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Hatred is such a nasty thing - we all deplore it in others but do not necessarily recognise it in ourselves. At what point does resentment, jealousy, betrayal or humiliation turn into anger and then grow to an all consuming hatred? Hatred can be slow, taking years to fester, or can explode in seconds – … Continue reading Geraldine by John Mead @JohnMeadAuthor @rararesources #bookreview #blogtour #crimefiction #policeprocedural
This is a weekly meme hosted by Wandering Words, where you give the first few lines of a book to hook your readers before introducing the book. Here are my first lines: The fade into consciousness happened slowly, like the melting of ice. The water was still present. I just changed form. Claire's mind couldn't process … Continue reading First Lines Friday – October 18, 2019
Terry Keys, USA Today bestselling author of Lie No More and The Missing pens his most captivating book to date. This is the heart-breaking story about a small-town boy who’d taken everything from everyone until he could take no more. Seventeen-year-old Blaze Planter is a Jr. at Kilwade, High School. His parents have recently divorced. … Continue reading The Kilwade Tragedy by Terry Keys @tkeys15 @YAboundtourspr #giveaway #blogtour #bookreview #YAfiction #suicide #bullying #schoolshootings
What if you got a second chance with your first love? What happens when you meet your teenage heart-throb – when you’re both all grown up? When Cassie was fifteen, all she wanted was to marry Jesse Franklin, the bassist from her favourite band, Franko. Now she’s single, in her late twenties and wondering what … Continue reading Call Me, Maybe by Stephie Chapman @imcountingufoz @rararesources #romcom #music
Shifters, Zombies, and Vampires? Oh my! My name is Dorothy Gale, and I think I might be dead. When my dog Toto and I got swept up in a twister, we landed in hell. A very colorful hell. Like a rainbow dripping in blood. Now it looks as though this dreadful underworld plagued with vampires, zombies, … Continue reading Dorothy in the Land of Monsters (Oz ReVamped, #1) by Garten Gevedon @gartengevedon #blogtour #bookreview #fantasy #YAfiction #paranormal
This is a weekly meme hosted by Wandering Words, where you give the first few lines of a book to hook your readers before introducing the book. Here are my first lines: Nathan Bethard.Nathan William Behard.Nothing would stop him from finding Nathan Bethard. Nothing.Was it a vendetta? Hell yeah.Was he insane. Probably.No matter the obstacle, no … Continue reading First Lines Friday – October 11, 2019
Heaven I was fourteen the first time I laid eyes on the smoking hot, silver-eyed, goalie. Damon Wolfe was the most gorgeous boy I’d ever seen. All it took was one glance, one sentence and my heart was his. But I was too young and he was too broken. Seven years later, he’s the biggest … Continue reading Cross Crease (On the Edge, #3) by Elizabeth Hartey @drliz5 @XpressoTours #bookreview #blogtour #newadult #contemporaryromance #sports
What’s worse than a den of liars? A den of lying relatives.That’s what Kentucky State Police Detective Albert “Bud” Griffin finds when a young woman goes missing in Ohio County. Local law enforcement seems far more concerned about the last two people she was seen with, a recently-acquainted father and son team who are notorious … Continue reading Shelter for Martina (Bluegrass Bravery #3) by Deanndra Hall @deanndrahall @buoniamicipress #bookreview #romance #mystery
When seventeen-year-old Hailey’s multi-racial, single parent family migrate to the tiny rural town of Corpus, Georgia (population 700), she would rather have moved anywhere but there. That is, until she spots him. Mysterious definitely, perhaps even supernatural. Where Hailey is awe-struck by the young man of her dreams, her little brother, Mason, sees a soulless … Continue reading The Grateful Boys by Françoise DuMaurier @frandumaurier @authoright @fayerogerspr #yafiction #paranormal
Before, I was a million things. Now I'm only one. The Burned Girl. Ava Lee has lost everything there is to lose: Her parents. Her best friend. Her home. Even her face. She doesn't need a mirror to know what she looks like--she can see her reflection in the eyes of everyone around her. A … Continue reading Scars Like Wings by Erin Stewart @Erin_N_Stewart @RHCBEducators #bookreview #yafiction #survivor
Two people. One chance to let it all go. Seeking redemption, Beverly Morgan has spent the last four years building an empire that was someone else's dream. Devoted to her work, a handful of friends, and an array of charities, she’s been able to lock away her heart and convince herself it's dead. After an … Continue reading Chasing Beverly by Ashlynn Cubbison @ashlynncubbison @xpressotours #blogtour #bookreview #contemporary #romance #sports
The Hive: a brand-new thriller for 2019 from Kindle #1 bestseller Jane Holland "Addictive, horrifying and brilliant!" - 5 stars, Rachel Gilbey from Rachel's Random Reads Scarred by fire from infancy, with a persistent stammer, Charlotte has always been in the shadow of her glamorous theatrical parents. So it's a shock when her mother commits … Continue reading The Hive by Jane Holland @janeholland1 @rararesources #giveaway #bookreview #blogtour #psychologicalthriller
Her beauty saved her — and condemned her.Cilka is just sixteen years old when she is taken to Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp in 1942, where the commandant immediately notices how beautiful she is. Forcibly separated from the other women prisoners, Cilka learns quickly that power, even unwillingly taken, equals survival. When the war is over and … Continue reading Cilka’s Journey (The Tattooist of Auschwitz #2) by Heather Morris @StMartinsPress #bookreview #historicalfiction #WWII #Holocaust
Evelyn Mercer has always had a plan. She lives and breathes the plan. The plan and coffee. Go to law school. Check. Make Law Review. Check. Get competitive internship. Check. Land dream job. Double Check. That dream job? Yeah, it’s a nightmare, and Evelyn is miserable with a capital M. When she reaches her misery … Continue reading Everything Girl by Emily Mayer @YABoundToursPR #blogtour #bookreview #adult #romance
Sophie wants one thing for Christmas-a little freedom from her overprotective parents. So when they decide to spend Christmas in South Louisiana with her very pregnant older sister, Sophie is looking forward to some much needed private (read: make-out) time with her long-term boyfriend, Griffin. Except it turns out that Griffin wants a little freedom … Continue reading Ten Blind Dates by Ashley Elston @ashley_elston @DisneyBooks #bookreview #yafiction #romance
Is there such a thing as too perfect? Lisa Millar wasn’t supposed to fall in love with a guy on the Internet. But she did. Other than living over five thousand miles away in America, AJ Williams is seemingly her perfect match. Strikingly handsome, musically talented, plays hockey and has a typical college-guy life. In … Continue reading Intimate Strangers (Lisa Millar #1) by Lasairiona McMaster @QueenofFireLas @rararesources #booktour #bookreview #newadult #romance
“Mad, bad and dangerous to know.” Olivia Parr doesn’t believe her ability to see auras is a gift. It hasn’t exactly done her any favours. Quite the opposite, in fact. Having become something of a loner, she tries to avoid people and the glow surrounding them, preferring to view life through the lens of a … Continue reading The Colour of Death by Elizabeth Davies @bethsbooks @rararesources #bookreview #booktour #paranormalromance #horror
In small towns, no one lets the facts get in the way of juicy gossip… Terri Rayburn is a girl with a reputation. She doesn’t deserve it, but having grown up on the outskirts of Summer Hill, Virginia, she knows how small towns work. The only way to deal with vicious gossip is to ignore … Continue reading Met Her Match (Summer Hill #2) by Jude Deveraux @JudeDeveraux1 @HarlequinBooks #bookreview #contemporary #romance
Falling for my brother’s best friend is not an option—right? Kenzie Hill needs a place to stay the summer before college, so when a spot opens up at her brother Aaron’s ‘baseball’ house, she accepts. Living with a bunch of dudes who walk around shirtless won’t distract her—she has plans and nothing will get in … Continue reading Best Player (The Cleat Chasers, #3) by Jaqueline Snowe @jaquelinesnowe #bookreview #contemporaryromance #baseball
Genre: Romantic Suspense/ Romantic ThrillerPublisher: Champagne Book GroupDate of Publication: July 29, 2019ISBN: 978-1-897445-98-3ASIN: B07V3ZBFFDNumber of pages: 209Word Count: 79,236Cover Artist: OliviaProDesign To save the life of the man she loves, she’ll have to risk her own. Costume designer, Leslie Carroll has mastered the art of flying under the radar. She’s had to, or risk … Continue reading Binding Circumstance by Kelley Griffin @authorktgriffin #giveaway #bookreview #booktour #romanticsuspense