The Book Geek Says...

Thanks to SAVE THE CONTEMPORARY, hosted by Jane of Dear Author and Sarah of Smart Bitches Trashy Books, I won a copy of Lisa Kleypas' Smooth Talking Stranger.



I've never read anything by Kleypas, so after I recovered my shock from winning, I anxiously awaited my prize. Needless to say, once I started Smooth Talking Stranger, I couldn't put it down. I didn't feel left out or lost in the Travis family dynamic, possibly because the book was from the POV of an outsider, Ella Varner.

I liked the fact that the heroines of this series are unconventional or in unusual circumstances. They also have pretty firm heads on their shoulders but they make mistakes and own up to them. They learn, they grow, they're real. I hope Ms. Kleypas writes a fourth book -- we've got to know who Joe hooks up with, right?

Thank you again to Jane, Sarah and St. Martin's -- and Ms. Kleypas for such an entertaining series.

Brenda Novak Auction

I'm participating in the 2009 Online Auction to Benefit Diabetes Research organized by Brenda Novak. Lots of amazing items and services up for bid, and for a great cause, too!!

Monday Meme

You Are a Mohawk

You are a true rebel. You enjoy flaunting your nonconformity. Your idea of style is not fitting in with the crowd. You like to look unique. At your best, you are creative and ready to challenge the status quo. At your worst, you are surly and stubborn. You sometimes scar people.

What Hairstyle Are You?

Passing It On

I'm at Romancing the Blog today talking about passing my love of reading on to my son.

My mother was definitely influential in my reading. She encouraged me and fostered the lurve of books by taking my brother and I to the library on Saturdays. I still get that same rush of excitement whenever I step into a library or a bookstore. Sometimes, though, I think my mother cursed my love of reading. She'd snatch my book and lock me out of the house in the summertime in the hopes I'd get a bit of a tan. I spent our last family vacation together in Myrtle Beach reading Love and War by John Jakes. (I could read the books but not watch the miniseries, a blog for another time, I suppose).

Monday Meme

Your Name's Power is Perception

Your name's power is that it helps you be perceptive. Your name conveys both wholeness and wisdom. People who meet you can't help but think you are enlightened. You try to live your life with flexibility and insight.

What's Your Name's Power?

The Combat by Crystal Kauffman

Amidst a cataclysmic war between the Guardians, an ancient sect of gargoyles charged with policing vampirekind, and a maniacal vampire king who intends to enslave humanity for the sinful pleasures of vampires worldwide...

Desperate to locate her missing sister, Gabrielle Langston travels to San Francisco expecting to find Linna in a fanatical Goth community of wannabe blood suckers. Instead Gabrielle discovers real--real!--vampires, sexy gargoyles, and an undead prince intent on claiming her as his bride.

Though it's been over eight hundred years since a vampire killed his young wife, the scars on Davin McCain’s soul still burn deep. He has risked his life for the Guardians for eight centuries, yet never again has he risked his heart. But when he rescues feisty Gabrielle, drugged by the vampires to make her insatiable, Davin is lost to the charms of the pretty, green-eyed human.

Gabrielle's dangerous idea to infiltrate the vampire coven is the only chance the Guardians have to finally locate the vampire’s “Palace,” but Davin realizes while he’s just found the mate he wants by his side for eternity, he could lose her in mere days.

Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: Exhibition/voyeurism (scene includes anal play/intercourse, moresome m/f/m/m), sex in shifted form, violence.

Now Available at Loose Id.

Congratulations, Crystal, on your debut!!!

Reckless Behavior by Amanda Young

After six months with his lover, Cody yearns for monogamy. The threesomes he and Dante engage in are fun, but he needs more from the man he loves. Although Cody longs to tell Dante how he feels, he fears love and fidelity are two words missing from his older lover’s vocabulary.

The discovery of a naked man in Dante’s apartment confirms Cody’s worst fears. The cliché Dante uses as an excuse for his betrayal further clouds the issue at hand. Cody doesn’t know whether to trust the word of a man notorious for screwing around, or believe the worst and walk away from love he wants more than anything.

Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: Anal play/intercourse, male/male sexual practices, ménage (m/m/m).

Related to Reckless Seduction.

Now Available at Loose Id.

Congratulations, Amanda!!!