Cover Reveal: The Queen of the Zombie Hearts by Gena Showalter


Today is the day! The cover of Gena Showalter's THE QUEEN OF ZOMBIE HEARTS is here! We're so excited to be able to share this with you as it joins an already stunning set! Ready to see it? Not quite yet lets take a look a the first two covers in the series!

First there was ALICE IN ZOMBIELAND...



Then came THROUGH THE ZOMBIE GLASS...



Now get ready to EAT YOUR HEARTS OUT!!!




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Expected Publication: September 30, 2014
Pre-order: Amazon | Barnes & Noble
Add it to your TBR!  Goodreads        
         
I have a plan.

We'll either destroy them for good, or they'll destroy us.

Either way, only one of us is walking away.

In the stunning conclusion to the wildly popular White Rabbit Chronicles, Alice "Ali" Bell thinks the worst is behind her. She's ready to take the next step with boyfriend Cole Holland, the leader of the zombie slayers…until Anima Industries, the agency controlling the zombies, launches a sneak attack, killing four of her friends. It's then she realizes that humans can be more dangerous than monsters…and the worst has only begun.

As the surviving slayers prepare for war, Ali discovers she, too, can control the zombies…and she isn't the girl she thought she was. She's connected to the woman responsible for killing—and turning—Cole's mother. How can their relationship endure? As secrets come to light, and more slayers are taken or killed, Ali will fight harder than ever to bring down Anima—even sacrificing her own life for those she loves.

About Gena:


Gena Showalter is the New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of the wildly popular White Rabbit Chronicles, the Angels of the Dark, the Lords of the Underworld, and the Otherworld Assassins series.  In addition to being a National Reader's Choice and RITA nominee, her romance novels have appeared in Cosmopolitan and Seventeen magazine, and have been translated in multiple languages.  She lives in Oklahoma with her family and menagerie of dogs, and truly believes love conquers all.








Giveaway


1 complete set of The White Rabbit Chronicles (first 2 sent as soon as the giveaway is over and the winner will get the first hardcover of book 3 when it's available!) US/Canada Only




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Cover Reveal: Reclaiming the Sand by A. Meredith Walters


Reclaiming the Sand
by A. Meredith Walters
Expected Publication: March 17th 2014


Synopsis:
Bully and victim.
Tormenter and tormented.
Villain and hero.

Ellie Mccallum was the bully. The Tormenter. The Villain. Taking what she wanted, stomping over anyone that got in her way. Feelings, futures, and relationships be damned. She felt no emotional connection to anyone or anything. A sad and lonely existence for a young woman who had come to expect nothing more for herself. Her only happiness coming from making others miserable.

Particularly Freaky Flynn.

Growing up, Flynn Hendrick was known only as “Freaky Flynn.” He lived a life completely disconnected even as he struggled to become something more than that boy with Asperger's. He was taunted and teased, bearing the brunt of systematic and calculated cruelty, ultimately culminating in a catastrophic turn of events that brought Ellie and Flynn’s worlds crashing down.

But then Flynn and Ellie grew up.

And moved on.

Until years later when their paths unexpectedly cross again and the bully and the freak are face to face once more.

When labels come to define you, finding yourself feels impossible. Particularly for two people disconnected from the world who inexplicably find a connection in each other.

And out of the wreckage of their tragic beginnings, an unlikely love story unfolds.

But a painful past doesn’t always want to let go. And old wounds are never truly healed…and sometimes the farther you try to run from yourself the closer you come to who you really are.

About the Author 


The New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Contemporary and Paranormal romance including The Find You in the Dark series, Bad Rep and its upcoming sequel.

A. Meredith spent ten years as a counselor for at risk teens and children. First working at a Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault program and then later a program for children with severe emotional and mental health issues. Her former cl
ients and their stories continue to influence every aspect of her writing.

When not writing (or being tortured with all manner of beauty products at the hand of her very imaginative and extremely girly 6 year old daughter), she is eating chocolate, watching reality television that could rot your brain and reading a smutty novel or two.

A. Meredith is represented by Michelle Johnson with the Inklings Literary Agency.

[Blog Tour] Review: I See London by Chanel Cleeton


I See London (I See London #1)
by Chanel Cleeton
ebook, 319 pages
Published February 3rd 2014 by Harlequin HQN
Purchase here: Amazon | B&N | iTunes

Synopsis:
Maggie Carpenter is ready for a change— and to leave her ordinary life in South Carolina behind. But when she accepts a scholarship to the International School in London, a university attended by the privileged offspring of diplomats and world leaders, Maggie might get more than she bargained for.

When Maggie meets Hugh, a twentysomething British guy, she finds herself living the life she always wanted. Suddenly she’s riding around the city in a Ferrari, wearing borrowed designer clothes and going to the hottest clubs. The only problem? Another guy, the one she can’t seem to keep her hands off of.

Half French, half Lebanese, and ridiculously wealthy, Samir Khouri has made it clear he doesn’t do relationships. He’s the opposite of everything Maggie thought she wanted…and he’s everything she can’t resist. Torn between her dream guy and the boy haunting her dreams, Maggie has to fight for her own happy ending. In a city like London, you never know where you stand, and everything can change in the blink of an eye.

This is a New Adult romance recommended for readers 17 and up.
Review:


Aaaand another book gets added to my list of sexy books! Did you know that before 2014, I only read young adult books and two or three new adult books that are not really NA but are more like YA? I wanted to expand my reading genre this year and though NA has let me down a couple of times before, I still thrived. That said, I’m glad to report that I See London is my fifth NA this year AND this is also the fifth NA that I came to love this year!

I initially thought that I See London was a standalone so I was surprised that it has a sequel, London Falling, which by the way I’m really excited about because one of the five NA’s I’ve read this year has the same title and I loved it as well. Though with the way the book left off, I am actually really glad that we’re going to get more from the characters, but with that, you can also deduce that this has a cliffhanger, but not the heart-attack inducing type.

Maggie is a fun character whom I can relate to at first. She’s easy-going, innocent and a very hard-working student. She even got accepted to the International School in London. She was, overall, a good girl but when she started attending the International School and met different people, she started to become a different person too; favoring parties and boys over her studies. Though this is obviously the wrong way to a good character growth, I actually liked watching her transition from a good girl to an irresponsible girl. We have two hotties vying for Maggie’s affection here. If you’ve read my previous reviews, you’ll know that I don’t like love triangles at all. However, I have faith in my OTP and I know that whatever happens, I’ll get what I want in the end. *rubs hands and chuckles maniacally* it’s true tho.

Another thing I really liked about I See London is the side characters. Fleur. My word, that girl is a bitch, but somehow I love her. If you told me before that this book is part of a series, I’d assume that it’s a series of companion novels and that Fleur’s story is next. Either way, I’d read the sequel whether it’s Fleur’s story or not, because it’s just good. I See London has its own brand of flaws but despite that, it’s an enjoyable read with well-paced plot and an easy air to it.

Rating: 4/5 stars

Disclosure: A review copy was received as part of the I See London blog tour in exchange for an honest review. No compensation of any kind was received for this.

Giveaway

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About the Author


Originally a Florida girl, at seventeen Chanel moved to London to attend an international university. In the four years that follow
ed, she received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees, learned how to dance, travelled through Europe, and made lifelong friendships. Chanel fell in love with London and planned to stay there forever. But fate intervened on a Caribbean cruise, when an American fighter pilot with smooth dance moves, swept her off her feet. Now, a happily ever after later, Chanel is living her next adventure in South Korea. An avid reader and hopeless romantic, she is happiest curled up with a book. She has a weakness for handbags, puppy cuddles, and her fighter pilot husband. Chanel writes New Adult contemporary romances and Young Adult thrillers. Her New Adult debut, I SEE LONDON, will be released by Harlequin (HQN) on February 3, 2014, followed by a sequel, LONDON FALLING, later in the year.

[Blog Tour] Excerpt: A Little Too Hot by Lisa Desrochers

Hey all! I’m bringing you another excerpt from Lisa Desrochers’s A Little Too Hot. You can view the other excerpt, giveaway and my review here.



A Little Too Hot (A Little Too Far #3)
by Lisa Desrochers
ebook, 284 pages
Expected publication: January 21st 2014 by William Morrow Impulse
Source: Publicist/InkSlinger PR
Purchase here: Amazon | B&N | iBooks

Synopsis:
If you play with fire…

Tossed out of college and cut off by her parents, Samantha West is in pretty dire straits. So when her rocker best friend hooks her up with a job dancing at a gentlemen’s club, who is she to turn it down? Plus, there are rules to dancing at Benny’s: No touching, keep your clothes on at all times, and never get closer than three feet. Unfortunately for Sam, her first private client makes her want to break every single one of them.

Harrison Yates is scorching hot, but he’s got a past that involves being left at the altar not too long ago. Sam is determined to make him forget about his ex, but when she makes her move, it flings her life into a spiral of chaos she never saw coming.

Because Harrison Yates isn’t who he seems to be. And his secret will probably get her killed.

Excerpt 

There’s a long silence, and I lift my head, but I can’t bring myself to look at him as I tell him things I’ve never said out loud before. “Trent was practicing with his band in Lexie’s garage, and we were in the driveway flying her kite, but the wind gusted and it did this loop, and the string got caught in my braces. Lexie yanked, I screamed, and when the guys came out of the garage to see what was up, they all started laughing. But not Trent. He came over and got me untangled. And he told the guys to cut the shit when they started calling me Jaws and asking if I got good reception.”

I remember it so clearly.

Hold still, he’d said. He grasped my chin gently and leaned in to examine my mouth. He was a little sweaty from jamming with the guys, and I remember thinking I should think that was gross. But I didn’t. It was the opposite of gross. I’d crushed on a few guys in junior high, but I never remember my heart racing the way it did with Trent so close. He’d unhooked me from the kite, and when he let me go, he smiled this incredible sideways smile and said, Good to go, and that was it.

I sigh and sink deeper onto the cushions. “I fell in love with him right that second. But even though I was under his nose all the time, he never thought of me as anything but his stepsister’s best friend, so, for five years, I pined.”


About the Author

Lisa Desrochers is the USA Today bestselling author of A LITTLE TOO FAR, courtesy of A LITTLE TOO MUCH (Nov 12, 2013), and A LITTLE TOO HOT (Jan 21, 2014). Also in stores is her YA PERSONAL DEMONS trilogy (Macmillan).
HarperCollins, and companions,

She lives in central California with her husband and two very busy daughters. There is never a time that she can be found without a book in her hand, and she adores stories that take her to new places, and then take her by surprise.

Book Review: Heartbeat

by Elizabeth Scott
Hardcover, 304 pages
Expected publication: January 28th 2014 by Harlequin Teen
Source: Publisher via NetGalley
Life. Death. And...Love?

Emma would give anything to talk to her mother one last time. Tell her about her slipping grades, her anger with her stepfather, and the boy with the bad reputation who might be the only one Emma can be herself with.

But Emma can't tell her mother anything. Because her mother is brain-dead and being kept alive by machines for the baby growing inside her.

Meeting bad-boy Caleb Harrison wouldn't have interested Old Emma. But New Emma-the one who exists in a fog of grief, who no longer cares about school, whose only social outlet is her best friend Olivia-New Emma is startled by the connection she and Caleb forge.

Feeling her own heart beat again wakes Emma from the grief that has grayed her existence. Is there hope for life after death-and maybe, for love?
Review:

It seems like the more I read Elizabeth Scott, the more I dislike her books. I've read four Scott books to date, including Heartbeat. The first one I rated 5 of 5 and the next books, I gave 4 and 3 respectively. And now this. Without looking at my rating, guess how many stars I gave this book?

My ultimate problem with Heartbeat is that the protagonist, Emma, is too unlikable. She is very rude and self-centric. I understand that she's grieving from the death of her mother but somehow, she has shaped this grief into hatred and focused it all to her stepfather, Dan. If there's one person that deserves sympathy here, it's him. Emma has a habit of cutting off people's sentences, especially Dan's and she's so disrespectful of him I wondered why Dan hasn't shipped her off to her grandparents. But that's Dan. He's very understanding and he always tries to reach out to Emma, but she keeps calling him off. Even when she hurt him multiple times, Dan stayed good to her.

Emma also has a horrible bestfriend, Olivia. Not horrible in a way that she hurts Emma emotionally or mentally. In fact, she's always there for Emma but everytime they're together, they never talk about what matters. She doesn't call Emma out with how she treats Dan or how stupid she's being. As a friend of someone like Emma, I'd expect her to slap some sense into her because a real friend would help her face her problems instead of avoid it. She's also a some-sort-of-a-hipster. She reportedly brought a typewriter to school when the instructor assigned them to do a research. She hates electronics. Though she has a reason for hating them, I thought it wasn't even remotely valid. Caleb is the same. He's not a some-sort-of-a-hipster but like Olivia, he seems to be encouraging Emma with what she was doing to Dan. He has gone through what Emma and Dan are going through but he is not the Emma in his story, he is the Dan. He knows what it's like to be on the receiving end of hate but oh, why don't you two talk about how you're both suffering. I honestly didn't care about these characters. Except Dan because he's a great person.

Heartbeat is undoubtedly an emotional and heartfelt read. I teared up at a few scenes and literally wailed on some, but because of sympathy for the characters or dislike, I'm not certain. I also liked Scott's prose here. It's true that I'm not a fan of this book and I established that within the first five pages, but it's also true that Scott's words have magic. I literally couldn't put this down. It's just too bad that I didn't feel for the characters.

Rating: 2/5 stars

Disclosure: This e-galley was received from the publisher (Harlequin Teen via NetGalley) in exchange for an honest review.
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