Blog Tour Spotlight & Giveaway - Secret of Souls by Aubrie Nixon

Secret of Souls
Age of Endings
Book 1
Aubrie Nixon

Genre: New Adult fantasy

Publisher: Winterwolf Press

Date of Publication: November 24, 2017

ISBN: 978-0988585157

Number of pages: 250

Word Count: 79,000

Cover Artist: Laura C. Cantu

and Andreea Vraciu

Book Description:

The Empire of Lucent has stood for centuries as a beacon of strength and light. But now an otherworldly realm has unleashed an army of nightmarish creatures upon the peaceful empire, spreading a lethal plague called The Decay which consumes its victims mercilessly from the inside out.

The king of the Empire of Lucent calls upon “Lady of Death” Zephera Travelle—an infamous assassin with a weakness for braided cinnamon bread and a striking aptitude for murder and mayhem. He sends her on an impossible quest to find the one person who can concoct a cure and save the realm from total annihilation.

Together with her best friend Zadkiel, mage extraordinaire Brenner, girly city-guard Oriana, and broody warrior Daegan, she embarks on a journey that will test her wits, will, and sanity. Along the way, she discovers that no one—and nothing—is as it seems, including herself.

Book Blast & Giveaway - 7th Grade Revolution by Liana Gardner

7th Grade Revolution
Author: Liana Gardner

Book Description:

WHEN UNEARTHING A NATIONAL TREASURE BECOMES A NATIONAL INCIDENT

Dennis Alexander: 

Washington Academy Middle School promises to be another in the long line of boring schools he has been expelled from.

Rhonda Snodgrass: 

Although trained from childhood in survival tactics, she tries to stay off the radar of the “cool” kids who think she’s weird.

7th grade turns out to be anything but normal when teachers announce the students’ bloodless revolution succeeded and they are now in charge. After conducting a secret-ballot vote on policy, the 7th graders emerge to find the school evacuated and the FBI lurking outside with the task of unearthing a treasure of national importance.

The students’ mission is clear—discover the treasure before the FBI locks down the building. Dennis and Rhonda lead the revolt and must work together to follow century-old clues left by a crazy Revolutionary War buff.

To stay one step ahead of the FBI, they must delve into history and amass an arsenal to defend their school … because this is WAR!

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Book Blitz & Giveaway - Joined by Mara Gan

Joined

(Joined #1)
Author: Mara Gan

Published by: Inkspell Publishing

Publication Date: September 12th, 2017

Genre: YA Fantasy

Duty and prophecy get in the way of everything.

Book Description:

All I ever wanted to do was read my books, play my sports, and help people. Life and prophecy had other things in mind.

Helping people is what I do; as an empath and semi-frequent telepath, I can easily sense and understand people’s needs and emotions. Sometimes even before they do. Being able to read everyone’s thoughts and feelings all the time can drive me crazy with anxiety, but that moment when I can finally make someone’s life better makes everything worth it.

Unfortunately, I’m also the next in line to rule the galaxy, I’m the only diplomat most planets will listen to, assassins try to kill me on an annoyingly regular basis, and a much-vaunted Prophecy has decreed that I’m going to die. Oh, and someone blew up my home planet.

Kind of a lot to deal with, right?

Too bad I just got another problem: a big, irritating, overbearing bodyguard with serious anger management issues.

And I think I’m falling for him.

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Blog Tour Spotlight & Giveaway - Betwixters: Once Upon A Time by Laura C. Cantu

Betwixters:

Once Upon A Time

Betwixters Book One

Laura C. Cantu

Genre: Middle-grade fantasy

Publisher: Winterwolfpress.com

Date of Publication: July 1, 2017

ISBN: 978-0-9885851-9-5

ASIN: B071F5M61D

Number of pages: 288

Word Count: 85,189

Cover Artist: Laura C. Cantu

Tagline: When you believe, magic awakens.

Book Description:

A mysterious forest near the cozy town of Herogate, England is more than what it seems. The gnarled trees appear to breathe, gloomy storms follow you around, and prowling shadows come to life before your very eyes. Referred to as The Dark Wood by the townsfolk, the forest is guarded by a strange old man and creatures not of this world. Even the locals never set foot in the bewitched woodlands, and trespassers have a way of turning up dead.

When Noah Walters moves to town with his parents, his father—a contractor working on a top secret project for a private security firm—makes Noah promise to never enter those woods; but he doesn’t know that Fate has other plans.

Noah and his new best friends, Ethan and Skye, are chased into The Dark Wood by Grucker, a schoolyard bully, and their lives are changed forever. They are forced into the heart of the forest, where they discover a lost fairy who needs their help to find her way back home before it's too late.

Join Noah and his friends on a magical adventure as they race against time and plunge headfirst into the unknown. They are challenged with secrets to keep, a dangerous mission to accomplish, and a test of courage that will bring them face-to-face with magical creatures they thought only existed in fairy tales.

This is more than a tale of discovery, mystery, and excitement; it’s an epic adventure that will usher you into a world where magic is in the air, in the trees, and in every heart.

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Book Blast & Giveaway - Professor Ladybug Teaches Alphabet Animals

 

Professor Ladybug Teaches Alphabet Animals

Book Description:
Practicing the alphabet is fun when your child can do it learning about animals! This workbook contains over two hundred practice pages, easy-to-follow instructions, and lots of bonus games and activities. Educational exercises include:

• Alphabet practice
• Uppercase and lowercase letter recognition and practice
• Simple drawing exercises that improve understanding
• Essential writing practice
• Practice writing rudimentary sentences
• Matching exercises
• Basic word puzzles
• And much, much more!

This workbook also encourages numerous life skills that are essential for your child, including word recognition, memory recall and creative thinking. These books allow your children to learn in a way that is both fun and highly effective! Parents with younger children can read along and explore these fun animals together! Professor Ladybug workbooks are packed with simple learning exercises that your children will be happy to complete. This workbook is designed primarily for children aged 3-6.

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Book Blitz & Giveaway - Haven by Mary Lindsey

 

Haven
Author: Mary Lindsey
Published by: Entangled Publishing
Publication Date: November 7th, 2017
Genre: YA Paranormal

Book Description:

“We all hold a beast inside. The only difference is what form it takes when freed.”

Rain Ryland has never belonged anywhere. He’s used to people judging him for his rough background, his intimidating size, and now, his orphan status. He’s always been on the outside, looking in, and he’s fine with that. Until he moves to New Wurzburg and meets Friederike Burkhart.

Freddie isn’t like normal teen girls, though. And someone wants her dead for it. Freddie warns he’d better stay far away if he wants to stay alive, but Rain’s never been good at running from trouble. For the first time, Rain has something worth fighting for, worth living for. Worth dying for.

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Blog Tour Promo & Giveaway - Eight Days on Planet Earth by Cat Jordan

Eight Days on Planet Earth
Author: Cat Jordan

Genre: YA Contemporary Fiction

Release Date: November 7th, 2017

Publisher: HarperTeen

Book Description:

A heart-wrenching romance full of twists that are sure to bring tears to readers’ eyes, from Cat Jordan, author of The Leaving Season.

How long does it take to travel twenty light years to Earth?

How long does it take to fall in love?

To the universe, eight days is a mere blip, but to Matty Jones, it may be just enough time to change his life.

On the hot summer day Matty’s dad leaves for good, a strange girl suddenly appears in the empty field next to the Jones farm—the very field in rural Pennsylvania where a spaceship supposedly landed fifty years ago. She is uniquely beautiful, sweet, and smart, and she tells Matty she’s waiting for herspaceship to pick her up and return her to her home planet. Of course she is.

Matty has heard a million impossible UFO stories for each of his seventeen years: the conspiracy theories, the wild rumors, the crazy belief in life beyond the stars. When he was a kid, he and his dad searched the skies and studied the constellations. But all of that is behind him. Dad’s gone—but now there’s Priya. She must be crazy…right?

As Matty unravels the mystery of the girl in the field, he realizes there is far more to her than he first imagined. And if he can learn to believe in what he can’t see: the universe, aliens…love…then maybe the impossible is possible, after all.

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Blog Tour Spotlight - Abuse of Discretion by Pamela Samuels Young

Abuse of Discretion

Dre Thomas Series, Book 3

Author: Pamela Samuels Young

Genre: Mystery / Thriller

Book Description:

A Kid’s Curiosity … A Parent’s Nightmare The award-winning author of Anybody’s Daughter is back with an addictive courtroom drama that gives readers a shocking look inside the juvenile criminal justice system. Graylin Alexander is a model fourteen-year-old. When his adolescent curiosity gets the best of him, Graylin finds himself embroiled in a sexting scandal that threatens to ruin his life. Jenny Ungerman, the attorney hired to defend Graylin, is smart, confident and committed. She isn’t thrilled, however, when ex-prosecutor Angela Evans joins Graylin’s defense team. The two women instantly butt heads. Can they put aside their differences long enough to ensure Graylin gets justice? Unbeknownst to Angela, her boyfriend Dre is wrestling with his own drama. Someone from his past wants him dead. For Dre, his response is simple—kill or be killed.

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Book Blitz & Giveaway - The Night Realm by Annette Marie

The Night Realm

(Spell Weaver #1)
Author: Annette Marie

Published by: Dark Owl Fantasy Inc.

Publication Date: October 20th, 2017

Genre: Adult Urban Fantasy

Book Description:

Clio would love nothing more than to go home. But as the illegitimate daughter of the nymph king, she’s stuck in the human world, exiled until she can earn a place in the royal family. Then her half-bother offers her a chance to prove herself. All she has to do is acquire some magic … by stealing it from the most dangerous spell weavers in the Underworld.

Lyre prefers to go unnoticed, which is a tricky objective for an incubus. He can’t hide his looks or his coveted spell weaving skills, but he’s learned to mask his true intentions. As an unwilling pawn of the tyrannical Hades family, he stays alive by keeping one step ahead of his masters.

Now he’s been assigned to watch over a visitor from the Overworld—one who’s definitely hiding something. And with her unholy talent for triggering chaos and catastrophe, his job just keeps getting more perilous. Clearly, she’ll never survive this world.

The thing is, he’s no longer sure he can survive it either.

On Sale for 99c

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Blog Tour Excerpt & Giveaway - Avenging Kiss by Karen Tjebben

Avenging Kiss
Author: Karen Tjebben
Genre: Psychological Romance / Suspense
Date Published: December 2016
 
Book Description:
Some sins cannot be forgiven. Those must be avenged.

When Aditya Chopra stumbled upon the decimated camp, she vowed to hunt down the men who killed her sister. The stench of burnt flesh and the taste of death in the air haunt her dreams and power her lust for vengeance. She will show no mercy.

The men of Savage Security served their country. They’d done their time in the sandbox and now enjoy their peaceful lives in the States, far from the death and mayhem of war. Will living in peace blind them to the dangerous threat that’s poised to strike?

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Blog Tour Excerpt - The Book Knights by J.G. McKenney

The Book Knights
Author: J.G. McKenney
Genre: YA Fantasy
Date Published: July 5, 2017

Book Description:
When her parents are condemned to death by Morgan Fay for the crime of reading, Arti Penderhagen becomes a fugitive. Hunted by Mordred, the sadistic police captain who recites poetry to enhance his physical strength, Arti escapes to the Isle of Avalon, a sanctuary for outlaws. There she meets an old librarian named Merl who tells her about the Grail Tome, an ancient book in Morgan Fay's possession that can alter the course of history. Can Arti steal the book in time to save her family?

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BOOK REVIEW: Evan Wood by Sara Dalton

Evan Wood

Author: Sara Dalton

Genre: NA Contemporary Romance

Book Description:

Romance was not part of Amelia's plan, until she came face to face with Evan Wood.

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MY REVIEW

It's been a few years since I first read Evan Wood, and I'd forgotten how most of the story went, but I definitely remember liking this one, and thankfully, that hasn't changed. This book has many ingredients: love and romance, fun and laughter and undoubtedly sadness and pain. While I did see places where the grammar could be tightened or the plot could be developed further so we can understand why characters reacted a certain way or understand the choices they made, I did find the story compelling, particularly Amelia's and Evan's personal struggles.

College student Amelia Graham has been longing after the handsome chap who rides the bus with her every morning, so when she goes on a blind date and discovers she's been set up with her dream guy, she is delighted. Unfortunately, Mr. Handsome (Evan Wood) isn't quite as charming as she'd imagined him to be. Quite the contrary, he's an arrogant, egotistical jerk. Still, Amelia finds herself being drawn into his world and it's not long before she unearths the true reason behind his behaviour, and it's quite a heartbreaking tale, one Amelia isn't sure she can handle. Having some skeletons in her own closet, she doesn't quite know how to deal with Evan's revelation, especially since her problems could have a detrimental effect on his health. As Amelia and Evan try to make their relationship work, they face many trials and tribulations that ultimately results in a shocking ending.

Evan Wood unravels a story of blossoming romance amid certain tragedy. The story deals with some serious issues (health concerns, domestic violence etc) that gave it more substance than the blossoming love story between Amelia and Evan, and I appreciated the way the subject matter were dealt with. The secondary characters weren't as developed as I would have liked them to be, but they did leave an impression on me, which was good enough. The story did start to feel a little rushed after Amelia discovered Evan's secret and the grammatical errors were very noticeable, which I had a problem with from time to time. I enjoyed the chemistry between Amelia and Evan, but, at times, their personalities suited that of younger characters, definitely younger than they are portrayed to be. Prior to re-reading the book, I had totally forgotten the ages of these characters, and based on the earlier chapters, I thought they were secondary school (high school) students. This wasn't an issue for me. I just thought I was reading a young adult novel as opposed to a new adult novel for the first half of the book.

Overall, it was a good and enjoyable read.

VERDICT

Award: Silver

Rating: 3 out of 5 Stars

Source: Own copy

Book Blitz & Giveaway - Wicked Fallout by Kelly Charron

Wicked Fallout

(Pretty Wicked #2)
Author: Kelly Charron

Publication Date: July 17th, 2017

Genre: Adult Thriller 

Book Description:

“Wicked Fallout is a twisty cat and mouse psychological thriller that will keep you turning pages right up to the unexpected end. A creepy mix of horror and psychological insight, Charron takes you into the mind of a killer and doesn’t let go.”
~Eileen Cook, Author of WITH MALICE 

Convicted of six murders when she was just fifteen, the notorious Ryann Wilkanson hasn’t been able to act on her darkest, deadliest urges for twelve years. She’s exhausted her appeals and has little hope of ever getting out of prison and back to hunting.

Until a media-hungry legal team mounts a campaign to do the impossible—get her immediately released with a commuted sentence.

Forensic psychiatrist Nancy Clafin has mere weeks to evaluate Ryann’s current mental state against her grisly past to determine if she’s changed. But under the shadow of her own questionable history, it’s not easy to separate her personal life from her professional duty.

At least that’s what Ryann is counting on.

Behind the cold steel doors of a Colorado maximum-security prison, will Nancy find a cold-blooded killer or a newly redeemed woman determined to right her past wrongs?

**This novel can be enjoyed as a standalone or as part of the Pretty Wicked series.

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Book Blitz & Giveaway - The Canary Club by Sherry D. Ficklin

The Canary Club

Author: Sherry D. Ficklin

Published by: Clean Teen Publishing

Publication Date: October 16th, 2017

Genre: YA Historical Romance

Book Description:

“Bad Luck” Benny is a boy from the wrong side of the tracks. Recently released from jail, he has vowed to keep his head down and stay out of trouble. But he also needs to care for his ailing sister and the rest of his struggling family, and he’ll do anything to make that happen—even if it means taking a position with a notorious crime boss. He soon finds himself in over his head—and worse still—falling for the one dame on earth he should be staying away from.

Masie is the daughter of a wealthy gangster with the voice of an angel and gun smoke in her veins. Strong-willed but trapped in a life she never wanted, she dreams of flying free from the politics and manipulation of her father. A pawn in her family’s fight for control of the city, and with a killer hot on her heels, she turns to the one person who just might be able to spring her from her gilded cage. But Masie is no angel, and her own dark secrets may come back to burn them both.

Two worlds collide in this compelling story of star-crossed lovers in gritty prohibition-era New York.

Perfect for fans of Beatriz Williams’ A CERTAIN AGE or Libba Bray’s THE DIVINERS, THE CANARY CLUB by Sherry D. Ficklin will entice Historical Romance fans of all ages. This Gatsby-era tale filled with dazzling speakeasies, vicious shoot-outs, gritty gangsters, and iridescent ingenues has also been compared to the television series Z: THE BEGINNING OF EVERYTHING and BOARDWALK EMPIRE.

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Blog Tour Promo & Giveaway - Hunter's Moon by Tess Grant

Hunter's Moon

Author: Tess Grant

Genre: YA Paranormal

Release Date: January 17th, 2017

Books We Love Ltd.

Book Description:

Kitty Irish has heard all the rumors swirling around Daniel Phinney. Most of them involve a gun, a flask, and a temper. One chance encounter with the WWII veteran over a grisly find in the woods pulls the cover off the dark secrets of their small town, and Kitty is drawn into an unlikely partnership.

Armed with an antique rifle and a handful of homemade silver bullets, the two form an efficient team. Unfortunately, their game is werewolf hunting, and disaster is only a bite away.

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Blog Tour Excerpt - Web of Lies by JG Sumner

Web of Lies
Author: JG Sumner

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Date Published: August 8, 2017

Publisher: Limitless Publishing

Book Description:

My​ ​perfect​ ​life​ ​is​ ​falling​ ​apart.  My​ ​wife​ ​is​ ​leaving​ ​me,​ ​and​ ​I’m​ ​fighting​ ​for​ ​our​ ​marriage,​ ​our​ ​kids—for​ ​her.​ ​Then​ ​she​ ​walks​ ​through the​ ​door,​ ​and​ ​everything​ ​changes. Beautiful,​ ​sweet​ ​Beth.​ ​She’s​ ​much​ ​too​ ​young,​ ​but​ ​I​ ​can’t​ ​stay​ ​away.  Despite​ ​our​ ​secrecy,​ ​someone​ ​knows.​ ​They’re​ ​using​ ​the​ ​information​ ​to​ ​destroy​ ​me.​ ​It’s​ ​not​ ​a​ ​matter of​ ​if​ ​my​ ​marriage​ ​will​ ​survive,​ ​or​ ​if​ ​I’ll​ ​be​ ​able​ ​to​ ​find​ ​happiness​ ​with​ ​my​ ​new​ ​love…it’s​ ​a​ ​matter surviving​ ​at​ ​all. I​ ​have​ ​to​ ​unravel​ ​this​ ​web​ ​of​ ​lies​ ​before​ ​it’s​ ​too​ ​late.

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