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  Today's review is written by one of our new reviewers here on The Phantom Paragrapher - Hannah Sutton.   Review: Paraglide - Peter Anthony Kelley - January 2012 When Jim and Erica's mother decides to take them on a trip to the UK to visit her aunt, Jim is unhappy. He would rather have gone to Paris and he expects he will have to follow his mother and sister around. His mother used to be cool, but since their father left eight months ago, she has become paranoid and insists on keeping them in her sights at all time. But when their mother is kidnapped, Jim and Erica discover that their father's leaving and this trip isn't all that it seems. They have one week to deliver a message to their father, but they have no idea where he is. The kidnappers aren't their only problem, other people are also after their father. Dangerous people who threaten to hurt the siblings to get to their goal. The pace of the story, the vividly described plac...

As time flies by, The Phantom Paragrapher has gotten too big for me to handle as the amount of book review requests come flooding in . So a few weeks ago, I decided to put out an ad for Book Reviewers to help me out. I would like to welcome Hannah Sutton to the Phantom Paragrapher family :)   Hannah is currently touring around the world and runs a blog on her travels which can be found at http://nakedcarousel.com/  So readers, put your hands together for ..........................      

Today's Cover Reveal is "Tone Deaf" by Olivia Rivers here on The Phantom Paragrapher.   Synopsis: Tone Deaf -Olivia Rivers - November 2013 After receiving over 800,000 online reads, “Tone Deaf” is coming to book stores! His world is music… …Her world is silent. Ali Blinde was a prodigy destined to become one of the greatest musicians of the 21st century. Until the brain tumor struck. Now seventeen, Ali lives in a soundless world where she gets by with ASL and lip-reading. So when she meets Jace Beckett, she thinks he’s her worst nightmare come true. Jace is the lead singer in the wildly-popular band, Tone Deaf, and he’s exactly the kind of success-story Ali hates and resents. Nineteen-year-old Jace has it all: fame, money, and any girl he wants. Every night on tour brings a new performance and a new girl, which is just what he needs to avoid the pain of relationships. But when Jace learns Ali is being abused, he reluctantly proposes a...

Today's Cover Reveal is "Fearless by Eve Carter".   Synopsis: Fearless - Book #2 Jesse Series - Eve Carter - September 2013 I am strong, because I've been weak. I'm fearless, because I've been afraid. I'm wise, because I've been foolish. Life is looking up for Jesse. With expert help from Chase, his injuries are healing and he makes preparations to enter the Pro motocross circuit again. A decision that could force Niki to make a difficult choice. Kenny starts chemotherapy treatments but his bar, Rookies, is hurting from the lack of attention and lack of customers. As Jesse and Niki work to find a way to keep the bar from going under, life throws other obstacles in their way. From a manipulative dad and flirtatious step mom, to news from home about Jesse's mother, that lands them in New York state in search of answers from the past. Dark secrets that were never meant to be revealed.   Goodreads Link : https:...

Today's Book Release Event is "Adam's Apple" by Liv Morris , here on The Phantom Paragrapher.   Synopsis: Adam's Apple - Book #1 Touch of Tantra - Liv Morris - July 2013 Adam Kingsley reigns as the young prince of Manhattan. Everything he touches turns to gold making him the envy of Wall Street. Women swoon at his feet, money falls out of his pockets, and his killer good looks are as wicked as sin. A dangerous trifecta. What more could a thirty-two year old man wish for? Maybe that his life never changes and his past stays far away? Sounds reasonable but life seldom is. Kathryn Delcour is a beautiful and alluring socialite with unique erotic tastes. When she suddenly appears on the New York City social scene, Adam finds her too tempting to resist. He has to have her, but she is warned to stay away from him and his player ways. She tries her hardest to keep him at arm's length however Kathryn's arms may not be strong enough to...

Today's Cover Reveal Post is "A Perfect Mess" by Zoe Dawson, here on The Phantom Paragrapher.   Synopsis: A Perfect Mess - Book #1 A Perfect Secret- Zoe Dawson - August 2013 A Perfect Mess (genre: New Adult) I know what you did last summer. Aubree Walker, the perfect girl most likely to succeed, is sure there’s only one person who knows what she did. Booker Outlaw, one of the three Outlaw brothers—all identical, all gorgeous, all from the wrong side of the tracks, and all pure bad boys. He was always the unpredictable one, the one who would be brash enough to make it big self-publishing horror novels on the internet. He promised never to tell, but everyone knows you can never trust an Outlaw. Then a year later, in the middle of the night, she receives a phone call at Tulane. Her aunt, who took her in after her mother’s death, is in a coma under suspicious circumstances. Now she has to face that one person who knows all about what she did that sum...

Today's Cover Reveal is Book #2 in Marquita Valentine's new series "Boys of the South".   Synopsis: Only For You - Book #2 Boys of the South Series - Marquita Valentine - TBC 2013 Loose ends left loose for too long tend to strangle. Cole and Violet knew it wouldn’t be easy. They knew their relationship would take work. But when the press finds out about Violet Lynn’s newest boyfriend, they start digging.   And when his past come to light, exposing all of his family’s secrets, their relationship begins to fray. Country Music’s Golden Boy, Jaxon Hunter, has it all, except the girl that got away. What she saw, she really didn’t. What she thought happened, he allowed her to believe for reasons so insane that no one would ever have believed him if he had confessed. But now that everything’s out in the open, he’s going to do his damndest to convince her that he’s the only one for her. Now Violet must choose between Jaxon— her fir...

Today's Cover Reveal is Patty Maximini's book "Exception".   Synopsis: Exception - Patty Maximini- TBC With her life packed in boxes in the back of a U-Haul truck and a promise to her sister, Charlotte, that she’d find a way to let go and be happy, Emily crossed the country to escape the haunting memories of her past. As she settles into her new life, Emily holds true to her promise and begins to open her walls to those around her and overtime, she selectively begins to trust again. However, some wounds are too great to overcome, and between her recurring nightmares and her fear of even the slightest physical contact, she wonders if she will ever heal completely. In walks Taylor, a handsome out of towner, with his own past to overcome. Against all odds, an undeniable special friendship forms almost instantly between the two. Not minding his company or touch, Emily is jolted into realization that he is her healing, her strength, h...

Today's VBT# stop is "Emerge" by S.E Hall.   Review: Emerge - S.E Hall - Book #1 Evolve Series - May 2013 Until Laney was 10 years old, it was just her and her Dad after her mother walked out from then until Evan Walker came along and as the years went by, the two of them became insuperable. The two were lovers by the time their Senior Year finished and then college acceptances separated the pair as they went their different ways. Hoping to still keep their love strong, the pair tried long-distance romances but whilst at college, Laney meets some new friends and one of them is Dane Kendrick.  Laney feels for Dane, something that she has never felt for anyone else - not even Evan but can she let herself fall for Dane or will she feel that she is betraying what she has with Evan ?  Emerge is about one girl's journey - Laney's into being thrown into a world she doesn't know and having to find who she is in order to survive.  Emerging from h...

  Today's Cover Release comes from Aussie authoress Monica Donnelly and her new novel "A Fresh Start" here on The Phantom Paragrapher. Synopsis: A Fresh Start -A Henley's Bluff Romance -  Monica Donnelly - TBC Susannah Morrison is searching for a simple, new life with her young daughter, when she has a chance encounter with Declan Doherty in the coastal town of Henley’s Bluff. A car accident puts her plans on hold and only Declan can help to keep her small family together. Declan Doherty is only in town for a quick visit and he has no intention of letting his attraction to Susannah derail his plans to return to a London and get as far from Henley’s Bluff as possible. Still he agrees to help her and as their desire grows both are left wondering   do they really want to leave Henley’s Bluff after all. This is the first novel in the Henley’s Bluff romance series, set in the coastal seaside village of Henley’s Bluff. ...

      Synopsis: Silver Heart - Victoria Green - July 2013 There comes a moment in everyone’s life when they must decide which road leads to personal happiness. For Dylan Silver, this is that moment… For the past twenty-two-years, Dylan has been living in her parents' carefully crafted world, always putting her own dreams on hold to play the role of a dutiful daughter. So when her best friend coaxes her into a winter getaway to a mountain cabin, she sees it as a chance to forget about the responsibilities waiting for her at home. At least for a little while. But then her past catches up to her—in the form of sexy snowboarder, Sawyer Carter. Six years ago, Dylan bid goodbye to the only boy she ever truly loved. Now he's standing right in front of her, bringing up bittersweet memories and igniting suppressed desires as he dares her to be the person she has always wanted to be. Dylan and Sawyer’s unexpected meeting is a second chance, but will ...