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May 2025 Book Club Giveaway

May 1, 2025 By TLC Booktours

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The first in a new series for readers of Tasha Alexander, Deanna Raybourn, Anna Lee Huber, and Rhys Bowen.

A DEATH ON CORFU

A Death on Corfu by Emily Sullivan

Living in Greece at the turn of the twentieth century, widow Minnie Harper struggles to find her place in a swiftly changing world. But when a local woman is murdered, her resolve is put to the test in a race to shed light on the truth . . .

Minnie Harper isn’t used to putting herself first. Not after she moved away from England only to be left raising two children alone on the Greek Island of Corfu following her husband’s unexpected death. But with her daughter begging to be sent to school abroad and her son grasping at his own independence, Minnie realizes she must prepare for the next stage of her life.

When famous mystery author Stephen Dorian settles into a neighboring villa to escape writer’s block and hidden scandals, she is intrigued at first by the handsome Londoner—until he proves to be nothing more than a boorish grump. Determined to avoid the man as much as possible, Minnie is shocked when he offers her a well-paid job as his typist. She isn’t in a position to turn down work, even from a man she has sworn to hate.

But before Minnie can fully regret her decision to take the job, she makes a horrifying discovery that changes everything. A young maid has been murdered, and local authorities aren’t moving fast enough to bring justice to the terrible crime. Unwilling to allow the death to fade into obscurity like the stories of so many other women deemed unworthy by society, Minnie launches an investigation of her own—and reluctantly accepts Stephen’s help. As she embarks on a dangerous search for answers that reveals another side of Corfu, unsettling questions take shape about her employer-turned-confidant and the culprit who just might do whatever it takes to strike again . . .

Purchase Links

Kensington Publishing | Amazon | Barnes & Noble

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A vivid and compulsive story of obsession, control and guilt, set in Nineties Dublin – perfect for fans of dark academia and Donna Tartt’s The Secret History

THE WILDELINGS

The Wildelings by Lisa Harding

Jessica and Linda have been best friends since the first day of school. Both girls are from very different broken homes – and beautiful, wilfull Jessica has always ensured their survival. Now eighteen, the two have come to Wilde – an elite university in the heart of Dublin, far away from their troubled childhoods. Jessica thrives immediately, and, with the faithful Linda at her side, finds herself at the heart of a new circle of friends.

But then Mark enters the picture. A philosophy student a few years older than them, he has strange and compelling ideas about self-discovery. When Linda and Mark start dating, Jessica is disturbed by the change in her friend – and how quickly she seems to have fallen under the charismatic man’s control.

It turns out that Mark’s influence is not limited to Linda alone; and Jessica soon finds out that her whole group of friends are keeping secrets for him…and it will culminate in ways that will change their lives forever. Years later, Jessica is still grappling with her guilt over what happened at Wilde. And when Mark resurfaces to write his version of events, she knows she owes it to herself – and Linda – to set the record straight once and for all.

Purchase Links

HarperVia | Amazon | Barnes & Noble

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“T. I. Lowe has crafted a terrific novel with characters to root for. This author is one to watch!” Francine Rivers, New York Times bestselling author

LULU’S CAFE

Lulu’s Cafe by T. I. Lowe

When a young woman is given a chance to reclaim her life in a small Southern town, she must reckon with the dark secrets she left behind in order to accept the love she deserves.

On the run from a violent past, Leah Allen arrives in tiny Rivertown, South Carolina, battered and broken but ready to reinvent herself. By a stroke of fate, Leah is drawn to the Southern hospitality of a small café, looking for a warm meal but finding so much more. Lulu, the owner, offers her a job, a place to stay, and a new lease on life. Leah quickly finds herself embraced by the quaint community as she tries to put herself back together.

Not long after arriving, Leah meets Crowley Mason, the most eligible bachelor in town. A lawyer and friend of Lulu’s, Crowley is wary of Leah’s sudden, mysterious arrival. Despite his reserve, something sparks between them that can’t be denied. But after all she’s been through, can Leah allow herself to truly love and be loved, especially when her first urge is to run?

Exploring the resiliency of both the heart and the spirit, Lulu’s Café gorgeously illustrates how old scars can finally heal no matter how deep they seem.

  • Clean and wholesome Southern romance, perfect for fans of Kristy Woodson Harvey, Delia Owens, and Nicholas Sparks
  • Themes of faith and friendship
  • Includes discussion questions for book clubs
  • Features a playlist inspired by the book

Purchase Links

Tyndale Fiction | Amazon | Barnes & Noble

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Transform your marriage and enjoy your spouse again when you share the mental load and end the cycle of stress and resentment.

A BETTER SHARE

A BETTER SHARE: How Couples Can Tackle the Mental Load for More Fun, Less Resentment, and Great Sex by Dr. Morgan Cutlip

Relationship expert Dr. Morgan Cutlip helps couples view the mental load–the endless and mostly invisible work of managing a household and family–as a shared enemy to conquer versus a problem they have with each other, offering practical solutions for navigating the most common pain points couples struggle with.

Usually a few years after “I do”—once the reality of family life hits—many couples find themselves at each other’s throats because they don’t know how to navigate the mental and emotional work of managing a household together. They worry that they’ll always be fighting about who should do the dishes or pick up the balloons for the party, but don’t know how to begin talking about their frustrations without pointing fingers.

In A Better Share, Dr. Morgan Cutlip offers you practical advice that goes beyond getting your spouse to pick up the slack and focuses on the unique perspectives and experiences of each partner, enabling both of you to feel seen and heard. She helps you leave behind resentment and anxiety and begin to:

  • Understand why the mental load primarily falls on women and how it impacts sexual desire
  • Share perspectives, expectations, ownership, and accountability
  • Use actionable plans for divvying up tasks and teaching the next generation how to share the mental load

Through research and stories based on real couples, A Better Share guides you out of the endless stress and resentment cycle and into a relationship where sharing is caring, having fun together is a priority, and great sex isn’t a thing of the past.

Purchase Links

Faith Gateway | Amazon | Barnes & Noble

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In the spirit of C. S. Lewis’s classic The Screwtape Letters, author and speaker Emily Wilson Hussem shines a light on the lies and tactics Satan uses to burden modern women with doubt, fear, insecurity, and discouragement—and empowers you with the truth that will set you free.

SINCERELY, STONEHEART

SINCERELY, STONEHEART: Unmask the Enemy’s Lies, Find the Truth That Sets You Free by Emily Wilson Hussum

Uncover the lies of the Enemy so you can live a life of freedom, truth, and hope.

Do you ever wonder why you constantly struggle with fear, insecurity, and an unrelenting sense of dissatisfaction? We’re in the middle of an invisible spiritual battle against the enemy of our souls. Satan wants you to feel trapped and insecure rather than free and peaceful. He wants you to believe the lie that you are worthless, not God’s beloved. He wants you to be distracted, exhausted, and confused to prevent you from living in the freedom you were created for.

Sincerely, Stoneheart is a compelling, imaginative portrayal of a senior demon coaching a junior demon about how best to deceive, distract, and enslave women, Hussem not only unmasks the Enemy’s lies but empowers women to overcome those lies. As you journey through the eye-opening correspondences of Sincerely, Stoneheart, you will

  • Identify the insidious web of lies and tactics that keep you from living into the freedom you were designed for
  • Draw strength from the reality that you are not in this battle alone
  • Become equipped to stand against the calculated, specific attacks on your heart that are especially prevalent today
  • Learn to step into the life of meaning, joy, and freedom that God intends for you

The Enemy does not want you to be free. But no spiritual darkness, emotional weariness, or negative thought patterns can stand against the light of God’s grace, truth, and hope. Sincerely, Stoneheart invites you to look with new eyes at your faith, your daily choices, and your self-image through the beautiful reality that your true identity—mind, heart, and soul—is beloved.

Purchase Links

Faith Gateway | Amazon | Barnes & Noble

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Waiting isn’t a season. Waiting is life. The question is, Will you live in the wait?

SLOW BURN

Slow Burn: The Work and Wonder of the Wait by Dawnchere Wilkerson

We don’t ever graduate from waiting. After one prayer is answered, a new one begins, putting us back in the “space between.” Are you hoping for an illness to subside, a job to open up, a relationship to develop, or some other heartfelt transformation? This slow burn is the human experience—and the greatest invitation to become intimately acquainted with a faithful God.

Waiting is hard, but it’s not a punishment; it’s a process. God is not delaying; He’s developing. He is not leaving you; He’s loving you. He’s saying, Come closer. Let me lead you into wonder and show you how you can live wholeheartedly right here, right now.

DawnCheré Wilkerson will speak strength to your soul and give you tools to

  • live confident that God is working more powerfully than you know;
  • wrestle with the question, What if what I hope for doesn’t happen?;
  • find the purpose and life-giving moments he has for you now; and
  • view all of life as a joyful, soul-deepening, intimacy-building wait.

More strength, expectation, and patience are within your reach, even amid uncertainty and suffering. Lean into the work of the wait—the constant, steady, slow burn of faith and surrender to your ultimate source. And you’ll discover the wonder of the wait—glimpses of heaven, a perfect love that changes you, and each step celebrated along the way.

Purchase Links

W Publishing | Amazon | Barnes & Noble

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The first novel in the all-new Golden Girls Cozy Mystery Series!

When Dorothy’s obnoxious date is found dead in a hotel freezer, it not only ruins a gorgeous cheesecake but threatens the elaborate St. Olaf–themed wedding Rose is hosting.

MURDER BY CHEESECAKE

Murder by Cheesecake by Rachel Ekstrom Courage

***Instant NEW YORK TIMES bestseller***

Things are heating up, and not just because of Blanche’s hot flashes. Rose’s cousin is eloping to Miami, and Rose is playing host. If she can’t balance the groom’s family’s snobbery against the traditional St. Olaf wedding week guidelines, her hometown may never accept her cousin again!

Dorothy quickly realizes she needs a date with whom she can exchange wedding-related wisecracks. Turning to a newfangled VHS dating service, she believes she’s found the ideal conversationalist. Unfortunately, what looks good on TV can actually be a total jerk in real life. It seems she’ll just have to enjoy the company of Sophia, Blanche, and whomever Blanche has targeted for a hookup.

As the Girls all pitch in, Rose is thrilled that the tea-and-fish-themed kickoff event is perfect, not a herring out of place. That is until Dorothy’s date is found dead—face-planted in an otherwise scrumptious-looking cheesecake. With every guest a suspect (especially Dorothy) and a marriage on the line, the four besties must ID the real killer, get the should-be-happy couple down the aisle, and make sure nobody from St. Olaf gets lost in the wilds of Miami. It’s up to the Golden Girls to sleuth out a way for friendship and love to win the day!

Purchase Links

Penguin Random House | Amazon | Barnes & Noble

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Please fill out our super short registration form (click the “Enter Now” button above) by May 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 giveaway is open to clubs in the US only (our apologies to friends in other countries). 

Best of luck!

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May Book Club Giveaway

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Love the review from @theliteraryescapade of FORES Love the review from @theliteraryescapade of FOREST WALK ON A FRIDAY by @lynnegolodner! Head over to @thelitedaryescapade to read the review. My favorite line: "It has the warmth of a hug you wish for after a long, tiring day."
The Knox Book Club won HEAVY HITTER by @katiecotug The Knox Book Club won HEAVY HITTER by @katiecotugno. What a fun book club! I'd totally attend this meeting! 

What's the best book you've discussed at your book club?

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Julie and The Ravenous Readers won THE CAVE by Ama Julie and The Ravenous Readers won THE CAVE by Amani Ballour, M.D. They are excited to discuss this book!

"This searing memoir tells the story of a young doctor and activist who ran an underground hospital in Damascus, humanizing the enduring crisis in Syria." Probably the most perfect memoir for a book club that likes a lot to chew on.

@natgeo @amani_ballour
Darlene and the Beth El Synagogue Book Club won A Darlene and the Beth El Synagogue Book Club won A BRILLIANT LIFE through our monthly book club giveaway, and they sent us this fun picture. They're discussing the book at their meeting this month. Looks fun! @rachelleunr @harperperennial
Thanks, Cindy, for featuring this beauty! Repost f Thanks, Cindy, for featuring this beauty! Repost from @lovemybooks2020 
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Bestselling author Joy Callaway returns with a story of the ordinary people behind extraordinary beauty—and the question of who gets to tell their stories in 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙍𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧.⁣
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𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆⁣
At this wondrous resort, secrets can easily be hidden in plain sight when the eye is trained on beauty.⁣
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April 1913—Belle Newbold hasn’t seen #mountains for seven years—since her father died in a mining accident and her mother married gasoline magnate, Shipley Newbold. But when her stepfather’s business acquaintance, Henry Ford, invites the family on one of his famous Vagabonds camping tours, she is forced to face the hills once again—primarily in order to reunite with her future fiancé, owner of the land the Vagabonds are using for their campsite, a man she’s only met once before. It is a veritable arranged marriage, but she prefers it that way. Belle isn’t interested in love. She only wants a simple life—a family of her own and the stability of a wealthy man’s pockets. That’s what Worth Delafield has promised to give her and it’s worth facing the mountains again, the reminder of the past, and her poverty, to secure her future.⁣
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But when the Vagabonds group is invited to tour the unfinished Grove Park Inn and Belle is unexpectedly thrust into a role researching and writing about the building of the inn—a construction the locals are calling The Eighth Wonder of the World—she quickly realizes that these mountains are no different from the ones she once called #home. As Belle peels back the facade of Grove Park Inn, of Worth, of the society she’s come to claim as her own, and the truth of her heart, she begins to see that perhaps her part in Grove Park’s story isn’t a coincidence after all. Perhaps it is only by watching a wonder rise from ordinary hands and mountain stone that she can finally find the strength to piece together the long-destroyed path toward who she was meant to be.⁣
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Thanks to @harpermusebooks @joywcal and @tlcbooktours for my gifted copy
We love the sound of this dinner party gone wrong We love the sound of this dinner party gone wrong thriller!! Thanks, Amanda, for this beautiful post ☕️ Repost from @the.caffeinated.reader 

🍂 #minimalistmonday 
I love a good post-apocalyptic thriller so here’s a fantastic recommendation for y’all. 

#WithRegrets 
By: @leeykelly 

A dinner party and it’s frivolities and then an alert that begins the post-apocalyptic nightmare. Glimmering clouds are killing everyone they touch so seeking shelter is crucial.
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Swipe for a full synopsis slide as it’s quite long. 

#firstlineofthebook : “What if aliens snatched your car on the ride over to Avery’s house? Reid asks. “You can’t go to a dinner party if you’ve been abducted!”

🍂Thank you so much to @tlcbooktours & @crookedlanebooks for having me on tour!

🍂What’s for breakfast today?
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#postapocalyptic #dystopian #bookstagrammer #hyggebookstyle #bookaesthetic #darlingdaily #cottagecore #moodytones #thriller #reading #instabook #darkacademiaaesthetic #booklove #cozyandcurrentlyreading #readmore #moodyphotography #bookpic #picsofbooks #bookrecommendations #blogpost #fyp #domesticsuspense #genreblend #suspense
🍔 A tasty way to start off Non-Fiction November 🍔 A tasty way to start off Non-Fiction November 🍟 
Repost @ littlelibraryadventures:
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Today’s good feature brings back memories! I remember driving over an hour and a half several times in college just to get In N Out. We drove through the drive thru and back home. We loved it that much. I can remember all the excitement and endless lines when they opened in Oregon! Definitely some nostalgia surrounding In N Out burgers! 

The Ins-N-Outs of In-N-Out Burger 
- Lynsi Snyder

Thank you @tlcbooktours and @thomasnelson for the gifted copy and including me on your book tour.

🍔Synopsis:
Discover the official story of In-N-Out Burger––how three generations have created a thriving, family-owned company, why its fans are so wildly loyal, and what led to its explosive growth and evolution into an iconic part of American culture––as told by In-N-Out Burger’s president, Lynsi Snyder. When Lynsi Snyder’s grandparents founded In-N-Out Burger in 1948, they built it with a passion for quality and service that Lynsi embraced at a young age. After starting as a store associate at age seventeen, she then worked in other departments, gaining first-hand experience with almost every aspect of the family business until she became president in 2010. She has led the company through explosive growth––today, there are three-hundred and eighty stores and counting––and is deeply committed to the well-being of the In-N-Out Burger family.
In The Ins and Outs of In-N-Out, you’ll:
* Gain key insights into why In-N-Out has maintained its very popular and limited menu for more than seventy-five-years and why it has refused to franchise or go public
* Hear behind-the-scenes stories from In-N-Out Associates, including from one gentleman who worked in the very first store
* Learn about the Snyder family’s Christian faith, including her grandmother Esther’s belief in the gospel and her uncle’s “born-again” experience that shaped his life and leadership at the company
* Discover why Lynsi has been ranked as one of the top presidents in the restaurant industry and how her personal challenges have fortified her faith

QOTD: What is your favorite food?
Here’s a spooky read for the kiddos 👻 Repost Here’s a spooky read for the kiddos 👻 Repost from @thelibrariandad 

Looking for a spooky read for this month. Try Ghosts Come Rising. It’s an unfortunate tale of two siblings caught in the schemes of their uncle. Thank you for the copy! Book description below #GhostsComeRising #middlegradebooks #spookybooks ⬇️ 

After twelve-year-old Liza Carroll and her ten-year-old brother John's parents die, they are placed in the custody of their uncle, a traveling photographer named Mr. Spencer. Mr. Spencer, realizing the gift he has in his young relatives, uses them to help create fraudulent spirit photographs, which he sells to the grieving.

Chased from one town to another, they arrive at a settlement that is different than the others they've been to-a Spiritualist commune in Pennsylvania named the Silver Star Society. Things feel different here. They are told they are at a Thin Place between the worlds of the living and the spirits. Shadows haunt the halls, and strange forms appear in Liza's photographs. Is this real, or is she the one being tricked this time? As Liza and her brother begin to investigate, the Thin Place begins to break, threatening everyone at the society. Can they fix it in time? And will their secret they've been hiding be revealed?
Happy Halloween! Stay safe out there 🎃 Repost f Happy Halloween! Stay safe out there 🎃 Repost from @megsbookclub 

Hi friends! Are you a busy person? I am one of those people that is always busy but I often try to figure out how I can be less busy. I’m a yes person but sometimes just want to slow down and sit in my chair and be on Instagram for like 5 hours and read all your posts and catch up! Haha!
 
I’m here today to share a new young adult release, Curses and Other Buried Things. I don’t read a lot of YA so I always jump on one when it sounds good.
 
Susana wants one thing: to avoid becoming like the mother who abandoned her, no matter the cost. But when her eighteenth birthday triggers a generational curse, prompting Susana to sleepwalk into the Okefenokee Swamp behind her grandparents’ house, she realizes the roots of her family tree run deeper than she believed . . .

Thanks to @TNZFiction @authorcarolinegeorge @tlcbooktoursfor this copy!

#CursesAndOtherBuriedThings #CarolineGeorge #SouthernGothic #YA #Mystery #gifted #booktour
Spooky!! Thanks, Dana! Repost from @readingforthes Spooky!! Thanks, Dana! Repost from @readingfortheseasons 

👻 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐩 👻

Title: 𝘼 𝙃𝙖𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙩 𝙇𝙞𝙣𝙡𝙚𝙮 
Author: 𝙈𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙭
Pub.Date: 10/24/23
The Henrietta and Inspector Howard series, Book 7

Thank you to @tlcbooktours @shewritespress & @michellecoxwrites for my complimentary copy. 

🔎 Clive and Henrietta return to England to find Castle Linley in financial ruin. When Clive’s cousin, Wallace, invites an estate agent in to assess the home’s value, the agent is later found poisoned, throwing all of the Castle’s guests into suspicion. Clive and Henrietta are soon drawn into an investigation, which is slowed by an incompetent local inspector and several unexplained phenomena?the cause of which many, especially the frail Lady Linley, believe to be the workings of the ghost of a hanged maid.

🔎 Meanwhile, Gunther and Elsie have begun  life on a farm in Omaha. Circumstances are difficult, but they are content–until Oldrich Exely appears, proposing an option Elsie finds difficult to ignore.  Melody Merriweather, still masquerading as a nun to aid Elsie’s escape, likewise finds it difficult to ignore a letter with tragic news from home, while Julia, on the other hand, receives a very different sort of letter from Glenn Forbes.

🔎 Back in England, Clive is called away to London on suspicious business, leaving Henrietta to carry on with the investigation alone.  When she is mysteriously locked in the study one night, however, things take on a more deadly, supernatural feel, leaving her to fear that  Lady Linley’s “ghost” might just be real after all…

My thoughts: I really enjoyed this perfect mix of historical mystery and ghost story with a hint of romance. Clive and Henrietta made such a fun couple. It was well-plotted with multiple storylines that had me intrigued until the end. This can be read as a standalone, but now I want to go back and read the whole series. A perfect read for spooky season! 

#AHauntingatLinley #spookyseason #historicalmystery #romance #historicalfiction #mystery #mysteryreader #shewritespress #tlcbooktours #booktour #bookreview #bookreviewer
Go check out the review of HOLISTIC WEALTH that @a Go check out the review of HOLISTIC WEALTH that @aneedleinmybookstack posted! Especially if you have a hard time saying no to people.
Thanks for the great review, Nicole! Repost: @read Thanks for the great review, Nicole! Repost: @reading_with_nicole 💰 
𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘞𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 (𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘜𝘱𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥): 𝟹𝟼 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘗𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮 ~ 𝘉𝘺 ~ 𝘒𝘦𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘳⁣
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Thank you to @tlcbooktours @tlcdiversity and @keishaoblair for this gifted book⁣
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This is a book I think everyone should take a look at, Holistic Wealth has actionable steps to help you find financial freedom, I wish I had this book when I was younger, but I am still going to put these steps into process in my life now.. ⁣
There are 36 Holistic Wealth principles to help you learn and practice and live by this book, it is well written and straight to the point and filled with so much knowledge and helpful information. I am very grateful to have received this book.. ⁣
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Thank you again @tlcbooktours @tlcdiversity & @keishaoblair for this gifted book ⁣
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𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘣~ ⁣
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Imagine a life where you are financially savvy and independent, living with purpose and generosity while inspiring others. ⁣
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Imagine facing life’s disruption with confidence, knowing how to regain your balance in times of uncertainty. By expanding on the teachings shared in the highly acclaimed first edition of her book and in her viral article, “My Husband Died at Age 34—Here Are 40 Life Lessons I Learned from It,” viewed by more than fifty million people globally, author Keisha Blair presents even more revolutionary strategies—curated for the challenges of today’s world—that will help you find balance and success.⁣
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#holisticwealth #finacialfreedom #nonfiction #bookreview #bookfeature #reading_with_nicole
This sounds like such a cute and fun enemies-to-lo This sounds like such a cute and fun enemies-to-lovers romance! Thanks, @bookbriefs!

Repost: @bookbriefs

QOTD: What are some of your favorite funny TV shows?

I love rewatching funny tv shows, and one I have been recently re-watching is Parks and Rec. If you love parks and rec you should check out Bethany Turner's new novel- Brynn and Sebasian Hate Each Other. It is said to be like Parks and Rec meets The Morning Show.

She’s a sunny morning-show host. He’s a cynical ex-reporter. They’re destined to hate each other . . . Aren’t they?

Brynn Cornell has to be stuck in a nightmare. Just last week, she was riding high as cohost of the popular morning show Sunup. She’s America’s Ray of Sunshine. All it took was one huge on-air mistake to expose her snarky side to the world and make it all come crumbling down. Now she’s back in her hometown of Adelaide Springs, Colorado, in a last-ditch attempt to convince viewers she’s not the mean girl they think she is. All she has to do is apologize and capture some feel-good footage reminding everyone she’s just a girl from humble beginnings who’s grateful for her big break, and she might manage to preserve both her career and her image. But this town holds painful memories that she’s not ready to face.

Sebastian Sudworth was on the fast track to the journalist hall of fame. A superstar reporter with a reputation for being in the center of the action, his fearless, relentless coverage of major events around the globe was winning him awards and accolades–until something snapped inside him and he vanished from the scene under mysterious circumstances.

When Sebastian is assigned to chauffeur Brynn around town, Brynn is sure he can see right through her carefully cultivated, sunny persona. But she’s determined to do what it takes to maintain her image and save her career–so she’ll just have to charm the socks off Sebastian the same way she charmed her viewers. Easier said than done. 

#BrynnandSebastianHateEachOther #BethanyTurner #RomanticComedy #EnemiestoLovers #SmallTown #FoundFamily #BookMagic #IGReader #BookishPhotography #ReadAllTheBooks #AvidReader #BibliophileLife #BookNerds #BookAddiction #ReadersOfIG #AlwaysReading
Doesn’t this sound like the perfect late summer Doesn’t this sound like the perfect late summer read? Thanks for the review, Andrea! Repost from @andrea.c.lowry.reads -

🐚💜𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖💜🐚

Thank you @tlcbooktours @amazonpublishing and @barbaraonealauthor for this #gifted copy.

Synopsis 👉

Barbara O’Neal’s latest, The Starfish Sisters, is a rich story that will touch your heart in so many ways.

💜𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆?

O’Neal has a way of tapping into all your emotions, while drilling straight down into the soul of her characters, and she did this with each of her characters through the theme of found family…which I can never get enough of. I loved the way Pheobe and Suze were basically sisters and how sisterhood played a part in their summers, and everything wasn’t always peachy keen. Their childhoods and teen years slowly unfold throughout the story through dual timelines, as each woman remembers different experiences and traumas, while in the present they seek to find their way back to each other.

🐚 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲?

This was a slow burn character driven story.

💜 𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸?

This is a heartbreaking and at the same time heartwarming story about two women coming back together and coming to terms with a tragic past and realizing that they still have each other and more.

💬 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠?

AOTD: I finally started Strange Sally Diamond and I’m definitely getting the hype!
Need a great page-turner for the weekend? We got y Need a great page-turner for the weekend? We got you! Repost from @audreyoaksreadseverything -

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🌸It’s finally time for me to rave about Come With Me by Erin Flanagan! I read it in June because I couldn’t wait. Flanagan is the Edgar Award winning author of Deer Season so I knew it would be awesome - and it was! It published August 22, so what are you waiting for?

🌸Gwen Manet had the perfect life until her husband died unexpectedly and she needed to provide for her young daughter. Finding a job wasn’t easy until she happened to reconnect with Nicola Kimmel -someone she once interned with. Nicola is a godsend! She helps with housing, salary negotiation, babysitting- you name it! But what is Nicola’s motivation? It might turn out to be deadly! 

🌸This book was a page turner! Just when I thought I had things figured out- there would be another twist.

🌸Thanks to @tlcbooktours @amazonpublishing and @erinlflanagan for the opportunity to read this one! 

🌸What are your plans for the weekend?
THRILLER THURSDAY! Thanks for the great post, @let THRILLER THURSDAY! Thanks for the great post, @letmollyread! Not sure if I’d want to read this while vacationing in a cabin, though!

📚Book Spotlight📚
Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six by Lisa Unger 
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It might still be August, but I am already thinking of what book I want to read on a family vacation in October! The setting is an isolated cabin on the shore of Lake Michigan, and while I wouldn’t describe it as luxurious, it is a trip I’ve been thinking about for months! What would make the trip even better? A suspenseful read about a dreamy vacation gone wrong, and a mystery guest determined to exact revenge!

⛰Synopsis: Three couples rent a luxury cabin in the woods for a weekend getaway to die for in this chilling locked-room thriller. 

An isolated luxury cabin in the woods, spectacular views, a hot tub and a personal chef. Hannah’s generous brother found the listing online. The reviews are stellar. It’ll be three couples on this trip with good food, good company and lots of R & R. But the dreamy weekend is about to turn into a nightmare.

A deadly storm is brewing. The rental host seems just a little too present. The personal chef reveals that their beautiful house has a spine-tingling history. And the friends have their own complicated past, with secrets that run blood deep. How well does Hannah know her brother, her own husband? Can she trust her best friend? Meanwhile, someone is determined to ruin the weekend, looking to exact a payback for deeds long buried. Who is the stranger among them?

Thank you @parkrowbooks @htpbooks @lisaunger @tlcbooktours for my #gifted copy of this book! 
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#QOTD: Do you ever plan out books specifically for a vacation, or save a book you want to read for the perfect moment? 
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Sometimes we get asked if we coordinate tours for Sometimes we get asked if we coordinate tours for children’s titles, and the answer is YES. Repost from @dropandgivemenerdy:

Today I’m teaming up with @drdeborahserani @kyrateis @freespiritpublishing @tlcbooktours to share the #SometimesWhenSeries #SometimesWhenImWorried book! This is a great tool for strategies a kid can use when worry overwhelms them, which they can take into their daily lives (complete with examples—in story form—of situations where worry might arise and how the character is helped through it)! There are also parent resources in the back for helping your kid through those strategies. This is very sweet and definitely useful for us, as my kids have their worry moments (one borders on pure panic sometimes so this will be extra useful for her).
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Happy Thriller Thursday! Repost @ericabingesbooks Happy Thriller Thursday! Repost @ericabingesbooks -

Do you prefer hot weather or cold weather?

I definitely prefer hot weather, but summers in Florida definitely push it beyond what is comfortable. That’s why it’s so fun to be sharing a #booktour post for a book with a wintery-esque cover right now. 

If you guys have been following me for any amount of time, you will know that I love romantic suspense. So I was sooo excited when I heard there was going to be a book tour for the 3rd book in  @rebeccazanetti Laurel Snow series. You can check out the blurb below. And thank you so much to Rebecca, @kensingtonbooks @btc_books and @tlcbooktours for allowing me to be part of the tour and sending me the book! You Can Die is out now! 

Blurb: Men are dying in the Pacific Northwest, their bodies found near churches, charities, and counseling centers—each with valentine candy hearts shoved down their throats. They’re good men with families and community ties–or so they seem until Laurel Snow and her team begin to investigate. Then the case takes a shockingly personal turn when the father she’s never met, a former pastor, turns up among the dead.

Now, besides solving her father’s murder, Laurel is on the hunt to discover the truth of his past. Complicating things is Laurel’s troubled half-sister, Abigail, a brilliant sociopath determined to prove that they’ve both inherited their father’s malignant narcissism.

Assisting Laurel is Washington Fish and Wildlife Captain Huck Rivers, a dangerous loner whose reliance on gut instinct puts him at odds with Laurel’s coolly analytic approach. But the choice may be moot when the killer hones in on Huck’s own dark secrets–putting him and Laurel squarely in the crosshairs.

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Great cover, great story, and a surprise ending! T Great cover, great story, and a surprise ending! Thanks, Carla @littlelibraryadventures, for sharing your thoughts on BLURRED FATES! Repost:

✨Book Tour & Review✨

Blurred Fates
Anastasia Zadeik
Pub Date: August 2, 2023

Thank you @tlcbooktours and @shewritespress for the gifted copy and including me on your book tour.

🤫Synopsis: 
KATE WHITTIER has it all: a loving, even-keeled husband, two great kids, and a beautiful home in Southern California. But Kate is living a lie. In a desperate attempt to create the safe, happy family she never had, she has been hiding secrets for decades—things she’s convinced make her unworthy of her wellborn husband, Jacob, and the privileged life he has provided.

Then, one ordinary evening, Jacob confesses to a drunken sexual indiscretion he doesn’t quite remember, and Kate cracks open. Molten memories rise to the surface. Volatile emotions swirl. Triggered in ways she didn’t see coming, Kate is overwhelmed by rage she cannot explain and fear of who she might become.
Her marriage unraveling, Kate returns to her childhood home, hoping to find closure. Instead, as the past invades the present and relationships collide, Kate discovers she’s not the only one lying—and the truth may not set anyone free.

💭Thoughts: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I can’t believe this is a debut. This is a compulsive read. I didn’t want to put it down. The book covers some difficult topics including incest, infidelity, trauma, and mental illness. The author did a great job with the mental health representation. 
The descriptions of bipolar disorder seemed very spot on. 
The ending was a complete surprise, but deals with hope, healing, and redemption. I definitely recommend picking this one up. 

QOTD: What are you doing this weekend?
Thanks @exclusivepalmbeachliving for this amazing Thanks @exclusivepalmbeachliving for this amazing review!! Repost- 
My name is Iris was charged with so much that at moments I felt overwhelmed... but in a good way. This dystopian with a touch of Magical realism story is about our MC Iris Prince, a first-generation Mexican American who has spent her entire life doing what she needs to do (according to her mother) to live up to the American Dream.

Recently divorced, Iris feels she has a second chance at a life she forever dreamed of. Together with her 9-year-old daughter Mel, they move to an upscale mostly white neighborhood where everything just seems right and perfect because her neighbors are people who follow the rules & that is exactly when her "perfect life" starts to crumble.

As soon as she moves into her new home, a magical wall appears in front of their home that only her and her daiughter are able to see. Then a new law goes into effect. All individuals will get an electronic wrist "Band" that will make life more convenient and safer (according to the government UNITY MEANS ONE BAND) To be able to access this bands, you must provide proof of Parents Citizenship. Iris's parents are undocumented making it impossible for them to access this bands, jeopardizing Ines "perfect life & future" and so Your story begins...

This story takes place in the POV of a Mexican American with dark skin. The brown community would easily identify with this take and will feel seen and less alone. Brando Skyhorse did an incredible job at painting the harsh reality for many in the USA, this story was packed with Gender pay inequality, Racism, Classism, Colorism, Crime against Mexicans, Systematic & Institutional racism, Immigration, identity crisis... I mean, this book had it all in one.

This novel is a reflection of the reality POC are currently living under. This is a love letter to finding who you truly are and loving the shit out of you for it. This is about Family and what matters most because at the end of the day We are where We came from and we shouldn't have to be ashamed or discriminated for it. #bookstagram #booksbooksbooks #bookworm #bookcommunity #brandoskyhorse #dystopian #booklover @tlcdiversity
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