Blog Tour Calendar: ‘It’s No Secret’, by Danielle Downey

It’s No Secret: Thriving After Surviving by Danielle Down

I’m reviewing this book for the tour, my review is the first but give the other a view; they will have content posts such as extracts, as well as reviews.

Book Details

Publisher: Independently published

Publication Date: 15th November 2018

I.S.B.N.: 978-1730823060

Format: Paperback

Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Its-No-secret-Thriving-Surviving/dp/1730823068/ref=la_B07KDYTTDD_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1547479798&sr=1-1

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Danielle knew early on that she was not like most children at her school. With a chaotic home life riddled with violence, neglect, abuse and poverty she learned early on how to survive and adapt. Every challenge taught her a valuable lesson about resilience and self-motivation allowing her to develop an unshakeable positive mindset, along with a sense of humour. This book takes the reader on a journey detailing the life-changing events which tested Danielle’s resilience and willpower. She bravely shares the difficult choices she was forced to make in order to safeguard her precious family as long-forgotten secrets are revealed. This uplifting, shocking and empowering book chronicles Danielle’s story and her determination to never let her past define her future. It promises to inspire the reader that change and choice are absolutely possible and that nothing is ever insurmountable.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Danielle lives in Devon with her children and husband.

Her own experiences in overcoming adversity allow her to be a positive role model, inspiring others that thriving after surviving is truly possible.

Website : http://www.danielledowney.co.uk/

Twitter: @crazykids48

Review: ‘The 13th Witch’, by Mark Hayden

  Publisher: Paw Press
Publication Date: 25th August 2018
ISBN-13: 978-1999821210

Format: Paperback
Price: £5.99
Purchase Link:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/13th-Witch-Kings-Watch-Book/dp/1999821211/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1544458871&sr=1-1

Blurb

Did you know that the gods can use mobile phones?

They can, and Odin has a message for Conrad…Conrad Clarke, former RAF pilot and alleged gangster gets a text – and a visit – from The Allfather. Odin has a challenge for Conrad:sign up to protect England from wild magick and get a commission in the King’sWatch. All he has to do is find a missing witch. Simple. Conrad never could resist a challenge. Before you can say “Ragnarok”, he’s plunged into a world of gods, mages, witches, dwarves and one very aggressive giant mole. But the witch doesn’t want to be found, and powerful mages will kill to keep her hidden. Going back isn’t an option. Going forward looks a lot like death. Armed with nothing but a sense of humour and a willingness to cheat, Conrad has to find the Witch and save his life.

Treat yourself to a copy now and experience a whole new universe of magick. And moles…

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Blog Tour Calendar: ‘The 13th Witch’, by Mark Hayden

I’m one of the last to take part in the tour so head over to some of the other blogs and have a look if you’re interested, and then come back for my review on the 28th.


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Did you know that the gods can use mobile phones?
They can, and Odin has a message for Conrad…Conrad Clarke, former RAF pilot and alleged gangster gets a text – and a visit – from The Allfather. Odin has a challenge for Conrad: sign up to protect England from wild magick and get a commission in the King’sWatch. All he has to do is find a missing witch. Simple. Conrad never could resist a challenge. Before you can say “Ragnarok”, he’s plunged into a world of gods, mages, witches, dwarves and one very aggressive giant mole. But the witch doesn’t want to be found, and powerful mages will kill to keep her hidden. Going back isn’t an option. Going forward looks a lot like death. Armed with nothing but a sense of humour and a willingness to cheat, Conrad has to find the Witch and save his life. Treat yourself to a copy now and experience a whole new universe of magick. And moles…
 
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Mark Hayden is the pen name of Adrian Attwood. He lives in Westmorland with his wife, Anne.

He has had a varied career: working for abrewery, teaching English and being the Town Clerk in Carnforth. He is now apart-time writer and part-time house-husband.

You can find Mark on Goodreads and on the Paw Press website.
 
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Blog Tour Calendar: ‘The Pluckley Psychic Historical Society’

I’m looking forward to this one. I won’t be reviewing it, I’m hosting an extract from the novel instead, so if you want to know what others think of the book I recommend the bloggers who are for an honest response.


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The Pluckley Psychic Historical Society is based in Pluckley, Kent, the most haunted village in England. Its founding members are the noted academic, historian, and Cambridge scholar Winston Hatherton, the white witch Florence Dearden, and the celebrated medium Jocasta Bradman. They are assisted by an 18th-century super-ghost called Jasper Claxton, although none of the society members are aware that Jasper is a ghost.


This is the third book in ‘The Ghost from the Molly-House’ series,and this book describes how the Psychic Historical Society was set up and goes back to the group’s first two official cases in 1919, just after the end of the first world war. The first story, ‘The Jewellery Box’ involves a 16th-century jewellery box made from precious metals, which is found buried in a garden and reveals a 400-year-old mystery.


The second story, ‘The Book of Souls’ is set in Huddersfield,England, at a place called Jubilee Tower or Castle Hill, which was built to commemorate the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria and is on the site of ancient bronze and iron age settlements dating back 4000 years. An old book of spells is found, and once opened, it appears to have released something ominous.


The Ghost from the Molly-House series is a collection of amusing paranormal mysteries, which will appeal to fans of history, period detective novels, tales of haunted houses, and all things that go bump in the night.Although this is the third book in the series, the novel can be enjoyed as a stand-alone story in its own right.

January 2019 Book Review Calendar

Happy New Year and all that jazz. 

1st January

  • She Was The Quiet One
  • Michele Campbell
  • Crime
  • HQ Stories

8th January

  • The Murder Pit
  • Mick Finlay
  • Crime
  • HarperCollins

12th January

  • The Convalescent Corpse
  • Nicola Slade
  • Crime
  • Rachel’s Random Resources

17th January

  • Spiral Into Darkness
  • Joseph Lewis
  • Crime Thriller
  • Rachel’s Random Resources

22nd January

  • The Pluckley Psychic Historical Society
  • Grahame Peace
  • Supernatural Crime
  • Random Things Tours

23rd January

  • Mask of the gods
  • Karen Furk
  • Fantasy
  • Rachel’s Random Resources

28th January

  • The 13th Witch
  • Mark Hayden
  • Fantasy
  • Random Things Tours

Review: ‘And The Swans Began To Sing’, by Thora Karitas Arnadottir

and-the-swans-began-to-sing-cover-paperback-front-cover_1Published by: Wild Pressed Books

Publication Date: 10th January 2019

IS.B.N.: 9781916489608

Format: Paperback

Price: £7.99

Blurb

The swans on the pond, quite abruptly began to sing. It was a singing so loud they were almost screaming. The swans were screaming, screaming as if they saw the horror of the world.

Gudbjorg Thorisdottir has been hiding from the ghost of an ugly secret for most of her life. When she finally faces the truth of what happened throughout her childhood, the ghost floats away. Painting an evocative picture of her life in Iceland, this is the story of a little girl who didn’t know how unnatural it was to experience both heaven and hell in the same house.

Thora Karitas Arnadottir (b. 1979) studied drama in the UK, and is a producer as well as appearing on stage and television. And the Swans Began to Sing is her first published book; her mother’s story, and formed the final dissertation for her MA in Creative Writing. The book was nominated for the Icelandic Women’s Literary prize Fjoruverdlaunin in 2016.

 Website: Wild Pressed Books

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Blog Tour Calendar: ‘And The Swans Began To Sing’, by Thora Karitas Arnadottir

I’m looking forward to sharing this one with you, it’s a memoir by Icelandic author Thora Karitas Arnadottir.

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The swans on the pond, quite abruptly began to sing. It was a singing so loud they were almost screaming. The swans were screaming, screaming as if they saw the horror of the world.

Gudbjorg Thorisdottir has been hiding from the ghost of an ugly secret for most of her life. When she finally faces the truth of what happened throughout her childhood, the ghost floats away. Painting an evocative picture of her life in Iceland, this is the story of a little girl who didn’t know how unnatural it was to experience both heaven and hell in the same house.

Thora Karitas Arnadottir (b. 1979) studied drama in the UK, and is a producer as well as appearing on stage and television. And the Swans Began to Sing is her first published book; her mother’s story, and formed the final dissertation for her MA in Creative Writing. The book was nominated for the Icelandic Women’s Literary prize Fjoruverdlaunin in 2016.

 

Website: Wild Pressed Books

 

 

Blog Tour Calendar: ‘Sex Drive’, by Stephanie Theobald

 

Sex Drive Final Blog Tour Poster

Blurb

Arriving in New York with a failing relationship and a body she felt out of touch with, Stephanie Theobald set off on a 3,497 mile trip across America to re-build her orgasm from the ground up. What started as a quest for the ultimate auto-erotic experience became a fantastic voyage into her own body. She takes us from ‘body sex’ classes with the legendary feminist Betty Dodson to an interview with the former US Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders, who was fired for suggesting that masturbation should be talked about in schools. Along the way, we are immersed in a weird, countercultural America of marijuana farms and ‘ecosexual sexologists’.

Sex Drive is a memoir about desire and pleasure, merging sexuality and spirituality,
eighteenth-century porn and enlightenment philosophy. A new sexual revolution has begun – and this time round, it’s all about the women.

 

Author Bio

Quête de Vision, pays basquesStephanie Theobald is a British journalist, novelist, public speaker and broadcaster known for her playful and
thoughtful work around sexuality and feminism. The Times described her as as ‘one of London’s most
celebrated literary lesbians’ and she writes regularly for the Guardian , the Sunday Times and Elle UK . She is the
author of four novels, most recently A Partial Indulgence (2010). She lives between London and Los Angeles.