Book Review and GIVEAWAY: The Heavens Rise, ends 12/4

The Heavens Rise, by Christopher Rice. I was resistant at first. The idea of a gurgling, classical French fountain surrounded by all that wild foliage appealed to my teenage love of the Victorian gothic. But my father used a very simple and cogent argument to change my mind;...

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Book Review: Beautiful Player

Beautiful Player, by Christina Lauren. I'd always understood why women wanted Will in the first place. He wasn't beautiful in the same way Bennett was, and he wasn't tender like Max. He was visceral and imperfect, dark and knowing. He gave the sense that he looked at a...

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Book Review + Giveaway: Angelfall and World After, ends 11/26

World After (Penryn & the End of Days, #2) by Susan Ee. I know that soon I'll have to think about Paige, Mom, and Clara. My priorities will be all about survival and getting my family together and keeping them safe from monsters and people alike. But for now,...

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GIVEAWAY: Kmart toys for the holidays, ends 12/2

Kmart Toys Giveaway Frenzy In the spirit of the holidays we are joining with Kmart to Pay It Forward with Kmart Toys This year, Kmart introduced a new way for you to do the same with a new program, Kmart has called Shop Your Way Charity Gift Registry. Kmart and Share...

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Book Review: Someone Else's Love Story

Someone Else's Love Story, by Joshilyn Jackson. I fell in love with William Ashe at gunpoint, in a Circle K. It was on a Friday afternoon at the tail end of a Georgia summer so ungodly hot the air felt like it had all been boiled red. We were both staring down the barrel of...

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GIVEAWAY: complete set of the Redhead series, by Alice Clayton - ends 11/22

Last month, I reviewed Wallbanger by Alice Clayton, and it's just been announced that Clayton now has a major book deal for three full-length books and one novella. Her new series, the Cocktail series, will start off with Rusty Nailed, the sequel to Wallbanger, and will...

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GIVEAWAY: Second Firsts: Live, Laugh, and Love Again, ends 11/18

Seconds Firsts: Live, Laugh and Love Again is the newest from Christina Rasmussen, and I have a copy for two of my lucky readers to win. Official synopsis: After studying to become a therapist and crisis intervention counselor - even doing her master's thesis on the...

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Book Review: The Whole Golden World

The Whole Golden World, by Kristina Riggle. She'd noticed he'd cut his hair shorter, which disappointed her. Already he looked less like himself. No doubt his lawyer had made him do it, that lady lawyer who probably thought shaggy hair made him look dangerous. Like...

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Book Review: What Nora Knew

What Nora Knew, by Linda Yellin. "See, that's what's intriguing about you. I never know what you're going to say. I'd have taken you for a loves-surprises woman." "Really?" I liked that self-image. Maybe someday I'd adopt it. "What's interesting about knowing an ending?"...

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Review and GIVEAWAY: The Burning of Cherry Hill, ends 11/13

The Burning of Cherry Hill, by A.K. Butler. It has been a mere five generations since the Second Revolutionary War threatened to destroy this nation, since vanishings ceased to be devastating realities and became colloquial slang. It is too easy to forget that Zavier and Evangelina...

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GIVEAWAY: Seven Seconds: Memories of the JFK Assassination, the Tragedy that Changed America, ends 11/12

The e-book Seven Seconds: Memories of the JFK Assassination, the Tragedy that Changed America, by Holly Millea, has recently been published, and I have a copy for two of my lucky readers to win. Official synopsis: Where were you when you heard the news that President Kennedy...

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CONTEST: win a copy of Theirs to Keep (Tangled Hearts trilogy, #1) by Maya Banks, ends 11/11

Maya Banks, the author of the Breathless trilogy, is self-publishing her new book, Theirs to Keep, and it's currently available online as an e-book and in print-on-demand. I have a copy for one of my lucky readers to win - read on to see how! Official synopsis: While...

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Book Review: The Theory of Opposites

The Theory of Opposites, by Allison Winn Scotch. I guess I didn't see it, that we no longer fit, that he outgrew me. That the gawky high school kid eventually discovers that he can go back to his reunions and make the prom queens jealous with regret.  But what's regret...

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