16 Jan 2012 2 Comments

Tempest by Julie Cross arrives tomorrow [Trailer]

Tempest by Julie CrossWhat if you could travel through time? Now, what if stopped being fun and games after the person you loved was murdered and you found yourself stuck in the past?

That’s what Jackson Meyer has to deal with in Tempest by Julie Cross, the first book in the Tempest series.

Check out the book trailer provided by St. Martin’s Press and visit the Tempest Facebook page to read the first four chapters of the book.

Tempest arrives in stores January 17th.

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ABOUT TEMPEST:

The year is 2009.  Nineteen-year-old Jackson Meyer is a normal guy… he’s in college, has a girlfriend… and he can travel back through time. But it’s not like the movies – nothing changes in the present after his jumps– it’s just harmless fun.

That is… until the day strangers burst in on Jackson and his girlfriend, Holly, and during a struggle with Jackson, Holly is fatally shot. In his panic, Jackson jumps back two years to 2007, but this is not like his previous time jumps. Now he’s stuck in 2007 and can’t get back to the future. Desperate to somehow return to 2009 to save Holly but unable to return to his rightful year, Jackson settles into 2007 and learns what he can about his abilities.

But it’s not long before the people who shot Holly in 2009 come looking for Jackson in the past, and these “Enemies of Time” will stop at nothing to recruit this powerful young time-traveler.  Recruit… or kill him.

by Marty in News Tags: ,

16 Jan 2012 1 Comment

Book Obsession: I’m A Bookaholic…Are You?

Are you obsessed with books? Are you unable to leave the bookstore without a heaping bag full of lovely new books? Are you obsessed with the organization of your overflowing collection?

Yes! Yes! Yes! and OMG Yes!

ob·ses·sion

  1. the domination of one’s thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, image, desire, etc.
  2. the idea, image, desire, feeling, etc., itself.
  3. the state of being obsessed.
  4. the act of obsessing.

Okay, so I definitely have an obsession. Oh great! You do too. It’s nice to know we’re not alone. How do we control this obsession? Maybe the better question is, do we want to?

I’m not sure I want to. (Excuse me while I pout like a spoiled little kid) Anyhoo, I love the heck out of my books and I’m crazy about not bending or tearing their gorgeous jackets. I mean they are artwork after all. I refuse to buy them when they are less than perfect. I HATE those horrible marks that used bookstores put on the books. It just makes them ugly, or at least less appealing.

I can’t possibly be alone with this one but if I am, I’m perfectly okay with it. I can’t stand the cracked, twisted and broken-down spines of used paperbacks. For one I know how it happens and I die a little inside knowing that a book has been violated. Maybe its extreme or it could be the librarian personality escaping. Who knows? It’s just amazing that I can read a paperback and the spine look just as it did when I began reading.

Another insane part of my obsession is organization. YEP! I organize my shelves by authors’ last name and then by title. I can tell my hubby or friend exactly where a certain book is on my shelf. Which reminds me, I need more shelves really soon. LOL

The final thing is buying books. I’m almost a lost cause with this one as I can’t say NO. My hubby knows I could easily spend my entire paycheck buying books if he wasn’t there to stop me…er…reason with me. So I honestly can’t stop without a support group. But in the past few months I have only purchased 3 books. You heard me right. Only 3. How? I have avoided the bookstore like the plague and the hubby (the sweetheart he is) stayed close and we made it a quick in and out trip. It felt good and horrible at the same time. But its an improvement from past trips when I got totally carried away.

Am I obsessed? Yes. Do I need to be cured? Possibly. Do I want to be cured? Not at all.

How do you handle your book obsession?

by Jennifer in Features, Monday Musings Tags: ,

16 Jan 2012 1 Comment

No One Heard Her Scream by Jordan Dane

No One Heard her Scream by Jordan Dane
Hardback: 376 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins (2008)

Burdened by Grief, She Hunts a Killer

They never found her sister’s body, but Detective Rebecca Montgomery knows her murderer is still out there. In the five months since Danielle went missing, there have been two more brutal abductions. A savage menace stalks the women of San Antonio, and the relentless detective will do anything to find him.

And a Seductive Stranger Shadows Her Every Move

But her latest case—the discovery of a young woman’s remains inside the wall of a burned-down theater—plunges Rebecca from her grief into a brand-new nightmare. She soon meets handsome, mysterious Diego Galvan at the crime scene, and his shadowy connections will lead to her first break in both cases. But when Rebecca submits to his considerable powers of seduction, she will leave herself vulnerable to a merciless killer . . . and when he attacks, no one will hear her scream.

I’ll start by saying that I’m a die-hard Dane fan and love her young adult novels. After devouring In the Arms of Stone Angels and On A Dark Wing, I was compelled to try her adult works and I was not disappointed. Dane’s writing style quickly grabs your attention, keeping you enthralled in the action-packed and emotional, twisting tales she weaves.

In No One Heard Her Scream, Dane introduces readers to Detective Rebecca Montgomery, a woman that is no stranger to loss and traumatic experiences, both personal and professional. Montgomery’s younger sister disappears without a trace and her case quickly goes cold but she can’t let go or forgive herself for not solving the crime. When the body of a young girl is found in a theater, she is thrust into a case filled with abductions, murder, the most depraved killer she could ever imagine, and to top it all off, a mysterious man that drives her wild. Will she connect the cases and bring the psycho down or will her emotions get the better of her?

Dane’s characters are more than I could hope for in this thrilling read. Montgomery was, at times, a typical emotional woman while also being a kick-ass heroine you could cheer on with every breath. Diego is definitely my favorite male character. The mystery behind his character only makes him more appealing to me. He is super hot too. The relationship that grows between the two was the only thing I saw coming. When it comes to the bad guy, I wasn’t 100% shocked, but the level of insanity with this character is disturbing. However, it wouldn’t have been the same thrilling read without him. You’ll see what I mean when you devour this novel.

Finding the passage in a book that makes the title jump off the book jacket is something I tend to look for. I like finding that connection that pulls everything together. Let’s just say that the story makes the title more powerful. I highly recommend this novel to readers that enjoy a fast-paced thrilling read with an ending that will both shock and excite. No One Heard Her Scream should be on everyone’s reading list.

by Jennifer in Adult, Reviews Tags: , ,