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Title: Kiss Me Author: Jillian Dodd Series: The Keatyn Chronicles, #2 Publisher: Bandit Publishing Publication Date: December 14, 2012 Synopsis: I've always written scripts for my perfect life. But no way could I have ever scripted this. My life is so far from perfect, it’s not even funny. All because of a stalker. I'm at a boarding school where I have to lie about who I am. I can’t see my family. I’m tutoring a hottie god that tortures me with his smile. The most popular girl already hates me. But there’s this boy. This hot, sweet, sexy boy. So I’m going to stop trying to script my life and just live it. Because who knows how long I have left. About the Author: Jillian Dodd grew up on a farm in Nebraska, where she developed a love for Midwestern boys and Nebraska football. She has drank from a keg in a cornfield, attended the University of Nebraska, got to pass her candle, and did have a boy ask her to marry him in a bar. She met her own prince in college, and they ha

For a list of all the Tour Sites go HERE ! Title: Jessica Author: Laura DeLuca Publisher: Pagan Writers Press Publication Date: October 16, 2012 Synopsis: Wilbur was used to going to his college formals alone. He thought the Halloween Ball would be no different. He’s amazed when a beautiful girl in a Victorian costume displays an interest in him and even more amazed to find himself alone with her on one of the campus nature trails. What Wilbur doesn’t realize is that another woman has her eye on him too. The White Lady returns every Halloween to take revenge on the men of the campus for her brutal murder. She has chosen Wilbur as her next victim. **The first chapter of Laura DeLuca's new book, Morrigan (Release Date October 31, 2012), is also included with this short story** About the Author: Laura “Luna” DeLuca lives at the beautiful Jersey shore with her husband and four children. In addition to writing fiction, Laura is also the sole author of a popular review blog called

Happy Halloween from The Cozy Reading Corner! I hope you're having a spook-tascular day! I have an interview with Tahlia Newland for you today which is especially fitting, seeing as how her book contains demons!  :)) Title: Lethal Inheritance Author: Tahlia Newland Publisher: Catapult Press Publication Date: October 10, 2012 Synopsis: If last night was real, Ariel should be dead. She’s not, but her mother has disappeared, there are bruises on her neck and the hideous beast in the photo looks frighteningly familiar. You can’t send police into a tunnel that doesn’t exist after a villain they can’t see, so when shadow demons kidnap her mother, Ariel has to mount the rescue mission herself. Hot on the trail, she enters a hidden layer of reality only to find that the demons are hunting her, and they feed on fear. Ariel must defeat them before they kill her and enslave her mother. But how do you kill terrifying demons when your fear makes them stronger? A quirky old guide teaches h

It's Monday. Which is normally really depressing because it's the start of another busy week. But today is a good Monday! Ya know why? Because today precedes the release date of: Sapphire Blue (Edelstein Trilogie #2) by Kerstin Gier Synopsis: Gwen’s life has been a rollercoaster since she discovered she was the Ruby, the final member of the secret time-traveling Circle of Twelve. In between searching through history for the other time-travelers and asking for a bit of their blood (gross!), she’s been trying to figure out what all the mysteries and prophecies surrounding the Circle really mean. At least Gwen has plenty of help. Her best friend Lesley follows every lead diligently on the Internet. James the ghost teaches Gwen how to fit in at an eighteenth century party. And Xemerius, the gargoyle demon who has been following Gwen since he caught her kissing Gideon in a church, offers advice on everything . Oh, yes. And of course there is Gideon, the Diamond. One minute he’s ver

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"Waiting On Wednesday" is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine , that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is: The Almost Truth by Eileen Cook Synopsis: From the author of Unraveling Isobel and The Education of Hailey Kendrick , a smart, romantic novel about a teenage con artist who might be in over her head. Sadie can’t wait to get away from her backwards small town, her delusional mom, her jailbird dad, and the tiny trailer where she was raised…even though leaving those things behind also means leaving Brendan. Sadie wants a better life, and she has been working steadily toward it, one con at a time. But when Sadie’s mother wipes out Sadie’s savings, her escape plan is suddenly gone. She needs to come up with a lot of cash—and fast—or she’ll be stuck in this town forever. With Brendan’s help, she devises a plan—the ultimate con—to get the mone

Title: Flutter Author: Gina Linko Publisher: Random House Books Publication Date: October 23, 2012 Synopsis: All Emery Land wants is to be like any other 17-year-old—to go to school, hang out with her friends, and just be normal. But for as long as she can remember, she’s suffered from seizures. And in recent years they’ve consumed her life. To Emery they’re much more than seizures, she calls them loops—moments when she travels through wormholes back and forth in time and to a mysterious town. The loops are taking their toll on her physically. So she practically lives in the hospital where her scientist father and an ever-growing team of doctors monitor her every move. They’re extremely interested in the data they collect when Emery seizes. It appears that she’s tapping into parts of the brain typically left untouched by normal human beings. Escaping from the hospital, Emery travels to Esperanza, the town from her loops on the upper peninsula of Michigan, where she meets Asher Cla

This meme is hosted by BookJourney ! This week I plan to read: AND Last week I read: and -Kristen ♥

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Title: The Peasant Prince Author: Stephen Cody Publisher: Trajan Books, Inc. Publication Date: September 22, 2012 Synopsis: Art Williams is the son of the new American Ambassador to London. In his first 48 hours in London, Art makes an enemy of Princess Guinevere, the teenage daughter of the new Queen of England, has a trio of banshees foretelling his doom, is stalked by a shape-shifting witch, and destroys the American Ambassador's mansion. Art may be the only thing standing in the way of the enslavement of the world. Dark forces are at work. If they can sacrifice an infant king, the Worlds of Man and Magic will be reunited. Or it could unravel Time itself. Queen Caroline, Guinevere’s mother, has an infant prince, the heir to her throne. With his classmates, the sons and daughters of diplomats from Australia, Canada, India, and China, Art discovers they have a chance of saving the Royal Family, England, and the world. But first, they must gather the skills needed and make

"Waiting On Wednesday" is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine , that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is: Bitter Blood (The Morganville Vampires #13) by Rachel Caine Synopsis: For years, the human and vampire residents of Morganville, Texas, have managed to co-exist in peace. But now that the threat to the vampires has been defeated, the human residents are learning that the gravest danger they face is the enemy within… Thanks to the eradication of the parasitic creatures known as the draug, the vampires of Morganville have been freed of their usual constraints. With the vampires indulging their every whim, the town’s human population is determined to hold on to their lives by taking up arms. But college student Claire Danvers isn’t about to take sides, considering she has ties to both the humans and the vampires. To make matters worse, a television

Title: Shadow and Bone Author: Leigh Bardugo Series: The Grisha, #1 Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. Publication Date: June 5, 2012 Synopsis: Surrounded by enemies, the once-great nation of Ravka has been torn in two by the Shadow Fold, a swath of near impenetrable darkness crawling with monsters who feast on human flesh. Now its fate may rest on the shoulders of one lonely refugee. Alina Starkov has never been good at anything. But when her regiment is attacked on the Fold and her best friend is brutally injured, Alina reveals a dormant power that saves his life—a power that could be the key to setting her war-ravaged country free. Wrenched from everything she knows, Alina is whisked away to the royal court to be trained as a member of the Grisha, the magical elite led by the mysterious Darkling. Yet nothing in this lavish world is what it seems. With darkness looming and an entire kingdom depending on her untamed power, Alina will have to confront the secrets of the Grisha…and the

Title: Apollyon Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout Series: Covenant, #4 Publisher: Spencer Hill Press Publication Date: April 9, 2013 Previous books in the series:                                                    Click HERE to read Elixir! AND NOW, the newest addition: **Isn't it gorgeous?** -Kristen ♥

Tatted Thursday is a weekly meme hosted at Word Spelunking that features literary inspired tattoos. Twilight Quote Harry Potter! HP Spell! Peter Pan  :) -Kristen ♥

"Waiting On Wednesday" is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine , that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is: Walking Disaster (Beautiful, #2) by Jamie McGuire Synopsis: Beautiful Disaster told in Travis point of view. How much is too much to love? Travis Maddox learned two things from his mother before she died: Love hard. Fight harder. In Walking Disaster, the life of Travis is full of fast women, underground gambling, and violence. Just when he thought he was invincible, Abby Abernathy brings him to his knees. Every story has two sides. In Jamie McGuire's New York Times bestseller Beautiful Disaster Abby had her say. Now it's time to see the story through Travis's eyes. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You have no idea how much this excites me! I loved Beautiful Disaster! And now we get to re-read it from Travis' POV! **d

I'm feeling pretty slack for not having read Matched yet, but I hope to remedy that soon! In order to celebrate the upcoming publication for, Reached , the third and final novel in the Matched trilogy some bloggers have decided to post the trailer and an excerpt from Matched!  :)) You can find the excerpt HERE ! Do you want to help the Archivists spread the word? Post the trailer and excerpt on your blog, Facebook, Twitter etc.  And if you do tweet, don't forget to use the hashtag #getmatched.  :)) -Kristen ♥

Title: Undeadly Author:  Michele Vail Series: The Reaper Diaries, #1 Publisher: Harlequin Teen Publication Date: November 20, 2012 Synopsis: The day I turned 16, my boyfriend-to-be died. I brought him back to life. Then things got a little weird... Molly Bartolucci wants to blend in, date hottie Rick and keep her zombie-raising abilities on the down-low. Then the god Anubis chooses her to become a reaper-and she accidentally undoes the work of another reaper, Rath. Within days, she’s shipped off to the Nekyia Academy, an elite school that trains the best necromancers in the world. And her personal reaping tutor? Rath. Who seems to hate her guts. Rath will be watching closely to be sure she completes her first assignment-reaping Rick, the boy who should have died. The boy she still wants to be with. To make matters worse, students at the academy start turning up catatonic, and accusations fly-against Molly. The only way out of this mess? To go through hell. Literally. Verdict: Thi

Title: The Athena Effect Author: Derrolyn Anderson Publication Date: August 30, 2012 Synopsis: Country girl Cali has been kept a secret her entire life, raised in isolation by two very troubled people. Despite her parent’s disturbing fits, Cal is perfectly content, living at one with the nature that surrounds her, and finding adventure inside the pages of her beloved books. When an awful tragedy tears her away from her remote cabin in the woods, nothing she’s ever read has prepared her for a world that she knows very little about. Girls and motorcycles are what bad-boy Cal’s life is all about. Brought up in a raucous party house by his biker brother, he’s free to do as he pleases, going through the motions on his final days of high school. Aimless, Cal stopped thinking about his future a long time ago. Attacked by a gang of thugs while running an errand for his brother, Cal is in serious trouble until a fierce girl appears out of nowhere to intervene. She chases off three grown me

Title: Skinny Author: Donna Cooner Publisher: Point Publication Date: October 1, 2012 Synopsis: Find your voice. Hopeless. Freak. Elephant. Pitiful. These are the words of Skinny, the vicious voice that lives inside fifteen-year-old Ever Davies’s head. Skinny tells Ever all the dark thoughts her classmates have about her. Ever knows she weighs over three hundred pounds, knows she’ll probably never be loved, and Skinny makes sure she never forgets it. But there is another voice: Ever’s singing voice, which is beautiful but has been silenced by Skinny. Partly in the hopes of trying out for the school musical—and partly to try and save her own life—Ever decides to undergo a risky surgery that may help her lose weight and start over. With the support of her best friend, Ever begins the uphill battle toward change. But demons, she finds, are not so easy to shake, not even as she sheds pounds. Because Skinny is still around. And Ever will have to confront that voice before she can truly