It’s Here! Time for the 2020 LIFT Campaign!

LIFT 4 Autism Auction!

Browse items up for bid NOW!

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Now more than ever, we as a global community are uniting, even as we stay apart to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. The organizers of LIFT 4 Autism, authors Ginger Scott and Kennedy Ryan, along with Kulture City, this year’s charitable partner, wanted to respond to the real needs of autism families during this incredibly challenging time. Kulture City will direct proceeds from the 2020 auction to autism families struggling during COVID-19.

The online auction features signed paperbacks, hardcovers, full series sets, out-of-print covers, foreign editions, personal one-on-one Skype calls with some of your favorites . . . and MORE, all donated by authors, publishers, bloggers, readers. Just people who wanted to be a part of something to help autism families. You can browse items up for bid NOW here. The docket is open for bidding 

#BookReview: Little Secrets by @JenniferHillier

Synopsis: From the author of Jar of Hearts, a mother driven to the edge by the disappearance of her son learns her husband is having an affair with the woman who might have kidnapped him.
Four hundred and eighty seconds. That’s how long it took for someone to steal Marin Machado's four-year-old son.

Marin had the perfect life. Married to her college sweetheart, she owns a chain of upscale hair salons, and Derek runs his own company. They're admired in their community and are a loving family. Up until the day Sebastian is taken.

A year later, Marin is a shadow of herself. The FBI search has gone cold. The publicity has faded. She and her husband rarely speak. The only thing keeping her going is the unlikely chance that one day Sebastian reappears. She hires a P.I. to pick up where the police left off, but instead of finding him, she discovers that Derek is having an affair with a younger woman.

Kenzie Li is an artist and grad student—Instagram famous—and up to her eyeballs in debt. She knows Derek is married. She also knows he's rich, and dating him comes with perks: help with bills, trips away, expensive gifts. He isn't her first rich boyfriend, but she finds herself hoping he'll be the last. She's falling for him—and that was never part of the plan.

Discovery of the affair sparks Marin back to life. She's lost her son; she's not about to lose her husband, too. Kenzie is an enemy with a face, which means this is a problem Marin can fix. But as she sets a plan in motion, another revelation surfaces. Derek's lover might know what happened to their son. And so might Derek.

#ReleaseBlitz for Second Chance Spring by @DelanceyStewart @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Second Chance Spring
Series: Seasons in Singletree #4

Author: Delancey Stewart

Genre: Small Town Romantic Comedy

Release Date: April 1, 2020

Blurb

Paige Tanner grew up in the small town of Singletree—but she knows she has to leave to find what she really wants. Singletree might have other plans for her…

I did everything right—got engaged to my high school boyfriend, stayed faithful through college and med school, came home and got married. That was how I’d always thought my life would go. What I didn’t realize was that my husband wasn’t super clear on that whole monogamy thing.

Yeah.

Finding myself over thirty and divorced, living in the same small town where I grew up, I realized I needed a new plan. So I took action. I landed a job with a bigger practice in a big city where I’ll find more opportunities at work, and hopefully in my social life. I was ready to move on.

But when Cormac Whitewood and his adorable daughters come into my life, suddenly my big plans don’t seem so shiny and exciting. Suddenly, I’m finding myself drawn to the lonely widower, wishing for more time with him—even though he seems to have a strange fascination with exotic taxidermy. I can overlook a lot for a pair of deep golden eyes and strong broad shoulders.

The thing is, Cormac’s made it clear he isn’t over his late wife—and I’d never force my way into someone else’s family. And I’ve already made my plans.

So why do they feel so wrong?

Second Chance Spring is a full-length novel with an HEA about second chances, spring, and taxidermy. Okay, not really. It’s about the plans life makes for you while you’re busy making plans for yourself, and it’s full of snort laughs, touching moments, cake, and maybe a kangaroo or two. 

#ReleaseBlitz for Mayday by @KatAddamsAuthor @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Mayday: Tinder Love in the Golden Years

A Dirty South Series Novella

Author: Kat Addams

Genre: Romantic Comedy

Release Date: April 1, 2020

Blurb

Sometimes, all it takes is a hot meal—or a broken heater—to spark a long-lost flame!

Marilyn

I was looking for a handyman, not a “handsy” man. 

And don't think I was too old to know the difference. 

You wouldn't believe the things these eyes had seen. 

Thought I'd seen it all—until I joined Tinder. 

I was swiping men away like flies. To the left. To the left. 

Too grouchy. Too gassy. 

Not enough hair. Not enough teeth. 

I was elderly, not dead. 

The last person I’d expected to see was Clyde Jenkins.

Now, here was a man who could handle his tools. 

Clyde

I was looking for a home-cooked meal now and again … and maybe a respectable woman to warm my bed. 

After spending a little time on this online dating app, I wasn't sure there were many women my age still alive out there. 

Then, I stumbled across a photo that gave my pacemaker—and other parts—a tickle. 

Marilyn May … I knew she was a feisty lady and a dang good cook. 

She’d also happened to be my first sweetheart. 

So, I did what any self-respecting man in his post-prime would do. 

I swiped right, trimmed my nose hairs, and pulled out my church shirt. 

They don't call these the golden years for nothing! 

#BookReview: The Ranger of Marzanna (The Goddess War #1) by Jon Skovron

Synopsis: When their father is murdered by imperial soldiers, two siblings set out on opposite paths—one will destroy the Empire forever and the other will save it—in this thrilling new Russian inspired epic fantasy from Jon Skovron.

Sonya is training to be a Ranger of Marzanna, an ancient sect of warriors who have protected the land for generations. But the old ways are dying, and the rangers have all been forced into hiding or killed off by the invading Empire.

When her father is murdered by imperial soldiers, she decides to finally take action. Using her skills as a ranger she will travel across the bitter cold tundra and gain the allegiance of the only other force strong enough to take down the invaders.

But nothing about her quest will be easy. Because not everyone is on her side. Her brother, Sebastian, is the most powerful sorcerer the world has ever seen. And he's fighting for the empire.

#ReleaseBlitz for Into the Clear Water by B. Celeste @GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Into the Clear Water

Author: B. Celeste

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: April 1, 2020

Blurb

I used his body to forget the pain until the line we drew was buried under muddied water.

I used to believe in three things:

That true love only existed once, heartbreak couldn’t kill you, and everything happened for a reason.

But if that were true, I never would have watched Daniel McCray get married to another woman, have a beautiful baby girl, and pass away before my very eyes.

Everything I believed was I lie.

Until I met them.

#BookBlitz: Elle of Portuana by @SamuelNarh17 @RABTBookTours

Children's Book

Published: December 2019

Publisher: Austin Macauley

Elle of Portuana is about environmental stewardship. Assist Elle to plant more trees across the world.

Elle is from a small town by the beach named Portuana. She loves trees, nature, and saving money. This picture book takes a child into Elle's world. The child then sees how Elle ties all her passions together.