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Caddy Rowland on Tour: Gastien: The Cost of The Dream

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Gastien: Cost of The Dream

Author Caddy ROWLAND

on Tour

January 13-22, 2014

with

Gastien:
The Cost of The Dream

– Historical Fiction, Family Saga, Drama, and Literary Fiction –
FOR THOSE OVER 18.
Graphic sex (this book is NOT erotica) and one sex scene that is violent

 1st Edition was released 8/3/2011
2nd Edition 10/2/2013
at Createspace
Kindle Edition

493 pages

ISBN: 1463789777

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SYNOPSIS

When young Gastien Beauchamp flees the farm for Paris, the late nineteenth century bohemian era is in full swing. Color has always called to him, beseeching him to capture it on canvas and show people a new way of seeing things. His father belittled his dream of being an artist and tried to beat him into giving it up. The dream wouldn’t die, but Gastien would have had he not left.
He also yearns to become a great lover. After the years of anguish he has endured at the hand of his father, it would be heaven to feel pleasure instead of pain.
However, the city of Paris has a ruthless agenda. Unless a man has money and connections, Paris unfeelingly crushes dreams and destroys souls. With neither of the required assets, Gastien faces living in alleys, digging in trash bins for food, and sleeping where a man is often killed for his threadbare blanket.
Left with only his dreams, Gastien stubbornly pushes on. He vows that absolutely nothing will stop him, not yet realizing what keeping that vow might mean. Sometimes the “impossible” is possible – but the cost can be extremely high.
This historical fiction novel is book 1 of a 5 book drama/family saga for adults (The Gastien Series).  As such, it contains adult themes and graphic scenes. Each book can stand on its own, but is most compelling read in order. [provided by the author]

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Caddy RowlandCaddy Rowland grew up with a stack of books that almost reached the ceiling before she was five. Books, along with her vivid imagination, have always been some of her closest friends.
She lives with her husband, who was her high school sweetheart. They are owned by two parrots. Besides being a writer, she is an artist. One can often find her “makin’ love to the color” (painting) with loud music blaring.
Her goal as an author is to make readers laugh, cry, think, and become intimately connected with her main characters. She writes dramatic novels showcasing the sublime joy and bitter tragedy of being human. [from the author’s Amazon page]

To get her books and get in touch with her:
Author Central Page on Amazon

Additional books in the Gastien Series:
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VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR SCHEDULE

Monday, January 13
Review + Giveaway at Gluten Free + 2

Tuesday, January 14
Interview + Giveaway at Words And Peace

Thursday, January 16
Guest-post
at The Most Happy Reader
and review

Friday, January 17
Review + Excerpt at I Am, Indeed

Monday, January 20
Review + Giveaway at Lisa’s Yarns

Tuesday, January 21
Review + Giveaway at Scrollin’ Them Papers

Wednesday, January 22
Review + Giveaway at Making My Mark

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FRIDAY 56

Friday 56Rules:
*Grab a book, any book.
*Turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader
*Find any sentence, (or a few, just don’t spoil it) that grabs you.
*Post it.
*Click on the logo here to access the host page.
*Add your (url) post below in Linky.
*Add the post url, not your blog url. It’s that simple.

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I will post for this meme a passage from a book
presented on France Book Tours
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Summer of FranceClick on the book cover to know more about the book

“The trips around the country without spouses in tow continued. Jeanne-Marie and Grayson dropped the teenagers in Aix with enough money for lunch or ice cream before setting off to explore the cliff villages or to Grasse for the parfumerie or to Monaco to try their luck at the casinos.
When I had time, usually in the evenings after Chantal had left, I wondered what happened to my family. What happened to my plans to gather everyone close, to share the beauty of a new country together?”
Nook screen 56

WHAT DO YOU THINK?
WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN THIS SHORT EXCEPT?

France Book Tours stops for Nov 3-9

Greenland Breach Sunday, November 3
Review + Giveaway at Gluten Free + 2

Monday, November 4
Review + Giveaway at Finding Time To Write

Review at Words And Peace

Tuesday, November 5
Review + Giveaway at Queen of All She Reads

Wednesday, November 6
Review at Confessions of a Word Addict

Interview + Excerpt + Giveaway at Words And Peace

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Paris Was The Place Sunday, November 3
Review  at Queen of All She Reads

Monday, November 4
Review  at Walkie Talkie Book Club

Tuesday, November 5
Review at Griperang’s Bookmarks

Wednesday, November 6
Spotlight at Caffeinatedlife.net

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Unravelled Monday, Nov 4
Review + Giveaway at
The French Village Diaries

Tuesday, Nov 5
Review + Giveaway at Words And Peace

Wednesday, Nov 6
Review + Giveaway at I Am, Indeed

Thursday, Nov 7
Review + Giveaway at Suko’s Notebook

Review + Giveaway at Vvb32 Reads

Friday, Nov 8
Review + Giveaway at Caffeinatedlife.net

Saturday, Nov 9
Review + Guest-Post at Jorie Loves A Story