The Verve & Stacking the Shelves

The Verve is our Sunday edition of the weekly memes "The Sunday Post," hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer,
and "Stacking the Shelves," hosted by Tynga's Reviews. We share blog news from the past couple weeks
and feature the books we bought, borrowed, were gifted and given for review.

EXCERPTS:
Because of Lucy  by Lisa Swallow (NA Contemporary Romance)
Darkness Watching  by Emma L. Adams (Upper YA/NA Urban Fantasy | Paranormal)

INTERVIEWS:
Kimbery Kinrade & Dmytry Karpov, authors of Kiss Me in Paris (NA Contemporary Romance)
V.J. Chambers, author of Vigil (NA Contemporary Romance)

GUEST POSTS:
Villain Repertoire: The Phantom, from Vigil by V.J. Chambers (NA Contemporary Romance)
Tens List: Ten Things About Kay Stanton, from I Stand Before You by V.J. Chambers (NA Contemporary Romance)

COVER REVEALS:
Seeing Black  by Sidney Halston (Adult Romance | Mystery & Suspense)

SPOTLIGHTS:
Revealing Us  by Lisa Renee Jones (Adult Romance)
The One  by Kiera Cass (YA Dystopia | Romance)
Jack Templar and the Lord of the Vampires  by Jeff Gunhus (YA Fantasy)
A Shard of Ice  by Alivia Anders (YA Fantasy | Romance)

NEW EVENT SIGNUP:

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BOOKS BOUGHT

Steelheart  by Brandon Sanderson // Taking Chances  by Molly McAdams
I absolutely LOVED Steelheart. The uber-geek in me is begging for the book to adapted to film.
Taking Chances on the other hand ... not so much. I had to restrain myself from throwing it.
Full reviews coming soon!

EBOOKS BOUGHT

FREEBIES*

* Price subject to change without notice. Be sure to check and confirm the price before purchasing *

WON

Thanks to Jonel at Pure Jonel and to Omnific Publishing for The Guardian's Wildchild
Thanks to Jonathan Yanez and Limitless Publishing for an eARC of Bad Land

RECEIVED FOR REVIEW

Much gratitude to Entangled: Edge and Alexandra Ivy

An enormous "Thank you!" to Disney-Hyperion, Macmillan Children's Publishing Group, Harlequin Teen, and Grand Central Publishing for these lovelies! Also a huge thank you to Casey Shay Press, C.J. Scott, Patchwork Press, and Bewitching Book Tours for these:

What did you haul in this week?

Link us to your recent Stacking the Shelves or Sunday Post, or share in a comment what you've added to your pile (book or fic).
Is there anything you'd like to see reviewed soon from our pile? Let us know. It's always wonderful hearing from you.
Until next time ...