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    Book Review: Snow Day

    Media Type: Ebook Title: Snow Day Author: Dan Maurer Publisher: Black Rapids Press Pages: Kindle Edition; 100 pages Release Date: April 30, 2013 Source: Pump Up Your Book Promotions —————————————————————– Genre: Horror / Thriller HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a good thriller with horror undertones. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon It happens each winter, and has for over 35 years. Every time the snow starts to fall late in the evening before a school day, the dreams begin again for Billy Stone. They are always the same – there’s a…

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    Wilde Nights Spotlight and Giveaway!

    I’m in Vegas this weekend in honor of getting yet another year older! When I thought of what book I’d take with me to read poolside, there was no contest. Wilde Nights in Paradise sounded like steamy perfection, and what’s better to get lost in while relaxing? In case you doubt me though, here’s the synopsis. He’ll guard her body all night long. Former Marine Jude Wilde’s motto has always been “burn bridges and never look back,” so nobody is more surprised when Wilde Security is hired to protect assistant district attorney Libby Pruitt, the woman he loved and left.…

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    Book Review: The Blue Blazes

    Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Blue Blazes    *Series: Mookie Pearl #1 Author: Chuck Wendig Publisher: Angry Robot Pages: Paperback; 397 Release Date: May 28, 2013 Source: NetGalley ——————————————————– Genre: Urban Fantasy HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy tough characters and unique storylines! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Meet Mookie Pearl. Criminal underworld? He runs it. Supernatural underworld? He hunts in it. Nothing stops Mookie when he’s on the job. But when his daughter takes up arms and opposes him, something’s gotta give… The Blue Blazes – the first in…

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    Book Review: Playing the Part

    Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Playing the Part Author: Robin Covington Publisher: Entangled: Brazen Pages: Ebook; 250 Release Date: June 10, 2013 Source: Publisher —————————————————— Genre: Romance HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love evenly matched characters who have sizzling chemistry! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N After publicly self-destructing over a heartbreak a year ago, bestselling romance writer Piper James is now making nice with her publisher by agreeing to teach Hollywood’s favorite action star how to act like he’s in love. Only playboy Mick Blackwell has no clue what…

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    Book Review: Wanted: Wife

    Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Wanted: Wife Author: Gwen Jones Publisher: Avon Books Pages: Paperback; 384 Release Date: June 4, 2013 Source: Publisher ———————————————— Genre: Romance HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Romance readers who love a sweet, enjoyable read with a stunning male lead! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Andy Devine is advertising for a wife on a utility pole, and interviewing him is the last thing TV reporter Julie Knott needs. Especially after her cheating fiancé just tweeted their disengagement. Now she has got to choose: get the story—or become…

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    Book Review: The Goddess

    Media Type: Ebook Title: The Goddess    *Series: Idol Series #1 Author: Robyn Grady Publisher: Entangled: Indulgence Pages: Ebook; 250 Release Date: May 13, 2013 Source: Publisher ———————————————— Genre: Romance HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Lovers of classic romance with a princely male lead. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N After college graduation, Helene Masters is excited to land a job in a picturesque Aegean kingdom. Tasked with sprucing up the Prince’s villa, she inadvertently finds herself trapped on the island with the sexiest man alive. Of course she has to fall…

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    Book Review: Bad Mouth

    Media Type: Ebook Title: Bad Mouth Author: Angela McCallister Publisher: Entangled: Covet Pages: Ebook; 247 Release Date: May 20, 2013 Source: Publisher ——————————————– Genre: Romance / Paranormal Romance HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love paranormal romance and sexy, bad-mouthed male leads! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon After her ex-husband’s obsession with vampires, Valerie Craig is on a mission to stop transformations. Of all vampires, Kade Rollins is the worst of the worst, but when multiple murders plague Seattle, Val is forced to enlist his aid. Kade’s crude wit and seductive nature…

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    Book Review: First Born

    Media Type: Print Book Title: First Born    *Series: Lily Moore #1 Author: Tricia Zoeller Publisher: Blue Portal Press LLC Pages: Not specified. Release Date: May 6, 2013 Source: Author —————————————————— Genre: Urban Fantasy HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are fans of the Urban Fantasy genre, and enjoy tough female characters. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N When twenty-six-year-old graphic designer Lily Moore shapeshifts for the first time, Atlanta police detectives consult wildlife experts to sort through the bizarre forensic evidence she leaves in her wake. Her traumatic transformation coincides…

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    Book Review: 24 Bones

    Media Type: Ebook Title: 24 Bones Author: Michael F. Stewart Publisher: Non Sequitur Press Pages: Ebook; 325 Release Date: February 15, 2013 Source: Tribute Books ——————————————————- Genre: Fantasy / Mystery HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a mixing of myths and legends, and discussion of dark vs. light. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Every five hundred years the phoenix dies. Samiya, born-into-shadow, is soon to battle her born-into-light brother. Abandoned by their parents, neither wishes to play the preordained role of beast and hero. When their loved ones are…

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    Book Review: The Magic Circle

    Media Type: Print Book Title: The Magic Circle Author: Jenny Davidson Publisher: New Harvest Pages: Paperback; 208 Release Date: March 26, 2013 Source: TLC Book Tours ——————————————————— Genre: Thriller / Mystery HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy intellectual pursuits mixed with mystery and intrigue. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Three smart young women—the scholarly Ruth, her poet roommate Lucy, and their exotic, provocative neighbor Anna—are obsessed with games of all kinds. They’ve devoted themselves to both the academic study of play and the design of games based on the…