TOO HARD TO HANDLE by JULIE ANN WALKER - ADULT SUSPENSE ROMANCE - SOURCEBOOKS

By: Julie Ann Walker

Published By: Sourcebooks

Released: Available Now

Details : Paperback from library, 400 Pages

RATING: 4.5 DAN 'THE MAN' STARS!

Blurb: Goodreads

"The Man" is back.

Dan "The Man" Currington is back in fighting form with a mission that takes him four thousand miles south of BKI headquarters, high in the Andes Mountains of Peru. He's hot on the trail of a rogue CIA agent selling classified government secrets to the highest bidder, when Penni DePaul arrives on the scene. Suddenly the stakes are higher, and keeping Penni safe becomes Dan's number one priority.

And this time she's ready.

A lot has changed since former Secret Service Agent Penni DePaul last saw Dan. Now a civilian, she's excited about what the future might hold. But before she can grab onto that future with both hands, she has to tie up some loose ends-namely, Dan Currington, the man she just can't forget. And a secret that's going to change both their lives-if they can stay alive, that is.



BOOK REVIEW:

This is an addictive series for me; I just keep coming back for more.

Dan ‘The Man’ Currington is a great character. He is sexy and good at his job.

When Dagan and Dan team up on a mission to hunt Winterfield down with the ever funny, Chelsea—little does he know—Penni is about to walk back into his life.

Action starts pretty much from the get go: Bullets are flying, sexual tension is flying, banter is flying and they actually do some flying.

Too Hard To Handle is a great addition to the Black Knights Inc series.

BOOK REVIEW - ROCK ME TWO TIMES by DAWN RYDER - ROCK BAND # 1 - SOURCEBOOKS - ADULT CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

By: Dawn Ryder

Published By: Sourcebooks

Released: Available Now

Details : Paperback from library, 309 Pages

RATING: 4 SYON, TAZ, RAMSEY, DRAKE AND A SIDE ORDER OF CONAN STARS!

Blurb: Goodreads

A partnership with the hottest new rock band, Toxsin, is a major opportunity for Kate's small custom leather shop, but she's determined to resist her burning attraction to the lead guitarist, Syon Braden. Sex is a commodity in his world, and that's just not enough for her. Or so she thought.

With the multiplatinum success of his band, Syon thought he had everything he'd ever wanted…and then he met Kate. He knows that sleeping with her could distract him from his music and even interfere with his close bandmate friendships, but despite all this, Syon just can't seem to keep his mind—or hands—off of her…

BOOK REVIEW :

Alrighty where to start with Rock Me Two Times? Now bear with me as I explain my personal thoughts, that are mine and mine only.

I did enjoy this book and especially Toxsin’s (band) characters. I virtually read it all in one sitting, bar falling asleep for a few hours.

There’s gonna be the good with the grinding-on-me-as-a-reader-thoughts.

This book has rated fairly low on Goodreads with not a lot of ratings and I can understand the other reviewers thoughts. Not enough to give it lower than 4 stars because the majority of the read was bloody brilliant, sexy and all things I want in a rock star read...but...

I note when reviewing and this time by page 25 of my paperback I was admittedly reading out parts to hubs, who was admittedly asleep and snoring next to me and I thought, ‘Dang, am I gonna be able to get through this book?’ By page 50 I knew I was going to finish it pretty quickly. I had started to see the light and became hooked.

I am so glad I kept reading...hence the book virtually read in one sitting. I'm gonna hit you up with the grind-on-me-as-a-reader-thoughts first. Stick around for what kept me reading.

I could not get into Kate Napier straight off the boot for several reasons. It was just the way she was written, but then I loved her. 

There is something about a female character that is admiring herself that irritates me, in the whole context of the start of this book.



She pulled on a pair of leather pants and tightened the laces that ran up their sides from ankle to hip. They fit her like a second skin, and she admired the way the blood-orange leather cupped her ass.

Don’t ask me why, but Kate grated on my reading-female-nerves at first until I simply adored her. I liked that she was torn between letting herself enjoy Syon and professionalism and what it meant to her business, Timeless Custom Creations. I liked that she was holding on as best she could to her integrity, even though it was damn hard.

Then we have the book cover, a blatant marketing misrepresentation of Syon’s stage character, the Marquis. I quote.

But what made her feel dizzy was staring at her from a pair of caramel eyes. The lead singer of Toxsin had a head of dirty-blond hair that was spiked out and falling past his shoulders. His eyebrows were slashed that angled up. His shoulders were wide and cut with hard muscles that his thin T-shirt showed to perfection.

He looked like the Goblin King from Labyrinth.

Okay, from where I’m sitting, no real resemblance from dude on cover. I appreciate a creative courtesy, but dayum! On a side thought, I’m not seeing anything sexy about looking like the Goblin King. Is it just me? 

No offense David Bowie you legend, you.

I will be fair and say Syon really got on my ugh boyfriend list when I first met him, based on how he was written...but after page 40ish...

LAWDY hallelujah!! He redeemeth himself.

Then we had these weird words in a sentence that were meant to be descriptive, but day...um! I shall pluck out a few.


He leaned down, hovering over her ear. “Passionate,” he bit out, slipping his hand back to cup her nape with a grip that twisted her clit.

Erm...??? Twisted her clit? The power of grabbing ones nape?! It's not a pretzel.


He was being serious. Dead, hard serious.

Erm...??? How can you be hard serious? Or am I being picky?


She was gasping, so turned-on she was in a daze. 

Hmmm...not sure about this one. *scratches head* Let's chalk this one up to being picky. I am visualizing her being dazed, it felt odd and probably looked pretty funny too. Syon really should have been waving his hand in front of her face to see if she was still with the program.


It was like he was pushing the music out of himself, almost as if he were giving birth.

Okay now that one needs a standing ovation. WT??? Giving birth? *cocks head on side* I've had three children and the visual...gahhhh!


She arched up, her body tightening around his fingers as she climaxed. It wrung her like a dishcloth.

*looks sideways to see if everybody is with me on that one* A dishcloth? I kinda almost go ewwww here. I may never look at my dishcloth the same ever again when I wring it out. I get that there is such a thing as female ejaculation, which is brought up, nothing to be embarrassed about lady folk. But a dishcloth? Really?

Now those were some of my weirded-out small personal chalkboard scratchy moments.

BUT THEN!!!

*claps hands like a seal*

It all fell into place for me and praise the lawd these men were rawrrrrr. I just had some pages to hack my way through before it felt like a rock star book that I so loved...except for Cid who was a very weekly written character, for me. I really had to put that in.

Now to the good stuff.

OH MyyYyyYyy the band members, once I got over my initial Syon issues. They simply turned the pages and I was a biatch in heat. Once I forgot Syon could look like the Goblin King. I reverted to Mr. Spunky on the cover.

Kate realized why the crowd was roaring, why she was on her feet shaking her fist in the air. It was because he was a leader, setting them all free, saying exactly what was on his mind, singing it out without remorse for who was offended.

Everyone wanted sex, but Syon was bold enough to say it out loud. Ramsey backed him up, completing the moment as the lights flashed around them and the song came to an end.


Drake is the drummer, Syon is on guitar and lead singer, Taz is bass guitar and Ramsey is guitar.


Taz looked ready to kill.

His black eyes were like obsidian, his expression tight, and she realized the little zip she’d heard was a set of ultralight nunchaku. He flipped them a few times in the air as he pushed her back behind him.

I absolutely adore Taz, he is the wingman who brings the Asian gorgeous to this book.


Ramsey was a long-legged, lean hipped animal with dark hair that flowed over his shoulders in unruly waves. It wasn’t feminine in the least—just sexy in a savage, no-holds-barred sort of way. To her right were a pair of wide-chested guys spotting each other on a weight training bench.

Ramsey is the uber naughty one. There was a fans-one-self scene with Syon, Kate and Ramsey. I loved that it was a real tease to where the author could have gone.

When I first started reading this book and I saw Sylvia Day had blurbed the front with, ‘Deeply romantic, scintillating, and absolutely delicious.’ I really wasn’t believing this blurb...until I got past those first 40 odd pages. Then I was nodding away and appreciating Sylvia’s blurb as the truth. I certainly thought it was one of the better rock star books I’ve read of late as the writing (apart from the bits that weirded me out) was very good. 

Cid, really needed to be a better character because something was simply too easy and then the way he behaved...ugh.

I would recommend this first installment as the lads are so delicious once you get into the book, and I do have Ramsey’s book here, Rock Steady to crack open. Again, I see readers have been maybe a little harsh on Goodreads and Amazon. I would like to see more readers give this series a go and write their thoughts on those sites.

OOHHH! I nearly forgot!

Conan, the man with the chopper bike, I must point out as there is also a chopper helicopter in here too. Giddy up. I need more of him. Rawrrrrr, he tickled my lady boner.

I do hope this series is continuing because I want me a Taz book for sure! So people readeth and if you enjoy, review and there may be more.

BOOK REVIEW - FULL THROTTLE by JULIE ANN WALKER - BLACK KNIGHTS INC # 7 - SOURCEBOOKS - ADULT SUSPENSE ROMANCE

By: Julie Ann Walker
Published By: Sourcebooks
Released: Available Now
Details: Paperback from library, 359 Pages

RATING: 4.25 STEADY STARS!

She Needs a Hero...

Abby Thompson didn’t sign up to be the daughter of the President of the United States. The position was forced on her by the small matter of her birth. Preferring a quiet life of study, she’s content to leave the politics and the international intrigue to her father. Unfortunately, the most powerful man on the planet is sure to make enemies. When a group of armed thugs takes her hostage half a world away, demanding the U.S. government release prisoners in exchange for her safe return, she fears her father’s policy of “not negotiating with terrorists” means she’ll never see the shores of the Potomac again. Luckily, there’s one glimmer of hope. His name is Carlos Soto. And though she abruptly ended things with him years ago, she knows now he’s the only man who can save her…

Black Knights, Inc. to the Rescue...

Carlos “Steady” Soto has taken part in his fair share of dangerous missions working at the covert government defense firm of Black Knights Inc. But nothing prepared him for the emotional rollercoaster he faces when he’s tasked with rescuing the only woman he ever loved—who also broke his heart. Racing against time and outmaneuvering a group of trained terrorists will take everything he’s got. Plus there’s the heat simmering between them which is threatening to ignite into an inferno. While ruthless enemies stalk them, they must learn to trust each other again. Even if they do make it out alive, will Abby turn her back on him…for the second time?


BOOK REVIEW :

I always know when going into another of Julie’s instalments in the Black Knights Inc. series, they are going to be filled with hunky badass men, and the women they have to save. I take these books as they are meant to be taken as a darn good ride where you want to be rescued by somebody like Carlos ‘Steady’ Soto.

Rawrrrrrr.

These are beach reads for me. They are my pick-me-up reads. I charge forth into Julie’s world of suspense and drama.

There will be over the top situations mixed with realistic situations, throw in some misconstrued love dramas and put some sweaty sexy times on top.

Sometimes I think, dude when was the last time you had a shower? I can find myself questioning both of the character’s hygiene when there is oral sex going on.

I’m being realistic folks. What can I say? When the chick has been kidnapped by the JI, on the run through a humid jungle, not been near a bar of soap for a long time and the hero hasn’t either...I am gonna question the downstairs area hygiene when it comes to those kinds of sexy times.

But, lust/love taketh over and everybody gets down and dirty.

Bahahaha.

I’m not going to go over the storyline because you can read the blurb. What I did love was Dan ‘The Man’ got himself a little interested in a filly and we got a glimpse of the spin off guys for the Deep Six series, and I likey.

Ozzzzziiieeee. I will say no more.

This was another hot-man-meat-to-the-rescue read which I totally enjoyed reading.

Up next is Dan’s book and then onto Deep Six series.


Hooyah!

BOOK REVIEW - HELL FOR LEATHER by JULIE ANN WALKER - BLACK KNIGHTS INC # 6 - SOURCEBOOKS - ADULT SUSPENSE ROMANCE

By: Julie Ann Walker
Published By: Sourcebooks
Released: Available Now
Details: Paperback from local library, 347 Pages

RATING: 4 MAC & THE CREW STARS!

Blurb: Goodreads

Only the most urgent crisis could force Delilah Fairchild to abandon her beloved biker bar and ask the surly Bryan "Mac" McMillan for help. Her uncle—the man who raised her—has vanished into thin air, and Mac is the only person with the right connections to help her find him. What the ex-FBI agent has against her is a mystery...but when the bullets start to fly, Mac is her only chance of finding her uncle alive.

Mac knows that beautiful women can't be trusted, but he has to put his natural wariness of Delilah aside in order to help her. With the clock ticking, Mac and Delilah find themselves holding on to each other in the wildest adventure of their lives.

BOOK REVIEW by Michelle:

We’ve come to Mac and Delilah’s story with a side order of tension between Dagan Zoelner and Agent Chelsea Duvall.

I gotta say I am quite looking forward to Z and Chelsea getting it on. Looks like I might have to wait a bit for their book.

I enjoy all the characters in this series very much. I liked Mac being all broody and sexy but after a while I was a bit over how drawn out Delilah and Mac's HEA became.

I think Mac being the grown man he is and the issue that was keeping him from Delilah, could have been a stronger reason, just my personal thoughts there.

I really like Delilah. I think I would like to be her in the fictional sense. She's a cool chick.

Hehe. I did chuckle and pull a few crazy faces at the descriptive for the sex scenes. Although hot... good lawd some of the wording used...channel, labia (I’ll leave you to Google that one) ...erm...

*looks a little awkies at my book*

Ozzie who I adore gets put back in his place and Ghost has his hands full, which turns all the Black Knights Inc into ... well, you can read that for yourself. I did chuckle out loud at a certain scene with Ghost when he had to make a dash for...

I am addicted to this series. Another good installment in the Black Knights Inc series. I wouldn’t say it was my fave, but I still enjoyed it.

Bring on # 7, Full Throttle, Abby and Steady. J

Michelle

BORN WILD by JULIE ANN WALKER - BLACK KNIGHTS INC. # 5 - ADULT SUSPENSE ROMANCE - SOURCEBOOKS

By: Julie Ann Walker
Published By: Sourcebooks
Released: Available Now
Details: Paperback from library, 376 Pages

RATING: 4 BILL & MAC STARS!

Blurb: Goodreads

She's got three rules:

1. Trust no one… Eve Edens has been abandoned, used, or manipulated by almost everyone she's ever met. Born into ridiculous wealth, she's dealt with the petty jealousies and sordid little resentments for nearly thirty years. But after three botched attempts on her life, she can no longer ignore the truth. Someone wants her dead.

2. Avoid the bad boys at all costs… William "Wild Bill" Reichert, the wonderfully sexy boy who abandoned her years ago, is back in town. Only he's no boy. Now he's a covert operative - and he's all man. When Eve hires Bill to help her discover who is behind the attacks, Bill soon comes to suspect it's someone much closer to Eve than she dares to believe.

3. And never fall for the same ruse twice… The search for the killer takes Bill and Eve deep into the dark secrets and strange world of the rich and famous, and into the heart of red-hot passion re-ignited by the peril that threatens to consume them both. But does Eve dare risk her heart on Bill a second time?

BOOK REVIEW by Michelle:

I always like picking up a Julie Ann Walker read because they are real easy to read.

The lads are ALPHA!!

The lads are HOT!!!

They are not perfect even though their bodies are and they make mistakes with women.

Wild Bill is not the exception.

Billy has his hang ups over Eve and quite rightly so. She did something that in a lot of people’s eyes might seem very hurtful and callous, but when you know Eve’s family background and the fact she was only eighteen, that goes a long way to explaining her behavior.

She did marry a man she shouldn’t have, she did let a lot of years be wasted, but so did Billy. He let it all fester in his soul.

Other parties played their rolls, but bottom line, these two should have gotten their shit together a lot earlier.

Moral of this story is life is too short to hold a grudge when you have somebody gunning for you and wanting you dead.

Seeds are sown for Mac and Delilah. I really like the sound of these two.
Another great read in the Black Knights Inc series, next up is Hell For Leather. 

I have my motor running for Mac. ;)

Michelle

BOOK REVIEW - THRILL RIDE by JULIE ANN WALKER - BLACK KNIGHTS INC. # 4 - ADULT SUSPENSE ROMANCE - SOURCEBOOKS CASABLANCA

By: Julie Ann Walker
Published By: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Released: Available Now
Details: Paperback from library, 344 Pages

RATING: 4.25 ROCK & WILD BILL STARS with a side order of OZZIE!

Blurb: Goodreads

He's Gone Rogue
Ex-Navy SEAL Rock Babineaux’s job is to get information, and he’s one of the best in the business. Until something goes horribly wrong and he’s being hunted by his own government. Even his best friends at the covert special-ops organization Black Knights Inc. aren’t sure they can trust him. He thinks he can outrun them all, but his former partner—a curvy bombshell who knows just how to drive him wild—refuses to cut him loose.

She Won't Back Down

Vanessa Cordova hasn’t been the team’s communication specialist
very long, but she knows how to read people—no way is Rock guilty of murder. And she’ll go to hell and back to help him prove it. Sure, the sexy Cajun has his secrets, but there’s no one in the world she’d rather have by her side in a tight spot. Which is good, because they’re about to get very tight…



BOOK REVIEW by Michelle:

I was quite excited to get straight onto Rock’s book in the Black Knights Inc. series...and also my library loan was overdue.

I am ADDICTED to this easy to read series full of hawt ex Navy SEALS and their women.

Rock caught my attention in Rev It Up.

I wanted to know him more and I did.

He is absolutely gorgeous when he inner monologues and also he pulls at your heart strings.

Vanessa was an interesting character for me as I felt she came across as a lot tougher in Rev It Up, she was a lot less tougher in this one, but I still really liked her.

The things the Black Knights Inc. men will do for one of their own!

Funnily enough, even though Vanessa was less tough than I thought she was in Rev It Up, the jungle scenes were some of my fave in this book. I loved seeing Richard ‘Rock’ Babineaux in action. He is one smart operative.

This book came with a Tarzan moment which is sure to thrill. I was a bit giddy reading it and a Romancing The Stone style ride in the jungle.

This series is just a great escapism of Alpha men doing their thing to protect, and get those pesky villains off their backs.

Next up I have Eve and Wild Bill in Born Wild.

Yehaaa.

Looking forward to reading. Now I must return this book as I am holding up the next person who is probably hopping mad I am ten days overdue.

Ooops!

Michelle

BOOK REVIEW - REV IT UP by JULIE ANN WALKER - BLACK KNIGHTS INC # 3 - SOURCEBOOKS CASABLANCA - ADULT SUSPENSE ROMANCE

By: Julie Ann Walker
Published By: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Released: Available Now
Details: Paperback from library, 321 Pages

RATING: 4.25 JAKE STARS!

Blurb: Goodreads

He's the heartbreaker she left behind...

He Never Misses a Target

Jake "the Snake" Sommers earned his SEAL code name by striking quickly and quietly—and with lethal force. That's also how he broke Michelle Carter's heart. It was the only way to keep her safe—from himself. Four long years later, Jake is determined to get a second chance. But to steal back into Michelle's loving arms, Jake is going to have to prove he can take things slow. Real slow...

She Aims to Make Him Beg

Michelle Carter has never forgiven Jake for being so cliché as to "love her and leave her." But when her brother, head of the Black Knights elite ops agency, ticks off the wrong mobster, she must do the unimaginable: place her life in Jake's hands. No matter what they call him, this man is far from cold-blooded. And once he's wrapped around her heart, he'll never let her go...

BOOK REVIEW by Michelle:

I’m getting quite addicted to this series. The writing is very easy to read and for me this series is turning into a delicious hot-man-fest with a bit of action and love wins over the girl.

Jake ‘the Snake’ Sommers is said hot man, even if he dresses a bit in his down time like Magnum PI in his Hawaiian shirt enjoying a beer with his fellow hot man friends.

UNTIL!!

Assassins are lurking.

Woman and child needs guarding.

Secrets are revealed.

Love conquers all.

I have to say one scene in this book...the Columbian Neck Tie...oh that was not a good visual in my head.

GAH!

I don’t think I am ever gonna forget that scene.

Hell bent on vengeance villains and a bunch of lads you simply have to read more about is what makes up this series and I keep on coming back for more.

Michelle

BOOK REVIEW - IN RIDES TROUBLE by JULIE ANN WALKER - BLACK KNIGHT INCS. # 2 - SOURCEBOOKS CASABLANCA - ADULT SUSPENSE ROMANCE

By: Julie Ann Walker
Published By: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Released: Available Now
Details: Paperback from library , 311 Pages

RATING: 4.5 FRANK & ANGEL STARS!

Blurb: Goodreads

Rebel with a Cause

Becky "Rebel" Reichert never actually goes looking for trouble. It just has a tendency to find her. Like the day Frank Knight showed up at her door, wanting to use her motorcycle shop as a cover for his elite special ops team. But Becky prides herself on being able to hang with the big boys-she can weld, drive, and shoot just as well as any of them.

Man with a Mission

Munitions, missiles, and mayhem are Frank's way of life. The last thing the ex-SEAL wants is for one brash blonde to come within fifty feet of anything that goes boom. Yet it's just his rotten luck when she ends up in a hostage situation at sea. Come hell or high water, he will get her back-whether she says she needs him or not.


BOOK REVIEW by Michelle:

I am gonna say it, this was soooo much better for me than Hell on Wheels. I enjoyed Hell on Wheels but In Rides Trouble was such a turn-around in the writing and plot.

I knew I was going to like Becky and Frank together.

Frank is so rawrrrr and Becky is a strong female lead. I loved where this story went and Julie still kept that easy read feel about it.

You have a bunch of Special Ops lads and the situations they get themselves into or out of, who are all so endearing .

I love a read like this as it is such an easy read and you want to escape into their lives.

I want to be Becky. She is a great female character. I can hear the music pumping loud inside the workshop as Becky works on the bikes.

I still love Ozzie.

Angel came more into the foreground in this instalment and I really enjoyed reading him.

Becky is one lucky girl living with these lads.

I am so looking forward to reading more in this series.

Michelle

HOLIDAY ROMANCE HOP - SOURCEBOOKS & GIVEAWAY - IPAD MINI

Ready or not, Christmas is right around the corner, which means shopping, food, family — and holiday romances! This season, award winning authors Jill Shalvis, Carolyn Brown, Terry Spear, and Sarah Morgan each have Christmas romances releasing.

To get readers into the giving spirit, the authors answer the following question: 

What is the best holiday present you have ever received?

Ladies, take it away!

Jill Shalvis author of One in a Million

One Christmas Eve my middle daughter was bouncing off the walls (as usual) and she jumped onto a rusty nail in her bare feet. It was late, and we of course ended up in the ER. All of us, me and her dad and her two sisters. By the time we learned she was going to be okay and able to go home, it was past dawn on Christmas morning. We all piled back into the car and into the house. For the first time there wasn’t an early morning rush to the presents. We sat around the tree stuffing our starving faces with bowls of cereal and hot chocolate. I’ll never forget that feeling of gratitude and love we all felt, just being together. No presents needed. Of course that lasted about thirty minutes…then we tore into the presents. :)

Carolyn Brown author of Cowboy Boots for Christmas

Way back when Mr. B and I were first married, he bought me something sheer, black and lacy for Christmas every single year. After three kids were born, I told him that as much as I loved the sexy lingerie and him for giving it to me; it was time for me to make breakfast in something more practical. That year, I unwrapped my lovely present to find the most gawdawful flannel nightgown ever designed and sold on the market. It was pink rosebud floral and buttoned all the way up to a Peter Pan collar, had long sleeves and reached the floor. And it would have fit a baby elephant or with a couple of sturdy poles could have served as a tent. BUT, in the bottom of the box there was one of those little black canisters that film used to come in back before digital cameras were born. And in that little canister was a screw…he hadn’t forgotten something black and something special…of course the nightgown has long since disappeared but I still have that film canister and screw in my memory box.

Grace Burrowes author of
What A Lady Needs for Christmas

The best present I have ever received, at the holidays or any time, is love. The love of my family, of my friends, of a few special fellows along the way, of my cats and dogs and horses. I’m fond of marzipan too, if it’s made with really good dark chocolate.

Terry Spear author of A Highland Wolf Christmas

Having my grown children and their spouses join me for Christmas one year, both of them at the same time. We had to rearrange sleeping accommodations so everyone could fit, but it was the best Christmas ever. My oven went out and we were baking the turkey in pieces in a small convection oven, but we had a blast.

Sarah Morgan author of Maybe This Christmas

My husband proposed to me at Christmas on a romantic snowy walk in the mountains. I started the walk wearing scarves and a hat and ended it wearing a diamond. The real gift was the promise of a future together, not the ring (although that was amazing too!).

About the Authors

Jill Shalvis’ bestselling Lucky Harbor series continues with three consecutive releases It’s In His Kiss (August), He’s So Fine (September), and One In A Million (October). If you are ready for some Alpha heroes, crazy high jinx, and nosy neighbors, learn more about Lucky Harbor here at the author’s website http://jillshalvis.com.

Carolyn Brown kicks off her newest Western romance series with this month’s Cowboy Boots for Christmas. All readers are welcome to Burnt Boot, Texas where two families face off in a decades long quarrel. Fightin’ and feudin’ has never been so fun! Visit the author at http://carolynlbrown.com.

Award winning author Grace Burrowes delights readers with her gorgeous tales of historical happy-ever-afters. What a Lady Needs for Christmas, featuring the author’s popular MacGregor brothers, is a beautiful Victorian set tale of second chances. Learn more about Grace and her bestselling books at her website: http://graceburrowes.com.

Get ready for shifters in kilts as Terry Spear releases the next book in her Heart of the Wolf paranormal romance series, A Highland Wolf Christmas. Find all of the author’s titles at http://terrylspear.wordpress.com.

Maybe This Christmas, the third book in Sarah Morgan’s O’Neill Brothers series, releases this October. Get the inside information on this holiday tale that features friends-turned-lovers at Sarah’s website: http://sarahmorgan.com.

Follow the Holiday Romance Hop tomorrow as the author's visit both For the Love of Bookends http://loveofbookends.blogspot.com and Ramblings From This Chick http://ramblingsfromthischick.blogspot.com.

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BOOK BLITZ GUEST POST & GIVEAWAY - HERO OF A HIGHLAND WOLF by TERRY SPEAR - PARANORMAL ROMANCE - SOURCEBOOKS

HERO OF A HIGHLAND WOLF 

Author: Terry Spear 

Release Date: August 5, 2014 

Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca 

Genre: Paranormal Romance 

Summary 

She's ready for change…

Colleen Playfair has never been to Scotland, but when she discovers she must spend a year and a day overseas learning to manage her newly inherited estate, she's ready for the challenge. She even has some ideas for improvements-if she can get past the sexy werewolf who seems convinced he's the one in charge.

But he's digging in his claws…

Grant MacQuarrie and his clan have been managing Farraige Castle for three centuries. The last thing he wants is a meddling American heiress trying to change the way things have always been done. He's more than willing to fight the she-wolf every step of the way, using every tool at his disposal. And if that means taking the lass to bed, well...all the better.

Locked in a battle of wills, caught in an attraction they can't escape, Colleen and Grant must find a way to work together...or face losing it all.

Guest Post: 

How A Modern Highland Wolf Woos His Lady by Terry Spear

Who says chivalry is dead? Well, okay, so Grant MacQuarrie from HERO OF A HIGHLAND WOLF can be a bit stubborn ... and rude when Colleen Playfair arrives at the castle that he manages. Nevermind that the castle actually belongs to her.

Inheriting a Scottish castle high on rugged cliffs overlooking the North Sea might have been appealing, if not for Grant MacQuarrie, the man managing it. Unfortunately, Colleen Playfair couldn’t just fire him. Not when he had taken the reins to care for the property, following in his father’s and grandfather’s footsteps. She planned to go easy on him, but as she drove from the airport in Edinburgh to meet up with him in the Highlands, she dreaded the confrontation.

Just from the brief talk she’d had with Grant over the phone—in which he had grunted more than he’d spoken—she assumed the terms of her inheritance had pissed him off royally. Colleen tried to see it from his viewpoint: having the absentee landowner pop in to tell him what to do when he had been there day in and day out. And she was a woman and American.

So far so good, right? Nothing like feeling unwelcome at your new home. And to top it off, Grant has decided to put on a 'show' for Colleen in hopes of running her off.

Grant has a few tricks up his sleeve, if he was wearing a sleeve, but nope, he's wearing naught else but his very sexy kilt, boots, and he's armed with a sword. Greased up body, kilt a flying in the wind as he and his kin spar with Ian MacNeill and his kin in a lovely display of hot Highland hunkiness, with the intent of scaring Colleen away.

Let's face it, if Grant thinks the way to get rid of ladies is to grease up and take off his shirt, he is more than a bit misguided. But Colleen is forewarned that the brawny Highlanders will be engaging in mock battle and she shows up prepared—with her video camera to tape the whole scene.

But you are probably wondering where the actual wooing comes in. Let's just say that this Highlander has a few secrets to help him out—including the fact that he is an alpha wolf shifter. His wolf nature makes it so that his senses are heightened. He can see more, hear more, smell more. You know, like the tale of the big bad wolf. So Colleen's not able to get away with a whole lot without him sensing her emotions that humans might miss.

Grant woos his lady with the attention he pays to her (even if it means crashing a ladies-only party). Making sure she is protected (and running off her other suitors in the process). Leaving room for her to sit at the local pub (right on his lap, thank you). As you can see, what we might think is proper etiquette for wooing a lady can be a wee bit different by a wolf's standards. But that's what makes it fun!

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USA Today bestselling author Terry Spear has written over two dozen paranormal romance novels and medieval Highland historical romances. In 2008 HEART OF THE WOLF was named a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year. A retired officer of the U.S. Army Reserves, Terry also creates award-winning teddy bears that have found homes all over the world. She lives in Crawford, Texas.

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RELEASE DAY BLITZ - HUNTER BY NIGHT by ELISABETH STAAB - CHRONICLES OF YAVN # 3 - PARANORMAL ROMANCE - SOURCEBOOKS

I am a mega fan of this series. I only found out that Yavn = Yet another vampire novel. Hehehe!! I did wonder what Yavn was.

So, I should have reviewed this one by now, cause I do enjoy reading this series and it is Lee's book. I shall have my review soon for it. I am keen to see what Lee is up to, he is dead smexi this lad.

You can find my other reviews in this series over HERE just scroll and read. I have an interview in there too.

Elisabeth Staab
(Chronicles of Yavn #3)
By Elisabeth Staab

Blurb: 

She wants out
Party girl Alexia Blackburn is only hanging around the vampire compound until her best friend—the queen—has her baby. After that, nothing is going to stop Alexia from getting back to daylight, safety, and feeling like a normal human being. But leaving the vampire world has one big catch...

He needs her to stay
Head of vampire security Lee Goram has hated and distrusted humans for centuries. Feeding on vampire blood has kept him strong...but now it's killing him—and he's horrified to discover that Alexia may hold the key to his cure. He'd rather die defending his king than admit his weakness, but time is running out for the great vampire warrior...

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Excerpt

Lee closed the gap between them. An awareness of warmth and clean sweat cut through the anxious confusion his last statement had injected into her stomach. “Frankly, it’s safer here,” he said. “I’d leave you if I could. However, I’ve received word Isabel is having contractions and insists on having her birth coach.” The wave of his hand conveyed his apparent belief that such an idea was preposterous.

Alexia stepped close, craning her neck to meet his arrogant stare. “What, you think the queen’s birth coach isn't a priority?”

Lee’s large hand rubbed his forehead like it ached. “In my youth, females gave birth. No birthing tub, no special class, no self-hypnosis CDs, no coach.”

What. A phenomenal dick. “Excuse me.” She poked a finger that was supposed to jab into his chest, but anger and her refusal to break eye contact effed up her aim. She ended up poking at the firm, fine muscles of his belly. Pride kept the finger in place as if the landing had been intentional. “First of all, no uterus, no opinion. Second, Isabel got completely fried this morning, so it’s kind of a special circumstance. Third, quit being an asshole. Fourth? Quit being an asshole.”

It bore repeating.

“Fifth, Isabel’s the queen. She can request whatever the hell she wants.”

Lee dipped his chin. “Yes.” His fingers closed around the one still sunk into his abs and pulled it aside. “She can. So. In spite of the fact that we may have an insane plague-spreading nutcase bearing down on us at any given moment, it’s royal baby time. Let’s move.”

Again… What the fuck? 

She opened her mouth but Lee pulled her forward before she could speak. Alexia ignored the tremor that traveled from the place where their hands touched, along her arm and down her body, landing a quiver of want deep in her core. Any time now, it would be fan-fricking-tastic if her body could stop reacting to him like he’d been double-dipped in her favorite brand of pheromones. 

She reached for her blue JanSport backpack, just next to the bedroom door. He made no move to let go or get out of her way, and she was forced to squeeze past his tree-trunk thigh in the process. She failed horribly at ignoring how frigging huge those legs of his were. How the vee of her thighs brushed his leg when she passed, and how her body temperature climbed. Stop staring at his ass. “Right. Got everything ready to go, right here.” She cleared her throat.

“Great. I’ll drive,” he grumbled.

Did he realize, as he tugged her down the hall, that his fingers were still wrapped around her hand?

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She leaned close to avoid being heard by all the sensitive ears in the room. “We’re out of the literal and metaphorical woods. You can get blood from anyone. I thought drinking human blood was, like, worse than licking bat guano off a wizard’s shoe.”

The softness of his laugh shimmied straight down her spine. Dear merciful Lord. “I don’t claim to understand.” His lips feathered against her ear. “In the cave, the pain abated when I drank from you.” He pushed closer, his breath soft and hot. “Nothing has eased it in a long time. No one. Whatever this… problem… is, drinking from you eased the pain. It’s the one thing I know for certain."

Oh, hell. Only her blood? Talk about making a gal melt in the weirdest way possible. She wanted to be all snarky and make him beg or apologize or something, but fuckballs, that was the most beautiful thing ever. Besides, she wanted to ease his hurt more than she wanted to get even.

Alexia glanced around and pulled him into an empty room next to the nurse’s station. To be safe, she locked the door and pulled the curtain thingy. Two comfy chairs sat by the hospital bed. She tugged one close and offered her wrist. It seemed the fastest way, and this was urgent.

The strike of his fangs hardly surprised her this time. Much like a tattoo or a piercing, you got used to the pinch. Isabel had drunk from her a few times when they’d first become friends, but that had been different. That hadn’t been a two-hundred-and-whatever-pound vampire male in a desperate amount of pain.

Oh, holy… Wow.

The relief was amazing. Fireworks and dynamite. The pressure flowed out of her along with the blood. What rushed in to take its place, though, was a disturbing sense of rightness. In giving herself to him in a way she had never wanted to give to anyone. Somehow her other arm wound around his neck, and either he didn’t notice or he didn’t actually mind. It’s just the blood, like he said before.

But then his fingers crept into her hair. Her body slid down into the large, comfy chair. Lee pressed closer, on his knees now in front of her, her arm held aloft by his efforts as he lapped at her wrist. His tongue trailed down her arm to catch a wayward drip. On his knees with his long legs, Lee’s pelvis pressed against hers through their pants, his erection hard and thick and throwing off heat.

Alexia couldn't stop herself from wrapping her legs around his waist and bringing him closer. Her hand grasped his free arm, which had moved from the chair to her leg. Their fingers laced together.

Lee’s groan vibrated against her wrist.

A knock sounded at the door.

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About the Author

Elisabeth Staab still lives with her nose in a book and at least one foot in an imaginary world. She believes that all kinds of safe and sane love should be celebrated but she adores the fantasy-filled realm of paranormal romance the best. She lives in the Washington DC area with her family and one big scaredy cat, where she loves to spend time with good friends, go dancing, collect wacky coffee mugs from which to drink her favorite beverage, and sing off-key in her kitchen (when she isn’t making characters fall in love, that is).

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