Midsummer's Dream Fair

Oh yea! This blog is on the STAGE at JL Bryan's blog!

The giveaway is Day of Sacrifice complete series by Stacey Wallace Benefiel

*takes bow*

Go check it out as well as the other giveaways. Just click on the pic at the top of this post baby!

Also, don't forget that the current giveaway here is:


Just click pic to go to post to enter ↑ 3 books for 1 winner! US only

Please... no more applause! ;)

Claimed (Sin Hunters #2) by Caridad Piñero

Victoria Johnson loves her life. She's her own boss in a quaint beachside town, and has great friends who keep her grounded. If only they knew who she really is: an heiress to an ancient race who possesses astonishing superhuman powers. It's Victoria's duty to restore her clan of Light Hunters to their former glory by choosing the perfect mate. In Christopher Sombrosa, she just may have found him. Strong, smart, and successful, Christopher exudes a powerful energy. Their connection is sensual, irresistible-and forbidden.

A member of the Shadow Hunter clan, Christopher has defied his own father to lead his people away from affliction and violence. Yet he cannot ignore his duty to carry on his ancient bloodline. Stunningly beautiful and brimming with an erotic life force, Victoria is everything Christopher ever hoped for in a mate . . . but as a Light Hunter, she's his mortal enemy. Together, they could unite their warring tribes. But murderous factions on both sides don't want peace-and they'll stop at nothing to keep light and darkness apart forever...

I read and reviewed, The Lost (Sin Hunter's #1) by Caridad Piñero and really enjoyed that book. The sequel can be read as a stand a lone, but it is better to read them in order. You get a better feel for the world if you do.

In the last book we are briefly introduced the Christopher and Victoria. Claimed is their book. We find out if Christopher's intentions for good are true and what Victoria does with her life and love life now that her former betrothed is in love with another. The story and the romance between Christopher and Victoria creates a lot of tension. Their story is reminiscent of love stories such as Romeo and Juliet and the Hatfield and the McCoys. Both on opposite sides of a deadly feud, fall for each other. However questions rear themselves. Can they truly trust one another? Are they being honest with one another? Will their families ever see past the hate and come together? Can prejudices be put aside and harmony reign? Well, some of those questions will be answered, and some will linger onto the next installment in this series. We also get a hint of who is going to be the next romantic couple in the next book.

I have to say although I really enjoyed the ambiguity of Christopher (was he truly good? Bad? In-between?) though most of the book and the independence of Victoria, I also enjoyed the secondary characters with the exception of Rafael. He just didn't send the proper chills and thrills and I feel it was intended. However, he plays an important part in this story, but yet isn't their as much. I feel this is only a set up and I will feel properly chilled and thrilled in the coming books.

I give this book 4 stars. I enjoyed this hopeful coming together against all odds romance. I recommend it to people who love PNR with a side of action.
I received this book from the author and Pump Up Your Book Promotions and no compensation for my review was given.

Married with Zombies Read a Long, Week 3

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This weeks questions come from Loretta @ Between the Pages

Chapters 11-15 

1.) In Chapter 11 Sarah, Dave and Amanda were rushed by 4 zombies. At this time Sarah screams something (gun). SHOW ME YOURS!! Don't have one? That is ok, show me what you would grab outside to protect your self!!

What would I grab... and it's outside? Hm... How about...

Hedge Clippers!

2.) At the end of Chapter 12 they are saved by someone looking very "Underworld" awesome. Let me see your best "Slay em' Gear" Don't want to model your outfit? That is ok, lay it out.. don't forget to add your weapons!!

Okay, seriously? I would slay zombies in sweats. They allow full body range and are easily replaceable after that "goo" gets on you and won't wash out *bleh*. I don't even think I need to lay those out. Besides:

However, if I had her body, skills and looked like her, I would totally wear:

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Hey! How did they get a pic of me?? ;D Okay, the movie wasn't that great but Hallie... uh, I mean me *cough* totally rocked that look. Aaaannnddd.... I'm positive the boy would not be modeling this one at all (the other doesn't like cats, so no need to even try her...). Plus, Catwoman WAS the weapon too (no matter which incarnation) which I think just rocked.

3.) Near the end of Chapter 13 Sarah finds something under the seat to help Dave, that she saved for whenever the need gave in. What was it? "Strike" your best pose!

Okay how's this?

Plus, you can't strike a proper pose without a little mood music... Have to have a rock ballad:

Music Playlist at MixPod.com

...and of course it should be classic hard rock, plus I think it might fit the story. LOL

4.) Nothing very "action pic" happens in Chapters 14 and 15. So this is where you can show me what car you would pic to ride around town, trying to survive. This can totally be a "Google" pic or you can go find one!! Think outside the box! 

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What? *looks innocent* Well, you did say think outside of the box... ;D Of couse I'd have a seat for the puppers as well... Seriously... I want one!

5.) How are you enjoying the book so FAR?!!!

I like the way the characters are working out their problems during the worst parts of the apocalypse... with humor mixed in. Also, the action is a lot more intense than I would have thought. I'm enjoying this book.

Next Weeks questions are from: Tina @Tina's Book Reviews

Bloggy PS: I was told that I should clarify that my pup is not in danger of any sharp objects. That is why you see one specific pup with them and not the other. I am being careful. He not only listens, he takes direction, so I could direct him to go around an object if needed. The other, not so much, so that is why she gets the easy stuff. ;)

Lovestruck Giveaway Hop

Ah love! So, for this giveaway I'm sending one lucky US winner (sorry, international peeps, I'm mailing this one out myself) or winner with a US snail addy:

 A Wedding Wager by Jane Feather

New York Times bestselling author Jane Feather again delights with her new book in this entrancing Georgian trilogy featuring three noble brothers who are offered a preposterous opportunity to restore their family’s mortgaged lands. An eccentric uncle promises a lavish inheritance, but only if each marries—thus redeeming—a fallen woman. And if even one brother fails to fulfill the old man’s decree, none will gain the windfall.Lady Serena Grantley was born to the nobility, but fortune's whim placed her in control of her gamester stepfather, who uses her beauty to lure young men to his gambling tables. Serena even dismissed her first love, the Honorable Sebastian Sullivan, at her stepfather's command. But when he attempts to force her into a liaison with a dissolute earl, Serena resolves to do his bidding no more. Sebastian is the only man who ever captured her heart, and it is to him she turns. . . .Torn between family loyalty and the woman he loves, Sebastian faces a devilish dilemma. His uncle is ailing, and time is running short. Desperate to find a solution, Sebastian conceives a dangerous plan—a wager that could bring him and Serena happiness at last . . . or separate them forever.

Scarlet Nights by Jude Deveraux

What if you learned that your fiancé was not who he claimed to be?Engaged to the charming and seductive Greg Anders, Sara Shaw is happily anticipating her wedding in Edilean, Virginia. The date has been set, the flowers ordered, even her heirloom dress is ready. But just three weeks before the wedding, Greg gets a telephone call during the night and leaves without explanation. Two days later, a man climbs up through a trapdoor in the floor of Sara’s apartment, claiming that he is the brother of her best friend and that he’s moving in. While Mike Newland is indeed telling the truth about his identity, his reason for being there reaches far deeper. He’s an undercover detective, and his assignment is to use Sara to track down a woman who is one of the most notorious criminals in the United States—and also happens to be the mother of the man Sara plans to marry. Mike thinks the job will be easy—if he can figure out how to make a “good” girl like Sara trust him, that is. But Mike has no idea what this mission has in store for him. He’s worked hard to keep private his connections to Edilean, which date back to his grandmother’s time there in 1941. But as Mike and Sara get to know each other, he can’t help but share secrets about himself that he’s told no one else. And in return, Sara opens up to Mike about things she could never reveal to Greg. As the pair work together to solve two mysteries, their growing love begins to heal each of them in ways they never could have imagined.

The Scent of Jasmine by Jude Deveraux

Would you risk your life—on the love of a lifetime? Charleston, 1799: A daughter of Southern gentility and a gifted painter, Catherine Edilean Harcourt has no lack of suitors at home in Virginia, waiting to fulfill her dream of marriage and family. But Cay’s adventurous spirit, fostered by growing up with her three brothers, is piqued while visiting her godfather in South Carolina. Bedridden with a broken leg, he asks Cay to fill in for him on an urgent task: on her way to a fancy dress ball, she must deliver a packed horse to an old friend’s son—who also happens to be an escaped convict charged with murdering his wife! Cay agrees to the plan, which doesn’t go at all as planned . . . whereupon she finds herself fleeing Alexander McDowell’s captors, riding blind into the night with the fugitive Scotsman. Though she should fear him, Cay finds herself overwhelmingly attracted to Alex, and drawn into his tale of misguided justice and his innocence as they seek refuge in the steamy Florida everglades. Will trusting him be the worst mistake of her life? Or will falling in love be the salvation both of them have been looking for? 

All 3 are MPB and all you have to do is have a US addy and fill out the rafflecopter form below to enter:

My Book Boyfriend... Film Noir edition

Meme hosted by the Unread Reader

Today's edition comes from the book, The Taken, by Vicki Pettersson. The book, which I reviewed yesterday, had a film noir feel to it. So, I had to go with the old film noir movies of old. So, I guess my man harem will now have a special section just for them. 

In this book, Griff was a straightforward kind of guy. He was a P.I.  in the 50s and even knew many of the not so legally minded men who ran Vegas at that time. He was and is an alpha male who ended up getting a second chance at life on earth. However, how he spends that time and what he does with it... well... you'll have to read the book to find out. Anyway, he is a gentleman who knows that there are times to not be gentle and who loves women, and does not treat them like property or objects.

Hm... so who to play him. I thought I'd do something different and pick from a real film noir. So, I looked and I kept coming across this picture of Robert Mitchum and Jane Greer in Out of the Past:

Pretty perfect... for both of them really, but sorry Jane, this is a boys only club. Well, those that get to stay there... since I'm the only female allowed to enjoy it. ;D

All pics are from the film, Out of the Past and are owned by Warner Brothers

I think grandma would be proud. ;)

So who is new in your harem this week?