#BookReview & #Giveaway of Beneath Wandering Stars by @ashleelcowles

After her soldier brother is horribly wounded in Afghanistan, Gabriela must honor the vow she made: If anything ever happened to him, she would walk the Camino de Santiago through Spain, making a pilgrimage in his name. The worst part is that the promise stipulates that she must travel with her brother's best friend--a boy she has despised all her life. Her brother is in a coma, and Gabi feels that she has no time to waste, but she is unsure. Will she hesitate too long, or risk her own happiness to keep a promise? An up-close look at the lives of the children of military families, "Beneath Wandering Stars" takes readers on a journey of love, danger, laughter, and friendship, against all odds. 

#BookReview of Betting on Both by Sheryl Nantus

HER BODYGUARD OR THE MUSICIAN...HOW WILL SHE CHOOSE?

Heir to her family’s hotel legacy, Kat McMaster is ready to take her rightful place as head of the most prestigious McMaster hotel. The only thing standing in her way is her Grandfather’s final test: she must prove her skills by resurrecting The Majestic a run-down property in New Orleans.

Being well known puts a target on her back so she is assigned a strong, silent, incredibly hot ex-soldier as her security detail. One look at her bodyguard and her blood turns hot. If the lingering looks he keeps giving her is any indication the feeling is mutual.

About to give in to her desire Kat meets the The Majestic’s passionate manager. Manager by day musician by night he makes it known that he wants Kat in his bed.

A strong woman who knows her own mind, she wants The Majestic to be great again and both men to be hers - in her bed and by her side - but will the unconventional relationship work or will everything she has ever worked for fall apart?

#BookTube with @RaeanneODay (Favorite #Booktubers)

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#BookReview of The Thousandth Floor (The Thousandth Floor #1) by @katharinemcgee

New York City as you’ve never seen it before. A thousand-story tower stretching into the sky. A glittering vision of the future, where anything is possible—if you want it enough.

Welcome to Manhattan, 2118.

A hundred years in the future, New York is a city of innovation and dreams. But people never change: everyone here wants something…and everyone has something to lose.

Leda Cole’s flawless exterior belies a secret addiction—to a drug she never should have tried and a boy she never should have touched.

Eris Dodd-Radson’s beautiful, carefree life falls to pieces when a heartbreaking betrayal tears her family apart.

Rylin Myers’s job on one of the highest floors sweeps her into a world—and a romance—she never imagined…but will her new life cost Rylin her old one?

Watt Bakradi is a tech genius with a secret: he knows everything about everyone. But when he’s hired to spy by an upper-floor girl, he finds himself caught up in a complicated web of lies.

And living above everyone else on the thousandth floor is Avery Fuller, the girl genetically designed to be perfect. The girl who seems to have it all—yet is tormented by the one thing she can never have.

Debut author Katharine McGee has created a breathtakingly original series filled with high-tech luxury and futuristic glamour, where the impossible feels just within reach. But in this world, the higher you go, the farther there is to fall….

#BookReview of A Deadly Affection by Cuyler Overholt

In 1907 New York, a psychiatrist must prove her patient's innocence...or risk being implicated in a shocking murder

As one of the first women practicing in an advanced new field of psychology, Dr. Genevieve Summerford is used to forging her own path. But when one of her patients is arrested for murder-a murder Genevieve fears she may have unwittingly provoked-she is forced to seek help from an old acquaintance.

Desperate to clear her patient's name and relieve her own guilty conscience, Genevieve finds herself breaking all the rules she's tried so hard to live by. In her search for answers, Genevieve uncovers an astonishing secret that, should she reveal it, could spell disaster for those she cares about most. But if she lets her discovery remain hidden, she will almost certainly condemn her patient to the electric chair.

#BookReview of The Assassin Game by @kirkybean

At Cate's isolated boarding school, Killer is more than a game- it's an elite secret society. Members must avoid being "Killed" during a series of thrilling pranks, and only the Game Master knows who the "Killer" is. When Cate's finally invited to join the Assassins' Guild, she know it's her ticket to finally feeling like she belongs.

But when the game becomes all too real, the school threatens to shut it down. Cate will do anything to keep playing and save the Guild. But can she find the real assassin before she's the next target? 

Originally published in the United Kingdom by Chicken House in 2015 under title: Killer Game.

#BookReview of Curioddity by Paul Jenkins

Will Morgan is a creature of habit―a low-budget insurance detective who walks to and from work with the flow of one-way traffic, and for whom imagination is a thing of the distant past. When a job opportunity enters the frame in the form of the mysterious Mr. Dinsdale―curator of the ever so slightly less-than-impressive Curioddity Museum―Will reluctantly accepts the task of finding a missing box of levity (the opposite of gravity). What he soon learns, however, is that there is another world out there―a world of magic we can only see by learning to un-look at things―and in this world there are people who want to close the Curioddity museum down. With the help of his eccentric new girlfriend Lucy, Will will do everything he can to deliver on his promise to help Mr. Dinsdale keep the Curioddity Museum in business.

Curioddity is Paul Jenkins’ debut novel... exciting, fast-paced, and uncanny. A must-read.

Writing Updates

So with school starting for my girls (YES both are going to school finally)  I will be taking a short break from writing.  But before I do that I wanted to update you on all of the books I'm working on.  I know its a lot and I'm going to give you a slight over view of each one. 

Contemporary - 609 words done

This is a story dealing with my time of depression back in 2009 when I attempted suicide.  

Retelling - 1,316 words done 

This is a retelling of Cinderella 

Salt and Silver Academy - 27,042 words done

This is a fantasy about the power of prayer (not religious) (before the rewrite the older version of this is on Wattpad)

The Sharpie Assassin - 226 words done

This deals with an incident I saw first hand and is dedicated to Heather Burch and Anna Banks LOL 

The Witches Rise- 404 words done

Fantasy about witches coming out of the broom closet

The Kidnapping- 809 words done

For the life of me I can't remember what this one was about lol 

The Assassins - 2,446 words done 

This one either 

The Siren's and the Atlantean's - 20,199 words done 

This one deals with a fantasy about Sirens and the people of atlantis 

The Stone Bridge- 1,160 words done

yep don't remember this one either 

The Well- 6,748 words done

This one is another retelling but of the fountain of youth and Jack and Jill 

Gingers- 1, 239 words done

This one deals with demon hunters 

Witch Wars- 30,876

This one is about time travel 

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Social Media is hard to do!

This was posted back in June via my other site so I'm just moving it over. 

So yesterday I spent all day! ALL DAY!! Doing social media va my site Crossroad Reviews. Let me tell you for people who do this all day every day and get paid for it. I salute you!  REALLY cause man after yesterday I didn't even have the energy to make dinner. It was every man for themselves!  Que the hunger games cause momma is going to bed!