Tuesday, November 22, 2022

NBTM: The Key to Circus-Mom Highway by Allyson Rice

Congratulations to tour winner Janel L. and to host winner Fabulous and Brunette.

Thank you for your interest in hosting this tour, but all stops have been filled.

Goddess Fish Promotions is organizing a Virtual Name Before the Masses Tour for The Key to Circus-Mom Highway by Allyson Rice, a contemporary fiction (family dramedy) available January 3, 2023 from The Total Human Press. The tour will run every Wednesday for 12 weeks starting on December 28, and Allyson Rice is available for guest post and interviews. A PDF, NetGalley, or epub copy of the book is available for review in conjunction with a guest post or interview. 

Allyson Rice will be awarding a $20 Amazon/BN GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour, and a $25 Amazon/BN GC to a randomly drawn host. 

In an attempt to secure an unexpected inheritance—and hopefully find a few answers—two estranged sisters and their newly discovered brother embark on a comically surreal trip through the Deep South to retrace the life of the mother who abandoned them as infants.

On a Tuesday afternoon, sisters Jesse Chasen and Jennifer McMahon receive a phone call notifying them that their birth mother has died, leaving behind a significant inheritance. But in order to obtain it, they must follow a detailed road trip she designed for them to get to know her—and that includes finding a brother they never knew existed.

For the next week, this ill-assorted trio treks across Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia to meet their mother’s old friends, from circus performers to a juke joint owner, each of whom delivers a shocking vignette into the life of a young mother traumatized by loss and abuse. Along the way, these three siblings—Jesse, whose fiery exterior disguises a wounded, drifting musician stuck in a rut; Jennifer, whose carefully curated family life is threatened by her husband’s infidelity; and Jack, whose enigmatic Jackie, Oh! persona in the New Orleans drag queen scene helps him escape the nightmares of Afghanistan that haunt him at night—must confront their own demons (and at least one alligator). But in chasing the truth about their real mother, they may all just find their second chance.

This uproarious debut novel is a reminder that sometimes, the family you’d never have chosen may turn out to be exactly what you need.



December 28: Lisa Haselton's Reviews and Interviews
January 4: All the Ups and Downs
January 11: Fabulous and Brunette
January 18: Sandra's Book Club
January 25: Literary Gold
February 1: Viviana MacKade
February 8: Archaeolibrarian - I Dig Good Books
February 15: Hope. Dreams. Life... Love
February 22: Long and Short Reviews
March 1: Westveil Publishing
March 8: The Avid Reader
March 15: Paws.Read.Repeat - review only
March 15: The Pen and Muse Book Reviews