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W elcome to our stop on the Playing Hooky Blog Tour hosted by Xpresso Book Tours . We have a spotlight on this new series by author Rita Webb, our review, and a giveaway. Happy Monday! Playing Hooky by Rita Webb Series: Paranormal Investigations #1  Publication: January 21st 2013  Genre: New Adult Paranormal Romance Length: Novella (100 pages) Purchase:  Amazon  |  Barnes & Noble Valentine’s Day. And my 21st birthday. Whoop-de-doo. Just another college day full of classes and more homework than is humanly possible. …until Jason, my best-friend-since-kindergarten, shows up to take me out for the day.  Like old times: the two of us on a wacky adventure, playing hooky from real life. With his lopsided grin and tickets to a circus full of misfits and monsters, he introduces me to a whole new world—one full of magic and mystery—and turns my reality upside down. Except nothing goes as planned, and we end ...

Welcome! What better way to kick off a new week than with a spotlight on a vampire series? We are participating in Laura Wright's Eternal Demon Blog Tour . We are also spotlighting the Mark of the Vampire series. Make sure to fan yourself after looking at these covers! The author has a giveaway for all to enter below. This tour is hosted by Book Monster Promotions . ETERNAL HUNGER Mark of the Vampire, Book 1 Amazon  /  B&N  /  Audible.com  /  Tantor Audio FEAR IS IN THE BLOOD Alexander Roman wants nothing to do with the controlling rulers of his vampire breed or the family he escaped from a hundred years ago. But as a new threat to the pureblood vampires emerges, Alexander's ties to the past are forced upon him again, and without warning, he finds himself - disoriented, terrified, and near death - at the door of a stranger. TRUST IS A RISK Dr. Sarah Donohue is dedicated to removing the traumatic memories of her patients - l...

We have another Book Blitz to share with everyone. This Blitz is for a contemporary YA entitled Every Little Piece by Kate Ashton. There's an excerpt and giveaway. This Blitz is hosted by Xpresso Book Tours . Enjoy! Every Little Piece by Kate Ashton Publication date: May, 2013 Genre: Mature YA Contemporary Purchase:  Amazon  |  Barnes & Noble  |  Kobo Secrets never stay in the past. The night before high school graduation changes everything. Lies are told. Mistakes are made. Secrets tucked away. Lives are changed in the span of a few hours. A year later, Haley is still reeling, numb with the constant ache of guilt. She's in a place she never expected to be: lost without her friends and Seth. Until he enters her life again, dredging up everything she's trying to forget. Everything about that night. Seth returns to his hometown determined to share his truth, his side of the story. He desperately needs to make things right wit...

Greetings to everyone on this Sunday. We are one of today's stops on The Last Academy Blog Tour hosted by Shane at Itching For Books Book Tours . We have chosen some of our favorite quotes, have our review, and there's a tour wide giveaway. Have a great day! The Last Academy by Anne Applegate YA paranormal*Hardcover, 320 pages Published April 30th 2013 by Point Purchase:  Amazon Curtis Sittenfeld's PREP meets THE SIXTH SENSE in this spine-tingling, unforgettable debut. Camden Fisher arrives at boarding school haunted by a falling-out with her best friend back home. But the manicured grounds of Lethe Academy are like nothing Cam has ever known. There are gorgeous, preppy boys wielding tennis rackets, and circles of girls with secrets to spare. Only . . . something is not quite right. One of Cam's new friends mysteriously disappears, but the teachers don't seem too concerned. Cam wakes up to strangers in her room, who then melt into ...

Thorn Abbey by Nancy Ohlin YA retelling/paranormal*Hardcover/eBook, 304 pages Expected publication: May 7th 2013 by Simon Pulse Nothing is as it seems in this darkly romantic tale of infatuation and possession, inspired by Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca. Becca was the perfect girlfriend: smart, gorgeous, and loved by everyone at New England’s premier boarding school, Thorn Abbey. But Becca’s dead. And her boyfriend, Max, can’t get over his loss. Then Tess transfers to Thorn Abbey. She’s shy, insecure, and ordinary—everything that Becca wasn’t. And despite her roommate’s warnings, she falls for brooding Max. Now Max finally has a reason to move on. Except it won’t be easy. Because Becca may be gone, but she’s not quite ready to let him go… Thorn Abbey is one of those stories which sneaks up on the reader with its slow but steady story line about the mysterious goings on at a prestigious boarding school. Tess is a quiet middle class teen raised by a singl...

The weekend is here! A time to rest and kick back. What better way to do that than with a book? We are today's stop on The Best Man blog tour hosted by Entranced Publishing . Romance author Ana Blaze has written a list for us and she also has a fantastic giveaway for everyone to enter. The Best Man by Ana Blaze Contemporary romance*ebook Published April 29th 2013 by Entranced Publishing Purchase links:  Publisher   |  Book  trailer Beth Chase is too busy planning perfect weddings to worry about the lack of action in her own love life. But if she was looking for a man, she wouldn’t be looking at Colin Pratt. Her boss swears that Best Man Colin is a quiet scholar and science fiction writer who couldn’t possibly cause a fuss at his own brother’s wedding. He’s clearly never met the man in question. Snarky, sexy and more than a little inebriated, Colin is the final obstacle between Beth and the last perfect wedding she needs to make partner. Of cou...

Dead Man's Deal (The Asylum Tales #2) by Jocelynn Drake Urban fantasy*Paperback/eBook, 384 pages Expected publication: May 7th 2013 by Harper Voyager The dark and dangerous follow-up that continues the adventures of a magical tattoo artist begun in Angel's Ink In a world where elves, faeries, trolls, werewolves, and vampires swim free in a sea of humanity, sometimes you need an edge. Looking for a little love? Need some luck? Desperate for revenge? Gage can give you what you need. The most talented tattoo artist in town, he knows the right symbol and the right mix of ingredients and ink to achieve your heart's desire. One tattoo is all it takes. But remember, everything has its price. . . .  Gage learned that lesson long ago, in ways he'd rather not remember. But the cruel and powerful wizards in the dreaded Ivory Towers he escaped aren't about to let him forget. Though Gage has managed to stay out of sight, he can't outrun the past forever...