*Blog Tour* Atlantis Quest by Gloria Craw

Title: Atlantis Quest

Series: Atlantis Rising #2

Author: Gloria Craw

Published: 1st March 2016

Publisher: Entangled Teen

Genre: YA Paranormal

Get ready for the exciting follow up to Atlantis Rising, dubbedAn enchanting debut from a promising new author of paranormal YAby Kirkus Reviews.

After all they’d cost me, I thought I was done with the Truss clan. I was wrong. Nikki Dawning, my mortal enemy, has beenkidnapped, and I’ve been asked to spy on the Truss to find her. The pull between Ian and I has never been stronger, but he can’t help me this time. I have to rely on Theron, a bad-tempered cousin I didn’t know I had. To make matters worse, the people I trust have been keeping secrets.

I’m starting to feel like a weapon in a war I don’t understand. How far am I willing to go to protect the descendants of Atlantis and the common good when I’m not sure what the common good is anymore?

Only one thing is certain. If I’m the next Laurel clan chief, I can’t let myself be manipulated…by anyone.

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*Blog Tour* Book Review: Truest by Jackie Lea Sommers

Title: Truest

Format: eArc

Pages: 384

Published: 1st Sept 2015

Publisher: Kathrine Tegen Books

Source: YA Reads Blog Tours

Genre:  YA Contemporary

Shelfability: Acquire

Buy:  Amazon UK / Amazon US

Silas Hart has seriously shaken up Westlin Beck's small-town life. Brand new to town, Silas is different than the guys in Green Lake. He's curious, poetic, philosophical, maddening-- and really, really cute. But Silas has a sister-- and she has a secret. And West has a boyfriend. And life in Green Lake is about to change forever.

Truest is a stunning, addictive debut. Romantic, fun, tender, and satisfying, it asks as many questions as it answers.

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**UK & IRE Giveaway**The Secrets Sisters Keep by Sinead Moriarty

Title: The Secrets Ssters Keep

Series: N/A

Author: Sinead Moriarty

Genre: Contemporary, Women's Fiction

Buy: Amazon UK / Amazon US / Book Depository

Description:

The Devlin sisters rely on each other - but some things are just too painful to share, even when your sisters are your best friends ...

Mum-of-four Julie thought that if her family had more money, life would be easier. But now that they've inherited a fortune, her problems are only starting.

Lawyer Louise is used to having life go exactly as she wants it to. So accepting that she cannot control everything in her world is beyond her.

And former model Sophie can just about cope with getting older - that's until her ex-husband finds a younger model.

All three women think that some battles are best fought alone. Maybe they need to think again ...

GIVEAWAY TIME!!!!  

This giveaway is for those who stay in the UK and Ireland!! 

All entries are double check for cheaters

Feel free to share the giveaway with anyone you think might like the book!

Good Luck!!!

 

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*Blog Tour* Mad About You by Sinead Moriarty + GIveaway

Today is my stop in the Mad About You blog tour. Keep reading for an awesome guest post from the author and for a chance to win the book :)

People often ask where my ideas come from for my novels. To date, they have come from observing, reading, listening and from life in general. I have been writing for nine years and I’m always afraid that I’ll run out of ideas. Thankfully, life in all its forms still provides me with plenty of material. As the saying goes, ‘fact is stranger than fiction’ and I really believe this to be true.

The idea for Mad About You came to me when I called over to a friend’s house for coffee and her neighbour called in. She began to tell me the story of what had happened in her life when her husband had been stalked by a ‘stranger’. She said it had affected their marriage and as things got progressively worse and the stalking became more aggressive, that it affected her physically as well as emotionally. She ended up becoming completely paranoid and having panic attacks. They eventually found out who the stalker was. It turned out it was someone they knew but would never, in a million years, have suspected.

The couple in Mad About You, Emma and James, have been married for over ten years and have two children. In fact they are the characters from my first book The Baby Trail. I wrote about their struggle with infertility in that book. I’d had a lot of requests from readers to write about Emma and James again. Readers were wondering what had happened to them. 

So, I decided to sit down and see how Emma and James were getting on. It was interesting because in Mad About You, after years of marriage and children, things had become a bit stale between Emma and James. They take each other for granted and they’ve stopped making an effort with each other. Like so many marriages, when children come along, your relationship takes a backseat. 

So when James begins getting sex texts from an unknown number, the trust in their marriage is tested to the limit. The book explores trust in all it’s forms. Trust between a married couple, trust between a mother and a childminder and trust between friends. 

I had a lovely time revisiting Emma and James. It felt like I was going back to say hello to old friends. I realise that might sound a bit mad, but that is honestly what it felt like. I think I’ll always have a special place in my heart for Emma and James because The Baby Trail was my first book to get published after two failed attempts and tons of rejection letters! So I really feel that Emma and James are my lucky charm! - Sinead Moriarty

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The Pleasures of Spring Soundtrack + Giveaway

It is my pleasure to have the amazing author Evie Hunter on the blog today!! If you have been following me for a while you know that I adore The Pleasures series. They are amazing and fresh and I can't get enough. So today we have the soundtrack to the latest book, The Pleasures of Spring. Aswell as the amazing publishers have ONE copy of the book to giveaway. And yes it is WORLDWIDE!!!!!!!!! 

Title: The Pleasures of Spring

Series: Pleasures #4

Author: Evie Hunter

Genre: Erotica, Romance

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 24th April 2014

Buy: Amazon UK / Amazon US / Book Depository

Description:

Roz Spring is an actress and a chameleon, the kind of woman who always lands on her feet. But even Roz can't talk her way out of witnessing a murder, and she must go into hiding before the murderer comes for her. 

Andy McTavish has turned his back on a life of privilege to prove himself in the world of international security. Tall, dark and dangerous, Andy is the ultimate seducer who has never met a woman who can tame him.

Roz needs his protection and, to get his family off his back, Andy needs a fake fiancée. The solution is obvious: pretend to be a couple. Getting up close and personal won't be hard, as the chemistry between them is electrifying. 

As two practiced charmers drive each other beyond the limits of sensual endurance, they find their usual defences are no good. When the barriers come crashing down, a raw passion emerges that neither wants to admit.

They know that when the murderer shows his hand, they will face a fight for life and freedom. And if they survive, what will happen when the need to pretend is over?

The Pleasures of Spring is the latest sizzling standalone novel from Evie Hunter whose trademark combination is an addictive erotic story and a page-turning plot. If you're an Evie fan, you won't be disappointed. And if you're new to Evie, well, you're in for quite the delicious treat...

The Pleasures Soundtrack

Every writer has at least a million excuses for not writing. It can be the best job or the worst job in the world, depending on how you’re feeling. As someone who also works 9-5, coming home to write after a stressful day is tough. 

We all have our tips and tricks to help us zone into another world. Some like silence, one friend writes in McDonalds, another slaps on a pair of headphones to drown out the noise of the kids and listens to heavy metal while she works. 

I have a friend who writes screenplays. He imagines that he’s watching his movie on the big screen and listening to the soundtrack. It helps him focus and become totally immersed in what he’s doing. Like him, I use music to help me relax, especially if I have to write a heavy emotional scene or a kinky sex scene. I’ll light a scented candle, put on my favourite tracks and let the music take me. 

These are a selection of songs that entertained me while writing The Pleasures of Spring. 

(Please read on for the amazing soundtrack put together by the author. However, there are some slight spoilers! - Siobhan)

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**GIVEAWAY TIME!!!!**

I haven't held a giveaway myself on here since April 2013!!! Shocking!!!! So here is a giveaway that will run through the month of Feb :)

• ONE Lucky follower will win a Book of their choice up to the value £12/$18

Rules:

• You must stay in a country the BookDepository ship to ( see here )
• Anyone caught cheating will have their entry deleted and you will be banned from any future giveaways. 
• NO PO box addresses!
• Once winner has been emailed they have 72hrs to pick their book and email me their details or new winner will be picked.
• Giveaway ends on 28th Feb 2014

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*Giveaway Time* Win a Book of Your Choice

Ready for another giveaway?? Well this one is just so say thank you to all my followers everywhere for sticking with me. :)

• ONE Lucky follower will win a Book of their choice up to the value £12/$18

Rules:

• You must stay in a country the BookDepository ship to ( see here )
• Anyone caught cheating will have their entry deleted and you will be banned from any future giveaways. 
• NO PO box addresses!
• Once winner has been emailed they have 72hrs to pick their book and email me their details or new winner will be picked.
• Giveaway ends on 31st May 2013

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Marissa Meyer Guest Post + Swag Giveaway (INT)

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Marissa Meyer is coming to the UK

On the 26th March 2013 at 6pm, Marissa will be at the Bromley store for her very first book signing. Sadly, I stay to far away to go but I am always happy to promote and so I am so excited to have Marissa on the blog doing an amazing guest post and not only that, Marissa has kindly offered up some swag for an imternational giveaway!!!!!!!! 

For this guest post, Siobhan asked me to talk a little about what inspired the Lunar Chronicles, and I immediately thought—fairy tales, of course! But on top of that, I suppose, was a desire to create something that was both familiar and unusual all at once.

I’ve loved fairy tales since I was a little girl—since first seeing “The Little Mermaid” in theaters, only to follow it up with my first reading of the Hans Christian Andersen tale that inspired Disney and realizing that the two had very little in common. This started an early fascination with fairy tales. Both their old, sometimes tragic versions, but also in the myriad ways writers and creators have re-imagined the stories time and time again.

In high school and college, I went through a retelling phase in which I couldn’t read enough fairy tales. Books by Gail Carson Levine and Gregory Maguire were gobbled up as I sought to bury myself in their magic and whimsy and darkness. And yes, I wrote them too. I wrote two epically long fanfictions that merged the characters of Sailor Moon with all of my favorite Grimm tales, and I even started writing a novel retelling of “East of the Sun, West of the Moon,” but neither of these projects took me very far toward my ultimate goal of becoming a published novelist. The fanfic, I determined, was too much like “The 10th Kingdom,” and my East story was too much like three other books all retelling the same tale.

I began to realize that, as much as I loved fairy tale retellings, I didn’t want to write “just another retelling.” I wanted to write something that I felt had a truly unique twist. Something no one else had done before.

It would be some years still before I finally had The Idea—a vision of Cinderella that wasn’t quite like any Cinderella I’d ever met. Within hours of snagging on my initial concept for CINDER (Cinderella set in the future… as a cyborg!) I knew with that it would be the first novel I would ever finish, the first novel I would attempt to get published.

I’m so thrilled that CINDER did become my first published novel, and I can now claim my own beloved fairy tale retelling among so many others that have inspired me.

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A *Sorry I Haven't Been Around Much* Giveaway

I am feeling very very guilty about being an awful blogger this year so far. I rarely read at the moment so I don't have much to get on the blog. So as a massive I AM SORRY and PLEASE FORGIVE ME with an added HOPE YOU ALL STICK WITH ME, I wanted to have a giveaway.

Well....I guess you wanna know the prize and the info and all that jazz??

• ONE Lucky follower will win a Book of their choice up to the value £10/$15

Rules:

• You must stay in a country the BookDepository ship to ( see here )
• Anyone caught cheating will have their entry deleted and you will be banned from any future giveaways. 
• NO PO box addresses!
• Once winner has been emailed they have 72hrs to pick their book and email me their details or new winner will be picked.
• Giveaway ends on 31st March 2013

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Giveaway: The Falcon Falls by Vivien Sparx (INT)

Today we have a fab ebook giveaway from the lovely Vivien Sparx. Vivien has kindly offered up THREE copies of her latest novel "The Falcon Falls" and it will be international. All you have to do is fill out the rafflecopter form at the end of the post. But let me give you a taster of "The Falcon Falls"

Title: The Falcon Falls
Author: Vivien Sparx
Series: N/A
Genre: Romance, Erotica (18+)

Who is Hector Knight?

Willow Everingham can't stop dreaming about her handsome boss, but Hector Knight is much more than just a gorgeous businessman. And when Willow discovers Hector's incredible secret, she is hurled headlong into a desperate adventure that reaches its gripping climax on a desolate island in the Mediterranean, where an ancient mystery ignites a blaze of erotic lust, passion greed... and ultimately a love that has spanned the centuries. Have you ever felt like you've known someone forever?

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Giveaway: Prodigy by Marie Lu (UK Only)

It is time again for another awesome giveaway. Today we have a copy of Prodigy (Legend #2) by Marie Lu. A big thanks to the publisher for offering up a copy for giveaway! 

To enter all you have to do is live in the UK and fill out the Rafflecopter Form below. 

Giveaway Ends: 8th Feb 2013.

Title: Prodigy
Series: Legend #2
Author: Marie Lu
Genre: YA Dystopia

June and Day arrive in Vegas just as the unthinkable happens: the Elector Primo dies, and his son Anden takes his place. With the Republic edging closer to chaos, the two join a group of Patriot rebels eager to help Day rescue his brother and offer passage to the Colonies. They have only one request—June and Day must assassinate the new Elector.  It’s their chance to change the nation, to give voice to a people silenced for too long. But as June realizes this Elector is nothing like his father, she’s haunted by the choice ahead. What if Anden is a new beginning? What if revolution must be more than loss and vengeance, anger and blood—what if the Patriots are wrong?

In this highly-anticipated sequel, Lu delivers a breathtaking thriller with high stakes and cinematic action.

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(INT) Giveaway: Vortex by Julie Cross

Julie Cross Fans I have a giveaway for YOU, thanks to MacMillan Children's Books.! I am offering up ONE Copy of the 2nd Book in the Tempest Series. Vortex. 

Giveaway is international!!

Ends on 27th Jan 2013, 11.30pm GMT

Title: Vortex

Series: Tempest #2

Author: Julie Cross

Genre: YA, SciFi

Jackson Meyer has thrown himself into his role as an agent for Tempest, the shadowy division of the CIA that handles all time-travel-related threats. Despite his heartbreak at losing the love of his life, Jackson has proved himself to be an excellent agent. However, after an accidental run in with Holly—the girl he altered history to save—Jackson is once again reminded of what he's lost. And when Eyewall, an opposing division of the CIA, emerges, Jackson and his fellow agents not only find themselves under attack, but Jackson begins to discover that the world around him has changed and someone knows about his erased relationship with Holly, putting both their lives at risk all over again.

Giveaway Closed!!

 

Kate O!!!

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Blog Tour: The Kiss Off (The Kiss Off) by Sarah Billington

Reviewed by: Siobhán
Format: Kindle Ebook
Pages: 260
Published: 11th May 2012
Publisher: Billington Media
Source: Author for Review
Genre: YA Contemporary
Buy: Amazon UK I Amazon US I Book Depository UK I Book Depository US

Description:

WARNING: Sexual references, occassional coarse language. When sixteen year old Poppy Douglas writes a song about her ex-boyfriend Cam and ex-friend Nikki, she has no idea that her heartbreak is about to go global.  A local band picks up her song from Youtube and soon she’s along for the ride with her own fanbase as they blow up on the local club scene and hit the international charts. Though it turns out leaving Cam behind isn’t as easy as she had hoped. Tangled in a web of unfinished homework, ill-considered sexting and a new lead-singer boyfriend, Poppy has a choice to make between the ex that inspired it all and the rock God whose poster lines the inside of half the lockers at school. But as she struggles to keep her emotional dirty laundry private, she learns that the truth can be hard to find when your life is in the headlines.

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A Quickie With.....Renee' Curtis + Giveaway

I've been asked over the last few months why I chose to write erotica. Well the easiest answer would be because people like trashy novels with characters that have hot dirty sex. The kind of stories that make you want to put on your highest heels, something from Frederick's of Hollywood, meet your man at the front door and have mind blowing sex all over your house while the kids are at your mother's!

Or meeting a handsome stranger in a loud dimly lit nightclub, feeling his hands in your hair, smelling his cologne as he pulls you tightly against him and your lips meet his, all the while wondering if your roommates will still be out if you leave right now?

Erotica should set your senses on edge, make your mind wonder (and sometimes even your hands), and most of all it should be shared with the one you lust or love the most. 

“love/life – Hot in Houston” releasing on November 7th through Firefly & Wisp Publishing is the erotic romance novel for a new generation of readers. Think “True Confessions” for a 21st century world. 

 

About The Author

"I'm the youngest of six kids in my family. I have 3 sisters and 2 brothers who all still live relatively close to where we grew up. I'm the wonderer. I've always wanted to live in the big city and have something to do at any time of the day or night. In 2000, I got my wish by moving to Dallas Ft Worth. I love it! The best of the world can be found here from restaurants to shopping. At the moment my favorite place to have dinner is Gloria's on Dallas Parkway and my favorite store to shop in is IKEA. If you ever get around my neck of the woods, give them a try! You won't regret it. I've loved to read as long as I can remember. Reading was a way for me to visit far away places and get to know some really wonderful people. Fern Arable (the girl from Charlotte's Web) was the first girl I identified with. Being raised on a farm in a small town. I could relate to her because she was like me. Books have a way of doing that. I do my best to write interesting stories that people can identify with. You might not be a cardboard cutout of a character but I'll bet something makes you smile and nod your head when you see a character struggle or achieve something that you have dealt with or are dealing with" - Goodreads

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The author has kindly offered up some bookmarks to giveaway. Just fill out the form below. 
Closes 30th Nov and it's International.

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Naughty November Has Begun!!!

Welcome to a month filled with Naughtiness. 

Over the course of November we will showcasing just a small fraction of the Erotica fiction that is out there. We have reviews, guest posts from indie authors and fellow readers, book spotlight and a couple of giveaways.

As this is all dedicated to novels that contain mature material I do advise you to be 17/18+ for reading these posts and entering the giveaway. 

So let's get the naughtiness started and what better way to start is by the international* giveaway!!!!! Stay tuned tomorrow for a post from Siobhan and Destiny.

*International as long as Book Depository ship to your country/

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League of Strays Blog Tour: Character Excerpt + Author Interview + Giveaway

Today it is my stop in the League of Strays Blog Tour. We have a review (read here) Excerpt, interview and a blog tour giveaway from the author.

The Book: League of Strays

Series: Stand Alone

Pages: 288

Published: 1st Oct 2012

Buy: Amazon UK I Amazon US I Book Depository

Description:

When a mysterious note appears in Charlotte’s mailbox inviting her to join the League of Strays, she’s hopeful it will lead to making friends. What she discovers is a motley crew of loners and an alluring, manipulative ringleader named Kade. Kade convinces the group that they need one another both for friendship and to get back at the classmates and teachers who have betrayed them. But Kade has a bigger agenda. In addition to vandalizing their school and causing fights between other students, Kade’s real intention is a dangerous plot that will threaten lives and force Charlotte to choose between her loyalty to the League and her own conscience.

Character Excerpt: Kade Harlin

“What happened to your parent?” Nora jumped right to the point. She was either refreshingly direct or hopelessly tactless, I hadn’t made my mind up yet.

“Just your typical nasty divorce,” Kade said, reaching for a bag of potato chips. “You know, spiteful custody battle. Lawyers who pay off their law school debt with my future inheritance. That sort of thing.”

“His uncle owns the building. He lives upstairs,” Richie said. 

 “It was ludicrous, all the time my parents spent arguing over who wouldn’t get me,” Kade told us. “But my uncle said as long as I didn’t throw any loud parties or burn the place down, I could crash here.”

I was so stunned I had to tell myself to close my mouth.

“He’s the perfect guardian because he leaves me alone,” he added.

About The Author

Interview

1. Have you always been a writer or did the writing bug strike at a certain age? 

 I believe that writing is a gene that can be handed down. My grandfather and grandmother were writers, too. For me, it struck early, although I lost sight of it a few times as an adult. I wrote awful short stories on my mother’s typewriter, often stolen story lines from The Brady Bunch episodes. My daughter, age 11, writes 1,000 times better than I did at her age. My older daughter is too busy with homework to tell but she did finish a 50,000 book in one month last year. I’m pretty sure they have the gene, too! 

2. How did you come to write about this particular genre?

I didn’t chose contemporary, the plot chose me! I also like to write paranormal, although my next book that I’m working on is also contemporary, so maybe I am leaning in that direction. I do like exploring what my teen characters might do in a situation that could be real. I’m into human behavior and why we do what we do.

3. Did you have any significant high or low moments while writing the book/series?

This was the first book I ever wrote, so my writing wasn’t very good originally. It took a long time to find an agent and then a publisher. But I’m very persevering, and I refused to give up on it. I revised and revised and revised until it was polished enough for print. As for the high moments, this book gave me chills when I wrote it, which is always a good sign. 

4. What is your favorite part of the writing process?

When I get into the zone and seem to channel the characters. It feels like they are speaking through me. I don’t even feel like a writer at those times, but more like a secretary.

5. What else are you working on? 

 My next book is about a girl whose mother abruptly moves them out to California. She needs to unveil the secrets and lies that shroud her family, including the reason why her mother told her that her grandmother was dead. What she discovers could alter history and everyone she loves. Oooh, I’m having fun writing this one! 

Thanks for hosting me on your site, Siobhan!

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Blog Tour: The Color of Grace, Guest Post + Giveaway

Today is out stop in The Color of Grace Blog Tour, We have a guest post from the author and a ebook giveaway!!

The Color of Grace by Linda Kage

When my mother remarried after thirteen years of being a widow, I had to move to a new town and enroll in a new school. Suddenly thrust into an entirely different kind of life, I just wanted to go home. I didn’t want to meet new people, didn’t want to leave my old friends, didn’t want to become a third wheel to my mom and her husband….and I really didn’t want to see Ryder Yates again. Ugh, I still don’t know why I turned down that too-good-to-be-true boy who flirted with me when we were attending separate schools.

But honestly, it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. It was worse.

Who knew becoming lost in a new life could help a girl find her true colors?

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Totally Bookalicious is ONE Year Old!!!!!

One year ago today I decided to combine my two other blogs and make Totally Bookalicious, so even though this blog is actually Two in Nov it was under my old blog name. We have had an amazing year as Totally Bookalicious and it wouldn't have been possible with my amazing friend Ninfa Hayes for help me with the blog name. And of course to Destiny. Who is truely my book sister soulmate. And now we have two more people on the crazy train, Marianne and Charlie! A massive thank you ladies!

So this is just a small giveaway to say a massive thank you to everyone who follows me, either on here, facebook or twitter. You guys are all amazing!!!!! And I know that past month or so has been really slow but you have all stuck with me. Good Luck with the giveaway

A massive thank you to Ninfa Hayes and Dianna Hardy who are donating the prizes.

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