10. Are you seeing the final Twilight movie? We’ve made each movie into a girl’s night out with a stop at a wine bar before and after to help us make it through the movie *wink* But I don’t know if I can gather the energy for this final one… 9. Linkin Fever, a fan facebook page for Karen Marie Moning books (and the band Linkin Park…hence their name), posted this picture as their vision of Lor (from Iced). WHY HELLO LOR! Come nod at me at Chester’s. Yes. Please. 8. Goodreads have Continue Reading
Guest Review: Tyger, Tyger, Burning Bright by Justine Saracen
Tyger, Tyger, Burning Bright by Justine Saracen Historical/Gay & Lesbian March 13, 2012 Bold Strokes Books Guest Reviewed by Jill Sorenson. I requested this book from NetGalley because the description included the words “lesbian” and “romance.” What I found in the pages was so much more than I expected, but I came away feeling unsatisfied. Katja Sommers, the heroine, is a young lady who works on a film crew in Nazi Germany. The crew is collecting war propaganda footage for Continue Reading
Review: Caught in the Act by Jill Sorenson
Caught in the Act by Jill Sorenson Contemporary Romance March 27, 2012 Random House Reviewed by Mandi Kari Strauss lives in San Diego and owns the store, Zocalo, an arts and crafts store that carries Latin American items. Once a week she travels to Tijuana to buy more supplies for her store. It is there where she meets a young woman named Maria who is supporting her family and desperate for money. Years ago, Maria tried to cross into the US through the desert, only to be brutally raped. Continue Reading
Giveaway: Caught In The Act by Jill Sorenson
As the owner of a flourishing Latin American crafts boutique, Karina Strauss should be basking in her success. Instead she’s worried about her troubled sister, the girlfriend—and prisoner—of drug lord Carlos Moreno. Kari wants no part of that life, but when she helps a friend cross into the United States illegally, two men on opposite sides of the law take notice: Moreno and Adam Cortez, the handsome border protection officer who lets Kari off the hook. It’s not just Kari’s tantalizing flash of Continue Reading
The Unconvincing Declaration of Love
I’m getting increasingly frustrated by an unconvincing “I love you” in the novellas I am reading. I’m not saying I’ve never read an “I love you” in a full length book I didn’t believe in, but I’m tired of a rushed or forced declarations of love in the shorter stories. It is very jarring to me to be reading about a budding relationship and then a short time later it feels like the author just slapped on the declaration of love in the last page…why? Is it because that is what the majority of Continue Reading
Review: Tempted by His Target by Jill Sorenson
Tempted by His Target by Jill Sorenson Romantic Suspense September 20, 2011 Reviewed by Mandi U.S. Marshall Brandon Knox has a new assignment – bring in Isabel Sanborn, who is wanted for the murder of a Mexican Drug Lord’s son. Isabel is hiding out south of the border, spending her time surfing, writing for a magazine, and trying to stay as anonymous as possible. Previously messed up with drugs, she spent a fateful night with the drug lord’s son, and when she woke up that morning he was Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten–July 15th
10. My Week – My boys have been in Science Camp all week. One of the days was, Explosion Day. Now I have to buy Diet Coke and Blue Mentos (must be that exact combination) so we can set off an explosion of diet coke in the backyard. I’m excited to see how high we can get it to go :) 9. I found this goodie at Paranormal Haven blog this past week. The cover for Fair Game, book three in Patricia Brigg’s Alpha & Omega series. Finally! Okay, we still have to wait until early Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten–July 8th
10. My week – I’m home from the beach. We had a fab time. Waves were jumped, sand crabs were collected, adult beverages were consumed. Every day hubs would make a new sand sculpture. King Kong is above. Look at the moobs on that sucker. Yes, I fondled them. 9. I just finished The Edge of Night by Jill Sorenson. This is the first I’ve read by her and really enjoyed it. It is a romantic suspense revolving around four people in a town near San Diego. This town is heavy into gang Continue Reading