Book Review: In a Heartbeat by Josie Cara

The Passers Box Set by Loretta Laird

Dear Gentle Readers,

One of my all-time favorite books is now out in a box set! Loretta Laird created a fantasy world in The Passers that can rival any out there.  It was the kind of story that just pulled you into it and refused to let you go. 

Here is the introduction in the author's words:

Here is my review of Passers:

Amazon Buy Link:
https://www.amazon.com/Passers-Box-Set-ebook/dp/B01G9GTEUU?ie=UTF8&keywords=Loretta%20Laird&qid=1464914644&ref_=sr_1_1&s=books&sr=1-1

Queen Catherine of Braganza, A Sculpture by Audrey Flack

Dear Gentle Readers,

The Butler Institute of American Art has acquired a new breathtaking beauty. It is one giant plaster sculpture of a woman, Queen Catherine of Braganza, a creation of American sculptor Audrey Flack. 

And even though she is big, she has 
a delicate beauty about her, her lovely spiral curls, her long, slender fingers delicately grasping her alabaster sphere, the elegant flow of her beautiful gown, with one shoe pointing out, about to step off the pedestal.

From the Butler's New Acquisitions Article:

Flack’s 10-foot high plaster sculpture is an homage to Queen Catherine of Braganza, and is part of a series of sculptures by the artist based upon that theme. (The borough of Queens, NY, was named for the Portuguese-born monarch who later became Queen of England after her marriage to Charles II in 1620.)

The plaster statue features a steel and reinforced steel armature, and is presented standing on a half-dome base. An unusual element of Flack’s sculpture is an LED lighted globe that the subject holds in her left hand.

This plaster work was the prototype for a 13-foot bronze sculpture—a commission awarded to the artist by Lisbon, Portugal. The sculpture was a gift to the Butler by the artist, and is installed in the Beecher Center’s Novak Gallery, Youngstown.

Stop in and see this gorgeous lady at Butler Institute of American Art, 524 Wick Ave., Youngstown, OH 44502, Phone 330.743.1107, or online at www.butlerart.com.

Hugs,
Carol

FREE Last Day - Lord of Blakeley

The series, TIME AFTER TIME, follows a pair of quintessential lovers, Richard and Nicole, through their many lives together, in different places, in different times, with different names and faces and sometimes even on other planets. 

This follows the alternative theory that the relationships we forge in this lifetime, both the good and the bad, are continued into the future, and are rooted deeply in our past. Whatever we do, whomever we love, and the good and evil deeds we do today follow us into the future. Unsettled issues will present themselves again and again, until they are ultimately resolved. Those people who have had a profound effect on us in this lifetime will find us again in the future. And although everything changes, love remains.

Books in the TIME AFTER TIME series are: BLUE LAKE, BELTERRA,The BASLICATO, BENTLEY SQUARE, WAITING FOR RICHARD, LORD OF BLAKELEY, and MACKALVEY HOUSE. They do not need to be read in order.

Lord of Blakeley is the story of Andrew of Blakeley, a simple farm boy who lives on a primitive future planet. He is chosen by the lovely Lady Aleese to be her mate and rises to become the most powerful man on the planet. But a jealous man with access to mobile transport devices wreaks havoc on the young couple’s happiness, separating them, her on an alien rock planet and him, aboard a slave ship. After a long, hard journey back to each other, a happy homecoming is cut short as they are dumped in 1960s Chicago. One day Aleese vanishes into thin air and Andrew is arrested for her murder and must stand trial. It is a story of devotion and jealousy, of loss and lunacy. And, in true Time After Time fashion, a story of love.

Schedule for September 5 - 9, 2016

Schedule for Sept. 5 - 9, 2016

Mon., Sept. 5 - Happy Labor Day!

FREE Today! Lord of Blakeley

by Carol Ann Kauffman

Tues., Sept. 6 - Sculpture

Queen Catherine of Braganza by Audrey Flack

Wed., Sept. 7 - Art

The Art of Adair Payne

He Speaks for the Earth

Thurs., Sept. 8 - Book Review

The Passers (Book Set) by Loretta Laird

Fri., Sept. 9 - Book Review

In a Heartbeat by Josie Cara