Fifteen-year-old Sara and her beautiful sister, Rachel, are too young to legally drive a car—but are approaching spinsterhood in Utah’s secret polygamist Blood of the Lamb community. Having long since reached the “age of preparedness,” they will soon be married off to much older men chosen by the hidden sect’s revered Prophet.


As Sara, chosen to become her uncle’s fifth wife, grows more distraught over her impending incestuous marriage, she begins to scrutinize the faith she has followed blindly her entire life. But for Rachel, who will be married to one of the many powerful community leaders vying for her hand, disobeying the Prophet means eternal damnation. Her friendship with the newest member of the community, the young and handsome Luke, starts as an attempt to save his agnostic soul, but ends with the pair falling helplessly in love. When Rachel is forbidden to see him, her absolute faith in the Prophet is severely tested.


When Rachel’s future husband is finally announced, violence erupts, and the girls must find the strength to escape the only life they have ever know…before it’s too late.


Claire Avery has woven a stunning tale that could be ripped from today’s headlines. Shocking and empowering, Hidden Wives is a page-turning debut that will stay with the reader.

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After the death of her Japanese American mother, sixty-four-year-old Anne Kuroda Duppstadt finds the courage to confront the toxic legacy of her father, a famous artist and cruel narcissist. When a former art professor invites her to his island art studio, she begins pursuing her lifelong dream to become an artist in her own right. But the needs of her family tug at her heart. Her thirty-two-year old daughter s love life is falling apart, and Annie s husband, facing retirement, struggles with depression, leading her to conclude, There is a glass ceiling for women...and it s made out of the people we love.

The Love Ceiling draws readers into the soul of a universal theme for women: the pull between family and creative self-expression. It is the story of a daughter, a wife, a mother and grandmother, and a journey into creativity.

Title:  Life After Yes
Author:  Aidan Donnelley Rowley (website, Twitter, Facebook)
Genre:  Women's Fiction
Publication Date:  May 18, 2010
Publisher:  Avon (an imprint of Harper Collins)
340 pages

"Music plays. Dad appears. I walk with him, eyes fastened to the floor. When I look up, something is very wrong. There are three grooms."

This is the story of Quinn—born Prudence Quinn O'Malley—a confused young Manhattan attorney who loses her father on that tragic September morning that changed everything. Now, at an existential crossroads in her life, Quinn must confront impossible questions about commitment and career, love and loss. Her idealistic beau desperately wants a wedding, and whisks her away to Paris just to propose. But then Quinn has a dream featuring judges and handcuffs and Nietzsche and Britney . . . and far too many grooms. Suddenly, her future isn't so clear. Quinn's world has become a minefield of men—some living, some gone, and traversing it safely is going to take a lot more than numerous glasses of pinot grigio.

Life After Yes is a blisteringly honest, thoroughly modern tale of life and love in chaos, marking the arrival of a truly exciting new voice in contemporary fiction.

Do you ever feel like a book comes into your life at a time when you really need it?  It's like some force in the world told me that I needed to read Aidan Donnelley Rowley's book, Life After Yes, at this point in my life.  The main character, Prudence (aka Quinn) recently lost her father in the 9/11 terrorist attacks and has now found herself newly engaged to her man, Sage (interesting name, btw!).  I felt so deeply connected to Quinn's story; I could feel her ups and downs as she tries to figure out who she is in her life and if her life is going where she wants it to.  I related so intensely to this book and to Quinn's character - her confusion, her insecurity, her relationships with her friends and family.

The Setting:  The book takes place in the year follow the 9/11 terrorist attacks.  It was incredibly moving to read a fictional story about this time and about a character who lost her father in the attacks.  It added an additional element to the story that really struck me.

The Characters:  I loved Quinn.  She's unsure, insecure, and unhappy in her life.  Her journey is one of hope and one that I connected to.  I felt like Quinn was a friend and that she was sitting right next to me telling me the story.  She is full of flaws, but that is what makes her so interesting.  Her fiancee, Sage, is the stereotypical great guy who I found myself rooting for through the book.  You can tell that he really loves Quinn, flaws and all, and their love story felt very true and real.  There are also other characters who show up in the story:  Quinn's friends Kayla and Avery, her brother, Michael, her mother, Sage's mother, Quinn's personal trainer, and Quinn's ex-boyfriend.  All of them add depth to the story and make it very real.

The Plot:  Quinn is struggling with life after she accepts a marriage proposal from her boyfriend, Sage.  She has a crazy dream that makes her start questioning her choices.  She reminisces about her past with her ex-boyfriend, who also happens to pop back into her life during this confusing time.  The plot basically revolves around Quinn finding her way through life post-9/11, and post-engagement.  I was able to relate very well with her and I imagine that many other women will be able to as well.  Who hasn't had confusing moments of:  Am I doing the right thing?  What is life all about?

To sum up:  This book is very easy to read and the author writes very well.  The story moves quickly and I was able to read it in about a day.  I can't rave enough about this book and I encourage you to go and find your own copy asap!!  I am eagerly anticipating more from this author in the future!!  This book whole-heartedly deserves the Five Star CRAZY AMAZING review!

Aidan Donnelley Rowley TOUR STOPS:

Tuesday, May 18th:  Life and Times of a “New” New Yorker
Thursday, May 20th:  Confessions of a Bookaholic
Monday, May 24th:  Books Like Breathing
Wednesday, May 26th:  Luxury Reading
Thursday, May 27th:  Rundpinne
Wednesday, June 2nd:  Cindy’s Love of Books
Thursday, June 3rd:  Write Meg
Monday, June 7th:  Crazy for Books
Tuesday, June 8th:  Heart 2 Heart
Wednesday, June 9th:  Thoughts From an Evil Overload
Thursday, June 10th:  Book Club Classics!

 
My Sister's Voice by Mary Carter
Genre:  Contemporary Fiction, Women's Fiction
Publication Date:  May 25, 2010
Kensington Books
ISBN:  978-0758229205
318 pages

A proudly deaf artist in Philadelphia, Lacey Gears is in a relationship with a wonderful man and rarely thinks about her childhood in a home for disabled orphans. That is, until Lacey receives a letter that begins, 'You have a sister. A twin to be exact'. Learning that her identical, hearing twin, Monica, experienced the normal childhood she was denied resurrects all of Lacey's grief, and she angrily sets out to find Monica and her parents. But the truth is far from simple. And for every one of Lacey's questions that's answered, others are raised, more baffling and profound. "My Sister's Voice" is a beautifully written novel about sisterhood, love, and the stories we cling to until real life comes crashing in.

Lacey and Monica are two women living separate lives, in separate cities.  Lacey is profoundly deaf; Monica is hearing.  One day, Lacey receives a letter in the mail that changes her entire life - she has an identical twin sister - Monica.  The premise of the book really drew me in.  What if you got an anonymous note telling you that you have a twin sister?  What if you are Deaf and you find out that this twin sister is hearing?  How would you feel?  What would you do?

Lacey Gears is a 28 year old portrait artist who also happens to be profoundly Deaf.  Her character is very rough-around-the-edges and unsympathetic.  She holds a lot of animosity from her childhood and it has shaped her into the hard-edged woman she is today.  She is extremely proud of being Deaf and has formed a very close bond with others in the Deaf community.

Monica Bowman is a 28 year old author, who is currently promoting her book “The Architect of Your Soul”.  Monica is a very needy woman who seems to always crave attention.  I found her character to be a bit all over the place.  At times she seems normal and easygoing; at other times she seems very unstable.  It was a weird dichotomy for me and I didn’t quite come to a final conclusion as to who Monica really is by the end of the book.

Lacey receives a note telling her that she has a twin sister and directs her to a bookstore to learn more information.  Lacey laughs it off at first, thinking it is a joke.  But, curiosity gets the better of her and she goes off to investigate.  What she finds at the bookstore changes everything she’s known.  There really is a twin sister – and her name is Monica.

As Lacey and Monica struggle to come to terms with each other and their pasts, the narrative shifts between the two of them, and also to their mother, Katherine.  The narrative also reverts back in time to what happened when the girls were separated.  I found some of these chapters a bit confusing since there isn’t an introduction or a note at each chapter to let us know that the POV had shifted or that the time had shifted to 25 years in the past.  The development of their relationship is interesting – with lots of give (Monica) and take (Lacey).  They both seemed confused about how to act and what they should do with each other.  It was intriguing, but, overall, I found their entire relationship to be very unhealthy (especially from Monica’s end).

The reason for their separation at a young age is a bit strange, in my opinion.  I’m not sure I really connected everything together and came to a full understanding of WHY things happened the way they did.  I don’t quite comprehend why their parents acted the way they did.  It didn’t make much sense to me and I couldn’t rationalize it in my head.  Yes, there were things happening at the time, but I couldn’t fathom a parent giving away one child and keeping the other.  It just didn’t connect with me and I didn’t get it.

I learned a great deal about the Deaf culture from this book.  Back in my college days, I had some exposure to the Deaf culture in Rochester, NY, and was able to interact with many people who are Deaf.  I find the whole culture and language fascinating and this book really helped me to understand it even more.

Overall, this was an okay read for me.  I was left confused and questioning some things that happened, but I would still recommend it for a fascinating look into the Deaf culture.

Brian Weller is a haunted man. It's been two years since the tragic accident that left his three-year-old son dead and his wife in an irreversible coma. A popular author of mega- selling thrillers, Brian's life has reached a crossroads: his new book is stalled, his wife's prognosis is dire, and he teeters on the brink of despair. Everything changes the morning an e-mail arrives from Boston artist Joanna Richman. Her heartfelt note brings back all the poignant memories: the night their eyes met, the fiery passion of their short- lived affair, and the agonizing moment he was forced to leave Joanna forever. Now, fifteen years later, the guilt and anger threaten to overwhelm him. Vowing to make things right, Brian arranges a book- signing tour that will take him back to Boston. He is eager to see Joanna again, but remains unsure where their reunion will lead. One thing is certain: the forces that tore their love asunder will stop at nothing to keep them apart. Filled with tender romance and taut suspense, A Note from an Old Acquaintance is an unforgettable story about fate, honor, and the power of true love. 

Searching for Tina Turner by Jacqueline Luckett

Synopsis:

For any woman who has questioned the direction of their lives or wanted to make a change: SEARCHING FOR TINA TURNER is for you.

On the surface, Lena Spencer appears to have it all. She and her wealthy husband Randall have two wonderful children, and they live a life of luxury. In reality, however, Lena finds that happiness is elusive. Randall is emotionally distant, her son has developed a drug habit, and her daughter is disgusted by her mother's "overbearing behavior." When Randall decides that he's had enough of marriage counseling, he offers his wife an ultimatum: "Be grateful for all I've done for you or leave." Lena, realizing that money can't solve her problems and that her husband is no longer the man she married, decides to choose the latter.

Guest Post from author, Jacqueline Luckett:

Where did the title of the book come from?

“Typically, I’m not good with titles—either remembering them or thinking them up. In an early draft, I named chapters after song titles, but only a few were Tina Turner’s. I thought it would confuse readers to have such a powerful icon as inspiration, but to use other artist’s songs as chapter titles.

When I began writing this story of a woman on the verge of change, my working title was close to what I ended up with. Lena, the novel’s main character, is inspired by Tina Turner’s ability to move forward and claim her place in the world. There were various combinations, but my intention was always to include Miss Turner’s name. The title, Searching for Tina Turner, reflects Lena’s journey to self. I’m glad that my editor loved the title, and it stuck.

Tina Turner is a wonderful and vital woman. She’s a role model in so many ways, and I have great respect for her. I hope she regards the title as a tribute to her triumphs and accomplishments.”

Learn more about the book and author:
JacquelineLuckett.com
Jacqueline Luckett's blog
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SEARCHING FOR TINA TURNER on Facebook
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Author article

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Beyond a dozen exercises for each day of the week this book will include many other of Denise's dozens for each day.

This is a great fitness/nutrition book that is easy to read and is laid out very nicely.  I'd recommend it to anyone looking to start a new fitness/nutrition regime.  If you can spare 12 minutes a day, then Denise Austin has a plan for you!  This book gives lots of tips, descriptions, and pictures to help you on the path to a healthier lifestyle.  I hope that when I'm 52, I'm looking as good as Denise Austin!!!  LOL  This is definitely a book to help you achieve your goals!  Recommended!!

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Candidly written by Pam's best friend, Run At Destruction exposes the irresistible human passions that make us so vulnerable and the ultimate price we pay for choosing to act on them. You'll relive every detail of the crime and the exhaustive police investigation, and watch the courtroom drama from a front-row seat as a major homicde case unfolds in a small town where everyone knows all the players. Then, when you've heard all the evidence, you can decide for yourself - was Pam Bulik's death a terrible accident, intentional suicide, or premeditated murder?

About the Author:

Lynda Drews, a Wisconsin native and dedicated runner, recently gave the commencement speech at the University of Wisconsin La Crosse, her college Alma mater. One lesson she shared with the graduates was: "to journal your life." When Lynda, an IBM marketing executive, made the decision to retire after her thirty-year career, she returned to an earlier passion. Run At Destruction is the outcome.

Lynda and her husband, Jim, a retired guidance counselor and an accomplished runner, have two sons, Collin and Chris, and a golden retriever named Bailey. The family has lived in GreenBay since the mid-seventies and helped launch the local running movement. The city now hosts the nation's fifth largest 10K, the Bellin Run.

The Secret of Joy by Melissa Senate Trade Softcover Simon & Schuster Downtown Press ISBN:  978-1-4391-0717-1 330 pages

Book Description:

As 28 year old New York paralegal Rebecca Strand's widowed father lays dying, he confesses a secret: he had an affair 26 years earlier when Rebecca was just a toddler. Now he wants Rebecca to deliver the secret stash of letters he wrote, but never mailed, to the daughter he fathered. Rebecca's lawyer boyfriend, Michael, is adamant that she forget the woman exists. He's sure the woman will be an opportunist who will demand half of Rebecca's father's million-dollar estate. But Rebecca, now without any family in the world, can't help but wonder about her one living relative. With her relationship with Michael in tatters, Rebecca drives from New York City to Maine to find Joy Jayhawk, who operates a Weekend Singles Tour service out of an orange mini-van that her regulars dub "The Love Bus." Enter a cast of lovable, colorful characters, from Joy's eccentric mother to the singles on The Love Bus, and a sexy carpenter for whom Rebecca finds herself unexpectedly falling in love...

My Thoughts:

I am a huge fan of Melissa Senate.  She has a gift for drawing the reader into the story and holding our attention until the last page.   I am still in the process of reading this book, but I love it so far.  The premise is so intriguing and I am looking forward to seeing where the story goes.  I like to read these books slowly so I don’t miss anything!  She’s one of my feel-good authors.  I always know I’m going to get a great story and meet some wonderful characters.  I’ll post my final thoughts later this week! 

Author:  Dr. Chris Coppola
Advanced Readers Copy Soft Cover
Publisher:  NTI Upstream
Note:  I received this book free from the publisher in exchange for an honest review and participation in a virtual book tour. 

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Book Description:

Coppola: A Pediatric Surgeon in Iraq is the fierce, true-life account of Dr. Chris Coppola’s two deployments in Operation Iraqi Freedom as an Air Force pediatric surgeon. Twice stationed at Balad Air Base, fifty miles north of Baghdad, in what was first a rude M*A*S*H*-style tent hospital and later became one of the largest U.S. military installations on foreign soil, Dr. Coppola works feverishly to save the lives of soldiers and civilians as word spreads among Iraqi families that, no matter what the infirmity, he can save their children.

Interview with Author, Dr. Chris Coppola:

1. As Lt. Col. and a doctor, it must have been difficult at times to reconcile the military side of your mission with that of a doctor in a foreign, war-torn nation. How did you do it?

As a doctor and an officer in the Air Force, I was a dual-professional while I was deployed to Iraq. Each has its own code and obligations. As a doctor, the entire idea of war was anathema to me and it was very hard to see how any good could come of it. In my book, Coppola: A Pediatric Surgeon in Iraq, I describe a day when these two professions came into conflict. I was caring for a child who had been burned over most of her body, and we were performing an operation to graft healthy skin over her burned skin. Just after I had harvested the skin from her body, we received notice that there had been a mass casualty and numerous injured were headed to the hospital. My commander came in and told me to end the operation immediately and make way for new wounded. I didn’t have the heart to throw away the skin, so I kept on operating, worked as fast as my team and I could, and we got that skin on. Fortunately, we had a commander who understood this decision was just a sign of my commitment to children.

2. What did your fellow surgeons think of the work you were doing with children? In the book, you mention that the U.S. surgeons made a tongue-and-cheek sign renaming the hospital: “The Coppola Foundation for the Betterment of Iraqi Children.”  Tell us about that.

The response to the children I had brought to the hospital was mixed. Some of the staff saw their own children, siblings or cousins in the faces of the Iraqi children who came to us needing treatment. Taking care of them was a small way to ease the pain and worry of missing children back home. Others had objections to being involved in the care of pediatric patients. For some, it was fear and nervousness that they might do something wrong because they were not used to treating young patients. Others felt that the main purpose of the hospital to treat combat injured troops didn’t leave room to open the doors to kids. Over time, those accustomed to treating children helped train the others, and even those resistant to the concept began to realize that treating injured and ill children was a sorely needed service, greatly appreciated by the Iraqi people. Whether they agreed with it or not, my colleagues quickly learned that I was focused on care of children, and they alternated between good-natured teasing, and coming to me first when a child came to the hospital in need of surgery.

3. Could you describe how you coped while far away from home? Did you have a support system to help while overseas?

Both times I was deployed to Iraq it was very difficult for me to be so far from my wife and children. However, work often kept me so busy I didn’t have time to think. Other nights, when the hospital was quiet and there were no operations, I would lie in my hooch unable to sleep. These were the times I would write. It was so hard to get the images of mangled bodies and shattered children out of my head, but somehow writing my experiences down let me settle them so I could move on. Fortunately, I had the support of friends and family back home through email and morale calls. And there was no way I could have gotten through deployment without leaning on my colleagues in the hospital.

4. How did you go about converting your letters into a memoir? Did you find this was a difficult transition? Did you ever feel like you remembered the experience differently when you went back to rewrite the letters home?

I originally wrote my letters as a way of letting people back home have a small glimpse of life on a military base in Iraq. I sent them to friends and family, they sent the letters on to other readers, and soon I had an audience of over a hundred readers. If I went too long without emailing home, I would get concerned inquiries checking to see if something had happened to me. After returning home, I suddenly felt like I was no longer doing anything to help the troops, like I had been doing day after day in the combat support hospital. Several friends suggested that I turn my letters into a book. I decided that releasing my story would be a way to share the heroism and bravery of both troops and Iraqi civilians I had met. It would also be a way I could try to raise funds to support injured troops families through Fisher House.

It was a challenge to convert my letters into a narrative that spanned two deployments, because it was difficult to revisit some of the memories of my tours. As I retold and combined the stories of individuals who had lived or died in moments of intense struggle and tragedy, I felt like I was going through it all over again. The memories hadn’t changed, but I found that I had tucked them away into a hidden place in my mind. If anything, the experience of coalescing the story into a memoir has made me understand much better what we all went through over there.

My Thoughts:

 
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The 10% donation will help support non-profit organizations as they continue to provide funding and services throughout the world. Each organization is chosen to exemplify the book’s themes of global healthcare, child humanitarian assistance, and troop welfare.

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Author:  Yona Zeldis McDonough

Book Description:

MONEY ISN'T EVERYTHING
Mia Saul is down on her luck. Dumped by her husband, jettisoned from her job, and estranged from her adored older brother, she and her young daughter, Eden, have had to make a downscale move to a crummy apartment, where their neighbors include a tough young drug dealer and a widower who lets his dogs use the hallways as their own personal litter box. Juggling a series of temporary jobs, wrangling with her ex-husband over child support, and trying to keep pace with Eden's increasingly erratic behavior have left Mia weary and worn out.

EXCEPT WHEN IT IS
So when a seemingly functional ATM starts handing Mia thousands and thousands of dollars -- and not deducting the money from her account, because it sure isn't in there -- she isn't about to give it back. Her newfound cash stash opens up a world of opportunity, and a whole lot of trouble. Worried friends, family, and in-laws start questioning her judgment about everything, and the cops really, really want to know where all that cash is coming from. And then there's Patrick, a man Mia most definitely would never have met if things hadn't spun out of control. Mia is beginning to think that maybe somebody, somewhere, is trying to teach her a lesson about what matters in life, and what doesn't....

My Thoughts:
 
I loved this book!  While Mia's choices were somewhat questionable as I read the book, I still really enjoyed it.  I wasn't sure if I would like the character of Mia since she didn't do what "I" morally would have done in that situation.  It took me a bit of time to get into it and to try and understand where she was coming from.  I mean, if an ATM suddenly spit out an extra $100 bucks and it didn't show on your receipt, what would you do?  I'd run right into the bank!!  Mia justifies keeping the money and not telling anyone about it.  And as her newfound money machine spits out more and more money, Mia finds herself embroiled in some seedy situations, with the police hot on her tail.  How will the story end??  I guess you'll have to read it and find out!!  This is a very enjoyable book that I definitely recommend!

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Title:  Bo's Cafe
Authors:  John Lynch, Bill Thrall, Bruce McNicol
Book Website:  http://www.boscafe.com/
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Book Description:
High-powered executive Steven Kerner is living the dream in southern California. But when his bottled pain ignites in anger one night, his wife kicks him out. Then an eccentric mystery man named Andy Monroe befriends Steven and begins unravelling his tightly wound world. Andy leads Steven through a series of frustrating and revealing encounters to repair his life through genuine friendship and the grace and love of a God who has been waiting for him to accept it. A story to challenge and encourage, BO'S CAFE is a model for all who struggle with unresolved problems and a performance-based life. Those who desire a fuller, more authentic way of living will find this journey of healing a restorative exploration of God's unbridled grace.

My Thoughts:
Unfortunately, due to a death in my family, I got very behind with my reading, so I am still in the process of reading this book, but I wanted to post my thoughts so far for the blog tour.  This book is so easy to read and keeps the reader engaged and wanting to know what will happen next.  I'm actually enjoying it more than THE SHACK!  I'm definitely looking forward to finishing this book and posting my final thoughts.  For those of you who read THE SHACK, I highly recommend this book.  It brings forth a positive message and really makes you think about your life.

Thank you to Miriam from Hachette Books for providing me with this review copy and allowing me to participate in the blog tour!