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Girls*Heart* Books: August 2013

Friday, August 30, 2013

Saturday, August 24, 2013

'Kojiki' by Keith Yatsuhashi Tour- This or That Interview with Keith & Giveaway


Keith Yatsuhashi was nice enough to answer some fun questions for us :) 


*Coffee or Tea?

Tea. I’m partial to Rooibos, though I only drink it when it’s cold outside. Of course, I’ll go for the hot chocolate before either one.

*Ebook or Paperback?

Ebook. As much as I love the feel of a book, the ebook is so convenient. Also, it’s harder to ‘flip’ through an ebook. I’m a flipper. Spoiled many a book that way :)

*Angels or Demons?

Angels.

*Book or Movie?

Book. Not too long ago, I would have answered ‘movie’. But books keep getting better and movies keep getting staler. It’s easier to find a good book than it is to find a good movie.

*Spring or Autumn?

Spring! I love to play golf. Autumn means golf season is almost over.

*Chocolate or Vanilla?

Chocolate. I do like vanilla ice cream, but mostly that’s with chocolate sauce.

*New Adult or Young Adult?

I don’t really have a preference, so long as the story’s good ;)

*Vampires or Werewolves?

I’m kinda tired of both.

*Batman or Superman?

Superman. Who wouldn’t want to be invincible :)

*Buffy or Veronica Mars?

Buffy--a thousand times Buffy. The show has a language all it’s own. So smart, so funny. So great.

*Sing or Dance? 

Dance. I just don’t have the voice for singing.


Cover Reveal "Twisted' by N.L. Greene


Wednesday, August 21, 2013

GHBT Blog Tour: Kojiki by Keith Yatsuhashi- Review & Giveaway


Kojiki
Keith Yatsuhashi
Published: April 19th, 2013 by Musa Publishing
Word Count: 109,000
Genre-YA

When eighteen-year-old Keiko Yamada’s father dies unexpectedly, he leaves behind a one way ticket to Japan, an unintelligible death poem about powerful Japanese spirits and their gigantic, beast-like Guardians, and the cryptic words: “Go to Japan in my place. Find the Gate. My camera will show you the way.”

Alone and afraid, Keiko travels to Tokyo, determined to fulfill her father’s dying wish. There, beneath glittering neon signs, her father’s death poem comes to life. Ancient spirits spring from the shadows. Chaos envelops the city, and as Keiko flees its burning streets, her guide, the beautiful Yui Akiko, makes a stunning confession--that she, Yui, is one of a handful of spirits left behind to defend the world against the most powerful among them: a once noble spirit now insane. 

The Earth itself is at stake, and as Keiko fights to save it, strange, dormant abilities stir within her. She suspects they are vital to her world’s survival, but to summon them, she must first unlock the mysteries within herself and a past shrouded in mystery.

Saturday, August 17, 2013

'Sovereign Hope' by Frankie Rose Review Only Tour -Review & Giveaway



Sovereign Hope
Series-Hope Series Book #1
By- Frankie Rose
Publication Date- July 1, 2012

Everyone has a soul

Some are just worth more than others

Farley Hope was seventeen when her mother disappeared. In the last six months not much has changed, except that her eighteenth birthday came and went and still no sign of Moira. Her life is just as complicated as it always was. Since her father died in a car crash before she was even born, she’s officially parentless, and to top it all off she’s still suffering from the hallucinations. Mind-splitting, vivid hallucinations- the kind prone to induce night terrors and leave you whimpering under your covers like a baby.

The last thing on her mind is boys. Farley is on break from St. Judes’ when she meets Daniel. It’s not some casual run in at a party, or even a blind date with friends, though. Daniel is the guy following her in his 1970′s Dodge Charger; the guy standing at her window in the LA lunch hour traffic, trying to persuade her to leave everything behind and follow him. And he's hot as all hell.

Saturday, August 10, 2013

Book Blitz- 'This Reckless and Unreasonable Love' by Kayley J. Higgins


This Reckless & Unreasonable Love
By- Kayley J. Higgins
Published By- SideStreet Cookie Publishing


Esmeralda Grant, or Esme as her friends know her, has spent all of high school waiting to get out of her house and live with her boyfriend Peter Campbell. Away from her drug addict mother and her abusive alcoholic boyfriend. Away from the hopeless life she’s lead. Then her world suddenly changes.  
Esme and Peter go see a local band play one Saturday night and the last song they play changes her. The band sings about Someone Who loves her, no matter what she’s done, and Who will always love her.  
As she learns more, she changes and so does everything and everyone around her. She loses friends and gains new ones. She begins to really care for herself and the life growing in her body. Her life is turned upside down but the new Constant in her life pushes her to become the woman she was designed to be. She holds on to the only thing pulling her out of the darkness, into the light: This Reckless & Unreasonable Love.

Thursday, August 8, 2013

Blog Tour- Flicker & Burn by T.M. Goeglein- Review


Flicker & Burn
Cold Fury #2
By T.M. Goeglein
Published: August 20th, 2013

Sara Jane Rispoli is still searching for her missing family, but instead of fighting off a turncoat uncle and crooked cops, this time she finds herself on the run from creepy beings with red, pulsing eyes and pale white skin chasing her through the streets in ice cream trucks; they can only be described as Ice Cream Creatures. They're terrifying and hell bent on killing her, but they're also a link to her family, a clue to where they might be and who has them. While she battles these new pursuers, she's also discovering more about her own cold fury and more about the Chicago Outfit, how the past misdeeds--old murders and vendettas--might just be connected to her present and the disappearance of her family. But connecting the dots is tough and time-consuming and may finally be the undoing of her relationship with the handsome Max--who's now her boyfriend. But for his own safety, Sara Jane may have to end this relationship before it even really starts. Her pursuers who've shown her her mother's amputated finger and the head of the Chicago Outfit who's just whistled her in for a sit-down make a romance unthinkable. The only thing that matters is finding her family and keeping everyone she loves alive.

Sunday, August 4, 2013

'Embracing the Flames' by Candace Knoebel Tour- Excerpt & Giveaway


Embracing the Flames
Series-Born in Flames Book #2
By Candace Knoebel
Publication Date-June 17th


The Stone of Immortality has always been kept under the watch of the Draconta. That is, until the
betrayal of a Fate. Now everything is about to change.


Aurora Megalos accepted her destiny without blinking-even if it meant succumbing to her dragon side. Deemed the Progeny, she left the ordinary life she knew and has done everything in her power to learn the ways of her new realm and what it means to be part dragon. But when her mentor, Astral, suddenly disappears, she is forced to take the reins.


With war on the brink, she sets out on an epic journey to not only find her mentor, but to stop her Arch Enemy, Zordon, from obtaining the Stone of Immortality. But what she discovers about him along the way is far worse than she could’ve ever imagined. She will be tested and pushed to the limit. Lives will be lost, love will be questioned, and a battle will begin.

Thursday, August 1, 2013

The Visitors Series by Christy Sloat- ON SALE NOW!!


The Brown House
Series-The Visitor’s Series Book # 1
By-Christy Sloat
Published in June 2012
Published by Anchor Group Publishing

Some secrets should never be revealed…

Brylee Branson begrudgingly made the excruciating move with her family from the warm sandy beaches of California to small town living in New Jersey. As if she wasn’t miserable enough, they’ve moved into a creepy old house that everyone in the area claims is haunted. Brylee dismisses the idea of ghosts and hauntings, until she begins to see and hear things that can’t be explained…


Brylee has no choice but to seek the help of new friends to unlock the secrets of this place she now calls home. But some secrets should never be revealed. Can the teens find a way to release the spirits imprisoned within the walls? Or will the curse claim them, too?