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Book Teaser: The Desire Card by Lee Matthew Goldberg @leematthewg #crime #suspense

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Inside the Book Title : THE DESIRE CARD Author : Lee Matthew Goldberg Publisher : Fahrenheit Press Pages : TBA Genre : Crime/Suspense Any wish fulfilled for the right price . That’s the promise the Desire Card gives to its elite clients. But if the Card doesn’t feel like they’ve been justly compensated, the “price” will be more menacing than the clients could ever imagine. Harrison Stockton learns this lesson all too well. Harrison has lived an adult life of privilege and excess: a high-powered job on Wall Street along with a fondness for alcohol and pills, and a family he adores, yet has no time for. All of this comes crashing to a halt when he loses his executive job and discovers he has liver cirrhosis with mere months left to live. After finding himself far down on the donor list, Harrison takes matters into his own hands. This decision sparks a gritty and gripping quest that takes him to the slums of Mum...

Book Teaser: Josephine Baker's Last Dance by Sherry Jones @sherryjones #biography #historical

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Inside the Book Title : JOSEPHINE BAKER’S LAST DANCE Author : Sherry Jones Publisher : Gallery Books Pages : 304 Genre : Biography/Historical From the author of The Jewel of Medina, a moving and insightful novel based on the life of legendary performer and activist Josephine Baker, perfect for fans of The Paris Wife and Hidden Figures. Discover the fascinating and singular life story of Josephine Baker—actress, singer, dancer, Civil Rights activist, member of the French Resistance during WWII, and a woman dedicated to erasing prejudice and creating a more equitable world—in Josephine Baker’s Last Dance. In this illuminating biographical novel, Sherry Jones brings to life Josephine’s early years in servitude and poverty in America, her rise to fame as a showgirl in her famous banana skirt, her activism against discrimination, and her many loves and losses. From 1920s Paris to 1960s Washington, to her final, triumphant perfo...

Book Teaser: Drewsilla the Shelter Puppy by Karen Carew Oakes #children

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Inside the Book Title : DREWSILLA THE SHELTER PUPPY Author : Karen Carew Oakes Publisher : Archway Publishing Pages : 22 Genre : Children’s Picture Book When Drewsilla and her siblings are tiny puppies, an accident steals their mother away. A kind stranger rescues them and takes them to a shelter, where the staff works around the clock to care for the pack of newborns. Soon, her brothers and sisters begin to thrive. Drewsilla has a beautiful black coat, intelligent eyes, and ears that stand straight up. Drewsilla, though, is scared. She seems afraid of everyone and everything and hides in the back of her cage when families come to visit. As her friendly siblings each get adopted, lonely Drewsilla remains. The staff even worries that she might never find a home. Then, one day, something amazing happens. The Johnsons come to the shelter to look at another dog and see Drewsilla, who miraculously finds the courage to stop hidi...

Book Teaser: Love and the Mystery of Betrayal by Sandra Lee Dennis #relationships @sandraleedennis

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Inside the Book Title : LOVE AND THE MYSTERY OF BETRAYAL Author : Sandra Lee Dennis Publisher : West County Press Pages : 290 Genre : Relationships/Spiritual/Self-Help Betrayal of love inflicts a unique, unprecedented pain you can only comprehend once you have experienced it. If you are suffering from an intimate betrayal, you know. Betrayal is stunning. It is mind-boggling. You feel paralyzed, mystified, enraged, panicked, bewildered; but, mostly, you hurt. Betrayal is a make-or-break event that marks a cataclysmic divide in your life. It changes you. When you believe in someone so completely and then realize they have been deceiving you about their love and loyalty, the worst thing happens: Your faith in yourself crumbles. The shock lifts a veil from your eyes, and you can never see yourself or the world in the same way again. Love and the Mystery of Betrayal is available at:   You can also watch th...