Books
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Announcement: Winner ONE PLUS ONE by Jojo Moyes
And the winner of the ONE PLUS ONE by Jojo Moyes is….. Melanie L (subscribes to blog) The winner will be notified via email. Thank you to everyone who entered and a huge thank you to the publisher for making this giveaway possible!
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Review: Frostfire (Kanin Chronicles #1) by Amanda Hocking
I am in cover lust over this novel, that’s why I picked it up….plus I heard some good reviews about this book so I downloaded it before going on vacation. It sounded like an interesting premise and an easy read so why not? Bryn Aven is a tracker. Her job is to take and bring back changelings to Kanin. She has always wanted to be a Hogdragen, an elite trained group of trackers and guards who serve the royals. Her father is the Chancellor of the Kanin people, who serves the King. One night after her first duty as a tracker, Bryn and her father run into Konstantin Black, the…
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Review: The Masque of a Murderer (Lucy Campion Mysteries #3) by Susanna Calkins
Lucy Campion hasn’t seen her friend Sarah for years when she suddenly returns from abroad after her brother, Adam, was injured. Sarah has been in the Americas spreading the word of the Friends. In England and the new world, the Quakers are not a welcome group. Sarah’s family has all but disowned her, but now that she’s returned, her family hopes her frivolous foray into the Friends, is at an end. Shortly after returning home, Sarah receives word that a past love interest, Jacob, has had been hit by a cart and will likely not survive. Jacob has also turned to the Friends in recent years and was completely shunned…
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Review: Scent of the Soul by Julie Doherty
In a time when marriages were made to secure alliances and power, a king has little choice in matters of the heart. In the twelfth century Scotland, King Somerled must marry in order to further his hard won power and secure new alliances. Falling in love in a luxury he cannot afford. When a rival king, Fergus, arrives on Somerled’s shores with the mysterious Breagha as a hostage, Somerled doesn’t hesitate to allow Fergus rights to her. But then Somerled lays eyes on the beautiful and enchanting Breagha and realizes why Fergus would deceive him and try to keep Breagha for himself. Breagha has a unique gift….the gift of scent. Her powers put her in high…
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Spotlight/Guest Post: THE WITCH OF PAINTED SORROWS by M.J. Rose
Publication Date: March 17, 2015 Atria Books Formats: Hardcover, Ebook Pages: 384 Genre: Historical Mystery READ AN EXCERPT. Possession. Power. Passion. International bestselling novelist M.J. Rose creates her most provocative and magical spellbinder yet in this erotic, gothic novel set against the lavish spectacle of 1890s Belle Époque Paris. Sandrine Salome runs away to her grandmother’s Parisian mansion to escape her dangerous husband, but what she finds is even more menacing. The house, famous for its lavish art collection and elegant salons, is mysteriously closed up. Although her grandmother insits it’s dangerous for Sandrine to visit, she defies her and meets Julien Duplessi, a mesmerizing young architect. Together they…
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Giveaway/Special Feature: Paperback Release ONE PLUS ONE by Jojo Moyes
For those of you who have followed my blog for awhile now know that I’m a big Jojo Moyes fan. I’ve read a lot of her books and am always eager to read another book by her! Last year I read her latest book ONE PLUS ONE which was released in July. Now it’s coming out in paperback! This post also includes a GIVEAWAY for a paperback copy of this romantic and touching novel. You can listen to a free sample of the novel by clicking here! There is also a great book club kit that goes along with this book, so if your book club is still looking for a book…
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Announcement: Winner THE MIDNIGHT WITCH and THE SILVER WITCH by Paula Brackston
And the winner of the two books, THE MIDNIGHT WITCH and THE SILVER WITCH by Paula Brackston is….. Amy C (subscribed to blog) The winner will be notified via email. Thank you to everyone who entered and a huge thank you to the publisher for making this giveaway possible!
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Spotlight Feature/Giveaway: THE COUNTESS’ CAPTIVE by Andrea Cefalo
Please join Author Andrea Cefalo as she tours with HF Virtual Book Tours for The Countess’ Captive Blog Tour, from March 23-April 16. Take The Countess’ Captive Playbuzz quiz and enter to win a Fairytale Keeper Clutch Purse & $25 Amazon Gift Card! Publication Date: February 14, 2015 Scarlet Primrose Press Formats: eBook; Paperback Pages: 232 Series: Book Two, Fairytale Keeper Series Genre: Young Adult/Historical/Fairytale Retelling During March of 1248, Adelaide Schumacher-affectionately called Snow White-has lost so much: her mother, her possessions, and now her home. Adelaide hates abandoning her home city, her family’s legacy, and her first love?Ivo. More than anything, she hates her father growing closer to her…
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Special Feature: OUTLANDER Returning to STARZ
For those of you who have followed this blog for a lengthy time, you will know how much I LOVE the Outlander series! It is one of the best series I’ve read and I recommend it to almost everyone I meet who like historic fiction. So it goes without saying that I have been glued to my TV every Saturday night watching the Starz Outlander series which is based on the books. Like me, one of my friends, Spencer Blohm, has been eagerly awaiting the return of the series and in anticipation of Outlander’s return, he wrote a wonderful article to get us all excited about Outlander! So sassenachs please enjoy!
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Guest Post: Excerpt SHADOW RITUAL by Eric Giacometti
This week on The Lit Bitch, we have a special treat, an excerpt from Eric Giacometti’s latest thriller SHADOW RITUAL. If you are wondering what this is about here is a description from Goodreads: An electrifying thriller about the rise of extremism. Two slayings—one in Rome and one in Jerusalem—rekindle an ancient rivalry between modern-day secret societies for knowledge lost at the fall of the Third Reich. Detective Antoine Marcas unwillingly teams up with the strong-willed Jade Zewinski to chase Neo-Nazi assassins across Europe. They must unravel an arcane Freemason mystery, sparked by information from newly revealed KGB files. Inspired from the true story of mysterious Freemason files thought to hold…