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Book Blurb…
Rose wants excitement, bright lights and late nights, but she gets more than she bargained for when she swaps her wholesome country life for the hustle and bustle of London.
The city night is home to hungry shadows, eager to consume her.
Rose discovers there is more to this world than what the mundane eye sees, and that she herself is a part of it. Unexpected friendships are forged and unwanted, sometimes dangerous, attractions flare.
London becomes a playground for magic, danger and supernatural threat. While her life, and those of who she loves, hangs in the balance, she must endeavor to embrace her new nature and assist in identifying the hidden threat before it succeeds in its dark purpose.
An Urban Fantasy filled with moon-praising, flat-dwelling vampires, chic corporate werewolves, bar-tending warlocks, ravenous demons and much, much more.
Step inside…
This book will release June 21st.
and check out their blog: http://crimsonseries.
My Review
This book was rocking for the beginning. Man, this book was recommended to me, so I went in cold without reading the book summary. Which is how I like to do it. I had an idea that a lot of things would happen based on the rec, but my mind remained clear to formulate my own ideas about the story.
Wow, is what I can say. This is one of my top reads for the year. Somewhere around ¾ in, the story lost me just a little but for the life of me I can’t remember why as I’m writing this a few days later. I do know that I figured out the bad guys when I first met one and about halfway through on one other. But that didn’t matter so much. I still wasn’t sure until the end, so it didn’t change my level of interest.
Okay, I don’t need sex in a book. But man, it would have spiced things up if the things would have had more detail. Again, I didn’t take away from that. Maybe a novella, lol. A girl can dream.
So many things are going on in this story and there are a lot of characters that we don’t get to know them all. And that is okay. I think for the most part, we learn enough for the story to flow. But I’m hoping of the pack of guys we didn’t learn much about, there will be more to come.
I fell in love quite a bit in this book. So it was hard to chose. But in the end, my book boyfriend had to be Roman. *sigh*
MY RATING>>>
Darkest Day
Keywords: Fiction, Paranormal Romance, Romance,
Thriller/Suspense,Urban Fantasy, Fairy, Shape-shifter,
Back of the Book
Council wanted: she chose a teacher and renounced the in-between.
would be the easiest task for the last possible moment. As midnight on July fourth draws near, though, she hasn’t found a way to give up Winn Thomas.
known—vampires, dragons, and her favorite demon. Even her own mother.
Accept her position on the Council and rule as an equal to her twelve
peers, and she’ll forget Winn ever existed.
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Emi Gayle just wants to be young again. She lives vicariously through her youthful characters, while simultaneously acting as chief-Mom to her teenaged son and searching for a way to keep her two daughters from ever reaching the dreaded teen years.
Ironically, those years were some of Emi’s favorite times. She met the man of her dreams at 14, was engaged to him at 19, married him at 20 and she’s still in love with him to this day. She’ll never forget what it was like to fall in love at such a young age — emotions she wants everyone to feel.
18 year old Sophie Jean is pretty good at acting normal. Sure, she’s not exactly happy, but happiness is nothing compared to being like everyone else. She can pretend she’s not allergic to the sun. She can hide what her ex-boyfriend did to her. She can cover up the scars she’s made for herself. Ignore anything. Forget anything. Then Myles enters her life, and he has more than a few secrets of his own. When accident after accident keeps happening to Sophie, she can’t help noticing that he’s everywhere. That he knows too much. That she’s remembering too much.It’s one thing covering up her own dark past, but does she really need to worry about people finding out just how much Myles likes her? Or that despite how much she doesn’t want to repeat past mistakes, she kind of likes him back? Not to mention the fact that she now has to conceal that Myles drinks blood-that he says he’s about four hundred years old.She almost forgot about that part.
But Sophie has no plans to ruin the normal life she has created for herself. She can deal with this little glitch, no problem. Even if word has gotten around to the wrong vampire about Sophie and Myles, even if she’s putting the few people she loves at risk. Suddenly, those who were monsters before are just people, and the monsters? They’re real. Now being a normal human being is the least of her problems. Now she has to stay alive.
be more about her life after high school.
MY RATING>>>
Gameboard of the Gods by Richelle Mead
In a futuristic world nearly destroyed by religious extremists, Justin March lives in exile after failing in his job as an investigator of religious groups and supernatural claims. But Justin is given a second chance when Mae Koskinen comes to bring him back to the Republic of United North America (RUNA). Raised in an aristocratic caste, Mae is now a member of the military’s most elite and terrifying tier, a soldier with enhanced reflexes and skills.
When Justin and Mae are assigned to work together to solve a string of ritualistic murders, they soon realize that their discoveries have exposed them to terrible danger. As their investigation races forward, unknown enemies and powers greater than they can imagine are gathering in the shadows, ready to reclaim the world in which humans are merely game pieces on their board.
Gameboard of the Gods, the first installment of Richelle Mead’s Age of X series, will have all the elements that have made her YA Vampire Academy and Bloodlines series such megasuccesses: sexy, irresistible characters; romantic and mythological intrigue; and relentless action and suspense.
Whoa. Heavy. Wow. Very… I haven’t found the right word, but close ones are:intense, heady, complex, engrossing, and compelling.
Very Brave New World feel, and even a dash of Clockwork Orange thrown in. BUT… it’s just so meaty with the new world and new terms, alot to chew and digest in a story. It had a very different society and attitudes from us, like in Brave New World. It had ‘society’ looking down on non-society. It has levels of hierarchy within the society as well. And like Clockwork Orange, it’s got ‘new’ words, and a glossary to go with them.
Another strange comparison that ran through my mind… the Kate Daniels series. It’s similar in that there is tons of world building, so much so that there is a sacrifice, I felt of more in-depth characterization. I almost gave up during the first book of the Kate Daniels series because there was just SO much. But it was totally worth it, and I’m hooked on it. So, this is like that first Kate Daniels. I see potential, but I really think it’s future books that will sway a reader to continue or swear a reader away from this series.
Another aspect that may be an automatic no-go for some readers: while this is NOT a religious book, there is much talk about religion. Religions are ALL considered cults except for ‘government’ church which is more of an etiquette, rules, and expectations pep-talk. I didn’t find it offensive in any way, but religion is at best, frowned upon, at worst annihilated.
If you are a fan of Brave New World, Clockwork Orange, maybe even liked Delirium or The Dwellers series but want to try a ‘grown-up’ version, then I would recommend giving this a go.
I received an ARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Obsession by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Totally genius, who can take a race of aliens you despise and make you fall in love with one? Jennifer Armentrout that’s who.
Obsession is the adult companion to the wildly popular Young Adult Lux Series and not to be missed by any Jennifer L. Armentrout/ J. Lynn Fan.
Our heroine Serena is a foul mouthed and funny take no shit kid of girl which I love. She is sucked into the world of the Luxen and Arum when her best friend Mel witnesses her Luxen boyfriend goes all light bright during a fight with his brother. Terrified she contacts her best friend and dishes all the dirty details to Serena.
Serena may first think Mel’s crazy…
“Yes. He lit up like a freaking glow stick or—or you remember those toys that you squeeze and they light up?”
“A Glo Worm?”
“That!” Mel pulled her hand free and thrust it through her chin-length, raven-colored hair. “He was like a Glo Worm but only brighter.”
Oh dear. She was definitely rocking the crazy pants. “Were you guys drinking or possibly smoking something—”
Then a Luxen shows up and proves Mel is perfectly sane. Enter Hunter, the Arum the DOD sends in to protect Serena.
“This guy was all kinds of inappropriate.”
Oh where do I start? How much did I love Hunter? Well let’s just say he is an instant panty dropping addition to the top book boyfriends list. He’s dark, hot, mysterious, hot, sexy, hot, demanding, and did I say hot?
I have to go with Heather Ricco’s find on this one, this guy was just to perfect, here’s our Hunter
Arum are nothing like we have glimpsed in the Lux series. As with every race you have your good and your bad seeds. I love this look deeper into Armentrout’s alien world. Obsession has everything you expect from an Armentrout book snark, humor, heat, a lovable heroine, a deliciously sexy bad boy, emotions galore, and epic surprises.
Pick up this series immediately you will not be disappointed!
This was an Epic 5+ star read!!! So it get our Super Kiss!
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This book was provided to me from Entangled Publishing in exchange for my honest review.
Synopsis
Jewl Dite has always struggled with her heritage. Being the daughter of the goddess of love, she questions everything about the emotion. Which is a bummer because she’s head over heels for Anj Willam, and thinks the feelings are mutual. It’s hard to be sure though when she has magic that has been known to bewitch men into devoting themselves to her. Somehow they’re able to strike a balance in their dysfunctional on-again, off-again relationship however.
This balance is disrupted however when a strange boy named Teague enters her life and brings along with him a group of demons. Demons who want to make a deal with her in exchange for the safety of everyone she loves.
Now to protect those she holds most dear, Jewl must rely on the magic she’s been trying so desperately to avoid. But at what cost? Will the boy she loves accept this dark secret, or will she lose him forever?
My Review
What I liked:
the confusing relationship which Jewl & Anj had- you could never guess what they’d do to mess things up next.
Jewl & her insecurities made her feel more likeable while in the first book, she came off as bitchy.
Jewl’s sister is a character that I’d like to read about next- the way she flounces between thinking Jewl cares for her and then not was scary!
My favorites were Anj & Teague, of course.
What I didn’t like:
complete absence of adults- teacher or parents. The kids were free to do what they pleased and none of the characters felt the need to go to an adult when in trouble.
Jewl seemed to take her sister’s torture a bit too easily.
The world in these books need a bit more fleshing out.
My Rating
Amazon
in this book that I hadn’t expected at all.
lol.
MY RATING>>>
Synopsis
Eighteen year-old Kelsey Rien is more than ready to leave her past behind her.
Wanting nothing more than to walk into a room without everyone knowing the horrific details of an event that changed her life six years ago, she vows to concentrate on school and make something of herself.
But then she meets Kane Riley – the local bad boy. Kane’s reputation is far from perfect, but is there more to him than what everyone else sees?
Kelsey soon learns that you can’t run from your past, no matter how hard you try. When her nightmares find her once again, Kelsey must find the courage to face the demons that have been haunting her and save the people she loves most.
My Break Down and Thoughts
OK, so lately I have been going through the “New Adult” phase. Or anything with some hot monkey loving in it after reading the Fifty Trilogy. One cannot read Fifty and go cold turkey in the hot monkey loving department. Seriously, that could wreck somebody. Any hoo, I have had to have my fill of piercings and tats. I just can’t get enough of them. Sooo HOT!
So, Kelsey and her best friend Jessi, leave home and go to college and get a dorm room together. While Kelsey is quiet and more withdrawn Jessi is extremely outgoing. Their first day of moving in they are at a café eating lunch when Jessi meets her soon to be boyfriend, Landon. At the same table is Kane. Hot, sexy ass Kane. Kelsey gets some eye contact with Kane and the girls head on out once they finish lunch. Later that day Kelsey finds out that Jessi has agreed to meet up with Landon at a local hot spot and talks Kelsey into going with her.
They get to the bar and low and behold Kane works there as a bouncer. Kelsey and Kane exchange some witty rapport and literally run into each other the next day on campus. They both decide to be friends, but of course their mutual attraction takes care of that and they are shortly an item.
During their whirlwind relationship they have to deal with each other’s past, a nut job father, and another guy that has a hard time with letting Kelsey go to Kane. This book sort of reminded me of Beautiful Disaster. But not to the extremes as BD. Still, Kane was hotter then hot flicking that lip ring with his tongue and I really did enjoy reading this and read it in one sitting.
My Rating
Title: Danny
Author: Margo Anne Rhea
Genre: Contemporary-Erotic Romance
Publisher: Entranced Publishing
Length: 38 pgs
Release Date: May 20, 2013
Book Description:
Paige Warren is sure she’s come to terms with her impending divorce, until she wakes up in bed with her soon-to-be ex, Danny. Worse yet, the bed belongs to Stacey, the sexual surrogate Paige and Danny have been sleeping with for months — and Stacey’s not there.As much as Paige tries to deny it, she soon realizes she’s still in love with Danny. Now she’s torn between him and the woman who holds them together. Should she risk hurting Stacey to rekindle a monogamous relationship with the man she once thought she’d spend the rest of her life with, or should she learn from past experience?Danny is a sensual, erotic novella following one woman’s struggle between a love she thought was over and a relationship that’s barely begunYou can add Danny to your to-read list on Goodreads:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17840410-danny
You can find more about Danny on the Entranced site, you can also find the buy links here as soon as Danny is available:
http://www.entrancedpublishing.com/imprints/thrills/danny/
My Review:
Danny by Margo Anne RheaMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Margo Anne Rhea has written a short but sexy erotica novel, the story is hot, short and complete. They scene’s are well written the story flows right to the end. This is a short story about a couple who hires a sexual surrogate. Because of lack of communication, jealousy, and hurt feelings the marriage nearly falls apart. Can things turn around? Read this short novel and find out. If you like your shorts full of hot sexy scenes this is the story for you.
I have rated Danny a 3.5 stars, and definitely would read anything Margo Anne Rhea writes in the future.
Excerpt:
© 2013 Margo Anne Rhea
THE MORNING I REALIZED I still had feelings for Danny was a rainy, gloomy one. Just like all those lazy, stormy Saturdays he and I used to spend in bed together–before Stacey. A hand slid up my thigh, pulling me from sleep. I stretched into the caress, reaching out for her. My muscles ached with that well-used, morning-after feeling. How like Stacey–to wake up wanting more.
I crawled sleepy fingers across linen until I felt warmth, smooth skin, a hipbone. Goose bumps rose under my hand, and I traveled north for more fun. The corners of my lips turned up in a smile as I anticipated cupping Stacey’s full breast, her taut nipple tickling my palm.
But instead I was fondling a very flat, very male chest. I’d like to say I shot off the bed faster than I’d ever moved before. But I didn’t. Instead, I lingered, breathing in time to his heartbeat. I would know that cadence anywhere. I’d laid my head on that chest and listened to that heart beat a million times before, but I pried my eyes open and focused on him, just to be sure.
The sight that greeted me was all too familiar: lean muscles; smooth, tan skin; dark, military hair. His square jaw clenched tight, and his brown eyes narrowed in an unreadable expression. Yep, I was in bed with my husband–my naked, estranged husband. And our girlfriend was nowhere to be seen.
“Where’s Stacey?” I whispered the words. Maybe I was afraid I would spook him. Maybe I was afraid I’d spook myself. I still hadn’t taken my hand back.
“Work, early.” The old Danny would have made sure I knew when she’d left, when she would be back, and every detail in between. Of course, the old Danny wouldn’t be married to one woman and sleeping with another.
I sighed and reclaimed my hand; his was still on my leg. Three years of marriage had been reduced to two-word sentences and mistaken caresses. I slid to the edge of the bed, keeping the ecru sheet stretched securely over my nudity. Danny traced my spine with his fingertips as I turned my bare back to him and kicked my legs over the edge of the bed.
He exhaled heavily. “Don’t go.” His voice was soft and gravelly. I froze at the sound of it. “Paige, stay.” He tried again, but all his entreaty did was spur me into motion.
My panties were on the floor by my feet, and I wasted no time yanking the pink lace up my legs. The sheet slipped, falling with a soft whoosh onto its fitted counterpart as I stood to pull those panties into place. He moaned the second my ass was covered.
About the Author:
Margo is a marketing specialist by day, and a writer of erotic romance by night. When she’s not busy penning steamy fantasies, she can be found man-watching on the beach. She is a lover of shiny things and an avid collector of shoes, but her heart will always belong to books.
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There is a tour wide giveaway for the blog tour of Danny. One winner will win a 25$ gift card from Amazon and 4 other winners will each win 1 e-copy of Danny by Margo Anne Rhea.
Synopsis
CUPID’S CHRISTMAS…A love story for both the young and the young at heart. In a spot somewhere between Heaven and Earth, Cupid is trying to overcome the forces of lust, jealousy and the events brought on by his nemeses — Life Management.
Cupid matched John and Eleanor thirty years ago, but Life Management stepped in and fouled things up. Now they are both single and back together again, but before Cupid can give them the happiness they deserve, he’s got to come up with some magic, a few miracles and a dog for John’s daughter.
My Review
What I liked:
Um..having a character named after me!
it was a fun read
the light humor
the characters of John & Eleanor were my favorites
What I didn’t like:
sometimes, the narrative got a bit repetitive.
I would have liked to know more about the “Life Management” section.
I flew through the book & enjoyed it a lot.
My Rating
Amazon
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