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November 27, 2016
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November 27, 2016
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K. S. R. Burns on tour: The Paris Effect
K.S.R. Burns
on Tour
January 9-13
with
The Paris Effect
(women’s fiction)
Release date: June 1st, 2016
at Velvet Morning Press
ISBN: 978-0692710852
246 pages
SYNOPSIS
Friendship, loss and a tantalizing trip to Paris in this highly praised #1 Amazon Best Seller!
Amy and Kat had planned a secret trip to Paris. Even Amy’s husband wouldn’t know about it. But when Amy loses Kat to cancer, she knows the plan is gone forever. Or is it?
Guided by memories of her friend and dissatisfaction with her own calorie-counting life in Phoenix, Amy sneaks off to Paris while her husband is away on a business trip. Once there, she’s robbed, stalked, arrested and almost kidnapped. Worse, she finds that all her problems have come right along with her.
Through her adventures, laced with luscious descriptions of food and Paris, Amy learns that often in life, love and friendship, nothing is exactly as it seems. Grab a croissant and settle in for a decidedly non-touristy trip to the City of Light.
Through her adventures, laced with luscious descriptions of food and Paris, Amy learns that often in life, love and friendship, nothing is exactly as it seems. Grab a croissant and settle in for a decidedly non-touristy trip to the City of Light.
PRAISE FOR
‘THE PARIS EFFECT’
… a can’t-put-down-book… never stops being an absorbing adventure–not until the gratifying final moments… A lovely ode to Paris, friendship, spontaneity and forks. . .both on the plate and in the road.”
– Kirkus Reviews
THE BOOK WAS OPTIONED FOR FILM & TV!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Unlike her character Amy in THE PARIS EFFECT,
K. S. R. Burns has never ventured down
into the scary and forbidden catacombs.
Nor has she run away from home,
but she has lived and worked in 22 cities,
one of them Paris
(because she does definitely share Amy’s passion for Paris).
Burns is also the author of THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF WORKING GIRL:
REAL-LIFE CAREER ADVICE YOU CAN ACTUALLY USE (Running Press 2009),
because while living in 22 cities she racked up a total of 59 jobs,
thereby learning a lot about the world of work.
She currently writes a weekly career advice column for The Seattle Times.
No longer a wanderer, Burns currently resides in the Pacific Northwest
with her husband and cat.
Visit her website.
Follow her on Facebook, Twitter
Subscribe to her newsletter
Buy the book: Amazon | Barnes & Noble
Wednesday, January 11
Review + Excerpt + Giveaway at
Thursday, January 12
Review + Giveaway at Libri Amori Miei
Friday, January 13
Review + Giveaway at Please Pass The Books
Review + Excerpt + Giveaway at Coffee, Chocolate or Tennis
You can enter the global giveaway here
or on any other book blogs participating in this tour.
Be sure to follow each participant on Twitter/Facebook,
they are listed in the entry form below.Enter here
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]Global giveaway open to all:
5 winners will receive a digital copy of the book
Paris Nights: Andrea’s Review
Paris Nights:
My Year at the Moulin Rouge
(memoir)
Release date: July 15, 2016
at Waldorf Publishing
ISBN: 978-194384892-8
197 pages
Because of some special circumstances, our reviewer Andrea didn’t get her copy on time to review it during the official book tour. Besides, she does not have a book blog, and posted her review on Goodreads, Amazon, and other retailers.
So we decided to highlight her review here today:
“There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one’s self.” Benjamin Franklin, U.S. Ambassador to France (1776-1785)
Cliff left everything as he hitched his wagon to a chance at stardom at Moulin Rouge in Paris. Although his friend acted as if it was a done deal, Cliff had to audition and prove he was worthy, just as he had to as a child. His frustration, and sometimes his anger fueled his determination, and he made it happen.
For one year he got to be in Paris, in an outwardly glamorous job where he worked his keister off and partied hearty. However, the world was changing, and Cliff got more than one wake up call that planning for the future might help living in the present. He hold back very little behind the wonder that is presented onstage, and credits where he is today for ridinf the “red windmill” of his year as a dancer/ principle performer in Paris.
This is the story of Cliff Simon, only son of a Jewish family growing up in South Africa at the time of apartheid. It is a story of white/ black separation. In that regard it is a kind of “teaching moment” seen by someone who has lived it, which is the joy of first person sourcing. And I have to admit although I’d seen him act, I really didn’t know who Cliff Simon is. I feel that I have been privileged to see into his life, and it was brave of him to open that door to his readers.
If you enjoyed her review, go and Like it on Goodreads and Amazon
SYNOPSIS
A memoir by the critically acclaimed actor Cliff Simon.
Paris Nights, the memoir of a South African soldier turned performer in the world’s most famous cabaret, delivers in a hugely entertaining way.
Little did Cliff Simon know that a single phone call and a one-way ticket to Paris would ultimately change his life forever.
Now the acclaimed television and film actor shares his journey from Johannesburg to the Moulin Rouge to Hollywood in his debut memoir, Paris Nights: My Year at the Moulin Rouge.
From a young age Cliff Simon knew he was headed towards big places. Having grown up as both a skilled gymnast and a competitive swimmer, performance was in his blood. But with the onset of Apartheid and the looming threat of war, he and his Jewish family soon retreated from Johannesburg, South Africa to the London countryside. Before he knew it, he joined the British swim team and was near Olympics-bound with a full-ride offer to a United States university.
But something wasn’t quite right. Instead, Cliff returned home and enlisted in the South African Air Force. Cliff’s habit of impulsive risk-taking would continue but ultimately pave the foundation for an experience most of us would only dream of. After he was honorably discharged, twenty-seven-year-old Cliff worked a series of odd jobs at a resort near the Indian Ocean until he received a phone call from an old friend inviting him to join him at the iconic Moulin Rouge.
Here begins the story of Cliff’s meteoric rise at the Moulin from swing dancer to principal in the glamour filled show, Formidable; his offstage encounters with street thugs and diamond smugglers; and the long nights filled with after parties and his pick of gorgeous women. Encounter the magic, the mayhem, and the glory that was and still is the Moulin Rouge.
PRAISE FOR ‘PARIS NIGHTS’
“He writes of Paris as no one has done before, the after-dark city of night clubs, dance groupies, street fights, and shady characters. His is a truly singular story, and it’s told with humor, swagger, and absolute honesty.” –Marcia DeSanctis, author of 100 Places in France Ever Woman Should Go
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Cliff Simon
is a well-known television actor,
born in Johannesburg, South Africa.
He appeared for 7 seasons on the sci-fi thriller,
Stargate as the evil Ba’al.
Some of his recent appearances
have been on CSI, 24,
the Americans, and in the film, Project Eden.
Loren Stephens
has been twice nominated for
the Pushcart Prize for the Best American Short Story,
and her essays and short stories
have appeared in the Los Angeles Times,
the Chicago Tribune, Peregrine,
the Montreal Review, to name a few.
Her novel “All Sorrows Can Be Borne,” set in Japan will be published in 2017.
Visit Cliff’s website and his fan page
Follow Cliff Simon: Facebook, Twitter
Visit Loren’s website: Write Wisdom
Follow Loren Stephens: Facebook
Follow Waldorf Publishing on Twitter | on Facebook
Buy the book: Amazon | Indiebound | Barnes & Noble | Target
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November 10, 2016
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