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A Woman's Persuasion by Jeanette Watts - Book Spotlight and Giveaway

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ABOUT THE BOOK Lesbian Fiction Date Published:   October 2019 Anne Elliot broke off her relationship with Freddie Wentworth when her family didn't approve. Almost eight years later, Freddie re-materializes in her life. She's a captain in the Air Force, successful, single, and as beautiful as ever. Mortified that she doesn't have much to show for the intervening years, Anne tries to avoid her. When contact is inevitable, her life is turned upside down. Self-doubt becomes self-improvement, old wounds are reopened and then allowed to heal, and true friends and true love win in the end. About the Author: Jeanette Watts was happily writing historical fiction when she got the idea for her first Jane Austen-inspired novel, Jane Austen Lied to Me. Going to a JASNA event to work on selling that book, she attended a lecture that asked, "Why does everyone rewrite Pride and Prejudice so much more than her other novels? W

Dealing with Rude and Mean Doctors

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I am dealing with so much stress right now it isn't funny.  A little over a year ago my primary care doctor, Dr. R, retired so I had to find another one. For most people, this wouldn't be a big deal but for people like myself who have lots of chronic medical conditions and medications, it isn't.  After meeting three different primary care doctors who all treated me like shit. They didn't want to keep my 11-year medication regime.  Finally, after seeing three doctors that made me feel like I am a disgusting human for being on all these medications and not wanting to change them, I found an amazing doctor, Dr. T. She agreed with me to not change something that isn't broken.  She was very compassionate and really listened to me. She made me feel a lot better about myself.   Those three doctors I saw before Dr. T, wanted me off from Ambien CR, Xanax, and cut down both my Zanaflex and Gabapentin and add another antidepression medication.   It took me a little o

Fiddler on the Roof National Touring Company Review

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Saw the national tour of  Fiddler on the Roof. I had mix feelings this broadways musical again.   It's such a long show. I was praying my tummy would make it through the whole show. I wasn't dying to see this show but it was free for my mom and me. Fiddler brings back so many memories when I was in it with the all-girls choir. If it wasn't for the main character Tevye, played by Yechezkel Lazarov, it would have been a total flop if not for him.  The sets were dull but that is the type of show it is. Les Mis is a dark dull show but has a hint of colors. The scene changes were very slow and took you away from the story. I would have loved to see them put some projections photos on the backdrops. Anastasia Musical used both film projections and scenery and it was beautiful.Fidder's sets where very boring and hard to figure out where they were at times. For example, when they were in the town they had have four house cut-outs that hung from up in the fly rail. A

Annabel Horton and The Black Witch of Pau by Olivia Hardy Ray | Book Spotlight and Giveaway

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ABOUT THE BOOK Fantasy Release Date: Oct. 1, 2019 Publisher: Chattercreek Annabel’s husband, who has been missing for years, is finally discovered among the bowels of White Chapel England during the horror of Jack the Ripper. His discovery brings Annabel and her family to the turn of nineteenth-century England hoping to rescue Michele from the Black Witch’s cage. What they discover is that the Black Witch has been forced into an insidious pact with the devil and the devil, with malicious intent, is luring them all into a web of death. Can they escape his grasp? ABOUT THE AUTHOR Olivia Hardy Ray is the pen name for Vera Jane Cook. The Author has published Three fantasy novels as Olivia Hardy Ray and five women’s fiction titles as Vera Jane Cook. The Author is writing a sequel to Pharaoh’s Star called Fox Hollow Road. The author’s women fiction title, Kismet, is due out this winter. Contact Links Twit

The Bridge Between by Lindsey P. Brackett Book Review, Giveaway, Guest Post, Excerpt

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ABOUT THE BOOK Louisa Coultrie Halloway has returned home as caretaker for the family home on Edisto Island, but years before she left this world behind. Now she flounders to find her place. When Liam Whiting, a local professor studying tidal creek preservation, invites Lou to join his research team, she welcomes the opportunity for purpose. David, her ex-husband, has followed Lou and their children to Edisto. As he finds his footing in this new life, their once strained relationship eases into a familiar rhythm—and he hopes for more. But the past still has a hold on them all, especially in the presence of Grace Watson, whose son intends to marry Lou and David’s daughter. Somehow, Grace and Lou must let the past of a shared love settle between them. In this idyllic setting, relationships, like the creeks, deepen and shift. Once more, Lou finds herself caught between the life she's chosen—and the love that might be meant to be. Series: Edisto Genre: Adult, Rom