Cover Reveal: Sidelined by Kendra Highley

Today Kendra Highley and Entangled Teen Ember are revealing the cover for SIDELINED. Coming out this September!

On to the reveal!

Blurb:
 

After being pushed to excel her entire life, high school basketball star Genna Pierce is finally where she wants to be. University scouts are taking notice, her team is on its way to the state tourney, and Jake Butler, the hot boy she's daydreamed about since ninth grade, is showing some definite interest. When he asks her out and their relationship takes off, Genna believes things can't get better.

Then, it's over.

A freak accident ends her career before it's even begun. Her parents are fighting more than ever, her friends don't understand what she's going through, and she's not sure who she is without basketball. And while he tries to be there for her, Genna doesn't understand how Jake could ever want the broken version of the girl he fell for.

Her life in a tailspin, Genna turns to the only solace that eases her pain: Vicodin. 

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About Kendra: 

Kendra C. Highley lives in north Texas with her husband and two children. She also serves as staff to two self-important and high-powered cats. This, according to the cats, is her most critical job. She believes in everyday magic, extraordinary love stories and the restorative powers of dark chocolate.

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Giveaway!

1 eBook of SIDELINED International

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Piece #3 of the Rome Cover Reveal!

Synposis:

Cora Lewis is a whole lot of fun, and she knows how to keep her tattooed bad boy friends in line. But all that flash and sass hide the fact that she’s never gotten over the way her first love broke her heart. Now she has a plan to make sure that never happens again: She’s only going to fall in love with someone perfect. Rome Archer is as far from perfect as a man can be. He’s stubborn and rigid, he’s bossy and has come back from his final tour of duty fundamentally broken.

 Rome’s used to filling a role: big brother, doting son, super soldier; and now none of these fit anymore. Now he’s just a man trying to figure out what to do with the rest of his life while keeping the demons of war and loss at bay. He would have been glad to suffer it alone, until Cora comes sweeping into his life and becomes the only color on his bleak horizon. Perfect isn’t in the cards for these two, but imperfect might just last forever . . .

Author Information:

I'm supposed to share interesting details about myself so that my readers get to know me so here we go in no particular order: I'm an natural redhead even though I haven't seen my real hair color in years, I'm a big fan of tattoos and have a half sleeve on either arm and various other pieces all over the place, I've been in the bar industry since I was in college and it has always offered interesting insight into how men and women interact with each other, I have 3 dogs that are all crazy, I live in Colorado and love the snow, I love music and in all reality wish I could be a rock star not a writer or a bartender but I have zero talent so there is that. I love to write, love to read and all I'm interested in is a good story with interesting characters that make the reader feel something.

http://www.jaycrownover.com
Twitter @jaycrownover

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Cover Reveal: Allure by Lea Nolan

Today, we're celebrating the cover reveal of Allure, the sequel to Lea Nolan's Conjure, coming October 1^st from Entangled Teen!

Worst. Summer. Ever.

Emma Guthrie races to learn the hoodoo magic needed to break The Beaumont Curse before her marked boyfriend Cooper's sixteenth birthday. But deep in the South Carolina Lowcountry, dark, mysterious forces encroach, conspiring to separate Emma and Cooper forever. When Cooper starts to change, turning cold and indifferent, Emma discovers that both his heart and body are marked for possession by competing but equally powerful adversaries.

Desperate to save him, Emma and her twin brother, Jack, risk their lives to uncover the source of the black magic that has allured Cooper and holds him in its grip. Face with the horror of a soul-eating boohag, Emma and Jack must fight to resist its fiendish power to free Cooper long enough to join their strengths and face it together, before it destroys them all.

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Praise for Conjure

"Richly filled with exquisite imagery, a compelling story, and a strong, smart heroine, Conjure will keep you up way past your bedtime." ~ Trinity Faegen, author of The Mephisto Covenant series

"A true adventure, complete with pirates, romance, a flesh-eating curse, and ancient magic. I couldn't put it down!" ~ Inara Scott, author of The Talents (Delcroix Academy) series

"Ifthere is one book teens and adults should have on their must read list, Conjure is it! Fans of young love and adventure will hurry to the end of each chapter, in anticipation of what will happen next. Unfolding at an easy pace, this tale is magical and spellbinding. Nolan is one to watch!" ~ RT Book Reviews, 4 ½ Stars Top Pick

"Conjure is a sweet, adventure-packed romp for young teen readers... There are pirates, lost treasure, curses, and ancient curses, chases, narrow escapes, and secret letters galore." ~ New York Journal of Books

"This is an unexpected read: exciting, dangerous, adventurous - everything we want from a good book. Yet Nolan puts that creative twist on all the elements, making Conjure something special. Conjure is recommended, 4 out of 5 stars." ~ Teen Librarian's Toolbox

About the Author

Lea Nolan couldn’t read until the third grade. After a lot of hard work she finally got the hang of it and quickly learned the best way to get out of doing chores was to tell her parents she was reading. Soon she was hooked, devouring books by Roald Dahl, E.B. White, Judy Blume, C.S. Lewis, and anything with a shiny Newberry Award sticker on the cover. Books provided a portal to enchanted lands where anything was possible and characters relied on their wits to wiggle out of sticky situations. Today, even though she’s all grown up, Lea writes the kinds of stories she sought as a teen--smart paranormals with bright heroines, crazy-hot heroes, diabolical plot twists, plus a dose of magic, a draft of romance, and a sprinkle of history. She holds degrees in history and women’s studies concentrating in public policy and spent fifteen years as a health policy analyst and researcher. She lives in Maryland with her heroically supportive husband and three clever children, who’ve figured out how to get out of doing their chores.

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Giveaway

Enter the giveaway below to win one of the first five electronic ARCs of Allure from Entangled Teen!

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Rome: Puzzle Piece #2

Rome Cover Reveal- Puzzle Piece One

 Hey there awesome people, so what do we have here?

*Hint hint- take a look at the heading*

So now I present to thee, the first quarter of the cover of Rome (Marked Men #3) by Jay Crownover!

 

(I really wish I had a Rafiki of my own for this moment)

Drop by tomorrow for the second piece of the puzzle, and don't forget to pre-order your copies of Rome!

 

Rome Archer is as far from perfect as a man can be. He’s stubborn and rigid, he’s bossy and has come back from his final tour of duty fundamentally broken. Rome’s used to filling a role: big brother, doting son, super soldier; and now none of these fit anymore. Now he’s just a man trying to figure out what to do with the rest of his life while keeping the demons of war and loss at bay. He would have been glad to suffer it alone, until Cora comes sweeping into his life and becomes the only color on his bleak horizon.
Perfect isn’t in the cards for these two, but imperfect might just last forever . . .

Jay Crownover

 

 

I'm supposed to share interesting details about myself so that my readers get to know me so here we go in no particular order: I'm an natural redhead even though I haven't seen my real hair color in years, I'm a big fan of tattoos and have a half sleeve on either arm and various other pieces all over the place, I've been in the bar industry since I was in college and it has always offered interesting insight into how men and women interact with each other, I have 3 dogs that are all crazy, I live in Colorado and love the snow, I love music and in all reality wish I could be a rock star not a writer or a bartender but I have zero talent so there is that.
I love to write, love to read and all I'm interested in is a good story with interesting characters that make the reader feel something.
Thanks for taking the time to check my stuff out....
Jay Crownover

 

 

Coming Up Soon: Through The Zombie Glass by Gena Showalter

Title: Through The Zombie Glass (White Rabbit Chronicles #2)
Author: Gena Showalter
Release Date: September 24, 2013
Published By: Harlequin Teen

Blurb:

Zombies stalk the night. Forget blood and brains. These monsters hunger for human souls. Sadly, they've got mine...

 

     Alice Bell has lost so much. Family. Friends. A home. She thought she had nothing else to give. She was wrong.

 

     After a new zombie attack, strange things begin to happen to her. Mirrors come to life, and the whispers of the dead assault her ears. But the worst? A terrible darkness blooms inside her, urging her to do very wicked things.

 

     She's never needed her team of zombie slayers more, but ultra bad-boy Cole Holland, the leader and her boyfriend, suddenly withdraws from her...from everyone. Now, with her best friend Kat at her side, Ali must kill the zombies, uncover Cole's secret and learn to fight the darkness.

 

     But the clock is ticking...and if she fails at a single task, they're all doomed.

Gena Showalter

 

Gena Showalter is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over thirty books in paranormal and contemporary romances, as well as young adult novels. Her series include White Rabbit Chronicles, Angels of the Dark, Otherworld Assassins, Lords of the Underworld, Alien Huntress and Intertwined.

Her novels have appeared in Cosmopolitan Magazine, and Seventeen Magazine, and have been translated all over the world. The critics have called her books "sizzling page-turners" and "utterly spellbinding stories", while Showalter herself has been called “a star on the rise”.   

You can pre-order your copy at:

Amazon * Kindle * Barnes * Nook * 

 

Now make sure to head over to Gena's Page and spread the love for a chance to win 1 of 5 ARCs of Through The Zombie Glass!

Review: Origin (Lux #4) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

 

Title: Origin (Lux #4)
Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
Release date: August 27th 2013
Publisher: Entangled Teen
Genre: Young Adult Science Fiction

 

Goodreads Synopsis:

 

Daemon will do anything to get Katy back.

After the successful but disastrous raid on Mount Weather, he’s facing the impossible. Katy is gone. Taken. Everything becomes about finding her. Taking out anyone who stands in his way? Done. Burning down the whole world to save her? Gladly. Exposing his alien race to the world? With pleasure.

All Katy can do is survive.

Surrounded by enemies, the only way she can come out of this is to adapt. After all, there are sides of Daedalus that don’t seem entirely crazy, but the group’s goals are frightening and the truths they speak even more disturbing. Who are the real bad guys? Daedalus? Mankind? Or the Luxen?

Together, they can face anything.

But the most dangerous foe has been there all along, and when the truths are exposed and the lies come crumbling down, which side will Daemon and Katy be standing on?

And will they even be together?

Ramblings of a Mad Person:

HOLY ALIEN BABIES EVERYWHERE!

What the-?? How the-??? WOW.

Yes, that's pretty much all I can say at this point.

I just finished reading Origin, like 60 seconds ago, and WOWZERZ. I don't even know what to say. Normally talkative me has been stunned speechless- it was THAT good.

Where do I start with this review? I'm afraid I'm gonna fangirl more than I've ever fangirled before.

So after being left with that cruel, cruel cliff-hanger in Opal, we jump right into the world of Origin where Kat has been captured by the Daedalus and Daemon will go to any and all lengths to get her back. No mountain's too big, no river's too wide, and no other life is as precious as his Kitten's.

Origin is written in dual POV so we're fortunate enough to see the inner workings of Daemon Black's mind (and those sure are some fiiine workings *wink wink*).

I found myself sitting on the edge throughout the length of the story. It's a good thing I'm not plagued with the habit of biting my nails, or I'm sure I would have none left- toes included (as gross as that sounds). Each and every moment was so intense it was practically impossible to put the book down and consider sleeping, eating, or answering nature's call. What? Too much information? Well don't blame me- I'm suffering from the most epic book hangover ever.

Anyway, we see Katy, strong as ever, endure torture and attempts of brainwashing at the hands of the Daedalus, and still manage to retain her sanity while Daemon plots and plans to get her back.

While she's there, we get to see exactly how messed up in the head these people are, and the worst part is that they actually believe their actions serve a higher purpose, but, alas, their desire to do 'good' has pushed all morals and ethics to the backburner, and resulted in a situation that's so messed up it's not even funny.

Now I'm trying to contain my enthusiasm and keep this review spoiler free, but its one heck of an endeavor and I'm too emotionally spent to be able to string words together to form meaningful sentences, so I'm going to stop trying to type with a lack of a brain-to-fingers filter, but before I do so, I'm going to warn you- just rainbows, sunshine, and puppies (or in this case, kittens) do not an awesome story make. There are no definite tones of black and white, just many shades of grey. There's betrayal, there's torture, and there's death (JLA really didn't hold back on this one), but then there's also love, family, and healing.

But don't just take my word for it, go check it out yourself. Despite all the reviews you have or you will read about Origin, nothing will or can prepare you for the actual thing (at least not without revealing major spoilers). So expect the unexpected, and all that sort of stuff and prepare yourself to the best of your abilities for tons of 'aww-ing' and loads of gasping.

5 Extra-terrestrial, kitten-loving, Daemon-Invasion, This-Sentence-Officially-Doesn't-Make-Any-Sense, Stars! 

 

*I know you might have noticed a lack of gifs and pictures for this one, and that's because I've become a bit paranoid since I learned a whole bunch of bloggers are being sued because of copyright issues... not that my blog has enough visitors to be even appear on the radar, but still. Better safe than sorry, and anyway, I'd hate to steal and discredit anyone else's work. So bear with me for now while I work on alternative options. And no, its not rocket science; I'm just a lazy person- but I'll get around to it... eventually*

 

Happy Reading peeps!