⁣
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What book did you want to read last year that you never got around to?⁣
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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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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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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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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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