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#PBwkendread Review: The Program (The Program #1) by Suzanne Young

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Title: The Program (The Program #1) Author: Suzanne Young Published: March 4, 2014 Publisher: Simon Pulse Pages: 405 Genre: YA Review: Library Book Buy Links: Amazon , Amazon.uk  Sloane knows better than to cry in front of anyone. With suicide now an international epidemic, one outburst could land her in The Program, the only proven course of treatment. Sloane’s parents have already lost one child; Sloane knows they’ll do anything to keep her alive. She also knows that everyone who’s been through The Program returns as a blank slate. Because their depression is gone—but so are their memories. Under constant surveillance at home and at school, Sloane puts on a brave face and keeps her feelings buried as deep as she can. The only person Sloane can be herself with is James. He’s promised to keep them both safe and out of treatment, and Sloane knows their love is strong enough to withstand anything. But despite the promises they made to each other, it’s getting harder

NetGalley Review: All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda

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Title: All The Missing Girls Author: Megan Miranda Published: June 28, 2016 Pages: 384 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Genre: Murder, Mystery, Thriller Review: ebook provided by publisher and NetGalley Buy Links: Amazon , Amazon.uk  Like the spellbinding psychological suspense in The Girl on the Train and Luckiest Girl Alive, Megan Miranda’s novel is a nail-biting, breathtaking story about the disappearances of two young women—a decade apart—told in reverse. It’s been ten years since Nicolette Farrell left her rural hometown after her best friend, Corinne, disappeared from Cooley Ridge without a trace. Back again to tie up loose ends and care for her ailing father, Nic is soon plunged into a shocking drama that reawakens Corinne’s case and breaks open old wounds long since stitched. The decade-old investigation focused on Nic, her brother Daniel, boyfriend Tyler, and Corinne’s boyfriend Jackson. Since then, only Nic has left Cooley Ridge. Daniel and his wife, Laura, a

#PBwkendread Review: Pomegranate Seeds by Katy Kellogg

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Title: Pomegranate Seeds Author: Katy Kellogg Published: Jan. 15, 2012 Pages: 384 Review: Paperback Won Buy Links: Amazon , Amazon.uk  Korbin Stockard wanted to be a good guy. He really did. Sometimes it was hard not to act like a demon, though. He jumped at the chance for redemption; live twenty years as a human, with no memory of his demonic side, without sinning. Sounded simple enough. He might have succeeded, if he hadn't met Haleigh. Elijah Peterson is an angel who wanted to save Korbin, under the same terms as the demon's agreement. It really did seem like an easy task. He might have succeeded, he if hadn't met Haleigh. When Haleigh moved into a one hundred and twenty year old apartment, she thought it was going to be all independence and fun. It fell apart as soon as the last picture was hung on the wall. After getting into fights with her best friend and ber boyfriend, she manages to get the logos, a tool that can create and destroy existance as we kn

Review: Neighbors by Jeremy Bates

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Title: Neighbors Author: Jeremy Bates Published: July 24, 2015 Publisher: Ghillinnein Books Pages: 92 Genre: Short Stories, murder Review: ebook provided by author Buy Links: Amazon , Amazon.uk  YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT KIND OF PSYCHO MAY BE LIVING NEXT DOOR New York is a city of eight million strangers. For twenty-five-year old Buddy Smith, who values his privacy, it’s the only place he would call home. Yet his simple life is flipped upside down when a new neighbor moves in next door. She’s young, beautiful, a bit nosy...and might just be a cold-blooded killer. Against his better judgment, Buddy spends the night with her—a decision that will prove to be the biggest mistake of his life.

#PBwkendread: The Program (The Program #1) by Suzanne Young

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Wow the weekend has already gone and past but I did find my weekend read after I finished my other paperback. I actually finished last week's paperback read on Sunday night and then picked up The Program to read. So I guess The Program will also be my week read as well. This last week has be crazy hectic so I haven't had much full down time to read especially with this cough that makes me hurt it gets worse in the evenings when I am trying to sleep. I have heard so much about this book, I tried finding it on NetGalley and it wasn't there, then there were two contest that I entered into for an ecopy of the book I didn't win on those.  So I added this book to my Goodreads list, so maybe in the future I could read it when I got a chance. I was going to buy the book but it was a bit out of my price range. Then as I was searching around at my public library I saw another book by Suzanne Young and I ran to the librarian and asked her if she had The Program by this

Review: Chasing Midnight (The Darkest Desires of Dixie #1) by Shyloh Morgan, Alex Morgan

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Title: Chasing Midnight (The Darkest Desires of Dixie #1) Authors: Shyloh Morgan and Alex Morgan Published: Sept. 1, 2014 Publisher: Southern Seduction Publishing Pages: 350 Genre: Romance Review: ebook provided by author Buy Links: Amazon , Amazon.uk  Quinn Mason is a young Southern gentleman. Perhaps, gentleman is a stretch for how he lived his earlier years. He was the kid whose life seemed charmed, a popular athlete in high school who won a full scholarship. Life was on track for him until the death of his parents. In one terrible moment, Quinn went from having everything being everything for his young siblings. He left college, and used the money from his parent’s life insurance policy to buy a bar. The bar supported him and the kids, affording him the ability to give for them the life they were robbed of, even sending them to college. Mhisery Bellemy has returned to Midnight, reluctantly. Her mother died, and she is left to take care of her drunken father, and

#PBwkendread: Pomegranate Seeds Katy Kellogg

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Well it is Thursday and I remembered to post on the book I will be reading this weekend. It is called Pomegranate Seeds by Katy Kellogg. I actually won this book a while back so I am excited to get into it and see if it is as good as I remember hearing about.   Korbin Stockard wanted to be a good guy. He really did. Sometimes it was hard not to act like a demon, though. He jumped at the chance for redemption; live twenty years as a human, with no memory of his demonic side, without sinning. Sounded simple enough. He might have succeeded, if he hadn't met Haleigh. Elijah Peterson is an angel who wanted to save Korbin, under the same terms as the demon's agreement. It really did seem like an easy task. He might have succeeded, he if hadn't met Haleigh. When Haleigh moved into a one hundred and twenty year old apartment, she thought it was going to be all independence and fun. It fell apart as soon as the last picture was hung on the wall. After getting in

Review: When You Were Here by Daisy Whitney

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Title: When You Were Here Author: Daisy Whitney Published: June 4, 2013 Publisher: Little Brown Books for Young Readers Pages: 272 Genre: YA, Teens Review: Library Book Buy Links: Amazon , Amazon.uk  Filled with humor, raw emotion, a strong voice, and a brilliant dog named Sandy Koufax, When You Were Here explores the two most powerful forces known to man-death and love. Daisy Whitney brings her characters to life with a deft touch and resonating authenticity. Danny's mother lost her five-year battle with cancer three weeks before his graduation-the one day that she was hanging on to see. Now Danny is left alone, with only his memories, his dog, and his heart-breaking ex-girlfriend for company. He doesn't know how to figure out what to do with her estate, what to say for his Valedictorian speech, let alone how to live or be happy anymore. When he gets a letter from his mom's property manager in Tokyo, where she had been going for treatment, it shows a side

Review: Delilah West V1 by Maxine O'Callaghan

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Title: Delilah West V1 Author: Maxine O'Callaghan Published: Nov. 27, 2014 Publisher: Brash Books Pages: 398 Genre: Mystery, P.I. Review: ebook provided by publisher Buy Links: Amazon , Amazon.uk  BAD NEWS & TROUBLE – Before Kinsey Millhone, Sharon McCone and V.I. Warshawski, there was Delilah West, the sensitive, gutsy and resourceful private eye who shattered the boundaries of mystery fiction…starting with the ground-breaking short stories in this collection. DEATH IS FOREVER – – Ex-cop Delilah West is working as a PI with her husband Jack when he’s killed while investigating a missing person’s case. Grief-stricken and enraged, she becomes obsessed with finding the killer…only to wake up drugged in a skid-row hotel room with him lying beside her with a knife in his back. It’s the perfect frame, nailing her for an obvious revenge killing. Now she’s on the run…living on a razor’s edge trying to avoid capture while searching for the murderers who’ve destroyed h

Review: The Demon Heritage of Josh Thorne (Southern Style Supernatural Series #1) by Joe Fowler

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Title: The Demon Heritage of Josh Thorne Author: Joe Fowler Published: Feb. 23, 2015 Publisher: Self Pages: 229 Genre: Teens, YA, Paranormal Review: ebook provided by author Buy Links: Amazon , Amazon.uk  Tired of being average? Have you ever wished there was something special about you? Be careful what you wish for. Josh Thorne was as normal as they come until he neared his eighteenth birthday. Over the course of one month this young man’s life was forever altered by forces beyond his control. Psychic visions, werewolves, demons, cults, ghosts, and vampires become all too common as he fights to keep his friends safe. His best friend Keith stands beside him throughout this journey but as the events in Josh’s life become stranger it becomes apparent that Keith may not be human either. Even in the middle of fighting for his life, Josh meets the woman of his dreams. He finds love and helps others do the same. With love and laughter, Josh finds the strength to keep going.

Title: Zombie Games The Series (Zombie Games #1-5) by Kristen Middleton

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Title: Zombie Games: The Series (Zombies Games #1-5) Author: Kristen Middleton Publisher: Dark Shadows Publishing LLC Published: Dec. 5, 2014 Pages: 897 Review: ebook provided by author Genre: Zombies, YA, Teen Buy Links: Amazon , Amazon.uk  Includes books 1-5 with a bonus book, Enchanted Secrets! Zombie Games 1 - Origins Zombie Games 2 - Running Wild Zombie Games 3 - Dead Endz Zombie Games 4 - Road Kill Zombie Games 5 - End Zone Seventeen-year-old Cassandra Wild thought that living in the chaos of her mother's home daycare and dealing with new feelings for Bryce, her martial arts instructor, was a struggle until her world turned upside down. When an untested vaccine kills more than just a rampant flu virus, Cassie learns how to survive in a world where the dead walk and the living... run! This YA story is a lighthearted adventure filled with zombies, butt-kicking teenaged girls, a man obsessed with video games, an annoying but totally HOT kara

#PBwkendread Review: Howl by Jody Morse and Jayme Morse

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Title: Howl (Book 1) Authors: Jody Morse and Jayme Morse Published: Dec. 25, 2011 Publisher: Self Pages: 253 Genre: Teens, YA, Paranormal Review: Paperback Won Buy Links: Amazon , Amazon.uk  One girl... two werewolf packs... what will she choose? Samara’s first date with Luke, the hot new guy at school, didn’t go exactly the way she planned. She figured they would stargaze and maybe share a kiss at the end of the night, but she couldn’t have prepared for what really happened. She was bitten by a wolf and not just any wolf—a werewolf. After she shifts for the first time, she meets the Alpha of her new pack in the woods. While he answers a lot of her questions, he remains in his wolf form during their meetings to keep his identity a secret from her. She wonders who this mysterious wolf is and why he bit her. As Samara begins to learn more about her family secret and how it plays into her new life as a werewolf, she realizes that she has an important decision to make—one

NetGalley Review: Baby Doll by Hollie Overton

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Title: Baby Doll Author: Hollie Overton Published: June 12, 2016 Publisher: Redhook Books Pages: 288 Genre: Psychological Thriller Buy Links: Amazon, Amazon.uk  Escape was just the beginning. Held captive for eight years, Lily has grown from a teenager to an adult in a small basement prison. Her daughter Sky has been a captive her whole life. But one day their captor leaves the deadbolt unlocked. This is what happens next... ... to Lily, to her twin sister, to her mother, to her daughter...and to her captor.

#PBwkendread: Howl (Howl #1) by Jody Morse, Jayme Morse

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Love the cover of this book and plus it is about werewolves so I am hoping that is going to be good. I do love a good story with werewolves! So lets see where this story will go.  One girl... two werewolf packs... what will she choose? Samara’s first date with Luke, the hot new guy at school, didn’t go exactly the way she planned. She figured they would stargaze and maybe share a kiss at the end of the night, but she couldn’t have prepared for what really happened. She was bitten by a wolf and not just any wolf—a werewolf. After she shifts for the first time, she meets the Alpha of her new pack in the woods. While he answers a lot of her questions, he remains in his wolf form during their meetings to keep his identity a secret from her. She wonders who this mysterious wolf is and why he bit her. As Samara begins to learn more about her family secret and how it plays into her new life as a werewolf, she realizes that she has an important decision to make—one that could hurt the

Review: Eyes Deep (Clandestine Daze 0.5) by Tim Marquitz

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Title: Eyes Deep Author: Tim Marquitz Published: Oct. 28, 2014 Pages: 84 Genre: Sci-Fi, Fantasy Review: ebook provided by author Buy Links: Amazon , Amazon.uk  No one trusts a doppelganger, and for good reason. Behind every stolen identity lies murder. For Theodor Crane, his latest crime comes with a new family, a new job, a new set of troubles, yet there’s no escaping his past lives. On the precipice of war between humans and supernaturals, Theo is thrust in the middle, charged with maintaining the balance while keeping his true identity a secret. Conspiracies and old hatreds lurk just below the surface, creeping to a head as the veil between the two worlds slowly crumbles. Failure means reigniting an age old conflict. Success means living a lie for the rest of his days. Either way, Theo loses.

Review: Braineater Jones by Stephen Kozeniewski

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Title: Braineater Jones Author: Stephen Kozeniewski Published: Oct. 9, 2013 Publisher: Red Adept Publishing Pages: 235 Genre: Zombies, mystery Review: ebook provided by author Buy Links: Amazon , Amazon.uk  Braineater Jones wakes up face down in a swimming pool with no memory of his former life, how he died, or why he’s now a zombie. With a smart-aleck severed head as a partner, Jones descends into the undead ghetto to solve his own murder. But Jones’s investigation is complicated by his crippling addiction to human flesh. Like all walking corpses, he discovers that only a stiff drink can soothe his cravings. Unfortunately, finding liquor during Prohibition is costly and dangerous. From his Mason jar, the cantankerous Old Man rules the only speakeasy in the city that caters to the postmortem crowd. As the booze, blood, and clues coagulate, Jones gets closer to discovering the identity of his killer and the secrets behind the city’s stranglehold on liquid spirits. D

Book Spotlight: Banished Threads (Book 3- Threads Series) by: Kaylin McFarren

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Title : Banished Threads (Book 3 – Threads Series) Author : Kaylin McFarren Publisher : Creative Edge Publishing LLC Pages : 258 Genre : Romantic Suspense A valuable art collection disappears turning a treasure-hunting duo into crime-stopping sleuths committed to vindicating family members in Kaylin McFarren's action-packed suspense novel, Banished Threads. While vacationing at the stately Cumberforge Manor in Bellwood , England , Rachel Lyons and Chase Cohen attend an elegant dinner party hosted by her uncle, Paul Lyons, and his aristocratic wife, Sara. Before the evening ends, a priceless collection of Morris Graves's paintings are stolen from her uncle's popular gallery, throwing all suspicion onto his wife's missing granddaughter. Determined to clear Sloan Rafferty's name and, in the process, win Paul's favor, Chase scours the countryside looking for answers. In his absence, the police accuse Rachel's uncle of an unsolved murder and s

Review: Survivors: Secrets (Book 1) by Violet Cross

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Title: Survivors: Secrets (Book 1) Author: Violet Cross Published: July 11, 2015 Publisher: Self Pages: 233 (Print) Genre: Post-Apocalyptic Review: ebook provided by author Buy Links: Amazon , Amazon.uk  Lacey Young is a survivor. So is her sister, her best friend, and all the other young adults they share a hotel with now that the world has ended. Lacey Young is a leader. That’s why when the lives of her crew and the people she loves become endangered, she must go against the odds and fight to take back what is theirs. However, with secrets and betrayal as common as the grains of sand that smother the landscape, what once appeared to be a big problem threatens to become a tragedy. Blood is spilled, friendships are tested, and all the while the lurking threat that’s responsible for sending the world into chaos is closer than they all think. Lacey has a secret. A secret she’s been repressing and hiding from those closest to her. It’s a secret that she knows can help