Stacking The Shelves #16
Stacking The Shelves, hosted by Tynga’s Reviews is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!
Participating in Stacking The Shelves has helped me to keep better track of books I’m adding to my huge TBR pile every week, and I think I have gotten a little better at not adding too many books every single week. Participating in this blog-hop has also introduced me to more new blogs, and some weeks, I add more books to my ‘might-read-one-day’ shelf than I should, but before I actually have the books on my kindle, nothing has been decided yet.
Netgalley ARCs:
Scintillate (The Light Key Trilogy #1) – Tracy Clark
Summary: A mighty flame follows a tiny spark.
Cora Sandoval’s mother disappeared when she was five and they were living in Ireland. Since then, her dad has been more than overprotective, and Cora is beginning to chafe under his confines. But even more troubling is the colorful light she suddenly sees around people. Everyone, that is, except herself—instead, she glows a brilliant, sparkling silver.
As she realizes the danger associated with these strange auras, Cora is inexplicably drawn to Finn, a gorgeous Irish exchange student who makes her feel safe. Their attraction is instant, magnetic, and primal—but her father disapproves, and Finn’s mother orders him home to Ireland upon hearing he’s fallen in love. After a fight with her father, Cora flees to Ireland, both to follow Finn and to look for her missing mother.
There she meets another silver-haloed person and discovers the meaning of her newfound powers and their role in a conspiracy spanning centuries—one that could change mankind forever…and end her life.
Scintillate is the first book in this lush and exciting new trilogy, full of romance, adventure and metaphysical mystery
Such Sweet Sorrow – Jenny Trout
Summary: Never was there a tale of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo…But true love never dies. Though they’re parted by the veil between the world of mortals and the land of the dead, Romeo believes he can restore Juliet to life, but he’ll have to travel to the underworld with a thoroughly infuriating guide.
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, may not have inherited his father’s crown, but the murdered king left his son a much more important responsibility—a portal to the Afterjord, where the souls of the dead reside. When the determined Romeo asks for help traversing the treacherous Afterjord, Hamlet sees an opportunity for adventure, and the chance to avenge his father’s death.
In an underworld filled with leviathan monsters, ghoulish shades, fire giants and fierce Valkyrie warriors, Hamlet and Romeo must battle their way through jealousy, despair, and their darkest fears to rescue the fair damsel. Yet finding Juliet is only the beginning, and the Afterjord doesn’t surrender souls without a price…
The Wicked We Have Done – Sarah Harian
Summary: Evalyn Ibarra never expected to be an accused killer and experimental prison test subject. A year ago, she was a normal college student. Now she’s been sentenced to a month in the compass room—an advanced prison obstacle course designed by the government to execute justice.
If she survives, the world will know she’s innocent.
Locked up with nine notorious and potentially psychotic criminals, Evalyn must fight the prison and dismantle her past to stay alive. But the system prized for accuracy appears to be killing at random.
She doesn’t plan on making friends.
She doesn’t plan on falling in love, either.
Summary: Yulia’s father always taught her that an empty mind is a safe mind. She has to hide her thoughts and control her emotions to survive in Communist Russia, especially because she seems to be able to read the minds of the people she touches. When she’s captured by the KGB and forced to work as a psychic spy with a mission to undermine the U.S. space program, she’s thrust into a world of suspicion, deceit, and horrifying power where she can trust no one.
She certainly can’t trust Rostov, the cruel KGB operative running the psychic program. Or handsome Sergei who encourages her to cooperate with the KGB. Or brooding Valentin who tells her to rebel against them. And not the CIA, who have a psychic so powerful he can erase a person’s mind with his own thoughts. Yulia quickly learns she must rely on her own wits and power to survive in this world where no SEKRET can stay hidden for long.
Broken Hearts, Fences and Other Things to Mend – Katie Finn
Summary: Summer, boys, and friendships gone sour. This new series has everything that perfect beach reads are made of!
Gemma just got dumped and is devastated. She finds herself back in the Hamptons for the summer—which puts her at risk of bumping into Hallie, her former best friend that she wronged five years earlier. Do people hold grudges that long?
When a small case of mistaken identity causes everyone, including Hallie and her dreamy brother Josh, to think she’s someone else, Gemma decides to go along with it.
Gemma’s plan is working (she’s finding it hard to resist Josh), but she’s finding herself in embarrassing situations (how could a bathing suit fall apart like that!?). Is it coincidence or is someone trying to expose her true identity? And how will Josh react if he finds out who she is?
Katie Finn hits all the right notes in this perfect beginning to a new summer series: A Broken Hearts & Revenge novel
Summary: Wanted: Adventurous, open-minded man willing to try anything…
As a popular sex blogger, Beatriz gets paid to have orgasms. So being on deadline the week of her sister’s wedding isn’t as rough as it sounds. There’s just one hitch: Bea’s assignment is to write a review of a sex position manual, but she doesn’t have a plus one to play with.
The good news: Ben, the one who got away back in college, is also attending stag–and he’s as temptingly gorgeous as ever.
The bad news: Ben turned down Bea’s offer of graduation night sex five years ago.
The best news: He’s not planning on making the same mistake twice.
Love Letters to the Dead – Ava Dellaira
Summary: It begins as an assignment for English class: Write a letter to a dead person. Laurel chooses Kurt Cobain because her sister, May, loved him. And he died young, just like May did. Soon, Laurel has a notebook full of letters to people like Janis Joplin, Amy Winehouse, Amelia Earhart, Heath Ledger, and more; though she never gives a single one of them to her teacher. She writes about starting high school, navigating new friendships, falling in love for the first time, learning to live with her splintering family. And, finally, about the abuse she suffered while May was supposed to be looking out for her. Only then, once Laurel has written down the truth about what happened to herself, can she truly begin to accept what happened to May. And only when Laurel has begun to see her sister as the person she was; lovely and amazing and deeply flawed; can she begin to discover her own path.
Edelweiss ARCs:
Don’t Talk to Strangers – Amanda Kyle
Summary: It begins as an assignment for English class: Write a letter to a dead person. Laurel chooses Kurt Cobain because her sister, May, loved him. And he died young, just like May did. Soon, Laurel has a notebook full of letters to people like Janis Joplin, Amy Winehouse, Amelia Earhart, Heath Ledger, and more; though she never gives a single one of them to her teacher. She writes about starting high school, navigating new friendships, falling in love for the first time, learning to live with her splintering family. And, finally, about the abuse she suffered while May was supposed to be looking out for her. Only then, once Laurel has written down the truth about what happened to herself, can she truly begin to accept what happened to May. And only when Laurel has begun to see her sister as the person she was; lovely and amazing and deeply flawed; can she begin to discover her own path.
The Wicked Widow Meets her Match – Stefanie Sloane
Summary: Though resolute and driven by nature, dedicated spymaster Langdon Bourne has lost his way. Even his passion for his secret organization, the Young Corinthians, has waned—until he is assigned a mission with the potential to finally bring about the peace that has eluded him for nearly two decades. But to eliminate a brilliant, dangerous nemesis, Langdon needs the help of a woman whose loyalties are most uncertain.
Grace Crowther ignores the rumors that persist after the death of her husband, a merciless doctor who won her in a card game. Is she truly the black widow that many believe? One look at her angelic face and one glimpse into her heavy heart tells Langdon all he needs to know about Grace—and his own deepest desires. He needs Grace, if he’s to have any chance of tracking down the leader of the nefarious gang known as the Kingsmen. And he wants her desperately, enough to forget the rules of a good spy and take risks no ordinary man would dare. For Grace has no reason to trust Langdon, or to help him. But somewhere deep inside she knows that he is the answer to her prayers.
Kindle Freebies:
A Dark Kiss of Rapture (Renegade Angels) – Sylvia Day
Summary: Of all the Fallen, Raze’s hungers are some of the darkest and most insatiable. His brazen seductions cost him his wings, leaving him soulless and immortal, the most dangerous of seducers. He has roamed the earth for eons, hunting the rogues of his kind and protecting the humans who provide him with blood and sex. He is content with his life and the transient pleasures that flow through it… until one night and one woman change everything.
Kimberly McAdams is smart, beautiful, and wealthy. She can have any man she wants, but the moment she sets eyes on the lethally stunning Raze she knows he’s the man she needs. As one searingly erotic night burns into something deeper and far more vital than either of them expected, an adversary from Raze’s past sees a chance for revenge. Twisted by hatred, she will take from Raze what was taken from her—the precious gift of love.
Kindle Purchases:
TAUT: The Ford Book – J. A. Huss
Summary: Ford Aston is known for many things. Being an emotionless, messed up bastard, a freakishly smart social outcast, and a cold, domineering master who keeps “pets” instead of girlfriends.
And after Rook broke his heart, he plans to keep it that way.
Ashleigh is known for nothing, and that’s exactly what she’s got going for her. She’s broke, stranded in the mountains with a three month old baby, and Ford Aston is screwing with her head.
Big. Time.
And she plans to mess with his right back.
It’s a coy game at first, filled with flirting, and innuendo–but Ford soon realizes something is not quite right with Ashleigh. In fact, something is seriously, seriously wrong and the closer they get to their final destination, the closer Ford gets to the truth.
One night of devastation, self-loathing, and emptiness turns into the best thing that ever happened to Ford Aston. But one day of in-your-face reality threatens Ashleigh’s whole existence.
Lucky Number Four – Amanda Jason
Summary: Pandora Ann Phillips’ life is just normal-crazy
Her mom’s a psychic, her dad’s mom is a snob, her mom’s parental units are “too down to earth” and her best friends are newlyweds. Okay, so her best friends being newlyweds isn’t really abnormal, but living with them in a cramped two-bedroom apartment definitely is. Sex, sex, sex is totally on their minds. Actually it’s not only on their minds, but it’s on the kitchen table, couch, on top of the washer…well, you get the picture.
Being a celibate (not by choice, mind you) full-time college student, and an almost full-time barista, Pandora can’t afford to lose anymore sleep. So, she seeks out a new place to lay her head. Enter three “drool worthy” male models that are looking for a fourth roommate and they want her…and won’t take no for an answer.
Hilarity ensues as Pandora’s life turns completely upside down, and she begins to wonder if it will ever be the same again!
The Professional: Part 3 (The Game Maker #0.3) – Kresley Cole
Summary: Are you ready to play?
Yet all is not as it seems. To remove Natalie from an enemy’s reach, Sevastyan spirits her into hiding. From an opulent palace in Russia to the decadent playgrounds of the mega-wealthy in Paris, the two lovers will discover that even their darkest – and most forbidden – fantasies can come true…
Bitter Sweet Love (The Dark Elements #0.5) – Jennifer L. Armentrout
Summary: Dez wasn’t just Jasmine’s crush. A gargoyle Warden like Jas, he helped her come to terms with her destiny—fending off demons and maintaining balance between good and evil. He was her everything…right until the moment he disappeared without a trace. It didn’t help that Jas’s father had just announced that she and Dez would one day be mated. Hard not to take that personally.
And now he’s back, three years older, ten times hotter, ready to pick up exactly where they left off. But Jas isn’t taking that risk again. Dez has seven days to meet all her conditions and earn back her trust. Seven days filled with terrifying danger and sweet temptation. Seven days to win her heart—or shatter it all over again…
Trust in Me: (Wait for You #1.5) – J. Lynn
Summary: Cameron Hamilton is used to getting what he wants, especially when it comes to women. But when Avery Morgansten comes crashing into his life – literally – he finally meets the one person who can resist his soulful baby blues. But Cam’s not ready to give up. He can’t get the feisty and intriguing girl out of his head.
Avery has secrets, secrets that keep her from admitting the feelings Cam knows she has for him. Will persistence (and some delicious homemade cookies) help him break down her barriers and gain her trust? Or will he be shut out of Avery’s life, losing his first real shot at the kind of love that lasts forever?
The Edge of Always – J.A. Redmerski
Summary: Five months ago, Camryn and Andrew, both dealing with personal hardships, met on a Greyhound bus. They fell in love and proved that when two people are meant to be together, fate will find a way to make it happen.
Now, in the highly anticipated sequel to The Edge of Never, Camryn and Andrew are pursuing their love for music and living life to the fullest as they always swore to do. But when tragedy befalls them, their relationship is put to the ultimate test. As Camryn tries to numb her pain, Andrew makes a bold decision: To get their life back on track, they’ll set out on another cross-country road trip. Together they find excitement, passion, adventure-and challenges they never could have anticipated
Giveaway Wins:
I won a $10 Amazon GC from Toni @ My Book Addiction sponsored by Ginny @ Gin’s Book Notes & Designs – I haven’t spent it yet, but I’m quite excited about it!
Audio Books: for the first time in a long time, I’ve bought some audio-books, because Audible had a 2 for 3 sale for a few days…
Summary: “Who gives a damn about their reputation? Oh, that would be me! Especially since mine had gone straight to hell in the span of thirty minutes”.
Maysie Ardin is soaking up the summer before her junior year of college, shopping, hanging by the pool and shopping some more. But when her black belt in spending lands her in trouble with her parents, she is forced to take a second job at a local bar to dig herself out of a deep financial pit.
She thought she’d be miserable. But then Maysie didn’t count on Jordan Levitt, the hot, pierced and tattooed, drum playing bartender who also happens to be very interested in her. And the feelings are totally mutual.
It had the makings of the perfect romantic set up. Boy meets girl. Boy likes girl. Boy has girlfriend? Okay, maybe not.
But attraction is a hard thing to ignore and soon Jordan and Maysie find themselves in the middle of a gossip induced firestorm. Maysie has to learn whether she can set aside her fear of public disapproval in order to be with the one she wants. Or will she let the opinions of others dictate her life and her heart?
Lonesome Cowboy and Texas Two-step – Debbie Macomber
Summary: Promise, a ranching community in the Hill Country, is a place with a mysterious past and more than its share of secrets. It’s also a place where family and friendship matter? Lonesome Cowboy Savannah Weston lives quietly on the family ranch with her brother, Grady. Until she encounters a stranger named Laredo Smith, a disenchanted cowboy who just might change her life ? in the best possible way! Texas Two-Step After her father’s death, Ellie Frasier takes over the feed store in Promise. Still in mourning, she relies on her friends for comfort. But now her long-standing relationship with one of those friends, rancher Glen Patterson, seems to be turning into something else?
Summary: Zara is at the center of an impending apocalypse. True, she’s successfully rescued Nick from Valhalla, but it simply isn’t enough. Evil pixies are ravaging Bedford, and they need much more than one great warrior; they need an army. Zara isn’t sure what her role is anymore. She’s not just fighting for her friends; she’s also a pixie queen. And to align her team of pixies with the humans she loves will be one of her greatest battles yet. Especially since she can’t even reconcile her growing feelings for her pixie king . . .
Dead Witch Walking (The Hollows #1) – Kim Harrison
Summary: Creatures of the night gather in the Hollows of Cincinnati, to hide, to prowl, to party, and to feed. Vampires rule. Bounty hunter and witch, Rachel Morgan keeps that world civilized. With serious sex appeal and an attitude, she’ll bring ’em back alive, dead, or undead.
The Good, the Bad and the Undead (The Hollows #2) – Kim Harrison
Summary: Rachel Morgan, sexy witch, independent bounty hunter, prowls the downtown Cincinnati for criminal creatures of the night. She can handle leather-clad vamps and a cunning demon or two. But a serial killer who feeds on the experts in the most dangerous kind of black magic is an ancient, implacable evil that threatens her very soul.
Oh my goodness – my haul this week is humongous! I have no idea how that happened!
Remember to leave me your link so I can check out your Stacking the Shelves post, too 🙂 Thanks for stopping by! Have a spectacular Saturday.
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You have a couple that I thought about grabbing, but I am trying so hard not to click but as you can see from my STS that it’s not working so well..lol. I hope you enjoy all your reads and have a great weekend!
Yeah, I really don’t know what my problem is. (Well, actually, I DO know)
Thanks for stopping by Stormi 🙂 I can’t wait to see your new acquisitions.
Oh man. So many different books from a lot of different genres. You got a nice selection this week. I see some that look really good. Such Sweet Sorrow has such a pretty cover.
Grace
Yeah, I went a little crazy last week – and I love reading across the genres, I can go to so many different worlds, and meet so many kinds of characters that way 🙂
Thanks for stopping by Grace.
I love Kim Harrison! I need to read book 7! I was really disappointed in The Edge of Always… really nat as good as book 1. I hope you’ll like all your new books. happy reading!
Oh no 🙁 I hope I’ll be as thrilled with The Edge of Always as I was with the first book, though. It’s always sad when the 2nd book doesn’t live up to the first.
Thanks for stopping by, Melliane 🙂
The Wicked We Have Done looks really good! I hope that’s good, because the synopsis is really intriguing.
Happy reading! <33
I know, the synopsis is what really got me:) Thanks for stopping by Melanie.
OOoh nice haul!! I LOVE JLA! I don’t read contemps, so I haven’t read those, but Bitter Sweet Love was awesome! I soooo cannot wait for White Hot Kiss! Great haul and Happy Reading!
My STS will be up tomorrow, so be sure to stop by then!
Have a GREAT day!
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Yeah, but I keep going a little crazy every week with adding so many books. I wish I could read full time 🙂
Thanks for stopping by Jessica.
You got many books and series this week I’d like to check out. I’ve still not read the Edge of Never or Wait for You, but really want to. I have a copy of Love Letters to the Dead as well and I’m curious about Such Sweet Sorrows. Amazing haul!
Yeah, there were just too many great-looking books that begged for my attention last week – and I was far too weak to resist any of them 😀
Thanks for stopping by Janina.
Eep, so many books! I have Sekret for review as well! And I’ve read Bitter Sweet Love, Trust In Me, and Endure – all great books! I can’t wait to see what you think of Love Letters To the Dead – I didn’t bother downloading or requesting that one because I have way to many March/April books to read at this point O_O
Have a wonderful weekend!
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LOL, I have way too many books for the whole year already, and I actually have reviews scheduled until the middle of February, too. But I can’t help myself. When a book looks awesome, I just have to have it 🙂
I’m glad to know several of my new books are good, it will make it easier to go through my stack 🙂
Thanks for stopping by, Alyssa.
Nice haul, Lexxie! Need has always caught my attention. I hope you enjoy it!
I hope so, too, Lyn. But I’m going far to crazy with my clicking and requesting these days. I am going to be SO busy once the semester starts again.
Thanks for stopping by 🙂
You have a couple of great YA/NA books this week. 🙂 Enjoy ALL of them!! 😀
Thanks Jess 🙂
Whew! That’s quite the haul. Scintillating looks like a great read, and I’ve got Such Sweet Sorrow on my TBR. Plus, you know I’m a huge fan of The Hollows 😀 I hope you are having a fantastic weekend!! Jaclyn @ JC’s Book Haven.
YAY for Such Sweet Sorrow on both our TBRs, Jaclyn 🙂 I read such a great review for the audio book of Dead Witch Walking I just couldn’t resist using some of those credits to get it myself.
Thanks for stopping by, have a fantastic Sunday.
That’s an awesome haul girl! I have Love Letters to the Dead and Such Sweet Sorrow from Netgalley, too – I couldn’t resist them. 🙂 Scintillate and Sekret sound so good! Sekret sounds like a different kind of book than what I’m used to, and I really like that about it! Enjoy your new books!
I know exactly what you mean about not being able to resist, Jennifer 🙂 Sekret does sound different, and that’s what made me want to read it. I love books that go on their own path, and don’t conform to what is ‘cool’ right now 🙂
Thanks for stopping by.
Impressive haul. I have a lot of those on my to read.
Thanks for stopping by Julie 🙂
I LOVEEEE Audible’s sales that they have sometimes! But I haven’t used it much since I discovered amazing Overdrive lol Those look amazing, hope you love them all!
Oh me, too! I love the Audible sales. However, I have lots and lots of audiobooks, and I don’t really listen to them very often…
Thanks for stopping by, Ellie.
That is one great haul you have! I hope you enjoy all of your books!
Check our STS of this week.
Leydy @ OUaT & Redcarpetendings
Thanks Leydy 🙂
You had a great week! I hope you can stop by mine.
Yup 🙂 Thanks for stopping by.
These look great! I really want to read Love Letters to The Dead!! Happy reading. 🙂 My StS!
I look forward to Love Letters to the Dead 🙂 Thanks for stopping by, Cait.
I enjoyed Trust in Me and hope you do too
I really look forward to it 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!
I am majorly in love with JLA and would read a cereal box if she wrote it, i am pretty sure 😉
LOL, now that’s an endorsement if I ever saw one 😀
Oh wow, so many awesome books. I am super jealous of some of these too. I’d love to read Love Letters to the Dead, Sekret, and The Wicked We Have Done (this is actually the first I’ve heard of it).
Yeah, I had an amazing week for book-hoarding for sure 🙂
Thanks for stopping by.
You have a great looking stack this week. Enjoy them! My STS
I think I will enjoy them very much 🙂 Thanks for stopping by, Jillyn.
The Scintillate looks so interesting! I am looking forward to hear what you think of it. I have gotten a blog tour request for this book, I am thinking of participating, but not sure whether I have time to review it as I am already swamped with review books.
I have already read Taut and I loved it, I hope you will love it too. It was so great to see all the character development in that book. And ofcourse to see Ford’s point of view.
Lola, I can’t wait to read Taut AND Slack 🙂 I fell in love with Ford very quickly after ‘meeting’ him 😀
I have far to many books period – but I still keep on adding more – so many great stories I want to read.
Thanks for stopping by.
Wow Lexxie, you got a super epic haul this week! Glad you’re starting the Kim Harrison series, I’ve read the first 3 but haven’t continued yet (the world building blows my mind by it’s complexity). Enjoy all of your reads!
I know, right? So many cool books 🙂 I have actually already read all the released books in The Hollows series, but since I saw a great review for the audio-books, I got them as well 🙂
Thanks for stoopping by.
Wow Lexxie!! Lots of awesome reads!! I like this Meme too… It is fun and it does help with the purchasing aspect too!! lol Have a great week girl!
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Apart from the fact that I get myself far too many new books every week, this meme is awesome 🙂
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I’m am gearing up to read TReisz, I always reserve her for the weekend coz I always get turnt up with her books. I hope this is a winner too!
I actually haven’t read any TReisz books yet – isn’t that amazing? I look forward to this one, because it looks pretty hot 🙂
Thanks for stopping by. Have a great week, Braine.
Holy cats, girl! That’s quite a haul! I think you put me to shame. ;)You have some amazing looking books on your list here – of course, a few I’ve read. *sigh* Ford… I’m liking the looks of Such Sweet Sorrow and Love Letters to the Dead. But truly, they all sound incredible! I can’t wait to hear what you think of the audio books. I don’t do audio books…unless it’s nonfiction. So I’m curious. 😉
*hugs* to you, my dear!!
Yeah, I just don’t know when to stop, do I? Next up after Unleashing Mr. Darcy, I think I’ll settle with Ford for a couple of books *grin*
Thanks for stopping by, my dear 🙂 Have a great week! *HUGS*