FOR LOVE AND MERCY: A Novel by C. Ingrid Deringer

Join us for this tour from Oct 24 to Nov 11, 2022!

Book Details:

​Book Title:  FOR LOVE AND MERCY: A Novel by C. Ingrid Deringer
Category:  Adult Fiction (18+),  195 pages
Genre: Literary Fiction, Mystery, Historical Fiction 
Publisher:  FRIESEN PRESS
Release date:  August 2022
Formats Available for Review: print-softback (USA and Canada), ebook (EPUB, PDF)
Tour dates: Oct 24 to Nov 11, 2022
Content Rating:  PG-13. There is a death, near-death experience, some swearing, no explicit sex scenes.  

FIVE of FIVE STARS: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Click Here to View Book Trailer

 

Book Description:

“Suddenly angelic beings of light appeared. They said I was at a crossroad, and it was here where I had to make a choice . . .”

In 2022, forty-two-year-old Dr. Stormy Hera, a music professor at the University of Victoria, is serving a manslaughter sentence at Sunnydale Forensic Hospital in British Columbia.

Although she can’t recall committing the crime, she feels strongly that she did the right thing. In the hopes of jogging her memory and healing her soul, Stormy is tasked with writing her autobiography as part of her rehabilitation.

​Spanning the 1940s to 2026, and set in the Saskatchewan prairies, Olympia, Greece, and Canada’s West Coast, For Love and Mercy follows the lives of free-spirited Evangeline, and Stormy herself—including a near-death experience that changes everything. 

BUY THE BOOK:
Amazon ~ B&N
BookBub

Add to goodreads

My Review

FOR LOVE AND MERCY by C. Ingrid Deringer takes place in the early 1940's through to 2026, set in The Saskatchewan prairies, Olympia, Greece, and Canada’s West Coast. I really enjoyed this journey with these colorful characters as we get to each of these places in history. Deringer does a great job writing this story and all of the detailed scenes throughout the book shows her amount of research. The many emotions throughout this book caused some of the scenes to be so difficult to read, where others were more enjoyable. With the unique characters and the many twists and turns along with the fabulously written story, For Love and Mercy is is as close as realistic as you can get.

As far as who would enjoy this book, anyone would, and I hope you will give this book a try. For Love and Mercy gets Five Stars from me and don't forget to look it up at your favorite bookstore. 

I received this book from the author through iReadBook tours. I was not expected to write a favorable review. The words here are totally my own. 

Meet the Author:

Charlotte Ingrid Deringer was born into a large family in Saskatchewan, Canada and has lived all across the country, on the east coast, west coast and everywhere in between. 

Her family’s love of music, dance and practical jokes left a tremendous impression on her, but it was her voracious appetite for adventure that has driven her to experience life to the fullest. She was in her 50s when her creative passions ignited, fueling her desire to write fiction. 

Ingrid holds a BA in Psychology, an MA in Women’s Studies and is also an Acupuncturist, Shiatsu Therapist, a Life Cycle Celebrant and a Meditation Teacher.  She has worked in the health and wellness field, specializing in the treatment of chronic pain and chronic illness for over 25 years. 

Now semi-retired, Ingrid loves to hang out with her grandchildren and spend winters in warm climates with her feet in the sand where she can write to her heart’s content. 

connect with the author: website ~ facebook ~ facebook ~ instagram ~ bookbub ~ goodreads

Tour Schedule:

Oct 24 – Rockin' Book Reviews – book review / guest post / giveaway
Oct 25 – Leels Loves Books – book spotlight
Oct 26 – Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Oct 27 – Liese's Blog – book spotlight
Oct 28 – Viviana MacKade – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Oct 31 – Stephanie Jane – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Oct 31 - Splashes of Joy  - book review / giveaway
Nov 1 – The Page Ladies – book review
Nov 2 – Book Corner News and Reviews – book review / giveaway
Nov 3 – Literary Flits – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Nov 3 - Books for Books – book spotlight
Nov 4 – @shangread_la – book review / author interview / giveaway
Nov 5 - I'm Into Books - book spotlight / giveaway
Nov 7 – Cover Lover Book Review – book review / guest post / giveaway
Nov 8 – fundinmental – book spotlight / giveaway
Nov 8 - Book Reviews by Taylor – book review
Nov 9 – 411 ON BOOKS, AUTHORS, AND PUBLISHING NEWS – book spotlight / giveaway
Nov 9 - Locks, Hooks and Books – book review / giveaway
Nov 10 – Gina Rae Mitchell – book review / guest post / giveaway
Nov 11 – Paws.Read.Repeat – book review / giveaway
​TBD - She Just Loves Books – book review  giveaway

Enter the Giveaway:

https://gleam.io/k2kNo/for-love-and-mercy-book-tour-giveaway

THE DISAPPEARANCE OF TRUDY SOLOMON by Marcy McCreary

 

 

Join Us For This Tour From:  Oct 3 to Oct 21 

Book Details:

Book Title:  The Disappearance of Trudy Solomon by Marcy McCreary
Category: Adult Fiction (18+), 400 pages
Genre: Mystery
Publisher: CamCat Books
​Publication Date: September 2022.
Tour dates: Oct 3 to Oct 21
Content Rating: PG 

Book Description:

In a family like that, you won’t need enemies.

In the waning days of the Catskills hotel era, Stanley and Rachel Roth, the owners of the Cuttman Hotel, were practically dynasty—third generation proprietors of a sprawling resort with a grand reputation. The glamorous and gregarious matriarch, Rachel. The cunning and successful businessman, Stan. Four beautiful children. A perfect family deserving of respect and loyalty. Or so it seemed.

​Fast forward forty years. The Roths have lost their clout. When skeletal remains are found on the side of the road, the disappearance of Trudy Solomon, a coffee shop waitress at the Cuttman in 1978, is reopened. Each member of the Roth family holds a clue to the case, but getting them to admit what they know will force Detective Susan Ford to face a family she’d hoped never to see again.

Buy the Book:
CamCat
Amazon
IndieBound ~ B&N ~ Bookshop
BookBub 
add to goodreads

Meet the Authors:

​Marcy McCreary worked for several years as a marketing and sales executive at various magazine publishing companies and content marketing agencies before turning to fiction writing. She is the author of The Disappearance of Trudy Solomon (CamCat Books). With two daughters and two step-daughters living in four different cities (Brooklyn, Nashville, Madison, Seattle), she spends a lot of time on airplanes crisscrossing the country. She lives in the beautiful coastal towns of Hull, MA and Nantucket, MA with her husband and black lab.

connect with the author: website ~ facebook ~ instagram ~ twitter ~ bookbub ~ goodreads

---

Tour Schedule:

Oct 3 – Cover Lover Book Review – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Oct 4 – fundinmental – book spotlight / giveaway
Oct 5 – Paws.Read.Repeat – book spotlight / giveaway
Oct 6 – Hall Ways Blog - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Oct 6 - Chit Chat with Charity - book spotlight / guest post / author interview / giveaway
Oct 7 - Literary Flits – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Oct 7 - Rockin' Book Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Oct 7 – devanshi_joshi19 – book spotlight / giveaway
Oct 11 - Liese's Blog - book spotlight / giveaway
Oct 11 – Books are a Blessing – book spotlight / giveaway
Oct 12 – Celticlady's Reviews – book spotlight / giveaway
Oct 13 – Deborah-Zenha Adams – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Oct 14 – Jazzy Book Reviews - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Oct 14 - Sefina Hawke Books - book spotlight 
Oct 17 – Stephanie Jane- book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Oct 18 – Splashes of Joy – book spotlight / giveaway
Oct 19 – Mystery Review Crew – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Oct 19 - Gina Rae Mitchell - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Oct 20 – The Obsessed Reader – book spotlight / giveaway
​Oct 21 - Locks, Hooks and Books - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Oct 21 – Books for Books – book spotlight

Enter the Giveaway:

The Disappearance of Trudy Solomon Book Tour Giveaway

Tomboy: A Jane Benjamin Novel by Shelley Blanton-Stroud

 

 

Join Us For This Tour from Oct 3 to Oct 21, 2022

BOOK DETAILS:

Book Title:  Tomboy: A Jane Benjamin Novel by Shelley Blanton-Stroud
Category:  Adult Fiction (18+), 308 pages
Genre:  Historical Thriller
Publisher:  She Writes Press
Release dates:   June 2022
Content Rating: PG-13 + M. The F word appears exactly once in the book. There is a completely non-explicit sex scene. There is a suicide.​

Book Description:

It’s 1939. Jane Benjamon’s got five days at sea to solve the murder of a Wimbledon champion’s coach and submit a gossip column that tells the truth. If not the facts.

On the brink of World War II, Jane wants to have it all. By day she hustles as a scruffy, tomboy cub reporter. By night she secretly struggles to raise her toddler sister, Elsie, and protect her from their mother.

But Jane’s got a plan: she’ll become the San Francisco Prospect’s first gossip columnist and make enough money to care for Elsie.

Jane finagles her way to the women’s championship at Wimbledon, starring her hometown’s tennis phenom and cover girl Tommie O’Rourke. Jane plans to write her first column there. But then she witnesses Edith “Coach” Carlson, Tommie’s closest companion, drop dead in the stands of apparent heart attack, and her plan is blown.

​Sailing home on the RMS Queen Mary, Jane veers between competing instincts: Should she write a social bombshell column, personally damaging her new friend Tommie’s persona and career? Or should she work to uncover the truth of Coach’s death and its connection to a larger conspiracy involving US participation in the coming war?

Putting away her menswear and donning first-class ballgowns, Jane discovers what upper-class status hides, protects, and destroys. Ultimately—like nations around the globe in 1939—she must choose what she’ll give up in order to do what’s right.

Buy the Book:
​Capital Books
Amazon ~ B&N ~ Bookshop.org
Audible ~ Libro ~ Kobo
Scribd ~ Chirp ~ Amazon (audiobook)
Add to Goodreads

My Review 

Tomboy: A Jane Benjamin Novel by Shelley Blanton-Stroud is about Jane, struggling to raise her little sister and keep her from their mom, and working a job posing as a boy, because after all, as a young lady, she wasn't allowed to work a job. This story follows this young lady as she travels trying to find a better job so she can better take care of her sister. She does some pretty neat stuff, like traveling with no money, but it works for her. She's a pretty feisty character, determined to do what she must to take care of herself and her sister. 

I didn't read the first book in this series, but this one seems to read well as a stand alone. I enjoyed the characters. I found them well created and developing well as the story unfolds, and they play their parts really well. I enjoyed the journey across oceans, and phenomenon writing of the author details each scene so well. At times I sat here thinking I was right along with this young lady enjoying the travels with her, as well as helping her find what she wanted. There are some moments I found quite humorous, but mostly there were more serious times. I enjoyed the writing of author Shelley Blanton-Stroud and I will be looking for more from her in the future. This is such an nice story for anyone to read, one that I highly recommend. 

I received this book from the author through iReadBook tours. I was not expedited to write a favorable review. The words here are totally my own. 

---

Meet the Narrator:

April Doty is a classically trained actress with a BFA from Syracuse University. She is a voice actor and the narrator of 26 books. Born in Virginia, educated in New York, seasoned in London and settled in Spain, April Doty brings the sound of a rich and varied life experience to her narration. The character of Jane came to life in her home studio on the Costa del Sol. 

connect with the narrator:  website ~ twitter ~ linkedIn ~ soundcloud