The Hot Bed - EEKK!

You may have noticed over the past few months that my reviews are consisting less of books such as paranormal books and more YA, Romance and New Adult books. 
It's not that I don't enjoy paranormal books anymore but I just find I prefer to read them in smaller doses instead of paranormal book followed by another paranormal book! 

This is why it brings me great pleasure to tell my readers about The Hot Bed. The Hot Bed is brought to us by four amazing ladies at S&S (My love!). It's aim is to give us some great new adult and erotica reads which will have us up all night! 

Just to prove to you how great The Hot Bed is check out their reads, honestly, I want to read every single one and I am hoping to bring some reviews of these very soon! 

Please note I haven't included all of the blurb, click on the title to take you to goodreads to read full blurb.

One Tiny Lie - K.A. Tucker
Look out for my review of this in the next month or so. I am so excited to read it + how gorgeous is the cover?!

Livie has always been the stable one of the two Cleary sisters, handling her parents' tragic death and Kacey's self-destructive phase with strength and maturity. But underneath that exterior is a little girl hanging onto the last words her father ever spoke to her. “Make me proud,” he had said. She promised she would...and she’s done her best over the past seven years with every choice, with every word, with every action. 

 Sweet Thing - Renee Carlino

"You have to teach your heart and mind how to sing together…then you'll hear the sound of your soul."Mia Kelly thinks she has it all figured out. She's an Ivy League graduate, a classically trained pianist, and the beloved daughter of a sensible mother and offbeat father. Yet Mia has been stalling since graduation, torn between putting her business degree to use and exploring music, her true love.

Tangled - Emma Chase
O.M.G. I am definitely most excited about this book!

Drew Evans is a winner. Handsome and arrogant, he makes multimillion dollar business deals and seduces New York’s most beautiful women with just a smile. He has loyal friends and an indulgent family. So why has he been shuttered in his apartment for seven days, miserable and depressed?

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Guest Post - Just Ask Trent by Sherry Soule

Just Ask Trent

By Sherry Soule, Guest Post

Today author Sherry Soule has some exciting news to share with us! All the previously published books in the Spellbound series have been rewritten and republished with more epic romance, sizzling character chemistry, and thrilling suspense. The new versions also include exclusive bonus material and brand new scenes. To help promote the new editions, Sherry is doing this awesome book promo to share the update with fellow booklovers.

The Spellbound series is like a version of Pretty Little Lairs meets Buffy, the Vampire Slayer!

In this fun guest post, Trent helps a few people with some rather peculiar questions. Trent is a blunt dude, who tells it like it is. Pasted below are some of the emails sent to him. Enjoy the snark!

Q.Dear Trent,
I joined the Navy to see the world. I’ve seen it. And I miss my mom. Now how the heck do I get out?

Thanks,
Wanna Go Home

A. Dear Wanna Go Home,
Well, I think you’re kinda stuck, dude. Best to ride it out and have your mom send you some books like the Spellbound series to help the time fly by.

Best of luck,
Trent


Q. Dear Trent,
My mom asked me to babysit my younger brother and sister this weekend. I hate babysitting them! Anyhoo, I found them playing a game called, "Knife Jab" in the kitchen. This game involves jabbing a knife into a wall socket. Instead, I suggested a game called, "Zappy Toaster", which is similar but requires thrusting a metal object into a toaster while it’s plugged in. So, I was wondering if these games were dangerous?

Sincerely,
Hate Babysitting

A. Dear Hate Babysitting,
Well, jabbing a mental object into a toaster could give you a strong electric shock. So not good! Not only are these games dangerous, but possibly illegal and your siblings could get seriously injured. A more important question is why your mom would be stupid enough to leave you alone with them in the first place.

Best of luck,
Trent

Q. Dear Trent
I suspect that my girlfriend has been fooling around, and when I confronted her after taking pictures of her kissing another guy at school, she denied everything—and said it would never happen again. 

Respectfully,
Lost in Love

A. Dear Lost in Love,
My advice? Once a cheater—always a cheater. Dump that girl and find a nice one who’ll treat you right, like my awesome GF, Shiloh.

Best of luck,
Trent


Q. Dear Trent,
I think my friend, Charlie might be possessed or something. He can control the weather. He is inhumanly fast and strong. And sometimes when Charlie gets mad, his eyes turn completely black like a shark. It’s totally freaking me out.

Regards,
Friend-Possessed

A. Dear Friend-Possessed,
Uh, it sure sounds like something weird is going on. My uncle Tony says that most paranormals cannot enter houses of worship or walk on sacred ground. Try taking Charlie to a church or graveyard—to see what happens, or douse him with holy water—and if his skin sizzles, you’ve got major trouble. Let me know how it goes, because you may need to contact the DarkSide Detectives.
Best of luck,
Trent

Hope you enjoyed this comical post. Now go feed your mind and read a book! Preferably mine. J

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Author Interview + Giveaway : Dahlia Salvatore

Body Language Blurb

Carmen Andrews hasn't spoken for a year, not since she was viciously tortured by a psychopath. Forced into silence by the trauma, she finds a new life in a new town. As a dancer, she can get away with not speaking. In her head is a mess of memories, withheld frustrations, and a host of wingless dreams. When her psychologist exhausts all of her resources, she sends Carmen to a speech therapist.
Fresh out of graduate school, Jacob Weller hopes to help those suffering from mutism and other speech disorders. When he meets Carmen, he finds her attractive, but his ethics keep him from acting on his impulses. When tragedy strikes, his own sanity is challenged and his professionalism takes a hit. Believing that he has failed and with few visible changes in Carmen, he considers referring her to a new doctor.
Carmen has other thoughts on the matter, but struggles with her demons, ones that keep her mouth firmly shut and her heart desperately wanting.

Interview 

Dahlia Salvatore

Please tell me a bit about the idea and story behind Body Language
So the idea came from challenging both myself as a writer and having characters that were challenged, themselves. I basically took what I believe is the equation for a good long-lasting relationship and pulled out some of the elements. Among these elements are trust and communication. Communication is one of the things that both characters struggle with in the book. They also spend a good deal of time ignoring what their instincts and core feelings tell them and that hinders them both. Their growth comes from rising from the ashes of their own tragedies and becoming new people.

Jacob almost sounds like a character too 'good to be true' in sense of the word with how caring he sounds. What sort of character is Jacob?
I'm slightly confused as to what “too good to be true” means. If you mean that at face-value from what you read about him on the back of the book that he seems like a person with very few flaws and sins, you'd have to read much further into the book to realize that he is a deeply flawed human being. Most of his sins and character flaws come out of his being selfish in the past and being careless with those who love him. And while the incentive to his treating Carmen eventually becomes a general regard for her welfare, it begins as just another job.

What sort of research did you do into understanding mutism and was it hard to write Carmen's character?
I knew from the beginning that I didn't want her to speak. This was, again, because I wanted to remove the factor of communication that is essential to a healthy relationship. I wanted their love to develop despite its absence. Mutism is one of those conditions that comes from a myriad of causes, especially elective mutism. Carmen happened to be someone who had suffered this horrible event that changed the person she was. At first she was silent so she could heal and after, she was silent because she felt set apart from the rest of the world. Most of my research pertained to how mutism was treated. What I found out was that there isn't really a set way to treat it. There are some medications out there, but each case varies and the cause for the mutism varies.

It was hard to write Carmen, because there were many times that a normal person would have said something. Actually, during the first draft writing, I actually let her slip and have a single line of dialogue. My editor came back and said, “She speaks in this part of the story. Did you mean to do that?” I realized that I let it slip, went back and changed it. So, yes, it was hard because she is unlike any other character I've ever written. Dialogue is one of those important elements in a book that make it important, so I had to imply all of Carmen's dialogue through pantomime and facial expressions. This was my first novel and, thinking back, I feel I just might have picked one of the hardest character types for my book. But her character was important and unique in that way. I mean, how many characters in books nowadays don't speak?

What did you enjoy the most about writing this book?
Gosh, that's a hard one. I would have to say that creating the really intimate scenes—as in the ones that portray some of the hardcore emotions of the respective characters—was the most fulfilling thing about writing this book. There's something about being in the characters' heads, seeing their souls exposed, and knowing (hoping really) that that will translate to the reader. I know that the characters' emotions will hit me harder than most readers, because they live in my head, but if the readers can feel a fraction of what I did while writing Jacob and Carmen's story, I will consider this book a success.

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I'm a thirty-two-year-old female author living in Seattle, Washington. I'm married to the love of my life and have been for ten years. I come from Coos Bay, Oregon and moved to Seattle six years ago. I love it here and don't see us going anywhere anytime soon. I've been heavily influenced by contemporary writers like J.K. Rowling, Mary Balogh, Christina Dodd, Stephanie Laurens, Laurell K. Hamilton, Anne Rice, Stephen King, and many many others. Indie authors who've influenced me (and these are just a few) are Jasinda Wilder, Michelle Hughes, Kristin Flynn, Katie Mac, Dawn Robertson, Ada Slow, Melissa Brodky, Brandelyn Harris, Brandy Dorsch, and Brandy Jellum.      

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Blog Tour - The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland Extract

Blurb :

September misses Fairyland and her friends Ell, the Wyverary, and the boy Saturday. She longs to leave the routines of home, and embark on a new adventure. Little does she know that this time, she will be spirited away to the moon, reunited with her friends, and find herself faced with saving Fairyland from a moon-Yeti with great and mysterious powers.

Here is another rich, beautifully told, wisely humorous, and passionately [layered] book from New York Times-bestselling author, Catherynne M. Valente.

'September could bear it no longer. She stomped over, opened the driver’s door, and would have hauled the little Wind out by the lapel of his long-coat if he had not simply wafted up out of the seat, crossing his legs in the air to watch her attempt what by now was clearly impossible. The Winds had begun to drift off, looking for something more interesting and less stubborn. September dug the driving goggles out of the glove box and pulled them on. She closed her eyes behind them for a moment. She pushed in the brake. One eye, then the other. Then see what you see and face up to it. She opened her eyes and turned on the gas valve. She pushed the spark lever all the way up. It’s fire that makes a car go, my love, fire and fuel. She put the throttle smartly at four o’clock. Hardly breathing—would it work for her? Was it alive? Was this all a lot of silliness and you really couldn’t expect a Wind to know a thing about cars any- way? She turned the valve one full turn closed, then one full turn open and put the gear in neutral. Key to ON. Carburetor rod all the way back—and then let go. September waited for the engine to turn over, not daring to make a sound of her own.'

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*Review* Positively Mine by Christine Duval

I use Grammarly's plagiarism scanner because Books for Company wants to stay unique and true to their blog posts. 

Positively Mine by Christine Duval

Series : #1 Freshman Forty

Released : 19th December 2013

Publisher: Bloomsbury

Format : E book 

Source : Netgalley, Bloomsbury

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Overall rating

 .................................... The Blurb  ....................................

It is four weeks into her freshman year of college, and Laurel’s first test was unexpected. Discovering she’s pregnant isn’t exactly what she had planned for her first semester, and while she intends to tell her emotionally-distant father, being away at school makes it all too easy to hide.

An imperfect heroine plagued by bad choices and isolated during what should be the best time of her life, readers are sure to identify with Laurel as she confronts teen pregnancy, in secret.

 .................................... My Thoughts   ....................................

In Short
- Positively Mine is a down to earth read. 
- I felt like I went on a whirlwind adventure with the main character.
- This is an engaging read. 

In Long

Positively Mine really drew me in from the beginning. The storyline is fast moving so even from the beginning I was on the edge of my seat waiting to see how Laurel was going to deal with all these different problems being thrown her way.

When I read the blurb I knew Positively Mine would be the sort of book I would enjoy. Books about unexpected pregnancies are full of life changing decisions and often many different life challenges to over come. Books witThis is definitely one of those books.

I really liked Laurel and was glad to go on this whirlwind adventure with her. I felt like I was a friend of hers and often wanted to help her out. She felt very real to me and her character interacted well with me as the reader.

Final Thoughts

Positively Mine is an engaging read which pulls you quickly in and doesn't leg you go until the last word.

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Author Interview with Emma Jomes

Please welcome Emma to Books for Company.

Emma is the author of The Awakening, a YA Paranormal read.

What is a one sentence synopsis of your book?
Meet Lauren and Gavin who fall in love to weird and life altering consequences.

Where did the idea come from for the book?
I’ve always loved the vampire genre and the idea came to me after seeing the influx of American books like Twilight and Vampire Diaries. Whilst I loved Twilight I found Bella’s character a little annoying and wasn’t keen on the whole vampire sparkling idea! However I loved Edward and Jacob. I thought it would be nice to have a few UK versions emerge and I wanted to put a modern spin on the genre.

What genre does your book fall under?
YA (Young Adult). Paranormal romance.

How long did it take you to write the first draft of your book?
A long time ha ha! It began about 4 years ago when I was on maternity leave and was finished July 2012. I did abandon it for over a year inbetween.

What inspired you to write this book?
My love of reading and a desire to do something entirely for myself. In the early days when writing was just a hobby I could get lost in it. I also hope my children will be proud when they are older. My daughter already thinks it’s amazing I have a book available on my kindle.

This Or That
Winter or summer? Definitely summer
EBook or paperback? If you’d asked me 12 months ago I would of said paperback but since having my kindle (which I love and have to fight the kids for) its eBook all the way.
Favourite food? That’s a toughie. Maybe a good roast dinner in the winter and nice burger on the BBQ in the summer.
Sporty or couch potato? Couch potato. Ooops!
Cook or be cooked for? I am the cook in our house so it’s nice to be cooked for.

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Blog Tour - Find Me Playlist by Romily Bernard

Please welcome Romily to Books for Company

Find Me Playlist

If any of you have been following along with me, you already know I don’t write to music. I probably should. The right songs can get you in the mood for emotional scenes, block out distractions, and generally help you hit your word count.

Considering I do a lot of my writing at work, my cubicle is outside the office’s only bathroom, and my coworkers love to eat Mexican food (but the Mexican food does not love them back), writing to music should probably be my go-to. But I never really thought about it until I was asked to do a playlist and, suddenly, I discovered all these great songs that were written expressly for FIND ME.

I know. I know. I’m like that girl who thinks every song on Top Forty Radio is about her break-up, but we’re going to do this anyway. It’ll be fun.

Heh. If only for me. First off?

Cut by Jimmy Eat World. When he sings how “you happened to me so I waited,” it just kills me. It’s exactly how I think of Griff seeing Wick for the first time. She wasn’t just another girl. She was an event. She was something that happened like a war or a blow. Everything else was what came after.

Desolation Row by My Chemical Romance. This is a great song, such a twisted take on fairytales and it’s exactly how Wick would see the world. Here, Romeo doesn’t say he loves Juliet instead he tells her “You belong to me.” After enduring years of abuse from her father that’s how Wick sees love. It’s belonging to someone. It’s being owned. And then she meets Griff.

Why Part 2 by Collective Soul. Such a great song. It’s about love and loss and faking it. The singer’s trying to be everything his lover needs and it’s never enough. He’s only left “here with the blame.” Wick has tried to be everything for her sister and, in the end, it isn’t enough—until Lily’s kidnapped and Wick’s the only one who can find her.

The Only Exception by Paramore. Wick has everything figured out. Like the song says, she’s “got a tight grip on reality.” Or does she? Because Griff’s nothing like Wick expected. He’s “the only exception” she’s ever made. And, when she faces down the man who determined to kill her sister, Griff’s the only person still at her side.

As always, an enormous thank you to Books for Company for having me. Writers are hugely lucky to have bloggers like Jodie on their side. Hope you've enjoyed the playlist and I hope you enjoy FIND ME!!

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*Review* - Play With Me by Piper Shelley

Play With Me by Piper Shelley

Series : Yes (#1 Grover Beach Team)

Released : 8th December 2012

Publisher: Self Published 

Format : E Book

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Overall rating

 .................................... The Blurb  ....................................

Ryan Hunter's parties are legend. And tonight she's going to be there.

Liza Matthews anticipates the return of her best friend and only love since kindergarten from soccer camp. But when Tony finally shows up, his mind is more focused on another girl. And worse, she's a soccer player. Fighting for the attention Liza craves, she's just a hairbreadth away from making a very stupid decision. But when extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures, she's prepared to play ball to get her man.

The tryouts are hell, the first match ends bloody, and the morning after the selection party she wakes up in the worst place possible—in the arms of the captain of the soccer team. The hottest guy in school. Ryan Hunter.

 .................................... My Thoughts   ....................................

In Short

- Play With Me is a short read.

- Its a nice relaxing and chill out read.

- The characters are all unique. 

In Long

Play With Me is a short and sweet read which is perfect for a day where you just need a book to chill out to. It's a fun and easy read which will keep you interested throughout the book.

Piper has created different and unique characters who all add to the book in one way or another. For a short book I find this important in a short story as it meant he could concentrate on the main characters.

Play With Me doesn't have any twists or gripping moments by it does have a nice relaxing feeling to it which is just what I was in the mood for.

Final Thoughts

Play With Me was the perfect chill out read which I enjoyed reading. Definitely hope to read the rest in the Grover Beach Team Series.

Read Books of 2013

My read books of 2013. 

It's been quite a crazy year for me this year, not to mention becoming a mummy so I had a few months of not reading anything or only a book or two.

2014 I am hoping to read 50 books, about a book a week. 

My Top 5 Reads of 2013

Here is my top 5 books of 2013
There are many other books I really enjoyed this year. I was lucky to have a brilliant year and enjoyed many books.

5

5/5 : My Review

I was really surprised and impressed by this book. 

Quote From My Review :

Boy Nobody is a fast pace addictive read which will have you hooked right from the first till the last page

4

5/5 : Review Not Blogged Yet
Really enjoyed this book, it's full of action and kept me gripped through the whole read.

3

Crush By Nicole Williams 
5/5 : Review Not Blogged Yet
Nicole Williams is now one of my favorite authors and this is one of my favorite series!
Quote from Review : 
Nicole ensures that their characters continue to grow throughout all three books which I think is the main reason these books are such addictive and fun reads.

2

Crash Into You By Katie McGarry

5/5 : My Review

My top two were made really easy because of Katie, there was no question that these are my top books of 2013!

Quote from My Review :

Crash Into You has a spark, a spark I find very rarely in books.

1

Dare You To by Katie McGarry

5/5 : My Review

Katie is definitely one of my favourite authors, since reading Pushing the Limits I am desperate for more Katie books. It's such an engrossing and character interacting book. 

Quote from My Review 

"She is able to create the most intriguing and real characters along with a gripping story line. I am awaiting Crash Into You eagerly"