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Thursday, July 7, 2011
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Review Wednesday - A Good Excuse to Be Bad by Miranda Parker
Date: 7/6/11
Title: A Good Excuse to Be Bad
Author: Miranda Parker
ISBN 10: 0758259506
ISBN 13: 978-0758259509
Pages: 323
Publisher: Kensington
Cover: Paperback
Reviewer: Yolanda M. Johnson-Bryant – Literary Wonders!
Rating: 5 Stars
In her debut novel, author Miranda Parker gives us the action-packed, witty and romantic first installment of her Angel Crawford Novel. A Good Excuse to Be Bad is entertaining and exciting.
Angel Crawford has traded her job as a reporter for Atlanta based Sentinel for the dangerous yet exciting life of a bounty hunter. She may inherit a few bumps and bruises in the process, but she always gets her man . . . or woman.
Angel soon finds herself in a world wind of emotions when she finds her twin sister Ava leaning over her dead husband’s body. To make things complicated, Justin Morgan, her pastor, has decided to be her savior and her sidekick. That wouldn’t normally be a problem, if she weren’t falling for him.
Together these two leap into action to clear Ava’s name and find out what really happened that night at the McMansion.
Is this a case of a crime of passion? You’ll have to read A Good Excuse to Be Bad to find out. Miranda Parker has done an excellent job with this novel and I look forward to reading the next installment.
Kudos to Ms. Parker for smooth, enjoyable and uncomplicated!
REVIEW Wednesday - Ruthless by Shelia M. Goss
Date: 7/3/11
Title: Ruthless
Author: Shelia M. Goss
ISBN 10: 1601628145
Pages: 263
Publisher: Urban Christian
Cover: Electronic Uncorrected Proof
Reviewer: Yolanda M. Johnson-Bryant– Literary Wonders!
Rating: 5 Stars
Uriah and Bathsheba Richards are a loving couple residing in Shreveport, Louisiana. Uriah is lucky to have Bathsheba and would do anything to keep her happy, including working hard for media mogul David King. Uriah’s is to get Bathsheba the house of her dreams and to pay for her frequent retail therapy session.
Bathsheba is a nurse at a local hospital when she is reunited with her long lost sister. When you find out who she is, you’ll be shocked. Bathsheba meets Uriah’s boss at a gala and Mr. King shows very little discretion about his plight for this beautiful woman. She makes it clear that she loves her husband, but even the strongest of flesh can be weakened.
David King, CEO of Dallas based DM King Media has offices around the country and oversees. He is powerful and has everything a man could ever want, except the woman of his dreams. That until he meets his employee’s wife, Bathsheba. He will do anything he can to make Sheba his, even if that means sending her husband to Afghanistan to get him out of the way.
I cannot give this review its due justice without giving away the story line. However, I will say this: Ruthless is full of sinning, sainthood, tons of praying and God’s grace.
Ruthless by Shelia M. Goss does not disappoint in the drama department. It is an example of what we’ve come to expect from this bestselling author. Once again, she has showed us her tremendous ability to weave a story line that always has a message. You have got to read this book!
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
The A Good Excuse to be Bad Blog Tour w/Miranda Parker
About the Author
Miranda Parker is the author of the Evangeline Crawford Bounty Hunter Series. After graduating from college, she began working as a features editor for various magazines and spent many years as a publicist for national recording artists, actors, ministers, and authors. However, writing fun, feisty, redemptive bad girl gone good stories is her passion. She resides with her family in Georgia near a horse ranch and her daughter’s Girl Scout Troop. On a perfect day she can be found curled up with a good book or in a movie theater with a bucket of popcorn.
Friday, July 1, 2011
Fan Page Friday
Strebor Books - Strebor Books is dedicated to publishing a wide diversity of both fiction and non-fiction books. We are committed to finding and developing the careers of cutting-edge authors who take risks with our stories. A personal vision of New York Times Bestselling Author Zane, Strebor examines every aspect and characteristic of the human spirit. From contemporary romance to science fiction, from mystery to erotica, from paranormal to historical, from political to religious, no genre is overlooked amongst the continuously expanding catalog of titles. Zane has the power of discernment when it comes to ascertaining "the next big thing" as proven with her own success; going from a grassroots publisher to running an imprint of Simon and Schuster in less than five years.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Twitteriffic Thursday!
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Review Wednesday - Junior's Dessert Cookbook: 75 Recipes for . . .
Date: 6/26/11
Title: Junior’s Dessert Cookbook: 75 Recipes for Cheesecake, Pies, Cookies, Cakes, and More
Author: Alan Rosen, Beth Allen
ISBN 13: 978-1600853920
Pages: 192
Publisher: Taunton
Cover: Electronic Galley
Reviewer: Yolanda M. Johnson-Bryant – Literary Wonders!
Rating: 4 Stars
The story of Junior’s dates back to 1895 when Barnett and Sarah Rosen relocated from the Ukraine to a lower east side tenement building in Manhattan. Junior’s founder, Herschel Rosen was born in 1904. The Rosen family was very resourceful and after saving $1500 bought into partnership with a local luncheonette. In the 1920s, Herschel, who went by Harry, opened a Enduro Sandwich Shop in the area of DeKalb and Flatbush in Brooklyn. The family business endured financial crisis such as the crash of 1929, but came back stronger than ever in the early 1930s. Junior’s opened on November 7, 1950, Election Day, and began a New York tradition. Today, in addition to being known for its great foods and great service, Junior’s is known for its amazing desserts and famous cheesecake.
Junior’s Dessert Cookbook is filled with decadent recipes like “be mine” valentine cheesecake, red velvet cheesecake, Junior’s orange freeze, Junior’s mud pie and chocolate ganache. The book also has recipes for diabetics or those looking for sugar free desserts. The cookbook has recipes for cooking basics like piecrusts and whipped topping. In addition, as if this cookbook couldn’t be any more awesome, the end of the cookbook has a trouble shooting section. The troubleshooter answers questions and provides solutions to fallen cakes, sticky dough and curdled custard. This is great cookbooks has many recipes that I will be trying very soon!
Review Wednesday - Secrets Untold by Shelia M.Goss
Date: June 23, 2011
Title: The Lip Gloss Chronicles: Vol 4 Secrets Untold
Author: Shelia M. Goss
ISBN 10: 1601623127
ISBN 13: 978-1601623126
Pages: 288
Publisher: Urban Books
Cover: Electronic ARC
Reviewer: Yolanda M. Johnson-Bryant– Literary Wonders!
Rating: 4 Stars
Secrets Untold is the 4th volume of Shelia M. Goss’ young adult series, The Lip Gloss Chronicles. Porsha Swint is your average teenager and attends Plano High School in Plano, Texas. Porsha is your ideal teenager. She gets good grades, she is independent and she knows how to put little boys in their places.
In addition to having the best BFFs a girl could ask for, she also has the greatest parents and it doesn’t hurt that her father is Trey Swint, a well-known former sports figure. Porsha’s world comes tumbling down when she over hears her mother and father deep in a private conversation. For Porsha’s entire life, her parents had kept the devastating secret of her paternity.
She soon finds that her real father is a well-known former athlete and the father of her high school nemesis, Jasmine McNeil. Spoiled and snobbish Jasmine doesn’t take the news too well, but then again neither does Porsha.
Secrets Untold is a great tale of issues that children face as they become of age and find their identities. Bestselling author Shelia M. Goss doesn’t disappoint in this young adult title of sibling rivalry and karma.
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