Music Monday {2} - Eli Young Band Edition

The Eli Young Band Edition.

I love Eli Young. I saw them open for another band at a little Texas country concert yearssss ago and they have remained one of my favorites.

So in honor of their release of their 10,000 Towns album just a couple weeks ago, I thought I would post a couple of my favorite Eli Young songs because I am just so thrilled for them, that this small town band has had such amazing success.

Guinevere

That second verse gets me every time. It hits pretty close to home for me.

When It Rains

All these love songs about rain...not this one.

I Love You

One of the simplest, sweetest songs I have ever come across.

Small Town Kid

Because I'm a small town kid too :)

What's your favorite Eli Young song?

Music Monday! {1}

Music is an obsession. Probably just as much if not more than books.

If you follow me on twitter you will see me talking about all kinds of music all the time.

I will ignore everything else going on around me to listen to a song I love or to hear a new song.

So I decided to add a feature to my blog: Music Monday!

Every Monday (or more if I feel like it) I will post about something from my musical world. 

For this first week I will just start off with a few songs that I am in love with at this moment.

Cole Swindell - Hope You Get Lonely Tonight

Country music is the core of my soul. 

I am from a small town in South Texas so I grew up listening to it all. 

I adore Cole Swindell and his new single totally does it for me. 

It's going to be a perfect summer song.

Lord Huron - Ends Of The Earth

This song <3

For the soul that is filled with wanderlust.

City and Colour - Save Your Scissors

Because Dallas Green is forever amazing.

So fellow music lovers, what would your Music Monday pick(s) be?

Entangled Turns 3!

Three years ago this February, Entangled launched our first category imprint with Indulgence. The Marriage Bargain, one of our first releases in Indulgence, went on to be one of the top selling books of 2012 and catapulted Jennifer Probst to the USA Today and NY Times bestseller lists.  Since then, we’ve grown to have six category romance imprints, as well as single title books for teens and adults in our Select, Edge, and Teen imprints, and have had multiple USA Today and NY Times bestsellers.  It’s been a wild three years!

We’re celebrating!  All month long, our February new releases, as well as select titles on our Steals and Deals page (hyperlink to: http://www.entangledpublishing.com/category/steals-and-deals/ ), are just 99 cents! 

Yes, you read that right. Every new release will be offered at an introductory price of just 99 cents!

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We’re kicking off the month-long celebration with three new Brazens, each with a smoking hot military man front and center and each for just 99 cents!

Marine for Hire, by Tawna Fenske

She thought she’d sworn off military men for good…

Sam Kercher is every inch a wickedly hot Marine. Tall. Sexy. Lethal. When his best friends call in a favor, Sam is forced to face an entirely new line of duty—playing nanny for their newly divorced sister and her squirming seven-month-old twin boys. If Sam can dissemble an M16 in his sleep, diaper duty should be a cakewalk…right?

Unfortunately, Operation Nanny isn’t quite that simple. Sheridan has sworn off overbearing military men, so Sam must protect her from her dirtbag ex without revealing just how much he has in common with her brothers. Or that he’s been ordered not to touch her. Ever. Problem is, Sheri’s one hell of a gorgeous woman, capable of making this hard-bodied Marine even harder. And Sam wants her bad.

Protect the girl. Care for the babies. Hide his identity. And keep his hands off. But even the most disciplined Marine has weaknesses...and Sheridan is one Sam might not be able to resist.

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Staking His Claim, by Tessa Bailey

He wants her. All of her.

NYPD sniper Matt Donovan is in Hell. Instead of driving his best friend’s little sister home from college, he’s stuck with her roommate—a fresh-faced ray-of-sunshine with a body that makes grown men weep. There’s no way he’ll allow himself to taint the little vixen, no matter how hard she tries to tempt him, so he resigns himself to the longest—and hardest—drive of his life.

Matt’s obvious attraction suits grad student Lucy Mason just fine. She had no idea her brother’s best friend was so deliciously hot. Knowing he’d never have his wicked way with his buddy’s sister, she lies about her identity and seduces him. But Matt’s no fumbling college boy. His desires run deep—and dark—and he wants to teach Lucy what wicked really means.

Matt’s demanding appetites only make Lucy want more. But when her cover's blown, he’s furious—even as his hunger for her becomes insatiable. Matt can’t trust anyone, least of all himself. And he knows all too well that darkness always destroys the light…

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Temporarily Yours, by Jen McLaughlin, writing as Diane Alberts

This soldier’s the perfect hoax…if she doesn’t fall for him first.

Stats whiz Kayla Moriarity knows her way around numbers and algorithms. Men, on the other hand, are unsolvable equations. Now Kayla’s en route to her sister’s wedding—without the fictional boyfriend she invented for her family. Fortunately, her plane comes complete with complimentary cocktails and a ridiculously hot ex-marine in the seat beside her. And that’s all it takes for Kayla’s inhibitions to go sailing out the airlock...

Cooper Shillings has soft spot for people in trouble, but he certainly wasn’t expecting to land in it himself—and definitely not while getting naughty mid-air with a sexy southern belle. When he hears Kayla’s predicament, however, he offers his services as a stand-in boyfriend. After all, he’s heading overseas soon...and how could he refuse a little no-strings wickedness?

It’s the perfect plan. And all Kayla has to do is ensure her family falls for the ultimate bluff, without falling for it—and Cooper—in the process...

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B&N: http://bit.ly/1fBOmCV

We appreciate you and want readers to be able to fill up their eReaders all month long with great books at introductory prices.  Thank you for an amazing first three years.  This is just the beginning.

~The Entangled ‘Love’ Team

Top Ten 2014 Debuts I'm Excited For!

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the lovelies over at The Broke and the Bookish.

What what 2014! Ah! I cannot believe it's almost the middle of this month already! And I have yet to read a debut...blah! Hopefully this list will help me get my act together and find one to read. And hopefully it'll help you find a few debuts to read too :D



CREED by Trisha Leaver and Lindsay Currie
Published: 2014 from Flux
This one sounds super creepy. So awesome!



HOOK'S REVENGE by Heidi Schulz
Published: September 16th 2014 from Disney-Hyperion
I love Peter Pan and I just can't even! This book...ah! I want it now!



BETWEEN by Megan Whitmer
Published: July 29th 2014 from Spencer Hill Press
Magic and a cute boy. Yes, please!



ANY WAY YOU SLICE IT by Kristine Carlson Asselin
Published: 2014 from Bloomsbury Spark
I'm a hockey girl...so this is one on the top of my list!


RITES OF PASSAGE by Joy Hensley
Published: September 9th 2014 from Harper Teen
I like boarding school books and I like the military, so a military academy that has only just let girls start going sounds right up my alley.



STOLEN SONGBIRD by Danielle L. Jensen
Published: April 1st 2014 from Strange Chemistry
I've never really read a fantasy about trolls, and this one caught my attention. Definitely being added to the list.



THE MURDER COMPLEX by Lindsay Cummings
Published: June 10th 2014 from Harpercollins
Is this not on someone's list? I feel like it's going to be on everyone's. And if it isn't, add it. Lindsay is awesome and I cannot wait for her book!



THE MERCILESS by Danielle Vega
Published: August 7th 2014 from Razorbill
This cover. It's so great. IT'S PINK WITH A FRIGGIN' PENTAGRAM ON THE COVER! Girls who decide to attempt an exorcism on their own. Count me in.


BEWARE THE WILD by Natalie C. Parker
Published: 2014 from Harpercollins
Twin Peaks meets The Village. I'm already hooked.


FALLING INTO PLACE by Amy Zhang
Published: September 9th 2014 from Greenwillow Books
This is a story about a girl who attempts suicide. And it's told from the perspective of her neglected imaginary childhood friend. YES! GIMME!

This is only a short list of the debuts I cannot wait for this year.
Any of them make your list?
Link me to your list so that I can find even more debuts to be excited about :D

Cover Reveal: All The Pretty Poses by M. Leighton

I love M. Leighton and her books. She's fabulous and funny and her books are always on point.
I'm super excited that I was asked to be apart of her latest book's cover reveal ALL THE PRETTY POSES.
But before we get to the cover, I want you to know all about ALL THE PRETTY POSES:

He never wanted to be a hero…until she needed him to be.

Strength…

It took Kennedy Moore years to put her life back together after Reese Spencer shattered it.  But she did.  Now, years later, strong and independent, she is in pursuit of a single dream—to dance with the Altman American Dance Theater.  Unfortunately, Kennedy is learning that a girl from nowhere with no money and no contacts might never be able to reach her goal.  

That is, until Reese reappears, offering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that Kennedy just can’t refuse.  In exchange for working on his yacht for a few short weeks, he’ll get her an audition with the famous dance troupe.  All Kennedy has to do is keep her head down, work hard and resist Reese.  That sounds easy enough, right?

Weakness…

Reese doesn’t want to make it easy for Kennedy.  Seeing her again has started a fire in his blood—an unwelcome one.  It took him years to forget about her before, so this time he has a plan.  It’s simple:  Get Kennedy on his yacht, seduce her, get her out of his system, move on with his life.  That sounds easy enough, right? 

But the one thing Reese didn’t plan for was Kennedy herself—a girl so strong yet so broken, she makes him want to rescue her, to take care of her.  To save her.  Even if he has to save her from himself.

DRUM ROLL PLEASE....

TA-DA! I love it! I think it really sets the mood for the book and let's you know what it's about.

I seriously cannot wait for this book to release!

And, because I am such a bit tease, here is a little snippet from the book to whet your appetite:

Come on January 26th!!

About M. Leighton:

M. Leighton is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Wild Ones and The Bad Boys romance trilogies.  She is a native of Ohio, relocated to the warmer climates of the South, where she lets her mind wander to romantic settings with sexy Southern guys much like the one she married and the ones you'll find in her latest books.  When her thoughts aren't roaming in that direction, she'll be riding horses, swimming in ponds and experiencing life on a ranch, all without leaving the cozy comfort of her office.

  

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT M. LEIGHTON HERE ARE LINKS TO ALL OF HER SITES:

The Blog

The Twitter Machine

The Facebook

Author Goodreads

ALL THE PRETTY POSES Goodreads

Amazon author page

2014 Challenges and Goals

Ahh! It's 2014!! 

Is it just me or does that just not seem possible?

Well, as most other people do, I started the year out with some resolutions and some of them were definitely reading and blogging related.

One of the things that I was going to try was to simplify. Except I already post at a minimum right now so that was no good, especially when I looked at all the challenges that I wanted to participate in this year.

Every year I tell myself that I'm not going to join any challenges except for maybe the Debut Author Challenge...but that never works out for me. I always find neat ones to try out even though I usually end up dropping out. Oops.

NOT THIS YEAR.

This year I am determined to finish some of these challenges.

The ones I've decided to join are:

Nicholas Sparks 2014 Reading Challenge

I have a bit of an obsession with Nicholas Sparks movies. I love pretty much all of them. And yes, I have seen all of them...many times. BUT, I haven't read any of the books. This is the year to change that.

In 2014 Nicholas Sparks and I will be Going Steady as I read 5-8 of his books.

Full House Reading Challenge 2014

This is a challenge I'm really excited about.

You get to fill out this card

throughout the year.

Once you've done all the reading for the different squares you win.

Pretty simple, fun, and I figured a good way to help me figure out what to read next if I ever feel stuck this year....err, I mean when I feel stuck this year. Because it will happen.

2014 Outdo Yourself Reading Challenge

Read more books then I did last year. This should be easy-peasy since I only read 27 books last year. Terrible number compared to other years.

For 2014 I have challenged myself to read 104 books. This is usually the number I try to read but have yet to reach it.

So my challenge level will be- I'm on Fire! which is 16+ books more than I did last year.

I'm hoping it's no big deal to read 43+ books this year.

2014 Ebook Reading Challenge

I'm shooting for DVD which is 25 ebooks.

This is a challenge that I NEED because my poor little Kindle is so loaded down with ebooks.

Review Pile Reading Challenge

My review pile is out of control.

I'm glad most of them are on my Kindle or else no one would ever be able to find me in my room around all the books.

I will be going for Journeyman which is 11-20 review books.

Netgalley & Edelweiss Reading Challenge

My reviewer ratio on Netgalley is TERRIBLE. Like really really really bad.

I'm hoping to read at least 25 Netgalley books this year and boost my ratio.

 

Debut Author Challenge

This is one of my favorite challenges and I'm so excited to see Kristi from The Story Siren hosting it again!

And I adore debut authors. So let's check out some new books, shall we!

7 Challenges. But they are all crossovers so, it should be totally doable.

(I'll update with some goals later once I have them figured out)

I'm excited!!

Let's get to reading!

Bout of Books 9.0 + Goals

I'm pretty sure I have missed Bout of Books every time it has happened by a couple days. I always find out about it just a little too late. NOT THIS TIME! I made sure to find out when it was going down and I'm able to participate. Woo!!

You should sign up and do a bunch of reading too! You can go and sign up HERE. Go on, it'll be fun!


For those of you who don't know what Bout of Books is, here ya go:

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, January 6th and runs through Sunday, January 12th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure, and the only reading competition is between you and your usual number of books read in a week. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 9.0 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

I may or may not do daily updates. Just depends on the challenges that I participate in and how much reading I get done.

This week I'm not going for a lot of books read, I'm really just aiming for one book read. But it's a huge book. I've recently started OUTLANDER by Diana Gabaldon and it's 870 pages long. If I can finish it in one week I'll be a happy Bout of Booker.

Are you taking part in the read-a-thon? If so, good luck and happy reading!!