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The Purse by Julie Burns- Book Tour
The Purse by Julie Burns- Book Tour
Hey everybody! I wanted to take this time and introduce you to a new author Julie Burns, and her new book called The Purse.
Julie will be awarding 1 printed book of The Purse or 2 ebooks (The Purse and a second of their choice) from RRPI to a randomly drawn winner (international) via rafflecopter during the tour.
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Julie A. Burns…
The Purse by Julie Burns- Book Tour
Hey everybody! I wanted to take this time and introduce you to a new author Julie Burns, and her new book called The Purse.
Julie will be awarding 1 printed book of The Purse or 2 ebooks (The Purse and a second of their choice) from RRPI to a randomly drawn winner (international) via rafflecopter during the tour.
Click here to enter: a Rafflecopter giveaway
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Julie A. Burns is a native Iowan born in Marshalltown, Iowa and raised in Davenport, Iowa. After her parent’s divorce at age 7, she took to writing, whether it was her diary or poems about people she met or situations that bothered her. After graduating from high school in 1983, she spent time working as a Nurse’s Aide in different nursing homes in Iowa. In 1989, she gave birth to a daughter, Brittany and raised her as a single parent. In the same year, she enrolled at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. She graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology in 1994. Since then, Julie has spent time working with developmentally disabled adults and the mentally ill throughout Iowa and also in Wyoming, where she lived for 6 years. Julie currently lives in Waterloo, Iowa with her spouse. When she’s not writing, she enjoys being a grandmother to 3 year old Sophie.
BLURB:
The Purse; GENRE: Mystery Thriller
When Lydia Blackwell visits her dying father for the last time, he reveals the deeply hidden truth about her mother. After the funeral, the stranger Derek Meade gifts her with a gorgeous antique purse. But before she has the chance to connect with the man who knew her father intimately, Lydia finds Derek murdered in his home.
Lieutenant Sonja MacIntosh is assigned to investigate Mr. Meade’s death, but her career on the force never prepared her for Lydia Blackwell. As Sonja works to solve the murder, Lydia takes the greatest risk of her life in leaving Chicago to search for clues to her mother’s past. Their instant attraction surprises them both, but even through the chaos Lydia can’t deny the intensity of her feelings for the strong willed Lieutenant.
Lydia’s possession of the antique purse throws her already chaotic life into a whirlwind of kidnapping, blackmail, vengeful mob bosses, and mind-numbing revelations. Through it all, Lydia must find the strength to accept herself – and those closest to her – despite their darkest secrets.
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Excerpt:
As she walked into the bedroom, the smell of her father’s cologne lingered even through all the sickness that had been in the air. Stepping over to the deep walk-in closet, Lydia opened the double doors to reveal her father’s suits, ties, and shoes. She made a mental note to have Rosita donate her father’s clothes so they didn’t hang like a shrine. She stared at every inch of the closet until her eyes fell on a small shoebox buried on the top shelf. Lydia retrieved the step-ladder from within a hidden compartment in the closet’s wall and stood on it to pull down the shoebox. Without thinking, she strolled over to her father’s bed, sat down, and went through all the memories kept in the cardboard box.
Many were just baby pictures of Lydia, and then she discovered a picture of her mother when she was pregnant. How beautiful she was; she looked so happy and carefree. What in the world could have happened? More questions, no answers. Lydia decided to keep the picture with her. Digging deeper yet into the box, she also found pictures of her father and Derek together. They made a handsome couple, though it was still difficult to believe her father had been involved with a man. At least true love hadn’t escaped him as she’d previously thought.
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Author Spotlight- C.C. Wolfe
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CC Wolfe is an author, wife and mother. She writes under her pen name of CC Wolfe because honestly she lives in a small area in South Carolina where people don’t accept easily a paranormal erotica romance author without judgment. So to protect her family she uses her pen name, CC Wolfe. She has also been published under her real…
Author Spotlight- C.C. Wolfe
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CC Wolfe is an author, wife and mother. She writes under her pen name of CC Wolfe because honestly she lives in a small area in South Carolina where people don’t accept easily a paranormal erotica romance author without judgment. So to protect her family she uses her pen name, CC Wolfe. She has also been published under her real name where she writes and illustrates children’s books and under her spirit name where she has pagan oriented works. She even published a natural health magazine for a short while. CC has written since a very early age, took a while for her grammar to catch up to her literary content, but with a teaching degree, that improved immensely.
CC Wolfe loves to write, in her words, “Writing is a release, a passion, a catharsis! When I write something, no matter book, poem, blog, and I look back on it and re-read it… it is almost as if someone else wrote it, like a different person lives in side of me and writes! But I know it was me that wrote it, the best part of me! The writer.”
Her books have a paranormal twist with strong heroines and heroes and an engaging story-line. She believes ever story should have a great story line, and have more than one amazing character to fall in love with when you read! Real love never comes easy! Her sex/relationship blog is straight forward and honest and tastefully done. Her poetry is straight from the heart on a variety of topics. She is working on becoming a freelance writer as well as establishing herself as an author that you want to read her books over and over and new books as soon as they are released!
Book One of the series, Vampire Sex; discover the hot sensuality of Devin, a purely erotic vampire male that knows how to satisfy any lover, male or female beyond their wildest wet dreams. He also knows how to protect his kind from those that would harm them. Can anyone truly tame Devin? Maybe it will take a witch that can put him under her spell? If only he can make the soul connection, because the little hot witch is not up for just a roll in the hay, she wants the real deal or nothing at all. See who saves whom in this intriguing tale. Find the steamy answers in this sultry tale and discover what vampire sex is all about. Discover if real love can span lifetimes and survive even death!
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Author Spotlight- JF Holland
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JF Holland still lives in the small town in Manchester, UK, where she was born at home on January 10th 1968. She was raised and attended school here. Now a wife and mother, she lives with her husband and 6 children, and a small menagerie of animals.
She has always loved the underdog, the fighter. But let’s face it, we all…
Author Spotlight- JF Holland
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JF Holland still lives in the small town in Manchester, UK, where she was born at home on January 10th 1968. She was raised and attended school here. Now a wife and mother, she lives with her husband and 6 children, and a small menagerie of animals.
She has always loved the underdog, the fighter. But let’s face it, we all want to believe in a happily ever after. As a huge fan of books (book nerd is the endearing term, her children use), she has an immense romance collection which also includes paranormal romance. If she is not writing, she has her head stuck in a good book.
“You can’t beat reading, watching the plot and characters come to life in your imagination. It’s so much better than television. When I was younger, I tended to re-write books and fairy-tales where I wasn’t completely happy with the ending. It confused the hell out of my children once they learned to read. None of the books matched the stories I’d read them growing up.” – JF Holland
She has had a varied career including Admin, Customer Service, and Teaching unemployed adults IT and customer service skills. Until she became ill a few years ago, and she is now at home full time, classed as disabled (neuro fog can make life, and writing fun and challenging at times). So instead of feeling sorry for herself, she decided it was time she started to do something she love with her life. She began to write her own stories, it keeps her mind active and is fun.
The Only One:
Dennison Property Story Book 1
The first in the Dennison Property Story Series. Characters to relate to, with human failings, humour and chemistry. (Each book is a standalone read in its own right)
Two years, Kitty Phillips has worked for Blake Dennison as his PA. Two years, of hiding behind plain glasses, and frumpy clothes. She’s subdued her feisty nature for all that time, due to falling for, and attracting, the wrong men. She believed playing down her looks would keep her safe, safe from men that are only after one thing.
Finally she’s ready to put a toe back in the dating pool, and disaster. Her first foray back and she walks in on Lance (a man she thought wanted her for herself) in a compromising position, with his own PA. She goes back to the office, and her temper breaks its bonds. She gives her boss her views on him, and men like him with both barrels.
Blake never mixes business with pleasure. But after kitty reveals the woman she’d been hiding, he’s all for breaking the rules. He pursues kitty with single minded intent. He wants to bed the woman he’s found hiding, in plain sight. After all she’s threatening to leave his employment, he may as well enjoy her before she goes.
They both get more than they bargained for, once passion ignites. Kitty is feistier than Blake was expecting, and Blake is much more that Kitty ever believed possible. Have Kitty and Blake finally found The Only One for them? Or will underhanded dealings steal away their chance at forever?
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This Time:
Dennison Property Story Book 2
The second book in the Dennison Property Story Series. Characters to relate to with human failings, humour chemistry and profanity (Each book in the series, is a standalone read in its own right).
When Rob Phillips isn’t working hard, he’s playing hard. He’s spent most of his adult life with women who want only one thing from him? Luckily he’s always been more than happy to oblige. But once the sheets cool he’s gone, to never look back. He’s become jaded, and bored but can’t figure out why? He has it all, looks, money, and a job he loves that allows him to travel. What could he possibly be missing?
Alison Pope is a young widow with a daughter, and a new job she’s beginning to enjoy. She doesn’t do relationships, and hasn’t been tempted since her husband’s death. That is until she meets Rob Phillips at an art exhibition. Although Rob doesn’t want to be there. He changes his mind after his sister introduces him to the beautiful, but lost Alison Pope. He’s intrigued by her mix of sensual and vulnerable qualities, and wants to get to know her better.
After spending time with Rob, Alison’s shocked to realise that he’s much more than she believed a man could be. The only problem is, he wants the one thing from her that she’s incapable of giving him, or any man, intimacy.
Rob’s doesn’t understand why he can’t just walk away, a first for him. She is the complete opposite of every woman he’s ever slept with. So what is it about her that keeps drawing him back, to the point of obsession? The spark between them is undeniable, but with a dead husband, and a past she won’t disclose. Can Rob figure out what he’s missing, and find a way forward for them?
Alison desperately wants to give in to the chemistry, and Rob. But dare she trust him her past? After all there’s more than just her happiness on the line now. This Time if she gets it wrong, her daughter may have to live with the consequences too.
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Second Chance:
Dennison Property Story Book 3
The third book in the Dennison Property Story Series. Characters to relate to with human failings. Book also contains erotic scenes, humour chemistry and profanity (Each book is a standalone read in its own right).
Jeff Haneran is an ex-soldier trying to move forward as a civilian. He goes to work for an old friend after re-training to be an accountant. He’s always found comfort in the ability to work numbers, at least those he can make sense of.
He has quite a few regrets in his life, but the biggest was letting Helen Orpington go. Sometimes doing the right thing, is the hardest pill to swallow. He’s been playing the field ever since, and acting like he doesn’t have a care in the world; but looks can be deceiving.
Helen has never gotten over Jeff, and is shocked to find him working at Dennison’s Property Services. She can’t forget how he hurt her, but she’s also never gotten over him. The only problem is, he’s now a player with a major reputation. Where’s the man gone that she use to know? Is he still in that deceptively cavalier shell, and if he is; does she want a second chance with her first love?
There’s a lot of water gone under the bridge in the last five years, but there’s also quite a few secrets on both sides.
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Moon Sworn
Maya Rawlings was orphaned and knows nothing of her family history. She’s spent her whole life feeling that there’s something missing. All she wants is to belong and to have a family of her own, the only problem with that is she’s not found a man she’s attracted to.
On the night of her 21st birthday, a strange mark appeared on the back of her hand, half a semi-circle within another. Then the nightmares began, scenes of fear, running for her life, death and destruction, all followed by the darkly erotic voice of a man offering her things she’s always dreamed of. Is he real or is she finally losing her mind?
Jaden Matthews has been on this earth for longer than he cares to remember. A loner who never settles in one place for too long. One night his life changes though as the mark appears on his hand that signifies his mate has been born. He now has 21 years to wait for her to mature and then the clock will start ticking. If he can’t find and bind her to him before the last full moon sets on her 26th birthday, he’ll not only lose his humanity, but also his immortality.
The only problem is he doesn’t know where to find her. Although he can talk to her in her dreams he has to be careful because she isn’t aware that there are more than humans walking the earth. He’s running out of time and patience, but he’s getting closer. Can he use his skills to get her to agree to the binding, thus saving himself or will he forever be destined to walk alone as the animal he becomes?