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Happy New Year!
Happy New Year friends! I hope that the end of 2019 treated you decently, and that you’re coming into the new year with a clear head and an open heart! I’m not setting any resolutions for myself. I don’t really do that anymore. In fact, in 2020 I’m basically focusing on just being kind to myself and letting myself continue to grow. I know I disappeared from here last year, and that our blog has slowed down a lot, but I was just listening to what I needed at the time. I can’t promise I’ll be back full force this…
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Book Blitz + Giveaway: Off the Record by Skye McDonald
Off the Record Skye McDonald (Anti-Belle, #2)Publication date: December 10th 2019Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance Not even Nashville’s summer heat can match the sizzle of first love. Nick Field’s motto is “live free.” The huge promotion at work is great, but producing a pop star’s debut album isn’t going to change his life or anything. There’s always room for unwinding and having fun. Mel Thomas works 24/7 as the media manager to America’s newest heartthrob. Building his image and writing her career make-or-break article are the stories of the summer. There’s no room to go off script. Ten years ago, Nick…
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Checking In
Hi friends! Did you miss me? I know I’ve been MIA, and honestly that’s completely on purpose. I had to give in to the fact that Grad school was a lot more than I expected and that, on top of work and being a normal human, it was too much. I needed a break and, unfortunately, this is what had to go. I’ll confess to you: I haven’t read a book in over 2 months. Yup. I’ve been immersed in music, listening to podcasts, and watching entirely too many hours of YouTube videos. Essentially, I’ve been trying to give my…
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Cover Reveal: Hung Up on You by Marie Landry
Hung Up on You Marie Landry Publication date: January 14th 2020Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance Julia is single and happy, thank you very much. Try telling that to her happily-coupled bestie, though. She’s so determined to pair Julia off, she brings an extra guy friend along on a weekend getaway, in what’s clearly a set-up attempt. Julia’s interest is immediately piqued by sweet, sexy, nerdy Zack. There’s just one problem: he’s still hung up on his ex. Big time. Despite knowing that – and despite her attraction to him – it doesn’t stop her friends from throwing them together every other…
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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…