Facebook Giveaway!

 My little Book-Obsessed Facebook page has reached 300 likes! Woohoo!!


I couldn't have done it without the help of everyone of you out there. Thank you for sharing my love of books and great authors. In honor of the milestone, as promised, I'm doing a little celebrating!

Actually, ah, this isn't really my speed; it goes more like this:

Not really. I'm lying. Truthfully, it is more like this...

Fine! it's MORE like this, Oookay?? Are you happy now?

 *I need a drink...

Thank you soooo much for all the love, and don't forget to enter the giveaway!!! Muah!

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Tall, Dark and Paranormal Release day!

We are so excited to bring you the Release Day Launch for the TALL, DARK, AND PARANORMAL Box Set with 10 full-length Paranormal Romances by 10 bestselling authors! This box set is only $.99 for a limited time! Go grab your copy NOW!

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***Ten Thrilling Tales of Sexy Alpha Bad Boys – from some of the hottest names in paranormal romance, this $.99 limited-time boxed set has something for everyone, from werewolves to vampires, ghosts to demons, and witches to wizards. With over 825,000 words in these ten full-length novels, you’ll spend hours falling in love with each of these wickedly hot heroes.***

CRESCENT MOON by New York Times and USA Today Bestselling AuthorLori Handeland…

A cryptozoologist travels to New Orleans to investigate whispers of a wolf in the Honey Island Swamp.

FOREVER FREED by New York Times and USA Today Bestselling AuthorLaura Kaye…

A reclusive, empathic vampire falls in love with a woman he planned to kill, and must fight his ancient guilt, bloodlust, and an old vampire rival who threatens everything he holds dear.

SINS OF THE FLESH by New York Times and USA Today Bestselling AuthorCaridadPineiro…

Mick Carrera is a mercenary hired to eliminate problems, but the genetically engineered woman with the superhuman powers is nothing like what he expected.

SPELLBOUND by New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Opal Carew…

What is Lucinda, a tenth level wizard, to do when Destiny pairs her with a man who is utterly domineering, overwhelmingly masculine, incredibly irresistible and, according to her most trusted friend, extremely dangerous?

SPELL BOUND by New York Times and USA Today Bestselling AuthorStephanie Julian…

A warrior born to defend. A young witch in need of protection. A dangerous desire neither of them expected.

HAUNTING A COWBOY - Brand New from USA Today Bestselling AuthorRandi Alexander…

When a ranch foreman hires a ghost whisperer to handle the spirit that’s haunting him, the attraction between them is…supernatural

HUNTRESS FOR HIRE by USA Today Bestselling Author Terry Spear…

He's bound to get her killed, so why does the huntress desire the vampire-turned hunter more than life itself?

DEAD SEXY by USA Today Bestselling AuthorPaige Tyler…

Can her love save him from a curse worse than death?

ASMODEUS: DEMON OF LUST by Bestselling AuthorSara Humphreys…

When Kai Kelly discovers an unusual ring in the attic it leads to much more than she bargained for. She may not realize what she has in her possession, but the boys in Hell sure got the message.

BEAUTY AND THE BEST by Bestselling AuthorJudi Fennell…

Reclusive artist Todd Best hasn't produced anything since the death of his wife…until aspiring romance novelist Jolie Gardener enters his life and turns it upside down.

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About The Authors:

 

Lori Handeland is a two time RITA Award winner and the New York Times bestselling author of the paranormal romance series, The Nightcreature Novels, as well as the urban fantasy series, The Phoenix Chronicles and the historical fantasy series, Shakespeare Undead.  She also writes western historical romance under the name Lori Austin.

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Laura Kaye is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of nearly twenty books in contemporary and paranormal romance and romantic suspense, including the Hard Ink, Heroes, and Hearts of the Anemoi series.

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New York Times and USA Today bestseller Caridad Pineiro is a Jersey Girl who just wants to write, travel, and spend more time with family and friends. Caridad is the author of over 40 novels/novellas and loves romance novels, super heroes, TV and cooking.

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New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Opal Carew is the author of erotic romance stories in which she makes offerings of hope, success, and love to her readers. As Amber Carew, she writes futuristic, urban fantasy, science fiction, paranormal, and contemporary romance.

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New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Julian writes sophisticated, sultry romance for adventurous readers. She is happily married to a Springsteen fanatic and the mother of two sons who introduced her to the joys of Slipknot, Warped Tour and never-ending headaches.

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USA Today bestselling author Randi Alexander writes smokin' hot romance with heroes who'll have you begging to ride off into the sunset with them. Her emotional love stories sweep you off your feet, so prepare yourself to be rode hard and put up satisfied on the sexier side of happily ever-after!

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USA Today bestselling Terry Spear has written over fifty paranormal romance novels and a medieval Highland romances series. Heart of the Wolf was named a 2008 Publishers Weekly's Best Book of the Year.

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Paige Tyler is a USA Today Bestselling Author of more than fifty books, including the new action-packed paranormal/romantic-suspense X-OPS and SWAT (Special Wolf Alpha Team) Series, both from Sourcebooks.

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Sara Humphreys is an award-winning bestselling novelist of paranormal and contemporary romance. The mother of four teenage boys, Sara has been married to her college sweetie for twenty years. She believes in true love, great sex, and happily ever afters.

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Award-winning, best-selling author Judi Fennell loves to laugh and loves love, so it's no surprise there's a little bit of each in every book she writes. Check out her fairy tales with a twist.

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ARC of The Real Thing -- coming out August 19th

The Real Thing by Cassie Mae

My rating: 3 of 5 stars




This book went from one to four, then back to one, and finally overall, I'd say it's a solid 3.5 stars.
I loved the best-friends-fall-in-love plot very much. Eric and Em have known each other since high school and have kept in touch thanks to social media and technology. The role of technology on the book is an important one, as it brings the lovers together but it is also what tears them apart.

Eric was flesh and blood, well-developed character for me. Very likable and real. Not the typical Alpha-growling testosterone filled hero but insecure, compassionate, tender, and all around amazing guy. Em, on the other hand, got on my nerves from the beginning.

Her obsession with social media was borderline dysfunctional and something I'd expect of a much younger girl, say 14-16 year-old, not a 20 year old. It was so bad, I almost stopped reading before she even entered Eric's life again. Just when I tried to get past her "quirks" for Eric's sake, she'd cross that line again. One scene where they almost get intimate but are interrupted by his family, Em (view spoiler)[ hides in the bedroom and proceeds to polish her own 'knob' with a dildo and gets caught by Eric's mom! Seriously. Her excuse to Eric? She was all umped up so she had to finish. The instant gratification generation I guess.  (hide spoiler)] But what do I know.

But  the biggest peeve: What she did. I won't go into it much just to say, at 20, she knows better -- enough to keep it from Eric obviously, and IMO - he let her off the hook WAY TOO EASY. Let's just say I wasn't convinced she learned her lesson.

There were other instances where her immature and sometimes childish behavior got the best of my patience, but I held on because I wanted to see how Eric dealt with the hurdles he carried with him and tried to heal. The hero and subject matter itself teach a good lesson, and IMO definitely worth the read. :)


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ARC review of A Highlander's Obsession - Release date: August 19th

A Highlander's Obsession by Vonnie Davis
My rating: 3 of 5 stars






Oookay...took me a while to finish this book. Highlander? sign me up! romance? hells yeah! hot sex? whoohoo!
the h is a female Dr. Doolittle and the H is a bear/scot shapeshifter?

aaahhh....oookay...
I don't know where to begin with this book. There's a lot going on. The death of an uncle, then a will is read, and Paisley, our heroine/animal whisperer arrives in Scotland and hears our hero's thoughts cause his bear is awake or something...

bear with me now -- no pun intended...
but then she thinks she can hear people too, yet doesn't bring it up later, even after talking to our hot Scottish hero, then she sees a giant bear by her window and hear his thoughts, but doesn't put two-and-two together, then freaks out when she finds out that he's a shifter...never mind she has herself SUPERNATURAL powers of communicating telepathically with animals, in the ENGLISH language nonetheless! She's freaked out and can't believe he's half bear...

Anywho, she freaks, they have sex - hot sex, then he erases her memory and anyway I'm rambling. There's a lot going on. Our Hero is the Laird of his Clan, and he has two brothers. Together with his mom they run an Inn, where Paisley is staying with her grandmother.

There's tons: let's see, there scheming, drug epidemic within the Clan, animal sacrifices, shape-shifters, witches, ghosts, a kidnapping, a murder...

I know, right?? that was pretty much me too. But there's a reason I kept reading. Aye, there is lassies...

YUP. Hot Scottish man. Loved him!
The H and h had chemistry. I cared for them, despite all the muddle twists and turns, I got that pang, you know, right inside my chest when Creighton (aye, Creighton) hurt Paisley's feelings, when they fought...when they made up...especially then.

oh yeah.
I'm not a big fan of shape-shifting books, but this author held my interest, and made me care about the main characters, to the point that I wanted to finish the book, just so I could see them end up together.
What is a perfect Scottish brood? nope. But still, Aye. It was one hell of an Alpha Male. Great work creating characters that as I reader, I cared about ;)



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The Unfortunates by Skyla Madi (coming August 5th) Rocked my World!

The Unfortunates by Skyla Madi
My rating: 5 of 5 stars






I was fortunate enough to get an ARC from the author in exchange for an honest review...so here we go:

This was one of those books that I couldn't put down. It held my interest, I cared about the characters, and I'm eager to know what happens next!

Nothing got done. Nothing!!! Dang it, Skyla and your brilliant plot-twisting, dark, brooding, hot-melting love story!

Skyla Madi did something I admire: after her Consumed trilogy, we get another story--entirely different from Seth Marc and Olivia. The Unfortunates is not for the faint of heart; I can't lie. It's intense. There's things that will make some uncomfortable (I'm trying not to give away spoilers, sorry!) and tests our ethics boundaries.

The Unfortunates is the story of Nine, an Unfortunate (slave) sold to a family of Fortunates (masters) as a gift for Kaden on his 25th birthday. Once she arrives at the household, strap in, cause it's gonna be one hell of a ride!

I love Nine's spunk and spirit; she asks questions, refusing to take her circumstances at face value. Sometimes she's aware it might cost her the ultimate price, but she remains steady -- then enters Kade...

Holy hell.
Kade is everything an Alpha is: brooding, possessive, and doesn't like others touching his "things", especially his unfortunate, Nine. Kade's brother, Vince, is an A-grade douche, and of course, goes out of his way to mess with Kade's things, especially Nine.

Nine tries her best to survive in her new circumstances, but can't help falling for Kade. Kade is also bound by circumstance: as a Fortunate, his priorities and belief system is different from Nine. The author does an excellent job with their backstory, especially Kade's. it's just heartbreaking. Like Nine, Kade has done what is necessary to survive in his world.There are some really intense scenes and the ending, OMG. Don't even get me started!

Again, not trying to give out spoilers, but when the truth is revealed (which I kinda saw coming) Kade's reaction left me wanting to just ugh!

Yeah Nine! kick him, hard!!!!

I loved this book. An original premise, conflict and suspense buildup, dark and steamy lovin' and a hell of a cliffhanger - not bad enough to break my ipad over it, but enough for me to look forward to The Fortunates!
Kudos Skyla Madi!!




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Book Bash 2014!

This year was my second time at Book Bash; last year as a fan, and this time around as an assistant to non other than one of my favorite romance Authors, Laura Kaye! Meeep! Talk about dreams come true!!

Laura Kaye is not only an talented author and brilliant writer, but a kind and sweet human being. She's down to earth, gracious and open with each and everyone of her fans. Which, as a fan, is a HUGE deal. As reader, there's nothing worse than looking forward to meeting an author you love, and once you do, feeling like some weird crazy stalker for loving the characters and worlds they create. As I discovered when I met Laura Kaye in person last year at Book Bash, she's just as sweet, receptive, and gracious in person as she is online. Laura, well, she's just...

I was a fly on the wall as I helped my idol meet up with fans through Book Bash 2014 in Orlando, FL. Fan after fan, she greeted everybody with a big smile, listened to their heartwarming stories - some of which where downright funny - and I couldn't help but see myself in each person that stopped by her table. Through it all, Laura signed everything she was asked to - from books, pieces of paper, posters, bags, e-reader covers, scrapbooks, everything. She also had plenty of cool swag to give away, and THANKED each and every fan, giving them her undivided attention.

At the end, she thanked ME (me!) for helping her, and even gave me a 'thank you' gift bag. Seriously!! I was the one who should have keeled and yell at her "We're not worthy!" alas Wayne's World! I became even more of a fan of hers, if that's even possible!! Laura Kaye, you're a class Act.
What can I say, but it was the Best. Ever.

As an aspiring writer I learned a lot, and got to see something that I love from a different point of view-- with a front-row seats, next to one of the most talented and respected authors out there. As an avid reader and book lover, it doesn't get any better than this! (Well, until the next Hard Ink book comes out, squeee!!!!) Can't wait!

I did get my best friend and fellow hardcore reader Debbie Robinson (I'm forever in your debt Debbie!!!) to take some pics for me while I was working. Here are some of the authors at Book Bash this year:

C.J. Roberts - got to talk to her before the doors opened - meep!

Top: Katja Milay was super nice! Signed a copy of 'Sea of Tranquility' for me. I can't wait to read more from her!

Right: Jennifer Armentrout was so sweet! She signed some things for my friend Courtney, and was awesome!

J.B. Salsbury signed copies for me, as well as Amy Harmon, which by the way-- I now have my very own copy of 'Making Faces' signed by her! *thud!*

 

Also Below: Tina Reber,Tammara Webber, K.A. Tucker, Aleatha Romig, Colleen Hoover, Cora Carmack, and more!!

Dreams do come true!!!