This post is part of a virtual book tour organized by Goddess Fish Promotions. The author will award a $15 Amazon/BN gift card to a randomly drawn winner. Click on the tour banner to see the other stops on the tour. Dream without fear. When dreams are nourished with faith and actions, dreams bloom into realities. Jose, a self-taught artist, had no formal training in art, no scholastic qualifications and had very challenging life experiences as an international sailor, chef, watchmaker and stone mason. How can one be multi-skilled and pass international standards without proper education ..read more

  Children's Book / Healthy Eating / Parenting Date Published: 2/13/2024   Does your child refuse to try new foods? Do they go off foods they used to like? They don’t want to help with meal prep? They become impossible at mealtimes and say they don’t like it before seeing it. Why are dinosaur-shaped nuggets so popular? They taste just the same as normal nuggets, but they are shaped for fun.   If you put a sticker of your child’s favorite cartoon character on an apple, they will want that apple, not the identical one next to it.   What if there was a fun game to play a ..read more

  MY GANGSTER FATHER AND ME! Marcia Rosen   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~   GENRE:  Memoir   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~   BLURB:   Happy Fathers Day. Our history and experiences can define us, inspire our actions and as writers impact our words and stories.  Mine most definitely has. My father was a gangster. Really! This is my story about my relationship with my father and how his profession affected me and my life, “He called me Sugar Plum. Both a blessing and a burden, I learned interesting lessons from my father: about generosity and determination, taking risks, and cer ..read more

  KISSING ASPHALT Delicia Niami ~~~~~~~~~~~~~   GENRE:  Memoir   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~   BLURB:   Resilience isn’t inherited. It’s a hard-fought skill forged by our ability to pick up the broken pieces of our past and remake them into something new.   Meet four-year-old Delicia, a poor but carefree child who is about to have her world shattered. Along with her seven-year-old brother Nile, she is kidnapped from her Los Angeles home by her estranged father and taken to Iraq, a foreign world she has never known. This is just the beginning of a string of traumas, hard ..read more

  A quiet knock interrupted the tea party, followed by a maid peeking around the parlour door. “The post has arrived, mum. There's a letter from overseas for Miss Clara— I mean, Mrs. Cooke.” Clara's mother's face lit up with her smile. “There you are, my darling. I will wager that it is a letter from Theo, timed perfectly to arrive on your birthday. How clever of him!” She beckoned to the maid to bring the letters to her. “Yes, here it is, your birthday letter from Theo.” Mary took the letter from the maid and passed it to Clara. Clara's heart sank. He wasn’t dead after all and now she ..read more

  A working corporate mom whose husband stays home with the kids. Before she even enters a meeting, she gets a phone call about the kids. She’s way overworked. Talk about needing some stress relief. Then she meets Alex. She succumbs to the temptation of a one-night stand. But was one night enough for him…especially when he videotaped the whole thing?  Wow, what a juicy story!   Would the guy stoop so low as to send out the video as blackmail? Yes, he would. $50 grand or the video gets blasted everywhere. Would you rather be humiliated and broke or just humiliated?   A wom ..read more

  Bex was dreading her 10-year high school reunion because of a certain sweetheart that broke her heart. But memories of her first love along with a dull boyfriend’s cheating prompt her to go. Upon seeing each other, Bex and Aiden were filled with memories, desire, and regret. Could they have stayed together back then? What if they did stay together? Where would they be now? Would she still have been in the most successful band today? They weren’t ready for each other then. Were they ready for each other now? Well, it seemed Aiden couldn’t be in a relationship…with anyone. But why? Wow ..read more

  Two best friends—musicians from popular bands. Seemed like a perfect match, except that she already had a fiancé. Then that fiancé ended up already married with kids. Whoa, dude worked fast.   For being the bad boy in the band, Flynn was a real softie to Polly. Their comforting comradery was nice. For a while, the two commiserate on whether they could possibly be more than friends in the face of fame and paparazzi.   Storyline was slow to progress, but it was a rather nice build-up. A romance slowly blooms. I have to be honest that this story certainly wasn’t as good as the ..read more

  Maggie, the shy one of the band, Lovely Oblivion, was nervous about getting her first tattoo. Fortunately, the tattoo artist, Wylder, made her feel nice and calm. What would it be like to have him in her life? Well, that thought was quickly dashed when she found out that he was already taken. Crud. Turns out, however, that the girl he was with was crazy. Boy, was she crazy!   Three years later, the two stumble upon each other at a wedding and the electricity was still there. Soon, they fall into an easy friendship. The narrative was nice, but, as you can see, it takes a really lo ..read more

  This was kind of like a sketchy version of South Park. Thought the panels were much too wordy and the handwriting wasn’t too legible. Eh, thought it be better than this.   Rating: 2 stars ..read more