We wrapped up our queue for the month of October. Stay tuned to CJLeger.com for the reviews, Author Spotlights, interviews and features below that will be publishing in October. Also stay tuned to our podcast where we give you updates and discuss some of the books we review and authors we connect with; our podcast will be covering features for November. Coming up in October:
Review: An Accidental Relationship
by Roderick Heather
Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers | Genre: Non-Fiction History
Why did a Russian general wear a kilt, who built the Russian navy, why is Captain Cook remembered in Siberia, where did the British discover rhubarb and how did a Grand Duchess come by her Irish brogue? Ever since the days of Muscovy, British voices have been heard in the courts of the Tsars and hands and minds from the British Isles have shaped Russian history and culture, explored Russia's geography, developed its industry and won Russian souls for Christ.
The British were active right across this vast country from the Baltic to the Black Sea. Some were fascinated by Russia whilst others loathed it. Over the generations, a large number of Anglo-Russian families became established and a successful few made their fortunes or achieved great honors. Others experienced bad luck or extreme hardship and many died there. Rarely have two cultures so unalike interacted so closely for so many centuries.
Author Spotlight: Bill Fortin
Author of "Redeye: Fulda Cold"
Publisher: Cold War Publications in assn. w/ The Cadence Group
Bill Fortin served in the United States Army, 3rd Armor Division, from April 1968 to April 1970. Retired from Bell Labs in 2001, he is currently the CEO of IBS, Inc., an international marketing and systems engineering company.
He holds a Masters Degree in Management Sciences from the University of Baltimore. His new novel, "Redeye: Fulda Cold", is receiving rave reviews on many platforms and we discuss this rising author's future and focus on this epic war novel.
Review: Miss Fortune
by Albina Hume
Publisher: Ardua Publishing | Genre: Memoir
“Who would think that my inability to pronounce the letter R would turn my life upside down and lead me from Ukraine to South Africa?”
Albina’s childhood fear that no one in Ukraine would want to marry a ‘crow’ at first resulted in various misfortunes, from failing dreams and relationships to even ending up in a police cell for 51 days, until she finally learned to focus on her dreams, not her fears. Now, Albina and John Hume have dedicated their lives to preventing the South African rhino population from becoming extinct by breeding rhinos for future generations.
Review: The Girl Who Went Missing
by Ace Varkey
Publisher: Mysterious East Publishing | Genre: Fiction Mystery
When June Warner arrives in India to visit her sister Thalia, a trip to take her mind off her jilted engagement, she is greeted by the bright hot chaos of Mumbai but not her sister. She goes to the YMCA where Thalia is staying, only to find that she is not there.
Convinced that Thalia’s no-show is a sign that she is in danger, June begins a desperate search for her younger sister. Police Commissioner Oscar D'Costa, scarred by the tragedies of his past, swears he will never again ignore his gut instinct when it comes to a missing girl. And with more and more dead foreign women being found in his precinct, he becomes convinced a conspiracy is at play.
Through the two worlds of American naiveté and Indian chaos, they must find the girl who went missing.
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