Friday, March 31, 2017

"Book Mail" (Friday) #15

As you can see my blogging schedule got a little rearranged this week and my "Book Mail" Thursday post is happening today instead. On the bright side... my ApollyCon 2017 Virtual Signing order came this week!!! 

One of the boxes was a little beat up (and by beat up, I mean the whole one corner of the box was ripped away) but I was bouncing off the walls when I saw the mailman bring the boxes in on Wednesday. 

This is my book mail for this week...

ApollyCon 2017 Virtual Signing Order


Books: 
Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas (US Cover)
Play by Kylie Scott
The Affiliate by K.A. Linde
Beautiful Creatures signed by Kami Garcia
Nowhere but Here, Walk the Edge, and Long Way Home by Katie McGarry
Sublime by Christina Lauren
Oblivion, Lux: Beginnings (Obsidian & Onyx), Wicked, & Crushed by Jennifer L. Armentrout
The Great Pursuit by Wendy Higgins
Riot & Chaos by Jamie Shaw
The Shadow Queen by C.J. Redwine
**Bookmarks from Christina Lauren, Katie McGarry, Wendy Higgins, and Jamie Shaw**


MAY Waiting On:
Virtual Signing orders I'm waiting on for May are: 
A Court of Wings and Ruin and the ACOTAR Coloring Book by Sarah J. Maas 
The Wish Granter by C.J. Redwine
Unknown, Unrest, and Sweet Evil by Wendy Higgins

Thursday, March 30, 2017

Book Review, Release Day Blitz, & Giveaway: Just An Illusion - the B Side by D. Kelly

Just an Illusion - the B Side (Illusion Series #2) by D. Kelly
Blurb:
Three life-altering months …

That’s how long it’s been since Amelia Greyson joined the Just an Illusion Tour with Bastards and Dangerous. She’s made new friends, embraced her past, and even found love.
  
Back on the road …

Following a tragic situation, Amelia is determined to hit the road, put her life in order, and finish the book she was hired to write. Mel’s not the only one affected by what happened; the men of BAD are all trying to move forward, not wanting the past to ruin the remainder of their farewell tour.

Brother vs Brother …

Tensions are high on the Weston brothers’ bus. As each brother settles into their role in Amelia’s life, secrets threaten to rip their relationship to shreds. Can Noah and Sawyer find a way to save the brotherly bond they share? Or will the woman of their dreams end up tearing them apart for good?  

My Review:
Just An Illusion - the B Side picks up from Side A's cliffhanging end. Who got shot at the end of Side A? Are Amelia "Mel" Greyson and Noah Weston alive? Or has Mel lost another person she loves?

        As Mel and Noah recover from the shooting their relationship will be tested by Noah's increasing desire for marriage and children, the constant watchful eye of the paparazzi, crazy fans, and Noah's twin Sawyer's feelings for Mel.

       Is their relationship built to last? Or will some outside force tear them apart? Will Sawyer be able to get over Mel? Or will his feelings for his brother's girlfriend ruin his relationship with his brother forever?

      I both liked and disliked Just An Illusion - The B Side. I'm still not Team Noah - he's just too perfect in my opinion - and I don't mean that in a good way. I loved the storylines of the more minor characters more than reading about Mel and Noah's relationship because it felt, mostly toward the end, a little too sickening. Maybe it's just that I see so much more potential for Mel with Sawyer that I just can't get behind the Noah thing.

     I will say that Just an Illusion - the B Side was easy to get caught up in. The pages fly by as the reader tries to figure out what will happen next. On the flip side, I could have done with more happening in this book - it just seemed like everything moved too smoothly without much conflict. Almost like the author was waiting for the shocking cliffhanger at the end to speed things up.

     After that ending, I'm dying to see how the trilogy will wrap up. Overall, this was a quick, mostly enjoyable read and I'm glad I read it.

           My Rating: 
        4 of 5 Stars!

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BONUS: RELEASE DAY BLITZ & GIVEAWAY
 
Just An Illusion - The B Side (Illusion Series - Book 2)
Cover Design: Regina Wamba / Mae I Design and Photography
Release Date: March 30, 2017
 
Synopsis
Three life-altering months … 

 That’s how long it’s been since Amelia Greyson joined the Just an Illusion Tour with Bastards and Dangerous. She’s made new friends, embraced her past, and even found love. 

Back on the road … 

 Following a tragic situation, Amelia is determined to hit the road, put her life in order, and finish the book she was hired to write. Mel’s not the only one affected by what happened; the men of BAD are all trying to move forward, not wanting the past to ruin the remainder of their farewell tour. 

Brother vs Brother … 

 Tensions are high on the Weston brothers’ bus. As each brother settles into their role in Amelia’s life, secrets threaten to rip their relationship to shreds. Can Noah and Sawyer find a way to save the brotherly bond they share? Or will the woman of their dreams end up tearing them apart for good?    
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Just an Illusion - The A Side (Illusion Series - Book 1)
                                 Synopsis
One night changed her life…   

 Bestselling author Amelia Greyson has grown up in the music industry and isn’t the slightest bit fazed by fame or celebrities. However, when she attends a Bastards and Dangerous concert with her best friend Belle, her world shifts on its axis. 

   Double trouble…   

 Sawyer and Noah Weston are the front men of BAD. They’re fraternal twins and sexy as sin. When they hear the author of The O Factor is in their green room, they’re intrigued. She’s just the person they need to write their farewell story. The brothers offer Amelia the opportunity of a lifetime, which she reluctantly accepts.  

 Three hearts…   

 Noah is sweet and considerate, working hard to make Amelia feel at home on the road. Unfortunately, the closer they get, the more obnoxious Sawyer becomes. Sawyer is arrogant and distant and he wants Amelia, even though she’s not his for the taking. Only during stolen moments does Sawyer show her who he really is.   Can Amelia maintain a safe distance from Sawyer and keep her heart intact? Or will she shatter Noah’s heart by giving hers to his brother instead?   

 *Mature Content- This book contains situations not intended for persons under the age of 18. Including, but not limited to - open door sex, cursing, alcohol and/or drug use, and possible triggers.*    
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Dee Kelly was born and raised in Southern California. She is the author of The Acceptance Series and the upcoming Illusion Series. Dee has loved writing since she was a child and used to enjoy spinning stories to her childhood friends and seeing their reactions. Dee is a mom, a wife, a dog lover and a margarita enthusiast. She also loves chocolate, caramel, Starbucks, and sarcasm. Dee would love it if you could hit that yellow favorite button under her picture on this page. When you mark an Amazon favorite they will email you when the author has a new book release.
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Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Special Announcement & Cover Reveal for author Cora Carmack

As promised, I had a surprise announcement post today and it's all about NYT Bestselling Author, Cora Carmack's upcoming novel... ALL CLOSED OFF! Read on for this special announcement & cover reveal!
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From New York Times bestselling author Cora Carmack, comes the highly anticipated fourth standalone title in her Rusk University Series, ALL CLOSED OFF! A passionate story and journey, get ready to be mesmerized with Stella’s story! ALL CLOSED OFF is coming your way May 1, 2017!

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Cover Design and Photography by Kelsey Kukal-Keeton at K. Keeton Designs

ABOUT ALL CLOSED OFF (Releasing May 1, 2017):

Stella Santos is fine.

Maybe something terrible happened to her that she can’t even remember. And maybe it drives her crazy when her friends treat her like she’s on the verge of breaking because of it. Maybe it feels even worse when they do what she asks and pretend that it never happened at all. And maybe she’s been getting harassing emails and messages for months from people who don’t even know her, but hate her all the same.

But none of that matters because she’s just fine.

For Ryan Blake, Stella was always that girl. Vibrant and hilarious and beautiful. He wanted her as his best friend. His more than friends. His everything and anything that she would give him. Which these days is a whole lot of nothing. She gets angry when he’s there. Angry when he’s not there. Angry when he tries to talk and when he doesn’t.

When Stella devises an unconventional art project for one of her classes all about exploring intimacy—between both friends and strangers—Ryan finds himself stepping in as guinea pig after one of her subjects bails. What was supposed to be an objective and artistic look at emotion and secrets and sex suddenly becomes much more personal. When he hits it off with another girl from the project, Stella will have to decide if she’s willing to do more than make art about intimacy. To keep him, she’ll have to open up and let herself be the one thing she swore she’d never be again.

Vulnerable.
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      About Cora Carmack: 
 Cora Carmack is a twentysomething New York Times bestselling author who likes to write about twentysomething characters. Raised in a small Texas town, she now lives in New York City and spends her time writing, traveling, and marathoning various TV shows on Netflix. She lives by one rule: embrace whatever the world throws at you and run with it (just not with scissors).          

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Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Book Review: Blood Rose Rebellion by Rosalyn Eves

Blood Rose Rebellion (Blood Rose Rebellion #1) by Rosalyn Eves
Blurb:
Sixteen-year-old Anna Arden is barred from society by a defect of blood. Though her family is part of the Luminate, powerful users of magic, she is Barren, unable to perform the simplest spells. Anna would do anything to belong. But her fate takes another course when, after inadvertently breaking her sister’s debutante spell—an important chance for a highborn young woman to show her prowess with magic—Anna finds herself exiled to her family’s once powerful but now crumbling native Hungary. 

Her life might well be over.

In Hungary, Anna discovers that nothing is quite as it seems. Not the people around her, from her aloof cousin NoĂ©mi to the fierce and handsome Romani Gábor. Not the society she’s known all her life, for discontent with the Luminate is sweeping the land. And not her lack of magic. Isolated from the only world she cares about, Anna still can’t seem to stop herself from breaking spells.

As rebellion spreads across the region, Anna’s unique ability becomes the catalyst everyone is seeking. In the company of nobles, revolutionaries, and Romani, Anna must choose: deny her unique power and cling to the life she’s always wanted, or embrace her ability and change that world forever. 

My Review:
"I did not set out to ruin my sister's debut."

Those words draw you into Blood Rose Rebellion, where sixteen-year-old Anna Arden lives in high society London among the powerful, magical Luminates - except Anna has no power of her own. Thought a freak by her family's social circle and the disappointment of her mother, Anna wishes desperately that she could possess magic and that she could be with the young man she has feelings for, Freddy.

But on the night of her sister Catherine's debut into Luminate society, Anna finds out that Freddy has also been seeing her sister and her anger somehow manages to break her sister's spell weaving and ruin her debut.  As members of the governing London Circle of Luminates begin asking questions as to how a Barren Luminate had the ability to break through her sister's spells, Anna's father and grandmother decide that it's best for her to leave London and travel to her grandmother's homeland, Hungary. 

Anna feels as if her life is over as she is exiled from her home and taken away from her younger brother, James, and from Freddy - who didn't want to marry her anyway. In Hungary, Anna and her grandmother arrive at Esterhaza, a grand palace owned by Anna's grandmother's cousin Janos and she meets her cousins, indifferent Noemi and the entertaining Matyas. As she settles into her new home Anna realizes this might have been what she needed after all, for in Hungary she can be herself. 

By chance, she meets a Romani boy named Gabor, who both infuriates her and intrigues her - and he may be the key to her learning how to do some magic. But will Gabor help? Or is the risk too much for the both of them? At the same time a young revolutionary, William Skala has learned of Anna's ability to break spells and tries to recruit her to break the Binding that holds all the world's magic in the Circle's firm fists. And he's not the only one who wants Anna to break the Binding.

The Revolution is stirring and starting and whether Anna wants it or not she's about to be swept up in the tidal wave for freedom from the Circle's oppressive regime, the Hapsburg dynasty and for Hungary's freedom. As Anna grows closer to Gabor and her cousins, she must decide whether it's worth it to break the Binding - or whether breaking the Binding will cause more harm than good. 

For Rosalyn Eves's debut novel I thought the writing and storytelling were beautiful. I loved the history woven into the story and the fantasy twist on historical politics for the time the book is set in. 

Anna was a strong main character that I instantly liked and I loved the relationship she had with her grandmother and how protective she was with her younger brother. 

The story kept my attention the whole way through and I kept wondering who Anna could trust and who would betray her. From the secondary characters, I loved Matyas, Noemi, Ginny, Gabor, and even Hunger. Also, the Romani beliefs and the world within the Binding fascinated me and I hope to learn more about both in the books to come. 

The only thing I wish there could have been a little more of was romance. While I liked Anna and Gabor's connection and I understand the book was mainly about Anna coming into her own and finding her place in the rebellion I thought that the building of their relationship kind of got lost somewhere along the way. 

Overall, I loved Blood Rose Rebellion and I'm already dying to read the next book. I thought it was a very satisfying read filled with magic, political uprising, hope and heartbreak, and Anna's discovery of who she is and who she will become.  I'm eager to see what the next book holds for her and the others. 

My Rating:
4.90 of 5 Stars

Blood Rose Rebellion by Rosalyn Eves is available today, March 28, 2017, from Knopf Books and Random House. Grab your copy today:


Monday, March 27, 2017

"What I'm Reading" Wednesday #68

Surprise! Its not Wednesday! This week's regularly scheduled "What I'm Reading Wednesday" post had to be rescheduled to my open slot today because of a surprise announcement post I'll be doing Wednesday. This week I'm reading & loving...

Roar (Stormling #1) by Cora Carmack
Blurb:

In a land ruled and shaped by violent magical storms, power lies with those who control them.

Aurora Pavan comes from one of the oldest Stormling families in existence. Long ago, the ungifted pledged fealty and service to her family in exchange for safe haven, and a kingdom was carved out from the wildlands and sustained by magic capable of repelling the world’s deadliest foes. As the sole heir of Pavan, Aurora's been groomed to be the perfect queen. She’s intelligent and brave and honorable. But she’s yet to show any trace of the magic she’ll need to protect her people.

To keep her secret and save her crown, Aurora’s mother arranges for her to marry a dark and brooding Stormling prince from another kingdom. At first, the prince seems like the perfect solution to all her problems. He’ll guarantee her spot as the next queen and be the champion her people need to remain safe. But the more secrets Aurora uncovers about him, the more a future with him frightens her. When she dons a disguise and sneaks out of the palace one night to spy on him, she stumbles upon a black market dealing in the very thing she lacks―storm magic. And the people selling it? They’re not Stormlings. They’re stormhunters.

Legend says that her ancestors first gained their magic by facing a storm and stealing part of its essence. And when a handsome young storm hunter reveals he was born without magic, but possesses it now, Aurora realizes there’s a third option for her future besides ruin or marriage. 

She might not have magic now, but she can steal it if she’s brave enough.

Challenge a tempest. Survive it. And you become its master.

Why I Chose This Book | What I Think So Far:
Roar has been one of my most anticipated books of 2017 since I first laid eyes on the cover last fall. I was lucky enough to get an ARC and after meeting all my current spring ARC requests, I was eager to dive into this book. I am loving it so far!!! I haven't had a lot of reading time this weekend and I am actually feeling withdrawl. I can't wait to dive back between the pages and see what's going to happen next. 

This is definitely a book you'll want to check out this June! 

Friday, March 24, 2017

Cover Reveal: Through the Fog (Eternals Trilogy #3)

As you might have seen I'll be attending the Afternoon with the Authors Event at the Shawano City-County Library on April 10th, and I've had all kinds of new promo stuff made up (bookmarks, postcards, table sign, etc) so to give you a sneak preview this week I'm revealing the cover art and blurb of Through the Fog, the third and final book in the Eternals Trilogy. 

First, though, here is all the info you need on the Afternoon with the Authors Event:

Where: Shawano City-County Library, 128 S. Sawyer St.
Shawano, WI  54166
When: Monday, April 10, 2017, 3-6 pm

** Event is open to the public for free! **


Now, on to the cover reveal...

Through the Fog (Eternals Trilogy #3)

Blurb:
Two Souls

After Thierry traps Luke in a coma-like slumber with the help of a powerful Voodoo priestess, Lizette, Sam, Keiran, Finn, and Wes must leave New Orleans and journey through the fog to the mythical Garden of Eden. 

One Unbreakable Binding

There Claudette tells them they must harvest the blood of a rare animal native only to the Garden of Eden which contains the only antidote to Luke’s curse. They’ll have to hurry back to deliver the antidote before the binding that merges Luke and Lizette’s powers kills Lizette from being so far away from Luke. 

If One Dies, So Does the Other

Where is the Garden of Eden? How can they be so sure that it even exists? Lizette will need the help of all of her friends as they travel through war-torn countries and battle mythical creatures that guard Garden of Eden in and the mysteries trapped within.

It’s More Than a Hunt for the Antidote; It is a Fight for Survival.

Will they get the antidote to Luke in time? Or have they come across the one curse strong enough to destroy an Eternal? Find out in the stunning conclusion to the Eternals Trilogy. 

I hope to have preorders up by the end of April, so be on the lookout for that! 

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What do you think of the cover? Do you think it ties in with the blurb or the rest of the books in the trilogy?

Thursday, March 23, 2017

"Book Mail" Thursday #14

I fell off the metaphorical book wagon in the past week and ended up doing a lot of book shopping therapy. I wasn't planning on any new books (other than my monthly OwlCrate book box) until I received my Apollycon order next week or the week after but there was a huge sale at Half Price Books last week and here is the result...


Books I've gotten (in order of receiving them):

ARC from Publisher:
Roar by Cora Carmack 

In a land ruled and shaped by violent magical storms, power lies with those who control them.

Aurora Pavan comes from one of the oldest Stormling families in existence. Long ago, the ungifted pledged fealty and service to her family in exchange for safe haven, and a kingdom was carved out from the wildlands and sustained by magic capable of repelling the world’s deadliest foes. As the sole heir of Pavan, Aurora's been groomed to be the perfect queen. She’s intelligent and brave and honorable. But she’s yet to show any trace of the magic she’ll need to protect her people.

To keep her secret and save her crown, Aurora’s mother arranges for her to marry a dark and brooding Stormling prince from another kingdom. At first, the prince seems like the perfect solution to all her problems. He’ll guarantee her spot as the next queen and be the champion her people need to remain safe. But the more secrets Aurora uncovers about him, the more a future with him frightens her. When she dons a disguise and sneaks out of the palace one night to spy on him, she stumbles upon a black market dealing in the very thing she lacks―storm magic. And the people selling it? They’re not Stormlings. They’re storm hunters.

Legend says that her ancestors first gained their magic by facing a storm and stealing part of its essence. And when a handsome young storm hunter reveals he was born without magic, but possesses it now, Aurora realizes there’s a third option for her future besides ruin or marriage. 
She might not have magic now, but she can steal it if she’s brave enough.

Challenge a tempest. Survive it. And you become its master.

1st Half Price Books Trip - Thursday:
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving 

Sleepy Hollow is known for being home to ghosts and spirits, the most famous of which is the terrifying Headless Horseman, a spectre searching for the head he lost to a stray cannonball during the American Revolutionary War. Ichabod Crane, a superstitious schoolmaster, is more concerned with earning the hand of Katrina Van Tassel than worrying about ghosts, but the night that he expects to earn Katrina’s affections holds something quite different in store for him. 

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder -- much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It's hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing -- not even a smear of blood -- to show that a boy has died. Or was he a boy?

This is Clary's first meeting with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. It's also her first encounter with Jace, a Shadowhunter who looks a little like an angel and acts a lot like a jerk. Within twenty-four hours Clary is pulled into Jace's world with a vengeance, when her mother disappears and Clary herself is attacked by a demon. But why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know...

Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

Bathsheba Everdene, just past twenty, inherits a prosperous farm in rural England. 

She says she does not want a husband, yet three men pursue her. Will she marry the dashing, handsome, yet self-indulgent Sergeant Troy? Or will she choose wealthy William Boldwood, who loves her passionately, but whom she does not care for? Or will her choice be the steady, reliable Gabriel Oak, once her equal, but now her hired hand?

The Valiant by Lesley Livingston

Princess. Captive. Gladiator. Always a Warrior. 

Fallon is the daughter of a proud Celtic king and the younger sister of the legendary fighter Sorcha. When Fallon was just a child, Sorcha was killed by the armies of Julius Caesar. 

On the eve of her seventeenth birthday, Fallon is excited to follow in her sister's footsteps and earn her place in her father's war band. She never gets the chance.

Fallon is captured and sold to an elite training school for female gladiators—owned by none other than Julius Caesar himself. In a cruel twist of fate, the man who destroyed Fallon’s family might be her only hope of survival. 

Now, Fallon must overcome vicious rivalries, deadly fights in and out of the arena, and perhaps the most dangerous threat of all: her irresistible feelings for Cai, a young Roman soldier and her sworn enemy.   

A richly imagined fantasy for fans of Sarah J. Maas and Cinda Williams Chima, The Valiant recounts Fallon’s gripping journey from fierce Celtic princess to legendary gladiator and darling of the Roman empire.

2nd Half Price Books Trip - Saturday:
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Theresa Anne Fowler

I wish I could tell everyone who thinks we're ruined, Look closer…and you'll see something extraordinary, mystifying, something real and true. We have never been what we seemed.

When beautiful, reckless Southern belle Zelda Sayre meets F. Scott Fitzgerald at a country club dance in 1918, she is seventeen years old and he is a young army lieutenant stationed in Alabama. Before long, the "ungettable" Zelda has fallen for him despite his unsuitability: Scott isn't wealthy or prominent or even a Southerner, and keeps insisting, absurdly, that his writing will bring him both fortune and fame. Her father is deeply unimpressed. But after Scott sells his first novel, This Side of Paradise, to Scribner's, Zelda optimistically boards a train north, to marry him in the vestry of St. Patrick's Cathedral and take the rest as it comes.

What comes, here at the dawn of the Jazz Age, is unimagined attention and success and celebrity that will make Scott and Zelda legends in their own time. Everyone wants to meet the dashing young author of the scandalous novel—and his witty, perhaps even more scandalous wife. Zelda bobs her hair, adopts daring new fashions, and revels in this wild new world. Each place they go becomes a playground: New York City, Long Island, Hollywood, Paris, and the French Riviera—where they join the endless party of the glamorous, sometimes doomed Lost Generation that includes Ernest Hemingway, Sara and Gerald Murphy, and Gertrude Stein.

Everything seems new and possible. Troubles, at first, seem to fade like morning mist. But not even Jay Gatsby's parties go on forever. Who is Zelda, other than the wife of a famous—sometimes infamous—husband? How can she forge her own identity while fighting her demons and Scott's, too? 

Graceling by Kristen Cashore

Kristin Cashore’s best-selling, award-winning fantasy Graceling tells the story of the vulnerable yet strong Katsa, a smart, beautiful teenager who lives in a world where selected people are given a Grace, a special talent that can be anything from dancing to swimming. Katsa’s is killing. As the king’s niece, she is forced to use her extreme skills as his thug. Along the way, Katsa must learn to decipher the true nature of her Grace . . . and how to put it to good use.

A Shadow Bright and Burning (signed copy!!!) by Jessica Cluess

I am Henrietta Howel.
The first female sorcerer in hundreds of years.
The prophesied one.
Or am I?

Henrietta Howel can burst into flames. 
Forced to reveal her power to save a friend, she's shocked when instead of being executed, she's invited to train as one of Her Majesty's royal sorcerers.

Thrust into the glamour of Victorian London, Henrietta is declared the chosen one, the girl who will defeat the Ancients, bloodthirsty demons terrorizing humanity. She also meets her fellow sorcerer trainees, handsome young men eager to test her power and her heart. One will challenge her. One will fight for her. One will betray her.

But Henrietta Howel is not the chosen one. 
As she plays a dangerous game of deception, she discovers that the sorcerers have their own secrets to protect. With battle looming, what does it mean to not be the one? And how much will she risk to save the city—and the one she loves?

The Heir by Keira Cass

Kiera Cass’s #1 New York Times bestselling Selection series has enchanted readers from the very first page. In this fourth romantic novel, follow IllĂ©a’s royal family into a whole new Selection—and find out what happens after happily ever after.

Twenty years ago, America Singer entered the Selection and won Prince Maxon’s heart. Now the time has come for Princess Eadlyn to hold a Selection of her own. Eadlyn doesn’t expect anything like her parents’ fairy-tale love story...but as the competition begins, she may discover that finding her own happily ever after isn’t as impossible as she’s always thought.

A new generation of swoon-worthy characters and captivating romance awaits in the fourth book of the Selection series!

Owlcrate April Box Book:
Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller

There will be plenty of time for me to beat him soundly once I've gotten what I came for.

Sent on a mission to retrieve an ancient hidden map—the key to a legendary treasure trove—seventeen-year-old pirate captain Alosa deliberately allows herself to be captured by her enemies, giving her the perfect opportunity to search their ship.

More than a match for the ruthless pirate crew, Alosa has only one thing standing between her and the map: her captor, the unexpectedly clever and unfairly attractive first mate Riden. But not to worry, for Alosa has a few tricks up her sleeve, and no lone pirate can stop the Daughter of the Pirate King.

eARC from Author:
Just An Illusion - the B Side by D. Kelly

Three life-altering months …

That’s how long it’s been since Amelia Greyson joined the Just an Illusion Tour with Bastards and Dangerous. She’s made new friends, embraced her past, and even found love. 

Back on the road …

Following a tragic situation, Amelia is determined to hit the road, put her life in order, and finish the book she was hired to write. Mel’s not the only one affected by what happened; the men of BAD are all trying to move forward, not wanting the past to ruin the remainder of their farewell tour.

Brother vs Brother …

Tensions are high on the Weston brothers’ bus. As each brother settles into their role in Amelia’s life, secrets threaten to rip their relationship to shreds. Can Noah and Sawyer find a way to save the brotherly bond they share? Or will the woman of their dreams end up tearing them apart for good? 


Currently Waiting On:
My Apollycon Order:
Wicked, Lux: Beginnings, Oblivion, and Cursed by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Nowhere but Here, Walk the Edge, and Long Way Home by Katie McGarry
Play by Kylie Scott
The Great Pursuit by Wendy Higgins
Riot and Chaos by Jamie Shaw
Sublime by Christina Lauren
Beautiful Creatures Manga signed by Kami Garcia
The Affiliate by K.A. Linde
Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas
The Shadow Queen by C.J. Redwine

Read NIGHT OF TERROR