• Book Blitzes/Promo Posts

    Series Spotlight: Deadly Angels Series

    It’s time for another…. SERIES SPOTLIGHT!!! This is where I share a new series that has caught my eye with all of you, dear readers! This time it’s all about Sandra Hill and her Deadly Angels series. *********** Sandra Hill Sandra Hill is a graduate of Penn State and worked for more than 10 years as a features writer and education editor for publications in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Writing about serious issues taught her the merits of seeking the lighter side of even the darkest stories. She is the wife of a stockbroker and the mother of four sons.…

  • Book Reviews

    Audio Book Review: Magic Strikes

    Media Type: Audio Book Title: Magic Strikes    * Series: Kate Daniels #3 Author: Ilona Andrews Narrator: Renee Raudman Publisher: Tantor Media Format: Digital MP3 Duration: 10 hours and 50 minutes Source: Library Download ———————————————- Genre: Urban Fantasy HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of the series! Seriously, if you’re not hooked now I just don’t know what to tell you. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Drafted into working for the Order of Merciful Aid, mercenary Kate Daniels has more paranormal problems than she knows what to do with. And in…

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    Book Review: Wild About You

    Media Type: Ebook Title: Wild About You    * Series: Love At Stake #13 Author: Kerrelyn Sparks Publisher: Avon Books Pages: MMP; 384 Release Date: November 27, 2012 Source: TLC Book Tours ————————————————— Intended Reading Group: Adult Genre: Paranormal Romance ————————————————— HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Both readers of the series and newbies! Lovers of a great paranormal romance novel. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Handsome Howard…Hunky Howard…Hot Howard… It’s not every day that Elsa Bjornberg feels delicate, not when she hosts a home renovation show where she can effortlessly demolish…

  • Book Blitzes/Promo Posts

    Why Write Short Stories? A Guest Post by Richard Salter.

    If you’ve followed my blog for any length of time, you’ll know that I’m completely obsessed with both Science Fiction and Fantasy. Put a book in my hands that takes me to another world? You have me forever. I’m that much of a nerd. So of course I am ecstatic to welcome today’s guest! This is Richard Salter! Contributing author to, and editor of, World’s Collider. An anthology filled with death, destruction, and the terrible nightmarish creatures that bring about both. Can I please say that I’ve been drooling over this book ever since I first set eyes on it? I’ll…

  • Book Reviews

    Audio Book Review: Magic Burns

    Media Type: Audio Book Title: Magic Burns    *Series: Kate Daniels #2 Author: Ilona Andrews Narrator: Renee Raudman Publisher: Tantor Media Format: Digital MP3 Duration: 9 hours and 38 minutes Source: Library Download ———————————————- Genre: Urban Fantasy HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of the series! It just keeps getting better and better. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Down in Atlanta, tempers-and temperatures-are about to flare… As a mercenary who cleans up after magic gone wrong, Kate Daniels has seen her share of occupational hazards. Normally, waves of paranormal energy ebb…

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    Book Review: These Things Happen

    Media Type: Print Book Title: These Things Happen Author: Richard Kramer Publisher: Unbridled Books Pages: Hardcover; 272 Release Date: November 7, 2012 Source: TLC Book Tours ———————————————— Genre: Contemporary Fiction HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy stories with great characters and a solid plot. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N A domestic story told in numerous original and endearing voices. The story opens with Wesley, a tenth grader, and involves his two sets of parents (the mom and her second husband, a very thoughtful doctor; and the father who has become…

  • Book Reviews

    Book Review: Snowblind

    Media Type: Ebook Title: Snowblind Author: Michael McBride Publisher: Delirium Books Pages: Ebook; 212 Release Date: November 14, 2012 Source: NetGalley ————————————————- Intended Reading Group: Adult Genre: Horror ————————————————- HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Lovers of horror who are okay with violence. Readers who love a good plot twist! Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / DarkFuse They come at night. Forward. A stranger staggers out of the wilderness under the cover of a blizzard and stumbles into a diner full of people. He collapses in the entryway, unzips his jacket, and allows the object hidden…

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    Audio Book Review: Magic Bites

    Media Type: Audio Book Title: Magic Bites    *Series: Kate Daniels #1 Author: Ilona Andrews Narrator: Renee Raudman Publisher: Tantor Media Format: Digital MP3 Duration: 9 hours and 6 minutes Source: Library Download ————————————————– Genre: Urban Fantasy HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love a rip roaring Urban Fantasy with a strong female character! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N When the magic is up, rogue mages cast their spells and monsters appear, while guns refuse to fire and cars fail to start. But then technology returns, and the magic recedes…

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    Book Review: Rouge

    Media Type: Ebook Title: Rouge Author: Leigh T. Moore Publisher: Self-published Pages: Ebook; 250 Release Date: November 11, 2012 Source: Author —————————————————- Intended Reading Group: Mature YA/Adult Genre: Historical Romance —————————————————- HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy historical fiction, especially when it comes to early New Orleans! Add it on: Goodreads / Smashwords / Amazon / B&N Trapped in the underground theater world of 1890s New Orleans, Hale Ferrer has only one goal: escape. But not without Teeny, the orphan-girl she rescued from the streets and promised to protect. Freddie Lovel, Hale’s wealthy Parisian…

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    Book Review: Midnight: The Magpie

    Media Type: Ebook Title: Midnight: The Magpie Author: Sebastian Van Heel Publisher: Self-published Pages: Ebook; 50 pages Release Date: August 14, 2012 Source: Author —————————————————– Intended Reading Group: Upper YA/Adult Genre: Mystery/Short Story —————————————————— HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a good mystery and are okay with a little gore. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / Smashwords An amateur investigation company called Midnight has been created. Its methods are to concentrate on the paranormal, the obscure, and the downright strange. To undertake the supernatural cases that are laughed off and thrown…