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Suzy’s a control freak and has her life mapped out - work hard, find a man with a stable job, and live happily ever after. She’s content with the status quo, but her plan comes to a screeching halt when he enters her life and turns it upside down. City gave up on love when his heart was crushed in college, preferring to be the typical bachelor. He spends his nights hopping from one bed to another and his days working at his family tattoo shop, Inked. A chance encounter on a dark road makes him question what he had sworn off forever – a relationship. A night of passion and lust causes them to question everything. Is City the knight in shining armor to the damsel in distress? Can their relationship survive when a fantasy falls apart and a secret comes out that changes everything?

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Hard Body Rock by Nora Flite **Promo with Giveaway**

Author: Nora Flite 

Genre: Contemporary Romance 17+ 

Publication Date: February 10, 2014 

Publisher: Silver String 

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From USA Today Bestselling Author Nora Flite She thought she was stepping into fame: Meeting Drezden Halifax should have been a dream. But dreams are supposed to be sweet, fragile things that whisk you away. Not monsters crafted from hard fingers, gritty vocal cords and a voice so powerful it could tear my guts right out. Maybe my heart, too. Becoming the guitarist for Four and a Half Headstones was everything I needed. Too bad the band's lead singer is doing his best to ruin everything I am. He thought she would solve his troubles: Lola Cooper, god damn Lola Cooper. She was the perfect guitarist, fingers that could summon a sweet song or punch a chord. She's supposed to save my band, make us come out of this tour in one piece... But I just want to tear HER to pieces. No one should make me feel this way. One look at her, one smell, and I knew I'd have to have her. She does things to me that scare the shit out of me. Make me want to slam her on a wall and listen to her cries: eager or fearful, it doesn't matter. I'm a monster... And I don't even care.

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Her pick came down, fingers spinning over the wires to produce the first note from Tuesday Left Behind. It was clear, hanging in the air with the perfect amount of anticipation.

Then, Lola began to play.

Her eyes were closed, hiding away her deep sapphires from my seeking gaze. With perfect ease, she played the song that I had asked. She played it as good as Johnny ever had.

Better than he'd been playing lately, really.

Lola's hands embraced her guitar's neck, gliding along to coerce it to make bits of music that sank into my ears. They burrowed in, grinding through my skin and to my very bone.

She was good. She was god damn good.

I realized I was squeezing my thighs under the table. Shifting in place, I saw Colt and Porter both staring at me. Those were pointed looks, looks that said 'holy shit, are you hearing this?'

I am, I'm hearing it, but I want more than just a mimic. Waving at her to stop hurt me in a funny way. “That's enough, alright.”

She faltered, concern showing like a shadow on her soft jaw. The song still reverberated in my flesh. “Sorry, did I do something wrong?” she asked.

The rest of the band was watching me. They were pissed I'd cut the kid off, but I didn't care. There was more that I wanted here. I was desperate to know if Lola was what I'd been hoping for. Impatience clawed at me to find out fast. “You know our music, good. I want you to play something else.”

“I—something else?”

Porter pushed his lower jaw out. Him, Colt, they had already decided this girl was what we needed. It wasn't so simple, though. Not to me. “I want you to play anything you want. Just go for it, show me what makes you want to create music in the first place.”

It made me sound fucking insane, I was sure of that. I was ready for the kid to open her mouth and fumble. Maybe she'd even turn and walk out the door.

I had my reasons, though. This was what would separate those who played from those who played. Johnny had been good, I'd never say otherwise. When I needed someone for our first big show, when playing guitar myself while singing wasn't cutting it, he'd come forward. He'd killed that audition, it'd been the start of something real for all of us.

He just never had the drive. It was what kept him from performing as best as he could at every single show. He didn't care about creating music.

Fucker just wanted to be on stage. Let's see if this girl is different.

Lola was watching me. Not with the deer in headlights look I expected, no. Her eyes were shining like new frost, the face of a woman who was excited.

It was contagious.

Before she started, I noticed I was hunching forward and holding my breath.

Her fingers came down, tickling the strings. It was a sharp movement, sound bursting in my brain like a fresh orange. Just as I was feeling my pulse quicken, adjusting to the intensity of her strums, Lola came to life.

Deep curls, the song she played tugged at the very roots of my hair. Lower and lower it went, drilling so hard into my body that I had to shift on my chair.

She was good. So fucking good, I was falling into the trap of her music. It wrapped me tight, tempting me to sink in and let her keep going.

Lola's eyes were closed, lower lip tucked just slightly in her teeth. She was living in that moment like it was her last. I knew that look. The body language of someone in their own creative trance.

Every small movement she made was intentional. She traveled across the guitar, a land she'd been living in all her life. There was no part of the instrument, the song, that was a mystery to her.

Who is this girl? I wondered, noting I was gripping the edge of the table hard enough to turn my finger tips white. Her poise was distracting, back arched into a high speed curve. The muscles on her lower arms flexing deliciously with each note. A dark, intricate tattoo writhed on her right one.

I was fantasizing about how her limbs would flex in other situations. Perhaps the dark corner of an alley, head tilted back and breath steaming in the night air.

Fuck, calm down, I told myself. Shaking my head, I snapped my fingers and broke the spell Lola had put on us all.

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A USA Today Bestselling Author, Nora Flite loves to write new adult romance (especially the dramatic, gritty kind! Inspired by the complicated events and wild experiences of her own life, she wants to share those stories with her audience.
Born in the tiniest state, coming from what was essentially dirt, she's learned to embrace and appreciate every opportunity the world gives her.
She's also, possibly, addicted to coffee and sushi.
Not at the same time, of course.

Check out her blog, noraflite.blogspot.com, also email her at noraflite@gmail.com if you just have some questions!

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Three Rivers by Chloe T Barlow **Promo post with giveaway**

Title - Three Rivers

Author - Chloe Barlow

Genre - Contemporary Romance/Romantic Suspense

Release Date - March 25th 2014

Blog Tour Dates – March 24th-April 4th

Synopsis

"A heartbreaking tale of letting go and learning to love again. A jaw-dropping debut novel you have to read.” - Helena Newbury, New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author.

How do you start over when you gave everything to one life, one plan, and lost it all?

Althea refuses to allow herself to love again. Imprisoned in grief at twenty-four after her husband’s sudden death, she’s convinced her heart died along with him. She spends her days honoring his memory by clinging to the legal career he helped her to build and to the remaining pieces linking them together.

Griffen’s been running from his past. Despite success as an author and investigative journalist, he’s been traveling through life on autopilot. For a decade, he’s chosen perilous adventures and meaningless sex over the danger of any attachments. When he finally returns home to Pittsburgh, he’s slammed by the awakened memories and regret he’s spent years trying to escape.

A chance encounter brings them together. Their instant desire for each other – and the bond they discover between them – shocks them both. Despite her best efforts, Althea can’t resist Griffen’s charm or his intriguing proposition – if she agrees to a no-strings affair with him for the two weeks he’s in town, he swears he’ll walk away when their time is up. Assured she can test the waters of a new life while keeping her vow never to betray her husband’s memory by opening her heart to another, Althea throws herself into the escape Griffen provides her.

Their perfect plans go awry when the intensity of their connection overwhelms them. Will they risk it all on the chance of something great together…or will the power of their secrets and guilt tear them apart?

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Althea leaned back and forced a smile and laugh as she looked around. Her brazen pretense was tossing kerosene on Griffen's fiery emotions.

With each nervous dart of her eyes, Griffen's heart pounded with more anger. He leaned closer and whispered hotly in her ear, "Is that better? Am I making you uncomfortable? God forbid someone thinks you aren't a perfect widow pining away alone after all these years. That you're still living an adult life," he growled. "Maybe I should ignore your rules and touch you anyway. I know you like it when I do."

"Stop it, please." She breathed slowly, calming herself. "We can touch. Just not here."

"Fine. I get it." Griffen couldn't stop how angry he felt.

The irony wasn't lost on him. Most women he'd been with begged him to be serious with them and tell the world they were together. That had never appealed to him, until now. Yet here was this beautiful, desirable woman that he wanted to express affection to and she couldn't bear to let anyone know they were together. He hadn't even realized how furious it made him until he found his heart was racing and he was feeling hot with anger.

Althea must've sensed it because she leaned over and whispered, "No. You don't get it, and you shouldn't have to. This is my thing. My issue." She looked around to see if anyone was staring at them and looked into his eyes. "I do want to touch you. I want you to touch me." She swallowed and lowered her voice even more. "Very much."

"Fine," he gritted out. When he looked down at her, with her eyes turned up so full of concern while her lips parted and she panted just a little from the desire that coursed through them every time they were near each other, his heart pounded for a different reason. "I need to touch you, too...everywhere."

"Yes, please," she whispered.

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Chloe is a contemporary romance novelist and practicing attorney living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with her husband and their sweet puppy. She is a native Washingtonian that graduated Duke University with a degree in English and Chinese language. She met her husband at Duke and he brought her to Pittsburgh over a decade ago, which she has loved ever since and made her adopted hometown. She also attended the University of Pittsburgh Law School where she continued to be a book-loving nerd.

Chloe has always loved writing and although she does do it professionally as a lawyer, she cherishes the opportunity to craft her fictional novels and share them with the world.

When Chloe isn’t writing, she spends her time exploring Pittsburgh with her husband and friends. She also enjoys yoga, jogging, and all Pittsburgh sports, as well as her Duke Blue Devils. She is an avid reader and wrote her debut novel Three Rivers in her spare time. She continues her tireless legal style of research in her fiction work as well. For example, in an effort to bring authenticity to Three River’s treatment of grief and loss, she consulted with a psychologist and grief counselor during its preparation.

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With this Heart by R.S Grey

Synopsis

If someone had told me a year ago that I was about to fall in love, go on an epic road trip, ride a Triceratops, sing on a bar, and lose my virginity, I would have assumed they were on drugs.

Well, that is, until I met Beckham. 

Beck was mostly to blame for my recklessness. Gorgeous, clever, undeniably charming Beck barreled into my life as if it were his mission to make sure I never took living for granted. He showed me that there were no boundaries, rules were for the spineless, and a kiss was supposed to happen when I least expected.

Beck was the plot twist that took me by surprise. Two months before I met him, death was knocking at my door. I’d all but given up my last scrap of hope when suddenly, I was given a second chance at life. This time around, I wasn’t going to let it slip through my fingers.

We set out on a road trip with nothing to lose and no guarantees of tomorrow.

Our road trip was about young, reckless love. The kind of love that burns bright.

The kind of love that no road-map could bring me back from.

**Recommended for ages 17+ due to language and sexual situations.**

Kota's Review

My first introduction to RS Grey’s writing was with Behind His Lens, a story with erotic undertones about the importance of life and love… With this Heart was nothing like that…  not really!

With this Heart takes us on Abby’s journey as she takes life by the balls, chooses to live it, and lives it in the company of Beck.   The underpinning driver behind Abby is the gift of a second chance.

With this Heart is written with a mix of love, laughs, firsts, sadness, loss, hope, and so many more emotions. The characters are well developed and the story rolls off the pages.  It has your heart soaring, and breaking as Abby goes on her road trip.    

Abby and Beck are perfect for each other – how they meet is quite unique, but as the relationship blossoms you are cheering for them.  This story has twists, big gaping pot holes and a full circle journey to find the happy ever after tale.

I think this is a great NA story, and RS Grey has an amazing gift with the written word.  You definitely are a 3rd wheel on this journey, as you are drawn into Abby’s life.

I will say, that while there was absolutely nothing wrong with the writing, the structure or the plot I did struggle initially to get sucked in.  The pages kept turning, but I almost felt like I was pulling teeth to draw out my emotions.  With that in mind – at around 38% - BAM…  something shifted, I was hooked, ugly face crying by the end and seriously needing some happiness to pour out of the page.  

So my advice is – read this story.  If you find it slow – just treat it like sex, a slow build makes the end all that much more exciting!!  By the end I was in…  I loved the story – I felt the emotions, I wanted the HEA and I sat back and reflected on the very clear message about the importance of living…  Thank you RS Grey.

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Years ago, a girl I knew needed a heart transplant. She was funny, vivacious and seemingly full of life, despite not having the energy to enjoy it. 

Finally her name came up, and she received her new heart. Everybody thought that this was going to give her the energy she required to be herself. Instead she seemed to change her personality so that she matched her old broken heart. Her eyes lost their gleam, her weight plummeted, she hardly smiled and she spent a lot of time staring into space.

I asked her why one day and she gave me a blank look and said.

"This heart beats wrong. It's not mine and it reminds me with every beat it gives."

She stopped taking her anti-rejection drugs 12 weeks later.

By telling you this, it may give you some insight on how affected I was by R.S. Grey's With this Heart. To say she "hit the nail on the head" in terms of the whole psychological aspects of transplantation is an understatement. We often only focus on how happy the donor recipient and their family will be at this precious gift and a second chance at life. What we fail to think of is the massive change their life undergoes and that it's not simply a case of sticking the new organ in and waving goodbye to the doctors and never setting foot inside a hospital again. Instead their life is full of new restrictions, new medications, regular ongoing blood tests, new ways to perceive themselves and guilt over who lost their life to save theirs..

Abby appears to be one of the lucky ones. A childhood of illness and hospitals has finally blossomed into a bright future of health and possibilities. But how does someone who has had to live close to the phone and the hospital learn to spread their wings and really live? 

R.S Grey's story begins with Abby trying to start her life with her new heart. That Beck happens to see and follow her at this significant moment is probably the one thing that encourages Abby to start moving forward, even if it feels at first as if she is going no where.

Beck gives Abby the courage and excitement she needs but also offers patience and understanding. He is hot, and cheeky and I just adored him. 

Abby is learning who she is now that she has the chance to experience life and not just barely live it. Add to that her guilt over receiving a life saving gift when many of her friends haven't and will not and also the part of her that is unsure whether she can live up to the burden of being responsible for an important part of someone else beating inside her. 

The relationship between Abby and Beck progresses a bit slow at first. I think if it had been any quicker then the authenticity of the story would have dwindled. Abby needed to gain confidence in herself and let herself feel worthy of love before she could allow herself to fall in love. Beck seems to understand this and allows Abby to set the pace.

The writing is brilliant. The pace matches Abby's emotional adjustment in the wake of her transplant and the words echo her sentiments. There is joy and sadness, hope and despair, pleasure and angst and it is all choreographed beautifully around characters with quirky humour and sharp wits which make them palpable and loveable.

R.S Grey needs to be congratulated on writing a story that accurately reflects the transition of a patient who has received a transplant and is given a chance a happiness and love. 

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Darkness Watching by Emma L Adams

Darkness Watching

by Emma L Adams

Release Date: 10th October 2013

Publisher: Curiosity Quills

Genre: Urban fantasy/paranormal

Target Audience: Upper YA/New Adult

Synopsis

Eighteen-year-old Ashlyn is one interview away from her future when she first sees the demons. She thinks she's losing her mind, but the truth is far more frightening: she can see into the Darkworld, the home of spirits– and the darkness is staring back.

Desperate to escape the demons, Ash accepts a place at a university in the small town of Blackstone, in the middle of nowhere - little knowing that it isn't coincidence that led her there but the pull of the Venantium, the sorcerers who maintain the barrier keeping demons from crossing from the Darkworld into our own world.

All-night parties, new friendships and a life without rules or limits are all part of the package of student life - but demons never give up, and their focus on Ash has attracted the attention of every sorcerer in the area. Ash is soon caught between her new life and a group of other students with a connection to the Darkworld, who could offer the answers she's looking for. The demons want something from her, and someone is determined to kill her before she can find out what it is. 

In a world where darkness lurks beneath the surface, not everyone is what they appear to be.

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Darkness Watching is a paranormal story about demons that is suitable for teens and young adults. It is told from the main character's perspective and is fairly well written, with an interesting storyline.

Ashlyn is in her final year of high school when she has her first encounter with demons, but a lack of sleep and the stress allow her to dismiss it, until the encounters come more frequent and one speaks to her. When Ashlyn goes to the little known university at Blackstone, she comes across a group who seems to know who and what she is. Now she must find a way to stay off both the demon and the venantium radar,  find out if the nice guy in her flat likes her, and pass her course. Should be easy....

The story is told from Ashlyn's perspective. She is a young girl making the transition from high school to university. She comes over as naive and inexperienced, however she seems to take a lot of abnormalities in her stride.

Minor characters are helpful in that they provide insights and explanations into what is happening within the book. There are a few of these characters I'd like to know more about, and hopefully this is explored in later books.

I felt the characters were a little under developed for an adult reader to enjoy. They all seemed to be living in the moment with no real thoughts to consequences or experiences from the past. There was only surface emotion and I had to be led by the storyline and dialogue to understand how the character was feeling.

The story really comes into its stride during the last quarter of the book but then abruptly stops. I think this will be to its detriment rather than as a selling point to get into the next book as there just wasn't enough of Ashlyn's emotional side to really make her story memorable.

I really wanted to give this story it's best chance, as I really liked the idea and the way the story unfolded, but it never made that transition from being ink and paper to something that played out in my head and my heart.

Iva rates Darkness Watching 3 & 1/2 Hearts

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Emma spent her childhood creating imaginary worlds to compensate for a disappointingly average reality, so it was probably inevitable that she ended up writing fantasy and paranormal for young adults. She was born in Birmingham, UK, which she fled at the first opportunity to study English Literature at Lancaster University. In her three years at Lancaster, she hiked up mountains, skydived in Australia, and endured a traumatic episode involving a swarm of bees in the Costa Rican jungle. She also wrote various novels and short stories. These included her first publication, a rather bleak dystopian piece, and a disturbing story about a homicidal duck (which she hopes will never see the light of day).

Now a reluctant graduate, she can usually be found in front of her writing desk, creating weird and wonderful alternative worlds. Her debut novel The Puppet Spell, published in January 2013 by Rowanvale Books, is a fantasy tale for young adults and the young at heart, inspired by her lifelong love of the fantastical, mythology, and video games. Emma also writes supernatural fantasy novels for older teens and adults. Her next book, Darkness Watching, is the first in the upper-YA/New Adult Darkworld series, and was published in October 2013 by Curiosity Quills Press.

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Gabby Revealed by Amy Gregory **Promo post with giveaway**

Title: Gabby Revealed (Finding Perfect #2) 

Author: Amy Gregory 

Genre: Contemporary Romance 

Publication Date: March 25, 2014 

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Gabby James didn’t have the idyllic childhood many in her little hometown of Renlend, Kansas had. High school was a living hell, but when she graduated she couldn’t bring herself to leave Renlend. The town was her prison, but her family’s bookstore, The Looking Glass, was her one true love. It was the place she could run to, and escape the prying eyes of the ones who taunted her. Shane Compton was a literary agent in one of the most prestigious publishing houses in New York City. He found no greater rush than finding the next big talent, someone who could take the written word and turn it into an art form. In the span of one rude phone call Shane was drawn into the mystery of just who the fiery new author from Kansas was. When everyone else in the office refused to deal with her, Shane willingly accepted the challenge. There was no logic to the madness, but every time he had contact with her, she drove him wild. Gabby tried every trick in the book to keep Shane at arm’s length, but he had made good on his promise to come to Kansas. He wanted to pull her out of anonymity, he wanted her in the public eye. Now here he stood, on the sidewalk in front her bookstore, and one look told her he was everything she was afraid he’d be. Too bad she was anything but who he thought she was. Gabby quickly discovers Shane has more on his mind than just books and with a little help from an ornery matchmaker, he shows her a whole new life through her looking glass.

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When asked ‘when do you have time to write’, Amy Gregory simply laughs. The real answer is, “in bits and pieces”. She and her husband live in Kansas City with their three fantastic kids that keep them running in

three very different directions. Because she sits so much, she always carries a notebook with her at all times. She has an off the wall, snarky, off the cuff sense of humor that often shocks even those who’ve known her for years. And she loves that her children have all been blessed that ability to make others laugh as well. At least she’s grateful most of the time! Her husband often teases her about how she “makes this stuff up” when he’s reading a piece of her work. … The answer—“it just comes to me when I’m typing”. Scary thought, huh!

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Beautiful Ties by Alicia Rae **Book Blast with Giveaway**

Title: Beautiful Ties (The Beautiful Series #4)

Author: Alicia Rae

Genre: Contemporary Romance 18+

Publication Date: March 25, 2014

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While watching her brothers find their happily ever afters, Abbey dreams of falling in love. Smart, fun, and sexy, Abbey is also independent and works hard alongside her brother, Kyle. When Kyle joins his business ventures with his wife’s cousins, Jason and Damon, Abbey struggles with keeping things professional.

Jason is instantly enamored with Abbey, and he becomes determined to win her over. Although she does not want to mix business with pleasure, he uses his good looks and sweet charm to work his way into her heart. All the while, Abbey begins building a friendship with a neighborhood child, Pearl. Abbey’s heart warms to Pearl, and their friendship quickly blossoms into a loving relationship.

Can Abbey find a way balance her growing feelings for Jason and her need to take care of Pearl? Or will Abbey need to sacrifice one relationship for the sake of the other?

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Alicia Rae is a Contemporary Romance Author who lives in Dekalb, Illinois, with her husband and three

beautiful boys. Alicia has a passion for reading all types of romance, writing to bring a story to life, and photography.

Thank you to my dear sister, Kels, who showed me a few years ago how much I truly missed reading. And to my loving husband, for not throwing away my Nook, and planting the seed of writing into my mind. I am forever grateful. Xo

Readers, words cannot thank you enough for supporting me along this incredible journey. I hope you enjoy my novels as much as I do writing them. I thank each and every one of you.

Believe in yourself and follow your dreams...

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Shelly Crane's Devoured Series **Book Blast**

Title: Altered (Devoured #3)

Author: Shelly Crane

Genre: Young Adult Paranormal

Publication Date: April 29, 2014

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Enoch is tested. 


His brother is human, the thing he hates. He watches as the brother he knew is stripped away by his love for Clara. He's never hated someone as much as he hated her...but the bond forced him to not only want to protect her, but feel things he never had before. 


When a girl needs his help, that split second decision changes his whole world in one instant. 
A Devourer's Fate...

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I fed on her terror and fright and it tasted like heaven in my mouth. But as I looked down at that woman who had just given herself to me, and I hadn’t even had to persuade her to, it washed over me all at once how I didn’t really want to hurt her. That I wanted to hurt people, but not her. Not really. I had gotten everything I needed from her without doing that, hadn’t I? I was full and sated. Now I was just letting my true nature take over, letting the Devourer in me take over.

But wasn’t that what I was supposed to do? I looked down at that woman and was so confused. I cursed Clara and Eli and all their love and human bullcrap for turning me into the thing that I was now.

No. I realized then that this was my turning point. That if I let this girl go, that I would be just like my brother one day and that wasn’t what I wanted. I was not going to be some human. I was a Devourer. My chin ached from clenching it so tightly. I turned my glare fully on her and knew that honestly it wasn’t her fault, but she was about to pay the price for my brother’s mistake.

“I’m sorry, love.” I lifted her by her arms and then leaned into her, pressing her to the wall.

“For what?” her small voice asked, falsely reassured by my about-face. “What are you doing to me?”

“I’m sorry that our night is just beginning.”

She seemed to understand and her face crumpled. “Please. I’m sorry for whatever I said to—”

“It’s not you,” I grinned as evilly as I could muster, “it’s me.”

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Devour (Devoured #1) 

Synopsis 

Clara has it all. A wrestling star boyfriend, popular friends, all the right school activities...pretty much a perfect life...up until her parents died. Now she lives with the Pastor and his family and though they take good care of her, she feels alone. Then her boyfriend, Tate, starts to show signs of trouble when a new guy, Eli, comes to town. Clara is fascinated with him but hides it until something happens. Eli confesses to her that she gives him something he's never had before...something he needs. Everything is about to change for this normal pretty popular girl in a supernatural way.

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 Consume (Devoured #2) 

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Eli and Clara's story continues as she tries to finish high school. Eli is as over protective as ever and Tate and his group of friends are no help. They wait for the Horde, always looking over their shoulder. But the ever annoying but strangely prophetic bird begins to become more of a chatter box and Eli learns something that could change some things. Not just for him and Clara, but Devourers everywhere.



Then an unexpectedness guest comes forcing Eli to flee with Clara, leaving her temporary family behind. She is thrown into his world of underground 'traitors' and learns much of his past. They meet many new people and creatures along the way to freedom. But when tragedy strikes the two, will Clara see the monster in Eli? Can she handle his strange world and awful past? Will one of them lose their life forever...

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Shelly is a NEW YORK TIMES & USA TODAY bestselling YA author from a small town in Georgia and loves everything about the south. She is wife to a fantastical husband and stay at home mom to two boisterous and mischievous boys who keep her on her toes. She loves paperbacks, coffee, and candy corn, and to spend time with her family and friends, go out to eat at new restaurants and site see in the new areas they travel to, listen to music and also LOVES to read.

Her own books happen by accident and she revels in the writing and imagination process. She doesn't go anywhere without her notepad for fear of an idea creeping up and not being able to write it down immediately, even in the middle of the night, where her best ideas are born.

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