Saturday, August 31, 2024

Scrapbooking Saturday #2

Welcome to my second Scrapbooking Saturday!!

18th

24th 


25th

My supplies are low at the moment. This most likely will be my last Scrapbooking Saturday for a while. If you're disappointed or relieved, I don't know.


*** I hope this weekly post will evolve in something more. For now, any comments are appreciated.


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Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Except Reveal: Iced

 

Title: Iced 

Author: Cala Riley 

Genre: Sports Romance 

Release Date: September 19, 2024 

Hosted by: Buoni Amici Press, LLC. 


Clayton

Being the star player on the Walker Wolves has been everything I was working towards. That is, until my grades slip, threatening to take it all from me. I have to do something drastic to keep my dreams alive, so I hire a tutor. That’s when I met her. Grace Myers. She is the complete opposite of me. Shy, innocent, kind.She’s meant to tutor me on school, so why does it feel like she is schooling me on life?

Grace

I have spent half my life in love with Kellan Cooper, but he has never felt the same. If friendship is all he can offer, it’s what I’ll take from him. I thought life was simple. Until I met him. Clayton James. He is everything I’ve always hated. Loud, arrogant, a player. So why do I find myself unable to stop thinking about him and his lips? When opposites attract, will they have a fairytale ending or are they destined to crash and burn?

AMAZON

“Should I be setting boundaries with you?” I ask. “You already have been.” “Wait. What?” He laughs, grabbing my hand to lead me down the hall. “Every interaction we have, you send out signals. I knew you would need a hug because your body was yelling for one. You were tense and needed comfort. I knew that comfort would be a hug because of the way you have acted in our other interactions. You lean into touch which tells me one of your love languages has to be touch.” I open my mouth to say something, anything but nothing comes out. He has me at a loss for words. “You’ve learned all of that by simply looking at me?” I ask after a few moments of silence. “Listening too.” He admits, opening a door. I smile when I see the rink in front of us. “I didn’t realize that you spent that much time paying attention to me. I knew I shouldn’t have told you where I lived, stalker.” I wink at him. “You really shouldn’t have. Now I’m going to learn all your dirty little secrets. Like which Backstreet Boy you kissed on your wall.” I gasp, “Blasphemy. It was N’Sync and I was a JC



Cala Riley, better known as Cala and Riley, are a pair of friends with a deep seated love of books and writing. Both Cala and Riley are happily married and each have children, Cala with the four-legged kind while Riley has a mixture of both two-legged and four. While they live apart, that does not affect their connection. They are the true definition of family. What started as an idea that quickly turned into a full-length book and a bond that will never end.



Tuesday, August 27, 2024

Release Blitz: First Time

 

Title: First Time 

Author: Heidi McLaughlin & L.P.Dover 

Genre: Contemp Romance / Short story / New Adult  

Release Date: August 27, 2024 

Hosted by: Buoni Amici Press, LLC. 


Tropes: Secret identity / steamy / virgin hero / sex club / friends with benefits / opposites attract / second chance / virgin computer nerd / secret relationship 

Length: Novella

New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors Heidi McLaughlin and L.P. Dover team up again for a sexy new Society X series that will have you begging for more!

The rules of Society X are simple … break them and you’re out.

The exclusive club has it all:

Staying anonymous in the Dark Room.

Watching your every desire in the Viewing Room.

Exploring scandalous fun in the Play Room.

For Brent Danson, the club doesn’t interest him—at least, not until he meets the beauty behind the bar, who happens to be an old flame from his past… Scotlyn Hill.

Scotlyn brings out a side in him he hasn’t explored yet. She’s beautiful, experienced, and not the virgin he is. But that soon changes when they both give in to the temptations Society X has to offer, especially the Dark Room.

However, when the time comes for all to be revealed, will Brent and Scotlyn be able to make things work? One way or another, neither one will be the same.

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Heidi McLaughlin is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author of The Beaumont Series, The Boys of Summer, and The Archers. Originally, from the Pacific Northwest, she now lives in picturesque Vermont, with her husband, two daughters, and their three dogs. In 2012, Heidi turned her passion for reading into a full-fledged literary career, writing over twenty novels, including the acclaimed Forever My Girl. Heidi's first novel, Forever My Girl, has been adapted into a motion picture with LD Entertainment and Roadside Attractions, starring Alex Roe and Jessica Rothe, and opened in theaters on January 19, 2018, and is now available on DVD & Digital. To stay connected with Heidi visit www.facebook.com/authorheidimclaughlin or heidimclaughlin.com

  New York Times and USA Today bestselling author L. P. Dover is a southern belle living in North Carolina with her husband and two beautiful girls. Everything’s sweeter in the South has always been her mantra and she lives by it, whether it’s with herwriting or in her everyday life. Maybe that’s why she’s seriously addicted to chocolate.  Dover has written countless novels in several different genres, including a children’s book with her daughter. Her favorite to write is romantic suspense, but she’s also found a passion in romantic comedy. She loves to make people laugh which is why you’ll never see her without a smile on her face.

Heidi McLaughlin

L.P. Dover

Thursday, August 22, 2024

Long and Short Reviews 17th Anniversary Bash

Like books? No matter the genre, we have a great place for you to find your next favorite read!


Long and Short Reviews is celebrating their 17th (wow!) anniversary, but you get the gifts. They're featuring more than 50 books in all genres from romance to science fiction, young adult to poetry... no matter your reading preferences, you can find something to enjoy!

What could possibly be better than that? 

How about a chance to win one of two $100 Amazon GCs, of course! Think of how many books you could buy... 
Once you're arrived at the Long and Short Reviews site, simply read through the book posts each day and answer a simple question (or follow authors on their social media accounts) and you're entered to win. New chances to enter every day! So, go visit and enter and don't forget to tell a friend or two. Good luck!

Contest runs from August 19-23, 2024.

Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Book Blast: Journey to the Dark Galaxy


GENRE: Science Fiction

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 BLURB:

A mysterious signal from deep space. Mischief and murder at a military base.

Earth’s leaders are given an ultimatum: deliver Sam Sanderson to Logom, a planet known to

house a hostile AI civilization, or face interplanetary war.

When Sam receives a strange letter drafting her into the Great Alliance for Interplanetary Affairs

as a matter of international security, she expects to get answers. But instead of receiving a

warm welcome, she finds that most people under the surface are distant, cold, and have built

walls of silence. While grappling with her unique power and the consequences of her actions,

she learns that the organization she’s supposed to serve has a chilling past and guards a dark

secret.

While Earth’s scientists scramble to defend their world and the planetary alliance from the AI

threat, Sam is forced on a mission to the Dark Galaxy. A place where dangers lurk, tensions run

high, and things are never what they seem.

But will the journey change her forever?

As Sam desperately navigates a maze of lies, dark secrets, and finds herself at the heart of a

dangerous journey, she discovers that it will take much more than her courage and power to

save humanity.

Time’s running out, and there’s no turning back now…

From the award-winning author of Journey to the Hopewell Star comes the highly anticipated

sequel that’s sure to be a thrilling ride! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 


Excerpt:

Cold sweat clung to her skin as they waited for the ship to power down. The gangway
descended, and a thick wave of dusty air swirled up and pushed against them. The brilliant red
and white grains of sand sparkled in the air, almost blinding her.
“You ready?” Kwan asked Sam as they made their way outside.
Ready? Kwan’s instructions had been vague and subjective at best. Be confident but not too
confident—what did that even mean? Don’t let them smell your fear? She was ready all
right—ready to run and hide. Hide her identity, hide away somewhere where no one could find
her. That’s all she wanted to do right now. She wanted to turn back. But she couldn’t. Not now.
They were already moving. Descending the gangway like prisoners being forced off the plank of
a ship. This didn’t feel like a diplomatic mission at all.
Dread rose from the pit of her stomach. They were leaving the ship and heading into uncharted
territory. With a bounty on her head and hostiles approaching, not knowing what would come
next, it took all her power just to keep herself together.
“As ready as can be.”



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 AUTHOR:

Hannah D. State is an award-winning Canadian author. She graduated from McGill University

with a BA and earned her MPL from Queen’s University. Hannah is bothered by inequality,

violence, greed, complacency, snakes, entering a dark room, and not getting enough sleep. She

enjoys writing about strong-willed characters who don’t fit the norm and who overcome great

obstacles with perseverance, self-discovery, and help from others. Sometimes Hannah can’t

keep up with her characters’ ideas and plans, so she takes breaks, drinks coffee, does yoga

and tai chi, and takes nature walks to calm her mind and really listen. Journey to the Dark

Galaxy is her second novel. You can find her author page on Facebook .


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GIVEAWAY 

The author will be awarding a $10 Amazon/BN gift card to a randomly drawn winner.


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Book Blast: The Lonely Australian of the Asian Night




This post is part of a virtual book tour organized by Goddess Fish Promotions. The author will be awarding a $25 Amazon/BN GC to a randomly drawn winner. Please click on the tour banner to see the other stops on the tour.



Hookers and hawkers.
Mosques and mosquitos.
Paul has had enough of Southeast Asia.
He's only here ‘cos it's cheap.
He's on the run from police after leaving Australia.
No, that place wasn't much better either.
Well, it was when he was young.
When his life was full of promise. An up-and-coming boxer. And he had friends. And fun.
Then a bit of bad luck later and he found himself on the run in outback Australia. Paranoid. Hiding from shadows. The heat. The dust. The sweat.

Next stop, Southeast Asia.


Read an Excerpt

He wondered again if they would come for him tonight. The hotel porter and counter staff were looking at him suspiciously when he last went out for food. Or was he just looking at them weird? If they came for him tonight, for which crime would they come? Would it be Interpol? What he did to the man in Bali might warrant that. He didn’t feel too bad about that one because he was only some fag who came onto him after seeing him in Kuta one night when Paul was hungry and standing alone in the darkness. The man asked if he was ok and invited him back to his house and made dinner. Paul knew his old coach would be ashamed that he had beaten the man, not to mention taken his money. He saw his coach in his mind again - this time holding pads for him in the ring. If only Paul had made more money from boxing, then he would never have had to come to Asia. He never would have been standing hungry and lost and standing with street dogs and feeling like a failure. That was the worst moment in Paul’s life and he didn’t want to remember it again.

About the Author: Gregory Pakis is an Australian author, film-maker, actor and wacky vlogger. He has written the short story, The Lonely Australian of the Asian Night; the soon to be released horror- suspense novellas, The Regressor and He., and Memoir of a Suburban Hoe-Bo, which is partly an account of when he lived out of a van for ten years in Melbourne.

Gregory Pakis is also the writer / director of the feature films, The Garth Method (2005) and The Joe Manifesto (2013), which have won national and international awards and been distributed through Accent Entertainment, Label, Vanguard Cinema.

Gregory's more informal video projects are the feature documentaries, Garth Goes Hitch-Hiking (2007) and Garth Lives in a Van (2011) which have screened at film festivals in Australia.

More recently, he has created the comedy series, suBURPieS and his Wacky Vlog which can found on his socials.

Gregory has been featured in articles in newspapers, The Age, The Herald Sun, Beat Magazine, Inpress, FILMINK, and the Neos Kosmos. He has been interviewed on radio by the ABC, 3RRR, SYN FM, 3CR.



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Saturday, August 17, 2024

Scrapbooking Saturday #1

Hello All ! Welcome to my first Scrapbooking Saturday.


10th = first entry 


11th 


12th = I didn't realize what was actually on the paper before I had cut it up. I would have made it the background if I did.




14th


15th


16th

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Friday, August 16, 2024

Book Blast: Dishing Love Daily

 





This post is part of a virtual book tour organized by Goddess Fish Promotion. The author will award a $10 Amazon/BN GC to a randomly drawn winner. Click on the tour banner to see the other stops on the tour.

Dishing Love Daily and Other Secret Ingredients (trademarked in Canada and the US) is more than a cookbook. Chef Suzy shares her collection of cherished recipes that focus on healthy, fresh, easy-to-find ingredients, appealing to both the novice and experienced cook. She will also guide you to and through a revolutionary, adaptable approach to bringing mindfulness and positivity into the kitchen. It's a timely, relevant and original concept in food craft that weaves our energetic imprint into a meal and into the hearts of those who sit at our table. It's a powerful, creative concept in awareness that will transform the everyday endeavour of nourishing our bodies into a life-changing act of nourishing our souls. Come on, let's get dishing!


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Welcome to Dishing Love Daily and Other Secret Ingredients. It won’t take you long to realize that this book full of recipes is more than a cookbook. It’s a new, revolutionary, approach of bringing mindfulnessand positivity into the kitchen. It’s a philosophy of incorporating a daily habit of awareness into the art of cooking.

Every morning, I intentionally choose a motivating, uplifting word and then spend the day infusing its fortifying and nourishing energy into everything I do, especially the meals I prepare for the people I love. One word. I think about this word. I talk about this word. I try and emulate the meaning of this word. Some days the word has a strong, clear connection to the recipe and the meal I’m preparing. On other days, the link is more subtle and implied. Words like, “authentic,” “choice,” “thankful,” “potential,” “kindness.” I’ve used a “secret ingredient” in every recipe of the cookbook and I’ve felt the healing energy of each heart-held word. There’s a fullness and a deepness in this practice that transcends the kitchen. Dishing Love Daily affirms the mantra, “What I think, I become” and I have become an expert at living life through this powerful lens of intention. The kitchen is where I feel centred and connected to my purpose: to share my vision of food as an expression of love and a foundation for nurturing and healing our most important relationships. It’s timely, relevant and impactful.

About the Author:



















Susanne Clark, a.k.a. Chef Suzy, earned her Red Seal in Culinary Arts in 2009 at SAIT in Calgary, Canada, apprenticing at Hotel Arts under the talented supervision of Duncan Ly and Karine Moulin. Upon graduation, Chef Suzy established Magnifique Cuisine, a successful catering business in the Calgary area. She also worked full time as the in-house executive chef for one of Canada's original Dragons' Den entrepreneurs, W. Brett Wilson, cooking for his Home Office team and a global circle of business and community leaders, artists and celebrities.

Suzy's first and continuing career as a mother of four empowered and vibrant daughters formed her vision of food as an expression of love and a foundation for healing and sustaining our most important relationships. Suzy loves to travel and seeks out every opportunity to enjoy culinary experiences around the world. She has been married to the love of her life, Richard, for 36 years.

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Instagram:
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Twitter: https://x.com/chefsuzyclark
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanne-clark-04a73157

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Sunday, August 11, 2024

Sunday Post #110: Possible New Feature


Hello All ! 

I am hoping to add a new feature to my blog.

So, I would see posts all through out my Instagram from an account called "PaperWrldShop". It is a journal/scrapbooking supply site. I would look at the posts lot. Then I looked through the supply collection on the site and put in my first order. I received that order on Friday.





The journal 





The washi tape


I plan for the feature to be weekly blog post of the journal entries for the week. If anyone knows of a similar weekly post, please let me know.



Post Rewind 

📌 24th = WWBC #32: Shopping and Sports
📌 25th = Release Promotion: Can't Touch This
📌 29th = VBT: Dark Walker Series 
📌 31st = Release Promotion: Hot Damn
📌 Aug. 7th = Book Blast: Fresh Grown




Currently Listening
🎧 His Wicked Seduction (by: Lauren Smith)



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