Tiara King's Blog: Jewel Divas Style

Burn After Reading – Catherine Ryan Howard SPOILERS A ghostwriter is tasked with capturing the memoirs of a celebrity widely suspected of murder; now she’s locked in an interview room with a killer and he’s ready to confess… The night Jack Smyth ran into flames in a desperate attempt to save his wife from their burning home, he was, tragically, too late – but hailed...

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THE WRITER – JAMES PATTERSON AND JD BARKER NYPD Detective Declan Shaw gets a call: How fast can you get to the Beresford building on Central Park West? In the tower apartment, Shaw finds a woman waiting for him. She’s covered in blood. A body is lying dead on the floor of the luxurious living room. Every book in the apartment’s floor-to-ceiling shelves is by the...

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  I can’t believe it’s already ten bloody years since she passed away. We’ve had no more books, no memoir, even though she had been writing it, and the Lady Boss documentary is yet to be released on DVD to buy. You can read about that here. I dedicated an entire book series to her, mention her in stories and novels, and try and live...

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I seem to be reading more through winter, while I’m not writing myself, so here are four more books I’ve read in the last couple of months.   You Are Fatally Invited by Ande Pliego The Host Legendary mystery author J. R. Alastor’s books are sold all over the world, but no one knows his real name. After years hiding in the shadows, he has...

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Joni Lark wants to create the melodies that get stuck in your head…and your heart. Her hometown has always given her surf, sand, and inspiration. But when her parents decide to close the family music venue, Joni’s life begins to fall off key – she couldn’t possibly write another song. Until a melody comes to her, half-formed, and with an imagined voice that she can’t...

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Win a Kirra Beach Apartment Complex!   Live just metres from Kirra Beach in an entire apartment complex with over $300,000 in gold.  Dream Home Art Union Draw 428 has three brand-new, family-sized apartments at iconic Kirra Beach where the sounds of the surf set the rhythm of life. Picture afternoons on the roof deck overlooking the Pacific Ocean, and the Gold Coast hinterland. Spoilt for...

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The Enigma of Room 622 – Joel Dicker It all starts with an innocuous curiosity: at the Hotel de Verbier, a luxury hotel in the Swiss Alps, there is no Room 622. This anomaly piques the interest of Joel Dicker, Switzerland’s most famous literary star, who flees to the Verbier to recover from a bad breakup, mourn the death of his publisher, and begin his...

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The Writing Retreat – Julia Bartz A book deal to die for. Five attendees are selected for a month-long writing retreat at the remote estate of Roza Vallo, the controversial high priestess of feminist horror. Alex, a struggling writer, is thrilled. Upon arrival, they discover they must complete an entire novel from scratch, and the best one will receive a seven-figure publishing deal. Alex’s long-extinguished...

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Who knew, back in 1985, when I brought home Abigail Fiona, that we’d be here 40 years later on her 40th birthday… Yep! My Cabbage Patch Kid’s name was Abigail Fiona. We changed that tout de suite and she became Misty Blue King, and today, we celebrate my 40 year old daughter. (Still in the same outfit she was in when I originally posted about...

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  I’ve got a confession to make… Over summer, December to March for us Aussies, it was too hot to wear much jewellery. Due to the hot weather, I was up early on shopping days and getting out and about in the cool mornings around eight and was back around ten. In order to get things done faster, I wore minimal jewellery. Earrings, watch/es, maybe...

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