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  Welcome to the Blog Tour & Giveaway for Something I Am Not by Cher Gatto, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours ! ABOUT THE BOOK Title : Something I Am Not Author: Cher Gatto Publisher: Lighthouse Publishers of the Carolinas Release Date: January 25, 2019 Genre: Mature Young Adult A father who never loved him. A woman who stole his worth. A brother he couldn't protect. Where does someone run in the face of his deepest shame? Billy McQueen works hard to keep his life together ... and concealed. At seventeen, he dreams of an escape from the barroom, his father’s manipulation, and the advances of his father’s girlfriend. However, on his eighteenth birthday, he is introduced to a younger brother he never knew he had. An eight-year-old, barely capable of navigating the distorted and corrupt world of his father’s boxing club. Billy realizes in order to protect his little brother, he can never leave. After discovering a battered young woman in the back shed of the clu...

  Welcome to the Blog Blitz & Giveaway for When Valleys Bloom Again by Pat Jeanne Davis, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours ! ABOUT THE BOOK Title : When Valleys Bloom Again Author: Pat Jeanne Davis Publisher:  Elk Lake Publishing Release Date: January 16, 2019 Genre: Historical Romance As war approaches in 1939 Abby Stapleton’s safety is under threat. Her father, a British diplomat, insists she go back to America until the danger passes. Abby vows to return to her home in London—but where is home? With her family facing mortal danger so far away and feeling herself isolated, she finds it hard to pray or read the Bible. Did she leave God behind in war-torn London too? Then Abby becomes friendly with Jim, a gardener on her uncle’s estate. Jim can’t get Abby out of his mind. Did she have a sweetheart in England? Was it foolish to think she’d consider him? He curses his poverty and the disgrace of his father’s desertion and drunkenness haunts him. Can he learn...

  Welcome to the Blog Tour for How Do You Kill 11 Million People? by Andy Andrews, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours ! ABOUT THE BOOK Title : How Do You Kill 11 Million People?: Why the Truth Matters More Than You Think Author: Andy Andrews Publisher:  Thomas Nelson Release Date: March 17, 2020 Genre: Motivational/Inspirational Political Science Become an informed, passionate citizen who demands honesty and integrity from our leaders or suffer the consequences of our own ignorance and apathy. In this updated and expanded  New York Times  bestselling nonpartisan book, Andy Andrews urges you to believe that seeking and discerning the truth really, really matters and that believing lies is the most dangerous thing you can do. You’ll be challenged to become a more “careful student” of the past, seeking accurate, factual accounts of events and decisions that illuminate choices you face now. By considering how the Nazi German regime was able to carry out...

Sense and Sensibility , one of my favorites made even better by the reading guide that Karen Swallow Prior provides us. If you have ever struggled to read the classics like I have, then this may be a good way to start! The introduction gives us great insight and preps us for reading. The footnotes may be my favorite part of the book! They provide so much clarity, which makes reading the story a tad bit easier. Overall, I highly recommend this book! I received a complimentary copy of this book from B&H Publishers and this is my honest review.  A little about Karen Swallow Prior:  Karen Swallow Prior is an award-winning Professor of English at Liberty University. She earned her Ph.D. in English at SUNY Buffalo. Her writing has appeared at The Atlantic, Christianity Today, Washington Post, Vox, First Things, Sojourners, Relevant, Think Christian, and other places. She is a Senior Fellow at the Trinity Forum, a Senior Fellow at Liberty University's Center for ...