Review Tour and Giveaway: See Me by Lynn Crandall

 

SEE ME

by Lynn Crandall

 

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GENRE: Contemporary Fantasy

 

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Skye Stone runs a local coffee shop called Coffee Is. Like the name of her shop, she likes things simple and to the point. But she’s more than just a businesswoman in Auralia. She’s fighting for her life as an Aeon and working hard to save her town and her world. Like the other Aeons, she uses her special ability in her battle against Dark Sides. Her’s is reading auras and connecting with her ancestors for help. After all, a lot is at stake, so she can use all the help she can get. But as darkness is getting harder and harder to thrive in, she’s not sure even her ancestors can save the day.

 

Cooper Munson, a former bounty hunter turned doctor of psychology, and Aeon as well, has prided himself on being a solid member of their little band of light workers, using his ability as an empath to define truths and manage others. But the constant interaction with Dark Aspects is disorganizing his very soul. He can’t see a way through for him back to balance in light and love.

 

Cooper and Skye are not alone in the mission, they know. But things are getting complicated, and with darkness closing in, stronger and stronger, will they survive long enough to save the world from Dark Sides? What will they have to do to truly save their town and their world?

 

In the climactic conclusion of the Dark Sides series, will the Aeons prevail and change the balance between dark and light for good? Or will Dark Sides, with despair and oppression, rule take down Auralia, then world? Can Cooper and Skye go deeper into darkness and learn the truth about love and light before it’s too late?

 

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EXCERPT

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Despite the support of the ancestors, Skye couldn’t suppress the trembling that shook her body. Sitting, waiting for something terrible to happen triggered her past. She’d run too much, hid too much, and almost died fighting for freedom. Panic tightened her throat. Here they were, sitting ducks for whatever the Dark Aspects would do, and that wouldn’t be pretty.

 

           

Cooper groaned. “I don’t want to panic but that seems to be the emotion to have. I hate to admit it, but I wish we had some fire power right now.”

 

A series of loud bangs upstairs sent Skye to the floor, covering her head.

 

“You okay, Skye?” Cooper scooched close beside her. “I get what you’re feeling, I think. I’m panicking too. It’s whelming up inside me.”

 

She heard him pull in a deep breath and let it out. His tender voice wrapped around her. “You too?” Looking at Cooper, his broad shoulders and muscled body gave him an imposing physique. It said, ‘Don’t mess with me.’ But his brown eyes held a quiet wisdom and emanated strength of character and conviction.

 

He nodded. “I’ve been am empath all my life, but I’m still learning how to manage all the things I feel.”

 

Skye released a long breath. Her trembling calmed, but not her vigilance. She leaned closer to Cooper. “You probably know I’m an HSP.” She glanced up into his face, questioning.

 

“Highly Sensitive Person. I did not. You’ve been keeping that a secret?” He slanted his head. “I see that in you, just never connected the dots.”

 

“It hasn’t been a quality about my personality that has done anything for me.” She jumped, as what sounded like bowling balls dropping on the floor upstairs. “What could they be doing?”

 

He took her hand. “Let’s go check.”

 

His hand was warm, soothing, as he pulled her to her feet and led her to the console across the room.

 

Braden and Payson stood before the screens, chatting.

           

Cooper released her hand and looked between them to view the screen. Skye took a spot on the other side of Payson. As an Auralia police detective, Braden often took the lead in times like these. He and Payson made a good team, but as a bounty hunter, Payson could hold her own in most situations. Skye squirmed. She didn’t have those credentials. Keegan was a former bounty hunter, and so was Cooper. She had skills and abilities, sure, but they weren’t much help in a confrontation. She was just a café owner.

 

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AUTHOR Bio and Links:

 

After cutting her writing teeth as a feature writer for commercial and trade magazines, a reporter for newspapers and radio, and an executive editor for a communications company, award-winning author Lynn Crandall tuned her voracious appetite for stories to writing contemporary and paranormal romance, women’s fiction, and romantic suspense. In her books, she enjoys taking readers on emotional journeys with relatable characters who refuse to back down, and face challenges and tribulations with heart and soul. She believes every love has a story, and hers is with one handsome husband and a large, beautiful circle of family, including her cat Winter.

 

Links:

Website https://lynn-crandall.com/

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lcrandall246/?hl=en

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/LynnCrandallAuthor

Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/lynncrandallwriter/

TikTok @lynnkelynnwriter

 

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GIVEAWAY:

Lynn Crandall will be awarding a $25 Amazon/BN gift card to a randomly drawn winner.

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 MY REVIEW:

See Me is the third installment from the Dark Sides series. It is, also, my first introduction to the talents of Lynn Crandall. Even though it is part of a series, I believe it can easily be read as a stand alone. I enjoyed reading the story between Cooper and Skye. It was a fun adventure and seeing how much chemistry the duo had. I thought it was a good book to read and a perfect way to spend a cold afternoon. 

I am going to give See Me four and a half stars. I recommend it for readers who enjoy reading romantic fiction. I would be interested in reading the previous books from Lynn Crandall's Dark Sides series to see what had happened previously. 

I received a digital copy of Lynn Crandall's See Me from the publisher, but was not required to write a positive review. This review is one hundred percent my own honest opinion. 

Review Tour and Giveaway: Wolf of the Nordic Seas by Jennifer Ivy Walker

 

WOLF OF THE NORDIC SEAS

Jennifer Ivy Walker

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GENRE:  Viking romance; historical fiction; paranormal fantasy

 

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Named after the Norse God of the Sea, Njörd grew up sailing, swimming, and fishing the fjords of Norway. Endowed with extraordinary senses, speed, and strength, he became known as Wolf of the Nordic Seas, leading lucrative Viking raids from the Baltic shores to the Black and Caspian Seas. When a Viking völva foretells his future through a seidr vision, Njörd learns that his fate and his mate—the siren with the sea goddess eyes—lie on the alabaster coast of Normandy in the distant Land of the White Chalk Cliffs.

 

Elfi Thorfinnsdóttir is a skilled shieldmaiden who seeks vengeance against the ruthless Frankish count who killed her brother and abducted her father in an attempt to seize her clifftop castle. But rather that submit to the count’s relentless demand for her hand in marriage, Elfi allies with Richard the Fearless—the Viking Duke of Normandy— and the Danish Jarl of Ribe known as the Wolf of the Nordic Seas.

 

As Elfi and Njörd discover startling secrets about their respective pasts, they find that the three Norns have entwined the threads of their fates not just as political allies, but as mates destined to fulfill a divine prophecy.

 

Wolf of the Nordic Seas— book 2 of the Valiant Vikings series set in tenth century Normandy— is a sizzling, scintillating blend of historical fiction, Norse mythology, paranormal fantasy, and steamy Viking romance!

 

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EXCERPT:

 

“I’m sure my messenger informed you that Alberic, Count of Soissons, attacked le Château Blanc once again. He captured my father, damaged the defensive wall around the castle, and destroyed the city of Étretat.” Her hand shook as she raised her engraved goblet for a bracing gulp of mead. “He now demands my hand in marriage. I am to report to the Christian church in Reims, accompanied by a dozen personal guards, on the first of October for the wedding. If I refuse, he’ll kill my father and siege the castle again.” Agitation and anger ravaged her exasperated face. “I cannot risk my father’s life. Nor can we survive another Frankish attack.” Elfi pleaded with dire, desperate eyes. “I refuse to sacrifice my faðir.  And I refuse to surrender le Château Blanc. Jarl Rikard, without Dag and his Elven sword—how in Odin’s name do I defend Étretat?”

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AUTHOR Bio and Links:

 

Enthralled with legends of medieval knights and ladies, dark fairy tales, and fantasies about Druids, wizards and magic, Jennifer Ivy Walker always dreamed of becoming a writer. She fell in love with French in junior high school, continuing her study of the language throughout college, eventually becoming a high school teacher and college professor of French.

 

Her debut novel, The Wild Rose and the Sea Raven, won numerous awards, including the Readers’ Favorite Gold Medal for Fantasy, the Independent Author Network Book of the Year 2023 for Paranormal/Supernatural, and the American Fiction Awards Winner 2023 for Paranormal Romance. The Wild Rose and the Sea Raven trilogy won the Paranormal Romance Guild Reviewers’ Choice 2023 First Place Award for Series in the Myth/Fantasy Romance category. Winter Solstice in the Crystal Castle, a spinoff of her trilogy, is the American Fiction Awards Winner 2024 for Best Historical Romance and the Raven Awards Winner 2024 for Fantasy Romance.

 

 Dragon of Denmark and Wolf of the Nordic Seas  are books 1 and 2 of the Valiant Vikings series,  an epic paranormal fantasy incorporating history, Celtic and Nordic myths and legends, and sizzling Viking romance, set in tenth century Normandy.

 

Website:  https://jenniferivywalker.com/

Goodreads Author page: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/22671046.Jennifer_Ivy_Walker

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jenniferivywalker.bsky.social

Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/profile/jennifer-ivy-walker

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JenniferIvyWalker

Twitter:  https://twitter.com/bohemienneivy

Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/jenniferivywalkerauthor/

Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jenniferivywalker

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Wolf-Nordic-Seas-Valiant-Vikings-ebook/dp/B0F22JS3CM/ref=sr_1_1

 

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GIVEAWAY:

 

Jennifer Ivy Walker will be awarding a $25 Amazon/BN gift card to a randomly drawn winner.

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MY REVIEW:

Wolf of the Nordic Seas is the second installment from the Valiant Vikings series by Jennifer Ivy Walke. It is, also, my first experience in reading this author's work. I adored  Elfi and Njörd's story. It is full of history, mystery, danger, adventure, and romance. I thought the author did a great job in bringing the past to life and seeing her vision in how they lived. I thought it was a great read. 

I am going to give Wolf of the Nordic Seas four and a half stars. I believe readers who love to read historical romance, particularly about Vikings and Viking culture. I would love to see what happens next in the Valiant Vikings series.

I received a digital copy of Jennifer Ivy Walke's Wolf of the Nordic Seas from the publisher, but was not required to write a positive review. This review is one hundred percent my own honest opinion. 

Review Tour and Giveaway: Raven's Hill by Garth Pettersen

 RAVENS HILL

Garth Pettersen

 

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GENRE:  Historical Mystery

 

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When Harald, the second son of King Cnute, returns from fighting the king's enemies in Northern Wales, he expects his life to return to normal⸺farming in the Midlands, overseeing his few tenants, evening walks with his beloved Selia⸺an idyllic life, far from the power-mongering of King Cnute's court. But the king has other plans for Harald and his wife—he grants them a large landholding, a gift they cannot refuse.

 

On arriving at their new holding, Ravens Hill, Harald and Selia receive a tepid welcome⸺from belligerent housecarls, a conniving steward, an uncompromising abbess, bitter at not adding their estate to her abbey lands, a priest with roaming hands, and a grieving daughter of the previous landholder, who has entered the nunnery.

 

Harald and Selia wish to improve the lot of their tenant farmers but they face obstacles at every turn, and Harald’s generosity is seen as weakness. They also learn the lands come with an unexpected millstone—an unsolved murder.

 

And then the trouble begins.

 

Fans of Bernard Cornwell will love Ravens Hill—part of the award-winning Atheling Chronicles series.

 

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EXCERPT:

Making no sound, Udele closed the door to her father’s house and stepped out into the moonlight. She scanned the collection of buildings to see if anyone was stirring—she knew her father’s housecarls slept like bearns—even when on watch—and if they rose at all, it would be just to piss onto the scattered rushes that covered the hall’s floor. The two hounds Cyning and Cwēn padded over, seeking attention. She stroked their heads but said nothing. Udele made her way to the horsefold where she bridled her favorite gelding. Bats flittered above her, catching flying insects, and though the night was warm, her body gave a shiver. She wore a tunic and long-sleeved under-tunic, a cæppe to cover her head, and a mantle over the shoulders. Udele scanned the broad valley, saw the shadows of clouds crossing the moon travel over the fields of wheat and barley. She remembered her purpose and hurried. He would be waiting.

 

Udele led her horse down the track from Ravens Hill, and only mounted when she was well away from the large steading. When she thought it safe, Udele urged the horse into a controlled canter, the road visible in the moonlight. The small hamlet of Déorfald lay but a mile distant and their meeting place was not far from there. Déorfald was a small place with mill, bakehouse, and smithy near cottages with small holdings. The place she and Aloc met secretly lay downstream on a wooded clay bank above where cliff swallows burrowed. The thought of Aloc waiting made her heartrate quicken. He was the miller’s son, tall and handsome, and though not of the thegn class like herself, he would make a fine husband. Her father would come to the same conclusion in time. Poor Aloc fretted over Thegn Wulfrun’s disapproval and sometimes he would despair of ever marrying her. But Udele knew she would have him in time.

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AUTHOR Bio and Links:

 

Garth Pettersen is a Canadian writer living in the Fraser Valley near Vancouver, BC. When he's not writing, he is riding horses or working on his acreage. Garth's short stories have appeared in a number of anthologies and in journals such as Blank Spaces, The Spadina Literary Review, and The Opening Line Literary 'Zine. His story, River's Rising, was awarded an Honourable Mention for the Short Story America 2017 Prize, his fantasy novella River Born, was one of two runners-up for the Windsor Editions (UK) Short Fiction Prize, and his novel The Sea's Edge won a first place Incipiere Award in 2024. Garth Pettersen's historical fiction series, The Atheling Chronicles is published by Tirgearr Publishing and is available on most online outlets (The Swan's Road, The Dane Law, The Cold Hearth, and The Sea's Edge). The fifth book, Ravens Hill, will be released in April, 2025. Print editions are available on Amazon.

 

Buy Links:

Tirgearr Publishing:    http://www.tirpub.com/gpettersen

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Ravens-Hill-Atheling-Chronicles-5-ebook/dp/B0DZPGNVXZ

Apple: https://books.apple.com/us/author/garth-pettersen/id1292516225

Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/ie/en/series/the-atheling-chronicles

Nook: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/Garth%20Pettersen

Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/gpettersen

 

Website:  https://www.garthpettersen.com

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/writeandride/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/garpet011

 

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GIVEAWAY:

Garth Pettersen will be awarding a $15 Amazon/BN gift card.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

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MY REVIEW:

I have loved reading Garth Pettersen's The Atheling Chronicles series and was honored to have the chance to read the fifth installment, Ravens Hill. Harald and Selia's story was one of action, adventure, and danger. The author's historical details made me feel as though I was transported back in time seeing this tale unfold in real time. I thought this was a fabulous read.

I am going to give Ravens Hill a very well deserved five plus stars. I would give it one hundred if I could. I highly recommend it for readers who love to read historical fiction, particularly set during the Anglo Saxon era. I am hoping that there are more to come from The Atheling Chronicles series in the future.

I received a digital copy of Garth Pettersen's Ravens Hill from the author, but was not required to write a review, nor a positive review. This review is one hundred percent my own honest opinion.

Review Tour and Giveaway: Resoration of the Golden Orbs by Paul A Mendel

 

RESTORATION OF THE GOLDEN ORBS

Paul A. Mendel

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GENRE:  Fantasy

 

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Circumstances compel fourteen year-old Dylan to sacrifice the security of family and enter an alien world of uncertainty, forcing him to make crucial decisions and confront a ruthless race bent on revenge. Even if he manages to defeat his implacable opponents, the question of restoring the Golden Orbs remains his daunting dilemma.

 

Read Restoration Of the Golden Orbs, the second book in the Mind Power fantasy series, where the setting changes from Earth to a planet enormously different from Dylan's expectations. If bizarre technology and mental skills intrigue you, share the journey of a boy tackling his deepest fears facing a fiendish foe. Take delight in this exciting story of a boy digging into the depths of his paranormal abilities to halt what seems relentless and unstoppable. Pick up this book and discover how you possess the ability to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles by utilizing determination, intuition and hidden skills to triumph over adversity.

 

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EXCERPT:

 

He recognised Orf when he heard in his mind: Turn to your left. You will find two chairs for you and Salena that you should find comfortable. We made them especially for visitors. They will help you move around.

 

Dylan stared at the chairs. ‘Why do we need chairs if we both possess the skills to translocate?’

 

Orf smiled at his pupil. There was still so much he needed to learn, he thought. To Dylan he sent: If you translocated everywhere you would use up too much energy, and you need all the energy you can generate to focus on what lies ahead.

 

Dylan showed his understanding with a quick nod. He looked around and found two most unusual chairs upholstered in bright violet. He sat down in one and indicated to Salena to do the same and explained that the Volks had chosen the chairs for them as their form of transport for their time in the Dome. It felt like sitting in a spa: all his muscles felt as if they were being massaged and he sensed some of his aches and pains fading away. He saw a similar look of pleasure flit across Salena’s face.

 

‘How do they move?’ Salena asked.

 

‘With your mind,’ responded Orf.

 

Dylan watched in fascination as Salena’s chair began to hover off the floor. She laughed at the look on his face. ‘Go on. You try.’

 

Dylan furrowed his brow and thought: Up. Like lightning he shot up ten, twenty, fifty metres into the air. He gasped as the cocoons came closer. Down! Down! He thought. He suddenly felt himself plummeting down to land safely beside Salena. She was laughing in earnest now and he felt himself turn red.

 

‘Don’t think so hard,’ she snorted and then stopped. ‘Sorry for laughing. It’s just that that was the most normal thing that has happened all day.’ She looked down and he felt sorry for her.

 

‘Do you know, Salena?’ he asked. She looked up. ‘I would have laughed too. Come on.’ He turned to Orf. ‘Where are we going, Orf?’

 

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AUTHOR Bio and Links:

 

Paul A Mendel was born in Stockport in the United Kingdom, spent four years in Wales and then moved to Sidcup, Kent. At aged 12 years he emigrated to New Zealand with his family where he was educated, graduating with honours in a master’s degree in History and English.

 

Paul taught for five years in New Zealand, largely concentrating on History, before moving to Perth, Western Australia, where he taught at a number of prestigious schools including: Wesley College, St Mary’s Anglican Girls’ School, All Saints’ College and is at present teaching at Willetton High School.

 

For most of his teaching life he has focused on English and for 33 years he was an examiner in ATAR English (University Entrance). Some of his interests include: metaphysics, dreams and the power of the mind.

 

Paul has used visualization and mind control in the teaching of his classes. He is concerned at the number of high school students who are not coping with the pressures of our rapidly changing society.

 

He addresses these issues in his novels believing that for every problem there is a solution, but to find it one needs to enter the stillness within. He has been a long-term deacon in Rosa Veritas, formerly the Independent Church of Australia. Paul is married with four children, eight grandchildren, two great grandchildren, and a dog and a cat.

 

 

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GIVEAWAY:

 

The author will be awarding a $10 Amazon/BN gift card to a randomly drawn winner.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

My Review:

Restoration of the Golden Orbs: A Mind-Blowing Journey into an Alien World is the second installment from Paul A Mendel's Mind Power series. I have not read the first book in the series, but believe this one could easily be read as a stand alone. I enjoyed this little tale and had no problem reading it in one sitting. 

I am giving Restoration of the Golden Orbs: A Mind-Blowing Journey into an Alien World four stars. I recommend it for readers who enjoy reading young adult fantasy fiction. I would be interested in reading the other books from the Mind Power series.

I received a digital copy of Paul A Mendel's Restoration of the Golden Orbs: A Mind-Blowing Journey into an Alien World from the publisher, but was not required to write a positive review. This review is one hundred percent my own honest opinion. 

Review Tour and Giveaway: One Little Witch by Crystal Beach

ONE LITTLE WITCH

Crystal Beach

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GENRE:  Childrens

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A brilliant Little Witch counts the pumpkins in her pumpkin patch and discovers some surprising surprises. Join author and illustrator Crystal Beach (One Polar Bear and Two Polar Bears) as she captivates you with her latest adventure story and a brand-new series—One Little Witch. You and your child will be delighted by this hilarious tale as together you learn counting and sight words, and experiment with sound.

A charming holiday tale for autumn, or any time of the year, One Little Witch is filled with pumpkins and childlike enthusiasm for learning. This little book is sure to enchant, and will make a spooky addition to your child's library.

If you can be anything, be inclusive.

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AUTHOR Bio and Links:

Crystal Beach is an adoptive mother and caregiver of two adoptive children who have complex

medical needs and disabilities. Her children are often represented in her work as strong, caring

individuals with special gifts and powers. Her writing projects are intended to ensure financial

support for her children's future.

Crystal has a B.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Her focus is in children's literature, publishing, and journalism. She has had many careers

including ten years as a MedA with the Canadian Naval Reserve, advertising with a daily

newspaper, communications and marketing, training as an EMT, and continued studies in

developmental psychology.

She and her family live in Regina, Saskatchewan in a simple little house with two giant support

dogs.

For more information visit www.crystalbeachauthor.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/crystalbeachauthor

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/40712712.Crystal_Beach

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@crystal.beach.aut

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crystal_m_beach/

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GIVEAWAY:

The author will be awarding a $10 Amazon/BN gift card to a randomly drawn winner.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

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MY REVIEW:

One Little Witch is a cute and entertaining picture by Crystal Beach. Each page helps teach children numbers, while using a rhyming verse. Even though my children are teens now, I can just imagine the giggles from their younger days as I read through this book. So sweet. Crystal Beach not only shows off her writing skills in One Little Witch, readers can see how talented they are as an artist. The pictures were colorful and fun to look at while reading the story. I thought the pictures were a perfect addition to the book. I give One Little Witch five stars. I believe it would a great addition to Halloween season reading for children ages between two and six. I received a digital copy of Crystal Beach's One Little Witch from the publisher, but was not required to write a positive review. This review is one hundred percent my own honest opinion.

Review Tour and Giveaway: A Troubled Heart by Tricia McGill

 

A TROUBLED HEART

by Tricia McGill

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GENRE:  Historical Romance

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Unsure of his real past or name, Finn O’Connor thinks he was born in Ireland and taken from his mother as a baby by a gypsy woman. As a toddler, an English woman then took him to London. About ten he fled to join a gang of boys who survived by their wits on the streets. Five years later, he was arrested for a minor crime and transported to The Colony of New South Wales for a 10-year term. In 1846 as transporting of criminals neared an end in NSW, he was moved to the infamous penitentiary at Port Arthur in Van Diemen’s Land.

On the day Finn received his papers of freedom an accidental meeting brought him into contact with 20-year-old Esther Blythe. Born in Surrey, England, genteel Esther is kind and caring. As a 4-year-old her parents brought her to Van Diemen’s Land where her Papa, a doctor, took on the task of providing medical aid to the prisoners at the Port Arthur Penitentiary and its surrounding area. Sadly, both parents were killed in an accident, leaving Esther with no option but to work as a governess/nursemaid.

For reasons that even she did not comprehend, Esther took the ex-convict under her wing when they met outside the penitentiary hospital. Could be she saw a fellow lonely soul who simply wanted someone to have faith in him. Life seems to take a turn for perhaps the better from then on, but will these two lonely people overcome many obstacles to find the happiness they seek together as they face an uncertain future.

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EXCERPT:

Through a haze he could hear a voice somewhere above him, and although vaguely aware that someone had called his name all else was lost in pain. The sweat on his face began to sizzle with the heat—or so it seemed. As he opened his eyes a fraction of this sweat ran into their corners and began to sting as if boiling his eyeballs to add to the sawdust already there, or perhaps it was blood.

“Hang on Finn, yer silly bugger, they’ve gone to fetch ‘elp.” The speaker then disappeared and Finn tried to move, but he had to grit his teeth as a searing pain shot through his shoulder and down his arm.

Heaven knew, he’d had his share of agony and discomfort since coming to this godawful place, but this topped it for certain. To take his mind off it he tried to think of better moments in his life, but they were sparce, far back and almost all lost in time.

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AUTHOR Bio and Links:

Award winning author Tricia McGill spent her early days in London, England, and moved to Australia many years ago, settling near Melbourne. The youngest in a large, loving family she was surrounded by avid readers, who encouraged her to read from an early age. Is it any wonder she became a writer. Although her published works cross sub-genres, romance is always at their heart. 

Tricia’s love of animals has always shown up in her books. Tricia devotes as much time and money as she can spare to supporting worldwide conservation groups and is passionate about supporting those who do all they can to preserve our wildlife for future generations. She also volunteers for a local community group that helps disabled adults and children to connect to the internet with provided computer equipment. 

A Troubled Heart Purchase link :   https://books2read.com/A-Troubled-Heart

Tricia McGill Website: http://www.triciamcgill.com

On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Australian-Author-Tricia-McGill-192885847937078/

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GIVEAWAY:

Tricia McGill will be awarding a randomly drawn winner a $10 Amazon/BN GC.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

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MY REVIEW:

A Troubled Heart is my first introduction to the talents of Tricia McGill. I enjoyed this historical romance. I was quickly engaged with Finn's story. His life is not an easy one and many times leaving him broken. I loved how he was introduced to Esther and the two were able to relate with one another. The two were able to find out who they truly are and want to be. Lovely read.

I am giving A Troubled Heart four and a half stars. I believe lovers of historical romance will not want to miss out on reading it. It is definitely worth reading. I would love to read more by Tricia McGill in the future. 

I received a digital copy of Tricia McGill's A Troubled Heart from the publisher, but was not required to write a positive review. This review is one hundred percent my own honest opinion.