My Wishlist: The Haven & the Alex Croft Novels by K. Price

Hi all! And welcome to another segment of my bi-weekly Wish list! I hope you will like this week’s wishlist

This week I chose as my Wish list is…

The Haven series and The Alex Croft novel by Kalayna Price

I just discovered this series by accident when I was looking up another book. It certainly piqued my interest. I hope you will like my pick for this week’s wish list.

Anyway here’s the blurb for the first book:

Once Bitten (Haven #1)Published: January 9th 2009by Bell Bridge BooksPaperback, 276 pagesISBN 0980245397 ISBN13: 9780980245394Click Here for a sneak peak excerpt

Vampires and Shapeshifters.

Kita Nekai, on the run and the smallest of her shifter clan-a calico cat among lions and tigers-is being hunted. She was expected to accept her role as her father’s successor whether …

All YA Love: The Draw to YA

As I sit on the train everyday going to and from work, I have a unique opportunity…I witness a diverse crowd of people reading a wide range of books. Last year, it was fun to see the guys reading a book from the Twilight series (guess what, we can tell even with the dust jackets off LOL) and years ago it was the Harry Potter series…the “true adult book lovers”, to me, stuck with the original covers, not the fancy schmancy grown up ones!

So what is it about YA that captures an audience that is YA and, well, older? Off the top of my head, here’s my list of things:

Character Development ~ So much growth takes places over the teen years. At high school, you meet so many new friends & are exposed to new things, both good & bad (though I missed …

New Releases – June 8, 2010

Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce

Genre: YAScarlett March lives to hunt the Fenris– the werewolves that took her eye when she was defending her sister Rosie from a brutal attack. Armed with a razor-sharp hatchet and blood-red cloak, Scarlett is an expert at luring and slaying the wolves. She’s determined to protect other young girls from a grisly death, and her raging heart will not rest until every single wolf is dead.

Rosie March once felt her bond with her sister was unbreakable. Owing Scarlett her life, Rosie hunts fiercely alongside her. Now Rosie dreams of a life beyond the wolves and finds herself drawn to Silas, a young woodsman who is deadly with an ax– but loving him means betraying her sister and has the potential to destroy all they’ve worked for.Twenty-five-year-old Jackson Pearce delivers a …

Interview: Author Jackie Kessler + Giveaway

We are really proud today to have Jackie Kessler here. She’s one of the authors of The Icarus Series and book 2, Shades of Gray  will be released on June, 22nd. You can read my review here. Jackie also offers a wonderful Giveaway so stay tuned and please give her a warm welcome.

Jackie Kessler: Hi, Susi! Thanks so much for interviewing me.

The Geeky Lover: Jackie, can you please tell us a bit about yourself?

Jackie Kessler: I write about demons, angels, the hapless humans caught between them, superheroes, the supervillains who pound those heroes into pudding, witches, ghosts, vampires, and the occasional Horseman of the Apocalypse. On a more personal note, I’m five feet tall (on a tall day) and a Sagittarius with a weakness for chocolate. I’m married with two young kids, one very old cat, and a …

And the winners are…

We have 2 winners again to make your start into the new week a bit better. 😉

First we have the winner of our Magic Bleeds by Ilona Andrews Giveaway:

~*~*~drumroll~*~*~angie

And we also have the lucky winner of a signed Signs of the Zodiac Series by Vicky Pettersson:

~*~*~drumroll~*~*~Julie

Congrats ladies! I will Email you now to get your shipping info.

Our other Giveaways are still open:

– You can still enter to win all 3 books in the Casa Dracula Series by Marta Acosta here. Giveaway ends June 24th.– There is also still time to enter our Sam Hillard Giveaway here. …

Bookish Eye Candy: Butch: Lover Revealed

Continuing on with the Black Dagger Brotherhood Series, This week on Bookish Eye candy we bring you  Butch from Lover Revealed. Now this one was probably the hardest one for me to get through. but it is still and Black Dagger Brotherhood Book so it totally ROCKS!!!

Lover Revealed
By: J. R. Ward

In the shadows of the night in Caldwell, New York,

there’s a deadly war raging between vampires and their
slayers. And there exists a secret band of brothers
like no other – six vampire warriors, defenders of their
race. Now, an ally of the Black Dagger Brotherhood
will face the challenge of his life and the evil of the ages.

Butch O’Neal is a fighter by nature. A hard living, ex-homicide cop, he’s the only human ever to be allowed in the inner circle of the Black Dagger Brotherhood. And he wants …