Before I begin, I want to apologize for not being as active as I have been in the past. I have had so much going on in our business that life has been crazy busy. I am so behind on reading for my Goodreads challenge…life gets in the way at times. What I wanted to remind everyone is that it is alright to take some time for self-care. Self-care is very important for both your mental and physical health. I have been trying to get on here and social media more often but I find many times it is full of too much drama as of late. I’m also empathic, meaning I feel and take on emotions of others so many times I need to just step away and spend some time alone in my room or in the woods alone to reconnect and center myself.
I also wanted to get back into writing, well working on editing my own book. So I think I am going to try to make an hour a night and that will be my goal for a while. The kids are going stir crazy, thank goodness for the pool and land we have, now only to make them go outside more often, haha. Alright, enough rambling for now…let’s get to the real reason you are all here…
I want to thank TheWriteReads and the author of today’s book. TheWriteReads is such an influential part of the book blogging community. He is incredibly supportive of authors and bloggers alike and I am forever thankful for what he does for all of us. He had the ability to bring so many amazing people together in the blogging community. Sometimes blogging can become stressful and just overwhelming. TheWriteReads is one of the reasons I keep going when I am stressed to the max…because it is something bigger than one blog. It is a community of people who come together to help one another, talk about books we love, and help to support amazing authors. It is a group of individuals who love supporting one another and that…that is priceless!
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Today, I am telling you all a little bit more about Crossing in Time, the first book in a new series by D.L. Orton!! Watch for my review in the near future!
Crossing in Time (Between Two Evils #1)
Author: D.L. Orton
Publisher: Rocky Mountain Press
Published: April 21st, 2015
Book Length: 412 Pages
Genre: Fantasy, Science Fiction
Buy the book: Amazon
If she ever wants to see him again, she’ll have to take the risk.
Fall into this “Funny, Romantic & Harrowing” (Publishers Weekly Starred Review) dystopian love story and prepare to encounter a finicky time machine, a mysterious seashell, and a very clever dog (some sex, some swearing, some violence, but no vampires and absolutely NO ditzes!)
When offered a one-way trip to the past, Isabel sacrifices everything for a chance to change the rapidly deteriorating present–and see her murdered lover one last time. When she arrives twenty years in the past, buck naked and mortally wounded, she has 24 hours to convince a stunned but enraptured nineteen-year-old to change their future. Definitely easier said than done, as success means losing him to a brainy, smart-mouthed bombshell (her younger self), and that’s a heart breaker, save the world or not.
This offbeat tale is about falling madly in love when one is too cynical for such things, letting go of pessimism when it’s the last life jacket on a sinking ship, and racing against the clock when one doesn’t have the proper footwear. It’s a coming-of-age story for old fogeys, a how-to-make-love guide for diehard celibates, and a laugh-out-loud tragedy with a hopeful twist.
That cover first of all…is great! I love the colors and subtle hints of the story. The only thing I can think of, aside from what a great read this would be, is…what would I do if I showed up 20 years in the past buck naked…? I’d probably be super embarrassed, to begin with…then I’d have to start a journey to convince a 19-year-old to change the future… That is a lot for someone to take in all at once. I have to finish this book because the character development is fantastic!
About the Author
DL ORTON, THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR of the BETWEEN TWO EVILS series, lives in the foothills of the Rockies where she and her husband are raising three boys, a golden retriever, two Siberian cats, and an extremely long-lived Triops.ā
In her spare time, she’s building a time machine so that someone can go back and do the laundry.
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Thanks so much for the shout-out on your blog. š It’s over 90 F. here today, and I sure could use your pool! š¦
Stay safe and well (and I hope you enjoy the book.)