#BookReview for “The Color of Ice” by Barbara Linn Probst ~ 5⭐️

Summary: Set among the glaciers and thermal lagoons of Iceland, and framed by the magical art of glassblowing, The Color of Ice is the breathtaking story of a woman’s awakening to passion, beauty, and the redemptive power of unconditional love.  The stunning new novel by the author of award-winning novels Queen of the Owls and The Sound Between the NotesContinue reading “#BookReview for “The Color of Ice” by Barbara Linn Probst ~ 5⭐️”

#BookReview & #AuthorInterview for “The Paris Library” by Janet Skeslian Charles ~ 5⭐️

Summary: An instant New York Times, Washington Post, and USA TODAY bestseller—based on the true story of the heroic librarians at the American Library in Paris during World War II—The Paris Library is a moving and unforgettable “ode to the importance of libraries, books, and the human connections we find within both” (Kristin Harmel, New York Times bestselling author).  Paris, 1939:Continue reading “#BookReview & #AuthorInterview for “The Paris Library” by Janet Skeslian Charles ~ 5⭐️”

#BookReview for Patricia Sands’ new novel, “The Secrets We Hide” ~ 5⭐️

Summary: The deep traditions and values of Kaito Tanaka’s Japanese heritage are severely tested when he returns home to Honolulu from duty in Vietnam to find his wife, Hana, in the grip of progressive mental health challenges. As Hana’s condition worsens, Kaito’s life becomes absorbed in protecting and caring for her and their daughter, Kiana.Continue reading “#BookReview for Patricia Sands’ new novel, “The Secrets We Hide” ~ 5⭐️”

#BookReview, #AudibleReview, #Interview & #Giveaway for Jamie Gehring’s “Madman in the Woods” ~ 5⭐️

Summary: A haunting account of the sixteen years when a young Jamie Gehring and her family lived closer than anyone to Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber, sharing their Montana land, their home, and their dinner table with a hermit with a penchant for murder–and Gehring’s investigative quest twenty-five years later to reclaim a piece of herContinue reading “#BookReview, #AudibleReview, #Interview & #Giveaway for Jamie Gehring’s “Madman in the Woods” ~ 5⭐️”

#NewRelease, #BookReview & #StampYourPassport for Baltimore, USA 🇺🇸 with ”Stand by Me” by Pat Simmons 

Published November 2nd, 2021 by Sourcebooks Casablanca Summary: Acclaimed inspirational African American romance author Pat Simmons brings you a love story filled to the brim with everything you’re looking for: Emotional, poignant fiction that explores what it means to take care of familyChristian romance that delves into the connection between two peopleAn uplifting story about embracingContinue reading “#NewRelease, #BookReview & #StampYourPassport for Baltimore, USA 🇺🇸 with ”Stand by Me” by Pat Simmons “

#NewRelease, #BookReview & #StampYourPassport for Paris, France 🇫🇷 with Sophie Valroux’s Paris Stars by Samantha Vérant ~ 5⭐️ 

Published on October 19th, 2021 by Berkley Books Summary: In this delectable novel, a chef on the rise fuels her passion for cooking while enduring the hardest challenges she’s ever faced after a debilitating injury.  Everybody wants a piece of grand chef Sophie Valroux. With her once-destroyed reputation fully recovered and then some, Sophie isContinue reading “#NewRelease, #BookReview & #StampYourPassport for Paris, France 🇫🇷 with Sophie Valroux’s Paris Stars by Samantha Vérant ~ 5⭐️ “

#NewRelease, #BookReview & #StampYourPassport for Victorian-era England with The Last Season by Jenny Judson & Danielle Mahfood ~ 5⭐️

Published: October 19th, 2021 by TouchPoint Press Summary: A Zibby Owens for Katie Couric’s Katie’s Picks Fall Must Read Set in Victorian England, The Last Season is a story of social upheaval, changing fortunes, and an unlikely romance that develops between a well-to-do heiress and a stable boy. When they meet as adolescents at Drayton Manor, the well-to-do CassandraContinue reading “#NewRelease, #BookReview & #StampYourPassport for Victorian-era England with The Last Season by Jenny Judson & Danielle Mahfood ~ 5⭐️”

#NewRelease, #LiveAuthorInterview, #BookReview & #StampYourPassport 🇮🇪for 18th Century Ireland with ”A Land without Wolves” by Daniel Wade ~ 5 Howling ⭐️

Publishing on October 12, 2021 with Temple Dark Publications Summary: Historical Musings in 18th Century Ireland In the midst of Rebellion are legends wrought, and Mogue Trench knows of a tale never told. What better time to relay it than as the rope awaits. The Highwayman Joseph Mac Tíre knows of hardship – at theContinue reading “#NewRelease, #LiveAuthorInterview, #BookReview & #StampYourPassport 🇮🇪for 18th Century Ireland with ”A Land without Wolves” by Daniel Wade ~ 5 Howling ⭐️”

#BookReview: Goodbye, Orchid by Carol Van Den Hende ~ The Write Review Top Book of 2020, Annie Award Finalist & 5⭐️

Published: October 1st, 2020 Summary: Rising from ashes is hard. Giving up the one you love is harder. Thirty-two year-old Phoenix Walker is an entrepreneur who has built an agency with a heart almost as big as his own. To add to his good fortune, he’s falling for Orchid Paige, the beautiful half-Asian marketer who’sContinue reading “#BookReview: Goodbye, Orchid by Carol Van Den Hende ~ The Write Review Top Book of 2020, Annie Award Finalist & 5⭐️”

#BookReview & #StampYourPassport for Long Island, NY, USA 🇺🇸 Blush by Jamie Brenner ~ 5⭐️

Published: June 22, 2021 Summary: From acclaimed author Jamie Brenner comes a stunning new novel about three generations of women who discover that the trashy novels of a bygone era just might hold the key to saving their family’s coastal winery–and to finding the love that’s eluded them. For decades, the lush vineyards and majesticContinue reading “#BookReview & #StampYourPassport for Long Island, NY, USA 🇺🇸 Blush by Jamie Brenner ~ 5⭐️”