Friday, May 6, 2016

Cptivated by a Vampire by @SusanGriscom

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Title:  Captivated by a Vampire
Author:  Susan Griscom
Captivated by a Vampire (2)
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She's a vampire. He's human and the best investigative reporter in the city. Their worlds mix as well as oil and water, but their attraction to each other is electric.
Josh Barrett knows his priorities—reporting the news as quickly and accurately as possible by day, drinking himself into a self-loathing stupor by night. His workaholic tendencies can’t completely mask the broken, depressed man he is inside. The horrific night that changed his life forever and left him broken-hearted and alone is forever fresh in his thoughts. But the torture is no less than he deserves. Until a beautiful, sexy, and utterly mysterious woman enters his life and changes everything. Chelle is absolutely enchanting, her allure captivating and the reporter in him is determined to learn all of her secrets.
Newly turned vampire Chelle Masterson only wants to find her place. Her unrequited love and devotion for her maker Lane has left Chelle broken, vowing to never fall for any man again. She’s determined to find her way in the scary new world of the immortals and begs for the chance to prove herself—to prove that she’s capable of surviving without the others. Unfortunately, she meets trouble head-on with her very first victim and ends up face to face with a very charming and handsome stranger. He seems to only want to help, but can she trust him?
As Josh slowly wins Chelle over, she decides to utilize his skills as a reporter to help uncover her past—a dark past that she cannot remember, but one she desperately needs to learn. Being around him is addicting, their connection undeniable, and she finds her will to keep him at arm’s-length dwindling.
The simple act of a Good Samaritan spirals into an obsession—much more than either of them thought possible. Their love becomes unfathomable, but it may not be enough to overcome the hurdles standing in their way…
*This read is recommended for ages 18+ due to mature content.
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My Review:
I loved book 1 in this series, so when I got the chance to read this one I jumped on it and devoured it in one sitting. Susan Griscom knows how to write paranormal romance perfectly and she spices them up to where I have to fan myself throughout the entire book. 

Chelle and Josh have such an amazing chemistry. I wanted so badly for them to heal each other and let their passions turn to more. "Alluring, Tantalizing me with her beauty. Sweet mother of God, help me. I was falling in love with a vampire." 

What I also loved was getting to see Chelle's point of view as a newly turned vampire that doesn't end up with the vampire that turned her. I could feel her raw emotions float off the pages and understand her pain, fear and even anger. This made her character even more compelling. "It was the little things in life that I missed most. Just because I was a vampire, didn't mean I couldn't still do those things. In all my pouting and depression about being forced into becoming immortal, that was something I'd forgotten."

It was also great having all the characters from book one involved in the story. I already felt bonded with them and a familiarity that made this book even more fantastic. This is one of my favorite series by Susan Griscom and that's saying a lot since I love all her books. Hot and steamy fun read, I highly recommend it!
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Susan Griscom writes paranormal and contemporary romance. She daydreams often, and sometimes her daydreams interrupt her daydreams. She loves when a story takes hold and pulls her into the fantasy. She’s hooked on sexy romances and is a huge fan of superheroes and bad boys confronted with extraordinary forces of nature, powers, and abilities beyond the norm mixed with steamy romance, of course. She lives in Northern California with her romantic husband and together they have five great superhero kids and eight mini-superhero grand kids, so far. Aside from daydreaming, she's a voracious reader, but she loves those days when she gets to sit around in her sweat pants, writing emotionally charged stories about love and violence fueled with chocolate chased with a gallon of coffee.
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Thursday, May 5, 2016

Pre-Order Blitz: Spellbound



Part of Your World
Where love is waiting just beyond the edge of what you can see.
When two world collide at the edge of the sea in a measure of desperation, a prince will bow before a commoner and a lost soul will be finally be found. Part of Your World - Where love is waiting just beyond the edge of what you can see.

Glistens
A guardian can’t shine without the song of her ward.
Marian Spritz won’t gain guardian fairy status if she fails her summer school project. But when she hears a call for help—a song felt only by Glistens—she must choose between not letting her schoolwork and teammates suffer and protecting a ward who faces grave danger.

Tethered 
Can love heal all that’s broken? 
Life had been simple for vampire Jayden Blackwell until he met the runaway Emmaline Grey. One taste of her blood revealed that not only is she a fledgling vampire on the cusp of her transition, but she’s also his bondmate and the granddaughter of his family’s biggest enemy. Will family feuding keep them apart or is it Jayden who compromised Emma’s survival? 

Drops of Sunshine
Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth. -Buddha 
Working as lifeguard at a camp for the blind seems like the perfect escape for Nina. But a few perceptive kids can hear her thoughts. Can embracing her truth help her heal and reveal possibilities she never imagined? 

Feathers and Fireflies
Will you follow the fireflies?
Seventeen year old Rory of Vanora Village dreams of capturing the sacred summer solstice ritual of the animal shapeshifters with her trusty charcoal and parchment. But with only legends and tales to guide her, she cannot even convince her childhood friend, Lucas, that the ritual is real. On the night Rory follows the fireflies, she gets far more than she bargained for.















Part of Your World
L.A. Starkey 
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L.A. Starkey is the author of the Soul Keeper Series, a supernatural young adult series, and The Liarus Detective Series, a supernatural middle grade series. 
She is a fulltime writer, and loves spending time with her family and reading a good book. With more ideas than one person should be allowed, she is blessed to have a muse that doesn't seem to take a vacation and more energy that one might consider healthy.
She writes under the following pen name:
Kate Thomas - NA/Adult Paranormal -- SEE Enchanted


Glistens
Chess Desalls
Chess Desalls is the author of the YA time travel series, The Call to Search Everywhen. She's a longtime reader of fantasy and sci-fi novels, particularly classics and young adult fiction. Her nonfiction writing has led to academic and industry publications. She's also a contributing editor for her local writing club's monthly newsletter. The California Writers Club, South Bay branch, has awarded two of Chess' stories first place for best short fiction. When she's not reading or writing, she enjoys traveling and trying to stay in tune on her flute.


Tethered 
Kelly Hall 
Kelly Hall was born and raised in Southeast Texas, and lives in a small town just a stone's throw from the ghost road where her Light Keeper series is based. 
When she's not busy writing, or spending time with her husband and two sons, this self-proclaimed creative junkie dabbles in many different forms of art, including cake decorating and mixed media. 


Drops of Sunshine
Tricia Copeland
Tricia Copeland grew up in Georgia but now lives outside the mile-high city of Denver, Colorado with her husband, three kids, and multiple four legged and finned friends. An avid runner and paranormal fan, she also enjoys hiking, trivia, and Scrabble. You can connect with Tricia and other readers on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, and on her website, www.triciacopeland.com


Feathers and Fireflies
Melanie Rodriguez 
Melanie Rodriguez holds a BA in creative writing from Green Mountain College in Poultney, Vermont. She says she's been compelled to write stories dictated by the voices she's heard inside her head since she was a child, citing the story line of her debut book Child of Blackwen: An Artemis Ravenwing Novel as one of the main reasons she majored in creative writing. It's an epic work of high fantasy narrating the coming-of-age story of a young half-vampire, half-human creature known as a dhampir. A former New Yorker, Rodriguez is an avid reader and sports fan who now lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with her overly excitable shepsky (a shepherd-husky mix), Shadow.


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Uncovering the Truth
When the veil of reality is stripped back, the truth is undeniable, no matter how hard it is to believe. 
With one last trip in mind before joining the working world, Tani and her closest friends spend the a few weeks in her late father's beach out. Between fighting the memories that keep resurfacing from her childhood and fighting the attraction she has for the alpha male down the block, she almost misses the truth tucked away for only her to discover. A truth that will change everything. 


Dark Hearts 
A moment of compassion can change everything. 
Though known for their debauchery, Reapers like Ash Thorne are chosen for their determination to cull without fail. But when he spared Melissa Mason’s life in a moment of compassion, he never dreamed the deed would come back to haunt him. Will Ash live to regret his moment of weakness, or will Melissa prove that forsaken hearts are still capable of true love? 

Tainted Currents 
Beware of what lies beneath the waters; for even time cannot erase what the river remembers.
 A change of scenery is exactly what Ceanna’s friends believe she needs to mend her broken spirit. A hiking trip to Skelton Lake may help to relieve her pain. But whispers of vengeance lie beneath the currents awaiting such a heart to release their rage from the river's depths.
From under its currents lies a whisper of vengeance.
Don’t fall into the water, for what awaits under the currents could kill you.

Bearing Secrets
Should he kill her before she can expose the truth, or can he find a way to love her?
When Nora's final summer in Alaska takes a turn for the worse, she finds herself in the arms of an unlikely hero: a bear shifter who can't let anyone know what he is. Can they come to terms? Or will this chance encounter cost her everything?


 The Banshee's Heart 
Can Cameron melt the Banshee's heart? 
Cameron encounters a Banshee called Christiana, who accidentally curses him with a death mark. As they search for a way to remove it, an old face from the past returns and Christiana must stop him from opening the gates to the Fae realm and unleashing hell on earth. 


K + L
Will they survive the secrets within, or will history repeat itself?
Balancing life left Kurt and Leah little time for romance, so when Kurt receives an email that he won a trip for two during 4th of July week, it was just what they needed. At first, things appear perfect until they begin to experience unusual occurrences in the house, then the two realize neither of them entered a contest. So, who, or what lured them there, and why?












Uncovering the Truth
Kate Thomas
Kate Thomas, is the author of the Equilibrium Series, a five-book supernatural new adult series, and The Resounding Series, an eight-book paranormal series. 
She is a full time writer, a church planter and entrepreneur at heart; however, writing and reading are passions she just can't help but indulge in. With more ideas than one person should be allowed, she is blessed to have a muse that doesn't seem to take a vacation and more energy that one might consider healthy.
She writes under the following pen name:
L.A. Starkey - Young Adult & Middle Grade Paranormal 




Dark Hearts 
Christina Kelly 
Christina Kelly is a pen name used by Kelly Hall, YA author of The Light Keeper Series, who is currently writing her first adult paranormal series for 2016






 Tainted Currents 
 Kathy-Lynn Cross
I have resided, in the heat of Las Vegas, NV for the past thirty years. Forty-three years young, married for twenty years, to my Split-Apart. We have a seventeen-year-old, who thinks he is twenty-six, and an eleven-year-old, who has the mind of a sixteen-year-old. I am currently a member of the Las Vegas Writer's Group and have been seriously writing for the past four years. 
I love the color red and use it in everything, hence the bottle-blonde with red highlights. If my fingers are not busy writing mayhem, you will find me looking up a new cookie recipe. When I need to recharge, you'll find me curled up with a mug of vanilla coffee and another book from my author bucket list.
My goals are simple; my passion is to be a 'Storyweaver' not a teller. I want to weave you (the reader) into my stories, not just to escape but have a sense of belonging. So Shall I Reap, book one of the Unseen Series is just the beginning of Tevin and Alexcia's journey. I hope you will enjoy as each of them share their POV with you. 




Bearing Secrets
Julie Wetzel 
Originally from Ohio, Julie always dreamed of a job in science. Either shooting for the stars or delving into the mysteries of volcanoes. But, life never leads where you expect. In 2007, she moved to Mississippi to be with her significant other. 
Now a mother of a hyperactive red headed boy, what time she's not chasing down dirty socks and unsticking toys from the ceiling is spent crafting worlds readers can get lost it. Julie is a self-proclaimed bibliophile and lover of big words. She likes hiking, frogs, interesting earrings, and a plethora of other fun things.
And with the Kindling Flames series, she is now an Internationally Best-Selling Author.




The Banshee's Heart 
S. K. Gregory 
Samantha Gregory grew up in Lisburn, Northern Ireland. She has been writing since she was a child. She writes primarily in the horror/fantasy genre.
Daemon Persuasion is the first book in the Daemon series, published by Mockingbird Lane Press. The sequel Daemon Madness is due for release soon.
After is the first book in the After zombie series from J. Ellington Ashton Press. The sequel Before will be released this year. 
In her spare time, Samantha enjoys watching horror movies, reading and archery. She also posts reviews on her blog for other writers.




K + L
Amber Hassler
Amber Hassler is a twister of mystery. Discovering a web of twists and turns to make anyone flip the page with enthusiasm, to find out 'Whodunit,' is thrilling for her.
Now living in Sin City she has a little more free time by being a stay at home mom of two to follow her passion... writing! With an imagination overflowing with ideas and her fingers itching, she has created a trilogy of lies, and deception. Look for Perfect Deception, book 1, coming soon.
When she's not writing, Amber takes the time to spend with her children, a date night with her husband, read, clean, or play a few levels of Super Mario on the Wii U.





Think You Know Me by Tricia Copeland




Amanda’s first year of college is fraught with drama and parental scrutiny. With her relationship secure and a clean break from her parents, all she wants is a normal term. But fate steps in and deals a shattering blow.                                                        Think You Know Me will have you guessing from the first page.


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Tricia Copeland grew up in Georgia and now lives in Colorado with her family. The first books in the Being Me series are Is This Me? and If I Could Fly. Her first YA paranormal work entitled Drops of Sunshine will release May 2016 in Spellbound, a YA paranormal novella collection available for pre-sale May 3.  If not on the trail, you can find Tricia at triciacopeland.com or on most social media channels.

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