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New Release and Review: Christmas Past by Susanna Fraser

Published by beckymmoe on 12/03/2013

  Title: Christmas Past Author: Suzanna Fraser Genre: Historical/time travel holiday romance Published: 2013 Pages:  50 Format read: ebook Rating: B- Blurb: Time-traveling PhD student Sydney Dahlquist’s first mission sounded simple enough—spend two weeks in December 1810 collecting blood samples from the sick and wounded of Wellington’s army, then go home to modern-day Seattle and Christmas with her family. But when her time machine breaks, stranding her in the past, she must decide whether to sacrifice herself to protect the timeline or to build a new life—and embrace a new love—two centuries before her time. Rifle captain Miles Griffin has been fascinated by the tall, beautiful…

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Review: The Christmas Cookie Collection by Lori Wilde (a Twilight, Texas novella collection)

Published by beckymmoe on 11/17/2013

Carrie (Blurb): Come join a meeting of the First Love Cookie Club… “On Christmas Eve, if you sleep with kismet cookies under your pillow and dream of your own true love, he will be your destiny.” Carrie MacGregor doesn’t believe this–not one bit. She might be a “paid up” member of the Cookie Club and the local Sweethearts Knitting Club, but she’s not about to give in to the forced ho-ho-ho of the season. And why? Mark Leland. When he left town he broke Carrie’s heart. Now, the local-guy-made good is back, hosting the reality show “Fact or Fantasy.” Fact:…

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Review and New Release: Neighbors by L.S. Murphy

Published by beckymmoe on 11/14/2013

  Title: Neighbors Author: L.S. Murphy Genre: Contemporary romance Published: 2013 Pages: 65 Format read: ebook Rating: C+ Neighbors is a novella from Entangled’s Flirt line, which promises “palate-teasing novellas designed to satisfy readers’ cravings for romance without the time commitment required to invest in a full-length novel.” Sounds perfect for a busy November, right? Rena Woods’s design business is finally taking off. She’s landed a huge client–the wife of St Louis’s newest NBA star–and she’s sure that doing well on this job will give her an “in” in the industry. When her new neighbors move in, she might not have even noticed–except for the giant…

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Baby, It’s Cold Outside:Two New Holiday Novellas from Entangled’s Indulgence Line

Published by beckymmoe on 11/14/2013

Entangled’s Indulgence line is releasing four holiday novellas this month in a series entitled Baby It’s Cold Outside. Four heroes and heroines plus one snowy Christmas Eve equals four steamy Christmas stories! Here’s the first two offerings from authors Kate Hardy and Heidi Rice: Title: ‘Tis the Season to Kiss Santa Author: Kate Hardy Series: Baby It’s Cold Outside Genre: Contemporary romance Published: 2013 Pages: 95 Format read: ebook Rating: C+ Mitch Carter hates Christmas. He had a rough childhood, and Christmas never brought him anything more than another chance to be miserable. Even as an adult, he’s never wanted to celebrate the holiday. He needs to prove…

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Book Review and New Release: Ghosts of Kingston Cottage by Libby Bishop

Published by beckymmoe on 11/10/2013

Title: Ghosts of Kingston Cottage Author: Libby Bishop Genre: Paranormal romance Published: 2013 Pages: 70 Format read: ebook Rating: C+ She believes in ghosts…he believes in evidence. Ghosts of Kingston Cottage is a short and sweet novella that is a testament to the eternal power of true love–with paranormal flair. Arabella Pierce is a medium, working for Revenant Investigations of  Maine. A longtime resident of the state, she is thrilled when the case of a lifetime drops in her lap–the chance to investigate Kingston Cottage, a famous local paranormal site that has never allowed researchers in–until now. The catch? Her team of three is going to be accompanied…

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Spotlight New Release and Review: Prevailing Life by Amaris Chapman (Book one of Angels Mercy series)

Published by beckymmoe on 10/30/2013

Prevailing Life by Amaris Chapman Blurb: Maggie is a teenager with a secret. The strangest part of her life isn’t that she works in a graveyard—it’s the fact that her best friend is an Angel named Dina. They have lived thousands of years together, but as a mortal, Maggie must die, leaving Dina to find her in each new life and start again. Someone has been setting fires, and the town is ablaze—literally. Someone or something is fueling the flames, and one of the suspects is the devilishly handsome Justin. With the memories of past lives coming back to her…

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Book Review and New Release: Sweet Treason by Gail Ranstrom

Published by beckymmoe on 10/18/2013

Title: Sweet Treason Author: Gail Ranstrom Genre: Historical romantic suspense Published: 2013 Pages: 250 Format read: ebook Rating: C+ Emily Nevins is weeks away from her twenty-fifth birthday, when she’ll finally come into her inheritance and be able to fully take care of the land she’s been managing on her own for seven years already. The trustee her father had put in charge of funds, Mr. Dodge, has proven himself less than trustworthy, and Emmy’s been reduced to smuggling and selling off her dead mother’s jewels in order to survive. If she can just make it to her next birthday, though, she’ll have a chance of…

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Book Review and New Release: Christmas on 4th Street by Susan Mallery (Book 12.5 of the Fool’s Gold series)

Published by beckymmoe on 10/06/2013

Title: Christmas on 4th Street Author: Susan Mallery Series: Fool’s Gold Genre: contemporary romance Published: 2013 Pages: 336 Format read: ebook Rating: C+ As much as I’ve enjoyed many of Susan Mallery’s novels, her Fool’s Gold books have been really hit or miss for me from the start. The last few were definitely on the “miss” side of the equation; this one was at least closer to the “hit” side. Noelle Perkins is, like many Fool’s Gold protagonists, a relative newcomer to Fool’s Gold. Her tragic past has been hinted at in previous books as she has befriended the heroines of the last three novels. She’s…

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Book Review and New Release: Wish Upon a Star by Michelle McLean

Published by beckymmoe on 10/02/2013

  Title: Wish Upon a Star Author: Michelle McLean Genre: paranormal/sci fi romance Published: 2013 Pages: 120 Format read: ebook Rating: C I don’t read a lot of zombie-related fiction; for the most part I leave that to Mini Moe #1; but Warm Bodies is sitting in my TBR pile–I’ve heard good things. Something about this one spoke to me, though, so I decided to request it. It’s a novella and Halloween is coming, so I thought, why not? Ceri McKinley has brought her young daughter Skye to Pleasure Island, one of Las Vegas’s hottest locations. She’s already feeling nervous, because her ex, Russell Saxton, owner of…

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Book Review and New Release: Ivy Entwined by Laura Simcox (Book one in the Something to Celebrate Series)

Published by beckymmoe on 09/30/2013

Title: Ivy Entwined Author: Laura Simcox Series: Something to Celebrate Genre: contemporary romance Published: 2013 Pages: 240 Format read: ebook Rating: C+ (The synopsis for Ivy Entwined was posted last week, along with an interview with author Laura Simcox. If you missed it, you can find it here. Don’t miss the giveaway either–there’s still a few days left to enter to win!) There were a lot of things to like about Ivy Entwined. The small town setting of Celebration, New York (somewhere near Syracuse) is charming and quirky. There’s quite a few colorful secondary characters, many of whom will hopefully show up in future novels–Alberta Fields, former English teacher…

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