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Review: Princess Avenger by Bernadette Rowley
Format Read:ARC provided from NetGalley for review
Release Date:October 15th 2012
Publisher:Destiny Romance
Formats Available: ebook
Purchasing Info: Goodreads | Amazon | Publisher | Kobo | B&N
Book Blurb:
Passionate and headstrong, Alecia is no ordinary princess. Angered by the cold-blooded murder of her first love, she sets out to avenge his death.
Army Captain Vard Anton, the epitome of masculine strength and grace, is dealing with some dark secrets of his own. When he is appointed Alecia’s body-guard, both find it hard to ignore the chemistry between them.
With assassination attempts and the threat of an arranged marriage looming over her, Alecia realises her time is running out. But Alecia’s biggest battle is the one within as she tries to suppress the raging desire she feels for the powerfully attractive Vard. Can Alecia resist Vard while trying to exact revenge and avoiding the lecherous attentions of her husband-to-be? Will …
3 Stars,Bernadette Rowley,featured,Review,The Coffee Lover 
2 Apr 2013
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Review: Matchbox Girls by Chrysoula Tzavelas
Review: Matchbox Girls by Chrysoula Tzavelas.
Format Read: eARC from Netgalley.
Number of Pages: 326.
Release Date: February 21, 2012.
Publisher: Candelmark & Gleam.
Genre: Urban Fantasy.
Formats Available: Paperback, ebook.
Purchasing Info: Amazon, Goodreads, Book Depository, Author.
Book Blurb:
Marley Claviger is just trying to get her life together. Stumbling into an ancient conflict between celestial forces is going to make that a whole lot harder…
When Marley wakes up to a phone call from a pair of terrified children, she doesn’t expect to be pulled into a secret war. She rescues them from an empty house and promises to find their missing uncle. She even manages to feed them dinner. But she barely feels competent to manage her own life, let alone care for small children with strange, ominous powers…
And when a mysterious angelic figure shows up and tries to claim the girls, it all falls apart…
Plagued by visions of disaster, Marley has …
3 Stars,Draconismoi,Fantasy,featured,Review 19 Mar 2013
2 comments
Review: Blood Shadows by Lindsay J. Pryor
Format Read:e-book provided by the publisher
Number of Pages:380 pages
Release Date:November 27th 2012
Publisher:Bookouture
Series: Blackthorn, #1
Formats Available: e-book, Kindle Edition, Paperback
Purchasing Info: Goodreads | Publisher | Author’s Website | Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Book Depository US | Book Depository (UK)
Book Blurb:
For vengeance – would you trust a vampire?
For justice – could you betray your family?
For love – are you ready to question everything you believe in?
Gifted with the ability to read the shadows of ‘third species’ beings, Caitlin Parish is the Vampire Control Unit’s most powerful agent. Despite that, her mission to hunt down Kane Malloy – a master vampire – comes with a death wish. Many have tried, but few have survived.
For Caitlin, tracking Kane is about more than just professional reputation. With her parents both mysteriously killed 7 years apart to the …
3 Stars,featured,Review,The Coffee Lover 7 Mar 2013
1 comment
Review: The Best Man by Kristan Higgins
Format read: ebook copy provided by publisher through NetGalley
Series: Book #1 in the Blue Heron series
Release Date: 26 February 2013
Publisher: Harlequin
Number of pages: 432 pages
Formats available: ebook, paperback
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Book Depository
Blurb:
Faith Holland left her hometown after being jilted at the altar. Now a little older and wiser, she’s ready to return to the Blue Heron Winery, her family’s vineyard, to confront the ghosts of her past, and maybe enjoy a glass of red. After all, there’s some great scenery there….
Like Levi Cooper, the local police chief-and best friend of her former fiancé. There’s a lot about Levi that Faith never noticed, and it’s not just those deep green eyes. The only catch is she’s having a hard time forgetting that he helped ruin her wedding all those years ago. If she can find a minute amidst all her family …
3 Stars,featured,Kristan Higgins,Review,The Latin Lover 25 Feb 2013
5 comments
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 …
3 Stars,featured,Kelly Jamieson,Review,The Coffee Lover 1 Feb 2013
4 comments
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 …
Review: How to Tame a Willful Wife by Christy English
Format read: ebook copy provided by publisher through NetGalley
Series: Book #1 in the Shakespeare in Love series
Release Date: 6 November 2012
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Number of pages: 352 pages
Formats available: ebook, paperback
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Kindle, Barnes and Noble, Book Depository US, Book Depository UK
Blurb:
How To Tame A Willful Wife:
1. Forbid her from riding astride
2. Hide her dueling sword
3. Burn all her breeches and buy her silk drawers
4. Frisk her for hidden daggers
5. Don’t get distracted while frisking her for hidden daggers…Anthony Carrington, Earl of Ravensbrook, expects a biddable bride. A man of fiery passion tempered by the rigors of war into steely self-control, he demands obedience from his troops and his future wife. Regardless of how fetching she looks in breeches.
Promised to the Earl of Plump Pockets by her impoverished father, Caroline Montague is no simpering miss. She rides a war …
3 Stars,Christy English,featured,Review,The Latin Lover 24 Jan 2013
4 comments
Review: Spell Bound by Rachel Hawkins
Format Read:Paperback copy purchased by reviewer
Number of Pages:327 pages
Release Date:March 29th 2012
Publisher:Simon & Schuster Childrens Books
Series: Hex Hall, #3
Formats Available: Hardback, Paperback, e-book, Kindle Edition, AudioBook
Purchasing Info:Goodreads | Author’s Website | Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Book Depository US | Book Depository (UK)
Book Blurb:
Hailed as “impossible to put down,” the Hex Hall series has both critics and teens cheering. With a winning combination of romance, action, magic and humor, this third volume will leave readers enchanted.
Just as Sophie Mercer has come to accept her extraordinary magical powers as a demon, the Prodigium Council strips them away. Now Sophie is defenseless, alone, and at the mercy of her sworn enemies—the Brannicks, a family of warrior women who hunt down the Prodigium. Or at least that’s what Sophie thinks, until …
3 Stars,featured,Rachel Hawkins,Review,The Coffee Lover 17 Dec 2012
2 comments
Review: An Infamous Marriage by Susanna Fraser
Format Read:e-book provided for review from NetGalley
Number of Pages:218 pages
Release Date:November 5th 2012
Publisher:Carina Press
Formats Available: e-book, Kindle Edition
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Authors Website, Amazon, B&N, Kobo
Book Blurb:
Northumberland, 1815
At long last, Britain is at peace, and General Jack Armstrong is coming home to the wife he barely knows. Wed for mutual convenience, their union unconsummated, the couple has exchanged only cold, dutiful letters. With no more wars to fight, Jack is ready to attempt a peace treaty of his own.
Elizabeth Armstrong is on the warpath. She never expected fidelity from the husband she knew for only a week, but his scandalous exploits have made her the object of pity for years. Now that he’s back, she has no intention of sharing her bed with him—or providing him with an heir—unless he can earn her …
3 Stars,Review,Susanna Fraser,The Coffee Lover 14 Dec 2012
4 comments
Review: Like Hearts Enchanted by Kathleen Tudor and Cecilia Tan
Format Read:ebook provided by the publisher
Number of Pages:74 pages
Release Date:May 31, 2012
Publisher:Circlet Press
Genre: Fantasy romance
Formats Available: ebook
Purchasing Info: Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Author’s Website | Publisher’s Website
Book Blurb:
Love is a universal ideal transcending time and place and occasionally even dimensions. Anyone who has ever been in love knows that there is something magical about it, but what happens when real magic gets involved in matters of the heart? From love spells, to the ability to open the eyes and the mind, to a special little something that can make you downright irresistible, anything is possible when magic and love mingle.
Prepare to be enchanted and aroused as these five original short stories help you answer the important questions, like “What if love is right in front of you, and …
3 Stars,Cecilia Tan,featured,Kathleen Tudor,Review,The Rocket Lover 4 Dec 2012
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