A Book Addict's YA Palace: NA series

Review City of Fae by Pippa DaCosta

9:20 AM
0 Comments

Cover Reveal Beyond the Sea by Emily Goodwin

Hey Addicts It's time for a cover reveal! BEYOND THE SEA is a New Adult paranormal book, the first of it's series, by author Emily Goodwin! Here we go

WOW WOW WOW right? Read below to learn more.

Beyond the Sea by Emily Goodwin
(Beyond the Sea #1)
Publication date: April 28th 2015

Synopsis:

Stay away from the surface. Remain hidden at all times. Never fall in love with a human…but rules are meant to be broken.
After the brutal murder of her sister, Melia is forced to flee from the only place she’s ever called home, the Pacific Ocean, leaving her life as a merrow behind and pretending to be human.
Peter Anderson is just trying to get through college when Melia walks into his life. He knows there is something different about her, and it’s not just that she lives alone in a mansion overlooking the ocean, spending all her time with Jamie Forester, the only goth girl in the sunny town of San Morado.
Worlds collide when Melia must make a life or death decision, and risk being seen in order to save Peter from drowning. Knowing that falling in love with a human is forbidden, Melia resists her attraction to Peter, but soon she finds herself in love with him…and in danger.
Melia knows love might not be enough to protect them from the dangers that lurk in the deep waters she once called home.
They say love knows no boundaries, but can it survive the darkest depths of the ocean?

Goodreads

AUTHOR BIO:

Emily Goodwin is the author of the award winning Contagium Series published by Permuted Press as well as many independently published novels, including the internationally bestselling novel, STAY. Emily writes in a wide variety of genres, from horror to romance. She holds multiple degrees in psychology and nursing and has worked in mental health and general healthcare. Emily resides in Indiana with her husband, daughter, and German Shepherd named Vader. Along with writing, Emily enjoys riding her horse, designing and making costumes, and Cosplay.

Author links:

http://www.emilygoodwinbooks.com/

https://twitter.com/0emilygoodwin

https://www.facebook.com/emilygoodwinbooks?fref=ts

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1635425.Emily_Goodwin

There you go Addicts!
~Dynomoon

7:54 AM
0 Comments

Review Vengeance Be Mine by Louisa Lo

3.5 star

8:44 AM
0 Comments

Book Blitz Deep Blue Eternity by Natasha Boyd

book blitz

Hey Addicts! Time for a book Blitz for a New Adult new release DEEP BLUE ETERNITY by Natasha Boyd. Don't let this great cover fool you, this is contemporary romance in the NA world. Read on and see what you think. Don't forget the giveaway below :)
~Dynomoon

Deep Blue Eternity by Natasha Boyd
(Deep Blue Eternity #1)
Publication date: March 26th 2015
Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance

Synopsis:

Livvy is on the run. And she’s escaped to the one place nobody will ever find her.

But the isolated cottage isn’t empty. Her refuge is home to a troubled stranger, Tom, there for reasons of his own.

In the intimacy of the abandoned cottage, and the remote wilderness of the island, the electrifying connection between them is impossible to ignore. Both running from their histories and shielding dark secrets, their pasts catch up with them and collide in an unimaginable way.

Deep emotions and powerful chemistry face a painful battle with the tangle of lies, and scars of the past. When the truth emerges, hearts will be shattered.

"A captivating, heart-wrenching, beautifully written story about those who scar us and those who help us heal. I could not put it down and am still thinking about it!" - Mia Sheridan, New York Times Bestselling author of Archer’s Voice

"Boyd skillfully navigates the scorching physical desire and personal insecurities of her protagonists, crafting a relationship that is tense, torrid and sure to keep the pages turning." ~ RT Book Reviews

“Fans of the Sea of Tranquility or Mia Sheridan will absolutely love this story.” ~ MissIngrid’s reviews.

“I can’t recall ever reading a novel that made me laugh, smile, cry… just, feel as much as this one did.” ~ Books over Bros Reviews

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24700453-deep-blue-eternity?ac=1

Purchase:

AMAZON US: http://www.amazon.com/Deep-Blue-Eternity-Natasha-Boyd-ebook/dp/B00V1YYH4O/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1427119483&sr=1-1&keywords=deep+blue+eternity
AMAZON UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Deep-Blue-Eternity-Natasha-Boyd-ebook/dp/B00PQN3SKU/ref=sr_1_1_twi_1_kin?ie=UTF8&qid=1427119750&sr=8-1&keywords=deep+blue+eternity
iBOOKS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/deep-blue-eternity/id973589820?mt=11

EXCERPT

DEEP BLUE ETERNITY by NATASHA BOYD

©NATASHA BOYD 2014

He didn’t respond for hours. I was making a salad for dinner and opening a can of tuna that Fuckhead was going nuts over when he finally walked in, windswept and disheveled, in jeans and a white T-shirt. I stopped what I was doing to stare, and the cat leapt over my feet and between my legs, meowing repeatedly.

“Well, can I?” I asked.

“I don’t know. I have to do something for someone, but if I don’t, you can.” His eyes flicked to me briefly.

“Cryptic much?”

“Sorry, I just, uh, I just have some stuff going on right now.”

“With Bethany.”

“No. Yes. No, not to do with her.” He raked his hands through his hair, taming it, then headed to the fridge.

“Who are you?” I asked.

“What? What do you mean?”

“I mean, I thought we had a… a friendship or something, and I don’t understand what I’ve done wrong.” Addressing it made a weird emotional bubble grow in my chest, and my eyes started to sting.

He stopped and turned around.

I blinked rapidly, trying to dissipate any water that was collecting. The cat let out a mournful moan.

“You haven’t done anything wrong, Liv.”

“Then why do I feel like I have? Are…” I swallowed. “Are you disgusted with me now?”

“What?” he whispered. His face creased, like he was in pain and his eyes did a slow blink. Then he took a step toward me and just kept coming. And suddenly I was wrapped up in his arms, my face pressed into his hard chest, breathing him in. Breathing in his unique scent of laundry and male exertion and the fresh outdoors. Salt and weathered wood.

I froze, stiff with surprise from the sudden contact, then endured the brazen heat that immediately followed and whipped through my belly.

His head dropped on top of mine, and he breathed into my hair. “I know you don’t mean that.”

“Mean what?”

“How could I ever be disgusted with you? I—”

He lapsed into silence, just holding me. His chest was warm, his heart beating hard under my cheek.

Lifting my arms tentatively, I slid them around his waist. I thought I felt him shudder. His muscles were bunched tight, or he was tense. I didn’t know. He was hugging me. I could hug him back, right?

The cat embarked on a continuous series of desperate meows and threaded his body between our legs in a figure eight. I willed him to shut the hell up and stop ruining this moment, but it was no use.

Tom chuckled and pulled away.

“Fuckhead,” I growled vehemently at the cat, who proceeded to give me a nice view of his butt.

I looked up, and Tom was watching me, amused. He reached his hand up and slid it behind my head, and I stopped breathing. His gaze flicked to my mouth for a millisecond. My lips burned. My eyes fluttered closed as he drew me in and placed a soft kiss on my forehead. His beard, he’d taken to wearing clipped closer to his skin these days, torturing me with glimpses of his beauty, grazed my brow.

I swallowed the painful lump in my throat, my heart hammering.

He drew away slowly.

I kept my eyes closed. I couldn’t bear for him to see what mine must look like. Desperate. Yearning. Drowning in agony.

And the knowledge that I could never tell him how I felt, that I had to keep it locked in my heart where it couldn’t ruin this, was almost a comfort. I would be safe and able to stay here with him as long as I didn’t mess this up. God, and I’d come so close to messing it all up when I came on to him.

I hated the memory of myself, of who I’d been then. How could a person change so much in so short a time? It was both the beauty and the agony of my lot. Falling in love with him had forever altered me, but to let it out of my heart might lose him forever.

AUTHOR BIO:

Natasha Boyd is an internationally bestselling and award-winning author with a background in marketing and public relations. Her debut novel Eversea was a finalist in the 2013 Winter Rose Contest for Contemporary Romance and won the 2014 Digital Book Award for Adult Fiction. She is a member of Romance Writers of America, Georgia Romance Writers and Island Writer’s Network in coastal South Carolina where she has been a featured speaker on book marketing. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and lives with her husband, two sons and the cast of characters in her head.

Author links:
https://www.facebook.com/authornatashaboyd
http://pinterest.com/lovefrmlowcntry/
https://twitter.com/lovefrmlowcntry
http://www.natashaboyd.com

a Rafflecopter giveaway

7:35 AM
0 Comments

Book Blitz Fragile Simplicity by Tara Neideffer

book blitz

Hey Addicts, I've got a New Adult book on the Blog today. FRAGILE SIMPLICITY by Tara Neideffer! This book does contain sexual scenes so if you're not over the age of 18....you'll need to wait on this one. But for those who are over 18, read on.

Fragile Simplicity by Tara Neideffer
(Sweet Haven #2)
Publication date: January 29th 2015
Genres: New Adult, Romance, Suspense

Synopsis:

It only took one letter to make every painful memory resurface. But it took Kyleigh Helton thirteen years to bury those memories. The question in that letter will force her to make a difficult decision. Forgive, or continue to let resentment and anger consume her fragile core.
The simple life she craves seems miles away when she’s dealing with an ex who won’t let her go and a boyfriend whose problems mimic a past she’d rather forget.
She realizes it’s time for things to change. But every decision and change she makes has a consequence, and she begins to wonder if she’s strong enough to handle them.
David Madison has been struggling with guilt and grief since his brother’s death and finds comfort in the one thing Kyleigh despises. When a phone call pushes him over the edge and guilt consumes him even more, he breaks a promise to Kyleigh that threatens to tear them apart.
As quickly as things fall back into place, his world shatters again, pushing him to the breaking point, and he begins to wonder how much more he can take before he turns to the one addiction that started it all.
But he can’t. He promised. He needs to stay strong for Kyleigh. Because now she needs him more than ever, and he won’t let her down again.
***This is book two in a trilogy but each book can stand-alone***
***Due to sexual content and language, this novel is intended for audiences ages 18+***

Goodreads

Purchase:

--Amazon

As always, here's some extra goodies to go along with the Blitz!

Excerpt 1:

Pulling out a handful of mail, she stood next to the mailbox as she shuffled through the stack. As her eyes fell on the last envelope, her hand flew to her mouth, almost as if she was containing a scream that had been buried for years. Her body refused to move as her mouth hung open in shock, her mind telling her that what she was seeing couldn’t be real. She stood there staring at the letter, her mind in its own world as everything around her seemed to stand still. Every noise outside seemed to stop and the only sound she heard was the rapid beating of her heart.

Kyleigh gripped the white envelope with enough force that the edges began to crinkle and bend, her shaky hands making the letters bounce almost to the point that the name was unreadable, but even with blurry vision from fresh tears careening down her cheeks, there was no denying whose name was sprawled in a sloppy attempt at cursive handwriting. It was a name she could never forget.

How did he find me? The questioned pulsed over and over through her frazzled mind.

She absently reached out and placed her hand against the side of the mailbox for support as all the hurt and fear from so many years ago came crashing back into her. Her body began to tremble as buried emotions and deeply embedded memories lit up her mind like the continuous flash of a camera.

They were too much to handle.

“Oh, God,” she finally choked out as sobs began to take over. She bent forward and placed her hands on her knees as all the emotion fell from her in the form of hot tears. Seconds turned to minutes and time seemed to drag on forever as the past tore through her fragile core. Pain, fear, and anger. All these emotions flooded her body without remorse.

Excerpt 2

Sliding the black helmet down on her head, she looked at David already sitting on the bike, and watched as he readjusted the mirrors. The vibrations of the black Harley reverberated against the garage, and she felt excitement build up inside her. Adrenaline was ricocheting throughout her body, causing her hands to tremble from the rush, and making her fingers fumble with the straps of her helmet.

“Come here, let me help,” David said, over the roar of the engine.

Leaning her head within his reach, she smiled at him as he fastened her helmet, the gesture making her feel like a little kid.

“All right, you’re secured and ready,” he said, giving her helmet a smack and motioning for her to hop on back.

She gripped his shoulder as she threw her leg over and then wrapped her arms tightly around his waist. Pressing her chest firmly against his back, she asked, “How’s this?”

Cocking his head to the left, he gave her a sideways look, showing a dimple filled cheek as his grin widened. “Perfect.”

Revving the engine, David slowly took off down the driveway as she tightened her grip. After a bumpy ride down the gravel drive, he turned right out of his place, taking them farther into the country. As they picked up speed, the vibration of the bike between her legs intensified, and she closed her eyes, enjoying the feel of the wind whipping against her face. The feeling of flying down the open road was indescribable and she had the urge to let go of David and hold both her arms out. Her shirt ruffled up from the breeze and strands of her dark hair flew out from under the helmet. She inhaled a deep breath, already feeling as though the fresh air was cleansing her soul. This was exactly what she needed.

“Oh, my God, David, this is unbelievable. I can’t believe you never took me out on this!” she yelled, smacking the back of his shoulder.

“Hey!” he yelled, laughing. “Sorry, you just never mentioned going, so I guess I never thought you’d be interested.”

Resting her chin on his shoulder, she said, “With the vibration between my legs and the feel of all my stress flying away with the wind, it’s almost as wonderful as sex.”

“What? No way am I letting my bike outperform me. I’ll give you the ride of your life later tonight,” he said, casting a look over his shoulder at her as his hand reached around and squeezed her thigh.

“Hmm, I’ll be sure to take you up on that,” she said, pressing her lips against his neck.

AUTHOR BIO:

Tara Neideffer was born and raised in Indiana with a love for animals, especially horses. As a child, she could always be found in the saddle, running her horse at full speed through open fields. She also has a love of ghost stories and a morbid fascination with watching murder mystery shows. When she's not busy writing, she's taking care of her animals, spending time with her family or reading. She still lives in Indiana with her husband, daughter, and stepson, on twenty acres, with too many animals to name.

Connect with me online!
Website: http://taraneideffer.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/taraneideffer
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/goodreadscomtaraneideffer
Twitter: https://twitter.com/taraneideffer

Enjoy Addicts!
~Dynomoon

a Rafflecopter giveaway

4:00 AM
0 Comments

REVIEW Shh! by Stacey Nash

3 star

Hey Addicts! I am taking part in Stacey Nash's book tour for the first book in her NA series Oxley College. SHH! is the first in the series and I have to say it had my attention from straight away with this great cover. It's simple but so eye catching. Read a bit about the book before you read on and see what my final thoughts are on this intriguing NA book.

Shh! (Oxley College #1)

by Stacey Nash

Release Date: 02/23/15

Summary from Goodreads:

Nineteen-year-old Olivia Dean has the perfect reputation, the perfect boyfriend, and an increasingly perfect CV. She has it all, until Christian breaks up with her in public, calling her out as a self-gratifying sexoholic: the kind that plays solo. But Olivia doesn’t masturbate all night — the only thing she does is sleep … right?

Now all the boys on campus seem to want her attention for the absolutely wrong reason — including resident hottie, Logan Hays. He's pulling out his best moves to gain her attention, so resisting his sexy charm is hard work. With rapidly slipping grades, a disturbingly lurid reputation and demanding parents, Olivia must discover the truth behind her rumoured sleeping problem. If she doesn't, the perfect life she's worked so hard for may slip away, including the one person who has Olivia breaking all her rules — Logan.

What do you do when you’re asleep?

***

Shh! is a story about acceptance, learning to trust and in turn love while facing life's unexpected difficulties.

NB: This book is of a mild heat level, and contains no explicit sex scenes.

Add to Goodreads

Buy Links:

Barnes & Noble│Kobo Books│iBooks

MY REVIEW:
I signed up to review SHH! by Stacey Nash for two reasons. 1--The cover and the blurb looked and sounded good. 2-- I've stopped reading New Adult for a while because all the books/plots/characters/troupes/settings were the same and so predictably boring.
SHH! comes off as a book that promises to be more than it's NA peers, and in a lot of ways I think it was. I wasn't disappointed BUT I wasn't blown away either.
Since I am a YA blog, I'll tell you now, there is sex in this book, but it's a fade to black kind of scene so..........
I liked that SHH! dealt with bullying, harassment and teens/college kids trying so desperately to please their parents. Olivia, out main chick, learns how to deal with all of these things and realize there's so much more to life than dealing with her cra-cra parents. Like being happy! Olivia's ex starts a really nasty rumor about Olivia before publicly dumping her at a party. What a class A Jerk right?
I won't tell you what the rumor was, but it turns out it's a part of a medical condition. What I will tell you is that this rumor shatters her perfect world, captain of the hockey team, law student, student council president world filled with fake friends who don't really care about her.
But never fear, because there is a knight in shining armor that comes to her rescue, the very hot Logan! (I'll gush over him in a second) There's a also Savvy and Megan, her BFF's who stand by her side and along with Logan help Olivia deal and learn how to fight back. It's good to have true friends. But that doesn't mean Olivia has it easy trying to salvage her life.
I thought Olivia's "problem" that caused the rumors to start flying in the first place was a different twist--credit to Stacey Nash. Sadly that was only 1 or the 2 things that stood out.
Logan, our hottie hero with a tragic back story (so typical of NA heroes) is the main support for Olivia. he gives her an outlet to deal with everything and really helps her. The chemistry between him and Olivia is great and I really like them as a couple. I like that his own tragedy made him an even more fierce defender of Olivia.
The other characters were nice, but not really jump off the page great. I liked Jordan, Logan's younger brother and Megan too. The plot was good, nicely paced, it all flowed smoothly and Stacey Nash has a writing style I really like. But some parts were predictable. This goes back to so many NA books (especially contemporary's) following the same tried and formulated plots and troupes. I felt there was also one or two things that weren't really resolved in the end. Don't get me wrong, I liked the ending, Happily For Now's are always nice. But I wanted more resolution from her cra-cra cold parents and the karma that I felt didn't put the bullies of the book in their place enough. (for my taste, but then I like revenge so.....)
Over all this was a nice read, perfect for light cafe reading that you'll speed through. I just haven't decided if SHH! was strong enough to make me want to read the second book.

About the Author

Stacey Nash writes adventure filled stories for Young Adults in the Science Fiction and Fantasy genres. She loves to read and write books that have a lot of adventure, a good dose of danger, a smattering of romance, and KISSING! Hailing from the Hunter Valley in New South Wales, she loves nothing more than immersing herself in the beauty and culture of the local area.

She also loves to blog is a co-founder and a contributor at Aussie Owned and Read, a blog designed for readers and writers of young adult and new adult fiction.

Her debut novel Forget Me Not released with HarperCollins Impulse in 2014 and was soon followed by the sequel, Remember Me. 2015 brings an Aussie set New Adult romance, the Oxley College Saga; Shh! and Wait!

Author Links:

Website│Goodreads│Twitter│Facebook│Pinterest

There you have it Addicts, another review done. I hope you enjoyed it. Stay tuned fro more to come
~Dynomoon

Book Tour Organized by:

YA Bound Book Tours

2:00 AM
0 Comments

Book Blitz The Uninvited by J.A. Templeton

book blitz

Hey Addicts! I'm here with another blitz, this time for a new New Adult book THE UNINVITED by J.A. Templeton. It's so nice to see paranormal books coming back again, even if it is only little by little. Even better this new book had just been released so if it sounds good to you, be sure you go but it!

The Uninvited by J.A. Templeton
(The MacKinnon Legacy #1)
Publication date: March 17th 2015
Genres: New Adult, Paranormal Romance

Synopsis:

For readers who loved the international best-selling YA paranormal romance series, The MacKinnon Curse, here is a new spin-off series!
Madison Sinclair has a secret. She can see, hear and feel the dead.
At seventeen, Madison travels to Edinburgh to study and discovers that university is not the only adventure to be found there. The historic Scots city is a hotbed of paranormal activity and Madison’s talents and empathy are tested when she meets the spirit of a missing teen, Jaime.
Madison befriends Shane, a fellow student and very human charmer from her home town, who also knows a thing or two about ghosts and their ways.
Madison’s spirit friend, Jaime, has a flesh-and-blood brother. Haven is a sexy, tattooed bad boy with a dangerous reputation, but is drawn to Madison because of the enticing truth she could give him about his little sister.
Shane and Haven help Madison use her gifts to uncover the secrets surrounding Jaime’s disappearance, which puts Madison in danger from more than wayward spirits. The psychopath that killed Jaime now has Madison in his cross-hairs, and he has no intention of letting her reveal the truth.
THE UNINVITED is book one in The MacKinnon Legacy series and is intended for readers over 17+ due to language, sexual situations, and violence.

Goodreads

Purchase (available for preorder for the sale price of $0.99):

--Amazon --Kobo --iTunes

I normally do scene teasers with these posts, but I got the chance to get the interview J.A did just for this blitz so I've decided to use that this time. Enjoy!

Why a spin-off series? The MacKinnon Curse series is the series I’m most proud of, as well as a reader favorite. When the emails continued to come in asking if I was going to continue the series, I thought why not write a spin-off? When I wondered where to start, the character of Maddy just kind of leapt off the page for me. She’s one of those tortured souls that I love to write about, and plus, she’s psychic, so she was a perfect fit for this world.

Your books are considered horror and romance. How do you classify them? First and foremost, I look at my books as romances because the stories are about a girl on a journey, and that journey always includes finding love. I do love writing the scary bits though.

So…you’re also a psychic medium? What does that mean exactly? Yes, I am. A psychic medium is someone who can communicate with those who have passed away. Like the character of Maddy (and Riley from The MacKinnon Curse series), I see, hear, and feel Spirits.

What’s next? I’ll finish books two and three in The MacKinnon Legacy, and then I’m writing the third book in the Badboy Rockers series before I finish up my Otherworld series.

And there you have it! Enjoy the rest of your day and don't forget the giveaway below :)

~Dynomoon

AUTHOR BIO:

J.A. Templeton is the YA/New Adult pen name for adult romance author Julia Templeton. A certified psychic medium, Julia enjoys research, traveling, and spending time with friends and family. Married to her high school sweetheart, Julia calls the beautiful Pacific Northwest home.

Author links:

http://www.jatempleton.com/

https://www.facebook.com/pages/JA-Templeton/124655067647202?ref=hl

https://twitter.com/JATempleton

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5005267.J_A_Templeton

a Rafflecopter giveaway

7:00 AM
0 Comments

Book Blitz Shift by Karina Espinosa

book blitz

Hey Addicts, it's a cold one where I am today, but this New Adult Paranormal book: SHIFT by Karina Espinosa seems like it may be able to heat things up a bit! Check out the book below to see if it fascinates you and makes you think it may warm you up as you read it ;P

Shift by Karina Espinosa

Genre: NA Paranormal

Release date: February 10th, 2015

Goodreads

It’s hard enough being an undergraduate student, an intern at Downtown Manhattan’s police station, and a bouncer at a local bar. Add her now ex-boyfriend who recently dumped her for the school’s resident bimbo—oh, and she’s a werewolf.

Mackenzie Grey meets her match when she is kidnapped by the Brooklyn Pack and tossed between Sebastian and Jonah—the Alpha and the Beta. Being a lone-wolf in the city is dangerous, and now that the Pack has found her, so can every supernatural being in the Tri-State area. And not even her sarcastic, smart mouth can get her out of this.

When a string of kidnappings involves Mackenzie in supernatural politics, she questions her new acquaintances and finds unlikely allies. Can she escape Pack law and keep her freedom—or will she be condemned to an unwanted path?

Buy Links:

Amazon US Amazon UK Barnes & Noble iTunes

About the Author:

Karina Espinosa is the paranormal author of the Sins of the Fallen series and blogger at YoungAdultHollywood.com & DirtyandThirty.com. Infatuated with travel, pop culture and the need to write everything down, she spends much of her days in front of a computer working on her next book, shopping online and listening music. With nomadic tendency, she is currently resting her head in South Florida until the itch to move strikes again. You can usually catch her on Facebook, Instagram and live-tweeting during episodes of The Walking Dead and Orphan Black. Follow her on social media!

Social Media Links:

facebook.com/AuthorKarinaEspinosa

Twitter: @TweetsByKarina

Instagram: karina745

www.karinaespinosa.com

Don't miss the giveaway for this book, it sounds like a good one to me :)
~Dynomoon

The Giveaway:

$10 Amazon gift card

a Rafflecopter giveaway