Blood Wicked by Sharon Page Erotic paranormal romance Feb. 22, 2011 Paperback Aphrodisia/Kensington Today Chelsea from Vampire Book Club is guest reviewing! Take it away Chelsea. Blood Wicked is a dirty, dirty historical paranormal romance. It’s also remarkably engaging with characters worth caring about. It’s also a book I kept close to my chest lest my husband catch a paragraph or two over my shoulder and I’d be forced to explain why I was engrossed in a passage Continue Reading
Archives for April 2011
Stormchild Winners
The five winners of Stormchild by Vivian Arend are: Crystal JenM SandyJay Jen SarahM Congrats to the winners! Emails have been sent. Thanks to Vivian Arend for hosting the contest! Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten–April 15th
10. My week – Stay far away from this post. *Sprays Lysol* My kids brought home pink eye over the weekend,,,yay. So as a family we started applying eye drops. And of course the kids eyes cleared up in like five minutes. Hubs took the eye drops and then had an allergic reaction to the medication and woke up the next day with both of his eyes swollen shut. I got cocky (yes, I said “cocky”) after the first day and didn’t keep up with the drops so now I have it again, and it won’t go away. Seriously Continue Reading
Review: The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf by Molly Harper
The Art of Seducing A Naked Werewolf by Molly Harper Paranormal Romance March 29, 2011 Paperback Pocket Books Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “He’s probably some forty-something virgin who lives in his mother’s basement and touches himself while watching The Howling.” Generations of werewolves have been secretly residing in a secluded valley a stone’s throw from Grundy, Alaska. So when a snooping Outsider comes to Grundy to investigate rumors of lycanthropic shenanigans Continue Reading
Waking the Witch by Kelley Armstrong
Waking The Witch (Women of the Otherworld #11) by Kelley Armstrong Paranormal Romance April 5, 2011 Paperback (Hardcover out 7/2010) Plume Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “The unspeakable sex acts might change my mind but for right now I’m happy in my current employment.” With their rotating lead characters, feisty female narrators, and absorbing mystery plotlines, Kelley Armstrong's Otherworld series (formerly called "Women of the Otherworld") novel merit even Continue Reading
Review: Collision Course by Zoe Archer
Collision Course by Zoe Archer (8th Wing #1) Sci-Fi April 4, 2011 E-Book Carina Press Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: “Launching,” she murmured, “in five, four, three, two, one. Hang on to your balls, Commander.” I really enjoyed Zoe Archer’s Blades of the Rose series this past year. Now she has the start of a new series going in a different direction – Sci Fi. I don’t read a lot of sci fi but I had a feeling I would like this one because I love Zoe Archer’s style – and I guessed Continue Reading
Review: Island Heat by Jill Myles
Island Heat by Jill Myles Paranormal Romance February 28, 2011 E-Book Self Published Reviewed by Mandi Blurb: On a business trip to Bermuda, realtor Diana Holcomb's small plane goes down over the ocean, a victim of the infamous Bermuda Triangle. Diana wakes up to find herself on a deserted island...that really isn't all that deserted. First, a gigantic dinosaur tries to eat her. Then she's captured by cavemen, and just when things are looking their worst, she's rescued by Continue Reading
Review: Stay by Deb Caletti
Stay by Deb Caletti YA April 5, 2011 Hardcover Simon Pulse Reviewed by Tori BLURB: Clara’s relationship with Christian is intense from the start, and like nothing she’s ever experienced before. But what starts as devotion quickly becomes obsession, and it’s almost too late before Clara realizes how far gone Christian is—and what he’s willing to do to make her stay. Now Clara has left the city—and Christian—behind. No one back home has any idea where she is, but she still Continue Reading
Review: Twilight’s Dawn by Anne Bishop
Twilight’s Dawn by Anne Bishop (The Black Jewels #9) March 1, 2011 Fantasy Hardcover Roc Reviewed by Tori Blurb: Anne Bishop's Black Jewel novels have enthralled readers and critics alike with their mixture of fantasy, intrigue, and romance. Now in Twilight's Dawn, Bishop returns to the Blood realm with four all-new captivating novellas that provide us with satisfying conclusions to some of her most beloved characters. -THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SOME SPOILERS- Twilight’s Dawn is a Continue Reading
Feature: Enclave by Ann Aguirre
I’m a big fan of Ann Aguirre’s work - both her Sirantha Jax series and the Skin series under her pen name Ava Gray. Today Ann Aguirre breaks into the YA world with her new release, Enclave. (Book one of her new Razorland series.) This book looks pretty awesome and I look forward to reading it! The Blurb: In Deuce’s world, people earn the right to a name only if they survive their first fifteen years. By that point, each unnamed ‘brat’ has trained into one of three Continue Reading