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New Book for Review: Action/Adventure/Fiction ‘Red Hot Sky’ by Gordon Gumpertz

Gordon Gumpertz will be touring in January/February 2012 with is action/adventure/fiction novel, Red Hot Sky! CO2 buildup in earth’s atmosphere reaches a tipping point. Global weather destabilizes, turns chaotic. Ice storms, dust storms, floods, blizzards, hurricanes, tornadoes pummel the earth nonstop. A secret computer model reveals that the frantic weather will peak out, and transform world climate into an alien environment devastating to human survival. Scientists Ben Mason, Claudine Manet, and Bertrand Short are developers of the computer model. Ben and Claudine are lovers as well as lab partners. While they work frantically to head off the approaching catastrophe, a disgraced Russian general hacks into their model and sees
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New Book for Review in February 2012, “Defending Jacob” by William Landay

Award-winning author William Landay is touring in February 2012 with his family drama thriller, Defending Jacob. Andy Barber has been an assistant district attorney in his suburban Massachusetts county for more than twenty years. He is respected in his community, tenacious in the courtroom, and happy at home with his wife, Laurie, and son, Jacob. But when a shocking crime shatters their New England town, Andy is blindsided by what happens next: His fourteen-year-old son is charged with the murder of a fellow student. 432 paages Visit William online at http://www.williamlanday.com/. This tour is now full. Thank you for your interest.


New Book for Review: Contemporary Fiction/Drama ‘Family Rules’

Vincent Tuckwood will be touring January 2nd through the 27th ’12 with his contemporary fiction/drama novel, Family Rules: A Novel (iUniverse). New York. In this city that never sleeps, anyone could make a brand new start of it. Or so the song goes. For some people, starting again is no option. Kenny is adrift in the city, tormented by the scars and memories of his unique upbringing as a child star in the UK, chasing any addiction that can fill the void he carries at his core. Increasingly unable to paper over the cracks, to numb himself with street corner narcotics, or build an abiding relationship with his junkie
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New Book For Review: Christian Non-Fiction/Women’s Issues ‘Mission Possible: Spiritual Covering’ by Deborah McCarragher

Deborah McCarragher will be touring December 5th through December 16th with her Christian Non-fiction/Women’s Issues book, Mission Possible: Spiritual Covering(Alabaster Box Publishing). Women, are you in an unequally-yoked marriage? Are you tired of attending church alone? Do you yearn for a relationship with your husband that’s spiritually satisfying? You can influence your home for Christ even within a spiritually mismatched marriage. Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to stand in the gap for your mate’s soul. This small book is a powerful tool for any woman who is married to a man who does not share her passion for Jesus. It will encourage and challenge the
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New Book for Review: Juvenile Fiction ‘The Secret of the Sacred Scarab’ by Fiona Ingram

Fiona Ingram will be touring in January 3 – February 29 with her juvenile fiction (age group 10 – 14) novel, The Secret of the Sacred Scarab (Book #1 in the Chronicles of the Stone series)! A 5000-year-old mystery comes to life when a scruffy peddler gives Adam and Justin Sinclair an old Egyptian scarab on their very first day in Egypt. Only when the evil Dr. Faisal Khalid shows a particular interest in the cousins and their scarab, do the boys realise they are in terrible danger. Dr. Khalid wants the relic at all costs. Justin and Adam embark upon the adventure of a lifetime, taking them down
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New YA Short for Review: The Caldecott Chronicles (No.1) by R.G. Bullet

R.G. Bullet will be touring in December with his YA short story The Caldecott Chronicles (No.1). Caldecott Estate, the ancestral home of the 32nd Earl of Rothshire, is besieged. The undead are traipsing and crawling across overgrown lawns, intent on ripping the very flesh from the Earl’s body. But many of them will not make it that far as the 32nd Earl has two things in their way: A prised Purdey shotgun and an accomplice named, Saffy. Saffy is a young and simple girl from the local village. She is quick of foot at setting traps, and dispatching the undead to the afterlife. She is endlessly coming up with
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New Book for Review: Literary Fiction ‘The Illusion of Certainty’ by Greg Messel

Greg Messel is touring December 5 – January 27 with his fictional book, Illusion of Certainty (Yorkshire Publishing). The Illusion of Certainty follows two parallel storylines. Marc is a successful businessman who seems to have everything—a great job, a beautiful wife, a house in an upscale neighborhood of Portland, Oregon and two great kids who are preparing for college. But something is not right. Marc is unsettled by the sudden change in his wife, Aimee, who seems distant and unhappy. What’s going on with her? The second storyline involves a successful young attorney, Alexandra Mattson. Alex, as she is called by her friends, meets a handsome young cop, Sean,
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New Book for Review: Nonfiction ‘The Cross Dresser’s Wife’ by Dee A. Levy & B. Sheffield Hunt

Dee A Levy and B. Sheffield Hunt will be touring December 5 – 16 2011 with their nonfiction book, The Cross Dresser’s Wife: Our Secret Lives! At long last, valuable and emotionally intimate social commentary on the taboo subculture of cross dressing is revealed in the pages of THE CROSS DRESSER’S WIFE * OUR SECRET LIVES. Culled from the nonprofit website www.crossdresserswives.com by authors Dee A. Levy (the website’s founder) and B. Sheffield Hunt, this international collection of stories exposes, for the first time, the shocking secret lives of cross dressers’ wives or partners who silently grapple with the issue of transvestism in their marriage or relationship. This is
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New Book for Review: Mystery ‘The MacGuffin’ by Michael Craft

Michael Craft will be touring in January 2012 with his mystery novel, The MacGuffin! A cold-case murder fifteen years ago halted promising developments in the quest for clean energy when the rumored prototype of a groundbreaking water engine was stolen or destroyed. Now the race is on to repower America, and Cooper Brant, still grieving that long-ago murder of his father, suddenly finds his family visited by a second violent death, raising the stakes to unearth lost secrets. When Coop discovers how the two crimes are linked, a grim message becomes clear. He’s next. 300 pages You can visit his website at www.michaelcraft.com. If you would like to review
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New Book for Review for December 2011: ‘Empty Time’ by Frank Scully

Frank Scully is touring from December 5th – 16th with the third book in his Decade Mystery Series, Empty Time. Jim Lang’s life sputtered into a workaholic rut on a middle rung of the corporate ladder while his colleagues, using his business plan, became the international business titans he once aspired to be. Bad memories of busted marriages and broken promises are all that keep him company in his personal hours so he is more than willing to sacrifice that empty time to his job to make the corporation grow.  His bosses have one more sacrifice in mind for him.  To die for them. Deceived, betrayed and framed for murder
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New Book for Review: Light Under the House

Aaron L will be touring December 5 – 16 with his Christian fantasy historical suspense novel Light Under the House. Light Under the House is the saga of an American family—the Levis, a family of secrets. None greater than the secret of what lies under their house, a secret that could destroy them. A secret that an ancient evil will stop at nothing to uncover. The novel follows the Levi family line for a generation, creating a story that explores lives lived in the aftermath of the cultural rebellion of the late 1960’s. It is a historical fiction novel that shows the power of consequence and the hope of
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New Book for Review: CyberLife

W.H. Buxton will be touring December 5, 2011-February 17, 2012 with his fantasy science fiction novel CyberLife. The year is 2069 and Jim Murphy thinks he has the world pretty much figured out, as a Knowledge Management Consultant (whatever that is!) muddling through various technology consulting jobs. That is, until his company, SciPop Inc., assigns him to work a particularly unusual project involving the acquisition of a small backpacking and hiking services business owned by techno-hater Laura Meyers. Jim, however, never works alone. He, like everyone else in the world, is armed with the ultimate technology super-support tool: a personalized, artificially intelligent, holographic Virtual Life form, more commonly known
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New Book for Review: Monsters of L.A.

Lisa Morton will be touring December 5-16 with her horror fiction collection Monsters of L.A. Frankenstein, Dracula, Mr. Hyde, the Phantom, the Hunchback…they’re all here, the ones you grew up watching on the silver screen. But these monsters aren’t lumbering across a fog-shrouded moor or clambering along the ramparts of a Gothic castle; no, they’re here, in sunny modern-day Southern California, in places you know and may have visited. That homeless vet with the rebuilt leg lounging before the liquor store in Santa Monica – could that be Frankenstein’s monster? The eerie host making promises at the end of an Orange County amusement park ride – is he really
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New Book for Review: Relationship ‘How to Get a Married Woman To Have Sex With You…If You’re Her Husband’ by Stephan Labossiere

Stephen Labossiere will be touring in December 5 – 16 2011 with his relationship book, How to Get a Married Woman to Have Sex With You…If You’re Her Husband! “Just tell me yes…”, is exactly what men all over the world are thinking when they are desperately trying to get intimate with their wives, but are only met with excuse after excuse and rejection after rejection. Women typically want their men to just “know” what they want or figure it out on their own; so men are left being set up to fail because they are near clueless in regards to what their women are truly looking for.  Due to not truly
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New Book for Review: Savvy Diva’s Take On…:44 Days of Random Thoughts and Observations

Jahzara, the Savvy Diva is touring from December 5 -16 with her women’s fiction short stories novel, Savvy Diva’s Take On…:44 Days of Random Thoughts and Observations. Savvy Diva’s Take On…44 Days of Random Thoughts & Observations is an easy going, up and down, serious but funny, “make my day” type of book that sends a reader on a roller coaster ride. The narrative format will have you laughing, smiling and nodding your head as Jahzara expresses her random thoughts and opinions from a unique perspective. Jahzara peels away layers of her life, dotting each experience with an outlook that is a breath of fresh air, revealing her wacky
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New Book for Review: She Had No Choice

Debbie Burroughs is touring from December 5 -16 with her women’s fiction novel, She Had No Choice. This poignant and gripping drama plays out from 1918 Mexico to 1960 California, and is full of love and heartbreak, prejudice and betrayal, lovers, friends and family. It is inspired by a true story. Follow Sofía’s journey from a perilous midnight crossing into the U.S. as a child to a life of hard labor and bad relationships with the wrong men. Hungry for love, her first lover leads to a daughter, Eva, born out of wedlock. When he abandons her and their baby, another unsavory man is quick to come to her
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New Book for Review: Born Mad

Robyn Wheeler is touring from November 1 -23 with her non-fiction self-improvement novel, Born Mad. Follow Robyn on her journey from fits of rage as an angry child, blunders and setbacks as an adult in deep denial, to her quest for awareness and enlightenment. Robyn takes you inside her deepest thoughts and fears, as well as her chronic anger and thoughts of suicide. After being diagnosed with a “bad state of mind” called dysthymia, Robyn wrote Born Mad to help others who may be unaware that they might be suffering from a low-grade chronic depression that will make l ife difficult, ruin relationships, and contribute to a negative and
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New Book for Review: No Story to Tell

KJ Steele is touring from November 1 -January 13 with her literary fiction novel, No Story to Tell. Victoria Lackey, a once extraordinarily promising dancer, now finds herself mired down in a joyless marriage, tending to a heart full of secrets, her dream of being a dancer buried deep within her. Buried within her, that is, until Elliot, a newcomer to the small, gritty town of Hinckly and a sensual artist, recognizes the dancer’s spirit within her. Believing in her abilities, he encourages her to open a dance studio, something previously forbidden by Victoria’s boorish husband, Bobby. With Elliot’s attentions sparking the flame of desire within her, Victoria suddenly
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New Book for Review: Hollywood Stories, Short Entertaining Anecdotes About the Stars and the Legends of the Movies!

Stephen Schochet author of Hollywood Stories, Short Entertaining Anecdotes About the Stars and Legends of the Movies will be on book tour November 14 – Dec 16, 2011.  Just when you thought you’ve heard everything about Hollywood comes a totally original new book — a special blend of biography, history and lore. Hollywood Stories contains a timeless treasure trove of colorful vignettes featuring an amazing all-star cast of icons including John Wayne, Charlie Chaplin, Walt Disney, Jack Nicholson, Johnny Depp, Shirley Temple, Marilyn Monroe, Marlon Brando, Errol Flynn, and many others both past and contemporary. At high noon on a cold November day in 1974, sixty-seven-year-old John Wayne faced
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New Book for Review: Adventure on a DARE

Fritz Sprandel is touring from November 1 -January 13 with his true adventure novel, Adventure on a DARE. Adventure on a DARE is the first in a series of true-life accounts describing Fritz T. Sprandel’s journey into himself in which he discovers his capricious nature and raises questions about the nature of faith. During the course of his adventure, Fritz visits a variety of natural wonders, small towns, and fascinating people on a budget of ten cents and his own amazing resourcefulness. After overcoming the challenges of the wild, he finds himself in a foreign country, falsely charged with espionage. Then he faces, and incredibly survives relatively unscathed, a
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New Book for Review: The Luminist

David Rockling is touring from November 1 -23 with his historical fiction novel, The Luminist. IN COLONIAL INDIA, at a time of growing friction between the ruling British and the restless Indian populace, a Victorian woman and her young Tamil Indian servant defy convention, class, and heartbreak to investigate what is gained – and lost – by holding life still. Suggested by the life and work of photographic pioneer Julia Margaret Cameron, The Luminist filters 19th century Ceylon through the lens of an English woman, Catherine Colebrook and a 15 year old Tamil boy, Eligius Shourie. Left fatherless by soldiers, Eligius is brought as a servant to the Colebrooks’
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New Book for Review: Real Eyez Realize Real Liez

Robert Nelson is touring from November 1 -23 and January 2-27 with his urban thriller, Real Eyez Realize Real Liez. The War for the heart of Urban America won’t televise from some foreign shore. It’ll be fought in your living room with dope, cash, blood and bullets. The American way of life has strayed into the shadows and one by one we’re losing our children to the illusion of Hood Dreams and a Gangsta’s Paradise. Only one man stands strong enough to hold back the tide. A renegade Aryan Prodigy and his crew, and an unfathomable amount of guns are all that protects the last shreds of civilization in
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New Book for Review: Soldier of Rome: The Sacrovir Revolt

James Mace is touring from November 1 -December 16 with his historical fiction novel, Soldier of Rome: The Sacrovir Revolt. A Shadow Rising It has been three years since the wars against Arminius and the Cherusci. Gaius Silius, Legate of the Twentieth Legion, is concerned that the barbarians-though shattered by the war-may be stirring once again. He also seeks to confirm the rumors regarding Arminius’ death. What Silius does not realize is that there is a new threat to the Empire, but it does not come from beyond the frontier; it is coming from within the Empire’s borders in Gaul. Legionary Artorius has greatly matured during his five years
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New Book for Review: The Realmsic Conquest

A. Demethius Jackson is touring from November 14 -December 16 with his fantasy/epic-adventure novel, The Realmsic Conquest. The Realmsic Conquest is a fantasy epic-adventure based upon a magical kingdom known as the Realm. From its establishment, it has remained the only kingdom in existence that possesses magic. As a result, it has never known peace. For countless centuries, the Realm has defended itself against conquerors seeking control of its power. But now facing its greatest peril, the realmsic heroes must battle the wicked, face overwhelming circumstances, and follow ancient lore to obtain the greatest treasure their kingdom will ever know… peace. Written as an epic-poem, the story is easy
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New Book for Review: Words of Inspiration from Your Own Kind

Rachel Greer is touring from November 1, 2011 – February 24, 2012 with her inspirational poetry novel, Words of Inspiration from Your Own Kind. Words of Inspiration from Your Own Kind you realize that it isn’t merely your own life that may contain complexities. Through all of life’s adversities, it’s individually up to you to determine if you will surmount obscurity and persist on toward your destiny. If tomorrow never came, would you let what happened yesterday carry on to today? Words of Inspiration from Your Own Kind is not simply inspiration to those in the ghettos of America; it’s encouragement to every type of person. All of us,
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New Book for Review: Empire of Light

Gregory Earls is touring from November 1 – 23 with his general fiction novel, Empire of Light. Jason Tisse is in over his head. As a young black cinematography student at LA’s notoriously tough American Film Institute, he’s got the vision, but not the balls to battle the ruthlessness that is Hollywood. After a failed year at AFI, which includes nearly electrocuting a fellow classmate, Jason embarks on a trip to Europe to hunt down the works of his favorite painter. Armed with an enchanted camera gifted to him by an eccentric film professor, Jason is prepared to master the art of light and shadow as depicted in the
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New Book For Review: Bending the Boyne by J.S. Dunn

J.S. Dunn is touring from November 14 – 23 with their historical fiction novel, Bending the Boyne. The great Boyne passage mounds are older than the Pyramids, and Stonehenge. Why were these great mounds abandoned around 2200 BCE? 2200 BCE: Changes rocking the Continent reach Eire with the dawning Bronze Age. Marauders invade the island seeking copper and gold and their long bronze knives challenge the peaceful native starwatchers. The young astronomer Boann and the enigmatic Cian need all their wits and courage to save their people and their great Boyne mounds. Tensions build on Eire between new and old cultures and between Boann, Elcmar, and her son Aengus,
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New Book For Review : Well With My Soul by Gregory Allen

Gregory Allen is touring from November 1 – 23 with his literary fiction novel, Well With My Soul. Well with My Soul introduces two brothers who, although close in childhood, have drifted away from each other and closed the door to engagement and emotional connection. The older brother, Jacob, flees his small Tennessee hometown to seek a new life in New York, where he imagines he will overcome his self-hatred and growing sexuality as a homosexual. The younger brother, Noah, stays behind and feels trapped by his role as caretaker for his aging mother. As they grow apart, both brothers go through a series of traumatic events that irrevocably
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New Book for Review in December: “The 58th Keeper” by R.G. Bullet

R. G. Bullet is touring from December 5th – 16th with his middle grade/crossover YA novel, The 58th Keeper. The 58th Keeper is the story of a boy called Archy Bass, who stumbles upon a mysterious and powerful relic. The moment he touches it, two warring forces race to find his whereabouts. One side thinks he’s simply too young and too inexperienced to keep it, and the other just want him dead. The 58th Keeper is a roaring trip that takes the reader on the most wonderful and hair-raising scenes imaginable. R. G. Bullet pulls out all stops in his debut novel to deliver an incredible journey with unforgettable
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New Book for Review: Invisible by Jeanne Bannon

Jeanne Bannon will be touring in December with her YA novel Invisible. Lola’s not pretty. Lola’s not popular. Lola wishes she could disappear … and then one day she does just that… For seventeen-year-old Lola Savullo, life is a struggle. Born to funky parents who are more in than she could ever be, Lola’s dream of becoming a writer makes her an outsider even in her own home. Bullied and despised, Lola still has the support of her best pal Charlie and Grandma Rose. Not only is she freakishly tall, Lola’s a big girl and when forced to wear a bathing suit at her summer job as a camp
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