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“Keeping them alive was harder than I ever thought possible.” The devoted lover and proud father Lark is on the verge of losing it all. His abilities are slowly fading without reason and his enemies are looming ever closer. He has mere days to prepare for war and earn the allegiance of the Nakben tribes, …

REVIEW by Lorna: The Beauty of the End by Debbie Howells (@debbie_howells , @Mollykatie112)

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From the acclaimed author of The Bones of You comes a haunting and heartbreaking new psychological thriller about a man thrust into the middle of a murder investigation, forced to confront the secrets of his ex-lover’s past. “I was fourteen when I fell in love with a goddess. . .” So begins the testimony of …

REVIEW by Trish: The Killing Jar (The Extraction Files #1) by R.S. McCoy (@RSMcCoy1)

Earth is dying, circling the drain on life support. The future of the human race depends on space exploration, but they’re running out of time. Parasitic insects are systematically killing the best scientific minds but no one knows why. Mable Wilkinson is the last hope to figure it out, she just doesn’t know it yet. …

RELEASE DAY REVIEW by Lorna: In the Barren Ground by Loreth Anne White (@Loreth , @Mollykatie112)

In the Barrens, a vast wilderness in northern Canada bordering the Arctic Circle, night consumes every hour of the winter. Humans are scarce; ferocious predators roam freely. Locals say spirits do, too. Rookie cop Tana Larsson doesn’t mind the dark and quiet. Five months pregnant and hoping to escape the mistakes of her past, she …

REVIEW by Trish: The City of Heavenly Fire (Mortal Instruments #6) by Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare)

Shadowhunters and demons square off for the final showdown in the spellbinding, seductive conclusion to the #1 New York Times bestselling Mortal Instruments series—now with a gorgeous new cover, a map, a new foreword, and exclusive bonus content! City of Heavenly Fire is a Shadowhunters novel. Darkness has descended on the Shadowhunter world. Chaos and …

REVIEW by Lorna: Up From the Grave (Night Huntress #7) by Jeaniene Frost (@jeaniene_frost , @mollykatie112)

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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 Trish: Stained Glass Shards by Rosemary Rey (@rosereywriter)

Elyce Fielding has cut ties with her college friend turned lover, Griffin Belanger. After three months without communication, Griffin is back in Boston for the premiere of his latest film. Elyce shuts herself in her studio apartment, preventing any sightings of the famous man she is deeply in love with. Following an unsatisfactory meal without …

NEW RELEASE REVIEW by Lorna: Swear on This Life by Renee Carlino (@renayz , @Mollykatie112)

From USA TODAY bestselling author Renée Carlino (Before We Were Strangers), a warm and witty novel about a struggling writer who must come to grips with her past, present, and future after she discovers that she’s the inspiration for a pseudonymously published bestselling novel. When a bestselling debut novel from mysterious author J. Colby becomes …

REVIEW by Lorna: Rock Wedding (Rock Kiss #4) by Nalini Singh (@NaliniSingh , @Mollykatie112)

New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh continues her Rock Kiss series with a hot, sweet, emotional contemporary romance about love and forgiveness… After a lifetime of longing for a real family, Sarah Smith thought she’d finally found her home with rock star Abe Bellamy, even if she knew Abe didn’t love her the way …

RELEASE DAY SPOTLIGHT & EXCERPT: Splinter (Reliquary #2) by Sarah Fine (@FineSarah)

Mattie Carver has relinquished the world of magic, with all its dark temptations. In six weeks, she’ll marry Ben Ward and claim the safe, small-town life she craves. But Mattie’s talents as a reliquary—someone able to smuggle magic within her body—make her a valuable commodity, even to those she trusts the most. Forced out of …

REVIEW by Brandy: Sugar Daddies by Jade West (@romancebookworm)

A sugar daddy website doesn’t seem a sound basis for an A1 life plan, but I’m a small town girl with big dreams, and there’s this one advert, this one crazy advert I can’t stop thinking about… Two hot guys seeking their Little Miss Right. Someone who can entertain them, amuse them, fit in with …

RELEASE DAY REVIEW by Lorna: Wicked Sexy (Wicked Games #2) by J.T.Geissinger (@JTGeissinger , @Mollykatie112)

A badass ex-Special Ops officer and a smartass hacker fight a dangerous enemy…and a blistering attraction to each other. Connor Hughes is an ex-special ops officer, CEO of Metrix Security, and bonafide badass. His private security firm is renowned for its effectiveness. He’s renowned for his lethal precision and iron self-control. But when the former …

REVIEW by Trish: Five Days in January (The Felix Chronicles #2) by R.T. Lowe (@TheRTLowe)

Felix and Allison return from winter break with hopes of settling into the comfortable rhythms of college life only to find Portland College hasn’t escaped the wave of senseless violence sweeping across the land, from the malls of Minnesota to a small town in northern Maine. Amidst the chaos, a political movement rises, fueled by …

NEW RELEASE REVIEW by Lorna: Cream of the Crop (Hudson River Valley #2) by Alice Clayton (@Alice_Clayton , @Mollykatie112)

New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Alice Clayton brings her trademark blend of funny and sexy to this second contemporary romance in the brand-new Hudson Valley series! Manhattan’s It Girl, Natalie Grayson, has it all: she’s a hot exec at a leading advertising firm, known industry-wide for her challenging and edgy campaigns. She’s …

REVIEW by Lorna: The Alienation of Courtney Hoffman by Brady Stefani (@BradyStefani , @Mollykatie112)

Fifteen year old Courtney wants to be normal like her friends. But there’s something frighteningly different about her—and it’s not just the mysterious tattoo her conspiracy-obsessed grandfather marked her with when she was a child. “Mental illness is a slippery slope,” her mother warns her. And the last thing Courtney wants to do is end …

REVIEW by Lorna: The Obsession by Nora Roberts (@noraroberts , @MollyKatie112)

The riveting new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Liar. “She stood in the deep, dark woods, breath shallow and cold prickling over her skin despite the hot, heavy air. She took a step back, then two, as the urge to run fell over her.” Naomi Bowes lost her …

REVIEW by Lorna: The Body Reader by Anne Frasier (@Anne_Frasier , @Mollykatie112)

For three years, Detective Jude Fontaine was kept from the outside world. Held in an underground cell, her only contact was with her sadistic captor, and reading his face was her entire existence. Learning his every line, every movement, and every flicker of thought is what kept her alive. After her experience with isolation and …

RE-RELEASE DAY SPOTLIGHT & EXCERPT: Black-Winged Tuesday by A.B. Rayn (WriterGirlAR)

Unlucky in life, twice as unlucky in the after-life? When Tuesday dies and becomes a guardian angel, he’s sure his luck has turned. Little does he know he’ll have to face were-beavers, old sweethearts, archangels, and even Lucifer himself. Nevertheless, Tuesday’s death may turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to him. …

GUEST POST & GIVEAWAY: Kimberly Bernard, Author of Lost Prophecy: Awakening (@fictitiousfemme)

Today we welcome Kimberly Bernard to the blog! Kimberly is the author of LOST PROPHECY: AWAKENING. Guest Post by Kimberly Bernard I remember playing the telephone game in my high school drama class. You know, the game that starts with one person whispering a five-sentence story into someone’s ear? The story gets whispered through …

RELEASE DAY REVIEW by Jena: Pay For Play (AlphaChat.com #1) by Victoria Ashley & Hilary Storm (@VictoriaAAuthor , @Hilary_Storm)

Alphachat.com – That’s all the info you need to get off in the privacy of your own home, car or hell… even in a public fucking library. Whatever gets you wet. I never expected a million-dollar business to come out of touching myself on camera, but when you add in nine of your best guys, …

GUEST POST: #CheatingNotCheating and I'm #SorryNotSorry by Linda Grimes, Author of All Fixed Up (@linda_grimes)

Today we welcome Linda Grimes to the blog! Linda is the author of ALL FIXED UP, the latest release in the Ciel Halligan series. And stay tuned tomorrow for Jena’s review of the book! #CheatingNotCheating and I’m #SorryNotSorry by Linda Grimes It may shock you to learn that a respectable middle-aged married woman such …

REVIEW by Trish: The Ugly Princess: The Legend of the Winnowwood by Henderson Smith (@hendersonwrites)

What would you give up to be beautiful? I don’t mean attractive, or pretty or any other term you could conjure up to describe that thing most women seek to be or most men seek to be with. I mean staggeringly beautiful, men falling at your feet with hopeless adoration as they gaze upon you …

RELEASE DAY REVIEW by Lorna: 100 Days (100 #1) by Lara Adrian (@lara_adrian , @Mollykatie112)

Struggling artist Avery Ross is barely scraping by. Bartending at a trendy New York City restaurant for an overbearing boss and two weeks away from losing her apartment to a condo developer, she’s desperate for a break. So when she’s offered a temporary housesitting job, she takes it. Living at one of the poshest addresses …

RELEASE DAY REVIEW by Lorna: Deep Dark (Tracers #10) by Laura Griffin (@Laura_Griff , @Mollykatie112)

The moment detective Reed Novak steps onto the crime scene, he knows the case is going to rock his world. A beautiful young woman murdered at home. No sign of forced entry. No motive. She’s obviously not the killer’s first victim, and Reed’s instincts tell him she won’t be his last. Reed’s first clue comes …

RELEASE DAY REVIEW by Lorna: Last Ride to Graceland by Kim Wright (@Kim_Wright_W , @Mollykatie112)

Blues musician Cory Ainsworth is barely scraping by after her mother’s death when she discovers a priceless piece of rock ‘n’ roll memorabilia hidden away in a shed out back of the family’s coastal South Carolina home: Elvis Presley’s Stutz Blackhawk, its interior a time capsule of the singer’s last day on earth. A backup …

REVIEW by Lorna: Bring Me Back (Forever #1) by Karen Booth (@karenbbooth , @Mollykatie112)

Claire’s ultimate teenage fantasy is about to walk right into her very grown up life…Music journalist Claire Abby is a single mom, dreading her daughter’s departure for college and worried that turning forty will leave her career running on fumes. It’s more than a lucky break when she lands a Rolling Stone interview with ‘80s …

GUEST POST: Danny's Girlfriend II by Andrew Joyce, Author of Resolution (@huckfinn76)

My name is Andrew Joyce and I write books for a living. Jena has been kind enough to allow me a little space on her blog to promote my new novel RESOLUTION: Huck Finn’s Greatest Adventure. I think it’s a good book, but what do I know? Anyway, I’m kinda shy about tooting my own …

REVIEW by Trish: City of Fallen Angels (Mortal Instruments #4) by Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare)

Trust is dangerous, and to love is to destroy. Plunge into the fourth installment in the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series and “prepare to be hooked” (Entertainment Weekly). The Mortal War is over, and sixteen-year-old Clary Fray is back home in New York, excited about all the possibilities before her. She’s training to become a …

RELEASE DAY REVIEW by Lorna: Summer of Supernovas by Darcy Woods (@woodswrite , @MollyKatie112)

Fans of Jennifer E. Smith and Jenny Han will fall in love with this heartfelt and humor-laced debut following one girl’s race to find the guy of her cosmic dreams. When zodiac-obsessed teen Wilamena Carlisle discovers a planetary alignment that won’t repeat for a decade, she’s forced to tackle her greatest astrological fear: The Fifth …

COVER REVEAL & EXCERPT: Beauty Inc. (The Pennymaker Tales #3) by Tara Lain (@taralain)

Is beauty only skin deep? Chemist Dr. Robert “Belle” Belleterre loves flowers, green trees, his best friend Judy, and “his baby”: the new face cream he developed to help put his father’s small cosmetics company on the map. Sadly he gets no help from his alcoholic, gambling-addicted father who loses Belle in a poker …

REVIEW by Jena: Fire Touched (Mercy Thompson #9) by Patricia Briggs (@Mercys_Garage)

Tensions between the fae and humans are coming to a head. And when coyote shapeshifter Mercy and her Alpha werewolf mate, Adam, are called upon to stop a rampaging troll, they find themselves with something that could be used to make the fae back down and forestall out-and-out war: a human child stolen long ago …

REVIEW by Lorna: Puddle Jumping by Amber L. Johnson (@whereisjakeryan , @Mollykatie112)

When it comes to love there’s no such thing as conventional. Everyone thinks Colton Neely is special. Lilly Evans just thinks he’s fascinating. Once friends when they were younger, their bond is cut short due to her accident prone nature and they go their separate ways. Years later, they meet again and Lilly learns that …

RELEASE DAY REVIEW by Lorna: Wild Swans by Jessica Spotswood (@jessica_shea , @Mollykatie112)

The summer before Ivy’s senior year is going to be golden-all bonfires, barbeques, and spending time with her best friends. For once, she will just get to be. No summer classes, none of Granddad’s intense expectations to live up to the family name. For generations, the Milbourn women have lead extraordinary lives-and died young and …

REVIEW by Heather: Forever This Time (Echo Lake #1) by Maggie McGinnis (@Maggie_McGinnis , @3heather24)

Bestselling author Maggie McGinnis welcomes us to Echo Lake, Vermont, where love lost can be found again… FIND YOUR JOY Boston therapist Josie Kendrew is really good at mending everyone else’s broken heart-just not her own. When she rushes home to Echo Lake after her father’s stroke, Josie finds herself face-to-face with too many painful …

REVIEW by Lorna: Fated Hearts by Becky Flade (@beckyflade , @mollykatie112)

Psychiatrist Henley Elliott fled her quiet life in Cleveland for a gypsy lifestyle, trying to stay one step ahead of her painful memories. When she breaks down in quirky little Trappers’ Cove, Minnesota, she meets Sheriff Carter McAlister – a man healing from his own share of hidden heartbreaks. At the request of a friend, …

NEW RELEASE REVIEW by Lorna: Extreme Prey (Lucas Davenport #26) by John Sandford (@j_sandford , @mollykatie112)

The extraordinary new Lucas Davenport thriller from #1 New York Times–bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner John Sandford. After the events in Gathering Prey, Lucas Davenport finds himself in a very unusual situation—no longer employed by the Minnesota BCA. His friend the governor is just cranking up a presidential campaign, though, and he invites Lucas to …

REVIEW by Jena: Royal Savage (Savage & Ink #1) by Victoria Ashley (@VictoriaAauthor)

ROYAL SAVAGE I CAN’T CLOSE MY EYES… I refuse to. Every time I do, all I see is blood, death, and pain. I can feel it – almost taste it, bringing me back to that night. It doesn’t matter that I’m still breathing; I no longer need it, I no longer want it. I despise …

RELEASE DAY REVIEW by Jena: Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt (@Thomas_Novelist)

Welcome to Black Spring, the seemingly picturesque Hudson Valley town haunted by the Black Rock Witch, a 17th century woman whose eyes and mouth are sewn shut. Muzzled, she walks the streets and enters your homes at will. She stands next to your bed for nights on end. Everybody knows that her eyes may never …

REVIEW by Trish: Myth-Told Tales (Myth Adventures #13) by Robert Aspirin and Jodie Lynn Nye (@JodyLynnNye)

There are no tales like… Myth-Told Tales It’s a nightmare when master magician Skeeve and Aahz the Pervect fall into Dreamland… Massha gets married with something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blew…up. Bunny turns to Skeeve for help when an inter-dimensional beauty contest turns ugly. Reality shows were never quite like this. Eligible …

RELEASE DAY SPOTLIGHT, TRAILER, & EXCERPT: Assassin's Heart (The Order of the Sicari#2) by Monica Burns (@MonicaBurns)

Can the truth of the soul Conquer the pain of its ancient past. Unlike other Sicari, Lysander Condellaire has telepathic and telekinetic powers. Not until the night a Praetorian tortured him and left him for dead did he understand why. Now, the half-angelic, half-demonic face he sees in the mirror is a reminder of the …

REVIEW by Lorna: Gathering Prey (Lucas Davenport #25) by John Sandford (@j_sandford , @mollykatie112)

The extraordinary new Lucas Davenport thriller from #1 New York Times–bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize–winner John Sandford. They call them Travelers. They move from city to city, panhandling, committing no crimes—they just like to stay on the move. And now somebody is killing them. Lucas Davenport’s adopted daughter, Letty, is home from college when she …

RELEASE DAY REVIEW by Trish: Saven: Disclosure (Saven #2) by Siobhan Davis (@siobhandavis)

THE TRUTH CAN’T HIDE FOREVER To protect Logan, I have no choice but to deceive him. But I’m not the only one hiding the truth. Will our love survive all the secrets and lies? Enemy alien ships crowd the skies over Earth while the world waits with bated breath. The Saven have been exposed, and …

REVIEW by Lorna: Confess by Colleen Hoover (@ColleenHoover , @Mollykatie112)

Winner of the 2015 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Romance. From #1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover, a new novel about risking everything for love—and finding your heart somewhere between the truth and lies. At age twenty-one, Auburn Reed has already lost everything important to her. In her fight to rebuild her shattered …

RELEASE DAY REVIEW by Lorna: Dirty (Dive Bar #1) by Kylie Scott (@KylieScottbooks , @Mollykatie112)

Love—on the rocks…. The last thing Vaughan Hewson expects to find when he returns to his childhood home is a broken hearted bride in his shower, let alone the drama and chaos that come with her. Lydia Green doesn’t know whether to scream or cry in a corner. Discovering the love of your life is …

NEW RELEASE REVIEW by Lorna: Nightstruck (Nightstruck #1) by Jenna Black (@jennablack , @Mollykatie112)

The night is the enemy, and the city of Philadelphia is its deadliest weapon. Becket is an ordinary teenage girl, wrestling with the upheaval of her parents’ divorce. A studious high school senior, her biggest problems to date have been choosing which colleges to apply to, living up to her parents’ ambitious expectations for her, …

REVIEW by Trish: Cargo (The Reservation Trilogy #1) by Jen Castleberry

The earth has been reduced to a singular continent, governed by extra-terrestrials, collapsed by nuclear weapons residue and wracked with radiation sickness. Only one viable territory remains, and access there is restricted by a mysterious selection process. Everyone hopes to be chosen for transport. Everyone but Cass. Seventeen year old Cassidy Hartinger has spent the …

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REVIEW by Lorna: Fated Souls by Becky Flade (@beckyflade , @mollykatie112)

Shamed investigative journalist turned tabloid scribe Maggie O’Connell convinces her editor to let her go to Minnesota to research alleged werewolf sightings. Her first night in the woods, she gets trapped in an ancient sleeping bag, unintentionally attracts the attention of a bear, and is saved by the most unlikely of heroes: the very wolf …

RELEASE DAY REVIEW by Lorna: Promised at the Moon (Shifter Rising #1) by Rebekah R. Ganiere (@VampWereZombie , @Mollykatie112)

If he can save her from her past, she could be his future. Natasha Moon is running for her life. Though she’s managed to evade a forced mating, she arrives at a California safe house with no idea if the parents who entrusted her to an enigmatic Alpha are alive or dead. The lone wolf …

REVIEW by Trish: The Haunting Lessons (Ghosts & Demons #1) by Robert Chazz Chute and Holly Pop (@expartepress)

After a tragic event, young Tamara Smythe’s life gets turned upside down as she discovers she has powers she never suspected. Ghosts and monsters of all sorts appear and Tam soon finds she is not alone in the fight against evil forces invading our dimension. This witty and dark urban fantasy is a fast-paced coming-of-age …

NEWS: Pure Textuality PR now offers premade book covers!

That’s right! They’ve gone live! 🙂 We’ve started posting the premade book covers we make in our author Facebook group. Come on in to the group if you are interested in purchasing any of these covers! TERMS & CONDITIONS First come, first served. Once a cover is sold, the Pure Textuality PR watermark is removed, …

REVIEW by Katie: When Life Hands You a Lemon by Mike Hansen (@fattyhansen , @idontwearahat)

Dan Lemon is a man of routine who has unknowingly lost his way. One fateful afternoon at work, he is introduced to three criminals who take him hostage and shake up his schedule. Dan now only has one choice, to confront his life’s fears, failings and wants. Is one day enough to change your life? …

TOUR SPOTLIGHT, GIVEAWAY, & EXCERPT: Prince of the Playhouse (Love in Laguna #3) by Tara Lain (@taralain)

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Driven by his desire to become a successful fashion designer and concerned with hiding his questionable past, Ru Maitland lets his obsession with action movie star Gray Anson on the big screen replace his social life. Then obsession and reality collide when Ru is asked to design fashion costumes for a special performance of Hamlet …

GUEST POST: A Writer's Life by J. Frank James, Author of Dead Money Run (@jfj_books)

A Writer’s Life So you have decided to finally write that book and you have discovered that it is not as bad as going over Niagara Falls in a barrel. That is not meant to be funny. I suspect that there are a lot of unwritten words out there because of that simple fear that …

REVIEW by Jena: Magic Shifts (Kate Daniels #8) by Ilona Andrews (@ilona_andrews)

In the latest Kate Daniels novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Ilona Andrews, magic is coming and going in waves in post-Shift Atlanta—and each crest leaves danger in its wake… After breaking from life with the Pack, mercenary Kate Daniels and her mate—former Beast Lord Curran Lennart—are adjusting to a very different pace. …

RELEASE DAY REVIEW by Jena: From the Ashes (Force of Nature #1) by Amber Lynn Natusch (@AmberLNatusch)

Piper Jones can’t catch a break. After a lifetime of animosity and indifference from the supernatural community, she thought she’d finally found a home with the vampire king’s enforcers. Then the dark and mysterious Merc walks into her life, and it takes a disastrous turn for the worse. Now under attack by enemies both known …

RELEASE DAY REVIEW by Lorna: Future Shock (Future Shock #1) by Elizabeth Briggs (@lizwrites , @Mollykatie112)

Elena Martinez has hidden her eidetic memory all her life—or so she thinks. When powerful tech giant Aether Corporation selects her for a top-secret project, she can’t say no. All she has to do is participate in a trip to the future to bring back data, and she’ll be set for life. Elena joins a …

NEWS: Some Thursday Morning #GoodJuju, and a Few Pure Textuality PR Updates.

Good afternoon, authors and readers! It’s been a long time since I’ve done a regular blog post on here and I thought it was about time. We’ve got a lot going on here at Pure Textuality PR and I want to fill you all in on everything. Keep reading!

REVIEW by Lorna: Kissed by a Dark Prince (Eternal Mates #1) by Felicity Heaton (@felicityheaton , @Mollykatie112)

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Olivia thinks it’s her lucky night when a dangerously handsome unconscious fae ends up on her inspection table. He’s her chance to redeem herself with her employer, the demon-hunting organisation, Archangel. But when the tall, dark and deadly immortal warrior awakes, she gets much more than she bargained for… Attacked by his enemy in the …

REVIEW by Katie: Falling Completely (Starling Falls #1) by Aiden Willows (@aidan_willows , @idontwearahat)

MALIYA Falling in love is not for me. I don’t do relationships, they never end well. I don’t believe in fate, soul mates or happy, fairy tale endings. I’m definitely not a sweet little princess in search of her prince. I have a plan to follow and falling in love is not part of that …

CORRECTION – REVIEW by Jena: Feverborn (Fever #8) by Karen Marie Moning – CONTAINS #SPOILERS!

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In Karen Marie Moning’s latest installment of the epic Fever series, Mac, Barrons, Ryodan, and Jada are back—and the stakes have never been higher or the chemistry hotter. Hurtling us into a realm of labyrinthine intrigue and consummate seduction,Feverborn is a riveting tale of ancient evil, lust, betrayal, forgiveness, and the …

REVIEW by Lorna: Wings of Vengeance (Hidden Wings #5) by Cameo Renae (@CameoRenae , @Mollykatie112)

No one knows of Lucian’s long-held secret—a recently transformed Nephilim daughter. Unfortunately for the Gray house, Lilith believes Emma is the one responsible for killing her father, and her deep-rooted hatred has turned into an envious obsession. Powerful, with wings as dark as night, revenge consumes Lilith’s every thought, only to be fueled by Lucifer’s …

NEW RELEASE REVIEW by Trish: Off To See The Wizard by Clay Johnson

At the end of most heroic quests, after a plucky band of heroes has averted the apocalypse, all is well, and everyone lives happily ever after… (until the next book in the series.) Now, for the first time, readers get an in depth look into what really happens after the quest. This is the collected …

REVIEW by Lorna: Hard Mated (Shifters Unbound) by Jennifer Ashley (@JennAllyson , @Mollykatie112)

Spike, a wildcat Shifter and the champion fighter of Shiftertown, is stunned when Myka, the best friend of a dying human woman, announces that Spike has fathered a cub. What’s more, the mother is giving the boy to Spike to protect and raise. Myka, who’d been raised by an abusive stepfather, is not sure that …

REVIEW by Katie: Show Time by Phil Harvey (@philipdharvey , @idontwearahat)

Future viewing audiences have become totally desensitized to violence and entirely dependent on sensation to escape their boring workaday lives—an addiction nurtured by the media with graphic portrayals of war and crime and with so-called reality programming. Now, TV execs in pursuit of the only things they care about—higher ratings and bigger paychecks—have created the …

RELEASE DAY REVIEW by Lorna: Marked In Flesh (The Others #4) by Anne Bishop (@MollyKatie112)

For centuries, the Others and humans have lived side by side in uneasy peace. But when humankind oversteps its bounds, the Others will have to decide how much humanity they’re willing to tolerate—both within themselves and within their community… Since the Others allied themselves with the cassandra sangue, the fragile yet powerful human blood …

GUEST POST: My Writing Journey by Leyla Kader Dahm, Author of Annabeth Neverending (@annabeth_egypt)

I’m often asked how I became a writer. The funny thing is, that may have been an underlying dream, but it was never the plan. Instead, I earned a master’s in communication, hoping to do something somewhat practical with my life. Upon completing my degree, I moved to New York City for a PR internship …

COVER REVEAL & EXCERPT: COVER REVEAL: Prince of the Playhouse (Love in Laguna #3) by Tara Lain (@taralain)

REVIEW by Trish: Demon Princess (Demon Kingdom Fairy Tales #1) by Kassandra Lynn

With her father gone and her brother missing, Demon Princess Adriana has to assume the throne, temporarily becoming the Demon King. The procession is underway, and the princess is nervous yet determined … until the unthinkable happens and she is summoned! Somehow, Aldric, a mage-in-training has summoned the princess into the human kingdom. Now trapped, …

REVIEW by Lorna: Wild Cat (Shifters Unbound #3) by Jennifer Ashley (@JennAllyson , @Mollykatie112)

When Diego Escobar assists in what should be a simple task of arresting a trespasser, he comes face-to-face with his first Shifter–the beautiful Cassidy Warden, sister of the Shiftertown leader. Assigned to watch over her, Diego learns more about the lonely, wild Cassidy than it’s safe to know. Diego might be human, but he’s …

REVIEW by Trish: Shadows of Self (Mistborn #5) by Brandon Sanderson (@BrandSanderson)

The #1 New York Times bestselling author returns to the world of Mistborn with his first novel in the series since The Alloy of Law. With The Alloy of Law, Brandon Sanderson surprised readers with a New York Times bestselling spinoff of his Mistborn books, set after the action of the trilogy, in a period …

NEW RELEASE SPOTLIGHT, EXCERPT, & GIVEAWAY: Bad Boys of the Night Boxed Set

Spice Up Your Day with Eight Bad Boys of the Night. Eight sizzling paranormal romances by eight New York Times bestselling authors. Fulfill your darkest fantasies with alpha-male bad boys of the night in these stories about vampires, shifters, fallen angels, werewolves, demons, psychic warriors and ghosts. Eight New York Times Bestselling Authors Eight sizzling …

NEW RELEASE REVIEW by Katie: The Last Man by Tobias Wade (@sirtobiaswade, @idontwearahat)

Farris did not believe in the old stories. Grandmother Rochette spoke of such strange things: monsters and magic and impossible heroes who could only exist in legend. But when Tom, her little brother, is kidnapped by the same monsters Grandmother spoke of, Farris is forced to change her view of reality in order to save …

NEW RELEASE REVIEW by Katie: Angry Guy Movie by Izzy Church (@idontwearahat)

This offbeat film industry romantic comedy stars Charlie Zimmerman, an awkward film reviewer who chooses to become a sensational, verbally incontinent film critic known as the “Angry Movie Guy” in order to achieve fame and success. When his biting review and explosive T.V. fit threatens to destroy the career of Alexa, an absent minded fiery …

RELEASE DAY REVIEW by Lorna: Driven by Fire (Fire#2) by Anne Stuart (@TheAnneStuart , @Mollykatie112)

Pro bono lawyer Jenny Parker is the only true innocent in her family. The daughter of a New Orleans crime lord, she’s tried for years to make her own way, but family ties always manage to pull her back in line. When her youngest brother gets involved in human trafficking, Jenny wants to believe him …

RELEASE DAY REVIEW by Lorna: He Will Be My Ruin by K.A.Tucker (@kathleenatucker , @Mollykatie112)

The USA TODAY bestselling author of the Ten Tiny Breaths and Burying Water series makes her suspense debut with this sexy, heartpounding story of a young woman determined to find justice after her best friend’s death, a story pulsing with the “intense, hot, emotional” (Colleen Hoover) writing that exhilarates her legions of fans. A woman …

NEWS: We’re starting up a podcast! Check out From Helios to Hollywood!

Good morning, authors, bloggers, and readers! Countdown Update: Four Days Until Jena is a Full Time Writer & Publicist! BAH! I’m so excited. I’m not going to drone on about it today like I did yesterday, but I *DO* have another exciting announcement! (If you haven’t caught on yet, there is an exciting announcement each …

#AuthorLifeMonth Photo Challenge for Authors

Good morning, authors, bloggers, and readers! I came across this uberfun little challenge this morning, and thought I would share. 🙂 YA/NA author Dahlia Adler decided to cook up her own #AuthorLifeMonth Instagram Photo Challenge. I actually didn’t know anything about this until this morning when I saw Chelle Bliss’s Day 1 photo as I …

REVIEW by Lorna: Before We Were Strangers by Renee Carlino (@Renayz , @Mollykatie112)

From the USA TODAY bestselling author of Sweet Thing and Nowhere But Herecomes a love story about a Craigslist “missed connection” post that gives two people a second chance at love fifteen years after they were separated in New York City. To the Green-eyed Lovebird: We met fifteen years ago, almost to the day, when …

NEW RELEASE REVIEW by Trish: The Bands of Mourning (Mistborn #6) by Brandon Sanderson (@BrandSanderson)

The #1 New York Times bestselling author returns to the world of Mistborn with the follow-up to Shadows of Self. With The Alloy of Law and Shadows of Self, Brandon Sanderson surprised readers with a New York Times bestselling spinoff of his Mistborn books, set after the action of the trilogy, in a period corresponding …

REVIEW by Lorna: Lost (The Caelian Cycle #1) by Donnielle Tyner (@donnielletyner , @Mollykatie112)

During WW1, a meteorite crashed, releasing a mist that changed the DNA of all who were exposed. One hundred years has passed and society is divided between the Norms and the Caelians, whose changed DNA awakened dormant gifts, called Talents. Sadie is over it! She’s an orphan, her boyfriend was murdered, and she’s the only …

REVIEW by Trish: I Am by Michael Drakich

Genius, wealthy and life regenerated, Adam Spenceworth is living the dream aboard his custom spaceship run by Mum, his first designed AI, protected by Gort, his first robot, and occupied by Eve, his sexbot. With each regeneration he returns to start over as a twenty-five year old man ready to enjoy the pleasures of his …

REVIEW by Lorna: Forever Hers (Spirits of Saoradh #1) by Caroline Cairn (@CarolineCairn , @Mollykatie112)

Feisty twenty-four year old Holly, or Miss Greedy as her friends call her, receives a wooden cube as a gift from an enigmatic elderly lady, who happens to be her mother’s new neighbour in Lossiemouth, a small Scottish fishing town. What she doesn’t expect, is for the cube to contain Blayne, a Spirit of Saoradh …

REVIEW by Lorna: Sustained (Legal Briefs #2) by Emma Chase (@EmmaChse , @Mollykatie112)

Emma Chase, New York Times bestselling author of the Tangled series, returns with a brand new funny, romantic, sexy story! A knight in tarnished armor is still a knight. When you’re a defense attorney in Washington, DC, you see firsthand how hard life can be, and that sometimes the only way to survive is to …

RELEASE DAY REVIEW by Trish: Symbiosis by Guy Portman (@GuyPortman)

Identical twins Talulah and Taliah have never been apart. Viewed as curiosities by children and adults alike, they coexist in an insular world with their own secret language. But being identical doesn’t necessarily mean being equal… Soon a series of momentous events will send Talulah and Taliah spiralling out of control, setting them on a …

RELEASE DAY REVIEW by Lorna: Tiny Glitches by Rebecca Chastain (@Author_Rebecca , @MollyKatie112)

Life isn’t exactly normal for Eva Parker: the stronger Eva’s emotions, the faster nearby electrical devices die. Eva can’t have a cell phone, use a computer, or be in a car for more than a few minutes without killing it. Dealing with her electricity-killing curse makes living in modern-day Los Angeles complicated enough for Eva—and …

RELEASE DAY REVIEW by Lorna: Make Me Sin (Bad Habit #2) by J.T.Geissinger (@JTGeissinger , @Mollykatie112)

Chloe Carmichael’s life feels pretty sweet—she’s both maid of honor and florist for her best friend’s A-list wedding, things are getting serious with her boyfriend, and her flower shop is about to get a spread in a national magazine. But it all quickly turns sour whenever the best man, Bad Habit drummer A.J. Edwards, shows …

NEW RELEASE REVIEW by Brandy: Mastered (Enforcer #1) by Maya Banks (@RomanceBookWorm , @maya_banks)

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Surrender Trilogy and the Breathless Trilogy knows what makes readers hot. Now she turns it up inMastered, the explosive first book in a new series of a desire too dangerous to resist. What he wants, he takes with no remorse or guilt. She stood …

REVIEW by Lorna: City of Light (Outcast#1) by Keri Arthur (@kezarthur , @Mollykatie112)

The first in an all-new futuristic fantasy series from Keri Arthur—the New York Times bestselling author of the Souls of Fire novels. When the bombs that stopped the species war tore holes in the veil between this world and the next, they allowed entry to the Others—demons, wraiths, and death spirits who turned the shadows …

REVIEW by Trish: Time Goes Round (Lizard Queen #7) by H.L. Cherryholmes (@HLCherryholmes)

Amy Darlidale has returned to her world to pull herself together. Her recent experiences have taken a significant toll and gradually, as she rebuilds relationships and reconnects with her past, she regains her strength. In doing so she discovers a few clues in her own world that she hopes will help her to fulfill the …

REVIEW by Trish: Leather And Lace (Inferno Glory MC #1) by J.A. Fredericks (@Fredericksbooks)

*This is a serial and intended for readers over 18. The installments are not novel length.* The day Harley Sonnick is released from a three year prison sentence for a crime she didn’t willingly commit, she returns to the only family she has left—the Inferno Glory MC. But the club’s president isn’t ready to forgive …

REVIEW by Trish: A Memory of Light (Wheel of Time #14) by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson (BrandSanderson)

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 …

NEW RELEASE REVIEW by Lorna: The Storm (The Storm #3.5) by Samantha Towle (@samtowlewrites , @Mollykatie112)

THE STORM is a CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE NOVELLA from the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling author of THE MIGHTY STORM. STORM (noun)—a turbulent disturbance; a disruption or dispute. Jake Wethers’s life is perfect. He’s married to the woman he’s always loved, and they have three beautiful children. The Mighty Storm is …

REVIEW by Jena: Entwined With You (Crossfire #3) by Sylvia Day (@SylDay)

The worldwide phenomenon continues as Eva and Gideon face the demons of their pasts, and accept the consequences of their obsessive desires… From the moment I first met Gideon Cross, I recognized something in him that I needed. Something I couldn’t resist. I saw the dangerous and damaged soul inside–so much like my own. I …

REVIEW by Jena: Reflected In You (Crossfire #2) by Sylvia Day (@SylDay)

Gideon Cross. As beautiful and flawless on the outside as he was damaged and tormented on the inside. He was a bright, scorching flame that singed me with the darkest of pleasures. I couldn’t stay away. I didn’t want to. He was my addiction… my every desire… mine. My past was as violent as his, …

TOUR SPOTLIGHT & EXCERPT: All I Want For Christmas Is a Duke

Four popular romance novelists come together to bring readers delightful tales of Christmas Magic and the dukes that make us swoon… The holidays are a time for dining, dancing, and of course—dukes! Celebrate the Christmas season with this enchanting collection of historical romances featuring the most eligible bachelors of the ton… The Duke and Duchess …

PURE TEXTUALITY PR ADVICE: How present is your online presence?

Good morning, bibliophiles! Today I’m here to talk to you about your online presence. It doesn’t matter if you’re a book blogger or an author, well-established or a super-green newbie, to make it in this industry, you need to have an online presence. You may hate certain aspects of it, but the truth is most of your marketing …

RELEASE DAY REVIEW by Jena: Betrayed (Caged #7) by Amber Lynn Natusch (@AmberLNatusch)