NIGHT'S END: Release Day Review and Contest

Today we are celebrating the release of NIGHT’S END, the last book in the indigo court series by Yasmine Galenorn. Yasmine  is one of my favorite authors and here at Coffee, Books, Life Blog we are beyond excited to share our review of NIGHT’S END and we have TWO contests!!!



NIGHT’S END (Indigo Court, #5) by Yasmine Galenorn

Publisher: Berkley


ISBN-13: 978-0425259238

blurb:

Eons ago, vampires tried to turn the dark Fae in order to harness their magic, only to create a demonic enemy more powerful than they could have imagined. Now, in a final push, Myst returns with a vengeance to bring the Golden Wood forever under the rule of the Indigo Court.

Newly crowned Fae Queens Cicely and Rhiannon have embraced their destinies and claimed their thrones. But Myst is rising once more, and now, at the helm of her armies, she begins her final assault on the Golden Wood. As Fae, vampires, and magic-born alike fall under the tide of blood, Cicely and her friends must discover a way to destroy the spidery queen before they—and their people—face total annihilation.

 

About Yasmine

Yasmine Galenorn is the New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and USA Today bestselling author of the Otherworld (Sisters of the Moon), the Indigo Court and the upcoming Fly By Night urban fantasy series. In the past, she also wrote two mystery series for Berkley Prime Crime (one under the pen name of India Ink) and eight nonfiction metaphysical books.

Yasmine is a caffeine junkie (iced, quad shot, almond milk sugar free no whip lattes), and describes her life as a blend of teacups and tattoos--the former in her china closet, the latter on her skin.

She is a shamanic witch, has been married to Samwise Galenorn since 1993, is the mother of four cats, and they reside in Kirkland WA.

Visit Yasmine on the web:

Website & Social Media:

Website: http://yasminegalenorn.com/

Blog: http://yasminegalenorn.com/Blog/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/YasmineGalenorn

Facebook Fan Page: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorYasmineGalenorn

GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/101078.Yasmine_Galenorn

Tumblr: http://yasminegalenorn.tumblr.com/

 

 

4.5 of 5 stars

 

As a loyal fan of the Indigo Court series, knowing the end is coming is always bittersweet! You want to know but you don’t want it to end!  What I had pictured in my mind for the way NIGHT’S END would close out this series was far from the mystical and dark tale that Ms. Galenorn has magically woven together.

Cicely, newly crowned Queen of Snow and Ice, is out to finish the war with Myst, Queen of the Indigo court. Looking deep within herself, Cicely finds there is a way to win this war and bring balance back to new forest. Learning that trust as Queen is not the same as trust as a friend.  Everyone I have come to love and hate throughout the Indigo Court series is tested to their core to prove themselves.  Friendships are further deepened or put at an arm length.  Love is lost and memories are made. Sacrifice and loyalty come unexpectedly. Embedded with magic and mayhem, NIGHT’S END is a dark and sexy fairy tale like no other.

NIGHT’S END had a few very unexpected twists that enhanced the depth to story that made me believe this book and series could have ended no other way.  Ms. Galenorn has an amazing talent for world building.  Creating a world taken over by ice and darkness, making you want to play there. Throwing in every kind of paranormal element, expect the unexpected!  NIGHT’S END is a thrilling conclusion to the Indigo Court Series!

NIGHT’S END can be read as a stand alone novel.   Ms. Galenorn has given the reader enough of the back story to know and understand.  However reading the Indigo Court series books 1-4 will truly take NIGHT’S END to a whole new level.  Dark Fae, Vampires, Shifters, Magic Born, Witches and Humans blended together to make an unforgettable tale. Not only do I recommend NIGHT’S END, the Indigo Court series as a whole!

 

I was given a copy of this book from the author/publisher via netgalley for an honest review!

 

 



NIGHT’S END (Indigo Court, #5) by Yasmine Galenorn Blog Tour:  June 29th – July 5th

Sunday, June 29th

• The Qwillery


• Fang-Freakin-Tastic Reviews

Monday, June 30th

• Books Make Me Happy


• Saints & Sinners Books

Tuesday, July 1st

• Vampire Book Club


• Coffee, Books, Life Blog


• Live Chat: Coffee Time Romance – 6pm – 7pm

Wednesday, July 2nd

• Paranormal Book Club


• Little Read Riding Hood

Thursday, July 3rd

• Literary Escapism


• Books That Hook

Friday, July 4th

• Herding Cats & Burning Soup


• Kelly Smith Reviews

Saturday, July 5th

• Reading Between The Wines Book Club


• Indy Book Fairy

Appearance/Signing at Seattle Mystery Books - Seattle, WA – 12pm – 1:30pm

 

And now for the giveaways.

Giveaway #1

Yasmine has kindly offered up one print copy of the first book in the Indigo Court series, NIGHT MYST.  Here is you chance to read how it all started!



NIGHT MYST (Indigo Court, #1) blurb:

Born a witch, Cicely Waters can control the wind. When her Elemental warns her that her aunt and cousin are in danger, she packs her Pontiac GTO and returns home for the first time in twenty years. But the magical town of New Forest, Washington has changed. The Indigo Court holds the city in fear; people are vanishing, and strange deaths plague the town. Swept into an unexpected and passionate reunion with her trusted childhood friend Grieve, the Fae prince who taught her how to harness the wind, Cicely finds herself with a fierce and territorial lover. But Grieve has become enslaved by Myst's court, and now both lovers must walk a fine line to survive the machinations of the Vampiric Fae Queen.

Caught between two evils, both vying for supremacy, Cicely must fight for her family and her future. As she discovers the hidden secrets to her own heritage, will she lose her soul in the process?

Chapter 1 and playlist: http://yasminegalenorn.com/IndigoCourt/index.php?body=ic-

This contest is for US residents only. Now you want to know what you have to do to win.  Each person can have up to three entries for this contest.

1. Follow our blog!

2. Comment on this post and tell us what your favorite paranormal being is and why!

3. Follow us on Facebook!

Let us know you did this in your comment.  Giveaway will be open until midnight(EST) July 8,2014!

 

Giveaway #2

Tour-wide Grand Prize contest: Below is the rafflecopter link for a tour-wide prize, offered by Yasmine. The prize basket includes a Kindle Paperwhite and other goodies. The tour-wide contest will begin on June 29th, and will run through the end of the day on July 7th! Yasmine does some really kick butt baskets!  You should really check this out!

.Enter Here To Win A Prize Basket From Yasmine Galenorn: Featuring A Kindle Paperwhite!

 

NIGHT'S END Release Day Blast

Welcome to the Release Day Celebration for the finale of Yasmine Galenorn's Indigo Court series!! NIGHT'S END releases TODAY, and will conclude our journey with Cicely, Grieve, Rhiannon, and the rest of their friends as they battle to end Myst and defeat her army of vampiric fae.

Eons ago, vampires tried to turn the dark Fae in order to harness their magic, only to create a demonic enemy more powerful than they could have imagined. Now, in a final push, Myst returns with a vengeance to bring the Golden Wood forever under the rule of the Indigo Court.

Newly crowned Fae Queens Cicely and Rhiannon have embraced their destinies and claimed their thrones. But Myst is rising once more, and now, at the helm of her armies, she begins her final assault on the Golden Wood. As Fae, vampires, and magic-born alike fall under the tide of blood, Cicely and her friends must discover a way to destroy the spidery queen before they—and their people—face total annihilation.

Check out the playlist and read the first chapter of NIGHT'S END here!

For a chance to win a prize basket including a KINDLE PAPERWHITE and other goodies from Yasmine Galenorn, follow the NIGHT'S END blog tour this week and enter at each tour stop!

Sunday, June 29^th

Post: The Qwillery

Review: Fang-Freakin-Tastic Reviews

Monday, June 30^th

Post: Books Make Me Happy

Review: Saints & Sinners Books

Tuesday, July 1^st

Post: Vampire Book Club

Review: Coffee, Books, Life Blog

Live Chat: Coffee Time Romance

Wednesday, July 2^nd

Post: Paranormal Book Club

Review: Little Read Riding Hood

Thursday, July 3^rd

Post: Literary Escapism

Review: Books That Hook

Friday, July 4^th

Post: Herding Cats & Burning Soup

Review: Kelly Smith Reviews

Saturday, July 5^th

Post: Reading Between The Wines Book Club

Review: Indy Book Fairy

Appearance / Booksigning: Seattle Mystery Bookshop 12pm - 1:30pm

If you're new to the Indigo Court, you can check out some info about the series at these links:

Indigo Court overview
NIGHT MYST blurb, playlist, 1st chapter
NIGHT VEIL blurb, playlist, 1st chapter
NIGHT SEEKER blurb, playlist, 1st chapter
NIGHT VISION blurb, playlist, 1st chapter

 

 

Early Review of Desired by Stacey Kennedy

Desired

Stacey Kennedy

Club Sin Book 3

Kyler Morgan, Master at the legendary Club Sin in Las Vegas, knows how to give women what they want—too well. He hasn’t had a real challenge in a long time. Then Ella Snow enters his life. Beautiful, inhibited, and innocent in the ways of submission and domination, Ella is the new blood he’s been lusting after. Soon, the thrill of training her to embrace his world brings forth desires Kyler cannot control.

After ending an abusive relationship, Ella makes a promise to herself to start living life to the fullest. It’s one of the reasons she seeks out Club Sin. Here, Kyler’s every touch is a lesson in liberation, stirring passions that have no bounds. But as she falls under Kyler’s command, Ella discovers that some secrets are so dark they must come to light. Submission alone may not be enough to save her, leaving her Master with only one question: How can he help Ella heal while unlocking the deep pleasures she craves?

Desired is an erotic romance intended for mature audiences.

 



 

Ms. Kennedy beautifully tells a sexy tales of letting go and healing.

Dirty talking Master Kyler of Club Sin, need to protect not only comes from being a Dom, also from being a cop.   Wanting a challenge in his life, he gets just that in a vanilla beauty! Ella sets Kyler’s body and mind off.   Learning of the lady’s past Kyler goes into protect and Dom mode. Bringing Ella into the life was a blessing and curse all in one. Showing her the pleasures of BDSM makes Kyler realize she is unlike any woman he has known.

Ella’s strength and independence was highlights of this book for me. Leaving a man that hurts her in the worst way, she starts a fresh life. Living in sin city and a vow to try new things, interesting thing are bound to happen. Meeting Kyler turns Ella’s world upside down. Hidden desires surface and Ella find herself submitting to Master Kyler and trusting him in way unknown to her. With her past known Ella wants to submit more than Kyler is willing to push her at this point in her healing. Ella shows that sometimes the submissive has to school a master as his own game.

A beyond sexy story that show the line between abuse and consensual BDSM play is a lot thinker than one would think. Trust, passion and bonding, Ella and Kyler learn who each other are through pleasure.

Ella and Kyler make you want a life time membership to Club Sin!



 

 

Book Obsessed Chicks Beach BBQ Bash 2014

There is nothing better than sharing the love of reading and books with people who feel the same as you.  I feel very blessed to have met and made a wonderful friendship with the awesome woman who started the Book Obsesses Chicks, Kim Rocha!  She has brought together so many people through the love of reading romance books.  Over the years her book club has evolved to a blog and has spread all the US and Canada(maybe beyond, but I don't know that for sure)!  2014 marked the 4th annual Book Obsessed Chicks Beach BBQ Bash.  Kim brought together over 120 readers and authors to sit, chat, eat and relax with the beach a few hundred yards away!

[caption id="attachment_407" align="alignleft" width="300"] Lido Beach, NY[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_413" align="alignright" width="300"] Authors Stephine Julian, Cat Johnson and Tracey Lyons[/caption]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[caption id="attachment_409" align="alignleft" width="300"] The awesome KM Fawcett[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_414" align="alignright" width="300"] Fellow BOCs[/caption]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[caption id="attachment_415" align="alignleft" width="300"] Me with the beautiful cover model Bryan Benisvy[/caption]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[caption id="attachment_412" align="alignleft" width="300"] My fangirl moment of the day!! Patricia Rasey and Lara Adrian![/caption]

[caption id="attachment_410" align="alignright" width="300"] The girls with Patricia Rasey[/caption]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[caption id="attachment_423" align="alignleft" width="300"] Raffle Baskets[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_408" align="alignright" width="225"] The lady of the hour! Kim Rocha![/caption]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[caption id="attachment_421" align="alignleft" width="300"] Me. Tracey, Amy and Maria[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_420" align="alignright" width="300"] Kim with the Authors[/caption]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As you can tell by the pics, it was an awesome day.  Book events are the only place that some of us get to see each other and the BOC BBQ is a truly special event. A time for making new friends and getting lots of love and laugh from those you have not seen for sometime.  I always walk away from these events missing everyone right then.  What more could one really ask for?  A day on the beach with cover models, great food, book talk with the ones that write it and awesome people.  Thanks Kim for all the hard work you put into this event.  The Book Obsessed Chicks Rock!

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Being Sawyer Knight by: Nicola Haken

As lead singer and guitarist of the internationally renowned Souls of the Knight, Sawyer Knight is living a life most men can only dream of. He’s surrounded by music, fame, wealth, women throwing themselves at his feet. He has everything…

Yet he has nothing.

Life as one of the world’s most sought after rock stars is tiring, oppressive and lonely. He spends every day being who the world wants him to be, who his manager tells him to be, who his mother expects him to be… all the while fighting against who he really is. Truth is, he’s used to it. He’s actually gotten pretty good at pretending… at living the lie.

Until Jake Reed, his ex-best friend and the only person who’s ever made him ‘feel’, waltzes back into his life as the band’s new head of security. Jake wants Sawyer – always has, always will. Now, he just needs to get Sawyer to admit that he feels the same…

“You will be mine, Sawyer Knight. The faster you try to run the quicker you’ll fall to your knees. Then, Sawyer… then you’ll be too weak to resist.”

WARNING: this is a male/male book and intended for a mature audience only.

5 out of 5 stars

“What is it like being Sawyer Knight?”  With all the gigs, booze, parties and women a guy could ask for, anyone would think Sawyer Knight lives the high life.  His band Souls of Knight is an international sensation and records are topping charts.  But to Sawyer, it is a lonely and oppressive sort of happiness.

Then the unthinkable happens: his ex-best friend comes back into his life as his new head of security. Sawyer has not seen Jake since Jake confessed his love for Sawyer when they were teens.  Sawyer being scared and unsure of what he wanted, did not react well.  Jake, not being one to push, let Sawyer and moved out of his life as well as the country.  But ten years have passed and Jake is back to claim what is his!

The chemistry between these two is there the moment they reunite.  Jake is ready to take another shot at winning over his man and is not going to take no for an answer.  However, in no way is Sawyer going to make it easy.  Between Sawyer’s insecurities, rowdy band mates, busy schedule, and an unforeseen crisis, Jake has his work cut out for him physically as well as emotionally.

I can honestly say that this book had me hooked from the first page.  Sawyer’s plight to come to terms with his sexuality and rectify that with his rock stardom was something that I could relate to.  Now, I am no rock star but I am a woman who had to come to terms with her sexuality at a young age.  Luckily, like Sawyer, I had people to help guide and support me.

Ms. Haken I give you a solid 5 stars for your amazing story about a different kind of love, life, and pursuit of happiness.  I cannot wait to see what is to come.

I purchased this book for myself and all of the opinions expressed are my own, I was unpaid for these opinions.  The picture and book description can be found on Ms. Haken’s website; which can be found by clicking the picture above.  Happy reading!

FIGHTING FATE by Carrie Ann Ryan

Fight Fate

Carrie Ann Ryan

Redwood Pack #7

With her blue-black hair and striking green eyes, Cailin Jamenson is the epitome of beauty and the exemplar of strength. She has fought the enforced boundaries of being the lone Jamenson daughter and Redwood Pack princess, but it is the potential future with the dark wolf in her path that threatens everything she thought she desired.
Logan Anderson’s own darkness provided the reasoning for his abandonment of his former Pack, the Talons. Now, newly accepted into the Redwood Pack, this jade-eyed wolf and all she represents could be his own undoing.
In this final installment of the Redwood Pack, unimaginable tragedy strikes, and the two wolves who have fought the longest for their independence now face the uncertainty of fate and the epic battle that could end the war… and their lives.



4.5 of 5 Stars

In Fight Fate, Ms. Ryan brings the emotional conclusion to a family, no a pack that has made me cry in happiness and sadness more times than I can count. Over the course of several books and novellas Ms. Ryan has drawn me into the magic, sexiness, legend and love that is the REDWOOD pack.

Through the reading of this series we have gotten to know are star wolves that have been dancing around their sexual tension and draw to one another.

Cailin is the Redwood pack princess and only female offspring of Jamenson family. I love Cailin! She is as strong willed as the males of her pack. She is smart, loyal and sassy. Willing to give herself in any way to stand alongside her family through every battle of this war with Central pack. Although at times she can’t figure out her pack within the pack, Cailin is a dominate wolf and is not willing to submit to anyone. Not even that sexy wolf that she keeps at an arm’s length that fate has dangled right in front of her.

Logan knows all about family. Leaving his former pack with his sister and nephew in tow they sought out residence within the safety of the Redwood pack. Logan is a dark wolf with a past that contains issues with anger and blood that he has fought to overcome. Not only does Logan find the safety for his loved ones, he finds thing that calls to the wolf and make his heart skip a beat. Logan is a smart wolf. Even with his darker side, this sexy wolf had a heart that made me cry.

Unspeakable tragedy falls upon the Redwood Pack in FIGHT FATE. Causing a rippling effect that pushes together the pack in more ways than one. With war on the horizon and sexual tension building to a boiling point, Cailin and Logan give into what fate has been tempting them with.

Ms. Ryan is known to write a book that is going to pull at your heart is some fashion. She has gone over the top with FIGHTING FATE! Emotional is an understatement. I cried twice within the first forty pages of this book. Reading most of this book through burly eyes! Cailin and Logan are so much the same but yet very different at the same time. Both sexy and powerful with souls that make me melt. They have so much passion and depth to who they are. Ms. Ryan has shown the readers there is more to a pack than just being wolves!

Thank you Ms. Ryan for an amazing series that will hold a lasting place in my heart!

Complimentary copy provided by author/publisher for an honest review.