When you’re a witch named Trouble, chaos follows… Arden Lesstymine (known to everyone as Trouble) likes attention as much as the next girl, but this is getting ridiculous. When an insane stranger is murdered at the inn where she works, Trouble becomes the next Soulbearer for the disembodied god of chaos, Loku. Yes, it comes …
REVIEW By Lorna : The Last Victim by Karen Robards (@TheKarenRobards , @Mollykatie112)
Dr. Charlotte Stone sees what others do not. A sought-after expert in criminal pathology, Charlie regularly sits face-to-face with madmen. Obsessed with learning what makes human monsters commit terrible crimes, Charlie desires little else from life—no doubt because when she was sixteen, she herself survived a serial killer’s bloodbath: A man butchered the family of …
REVIEW by Heather: The Ghost and the Graveyard by Genevieve Jack (@Genevieve_Jack , @_Shoe_Girl_)
Life is full of difficult decisions! Left destitute by an unscrupulous ex-boyfriend, Grateful Knight takes her father up on his offer to live rent-free in a house he hasn’t been able to sell. Desperate to make a new start, Grateful tries to overlook the property’s less desirable features, like the graveyard that stretches to her …
REVIEW by Jena: Third Grave Dead Ahead (Charley Davidson #3) by Darynda Jones (@Darynda)
Paranormal private eye. Grim reaper extraordinaire. Whatever. Charley Davidson is back! And she’s drinking copious amounts of caffeine to stay awake because every time she closes her eyes she sees him: Reyes Farrow, the part-human, part-supermodel son of Satan. Granted she did imprison Reyes for all eternity, but how is she supposed to solve a …
REVIEW by Heather: Grave Intentions by Lori Sjoberg – Release Date 1/3/2013 (@Lori_Sjoberg , @_shoe_girl_)
He’s handsome, reliable, and punctual—the perfect gentleman when you want him to be. But this dream man is Death’s best agent—and now he’s got more than his soul to lose… One act of mercy before dying was all it took to turn soldier David Anderson into a reaper—an immortal who guides souls-of-untimely-death into the afterlife. …
REVIEW By Lorna: Fall From Grace by Christine Zolendz (@ChristineZo , @Mollykatie112)
I’m finally home after struggling through my brother’s illness and death. But, home is definitely a bit different. My best friend (the only person alive now that knows my secret) has a new boyfriend; and he has a friend. Shane Maxton: bad boy, tattooed rock god, eye candy extraordinaire. He is also New York City’s …
REVIEW by Heather: Just Down the Road by Jodi Thomas (@JodiThomas , @_shoe_girl_)
Harmony, Texas, is a place where dreams are born. As the townspeople face unexpected endings and new beginnings, they also come face to face with themselves—and what’s most important in life… When Tinch Turner lost his wife, he gave up on living. Now he spends his nights brooding, boozing, and brawling. When one of his …
REVIEW by Lorna: The Soul’s Mark: Found by Ashley Stoyanoff (@Mollykatie112)
Anxious to leave her destructive past behind, Amelia Caldwell moves to Willowberg, excited for a fresh start. Once there, she discovers that her birthmark is more than it seems. She has been marked by a vampire’s soul. Not only does she hold his soul, but Amelia is also his soulmate. After almost a century of …
REVIEW by Heather: Last Chance Christmas by Hope Ramsay (@HopeRamsay , @_shoe_girl_)
Dear Reader, I’ve been wishing for a miracle for my oldest boy, Stone, and this Christmas my prayers might just be answered!Her name is Lark, and she’s here in Last Chance, looking into her father’s past-and stirring up a whole mess of trouble without meaning to. As the chief of police, Stone sure has his …
REVIEW by Lorna: Burning (Demon Legacy # .5) by J.M. Gregoire (@Mollykatie112)
Lucas was a typical playboy – lots of alcohol and a different girl every night. One woman brought his emotional walls and the beliefs he used to build them crumbling to the ground. Now, an unexpected visitor is going to change both their worlds forever.
REVIEW by CC: Pivot Point by Kasie West (@KasieWest, @RestlessReader)
Knowing the outcome doesn’t always make a choice easier . . . Addison Coleman’s life is one big “What if?” As a Searcher, whenever Addie is faced with a choice, she can look into the future and see both outcomes. It’s the ultimate insurance plan against disaster. Or so she thought. When Addie’s parents ambush …
REVIEW by Heather: Venom (Elemental Assassin #3) by Jennifer Estep (@Jennifer_Estep , @_shoe_girl_)
What kind of assassin works pro bono? It’s hard to be a badass assassin when a giant is beating the crap out of you. Luckily, I never let pride get in the way of my work. My current mission is personal: annihilate Mab Monroe, the Fire elemental who murdered my family. Which means protecting my …
REVIEW by Heather: Web of Lies (Elemental Assassin #2) by Jennifer Estep (@Jennifer_Estep , @_shoe_girl_)
Curiosity is definitely going to get me dead one of these days. Probably real soon. I’m Gin Blanco. You might know me as the Spider, the most feared assassin in the South. I’m retired now, but trouble still has a way of finding me. Like the other day when two punks tried to rob my popular …
REVIEW by Jena: Second Grave On The Left (Charley Davidson #2) by Darynda Jones (@Darynda)
When Charley is rudely awakened in the middle of the night by her best friend who tells her to get dressed quickly and tosses clothes out of the closet at her, she can’t help but wonder what Cookie’s up to. Leather scrunch boots with a floral miniskirt? Together? Seriously? Cookie explains that a friend of …
REVIEW by Heather: Spider’s Bite (Elemental Assassin #1) by Jennifer Estep (@Jennifer_Estep , @_shoe_girl_)
After Gin’s family was murdered by a Fire elemental when she was thirteen, she lived on the streets and eventually became an assassin to survive. Now, Gin is given an assignment by her handler to rub out an Ashland businessman, but it turns out to be a trap. After Gin’s handler is brutally murdered, she …
REVIEW by Dolly: Urban Shaman (The Walker Papers #1) by C. E. Murphy (@ce_murphy , @fidget78)
Joanne Walker has three days to learn to use her shamanic powers and save the world from the unleashed Wild Hunt. No worries. No pressure. Never mind the lack of sleep, the perplexing new talent for healing herself from fatal wounds, or the cryptic, talking coyote who appears in her dreams. And if all that’s …
REVIEW by Heather: The Prince (Original Sinners #3) by Tiffany Reisz (@tiffanyreisz , @_shoe_girl_)
Two worlds of wealth and passion call to Nora Sutherlin and, whichever one she chooses, it will be the hardest decision she will ever have to make. Unless someone makes it for her… Wes Railey is the object of Nora’s tamest yet most maddening fantasies, and the one man she can’t forget. He’s young. He’s …
REVIEW by CC: Avow (The Archers of Avalon #3) by Chelsea Fine (@ChelseaFine, @RestlessReader)
Scarlet remembers. Everything. Her past lives, Tristan, Gabriel, Nate: she remembers it all–including how to get to the Fountain of Youth. But time is running out. Heather and Gabriel have been kidnapped by Raven, while the curse that has plagued Scarlet and Tristan for centuries has shifted, putting the star-crossed lovers in more danger than …
REVIEW by Heather: The Demon Lover by Juliet Dark (@_shoe_girl_)
Since accepting a teaching position at remote Fairwick College in upstate New York, Callie McFay has experienced the same disturbingly erotic dream every night: A mist enters her bedroom, then takes the shape of a virile, seductive stranger who proceeds to ravish her in the most toe-curling, wholly satisfying ways possible. Perhaps these dreams are …
REVIEW by Dolly: Mortal Ties (World of the Lupi #9 ) by Eileen Wilks (@eileenmwilks , @fidget78)
FBI agent Lily Yu is living at Nokolai Clanhome with her fiancé, lupi Rule Turner, when an intruder penetrates their territory, stealing the prototpye of a magical device the clan hopes will be worth a fortune–if a few bugs can be worked out . . . But the protoytpe can be dangerously erratic, discharging …
REVIEW by Jena: Reckoning (Night Huntress Prequel) by Jeaniene Frost (@Jeaniene_Frost)
In New Orleans, a pair of undead serial killers are about to turn Mardi Gras into a horror show–unless the immortal hitman Bones can hunt them down first. From Jeaniene Frost comes a thrilling prequel novella featuring characters from her New York Times bestselling Night Huntress series. Originally appeared in the anthology Unbound.
REVIEW by CC: Enchantment by Charlotte Abel (@charlotte_abel, @RestlessReader)
Sixteen year old Channie Kerns leads an idyllic life of seclusion and magic deep in the Ozark Mountains … until her family is forced to flee for their lives. They leave everything and everyone behind to start over in Louisville, Colorado. Magic is forbidden while they are in hiding, but Channie can’t resist the temptation …
REVIEW by Jena: A Questionable Client (Kate Daniels Series .05) by Ilona Andrews (@ilona_andrews)
Ilona Andrews’ story, A Questionable Client, is a prequel to her award-winning Kate Daniels series. In a world beset by magic waves, Kate Daniels works as a mercenary. She is tired, hungry, and there is foul-smelling blood on her boots. All she wants to do is to go home, but when Mercenary Guild offers her …
REVIEW by Beth: The Hour of Predators (A Marcus Chao Mystery) by Lane Stark (@BunnyBethA)
It was the hour of prowling bears, circling nightowls, vengeful spirits, and savage hearts. It was the hour of predators. Two gruesome murders have shocked and divided the community of Bella Coola, a small, isolated village in a remote river valley on the coast of British Columbia. The evidence points to a teenaged Nuxalk boy, …
BLOG TOUR REVIEW & GIVEAWAY: Amber Lynn Natusch & Shannon Morton’s Tempted By Evil Blog Tour (@AmberLNatusch , @RedHeadsRead)
A sheltered girl. The perfect boy. A mysterious stranger. Random messages delivering a sobering prophecy plague Aspen’s existence. With every curious encounter, her sanity wavers further. Before long, Aspen finds herself balancing the fate of humanity on her shoulders, until a single act turns her world upside down. She finds herself alone, isolated from those …
BLOG TOUR REVIEW & GIVEAWAY: J.A. Souder’s Renegade – Released Nov 13th (@jasouders , @torbooks)
Since the age of three, sixteen-year-old Evelyn Winters has been trained to be Daughter of the People in the underwater utopia known as Elysium. Selected from hundreds of children for her ideal genes, all her life she’s thought that everything was perfect; her world. Her people. The Law. But when Gavin Hunter, a Surface Dweller, …
REVIEW by CC: Forbidden Life (Forbidden #3) by Kimberly Kinrade (@KimberlyKinrade, @RestlessReader)
The road to redemption begins in darkness. A sinister force waits for them in darkness, ready to devour their powers and take their lives. Sam’s baby is the key to a lock that must never be opened. To keep her child safe, Sam will do anything. Drake might have found a way to get his …
REVIEW by CC: Tempted by Evil (Light & Shadow #1) by Amber Lynn Natusch & Shannon Morton (@redheadsread, @AmberLNatusch, @RestlessReader)
A sheltered girl. The perfect boy. A mysterious stranger. Random messages delivering a sobering prophecy plague Aspen’s existence. With every curious encounter, her sanity wavers further. Before long, Aspen finds herself balancing the fate of humanity on her shoulders, until a single act turns her world upside down. She finds herself alone, isolated from those …
REVIEW by Jena: First Grave On The Right by Darynda Jones (@Darynda)
Charley Davidson is a part-time private investigator and full-time grim reaper. Meaning, she sees dead people. Really. And it’s her job to convince them to “go into the light.” But when these very dead people have died under less than ideal circumstances (like murder), sometimes they want Charley to bring the bad guys to justice. Complicating matters …
REVIEW by Matt: Impulse (Mageri Series #3) by Dannika Dark (@DannikaDark , @MattALarkin )
Almost one year ago, a Mage attacked Silver and changed the course of her destiny. Immortals exist, and now she is one of them. Within the dark and supernatural city of Cognito, Silver is living under the watchful eye of her Ghuardian and dating her mortal enemy. Neither man can protect her from a dark …
REVIEW by Charity Impulse (Mageri Series #3) by Dannika Dark (@DannikaDark , @PlantingMoon )
Almost one year ago, a Mage attacked Silver and changed the course of her destiny. Immortals exist, and now she is one of them. Within the dark and supernatural city of Cognito, Silver is living under the watchful eye of her Ghuardian and dating her mortal enemy. Neither man can protect her from a dark …
REVIEW by Matt: The Immortal Prince (Tide Lords #1) By Jennifer Fallon (@JenniferFallon, @MattALarkin)
When a routine hanging goes wrong and a murderer somehow survives the noose, the man announces he is an immortal. And not just any immortal, but Cayal, the Immortal Prince, hero of legend, thought to be only a fictional character. To most he is a figure out of the Tide Lord Tarot, the only record left …
REVIEW by Jena: Iced (Dani O’Malley #1) by Karen Marie Moning (@KarenMMoning)
The year is 1 AWC—After the Wall Crash. The Fae are free and hunting us. It’s a war zone out there, and no two days are alike. I’m Dani O’Malley, the chaos-filled streets of Dublin are my home, and there’s no place I’d rather be. Dani “Mega” O’Malley plays by her own set of …
INTERVIEWby Jena: Jeaniene Frost, Author of the Night Huntress Series and Once Burned (@jeaniene_frost)
I am so FRIKKIN PSYCHED right now! After reading ALL of the Night Huntress books, Night Huntress World books and Once Burned (Night Prince #1), I was DYING to pick Jeaniene Frost’s brain and last night, she got back to me! Not only did she take the time to answer my questions, but she’s also …
REVIEW by Heather: Fouth Grave Beneath My Feet by Darynda Jones (@Darynda , @_Shoe_Girl_)
Sometimes being the grim reaper really is that. Grim. And since Charley’s last case went so awry, she has taken a couple months off to wallow in the wonders of self-pity. But when a woman shows up on her doorstep convinced someone is trying to kill her, Charley has to force herself to rise above. …
REVIEW by CC: Forbidden Fire (Forbidden #2) by Kimberly Kinrade (@KimberlyKinrade, @RestlessReader)
She escaped, but she’ll never be free. “Time held no meaning as my mind darted in and out of memories. Past and present collided to create a full-sensory collage out of my life: playing hide-n-seek with my best friends Luke—who always cheated by walking through walls when he was about to be caught—and Lucy; Mr. …
Review by CC: Forbidden Mind (Forbidden #1) by Kimberly Kinrade (@KimberlyKinrade, @RestlessReader)
She reads minds. He controls minds. Together, they might get out alive. 49% of Americans believe their government officials are honest. I don’t know these officials, or their supporters, but I know their secrets, and 49% of Americans are wrong. My employers pay me well to be right, to know things others can’t. But I …
COVER REVEAL: Twice Tempted (Night Prince #2) Cover and Blurb Reveal! (@JeanieneFrost)
Oh, ladies!!! I have a present for you!!! I dont know how many of you out there are as excited about this as I am BUT….. JEANIENE FROST RELEASED THE COVER, STEPBACK AND BLURB FOR TWICE TEMPTED!! Here it is!!!! Due to be released on March 26th, 2013, I give you all the cover of …
REVIEW by Jena: Gunmetal Magic (Kate Daniels World #1) by Ilona Andrews (@ilona_andrews , @GordonSm3)
Some people have everything figured out — Andrea Nash is not one of those people. After being kicked out of the Order of Knights of Merciful Aid, Andrea’s whole existence is in shambles. All she can do is try to put herself back together, something made easier by working for Cutting Edge, a small investigative …
REVIEW by Beth: The Monster Within by Lola Rayne (@RayneLola , @BunnyBethA)
Sometimes the monster that haunted you as a child truly is real… All it took was one phone call to bring Nicole Jones’s life crumbling down around her. Now a nightmare she thought she’d left in her past is back, and he’s not exactly bringing her candy and flowers. While fleeing, in a non-terrified fashion, …
REVIEW by Amy : No Turning Back by Tiffany A Snow (@tiffanyasnow , @Miss_UofK)
After the death of her parents, Kathleen Turner leaves small town life for Indianapolis to pursue her dreams the best she can. Young and alone in the world, she works as a lowly Runner at the prestigious law firm of Gage, Kirk and Trent and bartends at night to make ends meet. Her ignominious introduction …
REVIEW by Tynisha: Bound By Law (Men of Honor #2) by S.E. Jakes (@authorsejakes , @paraitchreviews)
The one man he can’t forget is the one whose memories could destroy them all. After the one man he trusted disappeared, it took Law Connor ten years to take a chance on another relationship. Trouble is, right about the time he’s finally ready to let go of the past, the past stages a hostile …
REVIEW by Eryn: Hidden (House of Night #10) by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast (@RJBags19)
Neferet’s true nature has been revealed to the Vampyre High Council, so Zoey and the gang might finally get some help in defending themselves and their beloved school against a gathering evil that grows stronger every day. And they’ll need it, because Neferet’s not going down without a fight. Chaos reigns at the House of Night.
REVIEW by Charity: Caged (Caged #1) by Amber Lynn Natusch @amberlnatusch , @plantingmoon)
“I stood in the middle of the room, unmoving – I barely breathed. My life had just become surreal, impossible, and one enormous lie. I needed to go, to run somewhere, anywhere to beat back the reality that was rapidly closing in around me. The image of him was burned into my retina, flashing over …
REVIEW by Jena: Bossypants by Tina Fey (@tinafey)
Before Liz Lemon, before “Weekend Update,” before “Sarah Palin,” Tina Fey was just a young girl with a dream: a recurring stress dream that she was being chased through a local airport by her middle-school gym teacher. She also had a dream that one day she would be a comedian on TV. She has seen …
COVER REVEAL: Dead Ever After (Southern Vampire Mysteries #13) by Charlaine Harris
Well, folks, here it is!!! The cover of DEAD EVER AFTER, the 13th and FINAL Sookie book!!!
REVIEW by Jena: Seven Crows (Buffy/Angel Crossover Novel) by John Vornholt
One crow sorrow, Two crows mirth, Three crows a wedding, Four crows a birth, Five crows silver, Six crows gold, Seven crows a secret, Which must never be told…. In a sleepy little town on the border between Arizona and Mexico, Agent Riley Finn and his operative wife, Sam, have tracked down an international smuggling …
REVIEW by Heather: The Mapmaker’s Union (Doorknob Society #3) by M.J. Fletcher (@fletch125, @_shoe_girl_)
Chloe Masters has a death wish, at least according to her friends. Still reeling from the loss of one of those closest to her she is living life on the edge. One by one she is pushing everyone away. Leaving her with the very person who betrayed her… Faith. Her memories still locked away by …
REVIEW by Beth: The Hypnotist’s Love Story by Liane Moriarty (@bunnybetha)
Ellen O’Farrell is a professional hypnotherapist who works out of the eccentric beachfront home she inherited from her grandparents. It’s a nice life, except for her tumultuous relationship history. She’s stoic about it, but at this point, Ellen wouldn’t mind a lasting one. When she meets Patrick, she’s optimistic. He’s attractive, single, employed, and best …
NEWS: Curse of Witch and War (A Skyfall Era Short) by Matt Larkin FREE Today Only (@MattALarkin)
Malin, weretiger bodyguard to the Lunar King, fears an attack on the King’s wife. When the strike comes, though, it isn’t against the royal family. It’s against Malin’s own people. The fearsome Arun Guard assault the island of the weretigers, and Malin goes to their defense. But while he’s away, an even greater threat ravages …
REVIEW by Jena: Carnival of Souls by Melissa Marr (@Melissa_Marr)
In a city of daimons, rigid class lines separate the powerful from the power-hungry. And at the heart of The City is the Carnival of Souls, where both murder and pleasure are offered up for sale. Once in a generation, the carnival hosts a deadly competition that allows every daimon a chance to join the …
REVIEW by Tynisha: The Ripple Effect (Rhiannon’s Law Series 3) by J. A. Saare (@JASaare , @ParaItchReviews )
There is always a price to pay… Rhiannon Murphy visited the future, witnessed hell on earth and made choices to change things for the greater good. Unfortunately there are consequences for her actions, the penalties for her interference possibly more than she can bear. Determined to sever her debt with a fallen angel, she pushes …
BLOG TOUR GUEST POST: Does It Get Any Easier? by Thomas Enger
I guess when you work hard at something you eventually get better. At least, that’s my goal when I’m writing. I want each book to be better than the last one, and I am confident that I have achieved that goal with my first three novels (Burned – 2011, Pierced – 2012 , Scarred – …
BLOG TOUR INTERVIEW & GIVEAWAY: The Monster Within – Released TODAY!!! (@RayneLola)
We are here today for kick-off day of
REVIEW by Matt: Darkfever (Fever Series #1) by Karen Marie Moning (@KarenMMoning, @mattalarkin)
MacKayla Lane’s life is good. She has great friends, a decent job, and a car that breaks down only every other week or so. In other words, she’s your perfectly ordinary twenty-first-century woman. Or so she thinks…until something extraordinary happens. When her sister is murdered, leaving a single clue to her death–a cryptic message on …
REVIEW by Beth: Death Masks (Harry Dresden #5) by Jim Butcher (@longshotauthor, @BunnyBethA)
Harry Dresden, Chicago’s only practicing professional wizard, should be happy that business is pretty good for a change. But now he’s getting more than he bargained for: A duel with the Red Court of Vampires’ champion, who must kill Harry to end the war between vampires and wizards …Professional hit men using Harry for target …
REVIEW by Jena: Scarred (Caged #4) by Amber Lynn Natusch – Released TODAY! (@amberlnatusch)
“I loathed myself for wishing a death of that nature on anyone, and even more so because I still wanted it to happen. My moral fiber was unraveling quickly, and I wondered how long my humanity could withstand the unending trial of values my life had become. With every choice I made, I felt it …
REVIEW by Jena: Turn to Darkness by Jaime Rush
The next installment in the Offspring series. Shea is used to taking care of herself. She has special powers, and she knows how to use them. She’s pushed away the ugliness of her past, just like she pushed away Greer, the only man who had ever reached beyond her defenses. All Greer wants is to …
REVIEW by Eryn: Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (@RJBags19)
This gripping historical novel is based on the true story of Eyam, the “Plague Village,” in the rugged mountain spine of England. In 1666, a tainted bolt of cloth from London carries bubonic infection to this isolated settlement of shepherds and lead miners. A visionary young preacher convinces the villagers to seal themselves off in …
REVIEW by Eryn: Capitol Hell By Jayne J. Jones and Alicia M. Long (@capitolhell , @rjbags19)
When recent college graduate Allison Amundson, a small town girl from South Dakota, lands the highly sought after job of scheduler to the newly-elected and rising star of the United States Senate, Senator Anders McDermott III, she thinks she is on the fast track to success. However, she quickly learns that crazy co-workers, a high …
REVIEW by Charity: Master of Crows by Grace Draven (@gracedraven , @plantingmoon)
What would you do to win your freedom? This is the question that sets bondwoman, Martise of Asher, on a dangerous path. In exchange for her freedom, she bargains with her masters, the mage-priests of Conclave, to spy on the renegade sorcerer, Silhara of Neith. The priests want Martise to expose the sorcerer’s treachery and …
REVIEW by Dolly: Assassin’s Curse (Witch Stone Prophecy Vol 1) by Debra L Martin (@dlmartin6, @fidget 78)
When elite assassin Jeda received his assignment to kill a witch and deliver her twin daughters to the Countess of Berkshire, he had no idea it would be his last. The witch stuns him with an elemental blast, but not before he’s able to throw his knife. When Jeda regains consciousness, the dying witch is …
REVIEW by Jena: Lifestyles of the Rich and Undead by Katie MacAlister – Released Today (@katiemacalister)
Ladies, be sure to catch our interview with the reclusive, oh-so-sexy Dark One Grayson Soucek, when he talks to our reporter about what it’s like to be one of the Otherworld’s most eligible (and titled!) bachelors. Gray dishes all on what he’s looking for in a permanent blood donor, his turn-ons and turn-offs, and what …
REVIEW by Jena: Nine Lives of an Urban Panther (Urban Panther #3) by Amanda Arista – Released 8/21/12 (@pantherista)
Violet Jordan‘s Rule #3 of being a superhero: Family first, fur second. Dear Diary, With new supernatural creatures popping up at every turn (Ghouls? Really?), the city divided, and my long-lost cousin blazing into town, I’ve got a lot on my mind. Oh, not to mention I’m supposed to be planning a wedding. Chaz has …
REVIEW by Dolly: Magic Slays (Kate Daniels #5) by Ilona Andrews (@ilona_andrews , @GordonSm3 , @fidget78 )
Kate Daniels has quit the Order of Merciful Aid, but starting her own business isn’t easy when the Order starts disparaging her good name. And being the mate of the Beast Lord doesn’t bring in the customers, either. So when Atlanta’s premier Master of the Dead asks for help with a vampire, Kate jumps at …
REVIEW by Eryn: Plague of Coins (Judas Chronicles #1) by Aiden James (@AidenJames3, @RJBags19)
William Barrow carries a dark secret. A very dark secret. An archivist for the Smithsonian Institute and also a part-time operative for the CIA, no one would ever suspect the handsome ‘thirty-ish’ William is in fact the most reviled human being to ever walk the earth. His infectious warmth and sense of humor make such …
REVIEW by Robert: One Rough Man by Brad Taylor
Commissioned at the highest level of the U.S. government, the fighting team known as Taskforce operates outside the law. Pike Logan was the most successful operator on the Taskforce until tragedy permanently altered his outlook. Pike knows what the rest of the country might not want to admit: the real threat is one or two …
EXCERPT: Ilona Andrews Releases Snippet From Kate Daniels #6 (Ilona_Andrews)
Ilona Andrews has released a snippet from the as yet untitled 6th Kate Daniels book. I am a slow learner apparently and have just started this series (wrapped up book #2 yesterday) and now that I am familiar with this world, the snippet made me almost fall over laughing. Can’t wait for the new installment …
REVIEW by Beth: Under the Banana Moon by Kimberly Gerry-Tucker
To Kim Tucker, solidly in the Asperger’s section of the autism spectrum, the colors blue and green and gray are not just colors, but rather whole worlds of iridescent life. Likewise, to say that Under the Banana Moon is full of laughter and love and heartbreak is to only scratch the surface. Growing up, Kim …
REVIEW by Laurie: The Sweet Scent of Blood (Spellcrackers #1) by Suzanne McLeod (@Suzanne_McLeod , @urbanfantasyrev))
Genevieve Taylor is a Sidhe – one of the noble fae – and she’s unusual, even in present-day London where celebrity vampires, eccentric goblins and scheming lesser fae mix freely with the human population. Genny is a rising star at Spellcrackers.com, where she finds the M’ in magic – and that invariably leads to mischief, …
REVIEW by Jena: Outlaw Among Us by Nathan Dodge – Released Today!
Martin Tucker is a working-class average Joe from New Jersey who lives a simple life: husband to his high school sweetheart, father to two young sons, and retainer of a ton of bills, even though most months the mortgage gets paid on time. It may not be the ultimate realization of the American Dream, but …
EXCERPT: Read the 1st Chapter of Richelle Mead’s The Indigo Spell (Bloodlines #3)! (@RichelleMead)
Penguin YA has released the 1st chapter of The Indigo Spell for all of us adoring fans to read!! Just CLICK HERE and you can pop over to their Scribd page to download or read your copy! Keep reading for the synopsis!
REVIEW by Eryn: The City of Lost Souls (Mortal Instruments #5) by Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare , @rjbags19)
Can the lost be reclaimed? What price is too high to pay for love? Who can be trusted when sin and salvation collide? Love. Blood. Betrayal. Revenge. Darkness threatens to claim the Shadowhunters in the harrowing fifth book of the Mortal Instruments series.
REVIEW by Jena: Dead(ish) by Naomi Kramer (@nomesquefiction)
Linda’s had a bad day. First, her boyfriend killed her. Then she woke up, still on this boring plane of existence, and with an odd obsession about her missing body. Mike won’t tell her what he did with her body, and she can’t find the stupid thing herself. There’s only one thing she can do …
REVIEW by Beth: Otherkin (Otherkin #1) by Nina Berry
Sixteen-year-old Desdemona Gray doesn’t even bother with crushes on cute boys now that she’s forced to wear a hard plastic back brace all day. What guy would want to literally have to knock on a girl to be let in? So she squashes down every impossible desire until an uber-awkward brush with a boy brings …
REVIEW by Heather: Butterfly by Kathryn Harvey (@_Shoe_girl)
Above an exclusive men’s store on Rodeo Drive there is a private club called Butterfly, where women are free to act out their secret erotic fantasies. Only the most beautiful and powerful women in Beverly Hills are invited to join: Jessica, a lawyer who longs for the days when men were men, and women dressed …
REVIEW by Heather: Little Night by Luanne Rice
Clare Burke’s life took a devastating turn when she tried to protect her sister, Anne, from an abusive and controlling husband and ended up serving prison time for assault. The verdict largely hinged on Anne’s defense of her spouse—all lies—and the sisters have been estranged ever since. Nearly twenty years later, Clare is living a …
REVIEW by Charity: To Kill and Angel (Blood Like Poison #3) by M. Leighton (@mleightonbooks)
Ridley Heller thought her life would be perfect and trouble-free once she had Bo back. Unfortunately, she couldn’t have been more wrong. Learning Bo’s true identity has left them with their most difficult decision yet. They have two options. One, they can run away together and spend eternity looking over their shoulder, hiding from both …
REVIEW by Amy: Some Kind of Peace by Camilla Grebe & Asa Traff- Released 7/10 (@Miss_UofK)
Siri Bergman is a thirty-four-year-old psychologist who works in central Stockholm and lives alone in an isolated cottage out of the city. She has a troublesome secret in her past and has been trying to move on with her life. Terrified of the dark, she leaves all the lights on when she goes to bed—having …
REVIEW by Amy: The Promises You Keep by Karen Marie Graham (@Miss_UofK)
Abandoned, alone and running from her past, language arts teacher Sydney Mackenzie has found a place of solitude as she tries to find healing in forgetting. She is abruptly forced to turn and face her painful past, however, when Emily enrolls in her class and turns her peaceful world upside down. Can Sydney find a …
GUEST REVIEW by Katrina Lumsden: Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James
This review is by a photographer named Katrina Lumsden. Ginny found her review on Goodreads and it was so hilarious that I just had to e-mail the person that wrote it and beg permission to post it here on Pure Textuality. Lucky for us and all of our readers, she said yes. So here it …
REVIEW by Charity: Sterling (Mageri Series #1) by Dannika Dark (@DannikaDark)
Zoë Merrick lived an ordinary life until late one night, she was brutally attacked and left for dead. A man named Adam spotted her running down the road covered in blood, and took her under his wing. Zoë didn’t just survive that night – she underwent a physical transformation and acquired strange new abilities. Severed …
REVIEW by Jena: Of Thieves and Elves by A.P. Stephens (@apstephens)
A monumental tragedy has befallen the Clan of Ionor, an ancient brotherhood of elven warriors. Concerned when their Master does not reach his secretive business in a distant kingdom, the Elders learn that Tryn, their beloved leader, has been captured by a cutthroat gang of bandits known as the Steel Claw. Yet this is not …
REVIEW & GIVEAWAY by Eryn: Devil’s Wake by Steven Barnes & Tananarive Due – Release Date 7/31 (@Rjbags19 , @AtriaBooks)
What happens when an unprecedented infection sweeps the world, leaving the earth on the brink of the Apocalypse? But this infection goes far beyond disease. Beyond even the nightmare images of walking dead or flesh-eating ghouls. The infected are turning into creatures unlike anything ever dreamed of . . . more complex, more mysterious, and …
REVIEW by Jena: Ghost of a Hope (Betty Boo #4) by Beth Dolgner – Releases in August (@bethdolgner)
The demon hunters have declared war in Savannah, Georgia. Two weeks after her return from Serenity Island, Betty “Boo” Boorman is expecting retribution from the demon hunters at any moment. They have remained quiet so far, but the ghosts of Savannah, Georgia, have not. A series of violent hauntings all have similarities to past cases The …
REVIEW by Jena: Fever Moon: The Fear Dorcha by Karen Marie Moning (@KarenMMoning)
In Fever Moon, we meet the most ancient and deadly Unseelie ever created, the Fear Dorcha. For eons, he’s traveled worlds with the Unseelie king, leaving behind him a path of mutilation and destruction. Now he’s hunting Dublin, and no one Mac loves is safe. Dublin is a war zone. The walls between humans …
REVIEW by Laurie: Undercover Alliance (Confederacy Treaty #3) by Lilly Cain (@urbanfantasyrev)
Sarina is scarred. Her L’inar, the curving nerve lines that enable Inarrii to experience their full sexuality, were severed in battle and she can no longer reach completion. Until she accepts a job as bodyguard to the human ambassador John Bennings, and is astonished to discover that they share a mental bond—a mirrored pathway of …
REVIEW by Heather: Thank You For Flying Air Zoe by Erik Atwell (@_Shoe_Girl_)
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fasten Seat Belt sign has been turned on, but feel free to ignore it, because sometimes life is best lived on its dizzy edges. Your cruising altitude today will be sky high, and you will be flying at staggering speeds as you travel alongside Zoe Tisdale, former Valley Girl and rock …
REVIEW by Heather: Head Over Heels (Lucky Harbor #3) by Jill Shalvis (@JillShalvis , @_Shoe_Girl_)
Breaking rules and breaking hearts Free-spirited Chloe lives life on the edge. Unlike her soon-to-be married sisters, she isn’t ready to settle into a quiet life running their family’s newly renovated inn. But soon her love of trouble–and trouble with love-draws the attention of the very stern, very sexy sheriff who’d like nothing better than …
REVIEW by Beth: Death Makes the Cut by Janice Hamrick – Release Date 7/17/12 (@bunnybetha)
The first bell of the new school year hasn’t even rung, and Texas high school teacher Jocelyn Shore is already at the scene of a murder. Friend and fellow teacher Fred Argus has been found dead on campus, and it isn’t long before the annoying, albeit attractive, Austin police detective Colin Gallagher uncovers evidence that Fred …
REVIEW by Jena: The Dead Girls’ Dance (Morganville Vampires #2) by Rachel Caine (@rachelcaine)
Claire has her share of challenges. Like being a genius in a school that favors beauty over brains; homicidal girls in her dorm, and finding out that her college town is overrun with the living dead. On the up side, she has a new boyfriend with a vampire-hunting dad. But when a local fraternity throws …
REVIEW by Eryn: Fifty Shades Darker (Fifty Shades Trilogy #2) by E.L. James (@e_l_james)
Daunted by the singular tastes and dark secrets of the beautiful, tormented young entrepreneur Christian Grey, Anastasia Steele has broken off their relationship to start a new career with a Seattle publishing house. But desire for Christian still dominates her every waking thought, and when he proposes a new arrangement, Anastasia cannot resist. They rekindle …
REVIEW by Laurie: Crimson Midnight by Amos Cassidy (@urbanfantasyrev)
Rose wants excitement, bright lights and late nights, but she gets more than she bargained for when she swaps her wholesome country life for the hustle and bustle of London. The city night is home to hungry shadows, eager to consume her. Rose discovers there is more to this world than what the mundane eye …
REVIEW by Jena: Glass Houses (Morganville Vampires #1) by Rachel Caine (@rachelcaine)
Welcome to Morganville, Texas. Just don’t stay out after dark. College freshman Claire Danvers has had enough of her nightmarish dorm situation, where the popular girls never let her forget just where she ranks in the school’s social scene: somewhere less than zero. When Claire heads off-campus, the imposing old house where she finds a …
REVIEW by Alicia: Ghost Of A Threat (Betty Boo #1) by Beth Dolgner (@BethDolgner , @mamaxsix)
Normal young women go on dates on Saturday nights. Paranormal investigator Betty “Boo” Boorman goes on ghost hunts in Savannah, Georgia, America’s most haunted city. She’s more comfortable around ghosts than guys, anyway. A violent haunting forces Betty to team up with her rival ghost hunter, the arrogant Carter Lansford. When the violence is turned …
REVIEW by Jena: The Vampire Underground (Grisly High #1) by Brian Rowe (@mrbrianrowe)
16-year-old Brin Skar hates everything to do with the supernatural, so the obsessive film geek isn’t happy when she discovers that her junior year Film class at Grisly High is devoted to the horror genre. She’s even more disconcerted when she learns that six groups in the class will be writing and directing their very …
REVIEW by Jena: Once Burned (Night Prince #1) by Jeaniene Frost (@Jeaniene_Frost)
After a tragic accident scarred her body and destroyed her dreams, Leila never imagined that the worst was still to come: terrifying powers that let her channel electricity and learn a person’s darkest secrets through a single touch. Leila is doomed to a life of solitude…until creatures of the night kidnap her, forcing her to …
REVIEW by Alicia: Wired by Douglas E Richards (@mamaxsix)
Kira Miller is a brilliant genetic engineer who discovers how to temporarily achieve savant-like capabilities in all areas of thought and creativity. But what if this transcendent level of intelligence brings with it a ruthless megalomania? David Desh left the special forces after his team was brutally butchered in Iran. Now he has been reactivated …