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Month: November 2013

It May Be Cold Outside, but Inside is a Whole ‘Nother Story! ‘Tis the Season to be Tempted by Aimee Carson

  Title: ‘Tis the Season to be Tempted Author: Aimee Carson Series: Baby, It’s Cold Outside Genre: Contemporary holiday romance Published: 2013 Pages:  70 Format read: ebook Rating: B Blurb: After the worst year ever, free-spirited Evie Lee rings in the New Year alone, swearing off men forever. So when her brother’s childhood friend, the perfect man with the perfect life, winds up on the same plane home, she’s determined to ignore him. Wes is determined not to take her seriously. Unfortunately a snowstorm traps them at the airport with no way to finish their commute, and his perfect body is tempting her to break her…

Blitz! Spirits Among Us by Morgan Hannah MacDonald

  SPIRITS AMONG US Morgan Hannah MacDonald   SOME SECRETS ARE TOO HORRIFYING TO SHARE   A serial killer loose in Paris, a woman threatened by a mad man and an ex-FBI agent with a haunting secret.   After she’s blacklisted by the fashion industry in New York, Angela Henderson moves to Paris, France. Designing clothes is in her blood and she’ll stop at nothing to realize her dream.   HE WILL FIND YOU Cajun bad boy Jon-Luc Boudreaux is an ex-FBI profiler with a secret. He sees the souls of the recently departed. They can’t communicate with him in…

Ready for Some More Roman Holiday? The Story Continues with Hitched, Episode 2!

  Title: Hitched Author: Ruthie Knox Series: Roman Holiday Genre: Contemporary romance Published: 2013 Pages:  50 Format read: ebook Rating: A- Ruthie Knox’s Roman Holiday continues with Hitched, the second “episode” in the serialization. Although it wasn’t quite as laugh out loud as the first (for which my daughter thanks you, Ruthie), it was still a darn good read. Hitched begins shortly after Chained left off–okay, a while after, since we have to wait for our heroine to regain consciousness…which she does, in a different location from where she lost it. Interesting, yes? She got there somehow, and two guesses as to how… 😉 Oh, and she’s…

Books on Sale: Black Friday Edition

This is me, today and tomorrow…at least the “Can’t–I’m writing” parts 😉 Though I’ve got a busy day ahead of me (Internet shopping only this year–and a limited amount at that) with crazy word count deficits to make up and the interring of my grandmother’s ashes this morning (she passed away two years ago, but donated her body to a local medical school–we recently got her ashes back and are finally doing that last step), I still wanted to let you all know about some of the ebook deals out there right now. Give them as gifts or keep a…

New Release and Review: Kristan Higgins’s The Perfect Match (Books two in the Blue Heron series)

  Title: The Perfect Match Author: Kristan Higgins Series: Blue Heron Genre: Contemporary romance Published: 2013 Pages: 441 Format read: audio Rating: A- What if the perfect match is a perfect surprise?  Honor Holland has just been unceremoniously rejected by her lifelong crush. And now—a mere three weeks later—Mr. Perfect is engaged to her best friend. But resilient, reliable Honor is going to pick herself up, dust herself off and get back out there… or she would if dating in Manningsport, New York, population 715, wasn’t easier said than done. Charming, handsome British professor Tom Barlow just wants to do right by his unofficial stepson, Charlie,…

Spotlight New Release and Giveaway: Some Like It Sinful by Robbie Terman

 I’ve got a review copy of this, and it’s right up near the top of my TBR pile–look for a review soon! SOME LIKE IT SINFUL Robbie Terman   Synopsis: Their attraction is sinfully delicious…   A struggling business and one act of vandalism may have brought them together, but bakery owner Chloe Nelson and professional hockey player Griffin Lange get along like chocolate and pickles. Chloe needs the famous (and famously unattached) Griffin to attract people to her pastries, and Griffin needs the curvaceous and fiery Chloe to keep him out of trouble. A fake relationship to keep the…

Cover Reveal: Charity’s Secrets by Maya James

    Synopsis The unbridled heat continues between the beautiful Charity Powers and her gorgeous and passionate assassin for hire, Justin Collins. He exists only to love her and keep her safe, but that’s not so easy when she is such a force of life. Charity makes it her mission to heal Justin’s wounded path, but to do it, she must hide terrible, dangerous secrets from him that risk their entire relationship. The holidays arrive filled with wonderful sentiments that leave each of these lovers closer than ever, but just as the celebrations come to a close, one of their…

It’s Perfect Weather for a Cozy Mystery! Read It and Weep by Jenn McKinlay (a Library Lover mystery)

  Title: Read It and Weep Author: Jenn McKinlay Series: Library Lover Mysteries Genre: Cozy mystery (just a touch of romance) Pages: 276 Format read: print (I know! Shocking.) Rating: B+ This was a cute and cozy mystery, and quite a bit different from my usual read. I ended up really enjoying it, though, and probably will check out others in the series in the near future. Things I liked: -The main character is a librarian–awesomeness. -She and her friends get together and talk books during “crafternoons” where they make crafts and eat snacks (loosely) based on the book they’ve read. -Best.…

Spotlight New Release and Review with a Giveaway: Bittersweet Magic by Nina Croft

Tagline:  Only he can save her… Synopsis: Roz has been indebted to the demon Asmodai for five hundred years, and her freedom is just around the corner. All she has to do is complete one last task for him—obtain a key that had been hidden in a church centuries ago.   Piers, the Head of the Order and an ancient vampire, is intrigued by the woman who comes to him for help. She’s beautiful and seemingly kind, but she’s hiding something. And he’ll find out who she is and what she really wants once he uses his power to get…

Spotlight New Release! Asking for Trouble by Tessa Bailey (And Protecting What’s His is just 99 cents!)

A new release and a sale! Read on… The Queen of Dirty Talking is back! Whether this is your first experience with Tessa Bailey’s dirty talking heroes or you’ve been following her all along, you don’t want to miss out on meeting Brent and Hayden. Their banter is witty, filled with sexual tension, and the sex itself is “fan-your-face” hot, according to an early review from USA Today Happily Ever After. Here’s a dirty talking snippet just for you guys: He leaned forward and spoke right against her ear. “Come for me right now and I’ll let you ride me…