The Infected Release Blitz: Giveaway and Trailer

Welcome to the Infected Book Blitz!  Today make sure to check out the book trailer and enter the giveaway below.

About the Book

Title: The Infected

Author: Michelle K. Pickett

Series: PODs #2

Publication Date: October 12, 2015

Genres: Young Adult, Post Apocalyptic, Zombies, 

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From the author of the award winning Unspeakable, and the best selling PODs, comes the highly anticipated sequel to PODs. A world where death stalks the unsuspecting, and this time even the PODs might not save them.
A virus nearly wiped out humankind...
Months have passed since a human infection has been reported. Survivors of the deadly pandemic have finally started to build a life in a world left devastated by plague.
Ironically, for nineteen-year-old Eva, life made more sense when she battled the deadly Infected than it does in the serenity of her new home in Rosewood. Separated from fiancé and former POD-mate, David, after an impossible ultimatum, Eva finds her life a little lonely and a lot confusing.
But as troubled as Eva’s life is, it's about to take a turn for the worse as untold dangers watch and wait for the right moment to attack…
The virus refuses to die quietly.

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About the Author

I can’t write without a hoodie. Yeah, I live it Texas. We all have our quirks.
I majored in accounting in college. I was required to declare a major, but I had no clue what I wanted to do, so I picked accounting because it was the first thing listed in the booklet the counselor gave me. Surprisingly, I graduated with a 4.0 GPA. Go figure.
Forget coffee. Hand over the Red Bull or Monster Khaos and no one gets hurt. Seriously, just set it down and step away. I will turn into a normal human after I guzzle my can of caffeine.
I hate to cook, but love to watch cooking shows on television.
I paint my nails weird colors just to see my husband roll his eyes and make my 9 year-old twin girls giggle. Oh, and mortify my 13 year-old son.
I’m a hopeful romantic and love swoon-worthy endings that keep the butterflies going for days, but I don’t believe a HEA always ends with the boy getting the girl. Sometimes a HEA is an ending we don’t see coming, but is still best for the characters.
I write across genres in the young adult and new adult age groups while eating way too many peanut butter M&Ms (but we’ll keep that second part just between us).
I was born and raised in Flint, Michigan, but now live in a suburb of Houston, TX with my very supportive family, a 125lb rescue “puppy” and a 12lb attack cat, also a rescue animal.
And last, (but certainly not least), I love my family with everything in me. Everything I am, is theirs. There are no words in any language known to man to describe my love for them. They are my center.

I’d love to hear from you. So drop me an email! Let’s chat. You tell me what you like in books, what you’d like to see happen in the writing community, what type of books you like to see more of…less of—I want to hear it all! So tell me, please. Because the one thing I wish I could put on my list, but I still haven’t figured out how to do, is mind-reading. But don’t tell my kids. I still have them fooled. :)
   

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Life After Falling Release Celebration

Happy Release Day to Alyssa Rose Ivy and Life After Falling! Make sure to check out the excerpt, and enter the giveaway. 

Title: Life After Falling

Author: Alyssa Rose Ivy

Publication Date: October 15, 2015

Genre: New Adult, Contemporary
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One tangled cassette tape. Two tangled lives.
Cassidy snaps. She quits her job and fiancé all in the same day and ends up on her parents’ doorstep. In the midst of everything she is determined to fix a broken cassette tape that she thinks holds the key to rediscovering happiness.
On her quest to fix the tape she meets Leo, a guy as down on his luck as she is lost. What starts with curiosity leads to something resembling a relationship and maybe a chance at love.

 About the Author

Alyssa Rose Ivy is a New Adult and Young 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.

    

Excerpt From Life After Falling

"Can I look?" I gestured to the movie collection he had piled next to the massive TV.

"Sure." He walked over to the kitchen counter and put down his keys, wallet, and phone. I liked that he put down his phone. It meant he was all there with me. I’d worked hard to break my own addiction to technology.

"Quite the collection." My eyes ran over the titles.

"I've picked up a few over the years."

"What's your favorite?" I kneeled down to see them better.

"You can't ask me that."

"Why not?" I raised an eyebrow.

"Because I don't have one favorite. Each category is different."

"But no overarching favorite?"

"Not for movies, but I do for music. Movies are like food while music is like women."

"Uh, do I want to know what that means?"

"Movies each have different purposes for me. Some make me laugh, some make me think. Some are entertainment. Like food. How can you compare a burger with a slice of cake? They serve different purposes.”

"Got it, but why is music like women?"

"Music has one purpose. To move someone. I can pick one favorite. The same goes for women. Who needs variety if you can find everything in just one?"

Words had never turned me on so much. "That's an interesting way to view things."

"It works."

I stood up. "But what if you never find one thing that has everything you need? Do you keep searching?”

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Cover Reveal: Life After The Undead

Life After The Undead by Pembroke Sinclair 

Expected Publication: October 27, 2015
Publisher: Booktrope Publishing
Genres: Young Adult, Zombies, Post-Apocalyptic

Seventeen-year-old Krista must quickly figure out how she’s going to survive in the zombie-destroyed world. The one advantage humans have is that the zombies hate humid environments, so they’re migrating west to escape its deteriorating effects. The survivors plan to construct a wall at North Platte to keep the undead out, and Krista has come to Nebraska to start a new life.

Zombies aren’t the only creatures she has to be cautious of—the other survivors have a dark side. Krista must fight not only to live but also to defend everything she holds dear—her country, her freedom, and ultimately, those she loves.

Join Krista in her quest to survive in this thrilling apocalyptic novel by Pembroke Sinclair.

 About the Author

Pembroke Sinclair is a literary jack of all trades, playing her hand at multiple genres. She has written
an eclectic mix of fiction ranging from horror to sci-fi and even some westerns. Born in Rock Springs, Wyoming--the home of 56 nationalities--it is no wonder Pembroke ended up so creatively diverse. Her fascination with the notions of good and evil, demons and angels, and how the lines blur have inspired her writing. Pembroke lives in Laramie, Wyoming, with her husband, two spirited boys, a black lab named Ryder, and a rescue kitty named Alia, who happens to be the sweetest, most adorable kitty in the world! She cannot say no to dessert, orange soda, or cinnamon. She loves rats and tatts and rock and roll and wants to be an alien queen when she grows up.

   

My Thoughts: 

I love zombies, and they are my favorite supernatural creature most of the time. I have to say I usually love book set after a zombie outbreak and how the survivors cope. I mean come on, I am an obsessed Walking Dead, so that should explain everything. I like the premise of this book, and I am putting it down on my TBR list.

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#TeamARI Life After Falling Celebration and Giveaway

#TeamARI is celebrating Alyssa Rose Ivy's upcoming contemporary romance release! Life After Falling is releasing on 10.15.15. We're so excited to meet Cassidy and Leo and hope you are too!

About the Book

Title: Life After Falling

Author: Alyssa Rose Ivy

Publication Date: October 15, 2015

Genres: New Adult, Contemporary, 

One tangled cassette tape. Two tangled lives.
Cassidy snaps. She quits her job and fiancé all in the same day and ends up on her parents’ doorstep. In the midst of everything she is determined to fix a broken cassette tape that she thinks holds the key to rediscovering happiness.
On her quest to fix the tape she meets Leo, a guy as down on his luck as she is lost. What starts with curiosity leads to something resembling a relationship and maybe a chance at love.

 About the Author

Alyssa Rose Ivy is a New Adult and Young 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.

    

To coincide with Alyssa's new release, we're featuring a giveaway a day. You'll have 6 chances to win a contemporary romance paperback by Alyssa or a fun Life After Falling gift pack. 

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Here They Lie Blog Tour: Review and Giveaway

Welcome to Unabridged Bookshelf's stop on the Here They Lie Blog Tour! I have a review and giveaway for you today. Make sure to check out everything going on during this tour by clicking the banner above. 

About the Book

Title: Here They Lie

Author: D.K. Burrow

Series: The Bloodstone Legacy #1

Publication Date: October 5, 2015

Genres: New Adult, Southern Gothic

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Reese Everett’s aunt picked a bad time to die.  Just weeks after a car accident left Reese’s mother unable to travel, her aunt’s house needs to be emptied and sold, leaving Reese as the only member of the family who can do the job.  She typically wouldn’t balk at the opportunity to sift through her aunt’s collection of antiques, but when she arrives in Devil’s Vale, Georgia, she discovers the family house in a state of disrepair she won’t be able to handle alone.
Colton Waters is back in Devil’s Vale – whether he likes it or not.  After he loses his acceptance to medical school with no explanation, he’s left with a single job offer…one that will return him to the hometown he’d hoped to escape.
When an errand to help his sister ends in a meeting with Reese neither will easily forget, Colton takes a job as her temporary handyman.
The longer Reese stays in town, the more she realizes the condition of her aunt’s house isn’t the only thing she hadn’t expected when she made the trip to Devil’s Vale.  Reese isn’t the only gifted member of the family – her aunt Kate has been practicing the family business…the business Reese has been sworn never to discuss.
After a ghostly visitor arrives one night, Reese and Colton learn Kate wasn’t the only one practicing the darker arts.  They begin to uncover secrets that refuse to stay buried.
Here They Lie won the Young Adult Romance Writer’s 2014 award for New Adult fiction.

About the Author

D’Ann Burrow once told her preschool teacher she wanted to be a witch when she grew up. That
simple comment signaled the start of a life-long fondness of things that go bump in the night. As she grew older, she could most often be found with her nose buried in a book, and she was especially fond of the Nancy Drew series as well as anything by Christopher Pike or Stephen King.  Occasionally she’d take a trip to the world of the classics where The Scarlet Pimpernel and A Little Princess reigned among her favorites.  She’s lost count of the times she’s read Little Women.
Today, D’Ann enjoys the world of Supernatural, stories about guys with fangs, and she’s seldom met a disaster film she hasn’t liked.  When she grows up, she’d like to work at the Haunted Mansion. Until then, watching Ghost Hunters will have to count as research.
D’Ann writes about secrets people keep.  Even the bravest heroine or a guy with a heart of gold has a few skeletons in the closet they’d rather not share with the world. When those secrets get out, things get interesting.
A Texas native, she knows making great guacamole is an art form. As a theater mom, she’ll happily chat about Broadway musicals by the hour.  Molly and Lizzie, the family furry ones, are frequent stars of her Instagram account.    

My Review of Here They Lie

Here They Lie is just the sort of ghostly, spooky book I needed to read to get myself in the Halloween spirit. It was not a pulse pounding action, but more of a goose bumps inducing what goes bump in the night type of scare. Here They Lie is the kind of story that slowly creeps up on you, until you realize you have huddled far down in your covers in anticipation of reading the next chapter. 

Reese shows up in the tiny town her ancestors help settle, to clean up her great aunt’s house and shop and settle her estate. When she arrives she realizes she is in over her head, but thankfully the easy on the eyes neighbor has been hired to help her restore the house to its former glory. All she can think about is getting the heck out of Devil’s Vale as fast as possible, but it turns out it may not be that simple. 

 I like Colton and Reese and the slow buildup of a potential relationship between them. I cannot wait to see more of them in the next installment in The Bloodstone Legacy series. I am also curious if some of the unanswered questions will be answered, because I am still thinking about this book, even days later. I will warn readers that there is a bit of cliffhanger at the end, but it is not the type to make you want to throw your Kindle across the room. I also like that Reese has the ability to see ghost and deal with them, even if it puts her at risk for whatever is going down in this suspicion tiny town. 

I love the spooky, out of the corner of your eye type scare the author, D.K. Burrow provides. It also adds an air of mystery to the town, and when towns folk started acting suspicious, I just had to finish Here They Lie in one sitting. I am excited to see what D.K. Burrow’s is up to next. 

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Cover Reveal: Spark

Spark by Holly Schindler

Expected Publication: May 17, 2016
 Genres: Young Adult

When the right hearts come to the Avery Theater—at the right time—the magic will return. The Avery will come back from the dead.

Or so Quin’s great-grandmother predicted many years ago on Verona, Missouri’s most tragic night, when Nick and Emma, two star-crossed teenage lovers, died on the stage. It was the night that the Avery’s marquee lights went out forever. 

It sounds like urban legend, but one that high school senior Quin is now starting to believe, especially when her best friend, Cass, and their classmate Dylan step onto the stage and sparks fly. It seems that magic can still unfold at the old Avery Theater and a happier ending can still be had—one that will align the stars and revive not only the decrepit theater, but also the decaying town. However, it hinges on one thing—that Quin gets the story right this time around.

Holly Schindler brings the magic of the theater to life in this tale of family ties, fate, love, and one girl’s quest to rewrite history.

Spark “Premieres” May 17, 2016, but you can buy your “tickets” now.

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 About the Author

Holly Schindler is the author of three previous YA novels: PLAYING HURT as well as the critically acclaimed FERAL (starred PW review) and A BLUE SO DARK (starred Booklist review, ForeWord Book of the Year silver medal, IPPY gold medal). A writer of books for all ages, Schindler’s MG, THE JUNCTION OF SUNSHINE AND LUCKY, has made the master list for children’s book awards in Illinois, South Carolina, and Alabama. She is also a hybrid author, having independently released comedic women’s fiction (FIFTH AVENUE FIDOS) and the forthcoming PLAY IT AGAIN, her adult follow-up to her YA PLAYING HURT. She can be reached through her author site: hollyschindler.com, and hosts special sneak peeks and giveaways for subscribers of her newsletter: tinyletter.com/hollyschindler.com.

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Waiting on Wednesday: Until We Meet Again

Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we cannot wait to get our hands on.

 I am waiting on:

Title: Until We Meet Again

Author: Renee Collins

Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire

Publication Date: November 3, 2015
Genre: Young Adult, Science Fiction, Romance

They exist in two different centuries, but their love defies time
Cassandra craves drama and adventure, so the last thing she wants is to spend her summer marooned with her mother and stepfather in a snooty Massachusetts shore town. But when a dreamy stranger shows up on their private beach claiming it's his own—and that the year is 1925—she is swept into a mystery a hundred years in the making.
As she searches for answers in the present, Cassandra discovers a truth that puts their growing love—and Lawrence's life—into jeopardy. Desperate to save him, Cassandra must find a way to change history…or risk losing Lawrence forever. 

Why am I waiting?

Time Travel and an epic love story that crosses the time barrier. This one sounds very interesting and I like the science fiction twist with the different character being from different times of history. One from the current time and one from the past. I think the cultural and historical differences will play a big part in the relationship, besides the obvious one that they do not actually exist together in the same time period. 

What are you waiting on?

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