Goodreads Blurb: Hell hath no fury like a witch done wrong. Pissed off and packing an arsenal of witchy mojo, Martha is on the warpath. Determined to avenge the murder of her mother and grandmother, her mission is simple: kill every vampire, demon and underworld bastard she comes across, because one of those hell beasts might be the monster that stole her childhood from her. But when a sexy Latin vamp literally falls from the sky, saving her from becoming an undead Happy Meal, she has no choice but to reassess everything she thinks she knows. Xan is an anomaly --a vampire born, not turned. A powerful warlock who walks in daylight, Xan spends his days, and nights, watching over Martha, protecting her from Lucian, the blood-sucking monstrosity whose sole mission in death is to drain her dry. Undeniable attraction and the promise of pleasures untold draw the two lovers into a frustrating dance of one step forward, two steps back. When Lucian throws down a deadly ultimatum, Martha is forced to choose between relying on her own mystical woo woo to save the lives of her stolen friends or succumbing to the lure of dark, voodoo magic. Xan and Martha must work together to save those closest to her and put an end to Lucian's reign of terror before it's too late
Goodreads Blurb: As a college senior and server at Hanaford Park's hottest nightclub, twenty-one year old Ryann Pierce's plan was simple: work hard, make lots of money, and avoid the ass-grabbers at all costs. What she never planned for was Quinn Donegan—the living, breathing advertisement for sinful behavior that waltzed into her life. With an angelic face, a hard body and a butt-load of charm, Quinn had a way with the ladies—a lot of ladies. Cursed with a deadly, addictive touch, his trail of indiscretion blazed across five hundred years. Tired and jaded, Ryann is a shocking revelation Quinn didn't see coming. Filled with desire, yet unable to touch one another, Ryann and Quinn embark on a daunting journey, battling frustrating physical limitations while exploring their new love. In a race against the clock, Ryann learns she must plead for Quinn's life before…the Eve of Samhain. Determined to end her lover's suffering, not even the danger dogging her every move can keep her from her mission.
Goodreads Blurb: When Abbey's best friend, Kristen, vanishes at the bridge near Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, everyone else is all too quick to accept that Kristen is dead and rumors fly that her death was no accident. Abbey goes through the motions of mourning her best friend, but privately, she refuses to believe that Kristen is really gone. Then she meets Caspian, the gorgeous and mysterious boy who shows up out of nowhere at Kristen's funeral, and keeps reappearing in Abbey's life. Caspian clearly has secrets of his own, but he's the only person who makes Abbey feel normal again...but also special.
Just when Abbey starts to feel that she might survive all this, she learns a secret that makes her question everything she thought she knew about her best friend. How could Kristen have kept silent about so much? And could this secret have led to her death? As Abbey struggles to understand Kristen's betrayal, she uncovers a frightening truth that nearly unravels her—one that will challenge her emerging love for Caspian, as well as her own sanity.
Nothing's simple when you run with werewolves. Jess Gillmansen thinks she's seen it all but her eyes are about to be opened to even more danger and a reality far more paranormal than she's suspected. With Jess' realization that the Rusakovas' mother is still alive and imprisoned, the group's choices become harder and trust more important. Lines are drawn and relationships change as the broken Rusakova family struggles to reunite to free their mother - and those who Jess thought to be normal people show themselves to be much, much more...
Goodreads Synopsis: Everything about Jessie Gillmansen’s life changed when her mother died. Now even her hometown of Junction is changing. Mysterious dark things are happening. All Jessie wants is to avoid more change. But showing a hot new guy around Junction High, she’s about to discover a whole new type of change. Pietr Rusakova is more than good looks and a fascinating accent—he’s a guy with a dangerous secret. And his very existence is sure to bring big trouble to Jessie’s small town. It seems change is the one thing Jessie can’t avoid…
My Thoughts: Do you think that your life is complicated? Well then you haven't met Jessie yet. Her life is the epitome of complicated. After loosing her mom in a horrific car crash and her best friend being injured in the same car crash Jessie was barely living her life. And going through high school not in the "in" crowd hasn't made Jessie's life any easier. But she has a solid group of friends and is learning to cope day by day.
So when Pietr Rusokav and his family show up, Jessie's life is sent into a tailspin. This mysterious Russian seems to have a magnetic force that attracts the attention of every girl in school including her best friend Sarah. Her life just got even more complicated then she ever wanted.
But Pietr's family secret is more than Jessie ever could have expected. And her attraction to Pietr isn't making it any easier.
I absolutely loved 13 to Life. It is an amazing story of loss, deception, betrayal. It is also the ultimate story of love and loyalty.
I adored this story and it has all the elements of a book that I love. There was such a great connection between the characters and an amazing plot. As soon as I thought I had the book figured out Shannon threw in more loops that I was not expecting. A gripping read that kept me on my toes.
An amazing YA. I highly recommend 13 to Life to anyone who loves the paranormal and hot Russian Werewolves.
Alexander Drupont's parents both died in a gruesome car crash on his twenty-first birthday. While most assume it is tragic, to Alexander this innocuous event is a springboard that launches him into the middle of the spiritual fantastical. From a mysterious man who seems to know his family he receives a key to a safety deposit box in a small town. Bringing along his closest friends he travels there to discover what is contained in the box and why he received it.
this weeks question. How Did you come up with your blog name?
Oh I originally had a different blog name.. My Bloody Fairy Tale because I love paranormal and but I don't just read paranormal so I needed to pick a name that was similar to my original name but more open for all genres!
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Goodreads Blurb: It's 1854 and sixteen-year-old Molly would give anything to change her circumstances as a lowly servant in a posh London house. So when she hears of an opportunity to join the nurses who will be traveling with Florence Nightingale to the Crimea, she jumps at the chance. The work is grueling, the hospital conditions deplorable, and Miss Nightingale a demanding teacher.
Before long, the plight of British soldiers becomes more than just a mission of mercy as Molly finds that she's falling in love with both a dashing young doctor and a soldier who has joined the army to be near her. But with the battle raging ever nearer, can Molly keep the two men she cares for from harm? A love story to savor, and a fascinating behind-the-scenes imagining of the woman who became known as "the lady with the lamp."
My Thoughts: Molly a young parlor maid in 1854 is dismissed from her duties at the house of the Abington-Smythes where she had been working for since she was 15. A young girl with no education and no hopes of working as a parlor maid again, she overhears a news boy yelling out the days headlines about the war and how the lady Florence Nightingale was calling for 100 experienced nurses to travel with her to Turkey to take care of all the soldiers over there.
Molly did not have any knowledge or experience in nursing but went for the interview anyways. Upon learning that she was not qualified to go, Molly takes it upon herself to find a way. Afraid of being disgraced by her parents and needing to send money home to help care for her family, 17 year old Molly sets out on the journey of a lifetime.
The amazing story of the real Florence Nightingale and her amazing tale of how she improved the nursing conditions for the entire world and modern medicine. With a strict thinking process on how things should be done ended up leaving Nightingale with a reputation for her abrasiveness, single-minded to the point of obsession and self-sacrificing practices. Florence Nightingale was the greatest heroine of her time.
Upon meeting Molly, Nightingale decides to give her a chance. A stickler for the rules as Nightingale was she was something in Molly. Molly turned out to be an extraordinary nurse but had a difficult time following Nightingale's rules. One of her most important was no flirting with the men at all. Neither doctors or soldiers.
Molly finds herself struggling with her own heart between Will her friend from back home who has followed her all the way to Turkey and Dr Mclean.
In The Shadow of The Lamp is a wonderful tale of heart, fate, courage and survival. An amazing love story and a great eye opener for the lives of women back in the 1850's. Suzanne has written an emotional masterpiece that will transcend across all age gaps. Gripping story line and a wonderful mix of fact and fiction.
I absolutely adore paranormal romance. Nightshade was no exception. This was an amazing story on all levels. Michelle Rowen brought kick ass heroin to a whole new level for me.
Blurb From Michelle's Site: Jillian Conrad never believed in vampires. But she’s just become a living, breathing weapon against them. Attacked by a desperate scientist, she is injected with a serum that was supposed to act as a deadly poison to vampires. And when the scientist is gunned down in front of her, his secrets die with him.
Declan Reyes was only half-vampire, but he hates them with all his heart. He knows that the poison in Jillian’s veins could finally destroy the undead kingdom. Also, the serum has had an unintended effect, making her blood irresistible to all vampires—including Declan, whose bloodthirsty traits are driven into a frenzy by her.
Driven by duty to protect her and by instinct to crave her, Declan takes Jillian into his world of blood and battle. But he soon realizes his increasing need for her may be a different kind of hunger…
My Thoughts: Jillian Conrad was an ordinary woman who worked temp jobs because she could never find anything she loved enough to keep a permanent position. While working at a temp job that she didn't really like, Jillian set out to get coffee one afternoon, but she didn't realize that that afternoon getting stuck in the Starbucks waiting line would change her life forever.
On her way back to her office while waiting for an elevator Jill's life changed the moment Dr.Anderson stepped out of off the elevator. Jill could tell that there was something wrong with the look in his eyes but she never expected to be caught in the middle of a showdown between Dr Anderson and Declan a half vampire, a dahmpyr assassin. During the most bizarre argument that Jill has ever heard Anderson took Jill as a hostage and stuck her in the neck with a poison. A poison that shoved Jill into the world of Vampires and vampire hunters.
Declan Reyes a dahmpry vampire assassin has done what he has been told to do for his entire life. Suppressing animalistic side has been the only thing that Declan cares about. Even though he is half vampire he hates the entire species with everything he has. He has spent his entire life keeping his emotions in check that he doesn't realize when someone is trying to get close to him.
Declan takes Jill back to his home where his father Carson Reyes is suppose to help Jill figure out how to take Nightshade out of her system without killing her. But finds out that there is more going on with his father's research then he could ever imagine possible.
I absolutely adored Nightshade. An action-packed read from beginning to end. I absolutely loved Jill. The spirit and fight that she has is remarkable considering what she is going through. But Jill soon realizes that her life means more to her than even she realized. The relationship between Declan and Jill is mysterious and heart throbbing.
A great story of betrayal, passion, fear, longing and hope. Nightshade is a must read for me. Anyone who loves paranormal romance and loves a Kick Ass Heroine and an amazingly Sexy Half Vampire definitely need to check out Michelle's Nightshade! I am highly anticipating Bloodlust book 2 in the Nightshade series.
I would like to thank Mindy for stopping by today! I am honored to have her here. Now I will be honest and say that I haven't read Fallen from Disgrace yet :( Horrible I know. But I have heard some wonderful things about her book. Thank you so much for coming by Mindy :)
Ok so I have finally gotten use to my schedule! woot! lol I have managed to keep up some great reading time considering how exhausted I have been. I also love my job for the one reason that I can still read! Woot yes I can still read even at work. I work in a call center for a new cell phone company that has opened up in Canada so when I am not on the phones I can read. How freaking awesome is that? I know I thought working was going to cut down on reading but nope not at all :) So in turn this makes me a very happy woman, so as all of you wonderful book lovers know, when we cannot read it makes us very angry.. So as all of you can imagine this is great.. Ok so enough of my ramblings lol Lets get to the wonderful IMMB hosted by the Lovely Kristi from The Story Siren
Adversary by Kate Kaynak Release Date:August 18 2010 Publisher: Spencer Hill Press Format: ARC Paperback Pages:238 Genre: YA/Supernatural Series: Ganzfield (#2) Source: Author
Goodreads Synopsis: Things are more dangerous than they seem at Ganzfield, and not everyone will survive. Does Maddie have what it takes?
See what happens next in the sequel to Minder.
My Thoughts: Ok so If I thought Minder was amazing I had no idea that Kate could make it any better, but sure enough she did. Kate takes the story to a whole different level with Advesary. Absolutely brilliantly written and extremely captivating. Kate has no problem keeping me hooked onto every word.
Maddie, Trevor,Drew, Rachel and Hannah embark on a terrifying task when they discover a devastating tragedy has hit Ganzfield the place that everyone has come to know as home. The danger from Isaiah is still threatening the lives of everyone that Maddie loves. Most of all herself. Being the only one with Telepathic abilities as strong as Isaiah, leaves Isaiah needing to eliminate Maddie now more than ever. With Isaiah wanting to destroy all the G-Positives of the world he has become a stark raving lunatic in his quest to wipe them off from the world.
Maddie and Trevor's relationship continues to grow in the strongest ways possible. Their love for each other is unwavering as their connection brings them closer together than anyone, even them, would have guessed possible.
Maddie knows that the only way to stop Isaiah is to kill him before he kills everyone else. But will they be able to stop him before he causes them more pain? Or is this just the beginning?
I absolutely love this series and cannot get enough of it. I love the relationship between Maddie and Trevor. I found myself laughing, and crying and feeling every emotion possible while reading. Kate has introduced a couple new characters who bring some new drama into their already hectic lives.
If you have not gotten your hands on Minder or Advesary I highly highly suggest you do. You will not be disappointed I promise. A must read for me!
I just wanted to take a little break from Blog related stuff and take a time to send a thought out to those in Japan, Hawaii and The west coast. This is a terrible Tragedy and My thoughts and heart goes out to all of those who are suffering during this Devastating ordeal. We are all thinking about you and hope that too many lives are not lost.
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Goodreads Synopsis: New enemies, new romance, and new horrors,
Billi's back, and it seems like the Unholy just can't take a hint.
Still reeling from the death of her best friend, Kay, Billi's thrust back into action when the Templars are called to investigate werewolf activity. And these werewolves are like nothing Bilil's seen before.
They call themselves the Polenitsy - Man Killers. The ancient warrior women of Eastern Europe, supposedly wiped out centuries ago. But now they're out of hiding and on the hunt for a Spring Child -- an Oracle powerful enough to blow the volcano at Yellowstone -- precipitating a Fimbulwinter that will wipe out humankind for good.
The Templars follow the stolen Spring Child to Russia, and the only people there who can help are the Bogatyrs, a group of knights who may have gone to the dark side. To reclaim the Spring Child and save the world, Billi needs to earn the trust of Ivan Romanov, an arrogant young Bogatyr whose suspicious of people in general, and of Billi in particular.
Dark Goddess is a page-turning, action-packed sequel that spans continents, from England to the Russian underworld and back. This is an adventure of folklore and myth become darkly real. Of the world running out of time. And of Billi SanGreal, the only one who can save it.
My Thoughts: The second installment in the Dark Kiss series was just as action-packed and high energy as the first novel. We continue to follow the life of 15 year old Billi SanGreal as the Templar Knights continue to try to save mankind from all that is Unholy.
Billi and Pelleas set off in search of a renegade werewolf. The Knights have made a truce amongst the local werewolf pack. As long as the werewolves don't hunt humans, the Knights will leave them be. But every once in a while a werewolf will go rogue and break the truce. During their hunt, Billi and Pelleas come across a local farmhouse. The entire family has been slaughtered except for a little girl, Vasilia. As Billi battles her way through the two werewolves she saves the young girl and barely escapes. But Vasilia is no ordinary girl. She is special, very special. She is the Spring Child, an orcacle with more power than anyone should wield, let alone a 9 year old girl.
But the Knights aren't the only ones who know that Vasilia is the Spring Child, so do the Polenitsy, a werewolf pack from Russia. The all woman pack are working in service to Baba Yaga, mother nature herself. Baba Yaga needs the Spring Child in order to bring devastation to the Earth, to plague it back to the way it was when the Earth just started. Baba Yaga believes that mankind is killing Earth and needs Vasilia to make this happen.
Billi and the Knights go to Russia in search of Vasila after she was kidnapped by the Polenitsy. The Knights team up with the Bogytars when the reach Russia, a group much like the Knights, or at least that's what they were told. Here Billi meets Ivan the young Romanov prince who is supposed to be the heir to the throne. After Ivan learns of the great deceit amongst his people he leaves with Billi in serach of Vasilia and Baba Yaga.
Will they make it in time to save the young girl and the rest of mankind? Or will they just just a little too late?
Sarwat did not disappoint with Dark Goddess. The same brilliant storyline and writing style as Devils Kiss. Sarwat kept me on my toes throughout the entire story. He effortlessly tells Billi's story and had me captivated the whole way through. I cannot wait to see where Sarwat takes his story next.
Goodreads Synopsis: As the youngest and only female member of the Knights Templar, Bilquis SanGreal grew up knowing she wasn't normal. Instead of hanging out at the mall or going on dates, she spends her time training as a soldier in her order's ancient battle against the Unholy.
Billi's cloistered life is blasted apart when her childhood friend, Kay, returns from Jerusalem, gorgeous and with a dangerous chip on his shoulder. He's ready to reclaim his place in Billi's life, but she's met someone new: amber-eyed Michael, who seems to understand her like no one else, effortlessly claiming a stake in her heart.
But the Templars are called to duty before Billi can enjoy the pleasant new twist to her life. One of the order's ancient enemies has resurfaced, searching for a treasure that the Templars have protected for hundreds of years -- a cursed mirror powerful enough to kill all of London's firstborn. To save her city from catastrophe, Billi will have to put her heart aside and make sacrifices greater than any of the Templars could have imagined.
My thoughts: Billi SanGreal wants to be normal, not some soilder of a long but forgotten society of warriors. She just wants to have friends, go to the movies or maybe even have a boyfriend. But no she just happens to be the youngest member of the world's most famous society the Knights Templar. But the Knight's Templar is not what it once was. It was the most respected and feared and not just a shell of what it once was. From numbers at one time being in the thousands are now down to 9. 9 people to defend humanity against the monsters that hide in the shadows. The creatures that children are told about as bedtime stories.
The faith that humanity once had in God has faltered leaving these warriors to devote their lives to saving their souls from those they once prayed to.
Billi and her father Arthur, the master of the Knights, spend their lives training and trying to defend the world. But Billi doesn't want this anymore. She wants out but her father would never allow that to happen. Arthur is the most cruel and most emotionless man she has ever met. He wasn't always that way, but after her mother's murder Arthur has never been the same.
Billi's life is turned upside down when her best friend Kay returns from his year long trip to train in Jerusalem. The only person her age that she has ever been frineds with. But the Kay who comes back is not her her lighthearted friend who left. Sick and tired of living her life to only fight and nothing else Billi seeks solace in a beautiful stranger Mike. There is something so captivating about Mike that makes Billi drop all of her defences. But Mike isn't all that he seems.
Kay wants to save Billi from all that will and can hurt her but cannot bring himself to get close to her. Afraid that he will loose her he pushes her away only to realize that she is the only one he needs. But is it too late? Heavenly beings have other plans for the Knights. Can they save mankind from those that they pray to?
I absolutely devoured Devil's Kiss. I was immediately engrossed in the story. Devil's Kiss is an action-packed, hight-energy and faced paced read. I was not bored once throughout the entire book. I love Billi. She is a great heroine who can kick some serious ass and needs to be feared even by Heavenly Beings. Sarwat had be eagerly anticipating the next page. It was a very gripping read. Devil's Kiss is a great read. I highly recommend it.
Before that fateful summer night, Willow had balanced the insight of emotion, and the vivid images. That night, the figure in her nightmare marked her wrist with a star, giving her father no choice but to tell Willow a family secret that would abruptly change life, as she knew it, forever. Before Willow had time to absorb the shock of her father's secret, her soul mate that had shared every stunning dream with her, found her, and darkness captured her closest friends. In order to save them, she must weave through broken myths and the undeniable power of the Zodiac. In the end, Willow discovers that at the moment of our birth we are all given a divine gift.
Ohh work has been freaking insane the last two weeks. Getting use to it has left me exhausted but that hasn't stopped my mailbox from being amazing!
So this week I got in
An ereader from my lovely friend Theresa over at Fade Into Fantasy Yes these things are freaking amazing. It just means my TBR pile is bigger now more than ever.
I also got in
I also got in a t-shirt from the lovely Kate Kaynak and some swag and a bookmark from Dawn Metcalf of her upcoming release of Luminous!
So continuing with my Daily posts! I am going to borrow a meme lol. Waiting on Wednesday. I don't normally participate in meme's but I really like this one so I figured I would start participating more.
The 5 Most Common Black-Leather-Shoe Mistakes Women Make
By Marian L. Thomas
Ladies! There are a few simple things you can avoid that will save you from repeat B.L.S.D, (Black-Leather-Shoes Doom) that we all experience from time to time. However, please remember that even after reading this, it might not prevent you from running into, marrying or dating a B.L.S.D - type of man overnight, but I hope that the information below will help you to see, acknowledge and accept the warning signs before it's too late. Shall we begin?
Mistake #1—Checking out his appearance and getting lost in his black leather shoes!
Solution: If his shoes are shinning more than what he says to you or does for you, run!
Mistake #2—Forgetting to check out his background before thinking about your future together.
Solution: Do your homework. Find out about the past drama before you become the present drama.
Mistake #3—Check the Compliments!
Solution: Ask yourself: Does it sound sincere? You want to be sure he is being sincere with his compliments and not just telling you something that 50 other women have heard.
Mistake #4—Not having a 'line' in mind!
Solution: Know and have standards but make sure that you are up to par with them yourself.
Mistake #5—Not Repeating this to yourself: "I am worth it"!
Solution: He smiled to capture your interest, brought your flowers and called you every night, now make sure that he keeps doing it.
That's it ladies, the 5 most common Black-Leather-Shoe Mistakes, we as women can make at some point in our lives.
About the Author:
Marian L. Thomas, reared in Chicago but lives with her biggest-supporter—her husband and their spoiled but playful dog, Winston in Atlanta, Georgia. Her debut title, Color Me Jazzmyne, went on to become an Amazon Best-Seller and was ranked as one of the" Top 100 Books"-1st Qtr 2010 by the Sankofa Literary Society Review.
Marian welcomes the release of her second book, My Father's Colors-The Drama-Filled Journey of Naya MonàContinues on March 1, 2011 to online retailers, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble.com, Kindle and Nook. Be sure to get your copy today! It is sure to be another Best-Seller for the author as it takes you on the journey of four individuals that lead to one destination filled with betrayal, lies and shocking secrets.
How? It's easy. Marian will be a guest blogger for some of the most amazing blogs, such as this one. Visit each blog, leave a comment and your name will be entered into a drawing for one signed copy of my book. The person who has left the most comments (one per blog) will win.
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