Kresley Cole Signing

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Q&A as she asked us not to, so I am going from the corners of my mind! I hope I don’t disappoint! I will say that no one attacked Paul/Lothaire, although I am sure there were some ladies out there that wanted to do just that very thing! I promise I was not one of them! LOL

The man is hot don’t get me wrong, I briefly considered doing a post called: If I was Paul’s Girl.  LOL can you imagine! Good Lawd! Don’t get me started!

I did ask him how he’s contacts were doing and if they were hurting and his response was that he was good.  Well his exact words were “I’ll be aight,” all calm and collected! He did say that he was going to be on tons of covers and one of the girls at the signing said that he was going to be on the cover of J.R Wards Lover Reborn.  Which is awesome!  I did ask for another hug and to that his words were and these are exact now.  “I think that can be arranged.”  SO LOTHAIRE! If you ask me!

 I know I know this is the KC signing and I am going on and on about Paul! Well I can’t help it! He is hot! So let me just share a quick photo montage of the deliciously excitingly wicked man that is Paul!  Also I want to point out that he meets my height requirements! LOL Yes, Bells and I have a list that we have devised and it consist of height, build, and so on when it comes to our slave boys! Which we will have as soon as I get that winning lotto ticket!

I would also like to mention that Paul starred in the movie Consequences, I did watch this movie and didn’t realize that holy chit batman that’s Paul Marron who’s character is Jason. He is also in another film it looks like it’s a horror film? Called Playroom.

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Kresley was amazing and she answered all the questions that were given to her.  This is just going to be a post to answer some questions, I usually do giveaways and I will be doing a giveaway of some of the items I got there but that will not happen until our 14 Days of Love event in February!

Be sure to stop by for that!

Melanthe and Thronos will be getting their own story, I don't know if it's going to be a novella or full length novel but it's coming!

The same holds true for Kristoff and Furie. 

There was some talk about there only be three more books in the series and then it would be over, but I am here to tell you that is not the case! Her editor told us there is more to come, but the reason KC says three is because that's all she's sold so far to the publishing house, is there more books.

I think Furie and Kristoffs book will be next, how could it not be? If you read the story you will know what I mean.

Also I am stoked about the Dacian Series as well as her upcoming YA series! I will post links for those below, be sure to pre-order and check out the newest books!

We haven't seen the last of Thaddeus! Which is super awesome! And we will get a book during the ascension.

Upcoming New Series for Kresley Cole:

The Arcana Chronicles which is her new YA Series coming October 2012 from Simon &Schuster  Average Modern-Day Kids wake to find themselves changed beyond their wildest imaginings.

Realm of Blood and Mist Series with Shadow’s Claim coming August 21, 2012 I couldn’t find a book cover but here is the short blurb from Goodreads.

#1 New York Times bestseller Kresley Cole introduces The Dacians: Realm of Blood and Mist, a brand new paranormal romance collection following the royal bloodline of Dacia, a mysterious vampire kingdom within The Lore (Cole’s world of mythological creatures in her award-winning Immortals After Dark series).
Series opener Shadow’s Claim features Prince Trehan Daciano, a ruthless master assassin who will use every lethal skill he possesses to defend his imperiled kingdom—as well as his newfound princess. When an ancient secret threatens to destroy them all, can Dacia’s notorious prince of shadows keep his Bride alive against all odds?

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Darker After Midnight: ARC Review

In the dark of night, a blood war escalates within the hidden world of the Breed. After existing in secret for many long centuries, maintaining a fragile peace with the humans who walk beside them unaware, a single act of retaliation has put the entire vampire nation at risk of discovery. It falls to the Order—a cadre of Breed warriors pledged to protect their own and humankind alike—to stop Dragos, the power-mad vampire at the center of the conflict, before his push for domination can explode into catastrophe.

At the center of the Order’s quest is Sterling Chase, once a morally rigid enforcer of Breed law, now a warrior fallen from grace, whose biggest battle is the one he wages against his own savage nature. With addiction beckoning him toward eternal darkness, Chase’s path to redemption has never seemed more out of reach. But when his eyes meet those of Tavia Fairchild, a beautiful witness who identifies him at the scene of a mission gone terribly wrong, Chase finds himself drawn to the woman—and convinced she is something much more than she seems.

Pulled into a vortex of intrigue and danger she can neither resist nor understand, Tavia is uncertain whom to trust. And while everything sane and logical warns her against getting close to Chase, she cannot deny that the handsome, deeply haunted male stirs something primal and ravenous within her. But even as she surrenders to her cravings, nothing can prepare her for the shattering truth of who—and what—she truly is.

As the Order’s enemy mobilizes for the battle of the ages, Dragos and his Minions unleashing a hell on Earth like nothing ever seen before, Chase and Tavia are thrust into the heart of the violence. With time running out and the streets running red with the blood of innocent lives, both Breed and human, together Chase and Tavia must find a way to defeat Dragos once and for all—or die trying.

I think this book in the series is my favorite hands down! Lara Adrian wove together something that was so intriguing, so enthralling, and so damn sexy! It was hard to put the book down!The story line and plot itself were well put together, and I enjoyed getting re acquainted with the characters from some of the other stories. Lucan was a strong force of nature in this book. Then of course there is Rowan and Dragos we get a really good look inside these two characters on a grander scale. 

There was a lot going on in the book, but it didn’t take away from the story at all. We got to see Chase’s struggle with bloodlust, at the same time trying to do the honorable thing, while Lucan was dealing with the fall out of having the compound compromised and then trying to ensure the safety of not only his friends and family but that of the breed nation.  We learn that Dragos has been busy with all kinds of genetic research and that there is not only the breeds who are otherworlders but the discovery of their mates being not what they seem either. 

Tavia Fairchild is not what she seems and when I found out just what and who she was it put into perspective where Adrian was going with this story. I don’t want to give it away because everyone should read this amazing tale, but damn was I truly and well surprised. 

Lara, put us back in touch with Brock and Jenna and we got to see exactly what Jenna’s been dreaming about and from the perspective of one of the ancients. The fact that they weren’t alone and some of the hard and cold calculated moves they made in order to conquer what they felt was theirs by right.

To say that this story had apocalyptic tendencies is still to be determined, but pretty damn close, and the ending of the book was the only choice the breeds had as a species.  Dragos unleashed Rogues who you could say were like zombies, eating and drinking people until they were dead, if it wasn’t for the breeds, I am sure that’s what would have happened. Like, how could Dragos have controlled them once the food supply had been consumed?

There would be nothing left, but when the breed came in along with those from the Agency that weren’t aligned with Dragos things came into place very nicely. The fact that the population of breed had to announce who they were, could only let the series continue forward.  I can’t wait for Mira’s story in 2012, I have a feeling there are going to be some issues between Kellan and Nathan. Just who does Mira end up with? One of them or neither?

Also the other question is, where are the other immortals? The ones that fathered the breedmates? What to do about them? I am interested to see where the story takes off into different and interesting directions. Lara Adrian more than out did herself with this story!

Can’t wait to read more! I hope you all enjoy Chase’s story as much as I did!

Lothaire: By Kresley Cole

Lothaire (Immortals After Dark #12)

by Kresley Cole


ALL FEAR THE ENEMY OF OLD

Driven by his insatiable need for revenge, Lothaire, the Lore’s most ruthless vampire, plots to seize the Horde’s crown. But bloodlust and torture have left him on the brink of madness—until he finds Elizabeth Peirce, the key to his victory. He captures the unique young mortal, intending to offer up her very soul in exchange for power, yet Elizabeth soothes his tormented mind and awakens within him emotions Lothaire believed he could no longer experience.



A DEADLY FORCE DWELLS WITHIN HER

Growing up in desperate poverty, Ellie Peirce yearned for a better life, never imagining she’d be convicted of murder—or that an evil immortal would abduct her from death row. But Lothaire is no savior, as he himself plans to sacrifice Ellie in one month’s time. And yet the vampire seems to ache for her touch, showering her with wealth and sexual pleasure. In a bid to save her soul, Ellie surrenders her body to the wicked vampire, while vowing to protect her heart.



CENTURIES OF COLD INDIFFERENCE SHATTERED

Elizabeth tempts Lothaire beyond reason, as only his fated mate could. As the month draws to a close, he must choose between a millennia-old blood vendetta and his irresistible prisoner. Will Lothaire succumb to the miseries of his past . . . or risk everything for a future with her?

Hardcover, 468 pages

Published January 10th 2012 by Gallery

ISBN

1439136823 (ISBN13: 9781439136829)

Lothaire

Immortals After Dark #12

I enjoyed this book soo much! I wasn’t the least bit disappointed in what Lothaire brought to the table! He was on point on everything! Cole opens us up to a world that pretty much is falling to pieces in Lothaire’s eyes.  He’s constantly plotting his rewards to his Endgame.

When we are last with Lothaire he is trying to get off the island the immortals were being held prisoner at as he has to get to someone, we find out that it’s a woman, but we don’t know the story behind the mysterious woman.  There was some questions that we were finally able to get answered, and of course with all of

Kresley’s books there were more created! We find out about Lothaire’s other side of the family which is a spin off or a melding of sorts to the IAD series, and they are Dacian.

I love her world building and all the characters we come in contact to in all of her stories! I LOVED LOTHAIRE SO MUCH MORE!

He’s mad, but he’s sane, compulsive and arrogant, but also hesitant when it comes to certain things, as well as calculating and manipulative! We get to see Lothaire in all his greatest strengths and then become introduced to all his weaknesses!

Kresley pairs Lothaire with a most unlikely mate, he hates humans!, but yet his mate is trapped in a human body! Or is it the human that has blooded him? All of these things don’t go unanswered!

Elizabeth is from the mountains she’s not rich nor does she care about what outfit would match well to her Prada bag.  She’s capable and stubborn, but has this twang that at times I wanted to say “good lawd Ellie, didn’t the good lord give you good sense to speak right? I reckon he done taught you well, so go on then git on with it” While of course spitting out my tabbacky! LOL At first I didn’t like Ellie but her she was one determined human! 

Lothaire doesn’t believe that Soraya the Blood Diety is his mate, and is convinced she is the key to his Endgame.  He likes the body his mate has chosen, but doesn’t care for the backwoods mountain girl with no class.  She’s sexually enticing, and surprises him at every turn keeping him occupied, but at the end of the day, he will cast her soul out in order to be with Soroya and take over the Horde and Dacian throne!
There is still the issue of La Dorada and her endless search to find Lothaire and take back the ring of sums, even if he doesn’t have the ring he will!

I love his arrogance with Ellie and everyone around him, there were key phrases in the book that made me laugh out loud! But I have to say that my favorite quote is when Elizabeth tells Lothaire he’s Narcissistic and Lothaire points out that he was before the myth and that in fact it should be called Lotharistic!

HILLARIOUS!

The sex scenes and the sexual tension between the two were just YOW! When Lothaire was in the presence of Soroya there was no spark, nothing.  But when Ellie was around all he wanted to do was take her clothes off and have his wicked way with her. Lothaire was a beast in bed! And it shouldn’t be any other way! The man was just oozing sex appeal I can see how Ellie would have a hard time resisting his charms, if you could call them that!

Once Lothaire realized who his bride truly was the tables turned, and as you find out while reading the book Lothaire is a stickler for truth and loyalty he expects nothing less.

I enjoyed this story and has to say that this has to be one of my favorites in the series! Cade and Holly’s book as well as Conrad’s and Neomi’s is also right up there and I must admit I am very excited to see if Thad gets a book.  I know it’s too soon but you know how these things sometimes go! I will be doing a another post where I will talking about the Kresley Cole book signing as well as meeting the notorious Dacian Lothaire!

If you haven’t read this book or the series then you deserved to be hung out to dry and left for the vultures! Because it’s that good!

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Living Violet: by Jamie Reed

Living Violet (The Cambion Chronicles #1)
by Jaime Reed (Goodreads Author)

He's persuasive, charming, and way too mysterious. And for Samara Marshall, her co-worker is everything she wants most--and everything she most fears. . .

Samara Marshall is determined to make the summer before her senior year the best ever. Her plan: enjoy downtime with friends and work to save up cash for her dream car. Summer romance is not on her to-do list, but uncovering the truth about her flirtatious co-worker, Caleb Baker, is. From the peculiar glow to his eyes to the unfortunate events that befall the girls who pine after him, Samara is the only one to sense danger behind his smile.

But Caleb's secrets are drawing Samara into a world where the laws of attraction are a means of survival. And as a sinister power closes in on those she loves, Samara must take a risk that will change her life forever. . .or consume it

This new series by Author Jaime Reed, will definitely have you turning the pages! I was intrigued from the beginning as this was my first IR (Interracial) YA.  I was curious and wanted to see how all of this was going to unfold.
Samara (Sam) is your everyday teenager, she works at a book store she has a best friend and even though her parents are separated, she seems to function just like any other seventeen year old would.

There wasn’t anything unusual about her home life or her friends, it all mixed well with the daily goings on, complete with her best friend Mia and her boyfriend Doughie have outlandish fights.
The one thing that is off in her life is her fellow co-worker Caleb, he’s got these alarming violet eyes and every female seems to want him, but the ones he wants turn up suffering from either a freak stroke or some sort of heart attack.

I have to be honest, and say that although I finished this book in one sitting it had it’s issues for me, will I read the next book? Definitely, Reed is a colorful writer who paints an interesting canvas that kept me turning the pages.  The plot of the story was interesting and different from any other YA paranormal that’s out there, if for no other reason you want to read this book for that. 

There are no fallen angels, or sparkly vampires that want to drink your blood.  Not even a boyfriend who’s the living dead, the characters that Reed develops are clever and quirky.  There were some moments when I laughed out loud and actually snorted!

It was hard for me at first to get into Caleb, from Sam’s perspective he’s not even the least bit attractive, he’s grungy and doesn’t seem to shave much, and seemed to have an over indulgence for sweets. (There is a reason he craves sweets!) That was a complete turn off for me.  But as I was reading I think that’s where Reed was trying to pull the reader, because the moment Samara get’s interested in him was the moment I was able to get into him.  Caleb became this mysterious enigma that I just had to figure out, and the fact that he wasn’t a sparkly vampire, or werewolf, or fallen angel intrigued me more.

There are secrets that had to be discovered and when Samara finds out just what a Cambion is and why Caleb needs her help, the relationship blossoms from there.  The friends and relationships that were put into place for Samara and Caleb along the journey made the circumstances of their situation that much more believable. 

Caleb shares his body with a host, which they refer to as Capone, which I thought was weird but funny, Capone wants to literally suck the life out of those he meets and Caleb who hasn’t been paying much attention to the spirit who lives inside him, tries to placate Capone with sweets, and other items, but when he gets out of control then the woman start coming up with issues. This was a change of course for me refreshing and I enjoyed how Samara was trying to find ways to please both Caleb and Capone in order for them to live in harmony.

The story was well written, and I encourage you to pick up this book and read it, give it the chance it deserves and you will see what pulled me in. There were a couple of contradiction's in the book that I could easily overlook, but I understood where Reed was coming from to a point. Samara is a bi-racial character and her father is black and her mother was white, and Samara for all intense purposes wasn’t stuck in the middle or even bordering on the edge.  But in the book there is a point where you get to see a slight weakness in her that contradicts the strong willed person you know her to be. Maybe she had a moment of weakness, or maybe it was just there for substance, to try and kind of get a message out there. 

I didn’t get it.  

I could see where the issue could have come up as a problem, but not once did Caleb and Samara have to deal with the issue of race, when they became involved in the relationship, and I liked that.  I did enjoy when she said her step-mother Rhonda had “Naptastic” hair, that made me laugh, and I could see where that would come from, but over all Samara didn’t have to straddle the lines of both her races, she seemed to fit right in where she belonged with her friends and family.

Xee’s Corner: Zoe Archer's "Devil's Kiss"

Devil’s Kiss by Zoe Archer

Hellraisers Book #1

Snaps to whoever designed this cover… LOVES!!!

A Paranormal Romance set in the 1700’s. You have a group of men that are so bored with their lives, the boring everyday mundane lives of Earls, Lords etc… so they call themselves the Hellraisers frequenting the gambling rooms, brothels or anything that  might give them some sort excitement. The main character of this book is James Sherbourne Earl of Whitney (goes by Whit) gets his high or excitement from the risk he takes with gambling. One evening Whit and his buddies crash a Gypsy camp they learn is near by… Gypsy camps always a good source of harmless entertainment. While at the camp Whit meets Zora. It’s an instant attraction between the two of them. Whit becomes even more fascinated with Zora when he knows she is cheating him in a game cards and he just has to know how she is doing it but Zora won’t admit it… instead Zora reads Whit and it unsettles him how accurate she is.After drinks are consumed and laughs are had the Hellraisers set off to do some innocent exploring of some nearby ruins…. Zora is uneasy about the men going to ruins but she cant stop a group of drunken men set on some excitement.

While exploring the ruins the guys come across skeletal remains with a box still in the skeletons grip… so of course they open it and by doing so they release the devil… Mr. Holiday (the Devil) as he likes to be called grants each of the men with a gift of what they desire most for a small token of appreciation of course…Zora rushes off to the ruins to try and stop the men from the danger but ends up a pawn in Mr. Holliday’s game.

Zora manages to get free with the help of a ghost named Livia… Livia has a history and is convinced that Zora is the key… Zora sets off with hope and the gift given to her by Livia to save Whit.

Excerpt:

If just the feel of her skin against his fingers felt this good, how much better,how sweet and delicious would she be wrapped around him as he sank himself into her?  “I want to touch you everywhere,” he rumbled  “I want my tongue in your mouth. I want my cock inside of you. I want to make you come so many times, you forget your own name and know only mine.”   Her breath hitched, her eyes darkened.  Lush color stained the high crest of her cheeks. The tip of her tongue darted out to wet her bottom lip. She did not touch him, yet she did not push him away either.  “Zora.” Her name was like incense and secrets.  “Do you want to kiss me?”  Magic compelled her to answer truthfully. “Yes.” She held his gaze.  “I wanted to kiss you soon after I met you. Because I saw not just a handsome man, but a man with a hunger like mine. A man with a need for answers. A questing soul.”

I enjoyed the chemistry between Whit and Zora, I also liked that Zora was a strong self sufficient woman even though Whit played the macho He-Man I will protect you guy…. they made a great team.

I  Give this Book

4 Out Of 5

ARC Review: Awkward by Marni Bates

Mackenzie Wellesley has spent her life avoiding the spotlight. At Smith High, she's the awkward junior people only notice when they need help with homework. Until she sends a burly football player flying with her massive backpack and makes a disastrous - not to mention unwelcome - attempt at CPR. Before the day is out, the whole fiasco explodes on YouTube. And then the strangest thing happens. Suddenly, Mackenzie is an Internet sensation, with four million hits and counting. Sucked into a whirlwind of rock stars, paparazzi, and free designer clothes, she even catches the eye of the most popular guy at school. And that's when life gets really interesting...




I loved this book so much! I have to say aside from the celebrity portion and the hot guy I could totally relate to Mack (she hates that name by the way.) I really have to be honest, I didn’t think I was going to enjoy this book, and not because its from 1st P.O.V it was more like, this is just whacked! But I was wrong, completely and utterly wrong, as they say you can’t judge a book by its cover or in my case the blurb.
The plot was very well put together and I enjoyed how Bates puts the notes at the end of the story. It’s not your basic nerd meets hottest guy in school and the two hook up. No its not quite that simple.

Mackenzie tutor’s the hottest and most popular guy at school, Logan, but she only has ever had eyes for Patrick.  There isn’t much of a triangle going on but there are some dynamics to the relationships.

Mack babbles, she spouts factoids, and she’s clumsy as all get out. But that’s really all it takes is one clumsy, stupid accident that gets her millions of hits on YouTube and then to top it all off, once that starts the ball doesn’t stop rolling, because one of her favorite bands makes a song  about that incident, which in turns gets her the “Devil Wears Prada” designer clothes and launches her out into the universe with out so much as a net.  She gets invited to the concert and her friends dress her up in her new digs, then she’s on stage! A whirlwind of just awesomeness! (Why didn’t this happen to me in high school?)

The friendships that Mackenzie has are long lasting and I was glad it wasn’t one of those, loose your old friends for the “new new” friends.  Mack for the most part kept her head, and her tutoring job on her shoulders.  Small but very definable things start to happen for her, and its funny to watch her stumble through life’s surprises one clumsy step at a time, creating an even bigger issue.

There wasn’t a moment in this book that I wasn’t laughing. I have to say my favorite part was a line you will see used through out the book. “Am I killing him right now” It’s a hilarious moment and the entire time I was reading that scene I was not only feeling embarrassed for Mackenzie but for myself.  Why? Because I was mortified, and could equally see myself in the same situation.  It was outlandish, crazy and bloody brilliant! Bates racked me in emotionally and mentally!

I finished this book in less than 6 hours I started reading at 9:30pm and finished a little before 1:00 am! I couldn’t put the book down! I tried to look away and get distracted but I was drawn back in.

The dynamics of Mack's, Jane, and Corey’s relationship made the book that much more enjoyable and believable. I was instantly transformed back to high school, in yes my GEEK days! I was scared when Mack was scared and nervous when she was.  Although I have to admit I totally saw the signs with Logan and had Patrick figured out from jump!I wanted to smack her upside the head when she couldn’t see Logan liked her and I equally wanted to smack Logan for being such a guy.

There is the mean girl and her crew also called Notables and then there was Mack’s group the Invisibles.  It all made sense and yes I wanted to snatch the bad girl up by her luxurious hair and yank her around for good measure but that’s what made the book so much more enjoyable! The evil character and her troupe, the guy you crushed on for years and find out he’s not so hot after all, the guy you would never have given second thought to, because you thought he was so out of your league, finally makes you swoon!

The comedy in the book was enjoyable and laugh out loud almost all of the time for me! I can’t wait for Jane’s book!

Now the rock star moment in the book was well played and the fact that the band was awesome and made Mackenzie feel normal made me have a swoon moment! I have to admit I totally saw the Tim and Corey thing, um how could you not!

There was teenage rebellion and there was sibling rivalry! I loved how Dylan was against her and then all for her way to pull the family together and her mom was so understanding. Mack didn’t live in a whole home, her parents were divorced by a debacle that she caused at a recital at a young age, and her mother never blamed her for. The family dynamics were amazing! There was struggle and purpose and Mack had her mind set on a goal, (tutoring Logan for money) so that she could get her MacBook!

In the end she walks away with not only the MacBook, but the guy too.

Totally pick this book up you don’t want to miss Mack’s adventure from Geek to sheik!

Blood of Eden: by Tami Dane ARC Review

This mind-blowing new series introduces Sloan Skye, and ambitious intern at the FBI's paranormal unit, where the usual rules of crime fighting don't apply...

Sloan has a sky-high IQ, a chaotic personal life, and a dream: to work for the FBI. Her goal is within reach until an error lands her with the FBI's ugly stepchild: the new Paranormal Behavioral Analysis Unit. She'll get to profile criminals, but the pool of suspects is a little more...diverse. Yet even as Sloan tackles her first case--a string of victims, all with puncture wounds to the neck--she can't silence her inner para-skeptic.

To catch the killer she'll have to think like one. That means casting aside her doubts, and dealing with the bizarre nightmares that started with the job. But the strangeness is only beginning, as Sloan pieces together the shocking truth about a case that's more personal than she ever would have guessed

I don’t truly know where to begin with this book, but first, I would like to say that Dane is a genius! This book was clever and funny, I couldn’t stop turning the pages once I really sat down and got into this book.

Sloan Skye is bright and intelligent and its her first day at the FBI as their intern, but she soon finds out that her job at BAU was taken by her nemesis Gabe.  She’s just about to give up when she’s approached for another position within the FBI in a newly formed group, the PBAU which stands for Paranormal Behavioral Analysis Unit.

Sloan’s skeptical about the new position but takes it anyway, decided some work in the FBI is better than none.  She’s soon introduced into the world of Paranormal as they get their first case, she thinks she’s going to be filing papers, going on coffee runs and soon realizes she’s as much a part of the team as everyone else.

There are interesting people in her life, her roommate Katie is your regular run of the mill mad scientist always cooking up something that could be potentially dangerous to your health.  There is her mother who is a diagnosed schizophrenic who likes to short circuit her apartment and always seeming to burn in a whole in to Sloan’s pockets.  This unlikely group of people also teamed with the FBI’s PBAU agent who they call JT is a likely bunch of character’s anyone would be sure to enjoy.

I don’t want to ruin it for you but I must say that I was pleasantly surprised . As all of you know I am not a big fan of Urban Fantasy or the 1st person point of view, there have been some that have amazed me and this goes up there on the list.  I loved the sexual tension between JT and Sloan, with the added subtle mix of tings going under Sloan’s radar with Gabe.  She didn’t even realize that there was something there, and as she saw it Gabe had broken her heart all those years ago and then made it his personal decree to annoy and harass her going forward.

I have to admit I was bummed that we didn’t get to see JT and Sloan get to their happy ending with one another on a physical level, but of course the FBI has rules about interns and agents dating. But a bump on the head and a day stay in the hospital ultimately change all that when JT comes clean and tells Sloan that he think’s she’s fucking hot and always has.  Sloan of course doesn’t know how to handle the things that JT makes her feel or want, but never the less things get pretty interesting between the two tension wise.  I can’t wait to see how their relationship develops and I have to admit that I am secretly rooting for Gabe to put a wrench in it! Gotta love those love triangles!

There were some things I did not expect and thanks to Dane these surprises were well worth it and made the story that much more interesting.  I can’t say enough how clever this book was and I can’t wait for book number two in the serious!

Dane also wrote a short in The Real Were-wives of vampire county and that story was amazing! Had nothing to do with Sloan Skye series but her writing is refreshing, funny, and again clever!

Be sure to check out this new series by Tami Dane you will not be sorry!

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Immortal Rider by Larissa Ione

            


The signs are everywhere...disastrous world events. Evil rising up, unleashed upon the innocent. The prophecies were there...but no one listened. Until now. The time has come for those who can either usher in Doomsday...or prevent it. They are here. They ride. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

Arik Wagner, a soldier with the U.S. Army's paranormal unit, the R-XR, kissed a girl and liked it. And then he went to hell as punishment. Where he's spent weeks being tortured...and plotting revenge.

Limos, Horsewoman of the Apocalypse, isn't your average girl. She's immortal, dangerous, and her fiancé is Satan himself. In a moment of weakness, she gave in to her desire and kissed Arik, triggering her fiancé's wrath - and his claim on her. In order to save Arik, and theworld, Limos must make a dangerous pact with her recently turned evil brother, Pestilence. A deal that might just cost her her soul...and her heart.


Larissa Ione first gave you Demonica! Which produced Demon Juice!  Now she brings you something better than orchweed! She brings you HORSEMEN EROTICA! YOU HEARD ME HOURSEMEN EROTICA! I SO WANT TO READ THAT BOOK!

I waited and waited and waited and waited for this book to come out and I have to be completely honest! I WAS SOOOOOOOO WORTH THE WAIT!

I can’t express enough the brilliance that is Larissa Ione.  Can I just say WOW! AMAZING! FAN-FUCKING-TASTIC! Yes its that good!

I am a bit late with this review but its better late than never!

So Arik is hanging literally chilling at Ares’s party when Limos comes and searches for him, does he want the attention? UM YEAHYA! And Limos decides that sparring with Arik would be the best way at that which turns into something more.

BUT WAIT! Limos is a Horsewoman of the Apocalypse and happens to be the intended bride of Satan! (There are some big secrets behind that which deal in lies and treacherary!)
No one can touch Satan’s bride and live to tell the tale! Well Arik didn’t get that memo! So what does he do? BAM! He kisses her and then the earth begins to shake.  Well Arik isn’t the wiser as to why a kiss with Limos makes the earth move. (Shrug) But when hands come and drag his ass to hell, and the last words he hears is don’t say Limos’s name, well that could put a kink in anyone’s schedule. Right? Right.

Now lets circle back to Than… Good Lord! Can I just say I can’t wait till his book comes out! Because Than is one bad… you betta shut yo mouth, type of guy.  Yeah I know I took it there but how could I not?  Than gets an unexpected house guest who isn‘t your typical guest. Why? Because she wants what Than would love to give her but can’t because it will break his seal… Well that’s what he thought. Make sure you pay close attention to his story in the book!(Library Scene!)

Alright back to Arik and Limos, so you gather the dude gets tortured the demons play him like a guitar trying to get him to sing Limos’s name anyway they can, but it doesn’t work and yes! He does get to escape, only to think he is still in hell!

I want to give you deets on like everything, and I know most of you have read this book, but I couldn’t not, review it! DUH! Totally travesty if I didn’t!

But I will give you my version of the story! STELLAR WORK!

I truly enjoyed this book from beginning to end! And I can’t say enough how much I enjoy Ione’s work! She amazes me time and time again and I am always surprised! Not because I don’t expect it, but because she truly pulls the story out of the page and into your life.

You, ever see the commecerial with Direct TV and your able to pause from any place in the room and the movies is so vivid and real? Well that’s what you get when you read her books. Not the pause and play in any room, but the vividness and realness of the characters.  I can totally see them and watch the story unfold.

There is a lot more in the book obviously, but well read it! If you haven’t already!

Bound by Darkness by Alexandra Ivy

The Sylvermysts have a reputation as sinister cousins to the fey, and none are more mysterious than Ariyal and his tribe. To save his people from banishment, he faces a new challenge: Jaelyn, an elite vampire warrior sent to capture him. By rights, he should kill her on sight. Yet he cannot bring himself to hurt her—or to resist her…

Jaelyn is stunningly beautiful, utterly lethal—and always alone. Until Ariyal. From their first encounter, she knows that what's between them is more dangerous than simple lust. And as they unite to thwart a terrifying prophecy that will mean the end of his clan and of the world they know, she will risk everything to fulfill her destiny by his side.


I love Guardians of Eternity Series by Alexandra Ivy, and I have to say that this book was a bit different for me. I guess its because I am a Dante and Styx fan by heart. But in all fairness Jaelyn and Ariyal’s story was packed with action non stop. 

The story picks up where Ariyal has kidnapped Jaelyn and brought her to the mythical Avalon where Ariyal use to be prison and sex slave to none other than Morganna Le Fey.  Being a vampire and not of fey blood Jaelyn is unable to escape, at least that’s what Ariyal thinks.

Being a Hunter is what Jaelyn does best but being captured by her mark makes her all the more angry with not only the Fey, but herself.  Because they both have this under current of lust running rampant for each other.  Ariyal is willing to admit where as it takes some convincing on Jaelyn’s part.

An opportunity is presented where Jaelyn is told she is now a part of destiny, from one of the oracles. She doesn’t like, nor does she want to be apart of it.  All she wants to do is take Ariyal back to the commission and complete her assignment. Oh and lets not forget stop him from killing an innocent baby that is going to be the vessel for The Dark Lord.

I enjoyed the story line and the characters.  We got to see Salvatore and his arrogance and of course the sexy vampire Santiago. Who I might want to mention is cavorting around the sphere with an Immortal of all people who happens to be insanely attracted to.  (Gotta see how that pans out)).

As always everyone is searching for the seer who happens to be Cassandra who is off with Caine. Do those two ever get found? (Gotta read this book to find out.) I hear their stories is next in 2012.

I have to admit I enjoyed how Ivy put Jaelyn and Ariyal into a relationship, and that trust was a main issue for both even though they had this intense desire for the other. In the end they were able to depend on each other and overcome obstacles that were put in their path. 

There is a lot more to this story, there are zombies, and spirits, wizards, and mages.  Of course lets not forget your Sylvermysts and Weres, and Vampires OH MY! There are a whole hosts of characters and action along with some very spciy adventure to keep you turning the pages.  And yes we do get to see Levet in action, as he chanes down the spirit Yannah who gives him a kiss!
Fun times for all!