#BookReview: Colliding Skies by @DKZaken #Giveaway

Title: Colliding Skies

Author: Debbie Zaken
Genres: Young Adult, Science Fiction
Pages: Paperback, 380
Published: March 6, 2018
Publisher: Oftomes Publishing
Rating: 4 🌟🌟🌟🌟

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Synopsis:   Since Skye Reilly can remember, she has been looking up to the stars. With high school graduation upon her, her telescope in one hand and her college acceptance letter in the other, she has life as meticulously mapped out as her star chart. That is, until the Celeians arrive and she meets Ethan, an alluring alien. Ethan collides into her like an asteroid, causing a gravitational shift in Skye’s trajectory and hurling her life into a cataclysmic collision course of interplanetary proportions.

The Celeians promise many things. An end to disease, global warming, and famine. The knowledge to help humankind. Despite the suspicions surrounding the intriguing aliens and rising anti-alien protests, Skye gives Ethan her trust, and eventually her heart. The very heart he could stop with a lethal electrifying touch of his hand. 
When the Magistrate, a council of alien leaders, threatens to put an end to their interspecies relationship, following her heart could cost Skye her life and the lives of everyone she loves. 
Not even light can escape the pull of a black hole.

#BookBlitz: Contact (A New World, #1) by @Writer_MDNeu @XpressoTours #Giveaway

A New World – Contact
MD Neu
Publication date: February 4th 2019
Genres: LGBTQ+, Science Fiction

A little blue world, the third planet from the sun. It’s home to 7 billion people with all manner of faiths, beliefs and customs, divided by bigotry and misunderstanding, who will soon be told they are not alone in the universe. Anyone watching from the outside would pass by this fractured and tumultuous world, unless they had no other choice. Todd Landon is one of these people, living and working in a section of the world called the United States of America. His life is similar to those around him: home, family, work, friends and a husband.

On the cusp of the greatest announcement humankind has ever witnessed, Todd’s personal world is thrown into turmoil when his estranged brother shows up on his front porch with news of ships heading for Earth’s orbit. The ships are holding the Nentraee, a humanoid race who have come to Earth in need of help after fleeing the destruction of their homeworld. How will one man bridge the gap for both the Humans and Nentraee, amongst mistrust, terrorist attacks and personal loss? Will this be the start of a new age of man or will bigotry and miscommunication bring this small world to its knees and final end?

#BookReview: Hellbent (Orphan X #3) by @GreggHurwitz #Giveaway

Title: Hellbent

Series: Orphan X 
Author: Gregg Hurwitz
Genres: Adult, Mystery, Thriller
Pages: Hardcover, 406 pages
Published: January 30th 2018
Publisher: Minotaur Books 

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Synopsis:   To some he was Orphan X. Others knew him as the Nowhere Man. But to Jack Johns he was a boy named Evan Smoak. Taken from an orphanage, Evan was raised inside a top-secret government programme and trained to become a lethal weapon. By Jack. And yet for all the dangerous skill he instilled in his young charge, Jack Jones cared for Evan like a son.

But Jack knew too much about a programme that had gone rotten - he was a loose end that needed to be dealt with. But if you go after the only person who ever treated him like a human being, you can guarantee that the Nowhere Man will be coming for you. Hellbent on making things right . . .

With Hellbent, Gregg Hurwitz raises the bar again with a masterclass in hi-octane thriller writing. 

#Top10: Upcoming Releases I’m On the Fence About

This weeks Top 10 Tuesday is about upcoming releases that I am on the fence about.  

So for this one I actually had to go look books up lol. 

#BookBlitz: Rune’s Folly by @GarenGlazier @XpressoTours #Giveaway

Rune’s Folly
Garen Glazier
Publication date: February 5th 2019
Genres: Adventure, Fantasy, Young Adult
By day, Tansy McCoy is a florist making charmed bouquets for the citizens of Junonia, capital of the Kingdom of Terranmar. By night, she’s an assassin and the keeper of the Dangerous Garden where deadly blooms grow. Together with the town tailor, butcher, baker, and metalsmith (just don’t call her a candlestick maker), she is part of the Guild, a secret group of spell-wielding thieves and mercenaries. Their task: consolidate all that remains of the realm’s fading magic under the ruthless King Zeno’s control.
Impetuous loner Tansy chafes under her Guild demands. She longs to quit her town and trade and head for the hills. Unfortunately, King Zeno has other plans. He wants to marry off his daughter to Terranmar’s famously reclusive wizard, Rune Hallows, and he’s willing to have the Guild kidnap him to make it happen. Fail to deliver the wizard and the consequences will be swift and deadly.
Reluctant but determined, Tansy sets out on the long journey to faraway Wentletrap and Rune’s desolate tower by the sea. To get there she must cross a swamp full of sinister surprises, battle a werewolf, and outrace a bloodthirsty band of revenants, while she wrestles with her own magical powers that seem to be expanding in unpredictable ways.
But reaching Rune’s tower is only the beginning. When Tansy learns the real reason behind the king’s contest, she’ll need to decide whether to give in to the growing forces of magic ready to reclaim Terranmar or embrace her newfound powers to save the kingdom.

#BookBlitz: An Open Window by P.B. Harrison @RABTBookTours

Fiction

Publisher: URLink Publishing

Published: November 2018

Born in a drafty house, Jessie, the firstborn of Mary and her abusive husband, Bill, was born for better things. Throughout her childhood, she tells stories that enable her to escape into her own made up world. She cares for her siblings and manages to establish lifelong friendships. As a teenager, her parents divorce, and Jessie begins to experience days without the need to weigh every action or word. She no longer fears the night or the soft footsteps that once came to her bedside. Because of her capacity for forgiveness and compassion, Jessie refused to be a victim. Later, she is reunited with a high school friend who becomes the man who makes her frightening memories dissolve into distant shadows that hover at the outer fringes of her mind but are rarely allowed in. As a wife and mother, Jessie again turns to storytelling, not as a way to escape her father's cruelty but to entertain and teach her children. She introduces them to characters that leave them wanting more but appropriating what they have.

#BookReview: The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons

Title: The Ruin of Kings

Series: A Chorus of Dragons, #1
Author: Jenn Lyons
Genres: Adult, Fantasy 
Pages: Hardcover, 560
Published: February 5, 2019
Publisher: Tor Books
Rating: 1 ★

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Synopsis:  There are the old stories. And then there’s what actually happens.

Kihrin is a bastard orphan who grew up on storybook tales of long-lost princes and grand quests. When he is claimed against his will as the long-lost son of a treasonous prince, Kihrin finds that being a long-lost prince isn't what the storybooks promised.

Far from living the dream, Kihrin finds himself practically a prisoner, at the mercy of his new family's power plays and ambitions. He also discovers that the storybooks have lied about a lot of other things things, too: dragons, demons, gods, prophecies, true love, and how the hero always wins.

Then again, maybe he’s not the hero, for Kihrin isn’t destined to save the empire.

He’s destined to destroy it . . .

Uniting the worldbuilding of a Brandon Sanderson with the storytelling verve of a Patrick Rothfuss, debut author Jenn Lyons delivers an entirely new and captivating fantasy epic. Prepare to meet the genre’s next star.

#CoverReveal: The Night Docket by @michelelang @XpressoTours

The Night Docket
Michele Lang
Publication date: February 26th 2019
Genres: Adult, Urban Fantasy
Praise for author Michele Lang:
“Lang is a writer to watch and is sure to have wide appeal to fans of Jim Butcher, Kat Richardson, and other urban fantasy A-listers.” -Booklist
“A groundbreaking, rich, enthralling series….stakes that couldn’t be higher. A tour de force!” – Rachel Caine, NYT best-selling author of the Morganville Vampire series (for the Lady Lazarus series)
“Michele Lang is a talented writer and gifted storyteller…one of the leading voices in historical urban fantasy.” — D.B. Jackson, author of THIEFTAKER
When you do your part to kill a necromancer, death isn’t the final goodbye.
No, it’s not the end.
Instead, it’s more like pouring gasoline on a dumpster fire…
By day, solo street lawyer Nicole Farmer represents the down and out in the tough town of Amistad, Connecticut. Bankruptcies, divorces, criminal defense, foreclosures…Nicole’s clients are the hardest-luck cases in a hard-luck rustbelt city.
Fighting the good fight, Nicole has to hustle just to make a living. And by night, unquiet spirits call to her on the dream plane, seeking revenge and healing…and demanding that she solve the coldest cases of all.
Powered by coffee and a sparkly pink cell phone with uncanny mojo, Nicole was made for trouble and badassery. But even she can’t go 24/7 without a break. Sooner or later, she knows she will crack.
Everything changes when Evangeline, the spirit of a murdered young woman, invades Nicole’s dreams. Her killer, a power-hungry and psychopathic warlock, wants to strike again.
Nicole commits to hunting Evangeline’s killer…and opening the Night Docket means all hell breaks loose in Amistad.
Attacked by enemies living and undead, Nicole must face her own past, call in all her favors, and find a way to achieve cosmic justice — without losing her own life and soul…
You will love Michele’s new contemporary urban fantasy series! Read it now, and instantly disappear into the otherworldly, dangerous landscape of Amistad and the Afterworld.

#BookReview: The Nowhere Man (Orphan X #2) by @GreggHurwitz #Giveaway

Title: The Nowhere Man

Series: Orphan X 
Author: Gregg Hurwitz
Genres: Adult, Mystery, Thriller
Pages: Hardcover, 368 pages
Published: January 17th 2017
Publisher: Minotaur Books 

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Synopsis:   IF YOU'VE READ ORPHAN X YOU'LL BE DYING TO READ THIS

He was once called Orphan X. 

As a boy, Evan Smoak was taken from a children's home, raised and trained as part of a secret government initiative buried so deep that virtually no one knows it exists. But he broke with the programme, choosing instead to vanish off grid and use his formidable skill set to help those unable to protect themselves.

One day, though, Evan's luck ran out . . .

Ambushed, drugged, and spirited away, Evan wakes up in a locked room with no idea where he is or who has captured him. As he tries to piece together what's happened, testing his gilded prison and its highly trained guards for weaknesses, he receives a desperate call for help.

With time running out, he will need to out-think, out-manoeuvre, and out-fight an opponent the likes of whom he's never encountered to have any chance of escape. He's got to save himself to protect those whose lives depend on him. Or die trying . . .

The Nowhere Man delivers another masterclass in hi-octane thriller writing.

#BookBlitz: Unexpected Demon by @laylathewriter @XpressoTours #Giveaway

Unexpected Demon
Layla Stone
(Unexpected, #2)
Publication date: January 31st 2019
Genres: Adult, Romance, Science Fiction
I never liked her kind before. Rank climbing bastards. Liars. Cowards.
The second I see her walk into the captain’s meeting, I want to dislike her but I can’t. I’m captivated by her smooth curves, long thick hair and her confidence. I want to taste her sweetness.
She’s got guts, smarts and I want her to come willingly to my bed. Except, she doesn’t respond to my charm. The female is nothing like I expect.
She’s also taken unnecessary risks.
My mission is on the line. I have people to save and a team to protect.
When I get my hands on her, she better be prepared for what a night in my bed entails… and she better promise never to leave the ship without me again.
Note to readers:  If you are looking for a Steamy Sci-Fi Romance with a strong and obsessive male with an equally strong and confident female, then this book is for you.

#TBRReadingChallenge: Fail

Well I have to say that my reading challenge this year has kind of failed for the first month of this year.  I am hoping to get the one title that was chosen done this week. And then I will be back with a new list.  It has been just so crazy around here trying to get books done.  

#CoverReveal: The Midnight Fire Series from @DavisKaitlyn now has new covers! @YABoundToursPR

The Midnight Fire Series from Kaitlyn Davis now has new covers! Check them out below!

Midnight Fire Series

by Kaitlyn Davis

Genre: YA Paranormal Romance

Summary:

**Over 250,000 Copies of the Midnight Fire Series Sold!**

**Over 5000 5-Star Reviews on Goodreads!**

"The writing is effortlessly mind blowing." - Happy Tales and Tails Blog

"Read the books. Do it." - Urban Girl Reader

"I was riveted throughout." - Obsession With Books

Kira Dawson has the power to burn vampires to a crisp. The problem is, she doesn't know it yet. The even bigger problem is, she's dating one.

When Kira Dawson moves to South Carolina, she meets Luke, a blond goofball who quickly becomes her best friend, and Tristan, a mysterious bad boy who sends shivers down her spine. Kira knows they're keeping secrets, but when she discovers Tristan's lust for blood and her own dormant mystical powers, Kira is forced to fight for her life and make the heartbreaking decision between the familiar comfort of friendship and the fiery passion of love.

From bestselling author Kaitlyn Davis comes a paranormal romance perfect for fans of Twilight, The Vampire Diaries, and Buffy The Vampire Slayer.

#BookReview: Orphan X (Orphan X #1) by @GreggHurwitz #Giveaway

Title: Orphan X

Series: Orphan X 
Author: Gregg Hurwitz
Genres: Adult, Mystery, Thirller
Pages: Paperback, 416 pages
Published: November 1st 2016
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks 

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Synopsis:   Who is Orphan X? 

The Nowhere Man is a legendary figure spoken about only in whispers. It’s said that when he’s reached by the truly desperate and deserving, the Nowhere Man can and will do anything to protect and save them. But he’s not merely a legend.

Evan Smoak is a man with skills, resources, and a personal mission to help those with nowhere else to turn. He’s also a man with a dangerous past. Chosen as a child, he was raised and trained as an Orphan, an off-the-books black box program designed to create the perfect deniable intelligence asset: An assassin. Evan was Orphan X—until he broke with the program and used everything he learned to disappear.

But now someone is on his tail. Someone with similar skills and training who will exploit Evan’s secret new identity as the Nowhere Man to eliminate him. 

#NewRelease: If He's Watching (The After Twelve, 3) @LaneyWylde @CrimsonTreePub ‏

NOW AVAILABLE (NEW RELEASE 1/28/19): 

AMAZON / NOOK / iBOOKS / KOBO / GOOGLE PLAY / SMASHWORDS

(Release week sale at $4.99. Priced at $5.99 after release week.) 

If He's Watching Laney Wylde (The After Twelve, #3) Published by: Crimson Tree Publishing Publication date: January 28, 2019 Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance, Thriller

Trust is a currency she can't afford to spend.

Dark and seductive, If He's Watching is the second book in the thrilling new adult series After Twelve by author Laney Wylde. James Sterling doesn't know the first thing about After Twelve, but he's heard the rumors--and if Estlyn can take down a district attorney in grand fashion--well, that's exactly the type of service he's looking for. The way James reaches out to Estlyn sets off alarm bells, but she's strapped for cash, so she agrees to a meeting. At first, it sounds like the perfect After Twelve case, and there's something magnetic about James that Estlyn feels instantly--but the means to his end are so deplorable Estlyn can't even touch the case. The only problem is that James isn't the type of guy to take no for an answer--and those closest to her may pay the price. Novels inThe After Twelve Series by Laney Wylde:

• If She Were Blind 
• If She Plays His Game 
• If He's Watching (January 28, 2019)

#BookReview: The True Queen (Sorcerer Royal #2) by Zen Cho @zenaldehyde

Title: The True Queen

Series: Sorcerer Royal
Author: Zen Cho
Genres: Adult, Fantasy
Pages: Paperback, 384 pages
Published: March 12th, 2019
Publisher: Ace Books

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Synopsis:   In the follow-up to the "delightful" Regency fantasy novel (NPR.org) Sorcerer to the Crown, a young woman with no memories of her past finds herself embroiled in dangerous politics in England and the land of the fae. 

When sisters Muna and Sakti wake up on the peaceful beach of the island of Janda Baik, they can't remember anything, except that they are bound as only sisters can be. They have been cursed by an unknown enchanter, and slowly Sakti starts to fade away. The only hope of saving her is to go to distant Britain, where the Sorceress Royal has established an academy to train women in magic.

If Muna is to save her sister, she must learn to navigate high society, and trick the English magicians into believing she is a magical prodigy. As she's drawn into their intrigues, she must uncover the secrets of her past, and journey into a world with more magic than she had ever dreamed.

#BookBlitz: Shadow’s Voice by Natalie Johanson @XpressoTours #Giveaway

Shadow’s Voice
Natalie Johanson
Publication date: January 2nd 2019
Genres: Adult, Fantasy
Rose Trewin is on the run. Pursued by memories of her father, she runs from city to city, seeking normalcy. But Rose can’t escape her past, or the magic running through her veins, the magic that allows her to slip through the shadows unnoticed. The magic her father once used to mold her into a mercenary sent to destroy his enemies.
Now her magic is growing and changing, becoming something new and untamable. Rose is unable to rest. Wolves wrapped in fog follow her relentlessly along the countryside. Desperate, she uses her magic to escape, but the shadows are pushing her towards the center of a conspiracy.
Now, her country teeters on the brink of a civil war as a Lord Governor gathers power against the king. An enemy, with magic similar to her own, emerges in the chaos of political intrigue.
Faced with a country at war and a king brought to his knees, Rose must accept who she is and harness her powers in order to save her country and herself.

#BookRecommendation: Bones of Faerie (Bones of Faerie #1) by @jannileesimner

Welcome back to memes!! Sorry for not getting them out but its been a crazy time around here.  But they are offically back and better than ever.  This week we have one amazing series called Bones of Faerie!  This is one of my all time books about the Fey!  Its one epic adventure that you should totally read!!  I decided to do this one becuase a ton of people online were asking about books about the Fey.   

If you end up reading this one please let me know! I would love to know your thoughts! 

#BookReview: The Wren Hunt by Mary Watson

Title: The Wren Hunt

Author: Mary Watson
Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy
Pages: Hardcover, 432
Published: November 6, 2018
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens 
Rating: 1 ★

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Synopsis:  Every Christmas, Wren is chased through the woods near her isolated village by her family's enemies—the Judges—and there’s nothing that she can do to stop it. Once her people, the Augurs, controlled a powerful magic. But now that power lies with the Judges, who are set on destroying her kind for good. 

In a desperate bid to save her family, Wren takes a dangerous undercover assignment—as an intern to an influential Judge named Cassa Harkness. Cassa has spent her life researching a transformative spell, which could bring the war between the factions to its absolute end. Caught in a web of deceit, Wren must decide whether or not to gamble on the spell and seal the Augurs’ fate. 

#BookBlitz: Jake’s Redemption by @TheJamieSchulz @XpressoTours #Giveaway

Jake’s Redemption
Jamie Schulz
(The Angel Eyes Series Prequel)
Publication date: February 1st 2019
Genres: Adult, Romance, Science Fiction

In a broken world, he faced a future full of pain.
Will one daring woman be his last chance for love… Before time runs out…

Jake longs for the life men lived before war destroyed everything and women enslaved them. When fate forces a temporary reprieve from imprisonment, escape becomes his primary objective. Until his new captor sparks hope, and something far more passionate, in his lonely heart.

After giving up on romance, Monica dedicated herself to sheltering unfortunate souls from a harsh new society. But then destiny delivered a desperate man to her doorstep. A man she soon discovers she cannot ignore and would do anything to save.

Will Monica be able to free Jake from the vicious woman who wants to break him? Or will Jake be forced to leave Monica behind to save himself?

#BookReview: The Au Pair by Emma Rous

Title: The Au Pair

Author: Emma Rous
Genres: Adult, Mystery, Thriller
Pages: Paperback, 360
Published: Janurary 8th, 2019
Publisher: Berkley Books

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Synopsis:  Seraphine Mayes and her twin brother Danny were born in the middle of summer at their family’s estate on the Norfolk coast. Within hours of their birth, their mother threw herself from the cliffs, the au pair fled, and the village thrilled with whispers of dark cloaks, changelings, and the aloof couple who drew a young nanny into their inner circle.

Now an adult, Seraphine mourns the recent death of her father. While going through his belongings, she uncovers a family photograph that raises dangerous questions. It was taken on the day the twins were born, and in the photo, their mother, surrounded by her husband and her young son, is beautifully dressed, smiling serenely, and holding just one baby.

Who is the child and what really happened that day?

One person knows the truth, if only Seraphine can find her.