Top 25 Books Of 2014: #1 Soul of Flame (Imdalind #4) By Rebecca Ethington

This year I will be continuing the tradition I started last year with the Top 25 Books of 2013. I will start on December 1st and end on the 25th with my FAVORITE read of 2014! This can include ARC's, books published this year and books published a few years before.  All I'm really counting is books I've read THIS year!

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Book #1

Soul of Flame
(Imdalind #4)
By Rebecca Ethington

Published: February 17th 2014

The Time for the final battle has come.

Edmund's armies have surrounded the Rioseco Abbey, trapping the few survivors inside. The sight that Ilyan was given a thousand years ago is about to come to pass.

If only Joclyn was able to fight.

Joclyn is tormented by the hallucinations that Cail’s mind has left her with, her magic an uncontrollable torrent that even Ilyan cannot control. Her moments of lucidity are broken by fears of dripping pipes and bleeding walls, and a desire to kill Ryland that she is having trouble trying to ignore.

The sight has shown her power, shown her success, but it has also shown her death – The end of her life something she is not quite willing to give up on yet.

Even past her death, the sight has shown her love, and that love may be the only key to her sanity, to her strength, and to Edmund's death.

That love may stand in her way, and a single choice may tip the scales and secure their future, or destroy their fate.

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Top 25 Books Of 2014: #2 Mortal Enchantment (Mortal Enchantment #2) By Stacey O'Neale

This year I will be continuing the tradition I started last year with the Top 25 Books of 2013. I will start on December 1st and end on the 25th with my FAVORITE read of 2014! This can include ARC's, books published this year and books published a few years before.  All I'm really counting is books I've read THIS year!

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Book #2

Mortal Enchantment
(Mortal Enchantment #2)
By Stacey O'Neale

Length: 230 pages
Published: May 20th 2014
Publisher: Phoenix Reign Publishing

In Kalin Matthew's world, elementals control the forces of nature. They are divided into four courts: air, woodland, fire, and water. At sixteen she will leave the life she's built with her mortal mother. Kalin will move to Avalon to rule with her father—the elemental king of the air court. Along the way, she's attacked by a fire court assassin and saved by Rowan, a swoon-worthy elemental with a questionable past.

Worst of all, she learns her father is missing.

To rescue him, Kalin will have to work with a judgmental council and a system of courts too busy accusing each other of deceit to actually be able to help her. But, they aren’t her biggest challenge. With the Midwinter’s Ball only five days away, Kalin must take over her father’s duties, which includes shifting control of the elements—power Kalin has yet to realize.

As Rowan attempts to train her, a war looms between the four courts. If Kalin fails, her father will die and the courts will fall, but the betrayal she’s about to uncover may cost her even more...

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Top 25 Books Of 2014: #3 The Fault in Our Stars By John Green

This year I will be continuing the tradition I started last year with the Top 25 Books of 2013. I will start on December 1st and end on the 25th with my FAVORITE read of 2014! This can include ARC's, books published this year and books published a few years before.  All I'm really counting is books I've read THIS year!

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Book #3

The Fault in Our Stars
By John Green

Length: 313 pages
Published: January 10th 2012
Publisher: Dutton Books

Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to be completely rewritten.

Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning-author John Green’s most ambitious and heartbreaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.

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Top 25 Books Of 2014: #4 Branded (Sinners #1) By Abi Ketner & Missy Kalicicki

This year I will be continuing the tradition I started last year with the Top 25 Books of 2013. I will start on December 1st and end on the 25th with my FAVORITE read of 2014! This can include ARC's, books published this year and books published a few years before.  All I'm really counting is books I've read THIS year!

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Book #4

Branded

(Sinners #1)
By Abi Ketner & Missy Kalicicki


Length: 314 pages
Published: February 18th 2014

Fifty years ago The Commander came into power and murdered all who opposed him. In his warped mind, the seven deadly sins were the downfall of society.

To punish the guilty, he created the Hole, a place where sinners are branded according to their sins. Sinners are forced to live a less than human existence in deplorable conditions, under the watchful eye of guards who are ready to kill anyone who steps out of line.

Now, LUST wraps around my neck like thick, blue fingers, threatening to choke the life out of me. I’ve been accused of a crime I didn’t commit, and the Hole is my new home.

Constant darkness.

Brutal and savage violence.

Excruciating pain.

Every day is a fight for survival.

But I won’t let them win. I will not die in the Hole.

I am more than my brand. I’m a fighter. My name is Lexi Hamilton, and this is my story.

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Top 25 Books Of 2014: #5 Killer Instinct (The Naturals #2) By Jennifer Lynn Barnes

This year I will be continuing the tradition I started last year with the Top 25 Books of 2013. I will start on December 1st and end on the 25th with my FAVORITE read of 2014! This can include ARC's, books published this year and books published a few years before.  All I'm really counting is books I've read THIS year!

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Book #5

Killer Instinct
(The Naturals #2)
By Jennifer Lynn Barnes


Length: 386 pages
Published: November 4th 2014
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion

Seventeen-year-old Cassie Hobbes has a gift for profiling people. Her talent has landed her a spot in an elite FBI program for teens with innate crime-solving abilities, and into some harrowing situations. After barely escaping a confrontation with an unbalanced killer obsessed with her mother’s murder, Cassie hopes she and the rest of the team can stick to solving cold cases from a distance.

But when victims of a brutal new serial killer start turning up, the Naturals are pulled into an active case that strikes too close to home: the killer is a perfect copycat of Dean’s incarcerated father—a man he’d do anything to forget. Forced deeper into a murderer’s psyche than ever before, will the Naturals be able to outsmart the enigmatic killer’s brutal mind games before this copycat twists them into his web for good?

With her trademark wit, brilliant plotting, and twists that no one will see coming, Jennifer Lynn Barnes will keep readers on the edge of their seats (and looking over their shoulders) as they race through the pages of this thrilling novel.

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Top 25 Books Of 2014: #6 Broken Skies (Broken Skies #1) By Theresa Kay

This year I will be continuing the tradition I started last year with the Top 25 Books of 2013. I will start on December 1st and end on the 25th with my FAVORITE read of 2014! This can include ARC's, books published this year and books published a few years before.  All I'm really counting is books I've read THIS year!

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Book #6

Broken Skies
(Broken Skies #1)
By Theresa Kay


Length: 372 pages
Published: March 14th 2014
Publisher: Createspace

Thirty years ago, civilization collapsed. Few survived.

Ten years ago, the aliens arrived…and stayed.

One year ago, I killed two men and went a little crazy.

Today, the aliens took my brother and I will do anything to get him back.

In seventeen-year-old Jax Mitchell's world, humans are nearly extinct and alien settlers have arrived.

Until recently, the E’rikon have remained segregated in their city and ignored the few humans who have tried to engage them… but now they have taken Jax’s brother. To rescue him, she forms an uneasy alliance with a teenage E’rikon left stranded in the woods. She agrees to guide him to the city if he sneaks her past the human-proof barrier. Too bad it’s not that simple.

Jax, who cannot stand to be touched, finds that she’s drawn to the alien boy with bright green hair and jewel-like scales down his back. And he’s equally affected by her, the courageous redhead with haunted eyes. But she doesn’t know the alien’s true motives and he has no idea that she is much more than she seems.

In this world where alien and human are at odds, the connection forming between the two has consequences. What started off as a rescue mission sets a chain of events in motion which threatens not only the remaining humans and the growing alien society, but Earth itself.

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Top 25 Books Of 2014: #7 Six Months (Seven #2) By Dannika Dark

This year I will be continuing the tradition I started last year with the Top 25 Books of 2013. I will start on December 1st and end on the 25th with my FAVORITE read of 2014! This can include ARC's, books published this year and books published a few years before.  All I'm really counting is books I've read THIS year!

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Book #7

Six Months
(Seven #2)
By Dannika Dark

Length: 340 pages
Published: March 25th 2014

April Frost is a compassionate young woman with a steady job and ambitious goals. But the harder she runs away from her past, the more it threatens to destroy her. When three strangers enter her life, April is forced to face her demons and it's a battle she may not win.

Private investigators in the Breed world are men who take risks, and Reno Cole is no exception. As a Shifter, he's expected to control his inner animal. But lately his wolf has been venturing dangerously close to the city, and he's about to discover why. When Reno is reintroduced to a family friend, the attraction is immediate. April captivates him with her secretive eyes and resilient spirit. She's also in trouble, and despite the fact she's a human, Reno can't turn his back on her.

April is caught between two worlds: One that threatens to bury her dreams and another that could fulfill them. Can she trust the wolf at her door and find the courage to overcome her demons?

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Top 25 Books Of 2014: #8 Ungifted (Supernaturals #2) By Kelly Oram

This year I will be continuing the tradition I started last year with the Top 25 Books of 2013. I will start on December 1st and end on the 25th with my FAVORITE read of 2014! This can include ARC's, books published this year and books published a few years before.  All I'm really counting is books I've read THIS year!

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Book #8

Ungifted
(Supernaturals #2)
By Kelly Oram


Published: March 2014
Publisher: Bluefields

Even though her father is running for President of the United States, Grace St. Claire is as normal a girl as they come. She’s clumsy, shy, and an outcast among her peers. She even manages to nearly die in a freak accident in front of the entire school. But when Grace survives a vampire attack she quickly learns that she is anything but ordinary.

There’s something about human Grace that has all the supernaturals around her going crazy. Her best friend’s brother suddenly wants to date her. Her worst enemy has sworn to protect her even against her wishes. Someone with very powerful magic wants her dead, and the vampire that attacked her has developed an obsession with making her his eternal mate.

In order to survive—and not as Count Dracula’s undead bride—Grace dives head first into the terrifying world of the supernatural. She teams up with a charming but mysterious warlock who strolled into town causing trouble and spouting stories of a Prophesy and Chosen One that looks exactly like Grace. Together they must figure out why Grace is different, who wants her dead, how she’s connected to the Chosen One, and who they can really trust. 

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Top 25 Books Of 2014: #9 Ruined (Ruined #1) By Jus Accardo

This year I will be continuing the tradition I started last year with the Top 25 Books of 2013. I will start on December 1st and end on the 25th with my FAVORITE read of 2014! This can include ARC's, books published this year and books published a few years before.  All I'm really counting is books I've read THIS year!

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Book #9

Ruined
(Ruined #1)
By Jus Accardo


Length: 325 pages
Published: December 30th 2013
Publisher: Entangled Publishing (Embrace)
ASIN: B00FILC2FM

Hell is looking for a way to break loose…

Jax lost the genetic lottery. Descended from Cain, the world's first murderer, he's plagued by a curse that demands violence in exchange for his happiness. He left everything behind, including the girl he loved, but thriving on the pain of others is lonely… And it's killing him.

After a series of heartbreaking losses, Samantha put rubber to pavement and headed for college as fast as her clunker could carry her. But she can't outrun her problems. When an attack at school drives her back home, she's thrown into the path of a past—and a guy—she's been trying to forget.

Sam strains Jax's control over his darkness, but running isn't an option this time. Someone—or, something—followed her home from school: a ruthless monster with a twisted plan centuries in the making. Forced together to survive, and fighting an attraction that could destroy them both, Jax and Sam must stop a killer bent on revenge.

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Top 25 Books Of 2014: #10 Dire (The Dire Wolves Chronicles #1) By Alyssa Rose Ivy

This year I will be continuing the tradition I started last year with the Top 25 Books of 2013. I will start on December 1st and end on the 25th with my FAVORITE read of 2014! This can include ARC's, books published this year and books published a few years before.  All I'm really counting is books I've read THIS year!

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Book #10

Dire
(The Dire Wolves Chronicles #1)
By Alyssa Rose Ivy


Published: September 15th 2014

Gage was the first guy I ever wanted. He was my first crush and my first fantasy, but he wasn't my first in any other way because he never saw me as anything more than a friend— at least not until the night that changed everything.

It was all Gage's fault. He insisted we drive through the storm and take the back roads. By the time the storm hit full force we had no chance. One night of snowbound sex changed our relationship forever. The problem was at the same time I caught another guy’s attention. This other guy happened to be the alpha of a pack of shifter wolves. I thought the wolves were the worst of my problems, but I was wrong. When things went from bad to worse I had to make a lifelong sacrifice to save Gage, but what price is too much to save the one you love?

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Top 25 Books Of 2014: #11 Beyond The Veil (The Veil #1) By Pippa DaCosta

This year I will be continuing the tradition I started last year with the Top 25 Books of 2013. I will start on December 1st and end on the 25th with my FAVORITE read of 2014! This can include ARC's, books published this year and books published a few years before.  All I'm really counting is books I've read THIS year!

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Book #11

Beyond The Veil
(The Veil #1)
By Pippa DaCosta

“They say I’m half demon, but I like to think of myself as half human, especially as the demons want me dead.”

Charlie Henderson is living a lie. Her real name is Muse and her attempt at a normal life is about to go up in smoke.

When a half-demon assassin walks into her life, leaving a trail of destruction in his wake, Muse must return to the one man she hoped never to see again and ask for help. The Prince of Greed isn’t known for his charity. The price is high, but the cost could tear her apart.

Trapped between the malevolent intentions of a Prince of Hell, an assassin with ulterior motives, and her bloodthirsty demon-kin, Muse must embrace the lure of chaos at her core; the demon inside her, in order to survive.

When your ex is the Prince of Greed, you'd better be ready to raise hell.

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Top 25 Books Of 2014: #12 Erased (Altered #2) By Jennifer Rush

This year I will be continuing the tradition I started last year with the Top 25 Books of 2013. I will start on December 1st and end on the 25th with my FAVORITE read of 2014! This can include ARC's, books published this year and books published a few years before.  All I'm really counting is books I've read THIS year!

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Book #12

Erased
(Altered #2)
By Jennifer Rush


Length: 288 pages
Published: January 7th 2014
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

They thought they had escaped. They were wrong.

After fleeing the Branch with Sam, Cas, and Nick, Anna is learning how to survive in hiding, following Sam's rules:

Don't draw attention to yourself.

Always carry a weapon.

Know your surroundings.

Watch your back.

When memories from Anna's old life begin to resurface—and a figure from her childhood reappears—Anna's loyalties are tested. Is it a Branch set-up, or could it be the reunion Anna has hoped for?

Ultimately, the answers hinge on one question: What was the real reason her memories were erased in the first place?

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Top 25 Books Of 2014: #13 Up From the Grave (Night Huntress #7) By Jeaniene Frost

This year I will be continuing the tradition I started last year with the Top 25 Books of 2013. I will start on December 1st and end on the 25th with my FAVORITE read of 2014! This can include ARC's, books published this year and books published a few years before.  All I'm really counting is books I've read THIS year!

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Book #13

Up From the Grave
(Night Huntress #7)
By Jeaniene Frost


Length: 372 pages
Published: January 28th 2014
Publisher: Avon

Lately, life has been unnaturally calm for vampires Cat Crawfield and her husband Bones. They should have known better than to relax their guard, because a shocking revelation sends them back into action to stop an all-out war…

A rogue CIA agent is involved in horrifying secret activities that threaten to raise tensions between humans and the undead to dangerous heights. Now Cat and Bones are in a race against time to save their friends from a fate worse than death… because the more secrets they unravel, the deadlier the consequences. And if they fail, their lives—and those of everyone they hold dear — will be hovering on the edge of the grave.

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Top 25 Books Of 2014: #14 Easy (Contours of the Heart #1) By Tammara Webber

This year I will be continuing the tradition I started last year with the Top 25 Books of 2013. I will start on December 1st and end on the 25th with my FAVORITE read of 2014! This can include ARC's, books published this year and books published a few years before.  All I'm really counting is books I've read THIS year!

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Book #14

Easy
(Contours of the Heart #1)
By Tammara Webber


Length: 321 pages
Published: November 6th 2012 Publisher: Penguin Berkley

When Jacqueline follows her longtime boyfriend to the college of his choice, the last thing she expects is a breakup two months into sophomore year. After two weeks in shock, she wakes up to her new reality: she's single, attending a state university instead of a music conservatory, ignored by her former circle of friends, and failing a class for the first time in her life.

Leaving a party alone, Jacqueline is assaulted by her ex's frat brother. Rescued by a stranger who seems to be in the right place at the right time, she wants nothing more than to forget the attack and that night - but her savior, Lucas, sits on the back row of her econ class, sketching in a notebook and staring at her. Her friends nominate him to be the perfect rebound.

When her attacker turns stalker, Jacqueline has a choice: crumple in defeat or learn to fight back. Lucas remains protective, but he's hiding secrets of his own. Suddenly appearances are everything, and knowing who to trust is anything but easy.

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Top 25 Books Of 2014: #15 Touching Fire (Touch #2) By Airicka Phoenix

This year I will be continuing the tradition I started last year with the Top 25 Books of 2013. I will start on December 1st and end on the 25th with my FAVORITE read of 2014! This can include ARC's, books published this year and books published a few years before.  All I'm really counting is books I've read THIS year!

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Book #15

Touching Fire
(Touch #2)
By Airicka Phoenix


Released: March 26th 2014 Publisher: Fire & Ash Publishing

Finding her past was supposed to end the nightmare. Only it was just the beginning.

Entrusting the fate of the world, not to mention her and Isaiah’s life to a father she’s never met is a big leap of faith on Fallon’s part. But it’s a necessary risk. Ashton is the key to protecting Isaiah and keeping her out of Garrison’s clutches. He is also the only one who can tell her what she is, except what she learns is that she is from a world that is far more dangerous than anyone could possibly imagine.

As her powers grow out of control, Fallon must pick between her mortality and a legacy that does not include Isaiah. She must summon the courage to face a destiny that will test the boundaries of everything she has ever known. But most of all, she must protect Isaiah from the monster within herself and trust the man whose toxic blood runs through her veins.

Danger builds as power clashes between two evils, both seeking her to tip the scales to eternal darkness and suffering.

Can humanity rise to face an ancient calling to which Fallon is powerless to stop? Can she protect those she cares about, or will their blood forever stain her hands?

Touch Vengeance. Touch Malice. Touch Fire.

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Top 25 Books Of 2014: #16 Going Down in Flames By Chris Cannon

This year I will be continuing the tradition I started last year with the Top 25 Books of 2013. I will start on December 1st and end on the 25th with my FAVORITE read of 2014! This can include ARC's, books published this year and books published a few years before.  All I'm really counting is books I've read THIS year!

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Book #16

Going Down in Flames
By Chris Cannon


Length: 407 pages
Published: June 30th 2014
Publisher: Entangled Teen Ember

If her love life is going down in flames, she might as well spark a revolution.

Finding out on your sixteenth birthday you’re a shape-shifting dragon is tough to swallow. Being hauled off to an elite boarding school is enough to choke on.

Since Bryn is the only crossbreed at the Institute for Excellence, all eyes are on her, but it’s a particular black dragon, Zavien, who catches her attention.

Zavien is tired of the Council’s rules. Segregated clans, being told who to love, and close-minded leaders make freedom of choice almost impossible. The new girl with the striped hair is a breath of fresh air, and with Bryn’s help, they may be able to change the rules.

At the Institute, old grudges, new crushes, and death threats are all part of a normal day for Bryn. She’ll need to learn to control her dragon powers if she wants to make it through her first year at school. But even focusing on staying alive is difficult when you’re falling for someone you can't have.

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Top 25 Books Of 2014: #17 Alpha Divided (Alpha Girl #3) By Aileen Erin

This year I will be continuing the tradition I started last year with the Top 25 Books of 2013. I will start on December 1st and end on the 25th with my FAVORITE read of 2014! This can include ARC's, books published this year and books published a few years before.  All I'm really counting is books I've read THIS year!

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Book #17

Alpha Divided
(Alpha Girl #3)
By Aileen Erin


Published: October 14th 2014
Publisher: Ink Monster, LLC

Life has been crazy since Tessa McCaide moved to Texas. She’s gone from being a normal-ish girl with visions to a super-powered werewolf. She’s fought off vampires and broken a nearly unbreakable curse. And she’s got a hot mate, Dastien Laurent, to keep her busy.

Things are looking up until the full moon ceremony rolls around. Before Tessa can strengthen her bond with Dastien, the local coven crashes the gates, demanding that Tessa—their heir apparent—be returned. If the pack wants to avoid a war with the witches, handing Tessa over is the only option.

Tessa doesn’t want to cause an all-out fight, but joining a dark-magic coven isn’t on her to-do list, especially if embracing her magic side means parting with Dastien. When the coven leader tries to control Tessa with dark-magic, Tessa realizes she has to dismantle the coven or prepare the pack for war. Either choice will change her life—and her world—forever.

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