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Take My Hand by Dolen Valdez
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“How dare they? Our bodies belonged to us. Poor, disabled, it didn’t matter. These were our bodies, and we had the right to decide what to do with them. It was as if they were just taking our bodies from us, as if we didn’t even belong to ourselves.”
“Sometimes love can kill you, just like hate. You love too hard and you can lose yourself in other folks’ sorrow. You hate too hard and you know the rest of that story. Take care of yourself. You can’t help others if you’re down and out. I have to remind myself of that all the time.” “I never thought a nun would tell me I could love too hard.” “Only Jesus’s love is infinite, Miss Townsend.”
Let me start by saying this book was inspired by the true story of the Relf sisters. The author told a story that is all too familiar to happenings in the Deep South that involve minority patient populations. Growing up you would hear stories like these especially from small rural towns. I’m so happy the author put pen to paper to give life to this story.
The novel is told in two timelines by Civil Townsend in 1963 and 2016. Civil is a new nurse and works at the Montgomery Family Planning Clinic. Civil was a young woman with hopes of changing the world her until she met erika and India. Their situation can be summed up by two things.
1. The government providing unregulated drugs to women without proper knowledge. I blame big Pharma but that is a discussion to have with me all by itself.
2. Taking advantage of language barriers in poverty stricken areas where many people didn’t have more than a third to fifth grade education. A time where the letter X was used as a signature.
Civils life was never the same some may say she went into savior mode. What’s was she running from invoking herself on the lives of others outside of her medical duty? She was running away from making decisions and living with the ones she had already made. I loved her growth through out the book. I wish the flow of the book would have been better for me. Jumping from past to present made me want to skip ahead chapters to not wait to see what happened next. I started reading the book and then I started with the audio book on my drives to work. I like the book version better. I found it difficult to focus on the story as the narrator spoke during the Audio version causing me to take more breaks and longer to finish the book.
I do look forward to giving more of the authors books a try in the future. Mrs. Valdez I’m sorry I didn’t get the chance to meet you at the Louisiana Book Festival. I hope you visit Louisiana again soon. I look forward to adding your book to my special coffee table bookcase in my waiting room for my patients to hopefully enjoy this story you brought to life.
- Dr. Books
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Friday, February 20, 2015
Title: Fated Capture Author Name: Kristyn Eudes Publication Date : January 22, 2015
Arsema believes she is just a regular sixteen year old girl until a week before the start of her junior year when she starts to experience strange occurrences. Soon after she is thrust into a world that feels more like make-believe than reality.
To make matters worse, she is being hunted by two ancient races of supernatural beings. One looking to find and save her life and in turn save their race, the other looking to use her to bring an end to the world as she knows it. After being attacked and kidnapped by her best friend's boyfriend she is rescued by the guy she has been having reoccurring dreams about. Soon her life is not the only thing she is in jeopardy of losing as she finds herself falling hard and fast for her rescuer, Lyon. But will she be able to see past who or what he really is and accept him as he is? Fated Capture is a story about fate, adventure, magic and unconditional love. Arsema is a fiercely loyal heroine with a knack for getting herself into trouble. The question is will she be able to get out? Or will she find herself in the grasp of the one she desperately needs to avoid?
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Strange Magic Part 2 by Michelle Mankin Release Day!
Thursday, February 5, 2015
New Release Blitz
Strange Magic by Michelle Mankin
Parts 1 & 2 Now Available!
Trailers & an Awesome Giveaway at the bottom of this post!
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STRANGE MAGIC Release Party
January 15 to February 17th
Join us for a Mardi Gras/New Orleans themed party with games & prizes every day plus weekly video responses from Ask the Author. Party kicked off with a video interview of how Strange Magic came into being and will end shortly after an Anything-Goes-Embarrass-The-Author-Grand-Challenge for Author Michelle Mankin to undertake while in NOLA for the start of Mardi Gras.
STRANGE MAGIC is a novel in two parts.
Part Two, the finale of STRANGE MAGIC, is NOW AVAILABLE!
It does NOT stand alone. Part One must be read first.
Recommended for mature readers. 17 and older
Billy Blade is a hardworking, hard living, razor sharp musical force. Mysterious behind his dark shades, the rough around the edges Texan mesmerizes with his haunting harmonica and tantalizes with his dangerous looks and smooth country charm. His latest album is topping the charts. He’s the newly crowned King of the Bacchus Krewe. He’s definitely living the rock star dream.
Exotic Creole beauty Thyme Bellerose couldn’t be more content. She has it all. An adoring grandmother. A handsome Tulane medical student beau. A satisfying job in the heart of New Orleans’ French Quarter. Her life is as rich as the ice cream she creates. She’s got everything under control.
But control is an illusion. Dreams can turn into nightmares. And now during Mardi Gras, otherworldly powers stand ready to shape their destinies in ways they could never imagine.
Shadow and light. Magic and mystery. Reality and myth. All come together in a place where rules bend and lines blur. Even those between life and death.
Strange Magic - Part One - $.99 for a limited time only
Strange Magic - Part Two
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STRANGE MAGIC: Part One & Part Two
DREAM MAGIC: October 2015
TWISTED MAGIC: Coming soon
Michelle Mankin is the Amazon bestselling author of the Black Cat Records series of novels.Romance with subtext.Reimagining classic stories with sexy rock stars and thought provoking issues.For many years she worked in the insurance industry as an underwriter. Somehow, the boredom didn't kill her but the hours and hours of looking at facts and figures provided ample time for her mind to wander.Love Evolution, Love Revolution, and Love Resolution are a Brutal Strength centered trilogy, combining the plot underpinnings of Shakespeare with the drama, excitement, and indisputable sexiness of the rock 'n roll industry.Things take a bit of an edgier, once upon a time turn with the Tempest series. These pierced, tatted, and troubled Seattle rockers are young and on the cusp of making it big, but with serious obstacles to overcome that may prevent them from ever getting there.Rock stars, myths, and legends collide with paranormal romance in a totally mesmerizing way in the Magic series.When Michelle is not prowling the streets of her Texas town listening to her rock music much too loud, she is putting her daydreams down on paper or traveling the world with her family and friends, sometimes for real, and sometimes just for pretend as she takes the children to school and back. Connect with Michelle Mankin on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Author-Michelle-Mankin/233503403414065On Twitter: https://twitter.com/MichelleMankinOn tsu: https://www.tsu.co/AuthorMichelleMankinOn her website: http://www.michellemankin.com/Receive the Black Cat Records newsletter: http://eepurl.com/Lvgzf
Love Evolution is a rock star romance based on Shakespeare's Twelfth Nighthttp://amzn.to/KZoJS4After the death of her twin brother, nineteen year old guitar prodigy Avery Jones finds herself desperate, alone, and out of options. Hope arrives in the form of a job opening with Brutal Strength, one of the biggest rock bands out there. Only problem is temperamental lead singer Marcus Anthony doesn't want a woman in the group. So Avery and her manager Trevor come up with a plan involving a Bieber haircut and men's clothing. No one seems to be onto their little con. But what happens when Avery starts falling for Marcus? Will she be able to continue with the farce or will the whole thing come crashing down around her like a house of cards?(Revised and an additional 10,000 words of content, including 2 new chapters and an epilogue) Love Revolution is a rock star romance inspired by Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.http://amzn.to/1aeXf43The wheels of love are always turning at Black Cat Records. Things are just starting to settle down when two Texas sisters start to stir things up at the Vancouver record label. CEO Mary Timmons sets spirited country superstar Sara Daniels on a collision course with cocky rocker Chris Alex. Meanwhile, Brutal Strength's suave drummer, JR, has his head turned by pretty young intern, Samantha Daniels. Do all their highways lead to happiness or will the wheels fly off when the sisters' tragic past comes back to haunt them? Love Resolution is a rock star romance inspired by Shakespeare's The Tempest.http://amzn.to/1whIVApTo forgive or not to forgive...There's a storm brewing at Black Cat Records and lead singer Marcus Anthony and guitarist Avery Jones are at the center of it. Brutal Strength is leaving Vancouver and heading out on a big stadium tour with the reprobate rockers from Tempest as their opening act. Avery is forced to deal with a troubling figure from her past while being pursued by Tempest's tatted bad boy, Bryan 'Bullet' Jackson. Meanwhile, Marcus must battle his own internal demons as well as this rival for Avery's affection. Can Avery and Marcus keep their fairy tale happily ever after together when the prevailing winds of the real world are against them?
Three full-length rock star novels in one limited edition set
Tempest series (spin-off of The Brutal Strength Series)Irresistible Refrain: http://amzn.to/SFJ96J & Audible: http://bit.ly/1vOTPPmEnticing Interlude: http://amzn.to/1gelLT3Captivating Bridge: http://amzn.to/RT7AMVRelentless Rhythm: http://amzn.to/1xQpof7Unforgettable: Tempest #5. A Tempest/ Brutal Strength mashup. Coming soon! 
