GingerRead Reviews

Title: Just a Girl Author: Ellie Cahill Publisher: Loveswept Release Date: June 7, 2016 Source: ARC from Publisher Buy the Book: Amazon / B&N / Indigo In this pitch-perfect novel from the author of When Joss Met Matt (“One of those books that make you forget everything around you.” —Sophie Jordan), a rock’n’roll diva must choose between her career and her heart. After getting kicked out of her own band— by her own boyfriend —Presley Mason finds herself back in Wisconsin, helping her parents run their renowned music store. Instead of belting out powerhouse vocals to sold-out crowds in L.A., she’s stocking shelves an inspecting rental violins. But the shop isn’t all bad: When she’s vacuuming up late one night, she bumps into the guitar teacher with the smoldering amber eyes and the killer tattoo. And that’s when things take an interesting turn. Presley soon finds that Paul Kellerman is as good in bed as he is on guitar. So why isn’t he stoked to share his band, Jukebox Bleu, with ...

Title: Ignite (Wildwood #1) Author: Karen Erickson Publisher: Avon Impulse Release Date: March 15, 2016 Source: Purchased Buy the Book: Amazon / B&N / Kobo Weston Gallagher is falling hard for the wrong woman. One night of passion has haunted him for years. Now he's got a second chance to get the girl of his dreams but there's just one problem: She hates him. Eight years after he stormed out of Wildwood, California, West has returned to his hometown as a firefighter. His friends and family are thrilled he's back with the exception of Harper Hill. His sister's best friend is all grown up and in all the right ways. He knows she's going to do everything she can to protect her heart and keep him at arm's length, but West has other ideas. He will win the girl that got away. No matter what it takes. Saying that Ignite was the first book of Karen Erickson's that I've read is both true and a lie. Because Karen Erickson also writes under the name Monica Mur...

Title: Bittersweet (True North #1) Author: Sarina Bowen Publisher: Rennie Road Books Release Date: June 14, 2016 Source: ARC from Publicist Buy the Book: Amazon / B&N / Kobo If you can't stand the heat, get out of the orchard. The last person Griffin Shipley expects to find stuck in a ditch on his Vermont country road is his ex-hookup. Five years ago they'd shared a couple of steamy nights together. But that was a lifetime ago. At twenty-seven, Griff is now the accidental patriarch of his family farm. Even his enormous shoulders feel the strain of supporting his mother, three siblings and a dotty grandfather. He doesn't have time for the sorority girl who's shown up expecting to buy his harvest at half price. Vermont was never in Audrey Kidder's travel plans. Neither was Griff Shipley. But she needs a second change with the restaurant conglomerate employing her. Okay--a fifth chance. And no self-righteous lumbersexual farmer will stand in her way. They's a...

Title: East of Redemption (Love on the Edge #2) Author: Molly E. Lee Publisher: Self-Published Release Date:  June 8, 2016 Source: ARC from Author Buy the Book: Amazon Easton Wells has spent years burying his guilt by digging up some of the world's most renowned treasures while surviving the dangerous terrains in which they're located--all captured for television. When his producers threaten to axe the show, he has no choice but to turn to the last person he still trusts--the girl he left behind. Rain Walker has made a name for herself documenting wild and endangered animals, and the last voice she expects to hear while shooting in South Africa is Easton's. He's more gorgeous than she remembers, but the pain in her heart is as fresh as ever. They'd once planned on spending the rest of their lives together, but after her father's tragic death while on expedition in Israel with him, Easton bailed on their future together without an explanation. It's been nine ...

Title: With Malice Author: Eileen Cook Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers Release Date: June 7, 2016 Source: ARC from Publisher Buy the Book: Amazon / Book Depository / Indigo It was the perfect trip…until it wasn’t. Eighteen-year-old Jill Charron wakes up in a hospital room, leg in a cast, stitches in her face and a big blank canvas where the last six weeks should be. She discovers she was involved in a fatal car accident while on a school trip in Italy. A trip she doesn’t even remember taking. She was jetted home by her affluent father in order to receive quality care. Care that includes a lawyer. And a press team. Because maybe the accident…wasn’t an accident. As the accident makes national headlines, Jill finds herself at the center of a murder investigation. It doesn’t help that the media is portraying her as a sociopath who killed her bubbly best friend, Simone, in a jealous rage. With the evidence mounting against her, there’s only one thing Jill knows for sure: She would ...

I'm really excited to be taking part in the Canadian blog tour for Eileen Cook's new novel, With Malice.  As part of the tour, I have the pleasure of having Eileen Cook here today to talk about how she goes about doing research for all her books, and in particular for With Malice . Here is what she had to say. How does your research process change from one book to another (if it does at all)? First I should admit that I LOVE the research part of writing. I’ve learned the most interesting and random things. For example, did you know more people are killed by falling vending machines than in shark attacks? Makes you rethink getting that Diet Coke doesn’t it? I tackle research in three different ways: 1) Online 2) Libraries and 3) Talk to People. The way I research doesn’t change much from book to book, but how much time I spend doing each way varies. 1) Online: How did we ever live without the Internet? I’m always amazed at the things you can find—pictures, maps, research article...

Today, I'm excited to be taking part in the blog tour for Beth Kephart's latest novel, This Is the Story of You . To tell us a bit more about the book, and her writing in general, I asked Beth Kephart to tell us more about the unique settings of her stories and how she chooses those settings. Here is what she had to say. Emilie, thank you for asking this story about the importance of setting in the novels (and nonfiction!) that I write. Because oh, my. Those who know me have heard me say this more than once: Landscape is character. It is essential character. Whether my stories are about divided love or mental disease or teen pregnancy or anxiety attacks or a boy taking care of a heartsick mom or any other thing, they are also, always and very urgently about, in order, Berlin, Florence, Seville, Juarez, and Philadelphia, to choose but a few examples.  Where do the shadows fall? What happens at this intersection? What is the meaning of that wall graffiti? Who can see this from ab...