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Forever Series by Ashley Wilcox @ashleywilcox55 #spotlight
How to Be Almost Famous in Ten Days by Kathleen S. Allen @kathleea #review
Cassie Cee feels invisible, has no self esteem and is her worst critic. I felt so bad for her. She has a Mom who is never around and that broke my heart. Her best friend Rachel is what Cassie considers her opposite. She thinks Rachel is cute, fashion savvy and the most popular girl ever. When Cassie buys a book in a secondhand bookstore she decides she will follow it as a summer project. What happens is full of teen angst and drama.
Rachel makes a date with Blake, Brad, Bob and OH whatever his name is. She cracked me up with her disregard for her date. Every time she turned around she called him another B name. It was hilarious!
Rachel’s brother Chuck and his partner Watson help Cassie get her summer project off the ground and help themselves too.
Overall it is a cute book that will appeal to a huge demographic.
Book & Author details:
How to Be Almost Famous in Ten Days by Kathleen S. Allen
Publication date: March 15th 2013
Genre: YA Contemporary
Publication date: March 15th 2013
Genre: YA Contemporary
Synopsis:
Seventeen-year-old Cassie Cee feels invisible because she’s a double-digit size. She finds a book in a secondhand bookstore that she hopes will change her life. Her best friend’s brother wants to make vlogs about how she is following the ten rules she found in the book, why she is doing it, and how she feels about being invisible for his school project. She agrees, but only if he promises no one but his college advisor will see the vlogs. He promises, but a friend of his posts them online and they go viral. When one of the “famous rules” puts her best friend, Rachel in a dangerous situation, Cassie makes one last vlog and Chuck posts it online. But emails begin arriving from other girls who have felt invisible, and she realizes she has to own up to being “the real Cassie Cee.”
Trailer: http://youtu.be/IIGB1EoXnLA
Buy Link on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/How-Almost-Famous-Days-ebook/dp/B00BUX4FEI/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1363433820&sr=1-1&keywords=how+to+be+almost+famous
Buy Link on B&N:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/how-to-be-almost-famous-in-ten-days-kathleen-s-allen/1114845002?ean=2940016184265
AUTHOR BIO
Kathleen has been writing since she was eight years old when she self-published her first book. Okay, she hand-copied her poems onto plain white paper, paper punched three holes in the sides, made an orange and blue “book jacket” and threaded red ribbon through the holes that she tied with a bow. Ta Dah! Her first book! She’s been writing ever since. She writes in different genres but YA is her favorite.
Links:
Website: http://kathleensallen.weebly.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kathleea
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How to Be Almost Famous in Ten Days by Kathleen S. Allen @kathleea #spotlight
Book & Author details:
How to Be Almost Famous in Ten Days by Kathleen S. Allen
Publication date: March 15th 2013
Genre: YA Contemporary
Synopsis:
Seventeen-year-old Cassie Cee feels invisible because she’s a double-digit size. She finds a book in a secondhand bookstore that she hopes will change her life. Her best friend’s brother wants to make vlogs about how she is following the ten rules she found in the book, why she is doing it, and how she feels about being invisible for his school project. She agrees, but only if he promises no one but his college advisor will see the vlogs. He promises, but a friend of his posts them online and they go viral. When one of the “famous rules” puts her best friend, Rachel in a dangerous situation, Cassie makes one last vlog and Chuck posts it online. But emails begin arriving from other girls who have felt invisible, and she realizes she has to own up to being “the real Cassie Cee.”
Trailer: http://youtu.be/IIGB1EoXnLA
Buy Link on Amazon:http://www.amazon.com/How-Almost-Famous-Days-ebook/dp/B00BUX4FEI/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1363433820&sr=1-1&keywords=how+to+be+almost+famous
Buy Link on B&N:http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/how-to-be-almost-famous-in-ten-days-kathleen-s-allen/1114845002?ean=2940016184265
AUTHOR BIO
Kathleen has been writing since she was eight years old when she self-published her first book. Okay, she hand-copied her poems onto plain white paper, paper punched three holes in the sides, made an orange and blue “book jacket” and threaded red ribbon through the holes that she tied with a bow. Ta Dah! Her first book! She’s been writing ever since. She writes in different genres but YA is her favorite.
Links:
Website: http://kathleensallen.weebly.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kathleea
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Becoming Bryn by Angela Carling @angelacarling #review
For months, Jesse has been envious of her twin sister Bryn and even has a crush on Bryn’s gorgeous, popular boyfriend, Quinton. When Jesse awakens from a coma to learn that everyone thinks she IS Bryn, the option of actually taking over her sister’s life is beyond tempting, but there’s a downside. She’d have to give up Ethan, her best friend and the only person she trusts. Could she actually live as Bryn for the rest of her life? And if her family and friends found out, would they ever forgive her?
Author Angela Carling
Raised in Palm Springs California. A desert rat that writes Young Adult novels and loves all kitties and her family. Can be bribed with chocolate. Published books, Unbreakable Love, Shackled and Becoming Bryn.
Author Link:
Twitter @angelacarling
My Review:
I think I liked it because it had a lesson and left me happy, not longing for the next book to come out. I think as I was growing up, having 2 sisters, at one time or another you wanted to switch places. Now all of us resembled each other, but could never be a twin. I will say that there is an alternating POV and usually I hate those, but this was real time, not past versus present. So for that reason I was cool with it. I will say that Bryn passes away. I guess it is no secret that this is the premise of the book.
Now when confronted with the choice of becoming Bryn and stating the truth, well that is hard. It is choice Jesse has to carefully choose. The fact that I liked the characters, Quentin and Bryn were perfect. I really enjoyed the personal war Jesse starts to have. She sort of goes with it and doesn’t justify her choice or lack of a choice. That is something I liked and the reason why I feel, she was likable.
I won’t say that this is a light book, it is not. The overall writing is great, the characters are too, the message is there. I really liked how the high school drama plays out. The teenage mind is a mystical thing. The way Jesse chooses her path is great.The redeeming qualities of her character were my favorite part. The other was the young adult part was pretty pg and for that I am thankful, no need to tarnish the book with a lot of smut. I like smut, but this didn’t call for it. I say read it now!
TRAGIC: Rook and Ronin, #1 by J. A. Huss @jahuss #review
Rook Walsh is TRAGIC!! Just looking at the cover screams I LOVE THE BOOK but, I did love the book. Don’t have to debate I just like the cover A LOT. So of course the book is fabulous! The entire story about a photography studio, models and contracts was great. What I liked was the take on the type, no spoilers, that they do. When we look at some covers, we really have no idea what goes into the picture. It explains a lot about the life and stock photos. I found it fascinating. The author did a great job with the story and the characters. What I loved was the “pay it back”theme. We all need to just do one thing and even if we help one person, we did something.
I angrily read about Rook, she hurt me and the story is a heart breaker. I read it and they left a great impression on me even Antione.
Rook….when fate throws you a bone – you grab it with both hands and run.
Antoine Chaput knows the minute he spies Rook in his photography studio that she’s got The Look. The dark and desperate look he must have to land the exclusive TRAGIC media contract.
Rook is paired up with top model, Ronin, and he’s everything her abusive ex-boyfriend wasn’t. Patient, gentle, happy, attentive, and sexy! He knows exactly what to do to make Rook blush for Antoine’s camera.
Rook’s luck changes in an instant and suddenly she’s the darling of the modeling world. It’s a dream job to go with a dream guy and all she has to do is look pretty and follow directions. But there’s always a price to pay – and Rook is about to get the bill. So, yeah there were parts that were scary and tragic, but SO good and REAL. The worst part? well yes there is one, book two is not out yet and I want to seriously kick someone till I get it!
New Adult Contemporary Romance *Mature Content* Recommended for ages 17+ due to sexual situations and language usage
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Find her here: http://newadultaddiction.blogspot.com/
JA Huss is a SF and new adult romance junkie, has a love-hate relationship with the bad boys, and likes to write new adult books about people with real problems. She lives with her family on a small acreage farm in Colorado and has two donkeys named Paris and Nicole. Before writing fiction, she authored almost two hundred science workbooks and always has at least three works in progress. Her first new adult romance is called TRAGIC.
Never Let You Fall (The Prophecy of Tyalbrook) by Michele G Miller @chelemybelles
Book Blurb:
Orphaned at 7, with no memory of her past or the family she lost, 17 year old Skye Martin is tired of being alone and afraid. After a hard night of partying, Skye wakes up alone in an unfamiliar hotel. All she can remember is the deep voice of her rescuer and his promise: “I am safe.”
Xander has been tasked with watching Skye from afar for the past two years, in order to keep her safe from the demons that hunt her. An easy job – until a pair of red glowing eyes reveal themselves to Skye, and Xander, in a moment of weakness, is forced to break his cover to protect her.
Never good at trusting people, Skye is inexplicably drawn to Xander and the immediate bond she feels for him. However, Xander is filled with secrets and ties to her past that threaten to thrust Skye into a world she could never imagine existed…
As she begins to unravel the truth about who Xander is and the details surrounding her family, she discovers that she might just be the key to saving everything…
And, most importantly, she finds that there has always been someone by her side who would never let her fall…
Review:
GREAT book!! l loved the author’s style and attention to descriptions and details. Bravo! Skye is a tough girl for sure. She doesn’t feel worthy of a lot. She is also very stubborn and I see her as a super hero sort of girl. She doesn’t trust Xander but she is drawn to him. When they first meet she is so cute asking what his name was Zander or Xander. I just adored her! There is a lot of wonderful descriptions, romance and the magic, WOW
No spoilers but there is a forbidden love. I loved Skye and Xander together and this is a wonderful read! Now I do think it could be a phenomenal series and I know the fan base for these two will haunt Michelle. So poke her and beg for more along with me!
About the author
Having grown up in both the cold, quiet town of Topsham, Maine and the steamy, southern hospitality of Mobile, Alabama, Michele is something of a enigma. She is an avid Yankees fan, loves New England, being outdoors and misses snow. However she thinks southern boys are hotter, Alabama football is the only REAL football out there and sweet tea is the best thing this side of heaven and her children’s laughter!
Her family, a doting husband and three awesome minions, have planted their roots in the middle of Michele’s two childhood homes in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Never Let You Fall is Michele’s first novel and she is beyond thrilled to have finally followed up on a dream she has held for over 20 years! God willing there will be many many more books to follow.
Blog: http://michelegmiller.blogspot.com
Twitter @chelemybelles
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The Restore My Heart Giveaway WINNER @chelseacamaron
The winner is Joy W
I am giving away an awesome mug with the logo (which I LOVE)
and a kindle copy of both books!
Thanks Joy and enjoy
The Dr Pepper Prophecies by Jennifer Gilby Roberts
The Dr Pepper Prophecies
Mel is a twenty-five-year-old underachiever with a terrible job, too much time on her hands and a perfect younger sister. Her work and love lives hit a new low when she ends up working for her ex.
The one good thing in her life has always been her best friend Will, who has seen her through every crisis from lost toys to pregnancy scares. Now a successful accountant, he looks a prime catch to his girlfriend Natalie, who’s determined to replace Mel as the woman in his life.
Despairing of improving her own life, she sets out to help her friends instead.
After all, what’s the worst that can happen?
A contemporary romantic comedy (chick lit) based loosely on Jane Austen’s ‘Emma’. Similar in style to works by Sophie Kinsella and Jane Costello.
At present this book is only available to buy for Kindle through Amazon.
Jennifer Gilby Roberts
About this author
Jennifer Gilby Roberts has a degree in physics and a postgraduate certificate in computing, so writing fiction was inevitable really. She was born and grew up in Surrey/Greater London, but now lives in Richmond, North Yorkshire with her husband, small daughter, two middle-aged cats and a lot of dust bunnies. She also has a grown-up step-daughter and a large extended family (by marriage).
Her job right now is taking care of her younger daughter (who was born three months premature, but is doing just fine now), but previously she worked many thrilling jobs in administration, including one in an insurance claims office (wholly unrelated to the one in ‘The Dr Pepper Prophecies’…).
She’s written two novels, both in the chick-lit genre, four novellas and a variety of short stories.
Gastien Part 1: The Cost of the Dream by Caddy Rowland #giveaway @CaddyorPims
I LOVED this book so you know I have to give a few copies away so hurry and ENTER
Gastien Part 1: The Cost of the Dream (The Gastien Series #1)
by Caddy Rowland
When young Gastien Beauchamp flees the farm for Paris, the late nineteenth century bohemian era is in full swing. Color has always called to him, beseeching him to capture it on canvas and show people a new way of seeing things. His father belittled his dream of being an artist and tried to beat him into giving it up. The dream wouldn’t die, but Gastien would have had he not left.
He also yearns to become a great lover. After the years of anguish he has endured at the hand of his father, it would be heaven to feel pleasure instead of pain.
However, the city of Paris has a ruthless agenda. Unless a man has money and connections, Paris unfeelingly crushes dreams and destroys souls. With neither of the required assets, Gastien faces living in alleys, digging in trash bins for food, and sleeping where a man is often killed for his threadbare blanket.
Left with nothing but his dreams, Gastien clings to the hope that the impossible is possible. He pushes on, regardless of the cost.
Gastien Part 2: From Dream to Destiny (The Gastien Series #2)
by Caddy Rowland
“I am Gastien Beauchamp, artist and lover. Any Frenchman would tell you that a peasant could never own property in nineteenth century France. Yet here I am, in my very own studio. The personal cost was horrendous. I barely survived the choices I made, and my sanity was pushed to its limits.
Still, I finally now have security, peace, and freedom. For the rest of my life I can spend time “making love to the color”, making love to beautiful women, and enjoying the wild nightlife of bohemian Montmartre. What more could a man need or want?
Then, one night, I see her. One look at Sophie, and my heart wants to betray me! I try to tell myself that I know better. Who needs love, anyway? I am already married-to my art!
No woman would ever understand and accept my lifestyle; nor am I about to give that lifestyle up. Not when I paid so dearly for it! Besides, I am too badly damaged to ever open up my heart…and if Sophie found out about my past she would not want to even know my name. I can’t take that chance. I have had enough pain to last me a lifetime.”
Tristan Michel:Bloodline of Passion (The Gastien Series #3)
by Caddy Rowland
From the bustling streets of New York City to the smoky speakeasies of Roaring Twenties Chicago, Tristan finds huge financial success. Along with respect, tradition, and family, he promises himself that this will be enough. Having achieved peace by forgiving his father his debauchery, he’s certain that there is nothing that could induce him to follow in his father’s lascivious footsteps.
Like father, like son will never apply to Tristan.
Then the urgent whisper that has been telling him there should be more than what he is experiencing with his wife becomes a full blown roar. With a very proper wife that refuses to loosen up, Tristan learns that the passion of the father is very much the passion of the son. To deny it may be impossible, but to embrace it could cost him everything. Book 3 of The Gastien Series.
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