Fourth Musketeer

Release date: July 7, 2015 Author info: Website | Twitter | Facebook Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. Pages: 470 Format: ARC Source: Publisher provided for review Buy the book: Barnes & Noble | Amazon | The Book Depository Held captive in the barbarian kingdom of Venda, Lia and Rafe have little chance of escape. Desperate to save Lia's life, her erstwhile assassin, Kaden, has told the Vendan Komizar that she has the gift, and the Komizar's interest in Lia is greater than anyone could have foreseen. Meanwhile, nothing is straightforward: There's Rafe, who lied to Lia but has sacrificed his freedom to protect her; Kaden, who meant to assassinate her but has now saved her life; and the Vendans, whom Lia always believed to be savages. Now that she lives among them, however, she realizes that may be far from the truth. Wrestling with her upbringing, her gift, and her sense of self, Lia must make powerful choices that will affect her country... and her own destiny. Goodness,...

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews where we get to share the books we've bought, been gifted, or received for review! Hellooo! Exciting news this week! Remember how I was applying to grad school? Well I was accepted to one! I only applied to two, so halfway there! The other is the one I really want to go to, but it's always nice for that validation, eh? :) For review: Do You Want to Start a Scandal? by Tessa Dare Traded: Dead to Me   by Mary McCoy Books I read this week (two weeks!): The Rogue Not Taken   by Sarah MacLean I'm currently reading: And I Darken by Kiersten White So that's been my week! I got called for jury duty--and picked for a jury--this week, so I've done almost no reading, as that's allll day. Hopefully today and tomorrow that can change, at least a bit! Otherwise, the new Harry Potter is out next weekend! I'm working the midnight release, so I doubt there will be a STS post up, unless I'm lucky enoug...

Title: Hunted Author: Meagan Spooner Release date: March 14, 2017 Beauty knows the Beast’s forest in her bones—and in her blood. Though she grew up with the city’s highest aristocrats, far from her father’s old lodge, she knows that the forest holds secrets and that her father is the only hunter who’s ever come close to discovering them.  So when her father loses his fortune and moves Yeva and her sisters back to the outskirts of town, Yeva is secretly relieved. Out in the wilderness, there’s no pressure to make idle chatter with vapid baronessas…or to submit to marrying a wealthy gentleman. But Yeva’s father’s misfortune may have cost him his mind, and when he goes missing in the woods, Yeva sets her sights on one prey: the creature he’d been obsessively tracking just before his disappearance.  Deaf to her sisters’ protests, Yeva hunts this strange Beast back into his own territory—a cursed valley, a ruined castle, and a world of creatures that Yeva’s only heard about in fair...

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews where we get to share the books we've bought, been gifted, or received for review! Hellooo! Miss me last week? I didn't want to get behind on comments any more, so I just didn't post, so we'll be seeing two weeks of books! It's not too many, but quite a few. I've banned myself from spending any money but the essentials, so there won't be many purchases in the coming weeks. Maybe I'll get caught up on review books? :) For review: The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon A Scot in the Dark by Sarah MacLean Purchased: A New Hope (Star Wars Little Golden Books) by Geof Smith This was a special during the Star Wars event at work on Friday--only 25 cents!--so I had to get one. I mean, a quarter! Traded: Gathering Darkness by Morgan Rhodes Unearthly by Cynthia Hand Dumplin' by Julie Murphy The Inventor's Secret by Andrea Cremer Everland by Wendy Spinale My Lady Jane by Cynthi...

Title: Blood Rose Rebellion Author: Rosalyn Eves Release date: March 28, 2017 In an alternate Victorian England where social prestige stems from a trifecta of blood, money, and magic, sixteen-year old Anna Arden is barred from the society she yearns for by a defect of blood. She believes herself Barren, unable to perform the most rudimentary spells. Anna would do anything to belong, but after inadvertently breaking her sister’s debutante spells, Anna finds herself exiled with her aging grandmother to her grandmother’s native Hungary.  Her life might well be over. But in Hungary, Anna finds that nothing about her world or her own lack of magic is quite as it seems. Fissures in the Binding that holds her world’s magic are expanding, and the ancient creatures bound by that spell beg Anna to release them. As rebellion sweeps across Hungary, Anna’s unique ability to break spells becomes the catalyst everyone is seeking. In the company of nobles, revolutionaries, and Romani, Anna must ch...

Release date: July 5, 2016 Author info: Website | Twitter | Facebook Publisher: Avon Impulse Pages: 368 Format: Egalley Source: Publisher provided for review through Edelweiss Buy the book: Barnes & Noble | Amazon  | Avon In the next sparkling romance in debut author Charis Michael’s Bachelor Lords of London series, a proper viscount meets his match in a beguiling virgin who can't help but break all the rules. The Virgin  Lady Elisabeth Hamilton-Baythes has a painful secret. At the innocent age of fifteen, she was abducted by highwaymen and sold to a brothel. After two days, a young lord discovers her and enacts a brave rescue to get her out. Now she's a grown woman, working to save other girls from the horror she saw that night and never forgetting the young man who rescued her. The Viscount  Bryson Courtland, Viscount Rainsleigh has overcome an abusive boyhood, neglectful parents, and a bankrupt title to be one of the wealthiest noblemen in Britain. He works tire...

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews where we get to share the books we've bought, been gifted, or received for review! Happy Fourth (tomorrow!) y'all! (At least to my US buddies--happy Sunday otherwise?) This week hasn't been exciting in the least, so I've got nothing to share with you. We'll just move to books! For review: Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco Purchased: And I Darken by Kiersten White I used my rebate from the Apple settlement to get this pretty! I've had the egalley for ages, but never got around to reading it--but I love Kiersten White, so I knew I'd need it anyway. :) Traded: Crooked Kingdom sampler A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas Strands of Bronze and Gold by Jane Nickerson The Clockwork Scarab by Colleen Gleason Clariel by Garth Nix Born Wicked by Jessica Spotswood Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger Spare and Found Parts by Sarah Maria Griffin Born of Illusion by T...

Woo hoo! I haven't done a giveaway hop in a while, and because I've got a busy weekend coming up, I thought this would be a fun way to celebrate the 4th! (For us in the US--for the rest of y'all, just a chance to win! Woo!) I'm being simple, and offering up the winner's choice of book up to $15 (ordered from The Book Depository or Barnes & Noble, depending on where you live) open to anywhere TBD ships! Normal rules apply, you must be 18 or older to enter, winner will be contacted via email and have 48 hours to respond or I will choose another winner, and entries will be verified! Fun time now--get to entering! a Rafflecopter giveaway