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COVER REVEAL: Every Little Thing by Samantha Young

Jenuine Cupcakes is so excited to be part of the cover reveal for EVERY LITTLE THING by New York Times bestselling author, Samantha Young! The second book in the new Hart’s Boardwalk series returns to the picturesque Delaware beachside town for another heartfelt and sexy story... March 2017   Hartwell, Delaware—the perfect place to get away from it all, and find what you never knew you needed… Bailey Hartwell has many reasons to feel content—her successful business, a close circle of friends, and her steady boyfriend…even if their romance feels staid after ten years without a serious commitment. The only challenge in her life comes in the form of sexy businessman Vaughn Tremaine. She thinks the ex-New Yorker acts superior and that he considers her a small-town nobody. But when Bailey’s blindsided by a betrayal, she’s shocked to discover Vaughn is actually a decent guy.  Vaughn admires Bailey’s free spirit, independence, and loyalty. As his passion for...

BLOG TOUR + GIVEAWAY: The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner

Welcome to Jenuine Cupcakes, I'm excited to be kicking off The Serpent King blog tour today! Okay, not really. Because snakes are the spawn of S atan . But still.  I AM glad you 're here .  ~ About the Book ~    THE SERPENT KING   (On sale March 8, 2016 / $17.99 / Ages 14 & up) by singer-songwriter Jeff Zentner In this emotional story, the son of a Pentecostal preacher faces his personal demons as he and his two outcast friends try to make it through their senior year of high school in rural Forrestville, Tennessee, without letting the small-town culture destroy their creative spirits and sense of self. Drawing from his own roots growing up in the south, Zentner’s debut is haunting, heartbreaking, and hopeful, and is in the vein of beloved novels The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Looking for Alaska, and Eleanor & Park. Dill has had to wrestle with vipers his whole life—at home, as the only son of a Pent...

BLOG TOUR + GIVEAWAY: Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum

Author: Julie Buxbaum Publication: April 15, 2016 By: Delacorte Press Amazon | B&N | Goodreads  What if the person you need the most is someone you’ve never met? Julie Buxbaum mixes comedy and tragedy, love and loss, pain and elation, in her debut YA novel whose characters will come to feel like friends. Tell Me Three Things will appeal to fans of Rainbow Rowell, Jennifer Niven, and E. Lockhart. Everything about Jessie is wrong. At least, that’s what it feels like during her first week at her new ultra-intimidating prep school in Los Angeles. Just when she’s thinking about hightailing it back to Chicago—the closest place she has to something like home—she gets an email from a person calling themselves Somebody/Nobody (SN for short), offering to help her navigate the wilds of Wood Valley High School. Is it an elaborate hoax? Or can she rely on SN for some much-needed help? The thing is, Jessie does need help. It’s been barely two years since her mother’s death, and bec...

Fast & Furious Friday Reviews

  It's been awhile since I've done a Fast & Furious Friday post, but here are a coup le rapid-fire reviews of books that are worth checking out.  Title: Up To This Pointe  Author: Jennifer Longo Publication: January 19th 2016  By: Random House Books for Young Readers Genre: Young Adult  Amazon | Goodreads   3 Stars     A refreshingly original contemporary YA, unlike anything readers have seen before. Perfect for fans of Jandy Nelson, John Corey Whaley, and Libba Bray. She had a plan. It went south. Harper is a dancer. She and her best friend, Kate, have one goal: becoming professional ballerinas. And Harper won’t let anything—or anyone—get in the way of The Plan, not even the boy she and Kate are both drawn to. Harper is a Scott. She’s related to Robert Falcon Scott, the explorer who died racing to the South Pole. So when Harper’s life takes an unexpected turn, she finagles (read: lies) her way to the...

#IHeartMyHair REVIEW: I Love My Hair: A Coloring Book of Braids, Coils, and Doodle Dos by Andrea Pippens

Author: Andrea Pippins Publication: November 10, 2015 By: Schwartz & Wade Amazon | B&N | Goodreads  For fans of Johanna Basford’s Secret Garden and Enchanted Forest comes a hip, gorgeous doodle coloring book about all things hair. Unlike other adult coloring books, which depict nature scenes and cityscapes, this title celebrates strong, confident women with a passion for style, design, and fashion. Revel in the mesmerizing patterns and intricate details of Andrea Pippins’s delicate pen-and-ink illustrations, ready for you to color, complete, and embellish. Lose yourself in page after page of bold hairstyles and accessories, from rows of braids, to Mohawks, to sweeping updos, to cascades of ribbons and beads. Be transported to another world as you ink in Medusa’s slithering coiffure, Cleopatra’s elaborate headdress, and Marie Antoinette’s towering bouffant. Perfect for experienced color-inners and newcomers alike. Coloring enthusiasts of all ...

BLOG TOUR: Ninja Bunny by Jennifer Gray Olson

Hiya!  This is my stop on the Ninja Bunny Blog Tour! Publication: June 9th 2015  By: Knopf BFYR  Amazon | B&N | Goodreads  A fresh, funny, and hip picture book about a little bunny who wants to be…a ninja! How to be a SUPER AWESOME NINJA: · Rule #1. You must always work alone. · Rule #2. You must be super sneaky, especially in the most dangerous of situations. · Rule #3. A super awesome ninja must: possess incredible strength, achieve invisibility, master the skill of climbing, gain the ability to fly…. This little bunny is ready to embark on the path toward becoming a super awesome ninja. He does what any bunny would do: follows a step-by-step guide in order to become the BEST ninja bunny that ever lived. First, he must learn to work alone and to be super sneaky, strong, and speedy; and most importantly, he must be able to battle anyone, anywhere, anytime. Then th...