Book Blast (Giveaway): Phantom Eyes by Scott Tracey

Title: Phantom Eyes (Witch Eyes #3)
Author: Scott Tracey
Publisher: Flux
Book Blast Organizer: Book Nerd Tours
Release Date: October 8, 2013
Every child in Belle Dam is taught about the feud from an early age. There are ‘our’ people and ‘their’ people. Friends and enemies. Associates and strangers. It’s the kind of town where eyes are always watching, and you don’t need a reason to sell out your neighbors.

But the feud is a lie. As a new wave of fury sweeps through the town, creating a third front to an already overtaxed war, Braden has been broken worse than ever. His innocence? Shattered. His heart? Crushed. His magic? Gone. His new life? Ruined. And this is only the beginning.

Beneath the city lay deep wellsprings of power. The one who controls them is the one who will win the feud. In a city filled with puppet masters, Braden must elude their strings and end the feud once and for all. But first, he must outsmart his father, evade Catherine’s dark magic, regain what was stolen from him, trick a phantom who refuses to die, and foil a demon’s master plan.

Even then, he may not survive. Because power is a problem, and victory comes with a cost…

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Cover Reveal (Giveaway): Push by Eve Silver

Title: Push (The Game #2)
Author: Eve Silver
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books (Harper Teen)
Blitz Organizer: YA Bound Book Tours
Release Date: June 10, 2014
It’s either break the rules or die.

Miki Jones lives her life by her own strict set of rules, to keep control, to keep the gray fog of grief at bay. Then she’s pulled into the Game, where she—and her team—will die unless she follows a new set of rules: those set by the mysterious Committee.

But rules don’t mean answers, and without answers, it’s hard to trust. People are dying. The rules are unraveling. And Miki knows she’s being watched, uncertain if it’s the Drau or someone—something—else. Forced to make impossible choices and battling to save those she loves, Miki begins to see the Committee in a glaring new light.

And then the Game crosses a new boundary, pushes harder into Miki’s and her friends’ lives, and there’s nothing in the rules that can save them now.

Push is the sequel Rush fans will be screaming for.

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Book #1: RUSH

Early Review: ACID by Emma Pass

Title: ACID
Author: Emma Pass
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Acquired Via: Around the World ARC Tours
Release Date: March 11, 2014
The year is 2113. In Jenna Strong's world, ACID—the most brutal controlling police force in history—rule supreme. No throwaway comment or whispered dissent goes unnoticed—or unpunished. And it was ACID agents who locked Jenna away for life, for a horrendous crime she struggles to remember. But Jenna's violent prison time has taught her how to survive by any means necessary.

When a mysterious rebel group breaks her out, she must use her strength, speed, and skill to stay one step ahead of ACID, and try to uncover the truth about what really happened on that terrible night two years ago. They have taken her life, her freedom, and her true memories away from her. How can she reclaim anything when she doesn't know who to trust?

Strong, gritty writing, irresistible psychological suspense, and action consume the novel as Jenna struggles to survive against the all-controlling ACID. Seriously sinister stuff.

My Review

I've been reading quite a few futuristic, sci-fi thrillers aimed at the YA audience lately, and ACID - Emma Pass' debut - is probably my favorite of what I've read lately.

There is little that I love more than a strong heroine in a well-constructed world, and Jenna Strong is just that. Her situation in ACID sucks, but she's a survivor. She knows that she belongs in prison for murdering her parents, but that doesn't mean she's willing to be trampled by the other inmates. She works out faithfully and kicks major ass as needed. What I liked most about her is that she questioned everyone, everything, and all motives whenever her situation changed. The one strike against Jenna with me was that she became a little TDTL in the name of love and loyalty toward the end of the novel. I wanted to smack her, but I understand the though behind her actions.

Blog Tour (Spotlight): Sutton Place by Louise Gaylord

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Title: Sutton Place
Author: Louise Gaylord
Publisher: Little Moose Press
Release Date: August 27, 2013
Just When Things Seem to be Going So Well…

…a horrific incident from Julia Fairchild’s past—one she thought had been buried long ago—comes charging back into her life. Then a promising romantic weekend goes bad, which makes staying at Sutton Place more than Julia can handle. So she flees her home, her family…her life. But apparently, she can’t go far enough.

The Fairchilds were a happy family of wealthy New York stock, with two loving daughters. Until the secrets started to surface.

The first secret was revealed when Julia was told the truth about her father. Her reaction to the revelation sent her spinning out of control.

The second secret concerned the parentage of Julia’s sister, Ariel. How Ariel responded to the revelation astounded the rest of the family.

Now Julia is building a superb reputation at one of New York’s finest hospitals. The future looks bright until a romantic weekend turns into a disaster. Fleeing home and family, she moves to New Mexico and starts to pull her life together.

Just when it looks like things are heading toward happily-ever-after, events in New York draw Julia back to Sutton Place, where she learns of Ariel’s secret life and finds herself facing her worst nightmare.

Sutton Place moves a mile a minute and never lets you see what’s coming around the next turn.

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Sins of the Lost Blog Tour (Guest Post, Review, & Giveaway): Sins of the Angels by Linda Poitevin

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Welcome to my stop on the Sins of the Lost Blog Tour, brought to you by Rockstar Book Tours. Today I will be featuring a guest post by Linda Poitevin about her research for the Grigori Legacy and my review of the first novel in the series, Sins of the Angels.



Title: Sins of the Angels (Grigori Legacy #1)
Author: Linda Poitevin
Publisher: Ace
Acquired Via: Rockstar Book Tours
Release Date: September 27, 2011
A detective with a secret lineage. An undercover Hunter with a bullet-proof soul. And a world made to pay for the sins of an angel...

Homicide detective Alexandra Jarvis answers to no one. Especially not to the new partner assigned to her in the middle of a gruesome serial killer case-a partner who is obstructive, irritatingly magnetic, and arrogant as hell. Aramael is a Power--a hunter of the Fallen Angels. A millennium ago, he sentenced his own brother to eternal exile for crimes against humanity. Now his brother is back and wreaking murderous havoc in the mortal realm. To find him, Aramael must play second to a human police officer who wants nothing to do with him and whose very bloodline threatens both his mission and his soul.

Now, faced with a fallen angel hell-bent on triggering the apocalypse, Alex and Aramael have no choice but to join forces, because only together can they stop the end of days.

Guest Post

The Fascinating World of Angel Mythology
Linda Poitevin

Book Blast (Giveaway): Just Ella by Annette K. Larsen

Title: Just Ella
Author: Annette K. Larsen
Publisher: Self
Blast Organizer: I Am A Reader, Not A Writer
Release Date: August 14, 2013
A Proper Romance

Ariella was only looking for a distraction, something to break up the monotony of palace life. What she found was a young man willing to overlook her title and show her a new and vibrant way of life. But when her growing feelings for Gavin spiral out of control and clash with the expectations of her station, she will discover that the consequences of her curiosity are far more severe than she’d imagined.

I watched in helpless horror as two guards hauled Gavin to his feet and dragged him from the room. My voice was frozen, unable to protest as another guard took hold of my arm, leading me upstairs. From the confines of my room, I stared into the darkness beyond my window, hoping to catch one more glimpse of Gavin. He was gone, and I wondered if he would have been better off if he had never met me.

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Cover Reveal: Ruled by Steel by S.M. Reine

Title: Ruled by Steel (Ascension #3)
Author: S.M. Reine
Publisher: Red Iris Books
Genre: Romance
Release Date: October 30, 2013
Synopsis to come on author's social media.


About the Ascension Series

A dark, gritty series of urban fantasy novels about demons, werewolves, gods, and a war between Heaven and Hell on Earth. This series is a follow-up to The Descent series and The Cain Chronicles, but you don’t need to read either to enjoy the books.

Reading order:

1. Sacrificed in Shadow
2. Oaths of Blood
3. Ruled by Steel (Coming October)
4. Caged in Bone (Coming December)

About the Author





S.M. Reine is an author of paranormal and urban fantasy from Reno, NV best known for The Descent series which is about an exorcist on the run from God.

She likes long walks on the beach, overcast days, total mayhem, and kittens.





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Cover Thoughts

I think it's a well done Urban Fantasy novel cover.

Would I buy it?

Maybe after I've read the synopsis and the other two novels in the series.

What do you think of the cover? Would you read the book?

Cover Reveal (Giveaway): Ruined by Jus Accardo

Today Jus Accardo is revealing the cover for her New Adult novel with Entangled's New Adult imprint, Embrace. Ruined will be released on November 11, 2013. Jus is celebrating the cover reveal with a $10 Amazon gift card giveaway, which you can find below.



Title: Ruined
Author: Jus Accardo
Publisher: Entangled Embrace
Release Date: November 11, 2013
Hell is looking for a way to break loose…

Jax lost the genetic lottery. Descended from Cain, the world's first murderer, he's plagued by a curse that demands violence in exchange for his happiness. He left everything behind, including the girl he loved, but thriving on the pain of others is lonely… And it's killing him.

After a series of heartbreaking losses, Samantha put rubber to pavement and headed for college as fast as her clunker could carry her. But she can't outrun her problems. When an attack at school drives her back home, she's thrown into the path of a past—and a guy—she's been trying to forget.

Sam strains Jax's control over his darkness, but running isn't an option this time. Someone—or, something—followed her home from school: a ruthless monster with a twisted plan centuries in the making. Forced together to survive, and fighting an attraction that could destroy them both, Jax and Sam must stop a killer bent on revenge.