UK Blog Tour: Fall From India Place [On Dublin Street 04] by Samantha Young!

 

Publication date: 3rd June 2014

Paperback edition: 208 pages

Source: Kindle

Rating: 5 stars

Synopsis: When Hannah Nichols last saw Marco D’Alessandro, five long years ago, he broke her heart. The bad boy with a hidden sweet side was the only guy Hannah ever loved—and the only man she’s ever been with. After one intense night of giving into temptation, Marco took off, leaving Scotland and Hannah behind. Shattered by the consequences of their night together, Hannah has never truly moved on.

Leaving Hannah was the biggest mistake of Marco’s life, something he has deeply regretted for years. So when fate reunites them, he refuses to let her go without a fight. Determined to make her his, Marco pursues Hannah, reminding her of all the reasons they’re meant to be together.…

But just when Marco thinks they’re committed to a future together, Hannah makes a discovery that unearths the secret pain she’s been hiding from him, a secret that could tear them apart before they have a real chance to start over again.

I just love this series, so when I got the chance to be on the UK Blog Tour for it, I grabbed it with both hands! I did get an early finished copy of this book and I'm so happy I did! I freaking loved it! I love this series anyway, but this book made quite a impression on me! The plot was amazing! It had everything I love in the plot of a book! Sexual tension, amazing characters and a romance that left me dying to read on and see how it was going to develop! I was hooked! There were also plenty of sexy scenes too! The plot was just amazing and it went at the perfect pace and had a lot in it! There were also a few secrets and unexpected twists that happened in the plot too, which really added a lot to the plot! There was also a massive twist at the end, which really affected the main character! I have to admit that I think I cried for the rest of the book after the twist happened! It was so sad! The characters were amazing! Hannah was the main character and she was in the other books in this series! She played a secondary character in the other books, but this book was her story! I loved Hannah's story! I found her to be a really likable character as well! I connected with her all the way through this book and I knew she was hiding a secret! I have to admit that I guessed her secret lol! My heart did go out to her though and I could see how much it still affected her years down the line! I just overall loved Hannah! I loved that she made her love interest prove his love for her and she didn't just jump back into a relationship with him! That showed what kind of person she was! Marco was the love interest of Hannah and he was so hot! Why are all of Samantha Young's guys so hot?! Anyway lol, Marco was a guy with a secret in this book! Kinda like Hannah in a way lol! Marco's secret was one that I didn't expect! It was quite a secret and I could understand why he kept it for a while from Hannah! Marco was such a hottie and I adored how protective and how far he was willing to go to prove his love for Hannah! He really had to prove how much he loved Hannah and I definitely loved how persistent he was and I could see how far he would go to prove his love for her! It made me smile at points in this book the little things he did for her too! I loved that other characters from this series were in this book! In fact, I think all of them were lol! I'm really looking forward to reading the next book in this series! I know that it's not going to be about Hannah and Marco, but I'm sure they'll make appearances in it! Plus, I'm really excited about the main character in the next book! He was in this book and a lot and he's made such an impression on me in this series so far! The UK cover for this book is stunning! I actually had to see it in person to realise how stunning it is! I completely love it and I have to say that I prefer it to the US cover! Big thank you to Piatkus for an early copy of Fall From India Place and for having me on the Blog Tour!

 

 

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Samantha Young is a New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author from Stirlingshire, Scotland. She's been nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Author and Best Romance for her international bestselling novel ON DUBLIN STREET. ON DUBLIN STREET is Samantha's first adult contemporary romance and has been sold in twenty five countries. For more info on Samantha's adult fiction visit http://www.ondublinstreet.com

 

 

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Release Launch Blast & Giveaway: Above the Noise [In Too Deep 03] by Michelle Kemper Brownlow!

Becki Mowry’s journalism expertise keeps her busy as she spends her waking hours filling a calendar with gigs and public appearances for up and coming band, Alternate Tragedy. Radio interviews and TV spots result in sold out concerts and rowdy groupies hot for her lead singer boyfriend, Calon Ridge. But, as fame would have it, their time in the limelight also brings ulterior motives and false accusations. The rug is pulled out from under the band when they must make a decision they never dreamed they’d be faced with.

In this third book of the In Too Deep series, Becki and Calon struggle to find balance as they navigate their intense relationship while living amid the rock world’s nocturnal chaos. When life’s unexpected obstacles come out of nowhere, they focus on finding their own private solace Above the Noise.

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Michelle Kemper Brownlow has been a storyteller her entire life. Her debut was on the high school cheerleading bus granting requests to re-tell her most embarrassing moments for a gaggle of hysterical squadmates.

Earning her Bachelor’s degree from Penn State University in Art Education and then marrying her very own “Jake,” she moved to Binghamton, NY where she taught high school. After having two children she quit work and finished her Master’s degree in Elementary Education at Binghamton University.

The Brownlow family of four moved to Michelle’s hometown of Morgantown, PA while the children were still quite young. A few years after moving, her family grew by one when they welcomed a baby into their home through the gift of adoption. The family still resides in PA, just miles from where that high school cheer bus was parked.

Michelle has been an artist for as long as she can remember, always choosing pencils and crayons over toys and puzzles. As a freelance illustrator, her simple characters play the starring roles in numerous emergent reader books published by Reading Reading Books.

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Blog Tour & Giveaway: Touched Series by Nancy Straight!

Facts about the Touched Series!

- There are four books in the series: Blood Debt, Centaur Legacy, Centaur Rivalry and Centaur Redemption.

- The first book, Blood Debt is free from all bookstores.

- Blood Debt has been rated 915 times on Goodreads

- Camille has five brothers: Beau, Bart, Ben, Bruce and Brent. I gave them names that start with “B” to try to help the reader distinguish a brother from another character.

· There will be more books in this series, but the first four are focused on Camille and Drake. Future books will focus on other characters.

 - Daniel is the best friend anyone could ever have.

- The Touched Series will be available as an Audio book in August 2014.

- I cried like a baby when I wrote the last chapter in Centaur Redemption.

- There is a particular part in Blood Debt where readers WANT to throw their kindles/nooks/iPads at me. My advice is always: keep reading.

- The heroine, Camille, is the combination of the personalities of five of the most intelligent, funny, independent, strong women I know and admire. 

Blood Debt [Touched 01]!

Her whole life, it had just been the two of them. Before her mother’s last breath, she gave Camille the information she had craved her entire life: the identity of her father. Daring to contact him, Camille was welcomed by an entire family she never knew existed. But nothing comes without a price, as she discovers when her family claims a legendary heritage tracing back to a Centaur touched by Zeus.

As she learns the secrets of her Centaur bloodline, she is drawn into a forbidden love with Drake. Her family acknowledges her life may be the blood debt required to pay for her mother’s transgressions. The same person who once held her mother captive, and forced her into decades of hiding, now controls Camille. Her only chance is to seek a piece of her mother’s past that will win her freedom and the life she desperately desires.

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Centaur Legacy [Touched 02]!

Camille and Drake are on the run from the head of the Centaur Council, seeking the mythical pasture of Thessaly and a family heirloom that may keep them safe. As their journey progresses from the rolling hills of Ireland to the snow covered forests of South Dakota, Cami learns more about her mother’s secrets, including a twin brother and a Centaur legacy that puts a death warrant on her entire family.

Camille and Drake don't know who to trust or where to hide. Camille’s family is quick to come to her aid, but who among them can be trusted?

A supernatural benefactor forces Drake to choose between being the man he wants to be and the Centaur warrior Camille needs him to be.

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Centaur Rivalry [Touched 03]!

The Centaur world is rocked as news spreads of the Lost Herd, Camille's existence, and her Centaur protector. A death order against Camille's father and family sends all into hiding.

Camille and Drake leave the country pursued by the Lost Herd as well as by Centaur Council enforcers. Camille's twin brother Cameron is manipulated by the Council Head and is quickly becoming her newest enemy.

Amid unexpected new protectors, enemies, and romances, Camille and Drake make their plans to travel to Africa to confront the Centaur Council. They hope acceptance of Camille as Chiron's heir, yet knowing that her link to the Lost Herd could require them to kill or to be killed.

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Centaur Redemption [Touched 04]!

Cami and Drake’s honeymoon is cut short as they escape attacks by the Council Enforcers and head to South Africa for the meeting of the Centaur Council, which has ordered a death sentence on Cami and all members of the Lost Herd. The Council Chairman is her grandmother, her most dangerous foe. Surrounded by family and friends, Drake and Cami face the Council, Cami’s power-hungry uncles, an ambitious twin, taking the battle all the way to Zeus to attempt to win the freedom of the Tak herd.

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I LOVE Starbucks’ White Mocha Latte and Mountain Dew, (but not together). I have a lead foot so I set cruise control when I drive, even in 25 MPH zones. I almost never win when I play Angry Birds, but have my 9 year old close, so he can clear the hard levels for me. I grew up on a farm and am opposed to eating fresh chicken (not opposed to meat - just opposed to any meat that was alive a few hours before lunch). I am a huge fan of the show, Big Bang Theory, on CBS. I share my life with two fantastic sons, three rotten dogs and a husband that I adore.

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Spotlight & Giveaway: Wanted by You [Love in the City 01] by Steph Nuss!

 

Carter was captivated by Ellyson Evans the moment he laid eyes on her, but she was the one girl who didn't beg for his attention.

He wanted her.

Ellyson vowed to never fall in love, because love can destroy you, but then she met Carter Jennings.

She wanted him.

Unwilling to risk their comfortable friendship, neither confessed their desires.

Losing touch after college, a chance meeting reconnects them.

They want each other.

But love in the city is never quite that easy.

 

 

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Steph Nuss was born and raised in rural Kansas, where she currently resides with her black Labrador son named Gunner. She grew up with a passion for reading and writing. When she’s not immersed into the land of fiction, she enjoys listening to music that came before her time, watching movies and reruns of her favorite shows, and hanging out with her family and friends. She also has a bachelor’s degree in psychology that she’ll never use…unless she’s profiling her characters of course.

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Book Blitz & Giveaway: His to Claim #1: No Strings by Opal Carew!

Rafe is a rock musician by night and head of a multi-million dollar family business during the day. Melanie is his former assistant, a wallflower who’s harbored a secret crush on him for years. Someone he'd never even consider sleeping with.  But when Melanie decides to leave behind her shy exterior and live out her own sexy bucket list, the two of them are thrown together in a whirlwind affair that pushes both their boundaries.

His to Claim: Part 1 is the first installment in the scintillating erotic serial novel His to Claim, later to be made available as a complete book featuring special bonus material. Don’t miss the other chapters of Opal Carew’s six-part serial out Summer 2014.  She's his to claim--he just doesn't know it.

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Opal Carew is the author of Total Abandon, Pleasure Bound, Twin Fantasies and other erotic romance novels. She also writes as Elizabeth Batten-Carew. “So why do I like writing erotic romance?” she asks. “I like being able to push beyond traditional boundaries.” Opal loves crystals, dragons, feathers, cats, pink hair, the occult and all that glitters. While she writes, she listens to inspirational music, lights candles and keeps crystals near. Before devoting herself to  her passion as a writer, Opal spent 15 years as a software analyst, and she has a degree in Mathematics from the University of Waterloo. She lives with her husband and two sons in Ontario, Canada.

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Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan Q+A and Book Signing!

So, a few days ago I went to a Q+A and Book Signing for Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan! I'm not going to write much about it, so I made a video talking about my experience there! Check out some of the pictures below too!

(Look at all the people there! And this isn't even all of them!

P.S. Notice how the room has an institute feel to it ;))

(Me with Cassandra and Sarah! I'm the one in the reddish/pinkish jumper!)

(My signed books from Cassandra!)

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Blog Tour & Giveaway: BEWARE by Shanora Williams!

Publication date: 3rd June 2014
Paperback edition: -

Source: Kindle
Rating: 5 stars
Synopsis: London Stallone hasn’t always had the perfect life, but she did have the perfect older brother. He did everything for her. He took care of her when no one else would. He’s always been the shoulder she could lean on, but when he ends up killed, things turn for the worst.

London soon demands answers, and the first person she runs to is her brother’s co-worker and good friend, Donovan “Ace” Crow. Ace isn’t the ordinary guy. He doesn’t come equipped with flowers and chocolate. He doesn’t hand out smiles and hugs to every female he meets. He’s strict and only about business, and London believes he’s a part of the reason her brother was murdered.

As time progresses, London begins to get caught up in deadly situations. Ace repeatedly tells her to back off—to get lost—but she refuses. Soon, with all the run-ins, arguments and disagreements, it leads to something Ace never thought he’d have to do for anyone.

Protect her.

He doesn’t want her to get hurt. She doesn’t want to stay away. He’s cautioned her. He’s warned her. He’s done everything he can to make her leave him, and the mess he’s in, alone. But has he done enough? Has he sacrificed everything in order to keep London out of harms way?

Sometimes love can get in the way of your priorities. And sometimes love can easily become your enemy—you worst nightmare. It can destroy you.

This is a story full of dishonesty. Disloyalty. Broken hearts. Pain. Suffering. Lies. Destruction. This isn’t a fairytale love story. This is real. And it just might break you.

You’ve been warned…

BEWARE.

I haven't read a book from this author in ages... and then I found out about this one! The cover, the synopsis, everything about it drew me to it! I was so excited to read it! The plot of this book drew me in from the first page! It was full of sexual tension and I couldn't put it down until I had read the last page! There was always something happening in the plot too, so I couldn't put it down and I zoomed through it in a few sittings! The only sort of criticism I can say about the plot was that I was expecting a bit more action in it! Don't get me wrong, there were a few scenes with action in it, but I was expecting more scenes with action in them! There were some opportunities for it in the book and I did love the big action scene at the end! Apart from that, this book was just absolutely amazing and it really did blow me away! I just loved the suspense and romance in it too! The characters were amazing! London was the main female character and she was just thrown into the danger in this book! She didn't know who she could trust pretty early on, and I could completely understand why! I loved London! I loved that she was wary and she had to be proven to why she should trust that person! London did go through a lot in this book and my heart went out to her! I wasn't expecting her to go through so much, but she did and I felt so sorry for her! I loved how strong she was though! She got back up and she fought to find out the truth and she fought to get revenge! Plus, I have to say that the guy who fought alongside her was pretty damn hot too ;) Ace was the main male character and he was so hot! I loved how sort of domineering he was and he was such a dangerous guy! I mean, who doesn't love a hot, dangerous guy, right ;) I just loved Ace! I loved how protective he was of London and I could see how far he would go to keep her safe! Well, how far he did go to keep her safe would be more accurate! We don't really find out what made Ace get into such a dangerous predicament, but we sort of get more insight into when the chapters were written from his point of view, which I loved! Ace was a really intriguing character because he sort of held his cards close to his chest! He started to unravel as the book progressed though, which was really interesting! I really enjoyed that this book was written from both London and Ace's point of views! I wasn't sure if it was going to be after I read the synopsis, but I'm really happy it was! It really helped me connect with both of the characters more and I loved watching their relationship grow through both of their eyes! The ending of this book left me in tears! I was actually in shock and then I just burst out crying and stayed that way for about half an hour lol! My heart just completely broke because I prayed for the opposite thing to happen and it didn't! The cover for this book is so hot! It's pretty different because it doesn't have a half naked body on it or a hot couple lol! This makes me love it just that little bit more! Big thank you to Shanora for an ARC of BEWARE and to Enticing Journey Book Promotions for having me on the Blog Tour!

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New York Times & USA Today Bestselling author Shanora Williams considers herself a wondrous, down-to-earth author who's all about romance, paranormal, and the historical fiction. Coffee and Oreos are her addiction. Reading is a necessity. Whenever she isn't writing or reading, she's most likely spending her time with family and loved ones, or watching hit TV series on Netflix.

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