Wednesday, May 13, 2009

This Year's Christmas Present (Anthology)

This Year's Christmas Present (Love Spell Contemporary Romanc) This Year's Christmas Present by Nina Bangs


My review


rating: 4 of 5 stars
I think I would have given this book 4 1/2 stars (if it were possible) except for the fact that one (of the three) stories was a reprint that I'd already read in a different book that another Sandra Hill short romance story had appeared in (the book was called Here Comes Santa Claus ... I think).

The other two short stories were fantastic though. Heart felt with the right touch of sexuality. I would recommend this book as a library find but not a purchase.

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Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Fear The Darkness (Dark-Hunter series #17)

Fear the Darkness (Dark-Hunter, #17) Fear the Darkness by Sherrilyn Kenyon

My review


rating: 5 of 5 stars
A fantastic short story from Kenyon that can be found on her website. A must read for Kenyon fans!

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Harmony's Way (Breed series #8)

Harmony's Way (Breed Series, #8) Harmony's Way (Breed Series, #8) by Lora Leigh


My review


rating: 2 of 5 stars
I'm really starting to get sick of Lora Leigh's writing. There doesn't seem to be much of a plot behind any of her novels ... or any true emotions. Just one character having a lot (and graphic sex) with another character who Lora Leigh then declares the mate of which ever character is breed.

Harmony's Way (Breed Series, #8) isn't much different. You find out Harmony is a Breed they formerly called Death. Her brother, who you are lead to believe wants revenge against her for killing their mother, sends her to Broken Butte, a small town in what I assumed was the southwest, to a man named Lance Jacobs, who is her mate. Harmony's brother, Jonas, knew Lance was Harmony's mate but we are never told how he knew.

The plot never really develops and there is a twist of fanatical supremists thrown in there but the book never really takes off. Poor excuse for a book if you ask me.

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Darkness Revealed (Guardians of Eternity series #4)

Darkness Revealed (Guardians of Eternity, #4) Darkness Revealed by Alexandra Ivy


My review


rating: 4 of 5 stars
Anna Randal has no idea why she doesn't age ... and why she doesn't die but she blames it all on Conde Cezar and the night that spent in his bed 200 years before.

Living the passed 200 years as all but an eunich, Cezar has been Anna sworn protector, even if she hasn't know about it. Now that he's right at her side, will he be able to save her heart?


Morgana le Fay is after Anna's head. And Cezar wants her heart. What's a future Oracle to do?

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Sunday, May 10, 2009

Frankly, My Dear ... (Creole Historical series #1)

Frankly, My Dear (Creole Historical, #1) (Timeswept) Frankly, My Dear by Sandra Hill


My review


rating: 5 of 5 stars
One of Sandra Hill's better novels (not that any of them are terrible ... this one just stands out).

Selene is starving. Literally. She's a model. One of America's most beautiful people and she hates her life. Capivated by Gone With The Wind since she was little, she's spent her life looking for her Rhett. Then at one photo shoot, she passes out only to awaken in Louisiana ... in the 1830s.

Mistaken for a light skinned slave, Selena finds her hero in James and his unconventional life. Who needs who more? A former model who can't stop eating? Or the dour sugar plantation owner who would rather free his slaves than deal with his screwed up family?

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Book: Love Potion (Cajun series #1)

The Love Potion (Cajun, #1) The Love Potion by Sandra Hill


My review


rating: 3 of 5 stars
Not one of Sandra Hill's best, but The Love Potion was a decent read. I felt for the characters and want to empathize with them.

The Cajun bad boy and the Creole beauty have always been at odds with one another. Since the day that Luc asked the overly shy Sylvie to dance when they were twelve and she turned him down, he's been in love with her.

Now 33, Sylvie is a brillant chemist with a bright future. She's developing the next big drug, bigger than Viagra. A love potion in jelly bean form.

Luc is the "Swamp Solicitor" known for representing poorer people. One day, Luc comes to Sylvie looking for help. The local Oil company is polluting the bayou and killing shrimp and crawfish, the life blood of the local economy.

What happens when Luc mistakenly eats a Jelly Bean that he finds in Sylvie's work spac?

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Monday, May 4, 2009

Book: Hot & Heavy (Viking II series #5)

Hot & Heavy (Viking II, #5) Hot & Heavy by Sandra Hill


My review


rating: 4 of 5 stars
I've gotta say. I think that this book, so far, is my absolute favorite of Sandra Hill's books. It reads fast and beautifully. The emotion, the love, the sex, are all there and in the perfect quantity. The plot is believable and well executed.

Ian MacLean is as hardassed as they come. Leader of a SEAL team, Ian takes it in spades when something dangerous has to be done, like entering a cave in enemy territory. But what he finds there will knock his socks off.

Madrene Ogladottir is the last of her family alive. Alone he defended her homestead of Norsestead until Steinhold took her prisoner and threatened to kill off all of her holders. He sells her into the harems of the Arab lands when she refuses to wed him. One day, two years later, she finds herself in a horrible sandstorm one minute and a cave shelter the next.


Ian wanders upon a woman, smelling to high heaven and looking like Phyllis Dyller. What is she doing in the middle of the desert? And why does Ian feel like he knows her already?

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Book: Hot Spell (Breed Series #6)

Hot Spell (Includes: Breed Series, #6; Guardians, #1) Hot Spell by Emma Holly


My review


rating: 3 of 5 stars
Tarek wants Lyra. He doesn't know why. He doesn't really care. But can this human, petite and so ... normal, have feelings for an abomination?

She works as an accountant. She makes coffee. And she bakes bread when she's stressed. How could a nobody virgin like Lyra have anything to offer the gorgeous Tarek Jordan who moved in next door six months ago?

When Lyra is attacked all hell breaks loose and we will see how far a little Mating Heat can take these two.

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Friday, May 1, 2009

Book: Lady & The Vamp (Immortality Bites series #3)

Lady & the Vamp (Immortality Bites, Book 3) Lady & the Vamp by Michelle Rowen


My review


rating: 5 of 5 stars
Michelle Rowen outdid herself this time. The third (and best so far) installment of the Immortality Bites series) has Janie (mercenary extraordinaire) and Quinn (long time hunter, first time vampire) meeting up, again.

Both searching for the same fabled item, The Eye, the two are drawn into three different messed up character's bids for world domination and/or power of one sort or another.

Janie's still got the hots for Quinn (her older brother's best friend growing up). When they were 12 and 17 ... he was a god. Now that they are 25 and 30 ... well Janie still thinks he looks like a Greek God but the Boss of The Company wants him dead.


Quinn thinks Janie's grown up ... and grown up very very well. What's a hungry vamp to do with such a tasty morsel hanging around?

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