The new book, Illuminations of the Heart, is out and we’re part of the reveal.  A blog tour will begin today and end on September 18th.  Illuminations, a historical romance novel,  is written by Joyce DiPastena.  BtDA is spotlighted on September 17th and anyone who makes a comment on our post is entered in a drawing to win some great prizes.  Make comments on multiple posts from the tour and get multiple entries.

Check out the blog tour dates and destinations here and don’t forget to check out our reviews of Illuminations of the Heart here on September 17th.

AUTHOR BIO
Joyce DiPastena moved from Utah to Arizona at the age of two, and grew up to be a died-in-the-fur desert rat. She first fell in love with the Middle Ages when she read Thomas B. Costain’s The Conquering Family in high school. She attended the University of Arizona, where she graduated with a degree specializing in medieval history. Joyce has taught piano lessons to children and adults of all ages for over twenty years. She loves to play the piano and sing for her own amusement, and sings in her church choir. Other interests include reading, spending time with her sister, trying out new restaurants, and, unfortunately, buying new clothes. The highlight of her year is attending the Arizona Renaissance Festival, which she has not missed once in its twenty-one years of existence. Joyce has been owned and loved by many cats, the most recent being Clio (who helps her with her website), and Glinka Rimsky-Korsokov (that’s all one cat). Illuminations of the Heart tells the story of Triston, a character from Joyce’s first medieval novel, Loyalty’s Web.