*Blitz & Giveaway*"Dots" by Angie M. Brashears!

Hiya guys! Happy Tuesday!

DRR is super excited to share this book with you today! Not only does it sound awesome, but the author has added an amazing donation system for it! A portion of all sales will go to Avon Walk for Breast Cancer - awesome, right? More details are below, so check that out, and be sure to enter the giveaway at the end of the post!

Please share this one with your friends - let's spread this fun story, and the great cause! =D

~Published: October 1st 2016

~Genres: Adult, Contemporary

Until October 1, 2016 50% or 5.00 from each print book goes to Avon Walk for Breast Cancer! 

After October 1st, 2016-$1.00 from any sale - eBook or print - goes to Avon Walk for Breast Cancer!

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This is a story about two strangers with nothing but grief in common.

Mason is great at connecting dots in other people’s life’s, but not so much in his own. His website, The F#ck it List, is all about connecting sexual requests.  Matching never have I ever’s like a pair of socks. Efficiently. All in an effort to raise money for charity. That’s all he wants, to give. Why is that so hard?

Chloe’s in denial, but that’s not going to make the cancer go away. When her doctor gives her an expiration date, she can’t deny it any longer. It’s time to break the news to family and her best friend. She thought she’d have more time. There’s things she needs to say. She needs to be heard, but not by her loved ones. They’ve got enough on their plates with the diagnosis. 

Two Months? Not long enough to do anything except…dig the hole. 

It’s time.

This is Chloe’s story and how she copes with the end. 

Just as there is a song for every occasion, Chloe has a friend for every occasion.

A pity party friend. 
A truth friend.
A fixer friend. 
And an end friend. Mason.

Mason and Chloe have nothing in common but grief. Two dots, floating in a sea of sorrow. 

He’s lost his mother. She’s losing the fight.

When the end is near, is it too late for a new friend? 

One woman’s end journey. Even when it’s time to get your affairs in order, it’s never too late for an “end” friend. Someone that will listen? Share your burden, so the family doesn’t have to. Help with the mess she’s created by keeping secrets. Be there for her best friend, a shoulder to cry on when the time comes. 

It’s one thing to donate money to a cause. 

What about your time, heart and soul? How much should you be expected to give? 

If a stranger asked, could you be an end friend?

Write to Rescue Anthology! *Tour Spotlight*

Hey guys, Rose here.  Hope you're all having an awesome Autumn, or whatever season it is where you're at ;)

So, I saw this event, and thought it sounded awesome!  I love animals, have a bunch of rescue babies, and just love rescue events.  

This is an awesome event supporting rescue animals, put together by a bunch of authors who, needless to say, rock.  

Please check it out, and if nothing else, please share this post so we can get some amazing animals some love, as well as some love for these authors :)

*Materials & info provided by Girls Heart Books Tours.

~Publisher: SideStreet Cookie Publishing 

~Released: November 1st, 2014 

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Rescue animals need love too. That’s why these nine authors got together to write stories that will warm your heart and entertain. All proceeds will go to animal shelters to help take care of and save the lives of the animals that may become your next family member. There’s a little something for everyone.

Taisheena Rayne - Win, Place, or Show
Shauna Wilhelm - Fostering Hope
Allana Kephart and Melissa Simmons - The Disturbance
Karli Rush - Nine Lives
Carolyn Wolfe - Miracle Paws
Emily Walker - Cats
Miranda Stork and Trish Marie Dawson - A Tale of Two Kitties
Laura DeLuca - Nine Lives
Michael Williams - The Pride

Do you have any rescue pets?  Are you going to purchase this book?  Let us know in the comments below!

Please share this post, so some awesome animals can get more care.

Thanks for visiting! :D

Write to Rescue Anthology!

Hey guys, Rose here.  Hope you're all having an awesome Summer, or whatever season it is where you're at ;)

So, I saw this event last week, and thought it sounded awesome!  I love animals, have a bunch of rescue babies, and just love rescue events.  This is an awesome event supporting rescue animals, put together by a bunch of authors who, needless to say, rock.  Please check it out, and if nothing else, please share this post so we can get some amazing animals some love, as well as some love for these authors :)

*Materials & info provided by Girls Heart Books Tours.

~Publisher: SideStreet Cookie Publishing 

~Released: November 1st, 2014 

Goodreads

Amazon U.S.

Amazon U.K.

Amazon C.A.

Rescue animals need love too. That’s why these nine authors got together to write stories that will warm your heart and entertain. All proceeds will go to animal shelters to help take care of and save the lives of the animals that may become your next family member. There’s a little something for everyone.

Taisheena Rayne - Win, Place, or Show
Shauna Wilhelm - Fostering Hope
Allana Kephart and Melissa Simmons - The Disturbance
Karli Rush - Nine Lives
Carolyn Wolfe - Miracle Paws
Emily Walker - Cats
Miranda Stork and Trish Marie Dawson - A Tale of Two Kitties
Laura DeLuca - Nine Lives
Michael Williams - The Pride

Do you have any rescue pets?  Are you going to purchase this book?  Let us know in the comments below!

Please share this post, so some awesome animals can get more care.

Thanks for visiting! :D

"Spectacle" by S.J. Pierce! *Blitz & Great Cause*

*Materials & images provided by Xpresso Book Tours.

Hey guys, Rose here.  So, this series is a special one!  It's one of those seemingly rare series where part of the proceeds go to someone other than the author!  

For this book, all proceeds from pre-orders are going to a local kid named Brayden who has Muscular Dystrophy.

Please check out this book, and see if it's one you'd be interested in.  If so, you could be helping a sweetheart by pre-ordering.  Brayden's story is also below, if you'd like to learn more about him.

~Released: July 13th, 2015

~Length: 330 Pages

~Genres: Science Fiction, Young Adult

~Note from the Author: ***This is currently a web series!!! I’m releasing a chapter at a time on my website. You can read there or go to Scribd, download their app, and read there.***

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Hunger Games meets Avatar meets Gladiator in this spellbinding new Young Adult Science-Fiction web series by bestselling author Susan James Pierce.

Fear can make you a target…

Two hundred years after the Great Disaster, the day earthquakes ravaged Earth’s landscapes, humanity has finally regrouped and is working toward a better future. But in New America – one of three small, remaining landmasses – the threat of overpopulation makes a better future seem bleaker by the year.

Mira (Mirabella) Foster and her parents are citizens of New America, and with the threat of starvation and disease looming on the horizon, a new discovery threatens to push everyone to the brink of chaos: blue markings develop on people’s skin. Markings that are distinctive of a humanoid alien race named Changers that secretly sought refuge on Earth years ago. Markings that allow them to camouflage their skin, but also make them feared, and eventually, targets of violence.

Mira’s dad is one of them.

Anger can make you a spectacle…

Banished to a treacherous, uninhabited island, a newly orphaned Mira and her kind struggle to survive and settle into a new way of life. Her main priority becomes seeing to Jackson’s care, her friend with Muscular Dystrophy, and tending to her garden as a way of distracting herself from the pain of losing everything she loved. But just as she’s adapting to this new life, their Elders approach her with a plan to insert themselves back into New America to uncover a conspiracy. A conspiracy, they believe, that includes the presidency and landed them on the island, costing many Changers their lives, including her parents’.

In a world where staying on the island means a possible untimely death, as does risking her life to uncover a horrible secret that might one day set them all free, which one will she choose? And if she chooses to help, can she tame her anger over their mistreatment long enough to make sure their plan goes off without a hitch? Because, after all, the last thing her kind needs is to make spectacles of themselves, and as she knows all too well, both anger and fear have a perilous knack for destruction.

"Cure of Diabetes" Anthology! *Blitz & Giveaway*

Sweet Talk, Sweet Dreams, & Sweet Seduction 

Boxed Sets

All three sets were published on May 1st, 2015.

You can make a difference while you read! All proceeds from the sales of these boxed sets will be donated to the Diabetes Research Institute via Brenda Novak’s Online Auction for Diabetes Research.

See all the authors and books benefiting Diabetes Research on Goodreads.

*Desert Rose Reviews does not endorse this anthology, but we support the cause.

Press Release for a Great Cause!!

Best selling author Katie Crabapple donates proceeds of her upcoming release to help save a young boy. 

Inspirational romance novelist Katie Crabapple will be donating a portion all proceeds from her upcoming release, Bride of Tyler, to a nine year-old boy suffering from Fanconi Amenia. In an effort to help Tyler’s family afford after care for a bone marrow transplant he desperately needs, a portion of all sales from Bride of Tyler will go into this fund. Katie finds a particular kinship with this family because not only is Katie a mother to a young boy herself, but the family hails from Wisconsin, Katie’s hometown. 

When asked about why she chose this particular fund to donate to, she had this to say, “Tyler is a special kid who has to wake up strong and stay strong every day. I'm passionate about helping him, because his mother has been my friend for several years, and Tyler is the same age as my little boy. I can't imagine what she's going through and how her heart must break every day.  Having to worry a little bit less about how they'll be able to pay the bills as they put Tyler first, where he should be, will give them peace of mind as they go through a very difficult holiday season.”

About Bride of Tyler: Bride of Tyler is a story about a shy young woman who takes a chance by agreeing to marry a virtual stranger. She tries to find love in the only way she feels is open to her and marries a minister from Tyler, Texas. It's a journey that causes her to question a faith she had very much believed was solid and strong.

About Tyler: Tyler is an amazing young man that is in the 4th grade at Amery intermediate school. Their family is so incredible in all they do in the community through Cub Scouts. Tyler is going to receive a Bone Marrow Transplant in November as a result of having Fanconi Anemia (FA). More information about this disease can be found at fanconi.org. Tyler will be in the hospital for quite a while and due to the medical costs the proceeds from Katies book will go to offset these expenses. Tylers Facebook Donation Page.

Katie Crabapple is a Christian homeschooling mom who loves to write. She believes that love is the center of mans walk with God and wants to share simple lighthearted stories about finding ones soul-mate within God’s family. She believes that God gave us everyone sense of humor for a reason, so she inserts a little bit of wittiness into her imaginative and inspirational stories. 

“I can’t imagine a world without laughter.” ~ Katie Crabapple

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