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    Book Review: Kill The Queen (Crown of Shards #1) by Jennifer Estep

    Media Type: Print Book Title: Kill The Queen * Series: Crown of Shards #1 Author: Jennifer Estep Publisher: Harper Voyager Pages: Paperback; 416 Release Date: October 2, 2018 Source: Publisher —————————————— Genre: Fantasy HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love vivid characters, who actually grow during a story, and fast paced action! Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N Gladiator meets Game of Thrones: a royal woman becomes a skilled warrior to destroy her murderous cousin, avenge her family, and save her kingdom in this first entry in a dazzling fantasy epic from the…

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    Book Review: Storm Blown by Nick Courage

    Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: Storm Blown Author: Nick Courage Publisher: Delacorte Press Pages: Hardcover; 352 Release Date: July 16, 2019 Source: Publisher ————————————— Content Screening: Mild Injuries / Tense Situations HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are looking for an extremely well written look at hurricanes, and the ways that they affect people and animals. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N A major hurricane is raging across the southern United States, and two unsuspecting kids are about to have the adventure of a lifetime! Perfect for kids who love high-stakes plots…

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    Book Review: Storm and Fury (The Harbinger #1) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

    Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: Storm and Fury    * Series: The Harbinger #1 Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout Publisher: Inkyard Press Pages: Hardcover; 512 Release Date: June 11, 2019 Source: Publisher / TLC Book Tours ————————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence; Sexual Content HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Everyone! I’d never read the series this is a spin-off of, and it held up perfectly as a standalone! Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N Eighteen-year-old Trinity Marrow may be going blind, but she can see and communicate with ghosts and spirits. Her unique gift is…

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    Book Review and Giveaway: She’s a Spitfire by Chloe Liese

      Title: She’s a Spitfire Author: Chloe Liese  Series: (Tough Love #2) Publication date: June 24th 2019 Pages: Paperback; 263 Release Date: June 24, 2019 Source: Xpresso Tours / Author ———————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence, Adult Language HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy reading about passionate relationships with a side of mysterious trouble. Add It: Goodreads / Amazon One fiery-haired, sexy scientist finds her perfect complement in a dark and handsome soccer star. Opposites attract, and they’ve got chemistry that’s explosive—literally. Physics calls it entropy. Philosophy calls it Murphy’s Law: If something can go wrong, eventually it will. Professionally and personally speaking,…

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    Book Review: Stronger Than A Bronze Dragon by Mary Fan

    Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Stronger Than A Bronze Dragon Author: Mary Fan Publisher: Page Street Kids Pages: Hardcover; 384 Release Date: June 11, 2019 Source: FFBC Tours / Publisher ———————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy steampunk fantasy with mythological roots. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N When a powerful viceroy arrives with a fleet of mechanical dragons and stops an attack on Anlei’s village, the villagers see him as a godsend. They agree to give him their sacred, enchanted River Pearl in exchange for permanent protection—if…

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    Book Review: What We Do for Love by Anne Pfeffer

    Media Type: ebook (ARC) Title: What We Do for Love Author: Anne Pfeffer Publisher: Bold Print Press Pages: Paperback; 238 Release Date: May 21, 2019 Source: Xpresso Book Tours/Author ————————————————– Genre: Adult Contemporary HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy real life complications and heartfelt characters Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon Thirty-eight-year-old Nicole thinks finding love is like eating carbs. Both are bad for your system. The single mother prefers to focus on a few things that she cherishes–her sixteen-year-old son Justin, her friends, and her art.  When she convinces a major museum to show a piece of her work, and she thinks her career has…

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    Book Review: Realm by Alexandrea Weis

    Media Type: Print Book Title: Realm Author: Alexandrea Weis Publisher: Vesuvian Books Pages: Paperback; 397 Release Date: May 14, 2019 Source: TLC Book Tours / Publisher ——————————————— Genre: Historical Fiction HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy history told from a different perspective. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N Based on a true story. When her homeland is conquered by the mighty Alexander the Great, Roxana—the daughter of a mere chieftain—is torn from her simple life and thrown into a world of war and intrigue. Terrified, the sixteen-year-old girl of renowned beauty is…

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    Book Review: The Wise and the Wicked by Rebecca Podos

    Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Wise and the Wicked Author: Rebecca Podos Publisher: Harper Collins/Balzer + Bray Pages: Hardcover; 368 Release Date: May 28, 2019 Source: FFBC Tours / Publisher ————————————————– Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy slow burn stories filled with magic, and a bit of mayhem. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N Ruby Chernyavsky has been told the stories since she was a child: The women in her family, once possessed of great magical abilities to remake lives and stave off death itself, were…

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    Book Review: Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter

    Media Type: Print Book Title: Pieces of Her Author: Karin Slaughter Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Pages: Paperback; 496 Release Date: May 21, 2019 Source: TLC Book Tours / Publisher ————————————————– Genre: Thriller HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy slow burn thrillers with vivid characters. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N The #1 internationally bestselling author returns with a new novel in the vein of the New York Times bestsellers Pretty Girls and The Good Daughter—a story even more electrifying, provocative, and suspenseful than anything she’s written before. What if the person you thought you knew best turns…

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    Book Review: I Spy the Boy Next Door by Samantha Armstrong

    Media Type: ebook (ARC) Title: I Spy the Boy Next Door Author: Samantha Armstrong Publisher: Self published Pages: 346 paperback Publication date: May 25th 2019 Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance Source: Xpresso Book Tours/Author —————————————— Content Screening: Violence; Adult Language/Topics HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a coming of age story with a surprise ending. Add it: Goodreads / Amazon Four p.m. spy sessions are the highlight of Mallory Taylor’s day. Observing the boy next door—one with a body and an attitude to match—has her perched beside her window so often it can’t be healthy. When she finally convinces her…