Mailbox Monday is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came into their house last week. (Library books don’t count, but eBooks & audiobooks do). Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists!
Mailbox Monday, created by Marcia @ A Girl and Her Books, is on a blog tour! This month finds the meme back with its creator on the Mailbox Monday blog! Next month's host is . . . ME!!
One for review this week, for an upcoming blog tour with
The King’s Agent is based loosely on the life of Battista della Palla-a patriotic plunderer, a religious rogue-of the 16th century, a lifelong friend to the great Michelangelo. As the cloistered ward of the Marquess of Mantua, Lady Aurelia is a woman with a profound duty, and a longing for adventure. In search of a relic intended for the King of France, Battista and Aurelia cross the breathtaking landscape of Renaissance Italy. Clues hide in great works of art, political forces collide, secret societies and enemies abound, and danger lurks in every challenge, those that mirror the passages of Dante's Divine Comedy. It is an adventurous quest with undercurrents of the supernatural, powers that could change the balance of supremacy throughout Europe.
I absolutely loved Ms. Morin's last novel, To Serve A King, and I am so excited to be on the tour for her newest historical thriller!
And two wins from Paranormal Wasteland:
When Abbey's best friend, Kristen, vanishes at the bridge near Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, everyone else is all too quick to accept that Kristen is dead and rumors fly that her death was no accident. Abbey goes through the motions of mourning her best friend, but privately, she refuses to believe that Kristen is really gone. It only makes things worse that everyone now treats Abbey like either a freak show or a charity case. Thank goodness for Caspian, the gorgeous and mysterious boy who shows up out of nowhere at Kristen's funeral, and keeps reappearing in Abbey's life. Caspian clearly has secrets of his own, but he's the only person who makes Abbey feel normal again, but also special. Just when Abbey starts to feel that she might survive all this, she learns a secret that makes her question everything she thought she knew about her best friend. How could Kristen have kept silent about so much? And could this secret have led to her death? As Abbey struggles to understand Kristen's betrayal, she uncovers a frightening truth about Caspian that will challenge her emerging love for Caspian, as well as her own sanity.
New-girl Lindsay discovers all is not right at the prestigious Marlwood Academy for Girls. Ethereal, popular Mandy and her clique are plotting something dangerous. Lindsay overhears them performing strange rituals, and sees their eyes turn black. It doesn't help that the school itself is totally eerie, with ancient, dilapidated buildings tucked into the Northern California woods, a thick white fog swirling through campus. There are hidden passageways, odd reflections in the windows at night, and scariest of all is the vast lake rumored to have captured the ghost of a girl who drowned many years ago.
What Lindsay doesn't yet realize is that Mandy and her cohorts are becoming possessed by spirits who have haunted the school for two hundred years. Spirits who want someone dead . . . And that someone is Lindsay.
What Lindsay doesn't yet realize is that Mandy and her cohorts are becoming possessed by spirits who have haunted the school for two hundred years. Spirits who want someone dead . . . And that someone is Lindsay.
That's it for me!
Have you read any of these books?
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And don't forget to enter to win a copy of
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi while you're here!
Wins are the best, aren't they? I hope you love all of your new books!
ReplyDeleteHow 'bout them Hokies last Thursday night! That was the best game I've watched in a while!
Yay, so glad that you received The King's Agent. I too loved To Serve A King! Thanks for being on the tour, I look forward to your review, Jenny!
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The King's Agent looks great! Enjoy all your new reads.
ReplyDeleteI'm very curious about The King's Agent. Hope you enjoy your week...and thanks for stopping by my blog.
ReplyDeleteI am looking forward to reading The King's Agent too, it looks like it will be a great read!
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to read King's Agent. It will be my first by her and she always has such gorgeous covers. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteThe King's Agent looks really good. I have not read any of her books so will give it a try.
ReplyDeleteWould love to read The Kings Agent.
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The King's Agent caught my eye on several blogs. Enjoy your reading week!
ReplyDeletePossessions looks kind of creepy! I love the cover! I hope you enjoy all of your new reads!
ReplyDeleteI've wanted to read To Serve A King and The King’s Agent sounds good too. I have The Hollow but haven't read it yet. Hope you enjoy your books!
ReplyDeleteWow - all three books look wonderful. Congratulations on your win, and The King's Agent looks really good. :)
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Looks like you received some great books.
ReplyDeleteI hope you enjoy them.
I hope you love The King's Agent!
ReplyDeleteThe King's Agent sounds great! I love historical fiction; the cover is really pretty, too!
ReplyDeleteThe King's Agent sounds really good. I don't read many thrillers but it sounds worthwhile to me. I love the period.
ReplyDeleteThe Kings Agent sounds good. Congratulations on the wins!
ReplyDeleteThe King's Agent looks great! Happy reading!
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