Review: Colors Of Immortality by J.M. Muller




I was given an ARC of Colors Of Immortality by J.M. Muller in exchange for an honest review and that's what I plan to do. So let's get started :-)

Pages 257

Sixteen-year-old Daniel Thatcher has accepted some hard truths. He knows his parents are junkies, his ex-girlfriend’s a cheater, and he’s one write-up away from losing his job. But what he’s unwilling to accept is that his friend,Tony, skipped town for no reason. So when Daniel finds a map Tony left behind, he follows it to a remote section of the Cascade Mountains.

It’s a land filled with haunting shadows and crowded trees—an area untouched by man. Or so Daniel thinks. Not long after arriving in the woods, Daniel discovers inhabitants living in the heart of the forest. Despite their peculiar behavior, the reclusive residents posses an allure that goes far beyond their beauty. But beneath their lovely exterior rests a sinister secret, one that’s both lethal and tragic.

It seems the dead don’t always stay buried. Now Daniel’s forced to accept the hardest truth of all: monsters do exist, and if they have it their way, he’ll soon become one of them

#Review

First things first, I just want to say that Ms.Muller is one awesome lady. She is kind and polite. Now on to my thought of Colors Of Immortality. This was a great and amazing read! Every page was mind gripping. I didn't want to put it down. The main character Daniel Thatcher is a wild card driven by his emotions. He set himself on a course to find answers, and this leads him on a dangerous path. The beginning of the story had me at first. I was relived it wasn't just a book of teenage heart break and redemption. But it was actually pretty dark and mysterious. With a light hint of Gore and romance. Which in my opinion is perfect.

I won't spill the beans on any major parts.. but I will say you might cry... Well I did with the lost of a certain character. Colors Of Immortality was a fast read for me because I couldn't put it down. Once you get into the swing of things you have to know what happens. And it certainly wasn't a disappointment. I can't wait for the sequel. 

My rating is a 5/5 stars
Meet the author!
J.M. Muller lives in Oregon with her husband, twin boys , and her darling fur babies. She has a plethora of skills (okay, that's a lie), but does enjoy writing and creating - to the very best of her abilities.

Book Blast: BECAUSE I LOVE YOU by Tori Rigby + Excerpt + Giveaway


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Because I Love You by Tori Rigby
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As a special treat, we’ve got another book that may tickle your fancy… What is it? Read on, dear reader, read on!


Title: Because I Love You
Author: Tori Rigby
Release Date: May 17, 2016
Publisher: Blaze Publishing

Eight weeks after sixteen-year-old Andie Hamilton gives her virginity to her best friend, “the stick” says she’s pregnant.

Her friends treat her like she’s carrying the plague, her classmates torture and ridicule her, and the boy she thought loved her doesn’t even care. Afraid to experience the next seven months alone, she turns to her ex-boyfriend, Neil Donaghue, a dark-haired, blue-eyed player. With him, she finds comfort and the support she desperately needs to make the hardest decision of her life: whether or not to keep the baby.

Then a tragic accident leads Andie to discover Neil’s keeping a secret that could dramatically alter their lives, and she's forced to make a choice. But after hearing her son’s heartbeat for the first time, she doesn’t know how she’ll ever be able to let go.

What Readers Are Saying:
“emotional and heartfelt read” – Laura H (The Voluptuous Book Diva)
“one of the most amazing books I have ever read and a great contemporary read” – KittyKat (Goodreads Reviewer)
“It's one of those books where everything worked really well together. The story. The characters. The relationships. And the writing. It was just so beautiful.” – Nicole (Bookish Thoughts)

Excerpt
Jodi squeezed my hand. “Do whatever you think is right. Your gut won’t lie. Mine sure didn’t, and look how you turned out.”

I smiled.

After a few more questions, like did I have any siblings—no—and where did my cousins live—just over the border into New Mexico—the guard announced our fifteen minutes were up. I fought the urge to cling to Jodi’s hand as she stood. I hadn’t spent nearly enough time with her.

“You write me. Let me know how you’re doing, ‘kay?”

I nodded, my mouth drying, and she backed out of the room with a wave. When the door from the visitation area to the cellblock closed, I covered my mouth, my chest hitching. Mom put her arm around my shoulders, and I leaned into her. I’d been so afraid that Jodi would have considered me a burden, that she would’ve hate me for ruining her life, like I originally loathed my baby for messing up mine. But that was so far from the reason she’d placed me for adoption.

“She had loved me, Mom,” I said, my voice shaking.


Meet the author!

Adopted at three-days-old by a construction worker and a stay at home mom, Tori Rigby grew up with her nose in a book and her fingers on piano keys, always awaiting the day she’d take her own adventure. Now, she goes on multiple journeys through her contemporary and historical romances. She longs to live in the Scottish Highlands, and her favorite place in history is Medieval England—she’d even give up her Internet and running water to go back in time! Tori also writes high-concept genre fiction as Vicki Leigh, and when she isn’t writing, she’s kicking butt in krav maga or attending classes to learn how to catch bad guys.


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Reseña: YO ANTES DE TI de Jojo Moyes


¡Hola! ¿Cómo ha estado su semana? Espero que muy bien :)
El día de hoy les traigo una nueva reseña como parte de los #JuevesDeReseñas, en esta ocasión es el tan renombrado libro de la autora Jojo Moyes, un libro que ha vendido millones de copias y ha sido traducido a varios idiomas. Estoy segura de que la mayoría ya lo ha leído o, de cierta forma, ha visto la adaptación cinematográfica.


Titulo: Yo antes de ti
Título original: Me Before You
Autora: Jojo Moyes
Serie: Me Before You, #1
Fecha de publicación original: 5 de enero, 2012

       Louisa Clark sabe muchas cosas. Sabe cuántos pasos hay entre la parada del autobús y su casa. Sabe que le gusta trabajar en el café Buttered Bun y sabe que quizá no quiera a su novio Patrick. Lo que Lou no sabe es que está a punto de perder su trabajo o que son sus pequeñas rutinas las que la mantienen en su sano juicio. Will Traynor sabe que un accidente de moto se llevó sus ganas de vivir. Sabe que ahora todo le parece insignificante y triste y sabe exactamente cómo va a solucionarlo. Lo que Will no sabe es que Lou está a punto de irrumpir en su mundo con una explosión de color. Y ninguno de los dos sabe que va a cambiar al otro para siempre. Yo antes de ti reúne a dos personas que no podrían tener menos en común en una novela conmovedoramente romántica con una pregunta: ¿Qué decidirías cuando hacer feliz a la persona a la que amas significa también destrozarte el corazón?

Opinión personal

       Yo antes de ti de la escritora británica Jojo Moyes es, sin dudas, uno de los libros que ha dado de qué hablar durante el último tiempo, ya que, si bien este año se estrenó la adaptación cinematográfica, este bestseller ha sido conocido por los amantes de la lectura y de las buenas historias desde hace ya varios años, basta decir que su primera publicación fue a comienzos del 2012. Todos sabemos, de una u otra forma, de qué se trata este libro, a pesar de que no lo hayan leído.
       Aunque solamente fue el mes pasado cuando por fin leí esta historia, recuerdo que hace unos años tuve un "encuentro cercano", en ese tiempo cuando el libro apenas se estaba haciendo conocido, la verdad es que la sinopsis no me llamó tanto la atención y aunque intenté leerlo, nuestro encuentro terminó antes del primer capítulo, por situaciones de la vida nunca quise retomarlo, eso hasta hace poco tiempo, un mes antes de que la película se estrenara para ser específica, es que al fin me di ánimos para leerlo, aproveché un dinero que tenía ahorrado y me conseguí un ejemplar, mi libro es el de la portada al comienzo de esta entrada, fue la que más me gustó de entre tantas que hay hoy en día. Comencé a leerlo, esta vez sí lo terminé, la verdad es que cuando ya me faltaban como tres capítulos, lo dejé de lado por casi una semana, y el día antes de ir a ver la película, volví a tomarlo y lo terminé.
       Así que como pueden ver, mi experiencia con este libro no ha sido la mejor, la historia, como muchos ya saben, es acerca de una mujer quien luego de perder su trabajo consigue uno nuevo cuidando, o más bien haciéndole compañía, a un hombre quien se encuentra en sillas de ruedas; muchas cosas suceden en el corto tiempo que pasan juntos, hay momentos tristes como también felices; pero lamentablemente, no todo es color de rosas cuando no eres el que tiene la última palabra.
       Existe una palabra con un significado bastante profundo y que por esa misma razón la relaciono bastante con este libro, es como cuando te piden que describas algo con una sola palabra, un tanto difícil, porque sinceramente, no conocemos todos los reales significados de tantos grupos de letras que se unen para formar lo que conocemos como palabras.
       Entonces, ¿qué palabra usaría para describirla?
       Infatuation (infatuación).
       Si no tienes la más remota idea de qué significa, te lo cuento con simple palabras:
       Infatuación (calco del inglés), hace referencia a un estado emocional que se caracteriza por el dejarse llevar por una pasión irracional, un amor adictivo. En este periodo la persona o personas sienten una urgencia y ansiedad, donde hay una extrema absorción del uno con el otro.
       No ha todo el mundo le puede gustar lo mismo, y eso es genial, en lo general, la historia me cautivó en su momento, me sacó una que otra lágrima y sonrisa, pero simplemente no me llegó como lo pensé. Quizás haya una explicación, pero sinceramente no planeo buscarla, para mí, quedarme con la historia es suficiente para que al fin de cuentas adore el libro y todo lo que este conlleva.
Libro: +4.5/5 estrellas

¡Citas!
¿Sabes? En realidad solo podemos ayudar a alguien que quiere ser ayudado.
Recuerdo haber mirado las estrellas, sentirme desaparecer en esa profundidad infinita, mientras el suelo se tambaleaba con dulzura.
No sabía que la música era capaz de abrir puertas dentro de uno mismo, de transportarte a un lugar que ni el compositor habría previsto.
Solo se vive una vez. En realidad, es tu deber que sea una vida plena.
Adoro mi vida, aunque desearía que fuera diferente.
Hay amores que solo pueden vivir en tu corazón, no en tu vida.
Sé que esta no es una historia de amor convencional. Sé que hay todo tipo de razones por las que ni siquiera debería estar diciéndote esto. Pero te quiero.
Necesitaba decirle, en silencio, que las cosas cambian, crecen o se marchitan, pero que la vida continúa.

¡Conoce a la autora!
       Pauline Sara Jo Moyes 'Jojo Moyes' nació el 4 de agosto de 1969 en Maidstone, Kent, pero se crió en Londres. Hija única de Elizabeth J. McKee y James C. Moyes. Después de una carrera variada (que comprende periodos como controladora de minitaxi, mecanógrafa en braille de estatutos para ciegos de NatWest, o escribir folletos para el Club 18-30), hizo un graduado en el Royal Holloway y Bedford New College, de la Universidad de Londres. En 1992 ganó una beca financiada por el diario The Independent para asistir al curso de postgraduado de Periodismo en City University. Excepto en 1994 cuando trabajó en Hong Kong para el Sunday Morning Post, ha trabajado para The Independent durante 10 años, incluyendo períodos como asistente de editor de noticias y corresponsal de Artes y Medios. 
       Ha sido escritora a tiempo completo desde 2002, cuando su primer libro Sheltering Rain, fue publicado. Es autora de novelas como: Regreso a Irlanda, La casa de las olas, El viaje de las novias y de El bazar de los sueños. Con esta última novela fue nombrada en el 2003 novela del año por The Romantic Novelists Association. 
       Actualmente vive en una granja en Essex con su marido, el periodista Charles Arthur, y sus tres hijos.
       Y esta ha sido mi reseña del libro, espero que les haya gustado, para aquellos que ya lo han leído, ¿qué les pareció?

#Tips: Especial para autores I


       Hace mucho tiempo que tenía planeada esta entrada, lamentablemente, los exámenes de final de semestre acapararon todo mi tiempo, ni siquiera puede leer, lo cual también justifica mi falta de reseñas, sin embargo, todo será recompensado, comenzando ahora...


       El día de hoy les traigo una entrada que estoy segura le encantará a todos aquellos autores, y bueno, también a los bloggers, que siempre han querido hacerlo pero no saben cómo. ¿De qué se trata? De páginas, tips, y todo lo relacionado a la promoción de vuestros libros. ¿Cómo es eso? Hay varios sitios webs, nuevos, desconocidos y otros ya bastantes familiares para algunos, que son de mucha ayuda a la hora de diseñar o hacer material para promocionar un libro o cualquier otra cosa.

       En la actualidad, algo fundamental para dar a conocer tu libro es la publicidad, esto siendo más importante o con mayor relevancia, si eres un autor independiente. Como ya mencioné, tenemos diversas páginas donde podemos editar y crear. Y aunque no lo crean ¡son sencillas de usar!

#Cosas básicas

  • Diferencia entre un archivo .jpg y uno .png
       Nuestras fotografías, en su mayoría, se encuentran con formato .jpg el cual es el más común, ya que las cámaras fotográficas lo utilizan; y, en palabras simples, el archivo .png es el formato que no tiene fondo... what?
       Para que quede aún más claro, vean el ejemplo.


       La imagen de arriba tiene un fondo de color, mientras que en la de abajo el fondo es transparente, por lo tanto, si quisiéramos utilizar una de estas imágenes en alguna edición, la primera no nos serviría porque el fondo nos molestaría, en cambio, la segunda sería perfecta.

#PickMonkey & Pixlr
       Pixlr es un editor de imágenes online simple y sencillo de usar, ideal para realizar algunos retoques a nuestras imágenes como: cambiar tamaño, rotar, recortar, invertir, polarizar, cambiar brillo y saturación, selección mágica, y muchos más efectos.

        PickMonkey es una herramienta online gratuita para todo lo que tiene que ver con la edición de imágenes y el retoque fotográfico. Es una alternativa a tener muy en cuenta por la gran cantidad de opciones que nos proporciona. Lamentablemente, hay varías opciones por las que cobra, pero con las herramientas gratuitas también se pueden hacer muchas cosas interesantes.
#Resultado esperado

       En esta ocasión utilizaremos ambas herramientas para poder conseguir estos resultados:


       Obviamente, pueden hacer otras cosas, simplemente mostraré cómo hacer cosas básicas como estas. Y ya cuando aprendan, pueden mezclar herramientas y crear un sin fin de lienzos.
#Conociendo PickMonkey


       PickMonkey nos da la opción de editar, retocar, crear y hacer un collage. En la opción de crear, podemos elegir el tamaño que queremos para nuestra imagen o seleccionar de entre las opciones que nos dan.


  • 1. Basic Edits: Aquí tenemos las herramientas básicas.
Crop, recortar la imagen.
Canvas Color, cambiar el color del fondo
Rotate, girar la imagen.
Colors, para cambiar el color de toda la imagen; si la quieres en blanco y negro, esta es tu herramienta.
Resize, para cambiar el tamaño del lienzo; hay que tener cuidado con esta herramienta, porque si quieres agrandar tu imagen tienes que cambiarla a proporción, puesto que si solo agrandas un lado, la imagen no lucirá como quieres y todo los efectos que le hayas hecho cambiarán de tamaño.
  • 2. Effects: tenemos todos los efectos posibles e imaginables, por lo general, el único que utilizo es Draw, que sirve para pintar algo de el color que quiero, además, si hay un color que me gusta, pero no sé su código, esta herramienta tiene una pequeña herramienta que es para saber el color con solo dar clic sobre él.
  • 3. Touch Up: Estas herramientas son para editar las fotografías que tienen rostros de personas, hay desde editar los labios hasta blanquear los dientes.
  • 4. Text: Aquí se encuentran los tipos de letras que tiene el programa más los que tenemos nosotros.
  • 5. Overlays: Son capas: hay dibujos, corazones, estrellas, etc. Lo mejor es que puedes cambiarle el color.
  • 6. Frames: Si quieres ponerle un cuadro, esta es la herramienta, aunque no son muchas las opciones que nos dan.
  • 7. Textures: ¿Quieres algo con efecto de papel? ¿Como una pintura? Hay varias herramientas aquí que te pueden ayudar.
  • 8. Themes: Si quieres hacer algo relacionado al amor, entonces todo lo que este programa ofrece y que tiene relación con el amor, desde corazones, letras, cualquier cosa, está ahí; hay más fácil acceso a todo lo que puedas necesitar.
  • 9. Cuando editamos algo, entre más capas tengamos es más difícil seleccionar una sin pasar a llevar otra, la herramienta con el número 9, la podemos utilizar para combinar las capas que ya tenemos "listas", cuando utilices esta, debes estar seguro de que no volverás a editar nada de la imagen, porque no puedes volver a atrás sin perder todo lo que avanzaste.
  • 10 y 11. Es para deshacer y rehacer algo que acabas de hacer.
  • 12. Si la mantienes presionada puedes ver el antes de tu imagen, cómo era antes de todo lo que le hiciste.
  • 13. Para aumentar y alejar la imagen, esto no afecta el tamaño final de la imagen.
Pixlr está en español, así que si lo utilizan no es tan difícil de saber qué es qué.
#Libro

       Para crear el libro en 3D, necesitamos una imagen en 3D de un libro o MockUp, hay muchos de estos, pero recuerden la imagen debe ser .png para que no tenga fondo y así la podamos usar más adelante en cualquier cosa que queramos. En esta ocasión utilizaré la siguiente:


       Si tienen una imagen que les gusta pero tiene un fondo blanco o de otro color, pueden usar BackgroundBurner que es para borrar los fondos; igual deben tener cuidado con este programa porque aveces borra más de lo necesario, además, para descargar la imagen deben crear una cuenta, pero es gratis.
       Entonces, yo utilizaré la portada del libro de Nathaly, es la única que tengo en mi compu. Como ven es una imagen completamente normal y no tiene ningún efecto 3D o parecido.
       La imagen .png del libro se muestra la parte de al lado del libro, la cual no tengo, así que primeramente voy a crearla.
  • 1. Primero, recorté una orilla de la portada para así mantener la gama de colores de la portada. 

       Luego creé una imagen en PickMonkey de 2000 x 230 pixeles, entonces inserté la imagen de arriba y la agrandé hasta que diera el ancho de la imagen. Para ello hay que ir a Overlays, la herramienta con una mariposa, en lugar de usar uno del programa se pone "Your own" y ahí debes seleccionar la imagen. Quedará algo así.

  • 2. Selecciono el tipo de fuente para el título, el color y el tamaño, todo esto en la herramienta Text. Y tenemos esto:
  • 3. Además, le agregué el nombre de la autora, para ello hice lo mismo que con el título, también le puse unas líneas, simplemente para que no quedara tan vacío; las líneas son en realidad guiones bajo, por lo que para el color y el tamaño hay que hacer lo mismo que con el nombre.
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  • 4. Finalmente le puse el dibujo de un narciso, para ello busqué en el buscador de google "dibujo de narcisos png" y elegí ese entre todas las imágenes. ¡Y listo!



  • 6. El siguiente paso es ir a Pixlr y abrir la imagen del libro 3D desde el ordenador.

       Ahora necesitamos agregar la imagen de la portada, para ello vamos a Capa -> Abrir imagen como capa y agregamos la portada. Es fundamental que la imagen la agreguen como una capa, ya que habrá que editarla.


       Si la portada es más grande que la imagen, vamos a Editar -> Transformación libre y ahí la achicamos.


       Para que la portada quede con la forma del libro, debemos ir a Editar -> Distorsión libre y con mucho detenimiento hacemos coincidir las puntas de la portada con las del libro.


       Como pueden ver en la imagen siguiente, la portada se distorsiona y queda con el tamaño de la otra imagen.

  • 7. Hacemos lo mismo con la parte de al lado. ¡Y ya está!

#Tipos de fuentes

       Existen muchas páginas desde donde podemos descargar fuentes de manera gratuita. Aquí dejaré dos páginas que a modo personal utilizo bastante.
       Lo mejor es que es muy fácil instalar las fuentes descargadas, pero si tienen dudas solo comenten.

       La entrada resultó ser más larga de lo que esperaba, por lo que decidí dividirla, la segunda parte la subiré la próxima semana. Espero que les haya gustado, si tienen alguna duda o consulta, no duden en comentarlo, también si tienen alguna petición.
Todo comentario es apreciado y de vuelto.
Pdta. ¡El blog tiene nuevo diseño! ¿Qué les parece la nueva fachada?

#CoverReveal: GRIEVOUS by Nancy Haviland + Excerpt + Giveaway



Welcome to the #CoverReveal for GRIEVOUS by Nancy Haviland!
Don't forget to enter the giveaway at the end of this post :)


Title: Grievous
Author: Nancy Haviland
Series: Wanted Men, #5
Publication Date: August 9, 2016
Genres: Adult, Contemporary Romance, Mafia Romance, Organized Crime

Yasmeen Michaels’ first hours of life were spent nestled in a cloud of dirty blankets on the front stoop of an orphanage in the Bronx. Even though rejection and loneliness peppered her life, she still fought hard enough to step out of her past a free, independent woman with a bright future ahead of her. Darkness descends when a shocking ripple in the organized crime world sends a grieving Romanian mobster back into her life. Yasmeen wakes to find herself in a centuries-old castle in Romania; claimed not as Lucian Fane’s lover…but as his pet.Lucian Fane is at ease in his place of power. He unapologetically lords over his business empire right alongside his criminal one. But when tragedy dares to cross his threshold, Lucian is sent into a tailspin and soon finds himself toeing the line between sanity and freedom. With his conscience gone, and in a bid to save his city from his wrath, he plucks an exquisite distraction from her world and tucks her away in his. Only then does he allow his demons free reign.

Even as Yasmeen once more finds herself fighting to hold onto her self-worth, the draw towards the darkness soon becomes too strong to resist. Will she be able to hold tight to her new owner as he freely drifts beyond her reach? Or will Lucian surface long enough to realize he’s pushing his precious pet too far to allow for forgiveness?

**ATTN: GRIEVOUS can be read as a STANDALONE. This book is the first part of Lucian and Yasmeen’s story. It DOES NOT have a HEA. The completion of their story will come in book #7 in the Wanted Men series, scheduled for release in 2017.

#PREORDER

#EXCERPT
“Would you like to put something on your feet?”

She looked down at her bare toes and shook her head. What if he left without her?

“I laid out a nightgown in your closet. Go get the slippers I put with it. If fact, change into the gown, too. I will wait for you.”

She bit her lip and looked at the door to their room, then behind her at the shadowy corridor. “Promise?”

“Yes, draga. I promise not to leave you on your own when you are so ill at ease. I am not that cruel.”

“’Kay.” She went back and didn’t even blink at the beautiful ivory silk creation she threw on after taking off her clothes. It was sheer, layered, and the cuffs and hemline were trimmed with the softest fur. She’d have felt like a cross between Mrs. Howell and Santa’s escort if she wasn't suddenly wearing a cloud made by angels. She paused at the sight of her reflection when she turned to slide her feet into the prettiest matching ballet slippers. Wow. Her mobster might be nuts, but he had superb taste.

“I do not want you in anything but the gown and slippers, Yasmeen.”

As Lucian’s voice drifted to her, she had to wonder if he’d want her at all if she gained twenty pounds, got a scar or two, and cut her hair to her chin.

Swiftly stepping out of her panties, she laid them out with the bra she’d already taken off and donned the slippers. When she walked out, she felt like a naked ghost.

Lucian’s chest rose swiftly when she rushed across the room towards him, layers of silk billowing behind her. She smoothed her hair down because she suddenly felt self-conscious.

“Ready.”

He stopped her from darting past him into the hallway with an arm around her waist. Allowing the momentum to turn him into her, he backed her into the open door and pressed his body along the length of hers.

“Mesmerizing,” he breathed as he stroked from her hips up to her breasts with complete and total ownership. He rolled her nipples, passed over them a few times with his thumbs, then took his touch away once they were peaked and ready for more. “I want to have a structure built deep in the woods.” His hands came to rest on the sides of her neck, his fingertips pressing into the base of her skull. “Preferably underground so no one will ever find it. I would have them construct only one entrance, and I would have the only access code. Close your eyes.”

She held onto him with a grip on the sides of his sweater. She closed her eyes.

He kissed each one, lingering. “Do you know what I would keep in that solitary, impenetrable fortress, draga?”

“Your valuables?” she guessed as she gave up and went under the hem to get at his skin.

“Yes. But only one.”

“Oh. Uh, your money?”

“You.”

Her eyes flew open. “Me?” she squeaked.

“I would lock you away and never let another soul anywhere near you. My face would be the only one you would ever again see. My voice would be the only one you would hear. My touch would be the last you would ever feel. And you would feel so much of it. You would exist for me. When I made time to visit, you would celebrate my very presence. Can you imagine a life like that, my pet?”

Ice flowed through her veins. “You would return to that fortress and find a corpse. Because if you ever made me live like that, I would kill myself.”

His fingers tightened until her head started to ache. “I would hunt you down in the afterlife if you did that to me. You would pay dearly.” He was looking down at her, but with a vacancy in his stare that told her he wasn’t really with her.

“Lucian?” She grabbed his wrists. “You’re hurting me.”

“You are hurting me.”

She couldn’t have been more shocked if he’d hit her. “What? How? Lucian, I’m here for you.” She brought her hands to his cheeks and stood on her toes so she could press her lips to his. His mouth was cold. “I want to help you.” The pressure he was exerting faded until he was simply holding her head again.

He tsked as he shook his head. “I want to climb inside you and stay there until you can’t survive without me. I want to f*ck your body. I want to f*ck your mind into an addiction you’ll never get over. I want you to crave my touch, my voice, the scent of my skin, the feel of my mouth on you, the sensation of my c*ck filling you, my tongue cleaning you afterward. I want you to need what I give you. I want it so you struggle to breathe when I am not within your sights. When you can no longer smell me, I want you to whimper with a desperation that matches what I am experiencing. I want this perfect, flawless treasure you are to be dependent on me for your very life.”

His forehead was resting on hers now and she’d long ago stopped breathing. Something in the very fabric of her existence understood those needs while the rational part of her found them repugnant. Excitement, terror, and a dark, writhing lust was crackling under her skin, heating her from the inside out.

He blinked and drew in a sudden lungful of air as if he’d just come out of a trance. He straightened and slid his hands down to her shoulders before placing a chaste kiss to her lips. “Do not worry, Yasmeen. I will send you home before I allow my demons to do those things to you. I know you deserve better. Now, come. You can sit by the fire while I attempt to work for an hour.”

As though he hadn’t just revealed how much further he’d fallen, he took her hand and led her out of the room. Unable to process what this could mean for her, she didn’t bother. She simply followed along and vowed to try harder. She had to get through to him. He had to see she was more than a possession. But more importantly, she had to convince him to send those demons he spoke of so fondly on their merry way. If he allowed them to take over completely, they were both finished.


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Meet the author!


Nancy Haviland, author of the bestselling organized crime series, WANTED MEN, writes about her alpha mobsters and their ladies from her home near Toronto, Ontario. She fights for space on her keyboard with her arrogant kitty named Talbot, and adores her Tim Horton’s coffee; as any self-respecting Canadian would. She writes contemporary romantic suspense but will happily read anything that involves two people smooching.

A member of Romance Writers of America, Nancy is represented by Nalini Akolekar of Spencerhill Associates, and is published by Montlake Romance/Amazon Publishing.


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Reivew: THE COVERED by Alexis Nicole White


Book Review "The Covered" by Alexis Nicole White


Upon graduating from Purdue University, Alexis Nicole White decides to relocate to the Land of Opportunity - Atlanta, Georgia.

While in pursuit of her dreams, her passion for journalism grows cold. After meeting a variety of people who pledged to help her, Alexis is introduced to a world of trouble. Realizing all that glitters is not gold, Alexis finds herself in the middle of drama that is full of deceit and mischief.

After being betrayed by a friend, she's left all alone in a strange city. Tormented by her decisions, Alexis has to decide what is best for her sanity. Not sure who to trust, Alexis decides to activate her faith in God, Proving that she is Covered, above all.

Will she return home as a failure? Or, will she conquer the fight of her life to survive the mean streets of Atlanta?

REVIEW


Before i begin to speak of the book i want to once again thank Alexis for being so kind in sending me her book after i contacted her , i promise to make you proud with this review of your awesome book.

When accepting to be mailed this book it was in exchange of an honest review and that is what i plan to do. I did not know what to expect i read the short synopsis of the book but in reality i still was not sure what was coming my way. The book "The Covered" has three saying that capture and inspires especially any women to pursuit better. [Be Transparent. Be Fearless. Be Resilient.] Alexis recently had moved to Atlanta, Georgia in a way to try to find better and at a young age with a bit of pocket change she went after her dreams and left her hometown of Gary, Indiana. She never suspected to hit so many unexpected bumps in her new path with her dreams. She was encountered in many let downs especially from the men in her life which continuously lied about their relationship status i honestly honor her from uprising to actually living in her car to be such a successful women today. (I applaud you!!) While her book had me with so many mixed emotions from feeling mad/sad with her and at moments actually having to stop and read the line a couple of times because it actually made me know that things do happen for a reason. God and continued to sacrifice everything to continue her journey. Throughout her journey she discovers there is no such thing as a 'Perfect Man' because everyone has something or does something that you may not like but that does not make that man not fit for you, just try to accommodate yourself with the issue and better it until you both can build a healthy relationship at the end that is what matters right?
RATING: 4/5 stars

Be transparent. Be Fearless. Be resilient.

Review Done By: Gesselle Velez
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Pictures of the book "The Covered" throughout the process of reading!


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MEET THE AUTHOR
Alexis Nicole White is a new upcoming author of a book entitled "The Covered" in which is based on a true story of herself. She is also an inspirational speaker and single mother whom speaks to women of all ways to maintain a healthy relationship.

Cover Reveal: SOMETHING SO RIGHT by Natasha Madison



Something So Right is a Natasha Madison’s debut full-length, standalone sexy romantic comedy about Parker & Cooper. She’s something sassy, he’s something badassy! Together they are Something So Right.

Something So Right is a STANDALONE
Releasing on August 1/2016!
Add it to your TBR: Goodreads


The moment everything changed didn’t happen in that cliché rockets-red-glare kind of way, it happened in the form of a waking nightmare. I caught my husband, my high-school sweetheart, the father of my children, balls deep in a sordid affair.

That was when I gave up on men and love.

I didn’t count on the NHL’s golden boy, the beautiful, arrogant Cooper Stone turning my life and my hockey rink upside down.

My kids are why I wake up in the morning.

Hockey is what Cooper breathes for.

We’re from different worlds and places in our lives but when our hearts collided something so wrong and different turned into something so right.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
When her nose isn't buried in a book, or her fingers flying across a keyboard writing, she's in the kitchen creating gourmet meals. You can find her, in four inch heels no less, in the car chauffeuring kids, or possibly with her husband scheduling his business trips. It's a good thing her characters do what she says, because even her Labrador doesn't listen to her...

STALK HER SHE LOVES IT!

#ExcerptReveal: TORN by Jennifer L. Armentrout



The highly anticipated second book in #1 New York Times Bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout's Wicked Trilogy is releasing July 19, 2016, and we have an excerpt for you! Check it out below, and be sure to grab the first book in the series, WICKED, which is on sale for $.99 for a limited time!


Torn between duty and survival, nothing can be the same.

Everything Ivy Morgan thought she knew has been turned on its head. After being betrayed and then nearly killed by the Prince of the Fae, she’s left bruised and devastated—and with an earth-shattering secret that she must keep at all costs. And if the Order finds out her secret, they’ll kill her.

Then there’s Ren Owens, the sexy, tattooed Elite member of the Order who has been sharing Ivy’s bed and claiming her heart. Their chemistry is smoking hot, but Ivy knows that Ren has always valued his duty to the Order above all else—he could never touch her if he knew the truth. That is, if he let her live at all. Yet how can she live with herself if she lies to him?

But as the Fae Prince begins to close in on Ivy, intent on permanently opening the gates to the Otherworld, Ivy is running out of options. If she doesn’t figure out who she can trust—and fast—it’s not only her heart that will be torn apart, but civilization itself.

EXCERPT

My fingers tightened around the slender remote. “I was thinking that if the prince can sense me, why hasn’t he showed up here?”

“I don’t know.” Tink came down to the coffee table and started marching across it. I’m not the prince, but if I was the prince, I’d be buying time.”

“Buying time?” I scooted to the edge of the couch.

“Yeah, because he’s got to win you over.” Tink swiped up the straw he’d had in his Coke. It was nearly the size of him. “That’s basically what he has to do if he wants to impregnate you.”

I cringed, like a full body cringe. “Please do not use the word impregnate ever again.”

“Why? That’s what he wants to do.” He started dancing with the straw, the kind of dancing you see in the clubs. Hips gyrating all over the place. “He knows coercing or tricking you isn’t going to get the deed done, so he’s probably trying to learn how not to be a sexed up dickhead.”

“Sexed up dickhead?” I repeated.

“Uh-huh.” Tink dipped the straw as one would a dancer. “Remember when I was telling you how I saw the prince getting it on with three females once? He’s totes sexed up. And he’s a dickhead. In other words, he has no empathy or compassion. No humanity.”

“Most fae don’t.”

Tink twirled the straw. “Yeah, but the ancients are worse. They’re as far away from human as you can get. He’s going to have to work on wooing you.”

I slowly shook my head. “That’s…” There were no words.

“That’s what I’d do.” Tink dropped the straw and whipped around toward me. “Or he’s plotting something major and any moment he’s going to knock down the front door and storm the place.”

“Wow.” A fine shiver curled down my spine. “That’s really a relaxing thought.”

He zipped over to the couch and sat on the arm. He tipped his head back and stared up at me. “Don’t worry. I’m here to protect you.”

I just looked at him, because other than ordering shit off of Amazon, the only strength he had was the unique ability to annoy the crap out of me while somehow still managing to be endearing.

Tink grinned. “Trust me, Ivy. The Prince is not going to want to mess with me.”


Things are about to get Wicked in New Orleans…
Don’t miss the first title in the series, WICKED, now just $.99 for a limited time only!

Meet the author!

New York Times and #1 International Bestselling author Jennifer lives in Martinsburg, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing, she spends her time reading, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, and hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell Loki. Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Spencer Hill Press, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen. Her book Obsidian has been optioned for a major motion picture and her Covenant Series has been optioned for TV. Her young adult romantic suspense novel DON’T LOOK BACK was a 2014 nominated Best in Young Adult Fiction by YALSA. She also writes Adult and New Adult contemporary and paranormal romance under the name J. Lynn. She is published by Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.
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