Book Blitz & Giveaway - Such A Secret Place by Cortney Pearson

Such A Secret Place
(Stolen Tears #1)
Author: Cortney Pearson
Publication Date: April 1st, 2015
Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult

Book Description:
Raids splatter across the news–Arcaian soldiers are stealing magic left and right, using it against the people they steal it from.

When sixteen-year-old Ambry Csille’s brother gets taken in one of these raids, her utter fear and panic should be enough to invoke tears in any normal world. But for Ambry, tears are a thing of the past.

Because of a spell, people can no longer feel emotion; not enough to cry, and definitely not enough to defend themselves against the tyrannical soldiers stealing her people’s magic. A rare vial of enchanted tears chooses Ambry to reverse the spell, and soon she finds herself the target not only of the Arcaians, but of battle-scarred Talon Haraway, who wants the tears for his own reasons.

All Ambry wants is to rescue her brother, but when her tears get stolen, Ambry determines to work with Talon to get them back. Any day the Arcaians could drink her tears. Any day they’ll succeed at draining her people’s magic completely, and all hope will be gone—not only for her brother, but for her world.

Buy Links:
Amazon ¦ B&N ¦ Kobo

Blog Tour Excerpt - Omari and the People by Stephen Whitfield

Tour Page

Omari and the People

Author: Stephen Whitfield
Genre: Action/Adventure - Historical Adventure

Date Published: October 2014


Book Description:
In an ancient time, a people made homeless by a devastating fire are led across a treacherous desert by a thrill-seeking thief, to a land he doesn't believe exists - and he started the fire.

In a squalid ancient city on the edge of a desert (based on descriptions of the African Sahara’s Empty Quarter,) a weary, thrill-seeking thief named Omari sets his home on fire to start anew and cover his many crimes. When the entire city is unintentionally destroyed by the flames, the cornered thief tells the displaced people a lie about a better place to which only he can lead them, across the desert. With the help of an aged, mysterious woman who knows a better place actually does exist, they set out. The disparate people must come together to fight their way through bandits, storms, epidemics, and more. As a result of Omari's involvement with Saba, a fiercely independent woman who is out to break him in the pay of a merchant whom he has offended, his ability to lead - his very life - is jeopardized.

Buy Links:

Amazon ¦ Kindle ¦ B&N

Book Blast & Giveaway - Charlatan's Magic by Patrick Bran

Tour Page

Charlatan's Magic

Author: Patrick Bran

Book Description:

Love, Trickery, Murder. All are abundant in the Jewel City. Ben is a schemer and a pickpocket. He knows the city well...and he is torn. Does he betray the woman he loves? Does he have a choice? Will he follow his heart, firmly in the grasp of the beautiful Athena, or give in to the unsavory life he knows?

Buy Links:

Amazon

Blog Tour Music Playlist & Giveaway - Guardians (Wasteland #3) by Susan Kim & Laurence Klavan

Tour Page

Guardians
(Wasteland #3)
Authors: Susan Kim & Laurence Klavan
Genre: YA Sci-Fi

Book Description:
The Emmy Award-nominated and Edgar Award-winning duo of Susan Kim and Laurence Klavan deliver a heart-pounding finale to the postapocalyptic teen world of the Wasteland, filled with dramatic twists and turns. Bestselling author of Criminal, Karin Slaughter, called Wasteland "a Lord of the Flies for future generations. An irresistible page-turner."

No one dares to leave the District—the towering structure of glass and steel that is their protection against the unruly bands of Outsiders that roam Mundreel and the deadly rain that carries the disease that kills all over the age of nineteen.

This skyscraper stands amid the urban devastation, the city rumored to have once been called "Montreal." Esther and her allies have created a haven on the rooftop, a garden that flourishes, and a home for her new baby, hidden from all but the very few who know her secret. But as Gideon's power grows and factions form, the ultimate darkness is born from greed, and Esther must find a way to save the citizens from themselves.

Buy Links: 

Amazon | B&N | Book Depository

Fool for Books Giveaway Hop - Amazon Gift Card or Paypal Cash

Fool for Books Giveaway Hop
April 1st - 7th

Hosted by I Am A Reader, Not A Writer

Several blogs are taking part, so there's lots of amazing gifts to be won. Check out the rules of the other blogs. I will contact the winner via email within 5 days following the end of the contest. Winner will also be announced on this page.

***Giveaway***

My giveaway is for a $10 Amazon Gift Card or Paypal cash.

Ends April 7th (midnight GMT).

International.

Contest is void where prohibited. Entrants must be 13 or else have parent or guardian’s permission to enter. Winners will be notified via email and will have 48 hours to respond or another winner will be selected. The winner will be posted on this page after the winner responds. Winning entries will be verified for authenticity.

Enter the giveaway and then hop on to the next one.

Thanks and good luck to everyone!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Blog Tour Excerpt & Giveaway - Deadly Portfolio by John Hohn

July 2008. Four families are riding high on heady market returns until the body of Rene McAllister, wife of multi-millionaire Alan “Mac” McAllister, washes up on the beach after a daylong Fourth-of-July bash at the home of stockbroker, Matthew Wirth. Eager to avoid publicity, authorities dismiss her death as an accident. Days later, when the body of college drop out, Jamie Sherman, a neighbor to Wirth, is discovered adrift in his fishing skiff, investigators suspect foul play, but the Medical Examiner reports that the youth died of a drug overdose. Only Detective James Raker, upon hearing McAllister’s complaints of unauthorized trading in his deceased wife’s account, suspects the two deaths are related. Bucking his superiors, Raker plunges into an investigation and quickly discovers that at least four members of the affluent lakeside community had motive and opportunity in either one or both of the deaths. Raker’s pursuit slams headlong into an investigation being conducted by the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) who were closing in on Jamie Sherman’s drug dealings in the affluent neighborhood.

Ignoring the orders to drop his investigation, Raker fears that the killer will attack again and races to prevent it. The killer does strike for a third time but, tragically, claims the wrong victim. The story is set in the fictitious bedroom community on Heron Lake, NC, a short commute from Charles City, a metropolitan area of more than 1,000,000 and the financial center of the state.

Buy Links:
Amazon ¦ Kindle ¦ Smashwords

Cover Reveal & Giveaway - Rachel’s Deception by Karen Ann Hopkins

Rachel's Deception
Author: Karen Ann Hopkins
Publication Date: May 2015
Genre: YA Contemporary Romance
Publisher: HarlequinTEEN

Book Blast & Giveaway - This Heart of Mine by Brenda Novak

Tour Page

This Heart of Mine
Author:Brenda Novak
Genre: Contemporary Romance

Book Description: 
4.5 Stars TOP PICK from RT Book Reviews!

First love. Second chance?

As the daughter of a hoarder, Phoenix Fuller had a tough childhood. So when the handsome, popular Riley Stinson became her boyfriend in high school, she finally felt as though she had something to be proud of. Phoenix was desperate not to lose him—especially once she found out she was pregnant. Yes, she might have acted a bit obsessive when he broke up with her. But she did not run down the girl he started dating next.

Unfortunately, there was no way to prove her innocence. Now, after serving her time in prison, Phoenix has been released. All she wants to do is return to Whiskey Creek and get to know her son. But Jacob’s father isn’t exactly welcoming.

Riley doesn’t trust Phoenix, doesn’t want her in Jacob’s life. He is, however, ready to find someone to love. And he wants a good mother for his son. He has no idea that he’s about to find both!

Buy Links: 

Amazon ¦ Kindle ¦ B&N ¦ Nook ¦ iBooks ¦ Kobo

Blog Tour Spotlight & Giveaway - Dark Alchemy by Laura Bickle

Dark Alchemy
Author: Laura Bickle

Stephen King’s The Gunslinger meets Breaking Bad in Laura Bickle’s novel Dark Alchemy.

Book Description: 
Some secrets are better left buried…

Geologist Petra Dee arrives in Wyoming looking for clues to her father’s disappearance years before. What she finds instead is Temperance, a dying Western town with a gold rush past and a meth-infested present.

But under the town’s dust and quiet, an old power is shifting. When bodies start turning up - desiccated and twisted skeletons that Petra can’t scientifically explain - her investigations land her in the middle of a covert war between the town’s most powerful interests. Petra’s father wasn’t the only one searching for the alchemical secrets of Temperance, and those still looking are now ready to kill.

Armed with nothing but shaky alliances, a pair of antique guns, and a relic she doesn’t understand, the only thing Petra knows for sure is that she and her coyote sidekick are going to have to move fast, or die next.

On-sale: 3/24

Buy Links: 
Amazon ¦ B&N ¦ GoogleBooks ¦ HarperCollins

Book Blitz & Giveaway - Bittersweet (Faerie Song Trilogy, #2) by Michele Barrow-Belisle

Bittersweet
(Faerie Song Trilogy, #2) 
Author: Michele Barrow-Belisle 
Release Date: 03/24/15 

Summary from Goodreads:
To save the Faery world and her mother’s life, Lorelei sacrificed everything, and the dangerous bargain she made in Nevermore had lasting repercussions. Now safely back in her own world, Lorelei seems the same to her highschool friends and her supernatural boyfriend. Yet love across dimensions is complicated, especially when an invisible Veil between the two worlds—the only bridge that links the pair, is sealing, threatening to separate Lorelei and Adrius forever. 

Determined to find a solution, Lorelei resorts to using her new found powers. But when her friends succumb to the same mysterious illness that nearly took her mother’s life, Lorelei can’t help but wonder if her own dark magic is responsible. Still, the nightmares from Nevermore continue their icy hold. Someone from Adrius’s past arrives, determined to destroy Lorelei’s world starting with those closest to her, and Lorelei is forced to choose between her family and friends and a love that was ill-fated from the start. 

Buy Links:

Amazon│Amazon CA│Amazon UK│Kobo Books│Smashwords

Book Of The Month - Save Me From Eternity {Wattpad}

And the Book Of The Month Award goes to:

Save Me From Eternity

Author: Kerry Dorset
Genre: YA/NA Fantasy

Book Description (from Wattpad):

When rebellious vampire Annlin Crawford starts her new job as a NY cop, she has no idea that her whole life will be turned upside down just in a matter of hours. It is a routine stalking complaint that gets her to meet the perpetrator, Nicolas Dubois, who has an excuse for hanging around his victim – he is his guardian angel. But Nicolas is not your regular protector, he is a bad ass on probation who tends to get himself into a lot of trouble with his bosses.

Conflict is pre-programmed, after all, angels and vampires are sworn enemies. The two will shy at nothing to fight and plot against each other since Nicolas doesn’t want to end up in the depth of hell and Annlin with a stake in her heart.

There is only one problem - a long time ago, they were destined to be with one another under
the stars. And soon there will come a time where they will either go down the path of total destruction or save each other from eternity.

Caution: Contains humor - read at your own discretion.

Click here to read the book.

Release Day Event & Giveaway - Slayed on the Slopes by Kate Dyer-Seely

Welcome to the release day event for Slayed on the Slopes by Kate Dyer-Seeley! This is the second book in the Pacific Northwest Mystery series. Slayed on the Slopes released March 31st by Kensington Publishing.

Slayed on the Slopes

Author: Kate Dyer-Seely

Book Description:

After talking her way into a job writing for Portland’s Northwest Extreme magazine, Meg Reed may now really be in over her head. Actually, about 8,000 feet over her head. . .

She’s at Mount Hood’s remote Silcox Hut, covering the seriously hardcore Ridge Rangers—Oregon’s elite high-altitude rescue team–during their four-day winter training. Sure, Meg beefed up her outdoor skills over the summer . . . but she’s still hoping to cover the event with some hot chocolate by the cheery fireplace. Then, during a sudden blizzard, she swears she hears gunshots. No one stranded in the hut believes her . . . until self-absorbed Ridge Ranger Ben Rogers is found outside in a pool of frozen blood. Meg’s now got to find this killer quickly . . . before cabin fever does them all in!

Buy Links:

Amazon | B&N

Blog Tour Spotlight & Giveaway - Becoming Andy Hunsinger by Jere' M. Fishback

Becoming Andy Hunsinger
Author: Jere' M. Fishback
Genre: Historical romance, GLBT, Historical,Edgy Young Adult
Publisher: Prizm Books
Date of Publication: December 30, 2014
Number of pages: 208
Word Count: 65,800
Cover Artist: Fiona Jayde 

Book Description: 
It's 1976, and Anita Bryant's homophobic "Save Our Children" crusade rages through Florida. When Andy Hunsinger, a closeted gay college student, joins in a demonstration protesting Bryant's appearance in Tallahassee, his straight boy image is shattered when he's "outed" by a TV news reporter.

In the months following, Andy discovers just what it means to be openly gay in a society that condemns love between two men.

Can Andy's friendship with Travis, a devout Christian who's fighting his own sexual urges, develop into something deeper?

Buy Links:

Amazon ¦ Prizm Books

Blog Tour Spotlight & Giveaway - Tillie's Tale by Mindy Mymudes

We are so excited to be sharing with you this adorable puppy mystery.

Who is the mysterious ghosty haunting puppygirl Tillie?

And why?

George the magical basset hound familiar is on the trail.

Pre-Order Links:

Amazon

Cover Reveal & Giveaway - Red Sky Dawning by Ian J. Malone

Tour Page

Red Sky Dawning

Author: Ian J. Malone

Book Blitz & Giveaway - Bone Dry by Cady Vance

Check out the promo event for the first book in Cady Vance's paranormal series.

Tour Page

Bone Dry

Author: Cady Vance

Series: Soul Shamans #1
Release date: February 3rd, 2015
Publisher: Sagan Press

Purchase: Amazon

Synopsis via Goodreads:
Sometimes it isn’t as easy as choosing right or wrong.

 

Sixteen-year-old Holly Bennett is a comic book nerd, a con artist, and a shaman. Most days Holly wishes she could trade in her power of spirit communication for something more useful--like fireballs or Wolverine claws. She knows spirits aren't exactly Casper the Friendly Ghosts. They're dangerous beings from Lower World who snack on human life, and messing with the magic from their world is an express ticket to big trouble. But when a shaman sticks her mom's mind between their world and ours, Holly becomes the unexpected breadwinner in the family. She uses her burgeoning shaman powers to set up fake hauntings and "banish" the so-called ghosts from her wealthy classmates' bedrooms. For a fee, of course.

 

When actual spirits start manifesting, Holly discovers that other shamans have come to town, summoning life-sucking spirits for their own ends. And the newcomers may just hold the clue Holly's been looking for--the one that can release her mom's mind from its Lower World prison. With the help of both a cute web comic artist and her partner-in-con, Holly plots to take them down, throwing her into a whirlwind of speedboat getaways, breaking and entering, and astral projections into the spirit world. And as her mom's mind slips further away, Holly has to fight to save her, and the rest of the town, before they get sucked into Lower World permanently.