Unforgettable Reads Blooming in Mary’s Garden Mary Martinez #blogtour

Unforgettable Reads Blooming in Mary’s Garden
Mary Martinez 

Mary is giving away 2 $20 Amazon GC’s and an ebook of Disappear during this tour. Mary’s Cover designer, LDMGraphics.com is giving away one cover design for one lucky author. Please use the Rafflecopter below to enter. Remember there is a chance for you to enter the giveaway every day. So join us all through the tour for fun posts, interviews, and prizes. You may find the locations to all the tour stops here.

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Romance and Misconceptions

Twin sisters. Two Billionaire Boyfriends. One big Misunderstanding.

What happens when one small misconception changes the lives of six people? Oops, I mean seven; I keep forgetting little Abbie gets a dad.

Marnie and Melissa Hansen are identical twins, they are totally opposite of each other. Marnie loves anything artsy fartsy, dreams of marrying a passionate struggling artist someday, and she can’t stand businessmen. She refers to them as suits, and she doesn’t mean it as a compliment. Melissa on the other hand dreams of a family and a white picket fence. The American dream. Mostly she dreams of a future with her boss, David Bowman, who is most definitely a suit and does not want the American dream. Thank you very much!

Jared Collins is a friendly business rival of David’s and they compete for many of the same accounts. When Jared’s young, impressionable gardener, Shane, overhears a conversation, he decides he needs to take revenge on behalf of his boss. Shane’s not the sharpest tool in the shed, but he means well. That small misconception is what changes the lives of all of these people, including the beautiful caretaker of Jared’s lodge and her daughter.

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Trailer: youtube.com/watch?v=jJCEDtTqbSc
Website: marymartinez.com/romance-and-misconceptions.html
Amazon Buy Link: https://amzn.to/2NyhwbK

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The Beckett Series:


The Beckett’s have a strong sense of family and honor.
When one of their own is threatened, their bond is as strong as a badge of steel.

The Beckett Series Trailer: youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=h8LLRR5hfGU
The Beckett Series Website: marymartinez.com/the-beckett-series.html


Disappear
The Beckett Series Book 1:

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Amazon Buy Link: https://amzn.to/2O95979

Innocent

The Beckett Series Book 2

Genre: Romantic Suspense


Amazon Buy Link: https://amzn.to/2uEyX3i



Quiet
The Beckett Series Book 3

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Amazon Buy Link: https://amzn.to/2O7r7Hz 


Illusion
The Beckett Series Book 4

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Amazon Buy Link: https://amzn.to/2O8tUAD


Profit
The Beckett Series Book 5

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Amazon Buy Link: https://amzn.to/2NAnyZE


Abandoned
The Beckett Series Book 6

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Amazon Buy Link: https://amzn.to/2Lsz6At

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Watching Jenny

Hot on Jenny’s trail, Dan soon learns ‘Runner’ is not one of the usual suspects.

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Trailer: youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=a0Sn8dnNa3s
Website: marymartinez.com/watching-jenny.html
Amazon Buy Link: https://amzn.to/2NBE37t

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Classic Murder: Mr. Romance

Making a date with a billionaire can be murder.

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Trailer: youtube.com/watch?v=y1SGCZXmxhM
Website: marymartinez.com/classic-murder-mr-romance.html
Amazon Buy Link: https://amzn.to/2Nww2B2

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Chick Magnet

He’s recuperating from a devastating wreck.
She’s recuperating from a broken heart.

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Trailer: youtube.com/watch?v=aApYVIp957Y
Web Site: marymartinez.com/chick-magnet.html
Amazon Buy Link: https://amzn.to/2Lr8foB

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Three Brides and A Dress

My journey is more of a zig zag than a top stitch along a straight seam as I search for the perfect bride who is my soul mate.

Genre: Women’s Fiction

Trailer: youtube.com/watch?v=06ypXHUeWmk
Website: marymartinez.com/three-brides-and-a-dress.html
Amazon Buy Link: https://amzn.to/2NyhwbK

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Four Sisters

It was the 60’s, she found love…
but started a war.

Genre: Women’s Fiction

Website: marymartinez.com/four-sisters.html
Amazon Buy Link: https://amzn.to/2LFtMXl

Mary’s new covers were designed by LDMGraphics.com

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About the Author:

Mary and her husband love to travel, especially to the Caribbean for relaxing, and Italy for the wine. And most recently she discovered she was Irish and Scottish, of course they had to visit Ireland and Scotland. Mary fell in love with both, but the green hills of Ireland felt like home. With the experience from the exotic places she has visited, she is able to fill her books with colorful descriptions of cities, painting a colorful backdrop for her characters. One of her favorite US destinations is New York/Brooklyn, where her beloved Beckett’s live. When she visits, she can wander their neighborhoods, favorite parks, and visit their favorite pub, Putnum’s.

They are avid concert ‘Ho’s’! Yes, they pretty much want to do them all. They love outdoor amphitheaters the best and attend as many during the warmer months as possible.

Mary writes mostly romantic suspense, romance, women’s fiction, and she has just begun to dabble in young adult mystery. She is a member of Romance Writers of America (RWA). During her writing career she has been a conference coordinator, workshop presenter, and chapter president for the Utah Chapter of RWA. In 2007 she was presented with the Utah RWA service award in acknowledgment and appreciation for outstanding service. Mary has also participated in numerous library panels on writing and co-presented a workshop on writing a series at the League of Utah Writers conference.

Mary and her husband are also enthusiastic college football fans. They have season tickets to the UTES, University of Utah Football and they tailgate every game. They love tailgating so much, that they were married at a tailgating in 1999.
GO UTES!

Mary’s Social Media Links:

Amazon Author Page: amazon.com/Mary-Martinez/e/B006MWJ1T6
Website: marymartinez.com
Facebook: facebook.com/AuthorMaryMartinez
Twitter: twitter.com/marylmartinez
Instagram: instagram.com/mlmartinez3/
Goodreads: goodreads.com/author/show/1646623.Mary_Martinez
YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCTww3B2ofa11UPFrSe0WGAg
Pinterest: pinterest.com/marylmartinez3
Mary’s Garden Blog: marysbooksblogger.blogspot.com
The After Work Cook: theafterworkcook.blogspot.com

 




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Book Review Club: The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See #reviews #amreading

Tea Girl coverThe Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
by Lisa See
Scribner, 2017

In this fascinating book, Lisa See sheds light on Chinese culture, tea plantations, and China’s one-child policy.

The main character, Li-yan, is a member of the Akha people, an indigenous tribe living in the mountains of China, as well as neighboring countries like Thailand.

Li-yan’s family are tea planters and pickers in a remote village largely untouched by time. Her only knowledge of the outside world comes from her lessons at the local school where she is one of the best students. As she grows older, she is encouraged by her teacher to seek further education. But hormones intervene and she finds herself pregnant out of wedlock. She has no choice but to give her baby to an orphanage where the child is adopted by an American couple.

In a sense, the book is a twin-stranded story line, though the parts involving her daughter Haley are pretty sketchy until the girl grow older. In the meantime, Li-yan’s life tracks the progress of Westernization in China, including a bubble in the tea market. Despite the ups and downs and success of her life, Li-yan never forgets her daughter, who longs to one day meet her mother.

I loved this book. The glimpses into another culture were fascinating, if at times appalling. Some of the Akha superstitions were understandable but some were just silly and others downright cruel. Li-yan is a strong female character, and I enjoyed watching her mature. I’d recommend it to anyone interested in China and anyone who loves good women’s fiction.

Dear FCC, I checked this book out of the public library.

What have you read lately?

Linda

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