Blog Tour & Giveaway ~ The CONduct Series (WIth Good Behavior) by Jennifer Lane

Title: With Good Behavior
Author: Jennifer Lane
Series: The Conduct Series #1
Source: E-Book from publisher in exchange for an honest review

Rating: 5/5

Synopsis:

In a world gripped by organized crime, family dysfunction, and dim hopes of redemption, can true love persevere? For Sophie Taylor, a beautiful psychologist who lost everything when she violated an ethical boundary, and Grant Madsen, a handsome naval officer who sacrificed everything to protect a loved one, finding that love may carry an unbearable cost.

Starting their lives over in Chicago, both are fighting influences from their family and running as fast as they can to escape the past. When their paths cross outside the parole officer's door, the attraction is instantaneous. But a hidden connection may not only shatter their fledgling love, but prove deadly to them both.

Review:


I was really happy when I was approached about being part of a blog tour for this series.  I was even more happy when I got start reading this book and I was IMMEDIATELY sucked in to the story.  Pretty much from the time that our main characters Sophie and Grant meet right outside their parole officers door I was completely engrossed in the story.  Naturally, I NEEDED to learn more about these two.

It had to be tough being Grant growing up.  Coming from a mafia family and all. Grant has spent pretty much is WHOLE life trying to stay as far away from that lifestyle as humanly possible.  The kicker though...they keep showing up and threatening harm to those who are most important to Grant in order to get him to bend to their will.

Then we have the lovely Sophie.  She happened to end up getting involved with the WRONG person and end up with a "cracker jacks" box lawyer.  She's doing everything she can to prove to everyone, including herself, that she's NOT a felon at all.

I really like how this story shows that bad things happen to good people and that not every person who is sent to jail is all bad or a thug.

I felt the relationship between Sophie and Grant was entirely way too sweet.  They fall so hard for each other, so quickly and neither of them can really say that they KNEW each other.  I really felt that their lack of communication hurt their relationship a little bit.

Overall, I was really happy with this book and I REALLY want to read the second book in this series REALLY bad!  Keep reading!  There's a giveaway below!

Giveaway Rules:

There are actually 2 giveaways going on.  One is for an e-book copy of either With Good Behavior or Bad Behavior (Winner's Choice).  The other giveaway is the Grand Prize* for the WHOLE tour.  Which is a $25 gift card to Barnes and noble OR a print copy of either With Good Behavior or Bad Behavior.

1. Giveaway for E-Book is open until 11:59 pm CST December 12.
2. All you have to do enter for the E-book is leave a meaningful comment on this post with an email address.
3. Only 1 winner.

*To enter the Grand Prize each participant needs to comment on every blog post on the tour. They can enter on the last stop.

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Blog Tour/Giveaway ~ A Lawman's Christmas by Linda Lael Miller

Title:  A Lawman's Christmas
Author:  Linda Lael Miller
Series: A McKettricks of Texas Novel
Genre: Historical Romance
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
Release Date: September 20, 2011

Rating: 5/5

Synopsis:

The sudden death of the town marshal leaves Blue River, Texas, without a lawman…and twenty-five-year-old Dara Rose Nolan without a husband. As winter approaches and her meager seamstress income dwindles, she has three options. Yet she won't give up her two young daughters, refuses to join the fallen women of the Bitter Gulch Saloon and can't fathom condemning herself to another loveless marriage. Unfortunately she must decide—soon—because there's a new marshal in town, and she's living under his roof.

With the heart of a cowboy, Clay McKettrick plans to start a ranch and finally settle down. He isn't interested in uprooting Dara Rose and her children, but he is interested in giving her protection, friendship—and passion. And when they say "I do" to a marriage of convenience, the temporary lawman's Christmas wish is to make Dara Rose his permanent wife….


Review:

I LOVE Linda Lael Miller.  She's one of my all time favorite romance authors.  So naturally, I jumped at the chance to be part of the blog tour for A Lawman's Christmas.  Here's a random confession:  I did a "happy dance" when I opened up the envelope that this book came in and saw that it was in there.  Good times here at The Eclectic Bookshelf.

The book takes place in 1914.  Right as things in Europe are REALLY starting to heat up and it's looking like there is going to be a war.  Which means that Armies are going to be in desperate need of beef to feed their soldiers.  Our hero Clay plans on being ready.  What he doesn't plan on is Dara.

See when Clay accepts the position of marshall of the town of Blue River, Texas he has a plan.  One that involves a ranch, a wife and a house full of children. But there is a slight wrinkle in his plan....Dara Rose Nolan, the widow of Clay's predessor.

Dara and her two small children are living in the cottage that has been promised to the new marshal as part of his pay package.  If they have to leave their home they will have no where else to turn to.  Dara is determined to not end up homeless and Clay is taken aback by Dara's determination and situation.  Clay decides that he can stay at the jailhouse until Dara can come up with a more suitable situation.  But circumstances happen which lead to a marriage of convience for Clay and Dara.  But how long will it remain "convenient" considering both Clay and Dara are more than a little bit attracted to one another?

Overall, I thought that this was a very good Christmas story.  I was hooked from the very beginning and I really liked Dara.  It had to be beyond difficult to be a woman in that time in history and I could not help but cheer for Dara.

Giveaway!

I am giving away 1 copy of A Lawman's Christmas (in an effort to clear some space on my overflowing bookcase) to 1 lucky commentor.  All you have to do is leave a comment with an email address and answer this question:  Do you like to read romance's where the hero is an alpha male cowboy and why? Contest ends on October 27.

The Clearing The Shelves Follower giveaway

Peeps!  I have a problem.  I have more books than I have space for!  I know I know, some are saying how is this a problem?  In normal circumstances it wouldn't be a problem.  But I've been doing some thinking recently and I've come to the realization that I need to make some space before my niece/nephew arrives in March.  I've got to find a new home for some of my books.  I can't keep them all.  I've got to set some "free."  So I decided that I would hold a giveaway.  


Rules:

1. You MUST be a GFC follower to win.
2. You MUST fill out the form below.
3. Open to US and Canada Addresses.
4. Contest goes from October 1, 2011 - December 1, 2011.

**For every 10 new followers I will add 2 books to the box.**

Fine Print:  Once the winner is drawn and emailed they will have 48 hours to email me back or a new winner will be drawn.

Titles to start the box off:

Arson by Estevan Vega
Buying Time by Pamela Samuels Young
Pleasure of a Dark Prince by Kresley Cole
The Dark Divine by Bree Despain (Hardcover)
Shiver by Maggie Steifvater (Paperback)
XVI by Julia Karr
Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles
The Taker by Alma Katsu
The Cinderella Society by Kay Cassidy
Hunger by Jackie Morse Kessler
Rage by Jacki Morse Kessler
A House Afire by Emma Kinna
Guest House by Barbara K. Richardson
Forget You by Jennifer Echols
Passion Fish by Alison Oburia
In The Name of Honor by Richard North Patterson (Hardcover)
Minder by Kate Kaynak
Adversary by Kat Kaynak
Body Heat by Katherine Garbera
Delirious by Daniel Palmer

Kiss Crush Collide by Christina Meredith OR Ashes by Ilsa J. Bick giveaway

Today I am giving away to 2 lucky winners either a pre-ordered copy of Kiss Crush Collide by Christina Meredith OR a copy of Ashes by Ilsa J. Bick.  You get to choose, BUT you can only choose 1 title.  So here are the rules for this giveaway....

1. Open INTERNATIONALLY (to countries that Book Depository ships to).

2. Fill out the form below.

3. You may only choose 1 of the two titles.

4. Contest concludes September 18 at 11:59 pm CST.

Go to Goodreads page

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Giveaway ~ All These Things I've Done by Gabrielle Zevin

Synopsis:

In 2083, chocolate and coffee are illegal, paper is hard to find, water is carefully rationed, and New York City is rife with crime and poverty. And yet, for Anya Balanchine, the sixteen-year-old daughter of the city's most notorious (and dead) crime boss, life is fairly routine. It consists of going to school, taking care of her siblings and her dying grandmother, trying to avoid falling in love with the new assistant D.A.'s son, and avoiding her loser ex-boyfriend. That is until her ex is accidentally poisoned by the chocolate her family manufactures and the police think she's to blame. Suddenly, Anya finds herself thrust unwillingly into the spotlight--at school, in the news, and most importantly, within her mafia family.


Giveaway Rules:

1. Open to US and Canada.

2. This giveaway is for 1 copy of All These Things I've Done by Gabrielle Zevin.

3. Giveaway ends September 17, 2011

4. Must leave a way to contact you (Email address).

5. MUST leave a comment on the Book Trailer post.

Hades by Alexandra Adornetto Book Trailer and Giveaway!

Bethany and Xavier are even closer since battling Jake Thorn and his evil influence (in Halo) and Beth and her angel siblings must still protect Venus Cove from the Dark Forces.

When a party game – a séance – inadvertently releases Jake from the Underworld, he disguises himself and tricks Beth into taking a ride on his motorcycle. When the highway opens up and swallows them, Beth learns too late that she’s now a prisoner in hell. What happens to angels there? As her archangel brother, Gabriel, her sister Ivy, Xavier, and her best friend, Molly search for her, Beth must weigh Jake’s bargaining for her freedom: one night with him, and she will be released back to Earth.
Can Jake be trusted in this wager? And is he also using Beth to engineer the fall of the archangel Gabriel? Xavier has already lost one love – when Jake tricks him into thinking that Bethany is dead, his grief and anger result in a betrayal that will leave Bethany – and readers – wondering if he is so good after all.

It will be up to Beth to use everything she’s learned about her powers as an angel – and about love – to free herself and those she loves from the clutches of Hades.




Giveaway Details:

1. 1 copy is being given away to US and Canadian addresses.

2. You must leave a comment with a way to reach you if you win.

3. Once winner is chosen and emailed, winner has 48 hours to respond.

4. Contest ends September 10, 2011

Tempest in the Tea Leaves Giveaway

TEMPEST IN THE TEA LEAVES: A Fortune Teller Mystery 

In the fortune telling business there are a lot of pretenders, but Sunshine Meadows is the real deal--and her predictions can be lethally accurate… 

Sunny is a big city psychic who moves to the quaint town of Divinity, NY to open her fortune-telling business in an ancient Victorian house, inheriting the strange cat residing within. Sunny gives her first reading to the frazzled librarian and discovers the woman is going to die. When the woman flees in terror, Sunny calls the police, only she's too late. The ruggedly handsome, hard-nosed detective is a ”non-believer.” He finds the librarian dead, and Sunny becomes his number one suspect, forcing her to prove her innocence before the real killer can put an end to the psychic's future.

Giveaway Details:

1. Kari is giving away 1 copy of Tempest in the Tea Leaves.

2. Open to US addresses only.

3. MUST comment on Author Interview post.

4. MUST leave an email address in the comments below.

5. Contest ends September 13, 2011

AWESOME SAUCE Ashes Pre-Order Giveaway!

After reading and hearing so MANY AWESOME SAUCE reviews about  Ilsa J. Bick's upcoming novel Ashes I absolutely had to pre-order myself a copy.  Then going through my google reader I found out about this AWESOME SAUCE pre-order giveaway!

Ilsa's agent, Jennifer Laughran, is hosting this AWESOME giveaway!  Check out the link to the giveaway post and check out all the awesome details and even AWESOMER things you can win!  If you pre-order your copy(ies) by 11:59 pm on September 5 here is what you could win:

~ Everyone who forwards proof of their pre-order to the email address listed on the graphic above will win either a limited edition set of Ashes dogtags, a pin or a bookmark.

~ You will also be added to the BIG drawing of AWESOME stuff from Egmont like an Ashes survival kit OR an Ashes skinned tablet/e-reader!

HOW AWESOME IS THAT!?!?!?!?!?!

Creating the "Bucket List" list giveaway!

I am in the process of creating a new reading challenge for 2012.  The new challenge will be called 2012 "Bucket List" Reading Challenge.  Basically, this challenge is a challenge in which you challenge yourself to read as many books that are on your reading "Bucket List" as possible through out the year.  I am looking for volunteers to add their "Bucket List" books to the already created list on Goodreads, to provide a "reference" for challenge participants.  As an added incentive I have decided that I am going to giveaway $20 in books via Book Depository or a book off of their bucket list to 1 random contributor.

To find the list on Goodreads please click HERE.

NOTE:  There is NO limit to the number of books you can add or vote (well goodreads limits you to 100) for on the list.

Giveaway Rules (NON NEGOTIABLE):

1. If you vote or add books to the list you MUST leave your Goodreads name on this post to be eligible for the giveaway.

2. You do NOT need to be a follower of the blog though it would be a nice added bonus. :)

3. You do NOT need to be a goodreads follower though, again, it would be a nice added bonus. :)

4. You MUST leave a way to contact you if you happen to be the winner (Email address or Goodreads name preferred).

5. Open to anywhere Book Depository delivers too.

6. Runs from August 20 - October 10, 2011

Giveaway and Book Trailer ~ RETRIBUTION by Sherrilyn Kenyon

We were contacted by the loverly peeps at Zeitghost Media to see if we would be interested in hosting a giveaway for Sherrilyn Kenyon's new Dark Hunter novel...Retribution.  We LOVE this series so we jumped at the chance to host a giveaway AND as an added bonus we have the book trailer and a few links to share with you all as well.  The rules for the giveaway are at the bottom of the post.

Synopsis:

Harm no human...

A hired gunslinger, William Jessup Brady lived his life with one foot in the grave. He believed that every life had a price. Until the day when he finally found a reason to live. In one single act of brutal betrayal, he lost everything, including his life. Brought back by a Greek goddess to be one of her Dark-Hunters, he gave his immortal soul for vengeance and swore he’d spend eternity protecting the humans he’d once considered prey.

Orphaned as a toddler, Abigail Yager was taken in by a family of vampires and raised on one belief- Dark-Hunters are the evil who prey on both their people and mankind, and they must all be destroyed. While protecting her adoptive race, she has spent her life eliminating the Dark-Hunters and training for the day when she meets the man who killed her family: Jess Brady.

A gun in the hand is worth two in the holster...

Jess has been charged with finding and terminating the creature who’s assassinating Dark-Hunters. The last thing he expects to find is a human face behind the killings, but when that face bears a striking resemblance to the one who murdered him centuries ago, he knows something evil is going on. He also knows he’s not the one who killed her parents. But Abigail refuses to believe the truth and is determined to see him dead once and for all.

Brought together by an angry god and chased by ancient enemies out to kill them both, they must find a way to overcome their mutual hatred or watch as one of the darkest of powers rises and kills both the races they’ve sworn to protect.


Book Trailer:



Bonus Links:

Sherrilyn Kennyon's website about 'Retribution' containing excerpts:
http://www.sherrilynkenyon.com/book/retribution/
Macmillan's Sherrilyn Kenyon website:
http://us.macmillan.com/author/sherrilynkenyon


Giveaway Rules:

1.  Open to US and Canada
2. Runs from August 2 - August 11 @ 11:59 pm CST
3. MUST leave a comment with a way to contact you - Email address
4. A Follow is NOT required for this giveaway

100 Follower Giveaway

Check out our totally random "button,"  we wanted to do something a little different.

So we've been blogging for about a month now and we have finally reached 100 Followers!  We've been thinking of a way to say Thank You for following along as we slowly but surely get our "sea legs" in the book blogging/blogging community.  So we have decided that we are going to hold ourselves a 100 Follower Giveaway!  Well, "Bumps" decided...Jamie just went along with the idea :)

The Details:

1. You MUST be a follower to participate, since this is a follower giveaway
2. There will be 2 winners.
3. Each winner will win 2 books each from the books listed below.
4. This contest is INTERNATIONAL (as long as Book Depository ships to your country)
5. Ends on August 31, 2011 at 11:59 pm CST

The Books:

                                


                             


                               



                  

Divergent by Veronica Roth (Definitely Recommend)
Wither by Lauren DeStefano
Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare
Delirium by Lauren Oliver
Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
Steel by Carrie Vaughn (Definitely Recommend)
Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini
Timeless by Alexandra Monir
Clarity by Kim Harrington
Ripple by Mandy Hubbard
A Need So Beautiful by Suzanne Young
Enclave by Ann Aguirre (Definitely Recommend)
Darkness Becomes Her by Kelly Keaton
A Beautiful Dark by Jocelyn Davies
Love Story by Jennifer Echols
Imaginary Girls by Nova Ren Suma
Griffin Rising by Darby Karchut (Definitely Recommend)
Beastly by Alex Flinn


OFFICIAL RULES:

1. You MUST be a follower to participate in the giveaway.
2. The giveaway is INTERNATIONAL (as long as Book Depository ships to your country)
3. You MUST fill out the form below.
4. Winners will be drawn by random.org
5. Ends August 31, 2011 at 11:59 pm CST

*EXTRA ENTRIES*

+1 for becoming a twitter follower @jamers221
+1 for becoming our friend on Goodreads
+3 For commenting on this post
+5 for tweeting about this post
+10 for blogging about this giveaway
+10 for putting "button" in sidebar/on your blog
+5 for each comment left on a post (only comments left after this giveaway goes live will count)

Divergent Giveaway ~ Freedom Giveaway Hop

Hosted by I Am A Reader, Not A Writer and Simply Stacie














In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is—she can't have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself.

During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles to determine who her friends really are—and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes infuriating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers a growing conflict that threatens to unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves . . . or it might destroy her.

Debut author Veronica Roth bursts onto the literary scene with the first book in the Divergent series—dystopian thrillers filled with electrifying decisions, heartbreaking betrayals, stunning consequences, and unexpected romance.

Details/Rules:

1. Contest is open to the US only.

2. Contest runs from July 1 - July 7

3. MUST fill out the form below.

4. MUST leave a comment on this post.




Other Freedom Giveaways: