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Book Blitz: Children's Classic Stories: Volume I

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About the Book: This gorgeous treasury of ten classic stories is guaranteed to delight and entertain young children, bringing the magic of traditional stories to the new generation of children. Aimed at 8-12 year olds, each favourite fairy tale or story has been sensitively retold for young readers. The series 'Children's Classic Stories' contains total 100 stories in 10 volumes. The stories in this collection show the consequences of greed, pride, and vanity, but also tell of the love that grows from a kind heart and a cheerful nature. Volume 1 includes the following stories: 01. Little Red Riding Hood 02. Cinderella 03. Hansel and Gretel 04. Sleeping Beauty 05. Snow White and Rose Red 06. The Emperor's New Clothes 07. Rumplestiltskin 08. The Wise Little Girl 09. Goldilocks and the Three Bears 10. Rip Van Winkle Goodreads * Amazon About the Author: Aniesha Brahma knew she wanted to be a writer since she was six years old. She was schoo

Spotlight: The Guardian

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Title : The Guardian Genre : Romantic Suspense Author : Anna del Mar Website : www.annadelmar.com Publisher : Mermaid Press Purchase links: Amazon / Kobo / Nook From the Amazon Bestseller author of The Asset and The Stranger , comes The Guardian . Game Warden Matthias Hawking is a decorated ex-SEAL engaged in a grueling fight against ruthless poachers in Africa. He’s short on resources and long on enemies. There’s a price on his head. The last thing he needs is the unexpected arrival of a beautiful but stubborn journalist threatening to uncover his secrets, an alpha female challenging his alpha male and getting into trouble, a hurricane wearing boots. Jade Romo is a veteran of several different kinds of war. She’s survived her heroin-addicted mother, the foster care system, and the conflict in Afghanistan. Jade’s tough, confident, cynical, and self-reliant, a woman who doesn’t believe in forevers. Bu

Spellcaster

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This is one of those stories that has an amazing beginning. The plot takes the reader back to the Victorian era and thereafter shuttles between present age England and the said past. This historical fiction had all the right ingredients to be intriguing. However, I felt a few things prevented the plot from developing. Hence the three stars. George started the storyline with an interesting narrative. Yet, as the story progressed the story created a bit of a confusion. Maybe it was because the pace of the story was a bit slow. In fact, the writer could have used more elaborations for greater clarity. Also, the language was simple yet more description could have enhanced the impact. There were imageries but where the writing was a bit confusing there the imageries lost their clarity. The story had all the right essentials for getting converted to a blockbuster. Maybe a revision and more elaboration would fo the trick. The characters or rather the protagonists stood out but sadl