{ Birth of the Fae by Danielle Marie Orsino - TLC Book Tours }

 

• Hardcover: 230 pages
• Publisher: Icon; Retail ed. edition (June 19, 2020)

Ride on the backs of fire breathing dragons with the Dark Fae and watch the Light Fae play in the shadows of primitive humanity as they build their magical world.  

Abandoned by their creator, two factions of powerful angels remain on earth after the Great War with Lucifer. They struggle to comprehend their Creator’s plan while their angel wings, a symbol of their angelic lineage, slowly and painfully decay. 

With no hope of returning to the Shining Kingdom, two groups of angels denounce their angelic lineage and develop into separate factions – the Court of Light, led by Queen Aurora, a former Virtue Angel, and the Court of Dark, ruled by King Jarvok, a former Power Brigade Angel. 

The two monarchs have opposing views on how to govern their kin, but the one belief they agree on is that human worship equals power.

Birth of the Fae: Locked Out of Heaven is an epic fantasy adventure of heartbreak, rebirth, and hope that examines the bonds of family, friendship, and love.  It is a fantastic tale of good vs evil in a beautiful world, where the Light Fae and their potent elemental magick are tested by the raw power of the dragon riding Dark Fae warriors.

Purchase Links

Amazon | Barnes & Noble

About Danielle M. Orsino

Danielle M. Orsino is taking on her biggest challenge to date: the debut of her fantasy novel, Birth of the Fae: Locked out of Heaven. Expanding her love of writing and exploring the world of fantasy novels, she delves into the realm of fairies and retells their origins from a completely new perspective. Orsino has a Bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology and Exercise science and is an LPN with a special interest in Lyme disease research. This novel was born from her long treatment sessions with a patient who asked her to tell him a story for a distraction, which sent Orsino on a journey longer than she had anticipated. Orsino has been widely recognized from her influence and experience in martial arts realm, training for over 20 years and with over 500 tournament wins, and accumulating national and world titles. She has performed for former President of the United States Bill Clinton and has been featured on “Soap Talk, Fox Five news CBS, TLC and E!. With this experience, she worked as a Fight Choreographer on”Wonder Woman: Balance of Power” and has worked with the likes of martial arts legend Vincent Lyn and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.

Find out more about Danielle at her website, and connect with her on Instagram.

 

 

REVIEW:

 

Speechless!!!!

This book was everything I expected and more, much much more.

I'll start by the beautiful packaging it came in and the beautiful book itself.  The color, the cover, the writing, the inside....I mean....this is one of those books that you pick up in your hand and smile from ear to ear.

Let me show you how it came packaged, I know that may not mean anything to you but just the packaging itself got me so giddy.  I couldn't stop showing it off.

Now that we got that out of the way, let's talk about the book itself, the story contained within these gorgeous pages. 

If you love fantasy, angels and good vs evil, this is THE book for you.  You have to pick it up and start reading it right away.  I know that may sound like a pretty bold statement to make, but you'll thank me later.

So, right from the very first few pages, you are hooked.  

We are privvy to a pretty strong scene where angels are abandoned by their creator and left to their own devices on this plane.  They have no idea what to do or how to even survive in a land that is so foreign to them.  

Their only way of survival is to form different factions, try to take on the form of new beings and continue their fight.  

Queen Aurora leads the good faction, while King Jarvok leads the evil side.  

It is a battle of good vs evil, fraught with twists and turns, crazy events, and a world of fantasy that will leave you turning pages faster than your fingers can turn them.

Best part?  This is book one of a new series and I can not wait for the next to come out.

I'll be honest, I haven't yet finished the book, but I am pretty close to the end.  I think I'm holding out a bit because I don't want to see it finished.

{ Currently...... }

Good morning sweet friends, how is your week going so far?

Mine has been good, though a little shadowed with sadness, since today would have been my mother in law's birthday.  

 

She was turning 70 years old and we were so excited to celebrate it with her.  Instead, we know she is having a huge celebration in Heaven.

 

We will however, be meeting my father in law and mom's sister for lunch today.  It will be a nice way to honor her and to spend some time together.  We will then head over to the cemetery to place some flowers on her grave.

 

In the meantime, I keep wanting to come in and put up a post, and life just keeps chucking that idea right out the window.  So I'm doing it a little different this morning, and putting up a little post that I used to do way back when.

 

My long time followers will no doubt remember.  

 

Have a wonderful blessed day everyone :)

 

On my bedside table: 

A Divine Revelation of Heaven and Hell by Mary K. Baxter

Lotion

TV controls

Diffuser

 

 

Playing on the TV: 

Calming channels on YouTube (I shared some of my favorite on Instagram, but I'll give you the links here too, be sure to check them out you will no doubt love them just as much as I do)

 

Girl in Calico

Green Renaissance

Her86m2

The Cottage Fairy

Daughter of Old

Jonna Jinton

Talasbuan

Jeri Landers of Hopalong Hollow

The Elliott Homestead

 

Latest interests: 

Holocaust books, movies, documentaries, survivor interviews

Crocheting slipper booties 

 

 

On my mind: 

My mother in law

A lot of legal things we are having to deal with pertaining to her passing 

 

 

Learning: 

To be fully dependent on God and not on the world

How to interpret the Bible

To let go of control

 

 

Making: 

A comfy home for my family

A conscious decision to fill my soul with goodness and positivity

 

 

Looking forward to: 

Seeing family today for lunch

Creating a headboard for our new bed

Painting the bedroom

Finishing projects around the house

 

 

Enjoying: 

Reading, so many books that have been filling my shelf

Calming vlogs on YouTube 

My diffuser 

Time spent with my family

{ Happy Homemaker Monday - 11/09/2020 }

Good morning sweet friends, and a very happy Monday.I hope you've all had a wonderful weekend.  As usual, mine was good but quite a busy one, so I feel like I didn't really get much rest as we were running back and forth.

 

However,  Jasmine is off work today, so I get to relax.  

 

But before I do, I need to get this post up and then rush out the door to go pick up some medication at the base pharmacy.  Not something I enjoy doing, it takes so long and there are so many people.  But, it needs to be done, so I'll just suck it up and get in there.

 

Hope you all have a blessed week ahead!

 

The weather outside is::::

It is currently 38 degrees, so pretty chilly out there.  

Monday - 77

Tuesday - 68

Wednesday - 71

Thursday - 73

Friday - 76

Saturday - 77

Sunday - 68

On the breakfast plate this morning::::

I've just had my usual cup of coffee.  I'm not sure if I will eat anything before I head to base.  Might just eat later. 

 

As I look outside my window::::

The sun is rising in this glorious pink and gold color.  The birds are singing and there is a light breeze coming in through the window.  It is like a scene from a movie depicting the perfect Fall morning. 

As I look around the house::::

My carpets need to be done.  I immensely dislike carpet cleaning, it takes forever, and I feel like it doesn't last long at all.  But yes, those need doing, and the dining area needs tidying up because Elliott was playing with his toys and they are are all over the floor.

 

What I'm wearing today::::

Jeans, maroon shirt with the words Blessed Mama, and some Keds. 

 

To do today or this week::::

Tidying up around the house.  

Pick up meds from pharmacy.

Lunch in Lawton for mom's birthday. 

Currently reading::::

Almost done with Proverbs in the Bible.

A Divine Revelation of Heaven and Hell

Got a ton of books at the thrift stores this weekend.  I love spending a dollar or two and walking out with a stack.

 

On the TV for this week::::

My Portuguese soap "Bem me Quer"

Vlogs on Youtube

The Secret Garden (2020 version)

The Spanish Queen Season 2

 

 

On the menu this week::::

 

Monday - Navajo tacos, cilantro rice

Tuesday - Chicken Strogonoff, Egg noodles

Wednesday - Portuguese Steak with Cream Sauce, Roast Potatoes

Thursday - Slow Cooker Chinese Chicken Curry, Rice

Friday - *Grocery Shopping, new meal plan*

Saturday -

Sunday -

 

 

Something fun to share::::

The Elliott Homestead is one of my favorite Youtube Channels.  I love watching her videos, they are filled with interesting information, and are so calming to watch, not to mention, her home is beautiful.  

This one is called Holiday Candy.

 

 

Favorite photo from the camera::::

My beautiful Philodendron has been growing in leaps and bounds.  It is gorgeous. 

 

Prayers, Inspiration quotes, Devotionals::::

{ Hell and High Water by Keenan Powell - TLC Book Tours }

 

About Hell and High Water

• Paperback: 282 pages
• Publisher: Level Best Books (March 31, 2020)

Alaskan attorney Maeve Malloy isn’t sure she’s cut out to be a lawyer. All she wants is to be treated like everyone else. Hiding her past, she takes a kitchen job at a remote lodge while she sorts out her life. The day after she lands at Fox Island, a tourist is killed and a rampaging bear has trapped her and the lodge’s guests inside.

The locals cops can’t get to the lodge because of a storm so they ask Maeve for help. Her cover is blown and she’s thrown back into investigating the who, why, and wherefore of the murder before a killer among them can strike again.

Purchase Links

Amazon | Barnes & Noble | IndieBound

About Keenan Powell

Keenan Powell is the award-nominated author of the Maeve Malloy Mystery series. Her first publication were illustrations in Dungeons and Dragons, 1st edition, while in high school.

Art seemed to be an impractical pursuit – she wasn’t an heiress, didn’t have the disposition to marry well, and hated teaching – so she went to law school instead. The day after graduation, she moved to Alaska, where she continues to practice law.

In 2009, there was a string of homeless deaths which the Alaska Medical Examiner had ruled were the result of natural causes. While attending a legal seminar, she learned of a little-known law that permits the medical examiner to declare death by natural causes without performing an autopsy. These deaths and that loophole inspired her to write Deadly Solution.

She won the William F. Deeck-Malice Domestic grant which led to a three-book deal with Level Best Books. Deadly Solution was published in January of 2018 and was nominated for a Lefty, Agatha, and Silver Falchion.

When not writing or practicing law, Keenan can be found connecting with readers on social media, chatting with fellow mystery authors in the Bouchercon and Crime Bake community, oil painting, or studying the Irish language.

Find out more about Keenan at her website, and connect with her on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

 

REVIEW:

 

If you love mysteries, you will loveeeeee Hell and High Water by Keenan Powell.

The first thing I will say is that, though you can read this as a standalone, this books is book 3 of a series.  I didn't think it affected the story overall, but I think had I read the previous 2 books, I may have had a better understanding of some of the characters and where they really came from.

Maeve is an attorney, who wants a change of life.  She doesn't want to continue down the path she has forged for herself, and therefore decides to take up a job in a remote lodge, hoping that no one will recognize her, no one will know her past, and she will be left alone and allowed to enjoy what she considers a normal life.

Not long after taking this new job as a kitchen help, matter of fact the very next day after she arrives at the lodge, she is put into a situation that will force her to fall back on the past she is trying to hide, in order to bring a killer to justice and help the lodgers who are stuck with her in the storm.  

Yes it's the usual whodunit, but it's filled with mystery, twists and turns and a really well told story that you won't be able to put down.  

Oh and if you think you know who did it?  You don't!  Hahahah

 

Thank you to TLC Book Tours and Level Best Books for providing me with a review copy.

{ Happy Homemaker Monday - 11/2/2020 }

Good morning everyone, welcome back to the Happy Homemaker Monday headquarters.

How was your weekend?

I had a pretty good one, got to spend time with my brother, sister in law and nephew yesterday, which is always a wonderful thing to do.  It's crazy, we live just a few streets from each other, but with work and school and life, sometimes we go a month without seeing each other face to face.  Just message back and forth.

I also spent some time yesterday editing my food blog.  I used to use photobucket back in the day, and so a lot of my earlier food posts have photos from there, which now are huge errors when you scroll through the blog.  I started editing and re adding the photos, one by one, which takes a lot of time to do.  I'll be doing more of that today.

Anyway, November 2nd it is, Monday it is, a new week it is.  Time for a blank slate, let's make this week a good one, show love, show understanding and most of all, stay prayed up.

 

The weather outside is::::

It is currently 38 degrees, so pretty chilly out there.  

Monday - 71

Tuesday - 77

Wednesday - 78

Thursday - 77

Friday - 77

Saturday - 73

Sunday - 77

On the breakfast plate this morning::::

Just a cup of coffee at the moment, will have some Cream of Wheat when I eat breakfast later.

 

As I look outside my window::::

It is beautiful.  Fall and Winter mornings are some of the most gorgeous ones.

As I look around the house::::

It is not quite bright yet as it's pretty early still.  I need to give my carpets a good clean again, with mine and Nick's allergies, I have to keep them washed quite often.

 

What I'm wearing today::::

Jeans, camo long sleeved shirt and tennis shoes.

 

To do today or this week::::

I need to do some food prepping for the freezer.  We were blessed with some food from a local food bank that was trying to get rid of all their stuff.  We got 8 gallons of milk, tons of potatoes, apples, shredded cheese, yogurt and sour cream.

Currently reading::::

Proverbs in the Bible.

A Divine Revelation of Heaven and Hell

Hell and High Water

 

On the TV for this week::::

My Portuguese soap "Bem me Quer"

Vlogs on Youtube

The Secret Garden (2020 version)

 

 

On the menu this week::::

 

Monday - Carne Guisada com massa (Portuguese beef with noodles), Salad

Tuesday - Mom's Hot and Spicy Lasagna

Wednesday - Chicken Ham and Cheese Rolls, Mashed Potatoes, Veggies

Thursday - Penne and Smoked Sausage, Garlic Bread

Friday - Navajo Tacos, Cilantro Rice

Saturday - Crockpot Nachos

Sunday - Corned Beef Hash

 

 

Something fun to share::::

Another one from one of my favorite Youtubers 'Fairyland Cottage' 

 

 

Favorite photo from the camera::::

We have so many deer walk through out property, during this time of the year.  

 

Prayers, Inspiration quotes, Devotionals::::

"I am the Lord, I change not."
Malachi 3:6