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April 1, 2015
Book Review: Portraits of Celina by Sue Withing
Title: Portraits of Celina
Author: Sue Withing
Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal, Ghosts
Age Group: Young Adult
Rating: 4 stars
Purchase: Amazon
Review copy provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
Make him pay, Bayley. Make him pay.
“It’s as if the wooden chest is luring me, urging me to open it – daring me almost. Open me up. Look inside. Come on, just for a second; it won’t hurt.”
Celina O’Malley was sixteen years old when she disappeared. Now, almost forty years later, Ba...
Book Tours: Starter Day Party for The Chase
I’m hosting the starter day party for the book tour for African-American contemporary romance “The Chase”. Tour runs from April 1st to May 1st.
Tour ScheduleApril 1st: Starter Day Party @ I Heart Reading
April 1st: Promo Post @ Indy Book Fairy
April 2nd: Guest Post @ Brenda McCreight’s Blog
April 3rd: Promo Post @ Hollow Readers
April 5th: Promo Post @ Nat’s Book Nook
April 7th: Author Interview @ Majanka’s Blog
April 9th: Promo Post @ Bookaholic Ramblings
April 11th: Promo Post @ Undercove...
March 31, 2015
Release Day Party All In: Playing The Fool
About The Book 
Title: All In: Playing the Fool
Author: Lane Hart
Genre: Romance / Erotica
WARNING: THIS BOOK IS FOR 18+ ONLY DUE TO THE SEXUALLY EXPLICIT SCENES (M/F, M/F/M, M/M) AND ADULT LANGUAGE.
Will Reavis is the last man standing. All of his lifelong friends are settling down, and seem nauseatingly happy with their significant others. Even his little sister Jules recently married, taking off with Will’s best friend.
While Dylan and Jules are away on their honeymoon, they leave their pe...
Book Tours: Starter Day Party for Lay of Runes: Dwarf’s Ransom
I’m hosting the starter day party today for the book tour for fantasy short story “Lay of Runes: Dwarf’s Ransom”. The tour runs from April 1 to April 8.
Tour ScheduleApril 1st: Starter Day Party @ I Heart Reading
April 1st: Book Review @ Books, Books and More Books
April 2nd: Book Excerpt @ Indy Book Fairy
April 4th: Book Review @ PRATR
April 5th: Book Review @ A Novel Kind of Bliss
April 7th: Book Review @ Fantasy Book Lane
April 8th: Promo Post @ Nat’s Book Nook
About the Book
Title: Lay...
March 30, 2015
Release Day Party Tree of Ages
About the Book 
Title: Tree of Ages
Author: Sara C. Roethle
Genre: Epic Fantasy
“The seasons are changing. The lines are faltering, undoing the old and bringing life to the new. Trees will fall, and changed earth will be left in their place. A storm is coming.”
Finn doesn’t remember much about her previous life, and in a world that has been changed by the wars of the Tuatha De, where trust is hard to come by, answers are even more difficult to find. Little does she know, an unknown evil tugs...
Book Review: Normal by Graeme Cameron
Title: Normal
Author: Graeme Cameron
Genre: Thriller, Psychological Thriller
Age Group: Adult
Rating: 2 stars
Purchase: Amazon
Review copy provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
This is a love story. No, really.
He lives in your community, in a nice house with a well-tended garden. He shops in your grocery store, bumping shoulders with you as you pass him and apologizing with a smile. He drives beside you on the highway, politely waving to let you into the lane ahead of...
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (55)
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by Sheila of Book Journey. It’s where book bloggers gather to talk about what books they read and reviewed last week, what books they’re currently reading and what books they’re planning to read. This is a great way for me to plan my reading week, and to take a sneak peek at what others are reading.
Finished Reading
Book Review: Lioness of Kell by Paul E. Horsman
Title: Lioness of Kell
Author: Paul E. Horsman
Genre: Fantasy
Rating: 5 stars
Purchase: Amazon
The lioness Maud is at eighteen already a black powerhouse of brawn. When she is ordered to fetch a young thief from a pirate town, she thinks it an easy task. Until she and Jurgis the thief find themselves running for their lives.
Young warlock Basil sees his life threatened by a summons from the Warlockry Council, to prove his beauty. He knows his lame foot will betray him and escapes on the firs...
March 29, 2015
Book Tours: Starter Day Party for Rendered
I’m hosting a starter day party today for the book tour for dystopian romance “Rendered”. The tour runs from March 30 to April 13.
Tour ScheduleMarch 30th: Starter Day Party @ I Heart Reading
April 1st: Author Interview @ The Single Librarian
April 2nd: Book Excerpt @ Literary Musing
April 4th: Book Excerpt @ Nat’s Book Nook
April 6th: Author Interview @ Karen Writes Stuff
April 8th: Book Excerpt @ Undercover Book Reviews
April 9th: Book Review @ Tome Tender
April 10th: Book Excerpt @ Sunsh...
Book Excerpt and Giveaway for Blood Orchid
“So what do you intend to do?” Hugh asked Emily as he sank into the soft cushioned chair with a sigh of gratitude. They had returned to Emily’s current home and were sitting in comfort within a large parlour. “Now you’ve openly declared your colours.” A quiet servant brought over a tray of drinks and pastries and retreated quietly from view.
Emily waited until the parlour door shut behind the maid before she settled herself on the chair opposite Hugh and rearranged her skirts. “I fancy I shal...
