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March 5, 2014

Book Review: Devil in the Corner by Patricia Elliott

20728920Title: Devil in the Corner


Author: Patricia Elliott


Genre: Gothic, Historical Fiction, Romance


Age Group: Young Adult


Rating: 3 stars


Purchase: Amazon


Review copy provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.



A gorgeously gothic historical tale from the author of THE PIMPERNELLES


Penniless, and escaping the horrors of life as a governess to brutal households, Maud seeks refuge with the cousin-by-marriage she never knew. But Juliana quashes Maud’s emerging friendships with the staff and...

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Published on March 05, 2014 16:16

Book Review: Diaries of the Damned by Alex Laybourne

Ebook CoverTitle: Diaries of the Damned


Author: Alex Laybourne


Genre: Horror, Zombies


Age Group: Adult (18+)


Rating: 4,5 out of 5 stars


Review copy provided by Enchanted Book Promotions in exchange for an honest review.



The dead have risen and a desperate struggle for power has begun. The military are evacuating all survivors in passenger planes. With their destination unknown, one group of survivors led by a journalist named Paul Larkin, decide to share their experiences with the hope that when combined, the...

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Published on March 05, 2014 06:23

March 4, 2014

Book Spotlight: Pieces of the Past

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9781481717762_COVER.inddTitle:Pieces of the Past

Genre:Family & Relationships

Author: Bree Matthews

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Pages: 268

Language: English

Format: Ebook


Your first love. Everyone remembers that special person and time in their lives. Sometimes first love lasts a lifetime, but more often than not, it is just your introduction to what could be waiting with the next open door. Anne and Joshua were swept up in the wonderment of first love as teenagers, never believing they would part; and, yet, they did. Broken he...

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Published on March 04, 2014 16:47

Book Tours: Book Spotlight The Seven Secrets to Succesful Parents

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9781462014484_cover.inddTitle:The Seven Secrets of Successful Parents

Genre:Parenting/Family & Relationshiops

Author: Randy Colton Rolfe

Publisher: iUniverse

Pages: 340

Language: English

Format: Ebook


“Throughout her seven secrets, Rolfe models how parenting can be the most fulfilling work of our lives.”

—Linda Aronson, author of Big Spirits, Little Bodies


Every parent has the innate power to be successful. But life can get in the way. It is hard to be at your best when you are tired, angry, rushed, surprised, preoccupied, o...

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Published on March 04, 2014 16:28

March 3, 2014

Book Tours: Book Spotlight Mustang Sassy

Mustang_Sassy_1600_RGBTitle:Mustang Sassy

Genre:Contemporary Romance

Author: Daire St. Denis

Publisher: Entangled Edge

Pages: 268

Language: English

Format: Ebook


When Sass Hogan catches her boyfriend slow-dancing and doing the tongue-tango with Tori Double-D-Cup Hunter, she pays him back the only way she knows how—by taking a tire iron to his beloved ’67 Mustang Fastback. There’s only one problem. She’s destroyed the wrong car.


Jordan Michaels wants his car fixed, now, and he wants Sass’s auto body shop to do it. But the...

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Published on March 03, 2014 16:25

Book Review: Nightcrawlers by Tim Curran

20489022Title: Nightcrawlers


Author: Tim Curran


Genre: Horror, Dark Fiction


Rating: 4,5 stars


Purchase: Amazon


Review copy provided by Enchanted Book Promotions in exchange for an honest review.



200 years ago, the village of Clavitt Fields was burned to the ground. It was hoped that what lived there had perished in the fire. But they did not perish. They went underground…


For generations, they lived and bred in darkness, adapting themselves to a subterranean existence. Now they are rising to the surface, an...

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Published on March 03, 2014 16:17

Book Review: Forever Doomed

Forever_Doomed_ebook_amazon_BrighterTitle: Forever Doomed


Author: MaryAnn Kempher


Genre: Mystery


Age Group: Adult


Rating: 4 stars


Purchase: Amazon


Review copy provided by Enchanted Book Promotions in exchange for an honest review.



It’s not wise to wander the cruise ship Forever alone at night. You might not live to see daylight.


Detective Jack Harney agrees to do an old Army buddy a favor. Curt Noble had some personal business to attend to, he didn’t say what. What he did say was he needed someone to temporarily take over his duties as...

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Published on March 03, 2014 08:12

Book Tours: Starter Day Party Learning to Swim

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I’m hosting the starter day party today for “Learning to Swim”, a YA paranormal romance novel. I’ll be reviewing the book on March 17. Stay tuned for the review, and in the mean time, visit the other tour stops.


Tour Schedule

March 3rd: Starter Day Party @ I Heart Reading


March 5th: Promo Post @ I’m an Eclectic Reader


March 7th: Author Interview @ Cassidy Crimson’s Blog


March 8th: Book Excerpt @ The Single Librarian


March 9th: Book Review @ Forever Book Lover


March 12th: Guest Post @ eBook Escapes


Ma...

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Published on March 03, 2014 00:14

March 2, 2014

Book Tours: Book Spotlight Dr. Cappeletti’s Chorus

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9781491702055_COVER_FQA.inddTitle:Dr. Cappeletti’s Chorus

Genre:Legal Fiction

Author: Gerard R. D’Alessio

Publisher: iUniverse

Pages: 110

Language: English

Format: Ebook


Anthony Cappeletti works hard and does everything right. He’s an alter boy, a star on his college baseball team; he graduates near the top of his college and medical school classes, and he overcomes major fi nancial obstacles to achieve his boyhood dream of becoming a successful physician in his hometown in central Pennsylvania. He marries his college sweethea...

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Published on March 02, 2014 16:36

Book Review: By My Choice by Christine Blackthorn

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Author: Christine Blackthorn


Genre: Erotic Paranormal Romance


Age Group: Adult (18+)


Rating: 4 stars


Purchase: Amazon


Review copy provided by Enchanted Book Promotions in exchange for an honest review.



Sometimes the path of life seems inevitable — what does it mean to choose?


Jennifer Ashton has spent her whole life in one Supernatural court or the other but the realities of what this means are only brought home to her when her best friend is forced to sell her to a vampire, and n...

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Published on March 02, 2014 03:22