Monday, March 30, 2015

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (73)

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is a meme from Book Journey where we spotlight what we finished reading, are currently reading and plan to read next.

{Finished Reading}

{Currently Reading}

{Currently Listening To}

{What I'm Going to Read Next}

A School for Unusual Girls (Stranje House, #1)

What about you? What have you read lately? What's next on your list?

Sunday, March 29, 2015

Stacking the Shelves (91)

Stacking The Shelves, a weekly meme from Tynga's Reviews
where I list what I've read, what I've reviewed, what I've acquired
and anything else worth mentioning

The Gamble by Kristen Ashley
Dirty Beautiful Rich Part One
Pursuing Grace by Anita Cox
Stolen by Leslie Georgeson
Dangerous Curves by Marysol James
The Navy SEAL's E-Mail Order Bride by Cora Seton
Whistlin' Dixie by Maggie Adams
Jace by T.A. Grey

I've been super busy this week - more reviews next week

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Friday, March 27, 2015

{Chapter Three Reveal + Giveaway} Hunted (Sinners #2) by Abi Ketner and Missy Kalicicki #M9BFridayReveals

M9B Friday Reveal: Chapter Three of Hunted (Sinners #2) by Abi Ketner and Missy Kalicicki with Giveaway #M9BFridayReveals

Welcome to this week’s M9B Friday Reveal!

This week, we are revealing Chapter 3 of

Hunted (Sinners #2) by Abi Ketner and Missy Kalicicki

presented by Month9Books!

Be sure to enter the giveaway found at the end of the post!

HUNTED is the electrifying sequel to the bestselling debut BRANDED, A Sinners Series, by Abi Ketner and Missy Kalicicki.

It’s been three months since the revolt against the Commander’s fifty-year-old regime failed.

Under a new ruler, things were supposed to change. Get better.

But can anyone really be trusted?

Lexi and Cole soon find out, as life takes an unexpected turn for the worse.

In this ever-changing world, you must hunt or be hunted.

Lives will be lost.

Dreams will be crushed.

Fears will be realized.

Secrets will be exposed.

When Cole is once again faced with losing Lexi at the hands of a monster, one encounter will change everything.

Forever.

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Title: Hunted (Sinners #2)
Publication date: March 31, 2015
Publisher: Month9Books, LLC.
Author: Abi Ketner and Missy Kalicicki

Available for Pre-order:

You can read Chapter Three HERE!

Happy Reading and Enjoy!

Abi and Missy met in the summer of 1999 at college orientation and have been best friends ever since. After college, they added jobs, husbands and kids to their lives, but they still found time for their friendship. Instead of hanging out on weekends, they went to dinner once a month and reviewed books. What started out as an enjoyable hobby has now become an incredible adventure.

Author Links: Website | Twitter | Facebook | Tumbler

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Thursday, March 26, 2015

{Book Blitz + Excerpt + GC Giveaway + Ebook Giveaway} Royal Date by Sariah Wilson

Royal Date by Sariah Wilson
Publication date: March 3rd 2015
Genres: New Adult, Romance

Synopsis:

This Cinderella didn’t plan on a prince . . .
Kat MacTaggart is a girl who has a plan for everything—including her holiday ski trip to Monterra with her best friend. Everything is going according to plan until she finds herself careening out of control down a mountainside and being rescued by a guy who looks like Superman’s hotter Italian cousin.
HRH Prince Nico is intrigued by the woman he saved on the slopes and her refusal to date him. He offers Kat a deal—let him show her his country and he’ll pay her to write articles that will help Monterra’s tourism industry. Kat agrees, but given her past and lingering distrust of men, she has one condition—absolutely no kissing.
Thanks to the claims of a jealous British noblewoman and the schemes of a meddling paparazzo, Kat’s rule doesn’t seem to be a problem at first. But the more Kat gets to know Nico and the people around him, the harder it is to remember her keep-your-distance plan. Should she stick to it or risk everything for a chance at happily ever after?

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25009591-royal-date?ac=1

Purchase:

--Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?ie=UTF8&docId=1003001151&ref_=pe_1760240_133956090

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{Excerpt}

Now his fingers were playing with the few tendrils that had escaped my bun. I went still and forgot to breathe. “There is something I’ve wondered since the moment I met you.”

            “What?” My voice sounded breathy and weird.

            “What this would be like.”

            He was going to kiss me, and I was going to let him. My heart started trying to pound its way out of my chest.

            I should have stopped him. I should have been afraid. But I wasn’t.

            His kiss was feathery light, barely touching me. His lips were warm, soft, and strong. If I’d realized earlier they’d feel like this against my own, I probably would have spent a lot more time studying them. My eyes drifted shut as my stomach went completely hollow, and a warm thickness started spreading through all of my limbs. He kissed me again, gentle and persuasive.

            “Relax, bella,” he murmured against my lips, running his fingers along my jawbone. I realized that I was clenching his shirtfront with my fists. I loosened my grip. He continued to plant sweet and soft kisses on my lips. “This works better if you kiss me back,” he said with a smile as he leaned back slightly to look at me, his eyes glittery and intense. He ran his thumb along my lower lip, which made all sorts of unmentionable things happen to my insides.

            Leave it to me to mess something up as basic as kissing. Fortunately, I wasn’t a total idiot. I could do what he was doing. Scared as I was, I managed to give myself a pep talk. I was twenty-four years old. I was the oldest person on the planet who had never been kissed. I couldn’t have asked for a more perfect setting, or a more perfect man. So gathering up every bit of courage I possessed, I leaned in to kiss him. Just a small peck. A little smooch. It was all I could manage.

            I pulled back to see a delighted and appreciative look in his eyes.

            “That wasn’t as bad as I expected.”

            “Not as bad as you expected? Katerina, I can do much better than ‘not as bad as you expected.’”

            I hadn’t meant to issue a challenge, but he accepted it anyway. I thought I heard him growl before he pressed our lips together more firmly, his hands framing and holding my head in place as he kissed me over and over. It was all I could do to keep up. Electricity exploded everywhere he touched and kissed me.

            Was it possible to die from a kiss?

            My hands moved from his shirt to his wrists, and I felt like I was clinging on for dear life. His kisses started to escalate in intensity until he suddenly stopped. He leaned his forehead against mine, and we were both breathing fast.

            “I think . . . I think it’s time for me to return you to your room.”

I nodded, unable to think.

            He could have said, “I think it’s time for us to get on a spaceship and fly to the moon,” and I would have agreed to that, too.

AUTHOR BIO:

Sariah Wilson has never jumped out of an airplane, never climbed Mt. Everest, and is not a former CIA operative. She has, however, been madly, passionately in love with her soulmate and is a fervent believer in happily ever afters--which is why she writes romance. She has published five happily ever after stories. She grew up in southern California, graduated from Brigham Young University (go Cougars!) with a semi-useless degree in history, and is the oldest of nine (yes, nine) children. She currently lives with the aforementioned soulmate and their four children in Utah, along with three tiger barb fish, a cat named Tiger, and a recently departed hamster that is buried in the backyard (and has nothing at all to do with tigers).

Author links:

https://twitter.com/sariahwilson

http://www.sariahwilson.com/

https://www.facebook.com/sariahwilsonauthor

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6471623.Sariah_Wilson

Blitz-wide giveaway (INTL)

$50 Amazon Gift Card

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Ebook giveaway:
Sariah Wilson has generously offered an ebook to a Clever Girls Read reader. To win do any or all of the following: add Royal Date to your goodreads to read list, pin the cover on Pinterest, tweet about the giveaway, follow Sariah Wilson on social media. Leave a comment letting me know what you did and your e-mail address and I'll randomly select a commenter. Open internationally. The ebook will be sent out after April 23rd. Giveaway ends 4/5.

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Waiting on Wednesday (89) Seriously Wicked: A Novel by Tina Connolly

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, created by Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

This week I'm waiting on:

Seriously Wicked: A Novel by Tina Connolly

The only thing worse than being a witch is living with one.

Camellia’s adopted mother wants Cam to grow up to be just like her. Problem is, Mom’s a seriously wicked witch.

Cam’s used to stopping the witch’s crazy schemes for world domination. But when the witch summons a demon, he gets loose—and into Devon, the cute new boy at school.

Now Cam’s suddenly got bigger problems than passing Algebra. Her friends are getting zombiefied. Their dragon is tired of hiding in the RV garage. For being a shy boy-band boy, Devon is sure kissing a bunch of girls. And a phoenix hidden in the school is going to explode on the night of the Halloween Dance.

To stop the demon before he destroys Devon’s soul, Cam might have to try a spell of her own. But if she’s willing to work spells like the witch...will that mean she’s wicked too? (Blurb via Goodreads)

Expected publication: May 5, 2015

What are you waiting on?

{YA Spring Fling + Giveaway Blitz} Spotlight on Paranormal

Spotlight on Paranormal

From March 20^th to April 3^rd, over 70 authors come together to give away hundreds of books. The YA Spring Fling is an opportunity for readers to find new books, new authors and take part in something very special. Here is a sneak peek of some of the books involved in the giveaway.

All are featured in the YA Spring Fling giveaway. Click here to win free books!

Minor Gods and the Complete Summoners series by A.M. Yates

After witnessing her mother's murder by a vengeful Earth Goddess, seventeen-year-old Josie wants nothing more than to seek justice. But when she becomes a target too, a shadowy Fire God comes to her aid.