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Reaper

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Reaper by Kristi R. Johnson Synopsis Ana "Reaper" Keating has moved onto the Hugo Liberal Arts College campus, forty minutes away from her hometown. Dorm life will be incredibly different from her life in the cave at the quarry. Not only will there be reliable air conditioning and a roommate, but Reaper also believes she will no longer be threatened by the powerful and wealthy Goldwater family that adopted her mother, Sue, when she was a child. Neither Reaper nor her father, Jim, like to talk about Sue's death. And Mr. Paul, the Goldwater patriarch, still blames Jim for what happened 16 years ago. When Reaper learns that Mr. Paul's son, Ian, has also enrolled at HuLAC, she realizes that her days of dealing with the entitled and vengeful family are nowhere near over. It is Jim's worst nightmare, but it also what he has been preparing Reaper for all of her life.

A Neophyte's Tale

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A Neophyte's Tale, an Abbey Thorne short story Series:   Prequel to The Netherwalker Series Author:  CK Dawn Publication Date:   April 27 2015 Genre:   Fantasy, Sci-Fi Book Links:   Goodreads Purchase:   Amazon   ||   Smashwords Abigail Thorne hears voices. Well, one voice repeating one word over and over again. Soft and sweet with the promise of power, it calls to her. The twelve year old has no idea that the tender little word is a catalyst that serves to reveal a world hidden to most humans. Abbey has yet to discover that following the word’s call to its origin will change the course of her life forever. Abbey and her mother don’t have much, and depending on the day, sometimes they don’t even have a roof over their heads. She wants more out of life than just wondering where her next meal is. So she shouldn’t be wasting her time daydreaming about going on a selfish quest, should she? Does she have the strength to leave behind what little she has? Will she have the co

C.K. Dawn Interview

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C.K. Dawn Author of: A Neophyte's Tale (Netherwalker #0.5) Cloak of Shadows (Netherwalker #1) Bio: Coffee lover, gamer girl, Sci-fi enthusiast, and overall crafty individual, CK Dawn graduated from Texas Tech University with a degree in Interior Design and a minor in Architecture (I know, right?). Loving to be creative but feeling stifled by invoices, custom orders, and curtain patterns, she decided instead to follow her favorite philosophy: if you do what you love you'll never work a day in your life. So, a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... she finally decided to pick one of the stories that had been bouncing around in her head and boom, Cloak of Shadows came to life.

Odin's Shadow

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Odin's Shadow by Erin Riley 5 out of 5 Historical Romance Date Published: April 2, 2015 Synopsis Obsession. Treachery. Revenge. Redemption. Certain themes resonate across the centuries. Selia is a girl on the verge of womanhood, frustrated by the confines of her gender and resentful of the freedom her brother boasts of. Intelligent and resourceful in a time when neither is valued in a female, she longs for an escape from her sheltered existence. Fascinated by the tales of Viking raids told by her maidservant, her hunger for independence is fed through the stories of heathen ferocity she hears at the woman’s knee. A decision to sneak to the city’s harbor to view the Viking longships leads to an encounter with Alrik Ragnarson, a charismatic Viking warlord whose outward beauty masks a dark and tortured mind. With the knowledge that her father is about to announce her betrothal to a man she doesn’t love, Selia marries Alrik and within a day is on the longship bound f

A Bloody Bloody Mess In the Wild Wild West

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A Bloody Bloody Mess In the Wild Wild West by Justin Bienvenue Synopsis The year is 1870. Five years after the Civil War has ended. Many states, cities and small towns are still recovering, one of these places is the town of Toomswood. The town has been taken over by sly corrupt tycoon Javier “Bones” Jones. Things only get worse for the town when a mysterious stranger rides into town making an offer and cutting a deal with Jones. The man gives Jones super dexterity and point pin shooting accuracy among other like abilities, however in return he has placed a curse on Jones, making him a leader to the Undead unbeknown to his knowledge. After finding out his curse Jones takes a liking to it and soon kills to turn his gang into an army. The mysterious man then tells Jones he will also lead Undead Civil War soldiers who are now bloodthirsty madmen. It is up to Emerson Shaw, a quiet humble young man with his own personal demons to stop Jones and his men. Along with his best friend an

The Phoenix Project

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The Phoenix Project by D.M. Cain 5 out of 5 Synopsis In Salverford prison, time was obsolete. One day drifted into the next and the next… And without any sense of time, how could he move on? Time heals all wounds… So where did that leave him? One man battles through guilt and redemption in D.M. Cain’s riveting new novel, The Phoenix Project. In a dystopian future, Britain has descended into violence and terror as criminals run rampant. In response, the Phoenix Project is created—a system in which inmates from prisons across the country fight to the death, cheered on by a bloodthirsty public. Raven Kennedy, a prisoner who is unable to forgive himself for his past crime, struggles to come to grips with a present in which he is forced to kill others. As he faces one of his fiercest battles yet, Raven appears to find an ally in Alexia—a woman who provides both the means for Raven’s disturbing methods of self-harm and the strength to resist it. He begins to realize he wil

Harry Webb in 'A Potato With Her Name On'

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Harry Webb in 'A Potato With Her Name On' by Jason Pinnington 5 out of 5 Synopsis The name’s Webb, Harry Webb, spider and private detective. Most people find what I do exciting, chases, shootouts, chases, fist fights, chases, escapes - you get the idea, there’s a lot of chases. Not me, I prefer the stakeout, hours sitting on some Liverpool street watching, waiting, eating, drinking coffee... minimal fees, minimal risk. Then a job lands at my feet, a job I can’t refuse because it’s the only way out of a hole I’m in. A high profile job for a high profile client, with secrets that need to stay secret. A job that’s tougher than an overcooked steak and keeps me looking over my shoulder at every turn. As I start drawing up a list of suspects and motives, making more enemies than friends, I realise that my job isn’t the only thing at stake here... there’s my life... Age 8+

Free To Be Me

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FREE TO BE ME BLOG HOP Hello - if this is your first time visiting my blog, welcome - feel free to snoop around. If you're a returning reader, welcome back!  Things haven't gotten any better ;) I'm thrilled to be taking part in Good Tales May Blog Hop - make sure you check out other participating sites, as well as a chance to win Amazon gift cards at the bottom of this post!

The Siren's Realm

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The Siren's Realm by Megan O'Russell 5 out of 5 Synopsis Jacob loves Emilia Gray, but things aren't always that simple in the world of Magickind... The war has begun. The Dragons are gaining power, and the Gray Clan stands alone. Desperate to find a way to stop the Pendragon, Emilia is forced to seek answers from someone who hasn't been seen in seventeen years . . . Her mother. Embarking on a magical journey filled with witches, wizards, centaurs and a dangerous and powerful Siren, Jacob and Emilia must take a leap of faith to a land neither could have ever imagined . . . and hope they can then find their way home.  

Edge of Tomorrow blitz

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Dystopian/New Adult Date Published: April 15, 2015 Twenty years after The Great Global Riots and the collapse of humanity, Alex Locke struggles to save his family, and his home colony of Pena, from starvation. When a letter from the corrupt Govern arrives dictating a game of survival penning local colonies against each other, Alex must trust a childhood friend, and seven others, on a certain death march to win the bounty or lose the only hope left in a war-ravaged world.

The Hunt is On

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As part of  Keeley's W.H.I.R.T.Y. read-a-thon , I'm bringing a slight variation of "Why Haven't I Reviewed That Yet"! I intend to bring an extra highlight to all those books that I have read, but not posted a review for. Between the 11th - 17th May, I will be posting a new book every day. The sixth in my W.H.I.R.T.Y. week is The Hunt is On, by Natalie Herzer. Yet another freebie I downloaded from Amazon back in July 2013. So read on and enjoy! The Hunt is On (Patroness #2) by Natalie Herzer 4 out of 5 Synopsis Book 2 in the Patroness Series:  Maiwenn Cadic has her hands full.  The Turn is a few weeks ahead and the world seems to be literally coming apart at the seams - natural disasters and weird phenomena keep everyone on edge. An unusually high number of missing persons is thought to be just another side effect but is making Maiwenn nervous. When all fingers point to the Queen of the Undead, Maiwenn is once again forced to join forces

Blank Slate

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As part of  Keeley's W.H.I.R.T.Y. read-a-thon , I'm bringing a slight variation of "Why Haven't I Reviewed That Yet"! I intend to bring an extra highlight to all those books that I have read, but not posted a review for. Between the 11th - 17th May, I will be posting a new book every day. The fifth in my W.H.I.R.T.Y. week is Blank Slate, by Tiffany Snow.  I downloaded this from Amazon back in July 2013, when it was on offer for 99p.  It then sat on my kindle for 6 months before I got round to it. Actually, if I'm honest, I only started reading it because the only other unread book on my kindle was crap, and I need to read something otherwise the world will implode! I had no idea what I was getting into, the title and cover don't really give anything away - and I was pleasantly surprised! So read on and enjoy! Blank Slate by Tiffany Snow 5 out of 5 Synopsis Special Agent Erik Langston has been tracking Clarissa O’Connell for nearl

A Hidden Fire

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As part of  Keeley's W.H.I.R.T.Y. read-a-thon , I'm bringing a slight variation of "Why Haven't I Reviewed That Yet"! I intend to bring an extra highlight to all those books that I have read, but not posted a review for. Between the 11th - 17th May, I will be posting a new book every day. The fourth in my W.H.I.R.T.Y. week is A Hidden Fire, by Elizabeth Hunter.  This was another free book that I downloaded from Amazon, quite a while ago. It's one of those that I've gone back to time and again for entertainment. So read on and enjoy! A Hidden Fire (Elemental Mysteries #1) by Elizabeth Hunter 5 out of 5 Synopsis "No secret stays hidden forever." A phone call from an old friend sets Dr. Giovanni Vecchio back on the path of a mystery he'd abandoned years before. He never expected a young librarian could hold the key to the search, nor could he have expected the danger she would attract. Now he and Beatrice De Nov

Descent of the Gods

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Descent of the Gods by Mark G. Cosman Synopsis In their self-indulgent realm, the gods know no suffering until the end of their time. Compassion is the only portal through which they can escape the self and its eventual demise, but without suffering, compassion cannot be recognized. Thus they seek compassion in the human domain where happiness and sorrow abound.  Once there, they engineer a superior humanoid race and are soon distracted by the delight they find in the daughters of men. The gods become the extraterrestrial visitors of our collective memory.  The ageless story follows the adventures of the god Quay, his love of Daya, a humanoid, and their entanglement in the eternal web of impermanence, unrelenting consequences and death amidst a background of war, famine and geologic cataclysm.

Shadowborn

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As part of  Keeley's W.H.I.R.T.Y. read-a-thon , I'm bringing a slight variation of "Why Haven't I Reviewed That Yet"! I intend to bring an extra highlight to all those books that I have read, but not posted a review for. Between the 11th - 17th May, I will be posting a new book every day. The third in my W.H.I.R.T.Y. week is Shadowborn, by Moira Katson.  This was a free book that I downloaded from Amazon, all the way back in 2013. You know what it's like when you have a flood of free books that you download when you're bored.  There's so many still waiting to be read and reviewed, including this gem. So read on and enjoy! Shadowborn (Light & Shadow #1) by Moira Katson 5 out of 5 Synopsis It has been only two generations since Arthur Warden seized the throne of Heddred from the Conradines, and now the crown rests on the head of Garad, sickly and weak. Shadows gather: legacies of the centuries-long rivalries for power, old

If I Say Yes

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As part of  Keeley's W.H.I.R.T.Y. read-a-thon , I'm bringing a slight variation of "Why Haven't I Reviewed That Yet"! I intend to bring an extra highlight to all those books that I have read, but not posted a review for. Between the 11th - 17th May, I will be posting a new book every day. The second in my W.H.I.R.T.Y. week is If I Say Yes, by Brandy Jellum.  I joined in her  blog tour  last month, and included a review of  If I Say No (Say Something #2) . Unfortunately due to a ridiculously busy month, and other pressing reviews, I never got round to posting this review.  So read on and enjoy! If I Say Yes (Say Something #1) by Brandy Jellum 5 out of 5 Synopsis Elizabeth Lewis was the child of Hollywood’s darling couple, until her father murdered her mother. Six years later, she has traded her flashy, luxurious lifestyle for one of safe anonymity as a literary agent. With a different name and appearance, Liza Winter is living the life of he

Descent

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As part of Keeley's W.H.I.R.T.Y. read-a-thon , I'm bringing a slight variation of "Why Haven't I Reviewed That Yet"! I intend to bring an extra highlight to all those books that I have read, but not posted a review for. Between the 11th - 17th May, I will be posting a new book every day. The first in my W.H.I.R.T.Y. week is Descent, by L.A. Starkey.  I joined in her blog tour last month, and included reviews of Deceived and Destroyed .  I'm a terrible person, and really need to finish the set.  So read on and enjoy! Descent (Soul Keeper #3) by L.A. Starkey 4 out of 5 Synopsis The path of truth lies hidden deep,  To find the light the climb is steep.  But in despair resolve is sound,  What once was lost will now be found.  All is lost and the prophecy seems null and void. Samantha is dead to the living world, and Marcus and Nicolas completely destroyed, but things aren’t always as they seem. To save the one they love, the boys

Baited Blog tour

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Title: Baited (3 Part Serial) A uthor: Ali Parker Publication Date: April 12, 2015 Rebecca Martin has achieved most things one might hope to by thirty. She is a successful business owner, drives a nice car and is wrapping up the details on a custom built home on the lake. The only thing she is missing is someone to share her accomplishments with. One man has never been far from her thoughts – Kade McMillian, but his return to town after far too many years of chasing his dreams couldn’t be more poorly timed. With a younger man demanding Rebecca attention at the office, she has to decide between reconstructing a relationship from her past or diving in deep to something new and seemingly forbidden.  

Wolf Hunter blitz

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Paranormal Romance Date Published: May 2015 Sworn enemies fated to be supernatural lovers... Only a few know about a race of Lycans hidden deep within Miami 's underground. And those who do not embrace the wolves seek to destroy them. Cameron Mitchell has sought to protect his kind...at any cost. But one beautiful woman may be his undoing. Born into a family of wolf hunters, Abby Stark has never actually confronted a Lycan. Then Cameron steps out of the shadows and Abby is overcome with the need to be devoured. With her father vowing to destroy all of Cameron's kind, Abby knows they have no future. Coupling with a were is not her destiny. Yet walking away is proving impossible.