Books to curl up with: GOOD MORNING

Books to curl up with: GOOD MORNING:    Good morning my peeps , I hope you had a great weekend and the last day of March is good to you. Today I have a new book from Linda Thoma...

GOOD MORNING

   Good morning my peeps , I hope you had a great weekend and the last day of March is good to you. Today I have a new book from Linda Thomas - Sundstrom. PLACES OF POWER. I was lucky enough to get an advanced copy of this book. the paperback is out today and the kindle copy comes out April 2. 

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 Morgan Faulkner is a young historian used to living life through the pages of old books and the stories her father has told her. Her specialty, as was her father’s, is early British centuries, the times and legends of the Arthurian sagas.

Following in her father’s footsteps, Morgan has vowed to find the missing link in the Arthurian sagas that her father had always sought, which makes her ripe for the seemingly spontaneous meeting with John MacQuarrie, an attractive tour guide who could possibly soften the intense loneliness she feels. . . if she’d let him.

But she hears whispers on the wind as she stands on the cliffs. . . Or does she?  

Those whispers compel her to dig deep inside herself for ways to get on with the research.

Or maybe those whispers hint of something else? Something to come?

               

                       MY REVIEW 

 Morgan is living out her father's dream of heading to England and continuing his research on King Arthur.  When a chance meeting with John MacQuarrie at Tintagel send Morgan on a trip to the past that she might not come back from. She has been hearing voices on the wind , which compels her to dive deeper into the past and her research . But, those whispers are also hinting of what is coming and what has happened  Will the whispers of the past take Morgan away or will the man who truly cares for her keep her grounded in the present. 

   This is a book that has such strong characters . Morgan and John are two of those characters . Morgan is honestly having a hard time she is grieving her father and wants to finish his research on King Arthur. She is a strong woman with conviction to her past and the past she wants to study. But there were moments where she is naive of the things that are going on around her. She is torn between two worlds and is basically fighting for her very life. John is a mystery, he is the strong silent type of man. He is drawn to Morgan in a way that is strange for both of them. He feels like he knows Morgan from a past and is drawn to her in so many ways. We also get to meet Irwin and Lewis, Irwin has a secret that he is keeping and he is like everyone's father. He does take a shining to Morgan and treats her like a daughter . Wanting to take care of her . Lewis is a paranormal scientist that is interested in ley lines and how the power in the ley lines and now Morgan. Each character is very well written and complex . You will really get to know them and want to protect them as they fight the ghosts and get some answers from the past. 

   This is one of those books that when you sit down to read the first chapter you are hooked. The author paints such a brilliant picture of places that are parts of history . I loved reading about Stone hedge and Tintagel and what the past happened in those areas . She writes a great story weaving fiction in with the historical places and events . This is one those books that will transport you to another place and time with such ease.  I truly enjoyed this story very much . This would make a great book for your summer reading list. Check it out I know you will not be disappointed . 

I AM BACK

  Good morning peeps , I am back after resting my brain after reader round up. Today I have for you book 2 in the Bewitching Books series NARRATIVE NIGHTMARES by Hp Mallory

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 When you're caught between a brooding literary anti-hero and the most famous of the Romantic poets with centuries of seduction experience, trusting your heart becomes a supernatural nightmare...

I thought running my bookstore, Bewitched Books, was complicated enough.  Between managing a bookstore with a magical shelf that brings literary characters to life and dealing with all the people who are after said magic, my hands were already full. 

Then he walked in—Lord Byron himself, a man who’s beyond seductive, but I’m pretty sure he has a dark agenda and a smile that makes my heart forget to beat.

As if that weren't enough, blood-drained victims are turning up all over Laurel Falls with no memory of what happened to them.

I'd turn to Heath, my protective (and admittedly hot) business partner—yes, the Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights—but his jealousy is reaching dangerous levels.

Not to mention Rox is falling hard for Byron's exotic companion, making objective decisions nearly impossible.

Now I'm caught in a supernatural game spanning centuries, with Egyptian mythology, enchanted books, and danger swirling around me.

And the worst part? I can't tell if my attraction to Byron is real or if I'm just another pawn in his schemes.

One thing's certain—some books are never meant to be opened, and some desires are never meant to be quenched.

But telling the difference between safe and sorry might cost me everything. 

                     MY REVIEW 

   El and Rox are back and working hard at Bewitching Books and boy things have heated up . Between running the store and managing the magical book shelf that brings literary characters to life El has her hands full someone is going around attacking people and drinking blood from them . In walks Lord Byron and his companion . Oh and don't forget Dill, Edgar and a mystery man after the books in Eliot's magic shelf. Things are just getting weirder and weirder. She can't talk to Heath about it well cause his jealousy is showing . So El and Rox are going to figure out what is going on and trying to stay safe while doing it . 

    El and Rox are really trying to figure out this magic shelf thing . El is well not having the best time of her life . She is trying real hard to keep everything kosher. When she feels like she had it all together but boom something magical happens to throw everything in chaos. She is strong but the one person she can talk to is well being a big baby. She tries hard but sometimes things just don't go as planned. Rox is her best friend and has a deep understanding of Egypt and its mythology. She is a no nonsense kind of woman who is so sweet and under estimated person out there, She watches every thing and figures out what is happening before anyone else does .  Now Heath well he showed up but then ran away . He really annoyed me in this book. He well acted like a jealous child and ran away . I will say that each character becomes more and more complex and are well written . Which lets us like them more and more. 

    This is a fun book to read , the author has entwined a good vampire story with book characters of literary classics .  There are so many secrets and lies that come to lie in the book which they try and figure out with comic outcomes sometimes . I am loving this series , it is very character driven and the characters are well written and you will love them. They will make you laugh so hard and then other times you want to just slap them upside the head and shake them and tell them to get it together . So if you want a fun magical series check it out . 

Books to curl up with: LAST BOOK OF READER ROUND UP FOR ME

Books to curl up with: LAST BOOK OF READER ROUND UP FOR ME:    Good morning my peeps well this is the last book for reader round up as last day is tomorrow.  This was so much fun for the first one of ...

LAST BOOK OF READER ROUND UP FOR ME

   Good morning my peeps well this is the last book for reader round up as last day is tomorrow.  This was so much fun for the first one of the year. Found some new authors and also read some more books from the authors I adore. For my last book its is a new author to me Mila Young and her book THEIR PRETTY LITTLE MONSTER.

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In their arms, danger becomes desire.

Every year, monsters demand their Offerings—women like me. This year, I thought I escaped. I thought I was safe. Then he arrived.

The Viscount.

Dangerous and ruthless, he declares me a late Offering. Swept into the deadly realm of the Shadowfen, I realize I’m not here by chance.

They want to rule, and I’m their key. My reality crumbles, and as much as we act like enemies, they refuse to let me go. Their touch ignites a fire I can’t resist, fueling desires I never expected.  They call me their little monster.

Maybe they’re right.

Because when everything is stripped away, a fiercer side of me no one expected—not even me—emerges.

You see, in the shadows, temptation and peril collide. So, ready or not, the monster within is about to be unleashed… and these three Shadowfen are eager to claim their prize... 

Me 

                     MY REVIEW 

 Sage is trying to survive in her small village on earth until the day that the Viscount comes out of the darkness and tells her that she is this years offering and is swept away into a deadly realm of Shadowfen. When she meets the three monsters/ men that are her true mates . Each of them a beast in his own way. They want to take back the kingdom that was stolen from them and Sage is the key . Will they become the rulers they were meant to be and will Sage survive the realm and become the one true heart that they all need and crave. 

  Sage , Killian , Wolfe and Nykos . A woman and her monsters . Sage is a sweet girl who really didn't belong in her world . She was shunned and bullied most of her life.  But she carries herself with a quiet dignity and a strength that helps her through what is happening to her . She knows that she is destined for great things . Killian is the dominant one Nykos is the feral one and Wolfe is the obsessive one .  Each man is oh so sexy and brooding . They are all feral and want to possess Sage but also want to let her grow and keep her safe.  They all want the same thing to keep Sage safe and take back their realm. The characters are well written , but I will say Sage's naivete kind of got a little annoying it was great to see her grow and get a back bone. 

  This is one of those books that you start and kind of get lost in . This is the first time reading this author so it took me a min to get into her writing style. The characters are well written and complex . The author has so many twists and turns that will have you on the edge of your seat and there are some really smexy times through out the book. It just proves that sometimes you need the monster and the man. So if you want a book that will have you reading well into the night check it out 

COUNT DOWN FOR READER ROUND UP

  Good morning peeps , reader round up is getting closer to being done .  I have found some really good books this round up and today I have another one for you it is a mystery RUN SUGAR RUN by Catherine Marcum. 

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 Lisa Harker changed her name and is hiding from her past. An awful marriage led to a messy divorce, and a daughter who deserted her to live with her ex-husband. They didn't know she was an award-winning author who had been living in New York for ten years. No one knew she'd lost her writing mojo.

Then she received news that she had inherited a house, land, and a lot of money from an aunt that had lived in Billings, Virginia. She used to spend her summers there as a teenager. The few friends she did have encouraged to go for it. Start over someplace new. Why not?

Billings held memories of her first love and meeting new people too. But no one told her that starting over could be deadly...

                      MY REVIEW 

 Lisa has been living in New York for the last ten years, hiding from an messy marriage and a even messier divorce. With her daughter siding with her ex, she hid the fact that she is an award winning author, who has lost her mojo. Until the day that she gets a letter that she has inherited a large sum of money and a house and land in Billings Virginia. So why not start again. What a way to start over in a car accident and a body in the trunk of her car.  This town has memories and the fresh start she is looking for to get her writing career back and maybe find a new love to call her own. 

   Lisa has been hiding for the last ten years . She is a sweet woman who will help out anyone that needs it. There is a sweetness hidden under her spine of steel . She sometimes doesn't listen to those that care for her. The first person she meets is Linc the police detective , he is well hot and has a sternness about him. He can't help it around Lisa , she has this pull with him that he can't deny. Dr Nate is the total opposite, he  is sweet and has a kind heart , the kind of guy that any woman would want . They both have eyes on Lisa . Each character is well written and complex in their own ways . 

  This story had me up past my bedtime wanting to find out who the murderer was and why they were killing everyone. The author has put so many twists and turns through out the book along with throwing in some romantic time for the main characters. The characters are very well written and there are moments that you seem you can't trust any of them. I just wish that the book delved a little bit more on who the murderer was and left a few more clues cause it was just poof this is who did the killing and no real breadcrumbs on who it might of been . Over all I really enjoyed this book so check it out 

GOOD MORNING MY PEEPS

   Good morning my peeps another day of reader round up and today we have one of my favourite authors.  V.J Lee and book four of her series in the Fated Mates of Thorne Bay. Let me introduce you all to CHASE. 

                            BOOK BLURB

 Chase Norwood was happy being a loner and a vampire who enjoyed keeping to himself and hiding in the shadows. Until he came back to the place where he had buried his past.

Now that he is back in Thorne Bay, Alaska, he hopes to move forward with his life. In this cold and stunning place, he finds a new family with the other loggers—the shifters who became his brothers.

However, they can never learn what happened in Thorne Bay hundreds of years ago.

As the mechanic in the camp, he looks bad when equipment starts breaking down, causing his brothers to look at him like he is incapable of doing his job. In his professional opinion, someone seems to be sabotaging the equipment, trying to run them out of town.

When he sets a trap, he never expects to find his fated mate—in the form of a little feisty-as-hell wood nymph. It turns out that Harmony Clive might be the one who snares his heart. His wood nymph activist is determined to take their logging camp down.

Will he have to choose his brothers over his mate? If his secrets come to light, he might lose them all anyway.

                       MY REVIEW

 Chase is a loner and happy to work in a remote logging camp as a mechanic . Oh forgot to tell  you that Chase is also a vampire and the logging crew he works for is made up of all sorts of shifters and beasts. Things are going well until things he finds out that machinery is starting to be sabotaged by someone or something . After setting a trap to capture the person involved. Chase wasn't ready for what he found, his mate and a wood nymph. Now his worlds are crashing in around him and will his secrets be spilt after a hundred years of hiding them and will he give up his mate for his brothers to save the logging camp. 

   Lets see Chase and Harmony are two of the most unlikely mates but they are fated . Chase is a loner and a tortured soul. He has been carrying his guilt around with him for over a hundred years. He is surly and kind of rugged around the edges . Harmony well even though she is an activist she is sweet and sunny with a hint of danger to her.  They both have secrets that they don't want to let go of . It seems like Harmony has different plans when she meets Chase but when they do fall they fall hard for each other, I must say I love the way this author writes her characters and always they seem tortured but also redeemable.  They come out very complex and oh so well written. 

   This is one of those books where you start and you can't put it down. The author loves to give us a roller coaster ride and she doesn't make it easy on her characters either.  This is a mystery with steamy time and fated mates this is the story for you . It is part of a series buy you can read it as a stand alone. So if you want a great story with fun characters check it out