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CONCOURS / GIVEAWAY
The whole Deborah Coates trilogy (US&CAN)
The House of the Four Winds (One Dozen Daughters #1) – Mercedes Lackey & James Mallory
Mercedes Lackey is the New York Times bestselling author of the Valdemar series and romantic fantasies like Beauty and the Werewolf and The Fairy Godmother. James Mallory and Lackey have collaborated on six novels. Now, these New York Times and USA Today bestselling collaborators bring romance to the fore with The House of Four Winds.
The rulers of tiny, impoverished Swansgaard have twelve daughters and one son. While the prince’s future is assured, his twelve sisters must find their own fortunes.
Disguising herself as Clarence, a sailor, Princess Clarice intends to work her way to the New World. When the crew rebels, Clarice/Clarence, an expert with rapier and dagger, sides with the handsome navigator, Dominick, and kills the cruel captain.
Dominick leads the now-outlawed crew in search of treasure in the secret pirate haven known as The House of Four Winds. They encounter the sorceress Shamal, who claims Dominick for her own—but Clarice has fallen hard for Dominick and won’t give him up without a fight.
Full of swashbuckling adventure, buoyant magic, and irrepressible charm, The House of the Four Winds is a lighthearted fantasy romp by a pair of bestselling writers.
The Boost – Stephen Baker
Ralf is a software prodigy. He works in the US government office that updates the software in the population’s boosts—networked supercomputers contained in a chip implanted within the brains of 99 percent of the world’s population. Invented by Chinese researchers in 2032, the boost is credited with leading humanity to its most significant cognitive leap since the discovery of fire.
Days before a national upgrade, Ralf notices that the update includes an open surveillance gate—meaning that Americans, who had negotiated high levels of privacy with the Chinese manufacturers, will now be subjected to the invasive Chinese standard. Ralf attempts to hack the boost, but is caught by agents working for Washington’s preeminent lobbyist. His boost is ripped from his head, and Ralf barely escapes with his life.
Pursued by the lobbyist’s mercenary cadre, Ralf flees to the US–Mexico border, where there are others like him—“wild” humans on the fringes of society, unenhanced by technology. It’s a frightening and backward world controlled by powerful drug lords. Ralf’s only hope is to somehow work with these wild bosses of the analog world—in hopes of winning back freedom in the digital one.
Gilwen
Des piraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaates !!!!! Je ne sais pas du tout ce que vaut The House of the Four Winds mais il me fait super envie. Ça a l’air trop bien. Et puis la couverture est juste trop belle 😀
Melliane
mdr c’est la couverture qui m’a décidé j’avoue. Oui je suis superficielle à ce point.
Gilwen
Alors là, je te rejoins tout à fait sur ce point 😉
chucklesthescot
The house of four winds has a great cover. I’m not really into fantasy so it wouldn’t be on my reading list but the cover does look nice. Enjoy your books!
Nikki
The House of Four Winds sounds fun! I hope you enjoy it.
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Jessica @ Rabid Reads
The House of Four Winds looks AH-mazing. I heart pirates 😉
Chrissi Reads
The Boost looks really intriguing. I hope that you enjoy your books!
Cait @ Notebook Sisters
Ohhh The Boost looks like my kind of book! (Sounds like a movie, actually.) I love my action-y sci-fi reads. XD I’m definitely going to look it up!
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Shelley @ Gizmos Reviewsd
The House of the Four Winds looks really interesting. May have to add it to my presumed I am interested in reading it list! Have a great weekend!
Jeann @ Happy Indulgence
Wow, Boost sounds really good and unique! I hope you enjoy these books!
Lexxie @ (un)Conventional Bookviews
OMG! The House of Four Winds sounds really, really awesome, Melliane! A princess who becomes an expert with a rapier and who can pass for a male pirate – I need this book 🙂
Thanks for stopping by earlier, I hope you’ll have a wonderful weekend.
Madame_Love
Je suis d’accord avec Gilwen, la couverture de The House of the Four Winds est vraiment trop belle !!!
Ces deux livres ont l’air vraiment super ! Encore des titres à mettre dans ma wishlist !
Bob @ Beauty in Ruins
Ah, great readers think alike – I nabbed House of the Four Winds this week too. 🙂
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Jessica @ a GREAT read
OOh nice! Those are new to me! Hope you enjoy them both!
My STS will be up tomorrow, so be sure to stop by then!
Have a GREAT day!
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jazmen
All great finds! I especially love the cover of the house of the four winds! Enjoy your reads! <3
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Grace Fonseca
The House of The Four Winds sounds like the type of book that I would read. I love the cover and the synopsis has me intrigued.
Elen @ A World of Reviews
I’ve never heard of The House of the Four Winds but it looks exactly like my sort of book. It looks awesome! I hope you enjoy your books.
kindlemom1
I love the cover on the first one and it sounds so fun! Congrats on both books, they look great.
Joy (Joyousreads)
Oh The Boost sounds interesting, Melliane. I’ll be on the look out for your thoughts on this book.
Have a great week!
Vickie (Under The Mountain)
Haven’t seen these before! Boost sounds really cool. I hope you enjoy them both!
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Missie
These look interesting! Excited for your reviews!
Missie @ A Flurry of Ponderings
Stephanie Faris
The second one sounds especially intriguing to me. I was an I.T. worker for government–it wasn’t nearly that exciting, though!
Aimee @ Deadly Darlings
The House of Four Winds has a gorgeous cover–and PIRATES? Awesomesauce. The Boost sounds interesting, although it sounds like one of those stories I would prefer to watch instead of read. 🙂
Braine Talk Supe
I’m thinkng of getting Daughters too, it sounds unique but at the same time I may not have time to read it. I hope it’s good & I will anxiously wait for your review on it my friend.
Stormi
I have not heard of The House of the Four Winds but it sounds interesting. 🙂 Enjoy your reads.
Heidi
Both books look terrific. Fingers crossed for great reading!
blodeuedd
Ohhh the first one looks cool!
Courtney Ann
The House of the Four Winds sounds and looks amazing! Enjoy everything 😀
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Mogsy
I just finished The Boost! Going in, I thought it would be a techno-thriller, but it’s actually not. Still very entertaining and a great cautionary tale type story, so I hope you like it! I also got House of the Four Winds, I hope this will be the type of maritime fantasy I’m looking for 🙂
Jillyn
The House of The Four Winds sounds really good, I’ve just added it to my TBR list. Happy reading! My STS.
Christy
I remember reading some Mercedes Lackey back in the 90s and liking them. And this one looks good too.
Zoe @ The Infinite To-Read Shelf
I haven’t seen any of these before, but I hope you enjoy them! They both appear to have really intriguing permises, so I hope the execution is just as good! 😀 Thanks for sharing Melliane, and happy reading!
kara-karina
YAY, I’ve got pirate book too! :))) Great haul, D.! I hope you enjoy all your books!
Kaitlin @ Reading is My Treasure
The House of the Four Winds looks really cool! I hope it’s a really good one. 🙂
Krystianna @ Downright Dystopian
Great haul! The Boost sounds pretty interesting and I love the cover. Thanks for bringing these books to my attention; this is the first that I’ve heard of both of them! (:
Krystianna @ Downright Dystopian
Cindy's Love of Books
I love the cover of the first book. I have never read anything by that author and have been hearing good things I think this summer I need to pick up a book to read. Have a good week
Jennifer Bielman
Four Winds looks badass! Great haul.
ShootingStarsMag
I don’t know these…hope you enjoy them all though!
LilyElement
The House of the Four Winds sounds pretty good!!
viou03
Comme beaucoup , j’ai me énormément la couverture du premier.
Bonnes lectures.
Kirsty-Marie
Haven’t heard of these but hope you enjoy them! The first cover kind of reminds me of Pirates of the Caribbean though, haha.
Here’s mine
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Lee
The House of the Four Winds looks fantastic. And love the cover! Have you read anything by Lackey before? I feel like I need to…
Melliane
Yes I have, they were really nice.
brandileigh2003
House of Four Winds sounds good, and I hope that you enjoy!
Freelfe
J’adore la couverture du premier !
Melissa (My World...in words and pages)
Oh. The cover for The House of Four Winds caught my eye. Nice. Thank you for sharing because I’m going to have to keep an eye out for it. 🙂 Have a great week!