Happy July, my Muses!
Fourth of July will come and go before I get the chance to say it, so I will say it now. HAPPY 4th of July! And what better way to start out the month with some interesting new releases in Adult books. If you are looking for a little erotica, you may want to check out the second novel in the Dirty Girls Book Club called Dare to Be Dirty by Savanna Fox. I'm not sure if this next novel is considered Christian romance but False Impressions by Sherry Crandell has one hot story premise. Check for details below. I somehow stumbled across author Matt Haig by accident and glad I did because his new novel, The Humans, sounds very intriguing! I also ordered another novel of his called The Labrador Pact which should arrive sometime this week. Yay!
There's not too much going on in the movie and tv show department because this is the week of 4th of July and studios worry about sales since most people will be out and about. But the prematurely canceled Last Resort starring Scott Speedman and Andre Braugher might be worth a watch.
Be Safe and Best Wishes!
BOOKS (2nd JULY)
ADULT
Cold Copper (Age of Steam, #3)
by: Devon Monk
Bounty hunter and lycanthrope Cedar Hunt vowed to track down all seven pieces of the Holder—a strange device capable of deadly destruction. And, accompanied by witch Mae Lindson and the capricious Madder brothers, he sets out to do just that. But the crew is forced to take refuge in the frontier town of Des Moines, Iowa, when a glacial storm stops them in their tracks. The town, under mayor Killian Vosbrough, is ruled with an iron fist—and plagued by the steely Strange, creatures that pour through the streets like the unshuttered wind.
But Cedar soon learns that Vosbrough is mining cold copper for the cataclysmic generators he’s manufacturing deep beneath Des Moines, bringing the search for the Holder to a halt. Chipping through ice, snow, and bone-chilling bewitchment to expose a dangerous plot, Cedar must stop Vosbrough and his scheme to rule the land and sky.
Release Date: 2nd July 2013
Dare to be Dirty (Dirty Girls Book Club, #2)
by: Savanna Fox
Confirmed city girl Kim Chang loves her book club’s foray into erotic fiction, but she’s not sold on their choice of cowboy erotica. An art student whose future lies back in Hong Kong, Kim doesn’t think of dusty chaps and Stetsons as sexy. She’s in for a surprise when the club visits the rodeo. It’s raw and physical, and those strong, masculine men atop bucking broncs arouse some serious lust. That night, she finds herself hooking up with the most smoldering cowboy in the bunch and having the hottest night of her life.
Ty Ronan is from a different world, but their wild fling is too good to stop. As Ty unleashes Kim’s inner dirty girl, she realizes the rough-and-tumble man might be more than a roll in the hay. This cowboy’s allure goes deeper than she imagined, but can these two opposites make their passionate ride last a lifetime?
Release Date: 2nd July 2013
Dire Desires (Eternal Wolf Clan, #3)
by: Stephanie Tyler
Gillian Black has no idea what’s happening to her—and Jinx discovers that she’s not just any Were, but a Dire wolf from the original Green- land pack. He helps her escape and promises to keep her safe from the men—and the wolves—who are hunting her and to teach her everything about being a wolf.
He must also fight his feelings, wanting to claim her as his mate…at least until after he defeats the supernatural enemies that threaten all of them.
Release Date: 2nd July 2013
False Impressions
by: Sherry Crandell
"Don't call me 'sweetheart,' and I'm not stupid enough to stroll with you!" she retorted. She looked around self-consciously when her voice echoed. "Let's walk."
"Good idea. Wish I had thought of it."
She shot him a glare that caused him to grin. He reached for her hand.
When TJ gets roped into a job in Texas that she doesn't really want, this sheltered Oklahoma girl is in for a reality check when she meets the mafia-like family she has been employed for.
Meeting Dominic, the handsome grandson of her new boss, TJ embarrassingly recognizes him as the man she spilled root beer all over just the day before in a gas station.
But when Dominic seems to take a liking to TJ she is in for more trouble than she imagined. Working for the family was bad enough, but being admired by one of them is even worse!
It will take everything in TJ, faith in God's guidance, and some real patience to survive the next year. Can TJ see past the appearance of this family and learn to accept them for who they are? Find out in False Impressions.
Release Date: 2nd July 2013
Humans, The
by: Matt Haig
“I was not Professor Andrew Martin. That is the first thing I should say. He was just a role. A disguise. Someone I needed to be in order to complete a task.”
The narrator of this tale is no ordinary human—in fact, he’s not human at all. Before he was sent away from the distant planet he calls home, precision and perfection governed his life. He lived in a utopian society where mathematics transformed a people, creating limitless knowledge and immortality.
But all of this is suddenly threatened when an earthly being opens the doorway to the same technology that the alien planet possesses. Cambridge University professor Andrew Martin cracks the Reimann Hypothesis and unknowingly puts himself and his family in grave danger when the narrator is sent to Earth to erase all evidence of the solution and kill anyone who has seen the proof. The only catch: the alien has no idea what he’s up against.
Disgusted by the excess of disease, violence, and family strife he encounters, the narrator struggles to pass undetected long enough to gain access to Andrew’s research. But in picking up the pieces of the professor’s shattered personal life, the narrator sees hope and redemption in the humans’ imperfections and begins to question the very mission that brought him there.
Release Date: 2nd July 2013
Hungry Like a Wolf (Others, #8)
by: Christine Warren
Logan Hunter would do anything to protect the Silverbacks—but his devotion comes with a price. For years he has been fighting his alpha instincts and the need for his own pack. But all that changes when Logan is sent on a mission to find out whether the new White Paw alpha really has what it takes to carry on her father’s legacy. Powerful, spirited, and downright gorgeous Honor exceeds his expectations…and leaves him howling for more. Could it be that he’s finally found his alpha mate? Or will old enemies, dueling loyalties, and an appetite for destruction stop him dead in his tracks?
Release Date: 2nd July 2013
I Dream of Danger (Ghost Ops, #2)
by: Lisa Marie Rice
When Nick Ross disappears from Elle Thomason's life, she is certain she'll never see the man she loves again—except in her dreams.
Ten years later, as a respected researcher breaking new ground in psychic phenomena, she sends a desperate call for Nick's help. One by one, her colleagues have started disappearing . . . and Elle knows she's next. An elite soldier, Nick never meant to hurt Elle, duty kept him away—and then she vanished. Now troubled by unusually vivid, disturbing dreams of Elle in danger, Nick will rescue the only woman he's ever wanted and bring her back with him to Haven. Though powerful men are after Elle and her special abilities, Nick will die before leaving her side again.
Release Date: 2nd July 2013
Midnight's Captive (Dark Warriors, #6)
by: Donna Grant
ENSLAVED BY DESIRE
Laura Black knows her boss is a man of many secrets—haunted by some unknowable force, driven by some unspeakable destiny—and yet it makes her crave the devilishly handsome, roguishly charming Charon all the more. When she uncovers a betrayal that will send her into a world of magic, she turns to the only one she trusts: Charon. Even when she’s in jeopardy of losing her heart…
UNLEASHED IN FURY
Charon Bruce endures a relentless yearning to have Laura for his own, an ache he knows will never be fulfilled. After the town he has protected for centuries is targeted by a ruthless Druid, he has no choice but to reveal his secret to Laura. He must fight the deadliest foe he’s ever known if he’s to keep her safe. But when Laura is captured by his nemesis, he must choose between winning the battle of good versus evil—or losing the woman he loves…
Release Date: 2nd July 2013
Officer and the Secret, The (Semper Fidelis. Always Faithful, #3)
by: Jeanette Murray
Release Date: 2nd July 2013
White Trash Zombie Apocalypse (White Trash Zombie, #3)
by: Diana Rowland
But things get even crazier when a zombie movie starts filming in town, and Angel begins to suspect that it’s not just the plot of the movie that's rotten. Soon she's fighting her way through mud, blood, bullets and intrigue, even as zombies, both real and fake, prowl the streets.
Angel’s been through more than her share of crap, but this time she’s in way over her head. She’ll need plenty of brainpower to fit all the pieces—and body parts—together in order to save herself, her town, and quite possibly the human race.
Release Date: 2nd July 2013
YOUNG ADULT
Awaken (Abandon, #3)
by: Meg Cabot
Death has her in his clutches. She doesn’t want him to let go.
Seventeen-year-old Pierce Oliviera knew by accepting the love of John Hayden, she’d be forced to live forever in the one place she’s always dreaded most: the Underworld. The sacrifice seemed worth it, though, because it meant she could be with the boy she loves.
But now her happiness — and safety — are threatened, all because the Furies have discovered that John has broken one of their strictest rules: He revived a human soul.
If the balance between life and death isn’t fixed, both the Underworld and Pierce’s home back on earth will be wiped away. But there’s only one way to restore order. Someone has to die.
Release Date: 2nd July 2013
Distance Between Us, The
by: Kasie West
So when Xander Spence walks into the store to pick up a doll for his grandmother, it only takes one glance for Caymen to figure out he’s oozing rich. Despite his charming ways and that he’s one of the first people who actually gets her, she’s smart enough to know his interest won’t last. Because if there’s one thing she’s learned from her mother’s warnings, it’s that the rich have a short attention span. But Xander keeps coming around, despite her best efforts to scare him off. And much to her dismay, she's beginning to enjoy his company.
She knows her mom can’t find out—she wouldn’t approve. She’d much rather Caymen hang out with the local rocker who hasn’t been raised by money. But just when Xander’s attention and loyalty are about to convince Caymen that being rich isn’t a character flaw, she finds out that money is a much bigger part of their relationship than she’d ever realized. And that Xander’s not the only one she should’ve been worried about.
Release Date: 2nd July 2013
Out of Breath (Breathing, #3)
by: Rebecca Donovan
The highly anticipated conclusion of The Breathing Series will have readers holding their breath until the last page.
The Kindle edition of Out of Breath has been formatted with Rebecca Donovan’s special hand-selected fonts to further optimize the experience for readers using a Kindle Fire, Kindle Fire HD, or Kindle Fire HD 8.9.
To view Rebecca’s fonts on the Kindle Paperwhite, readers must select “Publisher Fonts” on their device:
1. Visit the “Font Option Menu”
2. Select “Font Face”
3. Select “Publisher Font”
While the Publisher Fonts are not available on other Kindle devices or apps, it will not prohibit you from experiencing the story as the author intended.
Release Date: 2nd July 2013
Playing Tyler
by: T.L. Costa
Tyler MacCandless can’t focus, even when he takes his medication. He can’t focus on school, on his future, on a book, on much of anything other than taking care of his older brother, Brandon, who’s in rehab for heroin abuse… again.
Tyler’s dad is dead and his mom has mentally checked out. The only person he can really count on is his Civilian Air Patrol Mentor, Rick. The one thing in life it seems he doesn’t suck at is playing video games and, well, thats probably not going to get him into college.
Just when it seems like his future is on a collision course with a life sentence at McDonald’s, Rick asks him to test a video game. If his score’s high enough, it could earn him a place in flight school and win him the future he was certain that he could never have. And when he falls in love with the game’s designer, the legendary gamer Ani, Tyler thinks his life might finally be turning around.
That is, until Brandon goes MIA from rehab and Tyler and Ani discover that the game is more than it seems. Now Tyler will have to figure out what’s really going on in time to save his brother… and prevent his own future from going down in flames.
Release Date: 2nd July 2013
Shutdown (Glitch, #3)
by: Heather Anastasiu
The plot requires a nearly impossible mission to infiltrate the dangerous Community, and it is a task that Zoe must unfortunately complete alone. With challenges and surprises at every turn, nothing goes according to plan. Adrien's visions of the future now show two possible outcomes: one in which they succeed, and one in which humanity falls. It all lies in Zoe's hands.
Full of romance, high-adrenaline action and shocking twists, Shutdown is a heart-pounding conclusion to an exciting sci-fi adventure trilogy for young adults.
Release Date: 2nd July 2013
This is WAR
by: Lisa, Laura Roecker
The mystery of their best friend's murder drives four girls to destroy the Gregory family. Emily Thorne would be proud.
Everyone at Hawthorne Lake Country Club saw Willa Ames-Rowan climb into a boat with James Gregory, the Club’s heir apparent.
And everyone at Hawthorne Lake Country Club watched him return. Alone.
They all know he killed her. But none of them will say a word. The Gregory family is very, very good at making problems go away.
Enter the W.A.R.—the war to avenge Willa Ames-Rowan. Four girls. Four very different motives for justice and revenge, and only one rule: destroy the Gregory family at any cost.
Release Date: 2nd July 2013
This Strange and Familiar Place (So Close to You, #2)
by: Rachel Carter
In the second book of the So Close to You YA trilogy, Lydia Bentley has discovered that the conspiracy theories about the Montauk Project, the ones her grandfather had told her about all her life, were true all along.
The little town on Long Island really is the Area 51 of the east. Lydia’s hometown has been the site of government time-travel experiments since World War II. Among the “recruits” the Project has used as subjects in these experiments are two members of Lydia’s own family, and Wes, the boy she loves.
Release Date: 2nd July 2013
Twice Lost, The (Lost Voices, #3)
by: Sarah Porter
There she finds hundreds of mermaids living in exile under the docks of the bay. These are the Twice Lost: once-human girls lost first when a trauma turned them into mermaids, and lost a second time when they broke mermaid law and were rejected by their tribes. Luce is stunned when they elect her as their leader. But she won’t be their queen. She’ll be their general. And they will become the Twice Lost Army—because this is war.
Release Date: 2nd July 2013
Viral Nation
by: Shaunta Grimes
Brilliant but autistic, sixteen-year-old Clover Donovan has always dreamed of studying at the Waverly-Stead Academy. Her brother and caretaker, West, has done everything in his power to make her dream a reality. But Clover’s refusal to part with her beloved service dog denies her entry into the school. Instead, she is drafted into the Time Mariners, a team of Company operatives who travel through time to gather news about the future.
When one of Clover’s missions reveals that West’s life is in danger, the Donovans are shattered. To change West’s fate, they’ll have to take on the mysterious Company. But as its secrets are revealed, they realize that the Company’s rule may not be as benevolent as it seems. In saving her brother, Clover will face a more powerful force than she ever imagined… and will team up with a band of fellow misfits and outsiders to incite a revolution that will change their destinies forever.
Release Date: 2nd July 2013
Vortex (Insignia, #2)
by: S.J. Kincaid
Encouraged to betray his ideals and friendships for the sake of his country, Tom is convinced there must be another way. And the more aware he becomes of the corruption surrounding him, the more determined he becomes to fight it, even if he sabotages his own future in the process.
Drawn into a power struggle more dramatic than he has ever faced before, Tom stays a hyperintelligent step ahead of everyone, like the exceptional gamer he is—or so he believes. But when he learns that he and his friends have unwittingly made the most grievous error imaginable, Tom must find a way to outwit an enemy so nefarious that victory seems hopeless. Will his idealism and bravado cost him everything—and everyone that matters to him?
Filled with action and intelligence, camaraderie and humor, the second book in S.J. Kincaid’s futuristic World War III Insignia trilogy continues to explore fascinating and timely questions about power, politics, technology, loyalty, and friendship.
Release Date: 2nd July 2013
MOVIES & TV SERIES (2nd July)
MOVIES
6 Souls
Directed by: Bjorn Stein
After the death of her husband, Dr. Cara Harding's (Julianne Moore) faith in God has been shaken, but not her belief in science. In an attempt to open her up to accepting unexplainable psychiatric theories, her father introduces her to Adam, (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) a patient with multiple personalities who takes on some of the physical characteristics of his other personalities. But, Cara quickly discovers that Adam’s other personalities are murder victims and the more she finds out about him and his past, the closer she and her loved ones are to becoming murder victims themselves.
Release Date: 2nd July 2013
Employer, The
Directed by: Frank Merle
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Billy Zane
Five candidates are vying for the same job for a high-powered corporation whose business practices are shrouded in mystery. On the night before the last interview they are contacted by the interviewer informing they will be tested, only to find themselves drugged and trapped in a room fighting for survival, as only one candidate will get the job.
Release Date: 2nd July 2013
Girl, The
Directed by: David Riker
Struggling with the loss of her child to Social Services, a single mother is trapped in the quicksand of her south Texas life. When her path collides with a young girl from Mexico, she begins a journey that will change her life discovering that she is the architect of her own fate and learning what it is that truly defines home.
Release Date: 2nd July 2013
House I Live In, The (Docu)
Directed by: Eugene Jarecki
Starring: n/a
As America remains embroiled in conflict overseas, a less visible war is taking place at home, costing countless lives, destroying families, and inflicting untold damage up on future generations of Americans. In forty years, the War on Drugs has accounted for more than 45 million arrests, made America the world's largest jailer, and damaged poor communities at home and abroad. Yet for all that, drugs are cheaper, purer, and more available today than ever before.
Filmed in more than twenty states, THE HOUSE I LIVE IN captures heart-wrenching stories from individuals at all levels of America's War on Drugs. From the dealer to the grieving mother, the narcotics officer to the senator, the inmate to the federal judge, the film offers a penetrating look inside America s longest war - a definitive portrait revealing its profound human rights implications.
The film recognizes the seriousness of drug abuse as a matter of public health, and investigates the tragic errors and shortcomings that have meant this symptom is most often treated as a cause for law enforcement, creating a vast machine that largely feeds on America's poor, and especially on minority communities. Beyond simple misguided policy, the film examines how political and economic corruption have fueled the war for 40 years, despite persistent evidence of its moral, economic, and practical failures.
Release Date: 2nd July 2013
Inescapable
Directed by: Ruba Nadda
Twenty-five years ago Adib (Alexander Siddig, Syriana, Cairo Time), a promising young officer in the Syrian military police, suddenly left Damascus under suspicious circumstances. Abandoning the love of his life Fatima (Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler, The Ides of March), he made his way to Canada and wiped the slate clean. With a beautiful wife, two grown daughters, and a great job in Toronto, Adib is confident he s built a successful life from scratch. But when his daughter Muna suddenly disappears in Damascus, his past threatens to violently catch up to him. Teaming up with a Canadian emissary (Joshua Jackson, Fringe), Adib must now confront the turmoil he thought he left behind so many years ago in order to find Muna. Both a tense mystery and a stirring character drama, INESCAPABLE is an action-packed thriller driven by the undying and uncompromising love between a father and his daughter.
Release Date: 2nd July 2013
Tai Chi Hero
Directed by: Stephen Fung
Starring: Jayden Yuan
Lu Chan (Jayden Yuan) is still trying to find his place in Chen Village, the legendary town where everyone is a martial arts master...and Chen-style Tai Chi is forbidden to outsiders. But since he helped save the town from a frightening steam-powered machine, Yuniang (Angelababy), beautiful daughter of Grandmaster Chen (Tony Leung Ka-Fai), agrees to marry Lu Chan and bring him into the family. It's only a formality, though - she is the teacher, and he is the student - and that suits Lu Chan just fine, as the mutant horn on his head gives him incredible kung-fu power, but leaves him dumber each time, and closer to death.
Release Date: 2nd July 2013
TV SERIES
Call of the Wildman: Season 1
Dive deep into the backwoods of wild Kentucky with legendary woodsman Ernie Brown Jr. - aka 'Turtleman' - as he takes on some of the most outlandish and outrageous nuisance calls these woods have to offer including raccoons, skunks, snakes, venomous spiders and possums. Ernie dives into Kentucky's murkiest ponds in search of feisty snapping turtles capable of biting through bone.
He has the uncanny ability to catch monster snapping turtles with his bare hands and return them into the wild unscathed. Each week, Turtleman receives calls from dozens of businesses and home owners stuck with unwanted and potentially deadly pests. No job is too tough or dangerous for Turtleman, and his years of bonding with wild animals allow him to use his animal instincts to save them.
Release Date: 2nd July 2013
Last Resort: Complete Series
Starring: Scott Speedman, Andre Braugher
The crew of the U.S. ballistic submarine Colorado are ordered to fire nuclear missiles at Pakistan, both Captain Marcus Chaplin (Andre Braugher) and XO Sam Kendal (Scott Speedman) question the legitimacy of the order and are then attacked by another U.S. submarine. Left for dead on a remote island, they must clear their names and solve the mystery behind the attack.
Release Date: 2nd July 2013
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