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Isabella and Penelope by Maggie Grinnell

Isabella is a young girl who loses her father in a tragic accident. She has such a close connection with her dad that she decided not to speak for 2 years. Then she encounters Penelope, a pink caterpillar who changes her life forever.

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Author Maggie Grinnell

I have been writing since 1992. I am a children's author who writes poetry and also the co editor of the children's newsletter, Kite Tales. Writing is a part of me. Writing is my heart and soul.

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“I’ve found you.”

I turn to see Xarion leaning against the frame of my terrace door. A slight smile curves his beautiful lips, and his arms are crossed over his bronze muscled cuirass.

Feeling brave, I slip close and wrap my arms around his waist, the brass studs of his belt pressing against my stomach. “I wasn’t hiding,” I say, looking up into his face. I can see his exhaustion there, in the dark crescents under his eyes, though he’s putting on a good front. “I’d never tempt a great hunter.”

He chuckles as he steps away long enough to slip off his breastplate, then he embraces me. Leaning down, he whispers in my ear, “You’re always tempting.” Running his thumb over my cheek, he lowers his face before mine, his breaths shallow. “In fact, your power of seduction is having its desired effect on me right now.” His lips softly brush mine, sweet and inviting at first, then he deepens the kiss.

I realize that anyone could walk in, and I begin to pull away. “Xarion, my room is not secure,” I say between his kisses.

He groans against my lips, and the deep rumble sends my hands into his hair, pulling him to me. I feel him smile. He scoops me into his arms, his lips never leaving mine, and walks us inside.

My sense breaks through, and I whisper, “Lunia or Phoenix could come looking for me and—”

“That’s what locks were designed for,” he interrupts.

I laugh. “Oh, that will not stop either of them.”

He turns the bolt on my door, keeping his arm sturdy beneath my legs. Then he takes me to the bed where he lays me down. I let my head fall back against the coverlet as he hovers above me, his fisted hands pressing into the mattress on either side of my head, his knees parting my legs.

Suddenly he bounds up, and I think he’s come to his senses. My stomach tumbles as I realize how much I don’t want him to be responsible—but we can’t chance it here. Only he grabs the chair from my desk and kicks the back. My eyes widen in surprise. He places one of the panels against the door, securing its ends in the torch brackets.

“That should give them some difficulty,” he says as he unbuckles his belt, the action making my heart beat wildly. “And give me enough time to hide in your dressing room like a clandestine lover.”

A smile twitches at my lips. “You mean, like exactly what you are?”

Shaking his head, his dark hair falling against his eyes, he counters, “I’m offended.” He strips off his leather armor. I pull my bottom lip between my teeth as my eyes slip over him, and a crooked smile hikes his face. “Ah, but that does it for you, huh? You like stealing kisses in the shadows, the constant fear of being caught.” Climbing onto the bed, he positions himself above me. “I bet your heart is pounding hard right now, the adrenaline claiming your body”—he presses his palm over my heart—“with a need only your clandestine lover can satisfy.”

About the author...

I’m the author of the YA Steampunk DESTINY'S FIRE (Omnific Publishing), the upcoming YA Utopian FIREBLOOD (Spencer Hill Press, Oct. 2013), and a new YA Dark Fantasy series releasing June 2013, OF SILVER AND BEASTS.

I’m the creator of YA Bound, a promotional blog for the Young Adult genre. A proud member of the SCWW and The Apocalypsies. And I’m also a business owner, partnered with my partner, my husband. When I’m not busy doing all of the above, I’m a wife and the mother of a gorgeous teen boy who's the sounding board for my male characters.

Check out my website TrishaWolfe.com for more on my books and bonus material. You can also follow me on Twitter @TrishWolfe or like my Facebook page for updates. 

 

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Review: One Grave at a Time

Blurb:

Readers can't get enough of Cat Crawfield and her sexy vampire husband Bones--especially the fans of high quality paranormal fiction who have made the novels of Charlaine Harris, Kim Harrison, Lynsay Sands, and Christine Feehan blockbuster bestsellers. With One Grave at a Time, New York Times bestselling author Jeaniene Frost gives us another spectacular supernatural adventure in her Night Huntress series--as Cat and Bones, after narrowly averting an (under)World War, must figure out how to halt the horrific killing spree of a bloodthirsty witch hunter...a sadistic killer who has already been dead for centuries.

My Thoughts:
 If you've been to my blog anytime in the whole say...however long it's been in existence, then you know I love this series. It's had a couple of "meh" installments but it usually brings on the crazy hot FIYAH, and this one was no exception! I loved it! Gobbled it up cover to end in like a day which is totes unheard of for me! Cat and Bones are still smoking hot, and lovely! I enjoy how the side characters are starting to develop as intricate parts of Cat's life. (I'm looking at you Ian you smarmy, sexy bastard!)

Kramer was a foul and despicable villain! I instantly loathed him and wanted Cat and Bones to make him hurt in very hurty ways! Jeaniene Frost created him perfectly! I really really really wanted his story to be over too. He had spent so many years hurting women, so I wanted justice to be done ASAP! 

I loved Tyler's character. I hope that he can be in future installments! He tricked me a few times and I thought he was something he was not quite often. LOL Tricksey hobit he is! I do hope that Frost keeps him around, he is awesome!

All in all this was a great installment. I loved every second of it, obviously!

Review: Vicious Circle

Blurb:
Being a witch doesn't pay the bills, but Persephone Alcmedi gets by between reading Tarot cards, writing her syndicated newspaper column, and kenneling werewolves in the basement when the moon is full -- even if witches aren't supposed to mingle with wolves. She really reaches the end of her leash, though, when her grandmother gets kicked out of the nursing home and Seph finds herself in the doghouse about some things she's written. Then her werewolf friend Lorrie is murdered...and the high priestess of an important coven offers Seph big money to destroy the killer, a powerful vampire named Goliath Kline. Seph is a tough girl, but this time she bites off more than she can chew. She needs a little help from her friends -- werewolf friends. One of those friends, Johnny, the motorcycle-riding lead singer for the techno-metal-Goth band Lycanthropia, has a crush on her. And while Seph has always been on edge around this 6'2" leather-clad hunk, she's starting to realize that although their attraction may be dangerous, nothing could be as lethal as the showdown that awaits them.

My Thoughts: 
I thought this was a super fun start to a new series. Right away I liked Seph and her family. I love the writing style that Linda Robertson has. It's no nonsense, no fuss and very kick booty! Her characters are not cliched and not tired and bored. She's got quite a world built up here and I cannot wait to crack into the rest of this series!

So plot wise how is this? I have read quite a number of books in the Paranormal genre, and have run into a few that are kind of "been there done that" and YES the werewolf/vampire thing seems old. I would normally shake my head and move on, but this one just feels fresh.  No clue why, but I have a feeling it might have something to do with the characters themselves. The good guys are flawed and the bad guys..well they are bad but occasionally hints of otherwise shine through. (I hope that makes sense?)

Vicious Circle is book number 1 in the Persephone Alcmedi series, and I have to say it's a great number 1. I'm hooked and will continue reading! Look for my review of book number 2 Hallowed Circle, soon!

Blog Tour: Seduced by Innocence

BLURB:
"Liquid fire poured into me, filling me with the intimate sense of him as he leaned in to claim my lips
with his own. I reached for him, needing him closer, but my arms couldn't close the distance between
us, which grew wider with each hitched breath. So close to finally feeling something real, something
carnal and deep, I cried out in frustration, dropping my hands as he disappeared. My cries deepened
into a frenzy of panic and my eyes flew open. I clutched my blanket and stilled myself to calm my
racing heart.

Just a dream. Always just a dream."

Rose Wintersong didn't have an ordinary upbringing. Raised in what most would call a hippy
commune, but what is actually a powerful coven of witches, she never questions the life fate chose for her.

Until she meets Derek O'Conner.

Derek challenges everything Rose believes and forces her to see the secrets hidden beneath the
whitewashed walls of her idyllic country life.

Rose knows she should walk away, that the sexy martial arts instructor is bad news bred to create
discord in her tight community… but the animal magnetism between them is impossible to fight.

Caught between the passion of first love, and the steady beat of the life she's always known, Rose
must choose between the innocence of her youth or the pleasures of womanhood—but lost innocence
comes at a price, and Rose harbors a dark secret that could destroy everyone she loves—including
Derek.


BIO:

Kimberly Kinrade was born with ink in her veins and magic in her heart. She writes fantasy and
paranormal stories for all ages and still believes in magic worlds. Check out her YA paranormal series
The Forbidden Trilogy, her lower grade fantasy series The Three Lost Kids, and watch for her New Adult
romance and fantasy books coming in 2013 including The Seduced Saga, Sunrise and Nightfall, Death by

Destiny and The Fallen Trilogy and her next YA fantasy adventure, The Reluctant Familiar. You can find
her books on Amazon, B&N and Goodreads among other fine retailers.

When she's not writing, she runs Daring Books Design & Marketing with her husband, Dmytry Karpov,
where they help authors with all manner of marketing, editing, and design needs until such a time that
their brilliant children take over the business for them.

She lives with her three little girls who think they're ninja princesses with super powers, her two cats
who think they're gods (and probably are), her two dogs who think they're humans and her husband,
also known as the sexy Russian Prince, who is the love of her life and writing partner.

ONLINE LINKS:
Website  http://KimberlyKinrade.com
Twitter: @KimberlyKinrade
Facebook: /KimberlyKinrade
Amazon: http://Amazon.com/author/kimberlykinrade
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My Thoughts: 
I really liked this. It read very quickly, but was definitely a meaty and well written book! I kind of felt a bit like the names of some of the characters were a bit much, but that's just a silly little irk of mine. Nothing against the book at all really. I loved the chemistry that Rose and Derek had. Their story is pretty spicy and interesting. I usually feel like "insta love" equal ridiculous but sometimes it can be a sweet thing, just like in this book.





Rose's  special ability makes her a very unique character. You want her life to be good because she's a good person, but unfortunately her circumstances don't seem to want her to have that. I thought her story line was the most interesting. Just the fact that her touch can suck the life out of you is ..well wow. So many things can happen!

This is a solid start to a series, it definitely reads like a "part one," but whereas most first installments feel flat this one is not. I definitely will read the next one!

Blog Tour: An Italian Obsession

 Young Adult/Historical/General Fiction

Title: An Italian Obsession

Author: Kfir Luzzatto

Date Published: 9/3/12

About:

 In the lax atmosphere of middle-class post-war Italy, sex and drugs are easy to come by. Roberto tries to find his own balance, but a crush he had for Alessandra in elementary school is reignited and the course of his life is changed forever.

It's the 1970’s, a time of political upheaval driven by disillusioned young people. Roberto is caught up in the times. He makes a new start, but his past catches up with him. Finding himself accused of a crime, he must defend himself even when he isn’t sure he committed it. A vivid snapshot of European post-war society, this novel is viewed through the eyes of a young adult coming of age.

Author Bio:

Kfir was born and raised in Italy, and moved to Israel as a teenager. He acquired the love for the English language from his father, a former U.S. soldier and WWII veteran, a voracious reader and a prolific writer. Kfir has a PhD in chemical engineering and works as a patent attorney. He lives in Omer, Israel, with his full-time partner, Esther, their four children, Michal, Lilach, Tamar and Yonatan, and the dog Elvis.
Novels: 
Crossing the Meadow (2003); The Odyssey Gene (2006); The Evelyn Project (2012); Have Book – Will Travel (2012 – with Yonatan Luzzatto); An Italian Obsession (2012).
Short Story Collections: His Darker Side (2002-2011); His Lighter Side (2002-2011).
Non-Fiction: The World of Patents (2002)

Blog: www.kfirluzzatto.com

Twitter: @KfirLuzzatto

Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/kfir.luzzatto

 LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kfir-luzzatto/23/659/981

Buy Link

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My Thoughts: 

First things first, I do think this might be a little mislabeled...I would say this was more a New Adult, than young. It's got some fairly "adultish" themes going on. I'm not a prude, but I think I would say 17 and up would probably be acceptable to read this. Not that it's bad. In fact it's REALLY a great read. Roberto is an interesting  character. I know that's a cliche, but it's the truth. I went from liking him, to hating him, to liking him..rinse and repeat. This cycle of emotions made me realize that Kfir Luzzatto knows how to work with words! To get a peek inside this young man's early life and then follow him along until he's grown up was a treat. I caught myself cringing a few times at the typical embarrassing situations and tragic mistakes that he made. The journey is intense and you do feel as if you are right there with Roberto as he moves through life. You see him love, cry, laugh, and grow.

It rare that a writer captures these things so vividly and that's exactly what Kfir Luzzatto does. Excellent job sir! 

Blog Tour: Evol

About the Book:

“I will do whatever it takes to keep us together. Nothing can keep us apart. You’re mine now.” She’d love him just as he loved her. She had to. She didn’t have a choice.

In love and happily living the life she always dreamed of, Venna Caldwell doesn’t know she is the object of a secret obsession. Until one night when she’s home alone and her stalker finally acts on his fantasies, dragging her into a sadistic nightmare that she barely escapes. Running for her life, from a man who will never stop hunting her, Venna reaches out to her estranged half-brother, grasping desperately at what little hope she has left. How far will she go to keep out of the clutches of the unrelenting monster that's hungry for her?

My Thoughts:

Oh dear me! This book was crazy! I was not exactly sure how to review this. It was creepy and twisted, but in a good way. The writing was solid and it held me in suspense in MANY different parts! The book will get under your skin and make you look over your shoulder. I totally was rooting for Venna (and not just cuz we share last names!) and felt like she was a true fighter! A++ thriller!

Author Bio:

Jess Wygle is a short story author and novelist. Her titles include Keep it Safe, Evol, Not Alone, Long

Awaited, and Where’s My Accident. Primarily writing thrillers, she has included non-fiction and romance

in her repertoire.

Jess is married to her husband, AJ and has a young son named Landon. She’s also mother to a one-year-

old red fox lab. This self-proclaimed movie buff has a knack for photography. She’s currently enrolled

at a local college studying education and has plans to teach English at the high school level as she works

her way up the bestseller list.

You can visit her blog at jesswygle.blogspot.com.

http://www.bookrix.com/-jesswygle

Twitter: @jcwygle

Facebook: Jess Wygle

Instagram: jesswygle

BookRix.com username: jesswygle

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March 8 - Book Wookie - Review

March 11 - Weakling No. 14 Reviews - Interview/PROMO

March 12 - Book Reviews and More - PROMO

March 13 -  Delirious About Books - PROMO

March 15 - The Magnolia Blossom Review - Review/Interview

March 14 - Logikal Blog - PROMO

March 17 - Genuine Jenn- Review

March 18 - Gimme the Scoop - Guest Post/PROMO

March 19 - My Cozie Corner - Review

March 20 - Laurie's Interviews - Interview/PROMO

March 21 - Andi's Book Reviews - Review/Guest Post

March 22 - One Page at a Time - Review

March 24 - The Life and Lies of an Inanimate Object - Interview/PROMO

March 24 - RABT Reviews - Review