A Better Man by Jaime Reese (The Men of Halfway House #1) Released: January 16, 2014 (second release) M/M Contemporary Romance Self Published Reviewed by Mandi One of the main reasons I decided to read this book is because one of the hero's has been in prison for five years. This intrigued me and I wanted to know more. Unfortunately, once I read it, my intrigue stopped. Matthew Doner was in jail fora white-collared crime. Now he is out and wants to do something positive with his Continue Reading
Review: Vampire Most Wanted by Lynsay Sands
Vampire Most Wanted by Lynsay Sands (Argeneau #20) Paranormal Romance February 18, 2014 Avon Reviewed by Helyce Divine has been on the run her whole adult life. Having been kidnapped as a child, she’d been compelled by her abductors to believe certain things that ultimately were not true. Things she never questioned. When she was able to get away, she did-but had been forced to run believing that her true family would never take her back; her family being the very well known Argeneau Continue Reading
Review: Do or Die by Suzanne Brockmann
Do or Die by Suzanne Brockmann (Reluctant Heroes #1) Released: February 4, 2014 Romantic Suspense Random House Reviewed by May On paper, Dunn had come across as the unscrupulous love child of Captain America and James Bond, capable of damn near anything. He was a former Navy SEAL turned international jewel thief- alleged international jewel thief because he’d never been charged for that particular crime. In jail and doing his time peacefully, it is a most unwelcome surprise when Phoebe Continue Reading
Review: The Chance by Robyn Carr
The Chance by Robyn Carr (Thunder Point #4) Contemporary Romance February 25, 2014 Harlequin MIRA Reviewed by Helyce Laine Carrington has decided to return to the beautiful coastal town of Thunder Point to finish up her R/R after being shot in the line of duty. An FBI agent, she was instrumental in taking down a Prophet wannabe who had used his commune-like group known as The Fellowship as a front for a huge marijuana growing/selling business. When she is put on “desk duty”, during her Continue Reading
Giveaway Time from Loveswept and Bantam!
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: Four Years Later by Monica Murphy
Four Years Later (One Week Girlfriend, #4) by Monica Murphy Romance Contemporary/NA E book, 304 pages February 25, 2014 Bantam Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: I miss you. I think about you all the time. I dream about you. I lied to you and I’m sorry. I was embarrassed Ashamed. I want to earn your forgiveness but I don’t know how. Owen, Fable’s younger brother, was seen intermittently throughout Drew and Fable’s rocky romance. Now all grown up and in college, Owen is Continue Reading
Winners
Winner's of the Coastal Magic Con giveaway are... Shelly & Evelyn S. Congratulations to you both!! Emails have been sent. 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
When I Break by Kendall Ryan – Excerpt and Giveaway!
When I Break by New York Times & USA Today bestselling author, Kendall Ryan. Book Description: Knox Bauer's life has unraveled to the point of no return. Fighting to fill the emptiness inside himself, he seeks solace in unfamiliar beds with unfamiliar women. As guardian to his three younger brothers, he can't seem to do a thing right. But this can't go on...they look up to him in every way and all he’s done lately is prove how messed up he really is. Needing a change, he attends a Continue Reading
Joint Review: Killer Frost by Jennifer Estep
Killer Frost (Mythos Academy, #6) by Jennifer Estep YA/Urban Fantasy Trade Book-Arc February 25, 2014 Kensington Joint Reviewed by May and Tori I’ve battled the Reapers of Chaos before–and survived. But this time I have a Bad, Bad Feeling it’s going to be a fight to the death … most likely mine. Yeah, I’ve got my psychometry magic, my talking sword, Vic–and even the most dangerous Spartan on campus at my side, in Logan freaking Quinn, but I’m no match for Loki, the evil Norse god of Continue Reading