Sunday, March 12, 2017

Diablo Springs by Erin Quinn

Title: Diablo Springs
Author: Erin Quinn
Date Read: March 2017
Number of Pages: 200
Why did you read it: Was on the nook
What was it about: If you listen hard enough, you'll hear their whispered warnings... When she escaped Diablo Springs years ago, Gracie Beck swore she'd never return. But all that changes on the night of her grandmother's tragic death when Diablo Springs lures Gracie's teenage daughter to its treacherous border. Fearing the threat of that haunted place and the danger it poses to her daughter, Gracie races to the rescue-only to find herself trapped in the turbulent current of a hundred year old curse and the menacing spirits that have terrorized the town's dusty streets for a century. Author Reilly Alexander has ghosts of his own in Diablo Springs-ghosts he needs to lay to rest before he can move on. Tempted by the promise of a bestselling story, he reluctantly returns to Diablo Springs only to find Gracie Beck waiting there. At first, Gracie wants nothing to do with the man who betrayed her years ago, but feelings she thought long gone spark to life when she sees Reilly again. She is drawn to his quiet strength and the burning desire he ignites within her. Reilly is determined to help save Gracie's daughter and prove his to love the woman he's never forgotten, but they've come to a dangerous place where even the dark waters are sinister and every lurking shadow should be feared.... Diablo Springs' history wants to be retold, but will the new ending destroy them all?
Who was your favorite Character: Reilly
How did you feel after reading it: It was a little confusing and it seemed to rush the ending but the story was a good one. I was more invested in the characters in the flashback then I was from the modern times. 
Questions/Comments: Paranormal Romance

Dark Flame by Caris Roane

Title: Dark Flame
Author: Caris Roane
Date Read: March 2017 
Number of Pages: 200
Why did you read it: Was on the nook
What was it about: Brannick works with Juliet Tunney to help several human women escape the nightmare of Five Bridges. But something isn’t right. Juliet acts as though she knows him really well, yet he’s only met her once. Unless…the dreams he’s been having about her aren’t dreams at all. When a sensual dream surfaces in vivid images and sounds, he knows something’s up with the beautiful fae woman from Revel Territory. And if what he suspects is true, Juliet has a lot to answer for. 
Juliet fell hard for Brannick the night she first signed on to help out with his rescue operation. She even violated a serious Revel Territory law by invading his dreams. What she hadn’t expected was how readily he took her up on her illegal dreamgliding offer. With her special fae abilities, she’s been his secret lover for five months. Sworn to withhold the nature of their dream-relationship from Brannick’s conscious mind, she faces the hard truth that she’s in danger of losing him forever because she broke the law. Once the truth surfaces, will Brannick ever be able to forgive her? 
Who was your favorite Character: Juliet
How did you feel after reading it: I enjoyed the book. There were brief mentions of other characters that had gotten together so I’m assuming that it wasn’t the first in a series but it was a standalone book and the author did a really good job. 
Questions/Comments: Paranormal Romance

Mating Challenge by Bonnie Vanak

Title: Mating Challenge
Author: Bonnie Vanak
Date Read: March 2017
Number of Pages: 200
Why did you read it: was on the nook
What was it about: For a long time alpha werewolf and ranch owner Aiden Mitchell has desired the curvy, vivacious Nikita Blakemore, alpha female of the Blakemore pack. He will have her as his mate and no other. To force her hand, Aiden maneuvers her into hosting a Mating Challenge, the ultimate warrior competition for werewolves, where males fight for the right to mate and breed with a female alpha. Fiercely protective of his future mate, Aiden will do anything to make her his own, even fight to the death. 
Masquerading as her twin sister, Nia Blakemore knows she is the one Aiden wants in his bed. Nia has dreamed of the handsome cowboy sweeping her into his strong arms and consummating the passion consuming them both, even though he thinks she is Nikita, the true alpha female. Nia must try to keep Aiden from discovering the truth to protect her frailer, gentler twin. But Nia and the real Nikita hide a secret far more deadly than the charade they have pulled off for years, one that can kill Aiden and any healthy male who sets foot upon their land… 
Who was your favorite Character: Aiden
How did you feel after reading it: It was a bit different then what I normally read but I really liked the story.
Questions/Comments:  Paranormal Romance

Hunger by Felicity Heaton

Title: Hunger
Author: Felicity Heaton
Date Read: March 2017
Number of Pages: 200
Why did you read it: Was on the nook
What was it about: Betrayed by one of her own and turned into a vampire, hunter Eve is consumed by her hunger for vengeance and has spent five years surviving hell, driven to take the life of the man she once loved. But just as she is about to close in on the hunter-turned-vampire, an event is set in motion that threatens to see him slip beyond her grasp forever—the leader of her bloodline has sent an escort to bring her to the family’s mansion. To a nest of the very creatures she once hunted and loathes.
A vampire assassin hardened by centuries of service, Tor is a man of discipline and loyalty, never straying from his mission or the rules set out for him, and has purged all his weaknesses, including his emotions.
But the moment he meets the broken, fiery female he is to escort to Oslo, something dangerous awakens in him, something possessive and powerful, and when he is pulled into a deadly game of cat and mouse with the man who betrayed her, Tor discovers he will do anything to protect the woman slowly claiming his heart and give her the vengeance she desires—even break all the rules.
Can Eve embrace her new vampire nature in order to have her revenge and find a reason to live again in Tor? Can Tor and Eve stop the man who betrayed her and the deaths of thousands of innocents? Or will he succeed in creating a new army of hybrid vampires who will rise up against the purebloods? 
Who was your favorite Character: Tor
How did you feel after reading it: It was a good book and I was surprised to find out that it was 8th in a series. The author did well explaining the world and not bringing in too many characters that you needed to know from previous books. 
Questions/Comments: Paranormal Romance

Warrior's Heart by Laurie London

Title: Warriors Heart
Author: Laurie London
Date Read: March 2017
Number of Pages: 180
Why did you read it: Was on the nook
What was it about: Imprisoned for years, he never forgot her. 
Zara Kane is leading a double life. By day, she’s a respected antiquities expert, working at a library, but by night, she’s a thief, stealing back artifacts that belong to her homeland. When she learns that a man she once loved—who abandoned her when she needed him the most—has been wrongly imprisoned, she uses her para-ability Talent to orchestrate a daring escape.
Vince Crawford is damaged man. After years of torture and suffering, the beautiful boy with the sparkling brown eyes is gone, replaced by a jaded ex-con hellbent on revenge. He isn’t afraid of anything, but when the woman he’s never stopped loving and the son he never knew he had are threatened by a ruthless enemy who knows they’re his greatest weakness, Vince will stop at nothing to keep them safe…even if it costs him his life. 
Who was your favorite Character: Zara
How did you feel after reading it:  I liked the book a lot. The ending was a bit anticlimatic but it was a good story and kept me interested. 
Questions/Comments: Paranormal Romance

Shadow Fall by Erin Kellison

Title: Shadow Fall
Author: Erin Kellison
Date Read: March 2017
Number of Pages: 260
Why did you read it: was on the nook
What was it about: Sacrifice
Custo Santovari accepted pain, blood, even death, to save his best friend. But a man with all his sins just isn't cut out to be an angel. 
Mystery One moment he's fleeing Heaven; the next, he's waking up stark naked in Manhattan. In the middle of a war. Called there by a woman who's desperately afraid of the dark.
ShadowIt gathers around Annabella as she performs, filled with fantastic images of another world, bringing both a golden hero and a nightmare lover.
Wolf He pursues her relentlessly, twisting her desires even as she gives herself to the man she loves. Because each of us has a wild side, and Annabella is about to unleash the beast. 
Who was your favorite Character: Custo
How did you feel after reading it: This was a good book and I liked that I could follow the world without too much trouble even though it was second in a series. 
Questions/Comments: Paranormal Romance

Bad Wolf by Jennifer Ashley

Title: Bad Wolf
Author: Jennifer Ashley
Date Read: March 2017 
Number of Pages: 149
Why did you read it: Was on the nook
What was it about: Wolf Shifter Broderick is stuck looking after his three younger brothers and a Collar-less Shifter who is driving him crazy, but he’s putting up with it for Joanne, the human woman he, for some reason, wants to impress. Joanne Greene, while grateful to Broderick for rescuing her sister, doesn’t know what to make of him. She’s been a loner most of her life, better able to relate to computers and coding than to people, until she’s drawn into the world of the Shifters.
Broderick is everything Joanne is not—a fighter and a tracker, from a rough-and-tumble family, better at working with his hands than understanding the netherworld of Joanne’s computer programmer life. Broderick is also extremely protective, wanting to draw her under his care as he does everyone else.
When Broderick is captured, mistaken for a Guardian, it’s Joanne who figures out that hackers are after the Guardian Network, the database that holds the deep secrets of Shifters past and present. Strangely, Broderick now holds the key to stopping the deadly danger of the network's breach, and Joanne with her coding skills is the only one who can help him.
Who was your favorite Character: Joanne. She was a strong independent woman and didn’t change.
How did you feel after reading it: It was a little confusing at first because it was in the middle of a world but it was a stand alone novel in that world and it was a good read. 
Questions/Comments: Paranormal Romance

Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Special Offers by M.L. Ryan

Title: Special Offers
Author: M.L. Ryan
Date Read: March 2017 
Number of Pages: 150
Why did you read it: Was on the nook
What was it about: Meet Hailey — possessed by an other-worldly being from another dimension who was previously trapped in her Kindle.
When Hailey Parrish discovered her husband was cheating with her co-worker, she swore off men. Then, she had to find another job when her boss went to prison for running a prostitution ring in his spare time. Three years later, Hailey still hadn’t gone on a date and she milks chinchilla for a living.
Her life was about to get weirder.
While in pursuit of inter-dimensional miscreants who use their arcane powers to prey upon humans, Sebastian Kess was ambushed and mortally wounded. To save his life, he used his own magic to convert his soul to binary code and transfer it into Hailey’s soon-to-be shipped Kindle eBook reader. When Hailey inadvertently releases him and he inhabits her body, she finally has a man inside her, just not in the way she imagined.
Hailey must come to grips with the existence of the parallel dimension of Coursodon and the realization that magically inclined non-humans walk the world all while dealing with Sebastian’s arrogant banter in her head. Her predicament also introduces her to another supernatural, the handsome could-be-the-man-of-her-dreams Alex Sunderland. The action moves from Hailey’s hometown of Tucson, Arizona to New England and across Europe as she and Alex try to return Sebastian to his own body while staying one step ahead of the criminals who want to keep him where he is.
Who was your favorite Character: Alex
How did you feel after reading it: I liked it, the interaction between the characters was fun and I enjoyed the pace. Unfortunately it was another serial book instead of a stand alone novel. 
Questions/Comments: Paranormal Romance

Twilight Guardian by Maggie Shayne

Title: Twilight Guardian
Author: Maggie Shayne
Date Read: March 2017 
Number of Pages: 281
Why did you read it: I enjoyed the orginial series. 
What was it about: They told 20-year-old Charlie O’Malley that they had a cure for the rare blood condition that would eventually kill her–an untested, experimental cure. All they wanted in return was for her to join their elite military team and train to kill the Undead. 
She took the deal, not because she cared so much about extending her life, but because it would make her strong–stronger than ordinary humans. Strong enough to kill the vampire who’d pretended to love her, taken her blood, used her body, and murdered her mother. 
Killion was the last of his kind, or so he thought. When he found Charlie, he felt the pull. She had the rare Belladonna Antigen all vampires had as humans. Vampires were compelled to protect those rare mortals they called The Chosen. But with Charlie, the bond was different, more powerful than anything he’s felt before, and impossible to resist, even though surrendering to it will probably get him killed. 
Ancient vampire elders Rhiannon and Roland come out of exile, risking their lives to help their mortal friend Roxy reclaim her granddaughter. But before the tale ends, their lives will be forever changed. 
Who was your favorite Character: Killian
How did you feel after reading it: I Enjoyed the book though Charlie was a bit annoying at times, not trusting herself. 
Questions/Comments: Paranormal Romance

Dying for a Living by Kory M Shrum

Title: Dying for a Living
Author: Kory M Shrum
Date Read: March 2017 
Number of Pages: 252
Why did you read it: Was on the nook
What was it about: On the morning before her 67th death, it is business as usual for Jesse Sullivan: meet with the mortician, counsel soon-to-be-dead clients, and have coffee while reading the latest regeneration theory. Jesse dies for a living, literally. As a Necronite, she is one of the population’s rare 2% who can serve as a death replacement agent, dying so others don’t have to. Although each death is different, the result is the same: a life is saved, and Jesse resurrects days later with sore muscles, new scars, and another hole in her memory.
But when Jesse is murdered and becomes the sole suspect in a federal investigation, more than her freedom and sanity are at stake. She must catch the killer herself—or die trying.
Who was your favorite Character: Jesse
How did you feel after reading it: I liked the book but not enough to pay 5 dollars per book for the rest of the series. Once again it’s not a stand alone book but a continuing series. 
Questions/Comments: Paranormal 

Friday, March 3, 2017

Ruthless by Michelle St James

Title: Ruthless
Author: Michelle St James
Date Read: March 2017 
Number of Pages: 237
Why did you read it:  Was on the nook
What was it about: Two years out of college, Angelica Bondesan spends her time working as a barista, keeping in touch with her prodigal brother, and trying to figure out how to bridge the gap with her father, a wealthy real estate developer.
But all of that changes the night she’s kidnapped. Thrown into a windowless room, Angelica is positive there’s been some kind of mistake — until she meets Nico Vitale.
Gorgeous and frightening, Nico became the boss of New York City’s Vitale crime family after the execution style murder of his parents two years earlier. Since then he’s turned the old-school mob into a sleek, modern army of ruthless men who understand that physical violence — while always an option — isn’t the only way to get what you want.
Now Angel is forced to face the truth;
Her father is not the man she believed him to be. Nico Vitale is dangerous, possibly lethal. She is falling in love with Nico Vitale. 
Who was your favorite Character: Lucas
How did you feel after reading it: It was another book that is continued instead of a standalone. I am kind of getting tired of these. I did like the chemistry between the two and enjoyed the story. 
Questions/Comments: Romance

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

The Witches of Blackbrook by Tish Thawer

Title : The Witches of Blackbrook
Author: Tish Thawer
Date Read: March 2017 
Number of Pages: 179
Why did you read it: Was free on the nook
What was it about: Through space and time, sisters entwined. Lost then found, souls remain bound. 
Three sisters escape the Salem witch trials when the eldest casts a spell that hurtles their souls forward through time. After centuries separated, fate has finally reunited them in the present day. 
One the healer, one the teacher, and one the deceiver. 
Will their reunion return their full powers, or end their souls journey forever?
Who was your favorite Character: Trin
How did you feel after reading it: It was a good book. I liked the story and the twist. It kept me hooked and though it felt a little rushed in places, it still was a good story and a good read. 
Questions/Comments: Paranormal Romance

The Witch Hunter by Nicole R Tayler

Title: The Witch Hunter
Author: Nicole R Tayler
Date Read: Feb 2017
Number of Pages: 210
Why did you read it: It was on the nook Witch Hunter Saga 01
What was it about: Zachary Degaud was twenty three when he died. The problem was, he didn't stay that way. 
Present day, he's just another vampire with another unremarkable story. That is, until he manages to provoke a two thousand year old witch named Katrin, who wants to make him pay in the most horrible way imagined.
Along with his brother Sam, newly made vampire Liz and their only witch ally, Gabby, his only chance for survival is to summon the ancient and unpredictable vampire known as the Witch Hunter.
Zac is just looking for a way out of his psychopathic witch problems, but instead will find himself falling head first into a blood feud that has stretched thousands of years.
Aya has been asleep for the past 150 years, until she was awoken by a haunting call. The witch she has been hunting for thousands of years, Katrin, has resurfaced and marked a young, annoyingly arrogant vampire by the name of Zachary Degaud. Unless she does something, he will die a slow and painful death. He has given her an opportunity to end the witch, but does she want to help him or leave him to his fate? Zac will get under her skin like no one else has and she just might find herself making the ultimate sacrifice before he is gone forever.
They will both have to choose sides and look deep within themselves before the end. But, what Zac learns about himself, will surprise him most of all.
Who was your favorite Character: Gabby
How did you feel after reading it:  The characters were weak, there wasn’t a lot of information about them. I kept feeling like I was starting in the middle of the series and that I should know the characters better. 
Questions/Comments: Paranormal Romance

Getting Wilde by Jen Stark

Title: Getting Wilde
Author: Jen Stark
Date Read: Feb 2017
Number of Pages: 238
Why did you read it: Was on the nook
What was it about: Using her well-worn Tarot deck, magical-artifacts hunter Sara Wilde can find anything—for a price. And the price had better be right, since she needs to finance her own personal mission to rescue several young psychics recently sold on the paranormal black market. 
Enter Sara’s most mysterious client and occasional lover, the wickedly sexy Magician, with a job that could yield the ultimate payday. All she’ll have to do is get behind Vatican walls… and steal the Devil himself. 
But play with the Devil and you’re bound to get burned. 
Pressure mounts for Sara to join the Magician’s ancient and mysterious Arcana Council, as militant forces unleashed by even darker powers seek to destroy all magic—including the young psychics Sara is desperate to keep safe. The Council may be their only hope. . . but it could also expose Sara’s own dark past. 
From the twisting catacombs of Rome to the neon streets of Vegas, Sara confronts ancient enemies, powerful demigods, a roiling magical underworld about to explode… and immortal passions that might require the ultimate sacrifice. But oh, what a way to go. 
No matter how the cards play out, things are about to get Wilde
Who was your favorite Character: The Magician
How did you feel after reading it: I am not sure if I liked it. I am beginning to not be a fan of serials rather then stand alone novels within a familiar world. It seemed to jump around and there wasn’t a clear picture on who her love interest will be. Magician, Devil, Brody?
Questions/Comments:  Paranormal Romance