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The Summer Giveaway Hop has begun. We thank Kathy from I Am A Reader, Not A Writer and Mary from Bookhounds   for hosting. Reader Girls is offering one reader their choice of a summer read (an adult or YA title with a summer theme) or a $10 Amazon gift card. Our giveaway is open to US/Canada.  There are over 170 blogs participating in this hop which ends at midnight on August 7th.  To see the complete list of blogs in this hop, click here . a Rafflecopter giveaway

The second tour for today is for an adult paranormal romance series,  The Light Series by Jennifer DeLucy.  The first book,  Seers of Light , and the second,  Whisper of Light , are available now. This tour is presented by  A Tale Of Many Reviews Book Blog Tours . Our review as well as a giveaway can be found below. Seers of Light (Book One of The Light Series) Genre: paranormal romance Format:  papaerback (396 pages) and ebbok (587 KB) Publisher: Omnific Publishing; 1st edition (February 16, 2010) Summary: Lillian Hunt has never truly lived. Always sensing more to the world than is easily perceived, she fears that her instincts are stubborn flights of fancy, or worse, mental instability. But some things-disappearing strangers, tangible dreams, and visits from malevolent creatures-cannot be ignored. Before it's too late, Lillian is ripped from the only existence she's ever known and thrust into a reality that she always suspected, but could scar...

Title: Riser (Book #1 in The Riser Saga) Author: Becca C. Smith Genre: YA dystopian Format: Ebook (370 pages) Publisher: Red Frog Publishing (June 5, 2012) ASIN: B003PPDGF8 Summary: Black swirling holes churning madly in the center of every corpse. This is how eighteen-year-old Chelsan Derée sees the deceased. Her ability to connect to the black spinning holes allows her to control every dead thing within a four-mile radius. But that's the least of her problems. It's 2320 and Chelsan Derée has to survive another year of high school, which for her is pure and utter torture, mainly due to the fact that her schoolmate Jill Forester's favorite activity is making Chelsan's life a living hell. If that isn't enough, Chelsan's impossible crush on Ryan Vaughn makes her brain do somersaults on a regular basis, especially since she is positive he doesn't know she exists. And being eighteen Chelsan has to deal with the pressure of whether or not she s...

The Arson Blog Tour , presented by  AToMR Book Blog Tours , begins today and we are one of the hosts. We have our review and there is a contest to enter below. Welcome. Arson by Estevan Vega Genre: YA contemporary fantasy Format: Paperback, 318 pages, and ebook Publisher:  Stonehouse Ink, 2012 (first published May 4th 2010) Blurb:  ARSON is the first book in a Young Adult Paranormal series. Book two, ASHES, is also available now. ARSON GABLE FEELS LIKE A FREAK. HE CAN CREATE FIRE. HE NEVER ASKED FOR IT. HE NEVER WANTED IT. BUT HE CAN'T SHUT IT OFF. Before now, three things were true: he both loved and despised his grandmother; his life was going nowhere; and he was alone. But when a strange girl--who feels more normal behind a mask than inside her own skin--moves in next door, Arson hopes to find something he's never had: purpose. After years of living in fear, he will be forced to confront his haunting past and embrace the unknown as he walks the fine l...

Carter Billings: Sandy blond hair and Hollywood good looks, Carter Billings could have any woman he wants. However, when he makes his bid for the Governor's seat in the state of California, he needs to settle down and become a family man. Eliza, the woman he secretly adores, embodies the perfect amount of spice and passion to suit his marital needs, but she’s not interested in becoming Mrs. Billings. She can't even stand to be in the same room with him. Eliza Havens: It’s much easier to drive Carter away than to give into desire. Matching couples is how she earns a living, but getting married isn’t an option. The secrets she carries are too dangerous to entangle anyone else. When her hidden identity and past threaten her future, she’s left with little choice. Carter is quick to offer solutions to both their problems, but saying yes could mean endangering the man she’s growing to love. An excerpt: He folded his arms over his chest. “I suppose you could say I’m following B...

Rogue’s Pawn Covenant of Thorns Series  by Jeffe Kennedy ISBN: 978-14268-9406-0 Publisher: Carina Press (July 16, 2012) This is no fairy tale… Haunted by nightmares of a black dog, sick to death of my mind-numbing career and heart-numbing fiancé, I impulsively walked out of my life—and fell into Faerie. Terrified, fascinated, I discover I possess a power I can’t control: my wishes come true. After an all-too-real attack by the animal from my dreams, I wake to find myself the captive of the seductive and ruthless fae lord Rogue. In return for my rescue, he demands an extravagant price—my firstborn child, which he intends to sire himself… With no hope of escaping this world, I must learn to harness my magic and build a new life despite the perils—including my own inexplicable and debilitating desire for Rogue. I swear I will never submit to his demands, no matter what erotic torment he subjects me to… Purchase links:  Amazon , Barnes and Noble An excerpt:  ...

An urban YA fantasy, The Doorknob Society Tour , is today's special post at Reader Girls. Author MJ Fletcher has provided an extensive excerpt to whet readers appetites. Our review will be posted soon. Title: The Doorknob Society Author: M.J. Fletcher Genre: YA Urban Fantasy   Date Published: February 9, 2012 Synopsis: Chloe Masters’s world changes in a heartbeat and all she did was touch a doorknob. When she was young Chloe’s mother vanished. Wracked by feelings of abandonment and anger she lost herself traveling with her father’s magic act, where illusions were part of her everyday life. Yet everything changes when they are pursued by a mysterious man in black out to kill her father. Touching a doorknob activates abilities she never knew she had and she finds herself thrust into a world of ancient societies and secrets. When her father disappears it is a race against time to find answers before she loses whats left of her family. Now Chloe must choose who to trust,...