This morning, I have a young adult fiction book to share! Check out Dear Hero, learn about authors Hope Bolinger & Alyssa Roat, and be sure to enter for a chance to win a prize in the book tour giveaway at the end of this post.  

Meet the Authors

Alyssa Roat lives in the cornfields of Indiana, but she hopes to soon discover a portal to a fantasy world where she will run a bookshop for magical creatures. For now, she is an award-winning multi-published author and has worked in a wide variety of roles within the publishing industry as an editor, agent, writer, and publicist. She and her partner have four black cats who allegedly have never been fed in their lives and occasionally help her write by walking across the keyboard. Her name is a pun, which means you can learn more about her at www.alyssawrote.com or on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook as @alyssawrote.

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Hope Bolinger is the author of more than 25 books, including the award-winning Blaze trilogy, and has contributed to many more. She has worked for various publishing companies, magazines, newspapers, and literary agencies and has edited the work of 300+ authors. She has won awards for her essays, poetry, children’s books, novels, and plays. She’s a theater nerd and spends too much time hiking and petting her fat cats, Freya and Odin. She can be found online @hopebolinger and @hopekbolinger.

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This morning, I have a historical fiction novel to share! Check out Sunny Gale, learn about author Jamie Lisa Forbes, and read my thoughts on the book!

It's 1895 and fourteen year old Hannah Brandt is struggling with the hard life on a new Nebraska homestead. When her imagination is captured by a wild filly she becomes obsessed with horses, which opens the door to her destiny. Just four years later she enters the first Cheyenne Frontier Day rodeo where she wins the relay race and her fate is sealed. She gives herself a new name, Sunny Gale, and pursues a rodeo career, much to the disgust of her young husband and her very proper mother. Sunny defies convention with every move as the drive to compete takes over her life, leaving everything else behind, including husbands and children. It is a rough life she has chosen, but she craves the glory of the spotlight and refuses to bow to the expectations for a woman in her time.

​Award winning author Jamie Lisa Forbes has once again brought us complex characters in a story based on real women and the early days when rodeo was wide open for them to become stars. It is a story of the social mores of the times and of a woman determined to defy them no matter how high the personal cost or where that choice might take her.

Realistic Historical Fiction with a Strong Female Lead. I knew little about rodeo life, horses or even life in historical Nebraska--but this book transported me to the life and times of Sunny Gale perfectly from the very first pages. From the harsh life and challenges to the main character's dreams, goals and strength, the author navigates Sunny's story from the days of her youth to her older years. Sunny's story feels so real that I had to double-check that it wasn't based on a real character, incorporating real diaries or stories from a real person. While Sunny is fictional, the author takes readers on an emotional journey to another time and place.

Strength, Perseverance, and Reflection. The book combines a young girl's story of struggle and triumph to achieve goals in the male-dominated rodeo world and an older woman's reflections on those accomplishments, losses and memories. Readers will find characters to love and hate throughout Sunny's story and a setting that immerses readers immediately into each page. The novel is well-developed, with a believable cast of characters and an even storyline that remains engaging from the first page to the last.

Would I Recommend Sunny Gale by Jamie Lisa Forbes? If you're a fan of historical fiction, women's fiction, westerns, or memoirs, this book offers a unique blend of genres that will transport you to the past. It's an emotional journey that will have you cheering for Sunny and a satisfying conclusion, all while tugging at your heartstrings. More than just a story, Sunny Gale also serves as an educational tool, shedding light on the challenges faced by a woman breaking barriers in a different era and place. I found the book engaging and look forward to reading more from this author.

 Jamie Lisa Forbes was raised on a ranch in the Little Laramie Valley near Laramie, Wyoming. She attended the University of Colorado where she obtained degrees in English and philosophy. After fourteen months living in Israel, she returned to her family’s ranch where she lived for another fifteen years.

In 1994, she moved to Greensboro, North Carolina. In 2001, she graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Law and began her North Carolina law practice.

Forbes’ first novel, Unbroken, won the WILLA Literary Award for Contemporary Fiction in 2011. Her collection of short stories, The Widow Smalls and Other Stories, won the High Plains Book Awards for a short story collection in 2015.

Forbes’ novel of rural North Carolina in the segregation era, entitled Eden, was published in 2020. Her historical novel about women bronc riders in the early days of rodeo, entitled Sunny Gale, was published in May 2024 by Pronghorn Press.

Ms. Forbes continues to live—and write—in North Carolina.

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This morning, I have a romantic, women's fiction novel to share in our book release spotlight! Check out Nightcaps at the Beach House Hotel and learn about author Judith Keim!

The Beach House Hotel, Book 9

Romantic Women's Fiction

Date Published: October 21, 2024

Another favor can mean another problem for Ann and Rhonda ...

When Ann and Rhonda receive a request from the vice-president to provide a private space at the hotel for a nighttime talk show host having difficulties, they’re worried. Trouble always happens when they do something for her. Sipping nightcaps, they watch Darryl Douglas’ show and decide to allow him to rent one of the guesthouses at the same time their beloved daughter-of -heart, Tina Marks, is renting the house next door along with her personal trainer, Abbie Hathaway. When Darryl’s ex-wife appears at the hotel a lot more than the usual problems appear, leaving Ann and Rhonda to fight for the hotel’s reputation.

A light "beach read" with humor sprinkled in for readers’ enjoyment featuring two women, Ann and Rhonda, whom readers adore. Be sure to read all the books so far in the series – Breakfast at The Beach House Hotel, Lunch at The Beach House Hotel, Dinner at The Beach House Hotel, Christmas at The Beach House Hotel, Margaritas at The Beach House Hotel, Dessert at The Beach House Hotel. Coffee at The Beach House Hotel, High Tea at The Beach House Hotel, Nightcaps at the Beach House Hotel, and Bubbles at the Beach Hotel coming soon. Two more books, Canapes at the Beach House Hotel and Sea Breezes at the Beach House, follow.

Another of Judith Keim’s series books celebrating love and families, strong women meeting challenges, and clean women’s fiction with a touch of romance—beach reads for all ages with a touch of humor, satisfying twists, and happy endings. Be sure to check out her other delightful books and series that readers adore.

Check out the Complete Series!

The Beach House Hotel Series

Breakfast at The Beach House Hotel

The Beach House Hotel Series, Book 1

Lunch at The Beach House Hotel

The Beach House Hotel Series, Book 2

Dinner at The Beach House Hotel

The Beach House Hotel Series, Book 3

Christmas at The Beach House Hotel

The Beach House Hotel Series, Book 4

Margaritas at The Beach House Hotel

The Beach House Hotel Series, Book 5

Dessert at The Beach House Hotel

The Beach House Hotel Series, Book 6

Coffee at The Beach House Hotel

The Beach House Hotel Series, Book 7

High Tea at The Beach House Hotel

The Beach House Hotel Series, Book 8

Nightcaps at The Beach House Hotel

The Beach House Hotel Series, Book 9

Bubbles at The Beach House Hotel

The Beach House Hotel Series, Book 10

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About the Author

Judith Keim, A USA Today Best-Selling Author, is a hybrid author who both has a publisher and self-publishes. Ms. Keim writes heart-warming novels about women who face unexpected challenges, meet them with strength, and find love and happiness along the way, stories with heart. Her best-selling books are based, in part, on many of the places she's lived or visited and on the interesting people she's met, creating believable characters and realistic settings her many loyal readers love.

She enjoyed her childhood and young-adult years in Elmira, New York, and now makes her home in Boise, Idaho, with her husband and their adorable dachshund, Wally, and other members of her family.

While growing up, she loved the idea of writing stories from a young age. Books were always present, being read, ready to go back to the library, or about to be discovered. All in her family shared information from the books in general conversation, giving them a wealth of knowledge and vivid imaginations.

Ms. Keim loves to hear from her readers and appreciates their enthusiasm for her stories.

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Today, I have a dark fantasy in our book teaser spotlight! Check out Dark Legion and learn about author Isabella Jordan!

Dark Fantasy, Romance, Horror

Date Published: October 18, 2024

Darkness is falling...

Things at Woods University are not what they seem. When Joey Sumner's roommate Maria joins the growing ranks of blazer-wearing supergeeks who roam the campus in emotionless packs, Joey begins to think she has a problem. Then Joey stumbles upon a secret ritual being performed on campus, and her world is turned upside down. Joey and her boyfriend Will are forced to fight for their lives against an ancient evil cult that is preying on the student body. To make matters worse, their boss is one of them, and his obsession for Joey goes way beyond thinking she has a cute ass...

Evil is growing...

A year after the mysterious death of her husband Terrence, Ada Ross is still seeking answers. When handsome detective Eric Perfater comes back into her life offering a chance to unravel the mystery of her husband's demise, Ada is more than ready to help. She's also willing to throw off her endless loneliness and wantonly offer herself to sexy Eric in bed... But a dark shadow falls across their chance at happiness. Ada is a pawn in a desperate man's ploy to hang onto the past and take control of a secret society whose very existence threatens the entire world.

Can the forces of evil's hungry claws be defeated? Or will they all be consumed by the Dark Legion?

Publisher's Note: This duet contains the previously published novellas Legion: University and Legion: Adult Education.

Meet the Author

Isabella Jordan is the alter ego of an otherwise stressed out web designer, programmer, and internet junkie. When she's not trying to perfect her own personal caffeine IV drip, she enjoys spending time with her family, doing volunteer work, and writing. She loves creating new stories of all kinds and chatting with readers and friends.

Isabella would love to hear from her readers!

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