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Lies She Told by Cate Holahan

August 21, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Disclosure: I received an advance copy of Lies She Told free for review. All opinions are mine.

Lies She Told

Sometimes the truth is darker than fiction.

Liza Cole has thirty days to write the thriller that could put her back on the bestseller list. In the meantime, she’s struggling to start a family with her husband, who is distracted by the disappearance of his best friend, Nick. With stresses weighing her down in both her professional and her personal lives, Liza escapes into writing her latest heroine, Beth.

Beth is a new mother who suspects her husband is cheating on her while she’s home alone caring for their newborn. Angry and betrayed, she sets out to catch him in the act and make him pay for shattering the illusion of their perfect life. But before she realizes it, she’s tossing the body of her husband’s mistress into the East River.

Then the lines between fiction and reality begin to blur. Nick’s body is dragged from the same river and Liza’s husband is arrested for his murder. Before her deadline is up, Liza will have to face up to the truths about the people around her, … Read more...

Road Trip of Delusion Blog Tour and Giveaway

August 16, 2017 · 2 Comments

Follow the Tour

A fifteen-year-old takes a road trip with her two younger sisters and their strong-willed great-granny, and circumstances force her to drive her granny’s Cadillac through a freeway-closing-down blizzard which brings everyone and everything to a standstill.

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Behind the scenes facts about Road Trip of Delusion

(The cities and places along the characters route are actual locations, though some names are changed.)

1. Some characters are composites of a few family members including myself.
2. Within minutes after the conversation which inspired this story, my husband and I began our trip home to Oregon and I pulled out my laptop and wrote Road Trip of Delusion.
3. The working title of this book was The Road Trip of Our Lives, and I changed it to its current title.
4. The cover illustration was created by my granddaughter.
5. Since the age of eight, I’ve traveled the same route my characters traveled.
6. My sister’s husband works for the highway division in Oregon and plows the snow off of Interstate 5 each winter.
7. At the same age as my main character, I drove my parents’ station wagon without a driver’s … Read more...

Scheduling Me Time While Living the Blogging Life

August 10, 2017 · Leave a Comment

As a busy mom blogger, scheduling me time is put on the backburner. I am on the computer everyday. The time I am online varies, but it is never less than 8 hours a day unless I’m traveling.

Blogging life

Even when I’m traveling, I don’t get a lot of time to myself. The traveling that I do is almost always blog related which means I’m busy busy busy! I do love it, but when people are jealous of my “vacations” I remind them that I’m working too!

How about those product reviews? Yes, I get things for review frequently. I try to only say yes to things I really need, but I also love to bless others with products I receive. That means I am working for free for those items since I’m giving them away. The items I keep aren’t technically free either since I’m working on reviewing them after I receive them.

It drives me crazy when people don’t think blogging is a real job! We work very hard, long hours. The bulk of my day is spent on social media promoting my posts as well as my fellow bloggers’ posts. We’ve got … Read more...

Two Fun Children’s Books Your Kids Will Love plus a Giveaway US 7/31

July 18, 2017 · 21 Comments

Disclosure: I received copies of these fun children’s books free to review. All posts may contain affiliate links.

I’ve got two fun children’s books your kids are going to love! Time for Kids Big Book of Why Activity Book & National Geographic Kids Almanac 2018 will keep your kids from saying, “I’m bored.”

Time for Kids Big Book of Why Activity Book

Two Fun Children's Books Your Kids Will Love plus a Giveaway

Hidden pictures, dot-to-dot, mazes, trivia, and funny fill-ins are just some of the engrossing activities kids will find in this jam-packed game book for the modern kid. Have you ever wanted to know what president shares your personality traits? We’ve got a quiz for that! Love word searches? There’s one based on the theme of every chapter in Big Book of Why, from Animals to Sports.

Based on the best-selling book for the editors of TIME for Kids, Big Book of Why, this write-in, color-in activity book is the must-have for long car trips, airplane rides, and downtime at sleep-away camp.

Two Fun Children's Books Your Kids Will Love

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BIG BOOK OF WHY Activity Book activity pages

My Review

I have to admit it. This book is fun for me! I like silly facts, crossword puzzles and word … Read more...

WWI Fiction at its Best: High as the Heavens by Kate Breslin

July 16, 2017 · 2 Comments

Disclosure: I received High as the Heavens from Bethany House free for review.

High as the Heavens

In 1917, Evelyn Marche is just one of many women who has been widowed by the war. A British nurse trapped in German-occupied Brussels, she spends her days working at a hospital and her nights as a waitress in her aunt and uncle’s café. Eve also has a carefully guarded secret keeping her in constant danger: She’s a spy working for a Belgian resistance group in league with the British Secret Service.

When a British plane crashes in Brussels Park, Eve is the first to reach the downed plane and is shocked to discover she recognizes the badly injured pilot. British RFC Captain Simon Forrester is now a prisoner of war, and Eve knows he could be shot as a spy at any time. She risks her own life to hide him from the Germans, but as the danger mounts and the secrets between them grow, their chance of survival looks grim. And even if they do make it out alive, the truth of what lies between them may be more than any love can overcome.

Purchase High as … Read more...