Okay, we’ve added one thriller and one romantic suspense! Aggravated Momentum and A Stranger in France. See the original invite and details here. You’re welcome!
Didi an I are doing an ARC (author review copy) read and review round. If you’d like a FREE Amazon gifted copy of one of these books, in exchange for an honest review click the link below for full details on the book blurbs, and enter your details to let us know which one(s). Note: Two books were added last moment, not listed on the original link, blurbs below. You can sign up on the invite or link below the blurbs.
Exclusive invite from Kim & Didi
Aggravated Momentum Blurb:
Not everything is as it seems in what appears to be an average family. When danger lurks so close to home, skeletons emerge, and the darkest of secrets surface, causing twisted desires to become reality. Aggravated Momentum offers the perspective of some very diverse and unique characters, including fun, witty personalities to fall in love with, along with an intellectual killer to die for. You may be surprised as to whom exactly you can relate. Is it the cold, calculated murderer, who’s name is yet to be revealed? Markie or Kam, the independent sisters, guilty of nothing more than getting tangled with the wrong people at the most inopportune times? Or, the cowardly snake curled in a hidden corner? Who are you, exactly? And, more importantly, who are they? The deeper you dig into the psyche of another, the more breath taking are the secrets you will find.
A Stranger In France Blurb:
AWARDED BEST ROMANCE NOVEL 2017! BY VIRTUAL FANTASY CON AWARDS.
In A Stranger in France readers are taken on a fast paced, modern day romantic journey, that spans across the city of London, the glitz and glam of France, and the beautiful English coast. There’s enough suspense to keep you on the edge of your seat turning pages.
Career driven and successful thirty two year old Kate Brown travels to southern France to visit her best friend Tanya Adams, for a well deserved short break, and to forget her worries in London. Her path crosses with tall, dark, devilishly handsome and wealthy Nicholas D’Coix. As a young man, Nicholas turned himself around and built an empire of wealth, he’s now one of Paris’ top three entrepreneurs. In a whirlwind of steamy romance Nicholas and Kate fall in love.
Kate returns to London leaving Nicholas behind and the two are still very much in love. Kate faces a few surprises of her own on her return to London. She makes a bold life changing move, to make the most of her life changing dilemma. Touching on real life issues these two strong characters battle it out, against all the odds in the name of love for a beautiful happy ever after.
About The Book:
This self-help guide will give you all the information and tools you need to get all fired-up and get healthier, wealthier and find inner peace – indeed make a success of your life in mind, body and spirit.
Steps… offers valuable insight into getting your body healthy and staying healthy. It contains essential principles, tips and advice on changing your life – through the use of self-hypnosis and creative visualisation. It offers a beginners guide to meditation and Buddhist steps to a better spiritual life.
Steps… is a compact gem of a book and does what it says on the cover.
Read in one sitting, sixty eight pages of delight. I must say most of this was like reinforcement for me of what I know already, but almost needed to remind myself of. As a free download this is a great book for anyone and everyone especially, as we enter a new year. I’m glad I stumbled across it as a recommendation ,and would not have been disappointed if I paid full price. I would recommend it to anyone seeking positive vibes, love and light in their life. Not much else to say! grab a free download and get ready for 2018! Free to download on Amazon, or you can get three e-books free directly from the Author’s site here http://someinspiration.com/si-christmasbookbundle/
Having been an independent and traditionally published author I have to say I enjoy doing things my way!! Great poem Didi!!
So it’s the eve before New Years Eve (for me in my part of the world). I have no idea what I want to write, all I know is I want to say thank you. I’ll just write what comes to mind to you all. This time of year I always get so reflective (even more than I normally am as a person), I look back and think what have I learned, gained, lost, survived etc. But most of all I always ask myself what I am grateful for? The answer to this is you! Yes, you reading this, you make my list of gratitude.
I started blogging in 2016, just before my first novel A Stranger In France was about to be released. I did it just on a whim as I read ‘ that’s what authors do’ I had no clue what I was doing, but I started to have a lot of fun, I have connected with so many great people that I would not have, if it were not for WordPress. Over the past year and a bit my blog has grown, I’ve grown as a person, writer, mother and I want to thank:
So, that’s the end of 2017…. I can’t say I’m sorry to say good bye to it, it has been a very challenging year for me personally, but fantastic for writing. All though personally I don’t think I was as productive as I would have liked to have been. But like I said on the eve of New Years Eve, I look back and would not change it. I’m pumped up for 2018……. so what’s next.
2018 looks set to be a year of ‘ The Productive Writer’ I’m happy to say!
Thank you Susan for nominating mine and Didi’s volume #1 of suspenseful tales as a top read for August 2017. Made my morning, what a way to start the day. I guess Didi is asleep across the Atlantic she’ll wake up to a lovely surprise! Volume #2 released January 2018, we hope you enjoy it also.
This is my second day of three for my top books for 2017. There are so many brilliant books that I have read this year actually 336 of them. which can be found on my BLOG or on my GOODREADS CHALLENGE. I would love to share some of the most popular with you. My blog has grown over the year so I thought that this was the fairest way to judge.
I have split the year into 3 so each day there will be 3 posts for each month over 3 days to cover the year:
Book with most likes that month from Bloggers
Book with highest views that month on my FB Book Page
My favourite read of the month.
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Good morning,
I’m still up reading at past 1am. I just received an email from Herding Cats about a reading challenge ‘the blogger’s shame’. Bloggers who are book lovers receive LOADS of author review copy books (ARC) that we don’t always get to read, the pile grows. Over at Herding Cats they are pushing us bookworms to whip through the ‘to be read’ pile in 2018, with a cool blog challenge. I thought why not? Sounds like a great challenge, and blog hop. I will continue to do read and reviews for Enchanted Book Promotions and Net Galley. I’ve gone through my TBR on my Kindle, ARC emailed books, and Netgallery here is a list of books to read for 2018, no excuses. Take a peek if you’re an author maybe you’re there! If you have sent me an ARC of your book and it’s not here contact me here I don’t want to miss it. If you’re a book lover head over to Herding Cats see what this is all about, sign up.
I hope to complete this list. I know I will get side tracked with other great books that come up, but the intention is to read them all. 🙂 #bookworm
I love Rihanna no doubt about it. I have been inspired by her work as an artist on two occasions while writing, I’ve referenced her songs in my books. My four year old son (apparently) is in love with her, if a Rihanna song comes on he races to the radio or TV to dance. I first noticed his ‘love’ for the Caribbean beauty when he started to stare at her on the TV without a blink and smiling to himself. Then one day in the car I heard him sing ‘wild wild wild thoughts’ really clearly I cracked up LOL.
This song here I’m throwing back is possibly the inspiration for the 2017 hit featuring Rhi Rhi. The beat is from the original beat of Santana’s ‘ Maria Maria’. I like the updated version which features Rihanna… and so does my four year old. How good does she look in this totally ‘wild’ outfit in the video? It’s 1999 and 2017! Let’s dance and salsa if you can.
Wild Thoughts:
Santana Maria Maria – 1999
This song came on the radio earlier this week, I could not help but… dance! And turn it up. It reminded me of the influence this song had on the world of hip hop, the rapper Puff Daddy, (or whatever he is calling himself these days) sampled David Bowie’s hypnotic beat in his song ‘been around the world.’ I’ve posted both videos so you can see the influence one artist gave the other.
When David Bowie passed away there was a massive tribute to him in south London, in a place I have wrote about many times called Brixton. I love that part of London so vibrant. So it’s 1983 y’all I was three months old when the original came out by David. And seventeen, just leaving school in 1997 when Puff Daddy sampled the original. Both of these tracks make me wanna dance, I am a hip hop lover as much as an 80’s pop culture lover.
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Hip Hop sample!
Christmas reading challenge off to a great start, one down,three to go! Thank you to the best selling romance author Tammy Tate for an ARC, in exchange for an honest review. First thing to say, I have read and enjoyed EVERY book I have been lucky enough to get my hands on by this author. It’s really easy to see why she’s a best selling romance author….. let’s get into the review.
About the book:
After being attacked in the parking lot of her San Antonio apartment complex, Amy fears all men. One day she stumbles upon Sawyer Creek. Using all her savings, she buys a small house and café and her Chicken Dorito Casserole becomes an all-time favorite among the community. After four years, the nightmares have stopped, but the panic attacks haven’t.
Christmas is four weeks off when the Sheriff calls saying a shovel hit the backdoor of her café, setting off the alarm. Vowing to never be a victim twice, she arms herself with the shovel only to learn that he’s been shot.
Can she help him despite her fear of men?
Amy’s Christmas Casserole is a feel good love story set against the backdrop of Christmas. The plot has a love triangle element, but not your average love triangle. This is what I really enjoyed about the book. Often, this author’s work features some kind of well thought out (or even suspenseful) conflict for characters. This is exactly what happens here. I don’t like spoilers so I’m staying mum about that whole plot however,the plot is gripping, I found myself wanting to know what Amy will do. To be honest, she did not do what I thought she would do! Faced with two yummy men I thought she would swing the other way. Amy went with her heart and her Mr. Right, rather than ‘Mr. Right Now.’ This reading experience surprised me and was enjoyable to watch the drama play out.
Alright! Mr. Tall Dark and Handome himself…. this author has a ‘habit’ of creating male leads that do make me go ‘aww’ and sometimes laugh a girly to myself, in a good way. They are always swoon worthy, no exception here. The female lead, I did like her as a woman. I did understand her feelings given the past, she was well crafted.
Overall, I am a Tammy Tate fan ( like you can’t tell). Her stories are well crafted, often a bit steamy with the sex scenes in her longer books, and pack a punch with the plot even at novella length. Her writing style is fast paced and to the point, who else would say ‘women go bat-shit crazy about him’ LOL. Another great job done. Thank you Tammy, I look forward to the next one, 5 well deserved stars, keep spinning these great romance tales.
Here you can see my review for other books of Tammy Tate’s. My favouite is The Homecoming. A really fast paced paranormal romance novel… steamy too! I’m waiting for the second part of the trilogy to be published! Hurry up!!
Author, Kim Knight 