Cover Reveals!!
TONS of new covers were revealed this week! I’ll just be showing the covers and linking the Goodreads pages below this time instead of showing book blurbs 🙂
- Off the Record (Record #1) by K.A. Linde
- Blood Games (Chicagoland Vampires #10) by Chloe Neill
- Falling (Fading #2) by E.K. Blair
- Song of the Fireflies by J.A. Redmerski
- Sublime by Christina Lauren
- Come to Me Softly (Closer to You #2) by A.L. Jackson
- Black Box by Cassia Leo
- Avoiding Decisions (Avoiding #1.5) by K.A. Linde
- The Secret of Ella and Micha (The Secret #1) by Jessica Sorensen (new cover for the mass market paperback)
- Fall from India Place (On Dublin Street #4) by Samantha Young
- Holy Frigging Matrimony (Tangled #1.5) by Emma Chase
- The Sweetest Game (The Perfect Game #3) by J. Sterling
- Out of Time (Out of Line #2) by Jen McLaughlin
- Mended (Connections #3) by Kim Karr
- Lick (Stage Dive #1) by Kylie Scott (cover re-release)
Snippets!!
★ A snippet from Cassandra Clare’s tumblr for What to Buy the Shadowhunter Who Has Everything:
“How have you been keeping? You know, since the last time you summoned me,” said Elyaas, the demon.
“What?” Magnus asked.
“You don’t remember me?” said the tentacle demon.
“I summon a lot of demons,” Magnus said weakly.
There was a long pause. Magnus stared into the bottom of his coffee cup and desperately willed more coffee to appear. This was something a lot of mundanes did too, but Magnus had one up on those suckers. His mug did slowly fill again, until it was brimming with rich dark liquid. He sipped and looked at Elyaas, who was shifting uncomfortably from tentacle to tentacle.
“Well,” said Elyaas. “This is awkward.”
“It’s nothing personal,” said Magnus.
“Maybe if I jogged your memory,” Elyaas suggested helpfully. “You summoned me when you were searching for a demon who cursed a Shadowhunter? Bill Herondale?”
“Will Herondale,” said Magnus.
Elyaas snapped his tentacles as if they were fingers. “I knew it was something like that.”
“You know,” Magnus said, enlightened, “I think I do remember. I’m sorry about that. I realized right away that you weren’t the demon I was looking for. You looked kind of blue in one of the drawings, but obviously you are not blue, and I was wasting your time. You were pretty understanding about it.”
“Think nothing of it.” Elyaas waved a tentacle. “These things happen. And I can look blue. You know, in the right light.”
“Lighting’s important, it’s true,” said Magnus.
“So whatever happened with Bill Herondale and that curse a blue demon put on him?” The cecaelia demon’s interest seemed genuine.
“Will Herondale,” Magnus said again. “It’s actually rather a long story.”
“You know, sometimes we demons pretend we’re cursing people and we don’t really do it,” said Elyaas chattily. “Like, just for kicks? It’s kind of a thing with us. Did you know that?”
“You could have mentioned it a century or two ago,” Magnus observed frostily.
Elyaas shook his head, smiling a slime-bedecked smile. “The old pretend-to-curse. It’s a classic. Very funny.” He appeared to notice Magnus’s unimpressed expression for the first time. “Not from your perspective, of course.”
“It wasn’t funny for Bill Herondale!” said Magnus. “Oh, damn it. Now you’ve got me doing it.”
★ Jennifer L. Armentrout has a snippet from her blog for Bitter Sweet Love!
My eyes narrowed on her. “I’m not telling him yes.”
“Whatever.” She rolled her eyes. “You’re mad. I totally get that, and you have every reason to be, but you haven’t looked at one guy since he left and you’ve definitely been looking at Dez.”
“Who wouldn’t look at Dez?”
She giggled and then her eyes darted to my door at the sound of a throat clearing. Oh, no. I scrunched up my nose, and Danika winced.
Dez, I mouthed.
She slid off the bed, and that was answer enough. As she hurried across the room, I turned. Dez stood in the doorway, arms crossed over his chest, looking entirely too pleased with himself.
Danika gave him a quick wave as she all but bounced out of my room. He nodded and then stepped inside, closing the door behind him. He was in my bedroom. Again. He’d been in here many times in the past, but that was before, and everything was different now.
★ Katy Evans gave her newsletter subscribers a sneak peek at the first 15 pages of Remy! You can read it here.
★ Penelope Douglas put up on her Facebook a snippet of Until You!
“I love you, Jared,” she said breathlessly in my ear, and I closed my eyes.
My heart filled up so much that it hurt.
“We can wait,” I choked out, never in a million years thinking that we could actually stop what was happening.
She shook her head slowly, a little smile played her lips. Lifting the hem of my black t-shirt over my head, she ran her hands down my chest and up my back. I tensed as she fingered the scars on my back.
But then I just let out the breath.
Her hands were going to be on every part of my body sooner or later. May as well get used to it now.
★ Two snippets from Ilona Andrews’ upcoming Avon book, which you can read here and here.
★ Teaser for Fury (The Seven Deadly #3) by Fisher Amelie:
“You messed up,” I said, stealing his words.
Blood curdled from his mouth and I removed my blades as he slid to the ground. I bent and wiped my knives off on his jacket. His mouth opened and shut like a fish out of water but I couldn’t conjure up any compassion for him. Instead, I stood over him and placed my boot over his heaving chest, pressing as much of my weight into him as possible.
“You will burn in fire so scorching you’ll beg for this moment over and over again.”
★ Snippet from Heidi McLaughlin’s Beaumont series #3!
“Are you a fan?”
“Of yours, I am.”
Putty in my hands is what she is. I take another drag and exhale away from her. I’m a dickhead, but at least I have manners. I pull her closer and run my nose along the underside of her jaw inhaling her perfume. It smells sweet and sugary, not feminine at all. It’s a warning sign for me. It’s always the young ones that smell like candy. I can’t be too careful and definitely can’t afford any bad press.
“How old are you?” I ask, pulling back.
“Tonight’s my twenty-first birthday. We had plans until we saw your tweet. We drove an hour to get here.” Maybe I like Twitter after all.
I pick up a few strands of her blonde ponytail and twist them around my finger. She steps closer and puts her hand on my chest. She’s shy. Her hand shakes. She’s expectant even though I can tell she’s never done something like this before.
“Do you want a birthday kiss?” I ask, fully aware of what her answer will be. She nods, biting her lower lip. Her eyes go from mine to my lips and back again. I lean in, taking my time. I want to put her on the edge with just a little kiss, because that’s the game I like to play with the fangirls.
★ Samantha Towle has a teaser for Trouble!
★ Another snippet for The Ever After of Ella and Micha by Jessica Sorensen!
★ Jen McLaughlin has a teaser for Out of Time! You can also read the first chapter here.
Other News!!
★ Jamie McGuire (author of Beautiful Disaster) has a novella coming out soon! It’s called A Beautiful Wedding, and it’s book 2.5 of the Beautiful series!
You know that Abby Abernathy unexpectedly became Mrs. Maddox. But what do you really know?
Why did Abby pop the question?
What secrets were shared before the ceremony?
Where did they spend their wedding night?
Who else knew about it . . . and didn’t tell?
Everything about Abby and Travis’s elopement was top-secret . . . until now. Fans of Beautiful Disaster and Walking Disaster will get all of their questions answered in this whirlwind tale of the wedding day (and night!)—and as with all good stories, this one will definitely have been worth the wait.
★ Jasinda Wilder has an update on her new series, The Ever Trilogy!
Series reading order:
(#1) Forever & Always
(#2) After Forever
(#3) Saving Forever
★ Update for Kresley Cole fans!
IAD News, new title, schedule. Finally got my schedule firmed up– for now through the fall of 2014 and wanted to pass it along asap:
December 16, we have Part 1 of my steamy new erotica series, The Professional [cough-sexiest thing I’ve ever written-cough] Parts 2 & 3 will follow in January. After that, we’ve got the next IAD installment, Lanthe and Thronos’s story, coming August 5. And the title is . . . DARK SKYE! It’s already available for pre-order! (cover to be revealed early 2014). October brings the third book of the Arcana Chronicles, title to be announced.
I’m really excited about these books and can’t wait for you to read them! More soon!
To pre-order Dark Skye, click here:
Kindle: http://amzn.to/17mV0Hi
iTunes: http://bit.ly/17t4JRA
To pre-order The Professional, click here:
Kindle: http://amzn.to/19dWiFQ
B&N Nook: http://bit.ly/1dp2DBg
iTunes: http://bit.ly/169NdRZ
Thanks so much!
★ Read the bonus chapter from The Edge of Never by J.A. Redmerski here! There are SPOILERS for those who have not yet read the book.
★ ALICE CLAYTON NEWS!! She’ll be writing more books!
Read more on her blog here.
★ Play (Stage Dive #2) by Kylie Scott has a blurb!
Mal Ericson, drummer for the world famous rock band Stage Dive, needs to clean up his image fast – at least for a little while. Having a good girl on his arm should do the job just fine. But he didn’t count on exactly how much fun he could have being with the one right girl.
Anne Rollins has money problems. Big ones. But being paid to play the pretend girlfriend to a demented drummer was never going to be a good idea. No matter how hot he is. She’s had her sights set on her male bestie, Reece, for years. And now that she’s supposedly taken, he’s finally paying attention. If only the chemistry between her and her rock star would stop hitting new heights.
Weekly Recap
Reviewed on the blog this week:
- Mine (Real #2) by Katy Evans
- United We Spy (Gallagher Girls #6) by Ally Carter
- A Risk Worth Taking by Heather Hildenbrand
- A Little Too Much (A Little Too Far #2) by Lisa Desrochers
- Sempre (Forever series #1) by J.M. Darhower
Check out my stops on the blog tours for Mine, A Risk Worth Taking, Drift, and Tough Luck!
Don’t forget to check out the giveaways listed on the blog on the right!
Upcoming New Releases
- Catch Me by Claire Contreras
- Cinder (Death Collectors #2) by Jessica Sorensen
- Beautiful Beginning (Beautiful Bastard #3.5) by Christina Lauren
- World After (Penryn & the End of Days #2) by Susan Ee
- The Fiery Heart (Bloodlines #4) by Richelle Mead
- Holiday Games (Play by Play #6.5) by Jaci Burton
- Torn (Billionaire Bachelors Club #2) by Monica Murphy
- Better (Too Good #2) by S. Walden
- Avoiding Decisions (Avoiding #1.5) by K.A. Linde
- The Thrill of It (No Regrets #1) by Lauren Blakely
- Trouble by Samantha Towle
- Remember When 3 (Remember Trilogy #3) by T. Torrest