Release Day Blast and Mini Excerpts from Unbound by Sara Humphreys

 

Welcome! Today I'm participating in a release blitz for a new PNR novella, "Unbound" by Sara Humphreys. I have the book in my TBR pile and hope to get to it in the next month or so. Instead of an excerpt, we have several teasers for you today. I hope you enjoy.

Bea Reviews Heart of Stone by Christine Warren

Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Series: Gargoyles #1
Format Read: eGalley
Reading Challenge: NetGalley & Edelweiss Reading Challenge,  Winter COYER 2014/2015
Source: the publisher in exchange for an honest review
Release Date: December 31, 2013
Buying Links: Amazon* | Book Depository* | ARe* | Barnes & Noble |
* affiliate links; the blog receives a small commission from purchases made through these links.

Blurb from goodreads:

From bestselling author Christine Warren comes a thrilling new series about a young woman caught between a rock and a hard place—between gargoyles and demons…

Ella Harrow is trying to carve out a normal life for herself. Well, as normal as an art geek with psychic abilities can hope for. As museum docent and gift-shop manager, Ella is able to keep her distance from people—and her powers in check—while surrounding herself with the artifacts she loves. But how on earth is she supposed to act normal when a thousand-year-old statue on the museum's terrace suddenly comes to life?

Heart of Stone

Not your ordinary gargoyle, Kees has been asleep for eons, waiting for a portent of evil to wake him from his slumber. Kees isn't a vision; he's a bat-winged guardian created to protect the world from the seven demons of the Dark. Somehow, Ella triggered his reawakening. Maybe the demons have been unleashed? Maybe his heart is finally ready to be chiseled open? The fate of the world isn't carved in stone…yet.

EXCERPTS And GIVEAWAY: The Love Brothers by Liz Crowe

Happy Release Day of Liz Crowe's newest series sThe Love Brothers: Love Garage, Coach Love, Love Brewing, and Family Love. I've yet to read a book by Ms. Crowe but her books do sound good and I always enjoy books about families so today I'm sharing her new series. There are excerpts, a series trailer, and a giveaway for a $50 Amazon GC. Enjoy!

Amazon best-selling author, beer blogger and beer marketing expert, mom of three, and soccer fan, Liz Crowe lives Ann Arbor. She has decades of experience in sales and fund raising, plus an eight-year stint as a three-continent, ex-pat trailing spouse.

Quote-Tastic - Night Shift by Nalini SIng, Ilona Andrews, Lisa Shearin and Milla Vane

Join us every Monday and share a favorite quote that's grabbed you for one reason or another. Everyone's welcome to join in - authors, bloggers, readers. The more the merrier! Just grab the button and put up your post :) Don't have a blog? No worries, just leave your favorites in the comment section.  Quote-tastic is hosted by Herding Cats & Burning Soup.

This quote is from the short story, "The Beast of Blackmoor" by Milla Vane. The hero and heroine are talking and whew, you'll need some cold water! It's part of a very hot scene between them involving voyeurism and public sex.

It's part of the Night Shift anthology. I'm giving away a copy and posted a review here. 

"Who needs leather and a collar? A man's leash grows between his legs. I would only have to tug on it a few times to make you mine." "Then a woman's leash must be much shorter. " She laughed. "So it is. And harder to find."

Sunday Book Share #122

 

 I'm participating in The Sunday Post, hosted by The Caffeinated Book Reviewer; Showcase Sunday hosted by Books, Biscuits and Tea; Stacking the Shelves, hosted by Tynga's Reviews; and Bought Borrowed and Bagged, hosted by TalkSupe. All of these memes are about sharing the print and digital books received and/or posts and events on the blog.

A new month and a new year, hard to believe. I spent New Year's Eve night eating Chinese with a friend and then we watched all 5 episodes of "The Librarians" at her place. She has cable and I don't so it was a treat for me. Despite the differences from the movie I enjoyed the episodes. I had a quiet week overall, doing some editing and some database work and of course reading. How was your week?

December Challenge Wrap Up

Wrap Up

I went nuts last year with challenges. A few  I bombed, some I did great with, a few I squeaked by. Overall, it was a good year though. But, this year I'm doing fewer year-long challenges and more of the short-term ones such as COYER. Another challenge started this month that runs through March 6th, Winter COYER, so that's listed here too.

Grab a drink, get comfy, and get ready! 

Winter COYER - Goal: as many as I can

1. I'm Dreaming of an Undead Christmas by Molly Harper
2. Love Under Two Flyboys by Cara Covington
3. My Sister's Grave by Robert Dugoni
4. A Reason to Believe by Diana Copland

TOTAL: 4

EXCERPT and GIVEAWAY - A Taste of Merlot by Heather Heyford

I looked at this book on NetGalley and was tempted but I'm trying to lower the pile of doom so I passed on it. Then the opportunity to be part of the tour came up and I thought, "why not?". Family drama, romance, wine - it's hard to pass those up. I hope you'll enjoy the excerpt and there's a giveaway at the end of the post. Put up your feet and enjoy!

Born in the Northeast, Heather Heyford learned to walk and talk in Texas, and then moved to England. (“Ya’ll want some scones?”) While in Europe, Heather was forced by her cruel parents to spend Saturdays in the leopard vinyl back seat of their Peugeot, motoring from one medieval pile to the next for the lame purpose of ‘learning something.’ What she soon learned was how to allay the boredom by stashing a Cosmo under the seat. Now a recovering teacher, Heather writes love stories, feeds hardboiled eggs to suburban foxes, and makes art in the Mid-Atlantic. See more at HeatherHeyford.com, or visit me on facebook, twitter, pinterest, and instagram.