Blog Tour and Giveaway: Nobody's Mulligan by Brian Holt

 

Join Us For This Tour From AUGUST 23 TO SEPTEMBER 3

Book Details:
Book Title:  Nobody's Mulligan by Brian Holt
Category:  Adult Fiction 18+, 337 pages
Genre: Spiritual, Inspirational, Religion
Publisher:  Covenant Books
Release Date: March 2020
Content Rating:  G - No excessive sex, profanity or violence

Book Description:

Margaret Sullivan, a troubled college student in her early twenties, becomes a modern-day Joan of Arc when she is compelled to save humanity as the pinnacle of evil comes to seize what he believes was his in NOBODY’S MULLIGAN by Brian Holt.

Orphaned at childbirth and raised by her maternal grandparents, Margaret feels the sting of loss when her grandmother dies. With no maternal figure in her life to offer her comfort and guidance, Margaret becomes a borderline traumatic social recluse and is treated as an outcast, despite participating in admirable callings, and is left with her ailing grandfather, Paddy Sullivan. What she doesn’t realize is that evil is actively afoot and identifies her as an impediment to Satan’s global apocalyptic conquest.

Craig Templeton, an unmotivated, barely graduated gamer existing in his mother’s basement, seeks employment at a PR firm, assigned to the mailroom, which he perceives as corporate leprosy and beneath him given his freshly minted college degree. Templeton’s rust-relic of a car is the perfect prompt for Satan, as he sees Templeton ogling the high-end vehicles believing that he is already deserving of such amenities.

Drawn against their will into the town square on the night of the apocalypse arranged by a series of circumstances under Templeton’s influence, the citizens of Grace’s Parrish are confronted by the accumulated product of their own transgressions, and universal suffrage is served. Perplexed by her grandfather’s apparent immunity to Templeton’s will, Margaret ultimately realizes that faith will triumph over evil. The price is heavy, as the town seeks redemption from the only one who can grant it. With it comes a caveat that one detractor in the group will re-invite the apocalypse with increased severity.

Margaret’s heroism is handsomely rewarded as she ultimately finds transcendence that no mortal could deliver—a unification with the one person whose absence created an emotional abyss, as well as an explanation of her grandfather’s immunity to Satan’s will which is epic. And she ultimately finds her happily ever after with a love-match that is intriguingly coincidental!  The ending nicely sets the stage for the workings of a prequel.

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Tour Schedule:

​Aug 23 - Locks, Hooks and Books - book review / guest post / giveaway
Aug 24 - Cheryl's Book Nook - book spotlight / giveaway
Aug 25 - Gold Dust Editing & Book Reviews - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Aug 25 - Rockin' Book Reviews - book review / guest post / giveaway
Aug 26 - The Adventures of a Traveler's Wife - book review / author interview / giveaway
Aug 27 - Books for Books - book review 
Aug 30 - A Mama's Corner of the World - book review / giveaway
Aug 31 - Book Corner New and Reviews - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Sep 1 - Jazzy Book Reviews - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Sep 2 - Rajiv's Reviews - book review / giveaway
Sep 3 - Splashes of Joy - book review / author interview / giveaway
Sep 8 - Kam's Place - book review / author interview

Guest Post:

THE GENESIS OF NOBODY’S MULLIGAN

By Brian Holt, author of Nobody’s Mulligan

Nobody’s Mulligan was culminated during a very tumultuous time in my life, believe it or not. I was in the awful process of a dissolving marriage, leaving my children as a result. I was sharing a house with two other people and literally had NOTHING. Everything I had, with the excepting of the clothes on my back and a 15-year-old transportation, I was encouraged to pray the Rosary for guidance. 

Having always wanted to write, I had wanted to create something in the line of a crime novel, having a background in law enforcement. But I struggled with a viable storyline.  Praying a Novena, I asked, not for the words to generate financial gain, but the words that He needed me to write.

At the end of the Novena, I sat in my desk chair, alone in my bedroom. I remember it perfectly. The only light was the entering the single window from the lamppost in front of the house. I had this epiphany and actually uttered the words, “Ok. Your way, not mine.” It was as if to say that God was telling me, Ok, I’ll grant you your request, but I need this done first. That’s when the first ideas for NM started to materialize. 

It was several months later, mired with near depression, and frustrated at books I’ve read or movies watched that I thought could have been done better, when I blurted out I just need to make time to just write. The angel who is now my wife, told be to just jot some things down right now. So I did. And the first page of Nobody’s Mulligan began to materialize.

Enter the Giveaway:

NOBODY'S MULLIGAN by Brian Holt Book Tour Giveaway

My Review: 

Nobody's Mulligan is a great debut for Brian Holt. I found the writing style to be unique with a brilliant and exceptional story line. The author did a wonderful job by providing details that made me feel as though I was right there living among the characters and experiencing the scenes in real time. The characters are ones that I was able to easily connect with and relate to. The book, at times, took me on an emotional roller coaster. I never knew what was going to happen next. I had to keep reading to find out what the following scenes would be like. I do have to admit, there were a few that were a little slower but it quickly picked back up and I did not want to put it down. Overall, I thought it was a fantastic read. 

Nobody's Mulligan will be getting four and a half stars from me. I recommend it for readers who enjoy reading a new and refreshing tale with a different kind of plot. I would be interested in reading more in the future from Brian Holt. He has proven to me that he has a great talent and an imagination to tell a wonderful story. I look forward to seeing what else he has in store for his readers. 

I received a digital copy of Nobody's Mulligan from the publisher, but was not required to write a positive review. This review is one hundred percent my own honest opinion.