The Golden Manuscripts – The Shade Under the Mango Tree, by Evy Journey- BookTour & Giveaway! {Ends 10/09/23}

Sep 18, 2023 | 3 comments

Gold Medal, Contemporary Fiction, 2021 Global Book Awards (formerly New York City Book Awards)
Finalist, 2021 SPR (Self Publishing Review) Book Awards
Finalist, Multicultural Fiction, 2021 International Book Awards
Finalist, 2022 Wishing Shelf Book Awards

Book Details:

The Shade Under the Mango Tree (Between Two Worlds, Book 5) by Evy Journey
Category: Adult Fiction 18+, 400 pages
Genre: Women’s Fiction-Literary; Contemporary Multicultural Fiction
Publisher: Evy Journey
Release date: November 2, 2020
Tour dates: Sept 5 to Oct 2
Content Rating: PG13 & M: There is suicide and mention of sexual encounters that are not described–nothing explicit

Book Description:

Luna hungers for adventure. Lucien has chosen a solitary professional life. She’s breaking away from her sheltered existence while he’s a widely traveled but disillusioned young architect.

Drawn together by an intimate journal that he found abandoned in a café, these two strangers begin to shed the shackles of their painful pasts.

Lucien opens himself up to Luna. But she isn’t ready. She travels far, into a world steeped in ancient culture and the ravages of a deadly history. Can she survive unscathed? And will she be the soulmate he has been searching for?

Book 5 in the series Between Two Worlds is an epistolary tale of courage, resilience, and the bonds that bring diverse people together.
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Review By LAWonder10:

This is a very realistic and tender love story. It is a story about two individuals who have had two very different heartbreaks, both individuals swear off ever letting that happen again by delving into work and schoolwork.

Lucien is a loner with a negative attitude, yet he can put on the charm when he needs to accomplish something. The only table in the coffee shop has a black journal lying on it. He thought it was someone claiming the tabl. When nobody showed up, he decided to check for an email, phone number, or something of the owner’s identity. At first, he feels annoyed that someone could be so careless. He at first turned it in but returned the next day to discover it had been in a bin and still unclaimed. He claimed it, hoping one day he would discover the owner.

He felt guilty and intrusive, but he soon became captivated and intrigued by the owner’s thoughts and words.

Luna was raised by her beloved grandmother in Hawaii. When in her mid-teens her parents came to take her home to California, Sge adjusted, but Hawaii would always be home to her.

Over a year after Lucien discovered Luna’s journal, he ran into her. When she noticed the journal, he admitted it wasn’t his but he had found it and hoped to find the owner. This opened a cautious but advancing friendship.

The two were in two different stages in their lives. Both lacking in trust. Would their relationship ever go beyond friends?

This was a book of literature with many “twists and turns”. It flowed smoothly and maintained the readers/listeners interest. it was more true to life thanmost literature.

The characters felt real and the background scenes were quite vivid.

The Title was very well chosen, and the Cover image was bright and depicted a key part of the story.

Both Narrators did a great job with accents enunciations, energy, and feeling. However, Josh Domingo had a very smooth pleasant quality to his voice. He also has a very nice singing voice.I would love for him to sing me to sleep, too!

The first love scene was non-explicit and brief but effective. The book was very clean. Thta is what I feel is true writing talent.

I offer a Five Stars rating for this story and narration.

*This book was gifted me with no pressure to post a positive review. This is my hone

Other Books in the Series:

Meet The Author:

Evy Journey writes. Stories. Blogs (three sites). Cross-genre novels. She’s also a wannabe artist, and a flâneuse (an ambler).

Evy studied psychology (M.A., University of Hawaii; Ph.D. University of Illinois) initially to help her understand herself and Dostoevsky. Now, she spins tales about multicultural characters dealing with problems and issues of contemporary life. She believes in love and its many faces.

Just as she has crossed genres in writing fiction, she has also crossed cultures, having lived and traveled in various cities in different countries. Find her thoughts on travel, art, and food at Artsy Rambler.

She has one ungranted wish: To live in Paris where art is everywhere and people have honed aimlessly roaming to an art form. She visits and stays a few months when she can.

Connect with the author: website ~ blog ~ facebook ~ pinterest ~ bookbub ~ goodreads

Meet the Narrator:

Connie Shabshab has a voice with clear, bright tones and an eclectic range at ease with works of humor, drama, or complex medical terminology. She is a trained vocalist and stage actress. She works from her home studio. To all those she works with, Connie brings a reliable professionalism and calm, pleasant demeanor.

Meet the Narrator:

After receiving his BFA from UC Santa Barbara, Josh Domingo worked commercially and in theater in Los Angeles. Josh then moved to NYC, booked a co-star on the TVLand show Younger, starred in a number of award winning short films, most notably for Justin Lin’s NBCUniversal short film competition (the films Wingman & Train of Thought) as well as the New York Asian American International Film Festival (Jorey). Josh is looking forward to furthering his career in New Mexico’s scene.

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