Melissa West

I have a confession. When I was little, I had this strange obsession with horror movies. They freaked the hell out of me, but for some reason they were my favorite to watch. My parents would take me to the video store and let me pick out one horror movie to watch with my dad, while my sister stood cowering in the kitchen. Well one such outing, I chose the movie Fire in the Sky . The movie is based upon a man's claim to have been abducted. In the movie we witness the man being tortured, and by the end of that movie I had my first true fear--aliens. I remember staring out my bedroom window for weeks, unable to sleep, too afraid to sleep. This is the scene that scarred me for life: See, I was so afraid because I could reason why not only is it possible that aliens exist--it is probable. And that young experience led to continuous interest in aliens. I learned about the various theories, the likelihood of their existence, and etc. None of it amounted to anything ...

DIVINELY RUINED, from Entangled Publishing and the author who brought you ON ONE CONDITION, is hitting the virtual shelves on Thursday, April 26th, but you can get a sneak peek at the cover and blurb here! . _________________________________________________   . Cover:   . . Blurb:   . She finally meets a decent man--after she's oath-bound never to touch men again! . Rebecca's life sucked before she became an angel. Crappy apartment, awful jobs, abusive boyfriends--it was no wonder she jumped at the chance to escape it all and become a real live angel. The problem is Rebecca's not very angelic, and she'll have to do more to earn her wings than end her love affair with the word f--er, frick. . Especially when she's assigned to save single father Tony Weis, whose less-than-pure thoughts wreak hell on a telepathic angel's nerves. It's all Rebecca can do to keep her hands off him...but when she loses her memory injuring herself t...

Today I have a very special guest! Madison Louise is a young teen who has chosen to pursue her dream of writing. I envy her willingness to put herself out there at such a young age, and so I asked her to tell us a little bit about what inspired her to begin writing. ____________________________________________   ~ Title: Shadow Future Release date: April 11 th 2012 Author: Madison Louise Add it: Goodreads Buy it: Amazon ~ How old are you? I’m a teen, writing out the stresses of life. lol . What/who inspired you to begin writing? Hmm…I guess, just watching other people come up with great things inspired me. I wanted to write something of my own so that other people could enjoy it, as much as I enjoy other people’s creations. . What genres do you prefer to write and why? Romance/adventure/paranormal/mystery etc… I kind of put all of them together to create my own genre. I like writing in that because it has the romance, which is the part I li...

Today I'm excited to participate in the reveal for Chloe Jacobs' upcoming YA debut, GRETA AND THE GOBLIN KING. Chloe is amazing, so definitely follow her on Twitter @Jacobs_Chloe  for continuous updates about her book and fun teasers. Now for the reveal! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PRE-ORDER IT: Amazon ~ Barnes and Noble ADD IT: Goodreads BLURB: . While trying to save her brother four years ago, Greta was thrown into the witch’s fire herself, falling through a portal to a dangerous world where humans are the enemy, and every ogre, goblin, and ghoul has a dark side that comes out with the full moon. . To survive, seventeen-year-old Greta has hidden her humanity and taken the job of bounty hunter—and she’s good at what she does. So good, she’s caught the attention of Mylena’s young Goblin King, the darkly enticing Isaac, who invades her dreams and undermines her determination to escape.   . But Greta’s not the only one looking to get out of Mylena. The full moon...

_______________________________________________ Author Name: Victoria Scott  . Title: THE COLLECTOR: A DANTE WALKER NOVEL . Release Date: spring 2013 . Blurb: . Dante Walker is flippin' awesome, and he knows it. His good looks, killer charm, and stellar confidence has made him one of Hell's best--a soul collector. His job is simple, weed through humanity and label those round rears with a big red good or bad stamp. Old Saint Nick gets the good guys, and he gets the fun ones. Bag-and-tag. Stealing souls is nothing personal. Dante's an equal opportunity collector and doesn't want it any other way. But he'll have to adjust, because Boss Man has given him a new assignment: Collect Charlie Cooper's soul within 10 days. Dante doesn't know why Boss Man wants Charlie, nor does he care. This assignment means only one thing to him, and that's a permanent ticket out of Hell. But after Dante meets the quirky, Nerd Alert chick he...

I haven't participated in a WoW in quite some time, but the cover and description for this book have skyrocketed it to the very top of my wishlist for 2012. LOOK AT THIS COVER!!!: _________________________________________________ Details: Title: BREATHE Author: Sarah Crossan Type: YA dystopian (my fav) Release date: October 2, 2012 Blurb: Inhale. Exhale. Breathe. Breathe. Breathe . . . The world is dead. The survivors live under the protection of Breathe, the corporation that found a way to manufacture oxygen-rich air. ALINA has been stealing for a long time. She’s a little jittery, but not terrified. All she knows is that she’s never been caught before. If she’s careful, it’ll be easy. If she’s careful. QUINN should be worried about Alina and a bit afraid for himself, too, but even though this is dangerous, it’s also the most interesting thing to happen to him in ages. It isn’t every day that the girl of your dreams asks you to rescue her. BEA wants to tel...

_______________________________________________ Author Name: Cindi Madsen . Title: ALL THE BROKEN PIECES . Release Date: December 2012 . Blurb: What if your life wasn't your own? Liv comes out of a coma with no memory of her past and two distinct, warring voices inside her head. Nothing, not even her refection, seems familiar. As she stumbles through her junior year, the voices get louder, insisting she please the popular group while simultaneously despising them. But when Liv starts hanging around with Spencer, whose own mysterious past also has him on the fringe, life feels complete for the first time in, well, as long as she can remember. Liv knows the details of the car accident that put her in the coma, but as the voices invade her dreams, and her dreams start feeling like memories, she and Spencer seek out answers. Yet the deeper they dig, the less things make sense. Can Liv rebuild the pieces of her broken past, when it means questio...