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Lux: Beginnings (Obsidian & Onyx) official Blurb: Obsidian There's an alien next door. And with his looming height and eerie green eyes, he's hot...until he opens his mouth. He's infuriating. Arrogant. Stab-worthy. But when a stranger attacks me and Daemon literally freezes time with a wave of his hand, he lights me up with a big fat bulls-eye. Turns out he has a galaxy of enemies wanting to steal his abilities and the only way I’m getting out of this alive is by sticking close to him until my alien mojo fades. If I don’t kill him first, that is. Onyx Daemon’s determined to prove what he feels for me is more than a product of our bizarro alien connection. So I’ve sworn him off, even though he’s running more hot than cold these days. But we’ve got bigger problems. I’ve seen someone who shouldn’t be alive. And I have to tell Daemon, even though I know he’s never going to stop searching until he gets the truth. What happened to his brother? Who betrayed ...

Book Blurb: “I have never been useless in my life…” Rescued from a life of servitude by the boy she loves, Susanna Marsh escapes across two centuries, only to be plunged into a world she’s ill-prepared to face. Unable to work or go to school, Susanna finds herself dependent on others to survive.    Immersed in the fun and demands of his senior year of high school, Mark Lewis longs to share his world with the girl who’s captured his heart. But first he must tackle government bureaucracy to prove Susanna’s identity. Overwhelmed by her new home, Susanna seeks refuge in history and in news of the people she left behind. But when she learns that danger stalks her sister, Susanna must weigh whether to risk her own future in order to save Phoebe’s happiness. Links: Goodreads  |  Amazon  |  Barnes & Noble  |  IndieBound  Book Information: Paperback:  360 pages Expected publication:  April 8th 2014 by Sp...

Releases June 3, 2014 Lux: Beginnings (Obsidian & Onyx) official Blurb: Obsidian There's an alien next door. And with his looming height and eerie green eyes, he's hot...until he opens his mouth. He's infuriating. Arrogant. Stab-worthy. But when a stranger attacks me and Daemon literally freezes time with a wave of his hand, he lights me up with a big fat bulls-eye. Turns out he has a galaxy of enemies wanting to steal his abilities and the only way I’m getting out of this alive is by sticking close to him until my alien mojo fades. If I don’t kill him first, that is. Onyx Daemon’s determined to prove what he feels for me is more than a product of our bizarro alien connection. So I’ve sworn him off, even though he’s running more hot than cold these days. But we’ve got bigger problems. I’ve seen someone who shouldn’t be alive. And I have to tell Daemon, even though I know he’s never going to stop searching until he gets the truth. What happened to his brot...

Title: Unravel Me (Shatter Me #2)  Author:  Tahereh Mafi  Pages: 461 Genre: YA Publisher : HarperCollins Release Date: February 5, 2013 Read: February   2014 Rating: 5/5 Buy: Amazon | Chapters Indigo | Kobo | Book Depo | B&N Summary ( Goodreads ) tick tick tick tick tick it's almost time for war. Juliette has escaped to Omega Point. It is a place for people like her—people with gifts—and it is also the headquarters of the rebel resistance. She's finally free from The Reestablishment, free from their plan to use her as a weapon, and free to love Adam. But Juliette will never be free from her lethal touch. Or from Warner, who wants Juliette more than she ever thought possible. In this exhilarating sequel to  Shatter Me , Juliette has to make life-changing decisions between what she wants and what she thinks is right. Decisions that might involve choosing between her heart—and Adam's life. Review:   I am sooo happy I finally read this ...

Title: All Lined Up (A Rusk University #1) Author: Cora Carmack Pages: 320 Publisher: William Morrow PB Release Date: May 13, 2014 Genre: NA Summary:  New York Times  and  USA Today  bestselling author Cora Carmack follows up her trio of hits—Losing It, Faking It, and Finding It—with this thrilling first novel in an explosive series bursting with the Texas flavor, edge, and steamy romance of Friday Night Lights. In Texas, two things are cherished above all else—football and gossip. My life has always been ruled by both. Dallas Cole loathes football. That's what happens when you spend your whole childhood coming in second to a sport. College is her time to step out of the bleachers, and put the playing field (and the players) in her past. But life doesn't always go as planned. As if going to the same college as her football star ex wasn’t bad enough, her father, a Texas high school coaching phenom, has decided to make the jump to college ball… ...

Title: The Kiss of Deception (The Remnant Chronicles #1) Author: Mary E. Pearson Pages: 492 Genre: YA/Dystopian/Fantasy Publisher: Raincoast Books/ Henry Holt Release Date: July 15, 2014 Summary: (Goodreads)  In this timeless new trilogy about love and sacrifice, a princess must find her place in a reborn world. In a society steeped in tradition, Princess Lia’s life follows a preordained course. As First Daughter, she is expected to have the revered gift of sight—but she doesn’t—and she knows her parents are perpetrating a sham when they arrange her marriage to secure an alliance with a neighboring kingdom—to a prince she has never met. On the morning of her wedding, Lia flees to a distant village. She settles into a new life, hopeful when two mysterious and handsome strangers arrive—and unaware that one is the jilted prince and the other an assasin sent to kill her. Deception abounds, and Lia finds herself on the brink of unlocking perilous secrets—even as s...

Title: The Winner's Curse (The Winner's Trilogy #1) Author: Marie Rutkoski Pages: 368 Genre: YA Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux/ Raincoast Books/ Macmillan Release Date: March 4, 2014 My Rating: 5/5 Buy: Amazon | Kobo | Chapters Indigo | B&N| *Thank you Macmillan for letting me review this ARC* Summary ( Goodreads ) Winning what you want may cost you everything you love   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...

Title: Mortal Gods (Goddess Wars #2) Author: Kendare Blake Release Date: September 1, 2014 Publisher: Orchard Books 

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