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Wednesday, 4 March 2015

Book Blitz & Giveaway - Hunting Season by Nikki Jefford

Hunting Season
(Aurora Sky: Vampire Hunter #4)
Author: Nikki Jefford
Publication Date: March 3rd, 2015
Genres: Urban Fantasy, Young Adult

Book Description:
Better to be a hunter, not prey.

Ever since her partner was kidnapped, Aurora Sky has been on a personal mission to get him back. To do that she needs the vampire responsible for destroying her life.

In order to have a snowball’s chance at success, she’ll have to team up with her most loyal friends—including a certain vampire in black with a provoking talent for distraction.

Old cravings aren’t easily quenched, nor past passions. With knowledge comes danger and Aurora is at risk on all sides.

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24352803-hunting-season

Unhinged

The Haunting of Secrets
Book 2 of the Trilogy
Author: Shelley R. Pickens
Genre: YA, mystery, paranormal
Publisher: Fire and Ice
Imprint of Melange Books
Date of Publication: March 2015
Word Count: 62,364
Cover Artist: Caroline Andrus

Blog Tour Spotlight & Giveaway - Enchanter’s Echo by Anise Rae

Enchanter’s Echo
Mayflower Mages
Book Two
Anise Rae
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Publisher: Kensington/Lyrical
Date of Publication: February 17, 2015
Number of Pages: 270
Word Count: 99,685

Book Description:

Aurora Firenze lives a quiet life hiding in a junkyard. Her repair shop is the last hope for gadgets and gizmos before they get tossed onto the trash towers. Fortunately, Aurora can fix almost anything, including mages, though repairing people with metal enchantments is highly illegal.

Edmund Rallis, heir to the Rallis senate seat, has spent months hunting down his errant enchantress. He’ll play every game he knows to win her back and entice her to share the secrets she hides. But he’s inadvertently put her on the frontlines of a new game, one with an opponent who’s determined to destroy Rallis Territory and drive the Republic toward war. If the new enemy isn’t stopped in time, Edmund will lose his enchantress again—and this time there won’t be another chance.

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24584554-enchanter-s-echo

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Just Pru
Author: Anne Pfeffer
Genre: Contemporary Women's Fiction

Date Published: March 2, 2015

Book Description:

When twenty-five-year-old Pru Anderson—braless, pajama-clad, and clutching her cat, Chuck—is rescued from her burning Los Angeles apartment, the thing that scares her most is meeting the neighbors. New people make her hide in the bathroom, counting by sevens, but when her home is destroyed, she must turn strangers into friends … or crawl back to the controlling parents she only recently escaped.

What would her idol, Pepper Hathaway, do? That’s a no brainer: the detective-slash-supermodel heroine from Pru's favorite TV series would take no prisoners while looking fierce in a tankini and stilettos. So when the chance comes up to live with playwright Ellen, Pru sets aside her fears and goes for it.

Thus begin the adventures a girl who's never had a job, a friend, or a first kiss. Swept into Ellen's whirlwind life, Pru begins to build her own, as director's assistant for a new play, muse to brooding actor Blake, and possible love interest to adorably neurotic neighbor, Adam.

Only one thing can derail Pru's exhilarating journey. Well, actually, it's two things—and they're in a car headed straight for LA to torpedo her life. When the past that nearly destroyed her comes calling, who will she be: a Prudence or a Pepper?

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Anaiah Press proudly presents
A THOUSAND STOLEN MOMENTS by Connie Ann Michael
a military romantic novel that releases today!

A Thousand Stolen Moments
Author: Connie Ann Michael
Genre: Romance
Publisher: Anaiah Press

Book Description:
Can you choose between fighting for your life and fighting for your heart?

When twenty-two year old Emme Sawyer joins a Marine unit heading into Helmand Providence, she focuses on what she does best: keeping her men safe. But, when the unit is hit by an IED, Emme realizes she can’t save everyone. With her humanity on the line, and her faith in question, she seeks comfort from Raven, her commanding officer. Soon, Emme develops feelings that don’t belong in a combat zone, where each step could be your last.

Raven keeps his emotions locked up tight, never allowing the men to see him sweat. But when Emme joins his unit, all bets are off; and the feelings he thought he left stateside begin to emerge. Knowing that the deserts of Afghanistan are the last place to start a romance, and the United States military’s view on fraternizing; Raven tries to deny his heart. Emme and Raven learn you can’t always choose where love finds you. And that sometimes, you just have to trust in God’s plan.

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22819497-a-thousand-stolen-moments

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The Brothers’ Keepers

Author: Matthew Peters
Genre: Thriller
Publisher: MuseItUp Publishing

Book Description:
Most of us are familiar with Jesus’ parents, Mary and Joseph, and Jesus’ purported spouse, Mary Magdalene. But what about Jesus’ siblings? What role did they play in early Christianity?

Contemporary Jesuit and renowned religious historian Nicholas Branson is about to find out…and the answer will shake the foundations of the Judeo-Christian world.

It all starts with the murder of a United States Senator in a confessional, and the discovery of a strange religious document among his possessions. At the urging of his FBI friend, Branson joins the investigation. His effort to uncover the truth behind the murder draws him into the search for an eight-hundred-year-old treasure and into a web of ecclesiastical and political intrigue.

Accompanied by a beautiful, sharp-tongued research librarian, Jessica Jones, Branson follows a trail of clues, from the peaks of the awe inspiring French Pyrenees to the caves of war-torn Afghanistan. Along the way, shadowy powerful forces trail the pair, determined to keep safe a secret buried for centuries.

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Fire Above
Author: C.H. MacLean
Genre: Fantasy
Date Published: April 13, 2015

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Passing the Torch
Author: L.L. Sanders

Book Description:
Deep in the Arizona desert live a girl and her dad, burying secrets--and bodies.

Mesa Kingston's first memory of burying a corpse was at eight years old. Back then it had been the carcass of a large lizard her dad found that they buried in the backyard of their isolated cottage. At age fourteen, the body of a young lady accompanied the reptile's remains, and ever since, an accumulation of female bodies began to grow. Now, the only way Mesa can stop the haunting screams of the dead is by drowning them out with flames. Or is there more to the blaze than even she can perceive?

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24972267-passing-the-torch

Blog Tour Interview & Giveaway - Season of Fire (The Remnants #2) by Lisa Tawn Bergren

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Season of Fire
(The Remnants #2)
Author: Lisa Tawn Bergren

Book Description:
After tackling her first mission and coming to terms with her power of empathy, Andriana discovers her first battles were only a taste of what is to come. She and her Knight, Ronan, have admitted their feelings for one another, but their bonds are tested when Keallach appears following the Remnants' attempt to free his imprisoned twin brother, Kapriel. Andriana is sure Keallach can be convinced to follow the Maker's plan, but her decision leaves her separated from her fellow Remnants and could drive a wedge between her and Ronan that proves impossible to overcome.

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The Crimson Gate

Author: Whitney A. Miller

Book Description:
Harlow must stop her evil counterpart in this thrilling sequel to The Violet Hour.

Harlow Wintergreen has just been named the new Matriarch of VisionCrest, the powerful religious organization previously led by her father. But there's one big problem. The real Harlow is trapped inside a Cambodian temple, and her double, the evil Isiris, has escaped confinement and is masquerading as her.

Now initiated as their leader, Isiris intends to unleash a killer super virus aimed at cleansing the planet of VisionCrest. In order to stop her, Harlow must find a way out of the temple and locate the Resistance...or the world will be destroyed.

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Liars, Inc.

Author: Paula Stokes

Book Description:

For fans of Gone Girl, I Hunt Killers, and TV's How to Get Away with Murder.

Max Cantrell has never been a big fan of the truth, so when the opportunity arises to sell forged permission slips and cover stories to his classmates, it sounds like a good way to make a little money and liven up a boring senior year. With the help of his friends Preston and Parvati, Max starts Liars, Inc. Suddenly everybody needs something and the cash starts pouring in. Who knew lying could be so lucrative?

When Preston wants his own cover story to go visit a girl he met online, Max doesn’t think twice about hooking him up. Until Preston never comes home. Then the evidence starts to pile up—terrifying clues that lead the cops to Preston’s body. Terrifying clues that point to Max as the murderer.

Can Max find the real killer before he goes to prison for a crime he didn’t commit? In a story that Kirkus Reviews called "Captivating to the very end," Paula Stokes starts with one single white lie and weaves a twisted tale that will have readers guessing until the explosive final chapters.

For more information, check out the Official Liars, Inc. Website.

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Cover Reveal - Cage of Deceit by Jennifer Anne Davis

Cage of Deceit

(Reign of Secrets #1) (Spin-off from the True Reign Series)

Author: Jennifer Anne Davis

Published by: Clean Teen Publishing

Publication Date: August 25th, 2015

Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult

Book Blitz & Giveaway - Senior Year Bites (The Clanless #1) by J.A. Campbell

Senior Year Bites
(The Clanless #1)
Author: J.A. Campbell
Release Date: 07/07/14
Publisher: Untold Press

Summary from Goodreads:
Senior year is supposed to be fun: boys, dances and graduation. It’s significantly harder to enjoy it when you’re dead.

Thanks to an innocent game of Truth or Dare, I wound up sleeping in a graveyard. Probably not the brightest thing I’ve ever done, but thanks to a couple of well-placed fangs, I’m here to tell the tale.

Vampires might stalk pop culture, but they’re just myths, right? Yeah. Not so much…

Everything seems a lot more difficult when you’re a nocturnal creature of the night, especially school. I was managing, but couldn’t keep it hidden from my friends. Steph decided that we should be cool, like superheroes, and fight crime.

I’m a vampire, not a hero. Living in a sleepy New England town, crime is a little harder to come by. At least it is until a serial killer moves into the area. He’s got the authorities stumped, but then again, the cops don’t have a teenage, blood-sucking, non-hero on their team. It doesn’t take long for me to discover the world is full of monsters. I may be one of them…but will I turn out to be the hero, or the killer everyone is looking for.

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Momma Don't You Worry

Author: Louie Lawent

Publisher: Ladybee Publishing

Publication Date: January 27th, 2015

Genre: Picture Book

Book Of The Month - Red Night {Wattpad}

And the Book Of The Month Award goes to:

Red Night

Author: R.C.K. Close

Genre: Fantasy

Book Description (from Wattpad):

Samantha Chase is a sassy and resourceful private investigator who loves her job until the night she unknowingly stumbles into a supernatural underworld she never knew existed. Now a seductive stranger is stalking her every move and haunting her dreams. Sam finds she has caught the attention of not one, but two vampires. Throw in one sexy vampire-hunter and Sam's got T-R-O-U-B-L-E. One will do anything to protect her, one is planning her elaborate torture and death, and the other is condemned to die for helping her.

Click here to read the book.