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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Griffin Cadogan is shocked to see Avani Monroe, sworn enemy of his dragon family, walk into his gym. With his mating phase soon approaching, Griffin is curious as to why she has to come enemy territory knowing the risks. Not only does she surprise Griffin and his cousin, Mad, by coming to enemy territory, but what she wants is borderline insane-Griffin must help her have a baby.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">After her mother's line was annihilated by the Knights, Avani accepted her duty to ensure the continuation of their unique dragon breed. She's searched the dragon registries and Griffin is the most likely candidate for her crazy plan. Working up the courage to approach a man who considers her an enemy wasn't easy but she manages to calmly lay out her carefully orchestrated plan.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">But Griffin isn't about to agree to her harsh terms. If she wants him to father her child, he intends to play an active role in his offspring's life, not simply walk away as she requires. Shocked by her instant attraction to him, she agrees to his terms. Once together, they realize their connection is about more than creating a child, but that happiness is short-lived when Mad suddenly disappears. Knowing the dragon slayers are behind it, Griffin must risk it all to save the ones he loves<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">While browsing bookstore shelves as a teenager, Lo discovered the erotic writings of Anaïs Nin and A.N. Roquelaure. Certain her mother would not approve, Lo smuggled the books home and squirreled them away in the most likely of places: under her bed. Late at night, she delved into the sensual worlds both writers created.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">As a co-ed studying biochemistry and genetics at Texas A&M University, Lo dabbled in creating naughty tales to entertain her friends. Study for a midterm or pen a deliciously dirty story to delight her small band of fans? Not surprisingly, Lo is now on an extended sabbatical from college.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Luckily, Lo stumbled onto the world of erotic romance publishers. She realized there were other readers and writers who loved and craved breathtaking romance with the spiciest of love scenes. She took a chance and submitted her first novella. The rest is history.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Lo lives in Texas with her husband, daughter and big blubbering Great Dane with mommy issues. She also writes super sexy romances and scorching hot erotica with a New Adult flavor under the pen name </span><a href="http://roxierivera.com/"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Roxie Rivera</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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I love this book. I love the interaction between Cora and
Stig.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is pent up tension and I
could almost feel it. Stig is a big-badass dragon and Cora is the sister of
one of his dead friends(no, not too young as some might think upon hearing that).
She seeks out Stig to find a safe place, but little does she know that this particular
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">8/2 - Book
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Charley Davidson isn’t your everyday, run-of-the-mill grim reaper. She’s more of a paranormal private eye/grim reaper extraordinaire. However, she gets sidetracked when the sexy, sultry son of Satan, Reyes Farrow, moves in next door. To further complicate matters, Reyes is her main suspect in an arson case. Charley has vowed to stay away from him until she can find out the truth…but then dead women start appearing in her apartment, one after another, each lost, confused, and terrified beyond reason. When it becomes apparent that her own sister, Gemma, is the serial killer’s next target Charley has no choice but to ask for Reyes’ help. Arsonist or not, he’s the one man alive who could protect Gemma no matter who or what came at her. But he wants something in return. Charley. All of her, body and soul. And to keep her sister safe, it is a price she is willing to pay.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The dead guy at the end of the bar kept trying to buy me a drink.<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Which figured. No one else was even taking a second look and I’d<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">dressed to the nines. Or, at the very least, the eight- and- a-halves.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">But the truly disturbing part of my evening was the fact that my<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">mark, one Mr. Marvin Tidwell, blond real estate broker and suspected<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">adulterer, actually turned down the drink I’d tried to buy<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">him.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Turned it down!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I felt violated.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I sat at the bar, sipping a margarita, lamenting the sad turn my life<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">had taken. Especially to night. This case was not going as planned.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Maybe I wasn’t Marv’s type. It happened. But I was oozing interest.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">And I wore makeup. And I had cleavage. Even with all that going for<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">me, this investigation was firmly wedged between the cracks of no and<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">where. At least I could tell my client, aka Mrs. Marvin Tidwell, that it<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">would seem her husband was not cheating on her. Not randomly,<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">anyway. The fact that he could’ve been meeting someone in par tic ular<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">kept me glued to my barstool.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“C-come here often?”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I looked over at the dead guy. He’d finally worked up the courage<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">to approach and I got a better view of him. I figured him for the runt<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">of the litter. He wore round- rimmed glasses and a tattered baseball<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">cap that sat backwards on top of muddy brown hair. Add to that a<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">His cause of death was not immediately apparent. No stab wounds<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">or gaping holes. No missing limbs or tire tracks across his face. He<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">didn’t even look like a drug addict, so I couldn’t tell why he’d died at<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">such a young age. Taking into account the fact that his baby- faced<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">features would make him look younger than he probably was, I estimated<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">him to be somewhere around my age when he’d passed.<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">He stood waiting for an answer. I thought “Come here often?”<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">was rhetorical, but okay. Not wanting to be perceived as talking to<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">myself in a room full of people, I responded by lifting one shoulder<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">in a halfhearted shrug.<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Sadly, I did. Come here often. This was my dad’s bar, and while I<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">never set up stings here for fear of someone I knew blowing my<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">cover, this just happened to be the very same bar Mr. Tidwell frequented.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">At least if it came to a knockdown drag- out, I might have<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">some backup. I knew most of the regulars and all of the employees.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Dead Guy glanced toward the kitchen, seeming nervous before he<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">refocused on me. I glanced that way as well. Saw a door.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“Y-you’re very shiny,” he said, drawing my attention back to him.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">He had a stutter. Few things were more adorable than a grown<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">man with boyish features and a stutter. I stirred my margarita and<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">pasted on a fake smile. I couldn’t talk to him in a room full of living,<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">breathing patrons. Especially when one was named Jessica Guinn, to<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">my utter mortification. I hadn’t seen her fiery red hair since high<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">school but there she sat, a few seats down from me, surrounded by a<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">group of chattering socialites who looked almost as fake as her boobs.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">But that could be my bitterness rearing its ugly head.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Unfortunately, my forced smile only encouraged Dead Guy.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“Y-you are. You’re like the s-sun reflecting off the chrome bumper of<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">a f-fifty- seven Chevy.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">He splayed his fingers in the air to demonstrate, and my heart was<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">gone. Damn it. He was like all those lost puppies I tried to save as a<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">child to no avail because I had an evil stepmother who believed all<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">stray dogs were rabid and would try to rip out her jugular. A fact that<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">had nothing to do with my desire to bring them into the house.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“Yeah,” I said under my breath, doing my best ventriloquist impersonation,<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“thanks.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“I’m D-Duff ,” he said.<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“I’m Charley.” I kept my hands wrapped around my drink lest he<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">decide we needed to shake. Not many things looked stranger to the<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">living world than a grown woman shaking air. You know those kids<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">with invisible friends? Well, I was one of those. Only I wasn’t a kid,<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">and my friends weren’t invisible. Not to me, anyway. And I could see<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">them because I’d been born the grim reaper, which was not as bad as<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">it sounded. I was basically a portal to heaven, and whenever someone<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">was stuck on Earth, having chosen not to cross over immediately after<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">death, they could cross to the other side through me. I was like a giant<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">bug light, only what I lured was already dead.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I pulled at my extra- tight sweater. “Is it just me, or is it really<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">warm in here?”<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">His baby blues shot toward the kitchen again. “Hot is m-more<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">like it. S-so, I— I couldn’t help but notice you t-tried to buy that guy<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">over there a drink.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I let my fake smile go. Freed it like a captured bird. If it came back<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">to me, it would be mine. If not, it never was. “And?”<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“You’re b-barking up the wrong tree with that one.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Surprised, I put my drink down— the one I bought myself— and<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">leaned in a little closer. “He’s gay?”<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Duff snorted. “N-no. But he’s been in here a lot lately. He l-likes<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">his women a little . . . l-looser.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“Dude, how much sluttier can I get?” I indicated my attire with a<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">sweep of my hand.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“N-no, I mean, well, you’re a l-little—” He let his gaze travel the<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">length of me. “—t-tight.”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I gasped. “I look anal?”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">He drew in a deep breath and tried again. “H-he only hits on<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">women who are more s-substantial than you.”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Oh, that wasn’t offensive at all. “I have depth. I’ve read Proust.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">No, wait, that was Pooh. <i>Winnie- the- Pooh. </i>My bad.”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">He shifted his non ex is tent weight, cleared his throat, and tried<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">again. “More v-voluptuous.”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“I have curves,” I said through a clenched jaw. “Have you seen<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">my ass?”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“Heavier!” he blurted out.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“I weigh— Oh, you mean he likes bigger women.”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“E-exactly, while I on the other hand—”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Duff ’s words faded into the background like elevator music. So<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Marv liked big women. A new plan formed in the darkest, most corrupt<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">corners of Barbara. My brain.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Cookie, otherwise known as my receptionist during regular business<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">hours and my best friend 24/7, was perfect. She was large and in<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">charge. Or well, large and kind of bossy. I picked up my cell phone<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">and called her.<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“This better be good,” she said.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“It is. I need your assistance.”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“I’m watching the first season of <i>Prison Break.</i>”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“Cookie, you’re my assistant. I need assistance. With a case. You<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">know those things we take on to make money?”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“<i>Prison. Break. </i>It’s about these brothers who—”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“I know what <i>Prison Break </i>is.”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“Then have you ever actually seen these boys? If you had, you<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">would not expect me to abandon them in their time of need. I think<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">there’s a shower scene coming up.”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“Do these brothers sign your paycheck?”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“No, but technically neither do you.”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Damn. She was right. It was much easier to just have her forge my<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">name.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“I need you to come flirt with my mark.”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“Oh, okay. I can do that.”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Nice. The F-word always worked with her. I filled her in and told<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">her the deal with Tidwell, then ordered her to hurry over.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“And dress sexy,” I said right before hanging up. But I regretted<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">the sexy part instantly. The last time I told Cookie to dress sexy for a<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">much- needed girls’ night out on the town, she wore a lace- up corset,<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">fishnet stockings, and a feather boa. She looked like a dominatrix. I’d<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">never been the same.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdgdC0Csqtis3Aq_bWOpMFHG01QrYXFFAvwum63MAj8N1CRY27Z7R-uLT2LbW0mztzGTLmr5WJmUW1ekWmz-IjHjRqP8OVbaS30qQ3GLYODEK0McQP8tCk_PFko8pimvjPFHoIbNZFPH4/s1600/dj.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdgdC0Csqtis3Aq_bWOpMFHG01QrYXFFAvwum63MAj8N1CRY27Z7R-uLT2LbW0mztzGTLmr5WJmUW1ekWmz-IjHjRqP8OVbaS30qQ3GLYODEK0McQP8tCk_PFko8pimvjPFHoIbNZFPH4/s1600/dj.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">NYTimes and USA Today Bestselling Author Darynda Jones has won numerous awards for her work, including a prestigious Golden Heart®, a Rebecca, two Hold Medallions, a RITA ®, and a Daphne du Maurier, and she has received stellar reviews from dozens of publications including starred reviews from Publisher’s Weekly, Booklist, and the Library Journal. As a born storyteller, Darynda grew up spinning tales of dashing damsels and heroes in distress for any unfortunate soul who happened by, annoying man and beast alike, and she is ever so grateful for the opportunity to carry on that tradition. She currently has two series with St. Martin’s Press: The Charley Davidson Series and the Darklight Trilogy. She lives in the Land of Enchantment, also known as New Mexico, with her husband of almost 30 years and two beautiful sons, the Mighty, Mighty Jones Boys. She can be found at <a href="http://www.daryndajones.com/"><span style="color: blue;">www.daryndajones.com</span></a></span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11961629019541996506noreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223375227537078296.post-2481638222087815552013-04-11T12:04:00.003-04:002013-04-11T12:05:11.494-04:00The Demon's Daughter By Paula Altenburg<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<li><b>Paperback:</b> 400 pages
<li><b>Publisher:</b> Entangled Select (March 26, 2013)
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Hunter is the only man capable of killing the demons that left the<br />
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in ruins. But when he’s hired by a notorious priestess to bring<br />
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justice, the Demon Slayer gets more than he bargains for.<br />
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Airie was
raised in an abandoned temple as a priestess’s daughter,<br />
having no idea of
her true origins. In a time when any half-breed<br />
spawn of a demon is despised
by mortal and immortal alike, not knowing<br />
the truth is the only thing keeping
her safe.<br />
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Forced to flee her home in the wake of disaster and discovery
of who<br />
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should<br />
never have been born. And when a demon uprising threatens lives he
has<br />
sworn to protect, Hunter has to make a choice: abandon Airie to
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">When I am asked to do a review I hardly ever turn the author
or publicist away. Even if the book falls outside of my “normal” reading preference.
With this book, I have to admit I really enjoyed it. It is a mix of fantasy,
western, and violence (wink). I usually stick to what I know so that my reviews
can be pointed and full of life. Since I do not “know” this particular mix of genres
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">The main character in this book is a Demon Slayer who is
protected by a necklace, or amulet. He has his reasons for being a demon slayer,
and hates demons with a passion. While we are never given the entire story
behind his hatred of the demon’s we do get plenty enough to understand. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had a hard time understanding why, if he
hates demon’s so much, would the other main character be a child of a demon? As
the story progresses we see why she is the other lead, and I actually felt “taken”
with her. Almost as if I could see myself becoming friends or a “big-sister” to
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11961629019541996506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223375227537078296.post-47201405123852940302013-04-02T14:12:00.001-04:002013-04-02T14:12:04.743-04:00Blood Trade by Faith Hunter is Released today! (BBB-Giveaway)So, today is the release day of Blood Trade. #6 in the Jane Yellowrock series. I fell in love with this series. Not only because Jane is cherokee(and so is my hubby), but because she is strong, funny, and takes no crap. Plus she is a skinwalker. She has the spirit of a mountain lion within her. She can turn into Beast, that's her mountian lion spirit, at any time. She can also take the form of other animals, but prefers to stay around the size of a mountian lion.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11961629019541996506noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223375227537078296.post-68808665246895227802013-02-18T09:09:00.003-05:002013-02-18T09:09:56.171-05:00Review/Giveaway:Devil May Care-Patric ia Eimer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: red;">I was alittle confused at first but easily figured out what had went on in the first book. This book is a hilarious and fun paranormal book that has taken a step off the "normal" train. I love the dynamics of this book because it reminds me a lot of my own family..slightly disfunctional.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Faith is the main character and she is the youngest daughter of the devil. She is by no-maens "evil" (at least in my opinion). She has a heart, which is amazing to see in "the devil's daughter". The devil and his "relatives" have played a huge bad guy image in most books so it was a breath of fresh air to see his daughter in a kinder light. Faith works as a nurse(yeah a real nurse). You can totally tell that she cares not only for her patients but also for their families. She has a true challenge in this book as she has to face the planning of weddings, ex-boyfriends(her) and ex-girlfirends(her boyfriends) not to mention some investigating into drug theiving at the hospital!</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">While my review is short by no means take that as any indication towards the book. I LOVED this book and have already purchased the 1st one. I highly reccommend you go get this book. It will take you to a familiar place and give you lots of laughs!</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">You can enter the tour-wide giveaway ($50 Amazon GC and Devil May Care prize pack) <a href="http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/2a87557/">HERE</a></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Monday October 29, 3:15 PM, in a writer’s sun-dappled kitchen, two days before the best holiday of the year. AJ "Writerghoulie" Aalto lies spread-eagle on the floor in a pool of blood, drumming her fingernails against the tile, humming the theme song for Ghostbusters.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The front door opens with a bang, and she falls still, staring at the ceiling. Her kids throw themselves into the house with gusto, voices overlapping, drop-kicking their backpacks in the hall. Their sneakers come to squeaking halts in the kitchen.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Me: Aw, come on. At least give me props for the pigs' blood. It cost me $14.95.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Me: Nice work, junior investigator. Ten points for Jennifer. But hark! What worm through yonder gut wound wiggles? *<i>letting candy peek from pocket</i>*</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Derek: *<i>eyes widening</i>* Oh no… FREAK-O CONTACTS!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Derek: She’s getting uuuuuuup! Where's my nerf gun? Shoot her in the head!</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Both kids run shrieking and laughing into the street, yelling about zombie-Mom. I give a shambling chase, hanging my arms in mid-air like I’m auditioning for Night of the Living Dead 2: Zombies take Suburbia. If captured, both kids will be hugged and infected by Zombie-mom smooches of death! Rawr.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">~Writerghoulie would like to wish everyone a safe and spooky Halloween! Have fun, and be careful. <i>Best. Holiday. Ever.~</i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: garamond,; font-size: 16px;">Connect with AJ on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/aj.aalto.5" rel="nofollow" target="">Facebook</a> or <a href="http://twitter.com/ajaalto" rel="nofollow" target="">Twitter</a>.</span><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1351623188383_88" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: garamond,; font-size: 18px;"> Then maybe have your head examined, kookpie.</span><br />
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The media has a nickname for Marnie Baranuik, though she’d rather they didn’t; they call her the Great White Shark, a rare dual-talented forensic psychic. Twice-Touched by the Blue Sense--which gives her the ability to feel the emotions of others, and read impressions left behind on objects--Marnie also has a doctorate in preternatural biology and a working knowledge of the dark arts. She is considered without peer in the psychic community. <br />
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Then her first big FBI case ended with a bullet in one shoulder and a chip on the other, a queasy heart and a serial killer in the wind, leaving her a public flop and a private wreck. When the FBI’s preternatural crimes unit tracks her down at a remote mountain lodge for her insight on a local case, her quiet retirement is promptly besieged by a stab-happy starlet, a rampaging ghoul, and a vampire-hunting jackass in tight Wranglers. Marnie figures the only real mystery is which one will kill her first. <br />
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Too mean to die young, backed up by friends in cold places, and running with a mouth as demure as a cannon’s blast, Marnie Baranuik is about to discover that there’s no such thing as quitting time when you’re Touched.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11961629019541996506noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223375227537078296.post-3831199419270857132012-09-14T08:12:00.000-04:002012-09-14T08:12:41.596-04:00Guest Post with Katie ReusI am happy to welcome the lovely and extremly talented Katie Reus to my blog today.<br />
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<div align="center"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0in;">Thank you so much to Kristina for having me here today!<o:p></o:p></div><div align="center"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div align="center"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0in;">I’m clearly a fan of the paranormal and/or supernatural and while it would be difficult for me to pick a favorite type of supernatural character, I have a serious love for shifters. There’s something so sexy about a shifter hero, whether it’s a wolf, jaguar, panther, it doesn’t matter. I’m all about that animal magnetism. Shifters are more in touch with their animal side and to me, there’s nothing hotter than a (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">fictional</i>) guy who’s all possessive and protective of his mate and doesn’t care if the world knows it. And vice versa, I love it when female characters are just as protective of their mates.<o:p></o:p></div><div align="center"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div align="center"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0in;">Not to mention the ability to change into an animal is amazing. In my current Moon Shifter series my guys are alpha, definitely protective and they all end up with mates who have no problem going toe to toe with them. In <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/primal-possession-katie-reus/1108799692?ean=9780451237781"><span style="color: blue;">Primal Possession</span></a>, my recent release, the hero Liam knows what he wants and isn’t afraid to go after it. What he wants is a human named December who’s hell bent on keeping him at arm’s length. Luckily that doesn’t work out so well for her.<o:p></o:p></div><div align="center"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div align="center"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0in;">So, my question is… What is your favorite type of supernatural being to read about? 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Liam knows the human beauty is his intended mate the moment he sees her, but December is far too strong-willed to accept his protection.<o:p></o:p></div><div align="center"></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div align="center"></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">December, whose brother is the town sheriff, has every reason to mistrust shifters after one killed her youngest sibling. But the forceful and handsome Liam has gotten under her skin in a way she hadn’t thought possible, and the desire she feels for him is almost too much to bear.<o:p></o:p></div><div align="center"></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div align="center"></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">When a radical hate group targets all humans known to sympathize with paranormal beings, December is attacked in her bookstore. Reluctantly, she turns to the only one who can help her: Liam. 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Luckily the addiction stayed with me into adulthood. I write paranormal romance and sexy romantic suspense for <a href="http://ebooks.carinapress.com/777D4DC5-D9CB-4593-B95C-6FFCCFDCAC8D/10/134/en/SearchResults.htm?SearchID=10445717&SortBy=date"><span style="color: blue;">Carina Press</span></a>, <a href="http://ebooks.harlequin.com/FF321537-B134-4162-AE1D-FF1ADF849DD3/10/141/en/SearchResults.htm?SearchID=28529888&SortBy=date"><span style="color: blue;">Harlequin Nocturne</span></a>, and <a href="http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780451236098,00.html?strSrchSql=alpha+instinct/Alpha_Instinct_Katie_Reus"><span style="color: blue;">NAL/Signet Eclipse</span></a>. 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What I'm wondering today is why do you, Gentle Blogreader,
enjoy paranormal books (and movies and tv shows)?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not everyone does, of course, but I'll wager
a guess that if you've come visiting in this neck of the blogosphere, it's
because you like a story with an otherworldly factor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And that gives us something in common.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I can't remember when I first realized how much I love
paranormal stuff, but my earliest favorite TV shows were <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Bewitched </i>and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I Dream of
Jeannie</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I used to scour flea
markets for bottles that might have a genie in them because, duh, how cool
would that be, and I would <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">so</i> not be
Major Nelson.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mean, if I have a genie,
I'm going to let him/her do stuff for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Other types of paranormal caught
my fancy, too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Land of the Lost </i>(folks transported back to dinosaur days) was
a campy favorite.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Heck, I even liked
(should I be ashamed to admit it?) <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Fantasy
Island</i>. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Favorite books seemed to always
have a paranormal component or, if not that, some element of suspense--in other
words, I favored books where the character's status quo was skewed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Half
Magic</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A Wrinkle in Time</i> were
big favorites.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And let's not forget
mythology.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I soaked it up like water in
a sponge.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Though <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A Wrinkle in Time</i> is at its core a somewhat dark book, I don't
think I really appreciated darker stories until I hit the teenage years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess teen angst and dark paranormal go
together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, things like horror and
dark vampire tales like the original <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dracula</i>
piqued my interest.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I'm lucky to get to explore my
fascination with the darker elements in my Shadow Keepers series, written under
my J.K. Beck pen name.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The current book,
WHEN DARKNESS HUNGERS, features the most tortured hero in the series, Sergius,
who not only has spent almost two thousand years battling the darkness that
comes from being a vampire, but who also killed the sister of the woman he is
fated to love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Writing Serge's redemption was a
challenge...but so rewarding in the end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I've always loved him, since his first appearance in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">When Blood Calls</i>, the first book of the
series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope you will, too!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(And if you're curious about how I picture
him, check out my Shadow Keepers Pinterest board at http://www.pinterest.com/juliekenner
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And, of course, be sure to check
out all the Shadow Keepers book at http://www.theshadowkeepers.com<o:p></o:p></div>
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Of course, my love for lighter
paranormal hasn't faded.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I'm still
writing my Demon Hunting Soccer Mom stories as Julie Kenner, and the next one, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Pax Demonica, </i>will be available for
purchase later this month!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Visit
http://www.juliekenner.com for more info ... and to sign up for my Julie/J.K.
newsletter so you never miss a release!<o:p></o:p></div>
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How about you?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do you remember when your love of paranormal
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with her promotion—until she finds out that she must now prosecute vampires and
werewolves. The first defendant she’ll be trying to put away? Lucius Dragos,
the sexy stranger with whom she recently shared an explosive night of ecstasy.<br />
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hoping only to avoid the perceptive gaze of the man he’s planning to kill. But
what starts as a simple kiss ignites into an all-consuming passion. Charged
with murder, Luke knows that Sara is determined to see him locked away—unless
he can convince her that he’s not a monster. And that might mean making the
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murdered in Los Angeles, yet the Shadow Alliance has no suspects and no leads.
As the body count mounts, the age-old feud between vampires and werewolves
threatens to explode.<br />
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Lissa Monroe—a strong-willed, ravishing succubus who entices men to surrender
their souls—agrees to go undercover for the Alliance. Her mission: infiltrate
the mind of werewolf leader Vincent Rand, a ferociously alluring enemy who
exerts a powerful hold over her. As the City of Angels teeters on the brink of
apocalypse, these two adversaries must join together in order to survive an
even more lethal enemy hidden in plain sight.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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One touch of her skin unleashes the vilest demons. Sentenced to death by the
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rescued by vampire advocate Nicholas Montegue. As their bodies merge and
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Nicholas risked his own life to save Petra, yet he knows he can never give in
to the explosive attraction he feels for her. But the deep yearning they share
tempts them. Together, they must find a way to lift the curse. For only a love
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protecting his kind—and the secrets of the shadow world. Now, as his quest to
become head of the Alliance draws within reach, a shattering new threat puts
him to the ultimate test. It’s a nightmare of grim proportions: a dark plot to
bring about the mass extermination of human and shadow alike. And it forces
Tiberius to turn to the woman he loved and lost, the lover he still desires but
doesn’t trust.<br />
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Caris was Tiberius’s mate for centuries—until a fateful mission changed her
forever. Her tortured secrets drove her into the arms of his rival, but
desperation has brought her back. As a horrifying new weapon of mass
destruction is about to be unleashed, Tiberius and Caris harness the power of
their immortal and passionate love. But will it be enough to battle devastating
odds and a ruthless enemy with the ambition to destroy them all?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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series of bizarre homicides in Los Angeles, Alexis believes the murders are the
work of rogue vampires—perhaps even the monster responsible for her sister’s
death. Now she finally has a chance for retribution. Even better, Alexis
receives unexpected help from a sexy stranger as hungry for rogue blood as she
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Serge is a centuries-old bad boy who stays off the grid—keeping his secrets,
his hunger, and his heart safe from exposure. A new breed of vampire that feeds
off other shadowers, Serge finds sweet torture in Alexis’s arms. Loving her is
a chance to be free from the hiding, the loneliness, the secrecy. But the truth
about what he is, and what he’s done, may banish him to the dark confines of
his own private hell—and destroy the beginnings of their love.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Preternatural Enforcement Coalition, he’s investigating murders linked to a Los
Angeles fringe group bent on exposing the shadow world to humanity. He is a
master of self-control, keeping his deepest hungers hidden beneath a veneer of
cool professionalism. Until he crosses paths with sinfully sweet Andy Tarrent,
a gutsy reporter who makes him crave all the pleasures he’s denied himself for
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they race to stop mass murder on the streets, Andy knows that Ryan is holding
back, keeping secrets. But getting close to Ryan means opening the door to a
world that will challenge her deepest beliefs—including what it means to truly
surrender to love.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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than ten years as a litigator in Southern California and Central Texas, using
her rare free time to indulge in her passion for writing. Now she uses her
legal background as inspiration for her paranormal romantic suspense series, The
Shadow Keepers, set in and around a secret judicial system hidden within and
mirroring our own. California born, J. K. now lives and writes in Texas, where
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3;">I was superexcited once this book came out! The D'Artigo sisters are by far my favoritegroup of paranormal gals! So I must tell you that i am not going to put too much in this review because I really really want you all to read it foryourselves. I am not one for spoilers, but i loved this book so much that I amterrified I will put too much in it and then no one will want to buy thebook...that would be sad because it is a great book and everyone should havethe whole series on their shelf!</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3;">With theBonecrusher gone everyone thought they would get a break. Well, think again.Even with the wedding on the horizon(for Iris of course) they just can't seemto get a break. Someone is blowing up Supes--starting with the SupernaturalCommunity Hall--right where Delilah herself was supposed to be. Now they seemto be targeting specific people that mean a lot to Delilah. What’s a tabby catlike her to do? Enlist the help of her sisters, the gorgeous men that Camilleis married too(yes--3 of them) her amazing and gorgeous half dragon lover,Shade, and all her other various friends. They will get to the bottom of thisbefore all the supes in the city are taken out.<br />
When trash reporter Andy Gambit comes into the picture you just know there issomething heinous going to happen. I really don't like that guy!<br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3;">Along withbeing a were cat Deliah is also a Death maiden and she will face her mostdifficult task yet--Claiming her first Soul for the Autumn lord. It is of afriend at that( well someone she thought was a friend)</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="background-color: black;">There are a lot of changes happeningin Delilah's life and she really does not like change. She would be happilycontent to just stay the same forever. Unfortunately for her that can't ahppen.Everyone in her life is moving on. Chase has found a new women. Her sistershave found loves. Iris is married and pregnant. She feels like her world iscrashing around her. it is a good thing she has handsome and roguish Shadethere to take care of her. Which about Shad and Delilah---There is big news inthis book for them! YAY!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="background-color: black;">In the end this book felt real, thecharacters, the events everything felt real to me. i could see the evilswirling around when the demon came forth. I could taste the sweat in thestripper accident (well okay maybe it was my own dripping down my forehead LOL:because man, there are some steamy parts in this book). Whatever you do go getthis book---you will not regret it!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Once a morally rigid enforcer of Breed law, now a warrior fallen from grace, Chase's biggest battle is the one he wages against his own savage nature. With Bloodlust beckoning him, the path to redemption has never seemed more out of reach--until he finds himself drawn to a beautiful young woman who may be something much more than she seems . . </span>
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Midnight is the long awaited story of Sterling Chase aka Harvard. I am not
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this is Chase’s story. It is full of action, heartbreak, emotions, and personal
struggles. Lara Adrian has not disappointed me! Usually as a series goes on and
on I find myself reading through the same story but with different characters
and slightly different locations. Ms. Adrian has really kept me captivated
through the entire series. Each story has its own way of playing out and other
than the occasional detail that may seem similar none of them are lacking.
Chase’s story is no different in that way. He is on an emotional roller coaster
and finds himself in some compromising situations. Ultimately this is my
favorite book out of the series by far. I have waited forever for Chase to have
his own book and now that it is finally here I have read it not just once but
many times. His story is one that I found myself relating to more than the
others. Funny how a vampire book can be related to my real life huh? Well,
Chase is that one character that I could relate to more than the others simply
because of his personality and some of the things he goes through. He is a full
and profound character and really brings out the inner girl in me. No he isn’t
gay but he is just the right kind of character to make you think about your own
life. Now, don’t get me wrong this book is not all serious there are numerous
parts that I chuckled over. However, I think Chase’s story is much deeper than
the other books in this series. I followed him throughout the series and now
that he has had his own book, I look forward to how he may grow and change
throughout the rest of the series. Will he sit silently in the background like
he found himself doing as of late? Or will the Harvard we all knew from earlier
in the series return with a vengeance? If you have not read this one yet please
go get it—whether it is from the library, you buy it for yourself or for your e-reader.
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twist that was put in there with the 1<sup>st</sup> Gens????? If you haven't yet had the chance to read it----What are you excited for in this story? What do you think the ultimate outcome for Chase will be??</span></div>
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<strong>When killing people is your job, there’s no such thing as a vacation.</strong> </div>
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After defeating Mab (the evil fire elemental ) in the last book, Gin (aka The Spider) finds herself a little melancholy. Everyone either knows or assumes the owner and chef of the Pork Pit is the one and only Spider. Greatest Elemental Assassin ever (what can I say I’m partial)! Finn wants her to take a vacation—which I must say she definitely needs—after all, now that she has defeated Mab everyone is out for her head. They all want to claim the glory of killing The Spider (as if that will ever happen!) Ultimately Gin fights the vacation thing, but then after being attacked she decides maybe she does need a little R&R. So along with her new found sister, Bria, she heads to Blue Marsh. Kind of like a resort town, Blue Marsh was also home to her lost sister Bria for a long time. She is happy to be here, but there is still a lot of tension between her and her sister. After meeting Callie, Bria’s best friend, Gin finds herself a little jealous. All of this is new to her; she is not really an emotional kind of gal. So like The Spider has always known—there is never a break. Gin finds herself smack in the middle of a realty moguls attempts to take over Blue marsh. Callie has been threatened and now Gin must step in to save her sister’s best friend, and hopefully save her relationship with her sister at the same time. Along with Owen(Gin’s yummy man) Finn( the foster brother and Bria’s man) and a few other surprise people The Spider is back and taking no prisoners in her bid to free the world of one more asshole! (Excuse the language but that is just what he is!)<br />
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We didn't have a huge turnout, but I am still confident that I have some really great Followers!</div>
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As stated in my giveaway policy you will have 24 hours to claim your prize. Emails have all been sent. if you do not recieve them by the afternoon please let me know.</div>
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<br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11961629019541996506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223375227537078296.post-48686207425940976812012-02-17T00:00:00.000-05:002012-02-20T12:41:37.176-05:00Interview with Mindy Klasky & GiveawayFirst off i would like to extend a huge Thank You to Mindy for taking the time (and a chance) on a little known Blogger. I have really enjoyed reading all of the books in all of her paranormal series and I highly reccomed them to all of you. Also, as you will notice in the questions---I really want the books to continue (LOL) and my questioning proves it :) <br />
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I hope you have enjoyed my reviews and you will all go out and support this wonderful author. Before we move on to the interview here is how you can contact her:<br />
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WEBSITE: <a href="http://www.mindyklasky.com/">www.mindyklasky.com</a><br />
Facebook Author page: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Mindy-L-Klasky/106023229429799">Mindy Klasky</a><br />
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Mindy’s travels took her through multiple careers. After graduating from Princeton University, Mindy considered becoming a professional stage manager or a rabbi. Ultimately, though, she settled on being a lawyer, working as a litigator at a large Washington firm. When she realized that lawyering kept her from writing (and dating and sleeping and otherwise living a normal life), Mindy became a librarian, managing large law firm libraries. Mindy now writes full time.<br />
For years, Mindy’s dating life was a travel extravaganza as well. She balanced twenty-eight first dates in one year, selecting eligible gentlemen from sources as varied as Washingtonian magazine ads, Single Volunteers of D.C., and supposedly-certain recommendations from best friends. Ultimately, she swore off the dating scene entirely. After two years of carefully-enforced datelessness, she made one last foray onto Match.com, where she met her husband – on her first match.<br />
Mindy’s travels have also taken her through various literary genres. In addition to her Harlequin Special Editions, Mira, and Red Dress Ink books, Mindy has written traditional fantasy novels for Roc (including the award-winning, best-selling <em>The Glasswrights’ Apprentice</em>), short stories, and nonfiction essays.<br />
In her spare time, Mindy quilts, knits, and tries to tame the endless to-be-read shelf in her home library. Her husband and cats do their best to fill the left-over minutes.<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";">Years ago, I used to believe that all of my story ideas were in the fantasy genre – I grew up reading Tolkien, and C.S. Lewis, and other traditional fantasy authors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wrote several rather dark fantasy novels, and I wanted a break from the grim secondary worlds I had created.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One day, stretching for something that felt COMPLETELY different from the dark, depressing world I'd been working in, I sketched out an idea for a novel:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>"Jane Madison has a problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or two.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or three."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And that was the beginning of my being a paranormal romance author.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2: In the Jane Madison series she is a very stubborn gal, Are you anything like her? Or even any of your other characters?<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";">Jane and I have a lot in common – we're both librarians, we both have a love of Shakespeare, and we both have a tendency to imagine that the absolute worst is going to happen in any given situation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(That said, we have some differences, too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I'm still looking for my witchcraft familiar!)<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";">I instill each of my characters with a little bit of myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My love of baking got transferred to Melissa in the Jane Madison series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My former work as a stage manager got shifted to Kira Franklin in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">How Not to Make a Wish</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even my life as a lawyer influenced David Montrose, when he is at his prosecutorial best!<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3: Who are your favorite Authors and what are you currently reading? <o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";">I read a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">lot</b> of different authors, skipping around between middle grade, young adult, historical romance, and contemporary romance (with a healthy dose of non-fiction and random other books tossed in.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Right now, I am fascinated by the fantasy-romance of Stephanie Dray's historical series that starts with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lily of the Nile</i> (about the daughter of Cleopatra and Mark Antony).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I've also been enjoying the light contemporary romances of Kristan Higgins.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4:What initially made you decide to start writing?<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";">I have written stories since I was in elementary school – in seventh grade, my best friend and I decided to write a sequel to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Lord of the Rings</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Alas, we never finished it…)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After years of playing at writing, I became serious when I was working as a litigator at a major Washington, D.C. law firm – I needed something that was completely different from the day-to-day grind of practicing law.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5: What is the most challenging part of your writing?<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";">Starting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find it incredibly difficult to start writing each day – there are always a hundred and one distractions to keep me from typing those first few words.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Similarly, I find it difficult to start each new novel – I try to trick myself by writing an outline, so that it feels as if the work is already in progress.)<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6: Do you have more books planned for any of the series’ I have featured this week?<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";">Next up, I'm going to be writing a novella that bridges the worlds of the Jane Madison series and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Fright Court</i> (both are set in Washington, D.C.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After that, I'm planning on another Jane Madison novel, and then another Fright Court novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whew – I just need another couple of months to get added to this year!<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7: If you had to choose one genre to stick with which one would it be?<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";">I love writing light contemporary paranormals, stories about real women in unreal situations.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">8: Is there anything specific that you want to say to your readers?<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";">It's always fun to hear from readers, by email, or in comments on my website.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Readers' comments <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">do</i> influence what I write; when readers say they want to hear more of a particular story, that story becomes a higher priority.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So don't hesitate to stop by and tell me what you think about my books!<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">9: Can you give us a little insight into Kira from How Not to Make a Wish? Did her character just come to you or is she based on someone you know?<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";">I stage managed plays all through high school and college, so the professional aspects of Kira's nature came to me naturally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also used to live in the Twin Cities, so Kira's Minneapolis home felt familiar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As with all my characters, though, Kira is a composite of a lot of real friends and acquaintances (and a fair amount of made up people, too!)<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">10: What made you decide to carry the As You Wish Series the way you did?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With each book being a stand-alone did it make it harder when you were writing them?<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";">With the As You Wish series, I wanted to give readers a chance to drop in anywhere in the series, without needing to read the books in order.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While Teel, the genie, continues from book to book, the other characters are all new, telling a totally self-contained story.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";">That method of storytelling was somewhat challenging – I needed to create a new world for each volume, figuring out new characters, new settings, and new background details.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But that's part of the fun of writing too!<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">11: Are there any plans to continue on with another book that comes after Fright Court? <o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";">I look forward to telling the next story about Sarah, James, and Chris.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While they'll figure into the (currently unnamed) novella that I hope to release this spring, they won't get their own full novel until next year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(I hope to release that in January or February, but part of that schedule will depend on other writing commitments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There aren't enough hours in the day!<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">12:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Okay, so now that I have asked you all those deep and meaningful questions----What would be your perfect paranormal date? <o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";">I'm much more of a "beta" girl than an "alpha" girl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While I've adored writing about alpha heroes like David Montrose (a man who can take charge of any disaster in an instant!), my heart secretly melts at quiet, supportive guys like John, in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">How Not to Make a Wish.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";">As for specific paranormal creatures to date?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My heart is already taken, so I won't kiss and tell </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">13: What is your favorite type of character?<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";">My favorite characters – heroines, heroes, or villains – are complex.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have multiple layers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have self-doubts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They don't always know the straight path toward their ultimate goal – sometimes they have to wander a bit, testing themselves (and their friends, and their lovers…)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like characters who feel <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">real</b>, rather than superhuman, perfect specimens.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">14:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you had to take only 2 books with you to a deserted island which ones would they be?<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";">Bulfinch's Mythology (think of all those myths that can be retold in the modern era!)<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";">Can I cheat and take an entire encyclopedia?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love learning new things every day!<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">15: My final question, and one I know is bugging everyone who has read any of the books in the featured series-----------Do you have any more books planned to keep any of the series’ going??<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";">Jane Madison:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The next project will be a novella in the spring, and a new novel in the fall.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";">Fright Court:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A novella in the spring and a new novel next winter.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";">As You Wish:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nothing planned at the moment, but that can always change – just as soon as I come up with another story about a magic lamp, a woman in need, and a hero waiting in the wings!<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
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In How Not to Make a Wish, stage manager Kira Franklin discovers a dusty brass
lamp while she’s cleaning out a prop closet at her down-at-the-heels dinner
theater. When she polishes the lamp, she’s astonished to discover a genie, bound
to grant her wishes. The first wish is easy: Kira arranges to stage manage a
production of Romeo and Juliet at the prestigious Landmark Stage, where the
hunky Drew Myers plays a leading role. She soon discovers, though, that wishes
and genies (not to mention true love) aren’t always what they seem! <br />
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In When Good Wishes Go Bad, Becca Morris thrives in her job as a
dramaturg/producer — at least until her current production is derailed by
threatened copyright litigation. Even worse, her boyfriend has gone on the lam,
stealing her life savings and most of the theater’s funds. That’s when a brass
lamp enters the picture — a brass lamp, with a wish-granting genie… Before Becca
knows it, she’s juggling magic, a brilliant new play by a hot new playwright,
and a battle of guerilla gardeners (yes, really!) the likes of which New York
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In To Wish or Not To Wish, actress Erin Hollister’s life is falling apart — she
has just lost her day-job, and her boyfriend dumped her when he thought she was
pregnant. Everything changes, though, when Erin finds a magic lamp, complete
with a wish-granting genie! Soon, Erin is trying to balance her role in a
blockbuster musical, her obligations to her family, and her attraction to the
stunning chef who runs the local neighborhood cafe. As if that weren’t enough,
Erin just might be falling in love with her genie! <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: small;">Each book in this series is a standalone. They are all well written and have great story arcs. I couldn't quite get on the train for this series though. I'm more of a witch/vamp/shifter person myself, so when you throw in a genie I am kind of out of my comfort zone. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: small;"> I did however like the books. The main characters in them are all amazing. The only thing that I feel would have made them a little better is some more romantic interaction. It was a nice change from the usual stuff I read though. As with the other two series I have reviewed this week I have found that I really do enjoy reading chick-lit (as long as it has a paranormal vibe :) Unfortunately this series is only available in e-book format :(</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Courier New;">You should definately go out and give this series a shot. I did and I have to say it was well worth it!</span></div>
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<b>Which is more unlikely?<br />Meeting a single, straight, reasonably
attractive, willing-to-commit man?<br />Or discovering a secret cache of magic
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Now she's done a bit of experimenting and found a spell that makes her
irresistible to men -- even those who have previously ignored her. And another
that turns a cat into her witch's familiar (a snarky, critical, self-absorbed
man -- pretty much a typical male). Though her impulsive acts of magic have
brought a warder (sexy, grouchy, elusive and determined to stop her from using
magic) down on her, Jane's not willing to let go of this fantastic new life.
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Though she wonders about having things that aren't "real," she's having too
much fun to stop. After all, no one ever said being a witch was easy . .
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<span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";">Jane Madison is
a reference librarian at Peabridge Library in DC. She loves her job, but always
feels like life is rather boring. She is about to find out that boring will
never again be in her vocabulary. When the main librarian tells Jane that the
board is cutting costs and her salary will be greatly reduced, she just doesn’t
know what to do. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She doesn’t want to
have to leave the library and her IB (that’s imaginary boyfriend). SO she comes
to an agreement and gets to move into the cottage behind the library—RENT FREE!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now she is able to stay at the library and
admire her IB, James. He of course has no idea she has the hots for him and
they both go on about their own business (until later in the story, but I don’t
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that changes everything she knows.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
the basement she finds a ton of books, odds and ends, and a rather large cat
statue. She speaks from one book, and all of a sudden there is a man standing there.
Enter Neko, the silly familiar. It seems Jane just unlocked her witchy powers (she
really isn’t too happy to have her life thrown upside down). Upstairs she goes
only to have a rather large and imposing man come to her door and tell her she
shouldn’t have done what she had. (Mind you this is after she utters a spell
that she really shouldn’t have </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";"> )The wonderfully gorgeous; albeit cranky, man is David and
he is her Warder. The job of a warder is to protect their witches from harm.
She sure is going to need that warder because all through the book Jane gets
into curious and sticky situations. Take James for instance, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>just wait until you read what he does. I was
so mad!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyhow, I absolutely loved
this book. It is a great change from the dark and dreary readings that I usually
do. It was nice to see all of the relationships intertwining and coming
together just like many of mine have here in reality. Jane is a special gal,
she is stubborn, smart, witty…but she also has a little bit of self-doubt,
which I think puts her right there with just about every woman in the world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";">I was laughing
and biting my nails at times through this one. If you are ready for a different
kind of paranormal Jane Madison is your woman!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";">~K~<o:p></o:p></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11961629019541996506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223375227537078296.post-91790807901023325242012-02-15T18:21:00.000-05:002012-02-16T11:39:24.616-05:00MINDY KLASKY WEEKHello all my wonderful Blog Readers! This week I am super excited to be having Mindy Klasky week!<br />
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All week long I will be posting reviews of Mindy's Light-Paranormal books. She refers to them as "fun" books. I have to agree there. They are all very fun to read and will delight even the most sober of person. Watch my postings and comment frequently. There will be a giveaway at the end of the week along with an interview with Mindy.<br />
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This is my first BIG author week event and I am super stoked about it. I hope you all will enjoy my reviews this week and maybe take some of my advice and get them books (or e-books)<br />
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1-e-book of How Not To Make A Wish</div>
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1-e-book of When Good Wishes Go Bad</div>
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1- e-book of To Wish or Not To Wish</div>
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All My regular giveaway rules do apply. Entry is open to US and anywhere Amazon will ship.</div>
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I really hope you all will comment and leave your opinions. Who knows maybe Mindy will pop by to answer some comments/questions :)<br />
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Mindy Klasky learned to read when her parents shoved a book in her hands and told her that she could travel anywhere in the world through stories. She never forgot that advice.<br />
Mindy’s travels took her through multiple careers. After graduating from Princeton University, Mindy considered becoming a professional stage manager or a rabbi. Ultimately, though, she settled on being a lawyer, working as a litigator at a large Washington firm. When she realized that lawyering kept her from writing (and dating and sleeping and otherwise living a normal life), Mindy became a librarian, managing large law firm libraries. Mindy now writes full time.<br />
For years, Mindy’s dating life was a travel extravaganza as well. She balanced twenty-eight first dates in one year, selecting eligible gentlemen from sources as varied as Washingtonian magazine ads, Single Volunteers of D.C., and supposedly-certain recommendations from best friends. Ultimately, she swore off the dating scene entirely. After two years of carefully-enforced datelessness, she made one last foray onto Match.com, where she met her husband – on her first match.<br />
Mindy’s travels have also taken her through various literary genres. In addition to her Harlequin Special Editions, Mira, and Red Dress Ink books, Mindy has written traditional fantasy novels for Roc (including the award-winning, best-selling <em>The Glasswrights’ Apprentice</em>), short stories, and nonfiction essays.<br />
In her spare time, Mindy quilts, knits, and tries to tame the endless to-be-read shelf in her home library. Her husband and cats do their best to fill the left-over minutes.<br />
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<b> Publisher:</b> Res Ipsa Press (November 4, 2011)
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Librarian-witch Jane learns a magical lesson the hard way: use it or lose it!
Her neglected powers are disappearing before her eyes, her handsome warder David
Montrose is ignoring her, her cat-like familiar has moved out of her home, and
her family life is in chaos. (Really — what octogenarian grandmother decides to
get married — and with orange-and-silver bridesmaid dresses?) Jane stakes
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Jane has been neglectful and she has no one to blame but herself. She has lost everything that meant anything to her, but she isn't sure if she cares or not. She is at odds in this bbok, Not knowing if she wants to continue on the magic path or just be a "palin Jane". She finds herself put against overwhelmingly bad odds to bring her magic back. Her basment has been a virtual holding tank for all of her magical items while she has negleted to use them, and now they are disappearing and turning to dust. She needs her handsome Warder and crazy familiar, but they seem to have other things to do with their time. She is torn between being who she used to be and embracing who she is meant to be.</div>
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So far this is the last book in this series, That makes me very sad :( I loved watching Jane as she made her way through impossible circumstances and crazy relationships. Her life seemed so much like mine (well minus the magic ;) I felt a connection to her that only a few stories have brought to me. She has been zany,stubborn,lovimg and zany again and I find that I miss reading about her. I do like how this book turned out though. It has a few surprising twists and the ending had me smiling and filled with warm fuzzies :)</div>
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It was really fin reading this and I think that even the man in your life might enjoy the Jane Mdison series as much as I did. While it is slightly lacking in the action department it makes up for it in the relationship and magical departments. I am not going to wirte anymore about this book because I have a overwhelming desire to spoil it! I will say that you will love this one as much as the first two. I only hope (and Hey, i will beg if I have to!) that this series will continue on. I have thorughly enjoyed this and I hope you all will too!</div>
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Jane Madison’s story continues in <em>Sorcery and the Single Girl</em>. Librarian-witch Jane has been “invited” to join the prestigious Washington Coven — a necessary step, if she’s going to hold onto her feline familiar, her beloved arcane books, and her hunky warder, David Montrose. The Coven’s tests become even more challenging when Jane must decide if she can trust her new witchy friend, Haylee. And then there’s that handsome Brit, Graeme Henderson, who is proving himself to be most distracting… Jane is about to be tested in ways she’s never imagined – and, pass or fail, nothing will ever be the same<br />
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series we find Jane facing even bigger spells, more male crap, best friend
issues, and to top it all off she is about to have a showdown with the local
coven! She is still witty, smart Jane, but I find in this book she seems even
more down on herself. She finds someone who she thinks is the perfect guy. She
can be herself with him, and even tell him here secrets. Is it too good to be
true though? I mean, remember James????<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
loved how this book developed. It grabbed me from the beginning and wouldn’t
let me go until I was through. Literally I read it in one sit-down. Jane finds
her relationships struggling, her magic is fine, but she is just having a hard
time balancing personal life with witchy life, and it is all going to come to a
head sooner or later.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really like
David…I mean, why doesn’t Jane just act on the feelings she obviously has for
him? Neko is also in this one, up to his usual shenanigans. He cracks me up. I wish
I was half as witty and quick on the come backs as he is. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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book and it sure didn’t disappoint. All the characters from the first book were
all there, Along with a few new ones. Which while I am on the subject of new
characters-------Do you all remember “those” girls???<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe you were one, or you wanted to be one,
well they are in this book. At first I wasn’t too keen on the idea of little
Jane having to go up against the girls of the coven. Man, was I ever in for a
shock. That particular part of the book made me laugh, cry and jump up and down
for the little people. ;)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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then this second one will not disappoint. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>Publisher:</b> Ace; Original edition (December 27, 2011)
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<b>Language:</b> English
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When the bond Maxine Kiss shares with the demons tattooed on her skin is
deliberately severed, the demon hunter is left vulnerable and unprotected. For
the first time in ten thousand years, the demons have a taste of freedom. And as
the little demons grow more violent and unpredictable, Maxine starts to fear
they will lose their minds without her. Reuniting won't be easy, since a greater
temptation waits for these hellions: a chance to return to their lives as Reaper
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thought they would be together forever. She thought they would never leave her,
at least not for quite a long time. Now she finds herself missing the boys. They
have been torn from her, not by her choosing, but by an unseen hand that seems
to think it’s all a game. They are free, off running around causing trouble and
she is left with a hollow empty feeling. The boys are changing. They no longer
have her heart to guide them in their decisions. They are ready to rule again,
and not with compassion and love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Max needs
to find a way to corral them again before things get too far out of hand and
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spend most of their time separated in this book. I personally liked the idea of
separating them. It showed me a side of Max that I had yet to see. She is
vulnerable in this book. She has to learn how to go without the protection of
Zee and the boys and do things for herself. Don’t get me wrong she has help. Grant
is there, along with a few other characters. Old Wolf comes into this one later
on. But ultimately we get to see Max without the mask of the boys. In previous
novels it was all about how the boys and Max did this, they did that..etc. Now,
in this book, she goes it mostly alone. She has to find a solution to save the
world, she can’t just tell the boys to fix it—because ultimately the boys are
the problem. She (and us along with her) finds out a few more details about her
mother and father and that will ultimately give her a lot to think about
throughout the book.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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loved this one. I waited a long time for it to come out, and was actually lucky
enough to win my copy (signed and all). It was definitely a far cry from the
earlier books. It brought a whole new level of understanding and emotion to the
series. It had just the right amount of action, love and self-discovery that
will draw you in and leave you wishing you had the next book in the series
right there to read </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: "Berlin Sans FB"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: "Berlin Sans FB"; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-family: "Berlin Sans FB","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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at least not for quite a long time. Now she finds herself missing the boys. They
have been torn from her, not by her choosing, but by an unseen hand that seems
to think it’s all a game. They are free, off running around causing trouble and
she is left with a hollow empty feeling. The boys are changing. They no longer
have her heart to guide them in their decisions. They are ready to rule again,
and not with compassion and love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Max needs
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spend most of their time separated in this book. I personally liked the idea of
separating them. It showed me a side of Max that I had yet to see. She is
vulnerable in this book. She has to learn how to go without the protection of
Zee and the boys and do things for herself. Don’t get me wrong she has help. Grant
is there, along with a few other characters. Old Wolf comes into this one later
on. But ultimately we get to see Max without the mask of the boys. In previous
novels it was all about how the boys and Max did this, they did that..etc. Now,
in this book, she goes it mostly alone. She has to find a solution to save the
world, she can’t just tell the boys to fix it—because ultimately the boys are
the problem. She (and us along with her) finds out a few more details about her
mother and father and that will ultimately give her a lot to think about
throughout the book.</span></span></span></div>
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loved this one. I waited a long time for it to come out, and was actually lucky
enough to win my copy (signed and all). It was definitely a far cry from the
earlier books. It brought a whole new level of understanding and emotion to the
series. It had just the right amount of action, love and self-discovery that
will draw you in and leave you wishing you had the next book in the series
right there to read </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: "Berlin Sans FB"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: "Berlin Sans FB"; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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Format: Kindle Edition<br />
File Size: 368 KB<br />
Print Length: 260 pages<br />
Publisher: Res Ipsa Press (September 21, 2011)<br />
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services<br />
Language: English </div>
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Sarah Anderson has found her dream job: Clerk of Court for the District of<br />
Columbia Night Court. Dream job, that is, until she’s attacked in the open<br />
courtroom by a vampire defendant. And until she’s forced to take self-defense<br />
lessons from her boss, the enigmatic vampire James Morton. And until she learns<br />
that she can’t share the truth about any of that with her best friend, Allison Ward – even over delectable cupcakes from the Cake Walk bakery.Soon,<br />
Sarah is surrounded by vampires, griffins, and sprites – all members of a secret<br />
supernatural court. And when a deceptively easy-going reporter starts to ask<br />
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Sara is a wayward college drop out. She has tried so manyjobs that even I was thinking Holy Crap! She has finally found the job that shereally wants to do. Clerk of Court for the Night Court in DC. Her first nightof work she is taken into the courtroom where she proceeds to get the shock ofher life. This is no ordinary Night Court; this one is filled with vampires and<br />
other beings. She stands there in shock as a door opens in the floor and out<br />
comes the prisoner. Unfortunately that isn’t all that shocks her. She is<br />
attacked by that very same prisoner and nearly drained. Her boss, ever charming<br />
(sarcasm here) James takes her from the room and into his office. It is there<br />
that she is given his blood to heal. Sheis introduced to a whole new world that she never knew existed. Then he triesto fire her. Oh but Sara is a head strong individual and will not have it. She is bound and determined to have this job. She vows to get over her fear and really<br />
do a great job. Amidst the training (James said she needed to defend herself)<br />
and the filing of papers Sara finds herself thrown in the middle of a century<br />
long court battle with a vampire who has been draining humans. She decides that<br />
she can help. She makes some mistakes along the way, like telling her best<br />
friend Allison about vampires. It kills her to not tell her. Well, Allison<br />
freaks out (who wouldn’t? Well besides us paranormal lovers). James finds out<br />
and has to erase her memory. Now Sara is upset that she must keep this secret<br />
from her BFF. That’s not all though, she is on the hunt for a killer,<br />
kidnapped, told some astounding and life changing news. Through the story Sara<br />
learns a lot about herself and finds she may just have eyes and feelings for<br />
two very important and very different characters. She meets lots of different<br />
people from all ranges of paranormal society, and could she, organized and<br />
mostly defenseless Sara share something with them all????<br />
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I loved this book! Ithad just the right amount of funny, drama, violence, and Love! Sara is a<br />
dynamic character who like me is a little awkward but a lot smart. She is a<br />
strong character and enhances the book with her witty remarks and crazy antics.<br />
I was absorbed in this book from start to finish. I loved the flow and I could<br />
really feel the awkwardness when Sara felt it. At the end of the book I still<br />
had some unanswered questions, but what good book answers them all??? It was an<br />
exciting and refreshing change from the regular paranormal that I normally<br />
read. I was a laughing, mouth-hanging open, nail biting woman as I read this<br />
book. I really hope that Mindy decides<br />
to continue on in this series.<br />
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I highly recommend this book. It will lift you up and spin<br />
you around on a crazy, fun filled paranormal trip.</div>
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<br /><strong>Visions of Skyfire (Book 2 Amakening Series)</strong><br />
<li><b>Publisher:</b> Signet; Original edition (June 5, 2012)
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<li><b>ISBN-10:</b> 0451234979
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practicing her magic…she’s not supposed to be…There are humans out to hunt
witches down. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some to harness their
power, others just to kill them because they are afraid of what they are. Add
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This is what she has been waiting for since her Abuela first started telling
her she was a witch. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her awakened powers
are far greater than she can imagine and she has no control over them. I mean
who really can control the elements???? This leads to trouble….it comes from
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Rune is stubborn and so sure that they can have a relationship without love.
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fun at times and serious at others, but you can tell that they have a
connection. There is trouble at every turn for them, difficult things that they
must learn to get through together. The interaction between the two is witty, funny,
and at times hearty breaking. It will be interesting to see where the
characters go from here. How will they evolve? What will happen to those damn villains
who are constantly pissing me off? That witch-gone-bad needs to just get
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<span style="font-family: "Bodoni MT Black","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I used to be a vampire reader but over the past year
I have found myself gravitating toward witch, shifter, and fae type books more
and more. This series is one of the best “witchcraft” series I have read yet.
It is the ultimate Salem Witch trial for today’s society. Capture, imprisonment,
romance, and magic all rolled into one. It will definitely keep you on the edge
of your seat from the first page to the last. I know that I can’t wait for the
next book in the series.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Engravers MT","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Until next time….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Engravers MT","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Happy Reading<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Showcard Gothic"; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">~K~<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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