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March 20, 2015 · 5:00 am

Brazen by Maya Banks (Book Review)

 
 

Jasmine left the Sweetwater Ranch and the Morgan brothers, no longer able to bear the painful dilemma of loving them both. After a year away in which she gains new perspective, she returns home with one goal. To make Seth and Zane Morgan hers.

Jaz may have left an innocent girl, but she’s returned a beautiful, sensual woman. Seth and Zane aren’t prepared for the full on assault she launches and each are battling an attraction they’ve fought for years. She wants them both, but Seth has no intention of sharing his woman. It’s up to her to change his mind because she can’t and won’t choose between two men she loves with equal passion. For her, it’s all or nothing.

 
 
—–> Review <—–
 
I think Maya’s intention was to portray Jaz as a strong woman who’ll do anything to acquire the loves of her life. However, I didn’t see her that way. I found Jaz to be needy, desperate, and (sorry to say) rather pathetic. For me, this story was a big miss. 
 
Positive note: I’m glad Jaz overcame her fear of water. 
 
 
Heart Rating System – 1 (lowest) and 5 (highest) 
Score: ❤
 
 
 
Paperback
Kindle
[Unabridged] [Audible Audio Edition]
 
 
 
 

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March 16, 2015 · 5:00 am

Quarterback Draw by Jaci Burton (Book Review)

Grant Cassidy knows how to be a football star—flash that dazzling smile, throw the winning pass, get the girl. But while the hot quarterback loves the game and the lifestyle, no woman has come close to catching his heart. Then he matches wits with a smart, gorgeous model, and Grant finds himself wanting more than a fling.

Supermodel Katrina Koslova might live in a world of glitz and camera flashes, but she works hard to provide for the family that relies on her. She doesn’t have time for fun—much less a boyfriend—but Grant seems determined to be the exception to Katrina’s rule.

Their explosive chemistry is undeniable, but Katrina’s afraid to let go and rely on anyone but herself. Grant intends to ease her fears and prove he’s a man of style and substance.

 
 
I can sum up my feelings on this story using words starting with the letter “F”………
 
– FUNNY AND FUN
– FLIRTY
– FABULOUS
– FLAWLESS
– FREAKING FANTASTIC!
 
Heart Rating System:
1 (lowest) and 5 (highest) 
Score: ❤❤❤❤❤
 
 
 
Paperback
Kindle
[Unabridged] [Audible Audio Edition]
Audio CD – Audiobook, MP3 Audio, Unabridged

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March 12, 2015 · 5:00 am

Beautiful Redemption by Jamie McGuire (Book Review)

No-nonsense Liis Lindy is an agent of the FBI. Deciding she is married only to her job, she breaks off her engagement and transfers from Chicago to the field office in San Diego. She loves her desk. She is committed to her laptop. She dreams of promotions and shaking hands with the director after cracking an impossible case.

Special Agent in Charge Thomas Maddox is arrogant, unforgiving, and ruthless. He is tasked with putting away some of the world’s toughest criminals, and he is one of the best the Bureau has to offer. Though, as many lives as he’s saved, there is one that is beyond his reach. Younger brother Travis is faced with prison time for his involvement in a basement fire that killed dozens of college students, and the media want a conviction. Travis’s only savior is his unusual tie to the mob. In a deal that will spare his brother, Thomas has agreed to recruit Travis into the FBI.

Liis is stubborn, defiant, and yet somehow softens Thomas’s rough edges, making her the perfect agent to accompany him to the ceremony. Posing as a couple, they must travel to Travis & Abby’s beach vow renewal and give him the news, but when the pretending ends, she finds herself wondering if they were pretending at all.

In the second installment of the Maddox Brothers books, experience firsthand the mysterious world of the elusive Thomas Maddox, and how good love can be when you’re not the first, but the last.

 
—-> Review <—-
 
Man, I hate to speak negatively about a story but WTBH! I can’t imagine an FBI office running/behaving in such an adolescent manner. I swear, these agents behaved like high schoolers….. No, scratch that. They behaved like middle schoolers. 
 
I’m sorry but I was sorely let-down. 
 
Since I hate to leave a review on a less than stellar note, I will say Val is my type of gal. I’d hang out with her in a heartbeat even if she could basically read my thoughts. 🙂
 
 
Heart Rating System – 1 (lowest) and 5 (highest) 
Score: ❤❤
 
 
 Print and Kindle purchase links 

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March 4, 2015 · 6:00 am

Thor – Goddess of Thunder (Volume 1-3) by Jason Aaron (Comic Book Review)

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Mjolnir lies on the moon, unable to be lifted! Something dark has befallen the God of Thunder, leaving him unworthy for the first time ever! But when Frost Giants invade Earth, the hammer will be lifted – and a mysterious woman will be transformed into an all-new version of the mighty Thor! Who is this new Goddess of Thunder? Not even Odin knows…but she may be Earth’s only hope against the Frost Giants! Get ready for a Thor like you’ve never seen before, as this all-new heroine takes Midgard by storm! Plus: the Odinson clearly doesn’t like that someone else is holding his hammer…it’s Thor vs. Thor! And Odin, desperate to see Mjolnir returned, will call on some very dangerous, very unexpected allies. It’s a bold new chapter in the storied history of Thor!

 

—–> Review <—–
 

Like most comic enthusiasts, I was curious to read about the new Thor. I didn’t find myself getting lost in her story. However, I’m totally diggin’ her attire. Wicked cool! I can already see many female fans deciding to be “Thor” at Comic-Con and can you blame them. Check her out!

 

 
Russell Dauterman (Illustrator)
 
 
Heart Rating System – 1 (lowest) and 5 (highest) 
Score:❤❤
 
 

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February 24, 2015 · 6:00 am

Viper Game by Christine Feehan (Book Review)

GhostWalker Wyatt Fontenot knows the price he paid for the secret military experiments that gave him his special catlike abilities. After all, he left his bayou home a healer and came back a killer. While Wyatt and his GhostWalker brother Gator may have known exactly the sort of game they were getting into, Wyatt never anticipated where it would lead — or to whom.

The swamps hold many mysteries, but few are as sinuously seductive as Le Poivre de Cayenne. The woman the locals call Pepper is every bit as enigmatic as the three little girls she’s desperately trying to protect. From what, Wyatt is soon to discover. Right now Pepper needs a man like Wyatt. Passionately. But her secrets are about to take them both deeper into the bayou than either imagined — where desire is the deadliest poison of all.

 

 
What do you get when you mix a Ghostwalker, whose special “skill” is being the ultimate seductress, and an Alpha male who’s also a Ghostwalker? 
 
A multitude of sex scenes where he’s able to unleash his Dom side to a very willing partner. And when I say willing, I mean she has to have sex A LOT to counteract the physical pain of Whitney’s “enhancements”.
 
Wow, what a hardship for Wyatt. 🙂
 
After you get past the shag fests, there is an interesting plot unfolding around them. 
 
Whitney used an egg from Pepper and sperm from Wyatt to create children laced with snake DNA. 
 
Can you imagine dealing with teething viper babies? Terrible two’s? 
 
Luckily for these two, their babies don’t bite the good guys unless it’s by accident and that only happened ONCE in this story. 
 
Other things to mention……
 
Trap reminded me of Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory). His friends gave him a book on manners and still attempt to educate on social situations. They are both scientists. Of course, Sheldon doesn’t have a spider for a girlfriend. Well, Trap doesn’t either……yet. 😀
 
Heart Rating System:
1 (lowest) and 5 (highest) 
Score: ❤❤❤❤1/2
 
 Amazon – Print / Kindle

 

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