tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64210009209464758002024-02-07T02:42:03.317+00:00Maria's BookshelfMaria's Bookshelfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07508833162082622544noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421000920946475800.post-72546445239649314892014-11-03T04:19:00.000+00:002014-11-03T04:19:08.737+00:00Review: Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder (Study #1)<h3>
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-style: italic;"><br /></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Genre:</span><span style="color: purple;"> </span></i></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">YA Paranormal</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Released:</span> <span style="font-weight: normal;">March 1st, 2007</span></span></span></span><br />
<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium; font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Publisher:</span> </b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;">Mira</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small; font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Pages: </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">412</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><i style="color: #a64d79;">My Rating: </i><span style="font-weight: normal;">5</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"> Stars</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Yelena has a choice – be executed for murder, or become food taster to the Commander of Ixia. She leaps at the chance for survival, but her relief may be short-lived.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Life in the palace is full of hazards and secrets. Wily and smart, Yelena must learn to identify poisons before they kill her, recognise whom she can trust and how to spy on those she can’t. And who is the mysterious Southern sorceress who can reach into her head?</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">When Yelena realises she has extraordinary powers of her own, she faces a whole new problem, for using magic in Ixia is punishable by death.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Firtly, this book has been on my to-read list for good 5 years now. I know, I know! You can totally tell me that I have been living under a rock. It wasn't until I've read the Taste of Darkness by Maria V. Snyder (which is the last book in the Healer series) that I've gotten on a serious Maria V. Snyder band vagon. I think, I might have a slight obsession with her books going on at the moment. Honestly, If I am not studying I am reading her books.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Anyway, let me just say, this book has blown my mind! I don't know what it is (well I sort of do) but I love the story line so much. The characters are brilliant, and I woudln't change a thing. There are so many breath catching moments that send shivers down your spine, but there are also those tender moments when you just wish you had someone to cuddle with as well (lucky you, if you have that special someone).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The book starts of very dynamically, jam packed with action straight away. To be honest, I really have't read many books that have started off the same way. Luckily, Yelenna doesn't die at the very beginning of the book, even though the 'justice is blind' in her case. She's very well rounded character, with a mystery aura around her, so it's quite fascinating to watch her character unravel more and more in each chapter. And of course, the lovely commander Valek is the one to watch out for in this book as well. If you've read enough YA books, you could definitelly tell straight away that there is going to be some sort of a relationship between Yelenna and Valek. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I loved all the other characters as well, i think they created a nice balance in the story. The flow of the book was really good as well. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I am not usually like this, in fact i don't think i've ver written a review with no ''didn't like'' points, but hey, there's first time for everything as they say.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">I'm currently reading th third book in this series, and I am still loving it! Trully, I don't know how Maria does it, but it gets better and better every time I read something from her. And also, she's the reason why I stay up until ridiculously late at night reading books, because I just can't let go and put it down.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Ah-mazing read! I would definitely recommend this to anyone who wants a good, fast paced, dramatic and romantic read. So, if my raving haven't influenced you to go read this bok by now, i don't know what will. </span><br />
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convinced someone to read a book, a series, or a whole genre? What book(s) and
who was it? Did they like it?</span></span></b><b style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: #ff3399; font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: SK; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: SK;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>I must proudly admit that I'm the queen of persuading people to read books or even the whole series, if I think they will undeniably enjoy it. My friends often tell me that I remind them of Alice Cullen haha, with the exception that I don't use puppy eyes technique ;)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Anyway, I think I had most success persuading friends to read The Healer series Maria V. Snyder, which I love immensely (the review of book 3 is in the making atm). I remember I made my 2 best friends to read the whole series, and then when I moved to UK, I introduced some of my course mates and some other friends to this series as well. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Another really good book that I showed to my friends is Just Don't Fall by Josh Sundquist. Now, this book is completely different to what I usually read, however it was so funny and interesting read. I definitely challenge all of you t give this book a go :)</i></span></div>
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posted that I'd start posting again in February and such, however I just got so
busy again with school. I never though it would be this crazy at uni. So many
exams and assignments, and on top of it I was trying to balance part time job
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just finished all my exams, and I passed year 1 at university. Huraaaay! :) So
now, I still have some time before I head home for summer, so I figures, let's
get back to blogging! Such a bright idea, I know, hahaha.</span><span style="color: #ff3399; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff3399; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">I hope you
will all forget me for not posting, and still follow my latest reviews. I just
posted review of Hidden by Marianne Curley, so go check it out. </span><span style="color: #ff3399; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff3399; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">I was also
planning to start this new blog (for at least a year or two) about healthy
lifestyle and recipes. I don't know if any of you would be interested in such
topic, bu I just thought, why not mention it. Let me know if any of you, and
don't be shy ;), would like to read something about my experiences with healthy
cooking on budget (and I mean quite a small budget, since I'm a student),
exercise, juicing and lot more. </span><span style="color: #ff3399; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Genre:</span><span style="color: purple;"> </span></i></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">YA Paranormal</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Released:</span> <span style="font-weight: normal;">June 25th</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">, </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">2013</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">For as long as Ebony can remember, she's been sheltered. Confined to her home in a secluded valley, home-schooled by her protective parents, and limited to a small circle of close friends. It's as if she's being hidden. But something is changing in Ebony. Something that can't be concealed. She's growing more beautiful by the day, she's freakishly strong, and then there's the fact that she's </span><em style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">glowing</em><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I bought this book in a little charity shop, thinking that it could possibly be a good read. However, I did</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">n't realize how great it is until I began reading it. I found this book unbelievable catching, and I have definitely struggled to put it down. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Now, I'm not huge fan of angel stories, but this book was a positive surprise. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I really liked Jordan's character. I think Jordan's personality really came through in the book, and so did his charm. He is very easy to warm up to, and I would definitely prefer him to be with Ebony. I found, that Ebony is your typical, super powerful, not in control, but "must save the world" character. However, that doesn't have to be necessarily a bad thing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm definitely a fan of the "heart-attack" moments in this book, and it definitely helps the book flow more smoothly. I was very excited with the whole plot of the book at the beginning, however it was a bit of let down near the end. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Why, oh why has this book turned out from super exciting to quite boring towards the end? I have really enjoyed the beginning, as I said earlier, however when the whole "love triangle" between Jordan, Thane and Ebony started, it just went downhill. Ebony and Jordan had this romantic "thing" going on at the beginning of the book. Their relationship looked so promising and exciting, but then Thane came and it was all over. Ebony and Thane shared this insta-love right away, which I'm not such a fan of. Also, I didn't really like Ebony's behaviour towards Jordan after Thane appeared.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">This was first book from Marianne Curley that I have ever read, however I recently bought The Named, so I'm hoping that The Named will uplift my feelings towards this author, and make me fall in love with the book. However, back to The Hidden, I felt like Marianne took this quite intricate plot from the beginning, and then decided to mix it with this classic Young adult style of writing, and that just didn't work for me. Now, I know this may sound silly, but you know how sometimes with a characters you feel like it could happen in the real worls, and it just leaves you wondering "what if...", but this one didn't do it for me at all. Which is quite disappointing. Nevertheless, I have still enjoyed the book, and even the same old insta-love love triangle. I don't know if I will read many angel books, but hopefully one day I'll find one that really catches my attention, and leave me wondering that maybe, just maybe it could possible be real :) </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>I know I haven't blogged in a while, and I'm sorry. There have been many changes in my life in a past few months that I just didn't have time for blog at all. However, as I'm getting hold of things again, I will be posting again as well.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>I guess now you are asking what happened that I was out of it for so long? Well firstly, I moved to UK. Say what?! Yes, that's correct. I packed my things, got on a plane and moved few thousands miles from home to start university in the United Kingdom. </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>I must say I love it here, I enjoy every single second to the fullest. Although it's a great fun, with new place and school come new responsibilities. So as you can imagine, with the course that I'm doing I've been glued to the chair in the library and kept studying and studying. I also play sports for uni, so that keeps me even more occupied. Finally, I figured out how to put all the pieces of this time consuming puzzle together, and I have some spare time for other activities. Hallelujah! </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>I still need to find a part time job, because now I'm officially in the category: Broke College Student! However, I'm a believer, and hopefully I will land a part timer soon. I wish I could read books and make money while doing it though. That would be a dream come true!</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Anyway, I really am sorry for not posting, and I hope you will forgive me, wink. I hope you had all an amazing Christmas and Happy New Year! </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Maria xoxo </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>If there's a book I really don't enjoy then I usually DNF. I'm not proud of it, so I try to finish every book that I read, but with some books, I really got a feeling that it's mission impossible. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Hope you all have a magical weekend and I'll talk to you soon :) By the way, leave me a comment with you links, so I can check your blogs out and make some new friends!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>“I had my first psychic dream when I was nine. Psychic implied power, and powerful wasn’t a word I’d use to describe myself. I couldn’t foretell the future or conjure visions at will, but I couldn’t think of a more fitting word to describe what I sometimes saw in my dreams.” </i><br /><br />For 23-year-old Mackenzie Hill, tossing her life down the garbage disposal is easy after a painful incident shatters her life. Her heart is bleeding, and moving to Watcher’s Point is a chance to start anew, only she isn’t prepared for the guy who walks out of her dreams and into the flesh. Literally . . . because she’s been dreaming about this sexy stranger for years.<br /><br />Mackenzie is even less prepared to face the dark nature of her dreams. They’ve turned disturbingly gruesome, full of blood and murder, and when they begin to coincide with the media’s headlines, she and Aidan realize her visions might be the key to stopping a madman from killing again.<br /><br />Only Aidan has painful secrets of his own, and perhaps the biggest danger of all is falling for him.</span></div>
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<a href="https://mail-attachment.googleusercontent.com/attachment/u/0/?ui=2&ik=8ee761d219&view=att&th=13fe3b6d374a734a&attid=0.1&disp=inline&safe=1&zw&saduie=AG9B_P8VKu9jUloODWt1Q8GEDWFZ&sadet=1374700280645&sads=I-10_t6_QmAhjyUV3NaIEq78i64" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://mail-attachment.googleusercontent.com/attachment/u/0/?ui=2&ik=8ee761d219&view=att&th=13fe3b6d374a734a&attid=0.1&disp=inline&safe=1&zw&saduie=AG9B_P8VKu9jUloODWt1Q8GEDWFZ&sadet=1374700280645&sads=I-10_t6_QmAhjyUV3NaIEq78i64" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Christina Jean Michaels was born in Paradise, California, but she has found the true home of her heart in Eugene, Oregon where she finds plenty of inspiration for storytelling.<br /><br />When she was young, her mother said she hated words. Now she can't imagine not writing. She became an avid reader when she was thirteen and discovered the world of Sweet Valley High. About a year later she realized she could play God and write about her own characters. She has been writing in some form ever since.<br /><br />She lives with her husband and their four children—three rambunctious UFC/wrestling-<wbr></wbr>loving boys and one girl who steals everyone’s attention.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I murmured agreement as the mention of the capital murder trial I’d spent the whole week chronicling called up unwanted impressions of the poster-sized, high-resolution crime scene photos the prosecutor left on display for the jury the entire day before.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It had been nearly two years since budget cuts (and a little finagling on my part—trial stories were bigger and often juicier than initial crime reports) had added the courthouse to my list of responsibilities as the crime reporter. It meant in- sane hours, but I didn’t mind, considering almost a third of our news staff had been laid off and I still had a job.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I’d dreamed of being a journalist ever since I could re- member. It paired my love of writing with the ability to do good in the world. I hadn’t yet developed the intestinal fortitude covering the Richmond PD often required, though, and the trials were worse.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lacking anything pressing to do, I called Jenna back to see if she had her heart set on anything special for our dinner date. I was in the mood for Mexican food. And a margarita. That damned trial had made for a long week.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Nicey!” Jenna practically shouted the nickname I’d reserved for those closest to me since preschool, when a playmate’s speech impediment had dubbed me “nee-see” and my mom had turned it into an endearment.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“There’s seldom anything good in the news I write,” I said. “But I think I might have something interesting. And Grant Parker is working on a great story about the women’s basketball coach at U of R.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Married. Not blind,” She said. “Speaking of my darling husband, I told Chad not to wait up, so we have no curfew. Have I told you how glad I am the baby isn’t nursing anymore?”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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Maria's Bookshelfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07508833162082622544noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421000920946475800.post-7787300080935097292013-07-08T21:03:00.000+01:002013-07-08T21:03:10.692+01:00Book Blitz: So Many Reasons Why<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">Twenty year old Emma hasn’t left the house since she was attacked as a child. Now, with the impending release of her attacker from prison, Emma knows it’s more important than ever for her to regain control of her life. From her unrelenting nightmares, to her strained relationships, to her crippling agoraphobia, Emma feels as though her life is spiraling out of control.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #222222;">When her professor, Simon Anderson enters her life, Emma must deal with feelings she has never experienced before. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: #222222;">Though both she and Simon know their relationship is bordering on inappropriate, neither of them are able to ignore the intense chemistry that is quickly developing between them.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #222222;">What was supposed to keep her mind off the attack has left her more confused than ever. When there are so many reasons why you shouldn’t be together, is simply being in love really enough?</span><br /></span><br />
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I watched in horror as Tom answered the call. I threw my face in my hands and collapsed down onto the kitchen counter. This was bad. I tried to block out his voice. I didn't need to hear what he was saying to know I needed to be very embarrassed. </div>
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“Asshole.” I muttered.</div>
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“Uh-huh. Right. Yes I understand that.” Tom nodded, his face serious, as if he was deep in the middle of an important meeting. “I do need to know what your intentions are toward my Emma. Are you planning on becoming intimate?”</div>
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“Fuck you Tom!” I screamed loudly. My face flamed. I wanted the couch to swallow me. I was going to kill Tom. It may take a while, years even, but he was going to pay for this.</div>
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“Right. Just be safe. And remember, if it's not on, it's not on.” He wandered out onto the balcony, knowing I wasn't likely to follow him out there.</div>
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“Sure, I will put her on.” I felt the phone hit me on my back. I reached behind to grab it. I contemplated hanging up. This was beyond embarrassing.</div>
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“Hi.” I responded, feeling embarrassed. And angry. I was so fucking angry.</div>
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“Tom’s a fucking asshole.” I yelled, loud enough for him to hear. Tom yelled back an inaudible response. </div>
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<i>Missy lives in a small town in Central Victoria with her husband, and her confused pets (a dog who think she's a cat, a cat who thinks he's a dog...you get the picture).<br /><br />When she's not writing, she can usually be found looking for something to read.</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Peaches Monroe, age 22, is the sassy, plus-sized manager of a bookstore in the small town of Beaverdale, Washington.<br /><br />One Saturday afternoon, she's balancing precariously on a chair, in a bridesmaid dress, when a handsome dark-haired man comes running into the bookstore. He knocks Peaches over, she lands in his muscular arms. They lock gazes, and ...<br /><br />She recognizes him.<br /><br />As the sexy vampire heartthrob she watches on TV every week.<br /><br />Peaches and Dalton Deangelo are completely wrong for each other. He's only in town temporarily, working on an indie movie. She should stay away. He should stay away, too.<br /><br />But they're drawn to each other. Dalton claims it's because they're made from the same stardust.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm not a huge fan a war books, but my choice is Hunger Games and The Healer Series by Maria V. Snyder. I know it's all fiction, but there's still some fighting in it :) </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This one is very easy for me. I love paper books. It doesn't matter to me if it's hardcover or paperback. I love running my fingers through pages and the noise that it makes, and of course I love scent of books. I like e-books too, it's great for traveling, but I always find myself more captured by book when I can hold it in my hands.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There's so many quotes that I like, but I've picked up some. Some of them are from book, but some of them are just quotes that I like a lot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>"Love is not the absence of logic but logic examined and recalculated heated and curved to fit inside the contours of the heart." - Tammara Webber, Easy</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>"If there's a book you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it." - Toni Morrison</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>"People who stop laughing are always the ones who get hurt." - Josh Sundquist, Just don't Fall</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">This book was for me a very quick read. There were some moments that I found a little too cheesy for my taste, but there were nice moments too. I particularly enjoyed the fighting scenes at the beginning of the book.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">The plot itself wasn't hard to follow, but I've had problem connecting with the characters. There was just something missing what would drawn me to them more. However it might have been just me. I'm most likely fed up with vampire stories, even thought I must say this one was different since it was combined with angels.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">I would like to pin point that this book is interesting and easier to read because it's written in POV's, which is awesome. I was also interested in this book because of its cover. It's simple, but it has certain charm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Fall For Me is great start to the series, it offers excitement and action, but also love triangle and emotional roller coaster. The story was super fast paced, after all the whole plot happened within 3 weeks. I think this book is definitely something for YA paranormal lovers. There's definitely room to grow for the sequel, so I think it will be interesting read too.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">K. A. Last was born in Subiaco, Western Australia, and moved to Sydney with her parents and older brother when she was eight. Artistic and creative by nature, she studied Graphic Design and graduated with an Advanced Diploma. After marrying her high school sweetheart, she concentrated on her career before settling into family life. Blessed with a vivid imagination, she began writing to let off creative steam, and fell in love with it. She now resides in a peaceful leafy suburb north of Sydney with her husband, their two children and a rabbit named Twitch.</span></i></div>
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Maria's Bookshelfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07508833162082622544noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421000920946475800.post-32342680012649567782013-06-15T21:18:00.000+01:002013-06-15T21:18:30.843+01:00Cover Reveal: Ghost Hold by Ripley Patton<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
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Ripley Patton's first novel, </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Hand-The-Chronicles-ebook/dp/B00AF1CM0A" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt;">Ghost Hand</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">, is also the first book in a series known as
The PSS Chronicles. While Ghost Hand has been getting rave reviews on Amazon
and was recently chosen as the June Book of the Month for a Goodreads Book Club
with over 1300 members, Ripley has been hard at work writing the second
book, </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17335881-ghost-hold" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt;">Ghost Hold</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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final stages of publication, which will ultimately be funded through the </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/553002528/ghost-hold-book-two-of-the-pss-chronicles" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt;">GHOST HOLD KICKSTARTER
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just as Ghost Hand was funded last year. The current Ghost Hold Kickstarter
project was 41% funded in the first week, and when it reaches the halfway mark
of $1250, Ripley is going to release the first chapter of the new book to all
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a reality, Ripley is revealing the cover of Ghost Hold this weekend here and
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featuring main characters from the book, Olivia Black, Marcus Jordan, and
Passion Wainwright, was designed by </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.scarlettrugers.com/"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt;">Scarlett
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Samantha James, rich, popular, and an award-winning composer at age seventeen,
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Olivia doesn't expect it to be easy, even with the PSS guys backing them up.
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visit </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/553002528/ghost-hold-book-two-of-the-pss-chronicles"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt;">Ripley's Kickstarter Project</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;"> and let her know what you think of the
cover there, or here in the comments.<b> But don't delay. The project ends
July 1st and is</b> <b>the only way to pre-order the book before its
September release</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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book, Ghost Hand, yet? Well you're in luck. Ripley's gift to you,
6/14/2013-6/18/2013, Ghost Hand is </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Hand-The-Chronicles-ebook/dp/B00AF1CM0A"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">FREE for Kindle</span></a></span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>, so please go grab a copy.</b></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;">Released:</span><span style="color: #222222;"> November, 2012</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;">My Rating: </span><span style="color: #222222;">4 Stars</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent;">>></span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16155642-hidden" style="background-color: transparent;" target="_blank">Goodreads</a><span style="background-color: transparent;"><<</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Purchase at:</span> </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Series-ebook/dp/B00A6301BO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1364064162&sr=8-1&keywords=B00A6301BO" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222;" target="_blank">Amazon</a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222;">, </span><a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/hidden-m-lathan/1115292258?ean=2940044519978" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222;" target="_blank">B&N</a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222;">, </span><a href="http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/Hidden-Hidden-Series-Book-One/book-b_yhgDlxIUiaK3lu9j5QkQ/page1.html" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222;" target="_blank">Kobo</a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222;">, </span><a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/313349" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222;" target="_blank">Smashwords</a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222;">, </span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/au/book/hidden/id646874475?mt=11" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222;" target="_blank">iTunes</a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Everything changes when she loses control of her powers and flees the orphanage she grew up in. She desperately wants to be invisible but finds her face plastered on every news channel as humans panic over the possible resurgence of her kind. And now the hunters won’t give up until they find her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Making friends for the first time in her life and falling in love with one of them drives her to discover why she is unlike any being she’s ever met – human or otherwise. The dangerous powers inside of her that would repel Nathan, her new, handsome reason for living, are priceless to some. The locked up forever kind of priceless. And to others, they are too dangerous to allow her to live.</span></div>
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<i>The plot is pretty complicated, so it's not so easy to predict what's going to happen next in the story. So there's definitely few of the surprise moments. Also, characters are very well developed. Leah is very believable character and her feelings very pictured beautifully. Her relationships with her mom, Nathan or Sophia were believable. There's also romance going on in the story, which makes this book complex.</i></div>
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<i>One difference that I found between classic YA paranormal book is that this one doesn't end in a major cliffhanger. I feel like nowadays almost every YA book ends super dramatically. Well this one, without giving too much away, ends okay. It's different and not stereotypical, and I like that fact. It makes me excited about the second book in the series, and hopefully it will top this one even more.</i></div>
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<i>M. Lathan lives in San Antonio with her husband and mini-schnauzer. She enjoys writing </i><i>and has a B.S. in Psych and a Masters in Counseling. Her passion is a blend of her two interests – creating new worlds and stocking them with crazy people. She enjoys reading anything with interesting characters and writing in front of a window while asking rhetorical questions … like her idol Carrie Bradshaw.</i></div>
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<i style="color: #222222; text-align: start;">Website: <a href="http://mlathan.blogspot.ca/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://mlathan.<wbr></wbr>blogspot.ca/</a></i></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Saylor Grayson makes herself sick. Literally.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">She ate her first needle when she was seven. Now, at nineteen, she’s been kicked out of college for poisoning herself with laxatives. The shrinks call it Munchausen Syndrome. All Saylor knows is that when she’s ill, her normally distant mother pays attention and the doctors and nurses make her feel special.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Then she meets Drew Dean, the leader of a local support group for those with terminal diseases. When he mistakes her for a new member, Saylor knows she should correct him. But she can’t bring herself to, not after she’s welcomed into a new circle of friends. Friends who, like Drew, all have illnesses ready to claim their independence or their lives </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">For the first time, Saylor finds out what it feels like to be in love, to have friends who genuinely care about her. But secrets have a way of revealing themselves. What will happen when Saylor’s is out?</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">You know how with some books there's this instant pull, and you can't put the book down until you finish it? Well, that happened to me with this book. I was hooked up literally from the first sentence. Which by the way, caused me to stop and read it twice before I moved to the rest of the page. Here's the mentioned first sentence: </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21px;"><span style="color: magenta;">“She ate her first needle when she was seven.” </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21px;">Apart from the first sentence, I must say that this book to me is a masterpiece. Catching, thrilling, fast paced, beautiful,touching, and I can go on and name million other superlatives. Why? Simply because this book is so different from other New Adult books. The plot of this book was for me an undiscovered territory. It's not your typical New Adult book at all, no stereotypical characters and situations. It will most likely cause you to cry and not breath at some points in the story.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I fell in love with characters, especially Saylor. Saylor Grayson is super unique character, that makes pretty unpredictable decisions, and always surprises you. I honestly don't know, what I would do if I was in her place. Really, this girl is just one big trouble. But in this case, that is what makes this book so great.</span></span><br />
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<a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=8ee761d219&view=att&th=13ed885493d0dc7b&attid=0.1&disp=thd&zw" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #222222; float: left; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="SKFalls.jpg" border="0" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=8ee761d219&view=att&th=13ed885493d0dc7b&attid=0.1&disp=thd&zw" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">Adriana Ryan is the pen name of writer S.K. Falls.<br /><br />A huge fan of spooky stuff and shoes, I enjoy alternately hitting up the outlet malls and historic graveyards in Charleston, SC where I live and imbibe coffee. My husband and two small children seem not to mind when I hastily scribble novel lines on stray limbs in the absence of notepads.<br /><br />Since no writer’s biography is complete without mention of her menagerie of animals, you should know I have one dog that doubles as a footstool, a second that functions as a vacuum cleaner, and a cat that ensures I never forget that my hands are, first and foremost, for pouring cat food.</span><br /><u><span style="color: #a64d79;"><i><b>Author Links:</b></i></span></u></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"> </span><strong style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px;">Marcus crossed back to the faucet of the now-full Jacuzzi tub and turned it off. He bent over and turned on the jets, which kicked up a lot more steam and a lot more noise. I was starting to melt inside my own clothes, and he must have been too, because when he turned back to me he was slipping his t-shirt over his head.</strong></div>
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<strong style="background-color: white;">“Yes,” I said, trying not to gawk at his chest and the way the steam swirled into it, his PSS shining back and coloring the mist a soft blue hue. “But can’t we do that with our clothes on?”</strong></h4>
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<strong style="background-color: white;">“We need to talk where I’m sure no one can hear us,” he said, his hands going to the snap of his jeans. “They don’t put bugs in bathrooms because the moisture corrodes them.” The snap was undone. The zipper was next. He had on red tartan boxers. “Plus, not many people plot and plan in the john.” He slid the jeans down his legs, turned, slipped off the boxers, and stepped into the tub, sinking down into it with an audible moan.</strong></h4>
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<strong style="background-color: white;">I stood there stunned. I had just seen Marcus naked. He’d just stripped to his beautiful bare ass right in front of me as if it were nothing. Yes, we’d been sleeping in a tent together for weeks, and making out, but when one of us changed clothes, the other still looked away. Marcus and I had not gotten naked together. We hadn’t even come close, because I always held back. I couldn’t even bring myself to reach my hands inside his shirt. What if my flesh hand accidentally went into his chest and disrupted his PSS? Even worse, what if my ghost hand reached into him and pulled something horrible out? I was pretty sure either of those scenarios would be a serious buzz kill to our intimacy.</strong></h4>
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<strong style="background-color: white;">“Do you have any idea how long it’s been since I’ve had a bath?” he said, almost a purr, laying his head back on the edge of the tub and closing his eyes.</strong></h4>
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<strong style="background-color: white;">“It’s a big tub,” he said, nodding at the other end, “and I promise to be good.”</strong></h4>
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<strong style="background-color: white;">Yeah, but it wasn’t just him I was worried about. If I got in the tub with Marcus, <i>I</i> would be in the tub with Marcus. “But I—” I looked down at myself. I had on my sleeping tank with no bra underneath, my sweatpants, and underwear.</strong></h4>
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<strong style="background-color: white;">“You have no idea how relaxing this is,” he said, slipping his hand back into the water and closing his eyes. Either he was taunting me, or giving me a chance to undress without him watching. Probably both.</strong></h4>
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<strong style="background-color: white;">“You bastard,” I muttered under my breath. I slipped off my shoes and sweatpants and padding barefoot to the far end of the tub. I was not going in completely naked. I wasn’t that much of a fool. I kept my tank and underwear on and stepped into the hot swirling water. As I slid down into it, jets pounding my butt and back, the wet heat rising up and swallowing all my aches and pains in its pure liquid magic, I couldn’t keep the moan from escaping my lips either.</strong></h4>
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<strong style="background-color: white;">One of his lean, muscular legs brushed mine, trembling. And his eyes widened. And his breath came a little faster across the water, far less relaxed then it had been only a moment before.</strong></h4>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Decades after being banished from Heaven for saving a life he shouldn’t have,</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span class="il" style="background-color: #ffffcc; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lash</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">is given a chance to redeem himself. His mission: protect Naomi Duran, a young woman who has lost her faith. The assignment proves to be anything but simple when his superiors, the Archangels, withhold key information about Naomi and refuse to restore</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span class="il" style="background-color: #ffffcc; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lash</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">’s powers. When an unexpected source reveals centuries-old secrets, his trust is shaken to the core, and he begins to doubt those whom he had once considered to be his greatest allies.</span></div>
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Determined to avoid anything that would risk his chances of returning to Heaven, <span class="il" style="background-color: #ffffcc;">Lash</span> struggles with the greatest obstacle of all—his growing feelings for Naomi. But when her life is threatened by an unknown source, <span class="il" style="background-color: #ffffcc;">Lash</span> questions the wisdom of the Archangels and his ability to keep her safe. </div>
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Soon, <span class="il" style="background-color: #ffffcc;">Lash</span> will have to choose where to place his faith—in the home he has fought so hard to regain or in the forbidden love he can’t bear to lose.</div>
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Parthenon hotel/casino in Las Vegas, she’s focused on succeeding at her new
job. But from the very first day, strange events occur: a deadly escalator accident—the strange death
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the hotel. She’s aided by a man she’s just met—famous western historical author,
Mike Garvey. Attracted to Kristi, Mike goes one hundred fifty years back in
time to draw upon his knowledge of old Las Vegas and the Santa Fe Trail. They
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Shirley Kennedy wrote
and published Regency romances for several years for both Ballantine and
Signet. She switched genres to write a
wagon train romance. When struck with what she called “a great idea” about a
haunted casino in Las Vegas, she was compelled to abandon both Regency England and the Old West to write <i>Deadly Gamble</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: 36pt;">Born and raised
in Fresno, California, Shirley has lived in such diverse places as Denver;
Houston; Torrance, California; Bogota ,Colombia; and Calgary, Alberta, Canada
where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Sciences at the
University of Calgary. She worked as a
computer programmer/systems analyst for several years before she went back to
her first love, writing. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Shirley lives
close to her two daughters in Las Vegas Nevada. Brutus and Sparky, her two
editorial assistants on the furry side, love to nap in the sunshine next to her
computer while she produces her next novel. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">See Shirley’s
web site at <a href="http://www.shirleykennedy.com/">www.shirleykennedy.com</a>
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