(These dudes need to hit a tanning bed and Josh Lanyon's name needs to be BIGGER)Christopher Holmes, a 40 yr old writer who had early success in his career has recently been told his "Miss Butterwith Mystery Series", featuring an elderly sleuth and her cat, has reached it's prime and it is time to switch it up. His agent, Rachael, sends him to a writing convention to meet with his editor, Stephen Krass, to pitch him new ideas for a series, ideas he has yet to come up with. He starts his Continue Reading
The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie – Jennifer Ashley
The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie - Jennifer AshleyApril 28, 2009Paperback, 320 pagesHistorical RomanceLord Ian Mackenzie has spent his teenage years in an insane asylum. He never looks you straight in the eye. He is prone to fit of rages, does not know how to joke, everything must be spoken literal. He remembers everything with incredible accuracy. Sounds like your dream guy, right? No? Keep reading...The moment he sees Beth Ackerly he wants her. Plain and simple. There are no illusions. He Continue Reading
Street Magic – Caitlin Kittredge
(This is not how I picture Jack and Pete in my head..just sayin')Street Magic - Caitlin KittredgeJune 2, 2009Paperback, 352 pagesMy Rating: 8When Pete Caldecott was sixteen years old, she watched her sister's boyfriend, Jack Winter, conjure up a demon and die at the hands of it. Many years later, Jack comes back to life. Ok, he really didn't die that fateful day, although that is what Pete has believed. Yes, Pete is a girl, her full name I am not going to tell you. I will give you a hint, her Continue Reading
Wicked Lovely – Melissa Marr
Wow. That is really the only coherent word my brain can come up with to describe this book. I am now a Melissa Marr fangirl. Keenan, The Summer King and head of all of the summer fey, needs to find his match, the Summer Queen. For centuries he has been searching for her to help bring warmth and summer back to all the faeries that belong to him. Keenan's mother is the Winter Queen, a cold hearted ruler that is stronger than Keenan and as a result her coldness has been slowly integrating into Continue Reading
Blue Diablo – Ann Aguirre
I have seen this book pop-up time and time again on various blogs, so I finally got my act together and read it. Ann Aguirre is a new author to me, but after reading this book she has been added to my auto-buy list! Corine is a handler, someone who can hold an object and see a glimpse into the past - it captures whatever the last person who held it experienced. She was not born as one though, her mother passed on her gift to Corine as she was brutally burned to death. As a consequence, every Continue Reading
The Ghost Wore Yellow Socks – Josh Lanyon
Perry Foster returns to his apartment he rents in an old mansion bummed because his internet boyfriend, who he had high hopes of a happily ever after with, has just dumped him. To make matters worse, when he opens his bathroom door there is a dead body in the bathtub. Freaking out, Perry runs downstairs to call for help. His newest neighbor, ex Navy SEAL Nick Reno runs up to Perry's apartment to investigate, but the body is missing! When the police arrive, the bathroom is spotless and there is Continue Reading
My Thoughts on Lover Avenged – JR Ward
**SPOILERS** **SPOILERS** **SPOILERS**I talk about everything that happens in the book, so be warned!Let me start off by saying I am a JR Ward fangirl all the way. I love all of her books (some more than others) and I visit her message boards on a daily basis. This isn't really a review, so much as why I really love this author and her books:)The book started off slow to me, and I had a few moments of slight panic, however, by page 150 or so the book got in its groove, and it was classic Continue Reading