Yaoi Review: Tale of the Waning Moon, Vol. 3 [Paperback]

I've finished "Tale of the Waning Moon Vol. 3" by Hyouta Fujiyama.

Product Description

Bewitched by a spell that makes him popular to individuals of the same sex (!!) and leads him to chase his enchanter — the moon spirit Ixto — the chagrined Ryuka persecutes himself for being unable to make his body do what he wants it to! Instead, his convoluted romance with Ixto rollicks to the next level! The two play at being lovers to obtain a treasure that just might help them break the curse that further complicates the relationship between Aldin and Ral, whose master-servant love is already troubled by the pair’s difference in status! How far will the merry band of misfits have to go to make sure that love prevails?

Product Details
Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Yen Press (September 25, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0316225460
ISBN-13: 978-0316225465

My Review:

I highly recommend reading this series in order but even if you don't you understand what is happening.  You won't know some of the key players though.

In this volume Ryuka and Ixto pretend to be lovers so that Aldin's parents would believe they are star-crossed lovers who can't touch each other in real life.  Aldin's father agrees to allow them to use the Dragon Breath so they can finally touch.  They manage to obtain the Dragon Breath but Aldin and Ral still need to past another test and obtain a sword.  Accompanying them is Aldin's man servert Ji-San who says he will help him obtain the sword.  As you see Ral has a curse placed on him which makes him turn into a horse and both are hoping they would be able to break the spell once they obtain the sword.  They manage to get the sword when a witch girl appears and asks them a question which they answer truthfully and Ral's spell is revoked.  She also gives them a scarf to release once they use the magic powers of the Dragon Breath.

Aldin's parents can't except that Aldin has picked Ral as his life partner and they throw him out of the mansion but Aldin's oldest brother makes a demand that if Aldin can spend three years in college and Ral works for him for three years he will finally let them leave the mansion together.  They both agree but meanwhile Ixto has offered to shelter his powers into the Dragon Breath Lamp.  He gets Ryuka to agree to show his gratitude in a more meaningful way later.  Ixto gets Coon to get another room so he and Ryuka can!  The next morning Ryuka could tell that Ixto was acting different.  When he calls Ixto he doesn't come and Ryuka thinks it's only because he can be summoned only during the night.

Ryuka and Coon find themselves in a dire predictment (they are going to be raped) but are saved by a couple of guys that Ixto knows.  Ryuka promises that they can do anything to his body if only he could arrive on the Moon planet.  He learns that Ixto is imprisoned because he broke a Moon rule which was he stored his powers to help reach the Moon planet.

I highly recommend this yaoi manga if you like hot guys, very steamy and sizzling love scenes and a great storyline.


Yaoi Manga in series:

1.  Tale of the Waning Moon Vol. 1
2.  Tale of the Waning Moon Vol. 2
3.  Tale of the Waning Moon Vol. 3


5/5

Thanks Hachette Book Group Canada and Yen Press for sending me this yaoi manga to review, greatly appreciated!

RS Review: Next of Kin (Rebel Ridge Novels) [Mass Market Paperback]

I've finished "Next of Kin" the 1st book in her Rebel Ridge series by Sharon Sala.

Product Description

Beth Venable has seen too much. Witness to a major mob hit, she's placed in protective custody until the trial. But after her third safe house is riddled with bullets, she goes off-grid to save herself. What the FBI can't do, her kinfolk will.

The beautiful but forbidding Appalachian Mountains of Kentucky welcome Beth back, dirt roads and rustic shacks a world apart from L.A. But her homecoming — even her blissful reunion with strong, silent Ryal Walker — is made bittersweet by the fight she's brought to the clan's doorstep. Hidden in a remote cabin with the man she's always wanted, Beth begins to dream of a new life: her old one. But after so long, with such dangers stalking her … impossible.

But love can distill life down to its essence: an elixir of pure hope, nerve — and the will to survive.

About the Author

Sharon Sala is a native of Oklahoma and a member of Romance Writers of America. She is a NYT, USA Today, Publisher's Weekly, WaldenBooks mass market, Bestselling author of 85 plus books written as Sharon Sala and Dinah McCall. She's a 7 time RITA finalist, Janet Dailey Award winner, 5 time National Reader's Choice Award winner, 4 time Career Achievement Award from RT Magazine, 4 time winner of Colorado Romance Writers Award of Excellence.


Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Mira; Original edition (January 31, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0778313123
ISBN-13: 978-0778313120

My Review:

While staying at a her friend Sarah's house Beth Venable witnesses a murder taking place next door.  When the mobster finds out there was witness he puts out hit and kills Sarah.  Beth is placed in protective witness protection but the mobster seems to find out which safe house she is taken too.  After the third house has been breached she decides family would be able to keep her safe.

Ten years ago when Beth was seventeen years old her and her family left Rebel Ridge abruptly.  It tore her and Ryal Walker the only man she has ever loved apart.  She never knew the real reason why they left but assumed her parents didn't want her and Ryal together. She places a frantic call to her Uncle and he sets her up with his network of trucker friends to transfer her home to safe and sound where her family can keep her safe.

Beth's grandmother Lou asks Ryal to help protect Beth and they decide to use his grandfather's rustic old cabin up in the Appalachian wilderness as their hideout.  Ryal is now 35 years old and has never married.  He has never forgotten about Beth and all his letters he sent her in Los Angeles came back unopened.  We find out they are fourth cousins and even though there is bad blood between their families he is determined to keep her safe.

As they spend their days in the rustic cabin they finally have a big talk and realize they were both victims in the event that happened seventeen years ago.  Beth is the last to know a big family secret that involves her parents.

This book was very suspenseful, thrilling, high-octave action packed romantic suspense with a bitter sweet romance.

4/5

ARC Review: Rev It Up: Black Knights Inc. [Mass Market Paperback]

I've finished "Rev It Up" the 3rd book in her Black Knights Inc. series by Julie Ann Walker.

Product Description

He Never Misses A Target

Jake "the Snake" Sommers earned his SEAL code name by striking quickly and quietly - and with lethal force. That's also how he broke Michelle Carter's heart. It was the only way to keep her safe - from himself. Four long years later, Jake is determined to get a second chance. But to steal back into Michelle's loving arms, Jake is going to have to prove he can take things slow. Real slow ...

She Aims To Make Him Beg

Michelle Carter has never forgiven Jake for being so cliché as to "love her and leave her." But when her brother, head of the Black Knights elite ops agency, ticks off the wrong mobster, she must do the unimaginable: place her life in Jake's hands. No matter what they call him, this man is far from cold-blooded. And once he's wrapped around her heat, he'll never let her go ...

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca (October 2, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1402267185
ISBN-13: 978-1402267185

My Review:

Jake Sommers known as "the Snake earned his SEAL codename by striking quickly and stealthy with deadly force.  Four years ago he broke Michelle Carter's heart by rejecting her love.  He believed it was to keep her safe from him.  Now four years later he is determined to win her heart again and have a second chance with her.  But he will have to prove that he never stopped loving her and she doesn't make it easy for him.

Michelle Carter has never forgiven Jake for his love her and leave her attitude.  Her brother Frank head of the special ops agency Black Knights Inc. ticks off the wrong mob she must place her life into Jake's hands.  She has always loved him and has keep a major secret from him which when finds out he quite angry.  I don't blame him because it's a major secret but I wish he would have talked with her instead of giving her the silent treatment.  Michelle has a hard time trusting Jake because she compares him to her father who cheated on her mom and left them.

This book was very thrilling from the beginning to the end of the book with a really messed up villain who was truly a monster.  

4/5

Books in series:

1.  Hell on Wheels
2.  In Rides Trouble
3.  Rev It Up

Thanks Sourcebooks for sending me this ARC to review, greatly appreciated!

ARC Review: Savage Hunger [Mass Market Paperback]

I've finished "Savage Hunger" the1st book in her jaguar shape-shifter series by Terry Spear.

USA Today bestselling author Terry Spear has captured hearts worldwide by wrapping the realities of nature into the glorious romance of the wild. Now, she turns her award — winning imagination from the sexy werewolf hunt to the intense sizzle of jaguar shape-shifters.

As a jaguar he is graceful and gorgeous ...

Speedy and stealthy ...

Fierce, independent, and wild ...

As a man he is passionate and powerful ...

Willful and wonderful ...

And he'll stop at nothing to protect what's his ...


About the Author

USA Today bestselling author Terry Spear is also a retired lieutenant colonel in the US Army Reserves. She received her MBA from Monmouth University. An eclectic writer, she dabbles in the paranormal as well as writing historical and true life stories for both teen and adult audiences. Spear lives in Crawford, Texas.

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca (October 2, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1402266928
ISBN-13: 978-1402266928

My Review:

Connor and his sister Maya are jaguar shape-shifter living in the wild trying to still hidden from mankind.  They both know what would happen if they are ever found out.  I love the way Connor and Maya really love and care for each other (they are very close) ever since their parents abandoned them.



4/5

Thanks Sourcebooks for sending me this ARC to review, greatly appreciated!

Stacking the Shelves #11

Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!  This meme is hosted by Tynga's Reviews.

Guidelines: 

Create your own Stacking The Shelves post. You can use my official graphic or your own, but please link back to Tynga’s Reviews so more people can join the fun!

You can set your post any way you want, simple book list, covers, pictures, vlog, sky is the limit!

I am posting Stacking The Shelves on Saturdays, but feel free to post yours any day that fits you.

Visit Tynga’s Reviews on Saturday and add your link so others can visit you!

Visit other participants link to find out what they added to their shelves!

Here's what I got this week:

For Review:

Last Wool and Testament: A Haunted Yarn Shop Mystery (Haunted Yarn Shop Mysteries) [Mass Market Paperback]

Product Description

Kath Rutledge is about to learn the true meaning of TGIF — Thank Goodness It’s Fiber .…

That’s the name of the spunky group of fiber and needlework artists founded by Ivy McClellan, Kath’s beloved grandmother. Though Ivy has recently passed on, the members still meet regularly at her fiber and fabric shop, The Weaver’s Cat, which Kath has now inherited. But that’s only the first in a series of surprises when Kath returns to the small town of Blue Plum, Tennessee, to settle her grandmother’s affairs.

There’s been a murder, and it turns out her grandmother was the prime suspect. Before she can begin to clear Ivy’s name, Kath encounters a looming presence in the form of a gloomy ghost. It turns out the specter has just as much interest in solving the murder as Kath. So, with a little help from the members of TGIF — and a stubborn spirit from beyond — she sets out to unravel the clues and hook the real killer .…

Product Details
Reading level: Ages 18 and up
Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Signet; Original edition (September 4, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 045123782X
ISBN-13: 978-0451237828
 

Trucker Ghost Stories: And Other True Tales of Haunted Highways, Weird Encounters, and Legends of the Road [Paperback]

Product Description

In a uniquely entertaining book by a rising star, here are uncanny true tales of haunted highways, weird encounters, and legends of the road.

It may have happened to you; it’s happened to almost everyone who’s ever driven down a highway at night, or in the fog, or snow. Something suddenly appears: a flash of movement, a shadow ... what was it? It could be, as the true stories in this book attest, a ghost.

These are true stories from the highways and byways of America. These firsthand accounts are as varied as the storytellers themselves — some are detailed and filled with the terror and suspense that made people feel they had to share what happened to them with others; others are brief and straightforward retellings of truly chilling events.

Here is a chupacabra attack on the desert highway between L.A. and Las Vegas; ghost trains and soldiers; UFOs; the prom girl ghost of Alabama; a demon in Texas, and other accounts of the creepy, scary things that truckers and other drivers and passengers told to editor Annie Wilder.

With so many different stories, Trucker Ghost Stories moves beyond the usual haunted house to offer stories to entice any ghost story reader...and anyone who’s ever wondered ....


Product Details
Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Tor Books (August 7, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0765330350
ISBN-13: 978-0765330352

Wonder Woman: Power Outage: Choose-Your-Fate Adventure Book (Choose-Your-Fate Adventure Books) [Mass Market Paperback]

Product Description

A hot new superhero series that combines an action packed mystery with interactive puzzle-solving where readers control the outcome of the story. There will be fifty chapters, twenty of which will end with a puzzle used to help the reader determine the next place to travel within the story. Both a book and a game combined with the huge popularity of the most popular superhero characters — Wonder Woman will be a sure winner with both boys and girls. Each book will contain twenty interior illustrations.

Wonder Woman suddenly loses her powers — then, just as quickly, they return. Her powers continue to "blink" on and off. She remains powerless for longer and longer periods of time. She returns to Paradise Island seeking answers to this mystery. There, she is forced to relive her history and again battle Ares, win the contest to find Themyscira's greatest worrior, battle Neron, be reborn, and travel back in time to become part of the Justice Society. 

Product Details
Reading level: Ages 8 and up
Mass Market Paperback: 144 pages
Publisher: Starscape; Original edition (September 25, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0765364794
ISBN-13: 978-0765364791

Won:

Carolina Moon [Mass Market Paperback]

Product Description

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts — an utterly spellbinding tale about a woman who, though battered in both body and spirit, can never lose Hope …

Tory Bodeen grew up in South Carolina, in a small run-down house, where her father ruled with an iron fist and a leather belt—and where her dreams and talents had no room to flourish. But she had Hope, who lived in the big house just a short skip away and whose friendship allowed Tory to be something she wasn’t allowed to be at home: a child.

After young Hope’s brutal murder, unsolved to this day, Tory’s life began to fall apart. And now, as she returns to her hometown, with plans to settle in and open a stylish home-design shop, she is determined to find a measure of peace and free herself from the haunting visions of the past. As she forges a new bond with Cade Lavelle — Hope’s older brother and the heir to the family fortune — she isn’t sure whether the tragic loss they share will unite them or drive them apart. But she is willing to open her heart, just a little, and try.

Living so close to those unhappy memories will be more difficult and frightening than Tory could ever have expected, however. Because Hope’s murderer is nearby as well …

Product Details
Reading level: Ages 18 and up
Mass Market Paperback: 470 pages
Publisher: Jove (April 1, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0515130389
ISBN-13: 978-0515130386

Thanks Martha, Penguin Canada and TOR books!

PNR Review: Shadow Rising (Dark Dynasties) [Mass Market Paperback]

I've finished "Shadow Rising" the 3rd book in her Dark Dynasties series by Kendra Leigh Castle.

Product Description

Ancient Secrets, Dark Passions . . .

As one of the Grigori, a noble vampire dynasty shrouded in mystery, Ariane has spent her life hidden away in the desert. Like all of her kind, she is a watcher, fated to observe, forbidden to act. Yet when her best friend Sammael vanishes, she defies all rules and flees her safe haven to bring him home.

A shape-shifting assassin for the House of Shadows, Damien Tremaine is hired to locate Sammael. His hunt for the wayward Grigori leads him to Ariane, the rogue vamp who stands between him and his bounty. Damien never lets emotion interfere with his work, but a single touch from the sexy, beguiling vampire shatters his self-control. Drawn together by their common goal, they begin an alliance of necessity that soon becomes one of desire. But when the secret at the dark heart of the Grigori comes to light, Damien and Ariane must make a choice that could bind them eternally . . . or tear them - and everything they care about-apart.

About the Author Kendra Leigh Castle is the author of five previous paranormal romance novels: Call of the Highland Moon, Dark Highland Fire, Wild Highland Magic, Dark Awakening, and Midnight Reckoning. SHADOW RISING is the third book in her Dark Dynasties series. She lives in Maryland with her husband, their three children, three high-maintenance dogs, and one enormous Siberian cat.

You can learn more at:

KendraLeighCastle.com
Twitter @KendraLCastle
Facebook.com/kendraleighcastle 

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages
Publisher: Forever (July 31, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1455511641
ISBN-13: 978-1455511648

My Review:

Ariane is a Grigori a secret noble society of vampires and has spent her life tucked away in the desert.  Her job is to observe not act as a watcher.  When her best friend Sammuel goes missing she defies her leader and flees her home to bring him back.

Damien Tremaine is a Sith cat shifter assassin with an agenda to bring back the missing vampire Sammuel.  His journeys leads him to Arianne the vampire rogue who stands in his way.  He is always calm, collected and doesn't let emotion stand in his way but Arianne's touch breaks his control.

Arianne and Damien form a truce and decide to team up to find Sammuel.  They discover a dark and sinister secret at the heart of the Grigori and they must decide on a plan that can bind them together or tear them apart forever.

At first the book was quite light and funny but then it become darker as you continue reading.

I really enjoyed how Arianne and Damien's relationship started as attraction and allies and gradually to respect, affection and finally trust and love.  It built up slowly but when it finally burned it was hot and steamy.

4/5

Books in series:

1.  Dark Awakening
2. Midnight Reckoning
3.  Shadow Rising 
4.  Immortal Craving - January 29, 2013

Thanks Hachette Book Group Canada for sending me this book to review, greatly appreciated!

Book Blog Hop #42

This Meme is hosted by Jennifer from Crazy for Books on Fridays.

What to Do:

1. Post on your blog answering this question:

Blogging question:  Hosting a giveaway?  Tell us about it!  Write a great discussion post this week?  Promote it! 

2. Enter the link to your post in the linky list below (enter your Blog Name, Genre you review, and direct link to your post answering this week’s question; failure to do so will result in removal of your link). 3. Visit other blogs in the list, spending quality time getting to know the people you are visiting. Don’t just visit the post with the question, but click around and read some of the blogger’s other content, too! This Hop isn’t about the number of people you can visit, but the quality of each visit.

3. Visit other blogs in the list, spending quality time getting to know the people you are visiting. Don’t just visit the post with the question, but click around and read some of the blogger’s other content, too! This Hop isn’t about the number of people you can visit, but the quality of each visit. Readers – find a new blog to read by clicking through the links in the list!

My Answer:

This week I hosted an e-giveaway for Lawrence MacNaughton's book Conspiracy of Angels" and you can enter here:  http://paranormalromanticsuspensereviews.blogspot.com/2012/09/lawrence-macnaughton-conspiracy-of.html

18 and Over Book Blogger Hop #33

18 and Over Book Blogger Follow is a weekly feature that begins on Fridays and runs through the weekend hosted by Crystal from Reading Between the Wines. 

The 18 Over Book Blogger Follow is a Friday blog hop with the objective to find and visit other book blogs that share the same interest as you, namely books geared towards the 18 and over crowd, and make new friends!

How to join in:

You should run a book blog that features and reviews mostly adult reads, some Y.A.’s are okay but 18 and  Over adult reads should be your majority.

Make a separate post for the 18 and Over Book Blogger Follow on your blog.

Copy the html for the button above and place it at the top of your post.

List and answer the ‘Question of the Week.’

Place your name and blog title in the linky below and the url for a direct link to your post

Visit the other blogs on the list. If you like what you see make sure to leave a comment and follow so the blog owner knows you stopped by and can return the favor. Following each blog is not mandatory but I know it is always appreciated, and if someone comments saying they’re a new follower it’s polite to follow back. It’s always nice to spread the 18 and Over Book Blog love!

Question Of The Week: Pick up your current book, turn to a random page, and jot down the first few sentences that pop out at you. Make sure to share the author and title of the book with everyone!

From Terry Spear's Savage Hunter (p108) 

If another male jaguar shifter happened upon them, Connor sure as hell wasn't going to give him a chance to make Kat his.

He growled with feral desire and rampant need.  He wanted her.  Damn it.  Forget about courtship or dating rituals.

Follow My Blog Friday #117


If you are new to the FF fun, Feature and Follow Friday is a blog hop that expands your blog following by a joint effort between bloggers. Feature & Follow Friday is now hosted by TWO hosts, myself of course and Alison of Alison Can Read. Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it'll allow us to show off more new blogs!

How does this work? First you leave your name here on this post, then you create a post on your own blog that links back to this post (easiest way is to just grab the code under the #FF picture and put it in your post) and then you visit as many blogs as you can and tell them "hi" in their comments (on the post that has the #FF image). You follow them, they follow you. Win. Win. Just make sure to follow back if someone follows you!

Now to make this FF interesting we do a FEATURE blogger. If you are interested in becoming a Feature click on the drop down link above FEATURES and Features and Follow Friday and get on the waiting list!  It is also required, that if you participate you must follow the hosts (Parajunkee and Alison Can Read) and the two Feature blogs.

This Meme is hosted by Rachel from Parajunkee's View and Alison from Alison Can Read on Fridays.

To join the fun and make now book blogger friends, just follow these simple rules:

1. Follow the Follow My Book Blog Friday Host {Parajunkee.com} {Alisoncanread.com}and any one else you want to follow on the list.

2. Follow our Featured Bloggers - Nina @ J'adore Happy Endings and (un)Conventional Bookviews.

3. Put your Blog name and URL in the Linky thing.

4. Grab the button up there and place it in a post, this post is for people to find a place to say hi in your comments

5. Follow Follow Follow as many as you can

6. If someone comments and says they are following you, be a dear and follow back. Spread the Love ... and the followers

7. If your new to the Follow Friday Hop, comment and let me know, so I can stop by and check out your blog!

The Friday Follow Feature are ...

Our Feature Nina @ J’adore Happy Endings

When did you start blogging?

I started blogging since September 2009.

What is your favorite part of book blogging?
 

My favourite part of book blogging is getting to know other bloggers and authors. And also get to know readers with similar reading taste. I love that!

What is your favorite book(s)?
 

There are a lot of books that I consider my favourite. A couple of my favourites are Emma by Jane Austen (I love rereading this book!), From What I Remember by Stacey Kramer & Valerie Thomas (one of my favourite contemporary books this year) and Carrie Pilby by Caren Lissner (love!).

What has been the best thing that has happened to you because of book blogging?
 

The comments that people leave at my blog. That always puts a smile on my face! The love from other bloggers, reaching blogging goals, reading books that are recommended to me, but are out of my comfort zone and absolutely loving them.

Q: What is the BIGGEST word you’ve seen used in a book lately – that made you stop and look it up? Might as well leave the definition & book too.
 

I actually haven’t looked up a word in a long while now! But, let’s pretend I just read Emma by Jane Austen. A couple of the words that I had to look up were: boast (show-off), caprice (a sudden desire) & alacrity (liveliness and eagerness).

(un)Conventional Bookviews

1. When did you start blogging?

I am still new (in my mind at least) as I only started blogging in June of this year.

2. What is your favorite part of book blogging?

It's getting to know new bloggers, I have discovered so many new book-blogs these past few months, and I love reading other people's point of view on books I have already read. It has also made my already convoluted TBR list bigger. There are so many passionate bloggers out there who make me want to read even more books that I usually read.

3. What is your favorite book(s)?

My favorite books that I've read this year are Chasing Magic, Stormdancer, The Iron Prince and Anna Dressed in Blood.

4. What has been the best thing that has happened to you because of book blogging?

One is finding so many new friends. Another is that I actually sometimes get ARC's now. I love being able to read books before every other reader gets their hands on them.

Q: What is the BIGGEST word you've seen used in a book lately - that made you stop and look it up? Might as well leave the definition & book too.

MT Review: Death on a Longship [Paperback]

I've finished reading "Death on a Longship" by Marsali Taylor.

Product Description

When she talks her way into a job skippering a Viking longship for a Hollywood film, Cass Lynch thinks her big break has finally arrived - even though it means returning home to the Shetland Islands, a place she hasn't set foot on since she ran away as a teenager to pursue her dreams of sailing. When a dead woman turns up on the boat’s deck, Cass, her past and her family come under suspicion from the disturbingly shrewd Detective Inspector Macrae. Cass must call on all her local knowledge of Shetland, the wisdom gained from years of sailing, and her glamorous, French opera singer mother to clear herself and her family of suspicion - and to catch the killer before Cass becomes the next victim.

Product Details
Paperback: 268 pages
Publisher: Attica Books (August 15, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 190800245X
ISBN-13: 978-1908002457

My Review

Cass Lynch is haunted by some parent issues since her teens.  When she becomes a skipper for the longship that is connected to her father's movie production company.  When she happens upon a dead body it makes her think about her troubled relationship with her parents and how it all ties in with what's happening.

She discovers accidents on the set aren't really accidents but someone killing off cast members.  Cass and her father are suspects and she discovers this movie set has secrets.

The setting is in Shetland and we get to see how they speak in their native language.  Cass spends most of her time reflecting about her past which was interesting.

Bud Bradshaw Riverwalker Blog Tour with a Guest Post

Bud Bradshaw is currently touring to promote his new release Riverwalker.

For more information about the book, please visit http://budbradshaw.com

Thank you Bud and Pump Up Your Book Promotions or letting me join your blog tour with a Guest Post.

Please take it away Bud!

Bud Bradshaw

My Publisbhing Journey

My Publishing Journey - Things I Learned Along the Way

By Bud Bradshaw

There is no one way to write a book. Some writers are able to work within the confines of a strict regimen, and that's fine. They write at a certain time and place each day, rain or shine, and that is the discipline best for them. Conversely, others find that working more sporadically, but in larger chunks of time, is more productive. Wherever your comfort zone might be, remember that, above all, be patient and allow yourself some lattitude. This is the natural bedfellow to "You can't rush a good thing."

If, for some reason, you're having a particularly trying day and your thoughts are not clear - but you force your writing anyway - it is the writing that will suffer. So, don't force it. Yet, you can still work on your writing. Perhaps do some research, learn more about your subject; talk over some hypotheticals with friends (without "talking your book"); sketch an idea for the cover(you don't have to be an artist); worked on the bibliography yet? Will there be a "Sources" section. On the other hand, you'll have good days when your thoughts fly, your characters scream, and your fingers can hardly keep up. Be thankful for those days and capitalize on them, obstacles be damned. The book will build over time, in its own time.

Above all, work with a professional editor. If you don't know one, find one.

About Bud Bradshaw

Bud Bradshaw’s fictional work, “RIVERWALKER,” is his second work, the first being “BRANDISHING,” the true-crime story of the California Highway Patrol’s worst tragedy. His previous formal writing experience consisted of med-legal report writing - chiefly as a Qualified Medical Evaluator and Disability Evaluator – and Intelligence report writing while he served as a Special Agent with the Army’s 109th MI Group from 1969-71.

As an artist, Bradshaw’s work focuses on military history and the American West. Many of his paintings, prints, and Giclees appear in private collections and museums in the U.S., Canada, England, Europe, Hong Kong, and Australia. He is a member of the Western Artists of America.

Along the way, Bradshaw worked as a professional musician while earning his B.S. and D.C. degrees. You may view his web site and blog at budbradshaw.com/blog

Purchase your copy of RIVERWALKER at Amazon

RIVERWALKER

BOOK DESCRIPTION

RIVERWALKER features the character debut of San Antonio PD veteran detective Gifford Holloway, a former Special Agent with Army Intelligence. Holloway is in pursuit of the most despicable of criminals, a savage murderer who victimizes children and dumps their remains in the water and along the banks of San Antonio’s beautiful and world-renowned Riverwalk attraction.

Frustrated at the lack of progress on the case and spurred on by an encounter with the mysterious Madame Candelaria, a local psychic, Holloway contemplates calling upon his special gift of “seeing”, though officially off-limits within the SAPD, to help solve the case and end the terror. Along the way, Holloway finds an ally in the capable and sensuous newspaper reporter, Salma Veramendi, who carries her own history of abuse

On the bend of the river looms Adler’s Antiques, a historical landmark owned and operated by Wolff Adler, a drug-pumping psychopath descended from a familial line of predators dating back to post-World War I Germany. Himself a victim of horrendous child abuse, Adler is the offspring of a Nazi father and a Mexican bruja, a witch who practiced the “old” religion. Operating from deep within his secret lair beneath the Alamo, San Antonio’s most recognizable and sacred shrine, Adler assumes the guise of Tlaloc, Aztec god of storm, thunder, and … child sacrifice. Adler’s demonic reign of terror, acting upon a distorted internal belief system - a synthesis of Norse mythology and ancient Aztec practices – has a stranglehold on the residents of San Antonio. Wolff Adler has become the RiverWalker.

When his own daughter is suddenly abducted, Holloway pulls out all the stops and, with Salma by his side, closes in on the killer in a gripping climax.

Lawrence MacNaughton Conspiracy of Angels Blog Tour with an E-Giveaway

Just out of prison, ex-convict Mitch Turner is determined to put his life back on track and find out the truth about his daughter's mysterious death. But when his daughter's best friend, Geneva, discovers a cryptic piece of top-secret technology, the two of them are thrust into the cross-hairs of a deadly living weapon.

It's known only by a code name: Archangel. It's fast, invulnerable, inhuman. And its next target is Mitch.

But the Archangel is more than just a relentless killer. It's a gatekeeper of the dangerous boundary that divides this world from the next. And it's Mitch's only chance of learning the dark truth about his daughter's fate.

Outnumbered, outgunned and on the run, Mitch and Geneva race to outsmart an elite force determined to silence them. Can they uncover the conspiracy before the Archangel unleashes its deadly secret on all of humanity?

You can also watch a trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4DaEZLuyW0 and read an excerpt athttp://laurencemacnaughton.com/welcome/free-sample-conspiracy-of-angels.

Laurence is on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/people/Laurence-MacNaughton/1268598422) and Twitter @ @LMacNaughton. Readers can also “become a conspirator” by signing up for Laurence’s mailing list, which provides behind-the-scenes secrets, links to the real-life science that inspired the book, and sneak previews you won’t find anywhere else.

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Books and Manga I'm Waiting For:

Mad River (A Virgil Flowers Novel) [Hardcover]

Bonnie and Clyde, they thought. And what’s-his-name, the sidekick. Three teenagers with dead-end lives, and chips on their shoulders, and guns.

The first person they killed was a highway patrolman. The second was a woman during a robbery. Then, hell, why not keep on going? As their crime spree cuts a swath through rural Minnesota, some of it captured on the killers’ cell phones and sent to a local television station, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigator Virgil Flowers joins the growing army of cops trying to run them down. But even he doesn’t realize what’s about to happen next.

Product Details
Reading level: Ages 18 and up
Hardcover: 400 pages
Publisher: Putnam Adult; First Edition edition (October 2, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0399157700
ISBN-13: 978-0399157707

Postcards from the Dead (A Scrapbooking Mystery) [Hardcover]

New Orleans is in the throes of another fantastic Mardi Gras celebration when the party gets crashed by a murderer. Now a scrapbooking sleuth is going to have to stop the partying to catch the killer …

There’s a parade rolling through the historic French Quarter, with gigantic floats, silver beads, and dizzying lights—and Kimber Breeze of KBEZ-TV is broadcasting live from a small balcony on the fourth floor of the Hotel Tremain, interviewing locals and capturing the spectacle down below. Her next subject will be Carmela Bertrand, owner of Memory Mine scrapbooking shop. Carmela has never been a fan of Kimber, but she isn’t about to turn down the chance of good publicity for her shop.

But before Carmela’s shop gets its five minutes of fame, a killer slips onto the balcony and strangles Kimber with a cord, leaving her body dangling above the parade. Carmela is horrified, but she quickly discovers the nightmare isn’t over. Because someone is now leaving strange postcards at Carmela’s shop—signed by the dead Kimber. Now Carmela and her friend Ava will have to risk their own necks to find out who’s posing as a ghost—and to expose a killer…

INCLUDES SCRAPBOOKING TIPS

Product Details
Reading level: Ages 18 and up
Hardcover: 336 pages
Publisher: Berkley Hardcover; First Edition edition (October 2, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0425252752
ISBN-13: 978-0425252758

Deadly Patterns: A Magical Dressmaking Mystery (A Dressmaker's Mystery) [Mass Market Paperback]

Bliss, Texas, is gearing up for its annual Winter Wonderland festival, but when a mysterious Scrooge ends the merriment with murder, it’ll take more than a ghost from Christmas past to set things right.
Designing a holiday fashion show set in the town’s most prominent historic mansion seems like a job tailor made for dressmaker Harlow Jane Cassidy. But with the mansion’s restoration still in progress and threatening weather on the horizon, she’s feeling on pins and needles more than reveling in holiday cheer.

Having volunteered to play Santa in this year’s festival, Dan Lee Chrisson was ready to move on after his divorce—until Bliss became his final resting place. Discovering his body puts Harlow at the scene of the crime. She’ll need plenty of help from friends and even her late great-grandmother’s spirited sleuthing if she’s to have a ghost of a chance of catching a killer who’s just jumped to the top of the naughty list ….

INCLUDES SEWING TIPS

Product Details
Reading level: Ages 18 and up
Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Signet; Original edition (October 2, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0451238249
ISBN-13: 978-0451238245 

A Grid for Murder (A Mystery by the Numbers) [Mass Market Paperback] 

Savannah Stone makes her living creating puzzles for logic lovers. But when a novice puzzle maker’s number is up, Savannah has to fill in the blanks to solve a murder ...

Savannah would almost rather drink poison than have tea with Joanna Clayton. Not only is the unpleasant woman one of the worst gossips in Asheville, North Carolina, over tea she flaunts her new assignment creating logic puzzles for a local newspaper — one that has repeatedly turned down Savannah’s work.

But when Savannah’s retired police chief husband, Zach, calls her later to tell her Joanna has actually been poisoned, she is more than puzzled — she’s troubled. Will the police consider puzzle envy a strong enough motive and think she decided to eliminate the competition? It’s time for Savannah to sort through Joanna’s long list of enemies to find out who was bitter enough to poison the prospective puzzle maker . . .

Product Details
Reading level: Ages 18 and up
Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Berkley; Original edition (October 2, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0425251640
ISBN-13: 978-0425251645

If Mashed Potatoes Could Dance (Berkley Prime Crime) [Mass Market Paperback]

At Gram’s Country Cooking School in Broken Rope, Missouri, Isabelle “Betts” Winston and her grandmother share the secrets of delicious home-style recipes. But there’s one secret they keep from their classes — their ability to talk to ghosts from the town’s colorful past …

Betts and Gram agree to help their friend Jake at Broken Rope’s Historical Society by accommodating some foodie tourists for the night and occupying them with cooking lessons. It couldn’t be worse timing when the pair encounter the ax-wielding ghost of Sally Swarthmore, one of Broken Rope’s legendary murderers, who pleads with Betts to help find her diary--a diary that could prove that Sally was really a victim, not a villain.

But they soon have a modern-day murder on their hands when one of the tourists turns up dead with a noose around his neck and two other tourists are nowhere to be found. Now Betts needs to put the cooking classes on the back burner to untangle two knotty mysteries and rope in a cold-blooded killer.

Product Details
Reading level: Ages 18 and up
Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Berkley; Original edition (October 2, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0425251616
ISBN-13: 978-0425251614

Manhwa:

Jack the Ripper: Hell Blade Vol. 2 [Paperback]

For fans of Hellsing and Berserk comes an all new ultra-violent supernatural manga series about history’s most famous slasher, with a twist.

Throughout history, a secret organization has lurked in the shadows. All that stands between their demonic machinations and the safety of Victorian London is... Jack the Ripper and his savage Hell Blade.

In the ongoing battle between between demons and demonslayer, the famed Sherlock Holmes lends Jack his help, while genuis scientist Nikola Tesla, and the superhuman Mr. Hyde join the fray.

With bold and graphic artwork in the vein of the classic vampire hunter manga series Hellsing, Jack the Ripper: Hellblade is a shocking and fascinating reimagining of the world’s most famous serial killer.

Product Details
Reading level: Ages 16 and up
Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Seven Seas; First Edition edition (October 2, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 193593497X
ISBN-13: 978-1935934974

Witch Hunter Vol. 3-4 [Paperback]

Witch-hunting galore in 354 page omnibus format!

Witch Hunter is an all new shonen fantasy manga series in the vein of Soul Eater and Full Metal Alchemist, presented in two-volumes-in-one omnibus format. Seven Seas will release the entire action-packed series across six low-priced omnibus editions.

In a world where witches have declared war against humanity, the surviving human population has gathered specialists with the power to hunt and destroy witches.

Tasha Godspell, also known as the "Magic Marksman," is one of the best Witch Hunters there is. Along with his sword-wielding Jack-o’-Lantern partner known as Halloween, Tasha puts his magical training and weaponry to good use, in his constant battles against witches. And yet, he cannot bring himself to fully hate the very witches he is tasked to destroy.

Product Details
Reading level: Ages 13 and up
Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Seven Seas; First Edition edition (October 2, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1935934988
ISBN-13: 978-1935934981

Yaoi

Loveless, Vol. 1: 2-in-1 [Paperback]

Reads R to L (Japanese style) for teen audiences.

When his beloved older brother is brutally murdered, Ritsuka is heartbroken but determined to search for answers. His only lead is Soubi, a mysterious, handsome college student who offers him an intimate link to his brother’s other life: a dark and vibrant world of spell battles and secret names. Will Ritsuka’s relationship with Soubi ultimately lead to the truth or further down the rabbit hole than he imagined possible?


Product Details
Paperback: 376 pages
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC; Original edition (October 2, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1421549905
ISBN-13: 978-1421549903


Videogame:

Resident Evil 6

Horror on a global scale - No longer confined to a specific location, the outbreak of the C-virus is worldwide with the action taking place in North America, Eastern Europe and China.

Multiple characters and intertwined storylines - Experience the horror playing as Leon S. Kennedy, Chris Redfield, and Jake Muller with their respective partners.

Solo or co-op - Resident Evil 6 delivers both single and co-op gameplay either offline or online.

Zombies make a return to the Resident Evil series, but can now run, jump at players and even use weapons, making them far more challenging than in previous games.

The enemy creatures known as J'avo first came to prominence in the conflict zone of Eastern Europe and have the ability to regenerate when injured; furthermore, if J'avo take substantial damage to a particular area, they can mutate the affected body part into a variety of different forms, meaning players will have to rethink their strategy and adapt to this unpredictability.

Product Details
Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
ASIN: B0050SXLQC
Item Weight: 6.4 ounces
Media: Video Game
Release Date: October 2, 2012

What books, manga, manhwa, videogame and yaoi are you waiting for?