On Tour with Lisa Henry and J.A. Rock and The Two Gentlemen of Altona (Book Tour and Contest)

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Hi! We’re Lisa Henry and J.A. Rock, the authors of THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF ALTONA. We’re touring the web taking about our influences, our processes, anything we can think about actually, and even giving you guys a sneak peak or two! And what would a blog tour be without a contest? Check out the details at the bottom of the post to see what you can win!

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About THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF ALTONA:

Mischief, thou art afoot.

Special Agent Ryan “Mac” McGuinness is having a rough week. Not only is he on a new diet, but he’s also been tasked with keeping Henry Page—the world’s most irritating witness—alive. Which is tough when Mac’s a breath away from killing the Shakespeare-quoting, ethically-challenged, egg-obsessed Henry himself. Unless killing isn’t really what Mac wants to do to him.

Con man Henry Page prefers to keep his distance from the law . . . though he wouldn’t mind getting a little closer to uptight, handsome Agent McGuinness. As the sole witness to a mob hit, Henry’s a valuable asset to the FBI. But he’s got his own agenda, and it doesn’t involve testifying.

When evidence surfaces of a mole in the FBI office, Mac and Henry are forced to go into hiding. Holed up in a fishing cabin, they’re surprised to discover that their feelings run more than skin deep. But as the mob closes in, Henry has to make his escape. And Mac has to decide how far he’s willing to go to keep Henry by his side.

THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF ALTONA is the first in our PLAYING THE FOOL trilogy. Book 2, THE MERCHANT OF DEATH, will be available on February 2. Book 3, TEMPEST, will be released March 9.

You can preorder the series, and check out excerpts, at Riptide.

About Lisa:

Lisa likes to tell stories, mostly with hot guys and happily ever afters.

Lisa lives in tropical North Queensland, Australia. She doesn’t know why, because she hates the heat, but she suspects she’s too lazy to move. She spends half her time slaving away as a government minion, and the other half plotting her escape.

She attended university at sixteen, not because she was a child prodigy or anything, but because of a mix-up between international school systems early in life. She studied History and English, neither of them very thoroughly.

She shares her house a log-suffering partner, too many cats, a dog, a green tree frog that swims in the toilet, and as many possums as can break in every night. This is not how she imagined life as a grown-up.

Connect with Lisa:

Blog: http://www.lisahenryonline.blogspot.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/lisahenryonline

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/LisaHenry

About J.A.:

J.A. Rock has worked as a dog groomer, knife seller, haunted house zombie, standardized patient, cashier, census taker, state fair quilt hanger, and, for one less-than-magical evening, a server—and would much rather be writing about those jobs than doing them. A lover of m/m BDSM romance, J.A. lives mostly in West Virginia, and always with a beloved dog, Professor Anne.

Website: http://www.jarockauthor.com
Blog: http://jarockauthor.blogspot.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jarockauthor
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ja.rock.39

Giveaway:

Thanks for following our tour! To celebrate our release, we’re giving away an awesome prize – an ebook copy of a novel of your choice from either of our back catalogs. We’re also giving away a $20 Riptide gift voucher, and the contents of Henry Page’s bag during his arrest in THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF ALTONA: that’s some Shakespeare and a bunch of Henry’s favorite candy!

All you have to do is leave a comment on this post with a way for us to contact you, be it your email, your twitter, or a link to your facebook or goodreads account. Please put your email in the body of the comment, not just in email section of the comment form, because we won’t be able to see it otherwise! On January 9, we’ll draw a winner from all eligible comments! Be sure to follow the whole tour, because the more comments you leave, the more chances you have to win the prize!

 

A MelanieM Review: One Holiday Ever After Anthology by Tere Michaels , Elle Brownlee , Elizah J. Davis

Rating: 5 stars out of 5

One Holiday Ever AFter coverThe holidays are times of reflection, celebration, and coming home to those you love and who love you back.  It’s a time to reconnect with who you are and who you hope to be.  And sometimes, if you are lucky, this is also a season of miracles, of love found and a home discovered.  From New York City, to the winter isolation of the Maine woods, to the quaint, small town charm of Idaho, the men in these stories have different holiday desires. They’re looking for familiarity or fresh starts, but they have one thing in common—their happily ever afters might be waiting in the last places they think to look.

This season I have three top anthologies, all holiday collections.  One Holiday Ever After is among them, primarily because of the excellence in stories and heart from Tere Michaels, Elle Brownlee and Elizah J. Davis.  Before One Holiday Ever After, I was really familiar with only Tere Michaels, but after the wonderful stories from Elle Brownlee and Elizah J. Davis, I have searching out to find more stories by these authors.  Did I have favorites among the three stories?  Certainly but only by the smallest of margins.  Here is the story synopsis and my shortened reviews:

Holiday Roommates by Tere Michaels

As an out of work actor Nate Brandywine needs an emergency roommate for the month of December. During a humiliating gig as a Christmas elf at a NYC department store, he meets Sean Callahan, his producer and a man struggling under the weight of a past-due loan. Sean’s desperate for a place to stay in the city for a few weeks. A month of sharing a workplace and an apartment with someone you can’t stop flirting with? Maybe the holidays won’t be so terrible after all.

I love Tere Michaels and this short story just highlights why.  The characters of Nate and Sean are so believable and vulnerable that the reader will take them into their heart.  The secondary characters are as wonderful as the primary ones and the story’s plot is a realistic one that will pull you in immediately.  A great way to start a must have anthology.

Holiday Sanctuary by Elle Brownlee

Chris Declan is trekking through the wintry wonderland of rural Maine, searching for inspiration and himself, when he’s lost in a hug snow storm. The surprise blizzard that finds him seeking refuge in Paul Bak’s secluded cabin. Paul Bak’s secluded cabin is a prime spot to research and watch birds, a perfect place for an isolated Ornithology researcher. As the snow cuts them off from all around them, making the best of being snowed in together soon becomes a comfortable friendship with fireside chats, a quaint holiday celebration, and more. But despite their growing closeness, there’s one thing they avoid—what will happen when the snow clears and the holidays end.

Elle Brownlee had me at the name of Paul’s cat, Myn.  It’s short for…well, I will let Paul explain it:

“It’s for Moamyn.” Paul steered the conversation away from, well, wherever else it might have gone. But he couldn’t stop wondering after that last comment. “A long time ago in a land far away, the aforenamed and possibly apocryphal Arabian who wrote a definitive treatise on falconry.”

Be still my heart.  An ornithologist’s love story, complete with references to the subtle glory of the grasshopper sparrow.  I adored everything about this story, from the slow exploration of Paul’s comfy cabin, full of hidden objects full of clues to Paul’s character and passion for his profession to the wry humor and intellect that is Chris.  It’s slow, wonderful, and makes an impact on the reader that they won’t be fully aware of until the end.

Holiday Homecoming by Elizah J. Davis

Gavin Anderson never thought making it as a writer in LA would be easy, but when his latest project falls through, he gives up on Hollywood and heads to Bonabri, Idaho in hopes that the peace and quiet of his childhood home will help him figure out his next move. Instead he finds Eric Nichols, his parents’ cute and charming housesitter who is there to experience the small town Christmas festivities. Gavin’s plans for quiet reflection are no match for Eric’s holiday cheer, and he soon finds himself swept up in the spirit of the season. Gavin thought his life had hit a dead end, but in coming home he finds what might be a new beginning.

Here is a story full of the 3 H’s – hope, holiday, and heartwarming.  I finished this story and just kept on smiling as I remembered scenes and dialog from Elizah J. Davis’ Holiday Homecoming.  Adorableness, thy name is Eric Nichols, a man in search of love and home who finds it unexpectedly when he housesits for his best friend’s neighbors in the quaint small town of Bonabri, Idaho.  The town of Bonabri may not actually exist outside these pages but how I wish it did!  It comes to life in all its Chrismassy, nosy glory and I loved it.  I feel the same way about the disillusioned Gavin returning home after failing in Los Angeles and his slow “return” to the human being he always was underneath.  Much like the other two stories, I wish the author had made this a full length book.  Not because this feels incomplete in any way, it doesn’t.  But because I hated to say goodbye to the characters and town once they had hold of me.    It’s a fantastic story and a great way to finish out this must have holiday anthology.

I would read this One Holiday Ever After at any time of the year.  Still in the holiday season and spirit?  Perfection.  Missing the holidays because it is (fill in the blank season)?  This anthology will pull you in and make you remember why you love the holidays so.  It’s one of the top story collections of the year and one you won’t want to miss.  I am so glad I didn’t and you will be too.  A Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words Best of 2014 books!Best Books of 2014

 

 

Cover Artist: Angsty G.  Love the cover, it works perfectly for the collection and spirit of the stories found within.

Sales Links:        Dreamspinner Press ebook & Paperback      All Romance (ARe)   Amazon    Buy it Here

Book Details:

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Published December 19th 2014 by Dreamspinner Press
ISBN 1632165783 (ISBN13: 9781632165787)
edition languageEnglish
urlhttps://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=5849

PaulB’s Best Books of 2014!

Best Books of 2014

It’s that time of the year for the Best of Lists. Here at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words its the books that have stuck with us, made us laugh, made us cry, made us think and dream.

Here is Paul B’s Best of 2014!

 

Top 10 Paranormal/Sci-Fi:

Canes and Sticks by S.A. Garcia
Enforcer by Rob Colton
In Your Eyes by Cardeno C.
Heart-Mate Mine! By N.J. Nielsen
His Omega by A.C. Katt
Loveblood by M.J. O’Shea
Old Loyalty, New Love by Mary Calmes
Primal Desire by Lupa Garneau
Strength of the Mate by Kendall McKenna
Striker by Lexi Ander

Top 5 Contemporary:
Always by Kindle Alexander
The Art of Breathing by T.J. Klune
A Heart for Robbie by J.P. Barnaby
His True Home by Trina Solet
Living Again by Brynn Stein

Barb, the Zany Old Lady Best Books of 2014

Best Books of 2014

 

It’s that time of the year for the Best of Lists.  Here at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words its the books that have stuck with us, made us laugh, made us cry, made us think and dream of romance.

Here is Barb, the Zany Old Lady’s Best of 2014:

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Barb, the Zany Old Lady’s Best Books of 2014:

The Bells of Times Square by Amy Lane
Spencer by J.P. Barnaby
The Mating of Michael by Eli Easton
Into the Wind by Shira Anthony
Third Eye by Rick R. Reed
When All the World Sleeps by Lisa Henry & J.A. Rock
In the Absence of Monsters by J.P. Barnaby
Training Season by Leta Blake
Loving Jay by Renae Kaye
Legally Wed by Rick R. Reed

January is Down Under Author Showcase Month and the Week Ahead at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words

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 January is Down Under Author Showcase Month!

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Starting January 1st, Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words is having its first annual Down Under Author Showcase.  Each day in the month of January we are featuring a different author from either New Zealand or Australia and their stories in an effort to promote these wonderful authors, not all of whom you might be familiar with.

This year many of my favorite books as well as  those of my reviewers came from these 28 authors who were able to bring their cities, territories, and people so vividly to life in book after book.  Each Down Under Author of the day will have their own individual contest as well as participate in the larger overall Down Under Author Scavenger Hunt.  More about that later.  There is a whole slew of prizes, over 35 to be exact for the readers to win.  Among those prizes include a $75 Amazon gift card, and gift baskets from the Embassies of Australia and New Zealand here in DCa, the 6 books that make up Dreamspinner’s Under the Southern Cross Anthology (thank you, Dreamspinner Press) and much, much more.

Those prizes are part of our Down Under Author Scavenger Hunt.  Somewhere on each day’s post is a hidden “Hunt” word or phrase in bold green.  Find and collect all the clues and then follow the instructions for submitting them at the end of the month!  Originally we were going to select 5 winners but the boxes from the Embassies overflowed with goodies so we are going to bring them up and award 2 boxes from each country as gifts.  My thanks to the staff of the Embassy of Australia and the Embassy of New Zealand for putting these gift boxes together for our event.

Want to know whose participating this month?  Check out this amazing role call of authors from Down Under:

Christian Baines         N.R. Walker            Anne Barwell              Nic Starr

Meredith Shayne        Renae Kaye             John Wiltshire           John Terry Moore

Lily Veldon                  Barry Rowe             L. J. LaBarthe            Beany Sparks

Jack Burnes                Nicki J. Markus      Michelle Rae              A. B. Gayle

Lisa Harris                 Isabelle Rowan        N. J. Nielson             Bette Brown

Lisa Henry                 Toni Griffin             Pelaam                        R. J. Jones

Penny Brandon          Cecil Wilde             Ellen Cross                Maggie Nash

Also hanging out with us this month Bottom Drawer Publications and Wayward Ink Press, also from Down Under!  What a month it’s going to be!   Author interviews, guest blogs and books, and contest, contest, contests!  If these amazing countries weren’t already on your travel want list, they will be after this.

And of course, we are still reviewing away as well as hosting book tours.  January has never been so busy or so full of authors and stories.

Now here is our week at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words:

Monday, December 29, 2014:

  • Aria Grace “Just Stay” Book Blast and Contest
  • Cover reveal – The Adventures of Cole and Perry by Amanda C. Stone (tour and contest)
  • A Mika Review: Designs of Desire (Desires Entwined #1) by Tempeste O’Riley
  • A Mika Review: Bound by Desire (Desires Entwined #1.75) by Tempeste O’Riley

Tuesday, December 30, 2014:

  • A Mika Review: Desires’ Guardian (Desires Entwined #2) by Tempeste O’Riley
  • A Mika Review: Temptations of Desire (Desires Entwined, #3) by Tempeste O’Riley
  •  Barb, the Zany Old Lady’s Best Books of 2014 List
  • Paul B’s Best Books of 2014
  • MelanieM’s Best Covers of 2014

Wednesday, December 31, 2014:

  • According to Hoyle by Abigail Roux Book Tour and Contest
  • Skye Jones’ “Claimed by Love” Book Tour and Contest
  • A MelanieM Review: One Holiday Ever After by Tere Michaels, Elle Brownlee and Elizah J. Davis
  • A Mika Review: Truth in Lace (Desires Entwined #3.5) by Tempeste O’Riley
  • Aurora’s Best YA Books & Covers for 2014

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Thursday, January 1st, 2015 – Down Under Author Showcase Starts!

  • Down Under Author of the Day:  Christian Baines (contest)
  • A MelanieM Review:  The Beast Without by Christian Baines
  • Mika Review: All That Heaven Will Allow by DW Marchwell
  • Down Under Author Showcase Contest Recap and notes
  • A Barb, the Zany Old Lady Review: Vixen’s Valor by Charlie Cochet

Friday, January 2, 2015:

  • Nicki J. Markus- Down Under Author of the Day
  • Two Gentlemen of Altona Henry/Rock Riptide Book Tour and Contest
  • A Sammy Review: Making Nice by Elizah J. Davis
  • A MelanieM Review:  Fair Play by Josh Lanyon

Saturday, January 3, 2015:

  • Anne Barwell – Down Under Author of the Day
  • An Aurora YA Review: Children of the Knight (Children of the Knight #1) by Michael J. Bowler

 

Remember, a different contest each play plus hidden clues to find for the overall prizes!  And coming in May, Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words First Annual Authors Across the Pond Showcase!  It’s going to be a wonderful year!

 

 

 

 

An Aurora YA Review: Of Dreams of Fire and Gods – Gods by James Erich –

Rating: I give this book 5 out of 5 stars:

A Harmony Ink YA Novel

 

Dreams of Fire and Gods: Book Three

GodsLong ago, two factions of gods, the Stronni and the Taaweh, nearly destroyed the Kingdom of Dasak in a great war. The Taaweh vanished when their queen was imprisoned, and the Stronni declared victory. A thousand years later, a young nobleman named Sael and his lover Koreh have rescued the Taaweh queen. In the process Koreh was killed, and now an injured Sael struggles to heal from both injuries and grief. Unknown to him, Koreh embarks on a journey across the land of the dead, trying to make his way back to Sael—and to life. But time moves differently in the underworld, and decades pass while Koreh travels.

In the living world, tensions between the emperor and Sael’s father, Vek Worlen, who is regent of the eastern kingdom, have soured beyond repair. Worlen conspires with the assassin Donegh to break into the imperial palace and challenge the emperor to a duel to the death. But the goddess Imen has chosen a young priest named Gonim as her champion. Through him she discovers the Taaweh have returned, and her enraged king threatens to destroy Dasak and all its human inhabitants. Sael must save his world, must confront the gods and persuade them not to destroy humankind. But it seems hopeless. If only Koreh were at his side…

First, I would like to say that I loved this book! Often times, epic books aren’t exactly my cup of tea, and I tend to prefer shorter, more modern-fantasy type stories, but I had an amazing time reading this book, regardless. The only difference between this book and any of my favorite books was that it took me a little while longer to read, but once I’d finished it, and as I was reading it, it was a great experience.

There was great depiction of bigger things while still keeping the characters and problems ‘real’, which is what I loved so much about it and what kept me interested. The author also did a great job of keeping things from getting too confusing while still being on a big scale. I know that this book is one of a series and I haven’t read the others so there are probably some things that I didn’t necessarily appreciate that I could have, but even only reading this book out of them all, I didn’t find myself ever scratching my head and being drawn out of the story.

I would definitely read this again, and I plan to read the rest of the series, and I would recommend it even to people like me who usually reach for shorter books, because it is worth it.

Cover Artist: James Erich. I think this cover is beautiful, and it’s one of the few times I would actually probably favor a photo-edited cover over the exact same premise, but drawn, because it just seems more realistic, and is able to have more details. Because it’s simple, I think it works really well.

Sales Links:   Harmony Ink Press eBook & Paperback         All Romance (ARe)        amazon            buy it here

Book Details:

ebook, 200 pages
Published October 17th 2013 by Harmony Ink Press (first published October 16th 2013)
ISBN 1627983783 (ISBN13: 9781627983785)
edition languageEnglish
urlhttp://www.dreamspinnerpress.com
seriesDreams of Fire and Gods #3

Books in the series include:

Dreams (Dreams of Fire and Gods, #1)
Fire (Dreams of Fire and Gods, #2)
Gods (Dreams of Fire and Gods, #3)

Sammy’s Best Books of 2014!

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Sammy’s Best Books of 2014

This has been a great year for stories, especially of the M/M variety. From sci-fi to contemporary, a lot of amazing books came out, and here are just some of my favorites.

From Love’s Landscapes – Amazing(ly free) stories from great minds:
The Arroyo by M. Caspian
If At First You Don’t Succeed by K.C. Faelan
A Pale Shadow by Eon Beaumont
Where Willows Won’t Grow by Lia Black

Wonderful new additions to series-worth-reading:
Dirty Deeds by Rhys Ford
Offside Chance by Mercy Celeste
⇝ Sense of Place by N.R. Walker *
Stay by Riley Hart
Strength of the Mate by Kendall McKenna

And first books in exciting new series’s:
⇝ Mark Cooper Versus America by Lisa Henry and J.A. Rock *
The Right Words by Lane Hayes

New authors making impressive debuts:
⇝ Making Nice by Elizah J. Davis *
Out in the Open by A.J. Truman
Straight Boy by Alessandra Hazard

Some that were just plain great:
The Last Thing He Needs by J.H. Knight

A couple not actually published in 2014, but that I read in 2014 and simply must mention
Chase the Storm by V.M. Waitt
Nowhere Ranch by Heidi Cullinan

And a drumroll for the top reads of the year for me…
A Forbidden Rumspringa by Keira Andrews
Les faits accomplis by Anna Martin

* = review coming soon to STRW

Here’s to 2015 being an equally awesome year for books!

Lone Wolf Has Come to Bluewater Bay! On Tour with Aleksandr Voinov and L.A. Witt (book tour and contest)

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Welcome to the Riptide Publishing/Aleksandr Voinov/L. A. Witt blog tour for the latest installment in the Bluewater Bay series, Lone Wolf!BWBlogo_Web

Contest: Every comment on this blog tour enters you in a drawing for a choice of one eBook off each of our backlists (excluding Lone Wolf) and a $10 Riptide Publishing store credit. Entries close at midnight, Eastern time, on December 28th, and winners will be announced on December 29th. Contest is NOT restricted to U.S. entries.

LoneWolf_400x600LONE WOLF Blurb:

Hunter Easton is screwed. Fans, producers, and his agent are all chomping at the bit for the next book in his wildly popular Wolf’s Landing series, but he’s got epic writer’s block and is way behind deadline. Then he reads The World Tree, a fanfic novel by his online friend “Lone Wolf.” It isn’t just a great story—it’s exactly what the series needs.

Kevin Hussain is thrilled when “Wolf Hunter” wants to meet up after reading The World Tree. When Wolf Hunter turns out to be Hunter Easton himself, Kevin is starstruck. When Hunter tells him he wants to add The World Tree to Wolf’s Landing, Kevin is sure he’s being pranked. And when their online chemistry carries over—big time—into real life, Kevin is convinced it’s all too good to be true.

The problem is . . . it might be. The book deal, the sex, the money—everything is amazing. But fame isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, and Kevin is left wondering if Hunter really loves him, or just loves his book.

Book Details:  

Buy It Here!  A Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words Highly Recommended Read
Author: Aleksandr VoinovL.A. Witt
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-239-4
eBook release: Dec 22, 2014
eBook Formats: pdf, mobi, html, epub
Print ISBN: 978-1-62649-240-0
Print release: Dec 22, 2014
Word count: 96,000, Page count: 358
Type: Standalone
Cover by: L.C. Chase
This title is part of the Bluewater Bay universe.

 

Author Bios:

EPIC Award winner and Lambda Award finalist Aleksandr Voinov is an emigrant German author living near London, where he works as a financial editor. His genres range from science fiction and fantasy to thriller, historical, contemporary, thriller, and erotica. His books were/are published by Random House Germany, Samhain Publishing, Riptide Publishing and others.

If he isn’t writing, he studies sports massage, explores historical sites, and meets other writers. He single-handedly sustains three London bookstores with his ever-changing research projects. His current interests include special forces operations during World War II, the history of chess, european magical traditions, and how to destroy the world and plunge it into a nuclear winter without having the benefit of nuclear weapons.

Visit Aleksandr’s website at http://www.aleksandrvoinov.com, his blog at http://www.aleksandrvoinov.blogspot.com, and follow him on Twitter, where he tweets as @aleksandrvoinov.

L.A. Witt is an abnormal M/M romance writer currently living in the glamorous and ultra-futuristic metropolis of Omaha, Nebraska, with her husband, two cats, and a disembodied penguin brain that communicates with her telepathically. In addition to writing smut and disturbing the locals, L.A. is said to be working with the US government to perfect a genetic modification that will allow humans to survive indefinitely on Corn Pops and beef jerky.

This is all a cover, though, as her primary leisure activity is hunting down her arch nemesis, erotica author Lauren Gallagher, who is also said to be lurking somewhere in Omaha.

L.A.’s backlist is available on her website, and updates (as well as random thoughts and the odd snarky comment) can be found on her blog or on Twitter (@GallagherWitt).

Mika’s Best Books of 2014

Best Books of 2014

orchidsIt’s that time of the year for the Best of Lists. Here at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words its the books that have stuck with us, made us laugh, made us cry, made us think and dream.

Mika’s Best of 2014!

 

I had two favorite books of the year!  But after those, I have listed, in no particular order, the other memorable books that I couldn’t put down.

Only Love by Garrett Leigh (Fav Book of The Year)
Spencer by J.P Barnaby (FAV Book of the Year)

Broken Pieces by Riley Hart
Loving Jay by Renae Kaye (Down Under Showcase Author)
Stay With Me by S.E. Harmon
Stories Beneath Our Skin by Veronica Sloane
When All The World Sleeps by Lisa Henry
Mark Cooper Versus America by Lisa Henry (Down Under Showcase Author)
Say Something by B.A. Tortuga
Watch Me Break You by Avril Ashton
John & Jackie by TJ Klune
The Art of Breathing by TJ Klune
Bloodline by Jordan L. Hawk
Rack & Ruin by Charlie Cochet
The Devil’s Ride by K.A. Merikan
Tangled Minds by Posy Roberts

MelanieM’s Best Books of 2014

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MelanieM’s Best Books of 2014

 

Winnowing down my list of Best Books is always a near impossible project.  To me it always feels like trying to leave a book shop during a particularly wonderful sale.  My arms are full to overflowing with books, with ones toppling off the pile here and there as I totter over to the sales counter.  My impulse is to go back and get more because all are books I loved and need to have near me.  Sigh.  And this year makes it particularly hard.  So many great books came out this year,  terrific short stories,, fabulous endings to series I love…..so this is as close as I got…check it all out below:

Best Series:

 Best Holiday/Whatever Time of the Year Anthologies:

Best Contemporary Fiction:

 

Best Science Fiction:

Best Fantasy:

 

Best Supernatural/Paranormal: