Deadlocked 3 By: A.R. Wise Published: January 25, 2012 125 pages Source: Personal Kindle Library ( Goodreads / Amazon ) *The above Amazon link is an affiliate link.  Affiliate links support giveaways on Words Fueled by Love. Summary: The Deadlocked series continues as Billy heads into the city in search of his mother. During his quest, he will meet a strident military figure that will alter his journey and two brothers that will become his closest allies. However, his trip will endanger the family he has only just met, and he might not be able to save them. Billy's journey into the city will reveal many of the secrets of this penultimate novella. No characters are safe from the terror that has engulfed the city, and as the motives of those in charge begin to be revealed, the fate of all mankind will be in question. MY REVIEW: This third installment picks up with Billy, who you'll remember from book 2.  He goes in search of his Mom who is trapped inside th...

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly post hosted by Breaking the Spine . Each week bloggers participate to share a book they can't wait to get their hands on. My pick for this week: Flame (Sky Chasers #3) by Amy Kathleen Ryan Preorder Link: Amazon Expected Publication: January 7, 2014 by St. Martin's Griffin In the thrilling conclusion to the Sky Chasers series Waverly, Kieran, and Seth struggle to survive on-board the New Horizon—and take down their enemies before it's too late. Waverly and the other members of the Empyrean have scattered, and their home ship has been destroyed. Their mission to rescue their parents didn't go as planned, and now they're at an even greater disadvantage: trapped with their enemies on the New Horizon, trying to find a way to survive. Kieran has been pulled under Anne Mather’s wing, but is she really trying to make peace, or just using Kieran to build her own power? Meanwhile, Waverly is taken in by a mysterious...

Hunter (Order of the Spirit Realm #2) By: K.C. Blake Expected Publication: October 31, 2013 ( Amazon  / Smashwords ) Summary: Hunter begins with Bay-Lee in Maine, living a normal life - sort of. It's impossible to completely banish the supernatural when your boyfriend is a ghost. Nick insists he isn't sticking around to haunt her. According to him, he wants to protect her. But that doesn't make sense. Why would he be concerned about her when it was her fault he died?                                                                                                    She's in history, taking a test, and Nick pops in with a warning. The Order (monsters living in the spiritual realm) have put a hefty bounty on her head. She wants ...

Scorched Treachery (Imdalind #3) By: Rebecca Ethington Published: July 11, 2013 by Imdalind Press 367 pages Source: Personal Kindle Library (Goodreads / Amazon  / Book Depository ) *The above Amazon and Book Depository links are affiliate links.  Affiliate links support giveaways on Words Fueled by Love. Summary: While Joclyn is trapped in the tormenting hell of Cail’s mind, the battle around her only continues to grow and spread. * Edmund has infiltrated the underground hallways of Prague, guiding the massacre that would end the lives of the last of the great magical race. In her attempts to stop him, Wynifred has been captured and her magic restrained. Chained up in the ancient dungeons of Prague, her fate is left in the hands of her father, who has tried to kill her before.  With Ryland’s screams and Sain’s fragmented sights as her only company, Wyn must rely on something that has been hidden deep inside of her for centuries to help them break free...

Sunday Post is a weekly post hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer . Each week bloggers participate to share about any books they received and any book news from their week. Click on the book cover to be taken to its Goodreads page.  If you would like to purchase one, where available the Buy Link is below each book cover.  ~PURCHASED~ Allegiant (Divergent #3) by Veronica Roth Buy Link: Amazon , Book Depository ~SPECIAL PURCHASE FOR MY SON~ House of Hades (The Heroes of Olympus #4) by Rick Riordan Buy Link: Amazon , Book Depository ~FOR REVIEW~ Sea of Shadows (Age of Legends #1) by Kelley Armstrong Buy Link: Amazon , Book Depository RECAP OF WEEK: MONDAY: Review - Eyes of Ember by Rebecca Ethington TUESDAY: Teaser Tuesday #39 featuring teasers from Ruin by Rachel Van Dyken WEDNESDAY: Waiting on Wednesday featuring Waiting on Sea of Shadows THURSDAY: ARC Thursday Review - Countdown by Michelle Rowen ...

Countdown  By: Michelle Rowen Published: September 24, 2013 by Harlequin Teen 304 pages Source: Netgalley ARC, given by publisher for review (Thanks!) ( Goodreads / Amazon ) *The above Amazon link is an affiliate link.  Affiliate links support giveaways featured on Words Fueled by Love. Summary: 3 seconds left to live. Once the countdown starts, it cannot be stopped. 2 pawns thrown into a brutal underground reality game. Kira Jordan survived her family's murder and months on plague-devastated city streets with hard-won savvy and a low-level psi ability. She figures she can handle anything. Until she wakes up in a barren room, chained next to the notorious Rogan Ellis. 1 reason Kira will never, ever trust Rogan. Even though both their lives depend on it. Their every move is controlled and televised for a vicious exclusive audience. And as Kira's psi skill unexpectedly grows and Rogan's secrets prove ever more deadly, Kira's only chance of surv...

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly post hosted by Breaking the Spine . Bloggers participate to showcase a book they can't wait to get their hands on. I haven't participated in a while in this meme because I was starting to get a little overwhelmed by the amount of books that I currently have in my possession to read.  That number hasn't really gone down any but today this book really peaked my interest.  Click on the book cover to be taken to its Goodreads page. Sea of Shadows by Kelley Armstrong Preorder link: Amazon Expected Publication: April 8, 2014 by HarperCollins In the Forest of the Dead, where the empire’s worst criminals are exiled, twin sisters Moria and Ashyn are charged with a dangerous task. For they are the Keeper and the Seeker, and each year they must quiet the enraged souls of the damned. Only this year, the souls will not be quieted. Ambushed and separated by an ancient evil, the sisters’ journey to find each other sends them far ...

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly post hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading . Anyone can play along - just go HERE to learn how to participate. This week my teasers come from Ruin by Rachel Van Dyken. Teasers: It was a limited edition of Pride and Prejudice.  "You, you gave me--" "Mr. Darcy," Wes whispered in my ear.  "As you can see, I also memorized some lines so that you'd swoon." Seriously guys....if you haven't read some of this author's books, and you're a fan of contemporary romances, then these are super fun!  And Weston Michel's will melt your heart! Share your teasers with me!

Eyes of Ember (Imdalind #2) By: Rebecca Ethington Published: April 6, 2013 by Imdalind Press 400 pages Source: Personal Kindle Library ( Goodreads / Amazon  / Book Depository ) *The above Amazon & Book Depository links are affiliate links.  Affiliate links support giveaways on Words Fueled by Love. Summary: Joclyn is in hiding, hunted by the man she still desperately loves. Ryland is gone, his mind erased, no memory of Joclyn remains. But, Joclyn’s heart desperately begs her to hold out hope. While, in reality the black eyed monster that possesses him, attempts to kill her over and over. If it wasn’t for Ilyan, Joclyn would be dead by now.  Ilyan. The man who once stalked her, is now Joclyn’s protector, the only thing she has left. He protects Joclyn from the men who seek to end her life, and while she is haunted by dreams where Ryland begs her to break the bond between them.  Ilyan is there. Always there. Ilyan trains and prepares her, ...

Lash (Broken Angel #1) By: L.G. Castillo Published: May 1, 2013 286 pages Source: Netgally ARC from publisher ( Goodreads / Amazon ) *The above Amazon link is an affiliate link.  Affiliate links support giveaways on Words Fueled by Love. Summary: Decades after being banished from Heaven for saving a life he shouldn’t have, Lash is given a chance to redeem himself. His mission: protect Naomi Duran, a young woman who has lost her faith. The assignment proves to be anything but simple when his superiors, the Archangels, withhold key information about Naomi and refuse to restore Lash’s powers. When an unexpected source reveals centuries-old secrets, his trust is shaken to the core, and he begins to doubt those whom he had once considered to be his greatest allies. Determined to avoid anything that would risk his chances of returning to Heaven, Lash struggles with the greatest obstacle of all—his growing feelings for Naomi. But when her life is threatened by an unkno...

Kiss of Fire (Imdalind #1) By: Rebecca Ethington Published: October 30, 2012 by Imdalind Press 352 pages Source: Personal Kindle Library ( Goodreads / Amazon ) *The above Amazon link is an affiliate link.  Affiliate links support giveaways on Words Fueled by Love. Summary: Joclyn Despain has been marred by a brand on her skin. She doesn't know why the mark appeared on her neck, but she doesn't want anyone to see it, including her best friend Ryland, who knows everything else about her. The scar is the reason she hides herself behind baggy clothes, and won't let the idea of kissing Ryland enter her mind, no matter how much she wants to. The scar is the reason she is being hunted. If only she knew that she was. If only she had known that the cursed stone her estranged father sent for her 16th birthday would trigger a change in her. Now, she is being stalked by a tall blonde man, and is miraculously throwing her high school bully ten feet in the...

Sunday Post is hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer . Each week bloggers participate to share about any books received and book news from their week. Click on the book cover to be taken to its Goodreads page.  If you would like to purchase one of these the Buy Link , if available, is below each cover. ~FOR REVIEW~ Into the Still Blue (Under the Never Sky #3) by Veronica Rossi Buy Link: Amazon ~AMAZON FREEBIE~ Finding Cinderella (Hopeless #2.5) by Colleen Hoover Buy Link: Amazon RECAP OF WEEK: SUNDAY: Sunday Post #49 MONDAY: Review - The Bet by Rachel Van Dyken TUESDAY: Teaser Tuesday #38 featuring teasers from Countdown by Michelle Rowen WEDNESDAY: Fraterfest Read-A-Thon 2013 Wrap Up THURSDAY: ARC Thursday Review - Breaking Nova by Jessica Sorensen WHAT'S AHEAD: Review - Kiss of Fire (Imdalind #1) by Rebecca Ethington ARC Thursday Review - Lash (Broken Angel #1) by L.G. Castillo Tentative Posts: ...

Breaking Nova (Nova #1) By: Jessica Sorensen Published: September 3, 2013 by Forever 224 pages Source: ARC from Netgalley given by publisher for review (Thanks!) ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Nova Reed used to have dreams-of becoming a famous drummer, of marrying her true love. But all of that was taken away in an instant. Now she's getting by as best she can, though sometimes that means doing things the old Nova would never do. Things that are slowly eating away at her spirit. Every day blends into the next . . . until she meets Quinton Carter. His intense, honey brown eyes instantly draw her in, and he looks just about as broken as she feels inside. Quinton once got a second chance at life-but he doesn't want it. The tattoos on his chest are a constant reminder of what he's done, what he's lost. He's sworn to never allow happiness into his life . . . but then beautiful, sweet Nova makes him smile. He knows he's too damaged to get close to...

Fraterfest Read-A-Thon 2013 is hosted by the Caffeinated Book Reviewer . This is my wrap-up post of the goals I set. To see my goals post go HERE . I could complain and say that I fell way short of my goals....or that I set too high of goals for the 6 days of this Read-A-Thon, and all of that would be true, but instead I'm going to focus on the fact that I was able to read 2 books off my list and begin a third which I will finish today - a day late. Here's what I read: Lash (Broken Angels #1) by L.G. Castillo Countdown by Michelle Rowen Began: Deadlocked 3 by A.R. Wise I entered all 4 challenges and found a few of them (Witch Cutouts in particular) to be incredibly difficult.  Great challenges!  I was unable to participate in the Twitter party, but I did update my reading progress on Twitter occasionally using the hashtag #Fraterfest.  Overall, I'm pleased with my progress!  That's 2 1/2 books off my TBR and ARC stack. Did you parti...

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly post hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading . Anyone can play along - just go HERE to learn how to participate. This week my teasers come from Countdown   by Michelle Rowen: Teasers: My eyes widened, but I held my tongue.  He wasn't only doing this to be my knight in shining armor.  I was the one with the antivirus disc hidden in my bra. (Loc 2674 or 3164, 85%) Share your teasers with me!  Leave me a link to your teaser post in the comments.

The Bet #1 By: Rachel Van Dyken Published: March 26, 2013 Source: Personal Kindle Library ( Goodreads / Amazon ) *The above Amazon link is an affiliate link.  Affiliate links support giveaways on Words Fueled by Love. Summary: "I have a proposition for you." Kacey should have run the minute those words left Seattle millionaire Jake Titus's mouth. It's been years since Kacey's seen her childhood friend Jake, but the minute Jake mentions his ill grandmother, Kacey is ready to do anything for the sweet old woman. And if that means pretending they're engaged for her sake-so be it. But Kacey wasn't counting on Jake's older brother Travis still being there. She calls him "Satan" for a reason: she's never forgotten the way he teased and taunted her. Yet when they meet again, Travis's gorgeous smile is a direct hit to her heart . . . and Kacey's more confused than ever. As the days pass, only one thing starts to become a...

Sunday Post is a weekly post hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer . Bloggers participate each week to share any books received and book news from their week. Click on the book cover to be taken to its Goodreads page.  If you would like to purchase one of these the Buy Link , if available is below each cover. ~NETGALLEY~ The Edge of Always (The Edge of Never #2) by J.A. Redmerski Buy Link: Amazon Crash Into You (Pushing the Limits #3) by Katie McGarry Buy Link: Amazon Pawn (The Blackcoat Rebellion #1) by Aimee Carter Buy Link:  Amazon ~AMAZON $.99 PURCHASES~ Ruin by Rachel Van Dyken Buy Link: Amazon Carter Reed by Tijan Buy Link: Amazon ~AMAZON FREEBIE~ Lengths by Steph Campbell Buy Link: Amazon RECAP OF WEEK: SUNDAY: Sunday Post #48 MONDAY: Review - Elite (Eagle Elite #1) by Rachel Van Dyken. Something Wicked Returns Giveaway began.  Enter to win HERE .  Ends ...