tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28166208990574641592024-03-14T05:31:44.930-04:00Rainy Days and PajamasDarcushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02991890357169689270noreply@blogger.comBlogger1360125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816620899057464159.post-83239687530925329422019-03-04T11:56:00.002-05:002019-03-04T11:56:48.172-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's honestly hard for me to write this.</div>
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Not because I'm unsure of my decision but because it's a decision that I didn't think I'd be making for years, if ever. When I first joined the book blogging world my life was in a hard transitional period. My husband and I were going through a tough time financially, were living in his friend's parent's basement, and were recovering from the devastation of an ectopic pregnancy after attempting to get pregnant for over a year. That time in my life was one of pain, insecurity, and unknowing. We didn't know what we were going to do next, what step we were going to take, and I found myself struggling deeply with my anxiety and depression. It was at this time that I discovered the book blogging world and it brought such a light to my life. I've always been a huge reader and I always wanted to do <i>more </i>with the books that I read. I've always wanted to be an author but, in the meantime, I wanted to be a part of it in a different way. I wanted to read books and help authors and spread the word on amazing stories.</div>
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From that day forward, I have thrown myself into blogging about books and making it a huge part of my life. There's been ups and downs over the years, moments of inconsistency and a lot of changes to my content. But I always made it a priority.</div>
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Almost eight years later, I've come to a standstill.</div>
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I've recently dedicated myself to fixing myself, working on my anxiety, changing parts of my life that no longer align with my goals and the things that are no longer a part of my dream. I'm working on my faith, working towards becoming a better mom, a better wife, a better person in general. I'm working on me and the things that I want my life to have.</div>
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Unfortunately, book blogging is no longer at the top of that priority list.</div>
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My life was in a transition point when I first started blogging and now I find myself myself in a similar - yet strongly different - situation. I am changing and evolving and growing as a person and my life is starting to align with that. My anxiety is heightened by clutter (both physical and mental) and stress. I'm a mom of two, I homeschool my five year old, I babysit for a family that we love, I'm journeying down the path of minimalism, all while working towards my goal of publishing my first book.</div>
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Although I love spreading the word about great books and helping out authors, I no longer enjoy the act of blogging. It's become more of a burden instead of a pleasure and there are other, more precious and important ways in which my time could be better spent.</div>
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I'm ready to tackle my own goals and dreams and put my energy into my family, my life, and my own writing career. I will still be sharing on the Rainy Days and Pajamas Facebook page and sharing my thoughts on books that I read but I will no longer make reading such a job. Reviews that I have promised will still be posted, ARCs will still be read, but this blog, until further notice, will officially be on hiatus. When it will become active again, I'm honestly not sure. It honestly may never be active again. This may be it, guys.</div>
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It's been a great run but here's to the future!</div>
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I hope to see you again soon - holding my own book in my hands.</div>
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If you've read this far, I give you a big high five and you're freakin' awesome.</div>
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Darcushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02991890357169689270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816620899057464159.post-61429698818624273792019-02-17T16:50:00.000-05:002019-02-17T16:50:09.068-05:00Review: Right Where I Want You by Jessica Hawkins<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<b>Title: </b>Right Where I Want You<br />
<b>Author: </b>Jessica Hawkins<br />
<b>Website: </b><a href="http://www.jessicahawkins.net/">www.jessicahawkins.net</a><br />
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<i>There’s a thin line between love and hate . . . and it cuts right through the middle of their office.</i><br /> <br />Bad boys? They run right over good girls like Georgina Keller. But after a confidence-shattering breakup, she’s determined not to let anyone at her new workplace push her around—least of all the brooding creative director, a “bad boy of publishing” who’s made it clear she’s enemy #1.<br />Sebastian Quinn's taste for fast cars, late nights, and beautiful women may have gotten him to the top of a leading New York magazine, but the reputation that made him is suddenly threatening to end his career.<br />Georgina can help Modern Man shed its bad reputation, but in order to do that, she’ll have to start at the top—and no amount of rakish charm or inconvenient attraction will distract her.<br />Because if Sebastian gets her right where he wants her, it means she’s going down.</blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">I get excited anytime that Jessica Hawkins releases a new book and this was definitely no exception. After reading Slip of the Tongue, she became an insta-buy author for me and I devour her stories like I haven't read in years.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Sebastian and Georgina's story is a trope that's been done many times before. Office romance, enemies-to-lovers, but Jessica's Hawkins puts her own beautiful spin on a genre that isn't really new and makes it fresh and exciting to read again.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">I really enjoyed the dynamic that the characters had. They had tough exteriors and were layers deep in the roles they played in their personal and professional lives. Sebastian wasn't <i>just</i> the rich New York playboy that he seemed and Georgina, though strong and independent, had her own personality struggles and past issues that she needed to work through. Sebastian had great history to his character as well and it was easy to fall in love with both of them and their journey.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">I loved everything about this book. The beginning, the end, and every Dunkin' Donuts coffee, loveable pooch, BDE, and steamy moment that made up the middle. If you enjoy enemies to lovers, office romance, Jessica Hawkins, or general contemporary romance, I highly suggest you give Right Where I Want You a try!</span></span></div>
Darcushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02991890357169689270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816620899057464159.post-11434680183134503262019-02-14T00:01:00.000-05:002019-02-14T00:01:00.330-05:00Happy Valentine's Day!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Darcushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02991890357169689270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816620899057464159.post-67338344675075478792019-01-29T09:00:00.000-05:002019-01-29T09:00:11.551-05:00Excerpt: Work In Progress by Staci Hart<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Work in Progress, an all-new romantic comedy from Staci Hart, is available now! </span></h1>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">I never thought my first kiss would be on my wedding day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">But here I stand, clutching a bouquet of pale pink roses behind the doors of a Las Vegas chapel, and at the end of the aisle is the absolute last man I imagined would be waiting for me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Bestselling author. Notorious bad boy. Savagely handsome, dark as sin, chiseled as stone. And somehow, my soon-to-be husband. </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Marry him, and I’ll land my dream job. Save him, and I’ll walk away with everything I’ve ever wanted. All I have to do is remember it’s all for show. None of it is real, no matter how real it feels.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">But first, I have to survive the kiss. </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">And with lips like his, my heart doesn’t stand a chance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">The hall bathroom door opened, consequently stopping the earth’s orbit and flinging me into space for lack of gravity.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Thomas Bane stepped out of the doorway in slow motion, propelled by a cloud of steam that licked at his glistening body like it wanted to taste him. His hair was black, wet, curling and dripping in rivulets down the planes and valleys of his expansive chest and abs and narrow hips. He had that thing, the trough of muscle bracketing his hips that caught sluicing water and carried it in an angle that would eventually reach that unknown terrain beneath his towel. I saw the ghost of that terrain, the long, cylindrical bulge that was substantial enough to clearly state its presence, even through the thick towel.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">He smirked, dragging his hand through his wet hair. I salivated, watching droplets of water roll down his forearm and collect on the tip of his erotic elbow.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“You’re up,” he said.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">I blinked, not knowing when I’d set my coffee down or how many minutes—hours? years?—had passed in the time I spent ogling his body. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">He sauntered into the room like he wasn’t basically naked. I tried unsuccessfully not to stare at his knees, the place where his ropy thigh connected, the angular muscles of his calves, the curve of his ankle, the broad pad of his foot.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">He was perfectly proportioned. Michelangelo would have carved him twenty feet tall, and women would have worshipped at his perfect feet.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Gus bounced when he saw Tommy, his toys forgotten. And when Gus took off running, Tommy stopped, eyes widening and hands splayed in front of him. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“Gus, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">no</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">,” he commanded. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">To no one’s surprise, Gus did not listen. He barked once, snagged the hem of Tommy’s towel, and whipped it off him in a single tug that exposed every inch of skin on Thomas Bane’s ridiculous body. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Thank God my coffee was already on the counter. I’d have gotten third-degree burns.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">For a split second, Tommy was frozen there in all his natural glory, poised to run after his dog, his face drawn and eyes locked on the sweet, disobedient dog. He wasn’t paying any attention to me.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">I, however, gave him my full and undivided consideration.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">His thighs were a mass of muscle so hard and defined, the tops were planes that came to a notch at his knee and a point where it met his hip. My eyes caught that trough that had before disappeared and followed it where it pointed—straight to the thatch of dark hair and the member nestled there.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">The very thick, very long, mostly limp member. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">If I stared at it a second longer, I was going to faint—my vision was already dim, my pulse pumping so hard, I could feel it in my neck, at the back of which a cold sweat had broken.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">But he shifted to run after Gus, who was galloping away, trailing the towel behind him. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“Dammit, Gus! Gimme that!”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Then it was the back of him I saw, his hair, the streaming water rolling down all the curves of his shoulders, his back, the valley of his spine, and down to the most perfect ass I’d ever seen in real life.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Well, the </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">only</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> ass I’d ever seen in real life that wasn’t my own, and even that I couldn’t get a good look at without a mirror. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Seriously, that ass. That perfectly sculpted ass, round and tight and curved in the sides, shifting from one side to the other as he ran after the damn dog. My gaze caught a tattoo on one ass cheek, and I squinted at it, trying to make it out. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Tommy bent to snag the end of the towel—I caught sight of his sack and almost dissolved through the floor in an acidic puddle of embarrassment—but when he pulled, Gus spun around, ass in the air and tail wagging as he growled, pulling back. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">A string of obscenities left Tommy’s mouth, but I was still gaping and staring at his ass. I realized that I was laughing. It sounded like someone else in a different room. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">I wondered absently if this was how it felt to have a stroke.</span>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Staci has been a lot of things up to this point in her life -- a graphic designer, an entrepreneur, a seamstress, a clothing and handbag designer, a waitress. Can't forget that. She's also been a mom, with three little girls who are sure to grow up to break a number of hearts. She's been a wife, though she's certainly not the cleanest, or the best cook. She's also super, duper fun at a party, especially if she's been drinking whiskey. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">From roots in Houston to a seven year stint in Southern California, Staci and her family ended up settling somewhere in between and equally north, in Denver. They are new enough that snow is still magical. When she's not writing, she's reading, sleeping, gaming, or designing graphics.</span></span></div>
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Darcushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02991890357169689270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816620899057464159.post-85469611144365251472019-01-26T00:30:00.000-05:002019-01-26T00:30:03.520-05:00Excerpt & Giveaway: Only A Breath Apart by Katie McGarry<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #3366ff;"><strong><em>Would you dare to defy destiny? Are our destinies written in stone? Do we become nothing more than the self-fulfilling prophesies of other people's opinions? Or can we dare to become who we believe we were born to be? </em></strong></span></h1>
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<span style="color: #3366ff;">“A gorgeous, heartfelt journey of redemption and love” (Wendy Higgins), ONLY A BREATH APART is a young adult contemporary novel from critically acclaimed Katie McGarry. “Haunting, authentic, and ultimately hopeful” (Tammara Webber), order your copy of ONLY A BREATH APART now!</span></h1>
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<strong>About ONLY A BREATH APART:</strong></h3>
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They say your destiny is carved in stone. But some destinies are meant to be broken.</h3>
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The only curse Jesse Lachlin believes in is his grandmother’s will: in order to inherit his family farm he must win the approval of his childhood best friend, the girl he froze out his freshman year.</h3>
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A fortuneteller tells Scarlett she's psychic, but what <em>is</em> real is Scarlett’s father’s controlling attitude and the dark secrets at home. She may be able to escape, but only if she can rely on the one boy who broke her heart.</h3>
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Each midnight meeting pushes Jesse and Scarlett to confront their secrets and their feelings, but as love blooms, the curse rears its ugly head…</h3>
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<span style="color: #3366ff;">“<strong>Gritty and real</strong>, Only a Breath Apart is a story of hope conjured from pain, strength drawn from innocence, and love earned from self-respect. <strong>Beautiful, poignant, and fierce</strong>.”<strong>
―Kristen Simmons, critically acclaimed author of the Article 5 series</strong></span></div>
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<strong>Katie McGarry’s ONLY A BREATH APART – Review & Excerpt Tour Schedule:</strong></div>
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<strong> </strong><strong>January 21<sup>st</sup></strong></div>
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<a href="https://www.instagram.com/booksniffer7/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@booksniffer7</a> – Review</div>
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<a href="http://www.writingmyownfairytale.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Writing My Own Fairy Tale</a> – Review</div>
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<strong>January 22<sup>nd</sup></strong></div>
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<a href="http://abookloversplaylist.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A Book Lovers Playlist</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://mythicalbooks.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mythical Books</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://readmore-sleepless.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read more sleep less</a> – Review</div>
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<a href="http://www.stellarbookblog.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Stellar Book Blog</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="https://thelovelyteacheraddictions.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Lovely Teacher Addictions</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://www.theromancereviews.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Romance Reviews</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://lifeiswords.weebly.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Words Are Life</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<strong>January 23<sup>rd</sup></strong></div>
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<a href="http://anovelglimpse.cim/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A Novel Glimpse</a> – Review</div>
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<a href="http://www.bewitchingbibliophile.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bewitching bibliophile</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://reviewsofabookmaniac.blogspot.vom/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Book Freak</a> – Review</div>
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<a href="https://myfuture-mybooks-mylife.tumblr.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Books Are My Life</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://www.facebook.com/bookwormmisfit" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bookworm Misfit</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://clarynathanwill.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ClaryNathanWill</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://cravestheangst.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Craves the Angst Book Blog</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="https://latteandbook.wordpress.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Latteandbook</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://www.onceuponabookblog.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Once Upon a Book Blog</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://phishbowlreads.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Phishbowl's bookshelf</a> – Review</div>
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<a href="http://redhotbluereads.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Red Hot + Blue Reads</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="https://saschadarlington.me/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sascha Darlington's Microcosm Explored</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://bookhammock.wordpress.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Book Hammock</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://thereaddicts.blogspot.in/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Readdicts Book Blog</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://www.velarisreads.wordpress.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Velarisreads</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<strong>January 24<sup>th</sup></strong></div>
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<a href="http://acourtofcoffeeandbooks.wordpress.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A Court of Coffee and Books</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="https://avidreads.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Avid Reads</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="https://bookboyfriendreview.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Book Boyfriend Reviews</a> – Review</div>
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<a href="http://poisonbooknerd.tumblr.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bookishly Nerdy</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="https://collectorofbookboyfriends.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Collector of book boyfriends</a> – Review</div>
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<a href="http://www.dazzledbybooks.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dazzled by Books</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/kickbackandreview" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kick Back & Review</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://milkywayofbooks.blogspot.gr/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Milky Way of Books</a> – Review</div>
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<a href="http://starcrossedbookblog.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Star-Crossed Book Blog</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://sweetredreader.blogpsot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sweet Red Reads</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://thelovelybooksbookblog.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Lovely Books</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<strong>January 25<sup>th</sup></strong></div>
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<a href="http://www.aliteraryperusal.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A Literary Perusal</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="https://abellafairytale.wordpress.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Abellafairytale</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://www.boundlessbookreviews.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Boundless Book Reviews</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://www.confessionsofawordaholic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Confessions of a Wordaholic</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://www.eyeheartromance.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">I Heart Romance & YA</a> – Review</div>
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<a href="https://kaidansseduction.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kaidans Seduction</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://thebooktrollop.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Book Trollop</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="https://witchyricheysbooktasticreviews.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Witchy Richey’s Booktastic Reviews</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<strong>January 26<sup>th</sup></strong></div>
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<a href="http://alisbookshelfreviews.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ali's Bookshelf</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://bookgirl.beautyandlace.net/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Beauty and Lace</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://auburnreads.wordpress.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Blunt Book Blog</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://www.bookangelbooktopia.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Book Angel Booktopia</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="https://bookishintoxicationwrites.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bookish Intoxication Writes</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://confessionsof2booklovers.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Confessions of 2 Book Lovers</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://www.craziibitchesblog.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Crazii Bitches Book Blog</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="https://familybooksandfood.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Family, Books and Food</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="https://thejesssiereads.wordpress.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jesssiereads</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="https://littlereadridinghood.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Little Read Riding Hood</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://serenityslovelyreads.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lovelyreadspublishing</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="https://madisonslibrary.wordpress.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Madison’s Library</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://www.rainydaysandpajamas.net/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rainy Days and Pajamas</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="https://reesesreviews.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Reese's Reviews</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://www.facebook.com/svbookobsessions" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Southern Vixens Book Obsessions</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<strong>January 27<sup>th</sup></strong></div>
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<a href="https://3degreesoffiction.wordpress.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">3 degrees of fiction</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="https://allthingsdarkanddirty.blog/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">All Things Dark & Dirty</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://www.asthebookends.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">As the Book Ends</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://bookbitchesblog.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Book Bitches Blog</a> – Review</div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/books4girls/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Books 4 Girls</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://bumblesandfairytales.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bumbles and Fairy-Tales</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://chasingfaerytales.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Chasing Faerytales</a> – Review</div>
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<a href="http://feedyourfictionaddiction.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Feed Your Fiction Addiction</a> – Review</div>
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<a href="https://kmsultryreads.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">K&M Sultry Reads</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://www.facebook.com/kskorner51" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">K's Korner</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="https://lessrealitymorebooks.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Less Reality More Books</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="https://myfangirlchronicles.wordpress.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">My Fangirl Chronicles</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://poetryandlaw.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Poetry law and something more</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://roxykade.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Roxy's Reviews</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://www.twobooksinashelf.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Two Books in a Shelf</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<strong>January 28<sup>th</sup></strong></div>
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<a href="http://aalyandthebooks.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Aaly and The Books</a> – Review</div>
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<a href="https://abookfanaticobsession.wordpress.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A Book Fanatic Obsession</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://benderdreamergirl.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BenderDreamerGirl: read.dream.escape</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/Book-Reader-Addicts-111740428882269/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Book Reader Addicts</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="https://bookishlyslytherclaw.wordpress.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bookishly Slytherclaw</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://contagiousreads.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Contagious Reads</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="https://devilishlydeliciousbookreviews.wordpress.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Devilishly Delicious Book Reviews</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://www.escape2fiction.wordpress.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Escape 2 Fiction</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://www.midnightbookgirl.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Midnight Book Girl</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://www.positivelybookcrazy.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">PBC</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="https://radbabesread.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rad Babes Read</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="https://thebookhookup.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Book Hookup</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://www.tween2teenbooks.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tween 2 Teen Book Reviews</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://weliveandbreathebooks.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">We Live and Breathe Books</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<strong>January 29<sup>th</sup></strong></div>
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<a href="https://agingerlyreview.wordpress.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A Gingerly Review</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="https://alovelybookaffair.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A Lovely Book Affair</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/bangorbelles/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bangor belle books</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="https://beckymmoe.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Becky on Books</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://maddimclark.wixsite.com/booksandtea" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Books & Tea</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://www.chapter-by-chapter.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Chapter by Chapter</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/cupcakesandbookshelves/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cupcakesandbookshelves</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="https://www.desperatelyseekingheas.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Desperately Seeking HEA’s Book Blog</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://echosreviews.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Echosreviews</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://www.gottoreadthosebooks.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GotToReadThoseBooks</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://www.kindleandme.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kindle and Me</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="https://litasbookblog.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lita's Book Blog</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://margayleahjustice.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Margay Leah Justice</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://www.bookmaven623.wordpress.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Book Maven</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="https://thelibraryofbelle.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Library of Belle</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<strong>January 30<sup>th</sup></strong></div>
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<a href="http://actinupwithbooks.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Actin' Up with Books</a> – Review</div>
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<a href="https://bookreaderchronicles.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Book Reader Chronicles</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://www.instagram.com/bookistry_by_ashleigh" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bookistry_by_Ashleigh</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://www.buttermybooks.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Buttermybooks</a> – Review</div>
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<a href="http://ficwishes.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ficwishes</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="https://geekyreading.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Geeky Reading</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://littlebookwormreviews.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Little Bookworm Reviews</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="https://lourdesbookblogspot.wordpress.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lo’s Lo-Down on Books</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="https://readeatlove.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read. Eat. Love.</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://taylorfenner.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Taylor Fenner’s Bookish World</a> – Review</div>
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<a href="http://aborboletaquele.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Butterfly Reads</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://thewritingfinch.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Writing Finch</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://www.yabibliophile.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YA Bibliophile</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<strong>January 31<sup>st</sup></strong></div>
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<a href="http://thhernandez.com/blog-tours-4/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Adventures in Writing</a> – Review</div>
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<a href="https://www.instagram.com/beccasbookishlife/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Becca’s Bookish Life</a> – Review</div>
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<a href="http://bookcrush.in/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BookCrushin</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://www.herestohappyendings.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Here's to Happy Endings</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="https://littlelovelybooks.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Little Lovely Books</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="https://mslgaudier.wordpress.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Margaux</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://msme28.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ms. Me28</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="https://nerdysoul.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nerdy Soul</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://www.readerslive1000lives.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Readers Live A Thousand Lives</a> – Review</div>
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<a href="http://www.tbrbookblog.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TBR Book Blog</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="https://abookishintrovert.wordpress.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Bookish Introvert</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://www.truestorybookblog.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">True Story Book Blog</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<strong>February 1<sup>st</sup></strong></div>
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<a href="https://alotabooks13.wordpress.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Alotabooks13</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/badboysandbedtimestories/?ref=bookmarks" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">bad boys and bedtime stories book blog</a> – Review</div>
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<a href="https://caitlinsworld08.wordpress.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Caitlin's World</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://cjrthebrit.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CJR The Brit</a> – Review</div>
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<a href="https://www.instagram.com/courtofbingereading/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Court of Binge Reading</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://www.hedwigreads.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hedwig Reads</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://literarymisfit.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Literary misfit</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://www.moonlightrendezvous.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Moonlight Rendezvous</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://www.readersretreats.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Readers Retreats</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://thereadingfaery.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Reading Faery</a> – Review</div>
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<a href="http://totalbookgeek.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Total Book Geek</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="https://twirlingbookprincess.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twirling Book Princess</a> – Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://veraisreading.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Vera is Reading</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="https://whoogivesahootblog.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Whoo Gives A Hoot</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://facebook.com/yareeds" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YA/NA Book Divas</a> – Excerpt</div>
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<strong>Katie McGarry Bio:</strong>
Katie is the author of the PUSHING THE LIMITS series, THUNDER ROAD series, SAY YOU’LL REMEMBER ME, and the upcoming YA novel, ONLY A BREATH APART. Her novels have received starred reviews, critical acclaim and have won multiple awards including being a multiple Goodreads Choice Award Finalist for YA Fiction, multiple RT Magazine's Reviewer's Choice Award Finalist for Best YA Fiction, including a win in the category, and she was a 2013 YALSA Top Ten Teen Pick.
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">THE MISTER </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;">is a contemporary romance set in London, Cornwall, and Eastern Europe that introduces readers to the privileged and aristocratic young Englishman Maxim Trevelyan and the mysterious, talented, and beautiful Alessia Demachi, who’s recently arrived in London </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;">owning little more than a dangerous and troublesome past.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“I’m so excited to finally get this passionate new romance </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;">out into the world,” said E L James. “It’s a Cinderella story for the twenty-first Century. Maxim and Alessia have led me on a fascinating journey and I hope that my readers will be swept away by their thrilling and sensual tale, just as I was while writing, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;">and that, like me, they fall in love with them.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> his good looks, aristocratic connections, and money, he’s never had to work and he’s rarely slept alone. But all that changes when tragedy strikes and Maxim inherits his family’s noble title, wealth, and estates, and all the responsibility that entails. It’s</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> a role he’s not prepared for and one that he struggles to face.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> enigmatic young woman who’s recently arrived in England, possessing little more than a dangerous and troublesome past. Reticent, beautiful, and musically gifted, she’s an alluring mystery, and Maxim’s longing for her deepens into a passion that he’s never </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">experienced and dares not name. Just who is Alessia Demachi? And can Maxim protect her from the malevolence that threatens her? And what will she do when she learns that he’s been hiding secrets of his own?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">From the heart of London through wild, rural Cornwall to </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">the bleak, forbidding beauty of the Balkans, The Mister is a roller-coaster ride of danger and desire that leaves the reader breathless to the very last page.</span></div>
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The result was the sensuous romance </span><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: inherit; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Fifty</span><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: inherit; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Shades of Grey</span><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: inherit; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> and its two sequels, </span><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: inherit; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Fifty</span><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: inherit; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Shades Darker</span><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: inherit; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> and </span><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: inherit; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Fifty </span><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: inherit; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Shades Freed</span><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: inherit; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">. In 2015, she published the best seller </span><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: inherit; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Grey</span><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: inherit; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">,</span><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: inherit; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> the story of </span><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: inherit; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Fifty Shades of Grey</span><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: inherit; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> from </span><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: inherit; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the perspective of Christian Grey, and in 2017, she published the best seller </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: inherit; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </span><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: inherit; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Darker</span><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: inherit; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">,</span><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: inherit; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> the story of </span><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: inherit; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Fifty Shades Darker</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: inherit; font-size: 11pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> from the perspective of Christian Grey. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: inherit; font-size: 11pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">E L James lives with her husband, the novelist and screenwriter </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: inherit; font-size: 11pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> Niall Leonard; their two sons; and their two dogs in West London.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">But here I stand, clutching a bouquet of pale pink roses behind the doors of a Las Vegas chapel, and at the end of the aisle is the absolute last man I imagined would be waiting for me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Marry him, and I’ll land my dream job. Save him, and I’ll walk away with everything I’ve ever wanted. All I have to do is remember it’s all for show. None of it is real, no matter how real it feels.</span></div>
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<a href="https://ssp2017.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/stacihart.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="stacihart" border="0" class=" size-full wp-image-5030 aligncenter" height="200" src="https://ssp2017.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/stacihart.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Staci has been a lot of things up to this point in her life -- a graphic designer, an entrepreneur, a seamstress, a clothing and handbag designer, a waitress. Can't forget that. She's also been a mom, with three little girls who are sure to grow up to break a number of hearts. She's been a wife, though she's certainly not the cleanest, or the best cook. She's also super, duper fun at a party, especially if she's been drinking whiskey. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">From roots in Houston to a seven year stint in Southern California, Staci and her family ended up settling somewhere in between and equally north, in Denver. They are new enough that snow is still magical. When she's not writing, she's reading, sleeping, gaming, or designing graphics.</span><br />
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Darcushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02991890357169689270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816620899057464159.post-66056853809635874112019-01-23T00:30:00.000-05:002019-01-23T00:30:08.469-05:00Excerpt & Giveaway: The Princess of Baker Street by Mia Kerick<div style="margin: 0 auto 15px; text-align: center;">
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<strong>The Princess of Baker Street </strong><br /><strong>Mia Kerick </strong><br />Published by: Harmony Ink Press<br />Publication date: January 22nd 2019<br />Genres: Contemporary, LGBTQ+, Young Adult<br />
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“Always wear your imaginary crown” is Joey Kinkaid’s motto. For years, Joey, assigned male at birth, led the Baker Street kids in daring and imaginative fantasy adventures, but now that they’re teenagers, being a princess is no longer quite so cool. Especially for a child who is seen by the world as a boy.<br />
Eric Sinclair has always been Joey’s best friend and admirer—Prince Eric to Joey’s Princess Ariel—but middle school puts major distance between them. As Eric’s own life takes a dangerous turn for the worse, he stands by and watches as Joey—who persists in dressing and acting too much like a Disney princess for anybody’s comfort—gets bullied. Eric doesn’t like turning his back on Joey, but he’s learned that the secret to teenage survival, especially with and absent mother, is to fly under the radar.<br />
But when Joey finally accepts who she is and comes to school wearing lip gloss, leggings, and a silky pink scarf, the bullies make her life such a misery that she decides to end it all. Eric, in turn, must decide who he really is and what side he wants to stand on… though no matter what he chooses, the consequences with be profound for both teens, and they’ll face them for years to come.<br />
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Every day’s basically the same—it’s like the lunchtime bullying plan is set in stone, and it’s only the end of September. And it’s way worse than it was last year, even though he sat alone then too. Travis gets to sit at the jock table, seeing as he’s on the
county football team. He starts in on Joey as soon as he sets his rear end on the bench and drops his lunch tray onto the sticky table. For Travis, “bullying Josie” is sort of like a bad habit he just can’t kick. But I’m pretty sure he’d say it’s more like a hobby he’s real good at.<br />
“All the way through sixth grade, Kinkaid wore a dress, like,<em> every day</em> after school—I kid you not.” He announces this loud enough for the jocks and the entire hot-girl table, and of course, lonely Joey, to hear. And even though Joey wasn’t hiding that he wore his mom’s purple dress after school when we all played together, blabbing about it makes me feel like we’re ratting him out.<br />
An imaginary knife stabs into my gut and twists around. I try not to squirm and to keep my face blank, but it’s next to impossible because my belly hurts like I’m having a baby.<br />
“You’ve got to be kidding me—he wore a freaking dress?” Miles Maroney is always the first guy to jump in whenever things start getting mean and dirty. “But I betcha Josie looked cute, if you go for gays.”<br />
We all laugh, and I mean <em>all</em> of us.<br />
I laugh even though I don’t want to. Because I still remember how it was: Joey was the Princess of Baker Street, and Travis and Emily and Lily and me all looked up to him as much as middle school kids look up to the guys on the soccer team now. Joey was the neighborhood kid with all the best ideas. None of us cared what he wore out to play—not even Travis.<br />
“What a freaking princess!” yells Noah Mayer, and we all laugh some more because Noah is the starting forward on the soccer team, and we pretty much have to laugh at everything he says when he’s trying to be funny, or he won’t pass to us. Maybe I forgot to pay my brain bill, but I know how shit like this works.<br />
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Mia Kerick is the mother of four exceptional children—one in law school, another a professional dancer, a third studying at Mia’s alma mater, Boston College, and her lone son, heading off to college. (Yes, the nest is finally empty.) She has published more than twenty books of LGBTQ romance when not editing National Honor Society essays, offering opinions on college and law school applications, helping to create dance bios, and reviewing scholarship essays. Her husband of twenty-five years has been told by many that he has the patience of Job, but don’t ask Mia about this, as it’s a sensitive subject.<br />
Mia focuses her stories on the emotional growth of troubled people in complex relationships. She has a great affinity for the tortured hero in literature, and as a teen, Mia filled spiral-bound notebooks with tales of tortured heroes and stuffed them under her mattress for safekeeping. She is thankful to her wonderful publishers for providing her with an alternate place to stash her stories.<br />
Her books have been featured in Kirkus Reviews magazine, and have won Rainbow Awards for Best Transgender Contemporary Romance and Best YA Lesbian Fiction, a
Reader Views’ Book by Book Publicity Literary Award, the Jack Eadon Award for Best Book in Contemporary Drama, an Indie Fab Award, and a Royal Dragonfly Award for Cultural Diversity, a Story Monsters Purple Dragonfly Award for Young Adult e-book Fiction, among other awards.<br />
Mia Kerick is a social liberal and cheers for each and every victory made in the name of human rights. Her only major regret: never having taken typing or computer class in school, destining her to a life consumed with two-fingered pecking and constant prayer to the Gods of Technology. Contact Mia at miakerick@gmail.com or visit at www.miakerickya.com to see what is going on in Mia’s world.<br />
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They say your destiny is carved in stone. But some destinies are meant to be broken.</h3>
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The only curse Jesse Lachlin believes in is his grandmother’s will: in order to inherit his family farm he must win the approval of his childhood best friend, the girl he froze out his freshman year.</h3>
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A scraping of a chair, a tray full of food and I glance over with my practiced smile in welcome. It’s not Camila, Evangeline, or anyone else from the group. It’s green eyes, red hair, a familiar mischievous smile that used to be reserved only for me, and my blood pounds with excitement as if someone lit a sparkler in my chest. Then I frown because I’m not supposed to feel this way. Not with him. Not with anyone.
Jesse Lachlin winks at me as he sits across from me like no time has passed from when we climbed trees together. “What’s up, Tink?”
Another thrill runs through me but then my muscles tighten. Stupid, antiquated reaction belonging to a dead past. “What are you doing here?”
Jesse pops a fry into his mouth, chews, then picks up another as if he has no intention of answering. I scan the cafeteria. Several people are watching us, curious as to why Jesse Lachlin is sitting with me, or is event at lunch, or even at school.
From the lunch line, Camila’s and Evangeline’s eyes are bugging out of their heads.
<em>What is going on?</em> Camila mouths.
I raise my eyebrows to inform her I have no idea. Jesse digs into his corn with his fork and that’s crossing a line. “Maybe you didn’t hear me, but I asked what you’re doing here.”
He lifts his eyes to meet mine and there’s a glimmer in them that causes my lips to flatten. Fantastic. He’s here to make my life a living hell.
“It seems obvious,” he says.
If he remembers anything about me, he should recall I was never known for my patience and that he should be speaking, and speaking soon. “Just answer the question.”
“I’m eating lunch.”
I honest to God groan in frustration. “There’s no room at the inn.”
He surveys the table, takes in the empty seats, my books, and then gives me a good look. A slow look. As if he’s trying to memorize every inch he’s drinking in. My cheeks redden because that somehow feels a little too intimate for lunch. Feels a little too intimate for someone I’m no longer friends with. It feels too intimate if we <em>were</em> friends.
I glance away, but I sense him still staring at me. God help me, I want to stare back.
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<strong>Specular</strong><br />
<strong>L.K Brooks-Simpson </strong><br />
(IXI COMICS, #1)<br />
Publication date: August 16th 2018<br />
Genres: Superhero, Young Adult<br />
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The first installment of the IXI COMICS series by author L.K BROOKS-SIMPSON<br />
This novel is of the fantasy/superhero fiction genre and tackles some important implications of mental health and Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID).<br />
Imagine being afraid to fall asleep in fear that you will not wake up to the life you know. This is exactly what Tre Moon experienced at nine years old. He awakes to his second dissociative identity having set his house aflame. With his home ruined and his parents murdered at his own hands, he is sentenced to trial for a life sentence. Young Tre Moon is forced to walk a path that will change his life forever.<br />
When seventeen year old Tre comes into contact with a prohibited substance called Colloidal Supersilver his life will change forever when he finds out he has the ability to change how light refracts from his body. His new powers come with new challenges to an already complicated life, having battled Dissociative Identity Disorder for the majority of his youth.<br />
Follow the origin story of IXI COMICS first hero as he becomes Indiana’s newest vigilante, Specular! In a city full of crime, recession, drug underlords and other mysterious vigilante’s, the legend of Tre Moon will unfold, all the while, his dark past tries to catch up with him…</blockquote>
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Camera 1 - (Traphouse entrance) 21:46pm<br />
“Yo, what time is it?”<br />
“Nowhere near the end of our shift, I’ll tell you that much.”<br />
“That’s not what I f*%#ing asked man. Anyway, I’m finishing up early today, I clock in at the nightclub by the beach soon.”<br />
“So, another bodyguard is taking the night shift?”<br />
“Yeah.”<br />
“How comes Lancis asked you to bouncer at the club and not me?”<br />
“Two reasons probably.”<br />
“Go on, smart ass.”<br />
“Firstly, cos nobody in this place pays to get in when I’m guarding the door.”<br />
“I’d do the same sh*t man. He’s the one paying my bills at the end of the day.”<br />
“And two. I call him Chef, not Lancis. It’s a respect thing, homie.”<br />
“You’re a damn suck up, have I ever told you that?”<br />
“That’s why you gonna be down here in this damn trap while I’ll be letting in all the sexy women. Have you seen the kind of babes down at the coast?”<br />
“I wonder how you’ll feel if I told your baby momma about what you’re up to tonight?”<br />
“Tell her? I hope she’s damn well there to see it herself. Ungrateful gold digger.”<br />
“Hahaha!”<br />
KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!<br />
“Hey kiss ass, get the door.”<br />
“I am. Someone has gotta do the work here. Chef gonna dismiss yo’ ass soon, mark my words.”<br />
“Yeah, in your f*#%ing dreams. I was appointed to this trap by Maximov himself.”<br />
“Really?”<br />
“Yeah I used to bodyguard for the Bolivians main base.”<br />
“So, you’ve met Maximov huh? What’s he like, is he as big and bad as they say he is?”<br />
“You know what; he’s actually a chill guy. But when I say do not, I mean do not, mess with his money… Who the f*%# are you—”<br />
SMACK!<br />
With one light swarmed punch, the bodyguard who answered the door was knocked backwards with such force, he was forced from his feet. The second guard looked back and forth, perhaps expecting some sort of monster to emerge from the doorway, but to his astonishment a hooded figure wearing a cap came instead. Both guards had a considerable amount of height on the hooded boy and were at least double his width and it was this continued underestimation that lay wake to the next lumbering attack. The second bodyguard swung at the hooded assailant with everything he had, but the boy proved too swift. A wave of light followed every movement and when he swung back, the wave of light that came with his strike, gave him strength deceiving for his size.<br />
BRACK!<br />
Another punch landed and yet another bodyguard was floored.<br />
“Argh!” The first guard had found a way to his feet and had begun charging at the hooded boy. In a moment that would not have been believed possible unless a camera had caught the footage, the boy grabbed the incoming bull by the collar and threw him over his head as if he was a rag doll. Three hundred pounds went flying into the wall behind and three second later the boy had his breath back.<br />
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Camera 2 – (Hallway 1) 22:02pm<br />
The hooded boy proceeded from the fight scene and through a curved passage until he reached a single wooden door. He did not immediately proceed. Instead he put his hand outward and began observing the unfamiliar wavering effect emanating from his motions. It gifted him swiftness and lent him strength; the recompense, he suspected, of sacrificing his ordinary life. The boy pulled down his fleeced hoody, revealing a navy cap holding a tide of black waves. The beak cast a sinister shadow on the face below; a face intrigued by the power in the palm of his hands. The uninvited assailant did not look enraged or desperate; instead he looked calm and calculating. He pressed his ear to the door to hear what was happening in the next room. After he was content or perhaps discontent with the results, he descended to a heeled kneel. He then began muttering words to himself.<br />
“Pay. They all have to pay. Like we did.”<br />
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L.K. Brooks-Simpson is a native of London, England. He is an English Literature graduate and Film Production student.<br />
Aside from his creative ventures, he is a strong supporter of philanthropy. He cites his biggest influences as J.R.R. Tolkien, Sanyika Shakur, J.K. Rowling, Tsugumi Ohba, Stan Lee and Maya Angelou, among many others.<br />
Three sentences he would use to describe himself - A book is for the mind. Travel is for the heart. Family is for the soul.<br />
Lara has always considered himself a student of literature and story form and for this reason, his taste is eclectic. Ranging from novels to manga - poems to screenwriting and even comic book story boards. Just as genres define certain works, there are a lot of elements that define his creative process. He has aspirations to write in many different genres.</blockquote>
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Regrouping after their escape from the Light Elves, Irewen and her companions fear the worst after black smoke plumes on the horizon. Allowing compassion to rule over reason, they ignore Finnwyn’s warning and return to Lilendvelle, hoping to help some of the survivors stranded in the city’s wake. Instead, they run into a trap.<br />
Completely surrounded by an endless army of Drulaack, they fight for their lives, but their efforts aren’t enough. Irewen is captured and dragged into the heart of the Corrupter’s lair.<br />
Having his prize, the others in the company are granted their freedom, but at a great cost: the one named in the prophecy who is meant to unite the elf forces and stand against the Corrupter is lost to the world – trapped beneath the Corrupter’s talons.<br />
With the aid of his mother’s spirit, Brendell must now find a way to gather an alliance strong enough to march against the Corrupter and his army, but his time is running out. Each day that passes brings Irewen closer to death.<br />
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Dark plumes of smoke billowed up from the horizon. Irewen tensed. The Somdyrr carrying her placed her gently on the ground. She hovered there for an instant before falling heavily to her knees. The cold from the freshly fallen snow radiated through her worn leather trousers to her skin beneath, quickly turning her legs numb, but she didn’t move. Her mind remained fixated on conjuring images of the terrors the elves in Lilendvelle must have experienced.<br />
Despair filled her heart.<br />
“We’re too late.” Her whisper dissipated into the still air, dying before it reached her companions’ ears. Irewen slumped her shoulders further forward in defeat. It didn’t matter if anyone had heard her. Their own thoughts would be echoing the same sentiment.<br />
Coming to a stop beside her, Laegon put a hand on her shoulder. “Perhaps there are some survivors.”<br />
“Yes,” she replied half-heartedly, knowing by Laegon’s deflated tone that he didn’t believe a single word he’d said.<br />
Silence fell among the company, everyone doing their best to comprehend the Corrupter’s wrath.<br />
After fleeing the Light Elves, Irewen and the others had allowed themselves two days in the northern mountains of Grelden to regroup and strategize before setting out once again for Lilendvelle. They’d left in hopes of warning Lord Greldir of the Corrupter and doing what they could to save the Light Elves from the creature’s destruction.<br />
But they’d failed.<br />
Staring at the black smoke continuing to spread like a noxious poison across the sky, Irewen couldn’t keep the twinge of guilt at bay. If only they’d returned to Lilendvelle the moment Glynnduil had revealed to them the details of the prophecy, perhaps they would have been in time to prevent the Corrupter’s attack.<br />
“We might be able to find a few people who were able to escape the devastation,” she said, “but what good will that do? Aside from healing their injuries, what aid can we give them? We don’t have enough supplies for ourselves.”<br />
“Wouldn’t healing them alone be worth our time?”<br />
Irewen looked up at Laegon, ashamed she’d become so callous. She took his hand in hers and squeezed it gently. “Aye,” she replied, her heart melting at the relief evident in his large, brown eyes. “It would.”<br />
He smiled down at her, the grime and dried blood covering his face seemed out of place against his delicate elven features. His struggles continued to wear on him, but he somehow<br />
kept fighting. He continued to put everyone else’s problems before his own, even those of people he’d never met.<br />
Truthfully, Irewen couldn’t decide if it was a good characteristic to have. Nevertheless, she greatly admired him for his resolve; something she had yet to discover for herself.<br />
“I don’t think we should waste time actively searching for survivors,” Brendell offered. “I know it sounds rather cruel, but we need to remain focused on our task of dealing with the Corrupter. Thousands more lives can be taken by his hand while we search the wilderness for days in hopes of finding a handful of survivors.”<br />
“I agree,” Laegon said. “We’ll help anyone we encounter along the road to Lilendvelle, and we’ll leave it at that. Veering off that course will cause more harm than good.”<br />
“No.”<br />
Everyone turned to Finnwyn in exasperation. Her violet eyes stared into the distance. Her tall, lean body remained completely rigid. “It’s a trap.”<br />
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Andi O'Connor is the award-winning author of The Dragonath Chronicles, The Vaelinel Trilogy, and The Legacy of Ilvania. The Speaker is the 2018 Independent Press Award Winner for Fantasy and a Finalist in the 11th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards. Andi's novel, Awakening, is a 2018 Independent Press Award Distinguished Favorite for Fantasy. Her critically acclaimed novel, Silevethiel, is the 2015 Best Indie
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You can frequently find Andi as an exhibitor and guest panelist at Comic Cons throughout the country including the Rhode Island Comic Con, Awesome Con, Philcon, Conclave, and Chessiecon. For more information, visit Andi's website at www.andioconnor.net<br />
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Once committed, Pekin and her friends find themselves in deep, trying to solve the disappearance of fourteen-year-old Miranda Talbert. Miranda went missing in 1918, and her spirit has wandered the halls of Elmwood Manor for the last hundred years.<br />
In the midst of finding Miranda, discovering her budding feelings for Scout, and consoling a terrified Amber, Pekin is met by an angry ghost set on thwarting her plans. Will the Ghosties be able to help Miranda, or will Pekin’s business die before she solves the mystery?</blockquote>
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Pam was born in Arkansas several decades ago. She’s not sure if that makes her a Southern Girl or if moving to Southern California when she was five revokes her Southern Girl card. She started writing later in life when she was challenged by a friend to create a book out of his story idea. Reaching the first 5,000 words was a milestone, but with time and hard work she managed to finish an entire book, much to her surprise. Since then, she’s written several novels, in several genres. Romance, middle grade and paranormal comprise most of her work. Pam has spent over 40 years working as a legal secretary at a law firm in Orange County, California. Aside from writing, she follows the
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<strong>Kingdom of Glass and Ashes: A Limited Edition Collection of Cinderella Retellings </strong><br />Publication date: December 18th 2018<br />Genres: Adult, Fairy Tales, Fantasy<br />
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<b>A classic fairy tale- but not how you remember it…</b><br />
What if the stepmother wasn’t the only one who was wicked and Prince Charming wasn’t what he seemed? What if your favourite princess didn’t make it home by midnight?<br />
Be transported to far away lands where fantasy and magic come together and pumpkins and princes are joined by shifters and stepsisters in this captivating collection of one of the greatest love stories ever told.<br />
From the imagination of our authors, prepare to meet Cinderella as you’ve never read before. <i>Kingdom of Glass and Ashes</i> is a spellbinding collection of retellings, written by multiple USA Today and bestselling authors telling their own version of the beloved tale.<br />
Get ready for romance, excitement, enchantment and more than just a glass slipper.</blockquote>
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<strong>Excerpt from Holly Hook:</strong><br />
I’m Ellia, Syndie’s ugly stepsister. Mother knows this, so she works Syndie to the bone, but this whole time, she’s been waiting. Planning. Syndie wants us on the streets, and despite my kindness, I’m no exception.<br />
Following her to the Courts lands me in the hands of a handsome guard, Jasper. Literally. And he doesn’t seem to notice my corset or frizzy hair. Nervous and secretive,
Jasper wants to stop cruel Prince Calvin from becoming King, which he’ll do when he chooses his wife at the royal ball. And now I’m key to a plan that can save my family and the entire Kingdom.<br />
Our weapons? Two magical slippers. One gives false beauty–but only until midnight. Then the other shows the wearer’s true nature. If Prince Calvin even holds the hand of his chosen when the clock strikes twelve, the spell hits him, too. Everyone will see the truth and he’ll never become King.<br />
He and Syndie deserve each other.<br />
I must make her dreams come true. But Mother, my sister, and a kingdom of jealous girls will do anything to stop Syndie from snagging the Prince. But what terrifies me the most is that trapped slipper. I can’t let Jasper see how ugly I am, but if it all goes wrong, I’ll have to give myself to its magic.<br />
The Kingdom must be saved at all costs, even if I must sacrifice my happily ever after.<br />
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<strong>Blurb from Emma Savant:</strong><br />
Hidden in the city of Portland, Oregon, is a shimmering world of magic—one faerie Olivia Feye doesn’t want to touch with a ten-foot wand. She’d rather study biology, or garden, or floss her teeth, or do literally anything except pay attention to the Glimmering world and her internship at Portland’s premier faerie godparent agency.<br />
But when her supervisor is hospitalized after a flying pumpkin carriage accident, Olivia is thrust into the middle of a case. And this one won’t be easy: Her client is Elle, a barista whose plans don’t include an enchanted prom or Prince Charming.<br />
The reward for a happily-ever-after is enough gold pieces to get Olivia out of the Glimmering world forever. But as she comes face-to-face with the complexities of faerie godmothering, she’s forced to wonder: How much is she willing to sacrifice for her own happy ending?<br />
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<strong>Blurb from D.L Pitchford:</strong><br />
A modern day Cinderella with a twist…<br />
High school seniors Noah Barton and Eden Prince have competed for top of their class since age seven. When their academic rivalry ruins a thermodynamics demo, their physics teacher decides to help them get along. By forcing them to be lab partners.<br />
As graduation approaches, Noah and Eden are too busy figuring out college to deal with each other. Noah’s football-loving dad sabotages his chance to win a big scholarship. Eden’s traditional mother cares more about finding her a husband than encouraging her dreams.<br />
Winning big at the regional science fair is their last hope.<br />
Will Noah follow in his mother’s footsteps? Can Eden show her parents the environment is more important than a boyfriend? Will Noah and Eden finally learn to work together?<br />
Follow Noah and Eden’s budding romance in this emotionally charged, gender-swapped retelling of Cinderella.<br />
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Sometimes, you have to create your own happily ever after…<br />
Elle Summers spends her days taking care of her stepmother and stepsisters, but she is secretly working on her escape. With the help of her best friend, she plans to act her way to freedom.<br />
When she auditions for a local production, her life is turned upside down by entrepreneur and producer Henry Winters. He needs a new leading lady for his Broadway production, and he wants her. He sweeps her off her feet and to the Great White Way, where she finally has her chance to shine.<br />
But in the whirlwind of her new life, she forgets one thing – her stepmother and stepsisters.<br />
While she starts to live the life she’s always dreamed about, they are plotting a way to bring her home. And if their plan works, Elle will fail – in a way that not even a fairy godmother can fix.<br />
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<strong>Analiese Rising </strong><br /><strong>Brenda Drake </strong><br />Published by: Entangled: Teen<br />Publication date: January 8th 2019<br />Genres: Paranormal, Romance, Young Adult<br />
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<span id="freeText9569870745787808912"><i>Half-Blood</i> meets <i>Antigoddess</i> in a thrilling, romantic new series from <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Brenda Drake.</span><br />
When a stranger gives Analiese Jordan a list of names before he dies, the last thing she expects to see is her own on it. Not. Cool. Her search for answers leads to the man’s grandson, Marek, who has dangerous secrets of his own. Both are determined to unlock the mystery of the list.<br />
But the truth is deadly. Analiese is a descendant of the God of Death, known as a Riser, with the power to raise the dead and control them. Finding out she has hidden powers? Cool. Finding out she turns corpses into killers? No, thank you.<br />
Now the trail plants her and Marek in the middle of a war between gods who apparently want to raise an army of the Risen, and Analiese must figure out how to save the world—from herself.</blockquote>
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The classroom smells like a funeral home.<br />
Hushed voices pulse over the pairs of students hunching over trays spaced across the counters. The odor of bodies fresh out of gym class mingles with the scent of formaldehyde.<br />
Hair dampens at my temples. A crematory would be cooler.<br />
Not many have finished their assignments. Only a few overachievers sit in the rows of empty desks on the other side of the room, their tasks completed, proud smiles on their faces.<br />
Mrs. Cryer shuffles around the tables watching over us—a reaper waiting for lost souls, her bony finger pointing out errors. She shuffles around with purpose. She shuffles around without direction. Then she stops at our table, her eyes peering over reading glasses.<br />
“Mr. Bove and Miss Jordan, you two are falling behind,” she says, a disapproving tsk in her voice. She only uses last names when she wants to emphasize her warning. “Best hurry before class ends.”<br />
She continues shuffling around.<br />
Biology is my least favorite class. Mrs. Cryer’s assignments are outdated. It’s her last year teaching, her retirement long overdue. Stern and direct, she’s not the sort of teacher I usually like, but I do. There’s an underlying kindness to Mrs. Cryer. A kindness hiding in her eyes, evident in her actions.<br />
One of the things I like about my school: my brother, Dalton, is in the same grade. We’re not twins or anything. Actually, we’re cousins. His parents adopted me when mine were killed in a boating accident on Lake Como in Italy. I don’t remember them. I was two when that all went down.<br />
The thing I hate about school: Dalton’s in my biology class.<br />
“Come on, Ana.” Dalton slides the dissection tray closer to me. “I did all the setup. Just make the first cut.”<br />
The little green body looks rubbery—almost fake—crucified to the tray with pins as it is. I push strands of dark hair from my face with a latex-gloved hand. I could’ve opted out of this barbaric ritual of separating body parts from an innocent frog.<br />
<em>Why did I even agree to this?</em><br />
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Brenda Drake is a New York Times bestselling author of young adult fiction. She grew up the youngest of three children, an Air Force brat, and the continual new kid at school. Her fondest memories growing up is of her eccentric, Irish grandmother's animated tales, which gave her a strong love for storytelling. So it was only fitting that she would choose to write stories with a bend toward the fantastical. When she's not writing or hanging out with her family, she haunts libraries, bookstores, and coffee shops, or reads someplace quiet and not at all exotic (much to her disappointment).<br />
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<strong>Two Thousand Years </strong><br /><strong>M. Dalto </strong><br />(The Empire Saga #1)<br />Publication date: December 11th 2018<br />Genres: Fantasy, New Adult<br />
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Two thousand years ago, the Prophecy of Fire and Light foretold the coming of the Queen Empress who would lead the Empire into a time of peace and tranquility. But instead of the coming of a prosperous world, a forbidden love for the Empress waged a war that ravaged the land, creating a chasm between the factions, raising the death toll of innocent lives until the final, bloody battle.<br />
Centuries later, Alexandra, a twenty-two-year-old barista living in Boston, is taken to an unfamiliar realm of mystery and magic where her life is threatened by Reylor, its banished Lord Steward. She crosses paths with Treyan, the arrogant and seductive Crown Prince of the Empire, and together they discover how their lives, and their love, are so intricately intertwined by a Prophecy set in motion so many years ago.<br />
Alex, now the predestined Queen Empress Alexstrayna, whose arrival was foretold by the Annals of the Empire, controls the fate of her new home as war rages between the Crown Prince and Lord Steward. Either choice could tear her world apart as she attempts to keep the Empire’s torrid history from repeating itself. In a realm where betrayal and revenge will be as crucial to her survival as love and honor, Alex must discover whether it is her choice – or her fate – that determines how she survives the Empire’s rising conflicts.</blockquote>
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Alex’s head hurt.<br />
A lot.<br />
She felt as though an entire troupe of Irish step dancers were performing behind her eyelids and she couldn’t close them tight enough to make the throbbing stop.<br />
A light appeared above her, but whether it was natural or artificial—she couldn’t say. She tried to open her eyes, but discovered the light was too harsh for their precarious state and let them close again.<br />
Her head was the heaviest it had felt, and worse than any hangover she could remember. Her body ached with more than a week’s worth of effort at the gym. As Alex attempted to push herself up into a sitting position and lift her head, a blinding pain came crashing through her skull all over her again and she fell back onto the bed she was lying on, clenching her eyes shut and praying this torture would go away.<br />
She felt a hand on her shoulder, helping her steady herself back onto the bed, and a comforting lilt cut through the raging migraine behind her.<br />
“Easy there. Traveling via Keys can be difficult for newcomers. You’ll get used to it as time goes on.”<br />
Keys?<br />
The memory of the confrontation within her living room flooded back to her and slowly Alex opened her eyes in the direction of the voice. As her vision adjusted, she remembered why. The same stranger from earlier stood before her. Or was it yesterday? She had lost track of time. He was standing over her, a candleholder in his hand. He looked down at her as she lay on the pillow, his blue eyes reflecting concern, pity and perhaps even amusement.<br />
His eyes.<br />
Then she remembered how she got into her current situation in the first place.<br />
She wasn’t sure how long it had been since he abducted her, but before she could ask him, even at the thought of moving to sit up, the pain within her increased even at the slightest movement.<br />
He hushed softly. “You are only going to make it worse. Just try to sleep it off, and we will talk when you wake…”<br />
She stopped listening when the pounding behind her eyes and overall exhaustion overcame her and she let her eyes fall.<br />
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M. Dalto is a fiction author of adventurous romantic fantasy and her debut novel, Two Thousand Years, won one of Wattpad’s Watty Awards in 2016. She continues to volunteer her time as an Ambassador, where she hopes to engage and inspire new writers. She spends her days as a full-time residential real estate paralegal, using her evenings to pursue her literary agenda. When she’s not writing, she enjoys reading fantasy novels, playing video games, and drinking coffee. She currently lives in Massachusetts with her husband, their daughter, and their corgi named Loki.<br />
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<i>Sourpuss</i> is a blistering satire of the depraved and entitled culture that pervades college campuses.</div>
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Mallory Wahl loathes the campus party scene . . .</div>
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She’s sprinting through her senior year obsessed with winning a spot on the US Olympic track team. But she runs straight into a hurdle in the form of fraternity president Graham Patterson, an intern assigned to help her recover from an injury – one she blames on him.</div>
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Once Graham’s therapies begin to work, Mallory pretends to fall in love but traps herself in her own scheme and tailspins deep into his debauched world. When a scandal erupts which threatens to shatter her Olympic dreams once and for all, Mallory must finally face the dark truth she’s been running from since freshman year.</div>
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In the style of a ’90s dark comedy flick, Merricat Mulwray’s debut brings an insightful and humorous perspective to the reckless behavior college students perpetually get away with. Mallory, herself a flawed heroine, is backed by a self-serving cast of athletes, party girls, townies, and fraternity brothers so hilariously dark that the book will leave you wondering if anyone ever gets what they deserve.</div>
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Mallory Gets A New Physio<br />
Mallory sat all the way back into the deep seat of the faded brown couch in Coach Green’s office. Her right leg, immobilized by a tight, bright-blue knee brace, stuck straight out off the couch like a punch. This was the couch where students usually sat when Coach Green was going to yell at them. But today Mallory swung her left foot in happy expectation. She had stayed off of her bad knee. She hadn’t rushed to get back on the track. She did everything the team doctor told her, and now it was time for her to begin to rehab.<br />
“Looks like the doc gave you the all clear,” Coach Green said as he came through his office door.<br />
“Yup. She said that I can start physio,” she replied sitting up higher in her seat.<br />
“That’s why I called you down here. The board wants to shake things up.”<br />
Mallory’s face fell as her heart paused.<br />
“You avoided a major injury, so there’s a little flexibility with the approach to your recovery.”<br />
“Different approach? Like some cutting-edge technology?” Mallory asked.<br />
“The higher ups have their agendas. You know we’ve got some student interns in our physiotherapy program that are mighty fine. Hell, you’ll probably recover in a few weeks without physio. Never knew an athlete like you, Wahl, the heart of a lion.”<br />
“I’m not doing physio with an intern.”<br />
“Can’t say I would be doing the cancan over it either. I know we’re going for gold. Trust your old pal, Coach Green—he’ll make sure you get the treatment you deserve.” He laid his hand on her shoulder. “You never disappoint me. You’re a true champion. You’re getting a real honor<br />
here. As one of the higher caliber athletes on campus, you’re giving the opportunity to help these student interns grow in their chosen professions as well.”<br />
“I guess I can give it a try.” Mallory’s lips stuck to her teeth.<br />
“Atta girl!” he said, giving her a few firm pats on the head.<br />
“So when do I meet this qualified individual?”<br />
“Good girl. You’ve probably already seen this fella. He’s been making the rounds with each team.” He opened the door. “Come in here, my boy.”<br />
Mallory hadn’t seen anyone new hanging around the athletic center, and Darius, who always managed to tell her everyone’s business, hadn’t mentioned anything. All she could do was close her eyes.<br />
He was stuffing a half-eaten Rx Bar into his pocket as he came through the door. He even had the nerve to pop the collar of his university-issued polo. He shook Coach Green’s hand heartily and smiled.<br />
“Thank you so much for this opportunity, sir. I can’t wait to get started.”<br />
“What kind of crap is this?” Mallory said as she flung her body up and threw her crutches to the ground.<br />
Coach Green turned to her. “What the shit is your problem, Wahl?”<br />
“I’m not doing anything with that guy. This must be some kind of joke,” she snorted.<br />
“Oh, do you know each other?” Coach Green asked.<br />
“He has no place anywhere near any athlete,” Mallory said, her voice rising.<br />
“Simmer down—”<br />
“He’s the reason I clipped that hurdle. Him. He was out on the track acting like a jackass. He distracted me.”<br />
“I can’t imagine I did anything to distract you,” Graham said, with a mocking grin.<br />
“You’re not placing the blame on somebody else for your own mishap, are you, Wahl?”<br />
“Well, it wasn’t quite like that,” Mallory backed up.<br />
“Is this some kind of diva antic? We think that this is a major learning opportunity here,” continued Coach Green.<br />
“Do you even know what kind of guy this guy is?” asked Mallory.<br />
“He’s at the top of his department. That’s who this is. We don’t just give this internship to any yo boy,” replied Coach Green.<br />
“Wrong. He’s the president of the biggest, douchiest frat on campus. He walks around with a freaking manservant,” said Mallory stomping her good foot. She stared Graham down.<br />
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<strong>Shadow Walker </strong><br /><strong>Anya J. Cosgrove </strong><br />Publication date: January 17th 2019<br />Genres: Adult, Paranormal, Romance<br />
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<strong>A newborn witch is rescued by two smoking-hot brothers. Can she unravel their dark secrets? Or will she lose her soul trying?</strong><br />
Alana sucks at witchcraft. Healing, telepathy, seeing through illusions… she can’t master any of it.<br />
Sparring with the six-foot-three muscular Walker brothers doesn’t help her focus. Alana’s not about to let herself fall for a man—or a demon—especially not the ones that abducted her in an attempt to save her life.<br />
When a bitter demon learns of Alana’s existence, he’ll stop at nothing to possess her and drive a wedge between the two brothers. If Alana can’t learn to use her powers, she’ll die. If she can’t discern illusion from reality, she’ll lose her mind.<br />
Nothing stays black and white in a world full of shadows.<br />
<strong>Demons, witches, forbidden love… visit the otherworld today.</strong></blockquote>
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Upon waking the next morning, I was primed for a fight. Taking the stairs two at a time, I entered the kitchen to find Thom in front of the stove. My thoughts drifted when I saw him, and my accusing questions got stuck in my throat. Dark blue jeans hugged his hips, and he was naked from the waist up. A sparse stretch of sand chest hair ran on his muscular torso. As he waited for the eggs to cook, he scratched the stubble on his chin, his light blond curls tousled.<br />
God, he's hot.<br />
Suddenly feeling underdressed, I considered the white lace trim of the gray night camisole I was wearing. Nipples threatened to show through the thin cotton and the pajama shorts barely came to my mid-thighs, so I was practically naked, too. Blush crept on my cheeks and chest. We looked like two lovers having breakfast after a night of passion. Not that I'd had any of those in a long, long while.<br />
I gave myself a brisk, inward shake. Stop it.<br />
Thom chose this moment to notice me. "Good morning. Sunny-side up, or scrambled?" He asked with a dashing smile.<br />
Ignoring the fact that my heart skipped a beat, I gritted my teeth together and forced myself to go on with my original plan. "Did you know I was going to end up here?" I asked point-blank.<br />
The seriousness of my voice seemed to surprise him, and he removed the frying pan from the stove. "Yes and no."<br />
A cryptic answer, again. I gave him a dirty look that commanded he stop being enigmatic. "Which is it, Walker?"<br />
He winced. "I knew you might end up here."<br />
Busted. I crossed my arms, waiting for an explanation. Better be a good one.<br />
He took a deep breath. "Certain people have the latent ability to become witches even if their ancestors are not. They are called random witches and come from human bloodlines. That potential has a limited time frame, a few weeks at most. You weren't supposed to activate anymore." I frowned, and he caught my unspoken question. "You had turned twenty, and nothing had happened. We were going to move on."<br />
I digested his words. My plan to break a window switched to the back-burner, and I found myself content with his answer, at least for the time being.<br />
As I thought back on our last meeting, the night of my birthday party, everything made more sense. The sweet goodbye kiss on the cheek had felt like an adieu. He was going to leave, never to be seen again. That's why he hadn't texted me back the next day. "You move from girl to girl until one becomes a witch, and when they do, you save them?" I summed up, and he nodded. "Why?"<br />
How did he end up with this occupation? I didn't remember seeing witch guardian in the university brochure.<br />
"Because they deserve to be saved." He didn't say it out of self-aggrandizement but in earnest.<br />
My stupid heart swooned. "How do you know where to look?"<br />
He shifted his gait from one foot to the other. "Liam knows."<br />
As soon as he spoke his brother's name, the shroud of worries reappeared, and I quickly changed the subject. "So, I'm a witch?" I stated out loud, curious to see how it sounded.<br />
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Anya J Cosgrove lives in Québec with her husband, her beautiful son, and two mischievous cats. She works as a veterinarian by day. She’s a travel and Disney junkie and is passionate about her favorite paranormal series.<br />
What would Buffy do? Kick ass!<br />
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Wickedly Dangerous and Sinfully Seductive.<br />
Indulge in 25 breathtaking adventures of dangerous worlds where the lines blur between saints and sinners.<br />
Come meet the creatures that fuel your every lust filled nightmare, where angels are not always encased in a light of righteousness and demons are not always dealing in all manner of debauchery. Where you might just end up rooting for the bad guy…<br />
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David hit the button to start his playlist, then turned to face Katala. His speech was halting, but deliberate. “What do you need me to do before we move forward with this agreement?”<br />
“Where did that come from all of a sudden? A moment ago, we were talking about work.”<br />
Following the wedding, they used most of their extra time moving into a new free-standing flat. Katala had actually taken a six-week leave from work, but cried the night before she had to return. Now, she sat barefoot on the sofa in a long pink cotton gown.<br />
“David, I don’t want to talk about that right now. I hate the way you change the subject in midstream like that. I – I’d just like to know you better. You know, feel more comfortable with you. I don’t want to just have sex because we’re supposed to.”<br />
David’s gaze followed her as she moved closer to him. “What do you need to know?” he asked.<br />
She gave a short laugh. She had to admit, she liked his straightforward manner. Despite her initial distrust, she was beginning to change her mind. One thing she realized she did not have to worry about with him was lies. He was so used to getting his way there was absolutely no guile in him. He simply said ‘I want this or that’, and people did whatever he wanted. She never doubted she would be any different. Honestly, he lit a fire inside her she’d never felt before, but she refused to give in just yet.<br />
“David, I want to know how you feel, what you think, what’s important to you. You know – things that I’m sure most married couples know about each other. Nothing out of the ordinary.”<br />
He smiled. “How about I don’t like waiting. Is that enough about how I feel and what I think?”<br />
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Dry-mouthed, Ana woke to the chirping of birds outside her windowsill. Heat flared across her cheeks as she thought back on how thoroughly Jesse had loved her only hours ago. Unfortunately, he’d received a phone call soon after and had to return to his room to use the notebook he’d left there. She’d let him go reluctantly.<br />
Padding barefoot across the cold tiles of her kitchen, she rolled his name around her mouth. Jesse Hannover. She couldn’t wait until she saw him again later that day. But the longer she repeated his name, the more it started to ring a bell, and a sudden coldness crept through her veins, dampening her good mood.<br />
Where had she heard the name Hannover before?<br />
Hesitating only for the briefest of moments, she called her brother, Alessio, the only one of her family she could really trust. How she wished he wasn’t half a world away in China.<br />
He answered on the first ring. “Hey, little Adriana.”<br />
She rolled her eyes. He knew exactly how she hated to be called by her full name. “Hey, yourself. I know you’re busy, but do you have a moment for me?”<br />
“Always. Shoot.”<br />
“Does the name Jesse Hannover ring a bell for you?”<br />
“Good question. It sounds familiar, but I don’t know why. Why are you asking?”<br />
Telling her brother that she just slept with a Jesse Hannover was out of the question. “I came across the name on social media and couldn’t stop thinking about it.”<br />
“Wait a sec. I’ll check the database.”<br />
Pacing the floor, Ana held on. Alessio had access to a database that listed anybody associated with supernatural activities.<br />
Her brother cursed through the line. “You were right. Hannover is one of the Hallows fake identities. The youngest Hallow’s name is Jesse.” He groaned over the line. “Whatever you do, stay the hell away from him. As far as you possibly can. I don’t have to tell you what the Hallows are capable of, right?”<br />
Her head started spinning, and cold sweat covered her forearms. “No. Thanks for checking. I need to go.”<br />
Ana ended the call and sank down on her bed. The Hallows were rumored to be merciless, brutal slayers who eliminated everything supernatural and anyone associated with it, no matter if they were good or evil.<br />
She cradled her head in her hands. She’d just exposed Darren to Jesse, before inviting the Hallow into her home and spending the night with him. The best night of her life.<br />
If he found out to what extent she was involved with supernaturals, he’d go after her, too. And she wouldn’t be the first of her family to die by the hand of a Hallow.<br />
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<strong>You Won’t See Me Coming </strong><br />
<strong>Kristen Orlando </strong><br />
(The Black Angel Chronicles #3)<br />
Published by: Swoon Reads<br />
Publication date: January 8th 2019<br />
Genres: Contemporary, Thriller, Young Adult<br />
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After finally taking down Torres, her mother’s merciless killer, Reagan and Luke have two targets on their backs and are forced into hiding. With new names, looks, and cover stories, they’re living quiet, “safe” lives, but revenge comes at a steep price. Reagan’s actions continue to haunt the pair and put the people they love in danger.<br />
When Reagan discovers her best friend Harper is on the verge of being kidnapped, she and Luke defy Black Angel orders and risk blowing their cover to save their friend. After the rescue attempt goes wrong, the three friends must go on the run with an army of assassins hot on their trail and the list of trust-worthy Black Angels getting smaller and smaller. Will they make it out alive? And at what cost?<br />
Fast-paced and suspenseful, this is the explosive finale of Kristen Orlando’s <i>Black Angel Chronicles </i>series.</blockquote>
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I’ve come to hate my hands. I used to just think they were ugly. My palms, too big. My fingers, too short. My skin, too wrinkly. Freak hands, I used to joke. I don’t make jokes about my hands now. When I stare down at them, I still see his blood. Blazing red ovals with tiny tails on my fingernails, knuckles, and wrists. The rational side of me knows it’s gone. Washed away in a tiny bathroom sink at thirty thousand feet, Santino Torres’s DNA circling the drain somewhere over the Indian Ocean. Still, if the light is right, I see it, freckling my skin.<br />
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The bell at the front door of the bookshop jingles, breaking my zombie-like trance. I shake my head, clearing my mind, and my hands begin to move again, searching for a book Bird Lady asked us to order. She has a name: Dorothy. But she has one singular passion in life: birds. She loves birds so much that she wears broaches with pictures of her pet birds on them. Her purse is covered in colorfully stitched birds. Her winter scarf, again: birds. I’ve been living here for only a few weeks, but in a town as small as Manchester, Vermont, you get to know the locals pretty fast. I’m told Manchester is packed with New Yorkers and Bostonians with vacation houses in the summer and tourists for the leaves in the autumn. But come winter, as the temperatures dip and snow begins to fall, the volume of visitors fades and we’re left alone with the bitter cold and the townsfolk.<br />
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“Olivia, did you find it yet?” Bird Lady’s coarse voice asks from behind me. My shoulders tense, still uneasy with the sound of my new name.<br />
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I’ve been a dozen different Reagans. Reagan Bailey. Reagan Schultz. Reagan MacMillan. But with Fernando searching for me, eager to put a bullet in my skull, the Black Angels said keeping my first name was no longer an option. Staying any version of my former self was far too dangerous. Before, I would have kicked and screamed over losing my name. But now, I just don’t care. With each new identity and cover story, I used to keep pieces of Reagan Elizabeth Hillis behind the pretender mask. I weaved my true self into the girl I was instructed to become. But not now. The girl I was before is disappearing. And I doubt she’s ever coming back.<br />
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“Just about,” I answer and clear my throat. I lift the lid of one more box and flip through all our recent orders. Finally, I find it. I pull out the latest edition of the Field Guide to North American Birds and turn back around to face Bird Lady.<br />
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“I certainly hope the shop didn’t give my copy away,” Bird Lady says playfully, her wrinkles deepening around her mouth.<br />
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“Of course not, Dorothy,” I reply with a small smile and hand her the book. “We didn’t even put it out on the shelves. We saved it especially for you.”<br />
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“Well, it’s not really for me,” she answers and pulls open her wallet. It has birds all over it. Of course. “It’s for my youngest granddaughter for Christmas. She’s ten. I hope she’ll like it.”<br />
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“I’m sure she’ll just love it,” I reply as sweetly as possible and plaster a fake smile on my face (my cheeks ache at the end of a shift from all the forced glee) as I scan the book and begin to ring her up. “That will be twenty-three dollars and forty-nine cents.”<br />
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“Here you go, dear.” Bird Lady hands me her credit card, which I swipe and hand back to her. The printer whines and spits out a receipt.<br />
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“I hope you have a great evening,” I say and hand her a plastic green-and-white Manchester Book Loft bag with the present for her granddaughter tucked inside.<br />
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“You too,” Bird Lady replies and wags her bony finger at me. “Now don’t work too hard.”<br />
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“I’ll try,” I answer with an artificial laugh and watch as Bird Lady slowly walks across the store, out the front door, and into the snowy, dark night.<br />
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I glance down at my mother’s watch ticking away on my wrist: 9:57. Nearly closing time. I scan the lower floor of the bookstore. It’s empty. “O Tannenbaum” from A Charlie Brown Christmas plays over the speakers; each cheerful strike of the piano keys makes my heart heavier, my mood darker. Christmas used to be my favorite time of year. Not just because of the carols and presents and lights, the general merriness that comes with the holiday season. I used to love Christmas because it meant my parents were home. With their seniority, they were able to request the days around Christmas off and, unless it was a true emergency, they were almost never called away.<br />
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We had our little traditions for that week. We’d make Christmas cookies using twenty-year-old cookie cutters, and Dad would make fun of the crooked candy canes and the blobs that were supposed to be Santa Claus. Then Mom would yell at him for licking red and green dyed icing off of his fingers before touching other cookies, spreading his germs everywhere. Aunt Sam would come over to try to put together gingerbread houses, but they were always disasters, falling down or having the candy picked off of cookie rooftops within the first twenty-four hours of construction. Mom would make us string popcorn for the Christmas tree and I’d always whine and say we should just buy strings of little gold beads and call it a day. “You’ll miss these moments when you’re grown up,” my mother used to say. I’d roll my eyes when she’d turn her back and think yeah right. But I’d do just about anything to have those moments back. This will be my second Christmas without my mother. My first without Dad. He’s still so angry with me, I doubt I’ll even get a phone call. Even if he wasn’t so irate with me, the Black Angels would never allow him to visit me for the holiday. I must stay hidden. I must remain a ghost.<br />
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I clear my throat, lost memories stinging at my eyes. I try to push back the sorrow that’s crept out of its little box, flooding my bloodstream and leaving my layered body cold. I shove my hands into the pockets of my jeans and dig my fingers into my hipbones, redirecting the ache. The threatening gloom retreats, tucking itself back where it belongs. I don’t deserve to feel sad.<br />
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I did this myself.<br />
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“Olivia, you ready to go?” my manager, Adam, calls to me as he emerges from behind a row of cookbooks. He’s twenty-six with a law degree from Columbia but opted out of taking the bar exam. He gave up an almost guaranteed partnership at his dad’s prestigious Manhattan law firm to move to Vermont and start a very different life. I feel like there’s a lot of that up here. People who leave behind lives of privilege to make cheese or blow glass or something. Smaller paychecks but a simpler, happy life. And with its sweeping mountain views and postcard-worthy quaintness, I can see why so many give up everything for peace in the Green Mountain State.<br />
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“Yeah, let me just close out,” I say and punch a few buttons into the register, locking it with a key for the night.<br />
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“Ben’s waiting for you,” Adam says, and my shoulders flinch beneath my thick sweater once again. I’ll never get used to his new name either.<br />
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“Okay. Your key, good sir,” I say and hand over the key to the downstairs register. For being in a small town, the Manchester Book Loft is quite expansive, with two floors, a large café that serves delicious goodies, and lots of quirky nooks where customers can hide out and get lost in a good book.<br />
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“Let’s get out of here before the snow really starts coming down,” Adam says, flipping off the light behind me. With a curly mop of blond hair and an easy smile, Adam looks like a cherub. I’m kind of surprised he doesn’t have wings coming out of his flannel button-down shirts. That baby face is the current catch of Manchester that every single girl (and divorced cougar) has her eye on.<br />
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I follow Adam through the store, turning out lights one by one. When I reach the Young Adult section, I catch my distorted reflection, the light inside creating an imperfect mirror against the dark window. It takes all my energy to repress the shiver crawling up my vertebrae. I barely recognize myself. My long dark hair has been chopped into a bob and dyed honey blond. I’m a horrible-looking blond, and I hate maintaining this modern Barbie hairstyle. The worst part is bleaching my dark eyebrows, trying to make this new me look somewhat natural. I avoid mirrors. The acid in my stomach roils every time I see myself. Just another reminder of why I’m here. What I’ve lost.<br />
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What I’ve done.<br />
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“Liv,” Adam’s voice calls out to me from the last dark room.<br />
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“Coming,” I say and flip off the light. My ghostly reflection disappears.<br />
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I walk past the magazine display, past a pair of comfy, worn couches, and up three small steps that lead into the café.<br />
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“Hello, love,” a voice says once I reach the top. I look up to see the new version of Luke smiling at me. His beautiful blond hair has been trimmed short and dyed a dark brown (lots of hair dye under our bathroom sink). He’s even started wearing colored contacts, turning his two pools of cornflower blue a muddy brown. The only pieces that remain of the Ohio boy I fell for are his dimples.<br />
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“Hi, babe,” I reply and lean in for a quick kiss, the scruff of his threatening five o’clock shadow (which he has to shave daily since it’s so much lighter than his hair) scratching my face. “You make out okay?”<br />
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“Sold out of all my apple crumb bars,” he responds sweetly and pulls my body in for a side hug. I wrap my arms around his waist and take in his scent. He smells like coffee and powdered sugar from a twelve-hour shift working in the bakery and café section of the bookstore. I never learned to cook. I thought I’d never need to. I was supposed to be a Black Angel: my days spent rescuing hostages, taking down terrorists, and arresting drug kingpins. But Luke is a master in the kitchen. His mother is an amazing baker. He spent hours with her, melting chocolate for triple-chocolate-chip cookies and kneading dough for pies. So when it came to finding a real job, he was easy. But I didn’t have much to offer the real world. I mean, if someone needs a swift kick to the face or a quick and clean execution, I’m your girl. But starting a hit man business while trying to hide out is probably not the best-laid plan in the world.<br />
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“Here, let me help you with your coat,” Luke says as I slip my arms through my camel-colored peacoat.<br />
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“Ben, you guys working tomorrow?” asks Imogene as she throws on her blue puffy winter jacket. She pulls her long, dark hair out of the neck of her coat and zips it up over her petite frame. She’s one of the baristas in the Book Loft café and makes one hell of a cappuccino, complete with decorative foam hearts or leaves or flowers.<br />
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“Yeah, we’re both on for tomorrow,” Luke responds and pulls me into his body again, giving me a kiss on the forehead as the four of us walk out of the warm bookstore and into a chilly December night.<br />
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“You two have a great evening,” Adam says as he locks the front door of the now dark Manchester Book Loft. “Shit, I forgot to turn off the Christmas music.”<br />
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“That’s okay. The books love A Charlie Brown Christmas,” Imogene says with a throaty laugh.<br />
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“Screw it,” Adam says and puts the key in his pocket. “See you guys tomorrow.”<br />
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“Have a good one,” Luke says cheerfully as he takes my gloved hand into his own. We walk in silence to our car, parked two blocks away, and I relish these quiet minutes. Fat snowflakes cascade down from a black sky, like falling stars, filling the dark trees and carpeting the sidewalk with their brightness. The spruce trees near the bookstore are<br />
wrapped in old-fashioned Christmas lights. Bright bulbs blink red, yellow, green, and blue. Garland is wrapped around store windows and a wreath hangs on nearly every door. Twinkle lights hug thin parkway trees and thick felt red ribbons are tied into perfect bows on every light post. It’s like walking onto the set of a Hallmark Christmas movie, but without the hollow buildings and paper snow.<br />
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We approach Charlie’s, a popular bar with the locals, and my stomach begins to knot with what’s next. Our turn is coming up. In ten seconds, we’ll be out of sight of Imogene and Adam.<br />
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In ten seconds, the show’s over.<br />
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I breathe in the cold night air and it stings against the delicate flesh of my lungs like a warning. We pass by Charlie’s front door. It opens and the sound of clinking glasses and AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck” fills the quiet. We turn the corner, off the main street, and like clockwork, Luke drops my hand. No, doesn’t drop. More like heaves it back to me. The boy from the bookstore disappears, his smile replaced by a scowl. His eyes angry, lips tight, and dimples gone until the next day when he has to throw a phony smile my way while we work. Pretend we’re a couple. Make believe that we’re happy.<br />
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I look up at him with wounded eyes, missing his hand in mine. Even if it’s all for show. He can feel my eyes on him. I know it. He shoves his hands into the pockets of his heavy coat and stares straight ahead, his face far icier than Vermont’s below freezing temperatures. I thread my rejected fingers through my other hand, filling the space where his palm used to be. I take in a bottomless breath, preparing myself for another evening of tense silence. And I deserve it. I deserve his anger, his borderline-hatred. Because I didn’t ruin just one life. I’ve ruined two. Without consideration. And without his permission.<br />
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I lie in bed at night, trying to come up with things to say to him. I run through apologies, scenarios where I beg for his forgiveness. But I have yet to say those words out loud. I’m too afraid of what he’ll say. Because I know what I’ve done is unforgivable.<br />
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The Reagan I was before may be fading, evaporating into the air, piece by broken piece. But the beautiful boy I fell for is truly gone.<br />
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For good.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">They say you never forget your first love, but I’m determined to prove Keven Kennedy is just a random boy from my past. </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s not like I still think about him after all this time. Or daydream about how hot his kisses were and what it felt like to have his hands on my skin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Nope, that’s not me. I’m in a happy place in my life. Engaged to a great man and finishing the last year of my photography degree. </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">And then the unthinkable happens—Keven saunters back into my life, turning it upside down once more. </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s ironic he thinks he’s protecting me when the only one I need protecting from is </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">him</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">They say you never forget your first love. In my case, it’s true. Most everyone in high school thought Cheryl and I were a match made in heaven and that nothing could tear us apart. Until I messed up spectacularly and lost the best thing to ever happen to me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Years have passed, girls have come and gone, but no one has laid claim to my heart in the way Cheryl did.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">I thought she was lost to me forever, when an unexpected encounter with an uptight FBI agent, and an intriguing proposition, brings the beautiful blonde back into my life. </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">I didn’t hesitate to sign on the dotted line.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">I let Cheryl down once before. I’m not going to fail her this time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">My mouth drops to the floor. “You’re lying.”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“I’m really not.” He reaches over, taking my hand and raising it to his mouth. He plants a light kiss on my knuckles, and I feel the effects all the way to the tips of my toes.“No one else ever measured up to you, and even if I had found someone worthy, how could I be with her when I’m still madly in love with you?”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">I can count on one hand the number of times Kev told me he loved me back in high school. Kev was hugely romantic when it came to doing things for me and showing me all the ways in which he cared. But he always struggled to articulate those feelings. It never bothered me, because I knew he loved me anyway. I didn’t need to hear him say it a million times to know. Which is why I understand how big a deal it is that he’s said that to me now.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“Keven.” Tears prick my eyes as I look at the adoring expression on his face. Reluctantly, he drops my hand to maneuver the car around the next bend.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Silence engulfs us again as we pull up to the gate to my house. I input the code on the keypad, and the gates slowly open. When we reach the top of the driveway, he cuts the engine and swivels in his seat so he’s facing me. “Tell me you feel nothing for me, Cheryl. Tell me it’s all in my head, and I </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">will </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">leave you alone. I promise.”</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-weight: 400;">USA Today</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> bestselling author Siobhan Davis writes emotionally intense young adult and new adult romantic fiction with swoon-worthy romance, complex characters, and tons of unexpected plot twists and turns that will have you flipping the pages beyond bedtime! She is the author of the international bestselling </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kennedy Boys, Saven, </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">and</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> True Calling</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> series’. </span>
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<span style="color: #3366ff;"><strong><em>Would you dare to defy destiny? Are our destinies written in stone? Do we become nothing more than the self-fulfilling prophesies of other people's opinions? Or can we dare to become who we believe we were born to be?</em></strong></span></h1>
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<span style="color: #3366ff;">“A gorgeous, heartfelt journey of redemption and love” (Wendy Higgins), ONLY A BREATH APART is a young adult contemporary novel from critically acclaimed Katie McGarry. “Haunting, authentic, and ultimately hopeful” (Tammara Webber), ONLY A BREATH APART will be available on all retailers on January 22, 2019!</span></h1>
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Jesse dreams of working the land that’s been in his family forever. But he’s cursed to lose everything he loves most.</h3>
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Scarlett is desperate to escape her “charmed” life. But leaving a small town is easier said than done.</h3>
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Despite their history of heartbreak, when Jesse sees a way they can work together to each get what they want, Scarlett can’t say no.Each midnight meeting between Jesse and Scarlett will push them to confront their secrets and their feelings for each other.</h3>
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<strong>SCARLETT</strong>
I’m defying my parents by attending a funeral. Reckless and adventurous teenage behavior, I know. Most seventeen-year-olds lie to their parents so they can go on a date with a forbidden boy or attend a party where there will be questionable behavior. Me? I’m outright lying to my dad, and it’s because Jesse Lachlin’s grandmother died.
The entire way here I’ve questioned my sanity, but I don’t know how I’d live with myself if I stayed home. Jesse Lachlin used to be my childhood best friend. We were inseparable. We had the type of friendship people strive to have, and then, a few years ago, he cut me so deeply that I still bleed. But ten-year-old me would have never abandoned a hurting Jesse. So today I’m not only honoring the memory of Jesse’s grandmother, but also the memory of our dead friendship.
On my way to the funeral, the high grass of the field swats at my legs, but I don’t mind the sting. I love walking barefoot in grass, I love the smell of the earth and I love that brief feeling of freedom open spaces can provide.
It’s the dog days of August. The type of hot that starts when the sun rises and makes you sweat through your clothes within minutes. While my skin and palms are on fire, the pads of my feet are cool against the dirt. The heat is unwelcome, but the sky is deep blue and the sun is bright, and for that, I can be grateful.
Walking out of the field, I stop short of crossing the one-lane road to slip on the flats that dangle from my fingertips. My mother would be mortified if she knew I was entering a church in a cotton daisy-print sundress. It’s not one of the dresses with stiff fabric and impossible back zippers she would have picked for me at an overpriced department store. It’s the type that’s machine-washable and breathable. The type of dress Jesse’s grandmother would have given her stamp of approval.
I can practically hear my mother heavily sigh and mumble my name, Scarlett, as if it were her personal, private curse word. Mom believes there’s a certain way to dress and behave, and I’m breaking all sorts of her rules today. Watch out, world. I’m officially rebellious.
I smile to myself because I’m the opposite of rebellious. For the last few years, I’ve followed every rule. I’m the teacher’s pet and the girl with straight <em>A’</em>s. I’m the poster child of perfection, and have earned every snarky ice princess comment Jesse’s friends whisper about me in the school hallways because he and I no longer speak.
There are only six cars in the parking lot of the white church, and that makes me frown. I thought more people would have wanted to attend. Jesse’s mud-covered pickup is there, and so is an unnaturally clean black Mercedes that belongs to his uncle. This ought to be interesting. Jesse and his uncle have a mutual hate for each other that runs deeper than any root of any tree.
Movement to my right and I slowly turn my head. Shivers run down my spine at the sight of Glory Gardner. Even though I’m seventeen and too old for ghost stories, I still can’t shake the ones regarding this woman. Girls would whisper over lunch boxes that Glory was a witch. As I grew older, I understood that witch meant con artist. She claims she can read palms, tarot cards and “sees” spirits from beyond the dead. All for a glorious fee.
She’s a beautiful woman—long dirty blond hair that’s untamed, even in a bun, and she has an eclectic taste in clothing. Today she wears a white peasant shirt and a flowing skirt made of material that shimmers in the sun.
Glory watches me like I watch her, with morbid curiosity. I knew her as a child, back when Jesse and I ran wild in the fields near her home, but we haven’t talked in years.
She stands under the shade of a towering weeping willow. There are lots of those trees around here. Mom says it’s because there is too much water in the ground. I say it’s because the people in this town have cried too many tears. Mom doesn’t like my answer.
I tilt my head toward the church, an unspoken question if Glory will be joining me. She shakes her head no. I’m not shocked. According to rumors, Glory will go up in flames if she enters the house of God. But who knows? Maybe I will, too.
The church is one of those picturesque, historical, one-room school buildings squeezed between a cornfield on one side and a hay field on the other. A huge steeple with a bell attempts to reach the heavens, but like anything created by a human, it falls tragically short.
The foreboding wooden door makes no noise as I open it, and I’m able to slip in without a huge, squeaking announcement. Orange light filters in through the dark stained glass windows, and its struggling beams reveal millions of dancing particles of dust.
On the altar, there’s no casket, but there is an urn. My heart dips—Suzanne is dead. I used to wish she were my grandmother, and many times, she treated me as if I belonged to her. Suzanne was the epitome of love, and the world feels colder now that she’s gone.
Choosing a spot in the back, I drop into a pew, and as I scan the church my stomach churns. How is it possible that this place is so barren?
Besides the Funeral Brigade, or the FB, as I like to refer to them, there aren’t many people here. The FB are the older group of woman who attend every funeral in our small town even if they didn’t know the person. Attending funerals isn’t my idea of fun, but who am I to judge?
The FB sit directly behind the one person the town believes to be the lone sane member of the Lachlin family, probably because he isn’t blood related—Jesse’s uncle.
On the left side of the church is Jesse. Only Jesse. And that causes a painful pang in my chest. Where are his stinking friends? The anarchists in training who follow Jesse wherever he goes? Where is the rest of the town? Yes, Suzanne was polarizing, but still, where is any respect?
Quietly, so I don’t draw attention to myself, I slip from the right set of pews to the left. Someone should be on Jesse’s side, and it’s sad it has to be me.
A door at the front of the church opens, and the pastor walks out from the addition the church build on as a small office ten years ago. I would have thought any pastor assigned to this place would be as ancient as this church. Sort of like an Indiana Jones Knights Templar scenario where he lives forever as long as he stays inside. But no, he’s the youngest pastor from the main, newer church in town. His name is Pastor Hughes, and he’s a thirty-something black man with a fit build who is just cute enough that he should be starring in a movie.
The pastor looks up, and he flinches as if startled. I peek over my shoulder then sigh. Clearly, he’s surprised to see me. Flipping fantastic.
His reaction, and the fact he won’t stop staring, causes every person to turn their heads. Lovely. I’ve had dreams like this where I enter a room and become the center of attention. Only in my dreams it’s at school, it’s my classmates and I’m naked, but still, this is disconcerting.
Eventually, the FB and Jesse’s uncle return their attention to the front, but Jesse doesn’t. He rests his arm on the back of the pew, and it’s hard to ignore that he’s made me his sole focus, but I do my best to act as if I don’t notice.
To help, I concentrate on what my mom taught me as a child—to make sure the skirt of my dress is tucked appropriately so that my thighs don’t show. I then fold my hands in my lap and straighten to a book-on-head posture. I can be the ice princess people claim me to be.
Five pews separate me and Jesse, and it’s not nearly enough. My cheeks burn under his continued inspection. Jesse has done this a handful of times since our freshman year. Glance at me as if I’m someone worth looking at, someone worth laughing with a little too loud and smiling with a little too much. Then he remembers who I am and snaps his gaze to someone else.
But he’s not looking away now.
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<strong>I Blackmailed Her Brother </strong><br /><strong>Jessica Frances </strong><br />(Love at First Crime, #5)<br />Publication date: January 2nd 2019<br />Genres: Adult, LGBTQ+, Romance, Suspense<br />
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I Blackmailed Her Brother (Love at First Crime #5)<br />
I blackmailed her brother, so she took my heart and held it ransom.<br />
I made a mistake.<br />
I did something unforgiveable.<br />
I broke her trust.<br />
I shattered the life we were building together.<br />
And I hate myself for the pain I caused her.<br />
But then someone thought they could threaten her,<br />
Thought they could come after the woman I love.<br />
They need to think again.<br />
I am stronger than I have ever been before.<br />
I am determined to win her back,<br />
And no one is getting in my way.<br />
Not our friends.<br />
Not her family.<br />
And definitely not the crazy maniac who is after her.<br />
I will protect her.<br />
I will salvage what we had,<br />
And I will make us stronger because of it.<br />
Not every relationship can be built on solid ground,<br />
And maybe betrayal and blackmail might not make for a great foundation,<br />
But then again, as some people say: there is nothing quite like love at first … crime.</blockquote>
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I reach into my pocket and wave a USB in his face. It’s a physical backup I use whenever I’m on the road and Wi-Fi isn’t viable. One of the first things Gemma taught me was to back up everything. Currently, it just has some random files on it, but Wally doesn’t know that.<br />
He eyes the USB nervously. “What’s on that?”<br />
“It has photos of your arrest, as well as police reports on the drugs you were caught with.”<br />
He blanches and sweat beads over his forehead.<br />
“Look, I don’t want to have to do this. Just give us the keycard to room 704, and we’ll be in and out in less than a few minutes.”<br />
“I’ll get fired,” he whines, his voice piercing louder.<br />
I wince, glancing around us, but no one appears to be paying us much attention. Yet.<br />
“You won’t be. No one will know what’s happening. Gemma and I will look like two lovers going up to our room, and we’ll exit without anyone knowing we were there.”<br />
He shakes his head, but it looks more defeated than opposing. “I can’t fucking believe you. I won’t ever forgive you or her. She is dead to me,” he snaps while stabbing the keyboard in front of him angrily.<br />
My stomach drops, and my lungs compact, making it harder to catch my breath.<br />
“Please don’t be angry at her. She has no idea I’m doing this,” I beg quietly.<br />
Wally does tend to exaggerate in most things. His admission the first time I met him that he would die if the snow didn’t let up soon comes to mind. But Wally also loves to create drama. Often, he orchestrates arguments at family dinners purely for his own amusement.<br />
I can totally see him wanting revenge for this, and what better way than to make Scarlett’s life miserable by taunting her over what I have done.<br />
“I don’t give a fuck if she knows what you’re doing,” he hisses as he slaps the keycard on the counter, his stare cold enough to give me frostbite. “You have fifteen minutes before the room is occupied.”<br />
“Thank you,” I tell him, hoping my pleading tone gains me some sort of sympathy, or at least forgiveness.<br />
He doesn’t glance back up at me again.<br />
I like Scarlett <em>a lot</em>.<br />
How is she going to react to what just happened? How the hell is she going to forgive me for how I threatened her brother? Will she understand? Or hate me?<br />
I did this all for the right reasons, didn’t I? I had no choice, not without disappointing Zander. I <em>need</em> to prove to everyone that I am up for this. That becoming a private investigator isn’t a mistake.<br />
But, did I take it too far?<br />
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This is my second year participating in the official TBR Pile Challenge hosted by Roof Beam Reader and I'm so excited! Below you will find my 12-book TBR list and two alternate books! If you'd like more information or are interested in joining <b><a href="https://roofbeamreader.com/2018/12/19/announcing-the-2019-tbr-pile-challenge-tbr2019rbr/" style="color: #353535; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">click here</a></b>!</div>
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<b>My 2019 TBR Pile Challenge List:</b></div>
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"> <i style="font-weight: 400;">Bridget Jones's Diary </i>by Helen Fielding (1999) | <b>My Review</b></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><i>Masquerade </i>by Cambria Hebert (2011) | <b>My Review</b></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><i>Who Do You Think You Are?: Finding Your Identity In Christ </i>by Mark Driscoll (2013) | <b>My Review</b></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><i>IT </i>by Stephen King (1986) | <b>My Review</b></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><i>Possession </i>by Jessica Hawkins (2014) | <b>My Review</b></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><i>Warm Bodies </i>by Isaac Marion (2010) | <b>My Review</b></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><i>Unravel Me </i>by Tahereh Mafi (2013) | <b>My Review</b></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><strike><i>The Scorch Trials </i>by James Dashner (2010)</strike> | <b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2780030854" target="_blank">My Review</a></b></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><strike><i>Escaping Reality </i>by Lisa Renee Jones (2013)</strike> | <b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2557185248" target="_blank">My Review </a></b></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><strike><i>You </i>by Caroline Kepnes (2014)</strike> |<b> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2706750073" target="_blank">My Review</a> </b></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><i>City of Ashes </i>by Cassandra Clare (2008) |<b> My Review</b></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><i>A Love Letter To Whiskey </i>by Kandi Steiner (2016) | <b> My Review</b></li>
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"> <i style="font-weight: 400;">Paper Towns </i>by John Green (2008) | <b>My Review</b></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><i>The Farfield Curse </i>by Kaleb Nation (2009) | <b>My Review</b></li>
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<b style="font-weight: 400;">My Progress: </b>03/12 Completed</div>
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