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Epic Angst Filled Romance. This is one of those more divisive romances where you're either going to see it as

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For this blog tour we're looking at . For this blog tour we're looking at The Codebreaker's Secret by Sara Ackerman.

Here's what I had to say on Goodreads:

Beautiful Story With A Near Frequency Endgame. Yet again, Ackerman manages to craft a beautiful Hawaiian tale set partially in WWII and partially a couple of decades later. Both timelines worked quite well for me, and both were equally compelling with the high stakes and secrecy of codebreaking during the war and the mystery surrounding the opening of a new hotel during the early Vietnam era. Quite possibly the thing I liked the best was the endgame that came about with a nearly Frequency level abruptness, where the tale is moving along and *bam* - endgame. Overall a truly beautiful and wonderfully interconnected tale. Very much recommended.

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

2 THE CODEBREAKER Washington, DC, September 1942

There was perhaps no more tedious work in the world. Sitting at a desk all day staring at numbers or letters and looking for patterns. Taking notes and making charts. Thinking until your brain ached. For days and weeks and years on end. The extreme concentration drove some to the bottle, others to madness, and yet others to a quiet greatness that less than ten people in the world might ever know about. You might work for a year on cracking a particular code, only to have nothing to show for it but a tic in your eye and a boil on the back of your thigh. Failure was a given. Accept that and you’d won half the battle.

Isabel sat at her desk staring at a page full of rows and columns of five-letter groups that made no sense whatsoever on thi

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For this blog tour we're looking at a tense and visceral spy thriller set in an oft-overlooked area of WWII. For this blog tour we're looking at The Secret Keeper by Siobahn Curham.

Here's what I had to say on Goodreads:

Tense Spy Thriller In Oft-Overlooked Area Of WWII. This tale was exactly what I said in the title of the review - a tense spy th

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For this blog tour we're looking at a hilarious and sex-positive romantic comedy. For this blog tour we're looking at Great Sexpectations by Kristin Bailey.

Here's what I had to say on Goodreads:

Sex Positive Romantic C

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For this blog tour we're looking at a romantic comedy that deals with more serious topics than most of its genre do. For this blog tour we're looking at For Butter Or Worse by Erin La Rosa.

Here's what I had to say on Goodreads:

Deeper Than Usual Rom-Com. This is one of those rom-coms that starts out light and fluffy and fun - even in an "I'm gonna kill you for that!" way - and then hits on several more substantive issues along the way. And yet, it never feels overly weighed down by any of them, though as with the comedy itself it is very likely that your mileage will vary there. For me, I loved the "behind the scenes" look at the "real-life" stresses of being a TV food show host/ judge... while also running your own restaurant empire off camera. And the constant twitter / google/ other social media feeds were an interesting spin as well, particularly used how they were. Great for foodies or really anyone just looking for a good time - though on *that* note... maybe not so much for the "clean" / "sweet" romance crowd. Very much recommended.

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

Chapter 1:

Nina Lyon stared into her dressing room’s vanity mirror. Her palms were planted firmly against the table, but she bounced on the balls of her feet—the same way she did whenever she was nervous. And she was borderline vibrating with unease.

The average at-home viewer would never notice, because her glam team, who’d become experts at giving her the “natural” look—despite the false lashes, bronzer and endless eyebrow filler—had done a superb job. Her stylist had zipped her into a classic black jumpsuit accessorized with a gold statement necklace and slim python belt that cinched her waist and showed off the roundness of her hips. Even if she didn’t feel confident, she looked as flawless as a mirror-glazed cake. She was iced perfection.

“I can do this. I. Can. Do. This,” she said out loud.

“Hell yes, you fucking can!” Her sister Sophie’s voice burst through the phone. “Hell yes, you fucking can!”

Nina looked down at her best friend, Jasmine, and her siste

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For this blog tour we're looking at a book that is a more serious approach than its author's normal tales and is also a series starter - though this isn't always obvious in the tale. For this blog tour, we're looking at Home To Brambleberry Creek by Elizabeth Bromke.

Here's what I had to say on Goodreads

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For this blog tour, we're looking at a remarkable tale ostensibly about how four adult sister get along with each other that becomes so much more. For this blog tour, we're looking at The Lost And Found Girl by Maisey Yates.

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

Slow Start That All Comes Together For A Dramatic Finish. This is a story of how four sisters - three biological + one adopted - interact as adults when the adopted sister comes back to the town that saw her as their "miracle" from the moment she was found 22 yrs ago. It features romance angles for each of the sisters, though some of the guys are more well fleshed out than others - but each has at least a moment or two to shine. In particular there is the town pariah, accused of a murder a year before the adopted sister was found but for which he has maintained his innocence all along. Can an angel and a devil coexist? What if they may be more linked than anyone - except the two people in town harboring a deep, dark secret that *no one* is aware of - may realize? And what if the town *needs* that secret to be unearthed, whether they realize it or not? Truly an utterly fascinating book, one that no matter how slow you feel the start is you absolutely need to hang in there through the finish. 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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Only two truly remarkable things had ever happened in the small town of Pear Blossom, Oregon. The first occurred in 1999, when Caitlin Groves disa

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For the fifth straight year, Barbara O'Neal's annual release is the Featured New Release on this blog. This tradition began in 2018 with

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Stacey Abrams == Donald Trump. And The Way Back Is To Ignore Both. Ok, so the title h

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Astrology == Mathematics. For Sufficiently Large Values Of 2 While Imagining Spherical Cows. Thompson does a truly excellent job here of showing how and where mathem

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