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Book Review and Giveaway: Whole Latte Life

May 5, 2012

Synopsis: Everyone has had a moment — or several — when they contemplated running away from home: just turning one’s back on everyone and everything, and disappearing for a while or even forever. But then the dream ends, reality intrudes, and we carry on, honoring our commitments to ourselves and those people who matter to […]

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Book Review and Giveaway: Girl Unmoored

April 30, 2012

Synopsis: Apron Bramhall is a thirteen-year-old seventh grader for whom life has been extremely difficult lately. Her mother died just six months ago from cancer and Margie, the Brazilian nurses’ aid who cared for her mother, has taken up permanent residence in Apron’s home. Her father, a Latin professor, wants Apron to get along with […]

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Book Review and Giveaway: The Good Father

April 28, 2012

Synopsis: Travis Brown thinks that things can’t possibly get any worse for him and his four-year-old daughter, Bella. He’s about to find out how wrong he is. Travis has lived his entire life in Carolina Beach and can’t imagine life anywhere but by the shore. He has also never lived on his own. After taking custody […]

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Book Review and Giveaway: Afterwards

April 24, 2012

Welcome to the TLC Book Tour for Afterwards Synopsis: Grace is at her son, Adam’s, school for sports day. Nearly all of the children are outdoors when suddenly the building erupts in fire. As Grace looks around for her seventeen-year-old daughter, Jenny, she realizes that she is still inside where she has been serving as […]

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Book Review and Giveaway: A Grand Murder

April 18, 2012

Welcome to the Partners In Crime Blog Tour for A Grand Murder Synopsis: Catherine O’Brien and her partner, Louise, are homicide detectives with the St. Paul, Minnesota police department. As the story begins, Nathan Stanley has been found murdered on the front porch of his opulent home. He just happens to one of the chief of […]

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Book Review and Giveaway: Comeback Love

April 16, 2012

Synopsis: Gordon Meyers has neither seen nor spoken with Glenna Rising for thirty years. They met in 1968 and lived together for the better part of two years before breaking up. Gordon served in Vietnam and returned home to launch a successful consulting firm. In the ensuing years he has traveled the world, been married […]

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Book Review and Giveaway: Unbroken

April 13, 2012

Welcome to Virtual Author Book Tours’ Blog Tour for Unbroken Synopsis: Gwen Swan was a rodeo queen, sitting glamorously in the saddle as she waved to the crowds. She still rides, but its on the Swan family ranch that she works alongside her husband, Will, and his father, John. Ranch life twenty-five miles outside Laramie, Wyoming […]

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Book Review and Giveaway: The Keeper

January 16, 2012

Welcome to Litfuse Publicity’s Blog Tour for The Keeper Synopsis: Julia Lapp is twenty-one years old and looking forward to her November marriage to Paul Fisher, whom she has loved practically all of her life. Julia is confident of her feelings for Paul and their future together. They were to have married last year, but Paul […]

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Book Review and Giveaway: A Whisper to a Scream

January 10, 2012

Welcome to the WOW! Women on Writing Virtual Book Tour for A Whisper to a Scream Synopsis: Sarah Anderson loves her two young children, but feels much of the time like she has lost herself. She hesitates to tell people that she is a stay-at-home mother because of the reactions that announcement often provokes. Her […]

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Book Review: Innocent

December 31, 2011

Synopsis: Twenty years have elapsed since Rusty Sabich stood trial for the murder of his colleague, Carolyn Polhemus, as detailed in Presumed Innocent. Following his acquittal, Rusty’s legal career again flourished — he is the Chief Justie of the Third District Appellate Court in Kindle Countyand and a candidate for a seat on the state […]

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Book Review: The Grief of Others

September 19, 2011

Welcome to the TLC Book Tour for The Grief of Others Synopsis: One year ago, the Ryrie family suffered an unspeakable loss. The child Ricky was carrying was determined to have anencephaly early in the pregnancy. Simon Isaac Ryrie lived just fifty-seven short hours. He was quietly cremated, and John placed the small cardboard box […]

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Book Review and Giveaway: Call Me Irresistible

September 15, 2011

Welcome to the TLC Book Tour for Call Me Irresistible Synopsis: Meg Koranda has come to Wynette, Texas, for the wedding of her best friend, Lucy Jorik, to Wynette’s favorite son, Ted Beaudine. He is so perfect that Meg can practically hear angels singing every time he enters the room. He and Lucy are a […]

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Book Review and Giveaway: The Lantern

September 14, 2011

Welcome to the TLC Book Tour for The Lantern Synopsis: Eve and Dom fell in love and into a relationship practically instantaneously. He was handsome, older, and charmingly mysterious. Dom was a composer who had already made his fortune and now had the luxury of devoting his time to his musical pursuits. Eve was a […]

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Book Review: Wedlocked

September 13, 2011

Welcome to Pump Up Your Book’s Virtual Book Tour for Wedlocked Synopsis: Rebecca Ross wanted to be a successful actress. After graduating from NYU, she headed to Hollywood with good prospects and a connection in the business. The daughter of a rabbi and a mother who converted to Judaism and then became the penultimate “Jewish […]

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Book Review: Blue Skies Tomorrow

September 6, 2011

Welcome to Litfuse Publicity’s Blog Tour for Blue Skies Tomorrow Synopsis: Helen is the young widow of charismatic and popular Jim Carlisle, who died in the Pacific Theater and is one of Antioch, California’s, fallen local heroes. Helen is determined that their two-year-old son, Jay-Jay, come to know the father that he will never remember through […]

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Book Review and Giveaway: Before Ever After

September 5, 2011

Welcome to the TLC Book Tour for Before Ever After Synopsis: Shelley’s life practically ended three years ago when she was widowed. Since the terrible day when her husband Max was killed, she has been bereft, adrift. Finding out that Max left her a substantial estate made it unnecessary for her to attempt to resume working […]

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Book Review and Giveaway: Let’s Take the Long Way Home

August 29, 2011

Welcome to the TLC Book Tour for Let’s Take the Long Way Home Synopsis: Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gail Caldwell tells the story of her deep, abiding friendship with Caroline Knapp, author of Drinking: A Love Story. The two women had much in common: They were both writers, recovering alcoholics, serious athletes, dog lovers, extremely private, and […]

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Book Review and Giveaway: Two for Sorrow

August 27, 2011

Welcome to the TLC Book Tour for Two for Sorrow Synopsis: Josephine Tey has returned to the Cowdray Club in London, a club for nurses and professional women, where she stays when in town. Her friends, the Motley sisters, are designing gowns for all of the women who will be attending the upcoming charity gala, […]

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Book Review and Autographed Giveaway: Little Black Dress

August 24, 2011

Welcome to the TLC Book Tour for Little Black Dress Synopsis: Evie and her younger sister, Anna, could not have been more different. While Evie was tall, slender, and somewhat plain, Anna was considered beautiful and vivacious. Evie was calm, reliable, and responsible, but Anna always craved adventure and excitement. She dreamed of traveling the world. Their […]

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Guest Post and Giveaway: Author Therese Fowler on Exposure

August 18, 2011

It is my pleasure to welcome Therese Fowler to Colloquium! She is the author of three novels, Reunion, Souvenir and her latest, Exposure, which is the subject of today’s guest post. Exposure is the story of two high school seniors, Amelia and Anthony, who are deeply involved with each other over the objections of Amelia’s […]

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Book Review and Giveaway: Domestic Violets

August 15, 2011

Welcome to the TLC Book Tour for Domestic Violets Synopsis: Tom Violet and his wife, Anna, want to have another child. After all, their little Allie is seven years old already and there will be a wide enough age span between their two children. But if Tom doesn’t find a cure for his erectile dysfunction, […]

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Book Review and Giveaway: Next to Love

August 11, 2011

Welcome to the TLC Book Tour for Next to Love Synopsis: Babe, Grace, and Millie have been friends since they met in kindergarten. The story begins in 1941 and World War II has just begun. Babe is from below Sixth Street, the wrong side of the tracks, but is fierce, determined, and loyal to her friends. She […]

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Book Review and Giveaway: Remember Me

August 8, 2011

Welcome to the TLC Book Tour for Remember Me Synopsis: Nia and Danielle met and became friends in 1976 when Mia’s parents forced her to transfer from the public school she loved to a private all-girls’ Catholic high school. Mia was one of a minority of African-American students and did not have friends there. Danielle […]

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Book Review and Giveaway: Close Your Eyes

August 5, 2011

Welcome to the TLC Book Tour for Close Your Eyes Synopsis: Lauren Mahdian does not remember the details of that horrible summer night in 1986 when she was just eight years old, beyond the fact that she slept in the backyard tree house with her brother, Alex, and had scary dreams involving her parents. The next […]

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Book Review: Safe from the Past

August 2, 2011

Welcome to Litfuse Publicity’s Blog Tour for Safe from the Past Synopsis: When author Patricia Miller Mauro’s parents met, her father was working as a surgical orderly and her mother was training to be a nurse’s aide. They were as different as could be. Her father, the second of nine children, had been raised in a strict […]

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