Twisted by Laura Griffin (Tracers #5) Romantic Suspense April 17, 2012 Pocket Reviewed by Mandi After a gruesome murder in the small town of Waynesboro, Texas, detective Allison Doyle is very disturbed. Things like this don’t happen in her town. At the age of 27, she is young to have made detective, whether it is because she is one of the few females on the police force or her brains, she doesn’t worry about it too much. All signs point to the ex-boyfriend, who had been served with a Continue Reading
Review: Bear Meets Girl by Shelly Laurenston
Bear Meets Girl (Pride #7) by Shelly Laurenston Paranormal Romance March 27, 2012 Brava Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I’m not going anywhere with you. I’m going to my seat and forget I ever met you and then I’ll decide whether to sue the makers of delicious Jell-O products.“ Bear Meets Girl is #7 in Shelly Laurenston’s hilarious, snark filled, sexy as all get out Pride series. In here we meet polar bear undercover detective Lou (Crush) Crushek and feline hockey enforcer and Continue Reading
Review: Just Down the Road by Jodi Thomas
Just Down The Road (Harmony #4) by Jodi Thomas Romantic Contemporary April 3, 2012 Berkley Favorite Quote: “Your right, Sheriff, Noah’s got loose lips. It goes with his shifty eyes. “ Reviewed by Tori Tinch Turner’s wife died after a long battle with cancer. Unable to handle her leaving him, he unconsciously begins a campaign to kill himself with alcohol and fighting. He meets the new ER doctor, Addison Spencer, when one particular bar fight leaves him lands him in the Continue Reading
Review: Enraptured by Elisabeth Naughton
Enraptured by Elisabeth Naughton (Eternal Guardian’s #4) April 3, 2012 Paranormal Romance Sourcebooks Reviewed by Helyce Orpheus has spent most of his life thinking that he is a bad seed. The son of an Argonaut and a Medean witch, he was also born with a daemon inside of him-something he has accepted but kept as carefully hidden as he can. In spite of his Argonaut father he was passed over because of his mixed heritage and it was his much younger brother, Gryphon, who was inducted to Continue Reading
Review: At Your Pleasure by Meredith Duran
At Your Pleasure by Meredith Duran Historical Romance March 27, 2012 Pocket Reviewed by Mandi “A villain’s love is not a comfortable thing,” he said. “But I promise, I will endeavor to make it a pleasure to you.” And so goes our hero…a very villainous one at that. What makes it even better, is the heroine’s response to the above quote. “Wipe your face, jackanapes. Or would you prefer that I slap it off?” To her disbelief, he laughed softly. “You may try.” This Continue Reading
Review: Sacrificial Magic by Stacia Kane
Sacrificial Magic (Downside Ghosts #4) by Stacia Kane Urban Fantasy March 27, 2012 Del Rey Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I choose you. “ Chess Putnam once again finds herself caught between two rival crime lords when her drug dealer and boyfriend’s boss demands she use her skills at the scene of a violent murder that speaks of dark magic. Chess is also commanded by her Elder to investigate a haunting at a school that has already caused one debunker to disappear. Trust becomes an Continue Reading
Review: A Week to be Wicked by Tessa Dare
A Week to Be Wicked by Tessa Dare (Spindle Cove #2) Historical Romance March 27, 2012 Avon Reviewed by May I’m a woman who knows a great deal about rocks. I suggest you find the stones to deal with it. Minerva studies rocks. That is, she has a deep academic interest in geology and spends all of her time reading, researching, even having papers published under her own name. Ok, so she uses M. Highwood and the Royal Geological Society has no idea she’s not a man. But she’s done Continue Reading
Review and Giveaway: Born to Darkness by Suzanne Brockmann
Born To Darkness by Suzanne Brockmann (Fighting Destiny #1) Paranormal Romance March 20, 2012 Hardcover Ballantine Reviewed by Helyce In Born To Darkness, Ms. Brockmann takes us on a fantastical rollercoaster ride of epic proportions! We are transported about 40 years into the future to a world that seems familiar but has made major advancements in technology, science and medicine. A small privately funded company, the Obermeyer Institute is a research facility whose main purpose Continue Reading
Review: Dance With Me By Heidi Cullinan
Dance With Me by Heidi Cullinan M/M Contemporary Romance July 26, 2011 Loose ID Reviewed by Helyce Ed Maurer loves football. He’s lived it and breathed it and it defined who and what he was until an injury to his neck ended his semipro career. He knew that in the end it could have been worse. If the injury had been just a few millimeters over, he’d be in a wheelchair now. Even so, Ed has to be careful; the slightest incorrect movement can set off a spasm of pain so severe, it takes Continue Reading
Review: Fair Game by Patricia Briggs and Giveaway (On the Prowl)
Fair Game by Patricia Briggs (Alpha & Omega #3) March 6, 2012 Urban Fantasy Hardcover Orbit Reviewed by Mandi I love this urban fantasy world Patricia Briggs has created. She has expanded it over two series, her Mercy Thompson series and this one, Alpha & Omega. In this series we explore the complex relationship of Charles and Anna. Charles is the only known born werewolf, and son of the Marrock (Alpha of ALL werewolves of North America, Bran). Anna is an Omega, a wolf Continue Reading