FIRE IN THE DARKNESS (Darkness Series #2) by Stacey Marie Brown @mybookopolis @S_MarieBrown


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Synopsis for FIRE IN THE DARKNESS (Darkness Series #2)

It’s been four weeks since Ember Brycin witnessed what her powers are capable of. The Electrical Current Storm has turned Seattle, Washington into a natural disaster zone. The death toll is in the thousands with countless others homeless and hungry.

And Ember is the one who caused it. Something she will have to live with every day.

Those people who were unable to escape either turned quickly into gangs or live in shelters. Ember, on the other hand, can’t do either. With a price on her head and a Dark Dweller on her ass, she is constantly on the move. Both Light and Dark are hunting her for their own purpose to use her as a weapon or a pawn in the war between the Unseelie King of the Dark and the Seelie Queen of the Light.

Em needs help but doesn’t know who to trust: Lars, the mystery man Torin told her to find? Torin, the Seelie Queen’s personal knight, who has sworn to keep Em safe? Or Eli, who wants to turn her over to the Unseelie King, but whom she has an undeniable, intense connection with?

No matter what she chooses she will probably lose—her life or everything and everyone she loves

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BIO

Stacey Marie Brown works by day as an Interior/Set Designer and by night a writer of paranormal fantasy, adventure, and literary fiction. When she’s not writing, she’s out hiking, spending time with friends, traveling, listening to music, or designing.

 

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Love and Other Games #spotlight @aria_kane


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Today, we’re celebrating the release of Love and Other Games, a collection of four sexy new adult stories centered around athletes competing in the Winter Games by Ana Blaze, Melinda Dozier, Aria Kane, and Kara Leigh Miller.

Worth More Than Gold by Ana Blaze

 Amy Pierce, the klutzy sister and manager of America’s Skating Sweetheart, is used to being invisible. But when a friend drags her to a party near the Olympic Village, Amy catches the eye of a sexy Norwegian ski jumper. It’s a magical night, but an awkward next morning has her running.

Everyone knows Erik Andresen’s best shot at an individual medal was back in 2010, before an injury pulled him from the competition. He’s there for his team, but a hot night and a remarkable final training session have him wondering if a gorgeous good-luck charm could give him another chance at the podium. With a little bit of luck, these two might have a shot at something worth more than gold.

 

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Trouble With Gold by Melinda Dozier

US snowboarder and notorious prankster, Ty (Trouble) Madsen is only getting a taste of his own medicine when his Olympic teammates shackle him to a fence wearing nothing but his boxers.

Reception and protocol volunteer, Nadia Hoffman, gets up close and personal with the sexy snowboarder to rescue him, but she’s not the kind of girl who lets her hormones get in her way. A professional performance could help her land her dream job at Olympics Committee Headquarters, but her new assignment supervising the rambunctious US Snowboarding Team is making that difficult.

 

Can she see behind the snowman in the community center bathroom and into the warm heart of the man everyone calls Trouble?

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The Girl Behind the Gold by Aria Kane

Greek aerial skier Lia Milonas’s parents are about to lose the family farm. Saving it means medaling and landing a huge sponsor. While her no-nonsense attitude has her well on her way to a medal, it hasn’t won her a place in fans’ hearts.

“Come back with a story that will make readers cry, or don’t come back.” This is what Brandon James’ boss told him before he left New York to cover the Winter Games for Moment Magazine. With a wink and a smile, he can charm his way into any invite-only party, but that career-making story is nowhere to be found – until he meets Lia.

The two strike a deal that should get them both what they want – but neither would have guessed they’d also find what they need.

 

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Ice Gold by Kara Leigh Miller

Colton Campbell thrives on the fast paced, adrenaline rushed lifestyle of being an Olympic hockey player. Despite Brenna Jessup’s abhorrence for the games and the athletes, she’s hand-picked as the official photographer for the U.S. Olympic Hockey Team. When a faux pas by Brenna almost costs Colton his career, she owes him. Too bad for her, Colton doesn’t want apologies — he wants retribution! And he knows just how to get it — and her — in the process.

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Be sure to check out the #OtherGames hashtag every day in October for winter Olympian sexiness!

 

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Ruby Hill by Sarah Ballance @SarahBallance #review #newrelease @entangledpub


From her earliest memories, Ashley Pearce has been drawn to Ruby Hill Lunatic Asylum, and she’s not the only one. Decades after the abandoned hospital ended its institutional reign of torture and neglect, something lurks in the shadows. Since she’s a paranormal investigator, it’s Ashley’s job to find out what.

Crime scene expert Corbin Malone doesn’t believe in ghosts. A born skeptic, he has no interest in entertaining the hype surrounding the mysterious deaths at Ruby Hill, but he won’t turn his back while more women die. He agrees to an overnight investigation, never expecting his first encounter would be with the woman he pushed away a year ago. But when he discovers Ashley is a target, he learns his greatest fear isn’t living with his own demons, but losing her for good

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Ruby Hill. “In a hundred years of operation, tens of thousands of residents called the asylum home. Most never left alive. Hundreds, dumped anonymously in unmarked graves never left at all.”

I love a good thriller and this was a thriller with some paranormal and some horror. I was scared, but I liked it. It was a little short and the story moved fast, so I can’t complain. I liked Corbin and Ashley Corbin being a cop is called to investigate two murders at Ruby Hill, which has been closed for years. Scary, hiding under the covers reading!

Ashley is investigating on behalf of a paranormal team. When they get together it is difficult because they have a past. One that was painful and it needs to be dealt with. So now, yikes they have to work together to solve the mystery in the asylum. I liked the book although it was short and I will say it was very descriptive and had the elements of a great thriller/mystery.

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Open Your Eyes by Jani Kay @janikaybooks #spotlight @GiveMeBooksBlo


Adult Contemporary Romance Novel. Warning: 18+ Contains sex scenes and explicit language.

Second chances? Twisted love triangle? Hot steamy sex? Hell YES!

What reviewers are saying about Open Your Eyes
Holy Crap!! ~ 5 Stars
~ K. Greer
“What a book! Let me just say the epilogue blew me away!!!!!
Blows my mind!
Sit Down, Strap In And Hold On Tight – Truly An Emotional
Ride! ~ 5 Stars ~Lacstines
Amazing, hard to put down story. This was an excellent read
which had you on an emotional rollercoaster. The epilogue truly did me in. A
love story if I ever read one.
Heartbreaking Love Story. ~ 5 Stars ~ M. Gerena
“Open your Eyes was an amazing good read from the beginning
to the end! I was so emotionally and mentally invested in the storyline that I
experienced sleep deprivation.”
Seriously…Open Your Eyes & Read It!  ~ 5 Stars ~ Torrie
“I am SOOOOO glad that I took the time to read this book. I
loved the story and I loved, loved, loved the ending. I would recommend this to
anyone who asks!!”
Truly, Madly, Deeply ! ~ 5 Stars ~ R. Brannon
The ups and downs of the book had me screaming and turning
the pages quicker and quicker. Absolutely loved this read and I think a lot of
woman can relate to Natalie. Great read, it will not disappoint.
Touching!!  ~ 5 Stars
~ S. Bachovin

“Loved this book. So touching. Made me cry.
Can’t wait to read more from this author.”

Shattered and disillusioned after separating from her
domineering husband, all Natalie wants, is a peaceful Christmas vacation in New
York City, with her 21 year old daughter, Olivia. Uncomplicated. No pressure.
Fun.
What she didn’t expect, was meeting a dangerously handsome
stranger in an art gallery. He is charming, sexy as hell, and does funny things
to her insides. Her frozen heart slowly melts as he seduces her, awakening her
deepest desires, showing her that the kind of love she craves is very possible.
She wants him as much as he wants her.
Battling his demons from the past, famous photographer
Nicholas Gallagher has successfully evaded serious relationships, earning him
the title of the world’s most eligible bachelor. But from the moment he lays
eyes on Natalie, she stirs something in him. Compelled to chase the sadness
from her vivid blue eyes, Nick is captivated by the spirited Australian beauty.

Hot romance.

Steamy sex.

Absolute perfection.

Until Natalie gets a call from home – one she can’t
ignore.  In a fateful moment the game
changes and throws her life into chaos. Gabriel, her jealous ex, wants her
back. Two powerful men want her. She is forced to make a choice that will tear
her apart.

Will Natalie make the right choice? Will she finally find
her soul mate, the one person who can look into her eyes and see deep into her
soul, everything she is and everything she desires… will she finally open her
eyes?

A Stand-alone Novel.
Nick must have sensed that I was awake. He slowly opened his
eyes, confused for a few seconds before remembering where he was. He caught me
in the act of staring at him, drawing in a short sharp breath when he looked
down at me, straight into my eyes. A wicked grin spread over his face as he
turned onto his side and hauled me even closer, encaging me with both his arms.

 “What a lovely way to
wake up,” he whispered as he planted a kiss in my hair. His big hand rubbed up
my back leisurely, as if he was savoring the moment, his palm applying just the
right amount of pressure to my spine to make me want to purr. In spite of
trying to suppress it, a small moan escaped my lips as he reached my neck and gently
traced up it with his fingers, till his hand disappeared into my hair. Very
gently, he massaged the base of my scalp till I dug my forehead into his chest,
the simple touch sending ripples of pleasure through my already aroused body.
Good God! I barely knew the man, but his touch alone could
ignite a fire in my belly of a magnitude I had never experienced before. If he
could get this kind of toe-curling reaction from me by merely massaging my
neck, what would making love with him do to me?
He gently tugged a fist full of my hair, raising my face up
to his. I had closed my eyes, not wanting him to see the desire burning deep
within me. My heart pounded in my chest as I tried desperately to keep my
breathing even.
“Open your eyes. Look at me,” he whispered. I obeyed, even
though it would expose my deepest feelings, slowly meeting his intense gaze. I
gasped at the yearning in his eyes. My eyes melted into his as he searched my
soul, seeing deeper than anyone ever had.
“Natalie,” he groaned softly as his head dipped and his lips
covered mine. The kiss was gentle at first, a meeting of mouths and tasting one
another. “So sweet,” he murmured against my mouth, then let his tongue slide
along my lips, till I parted my mouth to let him slip in. He tasted of cheesecake
and sleep…and passion and fire. His silky tongue glided along mine, a mingling
of breaths and raw desire.
His hand moved down my back to cup my bottom and pull me
against his body, closing the gap between us. So far I had carefully avoided
touching in intimate places, much like a virgin in denial of the awakening of
her body.
His arousal pushed into my belly, and I let out a gasp that
he swallowed quickly with his mouth. My pulse quickened at the feel of his hard
length throbbing against me, only the fabric of our clothing between us. The
warm liquid pooling between my legs begged for more of him, but I lay there,
unable to move, stunned that this man so obviously wanted me. I was getting
more and more out of my depth with every passing moment. I wanted him, yet I
wasn’t sure how to respond.

I’d never been a one-night stand type of girl. And I
definitely didn’t do sex on a first date. Hell, this wasn’t even supposed to be
a date. And he was virtually a stranger. Yet the want – the longing – in my belly
overwhelmed my senses. I wanted to rub up against his erection; I wanted to
kiss him till I was breathless. But I just lay there, dumbstruck.

“Natalie?”

I screwed my eyes shut.
 “I want you, Natalie.
God, how I want you…” He thrust his pelvis against my stomach, grinding his
steel hard length into me to affirm his words. “But I would never take you now.
Not like this.”
His words had a strange effect on me – calming and evoking
feelings of deep trust.
“I sense your fear, my little one, why are you so afraid?”
His husky voice soothed me over. How could I tell him? Words weren’t enough.
“Open your eyes so I can see what you’re feeling. It’s OK, I
won’t hurt you.” Concern laced his voice. His hand cupped my chin, his thumb
gently caressing my lips. I could drown in his touch alone.
My lids were heavy. Heavy with desire and pain and fear.
“Open, Natalie,” he coaxed so gently I couldn’t refuse.
I forced my eyes to open, my lids lifting slowly, trying to
force my gaze to be neutral. But the moment I looked into his – soft and gentle
– all the emotions came rushing back. This man could look deep into my soul
without me uttering a word.
A sigh of relief escaped his lips. “You want me too…” he
breathed as a wicked, wicked grin spread over his lips.
He must have read the confusion in my eyes. “For a moment
there I thought you didn’t want me, little one. But your eyes tell me
everything I need to know.”
The pressure from his thumb increased on my lips, and as a
small gasp escaped, he pushed his thumb into my mouth. I sucked his thumb
hungrily, my groin throbbing with want.
“Ahh, God,” he groaned. “What you do to me…” He took my hand
in his and slipped it between us, resting my palm on his erection, which had
grown even harder and longer as I touched it. “I want you.” I stroked his
length lovingly, my thumb rubbing over the tip roughly, sucking his thumb
harder and harder.
He pulled his thumb from my mouth and instantly replaced it
with a warm wet kiss, his tongue wild, stroking, teasing, hot and wet.
His hands slipped under my top, finding my breasts like
missiles, pushing my bra cups up. “You feel so good,” he moaned softly, “a
perfect handful,” as his thumbs rolled and pinched my aching nipples. His words
turned me on even more, the heat between my legs rising, my panties wet with
want.
I slung my leg over his, pressing my body as
close to his as I could get it, rubbing my mound against his throbbing
erection, desperate for the friction, pushing him closer with my leg on his
ass. It was driving me wild, in spite of the barrier of clothing between us.

Jani has been married for a long time to a special man, and
her two children and their partners are the sunshine in her life. She is a
voracious reader and would spend her last dollar on a book – always fascinated
that for the mere price of a book, she can escape her world for a while and see
through someone else’s eyes.

Besides reading, her favorite ‘thing’ is traveling – she has traveled the
world, learning about the ways people live and has come to the realization that
no matter where we live, we all ultimately want the same things. Her hobby –
Scrapbooking – keeps her up till way after midnight and her usual subjects are
her family and her travels.

Ever since she can remember, Jani wanted to
write stories about people, about their lives and loves. Relationships and
Happiness – arguably the most difficult things to master in life and yet
exactly what everyone ultimately desires (in her humble opinion).



It’s A Crime by C.E. Hansen #newrelease #debut @cynthiaehansen #pressrelease


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Wealthy New York socialite Grace Preston uses men for amusement, holding her heart inside an ice fortress for protection. Spurned by a sociopathic male model, Grace picks up a new man with all the right moves; smooth as bourbon, Cole slides under her wall and touches her in places she thought were well-guarded. But after a weekend of fiery passion, he leaves, devastating her.

Cole Grayson has spent ten years building his commercial real estate firm and chasing the arsonist who killed his family when he was a boy. Women are a dalliance, and have no place in his personal quest. Then Grace rocks his world—not only sexually, but in her arms, his nightmares cease. To protect her, he pushes her away; he’s close to finding the culprit and Grace must not get tangled in the cross-fire.

When women matching Grace’s description start turning up dead in Central Park, Cole is forced to divide his influence between personal revenge and protection for the woman he has come to love. But throwing money at the problem only goes so far. Grace is in danger—can he get to her in time?

 


Wealthy New York socialite Grace Preston uses men for amusement, holding her heart inside an ice fortress for protection. Spurned by a sociopathic male model, Grace picks up a new man with all the right moves; smooth as bourbon, Cole slides under her wall and touches her in places she thought were well-guarded. But after a weekend of fiery passion, he leaves, devastating her.

Cole Grayson has spent ten years building his commercial real estate firm and chasing the arsonist who killed his family when he was a boy. Women are a dalliance, and have no place in his personal quest. Then Grace rocks his world—not only sexually, but in her arms, his nightmares cease. To protect her, he pushes her away; he’s close to finding the culprit and Grace must not get tangled in the cross-fire.

When women matching Grace’s description start turning up dead in Central Park, Cole is forced to divide his influence between personal revenge and protection for the woman he has come to love. But throwing money at the problem only goes so far. Grace is in danger—can he get to her in time?

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Release date May 12, 2013.

Saving Amy by Nicola Haken @NicolaHaken #spotlight


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Eighteen year old Amy’s surname may be Hope, but her life contains anything but. She drinks, she sleeps around, she cuts… anything to help her escape the agonizing existence growing up between her mother’s drunken wails and her father’s fists. But nothing works. There is no escape. And Amy wants out…

Enter Richard Lewis – the doctor responsible for saving Amy’s life after her drink and drug-fueled suicide attempt. Thanks to his own hidden demons, Richard is drawn to Amy and her situation, and despite the incessant warnings from both his own mind and his jealous ex-lover Joanna, he feels compelled to help her.

But how will Amy feel when she discovers Richard’s attachment to her is born out of his own guilt? He was her last resort – her last chance at being saved. Can anybody save Amy, or has she finally reached the end of a very long and torturous road?

(Not suitable for under 18’s due to language, scenes of self-harm and sexual content)

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Nicola lives in Rochdale, England with her husband and four children and she is the author of New Adult/Contemporary romance novels Inevitable, Saving Amy and the Take My Hand series. When she is not busy playing with her imaginary book friends (or talking about them with real life friends!) she can usually be found studying or carrying out her ordinary mum/housewife/all round slave duties!
 
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It’s A Crime (Blood and Tears) by C.E. Hansen #spotlight #Author @CynthiaEHansen #review


 

Wealthy New York socialite Grace Preston uses men for amusement. She is a very womanly  being. I think she is very conflicted between being secure and insecure. When she is dating a model Jonathan and nothing happens she is confused. Going over things in her head it just doest make sense who he has not made a move. After her tragic engagement is over it is hard for her to get over Craig. I mean her was her “IT” She becomes baffled thinking that maybe her trouble is there is never going to be another it for her.  

 

While this is going on the sub plot is heating up. Woman are being murdered. They are all fitting her description. There is Grace, her best friend who lives next door and a bar. Well you know what happens. It doesnt take long for Cole to realize at about the same time Grace does, they are hotter than a habanero inside a taco in Mexico!

 

 

Things are scorching between these two. When I say erotic suspense written at it BEST, I mean this author rocks it! 

 

Cole Grayson is like a mogul, a mini Donald Trump, a billionaire who is self made. His story is fascinating. It is woven and the reveals are dished out in a few spots, many of them leaving you saying 

With an equally juicy family life, Grace has a few reveals that leave you saying 

It is difficult to write anything else about the story because of the way it is put together. I dont want it to be a spoiler alert situation.

Cole and Grace are just scorching up the book. If you like romantic suspense, then dive in because this is so super hot. I would classify it as an erotic thriller. Grab this debut, nobody does hot, sexy and thrilling the way this author did.

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Some of the best quotes from the book (in my opinion) 

“Grace, you are me in female form. I know you as well as I know myself.” Smiling at his confirmation of our similar personalities, I dug in.  location 1070

To say I wanted him wasn’t powerful enough. I wanted to possess him, make him need me like I needed him. location 1125

I was thinking, if my night out with the girls trolling is what brought him here today, than it’s safe to assume he had feelings for me. Either that or he was just really horny…but 

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I swear his voice alone can coax an orgasm from me.

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The sex-crazed nymphet in my head was screaming, “Forget dinner, food—who needs food?  location 2354

Something Great by M. Clarke @mybookopolis


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* This is a New Adult romance novel recommended for ages 18+ due to sexual content and mature subject matter.

Synopsis:

She didn’t know what she was missing…until he found her.

Maxwell Knight was positively trouble, dangerously good-looking, and seductively charming. He was everything Jeanella didn’t need in her life. Only Maxwell didn’t see it that way. His pursuit was relentless, making her even more determined to push him away.

Fresh out of college, life was simple and plain for Jeanella Mefferd. Every part of her life was smooth sailing; her friends, her job, and even the guy she’d started dating. Then one night, while at dinner, she spotted someone who made her feel things she’d never felt before—dangerous, heart pounding and breathless heat. Thinking she would never see him again, she brushed it off, but when she started to run into him unexpectedly, all she could think of was how he made her feel with his sweet flirtations. Everything about Maxwell Knight screamed trouble, especially when she found out he was her new boss’s son. Now, heading to a New York fashion show, would she be able to focus on her career instead of Maxwell, who had been scheduled to attend with her? As much as she tried to forget their encounters, his good looks, smooth words and determination to win her over gravitated her toward him. The next thing she knew, her mind was utterly consumed by him. Would she be willing to ignore all the dangerous signs and jump into his arms? Or would she miss out on the chance of finding something great?ynopsis:

Add Something Great to your Goodreads shelf .

Purchase Something Great for 99cents on Amazon.com.

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About the Author:

M. Clarke also known as Mary Ting resides in Southern California with her husband and two children. She enjoys oil painting and making jewelry. Writing her first novel, Crossroads Saga, happened by chance. It was a way to grieve the death of her beloved grandmother, and inspired by a dream she once had as a young girl. When she started reading new adult novels, she fell in love with the genre. It was the reason she had to write one-Something Great. Why the pen name, M Clarke? She tours with Magic Johnson Foundation to promote literacy and her children’s chapter book-No Bullies Allowed.

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Cartwheel by Jennifer Dubois @jennifer_dubois #spotlight #newrelease


 

 

**An American foreign-exchange student arrested for murder. A desperate father determined to win her freedom. The brilliant lawyer tasked with her prosecution. And the sphinx-like young man who happens to be her only alibi.**

 

When Lily Hayes arrives in Buenos Aires for her semester abroad, she is enchanted by everything she encounters: the colourful buildings, the street food, the elusive guy next door. Her studious roommate, Katy, is a bit of a bore, but Lily hasn’t come to Argentina to hang out with other Americans.

 

Five weeks later, Katy is found brutally murdered in their shared home, and Lily is the prime suspect. But who is Lily Hayes? It depends on who’s asking. As the case takes shape — revealing deceptions, secrets, and suspicious DNA — Lily appears alternately sinister and guileless through the eyes of those around her.

 

With mordant wit and keen emotional insight, Jennifer duBois delivers a novel of propulsive psychological suspense and rare moral nuance. *Cartwheel* will keep you guessing until the final page, and its questions about how well we really know one another — and ourselves — will linger well beyond.

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Jennifer duBois was born in Northampton, Massachusetts in 1983. She earned a B.A. in political science and philosophy from Tufts University and an M.F.A. in fiction from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, where she was a Teaching-Writing Fellow. After completing a Stegner Fellowship in fiction, Jennifer served as the Nancy Packer Lecturer in Continuing Studies at Stanford University. Her writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Playboy, The Wall Street Journal, The Missouri Review, The Kenyon Review, The Florida Review, Narrative, ZYZZYVA, and FiveChapters, and has been anthologized in Imaginary Oklahoma, Esquire/Byliner’s “New Voices” collection, and Narrative 4’s “How To Be A Man” project. Her short story “Wolf” was named a Notable Story in Best American Short Stories 2012, and the first chapter of A Partial History of Lost Causes was selected as a Top Five Story of 2011-2012 by Narrative. Honored by the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 program, A Partial History of Lost Causes was the winner of the Northern California Book Award for Fiction and the California Book Award for First Fiction, and was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Prize for Debut Fiction. She currently teaches in the MFA program at Texas State University-San Marcos.

 

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Advance praise for Cartwheel

USA Today Pick for Biggest Books of the Fall • A Pick for The Millions’ Most Anticipated Books of 2013

“In Cartwheel, Jennifer duBois begins with a familiar tabloid story and transforms it into something entirely new, vivid, and unforgettable. Her vision of a blundering criminal justice system and the ordinary, flawed people caught inside it rings true. And her voice—intelligent, humane, unsentimental—brings an entire world to life. Highly recommended.”—William Landay, New York Times bestselling author of Defending Jacob

“An astonishing, breathtaking, and harrowing read.”New York Journal of Books

“[DuBois] does an excellent job of creating and maintaining a pervasive feeling of foreboding and suspense. . . . An acute psychological study of character that rises to the level of the philosophical . . . Cartwheel is very much its own individual work of the author’s creative imagination.”Booklist (starred review)

“Jennifer duBois, a writer whose fierce intelligence is matched only by her deep humanity, hits us with a marvelous second novel that intertwines a gripping tale of murder abroad with an intimate story of family heartbreak. Every sentence crackles with wit and vision. Every page casts a spell.”—Maggie Shipstead, New York Times bestselling author of Seating Arrangements

Cartwheel is so gripping, so fantastically evocative, that I could not, would not, put it down. Jennifer duBois is a writer of thrilling psychological precision. She dares to pause a moment, digging into the mess of crime and accusation, culture and personality, the known and unknown, and coming up with a sensational novel of profound depth.”—Justin Torres, New York Times bestselling author of We the Animals

“Jennifer duBois’s Cartwheel seized my attention and held it in a white-knuckled grip until I found myself reluctantly and compulsively turning its final pages very late at night. It’s an addictive book that made me miss train stops and wouldn’t let me go to sleep until I’d read just one more chapter. And it’s so much more than just a ravenous page-turner—it’s a rumination on the bloodthirsty rubbernecking of the twenty-four-hour news cycle and the bewitching powers of social media, and a scalpel-sharp dissection of innocence abroad, a book charged with a refreshing anger, but always empathic. Jennifer duBois has captured the sleazy leer of lurid crime and somehow twisted it into a work of art.”—Benjamin Hale, author of The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore

“Like its namesake, Cartwheel will upend you; rarely does a novel this engaging ring so true. Inscribed with the emotional intimacy of memory, this is one story you will not soon forget.”—T. Geronimo Johnson, author of Hold It ’Til It Hurts

Praise for Jennifer duBois’s A Partial History of Lost Causes
Finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Fiction

 
“Astonishingly beautiful and brainy . . . [a] stunning novel.”—O: The Oprah Magazine
 
“A thrilling debut . . . duBois writes with haunting richness and fierce intelligence. . . . Full of bravado, insight, and clarity.”Elle
 
“DuBois is precise and unsentimental. . . . She moves with a magician’s control between points of view, continents, histories, and sympathies.”The New Yorker

“I can’t remember reading another novel—at least not recently—that’s both incredibly intelligent and also emotionally engaging.”—Nancy Pearl, NPR

“A real page-turner . . . a psychological thriller of great nuance and complexity.”—The Dallas Morning News

“Hilarious and heartbreaking and a triumph of the imagination.”—Gary Shteyngart

 

 

Ruined By Jus Accardo @JusAccardo #cover #reveal


 

Ruined by Jus Accardo 

 

 Hell is looking for a way to break loose… Jax lost the genetic lottery. Descended from Cain, the world’s first murderer, he’s plagued by a curse that demands violence in exchange for his happiness. He left everything behind, including the girl he loved, but thriving on the pain of others is lonely… And it’s killing him. After a series of heartbreaking losses, Samantha put rubber to pavement and headed for college as fast as her clunker could carry her. But she can’t outrun her problems. When an attack at school drives her back home, she’s thrown into the path of a past—and a guy—she’s been trying to forget. Sam strains Jax’s control over his darkness, but running isn’t an option this time. Someone—or, something—followed her home from school: a ruthless monster with a twisted plan centuries in the making. Forced together to survive, and fighting an attraction that could destroy them both, Jax and Sam must stop a killer bent on revenge.  

 

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About Jus Accardo

JUS ACCARDO spent her childhood reading and learning to cook. Determined to follow in her grandfather’s footsteps as a chef, she applied and was accepted to the Culinary Institute of America. At the last minute, she realized her path lay with fiction, not food, and passed on the spot to pursue writing. Jus is the bestselling author the popular Denazen series from Entangled publishing and is currently working on the first book in a new adult series due out summer 2013. A native New Yorker, she lives in the middle of nowhere with her husband, three dogs, and sometimes guard bear, Oswald.

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