Monday, December 26, 2016

Free Kindle Download: Reborn by Dean Murray




Reborn 
(The Awakening Volume 1) 
by Dean Murray



True love never dies.

In just a few days a new arrival at Selene's high school will turn her entire world upside down. She's never met anyone so attractive—or so mysterious—before this, but Jace's unyielding insistence that they've known each other for decades can't be denied—not given how familiar he feels to her.

In the hidden world of gods and fairies what you don't know can get you killed faster than anything else and only those you love have any chance of saving you.


Free Kindle Download: Deception by MacKayla Daniel




Deception: 
Invasion Series Book One
by MacKayla Daniel




What would happen to the world if we knew aliens existed?

Two weeks ago, a US military jet disappeared from radar 280 miles northwest of Fairbanks, Alaska. Twelve hours after the official investigation terminated, a clandestine group of aliens known as the Alliance, launches a search and rescue helicopter to find the downed aircraft.

As a full-blooded Nobian warrior, Captain Jessica Windsor thinks it's time the men in her life, her father, an illustrious general, and the arrogant Colonel Orlov, understand she has a mind of her own. She’s on board the secret recovery flight, prepared to use her supernatural skills to keep them all alive. But a sinister force tracks their movements and sets up an ambush. Crewmembers die and Jessica’s in a battle for her life.

Alliance officer, Colonel Alexander Orlov is the commander of the Rapid Response Team, an elite unit of soldiers known for their vicious counterstrikes to terrorist attacks. When the helicopter crashes, his team’s mission is to locate survivors and determine whether the evidence indicates foul play. What he discovers doesn’t surprise him: the Korelians are here and have an evil agenda.

Together, Jessica and Alex venture deeper into the dangers of hostile Korelians bent on a centuries’ old revenge. However, when Alex learns completing their goal depends on Jessica mating a Korelian warlord, he takes matters into his own hands. Romantic skirmishes occur, and the biggest ones are on the frontlines of the bedroom.

The future of humankind is uncertain as the aliens’ battle over the planet. If the Nobians lose the war, the Korelians will enslave and breed us like cattle.

Now you know the truth. The aliens are here. They are your neighbors, coworkers and friends. Stay Vigilant. Be aware of your surroundings, and keep your doors locked because that creaking or odd sounding bump in the night just might be a Korelian lurking in the shadows.

Merging real-life historical events with the author’s vivid imagination, DECEPTION, the first book in the Invasion series, is a fast-paced paranormal thriller with enough action and romance to keep readers enthralled.

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Friday, December 23, 2016

Happy Friday!! Best or Favorite Villains?









Prompt of the week
Best or Favorite Villains?


Used to have figurines of these guys in my work desk.... facing my boss' door lol


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Thursday, December 22, 2016

Book Review: The Ghost of Christmas Past by Michael Hebler



The Ghost of Christmas Past
by Michael Hebler


Paperback: 152 pages
Publisher: Michael Hebler (September 30, 2016)

Kindle Edition
File Size: 4200 KB
Print Length: 154 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 069267408X
Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
Publisher: Night After Night Publications, LLC (October 4, 2016)
Publication Date: October 4, 2016
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC

Ratings: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Note: I received a review copy of this book free from the author, Michael Hebler. The review posted below is based on my personal thoughts while reading the book.

My thoughts:

The Ghost of Christmas Past is my first Christmas read and certainly gave me lovely feeling about the holidays. This is a light, quick and enjoyable read which will make readers' Christmas extra special! 

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About the book:


Based on Charles Dickens’ famous character of the same name, the radiant ghost shines again when embarking on a spiritual adventure into its own past in search of its missing flame.

The Ghost of Christmas Past has had its flame extinguished. Lost souls cannot find their way to redemption without the Spirit's fire illuminating their shadowed memories. Guided by the Christmas Angel, the Ghost of Christmas Past must search for its missing flame within the visions of a mortal life it had long forgotten and brave witness to the troubled child it once had been.

Free Kindle Download: Split Second by Douglas E. Richards




Split Second
by Douglas E. Richards



What if you found a way to send something back in time? But not weeks, days, or even minutes back. What if you could only send something back a fraction of a second? Would this be of any use? You wouldn't have nearly enough time to right a wrong, change an event, or win a lottery.

Nathan Wexler is a brilliant physicist who thinks he's found a way to send matter a split second back into the past. But before he can even confirm his findings, he and his wife-to-be, Jenna Morrison, find themselves in a battle for their very lives. Because while time travel to an instant earlier seems useless, Jenna comes to learn that no capability in history has ever been more profound or far-reaching.

Now, as Jenna fights to defeat the powerful forces arrayed against her, nothing less than the fate of humanity hangs in the balance. . .

SPLIT SECOND is a roller-coaster ride of a thriller, one that will have readers pondering the nature of time, and of reality, long after they've read the last page.


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Monday, December 5, 2016

It's Monday! What Are You Reading?








"It's Monday! What are you reading?" is a fun meme hosted by Kathryn @ The Book Date. This is where we share the books we have read the last week and our reading plans for this week.




Book Reviewed



Justice Lonesome has enjoyed a life of bounty. 

Even so, she’s inherited the curse of the Lonesome. A poet’s soul. Which means she’s still searching for something. Searching for peace. Searching for the less…that’s more. 

And when the foundation of her life is pulled out from under her, grieving, she goes to the mountains to find her oasis. She hits Carnal, Colorado and decides to stay. 

Deke Hightower lost everything at the age of two. He lost it again at fifteen. His life has not been about bounty. It’s been about learning to live with less, because there’s no way to get more. 

Deke’s also watched all his friends go down to the women who gave them what they needed. He wants that for himself. But he knows that search isn’t going to be easy because he’s a rider. His home is the road. That’s the only place he can breathe. And the woman who takes her place at his side has to do it sitting on the back of his bike. 

When Deke meets Justice, he knows she’s not that woman. She’s cute. She’s sweet. And she’s into him, but she’s got it all and Deke knows he won’t fit into that. So he holds her at arm’s length. Establishes boundaries. And Justice will take it because she wants Deke any way he’ll let her have him.

But when Justice finds herself a pawn in a dangerous game, Deke makes a decision. 


When he does, he has no idea he’s just opened himself up to bounty.


Books for Review


Based on Charles Dickens’ famous character of the same name, the radiant ghost shines again when embarking on a spiritual adventure into its past in search of its extinguished flame.

The Ghost of Christmas Past has had its flame extinguished. Lost souls cannot find their way to redemption without the Spirit's fire illuminating their shadowed memories. Guided by the Christmas Angel, the Ghost of Christmas Past must search for its missing flame within the visions of a mortal life it had long forgotten and brave witness to the troubled child it once had been.



Olivia shouldn't be checking out the sexy older guy at the coffee shop. She should remind herself what happened the last time she was drawn to a man.

Olivia should know better than to start something that could ruin both their lives.

The trouble is, sometimes the things we shouldn't do become the hardest habits to break.


Lindsey Baker and Will Claxton had once been best friends, until betrayal drove them apart.

Now someone is sabotaging Lindsey’s ranch, and Will seems the most likely candidate. Although Lindsey wants to believe he’s innocent, he’s the one with the motive. Years earlier, her father had foreclosed on a loan that cost Will his family’s land. Still, he insists he had nothing to do with the ‘accidents’ plaguing Lindsey's ranch. He wants his property returned, but he plans to buy it fair and square.

Lindsey wants to believe the man she’s loved since childhood, but she fears he'll do almost anything to reclaim his family's ranch. His sudden interest in her as a woman is too convenient. Can she trust a man who’s never seen her as anything but a friend, when she knows he’ll do anything to regain his family’s heritage – including breaking her heart once again? 



In the follow up to “Chasing the Wild Sparks,” Hadley Beckett’s quest for wedded bliss perseveres…

What would you do if the love of your life were closer to making your dreams come true?

Riding high in her relationship with her sportscaster/local daredevil boyfriend Finn Wilder, Hadley Beckett makes plans concerning her future with Finn. Big plans. 

Infamously anti-marriage, Finn promised Hadley he’d consider taking her to the altar if she gives him more time. Diving headfirst and with encouragement from friends, Hadley formulates her own way to handle Finn if he can’t commit to her soon. 

Knowing she has an uphill climb ahead of her, Hadley is still determined to succeed, yet is she unwittingly destined to fail?


Currently reading



The bastard child of Haruki Murakami’s 1Q84 and Stephen King’s CARRIE, KAI explores how one innocent girl becomes the target of enormous rage living inside another girl-who is seemingly from another world. 

Satsuki Takamoto is an invisible otaku teenager in Hiroshima. The only thing she has going for her is the upcoming birth of her sister. No longer will she be alone. But when her mother has a gory miscarriage right in front of her, Satsuki loses her one chance at happiness. She spirals into a deep depression, shutting out everyone and everything by locking herself inside her bedroom-for good. Her sadness, however, pales in comparison to her uncontrollable anger. It spreads like a nuclear fire, ambivalent to what or who it destroys, and won’t stop until Satsuki accepts her sister’s death. 

Meanwhile, on the other side of the world in Evanston, Illinois, Seul Bi Rissiello can’t sleep because every time she closes her eyes, she relives her adoptive parents’ gruesome deaths. Why is she thinking so much about them now, ten years afterward? As she struggles with working at a clinic for the mentally disturbed, Seul Bi starts to unravel under the weight of living a lonely life and being twice an orphan. Her life devolves into a series of ominous and dangerous hallucinations that threaten not only her sanity, but her very existence as well. 

As both girls struggle to understand what is happening to them, their enigmatic connection comes into focus, raising the question: What if all the suffering in your life was carefully choreographed by somebody you’ve never met?



How about you? What are your reading plans this week? 
Happy Monday!

Free Kindle Download: Trudy, Madly, Deeply by Wendy Delaney




Trudy, Madly, Deeply 
(A Working Stiffs Mystery Book 1) 
by Wendy Delaney



After human lie detector Charmaine Digby scores a job as the County Coroner's new investigative assistant, the unthinkable happens—a doctor reports the suspicious death of Trudy, a family friend and one of several elderly patients at the hospital whose heart mysteriously stopped.

With no physical evidence of foul play, Char's on the case, much to the irritation of Detective Steve Sixkiller, who doesn't want her to stick her pretty nose for trouble in his investigation. But she's a woman on a mission to uncover the truth, and she'd better keep her eyes open or the next body on the way to the morgue could be hers.


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Free Kindle Download: Legend: A Wolf Lake Novel by Jennifer Kohout




Legend: A Wolf Lake Novel 
(Wolf Lake Trilogy Book 1)
by Jennifer Kohout



The rules said they couldn't be together.
But they had other plans.

Orphaned at a young age, Samantha Parker always found comfort in myths and fantasies. Grown into a mature and beautiful, strong-willed intellectual, Sam sets out to discover the truths behind the stories she's always loved. But when she uncovers an actual werewolf pack, the world of myth and mystique becomes her new reality.

Nefarious Kincaid has one duty: protect his pack, no matter the personal cost. Until now, it was a price he willingly paid, but as Nefarious struggles to keep his pack's existence a secret he risks falling in love with the one woman who could ruin it all.

As Sam grows closer to Nefarious, she realizes there are more differences between them than she ever imagined. Can they find a way to balance love and legend when both of their futures are on the line?

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Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Release Day: Vampire Academy Bonus Stories from its 10th year Anniversary Edition



Vampire Academy 
10th Anniversary Edition
by Richelle Mead 



Richelle Mead celebrates 10 years of Vampire Academy with an exclusive, never-before-seen collection of stories that sheds new light on the world and its players: 

The Turn and the Flame takes a deeper look into the dark stain on the Ozera dynasty...

From the Journal of Vasilisa Dragomir unearths the princess’s private thoughts from a transformative period of her life…

The Meeting gives us a glimpse of Rose Hathaway through Dimitri’s eyes...

Hello My Name Is Rose Hathaway tracks the shenanigans that ensue when Rose and Dimitri become unlikely teammates in a high-stakes scavenger hunt...

Lissa Dragomir is a Moroi princess: a mortal vampire with a rare gift for harnessing the earth's magic. She must be protected at all times from Strigoi; the fiercest vampires--the ones who never die. The powerful blend of human and vampire blood that flows through Rose Hathaway, Lissa's best friend, makes her a Dhampir. Rose is dedicated to a dangerous life of protecting Lissa from Strigoi, who are hell-bent on making Lissa one of them.

After two years of freedom, Rose and Lissa are caught and dragged back to St. Vladimir’s Academy, where vampire royalty and their guardians-to-be prepare for a life fraught with danger. Rose and Lissa must navigate their treacherous world and never once let their guard down, lest the evil undead make Lissa one of them forever. But soon Rose finds herself gripped by temptation of forbidden love, leaving Lissa exposed to Strigoi attack. Now she must choose between the best friend she lives for, and the man she can't live without….

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Saturday, November 26, 2016

Vampire Academy Bonus Stories from its 10th year Anniversary Edition




Yay! Three more days... THREE MORE DAYS!!! Sooo excited for:


Vampire Academy 
10th Anniversary Edition
by Richelle Mead 



Richelle Mead celebrates 10 years of Vampire Academy with an exclusive, never-before-seen collection of stories that sheds new light on the world and its players: 

The Turn and the Flame takes a deeper look into the dark stain on the Ozera dynasty...

From the Journal of Vasilisa Dragomir unearths the princess’s private thoughts from a transformative period of her life…

The Meeting gives us a glimpse of Rose Hathaway through Dimitri’s eyes...

Hello My Name Is Rose Hathaway tracks the shenanigans that ensue when Rose and Dimitri become unlikely teammates in a high-stakes scavenger hunt...

Lissa Dragomir is a Moroi princess: a mortal vampire with a rare gift for harnessing the earth's magic. She must be protected at all times from Strigoi; the fiercest vampires--the ones who never die. The powerful blend of human and vampire blood that flows through Rose Hathaway, Lissa's best friend, makes her a Dhampir. Rose is dedicated to a dangerous life of protecting Lissa from Strigoi, who are hell-bent on making Lissa one of them.

After two years of freedom, Rose and Lissa are caught and dragged back to St. Vladimir’s Academy, where vampire royalty and their guardians-to-be prepare for a life fraught with danger. Rose and Lissa must navigate their treacherous world and never once let their guard down, lest the evil undead make Lissa one of them forever. But soon Rose finds herself gripped by temptation of forbidden love, leaving Lissa exposed to Strigoi attack. Now she must choose between the best friend she lives for, and the man she can't live without….

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Friday, November 25, 2016

Follow Friday : What are you most thankful for (in the blogging world)?







Prompt of the week
What are you most thankful for (in the blogging world)?

Of course, thankful for bloggers and authors/publishers!

About what Alison said regarding the struggle of a long time blogger... I feel it ALL THE TIME! It's becoming a real struggle for me to keep posting (reviews). YES, losing your old blogger buddies whom you used to visit and exchange ideas with...aww it can be depressing.

Been blogging since 2008 (Multiply to Blogger) and I've picked up some other hobbies like gardening, scrap booking, and lately, sewing (yikes still a beginner). Aside from that,  kids are now both in school and they make me crazy busy with their assignment and projects. Before, I was up around 4 in the morning reading and blog hopping but now it's because of school stuff. Sooo... how about you? 


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Free Kindle Download: The Girl In Between by Laekan Zea Kemp





The Girl In Between
by Laekan Zea Kemp 




Bryn Reyes is a real life sleeping beauty. Afflicted with Klein-Levin Syndrome, she suffers episodes of prolonged sleep, which means Bryn spends half her life in an alternate reality made up of her memories. For Bryn, the past is a place, until one day a boy she’s never met before washes up on the illusory beach of her dreams with no memory of who he is. Later, Bryn discovers that be the key to understanding what’s happening to her, and worse, that if she doesn’t find out his identity before it’s too late, they both may not survive.


Friday, November 11, 2016

Book Blogger Hop

Book Blogger Hop

This week's hop: 
Q - Are the giveaways on your blog publisher-sponsored giveaways or giveaways of your own books? (Silver's Reviews)


A -  From the authors and publishers. Except for one time the publisher sent me two copies by mistake so I hosted a giveaway for that book, shipping expenses on me.


As for my own books, I give my books to friends. Oh well, they are actually 'borrowing' but mostly, I never get them back lol.





Follow Friday!






Prompt of the week
Fall Color Books Photo 


Sorry, picture not good, only taken from my work desk.


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Thursday, November 10, 2016

Kindle on Discount ($0.99): Marcia Gates: Angel of Bataan by Melissa Bowersock




Marcia Gates: Angel of Bataan
by Melissa Bowersock




Marcia L. Gates was an Army nurse and prisoner of war during WWII. As an "Angel of Bataan," she spent three years in a Japanese internment camp in the Philippines. This is her story, told through her letters and the newspaper clippings, photos and letters collected by her mother. The book was awarded a biography medal by the Military Writers Society of America in 2012 and an Honorable Mention by the Hollywood Book Festival in 2013. It was also featured in the TV documentary, Our Wisconsin: Military History of America's Dairyland on WKOW-TV in Madison.

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Free Kindle Download: Don't Remember by Rich Silvers




Don't Remember
by Rich Silvers



How much will Julian sacrifice to find the truth?

Julian Barnes makes a bet with fate: if he can drive through the intersection without stopping, it will be a sign that he won’t lose Julia, the woman he loves.

But instead Julian wakes up in a hospital, his body shattered from a car accident he can’t remember. The prominent neurosurgeon who broadsided him swears his light was green. An eyewitness disagrees. A woman is dead, and the surgeon is accused of manslaughter.

A stranger warns Julian that if his memory returns and he tells anyone what really happened, Julia will die, too.

What don’t they want him to remember? Julian knows he got in the car an hour before the accident, on his way to see Julia. But then…nothing.

Why was he driving away from Julia’s apartment when the car hit him?

What did he see just before the impact?

Julian bears the weight of not knowing. His quest will take him to places he never expected...


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Friday, November 4, 2016

Book Blogger Hop

Book Blogger Hop

This week's hop: 
Q - When you settle in for the night with a good book, do you read until you can't stay awake or simply have a nightly page goal? (Silver's Reviews)


A -  If it's a really good book, I could never put it down even if I need to be up early. Happened a few times, slept only an hour then went to work with overtime. This is actually  the very one thing my husband hates the most. He rarely gets angry but if  he caught me doing this, I'd get a tongue-lashing for a whole week.  




Kindle on Discount ($0.99): The Duke's Ever Burning Passion by Charlotte Stone




The Duke's Ever Burning Passion
by Charlotte Stone



Are second chances truly possible?
The Duke of Sermont, Shep, has spent every summer since childhood at Pritchford Place... with his best friend's sister. Lady Julia Frederickson.
As they grew, their relationship grew into something else...
Love.
Writing letters back and forth to one another and making plans has been a part of them...
That is ... until Shep did something that broke her heart - he married someone else.
Since then...
She has spent her life wearing a mask.
She vows to never let anyone know how much Shep meant to her.
When Shep is widowed and comes to stay at Pritchford Place, just like old times, they antagonize one another as usual.
Is it because they hate one another? Or... because they cannot stay away from one another?
Who cares if he thinks she is the Ice Queen- cold, cruel and unfeeling?
Julia knows who she is really is, even if Shep continually misunderstands her.

"A man who loves me? A man whom I love? A family? It is all I have ever really wanted," she said.
"I never knew that about you," he whispered as he turned to look out the window.
"I am beginning to think you did not know me at all."

But is it too late for Shep to realize he made a terrible mistake all those years ago?
Can Julia forgive Shep for breaking her heart?
What about another suitor who will get in his way?

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Book Review: Bounty Colorado Mountain Book #7 by Kristen Ashley


Bounty 
Colorado Mountain Book #7
by Kristen Ashley



Series: Colorado Mountain Series
Paperback: 514 pages
Publisher: Kristen Ashley (April 18, 2016)

Kindle Edition
File Size: 3252 KB
Print Length: 516 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0692630384
Publication Date: April 18, 2016
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC

Ratings: ★ ★

My thoughts:

This was another meh from the Colorado Mountain series. 

The bad: 

1. Most men in the series, have the same voice and (3-word-)dialogue. I know, I know, they are supposed to be like that since they are from one place but really, there's no distinction at all.  
2. Justice Lonesome and the nickname, Jus or Jussy --- *long sigh*.
3. Romance felt forced - just like with Jagged and Kaleidoscope. 

The good:

1. I was gonna say catching up with the Colorado gang. It's just that I realized now I'd prefer not to add any memories from this book. 


About the book:

Justice Lonesome has enjoyed a life of bounty.

Even so, she’s inherited the curse of the Lonesome. A poet’s soul. Which means she’s still searching for something. Searching for peace. Searching for the less…that’s more.

And when the foundation of her life is pulled out from under her, grieving, she goes to the mountains to find her oasis. She hits Carnal, Colorado and decides to stay.

Deke Hightower lost everything at the age of two. He lost it again at fifteen. His life has not been about bounty. It’s been about learning to live with less, because there’s no way to get more. 

Deke’s also watched all his friends go down to the women who gave them what they needed. He wants that for himself. But he knows that search isn’t going to be easy because he’s a rider. His home is the road. That’s the only place he can breathe. And the woman who takes her place at his side has to do it sitting on the back of his bike.

When Deke meets Justice, he knows she’s not that woman. She’s cute. She’s sweet. And she’s into him, but she’s got it all and Deke knows he won’t fit into that. So he holds her at arm’s length. Establishes boundaries. And Justice will take it because she wants Deke any way he’ll let her have him.

But when Justice finds herself a pawn in a dangerous game, Deke makes a decision.

When he does, he has no idea he’s just opened himself up to bounty.

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