Steph Reviews Armageddon Rules by J.C. Nelson

Publisher: Ace
Series: A Grimm Agency Novel #2
Format Read: ARC Paperback
Source: the publisher in exchange for an honest review
Release Date: February 24, 2015
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Blurb from goodreads:

Marissa Locks, newly appointed partner of the Grimm Agency, has a reputation for making a mess of magical matters—although causing Armageddon is a new low, even for her…

Marissa is due for a little happily ever after. After all, she did kill the evil Fairy Godmother, end a war, and snag a sweet promotion within the Fairy Godfather's magical-problem-solving Agency. But between maintaining a relationship with someone whose amorous advances can cause third-degree burns, dealing with a killer-poodle infestation, and helping her best friend, Princess Ari, learn to wield spells more powerful than curing a hangover, she’s not getting as much peace and quiet as she hoped.

When an enemy from her past appears to exact a terrible revenge, Marissa’s life goes from hectic to hell on earth. With Grimm inexplicably gone and Ari trapped by a sleeping spell, Marissa decides to fight fire with hellfire—and accidentally begins a countdown to the apocalypse.

With the end of days extremely nigh, Marissa will have to master royal politics, demonic law, and biblical plagues in a hurry—because even the end of the world can’t keep the Agency from opening for business…

Review & Giveaways: Shadow Rites by Faith Hunter

Series: Jane Yellowrock #10
Publisher: Roc
Source: the publisher in exchange for an honest review
Release Date: April 5, 2016
Challenges: Finishing the Series Reading Challenge | NetGalley & Edelweiss Reading Challenge
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Blurb from goodreads:

Slaying vampires is child’s play for skinwalker Jane Yellowrock. But handling the complicated politics of New Orleans’ supernatural players is another story...

Jane is keeping the peace between visiting groups of witches and vamps in the city, but then trouble comes knocking on her doorstep. When her house is magically attacked, the wild chase to find her assailants unearths a mystery that has literally been buried deep.

A missing master vampire, presumed long deceased, is found chained in a pit...undead, raving mad, and in the company of two human bodies. Now it’s up to Jane to find out who kept the vampire hidden for so long and why, because the incident could tip already high supernatural tensions to an all-out arcane war.

Excerpt & A 1-Day Giveaway! Hold Your Breath by Katie Ruggle

I have an excerpt from the first book in a new romantic suspense series, "Search and Rescue", by Katie Ruggle. When she’s not writing, Katie Ruggle rides horses, shoots guns, and travels to warm places where she can SCUBA dive. Graduating from the Police Academy, Katie received her ice-rescue certification and can attest that the reservoirs in the Colorado mountains really are that cold. While she still misses her off-grid, solar- and wind-powered house in the Rocky Mountains, she now lives in Rochester, Minnesota near her family. Katie Ruggle: http://katieruggle.com/

Cat Thursday - Table? What Table? I'm Not On the Table

 Welcome to the weekly meme hosted by The True Book Addict that celebrates cats; their foibles and humorousness and the joy they bring. You can join in by posting a favorite LOL cat pic you made or came across, cat art or share with us pics of your own felines, then post your link up at The True Book Addict. 

Technically, he's not on the table. :D

Cover Reveal! Curse on the Land by Faith Hunter

If you're a regular reader of the blog, you know we're all fans of the Jane Yellowrock books by Faith Hunter. She has a new series coming out soon that's a spin-off from the Yellowrock series and today I have the cover of book two in the new series to share with you!

The first book, "Blood of the Earth", is scheduled for release August 2, 2016, and "Curse on the Land" is scheduled for Nov. 1st.

Excerpt & Giveaway: I Dream of Dragons by Ashlyn Chase

Dragons! I love dragons. If you do too, you have a treat today with an excerpt and a giveaway from a forthcoming paranormal romance. Make yourself comfy, ignore the dust bunnies and push the cats aside, and enjoy!

A multi-published eBook author, Ashlyn Chase specializes in characters who reinvent themselves, having reinvented herself numerous times. She has worked as a psychiatric nurse, and for the Red Cross, and has a degree in behavioral sciences. She lives with her true-life hero husband in beautiful New Hampshire.

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter to everyone celebrating today!

Steph Reviews The Rosie Project and The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion

Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Series: Don Tillman #1
Format Read: Paperback
Source: From the publisher in exchange for an honest review
Release Date: June 3, 2014
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Blurb from goodreads:

An international sensation, this hilarious, feel-good novel is narrated by an oddly charming and socially challenged genetics professor on an unusual quest: to find out if he is capable of true love.Don Tillman, professor of genetics, has never been on a second date. He is a man who can count all his friends on the fingers of one hand, whose lifelong difficulty with social rituals has convinced him that he is simply not wired for romance. So when an acquaintance informs him that he would make a "wonderful" husband, his first reaction is shock. Yet he must concede to the statistical probability that there is someone for everyone, and he embarks upon The Wife Project. In the orderly, evidence-based manner with which he approaches all things, Don sets out to find the perfect partner. She will be punctual and logical--most definitely not a barmaid, a smoker, a drinker, or a late-arriver.

Yet Rosie Jarman is all these things. She is also beguiling, fiery, intelligent--and on a quest of her own. She is looking for her biological father, a search that a certain DNA expert might be able to help her with. Don's Wife Project takes a back burner to the Father Project and an unlikely relationship blooms, forcing the scientifically minded geneticist to confront the spontaneous whirlwind that is Rosie--and the realization that love is not always what looks good on paper.

"The Rosie Project" is a moving and hilarious novel for anyone who has ever tenaciously gone after life or love in the face of overwhelming challenges..