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Book Review: The Library of Lost Things by Laura Taylor Namey
Media Type: Print BookTitle: The Library of Lost ThingsAuthor: Laura Taylor NameyPublisher: Inkyard PressPages: Hardcover; 384Release Date: October 8, 2019Source: FFBC Tours / Publisher Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 4* Recommended to: Readers who love characters with depth, and a story that hits hard. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N From the moment she first learned to read, literary genius Darcy Wells has spent most of her time living in the worlds of her books. There, she can avoid the crushing reality of her mother’s hoarding and pretend her life is simply ordinary. But when a new property manager becomes more active in the upkeep of their…
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Book Review: Dark Justice by Angela Smith
Media Type: eBookTitle: Dark JusticeAuthor: Angela SmithPublisher: IndependentPages: Paperback; 249Release Date: September 17, 2019Source: PUYB/AuthorGenre: Romantic Suspense Content Screening: Violence, descriptive death. HDB Rating: 4* Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a good redemption story. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N She’s in love with her sister’s killer… Lauren has loved Luke since first grade. They planned to marry—until he murdered her sister. The moment he was sentenced to prison, Lauren fled with her secret baby and made a new life. Now she’ll do anything to keep their daughter safe. But her hard won peace shatters when Luke is exonerated, and it sets her on a path of mixed emotions to discover…
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Book Blitz & Giveaway: Playing with Fire Boxed Set
Playing with Fire: A Forbidden Love Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy Box SetPublication date: October 8th 2019Genres: Adult, Paranormal, Urban Fantasy It doesn’t matter who you think you are…falling in love with the wrong person can have dire consequences. They say love conquers all, but in the paranormal worlds of these twelve USA Today and international bestselling authors, falling in love means playing with fire… Someone’s about to get burned. Dig into hours of forbidden love, lust, and heat as these heroes and heroines long for their beloveds, break taboos, and fight for the ones they never should have chosen—but…
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Book Blitz & Giveaway: Tallowwood by N.R. Walker
TallowwoodN.R. Walker Publication date: September 25th 2019Genres: Adult, LGBTQ+, Mystery, Romance Cold cases, murder, lies, and an unimaginable truth. Sydney detective August Shaw has spent the last decade of work solving cold cases. Since the death of his boyfriend eight years ago, August works alone, lives alone, is alone — and that’s exactly how he likes it. His work is his entire life, and he’s convinced a string of unsolved cold-case suicides are linked to what could be Australia’s worst ever serial killer. Problem is, no one believes him. Senior Constable Jacob Porter loves his life in the small town…
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Book Review: The Speed of Falling Objects by Nancy Richardson Fischer
Media Type: Ebook (ARC)Title: The Speed of Falling ObjectsAuthor: Nancy Richardson FischerPublisher: Inkyard PressPages: Hardcover; 384Release Date: October 1, 2019Source: FFBC Tours / Publisher Content Warning: Violence and Death HDB Rating: 4* Recommended to: Readers who enjoy stories that put characters into situations that really cause them to grow. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N From the author of When Elephants Fly comes an exceptional new novel about falling down, risking everything and embracing what makes us unique. Don’t miss this compulsively readable novel about the most unlikely of heroes. Danger “Danny” Danielle Warren is no stranger to falling. After losing an eye in a childhood accident, she had to relearn…
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Book Review: Justice Gone by N. Lombardi Jr
Media Type: ebookTitle: Justice GoneAuthor: N. Lombardi JrPublisher: Roundfire BooksPages: Paperback; 336Release Date: February 22, 2019Source: Author Genre: Legal ThrillerContent Warning: Violence and graphic language HDB Rating: 4* Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a good who-dun-it with a serious commentary on our current justice system. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon The courtroom scenes are wonderfully written…the characters are well described and the author paints a picture of each in the mind of the reader…Strong plot, strong characters and a strong writing style that I really enjoyed. This one is a definite “thumbs-up.” Strongly recommend! I look forward to reading additional works by N. Lombardi, Jr.Kim M Aalaie, Author’s Den One of…
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Book Review: Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes
Media Type: Print Book Title: Chilling EffectAuthor: Valerie ValdesPublisher: Harper VoyagerPages: Paperback; 448Release Date: September 17, 2019Source: Publisher / TLC Book Tours Genre: Space OperaHDB Rating: 3* Recommended to: Readers who love snarky heroines, plenty of action, and lots of madcap antics. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N A hilarious, offbeat debut space opera that skewers everything from pop culture to video games and features an irresistible foul-mouthed captain and her motley crew, strange life forms, exciting twists, and a galaxy full of fun and adventure. Captain Eva Innocente and the crew of La Sirena Negra cruise the…
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Book Blitz + Giveaway: Accidental Rebel by Nicole Snow
Accidental Rebel Nicole Snow Publication date: September 12th 2019Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance Accidentally hitched to a dream. Now for the catch… I didn’t even say “I do.” One crank call and I’m insta-wife to a tattooed behemoth and mother to his kids. He’s paying my idiot boss a fortune for the perfect cover. Because trouble found Miller Rush, and he found me. A rock hard, overprotective rebel with a cause. Father of the century. Abs wound tighter than his attitude, stomping around my house, barking orders. Something’s got to give, okay? But it won’t be me. Not my courage, even…
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Book Blitz & Giveaway: Merged by Jim and Stephanie Kroepfl
MergedJim and Stephanie Kroepfl Published by: Month9BooksPublication date: September 17th 2019Genres: Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult Seven of our country’s most gifted teens will become Nobels, hosts for the implantation of brilliant Mentor minds, in an effort to accelerate human progress. But as the line between what’s possible and what’s right, draws ever blurrier, the teens discover everything has a cost. Scientists have created an evolved form of living known as Merged Consciousness, and sixteen-year-old Lake finds herself unable to merge with her Mentor. Lake, the Nobel for Chemistry and Orfyn, the Nobel for Art, are two from among the…
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Book Review: The Babysitters Coven
Media Type: Ebook (ARC)Title: The Babysitters CovenAuthor: Kate WilliamsPublisher: Delacorte PressPages: Hardcover; 368Release Date: September 17, 2019Source: Publisher / FFBC Tours Content Screening: Nothing of note.HDB Rating: 3* Recommended to: Readers who love cute, fun stories with plenty of snarkiness! Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N Adventures in Babysitting meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer in this funny, action-packed novel about a coven of witchy babysitters who realize their calling to protect the innocent and save the world from an onslaught of evil. Seventeen-year-old Esme Pearl has a babysitters club. She knows it’s kinda lame, but what else is she supposed to…