Teaser Tuesday: Moon Called by Patricia Briggs

TEASER TUESDAYS :
hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading ~

"Good Night, Mercy," he said.

Then he was gone, and the room seemed emptier for his leaving it. I'd better go in the morning, I thought, as I listened to the snow squeak under his feet as he walked away.



~ page 92 “Moon Called: a Mercy Thompson Novel" by Patricia Briggs

About Moon Called: A Mercy Thompson Novel by Patricia Briggs:

Werewolves can be dangerous if you get in their way, but they'll leave you alone if you are careful. They are very good at hiding their natures from the human population, but I'm not human. I know them when I ' meet them, and they know me, too.

Mercy Thompson's sexy next-door neighbor is a werewolf.

She's tinkering with a VW bus at her mechanic shop that happens to belong to a vampire.

But then, Mercy Thompson is not exactly normal herself...and her connection to the world of things that go bump in the night is about to get her into a whole lot of trouble.

:) I always look forward to reading everyone's teasers! ~ Wendi

*Disclosure: I am an Amazon Associate. I get a very small amount for any purchases made when you click through a link from Wendi's Book Corner, which I then save up and use to buy more books! :)

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What's Your Dream? Enter the Upromise's Dream Wall Contest Where You Could Be The $10,000 Winner!

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Teaser Tuesday: Black Ties and Lullabies by Jane Graves

TEASER TUESDAYS :
hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading ~

"Bernie, when Max turned around and saw you, his tongue was hanging so far out of his mouth I thought he was going to step on it. You look incredible. And I want very much for you to enjoy yourself tonight."


~ page 346 “Black Ties and Lullabies" by Jane Graves

About Black Ties and Lullabies by Jane Graves:

A good girl can be bad for one night...

Bernadette Hogan doesn't make mistakes. Not when it comes to caring for her mother, and not at her job protecting Texas's most eligible--and infuriating--bachelor. Maybe that's why she's overcome with guilt after one tiny indiscretion: a passionate fling with her boss that's left her confused, intrigued...and pregnant.

but can a bad boy be good for a lifetime?

To self-made millionaire Jeremy Bridges, women are like fine wine: if held for too long, they sour. But one wild night with Bernadette changed all that. She makes him laugh, she makes him think, and soon she's going to make him a father. For the first time, Jeremy wants to be a one-woman man. So how can he convince the fiercely independent Bernadette he's ready to change from partying playboy to dependable dad--and become the loving husband she deserves?

:) I always look forward to reading everyone's teasers! ~ Wendi

*Disclosure: I am an Amazon Associate. I get a very small amount for any purchases made when you click through a link from Wendi's Book Corner, which I then save up and use to buy more books! :)

Spa For Ma Giveaway Hop: Aromafloria's Healing Waters Collection (ERV $104) (Easy Rafflecopter Entry Now Through August 31st, US/Canada)

Giveaway Details: 


One lucky Wendi's Book Corner reader will win the complete Healing Waters Collection by Aromafloria.  This collection is wonderful!  The scent is light, and I feel great after using the products (note: products can be used alone or together, depending on what you want or the time you have).  The collection consists of five products, totalling $104.

Here is my review of the Healing Waters Collection  by Aromafloria.

Stay tuned as I share some of Aromafloria's other great products over the course of this giveaway.

Entry is easy - just click through the easy Rafflecopter form! If you have any problems, feel free to leave a comment and I'll try to help out!

This giveaway is open to residents of the United States, 18+.

The Drawing will be held August 31st. Winner: I will send you an email. You have 48 hours to reply with your contact information.

~ Wendi





And now, I hope you'll hop over to the next giveaway!  There are a total of 75 blogs participating in Spa For Ma's Giveaway Hop, so there are a ton of great prizes (all should be valued over $100) to win:

Get Ready! The Spa For Ma Giveaway Hop Starts Tomorrow (8/18)

I hope you'll join me in visiting all the stops on the Spa For Ma Giveaway Hop! There are 75 wonderful blogs, each with at least one Spa For Ma Giveaway valued at around $100+. Each giveaway will include the Linky, so it will be easy to go from one to the next.

The Giveaway hop will begin August 18th, 8:00 AM EST and will run through August 31st.

Get ready.... HAVE FUN!!

PS - I'll have my giveaway up at 5:00 AM PST (8:00 AM EST) and entry is easy via the Rafflecopter form. :)

Aromafloria's Healing Waters Collection (Gently Scented, 5 Products Designed to Purify, Exfoliate, Smooth and Firm)

Healing Waters Collection  by Aromafloria is one of my all-time favorite spa type bath collections.  What is not to love about this wonderful collection?  Not only do I love the gentle scent, but the products let me feel pampered in my own house and had a great impact on my skin.

I don't quite know how to describe the scent, other than to say it is now one of my favorites.  It has a very light scent that is not overpowering at all, but rather very heavenly... a little bit floral with a hint of citrus maybe. Regardless, it is a wonderful scent that I find relaxing and soothing.

I'm hard pressed to pick a favorite product from among the Healing Waters Collection.  I think I'd have to go with the following combination: Sugar/Salt Scrub (exfoliates and invigorates skin, leaving me feeling tingly clean and fresh!), followed by Anti-Aging Lotion (this gentle and very light lotion soaks in quickly, leaving my skin soft with absolutely no residue), with a fine mist of the Dry Body Oil (this is a wonderful fine mist spray that soaks in quickly and does not leave oil on my skin).  I have to try really hard not to do this too often as I feel so wonderful when I do it.

The Healing Waters Collection by Aromafloria: Bath/Shower Gel - Purifying Treatment, Dry Body Oil - Smoothing Treatment, Anti-Aging Lotion - Firming Treatment, Sugar/Salt Scrub - Exfoliating Treatment, Salt Soak - Mineral Bath Treatment

Bath/Shower Gel - Purifying Treatment: Gently wash away impurities and drench your skin in moisture with the aid of Healing Waters’ pharmacist-formulated Bath and Shower Gel. An exclusive blend of natural marine botanicals laced with potent, healing antioxidants create indulgent bubbles in the bath, or clean-rinsing lather in the shower. Do right by your skin.

Dry Body Oil - Smoothing Treatment: Drench your skin in baby softness and get a gorgeous glow with this absorbent, natural body oil. Healing Waters’ pharmacist-formulated blend of nourishing vitamins elegantly entwines with hydrating borage and jojoba oils in a gentle, sheer formula that helps repair skin’s natural protective barrier and locks in long-lasting smoothness. Your moisturizer will be jealous.

Anti-Aging Lotion - Firming Treatment: Artfully tone and transform while simultaneously fighting further aging with a pharmacist-formulated paring of marine extracts and active caffeine. Replenish skin’s top layer with nurturing, non-greasy borage oil and shea butter. Your body will thank you for the smooth appearance and silky feel. Look as young as you feel. Feel as young as you look.

Sugar/Salt Scrub - Exfoliating Treatment: Gently scrub your way to radiant, even skin tone with Healing Waters’ pharmacist-formulated scrub. An exclusive blend of mineral-rich sea salts and sumptuous organic sugar granules gently renew, slough away impurities and leave softer, healthier -looking skin behind. It’s luminosity you can see.

Salt Soak - Mineral Bath Treatment: Reward your aching muscles for a job beautifully executed by sinking into a tubful of wellness. Allow a pharmacist - formulated blend of natural potassium, magnesium and other calming sea minerals to release work-worn muscles from the distress of inflammation and stiffness. Natural antibacterial essential oils pamper your body with enduring moisture. Appeasing both body and mind, Hydrating Treatment is a delightful detox.

I will be participating in the Spa For Ma Giveaway along with 70+ other blogs, which will be going on from August 18 - 31st.  I'll be giving away a full set of the Healing Waters Collection  from Aromafloria (valued at $104), entry into the giveaway will be easy with the Rafflecopter entry widget, and I'll have links to the other Spa For Ma giveaways, so it will be easy to go from one to the next!

About My Spa For Ma Sponsor: Aromafloria

from their Facebook page

Founded: 1985

About: We believe in producing wholesome beauty products which means selecting the purest, safest, sustainable and eco-friendly ingredient.We do this by following the Organic and Natural Standards and by promoting GREEN chemistry for eco-friendly results.

Company Overview: Our collection of bath, body and skin care products is expertly formulated with aroma therapeutic essential oils, medicinal herbals and exotic botanicals. Infused with Nature's healing benefits, they remain authentic solutions in a marketplace overflowing with mass-produced brands.

Mission: At the heart of Aromafloria is a fervent desire to help people empower themselves in their search for balance and well-being. In our increasingly high-tech and low-touch world, we invite you to create quiet, restorative moments and meaningful rituals that will elicit relaxation and keep you on your road to wellness.

Products: HEALING WATERS, STRESS-LESS, MUSCLE SOAK, SINUS-HELP. FULL RANGE OF NATURAL AROMATHERAPY WELLNESS PRODUCTS FOR BATH, BODY AND SKINCARE.
TRUE NATURAL LUXURY PRODUCTS THAT WORK!

Website: http://www.aromafloria.com

Spa For Ma Sponsor Spotlight: Aromafloria

I'd like to introduce you to my Spa For Ma Sponsor: Aromafloria. I look forward to spotlighting a few of their wonderfully aromatic products over the next week, leading up to a GREAT BIG Spa For Ma Giveaway featuring the Aromafloria Healing Waters collection of spa products. So be sure and stop by to enter the giveaway which starts August 18th!

About Aromafloria

from their Facebook page

Founded: 1985

About: We believe in producing wholesome beauty products which means selecting the purest, safest, sustainable and eco-friendly ingredient.We do this by following the Organic and Natural Standards and by promoting GREEN chemistry for eco-friendly results.

Company Overview: Our collection of bath, body and skin care products is expertly formulated with aroma therapeutic essential oils, medicinal herbals and exotic botanicals. Infused with Nature's healing benefits, they remain authentic solutions in a marketplace overflowing with mass-produced brands.

Mission: At the heart of Aromafloria is a fervent desire to help people empower themselves in their search for balance and well-being. In our increasingly high-tech and low-touch world, we invite you to create quiet, restorative moments and meaningful rituals that will elicit relaxation and keep you on your road to wellness.

Products: HEALING WATERS, STRESS-LESS, MUSCLE SOAK, SINUS-HELP. FULL RANGE OF NATURAL AROMATHERAPY WELLNESS PRODUCTS FOR BATH, BODY AND SKINCARE.
TRUE NATURAL LUXURY PRODUCTS THAT WORK!

Website: http://www.aromafloria.com

With sponsorship from Aromafloria, I am participating in the Spa For Ma Giveaway event which starts August 18th and runs through August 31st. The giveaway here on Wendi's Book Corner will feature the complete line of Aromafloria's Healing Waters valued at $104.

Collection description: The Healing Waters® Collection is pharmacist formulated with cutting edge “Green” technology blending the finest naturally active ingredients to provide benefit driven results.

The Collection includes:
Bath / Shower Gel - Purifying Treatment
Dry Body Oil - Smoothing Treatment
Anti-Aging Lotion - Firming Treatment
Sugar / Salt Scrub - Exfoliating Treatment
Salt Soak - Mineral Bath Treatment

Teaser Tuesday: When She Woke by Hillary Jordan

TEASER TUESDAYS :
hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading ~

She tried to go back to sleep, but the white light burned through her closed lids, through her eyeballs and into her brain. Even with an arm flung over her eyes, she could still see it, like a harsh alien sun blazing inside her skull.


~ page 6 “When She Woke" ARC by Hillary Jordan

*** Note: This teaser was taken from an ARC edition and the final book may be different***

About When She Woke by Hillary Jordan:

Hannah Payne’s life has been devoted to church and family, but after her arrest, she awakens to a nightmare: she is lying on a table in a bare room, covered only by a paper gown, with cameras broadcasting her every move to millions at home, for whom observing new Chromes—criminals whose skin color has been genetically altered to match the class of their crime—is a new and sinister form of entertainment. Hannah is a Red; her crime is murder. The victim, according to the State of Texas, was her unborn child, and Hannah is determined to protect the identity of the father, a public figure with whom she’s shared a fierce and forbidden love.

When She Woke is a fable about a stigmatized woman struggling to navigate an America of a not-too-distant future—where the line between church and state has been eradicated and convicted felons are no longer imprisoned and rehabilitated but chromed and released back into the population to survive as best they can. In seeking a path to safety in an alien and hostile world, Hannah unknowingly embarks on a path of self-discovery that forces her to question the values she once held true and the righteousness of a country that politicizes faith.

:) I always look forward to reading everyone's teasers! ~ Wendi

*Disclosure: I am an Amazon Associate. I get a very small amount for any purchases made when you click through a link from Wendi's Book Corner, which I then save up and use to buy more books! :)

Chuggington: It's Training Time DVD (Wonderful Kids Cartoon)

Chuggington is one of the shows I fully approve of my sons watching, and they both LOVE it, so I was really excited to see they just brought out a new DVD with 6 fun adventures!

I believe this cartoon is both safe (I've never seen anything I had to correct or object to) and educational.  What parent doesn't love cute, fun, lovable characters showing their kids that learning is fun, that following directions is both important and helpful, that being clean is fun, etc?  On top of that, the show is also cute, colorful and entertaining, and not just for kids - I enjoy sitting down and cuddling with my kids while we watch an episode or two.

When I asked my 4 1/2 year old what he liked best about Chuggington, after thinking for a minute, he pointed to Koko (one of the trainees) and said that she has a fun sense of humor while she is learning and she likes to help her friends.  He just reinforced my positive opinion of the show!

This Mom definitely gives her stamp of approval to Chuggington: It's Training Time!



Chuggington: It's Training Time
ANCHOR BAY (August 2, 2011) ~ 6 adventures, 62 minutes
Cartoon / Kids

Edition Reviewed: DVD - Review copy received courtesy of the PR company, many thanks for sending me a copy to review and giveaway!

About Chuggington: It's Training Time DVD:

All Aboard! An exciting new "Chuggington" adventure that's coming down the tracks on DVD for young trainees this summer! "It's Training Time!," from Anchor Bay Entertainment, will pull into retail stores nationwide on August 2, 2011.

"It's Training Time!" features six "traintastic"fun-filled episodes that gently foster preschoolers' social readiness skills such as the value of setting a good example (Training Time Harrison); cleanliness (Wilson Gets A Wash); following directions (Koko And The Tunnel); diversity (Watch Out Wilson); self-confidence (Wilson's Smooth Move) and not jumping to conclusions (Eddie Finds Time). Also included on the adorable new DVD release is a three-minute bonus "Badge Quest" episode, Running On Time, which shows young viewers the importance of being punctual.

"Chuggington" follows the entertaining and engaging adventures of three young trainees, Wilson, Brewster and Koko, as they learn to "ride the rails" of life and become productive chuggers. The vibrant, CGI-animated series airs daily on Disney Junior, Disney Channel's new programming block for kids ages 2-7.

"It's Training Time" is just the ticket for preschoolers and their families!

*Disclosure: I am an Amazon Associate. I get a very small amount for any purchases made when you click through a link from Wendi's Book Corner, which I then save up to buy more books. :)

Hurry!! Free Kindle Download of Pompeii: City on Fire by T.L. Higley (I LOVE This Book)

Hurry! I LOVED this book, and you can't beat FREE! When clicking on the picture or link, make sure it is still FREE before buying it!

Feel free to stop by my review here.  :)  Enjoy!!


Pompeii: City on Fire
by T.L. Higley
BH Publishing Group (May 3, 2011) ~ Kindle Edition 706 KB
Fiction / Historical

About the Book:

Pompeii, a city that's many things to many people. For Cato, it's the perfect escape from a failed political career in Rome. A place to start again, become a winemaker. But when a corrupt politician wrongfully jails Cato's sister, he must oust the man from power to save her.

For Ariella, Pompeii is a means to an end. As a young Jew, she escaped the fall of Jerusalem only to endure slavery to a cruel Roman general. She ends up in Pompeii, disguised as a young man and sold into a gladiator troupe. Her anger fuels her to fight well, hoping to win the arena crowds and reveal her gender at the perfect time. Perhaps then she will win true freedom.

But evil creeps through the streets of Pompeii. Political corruption, religious persecution, and family peril threaten to destroy Ariella and Cato, who are thrown together in the battle to survive. As Vesuvius churns with deadly intent, the two must bridge their differences to save the lives of those they love, before the fiery ash buries Pompeii, leaving the city lost to the world.

*Disclosure: I am an Amazon Associate. I get a very small amount for any purchases made when you click through a link from Wendi's Book Corner, which I then save up to buy more books. :)

Giveaway: Chuggington: It's Training Time DVD (2 Winners, Easy Rafflecopter Entry Form, US)

Giveaway Details:
Two lucky Wendi's Book Corner readers will each win their own copy of Chuggington: It's Training Time on DVD!

Here is my review of Chuggington: It's Training Time!

Entry is easy - just click through the easy Rafflecopter form! If you have any problems, feel free to leave a comment and I'll try to help out!

This giveaway is open to residents of the United States, 18+.

The Drawing will be held August 31st. Winner: I will send you an email. You have 48 hours to reply with your contact information.

~ Wendi

Too Blessed to be Stressed by Debora M. Coty

What a powerful and helpful book!  We women tend to jump into things with 100% of our hearts and souls, to the point that life sometimes completely stresses us out (of our own doing sometimes).  With a wonderful sense of humor, Debora Coty helps us work through some important key areas that will help us through these tough times: Time Management, Develop a Sense of Humor, Cultivate Relationships, Focus on Faith.

I don't know about you, but I have really struggled with at least two of these broad subjects, so I'm finding lots of great advice in this gem of a book.

The book itself is cute, and the pages are all bordered across the bottom by the blue from the front of the book, which I found strangely soothing in itself.  The chapters are short (making it easy to tackle the topics one at a time, or a bunch... depending on how much time you have free), flow smoothly, include key scriptures, revealing tests to help guide you through the chapter (not in all chapters), special quotes and questions at the end to help you apply the chapter to your life.

Each of the four sections above have ten chapters.  I think this book would be a great devotional for a month if you double up on a few days.  The chapters each seemed to take about 5 minutes to go through, but give plenty to mull over throughout the day.  I highly recommend this book! (And I'll probably give it as a gift to at least one or two of the special stressed-out women in my life)


Too Blessed to Be Stressed: Inspiration for Climbing Out of Life's Stress-Pool
by Debora M. Coty
Barbour Books (August 1, 2011) ~ 224 pages
Non-Fiction / Religion / Christian Life / Women's Issues

Edition Reviewed: Paperback - Review copy received courtesy of the publisher, many thanks to both the author and the publisher for sending me a copy to review for this LitFuse Publicity tour!

About Too Blessed to Be Stressed: Inspiration for Climbing Out of Life's Stress-Pool:

Do your to do lists have footnotes? Has your fam suggested a rabies shot because your bite has surpassed Rover’s?

Maybe it’s time for a healthy dose of truth gift-wrapped in humor. With her own offbeat brand of wit and near-wisdom, inspirational humorist Debora Coty addresses the heart-needs of desperate women drowning in the churning everyday stress-pool of busyness.

In Too Blessed to Be Stressed, you’ll find simple, practical steps for attaining the peace that you crave as you struggle with the stresses of finances, health, career, relationships, self-image and family. You’ll discover healing, refreshment, and revitalization for your own spirit, body and mind through heart-changing real life stories, biblically based insights, and short chapters for on-the-run convenience.

About Author Debora M. Coty:

Debora M. Coty is a humorist, columnist, speaker, writing workshop instructor and award-winning author of over 100 internationally published articles and ten inspirational books. She has also contributed short stories and devotionals to numerous anthologies. Debora's passion is sharing her offbeat blend of humor and hope, wit and near-wisdom with women of all ages. As a piano teacher for twenty years, she acquired the skill of auditory long-suffering and has helped countless people as an occupational therapist specializing in orthopedics for over three decades. Mother of two grown children, Debora currently lives and loves in central Florida with her husband and desperately wicked pooch, Fenway.

Tour Giveaway Details:
To celebrate the release of her latest laugh-out-loud book, Too Blessed to Be Stressed, Debora Coty is hosting the Too Blessed to Be Stressed KINDLE Giveaway!

Too Blessed to be Stressed is a fun-filled read overflowing with insights and practical tips. Perfectly delicious for living happily ever after! 

-Rhonda Rhea, best-selling author of Whatsoever Things Are Lovely

Read what the reviewers are saying here.

Debora has created a “Too Blessed” prize package worth over $150! One grand prize winner will receive:

* A brand new Latest Generation KINDLE with Wi-Fi and Pearl Screen

* Too Blessed to Be Stressed by Debora Coty (for KINDLE)

To enter just click one of the icons below. Hurry! The giveaway ends August 25th. Winner will be announced on the evening of the 18th during Debora's De-Stress Facebook Party! Debora will be hosting a "life-preserver" chat (it’s okay if you haven’t read the book – who knows, you might WIN a copy!), testing trivia skills, swapping funny stories, handing out some decom-stress tips, and giving away tons of great stuff! (Chocolate, books, and more!) Hope to see you there. Bring your friends and join the fun on August 25th at 5:00 PM PST (6 PM MDT, 7 PM CDT, & 8 PM EDT).

Also - be sure to check out Debora's series of Stress-Buster videos at her website:  www.DeboraCoty.com  She’s also hosting a photo caption contest on her blog for a chance to win a copy of Too Blessed to Be Stressed.

I encourage you to stop by other blog tour stops by visiting LitFuse Publicity and checking out the tour!


*Disclosure: I am an Amazon Associate. I get a very small amount for any purchases made when you click through a link from Wendi's Book Corner, which I then save up to buy more books. :)

Teaser Tuesday: Too Blessed to be Stressed by Debora M. Coty

TEASER TUESDAYS :
hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading ~

Enthusiasm is a good thing, right? We should be passionate about things we feel strongly about. But are there limits, even to passion?

(From the chapter titled: Shoving The Envelope - Finding Balance - )


~ page 26 “Too Blessed to be Stressed: Inspiration for Climbing Out of Life's Stress-Pool" by Debora M. Coty

About Too Blessed to be Stressed by Debora M. Coty:

With her own offbeat brand of wit and near-wisdom, inspirational humorist Debora Coty addresses heart needs of women drowning in the churning stress-pool of busyness. In Too Blessed to Be Stressed, women will find simple, practical steps for healing, refreshment, and revitalization of the spirit, body, and faith.

:) I always look forward to reading everyone's teasers! ~ Wendi

*Disclosure: I am an Amazon Associate. I get a very small amount for any purchases made when you click through a link from Wendi's Book Corner, which I then save up and use to buy more books! :)

Mailbox Monday: Filled To The Brim With Werewolves, Smurfs... and Chuggington Trains!

Mailbox Monday, created by Marcia at The Printed Page, is on a blog tour!

This month, Mailbox Monday is being hosted over at Life In The Thumb, so stop by and join the fun!

In My Mailbox is hosted by The Story Siren!

It is so much fun to see what everyone is getting in the mail.

Thanks for taking the time to visit ~ I just love hearing from you! Please let me know if you have read any of these books - I'd love to hear how you liked them!! :)

I've got a few new books and DVDs to share with you:

Kitty Goes to War by Carrie Vaughn ~ Fiction / Fantasy / Werewolf ~ Available Now ~ Received from the publisher for review

Kitty Norville, Alpha werewolf and host of The Midnight Hour, a radio call-in show, is contacted by a friend at the NIH's Center for the Study of Paranatural Biology. Three Army soldiers recently returned from the war in Afghanistan are being held at Ft. Carson in Colorado Springs. They're killer werewolves--and post traumatic stress has left them unable to control their shape-shifting and unable to interact with people. Kitty agrees to see them, hoping to help by bringing them into her pack.

Meanwhile, Kitty gets sued for libel by CEO Harold Franklin after featuring Speedy Mart--his nationwide chain of 24-hour convenience stores with a reputation for attracting supernatural unpleasantness--on her show.

Very bad weather is on the horizon.

Kitty's Big Trouble by Carrie Vaughn ~ Fiction / Fantasy / Werewolf ~ Available Now ~ Received from the publisher for review

Kitty Norville is back and in more trouble than ever. Her recent run-in with werewolves traumatized by the horrors of war has made her start wondering how long the US government might have been covertly using werewolves in combat. Have any famous names in our own history might have actually been supernatural? She's got suspicions about William Tecumseh Sherman. Then an interview with the right vampire puts her on the trail of Wyatt Earp, vampire hunter.

But her investigations lead her to a clue about enigmatic vampire Roman and the mysterious Long Game played by vampires through the millennia. That, plus a call for help from a powerful vampire ally in San Francisco, suddenly puts Kitty and her friends on the supernatural chessboard, pieces in dangerously active play. And Kitty Norville is never content to be a pawn. . . .

Kitty's Greatest Hits ARC by Carrie Vaughn ~ Fiction / Romance / Contemporary ~ Available August 16th ~ Received from the publisher for review

The first-ever story collection from the New York Times bestselling author, including two all-new works!

Kitty Norville, star of a New York Times bestselling series, is everybody’s favorite werewolf DJ and out-of-the-closet supernatural creature. Over the course of eight books she’s fought evil vampires, were-creatures, and some serious black magic. She’s done it all with a sharp wit and the help of a memorable cast of werewolf hunters, psychics, and if-notgood- then-neutral vampires by her side. Kitty’s Greatest Hits not only gives readers some of Kitty’s further adventures, it offers longtime fans a window into the origins of some of their favorite characters.

In “Conquistador de la Noche,” we learn the origin story of Denver’s Master vampire, Rick; with “Wild Ride,” we find out how Kitty’s friend T.J. became a werewolf; and in “Life is the Teacher,” we revisit Emma, the human-turned-unwilling-vampire who serves the aloof vampire Master of Washington, D.C.

This entertaining collection includes two brand-new works: “You’re On the Air,” about one of Kitty’s callers after he hangs up the phone; and the eagerly awaited “Long Time Waiting,” the novella that finally reveals just what happened to Cormac in prison, something every Kitty fan wants to know.

Chuggington: It's Training Time DVD ~ Fiction / Cartoon / Kids ~ Available Now ~ Received from PR for review and giveaway

Join young trainees Wilson, Brewster and Koko in these six traintastic adventures. Watch as they learn how to pull a royal carriage, help Eddie repair the depot clock and take on the challenge of carrying passengers. Along the way, the trainees learn how to play fair, follow through on tasks, practice patience and help each other ride the rails of life. Your own little trainees will want to climb aboard and discover it all for themselves in It's Training Time!

The Smurfs: A Magical Smurf Adventure DVD ~ Fiction / Cartoon / Kids ~ Available Now ~ Received from the PR for review and giveaway

In a hidden village dwells a clan of magical creatures, living in mushroom houses and taking showers with dewdrops. They're those international celebrities known far and wide as the Smurfs - and they're back on DVD

10 Episodes on 2 Discs

*Disclosure: I am an Amazon Associate. I get a very small amount for any purchases made when you click through a link from Wendi's Book Corner, which I then save up to buy more books. :)