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His Black Wings by Astrid Yrigollen  YA paranormal Paperback & e-book, 342 pages Purchase:  Amazon Claren Maidstone has been forced to flee her childhood home after the death of her parents and a vicious assault from a sadistic young man who intends to marry her. Claren changes her identity and finds employment as an assistant to the handsome Fredrick Lowood, a generous yet mysterious benefactor. However, she soon finds out his generosity comes at a price. Fredrick wishes for Claren to befriend his disfigured son who resides in seclusion at their estate, Westwind. Fredrick Lowood knows what the history books do not teach, that the Grand Council built this new world of peace and beauty on hidden blood and greed. He has plotted for years to bring down the family that enslaved his own people. Suddenly, he has the last living heir in his grasp. Etrigan Lowood rejects the world that forces him to hide. He is powerful, plagued with a terrible dark...

Broken by A.E. Rought Genre: YA paranormal Series: Standalone Publication Date: January 8, 2013 Publisher: Strange Chemistry Format/Pages: paperback & e-book/384 pages Imagine a modern spin on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein where a young couple’s undying love and the grief of a father pushed beyond sanity could spell the destruction of them all. A string of suspicious deaths near a small Michigan town ends with a fall that claims the life of Emma Gentry’s boyfriend, Daniel. Emma is broken, a hollow shell mechanically moving through her days. She and Daniel had been made for each other, complete only when they were together. Now she restlessly wanders the town in the late Fall gloom, haunting the cemetary and its white-marbled tombs, feeling Daniel everywhere, his spectre in the moonlight and the fog. When she encounters newcomer Alex Franks, only son of a renowned widowed surgeon, she’s intrigued despite herself. He’s an enigma, melting into shadows, prefe...

Tour Schedule For What It's Worth by Karey White Contemporary inspirational romance Purchase:  Amazon  |  Barnes & Noble Twenty-four year-old, Abby Benson has dreams of owning her own wedding cake shop. An inheritance from her aunt gives her the ability to make those dreams come true. She hires Dane, a handsome contractor, to help her get the bakery up and running and soon they’re moving toward their own happy ending. Unsure what to charge for her cakes, Abby has a crazy idea to let the customer decide what they think their cake is worth. This plan has its ups and downs, but the novelty of the idea makes her a local celebrity. When she is interviewed on television about the unusual idea, business booms and Abby has cake adventures she never dreamed possible. But as her fame grows, Abby is swept up in a whirlwind that threatens everything she values. With the challenges that face her, will she be able to determine what is worth the most? About...

Dark Halo by Christopher Kokoski  genre: paranormal thriller  334 pages  In a town besieged by shadowy, demonic forces, a father races against time to save his family.  Thirty-five-year old Landon Paddock has deserted his wife and daughter, abandoned his business, and secluded himself in his late parent’s southern Indiana ranch. But he’s barely lapsed into a drunken coma when a mysterious, winged stranger appears during a violent lightning storm, chasing him out into the maddening night with his estranged 15-year old daughter.  As layer after layer of reality is dissolved by a series of violent encounters, the only way to survive might be for Landon to band together with the family he destroyed to make one last stand against a sinister army of unthinkable magnitude.  Character Interview  In today’s post, I’ll interview, Lucy Paddock, the wife of the main character, Landon Paddock, and mother of Katie, another major p...

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The Mid-Winter's Eve Giveaway Hop has started. This hop is  hosted by I Am A Reader, Not A Writer and Oasis for YA , has over 100 blogs participating, and runs from now until midnight on December 27th. Here's what we're giving away: 1 e-book copy of:  The Edge of Never  by J.A. Redmerski New Adult contemporary romance Twenty-year-old Camryn Bennett had always been one to think out-of-the-box, who knew she wanted something more in life than following the same repetitive patterns and growing old with the same repetitive life story. And she thought that her life was going in the right direction until everything fell apart. Determined not to dwell on the negative and push forward, Camryn is set to move in with her best friend and plans to start a new job. But after an unexpected night at the hottest club in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, she makes the ultimate decision to leave the only life she’s ever known, far behind. With a purse, a cell...

This Thursday we are featuring a YA contemporary with a mystery and thrills added to the mix. Sounds good. We host The Girl In the Wall Blog Tour , presented by Typewriter Blog Tours . We have our interview with Sera and there is a giveaway open to US residents. The Girl in the Wall by Daphne Benedis-Grab YA contemporary* hardcover & e-book, 256 pages Published December 18th 2012 by Merit Press (first published November 18th 2012) Goodreads | Amazon | The Book Depository Ariel's birthday weekend looks to be the event of the season, with a private concert by rock star Hudson Winters on the grounds of her family's east coast estate, and all of Ariel's elite prep school friends in attendance. The only person who's dreading the party is Sera, Ariel's former best friend, whose father is forcing her to go. Sera has been the school pariah since she betrayed Ariel, and she now avoids Ariel and their former friends. Thrown together, Ariel ...