10. Do we all feel extra loved now that Valentine’s Day is behind us? I know I feel extra bloated from all the food I ate last night. Throughout the week, I collect things for each week’s top ten, so when I open my document Friday morning I usually have at least a dozen items to sort through to create my top ten. This morning I have three. Apparently the internet was not fun this week. So we’ll see how this top ten goes. I do know my friends sent me some verra naughty things yesterday in honor Continue Reading
Review: Collide by Juliana Stone
Collide by Juliana Stone (Barker Triplets #2) Contemporary Romance January 15, 2013 Self Published Reviewed by Mandi My biggest complaint with the first book in this series is that I didn’t experience the hero and heroine falling in love enough. In Collide, we get to see a much more emotional relationship with Shane and Bobbi. It also helps that the two of them used to be deeply (and turbulently) in love as young adults. Shane is an ex-con, having gone to prison for doing some Continue Reading
Review: Game For Marriage by Karen Erickson
Game for Marriage by Karen Erickson (Game for It #1) Contemporary Romance January 11, 2013 Entangled Reviewed by Mandi I think pretend marriage, or marriage of convenience stories in a contemporary are a hard sell, although in the past I’ve found a few that have really worked for me. Unfortunately, this wasn’t one of them. As a reader, you obviously have to be convinced that these two people have no other option than to marry. I was never convinced of this. Jared is a Continue Reading
Happy Valentine’s Day! Come join me for a Chat and a Love Letter
Happy VDay y’all. Today I have a couple of things going on. First up, at 3pm EST I will be moderating a live video chat with Julie James and Samantha Young. Here is the LINK to the chat. You’ll be able to ask questions and it should be a lot of fun. Also, Chelsea from Vampire Book Club asked me to participate in her month long love letter feature, where bloggers write love letters to a favorite fictional hero. I picked Ryodan. You can read my letter HERE. It’s thoughtful and sincere perverted Continue Reading
Review: If You Stay by Courtney Cole
If You Stay by Courtney Cole (Beautifully Broken #1) New Adult Romance February 5, 2014 Lakehouse Press Reviewed by Mandi When I was offered this book for review, I went to Goodreads to read the blurb and the first sentence, “24-year old Pax Tate is an asshole.” was pretty much a guarantee I would read this one. I’m weak for an asshole hero. Well, I’m weak for a well done asshole hero. Like a well done steak, I want my asshole hero to cook for a long time. To really let that Continue Reading
Review: Gods of Mischief by George Rowe
Gods Of Mischief by By George Rowe Nonfiction, True Crime April 2, 2013 Touchstone Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I’ve been riding a hell wave, and there was no breaking free. Nothing to do but let the waters take me.“ The high-octane, no-holds-barred, true story of a bad guy turned good who infiltrated one of the most violent outlaw motorcycle gangs in history to take them down. It’s the morning of March 9, 2006, hours before one of the largest motorcycle gang busts in Continue Reading
Review: A Duke Never Yields by Juliana Gray
A Duke Never Yields by Juliana Gray (Affairs by Moonlight #3) Paranormal Historical Romance February 5, 2013 Berkley Reviewed by Mandi I didn’t like this book. One bit. Why did I keep reading? I thought it might get better, but it just got worse. By the end I was angry, rolling my eyes and just happy to be done. Abigail is determined never to marry, but that doesn’t mean she never wants a man. Just the opposite. She has given herself a year to find a man and have sex, and she sets Continue Reading
Review: Wolf Nip by Vivian Arend
Wolf Nip by Vivian Arend (Granite Lake Wolves #6) February 12, 2013 Paranormal Romance Samhain Reviewed by Helyce Tessa doesn’t do anything half way. From the moment she saw the old paddle wheeler her mind started planning the successful Bed & Breakfast she knew it could become. She had so many ideas her own brain couldn’t keep up. Starting the process and offering to buy it was simple and well received by the owner so she heads up to Haines, Alaska immediately after receiving Continue Reading
Review: Dirty Laundry By Heidi Cullinan
Dirty Laundry by Heidi Cullinan (Tucker Springs #3) M/M Romance January 28, 2013 Riptide Publishing Reviewed by Helyce From Goodreads: Entomology grad student Adam Ellery meets Denver Rogers, a muscle-bound hunk of sexy, when Denver effortlessly dispatches the drunken frat boys harassing Adam at the Tucker Springs laundromat. Thanking him turns into flirting, and then, much to Adam’s delight, hot sex over the laundry table. Though Denver’s job as a bouncer at a gay bar means he Continue Reading
Joint Review: Confidence Tricks by Tamara Morgan
Confidence Tricks by Tamara Morgan February 12, 2013 Contemporary Romance Samhain Reviewed by Mandi and May Blurb: Asprey Charles has always assumed he would one day take his place in the family art appraisal and insurance firm. “His place” meaning he plans to continue to enjoy his playboy lifestyle, lavish money on his Cessna, and shirk every responsibility that dares come his way. But when a life of crime is thrust upon him, he is just as happy to slip on a mask and cape and Continue Reading