SOMEONE ELSE'S SKYE BLOG TOUR ~ CHRISTINE WENRICK --WITH GIVEAWAY

SOMEONE ELSE'S SKYE

Men of Brahm Hill, Book 1

Coming October 1, 2013

Kane, Brethren Guardian and one of the few Natural Shape-Shifters left in existence, survived the bloody battle of Brahm Hill but lost two of his closest friends. For all of his good-natured sarcasm and eye-popping good looks, Kane finds himself unable to completely forget about that night, so he seeks comfort in the one thing he is truly good at . . . sex!

This shape-shifting bad boy believes in having a good time—a very good time, usually involving some mingled heavy breathing with a sexy Dhampir in a tiny closet somewhere. But when he’s sent into the freezing tundra of the Northwest Territories to investigate a troublesome supernatural being on the loose, he ends up crossing paths with a woman who almost instantly drives him insane with want . . . because she doesn’t seem to be falling for the shifter’s charms.

It’s completely inexplicable.

Skye Matthews has a job to do, and she needs to be focused on that, not spending all her time rebuffing the advances of this way-too-cocky and handsome stranger. Yet, there is something irresistible about this self-involved playboy that Skye can’t seem to stay away from. And when the unidentified Kane is sent to investigate takes an unnatural interest in her, protecting her becomes the Guardian’s top priority.

Links to purchase book:

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About The Author

Christine is a graduate of Washington State University where she received a BA in Interior Design. And true to form of using mostly her ‘right brain’, she splits her time between her commercial design career and her imaginary world of writing. She lives in the scenic Pacific Northwest where she enjoys hiking, camping and photographing many of the wonderful places that served as inspiration for her Charmed Trilogy. Her biggest reward in life is any given day when one of her books connects with a reader because she herself is such a lover of reading. Some of her favorite authors include Lisa Kleypas, Julia Quinn, and Kimberly Derting.

To keep up on all the latest information about Christine and her books, visit her website or you can connect with her on Facebook, Twitter and Goodreads.

Book Review

Someone Else's Skye begins with a battle of supernaturals--vampires,lLykcan, and dhampires--on Brahm hill and jumps ahead three weeks later to The Oracle, a century old hotel where the Brethren live. The Brethren are a covert group of fighters --hybrids of supernatural beings--that protect the human race.

Kane is a shape shifter, his main animal being a sleek, and deadly jaguar. And he has been sent Northwest Territories to help identify an unknown being killing anything in its path with a virulent extreme.

Upon arriving in the cold wilderness of Alberta, Kane and Aiden run into Skye and her three sisters. Apparently Skye has had a run-in with this creature and she is the only one who has answers about this mysterious killer. Upset at being held basically against her will, Skye and Kane clash on many levels. There is an  undercurrent of palpable attraction between these two, and Wenrick keeps the reader on their toes with plot twists and a cast of interesting secondary characters.

Someone Else's Skye is the first in a new series for author Christine Wenrick and one that I am definitely hooked on. I cannot wait to read more of this engaging paranormal series.

Giveaway Details

Christine is giving away the following prizes at the end of her tour:

Tour Grand Prize: Kindle Fire HD & (1) signed copy of Someone Else's Skye

 Secondary Prizes: (10) signed copies of Someone Else's Skye for (10) additional winners.

Tour Schedule

Christine Wenrick's SOMEONE ELSE'S SKYE Tour Schedule

9/30 - Crazy Four Books

http://crazyfourbooks.blogspot.com

9/30 -Just Paranormal Romance               

www.JustParanormalRomance.com

9/30 - Rather Barefoot than Bookless

http://ratherbarefoot.blogspot.se/

10/01 - Mythical Books 

http://mythicalbooks.blogspot.ro/

10/01 - Adria's Romance Reviews            

http://adriasromancereviews.blogspot.com/

10/02 - Penny For Them...           

http://pennyforthem1.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Tour

10/02 - My Reading Obsession  

http://4myreadingobsession.blogspot.com/

10/03 - Redheads Review it Better          

http://redheadsreviewitbetter.com

10/03 - Deal Sharing Aunt            

www.dealsharingaunt.blogspot.com

10/04 - Ramblings From This Chick           

http://ramblingsfromthischick.blogspot.com

10/04 - KT Book Reviews

http://ktbookreviews.blogspot.com/

10/05 - Toot's Book Review        

http://tootsbookreviews.blogspot.com

10/05 - The Snarkology

http://melissasnark.blogspot.com/

10/06 - LITERAL ADDICTION        

http://www.literaladdiction.com

10/06 - Cocktails and Books        

http://www.cocktailsandbooks.com

10-07 - The Reading Café             

http://www.thereadingcafe.com/

10/07 - Wicked Readings by Tawania      

http://wickedreadingsbytawania.blogspot.com

10/08 - Offbeat Vagabond          

http://offbeatvagabond.blogspot.com/

10/09 - Night Owl Reviews          

http://www.nightowlreviews.com/v5/Blog/Articles/Someone-Elses-Skye-by-Christine-Wenrickhttp://www.NightOwlReviews.com

10/09 - Mad Hatter Reads

http://madhatterreads.blogspot.com

10/09 - Salacious Reads

www.salaciousreads.com

10/09 - Bex 'n' Books

http://bexnbooks.blogspot.com

10/10 - Vampires, Werewolves & Fairies Oh My!              

http://vampireswerewolvesfairiesohmy.blogspot.com/

10/10 - A Novel Review

http://anovelreview.blogspot.com/

10/11 - CS Maxwell ~ Where's My Muse?            

http://www.csmaxwell.blogspot.com

10/11 - Contagious Reads

http://contagiousreads.com

10/12 - Book Lovin' Mamas         

http://booklovinmamas.com

10/12 - Victoria's Gossip

http://victoriasgossip.com/blog/

10/13 - Reader Girls       

http://www.readergirlsblog.com

10/13 - Dalene's Book Reviews 

http://dalenesbookreviews.blogspot.com/

10/14 - A Cauldron of Books

http://www.acauldronofbooks.info/

10/14 - Hesperia Loves Books

http://www.hesperialovesbooks.com/

10/15 - Paranormal Fans For Life

http://paranormalromancefanforlife.blogspot.com/

10/16 - That's What I'm Talking About

http://twimom227.com/

10/17 - Bitten by Paranormal Romance

http://www.bittenbyparanormalromance.com/

10/17 - Book Monster Reviews

http://www.bookmonsterreviews.com/

10/18 - Swept Away by Romance

http://www.sweptawaybyromance.com/

10/18 - The Bookish Babe

http://thebookishbabes.blogspot.com/

10/19 - Inner Goddess

http://www.innergoddessforum.com/

10/20 - Sarah Elizabeth's Bookshelf

http://sarahelizabethsbookshelf.blogspot.com/

10/20 - Book Sniffers Anonymous

http://booksniffersanonymous.com/

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SERIES SPOTLIGHT ~ ALPHA PACK SERIES BY JD TYLER BLOG TOUR AND GIVEAWAY

PRIMAL LAW

Alpha Pack #1

Founded by a group of former Navy SEALS, the Alpha Pack is a top-secret team of wolf shifters with Psy powers tasked with eliminating the most dangerous predators in the world. But the gift of their abilities comes at a price…

After a massacre decimates half his team and leaves him crippled, Jaxon Law must relearn how to fight—and battle the anger and guilt threatening to overwhelm him. But when he rescues a beautiful woman who reawakens his primal instincts, Jax is unprepared for the dangers that lie ahead.

On the run from her employer, brilliant lab assistant Kira Locke has evidence that leads the Alpha Pack on a hunt for someone targeting human civilians with Psy abilities. And as Jax and Kira circle both the killer and each other, Jax will have to decide if the deep connection he feels with Kira is worth breaking the ultimate shifter rule—because bonding with Kira means putting his abilities at risk, and they might be the only tools he has to keep his mate alive…

Purchase Links

Amazon / B&N / Kobo 

BLACK MAGIC

 An ALPHA PACK novella #1.5

An original Alpha Pack novella featuring the sexy sorcerer and panther shifter Kalen Black…

Recruited by the Alpha Pack, Kalen Black is still very much a lone wolf. But when a paranormal creature threatens the life of Dr. Mackenzie Grant, Kalen must use all of his abilities to rescue her. This brush with death excites a passion between them, and after a night of intense pleasure, Kalen leaves Mac with a mysterious gift that just might save her life again.…

Purchase Links

Amazon / B&N / Kobo

SAVAGE AWAKENING

 Alpha Pack, #2

A group of former Navy SEALS, the Alpha Pack is a top-secret team of wolf shifters with Psy powers combating the greatest dangers in the world. But sometime those dangers are more intimate than they bargained for...
 
After a mission goes wrong, Aric Savage is taken prisoner. Half-dead and despairing, he makes a stunning discovery: his Pack mate Micah Chase, who was reported dead, is a fellow captive. When the Alpha team goes into full-rescue mode, accompanying them is an absolute stunner with sable hair--and a spine of solid steel.

LAPD officer and Psy Dreamwalker Rowan Chase has one priority: her brother Micah's recovery. Still, she can't help but be drawn to Aric, the ruggedly handsome wolf shifter who pleasures her as no man ever has--however fleeting their affair is destined to be. But when Aric's life is endangered, Rowan must ask herself what she's willing to sacrifice in the name of love, for the man fated to be her Bondmate.

Purchase Links

Amazon / B&N / Kobo

BLACK MOON

 Alpha Pack, #3

Ever since he saved Dr. Mackenzie Grant's life, panther shifter and sorcerer Kalen Black has had trouble keeping the beautiful doctor out of his thoughts, and his heart. The brush with death awakened an intense passion between them--one that for the first time had the notorious loner letting down his guard.

With the Alpha Pack battling an evil Fae who is slowly gaining control over Kalen's mind, Kalen can no longer trust his own actions, and he breaks off his affair with Mackenzie in order to keep her safe. But when Mackenzie learns that she is carrying Kalen's child, no amount of danger will keep her away from the man she loves. To be with his mate and unborn child, Kalen will have to unleash the full fury of his power, and risk destroying them all...

Purchase Links

Amazon / B&N / Kobo

HUNTER'S HEART

Alpha Pack, #4

Publication Date:  September 3, 2013

A group of former Navy SEALS, the Alpha Pack is a top secret team of wolf shifters with Psy powers combating the greatest dangers in the world. And when the battle gets personal, their wild side is unleashed….

Ryon Hunter sees dead people—spirits that beg him for help in ways he can’t understand. He’d do anything to end the torment, until a beautiful spirit appears to him with a plea he can’t ignore: Help me…I’m alive. The woman is wildlife biologist Daria Bradford, mortally wounded after encountering a white wolf, calling to Ryon through a rare Psy gift.

When Ryon locates Daria in the Shoshone National Park, it is almost too late, but nursing her back to health at the Alpha Pack compound brings a new complication—Daria is his destined mate, and Ryon is afraid of what will happen when she discovers what he is, and what he had to do to save her life. But the biggest threat of all is still loose in the forest, leaving a merciless trail of death behind it. The Alpha Pack goes on the hunt for the mysterious white wolf, determined to stop the murderous rogue… only to find that the most lethal creature of all is the one they can’t see coming… 

Purchase Links

Amazon / B&N / Kobo

COLE'S REDEMPTION

Alpha Pack, #5

Coming:  March 4, 2014

Once, they were Navy SEALS. Now they are the Alpha Pack: a top secret team of wolf shifters with Psy powers who take on the darkest dangers on Earth. But sometimes the greatest danger lies within their own hearts....

Healer and black wolf shifter Zander Cole has survived horrors that would have broken a weaker man. But when a battle leaves him deaf and his powers dimmed, Zan is devastated. Believing himself to be a burden to his team, he sees only one option: leave the Pack forever.

White wolf shifter Selene Westfall knows pain—she is certain her father was responsible for her mother’s death. And she lives to exact revenge. So when she is challenged by a savage black wolf, she puts up a vicious fight—only to become the black wolf’s Bondmate as a result of his bite.

Two damaged souls—one filled with hatred and one who’s lost his reason for living—are forced together as they come to terms with their unlikely, turbulent bond. A love neither expected may be all that stands between them and a killer trying desperately to keep the past dead and buried.... 

Purchase Links for Pre-order

Amazon / B&N

J.D. Tyler Bio

J.D. Tyler is an award-winning, multi-published author who writes for New American Library under three pseudonyms. Whether this is due to an overdose of ambition or a multiple personality affliction, she’ll never tell.

J.D. writes dark, sexy paranormal romance and has a huge thing for shifters, vampires, the Fae, and just about everything else that goes bump and grind in the night. She can’t get enough of those dangerous supernatural heroes, and the fun of creating her own was just too much temptation to resist… so she didn’t. J.D. doesn’t do self-denial.

When she isn’t writing, J.D.’s idea of a good time certainly isn’t cleaning house (sniff), bungee jumping (not in this lifetime, or the next), or camping (her idea of “roughing it” is a slow bellboy). She enjoys reading, being pampered like the diva she is, and spending time with her awesome family. She lives in Texas with her two teenagers.

Author Links

Website / Facebook / Twitter

TOUR GIVEAWAY DETAILS:

J.D. Tyler is giving away the following prizes at the end of her tour:

Grand Prize:  a signed set of the Alpha Pack series (4 paperbacks)

Runners-up:  FOUR (4) runners-up will receive a signed book of choice from the Alpha Pack series

9/09- Book Monster Reviews (guest post)
http://www.bookmonsterreviews.com/

9/10- Larissa & Friends Bookish Life (series spotlight)
http://www.larissaslife.com/

9/11- Regina May Ross Blog  (series spotlight)
http://www.reginamayross.blogspot.com

9/12- Bookin' It Reviews (guest post)
http://www.bookinitreviews.com/

9/12- Where the Night Kind Roam   (series spotlight)
http://paranormalromancenovel.com/

9/13- Tome Tender (series spotlight)
http://tometender.blogspot.com/

9/14- Under the Covers (interview)
http://www.underthecoversbookblog.com/

9/14- Mad Hatter Reads (guest post)
http://madhatterreads.blogspot.com/

9/14- Literal Hotties Naught Book Reviews (series spotlight)
http://literalhottiesnaughtybookreviews.blogspot.com/

9/14- Close Encounters with the Night Kind (series spotlight)
http://closeencounterswiththenightkind.blogspot.com/

9/14- Shayna Renee's Spicy Reads (series spotlight)
http://shaynareneesspicyreads.com/

9/14- Dianne's Book Blog (series spotlight)
http://dianelynchbookreviews.blogspot.com/

9/14- Toot's Book Reviews (series spotlight)
http://tootsbookreviews.blogspot.com/

9/14- For the Love of Reading (series spotlight)
http://niinas-reading-and-reviewing.blogspot.com/

9/15- Just Paranormal Romance (guest post)
http://www.justparanormalromance.com/

9/15- Book Pages & Dripping Ink (series spotlight)
http://bookpagesanddrippingink.blogspot.com/

9/15 - Snarky Mom Reads (series spotlight)
http://www.snarkymomreads.com/

9/16- LITERAL ADDICTION (guest post)
http://www.literaladdiction.com/

9/16- Same Book, Different Review (series spotlight)
http://samebookdifferentreview.blogspot.com

9/16- Books-N-Kisses (series spotlight)
http://www.books-n-kisses.com/

9/16- Romancing the Book (series spotlight)
http://romancing-the-book.com/

9/17- Romance Junkies (guest post)
http://www.romancejunkies.com/rjblog/

9/17- A Cauldron of Books (series spotlight)
http://www.acauldronofbooks.info/

9/18- Wicked Readings by Tawania (series spotlight)
http://www.wickedreadingsbytawania.blogspot.com/

9/18- Coffee and Characters (series spotlight)
http://daniellecromero.blogspot.com/

9/18- Queen of the Night Reviews  (series spotlight)
http://queenofthenightreviews.blogspot.com/

9/18- Books and Their Seven Deadly Sins (series spotlight)
http://booksandtheirsevendeadlysins.blogspot.co.uk/

9/18- Sun Mountain Reviews (series spotlight)
http://sunmountainreviews.wordpress.com/

9/18- TBQ's Book Palace (series spotlight)
http://tbqspersonalbookpalace.blogspot.com/

9/19- Reading Between the Wines (guest post)
http://www.readingbetweenthewinesbookclub.com/

9/19- Tynga's Book Reviews (series spotlight)
http://www.tyngasreviews.com/

9/20- Book Lovin' Mamas (guest post)
http://booklovinmamas.com/

9/20- Two Sassy Chicks (series spotlight)
http://twosassychicks.wordpress.com/

9/20- Romancing Rakes for the Love of Romance (series spotlight)
http://romancingrakes4theluvofromance.blogspot.com/

9/20- Booked & Loaded (guest post)
http://bookedandloaded.com/

9/20- My Secret Romance (series spotlight)
http://www.mysecretromancebookreviews.com/

9/21- Vampires, Werewolves & Fairies Oh My! (Guest post)
http://vampireswerewolvesfairiesohmy.blogspot.com/

9/21- Books, Books & More Books (series spotlight)
http://booksbooksmorebooks.blogspot.com/

9/21- My Reading Obsession (series spotlight)
http://4myreadingobsession.blogspot.com/

9/21- Sassy Book Lovers (series spotlight)
http://sassybooklovers.blogspot.com/

9/21- C.S. Maxwell's Where's My Muse Blog (series spotlight)
http://www.csmaxwell.blogspot.com/

9/22- Dalene's Book Reviews (series spotlight)
http://www.dalenesbookreviews.blogspot.com/

9/22- Book Marks the Spot (series spotlight)
http://caughtinasnyderwebb.blogspot.com/

9/22- Tiffy-Fit's Reading Corner (series spotlight)
http://tiffyfit.blogspot.com/

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BOOK REVIEW ~ THE AWAKENING: LIAM BY ABBY NILES

Title: The Awakening: Liam ( The Awakening, Book Two)

Author: Abby Niles

Expected Release Date: August 26, 2013

ARC provided by Entangled Publishing for an honest review 

Shifter, Liam Doyle knows Hell. At least he believed he did. The night he feels his mate die, he learns how very wrong he was. Nothing he’d struggled with since Ava’s rejection compares to the emptiness that fills his soul by her death. Lost in his grief, he’s taken by surprise and drugged. When he wakes, everything changes. Nothing is what it seems, and someone is dead set on making him pay.

When Ava Michaels is taken captive, she’s thrust into a dark and terrifying world along with the man she was forced to leave behind. While being near Liam again is heartbreaking, the motive behind her kidnapping is gradually revealed. The more she learns, the more she worries Liam isn’t the man she believed him to be. He has enemies willing to do anything to extract their revenge. Can their love survive a crazy man’s vengeance?

Book Review

I am a fan of Abby Niles and her unique shifter world. After reading the first book of the series, Aidan, I knew I wanted to follow up with book two.

Liam was seen in the first book and has been rejected by the woman that he loves--his mate--Ava. Most men would typically mutter a "Screw you" and go on their merry way. But Liam is different. He's not human, but a shifter. And when a shifter finds his mate, only to be dserted, that shifter loses his connection to the beast that lives inside.

Unable to completely bond with Ava when she rejects him, Liam has been falling into a coma-like state called bahrraj.  The more frequent these episodes occur, the higher the risk that Liam will not be able to return to his normal state.  It is ultimately a death sentence for the dserted shifter.

At the beginning of Liam's story, Liam senses that Ava is being threatened and in serious trouble. But before he can reach her, he feels her life force slip away. When he rushes to her home, he finds her lifeless body on the bedroom floor covered in blood. Cradling her, rocking her back and forth, totally distraught, an unseen enemy approaches and knocks Liam out.

When Liam awakens, he finds himself a prisoner of a mad man. And this mad man's evil plan starts to unfold with a shocker--a two-way glass revealing his precious Ava strapped down and alive.

And Ava and Liam are his pawns in a very deadly game.

I loved Liam the shifter and Liam the man. His alpha instincts, the caring gestures he has toward Ava, make a sexy package that Ava has a hard time resisting. And Ava has her altruistic reasons for rejecting Liam, even though she has continued to love him. Their story is beautifully told with heart breaking emotions and sizzling chemistry.

Niles starts out Liam's story with nail-biting intensity and I couldn't put it down. A must read for fans of shifter romance readers out there who love a protective hero who will do anything for his mate.

ARC BOOK REVIEW ~ THE AWAKENING: AIDAN BY ABBY NILES

Title: The Awakening: Aidan 

Author: Abby Niles

Release Date: April 21, 2013

ARC provided by NetGalley

Is the gift of eternal love a blessing or a curse? 

After years of counseling grieving shifters, psychiatrist and half-shifter, Dr. Jaylin Avgar has become jaded on shifter mating. She wants to marry a human and forget about the love for eternity crap. Then she meets Aidan O’Connell, an infuriatingly laid back shifter who represents everything she doesn’t want. Yet, the more he pursues her, the more she craves a future with him. Only one thing stands in her way: death. Can she overcome her fear of losing Aidan to the one guarantee in life? 

Millionaire consultant, Aidan O’Connell knows he’ll one day meet a woman who’ll awaken an unrelenting mating instinct. Unfortunately, that woman is Jaylin, who has no qualms about telling him that he and his so-called eternity can shove it. When she pushes him away, he takes a drastic step so she can no longer escape. The close proximity throws the instinct into overdrive. Can he control the need ingrained in him until he’s certain she will reciprocate the bond, or will a moment of weakness doom him to hell on earth?

Book Review

Jaylin Avgar is a half-shifter and a psychologist, who, until recently counseled grieving shifters. But the torment that they suffer when their mate either dies or deserts them has left its toll on her. And she refuses to let its claws sink into her own heart. She is through with alpha shifters. 

Aidan O'Connell knows that Jaylin is his mate and he is determined to have her. But he cannot understand why Jaylin would refuse him. Why would she consider a human as a possible mate, when he would do anything for her? 

Abby Niles does a fantastic job of world building with this paranormal series. It isn't overwhelming or confusing. There are terms that when you take a second look at them, make complete sense.

Dsershon--when a mate leaves or is abandoned by his unbonded mate.

Fewshon-- a "buzzing" sensation--the overwhelming urge to bond with your mate.

Wydow--a death of a mate leaving the living one waiting to be reunited after death.

Bahrraj-- (yeah, that one is a little bit more difficult, lol)- an episode that is like a trance, where the shifter is "stuck" inside his own head, connected to his mate. Very difficult to return from. 

Aidan's buddy Liam is suffering from dsershon after he has bonded with his mate. She was unable to accept the fact that he was a shifter. She was human. He is experiencing a bahrraj episode and no matter what he does, Aidan cannot reach him. He calls for Dr. Avgar for help. 

Jaylin is sympathetic to Liam's peril but she tries to keep her distance from Aidan. Even though there is a very obvious attraction, she refuses to leave herself vulnerable or Aidan vulnerable to the fewshon. She knows the horrific psychological damage that dsershon brings upon a shifter. 

But Aidan wants her and he uses everything in his power to make it happen. Even a bit of trickery. 

What follows is Aidan basically trying to woo Jaylin. Court her. Make her see how wonderful things could be between them. Fate has chosen them as mates for a reason. 

Jaylin cannot help but fall a little for Aidan. He is charming, loyal, protective, and they do seem to fit like pieces of a puzzle. But she tries to keep him from falling susceptible to the fewshon--something that could make Aidan lose control and bond with her. 

But when a storm engulfs the island, fatally injuring Jaylin, Aidan's attempt to save her puts him at risk to lose everything. Even the connection to the animal inside him. 

Although the tug-of-war between Aidan and Jaylin was a bit vexing at times, I could understand why Jaylin kept rejecting his endeavors. The Awakening put a unique twist on the whole mating ritual in shifter romances and I look forward to reading more. 

Hopefully, poor Liam will find his HEA in a possible upcoming book? Inquiring minds want to know, Abby Niles.