If You Go Into The Woods is a collection of two unsettling short stories. The title story is set in Caslav, a small town 60 miles east of Prague, Czech Republic. Jiri Beranek is drawn to a nearby forest, captivated by birds hidden high in the trees. Each time he enters, his desire to see …
INDIES IN THEIR UNDIES: L.A. Remenicky (@Remenickywrites)
JENA @ PURE TEXTUALITY [JENA]: Welcome to the 2014 edition of Indies In Their Undies, a month-long interview series with 31 indie authors! Today we are sitting down with L.A. Remenicky!
INDIES IN THEIR UNDIES: Racena McConnell (@PrmTjm1981)
JENA @ PURE TEXTUALITY [JENA]: Welcome to the 2014 edition of Indies In Their Undies, a month-long interview series with 31 indie authors! Today we are sitting down with Princess Racena McConnell!
INDIES IN THEIR UNDIES: Joseph Lallo (@jrlallo)
JENA @ PURE TEXTUALITY [JENA]: Welcome to the 2014 edition of Indies In Their Undies, a month-long interview series with 31 indie authors! Today we are sitting down with Joseph Lallo.
INDIES IN THEIR UNDIES: L. Mertz
JENA @ PURE TEXTUALITY [JENA]: Welcome to the 2014 edition of Indies In Their Undies, a month-long interview series with 31 indie authors! Today we are sitting down with L. Mertz!
INDIES IN THEIR UNDIES: Amelia James (@trashywriter)
JENA @ PURE TEXTUALITY [JENA]: Welcome to the 2014 edition of Indies In Their Undies, a month-long interview series with 31 indie authors! Today we are sitting down with 2014 Pure Textuality Convention Featured Author Amelia James!
INDIES IN THEIR UNDIES: Danielle Bannister (@GetPulled)
JENA @ PURE TEXTUALITY [JENA]: Welcome to the 2014 edition of Indies In Their Undies, a month-long interview series with 31 indie authors! Today we are sitting down with Danielle Bannister.
REVIEW by Damien: New Sight by Jo Schneider (@JoSchneider_1 , @DarkeRealmEnt)
After succumbing to the sudden and terrifying urge to rip people’s eyes out of their sockets, 16-year-old Lysandra Blake finds herself tied down in a psych ward, convinced she’s crazy. The doctors have no answers, and Lys is ready to give up when the mysterious Jeremiah Mason appears, telling Lys that she’s not insane—she’s addicted …
NEW RELEASE REVIEW by Lorna: Love, In English by Karina Halle – Released 4/20/2014 (@Metalblonde, @Mollykatie112)
A standalone, contemporary romance about the ultimate forbidden love… He’s thirty-eight. I’m twenty-three. He speaks Spanish. I speak English. He lives in Spain. I live in Canada. He dresses in thousand-dollar suits. I’m covered in tattoos. He’s married and has a five-year old daughter. I’m single and can’t commit to anyone or anything. Until now. …
NEW RELEASE REVIEW by Lorna: Far Gone by Laura Griffin – RELEASED YESTERDAY! (@Laura_Griff, @Mollykatie112)
To save her only brother, Andrea Finch must face down a criminal mastermind, the FBI, and her own demons in this thrilling novel from the author of the bestselling Tracers series. Police detective Andrea Finch is a rising star in her department until a split-second decision derails her career. Disgraced and disillusioned, she’s on leave …
REVIEW by Matt: The Fallen Angle (Harbinger of Doom #2) by Glenn Thater
In The Fallen Angle, Glenn G. Thater transports you to a time of legendary heroes, armored knights, spectacular duels, courtly intrigue, otherworldly evils, and ancient, forbidden magics. Though it can be read as a stand alone tale, The Fallen Angle is the second volume in Thater’s Harbinger of Doom series and picks up shortly after …
REVIEW by Jena: The Liberator (Dante Walker #2) by Vicoria Scott (@VictoriaScottYA)
Dante has a shiny new cuff wrapped around his ankle, and he doesn’t like that mess one bit. His new accessory comes straight from Big Guy himself and marks the former demon as a liberator. Despite his gritty past and bad boy ways, Dante Walker has been granted a second chance. When Dante is given …
REVIEW by Matt: Legion by Brandon Sanderson (@BrandSanderson , @MattALarkin)
A novella from #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, Legion is a fast-paced, witty, and supremely fun thriller with a psychological bent. Stephen Leeds is perfectly sane. It’s his hallucinations who are mad. A genius of unrivaled aptitude, Stephen can learn any new skill, vocation, or art in a matter of hours. However, …
NEW RELEASE REVIEW by Amy: Catch Me (Come Closer #1) by Katherine Grant – RELEASED YESTERDAY! (@Miss_UofK)
Adam. Enigmatic. Arrogant. Unwilling to take no for an answer. Everything about him threatens my carefully constructed life. Everything about him makes me want him more. Isabelle Jennings has it good. She’s a self-proclaimed guys’ girl (football, beers, and kicking back with her “bros”) who has worked hard for everything she’s gotten. And she’s succeeded. …
RELEASE DAY REVIEW by Lorna: Jane's Melody by Ryan Winfield (@WinfieldRyan, @AtriaBooks, @Mollykatie112)
What boundaries would you cross for true love? That’s the question a grieving mother must answer when she takes in a young street musician she believes can shed light on her daughter’s death—only to find herself falling for him. A sexy but touching love story that will leave you both tantalized and in tears, Jane’s …
REVIEW by Lorna: Death's Daughter (Realm Walker #2) by Kathleen Collins (@Kathy_Collins, @Mollykatie112)
Juliana Norris, Realm Walker with the Agency, is an Altered. A fact that she runs up against every time she’s forced to work with human police officers, and their species-ist commissioner, on cases they can’t solve themselves. Which happens more than they would like to admit. Her gift—the quality that makes her the best Realm …
REVIEW by Matt: Plague of Angels by John Patrick Kennedy (@JohnPatKennedy , @mattalarkin)
Nyx is Queen of Hell and ruler of the Angels who were banished there – the Descended. And when the rest of the Angels are called home, Nyx finds herself stuck on the Earth with the Son of God. To her surprise, she learns that he is no happier than she. God’s son thought he …
REVIEW by Beth: The Junior Officer by Judith Boswell (@bunnybetha)
Chief of Police Bret Skoal is being blackmailed. A videotape showing his excessive use of force on a group of unarmed teenagers has been shipped overnight to the department, just in time to complicate an ongoing homicide investigation. Officer Robbie Brooks is five years sober, and barely hanging on to his job thanks to Chief …
RELEASE DAY REVIEW by Beth: The Other Eight by Joseph Lallo (@jrlallo , @bunnybetha)
Superpowers have turned out to be a disappointment. Heat vision? Super strength? Flight? They are nowhere to be found. Instead, powers like photosynthesis or the ability to spontaneously change hair color seem to be the best the world can offer. To make matters worse, the gifted individuals tend to suffer from psychological issues. Nonetheless, in …
RELEASE DAY REVIEW by Lorna: Circle of Desire (Damask Circle #3) by Keri Arthur (@kezarthur,@Mollykatie112)
A TEMPTING FATE Two children have been found dead, their souls torn from their bodies. Two more are missing, and Ethan Morgan’s niece is one of them. A dedicated cop, Ethan has every intention not only of bringing her back alive but of catching the monster behind these kidnappings. And he will use anyone and …
RELEASE DAY REVIEW by Lorna: Four Seconds to Lose (Ten Tiny Breaths #3) by K.A. Tucker (@KathleenaTucker, @Mollykatie112)
I believe you don’t have years, or months, or weeks to impact a person’s life. You have seconds. Seconds to win them over, and seconds to lose them. Owning a strip club isn’t the fantasy most guys expect it to be. With long hours, a staff with enough issues to keep a psych ward in …
NEW RELEASE REVIEW by Lorna: Tethered Wings (Hidden Wings #3) by Cameo Renae – RELEASED 3/21!! (@CameoRenae, @Mollykatie112)
Back from their quest into the Underworld, with the threat of Lucian hanging over head, Emma is faced with yet another problem—the Immortal Bond. The bond surpasses any reason and is something so complex, not much is known about it. Once an Immortal Bond is made, it is forever. A conjoining of two fated hearts, …
REVIEW by Matt: Gateway to Niflheim (Harbinger of Doom) by Glenn G. Thater (@GlennGThater , @mattalarkin)
Claradon never led his House’s forces into battle before. But now he has to. His father, the mighty lord of Dor Eotrus, went missing, along with all his men, heroes all, while investigating a mysterious fog and otherworldly howling. It’s up to Claradon to find him, to bring him home, or to avenge his death …
REVIEW by Chelsey: Thrall (Daughters Of Lilith #1) by Jennifer Quintenz (@JennQ , @CNicholsBooks)
Braedyn is a normal girl just trying to survive high school with her two devoted friends, Royal and Cassie. Together they’re doing a pretty good job of shrugging off the slings and arrows cast their way by the popular crowd when a new boy, Lucas, moves into the house next door. Suddenly Braedyn finds herself …
REVIEW by Matt: Steelheart (Reckoners #1) by Brandon Sanderson (@BrandSanderson , @mattalarkin)
Ten years ago, Calamity came. It was a burst in the sky that gave ordinary men and women extraordinary powers. The awed public started calling them Epics. But Epics are no friend of man. With incredible gifts came the desire to rule. And to rule man you must crush his will. Nobody fights the Epics …
REVIEW by Eryn: The Transmigration of Cora Riley by Ellie Di Julio (@RJBags19)
Average family. Average job. Average existential crisis. After thirty boring years, nothing about Cora Riley’s life has measured up to her childhood dreams of being truly extraordinary. It’s too bad that the night she decides to seek out her specialness she crashes on a rural highway. Cora wakes in the clutches of the Mistress of …
RELEASE DAY REVIEW by Lorna: Missing You by Harlan Coben (@HarlanCoben, @Mollykatie112)
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Harlan Coben, a heart-pounding thriller about the ties we have to our past…and the lies that bind us together. It’s a profile, like all the others on the online dating site. But as NYPD Detective Kat Donovan focuses on the accompanying picture, she feels her whole world explode, …
NEW RELEASE REVIEW by Jena: Night Broken (Mercy Thompson #8) by Patricia Briggs – Released 3/11! (@Mercys_Garage)
An unexpected phone call heralds a new challenge for Mercy. Her mate Adam’s ex-wife is in trouble, on the run from a stalker. Adam isn’t the kind of man to turn away a person in need—and Mercy knows it. But with Christy holed up in Adam’s house, Mercy can’t shake the feeling that something about …
REVIEW by Lorna: Double Click (Click Trilogy #2) by Lisa Becker (@lisawbecker, @Mollykatie112)
Fans of the romantic hit Click: An Online Love Story will enjoy another voyeuristic dive into the lives of Renee, Shelley, Ashley, Mark and Ethan, as Double Click picks up with their lives six months later. Are Renee and Ethan soul mates? Does Mark ever go on a date? Has Shelley run out of sexual …
REVIEW by Chelsey: Plague of Angels by John Patrick Kennedy (@JohnPatKennedy , @CNicholsBooks)
Nyx is Queen of Hell and ruler of the Angels who were banished there – the Descended. And when the rest of the Angels are called home, Nyx finds herself stuck on the Earth with the Son of God. To her surprise, she learns that he is no happier than she. God’s son thought he …
REVIEW by Charity: Eighth Note (Fire Ballad #1) by Kimberly Stedronsky (@WriteStedronsky , @plantingmoon)
Eva Reed saved the world. Actually, she saved two worlds, but who’s counting? Finding herself in the middle of present day suburbia, married and a mom at only twenty years old, she’s beyond bored. Even with her popular music blog and her handsome husband Will catering to her every impulse, she longs to use the …
GUEST POST AND GIVEAWAY by Felicity Heaton: Writing Kissed by a Dark Prince in the Eternal Mates series (@FelicityHeaton , @RabidReads)
Writing Kissed by a Dark Prince in the Eternal Mates series It’s great to be here at Pure Textuality today as part of the Claimed by a Demon King Book Tour celebrating the release of the second book in my new Eternal Mates series of paranormal romance novels. Today, I’m going to talk about what …
REVIEW by Jena: Doctor Sleep (Sequel to The Shining) by Stephen King (@StephenKing)
Stephen King returns to the character and territory of one of his most popular novels ever, The Shining, in this instantly riveting novel about the now middle-aged Dan Torrance and the very special twelve-year-old girl he must save from a tribe of murderous paranormals. On highways across America, a tribe of people called the True …
RELEASE DAY REVIEW by Lorna: Silence of the Wolf (Heart of the Wolf #13) by Terry Spear (@TerrySpear, @Mollykatie112)
Life For the Silver Pack Just Got Wilder… Elizabeth Wildwood has been a loner all her life, ostracized because of her “mixed” half-wolf, half-coyote blood. When she ventures into gray wolf territory on a dangerous quest of her own and his thrown together with the sexiest shifter she’s ever met she begins to wish for …
REVIEW by Brandy: Wind Chime Cafe by Sophie Moss (@Romancebookworm)
When single mother, Annie Malone, purchases a quirky Main Street café on Heron Island, she thinks she’s finally turned her dream of opening her own restaurant into a reality. Hearing rumors that a developer is about to build a five-star resort on the sleepy Chesapeake Bay island, she plans to transform the café into a …
REVIEW by Lorna: Circle of Death (Damask Circle #2) by Keri Arthur – RELEASED TODAY! (@kezarthur, @Mollykatie112)
PASSION REBORN In one vicious night, Kirby Brown’s world is torn apart. Her best friend is dead, killed by a madman who is now after Kirby, and she has no idea why. When the police prove incapable of protecting Kirby, she has no choice but to trust a mysterious stranger. And while she finds herself …
GUEST POST PART II by Author Jack Welles: Language and the Genre Novel
This is an excerpt from my booklet how I go about “Writing a Genre Novel” the full version of which is available for free on my website. I would like to start by putting the excerpt into context by giving a summary of the overview of my approach. I think of genre writing as having …
REVIEW by Damien: Plague of Angels by John Patrick Kennedy (@JohnPatKennedy , @DarkeRealmEnt)
Nyx is Queen of Hell and ruler of the Angels who were banished there – the Descended. And when the rest of the Angels are called home, Nyx finds herself stuck on the Earth with the Son of God. To her surprise, she learns that he is no happier than she. God’s son thought he …
REVIEW by Chelsey: Song and Signal by M.E. Patterson (@CNicholsBooks)
Can a teenage hacker change the fate of the universe? Or will a nanite-wielding assassin reach him first? Seventeen year-old genius Zakari Sharp has never stood on the surface of a planet, never seen a sun-streaked sky. He lives on a corporate-owned mining facility at the edge of the solar system, with a mute alien …
REVIEW by Charity: The Roam Series by Kimberly Stedronsky (@plantingmoon)
Roam Camden is a bright girl in small town Ohio, eager to graduate high school and pursue her dreams of teaching history. Her well-planned path includes Logan, her life-long best friend… and now boyfriend. On the first day of her senior year she meets the new history teacher, West Perry, and senses that there is …
REVIEW by Matt: Wraith (Shadow #1) by Angel Lawson (@MattALarkin)
Freak. Weird. Crazy. These are the names tossed around seventeen-year old Jane Watts by her fellow classmates. But things aren’t always as they seem. Sometimes there’s a reason for talking to yourself in the hallway at school. Jane struggles with adjusting to her new home and school after an abrupt move. She wants one thing …
GUEST POST PART I by Author Jack Welles: Research And Planning for a Genre Novel
This is an excerpt from my booklet how I go about “Writing a Genre Novel” the full version of which is available for free on my website. I would like to start by putting the excerpt into context by giving a summary of the overview of my approach. I think of genre writing as having …
REVIEW by Lorna: Immortal Lies (Tybalt Jones) by S.L. Gray (@wordsofgray, @Mollykatie112)
“Being a vampire isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Anyone who tells you otherwise is prowling for a snack.” Tybalt Jones is not your typical creature of the night. He prefers Havana shirts to capes and his “sidekick” is a curvy faerie girl. Not a hunchback in sight. He’s been out of the vampire …
REVIEW by CC: Endless Knight (The Arcana Chronicles, #2) by: Kresley Cole (@RestlessReader)
In this second thrilling book of The Arcana Chronicles from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole, Evie struggles to accept her place in the prophecy that will either save the world–or destroy it.Evie has fully come into her powers as the tarot Empress, and Jack was there to see it all. As one …
REVIEW by Lorna: Blood From a Silver Cross (Kat Redding #4) by E.S.Moore (@Mollykatie112)
Trust is a dangerous business. Some people still call Kat Redding by her hunter name: Lady Death. But she’s not eager to see more violence brought to her doorstep. The neverending tide of hungry supes and vicious humans doesn’t change the math—sooner or later Kat’s one-vamp battle against the nightmares that infest Columbus is going …
REVIEW by CC: Dead Witch Walking (The Hollows, #1) by: Kim Harrison (@RestlessReader)
Creatures of the night gather in the Hollows of Cincinnati, to hide, to prowl, to party, and to feed. Vampires rule. Bounty hunter and witch, Rachel Morgan keeps that world civilized. With serious sex appeal and an attitude, she’ll bring ’em back alive, dead, or undead.
REVIEW by Jena: Up From the Grave (Night Huntress #7) by Jeaniene Frost (@jeaniene_frost , @avonbooks)
The Grave Ends Here. Lately, life has been unnaturally calm for vampires Cat Crawfield and her husband Bones. They should have known better than to relax their guard, because a shocking revelation sends them back into action to stop an all-out war… A rogue CIA agent is involved in horrifying secret activities that threaten to …
REVIEW by Lorna: My Blood Approves (My Blood Approves #1) by Amanda Hocking (@amanda_hocking, @Mollykatie112)
Seventeen-year-old Alice Bonham’s life feels out of control after she meets Jack. With his fondness for pink Chuck Taylors and New Wave hits aside, Jack’s unlike anyone she’s ever met. Then she meets his brother, Peter. His eyes pierce through her, and she can barely breathe when he’s around. Even though he can’t stand the …
REVIEW by Amy: Out of Turn (Kathleen Turner #4) by Tiffany A. Snow (@TiffanyASnow , @Miss_UofK)
Breaking up is hard to do, as Kathleen Turner discovers. After a falling-out with her ex, high-powered attorney Blane Kirk, she’s moving on the best she can. Unfortunately, someone from her past is set on revenge and nothing short of killing Kathleen will stop them. Keeping his brother’s ex-girlfriend alive isn’t something new to assassin-for-hire …
REVIEW by Jena: Watcher of the Dark (Jeremiah Hunt #3) by Joseph Nassise
PLEASE NOTE: THIS REVIEW IS BEING REPOSTED HERE AS IT WAS MISSING FROM A PAST BLOG MIGRATION. THIS POST IS NOT NEW. New Orleans was nearly the death of Jeremiah Hunt, between a too-close brush with the FBI and a chilling, soul-searing journey through the realm of the dead that culminated with a do-or-die confrontation …
BLOG TOUR EXCERPT, GIVEAWAY, AND INTERVIEW: Fifth Grave Past the Light (Charley Davidson #5) by Darynda Jones – RELEASED TODAY! (@Darynda)
This interview is being reposted as it didn’t migrate when we moved from PureTextuality.com. Never underestimate the power of a woman on a double espresso with a mocha latte chaser high. —T-shirt Charley Davidson isn’t your everyday, run-of-the-mill grim reaper. She’s more of a paranormal private eye/grim reaper extraordinaire. However, she gets sidetracked when the …
INTERVIEW by Jena: Anne Rice, Author of The Wolf Gift and the Vampire Chronicles
This interview is being reposted as it didn’t migrate when we moved from PureTextuality.com. Wow. I am still in an utter state of awe to even be posting this right now…. For years, as long as I can remember really, I have been completely enamored with a series of books. This series is solely responsible …
BLOG TOUR REVIEW AND GIVEAWAY: Out of Reach (Wanderer Series#1) by Jocelyn Stover (@wandererseries)
You can’t escape who you are, but no one ever stops to explain to you the cost of discovering such knowledge. By the time Gwen learns that her fiery red hair marks her as more than just a bad temper on two legs it’s too late to make a choice. Catapulted into a realm she …
BLOG TOUR EXCERPT: The Coven – Fire and Ice (The Coven #1) by Verdell Walker (@verdellwalker)
After her clique’s bullying causes a classmate’s suicide, Kat Grey trades the vicious world of the California “in crowd” for the chance to become a better person in Massachusetts. But when she steps in to protect a classmate from being bullied, Kat sparks a war with Hannah, Milton Academy’s resident Queen Bee. Kat’s courage and …
REVIEW by Dolly: Blood Trade (Jane Yellowrock #6) by Faith Hunter – Released 4/2/13 (@hunterfaith , @Fidget78)
Jane Yellowrock is a shape-shifting skinwalker who’s always up for a fight—even if it means putting her life on the line… The Master of Natchez, Mississippi has a nasty problem on his hands. Rogue vampires—those who follow the Naturaleza and believe that humans should be nothing more than prey to be hunted—are terrorizing his city. …
BLOG TOUR EXCERPT AND GIVEAWAY: Bound (Eternal Guardian #6) by Elisabeth Naughton (@ElisNaughton)
TITUS—To most his gift seems like a blessing, but for him it’s a curse the other Eternal Guardians—those who protect the mortal realm from threats of the Underworld—seek to exploit. One he would gladly trade for the chance to be free… Obsessed. Her touch is like a drug. From the moment he met her, Titus …
RANDOMS: Show Your Support and Take a Stand Against eBook Piracy!
Hey readers! Jena here. As most of you are aware, Pure Textuality is a site that is a lover of all books – traditional and indie published alike. A rising problem in the publishing industry as a whole is the piracy of eBooks. As an indie author, I can tell you that there is a …
REVIEW by Jeanette: Poison by Bridget Zinn (@bridgetzinn , @battista_J)
Sixteen-year-old Kyra, a highly-skilled potions master, is the only one who knows her kingdom is on the verge of destruction—which means she”s the only one who can save it. Faced with no other choice, Kyra decides to do what she does best: poison the kingdom”s future ruler, who also happens to be her former best …
REVIEW by Brandy: In Love and War by Tara Mills (@romancebookworm)
Sometimes love really is worth fighting for, but picking your battles isn’t so easy–especially when lives are at stake. Ariela Perrine refuses to consider a certain type of man. She watched how loving a self-sacrificing hero destroyed her mother and left her orphaned at a young age. So yes, she does tend to go out …
THE AVON AFFAIR REVIEW by Dolly: Dark Nights (Carpathians, Dark Descent, #7 and Dark Dream, #11 ) by Christine Feehan (@FeehanBooks, @Fidget78 , @AvonBooks)
THE AVON AFFAIR IS A 14-DAY AVON BOOKS REVIEW EVENT ORGANIZED AND HOSTED BY CURRENT AND ALUMNI MEMBERS OF THE AVON ADDICTS. #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan revisits and expands her classic novella Dark Descent, bringing to breathtaking new life her story of an immortal Carpathian hunter, a beautiful adventurer, and their …
THE AVON AFFAIR REVIEW by Dolly: Kiss of Surrender (Deadly Angels #2) by Sandra Hill (@SandraHillAuth, @Fidget78 , @AvonBooks)
THE AVON AFFAIR IS A 14-DAY AVON BOOKS REVIEW EVENT ORGANIZED AND HOSTED BY CURRENT AND ALUMNI MEMBERS OF THE AVON ADDICTS. What romance reader can resist a hero who is both Viking…and vampire? In the second installment of New York Times bestselling author Sandra Hill’s exciting Deadly Angels series, Nicole Tasso, Navy SEAL is powerless to …
BLOG TOUR REVIEW & GIVEAWAY: Wicked Lies (Dark Mission #4.5) by Karina Cooper (@karinacooper)
Jonas Stone has been given his first independent operation: rescue the insurrection leader’s imprisoned grandson from the Mission. Getting the job done means more than getting Danny Granger out-it means staying with him while he heals. Staying too close, for way too long. Danny is everything Jonas isn’t: confident, optimistic, honest–a man to be reckoned …
THE AVON AFFAIR REVIEW by Lorna: Last Vamp Standing by Kristin Miller (@MollyKatie112 @AvonBooks)
THE AVON AFFAIR IS A 14-DAY AVON BOOKS REVIEW EVENT ORGANIZED AND HOSTED BY CURRENT AND ALUMNI MEMBERS OF THE AVON ADDICTS. True love is put to the test in the third book in Kristin Miller’s Vampires of Crimson Bay series. Tortured by demonic voices, Dante’s soul is as black as they come. But when …
THE AVON AFFAIR REVIEW by Dolly: Kiss of Pride (Deadly Angels #1) by Sandra Hill (@SandraHillAuth, @AvonBooks)
THE AVON AFFAIR IS A 14-DAY AVON BOOKS REVIEW EVENT ORGANIZED AND HOSTED BY CURRENT AND ALUMNI MEMBERS OF THE AVON ADDICTS. Trust the always original, wonderfully fun Sandra Hill to do the wildly unexpected! With Kiss of Pride, the New York Times bestselling author—best known for her steamy and hilarious romance novels featuring lusty Viking heroes and …
THE AVON AFFAIR REVIEW & INTERVIEW by Ginny: Nights of Steel (Ether Chronicles) by Nico Rosso (@nico_rosso , @avonbooks , @GinnyLurcock)
THE AVON AFFAIR IS A 14-DAY AVON BOOKS REVIEW EVENT ORGANIZED AND HOSTED BY CURRENT AND ALUMNI MEMBERS OF THE AVON ADDICTS. Return to The Ether Chronicles, where the skies above the American West are about to get wilder than ever… Bounty hunter Anna Blue always finds her fugitive. But her latest mission is filled …
REVIEW by Jena: Turn to Darkness by Jaime Rush
THE AVON AFFAIR IS A 14-DAY AVON BOOKS REVIEW EVENT ORGANIZED AND HOSTED BY CURRENT AND ALUMNI MEMBERS OF THE AVON ADDICTS. 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 …
THE AVON AFFAIR REVIEW by Dolly: Circle of Desire (Circle, #1) by Carla Swafford (@fidget78 , @AvonBooks)
THE AVON AFFAIR IS A 14-DAY AVON BOOKS REVIEW EVENT ORGANIZED AND HOSTED BY CURRENT AND ALUMNI MEMBERS OF THE AVON ADDICTS. She Knew How To Fight But Not To Love … As the top assassin at The Circle, a shadowy group of mercenaries, Olivia St. Vincent can hunt down anyone. She’s been trained since …
THE AVON AFFAIR REVIEW by LORNA: Eat Prey Love (Love At Stake #9) by Kerrelyn Sparks (@kerrelynspakrs, @mollykatie112 , @AvonBooks)
THE AVON AFFAIR IS A 14-DAY AVON BOOKS REVIEW EVENT ORGANIZED AND HOSTED BY CURRENT AND ALUMNI MEMBERS OF THE AVON ADDICTS. Wanted: Bride. Must love children. Mortals need not apply. Carlos Panterra is looking for a mate, a woman who will love and care for the young orphans he’s recently taken under his wing …
THE AVON AFFAIR REVIEW by LORNA: Wild About You (Love At Stake #13) by Kerrelyn Sparks (@kerrelynspakrs, @mollykatie112 , @AvonBooks)
THE AVON AFFAIR IS A 14-DAY AVON BOOKS REVIEW EVENT ORGANIZED AND HOSTED BY CURRENT AND ALUMNI MEMBERS OF THE AVON ADDICTS. New York Times bestselling author Kerrelyn Sparks pens the next installment in her witty Love at Stake series, featuring a band of vampires and shape-shifters—and those who dare to defy them, or desire them! …
THE AVON AFFAIR REVIEW by Dolly: Twice Tempted (Night Prince #2) by Jeaniene Frost – Released 3/26 (@Jeaniene_Frost , @AvonBooks , @fidget78)
THE AVON AFFAIR IS A 14-DAY AVON BOOKS REVIEW EVENT ORGANIZED AND HOSTED BY CURRENT AND ALUMNI MEMBERS OF THE AVON ADDICTS. Dating the Prince of Darkness has its challenges . . . Leila’s psychic abilities have been failing her,and now she isn’t sure what the future holds. If that weren’t enough, her lover Vlad …
THE AVON AFFAIR REVIEW by Jena: Twice Tempted (Night Prince #2) by Jeaniene Frost – Released TODAY! (@Jeaniene_Frost , @AvonBooks)
THE AVON AFFAIR IS A 14-DAY AVON BOOKS REVIEW EVENT ORGANIZED AND HOSTED BY CURRENT AND ALUMNI MEMBERS OF THE AVON ADDICTS. Dating the Prince of Darkness has its challenges . . . Leila’s psychic abilities have been failing her,and now she isn’t sure what the future holds. If that weren’t enough, her lover Vlad …
REVIEW by Jena: Heart Like Mine by Amy Hatvany – RELEASED TODAY! (@AmyHatvany)
Thirty-six-year-old Grace McAllister never longed for children. But when she meets Victor Hansen, a handsome, charismatic divorced restaurateur who is father to Max and Ava, Grace decides that, for the right man, she could learn to be an excellent part-time stepmom. After all, the kids live with their mother, Kelli. How hard could it be? …
THE AVON AFFAIR REVIEW by Brandy: Immortal Ever After (Argeneau #18) by Lynsay Sands (@lynsaysands , @romancebookworm)
THE AVON AFFAIR IS A 14-DAY AVON BOOKS REVIEW EVENT ORGANIZED AND HOSTED BY CURRENT AND ALUMNI MEMBERS OF THE AVON ADDICTS. kiss doesn’t mean eternity . . . Valerie Moyer doesn’t believe in vampires—until she is kidnapped by a fanged psychopath! After escaping her bloodthirsty captor, she’s through with creatures of the night. Until …
REVIEW by Jena: Six Years by Harlan Coben – RELEASED TODAY! (@harlancoben)
Six years have passed since Jake Fisher watched Natalie, the love of his life, marry another man. Six years of hiding a broken heart by throwing himself into his career as a college professor. Six years of keeping his promise to leave Natalie alone, and six years of tortured dreams of her life with her …
THE AVON AFFAIR AND BLOG TOUR REVIEW: Wicked Lies (Dark Mission #4.5) by Karina Cooper (@karinacooper)
THE AVON AFFAIR IS A 14-DAY AVON BOOKS REVIEW EVENT ORGANIZED AND HOSTED BY CURRENT AND ALUMNI MEMBERS OF THE AVON ADDICTS. Jonas Stone has been given his first independent operation: rescue the insurrection leader’s imprisoned grandson from the Mission. Getting the job done means more than getting Danny Granger out-it means staying with him …
THE AVON AFFAIR REVIEW by Jena: King of the Damned (League of Guardians #2) by Juliana Stone (@Juliana_Stone)
THE AVON AFFAIR IS A 14-DAY AVON BOOKS REVIEW EVENT ORGANIZED AND HOSTED BY CURRENT AND ALUMNI MEMBERS OF THE AVON ADDICTS. It’s the book Julianna Stone fans have been waiting for: the story of Azaiel, the ultimate fallen angel, as he fights the forces of evil in a desperate attempt to save his true …
GIVEAWAY AND REVIEW: Eve of Chaos (Marked #3) by Sylvia Day (@SylDay , @torbooks)
When Evangeline Hollis spent a night of passion with the darkly seductive Alec Cain, she had no idea that she’d be punished for it years later. Branded with the Mark of Cain, Eve was thrust into a life of hunting demons as penance. Living with the Mark—and the two sexy brothers who come with it—was …
GIVEAWAY AND REVIEW: Eve of Destruction (Marked #2) by Sylvia Day (@SylDay , @torbooks)
For Evangeline Hollis, a scorching one-night stand has led to a divine punishment–the Mark of Cain. Now reunited, Eve and Cain are working on transitioning their insatiable desire into a tentative new relationship even as she struggles to become a full-fledged Mark–one of thousands of sinners forced to hunt demons as penance. When her training …
GIVEAWAY AND REVIEW: Eve of Darkness (Marked #1) by Sylvia Day (@SylDay , @torbooks)
Cursed by God, hunted by demons, desired by Cain and Abel… All in a day’s work. For Evangeline Hollis, a long ago fling with a bad boy from the wrong side of the tracks just became a disaster of biblical proportions. One night with a leather-clad man of mystery has led to a divine punishment: …
RANDOMS: Google’s Happy Birthday Message for Douglas Adams
I am one of those people that adores Douglas Adams and I am loving today’s Google Doodle in honor of his birthday! Head on over to Google.com to see the interactive Google Doodle!
REVIEW by Jena: Frost Burned (Mercy Thompson #7) by Patricia Briggs – Released 3/5 (@mercys_garage)
Mercy Thompson’s life has undergone a seismic change. Becoming the mate of Adam Hauptman—the charismatic Alpha of the local werewolf pack—has made her a stepmother to his daughter Jesse, a relationship that brings moments of blissful normalcy to Mercy’s life. But on the edges of humanity, what passes for a minor mishap on an ordinary …
REVIEW by Dolly: Frost Burned (Mercy Thompson #7) by Patricia Briggs – Released 3/5 (@mercys_garage , @fidget78)
Mercy Thompson’s life has undergone a seismic change. Becoming the mate of Adam Hauptman—the charismatic Alpha of the local werewolf pack—has made her a stepmother to his daughter Jesse, a relationship that brings moments of blissful normalcy to Mercy’s life. But on the edges of humanity, what passes for a minor mishap on an ordinary …
REVIEW by Matt: A Memory of Light (Final Wheel of Time) by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson (@mattalarkin)
Since 1990, when Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time® burst on the world with its first book, The Eye of the World, readers have been anticipating the final scenes of this extraordinary saga, which has sold over forty million copies in over thirty languages. When Robert Jordan died in 2007, all feared that these concluding scenes …
BLOG TOUR EXCERPT: Cursed by Lynn Ricci (@lynnricci)
When Sarah Carter moves to Boston to escape her past she realizes there’s more than meets the eye with the landlord and her mysterious new best friend. What happened to the owner of this brownstone and what secrets lie within its walls and continue to torment? Witchcraft, curses and timeless love are not what Sarah …
REVIEW by Jena, Ginny and Lorna: Fractured (Caged #5) by Amber Lynn Natusch – RELEASED TODAY! (@amberlnatusch)
Returning home after three weeks of captivity in the shadows of her own mind, Ruby discovers the magnitude of the damage her absence left in its wake. With relationships to mend and unsolved mysteries still looming, she has little time to deal with the latest drama at hand: the three disreputable werewolves recently thrust into …
BLOG TOUR REVIEW AND 2 GIVEAWAYS: Surrender (The Ferryman and the Flame #1) by Rhiannon Paille
How far would you go to save everything you ever loved? Kaliel was warned about her love for the Ferryman. One day he will marry the land and leave Avristar forever. She doesn’t listen, and because of what she is– a Flame– one of nine apocalyptic weapons, she sparks a war. In a desperate attempt …
REVIEW by Lorna: And With Madness Comes The Light (Experiment in Terror #6.5) by Karina Halle (@MetalBlonde , @Mollykatie112)
The Man. The Mystery. The Madness. Dex Foray has never been anyone’s fool – until he missed his chance for happiness with Perry Palomino. Broken and alone, Dex has no choice but to rise from the ashes Perry left behind and find his own path to redemption. But nothing in Dex’s life has ever come …
REVIEW by CC: Medusa, A Love Story (Love of Olympus #1) by Sasha Summers (@sashawrites, @RestlessReader)
It’s said love can change a person. Medusa wasn’t always a monster… Medusa is ruled by duty, to her Titan father and the Goddess Athena. She’s no room for the tenderness her warrior guard, Ariston, stirs. When Olympus frees her from service, her heart leads her into the arms of the guard she loves… and …
BLOG TOUR EXCERPT AND GIVEAWAY: Breaking the Nexus (Mythrian Realm #1) by Lindsay Avalon (@LindsayAvalon)
Throughout history, myths and legends of extraordinary creatures have been told and retold. Fantastic tales of demons and banshees, gryphons and dragons, and of course, magic. Stories that every child grows to learn are nothing more than fantasy…or are they? Beyond the world you see lies a hidden realm, the Mythrian Realm, inhabited by all …
REVIEW by CC: Bad Blood (Bad Blood #1) by Ginny Lurcock – Released 2/5 (@RestlessReader , @GinnyLurcock)
High school senior Victoria “Tori” Reeve has it pretty good. She’s rich, she’s smart, and she’s popular. What more could a girl ask for? Sure, she’s a little lonely, what with being single and her best friend going off to college and all, but she’s got her work at the Spaulding Crisis Center to keep …
BLOG TOUR REVIEW AND EXCERPT: Platinum (Facets of Passion #2) by Jeffe Kennedy (@jeffekennedy )
Althea Grant’s Charleston gallery might be suffering from the bad economy, and her artistic aspirations have gone nowhere, but she’s doing just fine, thank you. When bad-boy sculptor Steel rides up on his motorcycle looking to rent studio space, his infusion of cash is more than welcome. But his art is raw, visceral, sexual—and completely …
REVIEW by Jena: On Our Own (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9 Vol. 2)
With the Scooby gang on the skids, Buffy finds herself increasingly alone. When faced with some tough decisions grounded in “real world” problems (i.e., not the slaying of pesky demons), Buffy is determined to make her own choices, but that doesn’t mean she won’t need a little handholding along the way. Cue Spike, compelled to …
REVIEW by Jeanette: Unspoken (The Lynburn Legacy #1) by Sarah Rees Brennan (@sarahreesbrenna , @Battista_j)
A modern, magical twist on the Gothic Romance and Girl Detective genres, this book will appeal to fans of both Beautiful Creatures and the Mortal Instruments series. Reviewers have praised the take-charge heroine and the romantic premise of a partner who can read your mind. Kami Glass is in love with someone she’s never met—a boy she’s talked to …
REVIEW by Heather: Dualed (Dualed #1) by Elsie Chapman – Released 2/26 (@elsiechapman , @_shoe_girl_)
Two of you exist. Only one will survive. The city of Kersh is a safe haven, but the price of safety is high. Everyone has a genetic Alternate—a twin raised by another family—and citizens must prove their worth by eliminating their Alts before their twentieth birthday. Survival means advanced schooling, a good job, marriage—life. Fifteen-year-old …
COVER REVEAL: The Fiery Heart (Bloodlines #4) by Richelle Mead – Release Date 11/19/2013 (@RichelleMead)
I am SOOOOO excited for this title! It’s a very rare thing to see a series this popular release more than 1 title in a calendar year and I was stoked to find out that after the jaw dropper moment at the end of The Indigo Spell, we get to find out what happens so …
REVIEW by Brandy: Immortal Ever After (Argeneau #18) by Lynsay Sands (@lynsaysands , @avonbooks , @romancebookworm)
A kiss doesn’t mean eternity . . . Valerie Moyer doesn’t believe in vampires—until she is kidnapped by a fanged psychopath! After escaping her bloodthirsty captor, she’s through with creatures of the night. Until she finds herself under the protection of the darkly handsome Anders. Not only is she expected to accept that Anders is …
COVER REVEAL: Deceived Part 3: Chloe’s Revenge by Eve Carter – Release Date 3/15 (@evecarterbooks)
The steamy Deceived romance trilogy by Eve Carter, in the bestselling tradition of Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James and The Blackstone Affair by Raine Miller. When Chloe Swanson, an innocent mid-western college graduate, lands her dream job in New York City, she doesn’t realize what kind of a ride she’s in for. …
REVIEW by Jena: Salvage by Russell W. Libonati
For millennia man ruled the earth, but destiny eventually drove him to the stars. This created two factions; those that stayed and those that left. Between were the many ships and stations that supplied them both and acted as a lifeline. When Captain Metcalf received a distress call from one of those stations, he knew …
BLOG TOUR REVIEW AND GIVEAWAY: Frost Fire (Tortured Elements #1) by Olivia Rivers (@riversolivia)
“Magic is just like love, Allai. It won’t wait for permission before it destroys you.” Like sand in an hourglass, Allai’s future is dwindling away. She’s spent her entire life fighting the Mages who threaten humanity, and dreams of someday eradicating magic. But all it takes is an anonymous phone call for the truth to …
REVIEW by Dolly: Poison Flower (Jane Whitfield #7) by Thomas Perry (@fidget78)
Poison Flower, the seventh novel in Thomas Perry’s celebrated Jane Whitefield series, opens as Jane spirits James Shelby, a man unjustly convicted of his wife’s murder, out of the heavily guarded criminal court building in downtown Los Angeles. But the price of Shelby’s freedom is high. Within minutes, men posing as police officers kidnap Jane …