Category: Contemporary Literature

Blog Tour: Accidental Damage by Alice May (@emmamitchellfpr; @AliceMay_Author)

On By Jen LucasIn A, Author Features & Articles, Authors: K-M, Blog Tour, Contemporary Literature, M, YA2 Comments

I am delighted to be joining the blog tour for Accidental Damage by Alice May. I have a guest post to share with you in a moment about Alice’s road to publication, but first of all, here is what the book’s about.

CoverThe Official Book Blurb

If you think the normal school run on a Monday is entertaining you should try doing it from a tent in your back garden surrounded by the jumbled up contents of your entire home. It is vastly more diverting.

Our heroine has survived the sudden collapse of her home – or has she?

Certain events two and a half years ago led her to deliberately destroy an important piece of herself, hiding away all remaining evidence that it ever existed. What happens when she decides to go looking for it?

Does she really deserve to be whole again?

Inspired by a true story, this is an account of one woman’s secret guilt and her journey in search of forgiveness! Continue reading “Blog Tour: Accidental Damage by Alice May (@emmamitchellfpr; @AliceMay_Author)” →

Blog Tour: Review – Boundary by Andrée A. Michaud (@noexitpress) #BoundaryBook

On By Jen LucasIn Authors: K-M, B, Blog Tour, Contemporary Literature, Crime, Thrillers and Mystery, M10 Comments

Today I am delighted to be part of the blog tour for Boundary the new and atmospheric thriller by Andrée A. Michaud (trans. Donald Winkler) which is published by No Exit Press on 23rd March. I’ll share my review with you shortly but first, here is what this book is about.

Cover.jpgThe Official Book Blurb

A chilling thriller as compulsive as Emma Cline’s The Girls.

It’s the Summer of 1967. The sun shines brightly over Boundary lake, a holiday haven on the US-Canadian border. Families relax in the heat, happy and carefree. Hours tick away to the sound of radios playing ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’ and ‘A Whiter Shade of Pale’. Children run along the beach as the heady smell of barbecues fills the air. Zaza Mulligan and Sissy Morgan, with their long, tanned legs and silky hair, relish their growing reputation as the red and blond Lolitas. Life seems idyllic.

But then Zaza disappears, and the skies begin to cloud over.. Continue reading “Blog Tour: Review – Boundary by Andrée A. Michaud (@noexitpress) #BoundaryBook” →

Blog Tour: Two Voices, One Story by Elaine Rizzo and Amy Masters (@authoright)

On By Jen LucasIn Authors: R-U, Blog Tour, Contemporary Literature, M, Memoir, R, T1 Comment

Today is my stop on the blog tour for Two Voices, One Story the true story of Elaine Rizzo and her adopted daughter Amy. Read on for an interview with the authors which looks at why they decided to write the book and the journey it took them on together.

Two Voices One Story cover.jpgThe Official Book Blurb

This is the true story of a girl called Amy and the English “mother” who adopted her from an institute in China when she was just a baby.

It’s a story about love, family and identity; and the unbreakable bond between mother and daughter.

When Amy came to be adopted in 1999, China’s then notorious one-child policy had given rise to a generation of missing girls. Amy was one of them, destined to life in an orphanage if she was lucky enough to survive. That is, until she was adopted by a loving British couple who were desperate to give her the home she deserved; Elaine and Lee.

In this moving autobiography, Amy and Elaine chart their own personal experiences of their shared adoption story. Theirs is not a political account, but one which is open about the challenges of adopting a child from a foreign country and the long journey that follows; from China to the UK and from infancy through to adolescence, as Amy and her new family learn and grow together.

Now a bright and ambitious young woman on the eve of her eighteenth birthday, Amy is braced for an exciting journey into adulthood, one which her proud mother is delighted to be able to share.

Two Voices, One Story is a frank but uplifting account of the complex adoption process and the profound relationship between a mother and her adopted child.
Continue reading “Blog Tour: Two Voices, One Story by Elaine Rizzo and Amy Masters (@authoright)” →

Blog Tour: Secret Demon 2 by CL Ryan (@Authoright)

On By Jen LucasIn Authors: R-U, Blog Tour, Contemporary Literature, Fiction, R, S2 Comments

It’s my pleasure to be able to bring to you an extract of Secret Demon 2 by CL Ryan as part of the blog tour.

secret-demon-2-coverThe Official Book Blurb

Once again the Murphy household is in chaos, and on top of that a rogue Demon is on the loose and has taken up residence on the estate, with dire consequences. Tom is still working away, leaving Patsy alone and struggling with day to day living and her own Demon. Megan has a very important cooking exam to pass, but money is short for the ingredients. Bonfire night, which is the biggest night of the year is approaching fast, and Patsy cooks for the whole street, and on top of that the family have the worry of being evicted from their house, as they are being relentlessly bullied by the local police Sargent who now knows the families secret. Will they survive?

Continue reading “Blog Tour: Secret Demon 2 by CL Ryan (@Authoright)” →

Blog Tour: Drive By Shouting by Mark Chase (@emmamitchellfpr; @markchaseuk;@3ppublishing1)

On By Jen LucasIn Authors: A-C, Blog Tour, C, Contemporary Literature, D2 Comments

Today, I’m part of the blog tour for Drive By Shouting by Mark Chase. Keep on reading for an author interview about Mark’s road to publication. But first, just what is the book all about?

coverThe Official Book Blurb

When Matt Mann grabbed success by the throat, he also trampled on the dreams of Gram Kane, his closest friend. Matt has ridden the gravy train for seven heady years, whilst successfully keeping a lid on his old friend’s resentment. That is, until now.


Matt’s moral vacuum has now seen him betray yet another friend, but this time it’s one who has the power to ruthlessly punish him and take away everything that he’s achieved.
Drive-By Shouting is an exhilarating showbiz ride, with a bitter comic edge and a palpable undercurrent of malevolence. Continue reading “Blog Tour: Drive By Shouting by Mark Chase (@emmamitchellfpr; @markchaseuk;@3ppublishing1)” →