GingerRead Reviews

Title: Loving Dallas (Neon Dreams #2) Author: Caisey Quinn Publisher: William Morrow Release Date: June 16, 2015 Source: ARC from Publisher Buy the Book: Amazon / Book Depository / Indigo In the second novel in bestselling author Caisey Quinn’s Neon Dreams series, a country rock band and its members embark on the rocky rad to fame and find love along the way. Dallas Lark is so close to achieving his dream of making it big in country music that he can taste it. Arriving in Nashville after signing with sexy, successful manager Mandy Lantram, his life goes from tragedy and turmoil to one lucky break after another—except it isn’t really luck because Dallas has sacrificed everything for his career, leaving behind his band, sister, best friend, and high school sweetheart, Robyn, in the pursuit of fame. Robyn Breeland is a successful marketing coordinator and promotions specialist for a thriving liquor distributor out of Texas. She loves every aspect of her job: coming up with new ideas, tr...

Sunday Spotlight is a weekly scheme I am running to bring publicity to lesser known authors who, in the book blogging community, it is important to support. Today's author is John Williamson, author of Collision. About John: I grew up in York, graduated in economics from Hull University, and then moved to London to make a career as a charted accountant working for one of the world's largest firms of chartered accountants. I am now retired living in Bedfordshire and pursuing what I love most - writing. I love sci-fi movies and books, and I love writing. It was therefore not surprising that my first novel published would be a sci- fi novel. Interview:  Tell us what makes Collision unique Collision is a thriller, a sci-fi and a love story all in one novel. It started life as an idea. A man is running along a beach at night when a UFO crashes further down the beach after a high altitude collision with a US spy plane. However, when he gets to the crash site it has gone. But now the ...

Series: The Reanimation Files #1 Genre: Paranormal, Urban Fantasy Release Date: November 25th 2013 Source: Received from the author in exchange for an honest review Overall Rating: 4.5/5 Stars Cover Rating: 4/5 Stars Synopsis:  "Help ghosts, stop a thief, and try not to die..." Necromancer Selene Vanream helps ghosts settle their affairs so they can move on. But when breaking the rules gets her in trouble, she's bumped down to tracking ghosts trying to avoid the afterlife. Ghosts like Ethan Lance, who claims he was kicked out of his body when someone else jumped in. Which might be plausible--if such a thing were possible. And if Micah, Selene's partner, didn't pull her into an investigation of brutal murders that lead directly back to Ethan. But when the whole mess puts Selene's life in danger, she suddenly has very personal reasons to get Ethan's body back. Between her uncomfortable relationship with Micah, and problems with her boss, Selene learns just h...

Sunday Spotlight is a weekly scheme I am running to bring publicity to lesser known authors who, in the book blogging community, it is important to support. If you are an author and you wish to be considered for it please email me at emily.confessionsofa bookaholic@gmail.com with 'Author Spotlight' in the subject line. I know it's not Sunday, don't worry, but I am now caught up from my very busy period earlier this month. Visiting with us today is Christine Keleny, author of Will the Real Carolyn Keene Please Stand Up . About Christine: I am a writer, reader, author, editor, book designer and publisher. I am a mother of two, mostly grown, children and a wife. I like working with my hands, so when the need or desire arises, I crochet, sew, tile, paint, cross stitch, frame pictures, stain furniture, cut and split fire wood, x-country ski, train and ride horses… But my main loves are writing and helping others publish the book of their dreams. I started writing in colleg...

Sunday Spotlight is a weekly scheme I am running to bring publicity to lesser known authors who, in the book blogging community, it is important to support. If you are an author and you wish to be considered for it please email me at emily.confessionsofa bookaholic@gmail.com with 'Author Spotlight' in the subject line. Visiting with us at Confessions of a Bookaholic today is John Elray, author of Pattaya Beach. Hi there John, welcome to Confessions of a Bookaholic! Tell us something about Pattaya Beach which isn’t covered in the synopsis. That's a tricky question to answer without giving too much away but I'll give it a shot.  Probably the best way to address this is to talk about the methodology I used when writing Pattaya Beach, namely drawing on actual events and conversations and working them into the story.  These can be as simple as an off hand comment which could easily go unnoticed but in reality has a profound meaning.  For example, when Fah tells Ed that she...

I'm sure you all remember Stephen Oram from his spotlight here at Confessions of a Bookaholic a few weeks ago, today I have a special cover reveal for you all for his newest book! FLUENCE Ten thousand minutes and counting Genre: Dystopian Published by Silverwood Books Amber is young and ambitious. Martin is burnt out by years of struggling. She cheats to get what she wants while he barely clings on to what he has. It’s the week before the annual Pay Day when strata positions are decided by the controlling corporations. The social media feed is frenetic with people trying to boost their influence rating while those above the strata and those who’ve opted out pursue their own manipulative goals. Fluence is a story of aspiration and desperation and of power seen and unseen. It’s a story of control and consequence. It's the story of the extremes to which Amber and Martin are prepared to go in these last ten thousand minutes before Pay Day. Find Fluence on Amazon  | Website About S...

Sunday Spotlight is a weekly scheme I am running to bring publicity to lesser known authors who, in the book blogging community, it is important to support. If you are an author and you wish to be considered for it please email me at emily.confessionsofa bookaholic@gmail.com with 'Author Spotlight' in the subject line. Visiting with us at Confessions of a Bookaholic today is Elisabeth Grace Foley, author of the Mrs Meade Mysteries. I have been so busy recently which is why the spotlights I missed are being posted this week - don't worry I am back on track now! About Elisabeth: Elisabeth Grace Foley is a historical fiction author, avid reader and lifelong history buff, the author of Peacemaker Award-nominated Western novella Left-Hand Kelly, and short story collections The Ranch Next Door and Other Stories and Wanderlust Creek and Other Stories. Her work has appeared online at Rope and Wire and The Western Online. Her other books include a series of short historical mysteri...

Series: Standalone  Genre: Medieval Romance  Release Date: November 7th 2014 Source: Received as part of the book tour in exchange for an honest review Overall Rating: 5/5 Stars  Cover Rating: 2.5/5 Stars Synopsis: A shared secret from their past could destroy their future… Northumbria, 1077. In the years following William the Conqueror’s harrying of  the North, Lady Alfreya of Tyrswick returns to her family home after seven  years in exile. But instead of returning victorious as her dead father had  promised, she returns defeated by Baron Sebastian de la Croix, the Norman who  rules her lands. To save her gravely ill brother's life, Alfreya offers herself hostage to her  enemy. As Alfreya gets to know her new husband, she finds he’s not the monster  she feared, and their marriage of convenience soon becomes a bond of passion. But Sebastian is a man with a secret—one that could destroy him.  As a series of brutal murders haunt their nigh...