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December 15, 2015

Book Blast + Giveaway: Demons by Ednah Walters

Demons
Demons  (Eirik #1)
Author: Ednah Walters
Genre: YA Fantasty/Paranormal
Release Date: December 15, 2015

Description:

Demons continues the Runes series by USA Today bestselling author Ednah Walters. What happened to Eirik after he left his friends on Earth and went to Hel? 

Eirik Baldurson—son of Baldur, God of Light—failed living as a Mortal. He lost the girl of his dreams and nearly got his friends killed. Now, he's gone to the underworld to meet the mother he’s never known. Torn between his duty to her and the man he used to be, Eirik struggles to find himself, until a witch appears in his world. Feisty and stubborn, she is a reminder of everything good he left behind. 

Celestia Devereaux proudly attends a charter high school for “gifted” teenagers who embrace magic. Witches. However, she keeps a terrible secret—a prediction that she would one day be responsible for massive destruction and death. Though Celestia uses her clairvoyant abilities to help people, she worries that it is just a matter of time before she goes over to the dark side. 

Her world changes when she unexpectedly astral projects to a place she didn’t believe existed and meets a tortured man who needs her help. Will helping him cause her fears to come true, or will he sacrifice everything to save her? 

Praise for Demons: 

"Ednah just Keeps getting better. Demons is one Hel of a ride!" ~ Karen Lynch, USA Today Bestselling Author of the Relentless series 

"A beautiful addition to an already mesmerizing world. Be ready to obsess over a new book boyfriend!" ~ Melissa Haag, International Bestselling Author of Judgement of Six and Beastly 

"Walters weaves a mystical tapestry of adventure steeped in Norse mythology. A wild ride that you won't want to end, Demons will ensnare you mind body and soul." ~ Ashley Kemp, Mama Reads Hazel reads Blog 

"An epic adventure, a swoon-worthy hero, an unexpected romance... Walters never fails to deliver and always leaves me wanting more." ~ Karen Metkalf, My Bookbag Blog 

"Echo who?? Erase EVERYTHING you think you know about Eirik, because it's DEAD wrong. This book is the best of the series, BUY IT, DEVOUR IT, AND FANGIRL OVER IT! I'll be right here with you!" ~ Tracy Vincent, Textual Love blog 

"Ednah always, always grabs me, throws me mercilessly into her universes, and keeps me fully enthralled until the book ends. And then I'm left wanting more." ~ Sara Meadows, Bookcrush Blog 
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A shirtless Eirik was doing push-ups, the same tattoos I’d seen on his mother coiling under his glistening skin. He didn’t have as many as she did, but that pull to reach out and touch his skin was there. Despite his fewer glowing tattoos, the pull was stronger and somehow different from his mother’s. I couldn’t explain it.
 
Warmth coiled deep in my stomach and my heart did that weird tremble it did yesterday when he had buried his face in my hair. The corded muscles on his back shifted beautifully, his biceps straining with the effort as he pushed and lifted himself up, then down. Funny, I hadn’t noted the thin dust of blond hair on his arms. I never thought manly fuzz would be intriguing. And who would have known the weak man I’d helped yesterday would have such a masculine body with washboard abs?
 
The urge to close the gap between us and touch him grew. I wanted to run my hand up and down his back. Would the tattoos react? It was obvious they were magical. It was the only explanation for the pull I’d felt toward his mother and now him.
 
“Morning,” he said without looking in my direction. 
 
My first instinct was to jump out of sight. Had he caught me ogling him? 
 
Ednah Walters holds a PHD in Chemistry and is a stay-at-home mother of five. She is also a USA Today bestselling author. She writes about flawed heroes and the women who love them. 

Her award-winning, International bestselling YA Paranormal Romance, Runes Series started with Runes and has a total of 6 books in this series. The latest, Witches, released in March 2015 and her most recent addition Demons, A Runes Companion Novel. Eirik Book 1, the story of Raines best friend and former crush Eirik Seville, to be released on December 15th, 2015. And her international bestselling The Guardian Legacy Series - YA Urban Fantasy that started with Awakened and has a total of 4 books in this series. The latest Forgotten, released in June 2015 (which focuses on the Nephilim, children of the fallen angels. 

She also writes Contemporary Romance as E.B. Walters-from The Fitzgerald Family series, that started with Slow Burn (she has a total of six books in this series) to her new series Infinitus Billionaire: Impulse (book 1) published was in January 2015. Indulge (book 2) released in August 4th, 2015 and Intrigue (Book 3) to be released early 2016. Whether she’s writing about Valkyries, Norns, and Grimnirs, or Guardians, Demons, and Archangels to her love, family, and friendship play crucial roles in all her books. 

If you enjoyed reading her books, please consider leaving a review. Reviews can make a difference in the ranking of a book. To be updated on more Runes exclusives, the next book in Eirik's story, giveaways, teasers, and deleted scenes, join my newsletter. http://bit.ly/EdnahWNewsletter 

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April 6, 2013

2013 Belongs to Dante: Review & Giveaway


Welcome to my stop on the ‘2013 Belongs to Dante’ blog event hosted by YA Bound.  Click HERE to see the rest of the blog tour schedule!


The Collector (Dante Walker #1)
Author: Victoria Scott
Genre: YA Fantasy/Paranormal Romance
Release Date: April 2, 2013
Publisher: Entangled Teen
Format: Paperback/ebook
400 pages

Description:

He makes good girls...bad.

Dante Walker is flippin’ awesome, and he knows it. His good looks, killer charm, and stellar confidence have made him one of hell’s best—a soul collector. His job is simple: weed through humanity and label those round rears with a big red good or bad stamp. Old Saint Nick gets the good guys, and he gets the fun ones. Bag-and-tag.

Sealing souls is nothing personal. Dante’s an equal-opportunity collector and doesn't want it any other way. But he’ll have to adjust, because Boss Man has given him a new assignment:

Collect Charlie Cooper’s soul within ten days.

Dante doesn't know why Boss Man wants Charlie, nor does he care. This assignment means only one thing to him, and that’s a permanent ticket out of hell. But after Dante meets the quirky Nerd Alert chick he’s come to collect, he realizes this assignment will test his abilities as a collector…and uncover emotions deeply buried.
  



The Collector is the amazing first book in a new young adult paranormal romance series that follows main character and major hottie, Dante Walker, as he takes on his latest assignment as a Collector - a demon that is charged with collecting souls for "Boss Man" and the Underworld. This job is no different from the others, except that once he's finished it, Dante will get a major promotion and will never have to return to Hell again. The only problem is that this target is different. Charlie Cooper seems like a dorky teenage girl, but Dante quickly realizes that she is so much more than that. Once he realizes just what this girl means to the people who love her, to the entire world, and to the Big Guy upstairs, Dante sees that this assignment will change his life - and him - forever.

Oh lord - where to even begin? This book had me hooked from the first line. The writing was phenomenal and I was immediately sucked into Dante's world. He's the typical bad boy main character - he's completely gorgeous and he knows it - and lets everyone else know too. On top of his looks, he's cocky and has a serious attitude problem. He literally believes he's the hottest and baddest guy on the planet. That is, until he meets Charlie. Charlie is such a sweetheart and I love her in this book. She's innocent, naive, trusting and so incredibly pure. She changes the people around her for the better and Dante is no exception. Underneath that bad ass exterior, there's good still inside of him - and Charlie can see it. She has such unwavering trust and faith in him. We see Dante really grow and change in the book - for the better - and I LOVE the guy he became. Perfect guy: hottie with a total heart of gold and one that will die for you? YES PLEASE!! Anyways...  The plot was original and intense. I loved the Biblical references that related to Charlie's destiny as well as the angels and demons aspect to it. I enjoyed learning about the collectors and the liberators and the other history that the author included in the book and I really hope there's more of it in the next installment. The plot itself was fast paced and had me tearing through the pages as fast as I could read them. There was a bit of everything in this book - action, adventure, fantasy, paranormal, romance - a really great mix of multiple genres to round it out. The dialogue in the book was fun because there was lots of cultural references and actual slang that's used in normal conversations, so it didn't feel fake or forced. There are so many different aspects to the book and the story that I can't possible highlight them all, so suffice it to say that this book went way beyond any expectations and hopes I had. It completely blew my mind in the best kind of way. I have to admit that I *may* have shed a couple of tears at one or two points in the book, which is rare for me, so that's definitely a clue to the author's talent. Honestly, this is one of the best books I've read and I can't recommend it highly enough. The only issue now is having to wait for the second book to release. Fans of paranormal romance or just a great story will want to read this - now. But be warned - you will fall for Dante when you read this book. I don't normally have "book boyfriends," but I fell for him hard. And now I claim him as mine and I will fight you for him. :)






ONE OF THE BEST!!




I'm a YA writer represented by Laurie McLean. Author of THE COLLECTOR (Entangled Teen, April 2013) and THE BRIMSTONE BLEED (Scholastic, 2014). I have a master's degree in marketing, and live in Dallas with my husband. When not writing, I can be found munching cotton candy and snuggling obese cats. 



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