In Truth, Madness by Imran Khan: A Virtual Tour Review with Love Books Tours @lovebookstours @kellyalacey @Ajimran @BBookCollective #Ad #LBTCrew #FreeReview #GiftedBook #magicalrealism #journalism #fiction #correspondent #media #fantasy #adventure #worldaffairs #currentaffairs #news

IN TRUTH, MADNESS BY IMRAN KHAN

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The perfect read for Neil Gaiman fans. 

Meet Malek Khalil, a brilliant reporter with decades of experience in the field, and a man on the edge. Where there is war, natural disaster or political crisis, Malek is in the midst of it, but years of conflict reporting have taken their toll and he is slowly unravelling. 

His colleagues, Neeka and Justin, have noticed a change in him, beyond even his usual vivid imagination. Neeka is especially sensitive, having been his friend and producer for many years, and perhaps knowing him better than he knows himself. Justin, a skilled and brave cameraman, has worked with them for just as long and the three make a formidable team – but they are only as strong as each other – and Malek is fast going down the rabbit hole.

Born a Muslim but an atheist to his core, Malek’s voyage takes him around the world and back in time to ancient Babylon, as he finds himself arguing with a God in whom he does not believe. A keen reader, his ‘madness’ is heightened by a strange book that keeps appearing on his Kindle, telling the stories of people he has briefly encountered during his career.

In Truth, Madness takes place in the Middle East, South Asia and London against a backdrop of war, religion, political skullduggery and emerging love, taking the reader on a tumultuous journey through the most dangerous arenas of modern culture and the ancient world. 

Is Malek losing his mind, or is he experiencing an astonishing kind of truth?

MY REVIEW

This book was just amazing for so many reasons. The book gives us insight to the lives of journalists, then insight into life in the Middle East and the various religions. On top of this it looks at mental health and relationships with Neil Gaiman style thrown in. The story just keeps you engaged from start to finish and I’m sure on a second reading I will discover things I missed.

The story centres on Malek who is a reporter. He goes through episodes similar to day dreaming and takes himself back in time to Babylon where he is given clay tablets. On coming out of this dream like state he discovers this tablet has been transformed into a book on his kindle and from there a strange journey begins that has Malek questioning everything even his own sanity.

I can’t say much more than that without spoilers but I repeat again, this is a must read book. Congratulations to Imran Khan for such a fantastic piece of fiction that feels real even in the unreal.

BUY LINK

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Truth-Madness-Imran-Khan/dp/1911586904/ref=sr_1_1

VIRTUAL TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT – Ralphy’s Rules for Feelings by Talar Herculian Coursey & Meri Andreasyan. 4th December – 12th December. @CourseyTalar @lovebookstours @kellyalacey #Ad #LBTCrew

Ralphy’s Rules For Feelings By Talar Herculian Coursey & Meri Andreasyan

Genre: Children

Publisher: Purple Butterfly Press

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We have big feelings!

Sometimes we don’t know what to do with them or how to change our thoughts that cause these feelings. The first day of school can be scary, but Furrapist Jackson Johnson and cute pup Ralphy of Ralphy’s Rules for the Good Life, are committed to helping a busload of kids understand and manage their big feelings. During the ride to school, Furrapist Jackson Johnson teaches the children that they can choose their emotions and decide how to respond to them. Ralphy and Jackson make the complicated subject of emotional intelligence accessible for kids to understand and more importantly, implement in their everyday lives.

So hop on the bus with us and lets learn about how taking charge of our feelings can change our day!

“All feelings are valid but we can choose our feelings based on our thoughts. Change your thoughts and you can change your feelings. Like with all things, it will take practice but start them young and they will be Jedi masters in no time”. Talar Herculian Coursey

AUTHOR BIO

Talar Herculian Coursey is a lawyer by day and a children’s book author, Life Coach and philanthropist by night (more like mornings).

She has been a General Counsel since 2011 and recently joined ComplyAuto, a privacy/cybersecurity Saas company. Before going in-house, she was a file clerk, associate and partner at the national labor and employment law firm, Fisher Phillips LLP.


Talar is a co-author of both #Networked: How 20 Women Lawyers Overcamethe Confines of COVID-19 Social Distancing to Create Connections, CultivateCommunity, & Build Businesses in the Midst of a Global Pandemic and Women In Law: Discovering the True Meaning of Success.


Her first children’s book, Ralphy’s Rules for Living the Good Life, was published in 2021 and the second book Ralphy’s Rules for Feelings in 2023.

Talar has served as the President of the Salt Lake City Chapter for the Society for Orphaned Armenian Relief (“SOAR”) since 2015. SOAR, founded in 2005, supports orphanages in Syria, Lebanon and Armenia.

She runs the Salt Lake City Half Marathon every year to raise money for SOAR in memory of her father. Net proceeds from her children’s books also go to SOAR.

In addition to being a mother, wife, lawyer, life coach and philanthropist, she is also a runner, yogi and Jesus, Ekhart Tolle, Peloton and Brandon Flowers groupie.

You can find Talar on LinkedIn most days @TalarEsq or on her website www.TalarEsq.com.

BUY LINK

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ralphys-Rules-Feelings-Herculian-Coursey/dp/1955119457/ref=sr_1_1

OUT NOW – My Name Is Justice by Gabriel Galletti @GabeGalletti @lovebookstours @kellyalacey #Outnow #ReleaseDay #LBTCrew #lovebookstours

My Name Is Justice by Gabriel Galletti

25th of October

Genre: Crime Thriller

Publisher: Red Kimba Press

OUT NOW – 25th October 2023

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“My name is… Justice.”

Chad Hilton, footballer, recovering opioid addict and criminal psychologist is on the edge. His fragile sanity is disintegrating following the horrific murder of his wife in Leeds.

Seeking rest and recuperation he arrives in Sydney, to find a city in the terrifying grip of a barbaric serial killer.

Inspector Ruben ‘Pop’ Murray won’t take no for an answer and enlists Chad to help identify the killer.

As he follows the trail of clues left by the murderer Chad realises that he’s in a race…Catch the killer or become a victim.

BUY LINK

https://www.amazon.co.uk/My-Name-Justice-underbelly-murderous/dp/1739851021/ref=sr_1_1

READ A LONG ANNOUNCEMENT – The Younglings: Mayhem & Magic by Helena M Craggs. 30th October – 30th November. @h_craggs @lovebookstours @kellyalacey #Ad #LBTCrew #BookTwitter #MayhemAndMagic

THE YOUNGLINGS: MAYHEM & MAGIC BY HELENA M CRAGGS

Genre: YA paranormal fantasy

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Something wicked comes for them all. Will any of them survive the ultimate double-cross?

Quinn Carter pledges to protect his found family no matter the cost. So when they come under attack by a psychotic ghost, an unforeseen spy, and a traitorous witch, the half-demon teen and his supernatural friends fight to keep each other safe. But a determined enemy still hungers for his girlfriend and her angelic blood…

Time hopping to 1612 with some of his team to thwart a dangerous scheme, Quinn’s alarmed when their return home reveals a betrayal from within. And as a shocking secret about his bloodline sends him reeling, the brave Keeper faces his greatest challenge… straight from Hell.

Can he save the world without losing all he loves?

Mayhem & Magic is the fiery third book in The Younglings YA paranormal fantasy series. If you like a diverse cast of characters, fast-paced drama, and sizzling romance, then you’ll adore Helena M Craggs’s cunning chaos.

AUTHOR BIO

HELENA M CRAGGS writes Young Adult urban/paranormal fantasy, full of magic, supernaturals, intrigue, and addictive page-turning suspense.Helena lives with her husband, three cats, chickens and two dogs in the wonderful hills of Yorkshire, England. She loves everything magic and is addicted to fantasy.THE YOUNGLINGS series is an action packed, gripping full length coming of age, YA paranormal fantasy. It will transport urban fantasy fans to a fascinating supernatural world within our own, filled with magic, suspense, danger, sizzling adventure, a large dose of humour, and paranormal romance.Helena lives with her husband, three cats, chickens and two dogs in the wonderful hills of Yorkshire, England. She loves everything magic and is addicted to fantasy.

Bone Rites by Natalie Bayley: A Virtual Tour Review with @lovebookstours @kellyalacey @NJBayleyAuthor @aurorametro #Ad #LBTCrew #FreeReview #GiftedBook

BONE RITES BY NATALIE BAYLEY

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“I collected the first bone when I was twelve… Such a tiny little bone, more like a tooth. I only kept it to keep him safe.” Kathryn Darkling, imprisoned in Holloway, is facing death by hanging for her vengeance killing. Haunted by a spirit, she still hopes to perform the ancient black magic that will free her soul, or her struggle to punish the mighty will have been in vain. Will the love of her life come to her aid? Or can she find a way to escape her fate?

Winner of The Virginia Prize for Fiction, Bone Rites is a dark, literary tale of love, loss and one woman’s obsessive fight for justice and redemption within a ruthless world.

MY REVIEW

Bone Rites had the feel of Mary Shelley and the story just kept me enthralled from start to finish.

The story begins with Kathryn Darkling as a young girl and using the book entitled Bone Rites for the first time to help protect her brother.

The book continues to follow Kathryn as she grows and moves to Edinburgh to study to become a Doctor at a time when women were not usually accepted in these roles.

When the war begins and tragedy strikes, Kathryn’s life begins to go down a much darker path and the reader is guessing every step of the way what will happen and how will the story end.

The story is written from the point of view of Kathryn retelling her life from her prison cell as she awaits hanging for murder.

The story shocked me in many places and the ending was not what I saw coming. The book left me questioning if the Bone Rites were real or just in Kathryn’s head.

BUY LINK

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bone-Rites-Natalie-Bayley/dp/1912430878

https://www.aurorametro.com/product/bone-rites/

RELEASE DAY PARTY – The Hytharo Redux by Jonathan Weiss @lovebookstours @kellyalacey #ReleaseDay #LBTCrew

The Hytharo Redux by Jonathon Weiss

24th of October

Genre: High Fantasy

OUT NOW – 24th October 2023

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Lost among the dune-swept ruins of ancient glass towers, 14-year-old Spiric hunts for his stolen memories. Guided by the exiled scholar that found him, he embarks on a perilous journey across the Droughtlands to uncover his origins.

He’s told his red eyes mark him as a Hytharo, one of the long-extinct storm callers that sealed all water into the air itself before they were erased from history. In the thousand years since, thirst has been quenched simply by breathing, but that hasn’t stopped the surviving runic peoples from wanting water any less.

For without it, there’s no ink, no runes, no magic, and in the vast desert wastes of the Droughtlands, magic means power.

To Spiric, the mantra is eerily familiar.

Word of his presence ripples across the Droughtlands and pressure mounts on him to reverse the Hytharo’s final, sacrificial act. It’s only as his memories begin to return that he realises the true reason his people were wiped out.

With the fragments of Spiric’s memories growing bloodier and more desperate, he must determine whether carrying out his supposed fate will cause history to repeat, or if he can forge a new destiny, both for himself and the Droughtlands.

AUTHOR BIO

Jonathan Weiss is an Australian Fantasy and Science Fiction author of The Flux Catastrophe and The First Hytharo series. He has a background in Journalism and commercial cloud sales and lives with his wife and three budgies in the Illawarra region of New South Wales.

BUY LINK

https://amzn.to/3FuEygY

The Younglings: Fire & Magic by Helena M Craggs: A Virtual Tour Review with @lovebookstours @kellyalacey @h_craggs #Ad #LBTCrew #FreeReview #GiftedBook

The Younglings Fire & Magic by Helena M Craggs

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They’ve vowed to protect innocents from darkness. Will he and his friends fall victim to the fight between good and evil?

Quinn Carter would love a moment of peace. But when a movie date is cut short by the sobbing spirit of a murdered student, the half-demon and his team of supernaturals bring down the serial killer responsible. And things only get worse when the seventeen-year-old hero learns his dream girl’s special blood is the target of a twisted vampire…

Springing into action after one of his group is kidnapped by a witch hunter, Quinn and his found family confront combat bloodsuckers while a spy infiltrates their ranks. But his real battle turns out to be accepting that he’s worthy of his angel’s heart.

With witches, vampires, and romantic disasters imploding their world, will he live to see eighteen?

Fire & Magic is the brimstone-infused second book in The Younglings YA paranormal fantasy series. If you like loyal heroes, quick humor, and surprising twists, then you’ll adore Helena M Craggs’s hot super squad.

MY REVIEW

The Younglings: Fire & Magic carries on the story of Quinn and his friends. I thoroughly loved the first book and how it introduced us to these fantastic characters and book 2 has taken it to another level.

The relationship between Quinn and Eve has grown and we follow them both as they move towards their 18th birthdays dealing with the otherworldly problems thrown at them.

The vampires still seek out Eve for her blood and have sent out a tracker after her. But also we are introduced to witch hunters that also prove an obstacle for the young heroes to overcome.

Helena M Craggs has created a wonderful world of characters where you not only enjoy the action and adventure they are forced to take part in but also how the characters grow together and how come of the personal relationships develop.

I adore these stories and cannot wait to take part in the read a long for book 3.

BUY LINK

https://amzn.to/3R2SZ2H

Rokugan: The Art of the Legend of the Five Rings by Matt Reefe: A Virtual Tour Review with LoveBooksTours @lovebookstours @kellyalacey @AconyteBooks #Ad #LBTCrew #FreeReview #GiftedBook

Rokugan: The Art of the Legend of the Five Rings by Matt Reefe

BACK OF THE BOOK

Stunning art and illustration from the Japanese-inspired fantasy realms of Rokugan, setting for the famed Legend of the Five Rings series of games.

For more than a quarter of a century, Rokugan has provided the setting for one of tabletop gaming’s most beloved sagas, the Legend of the Five Rings. Now, the land of Rokugan, its Imperial rulers and the Great Clans who vie for their favor are set center-stage in this lavish full-color artbook. The Emerald Empire is captured in an age of strife and upheaval – war, intrigue, natural calamities and celestial turmoil – through the very finest artwork from the Legend of the Five Rings series of games. Iconic pieces from the L5R roleplaying and collectible card games are presented in their full glory, taking the game’s many fans and lovers of fantasy art on a journey through this extraordinary fantasy world.

MY REVIEW

The Art Of The Legend Of The Five Rings as the title says is a book of artwork and the images are just stunning.

The pages give us various landscapes and scenes from the lands before going into the stories of the various clans of Rokugan. The information of each clan backstory makes you want to learn more about them and the imagery of their lands and warriors makes your imagination consider the various stories from the fictional lands.

BUY LINK

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rokugan-Art-Legend-Five-Rings/dp/1839081929

VIRTUAL TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT – The Counterfeit Detective by Simpson Grears. 6th November – 17th November. @RymourBooks @lovebookstours @kellyalacey #Ad #LBTCrew #crimefiction #tartannoir #bloodyscotland #detective #crimewritersassociation #gothic #jacktheripper

The Counterfeit Detective by Simpson Grears

Genre: Crime/Thriller/Mystery

Publisher: Rymour books

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An American professor discovers the diaries of John Ledbury, known as the counterfeit detective, a minor poet who, in Victorian London, is employed to reply to the mail that comes addressed to Sherlock Holmes at 221b Baker Street.

Through the diaries, he unearths a series of baffling unsolved murders. He travels through England and Scotland but he realizes that, in order to solve the mystery, he has to travel further, back through time itself.

AUTHOR BIO

SIMPSON GREARS was born in Glasgow and studied at the universities of Strathclyde, Glasgow and Edinburgh before following an academic career in Scotland, England, Wales and the United States. His first work of crime fiction – a collection of short stories titled The Foot of the Walk Murders – was longlisted for the prestigious Dagger award of the Crime Writers Association. He lives in Perth, central Scotland.

BUY LINK

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Counterfeit-Detective-Simpson-Grears/dp/1739596080/ref=sr_1_1

VIRTUAL TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT – Boolean Logic by Morgan Christie. 13th November – 30th November. @HowlingBirdPrs @lovebookstours @kellyalacey #Ad #LBTCrew #BooleanLogic

Boolean Logic by Morgan Christie

Genre: Non-fiction – Essay. Family & Relationships. African & African American Studies. Women’s Studies

Publisher: Howling Bird Press

Publication Date: 14th November

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Powerful and lyrical essays from a new and noteworthy poet and fiction writer. Morgan Christie’s new book explores current social themes of race, gender inequity, socioeconomic disparities. How do experiences define us when viewed through a Boolean Logic lens, where sums do not always equal their parts? These essays intertwine sport, family, and community and how identities are shaped through lineage and the lessons we take from them.

AUTHOR BIO

Morgan Christie’s work has appeared in Room, Hawai’i Review, Sport Literate, and elsewhere. She is the author of four poetry chapbooks and her full-length short story manuscript ‘These Bodies’ (Tolsun Books, 2020) was nominated for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in fiction. Her poetry chapbook ‘when they come’ was released by Black Sunflowers Press (2021) and was featured in the Forward Arts Foundation’s National Poetry Day exhibit. She is the 2022 Arc Poetry Poem of the Year Winner and her collection ‘People Without Wings’ is the winner of the 2022 Digging Chapbook Series Prize (Digging Press, 2023). Her essay collection, ‘Boolean Logic’ is the winner of the Howling Bird Book Prize (2023) and her novella ‘Liddle Deaths’ (Stillhouse Press) is due out in 2024.

AUTHORS WEBSITE

https://amzn.to/3ZEa5WS

BUY LINK

https://amzn.to/3ZEa5WS