Tina B.
Flawed human, okayest mom, depression fighter, and lover of coffee. Singing, reading, and baking keep me mostly sane.
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Book Blitz & Giveaway: Meet Me in the Strange by Leander Watts
Meet Me in the StrangeLeander Watts Published by: Meerkat PressPublication date: March 27th 2018Genres: Coming of Age, Fantasy, Young Adult 2019 IPPY SILVER MEDALIST – YOUNG ADULT Meet Me in the Strange is an intoxicating adventure set in a glittery, retro-futuristic world of glam rock, spectral aliens, and gender-bendy teens. Davi is mesmerized by a girl at a concert, who appears to lose herself in the power of the otherworldy music of Django Conn. Later, through a chance meeting, Davi becomes friends with the girl, Anna Z. She is like no one Davi has ever met: she loves to talk,…
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Book Blitz and Giveaway: Traceless by Meli Raine
Traceless Meli Raine (Stateless, #2)Publication date: November 19th 2019Genres: Adult, Romance, Suspense It’s not against any formal rule for us to sleep together. It is, however, strictly forbidden to have feelings for each other. I can’t do one without the other at this point. Which means I am doomed. When you don’t know who you can trust, reality distorts. It twists and oozes, disintegrating and reformulating to meet whatever needs its masters demand. Just like me. Just like Kina. Except everything is different now that we know who we really are. But there’s a second reality, you see. This one…
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Book Review: Breakup Boot Camp by Beth Merlin
Media Type: eBookTitle: Breakup Boot CampAuthor: Beth MerlinPublisher: Firefly Hill PressPages: Paperback; 249Release Date: November 19, 2019Source: Xpresso Book ToursGenre: Adult, Comedy, Romance HDB Rating: 3* Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a heartfelt look at grief and breakups. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N After weeks of training to whip Joanna Kitt into shape for her big day, her picture-perfect engagement to her high school sweetheart is torn in two, and Joanna is left out on her perfectly toned rear end. To put the past and her heartache behind her, she sets off for two weeks at the renowned Retreat House Breakup Boot Camp in Topsail Island off the coast of…
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Book Blitz + Giveaway: Beneath London’s Fog by Iona Caldwell
Beneath London’s Fog Iona Caldwell Published by: FyreSyde PublishingPublication date: October 30th 2019 Genres: Occult Fiction, Ghost Story, British Literature Jonathan is the immortal master of Raven Hollow Manor – a decrepit mansion riddled with superstition, murder and restless ghosts. Beneath it lies a restless malice. Its previous owner driven mad, violently kills his guests with a rusted ax, creating the perfect venue for Jonathan to seclude himself in a prison of his own device. When the streets of London begin to run red with blood; the bodies exhibiting disturbing signs and baffling wounds, the identity of the killer remains…
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Book Review: The Shadow Prince by Stacey O’Neale
Media Type: ebookTitle: The Shadow Prince Author: Stacey O’Neale Series: (Mortal Enchantment #0.5)Publisher: Phoenix Reign PublishingPages: 102 Publication date: March 25th 2014Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult HBD Rating: 5* Recommended to: readers who enjoy an exciting story with interesting characters Add it: Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble / iBooks / Kobo Prequel novella to the award-winning YA fantasy series Mortal Enchantment. Discover a world of elemental powers, courage, duty, sacrifice, forbidden romance and a war for the very elements of life. Sixteen-year-old Rowan is an elemental prince. Banished to the mortal world, he doubts he will ever return to…
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Book Blitz + Giveaway: Dark One’s Bride by Aldrea Alien
Dark One’s Bride Aldrea Alien (Dark One’s Trilogy #2)Publication date: October 31st 2019Genres: Young Adult Gothic Romance A royal wedding. A fiery heroine. And a brazen act of sabotage that could topple a kingdom. It has been five months since Clarabelle Weaver saved the life of the infamous Great Lord and happily accepted his unexpected marriage proposal. With their wedding less than a week away, she is finally stepping into the unfamiliar world beyond her village to face nobility she never knew existed. But it’s not only them who are interested in her presence. The enemy is also stirring for…
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Book Blitz & Giveaway: Slaying Monsters for the Feeble by Annette Marie
Slaying Monsters for the Feeble Annette Marie (The Guild Codex: Demonized #2)Publication date: November 1st 2019Genres: New Adult, Urban Fantasy I’m bound to a demon. For my entire life, I avoided magic at all costs. Now, I’m responsible for a demon who wields magic more powerful than the toughest mage or sorcerer. Demons are evil. That’s what my textbooks say. That’s what I see. He’s ruthless, he’s temperamental, he’s cold. But he protects me without fail. I wonder if he’s hiding a heart behind his hostility. My demon is a monster. Heartless or not, my contract with him is illegal…
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Book Blitz + Giveaway: Dorothy in the Land of Monsters by Garten Gevedon
Dorothy In the Land of Monsters Garten Gevedon(Oz ReVamped, #1)Publication date: October 11th 2019Genres: Fantasy, Paranormal, Young Adult Shifters, Zombies, and Vampires? Oh my! My name is Dorothy Gale, and I think I might be dead. When my dog Toto and I got swept up in a twister, we landed in hell. A very colorful hell. Like a rainbow dripping in blood. Now it looks as though this dreadful underworld plagued with vampires, zombies, and shifters will be the site of my eternal damnation. They say this terrifying land called Oz isn’t hell or purgatory and escape is possible, but…
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Book Blitz + Giveaway: Things She’s Seen by Pat Esden
Things She’s Seen Pat Esden (Northern Circle Coven #2)Published by: Lyrical PressPublication date: October 22nd 2019Genres: Adult, Paranormal The coven’s under investigation. Its future is in peril. And for one troubled young psychic, the coming battle will threaten her newfound freedom—and brings back a dangerous desire . . . Exploited as a child medium, Emily Adams escaped to grow up on the streets—and hit rock-bottom. She took shelter with the prestigious Northern Circle, intent on staying only long enough to get back on her feet. But the Circle is still reeling from a devastating supernatural attack and betrayal. And vengeful…
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Book Review: Dark Justice by Angela Smith
Media Type: eBookTitle: Dark JusticeAuthor: Angela SmithPublisher: IndependentPages: Paperback; 249Release Date: September 17, 2019Source: PUYB/AuthorGenre: Romantic Suspense Content Screening: Violence, descriptive death. HDB Rating: 4* Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a good redemption story. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N She’s in love with her sister’s killer… Lauren has loved Luke since first grade. They planned to marry—until he murdered her sister. The moment he was sentenced to prison, Lauren fled with her secret baby and made a new life. Now she’ll do anything to keep their daughter safe. But her hard won peace shatters when Luke is exonerated, and it sets her on a path of mixed emotions to discover…