Review Occupational Therapy by Katie Salidas & Willsin Rowe

Title: Occupational  Therapy
Author: Katie Salidas & Willsin Rowe
Series: Consummate Therapy Series (#2)
Genre: Erotic
Publisher: Excessica
Release Date: Nov 16 2012
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Natasha’s experience at the hands of Master Sweet has left her both drained and enlightened. Wanting nothing more than to curl up against him for as long as she can, she is dismayed when he sends her home to dwell on all she’s learned.
But being a creature of habit, Natasha’s stubborn and rebellious nature leads her back into her old patterns, threatening to undo all her progress. When her symptoms return in full force, she begins to doubt not only the effectiveness of Submission Therapy, but also the motivations of her Master.
Learning of her disobedience, Master Sweet brings forward Natasha’s next session. But recognizing her behavior for what it is - a cry for attention - leads Him to change His approach dramatically. If Natasha thought her first lesson was hard...she’s in for a real eye-opener.
Does the embattled billionaire have the internal strength to earn back her Master’s trust? And how will she handle it when his intentions suddenly become even more serious?

Review & Interview New Revelations by Heather Topham Wood

Title: New Revelations
Author: Heather Topham Wood
Series: Second Sight Series (#2)
Genre: Fantasy
Publisher: Self Published
Release Date: October 9 2012
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Synopsis


Life should've been perfect. Kate Edwards had won the heart of police detective Jared Corbett and was coming to terms with her psychic ability. Things were blissful—until the day she met Declan Brayden.

Declan also has psychic visions and wants to work alongside Kate. Kate doesn't trust the damaged and arrogant seer, but she knows combining their abilities would allow her to help more people. This becomes vital when visions of a missing fitness instructor turn into a race against time to save the girl’s life.

Book Spotlight Beyond the Veil by Quinn Loftis

                                      

 Title: Beyond The Veil
Author: Quinn Loftis
Series: The Grey Wolves (#5)
Genre: YA/Paranormal/Urban Fantasy/Werewolves/Shifters
Publisher: Self Published
Release Date: September 30 2012

 


Though the Serbian pack has been brought to heel thanks to the downfall of their Alpha, the war is far from over.
Desdemona, a witch of unfathomable power, has escaped the wolves’ wrath, but she will not go quietly into the night. She takes refuge in a place where even the smallest sliver of light does not dare to enter. Though she had to flee, she has not given up on the treasure she wishes to acquire. Her depravity knows no bounds; she's even willing to search for the one who can assist her in opening a Veil that has not been opened in millennia – with good reason: the danger is incalculable.
Meanwhile, there are major changes rippling through the Romanian Grey wolves. Decebel has become Alpha to the Serbian pack in an effort to begin to unite the Canis lupis species. Their numbers are dwindling in the wake of the shortage of true mates and lack of offspring. The wolves are beginning to lose faith and darkness seems to be crashing in on them from all sides. But the winds of change are blowing, changes that will alter the future of not only the Canis lupis, but of another ancient race as well.
Amidst all of this, Sally is continuing to come to terms with her relationship with the playful, charming, flirty, unbelievably handsome bartender – who happens to be a member of the Romanian pack.
If all that weren't enough, the Fates have decided to pay a little visit to Jen. It’s time to collect. She cheated the Fates of a life, her life. Now they want what they are due. The problem? It’s more than Jen is willing to pay.
Yes, the war is indeed far from over. Bargains will be struck, declarations will be made, sacrifices will be given, love will be tested, and trust will be questioned as evil makes its stand against them all.

Tell us the story behind the story. What inspired you to write this novel?

This is book 5 in The Grey Wolves Series and a continuation of the journey the three best friends started 5 books ago. I don't want to give too much away in case others haven’t read the series but here’s the gist; Three seemingly ordinary girls who are inseparable best friends discover that they are not ordinary at all. The first two books are Jacque’s journey into the Canis lupis world and because her best friends, Sally and Jen, are loyal to a fault they follow right along. Each book takes us deeper into the world of the Grey Wolves and reveals how each girl fits into that world. They discover that not only do they belong there but they are needed, by the men they were made for and the packs they were destined for. The endure many struggles and triumphs, they grow and mature because of the trials they face and more than once they emerge victorious. But things have become even more dire and ominous than ever before and for once the girls find themselves without their mates. Darkness has begun to seep over the human realm and it’s up to Jacque, Jen and Sally and those who would dare to help to make a stand against it.

Tell us about the book cover.  How does it represent your book? How did you choose the artwork?

The cover is a picture of Sally, this book delves deeper into her story and into the relationship between her and her possible mate. I had the cover artist use the thorny background as a representation of the Veil that separates the human realm from the In-Between, a very dark place that no one would ever want to be. 

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Book & Author SpotLight Body and Soul by Jamie Loeak

Title: Body & Soul
Author: Jamie Loeak
Series: Body & Soul Trilogy (#1)
Genre: YA/Paranormal
Publisher: Self Published
Release Date: August 25 2012

 

Kate, the daughter of a lawyer and marine biologist, has just moved to a small beach town in Florida. She’s forced to start over in the middle of the summer, but is used to it by now, since she’s moved around her entire life. When Kate meets Rico and Adriana on her second day at the beach house, everything changes. Kate is introduced to the world of Light and Darkness, and is thrown into the middle of it when a mysterious being attacks her one night. As Kate’s nights continue to get weirder, her friendship with Rico and Adriana grows stronger, and for the first time Kate has real friends. When Rico sits Kate down to tell her what is really happening to her, things start to click for Kate, and she is forced to make a decision to quit or fight for her body and soul.

Review & Spotlight Her Destiny is to rise above the fall – The Broken Destiny by Carlyle Labuschagne

Title: The Broken Destiny
Author: Carlyle Labuschagne
Series: The Broken Series
Genre: YA/Science Fiction/Fantasy/Dystopian
Publisher: SBPRA
Release Date: August 13 2012
Edition: Print
Source: Author
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Ava is third generation of The Broken kind who reside on a planet called Poseidon. The Broken share this planet with an ancient race known as the Minoans. The Broken are a breed of humans who evolved from a program that was constructed to save human kind from harsh conditions back on Earth. But Ava knows much more, and feels much more than she is allowed to. When she starts questioning her origins and the destruction of Earth, things go horribly wrong for her. She is saved by a Minoan boy from an attempted kidnapping on her life – the perpetrators are evil Zulus and their dark ancient magic. Humans and Minoans are forbidden to interact with each other, and as she is taken back to their village she finds out why – they know of her, her kind and her destiny to save a dying race. Ava must rid them from the Council’s ruling and free the galaxy of The Shadow. Her destiny is to rise above the fall, because within her soul is the key to an archaic weapon that has been missing in the mix of a genetic code since the time of the ancients. As the prophecy unfolds she learns of her bloodline – a bloodline that makes her less human than she could ever have imagined. She alone has the power to destroy or save, but the mind-shift is a horrible thing. Ava will become what she hates to save the ones she loves. Beaten, poisoned, possessed and betrayed by her own emotions, she has no choice but to rise above it all… for that is her Destiny.

Interview with Carrie Vaughn Author of the Kitty Norville Series

Title: Kitty Rocks the House
Author: Carrie Vaughn
Series: Kitty Norville
Genre: Urban Fantasy/Paranormal
Publisher: TOR
Release Date: March 26 2013



After her adventures abroad, Kitty is now faced with problems at home, with both her werewolf pack and human family.

Book Spotlight, Interview & Excerpt City of Thieves by Audrey Cuff Ed.D.

Title: City of Thieves
Author: Audrey Cuff Ed.D.
Series: Ashley Brown Series
Genre: Ethnic
Publisher: Wild Child Publishing
Publication Date: August 28 2012




When Ashley Brown was five years old, her parents left her in the care of her grandma, though her mother promised to return for her. At fourteen, Ashley is still living with her grandmother in Highland, a city on the outskirts of Maryville, a place known as the "ghetto."
Ashley has shadowy memories of her mother taking her to her favorite place, the library. Reading a good book allows Ashley to escape her poverty and crime infested community. One afternoon after listening to the Mayor's press conference, Ashley discovers that the Mayor is taking away the community library. In spite of being put on punishment for a week by her grandma for defending herself from the school bullies, Ashley feels it is worth the risk to sneak out of her apartment to mail a letter she has written to the Mayor about keeping the library open.
Every day homeless people approach her and beg for something to eat or for money. The most frequent requests come from two disheveled individuals Ashley has nicknamed "Orphan Annie" and the "business-man bum." As if escaping the homeless people isn't enough, there are a bunch of bullies who harass Ashley. One day, the bullies chase her into an alley. They force her to the ground and Ashley is afraid of what could have happened next. This is one time Ashley wished she listen to her grandma.

Band Together For LUPUS

Hi, My name is Alexandra and I'm 21 years old and I have a disease called SLE Lupus. Lupus is an autoimmune disease that can affect the skin, your joints, your kidneys, and your other organs. I was diagnosed in March of 2011, I was only 19 years old. I was away at school my 1st year at college and I was having a lot of pain in my wrists. The doctors ran a bunch of tests and couldn't figure out what was wrong. Finally they told me it was SLE Lupus. The first two medicines the doctors put me on made me violently ill so on the Saturday after thanksgiving (2011) I started having to give myself Methotrexate injections (low dose chemo) on a weekly basis. This treatment works but at a price, it drains a lot from my body but right now its one of my only medicine options. On 11/1 I spent more than 8 hours in the ER for dehydration, exhaustion and weakness from both the Methotrexate and the Lupus. After talking to my mom, I decided that I wanted to give back to the Lupus community and contacted some of my favorite authors and Anna to set this up. So please consider making a donation! For every dollar you donate you get one entry into the Giveaway and everyone who donates will either receive a hand made lupus awareness bracelet or an autographed bookmark (depending on availability).  The link is http://www.gofundme.com/1hi640 . Please check back often as new prizes are being added and if I get enough donations i will do 2 grand prizes. If you have any questions feel free to contact me at alexandralouk@gmail.com. The contest will run until 11/30 and winners will be announced on December 2nd. 

We have several authors who have donated books for one lucky winner who graciously donated to the Lupus Foundation Fund. 

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Giveaway, Review & Excerpt Tragedy of Knowledge by Rachael Wade

Title: The Tragedy of Knowledge
Author: Rachael Wade
Series: The Resistance Trilogy
Genre: Paranormal Romance/Fantasy/Vampires
Publisher: Rabbit Hole Press
Release Date: October 25 2012
Edition: Ecopy
Source: Author for Honest Review & Blog Tour
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After arranging a hopeful but risky alliance during their visit to the Amaranthian realm, Camille, Gavin, and the resistance don't have much time to recover from their failed mission. Forced to create a new strategy to achieve their goal, they embark on a different mission—one that possibly holds the missing key to their quest for victory, and their deadliest one yet.

As they attempt round two to restore peace and freedom for their kind, they must rely on help from the living, the bayous, and beyond to decipher allies from enemies, good magic from bad, and whether the source claiming to lead the way to their destiny can be trusted. Racing against the clock to solve the mystery of their fate, they find the battle has come right to their doorstep, and this time, everyone must pay a price.

Review Submission Therapy by Katie Salidas & Willsin Rowe

 Title: Submission Therapy
Author: Katie Salidas & Willsin Rowe
Series: Consummate Therapy Series
Genre: Erotic
Publisher: Excessica
Release Date: Nov 2012
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Billionaire CEO of Blakely Incorporated, Natasha runs her empire with an eagle eye for every detail. She’s an obsessive, compulsive, micromanaging hard-ass, consumed by the need to control every aspect of her life and her business.
But underneath that seemingly strong façade, Natasha is a swirling mess of anger, anxiety and sexual addiction. Only her therapist, Dr. Benson, knows how close she is to burning out...or exploding. He insists on a radical form of treatment – Submission Therapy – knowing that it’s her only hope.
Skeptical but intrigued, Natasha agrees to attend the first session. What she finds there is an erotically-charged environment that will forgive none of her habitual bad behavior. And a steely-eyed man who seems to read her every desire - even the ones she won’t admit to herself.
Will Natasha learn what it means to submit? Or will she allow her brittle pride to rob her of what she truly needs?

Review NPH: A Rebel Without A Claus by Candace Jane Kringle

Title: North Pole High: A Rebel Without A Claus
Author: Candace Jane Kringle
Genre: YA/Holiday-Christmas
Publisher: Elf Published Books
Release Date: October 2 2012
Edition: Kindle
Source: Author for Blog Tour & Honest Review
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MEET SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD CANDYCANE CLAUS. She's the most popular girl at North Pole High. Her father is world-famous. And everyday is Christmas. What more could any girl want?

BOYS! And the new boy, Rudy Tutti, is hot chocolate. But he hates anything to do with Christmas!

When Candy and Rudy are forced to work together on a school Christmas-tree project, her world is turned upside down: Her grades start to suffer, she loses her taste for ice cream, and now the two North-Star-cross'd teens must contend with her overprotective father — Santa Claus — before Christmas is ruined for EVERYONE!

Spotlight Aria by Geoff Nedler

 Title: Aria: Left Luggage
Author: Geoff Nelder
Genre: Science Fiction/ Medical Drama
Publisher: LL Publications
Release Date: July 30 2012



A silvery case is found in the external struts of the International Space Station (ISS). It is opened on Earth releasing a virus that causes retrograde amnesia at the rate of a year’s memory per week. No one is immune. It is tragic – as after a week or so people forget where their new homes and jobs are, and children lose speech, medicines are not produced. Yet there is humour – who’s that you wake up next to, and did you both make out? Ryder realizes what’s going on in time to persuade a handful of professionals to barricade themselves in a remote Welsh valley. The uninfected crew of the ISS join them. Can they survive intruders? This is a human disaster yet with romance, betrayal, survival, mystery and an exploration into what is so important in life it must be preserved.

Giveaway & Review ReAwakened by Ada Adams

Title: ЯƎAwakened
Author: Ada Adams
Series: Angel Creek (#2)
Genre: YA/Paranormal/Vampires/
 Werewolves/Shifters
Publisher: Self Published
Release Date: November 27 2012
Edition: Ebook
Source: Author in Exchange for Honest Review and Blog Tour
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Becoming a vampire guardian was Dawn Fairchild’s ticket out of the Scarlet House. Fresh off a successful mission, life in Angel Creek should have been great. But when her sort-of-maybe-boyfriend, Sebastian, disappears on a quest to help a beautiful vampire from his past, Dawn finds herself amidst a web of danger, lies, and deceit.

Joining forces with Razor, an enigmatic rebel lacking both a verbal and a physical filter, and her band of Misfits—Brooke, Sophie, Hunter, and Seth—Dawn is thrust into a race against the clock to solve the mystery surrounding brutal Born kidnappings and come to terms with the sudden discovery of her own unique powers. With time ticking away and Born vampires’ lives in jeopardy, it quickly becomes evident that someone—or something—desperately wants Dawn and is willing to shed any amount of blood to get her.

Dawn has only one chance to face her demons and overcome all obstacles standing in her way as she embarks on the biggest mission of her life—one that threatens a deadly outcome for all involved.

Giveaway & Review Realm of Secrets by MaryLynn Bast

Title: Realm of Secrets
Author: MaryLynn Bast
Series: Heart Of A Wolf Series ( Schadoh's Tale)
Genre: Paranormal/ Werewolves/Vampires/Fae
Publisher: Werewolf Tails Publishing
Release Date: October 26 2012
Edition: Kindle
Source: Author for blog tour and review.
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Schadoh Aphenithea has always looked up to her older sister and willingly follows in her footsteps, venturing out into the new realm where humans and other strange creatures exist.
Unexpectedly, Schadoh meets Dakota who turns out to be her best friend and protector. With the threat of vampires invading Loxy and Earth, she will need all the help she can get when the portal to her realm is closed. She is forced to remain in the earth realm and live as a human. Something she finds is not quite as easy as it looks from the wall of mists. Schadoh must learn to coexist in the earth realm while keeping the secret that other realms exist.

Cover Reveal Kiss Me by Jillian Dodd

Title: Kiss Me
Author: Jillian Dodd
Series: The Keatyn Chronicles (#2)
Genre: YA-New Adult/Contemporary Romance
Publisher: Self Published
Release Date: December 14 2012

I've always written scripts for my perfect life. 

But no way could I have ever scripted this.

My life is so far from perfect, it’s not even funny.

All because of a stalker.

I'm at a boarding school where I have to lie about who I am. 

I can't see my family.

I’m tutoring a hottie god that tortures me with his smile. 

The most popular girl already hates me.

But there’s this boy. 

This hot, sweet, sexy boy. 

So I'm going to stop trying to script my life and just live it.

Because who knows how long I have left.

Jillian Dodd grew up on a farm in Nebraska, where she developed a love for Midwestern boys and Nebraska football. She has drank from a keg in a cornfield, attended the University of Nebraska, got to pass her candle, and did have a boy ask her to marry him in a bar. She met her own prince in college, and they have two amazing children, a Maltese named Sugar Bear, and two Labrador puppies named Camber Lacy and Cali Lucy.
She is the author of the That Boy Trilogy and The Keatyn Chronicles Series.

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