Naughty and Nice Anthology Contemporary Romance December 6, 2010 E-Book Carina PressReviewed by MandiHoliday Sparks by Shannon StaceyWhen Chloe Burke blows the fuse at her parent’s old house while housesitting, she calls electrician Scott Quinn to come turn the lights back on. Scott has had a crush on Chloe since high school, but running in different circles, Chloe doesn’t remember him. Now working in Boston, Chloe is enjoying being back at home for a few weeks, and enjoying the Continue Reading
Interview with Christina Henry and Giveaway
Who is Christina Henry? Give us the low down. I’m a thirtysomething (OK, almost fortysomething) mom of one boy and I’ve been happily married for eleven years. When I’m not writing or helping my son build robots out of Legos I like to run long distances, bake sweet things (this is one of the many reasons that I run), and read as much as I can. I really enjoy watching movies where people get eaten by monsters – The Host, Jaws, Alien, and Night of the Living Dead are some of my favorites. Continue Reading
Review: Black Wings by Christina Henry
Black Wings by Christina Henry (Madeline Black #1) November 30, 2010 Urban Fantasy Paperback, 295 Pages Ace Reviewed by Mandi Maddy inherited her career as an Agent from her mother. She gets her weekly list of people who are going to die, and meets their souls to hopefully usher them to the Door. Behind this Door, Maddy has no idea what lurks. But she knows her boss J.B gets really angry with extra paperwork, and if the souls choose not to enter the Door and become ghosts, there Continue Reading
Winners!
Two sets of winners to announce today. The winner of Stranger by Zoe Archer is: Kathybaug The twelve winners of The Perfect Tree by J.P. Barnaby are: Bells Laura Nikyta Estella CC just.a.sonata.away barbara wishes4me Sherry Terri Rosebud Moonlight Gleam **CC and Rosebud, please email me at mandischreiner (at) gmail (dot) com with your email addresses** Thanks to Zoe Archer and J.P. Barnaby for hosting the contests! Continue Reading
Review: Bloodsong: Midnight Playground by Eden Bradley
Bloodsong: Midnight Playground by Eden Bradley September 27, 2010 Erotic Paranormal Romance E-Book Samhain Reviewed by Mandi Having lost everyone in her life and with nothing else to lose, Meeraj goes to the BDSM club, Midnight Playground with one thought in mind – to submit to a vampire. Finally granted permission to enter the club, Meeraj sees the three hundred year old vampire Aleron having his wicked ways with another man, and she knows he is the one that will dominate her. Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten – December 3rd
10. You guys! I took the above picture! That’s right…I was about ten feet away from Brandon Flowers Saturday night in Atlantic City. Yes, I made hubs stand in line for five hours. No, I did not throw my unmentionables at him. No, I did not shout “You are a smexy beast.” Hubs was standing right next to me. It was an awesome show – even hubs, very begrudgingly said he liked it. The San Diego band Transfer opened for him and Hubs actually loved their stuff. It was good times. Hubs lost hard on the Continue Reading
Review: You Dropped a Blonde on Me by Dakota Cassidy
You Dropped a Blonde On Me (Ex Trophy Wives #1) by Dakota Cassidy Contemporary Romance December 7, 2010 Trade Paperback, 368 Pages Berkley Trade Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: "How nice that two lonely people in the world had clearly made a connection. Now there'd be two less lonely people in the world. How very Air Supply." Maxine (Max) Lou Anne Henderson Cambridge didn't know how low she had sunk until she physically threatened a teenager for getting hired over Continue Reading
Review and Giveaway: Stranger by Zoe Archer
Stranger by Zoe Archer December 7, 2010 Historical Paranormal Romance Paperback, 370 Pages Zebra Reviewed by Mandi Gemma Murphy has been following Catullus Graves and his friends for some time now. After first seeing him in the Northwest Territory of Canada, she now finds herself on a boat, to England. A reporter, she loves to investigate, and she knows Catullus and his crew have many secrets. Catullus is a member of The Blades of the Rose, a secret organization that protects Continue Reading
Review: The Greyfriar by Clay Griffith and Susan Griffith
The Greyfriar (Vampire Empire- Book 1) by Clay Griffith & Susan Griffith November 18, 2010 Urban Fantasy, Paperback, 320 Pages Pyr Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “That a few marks on this paper can bring you my heart in my absence is great magic. Life is now a constant source of wonder.” In 1870 vampires declared war on the humans and swept through the Northern lands like a plague; destroying everything and everyone in their path. Millions of humans died. Millions more Continue Reading
Review: It Must Have Been the Mistletoe Anthology
It Must Have Been the Mistletoe Anthology December 1, 2010 Contemporary Romance Paperback, 224 Pages Harlequin Reviewed by Mandi When She Was Naughty by Kate Hoffman With the alternative upbringing of traveling with her American Folk music parents, Alison Cole has music in her blood. Now an adult and a musicologist, she is studying Christmas carols for her doctoral thesis in the Appalachian Mountains. Her current goal is to find Ettie Lee, a singer from the 1930’s, and Continue Reading