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Free Book Offer

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 2 minutes

Rick Belden, the author of Iron Man Family Outing contacted me a little while ago, offering me a free copy of his book. Unfortunately, my to be read list is getting a bit long, so in the interest of getting his generosity pointed in a direction that would be beneficial sometime this year, I declined.

However, my backlog is your good fortune. Rick has offered to give away a free copy to one of my readers. I’m going to make this simple. In exchange for the free book, you agree to write up a short review of it. You can post that review on your own blog, and let me know about it, or you can write the review and send it to me, and I’ll be more than happy to post it here.

So, if you’re interested, and want to know more about the book, check the link below. The first one to comment here, gets it. Be sure to enter an email address in your comment. It doesn’t get posted to the site, but I’ll need it to  put you in contact with Rick and you can arrange for him to ship you the book.

Matter of fact, if you want to review a book about child abuse, and don’t have a blog of your own, feel free to drop me a line. I’d love to add some more book reviews without having to read them all myself! 🙂

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