Archive for August, 2014

David Khara on Tour: The Shiro Project

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David Khara,

author of

The Bleiberg Project,

presented on France Book Tours,
is coming back with his latest thriller!

Author David Khara

on Tour

November 3-22

with

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The Shiro Project

[thriller]

(translated by Sophie Weiner)

 Release date: November 18, 2014
at Le French Book

250 pages

ISBN: 978-1939474247

Website | Goodreads

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SYNOPSIS

When yesterday’s enemies become today’s best allies and when mankind seems on the verge of repeating the errors of the past, what can a lone man do against the madness that is bound to follow? After his mentor is kidnapped, a Mossad agent teams up with his worst foe, but first must face himself. He is enlisted against his will in a fight that’s not his own and takes him from present-day Czech Republic to past Manchuria. He has to put an end to the activities of a mysterious group who have gotten their hands on weapons of mass destruction. What do Japanese war camps, US Army research and an annihilated modern-day Czech village all have in common? [provided by the publisher]
The book contains some violence

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

 

Shiro project David KharaFrench author David Khara, a former reporter, top-level sportsman, and entrepreneur, has always been a writer.
After studying law, he stepped into journalism working for Agence France Press,
and then became creative director for several advertising companies.
He loves new technologies and started his own company at the age of twenty-four,
becoming an online business pioneer for French industries.
He then focused his life on writing fiction.
In 2010, he published The Bleiberg Project, which became an immediate success in France.
David Khara is also an accomplished athlete in fencing and rubgy, and he even played football as a linebacker.
He acknowledges that his culture is a much American as it is French, since he spent a lot of time in West Virginia and Manhattan,
and is an avid fan of writers such as Dennis Lehane.

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 ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR

Sophie Weiner is a freelance translator and book publishing assistant from Baltimore, Maryland. After earning degrees in French from Bucknell University and New York University, Sophie went on to complete a master’s in literary translation from the Sorbonne, where she focused her thesis on translating wordplay in works by Oulipo authors. She has translated and written for web-based companies dedicated to art, cinema, and fashion as well as for nonprofit organizations. Growing up with Babar, Madeline, and The Little Prince, Sophie was bitten by the Francophile bug at an early age, and is fortunate enough to have lived in Paris, Lille, and the Loire Valley.
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VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR SCHEDULE

Monday, November 3
Review + Excerpt + Giveaway at Books Are Cool

Wednesday, November 5
Review + Giveaway at I Wish I lived In a Library

Monday, November 10
Guest-post + Giveaway
+ Review of the previous book in the series: The Bleiberg Project,
at Queen of All She Reads

Wednesday, November 12
Review + Giveaway at Musings of a Writer And Unabashed Francophile

Saturday, November 15
Review + Excerpt + Giveaway at New Books On My Shelves

Wednesday, November 19
Review + Giveaway at Book Nerd

Thursday, November 20
Review + Giveaway at  The Discerning Reader

Saturday, November 22
Spotlight + Giveaway at Words And Peace

Monday, November 24
Review  at Queen of All She Reads

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You can enter the giveaway here
or on the book blogs participating in this tour.
Be sure to follow each participant on Twitter,
they are listed in the entry form below
.

Entry-Form

Visit each blogger on the tour:
tweeting about the giveaway everyday of the Tour
will give you 5 extra entries each time!
[just follow the directions on the entry-form]

5 copies:
print or digital for US residents.
Digital for all other residents

 

 

Sherry Jones on Tour: The Sharp Hook of Love

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Author Sherry Jones

on Tour

October 7-26, 2014

with

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The Sharp Hook of Love

[historical/biographical/literary fiction]

Release date: October 7, 2014
at Simon and Schuster/Gallery Books

384 pages

ISBN: 9781451684797

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SYNOPSIS

“To forbid the fruit only sweetens its flavor”

Among the young women of 12th century Paris, Heloise d’Argenteuil stands apart. Extraordinarily educated and quick-witted, she is being groomed by her uncle to become an abbess in the service of God.

But with one encounter, her destiny changes forever. Pierre Abelard, headmaster at the Nôtre Dame Cloister School, is acclaimed as one of the greatest philosophers in France. His controversial reputation only adds to his allure, yet despite the legions of women swooning over his poetry and dashing looks, he is captivated by the brilliant Heloise alone. As their relationship blossoms from a meeting of the minds to a forbidden love affair, both Heloise and Abelard must choose between love, duty, and ambition.

Sherry Jones weaves the lovers’ own words into an evocative account of desire and sacrifice. As intimate as it is erotic, as devastating as it is beautiful, The Sharp Hook of Love is a poignant, tender tribute to one of history’s greatest romances, and to love’s power to transform and endure.  [provided by the author]

Attention reviewers: Yes, it is sexual, but also tasteful
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sharp Hook of Love - Sherry JonesSHERRY JONES is also the author of Four Sisters, All Queens;
The Sword of Medina;
and her controversial, internationally bestselling debut, The Jewel of Medina.

She lives in Spokane, Washington.

Visit her website. Follow her on Facebook, Twitter , Google +, Pinterest, and Linked In

Subscribe to her newsletter.  Send her an email: sherry [at] authorsherryjones [dott com

Buy the bookS&S  |  Amazon  |  B&N  |  BAM  | IndieBound  | Kindle   | iBookstore  | Nook

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VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR SCHEDULE

Tuesday, October 7
Review at Booksie’s Blog

Wednesday, October 8
Review + Giveaway at The Avid Reader
Spotlight + Giveaway at Caroline Wilson Writes

Thursday, October 9
Review + Excerpt + Giveaway at Unshelfish

Friday, October 10
Review + Giveaway at Just One More Chapter

Saturday, October 11
Review + Guest-Post + Giveaway at Queen of All She Reads

Sunday, October 12
Review + Giveaway at An Accidental Blog

Thursday, October 16
Review + Giveaway at Vvb32 Reads

Friday, October 17
Review + Giveaway at Griperang’s Bookmarks

Saturday, October 18
Review + Giveaway at The Book Binder’s Daughter

Monday, October 20
Review + Giveaway at Caffeinatedlife.net
Interview at Caffeinatedlife.net

Wednesday, October 22
Review + Giveaway at Words And Peace

Thursday, October 23
Review + Giveaway at Book Nerd

Friday, October 24
Review + Giveaway at Impressions In Ink

Sunday, October 26
Review + Giveaway at Indiereadergirl0329

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You can enter the giveaway here
or on the book blogs participating in this tour.
Be sure to follow each participant on Twitter,
they are listed in the entry form below
.

Visit each blogger on the tour:
tweeting about the giveaway everyday of the Tour
will give you 5 extra entries each time!
[just follow the directions on the entry-form]

Entry-Form

It’s open internationally
We will have 10 winners
print or digital copy for US/Canada
digital copy for overseas

I Looked for the One My Heart Loves: release day today

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Today is the official

release day of

 

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I Looked for
The One My Heart Loves

[fiction]

 Release date: August 12, 2014
at Open Road Integrated Media / Publishers Square

384 pages

ISBN: 978-1-4804-6116-1

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SYNOPSIS

Anne and Alexis are separated by war as children and reunited later by destiny. A powerful and dramatic love story that spans decades in spite of its seeming impossibility.

Anne, 9, and Alexis, 11, grow up together in the Montmartre area of Paris. While she has a major crush on him, he merely sees her as his friend’s little sister. After WWII begins, the two are separated as their families flee Paris to avoid the German occupation. When they say goodbye, Alexis promises to always protect Anne.

Anne holds on to this promise for years as she constantly thinks of Alexis, wondering where he may be. Anne grows up, finds works in an art gallery, and marries a kind, devoted man with whom she has two children. But her heart still belongs to Alexis and she never stops looking for him. Their paths cross fatefully one day in Brussels many years after they were separated.

Alexis, living in Canada and soon to be moving to San Francisco, has a family of his own; a wife in constant depression and a son. Despite their responsibilities to family and the geographical distance that keeps them apart, Anne and Alexis find a way to love one another, secretly yet passionately.

But after all this time, will they ever manage to be truly together, completely?  [provided by the publisher]

Read more about it here

and come back
in September
to visit each stop
on the virtual book tour
for chances to win the book!