Archive for August 2014
Cover Reveal - Baggy Pants and Bootees by Marilyn Chapman
Brook Cottage Books is thrilled to share the beautiful new cover for Baggy Pants and Bootees by Marilyn Chapman.
Baggy
Pants and Bootees
When war baby Sophie joins the macho world of 1960s
journalism she’s determined to prove that she’s ‘one of the boys.’ Until a
phone call from her estranged mother after years of guilt and torment sets
Sophie on a quest to uncover the secret of her birth.
Was her father the all-American soldier she dreamt of
when she was a child, or someone far more sinister? This is the story the
ambitious reporter was destined to write.
Helped by the charming but mysterious David, Sophie
uncovers a heartbroken wartime orphan, a GI romance and a terrifying rape that
leads to an innocent man’s court martial – and finds clues to her own unhappy
childhood.
Torn between her secret love for Steve, the newspaper’s
most eligible bachelor, and her desire to know who she really is, Sophie follows
David to find her father. Only when
faced with the startling truth can she accept the tragedy of love, loss and
betrayal and begin a very different kind of future.
STOP PRESS!
PAPERBACK RELEASE 1ST SEPTEMBER 2014!!!!
Cover Reveal - In The Cold Light of Day by Pauline Barclay
Brook Cottage Books is thrilled to be able to share this fantastic cover for In the Cold Light of Day by the very talented Pauline Barclay!
Set in 1967, London, In the Cold Light of Day
is an emotional story of Bertie and Kitty Costain, intelligent, mature
and wealthy, who appear to have a perfect life, but their life is a lie
and only one of them realises the deceit when it is all too late.
Addiction
comes in many guises and when it takes hold even the addicted cannot
see the destruction left in their wake or the pain that eventually
squeezes the life out of everything.
As
night turns into the cold light of day is love strong enough to cope
and hold the tangled threads together to prevent the inevitable?
Sounds like an amazing read! The book is due for publication in October and Brook Cottages will keep you updated with further information closer to the time. Watch this space!
Cover Reveal - The Blue Diamond (The Razor's Edge) by P.S Bartlett
GMTA PUBLISHING/LIBERTINE PRESS IS SO VERY HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THE COVER REVEAL OF AUTHOR, P.S. BARTLETT'S NEWEST NOVEL!
SYNOPSIS:
Ivory Shepard didn't want to be a pirate when she grew up but she didn't plan on being orphaned and alone at thirteen with her three cousins either.
After a Spanish raid in Charles Towne left them with nothing, Ivory held her cousins together, trained them to fight for their lives and led them to a life of quiet refuge on the banks of the Ashley River. Out of reach of the hands of unscrupulous men, they found life on the farm a tolerable substitute for the traditional alternatives life would force onto them—until the night the pirates showed up.
Setting foot on that first pirate ship was nothing compared to the life of freedom and adventure awaiting them, once Ivory and the girls were through playing nice. Only one man believes he can stop her and he won't need a ship full of guns to do it.
If it were only that easy…
BE SURE TO PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY ON AMAZON!
Song From The Ashes by Megan Whitson Lee - A Review and Giveaway!
Book Blurb
Attorney Landon Kingsley craves order and normalcy, and aside from his
well-hidden vice of smoking, he lives the life that everyone expects from him
in his hometown of Kingsport, Tennessee. Recently engaged to beautiful nursing
student, April May, Landon’s new fiancée is everything he could want in a wife.
She is devoted to her faith and family and truly loves him.
April’s cousin, Ella Casey, has returned to Kingsport after ten years
of pursuing a career as a country music singer in Nashville. Ella’s failed
career and affair with a married music producer scandalizes her in the eyes of
the town, but her legal troubles drive her to Landon for help. Landon finds
himself increasingly attracted to Ella and more discontent than ever with the
path he has chosen for his life. Amid a firestorm of family and town gossip,
Landon is tormented by his past and the complicated decision of whether to
listen to God’s voice or follow his own desires.
SONG FROM THE ASHES, a modern retelling of the classic Edith Wharton
novel The Age of Innocence, explores
the dilemma between the pursuit of dreams and personal happiness versus
contentment in God’s plan for marriage and love.
My Review
I have to admit that I was a little worried about reading this book at first given that the main characters have a strong Christian faith, which is quite important to the plot. I am not remotely religious yet I found this book a compelling read. It is in essence the story of a man who is torn between what he should do and what he wants to do. A battle between the head and the heart. A story of desire, betrayal and guilt.
Landon, the main character in the book has finally turned his life around. He has given up his womanising ways and has found a sense of belonging within his local church. He has met a lovely, albeit younger girl called April and knows that the time is right to propose and finally settle down. However, he feels that all decisions about his and April's future are being driven by others and he has little say in his wedding plans or indeed his future life. His life is no longer in his control. Throw into the mix a beautiful and enchanting singer named Ella who also happens to be the cousin of his fiancee. Landon knows that he should walk away from Ella who is a free spirit and all that she represents but finds it increasingly difficult.
I really liked this book and initially I felt April to be a woman who needed to have a bit more of a back-bone but I could not have been more wrong about a character as she eventually evolves into a strong and smart woman. There are a couple of surprising outcomes for the central characters that I did not envisage. I'd recommend this book.
About the Author
Megan Whitson Lee grew up in Tennessee
but moved to the Washington, D.C. area as a teenager. She worked for criminal attorneys before
earning her master’s degree from George Mason University’s MFA Program in
Creative Writing. Previously she received a Bachelor of Arts in Music followed
by a year-long residence in London where she worked as a Literary Assistant.
Her self-published first novel All That
is Right and Holy won second place in the 2009 Christian Choice Book
Awards. Megan teaches high school English in Fairfax County, Virginia where she
lives with her husband and two greyhounds.
Author Links
Buy Links
Song from the Ashes is touring with Brook Cottage Book Tours. To be kept up to date with the reviews, guest posts, interviews and promotional posts then check out the tour page HERE
Touring with Brook Cottages - Song From The Ashes by Megan Whitson Lee
Brook Cottage Books is thrilled to be coordinating the tour for Song From the Ashes by Megan Whitson Lee. You can find all the links to the reviews, author interviews, guest posts and promo posts here where the page will be updated daily once posts go live.
Attorney Landon Kingsley craves order and normalcy, and aside from his
well-hidden vice of smoking, he lives the life that everyone expects from him
in his hometown of Kingsport, Tennessee. Recently engaged to beautiful nursing
student, April May, Landon’s new fiancée is everything he could want in a wife.
She is devoted to her faith and family and truly loves him.
April’s cousin, Ella Casey, has returned to Kingsport after ten years
of pursuing a career as a country music singer in Nashville. Ella’s failed
career and affair with a married music producer scandalizes her in the eyes of
the town, but her legal troubles drive her to Landon for help. Landon finds
himself increasingly attracted to Ella and more discontent than ever with the
path he has chosen for his life. Amid a firestorm of family and town gossip,
Landon is tormented by his past and the complicated decision of whether to
listen to God’s voice or follow his own desires.
SONG FROM THE ASHES, a modern retelling of the classic Edith Wharton
novel The Age of Innocence, explores
the dilemma between the pursuit of dreams and personal happiness versus
contentment in God’s plan for marriage and love.
Giveaway
$25 / £15 Amazon Gift Card
$25 / £15 Amazon Gift Card
About the Author
Megan Whitson Lee grew up in Tennessee
but moved to the Washington, D.C. area as a teenager. She worked for criminal attorneys before
earning her master’s degree from George Mason University’s MFA Program in
Creative Writing. Previously she received a Bachelor of Arts in Music followed
by a year-long residence in London where she worked as a Literary Assistant.
Her self-published first novel All That
is Right and Holy won second place in the 2009 Christian Choice Book
Awards. Megan teaches high school English in Fairfax County, Virginia where she
lives with her husband and two greyhounds.
Author Links
Buy Links
