Giveaway: Shooting Stars by Allison Rushby

Here's your chance to win a cute contemporary romance and potential summer read. Allison Rushby was kind enough to send me a copy of SHOOTING STARS. I already read and liked it (review coming soon). So now I'm giving away my copy to one lucky winner.

Meet Josephine Foster, or Zo Jo as she’s called in the biz. The best pint-sized photographer of them all, Jo doesn’t mind doing what it takes to get that perfect shot, until she’s sent on an undercover assignment to shoot Ned Hartnett—teen superstar and the only celebrity who’s ever been kind to her—at an exclusive rehabilitation retreat in Boston. The money will be enough to pay for Jo’s dream: real photography classes, and maybe even quitting her paparazzi gig for good. Everyone wants to know what Ned’s in for. But Jo certainly doesn’t know what she’s in for: falling in love with Ned was never supposed to be part of her assignment.

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Teaser: Soul Screamers Volume One by Rachel Vincent

Nash took my free hand in his, and I forgot whatever I'd seen. He pushed my hair back from my right ear. I couldn't understand most of what he whispered to me, but I gradually came to realize that his actual words weren't important. What mattered was his proximity. His breath on my neck. His warmth melting into mine. His scent surrounding me. His voice swirling in my head, insulating me from the scream still ricocheting against my skull. He was calming me with nothing more than his presence, his patience and whispered words of what sounded like a child's rhyme, based on what little I caught.

And it was working. My anxiety gradually faded, and dim, gritty color leaked back into the world. My fingers relaxed around his hand. My lungs expanded fully, and I sucked in a sharp, frigid breath, suddenly freezing as sweat from the club dried on my skin.

The panic was still there, in the shadowed corners of my mind, in the dark spots on the edge of my vision. But I could handle it now. Thanks to Nash.

"You okay?" he asked when I turned my head to face him, the bricks cold and rough against my cheek.

I nodded. And that's when a new horror descended: utter, consuming, inescapable mortification, most awful in its longevity. The panic attack was all but over, but humiliation would last a lifetime.

I'd completely lost it in front of Nash Hudson. My life was over [...]. 

p. 75-76

New Releases: May 28th - June 3rd

 May 29th

Dreamless (Starcrossed #2) by Josephine Angelini

Dark Frost (Mythos Academy #3) by Jennifer Estep

Keep Holding On by Susane Colasanti

Angel Eyes (Angel Eyes #1) by Shannon Dittemore

Darkness Before Dawn (Darkness Before Dawn #1) by J.A. London

Here are the new releases for the next week. What books are you excited about to get your hands on? I read DREAMLESS (I liked STARCROSSED better) and pre-ordered a copy of KEEP HOLDING ON. 

New Books On My Shelf #52

New Books On My Shelf is the new label for my former In My Mailbox (The Story Siren) posts. I received awesome books this week!! What did you get?

For Review

Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson (S&S UK. Currently reading and enjoying it)
One Perfect Summer by Paige Toon (Thanks to Simon & Schuster UK for both books)
Adorkable by Sarra Manning (Thank you Atom for sending me a copy. What a great surprise!)

Bought

Unbreak My Heart by Melissa C. Walker
Wanderlove by Kirsten Hubbard (loved it!)

Coveresque feat. Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi (US vs. Swedish vs.German)

US                                        Swedish                                    German

SHATTER ME was an awesome read! And I'm very happy that I own a hardcover copy of this book, because it is gorgeous. It expresses power and it's so shiny. I like the cover model and the dominance and contrast of the white and greyish-black colors. And the font design is one of my favourites!

Did you notice the counting in the background of the Swedish cover? It's one important element of SHATTER ME. I always enjoy when cover designers decide to give small hints and show a bit of what the story will be like. But I don't like its cover model and colors as much as the US ones.
I think the Swedish title says "Don't touch me". Hope that translation's correct?

The German title means something like "I'm not afraid". The background isn't that bad, but I don't really like the figure in the cover centre since it was already used on the US cover of Leigh Fallon's CARRIER OF THE MARK.

Which do you like best?

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Italien & French cover