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Author: Michael Perry Genre: Middle Grade, Survival, Science Fiction Publisher: HarperCollins Expected Publication: September 2, 2014 Links: Goodreads   Amazon Holes meets The City of Ember in this imaginative, captivating, and humorous middle grade novel from New York Times bestselling adult author Michael Perry. When the world started to fall apart, the government gave everyone two choices: move into the Bubble Cities...or take their chances outside. Twelve-year-old Maggie and her family chose the latter. They live in the world that was left behind. Deciding it’s time to grow up and grow tough, Maggie rechristens herself “Ford Falcon”—a name taken from the beat-up car she finds at a nearby junkyard. This is where Ford’s family goes to scavenge for things they can use and barter with. Thus far, they have been able to survive this brave new world by working together. But when Ford returns one day to discover her home ransacked and her family missing, she must find the st...

Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly blog post hosted by  Breaking The Spine  where readers showcase which books they are highly anticipating. This week I'm turning my spotlight on Beautiful You by Chuck Palahniuk.  Expected Publication:  October 21, 2014 by Doubleday Canada Penny Harrigan is a low level associate in a big Manhattan law firm with an apartment in Queens and no love life at all. So it comes as a great shock when she finds herself invited to dinner by one C. Linus Maxwell, aka "Climax-Well," a software mega-billionaire and lover of the most gorgeous and accomplished women on earth. After dining at Manhattan's most exclusive restaurant, he whisks Penny of to a hotel suite in Paris, where he proceeds, notebook in hand, to bring her to previously undreamed-of heights of orgasmic pleasure for days on end. What's not to like?      This: Penny discovers that she is a test subject for the final development of a line of sex toys to...

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 Bird Box by Josh Malerman & Silver Shadows (Bloodlines #5) by Richelle Mead. Available Now: Bird Box by Josh Malerman Most people ignored the outrageous reports on the news. But they became too frequent, they became too real. And soon, they began happening down the street. Then the Internet died. The television and radio went silent. The phones stopped ringing. And we couldn't look outside anymore. Malorie raises the children the only way she can; indoors. The house is quiet. The doors are locked, the curtains are closed, mattresses are nailed over the windows. They are out there. She might let them in. The children sleep in the bedroom across the hall. Soon she will have to wake them. Soon...

A themed book tour through Prism Book Tours . It's the THE REGENCY TOUR  Grand Finale  for A Perfect Secret by Donna Hatch Did you miss any of these fabulous tour stops? Here are snippets from each of them: Launch What do you hope readers take with them when they read your book? I hope they will believe that love is real and it can help us find the courage to do what we believe is right. I also hope they will question what they think they know about people and let go of prejudice, and even help them forgive those who have hurt them. Cherry Mischievous  - Excerpt Six-year-old Christian Amesbury stood in the churchyard, trying not to crush the flowers he’d brought to put in front of the family crypt where they’d laid his brother to rest, the brother he loved, the brother he killed. Alone in every way, he stood, shaking, as his last taunting words to Jason echoed in his head. Christian had wanted to prove he was brave and strong....

This week, I'll be reviewing Undead with Benefits by Jeff Hart. This Is Not A Test. You might recall I reviewed the first book Eat, Brains, Love last October (Review here! ) and was excited to learn that it had been turned into a series. Unfortunately,while I certainly liked the story, I also was let down by it. To find out why, continue reading on. Author: Jeff Hart Series: Eat, Brains, Love #2 Genre: Horror, Zombies, Young Adult Publisher: Harper Teen Expected Publication: August 26, 2014 Links: Goodreads   Amazon With its heartwarming blend of guts, romance, and humor, this road trip–ready sequel to Eat, Brains, Love is The Walking Dead meets John Hughes. Jake and Amanda are in love, on the run—and undead. They've picked up a new psychic friend, ex-government-zombie-hunter Cass, and are making a break for Iowa, where a cure for the rapidly spreading zombie virus is rumored to be waiting. But in order to find it, they have to contend with an unlikely und...

Help spread the word about the fabulous E-book price of Tortured Souls  by Amazon Bestselling Author,  Kimber Leigh Wheaton.  Only $0.99 through July 20th!!!  Tortured Souls (The Orion Circle #1) Kimber Leigh Wheaton YA Paranormal Romance June 29th 2014 by Sea Dragon Press Kindle Edition, 227 pages Sometimes Rest in Peace isn't an option Kacie Ramsey sees ghosts—and it's ruining her life. Her mother left, her father blames her, and no matter how hard she tries, she can't keep the ghosts away. Now a new power has emerged. Nightly visions of grisly murders and a relentless predator draw her to the brink of insanity. When the phantom appears at a party, Kacie's longtime crush, Logan, saves her. He invites her to join the Orion Circle, a group of supernatural hunters with chapters in schools all over the country. Through the Circle, Kacie learns to embrace her spiritual powers, and for the first time in her life she feels in control rathe...

Cover designed by: Princess of Shadows Series: The Harvesting #2 Genres: Dark Fantasy, Young Adult, Zombies Expected Publication: Summer/Fall 2014 from Clockpunk Press When Layla took the final step through the labyrinth, she knew she was saving the ones she loved. She couldn’t have been more wrong. The unwitting victims of a grudge seething for eons, Layla and the other survivors now find themselves in a war for our world. With vampires lurking and shapeshifters plotting vengeance, Layla must learn who to trust if humanity has any hope of survival: the carnie girl? The quiet doctor? The tarot reader? The stranger with alluring gold eyes? Or the man she loves? And then there are the voices. What does it forewarn if the dead can speak? When the world burns, mankind’s shadow side rises. Do we deserve to survive? *Win a signed copy of Book 1 The Harvesting by Melanie Karsak* a Rafflecopter giveaway About the Author Melanie Karsak grew up in rural northwest...