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Summary (from Goodreads)   Title : Kiss of Deception (The Remnant Chronicles #1) Author : Mary E. Pearson Publication Date : July 8th 2014 Publisher : Henry Holt Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble In this timeless new trilogy about love and sacrifice, a princess must find her place in a reborn world. In a society steeped in tradition, Princess Lia’s life follows a preordained course. As First Daughter, she is expected to have the revered gift of sight—but she doesn’t—and she knows her parents are perpetrating a sham when they arrange her marriage to secure an alliance with a neighboring kingdom—to a prince she has never met. On the morning of her wedding, Lia flees to a distant village. She settles into a new life, hopeful when two mysterious and handsome strangers arrive—and unaware that one is the jilted prince and the other an assassin sent to kill her. Deception abounds, and Lia finds herself on the brink of unlocking perilous secrets—even as she finds herself fa

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   Salt & Storm by Kendall Kulper  The Last Changeling by Chelsea Pitcher The Fall by Bethany Griffin Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson Amy and Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson Love and Other Foreign Words by Erin McCahan Mortal Enchantment by Stacey O'Neale  Wish You Were Italian by Kristin Rae Rebel Belle by Rachel Hawkins   Hi guys! I hope you all had a wonderful week! I had a productive one. I got a lot of my assignments done and I got to squeeze in some reading as well. I also got some awesome books. I saw Salt & Storm was up on NetGalley from some time back and requested a copy. It's one of my most anticipated reads of this year and I'm excited. The Fall sounds like all kinds of creepy and I can't wait to read it. Bethany Griffin's first book was atmospheric, so

Summary (from Goodreads)   Title : Hexed (Hexed #1) Author : Michelle Krys Publication Date : June 10th 2014 Publisher : Delacorte Press Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble If high school is all about social status, Indigo Blackwood has it made. Sure, her quirky mom owns an occult shop, and a nerd just won’t stop trying to be her friend, but Indie is a popular cheerleader with a football-star boyfriend and a social circle powerful enough to ruin everyone at school. Who wouldn’t want to be her? Then a guy dies right before her eyes. And the dusty old family Bible her mom is freakishly possessive of is stolen. But it’s when a frustratingly sexy stranger named Bishop enters Indie’s world that she learns her destiny involves a lot more than pom-poms and parties. If she doesn’t get the Bible back, every witch on the planet will die. And that’s seriously bad news for Indie, because according to Bishop, she’s a witch too. Suddenly forced into a centuries-old war between wit

Summary (from Goodreads)   Title : Boneseeker Author : Brynn Chapmann Publication Date : June 17th 2014 Publisher : Month9Books Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble  Arabella Holmes was born different and raised different. After it became apparent she wouldn't fit the role of a proper 1900's lady, her father, Sherlock, called in some lingering favors, and landed her a position at the Mutter Museum. The museum was Arabella's dream; she was to become a purveyor of abnormal science. What her father called a BoneSeeker. Henry Watson arrives at the Mutter Museum with a double assignment--to become a finder of abnormal antiquities and to watch over and keep Arabella Holmes. An easy task, if he could only get her to speak to him instead of throwing knives in his general direction. But this is no time for child's play. The two teens are assigned to a most secret exploration, when the hand of a Nephilim is unearthed in upstate New York. Soon, Arabella and Henry

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 Hit List Author : Nikki Urang Publication Date : November 11th 2014 Publisher : Spencer Hill Contemporary Goodreads   The Los Angeles Conservatory for the Arts is supposed to be a new beginning for Sadie Bryant. Moving across the country is exactly what she needs to escape the gossip surrounding her injury, the devastating betrayal of her ex-partner, and to rebuild her career as a solo dancer. When the school announces that the annual Fall Showcase, a performance that secures a spot studying in London, will now require each dancer to have a partner, Sadie’s fresh start is a nightmare. Now she has to dance with Luke Morrison, the school womanizer with a big ego. Sadie doesn’t know how to trust Luke enough to dance with him after her last partner left her broken, but Luke is determined to cha

Summary (from Goodreads)   Title : Awkwardly Ever After (Smith High #4) Author : Marni Bates Publication Date : June 24th 2014 Publisher : K-Teen Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble  It's prom season at Smith High School and love is in the air. . .for some people. Melanie Morris knows she shouldn't keep flirting with her best friend's brother, Dylan Wellesley, even though the last thing she feels is "sisterly" around the cute soon-to-be freshman. But attending prom with somebody else might mean losing him for good. . . Isobel Peters accepts the fact that she's a huge geek, but she never expected renowned player, Spencer King, would want to get his hands on. . .her reputation. What begins as a bargain could turn into something real--or a Notable disaster! Corey O'Neal is dating the boy of his dreams, rockstar Timothy Goff. But it isn't easy to trade in anonymity for instant celebrity status, especially now that swarms of protesters want

Summary (from Goodreads)   Title : Deception (Courier's Daughter #2) Author : C.J Redwine Publication Date : August 27th 2013 Publisher : Harper Teen Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble  Baalboden has been ravaged. The brutal Commander's whereabouts are unknown. And Rachel, grief stricken over her father's death, needs Logan more than ever. With their ragged group of survivors struggling to forge a future, it's up to Logan to become the leader they need—with Rachel by his side. Under constant threat from rival Carrington's army, who is after the device that controls the Cursed One, the group decides to abandon the ruins of their home and take their chances in the Wasteland.

 But soon their problems intensify tenfold: someone—possibly inside their ranks—is sabotaging the survivors, picking them off one by one. The chaos and uncertainty of each day puts unbearable strain on Rachel and Logan, and it isn't long before they feel their love splinter

Summary (from Goodreads)   Title : Falling for the Groomsman (Wedding Dare #1) Author : Diane Alberts Publication Date : June 9th 2014 Publisher : Entangled Brazen Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble She’s the one that got away. He’s the one she can’t forget. Photojournalist Christine Forsythe is ready to tackle her naughty little to-do list, and who better to tap for the job than a hot groomsman? But when she crashes into her best friend’s older brother, Christine realizes her list needs updating. And fast. Tyler Dresco took her virginity during the best night of her life, then bolted. Now that they’re trapped together at a destination wedding, she’s going to get her revenge. Tyler has never forgiven himself for how completely he lost control all those years ago. Being in Christine’s arms had felt right …until he realized what he’d taken from her in the hallway of a cheap motel. And oh, how she’s making him pay for it now. The insatiable heat between them has only gr

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 Come Back to Me by Mila Gray  Before You by Amber Hart Sway by Kat Spears The Bodies We Wear by Jeyn Roberts Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo Hi guys! How is everyone doing? I started my online classes this week and I'm actually having a lot more fun than I expected with them. I'm taking a Gender & Communication and Race & Popular Culture class and they are eye-opening and I'm learning so much! I'm looking forward to seeing where the classes lead to.  As for books, I had a relatively short, but sweet book haul. Everyone has been raving on and on about Come Back to Me so I ended up requesting a copy. I've been waiting for Before You since forever. The blurb just sounds so romantic and exciting! I can't wait to dive into it. I also saw Sway on NG and I had never heard of it before,

Summary (from Goodreads)   Title : The Stepsister's Tale Author : Tracy Barrett Publication Date : June 24th 2014 Publisher : Harlequin Teen Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble   What really happened after the clock struck midnight? Jane Montjoy is tired of being a lady. She's tired of pretending to live up to the standards of her mother's noble family-especially now that the family's wealth is gone and their stately mansion has fallen to ruin. It's hard enough that she must tend to the animals and find a way to feed her mother and her little sister each day. Jane's burden only gets worse after her mother returns from a trip to town with a new stepfather and stepsister in tow. Despite the family's struggle to prepare for the long winter ahead, Jane's stepfather remains determined to give his beautiful but spoiled child her every desire. When her stepfather suddenly dies, leaving nothing but debts and a bereaved daughter behind, it seems

Summary (from Goodreads)   Title : On the Jellicoe Road Author : Melina Marchetta Publication Date : August 28th 2008 Publisher : Harper Teen Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble   I'm dreaming of the boy in the tree. I tell him stories. About the Jellicoe School and the Townies and the Cadets from a school in Sydney. I tell him about the war between us for territory. And I tell him about Hannah, who lives in the unfinished house by the river. Hannah, who is too young to be hiding away from the world. Hannah, who found me on the Jellicoe Road six years ago. Taylor is leader of the boarders at the Jellicoe School. She has to keep the upper hand in the territory wars and deal with Jonah Griggs - the enigmatic leader of the cadets, and someone she thought she would never see again. And now Hannah, the person Taylor had come to rely on, has disappeared. Taylor's only clue is a manuscript about five kids who lived in Jellicoe eighteen years ago. She needs to find o

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 : Call Me Grim Author : Elizabeth Holloway Publication Date : November 11th 2014 Publisher : Month9Books Goodreads   The truck should have turned Libbi Piper into a Libbi Pancake -- and it would have, too, if Aaron hadn't shown up and saved her life. The problem? Aaron's the local Grim Reaper... and he only saved Libbi's life because he needs someone to take over his job. Now, Libbi has two days to choose between dying like she was supposed to, or living a lonely life as Death Incarnate. Talk about a rock and a hard place. And the choice goes from hard to sucktastic when her best friend shows up marked: condemned as a future murderer. Libbi could have an extra week to stop the murder and fix the mark... but only if she accepts Aaron's job as Reaper, trapping herself in her crappy

Summary (from Goodreads)   Title : Wedding Dare Series Publisher : Entangled Brazen Publication Date : June 9th 2014 Goodreads - Amazon When four bridesmaids dare one another to find lust—or maybe even love—at the destination wedding event of the year, the groomsmen don’t stand a chance. But little do the women know, the men are onto their game, and sparks will fly alongside the bouquet. Four bridesmaids. Four groomsmen. Five New York Timesand USA TODAY bestselling authors. Long-carried torches, sizzling new attractions, and forbidden conquests will ensure a wedding never to be forgotten. Personal Thoughts Falling for the Groomsman by Jen McLaughlin   Find out more! The first book in the series, Falling for the Groomsman might have been my favorite book in The Wedding Dare Series. It utilizes one of my favorite romantic trope: second-chance romance and the romance between Christine and Tyler was smoking! The two characters were also very likeable from the very start. Christine