Tuesday, December 8, 2020

Whisky and Wishes

(Dark Kings #18.5)

Donna Grant (Goodreads Author)

4.65 · Rating details · 221 ratings · 180 reviews

Return to New York Times bestselling author Donna Grant's Dark King world for a special holiday novella.

Finally free of the dangers surrounding him and the burden of pining after his mate, the King of Dragon Kings is ready for some peace—time to enjoy the woman he loves without interruption. Sure, the matter of accessing the clans across the Dragon Bridge still looms, as does the ultimate Fate of Con and his brethren. But for now, Con plans to enjoy the people he loves and celebrate the holidays with those closest to him. Why borrow from tomorrow’s problems? When the time comes to confront what’s next, they will do it.

LOVED, LOVED this Christmas short story!! <3

Whiskey and Wishes by Donna Grant ~ you know those movies and books where it's like you're peeking in a window at that perfect cozy, Christmas scene? The decorations are so perfectly over the top, the people are beautiful and happy, and you just want to step into the scene and become part of it? For me this short story was all about that! it's a happy peek into Con & Rhi FINALLY getting some of their HEA, which has been a long time coming, and while not QUITE everything they want, they're together, and working on getting it ALL. But for now they're pausing while the other Kings and their mates are away to just bask in their happiness of being together...and have decided to share their happiness, and celebrate the human holidays, with their loved ones. And oh, Dreagan has been decorated for Christmas! The pictures Ms Grants words brought to life in my mind were so beautiful and cozy, and I could just feel the warmth! The fact that these characters that have had such pain and sorrow in their lives are finally finding their happiness, and sharing with all the other Kings and their mates is such a perfect message at Christmas!! Beautiful Slice of Life!! Perfect get you in the Holiday mood read!! <3

Get it HERE: https://www.amazon.com/Whisky-Wishes-Donna-Grant-ebook/dp/B08K3QD8J8/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Hi guys! It's been a while ~~ no matter your intentions, it seems like things always get away from you. Blogging & reviewing is one of those things for me ~ but I'm trying to get back to some of things that I enjoy, that are just for me.

2020 has been a heck of year, for everyone ~~ there's been so much loss, so much pain and anger, it's been a scary and fretful time. My world was upturned this year. My Mom, who has been one of the main focus's of my life for the last few years, passed away this year, at age 84. The initial shut down due to COVID 19 turned out to be a blessing for me, because I spent every single day her. I wasn't working, so wasn't around any people, so I was going over and helping her every day, doing whatever needed done, or taking her for rides, grocery shopping, or getting lunch and finding a great spot to stop, eat and absorb the world around us. We had no idea she was ill ~ she was slowing down, but she was 84! We took a last trip in March, to visit my daughter and grand babies, some of her great grand babies. So it was truly a shock when she started to become so weak she couldn't hardly get from the car to her house, and it went down hill very quickly. I miss her every second of every day, but I really do thank God she didn't suffer terribly for long, and I know she's up there with my Dad and her family and friends holding spots for the rest of us.

My Mom was the person who introduced me to reading, who encouraged me, and took me to the library any time I wanted to go, which was a LOT when I was younger! I remember when the first Wal Mart came to out town ~ my Mom took me to check out the books, and we were both so excited to see all the Harlequin's and Silhouettes, and she bought generously for me! We shared the love of books until the day she died.

That Wal Mart iswhere I got my very first Nora Roberts, Irish Thoroughbred. I have so many authors who I truly love and read all they write, but I have to admit when I'm all in my feelings, Nora is one of the few I turn to for comfort reads, or this year, comfort listens. Her stories envelop me and help me escape.

I've been doing an entire relisten to the In Death series by JD Robb, aka Nora Roberts. If you've never listened to any of the books in this series you are truly missing out! They are narrated by a Susan Ericksen, who does a tremendous job taking fantastic characters and making them come to life. She does these voices that have BECOME Eve, Roarke, Peabody, McNab, etc for me ~ when I DO read anything in the series I now hear them in my head exactly like she reads them. The stories engage my mind, pull it away from my worries and sadness, and it's like I'm WATCHING them, not listening.

2020 is year I NEED comfort in!!

What are your favorite comfort reads or listens? Are you an In Death fan? If you are, have you ever listened to them?

https://www.audible.com/series/In-Death-Audiobooks/B005NAJPVW

IN DEATH READING ORDER

Naked in Death, July 1995

Glory in Death, December 1995
Immortal in Death, July 1996
Rapture in Death, October 1996
Ceremony in Death, May 1997
Vengeance in Death, October 1997
Holiday in Death, June 1998
Novella: “Midnight in Death,” November 1998
Conspiracy in Death, April 1999
Loyalty in Death, October 1999
Witness in Death, March 2000
Judgment in Death, September 2000
Betrayal in Death, March 2001
Novella: “Interlude in Death,” August 2001
Seduction in Death, September 2001
Reunion in Death, March 2002
Purity in Death, September 2002
Portrait in Death, March 2003
Imitation in Death, August 2003
Remember When (a Nora Roberts story with a JD Robb sequel), September 2003
Divided in Death, January 2004
Visions in Death, August 2004
Survivor in Death, February 2005
Origin in Death, July 2005
Memory in Death, January 2006
Novella: “Haunted in Death,” April 2006
Born in Death, November 2006
Innocent in Death, February 2007
Creation in Death, November 2007
Novella: “Eternity in Death,” November 2007
Strangers in Death, February 2008
Salvation in Death, November 2008
Novella: “Ritual in Death,” November 2008
Promises in Death, February 2009
Kindred in Death, November 2009
Novella: “Missing in Death,” December 2009
Fantasy in Death, February 2010
Indulgence in Death, November 2010
Novella: “Possession in Death” December 2010
Treachery in Death, February 2011
New York to Dallas, September 2011
Novella: “Chaos in Death,” October 2011
Celebrity in Death, February 2012
Delusion in Death, September 2012
Calculated in Death, February 2013
Thankless in Death, September 2013
Novella: “Taken in Death,” October 2013
Concealed in Death, February 2014
Festive in Death, September 2014
Obsession in Death, February 2015
Devoted in Death, September 2015
Novella: “Wonderment in Death,” November 2015
Brotherhood in Death, February 2016
Apprentice in Death, September 2016
Echoes in Death, February 2017
Secrets in Death, September 2017
Dark in Death, January 2018
Leverage in Death, September 2018
Connections in Death, February 2019
Vendetta in Death, September 2019
Golden in Death, February 2020
Shadows in Death, September 2020

Saturday, January 18, 2014

Alone by Kendra Elliot: An Audio review

This was a total WIN for me for on both the story front and the narration. Tanya Eby is a fabulous narrator ~ I wish she'd done this whole series! There have been 4 stories in this series so far ~ Chilled, Hidden, Buried and Alone ~ and all 4 have had different narrators. That pretty much drives me crazy, lol, as we see cross over characters.

Dr. Victoria Peres is a forensic bone Doc ~ she's with the medical examiner when he's called out late to a chilling scene where 5 girls are dead, and 1 barely clings to life. She's appalled ~ and surprised when the first love her life shows up on scene, Seth Rutledge. She's surprised to find that he's trying for her retiring boss's job...and that he's going through a divorce fromt he woman he'd left her for so many years ago.

The detail of the crimes in Ms. Elliot's books are eerily real to read about ~ and her characterization is so life like you KNOW the people you're reading about. I loved the interaction between Seth and Victoria ~ it was believable and had you rooting for Seth, who'd done what he thought was the only right thing there was to do, and Victoria who's guard has never quite went down since their relationship was over.

Ms. Elliot threw a few red herrings in there to fool me and make me think I knew whodunnit ~ and even when you DID know who it was to doubt it, lol.

Just an all around fabulous listen I'd recommend to any suspense fans!!

Friday, January 17, 2014

Donna Grant's Launch Party ~

Darkest Flame Launch Party
Event Details
April 26, 2014
2 - 5 pm

http://www.eventbrite.com/e/darkest-flame-launch-party-registration-8830633663?aff=newsletter

I'll be there ~~ will YOU??

Thursday, January 16, 2014

No One To Trust by Katie Reus: An Audio book review

I love the Red Stone Security Series, and this short just added to my love. Katie Reus did a fantastic job packing a ton of romance and action in. Porter Caldwell is one of brothers that runs The Red Stone Security Agency; he's been crazy about Elizabeth Martinez since he met her, and they'd actually dated ~ until he dared to question her support of her brother, who through his addictions & habits has put Lizzy in danger on more than one occasion. Lizzy showed him the door fast; there'd be no questions or comments about her brother.

Until once again Lizzy becomes the target of a ruthless drug dealer through her brother ~ and this time Porter is having none of it. As Porter and Katie dodge gang members hunting her down, shootings & threats it quickly becomes apparent to both of them they are meant to be together ~ and to Porter no cost is too high. Or is it?

GREAT novealla ~ action packed with sizzling love scenes, this one has it all!

The narration was excellent, and left me wanting more ~ I'm looking forward the next installement of The Red Stone Security Series in audio!!

Monday, January 13, 2014

And NOW comes the challenge!!

Helloooooooo out there!
Sorry I've been so quiet for a while...
As if Blogger frustrating me wasn't enough,
I've had SO much going on in the RL that time
for extra curriculars has been slim.

But, if Blogger will show me some LOVE, I'm BACK!!
And I have a ton of reviews on both print and audio to share!!

So tell me ~ what have YOU been reading???

Monday, September 9, 2013

Luck of The Dragon by Susannah Scott ~ Entangled Covet I LOVED!!

The Wicked First Anthology!

The WICKED FIRSTS anthology will be out in just a few days!!

It was supposed to be a one-night stand.
...
Hot sex. No regrets. Jess Delaney has spent her life playing the role of the good-girl. On a trip to Vegas, she decides to walk on the wild side when she meets mysterious Blake Landon. Rich, powerful, and carrying plenty of secrets, Blake is unlike any man she has ever met before.

Blake is also far more dangerous than anyone she’s ever encountered. When Blake's enemies attack, Jess finds herself caught in a deadly cat-and-mouse game. Her only hope of survival? Trusting a man who knows too much about the dark side of life…and a man who—with every sensual touch—binds her to him with a desire that burns red-hot.

Once you step into the darkness, there’s no turning back…

(Don't forget--the anthology will be on sale for .99 during its first week of release!)

Friday, July 12, 2013

Bayou Heat Blog Tour ~ Chance to WIN $50 GC!!

Coreene Callahan WARRIOR'S REVENGE

WARRIOR'S REVENGE

Episode 1: Released on June 25, 2013. 31 pages

Available on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00D6URF0O/

After the death of her parents, Lady Aurora de Marquise is left with no illusions. Stripped of her birthright and betrayed by her uncle, escape is her only option. With her life on the line, she narrowly avoids another murder attempt—only to run headlong into Lord Brigham de Mornay, a man most consider a monster.

With her uncle’s henchmen nipping at her heels, Aurora knows better than to trust a stranger—especially one as compelling as Brigham. Well-honed instincts urge her to flee before his abundant charm takes a nasty turn into aggression—and she ends up neck deep in trouble.

Wary, but undeniably drawn to him, Aurora pits her will against his, challenging his authority every chance she gets. But when her uncle manages to track her, the game of fox and hound takes a perilous turn and she is left with the ultimate choice—surrender to the man who now holds her heart or risk it all trying to escape again.

Gritty and fast-paced, Warrior’s Revenge brings to life the magnificence of the medieval age while exploring the meaning of honor, duty, and nature of true love.

When Aurora de Marquise escapes her vicious uncle and fells one of the most powerful barons in all of England, she knows she’s bitten off more than she can chew. Only one question remains…who will reach her first—the warrior hell-bent on revenge or the uncle determined to see her dead?

Monday, June 24, 2013

Christine Wenrick Cover Reveal

Someone Else’s Skye

SERIES: Men of Brahm Hill, Book 1

Kane, Brethren Guardian and one of the few Natural Shape-Shifters left in existence, survived the bloody battle of Brahm Hill but lost two of his closest friends. For all of his good-natured sarcasm and eye-popping good looks, Kane finds himself unable to completely forget about that night, so he seeks comfort in the one thing he is truly good at . . . sex!

This shape-shifting bad boy believes in having a good time—a very good time, usually involving some mingled heavy breathing with a sexy Dhampir in a tiny closet somewhere. But when he’s sent into the freezing tundra of the Northwest Territories to investigate a troublesome supernatural being on the loose, he ends up crossing paths with a woman who almost instantly drives him insane with want . . . because she doesn’t seem to be falling for the shifter’s charms.

It’s completely inexplicable.

Skye Matthews has a job to do, and she needs to be focused on that, not spending all her time rebuffing the advances of this way-too-cocky and handsome stranger. Yet, there is something irresistible about this self-involved playboy that Skye can’t seem to stay away from. And when the unidentified Kane is sent to investigate takes an unnatural interest in her, protecting her becomes the Guardian’s top priority.

Thursday, June 20, 2013

I Dream of Danger by Lisa Marie Rice

They are the Ghost Ops: a covert squad of super-elite soldiers. After their team was betrayed and massacred, the three surviving members went underground and built Haven, a community of misfits and geniuses. Now they're at a crossroads, facing a new threat capable of destroying everything they hold dear.

When Nick Ross disappears from Elle Thomason's life, she is certain she'll never see the man she loves again—except in her dreams. Ten years later, as a respected researcher breaking new ground in psychic phenomena, she sends a desperate call for Nick's help. One by one, her colleagues have started disappearing . . . and Elle knows she's next. An elite soldier, Nick never meant to hurt Elle, duty kept him away—and then she vanished. Now troubled by unusually vivid, disturbing dreams of Elle in danger, Nick will rescue the only woman he's ever wanted and bring her back with him to Haven.

Though powerful men are after Elle and her special abilities, Nick will die before leaving her side again.

I so enjoy LMR's writing...there's nothing she's ever written I just didn't LIKE.
That said, this wasn't one of my favorites. I felt like the 1st third of the book took me forever to get through ~ one of the things I like BEST about LMR is her uber possesive heroes. I found it hard to believe that Nick would leave Elle for 10 years, even to build his own life. I felt like the connection between just wasn't as strong as I wanted it to be. There was so much time spent on when they were younger, then I felt like we zoomed through them actually finally coming face to face again, and hooking up.

But again, I say these things comparing LMR to LMR, if you get me.
It's a really good book, and I'm totally into the Ghost Ops. Loving that they've built their own world inside a mountain! This is book 2 in this series, and I wouldn't suggest reading this as a stand alone.
This book doesn't spend a lot of time giving the back story. I don't think you'd be totally lost, but you would know there are things you're missing.

All in all? A good read, great writing!!

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Cynthia Eden's MINE TO TAKE ~~

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Sometimes you want someone so much…

Sometimes you need someone so much…

Lust can become love.

And love can turn into a deadly obsession.

***

Skye Sullivan knows that someone is watching her. Not just watching—stalking her. Months ago, Skye was involved in a dangerous car accident. The accident ended her dancing career and sent her fleeing back to Chicago. Skye is convinced that her stalker caused the crash, and she fears that he won’t stop pursuing her, not until she’s dead.

When someone breaks into her apartment in Chicago, Skye turns to the one man she believes can protect her—Trace Weston. Once, Trace was her lover. Two lost souls, they’d come together in a firestorm of need and desire. But then Trace had pushed her away. He’d joined the military, vanishing from her life. She’d put all of her emotion into dancing, and she’d tried to forget him.

Now Trace is one of the most successful men in the United States. Rich, driven, and carrying dark secrets, he agrees to help Skye. He’ll protect her from the danger that lurks in the darkness, but Trace wants more than to just be a guard for Skye.

He wants her. And he’ll take her. The years have changed him, hardened him. He’s not just a poor kid from the streets any longer. Now, he can have anything—or anyone—that he wants. And the one woman he has always wanted has just come back into his life. He won’t let her go again.

But with the threats mounting against Skye, she suspects that her stalker may be intimately close. He’s a man who knows her too well. As his attacks grow ever more dangerous, she realizes that if she trusts the wrong man, she could be making a fatal mistake.

Lust. Love. Obsession.

Just how far would you go in order to possess the one person you want the most?

Excerpt.

“H-hello, Trace.” She hated that stupid break in her voice. Trace made her nervous. Always had.He stopped in front of her. He stood at several inches over six feet, while she barely skimmed five feet three. Skye tilted her head back so that she could meet his stare.

“It’s been a long time,” Trace said, the words a deep, dark rumble. His voice went perfectly with the rock hard body and the sexy face—a voice that a woman could imagine in the darkness.

She swallowed because her throat was suddenly dry. “Yes, it has.” Ten years and three months. Not that she’d counted.

That assessing gaze of his slid down her body once more. There was an awareness in his stare that she hadn’t expected. A heat that made her remember too many things.

He was close enough to touch. Close enough for her to smell the crisp, masculine scent that clung to him.

His nostrils flared, as if he were catching her scent, too.

“You look good, Skye.” Again, that heat was in his stare. A heat that said he knew her intimately.

She wished her heartbeat would slow down.

“But you’re not here for a friendly chat, are you?” And he stepped away from her. He waved to the open chair near his desk and returned to his seat.

“We’ve never really been the friendly chat kind,” she said softly as she eased into the leather chair.

She didn’t take off her coat. She just pulled it closer to her.

A faint furrow appeared between his brows. “No, we weren’t, were we? More the hot sex type.”

Her lips parted. He had not just said that to her.

His faint smile said that he had.

“I’m not here for that, either.” She’d been wrecked after her last go round with Trace.

He leaned back in his chair. The leather groaned beneath him. “We’ll get to that…”

Uh, no, they wouldn’t. She wasn’t ready to feel that burn again.

He tapped his chin. “You’re not here for pleasantries, you’re not here for sex, then why have you come looking for me?”

This was where she’d have to beg. Because there was no way she had enough money in her account to cover his services. Not with the guy sporting this high rise building and looking like he’d just walked off the cover of GQ. How things have changed. “Someone is watching me.”

He stilled. The heat banked in his eyes as his whole expression instantly became guarded. “And what makes you so sure of that?”

“Because I can feel him.” Wait, that sounded crazy, didn’t it? When she’d gone to the cops, they’d sure looked at her as if she were crazy. You couldn’t feel a stalker. So they said.

She disagreed.

USA Today Best-selling author Cynthia Eden has written over twenty-five novels and novellas. She was named as a 2013 RITA^® finalist for her paranormal romance, ANGEL IN CHAINS, and, in 2011, Cynthia Eden was a RITA finalist for her romantic suspense, DEADLY FEAR.

Cynthia is a southern girl who loves horror movies, chocolate, and happy endings. She has always wanted to write (don’t most authors say that?), and particularly enjoys creating stories about monsters–vampires, werewolves, and even the real-life monsters that populate her romantic suspense stories.

Cynthia’s foreign sales for her books include translations to Japan, Germany, Thailand, Greece, and Brazil.

(Back in the day…) Cynthia graduated summa cum laude from the University of South Alabama where she studied Sociology (because people interest her) and Communication (because she likes to write about said people). Cynthia has worked as a college admissions counselor, a teacher, and as an editor. But now, Cynthia is thrilled to be spending her days making up stories.

Connect with Cynthia:

Website | Blog | Facebook | Twitter | Goodreads

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Cynthia Eden's MINE TO TAKE Blast Schedule

June 16 - 22

June 16:

Book Monster Reviews - http://www.bookmonsterreviews.com/

Grave Tells - http://gravetells.com/

Hesperia Loves Books - http://www.hesperialovesbooks.com/

Sassy Book Lovers - http://sassybooklovers.blogspot.com/

Ramblings From This Chick - http://ramblingsfromthischick.blogspot.com/

June 17:

Books-N-Kisses - http://www.books-n-kisses.com/

Mad Hatter Reads - http://madhatterreads.blogspot.com/

Literal Addiction - http://www.literaladdiction.com/

June 18:

Reading Between the Wines - http://readingbetweenthewinesbookclub.blogspot.com/

Urban Girl Reader - http://www.urbangirlreader.com/

Salacious Reads - http://www.salaciousreads.com/

June 19:

Book, Books & More Books - http://booksbooksmorebooks.blogspot.com/

Literal Hotties Naughty Book Reviews - http://literalhottiesnaughtybookreviews.blogspot.com/

Mimmi's Musings - http://mimmismusings.blogspot.com/

The Reading Café (Evening Post) - http://thereadingcafe.com/

June 20:

Book Lovin' Mamas - http://booklovinmamas.blogspot.com//

Nina's Literary Escape - http://ninasliteraryescape.blogspot.com/

United by Books - http://unitedbybooks.blogspot.com/

June 21:

So Many Reads - http://www.somanyreads.com/

Trine's Review Cave - http://trinesreviewcave.com/

Crazy Four Books - http://crazyfourbooks.blogspot.com/

June 22:

Wicked Readings by Tawania - http://www.wickedreadingsbytawania.blogspot.com/

Froggarita's Bookcase - http://www.froggaritasbookcase.com/

Scorching Book Reviews - http://scorchingbookreviews.blogspot.com/

Bookin' It Reviews - http://www.bookinitreviews.com/

Monday, June 17, 2013

What I've been BUYING ~~ What about you?

Monday, June 10, 2013

Shelley Munroe's FANCY FREE Book Blast & Chance to WIN!!

Warning: Condoms were tested and a few harmed during the writing of this story.

It’s not every day a girl inherits a condom company, and to say accountant Alice Beasley is astonished and out of her depth is putting it mildly. For an almost virgin, she needs a quick education in all things condom because her inheritance is in danger. Someone is intent on sabotage and trying to destroy her new company.

Alice is suddenly getting down and dirty with charismatic James, the factory manager, all in the name of business, testing new condom designs. The sex is hot. Mind-blowing. It’s a dark thrill and an erotic journey. Yeah, it’s a hard job, but a girl’s got to do what a girl’s gotta do.

Alice wants James. She craves his talented touch and sultry kisses, she desires passion and physical pleasure on a permanent basis but first she must convince bad-boy James to give up his fancy-free ways.

Purchase links:

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Shelley Munro is tall and curvaceous with blue eyes and a smile that turns masculine heads everywhere she goes. She’s a university tutor and an explorer/treasure hunter during her vacations. Skilled with weapons and combat, she is currently in talks with a producer about a television series based on her world adventures.

Shelley is also a writer blessed with a VERY vivid imagination and lives with her very own hero in New Zealand. She writes mainly erotic romance in the contemporary, paranormal and historical genres for publishers Carina Press, Ellora’s Cave and Samhain Publishing. You can learn more about Shelley and her books at http://www.shelleymunro.com

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