Friday, May 17, 2013

Cover Reveal: Banished from Grace (Banished From Grace #1) by Aria Williams




Banished from Grace (Banished from Grace #1)
by Aria Williams
Release Date: June 2013
Cover Reveal Organized by: YA Bound


Summary from Goodreads:

Nardia is a very special nurse, one with a unique gift. With the touch of her bare hands, she can heal any physical ailment. With the help of her angel guide, Benilde, Nardia has healed her way through countless centuries.

Life should be easy for this attractive (not to mention, immortal) woman, but throw in two handsome men, a coffee addiction and memory loss that dates back to the medieval ages, and you’ve got a life that’s more than complicated.

When she meets AJ at her favorite coffee shop, she can’t help but feel an immediate attraction to him. At the same time, she knows there’s more to his story than what he’s letting on. And then there’s the handsome Doctor Regan, who she feels a connection with, but is she trying to make it more than is really there in order to spare her the heartbreak of being with AJ?

Only adding to her problems is the new resident, Dr. Jeffries, who seems out to get her from day one, and a murder case she can’t help solve without revealing her own secrets.

Can Nardia uncover the secrets of her own past while still moving forward and saving those in need of her help in the present?




About the Author

Aria was born in the large county town of Orange situated in NSW, Australia. In 2011 she moved to Forest Reefs NSW and settled on nine acres with her husband and young family.
Aria completed her Enrolled Endorsed Nursing studies over a year ago, while completing this course the idea for Fall From Grace came to her. This dream was put on hold till she finished her studies and settled into her new life in Forest Reefs.
Aria travels to a residential care facility and cares for the disabled during the day and at night enjoys her passion of writing YA and paranormal romances. In her spare time she loves to play with her five Siberian huskies who give her great joy.
 Aria enjoys late night walks with her husband and family dinners involving her parents, four other siblings, their partners and her niece and nephews.
The inspiration for her writing comes from her four children, who never give her any quiet time but she would not change this for the world.

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Cover Reveal Plus Giveaway: Ignite by Erica Crouch


Ignite by Erica Crouch
Publication date: June 11th 2013
Genre: YA Paranormal fantasy

Synopsis:
Penemuel (Pen) fell from grace over a millennium ago, yet there are still times she questions her decision to follow her twin brother, Azael, to Hell. Now that the archangel Michael has returned, threatening Lucifer’s vie for the throne, she begins questioning everything she has always believed.

 As Hell prepares for war - spreading a demonic virus and pilfering innocent souls to build an army - the lines separating the worlds blur.  Fates erase and the future is left unwritten. Azael is determined that he and his sister will continue to serve as demons together, but for the first time in her life, Pen is not ruled by destiny. She has the freedom of choice.

 With choice comes sacrifice, and Pen must decide which side she’s willing to risk everything fighting for: the light, or the dark

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AUTHOR BIO
Erica Crouch is a twenty-year-old living on the outskirts of Baltimore, Maryland. She is pursuing a degree in English and Creative Writing with a specialization in Fiction at Southern New Hampshire University. Currently, she works for a small press in editorial services. She spends what spare time she has reading an overwhelming stack of books, watching an obscene amount of Netflix and procrastinating.

 Ignite is her debut novel and she is currently writing it’s sequel along with other future projects.

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Book Spotlight Plus Free Book: Skankenstein by David Fumarola and Katie Keiter



Title: Skankenstein

Authors: David Fumarola and Katie Reiter

Publication Date: October 11, 2011

Genre: New Adult (Humor/Thriller)
Synopsis

Sometimes the ugliest monsters come in the prettiest packages... Victoria Frank is the picture of teen perfection – she’s talented, witty, and ruthless – but being queen of tiny Geneva, NY isn’t enough. Tired of merely designing the perfect outfit, she sets out to design the perfect person. But by the time she realizes beauty is only skin deep, she’s already unleashed her monster on the world. Now it’s a race against time to stop the vile creature from destroying her life, and she has to do it in the most evil place of all – high school. After ditching her horrifying creation in L.A., all Victoria wants is the perfect senior year, but it becomes impossible when the dreaded beast shows up in her own backyard. Armed with a new body, a new attitude and a new name, M turns the school hierarchy on its head. But when M suffers the embarrassment of a lifetime and sets her sights on revenge,
our queen bee finds herself pitted in a cat fight to the death where kid sisters, boyfriends and tiaras are all fair game. It’s a twist on Frankenstein unlike any before, with an ending so explosive it’ll leave your bowels quaking.
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EXCERPT (“Salted Wounds”)
“Ok,” I said, folding my arms and sitting back in the booth. “I get it; you’re a bad ass bitch. Now what the hell do you want?”
She set down her burger, ketchup and onions spilling out where she had taken a bite. The greasy graveyard on her plate made me want to vomit. I had spent a good portion of my life avoiding crap like that. Not only was I trying to stay skinny, but that stuff goes straight to your complexion.
“What’s the rush, Victoria? Believe me; we’re going to be seeing a lot of each other from now on.”
“Yeah,” I snorted, “right.”
“And your tone! What would your mother say if she could hear you?”
“You don’t know crap about my mother!”
“Well, I know she raised a shallow, manipulative mess.”
I couldn’t keep my anger inside any longer. Still, I didn’t want to cause a big scene, even if we were in a trashy diner. I reached out and grabbed her plate, sliding it toward me. I grabbed the salt and twisted off the top. Then I flipped open the burger and dumped the contents of the entire jar onto the beef patty. I smiled and slid the plate back to her.
The wretch shook her head. “Now what was the point of that?”
“It made me feel better.” My smile turned into a grin.
She sighed and pushed the plate toward the edge of the table, where the waitress could collect it. “This conversation’s starting to bore me,” she said, “so I’ll cut to the chase.”
“Well?” I asked impatiently.
“I need your help.”
I scoffed. “You need a lot more help than I can give you.”
“You mean more than you already gave me,” she said, her eyes squinted in contempt.
“Exactly,” I said coldly. “If you need some help getting out of town, I’d be happy to oblige.”
She laughed. “Oh, I’m not going anywhere, Victoria. In fact, I think I’m going to settle in here.”
“Why?” I asked in disbelief.
“I’m sick of being alone,” she said, seemingly honest. “I just want friends. I want to be normal.”
“You’re never going to be normal, you freak.”
“Well, that’s not entirely true. That’s where you come in.”
“What do you mean?” I asked as the waitress grabbed the plate. She made a face at us when she saw the salt covered food, but she didn’t say anything about it.
“Are you ready for the check?”
“Yes,” I said quickly, shooing her away with my hand.
“You broke my heart, Victoria. So did Dr. Kunst. Why does everyone want to hurt me?”
“Not everything’s about you,” I told her. “Sometimes things just don’t work out.”
“You sound like Dr. Kunst,” she said harshly.
“He sounds like a smart man.”
“Not really,” she replied with a smile. “Like you, he underestimated me.”
“So what? You want revenge just because a couple of people didn’t have room for you in their lives?”
She gulped down the rest of her iced tea and then slammed the cup down on the table. Luckily it was plastic, so it didn’t break.
“Nobody understands. All of you have had such easy lives. My own parents didn’t love me; they had their own affairs to consume themselves with. You didn’t love me; you just wanted me to be your real-life Barbie doll. Dr. Kunst didn’t love me; he just wanted me to be his youthful distraction. I have no idea what it’s like to be loved. I want to know. I want to be like everyone else.”
“Wah wah,” I said, wiping the fake tears from my eyes. “So your life sucks. Get over it. It’s not going to get any better by complaining about it and getting back at the people who hurt you.”
“Oh, no?”
“No. If you want it to get better then you need to be proactive. You have to do something to change it.”
“That’s exactly what I’m doing.” She smiled at me deviously.
“No. You’re bitching at me, thinking it will get me to feel sorry for you.”
“Well, I can see that it’s not working.”
“Wow, you’re so perceptive.”
“There’s no need to be facetious.”
“Wow, that’s a pretty big word for a chick with a second grade education.” I rolled my eyes.
“I told you, I’ve been catching up.”
“In more than one department.”
“Hey,” she said. “It’s not my fault if boys find me desirable. What am I supposed to do, turn them all down?”
“No, but you’re not supposed to screw all of them either. That’s what we kids today call a ho-bag.”
She laughed. “Just because you’re afraid to explore your sexuality doesn’t mean everyone else is.”
“What the hell is that supposed to mean?”
“Oh, come on, Victoria. You don’t think I’ve figured out you’re a virgin by now?”
“Jesus, you say it like it’s a bad thing,” I said, looking around the diner. “And keep your voice down.”
“Sorry, I didn’t realize it was such a touchy subject for you.”
“It’s not!” I insisted. “But unlike you, I don’t want the entire town to know about my sex life, or lack thereof.”
“Speaking of the entire town, that’s what I need your help with.”
The grumpy waitress brought the check to our table and walked away without saying a word. She didn’t go back to the counter. Instead, she went outside, and I could
see her lighting a cigarette through the window.
“What do you mean you want help with the entire town?”
“Well, I told you I wanted to know what it feels like to be loved.”
“And you want to love the whole town? Ew, way to be gross.”
“No, you imbecile, I want the whole town to love me.”
I couldn’t help but burst out in a fit of laughter. It took several minutes for me to finally regain my composure. “And just how do you expect me to pull that off?”
“Well, there’s no greater sign of love than to be elected by the people.”
I looked at her sideways. “I’m not sure I follow you.”
“I want to be Prom Queen.”
Once again I was seized by an uncontrollable fit of giggles. “It will never happen,” I said through laughs. “I’m popular, not a miracle worker.”
“You underestimate yourself, Victoria.”
I shook my head in disbelief. “Even if I could do it, there’s no way I’m helping you. Not after what you’ve done to my family.”
“You really don’t think it’s the right thing to do?”
“No!” I blurted out in amazement. “The right thing to do would be to kick your ass and send it back to the flames of hell from which you came.” “That’s too bad,” she said in mock despair. “I was hoping you could be reasoned with.”
“Sorry to disappoint.”
“I guess that means I’m just going to have to resort to threats.”
I gulped. I wasn’t really scared of her, but I had seen the trouble she could cause. “What do you mean?”
“Well, just because your sister is gone doesn’t mean there aren’t other people for me to play with.”
My stomach felt hollow. I was glad I hadn’t eaten anything; otherwise I might have thrown up.
“Who should I start with? There’s Avery. She’s pretty eager to get away from you. Or maybe your dad? He’s been pretty lonely lately, too. Maybe he could use some company. Then there’s always Elliot…”
“Stay away from him!”
“Well, I’ll only have to concern myself with him if you make me…”
I sighed in frustration. “If I do this, if I help you, do you promise to leave me and my family alone?”
“If you help me win Prom Queen, and get the student body to respect and love me, then yes, I will leave you alone.”
I was running out of options. I didn’t know what to do. The police weren’t going to believe me. There was nothing I could do to her without getting arrested myself. I had to just do what she wanted and hope she would go away.
“Fine, I’ll do it.”
“Then I’ll see you at school on Tuesday. I hope you make the most of that Monday. I’d hate to come back to those nasty Sloppy Joe insults.” My own personal demon slid out of the booth and stood up. “You made the right decision, Victoria. Elliot is too pretty to let something bad happen to him.”
She turned and walked out of the diner. I grabbed the check and clenched it in my
hand. I was sick of paying for her mistakes.

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Author Bios

David Fumarola has been writing as long as he can remember, and getting the stories out of his head and onto the page is the only thing that gives him peace of mind. Katie Reiter enjoys writing in her spare time, as well as cheap wine, teen drama and hipster safaris. They met as teenagers interning at the Albany Times Union and have been writing together since 2009. Skankenstein is their debut novel.

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Thursday, May 16, 2013

Book Spotlight: 2:20 (Timeless Trilogy #1) by Holly Hook

Title: 2:20
Series: Timeless Trilogy
Author: Holly Hook
Genre: Young Adult/Teen Romance, Time Travel
Publication Date: 4/15/13

Synopsis: When a date to the dance goes wrong, 17-year-old Julia learns that her past may not be what she thought. The mystery deepens when Simon shows up and claims they shared that past together–in another time–and warns that a powerful force wants to send her back. Julia finds herself growing closer and closer to Simon as she works to unravel her true past. Unfortunately, both he and the truth may kill her.

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Excerpt

I am falling.
The frigid night air screams across my skin. Stars twist and spin overhead, mocking me. I try to scream but the night sucks it out of my lungs.
Time slows.
A light flashes past me. It's only because of it I find I'm not alone.
A boy falls with me, within arm's reach, and the brief flash of light behind him illuminates his dark eyebrows, raised in terror as he reaches out to me. I catch a flash of his earth-brown eyes before darkness swallows us both up again.
"Julia!" he screams, and it's nearly lost in the roar of the air around us.
I lunge for him and my fingers brush his, only to be pulled away again by the rush of air. If these are my last moments, all I want to hold onto is him.
But then another flash of light illuminates him from behind.
Only this one is brighter, golden, from somewhere other than this frigid night.
It sucks him back, pulling him away from me as I keep falling. I reach again, but his hand disappears into the light, which swallows him whole.
The light closes quick as it came, leaving me in this place, falling through the dark, alone.
I try to cry out again, but my throat is raw and my lungs closed. Screams of others surround me, but I've never been more alone in my life.
The impact comes--
--and I open my eyes, sucking in as much air as I can.
My body aches with cold as I hug the blankets closer to my skin. The sharp pain in my chest slowly fades and I hold back a sob.
Julia! His shout reverberates in my head.
I glance around my room to make sure I'm no longer in that dark place. I've kept my light through the night, illuminating my pastel walls in a pointless fight to drive away the nightmare.
It never works.
It's always the same, just like the time on my digital clock. I know what it's going to say before I look, but I blink and do so anyway. It sits on top of my dresser on a heap of clothes, flashing the time at me in a blue that's sad and angry all at once:
2:20 a.m.
It's always 2:20 when I wake up dead.

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Author Bio
Holly Hook is the author of the Destroyers series, of which the fifth and final book is due out in May of 2013. She is also the author of the Rita Morse Series and a stand-alone young adult comedy novella titled After These Messages. She has just released 2:20, the first book of the Timeless Trilogy

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Cover Reveal Plus Giveaway: All In by Marta Brown



All In by Marta Brown
Publication date: May 28th 2013
Genre: YA Contemporary Romance

Synopsis:
On the picturesque island of Martha's Vineyard, there are two kinds of residents. Locals and Stays.

 Local boy, Lane McCarthy, plans on spending his summer working at the country club to save money for college in the fall, while summer stay, Ashley Whitmore, and her elite group of friends are only there to play.

 As the summer heat goes up on the island, so does the ante, when both Lane and Ashley must decide what they’re willing to wager in order to follow their dreams… and their hearts.

 With stakes as high as the surf, and hopes as high as the midday sun, will they risk everything and go all in?

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AUTHOR BIO
Marta Brown grew up in the Pacific Northwest and was a teenager when Doc Martens, Pearl Jam and flannel were the norm and Dylan loved Kelly forever (Beverly Hills, 90210 shout out).

 She still lives just outside Seattle, now with her husband and cat, and loves the rain.

 When she’s not writing about cute boys, first kisses and the magic and wonder of being seventeen, she’s watching The CW. And she sleeps in. Late.

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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Cover Reveal: Barbie World (Barbie Girl #2) by Heidi Acosta


Barbie World by Heidi Acosta
Series: Barbie Girl, #2
Publication date:  May 2013
Genre: YA Contemporary Romance

Synopsis:
“One Night is all it took to change everything between Barbie and me. One night to potentially lose the girl of my dreams forever. How do I prove to her that she can trust me? That all I want to do is protect her carefully guarded heart. I need to prove to her that I want to be a part of her world. But How? ”

 Dylan lost Barbie once before, now he is determined more than ever to win her heart and trust back. Easier said than done, especially with the new hot guy in town who is in a rock band and is the complete opposite of Dylan.

 Barbie has been hurt beyond repair or so she thinks. It would be easier for heart to decide if she didn’t have to protect her little brother. And if Dylan would just put on a shirt! Dylan is not making this easy on her. It helps to have the distraction of the new guy in town cute bad boy Kai. But even though her heart is damaged it still knows what it wants. 

 When Barbie learns she has a family and with the help of Roxie and Kai, oh and Third and Dylan. They embark on a journey to help bring Barbie closer to a past she never knew existed. 

 Heidi Acosta brings you the heart felt story of friendship, love and heartbreak in the second book in of the Baby doll series Barbie World.



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AUTHOR BIO
Heidi Acosta was born on Long Island, New York. Moving around a lot when she was younger, she has lived in New York, Arizona, New York (again), Washington, Georgia, and Florida, in that order. Each place offered her something special, but she will always consider New York her home.

 Heidi started writing as soon as she could spell. When she was three, Heidi’s mother gave her a copy of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House in the Big Woods; thus beginning her lifelong love affair with literature.

 Writing soon also became a form of therapy for Heidi, when she realized that no matter what was happening in her life, she could find emotional escape while writing. Some of her earliest stories featured her as a princess who explored new worlds with her horse Buttercup. If it sounds romantic, it wasn’t, there was no prince charming in those fairy lands (boys where yucky).

 Heidi now resides in Florida with her husband, very active daughter, one hyper Chihuahua, two sweet cats, and one very fat moody cat.

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Monday, May 13, 2013

Book Blitz Plus Giveaway and Sale: The Forgotten Ones (The Danaan Trilogy #1) by Laura Howard


The Forgotten Ones

The Danaan Trilogy

Book One


is now available exclusively on Amazon!

 And until May 19 it's only 99 cents!



Allison O'Malley's plan is to go to grad school so she can get a good job and take care of her schizophrenic mother. She has carefully closed herself off from everything else, including a relationship with Ethan, who she's been in love with for as long as she can remember.

What is definitely not part of the plan is the return of her long-lost father, who claims he can bring Allison's mother back from the dark place her mind has gone. Allison doesn't trust her father, so why would she believe his stories about a long forgotten Irish people, the Tuatha de Danaan? But truths have a way of revealing themselves. Secrets will eventually surface. And Allison must learn to set aside her plan and work with her father if there is even a small chance it could restore her mother's sanity.





About Laura Howard



Laura Howard lives in New Hampshire with her husband and four children. Her obsession with books began at the age of 6 when she got her first library card. Nancy Drew, Sweet Valley High and other girly novels were routinely devoured in single sittings. Books took a backseat to diapers when she had her first child. It wasn’t until the release of a little novel called Twilight, 8 years later, that she rediscovered her love of fiction. Soon after, her own characters began to make themselves known. The Forgotten Ones is her first published novel.
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