Found Not Lost

This week I am pleased to participate in the book blog tour for A Highlander’s Temptation by By Sue-Ellen Welfonder who graciously contributed the following essay and beautiful photographs for this tour. Reading the essay below gives you a great insight into the personality of the author and also some very interesting background information about the novel.

Details for the giveaway are at the end of this post so don’t forget to sign up to enter!

Book: A Highlander’s Temptation
Author: Sue Ellen Welfonder
Publish Date: 10/1/2009
ISBN: 9780446195300
Pages: 400
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LUCAN by Susan Kearney
Publish Date: 9/5/2009
Price: $6.99/$8.99
ISBN: 9780446543316
Pages: 368

Summary
Healer and high priestess of her people, Lady Cael is fated to life without a mate. But a mysterious explorer named Lucan Rourke doesn’t know her secrets, and his touch makes her crave a future that her extraordinary birthright has forbidden her. . .

Lucan has just one mission on Pendragon: to find the mythical Holy Grail, Earth’s only hope for survival. His powerful attraction to Cael is a distraction he can’t afford, unless he convinces her to join forces with him. Yet working so closely together only heightens their passion . . . even when the terrifying truth of Cael’s heritage threatens to shatter Lucan’s every belief-and the galaxy itself.
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The world of parenting is about to change.

NURTURESHOCK
By Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman
Publish Date: 9/3/2009
Price: $24.99/$29.99
ISBN: 9780446504126
Pages: 352

Summary
In a world of modern, involved, caring parents, why are so many kids aggressive and cruel? Where is intelligence hidden in the brain, and why does that matter? Why do cross-racial friendships decrease in schools that are more integrated? If 98% of kids think lying is morally wrong, then why do 98% of kids lie? What’s the single most important thing that helps infants learn language?

NurtureShock is a groundbreaking collaboration between award-winning science journalists Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman. They argue that when it comes to children, we’ve mistaken good intentions for good ideas. With impeccable storytelling and razor-sharp analysis, they demonstrate that many of modern society’s strategies for nurturing children are in fact backfiring–because key twists in the science have been overlooked.

Nothing like a parenting manual, the authors’ work is an insightful exploration of themes and issues that transcend children’s (and adults’) lives.

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THE BLUE STAR
By Tony Earley.
Publish Date: 8/26/2009
Price: $13.99/$15.50
ISBN: 9780316008051
Pages: 336

Summary
Seven years ago, readers everywhere fell in love with Jim Glass, the precocious ten-year-old at the heart of Tony Earley’s bestseller Jim the Boy. Now a teenager, Jim returns in another tender and wise story of young love on the eve of World War Two.

Jim Glass has fallen in love, as only a teenage boy can fall in love, with his classmate Chrissie Steppe. Unfortunately, Chrissie is Bucky Bucklaw’s girlfriend, and Bucky has joined the Navy on the eve of war. Jim vows to win Chrissie’s heart in his absence, but the war makes high school less than a safe haven, and gives a young man’s emotions a grown man’s gravity.

With the uncanny insight into the well-intentioned heart that made Jim the Boy a favorite novel for thousands of readers, Tony Earley has fashioned another nuanced and unforgettable portrait of America in another time–making it again even realer than our own day.

This is a timeless and moving story of discovery, loss and growing up, proving why Tony Earley’s writing “radiates with a largeness of heart” (Esquire).
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JULIE AND JULIA
By Julie Powell
Publish Date: 7/1/2009
ISBN: 9780316044271
Pages: 352

Summary
Julie & Julia, the bestselling memoir that’s “irresistible….A kind of Bridget Jones meets The French Chef” (Philadelphia Inquirer), is now a major motion picture. Julie Powell, nearing thirty and trapped in a dead-end secretarial job, resolves to reclaim her life by cooking in the span of a single year, every one of the 524 recipes in Julia Child’s legendary Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Her unexpected reward: not just a newfound respect for calves’ livers and aspic, but a new life-lived with gusto. The film version is written and directed by Nora Ephron and stars Amy Adams as Julie and Meryl Streep as Julia.
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THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED

The winners are:

Ann, Natalie A., Wanda, Kristine Michell & pixie13

Emails have been sent out to notify the winners. Please reply within 48-hours or another winner will be chosen.

Thanks to everyone who participated!
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DARK HUNGER by Rita Herron
Edition: FOREVER SPECIAL RELEASE
Publish Date: 8/1/2009
Price: $6.99/$8.50
ISBN: 9780446199483
Pages: 320

Summary
Reporter Annabelle Armstrong will go to any lengths to deliver a story, even track down Quinton Valtrez, a man she believes is a coldhearted assassin. Quinton has fought his demonic powers since he was a child. Now using his gifts for the good of national security, he can’t let himself be distracted by the beautiful, determined Annabelle. A wicked enemy is out for vengeance, a demon who wants to draw Quinton into a life of pure evil and is willing to use Annabelle as bait. To save her, Quinton must achieve the near impossible: tame the sinister force that is both his inheritance and his curse before it claims him forever.

For additional information about this book, read an excerpt, read Five Fun Facts from the author and watch the video below.

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