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12 Days of Reviews & Giveaways: Under Different Stars by Amy A. Bartol

Erin’s Review: Hello Ladies! There’s a new alien in town and he’s here to collect all of our hearts! Yes, Yes it is. His name is Trey Allairis and it didn’t take long for him to have me swooning all over the place! While he’s not actually referred to as an Alien, He does mention being from another world and to get to said world they have to travel through a worm hole. If that doesn’t scream ALIEN, I don’t know what does. Ah, since I mentioned Trey, excuse me a minute: Ok, I think I’m good for a minute. 😉 I started reading Under Different Stars on Monday and thank the (different) stars (ha!) that I had Tuesday off, because I finally gave the book a rest when I could barely keep my eyes open. I was instantly sucked into the story and I did not want to stop reading! This book was incredible, from the unique Etharian slang they used to the swoon-worthy Trey Allairis . The characters in this book were amazing and the world that Amy built for us..was a lot like ours, but yet so very different. I’m finding it difficult to put into words how much I loved this book, but I will try! Kricket was smart, funny and the good kind of sassy. She wasn’t at all annoying like some Sass-filled protagonists come off as. Having lost her parents early on in life, she’s had a rough upbringing […]

Release Blitz: The Sound Of Us by Ashley Poston + Giveaway!

The Sound of Us by Ashley Poston Series: Radio Hearts #1 Pages: 202 Release Date: December 19th, 2013 Goodreads: Add to your bookshelf Buy Now: Amazon | Barnes and Noble | Kobo | ITunes | Google Play America’s favorite pop band, Roman Holiday, is done, dead, and so totally last year. For eighteen-year-old rockoholic Junie Baltimore, this is music to her ears. But when she discovers their sexy ex-lead singer hiding out on the boardwalk, her summer vacation becomes the cover story of the year.She’s willing to keep him a secret, but when a sleazy paparazzo offers her the cash she needs to save the bar her father left behind, could she sell out for the chance to save her future? Who is she kidding? That’s a no-brainer…but she never planned on falling head over heels for the lead singer. EXCERPT: Swallowing my heart back down into my throat, I take a tentative step into his darkly lit bedroom. Posters of Harleys and European cities are plastered on his walls. Somewhere downstairs, Roman Holiday’ s “Crush On You” echoes through the entire house in a sick sort of sadistic irony. My ankles wobble, but I keep my cool, trying to slip out of my Converses on the way to his bed. “I even have mood lighting,” he adds, thumbing back to the flickering electric candles on his headboard. “They’ re…nice…” I get one shoe off halfway to the bed, and dig my toe into the back of my other shoe right when I hit a silky pair […]

12 Days of Reviews & Giveaways: Speak Easy by Melanie Harlow

One of my favorite books of this year was Speak Easy by Melanie Harlow. It takes place in Detroit during the height of prohibition, the 1920s. Seeing as I’m from Michigan, I like it when I read a book that is based in a place I’m familiar with. I know what it’s like in Michigan during the middle of a July heat wave. I also know where Woodward Avenue is. Though I’m sure the Woodward Ave of Today is a tad bit different looking now.. This book was like reading through an episode of Boardwalk Empire, DETROIT STYLE. I recently finished the sequel to the book, Speak Low, and I will be reviewing that book in the near future(so keep an eye out for it!). In the meantime, check out my review for Speak Easy located here and scroll down and enter to win a digital copy of Speak Easy(kindle OR ePub)! a Rafflecopter giveaway

12 Days of Reviews & Giveways: The Grab Your Pole series by Jenn Cooksey

If you guys have paid any attention to me on Twitter. You should know that one of my favorite book series is the Grab Your Pole series by the fabulous Jenn Cooksey. You can check out my review of the first book, Shark Bait, and the review of the third book, Shark Out of Water. Yes, I know I’m missing a review of the second book and maybe some day when I reread the book (and I know I will) I will write a review for the second book, The Other Fish in the Sea. Because I love this book series so much, this is one of my chosen book(s) to giveaway during our 12 Days of Reviews & Giveaways. 😉 Please enter to win down below!!! The winner will receive digital copies (from Amazon or BN) of all three books in the Grab Your Pole series. Good luck!! a Rafflecopter giveaway The Grab Your Pole Series by Jenn Cooksey

Guest Post: Behind the Scenes of the ONE WILD NIGHT Cover Shoot

So…you’ve seen this hot cover? Did you know that the author went to the photo shoot and got to hang out with the cover models? So what goes on behind the scenes at a shoot for book covers? First…the author must check the male model’s panty size. FOR RESEARCH. Then the female and male models are introduced and look at each other seductively… Then the photographer poses them for the author’s enjoyment…ahem…I mean for the cover. THE COVER. Even if that includes the male model laying on a cold bar top… All in a hard day’s work… Magan Vernon would like to thank Kelsey Keeton from K Keeton Designs for dealing with her craziness and yelling “GRAB HIS PEE PEE” while she tried to pose the models. And a very special thanks to Walter Veale and Suzanne Smith who were the perfect Valerie and Wes! One Wild Night by Magan Vernon Release Date: December 5th, 2013 Goodreads: Add to your bookshelf Buy Now: Amazon | Barnes & Noble One Wild Night Can Change Everything Valerie Wilder doesn’ t do serious relationships. She also doesn’ t usually wake up in Vegas next to a male stripper… A male stripper who happens to be her new husband. A quickie divorce seems like the answer, but the Nevada legal system doesn’ t think so. When her new husband suggests flying back to Chicago with Valerie she accepts, wondering if one night in Vegas could turn into something much more. NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: I […]

Mini Book Review – Jagged by Kristen Ashley

I am a HUGE fan of Kristen Ashley and when I saw this up for grabs on Netgalley I was all over it. I read this book almost 2 months ago and I don’t even remember what happened in this book. Most Kristen Ashley books have a way of grabbing hold of my brain and staying there, this one did not. I couldn’t connect with the characters at all. Unlike other Kristen Ashley books, this one had nothing going on that kept me on the edge of my seat biting the inside of my mouth.. I’m so very disappointed by this book, but I guess it was bound to happen eventually, right? The rest of this series is amazing so far, but Jagged just doesn’t live up to the first four books in the Colorado Mountain series. I really hope that she brings it with Kaleidoscope, the next book in the series! If you’re a big Kristen Ashley fan like me, I would still recommend that you read it. It might be a watered down version of a Kristen Ashley book, but it’s still a KA book and it will hold you over until her next book comes out. Which, if you stalk her like Melanie and I do, you’ve already read the sneak peek of on her website.

One Wild Night Release Day Blitz + Giveaway!

One Wild Night by Magan Vernon Book Series: Forever Wild #1 Release Date: December 5th, 2013 Published by: Beautifully Broken Books Pages: 50 Goodreads: Add to your bookshelf Buy Now: Amazon | Barnes & Noble One Wild Night- EPISODE 1 in the first season of the Forever Wild Serial. (This is a six part series with one book releasing every 3 weeks) One Wild Night Can Change Everything Valerie Wilder doesn’ t do serious relationships. She also doesn’ t usually wake up in Vegas next to a male stripper… A male stripper who happens to be her new husband. A quickie divorce seems like the answer, but the Nevada legal system doesn’ t think so. When her new husband suggests flying back to Chicago with Valerie she accepts, wondering if one night in Vegas could turn into something much more. Giveaway a Rafflecopter giveaway About The Author Magan Vernon is a Young Adult and New Adult writer who lives with her family in the insurance capital of the world. When not writing she spends her time fighting over fake boyfriends via social media. Website | Facebook | Twitter | Goodreads

Book Review: For Real by Chelsea M. Cameron + Giveaway

Because one of the first things you learn in this book is how awesome the movie Mean Girls is (though you people should already know the awesomeness of this movie!), this book review is going to consist of a lot of Mean Girls memes. HA. Shannon is a 21 year old college junior who is still holding on to her V Card. Her friends are doing everything they can to help her lose that card. They even go as far as to be total assholes about it. Shannon’s holding on to her V Card because the only thing she’s worried about right now is getting through college and making something better of her life (or maybe it’s because she recently watched Breaking Dawn..) Welp, that would certainly ruin a determined college student’s plans… Anyways, back to my review…Shannon is a virgin, she plans on staying a virgin and she wants to get her friends off her back…Enter Jett, a cute tattooed graphic design student she “met” at the coffee shop. He just happens to cross paths with her again after some insane stuff goes down between Shannon and her friends and he rescues her from said situation. After a few discussions about nachos… The two of them come to an agreement to fake date so that they can both get their friends off their backs… after a few days, it doesn’t seem so fake.. Speaking of Nachos, there was mention of dessert nachos in this book. I instantly […]

Review & Giveaway: Bitter Sweet Love by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Bitter Sweet Love by Jennifer L. Armentrout Release Date: December 1st, 2013 Publisher: Harlequin Teen Goodreads: Add to your bookshelf Buy Now: Amazon | B&N Click here to read my review for Bitter Sweet Love and to enter to win a copy of Bitter Sweet Love! In a sizzling prequel novella to her new series THE DARK ELEMENTS, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout draws readers into the extraordinary, irresistible world of Wardens and demons. Dez wasn’t just Jasmine’s crush. A gargoyle Warden like Jas, he helped her come to terms with her destiny—fending off demons and maintaining balance between good and evil. He was her everything…right until the moment he disappeared without a trace. It didn’t help that Jas’s father had just announced that she and Dez would one day be mated. Hard not to take that personally. And now he’s back, three years older, ten times hotter, ready to pick up exactly where they left off. But Jas isn’t taking that risk again. Dez has seven days to meet all her conditions and earn back her trust. Seven days filled with terrifying danger and sweet temptation. Seven days to win her heart—or shatter it all over again… Erin’s Review To be honest, when this book series was first announced I was like, ‘Gargoyles?!! Why would anyone write about gargoyles?’ Then I remembered that this is Jennifer L. Armentrout that is writing these books! I shouldn’t question her for writing about gargoyles, I should just trust the knowledge that we all know: Jennifer […]