Tori here. Mandi is off on a sexy Valentine’s day weekend WITHOUT ME! How rude, right?

10. J.R. Ward posted an excerpt from Chapter One of her soon to release Beast on Goodreads.
You can read it HERE. Beast is the 14th installment in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series and releases April 5, 2016.

9. Via Pottermore-A special Rehearsal Edition of the script book of new stage play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts I & II from J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World. Readers and moviegoers last saw Harry waving off his children at Platform Nine and Three-Quarters, 19 years after the Battle of Hogwarts, in the epilogue to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child picks up after that moment and is staged in two parts, due to the ‘epic nature of the story’. The play opens in London’s West End this summer, based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany. Next year will see the publication of four special editions of the first book in the UK, one for each of the four Hogwarts houses. There will also be a brand new edition of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them in 2017, with new content by J.K. Rowling, as well as new formats and editions of the Hogwarts Library books – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Quidditch Through the Ages and The Tales of Beedle the Bard.

8. Tom Hardy shows the goodies for his role in the new period drama titled Taboo.  Apparently he has to strip down and walk through an icy lake from bank to bank. Why? Who knows and frankly WHO CARES! The photos are NSFW so click HERE to see Tom in all his nekkid glory. :P

7. Did they say FREE??? Sign up for Sourcebooks Casablanca newsletters and you can score FREE READS. They are currently offering one chapter every day of Julia London’s The Bridesmaid.

6. In  homage to W Magazine’s celebrity-filled rendition of Hotline Bling, which is HILARIOUS, Vanity Fair brings in 29 celebrities dramatically recite Justin Bieber’s “Sorry.” Nick Jonas, John Legend, John Krasinski, Don Cheadle, Chelsea Handler, Ellen Page, Chloë Sevigny, Armie Hammer, Octavia Spencer, Jesse Plemons, Maya Rudolph, and many, many more do their best to channel the 21-year-old Canadian pop star.

5. Boozy root beer floats? SIGN ME UP!! Small Town Brewery has come up with a root beer flavored craft beer aptly named Not Your Father’s Root Beer. Rumor has it this Chicagoland brewery can’t keep it in stock. I’m going to search around and see if I can find some. I’ll let you know how it tastes. They also make Not Your Father’s Ginger Ale for all you weird people who like ginger ale.

4. In a world obsessed with selfies, it was only a matter of time before someone cashed in on it. SelfieCookie will put your face or any image on a cookie flavor of your choice and MAIL IT TO YOU. Who doesn’t want to eat their face?  All you have to do is upload an image on their website, chose a flavor-choices include Chocolate Chip (regular & gluten free), Sugar, Oatmeal Rasin, and Red Velvet-and order. Easy peesy. $30 for a doz is kind of high but IT’S A COOKIE WITH YOUR FACE ON IT!

3. On the hook for a gift? Flatterboxes is cute, unique idea. Flatterbox is a personalized box you fill with kind words, advice, thank yous, milestones, love notes, or whatever you want. You pick the box and notecards, then you can fill it yourself or invite people to help you fill it. Once you’re done, they mail it to you. Pricing starts at $49.

2. Nalini Singh has made it official. Archangel’s Heart, the 9th installment in her Guild Hunter series, is Raphael and Elena. YAY!! Not that I don’t enjoy getting the other characters’ stories but I’m ready for more from our power couple. Archangel’s Heart releases 10/2016. Sorry, the pic is a little blurry. Here is the post at Goodreads if you want to read it there.

1. Happy Valentine’s Day from SmexyBooks! This card (and many more) can be found at JulieAnnArt via Etsy.