Fragile Creatures Release and Review!

Just Released Today!

Fragile Creatures by Kristina Circelli

The Blurb:

Seventeen-year-old Evangeline Frost had a great life, until the car accident that killed her father and turned her mother into a bitter alcoholic. Unable to bear the guilt, Evangeline attempts to take her own life, saved only by the memory of her beloved father.

Left with no other options, Evangeline is enrolled in a program for troubled teens at Kindred Hides Wildlife Preserve. There she meets Caster, a keeper as annoying as he is caring; Jett and Lettie, who treat her more like a daughter than troubled teen; and Ruke, a prized giraffe in mourning for his lost mate. Immersed in the preserve with her new friends, Evangeline finally begins to heal. But the haunting memories of the accident and her mother’s unforgiving words threaten to destroy her progress. Only her new friends and their unconditional support, along with her own special connection with Ruke, can save her. Evangeline must learn that there is redemption for her father’s death, and that the bonds between human, animal, and life are not as fragile as she once thought.

Review:

5 out of 5 stars for this wonderful new YA novel!

I won't pull punches.  If you have an ounce of empathy in you, you will find this a hard book to read at times.  I had to put it down a few times myself. The story pulled me in so much, and I became so vested in Evangeline's progress, that I had to give myself an emotional break every so often.

I was not sure as I started reading if this would be a book for me, or one that I would be able to recommend to my daughter, who is a member of the target audience for this book.  I focused too much on the fact that she tries to take her life, and that she was a broken character.  I usually don't connect with these types of characters or stories very well, but Circelli was able to pull me in and hook me!

This book is about taking your life back!  Evangeline's struggle and her connection with the animals at the reserve help to pull her back into a life that she feels is worth living.  There are highs and lows in her struggle, as it is in real life, and I found myself living on an emotional roller coaster with her as she works through her time at the preserve.  By writing this in the third person, the reader is able to see the puzzlement of the others around Evangeline as they try to help this injured teen.  This gives a realistic quality to the story, for don't we all struggle to understand the motivations behind the actions taken by those nearest to us, especially when those actions seem to be unhealthy?

As you read this, not only will you need tissues ready, but have room around you, because you will want to punch the air and shout, "Yes!"!  Read this with a family member, and great discussions will ensue!

Title: Willow Creek: Craving

Author: Stephanie Summers

Cover by:

Release Date: March 8th, 2014

SYNOPSIS:

In the town of Willow Creek, vampires rule the land. Hundreds of years ago, it was agreed upon that the

vampires would protect the town from other supernatural threats, but with one stipulation. Every ten

years, a new person is chosen to live with the vampires and feed them with their blood.

On the day of her eighteenth birthday, Sabine Crowley is chosen next. She’s practically betrothed to 

a sexist pig with fangs. As hard as she tries to escape, there’s no way out of it, and while Remy is a 

Vampire, he was also once a human with human feelings and desires.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Stephanie Summers is a paranormal and contemporary romance author. Her debut novel Craving, the first in the Willow Creek series, is set to be released March 8, 2014. Her short story, Love Forgotten, was chosen to be included in the soon-to-be-released Stardust Anthology. 

AUTHOR LINKS:

FACEBOOK. TWITTER, BLOG

Wendy Owens Cover Reveal!

Blurb:

A broken heart is only the beginning for her.

Bookworm Annabelle Hart thinks she’s found the love of her life. But when her fiancé's philandering ways shatter their happy future, she decides she’s through playing the victim. Now, rather than read about life, she wants to live it—starting with a sabbatical from her editing job in Chicago to travel the world. But the past refuses to let her go so easily.

He thinks he has his life figured out.

After watching the woman he thought he loved walk away from him, Holden Blackburn is still picking up the pieces. Content with his life as the owner of an English Inn, just outside the sleepy town of Alton, he’s living his new and peaceful normal. That is, at least, until Annabelle stumbles into his life, and he’s overwhelmed by a desire to learn all he can about her. Now if only he can get her to stay in one place long enough.

Will they risk their hearts on a new chance at love?

When her past returns in a way she can’t ignore, Anna panics, running from any possible future with Holden. She’s determined to keep her life from falling apart again, but she soon discovers the only place she feels safe is in Holden’s arms.

But some things even he can’t protect her from.

Goodreads

Skin Deep Cover Reveal!

Here is the cover of Jocelyn Stover's newest book: Skin Deep

The Blurb:  

Cuts heal…
Veronica has never felt comfortable in her own skin and spent a lifetime shying away from the spotlight until she found medicine. Now at the top of her game and poised to begin her residency, she is chosen for one of a handful of coveted positions at the facility of her idol, the surgical genius Dr. Bates.

Bruises fade…
Arriving at OHSU Veronica isn’t expecting anyone, least of all her idol, to notice her. So when she catches the eye of a cute attending in the Emergency Room she’s taken by surprise. His cool reserved manner unsettles her and she’d trade his interest in a heartbeat for an ounce of acknowledgement from the mouth watering Dr. Bates. Intimidated in the presence of her idol she innocently stalks him day after day in the cafeteria, nurturing fantasies about when their paths will intersect and she’ll have the opportunity to work beside him. When a hospital fundraiser finally puts her on Dr. Bates' radar vying for his instruction quickly turns into vying for his affection.

But scars linger…
The line of professionalism blurs as Veronica falls hard for the good doctor but a series of poor decisions threaten to destroy it all. As she struggles with damage control her rose colored glasses are shattered. The men in her life are not as she imagined and she finds herself desperately trying to unravel their convoluted history. Can Veronica discover the truth and find away to salvage her career and her heart?

Goodreads Link

New Ella James Release!

Purchase on Amazon         Purchase on B&N

Marchant Radcliffe, owner of the exclusive Love Inc. brothel outside Vegas, is no stranger to darkness. He lost his sister in childhood and his parents in college. Since his best friend helped him finance the Love Inc. ranch almost ten years ago, Marchant has drowned himself in business—and he’s thrived, despite the heavy secret that has plagued him since his parents’ deaths. 

Then, after ten years of good fortune, Marchant’s skeletons start to peek out of the closet, tossing him down a trail of ruin that begins with arson and could end with murder. Because he’s kept his struggles private, he has no one to pull him back from the brink.

Except for Suri Dalton. 

After a breakup with her longtime fiancé, Suri, the daughter of one of Silicon Valley’s tech tycoons, has nowhere to go except her BFF’s new penthouse in Las Vegas. The last thing Suri is looking for is a man, but after drowning her woes in wine on the flight over, she stumbles into a torrid make out session with a beautiful stranger—who just so happens to be Marchant Radcliffe, a playboy and a literal pimp.

Despite an immediate attraction, Suri writes Marchant off as exactly the sort of guy she should avoid. Until Love Inc. goes up in flames, Marchant winds up at the bottom of a swimming pool, and Suri is the only one around to pull him out.

What happens when what you see isn’t what you get? What do you do when destiny is too alluring to resist and too dangerous to survive?

 

About Ella James

Ella James is a Colorado author who writes teen and adult romance. She is happily married to a man who knows how to wield a red pen, and together they are raising a feisty two-year-old who will probably grow up believing everyone’s parents go to war over the placement of a comma.

 Ella’s books have been listed on numerous Amazon bestseller lists, including the Movers & Shakers list and the Amazon Top 100; two were listed among Amazon’s Top 100 Young Adult Ebooks of 2012. To find out more about Ella’s projects and get dates on upcoming releases, find her on Facebook at facebook.com/ellajamesauthorpage and follow her blog, www.ellajamesbooks.com.

Questions or comments? Tweet her at author_ellaj or e-mail her at ella_f_james@ymail.com.

  Links

  Website

  Facebook

  Twitter

Happy February!

Just in time to celebrate the start of the month of February, the awesome author, Amy Miles, has announced that her Arotas trilogy is on sale!

This is over 900 pages of reading for 99c!  Talk about value for money!  I've read this trilogy, and it's definitely worth it at full price.  At this price, you'd be foolish to pass it up!