Monday 30 April 2012

POSTED #8

so here's what I got today (like just now)


Vampire Knight vol 10, Matsuri Hino
Black Lagoon 001, Rei Hiroe
Bites of Passion, edited by Cecilia Tan
Heaven Sent 2, Jet Mykles

Bought # (1/5)
Awaken at Dawn, C.C.Hunter
Royal House of Shadows, Gena showalter & Jill Monroe

Monthly read re-cap (april)


This is more for me then you, but why not come and see all that I have read, re-read/reviewed, for the month?!

                                     First Time read
 Her Vampire Husband, Michele Hauf
On a Dark Wing, Jordan Dane
Tempted by Blood, Laurie London
The Shadow Wolf, Bonnie Vanak
Heaven Sent, Jet Mykles
Rough, Raw, and Ready, Lorelei James
Fat Vampire, Adam Rex

REVIEW, Vampire Beach 1&2


Seduction and supernatural....

    Prod dets
Bloodlust & Initiation
Series: Vampire Beach, omnibus 1 & 2
Pub:  2008, Red Fox (Random House)
     [Individually published, 2006]
Author: Alex Duval
Genre: paranormal romance
Format: paperback (mid); 435pp w/ 37 chapters
Age Range: YA

            Synopsis
Sienna’s dark hair was glossier than he’d ever seen it, her skin was clear and creamy, almost luminous, and her lips glowed a deep rose red that he didn’t think came from lipstick. She was stunning, spectacular, impossible beautiful! Jason realized he was staring. ‘What is it?’ he asked. ‘Sienna, you can tell me anything.’ and then Sienna smiled, slowly revealing a pair of very white, very sharp, and very real fangs.

Jason has just moved to Malibu – home to rich kids and fabulous parties. He’s flattered to be included – and very flattered by the interest of the stunning Sienna. But Sienna and her friends hide a dark secret...and Jason is risking his life by falling for her.

Challenge REVIEW, Darren Shan


The Oldest Book on the Shelf Challenge
Hosted by Hell & Purgatory Book Reviews
It’s not a must and is all about reading this books you never got around to reading, in, like, forever and so....

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Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant
Series: the Saga of Darren Shan, omnibus, book 1, 2 & 3
Pub: 2003, Harper Collins (individually published 2000)
Author: Darren Shan
Genre: paranormal horror
Format: paperback (mid); 511pp
Age Range: YA

            Synopsis
DARREN SHAN
CIRQUE DU FREAK • THE VAMPIRE’S ASSISTANT • TUNNELS OF BLOOD

Darren Shan is an ordinary boy, until he and his best friend Steve visit the weird and bizarre Cirque Du Freak, where they come face to face with a creature of the night. Then Darren has to confront his deepest fears and sacrifice everything as he enters a darker world to become the vampire’s assistant....

Featuring the first three adventures in the internationally successful series The Saga of Darren Shan.

Saturday 28 April 2012

In Motion 2.8:1 (A Weeks Break)


Starting paragraph
Grabbing one of the towels that he’d hung up last time Jack had a shower, Jessie started in on the man. He needed to be dried and dressed before Jessie did something he’d regret.
Letting Live, first thing written

Friday 27 April 2012

REVIEW, The Darkest Whisper


Prod dets
The Darkest Whisper
Series: Lords of the Underworld series, book 4
Pub: 2009,
Author: Gena Showalter
Cat: para romance
Format: paperback (sm); 406 pp w/ 29 chapters
Whose: Sabin (keeper of Doubt) & Gwen
Age Range: adult                                             

            Synopsis
Bound by the demon of Doubt, Sabin unintentionally destroys even the most confident of lovers. So the immortal warrior spends his time on the battlefield instead of the bedroom, victory his only concern... until he meets Gwendolyn the Timid. One taste of the beautiful redhead, and he craves more.
    
Gwen, an immortal herself, always thought she’d fall for a kind human who wouldn’t rouse her darker side. But when Sabin frees her from prison, battle their enemies for the claim to Pandora’s Box, turns out to be nothing compared to the battle Sabin and Gwen will wage against love...

Thursday 26 April 2012

Book chat: Old School (ish) #1


Where I talk about the old book I have sitting on my shelf
(And I’m talking both old as in dated and old as in had then since I was a teen)
 
Every story from Uncanny, Unbearable and Unmentionable

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Uncollected volume two
Series: omnibus
Pub:  1999, Viking (Penguin books Australia)
Author: Paul Jennings
Genre: fiction
Format: Hardback (lar); 399pp
Age Range: Middle Grade

            Synopsis
‘For most of his readers, choosing between Paul Jennings’s books is like having to pick their favourite chocolate cake.’
Challenge magazine
Others by
Uncollected 3 Wicked!
Diary book, the Naked Ghost, Unreal!, Quickly Tails!, Unbelievable!, Uncanny!, Unmentionable!, Undone!, Uncovered!, Unseen!, Tongue-tied!

Wednesday 25 April 2012

ANZAC DAY


 


A national day of remembrance for Australian, New Zealand (and a few other nations)
Every year we honour the members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) who fought at Gallipoli in the Ottoman Empire during World War I.

REVIEW, Bood Noir


The Ardeur made me a sort of living vampire who fed off sex, but with the downside came some interesting upsides

    Prod dets
Blood Noir
Series: Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, book 16
Pub: 2008, Headline
Author: Laurell K. Hamilton
Cat: paranormal fiction
Format: paperback (mid); 396 pp w/ 47 chapters
Age Range: adult                                             

            Synopsis
Jason is a werewolf. He’s one of my best friends and sometimes a lover. And right now he needs me, Anita Blake—not to be a vampire hunter, or a federal Marshall, or a necromancer, but because his father is dying. I can help make him look like an everyday guy, help him say goodbye to the abusive father he’s never loved. How hard can it be?

Really, by now, you’d think I’d know better. Because this is the weekend that Marmee Noir, ancient mother of all vampires, picks to make her move. I’ve got something she wants—and now she’s going to take it.

Monday 23 April 2012

REVIEW, Dead Reckoning


There’s a reckoning on the way....

Prod dets
Dead Reckoning
Series: Southern Vampire series, book 11
Pub: 2011, Gollancz
Author: Charlaine Harris
Cat: paranormal fiction (mystery)
Format: paperback (lar); 325 pp w/ 17 chapters
Age Range: Adults                                           

            Synopsis
Sookie Stackhouse is a cocktail waitress in Bon Temps, Louisiana. It’s a job which has its own challenges, but now the vampires and the shapeshifters are finally ‘out’, you’d think the supernaturals would get on with each other. But nothing is that simple in Bon Temps!
    
...and Sookie has a knack for being in trouble’s way; not least when she witnesses the firebombing of Merlotte’s, the bar where she works. Since Sam Merlotte is known to be two-natured, suspicion immediately falls on the anti-shifters in the area. Sookie suspects otherwise, but before she can investigate something else – something even more dangerous – comes up.
    
Sookie’s lover Eric Northman and his ‘child’ Pam are plotting something in secret. Whatever it is, they seem determined to keep Sookie out of it; almost as determined as Sookie is to find out what’s going on. She can’t sit on the sidelines when both her work and her love life are under threat – but as their plans gradually become clear Sookie finds the situation is deadlier than she could ever have imagined.

Sunday 22 April 2012

REVIEW, Fat Vampire


    Prod dets
Fat Vampire: a never coming of age story
Series: --
Pub: 2010, Balzer + Bray (HarperCollins)
Author: Adam Rex
Genre: paranormal fiction
Format: paperback (mid); 324pp w/ 37 chapters
Age Range: YA

            Synopsis
DOUG LEE is undead quite by accident—attacked by a desperate vampire, he finds himself cursed with being fat and fifteen forever. When he has no luck finding some Goth chick with a vampire fetish, he resorts to sucking the blood of cows under cover of the night. But it’s just not the same.

Then he meets the new Indian exchange student and falls for her—hard. Yeah, he wants to bite her, but he also wants to prove himself to her. But like the laws of life, love, and high school, the laws of vampire existence are complicated—it’s not as easy as studying Dracula. Especially when the star of Vampire Hunters is hot on your trail in an attempt to boost ratings....

Searing, hilarious, and always unexpected, FAT VAMPIRE is a satirical tour de force from one of the most original writers of fiction today.

Saturday 21 April 2012

In Motion 2.7


Starting paragraph
“So...” Jo said a little reluctantly, he didn’t want to be the person to do this to her, even though he was pissed. Yet, he knew, it wasn’t her fault, and if she held some sorta of humanity to her brain, getting Addy killed wasn’t going to go down well, and Jo was sick of people hurting because of stupidly and wanting to believe in something that just wasn’t true, and more so when it was thrown in their faces time and time again.
Body of Darkness, book 1, pages 31

Friday 20 April 2012

Book Chat: Insiders Guide & Other # 2


So this one is going to run a little different, because it’s all the novella’s that come with the Lords of the Underworld series

Prod dets
Into the Dark
Pub: 2010, HQN books
Author: Gena Showalter
Cat: insider guide (para-romance)
Format: paperback (mid); 394pp
Age Range: adults                                            
  
            The back says
Three otherworldly tales from the master of paranormal romance....
And a brand-new Lords of the Underworld bonus guide!

    THE DARKEST FIRE
    A Lords of the Underworld prequel
Geryon is the guardian of hell, more monster than man. Cadence is the goddess of Oppression, more angel than woman. Together they will enter the flames to battle a dangerous horde of demon lords—and discover a passion unlike any other.

THE AMAZON’S CURSE
A tale of Atlantis
Zane, a fierce vampire warrior, has been enslaved by the Amazons. Nola, a lovely Amazon soldier, has been cursed with invisibility. Now, these two stubborn enemies must overcome the past that haunt them and embrace a love that can set them free...

THE DARKEST PRISON
A Lords of the Underworld Tale
Once, Atlas, the Titan god of Strength, was the Greek goddess Nike’s slave. Now, he is her master. And soon these sworn rivals destined to destroy each other will be forced to risk everything for a chance at love....

Series
The darkest fire, The darkest Night, [tb], the darkest pleasure, the darkest prison, the darkest whisper, the darkest Angel, the darkest passion, the darkest lie, the darkest Secret, the darkest Surrender, the darkest Seduction,

Thursday 19 April 2012

Book Chat: Hadn’t the Pleasure # 2


The books that have been collecting dust for so long they have become stained from it

A seductive magic mirror lies hidden deep in a demon’s lair, with a simple warning: don’t stare at the glass...


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Shadowglass
Series: Shadowfae Chronicles, book 2
Pub:  2010, St. Martin Griffin
Author: Erica Hayes
Genre: fairy fiction
Format: paperback (mid); 342pp w/ 30 chapters
Whose: Ice & Indigo
Age Range: adult                                             

            Synopsis
Ice is a troubled fairy trying her best to survive in the squalid underworld of the Sadowfae. When she spends a hot night with a demon lord, she discovers a powerful magic mirror in his lair—and pilfers it, knowing it’s the key to escaping her bleak life as a two-bit con artist. But Ice soon discovers that the mirror’s power comes with a price: madness, which is slowly overtaking her.

Indigo oozes darkness, danger, and tempting sensuality. He’s been sent to destroy Ice and bring the mirror back to its rightful owner; a mission that, if he fails, will cost him his life. But when he meets Ice, he faces an even greater challenge: an insatiable sexual hunger that neither of them can deny, and dark passions that threaten to claim them both forever. The trouble is, the longer he stays within the mirror’s reach, the greater its hold on his sanity—and the stronger his determination to save Ice. 

Series
Hellcursed, Shadowfae, [tb], Poison Kissed, Blood Cursed,

Wednesday 18 April 2012

REVIEW, Rough, Raw, and Ready


Torn between the love he has....and the love he’s always wanted.

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Rough, Raw, and Ready
Series: Rough Riders, book 5
Pub:  2009, Samhain publishing
Author: Lorelei James
Genre: western romance
Format: paperback (lar); 278pp w/ 31 chapters
Whose: Chassie, Trevor & Edgard
Age Range: adult                                             

            Synopsis
Chassie West Glanzer hasn’t been a stranger to drama and tragedy. A year of wedded bliss to sexy-as-sin cowboy Trevor Glanzer has brought her the happiness and contentment she never thought she’d find, and mellowed Trevor’s rodeo wanderlust. The Trevor’s old roping partner ambles up the driveway—and Chassie’s life changes drastically.

Trevor never expected to see Edgard Mancuso again, after it became clear he couldn’t be the man Edgard needed. Now Edgard is back from Brazil to sort out their tangles past, and Trevor is plagued with feelings he thought he’d buried over three years ago. Although Trevor is hat-over-bootheels in love with his sweet, feisty wife, the sense his life is missing a piece has always gnawed at him.

Chassie’s shock that Edgard and Trevor were once lovers turns to fear of losing her husband. Or worse, fear that Trevor will stay with her only out of a sense of duty. Yet as the three of them spend time together, the sins of the past blur and fade, leaving raw emotion—and unbridled passion.

Passion that could heal...or cause irreparable damage to their future.

Warning: this book contains unbelievably explicit sex, including multiple cowboy/cowgirl/cowboy ménage scenes, juicy, hot, male on male action, a bucketful of politically incorrect situations and true Western ideology.

REVIEW, The Harlequin


They will play with us, then destroy us...they are what we fear in the dark


    Prod dets
The Harlequin
Series: Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, book 15
Pub: 2007, Headline
Author: Laurell K. Hamilton
Cat: paranormal fiction
Format: paperback (mid); 481 pp w/ 47 chapters
Age Range: adult                                             

            Synopsis
The first warning is unexpected, calculated. The second warning is a gift: a plain white mask, carefully wrapped. But white is good—white means we are only being watched.

It seems the power that connects me, Anita Blake, with Jean-Claude, Vampire Master of the City, and Richard, leader of the werewolves, is attracting very unwelcome attention—from creatures so feared no vampire will willingly speak their name. They are known as the Harlequin, and they have the authority to pass judgement upon me.

It is forbidden to speak of the Harlequin unless you’ve been contracted. And to be contracted is to face a sentence of death.

Tuesday 17 April 2012

REVIEW, Heaven Sent


   Prod dets
Heaven Sent: includes Heaven and Purgatory
Series: Heaven Sent, book 1 & 2
Pub:  2006, Looseld
Author: Jet Mykles
Genre: erotic romance
Format: paperback (mid); 310pp
Whose: Tyler & Johnnie / Lucas & Reese
Age Range: adult
 
        Synopsis
HEAVEN
Desperate to save his family’s hotel, Tyler sinks his hopes and what’s left of his money into a new venture: a nightclub at the hotel. Everything rides on The White Room’s success—without it the hotel will go under. Tyler’s nervous, but Lady Luck smiles on him, in the form of mega-popular rock band Heaven Sent signing on to play at the club.
   Tyler’s a huge fan of the group, but even so, he’s not prepared at all to come face-to-face with the painfully gorgeous lead-singer, Johnnie Heaven. But, the bomb that goes off in his brain can’t be lust. Sure, Johnnie’s probably the most beautiful person he’s ever seen, but Tyler is straight. It has to be a misguided form of hero worship that he’s feeling—has to.
    When Johnnie learns that Tyler shares his obsession with video games, he invites Tyler to his room to play. Of course, Tyler jumps at the chance. Who wouldn’t snap up the opportunity to spend time with his idol? He and Johnnie have a great time together, but Tyler soon discovers that Johnnie aims to introduce Tyler to a whole new level of game play.

PURGATORY
Tall and sleek with gorgeous red hair and deep, dark eyes to drown in, it’s no wonder that famous bass player, Lucas Sloane, stars in so many dewy-eyed teenager’s dreams.
   Reese used to be one of those teens—back when Heaven Sent was the house band for the local club, Purgatory. Back then, it was easy to get to know Luc, even become friends with him. But he took it too far, worked up the courage to confess his love to Luc—only to be soundly rejected.
   Now, six years later, Luc’s back in town for a visit and more gorgeous than ever. Much to Rees’s surprise, Luc not only apologizes for the way he treated Reese, he also comes onto him! Seems Luc’s discovered the pleasure of being with a man and wants to know what it’s be like between the two of them.
   But Reese can’t. He just can’t. He lives the straight and narrow. He teaches high school math. He’s got a girlfriend. A normal life. He can’t be gay. Of course, it’s really very hard to deny the man who defines beautiful to Reese’s artistic mind.

Monday 16 April 2012

POSTED #7


When Pleasure Rules, J. K. Beck
Enemy Lover, Karin Harlow
Heaven Sent, Jet Mykles
Rough, Raw, And Ready, Lorelei James

Late addition
Vampire Knight, vol 8 & 9, Matsuri Hino

REVIEW, the shadow Wolf


Vanak turns up the heat in this scintillating romance in which sworn enemies become lovers....

    Prod dets
The Shadow Wolf
Series: Khamsin, book 10
Pub: 2011, Mills & Boon (harlequin)
Author: Bonnie Vanak
Genre: paranormal romance
Format: paperback (sm); 229pp w/ 24 chapters
Whose: Megan & Gabriel
Age Range: adult                                             

            Synopsis
On the run from authorities, gutsy Megan Moraine knows shadow wolves like herself have no place in this world. But she’s still prepared to do anything to protect her young charges. That resolve is tested when the trio are captured by Gabriel Ronichaux.

Everyone knows Gabriel is a ruthless bounty hunter, a member of an elite group called the Enforces. Why then is Megan so attracted to her enemy—a wolf who hunts his own people? A wolf whose languid, sexy drawl makes her dream the impossible.

REVIEW, Dead in the Family


Prod dets
Dead in the Family
Series: Southern Vampire series, book 10
Pub: 20010, Gollancz
Author: Charlaine Harris
Cat: paranormal fiction (mystery)
Format: paperback (lar); 311 pp w/ 14 chapters
Age Range: Adults                                           

            Synopsis
If you think your relationships are complicated, think again: you haven’t seen anything like the ones in Bon Temps, Louisiana. Sookie Stackhouse is dealing with a whole host of family problems, ranging from her own kin (a non-human fairy and telepathic second cousin) demanding a place in her life, to her lover Eric’s vampire sire, an ancient being who arrives with Eric’s ‘brother’ in tow at a most inopportune moment. And Sookie’s tracking down a distant relation of her ailing neighbour (and ex), Vampire Bill Compton.
    
In addition to the multitude of family complicating her life, the werewolf pack of Shreveport has asked Sookie for a special favour, and since Sookie is an obliging young woman, she agrees. But this favour for the wolves has dire results for Sookie, who is still recovering from the trauma of her abduction during the Fairy War.

Sunday 15 April 2012

REVIEW, blaze2in1


    Prod dets
Long Surrender.... & Long Slow Burn
Series: omnibus (Blaze 2in1)
Pub:  2011, Mills & boon (Harlequin)
Author(s): Kathleen O’Reilly / Isabel Sharpe
Genre: contemporary romance
Format: paperback (sm); 439pp w/ 34 chapters
Whose: Edie & Tyler / Kim & Nathan
Age Range: adult                                             

            Synopsis
Just Surrender.....
Straitlaced surgeon Tyler Malone hops into a cab at JFK....and goes on the ride of his life! fly-by-night cabbie Edie Higgins takes him on an all-night New York City adventure involving a flat tire, a strip club and diner food. Oh, and a mind-blowing romp in a notoriously naughty hotel!
So when Edie offers to become Tyler’s love sensei, he agrees. Especially since she’s a very hands-on teacher. They couldn’t be more different, but they’re about to learn a lesson: to just surrender. Everything....
     [HARTS OF TEXAS]

Long Slow Burn
Kim Horton desperately hopes eDating will find her the man of her dreams. Because lately, she’s been distracted by her increasingly sexy roommate...and that’s just trouble!

Nathan Alexander has something of a reputation for beer, girls, and late nights. But, he’s been into his roommate Kim for years. Now he’ll have to get her attention, and keep it—one hot, burning night at a time....
     [CHECKING E-MALES]