Posts Tagged ‘book reviewers wanted’

New Book for Review: From Mason to Minister: Through the Lattice by Neil Cullan McKinlay

Neil Cullan McKinlay is touring in June with his inspirational memoir From Mason to Minister: Through the Lattice. An adventurous, captivating and poetic memoir of the author’s courageous and spiritual journey—from Scotland to Canada to Australia—in his quest to “find the Truth and know the living God.” Neither an apologetic nor a polemic, he corrects much misinterpretation and misunderstanding of Freemasonry. We learn how inspiration from Masonic teachings about Solomon’s Temple, the arch, and keystone led him to a deep study of the revelation from the Bible of the “stone the builders rejected” which is Christ. Readers will be uplifted, inspired, and delighted as they follow along with him
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New Book for Review: Historical Romance ‘Expiation’ by Greg Messel

Greg Messel is touring in July and August 2011 with his historical romance novel, Expiation. In 1968, Dan and Katie are one of the hottest couples at Ballard High School in Seattle. He is the hero football player, and she is the beautiful cheerleader. These high school sweethearts believe theirs is a love that will never die. Life changes when Dan leaves Washington to start college at the University of California Berkeley and pursue his dream of working for a big time newspaper in the glamorous city of San Francisco. The quest for his dream occurs against the turbulent background of Berkeley and San Francisco in the 1970s as
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New Book for Review: Short Story Collection ‘Sentiments of Blue’ by Garasamo Maccagnone

Garasamo Maccagnone returns in June and July 2011 to tour with his new short story collection, Sentiments of Blue. Set in a Michigan factory, the title story takes readers inside a workplace dominated by a ruthless bully and his cronies. While explaining the actions taking place around him, it becomes clear that the narrator yearns to escape the blue-collar life handed down to him from his father. “Perfect Game” unfolds during a minor league baseball game with Chi-Chi Gomez on the mound, a fearless pitcher who never fails to brush a few batters back from the plate–a space he considers his personal property. Along with other stories, the book also features original
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New Book for Review: When Stars Align by Carole Eglash-Kosoff

Carole Eglash-Kosoff is touring in July 2011 with her historical fiction, When Stars Align. Carole Eglash-Kosoff’s first novel, WHEN STARS ALIGN, is set in 19th century Louisiana, at a time and place where mixed-race relationships are both illegal and unacceptable. How can these defiant lovers–and their love–survive? The time is a crucial period in American history–the Civil War and the years of Reconstruction following it–and the characters are Thaddeus and Amy, who share a forbidden love that can get them both killed. For he is a mulatto ex-slave, and she is white. In the novel, whenever Amy asks if she and Thaddeus will ever be together, his answer is
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New Book for Review: Children’s Chapter Book ‘The Adventures of Joe-Joe Nut and Biscuit Bill Case #2: Mineral Mischief” by Renee Hand

Renee Hand is touring in June 2011 with her children’s detective chapter book, The Adventures of Joe-Joe Nut and Biscuit Bill Case #2: Mineral Mischief. In the midst of having her friends visit her rock collection, Maple Moo’s rare mineral goes missing from underneath her large cow nose. She instantly turns to Joe-Joe Nut and Biscuit Bill, the most famous detectives in Acorn Valley, to find it. But they didn’t know the task was going to be an impossible one. The suspects were hard to figure out. Was it Candy Cardinal, who committed the crime? She collects various gemstones to make jewelry. Brutus and Betty Blue Beaver also collect
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New Book for Review: Historical Novel ‘The Confessions of Catherine de Medici’ by C.W. Gortner

C.W. Gortner is touring from June 13 – 24, 2011 with his historical novel, The Confessions of Catherine de Medici. Catherine de Medici was one of history’s most powerful women.  She has been called brilliant and bold, but was also known as a vengeful Italian Jezebel who resorted to murder to protect her family’s throne.  Was she the ruthless queen who led France into an era of savage violence? Or was she the passionate savior of the French monarchy? Originally published in hardcover in 2010, C.W. Gortner’s novel THE CONFESSIONS OF CATHERINE DE MEDICI (Ballantine Trade Paperback; On Sale: May 24, 2011) challenges the dark legend surrounding Catherine de Medici,
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New Book for Review: Contemporary Fiction ‘Ladies and Gentlemen…The Redeemers’ by Michael Scott Miller

Michael Scott Miller is touring in June 2011 with his contemporary fiction novel, Ladies and Gentleman…The Redeemers. Ladies and Gentlemen…The Redeemers tells the story of Bert Ingram, once a successful rep in the music industry, who has lost his way.  Desperate for redemption, the perpetual dreamer decides to put together a band, recruiting musicians who have only one thing in common:  the need to overcome a significant obstacle in their lives.  The volatile mix of the musicians’ personalities and backgrounds threatens to derail the band at every opportunity, but in time, the Redeemers begin to realize they have more to gain from one another than they ever could have imagined.
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New Book for Review: Literary Fiction ‘Too Jewish’ by Patty Friedmann

Patty Friedmann is touring in June 2011 with her literary fiction novel, Too Jewish. When young, brainy Bernie Cooper escapes the Nazis and ends up in New Orleans, he thinks at first that he’s landed softly, almost immediately finding love with Letty, not only a nice Jewish girl, but fifth-generation Southern upper crust. But suddenly, snobberies he couldn’t even have guessed at are set in motion. It seems Letty’s prominent Jewish parents hate him for being…too Jewish! EXCERPT FROM FIRST CHAPTER I wasn’t stopped. I wasn’t questioned at the station. I wasn’t bothered on the train. I was in a compartment with five other people, and I knew the
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New Book for Review: Mystery ‘Julius Katz and Archie’ by Dave Zeltserman

Dave Zeltserman is touring in June 2011 with his mystery novel, Julius Katz and Archie. The award-winning Julius Katz mysteries have delighted thousands of mystery fans since first appearing on the pages of Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine in 2009, winning a Shamus, Derringer and Ellery Queen’s Readers Choice Award . ‘Julius Katz’ introduced readers to Boston’s most brilliant, eccentric and possibly laziest detective, Julius Katz, as well as his sidekick, Archie, a tiny marvel of whizbang computer technology with the heart and soul of a hard-boiled PI. Now in Julius Katz and Archie’s first full novel, the stakes have never been higher when a famous Boston mystery, Kenneth Kingston,
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New Book for Review: Mystery Detective ‘A New Prospect’ by Wayne Zurl

Wayne Zurl is touring in June & July 2011 with his mystery detective novel, A New Prospect. Finding a killer in a small Appalachian community doesn’t look that difficult to gritty ex-New York Detective Lieutenant Sam Jenkins. Adjusting to the culture of rural Tennessee , dealing with shady politicians, powerful rich families, and colorful residents, makes Sam feel like a fish out of water, or a cop out of bourbon. But A NEW PROSPECT isn’t just about a homicide. Jenkins, the new police chief, is busy coping with his mid-life crisis, trying to patch the cracks in a department shattered by scandal, and looking for a new purpose in
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New Book for Review: Thriller Suspense ‘Black Widow and the Sandman’ by L.L. Reaper

LL Reaper is touring in June, July and August 2011 with her thriller suspense novel, Black Widow and the Sandman. Children in Cuba are suffering an agonizing death. The cause, a toxin released by a terrorist organization hell bent on genocide. The scientific community is at a loss, and the Cuban government can no longer hide the truth from its citizens. Cuba’s only chance lies in the capable hands of a reclusive scientist from the country they believe is behind this terrorist attack, the United States of America. Roman “The Sandman ” Tate is the most sought after mercenary in the world. When he is ordered to protect scientist
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New Book for Review: Thriller ‘To Speak for the Dead’ by Paul Levine

Paul Levine is touring in June with his thriller novel, To Speak for the Dead.  A doctor in love with his patient’s wife…A fatal mistake during surgery…Accident?  Malpractice?  Or murder? Defending a surgeon in a malpractice case, Jake Lassiter begins to suspect that his client is innocent of negligence…but guilty of murder.  Add a sexy widow, a deadly drug, and a grave robbery to the stew and you have the setting for Miami’s trial of the century. “To Speak for the Dead” introduced the world to Lassiter, the linebacker-turned-lawyer with a hard bark and a tender heart.  An international bestseller, Paul Levine’s debut novel was named by the Los
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New Book for Review: Teen/Romantic Thriller Airel by Aaron Patterson & Chris White

Aaron Patterson & Chris White are touring in June and July 2011 with their teen romantic thriller novel, Airel. Airel just wanted to fly under the radar, hang out with her best friend Kim and survive High School. But that was not what was happening. She witnessed a murder, her body is changing, and something is just not right with her boyfriend. She can’t understand what is going on and now is wondering if she is even human. 400 pages You can visit their website at www.stonehouseink.net or their blog at www.TheWorstBookEver.blogspot.com. Please Note: Airel  is only available in electronic format for review. If you would like to review
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New Book for Review: Through The Fire: One Woman’s Experiences in Surviving Domestic Violence by Harriet Cammock

Join Harriet Cammock as she tours in June with her nonfiction inspirational self-help book Through the Fire. In Through The Fire, Harriet Cammock has written a captivating account of surviving domestic violence. Having lived countless years in an environment of verbal and physical abuse, Harriet recollects events no person ought to be able to call to mind. Vivid accounts create unease, knowing people are able to harm each other on such levels and call it love. Harriet shares her blinded love, innocent assumptions, dreaded encounters, and fear-driven hopes, as she recaptures the essence of her painful memories. We journey with her through dating a perceived white knight; coping in
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New Book for Review: Picture Book ‘Frederico the Mouse Violinist’ by Mayra Calvani

Mayra Calvani is touring in June with her children’s picture book, Frederico, the Mouse Violinist. Frederico is a little mouse with a big dream: he wants to become a violinist. Each day he watches as Stradivari makes his famous violins. Each night, he sneaks into the workshop to play. But the violins are too big! Then, unbeknown to Frederico, Stradivari sees him playing and begins carving a tiny device. Could it be a famous Strad especially for Frederico? 24 pages You can visit Mayra’s website at www.mayracalvani.com. Please Note: Frederico, the Mouse Violinist  is only available in electronic format for review. If you would like to review Frederico, the
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New Book for Review: Suspense ‘Eyewall’ by Buzz Bernard

Buzz Bernard is touring May 16 – June 17 2011 with his suspense novel, Eyewall! Eyewall takes you on a dramatic ride into the eye of a major hurricane and the lives of the people who challenge it. Major Arlen Walker is on his final mission with the Air Force Hurricane Hunters. As commander of a WC-130, he’s been tasked to recon Hurricane Janet just off the Georgia coast On paper, the flight looks like a milk run. In reality, it turns out to be anything but. Walker, having been briefed that the hurricane is weak, penetrates the storm hat low altitude. Too late, he realizes Janet has turned
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New Book for Review: Literary Fiction ‘Island Girl’ by Lynda Simmons

Lynda Simmons is touring in June 2011 with her fiction literary novel, Island Girl. What Would You Do If You Were Told You Had Alzheimer’s? Island Girl is the emotionally riveting story of a 55 year old mother, Ruby Donaldson, fighting to reunite her family as she struggles with the diagnosis of early on-set Alzheimer’s. Ruby refuses to let the disease control her future, but first she must find a way to convince her older daughter Liz to grow up and come home; to take her place as head of the family thereby securing the future of their home on the Island, and ensuring that Liz’s younger sister, Grace,
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New Book for Review: Thriller ‘N.H.I.: No Humans Involved’ by Ray Ellis

Ray Ellis is touring in June with his thriller novel, N.H.I.: No Humans Involved.  Half of Treasure City is controlled by a violent street gang.  The other half is controlled by fear.  A rookie detective, Nate Richards, is thrust between the two.  Abyss, a mysterious street gang moves into the valley and people have started dying.  Nate’s girlfriend suddenly disappears and the gang is being targeted as the cause.  With his partner fighting for her life – the result of a vigilante’s bullet, political pressure from above, and time running out to find his missing girlfriend, Nate has to overcome the darkness that has taken over the city and
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New Book for Review: Personal Narrative Travel ‘Chique Secrets of Dolce Vita’ by Barbara Conelli

Barbara Conelli is touring in June and July 2011 with her narrative travel nonfiction book, Chique Secrets of Dolce Vita. To live a dolce vita means living with an open heart and soul, indulging in life with all your senses. It means having the eyes to see real beauty, having the nose to smell intoxicating scents, having the ears to hear dreamy sounds, having the mouth to taste delicate flavors, having the body to perceive soft sensations. It means being aware of yourself, of your emotions and desires. It means finding happiness in ordinary yet unique things. There is a place where you can learn all this. A place
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New Book for Review: Nonfiction ‘The Safe and Sane Guide to Teenage Plastic Surgery’ by Dr. Frederick Lukash

Frederick Lukash, M.D., is touring in June with his nonfiction book, The Safe and Sane Guide to Teenage Plastic Surgery.   The Safe and Sane Guide to Teenage Plastic Surgery, by Dr. Frederick N. Lukash, is the only complete guide to this ever-expanding phenomenon. Written by the American Society of Plastic Surgery‘s acknowledged expert and official media spokesperson on pediatric and adolescent plastic surgery, this book answers those tough questions parents of potential teenage plastic surgery candidates have: Will surgery increase their child’s self-esteem and help them fit in better? Or is it a dangerously easy solution to deeper issues? When is surgery right, and when is it not? Interviewed
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New Book to Review: Mystery/Suspense novel, “Murder on the Interstate” by Jean Henry Mead

Jean Henry Mead is touring in May with her mystery/suspense novel, Murder on the Interstate. This is the third novel in the Logan & Cafferty mystery/​suspense series. While traveling in their motorhome along northern Arizona’s Interstate 40, Dana Logan and Sarah Cafferty discover the body of a young woman recently shot in her Mercedes convertible. When they decide to investigate, a trucker by the name of Big Ruby McCurdy comes to their rescue as they attempt to chase down the killer. In the process they place themselves in danger as they encounter home grown terrorism, dangerous acid spills, contaminated water supplies, kidnapping, a flash flood and a devastating explosion.
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Pump Up Chats with ‘The Bone Trail’ Author Nell Walton

Nell Walton is an avid horsewoman and also owns two wild horses, both of which came from a herd near Elko, NV.  She is also the founder and managing editor of the online equestrian news magazine, The AllHorses Post.  She has degrees in journalism and biology from the University of Arkansas, spent many years as a professional journalist and worked as an intern for former President Bill Clinton when he was governor of Arkansas.  She lives in East Tennessee on a small horse farm with her husband, four horses, one donkey, two cats and two dogs.  The Bone Trail is her first novel. Weblinks: *http://www.allpetspost.org/TheBoneTrail/ *http://www.allpetspost.org/AllHorsespost/ *http://www.facebook.com/pages/manage/?act=287583265#!/pages/The-Bone-Trail/177304412309524 *Twitter:nellwal *thebonetril@allpetspost.org
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New Book for Review: The Fear Principle by B.A. Chepaitis

B.A. Chepaitis is touring in May with her sci-fi mystery with romantic elements, The Fear Principle. On Prison Planetoid Three, Jaguar Addams and Alex Dzarny rehab the worst criminals by telepathically making them face their fears. Their current case is hitwoman Clare Rilasco, emotionless, beautiful, and part of a death machine plot that threatens to take over the world. Jaguar can’t tell who the bad guys are anymore, as she’s dragged into her own terrifying past by Clare’s telepathic tricks. While the search for the man behind the mirror continues, Jaguar and Clare are enmeshed in a relationship of seduction and trickery that makes Jaguar face her own deepest
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New Book for Review: Thriller ‘Dying Memories’ by Dave Zeltserman

Dave Zeltserman is touring in May 2011 with his thriller, Dying Memories. A woman shoots a man to death on a crowded street in Boston, claiming that he raped and murdered her eleven-year old daughter. Except he didn’t, because this woman never had a daughter. Another man stabs an MIT professor to death in front of a crowd in Harvard Square, saying he witnessed the professor running down his wife in the street. Except the MIT professor was three thousand miles away when the man’s wife was killed. Reporter Bill Conway discovers that these victims are connected to ViGen Corporation, a shadowy pharmaceutical company. When he tries to investigate
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New Book for Review: Christian Fiction ‘Contingency’ by Paula Wiseman

Paula Wiseman is touring in May 2011with her Christian Fiction, Contingency (Book One: Convenant of Trust Series). Bobbi Molinsky’s comfortable life is shattered when a forwarded email from her husband’s account lands in her inbox. The email teases, “My whole evening is free again.” After an angry confrontation with Chuck, she is left with the broken remains of an eighteen year marriage. Bobbi agrees forgiving Chuck is the right thing, the God-honoring thing to do, but it leaves her empty and isolated. Teaching her second-graders is a burden. Taking care of her boys saps all her energy. It seems God Himself has walked away, leaving her to struggle alone.
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New Book for Review: Thriller ‘Godchild’ by Vincent Zandri

Vincent Zandri is touring in May with the Kindle edition of his thriller, Godchild. He wanted justice, truth, revenge…whichever came first. Prison-warden-turned-P.I. Jack “Keeper” Marconi understands the criminal mind. And he knows what it takes to break a man. His own life came apart the day a black Buick broadsided his car–and his wife died horrifically in the seat beside him. Years later, on the eve of his second marriage, Marconi catches a split-second glimpse of the driver who killed his wife. Suddenly hurtled back into the past, he is determined to take one last shot at hunting him down. That is, until he is offered a job he
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New Book for Review: New Testament Non-fiction book, “The Virgin Mary in the Light of the Word of God” by Dr. Labib Mikhail

Dr. Labib Mikhail is touring in May with his New Testament non-fiction book, The Virgin Mary in the Light of the Word of God. For those not well acquainted with but interested in Christianity and its true historic beliefs, you will find a straight-forward declaration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This is the Gospel that leads to the eternal and abundant life our God always intended for mankind, through the saving and sanctifying work of Jesus Christ. For the committed Christian, you will find an edifying presentation of the true Gospel and of sound doctrine. The book is a balanced and Biblical portrait of the Virgin Mary. It
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New Book for Review: MG Fantasy Novel ‘The Weaver’ by Kai Strand

Kai Strand is touring from May 9th – May 20th, 2011 with her middle grade fantasy novel, The Weaver. In a town of word weavers, Mary suffers through her third year of Novice Word Weaving. Mary thinks her troubles are over when she meets a gnome-elf who grants her a wish.  But instead of weaving a better story, she’s weaving strange yarn charms to accompany her still pathetic tales. 94 pages (Amazon bestseller in the Large Print Children’s Books Category in January 2011) Read an excerpt! Chapter 1 A Mother’s Shadow  Given ample sun and water, a flower grows strong and blooms full But grown in shade it is
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The Bone Trail Virtual Book Tour April 2011

Join Nell Walton, author of the mystery thriller The Bone Trail as she virtually tours the blogosphere in April 2011 on her first tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Nell Walton Nell Walton is an avid horsewoman and also owns two wild horses, both of which came from a herd near Elko, NV. She is also the founder and managing editor of the online equestrian news magazine, The AllHorses Post (www.allpetspost.org/allhorsespost). She has degrees in journalism and biology from the University of Arkansas, spent many years as a professional journalist and worked as an intern for former President Bill Clinton when he was governor of Arkansas. She lives
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New Book for Review: Nonfiction ‘My Life & 1000 Houses’ by Mitch Stephen

Mitch Stephen is touring in May with his nonfiction book, My Life & 1000 Houses! This autobiographical tale is perfect for entrepreneurs and a must-read for anyone aspiring to be a real estate investor. Beginning with a handful of credit cards, he mastered the art of the purchase and sale of single and multi-family residences, small commercial properties, manufactured homes, raw land and lots, and eventually was honored by the San Antonio Real Estate Investors Association. Combining commonsense, experience and technology, he merges real estate and Internet marketing. With fifty one informative chapters, including an eye-opening introduction to “Adversity University,” and powerful food for thought in “Escaping the Debt
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