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Monday 4 March 2013

Launch: Overcoming Adversity - An Anthology for Andrew and An Endless Summer Cover Reveal

Today I'm excited to announce the launch of Overcoming Adversity - An Anthology for Andrew by Nick Wilford. This compilation is full of poems and stories about overcoming challenges.  Bloggers all over contributed to this anthology (including myself) during the Overcoming Adversity Bloghop which Nick hosted to help compile stories to create an anthology with proceeds going towards a fund for his son Andrew who has cerebral parsley. These funds go towards sending his stepson to a specialist college. Read on to find out more and consider buying a copy both for the great stories and contributing to a very honest cause.

For my Overcoming Adversity Bloghop entry click here.

For more info on the Bloghop and the fund for Andrew click here.


Blurb:
A collection of seventy moving and uplifting original pieces - real life, flash fiction, and poetry - about battling against the odds and the ultimate triumph of the human spirit. The contributors include Amazon bestselling authors Alex J. Cavanaugh and Kyra Lennon, and the cream of upcoming talent.

The anthology is part of a fundraising effort to send the editor's stepson, Andrew McNaughton, to a specialist college in England. Andrew has cerebral palsy, and is a remarkable young man with a promising future. However, the free further education options offered in his own country of Scotland will not challenge him and allow him to progress. In order to access the education he deserves, Andrew will have to pay exorbitant fees, thus creating a situation of discrimination.

Help us get Andrew to college by buying a book that runs the full gamut of human emotions, ultimately leaving you inspired and glad to be alive. Whatever struggles you are going through, our sincere hope is that this book will help.

Purchase Links:


Editor Bio: Nick Wilford is a writer and stay-at-home dad. Once a journalist, he now makes use of those rare times when the house is quiet to explore the realms of fiction. When not writing he can usually be found spending time with his family or cleaning something. He has four short stories published in Writer’s Muse magazine. Nick is also co-running a campaign to get a dedicated specialist college built in Scotland. Visit him at http://nickwilford.blogspot.co.uk/.



An Endless Summer Cover Reveal

And now presenting the cover for Summer series #2. An Endless Summer is by C.J. Duggan and this tour is hosted by Xpresso Book Tours.


An Endless Summer by C.J. Duggan
Series: Summer, #2
Publication date:  July 17th 2013
Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance 

Synopsis:
Sean looked out over the lake, squinting against the sunlight. He turned to me, his expression sobering as his eyes flicked over my face in a silent study.
“Come on Amy, I saved you once, I’ll save you again.”
I met his stare unflinchingly. “I don’t need saving.”
A wicked grin formed slowly. “Don’t you?”
After a rebellious summer night that almost claimed her life, Amy Henderson – the Onslow publican’s only daughter – is sent away to suffer a fate far worse than any other punishment:
Boarding School.
Three years on, a now nineteen-year-old Amy returns to Onslow for the summer. What once was a cauldron of activity with live bands, hot meals and cold beers, the Onslow Hotel now lies dark, deserted and depressing. All fond childhood memories of loitering on the hotel stairs and eavesdropping on customers’ colourful conversations are in the distant past.
How had her dad let it come to this?
With the new threat of putting the Onslow up for sale, Amy reluctantly turns to a local tradesman for help: Sean Murphy, the very same Onslow boy who saved her life all those years ago. With his help and that of some old friends, the task is clear: spend the summer building the hotel back up to its former glory or lose it for good.
In an endless summer, Amy soon realises that sometimes in order to save your future, you have to face your past, even if it’s in the form of a smug, gorgeous Onslow boy.



AUTHOR BIO
C.J. Duggan
C.J Duggan is an Australian author who lives with her husband in a rural border town of New South Wales, Australia.
The Boys of Summer is Book One in her Mature Young Adult Romance Series.
For more on C.J and ‘The Summer Series’, visit www.cjdugganbooks.com

13 comments:

  1. I thought the analogy was a great idea! Wishing the very best for Andrew. And thanks for sharing the cover for the Boys of Summer, it sounds intriguing. (:

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  2. Congrats to Nick for putting the anthology together.
    Intriguing synopsis. You have to wonder how someone that young will overcome that challenge.

    Did a switcheroo on the date for the boo release. Come back!!! :D

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  3. Thanks for everything, Sheena!

    Congrats to CJ. :)

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  4. I'm so glad to be a part of the launch for Nick with you. This is such a wonderful cause!

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  5. This anthology is such a wonderful idea. Looking forward to grabbing a copy!

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  6. Congrats to both - especially Andrew for getting the anthology out so fast :)

    Ps.. thanks for signing up for the O'hop :)

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  7. Best of luck to Nick.

    And CJ's book looks like my kind of read!!

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  8. OOH! That cover is excellent! Congrats to C.J! And very excited about the anthology too!

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  9. Congratulations to Nick, Andrew, and CJ! :)

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  10. Best luck to both Nick n' Andrew and CJ!
    Nick rocked it in record speed~

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  11. Best wishes to Nick and Andrew!
    I can't wait to get my hands on the paperback.

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  12. Did you know you can shorten your long links with OUO and get money for every visit to your short links.

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