Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Wishlist Wednesday #1
Wishlist Wednesday #1
Hey everyone! Welcome to the first Wishlist Wednesday hosted by Pen to Paper. This is a weekly meme that allows me to share what is on my wishlist, either old or new, so you can see what I've been wanting to read and I can see what you guys want! I hope you enjoy!
Monday, September 15, 2014
Review: The Wild Hunt by Ron C. Nieto
Publishers: Smashwords
Published: May 30th, 2014
Pages: 308
Magic still lingers in the mist-covered corners of the world, wherever the Old Ways are remembered. However, as civilization and reason scoff at the Fair Folk, the paths to power have been forgotten by all but a few.
Lily Boyd was meant to become a faerie doctor, a warden of humans and a keeper of balance, until disbelief and pragmatism led her away from the hidden world and into a mundane life. But truth has a way to be Heard and she will be forced to face it if she wants to save her family.
Armed with nothing but her childhood memories and protected by a debt of gratitude she doesn’t understand, Lily must decide who to trust while she navigates a world that is darker and more twisted than she is prepared for.
And should she make the wrong choice, should she mistake friend and foe… the eternal balance between the Faerie Courts may shatter, and then there will be more than Lily’s life on the line.
Saturday, September 13, 2014
Excerpt: Coral and Bone by Tiffany Daune
Hello everyone! Today we have an excerpt for the blog tour of Coral and Bone by Tiffany Daune! Let me know what you think if you've read it - or if you think you'd like to read it!
Monday, September 8, 2014
Release Day: No Weddings by Kat Bastion and Stone Bastion
I am so excited to bring you the release day launch for Kat and Stone Bastion's NO WEDDINGS, the first in their new contemporary romance series!!! Check out the blogs helping us with this release day launch, and be sure to check out the giveaway!!!
Blogs Taking Part in the Release Day Launch
Read Your Writes Book Reviews
The Lusty Literate
Romancing Rakes For The Love of Romance
that scottish chicks book reviews
My Book Filled Life
Triquetra Reviews
My Favorite Things
Becky Moe
Breathless Ink
In Between The Lines
The Two Brains of Book Reviewers
MakeMyDayBookclub
Rustys Reading
Cruising Susan Book Reviews
Whispered Thoughts
Kris & Vik Book Therapy Cafe
deal sharing aunt
New Adult Addiction
Little Whimsy Books
Short and Sassy Book Blurbs
I Dare You To Read
Making it Happen
Born To Read
Jen's Reading Obsession
101 Ways to Make Love to a Spoon
This girl loves books
LuLo Fangirl
Crawling Over The Pages
About That Story
Becky's Book Bytes
Tissues and Tomes Book Blog
Reading and Writing Between the Wines Blog
orchard book club
The Flirty Reader
The Book Bellas
Bookish Temptations
Agents of Romance
KT Book Reviews
Girl Seeks Place
Closet Geeks and Slow Mo
A K Book Topia
Reading Bliss
The Literary Gossip
Romance Schmomance
Exclusive Excerpt
Her eyes narrowed for a split second as she pulled out a large pan with two hands. “This is not even close to a date. What would you suggest instead, a notepad and pen?” I leaned a hip on the far counter, watching her light the stove and drop a large tablespoon of solidified coconut oil into the pan.
“Would you be wearing those sexy librarian glasses?”
She raised her brows. “You think my glasses are sexy?” Leaning up on her tiptoes, she reached for and pulled down a glass container full of popcorn kernels from a cabinet beside the stove. A few hundred kernels pinged into the pan before she replaced the lid. With both hands, she lifted the pan a few inches above the gas burner and gave it a good shake before resting it back down. The response to her question demanded her full attention, so I waited.
She turned, leaning back on her counter edge. We faced each other, her island between us. The few feet may as well have been inches with the way the air was charged between us. I gave her a heated stare. Her breath caught, her chest expanding. Which caused my cock to twitch. I began to feel like one of Pavlov’s dogs.
“You are sexy.” I held her gaze captive. “Therefore, anything you wear becomes sexy.”
She smirked. The power she knew she had over me emboldened her.
“Even my apron?” I inhaled, remembering that ruffled apron, her thin T-shirt and short shorts hiding underneath.
“Sexy as fuck.” A kernel popped. She swallowed. “‘As fuck?’”
I nodded. “Doesn’t get any sexier than that.” A slight tilt of her head, and Hannah began to play. “What if I wore a potato sack?”
I snorted. “Do you own a potato sack?” She crossed her arms, shaking her head. My eyes were drawn down to that tempting cleavage. I took my sweet time dropping my gaze down her body, imagining her in a potato sack. Pops sounded out. One after another. Faster and faster, like my pulse going out of control. Hannah began shallow breathing under the intensity of my stare.
“I would love to see you in a potato sack. Just like I’d love to see you in lingerie. To me, they’re both the same.”
She laughed, then turned quickly, grabbing the heavy pan with both hands and giving it another hard shake. When she turned around again, she resumed her stance in the same place, back to the counter. This was another dance—a different location, a more enticing rhythm, but a dance all the same. Two partners circled each other, deciding how long to draw out the beginning steps before pulling each other even closer. “How can they both be the same? You’d find me equally sexy in either?”
A deep inhale was the only thing I could do to clear my mind, keep me sane. That, and the white-knuckled grip I had on the edge of her counter, holding me immobile, keeping me from launching at her and showing her just how sexy I found her. I tilted my face down, holding her gaze beneath my lowered brows. “Hannah, you have no idea. Whatever you think you do to me, magnify it. I don’t see you in anything. I just see you. And if you’re ever brave enough to wear a potato sack for me, wear nothing else underneath.”
The popping slowed. Her attention was needed at the stove at that critical point. She didn’t move. “Why?”
“Because I’ll shred it and have you naked in three seconds flat. Might as well save the lingerie.”
Stone likes pounding the trails on a mountain bike, vibrating the sound system with rock music, and
down time spent on a stand up paddleboard. And he loves Kat wildly, madly, deeply...and then some.
Together, they’re having a blast bringing fun-filled romantic stories to life and hope you’ll join them in the exciting adventure. Kat’s first published work, Utterly Loved, was a twentieth anniversary gift of love poems to Stone that they decided to share with the world to benefit charity. Net proceeds from Utterly Loved, and a portion of net proceeds from all their books, go toward charities involved in the fight against human trafficking.
Kat and Stone live amid the beautiful Sonoran Desert of Arizona. Visit their blog at www.talktotheshoe.com, website at www.katbastion.com, and their Twitter accounts at https:// twitter.com/KatBastion and https://twitter.com/StoneBastion for more information. Keep informed about new releases by joining their Email Subscription list.
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Release Day: Chasing the Sun by Nikki Mathis Thompson
Blogs Taking Part in the Release Day Launch
Born To Read
A change of scenery, that’s just what he needs. His heart isn’t broken anymore, just sore. He thought
he’d found the one in Katrine MacNamara, but unfortunately she thought he was number two.
He wasn’t a rich businessman, or a rockstar...he was just an architect. He believed in love, family, and
friendship. Some might call him the ‘nice guy’. He always thought so— do the right thing, protect the
bullied, return your mom’s calls.
When two dynamic women enter his life in this new city the lines of friendship, sex, and love are
blurred, his world of black and white becomes a little more gray.
Will the heartbroken become the heartbreaker?
Readers fell in love with Ian in Rebound and Resilient. This is his story and his chance at a love of his
own. It won’t come easy, like he always thought it would. But nothing good comes easy...at least
nothing worthwhile.
Hold onto your hammocks girls, your favorite nice guy is taking center stage. It’s Ian’s turn to get the
girl...or two.
Chasing the Sun is a 40,000 word novella, and although this is a spinoff of the Rebound series, it can be
read as a stand alone.
Enter Nikki's giveaway!!
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Saturday, September 6, 2014
Saleana Saturdays #2: Books, Music, Movies and other fun stuff.
Morning beautiful people! How are you all today?
I'm in work, and it's slow so I thought I'd be able to make another Saleana Saturday post. I know, it's been a while. This one is going to be a little more personal. I'm going to show you what I'm reading, listening to, and what I'm up to in general.
So, what have you guys been reading? I've been reading a lot of Pagan books lately, as I'm trying to expand my spirituality. Thus far I'm making my way through these.
Movies!! I don't really have new movies that I can show you guys since I play the same move on repeat, but I figured I'd share anyway.
Also, I just created a survey for you guys to take. You don't have to leave your name or email - making it anonymous. If you have hard core complaints or some "tough love" type advice, this is the survey for you to take. I promise you won't hurt my feelings, I just want to get this up and going again.
SURVEY
I'm in work, and it's slow so I thought I'd be able to make another Saleana Saturday post. I know, it's been a while. This one is going to be a little more personal. I'm going to show you what I'm reading, listening to, and what I'm up to in general.
So, what have you guys been reading? I've been reading a lot of Pagan books lately, as I'm trying to expand my spirituality. Thus far I'm making my way through these.
Great book so far on how to create a coven, or keep the coven you're in running smoothly. Lot's of good advice and some sound tips.
Enchantment of the Faerie Realm by Ted Andrews
So far, so good. Lots of tips, some exercises and questions to get you thinking about the Fae and their realm. If you like faeries and other beings of that nature then I recommend this.
I know. I know I'm so, so, so behind the trend right now. I tried to read this when I was 12 and it didn't appeal to me, but I'm giving it another go, and I'm loving it. Very good writing from J.K. Rowling, not that you needed me to tell you that.
As for music I've been bouncing around with different things. But, below are some of the tunes that are getting me through the days.
Adrian von Ziegler
The Celtic Collection
Listen HERE
The Morpheus Character playlist by A.G. Howard
Movies!! I don't really have new movies that I can show you guys since I play the same move on repeat, but I figured I'd share anyway.
My favorite movie ever.
So, what are you guys up to? I'd love to see what you're reading, watching, listening to! I'd love recommendations from you guys as well! Tell me in the comments!
Also, I just created a survey for you guys to take. You don't have to leave your name or email - making it anonymous. If you have hard core complaints or some "tough love" type advice, this is the survey for you to take. I promise you won't hurt my feelings, I just want to get this up and going again.
SURVEY
Monday, September 1, 2014
Release Day: IN HER WAKE by K.A. Tucker
We are stoked to bring you all the Release Day Launch for K.A. Tucker's IN HER WAKE! IN HER WAKE is a new adult contemporary romance and a prequel novella in the Ten Tiny Breaths Series, published by Atria Press (an imprint of Simon & Schuster).
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EXCERPT: That’s how I spot her. There’s no doubt that it’s her; I’ve memorized her face. Leaning against a wall on the opposite side, her lips wrapped around a clear bottle filled with clear liquor, her fiery red hair a wild mane against the stark white wall, a tight black T-shirt showing off toned arms. She’s in no rush to part with that bottle, guzzling back a good portion before she hands it off to someone, wiping her mouth with the back of her hand. Her eyes at half-mast. She’s wasted. My heart starts racing. What the hell is Kacey Cleary doing here? By my calculation, she’s probably finishing her last year of high school, having lost at least half a year while recovering. I tug my cap down even farther, though I doubt she can see two feet in front of her.What if she does recognize me? How would she react? Does she know my real name? What I look like? I can’t say for sure that my face wasn’t printed in a newspaper somewhere. She could have Googled my name and found a dozen game shots with me in them. I have my helmet on in most of them, but you can find a profile picture of me easily enough if you’re looking.
“Hey, do you go here? What’s your name?” She’s tipping her head back way farther than necessary to look up at me, telling me she’s trying to flirt but is too drunk to do it right. I smile down at her anyway. She’s a good cover. I can stand right here and watch Kacey. “I’m Trent, and I used to go here.”
“Really? When’d you graduate?”
From the corner of my eye, I see Kacey shift from the wall and begin climbing the stairs, her arm hooked around the railing to help her. Two guys following her.
About IN HER WAKE: Cole Reynolds had it all. And then one night he makes a bad choice... and loses everything. When a drunken night out at a Michigan State college party results in the death of six people, Cole must come to terms with his part in the tragedy. Normally, he'd be able to lean on his best friends. The best friends that have been in his life since he could barely walk. Only, they're gone. Worse, there's the shattered body of a sixteen-year-old girl lying somewhere in a hospital bed, her entire life ripped from her because of a case of beer and a set of keys. Everyone assures him that they know it wasn't intentional and yet he can't ignore the weight of their gazes, the whispers behind his back. The all-consuming guilt he feels every time he thinks of that girl who won't so much as allow him near her hospital room to apologize. As the months go by and the shame and loneliness festers, Cole begins to lose his grip of what once was important-college, his girlfriend, his future. His life. It's not until Cole hits rock-bottom that he can begin to see another way out of his personal hell: forgiveness. And there's only one person who can give that to him...
And don’t miss the previous titles in the Ten Tiny Breaths Series!
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Thursday, August 28, 2014
Release Day: IRON PENDULUM by Megan Curd
We are thrilled to bring you the Release Day Launch for Megan Curd's IRON PENDULUM! IRON PENDULUM is Young Adult Steampunk Fantasy and the second book in Megan's The Periodic Series!!
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by Mae I Design
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IRON PENDULUM Synopsis: A month ago, Avery thought the world ended outside Dome Four. Thought she was one of the few of her kind. Thought the war that brought the human race to the brink of extinction was over. But a month can change everything. After fighting to escape a tyranny she didn't even know existed, Avery has had to come to grips with all the secrets she's uncovered. But more secrets continue to come to light, revealing how little of her world she truly knew. When evidence starts to show that Dome Four might be under siege, Avery knows what she must do. Returning to the dome she longed to escape is a challenge for Avery, but now she knows there’s corruption lurking in the shadows. A massive steam shortage leaves half the dome without power, and people are falling ill. Dying. And they’re blaming Avery. A month can change everything. One more month could kill everyone. The clock is ticking.
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