Lisa Renee Jones Stops By Tomorrow and Book Giveaways to Enter

Tomorrow  Lisa Renee Jones will be on the blog. She will be sharing about her new book, If I Were You. 

Don’t forget to enter the giveaway to win one of two copies of If I Were You. Go here to enter.

Also, enter for your chance to win one of two copies of Blade Song by J.C. Daniels. Go here to enter.

Have a great Wednesday and happy reading!

Review Blade Song by J.C. Daniels – A Recommended Read

Blade Song is my first reading venture into Urban Fantasy and I loved it! I couldn't get enough. As soon as I finished the book, I wanted the next one in the series. Unfortunately, Night Blade isn't out yet.

Blade Song is written in first person from Kit's point of view. Kit is a kickass heroine who is still discovering what the magic within her can do. She has issues that she’s working through while doing a job for the local alpha shapeshifters. A job she really doesn’t want to do but has to or she’s dead. I loved Kit because I felt like I could relate to her even though she lives in a world with magic and shapeshifters.

Kit calls Damion an asshole throughout the book. I whole heartily agreed with her in the beginning. Gradually, Damion changed and won me over. Not an easy thing to do without the benefit of his point of view. By the end, I loved him.

While Blade Song isn’t a romance, the romantic thread between Kit and Damon was enough for me (a person who rarely reads a fiction book that isn’t a romance). I’m curious to see where the relationship between Kit and Damon will head in future books.

I recommend this book to any reader especially romance reader who wants to venture into Urban Fantasy. A worthwhile read that will leave you wanting more.

5 Stars – A Must Read (a book I will definitely read again)

Note: Review based on ARC from NetGalley.

For a chance to win one of two copies of Blade Song, go to the giveaway here. 

Blurb from J.C. Daniels website:

Kit Colbana—half breed, assassin, thief, jack of all trades—has a new job: track down the missing ward of one of the local alpha shapeshifters. It should be a piece of cake.

So why is she so nervous? It probably has something to do with the insanity that happens when you deal with shifters—especially sexy ones who come bearing promises of easy jobs and easier money.

Or maybe it’s all the other missing kids that Kit discovers while working the case, or the way her gut keeps screaming she’s gotten in over her head. Or maybe it’s because if she fails—she’s dead.

If she can stay just one step ahead, she should be okay. Maybe she’ll even live long to collect her fee…

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If I Were You Giveaway

If I Were You by Lisa Renee Jones is simply amazing. To share my love of this book, I’m giving away 2 copies of If I Were You in either Kindle or Nook format.

The contest will run until midnight on Thursday, August 23. The book releases on Friday, August 24. I’ll announce the winners then. Check back to see if you won. By entering you agree with the contest rules stated here. 

Look for my review of If I Were You in the next few days. 

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Blade Song Giveaway

I absolutely loved Blade Song by J.C. Daniels. This book is the first Urban Fantasy I've read. Since I love this book so much, I’m giving away 2 copies in either Kindle or Nook format.

Enter below for your chance to win. Contest will go through midnight on Friday, August 17. Winners will be announced on Saturday. Check back to see if you won. By entering you agree with the contest rules stated here. 

Updated: My review of Blade Song is here. 

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Weekend Reading and Renegade Passion Free at Amazon

I started If I Were You by Lisa Renee Jones yesterday. It hooked me right from the beginning. My plan is to read the rest of it this weekend. Look for my review next week along with my review of Blade Song by J.C. Daniels. Also, in the coming weeks more giveaways will be popping up on the blog. 

What are you reading this weekend? 

If you're looking for a great book, Renegade Passion by Lisa Renee Jones is still free at Amazon today. (Always double check to make sure it's still free before purchasing.)

Fragile by Shiloh Walker Available in Mass Paperback August 7

Available in trade paperback and digitally. Releasing in mass market summer 2012

Sometimes the last thing you want is exactly what you need

BATTLE SCARRED

Six years after trading in his combat gear for hospital scrubs, Luke Rafferty still hasn't found what he's been searching for: a normal life. At his job, Luke is faced with things just as heartbreaking as those on the battlefield, none more so than the abused children brought in by a pretty red-headed social worker.

HEARTBROKEN

For Devon Manning, being a social worker is a rewarding job, but also a constant reminder of her own troubled youth. Devon takes everything one day at a time unable to form a relationship with anyone except the children she rescues.

A DESIRE TO HEAL

When Luke meets Devon, he thinks he might have found what he's been looking for, but in order to get the life he wants, Luke has to break through Devon's emotional barriers and make her realize that his healing touch might be just the complication her life needs

Excerpt:

Luke just shrugged. "Hey, you ought to hear some of the foreign-body stories I could tell you. And being in a college town? It's even worse."

Her brow creased. Leery, she repeated, "Foreign bodies?"

He grinned. "You probably don't want to know. People can do very, very bizarre things and they don't even have the excuse of being a kid."

Now that, Devon understood. She'd had to go to many a home to speak with parents when their kids got hurt doing the normal kid thing. Kids did get hurt, and sometimes, kids hurt themselves in a purely innocent manner, but so often it made neighbors or teachers concerned. As unpleasant as it was, and as much as parents hated it, Devon would rather make those visits than visit the hospital because nobody reported the abuse.

That sobering thought had the smile on her face dying. A hand touched her lightly on the shoulder, a quick, innocuous touch. She looked at Luke to find him studying her. "Where did you go?"

Devon shrugged. "Just thinking. Kids it's amazing what they can do. One minute they have you laughing, then you're ready to pull your hair out and scream, and then you just want to cry."

"I think you could use a few more of the laughing minutes."

He lifted his hand, and Devon watched, mesmerized, as he caught a flyaway curl. Her hair was a thick, nearly unmanageable mass of curls. Usually she had it gelled and pulled back into some kind of submission, but at the end of the day the first thing she did was let it out of the twists, clips, and knots she used during the day. Loose, it hung halfway down her back. When it was wet, she could sit on it.

"I don't suppose you'd take your hair down, would you?" Luke asked, a little out of the blue.

She blinked, tipped back her head to see his face a little better. "Take it down?"

"Yeah." He continued to rub the curl back and forth between his fingers as he lifted his gaze to hers. His eyes were heavy- lidded, giving him a sleepy, sexy look that had her wanting to lean in and kiss him.

For more information on Fragile go here. 

Blade Song is Now Available

Blade Song by J.C. Daniels released yesterday. I’m busy reading it. It’s my first time reading Urban Fantasy. I’m really enjoying it so far. I’ll get my review posted as soon as I finish it. 

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