Christmas Giveaway 2012

This year, The Coffee Pot is helping you get everything you want for Christmas! There will be 6! winners for this giveaway and anyone can enter (as long as I can mail you the autographed book swag). Just enter below! The contest opens on December 20th and runs until December 31st. Winners will be announced and contacted on January 1st-2nd by e-mail.
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Prizes Explained:

1 Person will win a paperback copy of Aurora Sky: Vampire Hunter (which quotes The Coffee Pot review!) along with an autographed doorhanger.

2 People will win e-copies of both Entangled and Duplicity paired with an autographed Entangled bookmark.

3 People will win an autographed doorhanger.

This is the biggest giveaway that The Coffee Pot has done yet, so enter for more chances to win these AWESOME prizes. =)

Duplicity (Spellbound #2)

"If Graylee Perez thought sharing a body with her twin sister was bad, dealing with a duplicate of herself is two times worse. Gray the second doesn’t seem to get that Lee’s boyfriend, Raj McKenna, is off limits. Then there’s the problem of Adrian Montez. He expects one of the Grays to be his.

Nearly a year later, the council is onto them for past misdeeds; Lee, along with the rest of the coven, has lost control of her powers; and Gray is being stalked by what looks like the Grim Reaper.

If they work together, they may stand a chance of setting things right and making it out alive."

*May Contain Spoilers* 

And then there were two. At the end of Nikki Jefford's first novel in the Spellbound Trilogy, Entangled, Gray had just been purged from her twin sister's body. In spirit form, Gray went to Stacey Morehouse's body (who was in a coma) and claimed it. And, readers find out in Duplicity, she then went to Charlene's body in France, six months later, and claimed her body as well. 

"Lee," Graylee's name for herself in Stacey's body, has been living her life for the past ten months, loving her family, her newly acquired father (Stacey's), and her boyfriend, Raj. 

But to "Gray," the Graylee that took over Charlene's body, no time has passed. It was just last week when Adrian Montez saved her from her sister's murderous attempts. When Gray comes back home (after waking up in France), someone has a lot of explaining to do. 

But according to everyone, there can only be one Graylee Perez. The main problem being: which one is the real Graylee and which is the duplicate? 

In the first novel, Entangled, readers had a chance to connect with Graylee. The connection remains strong as readers are introduced to two versions of their favorite character. As the plot continues to twist, readers will find themselves choosing sides with one of the versions of Graylee, hoping their version is the one that survives. 

Raj is back and he's sweeter than ever. :) But how does he know which Graylee version is the real one, the one that he loves? The love triangle between Raj and the two versions of Graylee adds to the already amazing plot (i.e. magic gone awry, vengeance, a grim reaper?!, and betrayal) that Nikki Jefford has written in Duplicity. Readers beware, you won't be able to take a break from this book until it's finished either. Perfect sequel to Entangled. 

Duplicity 

on Amazon

rating: 4/5 

WWW-Wednesday (4)

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…
• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you’ll read next?

01. Currently Reading:
Still working my way through A Dance With Dragons by George R.R. Martin. The story is wonderful but the length is what's forcing me to really slow down and pay attention. Which is why other books that I plan on reading are becoming simultaneous reads.


02. Recently Finished:
Once Bitten by Trina M. Lee and I just posted the review. This novel was deathly entertaining! I'm glad that I picked it up even though I was a little disappointed. Still a great read!


03. Reading Next:
Duplicity by Nikki Jefford is the next on my reading list. I read book one, Entangled, last week and since the second one came out a couple of days ago I'm determined to finish it off too.

WWW-Wednesday (3)

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…
• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you’ll read next?


01. Currently Reading:
A Dance With Dragons by George R. R. Martin. This is the last book in the series that is published, and the last one on my Spring Into Reading 2012 Challenge. At around 1000 pages, it should take me a bit of time, but absolutely worth it because all my favorite characters are back! :D


02. Recently Finished:
Entangled by Nikki Jefford, Spellbound #1. This novel was a wonderful break from the genres I've been reading lately. I love reading young adult literature every now and again. Now that I've read this first installment in the series, I'm sure I'll be following it up with the second book, as soon as it comes out. 


03. Reading Next:
Fifty Shades Freed by EL James. The third and final book of the Fifty Shades trilogy will be the next book I pick up, though it will probably turn into a simultaneous read with A Dance With Dragons. After all, it's sitting on my coffee table begging me to begin. 

Entangled (Spellbound #1)

"Twin witches Graylee and Charlene Perez agree on one rule: No dating warlocks. Not so easy when a certain rogue warlock is convinced he and Graylee belong together and will use anything, including magic, to try and impress Gray. When Charlene's boyfriend dumps her, she threatens to kill either herself or the girl who stole Blake. Somehow, Gray ends up dead.

A Resurrection Spell Gone Wrong

Two months after dying, Gray wakes up in Charlene's body. As a witch, can anyone blame her mother for attempting to bring her daughter back to life? Only now Gray's stuck sharing her sister's body 50/50 in twenty-four hour shifts. The race is on for Gray to find a way back inside her own body before Charlene purges her from existence. Raj McKenna is rumored to meddle in the black arts, not to mention he's after Gray's invisibility spell and worse - her heart. But Raj might be the only one powerful enough to save Gray from fading away forever." - Amazon Blurb

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Nikki Jefford's first entry in the Spellbound series, Entangled, is an enchantment that readers will love. Not to mention, they won't be able to put it down. The bond between readers and characters begin to form throughout this novel, and will only increase in strength with the following installments. 

Graylee is your typical teenage witch. Perhaps a little on the selfish side, but not as bad as her twin sister, Charlene. She's the easiest character to connect with because most of the novel is told from her point of view. Readers will find themselves wanting to help Gray get her life back, after she mysteriously dies at age 17 and her mother brings her back. The mission to separate Graylee from her twin's body evolves into a necessity to reclaim her life, as she realizes that her sister has been keeping her subdued. 

Charlene is the character that readers will love to dislike. She's incredibly selfish, superficial, and controlling. She's also using her magic, as a young witch, to outshine her sister. But how far would she really go to be the more popular and loved twin... perhaps the only twin? 

The narrator, other than Gray, is Raj. He's a warlock with a bad boy reputation and his sights are set on Graylee. He'll do anything to help her and readers will come to see that what's underneath the bad boy persona isn't what they expect. A strong connection will form between readers and Raj, as his back story comes to light, and will (hopefully) continue through the next book in the series. 

Entangled (Spellbound #1)

on Amazon

rating: 4/5 cups

Looking Forward Friday (1)

Want to know what's coming up for The Coffee Pot? Well here it is! :D The official to-be-read list (not specifically in the following order). Bring on the reading and reviews!

A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin

This will be the final book for the Spring Into Reading 2012 challenge and I'm full of excitement to finish The Coffee Pot's first reading challenge so I can look forward to the next challenge I take on.





Dead is the New Black by Christine DeMaio-Rice

This novel promises a romp through the fashion world with one of the main characters being accused of murder. Very intriguing!





Entangled, Spellbound #1 by Nikki Jefford

Main character, Gray, wakes up in her sister's body after her mother witch attempted to bring her back to life. Show me the way out of this one!





Fifty Shades Freed by E L James

The conclusion of the Fifty Shades trilogy where reader's will find out if Mr. Grey and Ana will end up happily ever after or...





Now what's on your TBR list? :D

Facing the Nightmares

How do you unravel a secret when the key is your memory?

Barbara Ellen Brink sets up the mystery of Fredrickson Winery, in her novel Entangled, with Billie inheriting the California winery from an Uncle she barely remembers meeting.

When keys and unwritten letters show up to drag her into the mystery that covers the winery, Billie is forced to face her past and determine why it was she who inherited the winery and if she should stay to run it.

Except, more is on the line that it first appears. The nightmares are back. And Billie is determined to face them.

No matter what.

Entangled is glowing twisted metal. A weapon that the reader doesn't know how to handle. The connection the reader forms with Billie will be different for everyone. The novel taps into mental illness, child abuse, domestic abuse, and night terrors, among other things. It's definitely an entanglement of emotions.  The multi-leveled novel is one that will keep the reader engaged and begging that no more secrets are hiding in the cellar by the last page.

Entangled on Amazon

rating: 4/5 cups