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Inside Passage by Burt Weissbourd
Inside Passage
Book 1 of the Corey Logan Trilogy
by Burt Weissbourd
November 1-30, 2020 Tour
Corey Logan was set up. She knows Nick Season's terrible secret. Coming home from prison, all Corey wants is to be with her son. To get him back, she needs to make a good impression on the psychiatrist evaluating her. Dr. Abe Stein doesn't believe she was framed — until his well-heeled mother falls for the charming state attorney general candidate, Nick Season. As the dogs of war are unleashed, Corey and her son run for their lives — taking her boat up the Pacific Northwest's remote Inside Passage.
"A stunning, fast paced thriller that took me on an intense ride and kept me on the edge of myseat the entire way through … If you love beautifully executed thrillers that will play with your mind as well as your heart, this is the book for you." ~ Midwest Book Review
Inside Passage is the first in Weissbourd's haunting, heart-stirring Corey Logan Trilogy.
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Genre: Crime Thriller
Published by: Blue City Press
ISBN: 1733438246 (ISBN13: 9781733438247)
Series:A Corey Logan Thriller, #1 || STAND ALONE MYSTERY
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"Wouldn't you like to get married in your own backyard?"
"Of course I would. You know that," she snapped. "But I can't."
"Why not? Because Nick Season says you can't. You have the right to live the life you want to live. Don't give it up for that son of a bitch. Hell no. You don't have to do that." Abe leaned closer. There it was, those laser-like light blue eyes. "It won't be easy, but together, we can figure out what to do. You and I can do this. We have to."
"My God, what are you thinking? This isn't like psycho-therapy." She held his eyes. "We can't 'figure it out' or 'work on it.' It's not a head game. We have no evidence. Nothing. Nick's a foolproof liar and a stone-cold killer. And he's going to be Washington's state attorney general."
"And he has to be stopped." Abe looked into their fire. "It's not just about what you'd have to give up … think about what he'll do if he ever finds out that you and Billy are alive. And though you might be okay for a year, or even two, eventually, he'll start to wonder. And then to worry. It's who he is. You've told me that. And then he'll never stop checking. He'll have me followed. Every year, he'll run your prints, and Billy's, through some Canadian database. And that's just the beginning … unless we stop him."
"And how do you propose to do that?"
Abe's bushy brows furrowed in a "V" until they almost touched. "I understand the problem now." They touched. Corey had never seen that. Very cool. He meant business. He turned to her, full face. "To begin, I'll comb my hair and look this devil in his shiny black eyes."
What? What was that? Corey was dumbstruck. Eventually, she softly mouthed, "What?" And louder, before he could answer, "Aren't you afraid of him?"
"He's very frightening, and I'm painfully aware of what's at stake. And of course I see how very dangerous he is and yes, that scares me." He scowled. "But I have other feelings that are even stronger than my fear."
"What I'm afraid of, what keeps me up at night, is losing you. Nick wants to kill the person I love most in the world. That makes him my archenemy, my nemesis. What I feel for Nick is inexhaustible rage." He tapped his pipe against the log, emptying it into the sand, then he carefully set it down. When he looked up, his expression had turned fierce. Abe took both of her hands. "Nick Season be damned!"
"You're being crazy." She had never seen Abe like this.
"No, I'm telling you how I feel. I want to marry you Corey. I want to live with you and Billy in Seattle. I want to go to parent night at Billy's school. I want to take you guys to dinner at Tulio and for pizza at Via Tribunali. I want to fish at your favorite spots near Bainbridge —"
"He'll kill us all." And Abe was really scaring her.
"I have to keep that from happening."
"This isn't a storybook. Nick isn't like anyone you know. And this isn't an insight kind of deal. Look what happened the last time you tried to help. They almost got Billy, and I had to kill someone. Look what almost happened last night. This time you and Billy and I, we could all die. Do you understand that?"
"Yes, I do. But I won't let that happen."
"Won't let that happen?"
"No, I won't."
"I'm working on that. "
"Working on it? How? You're going to comb your hair? Look this devil in his shiny black eyes? What is that about?"
Abe considered her question. "It's a way of starting."
Corey put her head in her hands. She didn't know what to say.
Excerpt from Inside Passage by Burt Weissbourd. Copyright 2020 by Burt Weissbourd. Reproduced with permission from Burt Weissbourd. All rights reserved.
Burt Weissbourd is a novelist, screenwriter and producer of feature films. He was born in 1949 and graduated cum laude from Yale University, with honors in psychology. During his student years, he volunteered at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris and taught English to college students in Thailand. After he graduated, he wrote, directed, and produced educational films for Gilbert Altschul Productions. He began a finance program at the Northwestern University Graduate School of Business, but left to start his own film production company in Los Angeles. He managed that company from 1977 until 1986, producing films including Ghost Story starring Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, John Houseman, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and Patricia Neal, and Raggedy Man starring Sissy Spacek and Sam Shepard, which The New York Times called "a movie of sweet, low-keyed charm." In 1987, he founded an investment business, which he still runs. Burt's novels include the thrillers Danger in Plain Sight, The Corey Logan Trilogy (Inside Passage, Teaser and Minos), and In Velvet, a thriller set in Yellowstone National Park.
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My Take: This book isd set in the Pacific Northwest which I Have a slight connection to as my step mom is from Oregon and I have been there a couple of times. This is a first in a series and I will give the next book a try. I will say that I didn't care for as much profanity as was in this book but I did like the story otherwise. The main villian is a manipulative politician who will take care of in a negative way anything and anyone who gets in his way. The hero is a psychiatrist who is very good at what he does. There is alot of twists and turns that is just the way I want my thrillers. I received a review copy of this book from Partners in Crime tours and was not required to write a positive review.
Winter Witness by Tina DeBellegarde
Winter Witness
by Tina deBellegarde
on Tour November 1-30, 2020
When a beloved nun is murdered in a sleepy Catskill Mountain town, a grieving young widow finds herself at the center of the turmoil. Bianca St. Denis is searching for a job and seeking acceptance in her new home of Batavia-on-Hudson. Agatha Miller, the nun's closest friend and the ailing local historian everyone loves to hate, shares her painful personal history and long-buried village secrets with Bianca. Armed with this knowledge, Bianca unravels the mysteries surrounding the death while dealing with the suspicions of her eccentric neighbors.
However, Bianca's meddling complicates the sheriff's investigation as well as his marriage. Can Sheriff Mike Riley escape his painful past in a town where murder and infighting over a new casino vie for his attention?
Danger stalks Bianca as she gets closer to the truth. Can the sheriff solve the mystery before the killer strikes again? Can the town heal its wounds once the truth has been uncovered?
Genre: Traditional Mystery
Series: Batavia-on-Hudson Mystery, #1
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She could have been sleeping, were it not for the gaping gash in the back of her head and the bloody stone next to her limp body.
Sheriff Mike Riley stood alone on the shore of the near-frozen lake. At his feet, Sister Elaine Fisher lay face down, ice crystals forming around her body where it met the shoreline. The murmuring water of the nearby stream imparted a peacefulness at odds with the scene. In the waning winter light, he paused ankle deep in the snow illuminated by the beat of red strobe lights.
Murder seemed so extreme. The villagers would be baffled. Murder didn't happen in sleepy Batavia-on-Hudson. An occasional stolen bicycle, some were paid off the books, but that was hardly worth mentioning. Lately, there had been a handful of amateur burglaries. Murder was another story altogether.
But there was no denying it. Elaine's body was there before him, lifeless on a cushion of snow at the edge of the lake.
Sheriff Riley ran his chapped hands through his salt and pepper hair. A knowing person might have noticed that he used this motion to disguise a quick brush at his cheek, to eliminate the one tear that slipped through.
He feared this day, the day his lazy job would bring him face to face once again with the ugly underbelly he knew existed even in a quiet place like Batavia-on-Hudson. Mike Riley wasn't afraid of death. He was afraid of the transformation a village like this was bound to go through after an act of murder.
He cried for Elaine; though he barely knew her. But also, he cried for the village that died with her that morning. A place where children still wandered freely. A village that didn't lock doors, and trusted everyone, even the ones they gossiped about. Now, inevitably, the villagers would be guarded around each other, never quite sure anymore if someone could be trusted.
He thought he could already hear the locks snapping shut in cars and homes as word of the murder got out. Mothers yanking children indoors, hand-in-hand lovers escaping the once-romantic shadows of the wooded pathways, and old ladies turning into shut-ins instead of walking their dogs across the windy bluff.
Sheriff Riley steeled himself not just to confront the damaged body of the first murder victim of Batavia in over seventy years, but to confront the worried faces of mothers, the defeated faces of fathers and the vulnerable faces of the elderly.
He squatted in the slush, wincing as his bad knee rebelled, and laid his hands on Elaine's rough canvas jacket, two-sizes too big—one of her thrift shop purchases, no doubt. As reverently as was possible in the muddy snow, Mike Riley turned over her body to examine the face of a changing village.
Sister Elaine had no one left, she had no known siblings and of course, no spouse or children. Only Agatha Miller, her childhood companion, could have been considered next of kin. How Elaine had tolerated her grumpy old friend was a mystery to everyone.
The sheriff knew that Elaine's death would rock the community. Even a relative outsider like Mike understood that Elaine had been an anchor in Batavia. Her kindness had given the village heart, and her compassion had given it soul. No one would be prepared for this.
Mike knew from experience that preparation for death eases the grief. You start getting ready emotionally and psychologically. You make arrangements. You imagine your life without someone. But Mike also knew that when the time comes it still slaps you in the face, cold and bracing. And you realize you were only fooling yourself. Then somehow, in short order, work becomes demanding, bills need to be paid and something on the radio steals a chuckle right out of your throat. For a brief second you realize that there are moments of respite from your grief and perhaps someday those moments will expand and you may be able to experience joy once again.
But for now, Elaine's death will be a shock. No one had prepared for her death, let alone her murder.
Excerpt from Winter Witness by Tina deBellegarde. Copyright 2020 by Tina deBellegarde. Reproduced with permission from Tina deBellegarde. All rights reserved.
Tina deBellegarde lives in Catskill, New York with her husband Denis and their cat Shelby. Winter Witness is the first book in the Batavia-on-Hudson Mystery Series. Tina also writes short stories and flash fiction. When she isn't writing, she is helping Denis tend their beehives, harvest shiitake mushrooms, and cultivate their vegetable garden. She travels to Japan regularly to visit her son, Alessandro. Tina did her graduate studies in history. She is a former exporter, paralegal, teacher, and library clerk.
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My Take: This book takes place in the Cat Skill Mountains and is about an elderly nun being murdered but what it really is about is the small town and the people of said small town and the secrets that are hid in that small town. I really enjoyed this debut novel and I will be looking out for other books by this author. I received a review copy of this book from Partners in Crime tours and was not required to write a positive review.
The Christmas Eve Promise by elyse Douglas
My Take: This is the 4th book in the Christmas Eve Series by Elyse Douglas. This series has romance, adventure, Time Travel. Patrick and Eve are two people who are very much in love and consider each other their soulmates. Just before Christmas in 2020 a tragedy happens and Patrick makes the decision to go back in time using a lantern that is invented by Tesla. The lantern doesn't take him back to the time he wanted but back to 1925. He meets some interesting people in his trip back in time including a carbon copy of Eve.
I eagerly look forward to reading the next in this series if there is one.
I received a review copy of this book from Virtual Author Book Tours and was not required to write a positive review.
Dark River by Avery Jenkins
Dark River by Avery Jenkins Publisher: Black Rose Writing, (October 15, 2020) Category: Mystery Thriller, Amateur Sleuth Tour dates: Oct-Nov, 2020 ISBN: 978-168433-6111 Available in Print and ebook, 268 pages
Description Dark River by Avery Jenkins
When your only path to survival is to die.. An old man loses all that he loves for a secret he doesn't know he knows and a past he can't remember while he searches for a girl's killer.
Advance Praise for Avery Jenkins
"A Taoist Jack Reacher"-Beta Reader
About Avery Jenkins
Dr. Avery Jenkins is a former award-winning journalist and essayist who took a 25-year break from the writing world to become a chiropractor and acupuncturist. He holds a 2nd degree black belt in the martial art of aikido and is in his final year of training to become a Daoist priest. Dr. Jenkins lives in northwest Connecticut with his wife and two dogs of uncertain temperament. Dark River is his first novel. Website: www.averyjenkinsauthor.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/averyjenkinsdc Twitter: https://twitter.com/asa_cire Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/averyauthor
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Other Fires by Lenore H. Gay
Other Fires: Novel by Lenore H. Gay Publisher: She Writes Press (October 20, 2020) Category: Women's Psychological Fiction, Medical Fiction Tour Dates Oct 20-Nov 25, 2020 ISBN: 978-1631527739 Available in Print and ebook,256 pages
Description Other Fires: Novel by Lenore H. Gay
Joss and Phil's already rocky marriage is fragmented when Phil is injured in a devastating fire and diagnosed with Capgras delusion―a misidentification syndrome in which a person becomes convinced that a loved one has been replaced by an identical imposter. Faced with a husband who no longer recognizes her, Joss struggles to find motivation to save their marriage, even as family secrets start to emerge that challenge everything she thought she knew. With two young daughters, a looming book deadline, and an attractive but complicated distraction named Adam complicating her situation even further, Joss has to decide what she wants for her family―and what family even means.
Advance Praise Other Fires: Novel by Lenore H. Gay
"Once again, Lenore Gay has woven a story that captivates the reader from page one. Other Fires is a brilliant study of tragedy on multiples levels. Beginning with a dysfunctional family struggling in the aftermath of a terrible fire, she expertly peels back the layers of human behavior and motivation that unravels the lives of the guilty and innocent. Peppered with surprising twists and turns, the story will stay with you long after you close the cover."―PAM WEBBER, author of The Wiregrass and Moon Water "Heartwarming and dramatic, the two major intertwining stories in Other Fires reach across decades from troubled childhood to mid-life adults and reaffirm what remains human and vulnerable in all of us. The portraits of the main characters arc from hopelessness to vulnerability and a sense of recovery. Gay holds the reader's attention from the first page."―DIANA Y. PAUL, author of Things Unsaid "How do people figure out their minds? This novel explores what constitutes reality, and from whose perspective. Drawing on her varied experiences in life and background in rehabilitation and mental health counseling, Lenore Gay weaves together the perspectives of compelling characters who interact in ways that keep the pages of this novel turning."―CHRIS REID, PhD, Rehabilitation Psychology
About Lenore H. Gay
[caption id="attachment_8550" align="alignright" width="225"] (c) Sasha Gay-Overstreet[/caption] Lenore Gay is a retired Licensed Professional Counselor with a master's in sociology and rehabilitation counseling. She was an adjunct faculty at Virginia Commonwealth University's Rehabilitation Counseling Department for thirty years. She has worked in several agencies and psychiatric hospitals, and for ten years worked at her private counseling practice before becoming Coordinator of VCU's Rehabilitation Counseling Department internship program. Her debut novel, Shelter of Leaves, was a finalist for the Foreword Book of the Year award and a finalist for an INDEFAB award. For three years, Lenore has served on the Steering Committee of the RVALitCrawl, which has been featured in RVAMag, Richmond Family Magazine, and Richmond Magazine. She is an active member of James River Writers. She lives in Richmond, Virginia. Website: https://lenoregay.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lenoregay.author Twitter: https://twitter.com/lenore_gay
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The Feast by David Vorhees
Feast: Other Horrifying Tales by David Vorhees Publisher: Amazon (August 31, 2019) Category: Horror, Mystery/Thriller, Supernatural Tour dates: Oct-Nov, 2020 ISBN: 978-1670514585 Available in Print and ebook, 209 pages
Description Feast by David Vorhees
A collection of short stories that take place on different holidays over the course of the year. The collection opens with "A New Year, a New Day, a New Life." Grant Curtis is arrested on New Year's Day and charged with the murder of his wife Carla. In "Easter: The Resurrection," a resurrected Kyle Gardner seeks vengeance on Pastor Brian. "The Vengeance of Cassidy Clay" is a narrative poem that takes place on Halloween. The poem tells the story of a slave-hunter who haunts the woods long after his death and many more spine chilling tales.
Praise for Feast by David Vorhees
"Vorhees does a nice job of keeping a "theme" throughout (even as the stories change from tale to tale. This felt like one cohesive set of stories instead of a bunch of random ones thrown into a book. The character building and storytelling were good and I thought that Vorhees was able to write short stories that felt realistic and new while also feeling "familiar". What I mean by this is that they still feel like original stories but they don't feel like brand new ideas. Just like some of the best horror films play on the same topics and plots - these stories benefit from good horror tropes. If you're a horror fan and a fan of horror short stories there's bound to be something in this collection that'll suit you. I enjoyed it from beginning to end and I'm glad that I had a chance to check it out."-Brian's Book Blog "Most of the tales are deeply disturbing and be warned: you won't be able to unsee them. This is a nod to the effectiveness of the author's storytelling ability and gift for description."-Kristine, Hall Ways Blog "I thought each story was unique; I like the author's writing style. I would recommend this to readers of dark fiction, if you like a little gore with your horror, and a realism that makes it stick with you after you are done. I could see giving this as a gift."- Sarah, Quackzombie "Mind-bending and wildly entertaining! I was hooked after the first story, and it just got better after that. The themed horror stories for each separate holiday was a new concept for me, making each story that much more riveting. The characters and scenes are well thought out and eerily relatable, which allows you to become immersed in the story. This collection of stories is a definite must read!"-Lyn Savage, Amazon
About David Vorhees
David Vorhees joined the U.S. Navy after graduating Lima Central Catholic. Following his military service, he attended the University of Northwestern Ohio for Automotive business. He worked various factory jobs and attended the University of Phoenix online for a degree in arts with a focus in journalism. He recently worked for the Wapakoneta Daily News as a reporter/photographer/paginator. He is the father of five and grandfather of five. He has always been interested in the occult and the scarier side of life. He loves history and the supernatural and truly believes there is nothing better than a good story. Twitter: https://twitter.com/AuthorHorror Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehoundofbakersville/
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Teddy Rose Book Reviews Plus Oct 26 Kickoff & Excerpt Laura Lee Bound 2 Escape Oct 27 Guest Review Donna Amazon Oct 28 Review GudReader Goodreads Oct 29 Review Betty Toots Book Reviews Oct 30 Review & Interview Kim Amazon Nov 2 Review Am Goodreads Nov 4 Review Bee Book Pleasures Nov 6 Review Sol Teddy Rose Book Reviews Plus Nov 10 Guest Review Lisa's Writopia Nov 11 Review Bookgirl Goodreads Nov 12 Review Amy Locks, Hooks and Books Nov 13 Review & Excerpt Gracie Goodreads Nov 16 Review Jas International Book Promotion Nov 17 Review Lisa's Writopia Nov 18 GP Mindy Room Without Books is Empty Nov 19 Review Linda Lu Goodreads Nov 20 Review Kari From the TBR Pile Nov 23 Review & Excerpt Jody Amazon Nov 24 Review My Take: This is a collection of short stories each centered around a holiday. I enjoyed the stories and the stories were just right each one a bite sized bite. The horror isn't overly graphic or gory but just enough to make you feel uncomfortable. I received a review copy of this book from Virtual Author Book Tours and was not required to write a posiitve review.
Bird in Hand by Nikki Stern
by Nikki Stern
When the body of popular local guide Arley Fitchett washes up onto Maryland's Eastern Shore, Lieutenant Sam Tate, just two months at her new job, is charged with investigating his death. She learns the dead man was searching for a carving he believed had been hidden in the area by pirates in 1718. He's not the only one. Several others shared Fitchett's obsession with the bird with the sapphire eye. But which one of them is the murderer—or the next victim? And how long does Sam have to catch a killer before her own past catches up with her?
"The book... allows Tate to more fully come into herown as a formidable character on whose shoulders future procedurals could confidentially be placed." ~ Kirkus Reviews
"Bird in Hand will have prior Sam fans and newcomers thoroughly engrossed, all the way to the unexpected end." ~ D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review
"Even better than the first...leaving this reader eager for a third." ~Teri Case, author of the award-winning TIGER DRIVE
Published by: Ruthenia Press
ISBN: 0999548743 (ISBN-13: 978-0999548745)
Series: Sam Tate Mystery, #2
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"Lieutenant," he called out. "Sorry to bring you out on such a soggy night." He suppressed an involuntary shiver.
"Duty calls, Deputy. You did the right thing." She looked around. "Where's the person who called it in?"
McCready cleared his throat. "I'm guessing he took off."
She understood the young deputy's discomfort. Poaching was a serious offense. On the other hand, the watermen who flouted the law were friends and neighbors to people with whom she worked.
"Never mind. Let's see what he found. Grab your flashlight."
Sam pulled a handheld marine searchlight out of the trunk of her cruiser.
"You got anything specific we can use as a starting point?" she asked.
"Dispatch said the caller mentioned sand. The shoreline is mostly rocky around here, but maybe there's a sliver of open space right up at the point."
Sam pulled out her phone and pulled up Google Maps. "I see it," she said. "We've got to pass between these trees and the water to get to it."
"Careful, then," McCready said. "We'll probably run into some pretty slippery going what with the mist and all."
They headed towards a copse of trees adjacent to the manicured lawn. Dawn hadn't shown itself. Absent any other illumination, they relied on their beams as they picked their way over the uneven surface.
"This is probably about the only piece of land left undeveloped around here," McCready observed. "You wouldn't believe how much building has gone on just in the last fifteen years." He stumbled. "Shit! Sorry, Lieutenant."
"Nothing I haven't heard before, Deputy."
They came upon a slip of sand about a hundred feet long and perhaps fifteen feet wide.
There it was, a body, face up, the left arm extended over the head as if to ward off a blow. The right arm rested on the chest as if in benediction. Both hands were blackened.
She set her searchlight down and crouched by the corpse. The beam coming from McCready's flashlight wavered.
"You okay, Pat?" she asked.
She heard him swallow. The light steadied. "Yeah, it's just that, damn, that's Arley Fitchett."
"You know him?" Sam asked.
"Everybody knows Arley Fitchett."
Excerpt from Bird in Hand by Nikki Stern. Copyright 2020 by Nikki Stern. Reproduced with permission from Nikki Stern. All rights reserved.
Nikki is the author of five books, all of which have earned critical praise. Her essays have been published in the New York Times, USA Today, Newsweek, and Humanist Magazine as well as in three anthologies. She collaborated on a series of interactive murder mystery musicals that make up the Café Noir series, published by Samuel French.
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My Take: This is the second in the Sam Tate series. Sam lives on the Eastern Shore in Mryland. She has been tasked with solving the case of who tortured and killed Arlie Fitchett a local guide and treasure hunter. There were plenty of times that the story took a turn I wasn't expecting and I enjoyed this second installment. I received a review copy of this book from Partners in Crime tours and was not required to write a positive review.
Saving Grace by D.M. Barr
A Psychological Thriller
by D.M. Barr
on Tour October 12 - November 13, 2020
Grace Pierrepoint Rendell, the only child of an ailing billionaire, has been treated for paranoia since childhood. When she secretly quits her meds, she begins to suspect that once her father passes, her husband will murder her for her inheritance. Realizing that no one will believe the ravings of a supposed psychotic, she devises a creative way to save herself – she will write herself out of danger, authoring a novel with the heroine in exactly the same circumstances, thus subtly exposing her husband's scheme to the world. She hires acclaimed author Lynn Andrews to help edit her literary insurance policy, but when Lynn is murdered, Grace is discovered standing over the bloody remains. The clock is ticking: can she write and publish her manuscript before she is strapped into a straitjacket, accused of homicide, or lowered six feet under?
With a cast of secondary characters whose challenges mirror Grace's own, Saving Grace is, at it's core, an allegory for the struggle of the marginalized to be heard and live life on their own terms.
"A psychological thriller with more than enough twists, turns, and misdirection to keep even the most jaded reader turning pages all night long."
–Lori Robbins, author of the Silver Falchion Award-winning novel, Lesson Plan for Murder
Genre: Psychological Thriller, Domestic Suspense
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One felony was all it took to convince Andrea Lin she was better suited to committing crime on paper than in person. As renowned mystery author Lynn Andrews, she understood conflict equaled good drama. Like her readers, she should have expected the hiccups, even relished them. What she hadn't counted on was the accompanying agita, especially while sitting in her Bergen County kitchen, far from the action at the Bitcoin Teller Machine.
Her one job had been to place a single phone call when the money hit and tell the hacker to lift the encryption on Grace's computer. Trouble was, her dozen calls remained unanswered until a few minutes ago, throwing their meticulous plan off schedule.
Andrea stroked the blue-gray Nebulung purring on her lap and tried to ignore the churning in her stomach. "Denver, the next time I consider helping a sibling with some crazy scheme, you have my permission to use my leg as a scratching post until I come to my senses. Agreed?"
Denver looked up, his green eyes filled with innocence, and answered with a single meow before leaping onto the table toward her plate of shortbread cookies.
"I'll take that as a yes." She sipped her tea, willing the sugar to sweeten the acrid taste in her mouth. The phone interrupted her meditation. No doubt a check-in from her brother, the extorter-in-chief.
"I figured you'd have called by now. Everything on track?" Joe's strained voice conveyed his own jangled nerves. They'd agreed to be vague when communicating. In these days of Siri and Alexa, anyone could be listening.
"Finally. Took forever to get through to our friend, but she said she'd take care of 'our project' as soon as her meetings wrapped up. From here on out though, I'm sticking to fiction. Real-life intrigue is too stressful."
Andrea missed Joe's response, instead perplexed by her cats' sudden change of behavior. Denver had tilted his head and leapt from the table; Vail and Aspen sat frozen, ears perked, staring toward the foyer. Then she heard it too, the sound of papers shuffling in the living room. She leaned forward, muscles taut, hackles raised, ready to pounce. "Joe, hold on a sec. I think someone's in the house. I'll call you back later."
"Wait, what? Andrea??" Silence. The connection was dead.
After twenty minutes of weaving in and out of rush-hour traffic to travel one mile, Joe "Hack" Hackford pulled up outside his sister's Ridgewood home. Adrenaline pumping on overdrive, he jumped from his car and sprinted toward the house. Door wide open—not an encouraging sign. He steeled his nerves and hastened inside. The living room looked like a hurricane's aftermath, with furniture overturned and papers littering the carpets and floor.
"Andrea? Are you here?" He rushed into the kitchen, which lacked any signs of their celebratory dinner—no spaghetti boiling on the stove, no cake rising in the oven. Only the door to the backyard ajar and a shriek emanating from the next room, piercing the eerie silence. Hair stiffening at the back of his neck, he raced into the dining room where a redheaded woman stood frozen, staring across the room.
"Who the hell are you?" he growled.
The stranger remained wide-eyed and unresponsive. He followed her gaze to the floor, where he witnessed the unthinkable. His beloved sister lay in the corner, surrounded by a pool of blood, a kitchen knife stuck in her chest. Her eyes remained fixed on the ceiling. A trio of feline guards circled her lifeless body.
Hack's knees turned to jelly, and he grabbed onto a chair for support, forcing back the remains of the snack he'd consumed only minutes earlier. Once the initial shock waned, he reverted his attention back to the intruder. At second glance, she did look somewhat familiar, though the woman he'd met a few weeks back—the missing heiress whose computer they'd just hacked—was brunette. Had she uncovered their con? With a bolt of fury, he reached forward and pulled the wig from her head. A thousand questions zigzagged in his brain, but only one forced its way past his lips:
"Oh my God. Grace. Oh my God. What the hell have you done?"
Excerpt from Saving Grace by D.M. Barr. Copyright 2020 by D.M. Barr. Reproduced with permission from D.M. Barr. All rights reserved.
By day, a mild-mannered salesperson, wife, mother, rescuer of senior shelter dogs, competitive trivia player and author groupie, happily living just north of New York City. By night, an author of sex, suspense and satire.
My background includes stints in travel marketing, travel journalism, meeting planning, public relations and real estate. I was, for a long and happy time, an award-winning magazine writer and editor. Then kids happened. And I needed to actually make money. Now they're off doing whatever it is they do (of which I have no idea since they won't friend me on Facebook) and I can spend my spare time weaving tales of debauchery and whatever else tickles my fancy.
The main thing to remember about my work is that I am NOT one of my characters. For example, as a real estate broker, I've never played Bondage Bingo in one of my empty listings or offed anyone at my local diet clinic. And I haven't run away from home in fear that my husband was planning to off me.
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My Take: I really enjoyed this book. Grace was a very sympathtic character and I felt myself feeling sorry for her and believing along with her that her husband was out to get her. Imagine being on psychotic drugs for 40 years of her 45 years. Hold on because there is twiist at the end. I received a review copy of this book from Partners in Crime and was not required to write a positive review.
Selling Christmas by Angelina Goode
SELLING CHRISTMAS
Angelina Goode
Beach Blanket Publishing
Christmas Romance
Helping people find their dream house has always come natural to Caroline. She's able to set the stage perfectly so her clients can imagine spending the holidays in their new home, even though she doesn't decorate her own. When her boss assigns her to oversee the company's first Christmas Tour of Homes, Caroline thinks she may be in over her head.
Luke has always made sure his daughter, Ella, had all that she needed for Christmas, including a home bursting at the seams with tinsel and holly. Even if it meant working extra shifts patrolling the town. So when a house of their own is at the top of Ella's Christmas list, he can't help but set out to find one.
As Christmas fate brings Caroline and Luke together, they just might be exactly what the other needs to make it through the holidays. Until Luke unknowingly stumbles across Caroline's past. A past that keeps Caroline from looking to a future with Luke.
Can Caroline and Luke find their way to happily ever after? Or is the only thing keeping them from finding it, each other?
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The gravel crunched under the tires as Caroline's car made its way up the long drive. As she reached the crest of the tree-topped hill, the driveway made a sharp turn to the right, then opened up to a small grassy field with an old but clean wooden house sitting squarely in the center of it. She pulled her car up to the side of the house and turned off the ignition. As she opened the door and swept her scarf around her neck, the cold air reddened her cheeks. She shivered.
The small porch that led to the front door was bare but for a pile of firewood. Caroline shook her head. Curb appeal was always important when trying to sell a home, even if the curb was a mile from the front door. First impressions count, and this curb was lacking appeal. She turned the key in the lock, and as she pushed the door open, she was hit with a gush of warm air filled with the scents of gingerbread and pine cones. She smiled. This was more like it. She made her way through the house, smoothing the bedspreads and tidying pillows on chairs.
As she straightened the table setting, there was a quiet knock at the front door. She ran her hands down her sides and put her friendliest smile on, then headed for the door.
"Come in, Dave and Sandra," she said as she swung open the door. Her clients entered. "Let me take your coats." She hung them on the hooks just inside the foyer, hoping it would help them envision living there.
"Caroline." Sandra's hands flew to her mouth. "It's adorable."
"Wait until you see the kitchen," she added, then held her hand out to the side, encouraging them to explore. Caroline followed them through the kitchen, emphasizing the retro appliances, and out the back door to a large patio overlooking an expansive yard with a peaceful brook running along the side.
When they re-entered the house and passed through the living room, Sandra cuddled her growing belly in her hands and stopped, staring at the quaint space. "The piano would fit perfectly right there." She pointed to the wall on the right.
"A Christmas tree would be really lovely over there." Caroline pointed to a corner between the fireplace and a wall with a large, picturesque window.
Dave stepped in closer to Sandra and put an arm around her. "I can see us singing carols on Christmas Eve."
She leaned in and whispered something back to Dave.
"I'm going to give you a few minutes to finish looking around and talk privately." Caroline headed to the kitchen. She took a gingerbread cookie from the table and was about to take a bite when she realized it was in the shape of an elf. She giggled, then bit off his head.
She passed the time staring out the window, appreciating the lush evergreen trees and watching the robins flit from one tree to another.
"Caroline." Dave stepped into the kitchen. "We'd like to put a bid on the house. It's exactly what we're looking for."
She smiled. "Of course. I have the paperwork in my bag."
As Dave and Sandra signed the house bid, Caroline glanced at her watch. It would only take her fifteen minutes to wind her way back down the drive, up the highway, and into town where she would meet Lauren for dinner. She waved goodbye as they drove off, then she locked up the house, heading on her way.
The hostess that greeted Caroline was dressed as an elf, pointy shoes and ears and all. She led Caroline to Lauren, who sat in a dim alcove illuminated by lights muted with Santa hats. A mug in the shape of a Santa boot sat on the table in front of her. Caroline tossed her coat on the booth and rolled her eyes at Lauren. "You chose this place on purpose, didn't you?" She gestured at the decor around them.
"For someone that loves to celebrate the spirit of Christmas, you sure don't like all the decorating that comes with it." Lauren took a sip from her mug.
Caroline giggled. "You know I love Christmas. But all this is too much. It's not what Christmas is about. It's supposed to be about giving and kindness. This is all commercial."
"You could at least get a tree. That's not commercial."
"You know me. I don't decorate. I will provide a tree for someone else to help them feel the Christmas spirit, but—"
"No decorating. I know." Lauren rolled her eyes. "How did the house showing go?"
"Spectacular. It was right on the outskirts of town like they wanted. They put an offer on it, and I expect it to be accepted. Which is great because it will help fund my Christmas spirit. How was work for you today?"
She shrugged. "You know. It's heartbreaking to see so many people without a place to go day after day. But I'm doing my best to change that. The police department has been very helpful this year. They've even assigned us a delegate to make sure we are helping all the people we can. Plus, the shelter's Christmas Eve dinner is going to be extra special this year."
"That's great. And that's the Christmas spirit I'm talking about."
"Speaking of that, I have just the thing you're thinking of. They are a great family that has fallen on some hard times and need a little help." Lauren pushed her curly hair behind her ears and dug in her purse. She pulled out a piece of white paper folded in half. "You know, it's really great that you do this."
Caroline took the paper from Lauren and tucked it into her purse, then plucked a menu from the end of the table. "I just want everyone to experience Christmas the way I did as a child. No one should miss out on that."
Lauren nodded. "What should we order? Should we start with an appetizer?"
As Caroline drove home, passing through the neighborhoods with their lights strung and flickering in the night, she felt a tug at her heart. She slowed as she approached a home with wooden reindeer on the lawn and lit snowflakes hanging from the trees. Her dad used to love to hang snowflakes around their home. He always said he felt like it encouraged the snow on Christmas Eve.
A car behind her honked and she was brought back to the present. She waved an apology in the mirror and moved on, heading home for the night.
Mary was hovering by the door when Caroline arrived at the office. Her hair was immaculately coifed, and she held a steaming mug of coffee that read I Sell Houses—What's Your Superpower?
"I heard the offer on the house yesterday was accepted. Good job."
Caroline's eyebrows raised. She should've checked her email before heading into the office this morning. "Thanks. I'm about to straighten out all the details now."
"Great. I also have some exciting news at the meeting this morning. Don't be late."
Caroline nodded and stopped at the coffee machine before going to her office. "Good morning, Sarah," she said to the office assistant, who was standing beside a large box with a long strand of tinsel wrapped in her arms.
"Hi, Caroline. Would you like me to decorate your office for you? You're the only one that hasn't done it yet."
"I think I'm okay."
Sarah's eyes fell. "Oh, okay."
Caroline paused. "Well, I guess you could maybe decorate the outside of my door. Would that work?"
Her eyes lit up. "Yes. I'd love to. I have just the thing." She pulled the rest of the tinsel out and found a large, bright-red bell.
Caroline took a sip of her coffee then disappeared into her office to call Sandra and Dave and tell them the good news. Sandra squealed when she heard, and Dave sounded as though he was getting choked up. "Do you think we can be in by Christmas?" he asked.
"Maybe. It's only about four weeks away, but I'll see what I can work out with the sellers."
Sarah knocked on the door just as Caroline was hanging up.
"The meeting is about to start," she said.
"Thanks." She grabbed her notebook and followed Sarah into the meeting room.
"Welcome everyone. We have a lot to discuss, so let's get started right away." Mary paced back and forth across the small room as she spoke. "This year, we have decided to partner with a local furniture store to do a fundraiser for Sweet River Children's Hospital."
Caroline turned her attention to the room. This was exactly the Christmas spirit that motivated her. Everyone looked to one another, nodding encouragement and smiling with delight. Mary stood, pleased, her hands folded in front of her, her shoulders back. Her short, straight bob swayed softly as she turned from one side of the room to the other to take in all the excitement.
"We are going to host a Christmas Tour of Homes featuring four of our properties that are currently for sale. Anderson's Furniture Store will provide the decor and we will do the decorating. I have put together a team of agents that have shown interest in decorating and have selected one person to be in charge of the team and decorating the locations."
Sarah raised her hand. "Is this the kind of tour where people buy tickets to visit the properties to see how we have decorated them for Christmas?"
"Yes," Mary said, nodding. "We get a weekend of heavy foot traffic into the homes we are selling while raising money for the children's hospital. It's a win-win deal."
Caroline gave a sigh of relief that she wouldn't have to help. It may be for a good cause, but she was clearly not the one for the job. She turned her focus to her notebook and started making a list of things she had to do for her clients.
"Caroline." Mary's voice was clear and direct.
Caroline sat up straighter in her seat.
"Caroline will be leading the decorating team. Sarah is handing each team member a packet detailing the homes that will be on the tour and the proposed rooms to decorate."
Caroline's jaw dropped. She lifted her index finger to protest, but Mary continued.
"Of course, if you find you'd like to decorate additional rooms, that is at your discretion, Caroline. This is your project. You are in total control."
Caroline shook her head, still unable to find the words. She looked to Sarah, who had sat back down. "I'm honored to be on your team," Sarah whispered.
The rest of the meeting was a blur. Caroline tried her best to stay focused, but visions of tinsel and nutcrackers and tree ornaments the size of her head kept popping up in her mind. She tried to shake them free, but it seemed to only serve as encouragement. Her coworkers were encouraged, too. Before the meeting was over, she had already received eight emails from fellow agents and their ideas for the Home Tour.
As everyone exited the room, Caroline hung back, hopeful that she would get a moment alone with Mary. Surely, she would understand. She simply was not the one for the job.
When the last straggler had filled his plate with Santa-shaped sugar cookies from the snack table and made his way out, Caroline threw her shoulders back and approached her boss.
"Mary. I have some concerns about the Christmas Tour of Homes."
"Of course. I knew you would. But timing is not an issue. Three weeks is plenty of time to get the homes decorated."
"That's not it. I just…" She had to pick her words carefully. She didn't want her boss to think that she was refusing an important job.
No, she would do it happily, if she thought she was capable. "I'm not sure I'm the right person for this role."
"Nonsense. I spoke with Sandra and Dave this morning, and as soon as they told me they bought the house because you helped them picture what Christmas would look like there, I knew you were the one to lead the team." Mary gathered her paperwork and slid it into her briefcase. "You'd better get started. As I said, three weeks is plenty of time, but it will pass very quickly."
She gritted her teeth together, wishing she had never mentioned the Christmas tree last night. They had been so concerned about where to put a tree in the previous homes she had shown them, it seemed like the logical thing to do at the time.
Now she was in charge of decorating four homes? Her back stiffened at the thought of it. She swallowed hard, then nodded as she watched Mary leave the room.
Looked like she'd be decorating this Christmas after all.
Angelina Goode began writing as a teenager. Though her first works were poems about love-struck teenagers, she grew her craft while earning her degree in Journalism and Creative Writing. A former grade school teacher that loved teaching children to write, she enjoys finding creative ways to present everyday events. Now she primarily writes light-hearted contemporary women's fiction. Angelina loves to travel and weave places she's visited into her novels. She lives in Los Angeles where she enjoys people-watching and year-round sun.
Website: www.angelinagoode.com
Twitter: @angelina_goode
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My Take: This book is the perfect book to read at this time of year as it helps you get into the Christmas Spirit and is the perfect sweet story that is what the season is about. Caroline is a real estate agent who tries to get people into the right homes. She has been assigned to lead the committe that is in charge of decorating 4 homes for their Christmas Tour of Homes even though she doesn't decorate her own home. Luke is sure that Ella, his daughter, has what she wants on her Christmas List and this year she wants a House of their own. Caroline and Luke meet in a truly Christmas Miracle type of way and they will see if they can make sure each other gets what they need for Christmas. I received a review copy from Pump Up Your Book tours and was not required to give a positive review.


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OHIO HS FOOTBALL: Four takeaways from Paint Valley's playoff win over Grandview Heights
The Paint Valley Bearcats won their 11th game of the season in a 39-36 win over Grandview Heights in the first round of the playoffs.
OHIO HS FOOTBALL: Four takeaways from Paint Valley's playoff win over Grandview Heights The Paint Valley Bearcats won their 11th game of the season in a 39-36 win over Grandview Heights in the first round of the playoffs. Check out this story on chillicothegazette.com: https://www.chillicothegazette.com/story/sports/high-school/football/2018/11/02/four-takeaways-paint-valleys-playoff-win-over-grandview-heights-ohio-high-school-football/1859591002/
David Wysong, Chillicothe Gazette | Chillicothe | The Chillicothe Gazette Published 11:29 p.m. ET Nov. 2, 2018 | Updated 10:19 a.m. ET Nov. 3, 2018
Football: Paint Valley vs Grandview Heights
Paint Valley defeated Grandview Heights 39-36 Friday night in Chillicothe, Ohio. Robert McGraw/Gazette
Before their playoff game against Grandview Heights, Paint Valley's Quintin Daniel, left, and Caden Smith hold hands as they take a moment to contemplate the meaning of the school's first playoff game since 2015 inside the Chillicothe High School locker room on Friday, November 2, 2018. Robert McGraw/Gazette
Grandview Heights' Darrion Davis grabs Iann Cockrell's facemask as he tries to rush the ball with two minutes left on the clock and gave them an automatic first down. Paint Valley defeated Grandview Heights 39-36, advancing the Bearcats to the second round next week. Robert McGraw/Gazette
Hunter Gibson runs with Patrick Chapman on his shoulders to celebrate Paint Valley's win against Grandview Heights 39-36 in Chillicothe, Ohio. Robert McGraw/Gazette
Grandview Heights' Darrion Davis grabs Iann Cockrell's facemask as he tries to rush the ball with two minutes left on the clock, giving Paint Valley an automatic first down. Paint Valley defeated Grandview Heights 39-36, advancing the Bearcats to the second round next week.(Photo: Robert McGraw/Gazette)Buy Photo
CHILLICOTHE – It all came down to a single call.
The Paint Valley Bearcats defeated Grandview Heights 39-36 on Friday in the first round of the Ohio High School Athletic Association's (OHSAA) Division VI football playoffs at Chillicothe's Obadiah Harris Family Athletic Complex.
With each team scoring at will, one penalty might have decided the outcome of the entire game.
Here are four takeaways from the Bearcats' win:
1. The facemask call heard around the world
Paint Valley (11-0) led majority of the game, but Grandview Heights (7-4) remained in striking distance.
After the Bobcats cut their deficit to three points with just over five minutes to go, Paint Valley drove to midfield. The Bearcats were then forced to punt on fourth and six when punter Iann Cockrell bobbled the snap. Cockrell then tried to run for the first down when a defender tackled him near the marker. However, during the tackle Grandview Heights' linebacker Darrion Davis grabbed Cockrell's facemask, giving Paint Valley the automatic first down with two minutes to go.
The Paint Valley Bearcats won 39-36 over Grandview Heights in the first round of the playoffs. Ison, Cockrell and Mettler discuss it. David Wysong, Sports Reporter
The Bearcats went onto to run the clock out and win 39-36.
"It was a good call," said Paint Valley head coach Pete Hollon. "Obviously it was a big point in the game or otherwise we got to go back on defense with two minutes left."
Cockrell said he was scared in the moment.
"I wasn't supposed to run that," Cockrell said. "Got a little lucky there, but it's playoff football."
2. Luke Lachey is pretty good
Grandview Heights' Luke Lachey caught over 61 percent of his team's passing yards this season and Paint Valley struggled to stop him on Friday as he caught two touchdown passes and intercepted a pass on defense.
"We just had a difficult time defending him," Hollon said. "He's a heck of an athlete. We don't see that kind of stuff in our area … He's next level, there's no doubt about that."
Paint Valley fullback and linebacker Lane Metter said there is not much you can do against him.
"He can just go up and snag a ball 10 feet up in the air," Mettler said.
3. Bearcat offense could not be stopped
Paint Valley could not be stopped on offense from the beginning of the game as they led 26-21 at halftime.
Metter and running back Brayden Ison led the offensive attack as Mettler had two touchdown runs on the night – one from 30 yards out – and Ison had three scores on the ground from 50, 41 and 20 yards out.
"We were worried that they would shut our offense down, it didn't happen," Hollon said. "Brayden was a hot hand, so we went with him mainly in the second half. Lane's just a football player and he really had some really, really crucial blocks."
Ison gave credit to his blockers.
"Our offensive line did amazing, they had all their blocks, Lane lead-blocking was amazing," Ison said.
4. On to week 12
Hunter Gibson runs with Patrick Chapman on his shoulders to celebrate Paint Valley's win against Grandview Heights 39-36 in Chillicothe, Ohio. (Photo: Robert McGraw/Gazette)
Paint Valley is now moving on to the second round of the playoffs where they will play Shadyside, who defeated Adena 34-6 on Friday.
This is a far cry from the three-win team last season.
"We got to get a little healthy, we got dinged up a little bit tonight," Hollon said. "Other than that, just take care of us, perfect what we do with running the ball."
The location, day and time of their second-round matchup is yet to be determined.
Stat box
Ison ran for 187 yards on 22 carries while Mettler ran for 81 and Cockrell picked up 79. Quarterback Bryce Newland went seven-for-14 passing for 79 yards, throwing one touchdown and one interception. Defensive tackle Hunter Gibson had an interception on the night
Local AAU team wins big tournament
Cutright wins national volleyball championship
Q&A with Southeastern's Dalton Thurston
Eisel hits for the cycle, leads Paints to win
Cole Andrews continuing school season success
Five Paints named Prospect League all-stars

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We bring a special focus across Southern Africa this month to the importance of training Anglicans for ministry, leading up to Theological Education Sunday on August 23. But in South Africa, we also mark Women's Day, so a word about that also.
At the Elective Assembly we held in the Diocese of Natal last month - where the diocese elected Bishop Dino Gabriel, currently the Bishop of Zululand, as Natal's new bishop - an articulate young woman challenged us never to forget the needs of women in the elective process. We would do well to heed her words as we select leaders and make other choices as the leadership of the church.
On Theological Education Sunday last year, we raised about a million rand for the College of the Transfiguration (COTT), our full-time training institution for the ordained ministry. This year, we are appealing to all of you again to give generously.
In times such as these, we need theologically trained leaders who will in turn encourage everyone in the church - clergy and lay people - to be theologically attuned. With a sound theological grounding, we can approach the world with the eyes of God, seeking the mind of Christ in the varied challenges we face, from those posed by the changing earth system, seen in global warming, to those which result from the inequality of our societies, experienced in the desperate conditions in which so many of our people live.
In a rapidly-changing world, most people are not finding the meaning and happiness they seek. Nor do we find it easy to interpret our role in such a way that we can balance the pursuit of personal benefit with the pursuit of the common good of us all. In this situation, it is the theologically-trained mind which is able to instil hope and see the hand of God holding us in the midst of everything.
Your college, COTT, has come a long way since it and its predecessors were established more than a century ago. I say "your" because the college belongs to all of us. I am happy to say that our dream of having an Anglican university is becoming a reality, thanks to the work of Prof Barney Pityana in ensuring that we can offer a bachelor's degree and a higher certificate in theology as well as a diploma. We now have a School of Ministry headed by the Revd Mike McCoy. The leadership development programme is an excellent partnership of the college with the United Society (US, formerly USPG) and the NGO, HOPE Africa, as is the course on theology and development. We still have a disproportionately high number of men as clergy but the growth of women in leadership - notably the appointment of Dr. Vicentia Kgabe as Rector - helps us in our efforts to encourage women to train for ordination and to assume positions of leadership in the church.
However, we have financial challenges in growing COTT. We need bursaries for woman students and to fund the work of woman theologians. Dr Kgabe is ensuring that we move from provisional to full registration as a degree-awarding institution, and to remain registered we need to meet certain standards. We need to have a library and staff offices, for which we need to build an administration block, and we need to meet health and safety regulations. We need to maintain old buildings and convert them to new uses.
So while we have achieved much, the road ahead is long. We must develop the college not only for the future of our Province and the Anglican ethos in Southern Africa, but for the church in Africa - for we accommodate students from Sudan, Zimbabwe and Mauritius, as well as exchange students from abroad and, previously, from Haiti.
Whether you give R10, or R100, R1000 or a million, please give whatever God moves you in your heart to share for our Theological Education Fund and to ensure the sustainability of the church. Details of how to give appear below. Thank you in advance!
"The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit."


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5. LOCAL DERMAL INFLAMMATIONS
by Melford Eugene Douglass
It is important that the homoeopathic dermatologist should be fully acquainted with the eruptions of the skin produced by the administration of medicinal substances or allopathic drugs….
Under the head of local dermal inflammations we include those diseases which partake essentially of the nature of local diseases, and are characterized by inflammation, as the primary and the essential phenomenon. By inflammation we understand not merely hyperaemia, with engorgements of the affected parts by blood, so that the parts are swollen and red and hot, not only hyperaemia, with stasis in the vessels and serous effusion in addition; but also an increased activity in the tissues themselves outside the vessels, and the formation of new products, or "inflammatory exudation," to use a commonly employed term.
The character and source of these new products are important items in this matter of inflammation. As regards the character of the new products, its typical features, and ultimate destination in marked cases are those of pus. Pus, in fact, is the highest grade of inflammatory products, but pus is not necessarily formed, and it is held that the new products may give rise to the production of a tissue-like connective tissue. Pus is derived from two sources-namely, from white blood cells, and also from connective-tissue corpuscle. There are three leading changes observed in inflammatory exudation-resolution, organization, and suppuration.
The local inflammations we are about to consider are generally characterized by hyperaemia and the presence of inflammatory infiltration. They are the erythemata; eczema, or catarrhal inflammation; that form which commences as serous catarrh of the papillary layer, and is followed by the outpouring of sero-purulent discharge, as in catarrh of the mucous membrane; plastic or papular inflammation, in which the inflammation is characterized as much by the absence of serous as by the deposit of fibrinous exudation: suppurative inflammation; and lastly, hyperaemia, accompanied by excessive formation of epithelial and certain cell growths in the papillary layer, conveniently termed squamous inflammation, as in psoriasis.
Two of these groups or classes might be separated from inflammation perhaps, and dealt with as hyperaemias solely, and these are the first and the last of the above named. In the former there is hyperaemia and serous exudation, as in erythema; but what is the important things to notice in relation to the point under discussion, there is no cell proliferation or cell infiltration in the tissues. If the hyperaemia is persistent then there follows in due course hypertrophy. To avoid, however, making another group in classification I have grouped the erythematous diseases under the head of local inflammations. With regard to "squamous inflammation," there is here only hyperaemia and hyperplasia or hypertrophy, and no actual inflammatory infiltration. Psoriasis, the type of the class, is on the borderland only of inflammation; but we will group it under inflammations for the present at all events.
The reader will very naturally want to be told wherein lies the differences between hypertrophy and hyperplasia following hyperaemia, on the one hand; and the changes that occur in the skin in zymotic diseases, and those that are observed in lupus, syphilis, and leprosy on the other hand; and what are the differences that lead dermatologists to make the special class of disease to be dealt with in this chapter. In the first place, with regard to the local changes in the zymotic diseases- as small-pox and typhoid-these are only parts of general malady, and could not be regarded in group characterized essentially by peculiarities of local change. From an etiological point of view it would be impossible to do so.
Then, in regard to lupus, syphilis, etc., there are certain anatomical characters and behaviors about the growths, which, no less than peculiar concomitants of associated constitutional states and the like, that mark them as belonging to a special class of neoplasmata or heterologous new formations. In regard to the distinction to be drawn between hyperplasia consequent on inflammation, and hypertrophy, the latter is much slower, even if the etiology be left out of view; there is in the one the escaped blood cells developing into the new tissue, and in the other the increased supply of blood and transuded serosity.
But the two have certain analogies, and it is difficult if not impossible to draw line between hypertrophy and inflammation. But further, it may be said- and this applies to tumors and special neoplasms, and lupus and syphilis- whilst the inflammatory infiltration is caused by some irritant, the tumor of heteroplastic neoplasm arises spontaneously, or from a specific cause acting generally and modifying heat, redness, pain, and swelling, and these "signs" acutely developed; there is less tendency to spontaneous cure with tumors; and lastly, the inflammatory exudations directly tend to the formation of pus.
Erythematous Disease.
The diseases which rank under this head as having simply erythema as their primary and only feature are exceedingly simple and well defined. They are three; erythema, roseola, and urticaria. These erythemata re characterized mainly by the occurrence of active hyperaemia of the longitudinal plexus of the skin (erythema), and its immediate consequences- for example, serous effusion- nothing more. In erythematous disease the redness my be rosy roseola), or bright red (erythema urticaria); in urticaria "wheals" are present. The erythema in these diseases is removable by pressure. Unlike the more common eruptive diseases of the skin, the erythemata exhibit the closest connection between local and constitutional phenomena. Febrile symptoms antecede and are relieved by the development of the erythema in the exanthemata, showing that the local skin changes are secondary, and only parts of a general disturbance which is primary. I shall include under this head sections of follicular hyperaemia, pellagra, and certain medicinal rashes.
Erythema.
The term erythema, used by itself, is the name of a symptom, not of a disease, and may be applied to any reddened or congested surface not accompanied with elevation, and may be produced by a variety of causes. There are, however, two well-marked affections, erythema multiforme and erythema nodosum, which are distinct morbid entities, and deserve careful consideration.
Erythema Multiforme.
The eruption of erythema multiforme is a diffused patch of redness over which circumscribed elevations, also red, are scattered. These elevations may be from an eighth to three- quarters of an inch in diameter. The small ones, according to size, may be called papules or tubercles, while the larger ones, which are always flattened, may assume the appearance of an elevated ring, around which a second or a third ring may develop. On the flattened tubercles, of medium size, vesicles are sometimes met with, and hemorrhagic effusions may also occur within them.
These lesions rarely persist for more than a few days, or at most a week or so, art the end of which time they gradually subside and disappear, leaving after them slight stains, which last a few days longer. After the disappearance of the first eruption, or even while it is still in full bloom, a second crop of lesions may come out, and after these a third, prolonging the trouble in this way for several weeks and even months. Two or more of the lesions mentioned may coexist, and the eruption may appear on any part of the surface, but as a rule it prefers the extremities. Slight febrile action may precede the development of the eruption, but it soon disappears, and there is rarely any accompaniment other than slight itching.
The causes of erythema multiforme are obscure; occasionally it appears due to errors of diet, and sometimes also to uterine disorder. The prognosis is favorable, so far as any trouble may result from the eruption; but when it is prolonged for weeks, as is sometimes the case, it proves very annoying. It attacks by preference the backs of the hands and feet, the arms, the legs, and the forehead. It is mostly an affection of children and young people. It attacks females more than males, and prevails in the spring and fall. Individuals who are troubled with it one year are apt to have it again at the same time in succeeding years. When occurring on the fingers it closely resembles chilblains. It may be commonly known by its superficial and protean character, and its symmetrical distribution.
Erythema Nodosum.
This is a much more important but also rarer affection than the preceding one. The disease is characterized by the eruption of reddish tumors, from the size of bean to that of a small egg, and usually situated upon the lower extremities, between the knee and ankle. For a day or two the depth of color increases, then becomes somewhat purplish, and with the "black-and-blue" appearance which accompanies hemorrhagic effusions, and finally passes into the stage of green and yellow like an ordinary bruise. A week or ten days may be occupied by these processes; and, as the color changes, diminution of size takes place, and in about two weeks complete resolution is effected. Suppuration very rarely occurs. The number of the nodes is usually limited to three or four, but may reach nine or ten, and may appear on the thighs and upper extremities as well as the parts already named. The swellings are usually a little painful for the first day or two, but not afterward. Relapses may prolong the disease for several months. Occasionally the eruption is ushered in by febrile action, but not in all cases. It usually occurs in young females, and is not unfrequently accompanied by menstrual derangement. In many cases, however, the eruption is preceded by or complicated with arthritic pains. This has led many writers to believe the affection to be more or less closely connected with rheumatism.
The disease is self-limited, requiring no special treatment other than sedative applications to the affected parts.
In erythema multiforme the allopaths claim that "Unless the cause of the affection be discovered, little need or can be done in the way of treatment, and the affection may be left to run its course, which it will usually do in two or three weeks, and may not return until the following season, for in some persons this disease appears to affect a predilection for the spring and autumn months, returning annually at one or the other of these seasons."
TREATMENT- When there is much itching and burning either a carbolic acid or veratrum viride lotion may be used. When the opposing surfaces are much inflamed they may be protected by dusting with buckwheat powder, or equal parts of starch and zinc oxide. Especial attention should be paid to cleanliness, and all irritants should be removed. Poultices are apt to do more harm than good, and better be avoided. Particular attention must be paid to the diet; such food as corn-flour, maizena, and the like must be forbidden, and proper nutritive substitutes be given to children in conjunction with suitable quantity of milk.
In the erythemata dependent upon general causes you must always remember the effect of ingesta; that a gouty or rheumatic habit, disordered menstrual function, dentition, delicacy of skin, or lymphatic temperament, are present in greater of less degree. It is important to allow the patient the use of an unstimulating diet only, to forbid him spirits, wine, and beer, to clear out the bowels, and in the early stage to adopt a soothing regime, with tepid sponging and emollient baths.
Bed-sores are best treated by attempting to "harden" the skin in the early stage by spirit applications, removing pressure as much as possible at later stages by pads, cushions, and water- beds, and by using charcoal poultices or soap plaster spread on soft leather to the sores. For chilblains, equal parts of turpentine and tincture of Aconite, and soap liniment, together with the indicated remedy, constitute the best treatment.
The internal remedies for erythema are;
Aconite-Erythema excited by the action of the sun's rays.
Aethusa-Appearance and disappearance of reddish-blue spots on the trunk and left leg. General malaise.
Ailanthus-Irregular spots of capillary congestion. Dark almost livid eruption on the forehead.
Arsenicum iodide-Erythema, especially of the face.
Belladonna-Inflamed red patches. Irregularly-shaped scarlet spots over the body. More on face and upper part of body.
Berberis-Mottled spots as after bruise on the right shoulder, left humerus, back of the hand and wrist.
Bryonia-Red round hot spots on the malar bone, as large as peas.
Cadmium sulph-Red spots on the extremities.
Chelidonium maj-Round red spots, size of a half dollar, accompanied with burning pain, on anterior surface of the forearms and face, disappearing in a few hours.
Chloral hydrate-Bright red or bluish erythema over the whole body, permanent under pressure, mottled with livid patches and deep red spots. Pruritus of the whole skin.
Crocus sat-Circumscribed red spots on the face, which burn.
Condurango-Erythematous blotches on the face and arms.
Gelsemium-Papulous eruption on the face resembling measles.
Gossypium-Round little spots with pale red circles around the knee caps and over the shin bones, which itch very much.
Lactic acid-Several bright red blotches on the anterior surface of the leg, with slight burning and no itching. Relieved by cold. Eruption brightest at 8 A.M.
Laurocerasus-Erythematous patches, terminating in dark red purple spots.
Mercurius sol-Light red patches on the forearm and inner side of the thighs. Itching changed to burning by scratching.
Mezereum-Erythema on the legs in old people.
Nux vomica-Pimples on the face with itching, burning after drinking wine or alcoholic liquors.
Phytolacca-Painful erythematous blotches of a pale red color.
Pulsatilla nut-Erythema of the scalp. Dark blue or red eruption on the legs and ankles.
Rhus tox.-Ridges on the lower limbs.
Sabadilla-Red streaks on the arms. Worse from cold.
Ustilago-Fine eruption of a deep red colour, about the size of a pin's head, appearing on any part of the body after scratching. On the neck it takes a circular form.
Mr. M., a very large and fleshy man of exceedingly good habits and with no history of specific trouble, presented himself for a long standing and obstinate erythema. The case had been prescribed for under nearly every conceivable diagnosis, the majority of physicians claiming it was due to syphilis. During a fishing expedition, some years ago, he thought he had been poisoned while in bathing, and since that time he has been exceedingly troubled with this persistent local inflammation. His unusual flesh had been a constant irritant, and being obliged too work for his living he had almost despaired of recovery.
In the folds of his right groin and extending back between the nates an immense phlegmonous surface was visible. So long had it existed that fissures and ulcerations, and excessive secretions of sweat and pus had complicated what might have been a short enduring, and simple sore. A rash, like measles, extended over the surrounding healthy skin. Extreme local itching and general aching pains made him exceedingly restless. These symptoms were always worse after midnight and during wet or cold weather.
With these indications he was given Rhus tox. 30 four times daily for a week. He was directed to use a local wash of warm water and lanoline soap, being careful to wipe the parts to perfect dryness. He was then to use a dusting powder to aristol and wear an abdominal supporter to relieve any chafing. In four weeks he was entirely well.
Roseola
It is important to know this disease-not so much because it gives rise to any anxiety or trouble, as that it is likely to be confounded with measles and scarlet fever. Roseola is not generally considered to be a contagious disease, but rather occurs in an epidemic form. The eruption is preceded by some febrile symptoms; the rash is not much raised above the level of the surrounding part, and is of a rose color. It is in fact an erythema of a rosy hue. The eruption is patchy, and its color deepens somewhat as the disease advances. It is accompanied by slight itching and sensation of heat. Before the eruption makes its appearance and during the slight febrile symptoms, a slight redness of the mucous surfaces of the palate and fauces will be noticed on inspection of these parts. When not epidemic, roseola seems to depend chiefly upon derangements of the digestive apparatus as a producing cause, though it may likewise be due to sudden changes of temperature, violent exercise, taking cold drinks while the body is warm and perspiring, etc.
The eruption may appear suddenly during the night, and cover the entire body with its rose-colored patches, situated closely together, yet distinct.
Roseola is divided into two groups, Idiopathic and Symptomatic. In the latter group the roseola occurs as an accidental phenomenon in the course of acute diseases, and hence is called symptomatic; in the other group it exists as the sole and primary disease.
Idiopathic Group-Roseola infantilis is the name given to roseola when it is seen in infants. It roughly resembles measles minus the catarrh; it runs an irregular course as regards precursory symptoms, which vary in degree, and in the extent, degree, and seat of eruption. It may be quite general but patchy, or it may be limited to the arm, or the neck, or trunk; the rose blushes often come and go for several days capriciously, and are accompanied by local heat and itching, which are often marked at night. No catarrhal symptoms, as in measles, are present. The redness generally lasts a dozen or more hours.
When the disease assumes the form of rings (and this is generally observed about the buttocks, thighs, and abdomen), developed from little rose spots, and enclosing presently a healthy circle of skin an inch or so in diameter, the variety R. annulata is present. The concomitant symptoms are the same as those of the common form. It is not necessary to make all the varieties of roseola that are made by some authors.
The Symptomatic Group contains roseolas which are merely rosy erythmata developed in the course of acute diseases, generally appearing about the arms, breast, and face, thence spreading over the body. R. vaccinia coexists with the formation of the vaccine vesicle, and is accompanied by slight fever. It commences around and about the seat of the vaccination. In cases of fevers, about the tenth day or so, and indeed whenever the weather is very warm, the perspiration is apt to distend the sweat glands, which become more or less hyperaemic, so that little vesicles form, for example, miliaria and sudamina. Sometimes red blushes accompany this particular kind of vesicular eruption, and to these rosy blushes the name R. miliaris has been given.
After surgical operations a rash like scarlet fever very frequently occurs; its color varies somewhat; it is not contagious, and is without the general symptoms, the throat complication, hot skin, quick pulse, and tongue of scarlet fever. It is due, doubtless, to some volatile poison free in the blood. It has no gravity.
The Prognosis offers no point of gravity or interest.
The Diagnosis-Roseola is likely to be confounded with rubeola, scarlatina, urticaria, erythema. It is known from measles, in that it possesses no catarrhal symptoms; in that there is no relation between the febrile symptoms and the amount of eruption; in that there is no epidemic influence at work in its production; in that it is irregular in its distribution, non-crescentric, not uniform, not dark-colored; but irregular, rosy, and often commencing in other parts than the face. Rubeola has a regular course, and is not partial in regard to the distribution of its accompanying eruption.
It makes very little difference if roseolas be confounded with erythema, for the one is a red, the other is a rosy erythema.
In Scarlatina, the general aspect of the disease is grave; the fever is marked, the throat is bad, the tongue is peculiar; the skin harsh, dry; the rash general, punctiform, boiled-lobster like. The progress is more uniform, and the disease can be traced to contagious or epidemic influence.
In Urticaria, the diagnosis is at once settled by the discovery or production of a wheal, and the peculiar stinging character of the local irritation, with the capricious character of the eruption.
Treatment-The benign and self-limiting nature of the disease leaves but little need for work under this head. The old-school advise giving salines, aperients, laxatives, etc., and treating any special symptoms. Locally, in removing all causes of irritation-for example, irritated and tender gums, by lancing; acidity of stomach, by magnesia, soda or lime-water; intestinal irritation, by "alternatives," such as rhubarb, and subsequently tonics, keeping up the warmth of the surface, and if possible, bringing on perspiration. The surface should not be chilled. The patient should be kept within doors for a few days, and have a warm bath at bed-time, followed by cutaneous frictions with oil; the diet should be light and non-stimulating.
Belladonna is the principal internal remedy. Ferrum phos, is highly recommended by some physicians. Large doses of antipyrine produce an erythematous eruption which is cinnabar-red in color, slightly elevated, and consists of rounded spots, disappearing under pressure. At the knees and elbows are found great red patches, chiefly on the extensor surface. The head, palmar and plantar surfaces are not affected.
Urticaria.
Urticaria is an affection of the skin characterized by the development of white or reddish elevations termed wheals, which are accompanied with more less pruritus. These wheals may be few and localized, or, more frequently, they exist in considerable number, and are generalized.
Not infrequently a little heat and itching first appear; and, if the part be rubbed or scratched, the wheals become manifest. The elevations may last for a few minutes only or for a few hours, and disappear, leaving no trace behind. Later in the day, or perhaps the next day, a renewal of the eruption occurs, and these may be repeated for a few days or persist for months, constituting a chronic urticaria.
Melford Eugene Douglass
M.E.Douglass, MD, was a Lecturer of Dermatology in the Southern Homeopathic Medical College of Baltimore. He was the author of - Skin Diseases: Their Description, Etiology, Diagnosis and Treatment; Repertory of Tongue Symptoms; Characteristics of the Homoeopathic Materia Medica.
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Q: React: How to navigate directly to dynamic component I have a parent component that either shows and index component, or a specific project. When a project title is clicked, the URL changes to that projects ID.
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How can I navigate directly to that instance of the project (if the URL was entered manually, for example?
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Rome's Galleria Spada is home to a collection of art works by masters from the 16th- and 17th-centuries.
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