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For this blog tour we're looking at a solid middle entry in its series that deepens the overall mythos and has the reader anxiously awaiting the finale. For this blog tour we're looking at Second Chances At Brambleberry Creek by Elizabeth Bromke.

Here's what I had to say on Goodreads:

Solid Middle Entry In Trilogy. This book picks up where H

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Complex Story With More Action Than Medical. I came into this book after having won an ARC of it in the Readers Coffeehouse (

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For this blog tour we're looking at a book that could have gone far darker and more serious than it did and instead chose to have fun even while dealing with serious subject matters. For this blog tour we're looking at Would You Rather by Allison Ashley.

Here's what I had to say on Goodreads:

Solid Friends To Lovers Romance. This is one of those books that takes a legitimately serious issue - insurance, insurance fraud, and organ transplants - and spins a charming and fun romance around it. Ashley manages to weave the ultra-serious in with the frivolous to great effect, enhancing both the seriousness and the fun while leaning more into the fun and romance. Overall a truly fun book, and a solid one for its end-of-summer release time frame. Very much recommended.

After the jump, the "publisher details" - including an excerpt, book description, author bio, and social media and buy links.

Mia Adrian stared at her phone screen, wondering what in the hell she’d just read.

Noah: Would you rather—text message edition. Daily messages with strange animal facts OR positive affirmations?

What kind of question was that? She frowned and leaned one elbow on the arm of her chair before tapping out a one-handed response.

Mia: ???

Noah: It’s a question. Would yo

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The More You Think You See, The Easier It Will Be To Fool You. For the first ti

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Light And Fluffy But Tackles Serious Issues As Well. This is one of those boo

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You're Gonna Miss This. When I think about this book and everything that happens in it

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Perfectly Poignant. This is ultimately a story of family and heal

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For this blog tour we're looking at an excellent thriller that takes its early cues from the best disaster movies. For this blog tour we're looking at The Ex Between Us by Nicola Marsh.

Here's what I ha

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For this blog tour we're looking at a comedic look at romance during the Jewish High Holy Days that presents some interesting ideas. For this blog tour we're looking at Mr Perfect On Paper by Jean Meltzer.

Here's what I had to say on Goodreads:

Interesting Story Built Primarily Around Jewish Holidays With Epic Final Meeting. This was a genuinely interesting - if long (seriously, the same story could have been told with roughly half the length and worked just as well, maybe better) - story built around a Jewish tech magnate and a desperate ploy to use the Jewish High Holy Days (+ Hanukah) as a way for a daytime TV show to save its ratings and thus the jobs of its staff. The comedy hits well, particularly in the initial appearance of the tech magnate on the TV show and on the first few dates (that all end in some form of disaster). The romance plods along a bit (this is where the shorter length proposed above could dramatically help), but the slow build works to get to a truly epic final meeting between the lead couple. Overall a solid story and well told, and gets some different ideas out to boot without being overly preachy about them. Very much recommended.

After the jump, an excerpt followed by the "publisher details" - book description, author bio, and social media and buy links.

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“Now,” Dara said, glancing down at her watch. “If you don’t mind, we’re on a tight schedule here. I need to get out of here before the coming of Moshiach.”

With that, the entire room jumped into action. Dara to

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For this blog tour we're looking at a WWII action tale built more for guys, without the emotional impact of similar works in women's fiction. For this blog tour we're looking at The Last Of The Seven by Steven Hartov.

Here's what I had to say about it on Goodreads:

Slow Start Builds To Action-Packed Finish. This book is one that starts with an intriguing mystery - a man shows up at a British post in the northern Africa desert during the Africa Campaign of WWII wearing a German uniform and claiming to be British - and builds a bit slowly and at times seemingly disjointedly - random flashbacks to this soldier's memories from Jewish persecutions in Berlin - to a bit of a romance middle and then an action packed final mission reminiscent of most any WWII movie. Overall a solid war tale for guys, with a lot of the emotional punch of women's fiction WWII historical fiction largely removed in favor of showing people actively being blown apart or shredded by machine gun fire. Recommended.

After the jump, an excerpt from the book followed by the "publisher's details" - book description, author bio, and social media and buy links.

CHAPTER ONE

North Africa, Spring 1943

In the Sahara, the sun could make a man bleed.

It was hard to believe at first, especially if you’d ever trekked a frigid winter landscape somewhere, boots slogging through alpine snow, limbs shivering and aching bone deep. It was a challenge to imagine it, such a murderous sun, when December memory recalled teeth chattering like a Morse code key, toes and fingers numbed and raw, eyebrows stiff with frost, till all at once that blessed star emerged from charcoal clouds to save the day.

The sun was a holy thi

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