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October 8, 2013
Paranormal Palooza: The Tempering by Adrianne James
Title: The Tempering
Author: Adrianne James
Genre: Paranormal
Synopsis:
The Mythology department at prestigious Harvard University is tiny—and Mackenzie Duncan has just been selected as one of the lucky few. Her love for myths and legends is deep, but she never thought any of it could be real.After being attacked by a large wolf while walking home alone, Mackenzie realizes something is not right. She heals quickly, has suddenly become super strong, and is experiencing mood swings that can’t possi...
October 7, 2013
Paranormal Palooza: Forever & Ever, Amen by Liv Rancourt
Thanks so much, Ruth, for having me as a guest at your Paranormal Palooza! I so enjoy getting out and meeting new bloggers and their readers.
For today’s post, I thought it would be fun to come up with the ten best reasons to read paranormal fiction. By ‘paranormal fiction’ I mean anything from urban fantasy to paranormal romance to speculative fiction to Steampunk. The rigid rules that used to define genres are getting pretty blurry, so for the purposes of this list, if a story has extra-ordi...
Book Blitz: Endless by Amanda Gray
Endless
byAmanda Gray
Release Date: 10/08/13
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Summary from Goodreads:
Jenny Kramer knows she isn’t normal. After all, not everybody can see the past lives of people around them. When she befriends Ben Daulton, resident new boy, the pair stumble on an old music box with instructions for “mesmerization” and discover they may have more in common than they thought. Like a past life. Using the instructions in the music box, Ben and Jenny share a dream that transports them to Romanov Russia a...
Paranormal Palooza: Hope(less) by Melissa Haag
Title: Hope(less)
Author: Melissa Haag
Published On: March 3, 2013
Genre: YA, Paranormal
Synopsis:
Our world is being judged and we remain unaware.
In a world filled with people, Gabby is uniquely alone. The tiny glowing sparks filling her mind, representing the people around her, confirm it.
Clueless regarding the reason behind her sight and her place in the world, Gabby struggles to find an explanation. A chance encounter leads her closer to answers she’s struggled to find, and into a hidden socie...
Paranormal Palooza: Aurora Sky: Vampire Hunter by Nikki Jefford
Title: Aurora Sky: Vampire Hunter
Author: Nikki Jefford
Published On: November 27, 2012
Genre: New Adult, Paranormal
Synopsis:
Leaving Alaska after graduation is no longer an option for eighteen-year-old Aurora Sky once government agents pull her from the wreckage of a head-on collision.
In exchange for her life, Aurora must serve as a vampire hunter. Basically she’s a glorified chew toy. All thanks to her rare blood type, which sends a vampire into temporary paralysis before she has to finish the...
October 6, 2013
Paranormal Palooza: House of Pigs by Christopher Ritchie
Guest post with the author
Whispers turn into nightmares – how House of Pigs wrote itself
I haven’t read a book in about 10 years. Well, that’s not entirely true. I gave up reading for pleasure when reading became my job. So how can someone who doesn’t read books write one? I asked myself that question over and over.
House of Pigs was re-read several times to get it just right – hopefully. That’s in the eye of the beholder, I know, but I had a particular reason for writing this book. It wasn’t a...
Paranormal Palooza: Death Lies Between Us by Jody A. Kessler
Title: Death Lies Between Us
Author: Jody A. Kessler
Published On: February 25, 2013 by Crescent Moon Press
Genre: New Adult, Paranormal
Synopsis:
Saving the life of someone you love should not be the worst thing you have ever done, unless you are an Angel of Death.
Disgruntled with his position in the afterlife and conflicted by his feelings toward his new client, Nathaniel Evans forgoes the rules and saves nineteen year old Juliana Crowson from being hopelessly stuck in Forge Creek. This alters J...
Paranormal Palooza: Cheating Death by Jen Naumann
Title: Cheating Death
Author: Jen Naumann
Published On: April 2, 2013
Genre: New Adult, Paranormal
Synopsis:
Lysandra Brooks remembers everything about the day she almost drowned alongside her grandma, especially the set of mysterious eyes she saw at the bottom of the lake. Ever since then, she’s been seeing strange things when she is near water – things that aren’t really there. Because of it, Lysandra has the tendency to avoid anything that isn’t on dry land. On her last day of high school, howe...
October 5, 2013
Book Blitz: Angus MacBain by Angela Townsend
Angus MacBain
By Angela Townsend
Release Date: 09/27/13
Book Summary:
AngusMacBain is unaware that his ancestral roots hail from an ancient sect of Scottish kings. When his dying grandfather gives him a dragon pendant, thirteen-year-oldAnguslearns of a legacy that will take him across an ocean to the island of Iona and thrust him into a heritage he did not know he had.
He soon discovers that his mother, whom he had believed dead, is really a seal fairy, in hiding from a dangerous enemy. To save he...
Paranormal Palooza: See No Sea by Roslyn McFarland
Title: See No Sea
Author: Roslyn McFarland
Published On: June 13, 2013
Genre: YA, Paranormal
Synopsis:
“…dealing with bullies was bad enough before they had hundreds of razor sharp teeth…” Lee’s tried her best to downplay her extraordinary swimming abilities. Who needs more attention when you’re already six feet tall at fifteen? Can you say ‘Bully Magnet’? So when she’s sent to a land locked town in British Columbia to train with an elite swim team, Lee’s beyond horrified. Her summer is over befor...
