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Review: The Lake House by Kate Morton

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Alice Edevane grew up in a charming lake house on Cornwall coast just after the Great War. Cornwall is a mystical place that inspires imagination and welcomes thoughts of magic. A perfect place to inspire a young girl to write.

Alice always knew she wanted to be a writer and living in a large home full of people with their own ‘stories’ she couldn’t help but write them down. But one summer, the unthinkable happens….her brother disappears without a trace never to be seen again. Alice thinks she knows what happened and for the next seventy years she harbors extreme guilt.

Now a successful mystery writer, Alice buries her secret deep within and prays that no one will find out what really happened to her little brother Theo and after seventy years and the case still unsolved, she begins to feel safe…..until Sadie Sparrow arrives in Cornwall.

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Special Feature & GIVEAWAY: TIGER’S PROMISE by Colleen Houck

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It’s November and that means it’s National Novel Writing Month! For those of you social media savvy readers out there you will notice the hash tag #NaNoWriMo all over Twitter and Facebook and that’s what the hash tag is all about….National Novel Writing Month!

In honor of #NaNoWriMo I am spotlighting an author whose books I absolutely LOVE and she happens to be from my hometown of Salem, OR. Colleen Houck’s Tiger’s Curse series has been an absolute favorite of mine since I read the first book! She has come out with a Tiger’s Curse novella called TIGER’S PROMISE!

I am thrilled to be able to offer an e-copy of this outstanding book as well (see how to enter at the bottom of this post!).

TIGER’S PROMISE recalls the story beginning of Ren and Kishan. Here is the summary:

Before the curse, there was a promise. A prequel to the bestselling Tiger’s Curse series, this much anticipated novella recalls the beginning of Ren and Kishan’s story. Before Kelsey there was a girl, raised by a villain, whose love for a hero changed the course of history.

Trapped under the thumb of her abusive and powerful father Lokesh, Yesubai struggles to keep her own magical abilities secret while evading his dark powers. When Lokesh promises Yesubai to the prince of a neighboring kingdom, she becomes the central pawn in his plot to destroy the ruling family and take power for himself. Yesubai is trapped by her father’s threats and desperate to protect the man she comes to love, but she knows that any decision she makes will have dire consequences. As dark forces gather around her, Yesubai must decide if she’s willing to reveal that somewhere deep within her she has the power to change everything.

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Cover Reveal & GIVEAWAY: Immortal Descendants Series by April White

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Cover reveal day is finally here for The Immortal Descendants Series by April White! What do you guys think? They were designed by Penny Reid. Be sure to enter the giveaway listed below!

We are celebrating the 3 year publication anniversary of MARKING TIME with a brand new look for the whole series! These newly-redesigned ebooks and paperbacks are now available to order at Amazon, and I am giving away a signed set, plus a $50 Amazon gift card and signed copies of Truth or Beard, by Penny Reid, and The Scribe, by Elizabeth Hunter (see giveaway below).

THE BOOKS

Marking Time is currently FREE for all e-readers!

→ Amazon US: http://amzn.to/1LS9PFD

→ Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/1Mf7dkv

→ B&N: http://bit.ly/1P1gnpL

→ Kobo: http://bit.ly/1Mn3UxZ

→ iTunes: http://apple.co/1LSb2gh

Tempting Fate and Changing Nature are currently FREE to Kindle Unlimited subscribers!

→ Amazon US: http://amzn.to/1LSbj2F

→ Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/1H4Vaok

The paperback versions of all three books are available here: http://amzn.to/1kIpBfs

Enter the rafflecopter below to win a three-book signed paperback set of The Immortal Descendants series with new covers, plus a $50 Amazon gift card, and signed copies of Truth or Beard, by Penny Reid, and The Scribe, by Elizabeth Hunter
→ http://bit.ly/1k7jmkJ

  • Covers designed by Penny Reid

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Special Feature: HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO THE IMMORTAL DESCENDANTS SERIES by April White

by The Lit Bitch

We are celebrating the 3 year publication anniversary of MARKING TIME with a brand new look for the whole series! The big over reveal is coming on 11/1 so be watching for a post on Sunday! But if you simply can’t wait until then….here is a little preview!

These newly-redesigned ebooks and paperbacks are now available to order at Amazon, and I am giving away a signed set, plus a $50 Amazon gift card and signed copies of Truth or Beard, by Penny Reid, and The Scribe, by Elizabeth Hunter (see giveaway below).

Marking Time is currently FREE for all e-readers!

→ Amazon US: http://amzn.to/1LS9PFD

→ Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/1Mf7dkv

→ B&N: http://bit.ly/1P1gnpL

→ Kobo: http://bit.ly/1Mn3UxZ

→ iTunes: http://apple.co/1LSb2gh

 

Tempting Fate and Changing Nature are currently FREE to Kindle Unlimited subscribers!

→ Amazon US: http://amzn.to/1LSbj2F

→ Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/1H4Vaok

The paperback versions of all three books are available here: http://amzn.to/1kIpBfs

GIVEAWAY

Enter the rafflecopter below to win a three-book signed paperback set of The Immortal Descendants series with new covers, plus a $50 Amazon gift card, and signed copies of Truth or Beard, by Penny Reid, and The Scribe, by Elizabeth Hunter
→ http://bit.ly/1k7jmkJ

 

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Special Feature: The Spine Tingling Literary Canon List for Halloween

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Halloween is just around the corner and this week on The Lit Bitch we are talking about the books that make you want to curl up and hide under the covers of your bed. You know those books that scare you so bad that every little noise in your house makes you jump and wonder….is there a monster under my bed???

The folks at Casper Mattresses have a great blog called Pillow Talk and they are doing a super fun ‘haunted’ feature on their blog for Halloween where they talk about spooky hotels (including the Heathman Hotel in Portland, a personal fav of mine being from Oregon and all). Casper is a great company full of fellow bibliophiles like myself and they asked me to share what books I have read that have kept me up at night to celebrate Halloween!

I haven’t read a lot of ‘horror stories’ but I have read a few classic novels that certainly belong in the ‘spine tingling’ literary canon and I also added a few other books that were so suspenseful that I found myself jumping at any little noise. I am sure there are a lot of other creepy-tastic books out there that I am forgetting…..Stephen King comes to mind and I’ll be honest….I want to read Stephen King but I’m a little too scared! If you have a favorite scary book that makes you want to hide under your covers please share it in the comments below!

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