Bad Ass Chicks That Bite: Adrian Phoenix Giveaway!: "Hoodoo book #2 Hoodoo book #1 So today is Sunday and it's time for the giveaway that I promised you! Unfortunately Kallie co..."
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
If I Could Turn Back Time – Time-Travel/Time Slip eBooks for $2.99! (7/19/2011 – 7/25/2011)
http://www.sourcebooks.com/readers/browse-our-lists/ebook-specials.html
The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley
This hauntingly beautiful tale of love and time travel by New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Susanna Kearsley features a modern American heroine who settles in near castle ruins in Scotland to write a novel about the 1708 Jacobite Rebellion only to discover the vivid scenes and the romantic hero she’s imagining actually exist...
What Would Jane Austen Do? By Laurie Brown
Eleanor is a costume designer, in England for the Jane Austen festival, where her room at the inn is haunted. In the middle of the night she encounters two ghosts--sisters whose brother was killed in a duel over 200 years ago. The sisters persuade her to travel back in time with them to act as a diversion to the roguish lord who killed their brother… Eleanor is swept into a country house party, where she encounters and befriends Jane Austen and tries to help the ghost sisters. But there’s much more to Lord Shermont than the ghosts knew, and as Eleanor dances and flirts with him, she begins to lose her heart...
Legacy by Jeanette Baker
Casablanca Classics presents this haunting Scottish time travel from Daphne Award winning and bestselling author Jeanette Baker. When Christina Murray inherits her family’s ancestral Scottish home, she has also inherited a violent legacy of passion, bloodshed and genetic memory that only the breathtakingly handsome Ian Douglas can help her to overcome.
The Return of Black Douglas by Elaine Coffman
Alysandir Mackinnon rules his clan with a fair but iron fist, but when he encounters a bewitching young beauty who may or may not be a dangerous spy, but is surely in mortal danger, he’s compelled to help… Thrown back in time to the tumultuous, dangerous Scottish Highlands of the 16th century, Isobella Douglas has a lot to learn about her ancestors, herself, and her place in the world. Especially when she encounters a Highland laird who puts modern men to shame. Each one has secrets to keep, until they begin to strike a chord in each other’s hearts that’s never been touched before…
Lady of Hay by Barbara Erskine
With a story as mesmerizing as it is chilling, Lady of Hay explores how Jo, a journalist investigating hypnotic regression, plunges into the life of Matilda, Lady of Hay—who lived eight hundred years earlier. As she learns of Matilda’s unhappy marriage, her troubled love for Richard de Clare, and the brutal treatment she received from King John, it seems that Jo’s past and present are hopelessly entwined. Centuries later, a story of secret passion and unspeakable treachery is about to begin again—and she has no choice but to brave both lives if she wants to shake the iron grip of history.
http://www.sourcebooks.com/readers/browse-our-lists/ebook-specials.html
The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley
This hauntingly beautiful tale of love and time travel by New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Susanna Kearsley features a modern American heroine who settles in near castle ruins in Scotland to write a novel about the 1708 Jacobite Rebellion only to discover the vivid scenes and the romantic hero she’s imagining actually exist...
What Would Jane Austen Do? By Laurie Brown
Eleanor is a costume designer, in England for the Jane Austen festival, where her room at the inn is haunted. In the middle of the night she encounters two ghosts--sisters whose brother was killed in a duel over 200 years ago. The sisters persuade her to travel back in time with them to act as a diversion to the roguish lord who killed their brother… Eleanor is swept into a country house party, where she encounters and befriends Jane Austen and tries to help the ghost sisters. But there’s much more to Lord Shermont than the ghosts knew, and as Eleanor dances and flirts with him, she begins to lose her heart...
Legacy by Jeanette Baker
Casablanca Classics presents this haunting Scottish time travel from Daphne Award winning and bestselling author Jeanette Baker. When Christina Murray inherits her family’s ancestral Scottish home, she has also inherited a violent legacy of passion, bloodshed and genetic memory that only the breathtakingly handsome Ian Douglas can help her to overcome.
The Return of Black Douglas by Elaine Coffman
Alysandir Mackinnon rules his clan with a fair but iron fist, but when he encounters a bewitching young beauty who may or may not be a dangerous spy, but is surely in mortal danger, he’s compelled to help… Thrown back in time to the tumultuous, dangerous Scottish Highlands of the 16th century, Isobella Douglas has a lot to learn about her ancestors, herself, and her place in the world. Especially when she encounters a Highland laird who puts modern men to shame. Each one has secrets to keep, until they begin to strike a chord in each other’s hearts that’s never been touched before…
Lady of Hay by Barbara Erskine
With a story as mesmerizing as it is chilling, Lady of Hay explores how Jo, a journalist investigating hypnotic regression, plunges into the life of Matilda, Lady of Hay—who lived eight hundred years earlier. As she learns of Matilda’s unhappy marriage, her troubled love for Richard de Clare, and the brutal treatment she received from King John, it seems that Jo’s past and present are hopelessly entwined. Centuries later, a story of secret passion and unspeakable treachery is about to begin again—and she has no choice but to brave both lives if she wants to shake the iron grip of history.
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Book Faery: 1200 (GFC) Followers Giveaway Contest!
Book Faery: 1200 (GFC) Followers Giveaway Contest!
Check out this great giveaway!
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Books like Fairytales: Giveaway Time!!!!
Books like Fairytales: Giveaway Time!!!!: "Giveaway Time! I'll pick a winner when I reach 200 followers! So go ahead fill out the form bellow and spread the word! Rules: You must..."
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Guest Post and Giveaway with L. K. Rigel
Welcome to the second stop on the Bleeder blog tour. Keep reading for the guest post, a giveaway of this great novel, and a chance for $100 gift card at the tour's end.
Thanks so much to Marlene and Book Lover & Procrastinator for hosting Bleeder on its blog tour. BL&P’s trivia question for the $100 giveaway is about totems, so I thought I’d post about tattoos and totems in the world of Apocalypto.
In the Apocalypto series, female fertility was once nearly destroyed. When the goddess Asherah made select girls fertile in order to save humanity, some started having children before they were old enough.
This enraged Asherah. She wants her chalices, as she calls them, admired and pampered. Impregnating a bleeder before she was 18 was bad for the girl and, worse, an act of disrespect to the goddess.
So Asherah decided to give each bleeder a “totem” when they came of age to indicate that they were blessed and ready for action, so to speak. The bleeder has the totem tattooed on her left arm during the Rites of May, the week of celebration and ritual when bleeders become consecrated chalices.
The totem represents something significant about the chalice’s essential nature and serves as a touchstone. She can meditate on the image and discover deeper self-understanding. Jordana’s totem is a mongoose. I love this, because her completion tattoo is a copperhead snake – a natural enemy of the mongoose.
Another kind of tattoo in Apocalypto is the service tat. Every city has its own symbol. For Garrick, the symbol is a black raptor talon. Allel’s symbol is a honeybee. The symbol of Luxor is a red dagger. The princes of the cities have their symbol tattooed on their clavicle when they become king.
As a bleeder completes each contract to provide royal children to the cities, she tattoos the city’s symbol somewhere on her body to commemorate the service. Every bleeder/chalice is required by Red City to complete at least three contracts for two children. Celia of Allel has twelve tats when Mal meets her.
The bleeders call the tattoo for the final contract their “completion tattoo” and always have it put on their left cheek. This shows the world that they are in retirement from breeding.
There is another tattoo no one really talks about: the pink rosebud. This is put on the forehead of “proof-of-service” children – children that chalices have outside of contract to prove their fertility and thus raise their contract prices.
You can find Bleeder at the following places:
Amazon
Amazon
Smashwords
To enter my giveaway for an e-copy of Bleeder, just leave a question or comment for the author and an email address. Giveaway ends July 17th at 11:59 cst. The winner will have 48hrs. to respond to an e-mail.
Here is my question for the random drawing.
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The next blog stop: July 11 – vvb32 Reads
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LK Rigel lives in California with her cat, Coleridge. She was once a singing waitress, scored the independent science fantasy karate movie Lucid Dreams, and was a reporter for the Sacromento Rock 'N Roll News. Her BA is in humanities and religious studies. Her work has appeared in Literary Mama and Tattoo Highway. Her short story "Slurp" will appear in Anne Frasier's 2011 Halloween anthology Deadly Treats published by Nodin Press.
Review of Bleeder
Mal, who lives in a rather primitive and dangerous settlement of Garrick, knows long hours of work and endless hunger. When an emissary from Red City arrives and Mal is determined to be a Bleeder, Mal's life changes, for she is to be taken to Red City and trained to become a Chalice, a woman who will carry children for royalty. On the way to Red City, the emissary and her contingent stop at Allel, to determine if another girl is, also, a Breeder. While there, Mal meets Prince Emund of Allel and Prince Garrick of Garrick, both handsome and destined to play a role in her life.
Ms. Rigel creates a unique and vivid world filled with political intrigue,fantasy, and action, coupled with a great love story. Mal, who trades a life of poverty for one of luxury, is trapped in a gilded cage, although she doesn't realize it at first. Forced to bare children for the highest bidder, her life is one of ceremonies and duty, but she, slowly, discovers a need for something more than the duty to which she was brainwashed. Edmund is a truly great hero, for he is strong, sympathetic, protective, and loving. I became totally caught up in Edmund and Mal's plight and found myself on the edge of my seat awaiting the outcome.
All in all, Bleeder is a wonderful read, and I highly recommend it, for its imaginative world-building and superb love story.
Friday, July 8, 2011
Winner of the Freedom Blog Hop
The Freedom Blog Hop has ended and it was a great success. I found some new blogs to visit and picked up some wonderful new followers. The winner of my giveaway is
Elle
Elle has been e-mailed and she responded. Congrats!
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Freedom Giveaway Hop
Book Lover and Procrastinator is stop 231 on the hop.
I'm giving away a $10 amazon e-giftcard to a lucky follower.
+2 for old followers
+1 for new followers
Just leave a comment with your points. Please leave an e-mail at which you can be reached. US only.
Thanks to I Am A Reader, Not A Writer and Simply Stacie for hosting the hop. Below are the links to the others in the hop, so hop away. Hop starts July 1st and ends July 7th at midnight cst. I'm posting this early, but please don't enter until the 1st. Hopefully, I will pick and contact the winner within 48 hrs. The winner will have 48 hrs. in which to get back with me. Thanks for participating!
The linky doesn't want to work for me so go here for a listing of blogs.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Welcome to Larissa's Bookish Life: BHSV – Guest Post by Michele Bardsley + A 25$ Amazon Gift Card Giveaway!
Welcome to Larissa's Bookish Life: BHSV–Jeanne C. Stein Interview & 7 Signed Book Set + Swag Giveaway!
Monday, June 27, 2011
Review of Green Lantern Movie
I finally got to see Green Lantern, and I wasn't totally blown away but didn't hate it either. I would give it a C, because it was okay and entertained me. It seemed like the pacing for the movie was off and it dragged in spots. I wasn't feeling any real chemistry between Ryan Reynolds and the female lead. There were some nice humorous moments and the actor playing Hector was exceptional. Ryan Reynolds is smoking hot in this movie. I wonder how much he works out. Anyway, to recap:
Movie Score: C
Eye Candy Score: A+
Movie Score: C
Eye Candy Score: A+
Sunday, June 19, 2011
The Mod Podge Bookshelf: 1,000 Mod Podge Books
The Mod Podge Bookshelf: 1,000 Mod Podge Books: "My first Blog'O'Versary will be July 26th, 2011! I am very excited by this news and proud, proud of this thing I have created, the friends ..."
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Upcoming Blog Tour and Stuff
I'll be participating in the Bleeder blog tour and hope to have a review posted in the near future. This looks like a good one, and I hope y'all will come back and participate. I saw X-men last week and loved it. Now, I really want to see Green Lantern. The reviews aren't very good for it, but I really like Ryan Reynolds and hope it is better than the press says. Even if it is pretty bad, I'll get to look at Ryan Reynolds, so I can't lose.
Friday, June 10, 2011
Giveaway Welcome to Larissa's Bookish Life: BHSV – Dakota Banks' Guest Blog + SIGNED Book & 25$ Amazon GC Giveaway!
Check out this great giveaway
Welcome to Larissa's Bookish Life: BHSV – Dakota Banks' Guest Blog + SIGNED Book & 25$ Amazon GC Giveaway!
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Review of IT HAPPENED ONE BITE
IT HAPPENED ONE BITE
Lydia Dare
Sourcebooks, 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4022-4507-7
Blair Lindsay, part of a coven of five Scottish witches, travels with her brothers to her mother's ancestral home, a castle in need of a good cleaning. James Maitland, Lord Kettering, is a vampyre, who has been trapped for decades in the Lindsay's castle. It seems the previous seer of the coven told the coven members, that James was a danger to Blair, and they trapped him in the castle. When Blair arrives, James wakes up and isn't a very happy camper. Neither Blair nor James knows whether to trust the other, but their mutual attraction is evident.
IT HAPPENED ONE BITE is a very entertaining paranormal romance with great characters and an enjoyable plot with several humorous moments. James is a suave, debonair vampyre used to charming his way through life, but he is thrown for a loop by Blair and more often than not, when around her gets foot-in-mouth disease. It is great fun watching James struggle against his growing feelings for Blair. Blair is a warrior witch, used to being in charge, and is blessed with a stubborn streak. Very protective of her family and friends, Blair seeks someone, who will love her for herself-- as the strong, intelligent woman that she is. Beloved characters from Ms. Dare's previous books make appearances and charming new characters are introduced. This reader, especially, likes Brannock, Blair's younger brother, who could be counted on to lighten the mood.
Overall, IT HAPPENED ONE BITE is a marvelous read, which I highly recommend. I'm on pins and needles to read the next in the series, IN THE HEAT OF THE BITE.
Note: I purchased this book and gave an impartial review.
Lydia Dare
Sourcebooks, 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4022-4507-7
Blair Lindsay, part of a coven of five Scottish witches, travels with her brothers to her mother's ancestral home, a castle in need of a good cleaning. James Maitland, Lord Kettering, is a vampyre, who has been trapped for decades in the Lindsay's castle. It seems the previous seer of the coven told the coven members, that James was a danger to Blair, and they trapped him in the castle. When Blair arrives, James wakes up and isn't a very happy camper. Neither Blair nor James knows whether to trust the other, but their mutual attraction is evident.
IT HAPPENED ONE BITE is a very entertaining paranormal romance with great characters and an enjoyable plot with several humorous moments. James is a suave, debonair vampyre used to charming his way through life, but he is thrown for a loop by Blair and more often than not, when around her gets foot-in-mouth disease. It is great fun watching James struggle against his growing feelings for Blair. Blair is a warrior witch, used to being in charge, and is blessed with a stubborn streak. Very protective of her family and friends, Blair seeks someone, who will love her for herself-- as the strong, intelligent woman that she is. Beloved characters from Ms. Dare's previous books make appearances and charming new characters are introduced. This reader, especially, likes Brannock, Blair's younger brother, who could be counted on to lighten the mood.
Overall, IT HAPPENED ONE BITE is a marvelous read, which I highly recommend. I'm on pins and needles to read the next in the series, IN THE HEAT OF THE BITE.
Note: I purchased this book and gave an impartial review.
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Review IMPROPER LADIES
IMPROPER LADIES
Amanda McCabe
Signet Eclipse, September 2010
ISBN: 978-0-451-23108-6
IMPROPER LADIES is an anthology of two previously published regency traditional titles. In "The Golden Feather", Caroline Aldritch is forced to run a gaming establishment under disguise as a masked Mrs. Archer, when her husband dies leaving only a gaming house for support. Will Caroline be unmasked, when the attractive Lord Lyndon arrives on the scene? In "Rules of Love", widow, Rosalind Chase, runs a conservatory for girls and is having problems with her younger brother gambling and getting into mischief. Rosalind blames Lord Morley, her brother's idol, for his bad behavior. These two come into conflict, when Lord Morley arrives to fetch his sister.
I have missed the traditional regency, since they quit publishing them several years ago. IMPROPER LADIES is a reprint of two of Ms. McCabe's traditional regencies. While both stories are enjoyable and charming, I find that I prefer "The Rules of Love". I felt more of a connection between Rosalind and Lord Morley and really enjoyed their love story. "The Golden Feather" is entertaining but a little darker in nature, and the secrets seem to last a little too long.
Overall, IMPROPER LADIES is a good read for someone looking for a sweet, charming romance. I recommend it.
NOTE: I reviewed this book for the PNR group. I gave an impartial review. http://paranormalromance.org/reviews/
Amanda McCabe
Signet Eclipse, September 2010
ISBN: 978-0-451-23108-6
IMPROPER LADIES is an anthology of two previously published regency traditional titles. In "The Golden Feather", Caroline Aldritch is forced to run a gaming establishment under disguise as a masked Mrs. Archer, when her husband dies leaving only a gaming house for support. Will Caroline be unmasked, when the attractive Lord Lyndon arrives on the scene? In "Rules of Love", widow, Rosalind Chase, runs a conservatory for girls and is having problems with her younger brother gambling and getting into mischief. Rosalind blames Lord Morley, her brother's idol, for his bad behavior. These two come into conflict, when Lord Morley arrives to fetch his sister.
I have missed the traditional regency, since they quit publishing them several years ago. IMPROPER LADIES is a reprint of two of Ms. McCabe's traditional regencies. While both stories are enjoyable and charming, I find that I prefer "The Rules of Love". I felt more of a connection between Rosalind and Lord Morley and really enjoyed their love story. "The Golden Feather" is entertaining but a little darker in nature, and the secrets seem to last a little too long.
Overall, IMPROPER LADIES is a good read for someone looking for a sweet, charming romance. I recommend it.
NOTE: I reviewed this book for the PNR group. I gave an impartial review. http://paranormalromance.org/reviews/
Monday, June 6, 2011
Great Deals from Sourcebooks and Some Free e-books
JUNE eBook Deals from Sourcebooks!
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Winner of Splash into Summer blog hop
The Splash into Summer hop was a great success, even with the blogger issues. I really enjoyed myself, and y'all gave me some good books to add to my wishlist. Welcome to all my new followers.
The winner is
Krystal!
She has already received her prize. Thanks everyone for making this hop such a great success.
The winner is
Krystal!
She has already received her prize. Thanks everyone for making this hop such a great success.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
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