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{ARC Review+Giveaway} Curse of the Fae Queen by Delia Castel

{Review+Giveaway} Triplicity by J. Mercer

{Review+Giveaway} Silver Hollow by Jennifer Silverwood

{Review Copies+Playlist+Giveaway} Piggybacker by Mikki Noble

{Mini Review+Excerpt+Giveaway} Kill Code by Luna Kayne

{Interview+Giveaway} Annelies by David R. Gillham

Feb 20

{Guest Post+Giveaway} Birth by Donna Russo Morin

BIRTH Donna Russo Morin (Once, Upon a New Time, #1) Publication date: February 15th 2019 Genres: Adult, Fantasy New worlds don’t appear. They are born from the labor of those who envision them. Count Witon has grown weary of the constant war between the races. Together with his wife Belamay, and Persky – first of a rare Human / Elf breed – Witon plans to create a new society: a utopia for anyone who longs for peaceful coexistence. They recruit pilgrims from every city and species; most to success, some to failure. Together, they set off to a small, yet promising island, found by chance in the middle of the churning ocean. But the journey there is fraught with challenges, and none of them is as dire as the one they face once they reach their destination. Will they have the strength and determination to give Birth to this New Time? Once, Upon A New Time is a medieval fantasy with a double-edged sword: one of blood, the other of… Read more »

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Feb 19

${Pro-Order Blitz+Giveaway} QUEEN TO ASHES by @MalMcCartney @CleanReads_on$

{Pro-Order Blitz+Giveaway} QUEEN TO ASHES by @MalMcCartney @CleanReads_on

Today Mallory McCartney and Rockstar Book Tours are happy to announce that QUEEN TO ASHES, is available for pre-order! Check out all the book info and enter the giveaway! You can also check out my review of the first book in this series HERE Title: QUEEN TO ASHES (Black Dawn #2) Author: Mallory McCartney Pub. Date: January 8, 2019 Publisher: Clean Reads Publishing Formats: eBook Pages: ? Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Amazon Canada “You lived your entire life feeling like half of you was missing. Fight for the missing part. Fight for this.” Emory Fae has abandoned everything she thought she knew about her previous life on Earth. Stepping up to her role as Queen of Kiero she makes a startling sacrifice- feigning her allegiances to Adair Stratton, the man who murdered her parents and casted Kiero into ruin. Emory’s memories slowly piece together, and she soon realizes the Mad King may not be all he seems— and the man who was once best friend, may be fighting beneath the surface. With the King’s attention on her,… Read more »

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Feb 18

${Teaser+Giveaway} A COURT OF EARTH AND AETHER by Meg Xumei X @YA_SIRENS$

{Teaser+Giveaway} A COURT OF EARTH AND AETHER by Meg Xumei X @YA_SIRENS

I am so excited that A COURT OF EARTH AND AETHER by Meg Xumei X is available now and that I get to share the news! If you haven’t yet heard about this wonderful book by Author Meg Xumei X, be sure to check out all the details below. This blitz also includes a giveaway for a $10 Amazon GC courtesy of Meg and Rockstar Book Tours. So if you’d like a chance to win, enter in the Rafflecopter at the bottom of this post. Title: A COURT OF EARTH AND AETHER (War of the Gods #4) Author: Meg Xuemei X Pub. Date: February 12, 2019 Publisher: Meg Xuemei X Formats: Paperback, eBook Pages: 239 Find it: Goodreads, Amazon Cass Saélihn is the weapon, the hybrid born to kill the Olympian gods. Only the price is her own life. One dies so millions can live. So her mates will live. But Cass can’t just abandon them, can she? She’s just found them–a home she’d never imagined she could have. So when Death offers her a way out if… Read more »

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Feb 17

{Excerpt+Giveaway+Review Copies Available} Anywhere by Riley Lory

Anywhere Riley Lory (The Red Oak Bay Series, #1) Publication date: February 13th 2019 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance Alyx My life is a mess. I’m only twenty-two years old, and it’s been a mess for four years already. Every plan I had made for my future fell apart the day tragedy hit. Every dream I had found a new place in the smallest, most hidden corner of my mind. Responsibilities replaced them, and now it seems like that’s all my life is made of. And I’ve come to accept that reality. I don’t like it, but I accept it. Until Noah drops anchor in the small town I never left and gives me a taste of what my life could be. His smile and his intensity have my heart begging me to get closer, even though I know that I have no business wanting him. He makes me feel alive again, but I can’t let my heart lead the way if I don’t want to experience any more heartbreak. The… Read more »

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Feb 16

{Guest Post+Giveaway} The Ruins by T.H. Hernandez

The Ruins T.H. Hernandez (The Union #2) Publication date: June 16th 2015 Genres: Adventure, Dystopian, Romance, Young Adult Heartbroken, grief-stricken, and wracked with guilt, seventeen-year-old Evan Taylor returned to the Union, leaving behind the boy she loved. Now, she and her friends must find a way to do the impossible – warn the citizens of the Union about an impending rebel attack without alerting the government and risking retaliation against her friends in the Ruins. When every move Evan makes is thwarted, it soon becomes clear she’s being watched. Faced with a daily fight to stay one step ahead of her pursuers, she returns to the Ruins. But life in the Ruins has its own dangers, and soon she’s fighting a different battle – to stay alive long enough to discover the truth. Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble / iBooks / Kobo / Google Play — In Defense of the Platonic Friendship “…men and women can’t be friends because the sex part always gets in the way.” Harry… Read more »

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Feb 15

{Review+Giveaway} MOTION by Penny Reid

Motion is the first book in the Laws of Physics series by Author Penny Reid. But to make things a bit confusing, the Laws of Phsyics series is the second trilogy series in the Hypothesis series. Each of the trilogy follows a new set of characters, but at least one of the main characters is tied to science. And I love a nerdy romance. Especially if Penny Reid is the author. I think you all know by now that she is one of my very favorite authors of all time. And Motion is pretty high up there on the list of favorites as well. I loved this book so much, and I am DYING to get my hands on the second book in the series, which is slated to be released sometime next month. In Motion we meet Mona, who is a twin. Her sister is Lisa, and they are both daughters of celebrities of some kind. But Mona is a celebrity of her own kind (in the science world… Read more »

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Feb 15

{Review+Giveaway} Courting Darkness by Robin LaFevers

Courting Darkness is the first book in the young adult fantasy Courting Darkness Duology by author Robin LaFevers. The Courting Darkness duology is a spin off the young adult His Fair Assassin Trilogy. That trilogy has shamefully been on my to be read pile for years! I have all of the books just sitting on my shelves mocking me for not reading them. Luckily, this is a spin off series and doesn’t need to be read after the original trilogy, but I am totally kicking myself for never reading the trilogy because Courting Darkness was so good! I loved it so much, and now I am bumping up the His Fair Assassin trilogy to the very top of my TBR. In Courting Darkness, our main character is Sybella, who is also one of the main characters from the His Fair Assassin trilogy. I loved the way Robin LaFevers tells a story. She doesn’t just tell, she weaves a tale. Her writing is atmospheric and dark and totally delicious. The other… Read more »

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Feb 14

{Excerpt+Giveaway} The Open Road by Bo and Quinn Loftis

The Open Road Bo and Quinn Loftis Publication date: February 13th 2019 Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance Like all young couples, Jason O’Neal and his wife, Bethany, imagined a long and happy life with their children. But when Jason loses his family to a tragic accident, his storybook life dies with them on a two-lane highway. Unable to cope with the loss, Jason makes a last-ditch effort to find peace with their deaths. He plans to fulfill Bethany’s dream of visiting all fifty states, leaving mementos of his family along the way. Samantha Showalter knows heartache after being left crying in an empty parking lot at the end of a three-year, abusive relationship. Seven months later, she’s rebuilding her life through sheer force of will, until her ex-fiancé shows up at her doorstep unannounced. But Samantha’s best friend has a plan to help Sam let go of her past once and for all … and finally find herself again. Fate, with a little help from a meddling best friend, will… Read more »

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Feb 12

{Excerpt+Giveaway} The Bet Between Us by Brandon Moore

The Bet Between Us Brandon Moore Publication date: February 5th 2019 Genres: Romance, Young Adult Donald Cerlino only cares about three things: money, getting girls, and gambling. His friends are so impressed with his abilities with women, they start calling him Don Juan. When senior year starts, he’s got a list of girls he wants to add to the growing number of notches on his headboard. So when his best friend, Thomas, bets Donald that his skills aren’t enough to nab the school valedictorian, Alaina Pizzo, Donald is up for the challenge. What Thomas doesn’t know is that Donald has had a crush on Alaina since kindergarten. Problem is, Alaina hates his guts. When Donald’s feelings for Alaina start to show, Thomas begins to turn against him. Thomas wanted Donald to see the error of his ways when it comes to women, not abandon their friendship for yet another girl. The deeper Donald gets, the more he wants a future with Alaina, but that means revealing why he started talking… Read more »

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Feb 12

{ARC Review+Giveaway} Curse of the Fae Queen by Delia Castel

Curse of the Fae Queen is a the first in a new adult fantasy series by the same name from author Delia Castel. Curse of the Fae Queen starts out in a human village, with our human main character, who has been taught to fear the fae. Neara is trying to help her and her father leave her doomed city, when an attack from some Fae sends Neara and her father into the Fae realm. Through secrets and bargains with different Fae, Neara is sent on a quest to retrieve three items for the Queen. I love quest style adventures, and this one was the perfect mix of danger and tons of secrets. Curse of the Fae Queen is the type of novel, where all of the characters have secrets of their own that you need to uncover. I love novels like that. And I know there will be even more in the books to come, because we haven’t even met all of the main characters yet! Neara and Prince Drayce are our two… Read more »