10. I have my 4 year old niece running around my house today so who knows what this Top Ten will turn into! It may be filled with The Wiggles and Frozen facts. I don't want to be pervy Aunt Mandi, who looks up nakey men while my innocent niece plays five feet away. DO I???? 9. Book news: Tamara Morgan (see her reviews here!) has some exciting news. News we have to wait for, but exciting nonetheless! A new series featuring a jewel thief heroine (I LOVE a jewel thief) and her FBI husband. Continue Reading
Archives for August 2015
Review: Fury’s Kiss by Nicola R. White
Fury’s Kiss by Nicola R White Released: August 1, 2015 Paranormal Romance Self Published Reviewed by May Hanging out with her bartender friend on an eerily quiet night, everything was business as usual for Tara until Jackson Byrne walked in the door. Immediately attracted to the handsome man, Tara is stung when he has no interest in her and blows her off. Not one to be discouraged for long, she strikes up a conversation with a random stranger on her way out the door. When that Continue Reading
Mates Series by Cardeno C. – Excerpt and Giveaway!
Cardeno C. has released second editions of her Mates novels, and today is going to share an excerpt and provide a giveaway! A sensitive wolf shifter and a vicious vampire challenge history, greed, and the very fabric of their beings in order to stay together until forever comes. Until Forever Comes by Cardeno C. –Excerpt “You’re hungry,” I said to my mate. “I’m fine,” he whispered against my skin, kissing me again, still petting gently. “I know, but you want to feed. Continue Reading
Review: Dark Ascension by M.L. Brennan
Dark Ascension by M.L. Brennan Series: Generation V, #4 Urban Fantasy August 4, 2015 ROC Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: I’d never exactly wanted a reputation-I’d spent most of my life trying to fade into the background of almost every situation I as in-but apparently, despite my best efforts, secured one for myself. Fortitude Scott-Holy Shit, We’re Glad You’re Not Your Sister. Humor and horror go hand in hand as our favorite slacker, vegan, socially conscious, almost vampire is Continue Reading
Review: The Right Kind of Love by Kennedy Kelly
Review: The Right Kind of Love (Blue Heart Series #1) by Kennedy Kelly Contemporary Romance Released: June 2015 Self Published Reviewed by Sheena Damaged, but not broken, Sydney Summers picks up her life and moves halfway across the country. After a tragic event that has rocked her to the core, she is determined not to let it taint her future. Her entire world is turned on its axis when her new roommate isn’t the person she thought they would be. Making the best of the situation, like Continue Reading
Review: Calm Like Home by Kaisa Clark
Calm Like Home by Kaisa Clark New Adult-Romance July 15, 2015 Self Published Reviewed by Helyce From Goodreads: Alexa Clausen has never fallen. She’s never soared. She’s lived her entire life floating midway between passion and despondency, never experiencing those extremes. But all it takes is one evening with Adam Westbrook to draw her out of her shell, to leave her feeling bold for the first time ever. He is fiery and magnetic. He is gravitational, that inescapable pull no one can Continue Reading
Review: All Wound Up by Jaci Burton
All Wound Up by Jaci Burton Series: Play By Play, #10 Contemporary Romance/Sports August 4, 2015 Berkley Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “He has great hands...Great control of his balls.” When Tucker Cassidy’s crazy girlfriend of two months pushes to move in with him, his resounding no ends with him on the ground, trying to recover from a knee to the groin. Lucky for him, the good doctor is in. Dr. Aubry Ross only wanted to get some more wine for her parent’s party but duty Continue Reading
Review: A Lady’s Guide to Skirting Scandal (The Lords of Worth #2.5) by Kelly Bowen
Review: A Lady's Guide to Skirting Scandal (The Lords of Worth #2.5) by Kelly Bowen Historical Romance Released: August 4, 2015 Forever Yours Reviewed by Sheena Lady Viola Hextall is bored—of the ocean, her chaperones, and the woeful lack of available dukes on the ocean voyage from London to New York. Scrambling for any diversion short of jumping overboard, Viola strikes up a conversation with the ship's rough-hewn, blue-eyed surgeon—and discovers an immediate cure for what ails her... Continue Reading
Review: Make You Burn by Megan Crane
Make You Burn by Megan Crane (Deacons of Bourbon Street #1) Released: August 4, 2015 Motorcycle Club Romance Loveswept Reviewed by Mandi This book had potential - I was even a little excited when I first started reading it. A motorcycle club romance set in New Orleans. It starts off gritty and sexy. Ajax was a member of the Deacons of Bourbon Street motorcycle club (MC). But ten years ago, near the time Katrina hit, he left the club to become a mercenary. I wish I could elaborate on why Continue Reading
Test Your Regency Filth: A Quiz
Test Your Regency Filth: a quiz Test your knowledge of filthy Regency slang and the dark side of human linguistic inventiveness with this simple quiz! There are twelve words. Three of them mean testicles, three mean penis, three refer to anal sex, and three are for pimps and brothel-keepers. Can you work out which word goes into which group? There are traps… Answers below the covers! Backgammon player Buttock Continue Reading