Stacking the Shelves: assassins coldly faking it with ruthlessness

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews to showcase all the books we got in the past week. Those can be bought, won, gifted, for review, borrowed, print or ebooks... no matter, just share what you got :)


This week's haul was really sweet because it brought me couple books I've been wanting for a while :)

Netgalley

Indelible, by Dawn Metcalf

It sounds great and I'd requested it so long ago that I was no longer expecting a positive answer! A nice surprise and my next read once I'm done with Emma Pass' Acid.


Bought in Print

The Night Angel Trilogy, by Brent Weeks

I've been wanting to read this series for years! And there's this nice boxset I've been staring at for a while. On Thursday I caved and bought it because it's actually cheap considering you get 3 books!


Ebooks


Debt Collector 7-9, by Susan Kaye Quinn
The Cold King, by Amber Jaeger
Losing It, by Cora Carmack
Faking It, by Cora Carmack
Emancipating Andie, by Priscilla Glenn

All these ebooks apart from The Cold King, which I'd never heard of and got on a whim because it was free on amazon and sounded cool, are New Adult. I completely fell in love with Susan Kaye Quinn's amazing Debt Collector novella series and just had to get the collected novellas 7-9 now that they're available! Also, I've been wanting to read Losing It for forever! I was part of the cover reveal way back when it was self-published. I read it today and oh my god it was So. Funny!!! I had to get Faking It immediately afterwards as long as they were still on sale ^^
Emancipating Andie is another one I'd heard great things about and was meaning to check out - I love good girl/bad boy parings and road trips, so it was a kinda perfect combination ^^

That's my book spree! What do you think of my haul, and how did your week go?
Oh! And if you haven't checked it out yet, I'm part of the Cover Madness Giveaway Hop - see what's up for grabs here :) I also posted a new review for Luminaire by Ciye Cho, a mermaid novel.

Cover Reveal: Faking It, by Cora Carmack

Hey guys :) Having been part of the cover reveal for Losing It way back when, I couldn't resist signing up for the reveal of Cora Carmack's new novel, Faking It. And what a pretty cover it is! I like how it picks up on the first one :)

 

FAKING IT by Cora Carmack
Release date: June 4, 2013
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks

Mackenzie "Max" Miller has a problem. Her parents have arrived in town for a surprise visit, and if they see her dyed hair, tattoos, and piercings, they just might disown her. Even worse, they're expecting to meet a nice, wholesome boyfriend, not a guy named Mace who has a neck tattoo and plays in a band. All her lies are about to come crashing down around her, but then she meets Cade.

Cade moved to Philadelphia to act and to leave his problems behind in Texas. So far though, he's kept the problems and had very little opportunity to take the stage. When Max approaches him in a coffee shop with a crazy request to pretend to be her boyfriend, he agrees to play the part. But when Cade plays the role a little too well, they're forced to keep the ruse going. And the more they fake the relationship, the more real it begins to feel.


I'm definitely intrigued now! I love that characters with tattoos and piercings are becoming more visible in novels at the moment, or at least that's how it seems to me. Can't wait to see how that's handled here! Mace sounds yummy too - wonder how he'll react to the Cade issue. And how exactly Max approaches him in that coffee shop, haha XD

What do you guys think of the cover and description? I'd love to hear your thoughts :)

Cover Reveal: Losing It, by Cora Carmack

Hey guys, today I'm taking part in the cover reveal for a new NA contemporary! As a twenty-something myself, I'm really excited that this new category is getting more attention as of late!
So here it is:

Author: Cora Carmack
Title: Losing It
Publisher: indie
Release date: October 16, 2012

About the Book

College student Bliss Edwards is sick of being the only virgin among her friends. She decides the best way to deal with the problem is to lose her virginity quickly and simply— a one-night stand. Her plan turns out to be anything but simple when she chickens out and leaves a gorgeous guy alone and naked in her bed. Already embarrassed, it only gets worse when she arrives for her first class of her last college semester, and recognizes her new Theatre professor. She’d left him naked in her bed about eight hours earlier.



About the Author

Cora Carmack is a twenty-something writer who likes to write about twenty-something characters. She’s done a multitude of things in her life-- boring jobs (like working at Target), Fun jobs (like working in a theatre), stressful jobs (like teaching), and dream jobs (like writing). She loves theatre, travel, and anything that makes her laugh. She enjoys placing her characters in the most awkward situations possible, and then trying to help them get a boyfriend out of it. Awkward people need love, too. Her first book, a New Adult Contemporary Romance called LOSING IT releases October 16th.

Sounds like one of those books that will make you laugh out loud while still being serious at times, doesn't it? I'm very curious about how Bliss will handle the situation! And I like the cover, how both of them are only visible in profile and how the title info separates them. What are your thoughts on the cover or book description?