Category: Book Brief

Book Brief: Incredibly Delicious Beef Recipes from the Mediterranean Region

Incredibly Delicious Beef Recipes from the Mediterranean RegionIncredibly Delicious Beef Recipes from the Mediterranean Region
by Vesela Tabakova
Genre: Cookbook
8,623 words

Mediterranean beef recipes are among the healthiest in the world and at the same time really delicious. Beef is a great source of protein, zinc, iron, and B vitamins. Moderate beef consumption is good for your health as long as you choose leaner cuts and prepare it with lots of vegetables, legumes, low fat cheese, nuts, herbs and spice.

Incredibly Delicious Beef Recipes from the Mediterranean Region contains 52 easy beef meals that can help you change your eating habits, improve your health or simply reduce grocery costs.

Incredibly Delicious Beef Recipes from the Mediterranean Region is available through Amazon.com and Amazon UK.

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Saturday Book Showcase: Life First

Life First by RJ CraytonLife First
by RJ Crayton
4.4 star average from 37 reviews
262 pages

Strong-willed Kelsey Reed must escape tonight or tomorrow her government will take her kidney and give it to someone else.

In this future forged by survivors of pandemics that wiped out 80 percent of the world’s population, life is valued above all else. The mentally ill are sterilized, abortions are illegal and those who refuse to donate an organ when told are sentenced to death.

Determined not to give up her kidney or die, Kelsey enlists the help of her boyfriend Luke and a dodgy doctor to escape. The trio must disable the tracking chip in her arm for her to flee undetected. If they fail, Kelsey will be stripped of everything.

This book is available from Amazon, B&N, and Smashwords.

Excerpt from Life First by RJ Crayton

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Book Brief: An Almost Perfect Christmas

An Almost Perfect Christmas by Donna FasanoAn Almost Perfect Christmas
by Donna Fasano
Genre: Romance
22,000 words

When it comes to business, Aaron Chase knows how to succeed. But when his daughter, Izzie, asks him for the perfect family Christmas, the handsome widower feels at a loss about how to fulfill his little girl’s dream.

Pediatric Nurse Christy Cooper has dedicated her life to taking care of children. She agrees to act as Izzie’s stand-in mom for this special holiday and throws herself into making the child’s Christmas wish a reality. Maybe this selfless act will somehow alleviate her secret regrets and failures of the past.

The holiday is filled with fun and laughter, and it’s amazing how three short days can be so life-changing. When the impish eight-year-old talks the adults into acting out a silly, make-believe wedding, young Izzie is certain the magic of the season will turn the pretend vows into the real thing. The little girl wants her daddy to have Christmas in his life — every single day.

An Almost Perfect Christmas is available for eBook and in print from Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Amazon UK, and all online booksellers.

Donna, how did you come up with the title for your book? Does it have any special meaning?
One of my best friends lost her daughter over 12 years ago. I watch my friend struggle with her grief even today. She has up days and down days, as anyone would expect, but even though she will never again have an absolutely perfect day, she continues to make a valiant effort to live her life to the fullest. I wrote this book for my friend, and for all grieving parents.

Who was your favorite character and why?
I loved Izzie. She was the first character to come to me. She might only be 8 years old, but she knows what is in store for her and she wants to make sure her daddy is taken care of.

Does your book have any underlying theme, message, or moral?
An Almost Perfect Christmas is about cherishing each day, loving the people who are nearest and dearest to us, and living a hopeful, meaningful life even when tragedy strikes.

What would/could a reader or reviewer say about this book that shows they “get” you as an author?
No matter how hard we try, life rarely allows us to plan. Our paths are strewn with adversity and misfortune. However, we must live with compassion toward others and hopefully anticipate the next happy moment that is just around the bend. We might not be able to see it, but it’s coming.

Give us an excerpted quote from your favorite review of this book:
“…heart-wrenching, sweet, touching, and requires a box of tissues. In this story, life isn’t always perfect, but happy endings are still possible.” ~USA Today

Where can people learn more about your writing?
http://donnafasano.blogspot.com

Book Brief: The Cellar

The Cellar: A Post-Apocalyptic NovellaThe Cellar
by Richard Dela Cruz
Genre: Post-Apocalyptic/Sci-Fi
22,000 words

A hundred years after The Event, the earth has become a vast, barren wasteland. In this dying world, seventeen-year-old Daren is the sole hunter for his village. But food is scarce, and it’s only a matter of time before they all die of hunger or worse…until he discovers a can of beans, new and pristine, as if fresh from a factory. Where did it come from? And will he discover its source in time to save his people?

The Cellar is available at Amazon.com, Smashwords, Amazon UK, and most online retailers.

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