Book Tour: Blue Sky ~ A Book Review

About the book: 

Sunny is bereaving the sudden death of her parents. Lewis is a homeless runaway seeking shelter in Sunny's basement from an early winter storm. When they unexpectedly meet, Sunny wants nothing more than to kill him. After a bizarre hostage situation and a poker game, Sunny realizes that Lewis isn't out to hurt her. Their initial distaste turns to friendship and love, but Sunny isn't keen on starting a relationship with a man she knows so little about. Lewis is loyal, and his patience paramount. 

Sunny is hesitant but her love runs deep and true. They are separated unwillingly, and must struggle and face overwhelming odds to find each other again.

My Review: 

This book has rendered me speechless. Such an adorable, lovable story! It truly took me by surprise and right from the beginning I was caught up in the book, unable to put it down, reading late at night not caring that I wasn't getting sleep.  And every moment spent away from the book was spent thinking about the story.

The book is beautifully written and pulls you right in.  Each character is unique, believable, and easy to connect with.  This beautiful story teaches that mistakes are made, and yet, you can be forgiven. You can forgive. And no matter how bad things get, there is always hope. 

About the Author: 

Melissa has had many imaginary friends (and enemies) since she was a child. Her vivid imagination had her writing stories and jotting down book ideas for years until she finally sat down and finished a novel. She is married to an awesome man and the proud mother of three children. Music is also an important part of her life and she shares time with her music students teaching them piano, cello or guitar. Melissa is a graduate of the University of Utah and currently resides in the Salt Lake area.

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February 7th 
Debra's Windows Into Writing
I Am A Reader, Not A Writer
February 8th
Karey White
February 11th
Weaving a Tale or Two
February 12th
Wordpaintings Unlimited
Write Through the Noise
Murphy's Law
From the Other Side of the Mirror
February 13th
R.K. Grow
February 14th
Jean BookNerd
February 15th
Sparkles and Lightning
February 16th
Contessa at the Crossroads
February 18th
Novel Writing or Kung Fu Fighting
February 19th
Ryan Hunter
February 21st
An Author In Progress
February 22nd
No Thought 2 Small
Writing with Shelly and Chad
Lindzee Armstrong
Maria Hoagland
February 26th
Writer in the Pines
February 27th
Shannen C Books

The Alias ~ A Book Review & Giveaway

After a long and difficult divorce, Jacey is sure the worst is over. But when the FBI reveals some disturbing information about her ex-husband, she is forced into hiding to protect herself and her son. In the process, she risks losing her identity, her future, and her heart. Thrilling and suspenseful, this novel is an edge-of-your-seat read.

My Review: 

The Alias keeps your blood pumping and your palms sweaty.  

Within the first few pages I was pulled into the book and unable to stop reading. 

The writing is fantastic, the characters are in depth and believable, easy to relate to and lovable! 

You will find yourself reading into the late hours of the night to finish this book! 

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The Alias is on tour this month. Click here to see the full schedule. 

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Chronicles of Fire and Ice Blog Tour

Today the lovely Laura Hunter - author of Fire and Ice- has allowed me 

to interview one of her characters for this stop! 

Please welcome Lakyn.  

Konstanz: Please tell us a little bit about yourself.

Lakyn: Well i am the Professor of Combat training at Blackbell Academy and one of the best warriors in the country (possibly the world), i have striking pale blue eyes and dashing good looks. Outside of teaching i run my own cigarette company.

Konstanz: What is your happiest memory?

Lakyn: Probably anytime i am with Rachael or alone in my office (more the latter now)

Konstanz: Do you have any siblings?

Lakyn: Yes, i have a delinquent younger brother by the name of Dyston.

Konstanz: What is your deepest regret?

Lakyn: That i let Rachael go.

Konstanz: Do you believe Love can conquer all? 

Lakyn: When i was a naive teenager i used to believe that, i was a bit of a dreamer, until my father talked sense into me. Love is not everything. It doesn't help you rule the ranks of demons and fallen angels.

Konstanz: Favorite Color and Why? 

Lakyn: Dyston would say black, like my soul, but i prefer blue.

Konstanz: What is your biggest fear? 

Lakyn: That my plan to diminish the Nephilim race will not work.

Is love stronger than race?

The world is changeing as we know it, the human race is dwindling, but so are the angels. In order to preserve their bloodlines they have bred with humans, creating a new race called Nephilim. But there is one race that is more endangered than humans or Seraphim, Archangels.
As most people believe the Archangels have become extinct, rumours surface of a Legend; that a baby was born out of flame, the offspring of an archangel.

Dyston Blackbell is tasked to find and protect this child. He sends her strange dreams in hope that she will find him. When he discovers that she has enrolled at his family’s angel academy in Melbourne, he will do anything to protect Scarlett. But when he finds himself falling for her the Heavenly realm rejects him.

But 21-year-old Scarlett Porter realises that being half Archangel has some advantages. She has developed a unique trait, one that marks her as an Archangel. Will she keep it to herself or use it to fight back?

When an old enemy resurfaces, The Lucifites, Scarlett discovers that Dyston’s older brother Lakyn is at the helm of their sinister plans; to destroy the Nephilim race or use Scarlett for their own selfish purposes when they find out who she really is.

And when Lakyn discovers that Scarlett had only seduced him to rescue Dyston from his prison in the Realm of Light, it sends him on a journey of self-discovery and destruction. One that sees him venturing farther off course than his father would like. Will he choose a new life of love or his old life of darkness?

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Black City Blog Tour~ Book Highlight! ~Giveaway

You can't deny how beautiful this cover is!!!! 

Book Synopsis: 

A dark and tender post-apocalyptic love story set in the aftermath of a bloody war.

In a city where humans and Darklings are now separated by a high wall and tensions between the two races still simmer after a terrible war, sixteen-year-olds Ash Fisher, a half-blood Darkling, and Natalie Buchanan, a human and the daughter of the Emissary, meet and do the unthinkable—they fall in love. Bonded by a mysterious connection that causes Ash’s long-dormant heart to beat, Ash and Natalie first deny and then struggle to fight their forbidden feelings for each other, knowing if they’re caught, they’ll be executed—but their feelings are too strong.

When Ash and Natalie then find themselves at the center of a deadly conspiracy that threatens to pull the humans and Darklings back into war, they must make hard choices that could result in both their deaths.

And now. . .a n excerpt from Black City: 


The atmosphere in the kitchen drops by a few degrees when Ash spots me sitting at the table. Surprise registers on his face.

He’s changed out of his school uniform and is now wearing dark trousers, leather work boots and a fitted black shirt that accentuates every inch of his powerful, muscular frame.

He looks at me, into me, like he can see every secret I have, every rush of my blood. My pulse races with fear and a much more disturbing, unexpected emotion: desire.

I turn away, horrified at my body’s reaction to him. It’s sick and irrational. He’s a Darkling, a predator that would gladly rip my throat out, given the slightest provocation. Then why are my cheeks burning so red?

I’m just hot from the fire, that’s all.

“Ash!” MJ beams.

“Hey, MJ. I swear you’ve shot up another inch since I last saw you,” Ash replies, ignoring the frosty look from Day.

“You’ll be almost as tall as me one day.”

MJ laughs at this. I doubt anyone will be as tall as Ash. He has to hunch over to stop his head from hitting the low ceiling as he walks over to Michael, passing him a crate of canned goods. It all seems so absurd. Ash is a Darkling, not to mention a Haze dealer. He’s a monster.

If that’s true, then why is Ash giving Day’s family all that food? my father’s gentle voice whispers inside my head. Is that the action of a monster?

A Darkling murdered you! I angrily silence him.

Great, now I’m having arguments with my own imagination. That’s how much Ash Fisher’s unsettling me.

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Revelation Book Tour

Today is my stop on The Revelation Blog Tour! Read about some great novels, learn about an incredible author and friend and maybe even enter a giveaway! 

Revelation Synopsis:

Some fairytales begin with once upon a time and end with happily ever after. Revelation, book 2 in The Pedalstem Lillies series, is a not that fairytale. Join Blaze once again, as she struggles through the darkness. Her adventure for the truth is deadly as it’s pieced together with schemes, plots and wicked intentions.A violent disagreement finds her out and about, with a man whose presence is forbidden, and is forced to seek shelter.Heat and electricity engulf them as the oncoming storm reveals the secrets. Exhausted and breathless, their plan for revenge awakens with sunrise. The scene is set and the lines are drawn. Purity & Power VS. Menace & Mayhem. Who will be left standing when the magic clears?

CLICK HERE to watch the Revelation Book Trailer. 

Chaos Unleashed Synopsis:

This isn't your mother’s sweet love story and it’s not your sister’s fairytale. Chaos Unleashed is dark, dangerous, and highly addictive. You will share in every experience the hero and heroine have, as their quest for the truth leads them to the hateful dark void that threatens to consume their souls. 
Pedalstem is shrouded in darkness, leaving Castle Deverox in a vortex of confusion. Blaze awakens to find men she doesn’t know looming over, intent on capture, a handsome prisoner sharing her fate, and the gut tightening knowledge that her memories have been stolen.

CLICK HERE to watch the Chaos Unleashed Book trailer. 

 CLICK HERE to add Chaos Unleashed to your Goodreads shelf. 

Author Bio:
 
Although I have always enjoyed writing, the dream to become a writer came when I read A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, in the sixth grade. My early works, not published, were in the form of children’s stories I would read to my two daughters. I divide my days between the real world and the ones I’ve created. My life and my characters keep me very busy in my Mid-Western scene, where I live with my husband, and my children (both human and furry.

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Purchase your copies HERE, or HERE. 

AmBear Shellea
author of The Pedalstem Lillie Series
www.pedalstemlillieseries.blogspot.com