CBY Book Club

Wednesday, 25 March 2015

Cover Reveal & Giveaway - Alice's Portrait by Juliette Harper

I'm excited to share the cover reveal of Alice's Portrait by Juliette Harper, the third book in the Lockwood Legacy series. This is an adult contemporary mystery that is also very focused on family, small town and ranch life as well as some clean romance.

Alice's Portrait

Author: Juliette Harper

Genre: Contemporary Fiction

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Savage Winds

Author: R.J. Merle

Genre: YA Sci-Fi / Adventure / Horror

Book Description:

A dangerous conspiracy unfolds...

In Author R.J. Merle’s whirlwind start of the Children of the Elements series, a clumsy teenage techno-geek struggles to protect kidnapped children from a covert government organization responsible for creating their abilities to control the five elements.

A mighty wind...

Eighteen-year-old Stedford Thackett’s conspiracy theorist brother ensnares him in a real life children-as-weapons plot, while a determined scientist grooms happy-go-lucky five-year-old Darcie Lynn Carpenter to use the wind as a deadly weapon.

Out of control...

Despite the firm hand of Scientist Nora Hicks, Stedford struggles to rescue the kids and escape, even as Darcie Lynn fights to gain control of the surging power of the savage winds.

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NOTE: Savage Winds is FREE!

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24911397-savage-winds

Blog Tour Guest Post - Believers: Truth in Deception by Tamara D. Taylor

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Believers: Truth in Deception

Author: Tamara D. Taylor

Publisher: Tamara D. Taylor

Pages: 330

Genre: Young Adult

Format: Paperback/Kindle

Book Description:

Mary lives in a world of the future where an anti aging drug has torn society apart, creating an insurmountable divide between the wealthy and the poor. Her life is thrown sideways after she receives an unsolicited promotion at work, which leaves her as assistant to one of the most notorious playboys of the wealthy elite.

Mary struggles to find solid footing in a world that drastically conflicts with her humble upbringing. Her moral compass is tested as she finds herself falling in love with a man she knows she should not trust, compromising her relationship with her childhood sweetheart.

After her life is threatened, she fears for her safety and that of her family. Will she be able to guard her own secrets to prevent even further danger? Will death be the consequence of falling in love with the wrong man?

“This is a great book. It contains a world that is dark and focused on the comforts of the select elite and a world of hope and love for those less fortunate... all coupled with action and anticipation. Great combinations in my opinion! I can't wait to read the next book!”

-- California Mom

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24552014-believers

Welcome to the promo stop for Jo Richardson's NA Romantic Comedy, Cookie Cutter. Check out the teaser below and enter to win an awesome prize!

Cookie Cutter

Author: Jo Richardson

Release Date: March 23, 2015

Publisher: Little Bird Publishing

Synopsis via GOODREADS:

Iris Alden and Carter Blackwood couldn't be more different. Change-averse Iris likes her life neat and organized, while Carter's itchy feet mean he doesn’t plan to stay in the same place for long.

When Carter moves into the house across the street from Iris, to renovate it, she fights the disruption it causes in her life. Before long, though, it's not simply the house Carter's rebuilding, but Iris's heart, too.

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Amazon

ON SALE for $0.99 for a limited time!

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24974934-cookie-cutter

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Fire Above
Author: C. H. MacLean
Genre: Fantasy

Book Description:
I love her so much, I'd risk anything.

She and I don't have names. We're just slaves, after all. But our hearts don't care, and we're lucky, we have a chance at a scrap of happiness in our terrible lives. My father is the Queen's pet.

But when my love discovers the lords' newest atrocity, she lashes out, does the unthinkable, and attacks one of them. Her courage is heroic, but now they have stuffed her in prison, getting ready to slaughter her.

With nothing to lose, I dare to dream of a life far from the lords. I fight for our freedom, and escape to the woods with my love. We can do no less than free all of our people in the effort.

Our flight through the woods is only the start of our journey. The lords’ flaming attacks, their deception, the loss of so many of my people—I don't know if I will survive, or if I even want to. But for my love, I will do almost anything, even battle the fire above.

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24871128-fire-above

Blog Tour Interview & Giveaway - Blondes, Books, and Bourbon by R.M. Ridley

We are excited to share this collection of short stories by Author R.M. Riddley! Come join us along this tour as we look over each story and get to know more about this author!

Blondes, Books, and Bourbon
Author: R.M. Ridley

Book Description:
Blondes, Books, and Bourbon is a collection of short stories that we will be learning about over the next week. Each day is featuring one of these stories.

Today's Featured Story is:
The Cost of Custody

Alvey helps estranged parents rescue their daughter from a terrible fate.

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http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25002760-blondes-books-and-bourbon

Stones and Finger Bones
(The Black Towers #1)
Author: Jessica Minyard
Publication Date: February 10th, 2015
Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult

Synopsis:
Aurelia Barone, Jewel of Starry Stone, harbors no illusions about the purpose of her life as heir to the throne. But after two failed betrothals, she starts to feel like nothing more than a pawn being moved aimlessly about a game board.

Until the night she loses everything.

Kidnapped by a wise-cracking mercenary with more than one identity, Aurelia embarks on a mission across land and sea to avenge her father’s death.

But an evil is rising from the ashes of memory. Insidious magic is stirring. The dregs of a once-powerful nation are thirsty for blood and revenge.

They seek to harness Aurelia. To tempt her. To manipulate her.

And if necessary, to destroy her.

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Amazon ¦ B&N ¦ iTunes ¦ Kobo

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24471961-stones-and-finger-bones

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Wintergarden

Author: T.M. Wallace

Publisher: Brownridge Publishing

Pages: 220

Genre: YA/Children’s Fantasy

Format: Paperback/Kindle

Book Description:

Addyson Marten must travel a magical labyrinth to its center in order to reach her friend Connor and free him from the witch of the Median Realms. Both Connor and Addy must learn to use their own magical abilities to fight the growing evil in the Human and Fairy worlds.

Wintergarden is the sequel to the Award-Winning book “Under a Fairy Moon,” (Gelett Burgess Children’s Book Awards—Fantasy, 2012, Canadian Christian Writing Awards—Young Adult, 2012.)

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24381045-wintergarden?from_search=true

Ignite The Shadows
(Ignite The Shadows #1)
Author: Ingrid Seymour
Published by: HarperVoyager
Publication Date: April 23rd, 2015
Genres: Science Fiction, Urban Fantasy, Young Adult

Synopsis:
Sixteen-year-old Marci Guerrero is one of the best teen hackers in Seattle. However, she’d give up all her talents to know she isn’t crazy.

Marci feels possessed by what she perceives as shadowy spectres that take control of her body and make her do crazy things. While spying on the clandestine group known as IgNiTe, she’s confronted by the leader, James McCray. His presence stirs the spectres inside her brain into a maddening frenzy. Her symptoms and ability to control them don’t go unnoticed by James, who soon recruits her and shows her the awful truth.

Half of the world’s population is infected by sentient parasites. They bind themselves to the human brain and replace the pathways for all thoughts and actions. The creatures then morph their hosts into grotesque monsters with extraordinary strengths. Winged, clawed, fanged half-humans become living nightmares. Now Marci wishes she was crazy, because the truth is worse.

She’s infected.

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24595250-ignite-the-shadows?ac=1

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Death and Desire

Author: P.H. Turner
Genre: Thriller / Suspense

Book Description:

Ancient rituals. Up-to-the minute deception.

Reporter Taylor McWhorter knows something is going on at the newly reopened uranium mine on the local Navajo reservation. The Native workers are being fired. Rumors of bad Native American spirits and shapeshifters mingle with the stink of leach pit mining. The rough red mountains and steep canyons hide more passes and getaway trails than any maze. And Taylor’s sources keep turning up dead…

Until she meets Captain Trace Yazzie, head of the tribal police force and plenty to reckon with on his own. The chemistry between them is enough to incinerate Taylor’s rule about mixing business and pleasure. But with a murderer on the loose, priceless Navajo artifacts turning up in the wrong places, and Trace’s suggestion that spirits disturbed from looted burial sites might be part of the problem, Taylor can’t afford to lose her head to lust. This might be the story of the year. But unless she keeps her wits about her, it could be the last one Taylor ever tells…

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23210250-death-and-desire

Cover Reveal & Giveaway - The Demon's Deadline by Tori Centanni

Today we're excited to reveal the cover and share a teaser for The Demon's Deadline by Tori Centanni. This is a paranormal young adult novel for ages 14+. It releases April 2nd from OddRocket.

The Demon's Deadline

Author: Tori Centanni

Genre: YA Paranormal

Bittersweet (Faerie Song Trilogy #2)

Author: Michele Barrow-Belisle

Published by: Astraea Press

Publication Date: March 24th, 2015

Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult

Blog Tour Dream Cast & Giveaway - The Crimson Gate (The Violet Hour #2) by Whitney A. Miller

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The Crimson Gate
(The Violet Hour #2)
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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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22061231-the-crimson-gate

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Lexi Goes on Vacation to the Outer Banks

Author: Janice Wills Kingsbury

Genre: Children's Book

Date Published: October 2014

Book Description:

Ms. Janice and Mr. Rob have vacationed in the seashore town of Duck in North Carolina for 10 years. Duck is a friendly place with sandy beaches where children and dogs romp to their hearts content. This year Lexi, a new addition to their dog family, will come too. But the vacation will be like no other and as the sun sets on the beach it promises to be a long night, one the family will never forget!

Full color illustrations appeal to children and make the book come alive. The action and adventure encourage children to read to the end and learn new vocabulary. Even reluctant readers will want to finish the story.

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The Letting
Author: Cathrine Goldstein

Release Date: 12/15/14

Pages: 335

Summary from Goodreads:

What if the Devil doesn’t know he’s the Devil?

This is the question Veronica “Ronnie” Billings poses to Phoenix, her sworn enemy, the leader of the Peaceful Revolution, and the one she loves.

Kidnapped by Phoenix’s rebels, Ronnie learns how wrong she has been. She had no idea that her patriotism was wasted on a corrupt government. Ronnie was proud to be a Leader; taking hundreds of harvested girls to the Letting facility. After all, she was saving them from future Couplings and bringing them to the safety of the New World. Or so she thought…

Confused, Ronnie realizes the only way to discover the truth is to trust her heart. Together, Phoenix and Ronnie devise a plan to stop their corrupt government and preempt the dangerous rebel coup which is approaching. But when their plan goes awry, will Ronnie be strong enough to save Phoenix, her country, and herself?