Winner: Meredith Allard Giveaway

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PRIZE: One e-Copy of Her Dear and Loving Husband

The winner chosen by Random.org is…

Na

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Guest Blog: Scott Tracey

UFI welcomes Scott Tracey Author of Witch Eyes. Thanks for Joining us!!

Character Tweets

If your characters had Twitter accounts, what would their conversations look like?

witcheyedboy Braden Michaels

Okay guys, help me out.  Which pair should I wear today? These? or these?

royaljade Jade Lansing

@witcheyedboy This is a joke, right?  What about the pair of Versace's that I bought you last week?  Those pairs aren't even designer. 

rileynewsnow Riley 

Will die without coffee.  Double shot soy machiatto.  Will to live....fading....

witcheyedboy Braden Michaels

TV does not prepare you for exactly how much homework you get every night.  I'm never going to finish all this! 

shiftingalliances Drew Armstrong

@witcheyedboy Do what I do.  Don't do it. 

royaljade Jade Lansing

@shiftingalliances @witcheyedboy Yes, Braden, take advice from the sociopathic dropout living in the woods.  Best decision yet. 

shiftingalliances Drew Armstrong

With great looks, comes great responsibility. 

rileynewsnow Riley 

@shiftingalliances You're kidding, right? 

shiftingalliances Drew Armstrong

@rileynewsnow It's very hard to be pretty, Riley.  I'm sure you understand. 

rileynewsnow Riley 

@shiftingalliances ........ 

witcheyedboy Braden Michaels

Watched the X-Men movies at @TreyL's behest.  I get why he calls me Cyke, but Cyclops was kind of a douche.   

TreyL Trey Lansing

@witcheyedboy Relax, I wasn't calling you a douche. 

witcheyedboy Braden Michaels

@TreyL Good, because you act like him more than I do. Especially last night. 

rileynewsnow Riley 

@witcheyedboy @TreyL You guys are such weird friends. 

royaljade Jade Lansing

@rileynewsnow @witcheyedboy @TreyL *sigh* Riley, we've talked about this.  

  

TreyL Trey Lansing

"Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiam." -Winston Churchill 

royaljade Jade Lansing

@TreyL Really, Grandpa? @witcheyedboy, are you really sure about dating this nerd? 

witcheyedboy Braden Michaels

@royaljade @TreyL Uhm, I thought it was a good quote? 

royaljade Jade Lansing

I love when guys think we should be flattered by their attention. 

royaljade Jade Lansing

Boys, if I didn't make the first move, then your application was not approved. 

shiftingalliances Drew Armstrong

@royaljade Applications?  I thought you were just using a turnstile.  

royaljade Jade Lansing

@shiftingalliances Turn on the GPS tracking on your phone before you tweet next time, and we'll see which one of us is a turnstile. 

shiftingalliances Drew Armstrong

@royaljade And make it easy on you?   

witcheyedboy Braden Michaels

@shiftingalliances @royaljade You sure that you two broke up?   

TreyL Trey Lansing

I know that Lady Gaga is supposed to be the wind beneath my wings or whatever, but really? Really? 

royaljade Jade Lansing
@TreyL I hope you know you're a waste of a perfectly good stereotype.

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Scott Tracey lived on a Greyhound for a month, wrote his illustrated autobiography at the age of six, and barely survived Catholic school (and definitely not for the reasons you might think).

His career highlights include: accidentally tripping a panic alarm and nearly being shot by the police, being attacked in a drive-thru window by a woman wielding a baked potato, and sending the health department after his (very brief) place of employment.

His gifts can be used for good or evil, but rather than picking a side, he strives for BOTH (in alternating capacity) for his own amusement.

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Witch Eyes
Witch Eyes #1
Sept 8, 2011

Braden was born with witch eyes: the ability to see the world as it truly is: a blinding explosion of memories, darkness, and magic. The power enables Braden to see through spells and lies, but at the cost of horrible pain.

After a terrifying vision reveals imminent danger for the uncle who raised and instructed him, Braden retreats to Belle Dam, an old city divided by two feuding witch dynasties. As rival family heads Catherine Lansing and Jason Thorpe desperately try to use Braden's powers to unlock Belle Dam's secrets, Braden vows never to become their sacrificial pawn. But everything changes when Braden learns that Jason is his father--and Trey, the enigmatic guy he's falling for, is Catherine's son.

To stop an insidious dark magic from consuming the town, Braden must master his gift—and risk losing the one he loves.

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Winner: Dreamland by Alyson Noël

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PRIZE: One copy of Dreamland

The winner chosen by Random.org is…

Vivien

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Early Review: Spider's Revenge by Jennifer Estep

Spider's Revenge
Author:Jennifer Estep
Release Date: September 27, 2011
Publisher: Pocket
Elemental Assassin Book #5
ISBN:   1439192642
ISBN13: 9781439192641
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Review Copy Source: Author

Old habits die hard for assassins.
 And I plan on murdering someone before the night is through.

Killing used to be my regular gig, after all. Gin Blanco, aka the Spider, assassin-for-hire. And I was very, very good at it. Now, I’m ready to make the one hit that truly matters: Mab Monroe, the dangerous Fire elemental who murdered my family when I was thirteen. Oh, I don’t think the mission will be easy, but turns out it’s a bit more problematic than expected. The bitch knows I’m coming for her. So now I’m up against the army of lethal bounty hunters Mab hired to track me down. She also put a price on my baby sister’s head. Keeping Bria safe is my first priority. Taking Mab out is a close second. Good thing I’ve got my powerful Ice and Stone magic—and my irresistible lover, Owen Grayson—to watch my back. This battle has been years in the making, and there’s a good chance I won’t survive. But if I’m going down, then Mab’s coming with me . . . no matter what I have to do to make that happen.

**WARNING CONTAINS PREVIOUS BOOK SPOILERS.. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK**

What can I really say about Jennifer Estep's Gin Blanco series that I have not already said? I love this series. It was one of the very first series I picked up when I first started reading and I was hooked form the very first chapter of SPIDER'S BITE. Whenever someone asks me what UF character I would love to be or who i would love to have as a best friend I have always said Gin Blanco. If you have not yet read the previous books in this series I would not suggest jumping in at SPIDER'S REVENGE even though some say you can read it as a standalone.  There is way to much back story and character/world development that you would end up missing out on some of the best scenes and experiences so far. Having said that I also recommend you stop reading my review as there will be spoilers for previous books mentioned.

WOOT its finally here, the final showdown with Mab Monroe. I cant even begin to tell you how excited I was to get a copy of SPIDER'S REVENGE so that I could jump in and see what would happen.  For me it was pretty much a given that Gin would defeat Mab but the way its done and everything that Gin and her friends have to go through was a roller coaster of emotions and events. There is a ton of action as you can imagine, more then one attempt to get the job done, allies in the most unlikely places and emotions displayed you never thought you would see out of Gin.  I never guessed who would do what, I never saw what was coming, every twist and turn had me on the edge of my seat trying to see around the corner. Owen and Gin are perfect for each other I'm so glad that he is part of the series now, I cant picture him not in her life (If Donovan comes back and ruins this I will boycott... ok not really but I would be VERY dissapointed ) With Mab gone I can not even begin to guess what will happen next. The whole storyline of the last 5 books is tied up with a nice bow and I am on the edge of my seat waiting to see what could possibly beat what has already happened. I have said it before and I will say it a hundred more times to anyone that asks for an Urban Fantasy recommendation, You MUST pick up Jennifer Estep's Elemental Assassins series. BY A THREAD comes out February 2012 and I will be first in line.

I gave it 5/5 stars

Need Opinions....

I got an invitation to use Raffle Copter and need opinions on weather to use it or not.

How do you like to enter giveaways? Do you prefer the comment only route, Google doc route or would you like to do raffle copter?

Since you all are the ones that enter what would be the easiest for you? If we do Raffle copter there still might be commenting involved as authors sometimes like us to ask questions so keep that in mind.

New Releases Sept 18-24

Mon Sept 19

The Business of Death (Death Works, #3) by Trent Jamieson

Tues Sept 20

Cast in Ruin (Chronicles of Elantra, #7) by Michelle Sagara West

Cold Kiss by Amy Garvey
Enthralled: Paranormal Diversions: Anthology

The Rift Walker (Vampire Empire, #2) by Clay Griffith, Susan Griffith

Sacrifice (Crave, #2) by Melinda Metz, Laura J. Burns

If you see a mistake or anything missing let me know. Happy Reading =)

Early Review: Blood Rights by Kristen Painter

Blood Rights
Author:Kristen Painter
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Publisher: Orbit
House of Comarré Book #1
ISBN:  1841499692
ISBN13: 9781841499697
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Review Copy Source: ARC Swap

The lacy gold mapped her entire body. A finely-wrought filigree of stars, vines, flowers, butterflies, ancient symbols and words ran from her feet, up her legs, over her narrow waist, spanned her chest and finished down her arms to the tips of her fingers.

Born into a life of secrets and service, Chrysabelle’s body bears the telltale marks of a comarré—a special race of humans bred to feed vampire nobility. When her patron is murdered, she becomes the prime suspect, which sends her running into the mortal world…and into the arms of Malkolm, an outcast vampire cursed to kill every being from whom he drinks.

Now Chrysabelle and Malkolm must work together to stop a plot to merge the mortal and supernatural worlds. If they fail, a chaos unlike anything anyone has ever seen will threaten to reign.

Chrysabelle is a Comarré. A human that was bred to feed the vampire nobility. They pretty much sell there blood rights to the highest bidder. She runs after finding her patron dead and ends up being accused of his murder. She has to prove her innocence to remain free but it turns out that isn't going to be as easy as she wants it to be. Malkom is an outcast vampire who was cursed twice. Once for killing his sire and another time by killing someone after being locked in a dungeon to rot. He wears the names of all his victims on his body and he cant feed from a vein without killing them and then hearing their voices in his head.

I liked the Idea of the Comarré, I loved that they aren't exactly what the vampires that "own" them think they are and that Chrysabelle is fighting to stay free. The whole idea was definitely unique and I want to know more about them and what they do. I enjoyed all of the characters that were aligned with Chrysabelle. Although they all had their reasons for being with her they all were fun to read about and very unique and likable in their own ways. I had no problem connecting to the story and the timeline of events. There was some good action scenes thrown in but not a lot of romance. I was kinda disappointed that nothing really happened between Chrysabelle and Malkolm. There is tons of feelings and hints but nothing really progresses past that. It was frustrating.  There is a lot of things left in the wind by the end of BLOOD RIGHTS that I can not go over without giving away spoilers but I have a ton of questions that I hope are answered in book 2 FLESH AND BLOOD that is thankfully set to release October 25, 2011. 


I gave it 4/5 stars