Blog Tour, Excerpt & Giveaway: Shine (Mageri Series, Book 5)

Rating: 5 Stars
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Author: Dannika Dark
Series: Mageri Series, Book 5
Publication Date: December 20, 2014

Love is infinite. 
Hate is absolute. 

In the short span of a year, Silver has gone from becoming a Mage to discovering the truth about her unique genetics. Logan Cross went from her mortal enemy to her immortal lover, but a threat is fast approaching like an inevitable storm. Attacks are underway against the Mageri and one man is behind it—an elusive foe who is an unstoppable force. Nero is not Silver’s only concern as someone close to her is arrested for treason. In the midst of chaos, Silver discovers she cannot protect everyone from the wrath of fate, including her own Ghuardian. 

Justus finally opens his heart, but an unexpected turn of events could darken his soul forever. Secrets are revealed that will leave you reeling from one twist after the next. Would you sacrifice everything for love? 

Destiny has set sail and once she alters her course, no one’s life will ever be the same in this explosive conclusion to the Mageri Series.

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Blog Tour & Giveaway: Gathering Storm (Order of the Black Swan, Book 5)

Rating: 5 Stars
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Author: Victoria Danann Website :: Blog :: Facebook :: Twitter
Series: Order of the Black Swan, Book 5
Publication Date: September 19, 2013
Buy: Kindle :: Paperback

The fifth installment in the Black Swan serial saga. READING IN ORDER STRONGLY RECOMMENDED. That’s why we have a try-before-you-buy-program. The first book in the saga, My Familiar Stranger, is PermaFREE everywhere. 

THE NEWSLETTER: Z Team, a.k.a Zed Company, is transferred to Jefferson Unit, which is being temporarily retired as an active hunter facility and converted to a research / training institution. Sol takes his first vacation – ever – leaving Glen in charge with Storm supervising. Rosie is proving to be an extraordinary little girl and Deliverance is in BIG trouble with her mother. 

THE SURPRISES: Storm is really not himself. Former members of B Team must reunite to preserve his image and reputation. No one could have prepared for the surprises Rosie delivers, least of all Glen. 

THE ADVENTURE: The Ralengclan send a second wave assassination team to Jefferson Unit at the worst possible time, when it’s been left defended by only Z Team, Glen, the Lady Laiken and the trainees.

Victoria Danann is an author for the ages, creating scenes so real, so honestly hilarious one moment and heart breaking the next, readers find themselves completely immersed in Danann's world of breathtakingly sexy Knights and beautifully strong Ladies, all revolving within an intertwining universe that is uniquely her own.

Release Day Blitz: City of the Fallen (Dark Tides, Book One)

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Five years ago, vampires came out of hiding and took over the world. It was meant to be a quick enslavement but it turned into a bloody battle that brought humanity to the brink of extinction.



Isabelle Bryant is one of the “lucky” survivors, now living in hiding, scavenging for food through deserted towns. 



And she’s tired of it. 



So she’s devised a plan: find the king of the vampires and drive a stake through his heart.



Except that wickedly sensual king Marcus is nothing like the monster she expected. And while landing on his bed was part of the plan all along, discovering that he might hold the key to humanity’s survival certainly wasn’t. The catch? Saving humanity also means ensuring vampire survival. It means giving up hope for a return to a human-ruled world. 



As sparks fly and hate becomes heat, Isabelle must pick a side -- before the darkness devours them all.

I am so excited about the release of City of the Fallen. I love the idea of an apocalyptic after-the-rise take on vampire's coming out of the coffin, with them being the enslavers instead of just seamlessly integrating into society. 

Blog Tour, Excerpt & Giveaway: ReAwakened (Angel Creek, Book Two)

Rating: Review in Progress
Genre: YA Paranormal Romance
Author: Ada Adams Website :: Facebook :: Twitter :: Goodreads
Series: Angel Creek
Publication Date: November 27. 2012
Buy: Kindle :: Paperback

Becoming a vampire guardian was Dawn Fairchild’s ticket out of the Scarlet House. Fresh off a successful mission, life in Angel Creek should have been great. But when her sort-of-maybe-boyfriend, Sebastian, disappears on a quest to help a beautiful vampire from his past, Dawn finds herself amidst a web of danger, lies, and deceit. 

Joining forces with Razor, an enigmatic rebel lacking both a verbal and a physical filter, and her band of Misfits—Brooke, Sophie, Hunter, and Seth—Dawn is thrust into a race against the clock to solve the mystery surrounding brutal Born kidnappings and come to terms with the sudden discovery of her own unique powers. With time ticking away and Born vampires’ lives in jeopardy, it quickly becomes evident that someone—or something—desperately wants Dawn and is willing to shed any amount of blood to get her. 

Dawn has only one chance to face her demons and overcome all obstacles standing in her way as she embarks on the biggest mission of her life—one that threatens a deadly outcome for all involved.

I am about halfway into ReAwakened and it is just another incredible story from Ada Adams. I'm loving the twists and turns on this one, a little darker than ReVamped (you can find my review HERE) and a new sexy character that I cannot WAIT to read more about. :) I'll be reading until the wee-hours of the morning with this one and hopefully will have my review posted in its entirety tomorrow evening.

Review, Excerpt & Giveaway: Gravity (Mageri Series, Book Four)

Rating: 5 Stars
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Author: Dannika Dark Website :: Twitter :: Facebook
Series: Mageri Series
Publication Date: May 16, 2013
Buy: Amazon

When a choice is made, it will forever alter the course of our destiny. It cannot be undone, for fate is a river changing direction and carving away the bed of our hearts like everlasting fractures. 

A difficult past has left Silver broken, but she is learning to trust again through Logan Cross, a Chitah who has convinced her that a dangerous man can change. Their conviction for each other will be put to the ultimate test when an old nemesis reappears and flips her world upside down. Will Logan be able to tame the animal within, or will he succumb to his impulsive nature? 

The ongoing investigation into Breed experiments unveils a shocking secret about Silver’s past. Standing at a fork in the road, Silver is forced to make a decision. Each comes with consequence, and there is no turning back.

I am a total Dannika Dark fan-girl. Every installment of the Mageri Series gets better and better and Gravity isn't the exception. Dannika emotes so much through her writing that I almost couldn't catch my breath. There was so much heartbreak and pain and in the midst of it all she still made me laugh. Just a beautiful addition to the Mageri series.

Review, Excerpt & Giveaway: Her Master's Voice (Part One and Two)

Rating: 4 Stars
Genre: Erotica (Short Story/series)
Author: Vivien Sparx Website :: Twitter :: Facebook
Series: Her Master's Voice
Publication Date: June 18, 2012
Buy: Amazon

Summary: When young Kate recieves an anonymous text message she doesn't realise how much her world is about to change. Surrendering to her inner most desires Kate soon finds herself submitting to the erotic, sensual and sensitive demands of her mysterious Master. 

Drawn into a world of erotic love Kate quickly realises all that matters in her world is Her Master's Voice.

                          

Promo: Moonlight (Order of the Black Swan, Book Four)

Summary: Sol taps Storm to replace him as Jefferson Unit Sovreign. 

B Team learns the shocking truth about the origin of the vampire virus. 

Monq races to develop a defense system to repel interdimensional terrorists/assassins. 

Litha volunteers her father to help to Black Swan. 

Desperation drives Stalkson Grey to embark on an adventure beyond his wildest dreams in a bid to save the Loti werewolves from extinction. In the process he learns that true love can find you in the strangest places, even when you’re far, far from home.

Spotlight and Excerpt: Born In Flames

Genre: YA Fantasy
Author: Candace Knoebel Blog :: Goodreads :: Facebook :: Twitter :: Amazon
Release Date: September 6, 2012
Buy: Amazon :: B&N

Summary:: Red mirrored scales race up my arms as the haze of pain blurs my vision. My bones crack, breaking to realign. I scream. It is then that the realization of my unavoidable fate sinks in; I am of a dying race. I am dragon. 

Aurora Megalos, orphaned and teetering on the edge of adulthood, thought finding her past would curb the sting of being an outcast. Having no memories of the time before she awoke on her foster mother’s doorstep, she yearns for the emptiness inside her to be filled. With her fellow orphaned best friend, Fenn, by her side, she has nothing to lose and everything to gain. But something powerful stirred within her that she couldn’t explain. Something wanted out. 

In the dark of night, a crazed Seer, dubbed Mr.Creepy, erases everything she’s ever known with an impending prophecy. She now faces two paths. Return to her true home to protect a dying race against a growing evil, or stay hidden in the safety of our realm with a shot at a true love. With a vengeful Arch Enemy stopping at nothing to see her dead, she’s running out of time; a decision must be made. What would you choose?

Cover Reveal: Bluffing the Devil

After losing her fiancé to a freak accident, Alexia Riley decides to swear off relationships and focus her energy on conquering the male-dominated sport of professional poker. 

When Alexia finds herself being visited in her dreams by a mysterious new man, she begins to wonder if her world is slowly starting to unravel around her. 

Tested by a double-dealing nemesis on the tables and tempted by a mysterious "dream man", Alexia soon contemplates making a deal with the Devil to rid herself of these torments. What bargain will she strike with the Dark Prince to get what she wants? As temptation for a mysterious dream man weakens her resolve, a desire to defeat her greatest rival beckons her. Will she sacrifice her soul for victory? Love? Or does she want something else entirely? 

The stakes have never been higher for Alexia than they are when she is bluffing the Devil.

Just the blurb alone makes this book unique. My husband has played poker for years, though not professionally, so it intrigues me to read about poker mixed with some paranormal and romance. I was looking forward to seeing the cover for this beauty and I am SO HAPPY to be apart of its reveal. So, lets reveal!

Blog Tour: Wide Awake

Rating: 5 Stars

Author: Shelly Crane Blog :: Goodreads :: Facebook :: Twitter

Genre: YA Contemporary Romance

Release Date: March 22, 2013

Buy: Amazon :: B&N

A girl.

A coma.

A life she can't remember.



When Emma Walker wakes up in the hospital with no knowledge of how she got there, she learns that she's been in a coma for six months. Strangers show up and claim to be her parents, but she can't remember them. She can't remember anyone. Not her friends, not even her boyfriend. Even though she can't remember, everyone wants her to just pick up where she left off, but what she learns about the 'old her' makes her start to wish she'd never woken up. 

Her boyfriend breaks up with the new girl he's dating to be with her, her parents want her to start planning for college, her friends want their leader back, and her physical therapist with the hazel eyes keeps his distance to save his position at the hospital.



Will she ever feel like she recognizes the girl in the mirror?

Shelly Crane does it again! I am a huge fan of Shelly and her Significance series, so when I was given the opportunity to read Wide Awake, I was more than excited.

Review & Excerpt: Chosen (Daughters of the Sea, Book Three)

Rating: 4 Stars

Author: Kristen Day Blog :: Goodreads :: Facebook :: Twitter

Genre: YA Paranormal Romance

Series: Daughters of the Sea Trilogy, Book Three

Release Date: January 29, 2013

Buy: Amazon

The essence of who we are lies not in what we have, but in what we are willing to give up. Because in the end, Time and Tide wait for no one. 

After sacrificing all that she had, the evil princess of the Underworld is still successful in her bid to tear Finn from Stasia’s life. In the midst of her search to reclaim him, Stasia is summoned to the island nation of Cyprus to take part in an age-old ritual; unveiling the missing pieces of her ancestry and re-igniting an ancient war. 

As she struggles to both save Finn’s soul and free Carmen’s mind, Stasia’s bravery and determination will be pushed to its breaking point. 

A dark storm is forming on the horizon, and the forces who are vying to destroy her may be much closer than she thinks. Destiny weaves a sticky web of evil, betrayal, and revenge that can only be undone by the purity of love and the soul’s unyielding will to survive. 

In the last installment of the Daughters of the Sea trilogy, the past will collide with the present as Stasia’s future hangs in the balance. The prophecy that paved the way for her new life may indeed be the very thing that strips her of the ones she loves the most.

I adored the first two books in Kristen Day's Daughters of the Sea trilogy (Forsaken and Awaken) and was waiting ever so impatiently for Chosen to be released. Finally, the end of Stasia's journey and the confrontation we've waited for is here! Although Chosen wasn't my favorite in the series, it was still a great finale to a wonderful trilogy.

Cover Reveal and Giveaway: Thorn

Genre: YA Fantasy
Author: Intisar Khanani Website :: Facebook
Release Date:
Buy Links: Amazon :: B&N :: Smashwords

Blurb: For Princess Alyrra, choice is a luxury she’s never had … until she’s betrayed. 

Princess Alyrra has never enjoyed the security or power of her rank. Between her family’s cruelty and the court’s contempt, she has spent her life in the shadows. Forced to marry a powerful foreign prince, Alyrra embarks on a journey to meet her betrothed with little hope for a better future. 

But powerful men have powerful enemies—and now, so does Alyrra. Betrayed during a magical attack, her identity is switched with another woman’s, giving Alyrra the first choice she’s ever had: to start a new life for herself or fight for a prince she’s never met. But Alyrra soon finds that Prince Kestrin is not at all what she expected. While walking away will cost Kestrin his life, returning to the court may cost Alyrra her own. As Alyrra is coming to realize, sometimes the hardest choice means learning to trust herself.

I cannot WAIT to read this book. The new cover is beautiful, T. L. Shreffler did an incredible job. So, what do you think? Make sure to add Thorn to your Goodreads by clicking the button below and don't forget to enter the Rafflecopter Giveaway, and check out an excerpt from Thorn at the bottom of the post.

Blog Tour, Author Interview & Giveaway: Viper's Creed

I am so excited to be apart of the Viper's Creed Blog Tour. I really love T. L. Shreffler's honestly great writing - you can simply tell that she knows how to tell a story honestly and fantastically at the same time which is a gift. If you haven't read Sora's Quest, the first book in The Cat's Eye Chronicles, feel free to check out my review HERE.

Release Day Blitz: Awaken by Kristen Day

Genre: YA Paranormal (Merfolk)

Author: Kristen Day Blog :: Goodreads :: Facebook :: Twitter

Release Date: October 2, 2012

Blurb: The sacrifices we make have the power to shift the very fabric of who we are, and ultimately who we are meant to be…

After learning of her true destiny as the intended Leader of the Tydes, Anastasia Whitman must now embark on a perilous quest to the Underworld before the age of eighteen in order to plant the seed of immortality and complete her essence to become a true Sea Goddess.  

But before she can make her legendary journey, an unexpected new student transfers to Lorelei; initiating a sequence of events that will unravel Stasia’s new life, and test the boundaries of her relationship with the mysterious, dark, and sexy Finn Morrison.  

The line between the Underworld and the Living begins to blur as gruesome ghosts, morbid reveries, and pure evil haunt her waking hours as well as her sanity.  Once the details of Finn’s own startling destiny are revealed, the dangerous secrets he’s been hiding will threaten the very love Stasia believed to be indestructible.  

As time begins to run out, she will be forced to choose between the one she loves and the destiny she cannot escape.

And now for the Prologue...

Review, Excerpt & GIVEAWAY: Need (Saving Anna Book 2)

Rating: 5 Stars
Genre: Erotica/Romance
Author: Sherri Hayes
Publication Date/Format: July 26, 2012/eBook
Blurb: As Brianna comes to terms with the realization that she is no longer a slave, she must figure out what she wants for her life. Forgetting her past isn’t an option. It is an integral part of who she is now, and it will forever shape her view of life. The one thing she knows is that she cannot imagine her life without the man who saved her, but can she be what he needs? 

Stephan never imagined falling in love with the woman he rescued, but the thought of her no longer being part of his life is physically painful. The scars from her past continue to haunt her, and he is helpless to stop them. All he can do is try to help her work through the traumas of her past. Can he be everything she needs and help her move on?

If you aren't familiar with the Finding Anna series, you can find my review of Book 1, Slave HERE.

My goodness! I adore this series. Sherri Hayes weaves such a lovely and dangerous web filled with an innocent (and not so innocent) need, constant patience, and paralyzing fear. But she kills me with those cliff-hanger endings. Literally. KILLS ME! *growl*

Blog Tour and Giveaway: The Fire of Dawn by V.V. Aku

Happy Friday beautiful readers! I am so excited to share this incredible book with you. This tour is being hosted by Reading Addiction Blog Tours and by clicking on the above banner you can find all of the blogs participating and check out more reviews and giveaways.

Today we will have V.V. Aku share 5 interesting things we should know about her, include an exclusive excerpt from The Fire of Dawn, and give TWO lucky readers the opportunity to win an eBook of The Fire of Dawn! AWESOME-FRIGGIN-SAUCE! :)

If you haven't already, you can read my 4.5 Star Review of The Fire of Dawn HERE.