Winner! -The Hunger Games

To my very first Giveaway Winner! Thanks to everyone that entered! The number picked by Random.org was 32 and the lucky person who had that number was........

Anita Yancey!!!!
Yay! Congrats to Anita!!!

Review of Devlin Diary

The Devlin Diary by Christi Phillips

Thanks goes to Sarah Reidy and Pocket books for allowing me to read and review this wonderful and exciting book!

My Review:

This book was amazing! Simply put, Phillips knows how to weave an engaging tale using bits of history and her imagination! The Devlin Diary is a fast paced and well choreographed tale of two women, a royal conspiracy, murder, and how all these elements connect them over centuries. I love history. I love reading about royals and their intrigues and scandalous lives. Maybe this is why I now am a huge fan of this book and Phillips? I didn't want this book to end and was sad when the ride was over. I felt geniue affection for Hannah and her little family, and Dr. Strathern. I was really cheering for Dr. Strathern and crossing my fingers that he would ditch his sense of duty and just go with his true feelings. The story wrapped itself around my brain and imagination and wouldn't realease them until the end. I did find myself more enchanted with the historical side over the modern part of the tale but I thoroughly enjoyed this whole book! Ms. Phillips is an artist! I will be grabbing a copy of the Rossetti Letter which I believe is a prequel of sorts to the Devlin Diary.

My rating of this book is 4.5/5 stars!

Knight of Desire Review and Giveaway!!

Thanks again to Hachette and Anna Balasi for allowing me and my little blog to participate in this awesome blog tour and giveaway!

From Amazon:

FEARLESS IN BATTLE

His surcoat still bloody from battle, William FitzAlan comes to claim the strategic borderlands granted to him by the king. One last prize awaits him at the castle gates: the lovely Lady Catherine Rayburn.

TENDER IN BED

Catherine risked everything to spy for the crown. Her reward? Her lands are declared forfeit and she is given this choice: marry FitzAlan or be taken to the Tower. Catherine agrees to give her handsome new husband her body, but she's keeping secrets, and dare not give him her heart. As passion ignites and danger closes in, Catherine and William must learn to trust in each other to save their marriage, their land, and their very lives.

KNIGHT OF DESIRE

My Review:

I adored this book! There I said it! I loved it from the start to the finish! I'm not usually the type of girl that gets into books like this. I will admit to having a sort of set opinion of the Romance genre, but I figured that if I'm going to do this book reviewing and reading thing right I'll have to broaden my horizons! This book may have converted me to the throngs of "bodice ripper" fans! Seriously this book travelled with me everywhere! I believe the phrase would be; I completely devoured it! The only negative opinion I had of this book was the cover art. It was a little cliched (but a beautifully done cliche I'll add) and not really a very good representation of the story. I loved Catherine and her character. I was so glad that she wasn't a helpless female and everything she did had a purpose. She was a strong woman that took care of herself and her loved ones. I really LIKED her. William on the other hand was a little whiny at times but even that wasn't enough to make me hate him. I loved the chemistry between William and Catherine. The love story was well developed and believable. The drama was awesome! Honestly I cannot think of anything else to say but read it! Do yourself a favor and enter the contest giveaway or better yet buy a copy! It's that good!

Giveaway Details: 5 winners will receive a copy of Knight of Desire

1. follow my blog or already a follower- 1 point
2. Comment: What is your favorite romance novel? 1 point
3. Blog about my giveaway and review-2 points (please post link)

That's it! This give away ends on July 5th (winners will be posted on July 6th)
CONTEST CLOSED

My Forbidden Desire Review and Giveaway!!!

Thanks to Hachette and Anna Balasi I was able to join in on my very first blog tour! Yay! My blog feels all grown up now! Anywho, back to business! I have the details of the giveaway at the end of my review so stay tuned!


From Amazon:
TORN BETWEEN...


Alexandrine Marit is a witch in mortal danger. An evil mage craves the powerful, mysterious talisman that supplies her magic, and the only person who can keep her safe is a dark and dangerous fiend called Xia. With his fierce animosity toward witches, he's hardly the ideal bodyguard. Yet as days turn into nights, she can't deny the white-hot passion between them.


DESIRE AND TEMPTATION


Xia hates witches. They enslave and mercilessly kill his kind. But he's been ordered to protect Alexandrine, who, to his surprise, has a spirit he admires and a body he longs to possess. With the mage and his henchmen closing in, Alexandrine and her protector must trust the passion that can unite them...or risk losing everything to the enemies who can destroy them both.

My Review:
Wow! This book sorta popped my cherry in the Paranormal Romance department! I have seen several reviews for this book scattered about the web so I will try not to sound like a broken record. Well heck! I can't help it! This book was good! I really enjoyed the characters and the plot tremendously! Although to be honest, I would have liked the system of magic and it's "rules" to have been a little more fleshed out for easier understanding. I will however forgive Ms. Jewell for this small transgression (if it could be called that at all.) The reason for my leniency, you ask? The reason being how incredibly HOT the action *wink wink* is! Yup, my temperature was rising a little bit while I flipped through the pages and totally hooked me on this genre! I'd certainly recommend this naughty novel to anyone looking for a quick sexy read!

Giveaway Rules: 5 Copies are up for grabs!

1. follow my blog or already a follower -1 points
2. Answer: What do you think draws you to the Paranormal Romance genre?-1 point
3. post about my giveaway on your blog-2 points (please leave a link)

That's it! This give away ends on July 5th (winners will be posted on July 6th)

CONTEST CLOSED!

Mailbox Saturday-June 27

Well not much to report this week! I won a copy of Jane Green's book The Beach House! That's it!

I will admit to being equally disappointed and relieved. I've been spoiled with all the books I've gotten but then I have the biggest TBR pile than I've ever had in my life!

Slow Week

This week's updating and reading has been slow and for that I apologize. My son went to stay at his Grandpa's house for a couple of days so Me and the Mr. had a nice kid-free two days. We slept in, stayed out too late, and watched too many movies. So those days were wonderfully non-productive. The rest of the week was getting back into the swing of things and playing catch up. I have not succeeded yet. And sadly my poor blog has paid the price. My lack of blogging this week is reflected by one sad little What Are you Reading Monday post, sitting there all alone. Needless to say the fires have been lit under my butt and I WILL be caught up by tomorrow night! Yup, I'm switching it to serious mode and catching up on my reading, reviews, and posting! Schweet!

I have a few fun things coming up next week. A few blog tours and TWO more giveaways! So stay tuned!

ps-random picture has no relation to the post. just was for the lolz

Monday-What are you reading?-June 22nd

This week I have high expectations of myself! I've got a LOT of reading and writing to do! These are the books I hope/want to get read this week!

-The Castaways-Elin Hilderbrand
-Drawing in the Dust-Zoe Klein
-The Strain-Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan
-Stardust Dads-David R. George

Sounds lofty but I have three days of kid-free silence while my son enjoys some time at his grandpa's!

What are you reading?