Saturday, 20 April 2013

Cover Reveal & Giveaway: Shudder (Stitch Trilogy #2) - Samantha Durante


Shudder (Stitch Trilogy #2)


It's only been three days, and already everything is different.

Paragon is behind her, but somehow Alessa's life may actually have gotten worse. In a wrenching twist of fate, she traded the safety and companionship of her sister for that of her true love, losing a vital partner she'd counted on for the ordeal ahead. Her comfortable university life is but a distant memory, as she faces the prospect of surviving a bleak winter on the meager remains of a ravaged world. And if she'd thought she'd tasted fear upon seeing a ghost, she was wrong; now she's discovering new depths of terror while being hunted by a deadly virus and a terrifying pack of superhuman creatures thirsting for blood.

And then there are the visions.

The memory-altering "stitch" unlocked something in Alessa's mind, and now she can't shake the constant flood of alien feelings ransacking her emotions. Haunting memories of an old flame are driving a deep and painful rift into her once-secure relationship. And a series of staggering revelations about the treacherous Engineers - and the bone-chilling deceit shrouding her world's sorry history - will soon leave Alessa reeling...

The second installment in the electrifying Stitch Trilogy, Shudder follows Samantha Durante's shocking and innovative debut with a heart-pounding, paranormal-dusted dystopian adventure sure to keep the pages turning.
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Other Shudder Info
Genre/Keywords: Dystopian, Paranormal Romance, Post-Apocalyptic, Young Adult, New Adult
Length: TBA
Sample Chapters: Link coming in June!
Expected Release Date: June 15th, 2013

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My Review Of Stitch.

Stitch (Stitch Trilogy #1)




NOTE: As of 12/1/12, Stitch is exclusive to Amazon for membership in the Kindle Select program, so the links below for Smashwords, B&N, iTunes, etc. are no longer valid.  However, reviews can still be posted at these sites.Smashwords (multiple e-book formats $2.99)
Barnes & Noble (Nook $2.99)
Also available in the iTunes store ($2.99 e-book) and wherever e-books are sold
Other Stitch Info
Genre/Keywords: Paranormal Romance, Ghost, Dystopian, Post-Apocalyptic, Young Adult, New Adult
Length: 75,000 words (314 pages)
Sample Chapters: Ch1-5 (38 pages)
Release Date: August 1st, 2012

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 — Author Info —
Samantha Durante lives in Westchester County, New York with her husband, Sudeep, and her cat, Gio. Formerly an engineer at Microsoft, Samantha left the world of software in 2010 to pursue her entrepreneurial dreams and a lifelong love of writing. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s Jerome Fisher Program in Management & Technology, Samantha is currently working full time for her company Medley Media Associates as a freelance business writer and communications consultant. The Stitch Trilogy is her debut series. Learn more about Samantha at www.samanthadurante.com.

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Monday, 15 April 2013

(ARC) Book Review (221): Between The Lives - Jessica Shirvington


Between the Lives

Publication: 1st May 2013
Publisher: Harper Collins Australia
Pages: 336
Genre: Contemporary
Age Appropriate: Young Adult

Above all else, though I try not to think about it, I know which life I prefer. And every night when I Cinderella myself from one life to the next a very small, but definite, piece of me dies. The hardest part is that nothing about my situation has ever changed. There is no loophole.

Until now, that is... 

For as long as she can remember, Sabine has lived two lives. Every 24 hours she Shifts to her ′other′ life - a life where she is exactly the same, but absolutely everything else is different: different family, different friends, different social expectations. In one life she has a sister, in the other she does not. In one life she′s a straight-A student with the perfect boyfriend, in the other she′s considered a reckless delinquent. Nothing about her situation has ever changed, until the day when she discovers a glitch: the arm she breaks in one life is perfectly fine in the other.

With this new knowledge, Sabine begins a series of increasingly risky experiments which bring her dangerously close to the life she′s always wanted... But just what - and who - is she really risking?

My Thoughts...
Wow, this book was absolutely amazing, one of the best books of the year!

A fast paced, emotion-packed story of a girl named Sabine who's stuck living two alternate lives, (every 24 hours at midnight she swaps lives) in one life she's a rich kid with two brothers and in the other her parents work 24/7 to save money for Sabine and her sisters college education.

Resigned to living her life or lives this way, it's not until she breaks her arm in one of them that she discovers that it didn't cross over into the next one, which then starts her experiments in injuring herself on purpose to see the outcome.

And then she meets Ethan, and through this emotionally devastating friendship/relationship she realises that what she thought she wanted isn't really what she wanted or needed all along and that it's up to her to make herself happy by doing what she wants to do and not just what's expected of her.

Through the heart-wrenching ending which had me in tears is a fantastic and unique novel which just begs to be read over and over again.

This is the first book that I've read of Jessica's and it sure won't be the last, I can't express enough how much I loved this book.

Highly recommended, everybody needs to read this.

I give this 5/5.

A Big Thanks To Harper Collins Australia.
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Saturday, 6 April 2013

(ARC) Book Review (220): Strangelets - Michelle Gagnon



Strangelets

Publication: 9th April 2013
Publisher: Soho Teen
Pages: 288
Genre: Dystopian
Age Appropriate: Young Adult
17-year-old Sophie lies on her deathbed in California, awaiting the inevitable loss of her battle with cancer…
17-year-old Declan stares down two armed thugs in a back alley in Galway, Ireland…
17-year-old Anat attempts to traverse a booby-trapped tunnel between Israel and Egypt…

All three strangers should have died at the exact same moment, thousands of miles apart. Instead, they awaken together in an abandoned hospital—only to discover that they’re not alone. Three other teens from different places on the globe are trapped with them. Somebody or something seems to be pulling the strings. With their individual clocks ticking, they must band together if they’re to have any hope of surviving. 

Soon they discover that they've been trapped in a future that isn't of their making: a deadly, desolate world at once entirely familiar and utterly strange. Each teen harbors a secret, but only one holds the key that could get them home. As the truth comes to light through the eyes of Sophie, Declan, and Anat, the reader is taken on a dark and unforgettable journey into the hearts of teens who must decide what to do with a second chance at life.
My Thoughts...
This book had such a unique and exciting storyline, a very fresh and intriguing premise that had me guessing until the very end as to what was actually going on (I never did come up with the answer, which was refreshing).

 Six teens on their deathbed or only seconds from death find themselves awakening inside of a hospital, with no idea where they are or who put them there, they are distrustful of each other but come to realise that to escape and to figure out what is going on they need to band together if they have any hope at all of getting back to where they came from.

 So through the alternating chapters told through the eyes of Sophie, Declan and Anat we get to see their different stories and versions of what is taking place around them.

 Once they eventually escape the hospital, they enter into a world completely different to when they each left it, there are no other humans around and the city that they find themselves in has been destroyed as if a large earthquake had hit, on the run from unknown creatures that seem intent on capturing them for their next meals they must find a way to keep one step ahead of the creatures whilst trying to find a way back home, but when a traitor is discovered amongst them some of them might not make it out of there alive.

 A very entertaining dystopian novel that will keep you guessing until the heart-stopping end.

 I give this 3.75/5 Stars.

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Friday, 5 April 2013

Blog Tour Book Blast & Giveaway: Belong To You - Vi Keeland


 I was born and raised in New York. I've been told I have a New York accent, on more than one occasion. It is pronounced cawfee, not coffee, right? But of course, being a true New Yawka, I believe everyone else has the accent.

I am one of six children, and come from a family of "steps, halves, ours, theirs and his" children. Even though the oldest of the six is only 48, we have given my incredible mom 17 grandchildren. I have three children, two girls and a boy. My son is the oldest and is a godsend. The girls, well, they are tweens and make me drink too much wine on occasion.

I am an attorney by day, and a romance author by night! I published my first book in 2013, First Thing I See and was thrilled at the overwhelming success! My next book, Belong to You, is due out April 4, 2013, and I have the hots for the man on the cover. ]

I consider myself a romance author, but my books definitely have steam in them, so I guess I am technically a romance-erotica author. I am also a HUGE reader and love Sylvia Day, Kristen Ashely, and EL James.

My other loves are boating, jetskiing, parking my ass at the beach and traveling. My dream vacation is a backpack, passport and an open ticket to anywhere we can explore! I don't cook, pretty much because I am terrible at it, and I have no desire to improve.

Thank you for taking the time to read about me, and I hope you enjoy reading my books as much as I like writing them!

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Thursday, 4 April 2013

Cover Reveal & Giveaway: Hot Redemption - K.D Penn

Today is an exciting day. D. T. Dyllin and I have  worked hard on our cyber punk erotic romance novel. 

We're so happy that Dragonfairy Press will be releasing it Summer 2013.

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Blurb: 

Epic and his brothers don’t rob strip clubs for fun or fame, but to use the electric currency to take care of their family. With androids and robots flooding the job market, it’s almost impossible for humans to find work. Besides, stealing comes easy to the gang, until Phoenix steps into their lives, snatching away their bounty and fogging up Epic’s mind with her seductive scent.

Shots blare. A chase ensues. Both sides refuse to yield. And the small compromise that comes is 
brought by chains and a promise for a bigger hit--
on a planet far away from earth. 



Can Epic and Phoenix work together to rescue themselves from poverty? 

Or will they find another type of redemption one lathered in lust and warmth, pleasure, and the type of undemanding love that no human can live without?







About K. D. Penn


K.D. Penn is the pseudonym for the writing team of Kenya Wright and D.T. Dyllin.



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Saturday, 30 March 2013

*Free Till Midnight 30th March*, Reaper's Novice - Cecilia Robert, Book Blast & Giveaway.

Free For A Limited Time, Till Midnight U.S Time 30th March On  Amazon.



Reaper's Novice (Soul Collector #1)
**Reaper's Novice was previously published as a short story installment. It will be released in January 2013 as full length novel.**

17- year- old Ana Maria Tei’s life has always been perfect: loving parents, good grades, and a future so bright it outshone the sun. But now words like “separation” and “divorce” are sending her world plummeting to hell. Determined to keep her family intact, Ana plans a family-bonding trip from Vienna to Tuscany. Except fate has other plans. Ana’s parents and siblings are killed in a car accident on their way to pick Ana up from school.

Enter Grim, aka Ernest. He promises to relinquish the four souls if Ana agrees to trade her soul for theirs and serve a lifetime as his novice. In order for Ana to graduate from her Reaper’s Novice station to a Soul Collector graduate, Grim puts her to test. To her horror, she finds out becoming a Reaper’s Novice didn’t happen by chance. It was preordained, and she is forced to make a choice: save her family’s souls or come to terms with who she really is and complete the task set for her.
Giveaway.
2 signed paperbacks of my YA urban fantasy, 2 Reaper's Novice Magnets and book of choice from Book Depository. Reaper's Novice ebook will be free today, 30th March 2013 on Amazon
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Friday, 29 March 2013

Cover Reveal: Across A Star-Swept Sea (For Darkness Shows The Stars #2) - Diana Peterfreund


Across a Star-Swept Sea (For Darkness Shows the Stars #2)

Centuries after wars nearly destroyed civilization, the two islands of New Pacifica stand alone, a terraformed paradise where even the Reduction—the devastating brain disorder that sparked the wars—is a distant memory. Yet on the isle of Galatea, an uprising against the ruling aristocrats has turned deadly. The revolutionaries’ weapon is a drug that damages their enemies’ brains, and the only hope is rescue by a mysterious spy known as the Wild Poppy.

On the neighboring island of Albion, no one suspects that the Wild Poppy is actually famously frivolous aristocrat Persis Blake. The teenager uses her shallow, socialite trappings to hide her true purpose: her gossipy flutternotes are encrypted plans, her pampered sea mink is genetically engineered for spying, and her well-publicized new romance with handsome Galatean medic Justen Helo… is her most dangerous mission ever.

Though Persis is falling for Justen, she can’t risk showing him her true self, especially once she learns he’s hiding far more than simply his disenchantment with his country’s revolution and his undeniable attraction to the silly socialite he’s pretending to love. His darkest secret could plunge both islands into a new dark age, and Persis realizes that when it comes to Justen Helo, she’s not only risking her heart, she’s risking the world she’s sworn to protect.

In this thrilling adventure inspired by The Scarlet Pimpernel, Diana Peterfreund creates an exquisitely rendered world where nothing is as it seems and two teens with very different pasts fight for a future only they dare to imagine.
Expected publication: October 15th 2013 by Balzer + Bray


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