EPIC LIST of BOOK SALES, NEW RELEASES & NEWS – August 8, 2013

What a busy week in the book world!! Here’s the latest scoop!

Sale Alerts

• $0.99 – Consequences by Aleatha Romig. This book will f*ck with your mind and emotions!  Totally captivating!! Read my review.

• $0.99  – Axel by Harper Sloan. If you’re a fan of Kristen Ashley, you’ll love this one! It’s a badass Alpha male second-chance romance standalone. Read my review.
  

• $0.99 – Wounded by Jasinda Wilder. This is an emotional, raw and yet beautiful standalone romance! I adored it!! In the words of the author: I promise it isn’t about war. This is an emotional, gritty love story. Give it a chance! Read my review.

• $0.99 – Captive In The Dark by CJ Roberts. This is one of the darkest and most raw, gritty and phenomenal books I’ve read. This one will test you but you’ll love every minute of it!! Read my review.

• $0.99 – The Opportunist by Tarryn Fisher. This is book #1 of a phenomenal, completed 5 star trilogy! One of my top favs! Read my review.

• $0.99 – Rock Chick by Kristen Ashley. This is the first book in a badass Alpha male romance series! The books in this series are inter-connected standalones so each one focuses on a different couple. They should be read in order but do not need to be read back-to-back. Highly recommended. Read my review.

• $1.79 – The Secret of Ella and Micha by Jessica Sorensen. I loved this book. A beautiful friends to lovers story about a girl from a broken home and the bad boy who made her feel loved and safe again. Read my review.

• $1.99 – Take Care Sara by Lindy Zart. This was a deeply emotional, painfully beautiful and in the end uplifting story about finding love again after a tragic loss. It’s also a standalone romance! Read my review.

• $1.99 – Flat-Out Love by Jessica Park. One of my favorite YA books. It’s beautifully written and has a big twist! It’s also a standalone. Read my review.

• $1.99 – Rule by Jay Crownover. I hear that Rule is a bad boy I have to meet! I’m looking forward to reading this one!

• $1.99 – Fallen Too Far by Abbi Glines. Book #1 of the Too Far series (all books are available). This book is fun, hot and highly addictive!! Everyone has to meet Rush! I promise you’ll fall in love 🙂 Read my review.

• $1.99 – While It Lasts by Abbi Glines. This is a fun and sexy New Adult romance that I can’t wait to read! I love Abbi Glines’ writing and I hear this one is steamy!

      

Epic $1.99 sale on the entire Dark Hunter series by Sherrilyn Kenyon!! 

For a very limited time (possibly only a few more hours), each book is on sale for only $1.99!!!! Usually they are about $8 each!!

This is an epic paranormal romance series that is the perfect blend of very tortured heroes (literally and figuratively), strong heroines, engaging plot, intricate mythology, heart touching moment, steamy love scenes, some of the funniest moments you will ever read in a book, and the absolute sweetest happy endings. Of all the paranormal romance series out there, this is my absolute top favorite!

They should absolutely be read in order!!! There is a core set of characters that is constant throughout the series but each book focuses on a different couple. There’s one character for example, Acheron, whose book you’ll notice is much later in the series but his story starts in book #1 and builds a little in each and every book so that by the time you get to his book, you’ve got this whole history and connection to him. It’s really epic. But, you can read them each individually in the sense of there are no cliffhangers so you can read one, take a break, then pick up the next no problem… just, they should only be read in order because seriously, that’s half the joy of this series.

Here’s the full reading order. Each book is only $1.99!!! (Sorry, I’m just a little giddy over this!! *squee*)

*** Edit: I’m really not sure what’s going on with this sale. Sometimes it’s on, sometimes it’s off. Sometimes they’re all on sale, and sometimes (like at the moment) only some of them are on sale. It’s weird. I don’t get it. So just try your luck and I’ll cross my fingers for you 🙂

1. Night Pleasures
2. Night Embrace
3. Dance with the Devil
4. Kiss of the Night
5. Night Play
6. Seize the Night
7. Sins of the Night
8. Unleash the Night
9. Dark Side of the Moon
10. Dream Hunter
11. Ignore this one. It’s a short story. Not for sale.
12. Devil May Cry
13. Upon the Midnight Clear
14. Dream Chaser
15. Acheron
16. One Silent Night
17. Dream Warrior
18. Bad Moon Rising
19. No Mercy
20. Retribution
21. The Guardian
22. Time Untime

              

New Releases

• Present Perfect by Alison Bailey. I think I might read this one next. I’ve had it recommended to me several times as a deeply emotional book that made readers ugly cry. It’s a standalone with a HEA though 🙂 ♥ Here’s a quote: “I’ve been unsure about many things in my life except for one thing, that I have always loved him. Every single minute of every single day that I have been on this earth, my heart has belonged to him.” <– I love that!!!

• Wicked Beat by Olivia Cunning. This is the final book to be released in the smoking hot rockstar series by Olivia Cunning “Sinners on Tour“. Please note though that it is actually book #4 in the series. The publishers released them out of order for unknown reasons.

• Unteachable by Leah Raeder. This is a very beautifully written student/teacher forbidden romance. Read my review. 

• Into The Deep by Samantha Young. This is a new second-chance romance from the author of On Dublin Street. I’ve heard this one doesn’t have a cliffhanger but there will be a second book out next year.

• The Redemption of Callie and Kayden by Jessica Sorensen. This is the sequel to The Coincidence of Callie and Kayden which is currently on sale for $1.99.

• Near and Far by Nicole Williams. This is the sequel to Lost & Found.

• Beneath The Burn by Pam Godwin. This is a standalone “dark & gritty” style book that’s a bit of a mix between a BDSM and rock star book. Read my review.

 

Pre-orders of upcoming books

• Rock Chick Redemption (August 13) – this is the final book in the Rock Chick series by Kristen Ashley which is a badass Alpha male romance series.

• Afterburn (August 15) – this is the first in a hot new 2-part series by Sylvia Day. Part #2 Aftershock will be out in November.

• Stripped (August 16) – this is a new standalone romance from Jasinda Wilder. “He’s a movie star sex god. She’s a virgin… and a stripper.“

• Wethering the Storm (August 20) – this is the sequel to The Mighty Storm by Samantha Towle which is an incredible, highly recommended rock star romance!

• Shooting Scars (August 20) – this is the sequel to Sins & Needles by Karina Halle which is an absolutely crazy wild ride!

• Origin (August 27) – this is book #4 of in the Lux series by Jennifer L. Armentrout which is a YA paranormal romance series that starts with Obsidian.  They must be read in order as it is one continuous storyline.

• Sometimes It Lasts (August 27) – this is the sequel to While It Lasts by Abbi Glines. A fun & sexy NA romance!

     

Book News

• The Coincidence of Callie and Kayden is now available in paperback!! I can’t wait to have it sitting on my shelf 🙂

• The Beautiful Disaster Signed Special Edition by Jamie McGuire is available again! This special hardcover limited edition is enhanced with silver foil butterfly stamping on the case, gorgeous four-color endpapers, and is signed by the author. I have a copy and it is just beautiful!!  ♥ Walking Disaster’s signed hardcover will be out in November.

• Also for Beautiful Disaster fans!! Trent’s book (untitled- Maddox Brothers book #1) will be written starting Jan 2014! Release Fall 2014! Can’t wait!! Here’s the Goodreads link.

• Congratulations to Emma Chase – author of Tangled!! She just announced that Tangled was picked up by Simon & Schuster!!! Here’s more info on the rest of the series!

#1 Tangled (now available)
#1.5 Holy Frigging Matrimony (March 2014)
#2 Twisted (March 2014)
#3 Tamed (May 2014)

• Jessica Sorensen’s upcoming book Breaking Nova now has a blurb and is available for pre-order for only $0.99! Release date is September 3, 2013.

• Ella & Micha fans!! There’s going to be more to their story!! Jessica Sorensen is releasing The Ever After of Ella and Micha on December 3, 2013! You can pre-order it too.

The Secret of Ella and Micha
The Forever of Ella and Micha
The Ever After of Ella and Micha

• Sylvia Day has posted the answer to: When will Captivated by You (Crossfire #4) release? –> “To avoid what happened with the shuffling of Entwined with You‘s release date, we’re going to refrain from announcing a date until the book is in production and everything is Set. In. Stone. You’ve seen something like this recently with the release of Dan Brown’s Inferno. It was announced in mid-January and in readers’ hands mid-May.”

Cover Reveals

• Sometimes It Lasts by Abbi Glines cover reveal. Pre-order here. Release date is August 27, 2013!!  This is the sequel to While It Lasts which is now on SALE for only $1.99 here.

• Conversion by SC Stephens now has a cover!! This is the first book of her amazing paranormal vampire trilogy! Book #1 will be released on September 3, 2013!! I read them all a while back when she originally released them and I absolutely LOVED them!! Teren is SWOONY!!! Pre-order here.

Blurb Reveals

• Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover. In all honesty, I’ll read anything this author writes. Anything. Her writing is just gold!! Release date is March 18, 2014. I can’t wait to meet Ridge!! Pre-order here.

At twenty-two years old, aspiring musician Sydney Blake has a great life: She’s in college, working a steady job, in love with her wonderful boyfriend, Hunter, and rooming with her good friend, Tori. But everything changes when she discovers Hunter cheating on her with Tori—and she is left trying to decide what to do next.

Sydney becomes captivated by her mysterious neighbor, Ridge Lawson. She can’t take her eyes off him or stop listening to the daily guitar playing he does out on his balcony. She can feel the harmony and vibrations in his music. And there’s something about Sydney that Ridge can’t ignore, either: He seems to have finally found his muse. When their inevitable encounter happens, they soon find themselves needing each other in more ways than one…

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover, a passionate tale of friendship, betrayal, and romance—and the enchanting music that inspires one young woman to put her life back together.

• Four Seconds to Lose by KA Tucker. This is book #3 in the Ten Tiny Breaths series and will tell Cain’s story. Release date is November 4, 2013. Pre-order here.

When a gorgeous young dancer walks through his door, a strip club owner must decide whether to follow his rules or his heart in the third novel by the author of One Tiny Lie and Ten Tiny Breaths.

Owning a strip club isn’t the fantasy most guys expect it to be. With long hours, a staff with enough issues to keep a psych ward in business, and the police regularly on his case, twenty-nine-year-old Cain is starting to second guess his unspoken mission to save the women he employs. And then blond, brown-eyed Charlie Rourke walks through his door, and things get really complicated. Cain abides by a strict “no sleeping with the staff” rule. But being around Charlie challenges Cain’s self-control…and it’s been a long time since any woman has done that. 

Twenty-two-year-old Charlie Rourke needs a lot of money, really fast, in order to vanish before it’s too late. Taking her clothes off for men makes her stomach curl but Charlie tells herself that at least she’s putting her acting and dancing skills to good use. And though her fellow dancers seem eager to nab their sexy, sophisticated, and genuinely caring boss, she’s not interested. After all, Charlie Rourke doesn’t really exist—and the girl pretending to be her can’t get distracted by romance.

Unfortunately, Charlie soon discovers that developing feelings for Cain is inevitable, and that those feelings may not be unrequited—but losing him when he finds out what she’s involved with will be more painful than any other sentence awaiting her.

#1 Ten Tiny Breaths (My Review)
#2 One Tiny Lie  (My Review)
#3 Four Seconds To Lose – November 4, 2013

• Take A Chance by Abbi Glines. This is Grant’s book and now we know who his leading lady is! Release date is February 3, 2014. Pre-order here.

When Harlow Manning’s rocker father goes on tour, he sends her to Rosemary Beach, Florida, to live with her half-sister, Nan. The problem: Nan despises her. Harlow has to keep her head down if she wants to get through the next nine months, which seems easy enough. Until gorgeous Grant Carter walks out of Nan’s room in nothing but his boxer briefs.

Grant made a huge mistake getting involved with a girl with venom in her veins. He’d known about Nan’s reputation, but still he couldn’t resist her. Nothing makes him regret the fling more than meeting Harlow, who sends his pulse racing. Yet Harlow wants nothing to do with a guy who could fall for her wicked half-sister—even if there are no strings between Grant and Nan.

Grant is desperate to redeem himself in Harlow’s eyes, but did he ruin his chances with her before he even met her?

Recommendations

• List of my favorite books read in July ♥ <– my most recent recommendations!!

• Best Books Read in 2012
• Best Books Read in 2013 (ongoing list)
• Best Standalone Romance Recommendations (happy endings only)

Giveaway Reminders

• Signed Giveaway of Reckless!! Have you entered yet? One lucky winner will get a paperback copy of Reckless signed by both SC Stephens and Kellan Kyle!! It’s open internationally 🙂

• Signed Giveaway of Vain!! Be sure to enter this and also check out the exclusive teaser from the next book in the series Greed. Also open internationally!

Happy reading everyone!! ♥