10. Shannon Stacey tweeted this gif earlier this week with the caption, Me right now, along with pretty much everyone else in the Northeast. It's been a piss poor winter y'all. IF ONLY MY HAIR LOOKED THAT GOOD IN THE FREEZING WIND AND SNOW. Damn it Jon Snow. Stop being so sexy on top of a mountain. You don't even have any snot coming out. 9. Thanks to a rec from Pamela, I read Impossible Things by Kate Johnson this week and I really enjoyed it. The hero is a warlord, feared by Continue Reading
Tori’s Adventures at Coastal Magic Con and a Giveaway!
Coastal Magic Convention (formerly Old City New Blood Convention) is the brainchild of Jennifer from Books Make Me Happy. A rather informal three day convention held in central Florida, it’s jam packed with fabulous bloggers and authors. Rather like Lori Foster’s Reader & Author Get Together, this convention allows readers, bloggers, authors, and fan girls to intimately mix and mingle with one another. I arrived very late Thursday as I was playing chauffeur for Shiloh Walker and we had Continue Reading
Review: A Wicked Hunger by Kiersten Fay
A Wicked Hunger by Kiersten Fay (Creatures of Darkness #1) Released: January 4, 2014 Paranormal Romance Self Published Reviewed by Mandi A hundred years after vampires revealed themselves to the masses, the world is still recovering from the hysteria and war that devastated much of the Earth. And though peace has been brokered between the human and vampire nations, it is tumultuous at best. Orphaned at the age of ten, Coraline Conwell has struggled to survive a turbulent existence Continue Reading
Harlequin Contemporary Romance Box Set Volume One
Harlequin Contemporary Romance Box Set Volume One featuring Sarina Bowen, Rebecca Avery, Amy Jo Cousins and Denise McDonald Released: February 3, 2014 Contemporary Romance Harlequin Reviewed by Mandi Coming in from the Cold by Sarina Bowen Alpine ski champion Dane “Danger” Hollister does not do relationships, though he has an excellent reason. No woman would ever say “I do” to a guy whose faulty DNA will eventually cost him everything: his spot on the US Ski team, his endorsements, Continue Reading
Review: What Goes On Tour by Claire Boston
What Goes On Tour by Claire Boston Romance Contemporary E book, 282 pages February 11, 2014 Momentum Moonlight Reviewed by Tori Adrian Hart aka Kent Downer, is a Texas born and bred rock star whose social phobia and an abusive childhood forced him to adopt a different personality for the stage. This personality is suave, sexy, and confident in all the ways Adrian is not. Touring in Australia, Adrian finds himself in a bind when his niece’s nanny comes on to him and then quits when he Continue Reading
Review: Concealed in Death by J.D. Robb
Concealed in Death by J.D. Robb (In Death #38) Released: February 18, 2014 Futuristic Suspense Putnam Guest Reviewer: Claire aka Roarke lover (Claire has done all of our In Death reviews. You can read the previous ones here) Blurb: In a decrepit, long-empty New York building, Lieutenant Eve Dallas’s husband begins the demolition process by swinging a sledgehammer into a wall. When the dust clears, there are two skeletons wrapped in plastic behind it. He summons his wife immediately—and by Continue Reading
Review: Feel The Heat by Kate Meader
Feel The Heat (Hot in the Kitchen, #1) by Kate Meader Romance Contemporary Paperback January 28, 2014 Forever Review by Tori Favorite Quote: “Oh, please don’t raise your standards for me, Kilroy. Just like I won’t be lowering my standards to a fame-hungry megawhore like you.” Lili DeLuca, daughter to a temperamental Italian chef, wants to attend the MFA but her family comes first. When tragedy strikes close to home, Lili finds herself putting her dreams on hold and managing their Continue Reading
Review: Strain by Amelia C. Gormley
Strain by Amelia C. Gormley Sci-Fi Romance (Dystopian) February 17, 2014 Riptide Publishing Reviewed by Helyce Goodreads Blurb: In a world with little hope and no rules, the only thing they have to lose is themselves. Rhys Cooper is a dead man. Cut off from the world since childhood, he’s finally exposed to the lethal virus that wiped out most of the human race. Now his only hope for survival is infection by another strain that might confer immunity. But it’s sexually transmitted, and Continue Reading
Review: Working It by Kendall Ryan
Working It (Love by Designs, #1) by Kendall Ryan NA/Contemporary Romance E books, 352 pages November 11, 2014 Atria Books Reviewed by Tori Emily Clarke, a young woman from Tennessee, comes to New York when she lands her dream job as an assistant for a top modeling agency. Though her boss is a pill, she is more than compensated by being surrounded by some of the most gorgeous faces and bodies in the modeling world. Especially Ben Shaw. Quite a job perk. Ben Shaw is gorgeous, rich, and one of the Continue Reading
Review: Going Up! by Amy Lane
Going Up! by Amy Lane M/M Contemporary Romance Novella (94 pages) Released: December 24, 2013 Dreamspinner Reviewed by Helyce From Goodreads: Every dreary day, Zach Driscoll takes the elevator from the penthouse apartment of his father's building to his coldly charmed life where being a union lawyer instead of a corporate lawyer is an act of rebellion. Every day, that is, until the day the elevator breaks and Sean Mallory practically runs into his arms. Substitute teacher Sean Mallory is Continue Reading