{Book Blitz} The Lantern's Ember by Colleen Houck

Hey guys! Today is another Nerd Blast live from the awesome JeanBook Nerd!

This book is a perfect feature for the month as it fits quite well for the

Halloween season. 

Interested?

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The Lantern's Ember

Author: Colleen Houck

Release Date: September 11, 2018

Welcome to a world where nightmarish creatures reign supreme.

Five hundred years ago, Jack made a deal with the devil. It’s difficult for him to remember much about his mortal days. So, he focuses on fulfilling his sentence as a Lantern—one of the watchmen who guard the portals to the Otherworld, a realm crawling with every nightmarish creature imaginable. Jack has spent centuries jumping from town to town, ensuring that nary a mortal—or not-so-mortal—soul slips past him. That is, until he meets beautiful Ember O’Dare. 

Seventeen, stubborn, and a natural-born witch, Ember feels a strong pull to the Otherworld. Undeterred by Jack’s warnings, she crosses into the forbidden plane with the help of a mysterious and debonair vampire—and the chase through a dazzling, dangerous world is on. Jack must do everything in his power to get Ember back where she belongs before both the earthly and unearthly worlds descend into chaos.{Goodreads/Amazon/BD/Barnes and Noble}

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I want to read this book sooo bad!!!

I have to admit I've never read anything by Colleen Houck.

I own 5 of her books...and have yet to read them.

I know I'm terrible!

What's one more book though right? ;)

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Praise for THE LANTERN'S EMBER
"[Houck] offers a fresh spin on The Legend of Sleepy Hollow...with some genuine surprises in store." —Kirkus

"A wild and seductive adventure...a must-have for YA collections." —SLJ 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

New York Times Bestselling author Colleen Houck is a lifelong reader whose literary interests include action, adventure, paranormal, science fiction, and romance. When she’s not busy writing, she likes to spend time chatting on the phone with one of her six siblings, watching plays, and shopping online. Colleen has lived in Arizona, Idaho, Utah, California, and North Carolina and is now permanently settled in Salem, Oregon with her husband and a huge assortment of plush tigers.  

WEBSITE: http://colleenhouck.com/
TWITTER:  @ColleenHouck
GOODREADS: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3097905.Colleen_Houck
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/ColleenRayHouck
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/colleen.houck/
PINTEREST: https://www.pinterest.com/colleenrayhouck/

The Giveaway

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- 5 Winners will receive a Copy of THE LANTERN'S EMBER by Colleen Houck

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Read from Colleen before?

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{Monthly Recap} September 2018

The end of September all ready? It would seem so.

So what went on?

I relaunched my blog!
Yupp! I finally did it! Didn't see it? Here!

~This Months Releases: ~

Want to see what released this month?
September's Stunners


~Reviews:~

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sara J Maas (series)
Otherbound by Corinne Duyvis
Goodbye, Rebel Blue by Shelley Corriell

Giveaways:
Relaunch Giveaway (TODAY IS THE LAST DAY! ENTER NOW!)
Garden of Thorns and Roses Blitz (Finished)
The Iron Flower Blitz (ongoing)

Tours/Blitzes:
A Garden of Thorns and Roses by Amber Mitchell Blitz
The Iron Flower Blitz

Ramblings:
Upcoming Giveaways

And that's it! Tomorrow is a new month--the month of October to be exact!
I have SOOO many awesome things coming this month and I'm excited!
Come back tomorrow for the beginning of all October festivities! :D

Find a post you hadn't seen yet?
What was it? What'd you think!?
Let me know in the comments <3

{Book Blitz/Cover Reveal} Garden of Thorns by Amber Mitchell

Hey guys! Today I'm here with a little book blitz hosted by YA Bound Book Tours!

Here's a little about the book...

Garden of Thorns 
Series: (Garden of Thorns #1)
by Amber Mitchell
Genre: YA Fantasy Romance
Release Date: March 6th 2017
Entangled Teen

After seven grueling years of captivity in the Garden—a burlesque troupe of slave girls—sixteen-year-old Rose finds an opportunity to escape during a performance for the emperor. But the hostage she randomly chose from the crowd to aid her isn’t one of the emperor’s men—not anymore. He’s the former heir to the throne, who is now leading a rebellion against it.

Rayce is a wanted man and dangerously charismatic, the worst person for Rose to get involved with, no matter what his smile promises. But he assumes Rose’s attempt to take him hostage is part of a plot to crush the rebellion, so he takes her as his hostage. Now Rose must prove where her loyalties lie, and she offers Rayce a deal—if he helps her rescue the other girls, she’ll tell him all the Garden’s secrets.

Except the one secret she’s kept for seven years that she’ll take to her grave if she must. {Goodreads}

What caught my eye?

I'm always down for fantasy, its one of my favorite genres.
Entangled Teen tends to have some epic books.
Rebellions?
Secrets?
Rose seems like she has some guts to try and hold a hostage
Rayce already seems swoon worthy...hello!
Mixed hostage signals? lol
This cover? Gorgeous.

Sold.

I saw this blitz and new I had to be apart of it.
I added it on my tbr immediately!

ON SALE FOR ONLY $0.99!

Yeah, guys. Its on sale for .99...
Remember how I said I added it to my TBR?
Yeah, well I bought it too!
Can't pass up a deal like that!

PURCHASE LINKS:

Amazon:  http://a.co/d/d4RMvrH

Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/garden-of-thorns-5

Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/garden-of-thorns-amber-mitchell/1125780960;jsessionid=835C67C4327B460CD2E15A7B58FE8443.prodny_store01-atgap05?ean=9781633758483&st=AFF&2sid=Goodreads,%20Inc_2227948_NA&sourceId=AFFGoodreads,%20Inc

 iBooks: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/garden-of-thorns/id1205729578?mt=11

Entangled Teen: https://entangledpublishing.com/garden-of-thorns.html      

And now...
For the Cover Reveal!!
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 The sequel, War of the Wilted, releases on October 1, 2018! 

Summary:

Rose will not rest until the Gardener is dead. But there are bigger battles to fight, and Rayce—leader of the rebellion and the only man Rose has ever loved—believes their best chance at winning the war is to join forces with her sworn enemy.

Saving innocent people is more important than her quest for revenge. But their new ally can’t be trusted—and he knows her darkest secret. One betrayal could leave the war and Rayce’s life hanging in the balance, and Rose will need to make the ultimate sacrifice to save them all.

Add to Goodreads

About the Author

Amber Mitchell graduated from the University of South Florida with a BA in Creative Writing. She likes crazy hair styles, reading, D&D, k-dramas, good puns and great food.

When she isn’t putting words on paper, she is using cardstock to craft 3D artwork or exploring new places with her husband Brian. They live a small town in Florida with their four cats where she is still waiting for a madman in a blue box to show up on her doorstep.

Garden of Thorns is her debut novel from Entangled Teen.

Author Links:

 

Yupp, that's right. There's a giveaway too!

GIVEAWAY:

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Already buying it?
Let me know your thoughts :)

{Book Blitz} Summer Love by Marysue G Hobika

~The Book:

Summer Love

Series: Senior Year #1

Author: Marysue G. Hobika 

Release Date: June 2013

Genre: New Adult Contemporary

Buy: ~Amazon~

Carly and her best friend Becca are ready to drop a nuclear bomb on summer. It’s the last one before reality sets in and they’re off on their own. Carly is ready to break the mold and stop being known as a goody-two-shoes. In order to get the ball rolling, she agrees to a double date with Gavin – her good-looking, yet moody, lab partner.


Gavin doesn’t have summer plans except to work at his two jobs and hang out in his room drawing. He likes to keep to himself, but lets his brother Nate talk him into going on a double date. Carly isn’t like the rest of the girls at school that drive him crazy. She doesn’t ask a lot of questions and seems to know when to give him the space he craves. Gavin always thought that she was beautiful, but he believes that relationships and love are a lost cause.

Will their date prove that summer love is right around the corner or will it be a dead end?

This book is intended for audiences 17+{Goodreads}

~The Excerpt:

The band played and I held my breath, waiting to hear Carly’s voice. I thought maybe she’d lost her nerve. I was ready to rush in and rescue her, even if she didn’t want me to, when, like magic, she began to sing. The notes that came out of her mouth were full and sensuous, changing the band’s sound completely. It was harmonious, free flowing, and full.

  I’d heard the band last summer, and even though they were good, something had always been missing. That something was Carly. Her voice fit and molded perfectly with Nate’s, and I felt another tinge of jealousy. Their sound filtered through the cracks and walls of the garage and into the night air. For a second, I forgot how to breathe. I found myself slinking back into the garage as the song came to an end. I felt empty and lost when she hit the last note, and every cell in my body craved more. I’d been wrong. So very wrong.

  Everyone in the garage was silent, as if the music had cast a spell on them. All of a sudden, led by Ed, claps and cheers echoed. Carly looked elated until her gaze landed on me. I read in her eyes that she thought I was a jerk for not believing in her, and I couldn’t blame her. I was a jerk.

“Damn!” shouted Ed. “That gave me goose bumps.” He hugged himself, rubbing his hands over his arms.

“I told you Carly could sing,” Becca said, directing her words toward Nate.

~The Giveaway:

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{Book Blitz} Now or Never by A.J. Bennett

~The Book:

Now or Never

Author: A.J. Bennett

Release Date: June 19, 2013

Genre: New Adult Contemporary 

Buy: ~Amazon~B&N~

Twenty-one year old Grayson Alexander finally breaks away from an abusive relationship and finds herself free for the first time in three years.

Determined to enjoy her new-found freedom, Grayson is intent on sticking with ‘no strings attached’ relationships—one-night stands, and steamy sex.

But she didn’t plan on Derrick.

Her attraction to the sexy man in uniform quickly turns into an unhealthy relationship. They both try to resist the pull, but neither can stay away.

When tragedy strikes, Grayson realizes it’s now or never—walk away or make it work{Goodreads}

~The Author:

~Website~Goodreads~Facebook~Twitter~

A.J. Bennett lives in Nashville, TN with her husband and bulldog. She’s addicted to coffee, popcorn and books. Becoming an author has been a lifelong dream, and she’s extremely excited about her debut novel Now or Never.

~The Excerpt:

Why was she acting like an idiot? He was just a guy; he probably didn’t even give her another thought after their brief eye gaze exchange.

     Once she got her drink, she made her way to the cream and sugar stand to grab a napkin and hightail it out of there. Grayson turned to leave and slammed into a solid wall of muscle.

     Shit.

     Coffee spilled on her hand and down the front of his black T-shirt. As she held the remains of her coffee out of harms way, her chest pressed firmly against his. Horrified, she lifted her gaze.

      He cupped her elbows with both hands and steadied her, his startling green eyes ringed with gold swept over her. Then he reached around her, grabbed a napkin, and wiped the hot coffee off her hand. She caught herself giving him the once over while she had his gaze elsewhere; he was so hot, his dark red hair was so fitting to his rugged facial features.

     “You alright?”

     Grayson mumbled something that didn’t sound like English. Her breath caught at her throat as she took in his powerful frame: his legs were slightly parted and his faded jeans clung to his muscular thighs. His T-shirt was stretched over his broad shoulders. 

     He smiled instantly softening his hard face. “Why don’t you come and sit down with me?”

     “Um, what?”

     He tilted his head towards his seat, “The cafe is full. You can share my table.”

     Good grief.

     All she did was make eye contact with the guy, and now he thought that gave him the right to invite her to sit down? She’d clearly been in a relationship way too long, because she had no idea how to react to his question. A part of her was curious about this man who made her heart rate speed up with just a glance, but a much bigger part of her wanted to turn and run. She just got out of one relationship; she wasn’t about to start another the moment she drove into town. Besides, she’d always heard two redheads were a disaster waiting to happen.

     No thanks, she thought, I have had enough disaster in my life for at least five more years. 

     Although, her mother claims she’s only half redhead, the other half light blonde. So maybe it would only be half a disaster?

     Snap out of it Grayson, she thought, trying to get her shit together and not look like a blabbering idiot.

     “I can’t. I have to meet my family. But thanks for the offer.” Grayson tried to step by him, but he widened his stance and blocked her. 

     “Can I at least give you my number?”

     Oh my God, Grayson thought, this guy was persistent. He was hot as hell, but come on.

     “Do you hit on every girl who walks through the door?” Grayson asked with a little attitude in her voice; she couldn’t let another man gain the upper hand on her so fast.

     He laughed, his eyes crinkling at the corners, and she wondered how old he was. “Not all of them.”

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{Book Blitz} Rush by Eve Silver (Giveaway+Teasers)

Rush 
Series: (The Game #1)

by Eve Silver

Release Date: June 11, 2013

by, Harper Teen

So what’s the game now? This, or the life I used to know?
When Miki Jones is pulled from her life, pulled through time and space into some kind of game—her carefully controlled life spirals into chaos. In the game, she and a team of other teens are sent on missions to eliminate the Drau, terrifying and beautiful alien creatures. There are no practice runs, no training, and no way out. Miki has only the guidance of secretive but maddeningly attractive team leader Jackson Tate, who says the game isn’t really a game, that what Miki and her new teammates do now determines their survival, and the survival of every other person on this planet. She laughs. He doesn’t. And then the game takes a deadly and terrifying turn.

Available from:

    

Teaser #1:

He smiles, a faint curve of his lips that reveals the barest hint of a long dimple carved in his right cheek. “No, but I can read your expression. And I’ve been doing this long enough that I know what most people tend to think when they first open their eyes.”

“Doing what long enough?”

“This,” he says, and nothing more.

A second of silence stretches into two. Though I can’t see behind his glasses, I have the feeling he’s not looking at me anymore, that he’s scanning the area, looking for…something. But as I stare at him, I see me—tiny distorted reflections of me in the shiny, convex lenses.

Copyright © 2013. Eve Silver. All Rights Reserved.

Teaser #2:

I stare at the things in front of me: the Drau. I can’t look away.

Somewhere in the back of my mind, I remember Jackson talking about Medusa.

Don’t look at their eyes.

Their mercury eyes.

They’re poison.

They will kill me.

Copyright © 2013. Eve Silver. All Rights Reserved.

Teaser #3:

Color and sound explode, too bright, too loud. Even the air on my skin feels like it’s too much. My fingers go lax. The bag’s handle slides down my palm, then along my fingers to the tips, impossibly slow. The world tips and tilts and I flail for balance.

Luka grabs my hand and holds tight.

I blink. My house, my open front door, Dad, they’re all gone. My breath comes in short gasps and every muscle in my body feels like it’s knotted up tight.

I’m standing in a grassy clearing bounded by trees.

The lobby.

We’ve been pulled.

Copyright © 2013. Eve Silver. All Rights Reserved.

About the Author
Eve Silver lives with her gamer husband and sons, sometimes in Canada, but often in worlds she dreams up. She loves kayaking and sunshine, dogs and desserts, and books, lots and lots of books. Watch for the first book in Eve’s new teen series, THE GAME: RUSH, coming from Katherine Tegen Books, June 2013. She also writes books for adults.

Author Links:

     

***GIVEAWAY***

Signed copy of Rush, US and Canada only.

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{Book Blitz} Fang Girl by Helen Keeble

Hey everyone! So I have an awesome Promo Blitz for you all thanks to Xpresso Book Tours!

I've got some awesomesauce things ahead for you all so sit back and scroll on!! ;D

The Author:

Helen Keeble is not, and never has been, a vampire. She has however been a teenager. She grew up partly in America and partly in England, which has left her with an unidentifiable accent and a fondness for peanut butter crackers washed   down with a nice cup of tea. She now lives in West Sussex, England, with her husband, daughter, two cats, and a variable number of fish. To the best of her knowledge, none of the fish are undead.

Find her at: ~Website~Goodreads~Twitter~

The Book:

Fang Girl

Author: Helen Keeble

Release Date: September 11, 2012

Buy at: ~B&N~Amazon~The Book Depository~

Things That Are Destroying Jane Greene’s Undead Social Life Before It Can Even Begin:  

1) A twelve-year-old brother who’s convinced she’s a zombie. 

2) Parents who are begging her to turn them into vampires. 

3) The pet goldfish she accidentally turns instead. 

4) Weird superpowers that let her rip the heads off of every other vampire she meets.(Sounds cool, but it doesn’t win you many friends.) 5) A pyschotic vampire creator who’s using her to carry out a plan for world domination.  

And finally:

6) A seriously ripped vampire hunter who either wants to stake her or make out with her. Not sure which.  Being an undead, eternally pasty fifteen-year-old isn’t quite the sexy, brooding, angst-fest Jane always imagined....  Helen Keeble’s riotous debut novel combines the humor of Vladimir Tod with Ally Carter’s spot-on teen voice. With a one-of-a-kind vampire mythology and an irresistibly relatable undead heroine, this uproarious page-turner will leave readers bloodthirsty for more. {Goodreads}

The Excerpt Fun:

“Cease!”

We all jumped, my attackers whirling round. Someone stood poised on the roof of the parked Range Rover, 

silhouetted against the starry sky. In a breathtaking arc, he leaped ten feet, landing crouched in the middle

of the road. He unfurled back to his full height, his velvet frock coat billowing around him, the moonlight 

turning his hair to pure silver. His high-cheekboned, elegant face was set in an expression of icy 

determination. As he faced my stunned attackers, his lips drew back in a contemptuous snarl . . . exposing 

jagged, sharp-edged teeth.

He was a vampire.

His pale eyes flicked to me. “Run, ma chérie,” he said. His voice was as light and golden as honey, with a rich 

French accent that made the simple phrase sound like an invitation to unspeakable immoral delights. He 

dropped into a combat crouch, empty hands spread. “I shall take care of these—”

And that was as far as he got, because as my attackers had been conveniently distracted by his appearance, I 

punted them fifteen feet down the road.

I hadn’t actually intended to do so. I’d only hoped to knock them off balance to give my unexpected rescuer 

an opening—after all, a dramatic pose was no match for two guns. So I’d kicked them, with all the strength I 

could muster.

Which, as it turned out, was quite a lot of strength.

“Quick!” I yelled as they skidded away, trailing shocked swear words. I dashed past the suddenly slack-

jawed vampire. “Get them before they escape!” One of my attackers was already rolling to his feet—without 

thought, my blood roaring in my veins, I leaped for him. We crashed back to the ground, him flailing, me 

desperately trying to work out some way to subdue him. I grabbed for his hair, yanking upward with the

vague thought of slamming his skull back down against the road—

I’d forgotten my vampiric strength again.

“AIEEEEEEEEEE!” I shrieked, reaching a high enough pitch to stun bats. I flung the severed head away 

with all my strength. “AIEEEEEEEEE!” I hopped from foot to foot, overcome with utter squick.

“Shh, hush, it’s all right!” The other vampire’s hands captured my flailing wrists. “Xanthe!” Lights were 

coming on in the nearest house; with a quick look around, he grabbed the corpse by the back of its collar. 

“Quick, back here.” He dragged us both into the shadow of the garage. After a few moments, the lights 

clicked off again, leaving us in darkness. I felt the vampire tension in the vampire’s muscles ease. “Well, that 

went . . . differently.”

I managed to get enough of a grip on myself to speak, though my voice came out in a Mickey Mouse squeak. 

“Is he dead? Is he dead?”

The vampire looked down at the headless corpse. “Yes,” he said. “He is very, very dead.” He cleared his 

throat. “You must be wondering who I am.”

My legs didn’t want to support me anymore. I sat down hard. “What . . . what happened to the other guy?”

“I believe that he has fled, rather understandably. Now, my name—”

“Oh God, he escaped?” Even though I didn’t need to breathe, I was starting to hyperventilate. “Is he coming 

back?”

“No,” the vampire said firmly, catching my hands between his own. “Because I will not let him. I’m here to 

protect you.”

I looked at him. I looked down at the corpse. I looked at him.

“Ah . . .” He appeared mildly embarrassed. “I can also help you dispose of bodies?”

“Okay,” I said, still feeling a bit shell-shocked. “You sound very useful. Um. Who are you, exactly?”

He let go of my hand and stood, clearing his throat again. “In life, I was the Comte Ebène Bellefleur. Now, I am

simply Ebène de Sanguine.” He bowed deeply, sweeping back his long, black frock coat with perfect grace, 

as though this was his customary attire. “I would be pleased if you would call me Ebon. I have come to bring 

you home.”

The best I could muster was a heartfelt “huh?” I was lagging about two minutes behind the conversation. I 

kept thinking of that horrible crunch through my hands.

“I must deeply apologize from the bottom of my soul that it has taken so long for us to send one of the Blood 

to welcome you,” Ebon said, somehow managing to enunciate the capitalization. “I must confess that we 

were unprepared for your Transfiguration”—once again I could hear the capitals clanging into place—“but I 

can assure you that you will be a treasured jewel among us. Now, ma chérie, we must make haste.” His face 

turned serious, and he held out a long, white-fingered hand. “This place is not safe. As you have 

discovered, the hunters are closing in. I will protect you with my very life, but I cannot hold this place secure 

for long. You must come.”

I struggled to get my brain to concentrate. “Come . . . with you? Where?”

“To your true home,” he said—and suddenly his face was only inches from mine. I froze, transfixed by the pale 

blue of his eyes, as clear and cool as the light at the heart of a glacier. “Come, Xanthe,” he murmured, shaping 

the hated sound of my name into something beautiful and wild. “I long to teach you. To show you who you 

are, and the power you will become. It is time for you to learn everything.”

I stared at him, and he didn’t become any less real. There was an actual gorgeous vampire aristocrat in 

velvet on his knees in front of me, vowing to lay down his life in my defense. All I had to do was take his hand.

“Okay,” I whispered, my throat dry. “First let’s hide this body somewhere, and then . . .”

“And then?” he whispered back, his breath cool on my lips. His pale eyes gazed into mine, wordlessly 

promising to whisk me away from all my troubles.

Or, to put it another way, a very strange man with predator’s teeth wanted to get me alone.

“And then,” I said firmly, taking his hand, “you’re coming home to meet my parents.”

The Giveaway:

The Prize:

*1 Fang Girl prize pack including.... 

- one signed copy of Fang Girl (can be personalized) 

- a voucher for an ARC of Helen's next book NO ANGEL as soon as they are available (likely to be Spring/Summer 2013) 

- a cheerful vampire goldfish paperclip 

- Fang Girl stickers featuring the cover and quotes from the book

The Details:

This giveaway is INT

Ends December 25, 2012

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Thanks! Fun wasn't it!?

Good luck!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! <3

~Jaiden