{Author spotlight} Thanks to Shannon Dermott! + giveaway winner

This is the last post in Author spotlight for January. We want to say thank you to Shannon Dermott for this awesome month! It has been a pleasure to have you here with us this month! We hope you will be back! We hope all of you readers have enjoyed her presence here as much as we have! So a big hug and a lot of thanks from both of us! We wish her the best of luck in the future and we are looking forward to read more books by her! She is an amazing author who deserves all the spotlight she can get!

Next month we will take a break from Author spotlight month and only have one spotlight post by the very busy and talented Historical romance author Vicky Dreiling! We will see more of her in may though to celebrate her new book!

Now on to the giveaway winner who was chosen randomly by rafflecopter!

MIA HODDELL

She has 48 hours to respond to e-mail we have sent to claim her price of Beg for Mercy, Waiting for Mercy and Through the Lens in paperback! If she does not respond we will choose another winner randomly by rafflecopter.

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Teaser Tuesday: The Vincent Brothers

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by Miz B at Should Be Reading.

Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

Grab your current read

Open to a random page

Share two "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page

BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!

Sawyer Vincent is still heartbroken over his breakup with Ashton Gray - made worse because he lost her to his brother - but Lana McDaniel thinks she might just have a cure. Lana's lived in her cousin Ashton's shadow all her life, but now she's taking the lead and is determined to make Sawyer her man. But can she be sure that Sawyer's not just using her to get back at Ashton? And what if Sawyer sees through her new sexy version of herself and discovers the shy, geeky girl she used to be?

The Vincent Brothers picks up where The Vincent Boys left off - with twice the fun, twice the excitement and twice the sexy.

Teaser

 "I was still on my side, but Sawyer was pressed up against me. He was holding on to me like I was some sort of lifeline. I reached up to move his arm so I could get up and use the bathroom"

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{Author Spotlight} Ethan POV from Through the Lens

Hi Guys!

Today we get to share a scene from Through the Lens in Ethans POV.

How awesome is that!? 

Sit back, relax and enjoy!

Being a twin isn’t all that bad, nor is it all that good. Being the fat twin makes things a little worse. Seventeen year old, Jessa Shelby has been all but ignored. Trimmed down, but not skinny like her sister, she has decided to make her mark in her final year in high school.

Things begin anew the summer before her senior year when she makes friends with Ethan Hart, a boy with a twisted past, and Allie, his near celebrity status girlfriend, while taking pictures with her new prized possession. Hanging out with them opened her eyes to a lot of new possibilities including Josh Macon, whom she’s secretly crushed on all through high school. No longer the ‘fat girl’, Josh now seems interested in her too.

Long before the day comes to graduate, Jessa finds herself gasping for air. With her vision clouded from tears born of pain as the straps from her precious camera tighten around her throat, clarity sets in. They say that just before you die your life flashes before your eyes. And on the threshold of death claiming her, she finds that partially true. Her flash begins as if to explain just how she ended up on Death’s door. With mere moments left, she has to wonder if trust had come at a very high price.

More information about Shannon Dermott:

Shannon's webpage
Shannon on Twitter - - @Shannondermott
Shannon on facebook
Shannon on Goodreads
Shannon's blog

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Book review: The boy who sneaks in my bedroom window by Kirsty Moseley

Author: Kirsty Moseley
Title: The boy who sneaks in my bedroom window
Series: None
Genre: YA contemorary romance
My rating: 4 feet

Amber Walker and her older brother, Jake, have an abusive father. One night her brother's best friend, Liam, sees her crying and climbs through her bedroom window to comfort her. That one action sparks a love/hate relationship that spans over the next eight years.

Liam is now a confident, flirty player who has never had a girlfriend before. Amber is still emotionally scarred from the abuse she suffered at the hands of her father. Together they make an unlikely pair.

Their relationship has always been a rocky one, but what happens when Amber starts to view her brother's best friend a little differently? And how will her brother, who has always been a little overprotective, react when he finds out that the pair are growing closer? Find out in The Boy Who Sneaks In My Bedroom Window.

My Thoughts:

I came across this book when browsing around on Goodreads and thought the plot sounded interesting. When I saw all óf the bad ratings and bad reviews I was a bit worried but picked it up anyway to get my own opinion. Therefore I was going in to this story with a very critical eye. More so than usual.
To me the story was great and I really liked it. It was intriguing and kept me wanting more and on my toes most of the time. One thing in the writing though that I really disliked was the way she used Liams nickname for Amber. He calls her Angel. No problem at all. It´s a really cute nickname and I myself would love to have it. BUT it starts getting old real fast when the nickname apears like 8 times on one page. Not sure what others think but it really bothered me alot!

So, what about the charachters? Well, there is not much to complain about. They where all great in their own ways.
Amber: She has been through alot in her 16 years of life but is SO strong. She manages to still keep her head on and even though some things are hard and scary she faces them without blinking. She is a lovable charachter and it is hard not to like her.
Liam: What to say!? Yummy! ha! This is a guy who knows what he want´s and is not afraid of taking it. He is extremely patient and loving. He really is a player in the beginning but the reason behind it is revealed in the book and I think it´s kind of cute.

The lovestory: As the plot says Amber and Liam really is an odd couple in many ways but they workm together just fine. Some of the things they go through together really surprised me. I can´t say to much without spoilers but I can tell you that most of the books I have read the author tip toe around certain topics because it´s controversial. This author did not and I loved it!

If you see past the miss spellings and the nickname all of the time I can strongly recommend this book. It really touches you.

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{Author spotlight} Excerpt from Through the Lens by Shannon Dermott

Hi guys! 

The spotlight on Shannon Dermott is coming to an end but it is not done yet! We have a few posts still lined up before the month is over. Today we have an excerpt from the book Through the Lens! And tomorrow you will be able to read Ethan's POV from this very novel! Isn't that awesome?

Oh, and don't forget to enter the giveaway of this very book in paperback! You have until tomorrow (Wednesday) to enter before it closes! GOOD LUCK

Excerpt from Through The Lens

I took in the black boots, black jeans, and then a black tee strained from his defined muscles. Add to those visuals, his movie star face framed by a full head of dark hair that caught the wind just right. My finger was trigger happy (click), and I couldn't help but snap a few shots of him (click. click. click). And although he was facing me, he hadn’t been looking at me. His gaze was directed out into the masses, people watching I imagined. My hand nervously moved to the lens to tighten the shot on his face. 

And that’s when I saw the color of his eyes. They were the bluest of blue that would make the sky want to cry from jealously. He was hot, a ten on the Richter scale.  We’re talking catastrophic heartbreak.  But the way his eyes bore into my lens-. Crap, he looked at directly me. Saw me. My nervous finger clicked off the shot before I shifted away in embarrassment. I did a 180 towards good old Abe and walked a couple steps, feigning more interest as I started to line up an extreme long shot of that memorial. I needed to get out of there. Had he known I was taking pictures of him? I was poised to walk away in the direction of the memorial and make my escape when I heard a voice behind me. He was too close and I knew because I felt his breath on the back of my exposed neck. And I knew who it might be by the sheer amount of baritone in the voice. Slowly, I turned around, heart knocking against my chest. 

It was him. And he was like really tall. I'd already been tall but he had a good head over me, making me look up at him, guiltily while he looked down at me with no hint of shame. In fact his face was surprisingly empty, devoid of anything I could read. With his head at an angle, he spoke again, “So, do I get to see?”  

With no experience at all with guys other than Bradley—I mean who dates the fat girl— I was struck by his proximity, the fact that he, looking like that, was talking to me.  And I am barely able to stutter out, “See what?” 

Chuckling, he exposed impossibly white teeth, he said, “My picture.” 

The duh, must have crossed my face and I tilted the camera, which had been cradled in my palm, to reveal the ancient camera I was using. “This isn’t digital.”

“That’s a problem then,” he said, his face expressionless again. No, there was expression, I thought looking up at that face, hands shaking.  And the look I saw there made me swallow hard.

“Why?” I asked, feeling like cotton had filled my throat.

 “I think there must be laws about that or something.”

“Laws,” I repeated, perplexed.

“Yeah, laws. I don’t think I gave you permission to take my picture.”  His posture said he was dead serious.  Were there laws? I had no idea. And would he try to call the police or something. I didn't mean to do anything. I had been caught up in the feeling of the new camera, caught up in the sheer amount of attractiveness one person could have. 

Taking my camera in his hand, the strap around my neck pulled me closer to him.  He didn’t seem to notice that we were basically sharing too much personal space.  He studied my camera like he knew a thing or two about them turning it over this way and that.

“You’re not going to open it, are you?” I asked meekly, scared he would press charges. And that if he'd open it carelessly, try to force it open, the vintage camera might break let alone ruin the film inside. 

With a sardonic arch of his brow, he said, “I should.  Do you have a release form?  I mean, you can’t go posting these pictures without permission.”

“I, I never,” I stammered.  I had no idea how many laws I might be breaking.  “I promise I won’t post any of your pictures.”

Not looking at all convinced, he said, “How do I know that? Do you know how much my face is worth?”

Priceless, I wanted to say but kept that little comment to myself. I didn't want to seem creepier than he probably already thought me to be. I found myself licking my suddenly dry lips.  Was he a model?  There was no doubt he could be. 

Sighing, at my lack of response, he said, “Well, I guess you owe me then.” Owe him, I didn’t even know him. 

Being a twin isn’t all that bad, nor is it all that good. Being the fat twin makes things a little worse. Seventeen year old, Jessa Shelby has been all but ignored. Trimmed down, but not skinny like her sister, she has decided to make her mark in her final year in high school.  Things begin anew the summer before her senior year when she makes friends with Ethan Hart, a boy with a twisted past, and Allie, his near celebrity status girlfriend, while taking pictures with her new prized possession. Hanging out with them opened her eyes to a lot of new possibilities including Josh Macon, whom she’s secretly crushed on all through high school. No longer the ‘fat girl’, Josh now seems interested in her too. Long before the day comes to graduate, Jessa finds herself gasping for air. With her vision clouded from tears born of pain as the straps from her precious camera tighten around her throat, clarity sets in. They say that just before you die your life flashes before your eyes. And on the threshold of death claiming her, she finds that partially true. Her flash begins as if to explain just how she ended up on Death’s door. With mere moments left, she has to wonder if trust had come at a very high price.

More information about Shannon Dermott:

Shannon's webpage
Shannon on Twitter - - @Shannondermott
Shannon on facebook
Shannon on Goodreads
Shannon's blog

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{Author Spotlight} Giveaway of books by Shannon Dermott

Today we have something really fun for all of our readers! We have a giveaway for you. Three books by Shannon Dermott in paperback. The best thing is, it's international! You enter via Rafflecopter at the end of this post

So on to the prizes of this little giveaway!

Beg for Mercy (Cambion #1)

Waiting for Mercy (Cambion #2)

Through the lens

Everyone dreams of that first kiss. Of that magic moment when your lips finally meet those of that special person you’ve waited your whole life for. A little awkward, a little scary, a little hot and every bit amazing. We speculate that the whole world will shake and time will just stop. No one, however, ever imagines that kiss to bring Death himself knocking. Sixteen year old Mercy Moore's life just got more complicated. The kiss that originally could have meant she would finally have a boyfriend now was the kiss that could have very nearly ended his life. A small detail her mother conveniently never told her will take her life for an abrupt u-turn. Dating, no love, was now completely and utterly impossible. And the boy well, that boy would never be the same. But life, however cruel, goes on. Far too soon for her taste, Mercy finds herself at a senior party with the elite students of her school and her best friend. And of all things, playing a stupid game that could very well mean the death of someone in that small room. If it were not for her best friend, the hottest guys in school, and a small need to fit in, she may have been able to escape the disaster that was to come. Her worst nightmare, her personal curse, her very life, only gets dangerously worse. 

What do you do when you’ve been to hell and back, literally? For Mercy, it meant the beginning of the end for everything. Love, Happiness, Life. When the people important to her are thrown into danger and she is forced to choose who to save, what will Mercy do? When the demon within her has its own agenda, going to new lengths to fulfill it, how will she cope? And when a new nemesis arrives, with a sole focus to take what belongs to her, how will she survive? Some situations make you stronger, some make you weak. She used to run from confrontation but the need to uncover secrets will harden her resolve to make new choices.  In the end, someone else will suffer the consequences. Who will be burned by her very existence? And what will become of everything she holds dear? Mercy’s life wasn’t easy before and things aren’t getting easier now.

Being a twin isn’t all that bad, nor is it all that good. Being the fat twin makes things a little worse. Seventeen year old, Jessa Shelby has been all but ignored. Trimmed down, but not skinny like her sister, she has decided to make her mark in her final year in high school.  Things begin anew the summer before her senior year when she makes friends with Ethan Hart, a boy with a twisted past, and Allie, his near celebrity status girlfriend, while taking pictures with her new prized possession. Hanging out with them opened her eyes to a lot of new possibilities including Josh Macon, whom she’s secretly crushed on all through high school. No longer the ‘fat girl’, Josh now seems interested in her too. Long before the day comes to graduate, Jessa finds herself gasping for air. With her vision clouded from tears born of pain as the straps from her precious camera tighten around her throat, clarity sets in. They say that just before you die your life flashes before your eyes. And on the threshold of death claiming her, she finds that partially true. Her flash begins as if to explain just how she ended up on Death’s door. With mere moments left, she has to wonder if trust had come at a very high price.

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Historical Romance Saturday with Isabel Cooper

This is a new feature @ rather bare foot than bookless

We highlight an Author and a book in the historical romance genre that we or one of us really like or a book we would like to get our hands on. But it is mostly about the book. It sort of like a recommendation of a really great read.

This feature is a weekly feature and will be posted every Saturday. If you want to join you are more than welcome to either you just leave a comment with a book you highly recommend or if you want to join with your own post. But if you do don´t forget to leave a comment with your url and to link back to us in your post so others can join in on the fun. You are welcome to use our button or use your own.  

• This is what you do if you want to join: 
• Highlight an author and a book that you enjoy by that author. 
• Tell us what you like about the author you have chosen and why the book is worth reading. 
• Use our CRM button or make your own 
• Link back in your post to ratherbarefoot.blogspot.com so others can join this feature. 
• Link up at the end of this post by using inlinkz. 
• If you do not have blog leave a comment with a recommendation of an author and a book.

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No proper Lady by Isabel Cooper

This week I want to share with you guys an author and a book that are new to me, Isabel Cooper. I have yet to read this but it is in my to be read pile and I am really exited about this book I think it sounds awesome! So I guess we will see if I'm right or not. But I am sure it will be good! You can read more about Isabel Cooper on goodreads 

All books in the Englefield series:

No proper Lady #1

Lessons after dark #2

Curious affairs at midnight #3

When a half-naked woman suddenly appears on his country estate, Simon Grenville doesn't have time to be shocked. Demonic beasts are hot on his heels until the beautiful stranger unsheathes several knives strapped to her skin-tight trousers and kills them. As he stares at her fierce, heart-stopping face, Simon knows he's in a hell of a lot of trouble...

Joan is from a time where demons run rampant and humanity is fighting for its existence. To prevent this terrible future, she is sent back to Victorian England to kill the magician responsible for unleashing the dark forces. But Joan is a soldier more used to sparring than dancing. To get close to her target, she'll need Simon to teach her how to fit into polite society. Joan doesn't mind practicing proper flirtation on Simon, but she can't allow herself to be distracted by his gentle hands or devilish smile--the very future depends on it.

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{Book review} Witness By Jamie Magee

Author: Jamie Magee
Title: Witness
Series: See #2
Genre: Young adult, paranormal romance
My copy: e-copy received by author
Purchase :Amazon, e-book
My rating: 4 feet

Forgetting who you are is hard, but not as hard as remembering. Remembering that you have no idea how to face your demons, how to save the lost.

Charlie is at a sacred threshold.

The ‘glass box’, as she calls it, is slowly falling. Her childhood has ended. The moment she has yearned for, the moment where she can go and do anything, anything at all without seeking permission is now. She’d dreamed of this time, all of her friends had, but now that it’s here, she doesn't know which way to run, or if she should even run at all.

Charlie knew that running would be a goodbye forever, and she didn’t want that, she wanted to freeze the time she was in, to stay in the calm before the storm, the illusion that she could out wit the ones who seek her, hold the one she loves, and play the music that gives her passion. She’ll soon discover no one can hide from their fate, that time does not stop in place, and that whether she chooses to perceive it or not, the darkness has come.

What Charlie feared most, losing him, is a threat now more than ever. A realm, a dark and twisted dream world has called him, and now she must fight to save him, and others like him. Standing in her way is a soul from another life, a boy that promises that he will destroy her world, to save her life. With this threat in hand, with the dark path that her friends are on, Charlie must fight to find a way to leave, to trust that beyond her dimension there are souls that can help her, help all of them. The only question is, will she find them before it's to late, and if she can't, how is she going to use her gift, the gifts they all share to save them

My thoughts

This book is just as good as the first one in this series. It is well written and has a unique theme that I really like. Who wouldn't like the idea of soul mates and different dimensions with gifted people. I just love to be inside Magee's world. It is amazing. The story is both sad and beautiful with a feel of deep love, confusion and desperation. This is a story about protecting the ones they love and do anything to get rid of a hunted past.

Both Charlie and Draven has great personalities. I love both of them. And they have such a strong love for each other but they both have a jealous streak that is causing trouble for them through out the story. In the end they have to learn how to trust each other if they want to overcome the hardship they face, but I guess we will have to see what happens in the next book to see how that goes.

The story is exiting from the very start and has a kind of fast pace but not to fast. It was actually perfect for the story line. You will keep turning pages in this one for sure. Because you want to know how they will deal with the darkness that surrounds them and will they ever come Chara the dimension they all hope to one day be able to flee to? I guess you will have to read this if you want to find out! 

This was a great read that I strongly recommend.

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{Author spotlight} Ipad mini contest with Shannon Dermott

Hi Everyone! 

It is time again for our Author spotlight feature! Shannon Dermott has a contest! Be sure to join in on the fun!

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For anyone that reads one of my books and post a review on Amazon or Barnes and Noble, you can enter my giveaway for an Apple iPad Mini 16GB Wifi. For more details check out my blog post

http://shannondermott.net/2012/11/08/im-pimping-my-books/

or my website

http://www.shannondermott.com/Extras.html

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{Book Blog tour} Big bad bite by Jessie Lane

Author: Jessie Lane
Title: Big Bad bite
Series:Big Bad Bite series #1
Genre: Adult, paranormal romance
My copy: ARC e-copy received by Tour host
My rating: 4 feet

Jenna O’ Conner has been taught her whole life to hide from everyone. Never to let anyone to close enough to know that she would prefer a shotgun for her birthday over of a bouquet of roses. She’s been smothered by her over protective family so that no one learns what she truly is. Which is not human. Nor, is she considered the norm for the supernatural Other community that is benevolent enough to share this world with the humans.

In a desperate attempt to live her own life away from the small town she was raised in, Jenna obtains her dream job as the newest member on the Wilmington Police Department’s SWAT Team. What she didn’t predict was that she would run into trouble her first day on the job, in the form of a deadly, mouthwatering man named Adam McPhee. Who is also not human, but more like a wolf walking around in human skin. He’s determined to figure out exactly what Jenna is, which unbeknownst to him, could very well put her life in danger. He’s also determined to have her all to himself. As if that wasn’t enough for Jenna to deal with, bad news blows into town. A group of extremist Shifters who think humans are cattle and factions of Others worldwide should stay within their own species - never to intermingle. Chaos ensues. Jenna has to find a way to shut them down, but in the process of trying to do that, discovers things about herself that even she never thought was possible.

My Thoughts

I really enjoyed this book! It was a fun and exiting read that I highly enjoyed! It was kind of hard to put it down once I started reading it. When I opened the book I was thrown inside the action right away since we meet Jenna a cop on the swat team ready to bring in a suspect for murder! I love when you get thrown right inside the action! This book really captured my attention from start to finish. 

Jenna is a really strong main character. She is not only strong in the physical sense but also has a really strong mind. She doesn't take anyone's shit, no matter who it is, and she doesn't bow for anyone. You just have to love her for that. But she is also kind of headstrong and that is sometimes kind of irritating and cute at the same time.

Adam the other main character of the book is swoon worthy for sure. He is all male and very close to his animal, an animal that sometimes is very close to take over the control! He is not one to play with but drool you will! He is totally adorable but some of his male dominance is kind of irritating for both me as a reader and for Jenna. Like I said she doesn't bow for anyone and that includes Adam and that drives him mad! 

The love story between the two is amazing and make you wish for something like it for yourself! Who wouldn't want a big bad wolf that is insanely in love with you and would do anything to protect you. It doesn't hurt that he is sexy as hell too! 

I loved this book! It was funny and made me laugh at times, insanely romantic, and a lot exiting! This was a really wonderful book that was hard to put down, but not impossible and I recommend it strongly! It will be well worth your time, I promise!

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New Design!

Hi Guys!

So, as you can see we have a brand new design here on the blog. We are so happy about the changes and we think it looks great!

The person behind the design is the lovely Livia over at Butterfly-o-meter Designs.

She was so easy to work with and she really got it on the first try when we explained our vision.

We really hope that you will love it as much as we do!

Let us know by leaving a comment =)

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Waiting on Wednesday: The Charmed fates

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme and is hosted by Jill @  breaking the spine.

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This week I am waiting for the final book in the Charmed triology.

The Charmed Fates By Christine Wenrick will be released on March 1st!

Over a year has passed since Olivia Ann Greyson discovered that she is a Charmer, a Dhampir fated to be part of the violent supernatural world that surrounds our human one. In that time, she has strengthened herself physically, learned of her family’s secret past, and found a deep and abiding love with the strongest man she has ever met, Daywalker Caleb Wolfe. But Olivia’s biggest challenge still lies ahead of her . . .
Dark vampire lord Luther Davin has been obsessed with capturing Olivia so he can use her special gifts for his own reasons. As Caleb and Olivia try to make a new life together with their coven, the Nightwalker’s attempts to capture her only intensify and inadvertently bring an unwelcome visitor from Caleb’s past barging back into his life.
She is Caelestis—Celeste to the modern world—and she claims to be Caleb’s first and rightful mate. Although Olivia has grown confident and secure in her relationship with Caleb, she soon realizes that Celeste sees herself as no less than a goddess among mere mortals and will stop at nothing to get Caleb back—which means Olivia herself must die!
When these two threats collide and fate steps in to pull Olivia away from her new family, will she be ready for her darkest hour and her greatest battle?

What are you waiting for?

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Contemporary Romance Monday: Jay Crownover

In this feature we will highlight an author and a book that we really enjoy reading from in the contemporary romance genre. There are so many great books out there and so many awesome authors. So this is a chance for us to recommend some books and authors that we or one of us really like. 

This is what you do if you want to join:

• Highlight an author and a book that you enjoy by that author. 

• Tell us what you like about the author you have chosen and why the book is worth reading. 

• Use our CRM button or make your own 

• Link back in your post to ratherbarefoot.blogspot.com so others can join this feature. 

• Link up at the end of this post by using inlinkz. 

• If you do not have blog leave a comment with a recommendation of an author and a book. 

So, I have the pleasure to do this feature another week and I have one more nice book to recommend for you guys. =)

I had loved Rule Archer since the first moment I ever laid eyes on him. He was everything I shouldn't want and the only person I went out of my way to not try and please. He only saw me as a brat, and an entitled, stuck up princess but worse than that all he saw when he looked at me was his deceased twin's girl. It broke my heart because as much as I had loved Remy Archer there was never anything romantic between us and no matter how hard I tried to convince myself that loving Rule was a terrible idea, my poor heart just wouldn't listen. We tolerated each other, barely and had forged an uneasy alliance until one night I had too much to drink and changed the way we were forever. Suddenly life long secrets were no longer hidden and the one thing I always wanted for myself seemed obtainable as long as I was willing to go through hell to hold onto it.

Shaw Landon was a class act and I had no idea what to do with her. She was tied to my family, tied to the person that was my other half so I tolerated her and her haughty attitude when I didn't have any other choice. What I didn't know was that a short skirt and too many cocktails on her birthday was going to change my outlook on her for the rest of my life. Some people thought I hid behind all my tattoos and piercings, that I tried to distance myself from my dead twin, Shaw saw through it all and wasn't scared of what was underneath. We weren't supposed to be together, weren't supposed to be anything but uncomfortable acquaintances but that all changed in the blink of an eye. Now I had to figure out just how a girl like her and a guy like me were supposed to be in love without destroying each other. Add in her custom made ex and two disapproving sets of parents and the whole situation sounded like it was more trouble then it was worth.

Recommended for mature readers due to sexual content, language and drinking

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{Author spotlight} Character Guest post by Paul from Beg for Mercy

Hi everyone! 

This time we have a guest post from one of the characters from the awesome book Beg for Mercy! 

This guest post is from Paul's POV. So sit back, relax and enjoy!

This POV from Beg for Mercy is spoiler free and can of course be enjoyed by everyone weather you've read this book or not.

Everyone dreams of that first kiss. Of that magic moment when your lips finally meet those of that special person you’ve waited your whole life for. A little awkward, a little scary, a little hot and every bit amazing. We speculate that the whole world will shake and time will just stop. No one, however, ever imagines that kiss to bring Death himself knocking. Sixteen year old Mercy Moore's life just got more complicated. The kiss that originally could have meant she would finally have a boyfriend now was the kiss that could have very nearly ended his life. A small detail her mother conveniently never told her will take her life for an abrupt u-turn. Dating, no love, was now completely and utterly impossible. And the boy well, that boy would never be the same.But life, however cruel, goes on. Far too soon for her taste, Mercy finds herself at a senior party with the elite students of her school and her best friend. And of all things, playing a stupid game that could very well mean the death of someone in that small room. If it were not for her best friend, the hottest guys in school, and a small need to fit in, she may have been able to escape the disaster that was to come. Her worst nightmare, her personal curse, her very  life, only gets dangerously worse.

More information about Shannon Dermott:

Shannon's webpage
Shannon on Twitter - - @Shannondermott
Shannon on facebook
Shannon on Goodreads
Shannon's blog

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STACKING THE SHELVES

Stacking The Shelves is all
about sharing the books you
are adding to your shelves.
Hosted by Tynga´s Review

Purchased

 

 

       

 THE VINCENT BOYS BY ABBI GLINES

THE VINCENT BROTHERS BY ABBI GLINES
BREATHE BY ABBI GLINES
THE BOY WHO SNEAKS IN MY BEDROOM WINDOW BY KRISTY MOSELEY
RULE BY JAY CROWNOVER

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{Author Spotlight} "When I'm not writing" by Shannon Dermott

We wanted to know what Shannon do when she is not writing so we asked her to write a guest post about it! 

When I'm not writing by Shannon Dermott

When I’m not writing I can be found with my family, shopping or reading. And oh, how I love to read. But I don’t often have the time to.

When I do have a chance to read, I’m reading books by some of my favorite authors.

One of them is Nancy Straight. Both of her “new adult” series Destiny and Touched are two of my favorite. Her stories are innovative and unique. I love the way she weaves romance and action to keep your heart pumping. I won’t say more because I don’t want to spoil anything but I will say that they are really worth picking up.

Another favorite author of mine is Charlotte Abel.  She has an edgy young adult series called Channie named after the main character. This series is funny and sexy but still YA.  She also has a “new adult” series that begins with the novel, River’s Recruit. Another world rich series that is so imaginative and interesting, I read through the night.

One more series that I’m dying to read is the final book would be the Significance series by Shelly Crane. The book is Independence.  Oh my goodness, this series is so good. Sweet but on the edge of your seat kind of good. The final book has been released, but I haven’t yet had the time to read it. However, I have it on good authority that it is really good. It tops my list as the next book I will read.

After the holidays and I finish Angel of Mercy, I will be picking up a book.

Everyone dreams of that first kiss. Of that magic moment when your lips finally meet those of that special person you’ve waited your whole life for. A little awkward, a little scary, a little hot and every bit amazing. We speculate that the whole world will shake and time will just stop. No one, however, ever imagines that kiss to bring Death himself knocking. Sixteen year old Mercy Moore's life just got more complicated. The kiss that originally could have meant she would finally have a boyfriend now was the kiss that could have very nearly ended his life. A small detail her mother conveniently never told her will take her life for an abrupt u-turn. Dating, no love, was now completely and utterly impossible. And the boy well, that boy would never be the same.But life, however cruel, goes on. Far too soon for her taste, Mercy finds herself at a senior party with the elite students of her school and her best friend. And of all things, playing a stupid game that could very well mean the death of someone in that small room. If it were not for her best friend, the hottest guys in school, and a small need to fit in, she may have been able to escape the disaster that was to come. Her worst nightmare, her personal curse, her very  life, only gets dangerously worse.

More information about Shannon Dermott:

Shannon's webpage
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Shannon's blog

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Paranormal Thursday: Wendy Higgins

Paranormal Thursday is a new feature @Rather barefoot than bookless

In this feature you  highlight an author and a book that you really enjoy reading from in the paranormal genre. There are so many great books out there and so many awesome authors. So this is a chance for us all to recommend some books and authors to each other that we really like.


This is what you do if you want to join:

• Highlight an author and a book that you enjoy by that author. 

• Tell us what you like about the author you have chosen and why the book is worth reading. 

• Use our CRM button or make your own 

• Link back in your post to ratherbarefoot.blogspot.com so others can join this feature. 

• Link up at the end of this post by using inlinkz. 

• If you do not have blog leave a comment with a recommendation of an author and a book.

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 So, my Paranormal Thursday pick for this week have to be Wendy Higgins. She is the writer of the Sweet triology. I read her first book Sweet Evil a while back and loved it. I got totally sucked into her world and loved every second of it. The second book in this series is called Sweet Peril and will be released on April 30th. I can´t wait until I get to stop by and visit that world again! 

Sweet Peril                                     
                                                                          
Anna Whitt, the daughter of a guardian angel and a demon, promised herself she’d never do the work of her father—polluting souls. She’d been naive to make such a vow. She’d been naive about a lot of things.

Haunted by demon whisperers, Anna does whatever she can to survive, even if it means embracing her dark side and earning an unwanted reputation as her school’s party girl. Her life has never looked more bleak. And all the while there’s Kaidan Rowe, son of the Duke of Lust, plaguing her heart and mind.

When an unexpected lost message from the angels surfaces, Anna finds herself traveling the globe with Kopano, son of Wrath, in an attempt to gain support of fellow Nephilim and give them hope for the first time. It soon becomes clear that whatever freedoms Anna and the rest of the Neph are hoping to win will not be gained without a fight. Until then, Anna and Kaidan must put aside the issues between them, overcome the steamiest of temptations yet, and face the ultimate question: is loving
someone worth risking their life?                                           

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Waiting on Wednesday: Never too Far

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme and is hosted by Jill @  breaking the spine.

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This week I am waiting for the sequel of Fallen to Far by Abbi Glines.

Never too Far By Abbi Glines will be released on March 12th!

It had been three weeks, four days and twelve hours since I’d seen her. Since she’d torn my heart out. If I had been drinking, I’d blame it on the alcohol. It had to be an illusion; a desperate one. But I hadn’t been drinking. Not a drop. There was no mistaking Blaire. It was her. She was actually here.

Blaire was back in Rosemary.

What are you waiting for?

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