Book Spotlight: Sins of the Father – Sharon Bairden

On Aug 29, 2021 By Rowena AndrewsIn BBNYA, Book Spotlights, Crime, MysteryLeave a comment

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Today I am delighted to be hosting a spotlight for ‘Sins of the Father’ by Sharon Bairden a semi-finalist in BBNYA 2021.

This year, the Book Bloggers’ Novel of the Year Award (BBNYA) is celebrating the 65 books that made it into Round Two with a mini spotlight blitz tour for each title. BBNYA is a yearly competition where book bloggers from all over the world read and score books written by indie authors, ending with 10 finalists and one overall winner.

If you want some more information about BBNYA, check out the BBNYA Website https://www.bbnya.com/ or take a peek over on Twitter @BBNYA_Official. BBNYA is brought to you in association with the @Foliosociety (if you love beautiful books, you NEED to check out their website!) and the book blogger support group @The_WriteReads.

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Blog Tour (Book Review) – The Comfort of Distance – Ryburn Dobbs

On Dec 19, 2020 By Rowena AndrewsIn Crime, Review1 Comment

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Today is my stop on the blog tour for ‘The Comfort of Distance’ by Ryburn Dobbs organised by Love Book Tours. I hope that you will check out both the author and the book, as well as the rest of the blogs involved in the tour.

Disclaimer: ‘I was given a copy this book in exchange for an honest review.’

Book Summary:

Sgt Hank LeGris stares down at the crushed and gaping skull in the dirt. It’s the second time in just a few weeks that human remains have been found in the Black Hills. Citizens are getting restless. Is it a rogue mountain lion, as many people suspect? Or something even more sinister?

Sebastien Grey is a brilliant forensic anthropologist with debilitating social phobia. When he is asked by his estranged brother to come to South Dakota and help identify who, or what is leaving body parts scattered across the county, he discovers much more than the cause of these strange deaths.

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Blog Tour (Book Review) – The Naseby Horses – Dominic Brownlow

On Aug 23, 2020 By Rowena AndrewsIn Literary Fiction, Mystery, Review2 Comments

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Today is my stop on the blog tour for ‘The Naseby Horses’ by Dominic Brownlow, organised by Damppebbles Blog Tours. I hope that you will check out both the author and the book, as well as the rest of the blogs involved in the tour.

Disclaimer: ‘I was given a copy this book in exchange for an honest review.’

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Book Summary:

Seventeen-year-old Simon’s sister Charlotte is missing. The lonely Fenland village the family recently moved to from London is odd, silent, and mysterious. Simon is epileptic and his seizures are increasing in severity, but when he is told of the local curse of the Naseby Horses, he is convinced it has something to do with Charlotte’s disappearance. Despite resistance from the villagers, the police, and his own family, Simon is determined to uncover the truth, and save his sister.

Under the oppressive Fenland skies and in the heat of a relentless June, Simon’s bond with Charlotte is fierce, all-consuming, and unbreakable; but can he find her? And does she even want to be found?

Drawing on philosophy, science, and the natural world, The Naseby Horses is a moving exploration of the bond between a brother and his sister; of love; and of the meaning of life itself.

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Blog Tour (Book Review) – Shadow of a Dead God (Mennik Thorn#1) – Patrick Samphire

On Jul 6, 2020Jul 6, 2020 By Rowena AndrewsIn Fantasy, IFA Summer Challenge 2020, Mystery, Self-Published5 Comments

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Today is my stop on the blog tour for ‘Shadow of a Dead God’ by Patrick Samphire organised by Storytellers on Tour. This book had already been on my radar and my TBR because of SPFBO 6 which is currently running, so I leapt at the chance to participate in this tour. This was a fantastic read, and I hope that you will check out the book and the author, and enjoy the rest of the tour with the schedule in the banner above or (HERE).

Also please check out the bottom of the post for a giveaway, and a chance to get your hands on a copy of this brilliant book.

Disclaimer: ‘I was given a copy this book in exchange for an honest review.’

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Book Summary:

A dead god. A brutal murder. One second-rate mage.

It was only supposed to be one little job – a simple curse-breaking for Mennik Thorn to pay back a favour to his oldest friend. But then it all blew up in his face. Now he’s been framed for a murder he didn’t commit.

So how is a second-rate mage, broke, traumatized, and with a habit of annoying the wrong people, supposed to prove his innocence when everyone believes he’s guilty?

Mennik has no choice if he is going to get out of this: he will have to throw himself into the corrupt world of the city’s high mages, a world he fled years ago. Faced by supernatural beasts, the mage-killing Ash Guard, and a ruthless, unknown adversary, it’s going to take every trick Mennik can summon just to keep him and his friend alive.

But a new, dark power is rising in Agatos, and all that stands in its way is one damaged mage…

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Blog Tour (Book Review) – A Prison in the Sun – Isabel Blackthorn

On Apr 23, 2020Apr 28, 2020 By Rowena AndrewsIn Contemporary, Historical, Mystery, Review, Traditionally-Published2 Comments

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Today is my stop on the blog tour for ‘A Prison in the Sun’ by Isabel Blackthorn, organised by Damppebbles Blog Tours. I was delighted to participate in this tour, and I hope that you will check out both the author and the book.

Disclaimer: ‘I was given a copy this book in exchange for an honest review.’

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Book Summary:

After millennial ghostwriter Trevor Moore rents an old farmhouse in Fuerteventura, he moves in to find his muse.

Instead, he discovers a rucksack filled with cash. Who does it belong to – and should he hand it in… or keep it?

Struggling to make up his mind, Trevor unravels the harrowing true story of a little-known concentration camp that incarcerated gay men in the 1950s and 60s.

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