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Monday 16 January 2017

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January 16th to 30th

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Cover Reveal - As You Lay Sleeping by Katlyn Duncan

As You Lay Sleeping
Author: Katlyn Duncan
Published by: HQ Digital
Publication Date: February 20th, 2017
Genres: Thriller, Young Adult

Promo Blitz - Toltec Dawn by R.J. Hore



Toltec Dawn
Book One of the Toltec Trilogy
Author: R.J. Hore
Genre: Science Fiction
Date Published: 2016
Publisher: eTreasures Publishing

Book Description:
Fergus mac Ogma, a youthful Irish acolyte at the Toltec Temple of Cashel has a burning desire to survive, and become something more than a native underling in a land controlled by invaders from across the ocean.

Captain Mixcoatl is settling in with his wife as commander of the Toltec fort at St Albans when he is suddenly summoned to meet with the new governor in London and learns of the plan to invade the Continent.

Rowena, the young Saxon girl, is fleeing England with her uncle the monk and attempting to reach the Continent across the Channel. Their flight is interrupted by a band of outlaws who offer to guide them.

Set in the years after the Toltec conquest of Ireland and England, three lives become entwined as they face personal desires and challenges of an occupied land, religious tension, and threat of an invasion.

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Sunday 15 January 2017

Book Blast & Giveaway - Friends ForNever by Melissa Baldwin

Friends ForNever
Author: Melissa Baldwin

Book Description:
Erin Taylor is a hard-working journalist with a serious TV addiction and lack of a social life. She’s focused on her career and determined to leave her tiny cubicle behind for a fabulous corner office! But when a new co-worker, a friendship drama, and a hot workplace crush collide, Erin finds it harder and harder to focus. Especially when that crush on the oh-so-yummy Aiden Thomas starts to materialize into what feels like a magical relationship. Erin’s life seems to finally be heading in the right direction…until suddenly friends aren’t such great friends after all, her magical relationship hits a bumpy road, and her career could be derailed by it all. Erin learns a lesson the hard way: Sometimes people aren’t who they seem to be. With her happiness on the line, can Erin rise above her disappointments and create the life she’s always dreamed of or will she be stuck being Friends ForNever?

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28671232-friends-fornever

BOOK REVIEW: My Kind of Love by Shane Morgan

My Kind of Love
Author: Shane Morgan
Genre: NA Contemporary Romance

Book Description:
Reign is convinced that Nate is the right guy for her. That’s until Micah walks into her Mom’s restaurant looking for a job. Now Reign can’t seem to stop her heart from yearning for the guy with the mysterious sea blue eyes and melting smile.

Micah is all but perfect. He’s spent eight months in a juvenile detention center back in Colorado for his unintentional involvement in a crime. Now at nineteen and hoping to escape his ghosts, he lands a part-time job working at a seaside restaurant in Newport, Rhode Island where he meets the irresistible Reign.

He can’t help the way he feels whenever he’s around her, but she’s already taken and Micah doesn't want to disrupt her life or get himself in anymore trouble. But then his attraction for Reign proves too strong to deny, and Micah finds that he just might discover a reason to stop running.

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MY REVIEW

This book has been on my radar for quite some time now, so when I finally sized down my tbr list, I was glad to start reading it. I read about three chapters and couldn't get into it, so I put it down. I left it a few weeks and gave it another try, but still, I couldn't connect with it. Finally, a few months later, I decided to give it one last try, and I'm happy to say I got through it. Why did I have such a hard time connecting with the story? Well, I suppose it's because the story felt hollow, void of memorable content, of characters that were demanding of my attention.

Micah, fresh out of juvenile detention centre, happens upon Newport, Rhode Island and lands a job at a seaside restaurant, where he meets the owner's daughter, Reign, a recent high school graduate who's looking to escape the confides of her reality. Micah and Regin share the need to run from their past, and it's the sense of them both being unfamiliar with each other, not knowing the baggage that each one comes with, that forms an attraction between them - wait, let me rephrase that. It's what should have formed an attraction between them, but, honestly, their attraction was purely sexual. From since the moment Micah caught sight of Reign in the park, it has been non-stop about her appearance - likewise with Reign, in regards to how she feels about Micah. This reference to each other's appearance was far too repetitive that it became annoying. I wanted more from these characters. I wanted to know what they had to offer? I needed a reason to care about them, and I feel I did not receive that.

One of the problems I had with Micah and Reign was that they were too alike in character. Their thoughts were almost identical to the point where it was sometimes hard to differentiate between the two. Micah had a little mystery about him and had some quick, witty dialogue during his initial interaction with Reign, but as the story progressed, and he started to show more interest in having a relationship with Reign, their interaction became a little too corny and boring. Having said that, he was more of an interesting character than Reign's boyfriend, Nate, an inconsiderate sex addict who constantly pressured Reign to lose her virginity even after she persistently told him she wasn't ready. He definitely pulled off the jerk role well, but that was the only thing expressed about him. I wouldn't have cared much about his presence except for the mere fact that Reign was presented as being reasonably intelligent, able to establish that Nate was no good for her, yet she still stuck with him. If she'd been in love with him, I could have understood and even accepted her decision to stay with him, but she wasn't, so why?

Another problem I found while reading was the constant need to have a character interpret what the other was feeling or thinking. What's my role as a reader? I want to do some thinking too. I would have liked it if the author allowed readers to contemplate a moment without outright telling us what the character is feeling or thinking. It just happened a little too frequently for my liking. I wanted to form my own impression of the characters.

There were many parts where I found the story dragged on a little too much, scenes that did nothing in way of progressing the story. It took so long for the story to go anywhere, and when it finally started to pick up, with Micah returning home to deal with the problems he had left behind, it came to an end.

The biggest issue I had with the story was the lack of motivation in the characters. Both characters felt guilt for something that happened in the past and they're both trying to escape it, but there was hardly any connection to their conflict and the events that unfolded throughout the story. The motivation just wasn't dominant or unified in any sense that it made me wonder what the point of the story was. In the end, the characters just seemed to lack purpose.

Overall, the story needed more direction and objective. It was okay but also a little underwhelming.

VERDICT:

BRONZE

Award: Bronze
Rating: 2 out of 5 Stars
Content Rating: PG-13 (one explicit sex scene)
Source: Own copy

Saturday 14 January 2017

Blog Tour Spotlight - Faith in Every Footstep by Wesley Banks

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Author: Wesley Banks
Publisher: Chasing Pace Publishing
Publication Date: 2016

Book Description:
On the eve of one of mankind's toughest races, accompanied by thirteen of America's rarest dog breed, rookie musher Kyle Walker only has one thought in mind: win. Discovered in the lowlands of South Carolina, the Carolina grays have traveled over five thousand miles to face off in the 2003 Yukon Quest. But one dog stands above the rest—King. When an unexpected storm strikes, Kyle Walker and the reigning champion are forced to turn back. Stranded at the checkpoint, Kyle and his dogs find solace in a young veterinarian with auburn hair and keen green eyes—Jenna Maynor. In this storm another race is forming, one of an Inuit man racing to save his family. Presented with the choice to help, but at the risk of his and his dogs’ lives, Kyle Walker ventures into the unknown in search of a mom and two young daughters. The Yukon Quest was founded on the premise that a dog driver and his team should be a self-sufficient unit capable of challenging varied terrain and severe weather. But these conditions may prove to be too much, even for Kyle and King.

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Cover Reveal - Rose Petal Graves by Olivia Wildenstein


Rose Petal Graves
Author:
Olivia Wildenstein
Genre: Paranormal / Faeries
Release Date: March 29th, 2017

Friday 13 January 2017

Blog Tour Promo & Giveaway - Eternal Darkness by J.F. Johns

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Eternal Darkness
Author: J.F. Johns
Genre: YA Dystopian
Release Date: January 11th, 2016

Book Description:
The world is divided between humans and cyborgs.

Scarlet Lock is neither.

She is a soldier created to kill on command. But her memory has been erased and when she awakens in a government facility she soon discovers that this new world is a dangerous place, full of government secrets and cruel experiments performed in the name of progress.

With the help of a group of cyborgs, Scarlet will fight to uncover the truth and transform the future of the new world she now lives in.

Eternal Darkness is full of suspense, action and romance and will make readers question what it means to be human.

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28533634-eternal-darkness

Trailer Reveal & Giveaway - Age of Order by Julian North



 
Age of Order
Author: Julian North
Publication Date: February 2017
Genres: Dystopian, Young Adult 


Book Description:
What if the people who thought they were better than you… really were? 

In this world, inequality is a science. Giant machines maintain order. And all people are not created equal.

Daniela Machado is offered a chance to escape the deprivation of Bronx City through a coveted slot at the elite Tuck School. There, among the highborn of Manhattan, she discovers an unimaginable world of splendor and greed. But her opportunity is part of a darker plan, and Daniela soon learns that those at society’s apex will stop at nothing to keep power for themselves. She may have a chance to change the world, if it doesn’t change her first.

Age of Order is a novel that explores the meaning of merit and inequality. Fans of the Red Queen, Divergent and Red Rising will enjoy this world of secrets and deadly intrigue, where the downtrodden must fight for a better future.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33380504-age-of-order

Cover Reveal - The Hundredth Queen by Emily R. King


 

The Hundredth Queen
Author: Emily R. King
Published by: Skyscape
Publication Date: June 1st, 2017
Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult

Thursday 12 January 2017

Blog Tour Excerpt & Giveaway - Final Mend by Angela Smith



Final Mend
Author: Angela Smith
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Date Published: June 23, 2014
Publisher: Crimson Romance

Book Description:
A recovering alcoholic, Jake Inman has found a new, healthier addiction: training for his successful triathlon career. But when his manager is murdered and beloved goddaughter kidnapped, another obsession takes hold: doing whatever it takes to find Brandon’s killer and keep Amy safe. Jake turns to a private investigator for help in solving the case, and though he finds temptation in her whiskey-colored eyes, he knows he must resist his attraction, or risk losing his heart.

After a devastating case, Winona Wall has turned her back on her skills as a private investigator, preferring a quiet life as a part-time bartender. That is, until Jake storms into the bar, demanding her help in tracking his missing godchild. Unable to resist Jake’s charm, she reluctantly agrees. But even after Amy is found unharmed, Jake insists Amy’s mother was more involved with her kidnapping than the police suspect. When the situation takes a turn for the worse, Winona must trust her instincts in order to save them all—and avoid falling in love.

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Book Blitz & Giveaway - Blue Tide by Jenna-Lynne Duncan

Blue Tide
Author: Jenna-Lynne Duncan
Published by: Clean Teen Publishing
Publication Date: January 9th, 2017
Genres: Adventure, Dystopian, Young Adult


Book Description:
An award-winning YA adventure-packed romance steeped in Middle Eastern culture and set in the Asian Pacific amongst dangerous oceans and tropical islands. 

Seventeen-year-old refugee Lux plots her escape from the island where her family is stranded, denying that her home was lost in the Floods. Lux is determined to get her old life back by any means possible. But before her feet even leave the sand, she’s taken hostage by a vengeance-driven pirate nearly as young as she is. 

Her capture is the key to his freedom… 

Captain Draven’s scarf veils more than his face. Underneath, he struggles between morality and survival. When Lux sees deeper into his motivations, she’s torn. She can commit mutiny to escape to a home that may no longer exist, or she can try to help Draven escape the clutches of the person responsible for the deaths of half the world. Staying would mean entrusting her life to a pirate. Helping Draven would mean losing her heart to one.

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29725377-blue-tide?ac=1&from_search=true

Cover Reveal - Chameleon By Zoe Kalo



Chameleon
Author: Zoe Kalo
Genre: YA/Gothic/Ghost/Multicultural
Word Count: 55,000
Release Date: February 2017

Wednesday 11 January 2017

Blog Tour Spotlight & Giveaway - Between Two Evils by D.L. Orton



Crossing In Time
Between Two Evils Book 1
Author: D. L. Orton
Genre: An Edgy Sci-Fi Love Story

Book Description:
If someone took everything you live for, how far would you go to get it back?

When offered a one-way trip to the past, Iz sacrifices everything for a chance to change her dystopian future—and see her murdered lover one last time.

After a perilous journey through a black hole, she wakes up on a tropical beach, buck naked and mortally wounded—but twenty years younger! With only hours to live, she must convince an enraptured but skeptical twenty-something guy to fix their future relationship and thereby save the planet (no one is quite sure why.)

But it's easier said than done, as success means losing him to a brainy, smart-mouthed bombshell (her younger self), and that's a heartbreaker, save the world or not.

Across the infinite expanse of space and time, love endures...

(Unfortunately, it’s not going to be enough.)

FALL INTO THIS EDGY, action-packed, darkly comedic, dystopian love story, and be prepared to encounter a finicky time machine, a mysterious seashell, and a very clever dog (some sex, some swearing, some violence, but no vampires and absolutely no ditzes.)

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http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24934981-crossing-in-time

Book Blitz & Giveaway - You Don't Know My Name by Kristen Orlando



You Don’t Know My Name
(The Black Angel Chronicles #1)

Author: Kristen Orlando
Published by: Swoon Reads
Publication Date: January 10th, 2017
Genres: Contemporary, Young Adult 

Book Description:
Fighter, Faker, Student, Spy. 

Seventeen-year-old Reagan Elizabeth Hillis is used to changing identities overnight, lying to every friend she’s ever had, and pushing away anyone who gets too close. Trained in mortal combat and weaponry her entire life, Reagan is expected to follow in her parents’ footsteps and join the ranks of the most powerful top-secret agency in the world, the Black Angels. Falling in love with the boy next door was never part of the plan.

Now Reagan has to decide: Will she use her incredible talents and lead the dangerous life she was born into, or throw it all away to follow her heart and embrace the normal life she’s always wanted? And does she even have a choice at all?

Find out if you are ready to join the Black Angels in the captivating and emotional page-turner, You Don’t Know My Name, from debut novelist Kristen Orlando!


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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25876993-you-don-t-know-my-name?ac=1&from_search=true

Cover Reveal & Giveaway - Fade Away by Jeremy T. Ringfield


Fade Away
Author: Jeremy T. Ringfield
Genre: YA Contemporary Realism / Coming of Age
Release Date: March 22nd, 2017

Tuesday 10 January 2017

Blog Tour Promo & Giveaway - The Life Group by Maura Jortner

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The Life Group
Author:
Maura Jortner
Genre: YA Thriller
Release Date: January 9th, 2017
Lakewater Press

Book Description:

ONE MISSING GIRL. NO SUSPECTS.

Every day since her sister vanished, Rachel has visited the radical church where Leah was last seen. There are still no suspects or leads, but Rachel’s positive clues lie in that church somewhere.

Thirteen days on from Leah's disappearance, the pastor introduces Rachel to Tim, a devout worshiper of his Lord. To avoid dealing with his own demons, he agrees to spend the day helping Rachel search for her sister.

It’s Saturday, March 14. Maybe today will be the day. Maybe today Rachel will be reunited with Leah. Or maybe today will change Rachel’s life forever.

For fans of GONE GIRL, this gripping Young Adult thriller will keep you guessing until its explosive climax.

'...a truly original storyline and taut pacing that pulls the reader relentlessly toward the devastating conclusion.' USA Today Bestselling author Lisa Stormes Hawker

'Teens and adults alike will devour this rollercoaster story...' Emily Bleeker, author of WRECKAGE and WHEN I'M GONE

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31188993-the-life-group?ac=1&from_search=true

Blog Tour Spotlight - Dominion: Fire and Ice by Doug Hewitt



Dominion: Fire and Ice
Author: D.A. Hewitt
Publisher: Double Dragon eBooks
Pages: 372
Genre: Science Fiction

Book Description:
It’s the year 2075. Lunar mining and processing facilities have prospered near the lunar south pole, where the Moon’s largest city, Valhalla, rests on the rim of the Shackleton Crater.

Dominion Off-Earth Resources has beaten the competition into space and is ready to establish its monopoly with the opening of the orbiting space resort Dominion. But Pettit Space Industries has a secret plan to emerge as a major contender in the commercialization of space. The upstart company is training the first space rescue squad at a secluded off-grid site in Barrow, Alaska.

The rescue squad gets nearly more than it can handle when its first mission involves the Pope, who’s traveling to the Moon to establish the Lunar See. During the rescue attempt, they discover Earth is imperiled by an asteroid large enough to cause mass extinction. Using the unique skills taught during their training, skills emphasized by the great psychoanalyst Carl Jung, these Jungi Knights must elevate their game if they are to save both the Earth and the Pope—while not getting killed in the process.


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Blog Tour Spotlight - Duck Squad by John Arnold



Duck Squad
Author: John Arnold
Publisher: Createspace
Pages: 75
Genre: Fantasy

Book Description:
Three ducks escape from a university lab experiment and find sanctuary in a fraternity house. They discover human beings can be their friends – and enemies. Their adventures begin righting wrongs – and getting even.

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Release Day Blitz - Super Simple Quick Start Guide to Self-Publishing by E.J. Stevens



Super Single Quick Start Guide to Self-Publishing
Author:
E.J. Stevens
Publisher: Sacred Oaks Press
Pages: 105
Genre: Nonfiction

Book Description:
This simple introductory guide will give you the basic information you need to begin self-publishing.

Whether you are writing your first novel or looking to breathe new life into your backlist, this guide will give you the tools you need to successfully self-publish. Useful information, direct links to resources, checklists, and step-by-step tutorials will help you create a professional quality book.

Simple tips will save you time that you can spend on writing, publishing, and promoting your next bestseller.

This book provides an introduction to:
•    Building a Writing Template
•    Copyright
•    Beta Readers and Editors
•    ISBN and Barcode
•    Font Licensing
•    Book Covers
•    ARCs
•    Ebook Formatting
•    Print Book Formatting
•    SEO, Keywords, and BISAC Categories
•    Retail Product Pages
•    Pricing
•    Audiobooks and Narrators
•    Translations and Translators

Each chapter will take you one step, leap, or bound closer to successfully publishing your book. Grab your cape. It's time to be an indie publishing hero!

Looking to improve book sales? Check out the Super Simple Quick Start Guide to Book Marketing by E.J. Stevens.

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Promo Blitz - We're Not in Kansas by R.J.Hore



We're Not in Kansas
Author: R.J.Hore
Genre: Science Fiction/Thriller
Date Published: 2016
Publisher: eTreasures Publishing

Book Description:
Archeologist and single mother, Macy, and her teenage daughter, Tiffany, are off on a fool-hardy search for traces of an ancient Egyptian cat-goddess, Bastet. What they find is far more than they bargained for: a dangerous dictator, a mysterious police inspector, and a grizzled Indiana Jones look-alike.

You might say the trip takes them right out of this world. Will they get home alive, or simply disappear into very thin air?

Set in the near future, with a blend of thriller and speculative fiction, and a hint of romance.

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Monday 9 January 2017

Blog Tour Spotlight & Giveaway - Steele City Blues by Karen Greco



Steele City Blues
Hell’s Belle Series
Book 3
Karen Greco
Genre:
urban fantasy/paranormal romance
Date of Publication: January 3, 2017
Word Count: 98,000
Formats available: epub, mobi, pdf
Cover Artist: Robin Ludwig

Book Description:
Blood Ops leader Dr. O is chained in the bowels of Steele City, the state’s maximum security prison, and the clock is ticking for Nina and Frankie to bust him out.

Now that supernatural creatures are out of the closet, Providence is descending into an Apocalyptic wasteland. With the abrupt shut down Blood Ops, Nina and Frankie are on their own to save Dr. O and the other supernatural prisoners from certain death. Not knowing where Demon Mayor Bertrand’s loyalties lie, they are forced to rely on some questionable allies to battle Leila, a powerful vampire/witch hybrid hell bent on creating an indestructible supernatural army. She also happens to be Nina’s mom.

Alliances are tested and relationships fractured as Nina and her band of supernatural crime fighting misfits are pushed to the breaking point.

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Book Blitz & Giveaway - Simulation by M. Black



Simulation
Author:
M. Black
Genre: YA SyFy Dystopian
Publisher: Eloquent Enraptures Publishing
Date of Publication: DECEMBER 16th, 2016
ISBN: 978-1539194675   
ISBN-10: 1539194671
ASIN: B01N0QLPHH
Number of pages: 380
Word Count: 85,000
Cover Artist: M. Black

Book Description:
SIMULATION is a fictional novel and is the debut release from Dystopian Thriller author M. Black.

A YA SyFy dystopia, along the lines of City of Ember meets CW’s The 100. This story will capture your heart and still won’t let go even at the end. Written in part while listening to Outside by Ellie Goulding, this story contrasts technology to nature, rich to poor, privilege to hardship, and illusion to reality.

“No one is getting in but whom we allow, and no one is ever getting out.”

Set in 2175 in Colorado, USA, where Citigogs are the new form of cities and citizens are kept under a careful population control, we meet Ilia the Princess of our main Citigog named Iliad, and Jez a Giver. As Ilia spends more time with Jez, she finds herself drawn to the Outside and ventures out of her Citigog only to learn that everything is not what it seems.

Fans of the Divergent and Hunger Games series will revel in this story about a strong, but disillusioned heroine who must become brave as she uncovers the truth about her world.

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