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Just Read
Senator, Mine and Druid, Mine
by Kerry Adrienne
Why I picked it up: Louisa Bacio featured Senator, Mine back in April and it tickled my fancy. Then she featured Druid, Mine in June — Hello! Lover of all things Celtic here. — and I won a copy. I understand there’s a third one, Pharaoh, Mine, due out later this year.
Note: I’m doing both together as they are short, only 40 or so pages, and I read them in one sitting.
What I liked: Ms. Adrienne did a nice bit of research and wove the info in without burdening the stories. Both involve magical time-travel, one of my favorite sub-genres. The heroes were delicious. The heroines took charge of their lives by signing up for a single night of passion. These books are part of a series called 1 Night Stand but stand alone.
What I disliked: Quite frankly, the pricing. I’m all for authors getting paid, don’t get me wrong. However, I still use a 100K paperback as my pricing guideline so forking out almost half the dollars for approximately 10% of that 100K doesn’t sit well.
Reading
The Bloodgate Warrior (The Bloodgate Series) by Joely Sue Burkhart
Why I picked it up: Joely is a must read for me, I devour everything she writes. This is the second in the Mayan Bloodgate world she created. The first is The Bloodgate Guardian and reading it will enrich the reading of Bloodgate Warrior but both stand alone. She’s also just re-released a free prequel Bloodgate.
What I like: The amazing character depth Joely brings to each and every story. The tantalizing sex, the exploration of BDSM, blood ritual, heroes finding pleasure in giving pleasure, heroines strong enough to ask for what they want (even if it embarrasses them) and not settling for less.
I love this world. The Mayan details are well researched and seamlessly woven into the story. Each element of the story moves you forward, pushing toward the scene that (as an insider I know) inspired this story. And we’re left with a nice tease for a possible third book.
What I dislike: I wish it was longer, because I devoured it in a single afternoon, but I respect Joely for staying true to the story.
Will Read
Spider’s Bite by Jennifer Estep
Why I picked this up: I’ve been following Jennifer Estep’s blog for awhile now, thoroughly enjoy her reviews. This has been one of those books I’ve been meaning to pick up for ages so when I needed one more book to qualify for free shipping I snagged it off the ol’ wish list.
What I expect to like: The elemental aspect of this book/series. If you’ve read any of my tarot posts you know I’m drawn to the elements. With an opening line of, “My name is Gin, and I kill people,” well, I expect to enjoy Estep’s voice.
What I expect to dislike: I can’t think of anything at this point. This will be my first foray into Estep’s fiction.
The seventh book, Widow’s Web, in this Elemental Assassin series (of a contracted ten) is due out later this month. I’d better get crackin’!
- And I’m looking forward to Mistress of the Stone
by Maria Zannini coming August 28th. Check out this cover —
- August is full of goodness with Weighted by Ciara Knight also due this month.
I just finished the fourth book in Madelyn Alt’s Bewitching mystery series, “No Rest For The Wiccan.” It’s a cozy mystery series, and I’ve discovered that I enjoy that genre.
Next up will be Joely’s latest! She’s a must-read for me, too. 🙂
You’re the second person to mention that series in the last month! I’ll have to take a look at it 🙂
Thanks for weighing in Nicole!
With four boys (not counting the husband) when do you have time to read? Will they leave you alone if they see you reading?
When I read, it’s like wearing a neon sign that says: “talk to me”. My husband will start whole long conversations until I finally put the book down. This happens to me a lot on planes too. I don’t know why. I always thought an open book was the universal symbol for “leave me alone”. LOL.
They have to sleep at some point, right? 😆 Plus I’m a sports widow and will get reading in when That Man is watching football, basketball, baseball, hockey, or whatever other sport is on the TV at the time.
I’m a firm believer that the kids need to see me and That Man reading for enjoyment, not just work or study. During the school year, it’s not unheard of to have one of the boys curled up at the other end of the sofa reading at the same time. Good stuff.
My reading is pretty slim over the summer and I’m lucky if I get through a book a month. There was a cartoon, might have been Dennis the Menace, my mother clipped years ago (prior to kids) and sent to me. It showed a mother up in a tree reading and a little boy calling for her, each frame he adds something more dire to his summons. So me, if I had a tree to hide in 🙂
Thanks for stopping by Maria!
You’ve highlighted some interesting books. I’m also looking out for Maria Z. and Ciara K.’s books 🙂
Yeah, Maria and Ciara are must reads for me too 😀
Thanks for stopping by Angela!
Just downloaded Bloodgate – not read any of thiis author so will be interested to see what it’s like. Thanks for the review.
My work here is done 😀
Hope you enjoy it Claire. Thanks for stopping by!
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