Sunday, July 31, 2011

JULY 2011 GIVEAWAY - Winner

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SEA STORM
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Friday, July 29, 2011

Predatory Angel by Shaylynn Black - Review

PREDATORY ANGEL - Angels of Darkness, Book 1


BE WARNED: In this review I have spoilers.........


OK I don't think I have read a book that is so disjointed and uninteresting. I was suckered in by the sexy alpha cover and the summary.
I found the story line and the plot disjointed. That the characators were weak, both the male and female. That left me foundering around for the story, that in the end I was skimming through it in the hopes that it would pick up. I found the writing style was a collect of words rather then a story.
Catya is a vampire hunter trained at the academy by Lycans and hunters to destroy vampires. But locked within she is also a healerscribe - (like the queen bee in a hive but in this case a coven of male vampires). While Catya was young and naive, the healerscribe was nothing but a shallow cow with an over blown god complex.
Christian is a weak alpha! At times I felt he was being lead around by nose, although the romance between Catya and him is nice and sweet at times. But the sex scenes were boring and repetitive which made them hard to read over and over.
No! I won't be running out to get the next book in this series it just was not for me. 
But if you have read this book and have a different opinion email me your review, for me to post. boutiquebookstore@hotmail.com  



Book Rate – Tried to be Spicy

Review Rating – 5+ Pina Coladas



Thursday, July 28, 2011

PANIA'S REVIEW - KISS OF SNOW

REVIEW BY PANIA LANDS - WINNER OF LAST MONTHS GIVEAWAY

Kiss of Snow was amazing!! I had only just started reading Nalini Singhs Archangel series when I entered the draw.

Hawke is all Alpha I just loved the fact he was a little older then the normal hero in these type of stories.

I liked Sienna for someone so young she has lived a hard life. Leaving her wise beyond her years.
It nice to watch her try to take control of her life and her own happiness.

I am normal into stories that have Vampires in them so this was an enjoyable change for me. This book has left me with the absolute need to catch up on the other books in this series. I would recommend you get hold of copy today you will not be disappointed.

Pania Lands

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

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Friday, July 22, 2011

My Pseudo Alpha Husband/s?


Who is your favorite (Book) Pseudo Alpha Boyfriend/s/Husband/s?

My Current 10 Picks!!
(Mustn't limit myself)

Dash Sinclair -
Lora Leigh - Elizabeths Wolf  
 What can I say sooo hot.....
Mikhail Dubrinsky
  Christine Feehan - Dark Prince 
 OK one was not enough....
Judd Lauren 
Nalini Singh - Caressed by Ice 
Sooo cold he was smokin
Dirk Pitt
Clive Cussler - Pitt Series 
Yeah, yeah not from my romance collection but he's alpha to a T
Viscount St Justin - Gideon Westbrook
Amanda Quick - Ravished
Old fashioned wounded soul
Captain Sean Seanessy
Jennifer Horsman - Virgin Star
He's one man who knows how to live
Steele and Rio
Maya Banks - KGI Novels
Two hunky guys you would want to have rescue you anytime.....
Cooper Boone
Jayne Castle - Ghost Hunter
Delicious candy
Lord Jack Knight
Gaelen Foley - His Wicked Kiss
Ruthlessness and gentle 
Acheron Parthenopaeus / Ash
Sherrilyn Kenyon - Dark Hunter Series
Intense, sexy and a god to boot....





Thursday, July 21, 2011

This is what has been taking up my time!!

My darling daughters wearable art, burnt fingers (damn that hot glue gun)

OMG its finished so I can get back to posting reviews!!

Saturday, July 16, 2011

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Navorros's Promise - Lora Leigh - This is also on the to read list

Mica Toler’s best friend is the wolf/coyote hybrid breed, Cassie Sinclair. And now Mica is being drawn into her world in ways she had prayed she never would be when the charming wolf breed Navarro makes good on the promise he made her on a dark, explosive night.

The Breeds guaranteed that no harm would come to Micah Toler but they never allowed for her sensual fascination with Navarro Blaine. Aloof, cool, and mysterious, he draws her in as no man ever has. But Micah never wanted this. She had her own dreams, her own desires, and being stalked and seduced by a wolf breed wasn’t part of that plan.

Now she knows her life is in danger. What Navarro knows is that she’s his mate and that the breeding and training that created him is being peeled away in his desperation to claim a woman that refuses to be claimed.

He has her body. She craves his touch. And as the breeds converge the past will rise up to haunt Navarro in ways he never expected.

Hidden Away - MAYA BANKS - On the reading list

The Kelly Group International (KGI): A super elite, top secret, family-run business.
Qualifications: High intelligence, rock hard body, military background.
Mission: Hostage/kidnap victim recovery. Intelligence gathering. Handling jobs the US government can’t…

A man who shoots first and asks questions later…

Most people would take an all-expenses-paid trip to the beach in a heartbeat. Garrett Kelly only accepts to keep tabs on Sarah Daniels, who’s in hiding after witnessing a murder by Marcus Lattimer, her half-brother—and a personal enemy of KGI. This gig may be beneath a disciplined soldier like Garrett, but if he gets a shot at Lattimer, it will all be worth it…

…and the ultimate moving target.


But Garrett hadn’t counted on falling for Sarah. He’d considered seduction as a tactical maneuver, but when he glimpses Sarah’s dark past, he feels an urgent desire to keep her safe—even after she disappears on him. Garrett doesn’t know exactly who, or what, Sarah’s running from, but whatever it is, she’s running for her life…

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Alphas’ Mate - Review

Alphas’ Mate - M/M/M/F

BEWARE: Erotic scenes that are so hot it would melt the Arctic; a fan will be required.....

This was the first book I have read by Leah Brooke.
Her writing is deliciously descriptive making you feeling as if you were a part of the world she created. There's lots of conflict, laughter and steaming hot sex to keep you glued to the pages.

It draws you in from the off, by introducing the grandsons Leah ensures you get a clear understanding of each of their personalities. And that your mouth starts watering ummm. Lacey walks in and theirs (and hers) worlds are turned upside down when they realise she is the mate to all of them.

Their clashing personalities don’t help, nor does Lacey independent nature. I loved how she would not allow them to rule her standing up to her four stubborn, arrogant, dominating and controlling Alpha males. I’ve taken notes on her version of silent treatment.(Just loved it)

The boys are willing to do anything to keep their spitfire mate safe. Even a very sexy spanking punishment, should pull their wilful mate into line....or so they think. But these four protective werewolves are about to meet their equal in Lacey, she can match their stubbornness with her own, till she has them begging to eating out of her hand.

I liked the fact that I wasn’t sure who the killer actually was till the last few pages and how it was nicely wrapped up at the end leaving no loose ends.

Be warned: The sex scenes are so provocative in there intense. The eroticism will leave you breathless. Orgasmic! Is all I can say.

Book Rate – Sizzling

Review Rating – Unfinished Pina Colada

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Predatory Angel by Shaylynn Black - Another to add to the bedside table

Angels of Darkness, Book 1




Catya hunts the beast that has been dumping bodies and terrorizing her city. She has done so night after night for the last eight years. Little does she know that tonight is the night that everything changes. Tonight is the night that she meets Christian, who is a vampire, her mortal enemy. She must escape him before he realizes what she is, but she finds herself too drawn to him to leave. Before she knows it, she is fighting at his side, for not only her life, but his as well. They can only depend on hope to get them through the bloody battle ahead. The only question is, will they make it out alive?

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Nalini Singh - NZ Herald by Stephen Jewell

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For years, Nalini Singh has been one of New Zealand literature's best-kept secrets. Despite regularly featuring in the New York Times' best-seller list, the 33-year-old Aucklander's books have not been widely available in her homeland. That will surely not be the case for much longer, as British science-fiction imprint Gollancz has secured her considerable oeuvre - two dozen books - for the Commonwealth market.

"People were still reading my books in New Zealand but they had to order them from overseas," says Singh from Florida, where she is in the middle of a month-long American tour. "They weren't able to just walk into a bookstore and pick them up."

Born in Fiji, the former Mt Roskill Grammar student has always aspired to become a successful author. "When I was a teenager, I started to experiment with writing novels," she recalls. "My first few attempts were kind of stop-start as I'd do a bit but it wasn't quite right so I'd move on. After I finished high school, I had a couple of months off until university, so I realised it was my chance to write a full novel. I sent it off to some publishers and it was rejected very fast. But I was really proud of how I'd written an entire book. I'd done it once so I knew I could do it again, so I just kept going."

Singh submitted several manuscripts to Diane Greco from American publishers Silhouette, who sent her encouraging replies before eventually accepting her first novel, Desert Warrior, in 2003. While her first few books were traditional romances, her big break arrived after she began combining love stories with fantasy elements in 2006's Slave To Sensation. The first instalment in the Psy/Changeling series, it was bought by Berkley Books after a feverish auction.

"I read a lot of sci-fi and fantasy along with romance and thrillers while I was growing up," says Singh. "I liked books that would take you out of this world. Even though I wrote contemporary romances when I first started being published, I was also writing paranormal romances. I just hadn't found a story that was really strong and that sang to me."

Singh is happy to be included in paranormal romance's burgeoning ranks, dominated by authors like Terry Spear and Nora Roberts. "When people ask me what I write, I say I'm a romance writer because I love that whole relationship thread," she says. "But at the same time, people also call me an urban fantasy writer, which is fine because there's a lot of world-building in the books. Labels are good for alerting people to what sort of story it is but at the same time I'm happy for people to find me through either the sci-fi or romance side."

Set in a dystopian near future, the Psy/Changeling series centres around the conflict between the ruling telepaths and the downtrodden shapeshifters.

"I'd read a lot of stories about werewolves and I'd noticed it tends to be quite a painful and unwanted experience," says Singh. "I thought it might be really great to turn into a leopard or a wolf and have this whole other form you can take on. With my characters, there's no separation between their human and animal forms. They're completely happy and whole in themselves."

Despite their similar mix of teenage angst and gothic horror, Singh was not influenced by Stephenie Meyer, whose 2005 début, Twilight, was published a year before Slave To Sensation.

"I'd already written the book by that stage," says Singh, who was equally unaware of Charlaine Harris' series, which HBO later turned into True Blood. "Even though those stories have recently achieved prominence, they've been around for a long time. So the inspiration was always there rather than coming from anything that's already out there."

Kiss Of Snow, her new novel, brings the burgeoning affair between alpha wolf Hawke and precocious Psi Sienna to an explosive head. "In terms of their relationship arc, there's a big age difference, which has kept them apart until now," says Singh.

"There's also a building political tension that's starting to result in violence between the different groups. The series started with the Psis in charge but the Changelings have been growing in power. We're building towards a final confrontation and you're going to get a new balance of power in the world. In this book, a big shift happens and lines are drawn in the sand."

With only another three or four books remaining, Singh is anticipating bringing the whole saga to a dramatic close. "I've always had an end in sight, which has helped me write a stronger series because everything has always been leading towards that," she says.

"I've always said there will be an end to the story arc but then I'd like to write some spin-off stories that wouldn't necessarily fit into the main storyline. So if people want to stop at the end, they will get the satisfaction of that ending but if they want to still explore the world they can pick up the tangent stories."

In the meantime, the ever-prolific Singh will release Archangel's Blade, the fourth Guild Hunter book, in September. "I've always wanted to fly, which I thought would be awesome," she says of the series that pits vampire hunter Elena Deveraux against the Archangel Raphael in modern-day New York. "I didn't intend to start another series but I just started writing it. I had this really powerful idea so I ran with it."

Destined for an Early Grave by Jeaniene Frost - Next on my to read list


Her dreams leave her in grave danger…
Since half-vampire Cat Crawfield and her undead lover Bones met six years ago, they’ve fought against the rogue undead, battled a vengeful Master vampire, and pledged their devotion with a blood bond. Now it’s time for a vacation. But their hopes for a perfect Paris holiday are dashed when Cat awakes one night in terror. She’s having visions of a vampire named Gregor who’s more powerful than Bones and has ties to her past that even Cat herself didn’t know about.
Gregor believes Cat is his and he won’t stop until he has her. As the battle begins between the vamp who haunts her nightmares and the one who has her heart, only Cat can break Gregor’s hold over her. She’ll need all the power she can summon in order to bring down the baddest bloodsucker she’s ever faced … even if getting that power will result in an early grave.


Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Stolen Fury by Elizabeth Naughton - REVIEW

Stolen Fury by Elizabeth Naughton
Dr Lisa Maxwell and Rafe Sullivan

Lisa Maxwell, character is an archaeologist who is strong minded, quick witted with a kick ass temper, which she is not afraid to verbalize at any given moment.  This will leave you laughing throughout the book. The good Dr has just excavated what she believes to be a rare marble carving or relief of one of the original three Greek "Furies".

Rafe Sullivan, well he’s a smooth talking conman/thief. Who misleads Lisa by introducing himself as 'Raphael Garcia'. One thing leads to another and they end up in Lisa’s hotel room where he drugs her and steals the Fury.

Lisa awakens to find the artefact gone. Seething with anger she tracks down Rafe. Only to find that she has to join forces with Rafe, to help get the third of the three piece set of marble reliefs.

The sexual tension builds slowly.  I normal like more intimate scenes but I found this a nice change to the intense books I’ve been reading of late. Elizabeth sets a fast paced story that is full of twists and turns without giving a thing away till the last moment.

Follow the link below to the posted Epilogue to Stolen Fury on Elizabeth website.

http://www.elisabethnaughton.com/books/stolen-fury/

I love paranormal and romantic adventure, consuming them in an endless frenzy of erotic delight. I’ll be adding the next book in the trilogy, "Stolen Heat" to my menu.

Book RatePlayful to Sensual

Review Rating2.5 Pina Coladas

Monday, July 4, 2011

NAVARRO'S PROMISE by Lora Leigh

Mica Toler’s best friend is the wolf/coyote hybrid breed, Cassie Sinclair. And now Mica is being drawn into her world in ways she had prayed she never would be when the charming wolf breed Navarro makes good on the promise he made her on a dark, explosive night.

The Breeds guaranteed that no harm would come to Micah Toler but they never allowed for her sensual fascination with Navarro Blaine. Aloof, cool, and mysterious, he draws her in as no man ever has. But Micah never wanted this. She had her own dreams, her own desires, and being stalked and seduced by a wolf breed wasn’t part of that plan.

Now she knows her life is in danger. What Navarro knows is that she’s his mate and that the breeding and training that created him is being peeled away in his desperation to claim a woman that refuses to be claimed.

He has her body. She craves his touch. And as the breeds converge the past will rise up to haunt Navarro in ways he never expected.

ALPHA'S MATE by Leah Brooke


BE WARNED: 4 Sexy werewolves brothers hell bent on having one woman, 4 on 1 sometimes life is not fair....


Menage Amour 78: Erotic Contemporary Menage Romance, 

When Lacey Roberts visits her beloved godmother, the last thing she needs is more complications. She's on the run helping a woman and child disappear. But her godmother's grandsons are definitely complications. All four have decided she's their mate. To top it all off, she discovers that they're werewolves, Alphas of the pack. And they have no intention of letting her go. 

Lars, Damien, Wes and Seth Tougarret are half brothers, Alphas, kept apart as children. Their father's death before they were born divided the pack. Because of their grandmother, they've learned to get along. Barely. Stunned to learn they share a mate, they must form a bond. Especially when they learn someone wants her dead.

Stolen Fury by Elizabeth Naughton


To unearth a centuries-old secret, an archaeologist must team up with the rakish thief who’s stolen both an ancient relic and her heart…

Oh, is he handsome. And charming. And sexy as all get out. Dr. Lisa Maxwell isn’t the type to go home with a guy she barely knows. But, hey, this is Italy and the red-blooded Rafe Sullivan seems much more enticing than cataloging a bunch of dusty artifacts.

After being fully seduced, Lisa wakes to an empty bed and, worse yet, an empty safe. She’s staked her career as an archaeologist on collecting the three Furies, a priceless set of ancient Greek reliefs. Now the one she had is gone. But Lisa won’t just get mad. She’ll get even.

She tracks Rafe to Florida, and finds the sparks between them blaze hotter than the Miami sun. He may still have her relic, but he’ll never find all three without her. And they’re not the only ones on the hunt. To beat the other treasure seekers, they’ll have to partner up—because suddenly Lisa and Rafe are in a race just to stay alive.



Friday, July 1, 2011

LIVE WIRE - REVIEW


BEWARED: Lora Leigh books have known side effects –Increased heart rate, a fever that leaves you hot and bothered.........read them with extreme caution......

Live Wire book six in Lora Leigh’s Elite Ops series.

Jordan Malone and Tehya Talamosi


If you have followed the series you’ll know all about the Soldiers. But for those of you who are new to this series the Elite Ops is an underground agency of dead men walking with new names, and lives committed to the Elite Ops. And as always sometimes you cannot bury what you left behind.....

Captain Jordan Malone team is disassembling, their contracts are up and they are free to live normal life’s. He is a man that does not believe in true love,(well, he’s convinced himself or tries to) I find this a little hard to believe at times.

Tehya Talamosi, has been running from her father ever since her mother took her and fled when she was five. She managed to have a semi normal life as an operative this changes as the team is disassembled.  She takes a gamble on the burning passion between herself and Jordan, only to find that she has to walk away from the only man she ever loved. She will have to build a life on her own and as danger creeps towards her.

I found Jordan is that superb Alpha male all the way fighting his feelings tooth and nail. While Tehya is a combination of total insecurity and Amazon woman, as she faces the danger that has resurfaced after years of desperately evading it. Together Jordan and Tehya fight to save those they care about while working their way through their own feelings.  

Lora Leigh has that great mix of action with an erotic push pull relationship we all love to read into the wee hours of the morning leaving us with the above major side effects among others. With each of the books in this series it can be read as a standalone book if you haven’t read the series.


Book RateHot to Spicy

Review Rating2 Pina Coladas