Book Blitz: The Aviary

The Aviary (The Uncaged Series, #1) By Emily Shore
Publication date: March 5, 2019
Buy Link: Amazon
Genres: Dystopian, Young Adult
Summary:

“Gentlemen, we have a special treat for you today. Feast your eyes on this pure-blooded beauty!” 

Sixteen-year-old Serenity has spent her entire life in hiding to protect her from this exact moment. 

In a world where beauty is bought and sold on the streets like a corporate commodity, Serenity’s natural assets are more like liabilities. 

Despite her parents’ best efforts, she’s been taken—ripped from her home and the only life she’s ever known—to find herself on sale to the highest bidder. 

And that bidder? Enigmatic and dangerous, Luc is the director of The Aviary—an elite museum where girls are displayed as living art by day…and cater to the lascivious whims of the highest bidder by night. In this elaborate and competitive world, girls go by names like Raven and Nightingale, and will stop at nothing to become top Bird. 

Luc comes to idolize Serenity’s purity and aims to turn her into his grandest exhibit of all time—The Swan. In no time, she becomes one of the most coveted exhibits in Aviary history. When she discovers Luc holds the key to finding her parents, she must learn to play The Swan to perfection…to win his heart and earn his trust. But she doesn’t anticipate falling for him in the process. Now she faces an impossible choice: escape The Aviary and lose her only chance at finding her parents—or become Luc’s Swan for good and lose her identity forever. 

The Jewel by Amy Ewing meets Tricks by Ellen Hopkins in this gritty Young Adult Dystopian that tells of a fear-inducing future where the world of sex trafficking has become a social norm and where woman aren’t treated as humans and are no safer than they were than they were in The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood.

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EXCERPT:

On the way over in his self-driving-limousine, which is Family-branded so they have immunity, Luc gave me a digital tour of his Aviary, but seeing the building from the vehicles one-way windows was completely different than up close.

Book Blitz: Mr. Fantasy

Mr. Fantasy By Cambria Hebert
Publication date: April 2, 2019
Buy Link: Amazon
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance
Summary:

Mr. Fantasy
Better than your reality… 

A Caribbean island.
A rich CEO. 

A woman thrown overboard.
A delicious one-night stand. 

Want to know what happens next?
Find all the answers and more between the pages 

of this sizzling standalone romance—Mr. Fantasy.

Book Blitz: Enchantress Undercover

Enchantress Undercover (Arcane Artisans, #1) By A.C. Spahn
Publication date: March 18, 2019
Buy Link: Amazon
Genres: New Adult, Urban Fantasy
Summary:

Adrienne Morales is a hunted woman.
Stalked by Voids—people immune to magic—and pursued by a deadly past, Adrienne wants nothing more than to avoid spells and sorcery. 

Her powers as an enchantress make that impossible. Every few days she must release the magic gathering around her, or it’ll steal her sanity. The only way to stay alive is to practice her magic in secret, hiding enchantments in works of art she sells in her craft store. 

When a firebreathing psychopath controlled by enchantment tries to burn down her store, Adrienne unleashes her powers to stop him. 

Unfortunately her battle has a witness—Adrienne’s handsome business partner. Turns out he’s a Void, and sworn to a Union that executes rogue magic users. 

Worse, the firebreather isn’t the only victim to pop up around San Francisco. Someone is using magic to create monsters and destroy minds, and the Void Union wants them dead.
Now Adrienne must capture the rogue enchanter before they ruin more innocent lives—and before the Voids punish her for the rogue’s crimes. 

But Voids aren’t the worst thing chasing her. Every enchantment she crafts makes it more likely her past will track her down. And if it does, madness will be the kindest fate awaiting her.

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EXCERPT:

This excerpt is from chapter one, and catches the narrator Adrienne in a tight spot, with magic pressing in on her, demanding release. Here’s a taste of how she usually handles a buildup of her power:

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I found Kendall in the knitting section, sorting out balls of yarn that customers had misplaced. “Kendall, I need your wallet,” I said.

My best friend spun toward me, her green eyes alarmed. Her dagger-shaped dangly earrings jingled as she looked me up and down. “You okay?”

Book Blitz: The Haunting of Elmwood Manor

The Haunting of Elmwood Manor
By Pamela McCord
Publication date: March 1, 2019
Buy Link: Amazon
Genres: Middle-Grade, Mystery
Summary:

Pekin Dewlap hasn’t seen a ghost since she was twelve. But she’d do anything to get them back. 

Starting a ghostbusting business with her two best friends, Amber and Scout, seems like the perfect way to accomplish her goal. Of course, playing with ghosts isn’t high on their wish list, so Pekin has to do some arm-twisting to get them on board. 

Once committed, Pekin and her friends find themselves in deep, trying to solve the disappearance of fourteen-year-old Miranda Talbert. 

Miranda went missing in 1918, and her spirit has wandered the halls of Elmwood Manor for the last hundred years. 

In the midst of finding Miranda, discovering her budding feelings for Scout, and consoling a terrified Amber, Pekin is met by an angry ghost set on thwarting her plans. Will the Ghosties be able to help Miranda, or will Pekin’s business die before she solves the mystery?

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EXCERPT:

THE IDEA WAS SCARY. Exciting. Overwhelming.

She wanted to tell her best friends, Amber and Scout, about her new ghost-hunting business. Amber being Amber, she would freak out and say no way before Pekin could explain all the reasons it was a good idea.

Pekin had decided to do all the legwork before telling Amber and Scout about her big plan. Get her ducks in a row, be ready to answer any question or objection they threw at her. The next day, she would convince her friends how exciting this adventure would be.

Book Blitz: Queen’s Blood Claim

Queen’s Blood Claim (Bonds of Damurios, #3) By Nicki Ruth
Publication date: February 26, 2019
Buy Link: Amazon
Genres: Adult, Paranormal, Romance
Summary:

She was born to rule, but her heart seeks to rule her 

Blood, scheming, murder— it’s all vampires know and do so well. But Davina is their new Queen. She’ll be damned if her reign is defined by how many are killed. 

The only thing is, her biggest champion and love, Alexios, is still as ruthless as ever. 

When past guilt leads her to make an impulsive decision that unleashes vengeance and fury on her, she wonders if she’s cut out to rule these bloodthirsty vampires. 

And most importantly, whether her burgeoning relationship with Alexios will survive? 

If protecting her means getting blood on his hands, then so be it 

There’s not a day that goes by that Alexios doesn’t burn to have Davina all to himself. But her royal court schemes against her, and a band of humans plot vampire genocide. He’s eager to snap some necks, but Davina rebukes his methods. He’ll fight not only for her throne but for her love. But with the royal divide between them pulling her further away from his grasp, can he finally win his heart’s desire?

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EXCERPT:

“I remember the first time I saw you.”

Davina chuckled. “I’m sure I was screeching in the halls of the palace in Zhar. My mother hated that I’d been so wild.”

A rumble from Alexios’ chest vibrated against her ear, and she found comfort in the sound.

“No. The first time I laid eyes on you, you were scurrying in the woods, tripping over yourself carrying food, which I’m sure you’d stolen from the kitchens. You were heading to a baby foal you’d discovered under some bramble.”