In My Mailbox 2.26.12

Hey readers, here are the books in my mailbox this week:

 

>Young Adult

Finnikin of the Rock (Lumatere Chronicles #1) by Melina Marchetta

~I've read the first few chapters of this YA fantasy(romance) and it's engaging. Solid enjoyment. The characters and their stories held my interest so far. The sequel, Froi and Exiles, releases March 13 2012 in the US.

Fair Coin (Coin #1) by E.C Myers

~I received this from Pyr Publishers for review and I"m looking forward to it; based on the book description it has potential to attract a good audience-including me *smiles* Thanks Pyr publishers and E.C Myers.

>Adult

 

Reese(Rock Creek Six #1) by Lori Handeland

~My goodness am I loving this so far. It's a western romance and I'm so glad to have found one that is readable for me. I know others want to be able to get lost in a good western romance but can't...stop abusing the search engines and try the Rock Creek Series my Lori Handeland and Linda Devlin(not sure if they're the same person); it's lively and will introduce you to fun-amusing characters.

Sullivan(Rock Creek Six #2) by Linda Devlin

~Gah! I can't wait to start Sullivan's story!

Out of Control by Suzanne Brockmann

~After reading Breaking Point by Pamela Clare, which was an amazing read, I went on a spree for another adventure-suspense romance...figured Out of Control could help with my withdrawal symptoms *wink*

The Rose Garden by Susanna Kearsley

~This is a time travel romance that I can fairly assume is getting many readers interested because of the previous time travel romance by this author, The Winter Sea, which got very good reviews. I never read a time travel romance and hope Susanna Kearsley books will be a good start.

The Restorer by Amanda Stevens

I found out about this book when I came across the sequel, The Kingdom, which releases March 27 2012. Usually I'm not interested in ghost stories but based on the book description and the first few pages...I thought I might like it.

Well that's all I got for now. What did you get in the Mailbox this week?

In My Mailbox 10.22.11

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Those are the books I got this week and I am so excited to read them all!!

1. Visions of Ransom Lake by Marcia Lynn McClure
2. The Pirate Ruse by Marcia Lynn McClure
3. The Highwayman of Tanglewood by Marcia Lynn McClure
4. A Lady Awakened by Cecilia Grant

Special thanks to Random House publisher for A Lady awakened. I've been dreaming of that ARC for awhile. Thank you so much.
Another big thanks to Kathy from I am a Reader not a Writer Blog for introducing me to Author Marcia Lynn Mcclure. I'm halfway through Visions of Ransom Lake and I'm absolutely loving it.

As for the winner to the Hunting Lila Giveaway. I'll announce that tomorrow or the day after. Cheers!

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For Review.
(Thanks to Harper Collins)
*Under The Never Sky by Veronica Rossi
*Incarnate by Jodi Meadows

Bought(used book store)
*A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb

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The Host by Stephenie Meyer (Traded: I want to give it another chance...)

Tiger's Curse by Colleen Houck (Bought after reading only half the book from ebook copy and because the cover is beautiful)

The Taker by Alma Katsu (From Simon and Schuster, Thank you)

Any books you've received in the mail recently?Or planning to receive?

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Very excited to read them.

*Don't Breathe a Word by Holly Cupala (ARC)
*If I Stay by Gayle Forman
*White Cat by Holly Black


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Just a side note. I'm hosting some International giveaways if you haven't already checked that out. This is the giveaway pile. Some I will be giving away soon :)

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For Review:
Edge of Escape by Debra Chapoton
A World I Never Made by James LePore

From the Library:
Break by Hannah Moskowitz
Hush: An Irish Princess' Tale by Donna Jo Napoli

Bought:
Don't Tell (Dark Secrets #2) by Elizabeth Chandler

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Edge of Escape by Debra Chapoton

EDGE OF ESCAPE reveals the fractured heart of Eddie, an emotionally impaired 18-year-old who has spent most of his school years in special education classes. Placed there by an over protective mother who also blames her son for his unintentional part in his father's death, Eddie is kept separated from normal student interactions. Eddie's guilt and his place among the unaccepted serve to keep him invisible to the rest of the students, especially the popular ones. His uncontainable obsession for the popular Rebecca compels him to devise a plan to pull her into his world and win her over. What should have been appropriate advances become, for Rebecca, the terror of stalking and abduction. She wakes up trapped, she escapes, and then she makes a wrong choice and is trapped again. Throughout her ordeal as she escapes again and again, there are flashbacks into both Rebecca's and Eddie's lives and how those lives have been intersecting all through their school years. If she falls for the fragile spirit who stalks her, does love erase evil intent? If she fails to see the innocent infatuation for what it is, will she be responsible for the inevitable tragedy that foreshadows their tangled fate?

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A World I Never Made by James LePore

A World I Never Made is the story of Megan Nolan, a beautiful and brilliant but cynical young writer who fakes her suicide in order to escape from an equally handsome and brilliant Saudi lover who she discovers is a terrorist mastermind. When her father, Pat, a recently retired Connecticut contractor, estranged from his daughter for many years, discovers the ploy, he commences, with the help of a lovely but oddly sad French detective named Catherine Lawrence, on a search that leads him inexorably into the dark world of terrorism, espionage and counter-espionage where he ultimately comes face to face with evil, with his lost daughter and with himself.

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Break by Hannah Moskowitz

Jonah is on a mission to break every bone in his body. Everyone knows that broken bones grow back stronger than they were before. And Jonah wants to be stronger—needs to be stronger—because everything around him is falling apart. Breaking, and then healing, is Jonah’s only way to cope with the stresses of home, girls, and the world on his shoulders.

When Jonah's self-destructive spiral accelerates and he hits rock bottom, will he find true strength or surrender to his breaking point?

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Hush: An Irish Princess' Tale by Donna Jo Napoli

Melkorka is a princess, the first daughter of a magnificent kingdom in mediæval Ireland -- but all of this is lost the day she is kidnapped and taken aboard a marauding slave ship. Thrown into a world that she has never known, alongside people that her former country's laws regarded as less than human, Melkorka is forced to learn quickly how to survive. Taking a vow of silence, however, she finds herself an object of fascination to her captors and masters, and soon realizes that any power, no matter how little, can make a difference.

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Don't Tell (Dark Secrets #2) by Elizabeth Chandler

What really happened to Mother?

Lauren has come home seven years after her famous mother's mysterious drowning. They said it was an accident, but the tabloids screamed murder. Her father, a senator, hadn't protected her. Aunt Jule was her only refuge, the beloved godmother she's returning to see.

Lauren stops at Wisteria's annual street festival and meets Nick, a tease, a flirt, and a childhood playmate. The day is almost perfect -- until she realizes she's being watched.

Arriving at Aunt Jule's, Lauren is shocked at the decay of the riverfront home. Aunt Jule seems angry and defensive, even as she fusses over Lauren at her daughter Holly's expense. Nora, Jule's other daughter, is silent and spooky, and stares at Lauren with frightening intensity. Meanwhile, Nick has acted as if he wants to be more than Lauren's friend. So why is he suddenly glued to Holly and almost hostile to Lauren? How can she trust him -- especially now that a series of nasty "accidents" makes Lauren realize that somebody wants her dead? This time, there's no place to run.

In My Mailbox (2)

Here's what I got this week. Cheers!

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Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma

Sixteen-year-old Maya and seventeen-year-old Lochan have never had the chance to be 'normal' teenagers. Having pulled together for years to take care of their younger siblings while their wayward, drunken mother leaves them to fend alone, they have become much more than brother and sister. And now, they have fallen in love. But this is a love that can never be allowed, a love that will have devastating consequences ...

How can something so wrong feel so right?

Brother and sister relationship? I never read an incest book and I heard this one's promising.

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Blood and Sunlight: A Maryland Vampire Story by Jamie Wasserman

Melanie would love to believe in fairytales. She'd love, in fact, to believe in anything. The twenty-three-year-old college dropout is stuck - stuck in a dead-end waitress job, stuck in her hometown of Ellicott City, Maryland, and stuck with a boyfriend who likes to play dress-up as a vampire. Vampires. Her world and her reality are turned upside down when she encounters the real thing. Along the way, she meets Lucas, the would-be vampire slayer, his father the sheriff, and ultimately the vampire himself. Melanie learns that fairytales can come true, and evil isn't always where you expect to find it.

The art is nice. This seems refreshing, something new worthy.

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Masks by Patricia Caviglia>

Masks tells the story of two teenagers struggling to be normal together, despite their dysfunctional families.

Rebecca Jacobs is an unremarkable teenage girl-at least, that is what she wants the world to believe. But her private life is made public when her verbally abusive father embarrasses her at a school dance, and soon gossip and whispers buzz throughout the school.

One of the witnesses to Rebecca's public humiliation is David Miller, the high school bad boy. Unsure about how to help her, he settles for becoming her friend. Rebecca and David grow closer with each passing day, eventually falling in love.

Rebecca's main priority is keeping her relationship with David a secret from her overprotective parents, but there are other problems she must also confront. First, Rebecca's best friend tries to steal David away. Then, Rebecca is forced to face David's violent behavior, which closely resembles her father's temper. Rebecca's worst enemy, though, is herself. In her desperate need to keep her home life separate from her love life, she lies to her parents and to David. When the truth is exposed, she must confront reality-alone. She quickly learns that sometimes secrets are harder to live with than the truth.

The Cover is really! Nice! ...the plot seems very interesting too.

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The Broken Lake (The Pace Series #2) by Shelena Shorts

In the aftermath of Sophie's ordeal, Weston will make some uncharacteristic decisions to distance himself from the past in an attempt to change the future.
But, while venturing into the improbable, the present sneaks up in a chilling way that will lead to Wes' unexpected submission. Suddenly, Sophie will find herself watching as both his immortal secret and his own existence are threatened.
Continuously intriguing, The Broken Lake takes readers to a place where eternal bonds confront a division that is sure to leave everyone wondering whom they can trust.

The Sequel to The Pace, Book 1 of The Pace series(click here for my review)...need I explain?

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Over the Moon by Diane Daniels

When seventeen-year-old Tiana moves to Hurricane, Utah, her comfortable world is turned upside down as she traverses the rough waters of adjusting to a small town and new school. Her father insists they were supposed to move here for some unknown, important purpose, and the voice in her head tells her not to argue. After resigning herself to being a miserable outcast, Tiana finds that she is not only accepted by most of the students at her new high school but is also the recipient of unwelcome attention from the opposite sex. But then she meets the mysterious Andrew Martin and is soon Over the Moon crazy about him. Andrew seems to be the perfect boyfriend: protective, tender, good with her parents, and a fabulous kisser. But he also has a few unusual qualities: an intuitiveness that borders on mind reading, a touch that seems to heal, and almost superhuman strength. Tiana marvels at his talents but doesn't seriously consider the implications until she can no longer ignore the clues: Andrew does not belong on Earth. When Andrew admits his true identity, Tiana enters a world previously unknown to her and is plunged into mortal danger as it is Andrew's sworn duty to combat evil, extraterrestrial villains who wish to invade Earth and enslave mankind. Join Diane Daniels for a romantic adventure in Over the Moon, which will take you to a world where the impossible comes to life.

Cover is lovely...I'm very curious about this one, sounds good and entertaining.

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Finding You by Kristen Kehoe

Sloan Sawyer's family began to dissolve the day her father died. Fifteen then, Sloan had turned to her mother for comfort, and had been turned away. Now, at eighteen, a senior in high school, Sloan is alone and playing the role of guardian for her fifteen-year-old younger sister, who appears to be set on ruining her own life. Along with trying to save her sister from her destructive decisions,, Sloan is working day and night to get into a prestigious art program, while working out twice a day to try and clinch a state title in swimming-the same state title that her mother had won when she had been Sloan's age. When an incident at school brings her into contact with the new kid, who also happens to be the principal's son, Sloan finds herself beginning one more relationship that she isn't sure she knows how to handle.

The main character, Sloan, seems like she's overwhelmed with responsibility. I love books about teens who take on more than what they can handle, I'm very curious to see how this one will play out.

In My Mailbox (1)

In My Mailbox is hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren. It's a cool way to share fellow readers what we've received from the mailman this week.

Whoo! My first Delivery Book...blog...post....? Anyway, I'm excited!

This is a couple books I got in the mail. The covers are awesome, obviously...but let's see what they're about...

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The Greyfriar (Vampire Empire #1)
by Clay Griffith, Susan Griffith

Sounds Epic...Can't wait to read this!

In the year 1870, a horrible plague of vampires swept over the northern regions of the world. Millions of humans were killed outright. Millions more died of disease and famine due to the havoc that followed. Within two years, once great cities were shrouded by the grey empire of the vampire clans. Human refugees fled south to the tropics because vampires could not tolerate the constant heat there. They brought technology and a feverish drive to reestablish their shattered societies of steam and iron amid the mosques of Alexandria, the torrid quietude of Panama, or the green temples of Malaya.

It is now 2020 and a bloody reckoning is coming.

Princess Adele is heir to the Empire of Equatoria, a remnant of the old tropical British Empire. She is quick with her wit as well as with a sword or gun. She is eager for an adventure before she settles into a life of duty and political marriage to man she does not know. But her quest turns black when she becomes the target of a merciless vampire clan. Her only protector is The Greyfriar, a mysterious hero who fights the vampires from deep within their territory. Their dangerous relationship plays out against an approaching war to the death between humankind and the vampire clans.

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Unknown Magic by Evelyn M. Bryne

Cover, Lovely
Gorgeous guy claiming her as his mate? ...Need I explain?

Discovering she is a Tuatha Dé Danann straight from Irish Mythology, turns Megan’s life upside down. As if that was not enough, an arrogant, drop-dead gorgeous man tells her she is his mate.
Seamus escaped his mysterious captors seventeen years earlier, taking a little girl with him and returning her to her home. Returning to the one location he considers his safe haven, he recognizes Megan as the young child he rescued. Only now, she is stunning enough to make him forget, almost, just how treacherous his life is.
Megan soon realizes fighting her attraction for Seamus is a losing battle. But when the people hunting Seamus track them down, Megan and Seamus are faced with a much more immediate and deadly threat—a struggle for the lives of all the Tuatha Dé Danann. Can they overcome their pursuers and win?

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