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    Review: The Golden Keys - Harsha Rigney -  June 2015 From local Tauranga author and astrologist comes a new age spirtiual guide called "The Golden Keys" . Over the last thirty years Harsha has been counselling and now all her knowledge has been put between the pages of The Golden Keys to help readers discover and even for some rediscover the love and enjoyment that has been missing in their lives. In her powerful and inspiring book , Harsha shares with readers the ability and root causes of our needs to give love and recieve it but also that when we have no love, that is when suffering can come about . The Golden Keys is written with powerful chapters to think about, reflect and let soak in alongside with little tidbits of wisdom, ancedotes and for those who love doing writing when they are reflecting , the book also includes some practical suggestions and excercises so that we readers can put into action what we have just read. One of my favourite things ab...

  Review: The Girl Without a Name - Sandra Block - September 2015 Are you a fan of psychological thrillers ? Love reading your mysteries ? The Girl Without a Name by Sandra Block was a fast paced thriller set in a hospital in the Mental Wards. It focused on mainly Dr. Zoe Goldman and her boss Dr. Tad Berringer. During one of Zoe's rounds , a girl turns up in the ward - a 12/13 year old black girl who is catatonic . The girl can't remember anything and is called Jane Doe. As the story goes on, we read as Zoe makes it her priority to discover the girl's true identity and help her find her family as someone must be out looking for her and so begins her journey as an almost detective tracking down clues to Jane Doe's real identity. In doing so, we also discover that Zoe is currently seeing a shrink herself due to her ADHD and also we learn more about the RIKE Test and different patients in the ward . This helps the reader learn and understand more about Mental Illne...

  Review: Healing Rain - Katy Newton Naas - April 2015 Five months ago , Rain had the perfect life - she was getting good grades, part of the winning cheerleading squad and strong on her christian faith walk and had a wonderful family . That was until one night she walked into her dad's study to find him dead. What happened next was a tumbling down Rain as she quit everything and her life turned from full of life to the living undead as she cut off from everybody including her family. This lead to an attempted suicide and nightmares, now Rain and her family have moved to a small town to start fresh and have a go at rebuilding their lives. With a new outlook on life , Rain heads to therapy sessions and starts a new school . Here she meets a group of new friends - one in particular is Ethan - he is the school popular jock and the pair start dating and soon her new life revolves around him and her friends , does Rain though have time for herself or is she putting her ...

  Review: Twinsequences - Book #1 Twisted Twin - Jennifer Foor - July 2013 Once upon a time there were two twin girls -Ivy and Willow , they did everything together and they cared about each other. Right up till their senior year at high school when Willow fell in love with Stoshua and instead of taking Willow to prom which she dreamed of, he took Ivy and started dating her. This broke Willow's heart ,eventually Ivy and Willow went their separate ways and Ivy married Stoshua.  Four years later, Ivy rings Willow and says she needs her help and that she has to pretend to be her for a couple of days. This reminded me of the Lying Game with Sutton and Emma. Turns out though that this is a major ploy and really that Ivy is a manipulative and conniving cow and that what Willow has believed her whole life was a lie and that Ivy is pyschotic and so begins a dark twisted tale of sibling hate and manipulation to ruin everything Willow has made of herself and to turn everyone...

Genre: Young Adult Reflected by Majanka Verstraete A Mirrorland Novel When Alison was stuck in Mirrorland, all she wanted was to be alive again. Now she’s gotten her revenge by inhabiting Piper's body and trapping her behind the mirror. But pretending to be Piper is more difficult than she imagined it would be. On top of that, the borders between Mirrorland and the real world are crumbling. Danger abounds, demons appear in high school, and if wasn’t for the help of a new mysterious guy, Alison might not have escaped. But there’s more to this guy than meets the eye, and she’s determined to find out what, especially since it might be related to her own supernatural problems. Meanwhile, Piper tries to convince the Horseman of Death to help her return to her own world, but he's got his own hidden agenda, which may cause more serious risks. Can Piper find a way to restore the balance before both worlds collide? Buy Links:   Kobo   Barnes & Nobl...

  Today we are celebrating the release of BEFORE &AFTER by Nazarea Andrews. This book is a New Adult contemporary romance. Be sure to check out the giveaway below for a beautiful necklace and signed copy.   Click here to ADD THE BOOK TO GOODREADS BEFORE &AFTER BOOK BLURB: Rike and Peyton fell in love in college. A boy from the wrong side of the tracks, covered in ink and crooning in a bar is the last person a straight laced girl with a art major should fall for, but his rough edges made her jagged, alive, shaving away the coddled southern princess and revealing a soul wild and brilliant. They fell in love, despite her family and his past and all the reasons why it wouldn't work--and with their best friends, they made a life. Everyone was supposed to live happily ever after. They, more than anyone, knows that life doesn't go according to plan. Rike and Peyton fell in love in college. A boy with a guitar, and a poet's heart, and a girl with freckles du...

  Title: Cherish Her Author: Amanda Kaitlyn Release date: July 5 th , 2015 Genre: New Adult Romance Tour: Irresistible Reads Book Tours Book Description: When Aria Morgan met Gavin Thomas, the last thing she was looking for was love. Love hurts. She knew that. She knew there was no chance she was ready to be close to someone again. But the draw between them was too much to avoid or ignore and somehow, she’d found a way to live again and Aria found her happiness again. A terrible misunderstanding almost splits them apart for good but Aria and Gavin vow to hold on to the love they share. When you find the one person who accepts you for who you are- faults and all, how can you possibly let that go? How can Aria fathom it? But when a loss so big, a loss that rocks her world and shatters it to pieces, forces her to make that choice for the safety of her own heart, can she let go of her love? Can Gavin, a man so filled ...