The Triangle of Hope by Michael Meyer / #BookTrailerReveal #BlogTour @RABTBookTours

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If one person can make a difference, just think what three can do. A tender story of love. Three strangers, each harboring a dark secret, become united by chance in a small Irish village, and the wonderful power of the human spirit comes alive.

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Idyllic Cliffs of Moher at sunset, Co. Clare, Ireland

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Book Trailer Reveal

Thank you, Michael Meyer and RABT Book Tours

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About the author

Michael Meyer is the author of mysteries, thrillers, humorous fiction, and non-fiction: Love and romance, laughter and tears, thrills and fears.

He has resided in and has visited many places in the world, all of which have contributed in some way to his own published writing. He has literally traveled throughout the world, on numerous occasions. He has lived in Finland, Germany, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. He gained the wanderlust to see the world, to experience other cultures, at an early age, and this desire has never left him. If anything, it has only gained in intensity as he has aged.

Among the many unique things that have happened to him in his world travels, he has walked the streets of Istanbul with a detective, searching for a pickpocket who got him good. He has ridden on the back of a motorcycle in Tehran while the driver, who spoke not one word of English, pointed out all the sights to him. He has wrestled an Iranian soldier who tried to break into his hotel room in Tehran. He has had the paint completely stripped from his car as he drove across Saudi Arabia in a sandstorm. He has stood on the stage of a busy nightclub in Tokyo, singing “She’ll be Coming Round the Mountain When She Comes” to an audience feeling no pain from the Sake they were drinking. He has been chased by a family of mongooses (yes, that is the correct spelling) on the idyllic Caribbean island of St. Croix. And that is just the beginning of his long list of worldly adventures.

As a recent retiree from a forty-year career as a professor of writing, he now lives in Southern California wine country with his wife, Kitty, and their two adorable rescue cats

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Author Links

Website: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005E7M8CW

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MichaelMeyersWritingLife/

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/dashboard

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Book Link

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00QGY3X4E/

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Star Revelations by Steven Paul Terry / #Extract #BookTour @lolasblogtours @stevenpaulterry

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Star Revelations #1

Get their attention before it’s too late… The Quiet War has begun…
Acclaimed journalist and media celebrity Diana Willis can snag the inside scoop and truth on any story. But when her helicopter mysteriously malfunctions and plummets to the ground, everything changes, sending Diana down a maze of murderous intrigue and confusion. Waking up from a coma eight weeks after the crash, she struggles with the recurring dreams that reveal an extraordinary past life. Now, Diana’s hellbent on uncovering the secrets about those past memories.

Delving into a world of mind control and past lives, the truth is more terrifying than she ever imagined as she travels back in time to face the perpetrators of America’s most confidential and sinister projects. Teaming up with an unlikely ally, an elusive interdimensional mentor from her other life, Diana is able to restore her psychic and telepathic powers. Suddenly, they’re in more danger than ever before as their enemies seek world domination through mind control and media manipulation.

Can Diana use her powers to expose the truth and save the world before it’s too late?

“I returned from your future and there is no fear. I am courageous and free…”

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Extract

Chapter One

You might think you know what I am doing, but it goes beyond anything you imagine. You don’t know I am borrowed from another galaxy, from another time. I arrived shortly after you detonated the two atomic bombs in the middle of your last century. My work of infiltration, subversion, and transformation began immediately.

The woman stumbled over the uneven ground, dazed, confused.

Thoughts trickled into her head.

Where am I? What is going on?

She realized there were cold, wet stones beneath her bare feet.

What happened to my shoes?

Through a veil of pain, she tried to discern what appeared around her, but her eyes couldn’t focus in the dawn light because a fog blurred the details.

A chill poured over her skin, and when she hugged herself for warmth, she discovered that her clothes were ragged and torn. When she brought up one hand, she noticed blood smeared across her fingers.

She heard waves lapping against rocks. A humid mineral smell filled her nostrils.

The ocean?

She turned to the sound of the surf and saw, on the water’s edge, a large, unusual formation of rocks, shaped like a pyramid. In the distance, past the rocks, she noticed a light shining through the mist. This light was also unusual in the way its reflection cast a strange trail of sparkles across the water.

What is that?

For a moment, she stared, transfixed, then realized she’d been holding something in her hand. As she brought the object closer to her eyes, she saw her bloody fingers gripping a small red book with a silver pinecone embossed on its cover.

She realized someone was behind her. The abrupt presence startled her, and she dropped the book. Just as she was about to turn around, the stranger said, “Get their attention before it’s too late.”

Thank you, Steven Paul Terry and Lola’s Blog Tours

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About the author

Steven Paul Terry was born in London, England, where he went to school before moving to Australia where his education continued. He’s spent three decades traveling the globe as a professional speaker, challenging and inspiring audiences to live a great life through his executive coaching strategies.

Terry divides his time between Colorado and Mexico. When not touring, he enjoys writing by the ocean, where he is also an avid swimmer and diver.

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Author Links

Website: http://www.HeroActs.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeroActsEntertainment

Twitter: https://twitter.com/stevenpaulterry

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevenpaulterry/

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Book Links

Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/books/star-revelations-by-steven-paul-terry

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09L7GQRMM/

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A Royal Murder by Verity Bright / #SpotlightPost #PublicationDay @bookouture @BrightVerity

A Lady Eleanor Swift Mystery #9

At the royal boat race there are beautiful barges, plenty of bunting, a handsome prince and… is that a body in the water? Lady Swift is on the case!

Spring, 1923. One-time adventurer and now amateur sleuth Lady Eleanor Swift is attending the annual royal regatta with her new pal Tipsy Fitzroy. Tipsy has Eleanor trussed up like a debutante in a new dress, determined to turn her into a proper society lady. Even Eleanor’s favourite companion, Gladstone the bulldog, has a new outfit for the occasion.

But the sparkling prize-giving ceremony is interrupted when the devilishly handsome host gulps his glass of champagne on stage and collapses to the floor. The victim is none other than the king’s cousin, Lord Xander Taylor-Howard. He was rumoured to be entangled in a rather dubious gambling ring, but did someone kill him instead of collecting his debt? Or was this simply an ill-timed tragic accident? Either way, a right royal scandal is afoot…

Sir Percival, the head of the royal police, asks Eleanor for her help investigating. He’d do anything to keep the story under wraps. She knows it will get her into hot water with a certain dapper Detective Seldon, but she’s determined to see justice done. However, as she digs deeper, she learns Lord Taylor-Howard was hiding more than one murky secret. It isn’t until she takes a closer look at the unfortunate royal’s shattered champagne flute that she stumbles upon just the clue she needs. But can she reel in the killer before her ship is sunk too?

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Thank you, Verity Bright and Bookouture.

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About the author

Verity Bright is the pseudonym for a husband-and-wife writing partnership that has spanned a quarter of a century. Starting out writing high-end travel articles and books, they published everything from self-improvement to humour, before embarking on their first historical mystery. They are the authors of the fabulous Lady Eleanor Swift Mystery series, set in the 1920s. 

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Author Link

Website: veritybright.com

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Book Link

Amazon:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Royal-Murder-completely-gripping-mystery-ebook/dp/B09M3RYT22/

Summer in San Sebastian by Joy Skye / #SpotlightPost #BlogTour @rararesources @JoySkye4

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Abigail’s world has disintegrated, leaving her jobless, homeless, and loveless in a remarkably brief space of time.

Where else can she lick her wounds but in Spain with her dippy Aunt May. She pulls on her big girl pants, swears off men and leaps on the opportunity she’s offered in San Sebastian. Determined to get her life back on track and find her place in the world, it finally all seems to be coming together.

Until she meets Gabe. Gorgeous, grumpy, incredibly annoying, and obviously hiding a secret, but she has to battle against the insane attraction she has for him. He’s only there for a week, after all.

When his secret spills out on National TV, can she overcome her past hurts and learn to trust again, risking her new found job and family in the process?

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Thank you, Joy Skye and Rachel’s Random Resources

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About the author

Joy lives on the seductive island of Corfu with her four dogs and an embarrassing number of cats.

Her many years working in the tourist industry on this sunny isle and her love of all things literary inspired her first novel Corfu Capers which recently hit the #1 spot in Parenting and Family humour much to her delight.

She loves to cook, dance and drink wine, usually at the same time, and is currently working on book number two, due to be released later this year.

She also loves to travel, absolutely anywhere, and is looking forward to jumping on a plane!

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Author Links

 Twitter: @JoySkye4

 Instagram: joys.kye

Website – https://joyskye.com/

FB – https://www.facebook.com/JoySkyeAuthor

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Book Links

UK – https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09PRP6D2L

US – https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09PRP6D2L

The Family Business by Alex Kane / #Review #BlogTour @zooloosBT @AlexKaneWriter

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Blood’s thicker than water… and they’re not afraid to spill it

Donnie Black. Charming, successful… and utterly terrifying, he rules the Glasgow underworld with an iron fist. Nothing – or no one – will stop him and he’s not afraid to get his hands dirty to grow his fortune.

Layla Black. She’s been married to Donnie for twenty years, enjoying the lavish world he has worked hard to create. But behind the perfect image Layla is crumbling, numbing her pain with alcohol. But Layla doesn’t know the secrets Donnie keeps – and the truth will send her spiralling.

Louise Bellshaw. She’s young, beautiful and innocent. She’s charmed by Donnie’s sweet words, and believes she’s found true love. But Louise doesn’t know her dream man has plans that will turn her life into a nightmare.

As the three collide, no one can predict how family ties will turn to bloodshed. Because you’ll do anything for the ones you love, won’t you?

A dark, twisty and totally gripping thriller set in the heart of Glasgow gangland – fans of Mandasue Heller and Kimberley Chambers won’t be able to put this down

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Review

I love gangland crime. In the beginning I thought it would not be my cup of tea, because when, in real life, I almost faint when I see one drop of blood. And I can tell you this is about more than one little droplet. 😊

Why do I like it so much then? It’s because of the love between the members of a gang and their family and friends. Friends who are in fact family too. They will protect them with all they have and take revenge on everyone who harms them. I admit their way of dealing with the problem is not the way it should be but I think you understand what I am saying if you are a fan of this genre too.

The bosses are fierce. They will deal with enemies in a way they won’t be able to tell the tale, but they have the biggest heart for their loved ones.

Donnie is not like that though. Donnie is number one, no matter what he has to do to keep himself happy. In the beginning I thought Donnie was a bit of a too soft name for a crime boss. Don has a lot more strength, no? Well, let me tell you Donnie fits him perfectly. I think you will agree once you have finished the book too. 😉

I thoroughly enjoyed it and am looking forward to this author’s next story.  5 stars

Thank you, Alex Kane and Zooloo’s Book Tours

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About the author 

Alex Kane is a psychological thriller writer who lives in Glasgow. She is a huge fan of the genre, with her favourite authors in the genre being Lisa Hall, BA Paris and Sarah Stovell. If she is not writing, she can be found playing with her cat, reading, or drinking tea and/or gin (sometimes all of the above).

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Author Links

www.facebook.com/alexkanewriter

twitter.com/AlexKaneWriter

Instagram @alexkanewriter

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Book Link

Amazon UK – https://www.amazon.co.uk/Family-Business-gripping-twisty-thriller-ebook/dp/B09L4BB8DP

Amazon US – https://www.amazon.com/Family-Business-gripping-twisty-thriller-ebook/dp/B09L4BB8DP

Princess Ever After by Connie Glynn / #SpotlightPost #BookTour @The_WriteReads @WriteReadsTours @connieglynn @penguinplatform

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The Rosewood Chronicles #5

Return to the magical world of The Rosewood Chronicles in the fifth and final instalment of this gorgeous series for fans of The Princess Diaries and Harry Potter.

Ellie is a rebellious princess who is no longer hiding her real identity.

Lottie is her Portman, wishing that she could shield Ellie from the threat of Leviathan.

Jamie is Ellie’s Partizan, a lifelong bodyguard sworn to protect the princess at any cost – but has mysteriously disappeared.

Not all of the trio have made it back to Rosewood Hall. Can they be reunited? And at what cost?

With the crown at risk, the stakes have never been higher . . .

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Thank you, Connie Glynn and Write Reads Tours 

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About the author

Connie Glynn has always loved writing and wrote her first story when she was six, with her
mum at a typewriter acting as her scribe. She had a love for performing stories from a young age
and attended Guildhall drama classes as a teenager. This passion for stories has never left her,
and Connie recently finished a degree in film theory. It was at university that Connie started her
hugely successful YouTube channel Noodlerella (named after her favourite food and favourite
Disney princess). After five years of publicly documenting her life and hobbies to an audience of
900,000 subscribers on YouTube, Connie closed the book on the Noodlerella project in a bid for
more privacy and to pursue her original passions in the performing arts. Connie now writes
music and fiction full- time.

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Author Link

Twitter: @connieglynn 

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Book Link

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0241458390/

 

The Girl from the Sea by Shalini Boland / #Review @bookouture @ShaliniBoland

Washed up on the beach, she can’t remember who she is. She can’t even remember her name. Turns out, she has an idyllic life – friends and family eager to fill in the blanks.

But why are they lying to her? What don’t they want her to remember?

When you don’t even know who you are, how do you know who to trust?

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Review

People forget things. That very normal because your brain just has to make selections. Certain memories disappear and make place for new ones. It might annoy you from time to time because you are sad for the loss of some, but on the other hand you are happy about losing others.

What if one day though, you cannot remember anything anymore. Even worse you don’t even recognise yourself when you look in the mirror. You don’t understand why people act the way they do and you start asking questions. Well, let’s say sometimes it’s better just to start over again…

A perfect example how some people can play a role and worm their way into your mind. In the end I did not know who I felt for and who I hated.

This is my sixth book by this author and each and every time she captures my attention from the very first page and she only releases it when I have read the last word of the story. This was another great read. I enjoyed it thoroughly. 5 stars

Thank you, Shalini Boland and Bookouture

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About the author

Shalini lives in Dorset, England with her husband, two children and Jess their cheeky terrier cross. Before kids, she was signed to Universal Music Publishing as a singer songwriter, but now she spends her days writing suspense thrillers (in between school runs and hanging out endless baskets of laundry). 

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Author Links

http://www.facebook.com/ShaliniBolandAuthor

http://www.shaliniboland.co.uk

https://twitter.com/ShaliniBoland

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Book Link

Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Girl-Sea-gripping-psychological-heart-pounding-ebook/dp/B07P6T1KZW/

Swipe Write by Lindsay Taylor Dellinger / #SpotlightPost #BookBlitz @RABTBookTours @Leend_Sigh

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“…I was sixteen years old when I became familiar with heartbreak, when I developed a disdain for whoever made up the whole sticks and stones bullshit…”

Live vicariously through Lindsay Taylor Dellinger’s 20 online dates with 20 different men as she recounts the sweet to the downright absurd. From charming one-night stands to grown men genuinely spooked by skeletal art, come for the laughs and stay for the drama!

“…I teetered dangerously somewhere between a four-legged furry friend and a one-way flight to a Mediterranean country where the fine men were just as abundant as the fine wine…”

The thirty-three-year-old divorcée weaves her dating tales through a contrasting lens of therapy, wine, and an unforgiving past. Will she or won’t she find her “Ride or Die” online?

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Thank you, Lindsay Taylor Dellinger and RABT Book Tours 

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About the author

Lindsay is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer and graphic artist and former fashion industry Art Director, currently traveling the United States in the “WOW WAGON,” a 30-year-old Bluebird International school bus. She resides in this converted tiny home with the two most important men in her life, her love and talented artist, JazEfx, and her thirteen-year-old feline, Sir Benson Brunello the First and Only (Benson, for short).

Lindsay completed her first memoir, which was on January 25, 2022. She also maintains her five-year-old blog, The Road Linds Travels, which covers everything from her travels, both near and far, the tragic losses of her life, wine, and everything in between.

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Author Links

Website: https://lindsay-taylor-dellinger.com/

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/Leend_Sigh

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_road_linds_travels/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRoadLindsTravels

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Book Link

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Swipe-Write-sometimes-hilarious-different-ebook/dp/B09NBC8GGS

Summer in Bellbird Bay by Maggie Christensen / #SpotlightPost #BookTour @rararesources @MaggieChriste33

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Can Bellbird Bay provide solace to these two broken souls?

When Ailsa McNeil’s marriage falls apart, an invitation to spend the summer with an old friend in Bellbird Bay offers her the opportunity to escape and regroup. What she doesn’t expect is to meet her friend’s twin brother, the first man to stir her emotions when she was an impressionable nineteen-year-old.

As a young man, Martin Cooper couldn’t wait to leave Bellbird Bay. He has spent the past thirty years travelling the world and has accomplished his dream of becoming a celebrated travel photographer. But it has come at a price and, when his career and personal life take a downward turn, he returns to his hometown to consider his future.

When an accident thrusts the two together, their earlier attraction resurfaces. Torn between the desire to protect herself from further hurt and her renewed feelings for the man she’s never forgotten, can Ailsa find happiness again or is it too late?

A heartwarming tale of family, friends, and how a second chance at love can happen when you least expect it.

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Thank you, Maggie Christensen and Rachel’s Random Resources

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About the author

After a career in education, Maggie Christensen began writing contemporary women’s fiction portraying mature women facing life-changing situations, and historical fiction set in her native Scotland. Her travels inspire her writing, be it her trips to visit family in Scotland, in Oregon, USA or her home on Queensland’s beautiful Sunshine Coast. Maggie writes of mature heroines coming to terms with changes in their lives and the heroes worthy of them. Her writing has been described by one reviewer as like a nice warm cup of tea. It is warm, nourishing, comforting and embracing.

From the small town in Scotland where she grew up Scotland, Maggie was lured to Australia by the call ‘Come and teach in the sun’. Once there, she worked as a primary school teacher, university lecturer and in educational management. Now living with her husband of over thirty years on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, she loves walking on the deserted beach in the early mornings and having coffee by the river on weekends. Her days are spent surrounded by books, either reading or writing them – her idea of heaven!

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Author Links

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/maggiechristensenauthor

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MaggieChriste33

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8120020.Maggie_Christensen

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maggiechriste33/

Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/profile/maggie-christensen

Website: https://maggiechristensenauthor.com/

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Book Link

getbook.at/SummerinBellbirdBay

 

 

A Scottish Highland Surprise by Julie Shackman / #CoverReveal #BlogTour @rararesources @G13Julie

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Discover the secrets and surprises that the scenic Scottish town of Briar Glen has to offer…

When wedding planner Sophie Harkness refuses to move a friend’s wedding to accommodate a spoilt bridezilla, she finds herself out of a job. That is until she discovers her late grandma has purchased a local shop for her in the pretty Scottish town of Briar Glen.

Surprised and delighted, Sophie opens her own porcelain shop in honour of her grandmother. But when an unusual tea set is left with Sophie, along with a mysterious letter, she can’t help but be intrigued by the story behind the antique.

And when the handsome but aloof art critic Xander North comes knocking on her door, Sophie is about to find out the true colourful past of her latest treasure.

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Cover Reveal

Thank you, Julie Shackman and Rachel’s Random Resources

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About the Author 

Julie Shackman is a former journalist from Scotland, who has always wanted to write feel-good romance. As well as being an author, Julie also writes verses and captions for greetings card companies. Julie admits to having an obsession with stationery and handbags. She is married, has two sons and a Romanian rescue pup, who she named Cooper. A Scottish Highland Surprise is Julie’s sixth novel. 

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Author Links 

https://twitter.com/G13Julie

https://www.facebook.com/julie.shackman

https://www.instagram.com/juliegeorginashackman/

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Book Links

UK – https://www.amazon.co.uk/Scottish-Highland-Surprise-Julie-Shackman-ebook/dp/B09MMZ75KL

US – https://www.amazon.com/Scottish-Highland-Surprise-Julie-Shackman-ebook/dp/B09MMZ75KL

Publication Date: 22nd April