Blog Tour + Giveaway: Destiny's Mark by KH LeMoyne

Welcome to my stop in the Destiny's Mark tour. Keep on reading to see my review, enjoy a guest post and a chance to win a $25 Amazon or Barnes & Noble GC.

Title: Destiny's Mark
Series: The Guardians of Eden #3
Author: KH LeMoyne
Pub. Date: October 13th 2012
Publisher: Digital Crystal Press
Genres: Adult Urban Fantasy / Paranormal Romance

Blurb:

The only difference between fate and destiny is choice.

Tsu Halan, Guardian defense master, has honed his skills and waited patiently over the centuries for the covenant’s promise of a mate to share his soul and a family to cherish. Close enough to taste fulfillment, the dark echoes of the past threaten with danger and death.

Jai Dashkov harbors her own painful secrets of harsh betrayal and tender loss. Her desperate search to reclaim her life doesn’t allow room in her heart to deviate for love.

Together they are stronger than apart, but the promise of the covenant is a perpetual test. One that Tsu and Jai must conquer in time or suffer an eternity for their failure.

ARC Review: The Demon Lover by Juliet Dark

Title: The Demon Lover
Series: Fairwick Chronicles #1
Author: Carol Goodman, Juliet Dark (Pseudonym)
Pub. Date: December 27th, 2011
Publisher: Ballantine Books

Blurb:

Since accepting a teaching position at remote Fairwick College in upstate New York, Callie McFay has experienced the same disturbingly erotic dream every night: A mist enters her bedroom, then takes the shape of a virile, seductive stranger who proceeds to ravish her in the most toe-curling, wholly satisfying ways possible. Perhaps these dreams are the result of her having written the bestselling book The Sex Lives of Demon Lovers. Callie’s lifelong passion is the intersection of lurid fairy tales and Gothic literature—which is why she’s found herself at Fairwick’s renowned folklore department, living in a once-stately Victorian house that, at first sight, seemed to call her name.

But Callie soon realizes that her dreams are alarmingly real. She has a demon lover—an incubus—and he will seduce her, pleasure her, and eventually suck the very life from her. Then Callie makes another startling discovery: Her incubus is not the only mythical creature in Fairwick. As the tenured witches of the college and the resident fairies in the surrounding woods prepare to cast out the demon, Callie must accomplish something infinitely more difficult—banishing this supernatural lover from her heart.

Review: ICED by Karen Marie Moning

Title: ICED
Series: Dani O'Malley #1, Fever #6
Author: Karen Marie Moning
Pub. Date: October 30,  2012
Publisher:  Delacorte Press

Blurb:  

What if you knew when someone was going to die?
The year is 1 AWC—After the Wall Crash. The Fae are free and hunting us. It’s a war zone out there, and no two days are alike. I’m Dani O’Malley, the chaos-filled streets of Dublin are my home, and there’s no place I’d rather be. 

Dani “Mega” O’Malley plays by her own set of rules—and in a world overrun by Dark Fae, her biggest rule is: Do what it takes to survive. Possessing rare talents and the all-powerful Sword of Light, Dani is more than equipped for the task. In fact, she’s one of the rare humans who can defend themselves against the Unseelie. But now, amid the pandemonium, her greatest gifts have turned into serious liabilities.

Dani’s ex–best friend, MacKayla Lane, wants her dead, the terrifying Unseelie princes have put a price on her head, and Inspector Jayne, the head of the police force, is after her sword and will stop at nothing to get it. What’s more, people are being mysteriously frozen to death all over the city, encased on the spot in sub-zero, icy tableaux. 

When Dublin’s most seductive nightclub gets blanketed in hoarfrost, Dani finds herself at the mercy of Ryodan, the club’s ruthless, immortal owner. He needs her quick wit and exceptional skill to figure out what’s freezing Fae and humans dead in their tracks—and Ryodan will do anything to ensure her compliance.

Dodging bullets, fangs, and fists, Dani must strike treacherous bargains and make desperate alliances to save her beloved Dublin—before everything and everyone in it gets iced.

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Teaser Tuesday #12: The Demon Lover by Juliet Dark

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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read.
• Open to a random page.
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page.
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers
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Teaser Tuesday #10

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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read.
• Open to a random page.
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page.
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers
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The Host Movie Trailer

I think "The Host" by Stephenie Meyer is one of the first Sci-Fi books I read and I have been waiting for this movie since it was announced (way back in 2009?). I don't like the main actress' voice, but I'll get over it just like I got over Kristen Stewart being Bella and Robert Pattinson being Edward. Sorry Robbie fans, but he was NOT the Edward I envisioned while reading the series. But the trailer looks good. *crossing my fingers*

Here's the trailer for the movie.

Teaser Tuesday #9 : ICED by Karen Marie Moning

...............Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read.
• Open to a random page.
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page.
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers
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Review: Devil's Bargain by Rachel Caine

Title: Devil's Bargain
Series: Red Letter Days #1
Author: Rachel Caine
Pub. Date: October 5 2012
Publisher: Harlequin (UK, Mira Books)

Blurb:

What's the price of a deal with the devil?

Playing by the psychic underworld's rules has cost..

Jazz Callender's whole life just got turned upside down. Her friend Ben's been convicted of a crime he didn't commit, and Jazz is determined to clear his name, even if it means enlisting the help of dark forces.

Enter James, a stranger with a mysterious offer. If Jazz pledges to work for The Cross Society, a shadowy secret organisation, he'll help her save Ben.

But as she's thrust into a world of psychic powers and dangerous magic, Jazz isn't just bargain for her friend's freedom. She's bargaining for her soul too.

And how high a price is she willing to pay?

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Teaser Tuesday #7: Devil's Bargain by Rachel Caine

...............Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read.
• Open to a random page.
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page.
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers
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Review: Fifty Shames of Earl Grey

Title: Fifty Shames of Earl Grey
Author: Andrew Shaffer
Publisher: Perseus Books Group (Da Capo Press)
Note: This is NOT a YA book.

“Oh, not another one of those books..."
Those were my initial thoughts when I saw the cover of Fifty Shames of Earl Grey, before I even read the title (and the author's name). I had thought the book was from the “original" series. Honest mistake, “my bad..."

I won't go into details about the plot of the book because I think everyone knows what FSoG is about, but I will say FSoEG is the fun version of that plot.

The author kept the essence of the source it mocks, but it was better because I knew this was meant to be a comedy. Everything was there: the absurdity of the dialogue, the cheesy double entendre, even the over repetition of words and phrases that nearly drove me to the brink of insanity in FSoG, but simply made me howl with laughter in this book.

While reading we revisit some of the well known scenes, like the “tampon" one, which was of course hilarious and has a few twists (or maybe tricks) of its own. But as funny as that was remade, I have to say my favorite one was the first sex scene, I couldn't stop laughing when I realized what he was going to do.

This book is a must read, if you have a sense humor. But if you think FSoG is the greatest series that has ever been written since the beginning of time and take offense easily, you might not find it as funny as I did. At the end of the book, the author also attaches a list of Earl Grey's fifty shames, which is the icing on the cake.

Although I did love and thoroughly enjoyed the book, I felt it dragged a little in some parts and maybe it would have been better if it was a bit shorter.

Note: I received a copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

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