Surface Blitz- Excerpt & Giveaway

Hey everyone! Today we have a stop on the Surface Blitx. There is an excerpt, info on the book and a giveaway for you all.

Surface by Tiffany Daune

Publication: February, 2013

Genre: YA Paranormal

Synopsis:

Bound to the water bound to land, a Siren’s soul will never be safe on either side of the ocean’s surface. Hidden beneath the rolling waves lies the secret to Theia’s past and as she unveils each haunting truth, she realizes the last seventeen years of her life have been a lie. Now, drawn into a mysterious new world and with nowhere to turn, Theia must place her trust in Luc, a beautiful boy who stops her heart with each dazzling smile, but even his unearthly charm can’t hide the truth—he has secrets— dark secrets binding him to his world—an underwater world where Theia will never belong—a world determined to destroy her soul.

Excerpt

The rain continued to drown out the sun, and Theia had no idea what time of day it was, but she was sure she wouldn't make it until nightfall. Her limbs grew heavy like an anchor seeking the sandy bottom. She let her eyelids slide closed. She couldn't fall asleep—sleep meant death in the middle of the ocean, but resting her eyes let her imagine someplace else—a place without so much water.

Her head dipped below the surface, and she bolted up at once.

Bad girl, she scolded herself. You want to die like this? You have to stay awake! 

She continued her mental pep talk as she straightened her legs and swam a little farther. Her legs worked like scissors, cutting through the thick water, leading her to nowhere, but she had to try to find the shore. She found her rhythm, moving with the flow of the water, moving faster now, imagining the shoreline before her.

Theia kicked harder, her eyes focused on the horizon. She thrust forward, but, as she did, her ankle caught on something—she was stuck. She kicked with her left leg, but a crushing hold, like a fist wrapped around her ankle. Her scream was cut off as her head slipped under. Her body rushed through the water as if being dragged by an invisible tow rope.

Theia twisted, wriggling free from the force, and she frantically paddled her way to the surface. Her leg burned with the sting of salt water—she had been cut. She reached for her leg, trying to see the wound, but she was swiped from the side. She screamed and tucked her legs up to her chest. Her gaze darted to the ring of dark shadows circling beneath her.

"Oh crap—sharks!"

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17281625-surface

Purchase 

Amazon- http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00BHSQY2C?ie=UTF8&tag=httpwwwgoodco-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00BHSQY2C&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2

AUTHOR BIO

Tiffany Daune doesn't get why people want to grow up or why anyone would ever stop eating candy. Her purse is filled with books, lip gloss and a few pieces of Lego bricks. She writes best with a dish of chocolate chips on hand and finds licorice makes a better straw than plastic.

She lives on an island and believes mermaids may be raiding her candy stash, thoughshe hasn't caught them, yet.

Surface is her first novel and pairs well with gummy sharks.

Author Links:

Website: http://www.tiffanydaune.com/

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6904400.Tiffany_Daune

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tiffany-Daune/395436080503637

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TiffanyDaune

Giveaway

You can enter the rafflecopter below for the Blitz giveaway and we are also giving away an ebook copy of Surface here on the page. Simply comment below with some way to contact you in case you win.

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First Born Blog Tour

Hey everyone! Today we have a stop on the First Born blog tour. This is a great book. There is a review of the book, info on it and the author along with a great giveaway to check out.

“First Born” by Tricia Zoeller

Synopsis:

When twenty-six-year-old graphic designer Lily Moore shapeshifts for the first time, Atlanta police detectives consult wildlife experts to sort through the bizarre forensic evidence she leaves in her wake. Her traumatic transformation coincides with murder and Lily finds herself the center of a mad vortex of area crimes.

On the run, Lily turns to her younger brother to help unravel the secrets surrounding her boyfriend’s death as well as unlock the mysteries of their Chinese heritage. When a loved one goes missing, Lily finds herself scrambling to find purchase in this new world where there hasn’t been balance for a century.

As she learns to master her new preternatural abilities, she must cut through the lies of those around her. With the police and a killer hot on her trail, can she solve the mystery of being First Born or will family secrets prove deadly?

My Review

Lily Moore's bad date kicks off a chain of events she never saw coming. She blacks out and comes to a different person that what she started out the night as. Finding the police looking for her she goes on the run and hides out at a friends house right under their nose and they don't realize it is her. She manages to get to her brother to see if he can help her figure out what is going on. People who are close to her seem to be in danger and she know she has to figure it out. Her brother does have a few family secrets he know that he finally reveals to her but even he doesn't know how far down the secrets go and what they all mean. Lily finds herself not only hiding from the law but she seems to be the target of danger and has been for a while. She has to figure out, tap into and get her new abilities under control or more people may be in danger. It's time for her to look into the past to hopefully live for the future.

Starting out I wasn't sure what to think of Lily. I thought she was going to be stuck for a while because her fear was controlling her. She really took off as a character for me when she started to control her fear and started using her head. Don't think she is weak because she isn't she really comes into her own in this book. She has so much about her families life and secrets she has to learn it's really a wonder she comes out as strong as she did. At one point when something happens to her back I think I would have died of a heart attack lol. There is several other characters you will get a chuckle out of, hate or in Lily's case lust after at the worse times lol.

I really enjoyed this book as Lily is unique in her power. I would never had seen it coming what happens to her after she blacks out. Her reactions at times are very funny. One seen involving a bald head had me giggling for sure. Yes I am being vague about this book because I don't want to ruin it for others. You get to see a woman come into her own and become something greater in this book. As I mentioned there is several laughs but you also get a different kinda ability to read about. There is danger, secrets to be uncovered and so much more. I highly recommend this book to one and all. Once you start reading you won't want to stop. You keep going to see just what she is going to uncover next or what will happen next.

I love the colors on the cover. The picture fits the book perfectly as well. 

4 out of 5 Bats~Pam

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17670526-first-born

Purchase Links

http://www.amazon.com/First-Born-Moore-Series-ebook/dp/B00COQMKYW/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1368028139&sr=1-1

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/books/1115261785?ean=2940016496795

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/313915

First Born Play List

Author bio

Tricia lives in Marietta, Georgia with her husband, Lou, her little yappy dog, Lola Belle, and her big orange mutant cat, George. Her two stepsons, Joseph and Robert, make stopovers as well, making sure to keep life an adventure.

Tricia earned a B.A. in Journalism and Anthropology from Indiana University in Bloomington. After moving to Atlanta in 1992, she obtained her Masters of Education in Communication Disorders from Georgia State University and spent a decade working as a Speech-Language Pathologist, most recently in the pediatric field treating children on the Autism Spectrum.

Writing has always been a part of her life–like breathing and chocolate. 

Connect with Tricia here:

http://www.triciazoeller.com/ 

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tricia-Zoeller-Author/439025286173082?ref=hl http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17670526-first-born

@tzoellerwriter

Giveaway is for

* 4 winners will each win 1 eCopy of "First Born" and 1 signed bookmark

* 3 winners will each win 1 "First Born" keychain and 1 signed bookmark

* 1 winner will win 1 Fenghuang bracelet and 1 signed bookmark

* 1 winner will win 1 Lily locket necklace and 1 signed bookmark

Just enter the easy raffle copter below.

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Also there is an ongoing contest during the blog tour  for the chance to win a Lily Locket Necklace, the contest will include having readers casting character pics of Lily Moore & Detective Simms and posting them to the page listed below.

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Dream Walker Cover Reveal

Hey everyone! Today we have the cover reveal for Dream Walker on the blog. Make sure you let us know what you think of it!

If there’s one thing thirteen year old Kate loves, it’s a good book. Her new favorite series, Quallen’s Quest, follows the Faerie prince in the land of Kallaryn as he goes from one adventure to another. When Kate awakens in Prince Quallen’s secret cave, she’s sure she’s dreaming. Events unfold and adventure follows as Quallen promises to help her get back. Is she really in Kallaryn and if that’s the case, will she ever be able to get back home?

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/MG-Chester/389000677873415

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MireilleChester Blog: https://mireillechester.blogspot.com

Apocalypse of Angels Book Blitz

Hey everyone! Today we have a stop on the Apocalypse Of Angels Book Blitz. It sounds like a great book be sure to check it out. We even have an excerpt for you all.

Title: Apocalypse of Angels: Seeing Angels

Author: Harmony Lawson

Genre: Young Adult 

Tour Host: Lady Amber's Tours

Synopsis:

Camille Harper, about to finish high school, can see angels all around her. They appear to watch her. She has been able to see angels from birth, and while she is amused by this ability, she just wants a normal life with friends, family, and good times. Why can she see angels? She doesn't know, but she believes the knowledge will change everything. Then she witnesses a confrontation between a beautiful angel and a dark winged creature. The strange event will signal the end of normal life. 

Did the strange beings know she could see them?

Her friends want her to sneak out to an abandoned house for parties, but her instincts scream “NO!” Something is not right about the place. The hip new guy in school, Earl, wants to date, but she is afraid he will disturb her circle of friends, and there is something not right about him. Her parents aren’t doing well together. And whatever strange plot is developing, her sister may be in the middle.

Now, for the first time, Camille Harper is interacting with angels face to face. This is incredible, but when Jason Waters enters her life, she gets more than she bargained for. Her strange ability complicates life on a whole new level. Camille and Jason enter an exciting but forbidden relationship.

Strange beings present danger. What’s a Nephilim? What are fallen angels up to?

Jason believes something is strange with Earl, but Jason is hiding things from Camille as well. Which one is right for her? Are they both trying to possess her for supernatural reasons?

Camille just wants to make it through the year and graduate from high school, but changes are leading up to some apocalyptic event.

Can Camille continue Seeing Angels without her life going to Hell?

Excerpt:

“I really want to see you again, Cami, but I’m not sure about this. I’m not sure I can.” His gaze is intense. There is no way for me to respond to that. I look down again. 

He raises my hand to his lips and kisses. Electricity travels

up my arm. How can a kiss feel like that? Have we fallen in love

already?

“Why wouldn’t you be able to see me again?” I finally have to ask.

“Never mind, just pretend I didn’t say that.”

He is hiding things from me, and I know what they are. Attraction is making me so weak that I am tempted to tell him what I know. I have to fight it.

His warm hand is smooth on top and rough on the palm. My hand must seem cold to him. He can hold my hand as long as he wants.

He sighs and kisses my hand again. “We better drive back to your car. I don’t want to keep you out too late.” He sounds like a guy trying to avoid trouble.

Author Bio:

Harmony Lawson was born on a naval base in San Diego, California. Currently, she and her family live in Northern California in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Her education is in drawing, painting, and writing. When she read her first romance novel at age 16, she became a hopeless romantic.

Harmony is fascinated by angels, and she incorporates research in angels, the Nephilim, and fallen angels into her fictional stories. Many of the descriptions in her books reflect actual documentation found in religious documents.

While she has endured many hardships in life, she believes life will be better tomorrow. Life has its ups and downs, trials and tribulations, and Heaven and Hell. She believes the bad times are a test to prove a person’s worth. Her books reflect on that concept.

Web: http://freedomofspeechpublishing.com/apocalypseofangels/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/HLawsonAuthor

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6888212.Harmony_Lawson

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Harmony-Lawson/e/B00AZCNXNE/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1368469991&sr=8-1

Facebooks: https://www.facebook.com/hlawsonauthor?fref=ts

Broken Blade Cover Reveal & Excerpt

Hi Everyone! Today we have the cover reveal for Broken Blade by J.C. Daniels (aka Shiloh Walker). We also have an excerpt to go along with it. We hope you enjoy! Before we get to the cover here is the blurb for the book.

The Blurb: 

Broken Blade by J.C. Daniels (aka Shiloh Walker)

Kit Colbana: assassin, thief, investigator extraordinaire. Now broken. She always expected her past to catch up with her but never like this. Haunted by nightmares and stripped of her identity, she's retreated to Wolf Haven, the no-man's land where she found refuge years before. But while she might want to hide away from the rest of the world, the rest of the world isn't taking the hint.

Dragged kicking and screaming back into life, Kit is thrust head-first into an investigation surrounding the theft of an ancient relic…one that she wants nothing to do with. Her instincts tell her it's a bad idea to just leave the relic lying about, but finding it might be just as bad.

Forced to face her nightmares, she uncovers hidden strength and comes face to face with one of the world's original monsters.

If she survives the job, she won't be the same…and neither will those closest to her.

Releases January 2014

Excerpt: 

I knew the weight of a weapon in my hand.

Even at sixteen, broken, battered and bloodied. I knew what it was to hold a weapon and realize that I had to fight or be destroyed.

Those last moments were nothing but a blur, but it was a blur of silver and blade and blood.

I left the guards dead in the snow, taking their packs and fleeing into the night, certain my grandmother would seek me out. And all the while as I ran, the blade had whispered to me. I am here now. I am here…

Reaching out, I touched her hilt and drew her from the sheath and stared at the gleaming, liquid length of silver.

"You're not here now."

If ever there had been a time when I needed her, it had been when I was trapped up on that mountain. Broken, desperate.

But she hadn't answered my call.

And she couldn't come to my hand now, either.

Stroking my fingers down the blade, I closed my eyes…and wished.

Then I turned back to my weapons trunk and went about getting myself ready.

Just what did you take to the party when you were dealing with some ancient, psychotic evil who unleashed holy hell just for the fun of it?

link to J.C's site - http://jcdanielsblog.com/broken-blade/

Girls & Monsters - Review

Girls & Monsters by Anne Michaud

Blurb

This dark but uplifting collection of five Young Adult novellas includes:

Death Song: Liz is in love with Joe, but the monster of the lake has other plans for them.

Black Dog: Scarlet is engaged in a struggle for her sanity, but according to the voice in her head, she may be too late.

A Blue Story: When Katherine's beloved dog goes missing, she fears her strange new neighbor might be involved.

Dust Bunnies: Christiane faces her childhood arachnophobia and ends up confronting even greater fears in this test of sisterhood.

We Left at Night: Brooke and her family must abandon their home and their lives to make it out of a disease-plagued town overrun by zombies.

Girls & Monsters is for everyone who has ever been brave enough to confront their childhood fears...and lived to tell about it.

My Review

I received a copy of this book from NetGalley for an honest review. This is a collection of 5 short stories that deal in a way of things some of us grew up fearing. Each story has it's own twisted tale to make you cringe.

Death Song: Liz is in love with Joe, but the monster of the lake has other plans for them.

Liz left years ago and now has come back to town and knows she is still in love with Joe. The problem with coming back home is the monster in the lake is still around. The monster in fact is a mermaid who needs victims. When she can no longer get tourist she goes after the people in the town. She has Joe in her sights but Liz won't let him go and it is a fight for Joes life. This is a very good tale that will make you rethink mermaids. Liz and Joe are great characters. This is one of my favorite tales in this book. 

4 Stars

Black Dog: Scarlet is engaged in a struggle for her sanity, but according to the voice in her head, she may be too late.

Scarlet is being followed by a black dog but no one else can see it or hear. She thinks she is going crazy and doesn't know what to do. I really didn't like this story to much. I couldn't get into it and I really didn't like the main character Scarlet.It just wasn't for me. It is a dark tale and that is the only thing I really liked.

2 Stars

A Blue Story: When Katherine's beloved dog goes missing, she fears her strange new neighbor might be involved.

Katherine loves her dog and when he goes missing she just knows someone took it. Her suspicions lead her to her new neighbor. She is certain he is responsible for her missing pet and for other missing animals. What she does think doesn't prepare her for when she finds out the truth. I liked this tale. Katherine was easy to like and very believable. The tale may bother some as bad to say you hear a lot of this in the real world. I loved the ending of this one.

4 Stars

Dust Bunnies: Christiane faces her childhood arachnophobia and ends up confronting even greater fears in this test of sisterhood.

Christiane has always been afraid of spiders and when she has to confront one it horrifies her to learn she may not have even known a lot about her own family. Have to say this one freaked me out the most as I hate spiders. I don't care how big or small they are I don't like them. It is a good story that will make you see even horrible things can be lovable.

3 Stars

We Left at Night: Brooke and her family must abandon their home and their lives to make it out of a disease-plagued town overrun by zombies.

Brooke along with her family is trying to escape the zombies that have taken over her town. I love zombie stories and I really hated this one to end. It shows what it would like to go through a horrible night for a teen. I love the that spin. Most time you see zombie tales through the POV of adults this looking through a teens eyes. I really hope I hear more of this story sometime.

4 Stars

Each tale is charming in it's own way. Some more than others for me. I think if you like short stories you may enjoy this book. Overall I would give it a 3.

3 out of 5 Bats~Pam

A Touch Menacing - Review

A Touch Menacing ( A Touch Trilogy #3)

By Leah Clifford

Blurb

Eden is dying. For real, this time.

She is crumbling to ash, and an unnatural plague is ravaging mortals and immortals alike. With both Heaven and Hell out to destroy her, Eden can no longer tell the difference between good and evil.

Friends become enemies. And enemies are everywhere.

But don't underestimate Eden. She'll fight for her life, for the lives of those she loves, and for every life she has ever touched.

She'll fight for revenge. For redemption. For—just maybe—the chance to be mortal again.

Everything began with forbidden love.

What will be sacrificed at the bitter end?

The dramatic conclusion to Leah Clifford's dark, alluring trilogy of life, death, and epic love.

My Review

Eden is turning to Ash and dying. She has both sides Heaven and Hell wanting to destroy her. Everything she loves seems to be gone or in trouble. There will be many secrets revealed including how the whole thing got started. Can Eden be saved?

This isn't going to be a real long review cause I don't want to give any spoiler or at least try not to. I love this series and think the author did a fantastic job in ending yet. I still want more but that is just because I love the series and characters. Eden if though she is dying continues to grow. She faces down everything thing Heaven and Hell can throw at her. Both sides want her dead for their own reasons. Several friends have seemed to turn to enemies and you really get an insight on how the whole thing started. This is told not only from Eden's POV but from several others so you can really see what is going on.Some of the characters I found myself liking by the books end and a few I turned the other way and ended up not liking them any more. I would recommend everyone who loves YA paranormal to read this series. It is one you can fall easily in love with. Be sure to read the first two books first so you aren't lost.

5 out of 5 Bats~Pam