Meghan's Mindless Mutterings: Reviews & Giveaways

I have been fortunate enough to receive a copy of The Spirit of God Illustrated Bible and I love it! It's so bright and vibrant, not to mention the stories are written for younger kids all the way up to preteens.  My 12yo is reading it and he likes it. This would make a great gift for the upcoming holidays or a Baptism or Christening or just a because I love you gift. Those are my favorites.   Here are some deets on the book! Description: The Spirit of God Illustrated Bible brings to life more than 40 Bible stories that help readers understand that God’s Spirit has been with us since the beginning of time and continues to be with us today. From the glory of creation through the powerful letters of Paul, God’s Spirit is living in his people. Old and New Testament stories such as Adam and Eve, Abraham, Joseph, the Baptism of Jesus, and Pentecost come alive with dramatic illustrations by Fernando Juarez and moving text by Doris Rikkers. With a cover that ...

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I reached for the door, hoping I hadn’t waited too long and could still catch him, tell him . . . I wasn’t sure what. I’d do whatever I could to make this work—if he gave me, us, the chance? That I wasn’t giving up? That I would be happy and he would too? Only once I got outside he wasn’t there.
But I thought I saw a flash of movement at the end of the hall. I hurried towards the bend, my earlier fatigue gone. When I turned the corner I found myself at a dead end, I realized this wasn’t the way we’d come. The stairs were at the other end of the hall.
A slight movement near the floor, besides behind a solid looking bureau, caught my attention. I frowned.
There was a girl curled up and half hidden behind the thing. A dirty, badly-dressed girl that for some reason made me think of a wild cat. But still, she was only a girl, just a handful of years younger than me.
“Hi,” I said, strangely comforted by seeing her. I bent forward slightly to get a better look at her. She was wearing a stai...

Through the Glass Erica Kiefer (The Window Series, #2) Published by: CTP Pulse Publication date: April 3rd 2018 Genres: Romance, Suspense, Young Adult Still reeling from the discovery of her twin sister, Olivia struggles to face her mother’s betrayal. As Olivia and her friends seek to unravel the dark mystery of how and why the twins were separated, tensions escalate when Emma runs into her sister’s ex—who assumes she’s Olivia. When honesty is abandoned for more secrets and lies, the fallout between the sisters only intensifies. As they sift between truth and deception, it becomes clear that matters of the heart are not as transparent as they may seem. A page-turning mystery laced with romance and emotional drama, Through the Glass is the satisfying conclusion to the Window Series duology by Erica Kiefer. Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble / iBooks / Kobo — EXCERPT: I never cared to be an actress. Waltzing across the stage with all eyes on me wasn’t my style...

Mating Games Nikki Jefford (Wolf Hollow Shifters, #2) Publication date: February 13th 2018 Genres: Adult, Paranormal, Romance A FEMALE GUARDING HER HEART . . . Hot-tempered, agile, and jaded, Jordan spurns the match her father is pushing between her and the swaggering mammoth, Raider. She’d happily let one of her fawning sisters take him, but her packmates are taking bets on who Raider will ultimately claim. Jordan wants nothing to do with the insufferable beast . . . until he saves her life. A MALE CARRYING THE WEIGHT OF HIS PACK . . . All brawn and no brains, that’s what most male shifters think when they see Raider. The females treat him as a strong, attractive prize they want to sink their claws into. Only one female avoids him, which is fine with him until they are paired up for patrol. The hot-blooded she-wolf doesn’t have to like him, but she’ll have to find a way to perform her duties. ENTANGLED IN A WEB OF DECEIT . . . AND DESIRE When Jordan’s life is threatened,...

The Inheritance Mika Lane Publication date: February 6th 2018 Genres: Adult, Romance Life was good. I was tending bar, making enough to get by, paying my rent, and enjoying the occasional cocktail with my best friend gay boyfriend, Matty. And then I got the call. One of my customers had passed. The one who we nicknamed “Grandpa,” who’d watch us for hours from his seat at the bar, sucking on the same beer, never leaving a tip. For some reason the old coot left me his estate. Huh? He looked like the last person in the world to have an “estate.” Well, did your mother ever tell you not to judge a book by its cover? And thanks to good old Grandpa, it looks like I may never have to work again. But of course there’s a catch. There’s always a catch. I only get Grandpa’s money if I’m 25 years old (check), and married (not checked; not by a landslide). And–I only have 30 days to pull this off. I didn’t see how I could make it happen, until four eligible bachelors waltzed into my lif...

Hostage Annika Martin & Skye Warren Publication date: January 30th 2018 Genres: New Adult, Romance I NEVER KNEW WHEN HE’D COME TO ME. ONLY THAT HE WOULD. I’d never even kissed a boy the night I met Stone. The night I saw him kill. The night he spared my life. That was only the beginning. He turns up in my car again and again, dangerous and full of raw power. “Drive,” he tells me, and I have no choice. He’s a criminal with burning green eyes, invading my life and my dreams. The police say he’s dangerously obsessed with me, but I’m the one who can’t stop thinking about him. Maybe it’s wrong to let him touch me. Maybe it’s wrong to touch him back. Maybe these twisted dates need to stop. Except he feels like the only real thing in my world of designer labels and mansions. So I drive us under threat, until it’s hard to remember I don’t want to be there. Until it’s too late to turn back. HOSTAGE is a dangerous standalone romance by New York Times bestselling authors Skye W...

A Wild and Unremarkable Thing by Jen Castleberry Genre: YA Fantasy Fifteen years have passed since a Fire Scale scorched Cayda’s village. Fifteen years of beatings, of bare kitchen cupboards and sloppy swordplay. Fifteen years of biting her lip for her father’s cane while her younger sisters did the same for the grimy patrons of the village brothels. Fifteen years of staring steadfastly after beauty in an increasingly ugly world. Now, with hair shorn and breast bound, Cayda marches into the Summer Alps as Cody, a hopeful Champion seeking a dragon-slayer’s reward, with the full weight of her family’s survival on her shoulders. But the road between poverty and prosperity is rife with beasts, betrayals, and baser temptations. Sensible Cayda soon discovers that she is not the only Champion with her eye on the prize, or the only one wearing a disguise. With monsters, gods, and royalty hot on her heels, Cayda must ask herself if victory is worth sacrificing h...

The Girl Without Magic Megan O’Russell (The Chronicles of Maggie Trent, #1) Published by: Curiosity Quills Press Publication date: January 9th 2018 Genres: Paranormal, Young Adult Death would have been easier, but the Siren wasn’t through with her. Seventeen-year-old Maggie Trent fell out of a battle and into the Siren’s Realm, a land where secrets hide in the shadows and pleasure comes at a price Maggie is unwilling to pay. The time for the Siren’s reckoning has come, sweeping away all she deems unworthy to live in her realm. Those without magic are hunted by the Siren. Those with magic are hunted by the Stricken. Fighting or hiding seem necessary to survive. But there is a different way. Bertrand Wayland, unaging and unrelenting in his determination for Maggie to accept her fate, slips in and out through the stitches that bind the Siren’s Realm to other worlds, gaining magic and having glorious adventures. When Maggie follows Bertrand out of the Siren’s Realm, seeking an ...

The Vixen’s Lead Tate James (Kit Davenport, #1) Publication date: September 19th 2017 Genres: New Adult, Paranormal, Romance I want vengeance so badly that I can almost taste it. It’s all I’ve ever wanted. So, I did what any privileged, adopted boarding school girl would do. I slapped on a secret identity and became an internationally renowned thief, known as The Fox. Nobody knows me. Nobody can catch me. Or so I thought… It turns out; I have what they want. Special abilities. And trust me, these abilities are coveted–and dangerous. Now, I don’t know who to trust or where to go. Peril lurks on every corner as I try to uncover my past and origin. Teaming up with unlikely allies may be my only chance at survival or my biggest mistake. Only time will tell. I’m Kit Davenport and this is only the beginning. Goodreads / Amazon Author Bio: Tate James was born and raised in the Land of the Long White Cloud (New Zealand) but now lives in Australia with her husband, baby a...

S’more to Lose Beth Merlin (The Campfire Series #2) Publication date: December 5th 2017 Genres: Adult, Contemporary Four years after her life-changing summer, Gigi Goldstein thinks saying goodbye to Camp Chinooka means saying hello to a brand new life. Now faced with a second chance at her career, she is filled with more hope than she’s felt in a long time. Her design house is taking the fashion world by storm, even attracting notice of Victoria Ellicott, the fashionable British socialite who just happens to be engaged to the future king of England. When Gigi is chosen to design the royal wedding dress in London, she is forced to confront her ex-fiancé, Perry Gillman, now a successful composer with a hit show on the West End. But when Gigi learns Perry’s been dating Victoria’s sister, who rivals her in looks, style and sophistication, Gigi can’t help but feel inadequate in everything. Her world begins to crumble as she develops a creative block so debilitating, she fears that...

Delayed Departure Abigail Drake (Passports and Promises, #2) Publication date: August 16th 2017 Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance When Bethany Beaumont finds a book about life in the sultan’s harem, she discovers it’s actually a guide to the lost art of seduction. Just what she needs as she departs on a study abroad trip to exotic Istanbul. She’s struggling to get over her ex, and the book of dirty little secrets might be just the thing to help…if only she could find someone to practice on. Half-Turkish and full of Australian swagger, teaching assistant Adam Kent seems to fit the bill. They decide to become lovers for the duration of the trip, and then part ways. Forever. But not every lesson can be found in a book, and sometimes falling in love changes everything. When Bethany is forced to confront her past, and the promises she made to someone else, will it really be as easy as she thought to let Adam go? Goodreads / Amazon Author Bio: Abigail Drake has spe...