#MMBBR #Review Forks, Knives, and Spoons by @LeahDeCesare @GoSparkPress

There are three kinds of guys: forks, knives, and spoons. That is the final lesson that Amy York’s father sends her off to college with, never suspecting just how far his daughter will take it. Clinging to the Utensil Classification System as her guide, Amy tries to convince her skeptical roommate, Veronica Warren, of its usefulness as they navigate the heartbreaks and soul mates of college and beyond. 

Beginning in 1988, their freshman year at Syracuse University, Amy and Veronica meet an assortment of guys―from slotted spoons and shrimp forks to butter knives and sporks―all while trying to learn if the UCS holds true. On the quest to find their perfect steak knives, they learn to believe in themselves―and not to settle in love or life.

This book was such a fun read.  I really loved it.  It is one of those reads that has a ton of heart.  It is one of those reads that you cannot wait to get wrapped up in.  I cannot help but to look back at my younger years with both wonder and fondness because De Cesare captures what is was like to live through that time with beautiful perfection.  Ever since I finished this book I am noticing forks, knives and spoons everywhere!  You want to add this book to your to be read pile and I am certain that you will love it as much as I did.  A home run of a read and a perfect book club pick.

Leah DeCesare is the author of FORKS, KNIVES, AND SPOONS (2017, SparkPress) and the nonfiction parenting series NAKED PARENTING, based on her work as a doula, early parenting educator, and mom of three. 

Leah’s articles have been featured in The Huffington Post, the International Doula and The Key, among others. In 2008, Leah co-founded the nonprofit Doulas of Rhode Island, and in 2013 she spearheaded the Campaign for Hope to build the Kampala Children’s Centre for Hope and Wellness in Uganda. In a past life, Leah worked in public relations and event planning. She now writes, teaches and volunteers in Rhode Island where she lives with her family and their talking cockatiel.

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In the Light of the Garden is a novel about unearthed family secrets, the enchantment of past loves, and the indelible power of forgiveness.

Inheriting her grandparents’ island estate on Florida’s Gulf coast is a special kind of homecoming for thirty-one-year-old Charity Baxter. Raised by a narcissistic single mother, Charity’s only sense of a loving home comes from childhood summers spent with Gramps and Grandma. But piercing her fondest memories is her sharpest grief—the death of her beloved grandmother, when Charity stopped believing in the magical healing power of the weeping willow that still casts a shadow on their property.

Now that Charity has returned, she’s full of longing and regret, until she befriends her neighbor Dalton Reynolds, who has come to Gaslamp Island carrying his own heartache. As other exiles arrive—a great uncle harboring secrets, a teenage runaway—Charity begins to reconsider what makes a family. When her own estranged mother shows up in crisis, Charity is challenged to search her heart for forgiveness. But forgiving herself may require a little magic from the last place she’d expect to find it.

MY REVIEW:
A dash of magic, some romance and one well written story with characters you grow to care about IN THE LIGHT OF THE GARDEN is a delight of a read.  It will be both heartbreaking and heartwarming mixed together.  You will be taken away in the story and enjoy every moment of it.

#FirstLine ~ When Charity Baxter was little, she believed in fairies and pixies and the kind of magic that made unicorns and cotton candy.

Linnie Wayfair knows just how many people are counting on her. But knowing doesn’t make doing any easier.

Everyone in Sweet Lake, y , wants her to muster all her business sense and return the Wayfair Inn to its former glory. Her parents hope she’ll forgive her scoundrel of a brother and reconcile the family. The eccentric Sweet Lake Sirens want her to open the inn—and her heart—to new possibilities. And her hilarious lifelong friends Jada and Cat are dropping none-too-subtle hints for her to ignite a romance with Daniel Kettering, the sexy attorney who’s been pining for her for years…

Now a shocking turn of events will open old wounds and upend the world Linnie has carefully built. She has to make changes quickly—and the results, though not entirely what she expected, might be what she’s been yearning for all along.

MY REVIEW:

This is a feel good book and one that you will want to snuggle up with.  It is a wonderful book filled with heart.  I felt like I was with friends and being able to be along for the ride was a gift that Nolfi has given us as readers.  You will want to read this book...you will thank me later!  

#FirstLine ~ Coconuts bouncing down a bowling lane.

A fun vacation game turns destructive, exposing dark secrets, deeply buried grudges, and a shocking betrayal in Nicola Moriarity’s intriguing debut.

Four friends . . .

Joni, Deb, Eden, and Trina have been best friends since high school, sharing a bond that has seen them through their teenage years and into adulthood. But now, time and circumstance is starting to pull them apart as careers, husbands, and babies get in the way. As their yearly vacation becomes less of a priority—at least for three of the women—how can Joni find a way to draw the four of them back together?

Four secrets . . .

During a laughter and wine-filled night, the women dare one another to write anonymous letters, spilling their deepest, darkest secrets. But the fun game turns devastating, exposing cracks in their lives and the friendship they share. Each letter is a dark confession revealing shocking information. A troubled marriage? A substance abuse problem? A secret pregnancy? A heartbreaking diagnosis?

Five letters . . .

Late on one of their last nights together, after the other three have gone to bed, Joni notices something in the fireplace—a burnt, crumpled, nearly destroyed, sheet of paper that holds the most shattering revelation of all. It is a fifth letter—a hate-filled rant that exposes a vicious, deeply hidden grudge that has festered for decades. But who wrote it? Which one of them has seethed with resentment all these years? What should Joni do?

Best friends are supposed to keep your darkest secrets. But the revelations Joni, Deb, Eden and Trina have shared will ripple through their lives with unforeseen consequences . . . and things will never be the same.

MY REVIEW:

This book is great.  It is such a great story that makes you really think about your friendships.  There are serious complexities to the dynamic of female friendships and this book highlights that with suspense, pacing and great storytelling.  This book would be perfect for a book club because it would spark some serious and honest conversations among friends.  It is a roller coaster of emotions and one read, that I could not put down.  I highly recommend it.

#FirstLine ~ Joni's first thought was that she wasn't the right person to find it.

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#MMBBR #Showcase The Cubit Quest by Trevor Leck

Trevor Leck Q&A with Mrs. Mommy Booknerd from Josh Hamel on Vimeo.

The Cubit Quest

Twelve-year-old Charlie Watkins could have inherited his dad’s massive intellect. 
He got his massive feet instead. 

Perhaps if Charlie had that intellect he might have been able to figure out why so many men in suits were suddenly following him or where his dad hid the Cubit - a mythical object that men have sworn to protect and even more have died trying to possess - before his so-called accident. 

If starting yet another new school wasn’t bad enough, Charlie meets Mr Leopold, a disfigured, mind-reading lunatic and discovers that he alone must find the Cubit if he is to save his dad. The Brotherhood, however, have other ideas. Led by the ruthless Draganovic, they will stop at nothing to get their hands on it. With the help of Mr Leopold and fellow new boy Elvis, Charlie sets out on The Cubit Quest. 

Hunting for the Cubit, playing football, lessons with the dreaded Funeral Face and unsuccessfully avoiding school bully Grimshaw by day, Charlie finds his nights no less complicated. Stalked in his dreams, he’s soon immersed in a world of power struggles, battling dragons and duels to the death. With the Brotherhood hot on his heels and as the bullets begin to fly, there are no guarantees that Charlie, or anyone else, will make it to the end in one piece.

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About the author: Living in Telford, Shropshire, Trevor Leck has been dabbling in writing for over fifteen years. Always a fan of gripping adventure stories he has taken inspiration from his favourite authors, including John Grisham and J K Rowling, and the towns and cities he grew up, especially North Shields, to create his Young Adult series.

#MMBBR #Review #TheWickedCity by @bcwilliamsbooks #FirstLine

New York Times bestselling author Beatriz Williams recreates the New York City of A Certain Age in this deliciously spicy adventure that mixes past and present and centers on a Jazz Age love triangle involving a rugged Prohibition agent, a saucy redheaded flapper, and a debonair Princetonian from a wealthy family.

When she discovers her husband cheating, Ella Hawthorne impulsively moves out of their SoHo loft and into a small apartment in an old Greenwich Village building. Her surprisingly attractive new neighbor, Hector, warns her to stay out of the basement at night. Tenants have reported strange noises after midnight—laughter, clinking glasses, jazz piano—even though the space has been empty for decades. Back in the Roaring Twenties, the place hid a speakeasy.

In 1924, Geneva "Gin" Kelly, a smart-mouthed flapper from the hills of western Maryland, is a regular at this Village hideaway known as the Christopher Club. Caught up in a raid, Gin becomes entangled with Prohibition enforcement agent Oliver Anson, who persuades her to help him catch her stepfather Duke Kelly, one of Appalachia’s most notorious bootleggers.

Headstrong and independent, Gin is no weak-kneed fool. So how can she be falling in love with the taciturn, straight-arrow Revenue agent when she’s got Princeton boy Billy Marshall, the dashing son of society doyenne Theresa Marshall, begging to make an honest woman of her? While anything goes in the Roaring Twenties, Gin’s adventures will shake proper Manhattan society to its foundations, exposing secrets that shock even this free-spirited redhead—secrets that will echo from Park Avenue to the hollers of her Southern hometown.

As Ella discovers more about the basement speakeasy, she becomes inspired by the spirit of her exuberant predecessor, and decides to live with abandon in the wicked city too. . . .

#FirstLine ~ Ella visited the laundry room for the first time at half past six on a Saturday morning at the beginning of March.

Williams is a brilliant storyteller.  She is not to be missed in the historical genre because her books are well researched and beautifully plotted.  She pays attention to details and fleshes out the characters and maintains the integrity of the story all the way through.  THE WICKED CITY is a great book with lots of story and dual timelines.  It was engaging and one I would love to see made into a mini series!  Not to be missed!!!

A graduate of Stanford University with an MBA from Columbia, Beatriz spent several years in New York and London hiding her early attempts at fiction, first on company laptops as a corporate and communications strategy consultant, and then as an at-home producer of small persons. She now lives with her husband and four children near the Connecticut shore, where she divides her time between writing and laundry.

Visit her online at www.beatrizwilliams.com, on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/beatrizwilliamsauthor, and on Twitter at @bcwilliamsbooks.

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#Highlight #MMBBR Stalked by @ElizabethHeiter #FirstLine

This is on my short stack to review...but wanted to share it before then because it sounds fantastic....

If you're reading this, I'm already dead… 

That's the note seventeen-year-old Haley Cooke leaves behind when she disappears from inside her high school. FBI profiler Evelyn Baine is called in to figure out who had reason to hurt her. On the surface, the popular cheerleader has no enemies, but as Evelyn digs deeper, she discovers that everyone close to Haley has something to hide. Everyone from estranged parents, to an older boyfriend with questionable connections, to a best friend who envies Haley's life. 

Secrets can be deadly… 

One of those secrets may have gotten Haley killed. If she's still alive, Evelyn knows that the more the investigation ramps up, the more pressure they could be putting on Haley's kidnapper to make her disappear for good. It's also possible the teenager isn't in danger at all, but has skillfully manipulated everyone and staged her own disappearance. Only one thing is certain: uncovering Haley's fate could be dangerous—even deadly—to Evelyn herself.

Critically acclaimed and award-winning author ELIZABETH HEITER likes her suspense to feature strong heroines, chilling villains, psychological twists, and a little romance. Her research has taken her into the minds of serial killers, through murder investigations, and onto the FBI Academy's shooting range. Elizabeth graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in English Literature. She's a member of International Thriller Writers, Mystery Writers of America, and Romance Writers of America. She writes a psychological suspense series, The Profiler series, featuring FBI profiler Evelyn Baine, whom Fresh Fiction called "one of the most amazing characters created in print" and a romantic suspense series, The Lawmen series, the most recent of which won the RT Reviewers' Choice Award for Best Intrigue of the Year. Her novels have been published in more than a dozen countries and eight languages. Visit Elizabeth at www.elizabethheiter.com.

#FirstLine ~ "You've got to stop this."

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#MMBBR #Review @NatGeo @AnnBausum #MichaelHCottman

A pile of lime-encrusted shackles discovered on the seafloor in the remains of a ship called the Henrietta Marie, lands Michael Cottman, a Washington, D.C.-based journalist and avid scuba diver, in the middle of an amazing journey that stretches across three continents, from foundries and tombs in England, to slave ports on the shores of West Africa, to present-day Caribbean plantations. This is more than just the story of one ship – it's the untold story of millions of people taken as captives to the New World. Told from the author's perspective, this book introduces young readers to the wonders of diving, detective work, and discovery, while shedding light on the history of slavery.

MY REVIEW:

What an important book for young readers, not only to encourage kids to take on grand adventures and exploration, but to also question the past and learn from it in order to make a better future.  My son has begun reading this book and it has opened many important discussions between us regarding slavery, sea exploration, diving and ways that we can make the world a better place.  I think this story is relevant and important today and always.  Brilliantly written for young readers, this book is sure to keep their attention and open them up to learning so many important things.

James Meredith's 1966 march in Mississippi began as one man's peaceful protest for voter registration and became one of the South's most important demonstrations of the civil rights movement. It brought together leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. and Stokely Carmichael, who formed an unlikely alliance that resulted in the Black Power movement, which ushered in a new era in the fight for equality.
 
The retelling of Meredith's story opens on the day of his assassination attempt and goes back in time to recount the moments leading up to that event and its aftermath. Readers learn about the powerful figures and emerging leaders who joined the over 200-mile walk that became known as the "March Against Fear." 
 
Thoughtfully presented by award-winning author Ann Bausum, this book helps readers understand the complex issues of fear, injustice, and the challenges of change. It is a history lesson that's as important and relevant today as it was 50 years ago.

MY REVIEW:
This book is fantastic.  I think that the topics of fear, injustice and difficult to explain history is hard to teach to younger children, but this book captures all it complexities and details beautifully.  This book is packed with factual information that engages the reader and that amazing text is accompanied by pictures and quotes that deepen the reading experience.  It is brilliant and important reading for children and their parents.  A must read for today's time, which allows us to learn from past mistakes, to highlight those that changed history and to find ways to make the world a better place.  A beautifully and thoughtful book.

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#REVIEW #MMBBR Hattie Peck: The Journey Home by Emma Levey @Emlevey

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ABOUT THE BOOK:  Hattie Peck adores eggs of all kinds. However, she cannot make any of her own. No worries—Hattie has collected eggs from all over the world, hatched them, and raised her blended family of cockatoos, storks, owls, anything from an egg—even reptiles.

But now it’s time. They all need to leave her big loving nest. 
So off the flock goes, on their biggest—and saddest—adventure. Even though, in her heart, Hattie knows it’s best.

A poignant story about family and differences, making hard decisions, letting go and inclusion. It’s not all sad, though, due to a nice twist ending as in the first book.

Bright colorful and lively illustrations and lots of information about egg-bearing animals round out the story.

Freelance illustrator based in Cardiff. Author/Illustrator of Hattie Peck and Hattie Peck The Journey Home

What a perfect story about the crazy thing we call family and its ever changing ways, delightful chaos and everything in between.  This story is about every family...the highs and lows, the pretty moments and the messy ones too.  It is beautifully illustrated and a new favorite of mine!  Everything in this book is pure love!  It is about growing up and moving on, but never forgetting where home is.   A must for every child's home library.

#HIGHLIGHT #MMBBR Bride of The Dragons: Shifter Menage Fantasy Romance by Selina Coffey

Elokon and Siron have yet to find a mate. 

Elokon became the alpha of his tribe three months ago, and since then, the human towns nearby have sent a dozen women in tribute, and even the women of nearby dragon tribes have sought them out. Elokon’s tribe is powerful and any dragon would be pleased to bear a child of his bloodline. 

But neither he nor Siron has seen a single woman that awakens the mating instinct. At long last, the High Dragon has passed down an edict: find a mate, or Elokon will be stripped of his power and banished. There is no place in the Dragonlands for an alpha who will not carry on the old bloodlines.

As the third daughter of an impoverished Earl, Adelina has no dowry and no prospects. 

Desperate not to become a priestess, she makes a plan: when the High Dragon’s court comes for their historic meeting with the human king, she will be so alluring that she can steal the heart of one of the richest noblemen at court. She has worked late into the night, sewing herself a dress that will catch anyone’s eye. 

During the festivities, she knows she can tempt someone into an indiscretion…

But much to her shock, that someone isn’t human. Furthermore, it’s not one someone, but two. And now that they’ve found their mate, Elokon and Siron aren’t planning to let her go.

Author's Note: This book contains mature language and themes, intended for adults only!

Bonus books included in this copy!

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Selina Coffey is a romance writer who lives happily in London with her husband and her son. She is a hopeless romantic and grew up always believing in love. This is the main reason she is so passionate about writing love stories. 

Like many girlie girls, she loves shopping so when she isn’t writing, you will probably find her browsing online for the next pair of shoes to add to her collection. 

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#MMBBR #Showcase work of Devra Robitaille

Devin’s thrilling story of courage in the face of ruthless greed and skullduggery begins on Earth. Devin is a fifteen-year-old girl who lives with her scientist father who has invented a laser spaceship, the Traveler, and when he goes for a test run the machine returns without him. Devin bravely sets off to find him and learns how to fly the Traveler, encountering many odd and magical characters en route. She ends up on a breathtakingly beautiful planet called Vega which is the headquarters of the Dream Council, where she meets her guides, Ryan and Olam and finds her father again. She discovers that the universe is threatened by underhanded and dastardly bandits called the Dream Stealers who lurk in the border regions between dreaming and waking, attacking dreamers and stealing their dreams. They sell the dreams on the black market leaving their victims trapped in an agonizing wasteland, mere shadows of themselves. The Dream Council is organizing a resistance movement to vanquish the Dream Stealers and recapture the dreams and return them to the dreamers. To her amazement Devin discovers that she is not an earthling, but an alien with incredible talents and she bravely steps up to play her part. She enrolls in the flying academy on Vega to learn to become a fighter pilot in the reconnaissance squadron and begins her inspiring journey of defiance and victory.

Muffy and the Dog Catcher  getBook.at/muffy

Muffy and the Dog Catcher follows a little Goldendoodle puppy named Muffy who is tired of being left home when her family, dogs and humans alike, go to work on the farm everyday. One day she meets a funny grasshopper and they play a wonderful game of chase...until Muffy realizes she has chased the grasshopper a long way from home! 

Follow along with Muffy on her journey to find her true home. Along the way you will meet the Gabriels a wonderful family who adopt dogs, their orderly pack and a most unusual dog catcher. 

Muffy's Florida Adventure  getBook.at/MuffyFL

In the second book in The Muffy Series, Muffy's Florida Adventure , Muffy and her reunited family go on a vacation to Sarasota FL. Muffy makes many friends along the way, Melodee the manatee, Harry a most unique bird and Puff the dolphin. 

The Efficiency Claus  getBook.at/elfs

In this improbable Christmas tale Santa's chief of staff has banned all Christmas spirit at the North Pole. Facing a life without good cheer and rule under a tyrant the elves of the North form a resistance. Will they be able to liberate Christmas, the North Pole and most importantly their home? Find out in this funny adventure featuring elves, reindeer and cake. 

London-born Devra is a prolific composer, songwriter and keyboardist, as well as an author of books for kids. Trained at the Trinity College of Music in England, she has worked with such legendary artists as John Lennon, Cher, Diana Ross, The Jackson Five, Leonard Cohen and George Harrison. She wrote 2 top-ten singles for her own band on Jupiter Records. She became well known as a virtuoso player in the London session scene in the eighties and joined Mike Oldfield of Tubular Bells fame as a keyboard player for a tour of Britain. While on the road, her manager informed her that 2 of her songs had won 1st and 2nd place, respectively, out of over 3000 entries in the BBC Song Contest. Moving to America in the nineties, Devra teamed up with a lyricist to write and compose a musical, “Cole and Porter” which had a successful run in Los Angeles at the Hudson Theatre.

Devra lives in Sarasota Florida now and has authored a series of illustrated dog stories for children; The Muffy Series. Her next book, for middle grade and young adults, "The Efficiency Claus; an Improbable Christmas Tale" is now available, November and her sci-fi adventure for older readers, "The Dream Stealers," is due February 19th 2017. 

Devra is now working on the third Muffy book, “Muffy and the Medicine Cat.” She continues to write and compose for the theater, but loves to write for children.

Q.  What inspires your writing?

A.  Well hello, and thank you for this opportunity to wag my chin with you LOL…Life inspires me, people inspire me,  I am fascinated by human nature and by the situations they get themselves into and I can’t imagine a better way to spend time than finding out things and then weaving stories around them.  It’s such an adventure.

Q.  What is your favorite thing about being a writer?

A.  I’ve always been a dreamer, it’s like travelling to other worlds and other times from right here and right now, the only difference is that as a writer now I write it down.

Q.  What is the toughest part of being a writer?

A.  That’s a good question, I suppose I should say disciplining myself, but honestly I’m pretty good at hitting the chair and firing up the computer and writing some pages; no, for me the problem is getting my household to settle down and give me some peace and quiet so I can think straight.  I have one baby, four dogs and a grown daughter.  And the baby is my husband!!!  I think most women will understand that! 

Q.  If you could not be a writer, what would you do/be?

A.   I started as a professional musician, I had some success touring as a keyboard player with a famous group in England, then I transitioned to working in musical theatre in LA and I had a lot of interesting experiences working with singers and dancers and writing and co-writing scripts etc. and so my journey has been an organic one, but always as a creative force.  So I can’t imagine doing anything else, but if you were to press me, then I would have to say maybe have my own bakery and eat cake all the time.

Q.  What would the story of your life be entitled?

A.   LOL!  Nice one!  OK, well my first instinct is to let my dry British sense of humor have free reign and say something like “Anatomy of a mad woman, subtitle; a musical rampage into the unknown,”  but seriously now, a good title might be, “Ramblings; In the hope that what I’ve learned might be of some use.”

Q.  What is your favorite book of all time?

A.    I really had to search my inner database to come up with the answer to this, because I’ve always been a reader and my taste can get pretty eclectic, but when it gets right down to it, if you ask for just one book, ONE book? Well, it would have to be Jane Eyre.

Q.  Which character from ANY book are you most like?

A.    I go back and forth between Doctor Who and Dumbledore, with a sprinkling of Alice (just ask, Alice I think she’ll know…) and a touch of Winnie the Pooh

Q.  What character from all of your books are you most like?

A.    There’s a bit of Mrs. Kulkarni and Mrs. Blithe in me from the Efficiency Claus, and a bit of Devin from the Dream Stealers (when I was young and reckless) and of course Captain Skye from Muffy’s Florida adventure  All my characters are composites, no one is really based on a person that I know, per se, and yet all of them are - If that makes sense.

Q.  Which book would you love to take a weekend vacation inside of?

A.    Well, I live on the water in Florida, and next door is a vacation home where people come from all over Europe.  I often think of the great irony that, as I scrub pots and pans, up to my elbows in big yellow rubber gloves, my neighbors are shouting “Marco Polo” and leaping off the dock into the sea.  LOL,  so for me a good vacation would be to somewhere really urban, like New York or London, somewhere grungy, gray and dirty  LOL, as long as I could get home on Monday morning, that is; like visiting Paris in the time of The Three Musketeers, or Sherlock Holmes’ Baker Street.   

Q.  What is your favorite season?

A.    Spring in Paris, summer and fall in England, and winter in Florida. 

Q.  What inspired your book cover(s)?  Or what is your favorite book cover and why?

A.    Well, I dabble in painting and so I do the cover art myself, I just really like the cover of the Efficiency Claus, the expression on Santa’s face just tickles me.  I’m currently designing the Dream Stealers’ cover so the jury is still out on that one, but I’m pretty obstinate so I won’t quit until I love it.

Q.  Tell me something funny that happened while on a book tour or while promoting your book.

A.    The day after I finished writing the first Muffy book, Muffy and the Dog Catcher, which is essentially about two Goldendoodle puppies, wouldn’t you know it but two Goldendoodle puppy sisters moved in three houses down.  It was spooky-weird to open my front door and see their owner walking them right past my driveway; they were identical in every way to Muffy and her sister Riff, as I had described them in the book, and I found out later that one of them was named “Addy” which is one of the characters in The Efficiency Claus, which I was about halfway through at the time.  Don’t you just love weird irony. 

Q.  Are you working on something new?

A.   Yes, I’m just about to release the Dream Stealers, which is a sort of fantasy space odyssey about a young girl who becomes a fighter pilot and vanquishes the evil lurkers who steal our dreams. And I’m writing a novel called “The Henge.”  I’m about half way through. It’s set thousands of years ago in the Bronze age and actually I would love to spend a weekend with these characters, they are kind of writing me at the moment.

Q.  Anything you want to say to followers of this blog or those that are just stopping by?

A.  I am so honored to have been allowed to visit and I hope you are all reading something to write home about.

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War Hawk by @jamesrollins & @Grant_Blackwood #BookBlast @partnersincr1me #MMBBR

War Hawk

BY JAMES ROLLINS & GRANT BLACKWOOD

January 10, 2017 Book  Blast

on Tour February 13 - 28, 2017

Former Army Ranger Tucker Wayne and his war dog Kane are thrust into a global conspiracy that threatens to shake the foundations of American democracy in this second exciting Sigma Force spinoff adventure from New York Times bestselling authors James Rollins and Grant Blackwood.

Tucker Wayne’s past and his present collide when a former army colleague comes to him for help. She’s on the run from brutal assassins hunting her and her son. To keep them safe, Tucker must discover who killed a brilliant young idealist—a crime that leads back to the most powerful figures in the U.S. government.

From the haunted ruins of a plantation in the deep South to the beachheads of a savage civil war in Trinidad, Tucker and Kane must discover the truth behind a mystery that leads back to World War II, to a true event that is even now changing the world . . . and will redefine what it means to be human.

With no one to trust, they will be forced to break the law, expose national secrets, and risk everything to stop a madman determined to control the future of modern warfare for his own diabolical ends. But can Tucker and Kane withstand a force so indomitable that it threatens our very future?

Book Details:

Genre: Thriller

Published by: William Morrow

Publication Date:December 27th 2016 (first published April 19th 2016)

Number of Pages: 544

ISBN: 0062135295 (ISBN13: 9780062135292)

Series: Tucker Wayne #2

Purchase Links: Amazon  | Barnes & Noble  | Goodreads 

Tucker Wayne and Kane were introduced to Sigma Force fans in 2013 in Rollins best seller BLOODLINE.  The Tucker Wayne series was born with the release of KILL SWITCH in 2014. We have been anxiously awaiting the return of Kane in the 2016 release of WAR HAWK.

WAR HAWK delivers again.  Classic Rollins story lined based in historical fact, current world trends, thorough research to force the reader to believe, this could really happen. WAR HAWK unveils how exploiting governments engulfed is social and politic chaos, are manipulated by the greed and ego of those in powerful business positions, by directing private armies to fulfill their lust for wealth.

This is a story a story of artificial intelligence versus human intelligence and the future of warfare.  The story stays true to its Sigma Force roots with non stop action, plot twist, and the unique perspective of allowing us to understand Kane’s perspective.  Despite holding off on enlisting Sigma’s help, Tucker Wayne and Kane are ready to become part of this team.  The relationship of between Kane and his handler Wayne brings a unique skill set to fighting off terrorist, bad guys, and those who wish to do harm to others.  Those familiar with Rollins work will find themselves quickly immersed within the story, rooting for and intrigued by the characters, and hoping that if they ever make a movie, it better live up to the one the plays out in our heads.  5 stars

OUR AUTHORS' BIOS:

JAMES ROLLINS is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of international thrillers, translated into more than forty languages. His Sigma series has been lauded as one of the “top crowd pleasers” (New York Times) and one of the “hottest summer reads” (People magazine). In each novel, acclaimed for its originality, Rollins unveils unseen worlds, scientific breakthroughs, and historical secrets–and he does it all at breakneck speed and with stunning insight.

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In addition to his New York Times bestselling collaborations with Clive Cussler and Tom Clancy, GRANT BLACKWOOD is the author of three novels featuring Briggs Tanner: The End of Enemies, The Wall of Night, and An Echo of War. A U. S. Navy veteran, Grant spent three years as an Operations Specialist and a Pilot Rescue Swimmer. He lives in Colorado.

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