RRBC "TREAT" READS BLOG HOP # 11 - AMY REECE

I’m a stop on this year’s RRBC “TREAT” Reads Blog Hop, for stop #11. I have the pleasure of introducing Amy Reece.

Author, Amy Reece

Amy Reece lives in Albuquerque, NM, with her husband and family. She loves to read and travel and has an unhealthy addiction to dogs. 

She believes red wine, coffee, and chocolate are the elixirs of life and lead to great inspiration or possible great delusion. She is the author of The Seeker Series and The Way to Her Heart.

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/AReeceAuthor

Book: THE WAY TO HER HEART
Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01D5FJ41M

Book Blurb: No amount of counseling can bring Josh Harris back to his old self. After a tragedy that changed his life forever, eighteen-year-old Josh has lived in a year-long fog of medication and confusion. It’s all he can do to not think about his dad—a culinary genius who raised him in the kitchen. Thankfully, Josh inherited his golden palate and sixth sense for cooking, which is the only thing that makes sense anymore.

For a seventeen-year-old girl, life can’t get much worse… Bernie Abeyta is a senior in high school and lives with her drug-addicted mother, but has managed to keep her grades up so she can get into college. With her father in prison and her mom’s sleazy boyfriend getting too close for comfort, Bernie turns to her best friend Gabby Rodriguez for help, but discovers Gabby has gone missing. Distressed over her friend’s sudden disappearance, Bernie resorts to living out of her car while she looks for answers and tries to avoid foster care.

Part love, part mystery, part cookbook—and all heart.

RRBC "TREAT" READS BLOG HOP # 10 - WENDY SCOTT

I’m a stop on this year’s RRBC “TREAT” Reads Blog Hop, and today [Day 10] I had got the pleasure of introducing Wendy Scott.

Author, Wendy Scott

Wendy Scott has a New Zealand Certificate in Science (Chemistry), which allows her to dabble with fuming potions and strange substances, satisfying her inner witch. Wendy writes fantasy, children's and romance novels. One of the creeds she lives by is to always - Live a life less ordinary!  

Gold Medal Winner The Wishing Shelf Book Awards UK 2015.

Silver Medal Winner Readers' Favorite Book Awards 2016.

Blue Treat Award Rave Reviews Book Club 2017.

Gold Quality Marks BooksGoSocial 2017.

Finalist UK Wishing Shelf Awards 2016 & 2017.

Finalist International Book Excellence Awards 2018.

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/WendyJayneScott

Book: HIEROGLYPH

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B016IZYDE4/

Book Blurb: 13 year old TC has a secret. No one knows she possesses a supernatural power.

Can TC help her Uncle Max, an archaeologist; to unearth enough evidence to prove Ancient Egyptians visited Australia, before he’s discredited in the media by those that want the past to stay buried?

“Some would say that I have a gift, but to me it’s always been a curse. Before I changed my mind, I tugged off my gloves and whipped my head left and right, checking to see that no one was watching. I sucked in breath and steadied my nerves then thrust my hands against the stones and touched one of the cartouches. Time and place ripped away.”

An enthralling archaeological mystery, mixing the supernatural with humour and suspense.

RRBC "TREAT" READS BLOG HOP # 9 - BETTE STEVENS

“TREAT” READS BLOG HOP #9

I’m a stop on this year’s RRBC “TREAT” Reads Blog Hop, and yesterday [Day 9] I had got the pleasure of introducing Bette Stevens.

Author, Bette Stevens

Inspired by nature and human nature, author Bette A. Stevens is a retired elementary and middle school teacher, a wife, mother of two and grandmother of five. Stevens lives in Central Maine with her husband on their 37-acre farmstead where she enjoys writing, gardening, walking and reveling in the beauty of nature. She advocates for children and families, for childhood literacy and for the conservation of monarch butterflies (milkweed is the only plant that monarch caterpillars will eat).

Bette A. Stevens is the author of award-winning picture book AMAZING MATILDA; home/school resource, The Tangram Zoo and Word Puzzles Too!; and PURE TRASH, the short story prequel to her debut novel, DOG BONE SOUP. 

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/BetteAStevens

Book: DOG BONE SOUP

Amazon Link; https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00S5RMUDK

Book Blurb: 

Whether or not You Grew Up in the 1950s and 60s, you'll find DOG BONE SOUP (Historical Fiction) to be soup for the soul.

In this coming-of-age novel, Shawn Daniels’s father is the town drunk. Shawn and his brother Willie are in charge of handling everything that needs to be done around the ramshackle place they call home—lugging in water for cooking and cleaning, splitting and stacking firewood…But when chores are done, these resourceful kids strike out on boundless adventures that don’t cost a dime. DOG BONE SOUP is the poignant tale of a dysfunctional family struggling to survive in America in the 50s and 60s, when others were living The American Dream.

RRBC "TREAT" READS BLOG HOP # 8 - BERNARD FOONG [aka Young]

I’m a stop on this year’s RRBC “TREAT” Reads Blog Hop, and today [Day 8] I’ve got the pleasure of introducing Karen Ingalls.

Author, Bernard Foong

By Christine Maynard (screenwriter and novelist).
[from Amazon Profile

"Young alias Bernard Foong is, first and foremost, a sensitivist. He finds nuance in everything. To experience the world, he inhabits is an adventure which is mystical, childlike and refreshing. He has a rare ability to create beauty in a unique fashion. His palettes have been material, paint, words and human experiences.

While attending an elite private school in England, some 40 years ago, he was swore into a clandestine sexual society that soon spirited him away to the Middle East to serve in several wealthy and aristocratic harems. He never thought he would be telling his story, but he believes now is the correct time to share his unique experiences.

Although his story is a titillating and an evocative account of the author's adolescent life. It is also a love story between he and his chaperone, Andy, a few years his senior. He was allocated by the School to be the boy's mentor. Both were born into wealthy and privileged families.

He had taken the liberty to change the names of the secret society, people, and places to protect their identities, but had given a truthful and positive chronicle of his harem experiences."

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bernardfoong

Book: TURPITUDE

Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LQYPU30/

Book Blurb: Turpitude is the fourth book to A Harem Boy’s Saga, a provocative story about a young man who was initiated into a clandestine sexual society through his UK boarding school. From there, he was spirited to the Middle East to attend the Bahriji (Oasis) School in The United Arab Emirates in preparation for Harem services for the wealthy elite. It is also a love story between the young man, his ‘Big Brother,’ and his ‘Valet,’ who served as his chaperones and mentors.

This book follows the teenagers’ erotic and exotic adventures and experiences at their fourth Arabian Household, the Assalamu Alaikum (Peace Be with You) Harem. There, they became confidants to a sheik, assistants to his numerous international ventures, especially that of a film production: “Kāmasūtra - Lover’s Tale.” The teenagers continue to apprentice and model in a controversial photography project, “Sacred Sex in Sacred Places.”

This story is an account of the author’s experiences. Through these truths, often demonized by contemporary societies that deem such behaviors inappropriate, the author hopes to dispel condemnation and negativity related to sexuality, love, and personal freedom. 

RRBC "TREAT" READS BLOG HOP # 7 - KAREN INGALLS

I’m a stop on this year’s RRBC “TREAT” Reads Blog Hop, and today [Day 7] I’ve got the pleasure of introducing Karen Ingalls.

Author, Karen Ingalls

Karen Ingalls is the author of two novels and an award winning non-fiction book. She enjoys writing from her home office overlooking a lake in Florida.

Ms. Ingalls's non-fiction book, Outshine: An Ovarian Cancer Memoir, won first place at the 2012 Indie Excellence Book Awards in the the category of women's health. It was a top three finalist for the Independent Publisher Book Award of 2012 in the two categories of health and self-help.

The purpose of the book is to provide information about this too often deadly disease, and offer hope and inspiration to women and their families. All proceeds go to ovarian cancer research.

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/KIngallsAuthor

Book: OUTSHINE: AN OVARIAN CANCER MEMOIR

Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KI1HGZI

Book Blurb: When Karen Ingalls was diagnosed with Stage IIC ovarian cancer, she realized ho little she knew about what is called "the silent killer." As Ingalls began to educate herself she felt overwhelmed by the prevalent negativity of cancer. Lost in the information about drugs, side effects, and statistics, she redirected her energy to focus on the equally overwhelming blessings of life, learning to rejoice in each day and find peace in spirituality.

In this memoir, Karen is a calming presence and positive companion, offering a refreshing perspective of hope with the knowledge that "the beauty of the soul, the real me and the real you, outshines the effects of cancer, chemotherapy, and radian. It is a story of survival and reminds readers that disease is not an absolute, but a challenge to recover.

RRBC "TREAT" READS BLOG HOP # 6 - RHANI D'CHAE

“TREAT” READS BLOG HOP #5

I’m a stop on this year’s RRBC “TREAT” Reads Blog Hop, and today [Day 6] I’ve got the pleasure of introducing author Rhani D'Chae.

AUTHOR, RHANI D'CHAE

TWITTER: https://www.twitter.com/rhanidchae

Book: ONE DYKE COZY

AMAZON LINK: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0713TQFCF

Book Blurb: People come into our lives for a day, a season, or a reason...

"Shy taught me to fight like a champion, love like a poet, & live like it was my last day on earth."

One Dyke Cozy touches on the lives of two girls, Gabby and Shy, from their first meeting as children to Shy's untimely death.

This novel contains profanity and adult situations.

BECOMING ENTHRALLED WITH BOOKS OF A CHRISTIAN NATURE

Those of you who know me, know that besides being a Romance author I’m also a rather voracious Book Reviewer who enjoys reading a very broad spectrum of genres, from early reader picture books for children all the way to hot, steamy, erotic stories for adults. But lately, as can be seen from the listing of my last 10 books that I’ve reviewed that 5 of them have something to do with The Good Book aka The Bible with some way or another.

The bold entries in the below listing are 5 The Bible related books I’ve reviewed. Right now, about 50%, if not more, of the books on my TBReviewed pile are for books of a Christian nature.

914

The Life Your Spirit Craves
https://www.amazon.com/review/RGCAMKK1O2YNM

915

Save Your Life with the Power of pH Balance:…

916

Sex in the Name of God
https://www.amazon.com/review/R2S3CBAKU8W2EB
[a plausible satirical interpretation]

917

Crossroads (Revving It Up Book 3)

918
A Christian Woman's Guide to Finding Prince Charming and Keeping the Toads away!

https://www.amazon.com/review/R1KXHGKJQ5134L

919

Erotic Short Story Anthology: Adult Bedtime Stories 

920

Is It Just Me or Is Dating Again Completely F*cked?

921

Injustice for Gold in Africa

922

MisBelieving: Unmasking 'Fake Truths' in the Church
https://www.amazon.com/review/R1ZPJ59259BVO9

923

God's Light of Grace: A Dear Gentle Reader Series
https://www.amazon.com/review/RZF6OZI6ZK7ZZ