Blog Tour ~ Shadow Town (Maggie Lane Chronicles #1) by Robyn Jones: Top Ten + Giveaway!

Hey guys! Welcome to my stop on the Shadow Town Blog Tour hosted by JC's Book Haven! I have the author's top ten and giveaway! 

Title: Shadow Town

Series: Maggie Lane Chronicles #1

Author: Robyn Jones

Published: January 29th 2014

Genre: New Adult, Paranormal Romance

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Synopsis

By day, nineteen-year-old Maggie Lane is property manager of Pearl Estates, a posh housing community owned by her father and occupied by Shadows. By night, she's a waitress at a local dive. When a girl at her night job disappears, she dives into Scooby mode. She might be able to handle a missing waitress on her own, but when a new Shadow moves in next door and turns her into a blushing, flirting, love-crazed girl, her need for answers unearths nightmares from her past and monsters of the here and now. It's possible her bad attitude might not be enough to carry her through.

About the Author

I laugh when people fall down. It's a glitch in my programming, but even my mom has suffered this quirk. I have a BA in Studio Art from the University of Puget Sound. My boys make me laugh every day. I steal pens; I try real hard not to. I collect those free bookmarks at the checkout counter at libraries. I've had more stitches than anyone I know. I love stories; writing them, reading them, watching them. You can email me at robgirlbooks{at}gmail{dot}com.

Connect with Robyn:

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Top 10 TV Shows from my childhood on!

10. Charlie's Angels   

9. MacGyver

8. Firefly

7. G-Force (Japanese anime from the 80's, which I skipped a day of third grade to watch)

6. Stargate SG-1 (one of the few shows my oldest would fall asleep to)

5. Monk

4. Buffy the Vampire Slayer

3. Psych

2. The Walking Dead (because I can't help myself)

1. Battlestar Galatica (or as I affectionately refer to it, BSG)

Disclaimer: I'm a total TV whore girl, so this list is likely to change at any time!

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Blog Tour: Review ~ This Morning I Woke Up Dead by Mindy Larson

Hey guys welcome to my stop on the This Morning I Woke Up Dead Blog Tour hosted by RAVBT. Click here for the full tour schedule! :D

Title: This Morning I Woke Up Dead

Author: Mindy Larson

Publication date: November 12th 2013 - Relaunch

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Source: Review copy

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~ Synopsis ~

What would you do? What rules would you break to be with your soul mate? This morning Hadley Christensen and Dominic Morris woke up living their dream lives. They are engaged and each has promising careers in the medical field. They are happier and more fulfilled than they have ever been, and they are ready to begin their happily ever after.

Sadly, on her way to work, Hadley is in an accident. Before taking her last breath, she realizes she is already dead - and everyone on Earth is too. Now Hadley and Dominic must each find a way to live without one another. How do they continue when they are two parts of one flame? 

Hadley is given permission by the Masters to contact Dominic in the hopes he will also realize he is already dead. If Dominic can open his mind to hear Hadley they can be together forever. Is Dominic ready to give up life the way he knows it?

~ My Thoughts ~

My Rating: 5 / 5 

What if everyone on Earth was already dead? When I skimmed over the synopsis for This Morning I Woke Up Dead, I stopped at the second paragraph and knew I HAD to read this. The plot was so original and fresh sounding - I couldn't imagine how this was going to work, but I was intrigued. Needless to say, I was not disappointed!

We're introduced to Hadley and Dominic and get to know them and, through flashbacks, what their relationship had been like before Hadley's car accident. Mindy Larson has created an organic and believable relationship that made you ache for both of them to be together again. I really felt like I knew them and was right there with them.  

Once Hadley is given permission to contact Dominic, I had high hopes that he would realize he's already dead, too, so he could be with Hadley again. I worried that his intelligence would work against him, however, because he rationalized the inexplicable over and over again. Yet he also seemed open to possibilities he had never thought of before - he believed Hadley was visiting him every time he felt her icy touch. Only a quarter of the way in, I wanted him to come to the correct conclusion so he could be reunited with Hadley. 

This Morning I Woke Up Dead goes beyond Hadley and Dominic's love story. It made me think about life and death - what does it mean to be alive? Is there life after death and what is there before birth? I laughed and cried right along with the characters in trying to figure all of this out. The ending was so surprising - I never saw it coming in a million years. It was heartrending and uplifting at the same time - I don't know how Mindy Larson managed to make it both, but she did.           

I haven't been this touched by a book in such a serious way in a long time. I've been looking for a book that would make me feel the way this book has done. This is a book that once read, no matter how long it's been or how many books you've read in the meantime, you'll remember everything about it just by glancing at the title. This Morning I Woke Up Dead has that kind of staying power. I'm looking forward to the next book!  

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During the months of November & December - 1% of the gross sales of all novels with Lavish Publishing, LLC will be donated to the Lupus Foundation of America. The donation will be made in May 2014 in honor of AA Pencil and National Lupus Awareness Month.

~ About the Author: Mindy Larson ~

Mindy Larson has always had a vivid imagination that has only improved with her love of reading and writing. She spent much of her childhood entertaining her three younger brothers with her stories and today she is bringing her imagination to life in books. 

When not writing, Mindy enjoys spending time with the love of her life and four children while playing disc golf, cooking, baking, traveling and exploring.

~ Social Links ~

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Promo Blitz ~ This Morning I Woke Up Dead by Mindy Larson

I'm really excited to take part in this promo blitz for This Morning I Woke Up Dead! I'm reviewing this book for my stop on the blog tour next month. Just read the synopsis, and you'll see exactly why I can't wait to read this. It sounds SO awesome! :D   

Title: This Morning I Woke Up Dead

Author: Mindy Larson 

Date Published: November 12th 2013 - Re-Launch 

Genre: Paranormal Romance 

Promo Blitz organized by: Reading Addiction Virtual Book Tours

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~ Synopsis ~ 

What would you do? What rules would you break to be with your soul mate? This morning Hadley Christensen and Dominic Morris woke up living their dream lives. They are engaged and each has promising careers in the medical field. They are happier and more fulfilled than they have ever been, and they are ready to begin their happily ever after.

Sadly, on her way to work, Hadley is in an accident. Before taking her last breath, she realizes she is already dead - and everyone on Earth is too. Now Hadley and Dominic must each find a way to live without one another. How do they continue when they are two parts of one flame? 

Hadley is given permission by the Masters to contact Dominic in the hopes he will also realize he is already dead. If Dominic can open his mind to hear Hadley they can be together forever. Is Dominic ready to give up life the way he knows it?

~ Purchase Link ~ 

Amazon

****During the months of November & December 

1% of the gross sales of all novels with 

Lavish Publishing, LLC will be donated 

to the Lupus Foundation of America. 

The donation will be made in May 2014

 in honor of AA Pencil and 

National Lupus Awareness Month.****

~ About the Author: Mindy Larson ~

Mindy Larson has always had a vivid imagination that has only improved with her love of reading and writing. She spent much of her childhood entertaining her three younger brothers with her stories and today she is bringing her imagination to life in books.

When not writing, Mindy enjoys spending time with the love of her life and four children while playing disc golf, cooking, baking, traveling and exploring.

~ Social Links ~ 

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Blog Tour: Review & Giveaway ~ Soul Ties (Soul Ties #1) by Lisa Swallow

Hey guys, welcome to my stop on the Soul Ties Blog Tour hosted by Limitless Publishing. Click here to follow along with the blog tour schedule. 

Title: Soul Ties (Soul Ties #1)

Author: Lisa Swallow 

Publication date: July 22nd 2013

Genre: New Adult, Paranormal Romance 

Source: Review copy

Blog Tour organized by: Limitless Publishing

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~ Synopsis ~

On an English university campus, Ava is hunting Keir. She needs his Nephilim soul to trade for her freedom. 

But Ava didn't expect to find terrible secrets about the fate of the souls she takes. Or fall in love.

Soul-hunter Ava has retrieved hundreds of souls from demons but has never been assigned the dangerous mission for a Nephilim soul. When she arrives on campus and meets Keir, she discovers he has secrets more valuable than his Nephilim soul - secrets she could trade for the life she wants. She also meets Dahlia, the human girl with an inexplicable hold over Keir, and secrets of her own. 

When she uncovers the true fate of the souls she takes back to her superiors, and what Keir is doing to try and prevent it, Ava's world is turned upside down. 

Forced into a battle where the lines between good and evil are blurred, Ava is faced with the choice between saving herself by betraying those around her, or helping Keir and risking her life.

Ava's ultimate choice: retrieve Keir's soul and live, or join his battle and risk going to Hell. 

Warning: This book contains graphic language

~ My Thoughts ~ 

My Rating: 4 /5 

Soul Ties captured me immediately with its synopsis and the girl with pink hair on the cover. I love pink hair! This book did not disappoint - everything it promised, it delivered. The world as Ava knew it is ripped out from under her, and she begins to wonder if she really ever knew anything about her job at all. I wanted to know why and how she made the decision to become a soul-hunter when she was a teenager, especially after she was warned about all of the problems she could face with that single decision. 

Dahlia is a mystery, and I couldn't help but feel Ava needed to be friendlier to her. She has a very surprising past and is linked to Keir in that past in surprising ways. Dahlia and Keir's relationship makes more sense once you find out what they've been through together. Dahlia didn't start out as a character I liked very much, but I began to like her the more I got to know her. 

Keir is the perfect match for Ava in my opinion. As much as Ava tries to give the impression she's a tough and ruthless soul-hunter, Keir saw through her facade the moment they met. She's actually incredibly vulnerable and seemed at times to be close to letting that vulnerability slip through. The chemistry between Keir and Ava sizzled, and he turns her world upside down with the revelations about what really happens to the souls Ava collects and turns in. I thought the twist was pure genius. 

I kept rooting for Ava to choose to fight alongside Keir rather than collect his soul. I understood her indecision though - her relationship with Keir is fraught with tension because neither can fully trust the other. She had to make a choice with the risk of Keir lying to her to save his soul from being collected, so it made sense that she would proceed with caution. She can't just believe him right off the bat when she was sent there to kill him for his soul. I did wish that Ava had been a stronger female character. I liked that she had vulnerability, but she seemed a little weak to me at times that didn't have anything to do with feeling vulnerable. 

If you're looking for something different from vampires and werewolves in the paranormal department, Soul Ties is an excellent book for you to read. I love this book and can't wait for the next installment!     

~ Purchase Links ~ 

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 ~ About the Author: Lisa Swallow ~ 

Lisa was born in the UK and she moved around Europe with her military family before completing a BA (Hons) in English at the University of Leeds. Her home is now in Perth, Australia with her husband and three children. Lisa has written since she was a child - moving from writing poems and short stories aged nine to writing novels in the last few years. With the encouragement of her family and local writers group, Lisa found the confidence to share her latest paranormal romance series with the world. 

In between running her home based craft supplies business, looking after her family, and writing, Lisa sometimes finds spare time to do other things. This often involves swapping her book worlds for gaming worlds. She even leaves the house occasionally, enjoying walks with her dog and time with her family. She loves all things from the Whedonverse and preferred vampires before they sparkled.

Lisa enjoys reading both classics and modern fiction. Her favorite genres are gothic, paranormal and urban fantasy, but she also enjoys contemporary new adult. She is currently working on more books in the Soul Ties series, and has other projects lined up waiting.

~ Social Links ~ 

Website | Facebook | Twitter | Goodreads 

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Blog Tour ~ Review & Giveaway: Dead and Missing by Chris Myers

Welcome to my stop on the Dead and Missing Tour hosted by AToMR Tours. 

Please click here to follow along with the tour. 

Title: Date with the Dead

Author: Chris Myers

Publication date: March 19th 2013

Genre: Paranormal Mystery / Romance

Age Group: Young Adult 

Tour organized by: AToMR Tours

Source: Copy for Review

My rating: 4 / 5 stars

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~Synopsis~

Sixteen-year-old Jolie Livingston's closest and only friend Drew is this really hot dead guy, and it bites that the self-absorbed princesses at school cannot even see him. That's right she can communicate with the dead. It's the living she has trouble with. She and her mom inherited this awesome crib in Plymouth, MA. It's quite a step-up from the homeless shelter in New Orleans, but there's a catch. They can't afford the past due mortgage, so Jolie's working on that. She starts a ghost hunting business called Ripsters. Somehow she's managed to recruit Brittany, a glamour SAP smothered in pink, and a techie allergic to ghosts. Brit actually thinks he resembles the R&B singer Chris Brown. All that pink has clouded her vision. They both have special talents Jolie's hoping will be useful to their venture. Right now, they're working for a family in need of major therapy due to a dead guy with a hole in his head. 

~My Thoughts~

Usually I'm not drawn to mysteries, but the premise of a supernatural themed mystery had me intrigued. I love a good ghost story and hunting ghosts is even better. I must admit, I'm jealous of the abilities of Jolie and her mom. I'd love to be able to help spirits cross over and give families closure. Jolie and her mom come from a line of women in their family who all have the ability to see and speak to the dead or be a medium through which a spirit can communicate with the living. How cool would that be to inherit that kind of ability? 

I loved the characters, especially when they're together. From appearances alone, Jolie, Reese, Brittany, and Drew don't seem like they would be friends, but the supernatural brings them together. Somewhere along the way, they realize they have become friends who depend on one another. I connected with Jolie right away - the way she thinks and the style of clothes she wears plus her background is so interesting and made me want to know more about her. The author gives a few hints of some of the work with ghosts Jolie did when she lived in New Orleans. 

The ghost hunting expeditions, the seances, and the mystery surrounding it all was so much fun to read! I couldn't get enough. Jolie is braver than most people would be when it comes to the spirit world - I know that though I'd love to have her abilities, I'm not so sure I'd be as brave as she was, especially when the ghost with the hole in his head turns menacing. 

Overall, this is a light read that you'll fly through, pun intended. I relished every minute of it with all of the twists and turns. The author did a fantastic job of keeping me on my toes and guessing the identity of the murderer. I'm so excited for the sequel! 

~Purchase Links~

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Title: Dead and Missing (Ripsters #2)

Author: Chris Myers

Released: July 13, 2013

Genre: Paranormal Mystery / Romance

Age Group: Young Adult 

Tour organized by: AToMR Tours

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~Synopsis~

Sixteen-year-old Brittany Howland only knows one other girl, Jolie Livingston, who can communicate with the dead like herself. When Brittany takes Jolie's haunt fishing to get him out of Jolie's hair, he mysteriously disappears. Brittany isn't sure how she'll tell Jolie she lost her stupid ghost. Jolie thinks her dead best friend Drew has finally crossed over, but Brittany knows better. Just before Drew went missing, he revealed why he hasn't hitchhiked to the afterlife, a secret Brittany swore she'd take to the grave. 

*Review coming soon*

~Purchase Links~

Amazon  | Barnes & Noble

~About the Author~

Chris Myers suffers from an overactive imagination. She spent her high school years writing torch songs for fantasy guys then moved onto writing thrillers and young adult. She has a real job but would love to write full time. Her books have won and placed in the finals and semifinals for several awards including Paul Gillette, Rocky Mountain Gold, and Amazon Breakthrough Novel. Chris lives in Colorado with her daughter, her better half, and BeBe, a rambunctious Bichon. 

~Connect with the Author~

Website | Goodreads | Blog | Twitter | Facebook

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Cover Reveal ~ Pendomus (Pendomus Chronicles #1) by Carissa Andrews

Title: Pendomus (Pendomus Chronicles #1)

Author: Carissa Andrews 

Publication date: October 10th 2013

Genre: YA sci-fi/fantasy dystopian (with paranormal romance)

Cover Reveal organized by: Xpresso Book Tours

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~Synopsis~

Humanity has colonized on a tidally locked planet known as Pendomus, a planet of extremes. Half eternal scorching desert and half perpetual arctic night. Surviving along the temperate band between the two, we've set up home in a complex known as the Helix. Within the Helix lies a highly sophisticated, highly technological society that seems to function solely on humans fulfilling their life's purpose. That purpose is determined and nurtured through a person's natural aptitudes, as read by their daily brain scans. Eating, sleeping, even procreation is handled by professionals. These basic concepts no longer a part of society's every day norm.

Seventeen-year-old Runa Cophem longs to be more than part of the Helix machine. Her life inside is anything but fulfilling. She feels disconnected and longs to be more than society dictates. Inside, no one socializes, no one interacts in a meaningful way. It's never set right with Runa. She would love nothing more than to reach out to her family, but not even her own mother can show any semblance of love for her. Instead, Runa has found solace in the ancient woods nearby, despite being strictly forbidden.

Runa's life takes an unforeseen turn when she's brutally attacked and left for dead in those woods near the Helix. Rescued by a stranger with blue hair, she's immersed into a surprising way humanity has survived. Fueled by a yearning to belong and an attraction she didn't even know was possible, Runa wants desperately to make a new life. Yet, there's much she doesn't know about herself, about the planet and the forces controlling her from afar. 

What she needs is some answers.

~Author Bio~ 

Born and raised in central MN, Carissa Andrews has always loved books. She started her career at 15 in a bookstore, just to be able to afford her book fetish. By 19, she worked for a magazine publisher. At 22, she was working for printers to learn their trade. At 27, she went back to school for graphic design, and became an award winning designer. Little did she know all of her experiences would lead her to becoming a self-publishing power house. 

At 31, a magical world on a planet far away, invaded her mind.

At 34, she's learned what she needs to make her work successful.

Pendomus (Book 1 of the Pendomus Chronicles) will be released OCTOBER 10, 2013.  

~Author Links~

Website  | Goodreads | Facebook | Twitter

First of all, that cover! Wow! The plot synopsis is intriguing, and I can't wait to see the mix of genres. Sci-fi/fantasy, dystopian, and paranormal romance? Yes, yes, and yes! :D Will you be checking out this book? 

Cover Reveal ~ Imaginable by J. Meyers

I'm so excited to be a part of today's cover reveal! From J. Meyers, the author of the Intangible series, comes the unveiling of her next novel in the series, Imaginable, due out April 2013!

Ta da! It's absolutely gorgeous! I love it!! 

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Blurb:

Twins Sera and Luke Raine’s unusual abilities are growing. Sera is healing vampires now, making them human again. And, at times, Luke can actually change the future he Sees.

But Sera’s healing has dangerous consequences, and though Luke is altering the outcome of more visions, he can’t control them yet.

Now Sera is in danger as the dark creatures of the Realm seek to use her. As Luke struggles to master his gift in order to save his sister, he discovers even more about his powers.

And what he learns just may put him in greater danger than Sera has ever been.

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~The other books in the series~

"Intuition" (Intangible #0.5)

Indomitable (Intangible #0.75)

Intangible (Intangible #1)

   I canNOT wait to get my hands on Imaginable (Intangible #2)!! How about you?