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Tune in Tomorrow - Author Interview & Blog Tour Blitz!
Hello! Today on my blog I'm taking part in the @SmithPublicity Blog Blitz for 'Tune In Tomorrow' by @randeedawn. I'm sharing an Author Q&A where Randee talks about the book, her writing process & why Mango is the best fruit! #BlogBlitz
I’m a Brooklyn-based author and journalist focusing on speculative fiction across the categories (science-fiction, fantasy and horror) at night, while writing entertainment and lifestyle stories during the day for publications including Today.com, NBCNews.com, Variety, The Los Angeles Times and Emmy Magazine.
You may have seen my name in other publications over the years, including Soap Opera…
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The Mystery Of Yew Tree House @lesleyjmthomson @ariesfiction @HoZ_books @rararesources #promoblitz #publicationday
🎉🎉🎉 Happy Publication Day to Lesley Thomson 🎉🎉🎉 The Mystery Of Yew Tree House, the ninth in the Detective’s Daughter series is out today! If this tickles your fancy, you can get your copy right now: https://geni.us/TMOYTHRRR
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Book Review + Giveaway: Knowing You by Tracie Peterson
Welcome to the Takeover + Review Blitz for Knowing You by Tracie Peterson hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!
First of all, this is my 100th blog post!!!!! I CANNOT BELIEVE I’ve been blogging for that long! I’m tempted to write a post with blogging advice. If you have any questions about my blogging process, let me know in the comments!!!
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Excerpt | The Secret Service of Tea and Treason | Blog Blitz
It is always fun to share about fun books with you all, and when I can I enjoy sharing bits and pieces from authors and books.
For today I am a part of The Secret Service of Tea and Treason blog blitz! This is book 3 from The Dangerous Damsels series by India Holton, but if you wished you could read them in different order as I have done.
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#BlogBlitz Fabergé by Jo Fenton
It’s a pleasure to take part in the BlogBlitz for Fabergé by Jo Fenton.
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Jo Fenton grew up in Hertfordshire, UK. She devoured books from an early age, particularly enjoying adventure books, school stories and fantasy. She wanted to be a scientist from aged six after being given a wonderful book titled “Science Can Be Fun”. At eleven, she discovered Agatha Christie and Georgette…
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Blog Blitz and Arc Review: A Love by Design by Elizabeth Everett (The Secret Scientists of London #3)
Welcome to my stop on the A Love by Design Blog Blitz with Berkley Publishing. (This is also posted on my Wordpress book review blog Whimsical Dragonette.)
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Publication Date: January 17, 2023
Synopsis:
You couldn't design a better hero than the very eligible and extremely charming Earl Grantham. Unless, of course, you are Margaret Gault, who wants nothing to do with the man who broke her youthful heart.
Widowed and determined, Margaret Gault has returned to Athena's Retreat and the welcoming arms of her fellow secret scientists with an ambitious plan in mind: to establish England's first woman-owned engineering firm. But from the moment she sets foot in London her plans are threatened by greedy investors and--at literally every turn--the irritatingly attractive Earl Grantham, a man she can never forgive.
George Willis, the Earl Grantham, is thrilled that the woman he has loved since childhood has returned to London. Not as thrilling, however, is her decision to undertake an engineering commission from his political archnemesis. When Margaret's future and Grantham's parliamentary reforms come into conflict, Grantham must use every ounce of charm he possesses--along with his stunning good looks and flawless physique, of course--to win Margaret over to his cause.
Facing obstacles seemingly too large to dismantle, will Grantham and Margaret remain forever disconnected or can they find a way to bridge their differences, rekindle the passion of their youth, and construct a love built to last?
*Author info, My rating and review, Favorite Quotes, and Excerpt below the cut.
About the Author:
Photo of Elizabeth Everett from her Goodreads profile
Elizabeth Everett lives in upstate New York with her family. She likes going for long walks or (very) short runs to nearby sites that figure prominently in the history of civil rights and women's suffrage. Her series is inspired by her admiration for rule breakers and belief in the power of love to change the world.
My Rating: ★★★★
My Review:
I loved many things about this novel. First would have to be the characters. It was fun to revisit the characters of Athena's Retreat, and I loved seeing George and Arthur "fighting" (in other words: expressing best-friendship) about George's increasingly ridiculous gifts for Violet & Arthur's baby. I loved George as a character in general - he was so sweet and funny and had an absolute heart of gold. He cared and was trying to do good with the title he'd never wanted. I loved Margaret as well, though she was a bit pricklier and also incredibly stubborn. If she'd let people in and asked for help earlier in the novel I wouldn't have been so frustrated at her decisions… though it also would have meant there would be less story. She is strong and bold and determined and yes, stubborn. I also loved the bit we get of Sam, who I remember loving in the previous book.
This novel really drove home the 'rich and powerful men want to control and dominate women and will do anything to undermine them and keep them from succeeding and keep the status quo' point from previous books -- a point which really hits close to home after watching the events of the past few years unfolding. Much like the real-world events, the events of the novel were infuriating and had me rooting for Maragaret and her friends to prove themselves.
The romance was sweet and one of my favorite kinds -- a second-chance romance between childhood friends / crushes. It was easy to get behind it because George was so very gone on Margaret. He was so in awe of her engineering brain and determined spirit and it was so refreshing, with all the terrible men in the story. They all wanted to crush her beneath their boots for the audacity of being a woman with ideas, and he just wanted to worship her for it. It was clear that Margaret loved him as well -- she just had to get past her stubborn self-reliant independence.
The one thing I could have done without was the sex scenes. There weren't too many -- three, I think? -- but they were very… detailed. Luckily they weren't vital and I could skim them (slowing down to read the dialogue in case it advanced the plot, which it occasionally did). And for me, three sex scenes is three too many. I know I'm in the minority here, and in fact I saw some reviewers lamenting that there weren't enough sex scenes -- which, how? -- so I'm going to chalk it up to just the average romance reader apparently liking to read about sex a lot more than I do and not let it impact my rating.
Margaret also dragged the stubborn independence thing on a liiiiiiittle bit too long, in my opinion, and it bogged down the middle 40% of the book. I think some tightening of the plot there would go a long way toward making this flow better and feel more consistent.
Overall though I really loved it. I love stories with smart women and men with hearts of gold, and this delivered that beautifully.
*Thanks to NetGalley and Berkeley for providing an early copy for review.
Favorite Quotes:
The work came first. She mustn’t ever forget when everyone abandoned her, the work was always there.
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As the sun battled to punch through the haze of coal smut hanging in the damp London air, Grantham sat in shadows, jealous of the lone shaft of light that fell through the window and landed on Margaret’s left cheek.
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Everything would be fine if you do the work. Do not aim too high, do not set yourself out to be noticed. If you were a woman in a man’s world, moving forward meant bending to their desires or just doing the work.
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Yes, and imagine what they would think if Margaret failed? If they learned she spent every day unsure of her talents and worried about exposure? Shouldn’t she feel like a role model if she was going to be one?
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“I have always loved her,” he said. “I breathe her and bleed her, and if you open me up, my heart is the shape of Margaret Gault. I have loved her from the moment she knocked me to the ground; a blow from which I have never tried to recover. Of course I love her.”
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Whether that step leads you to where you were always meant to be depends on how you define courage. Is it the tenacity to forge ahead no matter the obstacles, or the ability to ask for help when those obstacles seem insurmountable?
Or is it both?
Excerpt:
A LOVE BY DESIGN by Elizabeth Everett
Berkley Romance Trade Paperback Original | On sale January 17, 2023
Excerpt
Maggie had returned.
Of course, she was now known as Madame Margaret Gault.
Try as he might, Grantham could never twist his tongue around the name.
Almost his whole life, he'd called her Maggie.
His Maggie.
From upside down, he watched as she turned the corner of the carriage house, the wind unfurling the hem of her simple bronze pelisse. A brown capelet hung about her shoulders, and a matching muff hid her hands. Catching sight of him, she paused, tilting her head so he caught a glimpse of lush auburn curls peeking out from beneath her tea-colored bonnet trimmed with bright red berries. Margaret's fair skin showed no hint of the freckles that had once plagued her every summer, and thick brown lashes shielded her hazel eyes.
She was unusually tall for a woman; nevertheless, she moved with effortless grace, and not even the blazing clash of colors adorning Violet next to her could detract from her beauty.
For she was a beauty, Margaret Gault. Once wild and graceless, she'd bloomed into a woman of elegant refinement.
A woman who was more than met the eye.
A woman who would rather feast on glass than give him the time of day.
For eleven years, the first day of summer meant Margaret would be waiting for him beneath the willow where they first met. She and Violet attended the Yorkshire Academy for the Education of Exceptional Young Women together. While Violet came home to her large, affectionate-and very loud-family, Margaret had no one waiting for her at home. Her father had died of a stroke when she was ten and her mother had little interest in Margaret's whereabouts or well-being.
Violet and Grantham had been Margaret's family. The three of them had been the best of friends until one hot afternoon when Margaret had smiled a certain way and the ground went out beneath his feet. A year later he was soldiering in Canada and Margaret lived in Paris and their summers together were nothing but a memory he pulled around himself like a blanket on cold lonely nights.
"Good afternoon, Grantham," Violet greeted him, seemingly unaffected by his headfirst dive into her rosebushes. She wore a shocking yellow day dress beneath a burgundy velvet paletot and atop her head sat a garish blue bonnet topped with a life-sized stuffed parrot.
Swallowing a barrelful of curses, Grantham tried wriggling out of the bushes, every single thorn piercing his flesh a hundredfold as Margaret stared without saying a word.
"Ahem." He cleared his throat as he managed to get to his feet despite being trapped in the center of one of the bushes. As he pulled a branch from his hair, a shower of wrinkled brown rose petals drifted down his shoulders. "You are especially . . . vibrant today, Violet. I brought this for Baby Georgie."
He thrust the torn, dirtied rabbit at Violet, who received it with a bemused air. One of the buttons had come off and the silk was stained green and brown.
"Madame Gault," he said, bowing to Margaret. "So lovely to see you again."
No matter how strongly Grantham willed it, Margaret did not speak to him in return. Instead, she bent her knee a scant inch in a desultory curtsey, her lush mouth twisted like the clasp of a coin purse, no doubt to hold inside the names she was calling him in her head. He had a good idea what some of them were, considering he most likely had taught them to her.
Grantham hadn't seen Margaret for thirteen years until their reunion-if one could call it that-a year and a half ago in the small parlor of Athena's Retreat. He hadn't exactly met the moment then, either-although to be fair, there'd been a hedgehog involved. The handful of times he encountered her since, she'd avoided meeting his eyes with her own, as though he were an inconsequential shadow cast by their past.
Someone to be dismissed.
Someone who had broken her heart and whom she would never forgive.
"See who is come to live in England for good." Violet linked her arm with Margaret's and beamed at her friend.
This was news.
When Margaret had come to stay at Athena's Retreat a year and half ago to complete an engineering project for her father-in-law's firm, Grantham had hoped she'd stay but she returned to Paris after three months. He'd asked Violet if Margaret might ever return, but Violet had doubted it.
"She's one of the only women engineers in Europe with an excellent reputation. Why give up a dream hard fought to come back to England and fight all over again?" Violet had asked.
Something had changed, however, and now Margaret was home.
His heart leapt in his chest and the bitter orange flavor of hope flooded his mouth.
"Clean yourself up and come inside for tea," Violet said to him now.
Margaret did not echo the invitation. Instead, she tightened her hold on a stylish carpet bag and accompanied Violet and Arthur into the building.
There are moments in life when the world shifts as though a door has opened somewhere out of sight. Whether a person runs toward that opened door or not depends on how fast they're stuck in place. Grantham considered for a moment how painful it would be to get himself unstuck.
Although the tangle of branches in front of him twisted menacingly, he pulled a deep breath of resolution into his lungs alongside the scents of rosehips and crushed greenery. Gritting his teeth, he made his way through the thorns toward the open door.
Excerpted from A Love by Design by Elizabeth Everett Copyright © 2023 by Elizabeth Everett. Excerpted by permission of Berkley. All rights reserved.
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For Richer, For Deader Blog Blitz
For Richer, For Deader Blog Blitz
Lady Bea and Perry need to save a society wedding from murder and sabotage!
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For Richer, For Deader
by Helen Golden
November 20th 2022
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Is the Wedding Between TV’s Sir Hewitt Willoughby-Franklin’s Step-Daughter and Billionaire’s Son Off?
Rumours are that the recent death of Kelley Lindsell (29), the personal chef of tycoon Rudy (68) and Sheri Trotman (65) at Sir Hewitt’s Fawstead Manor country estate in Fenshire, has spooked Sybil Bransgrove (36) so badly…
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Blog Blitz for Love, Loss and Life In Between #shortstory collection #womensfiction
Blog Blitz for Love, Loss and Life In Between #shortstory collection #womensfiction
Today is the one day blog blitz for my newest release – Love, Loss and Life In Between.
Some great reviews have already come in and I will share the links with you below. First though, I’d just like to thank Rachel for organising another blog blitz for me.
It’s always nerve-wracking publishing something new, but even more so when that is in a new genre. Thankfully Love, Loss and Life In Between…
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Idk, maybe I'm not a big enough of a furry, but is it bad to say I find human Stolas even more attractive (on top of how attractive he already was).
I mean, even Blitz agrees human Stolas is attractive (wheter he wants to admit it or not, but we all saw his face).
#this post wasn't intended as Stolitz but I guess that's where it ended up when I was reminded of how Blitz looks at human Stolas#helluva boss#helluva boss stolas#helluva boss blitz#helluva boss blitzo#helluva stolas#helluva blitz#helluva blitzo#stolas goetia#blitz#blitzo#stolas#stolitz#personal#phone blogging
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"I don't have a problem with how the mediocre demon cartoons depict female characters, so you're not allowed to have a problem with it. That goes double for you dirty, stinking trans people."
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RAINBOW BLAST 🌈 PIXEL 🌈 DIVIDERS
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A Winter Wedding At Starcross Manor by Christie Barlow @christiejbarlow @0nemorechapter_ @rararesources #publicationday #bookreview #loveheartlane
🥂🥂🥂 Happy Publication Day to Christie Barlow 🥂🥂🥂 A Winter Wedding At Starcross Manor is out today!!
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If I were a writer on Helluva Boss, the osmodian crystal scene would end with the line “the crystal, as well as my heart, are yours to do with as you please.”
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#can’t stop rewriting my fave scenes in my fandoms in my head while I’m driving#helluva boss#helluva#hazbin#stolitz#stolas/blitz#blitz/stolas#stolas and blitzo#blitzo and stolas#helluva boss the full moon#fizzmodeus#fizz x ozzie#fizzarolli#Bonnie blogs
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Excerpt Back in A Spell by Lana Harper | Blog Blitz
Excerpt Back in A Spell by Lana Harper | Blog Blitz
Hello everyone! We’re only a few days into the year but I’m happy to say that I allowed to bring you something great already! I was lucky enough to get to be a participant in the Blog Blitz for the third book in the Witches of Thistle Grove series by Lana Harper!
Now if you have followed me for a bit you will know that I have quite enjoyed the books in this series so far. For this blog blitz I…
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#BlogBlitz For Richer, For Deader by Helen Golden
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Today it’s a pleasure to take part in the Blog Blitz For Richer, For Deader by Helen Golden.
About the Author
Hello. I’m Helen Golden. I write British contemporary cozy whodunnits with a hint of humour. I live in small village in Lincolnshire in the UK with my husband, my step-daughter, her two cats, our two dogs, sometimes my step-son, and our tortoise.
I used to work in senior management,…
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HES ALIVE!
Oh that’s good.
*Blitz said as he continued to packed. Not even looking up from what he was doing*
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