Sneak Peak: This Wicked Rush (Wild Rush 1)

This Wicked Rush (Wild Rush 1) by Jessie Evans
Age Group: New Adult
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: April 14, 2014
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Book Description:

“You know what I like, Caitlin. You know I want you to beg for it.”

Gabe

I’ve never been the kind of person to give up on something I want. Now, I refuse to take no for an answer. I want this girl. I want to help her, and sleep with her, and steal things with her, and make her laugh the way she did right that night in her friend's car. We’re going to have a summer neither of us will ever forget, and by the time we go our separate ways, she’ll have enough money to go to college, and I will have had her…every way I want her.

Caitlin

I’m starting to forget why it’s a bad idea to get in any deeper with a boy who is a walking, talking contradiction. A boy who has a taste for breaking the law, a wicked way with words, and a confident touch that leaves no doubt he’s way more experienced than I am. I’ve spent my life putting aside my own needs and cleaning up after other people’s mistakes. Now, I want to make a mistake of my own.

I know I’m playing with fire, but for Gabe I'm willing to beg to be burned.

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Excerpt:
I study him out of the corner of my eye as he starts the car and shifts into reverse, doing my best not to fidget when he puts an arm behind my chair and turns to look through the back glass. His face is so close to mine I can smell the spicy, soapy smell of him, that same scent that lingered on my clothes all the way home after I dropped him at the bus stop the night of our heist. By the time I got home, I’d been half drunk with lust, and wishing I’d had the guts to accept his invitation to meet up after he hid the money and jewelry.

I had never been tempted by that kind of invitation before, but that night…

“What are you thinking?” Gabe brakes in the middle of the street, attention shifting to my face as he puts the car in drive.

“Nothing,” I say, voice more breathless than I would like.

“Liar,” he says. “Tell me. I dare you.”

Blog Tour: Shadow Fire (The Light Chronicles #1)

Shadow Fire (The Light Chronicles #1) by Kimber Leigh Wheaton
Age Group: Young Adult
Genre: Paranormal
Release Date: February 24, 2014
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Book Description:

Ashlyn – a free-spirited teenager whose peaceful life is shattered when the village elders honor her with a perilous quest to recover a stolen relic.

Zane – a jaded mercenary, torn by his undeniable desire for Ashlyn and the dark secret that could make her hate him forever.

Delistaire – a malevolent sorcerer driven by an insatiable lust for power. All three are bound together by an ancient relic supposedly infused with the power of a Goddess.

Shadow Fire - adventure, passion, secrets, and betrayal

As Ashlyn and Zane race to stay one step ahead of the evil lurking in the shadows, their passions are ignited and their bond strengthens. But will they find the relic before Delistaire? Or has their entire quest been orchestrated from the very beginning by a madman in pursuit of ultimate power?

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Excerpt:
When we reach the deck, everyone stops to stare at me. Trying to ignore the blatant curiosity, I follow Hanna down the aft stairs to the brig. Zane and Taranis occupy cells across from each other. They’re both sitting on the floor glaring daggers at each other. Hanna hands the key to me and slips away. Inching closer, I’m careful to remain out of reach of the two prisoners. As soon as they see me, both men jump up and start talking over each other.

“Ashlyn! How are you feeling, Love?” Zane asks.

“Ashlyn, my fiery angel, you are a ray of sunshine in this dank prison!” Taranis says.

“I’m gonna let you both out, if, and only if, you promise to behave,” I threaten. Both men nod their agreement. “That means no fighting. It also means we never, and I mean never, speak of what happened last night.” When I get no argument, I free Zane first and then Taranis.

Promotional Event: Captured (Vice, Virtue & Video #2)

Captured (Vice, Virtue & Video #2) by Bianca Giovanni
Age Group: New Adult
Genre: Erotic Romance
Release Date: April 15, 2014
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Book Description:

Lifelong best friends James Laird and Lola Caraway are reunited when Lola moves to LA after college. Lola is starting her new life, new job, and a new romance with a successful lawyer--a relationship which forces James to question the nature of his feelings for Lola.

Meanwhile James' agent has him making BDSM films, though to him it's all an act. Unfortunately, these films have brought him the attention of hardcore producer Eva Satana, who wants James to be a ruthless Dominant -for real- in her brutal and extreme scenes. James soon finds himself caught in a contract he cannot break and compelled by threats to the girl who's stood by him through everything.

James can't stand the thought of anyone else with his sweet, virginal best friend. But they are just friends...aren't they? Can their friendship survive so much desire and deception? Their decisions will decide who will be free and who will be Captured.

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Excerpt:
“Honestly, I just don’t think I’d ever want to spice it up like that.” My voice has taken on a timid edge, and I realize that all the guys are staring at me.

Weekly Round-Up!

I'm always looking for different things to do in order to keep the blog fresh and I realized recently that I've never shared any of the truly amazing places I've found online with any of you. There are so many gems that I stumble upon constantly and so I figured what better way to share them, then in a weekly round-up!

This Weeks Featured Site: The Domestic Rebel
Guys, Hayley is like, the best thing on the internet! Not thing, human person, but still. Oh, and her recipes, my god her recipes…if I liked women I’d have proposed to her by now as long as she promised to keep me in sweets for the rest of my natural born (and probably very short lived) life. I know I mentioned her in my last weekly round-up, but guys…She absolutely deserves it!

Review: Unbound (All Good Things #1)

Unbound (All Good Things #1) by Georgia Bell
Age Group: Young Adult
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Release Date: November 2, 2013
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Book Description:

After her father dies, Rachel realizes she is scared and stuck. Scared of heights, of cars, of disasters harming the people she loves. Stuck in a life that is getting smaller by the minute. Stuck with a secret she has kept all her life: Someone has been watching over her since birth. Someone who tends to show up when she needs him the most. Someone she believes is her guardian angel.

Eaden is a 1,500-year-old immortal who wants to die. Drained by a life stretched too thin, he has requested his final reward – a mortal sacrifice bred specifically to bring him death. But something went wrong. Rachel’s ability to grant death has mutated in ways that threaten to upset the uneasy alliance between mortals and immortals. And utterly beguiled, Eaden discovers that although Rachel is the key to his death, because of her, he no longer wants to die. And he will do anything to protect her.

Swept into a world of legends, caught between the warring political factions of immortals, and carrying the future of mortal kind in her flesh and bone, Rachel must risk everything to save her world and the man she loves.

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Unbound by Georgia Bell follows Rachel, a shy 18-year-old, who lives with her mom and grandmother and works at a library. She has one friend, Lacey, and doesn’t really have much of a social life. That being said, she does have a secret. Ever since she was a little girl, Rachel has known someone was watching over her. But she doesn’t know who or why.

Honestly I have mixed feelings about Unbound.  The story is incredibly well-written and I really enjoyed the plot. It’s rare to have an immortal in a book who isn’t a vampire, so that was a really nice change in pace. I also loved the lore or mythology of how the immortals were created. The way most of the immortals lived sort of reminded me of the Observes from Fringe before they went super power hungry and evil. It was awesome.

Promotional Event: The Whitechapel Virgin

The Whitechapel Virgin by Carla Acheson
Age Group: Adult
Genre: Historical Romance
Release Date: February 2014
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Book Description:

When innocent Catherine Bell stumbles into the seedy world of Madame Davenport’s brothel lodging-house, she meets lothario Edward Cross, who feels his ambitious diary of the Whitechapel area’s prostitutes will benefit favourably with her entry.

Catherine soon begins to experience animosity from the other women there, as well as mounting fears over Cross’s brutal and strange sexual manner. 

With nowhere to turn things worsen when prostitutes in the area begin to disappear one by one, only to be found murdered by a ruthless and bloody man.

Soon every woman in Whitechapel is terrified and asking, who is Jack the Ripper?

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Excerpt:
"Annie leaned down and for a few moments did nothing as she watched the orphan girl's shoulders heave as she sobbed. Surprised, she felt a sudden developing pity for the wretch, and laid one hand on the girls shoulder, a gesture which moments before had been unthinkable.