T4T Blitz #T4T @Georgia_McBride & Giveaway @AmyRolland - Of Breakable Things by A. Lynden Rolland & Praefatio by Georgia McBride

Welcome to this week’s Two for Thursday Book Blitz #T4T
presented by Month9books/Tantrum Books!

Today, we will be showcasing two titles that may tickle your fancy,
and we’ll share what readers have to say about these titles!

You just might find your next read!

This week, #T4T presents to you:

Of Breakable Things by A. Lynden Rolland

 and
Praefatio by Georgia McBride

Be sure to enter the giveaway found at the end of the post!

A captivating debut about the fragility of life, love, and perspective.

When Chase dies tragically, Alex embraces her own mortality. What she didn’t expect was that she’d have to make a choice: forget the years of pain and suffering once and for all, or linger as a spirit and get another chance at life and love.

Alex doesn’t hesitate to choose; she’d follow Chase anywhere. But the spirit world is nothing like she expected, and Alex finds she's forced to fight for her life once more. For even in a world where secrets are buried much deeper than six feet under, a legacy can continue to haunt you—and in a place this dangerous, no one is resting in peace.

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WHAT READER’S ARE SAYING:

“The final chapters had me at the edge of my seat!” – Victoria – Goodreads Reviewer

“Of Breakable Things is a story of hurt, raw emotions, love, and incredible strength of mind and soul.” – Bèbè – Spiced Latte Reads

“The ending itself was so intense and action packed I really wish there was more of that throughout the book!” – Ang - Ang is Good with Books

A. Lynden Rolland was born and raised in a picturesque town obsessed with boats and blue crabs. She has always been intrigued by the dramatic and the broken, compiling her eccentric tales of tragic characters in a weathered notebook she began to carry in grade school. She is a sports fanatic, a coffee addict, and a lover of Sauvignon Blanc and thunderstorms. When she isn’t hunched behind a laptop at her local bookstore, she can be found chasing her two vivacious children. She resides in Maryland with her husband and young sons.

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Seventeen-year-old Grace Ann Miller is no ordinary runaway...

After having been missing for weeks, Grace is found on the estate of international rock star Gavin Vault, half-dressed and yelling for help. Over the course of twenty-four hours Grace holds an entire police force captive with incredulous tales of angels, demons, and war; intent on saving Gavin from lockup and her family from worry over her safety.

Authorities believe that Grace is ill, suffering from Stockholm Syndrome, the victim of assault and a severely fractured mind. Undeterred, Grace reveals the secret existence of dark angels on earth, an ancient prophecy and a wretched curse steeped in Biblical myth. Grace’s claims set into motion an ages-old war, resulting in blood, death and the loss of everything that matters. But are these the delusions of an immensely sick girl, or could Grace’s story actually be true?

Praefatio is Grace’s account of weeks on the run, falling in love and losing everything but her faith. When it’s sister against brother, light versus darkness, corrupt police officers, eager doctors and accusing journalists, against one girl with nothing but her word as proof: who do you believe?

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WHAT READER’S ARE SAYING:

“With Praefatio, Georgia McBride proves that you can take any genre to a higher level. This is teen fantasy at its most entertaining, most heartbreaking, most compelling. Highly recommended.” –Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author.

“This story kicks ass. No joke, all nepotism aside, I'm an angel convert after having read Praefatio. This proves my theory, by the way, that if a story is written well it can reach across the aisle and grab even the most cynical or perhaps reluctant reader.” – Caroline – Author

“An intense, but powerful young adult fantasy that you utterly become immersed in from the moment you start reading it.” – Grace – Books of Love

Georgia loves a good story. Whether it’s writing her own, or publishing someone else’s, story is at the heart of everything Georgia does. Founder of Month9Books, YALITCHAT.ORG and the weekly #yalitchat on Twitter, Georgia spends most of her days writing, editing, or talking about books. That is, of course, when she is not blasting really loud music or reading. She lives in North Carolina with four dogs, a frog, a parrot, 2 kids, parents and a husband. PRAEFATIO is her first novel.

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Cover Reveal @AriaPeyton - Entrusted by Aria Peyton (Coal Creek Shifters #1)

COVER REVEAL

Entrusted

Coal Creek Shifters #1

by Aria Peyton

Cover Design: Midnight Rainbow Designs

Release Date: Sept 29th, 2015

BLURB

One day of perfection.

Five minutes to change it all.

All it took was the cruelty of one man, and the actions of their clan, to tear them apart. Fated Mates; destined for each other. Forced into a solitary existence until another enters their lives.

Will his presence reunite them? Or will the past destroy their future?

EXCERPT

© Aria Peyton 2015. Subject to change if the betas and editors hate it!!

The feeling of surfacing from her favourite pond washed over her. Voices murmured from all around.

“But there’ll be no one there to support her.” That sounded like her mum. The image of her mother crept into her vision and faded out as another voice encroached.

“We’ll request a guard from another pack to look out for her while she’s in school.” She could hear someone crying, masculine murmurs trying to comfort. She looked around her, trying to find who spoke. A forest materialised off to her left. The voices petered out as she shuffled forward. There was a feeling of peace as she entered the space, familiar, homely. She disappeared into the maw of stolen light. Emerging from the forest, with no memory of entering, whispers wove through the air, hushed and urgent.

“But what about her cat?” That sounded like her father.

“There’s no sign of it…” The onyx void wrapped around her again. Alone in the dark mist, tapping sounds surrounded her, clicking, clacking, pause. Clicking, clacking, tack, tack, tack, pause. Like plastic keys…

…

…

An explosion sounded in her head, bringing her back from an abyss she didn’t recall. Loud voices arguing made her surface, to listen. She knew the voices. They were important to her.

“You can’t do this! You can’t keep me away from her,” a familiar male hollered.

“But we can do this, Rebel, she’s our daughter and she’s suffered enough already. Can you guarantee she will stay sane if she remembers what happened to her out there? Can you?”

That was her dad. What the hell were they talking about?

“No, I can’t, but I can say honestly say I’ll stick by her through anything. She’s my mate. I’m in this for life, no matter what.”

About the Author:

I've been a covert operative in a foreign country, jumped out of helicopters for fun, and bungee jumped over the side of a Styrofoam factory into a vat of beans made for beanbags. I can also leap Lego towers in a single bound, pack school lunches like a boss, and burn myself on any hot surface. My multiskilling is out of this world and I successfully masquerade as an average parent 24/7. Do not be fooled by my mediocrity. To do so is at your own peril. Also, don’t believe everything you read!

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Review @Natalie_Crown & Giveaway @candacemom2two - The Lion's Pride by Natalie Crown (Semei #2)

Welcome to my tour stop for The Lion's Pride by Natalie Crown!  The tour runs August 3 - 14 with reviews, author interviews, guest posts and excerpts.  This is a YA Fantasy/Alternate World book that released on August 2nd. This is the second book in the The Semei Trilogy. Check out the tour page for the full schedule.

    

 About the Book:

 

'She is the reason your friends are dead. She should pay the price for that betrayal.'

Not long ago Kammy had led a simple existence, stuck on an island, with only her Gran and Jamie to care about. Now she knows she is half Semei and of royal blood, in possession of an item that could bring about a war that would destroy the world, and so the worlds within it. She cannot go back and, despite everything, she does not want to.But she is haunted by the man - the king - that shadows her.Bagor and his army wait. In three days he will march into Emire and he will take everything.Kammy and her friends have one hope. They must find Danorrah; a cursed city, lost to the memory of all. Bagor will hunt them, every step of the way, determined to claim the Key and to claim her. It is all well and good that Kammy does not want to go back to her old life, but she will need the blessing of the Mother if she is to elude Bagor and hang on to her new one.

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My Thoughts - 4 out of 5 Unicorns - I really liked it!!

***Received the ebook for an honest review

The cover is beautiful, but I tend to be drawn in by animals :)

This is the second book in the series.  This is a YA series.  I definitely recommend reading the series in order, so you have the background on the characters and what is going on.

When I started reading, I will admit I was lost.  I’m not sure if you are supposed to feel the chaos that is happening or if I should have refreshed my memory where book one left off.  It definitely did not last long though.  Of course the characters from book one are part of this book.  Sometimes they were making smart decisions, and sometimes I wanted to slap them.

This is not a happy everything will turn out perfectly kind of world.  I’m not sure how I should word this so I do not ruin the adventure for the rest of you.  Things will not go the way you want, and you will be screaming no because something or several somethings happened that you didn’t want to.  Awesome story, but it ripped me in two at times especially where it ends.  This book is like perfect torture.  And I can’t wait to do it again because there is no way I can’t read book 3 now because I have to see what happens.

I recommend this series to readers who want a complex shifter world that is not a happily ever after where you will yell at the book either internally or verbally aloud as you read!!!

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Be sure to check out The Wolf's Cry, 
Book One of The Semei Trilogy

See my review of The Wolf's Cry!!!

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About the Author:

I grew up in a village called Swilland, in the countryside of Suffolk, England. There wasn’t much around, other than farms and fields, but for the most part I loved it, and I still do. I’m a passionate person by nature. I don’t just LIKE things, I LOVE things. Whether it’s a book, a film, or a sports team. Once I decide to enjoy something, I enjoy it to the MAX.

I’m a terrible cook. I prioritise essential social media work over keeping my flat tidy, because I know best.

Onto my love of reading and, consequently, writing – it was my dad that played a big role in encouraging me to read. He didn’t push me towards books necessarily; he simply read a lot himself. Then I would pick up his books and read them after him. I was reading high and epic fantasy from a very young age. I guess that might explain why I have always loved adventure stories with magic and intrigue and princes and princesses in.

I was aware that I wanted to ‘be a writer’ from a very young age. I was convinced I would be the first best seller that hadn’t reached double figures in age yet! I wrote about the Danshees, furry creatures that lived through a mirror. I wrote about a Sand Bottle that transported a boy into a world of magic. I wrote about a sick girl finding a music boy that healed her, but transported her back in time. (Wow, I always have loved alternate universes…)

When I was eight I wrote my first novel called The Land of No Return. Despite the title, I am determined to return to it one day. I feel like I owe it to my past self. So, as you can see, I have always been writing. There have been times when I have gone weeks without scratching down a word. Then there are days where I churn out multiple chapters and only my body’s silly desire for sleep and/or food can stop me.

I write because I enjoy it. I write fantasy because I enjoy it. I try my hardest to put something of myself into my writing. I like to think my characters have depth, I like to think that my fantasy worlds reflect upon the real world in some way. You guys will be the judge of that but even if you don’t agree I know that I at least try and I can do no more than that.

These days I live in North London and I love it. I work full time and London is a hectic city. Juggling work, writing and a social life is tough but nobody is forcing me to do it so I can’t complain. The dream is that writing will be my career one day but it doesn’t matter if I never quite make it. I love writing too much to ever pack it in.

I am desperate to get a dog. My mum suspects I miss my cats at home more than I miss her. I am a devout Arsenal/Ferrari/Rafael Nadal fan. I get all mad when confronted with a case of social injustice and then I get all mad when people take the fight for social justice too far. I mostly keep those thoughts to myself and simmer with rage. I watch good TV and bad TV, because I can. What I can’t do is enjoy bad books (subjective opinion of course). I just can’t.

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NEW Release @nightcreatures - Smoke on the Water by Lori Handeland (Sisters of the Craft #3)

Smoke on the Water

Sisters of the Craft #3

by Lori Handeland

Goodreads blurb:  Abandoned beneath a black willow tree on the banks of a northern Wisconsin creek, Willow Black spent her entire childhood in foster care. Her entire life she's had terrifying visions, and it is these visions that eventually land her in a psychiatric facility. And so Willow takes her meds and believes she is getting better. Until she meets a fellow patient who doesn't think she is crazy at all. She thinks Willow is a witch.

Willow's psychiatrist, Dr. Sebastian Crane, works hard to resist his feeling that he and Willow are destined to be together while also working to convince her that strange occurrences aren't the result of witchcraft… until he is thrown into the middle of a storm of supernatural events that can't be explained any other way…

About the Author:  Lori Handeland has written over fifty novels, novellas and short stories in several genres--historical, contemporary, series and paranormal romance, as well as urban fantasy--for such publishers as: Dorchester, Kensington, Harlequin, St. Martin’s Press, Harper-Collins, Simon and Schuster and Penguin/Putnam

She is a New York Times, USA Today, Waldenbooks and Bookscan Bestselling Author and the recipient of many industry awards, including two RITA Awards from Romance Writers of America for Best Paranormal and Best Long Contemporary Romance, a Romantic Times Award for Best Harlequin Superromance, the Colorado Romance Writers Award of Excellence, the Write Touch Readers Award, the National Readers Choice Award and the Prism Award.

Published world wide and known for her popular and highly acclaimed Nightcreature paranormal series, as well as the Urban Fantasy series – The Phoenix Chronicles, and the historical fantasy series, Shakespeare Undead, Lori also writes gritty, sexy western historical romance under the name Lori Austin. Look for her Once Upon a Time in the West series.

Connect with Lori:

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My Thoughts - 5 out of 5 Unicorns - I loved it!!!

***Received a copy of the ebook for an honest review

The cover is stunning and beautiful!!  I’ve loved them all :)

This is the 3^rd book in the trilogy.  They have all rocked!!  This is the 3^rd sister’s story Willow.  She is amazingly strong and sweet.  Sebastian isn’t sure which way is up after he meets Willow.  Of course Willow’s whole awesome family is in the book too which I love.  Everything just magically fit together to make an awesome adventure and story….I couldn’t resist.  This is the conclusion of the series, and it does have a fabulous ending which I will tell you nothing about because you just have to read it :)

Lori’s creativity is just amazing.  I have had no problems connecting with her characters or the awesome world she has created :)  I guess I’m stuck on words beginning with A today…lol  I can’t wait to see what Lori cooks up next :)

I highly recommend this whole series to any paranormal fans who love magic, family, witches, and love because the mix just works :)

See my review of In the Air Tonight (Book 1)!!!

See my review of Heat of the Moment (Book 2)!!!

Interested in reading???

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Audiobook Review @TerrySpear - Taming the Wild Highlander by Terry Spear (The Highlanders #4)

Taming the Wild Highlander

The Highlanders #4

by Terry Spear

Goodreads blurb:  Edana Chattan senses concerns where people she knows could be in danger. When her brothers warn her they're in trouble, she can't convince her father to listen to her, so with an escort, she tries to locate them.

Separated from her escort during a storm, she is discovered by Angus MacNeill, who is tasked to return her home. Only Edana has other notions - and convinces him and his companions to allow her to use her abilities to locate her brothers who are manacled in a dungeon somewhere. That leads to a faux marriage and more dungeons and more trouble than Angus had ever thought possible. So why is the bewitching, fiery-haired lass making him think of marrying her for real?

About the Author:  Love, love, love romance, the paranormal, hunky Highlanders with their delicious brogue and hot kilts, so Terry Spear writes about those hunky Highlanders both in medieval times and as wolves in contemporary times. Jaguar shifters too! And young adult urban fantasy. And romantic suspense.

She grew up reading mystery, adventure, mythologies from around the world, ghost stories, the paranormal, fell in love with Dracula and Wolfman, and felt they needed loving too. Everyone should have someone to love. Which means her stories always have a HEA.

USA Today Bestseller residing in Central Texas from Sacramento, California who creates award-winning teddy bears too!

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Narrated by Borah Coburn, you can find other books narrated by her HERE!!!

My Thoughts - 5 out of 5 Unicorns - I loved it!!!

***Received a code from the author to listen to and review the audio version of the book

The cover is beautiful, but Terry’s covers are always awesome :)  I’ll take one Highlander please :)

I got this quite a while ago, but I hadn’t had a chance to listen to it until I was stuck on a mower for 6 plus hours doing two overgrown fields on my property.  I am not one for historical romances, and I usually avoid them.  I should definitely know better when it comes to Terry Spear because she always makes it exciting, fun, and sexy.  This is the 4^th book in this series, but the only one in this series that I have read (well listened to but same thing)!  This is for adults only due to the steamy content.

Edana is a loyal and feisty woman which I love because I want to love my main characters :)  Angus is the typical alpha male trying to be in control, but he folds like a table with Edana, and I love it!!  There is tons of action, twists and turns, and treachery to keep you entranced whether you are reading or listening.

The narrator was fantastic, and I especially loved that she spoke with the Scottish accent!!

I highly recommend Terry Spear as an amazing author no matter what genre she writes because I haven’t found anything she’s written that I didn’t totally enjoy.  I especially recommend trying this book even if you usually run away from historical books like I usually do.  Now I’m sad because I have run out of Terry audiobooks, I really need to put audiobooks in my budget!!

Interested in reading???

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See my reviews of other books by Terry Spear!!!

See my review of The Dark Fae!!!

See my review of The Deadly Fae!!!

See my review of The Winged Fae!!!

See my review of The Ancient Fae!!!

See my review of Kiss of the Vampire!!!

See my review of Deidre’s Secret!!!

See my review of Bound by Danger!!!

See my review of Savage Hunger!!!

See my review of Cougar’s Mate!!!

See my review of Scepter of Salvation!!!

See my review of Mage of Monrovia!!!

See my review of The Shadow Elf!!!

Review - Beauty And The Billionaire Bear by Sable Sylvan (The Shifter Princes #2)

Beauty

And

The Billionaire Bear

The Shifter Princes #2

by Sable Sylvan

Goodreads blurb:  When Rose Charleston's father steals a rose from a billionaire bear shifter, only the curvy human woman can save him from the wrath of the werebear. The handsome shifter calls himself "Beast" and demands payments for what Rose's father stole...and by having weekly dinners with Beast over the course of a month, Rose will earn her father's freedom.

It's just dinner: how hard could it be? Each Friday, they'll have dinner, together, and for the rest of the week, Rose will have free reign of the billionbear's mansion in upstate Montana...but there are secrets lurking behind every corner. What does the billionaire bear want with her, and why are her dreams haunted by the howls of something in the forest, gardens, and greenhouses outside her room?

Every dinner with Beast grows more intense, the tension between the pair growing, until they can't keep themselves apart any longer, events coming to a climax the night before Rose is sent back to her home. Will she finally learn the mysterious shifter's name, or will the only word left on her lips be, "Beast"?

If you love sassy BBWs and bear shifters are what you live for, sexy billionaires are what you dream of, and fated mates are your obsession, check out Beauty And The Billionaire Bear! This book is a standalone novella, part of The Shifter Princes, a series of remixed fairy tales. 

About the Author:  My name is Sable Sylvan, and the only thing I love more than reading hot paranormal romances is writing down my fantasies and sharing them with readers like you. My heroes are strong alpha male shifters who can be grizzly and gruff at times...but when it comes to their mates, they turn into absolute teddy bears. The curvy heroines in my stories can be sassy at times but the bear shifter men who love them will do anything for their fated mates.

"Goldilocks And The Three Bear Shifters" is the first book in my "Bear-y Spicy Fairy Tales" series, set in fictional Port Jameson, Oregon. Each standalone books features a BBW and her bear shifter ménage, a happy ending (no cliffhangers!) complete with an epilogue and a sexy teaser. The books can be read alone and in any order and are all based on popular fairy tales.

If you love fairy tale romances but aren't super into ménages, check out my modern fairy tale series, "The Shifter Princes", a series in which sexy shifter billionaires woo the women they love, each standalone book featuring a modern twist on a classic fairy tale. Expect these books out by August 2015!

If you want to reach me directly, you can email me at SableSylvan@gmail.com . I love connecting with readers as well as other authors.

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My Thoughts - 4 out of 5 Unicorns - I really liked it!!!

***Received a copy of the ebook for an honest review

The cover is beautiful with both beasts and the gorgeous rose…simply perfect :)

This is the 2^nd book in this series.  It is for adults only due to the steamy content.  This is a novella length HEA (Happily Ever After), and it is standalone.  You do not have to read book 1 though I highly recommend it :) 

This is a great feel good story, but book 1 is still my favorite :)  Beast is a gruff and growly out of control bear man.  He definitely has some issues he is working through.  Rose is sweet and doesn’t have any experience out in the world because she takes care of her sisters and father.  This story definitely reminds you of Beauty and the Beast, but Sable has made it unique and added my favorite part….shifters.  I really enjoy all the fairy tale twist stories.

I recommend this to readers who love the fairy tale twists and especially with shifters :)

Interested in reading???

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See my review of Shifterella and the Billionaire Bear!!!

See my review of Goldilocks and the Three Bear Shifters!!!

See my review of Little Red Riding Bears!!!

Review @WendySparrow - Crazy Over You by Wendy Sparrow (Taming the Pack #3)

Crazy Over You

Taming the Pack #3

by Wendy Sparrow

Goodreads blurb:  She's on the sheriff's most wanted list.

Waking up with a naked woman holding a knife at his throat is just about the last thing Sheriff Travis Flynn expected. And the brother she's looking for? A murderer. And dead. Probably. But the real shock comes when she insists she's not a Lycan.

LeAnn Wilcox isn't looking for love...especially not from some wolf in sheriff's clothing. She operates on the other side of the law. Once she finds her brother-alive-she'll get out of the pack's territory and go back to her regular, normal, non-furry life of changing jobs and her name whenever her past closes in.

The cool, logical Sheriff has finally met his match, but LeAnn's life is at stake if she won't claim her place in the pack, especially once his control over the pack is challenged and her brother's fate is questioned.

About the Author:  At home in the Pacific Northwest, Wendy Sparrow writes for both an adult and young adult crowd in many genres but always with a happily ever after. She has two wonderfully quirky kids, a supportive husband, and a perpetually messy house because she hates cleaning. She’s an advocate both online and in her community for autistic children in addition to actively trying to raise awareness about obsessive compulsive disorder. Most days she spends on Twitter procrastinating doing the dishes.

Connect with Wendy:

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My Thoughts - 4 out of 5 Unicorns - I really liked it!!!

***Received the ebook for an honest review via Netgalley

The cover is hot!!  The only thing that would have made it better was a wolf added to the cover :)

This is the 3^rd book in the series :)  Somehow I missed book 2 coming out, so I’m going to have to get that in the future and read it :)  This is a full novel and is for adults only due to the violence and steamy content.  You do not have to, but I think if you read the series in order that it will be much more cohesive than doing what I did and skipping book 2.

I wasn’t sure what to think of LeAnn in the beginning, but she reminds me of someone who harshly judges themselves when she shouldn’t.  We all have bad habits, but she is not bad because of them.  Travis is definitely an Alpha, but in the beginning, I really thought he was a jerk for some of his thoughtlessness though unintentional, and he tends to be a control freak but what alpha isn’t.  He definitely redeemed himself.  Plenty of action, mystery, murder, and drama to keep your attention throughout :)

Wendy’s writing is detailed and easy to read.  She made a complex plot with lots of twists and turns and complex and unique characters to go with it.  I can’t wait to see what she comes up with next.

I recommend this series to book lovers who love wolf shifters and full length novels with lots going on :)

See my review of Past My Defenses (Book 1)!!

Interested in reading???

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