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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Author: Tigris Eden</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>A man's Past leads to his Future......</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Agent Stone of the Shadow Unit's job is simple, most days. Work in the Shadows, police his own Kind. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>When an unwanted assignment turns out to be his darkest fantasy from the past, Draven can't help but be conflicted by the memories of the past and his responsibilities in the future. But his decision has been made.</i></span></div>
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The Heart of a woman is Tested........</div>
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Jes can't let the tall dark agent back into her life. </div>
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How can she trust any man after what she's endured. Years of abuse have broken her down and she doesn't have room for more. The man she turns to for help hasn't abused her physically but he's tormented her emotionally. A past betrayal left her scarred, but also brought her life. </div>
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Can she accept him into her heart and trust him again? </div>
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One will survive and adapt, the other will realize hearts can be mended even if it’s a bit too late. </div>
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The road to forgiveness sometimes only brings more pain. Unexpected events set their lives on two separate tracks leading to one outcome. Lives will be changed and an emotional battle to save their souls will leave them both trapped and enslaved in their need for one another.</div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Enslaved in Shadows </i>is a new urban fantasy novel from debut author, Tigris Eden. Let me say up front that Tigris is a friend of mine. She's my fellow Sister of the Werefly and I was uber-excited to read her novel. I received the ARC in early June and started reading it with glee. The bad news is my "writing" brain took over as I read each page. There were editing challenges throughout that wouldn't allow me to sink into the story. The good news is - I had an ARC and Tigris let me know that changes were made to the final print version and many of the editorial issues were corrected. So instead of continuing with the ARC, I purchased the book with "One Click" and let Chessiebomb read to me. I'm a Text-to-Speech whore with my Kindle 3 - aka Chessiebomb. Listening to a book allows me to turn off my writing brain be 100% in reader mode. I'm happy to report It worked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The world of the Shadow Unit is an interesting blend of the usual paranormal creatures such as werewolves and vampires, with a few new immortals that aren't commonly seen. The world building was extensive and felt a bit rushed at times, but being the first book in a series, it's expected.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The romance between the main characters, Jess and Draven is <b>three-alarm chili hot</b> with several steamy sex scenes. Jess is a broken woman trying to rebuild her life when her past catches up with her and turns her world upside down. Draven is pure alpha male and is a great contrast to Jess' personality. I wanted to know more about his background beyond the Shadow Unit. I wanted to see what made him tick. There were glimpses - but not enough to satisfy me. Hopefully we'll learn more in the next book. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">There are a couple of torture scenes that I could have done without. One was okay and fit well with the scene. The second had me a "WHOA!" After learning about Jess and what she's running from, the torture scene didn't see balanced with the details. It was a bit much for me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Overall, the story kept me hooked. I really enjoyed the secondary immortal characters and Ms. Eden in a great path to adding humor and snark between her characters. I look forward to learning more about them and their special skills in future books. <i>Enslaved in Shadows</i> is a great start to what I hope will be a long running series. </span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Series: Elder Races, #3</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Genre: Paranormal Romance</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Author: Thea Harrison</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Pub: October 4, 2001, Berkley Sensation</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Format: Paperback, 312 pages; eBook</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">*Ahem*. Have I told you how much I FRICKIN' LOVE THEA HARRISON? I may have tweeted it about a bazillion times already, but I do. Her writing style is a refreshing change from the typical paranormal romance. There are no plain vamps or shifters in Ms. Harrison's books. She gives us Dragons, Unicorns and Gryphons... yeah, you read that right. Gryphons!! Need I say more?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Rune and Carling are complete polar opposites. They're both ancient creatures, but Rune has managed to keep up with life and continues to reinvent himself as time passes. Carling, on the other hand has not. Her many years as a vampire have made her bored with life but the same "gift" that has given her long life is now killing her. As she tries to settle her affairs and prepare for her own death, Rune enters her life and they begin a journey of discovery and find a love that is timeless.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The romance in <i>Serpent's Kiss</i> is nuclear. There's no other way to describe it. If you've read Dragon Bound, you know Ms. Harrison isn't shy with the smex and she never disappoints. There's a certain scene that takes place in a hotel lobby that made me sweat! The wit and snark that is Rune jumps off the page. Here's one of my favorite quotes from Rune:</span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Just wait until you see what I can do with the fancy stuff, like a bed.</span></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Of course, no Elder Races book would be complete without an appearance from the Wyr Lord, Dragos and his mate Pia. Here's my favorite quote from the Lord of Snark, Dragos:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">“Bloody hell,” Dragos muttered from across the clearing. “I don’t know what the fuck that was, but something definitely happened.”</span></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Serpent's Kiss</i> is a "slow build" kind of story. By that, I mean Ms. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Harrison</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> is a storyteller in the truest sense of the word. In the Elder Races series, each book helps to expand the world and characters she has created and <i>Serpent's Kiss</i> follows that same formula. Some readers feel that it slows the pace of the story, but for me I thoroughly enjoyed it. When an author takes the time to build a world so intricate and so complete that it's seamless from book to book, they've nailed it and will have me as a fan for life. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Can I just say I LOVE THEA HARRISON? Her debut novel, <i>Dragon Bound</i> is Book 1 of the new Elder Races series by this wonderful author and I was hooked from the first chapter. There are two more books and a novella in the series: <i>Storm's Heart</i>, <i>Serpent's Kiss</i> and <i>True Colors</i> (in that order). CHECK THEM OUT!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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In August I attended Authors After Dark and finally met all of my blogger buddies face to face. It was pure heaven. Check out my post about all the fun <a href="http://www.drensb-spot.com/2011/08/aad-philly-bloggers-perspective.html">here</a>.<br />
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</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The books listed above represent my top author picks for 2011 for New 2 Me Authors. While the books were already published, with squee pressure from fellow bloggers I picked up several series from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Magic-Bites-Kate-Daniels-Book/dp/0441014895/ref=pd_sim_b_4">Ilona Andrews</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Spiders-Bite-Elemental-Assassin-Book/dp/1439147973/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1325451050&sr=1-1">Jennifer Estep</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Protector-Paladins-Darkness-Book/dp/1416520368/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1325451084&sr=1-1">Alexis Morgan</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mind-Games-Disillusionists-Trilogy-Book/dp/0553592610/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1325451131&sr=1-2">Carolyn Crane</a>. Three words -- OH. MY. GOODNESS!!!! Each series has it's own kick ass female lead or hunky hard cord hero. These are the first books in each of the series. If you haven't picked them up yet stop waiting and get to it. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Next up - my very first trip to Romance Writers of America National Convention in New York. It was amazing! The seminars and workshops were great and I met so many of my favorite authors! Oh and I can't forget all the crazy free books!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">To say 2011 was a year full of awesome sauce would be putting it mildly. I've met so many new friends, discovered new books and authors, I can't wait for 2012 to get started. So no time like the present :)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Happy New Year Everyone! May 2012 Bring You Joy and Happiness and lots and lots of good books!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I just wanted to take a minute to thank all my friends, family and followers for your kind words of support and patience during my "unscheduled" blogging hiatus.</span><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">After completing my Triathlon, I'd plan to jump back in with my reviews and rambling posts, but a car accident and increased "real job" duties made it impossible. But I'm on the mend, finished with training and ready to get back into the swing of things. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So stay tuned! In January my blog turns 2! I'll be doing a ton a giveaways of books and bling from my favorite authors.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Congratulations LORI Z! You're the winner of the copy of The Renfield Syndrome!! I'll be emailing you shortly with the details.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The group we joined is called <a href="http://triitforlife.com/index.html">Tri It For Life</a>, a non-profit organization that helps train women for their first Triathlon. Training started in June. I didn't know how to swim - so TIFL mentors taught me. Don't ask how long it had been since I rode a bike - but the mentors of TIFL worked with me and helped me get up to speed (excuse the pun). For the running portion I worked out with some great women who run every Tuesday and Thursday morning at a local mall. In the end - 12 weeks later - I was ready to DO THIS THING!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Title: The Renfield Syndrome</b></span><br />
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Series: Rhiannon's Law #2</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Genre: Urban Fantasy</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Author: J. A. SAARE</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Pub: August 23, 2011, Mundania Press</b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Format: Paperback, 212 pages; eBook</b></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: left;">Summary from back cover:</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikrh8RYI1VaA6QhW3xWXRQiJDt-Bd5UBRZwA7RGrkGBcP-OXePTowqBAKcO8Gsmrs0Lo7oVj5m1RPMOASGsRP8IxvCp1BlC4EZ3tUL_XM74WHnuB2Kgv0wZeb1JL3s8DPQyEUa2slbdcU/s1600/Drens+signature.png"> </a></span><br />
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Rhiannon thought facing off against a deranged child vampire was the most dangerous task she would ever have to undertake, but she’s about to discover making a deal with a demon is far, far worse. Sent forward into another reality, one in which vampires are now dominating nearly extinct humans, she realizes the sooner she returns to her vampire lover, Disco, the better. <br />
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Unfortunately, time changes a lot of things; including those most trusted around her. When she’s faced with a loss and betrayal unlike any she has ever known, her focus shifts from severing the debt between the demon that wants to kill her, to exacting a revenge that will bring forth consequences she never could have fathomed. By reaching out to the darkness lingering within her, she’ll find the strength to push forward despite the circumstances that would see her dead and buried. <br />
</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>After all, when it’s all said and done, all that she has left to lose is her soul.</i></span><br />
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</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Find Author Here:</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3060067.J_A_Saare">JA Saare on Goodreads</a> : <a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/JASaare">Twitter </a>:<a href="http://www.jasaare.com/"> Website</a></b></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
Where do I start? How do I begin? As with other reviewers -- I don't want to give too many details --that will spoil the story and I really don't want to do <i>that. </i>What I can say is once again, author, J.A. Saare nails it! If you thought <i>Dead, Undead and Somewhere in Between</i> was a great book - you will absolutely ADORE <i>The Renfield Syndrome</i>. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Saare takes Rhiannon (and readers) on an emotional journey that will leave you clutching your chest in excitement. I love it when an author writes "outside the box" with their characters. For example, think of the number one thing a character would never do -- then make them do it AND make the consequences OMFG worthy. Yeah -- it's like that.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Just wanted to share one of my favorite quotes from the book:</span></span></span><br />
<blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">“Rhiannon's Law #68: If you're going to fly by the seat of your pants, rock out with your cock out. The landing is going to hurt either way, and you might as well make an impression when you nail it.”</span></span></span></blockquote><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #666666; line-height: 20px;"></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We all know that Rhiannon is a smart mouthed-azz kicking-badazz chick. But Saare takes you deeper into Rhiannon's relationships and interactions with the characters in this book. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It's one thing to try and control events that occur around you, but Rhiannon is in 100% react mode from start to end. She can't control anything. Saare pulls no punches in this story line and she even throws in a few dirty kicks to the ribs while you're down. But trust me -- it's a good thing.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I wouldn't recommend that you read The Renfield Syndrome as a stand-alone. There are too many necessary references to Book 1 that you'll miss (it also adds to the excitement and pacing of the story). So if you haven't started this series. GET TO IT! If you're waiting on a reason to move on to Book 2 - stop procrastinating! You will not be disappointed.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">119 pages<br />
Erotic Novella<br />
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<i>Beth Mason seemingly has it all. A successful bakery/café called Decadent Dreams, good friends, and a nice home in Stamford, New York.<br />
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After her previous boyfriend dumped her six months before for not spending enough time with him, Beth decided that she had been through enough and wanted more in a relationship. Throwing herself back into the dating scene, Beth decided to go onto an online dating website called, ‘A Foreign Affair.’<br />
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Enjoying the different types of men from all over the world that ‘A Foreign Affair’ catered to, Beth became struck by a handsome man from Belarus named Yuri who was the former manager of the famed Rhapsody night club. After realizing that they had a lot in common, the two struck up a close, intense relationship.<br />
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Yuri, who’s been depressed since his nightclub burned to the ground and watching his best friend’s parents both die from a terminal illness, decided to take Beth up on an invite and join her for a fun-filled weekend in New York City.</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>With both of them full of emotions, will the weekend be just what they needed or more than they bargained for?</i></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">As part of KLB’s First Class Tour with Author Ty Langston, I'm featuring an interview with Ty. Please join me in welcoming her to the B-Spot!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i><br />
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<b><i>Dren: Thanks of much for joining me on your tour Ty! Let's get right down to it. Vampires or Werewolves? Why? </i></b><br />
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<b>Ty: </b> Werewolves. They’re sexy, hot (literally) and can play in the daytime.<br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Ty:</b> Sexy, Fun and Hot with a capital H. <br />
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<b><i>Dren: What animal characteristics would you describe as closely related to your personality?</i></b><br />
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<b>Ty: </b>I’ve been told I’ve got good instincts.<br />
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<b><i>Dren: What did it feel like when you got your first contract? </i></b><br />
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<b>Ty: </b>Beyond thrilled. It was the culmination of two years of work. I had been though a lot during that time. I got very sick, was hospitalized and was just getting to know my father and half siblings. It was a huge learning experience. I realized that time is our most precious commodity. So, I worked as hard as I could at trying to make a dream a reality. <br />
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<b><i>Dren: What advice would you give to aspiring authors? </i></b><br />
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<b>Ty:</b> Write. Write all the time. Doesn’t matter how much or how little. Just try to write something everyday. Also, read. Read a lot. When I have the time, I try to read as much as I can. Authors are a talented bunch, in my opinion, there is more than enough room for everyone who has a talent for storytelling. <br />
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<b><i>Dren: What is your writing process? </i></b><br />
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<b>Ty:</b> I tend to write at night until early morning. I write long-handed in a notebook and then I transfer it all to my laptop. (yes, I have a death wish. LOL) <br />
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<b>Dren: What are you working on now? </b><br />
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<b>Ty:</b> A paranormal story called “Coming Home” which will be a part of Lazy Day’s 1st printed offering called “Indulgence” and wrapping up “Mail Order Groom” <br />
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<i><b>Dren: What is the one thing you can't do with out when writing? </b></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Ty:</b> Music and water. If I don’t have my headphones or Ipod, it’s a bad scene at my house.<br />
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Thanks so much for stopping by the B-Spot Ty! I wish you continued success in your writing endeavors.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Want to learn more about Ty? You can find her:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Felicia's experience as a hostage negotiator makes her a natural asset to a team divided by suspicion and prejudice. While being in close contact with Knox makes the desire she feels for him difficult to deny, Knox much marry a vampire, and she's not about to be his human lover on the side.</span></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><i>As the team embarks on its dangerous mission, Knox is determined to convince Felicia that the passion that connects them is enough to transcend both race and her human idea of morality. But Felicia is intent on teaching Knox that complete trust and love are the only forces strong enough to unite human and Other, once and forever.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">When a book catches you off guard while reading -- where do you start with the review? I was stumped!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">I'd heard so many great things about <i>Chosen By Blood</i> that I was ecstatic when I was able to pick up a signed copy from the author herself at RWA. (Virna DePaul was sooooo nice!) So I start reading it about a week after I get home. I'm so hooked on it - I purchase the Kindle version just so I can keep reading via TTS while at work. (Have earbuds, will read.)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">In the beginning -- I didn't understand why Knox was sooooo insistent on marrying his own kind. I also didn't stand behind Felicia's issue of "monogamy or bust." But as I got deeper into the story - I learned more about Knox and Felicia's way of thinking -- their pain and why they held steadfast to their beliefs. The romance between them grew and it was at a pace that worked well with the story. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">Two thumbs up and a snap for DePaul's mental gymnastics! There were plot twists and turns that literally had me sending status updates to Goodreads hourly. Shock and awe and "What the Hell?" was in full effect!! She also takes the time to set up the world and it's characters to give readers a full picture of the world she's created. Some readers find that a turn off - but I love it with Urban Fantasy books. If I have a better understanding for how the world operates, I can buy into pretty much any crazy thing the author throws at you.</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG947qUt62Trqf0pxGowOcZe1PabLO6C1sV2ec8yNli6cgylMI5Q1W1ofox3B0hAOJcg3xhr6X5EhNn2QZp6s-UAyN5qBcYi8kOG-1aFr3jMvn7B5dlAHuhFJC7J9SlU93A6ApYCOgGik/s1600/drens+ratings+5+tea+cups.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG947qUt62Trqf0pxGowOcZe1PabLO6C1sV2ec8yNli6cgylMI5Q1W1ofox3B0hAOJcg3xhr6X5EhNn2QZp6s-UAyN5qBcYi8kOG-1aFr3jMvn7B5dlAHuhFJC7J9SlU93A6ApYCOgGik/s200/drens+ratings+5+tea+cups.png" width="160" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This is DePaul's first book in her Para-Ops series. Book Two, <i>Chosen by Fate</i> will feature Para-Ops team members, Wraith, the team's ghost, and Caleb O'Flare, the team's human psychic shaman. You can also grab a FREE read of a prequel novella titled <a href="http://hipwritergirls.typepad.com/justsoldabook/2011/06/free-prequel-novella-to-chosen-by-blood-wraiths-awakening.html">"<i>Wraith's Awakening."</i></a></span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">As many attendees have already mentioned, there were a lot of problems at AADPhilly. Some were due to the hotel's inefficiencies and others, clearly were not. But I will say that the attending authors, bloggers and readers who were confronted with the hiccups and mishaps took them all in stride and made the event what it was supposed to be; A gathering of people who share the love of reading. YAY US!!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Will I attend AADNOLA? No, but that's my personal decision. I've heard that next year a professional conference management company will handle the event so that's a great start. I'll give AAD a couple more years to work out the kinks before I try again. I think this con has great potential for being one of the top reader focused conferences out there. It's just not there yet.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Am I mad that I went to AADPHILLY? Do I consider it a waste of my time or money? HELL NO! Where else could I get this fabulous photo with women who not only make me laugh on Twitter daily, but who touched my heart in person?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #231621;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyORaP4cYdBI4ICN1au9cmyu7HNTNZYf7fODtZFj2PVlGAt0LeL8JQo0nnClt9PWwuWyBPf8FR94k10XTVpo910tm8mMiYqTQoMFNHBGBs8tdTT0odFtUnuCo9LVRIZAuRxunmnCz3Tyk/s1600/bloodlines.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyORaP4cYdBI4ICN1au9cmyu7HNTNZYf7fODtZFj2PVlGAt0LeL8JQo0nnClt9PWwuWyBPf8FR94k10XTVpo910tm8mMiYqTQoMFNHBGBs8tdTT0odFtUnuCo9LVRIZAuRxunmnCz3Tyk/s320/bloodlines.jpg" width="214" /></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Title: Bloodlines</span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #231621;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Series: Demons of Oblivion, #1</b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #231621;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Genre: Paranormal Romance</b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #231621;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Author: Skyla Dawn Cameron </b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #231621;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Pub: April 20, 2011, Mundania Press </b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #231621;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Format: E-book; Paperback, 216 pages</b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #231621;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #231621;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Summary from Goodreads</b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #231621;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">After three hundred years of unlife, vampire Zara Lain has seemingly done it all, and she's now making a living as a successful thief-turned-assassin. Her newest assignment seems simple enough--kill the aging leader of the O'Connor Coven and his only heir, and she'll have another ten million in the bank.<br />
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But in the dangerous world of the supernatural, few things are ever "simple."<br />
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When a massive assault decimates the continent's population of powerful witches and warlocks, and its orchestrator has vampires being hunted down and captured, Zara realizes the tables have turned and now she'll be playing the hero. Forced to join with a smart-mouthed fellow vampire, a demonologist who's also a fan of hers, a recently widowed--and frequently brooding--warlock, and her best friend's mom, Zara's grudgingly willing to do what she can to save the day.<br />
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If only people would stop ruining all her outfits...</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">I'll admit, when I first started reading Bloodlines by Skyla Dawn Cameron I hated Zara. Like SERIOUSLY hated her. I'd never really met a main character that irked me. Enter Zara Lain, a 300-year old vamp. So self-centered, so self-focused. Just pure ewww! *insert hysterical giggle here* WOW - for me that's super-great-fantabulous writing! For someone to evoke that emotion from me is HUGE!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">Cameron certainly takes readers on a roller coaster of emotions in Bloodlines. Because after reaching the midpoint of the book - I loved Zara. I loved her snark. Her self-centeredness. Her weaknesses. Yes she has them! But Cameron takes Zara and the reader on a path of discovery without losing the core elements that make Zara .... Zara.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><br />
</span></span></div><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"I don’t think we’ve been introduced,” I said. “My name’s Zara. I’m strong, I’m fast, and I totally kick ass. It’s great to be me...but that means right now it sucks to be you."</span></span></blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">But I would be remiss if I didn't mention reluctant Warlock, Nate O'Conner. For those who've read Bloodlines and love Nate -- can I get a WOOT-WOOT!? Again, Cameron creates a character that is the pure antithesis of Zara and the sparks FLY! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So for a recap - I hated Zara! I loved Zara! I loved Nate and Zara and I can't frickin' wait for Book 2 - <i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10779896-hunter">Hunter</a></i>. It has a release date of August 30th!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">For a special treat, Cameron is holding a pretty awesome giveaway - <a href="http://www.skyladawncameron.com/hunterprizepack">Hunter Prize Pack</a>. Contest ends August 30th so click the link and check it out!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>An unknown assassin has appointed himself judge, jury, and executioner, brutally taking out high-level human targets citywide. And the list of suspects is a sensitive one: an Iranian diplomat, a U.S. senator, and a vengeful priest. It's just the kind of case to test the resolve of tough FBI agent, Jaid Marlowe. Especially when her new partner is Adam Raiker, Jaid's former colleague and ex-lover. But that's history—and it left scars.<br />
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Determined to leave it behind them, Jaid and Adam dive into the most shocking investigation of their careers. But when Adam himself becomes a suspect, Jaid must choose between past and present. Her choice plunges them into a far-reaching, high-level conspiracy of shadows—and on the run not only from secrets and lies, but for their lives. Now, despite their history, they have only each other, and the desperate hope that love can keep them alive.</i></span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">When I received the review request for <i><b>Deadly Sins</b></i> I was thrilled. Romantic Suspense was my "first love" of reading when I was a kid. So it seemed fitting that I would wrap myself around this story.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">To put it simply - AMAZING!! Truly AMAZING! <i><b>Deadly Sins</b></i> is book 6 in the The Mindhunter Series, but that didn't matter. It read well as a stand alone novel. There were a few points in the plot where I wondered if more details were available in previous books, but it was mainly my curiosity rather than a flaw in the story. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The main characters, Jaid and Adam, worked well together in this story and felt like a complete role-reversal from what you would normally see in romantic suspense novels. Jaid was the FBI agent and Adam was the ex-FBI agent who was damaged. Both physically and emotionally. Typically it's the female who's still dealing with emotional issues and I love how Brant made Jaid stand out from the crowd. She strong, capable and able to hold her own. Don't get me wrong - Adam is no wimp! Even with his physical injuries, he still stands out as a man to be reckoned with. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i><b>Deadly Sins</b></i> has an intricately woven plot that really keeps you guessing. Secondary characters aren't thrown into the story hap hazardously; they actually add strong richness to the story line and help to keep it moving quickly. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I was sad to see that <i><b>Deadly Sins</b></i> is the conclusion to The Mindhunter series. I didn't get that from the book, but only found out while preparing to write my review. Personally, I loathe starting a series at the end. It can be a total buzzkill. BUT <b><i>Deadly Sins</i> </b>was so good, packed with action, suspense, grisly murders (and the like) -- I'm going to have to pick up <i><b>Waking Nightmare, Book 1</b>.</i> Each book in the series focus' on a character introduced in Deadly Sins. I need the WHOLE story!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><img border="0" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikrh8RYI1VaA6QhW3xWXRQiJDt-Bd5UBRZwA7RGrkGBcP-OXePTowqBAKcO8Gsmrs0Lo7oVj5m1RPMOASGsRP8IxvCp1BlC4EZ3tUL_XM74WHnuB2Kgv0wZeb1JL3s8DPQyEUa2slbdcU/s200/Drens+signature.png" width="200" /></div>Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09939687523521257657noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030062866647079540.post-84700171659091311842011-07-26T08:20:00.000-04:002011-07-26T08:20:17.180-04:00KLB Events: Cari Quinn Mini Holiday Tour<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"></span></span><br />
<div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="color: magenta;"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i868.photobucket.com/albums/ab248/bellie7/KLB%20Virtual%20Events/CariQuinn-2.jpg" /></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="color: magenta;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="color: magenta;">"Provoke Me was a very <i>steamy </i>read and if all of Cari Quinn's Books are like this one, I'll make sure to keep a towel handy" -Bells From Hanging with Bells-</span></span></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><a avglsprocessed="1" href="http://s868.photobucket.com/albums/ab248/bellie7/KLB%20Virtual%20Events/?action=view&current=provokeme_msr.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #0000cc; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" height="400" src="http://i868.photobucket.com/albums/ab248/bellie7/KLB%20Virtual%20Events/provokeme_msr.jpg" width="245" /></a></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Provoke Me</b></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Book 2 in the Unveiled series</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Author: Cari Quinn</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Publisher: Ellora's Cave</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">ISBN: 9781419933653Genre: Erotic Romance</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Format: ebook</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Length: Plus Novel</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Release date: June 22, 2011</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Attracted. Kelly's focus is the bookstore she manages. Sex is relegated to a list of candidates on her PDA. Only one man pushes all her buttons—her boss.</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i><br />
Fascinated. Spencer is determined to fight his desire for Kelly. For years they've bumped heads over the store they both love. But there's more than one reason their getting together is complicated.</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i><br />
Provoked. When Kelly and Spencer unexpectedly meet up at a sex club, all the rules go out the window. Suddenly there's only way this match of wills can end —naked, preferably all night long. In this battle for sexual supremacy, there are two winners—and two losers when their stubbornness leads to the very thing each dreads most. <a href="http://www.cariquinn.com/PM_exc.php">Excerpt:</a></i></span></div><div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="color: purple;">"Provoke Me has all the ingredients to keep you turning the pages, a complete mix of hot sensual smutty goodness! Cari Quinn's Series is gritty and provocative" -Tigris From Tigris Eden's Garden of Books-</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><b>Find Cari Quinn at:</b></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><a avglsprocessed="1" href="http://www.cariquinn.com/" style="color: #0000cc;" target="_blank">Website</a></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><a avglsprocessed="1" href="http://twitter.com/#%21/cariquinn" style="color: #0000cc;" target="_blank">Twitter</a></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><a avglsprocessed="1" href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Cari-Quinn/100000599494367" style="color: #0000cc;" target="_blank">Facebook</a></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><a avglsprocessed="1" href="http://cariquinn.blogspot.com/" style="color: #0000cc;" target="_blank">Blog</a></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><a avglsprocessed="1" href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3372702.Cari_Quinn" style="color: #0000cc;" target="_blank">GoodReads</a></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><a avglsprocessed="1" href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/provoke-me-cari-quinn/1104154677?ean=9781419933653&itm=1&usri=provoke%2bme" style="color: #0000cc;" target="_blank">Romancing the Muses</a> (blogging on Friday)</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Email address: <a href="mailto:CariQuinnAuthor@gmail.com" style="color: #0000cc;" target="_blank">CariQuinnAuthor@gmail.com</a></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><a avglsprocessed="1" href="http://www.cariquinn.com/books.php" style="color: #0000cc;" target="_blank">Cari Quinn's Book List</a> </span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><b><br />
</b></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Coming Soon to Ellora's Cave </span></b></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><b><i><br />
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</b></span></span></div><div align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><b><em>Sometimes what you think you want and what you need are two very different things...</em></b></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><b>As a technical editor, Jeffrey Maddox deals with plenty of words, leaving him few to spare on people. The one person he can't hold at arm's length is his baby sister. Keeping Daisy from wrecking her newly rehabbed life by shacking up with her older married lover, Lonny, is the only reason he would impulsively borrow Lonny's phone and text his wife, Karyn. And then, meet with her at a coffee shop on a snowy night, ostensibly to convince her to stay with her philandering husband...</b></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><b><br />
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<div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><u><b>Join us on the following dates for this Mini Holiday Tour</b></u></div></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">July 25th <a avglsprocessed="1" href="http://www.asiancocoasblog.com/" style="color: #0000cc;" target="_blank">Asian Cocoa</a></div></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">July 25th <a avglsprocessed="1" href="http://www.tigrisedengardenofbooks.com/%20" style="color: #0000cc;" target="_blank">Tigris Eden's Garden of Books</a></div></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">July 26th <a avglsprocessed="1" href="http://www.drensb-spot.com/" style="color: #0000cc;" target="_blank">Drens B Spot</a></div></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">July 26th <a avglsprocessed="1" href="http://www.orderofsmutvixens.blogspot.com/" style="color: #0000cc;" target="_blank">The Order of Smut Vixens</a></div></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">July 27th <a avglsprocessed="1" href="http://www.lovetoreadforfun.com/" style="color: #0000cc;" target="_blank">Love To Read For Fun </a></div></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">July 29th <a avglsprocessed="1" href="http://www.smashattackreads.com/" style="color: #0000cc;" target="_blank">Smash Attack</a></div></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">My sincere apologies for the delay with announcing the winner of the signed copy of Deeper Than Midnight by Lara Adrian. So without further delay the winner is...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #231621;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>R<a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/06608651578812369775" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2b3003; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">uby95660</a>!</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #231621;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #231621;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Since I took forever to post this I'm going to giveaway an additional copy (unsigned) to....</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #231621;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikrh8RYI1VaA6QhW3xWXRQiJDt-Bd5UBRZwA7RGrkGBcP-OXePTowqBAKcO8Gsmrs0Lo7oVj5m1RPMOASGsRP8IxvCp1BlC4EZ3tUL_XM74WHnuB2Kgv0wZeb1JL3s8DPQyEUa2slbdcU/s1600/Drens+signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikrh8RYI1VaA6QhW3xWXRQiJDt-Bd5UBRZwA7RGrkGBcP-OXePTowqBAKcO8Gsmrs0Lo7oVj5m1RPMOASGsRP8IxvCp1BlC4EZ3tUL_XM74WHnuB2Kgv0wZeb1JL3s8DPQyEUa2slbdcU/s200/Drens+signature.png" width="200" /></a>Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09939687523521257657noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030062866647079540.post-54216493329690426642011-07-17T00:15:00.000-04:002012-01-12T01:01:09.106-05:00KLB Virtual Journey: Deeper Than Midnight by Lara Adrian Review and Giveaway<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP3uDu7vwJTqKctcfalvxQnu0SV-XWHuplYqMF35Hmgb3wEWANho4EaJ4wgqfOOfMAn5yGinscmnZuBVBLKV9THiwVcWOUDaIG6V6oCl30tsFWhkX20XIvGLZzG2HCst4stCDhuPDHGNs/s200/KLB+Lara+Adrian+Journey+Image+Large.png" width="200" /></span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrSx8VT5z2Ix340uJZ98qVmQytVt_SURWKq7SNm1gZkSnS78qdH5GfIJwF5ULP13pwL5wlDzEhCIJ8xlqfnXBXZP7wLzyym_Qk__7v6KaMzOv9fWN5El9FvkY4BLJUxZb26gA4fa3Fx-k/s1600/deeper+than+midnight.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrSx8VT5z2Ix340uJZ98qVmQytVt_SURWKq7SNm1gZkSnS78qdH5GfIJwF5ULP13pwL5wlDzEhCIJ8xlqfnXBXZP7wLzyym_Qk__7v6KaMzOv9fWN5El9FvkY4BLJUxZb26gA4fa3Fx-k/s1600/deeper+than+midnight.jpg" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Title: Deeper Than Midnight</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Series: Midnight Breed, Book 9</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Genre: Paranormal Romance</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Author: Lara Adrian</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Pub: June 28, 2011; Dell</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Format: Mass Market Paperback, 387 pages</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">At eighteen, Corinne Bishop was a beautiful, spirited young woman living a life of privilege as the adopted daughter of a wealthy family. Her world changed in an instant when she was stolen away and held prisoner by the malevolent vampire Dragos. After many years of captivity and torment, Corinne is rescued by the Order, a cadre of vampire warriors embroiled in a war against Dragos and his followers. Her innocence taken, Corinne has lost a piece of her heart as well--the one thing that gave her hope during her imprisonment, and the only thing that matters to her now that she is free. </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
Assigned to safeguard Corinne on her trip home is a formidable golden-eyed Breed male called Hunter. Once Dragos's most deadly assassin, Hunter now works for the Order, and he's hell-bent on making Dragos pay for his manifold sins. Bonded to Corinne by their mutual desire, Hunter will have to decide how far he'll go to end Drago's reign of evil--even if carrying out his mission means shattering Corinne's tender heart.</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hunter's story! FINALLY!! From the moment Hunter joined The Order, I lusted after his book. I wanted to know more about his background and what really made him tick! <i>Deeper Than Midnight</i> lays it all out and I was flat out stunned!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Lara Adrian has done a wonderful job with creating a rich and multi-layered story with the Midnight Breed series. In <i>Deeper Than Midnight</i>, we finally get a real look inside the horror that Dragos has created in his pursuit of world domination and the destruction of The Order.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Corinne was Dragos' captive for over 13 years and after being rescued by The Order, she longs to be reunited with her family. From their first meeting, Hunter is fascinated by Corinne, not by just her beauty, but by the prophesy that was shared with him not long before that involved Corinne. He volunteers to return her home to her family safely but that trip is cut short after a discovery is made that shatters Corinne's world and ultimately sends them both on the run.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">The romance between Corinne and Hunter is ..... different. They're both "damaged" having been either exposed to or products of Dragos' madness. Their attraction builds slowly in the beginning. Hunter is hesitant because emotions/feelings are new to him; Corinne is hesitant because after so many years of torture and pain she never expected to have an opportunity to care for anyone. Throw in a lot of danger and neck-snapping and you've got the perfect mix for romance.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">In perfect Adrian form, there are several continued subplots in <i>Deeper Than Midnight</i>. Chase aka Harvard has officially gone off the deep end. There's a scene between Chase and Elise that truly made my jaw drop! There's also the continued fight between The Order and Dragos. Things truly come to a head between the two and the members of the Order are forced to decide -- "Fight or Flight." And it makes for a totally nail biting ending.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I'm pleased to have the opportunity to giveaway a copy of <i>Deeper Than Midnight</i> on KLB's Tour. I had the FANTASTIC opportunity to meet Lara Adrian in NYC this past June at the Romance Writers of American National Conference. She was gracious enough to sign her book -- so I'm putting it up for grabs along with a bit of swag.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I'm keeping it simple - Leave a comment with your email addy below. That's it. Winner will be selected via Random.org on July 20th and will have 48 hours to respond once contacted. Giveaway is open to US only.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 1.4;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #231621;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #231621;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><strong>Title: Lover Unleashed</strong></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.4;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #231621;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #231621;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><strong>Series: Black Dagger Brotherhood</strong></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.4;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #231621;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #231621;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><strong>Genre: Paranormal Romance</strong></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.4;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #231621;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #231621;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><strong>Author: J.R. Ward</strong></span></span></span></span></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><div style="color: #231621; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #231621;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><strong>Pub: March 29th 2011 by NAL</strong></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><b>Format: Hardcover, 489 pages</b></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; line-height: 18px;"><div class="row"><br />
</div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Summary from Goodreads:</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Payne, twin sister of Vishous, is cut from the same dark, warrior cloth as her brother: A fighter by nature, and a maverick when it comes to the traditional role of Chosen females, there is no place for her on the Far Side… and no role for her on the front lines of the war, either.<br />
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When she suffers a paralyzing injury, human surgeon Dr. Manuel Manello is called in to treat her as only he can- and he soon gets sucked into her dangerous, secret world. Although he never before believed in things that go bump in the night- like vampires- he finds himself more than willing to be seduced by the powerful female who marks both his body and his soul.<br />
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As the two find so much more than an erotic connection, the human and vampire worlds collide … just as a centuries old score catches up with Payne and puts both her love and her life in deadly jeopardy.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">Yeap! I'm totally late to the game on this one. I really wanted to add this book to my Kindle collection, but the crazy pricing literally stopped me in my tracks. At the time the Kindle version was priced at $14.. or something crazy close to the Hardcover price. My cheap bone snapped. But lucky for me, my girl Penny took pity on me and loaned me her copy. Like 2 months ago. LOL Hey I said I was behind the game. So I'll keep this short and sweet :)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">I was still feeling the glow of <i>Lover Mine</i> when I turned to page one. What did Ward cook up for Payne? Would she ever walk again? Who would she be matched with? To be honest - it took me a while to read Lover Unleashed -- like 3 weeks. *gasp* I know! I know! But it did.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">I loved the pairing of Manny and Payne. But Manny seemed a bit more "loose" in this book than when he's introduced in Vishous' story. (I remembered him as up tight and anal.) The storyline for this book was "interesting." I'm going to keep it at that because there were a few twists and turns that made me go "seriously JR? Like you REALLY went there?" </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">Don't get me wrong - I really enjoyed the book. The romance is finally back and here to stay. I'm happy that this book didn't falter on the overall focus (Romance) after <i>Lover Mine </i>as was the case for a few of the previous books. But it was a bit slow for me. Butch and Vishous? Hmmm. The jury is still out on that one. I feel like Ward toned down the tension between them by about 100 degrees - but then near the end did something weird that still has me wondering. (FYI the Scene in the Bedroom.)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><br />
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<div style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 1.4;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #231621; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><strong>Title: Dragon Bound</strong></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.4;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #231621; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><strong>Series: Elder Races, #1</strong></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.4;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #231621; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><strong>Genre: Paranormal Romance</strong></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.4;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #231621; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><strong>Author: Thea Harrison</strong></span></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #231621; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><strong>Pub: May 3, 2011 by Berkley</strong></span></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Half-human and half-wyr, Pia Giovanni spent her life keeping a low profile among the wyrkind and avoiding the continuing conflict between them and their dark Fae enemies. But after being blackmailed into stealing a coin from the hoard of a dragon, Pia finds herself targeted by one of the most powerful - and passionate - of the Elder races. </i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i><br />
As the most feared and respected of the Wyrkind, Dragos Cuelebre cannot believe someone had the audacity to steal from him, much less succeed. And when he catches the thief, Dragos spares her life, claiming her as his own to further explore the desire they've ignited in each other.<br />
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Pia knows she must repay Dragos for her trespass, but refuses to become his slave - although she cannot deny wanting him, body and soul ...</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">In early May, the Twitterverse was once again a-buzz about a new book featuring a male alpha-dragon. EVERYONE was tweeting about it. EVERYONE was reading it. Of course that meant, I had to get it.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><i>Dragon Bound</i> is Book 1 of Thea Harrison's Elder Races Series. You've read the summary above - so here are the highlights -- there are Witches, Warlocks, Griffins, Fae, Fairies -- oh and of course one red hot dragon named Dragos. Need I say more?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">I can now understand all the hub-bub about this book. The writing is phenomenal! The story line is unique and fresh and you just can't stop reading. Harrison gives readers, snark, humor and sizzling hot romance that will leave you breathless. Here's a one of my favorite lines:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><br />
</span></span></div><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">I am cursed with a terminal case of curiosity," he said. "I am jealous, selfish, acquisitive, territorial and possessive. I have a terrible temper, and I know I can be a cruel son of a bitch." He cocked his head. "I used to eat people, you know."</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"> </span></span></span></blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Priceless! So if you haven't succumbed to the Twitter pressure about this book - just DO IT!! You'll love it. Trust me! Wait! There's more! Harrison has been VERY busy! Book 2, <i>Storm's Heart</i> will be released on August 2, 2011 and and Book 3 <i>Serpent's Kiss</i> will be released October 4, 2011. I can't wait to get my fingers wrapped around them all!!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Win a signed copy of Master of Smoke by NYT Bestselling author, Angela Knight!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2XZj9iS9mxQL3pBplmyyzvLWnQ5mB8HxIuspcQCCqVtrrH7ZtpLl_xbfZmpBunYXoU1RMSc4bBXfuqhIELIbVOPl1HeNN2ssQUaua4Sb6n7Z7S_3siAD2e36MrkyfSvNAYOvwdEBfc98/s320/Master+of+Smoke.jpg" width="198" /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><div class="row" style="line-height: 18px;">Genre: Paranormal Romance</div><div class="row" style="line-height: 18px;">Series: Mageverse, Book 11</div><div class="row" style="line-height: 18px;">Paperback, 280 pages</div><div class="row" style="line-height: 18px;">Published January 4th 2011 by Berkley </div><div class="row" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Winner will be announced on the Blog and Twitter on Saturday, June 4th and will have 48 hours to claim their prize! </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Contest is ..... ok International. (GAH! I hope it doesn't cost me an arm and a leg.) ROFL. I'm excited so I'll share the joy with the world.</span></li>
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So, based on the tweets and comments from the lovely @MsAnnAguirre I picked up the first book in Alexis Morgan's Paladin's of Darkness Series. There are seven published books in this series and I jumped into the conversation while she was discussing the upcoming May 31st release of book 8. She talked up the characters, the world building and Morgan's writing skills so much, I kind of HAD to do the 1-Click. Really, I did.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So on my first day of Triathlon training, (see the tie-in?) I put on my ear buds, turned Chessiebomb on for TTS and let Alexis Morgan take me away as I listened to Dark Protector, Paladins of Darkness #1 and walked/slogged around the mall parking lot for 3.5 miles. That was on May 3rd. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Today is May 21st and I'm on Book 5! I LOVE THIS SERIES!!!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">There's action, and super-alpha-males with swords and guns and heroines that don't take lip from anyone and will kick-azz and take names without ever lifting a weapon. @MsAnnAguirre was DEAD ON! Alexis Morgan has created a world that doesn't require explanation - or set up. It. Just. Is. Readers are fed bits and pieces of world building but Morgan treats them as just that. Bits and Pieces. No info dumps here folks. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Now that I've gushed about my love of Alexis Morgan, here's my review of her first book.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</strong></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i><strong>Devlin Bane:</strong> Born a Paladin, he is a member of an ancient band of warriors locked in a centuries-old war against evil.</i></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><strong><i><br />
</i></strong></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i><strong>His destiny:</strong> To die over and over again to protect mankind from the Others, only to be revived each time by his mortal Handler.</i></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i><br />
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</i></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Dr. Laurel Young, who has spent years training to become a Handler, must remain detached from her patients. But each time she revives the darkly compelling Devlin Bane, he claims a little more of her soul and incites in her desires that grow wilder and wilder — even as he inches closer to losing his humanity. As the war against the Others grows more desperate, Laurel and Devlin can't help but give in to the fierce hunger that's sizzled between them for so long. Now they'll face the ultimate battle together — to save a dark, passionate love that goes against every rule as they join forces to fight an enemy who is closer than they ever imagined....</i></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Dark Protector introduces readers to the life of a Paladin. You fight. You die. You come back. A Paladin's sole purpose is to defend areas that have been identified as portals to another world where human-like beings known only as Others break try to break through. Every Paladin has a medical Handler. Someone who monitors their health and looks out for the telltale triggers of Paladin madness. Each life they lose brings them closer to the end.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Devlin and Laurel are not supposed to be together. Paladin's must remain single, isolated. Their work doesn't lend itself to long term relationships. Handlers should NOT fall in love with their charges. Especially since one day they will have to put them down like rabid dogs. Add to the pot that it's against the rules of their organization, oh and someone tried to kill Devlin - as in permanently dead, you've got nice internal and external conflict between them that gets sizzling hot within the first few chapters. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">If you're the type of reader that enjoys the world building process in paranormal romance - you may not like this book. Morgan gives you the world from the characters eyes. You either believe it or you don't. I think that turns off some readers but I find it refreshing and enjoyable.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP9qiHnttUq5oseM1frCQL-Perx_gxGz9isQz9GFPIPJZNW6bK_wsXVUWVVClmQBhi0TulL23Q8kIU06fqZi_Mio7Uhsx45mhyLk7iNTJ0eWHPjZGoTiII48srEsspJq-uWebkW1E1Z2M/s1600/drens+ratings+4+tea+cups.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP9qiHnttUq5oseM1frCQL-Perx_gxGz9isQz9GFPIPJZNW6bK_wsXVUWVVClmQBhi0TulL23Q8kIU06fqZi_Mio7Uhsx45mhyLk7iNTJ0eWHPjZGoTiII48srEsspJq-uWebkW1E1Z2M/s200/drens+ratings+4+tea+cups.png" width="160" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Get your read on!</i></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikrh8RYI1VaA6QhW3xWXRQiJDt-Bd5UBRZwA7RGrkGBcP-OXePTowqBAKcO8Gsmrs0Lo7oVj5m1RPMOASGsRP8IxvCp1BlC4EZ3tUL_XM74WHnuB2Kgv0wZeb1JL3s8DPQyEUa2slbdcU/s1600/Drens+signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikrh8RYI1VaA6QhW3xWXRQiJDt-Bd5UBRZwA7RGrkGBcP-OXePTowqBAKcO8Gsmrs0Lo7oVj5m1RPMOASGsRP8IxvCp1BlC4EZ3tUL_XM74WHnuB2Kgv0wZeb1JL3s8DPQyEUa2slbdcU/s200/Drens+signature.png" width="200" /></span></a></div>Drenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09939687523521257657noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030062866647079540.post-27291281306049162452011-05-19T12:50:00.000-04:002012-01-12T01:02:01.035-05:00Review: Vicious Grace by M. L. N. Hanover<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdg9kEjshCZsRjlPCuAQI6BnPvGxfbx7D2jRFUoSn9swUOek_3IUti2NRt3itMKPgJXu71CrNobirqybOQNeQkBD3W11YIZqcrWnVZu_K-yUSfEsYqjePzJJi2O0m5ULY-G_yG2laYuOo/s1600/vicious+grace.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdg9kEjshCZsRjlPCuAQI6BnPvGxfbx7D2jRFUoSn9swUOek_3IUti2NRt3itMKPgJXu71CrNobirqybOQNeQkBD3W11YIZqcrWnVZu_K-yUSfEsYqjePzJJi2O0m5ULY-G_yG2laYuOo/s320/vicious+grace.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="198" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><em><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #231621; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><strong><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #231621; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Title:</b> Vicious Grace<br />
<b>Series:</b> The Black Sun's Daughter, Book 3<br />
<b>Genre:</b> Urban Fantasy<br />
<b>Author:</b> M. L. N. Hanover</span></span></em></strong></span></span></span></em><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><em><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">For the first time in forever, Jayné Heller’s life is making sense. Even if she routinely risks her life to destroy demonic parasites that prey on mortals, she now has friends, colleagues, a trusted lover, and newfound confidence in the mission she inherited from her wealthy, mysterious uncle. Her next job might just rob her of all of them. At Grace Memorial Hospital in Chicago, something is stirring. Patients are going AWOL and research subjects share the same sinister dreams. Half a century ago, something was buried under Grace in a terrible ritual, and it’s straining to be free. Jayné is primed to take on whatever’s about to be let loose. Yet the greatest danger now may not be the huge, unseen force lurking below, but the evil that has been hiding in plain sight all along—taking her ever closer to losing her body, her mind, and her soul. . . . (Summary from Goodreads.com)</span></em></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I'm a fan of Hanover's <i>The Black Sun's Daughter Series</i> but I will admit it took a while.. I wasn't really impressed with Book 1, Unclean Spirits so it took a lot longer for me to pick up Book 2, <a href="http://www.drensb-spot.com/2011/03/review-darker-angels-by-mln-hanover.html"><i>Darker Angels</i></a>. But man, I'm really glad I did. It was just a natural reaction to immediately pick up Book 3 -- ready to be blown away again. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Vicious Grace</i>, readers </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">get in-depth information about <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Jayné's</span></span> parents and Uncle Eric. This is info that helps explains the why's and what for's that shaped Jayné into the person she is - as well as Who (or maybe what?) The Hell her Uncle Eric was! Believe me -- it's great info - a great twist on the storyline and I can only wonder where it's going to lead in future books.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">To me - this series isn't your typical dark urban fantasy read. The Evil is dark, and well written, not very much romance, but I think the character interaction and subplots that are threaded into the main story add another layer of darkness that you don't see very much in a lot of urban fantasy. I mean -- everyone wants a happy ending right? The guy gets the girl or the Girl kills the evil person and wins. This series -- hmmm nope. It kind of leaves you feeling "complete" with an "ending" - but then something else happens that can flip the script and overpower it. Can you tell I'm having a hard time describing it? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In the end - I loved the story. There were sections of roller coaster action -- action -- slow -- action slow, but it wasn't distracting enough to make me stop reading.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">If you're looking for something new to sink your teeth in - you should pick up this series. Book 5, <i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10789138-killing-rites">Killing Rites</a></i> will be released November 29, 2011.</span><br />
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<b>Series:</b> Demonica Series 3.5<br />
<b>Genre:</b> Paranormal Romance<br />
<b>Author:</b> Larissa Ione<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><strong><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #231621; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Pub:</b> Jan 20, 2011, Kindle, eBook</span></span></em></strong></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><strong><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #231621; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Website: </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: small;"><a href="http://larissaione.com/blog/">http://larissaione.com/blog/</a></span></span></span></em></strong></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><strong><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #231621; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><strong><em><br />
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<i> Demon slayer Andrea Cole has always taken down the demons and vampires she hunts without mercy. But when a fellow slayer is captured and turned into a vampire by a sadistic monster, she must choose between loyalty to her family and the man she loves.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><strong><em><br />
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</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i><strong></strong>Kaden Quinn has dedicated his life to slaying vampires, so when he is turned into one, his greatest nightmare comes to life. And when the woman he loves is thrown into a dungeon with him -- as food -- he must battle new instincts and old desires, and choose between his life, and hers.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><strong><i><br />
</i></strong></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i><strong>PLEASE NOTE:</strong> This is a short novella that originally appeared in The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance 2 and the anthology Vampires in Love. It has been expanded for its stand-alone digital release. In the Demonica timeline, it falls between book 3, Passion Unleashed, and book 4, Ecstasy Unveiled, though it can easily be read without having read the Demonica novels. (Summary from Goodreads.com)</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I won this novella during JoJo's Book Corner live TweetChat with Larissa Ione a couple of weeks ago. Once again, I'm late to the game not realizing this novella was released in January so to say I was totally GEEKED is barely scratching the surface. For those who follow me on Twitter, you know I absolutely adore Larissa Ione and plan to stalk her (in a good way) along with my FFHP Crew during the Author's After Dark convention in Philly. I just found out she'll be attending the RWA Conference in New York next month as well. I'll be wearing my "aspiring writer" hat then, so my stalking will be PURELY professional -- (in a good way). But I digress....</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">Eternity Embraced</i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"> is a fast-paced, hot and steamy novella that quickly pulls you into the story of Kaden and Andrea. Kaden is captured and turned into the very thing he's been hunting - a vampire. Andrea arrives to rescue her lover only to discover she must kill him. Conflict much? Ione is known for creating strong characters with strong relationships and in Eternity Embraces, she doesn't disappoint. We even have special appearances from the heartthrobs of the Demonica series! What a lovely perk that was!</span></span></span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">*DEEP BREATH*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's called <a href="http://www.drenspen.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><b>DREN'S PEN</b></span></a>. (cute name huh?)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's for my other passion.... writing. Have I ever mentioned that I'm writing a novel? Did I mention that before? I did? Yeah.. ok so... I'm announcing it.. like now.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ummm, so, if you have any free time... check it out. Maybe even "follow me?"</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Cause you know... it would make me very happy. *insert smily face here*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ok.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">That's it.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">PS - can you tell I'm nervous? Just a little? GAH!!!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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