Happy Release Day!

Happy Release Day to Karen Amanda Hooper and her new novel Dangerous Depths, one of the sweetest and most talented independent authors out there! 

Hell hath no fury like a selkie separated from his true love. 

The gate to the sea creature realm is finally open. Rownan assumes the worst is behind him when he returns home after years of waiting to be reunited with his wife, Vienna. Only to find out that Vienna didn’t wait for him. She traveled to the evil realm of Harte years ago, hoping the legend of another gateway to Earth’s realm was real, but she was never heard from again. Rownan claimed he’d go through hell to be with Vienna, and now he must prove it. 

Yara wanted to bask in the glow of her happily ever after in the magical realm of Rathe. She planned to explore Medusa and Poseidon’s world and dive deeper into her relationship with Treygan, but as the new leader of Rathe, her powers are needed to save more than one member of her own kind. Treygan vowed to always be Yara’s guardian, but long ago he also swore to go any lengths to protect his brother Rownan. Now, he must fulfill his promise to both of them. 

Rownan, Yara, and Treygan are about to put their lives and souls at risk by traveling to the most dangerous realm of the worlds. Love should conquer all, but no one has ever conquered Harte.

DANGEROUS DEPTHS PLAYLIST

Song list in chronological order of when they take place in the story.

WARNING: Some vague spoilers!

1.) Waves of You– Eric Turner (Rownan to Vienna beginning of book)

2.) Sail– AWOLNation  (drunk Rownan in his dark place on the beach)

3.) Drifting– Plumb feat. Dan Haseltine (Yara & Nixie to Rownan–another way)

4.) If I Lose Myself– One Republic (Treygan to Yara the morning of their trip)

5.) The Sea– Morcheeba (Traveling and arriving)

6.) Storm– Lifehouse (Rownan to Vienna when he’s alone in Harte)

7.) I Want You Here– Plumb (Vienna on her beach with the driftwood)

8.) Waves– Blondefire  (Yara and/or Vienna)

9.) Little Talks– Of Monsters and Men (Yara & Treygan in the last half of the book)

10.) Together Again– Evanescence (Yara when she becomes separated from Treygan)

11.) Hazy– Rosi Golan feat. William Fitzsimmons (Vienna & Rownan duet)

12.) Down– Jason Walker feat. Molly Reed  (This one tugs ta my heartstrings. I picture each character: Rownan, Yara, Treygan, and Nixie, on their own singing this song. It flashes between each of them during seemingly hopeless times during their fight to get out.)

13.) My Last Breath– Evanescence (Nixie & Yara)

*BONUS SONG: Hero– David Crosby & Phil Collins (This was a song from my TANGLED TIDES playlist. It’s an oldie, but it was so perfect as a song that Rownan would sing about Treygan. Right down to the “when the hero kills the maiden with his kiss” line. This song still gives me goose bumps when I listen to it.)

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Keeping Her by Cora Carmack

Happy Release Day!

Garrick Taylor and Bliss Edwards managed to find their happily-ever-after despite a rather . . . ahem . . . complicated start. By comparison, meeting the parents should be an absolute breeze, right? 

But from the moment the pair lands in London, new snags just keep cropping up: a disapproving mother-in-law-to-be, more than one (mostly) minor mishap, and the realization that perhaps they aren’t quite as ready for their future as they thought. 

As it turns out, the only thing harder than finding love is keeping it.

Just the mentioning of Bliss and Garrick in Faking It wasn’t nearly enough for me, I wanted to know how their life continued together and to just feel the intense love between them some more! 

So not only does Carmack deliver (and man, she delivers!), but the readers get more insight into Garrick through his point of view, and we finally get to learn a little bit about his hidden past.  Turns out that he has a very interesting background, but I really don’t want to give away anything.  My review is short and to the point, if you are a fan of Carmack then you definitely need to read this. 

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Upcoming Release!

So excited to announce that on January 29, 2013…….Andrew Fukuda’s second book in The Hunt series, The Prey….is being released!

 

 

 

For Gene and the remaining humans—or hepers—death is just a heartbeat away. On the run and hunted by society, they must find a way to survive in The Vast… and avoid the hungry predators tracking them in the dark. But they’re not the only things following Gene. He’s haunted by the girl he left behind and his burgeoning feelings for Sissy, the human girl at his side.

When they discover a refuge of exiled humans living high in the mountains, Gene and his friends think they’re finally safe. Led by a group of intensely secretive elders, the civilisation begins to raise more questions than answers. A strict code of behaviour is the rule, harsh punishments are meted out, young men are nowhere to be found—and Gene begins to wonder if the world they’ve entered is just as evil as the one they left behind. As life at the refuge grows more perilous, he and Sissy only grow closer. In an increasingly violent world, all they have is each other… if they can only stay alive.

 

 



 

If you haven’t read the first book, The Hunt, check out the synopsis below, and if you have, be sure to pick up a copy of The Prey on Tuesday, January 29, 2013!

 

Don’t Sweat. Don’t Laugh. Don’t draw attention to yourself. And most of all, whatever you do, do not fall in love with one of them.

Gene is different from everyone else around him. He can’t run with lightning speed, sunlight doesn’t hurt him and he doesn’t have an unquenchable lust for blood. Gene is a human, and he knows the rules. Keep the truth a secret. It’s the only way to stay alive in a world of night—a world where humans are considered a delicacy and hunted for their blood. When he’s chosen for a once in a lifetime opportunity to hunt the last remaining humans, Gene’s carefully constructed life begins to crumble around him.

He’s thrust into the path of a girl who makes him feel things he never thought possible—and into a ruthless pack of hunters whose suspicions about his true nature are growing. Now that Gene has finally found something worth fighting for, his need to survive is stronger than ever—but is it worth the cost of his humanity?