A Diary of a Book Addict: October 2015

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Award winning Author Cyndi Faria is back with her successful Whisper Cove series!

Award winning Author Cyndi Faria is back with her successful

Whisper Cove series!

Spirit Returned reunites former lovers Mason and Katrina for a magical journey. The two are challenged with breaking the curse that haunts the families of Whisper Cove. But, can their love overcome the heartache of their past?

“Faria’s Whisper Cove series blends compelling suspense with an engaging romance!”

-New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author, Virna DePaul

Open your heart to the road home...

The exciting continuation of the Whisper Cove series continues with Mason and Katrina's story....

Mason Jayme is rumored to be a healer and the one prophesized to save his hometown of Whisper Cove from an ancient Lover’s Curse. Until that curse is broken, however, he has no business taking a lover—a lesson harshly learned after Mason sleeps with his first love, Katrina Rendon. Believing he’s the reason Katrina was burned and scarred, Mason leaves Whisper Cove, rejecting any notion he can be good for anyone, let alone a whole town.

Katrina was far more devastated by Mason’s rejection than the injuries she sustained in a fire. She wants nothing to do with him—until her father falls ill, and the only way to save him is with Mason’s healing skills. When Mason returns to Whisper Cove, he promises not only to help her father but to help Katrina open her burn victim retreat. Once reunited, the passion between Katrina and Mason sparks higher than ever.

But, when Katrina’s soul is threatened by an Original Spirt who has claimed Mason’s body as his own, she’s caught in a whirlwind of spirit possessions and secret rituals. This time, Mason’s ready to risk death by fire in order to save Katrina and their love.

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Sweet, Sexy Always Satisfying

If you love a tale with courageous heroes and heroines, where their unconditional love for each other gives them strength to defeat their inner demons, Cyndi Faria invites you to enter the pages of her romances and find happily ever after.

An engineer turned romance writer whose craving for structure is satisfied by plotting heartwarming contemporary and compelling paranormal romance stories with a dash of mystery and a touch of American folklore,

“Cyndi Faria writes with passion and her stories touch the heart” –New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Virna DePaul.

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Cover Reveal For Game Winner by Collette West Coming Out On December 04, 2015

Game Winner

by Collette West

Release: December 4, 2015

Genres: Sports Romance, New Adult

Synopsis:

Playing center field for the New York Kings, Jake Woodbury has one of the most prestigious jobs in all of sports. To the world, he's the good-looking, soft-spoken minister's son who’s survived celebrity without a hint of scandal. But, inside, he's reeling from a secret that seems destined to haunt him forever.

Scarlett Moore is one of the biggest pop stars on the planet, famous for singing about her celebrity ex-boyfriends. The CEO of her record label has carefully honed her provocative image since she was fifteen. Sex sells, and Scarlett’s well aware that it takes more than talent to stay on top.

One thing is clear: She’s the last thing Jake needs. And he’s the do-gooder jock she should avoid at all costs. But when the game begins, all bets are off.

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Lady Reader Bookstuff Blog Tours Presents His Touch & Nothing Left To Burn By Patty Blount Review Tour Stop

About His Touch:

HIS TOUCH By: Patty Blount Publisher

Tule Publishing

Release date: June 29, 2015

Pages: 168

When a surly paramedic finds Kara Larsen's lost toddler, only to berate her for failing to mind her
child, Kara is embarrassed and relieved she'll never have to deal with that jerk again.

Doesn't he know being a single mom is a lot harder than it looks?!

But when baby Nadia has trouble breathing one night, Kara's frantic 911 call brings that same jerk right to her door... FDNY paramedic Reid Bennett has a compulsion to help frantic parents.

But after the way he over-reacted to the beautiful woman in the department store that day, she wants nothing to do with him.

But it's not his fault he keeps running into her all over the city...

When Kara bumps into Reid for the third time in a week, she can't help but wonder if the mom she lost in 2001 is playing matchmaker.

As Kara and Reid form a cautious friendship, he quickly becomes baby Nadia's favorite person.

But Reid has no interest in long-term commitment, or so he thought.

So when Nadia's father calls out of the blue and Kara agrees to see him, Reid realizes he has some triage to do if he hopes to keep his girls...

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My Review:

First I have to say that Patty Blount knows her stuff. This book is so full of emotions and friendships that turn into more.

You have a single mom trying to raise her daughter by herself when something happens to her daughter and the Paramedic who helps her daughter lashes out at the mother that she is pissed and mortified that this man who doesn't even know her has the audacity to yell at her and tell her how to be a good mother.

Then all is forgotten and Kara must call 911 again for her daughter. When the Paramedics arrive she dam near dies because it is him. Mr Rude the lecturer but all she is thinking is how gorgeous he is and how she would like to get to know him better.

Will the Paramedic and The Single mom come together? Or will the fire burn out.

About Nothing Left to Burn :

NOTHING LEFT TO BURN

By: Patty Blount

Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire

Release date: August 4, 2015

Pages: 336

Reece’s father hasn’t spoken to him since the car wreck that killed Reece’s brother.

Desperate for forgiveness, Reece joins the Junior Cadet program at his dad’s firehouse.

But the program is grueling, and Reece isn’t sure he can make it through.

Then he meets Amanda.

Amanda understands wanting to belong.

As a foster kid, the firehouse is the only place that feels like home.

She agrees to help Reece, but falling for him wasn’t part of the deal.

And when a string of arsons suddenly point to Amanda, their relationship could go up in flames.

My Review:

Nothing Left To Burn had me on the corner of me seat. This story has it all from loss to love to hatred to learning to move on in order to live.

Matt and Reece are brothers one year apart in age. They do everything together except for one thing. That one thing is that Matt and his father do fire fighting together. Then one night something tragic happens to the brothers that will tare this family apart.

Matt passes away at the age of 18 in a horrific accident and Reece is to blame. The family falls apart and the only thing keeping Reece sane is his mother. he loves his mother no matter what and will do anything for her. So when his best friend and his mother tell him to follow in his brother's footsteps and become a firefighter he is scared to death to apply as a volunteer firefighter.

He finally makes up his mind and goes to the fire department to sign up. Once he arrives he sees one girl there who right away hates him. But Reece is determined to fulfill his brother's last wish.

About the Author:

Powered by chocolate, Patty Blount is the award-winning author of novels for teens including Some Boys (2015 Firecracker Award winner, 2015 Rita Award Finalist, 2015 Bookseller's Best Award Finalist), TMI, and SEND, as well as contemporary holiday romances, A Match Made at Christmas and its sequel, His Touch.

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Tour Schedule:

October 26th – Christine Abee – Review His Touch & Nothing Left To Burn

October 27th – Lady Reader's Bookstuff - Tiffany – Review His Touch

October 28th – A Diary of A Book Addict – Review His Touch & Nothing Left To Burn

October 29th – Atomic Pirate Girl's Book Worm Booty – Review His Touch

October 29th – Bookish Lifestyle – Review His Touch & Nothing Left To Burn

October 30th – Lady Reader's Bookstuff - Tiffany – Review Nothing Left To Burn

October 30th – Heather Ann's Book Reviews – Review His Touch & Nothing Left To Burn

October 30th – The Phantom Photographer – Review His Touch & Nothing Left To Burn

October 30th – Melissa Martin's Reading List – Review His Touch

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Friday, October 16, 2015

Around The World ARC Tours Presents Six of Crows (Six of Crows #1) by Leigh Bardugo

Synopsis:

Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price—and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can't pull it off alone...

A convict with a thirst for revenge.

A sharpshooter who can't walk away from a wager.

A runaway with a privileged past.

A spy known as the Wraith.

A Heartrender using her magic to survive the slums.

A thief with a gift for unlikely escapes.

Six dangerous outcasts. One impossible heist. Kaz's crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction—if they don't kill each other first.

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Review:

Okay fans of this book please don't kill me for this review.

I am going to start off with the things I liked.I loved the book cover because it is stunning. I loved the world maps and illustrations inside the book.

Then I started reading chapter one and I had issues because I was not sure what was going on and who was who. So I read chapter one a couple times and then went on to chapter two and three then I got to four and realized I had no idea what I had just read.

I put the book down for a few days and tried again and lord I am so sorry but I just could not read this book because I couldn't get into it. I had my local library order it so I can try and re-read it and I will keep everyone posted. But for now this one is just not for me.

About The Author:

Leigh Bardugo is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Grisha Trilogy: Shadow and Bone, Siege and Storm, and Ruin and Rising. She was born in Jerusalem, grew up in Los Angeles, and graduated from Yale University, and has worked in advertising, journalism, and most recently, makeup and special effects. These days, she lives and writes in Hollywood where she can occasionally be heard singing with her band. Her new book, Six of Crows, arrives fall 2015.

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Friday, October 9, 2015

Lady Reader Book Tours Presents A Virtual Book Tour: A Novel Brutal Youth by Anthony Breznican

About The Book:

Brutal Youth

By: Anthony Breznican

Publication Date: June 2, 2015

Genres: Fiction

Paperback: 432 pages

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Three freshmen must join forces to survive at a troubled, working-class Catholic high school with a student body full of bullies and zealots, and a faculty that's even worse in Anthony Breznican's Brutal Youth.

With a plunging reputation and enrollment rate, Saint Michael’s has become a crumbling dumping ground for expelled delinquents and a haven for the stridently religious when incoming freshman Peter Davidek signs up. On his first day, tensions are clearly on the rise as a picked-upon upperclassmen finally snaps, unleashing a violent attack on both the students who tormented him for so long, and the corrupt, petty faculty that let it happen. But within this desperate place, Peter befriends fellow freshmen Noah Stein, a volatile classmate whose face bears the scars of a hard-fighting past, and the beautiful but lonely Lorelei Paskal —so eager to become popular, she makes only enemies.

To even stand a chance at surviving their freshmen year, the trio must join forces as they navigate a bullying culture dominated by administrators like the once popular Ms. Bromine, their embittered guidance counselor, and Father Mercedes, the parish priest who plans to scapegoat the students as he makes off with church finances. A coming-of-age tale reversed, Brutal Youth follows these students as they discover that instead of growing older and wiser, going bad may be the only way to survive.

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Review:

High School is such a happy time and a sad time depending on who you are. High is like a hierarchy your are at the top, middle, or bottom. Depending on who you are you could be bullied or you could be the bullier. This book brought out so much for me because I was bullied in Elementary School and my daughter was bullied in Elementary school and now my son is in high a Freshman and he is being threatened by a kid who has older friends. It has gotten to the point where my son has had to fight a boy.

When my son came home that day and told me what he had done all I could think about was Peter and how all he wants to do is stay out of trouble. It is amazing to me that children feel the need to bully others for no reason. This book should be a must read for every eighth grader entering in to high school no matter whether the school is public or private they should be told it is a must read book. Then when school starts they should have an anti bullying seminar for all classes.

I loved this book and laughed and cried and at sometimes thought the title is a great title because at times the characters had a brutal time.

“If you thought high school was hell, has Anthony Breznican got a story for you…Every bully who stalked you, every sadistic teacher who ever terrified you, every stupid prank, every hopeless crush and false friend: they’re all here, along with a few kids who hang together and try to do the right thing in a brutal environment? By turns funny and terrifying, Brutal Youth is an unputdownable tour-de-force, a Rebel Without a Cause for the 21st century.”— Stephen King

About The Author:

Anthony Breznican was born and raised in Western Pennsylvania and graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 1998. He has worked as a reporter for The Arizona Republic, Associated Press, and USA Today. Anthony is currently a senior staff writer for Entertainment Weekly, covering Star Wars, Marvel, the Oscars, and whatnot. Brutal Youth is his first novel.

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