About Sandra Danby: Proud Yorkshire woman, author, tennis nut & tea drinker. Unlike Rose, the identity detective in her books, Sandra is not adopted. What inspires you to write? Like Justine Tree, the protagonist of my new novel Connectedness, I grew up on the East Yorkshire coast and left home to study in London. I also stayed ‘down south’ after university as that’s where I found work as a journalist while my family remained in Yorkshire. So it is fair to say that some of Justine’s … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Marcy Pusey
About Marcy Pusey: Marcy Pusey, CRC, is a clinical counselor, best selling author, wife, and mommy. Marcy’s writing has appeared in newspapers, magazines, blog posts, children’s books, and books for adults internationally. She has been a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators for nearly a decade. Marcy has written books for adults, such as “Reclaiming Hope: Overcoming the Challenges of Parenting Foster and Adopted Children” and books for children, such as … [Read more...]
The Greatest Gift by Marie Tayse
He has autism and she has never felt good enough. Together they set out on a daring adventure where they discover unconditional love in the most surprising of places. Targeted Age Group:: 18+ What Inspired You to Write Your Book? Watching how some people treated my friends and a family member with autism, inspired me to write this book. Some of the general public gawk and stare at those with autism, as though they are 'less than' the rest of us. I wanted to bring the reader into the life … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Lauren Kramer-Theuerkauf
About Lauren Kramer-Theuerkauf: I began writing at an early age. While in grade school, I was the recipient of two Young Author Awards (1994, 1997). In high school, I became the only freshman member of the yearbook staff where I took my own photographs and wrote stories about the happenings at Freeburg High. I went on to receive her Bachelor of Science degree in Mass Communications-Print Journalism from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. While there, I earned the Outstanding Student … [Read more...]
PLEASE FORGIVE ME by PAUL C. STEFFY
When Geri Sanders was a pregnant, unwed sixteen year old, her parents forced her to give up her beautiful baby for adoption. To placate her strict father, who had to win the family battle with his not-so-favorite oldest daughter, she’s lived thereafter with tormenting guilt and a broken heart. On the day of her baby’s birth, she expected to never see her lovely and healthy boy again. Five weeks ago, Geri had hired an experienced and well-respected genealogy researcher to delve into her past. … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Paul C.Steffy
About Paul C.Steffy: Paul C. Steffy has written several short fiction stories, two novelettes and one novel. His travels include twenty-seven countries and all fifty United States. He enjoys flying; sailing; ocean cruises; travel; landscape and wildlife photography; the feel of ocean spray in a brisk wind; the fragrance of pine forests; stimulating conversation; quiet moments at sunset and fulfilling evolving goals. He values these and many other aspects of his busy life. The Southwest is … [Read more...]
FEATURED BOOK: THE ABDUCTION OF MARY ROSE by Joan Hall Hovey
Genre: suspense thriller THE ABDUCTION OF MARY ROSE A suspense novel interwoven with threads of romance and paranormal. Imagine discovering everything you believe about yourself to be a lie. And that the truth could stir a killer from his lair. Following the death of the woman she believed to be her mother, 28-year-old Naomi Waters learns from a malicious aunt that she is not only adopted, but the product of a brutal rape that left her birth mother, Mary Rose Francis, a teenager of … [Read more...]
Buyer’s Guide: Someone to Look Up To by Jean Gill
Targeted Age Group: Adult & YA Category: Dogs Print book price range: $12.99 eBook price range: $2.99 About Someone to Look Up To: 'A must for dog-lovers.' Claire Hamlisch 'After reading this book, I was barking at the postman.' Norah, Yorkshire reader It's a dog's life in the south of France. From puppyhood, Sirius the Pyrenean Mountain Dog has been trying to understand his humans and train them with kindness... How this led to divorce he has no idea. … [Read more...]
How Many Planes to Get Me? Nine children adopted into a New Zealand family by Jonquil Graham
A funny heartwarming story of a New Zealand couple who adopted nine children and fostered many more. Shocked by the plight of Romanian orphans, Jonquil flew to Romania and brought home tiny malnourished identical twins. But she never forgot the little boy she left behind. Leaving her husband and eight children on the family's kiwifruit orchard, she returned to Romania, but never imagined the protracted nightmare ahead. Later she flew to Russia and adopted 8 year old twins from an orphanage near … [Read more...]
FEATURED BOOK: Scattered Links by Michelle Weidenbenner
Genre: YA, Multi-cultural, women's fiction, adoption Book will be $0.99 from April 6-10. FIRST-PLACE WINNER in the KINDLE BOOK PROMOS GOLD Medal WINNER in the 2014 READERS' FAVORITE INTERNATIONAL AWARDS BRONZE Medal winner in Dan Poytner's Global eBook Awards “Scattered Links is a novel that pulls its characters from the gutters and, in the end, celebrates the tenacity of the human spirit.” A reviewer comment. Thirteen-year-old Oksana lives on the streets of Russia with her … [Read more...]
FEATURED BOOK #TFOB: About Three Authors by Patti Roberts
Genre: romance/contemporary "WHOEVER SAID LOVE WAS EASY?" Not Becky Jensen! BECKY JENSEN'S FACEBOOK STATUS UPDATE: I hate cancer! I hate my cheating boyfriend! I hate my best friend! When Becky Jensen's mother died on Christmas Eve a year ago, Becky stopped believing in Christmas. When Becky’s father remarried four weeks ago, Becky stopped believing in family. An hour ago, when Becky caught her boyfriend kissing her best friend, Becky stopped believing in love. Heartbroken, … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Deanna Kahler
About Deanna Kahler: Award-winning author Deanna Kahler is a proud mom and an accomplished writer. She began writing as a young child and enjoys the opportunity to reach others and make a difference in their lives. "Sara’s Soul" is her fourth book. It was designed as a follow-up novel to "Echoes of Paradise," a paranormal love story about the afterlife. Two of her books have been honored with awards. "From Pain to Parenthood" was named a finalist in the 2014 Next Generation Indie Book … [Read more...]
