Fairfield, CA – Indie Author Patricia Bossano continues to charm with her compelling style, building vibrant worlds, and creating unique characters. True to form, Patricia’s new release casts a spell, sewn from stardust and tradition. Let it touch your heart; wander into the enchanted garden of Love & Homegrown Magic©. “Our choices tell the story of who we…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2020/10/30/check-out-this-new-release-2/Q&A with Author Patricia Bossano
ULM: When did you start planning your latest release, Love & Homegrown Magic? PB: The central idea for this novel came to me in 2017, and together with a working title of “Daughters of the Bride,” they stewed in my head until the spring of 2019 when I began writing the first draft. ULM: What was…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2020/10/30/qa-with-author-patricia-bossano/Review: Love & Homegrown Magic
Synopsis: With the blue moon comes a spell Sewn from stardust and tradition. Let it touch your heart and Come into the enchanted garden of Love & Homegrown Magic. Our choices tell the story of who we are. From the ashes of burned letters comes a celestial romp, spanning seven decades and two continents. Love…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2020/10/31/review-love-homegrown-magic/Meet Author Christie Stratos
Author Interview with Christie Stratos Q: When did you write your first book? I wrote my first “official” book for publication, Anatomy of a Darkened Heart, from 2014 to 2015, and it was published in 2015. But I wrote my first ever full-length novel when I was in middle school, then a second in high…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2020/10/31/meet-author-christie-stratos/Meet Author Ann Charles
Author Interview with Ann Charles Q: When did you write your first book? I read a lot of romance novels back in the mid 1990’s and decided I wanted to write something with a good dose of humor and romance, so I hand-wrote my first story. It was definitely a “first” book with too many…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2020/10/31/meet-author-ann-charles/A pilgrimage of swords by Anthony ryan (The Seven Swords )
Stars: 3 out of 5. This was an okay novella. From what I understood, it serves as a prequel or introduction to a new series, and as such, it did a good job introducing the main character, Pilgrim, as well as giving us a tantalizing glimpse into the world he inhabits. Unfortunately, the story fell
Read More from: http://elenalinville.com/2019/07/18/a-pilgrimage-of-swords-by-anthony-ryan/The Kraken’s Tooth by Anthony Ryan (The Seven Swords )
Stars: 3.5 out of 5. I liked this book better than the first one, which I reviewed here. One of the reasons is that there are a lot less characters, so the author gets the chance to focus a bit more on each of them. So they actually feel like people instead of cardboard cutouts.
Read More from: http://elenalinville.com/2020/10/30/the-krakens-tooth-by-anthony-ryan-the-seven-swords-2/The Gifts of Imperfection ~ Brene Brown
Rating: 4/5 Not only does Brene Brown encourage us to give ourselves permission to make mistakes and be imperfect, but she also encourages us to engage in self love practices. This book really hit home for me. I am guilty of engaging in perfectionist behaviors, and this book opened my eyes to all the ways
Read More from: https://showthisbooksomelovewordpresscom.wordpress.com/2020/10/30/the-gifts-of-imperfection-brene-brown/Review: A Highlander is Coming to Town
Synopsis: The third book in the Highland, Georgia romantic comedy series from Laura Trentham, A Highlander is Coming to Town, full of love, laughs…and highlanders! You better watch out. . . Holt Pierson is dreading Christmas. His parents absconded to Florida for the season and left him to handle the family farm which will be…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2020/10/30/review-a-highlander-is-coming-to-town/Review: Looking for a Cowboy
Synopsis: A cowboy finds love in the most unlikely place in New York Times bestseller Donna Grant’s newest Heart of Texas novel, Looking for a Cowboy A beautiful stranger has come to Clearview, asking questions that are nobody’s business. Cooper Owens also wasn’t born yesterday. He knows that this out-of-towner is hiding a dark secret of her own. Much…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2020/10/30/review-looking-for-a-cowboy/Review: In a Holidaze
Synopsis: THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER One Christmas wish, two brothers, and a lifetime of hope are on the line for hapless Maelyn Jones in In a Holidaze, the quintessential holiday romantic novel by Christina Lauren, the New York Times bestselling author of The Unhoneymooners. It’s the most wonderful time of the year…but not for Maelyn Jones. She’s living with…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2020/10/30/review-in-a-holidaze/Whine with your Reading
I am feeling so grumpy today. I broke my foot in August and I’m STILL not out of my boot. The doctor says it’s just taking a while to heal. And it still hurts. I have tried take my the boot off and driving myself here and there, but I really shouldn’t be walking on
Read More from: https://speedyreadercom.wordpress.com/2020/10/29/whine-with-your-reading/Review: Beguiled
Synopsis: In a land where being the fairest maiden is a curse . . . A princess rejected and hunted by her mother, and a prince who lives as a shunned outcast. Princess Pearl flees for her life after her mother, Queen Margery, tries to have her killed during a hunting expedition. Pearl finds refuge…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2020/10/28/review-beguiled/Ticket to Tulsa
A good book to get a feel for the writer’s style and understand the setting for the main nove
Read More from: http://bookangel.co.uk/review/ticket-to-tulsa/Meet Bestselling Author Eloisa James
Author Interview with Eloisa James Q: When did you write your first book? I was around 7 or 8 years old. I still remember the first line (though not the name of my heroine): “Eloisa was incorrigible.” I had just learned that word. I wrote my first romance just after graduating from college. It still…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2020/10/28/meet-bestselling-author-eloisa-james/Meet Author Miranda Oh
Author Interview with Miranda Oh Q: When did you write your first book? I started my writing journey back in 2015/2016 I was roughly 25 years old when I put “pen to paper per say” Q: Which of your books was the easiest to write? I can confidently say that the third book I wrote…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2020/10/28/meet-author-miranda-oh/WWW Wednesday: Oct 28th 2020
Welcome to WWW Wednesday! This book meme was initially created by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and revived by Taking on a World of Words. There are three Ws to answer in each post. What are you currently reading?, what did you recently finish reading? and what do you think you’ll read next? Please feel……
Read More from: https://alwaystrustinbooks.wordpress.com/2020/10/28/www-wednesday-oct-28th-2020-wwwwednesday-bookblog-amreading-booklove-sharing/The Vanishing Half ~ Brit Bennett
Rating: 4/5 While I fell into this book and had a hard time coming up for air, I think my expectations were still too high. Having read The Mothers when it first came out several years ago, I was expecting this book to a be a page turner, an unputdownable lull that I would fall
Read More from: https://showthisbooksomelovewordpresscom.wordpress.com/2020/10/27/the-vanishing-half-brit-bennett/Meet Author Dominic Martell
Author Interview with Dominic Martell Q: When did you begin writing military suspense thrillers? I don’t exactly write military suspense; I’d call it espionage/foreign intrigue. I wrote the first novel in the Pascual series in 1998. Q: What was your first novel called? That was Lying Crying Dying. Q: Tell us what Lying Crying Dying…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2020/10/27/meet-author-dominic-martell/Review: Love and a Little White Lie
Synopsis: January Sanders grew up believing karma was more reliable than an imaginary higher power, but after suffering her worst heartbreak in 29 years, she’s open to just about anything, including taking a temporary position at her aunt’s church. Keeping her lack of faith a secret, January is determined to use her photographic memory to…
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