FFBC Blog Tour, Top Ten List, & Giveaway: The Heir and The Spare (Emily Albright)

The Heir and the Spare
by Emily Albright
Publisher: Merit Press
Release Date: January 18th 2016

Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Chick Lit, British Literature, New Adult

Family can be complicated. Especially when skeletons from the past pop up unexpectedly. For American Evie Gray, finding out her deceased mother had a secret identity, and not one of the caped crusader variety, was quite the surprise. Evie’s mom had a secret life before she was even born, one that involved tiaras.
In this modern day fairytale, Evie is on a path to figure out who her mom really was, while discovering for herself what the future will hold. Charged with her late mother’s letters, Evie embarks on a quest into her past. The first item on the list is to attend Oxford, her mom’s alma mater. There, Evie stumbles upon a real life prince charming, Edmund Stuart the second Prince of England, who is all too happy to be the counterpart to her damsel in distress.
Evie can’t resist her growing attraction to Edmund as they spend more time together trying to unravel the clues her mother left behind. But, when doubts arise as to whether or not Edmund could ever be with an untitled American, what really ends up unraveling is Evie’s heart. When Evie uncovers all the facts about her mom’s former life, she realizes her mom’s past can open doors she never dreamed possible, doors that can help her be with Edmund. But, with everything now unveiled, Evie starts to crack under the pressure of new family responsibilities and the realization that her perfect prince may want her for all the wrong reasons.

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Emily Albright's debut novel, THE HEIR AND THE SPARE, is releasing January 18, 2016 from Merit Press.
She's a writer, a major bookworm, a lover of romantic movies, a wife, a mother, an owner of one adorable (yet slightly insane) cockapoo, and uses way too many :).

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Me, My Shelf and I Blog Tour, Tens List, & Giveaway: The Blue Woods (Nicole Maggi)

THE BLUE WOODS
Twin Willow Trilogy #3
Author: Nicole Maggi
Release Date: January 2016
Publisher: Medallion Media Group

The Night Battles ascend in THE BLUE WOODS, the exhilarating conclusion to the Twin Willows Trilogy
Sixteen-year-old Alessia Jacobs wants to go to college someday like her friends. She wishes for a chance at a normal relationship with Jonah. But normal is never an option for a Benandante like Alessia, who has sworn to protect the magic in the world from the Malandanti . . . especially when Jonah is on the opposite side of the deadly struggle. When the war comes to a head, lives will be lost, love will be gained, and Alessia will risk everything to save the people she loves and destroy the Malandanti once and for all.

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Nicole was born in the suburbs of upstate New York, and began writing poems about unicorns and rainbows at a very early age. She detoured into acting, earned a BFA from Emerson College, and moved to NYC where she performed in lots of off-off-off-Broadway Shakespeare. After a decade of schlepping groceries on the subway, she and her husband hightailed it to sunny Los Angeles, where they now reside, surrounded by fruit trees, with their young daughter and two oddball cats. She is also the author of THE TWIN WILLOWS TRILOGY, published by Medallion Press. The first book, WINTER FALLS, is available now.

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Ten Songs that belong on a Twin Willows Soundtrack

I make a playlist for every book I write. I need music when I write; it really helps me sink into the world of the book and into the character’s mind. This is just a small selection of songs that are on my Twin Willows playlist. Most of the songs remind me of Alessia, or of Jonah and Alessia’s relationship, but I’ve noted a couple that are inspired by the other characters.

“Howl” 

Florence & The Machine

“Wolf”

First Aid Kit

“She Lit A Fire”

Lord Huron

Note: This is Heath’s torch song about Nerina. 

“This Tornado Loves You”

Neko Case

“Soaring High, Soaring Low”

Dian Booth

Note: 

This song is about the Waterfall. There’s rushing water sounds in it so I would often listen to this when I wrote scenes set at the Waterfall.

“Cosmic Love”

Florence & The Machine

“Lanterns”

Birds of Tokyo

“Elastic Heart”

Sia

Note: This song is Bree’s anthem. There is a scene of hers in THE BLUE WOODS that was so emotional for me to write that I played this song on repeat while I wrote it.

“Animal”

Neon Trees

“Hunting My Dress”

Jesca Hoop

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December 14th Such A Novel Idea REVIEW

Curling Up With A Good Book TEN'S LIST

December 15th A Dream Within A Dream REVIEW

December 16th Addicted Readers REVIEW

December 17th The Goth Girl Reads REVIEW

December 18th The Book Landers REVIEW

Me, My Shelf and I INTERVIEW

Me, My Shelf and I Blog Tour, Tens List, & Giveaway: The Disappearance of Emily H (Barrie Summy)

THE DISAPPEARANCE OF EMILY H. by Barrie Summy

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THE DISAPPEARANCE OF EMILY H.Author: Barrie SummyRelease Date: May 12, 2015Publisher: Delacote Books For Young Readers


A girl who can see the past tries to save the future in this compelling tween mystery.
A girl is missing. Three girls are lying. One girl can get to the truth.
Emily Huvar vanished without a trace. And the clues are right beneath Raine’s fingertips. Literally. Raine isn’t like other eighth graders. One touch of a glittering sparkle that only Raine can see, and she’s swept into a memory from the past. If she touches enough sparkles, she can piece together what happened to Emily.
When Raine realizes that the cliquey group of girls making her life miserable know more than they’re letting on about Emily’s disappearance, she has to do something. She’ll use her supernatural gift for good . . . to fight evil.
But is it too late to save Emily?

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PRAISE

"The Disappearance of Emily H. has everything--a quirky, believable heroine, a complex mystery that keeps you guessing, and even a touch of the paranormal. Readers won't put this one down until the final sparkle." ~Gordon Korman, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"Magic exposes the extent of vicious school bullying in this arresting middle school mystery." ~Kirkus Reviews

"In this mild action-adventure, readers will value the captivating, emotional roller coaster young girls experience with friendships and new beginnings."

~School Library Journal

Barrie Summy grew up in Canada on a steady diet of books and tobogganing. She tries to read a book a week and always breaks for tea and cookies at three oclock.Barrie lives in California with her husband, their four children, a veiled chameleon, and Dorothy the Dog.

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 Ten Random Things about Barrie Summy

It is dangerous for me to let black licorice into the house. I love it too much and will eat it until I am ill.

Along with black licorice, I am addicted to audio books. And stationery products.

I have successfully bred veiled chameleons. They are surprisingly loveable.

I’ve wanted to adopt a child since I was 10 years old. I eventually got around to it. Highly recommended.

I’ve usually got two books going: one audio, one print

I recently got a FitBit. Watch out world!

I am chatty. Very, very chatty.

I don’t watch enough television.

I wanted to grow up and write a Nancy Drew mystery.

I will never zipline again. Never. No matter how much my children beg.

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YA Bound Blog Tours, Tens List, & Giveaway: Dream Of Me (Quinn Loftis)

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Dream of Me (Dream Maker #1)by Quinn Loftis
Release Date: 02/28/15

319 pages

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“In the evening… [he] blows softly upon their necks, till their heads begin to droop. […] Under each arm he carries an umbrella; one of them, with pictures on the inside, he spreads over the good children, and then they dream the most beautiful stories the whole night.” ~ Hans Christian Anderson
Since the dawn of time, Brudair, otherwise known as the Sandman to the world, has faithfully lived out his purpose, faithfully performed his duties. He has never questioned his lot among the immortals, until now, until her. Sarah Serenity Tillman, a consummate beauty both inside and out, is a high school senior five months from her graduation. She has great plans, dreams of leaving the small town of her childhood behind her forever. But destiny has other plans, and it’s the Sandman’s job to make sure those plans are fulfilled.
The tall muscular Sandman, known as Dair to his friends, dressed in black, wrapped in shadows, is more than a myth. And he has a job to do. His very existence makes him a creature of the night, because dreams, (yes the legends got that part right), were indeed his specialty. But his purpose was more than just weaving dreams for sleeping children. No, his dreams were made to influence, made to ensure that certain special individuals, those individuals who would change the course of history, actually accepted their chosen destiny.
Little does Serenity know that she is Dair’s next assignment. And the dream that he weaves for her, if she follows its influence, will change the course of, not only her life, but possibly the whole of history as well. But she isn’t the only one being influenced. The beauty inside of her was weighing on the Sandman, lighting up the darkness that was his constant companion. Her light was warmth, it was life, and he didn’t understand how he had survived the previous millennia without it.
The Sandman was indeed greater than anything humans had ever imagined, and his purpose was vital to the course of history. So what happens when the weaver of dreams gets so distracted by a mere human that he ignores his own duties in the immortal realm? How can an immortal who was never meant to have a mate, join a young woman in her destiny without irrevocably changing the lives of millions and potentially altering history in a way the Creator never intended?

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Quinn is an award winning author who lives in beautiful Western Arkansas with her husband, two son (and one on the way!), Nora the Doberman, and Phoebe the Cat (who thinks she is a ninja in disguise). She is the author of twelve novels, including the USA Today bestseller, Fate and Fury. Quinn is beyond thankful that she has been blessed to be able to write full time and hopes the readers know how much all of their support means to her. Some of her hobbies include reading, exercising, crochet, and spending time with family and friends. She gives all credit of her success to God because he gave her the creative spirit and vivid imagination it takes to write.

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Me, My Shelf & I Blog Tour, Tens List, & Giveaway: Into The Storm (Lisa Bingham)

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INTO THE STORM
Author: Lisa Bingham
Release Date: March 31, 2015
Publisher: Diversion Books

RueAnn Boggs meets Charles Tolliver, a handsome Brit with a secret job, and in the course of twenty-four hours, RueAnn is swept off her feet—seduced, wed, and then left by dashing Charlie, who hastily departs for an assignment in England. When weeks go by and she hears nothing from her new husband, RueAnn becomes determined to find out if she’s a wife in name only, and she travels to London for answers. But what she finds there is not at all what she expects…
Susan Blunt has spent her life staying put, retreating into her books while her vivacious twin sister, Sara, lives life to the fullest. The start of the war hasn’t stopped vibrant Sara from collecting a throng of beaus in uniform, including Paul Overdone, an RAF pilot heading for the front. When Sara pressures Susan into switching places and going to a dance with Paul, Susan reluctantly agrees. Little does Susan know that a single night is more than enough time to fall deeply in love with Paul—who returns her ardor, even though he thinks she is someone else…
When the Blitz begins and bombs start raining down on London, both RueAnn and Susan must find the strength and courage they never knew they had in order to survive. They form a friendship out of the city’s ashes, one that helps them weather the storm as they wait for news from the front—from the men they love, have lost, and hope desperately to find once more.
Set against the backdrop of a remarkable era, Into the Storm brilliantly explores relationships in wartime, when the passion shared in just one day could sustain love for a lifetime and the love borne of one night’s deception could become the truth that saves a life.

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Lisa Bingham was thirteen when she decided she wanted to be a published author, and she reached that goal less than ten years later. Now Lisa is the bestselling author of more than thirty historical and contemporary romance novels. Lisa has also been a teacher, and is considered an expert professional theatrical and historical reenactment costume designer. She has been lucky enough to live and study in such exotic locales as Brazil, Mexico, Europe, and the United Kingdom. Currently she lives in rural northern Utah near her husband’s fourth-generation family farm. She is married to her sweetheart of twenty-two years and has three beautiful children, an over-protective dog, a burr-laden cat, and a miniature goat who thinks she’s a puppy.

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10 Favorite smells

1. Baking bread.

2. Babies fresh from their bath.

3. Cutting grain.

4. Honeysuckles and Mock Orange trees in bloom.

5. Sizzling bacon.

6. Rain and diesel exhaust mixed together. It reminds me of waiting for the bus in Brazil.

7. Greasepaint. It reminds me of running costume crews backstage.

8. Lemons and lemon blossoms.

9. Pine trees, especially on the upper mountain slopes

10. Libraries and the spicy scent of old books.

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