Posted January 20, 2015 by Carmel in Fresh Meat / 42 Comments
Paranormal Romance:
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Grave Vengeance (Grave #3)
by Lori Sjoberg
Paranormal Romance
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[learn_more caption=”Book Description”]Handsome and haunted, he’s a reaper who prefers to work alone. But Fate has other plans for him and the sassy secret agent who shot him in another life—if their pasts don’t catch up with them first.
Dmitri Stavitsky has never played well with others—a Soviet KGB spy in life turned reaper after death, his work of bringing souls to the other side is best done alone. But orders from the top soon place him alongside fellow reaper Gwen Peterson, the American counter intelligence agent who took his life so many years ago. Now, as a ghost from Gwen’s past resurfaces with the power to steal reapers’ souls, the two have no choice but to set aside their differences and apprehend the rogue together. But their cross-country mission soon ignites feelings Dmitri thought he was no longer capable of—for the woman who helped destroy him. With an ancient force and a small army against them, he’ll have to let go of old grudges or risk his future with Gwen…as Fate hangs dangerously in the balance.[/learn_more] |
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The Tempted (Rogues of Scotland #3)
by Donna Grant
Paranormal Romance
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[learn_more caption=”Book Description”]A MAN CONSUMED BY RAGE
Stefan Kennedy was cursed by a gypsy and sentenced to a prison of darkness and despair. A hell that only served to feed the monster within. Unexpectedly released from his mystical cell, he’s engulfed by fury and overcome by his need for vengeance until a beautiful and caring woman unexpectedly tames his inner beast. With just one touch, she makes his rage fade away. Stefan knows that he owes it to his friends to find out what happened to them after their run-in with the gypsy, but the mysterious and enchanting Morvan may be a temptation that he cannot resist.
A WOMAN’S MAGICAL TOUCH
Morvan has always been a child of the forest. She spends her days using her unique gifts to calm and heal the animals she encounters near her woodland cottage. But when she finds herself compelled across clan borders to a mysterious cliff with a wall of strange etchings, she’s helpless to resist. Somehow, Morvan magically brings forth a stranger seemingly more beast than man, yet despite the inherent dangers, she’s driven to help the handsome Highlander. While his appearance in her life may end up shattering the peace she’s worked so hard to find, he could also prove to be the man of her dreams. [/learn_more] |
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Hunger’s Mate Part 2
(The Shadow Shifters #5)
by A.C. Arthur
Paranormal Romance
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[learn_more caption=”Book Description”]Ezra can’t help but be on the prowl. Jewel is stunning. Sly. Insatiable.
But she is no ordinary human—and he’s about to find out that he’s stalking an alluring and mysterious cat thief. One who possesses dangerous secrets of her own…[/learn_more] |
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White Knight (Cornerstone Run #3)
by Kelly Meade
Paranormal Romance
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[learn_more caption=”Book Description”]Checkmate…
Despite a month of peace from hybrid attacks, the constant threat of violence has the loup garou on edge. Knight McQueen’s home feels like a military compound and his people have become battle-weary soldiers. And Knight’s tenuous grip on his own self-control has been further damaged by the disappearance of the only woman whose touch brings him peace.
Held prisoner by her hybrid half-sisters and forced to care for an unknown child, Shay Butler’s quarterly is approaching but a silver-laced collar prevents her from shifting. As her time draws closer, her sanity begins to slip.
The opportunity to rescue Shay arrives when Magus enemy Archimedes Atwood requests a parley to discuss ways to end the conflict between their people and stop the rogue hybrids. Alpha Bishop McQueen agrees, bringing his brothers together to form a plan that will bring Shay home to Knight, stop the final two hybrids—and finally bring Archimedes to justice once and for all…[/learn_more] |
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The Prince (The Florentine #0.5)
by Sylvain Reynard
Paranormal Romance
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[learn_more caption=”Book Description”]The unveiling of a set of priceless illustrations of Dante’s Divine Comedy at the Uffizi Gallery exposes the unsuspecting Professor Gabriel Emerson and his beloved wife, Julianne, to a mysterious and dangerous enemy.
Unbeknownst to the Professor, the illustrations he secretly acquired years ago were stolen a century earlier from the ruler of Florence’s underworld. Now one of the most dangerous beings in Italy is determined to reclaim his prized artwork and exact revenge on the Emersons, but not before he uncovers something disturbing about Julianne …[/learn_more] |
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Ghostly Liaison (Ghostly Encounters #1)
by Stacy McKitrick
Paranormal Romance
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[learn_more caption=”Book Description”]You can move in, but you can never leave…
Avoiding love is hard. Catching a killer can be fatal…
When Rob’s sister passed away, she left him her dog and her house. He can handle the dog part, but he doesn’t need another home. Especially a fixer-upper the neighbor swears is haunted. Then he meets Bridget, who’s working on getting her life back together after a car accident left her scarred in more ways than one. She can’t pass up Rob’s offer of free lodging, regardless of the shape it’s in. Or the roommate that’s part of the package. She’s never believed in ghosts, but now she’s living with one who wants Bridget’s help in catching a killer. There’s only one problem: the killer has unfinished business…[/learn_more] |
Urban Fantasy:
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Burned (Fever #7)
by Karen Marie Moning
Urban Fantasy
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[learn_more caption=”Book Description”]It’s easy to walk away from lies. Power is another thing.
MacKayla Lane would do anything to save the home she loves. A gifted sidhe-seer, she’s already fought and defeated the deadly Sinsar Dubh—an ancient book of terrible evil—yet its hold on her has never been stronger.
When the wall that protected humans from the seductive, insatiable Fae was destroyed on Halloween, long-imprisoned immortals ravaged the planet. Now Dublin is a war zone with factions battling for control. As the city heats up and the ice left by the Hoar Frost King melts, tempers flare, passions run red-hot, and dangerous lines get crossed. Seelie and Unseelie vie for power against nine ancient immortals who have governed Dublin for millennia; a rival band of sidhe-seers invades the city, determined to claim it for their own; Mac’s former protégé and best friend, Dani “Mega” O’Malley, is now her fierce enemy; and even more urgent, Highland druid Christian MacKeltar has been captured by the Crimson Hag and is being driven deeper into Unseelie madness with each passing day. The only one Mac can depend on is the powerful, dangerous immortal Jericho Barrons, but even their fiery bond is tested by betrayal.
It’s a world where staying alive is a constant struggle, the line between good and evil is blurred, and every alliance comes at a price. In an epic battle against dark forces, Mac must decide who she can trust, and what her survival is ultimately worth.[/learn_more] |
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Ripper (Hunter #1)
by Lexi Blake
Urban Fantasy
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[learn_more caption=”Book Description”]A New Heroine Rises…
Kelsey Atwood is a private detective with a problem. She came from a family of hunters, growing up on the wrong side of the supernatural world. Tracking down bail jumpers and deadbeat dads may not make her a lot of friends, but it’s a lot safer than the life she turned her back on. She was hoping to escape from the nightmares of her past, but her latest case has brought them right back to her door.
A young woman has gone missing, and she didn’t go willingly. When Kelsey discovers that the girl is actually a shifter, she knows she should drop the case and walk away. But this shifter was a sweet kid, and she’s in serious trouble. More females are missing and the evidence points to a legendary killer. Bodies are piling up, and her case is becoming center stage for a conflict that could shatter the fragile peace between wolves and vampires.
As the hunt intensifies, she finds herself trapped between two men—Gray, a magnetic half-demon lawman, and the ancient vampire Marcus Vorenus. Both men call to her, but when a shocking secret about Kelsey’s family is revealed, it could ruin them all. To stop the killer, she will have to embrace the truth about who—and what—she truly is. [/learn_more] |
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Broken Shadows (The Shadowminds #3)
by A.J. Larrieu
Urban Fantasy
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[learn_more caption=”Book Description”]Everyone has a breaking point.
Mina Tanner was once a converter, a human with telekinetic and telepathic abilities. After a vicious mental assault by an evil shadowmind stripped her of her powers, she was forced to flee her home to escape her attacker. Now, she’s trying to start a new life in San Francisco, far away from any and all reminders of the gifts she grew up using.
But her precariously balanced “normal” life topples as her apartment and her job fall victim to a new luxury development. Jackson Herring, an old family friend and powerful converter, offers Mina his spare bedroom while she gets on her feet, and she agrees…reluctantly. Mina’s finding it difficult enough to adjust without a daily reminder of what she’s lost, especially when that reminder is six-foot-four, super-talented and gorgeous.
When a mugger attacks her and she somehow burns his hands, Mina realizes that despite everything she’s lost, she may have gained something far more powerful—and dangerous—than she ever imagined. And when the rest of the shadowmind community learns about it, Mina will find herself on the run once again.[/learn_more] |
Sci Fi / Fantasy:
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The Yellow Wood
by Melanie Tem
Fantasy / Horror
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[learn_more caption=”Book Description”]Alexander waits in his yellow-gray house in a yellow wood for his namesake daughter, the one who “of all my children … has always stirred me most, with love, with rage and fear, with envy and disappointment.” He has summoned her. She is his prodigal child, and she is his scion, and it’s time.
Alexandra left as soon as she turned eighteen, the only way she could keep from being swallowed up by her father, her only chance of having a life of her own. Alexandra grew up with her father’s voice in her head, his will on her in one form or another. Now, though she vowed she never would, she is going back. Because his voice came into her head, ordering her home.
The longer Alexandra stays with her father in her childhood home, the stronger her suspicions that his control over her is more insidious than she knew. Her siblings are all oddly under his control, exactly what he made them, and she discovers evidence of what he has planned for her.
“She fled to live her own life,” Alexander observes. “As if there ever were such a thing.”[/learn_more] |
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This is Your Destiny
(The Curse Keepers #0.7)
by Denise Grover Swank
Fantasy
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[learn_more caption=”Book Description”]Collin Dailey is a trapped man: struggling to make a living as a fisherman, deep in debt to the gangster he does business with…and shackled to his destiny as a Curse Keeper. Sworn to guard the sealed portal to hell, Collin yearns to escape the dark duty that binds him. But his dream of outrunning his tormented life may be an impossible one. After all, he can’t turn his back on centuries of sacred tradition—or ignore his iron-fisted conjurer grandmother and her dire prophecies of a terrifying enemy bent on destroying him.
When the fearsome creator god Ahone reaches out with a tempting offer, Collin may not be able to resist. If he breaks the curse that barricades the demon realm, he’ll be liberated forever…as long as he can survive a confrontation with his deadly counterpart.[/learn_more] |
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Polaris (Avalon #2)
by Mindee Arnett
Sci Fi
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[learn_more caption=”Book Description”]Jeth Seagrave and his crew of mercenaries are pulled into one last high-stakes mission in this breathtaking sequel to Mindee Arnett’s Avalon, which SLJ called “an exciting piece of science fiction that keeps up its energy from beginning to end” in a starred review.
Jeth Seagrave and his crew are on the run. The ITA, still holding Jeth’s mother in a remote research lab, is now intent on acquiring the metatech secrets Jeth’s sister Cora carries inside her DNA, and Jeth is desperate to find the resources he needs to rescue his mother and start a new life outside the Confederation. But the ITA is just as desperate, and Jeth soon finds himself pursued by a mysterious figure hell-bent on capturing him and his crew—dead or alive.
With nowhere to run and only one play left, Jeth enters into a bargain with the last person he ever thought he’d see again: Daxton Price, the galaxy’s newest and most fearsome crime lord. Dax promises to help Jeth, but his help will only come at a price—a price that could mean sacrificing everything Jeth has fought for until now.[/learn_more] |
Young Adult:
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The Prey (The Hatchery #1)
by Tom Isbell
Young Adult / Sci Fi
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| [learn_more caption=”Book Description”]After a radiation blast burned most of the Earth to a crisp, the new government established settlement camps for the survivors. At one such camp, the sixteen-year-old “LTs” are eager to graduate as part of the Rite. Until they learn the dark truth: “LTs” doesn’t stand for lieutenant but for Less Thans, feared by society and raised to be hunted for sport. They escape and join forces with the Sisters, twin girls who’ve suffered their own haunting fate. Together they seek the fabled New Territory, with sadistic hunters hot on their trail. Secrets are revealed, allegiances are made, and lives are at stake. As unlikely Book and fearless Hope lead their quest for freedom, these teens must find the best in themselves to fight the worst in their enemies.[/learn_more] |
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Bridges Burned
(Going Down in Flames #2)
by Chris Cannon
Young Adult / Fantasy
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[learn_more caption=”Book Description”]Don’t just fight the system…burn it.
Since discovering she is a shape-shifting, fire-breathing dragon on her sixteenth birthday (surprise!), Bryn McKenna’s world has been thrown into chaos. Being a “crossbreed”—part Red dragon and part Blue—means Bryn will never fit in. Not with dragon society. Not with the archaic and controlling Directorate. And definitely not when she has striped hair and a not-so-popular affection for rule-breaking…
But sneaking around with her secret boyfriend, Zavien, gets a whole lot harder when he’s betrothed to someone else. Someone who isn’t a mixed breed and totally forbidden. And for an added complication, it turns out Bryn’s former archnemesis Jaxon Westgate isn’t quite the evil asshat she thought. Now she’s caught between her desire to fit in and a need to set things on fire. Literally.
Because if Bryn can’t adapt to the status quo…well, then maybe it’s time for her to change it.[/learn_more] |
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The Wicked Awakening of Anne Merchant
(The V #2)
by Joanna Wiebe
Young Adult
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[learn_more caption=”Book Description”]Behind every secret lurks one much darker…
Thrust back into the cryptic world of Cania Christy, Anne Merchant finds herself tangled in a mystic plot she can’t escape. Eerie visions haunt her. Whispers of her nefarious past vex her. But it’s not until Ben Zin is forced to compete for the Big V—with a vengeful guardian to assure his failure—that she faces the reality of life in a world ruled by wickedness: she must embrace her inner demons to help those she loves. Hoping the ends will justify the means, Anne starts down a slippery slope that, if she lets temptation guide her, could lead her straight to the underworld.[/learn_more] |
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Tunnel Vision
by Susan Adrian
Young Adult
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[learn_more caption=”Book Description”]Jake Lukin just turned 18. He’s decent at tennis and Halo, and waiting to hear on his app to Stanford. But he’s also being followed by a creep with a gun, and there’s a DARPA agent waiting in his bedroom. His secret is blown.
When Jake holds a personal object, like a pet rock or a ring, he has the ability to “tunnel” into the owner. He can sense where they are, like a human GPS, and can see, hear, and feel what they do. It’s an ability the government would do anything to possess: a perfect surveillance unit who could locate fugitives, spies, or terrorists with a single touch.
Jake promised his dad he’d never tell anyone about his ability. But his dad died two years ago, and Jake slipped. If he doesn’t agree to help the government, his mother and sister may be in danger. Suddenly he’s juggling high school, tennis tryouts, flirting with Rachel Watkins, and work as a government asset, complete with 24-hour bodyguards.
Forced to lie to his friends and family, and then to choose whether to give up everything for their safety, Jake hopes the good he’s doing—finding kidnap victims and hostages, and tracking down terrorists—is worth it. But he starts to suspect the good guys may not be so good after all. With Rachel’s help, Jake has to try to escape both good guys and bad guys and find a way to live his own life instead of tunneling through others.[/learn_more] |
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Ward Against Disaster
(Chronicles of a Reluctant Necromancer #3)
by Melanie Card
Young Adult
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[learn_more caption=”Book Description”]Ward de’Ath should be dead by now. Instead, he’s chasing after a soul-eating creature—that he unleashed— and is bent on stopping her before she slaughters more innocents. Fortunately, Celia Carlyle remains by his side, a nobleman’s gorgeous and deadly daughter, who is…well, dead.
Celia claims she’ll champion Ward wherever he goes, even when she thinks his quest is hopeless. He can only hope her pledge comes from her heart, and not because she’s bound to him through his magic.
When they enter Dulthyne, they stumble upon a dark power that threatens the entire town. Ward, with his unreliable necromancy, is determined to help but finds himself ensnared in the lure of white-hot magic…blood magic he struggles to resist. But if Celia’s love is a lie, it might just doom his soul to the dark arts forever.[/learn_more] |
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Tags: Fresh Meat, January 2015
lot of series i haven’t started yet so i would need precedent intallments first. the ripper sound interestiong and perhaps ghostly liaisons
miki recently posted…Words that bind by Ash Krafton
Ripper does indeed look interesting. You should read it, and report back. 😛
Wooo, the wait is over! Burned is finally coming out 😀
Celine recently posted…The Sunday Post #13
YES!!!!!!!
I like the new name for your feature, I haven’t visited in a while.
Nothing out this week that I need to have, but that’s good because there’s already books that I need to get lol.
Kelsey recently posted…Review: Cold Shadows by J.L. Bryan
Thanks! That’s as good of an excuse as any. Hehe!
Burned downloaded already, and the others are reminding me how far behind I am! LOL I didn’t realize the newest Grave book was out.
Tanya recently posted…Top Ten Tuesday ~ Series On My TBR
I cleared my schedule for KMM’s newest book. I wouldn’t be surprised if many of our peeps called in sick.
This week I had a few preorders and one that I needed to get as soon as it released, that I’m getting right away and that is Burned because BARRONS!!!!
Pili recently posted…Tell Me Tuesdays #25!!
It’s hard to believe that there are other books releasing this week. I only had eyes for Burned.
I bought Burned but I want Ripper and Grave Vengeance. I am going to resist though LOL
Felicia the Geeky Blogger recently posted…Task It Tuesday: EBook TBR Catalog 2011
You have more willpower than I do my friend!
I just realized it was Tuesday! Thanks for posting this, there are some books I definitely want to grab today.
kindlemom1 recently posted…Review: The Opportunist by Tarryn Fisher
Other than the weekend, Tuesday is my favourite day of the week.
Oh, I’m intrigued by RIPPER, sounds like SUPERNATURAL..that looks like my kind of read! BURNED is a no-brainer, it’s been on my TBR since forever and I just found out I won a copy over at Hot Listens so I’m excited to listen to that one soon! Thanks for increasing my reading pile Carmel, once again 😛
Lori recently posted…One Month of Elle Kennedy {Promo + Giveaway}
I saw. Congrats! *cough* bitch! *cough* 😉
Ripper and Ward Against Disaster both sound fantastic. More books for my wish list!
E.J. Stevens recently posted…Paranormal Road Trip: Destination Boston With Skylar Dorset
I’m sure those two titles made your wishlist very happy!
BURNED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *falls down dead* I don’t even know what to do with myself now that it’s actually out after all this time. I’m still a little peeved that we’ve gone back to Mac (I love Mac, I do, but I wanted Dani’s full story!), so I’m not picking this one up right away. I’ll get over it eventually and I can’t NOT read about Barrons and Ryodan!!!
Also, is it me, or does it look the like the shirtless gentlemen on the Grave Vengeance cover is using the woman as a shield? Poor form sir, poor form 😉
When I originally heard about the Fever POV change, I was upset, but KMM is a genius, so I trusted her. Unfortunately, that didn’t exactly work out in my favour.
I bought Ripper-sounds really good! I haven’t read Dani’s story yet-wonder if you have to read that in order to read Burned?
Lorna recently posted…Early Review: Black Wolf’s Revenge by Tera Shanley
I wouldn’t advise skipping it.
I always discover great books from these lists. The Prey sounded good, but the early reviews aren’t very positive. The Reluctant Necromancer and Thieves/Hunter books look promising though.
Molly Mortensen recently posted…Generation V, Iron Night, and Tainted Blood by ML Brennan
We can’t review all of ’em, so these lists are my way of ensuring that ALL paranormal books receive a bit of rabid love.
I think we are all after the same book this week: BURNED! It is finally in my hands. I can’t wait to dive in this afternoon.
Heidi recently posted…Tell Me Something Tuesday #86: Audiobooks Do You Listen or Not?
It’s going to be awfully quiet around the blogosphere for a few days!
Burned! I’m SO excited for this – I’m probably going to have my nose stuck in this baby from beginning to end. Gah … that wait has been forever 🙂
Kim { Book Swoon } recently posted…Young Adult Book Review: Frostfire by Amanda Hocking
Two years is an obscene amount of time between installments. I wish I could say that it was worth the wait…
The wait for Burned is finally over! It feels like I’ve been waiting forever. And sounds like from the comments it’s the biggie that most folks are looking forward to this week as well 😀
Mogsy recently posted…Book Review: The Masked Empire by Patrick Weekes
We might just break the internet with Burned one-clicks.
Oh, I definitely want to know more about that Ripper book!! How many books will there be in The Fever series? 😛 Nice list!! 🙂
Lola recently posted…Review: The Giver (The Giver, #1) by Lois Lowry
No idea. GoodReads is reporting 10 so far.
I totally need to read ICED now that Burned is out. So excited!!
Jennifer Bielman recently posted…Review: Bridges Burned by Chris Cannon (Blog Tour & Giveaway)
I predict a 2 book Fever marathon in your future.
I’m super excited for Polaris & The Prey. Bridges Burned was great and I really need to read Iced so I can get to Burned.
Thanks for sharing Carmel. Sharon – Obsession with Books
I was curious about Bridges Burned. Good to know!
Burned will be in my hands tomorrow. I’ve been saving a GC I got for Christmas specifically for it. 😉 Of course, I’ll just be petting it until I finish a few review reads. *ha* And I need to catch up in Sjoberg’s series. I read #1 in that series and quite liked it. And now she’s at #3! Gah!
Bookworm Brandee recently posted…Travel by the Book #1 ~ Savannah
I had 1 Audible credit left in my account, and avoided temptation by using it to pre-order Burned. Nice try sales newsletters!
Looks like quite a few that I might have to check out further.
Mary Kirkland recently posted…Review: Petunia Skincare – Professional 12 Set Makeup Brush Kit With Travel Pouch
Good! You know what you have to do. 😀
odd – all the book photos aren’t showing up in the past few of these types of posts. Don’t know if its just me. Anyways doesn’t look like this batch holds much draw for me unfortunately. But I am currently reading up a storm!!
Tabitha (Not Yet Read) recently posted…Review: Darkwalker by E.L. Tettensor
I use Amazon widgets which don’t show up in WP’s feed reader, but uploading them all to the blog is too much work.