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February 1, 2015
Book Review: Love, Lattes and Mutants by Sandra Cox
Title: Love, Lattes and Mutants Series: Mutants Book 1 Author: Sandra Cox Genre: Young Adult Publisher: Kensington Release Date: February 17th, 2015 Finding love is hard, even when you aren’t a mutant. Like most seventeen-year-olds, Piper Dunn wants to blend in with the crowd. Having a blowhole is a definite handicap. A product of a lab-engineered mother with dolphin DNA, Piper spends her school days hiding her brilliant ocean-colored eyes and sea siren voice behind baggy clothing and ugly glasses. When Tyler, the new boy in school, zeroes in on her, ignoring every other girl vying for his attention, no … Continue reading →
Book Review: Love, Lattes and Mutants by Sandra Cox
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January 29, 2015
Featured: Unspeakable by Michelle K. Pickett + Giveaway!
Today I’m welcoming author Michelle K. Pickett to Juniper Grove! She is here promoting her upcoming release, Unspeakable! Let’s take a look… ~ About the Book ~ Title: Unspeakable Series: The Freedom Series, Book 1 Author: Michelle K. Pickett Published: February 10th, 2015 Genre: YA Mature Contemporary Romance Content Warning: Abuse, adult language, non-explicit sexual situations, and mild drug use Age Recommendation: 14+ ~ Synopsis ~ “Breathe. No one will break me. I’m strong. Breathe. Just breathe.” On the outside, Willow appears to have it all. She’s beautiful, smart, from an influential family, and she … Continue reading →
Featured: Unspeakable by Michelle K. Pickett + Giveaway!
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January 28, 2015
Book Review: Gypsy Hunted by Andrea Drew
Title: Gypsy Hunted Series: A Gypsy Shields Novel, Book 1 Author: Andrea Drew Genre: Paranormal Thriller Release Date: October 28th, 2014 Reluctant psychic Gypsy Shields—she prefers the term "intuition consultant"—finds herself in trouble when, on her way home from a blind date, she interrupts a kidnapping in progress. She attempts to intervene, and her heroics are repaid with a collision between the attacker's van and a brick wall. She awakens in the hospital, paralyzed on her left side and unable to speak. This also means she's unable to share her vital information as a witness. Fortunately, she is able to … Continue reading →
Book Review: Gypsy Hunted by Andrea Drew
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January 27, 2015
Book Review: Cut From Strong Cloth by Linda Harris Sittig
Title: Cut From Strong Cloth Series: Threads of Courage, Book 1 Author: Linda Harris Sittig Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Freedom Forge Press At nineteen, Ellen Canavan lives for the dream of her late father: to succeed in business. But being a woman in 1861, she finds the path to entrepreneurship blocked many times over. The threat of war, her mother's disapproval, and even a malicious arsonist threaten to limit the aspiring textile merchant to the status of impoverished Irish immigrant. As she travels from the factories of Philadelphia to the riverfront wharves of Savannah with her business mentor, James Nolan, … Continue reading →
Book Review: Cut From Strong Cloth by Linda Harris Sittig
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January 26, 2015
Book Review: Reluctantly Married by Victorine E. Lieske
Title: Reluctantly Married Author: Victorine E. Lieske Genre: Romance, Comedy Release Date: January 25, 2015 Megan Holloway can’t stand her local morning show co-host, Adam Warner, even though he’s a total hunk. He goads her on-air until she says things she regrets. But since ratings increase each time they have an on-air fight, the producer encourages his behavior. When a relationship specialist comes onto the show purporting that Adam has hidden feelings for her, she reluctantly agrees to go out with him—on camera. What starts out as one date turns into a viral dating show with Megan and Adam … Continue reading →
Book Review: Reluctantly Married by Victorine E. Lieske
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January 25, 2015
Featured: Voodoo Moon by June Stevens + Giveaway!
Today I’m welcoming author June Stevens to Juniper Grove! Check out her book, Voodoo Moon, below and be sure to stick around for a giveaway! ~ About the Book ~ Title: Voodoo Moon: A Moon Sisters Novel Series: The Paranorm World Series Book 1 Author: June Stevens Published: February 10th, 2015 Publisher: Crimson Tree Publishing Page Count: 290 Genre: NA Mature Paranormal Romance Content Warning: Contains adult and sexual content Age Recommendation: 17+ ~ Synopsis ~ A sinister magic is sweeping across Nash City… To Fiona Moon, it’s just another day at work. And some … Continue reading →
Featured: Voodoo Moon by June Stevens + Giveaway!
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January 23, 2015
Featured: Harmony Run Series by Sarah Elle Emm!
Today I’m welcoming Sarah Elle Emm to Juniper Grove! Sarah is here to promote her Harmony Run Series! Let’s check it out: ~ Book One ~ Rare glimpses of birds are the only reminder of the freedoms Rain Hawkins once had. Now segregated into a mixed-race zone within the United Zones of the Authority, under tyrannical rule of President Nicks, Rain is forced to endure the bleak conditions set upon her. The possibility of a way out arises when Rain discovers an organized resistance called The Freedom Front, and learns that she, along with many other multi-racial … Continue reading →
Featured: Harmony Run Series by Sarah Elle Emm!
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January 22, 2015
Book Review: A Rant of Ravens by Christine Goff
Title: A Rant of Ravens Series: A Birdwatcher's Mystery Author: Christine Goff Genre: Mystery Publisher: Astor + Blue Editions Release Date: October 31st, 2014 In an attempt to escape hellish matrimony, Rachel Stanhope sojourns to her Aunt Miriam’s ranch in Colorado in search of some peace and comfort. As a favor to her aunt, a bird enthusiast, Rachel agrees to host meetings of the local birdwatching society. On her first expedition, however, instead of finding a LeConte’s sparrow, she makes a much more disturbing discovery: a dead body. Identified as a reporter for Birds of a Feather magazine, this man … Continue reading →
Book Review: A Rant of Ravens by Christine Goff
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January 21, 2015
Book Review: Solid Moments by A. M. Harte
Title: Solid Moments Author: A.M. Harte Genre: Contemporary Short Stories Release Date: January 9th, 2015 Life is in the little things. The quiet moments between lovers. The precious minutes when we are most ourselves. A.M. Harte’s second collection is a tribute to the defining fragments of life – a blind girl rediscovering sight, a scorned lover finding solace in research, a brother meeting the sister he never knew he had... With Solid Moments, A.M. Harte captures the essence of passion in the moments that it lays itself bare. Grab your copy of Solid Moments on Amazon! ~ Review … Continue reading →
Book Review: Solid Moments by A. M. Harte
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January 20, 2015
Book Review: Box of Rain by Debra R. Borys
Title: Box of Rain Author: Debra R. Borys Genre: Suspense Publisher: New Libri Press Release Date: December 15th, 2014 Cousins Shorty Davis and Booker T Brooks grew up in pretty much the same circumstances: single mother, too many siblings crowded into a small ghetto apartment. So what makes one kid choose violence as his method to survive living on the streets and the other choose education? Chicago reporter Jo Sullivan doesn’t know or have time to worry about it. She’s dealing with her own issues when her estranged father comes to Chicago to participate in a cancer clinical trial. When … Continue reading →
Book Review: Box of Rain by Debra R. Borys
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