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Top Ten Books that Inspire Me
1) The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
This book made me fall in love with the idea of storytelling. The first time I read it, I discovered that many of the bedtime stories my father told me were actually inspired by the world that J.R.R. Tolkien created. I thought it was so cool, and I decided I wanted to write stories that could inspire people the same way. It was also where my love of fantasy started, a love that inspired me to write and publish my first book, Beckoning Light.

2) Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
I'm a huge Jane Austen fan, and I've read Pride and Prejudice countless times. It inspired my love of romance and flawed characters. If I could travel back in time, I'd love to meet Jane Austen.

3) Portal by Imogen Rose
This YA Time Travel Romance inspired me to self- publish. I loved the story and knew it was something that probably wouldn’t have been traditionally published originally because it was so unique, and it didn’t fit within the traditional categories. I was so impressed, that it gave me that final push to take the indie plunge.

4) Flat-out love by Jessica Park
This is my favorite NA book. It inspired me to try writing in the NA category, and it reminded me of how great books with a twist are. I'd been reading almost exclusively paranormal and fantasy, and Flat-Out Love rekindled my love of contemporary.

5) Moby Dick by Herman Melville
This is my favorite book. Melville captures obsession like no one else. You feel the emotion even though it's a book that takes place almost entirely on a whaling ship. Moby Dick inspires me to challenge myself to play with genres and to experiment with my writing.

6) Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
I love Agatha Christie, and this is my favorite mystery of hers. She instilled in me a love of mystery and intrigue. I especially love how timeless it is, it’s still so great after all these years.

7) Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling
I read the first five books on my honeymoon. Reading the series was the first time I discovered Internet fandom. I used to read Muggle net with my friends when we were supposed to be listening to law school lectures. It’s such a fantastic world that never leaves you.

8) Twilight by Stephenie Meyer.
Twilight reintroduced me to YA, and paranormal. I Loved Bella and the voice. It made me feel confident about writing first person even if it isn't what you were"supposed to do."

9) Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
Mull is the king of writing a series where all of the books tie together perfectly. Hints he drops in book one, tie together in the final book. I strive to do the same in my series, and I aim to make every detail count. Chances are if it’s in my book, it's there for a reason even if it takes a few books to see it. The same goes with my characters.
10) Let Me Call You Sweetheart by Mary Higgins Clark
I picked up one of her books at the library in sixth grade, and read every book of hers within a few months. This was the one that stuck with me longest. Mary Higgins Clark was one of my early transitions into adult fiction, and I still have so many fond memories of curling up with one her books.

Wrecked by Alyssa Rose Ivy
Published: April 30th, 2013
Reading Level: New Adult
ebook edition: 285 pages
Series: Clayton Falls, #3
Summary:
When your past catches up, it's time to stop running.

Jake Mathews messed up yet again— but this time his misstep lands him in the hospital. He wakes up to find the girl of his dreams and the memory of having his deepest secret revealed.

Emily Taylor needs a break. She's been working double shifts as a nurse just to pay the bills while trying to heal a broken heart. The last thing she needs is to fall for a patient.

Strapped with community service and the knowledge that he's disappointed everyone in his life, Jake is determined not to let Emily slip through his fingers. Emily wants Jake, but can she really open herself up to heartache again?

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Author Bio:
Alyssa Rose Ivy is a Young Adult and New Adult author who loves to weave stories with romance

and a southern setting. Although raised in the New York area, she fell in love with the South after moving to New Orleans for college. After years as a perpetual student, she turned back to her creative side and decided to write. She lives in North Carolina with her husband and two young children, and she can usually be found with a cup of coffee in her hand.

Links:
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlyssaRoseIvy
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Author Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5047249.Alyssa_Rose_Ivy

EXCERPT
I step into his personal space and lift my hands to his shoulder blades. I press my palms to his muscular back. His head falls forward and his chest fully inflates as he draws in a deep breath. It’s the reassuring sign that I need from him. My tongue darts from my mouth and makes a pass over my lips. I lean forward and drop one chaste kiss in the middle of his back.
“Baby, please,” I croon. “Talk to me!”
He whirls around to face me, taking me by surprise. “What do you want from me?!”
“I-I just want you to talk to me. I want to make sure we’re on the same page as far as we are concerned,” I sputter out, looking to him for the words I need to hear.
“Josephine, we aren’t on the same page. Actually, I don’t even think we’re in the same book.” The way he says it is exhaustive, like I’m irritating him or something. It cuts me like a white-hot knife. “I’m not myself; I’m out of control and I don’t know how to come back.” He runs those big hands through his disheveled hair and the expression on his handsome face is one of hopelessness. I know the look well.
I step closer to him and reach for his hand. “Before you walked into my life, I felt the floor crumbling beneath my feet. Then you showed up and I had something to hold onto. Let me do the same for you. At least let me try. Please.”

Restore Me by J.L. Mac
Published: April 29th, 2013
Reading Level: New Adult/Adult
eBook edition: 137 pages
Series: Wrecked, #2
Navigating the world alone is all Josephine Geroux has ever known. Life altering tragedy struck early on for her. She endured an admirable struggle through her youth and learned the hard way how to adapt and survive. She managed to arrive at adulthood in one piece in spite of it all.

After such chaos, maintaining a life free of complications is a priority for her.
Everything changed when a man with amber eyes came through her door and claimed her heart. She fell hard in more ways than one. The pull between Jo and Damon seemed like fate bringing things full circle.

With another devastating loss looming, Jo fights to hold on to the very thing that brought her to her knees. She finds herself torn between a promising future and clinging to a devastating past.
But that’s not the most worrisome problem on her hands.

She must convince more than just herself to let the past stay in the past, where it belongs, but on her journey to find closure and resolution, she does the exact opposite. An old wound caused by a heinous act becomes exposed for what it is. The truth is catastrophic and Jo is helpless, watching as the ruins of her fragile world endure more turmoil.

Can something conceived from tragedy and malice end well? Can something so completely poisoned conquer adversity? Jo is left to make a decision; accept the circumstances she finds herself in or fight with unwavering ferocity to restore what has been damaged.
*Restore Me is the second book in the Wrecked series*
Bio:
USA Today Best Selling Author,J.L. Mac is twenty-six years old and currently resides in El Paso, Texas, where she enjoys living near her family. She was born and raised in Galveston, Texas, until

she married her husband in July of 2005. She has two young children and is married to a soldier in the United States Army. J.L. and her family have lived all over the United States and have enjoyed each new experience in each new place. J.L. admittedly has had a long and sordid love affair with the written word and has loved every minute of it. She drinks too many glasses of wine on occasion,and says way too many swear words to be considered “lady-like.” J.L. spends her free time reading, writing, and playing with her children.

Website http://jlmacbooks.blogspot.com/
twitter username https://twitter.com/JaimiLMcCormick
Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/jlmacbooks

Goodreads Page http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6654493.J_L_Mac
Goodreads book link http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17405850-restore-me

Giveaway AUTHOR is giving away: 10 ebooks of Restore Me 3 signed paperbacks of Restore Me 3 ereader/tablet sleeves 3 $5 Amazon Gift Cards 1 Kindle Paperwhite

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It's been a while since I've done an IMM. Here are pictures of most of the books I've received over the past 8 weeks or so.

Review
When You Were Mine (ARC) by Rebecca Serle
Black Dawn by Rachel Caine
Last Breath (SIGNED) by Rachel Caine
Wrecked (ARC) by Anna Davies
One Breath Away (ARC) by Heather Gudenkauf
Black Dawn (SIGNED) by Rachel Caine
The Calling by Kelley Armstrong
The Gathering by Kelley Armstrong
Forgiven by Jana Oliver
Pushing the Limits (ARC) by Katie McGarry
Lost Voices by Sara Porter
Such a Rush (SIGNED ARC) by Janenifer Echols
The Selection by Kiera Cass
Masque of the Red Death by Bethany Griffin
The Last Echo by Kimberly Derting
Slide by Jill Hathaway
The Secret Circle: The Divide by L.J. Smith
The Vampire Diaries: Moonsong by L.J. Smith
The Vampire Diaries: The Compelled by L.J. Smith
The Vampire Diaries: The Return by L.J. Smith
Invisible Sun by David Macinnis Gill
Blackwatch (ARC) by Janena Burtenshaw
So Close to You (ARC) by Rachel Carter
Once (ARC) by Anna Carey
Drain You (ARC) by M.B Brown
Insignia (ARC) by S.J. Kincaid
Tiger Lily (ARC) by Jodi Lynn Anderson
Endlessly (ARC) by Kiersten White
Team Human (ARC) by Justine Larbalestier
Destiny (ARC) by Gillian Shields
Defiance (ARC) by C.J. Redwine
Erasing Time (ARC) by C.J. Hill
The Lost Girl (ARC) by Sangu Mandanna
Starling (ARC) by Lesley Livingston
Two or Three Things I Forgot to Tell You (ARC) by Joyce Carol Oates
Over You (ARC) by Emma McLaughlin
Life Happens Next (ARC) by Terry Truman
Don't Turn Around (ARC) by Michelle Gagnon

Purchased (Not Pictured)
How to Ruin My Boyfriend's Reputation by Simone Elkeles
Megan Meade's Guide to the McGowen Boys by Kate Brian
Snitch by Allison van Diepen
Winter's Kiss by Janenifer Echols and Catherine Hapka
The List by Siobhan Vivian
Spell Bound by Rachel Hawkins

What did you get in your mailbox this week?

*IMM is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren and it was inspired by Alea at Pop Culture Junkie.

Molly McAdams is here today to tell us how she managed to tackle Stealing Molly from Chase's POV. Taking Chances is such an emotional story and I cried many… many, many tears! I can't wait to jump into St ealing Molly.

How difficult was it to write this book from Chase's POV? Considering that, as a reader, I cried when I read the summary, I would love to know how you tackled this story and how you w ere able to really get into Chase's mind, knowing the outcome?
It was incredibly difficult for me to write Chase's POV. I thought I cried throughout Taking Chances,

Stealing Harper wrecked me. I don't think there was one day that I didn't cry while writing it. Not because the entire thing was depressing, but because I was finally understanding Chase, and, actually, Brandon too.

There was so much about both guys, but especially Chase, that I just hadn't known about while writing Taking Chances, and it was so hard to find all these new things out and fall in love with them all over again when I knew what was coming. But not once while writing, and not once while reading the completed novella, did I ever think it wasn't worth it.

Chase's story is something that needs to be told/heard. And I honestly think that is what got me through writing it, is that I knew it was all worth it, and to be honest, I was still enjoying falling in love with Chase all over again.

We fell in love with him for certain traits and reasons in Taking Chances, and we'll fall in love even harder for completely different reasons in Stealing Harper. Long answer super short. Difficult, but SO. FREAKING. WORTH IT!

EXCERPT Seriously, who the hell did she think she was? I leaned close and whispered harshly in her ear, “Would you like to change that? I'm not up to my limit tonight yet.” The princess leaned away and her eyes went wide, “Oh I'm sorry, but I don't have any STDs, I'm not your type.” Bree started choking, and I knew I should make sure she was okay, but my jaw had dropped and I couldn’t stop staring at this frustrating girl, “Chase, you better stay away from my roommate. I told the guys she's off limits.” I cringed at Bree’s words. Not a mistake. This really was her roommate. “You know him?” The princess asked, hardly trying to contain her revulsion. “Well I'd like to think so, he is my brother.” The most beautiful blush I’ve ever seen instantly spread across her cheeks, and for a second I forgot why I didn’t want to be completely taken with this girl. “Wait, Harper is this the guy you said was a jerk?” Harper. That’s right, her name was Harper. I don’t know why I didn’t like it earlier, I couldn’t think of anything more perfect for her now. It fit her and I wanted to say it myself, but then I remembered why she was pissing me off and decided to stick with what seemed to piss her off more. Her eyes flew to the ground, and my lips quirked up into a smile.

Stealing Harper by Molly McAdams
Publisher: William Morrow (May 21st, 2013)
Reading Level: New Adult
ebook edition: 100 pages
Series: Taking Chances, #2
Summary:
Chase Grayson has never been interested in having a relationship that lasts longer than it takes for him and his date to get dressed again. But then he stumbles into a gray-eyed girl whose innocence pours off her, and everything changes. From the minute Harper opens her mouth to let him know just how much he disgusts her, he's hooked.

But a princess deserves a Prince Charming who can make her dreams come true. Not a guy who can turn her life into a nightmare.

All good intentions go out the window when Harper starts to fall for the guy Chase has come to view as a brother. He wanted to protect her by keeping her away, but he can’t stand to see her with anyone else, and he’ll do anything to make her his. But when it comes down to Harper choosing between the two, will Chase have the strength to step back from the girl who has become his whole world if it means she’ll be happy?

Lines will be crossed. Friendships will be put to the test. And hearts will be shattered.
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By: Judith Graves

People often ask me why I choose to write horror/paranormal stories. And I usually give them a standard reply: I love a good scare—I’m a fan of mythology and folklore. Rarely do I get into the nitty-gritty details.
Until now.
When I was thirteen, an unlucky age for so many reasons, a visiting aunt gave me a spectacularly wrapped present. About two feet long and a foot wide. The rectangular box could have contained anything. My aunt was from away. Surely she’d have brought me something amazing!
Looking back, I know she thought she was being generous, kind, aunt-like even. She was just trying to bring a smile to the face of a girl she barely knew, but was tied to by blood. That she didn’t know anything about me was painfully obvious as I unwrapped the present. A hush fell over the room when the gift was revealed.
A beautiful, lifelike doll stood in the box encased behind a clear plastic lid. Her eyelids flickered as the box dipped in my trembling hands. I dropped her to the floor and her eyes closed as if she were asleep. Or dead.
My aunt rushed forward to scoop the doll up. “Good God, be careful! She’s made of porcelain. An antique.”
Covering over the awkward silence and my pronounced lack of appreciative gushing, my mother assured my aunt that I was overcome by the generosity of her gift. As she told the lie, my father, leaning in the kitchen doorway, a silent observer as always, gazed at me with concern.
You see, I’d had a fear of dolls as far back as the family could remember, especially old dolls with aged, knowing faces and eyes that rolled back in their heads. Dolls so lifelike you could almost hear the faint gasps of their breathing.
For the entire duration of my aunt’s visit I had to sleep with THE DOLL propped up on my dresser. My mother insisted, not wanting to offend her older sister (the one who was only visiting us because she had to come to town for a funeral and didn’t want to pay for a hotel). When mother insisted, there was no plea-bargaining.
My father saved the day—marginally. “She should keep it in the box,” he announced. “We wouldn’t want it to get wrecked.” After the sisters left on a shopping expedition, he helped me seal the edges of the doll’s box with duct tape. She was locked inside. Or so I thought.
I’ll never know exactly how the doll ended up on the floor at the foot of my bed the last night of my aunt’s visit. I had jerked awake at the sound of a crash, and there she was, illuminated by the three nightlights my father placed in each plug around my bedroom. The doll had burst through the confines of her box and lay sprawled on the cold hardwood floor. Amazingly, she was in one piece with her head turned in my direction, staring at me with a strange gleam in her eyes. A hungry, I’m-going-to-get-you gleam.
Suffice to say everyone in the house charged into my bedroom, sure it was a burglar, an ax murderer, or a fire, at the very least. I had no control over the sounds of terror that ripped from my throat. I remember my mother apologizing to my shocked aunt, and guiding her back into the hall. I remember my father’s grim face as he stuffed the doll into a black garbage bag that magically appeared in his hands. I remember my aunt hugging my brother and sister—but not me—before she got in her car the next morning and drove away.
But mostly I remember those eyes. Those ancient, evil, hungry eyes. And that, my friends, is why I write about things that go bump in the night—because certain events can’t be explained and those are the ones that haunt me. So much so that I write about them and struggle to fabricate my own explanations.
In my writing, I share them freely. For what they’re worth.

Under My Skin by Judith Graves Publisher: Leap Books (March 27th, 2010) Reading Level: Young Adult Paperback: 328 pages Series: Skinned, book #1 All her parents wanted was for Eryn to live a normal life…

Redgrave had its share of monsters before Eryn moved to town. Mauled pets, missing children. The Delacroix family is taking the blame, but Eryn knows the truth. Something stalks the night. Wade, the police chief's son and Redgrave High's resident hottie, warns her the Delacroix are dangerous. But then so is Eryn--in fact, she's lethal.

But she can't help falling for one of the Delacroix boys, dark, brooding--human Alec. And then her world falls apart.

A normal life? Now that's the real fairytale.

Second Skin
- book 2 in the Skinned series -
will be out sometime in 2011.

Prize:

• 1 winner will receive a Under My Skin necklace and character card, a Class of 2k10 postcard, and some gothic"Death Mints".

• You must be at least 13 to enter.
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• Extra entries are possible and links must be provided.
• Contest is INTERNATIONAL and ends October 29th.
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