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Summary (from Goodreads) Title : Staking His Claim (Line of Duty #5) Author : Tessa Bailey Publication Date : February 3rd 2013 Publisher : Entangled : Brazen Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble He wants her. All of her. NYPD sniper Matt Donovan is in Hell. Instead of driving his best friend’s little sister home from college, he’s stuck with her roommate—a fresh-faced ray-of-sunshine with a body that makes grown men weep. There’s no way he’ll allow himself to taint the little vixen, no matter how hard she tries to tempt him, so he resigns himself to the longest—and hardest—drive of his life. Matt’s obvious attraction suits grad student Lucy Mason just fine. She had no idea her brother’s best friend was so deliciously hot. Knowing he’d never have his wicked way with his buddy’s sister, she lies about her identity and seduces him. But Matt’s no fumbling college boy. His desires run deep—and dark—and he wants to teach Lucy what wicked  really  means. Matt’s demanding app

Summary (from Goodreads) Title : A Breath of Frost (The Lovegrove Legacy #1) Author : Alyxandra Harvey Publication Date : January 7th 2014 Publisher : Walker Children's Books Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble In 1814, three cousins—Gretchen, Emma, and Penelope—discover their family lineage of witchcraft when a binding spell is broken, allowing their individual magical powers to manifest. Now, beyond the manicured gardens and ballrooms of Regency London, an alluring underworld available only to those with power is revealed to the cousins. By claiming their power, the three cousins have accidentally opened the gates to the underworld. Now ghouls, hellhounds—and most terrifying of all, the spirits of dark witches known as the Greymalkin Sisters—are hunting and killing young debutante witches for their powers. And, somehow, Emma is connected to the murders…because she keeps finding the bodies. Can the cousins seal the gates before another witch is killed…or even wors

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event that is hosted by Jill at   Breaking the Spine to show the  upcoming titles that we're mostly eager for. Summary (from Goodreads)   Title : The Mirk and Midnight Author : Jane Nickerson Publication Date : March 11th 2014 Publisher : Random House Goodreads - Amazon Jane Nickerson's second novel, also set in the "Strands" world, is based on the Scottish 'Ballad of Tam Lin,' and is set in Mississippi during the Civil War. Violet Dancey, a 17-year-old whose father has left to fight in the Civil War, is forced to confront Thomas, a hurt Union solider near her home. She must decide how to approach the enemy--and how to deal with her growing attraction to him. Falling in love with the enemy? Sold! What do you think of this title? Be sure to let me know in the comments! Also, don't forget to link up to your posts as well! Happy reading! :)

Summary (from Goodreads) Title : Three (Article 5 #3) Author : Kristen Simmons Publication Date : February 11th 2014 Publisher : Tor Teen Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble Kristen Simmons' fast-paced, gripping YA dystopian series continues in Three. Ember Miller and Chase Jennings are ready to stop running. After weeks spent in hiding as two of the Bureau of Reformation’s most wanted criminals, they have finally arrived at the safe house, where they hope to live a safe and quiet existence. And all that’s left is smoking ruins. Devastated by the demolition of their last hope, Ember and Chase follow the only thing left to them—tracks leading away from the wreckage. The only sign that there may have been survivors. With their high profile, they know they can’t stay out in the open for long. They take shelter in the wilderness and amidst the ruins of abandoned cities as they follow the tracks down the coast, eventually finding refugees from the destroyed safe house.

Summary (from Goodreads) Title : Anything To Have You Author : Paige Harbison Publication Date : January 28th 2014 Publisher : Harlequin Teen Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble Nothing should come between best friends, not even boys. ESPECIALLY not boys. Natalie and Brooke have had each other's backs forever. Natalie is the quiet one, college bound and happy to stay home and watch old movies. Brooke is the movie—the life of every party, the girl everyone wants to be. Then it happens—one crazy night that Natalie can't remember and Brooke's boyfriend, Aiden, can't forget. Suddenly there's a question mark in Natalie and Brooke's friendship that tests everything they thought they knew about each other and has both girls discovering what true friendship really means. Personal Thoughts I personally don't enjoy stories involving cheating, but I was curious about Anything to Have You because I had heard nothing but praise about Paige Harbison. I proba

Book Haul is weekly feature here at Nick's Book Blog inspired by Stacking the Shelves by Tynga's Review and The Sunday Post by Caffeinated Book Reviewer. Book Haul Vanish by Tess Gerritsen  High-heeled Wonder by Avery Flynn Staking His Claim by Tessa Bailey Say What You Will by Cammie McGovern Hi everyone! I had a pretty short week in terms of books this week, but I did get some exciting books. First of all, thank you so much to Siiri at Little Pieces of Imaginations for sending me a copy of Vanish. I love Tess Gerritsen, so I'm excited to read it. From Entangled Publishing, I got High-heeled Wonder which sounds like a fun cozy mystery series and Staking His Claim, which I already read and had fun reading. If you haven't tried a Tessa Bailey book yet, you most definitely should! They are short, fun and sexy! ;) Finally, I got Say What You Will from Haper Teen which seems like a super cute YA contemporary. I hadn't heard of it before I saw it on EW, but it looks

Summary (from Goodreads) Title : Her Dark Curiosity (The Madman's Daughter #2) Author : Megan Shepherd Publication Date : January 28th 2014 Publisher : Balzer + Bray Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble To defeat the darkness, she must first embrace it. Months have passed since Juliet Moreau returned to civilization after escaping her father's island—and the secrets she left behind. Now, back in London once more, she is rebuilding the life she once knew and trying to forget Dr. Moreau’s horrific legacy—though someone, or something, hasn’t forgotten her. As people close to Juliet fall victim one by one to a murderer who leaves a macabre calling card of three clawlike slashes, Juliet fears one of her father’s creations may have also escaped the island. She is determined to find the killer before Scotland Yard does, though it means awakening sides of herself she had thought long banished, and facing loves from her past she never expected to see again. As Juliet str

Title : Kiss the Sky Authors : Krista & Becca Ritchie Genre : New Adult Standalone Romance Release Date: January 24, 2014 Hosted by : Love Between the Sheets Promotions Synopsis Virgin. Sex addict. Daredevil. Alcoholic. Smartass … Jackass. Her five friends are about to be filmed. Reality TV, be prepared. Rose Calloway thought she had everything under control. At twenty-three, she’s a Princeton graduate, an Academic Bowl champion, a fashion designer and the daughter of a Fortune 500 mogul. But with a sex addict as a sister and roommate, nothing comes easy. After accepting help from a producer, Rose agrees to have her life filmed for a reality television show. The Hollywood exec is her last chance to revive her struggling fashion line, and boundaries begin to blur as she’s forced to make nice with a man who always has his way. Twenty-four-year-old Connor Cobalt is a guy who bulldozes weak men. He’s confident, smart-as-hell and lives with his equally ambitious girlfriend, Rose Call

Summary (from Goodreads) Title : Kiss the Sky Authors : Becca & Krista Ritchie Publication Date : January 24th 2014 Publisher : Self-Published Goodreads - Amazon Virgin. Sex addict. Daredevil. Alcoholic. Smartass … Jackass. Her five friends are about to be filmed. Reality TV, be prepared. Rose Calloway thought she had everything under control. At twenty-three, she’s a Princeton graduate, an Academic Bowl champion, a fashion designer and the daughter of a Fortune 500 mogul. But with a sex addict as a sister and roommate, nothing comes easy. After accepting help from a producer, Rose agrees to have her life filmed for a reality television show. The Hollywood exec is her last chance to revive her struggling fashion line, and boundaries begin to blur as she’s forced to make nice with a man who always has his way. Twenty-four-year-old Connor Cobalt is a guy who bulldozes weak men. He’s confident, smart-as-hell and lives with his equally ambitious girlfriend, Rose Calloway

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event that is hosted by Jill at   Breaking the Spine to show the  upcoming titles that we're mostly eager for. Summary (from Goodreads)   Title : Mortal Heart (His Fair Assassin #3) Author : R.L LaFevers Publication Date : November 4th 2014 Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Goodreads - Amazon Annith has watched her gifted sisters at the convent come and go, carrying out their dark dealings in the name of St. Mortain, patiently awaiting her own turn to serve Death. But her worst fears are realized when she discovers she is being groomed by the abbess as a Seeress, to be forever sequestered in the rock and stone womb of the convent. Feeling sorely betrayed, Annith decides to strike out on her own. She has spent her whole life training to be an assassin. Just because the convent has changed its mind doesn't mean she has. This doesn't have a cover yet, but I'm dying for this book. I loved both Grave Mercy and Dark Triumph. I ra

Summary (from Goodreads) Title : Into the Still Blue (Under the Never Sky #3) Author : Veronica Rossi Publication Date : January 28th 2014 Publisher : HarperTeen Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble Their love and their leadership have been tested. Now it's time for Perry and Aria to unite the Dwellers and the Outsiders in one last desperate attempt to bring balance to their world. The race to the Still Blue has reached a stalemate. Aria and Perry are determined to find this last safe-haven from the Aether storms before Sable and Hess do-and they are just as determined to stay together. Meanwhile, time is running out to rescue Cinder, who was abducted by Hess and Sable for his unique abilities. And when Roar returns to camp, he is so furious with Perry that he won't even look at him, and Perry begins to feel like they have already lost. Out of options, Perry and Aria assemble a team to mount an impossible rescue mission-because Cinder isn't just the key to

Summary (from Goodreads) Title : Cruel Beauty Author : Rosamund Hodge Publication Date : January 28th 2014 Publisher : Balzer + Bray Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble Graceling meets Beauty and the Beast in this sweeping fantasy about one girl's journey to fulfill her destiny and the monster who gets in her way-by stealing her heart. Based on the classic fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, Cruel Beauty is a dazzling love story about our deepest desires and their power to change our destiny. Since birth, Nyx has been betrothed to the evil ruler of her kingdom-all because of a foolish bargain struck by her father. And since birth, she has been in training to kill him. With no choice but to fulfill her duty, Nyx resents her family for never trying to save her and hates herself for wanting to escape her fate. Still, on her seventeenth birthday, Nyx abandons everything she's ever known to marry the all-powerful, immortal Ignifex. Her plan? Seduce him, destroy his en

Book Haul is weekly feature here at Nick's Book Blog inspired by Stacking the Shelves by Tynga's Review and The Sunday Post by Caffeinated Book Reviewer. Book Haul Three by Kristen Simmons Royally Lost by Angie Stanton Recklessly Royal by Nichole Chase Wild   by Alex Mallory The Secrets of Lily Graves by Sarah Strohmeyer The Art of Lainey by Paula Stokes 17 First Kisses by Rachael Allen Side Effects May Vary by Julie Murphy Better Off Friends by Elizabeth Eulberg The Killing Woods by Lucy Christopher Kiss the Sky by Becca & Krista Ritchie Hello beautiful people! I haven't done a book haul post in forever. I got a ton of stuff in the past few weeks, but I'm only showcasing the books I got in the past 2 weeks. You guys have no idea how excited I am for all of these. There are some of my most anticipated reads of the year such as Three and Kiss the Sky. I also won my first giveaway from Goodreads! I won a copy of The Killing Woods which sounds intense. I can

Summary (from Goodreads) Title : Heartbeat Author : Elizabeth Scott Publication Date : January 28th 2014 Publisher : Harlequin Teen Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble Life. Death. And...Love? Emma would give anything to talk to her mother one last time. Tell her about her slipping grades, her anger with her stepfather, and the boy with the bad reputation who might be the only one Emma can be herself with. But Emma can't tell her mother anything. Because her mother is brain-dead and being kept alive by machines for the baby growing inside her. Meeting bad-boy Caleb Harrison wouldn't have interested Old Emma. But New Emma-the one who exists in a fog of grief, who no longer cares about school, whose only social outlet is her best friend Olivia-New Emma is startled by the connection she and Caleb forge. Feeling her own heart beat again wakes Emma from the grief that has grayed her existence. Is there hope for life after death-and maybe, for love? Personal Thoughts

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event that is hosted by Jill at   Breaking the Spine to show the  upcoming titles that we're mostly eager for. Summary (from Goodreads)   Title : Forget Me Author : K.A Harrington Publication Date : August 14th 2014 Publisher : Penguin Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble An edge-of-your seat psychological thriller with a romantic twist On the three-month anniversary of her boyfriend Flynn’s death, Morgan uploads her only photo of him to FriendShare to get some closure—but she’s shocked when the facial recognition software suggests she tag him as "Evan Murphy." She’s never heard of Evan, but a quick search tells her that he lives in a nearby town and looks exactly like Flynn. Only this boy is very much alive. Digging through layers of secrets and lies, Morgan is left questioning everything she thought she knew about her boyfriend, her town, and even her parents' involvement in this massive web of lies. That synopsis sur

Summary (from Goodreads) Title : No One Else Can Have You Author : Kathleen Hale Publication Date : January 7th 2013 Publisher : Harper Teen Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble Small towns are nothing if not friendly. Friendship, Wisconsin (population: 689 688) is no different. Around here, everyone wears a smile. And no one ever locks their doors. Until, that is, high school sweetheart Ruth Fried is found murdered. Strung up like a scarecrow in the middle of a cornfield. Unfortunately, Friendship’s police are more adept at looking for lost pets than catching killers. So Ruth’s best friend, Kippy Bushman, armed with only her tenacious Midwestern spirit and Ruth’s secret diary (which Ruth’s mother had asked her to read in order to redact any, you know, sex parts), sets out to find the murderer. But in a quiet town like Friendship—where no one is a suspect—anyone could be the killer. Personal Thoughts I was ready to hate No One Else Can Have You because of so many review

Summary (from Goodreads) Title : Uninvited (Uninvited #1) Author : Sophie Jordan Publication Date : January 28th 2013 Publisher : Harper Teen Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble The Scarlet Letter meets Minority Report in bestselling author Sophie Jordan's chilling new novel about a teenage girl who is ostracized when her genetic test proves she's destined to become a murderer. When Davy Hamilton's tests come back positive for Homicidal Tendency Syndrome (HTS)-aka the kill gene-she loses everything. Her boyfriend ditches her, her parents are scared of her, and she can forget about her bright future at Juilliard. Davy doesn't feel any different, but genes don't lie. One day she will kill someone. Only Sean, a fellow HTS carrier, can relate to her new life. Davy wants to trust him; maybe he's not as dangerous as he seems. Or maybe Davy is just as deadly. The first in a two-book series, Uninvited tackles intriguing questions about free will, ident