Tour Review: Fall of Sky City by S.M. Blooding

Title: Fall of Sky City
Series: Devices of War #1

Author: S.M. Blooding

Genre: New Adult Fiction, Science Fiction, Steampunk Fiction

Publisher: Blooding Books

Format: Kindle Edition

ASIN: B00CK4Q9PY

Release Date: April 27, 2013

Source: Amazon.com
Rating: /5

Purchase Here: Kindle // Paperback

Tagline(s): ~NONE~

Summary: In a world governed by the opposing forces of the mystical House of Tarot and the tribal Great Families, Synn is caught in the crossfire. He witnesses the slaughter of innocent people, and the devastating murder of his father. This act awakens his Mark of power, a Mark greater than any the world has seen in a very long time.

Queen Nix thought she won a great prize when she destroyed Synn’s father, the leader of the strongest Great Families. She had no idea she’d be doubly blessed by capturing his son. However, before Synn can become her treasured weapon, before she can use him to bring the rest of the world to its knees, she must break him and bind his soul to hers.

She does her job with brutal brilliance. Synn’s mind is broken and his soul is seared to hers in an unbreakable bond.

That doesn’t stop him from wanting to be free. She may have broken his mind and claimed his soul, but he will find a way to destroy her.

Experience a world of ships that sail the clouds and cites buried beneath the ocean, and survive the fiery battle brought forth by those who control the forces of nature!

Review:

REVIEW WILL BE POSTED AFTER 12PM.

About this Author:

SM Blooding lives in Colorado with her pet rock, Rockie, Ms. Bird, the Chicken and SistaPITA. It’s quite the zoo. She’s taken a break from the piano, which Ms, Bird is quite happy about, and now knows more than one word in Arabic. Basically, she can say hello, good-bye, give it to me, and hurry up!

She’s dated vampires, werewolves, sorcerers, weapons smugglers and US Government assassins. Yes. She has stories.

Author Links:

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Tour Review: Playing Hooky by Rita Webb (Giveaway)

Title: Playing Hooky
Series: Paranormal Investigations #1

Author: Rita Webb

Genre: New Adult Fiction, Supernatural Fiction, Paranormal Romance
Elements:

Publisher:

Format: Kindle Edition

ASIN: B00B2D6EEA

Release Date: January 17, 2013

Source: Author {Rita Webb}
Rating: /5

Purchase Here: Kindle

Tagline(s): ~NONE~

Summary: Valentine’s Day.

And my 21st birthday.

Whoop-de-doo.

Just another college day full of classes and more homework than is humanly possible.

…until Jason, my best-friend-since-kindergarten, shows up to take me out for the day.

Like old times: the two of us on a wacky adventure, playing hooky from real life. With his lopsided grin and tickets to a circus full of misfits and monsters, he introduces me to a whole new world—one full of magic and mystery—and turns my reality upside down.

Except nothing goes as planned, and we end up running through the city to find a missing siren before someone brews a love potion with her blood.

Sirens and love potions, witches and elves, and Valentine kisses. Nothing will be the same for me again.

Review:

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About this Author:

Leaving the house to go to school, I had schoolbooks spilling out of one hand, the other holding my place in a Nancy Drew novel, and bunny slippers still on my feet. My mom was a wee bit upset.

I haven't changed much. Still always have a book (or two) in my hand or creating stories in my head, and although I don't have any bunny slippers, I love writing in my jammies and snuggly slipper socks.

When I grow up (maybe a hundred years from now), I'd like to be a superhero, but for now, saving the day, one page at a time, suits me just fine.

With my husband TJ (my own cuddly werewolf), I home-school our three girls, who keep us busy with art, science projects, books to read, dance classes, and walks about the park.

Author Links:

http://afantasyfiction.blogspot.ca/
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2882966.Rita_Webb
https://www.facebook.com/RitaWebb
https://twitter.com/RitaJWebb

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Tour Review: Devour by Andrea Heltsley (Giveaway)

Title: Devour

Author: Andrea Heltsley

Genre: New Adult Fiction, Supernatural Fiction

Elements: Vampires

Publisher: Andrea Heltsley

Format: Kindle Edition

ASIN: B00BMQN08U

Release Date: February 27, 2013

Source: Tour Host {SupaGurl Book Tours}
Rating: /5

Purchase Here: Kindle

Tagline(s): He wasn't supposed to remember.

Summary: Callie is a royal vampire. She hunts by taking the blood from her victims and erases their memories afterwards. She goes undetected until a victim named Chase approaches her with all his memories intact. He is intrigued and attracted. She is terrified. What happens when a human mixes with the immortal world? Chaos.

Callie’s 18th birthday has passed and she is coming out at the annual blood ball. Will she find a mate or will she suffer the repercussions of her indiscretion? She is brought to the Vampire council and they must decide what to do with Chase. Do they kill him, or turn him to protect their secret?

Review:

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About this Author:

I am a biology nerd who decided it was more fun writing than dissecting. I have written three novels and four more will be out in 2013. I live on coffee and read like a robot. My husband and two italian greyhounds usually have to tear me away from the computer...imagine that. :)

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Tour Review: A Different Blue by Amy Harmon (Giveaway)

Title: A Different Blue

Author: Amy Harmon

Genre: New Adult Fiction, Contemporary Fiction

Publisher:

Format: Kindle Edition

ASIN: B00C2GEJT8

Release Date: March 27, 2013

Source: Tour Host {SupaGurl Book Tours}
Rating: /5

Purchase Here: Kindle // Paperback

Tagline(s): ~NONE~

Summary: Blue Echohawk doesn't know who she is. She doesn't know her real name or when she was born. Abandoned at two and raised by a drifter, she didn't attend school until she was ten years old. At nineteen, when most kids her age are attending college or moving on with life, she is just a senior in high school. With no mother, no father, no faith, and no future, Blue Echohawk is a difficult student, to say the least. Tough, hard and overtly sexy, she is the complete opposite of the young British teacher who decides he is up for the challenge, and takes the troublemaker under his wing.

This is the story of a nobody who becomes somebody. It is the story of an unlikely friendship, where hope fosters healing and redemption becomes love. But falling in love can be hard when you don't know who you are. Falling in love with someone who knows exactly who they are and exactly why they can't love you back might be impossible.

Review:

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About this Author:

Amy Harmon knew at an early age that writing was something she wanted to do, so she divided her time between writing songs and stories as she grew. Having grown up in the middle of wheat fields without a television, with only her books and her siblings to entertain her, she developed a strong sense of what made a good story. Amy Harmon has been a motivational speaker, a grade school teacher, a junior high teacher, a home school mom, and a member of the Grammy Award winning Saints Unified Voices Choir, directed by Gladys Knight. She released a Christian Blues CD in 2007 called "What I Know" - also available on Amazon and wherever digital music is sold. She lives in the middle of nowhere with her husband and four kids, and doesn't plan to ever move somewhere, because nowhere is sublime. She has written Running Barefoot, and the Young Adult books Slow Dance in Purgatory and the sequel, Prom Night in Purgatory. A Different Blue is her fourth novel.

Author Links:

https://www.facebook.com/authoramyharmon
http://www.authoramyharmon.com/
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5829056.Amy_Harmon

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Tour Review: The Space Between by Kristie Cook (Giveaway)

Title: The Space Between
Series: The Book of Phoenix #1

Author: Kristie Cook

Genre: New Adult Fiction, Paranormal Romance, Supernatural Fiction

Elements:

Publisher: Ang'dora Productions, LLC

Format: PDF, 377 Pages

ASIN: B00C3OQO2O

Release Date: March 28, 2013

Source: Tour Host {Reading Addiction Book Tours}
Rating: /5

Purchase Here: Kindle // Paperback

Tagline(s): When Life Falls to Pieces, Answers Lie in the Space Between

Summary: After a month-long dance tour through Italy, 20-year-old Leni Drago returns to Georgia to care for her great-uncle, only to find him gone, the home they shared empty and any evidence he ever existed wiped out. All that’s left is a journal she can’t open.

Jeric Winters has been searching for a piece of his past for over a year, only to reach a dead-end in Georgia. When an urgent and magnetic pull draws him out of his hotel room, he comes face-to-face with the beautiful dancer who’s been haunting his dreams day and night.

Jeric’s one to stay away from—a bad-boy, hit-it-and-quit-it type—but Leni can’t escape the fervent feelings between them. As their own existences begin to crumble around them and shadowy forms that are more monsters than men attack, they realize there’s more to the connection between them than physical fascination.

To solve the riddle their lives have become, they must embark on a journey that requires them to face their pasts and release their true souls. And they must do it fast—dark ones from another world are closing in, intent on killing them. Permanently.

Short Review (full review to come):

I absolutely love Kristie Cook's Soul Savers series, so I was really excited when I heard about this new series from her. I was not disappointed at all! Kristie has a beautiful writing style that has always moved me in everything she's written that I've had the privilege to read. I can't wait to read more about this new world and these amazing characters.

About this Author:

Kristie Cook is a lifelong, award-winning writer in various genres, from marketing communications to fantasy fiction. She continues to write the Soul Savers Series, a New Adult paranormal romance/contemporary fantasy, with the first four books, Promise, Purpose, Devotion and Power available now and the next book coming in June 2013. She’s also written a companion novella, Genesis: A Soul Savers Novella, currently available. Over 160,000 Soul Savers books have been sold, with Promise peaking at #54 on the Amazon Top 100 Paid list and at #1 in the Amazon Fantasy category.

The Space Between, which releases April 2013, kicks off her second New Adult paranormal series, The Book of Phoenix.

Besides writing, Kristie enjoys reading, cooking, traveling and riding on the back of a motorcycle. She has lived in ten states, but currently calls Southwest Florida home with her husband, three teenage sons, a beagle and a puggle.

Author Links:

http://www.KristieCook.com
http://www.SoulSaversSeries.com
http://www.facebook.com/AuthorKristieCook
http://twitter.com/kristiecookauth

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Tour Review: Nefertiti's Heart by A.W. Exley

Title: Nefertiti's Heart

Author: A.W. Exley

Genre: New Adult Fiction, Science Fiction, Steampunk Fiction

Publisher: Curiosity Quills Press

Format: PDF, 285 Pages

ISBN: 9781620071786

Release Date: February 14, 2013

Source: Tour Host {Bewitching Book Tours}
Rating: /5

Purchase Here: Kindle // Paperback

Tagline(s): ~NONE~

Summary: Cara Devon has always suffered curiosity and impetuousness, but tangling with a serial killer might cure that. Permanently.

London, 1861. Impoverished noble Cara has a simple mission after the strange death of her father - sell off his damned collection of priceless artifacts. Her plan goes awry when aristocratic beauties start dying of broken hearts, an eight inch long brass key hammered through their chests. A killer hunts amongst the nobility, searching for a regal beauty and an ancient Egyptian relic rumored to hold the key to immortality.

Her Majesty’s Enforcers are in pursuit of the murderer and they see a connection between the gruesome deaths and Cara. So does she, somewhere in London her father hid Nefertiti’s Heart, a fist sized diamond with strange mechanical workings. Adding further complication to her life, notorious crime lord, Viscount Nathaniel Lyons is relentless in his desire to lay his hands on Cara and the priceless artifact. If only she could figure out his motive.

Self-preservation fuels Cara's search for the gem. In a society where everyone wears a mask to hide their true intent, she needs to figure out who to trust, before she makes a fatal mistake.

Review:

REVIEW WILL BE POSTED AFTER 12PM.

About this Author:

Books and writing have always been an enormous part of my life. I survived school by hiding out in the library, with several thousand fictional characters for company. At university, I overcame the boredom of studying accountancy by squeezing in Egyptology papers and learning to read hieroglyphics.

Today, I write steampunk novels with a sexy edge and an Egyptian twist. I live in rural New Zealand surrounded by an assortment of weird and wonderful equines, felines, canine and homicidal chickens.

Author Links:

www.awexley.com
http://mutteringsfromtheoubliette.blogspot.co.nz/
@AWExley
www.facebook.com/AWExley
www.goodreads.com/author/show/6585392.A_W_Exley

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Tour Review: Love's Forbidden Flower by Diane Rinella (Giveaway)

Title: Love's Forbidden Flower
Series: Forbidden Flower #1

Author: Diane Rinella

Genre: New Adult Fiction, Contemporary Fiction

Publisher: Midnight to Six

Format: Kindle Edition

ASIN: B00AFHTK4U

Release Date: November 28, 2012

Source: Tour Host {Xpresso Book Tours}
Rating: /5

Purchase Here: Kindle // Paperback

Tagline(s): The heart cares not what society forbids.

Summary: Lily nurtures a secret love for a flawless man—the one who is her soul mate. Donovan is gorgeous, charismatic, and delights in all of Lily’s talents and quirks. Their innate knowledge of each other is almost telepathic. Together they interlock like fine threads creating luxurious silk.

But society dictates this picture-perfect adoration is the ghastliest of all possibilities.

As Lily embarks on a quest for the romance the heavens intended, her suitor turns reluctant. Desperate to uncover why Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hiding decayed from a tender-hearted gentleman into a ferociously self-serving, cocky bastard, Lily is prepared for battle when it comes to the salvation of her soul mate. However, Donovan traps Lily in a mental game of chess, leaving her to question his sanity. When Lily’s revelations about Donovan’s destructive alter ego lead to an unconceivable truth, can she help Donovan survive fate’s cruel joke?

Impassioned, witty, and deeply moving, Love’s Forbidden Flower is filled with stunning controversies that will forever haunt your heart.

Review:

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About this Author:

Enjoying San Francisco as a backdrop, the ghosts in Diane’s 150-year old Victorian home augment the chorus in her head. With insomnia as their catalyst, these voices have become multifarious characters that haunt her well into the sun’s crowning hours, refusing to let go until they have manipulated her into succumbing to their whims. Her experiences as an actress, business owner, artisan cake designer, software project manager, Internet radio disc jockey, vintage rock n’ roll journalist/fan girl, and lover of dark and quirky personalities influence her idiosyncratic writing.

She is currently completing the sequel to Love’s Forbidden Flower.

Author Links:

Website: http://dianerinellaauthor.com/
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6592108.Diane_Rinella
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DianeRinellaAuthor

Twitter: https://twitter.com/DianeRinella

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Tour Review: Unearth by Jenna Bernel (Giveaway)

Title: The Secret Trinity: Unearth

Series: Fae-Witch Trilogy #1

Author: Jenna Bernel

Genre: New Adult Fiction, Paranormal Romance, Supernatural Fiction

Elements: Fae

Publisher:

Format: PDF, 187 Pages

ASIN: B007ZFDTWE

Release Date: April 30, 2012

Source: Tour Host {iLuvTours Book Tours}
Rating: 4/5

Purchase Here: Kindle // Complete Box Set // Glass Castles (Prequel Novella)

Tagline(s): ~NONE~

Summary: Aria Darwin has always considered herself cursed. She is obsessed with finding a cure for the bad boyfriend plague. Worse yet, she’s in denial about her weird abilities and terrified of her mysterious stalker who causes the earth to quake violently with the snap of his finger.

With her two best friends, Aria enters her first semester of college armed with a “no more men” pact in an effort to demagnetize the sleaze balls. Unfortunately, the agreement proves difficult when she meets Liam, a charming foreign exchange student, on the first day of school.

Aria quickly discovers that Liam is not only Mr. Perfect, but he also somehow ignites her supernatural side. Upon the invitation of her dream guy, Aria travels to Ireland through the study abroad program, dragging her friends along with her. But her world of euphoric bliss quickly comes crashing down as she uncovers the truth about her past, revealing who she really is and what she was born to do.

Review:

REVIEW WILL BE POSTED AFTER 12PM.

About this Author:

Jenna Bernel lives tucked along the bluffs, spending her days lost in the world of fantasy. When she’s not writing, she’s reading and drinks way to much caffeine to satisfy her love of both. Growing up she traveled extensively through the competitive dance circuit, unaware that at the time it would provide her future career an endless stream of inspiration for the captivating drama of Young Adult Fiction.

Author Links:

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Goodreads
Twitter
Facebook
Amazon

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Tour Review: The Beast Within by Jonathan Yanez

Title: The Beast Within
Series: The Elite #1

Author: Jonathan Yanez

Genre: New Adult Fiction, Supernatural Fiction

Elements: Shapeshifters

Publisher: Limitless Publishing

Format: Kindle Edition

ASIN: B00BZHNV76

Release Date: March 22, 2013

Source: Tour Host {Reading Addiction Book Tours}
Rating: 5/5

Purchase Here: Kindle

Tagline(s): ~NONE~

Summary: Once eighteen-year-old Connor Moore stumbles across an almost human species, he is faced with history's darkest secret, a daunting future, and a love life he can't even begin to explain.

Concealed throughout the pages of time, there has been a powerful race of human-like creatures manipulating mankind. This Elite race is made up of five ruling families, who have obeyed The Law and remained content to keep their identities a mystery. Now after centuries of secrecy, an ancient foe is forcing them out of hiding.

When a dark-haired mystery woman named Laren crosses Connor's path his life is turned upside down. Soon Connor is taken on a heart-pounding journey that leads to a startling discovery of who he really is and a daunting future of what he is to become.

Short Review:

I absolutely love this book. I really liked the male POV. Most books are from the female POV, so reading from the opposite side is nice every once in a while. I thought that the premise of the book was interesting, and I was left wanting more by the end.

About this Author:

Jonathan Yanez was born and raised in a Christian household in Oxnard, CA. He was involved in everything from piano and saxophone lessons to swimming and track. Growing up his parents encouraged him to read, and he did - anything he could get his hands on. Soon he developed a fascination with storytelling and characters that would follow him the rest of his life.

Graduating from BIOLA University with his BA in English Literature he never lost his love for writing and creating. He now works part-time as a personal trainer and hopes to one day make the move to writing full-time.

Other than reading and writing, his passion is living life to the fullest. He loves; spending time with his wife and pets, watching movies, participating in mud runs, traveling, going to the gym and pushing his limits in everything. This desire takes him anywhere from skydiving and motorcycle riding, to surfing in Hawaii and various types of martial arts. He has his eyes set next on archery and running with the bulls in Spain.

He is married to the love of his life and resides in Southern California with his husky, Daphne and cat, Helen.

Author Links:

@JonathanAYanez

http://www.facebook.com/JonathanYanezAuthor 

thebeastwithinbook.blogspot.com 

http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/13858613-jonathan-yanez 

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Tour Review: Her Heart's Secret Wish by Juliana Haygert (Giveaway)

Title: Her Heart's Secret Wish

Author: Juliana Haygert

Genre: New Adult Fiction, Contemporary Fiction

Publisher: Decadent Publishing

Format: PDF, 51 Pages

ASIN: B00AM549X2

Release Date: December 10, 2012

Source: Tour Host {FMB Book Tours}
Rating:

Purchase Here: Kindle

Tagline(s): With a renowned reputation as a player, she had everything figured out, until he came into the game and changed the rules.

Summary: Twenty-year-old college student, Natasha is the life of every party and the reason behind many celebrations. The easiest girl on campus has all guys at her feet and more than a few in her bed.

Having entered the academic world by chance, Professor Jason Stone is surprised to find one of his young students a huge temptation. The infamous Natasha has caught his attention. But is there more to her than meets the eye?

As their unexpected friendship grows, so does their attraction to each other. When Jason’s Christmas plans are canceled and he ends up at the same party as Natasha, sparks flare, destroying the safe zone around them. Will they figure out how to break through their self-imposed barriers to be together, or lose one another forever?

Short Review:

I really enjoyed this book, and it had a very satisfying conclusion. Sometimes with short stories like Her Heart's Secret Wish, I'm left kind of hanging by the end, but I didn't feel that way with this book.

About this Author:

While Juliana Haygert dreams of being Wonder Woman, Buffy, or a blood elf shadow priest, she settles for the less exciting—but equally gratifying—life of a wife, mother, and author. Thousands of miles away from her former home in Brazil, she now resides in Connecticut and spends her days writing about kick-ass heroines and the heroes who drive them crazy.

Author Links:

http://www.julianahaygert.com/
http://www.julianahaygert.com/blognews/
https://www.facebook.com/juhaygert
https://twitter.com/Juliana_Haygert
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6609948.Juliana_Haygert
http://pinterest.com/julianahaygert/

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Tour Review: Blackbird by Cheryl McIntyre

Title: Blackbird
Series: Sometimes Never #1.5

Author: Cheryl McIntyre

Genre: New Adult Fiction, Contemporary Fiction

Publisher: Cheryl McIntyre

Format: Kindle Edition

ASIN: B00BHLGZJ6

Release Date: February 17, 2013

Source: Amazon.com
Rating: 4/5

Purchase Here: Kindle

Tagline(s): ~NONE~

Summary: "Sometimes never is a distorted perception. I love you, Hope. And I'm not the only one. I know you care about me. I see it in your eyes. I feel it. Everybody needs love. Everybody. And some people need it more than others. You're a liar if you say you don't. I'll do that for you. I'll love you. All you have to do is let me." –Sometimes Never

What happened in the years between the final chapter and epilogue of Sometimes Never? Blackbird is an 18,000+ word novella that continues Mason and Hope's story as they finish high school, start separate colleges, and confront their demons.

Though Blackbird can be read on its own, it is better enjoyed after reading Sometimes Never. Recommended for 17+ due to harsh language and some sexual situations.

Short Review:

REVIEW WILL BE POSTED AFTER 12PM.

About this Author:

Cheryl McIntyre is the author of Sometimes Never, Blackbird (a Sometimes Never novella), and the
paranormal romance Dark Calling.

Author Links:

https://www.facebook.com/CherylMcIntyreauthor
https://twitter.com/CherylHMcIntyre
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6431156.Cheryl_McIntyre

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Tour Review: Sometimes Never by Cheryl McIntyre

Title: Sometimes Never
Series: Sometimes Never #1

Author: Cheryl McIntyre

Genre: New Adult Fiction, Contemporary Fiction

Publisher: Cheryl McIntyre

Format: Kindle Edition

ASIN: B00AQHUV1A

Release Date: December 18, 2012

Source: Author {Cheryl McIntyre}
Rating: 4/5

Purchase Here: Kindle // Paperback

Tagline(s): ~NONE~

Summary: Hope didn't have the best role model when it came to relationships. She’s content with her current no-strings-attached extracurricular activity with the lead singer of her band. She’s never believed in love and commitment.

Mason starts his eighth school in five years anticipating nothing more than the usual—boring classes, fighting more than making friends, and girls happily willing to succumb to his easy smile. He’s never put much stock into love at first sight—until he sees her.

Regardless of their painful pasts, Hope and Mason discover that sometimes never can become forever.

Short Review:

Sometimes Never is a highly emotional book that will have your emotions all over the map. Real life and controversial topics are handled and written very well. Both Hope and Mason have their issues and you would think that because of that their relationship is doomed from the start. How can two messed up people make something work, right? But they make it work, and it's a beautiful story.

About this Author:

Cheryl McIntyre is the author of Sometimes Never, Blackbird (a Sometimes Never novella), and the
paranormal romance Dark Calling.

Author Links:

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https://twitter.com/CherylHMcIntyre
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6431156.Cheryl_McIntyre

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Tour Review: The Crimson Hunt by Victoria H. Smith (Giveaway)

Title: The Crimson Hunt
Series: The Eldaen Light Chronicles #1

Author: Victoria H. Smith

Genre: New Adult Fiction, Supernatural Fiction, Science Fiction

Elements: Aliens

Publisher:

Format: Kindle Edition

ASIN: B00A3MJO02

Release Date: November 8, 2012

Source: Tour Host {Xpresso Book Tours}
Rating: 4/5

Purchase Here: Kindle // Barnes and Noble // Smashwords

Tagline(s): ~NONE~

Summary: College junior Ariel Richmond is working on year three of Project Normalcy.

Her house reeks of keggers past and her bestie is just a slight bit vulgar. But the thing is—they both aid in making life refreshingly uneventful.

So much for hard-earned mediocrity when Luca Grinaldi appears on the scene.

Luca’s sudden presence on campus is hard to ignore. Those bright eyes act like a beacon to unsuspecting females, and with features like his, he’s got to be moonlighting for GQ. Luca hopelessly captivates Ariel with his confidence and charisma, but the mysteries surrounding him make him nearly untouchable. And just when Ariel grows close enough to unlock his secrets, a tragic event sends her life in a downward spiral.

That steady life is no longer an option and allies quickly become scarce. The mysterious Luca seems to be the only one willing to help her—but with that trust comes the burden of his secrets. He has a dark mission of otherworldly proportions, and is willing to sacrifice as many lives as it takes to see it completed.

Gone are the days of simply maintaining normalcy, and if Ariel isn’t cautious with her trust, so soon may be her future.

Review:

REVIEW WILL BE POSTED AFTER 12PM.

About this Author:

Victoria H. Smith has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. She puts it to good use writing romance all day. She resides in the Midwest with her Macbook on her lap and a cornfield to her right. She often draws inspiration for her stories from her own life experiences, and the twenty-something characters she writes give her an earful about it.

In her free time, she enjoys extreme couponing, blogging, reading, and sending off a few tweets on Twitter when she can. She writes new adult fiction romance in the sub-genres of science fiction, urban fantasy, and contemporary, but really, anywhere her pen takes her she goes. Her new adult science fiction romance, The Crimson Hunt, will be published November 2012.

Author Links: 

Website: http://twentysomethingfictionwriter.blogspot.ca/
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6440255.Victoria_H_Smith
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorVictoriaHSmith
Twitter: https://twitter.com/VictoriaSmith76

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Tour Review: Going Under by S. Walden

Title: Going Under

Author: S. Walden

Genre: New Adult Fiction, Contemporary Fiction

Publisher: Penny Press

Format: Kindle Edition

ASIN: B00BW9F36Y

Release Date: March 17, 2013

Source: Tour Host {Reading Addiction Book Tours}
Rating: 4/5

Purchase Here: Kindle // Paperback // Smashwords // CreateSpace (Paperback)

Tagline(s): ~NONE~

Summary: Brooke Wright has only two goals her senior year at Charity Run High School: stay out of trouble and learn to forgive herself for the past. Forgiveness proves elusive, and trouble finds her anyway when she discovers a secret club at school connected to the death of her best friend. She learns that swim team members participate in a “Fantasy Slut League,” scoring points for their sexual acts with unsuspecting girls.

Brooke, wracked with guilt over her friend’s death, decides to infiltrate the league by becoming one of the “unsuspecting girls,” and exact revenge on the boys who stole away her best friend. An unexpected romance complicates her plans, and her dogged pursuit of justice turns her reckless as she underestimates just how far the boys will go to keep their sex club a secret.

(This is a New Adult fiction book with mature themes. It contains graphic sex and language and a description of sexual violence.)

Review:

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About this Author:

S. Walden used to teach English before making the best decision of her life by becoming a full-time writer. She lives in Georgia with her very supportive husband who prefers physics textbooks over fiction and has a difficult time understanding why her characters must have personality flaws. She is wary of small children, so she has a Westie instead. Her dreams include raising chickens and owning and operating a beachside inn on the Gulf Coast (chickens included). When she's not writing, she's thinking about it.

She loves her fans and loves to hear from them. Email her at swaldenauthor@hotmail.com and follow her blog at http://swaldenauthor.blogspot.com where you can get up-to-date information on her current projects.

Author Links:

www.facebook.com/swaldenauthor
Twitter: @swaldenauthor

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Tour Review: Desert Flower by Angela Scott

Title: Desert Flower
Series: Book #2 (Series Name Unknown)

Author: Angela Scott
Genre: New Adult Fiction, Contemporary Fiction
Setting Location: Arizona

Publisher: Evolved Publishing
Format: PDF, 177 Pages
ISBN: 9781622538607
Release Date: January 24, 2013
Source: Tour Host {Reading Addiction Book Tours}
Rating: 5/5

Purchase Here: Kindle // Paperback

Tagline(s): ~NONE~ 

Summary: Bodies have a canny way of finding Samantha Jean Haggert. The first, the dead body of her mama. The second, a naked man in the middle of the Arizona desert. For Sam, dealing with one dead body in her lifetime is more than unfair. Two, is downright cruel.

Seven years after running from West Virginia, Sam's now a young woman of nineteen, trying to put the pieces of her life together with the help of her family—Jacob, Boone, and Laura. But the naked man in the desert spirals her world out of control, resurfacing past hurts, revealing old secrets, and pitting her between two men who via for her heart. Carson, her friend, her first kiss, and the one man who knows everything about her past and loves her despite it. And Turner, the stranger who knows nothing, but who excites and frustrates her all at once.

When bad choices made as a child leads to more bad choices as a young adult, Sam finds herself at a crossroads and is forced to face her demons head on if she plans to have any future at all—with Carson, with Turner, or with anyone. But fixing the wrongs of the past takes time, and learning to forgive herself is damn near impossible.

Short Review:

This is one powerful book! It's real. It's honest. It's heartbreaking. It has everything. There were even part of Desert Flower that were difficult for me to read. I had to stop at moments to collect myself before continuing. This is a book that I highly recommend!

About this Author:

I hear voices. Tiny fictional people sit on my shoulders and whisper their stories in my ear. Instead of medicating myself, I decided to pick up a pen, write down everything those voices tell me, and turn it into a book. I’m not crazy. I’m an author. For the most part, I write contemporary Young Adult novels. However, through a writing exercise that spiraled out of control, I found myself writing about zombies terrorizing the Wild Wild West—and loving it. My zombies don’t sparkle, and they definitely don’t cuddle. At least, I wouldn’t suggest it.

I live on the benches of the beautiful Wasatch Mountains with two lovely children, one teenager, and a very patient husband. I graduated from Utah State University with a B.A. degree in English, not because of my love for the written word, but because it was the only major that didn’t require math. I can’t spell, and grammar is my arch nemesis. But they gave me the degree, and there are no take backs.

As a child, I never sucked on a pacifier; I chewed on a pencil. I’ve been writing that long. It has only been the past few years that I’ve pursued it professionally, forged relationships with other like-minded individuals, and determined to make a career out of it.

You can subscribe and follow me on my website, where I blog obsessively about my writing process and post updates on my current works. I’m also on Twitter and Facebook, but be forewarned, I tweet and post more than a normal person.

Author Links:

Website: www.angelascottauthor.com
Twitter: @whimsywriting
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AngelaScottWriter

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Tour Review: Ocean Kills by Jade Hart

Title: Oceans Kills
Series: Ocean Breeze #1

Author: Jade Hart

Genre: New Adult Fiction, Urban Fantasy Fiction

Publisher: CreateSpace

Format: PDF, 406 Pages

ISBN: 9781481205450

Release Date: December 22, 2012

Source: Tour Host {Bewitching Book Tours}
Rating:

Purchase Here: Kindle // Paperback

Tagline(s): ~NONE~

Summary: Around the world, murderers and rapists pick off the innocent. Killing loved ones, separating families, and ruining lives.

As an eight-year-old girl, Ocean witnessed her family’s massacre and something altered inside her. Twisting her genetic code… unlocking an ability to teleport.

Ocean Breeze was never destined to be normal, especially having been named after air-freshener. She’s a shadow, a ghost—a dark saviour of the innocent. Armed with a switchblade in her bra, and a box-cutter in her pocket, she hunts the filth of the world.

Callan Bliss is a Sydney police officer whose skill-set is far above that of a normal cop. All his fellow officers see is a hard worker who loves to catch perpetrators and surf, but that’s because they don’t know about his past. When Callan arrests a suspicious-looking prostitute, he comes face-to-face with a self-confessed vigilante, and suddenly, his secrets aren’t so easy to keep silent.

Ocean hates the police with a passion, and has no intention of being held captive by a cop, even if he is sexy as hell. Teleporting from under his nose, Ocean hunts her next target—a man responsible for the largest sex ring in South Africa—and now he’s about to die. But she doesn’t count on Callan giving chase, nor the body-quaking lust that consumes them. However, Ocean's dark hobbies take precedence over what her heart wants—her thirst for murdering is killing her too, and not even Callan can save her.

Review:

DUE TO HEALTH ISSUES OVER THE WEEKEND, MY REVIEW WILL BE UP LATER TODAY.

About this Author:

Jade Hart is a self-confessed book worm who is happiest glued to a lap-top with an eternal battery life, and typing up stories running rampant in her head.

Her three favorite things are:

1. Unlimited books on an Ebook Reader
2. Cracking the sugar on a creme brulee
3. Travelling

Jade currently resides in Middle-Earth, but has lived in Australia, England, and Hong Kong.

She writes New Adult 'smexy' fiction.

Author Links:

www.dreamwritepublish.blogspot.com
www.falling4fiction.blogspot.com
Twitter: @jadehart8 
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/JadeHartAuthorPage
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6544592.Jade_Hart

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Tour Review: Watch Me Disappear by Diane Vanaskie Mulligan

Title: Watch Me Disappear

Author: Diane Vanaskie Mulligan

Genre: New Adult Fiction, Contemporary Fiction

Publisher: CreateSpace

Format: PDF, 185 Pages

ISBN: 9781478311287

Release Date: August 24, 2012

Source: Tour Host {Reading Addiction Book Tours}
Rating:

Purchase Here: Kindle // Paperback

Tagline(s): ~NONE~

Summary: Lizzie Richards isn't excited to be starting over at a new school for her senior year, but she's trying to take her mother's advice and make the most of it--the only way she can: By disobeying her strict parents' rules. Lizzie's father has moved the family around every few years to advance his career, so she has never had a chance to develop the kind of "BFF" relationships she thinks most kids have. She's bracing herself for another lonely year at her third high school when her neighbor Maura gets sick of watching her little brother when she could be partying. Thanks to Maura's plotting, Lizzie becomes everyone's new favorite babysitter. Seeing her opportunity, Lizzie decides to break her mother's rules by using Maura's computer to create a secret Email address and Facebook account. She is quickly friended by Missy, a fellow transfer student as eager for a friend as she is. Things are looking up for Lizzie until Maura's ex-boyfriend Paul sets his eye on Missy. Caught between her new best friend and the neighbor whose friendship promises instant popularity, Lizzie doesn't know what to do--because she's fallen for Paul, too.

Short Review:

A coming of age story that anyone can relate to in some way. The main character is very real and multidimensional. You get where she's coming from. Some will love lizzie, while others will hate her. Watch Me Disappear is an addicting read, and if you're looking for a good contemporary read, this is it!

About this Author:

A graduate of Mount Holyoke College (BA, 2001) and Simmons College (MAT, 2002), I am a high school English teacher and the director of the Betty Curtis Worcester County Young Writers’ Conference. I am also the managing editor of The Worcester Review. My short story “First, a Cage,” appeared in July 2011 in Glassworks Literary Magazine, and “Friday Morning Blues” is in the summer 2012 issue of Dash.

Author Links:

www.dvmulligan.com
www.twitter.com/DianeVMull
www.facebook.com/DianeVMulligan
www.goodreads.com/dmvanask
www.linkedin.com/pub/diane-mulligan/53/839/124

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