When one of the contestants drops out just before shooting begins for Love Elimination, the next hottest dating show, Anna finds herself in an interesting situation. Her producer sister needs the perfect girl next door for the show and is willing to offer Anna the one thing she needs – money to start up her …
Title: Almost Dead Author: Kaz Delaney Genre: Contemporary Romance, Ghosts, Paranormal, Mystery, Young Adult Publisher: Allen & Unwin Publication Date: January 2014 Pages: 400 Rating: 3.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Macey’s life has been turned upside down. Her mother has left, her father is absent and her two best friends (her brother Seth and his girlfriend …
Title: Blood Phantom (Lharmell #0.5) Author: Rhiannon Hart Genre: Young Adult, Vampires, Fantasy, Publisher: Curtis Brown Digital Publication Date: 9th December 2013 Pages: 15 Rating: 4.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Life in tatters and far from home, Rodden Lothskorn struggles to cope with the harming menace and his own harming nature. When an offer of marriage reaches …
Title: The Vanishing Moment Author: Margaret Wild Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult, Mystery Publisher: Allen and Unwin Publication Date: September 2013 Pages: 182 Rating: 4 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): A moment. That’s all it takes. A moment when everything changes… Arrow is still haunted by a childhood tragedy that shattered her safe, happy world. Marika is caught up in a nightmare from which there …
Title: Zac & Mia Author: A.J. Betts Genre: Realistic Fiction, Contemporary, Cancer, Romance Publisher: Text Publishing Publication Date: July 2013 Pages: 272 Rating: 4.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): The last person Zac expects in the room next door is a girl like Mia, angry and feisty with questionable taste in music. In the real world, he wouldn’t—couldn’t—be …
Title: Banish Author: Nicola Marsh Genre: Paranormal, Magic, Young Adult, Contemporary Publisher: Harlequin Teen Publication Date: August 2013 Pages: 272 Rating: 2 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Alyssa has one week to destroy her enemy, save her spirit… and save her soul. After her ex-boyfriend commits suicide and her mum’s alcoholism sparks yet another psychotic episode, seventeen-year-old Alyssa …
Title: The Rig Author: Joe Ducie Genre: Thriller, Young Adult, Action, Mystery Publisher: Hot Key Books Publication Date: September 2013 Pages: 368 Rating: 4 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Fifteen-year-old Will Drake has made a career of breaking out from high-security prisons. His talents have landed him at the Rig, a specialist juvenile holding facility in the middle of …
Title: Rory (The Ghosts of Palladino #1) Author: Ciye Cho Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Ghosts Publisher: self published Publication Date: 10th August 2013 Rating: 4 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Far beyond heaven, earth and hell is a city known as Palladino, a place ruled by ghosts and filled with demons, magic, and all sorts of darkly beautiful things. …
Title: The Heiresses Author: Allison Rushby Genre: Historical, New Adult Publisher: Pan Macmillan Publication Date: May 2013 Pages: 352 Rating: 4 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): In Allison Rushby’s Heiresses, three triplets–estranged since birth–are thrust together in glittering 1926 London to fight for their inheritance, only to learn they can’t trust anyone–least of all each other. When three teenage girls, Thalia, Erato and …
Title: Blood Storm (Lharmell #2) Author: Rhiannon Hart Genre: Paranormal, Fantasy, Vampires, Romance Publisher: Random House Australia Publication Date: 1st August 2012 Pages: 384 pages Rating: 5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): The rain wanted to be ocean; the ice in the mountain caps wanted freedom. I never knew that water held such longing. The clouds above my …