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Saturday, September 17, 2011

Made the Grade: Granite Lake Wolves, Book 1

Format: E-Copy | File Size: 468 KB | Release Date: March 2009 | Publisher: Samhain Publishing | Obtained: Contest by Vivian Arend

"Wolf Signs" [Granite Lake Wolves, Book 1] by Vivian Arend

My Book Summary : Robyn is disappointed that her brother isn't able to go with them on their annual ski trip to a cabin on Granite Lake. However, just because of that and her being deaf does NOT mean she isn't going, even if that means going alone. She is all packed, ready to go, and she's going ... no matter what!

She just didn't plan on two brothers who planned on getting away for a while themselves, staying at that same cabin.

Keil and TJ were just getting away to relax for a little while before Keil's pack challenge came up. They never expected to run into anyone here, especially not a hot, feisty woman who's deaf and doesn't know she's a full-blooded werewolf. Time to prove it to her and more ...... to bad with the challenge there's a deadline for it all...

My Book Review : 3 out of 5 stars. A great beginning for this fun and spicy series!! Keil is the definition of possessive alpha male in this story. While I loved reading about Keil & Robyn worked through their "communication issues," turning this story into one I've never read about before. I recommend this book and series for anyone who likes to read a werewolf (slightly erotic) romance.

My Previous Review(s) for this Series : Book 3 | Book 4

My Previous Review(s) for this Author : Tidal Wave | Whirlpool

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“You okay, Keil?” TJ wandered back with a worried expression on his face.
“Just fine. Um, leg cramp. Get the coffee.”
“Yes, master. Right away, master.”
Keil looked at Robyn who smiled at him, a mischievous glint in her eyes that he hadn’t seen the day before.
She mouthed the words back to him, “Leg cramp,” and squeezed. Her face was flushed but she was still smiling, and when she leaned up to kiss him, he thought he must have died and gone to heaven. ~ within Chapter 3

“No way, Keil. Oh man, you know I hate wearing those things. Tell her I don’t have to,” TJ whined.
Robyn held out the devices to the men, her eyebrow rising at the sight of TJ pulling back and hiding his hands behind his back.
“I hate them.”
Robyn’s shrug said she didn’t care what he thought as she stepped up to him, slipped the strap over his neck and fastened the waist belt. She reached up and patted TJ’s pouting cheek while she batted her eyes and gave him an evil grin.
“I feel like a dog with a collar.” ~ within Chapter 5

For more information on this book, series, and/or any other books by Vivian, then please check out her Amazon Page.

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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

"Waiting On" Wednesday: Artistic Vision

Today's "Waiting On" Wednesday by Jill - click here

"Artistic Vision" [The Gray Court Series, Book 3] by Dana Marie Bell
Publication Released Date: November 22, 2011

Samhain Publishing's Book Description:

Desire is the raw material. Lust is the spark…and love will sculpt their destiny.

Akane Russo, one of the Hob’s top Blades, can’t wait for her current assignment to end. She’s been tasked with protecting Shane Dunne from the Malmayne clan’s scheme to kidnap him once again. But no one—not even her Seer half—warned her she’d have to protect herself from his heated gaze. Or that her dragon half would find him an irresistible puzzle.

Shane knew his destined bride would never come to him willingly, but she’s stuck with him and he plans to use her predicament to his advantage. It’s only a matter of time before she succumbs to what they both want. Their Claiming will be beautiful beyond even his wildest imaginings—and his wild, free dragoness will finally see herself as he sees her.

Then his unique, hybrid-borne visions reveal a new danger. The prophecy of the Child of Dunne can only be fulfilled down a path he must travel alone. To a place so dark and dangerous that even his truebond’s flame may not be bright enough to lead him home.

Product Warnings
Contains explicit sex, graphic language, a pissed-off dragon assassin and a smart-mouthed Nebraskan farm boy. Bet you can figure out who wins that fight! (Hint: It’s not the dragon...)

It's a hot series, so I cannot wait to read this book!!

My Previous Review(s) for this Author : The Wallflower | Sweet Dreams | Dare To Believe

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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Teaser Tuesdays: Trinity

Today's Teaser Tuesdays by MizB - click here

"Trinity" [de La Vega Cats Series, Book 1] by Lauren Dane

Book Teaser:

"Renee, honey? Visitors are here. For you. You're going to be so surprised." Galen edged closer, scenting the copper of her blood. Her palms bled, smearing the red against the glass.
"Get out of me," she whispered. "You can't have me. You can't have them!" she screamed and fell but he was fast enough to catch her. ~ within Chapter 9

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Feasted On: The Cat Star Chronicles, Book 4

Format: Kindle Edition | File Size: 607 KB | Release Date: June 2009 | Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca

"Outcast" [The Cat Star Chronicles, Book 4] by Cheryl Brooks

My Book Summary : After being captured, when he was only seventeen and his planet destroyed, Lynx was sold to be a slave to a harem of women (for sex or whatever they asked for). At first he thought it wasn't a bad deal. However, after a while scrounging for food for himself, having very little sleep, and dealing with women who just used and abused him on an hourly basis over a ten year period ... really changes his perspective.

Once he is sold again, this time to a mine merchant, and then set free after putting in his time, he is ready for peace, quiet, and NO women around him.

After he gets to a new planet, Terra Minor, he finds that the only job available is to work for a women, Bonnie. He doesn't want to, everything in him rebels in doing so, but if there is no jobs and the laws on the planet say you have to have a job or land to be able to live on the planet, then there is literally nothing else for him to do.

Bonnie and Lynx have a terrible first meeting. Over time it doesn't get much better even with Bonnie trying to make him feel comfortable. Yet even when Bonnie tries her best to stop from getting involved with Lynx (emotionally or otherwise) it's hard. Soon their relationship gets to a level that neither expected. And they realize that they might not want to give up on each other afterwards.

However, there is an unseen force who wants nothing more to have things change back to the way they were. The question is will those plans work or will they fall to pieces?

My Book Review : 4 out of 5 stars -- this series takes your imagination to new heights and makes you wish that it might just be reality. Bonnie and Lynx make a great pair--sweet, smart and feisty--you couldn't ask for more! Plus, finding new information on old characters is one of the things that I love even more about this series! Jack & Cat are in each book in one way or another, and the others are either mentioned or apart of the reading landscape too, so it's kinda like your reading more then one story at a time. Very entertaining!

My Previous Review(s) for this Series : Book 1

Book Teaser(s) :

His rejection of her was so complete, so all-encompassing; he not only despised her, but her entire gender!
Unfortunately, they still needed one another. Bonnie knew that one call to Drummond might get Lynx a different job, or even deported, but that was one of those things that only a woman scorned would do. Bonnie wasn't about to have him kicked off the planet just because he didn't like women. She would get over him. ~ within Chapter 6

For more information on this book, series, and/or any other books by Cheryl, then please check out her Amazon Page.

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Monday, September 12, 2011

Giveaway - Eternal Guardian by R. G. Alexander

You could WIN a Kindle Edition (E-copy) of ....

"Eternal Guardian" [Children of the Goddess Series, Book 4.5] by R. G. Alexander

Format: E-copy | File Size: 172 KB | Release Date: September 2011 | Publisher: Self-Published

Author's Book Description :

A lost warrior, an infinite passion…a world that is almost out of time.

Max is an Igigi warrior, a Sariel guard who has always fought to protect those in his care. When he wakes from a wound that should not have harmed him, in a world where nothing is as it should be, his first thoughts are for his duty. Not himself.

She has watched him for thousands of years. Beyond the gods and the whims of fate, she has loved him. But love was not what she was made for, and she was content with that design…until a single action threatened to unravel time.

Only the strongest of warriors can save the future of the Goddess and her children. Will Max fight Time itself…or walk away from his destiny and the heart of the woman who loves him?

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This prize is international and as awarded. (E-copy only and will be purchased/sent through Amazon.com)
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Leave a comment for a chance to win ETERNAL GUARDIAN in an ebook format! Answer the question: What type of mythical or paranormal creature would you rather date (werewolf, vampire, fae knight, etc.)??

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Friday, September 9, 2011

Made the Grade: Children of the Goddess Series, Book 4.5

Format: Kindle Edition | File Size: 172 KB | Release Date: September 2011 | Publisher: Self-Published

"Eternal Guardian" [Children of the Goddess Series, Book 4.5] by R. G. Alexander

My Book Summary : Max wakes up in a place he's not familiar and thinks he might just be dead. Especially when:

the last thing he remembers is being in a fight and getting hurt
all he can smell is his own blood
he's all alone or so he thinks

However, when his dream women appears, he starts to second guess everything that's around him.

Once he finds out where he is, the question now is why is he there and how can he get back? But once he gets closer to his dream women will he ever want to return again?

My Book Review : 3 out of 5 stars, a short, sweet novel that tells you what happens/happened to Max and leads you into book 5 in this series. Max is hot as always. Add in his new comrades and mate and you get a really interesting plot that makes me can't wait until the next one comes out. Check out my giveaway for this book by clicking here!! Don't forget to comment and answer the question to be in the running!!

My Previous Review(s) for this Series : Book 1 | Book 3

My Previous Review(s) for this Author : Wicked Sexy | My Shifter Showmance | Wicked Bad

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Book Teaser(s) :

Why, of all the beautiful things he'd seen in his lifetime, his subconscious taken him to this? Something endless. Lonely. Harsh.
Was that what he was, what this place saw when it looked inside him?
What she saw?
Perhaps she was right. Hadn't he secretly envied the lives of his charges? Somewhere in the hidden part of his heart, hadn't he heard whispers of discontent at the thought that his life was set? That he would stand alone, a watchful guardian with no one to see him, love him as Truebloods and Weres loved their mates? ~ within Chapter 2

For more information on this book, series, and/or any other books by R. G., then please check out her Amazon Page.

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Disappointmentville: Nina Decker Series, Book 1

Format: Kindle Edition | File Size: 310 KB | Release Date: February 2011 | Publisher: Self-Published

"Glimmer" [Nina Decker Series, Book 1] by Vivi Anna

My Book Summary : Nina is an ER nurse who has been hiding a secret for as long as she can remember, she's half-human half-fae. She actually hates her fae half, mostly because of her mother. However, recently werewolves have told their existence to the world, and she's now worried how much longer it'll be before she's found out too.

Other then the fae (from her mother's home of Nightfall) who have plans to kill Nina and her father, her life seems to be going great especially with a certain werewolf who has set his eyes on her. Until she finds out that there is a war coming, between the fae and the werewolves, and she is stuck in the middle. Now who can she trust??

My Book Review : 2 out of 5 stars, this novel was okay. I mean it had a decent plot, but it seemed to be a little bit written like "Storm Born" [Dark Swan Series, Book 1] by Richelle Mead --- which for me was NOT a good thing. The only thing that Nina had going for her, that I could see, was her grudge against her mother, as it gave her a backbone and made the story more interesting. Hopefully the next story in this series will be better, but if it's anything like this novel, then I don't have much hope for it.

Book Teaser(s) :

I expected him to kiss me. I wanted him to kiss me...no, needed him to. I had an insatiable thirst and Severin was the only thing that could quench it. But he didn't. Instead, he did another sweep of his thumb over my lip, then dropping his hand, he took a step away.
"Good night, Nina." ~ within Chapter 7

For more information on this book, series, and/or any other books by Vivi, then please check out her Amazon Page.

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