{"id":1408,"date":"2026-01-31T00:01:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T00:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goddessfish.com\/new\/?p=1408"},"modified":"2026-02-09T01:54:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T01:54:04","slug":"review-tour-the-last-perfect-summer-by-karla-stover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goddessfish.com\/new\/index.php\/2026\/01\/31\/review-tour-the-last-perfect-summer-by-karla-stover\/","title":{"rendered":"Review Tour: The Last Perfect Summer by Karla Stover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1423 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/goddessfish.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TourBanner_The-Last-Perfect-Summer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goddessfish.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TourBanner_The-Last-Perfect-Summer.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/goddessfish.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TourBanner_The-Last-Perfect-Summer-167x93.jpg 167w, https:\/\/goddessfish.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TourBanner_The-Last-Perfect-Summer-1024x572.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goddessfish.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TourBanner_The-Last-Perfect-Summer-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goddessfish.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TourBanner_The-Last-Perfect-Summer-752x420.jpg 752w, https:\/\/goddessfish.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TourBanner_The-Last-Perfect-Summer-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/goddessfish.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TourBanner_The-Last-Perfect-Summer-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goddessfish.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TourBanner_The-Last-Perfect-Summer-696x389.jpg 696w, https:\/\/goddessfish.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TourBanner_The-Last-Perfect-Summer-1068x596.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Goddess Fish Promotions is organizing a Virtual Name Before the Masses REVIEW ONLY Tour for THE LAST PERFECT SUMMER by Karla Stover, a 268 page historical romance available now from BWL Publishing Inc. The tour will run every Tuesday for four weeks starting on March 17. The book is available in PDF and epub formats.<\/p>\n<p>Karla Stover will be awarding a $15 Amazon\/BN gift card to a randomly drawn winner during the tour, and a $15 Amazon\/BN gift card to a randomly drawn host.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>SYNOPSIS\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1422 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/goddessfish.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BookCover_LastPerfectSummer-Stover-167x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"167\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goddessfish.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BookCover_LastPerfectSummer-Stover-167x250.jpg 167w, https:\/\/goddessfish.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BookCover_LastPerfectSummer-Stover-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/goddessfish.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BookCover_LastPerfectSummer-Stover-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goddessfish.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BookCover_LastPerfectSummer-Stover-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goddessfish.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BookCover_LastPerfectSummer-Stover-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/goddessfish.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BookCover_LastPerfectSummer-Stover-280x420.jpg 280w, https:\/\/goddessfish.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BookCover_LastPerfectSummer-Stover-150x225.jpg 150w, https:\/\/goddessfish.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BookCover_LastPerfectSummer-Stover-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goddessfish.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BookCover_LastPerfectSummer-Stover-696x1044.jpg 696w, https:\/\/goddessfish.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BookCover_LastPerfectSummer-Stover-1068x1602.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/goddessfish.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BookCover_LastPerfectSummer-Stover-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 167px) 100vw, 167px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By a stroke of luck, eighteen-year-old Louise Tanquist has fallen into a new job as a photographer\u2019s assistant. But it\u2019s 1917 and the United States is in the verge of entering World War 1. Suddenly, Tacoma, Washington where she lives is being overrun with army recruits headed for nearby Camp Lewis. The Red Cross is asking for socks, socks, and more socks; the Foundation Boat Building Company needs volunteers to paint camouflage on their shops, and spies are skulking around the waterfront. Just when Louise thinks she has more things to photograph than she can find time for, let alone to find time for a new romance, she suffers a serious assault. With her beau out of town, she has an opportunity to go north to the Makah Indian Reservation and provide photographs for a book on Native Americans. It\u2019s an exciting time to be alive but Louise knows she will lose friends and relatives in the war, and that the perfect summers she grew up with are over.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSc4dQ-umKVy_YskBO4o07heAQJ1t33cHCsnd53lhtH1tsjESg\/viewform?embedded=true\" width=\"600\" height=\"700\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\">Loading\u2026<\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 align=\"center\"><strong>TOUR PARTICIPANTS<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>March 17:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tinadonahuebooks.blogspot.com\/\">Tina Donahue Books &#8211; Heat with Heart<\/a><br \/>\nMarch 17:<br \/>\nMarch 24:<br \/>\nMarch 24:<br \/>\nMarch 31:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourtownbookreviews.com\/2026\/03\/the-last-perfect-summer.html\">Our Town Book Reviews<\/a><br \/>\nMarch 31:<br \/>\nApril 7:<br \/>\nApril 7:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goddess Fish Promotions is organizing a Virtual Name Before the Masses REVIEW ONLY Tour for THE LAST PERFECT SUMMER by Karla Stover, a 268 page historical romance available now from BWL Publishing Inc. The tour will run every Tuesday for four weeks starting on March 17. The book is available in PDF and epub formats. 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