My slump has officially ended-for the time being anyway. I don’t think my review for Winter Cottage does the book justice--but I always struggle with reviewing books that I’ve really enjoyed. It’s so difficult NOT to say too much and give it all away. So I censor myself and feel like I’m not giving the story it’s true props! I think this story would make a fantastic movie for Hallmark or Lifetime. And, interesting piece of information--Mary Ellen Taylor is Mary Burton, which I didn’t learn Continue Reading
Sheena’s Smexy Snippets!
I hate you, I love you by Elizabeth Hayley Contemporary Romance October 9, 2018 Loveswept Quintessential enemies to lovers trope! The banter, the petty-betty bickering, the one-upmanship, the suppressed attraction, the smoldering attraction and the love the blooms! Poetry professor Naomi Price is loved by her students, happily works around the clock, and has credentials no one could deny. Except, it seems, for her arch-nemesis at Hainamor University. The man never has anything polite Continue Reading
Sheena’s Wistful/Wanton Wednesday’s & Sneak Peak!
Happy Hump Day! I hope you are in the mood for a little swoony/smexy delight, as my pick for this week is from none other than paranormal, fantasy phenom Nalini Singh and her Guild Hunter series. In two weeks, the much anticipated Archangel's Prophecy drops and I foresee that no one is ready and everyone will be stunned once they read the latest developments in the Archangel of New York and his beloved Hunter's lives. After I read the last sentence, all I could think was "whaaat does this even Continue Reading
Tori’s Tuesday Tinys
Phoenix Unbound by Grace Draven Fallen Empire, #1 Fantasy September 25, 2018 Once a year, the Empire requires the local villages to send a young woman to burned alive for the amusement of the Emperor and his queen. One village has sent the same young woman for five years; a young woman whose magic protects everyone in her village. Only this year, something has changed. Azarion, the Empire's most famous gladiator and the son of a chieftain is determined to escape his slavery and reclaim his Continue Reading
Feature: Secrets of a (Somewhat) Sunny Girl by Karen Booth
Secrets of a (Somewhat) Sunny Girl by Karen Booth Release Date: October 16, 2018 Publisher: Karen Booth Book Synopsis: With divorce and infidelity hanging from nearly every branch of her family tree, Katherine Fuller sees no point in marriage. Boyfriends? Sure. Sex? Of course. Wedding vows? No, thanks. Still, when her younger sister Amy gets engaged, Katherine gathers all the enthusiasm she can. She won’t let Amy down. She’s done enough of that for a lifetime. As the sisters embark on wedding Continue Reading
Angela’s Monday Mornings
What I read this week: Fire of the Dreki by LE Wilson The Sergones Coven #1 Paranormal Romance October 11, 2018 by Everblood Publishing I really wanted to like this book more than I did. I was so intrigued by the blurb. The beast is awake, and it burns for its mate. Kohl Sergones knows there's no place for a woman around a creature like him—half vampire, half dragon, and the only one of his kind. Taken in by a coven of vampires who make their home in the underground caverns of central Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Two people with trust issues quickly become each other's addiction. Can they learn to trust enough to fall? “I want to kiss you.” My breath escapes in a whoosh. “Just that?” God, please do it. Over and over. “For now,” he says quietly. But I see him retreating into himself. It’s shame. No matter what I say, he still believes he’s damaged goods. “And if I want you to do more than kiss me?” I ask, pushing. The light in his eyes dims further. “Button …” His voice cracks and Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
On Monday, Angela talked about: C- review – An Easy Death by Charlaine Harris (Fantasy) On Tuesday, Tori talked about: C+ review – Kill The Queen by Jennifer Estep (fantasy) On Wednesday, Sheena talked about: Willa's Beast by Ruby Dixon (paranormal) On Thursday, Helyce talked about: C+ review – The Lies We Told by Camilla Way (thriller) On Friday, Kini talked about: C review – Steeped in Love by Julie Evelyn Joyce (contemporary) DNF review – Going Down on One Knee Continue Reading
Kini’s Friday Kisses
This was a moderate reading week for me that had some meh reads. Steeped in Love by Julie Evelyn Joyce. This blurb makes it seem like this book will be a cutesy story as the heroine is back in the dating world. She read the tea leaves of potential mates and uses the findings as a reason to not date them. The hero is the writer in residence at the local coffee shop. They meet. Have great banter. He eavesdrops on her dates, then over time gets jealous and then finally asks her Continue Reading
Helyce’s Thursday Thoughts
I ventured outside of Romance this week and took a ride with a psychopath... The Lies We Told by Camilla WayThrillerReleased: October 9, 2018Berkley In The Lies We Told, we alternate between the past and present. In the past, we meet Beth and Doug who are realizing that their young daughter is showing some very obvious signs of being a psychopath. She’s bullied kids at school, killed her mother’s precious pet bird (leaving the bird’s head on the pillow next to Beth while she slept), Continue Reading