Friday, June 29, 2018

Audio Review-Showcase How Hard Can it Be by Allison Pearson

Wow June just flew by but it was a wonderful month and I enjoyed all the audio month celebrations. I'm ending the month with an absolutely must listen to, How Hard Can It Be by Allison Pearson narrated by Poppy Miller (fun fact Poppy is right now staring in Harry Potter on Broadway)
Enjoy!


ISBN-13: 9781427293084
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Release Date: 6-5-2018
Length: 
13hours 38mins
Source: Publisher for review
Buy It: Audible


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Overview:
From the New York Times bestselling author of I Don't Know How She Does It comes an audiobook about starting over, and facing life with a sense of humor.

This program is read by acclaimed actor Poppy Miller, who stars as Ginny Weasley in the Broadway production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

Allison Pearson's brilliant debut novel, I Don't Know How She Does It, was a New York Times bestseller with four million copies sold around the world. Called "the definitive social comedy of working motherhood" (The Washington Post) and "a hysterical look—in both the laughing and crying senses of the world—at the life of Supermom" (The New York Times), I Don't Know How She Does It introduced Kate Reddy, a woman as sharp as she was funny. As Oprah Winfrey put it, Kate's story became "the national anthem for working mothers."

Seven years later, Kate Reddy is facing her 50th birthday. Her children have turned into impossible teenagers; her mother and in-laws are in precarious health; and her husband is having a midlife crisis that leaves her desperate to restart her career after years away from the workplace. Once again, Kate is scrambling to keep all the balls in the air in a juggling act that an early review from the U.K. Express hailed as "sparkling, funny, and poignant...a triumphant return for Pearson."

Will Kate reclaim her rightful place at the very hedge fund she founded, or will she strangle in her new “shaping” underwear? Will she rekindle an old flame, or will her house burn to the ground when a rowdy mob shows up for her daughter’s surprise (to her parents) Christmas party? Surely it will all work out in the end. After all, how hard can it be?


Thursday, June 28, 2018

Review The Darkest Warrior by Gena Showalter

Gena's Lords of the Underworld series was my first foray into paranormal romance and fantasy and she's still keeping me reading way past my bedtime :) I thought The Darkest Warrior Rocked! 

Please see personal note at the bottom of post


ISBN-13: 9781488029325
Publisher: Harlequin
Release Date: 6-26-2018
Length: 384pp
The Lords of the Underworld #14
Source: Publisher/Netgalley for review
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OVERVIEW:
A searing Lords of the Underworld tale by New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter, featuring a beastly prince and the wife he will wage war to keep

He is ice…
Puck the Undefeated, host of the demon of Indifference, cannot experience emotion without punishment, so he allows himself to feel nothing. Until her. According to ancient prophecy, she is the key to avenging his past, saving his realm and ruling as king. All he must do? Steal her from the man she loves—and marry her
She is fire
Gillian Shaw has suffered many tragedies in her too-short life, but nothing could have prepared the fragile human for her transition into immortality. To survive, she must wed a horned monster who both intrigues and frightens her…and become the warrior queen she was born to be.
Together they burn.
As a rising sense of possession and obsession overtake Puck, so does insatiable lust. The more he learns about his clever, resourceful wife, the more he craves her. And the more time Gillian spends with her protective husband, the more she aches for him. But the prophecy also predicts an unhappily-ever-after. Can Puck defeat fate itself to keep the woman who brought his deadened heart back to life? Or will they succumb to destiny, losing each other…and everything they’ve been fighting for?


Wednesday, June 27, 2018

#GIVEAWAY Showcase Yesterday's News by R.G. Belsky A Partners in Crime Blog Tour

A While ago I had a feature post on Yesterday's News when it released and so when I saw it on the Partners in Crime schedule I wanted to showcase it for them too.
Enjoy!




Yesterday's News

by R.G. Belsky

on Tour June 1-30, 2018

Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Showcase- Tempting the Laird by Julia London

Say hello to Julia London's latest Highland Groom, Hamlin Graham known as the Dark Duke. Interested now, yeah I thought so. Practice rolling those RRRRRs.
Enjoy!


ISBN-13: 9781335629418
Publisher: Harlequin
Release Date: 6-26-2018
Length: 384 pp
Highland Grooms #5
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Overview:
Mystery and desire cloak the Scottish Highlands
Unruly. Unmarried. Unapologetic. Catriona Mackenzie’s reputation precedes her everywhere she goes. Her beloved late aunt Zelda taught Cat to live out loud and speak her mind, and that’s exactly what she does when Zelda’s legacy—a refuge for women in need—comes under fire. When her quest puts her in the path of the disturbingly mysterious Hamlin Graham, Duke of Montrose, Cat is soon caught up in the provocative rumors surrounding the dark duke. Never one to retreat, Cat boldly goes where no one else has dared for answers.

Shrouded in secrets, a hostage of lies, Hamlin must endure the fear and suspicion of those who believe he is a murderer. The sudden disappearance of his wife and the truth he keeps silent are a risk to his chances at earning a coveted parliamentary seat. But he’s kept his affairs tightly held until a woman with sparkling eyes and brazen determination appears unexpectedly in his life. Deadly allegations might be his downfall, but his unleashed passion could be the duke’s ultimate undoing.


Monday, June 25, 2018

#GIVEAWAY Interview Burn One Down by Jeffrey A. Cooper a Partners in Crime Blog Tour

Today is my stop on the Burn One Down blog tour, read all about the book and my interview with the author then be sure and enter the giveaway.
Enjoy!


Burn One Down

by Jeffrey A. Cooper

on Tour June 11 - July 13, 2018

Synopsis:


Retiring thief Jack Apple is offered a low-­risk, six-­figure payout to heist a medical marijuana dispensary from the feisty and impetuous Diane Thomas after Diane steals the robbery plans from her shady ex-­husband Alvin, hoping to beat him to the score.
Diane promises to stay out of Jack’s way but she can’t help interfering, forcing them to take hostages inside the dispensary when the robbery is interrupted by law enforcement, inciting a media circus that deteriorates into a full-­on urban riot.
To escape, Jack and Diane must negotiate the hostages, their agendas, an army of Sheriff’s deputies, the tenacious local news media, crooked deals, corrupt politicians, rioters, Diane’s shady ex-­husband Alvin, and their growing attraction to each other.
This little ditty about Jack and Diane is a fast-paced read that finds a few new wrinkles in a familiar genre. ~ Kirkus Review








Book Details:

Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Crime, Heist
Published by: Indie
Publication Date: June 15, 2018
Number of Pages: 271
ISBN: 978-­0­‐692­‐06952-3
Purchase Links: Amazon | Goodreads

Thursday, June 21, 2018

Showcase - Review - Upstate by James Wood Audio version narrated by Raphael Corkhill

I've never had the pleasure of reading a James Wood novel before but I love British literature, their wit, humor and their staidness. So when Upstate was one of the June offerings from Macmillan Audio I said yes please.
June is audio month, celebrate by listening to an audio book.

Enjoy!


ISBN-13: 9781427298195
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Release Date: 6-5-2018
Length: 6hrs 52.mins
Source: Publisher for review
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Overview:
New Yorker book critic and award-winning author James Wood delivers a novel of a family struggling to connect with one another and find meaning in their own lives.
In the years since his daughter Vanessa moved to America to become a professor of philosophy, Alan Querry has never been to visit. He has been too busy at home in northern England, holding together his business as a successful property developer. His younger daughter, Helen—a music executive in London—hasn’t gone, either, and the two sisters, close but competitive, have never quite recovered from their parents’ bitter divorce and the early death of their mother. But when Vanessa’s new boyfriend sends word that she has fallen into a severe depression and that he’s worried for her safety, Alan and Helen fly to New York and take the train to Saratoga Springs.

Over the course of six wintry days in upstate New York, the Querry family begins to struggle with the questions that animate this profound and searching novel: Why do some people find living so much harder than others? Is happiness a skill that might be learned or a cruel accident of birth? Is reflection conducive to happiness or an obstacle to it? If, as a favorite philosopher of Helen’s puts it, “the only serious enterprise is living,” how should we live? Rich in subtle human insight, full of poignant and often funny portraits, and vivid with a sense of place, James Wood’s Upstate is a powerful, intense, beautiful novel.



Wednesday, June 20, 2018

#GIVEAWAY Review- Untamed Cowboy by Maisey Yates

Maisey Yates is a favorite of mine from way back when I reviewed Harlequn Presents for RT Book reviews so it was a no brainer when I had the opportunity to review her latest Gold Valley novel.
Maisey's publisher is sponsoring a giveaway, details below.

Enjoy!



ISBN-13: 9781335900708
Publisher: Harlequin
Release Date: 6-19-2018
Length: 480pp
Gold Valley #2
Source: Publisher/Netgalley for review
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Overview:
In Gold Valley, Oregon, love might be hiding in plain sight…

Some things are too perfect to mess with. Bennett Dodge’s relationship with Kaylee Capshaw is one of them. They work together at their veterinary clinic and have been best friends for years. When Bennett’s world is rocked by the appearance of a son he didn’t know he had, he needs Kaylee more than ever. And he doesn’t want anything else to change. But then Kaylee kisses him, and nothing will ever be the same…

Kaylee’s done her best to keep her feelings for the man she’s loved since high school hidden away, but one unguarded moment changes everything, and now there’s no more denying the chemistry that burns between them. But the explosion of desire changes all the rules, and what’s left could destroy their bond—or bring them to a love that’s deeper than she ever imagined…


Also includes a bonus Gold Valley novella, Mail Order Cowboy!

Giveaway is for One Print Copy of
Smooth Talking Cowboy US & Canada Only
Please Use the Rafflecopter form to enter
Good Luck!