Goodreads Blurb

In this engaging and highly accessible compendium for young readers and aspiring power brokers, Virginia Senator Janet Howell and her daughter-in-law Theresa Howell spotlight the careers of fifty American women in politics — and inspire readers to make a difference.

Meet some of the most influential leaders in America, including Jeannette Rankin, who, in 1916, became the first woman elected to Congress; Shirley Chisholm, the first African-American woman elected to Congress; Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to sit on the Supreme Court; and Bella Abzug, who famously declared, “This woman’s place is in the House . . . the House of Representatives!” This engaging and wide-ranging collection of biographies highlights the actions, struggles, and accomplishments of more than fifty of the most influential leaders in American political history — leaders who have stood up, blazed trails, and led the way. 

My Review: Rated 5 out of 5 stars

This is the perfect book for children to learn about the amazing women who have made a huge difference for women in politics. They showcase 15 women from different generations who all had different upbringings and beliefs. They fought for women equality and if they were turned away or not successful they would get back up and try again. If you see an injustice you need to stand up and join the forces to make a difference. Equality among women and men is very important. Let’s stand up for equal rights.

Author Biography

Senator Janet Howell has been a Virginia state senator since 1992. She is second in seniority in the state senate and the longest-serving female Virginia legislator. Credited with major legal reforms, she was also the first woman to serve on the powerful Senate Finance Committee and the first and only woman so far to be appointed as a senate budget conferee. A civil rights worker in college and a longtime community leader, she has been honored with many awards, including a Child Health Advocate Award from the American Academy of Pediatrics. She lives in northern Virginia with her husband, Hunt.

BOOK DETAILS:
The Best Mistake
by Cookie O’Gorman
Publication date: April 2020
Genres: New Adult, Romance, Sports

Synopsis:

Honor Tierney just wants one night with the playboy.

One hot, steamy, meaningless hookup, and then she’ll happily go back to reading her favorite books, studying to be an accountant and writing for the campus-paper-nobody-reads. Too bad she ends up in the wrong bed, with the wrong brother…who gives her the hottest night of her life.

Archer O’Brien just wants to play ball.

Well that, and for his brothers to stop acting out, so he won’t have to worry 24/7. As the oldest O’Brien and team captain, it’s his duty to make sure they don’t drink too much, party too much, or get in too much trouble. But when she walks into his bedroom—mistaking him for his brother—life throws him a curveball.

She’s determined to guard her heart. He’s not giving up.

And when Honor gets assigned to cover the Wolves baseball team, it’s game on.

This new adult sports romance features one hot (and hilarious) case of mistaken identity and a sexy set of brothers guaranteed to make you swoon.

Sometimes, the best mistakes are worth making.

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52270585-the-best-mistake

Author Biography

Cookie O’Gorman writes YA romance to give readers a taste of happily-ever-after. Small towns, quirky characters, and the awkward yet beautiful moments in life make up her books. Cookie also has a soft spot for nerds and ninjas. Her novels ADORKABLE, NINJA GIRL and THE UNBELIEVABLE, INCONCEIVABLE, UNFORESEEABLE TRUTH ABOUT ETHAN WILDER are out now! Her next book, The Good Girl’s Guide to Being Bad, was released April 25, 2019!
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BOOK DETAILS:
Shameless
by Sybil Bartel
(Alpha Bodyguard #8)
Publication date: June 18th 2020
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

Synopsis:

Bodyguard.

Shadow.

Warrior.

The Marines trained me to be a weapon. Tactical warfare was in my blood. I didn’t think twice when I was deployed for the fifth time because I was born battle ready. Then a mission went south and left me with a medical discharge.

Too many years downrange, I didn’t fit in the civilian world. Taking a job with the best security firm in the business seemed like a solid plan…until I was assigned babysitting duty for a spoiled little rich girl. The only thing worse than the assignment was the client’s smart mouth. She thought she could run it—all over me—and not suffer the consequences. She was wrong.

Now she was about to find out how shameless a bodyguard could be.

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48713761-shameless
Pre-order:

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Author Biography

Sybil Bartel grew up in Northern California with her head in a book and her feet in the sand. She dreamt of becoming a painter but the heady scent of libraries with their shelves full of books drew her into the world of storytelling. She loves the New Adult genre, but any story about a love so desperately wrong and impossibly beautiful makes her swoon.
Sybil now resides in Southern Florida and while she doesn’t get to read as much as she likes, she still buries her toes in the sand. If she isn’t writing or fighting to contain the banana plantation in her backyard, you can find her spending time with her handsomely tattooed husband, her brilliantly practical son and a mischievous miniature boxer…

But Seriously?

Here are ten things you probably really want to know about Sybil.

She grew up a faculty brat. She can swear like a sailor. She loves men in uniform. She hates being told what to do. She can do your taxes (but don’t ask). The Bird Market in Hong Kong freaks her out. Her favorite word is desperate…or dirty, or both—she can’t decide. She has a thing for muscle cars. But never reply on her for driving directions, ever. And she has a new book boyfriend every week—don’t tell her husband.

To find out more about Sybil Bartel, be sure to follow her on Twitter (she loves to hear about your favorite book boyfriend!), visit her website, like her on Facebook or join her Facebook group Book Boyfriend Heroes for exclusive excerpts and giveaways.

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Goodreads Blurb

Just because you love someone doesn’t mean you know them.

Nina Garrity learned that the hard way after discovering that her missing husband, Glen, had been leading a double life with another woman. But Glen’s gone–presumably drowned while fishing on his boat–so she can’t confront him about the affair or any of his other misdeeds. A year and a half after the accident, Nina considers herself a widow, even though the police never found a body. Following a chance encounter with Simon Fitch, a teacher from her daughter Maggie’s middle school, Nina finds love again and has hopes of putting her shattered life back together.

Simon, a widower still grieving the suicide of his first wife, has found his dream girl in Nina. His charm and affections help break through to a heart hardened by betrayal. Nina’s teenage son, Connor, embraces Simon as the father he wishes his dad could have been, but Maggie sees a far darker side to this new man in their lives. Even Nina’s good friends wonder if Simon is supremely devoted–or dangerously possessive.

But Nina is committed, not only to her soon-to-be new husband but also to resuming her former career as a social worker. Before she can move forward, however, Nina must first clear her conscience that she’s not making another terrible choice in a man. In doing so, she will uncover the shocking truth: the greatest danger to her, and her children, are the lies people tell themselves.

My Review: Rated 4 out of 5 stars

The perfect man shows up exactly when you’re torn apart, only looking for love and to comfort you. How well do you know this perfect man who would do anything for you? Simon was the perfect guy, a teacher who made sure Nina and her kids were taken care of after her husband’s disappearance. Nina’s husband was never found and many secrets remain unknown.

D.J. Palmer gives you a thriller that will take the reader into a story that isn’t what the author is leading us believe. Secrets are hidden behind the shadows that will unravel the most profound story of a psychopath. Love makes people do terrible things. Unknown secrets and deceit can cause a person to turn a blind eye to the truth. Maggie was the key character that saw a monster behind his own mask. She was the true hero in this story. When you have a feeling that someone isn’t who they say they are, you should follow your instincts. This story will shed a light to us all that we need to very careful of who you open up to. Sometimes the perfect husband might be your true nightmare. 

Author Biography

D.J. PALMER is the author of numerous critically acclaimed suspense novels, including Delirious and Desperate. After receiving his master’s degree from Boston University, he spent a decade as an e-commerce pioneer before turning his attention to writing. He lives with his wife and two children in New Hampshire.

Goodreads Blurb

I lost an arm on my last trip home.

Home is a new house with a loving husband in 1970s California that suddenly transformed in to the frightening world of the antebellum South.

Dana, a young black writer, can’t explain how she is transported across time and space to a plantation in Maryland. But she does quickly understand why: to deal with the troubles of Rufus, a conflicted white slaveholder–and her progenitor.

Her survival, her very existence, depends on it.

This searing graphic-novel adaptation of Octavia E. Butler’s science fiction classic is a powerfully moving, unflinching look at the violent disturbing effects of slavery on the people it chained together, both black and white–and made kindred in the deepest sense of the word.

My Review: Rated 5 out of 5 stars

A powerful novel that will take the reader back into the 1800’s, where they will experience the cruelty African Americans went through because of slavery. Dana was a super hero in this story. With some unknown power she was able to time travel to the 1800’s to save Rufus who happens to be her ancestor. Unfortunately, saving his life the numerous times will cost Dana. Dana being from another time-frame, a writer and a fighter was brutally beaten, while all she wanted to do is help people. My heart broke seeing Dana and the others brutally beaten and mistreated. This book is so intense you can almost hear the whip slap against the skin, the weeping and crying I cannot possibly imagine seeing such brutality and not being able to do anything. Octavia gave us a visual of first hand visual of the cruelty slavery was. She didn’t sugarcoat anything. She wanted the readers to live through this terrify brutality. I can’t believe slavery was okay so many years ago. I recommend you read this book so that history doesn’t repeat itself.

Author Biography

Octavia Estelle Butler was an American science fiction writer, one of the best-known among the few African-American women in the field. She won both Hugo and Nebula awards. In 1995, she became the first science fiction writer to receive the MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Grant.

BOOK DETAILS:
Soulless Knight
by Violet Paige
(Sins of Knight Mafia Trilogy, #1)
Publication date: April 2nd 2020
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

Synopsis:

There’s a price for power and I’ve paid it.
No matter the cost.

We were young when we met.
I thought I could protect her from the world.
Shield her innocence from darkness and evil.
I believed what I felt for her could take down anything in our path.
Even our fathers.

But I was wrong.

I learned my lesson.
We’re not kids any more.
Now I have an empire to run and there’s only one thing standing in my way.
Kennedy.
She’s not the girl she used to be.
The woman is more gorgeous than ever and has a tongue laced with vengeance.
The ruthless world has opened her eyes.
She sees me as the threat I’ve become—her enemy.

She calls me the devil.
She’s right.
But she’ll give the devil his due.
Because I always get what I want, and I never stopped wanting her.

**Soulless Knight is the first in the Mafia Billionaire Second-chance Enemies to Lovers Trilogy.**Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52348305-soulless-knight

Author Biography

USA Today Bestselling Author, Violet Paige, is a wine and coffee-lovin’ mama who loves sports and writes about the delicious men on and off the field. When she’s not writing you can find her baking and spending time at the beach with her family. Open up a book, raise the score, and enjoy the men of Violet Paige.

Author links:

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Received book from author for honest review. Carol Ross writes such heartwarming stories. Check her out.

Goodreads Blurb

Just because you love someone doesn’t mean you know them.

Nina Garrity learned that the hard way after discovering that her missing husband, Glen, had been leading a double life with another woman. But Glen’s gone–presumably drowned while fishing on his boat–so she can’t confront him about the affair or any of his other misdeeds. A year and a half after the accident, Nina considers herself a widow, even though the police never found a body. Following a chance encounter with Simon Fitch, a teacher from her daughter Maggie’s middle school, Nina finds love again and has hopes of putting her shattered life back together.

Simon, a widower still grieving the suicide of his first wife, has found his dream girl in Nina. His charm and affections help break through to a heart hardened by betrayal. Nina’s teenage son, Connor, embraces Simon as the father he wishes his dad could have been, but Maggie sees a far darker side to this new man in their lives. Even Nina’s good friends wonder if Simon is supremely devoted–or dangerously possessive.

But Nina is committed, not only to her soon-to-be new husband but also to resuming her former career as a social worker. Before she can move forward, however, Nina must first clear her conscience that she’s not making another terrible choice in a man. In doing so, she will uncover the shocking truth: the greatest danger to her, and her children, are the lies people tell themselves. 

So far I’m enjoying the story. Review will be posted soon.

BOOK DETAILS:
Under the Willows
by Pamela McCord
Published by: Acorn Publishing
Publication date: May 15th 2020
Genres: Adult, Mystery

Synopsis:

After her husband is killed by a drunk driver, Kelly Harris and her son TJ move into a sprawling Victorian house in Ohio that her husband inherited from his grandmother. Dealing with her overwhelming grief is a struggle as she adjusts to life in a small town. And, just as she’s beginning to feel more comfortable, life takes another unexpected turn.

The Alexa unit in her son’s bedroom starts to cry, and a little girl’s voice comes out of it asking for help.

At first Kelly is unnerved by the presence of the voice. After ruling out all the other likely possibilities, she begins to put the pieces together, and suspects the girl is a ghost. Unwilling to be uprooted from another home, she decides to find out what the child wants. Maybe she can help.

Kelly isn’t the only one interested in the voice. Detective Rob Porter is investigating the disappearance of a child named Marilee. As the two cross paths, Porter is taken aback when Kelly’s ghost mentions Marilee’s name. In fact, the ghost says “Marilee’s with me.”

Whether that means the child is a ghost as well is a question Rob and Kelly hope to answer.

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52128631-under-the-willows

Author Biography

Born in Arkansas and raised in Southern California, Pamela McCord started writing later in life when she was challenged by a friend to create a book out of his story idea. Since then, she’s become an internationally published author. Pam has spent over 40 years working as a legal secretary at a law firm in Orange County, California. Aside from writing, she follows the stock market, buying, selling and trading stocks and options. In contrast to that, she loves trips to Las Vegas where she can spend many happy hours at the Pai Gow tables. She shares a condo with her very own My Cat From Hell TV star, Allie, who manages to exude just enough affection to make her scary feral ways tolerable.

Author links:

https://www.pamelamccordbooks.com/

https://www.facebook.com/pamela.mccord.9

BOOK DETAILS:
Machiavellian
by Bella Di Corte
(Gangsters of New York, #1)
Publication date: May 8th 2020
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Suspense

Synopsis:Machiavellian is the first of three books set in the savage world of the Gangsters of New York series. 
I hungered to be seen.There were three things I knew about Capo Macchiavello:He was gorgeous.He was reclusive.He was considered one of New York’s most savage animals.And he wanted me as his wife. A simple arrangement – you do for me, I do for you. Nothing owed, no expectations. Except for one: never leave.Life was never that simple, though. By the age of twenty-one, I was parentless, jobless, and homeless, and I had come to learn the hard way that nothing was ever free. Even kindness comes with strings.Capo might’ve been the only man to ever see me, but I had made a vow to myself: I would never owe anyone anything. Most of all, the man I called boss.I killed to stay hidden.

Mariposa Flores thought she owed nothing to no one, but she owed everything…to me, the ghost the world had once called The Machiavellian Prince of New York. Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52092543-machiavellian
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Author Biography

Bella Di Corte has been writing romance for seven years, even longer if you count the stories in her head that were never written down, but she didn’t realize how much she enjoyed writing alphas until recently. Tough guys who walk the line between irredeemable and savable, and the strong women who force them to feel, inspire her to keep putting words to the page.

Apart from writing, Bella loves to spend time with her husband, daughter, and family. She also loves to read, listen to music, cook meals that were passed down to her, and take photographs. She mostly takes pictures of her family (when they let her) and her three crazy dogs.  

Bella grew up in New Orleans, a place she considers a creative playground.

She loves to connect with readers, so don’t hesitate to email her at belladicorte@gmail.com if you’d like to reach out. 
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