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What an exciting fall here at Chanticleer! We have so much good news to share that it is hard to know where to start: A CBR Events Calendar, Featured Book and Featured Author sections on the homepage along with the OFFICIAL LISTING of the CBR Blue Ribbon Grand Prize Award winning novels. Click "read more" for the details and listings!
Fresh writing, lovable quirky characters, a good dose of randiness, peculiar situations (I have no idea how Ann Charles comes up with this stuff, but it makes for an entertaining read), and clever surprises at every twist and turn. An "Ex to Grind" keeps the laughs coming or the suspense building.
The allure of France helps to draw Katherine, a woman of a "certain age," out to explore and rediscover life’s pleasures along with the capacity to love again in this inspiring and satisfying novel.
An accomplished author, marketing guru, and tech geek, Elizabeth works with with CEOs to think creatively to generate visibility and competitive differentiation in a cluttered marketplace−skills required for book discovery. Elizabeth thrives on audacious ideas that are game-changers.
At her keynote presentation at Saturday's CAC luncheon, she will discuss the upheaval between Indie and Traditional publishing, the Hatchette and Amazon issue, bookstores becoming publishers, how the role of literary agents is changing, and emerging publishing avenues.
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Shakespearean charades and surprises ensue when one of the Chicago’s most prominent and most eligible young heiresses, Alexandra Schaffer, beguiles an up-and-coming young architect, Logan McConnell. Foshee adds elements of mystery and suspense, with a dash of ominous threats to this cozy romantic story that takes place in the shadows of Chicago World's Fair during the Gilded Age. An engaging historical novel that was well-researched and a pleasure for this reviewer to have read.
With its compassionate, yet no-nonsense, approach "Caregiving Our Loved Ones" by Dr. Nanette Davis will be appreciated by anyone who must navigate the turbulent waters of looking after an ill loved one. Dr. Davis reminds us that chronic diseases tend to have two victims—the patient and the caregiver—unless steps are taken by the caregiver to prevent losing herself and, ultimately, her health. Dr. Davis passes on her knowledge to caregivers for dealing with the ongoing emotional, financial and health toll of taking care of someone who will never get better.
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