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“Wonderful fiction which will take you immediately into another mysterious world!” – “The Choosing” (The Memory Keepers) by Marta Moran Bishop

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5-star reviewLeyla Atke
Wonderful fiction which will take you immediately into another mysterious world!
The Choosing by Marta Moran Bishop is an amazing fiction describing the ancient culture and customs of a fictional tribe.
The main character is a young woman named Mondoani elected by gods to be an apprentice of Old Mother, who was the memory keeper of the tribe. Foreseeing the imminent end, Old Mother hurry to make Mondoani the new memory keeper, who will protect the tribe and provide it with a safe and happy existence.
To do this, they go into a long and arduous journey together with the tribe to implement the transfer of power ceremony at the designated location.
The story takes place in the background of beautiful descriptions of ancient customs and culture of the tribe, which worships many gods.
Upon arrival at the designated place, Old Mother falls into a trance to make the transfer of the power to Mondoani. Unfortunately, Old Mother will never come out of this trance, which became the last one in her deserved life. Mondoani becomes the new memory keeper of the tribe, who should lead it and protect against adversity, asking gods about welfare.
Becoming the new memory keeper, Mondoani herself begins to worry about how to find a new apprentice. Looking for a new apprentice, Mondoani regrettably realizes that she will take away the daughter from her mother, and deprive her of happiness to have children and normal life. She also understands perfectly the state of the unfortunate mother. Mondoani begins to bother when she realizes that the choice could fall on beautiful Ashtra, daughter of Naomi.
When it comes to action, Sky Spirit and Spider-Woman make a much unexpected choice: they choose Towandiaka on the one hand, and on the other Ashtra. Then they bring them together and announce them bonded in holy matrimony not only in this life but also in the next! This will, of course, allow them to have children and be happy parents.
This moment, emotionally described by Marta, made me so happy that I felt radiating myself. The gods then chose not one but two young women who have become Mondoani’s apprentices.
The book gave me great pleasure not only because of the perfect plot but also because of the wonderful and realistic description of the culture and customs of the ancient tribe. I had the feeling that Marta may witness it herself in some mysterious way. It will remain a mystery to me forever. Reading the book, I felt I’m where.
The Choosing by Marta Moran Bishop is a special tribute to the culture and traditions of our ancestors, it teaches us to live in peace and harmony with nature and respect each other. Highly recommended!

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It’s almost here!!!!! – “Mine: Book 3 of the PlayNISE Series” by Ryanne Anthony will be available January 26, 2018. Pre-order NOW!

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#contemporary, #romance, #interracial, #multicultural,
#indieauthor, #indiepromo, #authorpromo


Infidelity, partying, and drugs was a musician’s mandatory lifestyle.

Candiss Ford thought dating a rock star was insane; she believed every cliché attached to them. Then she met Eclipse lead singer NiXX Williams…

After proposing to Candiss, NiXX meets an aspiring model named Farren Wade, who offers the rocker something too tempting for him to resist.

During a chance meeting, Candiss learns of the relationship between her fiancé and the model. Thinking that’s a typical, inevitable occurrence in NiXX’s circle -rockers and models coupling- she decides she’d rather feel the heartache now, and sets NiXX free to be with the woman she believed he preferred: the lovely Farren. NiXX is left wondering if he’ll ever call the woman he loved, MINE.
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“Angelically Written!!!” – “His Soul to Keep” (The Dark Knights of Heaven, Book 1) by TW Knight

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Where fallen angels battle Hell’s demons, find their lost souls and discover love while hunting for a prophecy that holds the key to either their redemption or their destruction.
At twenty-eight, Cassidy Long is happy with her life. She has a job she loves, a great family, and a future open to possibilities. That all changes after she discovers she is the vessel for the immortal soul of an angel cast out of Heaven, and the only way to break the bond is by her death. Spirited away, Cassidy finds herself in the middle of an eternal war and falling for her angel.
Rail is captivated by Cassidy immediately but fears it’s only the connection to his soul fueling his interest. He’s vowed to never fall in love, but fate has different plans. The more he fights his growing feelings, the deeper in love he falls. Cassidy not only holds his soul but his heart. Now, he will fight Heaven and Hell to protect her.
Heaven abandoned them, but they did not abandon their calling. Once they were the Watchers, teachers, and mentors to humankind. Now soulless and exiled from Heaven, forced into an endless war, some will fall while others rise to find their destinies. They are the Dark Knights of Heaven.

5-star review

Angelically Written!!!
By Gladys #XOXOtheNerdGirl

In the same vein as Sherrilyn Kenyon’s Dark Hunter Series and Lara Adrian’s Midnight Breed Series, TW Knight’s book His Soul to Keep captures the interest of lovers of all things paranormal. Including me!!!

One would think that this has been done numerous times before, but Knight was able to create characters with emotions so deep and a fight so life-like that you were nothing less than engrossed from page one. In this first book of the series, Rail and Cassidy are bound to each other in the middle of a demonic war on earth. Cassidy isn’t ready for the unbelievable factor, but Rail isn’t any more ready for love.

Is it because their souls are bound or is it truly something more!! Grab this book today, and you are in luck as book two is available as well.

5 Stars and a tip of my Nerd Girl Hat.

*This book review was done in conjunction with Nerd Girl Official
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“His Soul to Keep”
(The Dark Knights
of Heaven, Book 1)
by TW Knight
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“A complex plot, sprinkled with romance and loaded with southern charm!” – “The Long Road Home” by Carolyn M. Bowen

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#TheLongRoadHome – #CrimeFiction #Mystery #Suspense #Crime #RomanticSuspense
5-star review
A complex plot, sprinkled with romance and loaded with southern charm!
By Wayne A. D. Kerr
I received a copy of ‘The Long Road Home’ in exchange for an honest review. Someone wants Kate McClellan dead. There are plenty of suspects: her ex-fiancé, a half-brother she didn’t know of, a family enemy with ties to terrorism, and closer to home, her recently deceased father’s business partners. This book is rich in detail, with twists and turns starting on the first page and continuing throughout.
A complex plot, sprinkled with romance and loaded with southern charm, this book is an entertaining read!
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by Carolyn M. Bowen
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“A beautiful story – an engaging and original concept” – “The Dragon Dreamer” (Book #1) by J.S. Burke

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5-star review

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A beautiful story – an engaging and original concept

The Dragon Dreamer by J. S. Burke is definitely NOT just another dragon story. As I began to read, I was confused about how a dragon and an octopus could become friends. By the end of the first chapter, I had taken the bait and was hooked. The storyline is creative and original, a fantasy tale with similarities to real life. The book is a beautiful story, a fun, whimsical read and a smart read all in one, not easy to accomplish. It is appropriate for all ages, including adults.

Arak is a young dragon who feels different from the rest of his clan and is teased for his unique gift. Through an accident, Arak encounters Scree, a wise and open-minded octopus, and the healer for her pod. They learn to communicate with body and sign language and become friends, and soon clan and pod are interacting, trading goods, exchanging stories, learning about another culture, and building many more friendships. The pod, clan, and individuals of each experience various issues. First, as mentioned, are Arak’s feelings about being different, and how he handles the teasing and bullying from other dragons. Second are the interactions between two very different cultures (“sky swimmers” vs. ocean dwellers) who learn that they aren’t so different at all. Additionally, Arak has begun to develop feelings for Zarina, someone he’s always been friends with but who is now a dragon-lady. I was pleased to see this in the book, as I feel that it is beneficial to be friends before growing a relationship.

Each culture has their issues to contend with at home. The dragons suffer a severe health issue, and Arak is desperate to find a solution. The octopi pod endure an attack which provides Scree with a unique opportunity to put her talents and personality to an all-new, extremely dangerous, test.

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“The Dragon Dreamer”
(Book #1)
by J.S. Burke
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“To love, respect” – “Call me, Grandpa” by Jerry Pociask

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To love, respect

By Bettie Mavity

Call Me Grandpa is a loving and spiritual aspects of being a grandpa. Taking a walk in the snow with his dog, Casey, Grandpa has a conservation with an unseen voice, a Godly voice. As they talk, Grandpa begins to remember his own life and the hard lessons he has learned. To love, respect, honorable attitude, and honest. Through his talk with the Godly voice, Grandpa recalled his own lessons learned. He knows that his grandson needs to learn the same lessons. Grandpa will be there for him m just as God is always there for us, to support and guide if we only listen with a loving heart. Call Me Grandpa is a book everyone should read, it is full of spiritual love and teachings of life and growing into an honorable, honest and respectful adult. The illustrations in the book are wonderful and give an added emphasis on the story. I love this book, I love it so much, I bought a few copy’ to give to my children who are new parents. One I gave to my teen grandchild. I think it is a great way of teaching the younger generation of the values that should be respected and followed. Great book indeed. I read it again today also. I love the pictures, they are awesome.

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“Call me, Grandpa”
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“Soulful” – “Oh, Cedar, My Cedar: Can a tree know its fate?” by Michael Bussa

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5-star review

Going Boeing

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This short story captured me right away. The author takes a strong tree like the cedar and adds a soul to it. I could feel its struggles with the seasons, its triumphs over seasons like it’s human. Highly recommended.

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“Oh, Cedar, My Cedar: Can a tree know its fate?”
by Michael Bussa
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“AMAZING- LOVED every minute of this book!” – “Eve of Destruction” (Soldiers of Destruction Series, Book 1) by E. Kay Sims

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I’m Capt. Eve Stone and I’m a cyborg. I woke up in a top-secret lab with no memory of my past, except that I was once human. They erased my memory, more than once. I’m more machine than human now, but once my sleep cycle begins, my memories from my human life return, and so do those of a man with stormy silver eyes. He haunts my dreams, and something in me knows he’s the key to my human identity. I need to remember…
I’m SSgt Wyatt Powell, former USAF Military Training Instructor at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, TX. I met and fell in love with Airman Katica Hajek nineteen years ago. A relationship between us was against the rules. But she agreed to explore our explosive relationship anyway. I thought I lost her but now I am not so sure.
Eve of Destruction is Book One of the Soldiers of Destruction Series and ends on a cliffhanger.
Disclaimer: This book is intended for readers 18+ as it contains sexually explicit themes and adult language. It is a dark read and may contain triggers for some readers including violence and rape. Read at your own discretion.
5-star review
AMAZING- LOVED every minute of this book!

By Jani

Wowzza! What an AMAZING book! I enjoyed reading this book from start to finish. I did not want to put it down. I can not wait to read more from this amazing author. I will recommend this book to anyone, even if it isn’t typically what you would read, I’d say give it a try you’ll be amazed. Can’t say enough! Look forward to many more books!

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“Eve of Destruction”
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by E. Kay Sims
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“Darnell never disappoints!”– “the Crossing” (Carson Reno Mystery, book 5) by Gerald W. Darnell

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 All Carson Reno Mystery Series Books are standalone novels. It is not necessary to read them in any particular order.
The racial problems of 1962 have found their way to the small West Tennessee town of Humboldt. A white woman has been brutally murdered, and one of Carson’s childhood friends has been accused of the crime. Carson’s friend is a colored man who once worked for his grandfather, but the accusations and problems extend beyond the crime and to the heart of this small community.
Carson finds a divided town; a town divided along the lines of race and the interference of outside groups, which makes this division even wider.
Challenged with defending his friend, Carson must find a solution before the two sides collide, which would definitely have devastating results.
Join Carson, as he faces one of his toughest challenges in ‘the Crossing.’

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5-star review
Darnell never disappoints!

This is another fantastic book by Darnell!
I love Carson Reno and the characters who are regulars and the ones which are added to each book. They are believable, and you find yourself so engrossed in the book you cannot put it down.
The story is about an African-American man wrongly accused of murder; but Carson Reno, knowing the man, can’t believe he did.
“the Crossing” is an amazing read, and I highly recommend it!

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“the Crossing”
(Carson Reno Mystery Series,
Book 5)
by Gerald W. Darnell
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MEET HOLLY DINEEN IN ANOTHER LIFE BY ANGELA GASCOIGNE

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A BIT ABOUT IN ANOTHER LIFE

If your whole world crumbled around you, could you find it in your heart to forgive and move on?

Holly Dineen’s life in beautiful West Cork is plagued by nightmares and ghosts from the past. After a life-changing trauma, she is finally finding reasons to live, including the gorgeous Marek who has been there for her through thick and thin. Despite the goosebumps and the butterflies in the stomach, she still can’t help wondering if a heart so badly broken can ever be rebuilt.

Then, she discovers something to make her believe that the perfect life she once had, was nothing but a big fat lie.

Once again, Holly’s mental state is balancing on a knife edge and she finds herself making some decisions which could have a detrimental effect on her future.

Through the darkest times in her life, there’s been one constant – Trudi.

With the support of her friends and family maybe she can get back to being the real Holly Dineen, or maybe, she’s crossed the bridge between sanity and insanity, with no way of finding her way back…

 

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Hi, my name is Holly. I live in West Cork. And, how did I come to be settled in a beautiful country located in a picturesque (yet high maintenance) little cottage in Ireland? I fell in love – it was as simple as that.

Liam was the ultimate ‘older man’, a great big five year older than little teenage me. He was gorgeous, caring and… that Irish accent of his turned my legs to jelly every time he spoke. So, when he asked me to leave my family and friends in England and move to Ireland to start a new life with him, well, it was a no-brainer…

Unbeknown to me at the time, while my heart was bursting with love and the promise of an exciting future, I’d broken the heart of someone very special and, since then I’ve had to live with a shroud of guilt hanging around my shoulders.

So, excuse me if I’m a little unstable!

I love my job, working as a care assistant in the local community and, seeing the things older people have to deal with on a daily basis helps to put my own problems into perspective.

What my friends see on the outside, is a fun, bubbly and caring Holly (my good days) but, behind my vibrant hair colors and scatty personality, I have scars that run deep. What they fail to realize, is that there are dark undercurrents bubbling beneath my surface and a mad woman bursting to get out (my bad days).

Through the best and worst times in my life, there’s been one constant – Trudi.

BFF, that’s us! My best friend and neighbor since I first moved to Wren Cottage, she’s always been there for me through thick and thin. That woman is a tank and an angel rolled into one. She knows the ‘real’ me, warts and all, and has never turned her back on me.

Trudi’s had her fair share of trouble to deal with too, but she’s the strongest person I know.

I wish I could be more like Trudi but… some people are too fragile for this world.

And love? There was only ever one man for me –Liam, the love of my life – or so I thought until a cruel twist of fate sent my whole world crumbling around me. 

There I was, left standing alone (or so I thought), my heart shattered into a heap of brittle shards at my feet.

This was when the nightmares returned, and I found my life once again on a downhill spiral.

 

MEET ANGELA GASCOIGNE THE AUTHOR OF IN ANOTHER LIFE

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Angela Gascoigne was born in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England and relocated to West Cork, Ireland in 2004 with her husband and three sons. She works part-time as a clerical assistant and when she’s not working she’s busy reading, writing and knitting doggy jumpers!

Angela started writing for fun at the age of forty and is currently celebrating the up-and-coming release of her tenth book, In Another Life, which will be available for sale on Amazon for Kindle and in paperback.

Because variety is the spice of life, Angela believes there is something for everyone between the pages of her books, where her readers will find contemporary fiction, romance, humor, short stories, flash fiction, memoir and a pinch of poetry. Her most successful work to date is The Seasons of Our Love, with seventeen reviews on Amazon UK.

If you would like to learn more about Angela Gascoigne and her books she can be found on Twitter, Facebook, and Goodreads where she enjoys interacting with other readers and writers.

 

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