My Top 10 Most Anticipated Books and Movies of 2015

So I'm as excited about the new year as anyone. A new year means new possibilities.

It also means new books and movies.

Being as indecisive as I am, I thought it would be a great challenge
to accumulate a top ten list.

My Top 10 Most Anticipated Books
Of 2015 Are:

 

1. Fallout by Gwenda Bond

2. Even When You Lie To Me by Jessica Alcott

3. All The Rage by Courtney Summers

4. The Prey by Tom Isbell

5. In A World Just Right by Jen Brooks

6. The Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds

7. Apple and Rain by Sarah Crossan

8. Charisma by Jeanne Ryan

9. An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

10. The Cage by Megan Sheppard

My Top 10 Most Anticipated Movies
Of 2015 Are:

1. Jurassic World

2. Furious 7

3. Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

4. Pan

5. The Fantastic Four

6. Cake

7. Ant-Man

8. In the Heart of the Sea

9. American Sniper

10. San Andreas

Book Of The Week {Wattpad}

And the Book Of The Week Nominations are:

Click on the book covers to sample the works.

Creating Monsters (YA Fantasy)

We Are Shining (Middle-Grade Fantasy / Contemporary)

Long Live the Queen (YA Crime)

Monster of Blue (YA Paranormal)

Things I Never Told My Mom (YA Spiritual)

Blog Tour Spotlight & Giveaway - Rough Around the Edges Meets Refined by Rachael Anderson

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Around the Edges Meets Refined

(Meet Your Match #2)

by Rachael Anderson

Book Description:

For Noah Mackie, life is finally back on track. He has a great support system, a promised promotion is on its way, and he's finally getting the hang of this single father thing. But when the job falls through and his neighbor's matchmaking efforts become more aggressive, Noah is in for yet another unwanted detour. With his career and two spirited daughters to worry about, he doesn't have time for dating—especially not someone like Cassie Ellis, his girls' beautiful and sophisticated dance instructor, who is about as open and approachable as a brick wall.

Rough around the Edges Meets Refined is about two people who think they know exactly what they want but who have no idea what they really need. It's about learning that people aren't always what they seem and that sometimes life’s detours take you exactly where you need to go.

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Book Blast & Giveaway - A Taste of Merlot by Heather Heyford

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A Taste of Merlot

by Heather Heyford

Book Description:

Raise your glass and join Heather Heyford as she pours a second serving in her series following these headstrong wine heiresses in their quest to strike out on their own...

Merlot St. Pierre is struggling to break free from her family name. Her college classmates whisper behind her back that her passion for jewelry design is little more than a hobby, since she’ll always have her father’s fortune. But Meri is determined to prove them wrong, and with the help of a handsome jewelry buyer, she just may taste her first sip of success—as long as she can hide who she really is…

Mark Newman’s family owns a chain of high-end jewelry stores, and he’s working hard to get out from under his aunt’s thumb and prove he has a good eye and a head for business. He’s certain Meri’s designs could be the next big thing, but he’ll have to convince her that she can use her famous last name to her advantage. As their business partnership takes root, an attraction begins to flourish—but they’ll both find that love, like wine, takes time to perfect…

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Amazon

Bookvie: Trash - out January 30, 2015 (UK)

Who's in it:

Rooney Mara, Martin Sheen, Wagner Moura

Blog Tour Spotlight & Giveaway - Demon Fare by Cory Dale

Demon Fare

The Spawnstertown Chronicles

Book One

Cory Dale

Genre: Urban Fantasy

Publisher: Karen Duvall

Date of Publication: 12/20/2014

Number of pages: 324

Word Count: 86,000

Cover Artist: Karen Duvall

Book Description:

In an alternate history New York City—one hundred and fifty years after an earthquake from hell nearly destroyed the planet—the twenty-first century clings to an industrial age. Steam engines rule, and demon-powered technology is the up and coming thing. Henry Paine, a half-demon taxi driver, is the go-to guy for just the right demon to possess your machine and automate any mechanical gizmo with or without an engine. The creatures are tame as pets. Or at least they have been… until now.

Wanda Snow is an exorcist who grudgingly admits to having a few drops of demon blood herself. She's come to New York to rid the city of demonic vermin as well as any other demons that get in her way. Wanda and Henry are naturally at odds, but the two are forced to become partners in a mutual goal to round up the rogue demons biting the Big Apple and take down the sinister tyrant who started it all.

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Amazon

Blog Tour Excerpt & Giveaway - Tale of Treasures by H.F. Parkhurst

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Tales of Treasure

By HF Parkhurst

Book Description:

A four hundred year quest for a mysterious lost treasure; bloodthirsty Pirates; plundering Conquistadors; noble Indians; and a sinister and secret religious Order are the tantalizing ingredients stirred together in the turbulent, steamy, and exotic Spanish Main, of yesterday and today.

To the rhythmic background of classic R&B soul music, Harry Carlton and his new love Helen are unexpectedly thrust into a violent encounter with ruthless and malevolent forces and a rogue’s gallery of dastardly villains. These two, near their fifties, are not kindly white-haired grandparents ready to sit sedately in rocking chairs. Instead, they confront danger with bravery, and battle dishonesty and injustice with valor. They discover a priceless, lost artifact treasure of the ancient Indians of South and Central America. In the struggle to return the treasure to its rightful owners, they must outwit the assortment of murderous villains, and stay alive.

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Amazon

Book Blitz & Giveaway - A Grave Inheritance by Kari Edgren

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A Grave Inheritance

by Kari Edgren

Book Description:

Selah Kilbrid may descend from the goddess Brigid, but her heart beats—and breaks—the same as any human. Yet enduring the scorn of London's most noble lords and ladies is a small price to pay for a chance at true happiness. Selah would endure much more for love, and her betrothed, Lord Henry Fitzalan, is prepared to challenge anyone foolish enough to stand in their way—even another goddess born.

But when a captivating young gentleman draws Selah into a world shadowed by secrets, she is forced to confront her darkest fears. What if some differences are too great to overcome and a future with Henry is doomed from the start?

With these doubts threatening her impending marriage, a violent attack on an innocent child pushes Selah to the very edge of her power. She must find a way to cross into the Otherworld and regain her strength—or forfeit the streets of London to death and disease.

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Amazon ¦ B&N

Blog Tour Spotlight - The Tears of the Rose by Jeffe Kennedy

The Tears of the Rose
The Twelve Kingdoms
Book Two
Jeffe Kennedy
Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Kensington
Release Date: November 25, 2014

Book Description:
Three sisters. Motherless daughters of the high king.

The eldest is the warrior-woman heir; the middle child is shy and full of witchy intuition; and the youngest, Princess Amelia, she is as beautiful as the sun and just as generous.

Ami met her Prince Charming and went away to his castle on the stormy sea-cliffs—and that should have been her happily ever after. Instead, her husband lies dead and a war rages. Her middle sister has been taken into a demon land, turned into a stranger. The priests and her father are revealing secrets and telling lies. And a power is rising in Ami, too, a power she hardly recognizes, to wield her beauty as a weapon, and her charm as a tool to deceive…

Amelia has never had to be anything but good and sweet and kind and lovely. But the chess game for the Twelve Kingdoms has swept her up in it, and she must make a gambit of her own. Can the prettiest princess become a pawn—or a queen?

Buy Links:

Amazon ¦ Paperback

Book Of The Month - The Mountain Dancer by Julian Scrollhand {Wattpad}

And the Book Of The Month Award goes to:

The Mountain Dancer

by Julian Scrollhand

Genre: YA Fantasy

Blog Tour Spotlight & Giveaway - Unexpected Eden by Rhenna Morgan

Unexpected Eden

Eden Series

Rhenna Morgan

Genre: Contemporary Fantasy Romance

Publisher: Kensington/Lyrical Press

Date of Publication: 12/29/2014

Number of pages: 259

Word Count: 81,411

Cover Artist: Fiona Jayde Media

Book Description:

Most people believe Eden no longer exists. Lexi Merrill’s about to learn they’re wrong. A hard-working bartender with a self-sufficient backbone and a wary nature, she knows pickup lines like a second language. So, when Eryx Shantos barges into her world with too-smooth words and a body to back it up, she locks up her libido and vows to keep her distance.

Eryx has other ideas. As king of the Myren race, Eryx is duty-bound to enforce the laws preventing exposure of their existence to humans. Yet The Fates have led him through his dreams to Lexi, a temptation he doesn’t want to resist. The question—is she Myren, or human - which makes her forbidden fruit?

When Eryx’s nemesis tags Lexi as his next target, Eryx insists on taking her home where he can keep her safe. Lexi had no idea “home” would mean the one-and-only land of creation…or that she’d trigger a prophecy that could doom her newfound race.

Buy Links:

Amazon ¦ BN ¦ Kensington ¦ Kobo ¦ iTunes ¦ ARe

Release Day Blitz & Giveaway - Meet Your Baker by Ellie Alexander

Be sure to check out the blog tour that is filled with reviews, interviews and guest posts by the author! The tour starts January 5th and runs through the 16th. Check out the schedule!

Meet Your Baker

by Ellie Alexander

Book Description:

Welcome to Torte—a friendly, small-town family bake shop where the treats are so good that, sometimes, it’s criminal…

After graduating from culinary school, Juliet Capshaw returns to her quaint hometown of Ashland, Oregon, to heal a broken heart and help her mom at the family bakery. The Oregon Shakespeare Festival is bringing in lots of tourists looking for some crumpets to go with their heroic couplets. But when one of Torte’s customers turns up dead, there’s much ado about murder…

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Amazon | B&N | IndieBound | Book Depository | Kobo

Blog Tour Spotlight & Giveaway - The Last Guardian Rises by Rebecca Trogner

The Last Guardian Rises

The Last Keepers’ Daughter Series

Book 2

Rebecca Trogner

Genre: Paranormal, Romance, Mystery

Publisher: Crescent Moon Press

Date of Publication: November 15, 2014

Number of pages: 295

Word Count: 90,000 approx

Book Description: 

Lily Ayres, Sanguis Ancilla to Krieger Barnes, has retreated into the shadows of the archives, hiding from the king and the intense emotions he arouses in her. How long can she deny him? Will she accept her role in the Other world and the abilities arising within her?

Krieger Barnes, Vampire King of North America, has shared his blood, his kingdom, and his heart with Lily. He summons her, needing her nearness, needing her to attend the council meeting with him.

Merlin, the king’s advisor, must fight the darkness that threatens to overtake him. Can he survive the dark magic?

Lucien Black, the wielder of the Dragon Sword, is once again charged with Lily’s protection. How will he explain his avoidance of her?

A being buried deep underground, inside a cage of iron and wrapped in chains, escapes. Is he the dark entity that the Others feel and fear?

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Amazon

Blog Tour Spotlight & Giveaway - Forbidden by Kimberley Griffiths Little

  

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Forbidden

by Kimberley Griffiths Little

Book Description:

In the unforgiving Mesopotamian desert where Jayden’s tribe lives, betrothal celebrations abound, and tonight it is Jayden’s turn to be honored. But while this union with Horeb, the son of her tribe’s leader, will bring a life of riches and restore her family’s position within the tribe, it will come at the price of Jayden’s heart.

Then a shadowy boy from the Southern Lands appears. Handsome and mysterious, Kadesh fills Jayden’s heart with a passion she never knew possible. But with Horeb’s increasingly violent threats haunting Jayden’s every move, she knows she must find a way to escape—or die trying.

With a forbidden romance blossoming in her heart and her family’s survival on the line, Jayden must embark on a deadly journey to save the ones she loves—and find a true love for herself.

Set against the brilliant backdrop of the sprawling desert, the story of Jayden and Kadesh will leave readers absolutely breathless as they defy the odds and risk it all to be together.

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Book Blitz & Giveaway - The Tuttle Twins and the Miraculous Pencil by Connor Boyack

We are thrilled to be a part of the book blitz for book two in the Tuttle Twins series hosted by Fire and Ice

The Tuttle Twins and the Miraculous Pencil

by Connor Boyack

Book Summary:

In this second book of the Tuttle Twins series, Mrs. Miner leads the twins and their classmates on a fun field trip to learn how pencils are made using parts from all over the world—and how in an economy, people from all over the world work together in harmony to produce helpful products that improve our lives. Teach your kids about the free market with a fun story and bright, engaging illustrations!

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Amazon ¦ Website

Book Blitz - Found, Near Water by Katherine Hayton

Found, Near Water

by Katherine Hayton

Genre: Crime / Thriller / Mystery

Date Published: July 2014

Book Description:

Rena Sutherland wakes from a coma into a mother’s nightmare. Her daughter is missing – lost for four days – but no one has noticed; no one has complained; no one has been searching.

As the victim support officer assigned to her case, Christine Emmett puts aside her own problems as she tries to guide Rena through the maelstrom of her daughter’s disappearance.

A task made harder by an ex-husband desperate for control; a paedophile on early-release in the community; and a psychic who knows more than seems possible.

And intertwined throughout, the stories of six women; six daughters lost.

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Amazon ¦ Barnes and Noble