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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly meme hosted by Miz B at ShouldBeReading where you randomly take two lines from your current read and highlight them in a post. Our choice this week is from Meg Cabot's latest YA novel, Abandon . He'd destroyed the gates to the cemetery. He'd crushed the lock with a single vicious kick from one of those heavy black boots. Then, when the gates crashed violently open, he'd pushed me through them. "Get out," he'd warned in his devil-deep voice. What's everyone reading this week? 

Reading level: Young Adult Paperback: 318 pages Publisher: Penguin Group; Original edition (June 9, 2011) Book blurb: Willow has spent most of her life as her mother's sidekick in a popular Las Vegas hypnotism show. So when she and her mom move back to their sleepy southern hometown to start over, she thinks she's in for a life of quiet normalcy. Except that her new life turns out to be anything but, when she kinda sorta hypnotizes Quinton, the hottest guy on the football team, to fall madly, deeply, head over heels in love with her. But what started out as an innocent way to make her best friend, Max, jealous soon gets way out of hand, and Willow begins to wonder if the mind - and more importantly, the heart - is something you can really control. For more on Crush Control : Goodreads    Amazon Barnes & Noble Guest Post by Jennifer Jabalay When people find out that CRUSH CONTROL is about hypnosis, the first thing people ask is, "How did you come ...

The Midsummer's Eve Giveaway Hop, hosted by Inspired Kathy at I am a Reader, Not a Writer , is now underway. There are over 270 blogs participating and the hop ends on Friday at midnight. Our giveaway is one ARC of Chime , a YA novel by Franny Billingsley. Book blurb: Before Briony's stepmother died, she made sure Briony blamed herself for all the family's hardships. Now Briony has worn her guilt for so long it's become a second skin. She often escapes to the swamp, where she tells stories to the Old Ones, the spirits who haunt the marshes. But only witches can see the Old Ones, and in her village, witches are sentenced to death. Briony lives in fear her secret will be found out, even as she believes she deserves the worst kind of punishment. Then Eldric comes along with his golden lion eyes and mane of tawny hair. He's as natural as the sun, and treats her as if she's extraordinary. And everything starts to change. As many secrets as Briony has been holdi...

Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: Avon; Original edition (November 30, 2010) Book summary: This vampire has been alone for far too long . . . As one of the most ancient in the Argeneau clan, Cale Valens has given up on finding a life mate. His friends and family, however, have not. In fact, they believe they've finally found his perfect match. Getting them together, however, requires one little white lie . . . Alexandra Willan is in a panic. Her restaurant is due to open in two weeks, but her chef just walked out. Then a highly recommended replacement arrives, an impossibly handsome culinary genius who sends electric tingles racing through her body . . . Except he can't cook. In fact, Cale hasn't eaten real food in two thousand years. Yet he's determined to prove to Alex his prowess in the kitchen . . . and elsewhere. Because never has he hungered so for any mortal woman. And not just for a taste of her, but for the whole delicious feast! My revi...

Reading level: Young Adult Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: HarperTeen (March 15, 2011) Summary: Sixteen-year-old Jill has fought in dozens of fencing tournaments, but she has never held a sharpened blade. When she finds a corroded sword piece on a Caribbean beach, she is instantly intrigued and pockets it as her own personal treasure. The broken tip holds secrets, though, and it transports Jill through time to the deck of a pirate ship. Stranded in the past and surrounded by strangers, she is forced to sign on as crew. But a pirate's life is bloody and brief, and as Jill learns about the dark magic that brought her there, she forms a desperate scheme to get home—one that risks everything in a duel to the death with a villainous pirate captain. Our review: Imagine taking a walk one day and finding an object on the ground. Out of curiosity you pick it up and look at it. Intrigued by the possibilities of the object's history, you keep it, only to be accidentally t...

Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: Avon; First Edition edition (March 9, 2010) Book summary:  Olivia's packing list: 1. Sunscreen 2. Bathing suit 3. Flip-flops FBI psychologist Olivia Sotiris was looking for a cool ocean breeze, sand between her toes, and a break from her crazy, chaotic, and sometimes all-too-dangerous life. But when she escaped to the small Greek island of Patmos, all she got were meddling grandmothers trying to marry her off. Can't they see that none of the men around interests her—except Robby MacKay? Robby's packing list: 1. Synthetic blood 2. More synthetic blood 3. Jogging clothes (even vamps have to stay in shape!) Robby needs to cool off, too, since all he can think about is revenge on the Malcontent bloodsuckers who once held him captive—but then he meets Olivia, the beauty with wild curls and a tempting smile. When a deadly criminal from a case back home tracks her down, Robby will have to save her life—along with giving ...

ReaderGirls is proud to be participating in the Bewitching Book Tours for Shattered Glass by Elaine Bergstrom. We believe paranormal fans and vampire aficionados will enjoy this gripping novel, the first in the six book Austra series. Elaine Bergstrom has written a thought provoking guest post on The Allure of Immortality . We hope you enjoy it as much as we did. Book Description: Helen Wells, 19, is a gifted painter, struggling to create a legacy before the illness that left her crippled claims her life. Stephen Austra is a brilliant glass artist, and an immortal. When they meet, their passion is immediate and intense. But as their love grows, Dick Wells, Helen's uncle and a homicide expert on the local police department, begins investigating a series of savage murders committed, he is forced to believe, by something not human. Soon all three will be drawn into a struggle with a dark presence from Stephen's past, one that lays claim to the life of the woman he loves ...