BookBlast with Giveaway $50 - Secrets of the Red Box

Secrets of the Red Box

Bonnie has secrets to keep - secrets with the potential to destroy lives, including her own. Running from her destructive and pain filled past, she recreates herself, believing she has escaped the damning evidence hidden in the red box. When her former life is revealed by a cruel twist of fate, Bonnie faces losing everything, including Glen, the only man she’s ever loved. But is Bonnie the woman he thinks she is? Set against the backdrop of the 1940s, Secrets of the Red Box is filled with intrigue and suspense - sure to keep you guessing to the very end!

Purchase Link:

Amazon 

Author Vickie Hall

Vickie is a native of Utah, but growing up, lived in the states of Colorado, Idaho, Montana, and Nebraska. When she's not writing, she's composing music, or shopping with her sister. She loves animals of all kinds and camping with her family. Her favorite pastime is watching old movies on TCM, and unashamedly has a crush on Cary Grant.

Links:

Blog * Website 

Facebook * Goodreads

Praise for Secrets of the Red Box:

Amazing book! Wow, it caught me from the first paragraph. What detail, mystery and suspense. Loved the main character, Bonnie, so relatable. Vicki is an amazing writer. I wish she would write more books!!!

~Amazon Review

Secrets of the Red Box is a great read! Whether you're looking for a book with an intriguing and unusual plot, or a story of how life's choices effect the rest of your life, you will love this book!

~Amazon Review

Blog Tour: Be sure to check out the blog tour for the chance to win an additional $25 Gift Card.
Check back November 15 for my review and Giveaway link!

Secrets of the Red Box Blog Tour: November 5th to 20th 

Tour Schedule

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eTreasures Author up for Award - Please Consider Voting

One of eTreasures' authors, Cindy Huefner Cromer, is among a group of authors who are up for the 2012 "50 Great Writers You Should be Reading" contest sponsored by The Authors Show. 
I'd be so pleased if some of my blogging friends would support our efforts by voting for her title! Thanks for your consideration and support.

To vote, click here to go to the contest page and you'll see a link that says, "Please click here to vote for your favorite author."

Cindy's book, Desperate Measures, is a romantic suspense with strong positive reviews.

The secret is out AGAIN…! This time lives are in jeopardy.

What should have been the perfect vacation soon became a nightmare. Caitlin Martel made a stop before meeting her family at Miami International Airport. A cryptic message waited for her. She dismissed the threat and assumed it was directed toward the brilliant scientist that she recently hired. Caitlin has no idea that a forgotten secret was about to explode and put her life in jeopardy.

When Caitlin and her family arrive on the Caribbean Island of St. Kitts, they find their dream home vandalized. In the kitchen, another message has been left. In blood, leaving no doubt that Caitlin personally is the target.

In a flashback Caitlin recalls the secret that her father, Jack Spencer, revealed to her sixteen years ago. He didn’t tell her everything. Will Jack be able to confront the truth and reconstruct the past in time to save his daughter?

Caitlin’s husband Scott, FBI Assistant Director, also believes the threats are related to Caitlin’s professional life. Once Caitlin points out the significance of what was left in their home, Scott unofficially brings his top FBI agent, Tomas Medina, to St. Kitts.

When Tomas arrives, his status is quickly upgraded and the investigation becomes official. The third threat creates a direct link to multi-billionaire Lukas Bucklin.

The suspense escalates through twists, turns, and family secrets yet to be revealed. A powerful climax unveils an unlikely alliance between two deadly and dangerous enemies.

Mailbox Monday November 5, 2012

Welcome to Mailbox Monday.
FOR OCTOBER: the Mailbox Monday Tour host is (updated) Mailbox Monday!

Mailbox Monday is a gathering place for readers to share the books that came into their house last week and explore great book blogs.  This Meme started with Marcia at A Girl and Her Books (fka The Printed Page) but is now hosted at Mailbox Monday and through various blog hosts.

Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists. 

I added more books this week - I think my book garden is becoming a forest.
How are your mailbox and TBR piles doing?

Review Titles

I received five review titles:

His Love Endures Forever by Beth Wiseman
Thomas Nelson (New request)
for Review and Giveaway

The Blessed and the Damned (Righteous Series #4)

by Michael Wallace

Audio DVD from HighBridge Audio (through Audibook Jukebox)
The Crooked Wreath by Christina Brandt

From Hachette

 

Where Angels Rest

by Kate Brady

and

 

Double Danger (An A-Tac Novel)

by Dee Davis

Wins

No wins in this week.

Purchased

None

Free

Picked up 13 titles through Novel Seniors Partay

I picked up more free titles on Kindle.

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? November 5, 2012

This meme starts at Book Journey!

What Are You Reading, is where we gather to share what we have read this past week and what we plan to read this week. It is a great way to network with other bloggers, see some wonderful blogs, and put new titles on your reading list.

The reading this week was good although I only finished three books. (I am midway on three others.)  I posted four reviews.  I also posted a book feature, an ARC Giveaway, and a review  with free download book.  Plus, I posted the regular Friday Pick Giveaway, Saturday Sharing Beyond Books Comment Giveaway and Sunday Words.

I didn't get to visit too much earlier in the week so I did most of the visiting Friday and a bit more on Saturday.
Thanks again to all the nice people who visit me.

These were last week's posts:

• It's Monday What are You Reading? October 29, 2012.

• Monday Mailbox October 29, 2012.

• Book Feature: Life After the Undead by Pembroke Sinclair. Zombie, Science Fiction.

• Book Review and ARC GIVEAWAY: Lady Louisa's Christmas Knight by Grace Burrowes; Historical Romance; my rating 4.5. Ends 11/9.

• Book Review: The Halloween Collective by the Indie Eclective; Paranormal; my rating 4.25.

• Book Review (Download Currently Free!: The Wicked Wager by Anya Wylde; Historical Romance; my rating 4.25. Ends 11/5.

• Martha's Bookshelf***Friday Pick Giveaway November 2, 2012. Open Worldwide.  Ends 11/8.

• Audio Book Review: Outer Diverse by Nina Munteanu; Science Fiction; my rating 4.5.

• Saturday Snapshot 11/3/12- Juneau, AK.

• Sharing Beyond Books #73 Comment Giveaway. Open Worldwide. Ends 11/9.

• Sunday Words of Encouragement November 4, 2012.

Finished Reading:

1. eBook/Kindle

The Wicked Wager ( A Regency Murder Mystery & Romance )
by Anya Wylde
This is a fun read. My review post is linked above. The Kindle version is Free through 11/5.

2. Audio
 

Outer Diverse
by Nina Munteanu
 Very good action and world building.
Review is linked above. Reviewed for Iambic Audiobooks through AudioBook Jukebox. 

3. eBook/Kindle

Holiday Affair
by Annie Seaton
This is a nice contemporary romance.
Reviewing for the Publisher; Review and Giveaway to post 11/7.

Line Edits: Print Release of Death to the Undead by Pembroke Sinclair and
eBook Release of :

The Way She Makes Me Feel by Pembroke Sinclair.
Drake Steng had it all: a professional football career, money, and looks. Finding women wasn't a problem, having a relationship was. He thought he found true love when he was 12, but as a boy, how was he to know? He never had the courage to find out, and she slipped from his grasp. When Evie walks back into his life years later, he gets a second chance to discover true love, but are Evie and Drake fated to be together or will he lose his courage and lose her again?

Currently reading:

1. Print

Enslaved (Eternal Guardians)
by Elisabeth Naughton
I am over two thirds through this paranormal romance.
Reviewing for Sourcebooks.
Release Date: November 6, 2012 | Series: Eternal Guardians

2. eBook/Kindle

Extraordinary Rendition
by Paul Batista
I am 25% into this and it is somewhat alarming and very engaging.
Book Description
Publication Date: October 1, 2012
When Ali Hussein, suspected terrorist and alleged banker for Al Qaeda, is finally transported from Guantanamo Bay to the US mainland to stand trial, many are stunned when Byron Carlos Johnson, a pre-eminent lawyer and son of a high-profile diplomat, volunteers to represent him. On principle, Johnson thought he was merely defending a man unjustly captured through Rendition and water-boarded illegally. But Johnson soon learns that there is much more at stake than one man’s civil rights.Hussein’s intimate knowledge of key financial transactions could lead to the capture of—or the unabated funding of—the world’s most dangerous terror cells. This makes Hussein the target of corrupt US intelligence forces on one side, and ruthless international terrorists on the other. And, it puts Byron Carlos Johnson squarely in the crosshairs of both. Pulled irresistibly by forces he can and cannot see, Johnson enters a lethal maze of espionage, manipulation, legal traps and murder. But when his life, his love, and his acclaimed principles are on the line, Johnson may have one gambit left that can save them all; a play that even his confidants could not have anticipated. He must become the hunter among hunters in the deadliest game.Written by no-holds-barred-attorney Paul Batista, Extraordinary Rendition excels not only as an action thriller, but as a sophisticated legal procedural as well. Batista’s keen legal mind and feel for suspense bleed onto every the page. Smart. Fast. Heart-pounding. A legal thriller of the highest order.

3. Audio
 

Emily Goes to Exeter: The Traveling Matchmaker, Book One 
Author: Marion Chesney (M.C. Beaton)
Narrator: Helen Lisanti
I am about a third into this and
enjoying the sweet, adventurous Miss Pym.
Reviewing for AudioGo 
through AudioBook Jukebox.
Book Description
Publication Date: April 15, 2010
A dead employer’s legacy of five thousand pounds allows spinster Hannah Pym to resign from housekeeping and find adventure travelling the English countryside by stagecoach. But adventure soon finds Miss Pym in the form of Miss Emily Freemantle, a spoilt violet-eyed beauty fleeing an arranged marriage to a rake she has never met. What the girl’s darkly handsome betrothed boards their stage, Miss Pym is certain Emily was rash to bolt from this aristocratic catch! And so as soon as the travellers repair to an inn, Miss Pym begins her matchmaking… and although Lord Ranger Harley complains he’ll not marry an ungrateful minx, Miss Pym suspects once she’s marshalled the couple into sharing intimate household chores, all romantic knots will be untangled!

I hope to start another before the end of the week but I haven't decided which yet.


I am again listening to The Listener's Bible NIV read by Max McLean. [Reading and listening on my new MP3.]
Instead of studying with the Tyndall One Year Bible this year I am studying with Through the Bible in One Year by Alan B. Stringfellow. It is a Study that I used for teaching back in around 1989 so I will enjoy it again. This week the reading is Titus and Philenmon.

Line Edits: I am working on releases of several children titles and a poetry collection format this week.

I have 20 or so titles planned for November. Three have been read and two of those posted. That leaves me working on 18 to post during the month. I really do intend to get smaller lists going into December!

Review to post:
Review with Giveaway: Trouble with Cowboys by Denise Hunter

Scheduled for November

11/6 BookBlast - Secrets of the Red Box by Vickie Hall
11/6 Victoria Alexander Live Chat Event 6pm -
Event registration: www.amarketingexpert.com/author-events-live-with-victoria-alexander
11/7 Holiday Affair by Annie Seaton - Review and Giveaway (Entangled Publishing)
11/8 Extraordinary Rendition by Paul Batista - Review, Guest Post and Giveaway (Blue Dot Literary)
11/12 Clear Your Shelf Giveaway Hop
11/15 Secrets of the Red Box by Vickie Hall Review and (BookBlast) Giveaway Links
11/15 Gratitude Giveaway Hop
11/20 Guardians of Stone (The Relic Seekers) by Anita Clenney - Review and Interview
11/27 Five Days of Fear by David Kovach - Review (TLC Tour)
11/28 BookBlast - First Time: The Legend of Garison Fitch by Samuel Ben White

Unscheduled for November
Sourcebooks
Enslaved by Elisabeth Naughton
Untamed (The Amoveo Legend) by Sara Humphreys

Hachette
Where Angels Rest by Kate Brady

Thomas Nelson
His Love Endures Forever (A Land of Canaan Novel) by Beth Wiseman

AudioBook Jukebox

Emily Goes to Exeter: The Traveling Matchmaker, Book One by Marion Chesney (M.C.Beaton)
A Brew to a Kill: A Coffeehouse Mystery by Cleo Coyle
The Crooked Wreath by Christina Brandt

NetGalley
Uninvited by Heather Graham
Forged In Death, Book 1 of The Death Wizard Chronicles by Jim Melvin

Authors
Shards of Ashley (Book 5 of Family Heirloom Series) by Karen Weisner
A Lady By Any Other Name by Jennifer Kitchens

I'd like to read at least one "Won"/TBR book and one free Kindle book.:-)
Older Won Book:  Missing by Ronda Gibb Hinrichsen
Kindle Read - TBD

Others in line up if time permits
Double Danger (An A-Tac Novel) by Dee Davis (Nov/early Dec)
The Blessed and the Damned (Righteous Series #4) by Michael Wallace
Won TBR: The Shifters of 2040, a Shifter Dystopia by Ami Rebecca Blackwelder - carry forward

[To be posted - I am setting these up for interview/feature days.
These were read and ready for reviews for Authors.
Quest for Magic by Jean Hart Stewart - Read; review to be posted with interview.
Seeing for the First Time (What You See is What You Get) and To See (What You See is What You Get) by Nicole Zoltack - Both Read; setting up author interview with reviews.]

Sunday Words of Encouragement November 4, 2012

I am very late with my Sunday post today. My granddaughter wanted to celebrate her 5th birthday with a Halloween theme party. Although her birthday isn't until December (when we will be away in Hawaii) my daughter had the party this afternoon. My DH supplied the Jeep and trailer for the hay ride and there were wonderful games and treats that our daughter found at Pinterest. We didn't get home until about an hour ago and then I had to sync my church notes from tablet to laptop and locate some links I want to share today.

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I was convicted this morning by our Sunday School lesson to share a slightly different message today. Then our Pastor's message reaffirmed that conviction.

I am certainly not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ and not ashamed to share my faith. The primary purpose of this blog is to share my love of reading through *reviewing books, *sharing through author and book features and *giving away old and new books.  I have kept sermon notes for many years and decided early in my blogging that I would share some spiritual thoughts and song videos on Sundays. This is part of my own desire to honor God through this blog as I hope that the way I live brings glory and honor to Him. If only a handful or even one person enjoys the Sunday Words  posts, or is encouraged by them now and then, that is enough. I pray the Spirit can use the seeds that might be planted and further their growth.

Today's sharing is because of our upcoming national elections. It is not intended to be a political endorsement but, as Pastor said this morning, "Do not be so concerned about being politically correct that you do not show our share your convictions."  I am sharing two links that were shared with me this morning.

Am I concerned about the direction of my nation? Yes, I am. But am I afraid? No, not really. Whatever occurs I have faith that my God is in control and Will work things out as He will. That does not give me the right to remain silent and do nothing. Of course, the most important thing I can do is pray and live a life that shares God's love with others.

With that in mind, I share these two resources today. 
First: There is a video interview discussing a correlation between blessings for those who honor and protect God's land and people, Israel, and punishments and disasters that fall on those who do not support Israel.

Second: Here is an article compiling many actions by President Obama that have been against the interests of Christians and those of Biblical Faith. I was very surprised to learn of all of this.

If you wish to skip the links, I hope you will still enjoy this worship song. The written words can be found at the original link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXnvckvpBxU&feature=related

Verses for Today:
Romans 8: 26-27 NIV
26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. 27 And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.

My prayers today are for those who have suffered loss in the North East as a result of Sandy. Also I pray for my nation this week and the elections on Tuesday.