The winner of Shadow Magic by Stephanie Julian is..I Heart Book Gossip!!Congratulations!Shoot me your address at mandischreiner(at)gmail(dot)com.Thanks to Stephanie Julian for taking the time to visit Smexy! Continue Reading
Archives for August 2009
The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker – Leanna Renee Hieber Review
The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker - Leanna Renee Hieber August 25, 2009 Paperback, 320 pages Leisure Books Leanna Renee Hieber and I have something in common - a love for the smexy Alan Rickman. I have a picture of him here on my blog, as one of my smexy men, and when she saw it, she knew this book was for me. She emailed me and said the hero of her book, Alexi Rychman, is intentionally Rickman-esque, she even dedicated the book to him. Of course, this excited me greatly - Continue Reading
Two Posts in One – Favorite Blogs and JR Ward Chat Wrap-up
Two things before we Get This Party Started (channeling the Black-Eyed Peas this morning)First - I finished Dreamfever last night!!! Loved it, although I do have one general disappointment in it, but just a tiny one. And the ending!?! If anyone has any thoughts as to "who" (referring to the ending - trying not to spoil) or would like to discuss anything about it - email me!!! (mandischreiner (at) gmail (dot) com) I plan a big post for Friday - it may be a big spoilery post, this book is Continue Reading
Guest Post – Stephanie Julian and Giveaway!
Stephanie Julian is the author of the Magical Seduction series, beginning with SEDUCED BY MAGIC and continuing with SEDUCED BY TWO from Ellora’s Cave. She’s a writer with a reading problem, though some days, it’s the other way around. Her series has gotten great reviews, which you can see on her website at www.stephaniejulian.com and her blog at On a Moonlit Night.Hi there and thanks to Mandi for having me guest blog today. I’m Stephanie Julian and I write erotic romance. Why? Let me count the Continue Reading
Seduced by Two – Stephanie Julian
(This cover is all about the naughty)Seduced by Two - Stephanie Julian157 pages, ebookEllora's CaveNica and her best friend Tira are enjoying a night out at a bar. Tira is looking for the hottest guy to take back to her place but Nica has other things on her mind - like a life altering change that is going to take place in the near future. Nica is a witch and very soon she has to give her life over for the goodness of her race. She feels a reckless need to do something and feel something this Continue Reading
Final Dreamfever Teaser
Go HERE to listen to the final teaser for Dreamfever by Karen Marie Moning. There are spoilers, so beware!Dreamfever comes out in hardcover, this Tuesday, August 18th. Continue Reading
First Chapters, Excerpts and Blurbs
Release date: September 1stRead first chapter HERE.I really enjoy her Dark series, although I am not quite caught up yet. I love this cover!!Release date: October 6thRead first chapter HERE.I just read the first book in The Chicagoland Vampire series, Some Girls Bite, and it has been one of my favorite reads this year! I will have my review and an interview with Chloe Neill at the beginning of September. I can't wait for the second book in this series!!! Release date: Octover 13thRead an excerpt Continue Reading
Grimspace – Ann Aguirre
(Great cover!)I recently read Blue Diablo having never read Ann Aguirre before. I really enjoyed that book and decided to try out her other series. All I can say is, if you have this book in your to be read pile, it is time to start it!Sirantha Jax is a Jumper. She is able to "jump" through space at super speed, discovering new worlds and life. She used to work for Corp, a huge company that monopolizes Jumpers for their own profit. Jax thinks her job is the best out there until she is the jumper Continue Reading
Favorite Blogs – Week Three
Week three of my favorite blogs! Check out Week one and Week two as well!Babbling About Books and MoreKatie has a very fun blog - she writes tons of ARC reviews, opinion pieces, she pimps future releases and always keeps us up to date on the most important news. She is team Jacob, but I will forgive her for that. She has a wicked sense of humor and she will go there, which I love. I met her briefly at RWA and she was just the nicest person!Stacy's Place on EarthStacy not only writes great Continue Reading
In One Week – Dreamfever – Karen Marie Moning
Seven days to go to my most anticipated book of 2009!! It has been a long wait, especially with how Faefever ended *slaps hand over mouth to stop spoilers.*You can pre-order the book HERE.Karen Marie Moning will be having a book signing at Joseph Beth in Cincinnati on August 22nd at 2pm. (Officially jealous of all Ohio residents.)You can order a signed copy of Dreamfever HERE, through the end of August.One last teaser will be released at the end of next week. To receive the teaser, make sure you Continue Reading