Books
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Guest Post: Engn by Simon Kewin
In addition to reviewing the MG/YA book Engn by Simon Kewin, he also agreed to write a guest post about how he created the world and city of Engn. Without further ado please welcome Simon Kewin to The Lit Bitch! Building Engn The world of Engn grew out of a simple, central idea: a city-sized, steam-powered machine that generations of people have lived and worked within. I was drawn to the idea on lots of levels. I liked the thought of all the odd contraptions and mysteries and weirdness I could build into such a vast and ancient machine. In the book, Engn has grown so huge that most…
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Review: Tiger’s Quest (The Tiger Saga #2) by Colleen Houck
Kelsey Hayes has just arrived home in Oregon from her adventure packed and emotional summer abroad in India. Kelsey has been helping two brothers, Ren and Kishan, try and break an ancient curse. She and Ren successfully fought off deadly monkeys to break the first part of the curse, but they still have to complete a series of challenges to break the entire curse. While they have been tracking down the clues that will break the curse, Kelsey and Ren have also fallen in love. Kelsey is scared to death that Ren will break her heart so she does what she thinks is best–she runs like hell back to Oregon…
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Giveaway: A Divided Inheritance by Deborah Swift
Get ready for some swash-buckling adventure in this thrilling and vivid historic novel! Take a ride through the splendid Spanish sun and back to London with an action packed historic novel! Thanks to Historical Fiction Virtual Book Tour and the publisher, I am ecstatic to be able to offer a copy of A Divided Inheritance by Deborah Swift for your enjoyment! Giveaway runs 11/13/13 to 11/20/13 Winners will be announced 11/21/13. (how to enter) On this blog you must leave a comment to be entered in the giveaway. Your comment MUST include your email so I can contact you….if you do not enter an email in the comments your entry will be void.…
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Review: A Divided Inheritance by Deborah Swift
In 1609, Elspet Leviston plans on doing something most women wouldn’t dream of–she hopes to take over her father’s lace business. In an age where most women only care about finding husbands and having children, Elspet wants nothing more than the learn the trade. Since her father doesn’t have a male heir the odd of her taking over are pretty good–until a mysterious cousin shows up and starts helping her father with the lace business. Zachary Deane has basically come from nothing. His mother was a prostitute and with three children. They had little money to support themselves but she had high hopes for Zachary. She told him if anything happened…
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Review: Dark Angel: A Gothic Fairy Tale by T.J. Bennett
Strong winds and storm surges batter the hull of a ship carrying the young widow Catherine Briton home to England. Catherine spots land and tells the captain that they should abandon ship and try to make it to the island. To her dismay the captain refuses and denies that he even saw the land. The ship eventually sinks and Catherine is left floating in the ocean waiting for death to overtake her. Instead of dying, she wakes up on the beach of the island she saw from the ship. A stranger rescues her and takes her back to his castle. When she awakes she finds that the man, Gerard, not…
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Announcement: Winner Banquet of Lies by Michelle Diener
And the winner of Banquet of Lies by Michelle Diener is….. Colleen T (liked on Facebook) The winner will be notified via email. Thank you to everyone who entered and a huge thank you to HFVBT and the publisher for making this giveaway possible! Be sure to check out the other tour stops for more giveaways and author interviews as well as reviews!
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Review: Tiger’s Curse (The Tiger Saga #1) by Colleen Houck
For recent high school graduate, Kelsey Hayes, the summer is all about finding a job so she can start community college in the fall. But in a sleepy Oregon town, there are not a lot of job opportunities for high school grads so when she is offered a job at a traveling circus she quickly accepts. The jobs sounds pretty easy: selling tickets, helping clean up after shows, and she gets to live on sight….oh and she has to help care for the circus tiger. She isn’t really sure what to do about the tiger, on one hand he scares her but she finds him oddly intriguing and comforting. Every…
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Review: Bellman and Black: A Ghost Story by Diane Setterfield
As a child, William Bellman makes one tragic mistake that will haunt him all his life. Though it doesn’t seem like a big deal, William soon finds out what a big deal it was. William is showing off for a few of his friends. He has perfected his slingshot and to impress his friends he claims he can hit a rook (of the raven family) with absolute precision. When he kills the bird with that fateful shot, he has no idea it will be the mistake that alters his life and the lives of those present that day forever and those that William cares for most. The Bellman family has…
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Special Feature: Upcoming Holiday Reading Michele Gorman’s Christmas Carol
I always try and post about new upcoming cover reveals, author chats, and other literary related events and I know a lot of you are out there looking for new for your holiday reading lists! So I thought this sounded like a cheeky book to add to your holiday reading! Michele Gorman’s Christmas Carol is coming down the chimney on October 24th! Gorman is also the author of the hilarious chick lit series, Single in the City. This latest novella is a wickedly funny re-imagining of Charles Dickens’ classic, A Christmas Carol. Here is a summary of the novella: One winter wedding, two happy couples, three ex-boyfriends… And a very uncomfortable weekend. Carol hates Christmas. Being…
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Giveaway: Banquet of Lies by Michelle Diener
Feast your eyes on the delicious new historic romance! Thanks to Historical Fiction Virtual Book Tour and the publisher, I am ecstatic to be able to offer a copy of Banquet of Lies by Michelle Diener for your enjoyment! Giveaway runs 10/24/13 to 10/31/13 Winners will be announced 11/1/13. (how to enter) On this blog you must leave a comment to be entered in the giveaway. Your comment MUST include your email so I can contact you….if you do not enter an email in the comments your entry will be void. Winners will be notified by email the day after the giveaway closes and have five days to respond, it not…