Beast Warrior - Eva GordonHistorical Paranormal RomanceJuly 31, 2009Paperback, 280 pagesVanilla Heart PublishingBefore we get into the book, I first have to comment on the cover. Seriously, what is going on? Am I missing something? Is there something symbolic that is just going over my head? Or do we have a truly bad cover? This book is about werewolves, and romance in the viking era - and I enjoyed it. Would I have picked it up (or bought it in e-book form) on my own. I honestly don't know. So Continue Reading
Fade to Black – Leslie Parrish Review
(Watch out! I see a scary man in the shadows)Fade to Black - Leslie ParrishJuly 7, 2009Romantic suspensePaperback, 368 pagesSignetI love it when someone feels passionately about a book they have just read because I get the same way. You read an amazing book and you just have to give it praise and recommend it to everyone you know. This is how I came across Fade to Black. Stacy from Stacy's Place on Earth raved about this book and the others in the series. After reading her reviews and seeing all Continue Reading
Must Love Hellhounds Anthology
(She looks so badass - I want to be her)Must Love Hellhounds Anthology - Charlaine Harris, Nalini Singh, Ilona Andrews, Meljean BrookSeptember 1, 2009Urban Fantasy368 pages, paperbackBerkleyIt is hard to go wrong buying an anthology with the authors Charlaine Harris, Nalini Singh, Ilona Andrews and Meljean Brook. As the title promises, each story features hellhounds in one way or another.The Britlingens Go to Hell - Charlaine HarrisBatanya and Clovache are bodyguards hired by a thief named Crick Continue Reading
Wanderlust – Ann Aguirre
(This is how I actually picture Jax - which doesn't always happen with covers)Wanderlust - Ann AguirreAugust 26, 2008Urban FantasyPaperback, 320 pagesAceI recently read Grimspace and was wowed big time. I immediately picked up Wanderlust and I have to say that I am continued to be impressed.Wanderlust starts right where Grimspace left off. Sirantha Jax and crew - including love interest March and once enemy Dina, have been quarantined from each other until their stories of what happened to the Continue Reading
Blood Vice – Keith Melton
(*Hot Cover Alert* *Hot Cover Alert*)Blood Vice - Keith MeltonFebruary 17, 2009Urban FantasyNovel, e-bookSamhain PublishingMaria is the only full blooded child of Don Alberto Ricardi, a top mafia family in the Boston area. She is an accountant, but she is a dirty one (isn't that the best kind?) Her job is to keep her family's books clean and make them money, and she does an excellent job of it. After her brother had died, she wanted more responsibility but because she is female, her father will Continue Reading
Some Girls Bite – Chloe Neill
(This cover is just ok for me)Some Girls Bite: A Chicagoland Vampires Novel - Chloe NeillUrban FantasyApril 7, 2009Paperback, 352 pagesPenguinI started this book when I was with a friend of mine and at one point I turned to her and said, "crap this book is good!" - yes, I'm very poetic with words. She asked me what the book was about, and I said, I have no idea, I'm only on page fifteen. With the style of writing and quick wit, I already knew this would be a keeper.Merit, and she only goes by Continue Reading
Hunting Ground – Patricia Briggs
(Her covers are beautifully done)Hunting Ground - Patricia BriggsAugust 25, 2009Alpha & Omega Book 2 Urban FantasyPaperback, 304 pagesAceHunting Ground starts a few weeks after Cry Wolf ends and this is one series that I would definitely recommend you read in order.Charles and Anna are still in an early point in there relationship. Anna was changed against her will into a werewolf in an act of physical abuse and she is still suffering the consequences. Her ex-Alpha was brutal and when she Continue Reading
Dreamfever – Karen Marie Moning (Spoilers!)
**SPOILERS** **SPOILERS** **SPOILERS**I'm talking about it all - here and in comments..so please don't read if you have not read this book!I couldn't decide if I should talk spoilers or not, but Karen Moning has a big spoiler thread going on her message boards, so I decided to let it spill. But this is your final warning!!First of all - I loved the book. We got some answers, and of course lots of questions remain!! Let me just say that my favorite line from the entire series, which is in this Continue Reading
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
Passionate – Anthea Lawson
(Don't even get me started - this book deserves a cover rich and exotic, not standard naked man. Trust me, just turn the page and start reading:)Passionate - Anthea LawsonOctober 1, 2008Historical Romance320 pages, paperbackZebraJames Huntingdon does not have a great fortune, being left little when his father died and was taken in by his uncle. His grandfather had made an important botanical discovery in Tunisia but was unable to bring back a specimen. In his will he states that whichever Continue Reading