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Release Blitz: A Kind and Savage Place by Richard Helms #promo #releaseday #giveaway #historical #mystery #rabtbooktours @rickhelmsauthor

 

Historical Mystery

Date Published: 03-01-2022

Publisher: New Arc Books / Level Best Books



It's 1954. The place is Prosperity, North Carolina, a small farming community in Bliss County. Three teenagers, the 1953 championship-winning offensive backfield for Prosperity High, are unwilling participants in a horrific event that results in a young man’s death.

One of the friends harbors a tragic secret that could have prevented the crime. Divulging it would ruin his life, so he stays quiet, fully aware he will carry a stain of guilt for the rest of his life.

The three buddies go their separate ways for almost a decade, before another tragedy brings them back to Prosperity in 1968. Now in their thirties, it is a time of civil and racial unrest in America.

They discover the man who committed murder back in ’54 is now the mayor, and rules the town with an autocratic iron fist. He’s backed by his own private force of sheriff's deputies and forcibly intimidates and silences any malcontents.

Worse, now he's set his sights on Congress.

A Kind and Savage Place spans half a century from 1942 to 1989 and examines the dramatic racial and societal turmoil of that period through the microcosmic lens of a flyspeck North Carolina agricultural community.




About the Author

Richard Helms is a retired college professor and forensic psychologist. He has been nominated eight times for the SMFS Derringer Award, winning it twice; seven times for the Private Eye Writers of America Shamus Award, with a win in 2021; twice for the ITW Thriller Award, with one win; four times for the Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award with one win: and once for the Mystery Readers International Macavity Award. He is a frequent contributor to Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, along with other periodicals and short story anthologies. His story “See Humble and Die” was included in Houghton-Mifflin-Harcourt’s Best American Mystery Stories 2020. A Kind and Savage Place is his twenty-second novel. Mr. Helms is a former member of the Board of Directors of Mystery Writers of America, and the former president of the Southeast Regional Chapter of MWA. When not writing, Mr. Helms enjoys travel, gourmet cooking, simracing, rooting for his beloved Carolina Tar Heels and Carolina Panthers, and playing with his grandsons. Richard Helms and his wife Elaine live in Charlotte, North Carolina.


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Series Blitz: Tessa’s Books of Elegance by Jacqui Preugschat #promo #childrensbook #activitybook #giveaway #rabtbooktours

 

Book 1 – The Lovely Beautiful And Very Elegant Tea Party

Children’s Activity Books - Girls

Published: 2019

Publisher: Ocean Reeve Publishing


Welcome...Come along and join Tessa on her Lovely, Beautiful and Very Elegant Tea Party. You will be doing everything together; from making the invitations, cooking, decorating, sewing and dress designing! Your friends and family will be amazed at your talents when they come to your very own Lovely, Beautiful and Very Elegant Tea Party.


Book 2 – Leap For Joy And Twirl About Tessa’s Elegant Ballet

Children’s Activity Books - Girls

Published: 2021

Publisher: Ocean Reeve Publishing


Come along and join Tessa as you both Leap For Joy and Twirl About in a very elegant ballet performance. Together you will be learning the basic steps of ballet, making invitations, cooking, designing tutus and ballet shoes, and creating beautiful hairstyles! Your friends and family will be so excited to see you Leap for Joy and Twirl About in your lovely tutu!


Book 3 – Design Your Own Elegant Bedroom Décor With Tessa

Children’s Activity Books - Girls

Published: 2021

Publisher: Ocean Reeve Publishing


Come along and join Tessa as you learn about colour, design and colour themes! You will make elegant décor by repurposing a chair or desk, create no-sew t-shirt pillows, decorate lamps/baskets, collage canvases, design beautiful hanging decorations, sew your own sausage dog or cat, and much more! Your friends and family will be so impressed, when they see the elegant décor you have created!


About the Author

Jacqui Preugschat is a Brisbane-based, happily-married mother of 4 beautiful children, with a passion for encouraging girls to use their talents. She is also a qualified Special Education Teacher, University Lecturer and Short Course writer for TAFE, and contributing writer for Thrive Global.

As a little girl, Jacqui spent her school holidays in her grandmother's dress shop surrounded by elegant things and loved making and creating beautiful things.

Recently Jacqui has directed 3 musicals at the Princess Theatre, was a buyer for a Bridal Store and window dressed a babies', girls', and bridal store in South Australia.

Currently, she home schools her 2 girls, directs a Choir on a weekly basis, teaches drama and runs a girls DIY Arts and Craft group fortnightly, where young girls learn to make beautiful projects.


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Tour Kick Off: Zoey the Zebra Meets Lexi the Lion by Jennifer Daly #blogtour #nowontour #childrensbook #rabtbooktours @Cheer.Daly




Children's Fiction

Date Published: July 29, 2021


Will Zoey become lunch?What happens when a Zebra meets a Lion? Does the Zebra run? Does the Lion win? Find out what the future holds when this unusual pair meet for the very first time.This book will help your child realize we are better together... Our differences make us stronger!



About the Author

Jennifer lives every day with all things that sparkle. She is a girl Mom of two angels, Zoey and Lexi, and has been married to her hot firefighter husband, Daniel, since 2007. The Team Daly four-pack resides in the Dallas, Texas area with their hairy, 90 lb. German shepherd, Duke, who thinks he is a lap dog. Jennifer is a master level Certified Life Coach with an MBA, and founder of Cheering On Moms where she utilizes her background to encourage Moms to pursue their dreams. Jennifer knows she must walk the talk, so she stretches herself through pageantry and is the current 2021 Mrs. Diamond Universe, 2021 Mrs. Collin County, and held the title of 2018 Mrs. North Texas. Cheering from middle school through the professional level, Jennifer knows God has called her to keep cheering and specifically encouraging those in their faith! You can find her at CheeringOnMoms.com and @Cheer.Daly everywhere else.


Hailey Nelson is an artist and illustrator. She is the owner of Wild North Illustrated, LLC, an illustration and fine art company. Her illustrations and designs are inspired by nature and focused on providing beautiful artwork to authors, readers, and art lovers around the world. Hailey is a married mother of three boys living in western Wisconsin, where she enjoys spending time outdoors with her family. You can find Hailey at wildnorthillustrated.com. --This text refers to the hardcover edition.


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Tour Kick Off: For the Bright Ones by Sarah Ann Negus #blogtour #nowontour #poetry #giveaway #rabtbooktours @AuthorParul




May they come out of the shadows

Poetry

DATE PUBLISHED: 14 February, 2022



This collection of poems came as a surprise to me.

When something is easy, brings joy and excitement I do more of it and that is what happened here. Poetry has been a life-long pleasure, but usually as a reader. I have dabbled in writing private pieces before, then these came.

Sometimes, there is a meeting of two people that changes everything.

This book is a result of one of those times. The words coming through on the music of a guitar; the notes and melodies acting as a muse; the song as an anchor to hold onto while playing with the creative force that is available to all of us. It opened a channel for me and the words dropped onto the page. Most times, I felt vulnerable to read them, let alone share them, but here they are for you.

My work in the world has always been the work of the heart and of the soul, connecting people to a deeper truth of themselves. Helping people to remember that they are connected to something wonderful and vast. Opening them up to their inner spiritual power. This book is another vehicle for that intention of my life.

May it remind you of your own heart’s strength.

Sarah x



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Sarah Negus is a spiritual mentor, author, and executive coach, guiding high level entrepreneurs, corporate executives, and high-flying startups to embody the best version of themselves - reaching seemingly impossible goals and extreme levels of growth and success. She coined the title, Modern Day Shaman® - marrying traditional shamanic practices with modern psychology and mindset methods.

Sarah guides her clients to re-shape and re-frame their inner beliefs, thoughts, and behaviors to rewrite the unconscious story they play throughout each day. Since every individual is unlike anyone else on earth, these results are not limited to any one channel - hence, this book of poetry to unearth your spiritual connection to love and inner power.

A creative and romantic to the core, she traipses through nature with her little dogs, offers hands-on healing with spiritual clients, and takes frequent trips to Ibiza. There, she soaks up the sunshine before heading back to the countryside where she lives with her son in Surrey, UK.


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Tour Kick Off: A Kind and Savage Place by Richard Helms #blogtour #nowontour #historical #mystery #giveaway #rabtbooktours @rickhelmsauthor





Historical Mystery

Date Published: 03-01-2022

Publisher: New Arc Books / Level Best Books



It's 1954. The place is Prosperity, North Carolina, a small farming community in Bliss County. Three teenagers, the 1953 championship-winning offensive backfield for Prosperity High, are unwilling participants in a horrific event that results in a young man’s death.

One of the friends harbors a tragic secret that could have prevented the crime. Divulging it would ruin his life, so he stays quiet, fully aware he will carry a stain of guilt for the rest of his life.

The three buddies go their separate ways for almost a decade, before another tragedy brings them back to Prosperity in 1968. Now in their thirties, it is a time of civil and racial unrest in America.

They discover the man who committed murder back in ’54 is now the mayor, and rules the town with an autocratic iron fist. He’s backed by his own private force of sheriff's deputies and forcibly intimidates and silences any malcontents.

Worse, now he's set his sights on Congress.

A Kind and Savage Place spans half a century from 1942 to 1989 and examines the dramatic racial and societal turmoil of that period through the microcosmic lens of a flyspeck North Carolina agricultural community.




About the Author


Richard Helms is a retired college professor and forensic psychologist. He has been nominated eight times for the SMFS Derringer Award, winning it twice; seven times for the Private Eye Writers of America Shamus Award, with a win in 2021; twice for the ITW Thriller Award, with one win; four times for the Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award with one win: and once for the Mystery Readers International Macavity Award. He is a frequent contributor to Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, along with other periodicals and short story anthologies. His story “See Humble and Die” was included in Houghton-Mifflin-Harcourt’s Best American Mystery Stories 2020. A Kind and Savage Place is his twenty-second novel. Mr. Helms is a former member of the Board of Directors of Mystery Writers of America, and the former president of the Southeast Regional Chapter of MWA. When not writing, Mr. Helms enjoys travel, gourmet cooking, simracing, rooting for his beloved Carolina Tar Heels and Carolina Panthers, and playing with his grandsons. Richard Helms and his wife Elaine live in Charlotte, North Carolina.


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March 9- On a Reading Bender - Review

March 10- Book Junkiez - Spotlight

March 11- Sapphyria's Book Blog - Spotlight

March 14- Stormy Nights Reviewing - Review

March 15- Triquetra Reviews - Spotlight

March 16- Nesie's Place - Excerpt

March 17- Sylv.net - Spotlight

March 18- The Avid Reader - Interview

March 21- Liliyana Shadowlyn - Spotlight

March 22- My Reading Addiction - Interview

March 23- Our Town Book Reviews - Spotlight

March 24- Texas Book Nook - Review

March 25- Book Corner News and Reviews - Spotlight

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March 29- The Faerie Review - Spotlight

March 30- Novel News Network - Review

March 31- A Life Through Books - Interview

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