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ARC Review: Beautiful Bastard by Christina Lauren
Format Read:e-ARC provided from the publisher via Edelweiss
Number of Pages:320 pages
Release Date:February 12th 2013
Publisher:Gallery Books
Series: Beautiful Bastard, #1
Formats Available: Paperback, e-book, Audio
Purchasing Info: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Book Depository US | Book Depository (UK)
Book Blurb:
An ambitious intern. A perfectionist executive. And a whole lot of name calling. Discover the story that garnered more than two million reads online.
Whip-smart, hardworking, and on her way to an MBA, Chloe Mills has only one problem: her boss, Bennett Ryan. He’s exacting, blunt, inconsiderate—and completely irresistible. A Beautiful Bastard.
Bennett has returned to Chicago from France to take a vital role in his family’s massive media business. He never expected that the assistant who’d been helping him from abroad was the gorgeous, innocently provocative—completely infuriating—creature he now has to see every day. …
Sunday Cravings
Hello my fellow Book Lovers! How are you? Are you having an interesting weekend? We’re here for another weekend to highlight the upcoming releases for the next week that we can’t wait for. And I don’t know how we manage it, but we always seem to have something we are craving for 😛 No matter how slow a week, as far as book releases are concerned, we keep finding new books to share with you 🙂 And this week, is quite slow. Not many books are scheduled for release, but among them there are a couple I just can’t wait to get my hands on! So, let’s start!
Stella: A Cast of Shadows by Hailey Edwards
“The strongest net is no match for destiny. “
An “Araneae Nation” Story
Daraja has grown up watching her brothers journey down the river on the traditional Deinopidae rite of passage. Each returned with riches from …
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Format Read:e-ARC provided by the publisher through NetGalley
Release Date: February 25th 2013
Publisher:Carina Press
Formats Available: e-book
Purchasing Info: Goodreads | Publisher | Amazon | B&N | Kobo
Book Blurb:
Althea Grant’s Charleston gallery might be suffering from the bad economy, and her artistic aspirations have gone nowhere, but she’s doing just fine, thank you. When bad-boy sculptor Steel rides up on his motorcycle looking to rent studio space, his infusion of cash is more than welcome. But his art is raw, visceral, sexual—and completely inappropriate for her pastel world of watercolor landscapes.
Steel, fascinated by Althea’s rare albino coloring, sees in her the key to his next piece: a metal satyr designed for bondage games. Moving into her gallery basement is the first step; seducing the cool Southern belle into modeling for him is the second.
As Steel peels away her careful …
Sunday Cravings
Hello my beloved Book Lovers! How was your week and weekend? Did you enjoy yourselves? It’s Sunday so time to indulge on all those new releases that we can’t possibly wait to get our hands on. And let me tell you that the week to come is one craaaazy week 🙂 There are like a ton of books being released making it impossible to just pick one or two of that huge list. So, let’s start 🙂
Stella: It Stings So Sweet by Stephanie Draven
They vibrated with incendiary Jazz. They teemed with sexual abandon.
The Twenties were roaring and the women—young, open, rebellious, and willing—set the pace and pushed the limits with every man they met… In the aftermath of a wild, liquor-soaked party, three women from very different social classes are about to live out their forbidden desires.Society girl, Nora Richardson’s passionate nature has always been a …
Review: Hot Ride by Kelly Jamieson
Format Read:e-book purchased by reviewer
Number of Pages:335 pages
Release Date:September 11th 2012
Publisher:Samhain Publishing, Ltd.
Formats Available: e-book, Kindle Edition, Paperback
Purchasing Info: Goodreads | Author’s Website | Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Book Depository US | Book Depository (UK)
Book Blurb:
Courage is feeling the fear…then pouring on the throttle.
Abandoned or betrayed by everyone she ever loved, Sera Manning’s life spiraled out of control until a near-death experience left her with a mission. Now a DEA agent, her sole focus—and her first undercover assignment—is to take down a drug cartel that’s manufacturing seductive, deadly angel sugar.
To do it, she needs access to Operation Black Abyss to establish a connection between the cartel and the Death Angels outlaw motorcycle gang. Which means she must pose as a couple with another agent who’s already deep …
31 Jan 2013 Dual Review: Kissing Kendall by Jennifer Shirk
Format Read: e-book copy provided from the publisher for review
Number of Pages: 202 pages
Release Date: December 7th 2012
Publisher: Entangled Publishing (Bliss)
Series: Maritime City, #2
Formats Available: e-book, Kindle Edition
Purchasing Info: Goodreads | Author’s Website | Publisher | Amazon | B&N | Kobo
Book Blurb:
Kendall Grisbaum is finally taking charge of her life—pouring her heart into opening a new bakery business and even allowing her best friend Georgie to play matchmaker for her. Trouble is, the one guy she secretly wants is Georgie’s older brother, Brad, who is decidedly off limits.
Brad can’t seem to get his little sister’s best friend out of his mind. He and Kendall used to be close friends, too, and as a local policeman, Brad can’t help but play protector, looking out for Kendall. When he offers to help her renovate her new …
30 Jan 2013 Dual Review: The Boss’s Fake Fiancée by Inara Scott
Format Read: e-book copy provided by the publisher for review
Number of Pages: 165 pages
Release Date: October 14th 2012
Publisher: Entangled Publishing (Indulgence)
Formats Available: e-book, Kindle Edition
Purchasing Info: Goodreads | Publisher | Author’s Website | Amazon | B&N | Kobo
Book Blurb:
Is she his worst nightmare…
No relationships, that’s billionaire Garth Solen’s rule—especially not with a woman like his new employee Melissa Bencher, who thinks with her heart and not her head. But all bets are off when Melissa tries to make her jerk ex-boyfriend jealous by suggesting that she’s dating her gorgeous boss. How could she have imagined all the trouble one impulsive act could cause?
…or a dream come true?
To protect his ailing grandmother, Garth is forced to play the part of Melissa’s adoring fiancé. Now they’re trying on rings and posing …
Sunday Cravings
Hello my fellow Book Lovers! How was this week for you? Any interesting books you read and want to share with us?
Next week, is one really, and I mean really, busy week, bookwise. There are so many books being published that to be honest, I’m glad I saved up some money, because surely, there are way too many interesting titles to pick just a couple 🙂
So, let’s start!
Stella: Sex and the Single Fireman by Jennifer Bernard
The toughest captain on the East Coast, single father Rick Roman has come thousands of miles to San Gabriel to put an end to the “Bachelor Firemen” media hype. But when a stunning woman he nearly hooked up with in Reno turns out to be a firefighter from his new station, Roman realizes it’s going to be tough keeping the tabloids at bay.
But there’s even more Sabina isn’t telling him. Before …
Review: Tempting the Player by J. Lynn
Format Read: e-ARC provided by the publisher
Number of Pages: 200 pages
Release Date: October 23rd 2012
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC (Brazen)
Series: Gamble Brothers, #2
Formats Available: e-book, Kindle Edition
Purchasing Info: Goodreads | Publisher’s Website | Amazon | B&N | Kobo
Book Blurb:
Chad Gamble, all-star pitcher for the Nationals, is one of the best players on—and off—the field. And right now, the notorious bad boy wants Bridget Rodgers. But with her lush curves and snappy comebacks, the feisty redhead is the kind of woman a man wants to settle down with…and that’s the last thing Chad needs.
When the paparazzi catch them in a compromising position, Chad’s manager issues an ultimatum: clean up his act or kiss his multi-million dollar contract goodbye. To save his career, his meddling publicist says he’ll have to convince everyone Bridget isn’t just his flavor of …
Review: Pleasures of Winter by Evie Hunter
Format Read:e-ARC provided by the publisher
Number of Pages:400 pages
Release Date:November 1st 2012
Publisher:Penguin Ireland
Formats Available: Paperback, Kindle Edition
Purchasing Info: Goodreads | Publisher’s Website | Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Book Depository US | Book Depository (UK)
Book Blurb:
The Pleasures of Winter is a steamy erotic story of romantic obsession and explosive sexual chemistry for fans of Fifty Shades of Grey and Bared to You.
When reporter Abbie Marshall needs to escape Honduras, a private jet carrying a Hollywood A-lister is her only way out. She has a ride home with Irish actor Jack Winter – notorious womanizer and all round bad boy. Abbie is shaken to the core by Winter’s blazing beauty and provocative mind.
After the plane’s nose-dive into the remote rainforest forces them to fight for survival, Abbie catches tantalizing glimpses of …
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