Not a Drop to Drink Blog Tour: Guest Post + Giveaway

Welcome to my stop on the Not a Drop to Drink Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. For today's stop, I've got an awesome guest post by Mindy McGinnis to share with all of you as well as the tour wide giveaway so, do not go anywhere because there's a lot of epic going on here! Let's get to it!

About the book:

Title: Not a Drop to Drink
Author: Mindy McGinnis
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
Release date: September 24, 2013

Regret was for people with nothing to defend, people who had no water.

Lynn knows every threat to her pond: drought, a snowless winter, coyotes, and, most importantly, people looking for a drink. She makes sure anyone who comes near the pond leaves thirsty, or doesn't leave at all.

Confident in her own abilities, Lynn has no use for the world beyond the nearby fields and forest. Having a life means dedicating it to survival, and the constant work of gathering wood and water. Having a pond requires the fortitude to protect it, something Mother taught her well during their quiet hours on the rooftop, rifles in hand.

But wisps of smoke on the horizon mean one thing: strangers. The mysterious footprints by the pond, nighttime threats, and gunshots make it all too clear Lynn has exactly what they want, and they won’t stop until they get it…

With evocative, spare language and incredible drama, danger, and romance, debut author Mindy McGinnis depicts one girl’s journey in a barren world not so different than our own.

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Release Day Launch + Giveaway: Tragically Flawed by A.M. Hargrove

Title: Tragically Flawed
Author: A.M. Hargrove
Publisher: Self-published
Release date: September 19, 2013

Riviera Benson has a talent...one she discovered by accident. She’s a painter, but canvas isn’t her medium. She creates her lovely masterpieces on walls and ceilings of million dollar homes as murals and faux finishes. Her art is in high demand now, but life wasn’t always that way. Riviera has secrets from her past she intends to keep tightly locked away...terrifying secrets that keep her awake at night...that prevent her from getting close to anyone...anyone that is, until she meets Shan.

Benjamin Shandon, owner of Shandon Homes, works like a thousand demons are chasing him...because perhaps they are. His business has boomed, ever since the forest fire swept through the canyon and destroyed hundreds of million dollar homes. He demands excellence in everything...from his employees to his women. He slows down for nothing, keeping a schedule that no sane person would want. But Riviera interrupts everything, twisting his guts inside out, and wedging her way into his heart, destroying a promise he made to himself.

Will they let their pasts control their future, or will they decide to let go and allow their hearts to discover each other’s?

This book contains mature content and is not intended for younger readers.

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Book Blitz + Giveaway: Reckless Longing by Gina Robinson

Title: Reckless Longing (Reckless, #1)
Author: Gina Robinson
Publisher: Self-published
Release date: September 10, 2013

Ellie Martin hates her beautiful, man-crazy mother. Her mother’s wild and wanton behavior has left Ellie with a deep longing. To escape. To belong. To know who her real dad is. To really be loved. Her mother finally crosses a line that sends Ellie running, escaping to college with one, focused goal–to find and confront her bio dad, who doesn’t even know she exists. Then she meets Logan. Hot, charming, and troubled. He turns her world upside down and puts all her plans in jeopardy.

Logan Walker is hiding a shameful and painful secret. One that nearly cost him everything. When he meets the beautiful and mysterious Ellie at a campus Week of Welcome event, something inside him awakens and he finds himself drawn to her.

But the attraction they both feel for each other is as delicate as the web of secrets they each hide behind. And as the truths are revealed, their reckless longing may not survive the fallout.

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Author Interview + Guest Post: Darker Days by Jus Accardo

Title: Darker Days (The Darker Agency, #1)

Author: Jus Accardo

Publisher: Entangled Teen Ember

Release date: August 26, 2013

Jessie Darker goes to high school during the day, but at night she helps with the family investigation business. Cheating husbands and stolen inheritances? They’re your girls—but their specialty is a bit darker. Zombie in your garage? Pesky Poltergeist living in your pool? They’ll have the problem solved in a magical minute. For a nominal fee, of course...

When gorgeous new client, Lukas Scott, saunters into the office requesting their help to find a stolen box, it sounds like a simple case—until the truth comes out. The box is full of Sin.

Seven deadly ones, in fact.

They’ve got five days to recapture the Sins before they're recalled by the box, taking seven hijacked human bodies with them. Easy peasy—except for one thing...

There’s a spell that will allow the Sins to remain free, causing chaos forever. When the key ingredient threatens the life of someone she knows, Jessie must make the ultimate choice between love and family—or lose everything.

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Attention: Gennifer Albin Has An Announcement To Make!

I was putting on lipstick when the idea for Catching Liam popped into my head. I've always loved Contemporary novels, but I was scared to write one myself but the story wouldn't leave me alone. So I called my agent who generally supports my insanity and pitched it to her. She enthusiastically told me to go for it, and so I set out to become a hybrid author.

When I first published Catching Liam I decided to use the pen name Sophia Bleu, because I didn't want readers to go in expecting Science Fiction and get a steamy coming-of-age story. It was never a secret and at some point juggling a pen name became a bit of a chore, so I sat down and thought about all the pros and cons of keeping the two separate.  My agent and I spoke and we both agreed that it was time to re-brand everything under my name. No small feat!

Recovered: Playing With Her Heart by Lauren Blakely

Title: Playing With Her Heart (Caught Up In Us, #3)

Author: Lauren Blakely

Publisher: Self-published

Release date: August 17, 2013

Cover designer: Sarah Hansen of Okay Creations

3:AM Kisses Blog Tour: Excerpt + Giveaway

Welcome to my stop on the 3:AM Kisses Blog Tour hosted by InkSlinger PR. For today's stop, I've got an awesome excerpt to share with you as well as a tour wide giveaway that is super duper epic so, do not miss out on it!

Without anymore delay, let's get to the epic!

About the book:

Title: 3:AM Kisses (3:AM Kisses, #1)
Author: Addison Moore
Publisher: Self-published
Release date: September 17, 2013

Baya Brighton is looking forward to her first year at Whitney Briggs University, new friends, dorm life, and finally being close to her brother again. Love is the last thing on the list, but when Baya meets her brother’s roommate she begins to have thoughts and feelings that make even her blush.

Bryson Edwards has a secret he prefers buried in the past and long forgotten. He prefers loose girls, fast cars, and long nights working at the string of bars his family owns. When his roommate’s sister shows up on the scene, she’s far too innocent and sweet for him but he can’t shake Baya out of his mind and worse, it looks like she’s seeping into his heart as well.

Baya seems determined to show her brother she’s not a little kid and equally determined to use Bryson’s body to prove her point. It’s been made pretty clear that Baya is off limits to Bryson but their undeniable sparks explode into a whole lot more than just a few 3:AM KISSES.

Recommended for 17+ due to mature themes and sexual content.

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Happy One Year Anniversary to Kendall Ryan!

From the fabulous Kendall Ryan herself:

I am so excited to be celebrating my 1-Year Anniversary into the book publishing world!!!

That's right... one year ago (on September 22nd) Unravel Me came out. Reader's responses BLEW me away. People read my book and a lot of them liked it!!! HOLY. CRAP. What an amazing feeling! And in the last year, I published 5 books... made the New York Times bestseller's list 5 times, and the USA Today I believe 6 times. All because of the AMAZING blogs and readers who took a chance on my books. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!

I've since signed a publishing contract with Atria books. And guys, this is only the beginning! How exciting!

I hope you'll join me on Wednesday, September 25th from 8pm-9pm central time for a virtual party with a Twitter chat and a Facebook Q&A.

PRIZES (so far) to be won during the party:

1st Prize - $50 Amazon gift card
2nd Prize - One signed Kendall Ryan book of your choice, and a copy of the Hard to Love audio book!
3rd Prize - Any e-book of your choice!
4th Prize - 1 copy of the Hard to Love audio book, and swag pack with bookmarks
5th Prize - Any e-book, prize donated by Booze Bookz and Bad Boyz!

xo

Kendall

Relinquishing Liberty Blog Tour: Guest Post + Giveaway

Welcome to my stop on the Relinquishing Liberty Blog Tour hosted by Girls Heart Books Tours. For today's stop, I've got an awesome guest post by Maureen Mayer to share with all of you as well as an excerpt from Relinquishing Liberty that cannot be missed!

Did I forget to mention the giveaway? Yes! There's also a tour wide giveaway so, do not go anywhere because there's a lot of epic going on here! Let's get to it!

About the book:

Title: Relinquishing Liberty (Second Chances, #1)
Author: Maureen Mayer
Publisher: Self-published
Release date: August 24, 2013

On the outside, Liberty Davis appeared to have it all…a loving family, a tight knit circle of friends, and a bright future ahead of her. Everything was perfect. That is until her brother tragically took his own life, turning her whole world upside down.

Left to pick up the pieces of her broken family, Liberty is faced with focusing all of her attention on helping her parents cope with the loss of their son, while putting her own life on the back burner. But what no one seems to realize is that she is just as broken inside.

Now, four years later, twenty year old Liberty is taking back the reins of her life. She leaves behind everything she’s ever known, hoping to make a fresh start…one where she isn’t faced with the constant reminder that her brother is nothing more than faded memory. What she didn’t expect to find along the way was Shayne.

Tall, dark and tattooed, Shayne Thompson has developed quite a reputation for being a player. Despite everyone’s negative perception, Liberty still finds herself drawn to him. When she learns that Shayne knows all too well what it feels like to lose someone you love, she finds that they have a lot more in common than just a physical attraction.

When Liberty discovers a secret from Shayne’s past that threatens to tear them apart, she begins to question everything she’s ever felt for him. Will Liberty choose to follow her heart or will she give up the one person who finally made her feel whole again?

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Cover Reveal + Giveaway: A Risk Worth Taking by Heather Hildenbrand

Title: A Risk Worth Taking

Author: Heather Hildenbrand

Publisher: Accendo Press

Release date: October 2013

Cover Reveal: Drift by Steph Campbell and Liz Reinhardt

OH MY GOSH !!!!! I don't think you guys even know how stoked and over the moon I am 1) to be a part of this reveal and 2) that... there's even a reveal going on! One of my biggest and hardest wishes for this amazing series is for it to never end so I'm thrilled that there's going to be a fifth book in the Lengths series! Like, for reals, all the f'ing fangirl feels!

I am so excited for this particular character's book because I love how... they were portrayed in the series that I'm so intrigued to see them fall in love and how it will most definitely turn their world upside down! Sigh, I CAN'T WAIT, PEOPLE!

Let's get to the reveal and the synopsis and then you can tell me all about your feelings!