The Scriptures in Color is a beautifully collection of promises from the Bible. Inside the pages of this book are verses that will help you meditate on his word as you RELAX. UNWIND. BREATHE. Sometimes we need to block out the noise and spend some quiet time with the Lord. So grab your coloring pencils and let your imagination flow.
Paulette Harper is Amazon #1 two-time award-winning, best-selling author. She is a sought-after speaker and pastor. Her mission is to help women find hope through transformation, restoration and reclaiming their lives via workshops, conferences and seminars.
As a minister of the Gospel who devoted her life to sharing the message of hope on as many platforms as possible.
With God, on her side, she uses her gifts to inspire others to trust God, dream big, and never settle for anything less than God’s best for their lives.
She preaches live with purpose, don’t limit God, stay focused and allow God to take you places you have only imagined.
I stumbled across this author about seven or eight years ago via my book club. Since then she’s gone on to be an award-winning and best-selling author. She just is amazing!! I love her. The women’s fiction and historical fiction genres are so blessed to have her. I am a great fan of her work, and always read so quickly. Last night I had the pleasure of listening to this short story on audio, the narrator really brought her work to life! I loved it. As an ‘Amazon Original Stories’ author I highly recommend this short read.
About The Book
The emotional storms weathered by a mother and daughter yield a profound new understanding in a moving short story by the bestselling, award-winning author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists.
When Zikora, a DC lawyer from Nigeria, tells her equally high-powered lover that she’s pregnant, he abandons her. But it’s Zikora’s demanding, self-possessed mother, in town for the birth, who makes Zikora feel like a lonely little girl all over again. Stunned by the speed with which her ideal life fell apart, she turns to reflecting on her mother’s painful past and struggle for dignity. Preparing for motherhood, Zikora begins to see more clearly what her own mother wants for her, for her new baby, and for herself.
This story really was an impactful one for me as a reader, and told from a very unique POV. Zikora is actually in labour with her first child, it’s an account of her rise and fall with the man she thought she loved, and that he loved her. It also showed how relationships between mothers and daughters can be hard. As always the author brilliantly touched on the cultural differences that many immigrants to the USA face. Without giving too many spoilers for a super short story, that can be read in just a few hours if that, I found it was incredibly well developed, engaging, and thought -provoking. What I found as I listened to the story is that it made me reflect and put myself in Zikora’s shoes, the author has crafted a story that many women, if not all could really understand even if they have never been in Zikora’s position. There were some touching, inspiring, and down right heart-tugging moments.
Zikora to me as a reader was in a period of transition, that every woman who decides to keep her pregnancy goes through, however it was unique for her due to the broken promises from her ex, difficult relationship with her mother, cultural differences in the USA, and a past event that happened when she was just nineteen. Overall, as I always say about Ms. Ngozi Adichie’s work, this for me was another stunning story that touches on so much reality. I highly enjoyed it 5 beautiful stars. I recommend this book to everyone who loves women’s fiction, with stories that show growth, challenges, and the heroine coming out the other side a new woman. Also most importantly if you love diverse stories showing different cultures, this is a good pick. As it’s a short story too if you have never read one of this author’s full novels, this would be an ideal place to start to get to know her.
This is a totally new to me author, I found this novella as a free download on Amazon (still free now). Boy I’m glad I dived in, I found the story-line so relatable, in a lovely setting in Italy, and he is one cool billionaire!
About The Book
***For a limited time a FREE BONUS copy of Falling For You, another Take Me To Europe Series romance INCLUDED in this copy of Just In Time!***
KERRY After David’s betrayal, the last thing I wanted to do was stay in Kansas. So I traded in my cheating husband for a one-way ticket to the land of gondolas, cobbled streets and…. sexy daring Italian men kissing me in doorways? Just one…one in particular…
LUCA I’m used to it. Fast cars, glitzy galas and a few knockout supermodels on each arm. What I’m not used to is the bronze beauty I caught reveling in the sunlight. There’s something about the way she clings to me when I save her that makes me never want to let her go…
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This romance contains mature language and themes intended for 18+ audiences.
The first thing to say is, this is a steamy read! But there’s more to it there is a story here. I appreciated this, I find it a turn off sometimes when there’s so much sex, and no plot. The author did a good job at balancing the two. I really got into the story from the first few pages, the author’s writing style is easy and engaging. The story is told in first person from both Luca and Kerry’s point of view. I found Luca– the billionaire to be like-able, and really well developed. He was not arrogant, but yes he’s a man that ‘gets what he wants’. At the same time he was also very humble, as soon as Kerry stepped into his path, and he’s from a poorer background. I liked him as a billionaire. He really did his best to ‘change’ to gain Kerry’s trust.
Kerry for me was a like-able female and one that a lot of female readers probably could relate to, even if they’ve never been in her position in life. The author developed her POV, and experiences enough in this novella to relate.
Within the story there’s ‘insta-love’ but you can see why there’s a connection, it’s not silly and unbelievable, there’s twists, some unexpected ‘comebacks’ from secondary characters, a cool place in Europe to be transported to, and hot sex! Overall I enjoyed it, it was a free read and I have downloaded more of this author’s work. I recommend this novella to all those who love believable , multicultural, adult romance set in beautiful locations, and fans of ‘billionaire romance’ genre stories. At the time of review it’s still free, hit Amazon! Four really cool stars from me, I would have loved more to this story !
Sixteen-year-old Jasmine Barrington hates everything about living in Kenya and longs to return to the island of Penang in British colonial Malaya where she was born. Expulsion from her Nairobi convent school offers a welcome escape – the chance to stay with her parents’ friends, Mary and Reggie Hyde-Underwood on their Penang rubber estate.
But this is 1948 and communist insurgents are embarking on a reign of terror in what becomes the Malayan Emergency. Jasmine unearths a shocking secret as her own life is put in danger. Throughout the turmoil, her one constant is her passion for painting.
From the international best-selling and award-winning author of The Pearl of Penang, this is a dramatic coming of age story, set against the backdrop of a tropical paradise torn apart by civil war.
Thank you to Love Books Group Book Tours for my review copy, for an honest review. All opinions are my own. I was really drawn to the blurb of this story, and the part of the world it’s set in. I love, love, love historical fiction! The author has a wonderful way of painting the scenery of Africa and the contrast of Malaya, I really enjoyed this. I found the main character Jasmine to be a very deeply ‘sad’ young lady, trying to find her way in the world, and fit in. Painting seemed to be the medicine she needed to move forward. She was developed well. All the characters were engaging to read and enjoyable to get to know. I found them all well developed. I really enjoyed learning about the history of this part of the world in Malaya, how the Japanese and British really took over the land of the natives.
I found the story-line for the most part also very enjoyable, but the pace was a little slow for me. Which would be fine normally, I don’t mind slow burn if the story is unfolding as I read. With this story, considering how much happens, as I read I craved the pace and story to pick up. Or more directions and turns to Jasmine’s story earlier either one! The action happens around 60-70 percent in, and I found myself ‘waiting’ for something to happen or the story to move in a new, or exciting direction up to this point. When the story starts to pick up pace ( no spoilers) it was enjoyable, and ended how I imagined it would. Jasmine seemed to find her true love (painting), and goes for it. There’s also a few heart-string tugging moments too.
Overall as a first time reader of this author’s work I would give this novel 3.5 stars, it was an okay, enjoyable, heart-warming read. I would read more of her books and hope for more pace, because it is clear to see that she is a brilliant historical fiction writer. I recommend it to anyone who loves historical fiction, stories set in exotic places, distant lands, and those who love sweet, slow burn books, with ‘coming of age’ themes. This would be perfect .
Meet The Author
Historical novelist Clare Flynn is a former global marketing director and business owner. She now lives in Eastbourne on the south coast of England and most of her time these days is spent writing her novels – when she’s not gazing out of her windows at the sea.
Clare is the author of eleven novels and a short story collection. Her books deal with displacement – her characters are wrenched away from their comfortable existences and forced to face new challenges – often in outposts of an empire which largely disappeared after WW2.
Her latest novel, Prisoner From Penang, was published on 17th April 2020. It is set in South East Asia during the Japanese occupation in World War Two.
Clare’s novels often feature places she knows well and she does extensive research to build the period and geographic flavour of her books. A Greater World – 1920s Australia; Kurinji Flowers – pre-Independence India; Letters from a Patchwork Quilt – nineteenth century industrial England and the USA; The Green Ribbons – the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth century in rural England, The Chalky Sea – World War II England (and Canada) and its sequels The Alien Corn and The Frozen River – post WW2 Canada. She has also published a collection of short stories – both historical and contemporary, A Fine Pair of Shoes and Other Stories.
Fluent in Italian, she loves spending time in Italy. In her spare time she likes to quilt, paint and travel as often and as widely as possible. She is an active member of the Historical Novel Society, the Romantic Novelists Association, The Society of Authors, NINC and the Alliance of Independent Authors.
Get a free copy of Clare’s exclusive short story collection, A Fine Pair of Shoes, at www.clareflynn.co.uk.
Join Angela Lanza as she experiences the tumultuous world of early 20th century Sicily and New York. Orphaned by the earthquake and powerful eruption of Mt. Etna in 1908, Angela is raised in the strict confines of an Italian convent. Through various twists of fate, she is married to a young Italian man whom she barely knows, then together with her spouse, immigrates to the U.S. This novel is an invitation to accompany the young Angela as she confronts the ephemeral nature of life on this planet and navigates the wide cultural gaps between pre-World War II Italy and the booming prosperity of dynamic young America.
Author, artist, and teacher Carmela Cattuti created Between the Cracks as an homage to her great-aunt, who survived the earthquake and eruption of Mt. Etna and bravely left Sicily to start a new life in America.
The sequel to Carmela Cattuti’s first novel, Between the Cracks,, this story invites the reader to accompany Angela Lanza as she builds her life in America during the first half of the 20th century. A Sicilian immigrant, she manages to assimilate into the social life of a small town outside of New York City. Through the horrors of war, domestic tragedy, and raising her sister-in-law’s children, hers is a successful immigrant experience. Angela seeks to transcend organized religion and develop her spirituality. She influenced three generations of Americans through her artistic sensibility and a sharpened intuition. The book parallels America’s growth with Angela’s growing sense of who she is in the world.
Carmela Cattuti started her writing career as a journalist for the Somerville News in Boston, MA. After she finished her graduate work in English Literature from Boston College she began to write creatively and taught a journal writing course at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education As fate would have it, she felt compelled to write her great aunt’s story. “Between the Cracks” has gone through several incarnations and will now become a trilogy. The second book is “The Ascent.”
She’s a grouchy loner. He’s a hardworking traveler. Fate, it seems, has a sense of humour.
When a mysterious traveler turns up at Lilian’s doorstep, she thinks that he’s just another person trying to take something from her. It turns out Davien has a lot to give.
But as he gets more and more enmeshed in the danger that surrounds her, the fear that something horrible will happen to him becomes more real. With the Sheriff breathing down her neck, wild gangs attacking, and the looming ghost of her father ripe in her memories, Lilian knows that her life is no place for anyone she cares about.
Now that she’s had a taste of happiness, she has to choose between selfishness or giving up the ones she loves forever.
In the Wild West, everything threatens to tear two lovers apart.
Lillian and Davien have been living blissfully together in the woods, taking life day by day. Unfortunately, those days are about to take a sharp turn and set them in the path of trouble all over again.
Fergus Black, the ferocious gang leader, is out for blood and gold. He is ruthless and well-connected, and Lillian is determined once again to keep everyone she loves out of his way. Though, that plan falls flat as her neighbor, Finny, and the pastor’s daughter, Abby, get caught in the lies and corruption and it’s up to Lillian to save them.
With the lives of people she loves on the line, Lillian must navigate blackmail, sacrifice, and unwanted advances as she fights to end corruption in Lazarus Town.
Heads will roll like the tumbleweeds through the desert as Lillian strives to save her town, her friends, and her relationship from the men intent on destroying it all—and then her.
Newly minted as the Sheriff of Lazarus Town, Lilian has a lot on her plate. Their economy is failing, tourists are a rarity, and to top it all off, Lillian still can’t put a stop to the shady dealings going on beneath her feet. Underground crime turns the homey town Lillian dreams of governing to nothing more than a mirage.
When she appoints Davien as mayor, things go from bad to worse. The town and its miscreants are furious as they attempt to take on the less-than-savoury money-making activities polluting their lives. Tensions burrow into Lilian and Davien’s relationship, and it becomes not only the town’s financial situation that is in deep trouble.
The place Lillian loves has turned it’s back on her, and now she risks losing the love of her life too. Lillian thought she could have it all, but the Wild West proved her wrong. She isn’t a woman to go down without a fight, and with the pieces she has left of her town and her heart, she’s about to gear up for the biggest fight of her life.
I hail from rural Nova Scotia, curled up on a tree stump with a bubblegum pink notebook and a steaming mug of french roast coffee. I’m a thirtysomething mom of two humans and a furbaby. My lumbersexual husband doesn’t actually work in lumber anymore, but he still wears the plaid and the beard.
I’m an established self-published author, freelance editor, and ghostwriter. My books range in genre from Romance and Erotica to Horror and Science Fiction, and everything in between.
When I’m not writing and/or momming, I’m sipping espresso, crocheting, and listening to audiobooks.
Tracy Slater may be a successful pop star, but fame and fortune isn’t everything she thought it’d be. Under the thumb of a husband who is growing steadily more abusive, she’s decided her marriage is over. She just needs to make it through one more trip home for the holidays with him before she’s free.
If only in my dreams…
Stephen Austin worked hard to become the successful novelist he’s always wanted to be. So why isn’t he happy? And why does he feel so lonely? Then he runs into his old girlfriend, the one he thought he had lost forever.
Tormented by the mistakes of their past, Stephen sees his reunion with Tracy as a second chance. But does she feel the same way?
Desperate to please her family, who wants to see her settle down, Charlotte is looking for someone to bring home to pose as her boyfriend. She’s steadily been working her way up to her dream job at a magazine in New York City. But her success goes unnoticed by her family, who are more focused on the newest additions than Charlotte’s professional conquests.
Totally surrounded in your circles…
Kaden Drake might be the new guy at the magazine, but it doesn’t take long for Charlotte to catch his eye. When the editor-in-chief pairs them together for a project, Kaden sees it as the perfect opportunity to ask her out. Only, Charlotte has other ideas.
Faced with another lonely Christmas, Kaden agrees to go with Charlotte to her family Christmas back home. Among the decorations and home-cooked meals, it doesn’t take long for feelings between them to develop. But are they real or just a product of the charade?
Tanya Bennett is still feeling the effects of her mental breakdown from last year after her parents died. She lost a lot of loved ones in a short period of time, but most notably her son, who she can’t see without supervision. With some help from her friends, she’s back on the right track with a new job and volunteering with the school play her son’s in. But a bad reputation is hard to overcome and whether she can spend Christmas with her son hinges on how well her upcoming court date goes.
If not for Christmas, by New Year’s night…
Adam Allen is still trying to figure out how to co-parent with his controlling ex, who is always quick to criticize his parenting. It doesn’t help that he’s so forgetful and he works a lot, but at least he’s trying. It’s hard for him to find someone who can relate, until he meets Tanya.
Adam feels an instant connection with her, but her episode the year before has ripple effects that could alter both of their relationships with their kids.
Tori Helpern always wanted to be a music star, just like her hometown hero Tracy Slater. But Tori never quite found her big break and now she works as a music teacher at the same high school she couldn’t wait to get away from. Feeling washed up, Tori believes her only taste of fame will come from the solo in the holiday choir.
At least I’m gonna say that I tried…
Isaac Powell never needed much to make him happy. He has a good job, a nice house, and fond memories of his family growing up. When he joins the holiday choir for something fun to do after work, he doesn’t expect to get a solo for the upcoming holiday concert.
Nervous about performing in front of a full audience, Isaac asks Tori to help him prepare and she needs to decide whether she should help him succeed or steal the solo away from him.
Tara Fraser’s life is driven by her work at an insurance agency in Chicago. She hasn’t been back home in years and has no intention of going back anytime soon. But then her mother calls and convinces her to book a last-minute flight home for the holidays. Within twenty-four hours, Tara finds herself at one of the biggest airports in the country on one of the busiest travel days of the year.
All the way home I’ll be warm…
Peter Helpern has one last freelance photography job in Chicago before he flies back home to spend Christmas with his family. After a late start on the morning he’s supposed to fly back home, he barely makes it to the airport in time to catch his flight, only to find a seat next to his old college girlfriend.
Tara and Peter quickly resume the bickering they left off years ago, which is only made worse by the unfortunate news the pilot makes: they’re snowed in.
DN Publishing is the publishing company for David Neth, who currently publishes superhero fiction and urban fantasy under his own name and small town romance as D. Allen, with other genres to come in the future. He lives in Batavia, NY, where he dreams of a successful publishing career and opening his own bookstore.
From Multi-Million-Copy Bestselling author Willow Rose comes an outstanding stand alone Mystery that will keep you guessing till the end!
What if you thought your husband was a murderer?
The man you loved, the man who gave you two beautiful children and a perfect life.
What if no one believed you?
Laurie Davis is the mother of two children, struggling to keep her family together since her husband, Ryan, went to war and came back changed. His PTSD is evident.
He wakes up at night, screaming in fear; he can’t stand loud noises or anyone sneaking up on him.
He even gets aggressive toward Laurie and the children. It has gotten so bad that he can no longer stay under the same roof as his family.
When a woman from his squadron is found murdered, Laurie discovers something that makes her suspect Ryan, her own husband.
But what do you do when no one believes a decorated war hero could also be a murderer?
What if you don’t want to believe it yourself?
As more people from the squadron turn up dead, by apparent suicides, Laurie digs deeper into the case.
She is risking her own life by putting it all on the line in a race against time to avoid becoming the killer’s next victim.
Buy SORRY CAN’T SAVE YOU today and you’ll miss sleep, skip chores and have no time for family or friends.
Willow Rose is a multi-million-copy best-selling Author and an Amazon ALL-star Author of more than 80 novels.
Several of her books have reached the top 10 of ALL books on Amazon in the US, UK, and Canada. She has sold more than six million books all over the world.
She writes Mystery, Thriller, Paranormal, Romance, Suspense, Horror, Supernatural thrillers, and Fantasy.
Willow’s books are fast-paced, nail-biting pageturners with twists you won’t see coming. That’s why her fans call her The Queen of Plot-Twists.
Willow lives on Florida’s Space Coast with her husband and two daughters. When she is not writing or reading, you will find her surfing and watching the dolphins play in the waves of the Atlantic Ocean.
For the last week I’ve been in bed, unwell. This book has been with me. I’ve never read anything by this author. There was a little bit of ‘hood’, a little bit of romance, a lot of suspense, a thrilling story, a self-made female billionaire I loved to death, and a hero millionaire I adored. As I read, I felt like the author is a natural born story-teller. It was a five plus stars read for me!
About The Book:
Indigo Ace had a rough life growing up. Her mother is a prostitute and her father is a pimp who despises her. Solace Mack is the only pimp in Atlanta, but when Indigo’s mother dies and Solace kicks his only daughter out on the streets, Indigo is forced to boss up. She follows in her father’s footsteps and becomes a female pimp, infringing on her father’s territory. Soon, she becomes the richest female in the south and Solace does everything he can to destroy the billion dollar empire his daughter built. It isn’t long before a war ensues between the father and the daughter and many lives are lost.
In the midst of it all, Indigo meets Bentlee Paxton, who is hood royalty. His name rings bells all over the country, and he’s ready to go to war in order to protect Indigo. While the two figure out what their future together holds, they’re forced to dodge bullets and fight off enemies.
Will they live to see their future? Better yet, will Indigo’s billion dollar empire fall at the hands of her father?
5 Plus Stars… For A New To Me Author!
I don’t typically read this genre, but the story-line sounded very intriguing. I am really glad I had the chance to read it. I’m not one to give away a plot or spoilers but here’s what I loved.
The characters I found them very well rounded and believable Indigo is a strong woman, who is just twenty-one by the time she is an actual billionaire. This is where I really do give props to the author, sometimes it’s hard to relate to young adult characters, but I never had that problem at all being an older reader, I really like Indigo and the way she drives the story forward it kept me so interested. Her story is one of a female who is given an opportunity, once her mother passes, she grabs it with both hands. Determined to move on from her ‘hood’ upbringing. I was very engaged in where she was on her way to all throughout this story.
The other characters are equally as interesting, the hero who Indigo ends up with Bentlee he also too is such a wonderful male lead. He is believable to read, non-typical, and really appealed to me as a character. The romance between these two I enjoyed experiencing the development, it was not instant there’s plenty of push and pull, but ultimately they fall for each other.
I found that the author’s story-telling really kept me turning pages, one moment the story would feel very much like and urban read, with lots happening, then there’s a location change. The characters and story head to the Maldives! I loved the location change, as the story also changes, the romance comes in. Then once back in Atlanta, the suspense, action, and story changes again. I found it well paced and exciting to read with the story-telling.
Overall, for me someone who is not a typical reader of the genre I really enjoyed this story, and I am very much looking forward to part two as it ends on a cliff- hanger. Again, typically I prefer a story to have a conclusion rather than leave me hanging, so here I really have to say the author has done an excellent job at grabbing readers. I will pre-order part two for it’s release next month. Overall five plus stars from my reading experience. Billionaire Baddie for me is a well written, engaging, enjoyable story with a little bit of everything from romance, suspense, and of course street life in Atlanta, featuring great like-able characters. I recommend it if you fancy something different to read, and enjoy reading or following strong female leads, with high stakes, expectations, a fearless attitude, and millionaire men who are very like-able! It’s a free read on Kindle Unlimited at the time of reviewing.
31¢ to 43 Countries: Hardcore Tips to Increasing Profits
gives managers, entrepreneurial thinkers, and executives a practical guide on how to optimize resources, capitalize on the unknown while finding a work-life balance to increase profits nationally and internationally.
The reality is that most businesses fail or struggle because of poor resource management, business planning, and the inability to adequately lead problem-solving. By overlooking these building blocks, many potentially successful businesses leave money on the table.
31¢ to 43 Countries: Hardcore Tips to Increasing Profits
provides tips and tricks to increasing an organization’s bottom-line. Dina Preston-Ortiz and husband, Don Ortiz shares their unique anecdotes for increasing profits through sheer guts and grit, by being purposeful, adapting and finding innovative solutions in dynamic environments of constant change.
Learn how to manage talent, find excellence, adapt in difficult and controversial situations, do more with less, while keeping clients coming back for more.
You’ll discover tools for:
• Making good decisions in atmospheres of uncertainty
• Successfully leading in virtual environments
• Creating competitive advantages that can’t be copied
• Leveraging talent and relationships to optimize resources
• Finding the right work and life balance
Dina and Don reveal their own personal stories to help you create a unique niche in your own industry market. With proven strategies, their simple 3-section the framework lays out information to help increase profits.
Dina and Don have performed in 43 countries through their company, DEO Entertainment Group. Their practical experience includes speaking, teaching and working with corporations, entrepreneurs and small business owners in multicultural virtual leadership and team development, sales, marketing, management, and business development while managing tours and performances for the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. State Department, and Fortune 500 companies.
Their global award-winning Dina Preston Band has performed over 26 international tours representing the United States as “Ambassadors of Goodwill” as coined by former Hollywood Mayor Johnny Grant. International performances include entertaining in the Middle East, Europe, Asia, South Pacific, Caribbean, Central America, Caucasus Region, Russian Federation and Africa for presidents, foreign dignitaries, and ambassadors.
The Dina Preston Band has decades of experience performing for “A-List” Fortune 500 companies. They elevate each event by featuring a distinct music performance with audience engagement and world-class fun!
They have received numerous recognitions and awards, including:
Various Department of Defense Certificate of Esteem for Desert Storm and Bosnia
The United Nations Protection Force & US Task Force Provide Promise
Distinguished Service Certificate in support of the United Nations Protection Force
Peacekeeping Operations in the Republic of Croatia
Arizona State University W.P. Carey Spirit of Enterprise Nominee, 2009
Dr. Dina is the recipient of the AACC Dale P. Parnell Faculty Distinction, The National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) Excellence Award, and MCCCD Diversity Advisory Council Excellence Award. Don is an AZ MPI Member of the Year recipient, recognized by Ken Bennett, Arizona Secretary of State.
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Author, Kim Knight 