Welcome to Day 7 of Breakfield and Burkey’s “INTRODUCING THE KILLER ENIGMA” Blog Tour! @EnigmaSeries @4WillsPub @4WP11 @RRBC_Org

GIVEAWAYS:

(7) epub copies of THE KILLER ENIGMA

Introducing The Killer Enigma – Day 7

BLOG POST

JJ hopes there’s a break in the action and mystery at Magnolia Bluff so he can enjoy his romantic anniversary. Yet Lily seems to find ways to disrupt his plans inadvertently.

She gave each of them a hug. “You two have a treat in store for your date. LouEllen told me they’re amping up their party atmosphere at the lounge to Dancing with the Stars. She selected a country band for a one-night-only boot-scooting night. LouEllen almost turned them down because of how scruffy they looked. Then the lead singer, with the lusty look in his eye, whispered in her ear that he could belt out most of Lonny Lupnerder’s love melodies for tips. Claimed they were making their travel expenses from Nashville to Los Angeles for a recording gig.”

JJ wanted a romantic night out with Jo, not a town event. “Lily, I’m not certain how you heard, but we like Magnolia Bluff for the quiet, not the hoopla. We might not even go. It’s been a long day and…” He caught the bright-eyed, beaming, happy glow on Jo’s face. “It’s definitely thoughtful, but we need to cool it going forward. Uh…what do folks mean by the term Texas boot-scooting?” He sighed. “Will tennis shoes work? I have a clean pair.”

Lily roared with laughter, and tears filled her eyes. “Oh, hon, you’re gonna need some decent cowboy boots. His and hers so that you can clomp around to the fiddler.”

Jo shook her head. “We didn’t bring ours.”

Lily patted Jo’s back. “High-tail it over to Robert Joseph’s Boot Barn out on Texas Highway 28 where it intersects the I-35 runway. It’s a little driving, but make sure to ask for Bobby-Joe. He’ll get you outfitted with boot-scooting country dance footwear.”

Lily took Jo by the arm and confided, “When you go to dance, keep yourself between LouEllen and JJ. She doesn’t mean any harm but enjoys shopping. She can’t control reaching for tight male bums to squeeze. I think she keeps a tally somewhere if you know what I mean.”

We invite you to enjoy the final author’s discussion of this blog tour https://youtu.be/wd_iA3ROMRk

We invite you to enjoy the trailer for The Killer Enigma: https://youtu.be/Otk0tpCssHE

BOOK BLURB

Enough is Enough – JJ roars when the Paparazzi wrecked their dinner

JJ and Jo realize privacy doesn’t exist for them. They return to Magnolia Bluff to check on their friends and recapture the small-town anonymity. In Magnolia Bluff, no one suspects their fame.
They discount the status as urban legends in favor of acceptance and a quiet, peaceful life. After all, a supermodel needs time and space to recharge between jobs. A geek wants time to adore his wife.

· Does Magnolia Bluff hold the answers to their prayers?
· Will their desires get clouded by a hidden secret?

Past, present, and future collide in a perfect storm no one expected. JJ and Jo take action to uncover the truth. Chief Tommy Jager likes them but feels they’re a lightning rod for trouble and disruption.
Who will live or die to prevent the truth from being exposed? The answers may be in the graveyard with fresh flowers on the gravestone.

What readers are saying
Literary Titan – The Killer Enigma offers a fresh perspective on the complexities of small-town existence and the lengths individuals are willing to go to liberate themselves from the constricting grasp of urban life.
Readers’ Favorite – Breakfield and Burkey deliver yet another engrossing installment of the Magnolia Bluff Crime Chronicles with The Killer Enigma.

AUTHOR BIOS

BREAKFIELD – Charles is a data/telecom solution architect and supports digital security, blockchain solutions, and unified communications. He enjoys writing, studying World War II history, international travel, and cultural exchanges. Charles’ love of wine tastings, cooking, and Harley riding often provides writing topics.

Much of his personality comes from his father, who served in the military for 30 years and three wars. Charles grew up on multiple bases and in different countries. The multicultural exposure helps him with the various character perspectives they bring to the series. His personal ambition is to continue to teach Burkey humor.

BURKEY– Rox is a Customer Experience Specialist who works with businesses worldwide. As a gifted speaker and accomplished listener, she bridges the chasm between business problems and technical solutions to optimize business productivity. She has written technology briefings and white papers but launches into high gear when plotting our next technothriller or short story.

As a youngster, she led the other kids with her highly charged imagination generating new adventures with make-believe characters as a child. She is proud of being a Girl Scout until high school and contributed to the community as a member of a Head Start program. Rox enjoys her family, learning, listening to people, traveling, outdoor activities, sewing, cooking, and thinking about diversifying the series.

BREAKFIELD AND BURKEY began their writing partnership with non-fictional papers and books, then formed a business LLC for fictional storytelling. They recognize that stories are an evolving method to share excitement, thrills, and insights to today’s technology risks. EnigmaSeries.com has samples of the Enigma Series novels, short stories, audiobooks, book trailers, with the newest series Enigma Heirs releasing in March 2023. They’ve earned multiple awards for their fictional creations. Contact them via email at Authors@EnigmaSeries.com.

They are passionate about leveraging real technology into fictional writing. The variety of characters’ attributes from the many people who crossed their professional paths adds that depth. Admittedly, Breakfield often asks people he meets if they thought about being an evil cyberthug or femme fatale in their series.

Both authors have traveled to many places around the world. These travels are pulled into stories that require personal knowledge of specific locals. They enjoy well-rounded thrillers, including humor, romance, intrigue, suspense, and mystery.

They love to talk about their stories at private and public book readings or events. They have been proud Rave Reviews Book Club members for over three years. Find their books and information about this supportive club – https://ravereviewsbookclub.wordpress.com/about-breakfield-burkey-enigmaseries-rrbc-rrbc_community/.

SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS

Twitter-https://twitter.com/1rburkey
https://twitter.com/EnigmaSeries

Facebook-https://www.facebook.com/roxanne.burkey.50
https://www.facebook.com/TheEnigmaSeries

Website-https://www.EnigmaSeries.com/

PURCHASE LINKS

https://EnigmaSeries.com

‘To follow along with the rest of the tour, please visit the AUTHOR’S TOUR PAGE on the 4WillsPublishing site. If you’d like to schedule your own blog tour and have your book promoted in similar grand fashion, please click HERE. Thanks for supporting these authors and their work!‘To follow along with the rest of the tour, please visit the AUTHOR’S TOUR PAGE on the 4WillsPublishing site. If you’d like to schedule your own blog tour and have your book promoted in similar grand fashion, please click HERE. Thanks for supporting these authors and their work!

It’s That Time Again! RRBC’s 7th Annual Writers’ Conference and Book Expo!

Welcome to #RRBC’S 7th Annual #Writers’ #Conference & #Book #Expo #WCBE22! @RRBC_Org

Calling all Writers, Readers and Friends! Visit the 2022 WC&BE all this week Aug. 8-15 at https://rrbcwritersconferencebookexpo22.wordpress.com/

I’m happy to have an Author Booth at this year’s festival (click here), and will also be leading the session on Adaptations, if you want to sign up!

This is a very encouraging week for writers, readers and potential members. Take it all in, as much as you are able. Onward!

It’s That Time Again! RRBC’s 6th Annual Writers’ Conference and Book Expo!

Hello, followers and friends!

Monday, August 9th, is the start of RRBC’s 6th Annual Writers’  Conference & Book Expo, and we’d like to invite you to drop by!
There will be games, prizes, surprises and other goodies, so be sure to visit each Author Booth, take a look around, then leave a comment for your chance to win each Author Booth’s door prize!  
There is a Scavenger Hunt Game to play, a 2 Truths & a Lie Game to play and more!  In each Author Booth, you will find a clue, and if you find the correct answer to all the clues and are the first to submit your answers, you could be the winner of an awesome prize!  
Of course, we’ll have our READING ROOM open and one of our members is going to blow you away showcasing their talent!  
If you’re into BINGO, purchase your BINGO cards and join us for a game or two!
And what we all wait for every year – our RAFFLE!  Yes, each year we raffle off (7) $100 Amazon gift cards and this is open to the public so go on and snag your tickets today!  Raffle tickets are only $5!  How awesome would that prize be?  Some of them also include additional goodies like other gift certificates, ebooks, and more!  Enter for your chance to win one or more of these $100 Amazon gift card gift baskets.  The more tickets you buy, the greater your chances of winning.  (Please do not purchase more than 7 tickets).
This year for the first time ever, we’ve added our BEST BOOK COVER CONTEST!  This contest is open to the general public so go ahead and enter your book cover(s) now!  Share your comments with us and let us know which one you think is best!
Click for a full ITINERARY OF EVENTS!  
The venue opens at 5 PM CT on Monday, 8/9/21.  We hope to see you there!  In the event of minor time delays, please check the sidebar of the RRBC website for updates.

Welcome to Day 4 of the “SIR CHOC” Book Tour! @bakeandwrite @4WillsPub @4WP11 @RRBC_Org #RRBC!!

Anyone hungry for dessert? AND a great story? I’m thrilled to host author Robbie Cheadle and Day 4 of @4WillsPub’s Book Tour for…

Before we get to her post, may I just say that Robbie’s giveaways are really something!

(7) Paperback copies / 1 of ea book in the series

and

(2) $15 Amazon gift cards

Please leave Robbie a comment anywhere along the tour for your chance to win one of these awesome prizes.

Take it away, Robbie!

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Sir Chocolate Books – Sir Chocolate and the Condensed Milk River Story and Cookbook!!

Sir Chocolate and the Condensed Milk River story and cookbook tells the tale of the drying up of the condensed milk river, leaving the fish and water creatures suffering in the shallow pools that remain, and the villagers without a ‘water’ source.

Sir Chocolate and Lady Sweet need to do something to save the village and the fish and other creatures. Who can help them? The trolls, of course. Another story that highlights the theme of acceptance of others regardless of their appearance.

How to make a cute cow out of fondant

Step 1 – Make the head by rolling an oval shape out of white fondant. Use your fingers to flatten the forehead and lengthen the snout. Use a small ball tool to make the eye sockets. Roll two eyes from small pieces of black fondant and glue them into the eye sockets using edible sugar glue.

Step 2 – Roll two small ovals of white fondant for the ears. Flatten them slightly by smoothing them with your fingers. Attach them on either side of the head using edible sugar glue.

Step 3 – Roll two triangular shapes from cream fondant. Use your fingers to shape them into a horn shape and attach them to the top of the head using edible sugar glue. Roll three narrow tubes of black fondant for the fringe and attach them to the forehead as per the picture.

Step 4 – Roll a large oval from white fondant for the body and set aside. Cut out a few thin black circles from rolled out fondant. Use cornflour to stop the fondant from sticking to the rolling pin. Gently pull the circles into slightly varied shapes and attach them to the body using edible sugar glue. Role a long, narrow but from white fondant and attach to the back of the body for the tail.

Step 6 – Roll four oblongs from white fondant for the legs. Make sure they are all the same length and width. Carefully insert a toothpick through the centre of each leg. If it loses its shape slightly, use your fingers to smooth it back into shape. Use a pair of wire cutters to snip the toothpick to approximately 1 centimetre remains sticking up. Roll four balls of black fondant and flatten them. Glue them to the bottom of the legs to form the hooves.

Step 7 – Using light pink fondant, roll an oval shape. Flatten it using your finger and squeeze the middle slightly to create a dent on the top and bottom of the snout. Use a small ball tool to make the nostrils. Attach to the front of the cow’s face using edible sugar glue.

Step 8 – Leave the constructed head, body, and legs to harden overnight. Attach the legs to the underside of the body using edible sugar glue. Attach the head to the front of the body and use a cup or other item to support the head until it dries. If you don’t do this, the heavy head will droop forward and tear a long rut in the top of the body.

BOOK TRAILER: https://youtu.be/Kxq0APHylJE

BOOK BLURB:

The Condensed Milk River where Sir Chocolate goes fishing has stopped flowing. The water creatures are losing their homes. Can Sir Chocolate and Lady Sweet solve this problem? Five lovely new recipes are also included.

AUTHOR BIO:

Robbie Cheadle is a children’s author and poet.

The Sir Chocolate children’s picture books, co-authored by Robbie and Michael Cheadle, are written in sweet, short rhymes which are easy for young children to follow and are illustrated with pictures of delicious cakes and cake decorations. Each book also includes simple recipes or biscuit art directions which children can make under adult supervision.

Robbie has also published books for older children which incorporate recipes that are relevant to the storylines.

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To follow along with the rest of the tour, please visit the author’s tour page on the 4WillsPublishing site. If you’d like to schedule your own blog tour and have your book promoted in similar grand fashion, please click HERE. Thanks for supporting this author and her work!

SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS:

Robbie Cheadle

Website

https://www.robbiecheadle.co.za/

Blog

https://robbiesinspiration.wordpress.com/

TSL Books Author Page

Robbie Cheadle and Michael

Goodreads

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15584446.Robbie_Cheadle

Twitter

Tweets by bakeandwrite

PURCHASE LINKS:

TSL Publications (paper back is available at a discounted price):

Sir Chocolate and the Condensed Milk River story and cookbook (A5)

Lulu.com (ebook):

https://www.lulu.com/shop/robbie-cheadle-and-michael-cheadle/sir-chocolate-and-the-condensed-milk-river-story-and-cookbook/ebook/product-23362070.html?page=1&pageSize=4

Amazon (paper back and ebook):

Thanks, all, for visiting! Onward!

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RRBC: The Gift for Writers that Keeps on Giving

This month’s issue of The #RRBC Pipeline Magazine (https://therrbcpipeline.wordpress.com/browse-the-magazine/) has, like the many issues before it, is chock-full of advice, encouragement, opportunities, features and more. As I’ve posted elsewhere, the magazine itself is worth the entire annual RRBC membership fee! Actually, it’s hard to even put a price tag on the RRBC membership and experience because it’s THE GIFT FOR WRITERS THAT KEEPS ON GIVING.

There is so much to RRBC and its members, contents and insights. And just when you think you have it all down, they give you more, and more. Kind of like….some mothers! They give more than they ever expect to get in return. RRBC is truly a gift and we as members are still discovering and re-discovering anew, all that there is to be learned and gained from the organization — and from each other.

As I was looking at the magazine, I noticed that they were featuring my blog as well — something I did not expect and was so honored to discover. So, thank you for visiting! Truly, we could never reciprocate all that RRBC does for its members. But we can try!!

Happy Mother’s Day Weekend to all — and thank you all for all you give to RRBC, to your families and loved ones, and to the craft of writing! Onward!

P. S. Please Visit My RRBC Author Page! https://ravereviewsbookclub.wordpress.com/about-lisa-kirazian-kirazian-rrbc-rwisa/

RRBC Spotlight Author for February!

Greetings fellow readers and writers! Here is to a fruitful 2021 in books and life!

My name is Lisa Kirazian and I am an author and playwright based in San Diego. My latest book, Cadenza, is the finale of the novel series, “The Music We Made.” The series follows three generations of the Driscoll family of musicians.

And I’m honored to share that I’m the Spotlight Author of the Month (February) for the Rave Reviews Book Club (RRBC)! There are a number of exciting activities going on. For the week of Feb 8-15, I am thrilled to be hosted by seven other blogs/member writers of RRBC, featuring a post about my work on the book Cadenza, and the journey of writing the whole series. (And it has been quite a journey!)

Here is my RRBC Spotlight Author Page for all the latest info and links:

https://ravereviewsbookclub.wordpress.com/rrbc-spotlight-author/

I’ll also be on the internet radio talk show Rave Waves Bring on the Spotlight, Thursday, Feb 11, 2021, 12pm Central/10am Pacific. Check the above site for the link soon!

I have blogged about RRBC before, but if you are not familiar with them, here is the nutshell: RRBC is an online book club community of readers and writers who read and review each other’s work and participate in an array of activities and opportunities to grow as writers. For a small annual membership fee, your books (and book trailers) can be listed in their book catalog for others to read and review on Amazon and elsewhere. RRBC even has a social media/twitter support team to promote its member authors. They also publish anthologies of members’ work. And I have only scratched the surface!

But I cannot possibly articulate everything RRBC does here – its founder Nonnie Jules and her team do so much for RRBC members, who live around the world. Visit here to get the lowdown: https://ravereviewsbookclub.wordpress.com/

See you around. Onward!

The 5th Annual RRBC Writers Conference & Book Expo! August 10-16, 2020 #RRBC #WCBE20

What a reinvigorating conference this is each year! Seminars, networking, inspiration – it’s all here. RRBC offers an overwhelming number of resources, ideas and practical tips for writers at any level, as well as the camaraderie of other writers and readers who are passionate about the craft of writing.

Register here if you have not already: https://rrbcwritersconferencebookexpo20.wordpress.com/register-now-rrbc-wcbe20/

Hope to see you there! Onward!

4th Annual RRBC WRITERS’ CONFERENCE & BOOK EXPO

This Week, Aug 12-18, The Rave Reviews Book Club holds its 4th Annual RRBC Writer’s Conference and Book Expo (#WCBE19). It’s an online conference where writers from around the world can encourage each other’s work as well as promote their own. There are also online courses, writing chats, a silent auction and other prize opportunities. I have learned of many writers and works I wouldn’t have otherwise known about. And seeing the challenges other writers face and overcome certainly has encouraged me to stay the course in my current writing projects!

The homepage of the conference is www.rrbcwritersconferencebookexpo19.wordpress.com

And my “Author Booth” can be found at:

Author Lisa Kirazian 

Enjoy! May it inspire you onward!

ALL ABOUT THE #RRBC SPONSORS BLOG HOP!

Welcome to the first ever ALL ABOUT THE SPONSORS BLOG HOP!  These kind members of the RAVE REVIEWS BOOK CLUB (RRBC) donated their support during the 2017 conference, in the way of gift card and Kindle e-book donations for our Gift Basket Raffle. They supported us and now we are showing our support of them by pushing their book(s).  

 

We ask that you pick up a copy of the title listed and after reading it, leave a review.  There are several books on tour today, so please visit the HOP’S main page to follow along.  

 

Also, for every comment that you leave along this tour, including on the HOP’S main page, your name will be entered into a drawing for an Amazon gift card to be awarded at the end of the tour!

   

Book:

​FLOWERS AND STONE​

Blurb: 

The epic love story begins here!
A hot Texas summer, dim-lit honky-tonk bars, a young naïve fledgling go-go dancer and a wild rebel Texas musician set the stage for this story.
1970 in Abilene, Texas finds young Darlina Flowers trying to figure out how to fit into the world she is most attracted to – the nightlife, live music and go-go dancing. Luke Stone, a veteran Texas Musician believes he’s lost all reason to care about his music career, his health and most especially his heart. A chance meeting with Darlina changes everything. But, is it too late? Has fate already determined the outcome? Join Luke and Darlina on a passion-filled journey up and down Texas roads while Luke and his band entertain crowds along the way.Can Darlina Flowers ever hope to fit in to this strange new world and even more important, can she trust Luke Stone with her heart?

Luke Stone, a good man who has made a career of bad decisions, falls as completely in love with Darlina as she does with him. But is it too late?

Will their eternal unyielding love survive the test of time, distance and iron bars?

​Author:

​Jan Sikes​

This blog hop sponsored by:  4WillsPublishing

This blog hop sponsored by:  4WillsPublishing

Quite a Hiatus!

Hello, Friends! Quite a hiatus it has been due to family, community and writing obligations in this season. But as a result, much to share in the months ahead about writing and the creative life — while encouraging you to pursue your own work!

More to come! Onward!