Blog Tour Promo & Giveaway - Competing with the Star by Krysten Lindsey Hager

Competing with the Star
Author: Krysten Lindsay Hager
Release Date: March 22nd, 2016
Limitless Publishing

Book Description:
The perfect guy, the perfect location. What could go wrong?

Hadley Daniels’s life seems perfect…

Before the beginning of sophomore year of high school, Hadley and her family move to a beautiful beach town, where she makes amazing new friends and lands the boyfriend of her dreams—Nick Jenkins. He’s the kind of guy every girl swoons over, and it isn’t long until Hadley discovers some are still swooning.

A famous ex-girlfriend makes matters more complicated…

After some time dating, Hadley and Nick form a deep bond. But insecurity sets in when Hadley discovers her boyfriend once had a huge crush on her friend—who just happens to be the beautiful former teen TV star, Simone Hendrickson.

The past is the past—or so they say…

Hadley confronts Nick, who confesses about his history with Simone. Though he claims to only have eyes for Hadley now, it’s hard to believe—especially when she’s blindsided with the news that Nick and Simone kissed after school.

Now Hadley must determine who is telling the truth. Love, betrayal, friendship…who needs soap opera drama when you’re busy competing with a star?

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Blog Tour Promo & Giveaway - The Thruway Killers by Harvey Havel

The Thruway Killers
Author: Harvey Havel
Genre: Fiction
Date Published: 2015

Book Description:
Droogan McPhee is the son of a wealthy entrepreneur who owns several liquor stores throughout Connecticut and Massachusetts. His step-mother is roughly Droogan's same age. Together they plot to kill his wealthy father for the inheritance money, until Droogan shoots his step-mother instead by mistake. What follows is an odyssey along the New York Thruway, as the police will stop everything to make sure that the fleeing Droogan is captured and brought to justice. 

 

Harvey Havel is a freelance writer and novelist. His first novel, Noble McCloud, was published in November of 1999. His second novel, The Imam, was published in 2000. 

In 2006, Havel published his third novel, Freedom of Association. He has just published his eighth novel, Charlie Zero's Last-Ditch Attempt, and his ninth, The Orphan of Mecca, Book One, which has just been released. He is formerly a writing instructor at Bergen Community College in Paramus, New Jersey. He also taught writing at the University of Albany (SUNY) and at the College of St. Rose, both in Albany, New York. He has a cat named Marty.

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Book Blitz & Giveaway - 12 Hours in Paradise by Kathryn Berla

12 Hours in Paradise
Author: Kathryn Berla
Published by: Limitless Publishing
Publication Date: April 19th, 2016
Genres: Romance, Young Adult 

Book Description:

Twelve hours, thirty-six questions, and a chance to fall in love… 

It’s the last day of Dorothy Patmont’s family vacation. Soon, she must head back to Reno, where all that waits for her is the cold and the snow. To top it all off, her brother, Chester, acted like a little jerk and ate one too many cookies from the sample jar in the cookie store. But his antics have an unexpected benefit—attracting the attention of an intriguing boy who could change her life forever. 

Treats can be sweet, but love is sweeter still… 

Arash Atkinson, fluent in four languages and an adventurous soul, is in Waikiki for a high school band competition. When he meets Dorothy, he realizes their time together is limited. “Come out and play,” he texts her. A night of romantic adventure ensues, and Arash discovers an app that claims it can make people fall in love after answering thirty-six questions in each other’s presence.

With each question asked, their stories and feelings continue to unfold. But with every hour that passes they’re more at risk of being found out—Dorothy, by her parents; Arash by his school chaperone. And then Arash gets the dreaded phone call—he has been discovered missing from his room, and must return immediately. Can they finish the questions before facing their consequences? 

When time is running out, true love cannot wait. What Arash and Dorothy have is beyond special, something that comes along once in a lifetime, and begins with Twelve Hours In Paradise…but can it survive the trials of the real world?

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Blog Tour Promo & Giveaway - Kisses on a Paper Airplane by Sarah Vance-Tompkins

Kisses on a Paper Airplane
Author: Sarah Vance-Tompkins
Genre: YA Contemporary Romance
Release Date: May 14th, 2016
Publisher: Inkspell Publishing

Tagline: She doesn't kiss frogs. Could a cute pop star be her Prince Charming?

Book Description:

 Drama student Hannah Evans isn't kissing any frogs on her path to find Prince Charming. She's determined to share the perfect first kiss -- with the perfect boy -- in the perfect place -- or she's not kissing anyone at all. When Hannah meets a cute ginger-haired boy in first class lounge in the London airport, she knows he's 'The One.'

Pop star Theo Callahan is on the road to get as far away as possible from his back-stabbing best friend, and his supermodel girlfriend who broke his heart. Until one shy smile from Hannah has him rethinking all of his travel plans.

Theo is smitten, but he's worried she's just a groupie in search of the ultimate selfie. Can Theo learn to trust Hannah in time to share one perfect first kiss, or will Hannah be forced to kiss a frog?

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Book Blast & Giveaway - Aqua by Katherine Armstrong Walters

Aqua

Author: Katherine Armstrong Walters

Book Description:

Eighteen-year-old Marin has few clues about where she came from, outside of a recurring nightmare of a horrific boating accident. Determined to prove to the world and to herself that she can overcome her water phobia and lead a normal life, she enrolls in a summer internship at a marine research facility in California.

When a cataclysmic accident suddenly brings her drowning nightmares into reality, she learns a secret about herself that begins to unlock the mystery lurking in her hidden memories. What she discovers could be the key to her past, but opening that door forces her to choose between two worlds and two hearts, and starts a chain of events that could destroy everything and everyone she loves.

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Book Blitz & Giveaway - The Dream Protocol: Descent by Adara Flynn Quick

The Dream Protocol: Descent
Author: Adara Flynn Quick
Publication Date: May 18th, 2016
Genres: Dystopia, Young Adult 

Book Description:

WHATEVER YOU DO, DON’T GET OLD. In fiery young Deirdre Callaghan’s home of Skellig City, no one has dreamt their own dream in over a thousand years. Dreams are produced by the Dream Makers and sold by the Ministry, the tyrannical rulers of the city. In Skellig City, years of life are awarded equally and the ruined are cast away beneath the city on their 35th birthday. 

Unbeknownst to the Ministry, Deirdre’s handsome friend Flynn Brennan is afflicted with a terrible disease – a disease that accelerates the aging process. Knowing his fate if the Ministry should ever discover his illness, Flynn has lived his whole life hiding from their watchful eyes. When Flynn’s secret is finally discovered, Deirdre is determined to free him from the Ministry’s grasp. But to save him, she will have to reveal herself to a shadowy enemy…one that none of them even knew existed.

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Blog Tour Excerpt & Giveaway - 27 Days to Midnight by Kristine Kruppa

27 Days to Midnight

Author: Kristine Kruppa

Book Description:
Everyone in Dahlia's world knows when they're going to die. Except her.

Her father has never shown her the pocket watch counting down the days she has left to live. When he sacrifices himself to save her from her scheduled death, Dahlia abandons her comfortable home and sets off after his murderer to uncover the secrets her father died to protect…and the time research that could bring him back to life.

Then she meets Farren Reed. She should hate him. He’s an enemy soldier, a cowardly deserter, and the most insufferable man Dahlia’s ever met. Still, she needs all the help she can get, and Farren is the only chance she has to find the man who murdered her father. But Farren has only twenty-seven days left on his watch.

In that time, Dahlia must recover her father’s time research, foil a psychotic general’s plot, and learn to survive in a world that will never be the same. But the research holds secrets more dangerous than she had ever imagined. She will have to choose what is most important: revenge, Farren's life, or her own. And time is running out.

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Blog Tour Promo - A Thousand Yesteryear by Mae Clair and Sin on the Run by Lucy Farago

A Thousand Yesteryears
Author: Mae Clair
Release Date: April 26, 2016
Publisher: Lyrical Underground
Genre: Thriller/Suspense
Format: Ebook

Book Description:Behind a legend lies the truth...

As a child, Eve Parrish lost her father and her best friend, Maggie Flynn, in a tragic bridge collapse. Fifteen years later, she returns to Point Pleasant to settle her deceased aunt's estate. Though much has changed about the once thriving river community, the ghost of tragedy still weighs heavily on the town, as do rumors and sightings of the Mothman, a local legend. When Eve uncovers startling information about her aunt's death, that legend is in danger of becoming all too real . . .

Caden Flynn is one of the few lucky survivors of the bridge collapse but blames himself for coercing his younger sister out that night. He's carried that guilt for fifteen years, unaware of darker currents haunting the town. It isn't long before Eve's arrival unravels an old secret-one that places her and Caden in the crosshairs of a deadly killer . . .

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Release Day Blitz & Giveaway - The Wedding Dress by Lisa Mondello

The Wedding Dress
Texas Hearts
Book Seven
The Inheritance Collection
Author: Lisa Mondello
Genre: contemporary romance
Publisher: Lisa Mondello
Date of Publication:  5/17/2016
ISBN: 9781940512228
ASIN: B017I5IAGK
Number of pages: 200
Word Count:  40,000
Cover Artist: Purple Girl Design

Book Description:
Ten years ago, Hannah Ward thought she’d found the perfect wedding dress to wear when she and her childhood sweetheart, Dane Bancroft, decided to elope right after graduation.

But instead of walking down the aisle like she dreamed of, she was not only outbid on the wedding dress at the auction by an old billionaire who didn’t need the wedding dress like she did, but she never ended up getting married. Needing to escape Dane after the break-up, she enlisted in the military and left Liberty, Texas behind.

But now she’s back, and not only does she have to face Dane, the deputy sheriff in town, but she’s just been willed the very wedding dress that was supposed to be the beginning of her and Dane’s happy life together.

Can they both get a second chance so she can finally wear the wedding dress of her dreams and marry the only man she’s ever really loved?

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Book Blitz & Giveaway - Fighter Girl by Kathryn James

Fighter Girl

Author: Kathryn James

Published by: Swoon Romance 

Publication Date: May 17th, 2016 

Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Young Adult

Book Description:

“It began three days ago with a fight. Seems that for me, everything begins with a fight…”

Sammy Jo may be strong, fast and tough, even in heels, but she gets into trouble when she fights some local thugs to save a rich boy named Gregory.

Now bad guy McCloud is after her – and he’s even more dangerous than her forbidden love for Gregory.

Fighter Girl was published in the United Kingdom under the title GYPSY GIRL.

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Book Blast & Giveaway - The Secret Door by Stephanie Burkhart

The Secret Door

Author: Stephanie Burkhart

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Book Description:

It's 1927 and Lord Zoltan Kristos, Hungary's Minister of the Interior, takes great pains to hide the fact he's a werewolf from the world. Despite his efforts, he's recognized when he goes to the Austrian-Hungarian border to inspect the area for damage from a recent rare earthquake.

Zoltan is accused of stealing Kurt Meklau's witch, Inna, and is recklessly followed to Volturn Manor, a residence belonging to another werewolf family, the Vargas. After a fight with Meklau, Zoltan barely escapes and his adversary is found dead.

Sophia Varga and Tomas Martin find Zoltan. Sophia is determine to attend to Zoltan's injuries and protect her home, but when Kurt's father, Marcus, comes seeking revenge, Sophia is tested like never before. As Zoltan and Sophia work together, attraction and desire flame between them.

Will the secrets Volturn Manor harbors offer Zoltan and Sophia the clues they need to defeat Marcus and give them the opportunity to explore their feelings for one another?

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Book Adaptation Tour & Giveaway: Teen Zombie Show by David Santo

READ BEFORE IT HITS THE SCREEN: TEEN ZOMBIE SHOW: SECRET CONFESSIONS OF THE REAL CHARACTERS BY DAVID SANTO

TEEN ZOMBIE SHOW BOOK ADAPTATION TOUR
MAY 2ND-31ST, 2016

Teen Zombie Show: Secret confessions of the real characters (a companion guide to the TV pilot script entitled TEEN ZOMBIE SHOW)
Author: David Santo
Published: January 2, 2016
Publisher: Bad Back Productions
Genre: YA Fiction
Pages: 54

Book Description:
This tell-all companion guide to the TEEN ZOMBIE SHOW reveals secret information and true events that helped shape and inform the creation of the TV series. It is the perfect insider’s guide on how and why the show was created. In short, by reading this, you will know things that others don’t.

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Cover Reveal - The Forgotten (Zola Flash #2) by T. Marie Alexander

The Forgotten

(Zola Flash #2)
Author: T. Marie Alexander
Genre: YA Sci-fi
Release Date: June 7th, 2016

Book Blast & Giveaway - Kaitlin's Tale by Christine Amsden

Kaitlin's Tale

Author: Christine Amsden

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Book Description:
Kaitlin Mayer is on the run from the father of her baby – a vampire who wants her to join him in deadly eternity. Terrified for her young son, she seeks sanctuary with the hunters guild. Yet they have their own plans for her son, and her hopes of safety are soon shattered.

When she runs into Matthew Blair, an old nemesis with an agenda of his own, she dares to hope for a new escape. But Matthew is a telepath, and Kaitlin’s past is full of dark secrets she never intended to reveal.

Cover Reveal - Neverland Evermore by Sarah J. Pepper

Neverland Evermore
Author: Sarah J. Pepper
Publication Date: June 11th, 2016
Genres: Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult

CBY'S Saturday Current Reads - The Cilantro in Apple Pie by Kimberley Nadine Knights

WELCOME TO CBY'S 1ST SATURDAY CURRENT READS

For the past few years, my reading habit has changed drastically. I went from reading one book a week to now trying to get through one book a month. "Trying" being the operative word here. I love writing books. I love reading the books I write. I want to love reading other books too. The problem: I can't find a book that can grab attention enough to make me want to get to the end. That's where Saturday Current Reads comes in. I need to find a book that will reignite my passion for reading, and I'm hoping that by sharing my current reading list with like-minded folk, I can get some motivation.

MY SATURDAY CURRENT READS IS:

Book Description:

Fragnut. Confused? Well so is everyone else at Lumiere Hall Prep when sixteen-year-old Rubie Keane rolls in from Trinidad and Tobago talking her weird lingo. Not that she minds the culture confusion; she's determined to leave the past behind her and be overlooked—but a certain stoic blue blood is equally as determined to foil her plans.

Gil Stromeyer's offbeat personality initially makes Rubie second-guess his sanity, but she suspects his erratic outbursts of violence mask a deeper issue in his troubled, charmed life. Despite his disturbing behavior, a gradual bond forms between the two. However, on the night of the annual Stromeyer gala, events unfold that leave Rubie stripped of her dignity and kick Gil's already fragile world off its axis.

Both their well-kept secrets are uncovered, but Gil's revelation proves that sometimes the best remedy for a bad case of lost identity, is a dash of comradery from an ally packed with flavor.

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