#BookBlitz: Once Upon the Longest Night Collection @XpressoTours #Giveaway

Once Upon the Longest Night
Publication date: December 21st 2018
Genres: Adult, Paranormal, Romance

The longest night. A vampire’s delight.

The winter solstice, a time of birth and rebirth, life and death, waning light and rising darkness. A time when those who flee the sun and crave the taste of blood find their greatest solace.
But one never knows what the longest night might hold.
Once Upon the Longest Night, a collection of adult paranormal romances, features eight novelettes of lovers and their battles against one of the greatest legends of our time: the vampire. A 15th-century seaman and the love of his life come face to face with a vengeful manjasang. In ancient Rome, a hunted priestess captured by a loyal centurion offers her aid to the enemy. With the help of a handsome Royal courier, a reluctant Romanian princess braves the curse flowing within her noble blood. Danger awaits when a vampire in the far reaches of North Dakota must endure the lethal cold to protect the woman she loves. And in a future New York, a broken general returns home for the Longest Night Ball where he meets a young male witch who might change his life forever.
This anthology combines vampire mythos and affairs of the heart with the sacred symbolism and magic of the winter season.
Sit back and let us tell you a tale. Welcome to the Longest Night.
Heat levels: Sweet to erotic.

#BookReview: Watch Us Rise by Renee Watson and Ellen Hagan

Title: Watch Us Rise

Author: Renee Watson and Ellen Hagan 
Genres: Young Adult, Contemporary, Feminism
Pages: Hardcover, 400
Pub Date: February 12th 2019
Publisher: Bloomsbury YA
Book Source: Publisher
My Rating: 1 Star DNF

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Synopsis: Jasmine and Chelsea are sick of the way women are treated even at their progressive NYC high school, so they decide to start a Women's Rights Club. They post everything online—poems, essays, videos of Chelsea performing her poetry, and Jasmine's response to the racial macroaggressions she experiences—and soon they go viral. But with such positive support, the club is also targeted by online trolls. When things escalate, the principal shuts the club down. Jasmine and Chelsea will risk everything for their voices—and those of other young women—to be heard. 

#BookBlitz: Library of Absolution by @JDerrickAuthor @XpressoTours #Giveaway @CrimsonTreePub

Library of Absolution
Jennifer Derrick
(Legacy of the Book Mesmer, #1)
Published by: Crimson Tree Publishing
Publication date: December 17th 2018
Genres: Adult, Fantasy, Romance
Alarick Brandon is the powerful wizard who operates The Keep, a refuge for magical people fleeing the persecution of the Ministry. A bitter realist, Alarick knows it’s only a matter of time until the Ministry succeeds in eradicating magic from the world—and exterminating all magical beings—so he has been careful to avoid any personal involvement with the people who pass through his sanctuary.
But when Elissa Stone arrives at The Keep, her village a smoldering ruin, and only her magical talent and a forbidden library left to her name, Alarick’s ordered world descends into chaos. Elissa is a Book Mesmer, a magical talent long believed extinct. She can enchant books, making them indestructible, unreadable…even deadly to unauthorized readers. But while her magic can secure a legacy for future magical generations, it’s not a skill that’s good in a fight, and certainly not one that Alarick sees any real use for. But there’s something compelling about a woman who defies the Ministry’s edicts against female literacy, and she seems determined to prove that knowledge is a weapon in its own right…
The first installment in an enticing new fantasy series by author Jennifer Derrick, The Library of Absolution is a compelling story of perseverance and determination in the face of persecution, in a Dark Age where hope is lost—and knowledge is the only thing left to fight for.

#BookRecommendations: The Black Witch (The Black Witch Chronicles #1) by @laurieannforest

This week we have a fantasy book with so many magical creatures!! This is one of the BEST stories that I have read in sometime! 

#BookReview: Past Due for Murder (Blue Ridge Library Mysteries #3) by Victoria Gilbert

Title: Past Due for Murder

Series: Blue Ridge Library Mysteries #3
Author: Victoria Gilbert
Genres: Adult, Cozy Mystery 
Pages: Hardcover, 304
Pub Date: February 12th 2019
Publisher: Crooked Lane Books
Book Source: Publisher
My Rating: 3 Stars

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Synopsis: Has a curse fallen on the small town of Taylorsford, Virginia? After a young woman goes missing during a spring bonfire, library director Amy Webber must wade through the web of lies only to find a truth that she may not want to untangle. 

Spring has sprung in quaint Taylorsford, Virginia, and the mayor has revived the town’s long-defunct May Day celebration to boost tourism. As part of the festivities, library director Amy Webber is helping to organize a research project and presentation by a local folklore expert. All seems well at first―but spring takes on a sudden chill when a university student inexplicably vanishes during a bonfire. 

The local police cast a wide net to find the missing woman, but in a shocking turn of events, Amy’s swoon-worthy neighbor Richard Muir becomes a person of interest in the case. Not only is Richard the woman’s dance instructor, he also doesn’t have an alibi for the night the student vanished―or at least not one he’ll divulge, even to Amy. 

When the missing student is finally discovered lost in the mountains, with no memory of recent events―and a dead body lying nearby―an already disturbing mystery takes on a sinister new hue. Blessed with her innate curiosity and a librarian’s gift for research, Amy may be the only one who can learn the truth.

This title will be released on February 12, 2019.

#CoverReveal: The Prisoner by @kmodglinauthor @IndieSagePR #Giveaway

The Prisoner  by Kiersten Modglin Publication Date: December 20, 2018 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

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Also in the Series: Book 1 - The Cleaner | Book 2 - The Healer | Book 3 - The Liar

Always the prisoner…now she’s the prison. Fiona Fiona Denali’s mind is a fortress of secrets. Things she can’t tell, people she must protect. She never wanted to hurt anyone, but they hurt her first. Now, she must protect the one person she can still count on—herself. On the run from anyone who knows her face, Fiona crosses paths with a man whose eyes seem just as haunted as her own. She could save him…but he could destroy her. It’s a choice she’s had before, but last time she chose wrong. Logan Logan North is done. His life is over. Eventually, they’ll catch him and kill him. And honestly, he can’t see much reason why that’d be a bad thing. The only thing keeping him moving, is the girl who seems to need him more than she realizes. He had no intention of ever helping anyone again. Not after the last time went so wrong. But, Fiona may make him rethink his plan. One last good deed before he surrenders to his fate. One last mistake before she gives into her dark nature.