Apollycon Author Spotlight: Laura Kaye! #Apollycon

Hi lovelies!
An incredibly awesome, once in a lifetime event that is Apollycon is coming up at the end of this month to celebrate the release of Jennifer L. Armentrout's The Return! I'm THRILLED about this event, even though I can't physically attend. I'll be there in spirit along with a host of amazing authors, bloggers, and readers a like!

So for the next few weeks, I'm going to spotlight some of my favorite authors that will be attending! That way, if you're letting me live vicariously through you, you can tell these awesome people "HI" for me! ;) OR, if you haven't heard of them just yet, I can give you a little introduction to them before the event! Win, win, right?

If you haven't gotten your tickets yet, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?? There's only a few FREE tickets left up for grabs, and one of them has your name on it! The link to the event page is at the bottom of the post.

ApollyCon Featured Author: Laura Kaye

About the Author

Laura Kaye is the New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author of contemporary and paranormal romance and romantic suspense, including the Hard Ink, Heroes, and Hearts of the Anemoi series. Laura's hot, heartfelt stories are all about the universal desire for a place to belong. Laura grew up amidst family lore involving angels, ghosts, and evil-eye curses, cementing her life-long fascination with storytelling and the supernatural. Laura lives in Maryland with her husband, two daughters, and cute-but-bad dog, and appreciates her view of the Chesapeake Bay every day.

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Books

Recent Release

Caught between desire and loyalty…

Derek DiMarzio would do anything for the members of his disgraced Special Forces team—sacrifice his body, help a former teammate with a covert operation to restore their honor, and even go behind enemy lines. He just never expected to want the beautiful woman he found there.

When a sexy stranger asks questions about her brother, Emilie Garza is torn between loyalty to the brother she once idolized and fear of the war-changed man he's become. Derek’s easy smile and quiet strength tempt Emilie to open up, igniting the desire between them and leading Derek to crave a woman he shouldn’t trust.

As the team’s investigation reveals how powerful their enemies are, Derek and Emilie must prove where their loyalties lie before hearts are broken and lives are lost. Because love is too hard to come by to let slip away…

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Other Titles

Hard As It Gets | Hard As You Can | Her Forbidden Hero | One Night With a Hero | Dare to Resist | Hearts in Darkness

Tickets are almost sold out! Get yours today!

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Full details can be found on the ApollyCon website.

all the best, dear readers!

 

Day 14 of my #iheartbigbooksGiveaways: Unethical + Foolproof SIGNED by Jennifer Blackwood

Welcome to Day 14 of my 2nd Bloggerversary month of giveaways!

Today I'm giving away TWO book set of Unethical and Foolproof by Jennifer Blackwood! AND THEY'RE SIGNED! This giveaway was donated compliments of Jen and I'm so so excited to share this awesome New Adult series with one lucky reader.

All you have to do is enter the Rafflecopter below! And may the odds be ever in your favor...

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all the best, dear readers!

 

Day 13 of my #iheartbigbooksGiveaways: A Little Something Different by Sandy Hall #GIVEAWAY

I'm awful you guys!! Sorry for the delays on my daily giveaways! I was out of pocket and wasn't able to post these...but I'm catching up now!! So let's pretend while I post 3 days worth of giveaways in ONE day, okay?

Welcome to Day 13 of my 2nd Bloggerversary month of giveaways!

Today I'm giving away an ARC of one of Swoon Reads very first novels...the lovely A Little Something Different by Sandy Hall!

All you have to do is enter the Rafflecopter below! And may the odds be ever in your favor...

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all the best, dear readers!

 

Apollycon Author Spotlight: Katie McGarry! #Apollycon

Hi lovelies!
An incredibly awesome, once in a lifetime event that is Apollycon is coming up at the end of this month to celebrate the release of Jennifer L. Armentrout's The Return! I'm THRILLED about this event, even though I can't physically attend. I'll be there in spirit along with a host of amazing authors, bloggers, and readers a like!

So for the next few weeks, I'm going to spotlight some of my favorite authors that will be attending! That way, if you're letting me live vicariously through you, you can tell these awesome people "HI" for me! ;) OR, if you haven't heard of them just yet, I can give you a little introduction to them before the event! Win, win, right?

If you haven't gotten your tickets yet, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?? There's only a few FREE tickets left up for grabs, and one of them has your name on it! The link to the event page is at the bottom of the post.

ApollyCon Featured Author: Katie McGarry

About the Author

KATIE MCGARRY was a teenager during the age of grunge and boy bands and remembers those years as the best and worst of her life. She is a lover of music, happy endings, and reality television, and is a secret University of Kentucky basketball fan.

***Website | Facebook | Twitter | Goodreads***

Books

Recent Release

A summer road trip changes everything in this unforgettable new tale from acclaimed author Katie McGarry

For new high school graduate Echo Emerson, a summer road trip out west with her boyfriend means getting away and forgetting what makes her so... different. It means seeing cool sights while selling her art at galleries along the way. And most of all, it means almost three months alone with Noah Hutchins, the hot, smart, soul-battered guy who’s never judged her. Echo and Noah share everything — except the one thing Echo’s just not ready for.

But when the source of Echo’s constant nightmares comes back into her life, she has to make some tough decisions about what she really wants — even as foster kid Noah’s search for his last remaining relatives forces them both to confront some serious truths about life, love, and themselves.

Now, with one week left before college orientation, jobs and real life, Echo must decide if Noah's more than the bad-boy fling everyone warned her he'd be. And the last leg of an amazing road trip will turn... seriously epic.

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Other Titles

Pushing the Limits | Dare You To | Crash Into You | Take Me On | Crossing the Line | Red at Night

Tickets are almost sold out! Get yours today!

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Full details can be found on the ApollyCon website.

all the best, dear readers!

 

#TheWinnersTrilogy Read-Along + Giveaway: Week Three

READ-ALONG SCHEDULE

The Winner's Curse Read-Along

February 3rd - Chapters 1 - 10 (Catch up HERE!)

February 10th - Chapters 11 - 20 (Catch up HERE!)

February 17th - Chapters 21 - 30

February 24th - Chapters 31 - 42

Make sure to follow the HASHTAG #TheWinnersTrilogy on twitter! For more info on the Read-A-Long, check it out *HERE*!

Chapters 21-30: My *SPOILER-FREE* Thoughts...

I. I just can't even. SO much happens in this next section of chapters. I found the book taking unexpectedly delightful and horrifying turns, in the best possible way. This book is surprising me, which I find to be a rare treat in story telling these days.

There are betrayals and casualties. Tests of love and loyalty. Things happen that the characters may or may not be able to recover from. Things that *I* may not be able to recover from.

I fully intended to read 10 chapters a week during this read-along....but this book is just BEGGING to be devoured. So, off I go! You'll get to hear my thoughts on the next and FINAL set of chapters next week! Stay tuned!

P.S. Spoiler-free thoughts are so so difficult, so please excuse my vague stream of consciousness!

ABOUT THE BOOKS

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As a general's daughter in a vast empire that revels in war and enslaves those it conquers, seventeen-year-old Kestrel has two choices: she can join the military or get married. But Kestrel has other intentions. One day, she is startled to find a kindred spirit in a young slave up for auction. Arin's eyes seem to defy everything and everyone. Following her instinct, Kestrel buys him'with unexpected consequences. It's not long before she has to hide her growing love for Arin. But he, too, has a secret, and Kestrel quickly learns that the price she paid for a fellow human is much higher than she ever could have imagined.

Set in a richly imagined new world, The Winner's Curse is a story of deadly games where everything is at stake, and the gamble is whether you will keep your head or lose your heart.

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Book two of the dazzling Winner's Trilogy is a fight to the death as Kestrel risks betrayal of country for love.

The engagement of Lady Kestrel to Valoria’s crown prince means one celebration after another. But to Kestrel it means living in a cage of her own making. As the wedding approaches, she aches to tell Arin the truth about her engagement…if she could only trust him. Yet can she even trust herself? For—unknown to Arin—Kestrel is becoming a skilled practitioner of deceit: an anonymous spy passing information to Herran, and close to uncovering a shocking secret.

As Arin enlists dangerous allies in the struggle to keep his country’s freedom, he can’t fight the suspicion that Kestrel knows more than she shows. In the end, it might not be a dagger in the dark that cuts him open, but the truth. And when that happens, Kestrel and Arin learn just how much their crimes will cost them.

GIVEAWAY!

Enter to win SIGNED copies of both books of the series!

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all the best, dear readers!