The Guardian’s Wildchild

by Feather Stone

Quote taken from page one. I just started this one. My review will be up on the 23rd as part of the blog tour, so keep an eye out for it.

More information on The Guardian’s Wildchild by Feather Stone:

Published: September 27th 2011 by Omnific Publishing

Sidney Davenport is known as Wildchild to her Guardian mentor, Greystone. She rebels against rules. Wildchild is gifted in the paranormal, but carefully conceals her powers from the world. Even in the crises that threaten her life, she refuses to use her powers of telepathy, telekinesis, space/time travel. If her enemies discovered the truth of who she is, her Guardian people would be destroyed. She calls upon her spirit guides, Seamus and Celeste, to guide her through a mine field of the insane – Madame and Captain Butchart.

Sidney leaves her home on Hawk’s Island to help the underground stop two people who are about to cause worldwide madness. Unskilled in esponage, she is arrested and sentanced to death. But, God help Sidney, she can’t deny her attraction to the man who has orders to perform her execution – the tall, dark eyed Captain Waterhouse. He’s meticulous, disciplined and lives by the strict rules expected of an officer of the American navy.

Captain Waterhouse is about to scrap his higher morals to bust out of his hell. When a female prisoner is delivered to his ship, he has no idea she is capable of turning his disciplined life into a storm of unimaginable experiences. His prisoner’s enemies, he discovers, are also the ones who hold his life in the palm of their hands.

Through stunning imagery, an intricate and adventurous plot, and a strong cast of characters, Feather Stone gives readers a fast paced story woven with murder and magic.

I look at his broad shoulders admiringly. His lips twitch as though he’s guessed what I’m thinking. “I’ve shaved as well,” he points out.

“I noticed. I like you clean shaven,” I say, then realize how proprietary it sounds.

Quote was taken from page 181 in the ARC (uncorrected copy).

Here’s the Goodreads description for Born Wicked:

Everybody knows Cate Cahill and her sisters are eccentric. Too pretty, too reclusive, and far too educated for their own good. But the truth is even worse: they’re witches. And if their secret is discovered by the priests of the Brotherhood, it would mean an asylum, a prison ship—or an early grave.

Before her mother died, Cate promised to protect her sisters. But with only six months left to choose between marriage and the Sisterhood, she might not be able to keep her word . . . especially after she finds her mother’s diary, uncovering a secret that could spell her family’s destruction. Desperate to find alternatives to their fate, Cate starts scouring banned books and questioning rebellious new friends, all while juggling tea parties, shocking marriage proposals, and a forbidden romance with the completely unsuitable Finn Belastra.

If what her mother wrote is true, the Cahill girls aren’t safe. Not from the Brotherhood, the Sisterhood—not even from each other.

I’ll be posting my review on February 7th to go along with the books release date.

Six more people have died. The Public Health officers are barring visitors and all patients who aren’t in critical condition from the hospital unless they’re showing symptoms of the mystery virus.

Crewe, Megan (2012-01-24). The Way We Fall (Kindle Locations 640-641).

Disney. Kindle Edition.

Here’s the Goodreads description for The Way We Fall:

When a deadly virus begins to sweep through sixteen-year-old Kaelyn’s community, the government quarantines her island—no one can leave, and no one can come back.

Those still healthy must fight for dwindling supplies, or lose all chance of survival. As everything familiar comes crashing down, Kaelyn joins forces with a former rival and discovers a new love in the midst of heartbreak. When the virus starts to rob her of friends and family, she clings to the belief that there must be a way to save the people she holds dearest.

Because how will she go on if there isn’t?

I was lucky enough to receive a copy from Megan last week. I’m really enjoying this one. It’s creepy, yet addictive.

I know I’m behind on reviews, I promise I’ll be posting a lot of them this week. I was sick over the weekend and ended up calling out of work on Monday, and I had to finish editing a manuscript (more on that later, hopefully), so I’ve fallen a bit behind. I do want to apologize for that. I’ll be back on track hopefully by the end of the week!

“Try me,” I said. A lump grew in my throat, and yet I was hopeful that at last the mystery would be solved. Trenton took a step toward me, started to speak, then faltered and looked away. He gathered his courage and spoke, “I will tell you this, Cassie. I never meant to hurt you. But you must stop this . . . this dream dimension, or whatever it is. Please. Stop trying to remember me.”

Dubats, Sally (2011-07-04). The Grimoire Chronicles: Veil Between Worlds (p. 55). Sally Dubats. Kindle Edition.

Here’s the Goodreads description for Veil Between Worlds:

The Witches’ New Year looms, and the Veil Between Worlds thins. Seventeen-year-old Cassie heads home from school and meets Trenton, a beautiful boy with an enchanting voice. Darkness blankets the encounter so Cassie forgets she ever met him. . . and what he did to her. For other girls the lost time would be the end of the story, but Cassie is Wiccan and she uses her intelligence and authentic witchcraft to remember the truth. Her spell sets in motion a mind-blowing adventure that takes her to another dimension, the astral plane, where anything is possible and a dangerous romance with Trenton blossoms.

But who. . . or what. . . is Trenton?

The story is fantasy. The spells are real.

Interested in reading this book? I have SEVEN e-books to give out this week! All you need to do is send an e-mail to NicoleSobonBooks@gmail.comnd let me know what format you’d like. Yes, it’s really that easy.

Paperback, 323 pages

Published May 1st 2011 by Metal Blonde Books

“Who is Dex Foray?” she asked, looking up at me.

I snatched it out of her hands and turned it over in mine. He did exist.

Quote taken from page 59.

Here’s the Goodreads description for Darkhouse:

Enter the world of the highly acclaimed Experiment in Terror Series by visiting…the Darkhouse:

There’s always been something a bit off about Perry Palomino. Though she’s been dealing with a quarter-life crisis and post-college syndrome like any other twenty-something, she’s still not what you would call “ordinary.” For one thing, there’s her past which she likes to pretend never happened, and then there’s the fact that she sees ghosts. Luckily for her, that all comes in handy when she stumbles across Dex Foray, an eccentric producer for an upcoming webcast on ghost hunters. Even though the show’s budget is non-existent and Dex himself is a maddening enigma, Perry is instantly drawn into a world that both threatens her life and seduces her with a sense of importance. Her uncle’s haunted lighthouse provides the perfect catalyst and backdrop for a mystery that unravels the threads of Perry’s fragile sanity and causes her to fall for a man, who, like the most dangerous of ghosts, may not be all that he seems.

I’m really enjoying this book. I’d highly suggest snatching up this book (the e-book is only $0.99!).