THE STAR-TOUCHED QUEEN (St. Martin’s Griffin; April 26, 2016) is a lush and vivid standalone debut young adult fantasy that seamlessly weaves the Greek myth of Hades and Persephone with Indian folklore. Featuring a smart, independent anti-princess who must take her place as queen and a forbidden romance that defies the odds, debut author Roshani Chokshi pairs beautiful writing with a thrilling pace and compulsive plot, using her own Filipino and Indian heritage to create a culturally diverse and vividly imagined world.
5 Star Review
Armed With Steele Blog Tour! :) Romance & Mystery and a hot guy!
Armed With Steele Book Tour, hosted by ThisLittleBookWorm! 🙂
This is an outstanding book, and I am super glad to be a part of this tour! 🙂 Check below for the blurb, my review and more information about the author! This is one book you want to check out!
- Amazon purchase link: http://www.amazon.com/Armed-Steele-Hometown-Heroes-ebook/dp/B00E5GHODQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1375295747&sr=1-1&keywords=Armed+with+Steele
- Barnes and Nobles Link: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/armed-with-steele-kyra-jacobs/1116226271?ean=2940148471691
This tour is hosted by thislittlebookworm, so check out their pages too! 🙂
Blurb:
“Jessica Hartley is looking for answers surrounding the mysterious car accident that nearly claimed the life of her best friend. She’s willing to risk it all, even her fledgling business, to find the person responsible and bring them to justice.
Nate Steele is more than willing to help Jessica, but for reasons all his own. He’s been watching the infamous Maxwell Office Solutions for some time now, convinced thereís more going on than meets the eye. When his chief issues a cease and desist order yet again, Nate has no choice but to accept inexperienced Jessica as an undercover partner outside the letter of the law.
Will Jessica and Nate be able to flush out Maxwell’s elusive villain, or will their growing attraction for each other sabotage their undercover ploy? Motives aren’t always what they seem when Jessica finds herself armed with Steele.
CONTENT WARNING: Beware drool-worthy men in uniform, touchy-feely coworkers, and vindictive ex-girlfriends.”
Review:
Grade: A
This is a great book! 🙂 It’s one of those books I always ask for. It’s not filled with purposeless sex, page after page. It has a lovely, intriguing story, with characters that are real and believable. This book is written well, and it’s a real story. A sherlockian mystery with a handsome man and a lot of attraction.
Jessica & Nate’s attraction builds throughout the story, but it doesn’t completely overthrow the mystery they are trying to solve, we use the attraction to help build the story, enhance the drama and it’s a wonderful merging of story and romance.
I couldn’t guess where the story was heading as I was reading. This isn’t one of those stories where you have the answers figured out by halfway in, this story will take you on twist and turns, filled with drama, romance, and humor, and leaving you guessing and wanting more at the end of each chapter. I kept turning pages, way after the lights were off. This book has caused more then a few sleepless nights! 🙂
Don’t write this book off if you aren’t a big romance lover. This book can stand up against crime thrillers and mystery stories any day. This book has a little of everything and it will grab every kind of reader. If you get to chapter 2 and this book hasn’t grabbed you and excited you, then I’m sorry, you must be a very different kind of reader, because I loved this book. I loved the story, the romance, the mystery and the humor!
Kyra Jacobs is someone to watch, she has a gift. Her writing is smart, detailed, organized and wonderfully easy to read. Her characters are real, and the struggle, and you struggle right along with them.
A wonderful, wonderful mix of romance and mystery. A perfect pair!
Author Bio:
Kyra Jacobs is a happily married, mother of two, who grew up in Indiana. When she’s not pounding out scenes for her next book, she’s likely goofing around with her husband and kids or elbow-deep in snapdragons and Lamb’s ear in one of her many flower gardens. She also loves to golf (though, golf doesn’t really love her) and to jam on the bass in Guitar Hero.
Be sure to stop by her blog, http:/www.indianawonderer.wordpress.com for updates on her writing journey and other musings as seen through the eyes of this Midwestern writer.
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