Unstrung
by Kendra C. Highley
Genre: Young Adult Sci Fi/Dystopian
Date Published: October 17, 2014
by Kendra C. Highley
Genre: Young Adult Sci Fi/Dystopian
Date Published: October 17, 2014
Tuesday 14 October 2014
Monday 13 October 2014
Blog Tour Spotlight & Giveaway - Borealis Ardor by Kay Phoenix
Borealis
Ardor
Seasons
of Passion
Winter
Winds
by Kay
Phoenix
Genre: Paranormal romance
Publisher: MuseItUp Publishing
Number of
pages: 58
Word Count: 14,709
Cover
Artist: Suzannah Safi
Book
Description:
Lauren Madison’s
life started unraveling at a speed too fast for her to keep up with. Every
truth she had taken for granted was torn away, and the pieces that were left
painted no clear pictures at all…only more confusion.
The only pillar
of strength in her fragile life was David Wagner, her bodyguard who was placed
in witness protection. But, what had he seen that day, and why couldn’t she
remember?
She had no
choice but to run. And if her life was threatened again, who would be there to
protect her?
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Book Blitz & Giveaway - Frost by Kate Avery Ellison
Frost
(The Frost Chronicles #1)
by Kate Avery Ellison
Publication Date: March 28th, 2012
Genre: YA Dystopia
Synopsis:
In the icy, monster-plagued world of the Frost, one wrong move and a person
could end up dead—and Lia Weaver knows this better than anyone.
After monsters kill her parents, Lia must keep the family farm running
despite the freezing cold and threat of monster attacks or risk losing her
siblings to reassignment by the village Elders. With dangers on all sides and
failure just one wrong step away, she can’t afford to let her emotions lead her
astray. So when her sister finds a fugitive bleeding to death in the forest—a
young stranger named Gabe—Lia surprises herself and does the unthinkable.
She saves his life.
Giving shelter to the fugitive could get her in trouble. The Elders have always described the advanced society of people beyond the Frost, the “Farthers,” as ruthless and cruel. But Lia is startled to find that Gabe is empathetic and intelligent…and handsome. She might even be falling in love with him.
But time is running out. The monsters from the forest circle the farm at night. The village leader is starting to ask questions. Farther soldiers are searching for Gabe. Lia must locate a secret organization called the Thorns to help Gabe escape to safety, but every move she makes puts her in more danger.
She saves his life.
Giving shelter to the fugitive could get her in trouble. The Elders have always described the advanced society of people beyond the Frost, the “Farthers,” as ruthless and cruel. But Lia is startled to find that Gabe is empathetic and intelligent…and handsome. She might even be falling in love with him.
But time is running out. The monsters from the forest circle the farm at night. The village leader is starting to ask questions. Farther soldiers are searching for Gabe. Lia must locate a secret organization called the Thorns to help Gabe escape to safety, but every move she makes puts her in more danger.
Sunday 12 October 2014
Blog Tour Excerpt & Giveaway - Exquisite Captive by Heather Demetrios
Exquisite Captive
Dark Caravan Cycle #1
Author: Heather Demetrios
Release Date: October 7th, 2014
Publisher: Balzer+Bray
Book Description:
Forced to obey her master.
Compelled to help her enemy.
Determined to free herself.
Nalia is a jinni of tremendous ancient power, the only survivor of a coup that killed nearly everyone she loved. Stuffed into a bottle and sold by a slave trader, she’s now in hiding on the dark caravan, the lucrative jinni slave trade between Arjinna and Earth, where jinn are forced to grant wishes and obey their human masters’ every command. She’d give almost anything to be free of the golden shackles that bind her to Malek, her handsome, cruel master, and his lavish Hollywood lifestyle.
Enter Raif, the enigmatic leader of Arjinna’s revolution and Nalia’s sworn enemy. He promises to free Nalia from her master so that she can return to her ravaged homeland and free her imprisoned brother—all for an unbearably high price. Nalia’s not sure she can trust him, but Raif’s her only hope of escape. With her enemies on the hunt, Earth has become more perilous than ever for Nalia. There’s just one catch: for Raif’s unbinding magic to work, Nalia must gain possession of her bottle…and convince the dangerously persuasive Malek that she truly loves him. Battling a dark past and harboring a terrible secret, Nalia soon realizes her freedom may come at a price too terrible to pay: but how far is she willing to go for it?
Inspired by Arabian Nights, EXQUISITE CAPTIVE brings to life a deliciously seductive world where a wish can be a curse and shadows are sometimes safer than the light.
Dark Caravan Cycle #1
Author: Heather Demetrios
Release Date: October 7th, 2014
Publisher: Balzer+Bray
Book Description:
Forced to obey her master.
Compelled to help her enemy.
Determined to free herself.
Nalia is a jinni of tremendous ancient power, the only survivor of a coup that killed nearly everyone she loved. Stuffed into a bottle and sold by a slave trader, she’s now in hiding on the dark caravan, the lucrative jinni slave trade between Arjinna and Earth, where jinn are forced to grant wishes and obey their human masters’ every command. She’d give almost anything to be free of the golden shackles that bind her to Malek, her handsome, cruel master, and his lavish Hollywood lifestyle.
Enter Raif, the enigmatic leader of Arjinna’s revolution and Nalia’s sworn enemy. He promises to free Nalia from her master so that she can return to her ravaged homeland and free her imprisoned brother—all for an unbearably high price. Nalia’s not sure she can trust him, but Raif’s her only hope of escape. With her enemies on the hunt, Earth has become more perilous than ever for Nalia. There’s just one catch: for Raif’s unbinding magic to work, Nalia must gain possession of her bottle…and convince the dangerously persuasive Malek that she truly loves him. Battling a dark past and harboring a terrible secret, Nalia soon realizes her freedom may come at a price too terrible to pay: but how far is she willing to go for it?
Inspired by Arabian Nights, EXQUISITE CAPTIVE brings to life a deliciously seductive world where a wish can be a curse and shadows are sometimes safer than the light.
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Book Blitz & Giveaway - Isla's Inheritance by Cassandra Page
Isla’s
Inheritance
by Cassandra Page
Genre:
Young adult urban fantasy
Release
date: 9 October 2014
Summary from Goodreads:
Isla was content to let her father keep
his secrets, but now she can’t stand the touch of iron and her dreams are
developing a life of their own. She must discover the truth — before it’s too
late.
Seventeen-year-old
Isla Blackman only agrees to participate in a Halloween party séance because
Dominic, an old crush, wants to. She is sure nothing will happen when they try
to contact the spirit of her mother. But the séance receives a chilling reply.
SHE
IS NOT DEAD.
Isla
doesn’t want to upset her father by prying into the family history he never
discusses. When the mysterious and unearthly Jack offers to help her discover
the truth, Isla must master her new abilities to protect her loved ones from
enemies she never knew existed.
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Cover Reveal & Giveaway - Slayed on the Slopes by Kate Dyer-Seeley
I'm excited to be part of the cover reveal for Slayed on the Slopes by Kate Dyer-Seeley! Slayed on the Slopes is the second book in the Pacific Northwest Mystery series and releases the end of March 2015. The first book, Scene of the Climb is available now.
Slayed on the Slopes
by Kate Dyer-Seeley
Saturday 11 October 2014
Blog Tour Excerpt & Giveaway - Charming by Krystal Wade
Charming
by Krystal Wade
Published by: Curiosity Quills
Press
Publication Date: October 6th, 2014
Genres: Thriller, Young
Adult
Synopsis:
They say what doesn’t kill
you makes you stronger, and that’s great . . . as long as you don’t die.
Sixteen-year-old Haley Tremaine had it all: top-notch school, fantastic
family, and a bright future, but all of that changed when an accident tore her
family apart. Now, an alcoholic father, a bitter younger sister, and a cold
headstone bearing her mother’s name are all she has left.
Chris Charming has it all: a powerful CEO for a father, a prestigious school,
and a fortune at his fingertips, but none of that matters when he lands a
reputation as a troublemaker. Struggling to follow in his father’s footsteps, he
reaches out to the one person he believes truly sees him, the one person he
wants: Haley.
Little do they know someone’s determined to bring the two together, even if
it means murder.
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Book Blitz & Giveaway - Day Zero by Summer Lane
Day Zero
(The Zero Trilogy #1)
by Summer Lane
Publication Date:
October 10th, 2014
Genre: YA Dystopia
Synopsis:
Elle is a survivor.
Since the collapse of modern society, she's been
living in the remains of downtown Hollywood, California, foraging for food and
fighting for her life.
And then everything changes.
After she is forced
out of her home, she heads north. What she finds is a group of bunker survivors,
unlikely comrades, and the hope of a safe haven. Together, they journey toward
the dregs of civilization, facing starvation, imprisonment and death.
They
are alone, but they are ready.
Day Zero begins today.
Day Zero is a
novella, the first installment in The Zero Trilogy, a novella series
complementing the international bestselling Collapse Series.
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Book Of The Week {Wattpad}
And the Book Of The Week Nominations are:
Click on the book covers to sample the works.
Click on the book covers to sample the works.
The Winter War (Historical Fiction / Adventure)
Civil Disagreement ( YA Romance / Short Story)
Pitch Black (Romance)
Friday 10 October 2014
Blog Tour Excerpt & Giveaways - Not in the Script by Amy Finnegan
Not in the Script
by Amy Finnegan
Synopsis:
Millions of people witnessed Emma Taylor’s first
kiss—a kiss that needed twelve takes and four camera angles to get right. After
spending nearly all of her teen years performing on cue, Emma wonders if any
part of her life is real anymore . . . particularly her
relationships.
Jake Elliott’s face is on magazine ads around the world,
but his lucrative modeling deals were a poor substitute for what he had to leave
behind. Now acting is offering Jake everything he wants: close proximity to
home; an opportunity to finally start school; and plenty of time with the smart
and irresistible Emma Taylor . . . if she would just give him a
chance.
When Jake takes Emma behind the scenes of his real life, she
begins to see how genuine he is, but on-set relationships always end badly.
Don’t they? Toss in Hollywood’s most notorious heartthrob and a resident diva
who may or may not be as evil as she seems, and the production of Coyote Hills
heats up in unexpected—and romantic—ways.
This novel in the deliciously fun If Only romance line proves that the best kinds of love stories don’t follow a script.
This novel in the deliciously fun If Only romance line proves that the best kinds of love stories don’t follow a script.
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Book Blast & Giveaway - Unstrung by Kendra C. Highley
Unstrung
by Kendra C. Highley
Book Summary:
Lexa Pate, seventeen-year-old thief extraordinaire, has burned a bridge or two in her life. You don’t make a career out of stealing other people’s property without making enemies.
When a risky job goes from bad to worse, Lexa and her adopted family find themselves on Precipice Corporation’s hit list because they’ve accidentally stolen the wrong thing—plans for a new model of genetically engineered super humans. Now, every bounty hunter, cop on the take, and snitch in the city is after them.
Lexa’s world crumbles around her as she fights to keep her family safe even as someone strolls out of her forgotten past. Quinn claims to know who Lexa really is, but can she trust a stranger she met while robbing his boss?
More importantly, does she really want to know what Quinn has to tell her?
Based on the fairy tale Pinocchio, UNSTRUNG takes you into a near future world where the lines between fake and real are blurred, all that’s pristine isn’t always innocent, and being a criminal isn’t always wrong.
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Bookvie: A Walk Among The Tombstones - out September 19, 2014 (USA)
Who's in it:
Liam Neeson, Dan Stevens, David Harbour
What's it all about (book blurb from Goodreads):
Matthew Scudder Crime Novel #10. "When Lawrence Block is in his Matthew Scudder mode, crime fiction can sidle up so close to literature that often there's no degree of difference" (The Philadelphia Inquirer). — A ruthless, ingenious pair of entrepreneurial monsters is preying on the loved ones of those who live outside the law. Though he has no love for drug dealers and poison peddlers, ex-cop-turned-p.i. Matthew Scudder now must help them put two thrill-kill extortionists out of business -- before another drop of innocent blood is spilled.
About Scudder: Matt Scudder -- ex-cop, unlicensed private eye, sober alcoholic -- is an unusual hero. Consorting with cops and criminals alike, Scudder's a man who believes in justice, but who knows that no one is innocent. He is the complex and intriguing hero of a classic contemporary noir series by Grand Master of Mystery Lawrence Block.
Thursday 9 October 2014
Blog Tour Spotlight - Divine Judgment by JoAnna Grace
Divine
Judgment
The
Divine Chronicles
Book
3
by JoAnna
Grace
Genre:
Paranormal romance
Number of pages:
271
Word Count:
85500
Cover Artist:
jleeann.com
Book
Description:
One warrior
fights for the love of his life, while another warrior finds his.
The
gods have summoned…
Thracian Master,
Ryse Castille, and Deities around the world travel to the Heavens and face
their creators. It’s time for a murderer to come to justice and Ryse will have
a front row seat at the trial. The Heavens have a few unexpected surprises for
him; he prays one of them will be a reunion with his beloved Avery’s spirit.
He’ll stop at nothing to bring her home safely and see his father’s killer
brought to justice—if the gods don’t destroy the Olympian race first. Their
fate rests on his shoulders.
While
the Master is away…
Elite
Apprentice, Dante, has a monumental responsibility in Ryse’s absence. He must
watch over the widowed queen and Avery’s comatose body until her spirit is
returned. In the wake of the king’s death, the gods send Lysandra, an Oracle,
to earth to guide them through the troubling times. Weighed down by the
constant disapproval of his father, Dante finds solace in her admiring eyes.
Their unexpected affections are cultivated amidst the secrecy and constant
threat of exposure. Both Oracle and Elite are bound by their oaths—the very
things that might wrench them apart.
Blog Tour Review & Giveaway - Blade Singer by Aaron de Orive and Martha Wells
Blade Singer
by Aaron de Orive & Martha Wells
Paged: 202
Book Description:
Manuel "Manny" Boreaux, a troubled adolescent from Texas, is magically transported into the body of a goblin pickpocket in an alternate world inhabited by faerie creatures. Manny must quickly adapt to the danger all around him and try to find a way to get back home, a feat complicated by the pickpocket's association with a notorious gang of thieves. But when Manny uncovers a plot to assassinate a young king, he must enlist the aid of an elf cavalier and a cat burglar to thwart a Sidhe witch's scheme to ignite a civil war between humans and the Fae.
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Teaser Tour & Giveaway - Who R U Really? by Margo Kelly
Today we have a teaser tour for Who R U Really? by Margo Kelly. This is a young adult thriller and is available for sale now.
Who R U Really?
by Margo Kelly
(ages 12-18)
Book Description:
When Thea discovers a new role-playing game online, she breaks her parents’ rules to play. And in the world of the game, Thea falls for an older boy named Kit whose smarts and savvy can’t defeat his near-suicidal despair. Soon, he’s texting her, asking her to meet him, and talking in vague ways about how they can be together forever. As much as she suspects that this is wrong, Thea is powerless to resist Kit’s allure, and hurtles toward the very fate her parents feared most. Who R U Really? will excite you and scare you, as Thea’s life spins out of control.
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Wednesday 8 October 2014
Blog Tour Guest Post & Giveaway - Citadel of Fire by Matthew Wolf
Citadel of Fire
by Matthew Wolf
Synopsis:
Seventeen-year old Gray is descended from a
legendary hero known as a Ronin, and haunted by his forgotten past. He returns
home to a wizards’ keep, unaware he is now labeled a murderous traitor for
killing his best friend.
Returning could be a death sentence, but the
journey alone is perilous. Along the way, Gray discovers he has a grandfather.
Now he must reach the city before his only living family dies beneath a madman’s
torture. Getting there will be a challenge, however, as an enthrallingly
unpredictable woman, a dangerous desert, and a horde of thieves stand in his
way. Wielding the banished power of wind, Gray rallies against the poisonous
evil that seeks to convert the world to their mantra, “strength is life,
weakness death.”
Yet with an affable scoundrel and a clever bookworm at
his side, Gray discovers the world’s greatest secret… He is not the only one
with hero’s blood, and the legend of the Ronin walk the world once
again.
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