25 Days of Book Boyfriends & Giveaway

December 1:

Nick & Nereyda's Infinite Booklist

(Bishop, The Book of Ivy by: Amy Engel)

December 2:

Lovin Los Libros

(Garrett, The Deal by: Elle Kennedy)

December 3:

The Story Goes...

(Park, Eleanor and Park by: Rainbow Rowell)

December 4:

Readers Live A Thousand Lives

(Rowan Whitethorn, Throne Of Glass series by: Sarah J. Maas)

December 5:

Foxy Blogs

(Zeth, Deviant by: Callie Hart)

December 6:

A Perfection Called Books

(Tucker Avery, Unearthly  by: Cynthia Hand)

December 7:

The Reader and the Chef 

(Aldrik, Air Awakens by: Elisa Kova)

December 8:

Doodle's Book Reviews

(Maxon Schreave, The Selection series by: Kiera Cass)

December 9:

Bookworm Brandee

(Logan "High" Judd, Walk Through Fire by: Kristen Ashley)

December 10:

Kimberlyfaye Reads

(Ryke Meadows, Addicted series by Krista and Becca Ritchie)

December 11:

TSK TSK What To Read

Rogan, Tough Enough by: M. Leighton)

December 12:

Books and Photographs

(Dash, Dash and Lily's Book of Dares by: David Levithan and Rachel Cohn)

December 13:

Reading Over Sleeping

(Levi, Fangirl by: Rainbow Rowell)

December 14:

Book Scents

(Thorne Carswell, Lunar Chronicles by: Marissa Meyer)

December 15:

The Hardcover Lover

(Mathias, Zodiac by: Romina Russell)

December 16:

Novels and Necklaces

(Eric Northman, Sookie Stackhouse series by: Charlaine Harris)

December 17:

Brooke Blogs

(Gabe Bowden, At Wolf Ranch by: Jennifer Ryan)

December 18:

Stuck In Books

(Kaidan Rowe, The Sweet Trilogy by: Wendy Higgins)

December 19:

The Fox's Hideaway

(Tristan Archer, The Archers of Avalon by: Chelsea Fine)

December 20:

Love At First Page

(Tarver, These Broken Stars by: Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner)

December 21:

Corrie The Book Crazed Girl

(Raffe, Penryn and the End of Days by: Susan Ee)

December 22:

Books and Swoons

(Dimitri Belikov, Vampire Academy by: Richelle Mead)

December 23:

After Hours at Lilybloombooks

(Curran, Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews)

December 24:

Reese's Reviews

(West Leavitt, Deeper/Harder by Robin York)

I'm excited to be part of the 25 days of Book Boyfriends this year!

AND I'm even more excited to be talking about the badboy Kaidan Rowe as my book boyfriend!

My TOP TEN reasons why Kai is one sexy book boyfriend!

10.  Son of the Duke of Lust!

9.  DRUMMER

8.  English Accent!

7. He calls girls LUV!

6.  Neph skilled in the art of seduction

5.  Flips knifes around his fingers like most drummer flip sticks (yeah, and he was ready to use those knifes to defend Anna)

4.  Risks his fathers wrath and refuses to "work" for Anna.

3.  Messy dark hair

2.  Sexy blue eyes

1.  He wants to introduce himself to all of Anna's freckles up close and personal like! 

And so many more!!!

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Here's some teasers to give you even more proof!

ABOUT WENDY HIGGINS

After earning a Creative Writing degree from George Mason University and a Masters in Curriculum and Instruction from Radford, I taught high school English until becoming a mommy. I've always had a heart for teens, and writing YA stories gives me the opportunity to delve into the ambiguities of those pivotal years before adulthood.

I live in Virginia with my husband, daughter, son and doggie Rue.

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Thief of Lies by Brenda Drake ~ Excerpt Tour

Title: Thief of Lies (Library Jumpers, #1) 

Release date: 1/5/16

Author: Brenda Drake

About the book:

Gia Kearns would rather fight with boys than kiss them. That is, until Arik, a leather clad hottie in the Boston Athenaeum, suddenly disappears. While examining the book of world libraries he abandoned, Gia unwittingly speaks the key that sucks her and her friends into a photograph and transports them into a Paris library, where Arik and his Sentinels—magical knights charged with protecting humans from the creatures traveling across the gateway books—rescue them from a demonic hound.

Jumping into some of the world's most beautiful libraries would be a dream come true for Gia, if she weren’t busy resisting her heart or dodging an exiled wizard seeking revenge on both the Mystik and human worlds. Add a French flirt obsessed with Arik and a fling with a young wizard, and Gia must choose between her heart and her head, between Arik's world and her own, before both are destroyed.

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Brenda Drake, the youngest of three children, grew up an Air Force brat and the continual new kid at school. Her fondest memories growing up is of her eccentric, Irish grandmother’s animated tales, which gave her a strong love for storytelling. So it was only fitting that she would choose to write stories with a bend toward the fantastical. When Brenda’s not writing or doing the social media thing, she’s haunting libraries, bookstores, and coffee shops or reading someplace quiet and not at all exotic (much to her disappointment).

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Excerpt:

I pressed the screen, and it went dark. “How do we know he’s not being forced to say this?”

“The password, May Agnes guide you,” Lei replied. “She’s the patron saint of Asile.”

Agnes? That was the silver woman’s name that formed from my globe. Did the saints have something to do with the Chiavi?

I faced Ricardo. “How did you know I was here?”

“The werehounds tracked your scent from a shirt Katy…excuse me, your nana…gave us.”

“Can your pack help us save Couve?” Arik asked him.

“They will, but Gia must go with me.” He noticed the protest forming on my lips. “Merlin said no exceptions. I’m to get you to the shelter.”

From the corridor came yells, scuffles, and the continual wail of the warning siren.

“I can’t go with you,” I said. “I have to fight with them.”

“She can’t fight with us,” Lei said, glancing at the door. “She almost killed Kale.”

I turned to Sinead. “You know what I can do.”

Sinead gave me a pity smile. “Yes, but you have no control over it. Let Ricardo take you to your father and friends.”

I thought of Kale lying motionless, near death, and I hated that she was right. As much as I wanted to stay, I might be more hindrance than help. I caved. “Okay,” I said, defeated. Lei flew out of the room with the Laniars on her heels.

Sinead hugged me, then rushed after them. Arik moved over to me and cupped my face gently in his hands. His eyes held the intensity that always drew me to him.

I swallowed my breath in anticipation. All the sounds around us went silent.

He bent and lightly brushed my lips with a kiss. His lips were soft and oh, so tender. Butterflies swooped and curled inside me, and it felt like the ground disappeared from beneath my feet. He pulled back a little and said, “Regardless of the fact that you’re a royal pain in the arse, I fancy you. Listen to Ricardo and don’t do anything rash.”

He gave me another kiss and rushed out the door. My heart twisted in my chest as he disappeared. I touched my mouth and exhaled. He liked me. It was against the laws, but he told me he fancied me. Maybe we had no future, but we had now.

“What a sweet display,” Ricardo said, dragging me out of my haze. “I’m not one for rules or laws, but I’d be careful there. The punishment would be much worse for him than you.”

“Why?” I stared at the door as if I’d see Arik there.

“He’s a leader. He knows better.” Ricardo headed to the window. “Are you ready to fly?”

“Did you say fly?”

Caged In Winter by Brighton Walsh ~ Review

Source:  I received the paperback from the publisher in exchange for a fair and honest review.

In this emotional and sexy New Adult debut from Brighton Walsh, the only thing more frightening than commitment is hope…...

Aspiring chef Cade Maxwell is immediately, viscerally attracted to Winter Jacobson. But it’s not her mouthwatering curves he’s drawn to—it’s the strange emptiness in her eyes. When Cade saves her from a drunken customer with grabby hands, he’s shocked at her response…...

Winter doesn’t need Cade’s help. After a lifetime of getting by on her own, she’s happy to rely on herself. She’s exactly seventy-six days away from graduating college, and if she can hold it together that long, she’ll finally be able to rise above the crappy hand she was dealt.

But now, every time she turns around, Cade is there, ready to push her, smile at her, distract her from her plans. Winter knows she can’t afford to open up—especially to a man she’s terrified to actually want….

Excerpt...

I bend my knees so we’re eye level and tug on her hand until she meets my gaze. “I don’t know what we could have. It might be nothing. But I’ll be honest . . . I haven’t felt like this in a long time, and that’s enough for me to know I want to see where it goes. Can’t we just see where it goes?”

With a deep sigh, she says, “I’m not right for you, Cade.”

“How about you worry about if I’m right for you. Let me decide the other.”

And then before she can stop me, before she can utter another word of opposition, I slide my hand up her arm, over her shoulder, until it’s wrapped around her neck. With my other hand, I swipe a piece of hair back with my fingers, and then lean in, brushing my lips against hers. After only a moment, I pull back just enough for her to be able to tell me to stop. When nothing comes, I close the distance between us once again, taking her bottom lip in between mine. I brush my tongue against it, coaxing her mouth open, and she breathes this sexy little gasp as I slip inside. She tastes like cookies and wine, and I want to fucking devour her.

She grips my shirt with both hands, clutching me to her, and I stop holding back and press every inch of my body against hers, groaning as my cock presses fully against her. The moment a whimper comes from her, I know she feels it. And I can’t muster up any embarrassment, because I want her to feel it. Even with all her brass balls and fuck-everything attitude, something tells me she needs reassurance, so I give it to her. In every stroke of my tongue against hers, every brush of my thumb along her jaw, I show her how much I want her.

When her chest is heaving, her lips parted and swollen and so fucking hot, I trail kisses down her neck, seeking out every inch of skin that’s uncovered. Her head thumps back against the wall, one of her hands gone from gripping fistfuls of my shirt. Instead, she’s holding my head to her, and I don’t want to stop. I want to kiss and lick every inch of her, slip my hands under the material of her sweater, unbutton her jeans, and not stop until I feel her soft wetness against my fingertips.

But the knowledge that she’ll regret it if I don’t stop forces me to slow down.

I pull back, loosening my grip on her and putting an inch of space between us. I kiss the corner of her mouth, her cheek, and then her ear. Against it, I whisper, “Don’t say no.”

There’s a beat of silence. Two. Three. And then she says the sweetest word I’ve ever heard.

“Okay.”

Review...

Wow! Just wow. It's rare to find a book, an author that has me from the beginning to the end; a story that I never want to put down and where the time passes without my notice.  This is one of those books.  And I'm down for anything this author writes.

It was deliciously satisfying.  I never felt that silly roller coaster of "oh here we go again" from these characters.  They were real and the issues weren't contrived.  Both come with a history of loss.  But each has dealt with very differently.  One protects what's his.  One refuses the help of others for fear of it being taken away from her.  Both are determined and driven.  Both love fiercely.  Both fight on.  Both are strong.  I love them both.

I never looked up at the clock and I was grumpy with anyone who dared to interrupt me.  I needed to know they would be okay.  I needed them to be okay.

There's a tease of book two at the end and I just can't wait for Tessa Ever After.  We meet both characters in Caged In Winter.  I'm excited to see how Jason is tamed.

If you love the New Adult genre but are tired of the same old story, then this one should be your next read.  It's everything that makes New Adult incredible.  Don't miss it.

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Brighton Walsh spent nearly a decade as a professional photographer before deciding to take her storytelling in a different direction and reconnect with writing. She lives in the Midwest with her husband and two children.


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Guardian By Courtney Cole ~ Excerpt Tour

EXCERPT 6:

September 6-Excerpt 6

Readers Live a Thousand Lives-Section 1
The Phantom Paragrapher-Section 2
Stuck in Books-Section 3
Rhi Reading-Section 4

SECTION 3:

There’s definitely a brief, undefined movement from my right side. It’s there for a second and then gone.  My heart starts pounding with something…. a premonition?  An instinct? 

I stand up and look over the tall waving grass that had obstructed my clear view.

There’s something there now. 

A boy dressed in blue. 

I suck in my breath and examine him. 

He appears to be about my age, or maybe a couple of years older, and he’s standing on the sand. He hadn’t been there two seconds earlier. I’m sure of that. The reason I’m very sure of that is that there are no footprints leading to where he’s standing. 

It’s as though he’d been set down in that exact place. 

All thoughts of anything else that had happened prior in the day disappear from my head, as a strange feeling constricts my chest. I look up and down the length of the beach. There’s no one else with him.  

I suddenly remember to breathe and my eyes fly back to him.

He’s staring right at me, his gaze concentrated and unmoving.

I stare back. He doesn’t flinch and he doesn’t look away as a normal person would.

His eyes bore straight into mine.

He’s suddenly closer, although he didn’t appear to have moved.         

Excerpt Hop Schedule:

September 1-Excerpt 1

The Novel List-Section 1
TSK TSK What to Read-Section 2
Roxy’s Reviews-Section 3
What’s Beyond Forks-Section 4

September 2-Excerpt 2

Book Drunk Blog-Section 1
The Unofficial Addiction Book Fan Club-Section 2
Becky on Books-Section 3
Tales of the Ravenous Reader-Section 4

September 3-Excerpt 3

I Heart YA Books-Section 1
BookHounds YA-Section 2
Reads All the Books-Section 3
Twin Sisters Rockin’ Book Reviews-Section 4

September 4-Excerpt 4

Such A Novel Idea-Section 1
The Book Beacon-Section 2
Short and Sassy Book Blurbs-Section 3
Tissues and Tomes Book Blog-Section 4

September 5-Excerpt 5

Desert Divas Book Addiction-Section 1
In My Secret-Book-World-Section 2
Resch Reads and Reviews-Section 3
Lulo Fangirl-Section 4

September 6-Excerpt 6

Readers Live a Thousand Lives-Section 1
The Phantom Paragrapher-Section 2
Stuck in Books-Section 3
Rhi Reading-Section 4

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GUARDIAN Synopsis:

  Sometimes, things that go bump in the night are real. 

My name is Whitney Lane.  I’m sixteen years old and at first, I thought I was crazy. 

I kept seeing shadows move along walls, and hearing whispers around corners, but whenever I looked, there was never anything there.  

Until one day, there was. 

Our world isn’t what we think.  There are things around us, good things, bad things, scary things.  

Things that we tell ourselves aren’t real, but they are.   

They’re very real, and they’re terrifying. 

I’ve been swept up now, in a battle of good and evil, confused about love and what is supposed to be love, but isn’t.  I don’t know what to think anymore.  I can’t trust my emotions and I don’t know what is true.  

There’s only one thing I know for sure. 

Nothing is what it seems.

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ABOUT COURTNEY COLE:

Courtney Cole is a novelist who would eat mythology for breakfast if she could. She has a degree in Business, but has since discovered that corporate America is not nearly as fun to live in as fictional worlds. She loves chocolate and roller coasters and hates waiting and rude people.

Courtney lives in quiet suburbia, close to Lake Michigan, with her real-life Prince Charming, her ornery kids (there is a small chance that they get their orneriness from their mother) and a small domestic zoo.

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