#BlogTour - Chasing Kat by Jacqueline Simon Gunn / @DrJSimonGunn | Book Release, Guest Post, Spreading the Word & GC #Giveaways @SDSXXTours

Today I'm showing off Jacqueline Simon Gunn's "Chasing Kat," which is her recently released novel, the THIRD novel in her Hudson River Series, and TWO guest posts!

ALSO -- Be sure to check out Rafflecopter at the bottom of this post to be able to sign up for this blog stop's GIVEAWAY!! [Blog Tour & Giveaway will run from August 18 - September 18, 2020]

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Chasing Kat

Hudson River Book 3

by Jacqueline Simon Gunn

Genre: Contemporary Romance

It’s been twelve years since Kat laid eyes on Baxter Adams, her first love, her best friend, the boy who broke her heart. Though Bax shied away from commitments, Kat was the one girl he wanted to know forever, someone he would do anything for. Except date. Then in a moment that ripped both of their hearts out, they ended a friendship they thought would last a lifetime.



Now, Kat believes her past with Bax is finally behind her… until he’s hired at the magazine where she works. At first, they slip easily into their close camaraderie, ignoring events of the past. But is rekindling their old friendship enough? Or is something deeper still between them?



While Bax wants nothing more than to earn back Kat’s trust, blaming himself for the way things ended between them, he has no idea that Kat still harbors guilt for breaking a promise that changed the course of his life. And she never had the courage to tell him.



In an emotional story about long-lost friendships, passionate love and the bonds that endure, will the past that ties them together also tear them apart?



This is book three in the Hudson River series but can be read as a stand-alone.



**Only .99 cents!**

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Page Turning Products / #Candle Company Unboxing & Review | @LifeIsAPageTurn

My friend India of Life Is A Page Turner has a candle company called Page Turning Products / Page Turning Candle Co.. Recently (technically in July 2020) I purchased some of her candles ... this is my unboxing and reaction video of getting those candles. YAY!! Check out India's candles, India's IGs, MY video, and MY promo photos of the candles!

That all being said I want it stated that this is not a sponsored video. Though I am a huge fan of my friend, I did purchase these candles and all of the reviews within my video are my own. Enjoy!


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Blog Tour - Author Spotlight: M. C. V. Egan / @M_C_V_Egan | #GuestPost, Spreading the Word, & GC #Giveaway

Today I'm turning my blog over to M. C. V. Egan, who is talking about if she has a Favorite Movie and, if so, how it relates to her novels.

ALSO -- Be sure to check out Rafflecopter at the bottom of this post to be able to sign up for this blog stop's GIVEAWAY!! [Blog Tour & Giveaway will run from August 15 - September 15, 2020]



M.C.V. Egan is the pen name chosen by Maria Catalina Vergara Egan. Catalina is originally from Mexico City, Mexico. Catalina has lived in various countries and is fluent in four languages; Spanish, English, French and Swedish.

Her first book The Bridge of Deaths revolves around her maternal grandfather's death in 1939. A true-life pre-WWII event. It has over 200 footnotes with the resources of her extensive search through Archival materials as well as the use of psychometry and past life regressions. It is more fact than fiction.

The revised edition of The Bridge of Deaths; A love Story and a Mystery focuses on the story-line as opposed to fact, but all footnotes and facts are available through the website for any curious minds. http://www.thebridgeofdeaths.com

Defined by Others taps into the dark quirky side found even in the best of people. With the 2012 American elections as a backdrop and the fearless reassurance that the world might end on December 12, 2012, as predicted by the Mayan Calendar.

Death of a Sculptor; in Hue, Shape, and Color is a novella written in sixteen different voices. It is a murder mystery. She is currently working on a sequel; Bruce (title subject to change).

M.C.V. Egan lives and works in South Florida. She loves cooking and crafting. She is married and has a son. Aside from writing Astrology is one of her passions and careers she pursues.

You can find M.C.V. Egan everywhere online

Website * Blog1 * Blog2 * Blog3 * Blog4 * Facebook * Twitter * Tumblr * Amazon * Goodreads

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Second Sentence Saturday: Savannah's Secrets | @ReeseRyanWrites #BookTeaser #ContemporaryRomance

SECOND SENTENCE SATURDAY is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by Jess of From Me to You ... Video, Photography, & Book Reviews. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab the novel/novella your currently reading or previously read
• Open to the first page of Chapter 1 or its Prologue
• Share the SECOND sentence from that page
• Share the novel/novella's title & its author, so that other participants can add that novel to their TBR Lists if they want

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MY Second Sentence Saturday :

"Savannah's Secrets" [The Bourbon Brothers Series, Book 1] by Reese Ryan - [Amazon Book Link]

#TeaserTuesday: Accidentally in Love with the Biker | @TeriAnneStanley #ContemporaryRomance

TEASER TUESDAY is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by Jess of From Me to You ... Video, Photography, & Book Reviews.
Anyone can play along! Just share a teaser from a novel you've previously read or are currently reading! Just do the following:

• Grab the novel/novella your currently reading or previously read.
• Find a teaser/excerpt that you like from that novel/novella that is between a single sentence to three sentences to share.
  • Write it out or create your own teaser meme too.
• Share the novel/novella's title & its author, so that other participants can add that novel to their TBR Lists if they want.

My #BookTube Thank You to Libri Labra | @librilabra

Desirai (over at Libri Labra) mentions my BookTube account in her video! SO .. this is a post showing off that video and giving you a meet-and-greet of Desirai's BookTube Account.


If you can't see/watch the above video then click here to watch it.

Upcoming Book Tour Sign Up Request - Chasing Kat | #BookBloggers #BookReviewers @DrJSimonGunn @SDSXXTours

An author client of mine, Jacqueline Simon Gunn is having a Book Tour hosted soon -- Do you think you can help out? If so, SIGN UP NOW!


⏬ FIND OUT MORE ABOUT "CHASING KAT" BELOW ⏬

Nerd It This Way! shares 2 #BLM Videos | @M_E_Gosla #Booktube

Hi! So, I am sharing (with permission) two videos that Mahalia from Nerd It This Way! posted on her YouTube/Bookube channel in June 2020. Both videos were of Mahalia with her family (or just her husband) discussing past situations they had to deal with growing up, discussing the Black Lives Matter movement, and more. I truly encourage you to watch all of both videos. Also I appreciate Mahalia and her family for filming and posting these videos as they gave me (a white gal) more insight.

After watching Mahalia's videos you should check out these links in support of the BLACK LIVES MATTER too: blacklivesmatter.com & blacklivesmatters.carrd.co

Never Have I Ever Police Edition... Black Lives Matter!
by Nerd It This Way!

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Let's have a chat.
by Nerd It This Way!

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#BookTubers Recommend - Best Underrated Books They've Ever Read | @Stef_uncensored

I was invited to join in Episode 5 of Steph from Steph's Romance Book Talk's Collaboration Series and HERE IT IS! Check it out in the below video and if you want to pick the novels up that is listed below too.

Best Underrated Book I've Ever Read
| Collaboration Series | Episode 5 | 2020
by Steph's Romance Book Talk

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A Love Letter to Book Bloggers by @benreadsbooks | #BookBloggers Fangirling #GuestPost

Confession time ... I am not sure what went down on Twitter about Book Bloggers ... and in some ways I am completely happy to be in denial about whatever it was. Yet, I am a book blogger (I have been since this blog began in 2008) and I am a booktuber (I have been since I included "bookish" videos on my youtube channel in 2017) ... therefore I find what Ben is putting together really important.

Yes BookTube is an important venue for Authors, however Book Bloggers have been around for generations and we do not plan on going away. So I truly appreciate Ben of Benreadsbooks & BenReadsBooks trying in bring everyone together in his own way. I did comment on Ben's tweet and no I do not know if or when he'll mention my blog ... or if he'll mention it at all. That is fine. I would love the support but it is not needed. I have come to terms with how much "support" I will get over the years and in truth I get more support from authors than I have from supporters or followers. It is why I do what I do and why I have created a small business in assisting authors the best I can.

Please watch Ben's video below. If you are a book blogger be sure to comment on Ben's tweet too.

A Love Letter to Book Bloggers
by Benreadsbooks

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#BlogTour - The Single Mom’s Second Chance by Kathy Douglass / @kathydouglass7 | #BookRelease, Spreading the Word & #Giveaway @honmagpr @HarlequinBooks

THE SINGLE MOM’S SECOND CHANCE BY KATHY DOUGLASS

She could use a shoulder to lean on…

Facing the fight of her life after a cancer diagnosis, widow Roz Martin is forced to ask her estranged brother-in-law to help care for her children. Being there for his nieces and nephew is a no-brainer for gym owner Paul Stephens. But being there for the woman who’d betrayed him by marrying his half brother is hard. Especially when he discovers the feelings he once had for Roz never died…

AVAILABLE ON

AMAZON | BARNES & NOBLE | HARLEQUIN | BAM! | WALMART | KOBO | GOOGLE | INDIEBOUND

 

ADD ON GOODREADS

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#TeaserTuesday: Rock Strong | @virnadepaul #RockstarRomance

TEASER TUESDAY is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by Jess of From Me to You ... Video, Photography, & Book Reviews.
Anyone can play along! Just share a teaser from a novel you've previously read or are currently reading! Just do the following:

• Grab the novel/novella your currently reading or previously read.
• Find a teaser/excerpt that you like from that novel/novella that is between a single sentence to three sentences to share.
  • Write it out or create your own teaser meme too.
• Share the novel/novella's title & its author, so that other participants can add that novel to their TBR Lists if they want.

Lauryn from The Novel Lush's video: We Are Not Your Token Knee Grows | Blackness and the Book Community | @TheNovelLush #BookTube

In 2018 I featured Lauryn of The Novel Lush's video titled Racist BOOKTUBE DRAMA? Reaction to Entitlement vs Elitism on Booktube and the quote from Lauryn I posted with that video was "We gotta do better.", which truly is still completely relevant today. I find that to be really sad but it is not untrue ... society needs to do better. But to be more specific BOOKTUBE needs to do better too. So, when Lauryn posted this video (the one below) I asked if she would be alright with me featuring here and I am only doing so because she stated it would be okay. Watch it! Watch it ALL. Are you wanting to hear all the spilled tea .... watch it. Are you here because BLACK LIVES MATTER ... watch it. Also, after watching it you should check out these links in support of the BLACK LIVES MATTER too: blacklivesmatter.com & blacklivesmatters.carrd.co

We Are Not Your Token Knee Grows | Blackness and the Book Community
by The Novel Lush

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#TeaserTuesday: Royally Roma | @TeriWilsonauthr #ContemporaryRomance

TEASER TUESDAY is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by Jess of From Me to You ... Video, Photography, & Book Reviews.
Anyone can play along! Just share a teaser from a novel you've previously read or are currently reading! Just do the following:

• Grab the novel/novella your currently reading or previously read.
• Find a teaser/excerpt that you like from that novel/novella that is between a single sentence to three sentences to share.
  • Write it out or create your own teaser meme too.
• Share the novel/novella's title & its author, so that other participants can add that novel to their TBR Lists if they want.

Cover Reveal - Bad Idea by Robin Covington / @RobinCovington | #GuestPost, Spreading the Word, & GC #Giveaway

Today I'm showing off Robin Covington's "Bad Idea," a note that she included with this cover reveal notice, and her giveaway for a $25 Amazon Giftcard!


** This site is a participant in various affiliate advertising programs through Amazon.com, Rakuten Marketing, Commission Junction, IndieBound, Smashwords, Book Depository, and more that are designed to provide a means for Jess to earn minimal advertising fees by showcasing the areas you can purchase the corresponding products that Jess discusses within her blog posts. Basically Jess earns from qualifying purchases.
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#BlogTour - A Reunion of Rivals by Reese Ryan / @ReeseRyanWrites | #BookRelease, Spreading the Word & #Giveaway @honmagpr @HarlequinBooks

A REUNION OF RIVALS BY REESE RYAN

Sparks in the boardroom
and the bedroom…

She can’t let anything derail her passion project,
Not even a second chance with the sexiest man alive…

The deal that could bring Quinn Bazemore’s career back from the brink has one catch: she must partner up with her ex-lover Max Abbott. Quinn can’t forget the pleasure-filled summer they shared. But now she’s butting heads over business strategy with the mouthwatering marketing VP, even as their reawakened desire threatens to expose her deepest secrets…

 

AVAILABLE ON

AMAZON | BARNES & NOBLE | APPLE | KOBO | GOOGLE

 

ADD ON GOODREADS

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#TeaserTuesday: The Earl's Return | @Calliehutton #HistoricalRomance

TEASER TUESDAY is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by Jess of From Me to You ... Video, Photography, & Book Reviews.
Anyone can play along! Just share a teaser from a novel you've previously read or are currently reading! Just do the following:

• Grab the novel/novella your currently reading or previously read.
• Find a teaser/excerpt that you like from that novel/novella that is between a single sentence to three sentences to share.
  • Write it out or create your own teaser meme too.
• Share the novel/novella's title & its author, so that other participants can add that novel to their TBR Lists if they want.

Bree Hill's Black Booktuber Storytime ♡ | @Bree_TheGoddess @bookishrealm #Booktube #BookRecommendations

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Thank you Bree for making this video and for allowing me to feature it on my blog.

Town Hall: Race & Inclusion on #Booktube | @2020hines_sight @bookishrealm @bookish_bethany @Kari_ng4books @ShadeTreeReads @ItsNeeksYeah

Join Erica of The Broken Spine, Ashley of Bookishrealm, Bethany of Beautiful Bookish Bethany, Kari of Kari-ngForBooks, Deidra of ShadeTreeReads, and Neka of Neeks, as they discuss the impact of race and inclusion on the Booktube community tonight on Monday, June 8th 2020 at 4:00 pm PST / 7:00 pm EST.


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Black Lives Matter
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Spreading the Word: Twins for the Billionaire by Sarah M. Anderson | #BookReview #SarahMAnderson

Format Jess Read This Novel In: Kindle Edition
File Size: 1049 KB | Print Length: 240 pages
Publication Date: October 1, 2017
ASIN: B06XW8JDZG | UNSPSC Code: 55111500
Publisher: Harlequin : Desire | Language: English
Main Genre(s): Contemporary Romance, Family Fiction, Workplace Romance
Jess Obtained This Book Through: Harlequin.com

"Twins for the Billionaire" [Billionaires and Babies Series] by Sarah M. Anderson (aka Maggie Chase)

Author's Book Description : Seducing the Single Mom

Widowed mom Sofia Bingham needs a job—fast! Her babies won’t feed themselves. Working for real estate tycoon Eric Jenner is the perfect solution. But her childhood buddy is all grown up now…and tempting as hell. Surely one unforgettable night of passion wouldn’t hurt? After that, they can go back to being all business!

But Eric doesn’t agree that they should put their red-hot romance on ice. He can’t deny his connection to Sofia’s adorable twins—or his consuming desire for their mother. What will it take to convince her that he’s playing for keeps?

My Non-Book Review : So ... I am sorry. I read this novel in April 2018 and life happened along the way, which means I lost my original review and book rating. To find out more please check out this blog post. This novel might be reread and reviewed officially later so stay tuned. If you want to hear some of my thoughts about this novel check out my Week #11 of When & Where am I Wednesday video, which I recorded when I was in the middle of reading this novel in 2018.