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Render by Stephanie Fleshman

13 Sep
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Render by Stephanie Fleshman was an interesting read. This usually isn’t the first genre of book that I am drawn to read but I have to say that this book pleasantly suprised me. I love all the twists and turns and I love the author’s writing style. If you love YA books than I know you will love this book. I want to say more about the plot but I don’t want to give anything away so I will just leave it what I have already said.

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About Render: A betrayal born of blood. A curse for a gift. A love worth saving… Seventeen-year-old Raya Whitney thought she knew Koldan-until a sudden turn of events threatens both their lives. Get it on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or iTunes.

Stephanie Fleshman graduated with a degree in psychology and has family throughout the United States as well as in Thessaloniki and Athens, Greece. Visit Stephanie on her website, Twitter, Facebook, or GoodReads.

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OraMD by Trusted Health Products

9 Sep
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I was recently contacted by OraMD and asked if I would like to review their product. After I went to their website I decided that I would give it a shot and see if it lived up to all the claims that are made on their site. Here are the benefits that they list on their site:

  • OraMD is a 100% pure liquid toothpaste, mouthwash and breath freshener
  • Contains only all-natural 100% pure ingredients - oils of peppermint, spearmint and almond
  • Combining the 1) bacteria fighting properties of OraMD’s ingredients, 2) the OraMD 4 Step Oral Hygiene Program, and 3) the information in Dr. Tom McGuire’s book, Healthy Teeth Healthy Body, gives you the best possible combination to fight problem-causing bacteria.
  • Ingredients help create and maintain a clean and healthy environment in your mouth (gum conditions have been linked to numerous other conditions)
  • Has interdental access, so it gets in between your teeth and those hard-to-clean areas
  • Leaves a fresh and clean feeling unlike anything you’ve ever experienced
  • Ingredients polish teeth and make them feel as smooth as glass
  • Safe and effective for everyone ages 3 and up
  • May taste a little stout the first 3-7 uses
  • Safe for braces, veneers, bonds, crowns, fillings and dentures
  • Also available in Extra Strength, a more advanced formula

I have to say the first time I tried using OraMD the taste was overwhelming but that was because I didn’t read the directions and I used to many drops the first time. After I read the directions I only used 2 to 3 drops and The taste was so much better. I have been using this for a few weeks now and I still haven’t gone back up to the full amount because I think it would still be to strong of a taste for me.

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I do have to say that I loved how it made my teeth feel after I used it. I also like that I didn’t have to use mouthwash after because this does it all. This makes the process of brushing your teeth so much easier because you don’t have to have 2 or 3 different products. I really did enjoy this product and I was so glad that they sent it to me to review for you.

I have put a little bit of information below about Trusted Health Products because they are the makers of OraMD.

About Trust Health Products

Trusted Health Products has had great success with OraMD over the last 12 years selling over a half million bottles. OraMD – an all-natural liquid toothpaste, mouth rinse and breath freshener - is endorsed by Dr. Tom McGuire, a world-renowned dentist and leading authority on preventive dentistry, and is also starting to be offered in holistic dental offices nationwide. Please see the attached one-sheet – OraMD’s Key Features, Advantages and Benefits.

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“The manufacturer is willing to offer my readers one FREE bottle. They said they would love to have our readers try out OraMD and agreed to send one bottle FREE if our readers would pay a minimal shipping and handling charge. This is a one-time only offer! They also agreed to include 2 eye-opening reports called 1) “The 6 Hidden Dangers In Toothpaste” and 2) “Why The FDA Requires A Warning Label On Your Toothpaste.” That’s a total value of over $40.00. Click here to get your FREE bottle and FREE reports now.”

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Playing Chase by Julie Prestsater

6 Sep
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Playing Chase by Julie Prestsater was a super fun read. I loved reading this book and I can’t wait to check out other books by here. I did read all 4 of them in the set and I loved that they are novella’s because I could get through them super quick. I am finding that I love shorter books like this more than longer books because I don’t have the time to read long books anymore so these short ones are great for me. I can’t even tell you how much I like Chase and his character even though he did stupid things I really did like him and I love how it all ended.

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About The Book

An Against The Wall novella …
There are many words that have been used to describe Chase Marino: cheater, backstabber, dirt bag, heart breaker. He earned those titles cheating on his high school love Shelly and his co-worker Summer. He broke both their hearts and knows it’s his lot in life to make it up to them somehow. But while the ladies intend to make his life miserable, Chase is pretty good at doing it to himself. With his dad around treating him like a frat brother rather than a son, it’s easy for Chase to beat himself up over the shameful mistakes he made in the past.
That is until Tiffany Gutierrez, the new student teacher arrives. Feeling an immediate attraction to the young beauty Chase does everything in his power to fight it and do the right thing for once. But when Tiffany shows the attraction is mutual all bets are off. Chase soon realizes that while he’s teaching Tiffany how to be a good teacher, he’s learning a thing or two from her as well. Maybe it’s time to move on and let go of the past and realize that he may just deserve a real shot at love.

About The Author

Julie is a high school teacher by day, and a writer by night. She writes both young adult and adult romances. When she’s not writing, she can be found out and about with her family, reading, and watching football. As a reading intervention teacher, she prides herself on matching her students with great books to encourage them to become life-long readers. Visit Julie at her website http://juliepbooks.com/ Follow Julie on Twitter @juliepbooks

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Place’s I Review Books For

4 Sep
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I have decided to put a list together of places that I review books for. I also have a this same list linked on my top menu bar so that you can find it if you are ever wondering where I get the books I review from. That being said here are the sites and if I ever find more sites to review for I will add it to the post that is linked on my menu bar.
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Aloha Mozart by Waimea Williams

3 Sep
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Aloha Mozart by Waimea Williams was different from any book that I have ever read before. This book starts off in Hawaii following Maile and her quest to sing. In the beginning I felt lost because I don’t understand the cultural aspects of the book but I kept reading because this book takes place during WWII and I love that time period. I was glad that I kept reading and pushed through it because I did love the ending of the book. If you love books that take place during WWII you will love this book. It is slow starting but if you push through you will end up loving this book!

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About the book: Would you risk your life-or your soul-for the sake of art?

Born into an impoverished Hawaiian family in the 1960s, Maile Manoa’s quest for a life in music lures her to the high-stakes world of European opera. In Salzburg, Austria she attracts the attentions of powerful men and falls in love-with a troubled young musician, with the city, and the intrigue that surrounds her.

When Werner von Wehlen, the famous conductor at the center of Salzburg’s glamorous music festival, offers her a leading role, she is forced to confront the Nazi heart of the classical music scene and von Wehlen’s treacherous past.

With Soviet tanks threatening to invade the city on the evening of her much-anticipated premiere, Maile must choose between recognition on the world stage or leaving the city with her life-and her conscience-intact.

This debut novel hits all the right notes-following in the spell-casting footsteps of Ann Patchett’s Bel Canto.

Pick up your copy of this Literary/ Historical through Amazon US, Amazon UK, or Barnes & Noble.

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About the author: Originally from Hawaii, Waimea Williams spent a decade in Austria and Germany as an opera singer and has received fiction awards from Glimmer Train, The Lorian Hemingway Competition, and Salamander Review. She has enjoyed the honor of a writing residency at the Ragdale Foundation, and her short story “Vienna Quartet With Dog” received First Prize from the Charlton Review in 2012. She currently lives near Honolulu. Connect with Waimea on her website, Facebook, or GoodReads.

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Luminis Books was launched in January, 2010 by husband and wife team Tracy Richardson and Chris Katsaropoulos with a mission to publish thought-provoking literary fiction for children and adults. We publish what we love: Meaningful Books That Entertain. Our award-winning books engage and inform readers and explore a wide range of topics from love and relationships, teen sexual assault and homelessness to string theory, consciousness, and the Universal Energy Field. Luminis Books is a proudly independent publisher located in Carmel, IN. Learn more at www.luminisbooks.com.

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Dirty Water by Richard Hacker

1 Sep
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Dirty Water by Richard Hacker was an interesting read. This is the second book in the Nick Sibelious series so I was slightly confused at the start because it just started and I wasn’t sure who was who but that has nothing to do with the book or the story. I did love the authors writing and I am for sure going to check out the first book in the series. How the book started made me laugh because I wish I had the guts that Charity had and that I could do what she did to Dan Hoyt. I was one of the grossest things I have ever heard of but yet I loved everything about it. If you are a lover of crime/mystery books like I am then I know you will love this book but I would read the first one before this one.

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About Dirty Water by Richard Hacker

Crime Thirller - Suspense/Mystery Date Published: June 2013 Publisher: Champagne Books
An open and shut case of vandalism leaves more questions than answers for PI Nick Sibelius, as he untangles a knot of egomania, desire and greed. When entrepreneur Dan Hoyt makes a deal with virtual gaming icon, Izzy Zydeco, to partner in a desalination project Hoyt begins to count his money. Unknown to Hoyt, his partner has bigger and more insidious plans, which involves betraying a major drug cartel and, in a twisted business strategy to build a customer base for desalinated water, contaminating the Austin water supply for the next century. Working with a covert Homeland Security agent and past love, MaryLou and his new partner, Theresa, Nick must thwart Izzy and ultimately choose between justice and saving Theresa’s life. Water is up for grabs in Texas and Nick discovers that H2O is a dirty business.

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About Richard Hacker

Richard Hacker’s novel, TOXIC RELATIONSHIP, released August, 2012 by Champagne Books was a 2011 Writer’s League of Texas (WLT) finalist, where in addition, SHAPER EMERGENCE won best novel in the Science Fiction category. He is a member of the Pacific Northwest Writers Association.

After living many years in Austin, Texas where he worked as a leadership coach, public speaker and management trainer, he moved with his high school sweetheart to Seattle. While he misses the big skies of Texas, Richard has grown fond of the Pacific Northwest. His writing partner, a springer spaniel named Jazz, helps with proofreading and ball fetching.

DIRTY WATER, the next novel in the Nick Sibelius series after TOXIC >RELATIONSHIP, will be released June, 2013. He is currently working on the third book in the series, CHAIN REACTION, as well as a young adult fantasy entitled INKER WARS: THE FIVE PENS OF JOHANN.

Visit him online at www.richardhacker.com

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On Distant Shores by Sarah Sundin

30 Aug
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On Distant Shores by Sarah Sundin was a wonderful book. I read the first book in the series and reviewed it here. I would recommend checking out the first book and then reading this one second. There are some books that you don’t have to read it order even though I tend to like to read them in order but I feel this series should be read in order because the first book does lay the foundation for things that happen in this book. Anyway lets get on to the review for this book. In this book you are following along with Georgie as she learns to overcome her fears along with learning to make decisions for herself and not letting her family and friends run her life for her. I really loved this book and I can’t wait to read what happens next. I loved watching both Georgie and Hutch grow. There were also parts that broke my heart for both of them but in the end it ended just how I thought I should end. If you love romance books and also books where the main characters grow then this is the book for you!

About On Distant Shores

Caught between the war raging around them and the battles within, two souls long for peace—and a love that remains true.

Lt. Georgiana Taylor has everything she could want. A boyfriend back home, a loving family, and a challenging job as a flight nurse. But in July 1943, Georgie’s cozy life gets more complicated when she meets pharmacist Sgt. John Hutchinson.

Hutch resents the lack of respect he gets as a noncommissioned serviceman and hates how the war keeps him from his fiancée. While Georgie and Hutch share a love of the starry night skies over Sicily, their lives back home are falling apart. Can they weather the hurt and betrayal? Or will the pressures of war destroy the fragile connection they’ve made?

With her signature attention to detail and her talent for bringing characters together, Sarah Sundin weaves an exciting tale of emotion, action, and romance that will leave you wanting more.

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Meet Sarah Sundin

Sarah Sundin is the author of “With Every Letter” and the Wings of Glory series. In 2011, A “Memory Between Us” was a finalist in the Inspirational Reader’s Choice Awards, and Sarah received the Writer of the Year Award at the Mount Hermon Christian Writers Conference. A graduate of UC San Francisco School of Pharmacy, she works oncall as a hospital pharmacist. During WWII, her grandfather served as a pharmacist’s mate (medic) in the Navy and her great-uncle flew with the US Eighth Air Force in England. Sarah lives in California with her husband and three children.

Visit www.sarahsundin.com for more information.

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Whispers On The Dock by Evangeline Kelley

29 Aug
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Whispers On The Dock by Evangeline Kelley was a great book. This is the 3rd book in the series and I have to say that I loved it just as much as I loved the other 2. This book wraps things up nicely and you finally get answers to questions that you may have had from the start. There are also a few times in this book I was totally shocked at some the turns this book take but it kept me interested to say the least. I was sad when the book ended because I love the characters and I love this author’s writing. If you missed my review on the first 2 books you can click here and check it out. I would recommend reading them in order though because they build on each other.

About The Book

Three sisters. A charming inn. Hints of mystery and romance. And a gorgeous seaside setting. Escape to Misty Harbor Inn.

As Nantucket reaches thepinnacle of its summer glory, and the Marris sisters welcome guests at Misty Harbor Inn, youngest sister Sam Carter enters her mother’s cobbler recipe inthe Summerfest baking contest. But she faces a formidable opponent, a past winner who is determined to keep her title even if it means stooping to dirty tactics. Can Sam’s newfound faith help her rise above the fray and reach out to this lonely woman? Meanwhile, an elderly guest arrives who knows theinn’s history, and the sisters are stunned to learn that their late mother lived there as a child. But she told them she’d never been to Nantucket until her honeymoon! Through the woman’s reminiscences and photos, the sisters make an intriguing discovery — not only about the mysterious Hannah Montague, theyoung woman who disappeared from the house in 1880, but also about their own family history.

Readers will delight in the inviting Nantucket setting and be enthralled by the adventures of these sisters who reunite to bring their mother’s Misty Harbor dreams to life.

About The Author

Evangeline Kelley is the pen name for the writing team of Patti Berg, Pam Hanson & Barbara Andrews, and Camy Tang, the four authors who collaborated to create Postcards from Misty Harbor Inn. Each of them has published novels individually, but this is their first series together.

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Call Me Crazy by Quinn Loftis

28 Aug
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Call Me Crazy by Quinn Loftis was an interesting book to read. I loved the authors writing but I had time getting into the story for some reason. I am a huge fan of this type of book and this genre. I guess I found it hard to believe but I am hoping that I can read it again and get into the book the next time. In this book you follow along with Tally as she learns to love herself. You also get to know Candy and all the crazy things she does. I have to say that Candy was my favorite character in the book and always could make me smile.

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About The Book

YA Contemporary Romance Date Published: 5/31/2013

“I’m looking out from inside the chaos. It must be a one-way mirror because no one seems to be able to see back inside to where I am. The looks on their faces, the judgment in their eyes, tells me everything I need to know. The most frustrating part about the whole messed up situation is that even though I’m the one that they stare at in shock, I am just as shocked as they are. I know no more than they do of why I lose control. What they don’t know is that I am more scared of myself than they could ever be.” ~ Tally Baker

After a devastating turn of events, seventeen year old Tally Baker is admitted to Mercy Psychiatric Facility where she is diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder. She has come to a place where she honestly believes that her life is over. Her mind tells her that she will never smile or laugh again, that she will never be normal again. It is in this unlikely place that she meets two people, different in every way, yet both critical to helping her realize that she has so much more living to do.

Candy, a cantankerous sixty year old Mercy Psychiatric patient, is hell bent on driving everyone as crazy as she is. Candy shows Tally that, regardless of her diagnosis, the ability to push on and live her life to the fullest is her choice and hers alone. In the midst of Tally’s oftentimes humorous, sometimes heart-wrenching, escapades with Candy, a new patient is admitted to Mercy—a native American woman named Lolotea. Along with this new patient comes a daily visitor, her son, Trey Swift. At first glance, it is obvious to Tally that he is incredibly handsome and unbelievably caring. But what she learns through her second glance, and many thereafter, is that there is much more to Trey than he ever lets on. It is during these daily visits that Trey and Tally build a friendship far deeper than either of them truly realize. With Trey, Tally feels for the first time since being admitted that someone is looking at her as a person and not as a disease. Trey begins to make it clear that he wants more than friendship, but she knows that she can never give him more. How can she, when she won’t even give him the truth? Tally doesn’t tell Trey that she is a patient at Mercy, and she doesn’t ever plan to. Her plans go up in flames when she finds out that Trey is a new student at her school, the school where her brokenness was found out in the floor of the girl’s bathroom in a pool of her own blood.

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About The Author

Quinn is a 32 year old wife, mother, nurse, and writer, not necessarily in that order. She lives in beautiful West Arkansas with her husband, son, Nora their Doberman pinscher and Phoebe their cat (who thinks she is a ninja in disguise). She loves writing, reading, and crocheting. Her favourite holiday is Christmas, favourite book(s) is Pride and Prejudice, The Alpha and Omega Series by Patricia Briggs, and the Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling. She loves to be silly and have fun, loves music and thinks there is no greater sound in the world than that of her little boy’s laughter.

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“Winter in Full Bloom” by Anita Higman

17 Aug
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“Winter in Full Bloom” by Anita Higman was an amazing book. I wasn’t sure if I was going to like this book but once I started reading it I didn’t want to put it down. I read a lot of books that I like but very few make into the pile of books that I would read over and over again. This book is one of those books for me. You follow along with Lily as she travels around the world to find out answers to her past. I also loved watching Lily and Marcus’s relationship bloom and I couldn’t wait to see what happened with them throughout the book. I can’t really say more than that or it will give it away but if you are looking for a great book than make sure you check this out.

About The Book

Lily Winter’s wings are folded so tightly around her daughter that when empty nest arrives, she feels she can no longer fly. But Lily’s lonely, widowed life changes ina heartbeat when she goes to visit a woman who is almost a stranger to her—a woman who also happens to be her mother. During their fiery reunion, her mother reveals a dark family secret that she’d been hiding for decades—Lily has an identical twin sister who was put up for adoption when they were just babies.

Without looking back, Lily—with her fear of flying—boards a jumbo jet and embarks on a quest to find her sister which leads half way around the world to Melbourne, Australia. Befriended by imprudent Ausie, he might prove to be the key to finding her sister. But her journey becomes a circle that leads her back home to attempt a family reunion and to find the one dream she no longer imagined possible-the chance to fall in love again.

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About The Author

Best-selling and award-winning author, Anita Higman, has over thirty books published (several coauthored) for adults and children. She’s been a Barnes & Noble “Author of the Month” for Houston and has a BA degree, combining speech communication, psychology, and art. Anita loves good movies, exotic teas, and brunch with her friends.

Connect with Anita at: www.anitahigman.com

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