Thursday, April 4, 2013

Seduced By Power by Kimberly Kinrade ~Book Tour~


Seduced By Power



Forbidden passions.

Deadly secrets.

A love that will stand against it all.

Their passions will destroy them. 

Only true love will save them.

Find out why critics and fans are raving about the Seduced Saga. Heat, romance, mystery and poetic writing make the Seduced Saga an original new adult paranormal romance that you won't be able to put down!


In Seduced by Power, the final book in Rose's Trilogy, Rose and Derek face the greatest threat to their love, and lives, as they are forced to make painful choices to save those they love the most.

They give everything they have to end the battle against Rose's mother and retrieve that which was stolen from them. But will it be enough to save them?

Available March 18, 2013

Get caught up in the Seduced Sage with Seduced by Innocence and Seduced by Pain.

Coming Soon:
Seduced by Love (A Surprise Seduced Book)
Seduced by the Sea (Ocean's Story)

Thoughts

  And so the plot thickens....as if it could any more!!!
As this is the last book questions are answered and the twists keep coming!
It amazes me how all this can come from one author's head! Just WONDERFUL!

 Derek still has my heart, more so after reading this book. Man the things that he goes through and does it one heck of a lot for a woman! However, since he loves her I guess it proves so much!
 Blake (the Demon), actually gets my admiration. Although he's been born evil as all "bleep" he turns over a new leaf and totally surprises me. I guess Rose was right when she said that people deserve second chances.
 Over the three books I have to say that Rose has grown so much. She isn't this shy, stand-offish girl any more. She's this "I'm gonna do it and you can join if you want....just such a fun character.
 I'm even more a NON-FAN of Rainbow, and after what she does to Jasmine...URGH!!!!
 I'm left with a few questions at the end, but I'm always questioning what happens after the ever after...It's in my blood.
 Over all Kimberly does a great job tying all three books up with this one and totally makes a life long stalker of her work with me!!!!
 I will look forward to more works of adventure and love from this fabulous author! 

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About the Author



Kimberly Kinrade
Born with ink in her veins and magic in her heart. She writes fantasy and paranormal stories for all ages and still believes in magic worlds. Check out her YA paranormal series The Forbidden Trilogy, her lower grade fantasy series The Three Lost Kids, and watch for her New Adult romance and fantasy books coming in 2013 including The Seduced Saga, Sunrise and Nightfall, Death by Destiny and The Fallen Trilogy and her next YA fantasy adventure, The Reluctant Familiar. You can find her books on Amazon, B&N and Goodreads among other fine retailers.

When she's not writing, she runs Daring Books Design & Marketing with her husband, Dmytry Karpov, where they help authors with all manner of marketing, editing, and design needs until such a time that their brilliant children take over the business for them.

She lives with her three little girls who think they're ninja princesses with super powers, her two cats who think they're gods (and probably are), her two dogs who think they're humans and her husband, also known as the sexy Russian Prince, who is the love of her life and writing partner.

ONLINE LINKS:
 Website  http://KimberlyKinrade.com 
Twitter: @KimberlyKinrade 
Facebook: /KimberlyKinrade 
Amazon: http://Amazon.com/author/kimberlykinrade 
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4687115.Kimberly_Kinrade



*Disclosure of Material Connection: no payment was received by me in exchange for this review. There was no obligation to write a positive review. All opinions expressed are entirely my own and may not necessarily agree with those of the author, publisher, publicist, or readers of this review. This disclosure is in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255, Guides Concerning Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising*

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

No Greater Illusion by K. Baskett ~Book Blast~


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A number of unacquainted adults, from various walks of life, routinely enjoy the benefits of residing in a nation where liberty and justice are among its chief luxuries. Having different statuses of education, income, and ethnicity, all are suddenly forced to cope firsthand with the "domino effect" of America's violent reaction to the assassination of a promising female presidential nominee, Gov. Ceinwen Jarvis. In a day and time where the advancement of technology allows one's voting status, banking information, and even medical history to be accessed by microchip scan, they quickly realize that America - as well as their own lives - will never be the same.
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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Paper Artist by Gail D. Green, Kara L. Laughlin, and Jennifer Phillips



Paper Artist

Creations Kids Can Fold, Tear, Wear, or Share

Paper is not just for drawing! Budding artists use paper to create everything from lanterns to  picture frames. Simple, step-by-step instructions and big, full color photographs help readers maximize their potential.

For ages 9-13.

* Easy step-by-step instructions make paper crafts accessible to anyone. 
* Surprising uses for everyday paper products, such as wrapping paper or cupcake liners. 
* Broad range of paper craft projects appeal to every style.


This book was SO MUCH FUN!!!
I love using paper for scrap booking and making cards, but now I have new earrings, a purse and I'm in the process of making my daughter Indi her name all done up in colorful paper.
Speaking of Indi, she's the one who helped me make my new PAPER purse. According to Miss Diva herself, "this book is easy".
I know it's says for ages 9-13, but I'm well over that and I still had fun folding and gluing....I got to put to use lots of my old magazines laying around.
You would think some of the things in the book were made differently, I mean they look so professional.....But once you get going yours look just as good....Even better because YOU did it.

I recommend this book for all the families that want to make some really awesome things with all that left over paper....Lets be ECO friendly this summer and let the kids have fun!!!


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Thank you to NetGalley and Capstone Young Readers for allowing me to review this great book.


*Disclosure of Material Connection: no payment was received by me in exchange for this review. There was no obligation to write a positive review. All opinions expressed are entirely my own and may not necessarily agree with those of the author, publisher, publicist, or readers of this review. This disclosure is in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255, Guides Concerning Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising*

Thursday, March 28, 2013

Hoppy Easter Giveaway Hop



Are we all ready for the Easter Bunny???
I am totally all set....My new friend "Fred" came in the mail to replace "Bob" and I've been so HAPPY. (It's awful when a kindle dies!!!)

For you my little bunny friends....the eggs are cracking and the prizes are there to be won.
Thanks to our Fab hosts...we have a wonderful hop to search the blogs and see what we can win!!!

Here you have a chance to win either a $10 Amazon gift card or a book (up to $10) from the Book Depository.
All you have to do is fill out the rafflecopter....Easy Peasy!!!
Sometime on the 6th I will email the winner with the happy news...Who knows maybe this time it could be you!!!
After you're done entering here please go forth and enter on more blogs...
Thanks for entering....To all that celeabrate
HAPPY EASTER!!!!

Monday, March 25, 2013

The Grimm Chronicles Volume 2 ~Book Tour & Giveaway~


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The Grimm Chronicles Volume 2

200 years ago, the Brothers Grimm changed everything.

With the help of a little magic, fairy tales were made real, manifesting all over the world. Charming princes. Gold-hunting dwarfs. Terrible step-mothers. Heroic animals.

Then, slowly, they began to change. Everyone—from Prince Charming to the old miller—grew more evil. Corrupted. A hero was chosen to stop them, hunting them down one by one and destroying them with the help of a magic pen and a special rabbit assistant.

For 200 years, the hero’s magic pen has been passed on from generation to generation. The newest hero is Alice Goodenough, an 18-year-old junior from Washington High School. While her friends spent their summer working and having fun, Alice found herself doing battle with creatures most human beings don’t even realize exist. A giant snake. A blood-sucking prince. A terrifying half-man, half-hedgehog. Dastardly dwarfs intent on mind-controlling everyone who uses a cell phone.

Now, senior year has begun. With it comes a new challenge at school, where bullies have grown bolder and classes more challenging. As if that’s not enough, Alice must face off against a collection of Corrupted who all share a terrible secret, one that might awaken a creature capable of doing untold damage. To uncover the secret, Alice will have to face off against a man-eating lizard, a bloodthirsty sea captain, and a mysterious wizard who can see into the future …

This book contains:

Episode four: The Orphanage of Doom
Episode five: Blood and Thunder
Episode six: The Order of the Golden Dragon

Bonus material:
The Lost Journal of Eugene Washington
Assorted fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm
A Legacy of Red
Thoughts
It just keeps getting better. Page after page, the adventure is mind blowing!
Alice is still AMAZING. She's struggling with the start of school and such, but her duties are still keeping her busy. I would never be able to do everything she can...without FREAKING OUT.
Briar and Seth are there through out, however Trish kinda sinks to the wayside.
Each story continues onward from the previous and make for a great read.
I look forward to the next installment.




The Grimm Chronicles Volume 1

This book contains the first 3 episodes of the critically acclaimed series:
Episode 1: Prince Charming Must Die!
Episode 2: Happily Never After
Episode 3: Revenge of the Castle Cats

The Grimm Chronicles is intended for Young Adults aged 13 and up. The goal is to provide Young Adult readers with a strong, charismatic young woman in the role of the hero and provide readers with a positive protagonist who uses her brain to overcome obstacles life throws in her way.






Praise

“5 stars!” ~ Bookies Book Blog

"Highly recommended for all who love fairy tales and the YA genre." ~ My Cozie Corner

"All in all the books were excellent." ~ LilyElement

"If you love fairy tales and them being turned into modern day stories you will love these short stories." ~ Mom With a Kindle

5 stars (out of 5) ~ I Am, Indeed

“Isabella Fontaine and Ken Brosky’s incredible talent for storytelling takes the reader on an amazing action-packed ride fueled by endless creativity and limitless imagination. TGC is like a high-stakes version of Harold and the Purple Crayon meets a contemporary, above ground Alice in Wonderland. “ ~ Bookfetish

“I absolutely loved this book! No, let me rephrase that, I FREAKING LOVE THIS BOOK! Nope, that doesn't even do it justice. Vol. 1 has the first three stories from the 12 that will ultimately make up the chronicles.” ~ Jesse Kimmel-Freeman



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About the Authors
Ken Brosky received his MFA in fiction writing from the University of Nebraska-Omaha. He also teaches English at Madison College. This is his first Young Adult series.

Isabella Fontaine owns a farm in Wisconsin and enjoys reading weird books like House of Leaves. This is her first Young Adult series.



Tour Giveaway
5 Kindle ebook copies of The Grimm Chronicles Volume 2
Ends 4/11/13


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Friday, March 22, 2013

Revelation by Morrie Richfield ~Book Tour & Giveaway~


Mr. Breeze is back; so is Michael Ryan and Rover, the magical dog.
MR. BREEZE fans can rejoice. REVELATION, Morrie Richfield’s much-anticipated sequel to his novel MR. BREEZE, has arrived. Readers new to the strange but inspiring tale of a super being and his attempt to set mankind on a straight and moral path for its very survival can immerse themselves in what critics and readers alike are calling an “inspirational fantasy” with important lessons for all of us.
In MR. BREEZE, published in 2011, Richfield introduced readers to Zackary, aka Zack, aka Mr. Breeze, an ancient being who claimed to be mankind’s creator and who still exerts a powerful force on the human race and its very existence. Zack appeared on earth as a powerful man who did miraculous deeds. He chose journalist Michael Ryan to tell his story in a book that, he hoped, would show mankind how to stop its self-destructive ways and bring paradise on earth. With man’s fate hanging in the balance, Zack disappeared, leaving humans to their fate and Michael wondering what his role really is.
REVELATION moves the action two years into the future. The situation looks bleak. Mankind has slipped back into its old, destructive ways and Michael has become a dissolute recluse. There are people who view Michael as a savior and others who see him as a threat to be eliminated.
Along this strange trip, Michael meets new friends and reunites with old companions, the most significant of which is Rover, an abused dog whom Zack endowed with superpowers. Rover becomes Zack’s messenger to Michael, as Michael tries to get Zack’s original message out to the world:  If mankind doesn’t straighten out, he will destroy the human race.
Richfield plays down the description of REVELATION as an “inspirational fantasy.” He calls it a “self-help book, a textbook, a reality series on paper. It is what we see when we look in the mirror.”
If MR. BREEZE focused on Zack and his message, REVELATION focuses on Michael, following his struggle to understand his role in Zack’s master plan and to find his soul, Richfield says. “Michael’s final revelation is that we just don’t learn. Without the threat of destruction, we go back to our old ways. Our time is almost up and we need to do something. We need to show Mr. Breeze the human race deserves a chance to continue to exist.”

AMAZON | BARNES & NOBLE




~THE AUTHOR~


Morrie Richfield lives in Pennsylvania with his two sons, his dogs and his cat. He is working on his next novel, and he still dreams that someday the world will be a better place for all of us to live.
His latest book is the inspirational fantasy novel, Revelation: The Return of Mr. Breeze.
Visit his website at www.mrbreezethenovel.com.


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Thursday, March 21, 2013

Saving Grace by Pamela Fagan Hutchins ~Book Tour~



If you're at all inclined to be swept away to the islands to fall in love with a rainforest jumbie house and a Texas attorney who is as much a danger to herself as the island bad guys, then dive headfirst with Katie Connell into Saving Grace.

Katie escapes professional humiliation, a broken heart, and her Bloody Mary-habit when she runs to the island of St. Marcos to investigate the suspicious deaths of her parents. But she trades one set of problems for another when she is bewitched by the voodoo spirit Annalise in an abandoned rainforest house and, as worlds collide, finds herself reluctantly donning her lawyer clothes again to defend her new friend Ava, who is accused of stabbing her very married Senator-boyfriend.

THOUGHTS
Murder, Mystery, and Love....a little bit of everything all in one story.
NICE!
The way this story is written you find yourself falling in love with the island, even though you've never been there...You find yourself on the edge as Katie progress through, rooting for and questioning her all as if you're best buddies.
I love how Ms. Hutchins was able to immerse the reader so well in the story with her writing style and characters....just wonderful.
A wonderful surprise read.


Pamela Fagan Hutchins writes award-winning mysterious women’s fiction and relationship humor books, and holds nothing back.  She is known for “having it all” which really means she has a little too much of everything, but loves it: writer, mediocre endurance athlete (triathlon, marathons), wife, mom of an ADHD & Asperger’s son, five kids/step-kids, business owner, recovering employment attorney and human resources executive, investigator, consultant, and musician.  Pamela lives with her husband Eric and two high school-aged kids, plus 200 pounds of pets in Houston. Their hearts are still in St. Croix, USVI, along with those of their three oldest offspring.
Her latest book is the mystery/women’s fiction, Saving Grace.

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