Today I have three recently released books to giveaway and some excerpts to share with you. Five months have passed since Gladie Burger came to Cannes, California, to join her eccentric Grandma Zelda in the family matchmaking business, and Gladie is quickly mastering the rules of attraction. Her latest fix-up is still going strong and Gladie’s bank account is back in the black—until a rival matchmaker arrives in town and has both Gladie and Zelda seeing red. Not only is Continue Reading
Review: Love Game by Elise Sax
Love Games by Elise Sax (The Matchmaker #3) Released: February 25, 2014 Fiction Ballantine Reviewed by May Favorite Quote: “Girl Scouts’ honor, I’m not meddling.” I stuck three fingers up in the air. “Were you ever a Girl Scout?” Spencer asked me. “No, but I’ve eaten their cookies.” Gladie is finally settling into her life in Caanes, California where she lives with her grandmother and spends her days solving murders and working with her grandmother on the family matchmaking Continue Reading
Review: Forsaken by Jacquelyn Frank
Forsaken by Jacquelyn Frank (The World of the Nightwalkers #3) Paranormal Romance Released: January 7, 2014 Ballantine Reviewed by Helyce From Goodreads: As a mercenary, Leo Alvarez has signed on for a lot—but he never signed on for his best friend becoming host to the soul of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh. Jackson is now inhabited by a Bodywalker, and Leo is forced to grapple with a realm of supernatural beings far more dangerous than anything he’s ever encountered. But when Jackson Continue Reading
Review: Starry Night by Debbie Macomber
Starry Night by Debbie Macomber Released: October 8, 2013 Holiday Romance Ballantine Reviewed by May As I picked this book up I couldn’t recall why I requested it in the first place. We begin by meeting Carrie as she is feeling down that she has to be a society reporter and can’t report real news that matters. She doesn’t want the glitter and fake smiles of society – she wants to be a real reporter who writes stories that count! She marches in to see her boss and quits her job after he Continue Reading
Review: The Funeral Dress by Susan Gregg Gilmore
The Funeral Dress by Susan Gregg Gilmore Contemporary Fiction/Southern Released: September 24, 2013 Broadway/Random House Reviewed by Tori Emmalee Bullard dropped out of school to begin work at the Tennewa Shirt Factory at age sixteen when her father refused to take her to school anymore and demanded she find a job. She is paired with Leona Lane, a long time employee, whose own life could have mirrored Emmalee’s but for some of the decisions she made. Leona teaches Emmalee everything Continue Reading
Review: Matchpoint by Elise Sax
Matchpoint by Elise Sax (The Matchmaker #2) Contemporary Romance Released: July 30, 2013 Bantam Reviewed by May Favorite Quote: “What did you find out?” Lucy leaned forward. “Well, I found out that Spencer has a magic penis.” I choked. “A magic penis?” “Yes, one poke with his magic penis, and women go completely crazy,” she said, like having a poke from a magic penis was a bad thing. “Why is it magic? Does it do tricks or something?” Bridget asked seriously. “I couldn’t Continue Reading
Review: Making it Last by Ruthie Knox
Making it Last by Ruthie Knox (Camelot #4) July 15, 2013 Contemporary Novella Loveswept Reviewed by Mandi I love it when authors give us a hero and a heroine who are already established. Even better, Ruthie Knox earlier this year gave us a novella showing us how Amber and Tony meet and fall in love in How to Misbehave (I gave it a B+ just like this book). Now we get this couple again, ten years later. Three kids later. And the magic of brand new love has worn off. Amber is Continue Reading
Review: Forever by Jacquelyn Frank
Forever by Jacquelyn Frank (The World of the Nightwalkers #2) Paranormal Romance May 28, 2013 Ballantine Reviewed by Helyce After being brought back from death, police officer Jackson Waverly receives the shock of his life: he has become host to a Bodywalker, a spirit that is reborn in flesh and blood, and part of a proud, ancient race that uses its extraordinary gifts to battle dark, evil forces. Jackson’s spirit is a powerful one—none other than the Egyptian pharaoh Menes, who longs Continue Reading
Review: Dead Man’s Deal by Jocelynn Drake
Dead Man’s Deal (Asylum Tales #2) by Jocelynn Drake Urban Fantasy E Book May 7, 2013 Harper Voyager Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: "A smart man would keep his mouth shut. I wasn't always a smart man." In Low Town, where elves, fairies, trolls, werewolves, vampires and other manners of supernatural life are happily walking among humanity, everything has its price. Gage Powell just wants to run his tattoo parlor and live a quiet fuss free life with his girlfriend, but Gage has learned Continue Reading
Review: Wedding Night by Sophie Kinsella
Wedding Night by Sophie Kinsella Releases: April 23, 2013 Contemporary Romance Bantam Reviewed by May This is the story of two sisters, told from their points of view about this one crazy month where they both ended up in Greece. Lottie is the younger sister, full of hopes and dreams and desperately in love with her boyfriend. Fliss, the elder sister is a recently divorced mother of one who can’t help but be a bit bitter. She is a travel editor and she’s amazing at her job, she loves Continue Reading