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Train to the Edge of the Moon by Asper Blurry Publication date: October 28th 2016 Genres: Contemporary, New Adult "Don't give in to the darkness. There's always another way." Punk is no ordinary millennial who takes the life as it is. She has a nasty habit of getting in troubles, she shows the middle finger to prejudice and stupidity, she fights against her broken identity and darkness of her soul. She goes against the stream with her heavy, tight shoes, but she still tries to be a better person. Punk’s adventurous journey to become someone who matters starts in a Place Without a Name, continues in Italy and London. Her train is full of sad reflections, laughs, modern tales about our young lives, relationships and occasional heartbreaks. “Train to the Edge of the Moon” is about all shades of the young people reality – struggles with career, romances, feeling lost in the corporate machinery, feeling misunderstood and rejected by society. It’s funny, it make...

Elemental Lies (Essential Elements #2) by Elle Middaugh Genre: YA Fantasy Romance Release Date: July 24th 2017 Valerie Moore is an Elemental, a person who commands one of the classical elements of wind, water, fire, or earth. She’s special, though. She controls two—fire and water—though sometimes it seems like they control her. After the accidental exposure of Elementals to humanity, Valerie finds herself—and all of her kind—struggling to attain equality. Three different groups fight to secure leadership, and with all of their hidden agendas, she doesn’t know which side to choose. The balance between peaceful cohabitation and all-out war is precarious, at best. When a chance meeting brings Val and earth Elemental Cade Landston back together, everything changes. She realizes what she knew in the beginning—that he’s the one she wants. Her desire to win him over draws her closer to him, and his vengeful mission to hunt down her murderous grandfather brings them both closer ...

Emily Knight I am A. Bello Genre: Tweens, YA, Fantasy Fiction Publisher: Hashtag Press ISBN-10: 0995780609 ISBN-13: 978-0995780606 Release Date: June 1, 2017                                                                  How does it feel to be different and misunderstood? And who cares? Emily Knight is young and famous, self-aware and intelligent. But what if the one thing that makes Emily different also makes her a target for evil? Can she defend herself...and everything she loves? A.Bello breaks boundaries with this gritty and gripping fantasy novel Hashtag Press       Amazon A Moment with A. Bello ...

Title: Blood & Bone Series Author: Tara Brown Genre: YA SciFi/Mystery Hosted by: Lady Amber's Reviews & PR What would you do if your life was a lie—and everyone knew but you? Jane has come a long way from the dark days of the horrific car accident that robbed her of many memories. Living the life of a shopgirl with a charming boyfriend—a handsome, green-eyed doctor named Derek—is so satisfying that she doesn’t want to revisit her past. But the past insists on revisiting Jane. People keep thinking she’s Samantha, a dead girl who looks exactly like her. Now, Jane is determined to discover her connection to the girl, leading her to question everything from her relationship with Derek to her own sanity. Should she believe Rory, the man who insists she actually is Samantha? Or should she depend on Derek, who offers her love and shelter…but who may have other reasons for keeping her under wraps? Who is telling her the truth—and what are the others hiding? Ad...

Title: S.K.I.E. Series Author: Caitlyn Mancini Genre: YA science-fiction/genetic engineering (futuristic not alien sci-fi) Cover Designer: Renee Barratt from The Cover Counts Hosted by: Lady Amber's PR Selie is starting college in the year 2098 at Ashmore University located within White Sulfur Springs, West Virginia. While technology has advanced to incorporate artificial intelligence microchips, the worries of a teenage girl have not. Selie thought the worst she would be dealing with was hard tests and difficulty making new friends. Instead, she stumbles upon a ghastly discovery of missing students and illegal experiments. Just when she thinks she’s made a friend and meets a handsome boy who’s much more than he seems, her world is turned upside down and she soon realizes that she is no longer ordinary. Now, along with her newfound friends, she has to fight for survival and stop others from falling victim. Add to Goodreads Selie has survived the...

War Prize Series by Elizabeth Vaughan ✧✧✧✧✧ This is a blast from my past, and a series that has really stuck with me. I read the first three books in paperback a few years ago and loved, loved, loved them. There is different covers, so I'm guessing they have been updated since then. This series is about a princess that becomes a healer instead of sitting around all day doing nothing. To end a war she is given to the Firelander Warlord as a War Prize. She is lead to believe this means a life of slavery, but nothing could be farther from the truth. She has to learn how to survive in a new culture with strange customs and beliefs. Over the course of three books she has to learn where she belongs in this new world where everyone is a soldier, fight a plague, and battle superstitions that could mean her death. There is danger, love, a slew of characters that will fascinate, and tears. Oh lord is there tears. I cried like a baby at a few different places throug...

Title: Wild For You Author: J.C. Reed Genre: Contemporary Romance Hosted by: Lady Amber's PR It was supposed to be easy. Move to Montana and accept a job as the live-in physical therapist of a famous bull rider. But when I arrive, my new patient isn't what I expected at all. Cash Boyd isn't just sinfully sexy, he's also rude, arrogant, and probably the most stubborn man I've ever met. He claims he doesn't need my help and tries to pay me off to leave. But I'm not one to give up even though the sexy cowboy is a pain in the ass. A few months...that's as long as it should take to do my job. The rules are pretty simple. All I have to do is stay professional even though everything about Cash Boyd is scorching hot. And he doesn't make a secret out of the fact that he wants me where I can never end up...in his bed. I'm determined to keep my distance. But what if my patient has other plans for us? Author's Note: WILD FOR YOU is a...