Blog Tour: That Summer in Maine by Brianna Wolfson

THAT SUMMER IN MAINE

By Brianna Wolfson

On Sale: June 23, 2020 

MIRA

CONTEMPORARY FICTION/Sisters/Family/WomensFriendship/MothersandDaughters

978-0778351238; 0778351238

$16.99 USD

320 pages

 

 

About the Book

A novel about mothers and daughters, about taking chances, about exploding secrets and testing the boundaries of family

Years ago, during a certain summer in Maine, two young women, unaware of each other, met a charismatic man at a craft fair and each had a brief affair with him. For Jane it was a chance to bury her recent pain in raw passion and redirect her life. For Susie it was a fling that gave her troubled marriage a way forward.

Now, sixteen years later, the family lives these women have made are suddenly upended when their teenage girls meet as strangers on social media. They concoct a plan to spend the summer in Maine with the man who is their biological father. Their determination puts them on a collision course with their mothers, who must finally meet and acknowledge their shared past and join forces as they risk losing their only daughters to a man they barely know.

About the author

 

Brianna Wolfson is a New York native living in San Francisco. Her narrative nonfiction has been featured on Medium, Upworthy and The Moth. She buys a lottery ticket every Friday.

 

Social Links:

Author website: https://www.briannawolfson.com/ 

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51798228-that-summer-in-maine 

 

Buy Links:

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/That-Summer-Maine-Brianna-Wolfson/dp/0778351238 

Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/that-summer-in-maine-brianna-wolfson/1132648661 

IndieBound: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780778351238 

Books-A-Million: https://www.booksamillion.com/p/That-Summer-Maine/Brianna-Wolfson/9780778351238?id=7461743347313 

AppleBooks: https://books.apple.com/us/book/that-summer-in-maine/id1474109100  

Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details/Brianna_Wolfson_That_Summer_in_Maine?id=AQAAAEBstyX3WM 

Blog Tour: A Royal Kiss and Tell by Julia London

A Royal Kiss & Tell

London, Julia 

FICTION/Romance/Historical/Victorian 

Mass Market | HQN Books | A Royal Wedding #2

On Sale: 5/19/2020 

9781335136978

$7.99

$10.99 CAN

 

 

SUMMARY:

Every prince has his secrets. And she’s determined to unravel his…

Every young man in London’s ton is vying for Lady Caroline Hawke’s hand—except one. Handsome roué Prince Leopold of Alucia can’t quite remember Caroline’s name, and the insult is not to be tolerated. So Caroline does what any clever, resourceful lady of means would do to make sure Leo never again forgets: sees that scandalous morsels about his reputation are printed in a ladies’ gossip gazette…all while secretly setting her cap for the rakish royal.

Someone has been painting Leo as a blackguard, but who? Socially, it is ruining him. More important, it jeopardizes his investigation into a contemptible scheme that reaches the highest levels of British government. Leo needs Lady Caroline’s help to regain access to society. But this charming prince is about to discover that enlisting the deceptively sweet and sexy Lady Caroline might just cost him his heart, his soul and both their reputations…

 

AUTHOR BIO:

 

Julia London is a NYT, USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestselling author of historical and contemporary romance. She is a six-time finalist for the RITA Award of excellence in romantic fiction, and the recipient of RT Bookclub’s Best Historical Novel.

 

 

SOCIAL LINKS:

 www.julialondon.com/newsletter

 www.facebook.com/julialondon

 www.twitter.com/juliaflondon

 www.instagram.com/julia_f_london

 

BUY LINKS:

Harlequin

Amazon

Apple Books

Barnes & Noble

Books-A-Million

Google Play

IndieBound

Kobo

Blog Tour: The Talking Drum by Lisa Braxton

THE TALKING DRUM by Lisa Braxton / Info Sheet 

On sale date: May 30, 2020

Publisher: Inanna Publications 

ISBN: 9781771337410

Price: $22.95 

Buy Link: Amazon; IndieBound; B&N 

Author website: www.lisabraxton.com

Author Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lisabraxton6186/

 

 

 

Author Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lisa.a.braxton?ref=bookmarks

Author Twitter: https://twitter.com/lisareidbraxton/

Author GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/19923317.Lisa_Braxton

 

BOOK SUMMARY

 

In 1971, the fictional city of Bellport, Massachusetts is in decline with an urban redevelopment project on the horizon. The project promises to transform the dying factory town into a thriving economic center, with a profound effect on its residents. Sydney Stallworth steps away her law degree in order to support her husband Malachi’s dream of opening a cultural center and bookstore in the heart of their black community, Liberty Hill. Across the street, Della Tolliver has built a fragile sanctuary for herself, boyfriend Kwamé Rodriguez, and daughter Jasmine, a troubled child prone to frequent outbursts.

 

Six blocks away and across the Bellport River Bridge lies Petite Africa, a lively neighborhood, where time moves slower and residents spill from run-down buildings onto the streets. Here Omar Bassari, an immigrant from Senegal known to locals as Drummer Man, dreams of being the next Duke Ellington, spreading his love of music and African culture across the world, even as his marriage crumbles around him and his neighborhood goes up in flames. An arsonist is on the loose. As more buildings burn, the communities are joined together and ripped apart. In Petite Africa, a struggling community fights for their homes, businesses, and culture. In Liberty Hill, others see opportunity and economic growth. As the pace of the suspicious fires pick up, the demolition date moves closer, and plans for gentrification are laid out, the residents find themselves at odds with a political system manipulating their lives. “It’s a shame,” says Malachi, after a charged city council meeting, where residents of Petite Africa and Liberty Hill sit on opposing sides. “We do so much for Petite Africa. But still, we fight.”

 

MY REVIEW

A heartfelt and complex novel about new beginnings and relationships, about love and trust, racial discrimination and greed.

I loved the characters of Sydney and Omar th most, even though they are completely different they both eventually succeed in their endeavours. Character development ia really well depicted throughout the book and it is really a pleasure to read and become addicted to the story.

Arson would seem like a difficult topic to integrate, yet Lisa Braxton manages it brilliantly and with great effect in the end.

I highly recommend this novel, the writing is superb and mature, deeply concerning current affairs and #blacklivesmatter because so much has happened in Petite Africa throughout the book.

#thetalkingdrum by #lisabraxton What an amazing literary feat, beautifully written and heartfelt. 😍 Highly recommended!

Many thanks to @inannapub for this arc and for the opportunity to be part of the Blog Tour.