I Can't Wait for... The Number of Love by @RoseannaMWhite (Can't-Wait Wednesday/Waiting on Wednesday) #CWW #WOW

Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted here, at Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we're excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they're books that have yet to be released. It's based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the fabulous Jill at Breaking the Spine. If you're continuing with WOW, feel free to link those up as well! Find out more here.

I've been a fan of this author since I read A Name Unknown for the INSPY awards a few years back. I'm super excited for her new series coming in just over a month! It's my pick this week...

The Number of Love

(The Codebreakers #1)

By Roseanna M. White

Christian Historical Romantic Suspense

Hardcover, Paperback & ebook, 368 Pages

June 4th 2019 by Bethany House Publishers

Summary

Three years into the Great War, England's greatest asset is their intelligence network--field agents risking their lives to gather information, and codebreakers able to crack every German telegram. Margot De Wilde thrives in the environment of the secretive Room 40, where she spends her days deciphering intercepted messages. But when her world is turned upside down by an unexpected loss, for the first time in her life numbers aren't enough.

Drake Elton returns wounded from the field, followed by an enemy who just won't give up. He's smitten quickly by the intelligent Margot, but how can he convince a girl who lives entirely in her mind that sometimes life's answers lie in the heart?

Amid biological warfare, encrypted letters, and a German spy who wants to destroy not just them but others they love, Margot and Drake will have to work together to save themselves from the very secrets that brought them together.

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Strange things are happening, but who is to blame... Last Things by Jacqueline West (#Giveaway)

Check out this new YA Fantasy release and enter the tour giveaway below...

Last Things

By Jacqueline West
YA Fantasy
Hardcover, Audiobook & ebook, 416 Pages
May 7th 2019 by Greenwillow

Summary

When strange things start happening to local music idol Anders Thorson, everyone blames his number-one-fan, Thea. But is she out to hurt him? Or protect him?

High school senior Anders Thorson is unusually gifted. His band, Last Things, is legendary in their northern Minnesota hometown. With guitar skills that would amaze even if he weren’t only eighteen, Anders is the focus of head-turning admiration. And Thea Malcom, a newcomer to the insular town, is one of his admirers. Thea seems to turn up everywhere Anders goes: gigs at the local coffeehouse, guitar lessons, even in the woods near Anders’s home. When strange things start happening to Anders—including the disappearance of his beloved cat, then his sort-of girlfriend, and, somehow, his musical talent—blame immediately falls on Thea. But is she trying to hurt him? Or save him? Can he trust a girl who doesn’t seem to know the difference between dreams and reality? And how much are they both willing to compromise to get what they want?

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About the Author

Jacqueline West is the author of the NYT-bestselling middle grade series The Books of Elsewhere, the YA novel Dreamers Often Lie, and the new middle grade fantasy The Collectors.

She is also the author of two poetry collections, Cherma and Candle and Pins: Poems on Superstitions, and her poetry and short fiction appear in a variety of publications.

She lives in Red Wing, Minnesota, with her family.

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Read an excerpt from Heaven's Edge by Jennifer Silverwood (Excerpt & #Giveaway)

On Tour with Prism Book Tours

Welcome to my tour stop! The excerpts I've read have made me want to 
dive right into these stories, especially as I love Steampunk and SciFi. 
I'm sharing one below as well as the tour giveaway, so check them out...

Heaven's Edge Box Set

(Heaven's Edge #1-#3)
By Jennifer Silverwood
YA SciFi, Steampunk
ebook, 290 Pages
July 10, 2018 by JayHenge Publishing

Summary

Only by working together will they survive...

A group of refugees from a powerful, sophisticated Core World planet have been on the run for seven years. The mission was to get away and give their children some time to grow up and help them carry on the cause. The cause was to help the rebellion, win the war and go home. But things didn’t quite turn out the way they planned.

QEYA #1

Qeya, the future Queen of Datura, can't do much about her red hair, but she knows how to wield a scythe blade and suck the life out of her enemy, literally. Life seems great, if a little boring on heaven's edge. Until her ship is attacked and nearly everyone on board is murdered. Now, the miner who saved her is the only thing standing between her and the hungry beasts hunting them.

OHRE #2

All Ohre wants is the kind of freedom a life in the sea can give. But he doesn't want to live it alone anymore. He wants the princess and if Qeya won’t come willingly, he’ll make her.

TAMN #3

Tamn has always lived by a code. He doesn't question his duty. Until his crew is stranded on a hostile alien world and he's forced to watch the girl he loves burn in the sky. Stripped of his reason for living, the voices from his past haunt and guide him in a path of endless retribution. Only the strongest will survive the trials ahead and Tamn is determined to keep the family he has left alive.

MEET THE CREW HERE

**Box Set includes first three Heaven's Edge Novellas**

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Excerpt

OHRE

The first time I saw Qeya was the moment my life began. I wasn’t supposed to be on third deck that day, when she came to watch the miners cook and avoid the Royals. I learned after this that she often did that, came to sit with her mealtime bowl and watched us work. It seemed strange to see so much wisdom and sorrow on a face so young.

Living in the eternal darkness of the lower decks I had heard rumors about the Royal family. We all knew it was because of them we were stuck on Datura 3, forever sailing the stars without a port of call. Yes, there was plenty to mine and every pirate ship we came across paid us thousands for our goods. For some below it was the dream life, far better than scrapping it in the deep cave wastes on home world. But I hadn’t spent all my days on a miner ship. I still remembered the smell of salty sea air and the glow of the undersea palaces at night. As a boy I slipped out of the slums, past the guard and into that sea to catch a glimpse of it. Something the Royals didn’t know—or had chosen to forget—was that we all came from the sea.

The underwater caverns opened up inside the abandoned palaces. I spent at least a hundred nights exploring these forbidden places. I saw the inner chambers of their temples and lost caverns filled with Royal treasures, things my land-dwelling cousins cared little for. Countless times I nearly lost my life, but the sea meant true freedom for me.

Somewhere down the ages we forgot that; we simply dismissed the memory of our first homes. Few lived below the waves now, save the wild ones we didn’t speak of—old clans that it was said had never surfaced. When I was a boy I dreamt of joining them, but Old Brien said that was just crazy water-logging talk. Ever since the Land Wars that lasted the better part of an age and in which my kind lost their chance to rule the world above, we stuck to what we did best: mining the core.

“And that’s all you’ll ever be good for, boy,” Brien would say. “Just remember that next time you go risking your neck below.”

When I had more fool than sense, I used to argue with him. “But we were great once, weren’t we, Brien? We could be great again!” I meant it too. When the palaces grew wearisome, I slipped back to the water.

The Royals could never go as deep as us, had forgotten how to breathe when the water pressed you so hard your mind saw new colors.

That was when I learned the hidden truth not even Old Brien wanted to remember.

My people had come first.

About the Author

Jennifer Silverwood was raised deep in the heart of Texas and has been spinning yarns a mile high since childhood. In her spare time, she reads and writes and tries to sustain her wanderlust, whether it's the Carpathian Mountains in Transylvania, the highlands of Ecuador, or a road trip to the next town. Always on the lookout for her next adventure, in print or reality, she dreams of one day proving to the masses that everything really is better in Texas. She is the author of three series--Heaven's Edge, Wylder Tales and the Borderlands Saga--and the stand-alone titles Stay and She Walks in Moonlight. She recently released her first serialized Urban Fantasy, Angel Blue in August 2018.

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Tour-Wide Giveaway

- 1 winner will receive a $50 Amazon eGift Card

- 3 winners will receive a digital/print copy (print to US only) of any book of their choosing in Jennifer's backlist

- Open internationally

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Can their love be rekindled amid disaster... Beneath an Italian Sky by Stacy Henrie (Review)

Beneath an Italian Sky

(An American Heiress #2)
By Stacy Henrie
Christian Historical Romance
Paperback, Audiobook & ebook, 320 Pages
April 23rd 2019 from Mirror Press

Summary

A love match turns into a lonely marriage. Will Clare and Emmett reconcile their differences before it's too late?

From USA Today bestselling author Stacy Henrie, comes BENEATH AN ITALIAN SKY, An American Heiress novel.

BENEATH AN ITALIAN SKY
--1908--

American heiress Clare Herschel made what she hoped was a love match when she married the handsome, witty Emmett Markham, the Earl of Linwood. A little over a year into her marriage, though, Clare finds herself wintering in Sicily—alone. She is sure the mild climate is the answer to avoiding another miscarriage and Emmett’s apparent indifference, so she’s determined to remain in Italy as long as possible. The last person she expects to show up at the villa is her husband, especially when Emmett confesses he’s there to convince her to return to England.

As the only surviving son of a marquess, Emmett has done everything his father has asked of him—even agreeing to run for a seat in the House of Commons. However, this latest task comes with a nearly impossible caveat. He must convince his wife Clare to come back to England with him in order for them to appear to be a happy couple for his political campaigning. Emmett isn’t confident Clare will agree to the plan, though, not when she seems to want nothing to do with him or the life they’d begun building before she abruptly left him for Italy.

When a massive earthquake strikes Messina, Sicily, claiming the lives of thousands, Clare and Emmett must set aside their mutual misgivings about their marriage in order to survive and lend a helping hand to others. But in the wake of the destruction, they begin to realize they’ve been given a chance to decide if their love is stronger than the upheavals of the past.

AMERICAN HEIRESS SERIES:
Night at the Opera
Beneath an Italian Sky (April 2019)
Among Sand and Sunrise (October 2019)

Other books by Stacy Henrie:

LOVE INSPIRED HISTORICAL
A Cowboy of Convenience
The Rancher’s Temporary Engagement
The Outlaw’s Secret
The Renegade’s Redemption
Lady Outlaw
The Express Rider’s Lady

OF LOVE AND WAR:
Hope at Dawn
Hope Rising
A Hope Remembered
A Christmas Hope

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My Review

BENEATH AN ITALIAN SKY is a story of a husband and wife who have lost themselves and their love amidst challenges and doubts, but still have hope in mending their relationship. It's set mostly in historical Italy before, during, and after the aftermath of a large earthquake, with flashbacks to their courtship and after their marriage in England. Readers will easily connect with these characters and have their hearts pulled on by this sweet story.

I really enjoyed these characters! Emmett was a little lacking in confidence and I wanted him to find his backbone, but I felt like his story had the most character development as he came to terms with his grief, his wife, and his father. Clare was fairly steady and consistent through the whole story. She was sweet and kind, but would do whatever she could to fight for her unborn child and for the sweet girl who came into her's and Emmett's lives. Emmett and Clare seemed to circle around each other and their doubts for much of the story, but eventually they came to an impasse where they needed to decide if they would open their hearts, be vulnerable, and trust each other. Their relationship and love was beautiful as was their trust in God. This is the first story I've read that involves an earthquake and I thought it was a somewhat intense and interesting aspect. There were some serious challenges and dangers and it forced the characters to come together. I also adored Antonina! She was a sweet addition to this story.

I had a few complaints... First off it began rubbing me wrong in how Clare places much of the blame for her marriage's issues on Emmett and on how he didn't grieve with her. I feel like everyone grieves differently, and though I understood her side, I also felt it was judgmental and selfish when she could have also opened up and talked to Emmett about why he felt or acted as he did instead of just distancing herself from him. Not that he was correct in not grieving with her, but that they both needed to try to understand each other instead of holding to their own preferences. I also felt the story was tied up too perfectly in the end. I actually would have preferred a specific person (a secondary character) to not so easily open up and flip positions. I felt like that could have been not resolved so easily, but maybe by the epilogue or with eventually the character coming around.

In the end, was it what I wished for? I enjoyed this story. The characters were delightful, with some good character development, a sweet romance, and a test of faith. Fans of the genre and the author will find much to enjoy here! I'm looking forward to reading the next book in the series, Among Sand and Sunrise, to release this fall.

Content: Clean
Source: I received a complimentary copy from the author's publicist, which did not require a positive review nor affect my review in any way.

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Night at the Opera

(An American Heiress #1)

By Stacy Henrie

Christian Historical Romance

Paperback & ebook, 276 Pages

October 16th 2018 by Mirror Press

Summary

From USA Today bestselling author Stacy Henrie, comes NIGHT AT THE OPERA, an American Heiress Novel.

NIGHT AT THE OPERA

(1908)

When American heiress Gwen Barton aids an injured gentleman in an opera box in London, she shares a kiss with the stranger that changes her life. More determined than ever to be herself, in spite of the limp she’s sustained since childhood, she will marry for love and not a title. She also resolves to learn the identity of the man she helped—and kissed. Surely he can’t be the irritating Avery Winfield, though. But as circumstances continue to throw Gwen and Avery together, she begins to wonder if there is more to this man than she first thought.

While most of London only knows him as the nephew of a duke, Avery Winfield is actually working for the Secret Service Bureau to ferret out German spies from among the ton. It’s a profession that gives him purpose and a reason to remain a bachelor. But the more he interacts with Gwen Barton, an heiress from America, the more he begins to question his plans and neglected faith. Then he learns Gwen is the young lady from the opera box who helped him. Now his most important mission may have nothing to do with saving Britain from danger and everything to do with risking his heart for the woman he met that night at the opera.

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A mix of historical, political unrest, romance, and a touch of magic... Romanov by Nadine Brandes (Review)

Romanov

By Nadine Brandes

YA Historical Fantasy, Urban Fantasy

Hardcover & ebook, 352 Pages

May 7th 2019 by Thomas Nelson

Summary

From the author of Fawkes comes a magical take on the story of Anastasia Romanov.

“I am obsessed with this book! Romanov is a magical twist on history that will have Anastasia fans wishing for more. I loved every detail Brandes wrote. If you love magic and Imperial Russia, you want Romanov on your shelf!” —Evelyn Skye, New York Times bestselling author of the Crown’s Game series and Circle of Shadows

The history books say I died.

They don’t know the half of it.

Anastasia “Nastya” Romanov was given a single mission: to smuggle an ancient spell into her suitcase on her way to exile in Siberia. It might be her family’s only salvation. But the leader of the Bolshevik army is after them, and he’s hunted Romanov before.

Nastya’s only chances of saving herself and her family are either to release the spell and deal with the consequences, or to enlist help from Zash, the handsome soldier who doesn’t act like the average Bolshevik. Nastya has only dabbled in magic, but it doesn’t frighten her half as much as her growing attraction to Zash. She likes him. She thinks he might even like her.

That is, until she’s on one side of a firing squad . . . and he’s on the other.

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My Review

ROMANOV is a mix historical facts with fiction and a touch of magic. Readers will most be drawn by the protagonist, Nastya, and her fight to protect her family after they've been forced to leave all they know and exiled. With dire circumstances, danger at every turn, and blooming romance, it's a story that tugs on the heart as it builds to a climatic ending. 

I loved Nastya from the beginning. She's logical, smart, loyal, but also mischievous and impetuous. I also loved that this is a story about Anastasia, but told in a new way with a touch of magic that came across as believable. The story moves at a steady pace - more on the slower side, so don't expect a page-turner until later on when things become intense. I also appreciated that the romance was secondary and grew over time, from attraction, to two people trying to understand each other, to friendship, and then to the possibility of more. I also liked how the story presented two sides of the historical political turmoil in Russia and how choices and perceptions influenced what happened. I did feel there could have been more cultural richness and even more depth to the characters, but these are minor complaints.

In the end, was it what I wished for? I thoroughly enjoyed reading this! It was interesting, entertaining, with likable characters, and came across as heartfelt. Definitely a story I'd recommend to historical romance fans.

Content: Some violence (it is a revolution), but clean.

Source: I received a complimentary ARC from the publisher, which did not require a positive review nor affect my review in any way.

Have you read this? Will you be?

Sing a New Song by Candee Fick (Tour Launch & #Giveaway)

On Tour with Prism Book Tours

Book Tour Launch for

Sing a New Song

By Candee Fick

Note from the Author

I’m so excited to finally get to share Gloria’s story with the world. This series started at The Wardrobe Dinner Theater when an orphaned dancer and a photographer-turned-actress were two of many auditioning for roles in the upcoming season. During the audition, they met Gloria—the resident star—who quirked a finely plucked eyebrow and issued the challenge to “try to keep up.” Needless to say, the pampered diva was not happy to share a company apartment with the two newcomers nor thrilled when the spotlight later shifted.

But rather than simply give Gloria the antagonist’s role, I wanted to know what made her tick. Why did she crave attention? And what it would take for her to change?

In Dance Over Me, Dani discovered that God was working behind the scenes in her life and bringing her a family. Then in Focus On Love, Liz embraced a new dream and the freedom found through God’s sacrificial love. Now it is Gloria’s turn to search for something more important than the spotlight and learn to sing a new song.

—Candee

Sing a New Song
(The Wardrobe Series #3)
By Candee Fick
Christian Contemporary Romance
Paperback & ebook, 275 Pages
May 1st 2019 by Bling! Romance

The pampered diva is about to meet her match

Songbird Gloria Houghton has always needed to be the center of attention, but the spotlight has shifted. Seeking fame and a fresh start, she finds a new stage in Branson, Missouri…only to risk being replaced by a manipulative rival. If Gloria can’t be the star, who is she?

Jack-of-all-trades Nick Sherwood is just one leaf on a vast family tree that includes a restaurant chef, hotel owners, and even the headline act at a family-owned theater. He’s seen how fame can blind a person with jealousy and is more than content to stay in the background thank you very much. If only he wasn’t so fascinated--and irritated--by the newest addition to the staff.

After a disaster of a first impression and financial difficulties land Gloria in the humblest of jobs—with Nick as her boss—it might be time for her to learn to sing a new song.

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Tour Schedule

April 29th:
Launch
An indie Adventure
April 30th:
Locks, Hooks and Books
Jorie Loves A Story
May 1st:
Among the Reads
The Power of Words
May 2nd:
Uplifting Reads
Britt Reads Fiction
May 3rd:
underneath the covers
Jennifer Silverwood Blog
May 6th:
Hearts & Scribbles
Splashes of Joy
May 7th:
Colorimetry
remembrancy
May 8th:
Fiction Aficionado
Wishful Endings
May 9th:
Hallie Reads
Singing Librarian Books
May 10th:
Reading Is My SuperPower
Heidi Reads...
May 11th:
Grand Finale

Other Books in the Series

About the Author

Candee Fick is a multipublished, award-winning author. She is also the wife of a high school football coach and the mother of three children, including a daughter with a rare genetic syndrome. When not busy writing, editing, or coaching other authors, she can be found cheering on the home team at sporting events, exploring the great Colorado outdoors, indulging in dark chocolate, and savoring happily-ever-after endings through a good book.

In addition to writing clean faith-based romance novels and inspirational non-fiction, Candee coaches other authors with their marketing plans and offers content editing to aspiring novelists. She is a member of both American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) and the Christian Proofreaders and Editors Network. Her fiction has semi-finaled, finaled, and won the ACFW Genesis Contest and Selah Awards.

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Tour Giveaway


- One 1st prize winner will receive: the complete set of The Wardrobe Series (ebook only if international winner, otherwise print copies) plus a $25 Amazon gift card
- One 2nd prize winner will receive: Copy of Sing a New Song (ebook only if international winner, US winner can choose ebook or print) plus a $10 Amazon gift card
- Ends May 15, 2019

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Heaven's Edge by Jennifer Silverwood (Tour Launch & #Giveaway)

On Tour with Prism Book Tours

Book Tour Launch for

Heaven's Edge Box Set

By Jennifer Silverwood

Note from the Author

Welcome to the Heaven’s Edge Book Tour! Grab your scythe blades, strap on your plasma gauntlets and prepare yourselves for one steampunkish adventure to the far corners of space with Qeya and co. 

But before we begin, did you know this series about a group of stranded space teens was among the first stories I ever penned? A long time ago, in the year 1998, my folks had just bought our first computer. I wanted to write stories set in a world like Star Wars, but without adults interfering, of course. I spent my first formative writing years exploring Heaven’s Edge with Qeya and the gang. So it seemed only natural to update the story and make it my first publication twelve years later. My struggle to see Qeya published, was what directed me to self-publishing and the rest is history. This is the first bookish event I’ve hosted for Qeya, Ohre and Tamn, the first three Heaven’s Edge Novellas. 

Over the years and between releasing my “big” books, I worked with editor and friend, Jessica Augustsson to breathe back life into this mini series. It’s been one epic steam-clunking ride, reinventing this world from my childhood. I hope you’re ready to take a tour to the Rim with me. 

Enjoy the adventure!

—Jennifer

Heaven's Edge Box Set
(Heaven's Edge #1-#3)
By Jennifer Silverwood
YA SciFi, Steampunk
ebook, 290 Pages
July 10, 2018 by JayHenge Publishing

Only by working together will they survive...

A group of refugees from a powerful, sophisticated Core World planet have been on the run for seven years. The mission was to get away and give their children some time to grow up and help them carry on the cause. The cause was to help the rebellion, win the war and go home. But things didn’t quite turn out the way they planned.

QEYA #1

Qeya, the future Queen of Datura, can't do much about her red hair, but she knows how to wield a scythe blade and suck the life out of her enemy, literally. Life seems great, if a little boring on heaven's edge. Until her ship is attacked and nearly everyone on board is murdered. Now, the miner who saved her is the only thing standing between her and the hungry beasts hunting them.

OHRE #2

All Ohre wants is the kind of freedom a life in the sea can give. But he doesn't want to live it alone anymore. He wants the princess and if Qeya won’t come willingly, he’ll make her.

TAMN #3

Tamn has always lived by a code. He doesn't question his duty. Until his crew is stranded on a hostile alien world and he's forced to watch the girl he loves burn in the sky. Stripped of his reason for living, the voices from his past haunt and guide him in a path of endless retribution. Only the strongest will survive the trials ahead and Tamn is determined to keep the family he has left alive.

MEET THE CREW HERE

**Box Set includes first three Heaven's Edge Novellas**

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Tour Schedule

April 29th:
Launch
Caffeine Addled Ramblings
Colorimetry
April 30th:
Andi's Young Adult Books
Wishful Endings
May 1st:
Adventures Thru Wonderland
everywhere and nowhere
May 2nd:
Bri's Book Nook
We Write Fantasy
May 3rd:
Hallie Reads
Hearts & Scribbles
May 4th:
Grand Finale

About the Author


Jennifer Silverwood was raised deep in the heart of Texas and has been spinning yarns a mile high since childhood. In her spare time, she reads and writes and tries to sustain her wanderlust, whether it's the Carpathian Mountains in Transylvania, the highlands of Ecuador, or a road trip to the next town. Always on the lookout for her next adventure, in print or reality, she dreams of one day proving to the masses that everything really is better in Texas. She is the author of three series--Heaven's Edge, Wylder Tales and the Borderlands Saga--and the stand-alone titles Stay and She Walks in Moonlight. She recently released her first serialized Urban Fantasy, Angel Blue in August 2018.

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Tour Giveaway

- 1 winner will receive a $50 Amazon eGift Card

- 3 winners will receive a digital/print copy (print to US only) of any book of their choosing in Jennifer's backlist

- Open internationally

- Ends May 8, 2019

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Weekly Update #315, a funeral and family...

Welcome to my Weekly Update where I post my blog's schedule for the week!

I'm linking up to The Sunday Post, hosted by Kimba @ The Caffeinated Book Reviewer.

It's been a unexpectedly busy week. My grandfather passed away a week ago and we had the funeral Saturday. We knew it was coming, so it wasn't a shock, but we will miss him dearly. He was a wonderful man who lived a good, full life - all 99 years of it. My parents and my brother came and are here staying with us, which I've loved. I also got to see most of my cousins (there are 47 of us and 115+ great grandchildren) and their spouses. Many of them I haven't seen for a long time. We're a fairly close family regardless because we spent a lot of time together when we were children, so lots of hugs and sharing where everyone is and what's going on in everyone's lives. The rest of life got pushed aside this week - especially reading and blogging, so I have two books to read and review that I didn't get to last week as well as a bunch for this week. I plan on taking a few days and relaxing into some books.

This Week

Giveaways

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In case you missed any of these over the past week...

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A new historical romance... Beneath an Italian Sky...

Escape into this charming Regency romance... Glove...

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New Releases/#Free & Bargain Books for April 22nd - April 28th #freebook #booksale #booklinkup #booklinky

Here are the New Releases / Free & Bargain Books, hosted by
Sharon over at Beck Valley Books, for this week! Check it all out below...

Authors please feel free to add your own books.

Readers please free to add your own finds.

(any genre except erotica welcome)

This weekly link up is hosted by Beck Valley Books & these awesome book loving blogs...

Monday
Life as Leels

Tuesday
Ebook Addicts

Wednesday
Beck Valley Books

Thursday
Miki's Hope

Friday
I Love Romance | Colorimetry

Saturday
I Create Purty Thangs | Wishful Endings

Sunday
Deal Sharing Aunt

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For Free Books post - FREE / genre / title / author / end date 

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(Strictly no Erotica please.  Steamy romance is fine but watch those covers people, incase any underage child is viewing it!)

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Check out this video interview with the author... King of Fools by Amanda Foody (Interview & #Giveaway)

I'm excited to share a video interview from Author Amanda Foody today
as part of this tour! Check that out and enter the tour giveaway below...

King of Fools

(The Shadow Game #2)
By Amanda Foody
YA Fantasy
Hardcover & ebook, 608 Pages
April 30th 2019 by Inkyard Press

Summary

Indulge your vices in the City of Sin, where a sinister street war is brewing and fame is the deadliest killer of them all...

On the quest to find her missing mother, prim and proper Enne Salta became reluctant allies with Levi Glaisyer, the city’s most famous con man. Saving his life in the Shadow Game forced Enne to assume the identity of Seance, a mysterious underworld figure. Now, with the Chancellor of the Republic dead and bounties on both their heads, she and Levi must play a dangerous game of crime and politics…with the very fate of New Reynes at stake.


Thirsting for his freedom and the chance to build an empire, Levi enters an unlikely partnership with Vianca Augustine’s estranged son. Meanwhile, Enne remains trapped by the mafia donna’s binding oath, playing the roles of both darling lady and cunning street lord, unsure which side of herself reflects the truth.

As Enne and Levi walk a path of unimaginable wealth and opportunity, new relationships and deadly secrets could quickly lead them into ruin. And when unforeseen players enter the game, they must each make an impossible choice: To sacrifice everything they’ve earned in order to survive...

Or die as legends.

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Amanda Foody has always considered imagination to be our best attempt at magic. After spending her childhood longing to attend Hogwarts, she now loves to write about immersive settings and characters grappling with insurmountable destinies. She holds a Masters in Accountancy from Villanova University, and a Bachelors of Arts in English Literature from the College of William and Mary. Currently, she lives in Philadelphia, PA, surrounded by her many siblings and many books.

Her books include DAUGHTER OF THE BURNING CITY and ACE OF SHADES. The next installment of THE SHADOW GAME TRILOGY, KING OF FOOLS, releases on April 30, 2019.

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A new historical romance... Beneath an Italian Sky by Stacy Henrie (#Giveaway)

Welcome to my tour stop! I really enjoyed the first book in this series and have
been anticipating this sequel for some time. It has its own set of characters,
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Beneath an Italian Sky

(An American Heiress #2)
By Stacy Henrie
Christian Historical Romance
Paperback, Audiobook & ebook, 320 Pages
April 23rd 2019 from Mirror Press

Summary

A love match turns into a lonely marriage. Will Clare and Emmett reconcile their differences before it's too late?

From USA Today bestselling author Stacy Henrie, comes BENEATH AN ITALIAN SKY, An American Heiress novel.

BENEATH AN ITALIAN SKY
--1908--

American heiress Clare Herschel made what she hoped was a love match when she married the handsome, witty Emmett Markham, the Earl of Linwood. A little over a year into her marriage, though, Clare finds herself wintering in Sicily—alone. She is sure the mild climate is the answer to avoiding another miscarriage and Emmett’s apparent indifference, so she’s determined to remain in Italy as long as possible. The last person she expects to show up at the villa is her husband, especially when Emmett confesses he’s there to convince her to return to England.

As the only surviving son of a marquess, Emmett has done everything his father has asked of him—even agreeing to run for a seat in the House of Commons. However, this latest task comes with a nearly impossible caveat. He must convince his wife Clare to come back to England with him in order for them to appear to be a happy couple for his political campaigning. Emmett isn’t confident Clare will agree to the plan, though, not when she seems to want nothing to do with him or the life they’d begun building before she abruptly left him for Italy.

When a massive earthquake strikes Messina, Sicily, claiming the lives of thousands, Clare and Emmett must set aside their mutual misgivings about their marriage in order to survive and lend a helping hand to others. But in the wake of the destruction, they begin to realize they’ve been given a chance to decide if their love is stronger than the upheavals of the past.

AMERICAN HEIRESS SERIES:
Night at the Opera
Beneath an Italian Sky (April 2019)
Among Sand and Sunrise (October 2019)

Other books by Stacy Henrie:

LOVE INSPIRED HISTORICAL
A Cowboy of Convenience
The Rancher’s Temporary Engagement
The Outlaw’s Secret
The Renegade’s Redemption
Lady Outlaw
The Express Rider’s Lady

OF LOVE AND WAR:
Hope at Dawn
Hope Rising
A Hope Remembered
A Christmas Hope

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Night at the Opera

(An American Heiress #1)

By Stacy Henrie

Christian Historical Romance

Paperback & ebook, 276 Pages

October 16th 2018 by Mirror Press

Summary

From USA Today bestselling author Stacy Henrie, comes NIGHT AT THE OPERA, an American Heiress Novel.

NIGHT AT THE OPERA

(1908)

When American heiress Gwen Barton aids an injured gentleman in an opera box in London, she shares a kiss with the stranger that changes her life. More determined than ever to be herself, in spite of the limp she’s sustained since childhood, she will marry for love and not a title. She also resolves to learn the identity of the man she helped—and kissed. Surely he can’t be the irritating Avery Winfield, though. But as circumstances continue to throw Gwen and Avery together, she begins to wonder if there is more to this man than she first thought.

While most of London only knows him as the nephew of a duke, Avery Winfield is actually working for the Secret Service Bureau to ferret out German spies from among the ton. It’s a profession that gives him purpose and a reason to remain a bachelor. But the more he interacts with Gwen Barton, an heiress from America, the more he begins to question his plans and neglected faith. Then he learns Gwen is the young lady from the opera box who helped him. Now his most important mission may have nothing to do with saving Britain from danger and everything to do with risking his heart for the woman he met that night at the opera.

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USA Today bestselling author Stacy Henrie is the author of western romances and the Of Love and War series, which includes Hope at Dawn, a 2015 RITA Award finalist for excellence in romance. She was born and raised in the West, where she currently resides with her family. She enjoys reading, road trips, interior decorating, chocolate, and most of all, laughing with her husband and kids.

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