​MADE IN ITALY takes you on a complete tour of the dazzling artisanal legacy of Italy, uncovering off-the-beaten-path destinations and one-of-a-kind, hidden workshops where everything from leather bags to gilded frames are turned out completely by hand,
piece by piece.

Join us for this tour from Feb 11 to March 8, 2019!

Book Details:

Book Title:  Made in Italy by Laura Morelli
Category: Adult Non-fiction, 161 pages
Genre:  Travel, History, Art
Publisher:  Authentic Arts Publishing
Release date: Jan, 2019
Tour dates: Feb 11 to March 8, 2019
Content Rating: G

Book Description:

​Richly painted maiolica ceramics from Tuscany. Supple Florentine leather. The cameos of Naples and the Amalfi Coast. Parmigiano-Reggiano, the king of cheeses. Jaw-dropping glass from the island of Murano.

MADE IN ITALY takes you on a complete tour of the dazzling artisanal legacy of Italy, uncovering off-the-beaten-path destinations and one-of-a-kind, hidden workshops where everything from leather bags to gilded frames are turned out completely by hand, piece by piece.

This book includes instructions for getting a free copy of the companion guide, ARTISANS OF ITALY, with complete, continually updated listings of Laura's personally recommended shops and artisans across Italy.

Laura Morelli, art historian and trusted guide in the world of cultural travel and authentic shopping, leads you behind the tourist traps to discover some of Italy's most traditional arts.

Laura holds a Ph.D. in art history from Yale University and shares how, what, and where to buy; hints on recognizing quality and authenticity; and tips for bringing home the artisanal treasures of Italy in your suitcase.
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Buy the Book:
Amazon ~ Barnes & Noble
Author's Website
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Meet the Author:

LAURA MORELLI holds a Ph.D. in art history from Yale University, has taught college students in the U.S. and in Italy, and currently produces art history lessons for TED-Ed. She authored a column for National Geographic Traveler called “The Genuine Article” and has contributed pieces about art and authentic travel to CNN Radio, The Frommers Travel Show, and in USA TODAY, Departures, and other media.

Laura is the author of the Authentic Arts guidebook series that includes the popular book Made in Italy. Her fiction brings the stories of art history to life. Her debut novel, The Gondola Maker, won an IPPY for Best Historical Fiction and a Benjamin Franklin Award.

Connect with the Author: Website ~ Twitter ~ Facebook ~ Instagram

BOOK SPOTLIGHT TOUR SCHEDULE:

Feb 11   - Library of Clean Reads - tour kick-off / giveaway
Feb 12   - Working Mommy Journal - book spotlight / giveaway
Feb 13   - eBook Addicts - book spotlight / giveaway
Feb 14   - Rockin' Book Reviews - book spotlight / giveaway
Feb 15   - 30-something Travel - book spotlight / giveaway
Feb 15   - Teresa Edmond-Sargeant - ​book spotlight
Feb 18   - Laura's Interests - book spotlight / giveaway
Feb 19   - A Mama's Corner of the World - book spotlight / giveaway
Feb 20   - Fantastic Feathers - book spotlight / giveaway
Feb 21   - Essentially Italian - book spotlight / giveaway
Feb 22   - Amy's Booket List - book spotlight / giveaway
Feb 25   - Splashes Into Books - book spotlight / giveaway
Feb 26   - #redhead.with.book - book spotlight / giveaway
Feb 27   - Seaside Book Nook - book spotlight / giveaway
Feb 28   - Locks, Hooks and Books - book spotlight / giveaway
March 4 - Celticlady's Reviews -  book spotlight / giveaway
March 5 - Monica Cesarato - book spotlight / giveaway
March 5 - From the TBR Pile - book spotlight / giveaway
March 6 - Sefina Hawke's Books - book spotlight
March 7 - Paulette's Papers - book spotlight / giveaway
March 8 - Books for Books - book spotlight

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​Ends March 15, 2019

​A captivating novel of Renaissance Italy detailing the mysterious life of Bartolomeo Scappi, the legendary chef to several popes and author of one of the bestselling cookbooks of all time

Join us for this tour from Feb 11 to 28, 2019!

Book Details:

Book Title:  The Chef's Secret by Crystal King
Category: Adult fiction,  352 pages
Genre:  Historical Fiction
Publisher:  Atria/Simon & Schuster
Release date: Feb 12, 2019
Tour dates: Feb 11 to 28, 2019
Content Rating: R (for a couple of explicit, but loving, sex scenes (no abuse or rape) and minor curse words)

Book Description:

​A captivating novel of Renaissance Italy detailing the mysterious life of Bartolomeo Scappi, the legendary chef to several popes and author of one of the bestselling cookbooks of all time, and the nephew who sets out to discover his late uncle’s secrets—including the identity of the noblewoman Bartolomeo loved until he died.

When Bartolomeo Scappi dies in 1577, he leaves his vast estate—properties, money, and his position—to his nephew and apprentice Giovanni. He also gives Giovanni the keys to two strongboxes and strict instructions to burn their contents. Despite Scappi’s dire warning that the information concealed in those boxes could put Giovanni’s life and others at risk, Giovanni is compelled to learn his uncle’s secrets. He undertakes the arduous task of decoding Scappi’s journals and uncovers a history of deception, betrayal, and murder—all to protect an illicit love affair.

As Giovanni pieces together the details of Scappi’s past, he must contend with two rivals who have joined forces—his brother Cesare and Scappi’s former protégé, Domenico Romoli, who will do anything to get his hands on the late chef’s recipes.

With luscious prose that captures the full scale of the sumptuous feasts for which Scappi was known, The Chef’s Secret serves up power, intrigue, and passion, bringing Renaissance Italy to life in a delectable fashion.

Buy the Book:

Amazon ~ Barnes & Noble ~ Indiebound
Books-a-Million ~ Kobo ~ iTunes
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Meet the Author:

​Crystal King is an author, culinary enthusiast, and marketing expert. Her writing is fueled by a love of history and a passion for the food, language, and culture of Italy. She has taught classes in writing, creativity, and social media at several universities including Harvard Extension School and Boston University, as well as at GrubStreet, one of the leading creative writing centers in the US.

A Pushcart Prize–nominated poet and former co-editor of the online literary arts journal Plum Ruby Review, Crystal received her MA in critical and creative thinking from UMass Boston, where she developed a series of exercises and writing prompts to help fiction writers in medias res. She resides in Boston but considers Italy her next great love after her husband, Joe, and their two cats, Nero and Merlin. She is the author of Feast of Sorrow. 

Connect with the author: Website ~ Twitter ~ Facebook ~ Pinterest ~ Instagram

BOOK SPOTLIGHT TOUR SCHEDULE:

Feb 11 - Working Mommy Journal - book spotlight / giveaway
Feb 11 - Essentially Italian - book spotlight / giveaway
Feb 12 - Viviana MacKade - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Feb 12 - A Fountain of Books - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Feb 12 - FUONLYKNEW - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Feb 13 - Elizabeth McKenna Romance Author - book spotlight / giveaway
Feb 13 - A Mama's Corner of the World - book spotlight / giveaway
Feb 13 - 100 Pages A Day - book spotlight / giveaway
Feb 14 - Falling Into A Good Book - book spotlight
Feb 14 - Lukten av trykksverte - book spotlight / giveaway
Feb 15 - Paulette's Papers - book spotlight / giveaway
Feb 15 - It’s All About the Book - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Feb 15 - Cat's Corner - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Feb 15 - Amy’s Booket List - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Feb 18 - Library of Clean Reads - review / giveaway
Feb 18 - Haddie's Haven - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Feb 18 - Just One More Chapter - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Feb 19 - Icefairy's Treasure Chest - book spotlight / giveaway
Feb 19 - A Madison Mom - book spotlight / giveaway
Feb 20 - A Holland Reads - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Feb 20 - Svetlana's Reads and Views - book spotlight / giveaway
Feb 20 - eBook Addicts - book spotlight / giveaway
Feb 21 - Celticlady's Reviews - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Feb 21 - Rainy Day Reviews - book spotlight / giveaway
Feb 21 - The Book Girl - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Feb 22 - JB's Bookworms with Brandy Mulder - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Feb 22 - Hopelessly Devoted Bibliophile - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Feb 25 - Literary Flits - book spotlight / giveaway
Feb 25 - Lisa-Queen of Random - book spotlight / giveaway
Feb 25 - Corinne Rodrigues - book spotlight / giveaway
Feb 26 - Laura Reading - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Feb 26 - Within The Pages Of A Book - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Feb 27 - Locks, Hooks and Books - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Feb 27 - My Devotional Thoughts - book spotlight / author interview 
Feb 28 - Books for Books - book spotlight
Feb 28 - Dab of Darkness Book Reviews - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway

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Ends March 7, 2019

Join us for this tour from Sept 24 to Oct 12, 2018!

Book Details:

Book Title:  A Life By Design (The Italian Family Series) by Lucy Appadoo
Category:  Adult Fiction,  211 pages
Genre: 20th Century Historical Romance, coming of age story set in Milan, Italy
Publisher:  Self-published
Release date:  Aug 24, 2018
Format available for review: ebook (mobi, PDF, ePub)
Tour dates: Sept 24 to Oct 12, 2018
Content Rating: PG-13 + M

Book Description:

When 20-year-old Elena Allegro leaves the Italian village of Laurino to study Fashion Design in Milan, she’s certain her dreams are about to come true. Despite her father’s warnings that risk comes with her newfound freedom, she loves her studies and develops a love interest with Francesco, the handsome young entrepreneur who offers her a part-time job in a Milan clothing store.

It seems like an idyllic situation—until a stalker targets Elena, tormenting her with mind games and threatening her safety. In the face of escalating danger to herself and to Francesco, Elena must fight for her freedom, her love, and her survival.
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Buy the Book:
Amazon ~ Barnes & Noble 
iTunes ~ Kobo ~ Google Play
Other retailers ~ Odilo for Libraries
Add to Goodreads
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Meet the Author:

Lucy is an author of romantic suspense, historical fiction/coming of age, short story thrillers, and non-fiction books. She is also a Registered Counsellor/Wellness Coach, and works as a Rehabilitation Counsellor for the Australian Government.

Lucy enjoys reading romantic suspense, romance, thrillers, crime novels, family/historical drama, and sagas. She has enjoyed travelling to exotic places such as Madrid, Mauritius, and Italy, and draws on these experiences in her creative writing.

Lucy’s favourite authors include Kendra Elliot, Christiane Heggan, Theresa Ragan, Tara Moss, Nicholas Sparks, Adriana Trigiani, Erica Spindler, and James Patterson (to name a few).

Lucy’s interests include meditation, exercising, journal writing, reading fiction and nonfiction texts about writing, coaching, and counselling, ongoing professional development, spending time with her husband and two daughters, and socialising with friends and family.

Connect with the Author:  Website ~ Twitter ~ Facebook

BOOK TOUR SCHEDULE:

Sept 24 - A Mama's Corner of the World - book spotlight / giveaway
​Sept 24 - Adventurous Jessy - book spotlight / giveaway
Sept 25 - Elizabeth McKenna Romance Author - book spotlight / giveaway
Sept 25 - Working Mommy Journal - review / giveaway
Sept 26 - FLY HIGH! - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Sept 26 - Bound 2 Escape - book spotlight / giveaway
Sept 27 - Viviana MacKade - book spotlight / guest post
Sept 27 - 100 Pages A Day - book spotlight / giveaway
Sept 28 - Laurie's Thoughts and Reviews -  book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Sept 28 - Writer’s Authority - book spotlight / author interview
Oct 1     - Cheryl's Book Nook - review / giveaway
Oct 2     - Literary Flits - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Oct 2     - #redhead.with.book - book spotlight / giveaway
Oct 3     - Celticlady's Reviews - book spotlight / giveaway
Oct 4     - Locks, Hooks and Books - review / giveaway
Oct 6     - Amy’s Booket List - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Oct 8     - Olio by Marilyn - review / author interview / giveaway
Oct 9     - Read and Review - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Oct 9     - My Reading Journeys - book spotlight / giveaway
Oct 11   - Library of Clean Reads - book spotlight / giveaway
Oct 12   - Essentially Italian - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Oct 12   - books are love - review / giveaway
TBD       - Haddie's Haven - review / giveaway

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​Ends Oct 19, 2018
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Join us for this tour from Aug 6 to 24, 2018!

Book Details:

Book Title:  The Love Fool: A Rome-antic Comedy by Lorenzo Petruzziello
Category:  Adult Fiction,  314 pages
Genre:  Romantic Comedy
Publisher:   Quill (Inkshares)
Release date:  March 13, 2018
Tour dates: Aug 6 to 24, 2018
Content Rating: PG

​Book Description:

Set in Rome. Follow the whirlwind antics of a publicist as he struggles to manage his first TV chef client, his new life, and an unexpected visit from his ex-girlfriend.

Alex recently moved to Italy for an opportunity at a PR firm in Rome. His first client is the beautiful Danish chef Pernille Bjørn, a popular model, TV personality, and cookbook author just entering the booming televised cooking show market in Italy.

Alex's single-minded career focus is soon thwarted by Emily, an ex-girlfriend he hasn't heard from in almost a decade.

​Italy's modern culture and enchanting sights set the backdrop to this Rome-antic comedy.
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Buy the Book:
Amazon ~ Barnes & Noble ~ Indiebound
Chapters Indigo ~ Amazon.ca
Add to Goodreads

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Meet the Author:

Lorenzo Petruzziello holds an MBA in global marketing from Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts. His background includes publicity and marketing for many of public television’s popular cooking and travel shows. He lives in Massachusetts focusing on his writing. THE LOVE FOOL is his first novel.


​Connect with Lorenzo: Website ~ Blog ~ Twitter ~ Facebook ~ Instagram

BOOK SPOTLIGHT TOUR SCHEDULE:

​Aug 6   - Working Mommy Journal - book spotlight / giveaway
Aug 6   - Viviana MacKade - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Aug 6   - Books, Dreams, Life - book spotlight / giveaway
Aug 6   - Hall Ways Blog - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Aug 6   - Writers and Authors - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Aug 7   - Library of Clean Reads - review / giveaway
Aug 7   - #redhead.with.book - book spotlight / giveaway
Aug 8   - A Mama's Corner of the World - book spotlight / giveaway
Aug 8   - Books for Books - book spotlight
Aug 8   - T's Stuff - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Aug 9   - Laurie's Thoughts and Reviews - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Aug 9   - Essentially Italian - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Aug 9   - fundinmental - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Aug 10 - Rockin' Book Reviews - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Aug 10 - Adventurous Jessy - book spotlight / giveaway
Aug 13 - Between the Shelves - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Aug 13 - Literary Flits - book spotlight / giveaway
Aug 14 - Olio by Marilyn - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Aug 14 - 100 Pages A Day - book spotlight / giveaway
Aug 15 - Laura's Interests - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Aug 16 - StoreyBook Reviews - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Aug 17 - Locks, Hooks and Books - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Aug 21 - Cheryl's Book Nook - book spotlight / giveaway
Aug 22 - Svetlana's Reads and Views - book spotlight / giveaway
Aug 22 - Celticlady's Reviews - book spotlight / giveaway
Aug 23 - Bound 2 Escape - book spotlight / giveaway
Aug 24 - What Emma Read Next - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway


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Ends Sept 1, 2018

Join us for this tour from June 4 to 22, 2018!

Book Details:

Book Title:  Bitten by Alan Moore
Category:  Adult Fiction,  430 pages
Genre: Thriller
Publisher:  Self-published
Release date:  February 7, 2018
Format available for review: print and ebook (gifted Kindle copy, PDF)
Willing to send print books: to wherever Amazon delivers
Tour dates: June 4 to 22, 2018
Content Rating: R (Book contains profanities, intermittent sex and violence, incl. one violent sex episode, together with scenes of explicit disaster, distress and death)

Book Description:

In the not-too-distant future, Italy is in disarray. It has voted to leave the EU in an attempt to regain control of its laws, finances and commerce. Even so, the country's economy is shrinking and its national debt rising. There is a marked escalation, too, in unemployment, bank loans and immigration. Production and service companies are in difficulty. The only thriving business areas are the black market and organised crime. There is discontent and protest on all sides.

In Florence, the local Mafia boss, more accustomed to gunrunning and trading in plutonium, is involved in organising a silent auction for the sale of one of the world's most valuable lost paintings - a sixteenth-century masterpiece, which was appropriated in World War II by Stalin's Trophy Brigade. A British art expert is set to buy the picture on behalf of his client, a South American billionaire - yet surprisingly two Italian undercover intelligence agents, acting as antique dealers, submit the winning bid.

All the while, human beings continue to harm the Earth by destroying land, sea, air, animals and trees. Global climate change, polluting the atmosphere, depleting the ozone layer: these are some of man's crimes against Nature. But time is running out. Nature has lost patience with humans. Unless something is done immediately to reverse the destruction of the ecosystem, Nature will retaliate by deploying the terrifying forces at her command. And as a first step in wreaking her revenge, she instigates a reign of terror by the deadliest creature on Earth. 
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Buy the Book:
Amazon ~ Amazon UK
Add to Goodreads
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Meet the Author:

Born in Surbiton, Surrey in 1944, Alan Moore lives in Barnes, SW London, with his wife, Amber. They have two daughters and a son, who between them have two boys and two girls with another boy expected in May. Alan was educated at Oundle School in Northamptonshire and at London University, where, as an external student, he obtained a BA degree in English. Thereafter, for 25 years, he single-handedly ran his own book publishing company, which at one stage was producing up to 20 titles a year. Now, at the age of 74, he has self-published his first novel.


BOOK TOUR SCHEDULE:

June 4   - Working Mommy Journal - review / giveaway
June 4   - The Book Drealms - book spotlight / giveaway
June 5   - The All Night Library - review / guest post
June 6   - Life as Leels - review
June 7   - Cheryl's Book Nook - review / guest post / giveaway
June 8   - T's Stuff - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
June 12 - A Mama's Corner of the World - review / giveaway
June 13 - Library of Clean Reads - book spotlight / giveaway
June 13 - Mama Reads Blog - review / author interview 
June 14 - Bri's Book Nook - review
June 15 - Olio by Marilyn - review / giveaway
June 18 - Rocksprings Crafts - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
June 19 - Svetlana's Reads and Views - review
June 20 - Truly Trendy - review
June 20 - Essentially Italian - book spotlight / giveaway
June 21 - Bound 4 Escape - review / giveaway
June 22 - Jessica Cassidy - review / author interview / giveaway

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Ends June 30, 2018