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Hello All, It has been awhile. Lately I've been trying to become passionate about Books again and while I'm not quite reading more I have found myself drawn to some really fantastic book covers. Hence the idea for Cover Love was born. I'm not sure if I'll make this a weekly thing or just random when I find inspiring covers but I'm happy to find something to rekindle my passions so let's hope for the best shall we?? Also I'm sure somebody, somewhere has a concept just like this so please don't fill my comments saying I ripped this off from x, y, z. I assure you I just want to share all the pretty covers with you. I'm not even sure myself how I'm going to do so in the long run so please be patient with me. Anywho, this whole concept came about after receiving an email with some covers for upcoming 2019 books in them. I was blown away by some of the artwork and it sent me scrounging the internet for more. Somehow I made my way to pinterest and ...

Title: Fading Frost Author: Alicia Rades Genre: YA Paranormal Cover Designer: Clarissa Yeo of Yocla Designs Publisher: PaperPlane Publishing Hosted by: Lady Amber's Reviews & PR Blurb: Where do you turn when you lose a piece of yourself? CRYSTAL FROST has known for a year that she's psychic, but a car accident leaves her sixth sense weaker than ever. When she begins sensing a ghost she can't actually see, Crystal isn't sure if she has what it takes to help. Meanwhile, her friend Derek is going through something personal, only Crystal doesn't know what's wrong. Will she be able to help this ghost cross over, help Derek find peace, and save her own life in the process? Alicia Rades is an award-winning young adult paranormal author with a love for supernatural stories set in the modern world. When she's not plotting out fiction novels, she's running her own professional writing business, plowing her way throug...

Title: Frenzy  Author: Casey L Bond Genre: YA Paranormal Cover Designer: Cover Me Darling Hosted by: Lady Amber’s PR Blurb: After the world was ravaged by a viral apocalypse, Blackwater is one of the only colonies that remains. The survivors came together to create this safe haven. Nestled between a fierce river and a city’s flood wall, the well-being of its residents hangs on a long-established treaty with the night-walkers. Sounds simple enough, but lately, the people of Blackwater have been dying, and the humans believe the night-walkers are to blame. Porschia Grant starves for more than her parents’ affection. Forced to enter the rotation, she will be given extra food rations in exchange for becoming a vampire’s breakfast and dinner for a week. The rotation has an extra responsibility as well: leave the colony and enter the dangerous forest to hunt for food. A night-walker will protect the hunters from the infected that roam the woods. But with the treaty...

 FREEBIE FRIDAY!!!! It's time for another edition of Freebie Friday! Each week I compile a list of books that I've found for FREE and share them with all of you! All you have to do is click on the Purchase button and it will take you to the purchase page for that book. Unless noted all books are first in the series. All titles have been linked to Goodreads for your convenience. Young Adult (Paranormal,Horror) The Scarlet Thread by D.S. Murphy [ Purchase ] My name is Kaidance Monroe, and sometimes when I touch people, I see how they die. After I saw my little brother's death but failed to stop it, my parents abandoned me to a juvenile detention facility. I don't let people touch me anymore. Not my fingertips, not my skin, not my heart. Just before I turned 18, I got a visit from a cute guy, who tricked me into giving up my secrets. He said I was special, but he wasn't the only searching for me. I barely escaped with my life. Now I'm in a mansion, le...

Book Trailer Tuesday is a Weekly Blog Post hosted by me at Blood Sweat and Books. Each week I choose two Book Trailers to showcase. One Trailer will be for an upcoming book and the other will be one that has already been released. This week I focus my spotlight on Doll Bones by Holly Black & The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis. Available Now: Doll Bones by Holly Black Zach, Poppy and Alice have been friends for ever. They love playing with their action figure toys, imagining a magical world of adventure and heroism. But disaster strikes when, without warning, Zach’s father throws out all his toys, declaring he’s too old for them. Zach is furious, confused and embarrassed, deciding that the only way to cope is to stop playing . . . and stop being friends with Poppy and Alice. But one night the girls pay Zach a visit, and tell him about a series of mysterious occurrences. Poppy swears that she is now being haunted by a china doll – who claims that it is made from the grou...

Genre:Paranormal, Fantasy, YA Publisher: BenBella Books Publication Date: January 20, 2015   Life and death, light and dark, spirit and flesh-on Wormwood Island, the lines are always blurred. For Anne Merchant, who has been thrust back into this eerily secretive world, crossing the line seems inevitable, inescapable, destined. Now, as Ben finds himself battling for the Big V and Teddy reveals the celestial plan in which Anne is entwined, Anne must choose: embrace her darkly powerful connection to a woman known as Lilith and, in doing so, save the boy she loves...or follow a safer path that is sure to lead to Ben's destruction at the hands of dark leaders. Hoping the ends will justify the means, Anne starts down the slippery slope into the underworld, intent on exploring the dark to find the light. But as the lure of Lilith proves powerfully strong, will Anne save others-only to lose herself? *Small Spoilers Below When I read the first book The Unsee...

Title: Mercy Author: Misty Provencher Genre:  Genre: Young Adult Paranormal Fantasy Hosted by: Lady Amber's PR Blurb: My will to survive is the first thing to drown. I know, because I hold it under myself. After facing severe tragedy in life, Madeline assumes her death will be easy. But the angels do not come to take her to Heaven. Instead, what retrieves her is something she never expected: a gargoyle. Delivered to Truce, the King of the Gargoyles, Madeline now has choices she never wanted. She has the ability to take over the entire Gargoyle Kingdom, if she is willing to kill the king. However, looking to prevent takeover, Truce transforms Madeline, thereby granting her the ability to achieve the thing she wants most—death—if she can just find the human recipient for the Gargoyle Gift that she now has to give. It should be easy. But lives, whether they are lived or not, are seldom simple, and Madeline’s past still stands in her way....

Title: The Arcadia Falls Chronicles Omnibus (books 1-6) Author: Jennifer Malone Wright Genre: YA Paranormal Sale Price: $.99 (Reg. 4.99) Dates of promo July 11th-16th Hosted by:  Lady Amber’s PR Blurb: A war is brewing between the hunters and the vampires and Chloe is determined to strike against the vampires before they have a chance to attack. Unfortunately, her plan goes all wrong and results in a massive takeover by the undead. This group of unlikely heroes have the power of elements, magic and strength on their side. They have even recruited one of the original vampires to help aid in their mission. But will it be enough? Will society ever go back to normal now that the world knows that vampires truly exist? The Arcadia Falls Chronicles is the continuation of The Vampire Hunter’s Daughter. Following the format of The Vampire Hunter’s Daughter, The Arcadia Falls Chronicles is serialized into several novella-length stories. Jennifer Mal...