*Merry Christmas!* & New Novels On My Shelf *10*

Merry Christmas Everyone! Wishing You and your Families a wonderful Holiday Season! :)

Now...

New Novels On My Shelf *10*

I Finally get to post this Feature again and if you haven't seen this feature, here's what its about:

I know there are other memes, that includes where we got our books from, in the past week, and for me, back in July, I just wanted to organize my New Books, my own way, and I came up with this simple Title. 

This week, I received Paperbacks/E-Books for Upcoming Blog Tours I will participate in; ARCs via NetGalley; E-Books from Authors for Reviews & Kindle Freebies...So here you Go :)

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For Upcoming Blog Tours

(Thank you to the Authors/Publishers for providing Review Copies/Paperbacks)

NetGalley ARCs

(Thanks to the Publishers for providing these ARCs)

 

Review Requests

(Thank you to the Authors, for providing Review Copies!)

Kindle Freebies

(They were Free on Amazon for a Limited Amount of Time)

**Also, want to mention these Titles I am sharing, I will Review in the future or in the upcoming months and I will give a truthful Review. I do all of this with my free time, and love it!** 

Veer By: Alyssa Rose Ivy *Music Playlist & Review*

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Hey everyone, thanks for stopping by! You'll see the Veer Music Playlist, provided by the Author, and my Review is posted, so here you go :)

Book Description

(From Goodreads)

Only when you let go can you learn to live.

Between the death of her mother and pushing through law school without her best friend, it's been a tough year for Becca. Needing a break from Boston, she moves to a tiny coastal North Carolina town for a relaxing summer. After bumping heads repeatedly with a local cop, she realizes her summer will be anything but quiet.

Three years after a career ending injury ruins his chance to play Major League Baseball, Gavin has a distrust of northerners and lately girls in general. He wants nothing to do with a girl who is only in town for the summer.

When the two give in to their impossible attraction, they realize that they may just have found the key to freeing themselves from the ghosts of their pasts.

Veer Music Playlist

Writing and music always go hand-in hand for me.  A quick look at my playlist usually gives you an idea of the feel of the book. The Veer playlist is filled with a lot of emotionally driven music (although there are some exceptions). Here are the most played songs.

Down- Something Corporate

Something Beautiful- Need to Breath

Turning Page- Sleeping at Last

I was Broken- Marcus Foster

Breaking My Heart- Aqualung

Animal- Mike Snow

Your Song- Ellie Goulding

Flesh and Bone- Keaton Henson

I Need an Ambulance- Eisley

Holiday in Spain- Counting Crows

More Than Sorry- Ben Harper

Run- Snow Patrol

On Your Porch- The Format

This Year’s Love- David Gray

Home- Phillip Phillips

The Wave- Mike Snow

Watch It Die- Eisley

Let Go- Frou Frou

You Could Be Happy- Snow Patrol

The A Team- Ed Sheeran

Morning Yearning- Ben Harper

The Outsiders- Need to Breath

Say Hello, Wave Goodbye- David Gray

About The Author

Alyssa Rose Ivy is a Young Adult and New Adult author who loves to weave stories with romance and a southern setting. Although raised in the New York area, she fell in love with the South after moving to New Orleans for college. After years as a perpetual student, she turned back to her creative side and decided to write. She lives in North Carolina with her husband and two young children, and she can usually be found with a cup of coffee in her hand.

Alyssa Rose Ivy | Facebook | Twitter | Goodreads

My Review

(Thanks to the Author, for providing an ARC)

After reading Derailed, I really looked forward into reading Gavin's story, because from the first book, I just thought he was a great guy, and even though he and Molly were not meant to be, there was someone out there for him, and that happens to be Molly's best friend from College, Becca. She ends up staying in Clayton Falls for the summer, for a law office position, and her first night, she ends up meeting Gavin. They get off to a rocky start but after one unplanned evening together, there are undeniable sparks that bring these two characters together, but will Becca's insecurities bring their relationship down? Or is Gavin just what she needs to start a new chapter in her life?

I believe there was a very good story here, there was conflict, joyous and lovely scenes, and realistic situations. There was a good flow, and I think the characters were also written well, including Gavin and Becca. Gavin had a physical injury interfere that hurt his baseball dream. Becca just lost her Mom, does not have an existent relationship with her Father, and doesn't know what she's going to do next after her last year of law school. I think their issues were explained well into conversations and narration, and oh, it was nice to read from both of their perspectives, so that was very helpful, to understand what they are both feeling. All in all, this was a very nice New Adult Contemporary Romance, and I look forward to the third book, Jake's story.

My Rating: 4/5

I say a PG-13 Rating (Some Sexual Situations)

*INT E-Book Giveaway* Don't Tell By: Mercy Amare

I just want to thank the Author for letting me host this E-Book Giveaway, and I will be posting my Review of this story, sometime in January...Stay Tuned! :)

Book Description

(From Goodreads)

I could be surrounded by a million people, but I would still feel alone. I smile on the outside, but inside I feel like I’m slowly dying. I cry out for help, but nobody sees me, at least not the real me. They see a façade, a mask that I put on to hide the pain.

I pretend that I’m normal, but really, what is normal? Maybe what I’m feeling is normal. The hurt, the disappointment, the loneliness… it could be all just be a part of life. Maybe I will never know what normal is.

I put on long sleeves and makeup to hide the bruises, but they only mask the outside. What happens when I can’t carry my burden alone any longer? What would happen if I told somebody the truth?

Don't Tell is a YA Contemporary Romance about love, forgivness and hope.

About The Author

(From Her Blog)

I am a YA writer, with an addiction to the TV series Pretty Little Liars and The Vampire Diaries. I'm 23 years old, and I am currently writing my second release, You Got Me.

Don't Tell is my debut work. It's a YA contemporary romance novella, and is now available :)

I currently live in Arkansas, with my husband of almost 2 years.

Author's Blog

Facebook Page

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About This INT E-Book Giveaway

- Three E-Books of Don't Tell Will Be Given Away, so 3 Different Winners!

- It will End on January 6th!

- As you submit Entries, be sure to use an Email that you use daily, as that is how I will contact you, if you win. You will have 48 hours to Respond, or I will have to choose a New Winner!

- Please Be Honest With Your Entries; I Will Be Checking Regularly!

- And Good Luck!

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Savagery By: Emma MacKenzie *Adult Review & Giveaway*

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Book Description

(From Goodreads)

In 10th century France, 18-year old Cherine Cadet only knows one thing: that the life of a peasant isn’t a life at all. Tired of working in utter poverty for an unfeeling Lord, with only her indifferent family and love-struck best friend as company, Cherine dreams of the day she can run away from the future set-up for her, even if she knows there’s no real escape from her destiny.

Then, in one brutal instance, everything changes. A Viking fleet led by the powerful nobleman and warrior, Rolf the Walker and his right-hand man, Erik the Axe, arrive on the shores of the Lord’s estate. In minutes, the entire land is up in flames, Cherine’s family and fellow serfs are killed, and Cherine comes dangerously close to death herself. She is saved only by the fierce Erik – but a new lease on life comes with a cost.

Cherine becomes a slave to the Vikings, a fate she thinks is no better than the one she had before. But as she finds herself being shared between the two men, the savage and darkly handsome Rolf and the mysterious and sensual Erik, Cherine discovers that she too has a fiery warrior heart and that the flames that consumed her old life might burn them all to the ground.***Rated 18+ for graphic sexual content*** 

Author Bio

Emma MacKenzie is the alter ego of a somewhat successful indie author. Though she tries hard to hide it, the truth is she got her start in writing by penning cheesy romantic comedy screenplays. Though she has seven published novels under her garter belt, this is her first foray into erotic romance. Considering how big of a pervert she is, it probably won't be her last.

- Author's Blog

My Review

This story surrounds an 18 yr. old peasant girl, Cherine, and two strong male warriors, Rolf and Erik. Rolf and Erik are Vikings and basically take siege over the small village where Cherine and her family live. She is the only one that survives and at first hates Erik, as she is then a prisoner to the Vikings. Rolf, though, who is like the leader of this Viking Clan, wants Cherine to himself one day, and wants Erik to make Cherine ready for him, and at first she doesn't want to be near any Viking, so being near Erik is not different, but somehow, she notices that he is actually kind to her and even though Erik has orders to 'sexually break' Cherine, he finds himself actually caring for her, and they enter a short and dangerous sexual relationship that might have more feeling than they thought they can ever give, but when it's Rolf's time to be with her, things change, and Cherine learns that being a possible duchess and wife to Rolf, might not be what she wants, and there might be friction that overshadows any happiness and freedom that Cherine always wanted.

I had not read an erotic in a while, and I don't think I've ever read one that was set in the 10th Century. This story though had a great outline of events, that I was reminded that this story is set so long ago, but with certain intimate situations, I forgot, at times, that these characters are from a century, so long ago. The location described, and some of the dialogue, seemed very believable, and I felt, well, that I was taken to an old setting in France. There were sex scenes, oh yes there were, but I thought that there were not as much, but there were just enough for this story, if that makes sense, so anyway...lastly, I think I liked the way this story ended, but I feel like because of a shocking and quick indecent, that maybe I knew was coming, but when it actually happened, it sorta threw me off, and I felt the story ended maybe too soon as I wanted to know just a wee bit more about one character, but overall this was a very good erotic romance historical read.

My Rating: 4.2/5

NC-17 Rated (Strong Sex Scenes & Violent Content) (18+)

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Kiss Of Surrender By: Sandra Hill *Review*

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Book Description

(From Goodreads)

It's not easy being a Vampire Angel.

No one knows that better than Trond Sigurdsson. In the centuries since he last went out drinking and wenching with his Viking buds, Trond has been a gladiator, a cowboy, a ditch digger . . . even a sheik. But now he's the baddest of them all: a kick-ass Navy SEAL kicking butts of terrorist immortals with the help of his hotter-than-Hades female partner, police officer-turned-Special Forces operative Nicole Tasso--whom Trond dearly hopes to "partner" with very shortly in a whole different way.

The "cop" part of Nicole tells her there's something bizarre about her gorgeous godlike teammate. But her "all-woman" side can't help wondering how great it would be to have a virile Viking in her bed. Trond has secrets galore, but Nicole feels certain she can dig them out--and really get to the heart of this powerful, unnerving stranger whom she may be risking her soul to love.

About The Author

(From Goodreads)

Sandra Hill is a graduate of Penn State and worked for more than 10 years as a features writer and education editor for publications in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Writing about serious issues taught her the merits of seeking the lighter side of even the darkest stories. She is the wife of a stockbroker and the mother of four sons.

 Author Website

Facebook page

Twitter. 

Review

This was a very good story! It had a really nice pace and the writing was ever so flowing! I thought it was very interesting to read a paranormal romance with a Vampire Angel. For me, it was new, and I liked it very much! Trond has been around a very long time, and this time, he is a Navy Seal and has the hots for a female cop, Nicole, and their connection, their romance, was very much worth reading! This is an Adult Novel that has action, romance, and paranormal twists that just makes this story that much more intriguing. If you enjoy all that, then this is a read for you! :)

My Rating: 4/5

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*Cover Reveal* Wrecked (Clayton Falls #3) By: Alyssa Rose Ivy

Wrecked by Alyssa Rose Ivy (Clayton Falls, #3) 

Publication date: Spring/Summer, 2013

Book Description

(From Goodreads)

When your past catches up, it's time to stop running.

Jake Mathews messed up yet again— but this time his misstep lands him in the hospital. He wakes up to find the girl of his dreams and the memory of having his deepest secret revealed.

Emily Taylor needs a break. She's been working double shifts as a nurse just to pay the bills while trying to heal a broken heart. The last thing she needs is to fall for a patient. 

Strapped with community service and the knowledge that he's disappointed everyone in his life, Jake is determined not to let Emily slip through his fingers. Emily wants Jake, but can she really open herself up to heartache again?

Author Bio

Alyssa Rose Ivy is a Young Adult and New Adult author who loves to weave stories with romance and a southern setting. Although raised in the New York area, she fell in love with the South after moving to New Orleans for college. After years as a perpetual student, she turned back to her creative side and decided to write. She lives in North Carolina with her husband and two young children, and she can usually be found with a cup of coffee in her hand.

Author Links

Website: http://www.alyssaroseivy.com/

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5047249.Alyssa_Rose_Ivy

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlyssaRoseIvy

Twitter: https://twitter.com/alyssaroseivy

Feature & Follow *8*

Feature & Follow is a blog hop hosted by Parajunkee & Alison Can Read. The purpose is to meet people and gain more followers in the book blogging community.

Q: What have you learned from book blogging that you didn't know before about the publishing industry?

Wow, this is a great Q. Hmm, honestly, before I started to Blog about Books/Films, (in August 2011) I was really unaware that writers could self-publish. This is a true story, and some of my favorite novels now, were self-published, as some have moved on to Publishers, and some are still self-published, but it's just amazing and wonderful to know that self-publishing is an option, something to think about for me...in the near future... :)

Now, what about you?
~Marissa

P.S. Happy Holidays Everyone! :)