Nick's Book Blog Backup

Summary (from Goodreads)   Title : Maid of Deception (Maid of Honor #2) Author : Jennifer McGowan Publication Date : August 26th 2014 Publisher : Simon & Schuster Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble Beatrice Knowles is a Maid of Honor, one of Queen Elizabeth I’s secret protectors. Known for her uncanny ability to manipulate men’s hearts, Beatrice has proven herself to be a valuable asset in the Queen’s court—or so she thinks. It has been three weeks since the Maids thwarted a plot to overthrow the Queen, and Beatrice is preparing to wed her betrothed, Lord Cavanaugh. However, her plans come to a crashing halt as rumors of a brewing Scottish rebellion spread among the court. Beatrice’s new assignment is to infiltrate the visiting Scottish delegation using her subtle arts in persuasion. The mission seems simple enough, until the Queen pairs Beatrice with the worst of the lot—Alasdair MacLeod. Beatrice cannot help but think that the Queen is purposefully setting her

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 : Charisma Author : Jeanne Ryan Publication Date : March 3rd 2015 Publisher : Dial Goodreads   A chance at the ultimate makeover means deadly consequences in this Sarah Dessen-meets-Robin Cook thriller Aislyn suffers from crippling shyness—that is, until she’s offered a dose of Charisma, an underground gene therapy drug guaranteed to make her shine. The effects are instant. She’s charming, vivacious, and popular. But strangely, so are some other kids she knows. The media goes into a frenzy when the disease turns contagious, and then deadly, and the doctor who gave it to them disappears. Aislyn must find a way to stop it, before it's too late. Part medical thriller, part social justice commentary, Charisma will have readers on the edge of their seats. Ahh! A medical thriller! Tess Gerritsen is on

Summary (from Goodreads)   Title : Sugar on the Edge (Last Call #3) Author : Sawyer Bennett Publication Date : July 28th 2014 Publisher : Self-Published Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble He’s utterly alone… Tortured and existing in a dark spiral of despair, bestselling British author, Gavin Cooke, has come to the Outer Banks of North Carolina to escape the seedy lifestyle he had been living in London and in a desperate attempt to regain his writing focus. He’s twisted, bitter and angry at the world. He’s a loner… needing not a single thing other than his Scotch and a laptop upon which he can bang out his next erotic, dark thriller. She’s running in place and getting nowhere… Savannah Shepherd’s life is falling apart. Her dream of being a wildlife photographer seems a distant memory and she’s barely able to make ends meet. Driving herself forward with no clear goals apparent, she’s about ready to pack up her bags and head home with her tail between her legs. Two unlik

Summary (from Goodreads)   Title : Magnolia Author : Kristi Cook Publication Date : August 5th 2014 Publisher : Simon & Schuster Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble In Magnolia Branch, Mississippi, the Cafferty and Marsden families are southern royalty. Neighbors since the Civil War, the families have shared vacations, holidays, backyard barbecues, and the overwhelming desire to unite their two clans by marriage. So when a baby boy and girl were born to the families at the same time, the perfect opportunity seemed to have finally arrived. Jemma Cafferty and Ryder Marsden have no intention of giving in to their parents’ wishes. They’re only seventeen, for goodness’ sake, not to mention that one little problem: They hate each other! Jemma can’t stand Ryder’s nauseating golden-boy persona, and Ryder would like nothing better than to pretend stubborn Jemma doesn’t exist. But when a violent storm ravages Magnolia Branch, it unearths Jemma’s and Ryder’s true feelings f

Summary (from Goodreads)   Title : Teaching Roman (Good Girls Don't #2) Author : Gennifer Albin Publication Date : June 26th 2014 Publisher : Self-Published Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble Jessica Stone has her life in perfect order until her perfectly boring boyfriend Brett puts things in perspective. So when she receives a call to action from her heartbroken best friend Cassie, she ditches her plans for Winter Break in gloomy Olympic Falls and sets off to Mexico for some fun in the sun. Determined to use her oceanview to prep for her MCATS, she doesn't plan to run into anyone from Olympic State, least of all the cute communications prof she's been crushing on for a year. When he unexpectedly saves the day, the two are thrown together in a distinctly extracurricular activity. Roman Markson doesn’t expect to run into anyone he knows from Olympic Falls while visiting his family in Puerto Vallarta, especially not a former student. Although Jess Stone has

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 Dangerous Boys by Abigail Haas The Aftermath by Jen Alexander Lailah by Nikki Kelly Dissonance by Erika O'Rourke One Past Midnight by Jessica Shirvington Hello everyone! I hope you all had a lovely week. I had a decent week myself. I caught up with some friends from high school and it was nice hearing about their stories abroad and sharing my own. I also discovered a new cafe in my town with delicious cakes and crepes, which is bad for me. I've already been there twice this week. There's no controlling me when it comes to cakes! I also got some gorgeous books that I'm excited about. Abigail Haas contacted me about Dangerous Boys. Apparently they aren't publishing it in the US because Dangerous Girls was unable to sell many copies, which makes me incredibly sad because Dangerous Girls was a BR

Summary (from Goodreads)   Title : Servants of the Storm Author : Delilah S. Dawson Publication Date : August 5th 2014 Publisher : Simon & Schuster Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble A year ago Hurricane Josephine swept through Savannah, Georgia, leaving behind nothing but death and destruction — and taking the life of Dovey's best friend, Carly. Since that night, Dovey has been in a medicated haze, numb to everything around her. But recently she's started to believe she's seeing things that can't be real ... including Carly at their favorite cafe. Determined to learn the truth, Dovey stops taking her pills. And the world that opens up to her is unlike anything she could have imagined. As Dovey slips deeper into the shadowy corners of Savannah — where the dark and horrifying secrets lurk — she learns that the storm that destroyed her city and stole her friend was much more than a force of nature. And now the sinister beings truly responsible are

Summary (from Goodreads)   Title : Of Metal and Wishes (Of Metal and Wishes #1) Author : Sarah Fine Publication Date : August 5th 2014 Publisher : Simon & Schuster Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble There are whispers of a ghost in the slaughterhouse where sixteen-year-old Wen assists her father in his medical clinic—a ghost who grants wishes to those who need them most. When one of the Noor, men hired as cheap factory labor, humiliates Wen, she makes an impulsive wish of her own, and the Ghost grants it. Brutally. Guilt-ridden, Wen befriends the Noor, including their outspoken leader, a young man named Melik. At the same time, she is lured by the mystery of the Ghost and learns he has been watching her … for a very long time. As deadly accidents fuel tensions within the factory, Wen must confront her growing feelings for Melik, who is enraged at the sadistic factory bosses and the prejudice faced by his people at the hand of Wen’s, and her need to appease the G

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 Boy Next Door Author : Katie Van Ark Publication Date : February 3rd 2015 Publisher : Swoon Reads Goodreads   In this intensely romantic novel from Swoon Reads, Maddy falls in love with her skating partner—who is also the boy next door. Maddy Spier has been in love with the boy next door forever. As his figure skating partner she spends time in his arms every day. But she’s also seen his arms around other girls—lots of other girls. Gabe can't imagine skating with anyone but Maddy, and together they have a real chance at winning some serious gold medals. So, he’s determined to keep thinking of her like a sister. After all, he’s never had a romantic relationship that lasted for more than two weeks. But when their coach assigns a new romantic skating program, everything changes. Will this

Summary (from Goodreads)   Title : Before You (Before & After #1) Author : Amber Hart Publication Date : July 29th 2014 Publisher : K-Teen Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble Some say love is deadly. Some say love is beautiful. I say it is both. Faith Watters spent her junior year traveling the world, studying in exquisite places, before returning to Oviedo High School. From the outside her life is picture-perfect. Captain of the dance team. Popular. Happy. Too bad it’s all a lie. It will haunt me. It will claim me. It will shatter me. And I don't care. Eighteen-year-old Diego Alvarez hates his new life in the States, but staying in Cuba is not an option. Covered in tattoos and scars, Diego doesn't stand a chance of fitting in. Nor does he want to. His only concern is staying hidden from his past—a past, which if it were to surface, would cost him everything. Including his life. At Oviedo High School, it seems that Faith Watters and Diego Alvarez do not bel

Summary (from Goodreads)   Title : Meeting His Match (Match Me #1) Author : Katee Roberts Publication Date : July 21st 2014 Publisher : Entangled Lovestruck Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble When New York matchmaker Addison St. Claire is tasked with matching her best friend's new brother-in-law, she almost refuses. But the sexy southern CEO turns out to be a challenge she can't resist, because if anyone needs to meet his soul mate, it's this man. And if matching him with someone else removes the temptation of being near him? Even better. The last thing Caine McNeill needs is a matchmaker—especially a gorgeous redhead who spouts nonsense about soul mates, critiques what he drives and how he dresses, buys him a dog , and pesters him about a million little things he couldn't care less about. It's a crying shame he has to keep his hands off because chemistry like what's flaring between them ought to be explored. Thoroughly. And so the battle beg

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 Whisper the Dead by Alyxandra Harvey Sugar on the Edge by Sawyer Bennett Thrive by Krista & Becca Ritchie Tangled by Emma Chase Haze by Paula Weston Impostor by Susanne Winnacker  Wildflower by Alecia Whitaker Hi all! I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. I had a decent week and got some reading done thanks to the Wicked Wildfire Readathon. I also started my internship, which is nothing like I expected it to be. I also went book shopping and made trips to the library.  I got Whisper the Dead from NetGalley. I loved reading the first book and was excited to see that the sequel was available on NetGalley. I also got Sugar on the Edge. I LOVE Sawyer Bennett's books and I've really enjoyed the books in this series, so I'm dying to read Savannah and Gavin's story. I'm not a fan of the co

Summary (from Goodreads)   Title : Rebel Belle (Rebel Belle #1) Author : Rachel Hawkins Publication Date : April 8th 2014 Publisher : Putnam Juvenile Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble Harper Price, peerless Southern belle, was born ready for a Homecoming tiara. But after a strange run-in at the dance imbues her with incredible abilities, Harper's destiny takes a turn for the seriously weird. She becomes a Paladin, one of an ancient line of guardians with agility, super strength and lethal fighting instincts. Just when life can't get any more disastrously crazy, Harper finds out who she's charged to protect: David Stark, school reporter, subject of a mysterious prophecy and possibly Harper's least favorite person. But things get complicated when Harper starts falling for him—and discovers that David's own fate could very well be to destroy Earth. With snappy banter, cotillion dresses, non-stop action and a touch of magic, this new young adult ser