Cover Reveal: Every Last Breath (The Dark Elements #3) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

We are so excited to bring you the Cover Reveal for EVERY LAST BREATH, the hotly anticipated conclusion to the Dark Elements trilogy from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout!! EVERY LAST BREATH is a Young Adult Paranormal being published by Harlequin Teen and is a part of Jennifer L. Armentrout’s The Dark Elements Series. It is being released on July 28th, 2015. Pre-order EVERY LAST BREATH and then be sure to read the first books in this amazing series before its release!

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Some loves will last 'til your dying breath Every choice has consequences—but seventeen-year-old Layla faces tougher choices than most. Light or darkness. Wickedly sexy demon prince Roth, or Zayne, the gorgeous, protective Warden she never thought could be hers. Hardest of all, Layla has to decide which side of herself to trust. Layla has a new problem, too. A Lilin—the deadliest of demons—has been unleashed, wreaking havoc on those around her…including her best friend. To keep Sam from a fate much, much worse than death, Layla must strike a deal with the enemy while saving her city—and her race—from destruction. Torn between two worlds and two different boys, Layla has no certainties, least of all survival, especially when an old bargain comes back to haunt them all. But sometimes, when secrets are everywhere and the truth seems unknowable, you have to listen to your heart, pick a side—and then fight like hell…

“Armentrout is a major talent…I just can’t stop reading!” --New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter “Armentrout works her magic with swoon-worthy guys and a twist you never see coming.” --#1 New York Times bestselling author Abbi Glines on White Hot Kiss

And we have a surprise for you! The first books in the series have been given a new look too!!

Don't miss the previous titles in The Dark Elements Series-now with new covers! Readers interested in downloading the new cover jackets for their previously purchased Dark Elements Series titles, can download them HERE!

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One kiss could be the last. Seventeen-year-old Layla just wants to be normal. But with a kiss that kills anything with a soul, she's anything but normal. Half demon, half gargoyle, Layla has abilities no one else possesses. Raised among the Wardens—a race of gargoyles tasked with hunting demons and keeping humanity safe—Layla tries to fit in, but that means hiding her own dark side from those she loves the most. Especially Zayne, the swoon-worthy, incredibly gorgeous and completely off-limits Warden she's crushed on since forever.

Then she meets Roth—a tattooed, sinfully hot demon who claims to know all her secrets. Layla knows she should stay away, but she's not sure she wants to—especially when that whole no-kissing thing isn't an issue, considering Roth has no soul. But when Layla discovers she's the reason for the violent demon uprising, trusting Roth could not only ruin her chances with Zayne…it could brand her a traitor to her family. Worse yet, it could become a one-way ticket to the end of the world.

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Every touch has its price Layla Shaw is trying to pick up the pieces of her shattered life—no easy task for a seventeen-year-old who’s pretty sure things can’t get worse. Her impossibly gorgeous best friend, Zayne, is forever off-limits thanks to the mysterious powers of her soul-stealing kiss. The Warden clan that has always protected her is suddenly keeping dangerous secrets.

And she can barely think about Roth, the wickedly hot demon prince who understood her in ways no one else could. But sometimes rock bottom is only the beginning. Because suddenly Layla’s powers begin to evolve, and she’s offered a tantalizing taste of what has always been forbidden. Then, when she least expects it, Roth returns, bringing news that could change her world forever. She’s finally getting what she always wanted, but with hell literally breaking loose and the body count adding up, the price may be higher than Layla is willing to pay…

"Constantly entertaining...the narrative sizzles with as much tension as romance." —Kirkus Reviews on White Hot Kiss

And the Prequel Novella, BITTER SWEET LOVE...

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  In a sizzling prequel novella to her new series The Dark Elements, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout draws readers into the extraordinary, irresistible world of Wardens and demons.

Dez wasn't just Jasmine's crush. A gargoyle Warden like Jas, he helped her come to terms with her destiny—fending off demons and maintaining the balance between good and evil. He was her everything…right until the moment he disappeared without a trace. It didn't help that Jas's father had just announced that she and Dez would one day be mated. Hard not to take that personally. And now he's back, three years older, ten times hotter, ready to pick up exactly where they left off. But Jas isn't taking that risk again. Dez has seven days to meet all her conditions and earn back her trust. Seven days filled with terrifying danger and sweet temptation. Seven days to win her heart—or shatter it all over again… "

With her signature flare for combining humor, romance and action, Armentrout weaves a fast-paced read that will have readers' hearts racing in more ways than one. Like Armentrout's previous heroines, Jasmine is fun and full of attitude, while Dez is as snarky as he is sexy. This is a must read for new and old fans alike!" -RT Book Reviews   Jennifer L. 

About The Author: 

# 1 NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY Bestselling author Jennifer lives in Martinsburg, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing. she spends her time reading, working out, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, and hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell Loki. Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Spencer Hill Press, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen. Her book Obsidian has been optioned for a major motion picture and her Covenant Series has been optioned for TV. She also writes adult and New Adult romance under the name J. Lynn. She is published by Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.

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WAITING ON WEDNESDAY #36 Shattered (Lost #3) by Cynthia Eden

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine and is where we can talk about books we are looking forward to being released.

Title: Shattered

Author: Cynthia Eden

Series: Lost #3

Expected publication: October 27th 2015 

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Criminal psychologist Dr. Sarah Jacobs is all too familiar with the kind of bad boys who belong behind bars. But the dark, dangerous man she meets in the New Orleans underworld is a new kind of ruthless, and all too irresistible.
Jax Fontaine doesn't claim to be a good guy, but he's loyal to his own code and brutally honest about what he wants. He and Sarah may be worlds apart, but when they're skin to skin, nothing matters but the heat between them.
And when a deranged killer targets Sarah, Jax will do whatever it takes to keep her safe.

I love Cynthia Eden so much and after reading Twisted, I'm dying to read Shattered!

What are you waiting on Wednesday???

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TOP TEN TUESDAY #28 Top Ten Characters You'd Like To Check In With

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme brought to you by The Broke and the Bookish. Each week a new Top Ten list topic is posted and book bloggers fill in their own choices. 

This Week's Topics is:

Top Ten Characters You'd Like To Check In With
(meaning, the book or series is over and you so just wish you could peek in on the "life" you imagine they are leading years down the line after the story ends)

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1. Dimitri & Rose from 

Last Sacrifice (Vampire Academy #6) by Richelle Mead

2. Kat & Daemon from 

Opposition (Lux #5) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

3. Pagan & Dank from 

Ceaseless (Existence Trilogy #3) by Abbi Glines

4. Sydney & Adrian from 

The Ruby Circle (Bloodlines #6) by Richelle Mead

5. Jasmine & Tristan? from 

Air (Elements of Power #3) by Heather James

6. Damen & Ever from 

Everlasting (The Immortals #6) by Alyson Noel

7. Janie & Cabel from 

Gone (Dream Catcher #3) by Lisa McMann

8. Sam & Grace from 

Forever (The Wolves of Mercy Falls #3) by Maggie Stiefvater

9. Cat & Bones from 

Up From the Grave (Night Huntress #7) by Jeaniene Frost

10. Daniel & Lucy (aka Sophia) from 

My Name is Memory by Ann Brashares

Since this topic is about characters I'd like to check in (meaning the series has ended), I've included the last book in the series and not the first! 

What ten characters would you like to check in with???

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Review: The Closer You Come (The Original Heartbreakers #1) by Gena Showalter

Title: The Closer You Come
Author: Gena Showalter
Series: The Original Heartbreakers #1

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

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Just released from prison, Jase Hollister has a dark and twisted past. And now, he has only one goal: stay out of trouble. Strawberry Valley, Oklahoma, sounds like the perfect place for him and his two brothers-by-circumstance to settle down and live a nice, simple life. But model citizen isn’t exactly this rugged bachelor’s default setting—especially when it comes to a certain hot-blooded Southern beauty…
Brook Lynn Dillon has always been responsible. Not that it’s done her much good. The down-on-her-luck waitress is broke, single and fun-deprived. Until Jase comes along. He is dangerous, stunningly protective, breathtakingly sexy and as tempting as sin, and the passion sizzling between them is undeniable. But can it melt her resistance? After all, the right kind of trouble might be just what they both need.

Gena is one of my top-five authors and to me her books are a must- read. I love everything she writes and read everything without even checking the blurb. This book was no exception.

A brand new contemporary series focusing around three friends who have just found their heaven at Strawberry Valley, Oklahoma.

When Jase moved at Strawberry Valley with his two best friends, Beck and West, all he had in mind was to find some piece and quite. After spending the last nine years in prison, Jase just wants to be normal again but when he meets Brook Lynn Dillion he knows that normal isn’t for him.

Brook Lynn’s life has never been easy. She wishes life could give her a break but she’s not so lucky. Between feeling like a freak because of her ear condition and following around her irresponsible older sister, Jessie Kay, Brook Lynn’s hands are full. When her sister ruins their only chance at survival, she can’t but accept Jase’s professional proposal as his personal assistant.

They never knew life could be so sweet.

Spending everyday together Jase and Brook Lynn cannot deny their growing feelings but Jase holds back. He has been burned before due to the actions of his past but this time he’s reluctant to lose the person his heart desires.

Can their relationship survive through the lies and secrets?

What I loved: the characters, the romance, the flow. I loved Jase. He won me over almost from the beginning. I’ll admit that the circumstances under which he met with Brook Lynn weren’t ideal but in the long run he made it up, at least for me. What he did may have been wrong but were I him, I’d have done the same (I think).

Brook Lynn was awesome! She totally rocked. She was supposed to rely on her sister but instead she relied on herself and in the meanwhile she took care of her sister. I also loved Beck and West, who will undoubtedly get their own stories. I do have to admit that despite her irresponsible behavior, Jessie Kay did reform in the end and I loved her competitive relationship with West. Something’s happening between them and I’m wondering whether it’s going to last or not. I hope it does.

What I didn’t love: unfortunately, the plot. I loved were things were heading in the beginning, I even liked Jase’s insecurities about their relationship but what I hated was the Daphne factor. Way to ruin a romance! I didn’t like her involvement at all let alone her “surprise”. This is my personal opinion though. If you read the book, you may enjoy it but I just couldn’t.

All in all, it was an enjoyable read. I didn’t love it as much as I did her other works but I still highly recommend it!

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STACKING THE SHELVES #31

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews. It gives us a chance to share with readers what we bought, borrowed, swapped, won or got for review each week.

This week I read:

Books I loved:

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There were so many wonderful releases this week. Fortunately, I was lucky enough to have gotten most of the books I wanted to read before they released (ARCs) but there were some that I didn't get so I bought them instead! No regrets!

If you know me then you should already know that I'm a huge fan of Gena Showalter, Jennifer Armentrout and Kylie Scott so I had to buy their books! I had been waiting so long for most of these books and I'm really glad I finally read them. Naturally I'm going to review all of them (when you love an author you should always help by leaving a review!) in the following weeks!

I was also given a copy of Yours to hold by the publisher, which I loved and will review next week!

&

the "classic" that I read this week was Junky. Firstly I'd like to say that I know nothing about drugs or drug addicts but reading Junky made me realise that being a drug addict is a real problem! Until now I thought that it was a choice to keep using but it's actually not. A very enlightening book!

What did you read this week???

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Review: Leo by Mia Sheridan

Title: Leo
Author: Mia Sheridan
Series: Sign of Love

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

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Evie and Leo met in foster care as children and formed a bond of friendship. As they grew, their bond turned to love, and they vowed to make a life together when they turned 18 and were no longer a part of the system.
When Leo unexpectedly gets adopted as a teen and moves to another city, he promises Evie that he will contact her as soon as he gets there and come back for her in a few short years. She never hears from him again.
Now eight years later, in spite of the odds, Evie has made a life for herself. She has a job. She has friends. She's content. Then a man shows up out of the blue, claiming that her long lost love, Leo, sent him to check up on her. The attraction between them is undeniable. But, should she trust this sexy stranger? Or is he keeping a secret about what his connection to Leo is really all about and why Leo disappeared all those years ago?

“We dreamed together, we planned a life together. We were so young, but we were so sure."

After reading Kyland and Archer’s voice, I’ve come to meet Leo, Mia’s first story.

Leo and Evie were children when they met in the foster care system. Having had a rough start in life, they meet when they both need each other the most. Years later though when Leo gets adopted, they promise to each other that even if they are now separated, they will find each other again. That’s the last time they spend together.

Eight years later, Evie is living the life she always dreamed of having. It may not look much to others but Evie has worked very hard to get where she is. Working, having an apartment and the luxuries that come with it, Evie can never take something for granted. Despite the circumstances under which she was brought up, she and her spirit have survived. She’s a kind being and even though she hasn’t much, she gives away what little she has to people who need it more than her. She the most compassionate person I’ve ever met.

When a stranger, who has done a poor job stalking her, comes into her life claiming he’s a friend of Leo’s, she’s shocked to finally hear from Leo, the person who forgot her. Jake claims that Leo asked him to check up on her. So many questions are left unanswered and in the meanwhile, Jake makes his interest in her known.

As Jake and Evie begin their relationship, Evie realizes that there are a lot of things that she doesn’t know about Jake. Things get more complicated when some secret aspects of Jake’s are revealed and Evie must decide if she can live with all these secrets between them.

Leo was very different from both Kyland and Archer. It had so many twists and turns, secrets and the suspense was killing me. What I mean is that I fell in love with Sheridan’s books by reading Kyland and Archer’s voice. Now with Leo, my love has turned to awe.

The author delivers another beautiful written story about two children who have lost everything and everyone but have found each other. No matter what happened or why, their young love survived through the worst and that’s what makes the book worth reading!

Another captivating read!

Highly recommended!

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Book Blitz & Excerpt: The Closer You Come (The Original Heartbreakers #1) by Gena Showalter

Just released from prison, Jase Hollister has a dark and twisted past. And now, he has only one goal: stay out of trouble. Strawberry Valley, Oklahoma, sounds like the perfect place for him and his two brothers-by-circumstance to settle down and live a nice, simple life. But model citizen isn’t exactly this rugged bachelor’s default setting—especially when it comes to a certain hot-blooded Southern beauty…

Brook Lynn Dillon has always been responsible. Not that it’s done her much good. The down-on-her-luck waitress is broke, single and fun-deprived. Until Jase comes along. He is dangerous, stunningly protective, breathtakingly sexy and as tempting as sin, and the passion sizzling between them is undeniable. But can it melt her resistance? After all, the right kind of trouble might be just what they both need.

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Excerpt:

She scanned the yard—and finally found the source of the banging. Jase, with a hammer. Shirtless Jase. Muscles honed from intense manual labor bulged as sweat glistened and trickled down tanned skin and more tattoos than she’d realized. One of his arms was fully sleeved, the colorful ink wrapping over his shoulder and covering his pectoral. On his other side, his ribcage and torso were etched with intricate designs. A handful of what looked to be letters rose above the waist of his shorts.

Am I drooling? I’m probably drooling. Wow. Just wow. He was major man-candy. Gourmet. The house specialty. He radiated the most sublime sex appeal, the kind that shattered the most ingrained resistance and battered the staunchest inhibitions, and he would definitely satisfy even the most intense sweet tooth. He worked the hammer with masterful expertise, like he could fix anything, anywhere, anytime, and she had to admit it was total girl porn.

How she longed to close the distance and study every inch of him more closely. Study, yes…

Perhaps touch…

He paused to wipe his face with a rag, and she almost moaned at the increased deliciousness of him. If almost was the new word for loudly.

He looked up and stilled.

“Brook Lynn.” His sunglasses were light enough that she was able to watch his gaze travel over her slowly, leisurely.

Her body reacted as though physically caressed, tingling and aching in her most intimate places. Heat flash? Maybe. Probably.

“Good morning,” he said, his voice a husky rasp just as sexy as the rest of him.

“Morning.” She gulped and wiped her hands on the side of her wrinkled shorts. Don’t gawk at his chest. Certainly don’t glance lower. “My phone. My keys. Shoes.” Making words should not be this difficult. “Do you know where they are?” Better.

“Phone and keys are in the kitchen. Shoes are in your car.”

She must have been too focused on the noise—and then the food—to notice the phone and keys. “Well, then. Thank you. For everything,” she added, only to hesitate. “But, uh…I’m a little confused about why you didn’t just take Jessie Kay and me to our home.”

“Two reasons.” He set the hammer aside. “I didn’t have permission to enter your residence, and Jessie Kay had had too much to drink. She needed to be monitored, so…” He shrugged.

So he’d acted like the gentleman he’d once claimed he wasn’t. “Well, thank you. Again,” she said, and turned to retreat inside. Only then, with her gaze off him and a little distance between them, was she able to breathe.

How did he affect her so strongly? And how could she make it stop?

“You didn’t eat,” he said, coming in behind her.

Her eyes widened as she rounded on him, her breath hitching when she discovered he was close enough to touch. Close enough to press against, male hardness to female softness, if only she leaned forward the slightest…little…bit. No! Bad Brook Lynn! Bad!

Then his words hit her. “That feast is for me?”

His nod was slow, and his gaze hot on her, as if he’d sensed the direction of her thoughts. “Your sister, too.”

Needing no further encouragement, she sat at the table and dug in, soon caught up in a whirlwind of different tastes and textures, moaning with rapturous delight. Yes, she would have added a few other spices to take the flavor to a whole new level, but all in all the meal rocked her socks.

When she finished, she dabbed at her mouth with a napkin. Oh, now I’m ladylike? She looked up to find Jase had removed his sunglasses, but hadn’t pulled on a shirt…and he was staring at her as intently as she’d stared at him. It was disconcerting. Especially since his features were blank, and she couldn’t read him.

A blush burned her cheeks, and she cleared her throat. “Don’t judge me.” Or my new food baby.

He arched a brow. “Is that what I was doing?”

Surely. “Well.” She cleared her throat again. “Anyway. My compliments to the chef.”

“That would be Beck.”

Never would she have guessed the pretty boy had a skill that didn’t involve a mattress and a panting partner. “Did he train at the Institute of Divine Cuisine and Hellish Addiction?” Jessie Kay had often accused Brook Lynn of sneaking into classes.

“More like the Institute of That Was Fun, But Now It’s Time For You To Go.”

Nice. “You guys and your one-night stands,” she said, and rolled her eyes.

“Is that judgment I hear, angel?”

Angel? The endearment proved a thousand times more personal and tantalizing than “honey,” shocking her to the core. Of course, he’d meant nothing by it. She figured he probably used the words interchangeably with every female he encountered—even with her sister. But…

I’m still reeling.

“No judgment,” she said, and stood. “And now it’s time for me to jet.” Before I do or say something more stupid. “I’m late for work, so…this is goodbye.”

His gaze still locked on her, he stepped closer to her, too close for comfort. She should have backed up, if only out of a sense of propriety, but she remained in place. He crossed his arms over his massive chest, those green eyes heating, burning. A sign of…arousal?

The provocative scent of him filled the air between them; it was masculine, sultry and heady, and it fogged her thoughts. It must have. Why else would she have continued to gaze up at him instead of running away?

“Jase?”

“Brook Lynn.”

Her heart must have heard music her ears couldn’t pick up, because the treacherous organ whipped into a frenzied beat, perhaps even doing cartwheels. Her breaths began to come faster, and shallow. I’m panting. I’m freaking panting. She shifted from one side to the other. He took another step toward her, as if compelled, then another, the last whisper between them vanishing.

He’s the predator, and I’m the prey.

About The Author: 

 Gena Showalter is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over thirty books in paranormal and contemporary romances, as well as young adult novels. Her series include White Rabbit Chronicles, Angels of the Dark, Otherworld Assassins, Lords of the Underworld, Alien Huntress and Intertwined.

Her novels have appeared in Cosmopolitan Magazine, and Seventeen Magazine, and have been translated all over the world. The critics have called her books "sizzling page-turners" and "utterly spellbinding stories", while Showalter herself has been called “a star on the rise”.

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