Truly, Madly ARC Giveaway! @ Books and Things

     

Win the arc copy to Truly, Madly by Heather Webber

@ Books and Things

*****Hau'oli Makahiki Hou*****

ALOoOoOha &

Hau'oli Makahiki Hou!!

My 2009 has been its own fireworks celebration!!

I have enjoyed everyday of my year and I am ready to

embrace and embark on 2010!

Take it easy!!!

Mahalo to Hawaii Magazine for the pix. check out their articles.

Other by Karen Kincy

 

 

 

 

Seventeen-year-old Gwen hides a dangerous secret: she’s Other. Half-pooka, to be exact, thanks to the father she never met. Most Americans don’t exactly roll out the welcome mat for Others, especially not the small-town folks of Klikamuks, Washington. As if this isn’t bad enough, Gwen’s on the brink of revealing her true identity to her long-time boyfriend, Zack, but she’s scared he’ll lump her with the likes of bloodthirsty vampires and feral werewolves.

When a pack of werewolves chooses the national forest behind Gwen’s home as their new territory, the tensions in Klikamuks escalate-into murder. It soon becomes clear a serial killer is methodically slaying Others. The police turn a blind eye, leaving Gwen to find the killer before the killer finds her. As she hunts for clues, she uncovers more Others living nearby than she ever expected. Like Tavian, a sexy Japanese fox-spirit who rivals Zack and challenges her to embrace her Otherness. Gwen must struggle with her own conflicted identity, learn who she can trust, and-most importantly-stay alive.

Raven by Allison Van Diepen

"The door that was always closed is opening, and I am consumed.  I don’t know if a full minute goes by that I don’t think of him, that I don’t replay how it felt to have his hand brush mine, his eyes look my way. 

            And yet he’s hiding, still.  He talks as if my feelings for him are in the past, as if they couldn’t possibly be relevant now that I know the truth about him.  But I don’t have that kind of power over how I feel.  And if he doesn’t know that, he’s blind."  

Zin dances with fire in every step, speaks with a honey-sweet voice, and sees with eyes that can peer into your soul.  It's no wonder Nicole is madly in love with him.  Their friendship is the only thing that saves her from the boredom of school and the turmoil of her family life.  But she cannot understand why he keeps her at a distance, even though she can feel his soul reaching out for hers.  Zin carries a very old secret.  When Nicole uncovers the truth, her love may be the only thing that can save him from it.

Box of Books Contest... No Joking!!!

What the heck.... look at all these goodies!=) Weeeheeee!!

I am hoping it'll be open til midnight Pacific time because it closes TODAY!

The inside box:

* The Morganville Vampires(bk 1&2)(PB)
* The Naughty List(ARC)
* Boys, Girls and Other Hazardous Materials(ARC)
* The Seven Rays(HB)
*The Mark(ARC)
*Give Up Ghost(HB)
* Immortal(PB)
* Incarceron(PB- Uk version)
*Fallen(ARC)
*Demon Princess bk1(PB)
*Bleeding Violet(ARC)

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FIRESPELL: A Novel of the Dark Elite: Book One January 5, 2010

FIRESPELL
A Novel of the Dark Elite: Book One
January 5, 2010

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As the new girl at the elite St. Sophia’s boarding school, Lily Parker thinks her classmates are the most monstrous things she’ll have to face…

When Lily’s guardians decided to send her away to a fancy boarding school in Chicago, she was shocked. So was St. Sophia’s. Lily’s ultra-rich brat pack classmates think Lily should be the punchline to every joke, and on top of that, she’s hearing strange noises and seeing bizarre things in the shadows of the creepy building.

The only thing keeping her sane is her roommate, Scout, but even Scout’s a little weird—she keeps disappearing late at night and won’t tell Lily where she’s been. But when a prank leaves Lily trapped in the catacombs beneath the school, Lily finds Scout running from a real monster.

Scout’s a member of a splinter group of rebel teens with unique magical talents, who’ve sworn to protect the city against demons, vampires, and Reapers, magic users who’ve been corrupted by their power. And when Lily finds herself in the line of firespell, Scout tells her the truth about her secret life, even though Lily has no powers of her own—at least none that she’s discovered yet…

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My thoughts:

This is Book one.....  I love catching a series when it is first released. 

If you read the blurb you will see why I am excited to read this one.