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just revealed their
2013 Readers’ choice top 15 books,
and we are delighted to announce
that a book presented
on France Book Tours made it

#12
is

Author’s website | Goodreads

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SYNOPSIS

Don’t believe the stories you have heard about me.

I have never killed anyone, and I have never stolen another woman’s husband. Oh, if I find one lying around unattended, I might climb on, but I never took one that didn’t want taking.

And I never meant to go to Africa.

Paris, 1923

The daughter of a scandalous mother, Delilah Drummond is already notorious, even amongst Paris society. But her latest scandal is big enough to make even her oft-married mother blanch. Delilah is exiled to Kenya and her favorite stepfather’s savannah manor house until gossip subsides.

Fairlight is the crumbling, sun-bleached skeleton of a faded African dream, a world where dissolute expats are bolstered by gin and jazz records, cigarettes and safaris. As mistress of this wasted estate, Delilah falls into the decadent pleasures of society.

Against the frivolity of her peers, Ryder White stands in sharp contrast. As foreign to Delilah as Africa, Ryder becomes her guide to the complex beauty of this unknown world. Giraffes, buffalo, lions and elephants roam the shores of Lake Wanyama amid swirls of red dust. Here, life is lush and teeming-yet fleeting and often cheap.

Amidst the wonders-and dangers-of Africa, Delilah awakes to a land out of all proportion: extremes of heat, darkness, beauty and joy that cut to her very heart. Only when this sacred place is profaned by bloodshed does Delilah discover what is truly worth fighting for-and what she can no longer live without.  [from the author’s website]

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VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR SCHEDULE

Monday, July 8
Review + Giveaway at Let Them Read Books

Tuesday, July 9
Interview+ Giveaway at Words And Peace

Wednesday, July 10
Giveaway at Vvb32 Reads

Thursday, July 11
Review at The Most Happy Reader
Review at Griperang’s Bookmarks

Friday, July 12
Review + Giveaway at Caffeinatedlife.net
Review at Redlady’s Reading Room

Author Adria J. Cimino

on Tour

March 3-12, 2014

with

Paris, Rue des Martyrs

[literary fiction/contemporary fiction]

 Release date: February 10, 2014
by Ashley Grayson Literary Agency’s imprint “Agency Editions“

SYNOPSIS

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 Adria J. Cimino worked as a journalist for more than a decade at news organizations
including the Associated Press and Bloomberg News. Adria, who grew up in the sunshine, holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of South Florida.
She now lives in Paris
and enjoys sharing her adventures in the city and thoughts about the writing life in her blog “Adria in Paris.”
Her first novel, “Paris, Rue des Martyrs,” is set for release on Feb. 10, 2014.

Website | Blog  | Pinterest | Facebook | Twitter @Adria_in_Paris

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VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR SCHEDULE

Monday, March 3
Review + Giveaway at
New Books on my Shelves

Tuesday, March 4
Review at Blog in France

Wednesday, March 5
Review + Giveaway at Book Nerd

Thursday, March 6
Review at The Reading Life

Friday, March 7
Review + Interview + Giveaway
at Words And Peace

Sunday, March 9
Review + Giveaway at Valli’s Book Den

Wednesday, March 12
Review + Guest-Post + Giveaway at
Making My Mark

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Almost wordless…

As you may know, this is a big year for Proust literature, as this is the 100th anniversary of the publication of Swann’s Way, the 1st volume of In Search Of Last Time.

One of my reading goals of 2013 was to read the 7 volumes. I’m actually only in volume 4, and will go on with this project in 2014.
Last year, I took a picture of Proust’s grave at the famous Père Lachaise cemetery, in Paris.
If you want to know more about this fascinating cemetery and see many more of my pictures, just click on Proust’s grave here.

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