Back to the Books Giveaway!!!!

Welcome to my giveaway! All you need to do is become a follower of my blog with Google Friend Connect (old and new followers welcome) and leave a comment with your email address to enter the giveaway! One entry per person! The contest is open and will run till midnight on Sept. 7th any and all comments after midnight will not be counted. Three random winners will be chosen and the winners will receive an email from me with a pdf copy of Scandal at the Farmhouse by Cody Young.

Check out Cody Young's website:
http://www.codyyoungblog.blogspot.com/


From the Cover:
Clara never intended to ensnare Ned, she simply wanted to get out of marrying the Major. She asked for a kiss, and got much more. Soon, she is entangled in a web of lies with Ned, and as her feelings grow for him, she's not sure she wants to escape.

Tifferz Take:

Scandal at the Farmhouse is a easy read for a nice escape anytime! I love Cody Young's writing style! This historical romance is one you will not forget! I like that it is a forbidden relationship with some complications. I liked how Clara would speak her mind, I found it to be very refreshing for that time period when it was not done. The story is straight forward no need for a dictionary with this story! This does contain a detailed description of the consummating the marriage. If you don't care for that you can just skim over it. I was happy with this story! I would really love to read Olivia's story. I love it when I discover a new author and I will be looking for more from Cody Young!

This was an arc copy!

You can pick up your ebook copy here:

http://www.amazon.com/Scandal-at-the-Farmhouse-ebook/dp/B005GA7JXU

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I am moving....

Hi guys I gust wanted to let you know I am moving. I will be crazy for the next little bit. I will do my best to update my blog and have some smashing reviews for you. But please understand that things will be crazy for a bit. Happy reading to you guys!!!

Cheers,
Tifferz

Witch Song by Amber Argyle

From the Cover:
The world is changing. Once, Witch Song controlled everything from the winds to the shifting of the seasons-but not anymore. All the Witches are gone, taken captive by a traitor. All but Brusenna. As the echo of their songs fades, the traitor grows stronger. Now she is coming for Brusenna. Her guardian has sworn to protect her, but even he can't stop the Dark Witch. Somehow, Brusenna has to succeed where every other Witch has failed. Find the traitor. Fight her. Defeat her. Because if Brusenna doesn't, there won't be anything left to save.

Tifferz Take:

I was taken in by the blurb from the cover. I could not wait to read this story. Let me tell you this story does not disappoint. You get it all adventure filled with magic, danger, good vs evil and lots of unexpected twist and turns. I read this enchanting tale in one sitting I could not put it down. I will be reading this story again and my 11 year old will be reading it and loving it. I hope that Amber has plans to have a book two because I did not want to see this story come to an end. I need to see how things play out with Brusenna and Joshen. I highly recommend this read.

I got an arc copy. This story come out Sept. 1 st

You can pick the book up here:
http://www.amazon.com/Witch-Song-Amber-Argyle/dp/1936850168/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1311617779&sr=8-1

Scandal at the Farmhouse by Cody Young

Check out Cody Young's website:
http://www.codyyoungblog.blogspot.com/


From the Cover:
Clara never intended to ensnare Ned, she simply wanted to get out of marrying the Major. She asked for a kiss, and got much more. Soon, she is entangled in a web of lies with Ned, and as her feelings grow for him, she's not sure she wants to escape.

Tifferz Take:

Scandal at the Farmhouse is a easy read for a nice escape anytime! I love Cody Young's writing style! This historical romance is one you will not forget! I like that it is a forbidden relationship with some complications. I liked how Clara would speak her mind, I found it to be very refreshing for that time period when it was not done. The story is straight forward no need for a dictionary with this story! This does contain a detailed description of the consummating the marriage. If you don't care for that you can just skim over it. I was happy with this story! I would really love to read Olivia's story. I love it when I discover a new author and I will be looking for more from Cody Young!

This was an arc copy!

You can pick up your ebook copy here:

http://www.amazon.com/Scandal-at-the-Farmhouse-ebook/dp/B005GA7JXU

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The Ultimate Fang Gang





Thinking of just five all-time favourite vampires is actually harder than it sounds. I haven't stuck to strictly literary vampires either, because some of the most original and intriguing immortals have been confined to the screen. This then, is my ultimate list of the undead; vampires who have thrilled and fascinated me but most importantly have inspired me to create my own monsters.





5. John - The Hunger (1983)





The opening scene, heavy with the mournful sound of classic goth song Bela Lugosi's Dead, is enough to let you know this movie will be as dark as it is lush. David Bowie plays John, bringing the same ethereality and intensity to the role that he would later utilise in 1986's Labyrinth. John is the lover of an ancient vampire called Miriam. After decades spent partying and eating the club goers, he suddenly finds himself doomed to waste away unless premature aging expert Dr. Sarah Roberts (played by an incredibly young Susan Sarandon) can help him.





4. Christian and Nothing - Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite





If there are 'good guys' in Lost Souls, Christian and Nothing would be considered as such. Christian whiles away his afterlife in his bar in New Orleans, lonely for his own kind. When the vampires Zillah, Molochai and Twig drop in one night during Mardi Gras and avail themselves of one of the regulars, events are set in motion that will change all their lives forever. Nothing is born nine months later, working a shred of pink flesh between his tiny baby gums, and Christian decides to leave him on a doorstep in suburbia, hoping he'll have a normal upbringing but little knowing he has condemned Nothing to a life as lonely as his own. For me this novel is all about the vampire as outsider and the lengths we'll go to in order to make a connection with those we consider our own kind.





3. Lestat de Lioncourt - The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice





Famously played by a blonde-haired Tom Cruise in the movie version of Interview with the Vampire, Lestat is a complicated character, by turns entirely charming and brutally sadistic. It's his charm that won me over though; that and his open defiance in the face of society and his vampire contemporaries. Even though immortals had kept their identities a secret since the beginning of time, Lestat decided to form a rock band in order to tell the world what he was and even paid credit to his enormous ego by calling it The Vampire Lestat. Anti-heroes don't come much larger.





2. Spike - Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997 - 2003)





He may have acted like a tough, chain smoking rock band reject, but on the inside Spike was a hopeless romantic. He blasted into town with long-term love Drusilla, determined to kill himself a slayer but ending up falling in love with her too. It was tragic really, but I loved every minute. Spike became even more interesting when he literally sold his soul in order to be with Buffy, eventually becoming a self-sacrificing saviour. And yes, I could have chosen Angel, but he wears too much of that nancy-boy hair-gel.





1. Count Dracula - Dracula by Bram Stoker





The Count had to be number one because without him, there would be no vampires as we know them today. Bram Stoker based his most famous creation on historical misfit, Vlad the Impaler and European folklore, but he popularised much of the mythology such as sleeping in coffins and the vampire's ability to hypnotise victims. Quite what Dracula would make of his shiny ancestor, Edward Cullen, I couldn't possibly say.





About the Author

Caroline Barnard-Smith has been writing stories since she was five years old. Having graduated from the University of Portsmouth with a bachelor's degree in English Literature, she now lives in Devon, England with her husband and baby daughter where she writes about ruthless vampires, lovelorn zombies and heinous blood cults.





Her short stories have been published in numerous small press magazines, including Ballista, Hungur and Night to Dawn, and on the web at Dark Fire Fiction.





Caroline's debut dark fantasy novel, Dunraven Road, was published by Immanion Press in June 2009. For various exciting reasons she's since turned her hand to indie publishing. Jinn Nation is her first full-length independently published novel.





When she's not writing, Caroline is busy running her handmade craft business, CazzCraft, selling both online and at craft fairs.





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About Jinn Nation





Once, the vampire Dylan had feared nothing and no one. He'd rampaged throughout the world on a seemingly never ending quest to fill his eternal years with the finest, most outrageous extravagances; with exquisite, soft-limbed young women and copious amounts of rich, vibrating blood. But life, however full of joy, inevitably changes.




Finding himself alone for the first time in his long unlife, Dylan turns to the preternatural race of savage creatures called the jinn - a path that inevitably leads him to Christa, a strangely childlike woman with the power to control minds and read thoughts. Mutually intrigued by each other, they set out on a blood-soaked road trip that crosses the United States and the Atlantic Ocean, finally leading them beyond the world itself to the mysterious fae kingdoms of the Inbetween.





You can currently buy Jinn Nation for your Kindle or other e-reader for the very special price of $0.99 / £0.95!





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Guest Review of Juliet by Anne Fortier

From the Cover:
Twenty-five-year-old Julie Jacobs is heartbroken over the death of her beloved Aunt Rose. But the shock goes even deeper when she learns that the woman who has been like a mother to her has left her entire estate to Julie’s twin sister. The only thing Julie receives is a key—one carried by her mother on the day she herself died—to a safety-deposit box in Siena, Italy.

This key sends Julie on a journey that will change her life forever—a journey into the troubled past of her ancestor Giulietta Tolomei. In 1340, still reeling from the slaughter of her parents, Giulietta was smuggled into Siena, where she met a young man named Romeo. Their ill-fated love turned medieval Siena upside-down and went on to inspire generations of poets and artists, the story reaching its pinnacle in Shakespeare’s famous tragedy.

But six centuries have a way of catching up to the present, and Julie gradually begins to discover that here, in this ancient city, the past and present are hard to tell apart. The deeper she delves into the history of Romeo and Giulietta, and the closer she gets to the treasure they allegedly left behind, the greater the danger surrounding her—superstitions, ancient hostilities, and personal vendettas. As Julie crosses paths with the descendants of the families involved in the unforgettable blood feud, she begins to fear that the notorious curse—“A plague on both your houses!”—is still at work, and that she is destined to be its next target. Only someone like Romeo, it seems, could save her from this dreaded fate, but his story ended long ago. Or did it?

From Anne Fortier comes a sweeping, beautifully written novel of intrigue and identity, of love and legacy, as a young woman discovers that her own fate is irrevocably tied—for better or worse—to literature’s greatest star-crossed lovers.

Julies Take:
Juliet, by Anne Fortier is part mystery, part action/adventure, and part romance. It has been described as a modern-day re-telling of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet", which if that were true, it would fall under the category of "over-done British literary adaptations" and I probably would have picked it up just because I'm a sucker for Shakespeare. But, that description falls short in so many ways. It is a modern-day re-telling, but it is so much more! It is one of the most well-written mysteries I have read in a long time. Every time I thought I had something figured out, Fortier threw a curve-ball and had me scratching my head again trying to figure out exactly what was going on, who was who, and who could actually be trusted. To me, a truly well-written mystery (or any really good novel, for that matter) keeps you guessing and doesn't take the predictable plot line and this book delivers beautifully. I thoroughly enjoyed the adventure through modern-day Siena, Italy intertwined with the unfolding of the "true" happenings of 1340 Siena that supposedly inspired Shakespeare's famous play. If you are a fan of Shakespeare, romance, mystery, or hot Italian men you should definitely take the time to read Juliet, by Anne Fortier.

You can pick up the kindle book here:
http://www.amazon.com/Juliet-A-Novel-ebook/dp/B003F3PKJA/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&qid=1310212538&sr=1-1


You can pick up the book here:
http://www.amazon.com/Juliet-Novel-Anne-Fortier/dp/0345516117/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1310212538&sr=1-1