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July 9, 2015
Release Day Party The Blind World

Author: M.C. Rohweder
Genre: New Adult Urban Fantasy
Miranda Schaffer just wants a little freedom for the start of college. Having convinced her parents to let her live in the house left to them by her great-aunt Janine, she’s excited. That is, until her classmate, Cole, tries to convince her that the house is one of the tools needed by the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse to raise Hell.
Cole identifies himself as a Guardian, whose sole purpose in life is...
July 8, 2015
Book Review: Suspended in Dusk by Simon Dewar
Author: Simon Dewar (Editor)
Genre: Horror, Anthology, Dark Fiction
Age Group: Adult
Rating: 4 stars
Purchase: Amazon
Review copy provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
DUSK
A time between times.A whore hides something monstrous and finds something special.
A homeless man discovers the razor blade inside the apple.
Unlikely love is found in the strangest of places.
Secrets and dreams are kept… forever.Or was it all just a trick of the light?
Su...
Book Review: My Sister’s Grave (The Tracy Crosswhite Series #1) by Robert Dugoni
Tite: My Sister’s Grave (The Tracy Crosswhite Series #1)
Author: Robert Dugoni
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Suspense
Age Group: Adult
Rating: 4 stars
Purchase: Amazon
Review copy provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
Tracy Crosswhite has spent twenty years questioning the facts surrounding her sister Sarah’s disappearance and the murder trial that followed. She doesn’t believe that Edmund House — a convicted rapist and the man condemned for Sarah’s murder — is the guilty p...
July 6, 2015
Book Tours: Starter Day Party Wings in the Dark
I’m hosting the starter day party today for the book tour for historical / cozy mystery “Wings in the Dark”. The tour runs from July 7 to August 7. Enjoy the tour!
Tour ScheduleJuly 7th: Starter Day Party @ I Heart Reading
July 8th: Book Excerpt @ Indy Book Fairy
July 9th: Book Review and Author Interview @ Mystery Please
July 11th: Book Review @ Mallory Heart Reviews
July 13th: Book Excerpt @ Nat’s Book Nook
July 15th: Book Review @ It’s a Mad Mad World
July 16th: Book Excerpt @ Author C.A...
Book Review: Follow You Home by Mark Edwards
Author: Mark Edwards
Genre: Psychological Thriller, Suspense
Age Group: Adult (18+)
Rating: 3 stars
Purchase: Amazon
Review copy provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
It was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime, a final adventure before settling down.
After a perfect start, Daniel and Laura’s travels end abruptly when they are thrown off a night train in the middle of nowhere. To find their way back to civilisation, they must hike along the track...
Book Review: The Other Side of Summer by Elyse Douglas
Title: The Other Side of Summer
Author: Elyse Douglas
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Age Group: Adult
Rating: 4 stars
Purchase: Amazon
Review copy provided by Enchanted Book Promotions in exchange for an honest review.
Joanna Halloran, a best selling writer and astrologer, lives in a beach house overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. After a violent storm, she roams the beach, glances seaward and spots a man clinging to a piece of wreckage, being tossed helplessly. She dives in and pulls him to safety...
Book Tours: Starter Day Party for Nightlife: Night Terrors
I’m hosting the starter day party for the tour for horror novel “Nightlife: Night Terrors”. The tour runs from July 6 to August 6.
Tour ScheduleJuly 6th: Starter Day Party @ I Heart Reading
July 6th: Book Excerpt @ Indy Book Fairy
July 7th: Book Excerpt @ European Geeks
July 9th: Book Excerpt @ I’m an Eclectic Reader
July 11th: Author Interview and Book Excerpt @ Author C.A. Milson’s Blog
July 12th: Book Excerpt @ Reily’s Point of View
July 12th: Book Excerpt @ Shyla Wolff’s Thoughts
July 1...
July 5, 2015
Release Day Party Daughter of Lions
Author: Catherine Banks
Genre: YA Fantasy
Being a teenager is hard enough, but when your dad is an Alpha werelion it complicates matters even more. Victoria doesn’t feel like she fully fits in anywhere and things become more unsteady when she meets the new werelion in her dad’s pride, Brandon. Is there a way she can alter her genes to gain the ability to shift, or will she learn to accept who she is?
Author BioBook Review: Obliteration by Barry K. Nelson
Author: Barry K. Nelson
Genre: Science-Fiction
Age Group: Adult
Rating: 4,5 stars
Purchase: Amazon
Review copy provided by Enchanted Book Promotions in exchange for an honest review.
The three reprogrammed Brelac Reploids forming the special team Silencers still faithfully serve the United Protectorate under the watchful monitoring of the Central Intelligence Division. Stationed on Maseklos Prime, Colin McKenzie, Diane Christy, and Kelly Lytton are called to a hostage sce...
July 4, 2015
Book Review: Eye of the Storm: Eilida’s Tragedy by Elle Klass
Title: Eye of the Storm: Eilida’s Tragedy (Book 1 in the Ruthless Storm Trilogy)
Author: Elle Klass
Genre: Paranormal Suspense
Rating: 4,5 stars
Purchase: Amazon
Review copy provided by Enchanted Book Promotions in exchange for an honest review.
A disturbance at her neighbor’s house piques Eilida’s curiosity. What she discovers is so shocking it sends her running through the mountainous woods during a thunderstorm. She slips on the wet ground, plummets down Mount Wilde, and slams into a larg...