The winner of Shift by Jeri Smith-Ready and bracelet is: Sharon S. Congrats! Thanks to Simon & Schuster and Big Honcho Media for sponsoring the giveaway! Continue Reading
Review: The Reckoning by Kimberly Van Meter
The Reckoning by Kimberly Van Meter Paranormal Romance April 22, 2011 E-Book, Novella Self-Published Reviewed by Mandi Isabella’s family was destroyed by a vampire. Now working as a government scientist, she is determined to study vampires and eradicate them from the Earth. She finally has her chance after her team catches one. 400 year old Julian de Valsan, is not happy to have been captured. Although Isabella has him in what she thinks is a very secure cell, Julian is smart Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten–June 10th
10, My Week – I’m recovering from the Scissor Sisters concert last night. It was sooooo much fun. Such a great girls night out. And we stalked their bus and got a pic too! Isn’t Jake Shears cute in his Mickey Mouse shirt? He looked a little different on stage…. I love him. I can’t wait to go see them again! 9. Cover Alert! Once and Again by Lauren Dane is book one in her Petal Georgia series coming from Samhain later this summer. Go to Lauren’s site for the blurb and more Continue Reading
Review: Vampire in Atlantis by Alyssa Day
Vampire In Atlantis (The Warriors of Poseidon #7) by Alyssa Day Paranormal Romance June 7, 2011 Paperback Berkley Reviewed by Tori Note: Slight spoilers. Proceed at your own risk. Favorite Quote: “ You destroyed the cake? I loved that cake.” After 11,000 years of living, Vampire and Nightwalker Guild mage Daniel is tired. He only wishes to leave this world and join his true love in the afterlife. He quits as Vampire Primator of North America and decides to end his life by Continue Reading
Review: Hunter’s Fall by Shiloh Walker
Hunter’s Fall (Hunters #13) by Shiloh Walker Paranormal Romance Paperback June 7, 2011 Berkley Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Time fell away. She fell away.” Please note: This review contains spoilers. When Nessa’s lover Elias is murdered by a jealous rival masquerading as a witch hunter, Elias vows to Nessa as he lays dying that he will find her again. 500 years later, Nessa is lost, lonely, and skating the edges of insanity. She has given up on ever finding Continue Reading
Guest Author Susan Sey and Giveaway
Why I Love The Nay Sayers So I was writing my last book, MONEY HONEY, and my heroine needed a female friend to provide some perspective. Maria “Goose” di Guzman strolled onto the page and delivered it mercilessly. She was wry, smart, and spot-on with the advice, whether my heroine wanted to hear it or not. (She didn’t.) And to top it all off, she was nearly six feet of long-legged, dark-eyed sex appeal, all wrapped up in a designer suit. In short, she was perfect. A little too perfect, Continue Reading
Review: Heart of the Highland Wolf by Terry Spear
Heart Of The Highland Wolf (Heart of the Wolf #7) by Terry Spear Paranormal Romance June 1, 2011 Paperback Sourcebooks Casablanca Reviewed by Tori Blurb: Modern day werewolf laird Ian MacNeill reluctantly allows a film production company to use his castle, but he knows his secretive clan has a big problem when a beautiful red werewolf female who insists she's working on the film keeps showing up in the wrong places... and a matter of pleasure... Julia Wildthorn is not who she Continue Reading
Review and Giveaway: Shift by Jeri Smith-Ready
Shift by Jeri Smith-Ready (Shade #2) YA Paranormal May 3, 2011 Hardcover Simon Pulse Reviewed by Mandi Note: Spoilers for book one, Shade. Aura was born one minutes after the “Shift” occurred almost 18 years ago. The shift brought about the ability to see ghosts, if you were born after it. Otherwise, those born before the shift, like her love interest Zachary (who was born one minute before the shift) can not see ghosts. In book one, we watched as Aura’s rock n’ roll boyfriend Continue Reading
Review: Addicted to You by Bethany Kane
Addicted to You by Bethany Kane Erotic Contemporary June 7, 2011 Trade Paperback Berkley Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: His already translucent moral conscience vanished into a puff of vapor. She looked like something that ought to be illegal. His cock agreed wholeheartedly. Movie writer and director Rill Pierce and Katie Hughes have been friends for a long time. Katie’s brother Everett is actually an actor and has worked with and been best friends with Rill since childhood Continue Reading
Mandi’s Weekend at Lori Foster’s
I got my conference cherry popped! Or something like that. Last Friday, Bells and I hopped in my “Van O’Fun” and drove eight hours to Cincinnati, Ohio to attend the Lori Foster Author/Reader Get together. We had a blast. The drive itself wasn’t too bad. Our route took us west through the mountains (or at least as mountainous as Maryland can get) and there were many ooh and ahhs as we took it all in. Bells had her ipod going, and all of a sudden a Kenny Rogers song came on, which made me gasp. Continue Reading