This week I'm obsessed with 'Chandelier' by Sia
Saturday, May 31, 2014
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This week I'm obsessed with 'Chandelier' by Sia
This week I'm obsessed with 'Chandelier' by Sia
{Romance Review} On the Surface (In the Zone #1) by Kate Willoughby
{Romance Review} On the Surface (In the Zone #1) by Kate Willoughby
NHL player Tim Hollander lost his temper one time and threw a water bottle at an abusive fan. After "Bottlegate," he's traded to the San Diego Barracudas, where he'll need to keep the bad publicity to a minimum while proving he can still compete with the younger guys on the ice.
Erin Collier is a pediatric nurse who's never seen a hockey game, but gets in line for Tim's autograph at a PR event in hopes of impressing the doctor she has a crush on. When an obnoxious fan gets pushy toward Erin, Tim rushes to defend the pretty stranger, throwing a punch in the process.
Grateful for the rescue, Erin agrees to stand by Tim during the resulting press conference and host him at a hospital charity event. Their chemistry is palpable, and soon their lives are intertwined. But Erin doubts a hockey player is capable of anything resembling a real relationship. And if Tim can't get her to see beyond what's on the surface, they'll never last longer than a single season… (Blurb via Goodreads)
{Details} ebook, 272 pages. Published
April 14th 2014
by Carina Press. Source: Netgalley. ebook provided in exchange for an honest review. Many thanks to Kate Willoughby and Carina Press.
{Rating} 4/5 -- I really liked it!
{Review}
The storyline was fun and flirty with the real ups and downs of life, of career changes and challenges, of how the pain from past relationships impacts the present. I liked that their relationship felt real, they disagreed, they talked, they resolved things like adults. And the ending? Perfect.
I even liked the stuff about hockey - and I'm not a fan of sports - because Willoughby brought us the excitement of the sport and the real commitment the sport requires from the athletes. I look forward to reading other books in the In the Zone series.
{Rating} 4/5 -- I really liked it!
{Review}
"How old were you when you lost your virginity?" (page 1, line 1)Fun and sexy and romantic. I liked Erin. She's a girl who is compassionate, sweet, and caring but she is also fierce and protects those she cares about with all that she has. I thought Tim was great, he's kind and honorable and has a great sense of humor. And I liked them together.
The storyline was fun and flirty with the real ups and downs of life, of career changes and challenges, of how the pain from past relationships impacts the present. I liked that their relationship felt real, they disagreed, they talked, they resolved things like adults. And the ending? Perfect.
I even liked the stuff about hockey - and I'm not a fan of sports - because Willoughby brought us the excitement of the sport and the real commitment the sport requires from the athletes. I look forward to reading other books in the In the Zone series.
Friday, May 30, 2014
First Line Friday (35) The Chapel Wars by Lindsey Leavitt
First Line Friday is a meme hosted on Rampant Readers, where we
share the first line of the novel we a currently reading in order to
pique the interest of other readers like you. So basically, we just
share the first sentence or two of the novel you are currently reading,
and tell us whether or not it hooked you in!
The book:
The Chapel Wars by Lindsey Leavitt
Sixteen-year-old Holly
wants to remember her Grandpa forever, but she’d rather forget what he
left her in his will: his wedding chapel on the Las Vegas strip.
Whatever happened to gold watches, savings bonds, or some normal
inheritance?
And then there's Grandpa's letter. Not only is Holly running the business with her recently divorced parents, but she needs to make some serious money—fast. Grandpa also insists Holly reach out to Dax, the grandson of her family's mortal enemy and owner of the cheesy chapel next door. No matter how cute Dax is, Holly needs to stay focused: on her group of guy friends, her disjointed family, work, school and... Dax. No wait, not Dax.
Holly’s chapel represents everything she’s ever loved in her past. Dax might be everything she could ever love in the future. But as for right now, there's a wedding chapel to save. (Blurb via Goodreads)
And then there's Grandpa's letter. Not only is Holly running the business with her recently divorced parents, but she needs to make some serious money—fast. Grandpa also insists Holly reach out to Dax, the grandson of her family's mortal enemy and owner of the cheesy chapel next door. No matter how cute Dax is, Holly needs to stay focused: on her group of guy friends, her disjointed family, work, school and... Dax. No wait, not Dax.
Holly’s chapel represents everything she’s ever loved in her past. Dax might be everything she could ever love in the future. But as for right now, there's a wedding chapel to save. (Blurb via Goodreads)
"Inheritance. I hate that word. Translation: Sorry someone you loved kicked the bucket; now here's your present. It's like getting hit by a car, only to make a fortune in the lawsuit. People constantly remind you what a financial blessing that accident was, such a sweet silver lining, when the truth is, you still got hit by a car."
Hooked?
So very hooked.
Join the fun, link up at Rampant Readers
Thursday, May 29, 2014
{Blog Tour + 2 Reviews + Giveaway} Grooming the Player & Hiring the Player (Campus Players Series Books 1 & 2) by Allie K. Adams
Grooming
the Player & Hiring the Player
Campus
Players Series Books 1 & 2
By: Allie K. Adams
Blurb : GROOMING THE PLAYER
Don't hate the player...
Bainbridge
University sophomore, Emma Rae, embraces her title of perpetually single. All
the guys at BU are total players, and if there's one thing Emma hates more than
anything, it's a player.
Learn to play the game...
Ryan is
tired of being the embarrassment of his frat house. Being a Delta means he
should be playing the field, a different girl every night, just like the rest
of his frat brothers. But he's the king of nerds, as they constantly remind
him, and has never even had a real girlfriend. Hell, he isn't even allowed to
live in the Delta house, instead living in a mod behind it.
He begs
Emma to turn him into a player. In return he'll bring her to the Delta
DASH--the party of the year. As an underclassman, Emma isn't allowed to the
DASH without a Delta escort. She quickly agrees, knowing she can turn him into
anything, as she's done with so many of the ghosts of boyfriends past.
She updates
his image, teaches him how to flirt, how to kiss, and even how to drive a girl
wild with his heated touch. She's groomed Ryan into the ultimate player, which
is exactly what he wants.
The problem
is she turns him into exactly what she wants too and must now decide whether
this Project Em's Way is her greatest creation... Or her ultimate downfall.
Buy Links
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iTunes: http://bit.ly/1o3v3IN
{Details} ebook, 164 pages, Published December 2nd 2013 by Allie K. Adams (first published November 30th 2013). Source: ebook provided in exchange for an honest review. Many thanks to Allie K. Adams and Tasty Book Tours
{Rating} 4/5 -- I really liked it!
{Review}
Emma is forthright - she'll say anything - she's strong and vulnerable, confident and terrified, pragmatic and hopeful, and she's hopeless with computer passwords and intimidated by eggs. I loved Ryan. Smart and brave and sweet and a gentleman and the way he sees Emma, looks at her, the things he says to her? Swoon. I enjoyed them together. Though Emma thinks Ryan needs to be groomed, both Emma and Ryan have lessons to learn, what really matters, who matters, who they really are.
It's a fun story but it's also a very sexy story. Sexy with a good amount of awkward - I won't spoil that part but it had me laughing and cringing and rooting for them to get it right.
{Details} ebook, 164 pages, Published December 2nd 2013 by Allie K. Adams (first published November 30th 2013). Source: ebook provided in exchange for an honest review. Many thanks to Allie K. Adams and Tasty Book Tours
{Rating} 4/5 -- I really liked it!
{Review}
"So he says, 'We need to talk'." (page 1, line 1)Grooming the Player was full of awkward and embarrassment, of sweet and tender moments, and had me laughing out loud. I loved the characters and the vibe of college, of the stupid and insane things you do.
Emma is forthright - she'll say anything - she's strong and vulnerable, confident and terrified, pragmatic and hopeful, and she's hopeless with computer passwords and intimidated by eggs. I loved Ryan. Smart and brave and sweet and a gentleman and the way he sees Emma, looks at her, the things he says to her? Swoon. I enjoyed them together. Though Emma thinks Ryan needs to be groomed, both Emma and Ryan have lessons to learn, what really matters, who matters, who they really are.
It's a fun story but it's also a very sexy story. Sexy with a good amount of awkward - I won't spoil that part but it had me laughing and cringing and rooting for them to get it right.
Blurb: HIRING THE PLAYER
When life gets you down...
Kayla Riggs
is three weeks from graduation and has yet to have one college experience
worthy of a memory, let alone a story to tell people later. Her BFFs make a
deal with the player next door—show Kayla how to have a little fun before she
settles into a life of mediocrity.
Hire a player to pick you
up...
Jake
Swanson only has a few weeks left as a cadet for the Bainbridge Island Fire
Department before he can take his practical exams and be hired on permanently.
The last thing he needs is a group of crazy women insisting he grant his
cute-yet-boring neighbor three insane wishes—one for each week left of school.
The only kicker is that she can’t know about the wishes or the deal is off.
When they
offer him a deal he can’t refuse, he agrees to show Kayla how to have a little
fun, and in turn has a lot more fun with her than he expected, or wanted. Now
he must choose between keeping his word, or losing his heart.
{Details} ebook, 171 pages. Published
May 20th 2014
by Allie K. Adams. Source: ebook
provided in exchange for an honest review. Many thanks to Allie K. Adams
and Tasty Book Tours
{Rating} 4/5 -- I really liked it!
{Review}
I adored Jake. He's a firefighter. He's protective - wait until you read why he lives where he lives - he can cook, he's a hero, he's a player. Or he was. He has fallen hard for Kayla, a stubborn, control freak who fights him every step of the way. Kayla was more difficult to like, she's rigid and regimented but she has a good heart and though it takes awhile - a long while - we get to see who she really is.
I liked Jake and Kayla together. Not only can they not keep their hands off of each other they are good for each other, the rule maker and the rule breaker.
I loved Kayla's friends, crazy, daring, and supportive, more like sisters than friends. I so want to read their stories. Emma and Ryan also show up, not that you need to read their story, Grooming the Player first, but you'll fall even more in love with Ryan in 'Hiring'. As much as I enjoyed seeing them again Adams scared me with what happened; I swear that if things had gone differently I would have stomped on my kindle.
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{Rating} 4/5 -- I really liked it!
{Review}
"Being alone sucks." (page 1, line 1)Short and hot - in more ways than one - a fun storyline and awesome characters.
I adored Jake. He's a firefighter. He's protective - wait until you read why he lives where he lives - he can cook, he's a hero, he's a player. Or he was. He has fallen hard for Kayla, a stubborn, control freak who fights him every step of the way. Kayla was more difficult to like, she's rigid and regimented but she has a good heart and though it takes awhile - a long while - we get to see who she really is.
I liked Jake and Kayla together. Not only can they not keep their hands off of each other they are good for each other, the rule maker and the rule breaker.
I loved Kayla's friends, crazy, daring, and supportive, more like sisters than friends. I so want to read their stories. Emma and Ryan also show up, not that you need to read their story, Grooming the Player first, but you'll fall even more in love with Ryan in 'Hiring'. As much as I enjoyed seeing them again Adams scared me with what happened; I swear that if things had gone differently I would have stomped on my kindle.
Giveaway ($10.00 Gift
Card to Winner’s Choice Book Seller)
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Author Info
Allie K.
Adams is the bestselling author of several award-winning stories. An active member
of the search and rescue, as well as previously served as a reserve deputy,
Allie has firsthand experience in most of the dangers she writes about. Known
for her highly erotic, deeply intense suspense romances, she can be found most
days in front of her computer, saving the world one sizzling story at a time.
She grew up in Seattle and now currently lives in southwest Montana with her
husband, two kids, and two fluff ball dogs.
She loves
to hear from readers and encourages them to reach out to her through her
website at www.alliekadams.com
{Book Blast + Giveaway} Capturing the Earl's Love by Jane Lark
Title: Capturing the Earl's Love Author: Jane Lark Genre: Regency Romance (Historical) Publish Date: May 29, 2014 Publisher: HarperImpulse Event Organized By: Literati Author Services, Inc.
~Synopsis ~
From Kindle bestselling Historical romance author, Jane Lark, comes a brand new FREE novella to accompany her breathtaking Marlow Intrigues series.
"Pure, unadulterated romance." Best Chick Lit.com
Don't miss the other novels in the series,
The Illicit Love of a Courtesan
The Passionate Love of a Rake
The Scandalous Love of a Duke
and coming soon...
The Lost Love of a Soldier
This novella tells the story of secondary characters from The
Illicit Love of a Courtesan
Rupert Stanforth, Earl of Morton, is exasperated by his sister's choice
of friend. Meredith Divine, clings, using Rowena's plain appearance as a foil for
her auburn curls and fuller figure. He would break the friendship, but the more
he complains the more time the girls spend together. Ceasing his disagreement,
he hopes the friendship will die, believing Meredith will take a wrong-step
soon...
Meredith clings to her only friend, Lady Rowena Stanforth,
despite the disgusted looks thrown by Rowena's proud, judgemental brother. Lord
Morton cannot abide Meredith because of her low standing but Meredith's heart favours
him... then in his single act of kindness, Meredith grasps an opportunity she
cannot resist...
Capturing the Earl’s Love Excerpt
Lord Rupert Stanforth, Earl of Morton, watched his sister, Rowena, approach. She was smiling, and her friend, Meredith Divine, clung to her arm. His gaze briefly passed over the other girl. He was increasingly convinced Miss Divine only kept Rowena as a friend because Rowena was the perfect foil to show off Miss Divine’s more striking looks. Her auburn curls glowed in the candlelight beside Rowena’s lacklustre, light-brown locks. Miss Divine was also slightly taller, and a little fuller in the bust. While they crossed the room, she appeared to press as close as she could to Rowena’s side, letting Rowena’s less impressionable looks make Miss Divine’s stand out among the white-clad debutantes in the ballroom. “Rupert...” His eyes focused on his sister once more. She was out of breath, having just completed a country dance, and her cheeks were flushed, while her eyes glowed, expressing the fun she was having. “I want to introduce Meredith to Ellen. Will you escort us and do the honours? Meredith is dying to meet her.” Mmm, now what is this little game? He glanced at Miss Divine only to receive a very bright but subtly restrained smile. She was trying to win his approval. He was not interested. He wished nothing to do with the little schemer. Her father was in some sort of trade. Rupert had not even wished Rowena to befriend Miss Divine, let alone become so thick with her. The two of them were inseparable; or rather, Miss Divine hung about Rowena like a moth around a flame. Except Miss Divine was no moth. Her beauty was far too vibrant. Rupert was Rowena’s guardian. Their father had passed on long ago, so Rupert was responsible for keeping his sister safe. It fell to him to help her choose her friends wisely. Yet the more he disparaged Miss Divine, the more Rowena favoured the girl. He’d ceased his complaints. Their friendship had still blossomed. He’d hoped it would wither and die back. It had not—yet. He expected Miss Divine to make a wrong step soon though, one which would open his sister’s eyes, and end this arm-in-arm behavior.FREE Novella
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Marlow Intrigue Series Reading Order
Title: The Illicit Love of a Courtesan (Marlow Intrigues #1)
Author: Jane Lark
Genre: Regency Romance
First Published: April 15, 2013
Published by HarperImpulse: October 3, 2013
~Synopsis~
Trapped under the reign of a cruel keeper, Ellen Harding longs to be free. Under his oppression, her soul and conscience have died while her body lives on, fulfilling his dissolute desires. She is empty—a vessel—deaf to the voice of morality and blind to shame.
When her eyes are drawn to a beautiful man for no other reason than his looks, she imagines what it would be like to escape her chains for a night by giving her body to him.
But Edward Marlow is kind and gentle when he touches her, and her subconscious whispers, this man could be her salvation. Yet how can he help her when she has secrets which prevent her freedom?
Edward is restless, lonely, and a little angry with his lot in life—it is his only excuse for being drawn to another man’s mistress. The woman’s dark hair and pale eyes are striking, and he cannot take his gaze off her while she watches him over the top of a fan with an illicit intent in her eyes.
Once he’s known her, he cannot forget her, and once he’s seen the evidence of her supposed benefactor’s brutality, he wants to help her. But how can he when she will not run any more than she will speak of her past?
When a desperate Ellen finally relents and shocks Edward from his sleep, he doesn’t hesitate, he helps her flee. He just doesn’t know he’s running headlong into the secrets of her past.
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Title: The Passionate Love of a Rake (Marlow Intrigues #2)
Author: Jane Lark
Genre: Regency Romance
Published: November 17th, 3013
Publisher: HarperImpulse
~Synposis~
The only woman who had power over notorious rake Robert Marlow was now walking away from him, again.
He'd heard Sutton had died, and known Jane was free, but he'd always thought his desire would only be for revenge, not her. Yet here he was, unable to deny what he felt for her…what he’d never felt for any other woman before…
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A Lord’s Desperate Love #2.5 ~ a Free Fourteen part story posted on Jane’s blog
Title: The Scandalous Love of a Duke (Marlow Intrigues #3)
Author: Jane Lark
Genre: Regency Romance (Historical)
Publish Date: April 3, 2014
Publisher: HarperImpulse
~Synopsis~
Book three in Jane Lark's Kindle best-selling Regency romance series!
Isolated by life and choice, John Harding, the Duke of Pembroke, sees an angel in a pale mauve dress across a room and is drawn closer as lust grips firm and hard in his stomach. The wheat-blonde hair escaping her dull dove-grey bonnet and caressing her neck lures his eyes to a spot he'd like to kiss. She speaks with animation her hands moving. Then as if she senses his gaze the stranger turns and looks at him.
A rush of pain and longing spilled from Katherine's heart into her limbs. It was so long since she'd seen John but her reaction was the same as it had been more than half-a-dozen years before. She loved him, secretly, without hope, but a chasm of years and status stood between them.
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About the Author
Jane is a writer of authentic, passionate and emotional Historical and New Adult Romance, and a Kindle top 25 bestselling author.
She began her first historical novel at sixteen, but a life full of adversity derailed her as she lives with the restrictions of Ankylosing Spondylitis.
When she finally completed a novel it was because she was determined not to reach forty still saying, I want to write.
Now Jane is writing a Regency series and contemporary, new adult, stories and she is thrilled to be giving her characters life in others' imaginations at last.
You might think that Jane was inspired to write by Jane Austen, especially as she lives near Bath in the United Kingdom, but you would be wrong. Jane's favourite author is Anya Seton, and the book which drew her into the bliss of falling into historical imagination was 'Katherine' a story crafted from reality.
Jane has drawn on this inspiration to discover other real-life love stories, reading memoirs and letters to capture elements of the past, and she uses them to create more realistic plots.
'Basically I love history and I am sucker for a love story. I love the feeling of falling in love; it's wonderful being able to do it time and time again in fiction.'
Jane is also a Chartered Member of the Institute of Personnel and Development in the United Kingdom, and uses this specialist understanding of people to bring her characters to life.
Giveaway
This giveaway, includes an antique English necklace worth £150, plus signed copies of
The Illicit Love of a Courtesan
The Passionate Love of a Rake
And The Scandalous Love of a Duke
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Waiting on Wednesday (55) Illusive by Emily Lloyd-Jones
This week I'm waiting on:"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, created by Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.
Illusive by Emily Lloyd-Jones
Expected publication: July 15th 2014The X-Men meets Ocean's Eleven in this edge-of-your-seat sci-fi adventure about a band of "super" criminals.
When the MK virus swept across the planet, a vaccine was created to stop the epidemic, but it came with some unexpected side effects. A small percentage of the population developed superhero-like powers. Seventeen-year-old Ciere Giba has the handy ability to change her appearance at will. She's what's known as an illusionist...She's also a thief.
After a robbery goes awry, Ciere must team up with a group of fellow super-powered criminals on another job that most would consider too reckless. The formula for the vaccine that gave them their abilities was supposedly destroyed years ago. But what if it wasn't?
The lines between good and bad, us and them, and freedom and entrapment are blurred as Ciere and the rest of her crew become embroiled in a deadly race against the government that could cost them their lives. (Blurb via Goodreads)
What are you waiting on?
{Book Blitz + Giveaway} Blood Oath (The Secret of the Halflings #1) by Samantha Coville @SammyCoville
Blood Oath (The
Secret of the Halflings #1)
Release Date: 04/29/14
Summary from Goodreads:
Raya Sarian has always known she was different. The water calls to
her in a way that isn't human. She has seen things that would scar anyone for
life. And her father has been non existent in her childhood.
Because he is a Siren.
A blood drinker.
A monster.
And now she must live with him in a world populated with enemies and dangerous friends. Can she survive the year?
Excerpt:
Prologue
It
had seemed like a great idea eleven years ago, but, now, with Elder Eden
staring him down like he was a disobedient child, Christopher Sarian feared
that maybe it wasn’t as brilliant as he had originally thought. Her aqua eyes
bore into his and he shifted in his seat, uncomfortable with the situation he
had put himself in.
Her voice was silky smooth and strong, even in her old age. It also had a slight hiss to it when she was angered. That hiss seeped through in her words to Christopher. “No one will accept her here; her kind is not welcome by others. You can try to win my approval all you want, but the others will make her miserable. Is that really the best for the child?”
“She will be seventeen, you know.” In comparison to the Elder’s, his voice was small and quiet.
“I do know, Christopher, and I know that her presence would bring unrest to our already shaky colony.” Her wrinkled and dainty hands rested softly on the large oak table that was usually occupied by the Elders of the area. Now it was just her and him and the uneasy air between them.
He cleared his throat a little. He was usually so sure of himself and his power over everyone, but now he was reminded that the Elders would always be the ones in charge no matter who had the crown. But that had its upsides; they were a great source of advice and information. They hadn’t failed him yet. “I haven’t seen her for eleven years, Eden. She’ll be an adult soon and she’ll leave me behind forever. I want to see her, and claim her as my daughter, for one last time before then.”
Eden sighed and took a seat in her usual high back chair. She rubbed her temples in slow circles and then lifted her eyes to the man she had watched grow over the years. When Christopher had been crowned, she had kept a business relationship between them, calling him by his title and expecting the same back. But they were far more than that, they were family though not by blood. “Fine. You are my Lord after all. But if anything goes awry during her time here,” she threatened.
“Everything will go perfectly, I promise.”
She pointed a firm finger at him accusingly, but a faint smile crossed her full lips. “We’ll see about that, young man!”
Her voice was silky smooth and strong, even in her old age. It also had a slight hiss to it when she was angered. That hiss seeped through in her words to Christopher. “No one will accept her here; her kind is not welcome by others. You can try to win my approval all you want, but the others will make her miserable. Is that really the best for the child?”
“She will be seventeen, you know.” In comparison to the Elder’s, his voice was small and quiet.
“I do know, Christopher, and I know that her presence would bring unrest to our already shaky colony.” Her wrinkled and dainty hands rested softly on the large oak table that was usually occupied by the Elders of the area. Now it was just her and him and the uneasy air between them.
He cleared his throat a little. He was usually so sure of himself and his power over everyone, but now he was reminded that the Elders would always be the ones in charge no matter who had the crown. But that had its upsides; they were a great source of advice and information. They hadn’t failed him yet. “I haven’t seen her for eleven years, Eden. She’ll be an adult soon and she’ll leave me behind forever. I want to see her, and claim her as my daughter, for one last time before then.”
Eden sighed and took a seat in her usual high back chair. She rubbed her temples in slow circles and then lifted her eyes to the man she had watched grow over the years. When Christopher had been crowned, she had kept a business relationship between them, calling him by his title and expecting the same back. But they were far more than that, they were family though not by blood. “Fine. You are my Lord after all. But if anything goes awry during her time here,” she threatened.
“Everything will go perfectly, I promise.”
She pointed a firm finger at him accusingly, but a faint smile crossed her full lips. “We’ll see about that, young man!”
About the Author
Samantha Coville is an
editor and literary critic at her website, Sammy the Bookworm. She’s been
writing short stories for six years and has appeared in magazines, both in print
and online. When she’s not doing something book related, she is singing in her
church choir or enjoying one of the theme parks in her home state of Florida.
Author Links:
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
{Release Blast + Giveaway} Tempted (BirthRight #2) by Brandi Leigh Hall
#2 in The BirthRight Series
Out Now!
What if the very thing to save you—is the one thing beyond your reach?Torn between the two men who have fallen for her--and the evil who wants to possess her--twenty-year-old Chloe Bishop can no longer remember the fatal vision which threatens her future happiness. But when the magical link is severed between Chloe and her Wiccan family, they must find a way to save her before temptation leads her into darkness—-and into the welcoming arms of Mr. Wrong.
A Sweet Upper YA / NA Paranormal Romance, perfect for fans of CHARMED!
CONTENT RATING: (PG 13)
No sex, passionate kissing, moderate swearing
No sex, passionate kissing, moderate swearing
Purchase Tempted for just 99 cents during release week!
Haven't read book #1- Tethered? Snag it today!
No matter how you try to fight it—Destiny has a mind of its own!
Returning home to her Wiccan roots wasn’t quite what nineteen-year-old Chloe Bishop had in mind for summer break. But when fate makes other plans, Chloe is forced to face her unwanted magical abilities—the destiny she never knew existed—and the handsome stranger who is somehow tethered to both.
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About the Author:
Brandi lives in central Pennsylvania with her fur-ball cats (Onyx and Klepto), where she spends most of her time attached to her laptops, reading books, appeasing her sweet tooth, and watching TV for motivation. Growing up in a haunted house inspired Brandi’s fascination with the paranormal, so it only made sense that she’d write Urban Fantasy books for both teens and adults.
Brandi hasn’t been lucky enough to meet her soul mate (yet), so she writes paranormal tales of those who have. Her stories combine magical elements with real-life issues, strong female characters, semi-old fashioned men and family values, woven together and told from an emotional, first-person perspective. She enjoys writing sweet stories that teach girls it’s okay to speak your mind and be independent, career-driven, and not worry about fitting in to society’s mold.
In addition to the BirthRight Novels, she also has four additional adventures she’ll be writing over the next few years, so stay-tuned.
{Release Day Book Blitz + Giveaway} Don't Fall by Rachel Schieffelbein @RMSchieffelbein _ @swoonromance
Don't Fall
Release Date: 2014
Swoon Romance
Summary from Goodreads::
In which a teenage girl endures the over-protective love of her adoptive mother until she falls for a boy who has her wanting to spread her wings, pitched as a contemporary retelling of RAPUNZEL.
Seventeen-year-old Anya leads a very secluded life in a house on the edge of town with her adopted mother. She doesn't go to school, but instead has a private tutor. Her over-protective mom keeps her so sheltered that she doesn't even have a best friend.
But Anya doesn't seem to mind. She has her books, her photography, and her daydreams, and would do anything to please her mom. Until one day at the library, the only place she's allowed to go, she takes a picture of a beautiful boy.
Before long she's lying to her mom, and sneaking out late at night to meet Zander. But Zander wants more than a secret romance. If Anya wants to be with the boy of her dreams, she will have to risk her relationship with the only other person she's ever cared about.
Seventeen-year-old Anya leads a very secluded life in a house on the edge of town with her adopted mother. She doesn't go to school, but instead has a private tutor. Her over-protective mom keeps her so sheltered that she doesn't even have a best friend.
But Anya doesn't seem to mind. She has her books, her photography, and her daydreams, and would do anything to please her mom. Until one day at the library, the only place she's allowed to go, she takes a picture of a beautiful boy.
Before long she's lying to her mom, and sneaking out late at night to meet Zander. But Zander wants more than a secret romance. If Anya wants to be with the boy of her dreams, she will have to risk her relationship with the only other person she's ever cared about.
{Guest
Post - Covers}
Thank
you so much for being part of the blog tour, and having me today! I’m going to
talk about how we ended up with the cover for Don’t Fall.
First
of all, covers are one of the best parts of being published. For real. Getting
to see something beautiful that captures the mood of your story, and has your
name on it, is pretty great.
For
Don’t Fall, Georgia McBride and I decided to do a cover contest. The entries
came to me first and it was so much fun seeing them come in. There were a lot
of beautiful ones. A lot of very creative, unique ones. And a few odd ball
ones. Lol.
From
there Georgia, and Mandy, my editor, and I all picked our own favorites and
eventually narrowed it down to the top three. This was not easy! Then those
three covers all got splashed all over the blogosphere and people voted. I
honestly really liked all three covers, and didn’t try to influence the voters,
but this cover was my favorite.
I
loved it the first time I saw it in my inbox, and I’m glad the voters agreed! I
see this as Anya letting go of her fears, her restrictions, the burdens she’s
put on herself. It’s a beautiful, free falling sort of moment.
About the Author
Rachel grew up in a tiny town in Minnesota. She still lives there, with her husband and their four kids. She coaches high school speech and theater, rides Arabian horses, reads as much as she can, and writes stories.
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