Friday, July 18, 2014

Tortured Souls Blog Tour Schedule & Giveaway


Just a few weeks until the Tortured Souls Blog Tour! If you didn't get on this tour and are interested in reviewing Tortured Souls, you have two options.


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Tortured Souls is also on Netgalley for a limited time.

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Official Blog Tour Schedule August 4-22

August 4
Shattering Worlds http://shattering-words.blogspot.ro/ – Spotlight/Excerpt, Top 10, Playlist
For the Love of Books http://ftlobblog.blogspot.com/ – Spotlight/Excerpt, Review
Bound 2 Escape http://www.bound2escape.com – Spotlight/Excerpt
Itching for Books http://www.itchingforbooks.com – Review
Books Authors Blogs http://therightbook4u.blogspot.com/ – Character Bios
Captivated Reading http://www.captivatedreadingreviews.com – Spotlight/Excerpt/Guest Post
A Book Lover's Retreat http://www.abookloversretreat.com – Spotlight/Excerpt. Guest Post
Coffee Books & Art http://sarityahalomi.blogspot.com/ – Spotlight/Excerpt, Interview, Playlist
Shooting Stars Reviews http://shootingstarsreviews.blogspot.com/ – Spotlight/Excerpt
V's Reads http://vsreads.com – Review

August 5
I Am A Reader http://iamareader.com – Guest Post, Playlist
Becky's Barmy Book Blog http://beckysbarmybookblog.blogspot.co.uk -Spotlight/Excerpt, Top 10
Jess Time to Read http://jesstimetoread.blogspot.com – Character Bios
Pink Fluffy Hearts http://pinkfluffyhearts.blogspot.com – Spotlight/Excerpt, Playlist
Loves All Things Books http://lovesallthingsbooks.blogspot.com/ – Spotlight/Excerpt, Character Bios
Marked by Books www.markedbybooks.blogspot.com – Review, Playlist

August 6
Girl's With Books http://girlswithbook.blogspot.com/ – Spotlight/Excerpt
Fantasy Book Chick http://fantasybookchick.blogspot.com/ – Spotlight/Excerpt, Top 10
Abookdoration www.abookdoration.blogspot.com – Review
Imagine a World http://www.thegoldenruleof666.blogspot.com – Spotlight/Excerpt, Review
Gimme the Scoop Reviews http://gimmethescoopreviews.blogspot.com/ – Guest Post, Top 10, Playlist

August 7
Christine Amsden http://www.christineamsden.com – Character Bios or Character Interview
Write Away Bliss http://writeawaybliss.com – Spotlight/Excerpt, Character Bios
The Story Goes http://www.the-story-goes.com/?m=1 – Review, Playlist
Bookcrastinators www.bookcrastinators.com – Spotlight/Excerpt
Bookworm for Kids http://www.bookwormforkids.blogspot.com – Spotlight/Excerpt, Review
We Do Write http://we-do-write.blogspot.com/ – Author Interview
Tich Brewster http://tichbrewster.blogspot.com/ – Spotlight/Excerpt, Playlist
Fundinmental http://www.fundinmental.com – Spotlight/Excerpt, Top 10

August 8
Strand of Thought http://kaistrand.blogspot.com/ – Character Interview
Chelsea's Reading Adventures http://chelseasreadingadventures.blogspot.com/ – Review, Character Interview, Playlist
Team Nerd Reviews http://teamnerdreviews.blogspot.com/ – Spotlight/Excerpt, Review, Guest Post
The Bookworm Corner http://thebookwormcornerr.blogspot.com/ – Review, Author Interview
Book Briefs http://bookbriefs.net – Review, Top 10
6 Feet Under Books http://6feetunderbooks.wordpress.com/ – Spotlight/Excerpt, Review

August 9 -Sat
Fang-tastic Books http://www.fang-tasticbooks.blogspot.com – Character Interview, Char Top 10
Part of that World http://skizzles22hu.blogspot.com/ – Spotlight/Excerpt, Review

August 10 –Sun
Book Hostage http://bookhostage.wordpress.com/ – Spotlight/Excerpt

August 11
Paranormal Romance Fans for Life http://paranormalromancefanforlife.blogspot.com/– Spotlight/Excerpt, Playlist
The Book Bag http://susan-thebookbag.blogspot.com/ – Spotlight/Excerpt, Guest Post
The Cover Contessa http://www.thecovercontessa.com/ – Spotlight/Excerpt
Falling for YA http://www.fallingforya.com – Spotlight/Excerpt, Top 10, Playlist
Whatever You Can Still Betray whateveryoucanstillbetray.blogspot.com – Spotlight/Excerpt, Top 10

August 12
From the Shadows http://www.fromtheshadows.info/ – Guest Post
Sasha Hibbs http://sashahibbs.blogspot.com/ – Spotlight/Excerpt, Review
The Rest is Still Unwritten http://rachybee-the-rest-is-still-unwritten.blogspot.com.au/ – Review
United Indie Book Blog unitedindiebookblog.weebly.com – Spotlight/Excerpt, Review

August 13
The Rest is Still Unwritten http://rachybee-the-rest-is-still-unwritten.blogspot.com.au/ – Spotlight/Excerpt, Character Bios, Top 10, Playlist
My Midnight Fantasies http://mymidnightfantasies.blogspot.com – Spotlight/Excerpt
Urban Fantasy Investigations http://urbanfantasyinvestigations.blogspot.com/ – Guest Post
Blissful Book Reviews http://blissfulbookreviews.com/ – Spotlight/Excerpt, Review, Guest Post, Top 10

August 14
Sunshine Book Promos http://sunshinebookpromos.blogspot.com/ – Spotlight/Excerpt, Character Bios
Book Talk Reviews http://www.michelle808205.blogspot.com/ – Spotlight/Excerpt, Character Bios
Mom With a Kindle http://momwithakindle.blogspot.com  – Spotlight/Excerpt
Sweets Books http://sweetsbooks.com/ – Spotlight/Excerpt, Author/Character Interview

August 15
Stressed Rach http://StressedRach.co.uk – Review
Bookworm Lisa http://lisaisabookworm.blogspot.com – Spotlight/Excerpt
A Thousand Words, a Million Books http://athousandwordsamillionbooks.blogspot.in – Review, Character Interview
Worth Reading It? http://worthreadingit.blogspot.com/ – Review

August 16 –Sat
Mad Hatter Reads http://madhatterreads.com – Spotlight/Excerpt, Top 10

August 17 –Sun
Am a Book Lover Blogger http://amabookloverblog.wordpress.com/ – Review

August 18
Jillian's Books http://jilliansbooks.blogspot.com – Spotlight/Excerpt, Review, Guest Post
Bookish Outsider http://bookishoutsider.blogspot.com/ – Review
Sapphyria's Book Reviews http://saphsbookblog.blogspot.com/ – Spotlight/Excerpt, Character Bios
Emeraldfire's Bookmark http://rubyandthetwins.blogspot.com – Spotlight/Excerpt, Review
I Read it and Wept http://ireaditandwept.wordpress.com/ – Spotlight/Excerpt, Review

August 19
Twin Spin http://kristineandterri.blogspot.ca/ – Review, Character Bios
Books and Books http://booksandbooksreviews.blogspot.co.uk – Review, Playlist
Megan Likes Books http://megantalksbooks.blogspot.com/ – Spotlight/Excerpt
NaYa Books & More http://nayabooks.blogspot.com/ – Spotlight/Excerpt, Character Bios, Guest Post

August 20
Booky Ramblings http://bookyramblingsofaneuroticmom.blogspot.co.uk/ – Spotlight/Excerpt, Character Bios, Guest Post
Paranormal Romance and Authors That Rock http://www.pratr.wordpress.com – Review
Wanderteen's Reviews http://wanderteen.wordpress.com/ – Review, Playlist
Deal Sharing Aunt www.dealsharingaunt.blogspot.com – Spotlight/Excerpt
Enchanted by YA http://enchantedbyya.blogspot.co.uk/ – Spotlight/Excerpt, Review, Author Interview

August 21
The Phantom Paragrapher www.thephantomparagrapher.blogspot.com – Review
Doodles, Doodles Everywhere http://gopaintbrush.blogspot.com/ – Spotlight/Excerpt
Ali's Books http://alisbooks.wordpress.com/ – Spotlight/Excerpt, Review
Fictional Reality http://livinginafictionalreality.blogspot.com/ – Review, Character Bios, Playlist
Endless Reading http://www.endlessreading.wordpress.com – Spotlight/Excerpt, Playlist
Simplistic Reviews http://simplisticreviews.com – Spotlight/Excerpt, Review, Playlist
Happy Tails and Tales http://magluvsya03.wordpress.com/ – Spotlight/Excerpt, Review

August 22
CBY Bookclub http://cbybookclub.blogspot.com/ – Character Bios
Goth Girl Gabs http://www.gothgirlgabs.com – Spotlight/Excerpt, Review, Character Bios
Ohana Reads http://ohanareads.blogspot.com – Review
Amethyst Daydreams www.amethystdaydreams.blogspot.com – Spotlight/Excerpt, Playlist
Musings of Immortals http://readers2212.blogspot.in/ – Review
A Leisure Moment http://www.aleisuremoment.com – Review, Author Interview
Nay’s Pink Bookshelf http://nayspinkbookshelf.blogspot.com – Spotlight/Excerpt, Review, Author Interview
A Girl With a Pen victoriazumbrumsreviews.blogspot.com – Spotlight/Excerpt, Review, Guest Post

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Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Blog Tour: The Star Catcher by Stephanie Keyes - Top Ten & Giveaway




About the Book


The Star Catcher by Stephanie Keyes
Release Date: Novermber 10th, 2013 | Pages: 375 | Publisher: Inkspell Publishing

Magick and destiny intertwine as he fights to save his kingdom and the goddess he loves.

Her kiss…the feel of her skin…the beat of her heart…For seventeen-year-old Kellen St. James, each memory is marred by a single sentence on a lone strip of paper.
Cali has been taken…

Armed with an amulet that channels the ultimate power of Faerie, Kellen searches for his love. However, control of the amulet’s energy comes with a price, and Kellen soon learns that Cali’s captor has plans for the stone. With the threat of the Star Catcher’s evil looming above Kellen and his kingdom, he’ll have to free the Heart of Faerie and break the curse the binds the Children of Danu to the darkness. But before that, he has to find his real father, the king. No pressure, right?

Kellen and Cali will battle bewitched armies and unknown foes as they fight to stay together. Will Kellen embrace his immortal destiny? Or will his world, and the man he is fated to become, be destroyed by The Star Catcher?


Stephanie Keyes has once again delivered the goods…”—JB Johnston, Review, Brook Cottage Books

“The Star Catcher is everything you would want in a final book in a trilogy.”—Jackie Jackson, The Book Maven


Top Ten List:

The top ten things to bring with you to a battle with Faeries, Ghosts, and the embodiment of all the negative energy in the world (aka The Scourge) by Kellen St. James from The Star Catcher

10.     The Power of Telepathy. Very useful for communicating with your best friend if you’re inches away from opening a door that could suck you into the pits of hell.
9.    A Psychic. It’s always good to have a psychic around for helpful premonitions related to nasty things, like your arrival or imminent death.
8.    Shifter Friends. Having friends who can shift into things like birds and really fast animals can be super-helpful if you have to get somewhere in a hurry.
7.    Teleportation Capabilities. When it comes down to it, who really wants to deal with baggage claim. Teleporting around the world is much faster.
6.    Knowledge of Faerie Lore. It’s important to know the do’s and don’ts when sneaking around Faerie. For example—don’t eat any of their food. It’s usually something really nasty and honestly, it’ll trap you there forever. Also, some of them are ugly. You’re better of keeping any observations to yourself. Trust me.
5.    Invisibility. Yeah, you definitely need to be able to eavesdrop on some of the higher-ups.
4.    A Good Understanding of Faerie Dimensions. So if you don’t know that there are seven dimensions in Faerie, Discovery, Inquisition, Knowledge, Contentment, Transition, um, Desolation, and one more that no one speaks of, you’re screwed. Lucky for you I just told you.
3.    Snickers Bars. Just because.
2.    Someone Who’s Got Your Back. For me, that’s Cali, Gabe, Singer, and Rowan. But there are also more and once the truth comes out about who I really am, they’ll be a whole army behind me. Can’t be that.
1.    An amulet that controls the entire universe. Just saying. It’s not exactly a bad thing to have.

About the Author

Stephanie Keyes grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and spent years traveling and working as a Corporate Trainer before she made the decision to pen her first novel. As a teen, her family always accused her of having an “overactive imagination.” Now, she’s encouraged to keep her head in the clouds and share her world with readers.

Keyes is the author of the YA Fantasy series, The Star Child, which currently includes The Star Child, After Faerie, The Fallen Stars, and The Star Catcher, all from by Inkspell Publishing. The Fallen Stars was a 2013 semi-finalist in the Kindle Book Awards. The Star Child has topped the Amazon best-seller list several times since its 2012 release. Steph writes YA novels because she’s a hopeless romantic who lives to believe that Magick truly does exist. She is hard at work on a new YA novel.

Contact Stephanie

Photo courtesy of Kristina Serafini Photo http://www.kristinaserafiniphoto.com/


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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Book Blast: The Point by G. Nykanen - Excerpt & Giveaway




dark journey through madness...


Publication Date: May 30, 2014
Genre: Psychological Thriller

Befuddled by her current relationship woes, Nora Reynolds leaves college at semester’s end to drive north of nowhere to her hometown of Iron Bay. Vulnerable and on the rebound, she is the perfect prey for fledgling felon Dane Buchman. Dane takes advantage of the unaware young woman, feeding his appetite for mischief until a rather violent shift in their relationship reveals to him what he’s really been craving. Driven by his new found hunger, Dane feels unstoppable, until former high school rival and town deputy, Doug Sanders, navigates the trail of Dane’s destruction.

The Point is a dark thriller that will allow you to witness a truly dangerous sociopath wander through madness guided by a treasured family heirloom, and a pensive young woman find her way after discovering, that which doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger. With echoes of the Coen brothers’ Fargo, the folksy town of Iron Bay and the nearby north-woods community of Deer Lake are the destinations for Mr. Buchman’s many misdeeds.


He wondered why she wasn’t anxious to tell him. He decided to force her hand. Dane opened the cooler and popped open a couple beers. He handed her one. She’ll cough it up now, he thought. She wouldn’t want to drink and harm the baby.

She grabbed the beer, acutely aware that she better fake drinking it or he’d be even more suspicious. With the bottle to her lips, she decided to take a drink small enough to be harmless but big enough to look legitimate.

Dane looked at her, then at the beer. He grabbed the back of her head and planted a kiss on her, driving his tongue into her mouth, verifying she’d actually drunk it.

Was I just taste tested? She knew he was suspicious.

“Wow, that was a surprise!” she exclaimed, reeling away from him.

“Just felt like I needed to break the ice,” he said as a cover.

“How about less kissing and more talking?” she suggested.

 “What are we going to talk about?” he asked as he leaned in, batting his eyelashes flirtatiously.

“Why don’t you start?” she said.

Dane grew tired of this game. It wasn’t fun to play by her rules. Grabbing her abruptly, he squeezed, staring into her blue eyes. Nose to nose he held her, horror building inside of her as she watched the pupils in his dark eyes dilate; the parasite stirred.

“Say it!” he commanded.

She remained quiet, unsure of how to react.

“Say it, tell me your filthy secret,” Dane directed forcefully.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” she said, fear welling up inside of her. She began screaming for help.

This sudden outburst took him by surprise. For a split second he lessened his grasp to peer over her shoulder, checking to see if she’d garnered the attention of the nearby beachcombers with her screeching. 

Taking advantage of the slack in his grip, she pulled back from his grasp, pushing at his chest as she stood to run. He lost his balance and fell backward, giving her a head start. She ran, “Badger! Badger!” she shouted as she headed for the safety of the others.

She peered over her shoulder to see how close he was. She stopped cold, her steps so short and sudden that she almost toppled over. “Oh, no, no, no.” She was horrified to find Dane standing at the water's edge, sneering smugly in the distance, Badger dangling from his right fist.

Instead of chasing her when she fled, he had headed straight to the water's edge where Badger had been happily snapping at the incoming waves. Now the little dog was squirming and kicking wildly trying to break free of Dane’s grasp.



G. Nykanen was born and raised in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. This small, rural land mass seems to cultivate a wide variety of colorful characters who provide a plethora of inspiration. The Point, Nykanen’s first novel, is filled with nuances of these local characters and the landscapes one might find in the north woods. 

Well traveled thanks to her husband’s government career, she has lived in Europe and many of our United States over the last twenty years. She has recently returned home, moving back to her beloved Upper Peninsula where she resides with her husband and three children.

With The Point now completed, she will continue working on her next novel, Accumulation, along with continuing to develop other stories in the works.


Book Blast: The Husband Maker by Karey White - Excerpt & Giveaway

The Husband Maker by Karey WhiteThe Husband Maker
Karey White

Charlotte’s a girl with nicknames. She may not love being called Charles or Chuck, but the hardest nickname to take is the one she was given in college, the one that’s followed her now for too many years. They call her “the husband maker” and sadly, it fits. Every guy she’s dated since high school has become his next girlfriend’s husband. Not hers. Not three girlfriends down the road. The next. Is she doing something wrong or is she just cursed? When Kyle Aldsworth enters the picture and sweeps her off her feet, Charlotte begins to hope that maybe she's not destined to be single forever. A senator’s son with political aspirations of his own, Kyle's wealthy, handsome, and in need of a wife. Will Charlotte be disappointed yet again, or will she finally be able to make a husband for herself?

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Excerpt

I’d always heard the view from Top of the Mark was exceptional. When San Francisco Life listed the top ten places to view the skyline at night, Top of the Mark was ranked number three, so when the invitation to Harrison’s wedding arrived, I finally had an excuse to take in the view for myself.

Stupid, stupid me. I should have taken a cab up the steep hills to 999 California Street, hopped on the elevator to the nineteenth floor, and looked out the windows. I could have come with or without makeup, and I could have worn jeans and a t-shirt. If I’d brought Mia or Aleena with me, we could have had a nice dinner or dessert. If I’d brought Angus, we could have had both. Since Top of the Mark was built at the crest of Nob Hill, I could have snapped a jaw-dropping photo or two with my iPhone and made the sparkling skyline my screen saver.

But no. I had to come see it on the night my old boyfriend was marrying a 49ers cheerleader named Nicki, who’d had more remodeling than an episode of Property Brothers. She looked like a Who’s Who of Hollywood parts—Scarlett’s nose, Angelina’s lips, and Kim’s cheekbones. Her bias-cut dress clung to her other (ahem) purchased body parts and made me feel very un-girly in comparison.

“Nicki, this is Charlotte.” Harrison looked me level in the eye, and for the first time all evening, I felt an inch of relief that things hadn’t worked out between us. Five-eleven is pretty average for a guy, and Harrison towered over Nicki, even in her stilettos. But the only way he’d ever have been able to look down at me the way he’d looked down at Nicki when they’d exchanged their vows was if he’d stood on a stool. I know it’s not important, and it makes me sound completely shallow, but I read a romance once where the leading man “gazed down at his true love with tender eyes.” Someday, I’d like a guy to gaze down at me with tender eyes. And I’d rather not have to be standing in a hole for that to happen.

“It’s fabulous to finally meet you.” Nicki’s voice was chirpy, and her lips didn’t move quite right. “I want to thank you for breaking his heart”—she puckered up and baby-talked—“so I could put it back together.”

She pulled him down by his tuxedo lapel to kiss his cheek, then wiped the red smear away with her acrylic-nailed thumb.

Well, this was awkward. And I wasn’t the only one feeling it. Harrison’s eyes begged me not to set the record straight.

You see, Harrison had broken up with me. “I’m not ready for the whole settling down with one woman thing,” he’d said four short months ago. “You’re ready to get married, and I won’t be ready for that scene for years.”

Maybe he’d meant dog years.

“Congratulations, you two. You make a much better couple than we ever did,” I said, although it stung to admit it.

“Did Will come? I saw Angus a little while ago,” Harrison said. Will is my twin brother. No, his name is not Wilbur, although we’ve been asked if our parents had a thing for Charlotte’s Web more times than I can count. His name is William, and he’s the reason I ended up dating Harrison in the first place.

Our families lived on the same street in Fairfield, but I barely remembered Harrison, who was two years older than us. Nearly a year ago, Will and Harrison had been at the same concert, and Harrison had asked Will if his little sister was still available. Will wasn’t sure if he meant me or McKayla, but since McKayla was already married, he gave Harrison my number. On our first date, Harrison admitted he hadn’t been asking about me, but he was decent enough to say he was glad for the mix-up. And the rest is history.

A short and tragic history, but history nonetheless.

“Will and his wife are in D.C. right now interviewing.” I stepped on my tiptoes and scanned the room over the groom’s head. “I didn’t know Angus was here.”

“I talked to him earlier, but he might have left already,” Harrison said.

“Aaahhh!”

I nearly knocked over a waiter as I jumped away from Nicki’s scream. “Look, Kitten. It’s Baxter Kensington. I didn’t think he’d actually come.”

Kitten? Did she really call him that? Harrison’s red face confirmed that yes, she had. “He plays for the 49ers,” he explained, and I nodded.

“I’d better go and make room for the celebrities,” I said, and Harrison grinned. He’d always appreciated my sarcasm, and his cute grin jabbed at my not-quite-healed heart.

“Thanks for coming.” He pulled me into a hug while his bride arranged her dress to best flatter her cleavage and patted the sides of her platinum fauxhawk. “Are things good with us?” he said quietly in my ear.

I pulled away. “Oh sure.”

“I was worried—”

“Nothing to worry about. Go. Be happy.”

“Thanks, Charlotte.”

I turned away, my eyes stinging, and nearly barreled into one of the most stunning specimens of athleticism I’d ever seen. His pale yellow shirt and silvery gray suit contrasted beautifully with his dark skin. No wonder the bride was swooning about someone other than the groom. Poor Harrison looked like a little boy in comparison.

Ah, one of the hazards of marrying a cheerleader.

Through slightly blurred vision, I saw Harrison put his arm around Nicki. Not too long ago, I’d thought that would be me, though the venue and guest list would have been drastically different.


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Karey WhiteAuthor Karey White

Karey White grew up in Utah, Idaho, Oregon, and Missouri. She attended Ricks College and Brigham Young University. Her first novel, Gifted, was a Whitney Award Finalist. She loves to travel, read, bake treats, and spend time with family and friends. She and her husband are the parents of four great children. She teaches summer creative writing courses to young people and is currently working on her next book.
 






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