New Releases: 11/18-11/24

Tues Nov 20

Daughter of the Spellcaster (The Portal, #2) by Maggie Shayne
Rogue Rider (Lords of Deliverance, #4) by Larissa Ione
Undeadly (The Reaper Diaries, #1) by Michele Vail

Wed Nov 21

Elemental by Antony John

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Cover Reveal & Giveaway: Ocean Kills by Jade Hart

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Book Description:

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 being named after air-freshener. She’s a shadow, a ghost—a dark savior 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 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 his past. When Callan arrests a suspicious looking prostitute, coming face to face with a self-confessed vigilante, his secrets aren’t that easy to keep silent anymore.

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 he’s about to die. But she doesn’t count on Callan giving chase, nor the body-quaking lust which 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.

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 Author Bio:

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.

Find Jade and her books

Website / Goodreads / Twitter / Facebook

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Week in Review: 11/11-11/17

Books Ive Bought/received

* The Ballad of Aramei by JA Redmerski- eCopy- Author

* Luminosity by Stephanie Thomas- eCopy- Netgalley

* Moonshifter by Cassie Alexander- ecopy-Publisher/Netgalley

Books I Read

Returned  by Keeley Smith
Tempted by Evil by Amber Lynn Natusch
Blood and Mistletoe by E..I.  Stevens
Leashing the Tempest by Jenn Bennett
The Ballad of Aramei by JA Redmerski

Reviews Posted

Magick by Trish Milburn
Conjure by Lea Nolan
Running in the Dark by Regan Summers
Renegade by J.A. Souders

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* New Releases for the week. Was there anything you were looking forward to reading?

* A giveaway for an ARC copy of Darkness Hunts by Keri Arthur went up on Wednesday.

*  Friday A Giveaway for a copy of Renegade by J.A. Souders was posted.

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Giveaway: Renegade by J.A. Souders

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Review: Renegade by J.A. Souders

Renegade
Author:J.A. Souders
Release Date: November 13, 2012
Publisher: Tor Teen
The Elysium Chronicles Book #1
ISBN:  0765332450
ISBN13: 9780765332455
Genre: Young Adult Dystopian
Review Copy Source: Publisher/Netgalley
 

Since the age of three, sixteen-year-old Evelyn Winters has been trained to be Daughter of the People in the underwater utopia known as Elysium. Selected from hundreds of children for her ideal genes, all her life she’s thought that everything was perfect; her world. Her people. The Law.

But when Gavin Hunter, a Surface Dweller, accidentally stumbles into their secluded little world, she’s forced to come to a startling realization: everything she knows is a lie.

Her memories have been altered.

Her mind and body aren’t under her own control.

And the person she knows as Mother is a monster.

Together with Gavin she plans her escape, only to learn that her own mind is a ticking time bomb... and Mother has one last secret that will destroy them all

Before the publicist contacted me I hadn't heard a peep about J.A. Souders or her debut book RENEGADE. When I read the blurb I knew right away that I would like it and after reading it I'm excited to read more. 

 I LOVED the setting. I have not read any book with a world like what J.A. Souders has imagined.  Can you imagine living in an underwater world where most walls look out into the ocean? I would love being able to visit somewhere like that but I definitely don't want to live under Mother's rule. Can you say crazy? yeah "Mother" is right up their with the best of the insane. Wow she is a trip times 10. Evie was a great main character, her voice was fresh and intriguing. She is a fighter and fights just about everything when she has the chance (or when she is in her own control that is). Gavin was a great love interest. There isn't a ton of romance but there is definitely a connection between the two from the beginning and they make their mutual interest known. For most of the book Gavin and Evie were on the run trying to get to the surface. Every step the pair took was filled with them dodging Enforcers and their bullets. Facts were revealed at a nice pace from start to finish, I was constantly surprised and shocked by what took place and what was revealed. 

The ending is crazy, I hate that they essentially have to "start over" with each other. I kind of thought that, that might happen to her at some point so it did make sense. I'm not sure what is in store for Evelyn or Gavin next but I look forward finding out. 

I gave it 4/5 stars

Review: Running in the Dark by Regan Summers

Running in the Dark
Author:Regan Summers
Release Date: October 29, 2012
Publisher: Carina Press
Night Runner Book #1
ISBN13:  9781426894541
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Review Copy Source: Author

Santiago, Chile

After surviving a vampire turf war in Alaska, vampire courier Sydney Kildare is back behind the wheel and working under an assumed name in Chile. She doesn't speak the language, doesn't know the city and—worst of all—has to drive a crappy car.

What she does have is Malcolm Kelly, her sort-of boyfriend and manager of the city's vampire population. But with Malcolm preoccupied by bloodsucker business—and a gorgeous vampiress from his past—Sydney feels more alone than ever.

But Sydney has more than her love life to worry about. She's got vamps on her tail, mysterious deliveries that leave death in their wake, and old enemies targeting her to get to Malcolm. Turns out he's got a history more deadly than she ever imagined, and she'll have to use every skill in her arsenal to stay alive...

I loved Syndey's personality, style and independence in DON'T BITE THE MESSENGER so I was excited when Regan contacted me with RUNNING IN THE DARK for review. I think its pretty important to read book 0.5 before you jump into book 1 as it will give you the background on the characters and their situations. You might be a bit lost if you try to jump into book 1 without the back story.

It was a bit hard to read the first half of the book watching Sydney struggle with not having complete control of her life nor being able to do what she loves to do at the pace she wants to do it. The change of scenery in RUNNING IN THE DARK was interesting. I have never been to Anchorage or Chile so both were fun to witness through the two separate adventures.  Malcolm ticked me off at multiple points throughout the book but his attitude makes complete sense by the last chapter and he is perfect for Sydney and vice versa. I really liked meeting Soraya she turned out being a great ally and I see more of her in Sydney and Malcom's future (at least I'm hoping she will be in their future). Because Sydney isn't in the same situation as in DON'T BITE THE MESSENGER we didn't get her high tech cars and fast driving but there was a ton of fantastic action scenes and deathly situations. Both of Regan's books were fast paced with simple to connect to worlds.

It shouldn't be long before the whole vampire community knows who Sydney and Malcolm are and the ending sets up book 2 a bit.

I gave it 4/5 stars

ARC Giveaway: Darkness Hunts by Keri Arthur

Darkness Hunts
Author:Keri Arthur
Release Date: November 6, 2012
Publisher: Signet Select
Dark Angel's Book #4

Risa Jones, half-Aedh/half-werewolf, can enter the realm between life and death. She can speak to the dying and the dead, and she can see the reapers, collectors of souls. What she can not yet see is the identity of a stranger murdering women and draining their blood. Now Risa must summon her gifts to find him, even if it means putting her own life in danger. But Risa needn’t look far. The killer knows who she is.

He tells her his victims are infected by darkness and he’s fated to destroy them. Fascinated by Risa, he engages her in a sinister game: the chance to save the life of his next victim by deciphering his series of clues. In a race against time, she enlists the help of the reaper Azriel.

But as an attraction between them grows, so does the fear that the stranger’s motives are only part of a larger, more dangerous stratagem—one that that has lured Risa and Azriel into the dark.

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