Living in a Bookworld: March 2014

Monday, 31 March 2014

Book Blitz:The Opposite of Nothing by Shari Slade {Teaser + Playlist + Giveaway}

Author: Shari Slade

Title: The Opposite of Nothing
Publication date: March 31st 2014
Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance

Synopsis

Callie Evans would rather hide out in her DJ sound booth than face the fact that she’s in love with her best friend, notorious campus hottie Tayber King.

Tayber turns hooking up into an art form–no drama, no commitment, no lies, and nobody gets hurt. Nobody but Callie, that is. When she sees an opportunity to explore his sexier side using a fake online profile, she grabs it. Now her uninhibited alter-ego ‘Sasha’ is steaming up the screen, and Callie is breaking all of Tayber’s rules.

As Callie and Tayber get closer, online and off, she knows she has to confess. And risk losing him forever.

**For mature readers, contains strong language and adult situations.**

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FROM CALLIE'S PLAYLISTS

A sad-sappy playlist made for sitting alone in her apartment eating Oreos and contemplating the disaster that is her life.

Awful Mess – The Softies 

Fineshrine – Purity Ring

Keep Yourself Warm – Frightened Rabbit 

I Am Trying to Break Your Heart – Wilco

Breathe Me – Sia 

Lover I Don’t Have to Love – Bright Eyes

AUTHOR BIO

Shari Slade is a snarky optimist. A would-be academic with big dreams and very little means. When she isn't toiling away in the non-profit sector, she's writing gritty stories about identity and people who make terrible choices in the name of love (or lust). Somehow, it all works out in the end. If she had a patronus it would be a platypus.

Frequently found in a blanket fort, you can also find her contributing at Wonkomance, on Twitter, Facebook, or Tumblr. For new release updates, sign up for the newsletter.

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Cover Reveal:Lux: Consequences:Opal & Origin (Lux #3-4) by Jennifer L. Armentrout {Giveaway}

Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
Title: Lux: Beginnings:Obsidian & Onyx
Series: Lux #1-2
Publication Date: June 3rd 2014
Publisher: Entangled:Teen
Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal, Fantasy, Science Fiction

Lux: Beginnings (Obsidian & Onyx) official Blurb

Obsidian

There's an alien next door. And with his looming height and eerie green eyes, he's hot...until he opens his mouth. He's infuriating. Arrogant. Stab-worthy. But when a stranger attacks me and Daemon literally freezes time with a wave of his hand, he lights me up with a big fat bulls-eye. Turns out he has a galaxy of enemies wanting to steal his abilities and the only way I’m getting out of this alive is by sticking close to him until my alien mojo fades. If I don’t kill him first, that is.

Cover designed by Shirer Burkett.

Author: Anna Bloom
Title: The Art of Keeping Faith
Series: Uni Files #2
Publication date: April 2nd 2014
Genres: New Adult, Romance

Synopsis

Lilah and Ben. They are meant to be a thing.

Well they were. The best thing ever. That was until Lilah decided to teach herself a lesson, and let go of Ben as she learnt The Art of Letting Go.

Now it’s a new academic year, and Lilah has it all to play for and it all too lose as she battles scary lecturers, evil PR girls and her own inability to make the right decision at the right time.

Life has moved on for Lilah and her friends, and life off campus is more complicated than any of them would have guessed. As the reality of being second year students sets in and the study starts to build up, cracks begin to appear in the very fabric of their friendships. There is a chance that none of them are going to complete Year Two in one piece.

Blog Tour:8 Weeks (Time For Love #1) by Bethany Lopez {Excerpt + Giveaway}

Author: Bethany Lopez
Title: 8 Weeks
Series: Time For Love #1
Release Date: March 24th 2014
Genre: Contemporary, Romance

Summary

Is eight weeks enough time to earn back the love of someone you've betrayed...the only one you've ever loved?

Shelly has been in love with Cal since they started dating in eleventh grade. Despite everyone saying that the odds were against them, they got married after graduation and built a life together. Now, six years later, she is faced with the ultimate betrayal. Devastated, her first instinct is to call it quits…

After a drunken binge at his best friends’ bachelor party, Cal betrays the one person who has always been there for him, his wife, Shelly. Terrified and realizing she might divorce him, Cal must come up with a way to prove to her that his love is true…

Blog Tour:Twelve Steps by Veronica Bartles {ARC Review + Giveaway}

Author: Veronica Bartles
Title: Twelve Steps
Publication Date: March 25th 2014
Publisher: Swoon Romance
Genre: Young Adult Contemporary Romance

Book Summary

Sixteen-year-old Andi is tired of being a second-class sibling to perfect sister Laina. The only thing Andi’s sure she has going for her is her awesome hair. And even that is eclipsed by Laina's perfect everything else.

When Andi’s crush asks her to fix him up with Laina, Andi decides enough is enough, and devises a twelve-step program to wrangle the spotlight away from Laina and get the guy.

Step 1: Admit she’s powerless to change her perfect sister, and accept that her life really, really sucks.

Step 4: Make a list of her good qualities. She MUST have more than just great hair, right?

Author: Chelsea M. Cameron
Title: Deep Surrendering (Episode 1)
Publication Date: March 20th 2014

BLURB

She's all about rules. He lives by none but his own. When these two meet, the results could be disastrous.

When Marisol Everly’s friend Rory sets her up with Fin Herald, Marisol doesn't expect that it will amount to anything, but that was before she saw Fin's searing blue eyes and mischievous smile. Not to mention, he seems absolutely fascinated by her mundane life. He's everything that a girl could want, but there's something else that ripples under the surface of his flirty behavior. Something darker. Something that fascinates Marisol, but scares her at the same time. Is she willing to risk falling into an abyss she might not get out of?

Cover designed by Mae I Design.

Author: Kelly Carrero
Title: Paradox
Series: Unearthly Paradox #1
Publication date: April 2014
Genres: Romance, Urban Fantasy, Young Adult

Synopsis

Never in a million years would I ever fall for the son of a drug lord. Or so I thought until I moved two doors down from Jett.

Zara thought her life was over when she had to move just days before graduation. The situation went from bad to horrible, when she discovers just how cruel the kids at her new school can be.

When Zara is set up by some bullies and almost raped, she somehow gets free, but she’s haunted by the eyes of the one she believes rescued her.

Later, bad boy Jett is only too willing to step in and help. In fact, Zara can’t seem to get rid of him or his family, who all seem to have a strange obsession with her.

Blog Tour:Darkside Sun (Mortal Machine #1) by Jocelyn Adams {ARC Review + Giveaway}

Author: Jocelyn Adams
Title: Darkside Sun
Series: Mortal Machine #1
Pages: 291
Publication Date: March 10th 2014
Publisher: Entangled:Embrace
Genre: New Adult, Paranormal, Romance, Fantasy

Book Summary

The dead have been waiting for her…

Addison Beckett tries hard to pretend she’s normal, but she’s far from it. Since she was six years old, she’s seen the world around her unraveling, as if someone is pulling a thread from a sweater and it’s all slowly coming undone. When she ignores it, it goes away, so that’s what she does.

Enter her arrogant-but-hot professor Asher Green. He knows all about her special brand of crazy. In fact, he might be just as nuts as she is. Asher insists that the dead from a parallel dimension are trying to possess the living in this one. And since Addison seems to be the only one who can see these “wraiths,” she just might be the key to saving the world.

Author: Michelle A. Hansen
Title: Before They Find Us
Publication Date: November 2013
Genre: Romantic Thriller, Young Adult

Synopsis

I’m going to make you wish you were dead.

Just a text. Seventeen-year-old Rebecca Hales tries not to worry. Probably a wrong number. Not really meant for her, and definitely not related to the crime she witnessed six years ago. Right?

Then two states away, a bomb goes off in her best friend’s locker. Soon Ryan is labeled a terrorist and runs to the safest place he knows—Rebecca’s house in small-town Wyoming. It doesn’t take long for the FBI to show up asking questions. Rebecca lies, of course, and says she hasn’t seen him.

Blog Tour:Daughter of Chaos (Red Magic #1) by Jen McConnel {ARC Review + Giveaway}

Author: Jen McConnel
Title: Daughter of Chaos
Series: Red Magic #1
Publication Date: March 25th 2014
Publisher: Month9Books

Synopsis

There comes a time in every witch’s life when she must choose her path. Darlena’s friends have already chosen, so why is it so hard for her to make up her mind? Now, Darlena is out of time. Under pressure from Hecate, the Queen of all witches, Darlena makes a rash decision to choose Red magic, a path no witch in her right mind would dare take. As a Red witch, she will be responsible for chaos and mayhem, drawing her deep into darkness. Will the power of Red magic prove too much for Darlena, or will she learn to control it before it’s too late?

Author: Elizabeth Langston
Title: A Whisper in Time
Series: Whisper Falls #2
Paperback: 360 pages
Publication Date: April 8th 2014
Publisher: Spencer Hill Press
Genre: Young Adult, Time Travel, Fantasy
ISBN: 1937053814

Book Blurb

“I have never been useless in my life…”

Rescued from a life of servitude by the boy she loves, Susanna Marsh escapes across two centuries, only to be plunged into a world she’s ill-prepared to face. Unable to work or go to school, Susanna finds herself dependent on others to survive.

Immersed in the fun and demands of his senior year of high school, Mark Lewis longs to share his world with the girl who’s captured his heart. But first he must tackle government bureaucracy to prove Susanna’s identity.

Author: Rachel Harris
Title: My Not So Super Sweet Life
Series: My Super Sweet Sixteenth Century #3
Publication Date: April 21st 2014
Publisher: Entangled:Teen
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Time Travel

BLURB

Cat Crawford just wants to be normal—or at least as normal as a daughter of Hollywood royalty can be. And it looks like fate is granting her wish: she’s got an amazing boyfriend, Lucas; her fabulous cousin, Alessandra, living with her; and her dad planning his second marriage to a great future stepmom. That is, until her prodigal mother reveals on national television that she has something important to tell her daughter…causing a media frenzy.

Lucas Capelli knows his fate is to be with Cat, and he’s worked hard to win her over once and for all. Unfortunately, Lucas has his own issues to deal with, including a scandal that could take him away from the first place he’s truly belonged.

Cover designed by Book Cover Machine.

Author: Christine Fonseca
Title: Collide
Publication date: April 29th 2014
Genres: Thriller, Young Adult

Synopsis

The most dangerous secrets are the ones that kill.

When a surprising mental breakdown draws too much attention from a secret government group call the Order, 17-year-old Dakota discovers that her so-called boring life isn’t so boring after all. Between the lies, secrets and assassins out to kill her family, Dakota discovers there’s more to paranormal activity than ghosts and cheap mind tricks. Now she must uncover the truth before a new breed of terrorism takes everything away – including her life.

Author: Nazarea Andrews
Title: Girl Lost
Publication Date: May 1st 2014
Genre: Contemporary Romance

BLURB

Northern was supposed to be a fresh start—a place where people didn’t know who I was or how I had spent years in and out of mental institutes. People didn't know about my parents death or the island no one heard of. But when Peter sits next to me in lit class, I can’t stop the memories, and I don’t want to. He looks too much like the boy from the island, and despite my best intentions, coaxes my secrets from me.

He’s gorgeous, irresistible, a little mad, and completely lost—we are a pair of broken cogs in a world neither of us truly fits into. And he listens when I talk, about the past and the terrifying future. He is somehow gentle and fierce, heartbreaking in his devotion and savage in his defense.

When Belle, his best friend, shows up, pale and lovely and sick, Peter pulls away from me, a startling withdrawal. It’s a relationship that scares and confuses me. She is at times warm and friendly, and other times is violent and unpredictable.

Blog Tour:The Romeo Club by Rebekah L. Purdy {ARC Review + Giveaway}

Author: Rebekah L. Purdy
Title: The Romeo Club
Publication Date: March 25th 2014
Publisher: Swoon Romance
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance

Summary from Goodreads

THE ROMEO CLUB IS HITCH meets The Secret of My Success.

What happens when you agree to help your brother “de-nerdify” so he can catch the attention of the popular Chloe Anders, and to everyone's surprise, he actually lands her?

And what if his equally geeky friends come running with girl wish lists of their own, offering money for your services?

Well, if you’re sixteen-year-old, Delyla Denson, then you start The Romeo Club. A secret club where she’ll teach these guys how talk, act, and be cool around girls. It’s a win-win situation.

Author: Lauren Blakely
Title: The Start of Us
Series: No Regrets #0.5
Publication Date: November 15th 2013
Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance

About THE THRILL OF IT

A new adult story of Love. Sex. Addiction. Blackmail. And Power...

Some say love can be an addiction. Others say it's the thing that makes life worth living. Let me tell you everything I know about love...Love isn't patient, love isn't kind. Love is a game, a chase. A thrill. Love is wild and war-like, and every man and woman must fight for themselves. At least that's how it was for me. A high-priced virgin call girl by the time I started college, I was addicted to love and to sex. Even though I've never had either. I controlled love, played it, and held the world in the palm of my hands. Then I fell down from those highs, and I'm being blackmailed for all my mistakes, forced to keep secrets from everyone, except the only guy I don't regret.

Author: Nichole Chase
Title: Recklessly Ro ya l
Series: Suddenly #2
Publication Date: March 25th 2014
Publisher: Avon (A HarperCollins Imprint)
Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance

RECKLESSLY ROYAL Synopsis

Catherine has spent her life being the perfect princess. She’s kept her hands clean, her head down, and most importantly—men at arm’s length. After all, most men are after only one thing, and for Cathy there’s a lot more at stake than her bed; she has to worry about the fate of an entire nation. But at the rate she’s going, Cathy is afraid she’ll give the Virgin Queen a run for her money. She is tired of waiting for someone good enough to come along. She has a plan, and it all hinges on seducing the one man who seems utterly unimpressed by all things royal. The one man she is tempted by more than any other . . .

When David arrives at the royal wedding of his friend, the newly ordained Duchess Samantha Rousseau, he expected to feel uncomfortable and out of his element, but he wasn’t prepared to be targeted by Prince Alex’s gorgeous younger sister. With Cathy’s giant blue eyes, killer figure, and sense of humor, it won’t take long before he gives in. But when he finds out just how innocent the crown princess really is, will he play the part of knight in shining armor or the dashing rogue?

Cover Reveal:Lux: Beginnings:Obsidian & Onyx (Lux #1-2) by Jennifer L. Armentrout {Giveaway}

Author: Diantha Jones
Title: Prophecy of the Most Beautiful
Series: Oracle of Delphi #1
Publication date: March 1st 2012
Genres: Fantasy, Mythology, Young Adult

Synopsis

She has a destiny so great that even the gods fear her.

Constant hallucinations and the frequent conversations with the voices in her head, have earned eighteen-year-old Chloe Clever the not-so-coveted title of “Whack Job” in her home town of Adel, Georgia. With the onslaught of prescription medications and therapists threatening to push her over the edge, she wishes for a life far away from the one she has, a life where she is destined to be more than the butt of everyone’s jokes and mockery.

Be careful what you wish for has never rung more true.

Blitz:8 Weeks (Time For Love #1) by Bethany Lopez {Giveaway}

Blog Tour:Fae (Fae Trilogy) by C.J. Abedi {Teasers + Playlist + Giveaway}

Author: C.J. Abedi
Title: Fae
Series: Fae Trilogy
Publication Date: July 30th 2013
Publisher: Diversion Books
Gender: Young Adult Paranormal

FAE Synopsis

Caroline Ellis' sixteenth birthday sets into motion a series of events that have been fated for centuries. A descendant of Virginia Dare, the first child born in the lost colony of Roanoke, and unaware of her birthright as the heir to the throne of the Light Fae, it isn’t until Caroline begins a tumultuous relationship with Devilyn Reilly that the truth of her heritage is revealed.

Devilyn is the only Fae who is both of the Light and of the Dark, and struggles to maintain that precarious balance to avoid succumbing to the power of the Dark within him. He is the only one who can save Caroline from those who would destroy her and destroy all hope for unity among the Fae. He promises Caroline that he will protect her at all costs, even when it means protecting her from himself.

Release Day Blitz:Deep Surrendering (Episode 1) by Chelsea M. Cameron {Giveaway}

It's Tellulah's virtual book bash and you're invited! Come to: http://tellulahdarling.com/tellulah-darling-live/ on Sunday, Mar 23 between 10-11AM PST and help Tellulah celebrate the release of My Life From Hell. She'll be live on video, doing a reading, answering your text Q&A, and just chatting. So come on over, ask a question, discuss the pros and cons of swoony boys, or just say hi! She'd love to have you there to help mark the end of Sophie's journey. Better yet, she's the only one who has to get dressed for the event. :D

Author: Tellulah Darling
Title: My Life From Hell
Series: The Blooming Goddess Trilogy #3
Publication Date: March 20th 2014
Publisher: Te Da Media
Hosted by: Wordsmith Publicity
Genre: Young Adult, Greek Mythology, Comedy

Book Description

To say that Sophie Bloom is at the top of her game with one only week until spring equinox and the final showdown with Zeus and Hades would be, well, lying. The Goddess of Spring feels more like the Goddess of Bzz Thanks For Playing than the savior of humanity. And could her relationships be any more messed up?

Good times.

Sophie is convinced that things can’t get any worse than crawling back to her mother Demeter and begging for help. But she’s about to find out how very wrong she is.

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Monday, 31 March 2014

Book Blitz:The Opposite of Nothing by Shari Slade {Teaser + Playlist + Giveaway}

Cover Reveal:Lux: Consequences:Opal & Origin (Lux #3-4) by Jennifer L. Armentrout {Giveaway}

Cover Reveal:The Art of Keeping Faith (Uni Files #2) by Anna Bloom {Giveaway}

Sunday, 30 March 2014

Blog Tour:8 Weeks (Time For Love #1) by Bethany Lopez {Excerpt + Giveaway}

Friday, 28 March 2014

Blog Tour:Twelve Steps by Veronica Bartles {ARC Review + Giveaway}

Blog Tour:Deep Surrendering (Episode 1) by Chelsea M. Cameron {Excerpt + Giveaway}

Cover Reveal:Paradox (Unearthly Paradox #1) by Kelly Carrero

Thursday, 27 March 2014

Blog Tour:Darkside Sun (Mortal Machine #1) by Jocelyn Adams {ARC Review + Giveaway}

Blog Tour:Before They Find Us by Michelle A. Hansen {Review + Epilogue + Giveaway}

Wednesday, 26 March 2014

Blog Tour:Daughter of Chaos (Red Magic #1) by Jen McConnel {ARC Review + Giveaway}

Blog Hop:A Whisper in Time (Whisper Falls #2) by Elizabeth Langston {Author Interview + Giveaway}

Cover Reveal:My Not So Super Sweet Life (My Super Sweet Sixteenth Century #3) by Rachel Harris {Teasers}

Cover Reveal:Collide by Christine Fonseca

Cover Reveal:Girl Lost by Nazarea Andrews {Excerpt + Giveaway}

Tuesday, 25 March 2014

Blog Tour:The Romeo Club by Rebekah L. Purdy {ARC Review + Giveaway}

Release Day Launch:No Regrets Trilogy: The Thrill of It, The Start of Us, Every Second With You by Lauren Blakely (Stars In Their Eyes Cover Reveal + Giveaway}

Release Day Launch:Recklessly Royal (Suddenly #2) by Nichole Chase {Excerpt + Giveaway}

Release Day Book Blitz:Twelve Steps by Veronica Bartles {Teasers + Excerpt + Giveaway}

Monday, 24 March 2014

Cover Reveal:Lux: Beginnings:Obsidian & Onyx (Lux #1-2) by Jennifer L. Armentrout {Giveaway}

Cover Reveal:Prophecy of the Most Beautiful (Oracle of Delphi #1) by Diantha Jones

Sunday, 23 March 2014

Blitz:8 Weeks (Time For Love #1) by Bethany Lopez {Giveaway}

Saturday, 22 March 2014

Blog Tour:Fae (Fae Trilogy) by C.J. Abedi {Teasers + Playlist + Giveaway}

Thursday, 20 March 2014

Release Day Blitz:Deep Surrendering (Episode 1) by Chelsea M. Cameron {Giveaway}

Release Day Launch:My Life From Hell (The Blooming Goddess Trilogy #3) by Tellulah Darling {Excerpt}