Showing posts with label Book Spotlights. Show all posts
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Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Historical Fiction Spotlight: Afghani by Brendon Patrick

This morning, I have a historical fiction novel to share! Learn about Afghani and author Bendon Patrick!


 

Book Title:  AFGHANI by Brendon Patrick
CategoryAdult Fiction (18 +), 422 pages
GenreHistorical Fiction
Publisher: Bulldog Publishing Australia 
Publication Date: August 2025.
Content Rating: PG-13 +M: War themes included, but nothing highly explicit ​

 

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​War is a Racket, and Culture is Blind: The True Cost of Conflict

Journey through a century of strife in this gripping dual-timeline novel with:

George Sher Gul: A Muslim cameleer fleeing early 20th Century Afghanistan, seeking hope in Australia's unforgiving outback. He navigates harsh landscapes and the prejudices of White Australia, with his dream of belonging hanging by a thread.

Patterson: An Australian soldier in post-9/11 Afghanistan, questioning the war's true motives amidst corruption and personal demons.

Their intertwined stories challenge our beliefs on war, peace, and humanity.

Experience heart-wrenching choices, cultural clashes across generations, and a quest for belonging spanning continents.

This thought-provoking historical fiction exposes deep-rooted xenophobia, drawing parallels between early 20th century Australia and today's complex geopolitical landscape.

Together, it offers a witty yet unflinching critique of global politics—questioning the cyclical nature of conflict.

From sun-baked Australian deserts to war-torn Afghan streets, immerse yourself in a powerful journey through time and culture.

Will George Sher Gul find his future in a land that views him as an outsider?

Can Patterson discover peace amidst chaos and national expectations?

Uncover these answers in a compelling tale of resilience, hope, and the enduring human spirit.
 
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Meet the Author

I'm Brendon Patrick, an Australian storyteller with a passion for bringing forgotten histories to life. As a veteran of the Australian Army and a proud descendant of Afghan Cameleers, I write stories that explore the rich tapestry of Australia's multicultural past that you might not find in your history books.

My upcoming novel Afghani is close to my heart, and it's a journey into the lives of Afghan Cameleers who helped shape Australia, inspired by my own family heritage.

When I'm not typing away at my keyboard, you'll find me walking the bustling Brisbane streets with my camera. It’s here where I develop most of my creative inspiration.

I'd love for you to join me on this literary adventure! Drop by A Life of Prose to discover more about my work and the stories that connect us all.​

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Children's Book Spotlight: The Adventures of Hairy Spinner by Heidi Scarano

Today, I have a fun children's book to share! Learn about The Adventures of Hairy Spinner by author Heidi Scarano! Be sure to enter for a chance to win a prize in the book tour giveaway at the end of this post.  

 


Children's Book

Date Published: 11-23-2024

Publisher: Bright Communications


 

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Hairy Spinner lives in the canopy of the rainforest. He's different than his family as he craves adventure - more than just catching a large insect in his web. Suddenly, he is being whisked away on the back of a bat who hasn't earned her full pilot's wings. They set off on a harrowing adventure through the forest, meeting others along the way, while trying to return Hairy to his family.

 


About the Author

 

 Author Heidi Scarano resides in Berks County, PA. She is a avid lover of nature, science, and photography. She enjoys outings with her family and seeking new adventures via traveling, when she likes to experience local customs, cultures and foods.


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Monday, October 27, 2025

African American Nonfiction Blitz: Real Men Vs. Plastic Men by Elbert Jones Jr.

This morning, I have a nonfiction book in our book blitz spotlight! Learn about Real Men vs Plastic Men and author Elbert Jones Jr. Be sure to enter for a chance to win a prize in the book tour giveaway at the end of this post.



African American / Nonfiction

Date Published: 08-30-2025


 

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In a society increasingly defined by fleeting trends, social media facades, and a loss of authentic masculine identity, Elbert Jones Jr. challenges readers to look past the surface. "Real Men vs. Plastic Men" is a powerful, thought-provoking guide that dissects the difference between performative masculinity (the "Plastic Man") and genuine character (the "Real Man"). Jones provides actionable advice and deeply resonant insights on building integrity, emotional intelligence, discipline, and true leadership. This book is a necessary conversation starter for anyone seeking to redefine strength and live a life of meaningful impact.

 

About the Author

 

 Mr. Jones is entrepreneur with well over 33 years in the U.S. government and knows how to operate a successful business. He has had experience as well in the entertainment field. During the late 1970s' and much of the early 80s' Mr. Jones affectionately known to his many friends and loved ones as 'June' or 'Jonesie' collaborated on various singles by several local DC area recording artists and has mentored underground rap star "D Young". A phenomenal businessman who loves people and live talk radio Elbert Jones Jr. is a great access to KJ Publications,Inc..


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Thursday, October 23, 2025

Visionary Fiction Spotlight: Leonie's Leap by Marzia Pasini

This morning, I have a spiritual, visionary fiction piece in our book spotlight! Learn about Leonie's Leap and author Marzia Pasini! 

 

A Liberation Journey


Visionary Fiction + Self-help/ Spirituality

Date Published: 06-03-2025

Publisher: Atmosphere Press


 

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Dearheart, have you ever wondered about that tingle keeping you awake at night? Where does the fiery inspiration spark from? Why does your soul beckon you in? Consciousness is ever awake, whether you are asleep, stumbling, or taking the leap. It patiently waits for you to unlock the mysteries of your spirit and embrace the liberating journey that awaits.
 

Leonie's Leap tells of the adventures of a fifteen-year-old orphaned acrobat who escapes his dreary life to join the circus as a trapeze artist. Just as the daring acrobat takes the bold plunge into the unknown, your inner exploration reveals the hidden wonders within. 

 

Your capacity to return to this wild inner landscape is the answer to your deepest longing, the home where every prayer settles. It doesn't matter where you come from or what path you have chosen-every bit of YOU knows it: you were born to live vibrantly from your depths. The world needs you to dwell in your wildly liberated heart. It breathes through your sacred dreams. Your wings. Your feet.

 


About the Author

 


 Marzia is a writer and life coach devoted to heart consciousness and the sacred return to self. With a background in Philosophy and a Master’s in Comparative Politics from the London School of Economics, she began her career in international development, working with the United Nations and the Office of Her Majesty Queen Rania of Jordan. Two life-altering health crises sparked a profound inner shift, inspiring her to help others reconnect with their inner freedom and truth. 

 

She is the author of Leonie’s Leap, a soul-stirring novel and inward guide exploring themes of awakening, courage, and belonging, as well as the children’s book Satya and the Sun, which follows a young girl on a magical journey through her fear of the dark—offering an empowering reflection on change, trust, and the unknown. 

 

Originally from Italy, Marzia has lived in six countries and now makes her home in India with her husband and two children.


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Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Paranormal Fantasy Spotlight: One Foot in the Ether by Kaleigh Kavanagh

This morning, I have a historical, paranormal fantasy in our book spotlight feature! Learn about One Foot in the Ether and author Kaleigh Kavanagh!


 
​Book Title:  ONE FOOT IN THE ETHER: Whispers of the Pendle Witches by Kayleigh Kavanagh
CategoryAdult Fiction (18 +), 400 pages
GenreHistorical paranormal fantasy
Publisher: Oriana Neoma 
Publication Date: September 29, 2025.
Content Rating: PG-13 +M: Things are alluded to, not directly shown. one of the fmc is a midwife so these themes come up​

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​Death wasn’t the end.

More than two hundred and fifty years after the infamous Pendle Witch Trials, the spirits of rival witches Demdike and Chattox remain tethered to their bloodlines—watching, waiting, and bound by unfinished business.

Now, in the late eighteen hundreds, a pragmatic midwife and a troubled young psychic—descendants of the two witches—are drawn into a haunting legacy. An ancient being is stirring—an angry god of the old world, hungry for vengeance and ready to consume the future.

​To stop it, the living and the dead must unite, recovering the lost knowledge of their craft. Whilst facing age-old problems and new foes. Some spirits don’t rest easy, and in Pendle, they’re clawing their way back from the past.
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Meet the Author

Kayleigh Kavanagh is a disabled writer from the North-West of England. Growing up in the area, she learnt a lot about the Pendle Witches and launched her debut novel around their life story. Her main writing genres are fantasy and romance, but she loves stories in all formats. Kayleigh hopes to one day be able to share the many ideas dancing around in her head with the world.

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Politcal Nonfiction Spotlight: Class War Then and Now by Chris Wright

Today, I have a political nonfiction novel to share! Learn about Class War Then and Now and author Chris Wright.


Political Nonfiction

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For nearly fifty years, America’s working and middle classes have been under relentless attack. Wages have stagnated, inequality has soared, and the vast majority now lives paycheck to paycheck—while trillions of dollars flow upward into the pockets of the wealthiest few. Class War, Then and Now is both a searing indictment of this economic and political order and an impassioned call to arms for a new left rooted in class struggle, solidarity, and socialist values.

Drawing on a decade of essays and articles originally published in outlets such as Dissent, New Politics, CounterPunch, Socialist Forum, Truthout, and Common Dreams, historian Chris Wright examines the deep roots of capitalism’s crises and the failures of the contemporary left to confront them. In sharp, accessible prose, Wright tackles:


The centrality of class struggle in building a movement that can unite working people

Why identity politics, while important, must not overshadow the fight against capitalism

The overlooked necessity of nuclear power in addressing climate change

Lessons from labor history, from Jimmy Hoffa to modern union battles

The catastrophic consequences of American imperialism and endless war

How organized labor remains humanity’s most universal force for justice


With the urgency of a manifesto and the depth of historical scholarship, Wright argues that only a rational, international, and truly Marxist left can stop the United States—and the world—from sliding into neofascism and ecological collapse.

If you care about economic justice, social reform, and the future of democracy, Class War, Then and Now will challenge your thinking, sharpen your arguments, and inspire action.



About the Author

 


 Chris Wright is a U.S. historian, author, and lecturer at Hunter College, City University of New York, specializing in labor history and radical political theory. His work explores the history of capitalism and social movements, with a focus on building an international left capable of confronting economic inequality, rising authoritarianism, and ecological collapse. 

 

Wright is the author of multiple works of political nonfiction, including Worker Cooperatives and Revolution: History and Possibilities in the United States and Popular Radicalism and the Unemployed in Chicago during the Great Depression. His newest release, Class War, Then and Now: Essays toward a New Left, compiles a decade of essays originally published in respected left-wing and independent outlets such as Dissent, New Politics, CounterPunch, Socialist Forum, Compact, and Common Dreams

 

Over the years, his analysis and commentary have appeared in publications ranging from the Washington Post to Truthout, earning him recognition for his Marxist-informed, historically grounded critiques of capitalism and his advocacy of a democratic socialist movement. 

 

In addition to his academic work, Wright has written philosophical essays, fiction, and poetry, reflecting a lifelong interest in art, music, and the human condition. His current research and writing center on the labor movement, anti-capitalist strategies, and the urgent need for systemic change to address economic, political, and environmental crises.


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Monday, October 20, 2025

Romantic Comedy Spotlight: Love. Camera. Action. by Sarah Hawthorn

This morning, I have a romantic comedy to share! Learn about Love. Camera. Action. and author Sarah Hawthorn! Be sure to enter for a chance to win a prize in the book tour giveaway at the end of this post.

 



Romantic Comedy
Date Published: 10-01-2025
Publisher: Literary Wanderlust

 

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In the quaint Australian country town of Warbol, a faded B-grade actress, Faith Farmer, dares to dream again. With a heart full of passion and a pocketful of savings, she revives the local cinema, The Rex, and invites the community to fall in love with the Golden Age of Hollywood.


As the silver screen flickers to life, the townspeople find themselves swept up in a world of romance, drama, and laughter. Jock, a handsome country vet, finds the courage to leave his unhappy marriage and pursue his heart's desire. Charlotte, a former nun, discovers a new sense of purpose and love. And Faith, well, she finds a second chance at stardom–and love–in the unlikeliest of ways.


Join Faith and the lovable residents of Warbol as they laugh, cry, and fall in love. With its colorful cast of characters, charming small-town setting, and a healthy dose of old-school Hollywood glamor, this delightful romantic comedy will capture your heart and leave you smiling long after the credits roll.



About the Author



Before taking up fiction writing as a full-time career, Sarah worked as an actress, journalist, newspaper columnist, magazine editor and publicist. She headed her own Sydney PR company for fifteen years.
Love. Camera. Action is her third published novel. 


The Dilemma (Bloodhound Books UK, August 2022) garnered five-star reader reviews and reached #1 in WW1 fiction on Amazon USA and #2 in both British Historical Fiction and Historical Mystery on Amazon UK. It was shortlisted for the Grindstone International Novel Prize.


Her debut novel, A Voice In The Night – a twisty psychological thriller – set in New York, London and Sydney was published in July 2021 (Transit Lounge). It has been optioned for film.
She was nominated by Books+Publising in 2021 as one of Australia’s most promising new authors.
 

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Non-Fiction Book Teaser: Motive by Joe Strazzeri, Esq.

This morning, I have a non-fiction book in our book teaser spotlight! Learn about Motive and author Joe Strazzeri, Esq. Be sure to enter for a chance to win a prize in the book tour giveaway! 



Meet the Invisible Guest in your wealth-biased relationships

Non-Fiction

Publication Date: October 10, 2025

Publisher: Serapis Bey Publishing


 

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Successful families and business owners tolerate far too much angst and pain surrounding their material assets and cherished relationships. What if hope for a better way was closer than you knew to be possible?

Packed with uncommon insights, boots on the ground exercises, and real client stories, you will emerge from the experience with a profound exhale of relief, and practical steps to make the journey from friction to ease. 


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In the pages that follow, I have endeavored to create more of an experience than a traditional book. Some people will power through attempting a quick read, and others will find the popcorn of a new idea in the pauses we have carefully infused throughout. 


One of my favorite mottos is, “Hope is a great conversation.” Through a combination of compassionate sarcasm, tender truths, and dense prose, my hope is that families read for what they haven’t heard and not what they already know. At times you’ll find yourself rereading a sentence or a paragraph. When you do, please know that I have attempted to embed deeper nuance into those nuggets of compassion and contemplation. 

Each chapter offers deep thinking exercises, audio overviews of our counseling concepts, and real client stories. In our decades of counseling and teaching families and advisors, we know that personal interaction with the material has a dramatic effect on the depth of influence, and the speed and durability of progress. Beyond reading or hearing a presentation, this deeper engagement helps families chip away at change. If you are holding an actual 3D book, versus an e-book, you’ll find blank journal pages at the back on which to capture your thinking from the exercises. If you don’t have a hard copy, you’ll want to allocate a notebook or journal to do the work.

 

Meet the Author

 

 Joe Strazzeri is an attorney and counselor to successful families and business owners. With a lifelong desire to become a lawyer, he leveraged his second career as a general contractor, hammering nails to pay for law school. He has been self-made since his 20s.

 

He is a founding partner in four companies that serve multi-generational affluent families and self-made business owners, and he teaches the trusted advisors to both. Their life’s work centers on Three Systems of Family Thriving: family wealth, family relationships and family business relationships, and family advisory relationships. They focus on four key capabilities: tax masterminding, business succession, cleaning up messes in families’ existing planning, and Family Synergy Work.

 

Over 25 years in business, he and his teams have counseled more than 750 eight- and nine-figure net worth families, and thousands of others. This experiential sample size renders the insights and perspectives shared in this book.

 

Joe credits his entrepreneurial tenacity to the dichotomy of his parents’ origins. His mother a German, Iowa farmgirl, and his father, a crazy Sicilian entrepreneur, who began life as a teenage immigrant and drove the success of several real estate enterprises.

 

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Romantic Suspense Spotlight: Lovers, Players, Seducers Book IV by J.A. Jackson

This morning, I have a romantic suspense novel to share! Learn about Lovers, Players, Seducers Book IV and author Jerreece Jackson--and be sure to enter for a chance to win a prize in the book tour giveaway at the end of this post.  

 

When Lavender Meets Flint! It’s Magic!

Lovers, Players & Seducers - Book 4


Romance Suspense

Date Published: 06-05-2025



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Flint Ambrose Deville and Lavender Ann Lundy discover a love that’s as electrifying as it is unexpected, yet danger brews in the shadows of their Silicon Valley Lives.
 

Nicholas La Cour, haunted by his family’s turbulent legacy, is thrust back into a battle he thought he’d left behind when his old nemesis, Dante Channing, resurfaces. Alongside the enigmatic group known as the Whispers, Dante brings with him a threat that could shatter the fragile balance the La Cour and Deville family has fought so hard to restore. 

 

As Lavender and Flint navigate the challenges of their budding romance, they’re drawn into a web of intrigue that tests their courage, loyalty, and trust in one another. With the Orchid Lover’s power dormant but far from gone, and the Veil stirring once again, the stakes are higher than ever. 

 

What if the love they’ve found isn’t enough to protect them from the secrets of the past? What if the balance they’ve restored comes at a price none of them are prepared to pay? 

 

Will passion and loyalty triumph, or will the La Cour and Deville family be consumed by forces they can no longer control? And can Nicholas La Cour protect his family from the nemesis of his past? 

 

In Lovers, Players, Seducers Book IV: When Lavender Meets Flint! It’s Magic! ~ love collides with destiny, and every decision could be their last.



About the Author


J.A. Jackson is the pseudonym of Jerreece Jackson, an author known for crafting sultry, suspenseful, and entertaining romantic novels with a captivating twist. Her stories weave passion, intrigue, and a touch of the unexpected, drawing readers into worlds where love and suspense collide.
 

Born in Arkansas and raised on Chicago’s Southside, Jerreece grew up in a family of rich storytellers who fueled her lifelong love for writing. Today, she resides in the enchanting foothills of Northern California, where she continues to write from her cozy home surrounded by roses, tea, and inspiration. 

 

Before dedicating herself fully to fiction, she spent more than a decade working in the non-profit sector as a grant writer and newsletter editor, where she honed her skills in storytelling and communication. 

 

Beyond her novels, Jerreece is the creative force behind A Geek An Angel Jackson Publishing, a venture dedicated to inspiring creativity, promoting mental wellness, supporting home-school education, and celebrating individuality. Through her publishing brand, she has produced a diverse collection of coloring books, journals, notebooks, and unique gifts that reflect her mission to uplift and inspire. 

 

A lover of magical tales, suspenseful ghost stories, chocolate, and the timeless works of Jane Austen, J.A. Jackson continues to enchant readers with her unforgettable blend of romance and intrigue. 

 


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