#BookTour: Why We Fall by Daniel Martinez @RABTBookTours

 

Why Pain and Suffering Are Our Greatest Teachers

 

Self-Help

Date Published: ‎August 26, 2024

Publisher: ‎ Mindstir Media

Have you ever questioned the importance behind the pain, suffering, and desperation we feel in life? Often times, it's easy for us to lose ourselves in the moment and not see the big picture of things. Yes, pain is uncomfortable, suffering is horrible, and desperation makes us feel like we're losing ourselves before we've had the opportunity to find ourselves. Often times, these emotions have so much they can teach us, yet we avoid them because we don't want to experience any kind of suffering in our lives.

In Why We Fall, I take you through a journey to uncover the truth behind the importance of these emotions in our lives. I walk you through the importance of learning to understand them and how to find the best way to cope with them. It's not an easy journey, but once you grasp the concepts and ideas that we'll discuss in the pages of this book, you'll find that living a fulfilling life and one that you feel satisfied with, has never been easier.

#TeaserTuesday: Pilgrimage Through the Storm by Bindiya B. Chantal @RABTBookTours #GIveaway

 

Poetry / Prayer

Date Published: Nov 20, 2024

Publisher:  Serapis Bey Publishing

“One does not become enlightened by imagining oneself as a figure of light but by making the darkness conscious.” 

Carl Jung (1875 – 1961)

 

A deeper level of consciousness can only be birthed from a space of darkness, the void of all possibility, as all of life has arisen from nothingness. Such is the paradox of awakening. When you find yourself held in suspension, and when you are catapulted out of everything you know to be true, it is easy to forget the truth of who you really are.

However, no matter the outer experiences, your innermost essence is unchangeable.

A sense of isolation and separation are undoubtedly facets of the dark night, but in reality you are never alone. Many people have walked this path before you, there are those who are currently engulfed in its midst and those who will follow.

The pieces in this book landed as my own journey through the wilderness. Each fragment is a lived experience, and each lived experience is a mentor.

I offer you these words as your companion while you transition through your own inner shadows…may they provide comfort as you move through the deepest levels of release and find your way home, to a self-compassion you never knew existed. 

#TeaserTuesday: Beneath the Skin by Mikala Ash @RABTBookTours

 

(Empire of the Sky 5)

 

Steampunk Romance

Date Published: 11/29/24

Publisher: Changeling Press

 

Soulmates? Or simply lovers? Selena and Nancy hope their paramours can see beneath the skin.

 

Selena Whiteheart has her hands full. The malignant witch, Lady Neva, has kidnapped her lovers, Jacob McCleary and Captain Kit Colby. While keeping her Home Office handler, Harry Kincaid, satisfied in every way, Selena vows to rescue them, but first she must contend with a mesmerised assassin.

Meanwhile Nancy Lea, envoy in human form of the goblin king, Mon Ilson, Emperor of Space, has failed in her bid to secure peace. Queen Victoria has sent her packing with a flea in her ear. With her lover and protector, Captain Jaimee Dalgliesh, she returns to the moon to report. With three days to kill, Nancy teaches Jaimee the joys of weightless lovemaking. However, Jaimee comes face to face with a real goblin. Can he overcome his visceral disgust and love the soul beneath Nancy's stolen skin?

The soul of Agent Felicity Cressy, murdered by Lady Neva, finds a safe haven in Nancy's mind. Will Mon Ilson return her to her body, and what does he expect in return?

#ReleaseBlitz for Merry with Me by Kaylee Ryan @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Merry with Me

A Kincaid Brothers Series Companion Novel

Author: Kaylee Ryan

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Tropes: Small Town, Grumpy/Sunshine

Standalone Holiday Romance

Release Date: November 26, 2024

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NYT and USA Today Bestselling author Kaylee Ryan brings you a new grumpy-sunshine standalone holiday romance

Blakely

When my boss tells me I’m taking over the planning of the annual Christmas gala, I can barely contain my excitement. Not only is it a huge opportunity, but I also love all things Christmas.

I’m on cloud nine until I realize I have to work closely with the grumpy doctor, who is my opposite in every way. He loathes the holidays. At least that’s what he says. His eyes tell me a different story.

That’s why I make it my mission to make him fall in love with Christmas. That’s our family motto after all. I’ll make him love the holidays harder than ever before. How hard can it be?

Oliver

My contract states I have to serve on a committee. When I fail to submit which committee I’d like to work on, I’m assigned the Christmas gala. Me… the guy who detests the holiday.

In years past, I let the marketing manager handle it all. I was there if she needed me. She never did. I expected more of the same this year, but it turns out, I get more than I bargained for. I didn’t anticipate her. Miss Ray of Sunshine, assistant manager.

That’s how I find myself attending holiday events and attaching myself to her any way I can. She’s trying to make me fall in love with Christmas. Instead, I’m falling in love with her.

#ReleaseBlitz for Church Girl by Naima Simone @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Church Girl

Author: Naima Simone

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Tropes: Opposites Attract, Grumpy/Sunshine

Nanny/Single Dad, Runaway Bride, Tattoo Artist

Publisher: Afterglow Books by Harlequin

Release Date: November 26, 2024

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She’s a preacher’s daughter, a runaway bride and now the (not quite) qualified nanny for a sexy tattoo artist with a beautiful daughter—and a dirty mouth.

What’s a bad boy to do with a woman like her?

Everything…

Aaliyah Montgomery isn’t just ditching her wedding. She’s also fleeing her suffocating small town and her family’s expectations. She’s got plans—for college, for finding herself. But landing a job in Chicago that fits her schedule isn’t easy. Good thing Von Howard is desperate to find a live-in nanny. Bad thing that he’s a gritty, grumpy, gorgeous tattoo artist carrying as much baggage as he has ink.

Von’s new hire is inexperienced and a fire hazard in the kitchen. She’s also all thick curls, thicker curves, and a distracting mix of innocence and sensuality. After the upheaval of a divorce, he just needs a nanny, not a sneaky link. Meanwhile, Aaliyah is bonding with his seven-year-old and showing an unexpected flair for tattoo art. Who could resist?

Yet deep down, Aaliyah’s still running—from her feelings and her fear of losing herself to someone else’s expectations again. Even as their pasts return to haunt them, their undeniable heat says maybe it’s time to stand and fight for a love they didn’t see coming.

#ReleaseBlitz for Easier to Breathe by K.E. McIntyre @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Easier to Breathe

Series: Nags Head #1

Author: K.E. McIntyre

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Tropes: Second Chance at Love

Close Proximity/Found Family

Release Date: November 26, 2024

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Annie

They say death isn’t an end, but a new beginning. When my husband fell ill, I honestly believed that if I loved him enough, he would survive. When he died, I lost everything. Faith, hope and joy were gone. I lost myself in grief and lived in my depression. Yet, I found it comforting. Until the day I received my husband’s last request.

I would soon realize that his last wish would not only crush me but heal me in ways I never thought possible. His death is what would bring me back to life.

Hawk

She came to us broken and so full of sorrow, it seeped from her bones. She was a lost soul that never asked to be found. When I first saw her, something called out to me, pulled me to her and tethered me around her. I wanted to keep my distance because she needed time to heal and room to breathe. But my soul found hers and I knew from that first sight, she was meant to be mine.

That’s why I’m making it my mission to help her find the light in the darkness that consumes her. I will do anything to pull her from the grief that has taken her under.