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August 26, 2012
Book Tour: Book Excerpt for Maven Fairy Godmother
Book Tour: Book Excerpt for Maven Fairy Godmother on I Heart Reading
Today I’m hosting a book excerpt for Maven Fairy Godmother, a fractured fairytale and women’s fiction novel by Charlotte Babb.
Book Excerpt
“Be careful what you ask for,” Maven said, “You just might get it.”
The girl stared at Maven for a moment. She held up her fingers and started counting. “I just want to have (one) the fabulous, romantic evening with (two) the beautiful clothes and (three) the lovely music and (four) the eleg...
August 25, 2012
Book Review: Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake #1) by C.J. Sansom
Book Review: Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake #1) by C.J. Sansom on I Heart Reading
Title: Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake #1)
Author: C.J. Sansom
Genre: Historical Fiction, Mystery
Publisher: Penguin Books
Publication Date: April 27th 2004
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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Exciting and elegantly written, Dissolution is an utterly compelling first novel and a riveting portrayal of Tudor England. The year is 1537, and the country is divided between those faithful to the Catholic Church...
August 24, 2012
Book Review: Haunted Files From The Edge by Philip J. Imbrogno
Book Review: Haunted Files From The Edge by Philip J. Imbrogno on I Heart Reading
Title: Haunted Files From The Edge
Author: Philip J. Imbrogno
Genre: Non-Fiction, True Haunting
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
Publication Date: August 8th 2012
Rating: Did not Finish
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Review copy provided by the publisher in exchange for honest review.
Haunted Files from the Edge features gripping accounts of run-ins with angry spirits, phantasms, monsters, and poltergiests. It includes investiga...
Starter Day Party Savage (Daughters of the Jaguar #1) Tour
Starter Day Party Savage (Daughters of the Jaguar #1) Tour on I Heart Reading
Hey everyone! Today I’m hosting the starter day party for Savage (Daughters of the Jaguar #1) by Willow Rose.
Tour Schedule
August 24th: Starter Day Party
@ I Heart Reading
August 25th: Promo Post
@ Whoopeyoo
August 29th: Book Excerpt
@ Andi’s Book Reviews
September 1st: Review
@ Sky Rose Reviews
September 2nd: Author Interview
@ Majanka’s Blog
September 5th: Book Review
@ I Heart Reading
September 6th: Book Excerpt
@ Fiktishuhs
A...
August 23, 2012
Book Review: Timeless Innocents by Janis Susan May
Book Review: Timeless Innocents by Janis Susan May on I Heart Reading
Title: Timeless Innocents
Author: Janis Susan May
Genre: Horror, Thriller, Novella
Publisher: Carina Press
Publication Date: June 11th 2012
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
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Review copy provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
When Brianna Forte is made executor of the Clerkwells’ estate, she thinks it’ll be a simple task to catalogue and liquidate their assets. After all, they liv...
August 22, 2012
Book Review: The Darkening Dream by Andy Gavin
Book Review: The Darkening Dream by Andy Gavin on I Heart Reading
Title: The Darkening Dream
Author: Andy Gavin
Genre: YA, Historical Fiction, Paranormal, Vampires
Publisher: Moscherato Publishing
Publication Date: January 10th 2012
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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Review copy provided by the author in exchange for honest review.
The Darkening Dream is the chilling new dark fantasy novel by Andy Gavin, creator of Crash Bandicoot and Jak & Daxter.
Even as the modern wor...
August 21, 2012
Book Review: Beneath The Shadows by Sara Foster
Book Review: Beneath The Shadows by Sara Foster on I Heart Reading
Title: Beneath The Shadows
Author: Sara Foster
Genre: Thriller, Suspense, Gothic Horror
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Publication Date: June 5th 2012
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
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Review copy provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
In this thrilling gothic suspense debut by Sara Foster in the tradition of Rosamund Lupton and Sophie Hannah, a young mother searches Yorkshire’s windswept moors for t...
Guest Post for The Rebel Princess Tour by Anne M. Strick
Guest Post for The Rebel Princess Tour by Anne M. Strick on I Heart Reading
Today I’m putting a step back, to let author Anne M. Strick be a guest blogger on I Heart Reading. Anne M. Strick is the author of The Rebel Princess, a contemporary romance novel, but as the pictures below will show you, there’s more to her than that!
Guest Post: What Shall I Write About?
Sometimes writers worry about what their next subject might be. And sometimes that subject is right under their noses. Once in a whil...
August 20, 2012
Book Review: Hallowed (Unearthly #2) by Cynthia Hand
Book Review: Hallowed (Unearthly #2) by Cynthia Hand on I Heart Reading
Title: Hallowed (Unearthly #2)
Author: Cynthia Hand
Genre: YA, Paranormal Romance, Angels
Publisher: HarperTeen
Publication Date: January 17th 2012
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
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Review copy provided by the publisher through Netgalley.
For months part-angel Clara Gardner trained to face the raging forest fire from her visions and rescue the alluring and mysterious Christian Prescott from the blaze. But nothing c...
August 19, 2012
Book Review: You Shall Never Know Security by J.R. Hamantaschen
Book Review: You Shall Never Know Security by J.R. Hamantaschen on I Heart Reading
Title: You Shall Never Know Security
Author: J.R. Hamantaschen
Genre: Horror, Short Story Collection
Publisher: West Pigeon Press
Publication Date: 2011
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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Review copy provided by the author in exchange for honest review.
For years, J.R.’s stories have been acclaimed throughout the underground horror world. For the first time,...
