Cover Love...

The Rules:   Choose a cover (or two, or three), preferably new-ish, and share what you like

about it. Grab the graphic or don't (just so long as you link back). I'll be posting Cover Love every Monday but feel free to post yours on whatever day works best for you. Cover Love is hosted by Rabid Reads.




Margaret Hamilton escaped the Irish slums of Five Points as the ward of a wealthy Manhattan widow, but only marriage can make her future secure. Railroad mogul Doyle Kerrigan needs a well-connected wife. It seems a perfect match...until a shocking revelation sends her fleeing from the wedding reception.

Desperate to make a fresh start, Margaret takes on a new identity and heads West, finally stopping in Heartbreak Creek, Colorado, a dying mining town of little interest to anyone. Here, she finds new purpose, beloved friends to replace the family she’s lost, and a home at last.

But two men from Margaret’s past are on her trail. One is seeking vengeance, the other truth. When they both arrive in Heartbreak Creek, she must choose between the town she has come to love, and the man who might finally capture her heart….  


I love this cover because...The setting is so pretty with the mountains and the flowers. I love the colors in the cover--pinks and purples. And of course I love that they put the bride on the cover.


This is a great series by Kaki Warner and I can't wait till this book is released. 

What's your Cover Love? Do you love this cover? Hate it? Tell me what you think.

I found Cover Love at Miss Vain's Paranormal Fantasy

PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT with either the link to your own Cover Love post, or share your ‘love’ in a comment here (if you don’t have a blog). I would love to see the cover you choose. Thanks!

18 & Over Book Blogger Follow...

18 & Over Book Blogger Follow is a weekly feature that begins on Fridays and runs through the weekend, hosted by Crystal from Reading Between the Wines. This is a Friday blog hop with the objective to find and visit other book blogs that share the same interest as you, namely book geared towards the 18 & over crowd, and make some new friends!

PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT with either the link to your own 18 & Over Book Blogger Follow post, or share your answer in a comment here (if you don’t have a blog). Thanks!

Question of the Week: 
Has a book ever left you feeling depressed? If so, make sure to share what it was and why?

The answer is a HUGE YESSSSSS!! 

I usually am pretty careful of the books that I choose to read because I need a HEA in my books!!! This is the entire reason that I read!! Don't get me wrong I love the tortured hero and I love the whole boy meets girl they fall in love break up fall back in love then HEA!!!  


I love Marie Force's books and style of writing as this is the type of story she does best!! That is what made it so much worse for me. The book is Marking Time by Marie Force and it was the way she left the characters of Reed and Kate that depressed me.  


I was totally depressed for weeks after reading this book!!! I even went so far as to BEG her to write more for them and to please give them their HEA and put me out of my misery!!!  What she did to them still depresses me thinking about it right now!!! LOL 


This also leads to the reason that I read the epilogue or ending chapters of some books first!! LOL :)
  “Marking Time” continues the story begun in “Treading Water” as Clare Harrington begins a new life. She’s considered a miracle, but everything that’s happened since she recovered from a three-year coma has been something less than miraculous. Now left to grapple with the aftermath of a selfless decision, she is home from the hospital and trying to figure out what the next chapter in her miraculous recovery has in store for her. 


Meanwhile, her eighteen-year-old daughter Kate, a talented singer and songwriter, sets out to pursue her musical dreams in Nashville. Her parents have agreed to allow Kate to spend a year there, but they couldn't have anticipated Kate falling in love with a much older man. Her newly divorced parents are forced back together to confront their wayward daughter. Spanning from Newport, Rhode Island, to Nashville, Tennessee, to Stowe, Vermont, "Marking Time" is the story of new beginnings and new loves. 

Now it's your turn!

Dirty Little Secrets...

Dirty Little Secrets is a weekly meme hosted by Under the Covers .  The purpose is to get to know other bloggers and our readers more intimately by asking them questions that will hopefully reveal their... Dirty Little Secrets.  ;)

I hope that you will join us every Thursday for the fun and let us know your Dirty Little Secrets! 

PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT with either the link to your own Dirty Little Secrets post, or share your ‘secrets’ in a comment here (if you don’t have a blog). Thanks! 

This week's question:


If you could visit any country with a fictional character as your guide, who would you pick and why?


This is a hard one as there are soooo many to choose from!!  Since I'm addicted to Kristen Ashley, I would have to pick Colorado with Tate.  He could show me around on the back of his bike (as in motorcycle not bicycle!!  LOL)  <3 Tate<3   Or I would choose Ashland with Gin. This being to make sure that Gin and Owen stayed together, as Jennifer Estep is going to mess with them in Widows Web!!  <3 Owen <3   LOL :)


Now it's you turn!!

Puppy Love...

Sooo stinkin cute!!!!...courtesy of Life With Dogs...

Waiting On Wednesday...

"Waiting on" Wednesday is a weekly post, hosted by Breaking the Spine, to share the upcoming release I am inpatiently patiently waiting for :)

 

This week's "waiting on" choice is: 

Former marine Tom Cavanaugh’s come home to Virgin River, ready to take over his family’s apple orchard and settle down. He knows just what the perfect woman will be like: sweet, decent, maybe a little naive. The marryingkind.

Nothing like Nora Crane. So why can’t he keep his eyes off the striking single mother?

Nora may not have a formal education, but she graduated with honors from the school of hard knocks. She’s been through tough times and she’ll do whatever it takes to support her family, including helping with harvest time at the Cavanaugh’s orchard. She’s always kept a single-minded focus on staying afloat...but suddenly her thoughts keep drifting back to rugged, opinionated Tom Cavanaugh.

Both Nora and Tom have their own ideas of what family means. But they’re about to prove each other completely wrong...

I'm a HUGE fan of Robyn Carr and especially of The Virgin River series. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this series and will keep reading them as long as she continues to write them!! I have been waiting for Nora's story since she was first introduced!!  :)

What's your "waiting on" choice this week?

PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT with either the link to your own "Waiting on" Wednesday post, or share your ‘waiting on’ in a comment here (if you don’t have a blog). I would love to see what your waiting for. Thanks!  :)

Found "Waiting on" Wednesday  at Miss Vain's Paranormal Fantasy .

     

Teaser Tuesday...

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading. This meme is simple and fun, you just pick up your current read, flip to a random page, and choose 1 or 2 teaser sentences to share! Here are the guidelines:

• Grab Your Current Read
• Open to a random page
• Pick two “teaser” sentences from that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO SHARE SPOILERS! (make sure what you share doesn’t give too much away. You don’t want to ruin the book for other readers)
• INCLUDE the TITLE & AUTHOR too, so other TT participants can add the book to their TBR and wish-lists! If possible, add the page number.

PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT with either the link to your own Teaser Tuesdays post, or share your ‘teasers’ in a comment here (if you don’t have a blog). Thanks!

Today’s teaser comes from The Gamble by Kristen Ashley.


He threw his other hand out, his gaze drifting the length of me as he said, "Fancy-ass clothes, fancy-ass purse, fancy-ass boots, fancy-ass accent." His eyes came to my face and he finished firmly. "Duchess." 

Nina Sheridan's on a timeout adventure in the Colorado mountains. She needs distance from her clueless fiance, distance to decide whether she wants to spend the rest of her life with a man who doesn't care enough to learn how she takes her coffee.

Arriving in a blinding snowstorm at the A-Frame she rented for two weeks, she comes face to face with the most amazing man she's ever seen.

Minutes later, when he kicks her out of his house, she goes head to head with him.

Beyond angry because she's flown half a world away to start her timeout adventure, not to mention her sinuses hurt, she heads back down the mountain and ends up in a ditch. Unable to extricate herself, she gives up, hopes for rescue and falls asleep in the backseat.

The next morning she wakes up in the amazing man's bed and she's sick as a dog.

Holden Maxwell spends days nursing her back to health and then he spends the next two weeks trying to convince her to take her Colorado adventure further, in other words, make it permanent and take a gamble on him.

Nina has a tough time fighting her attraction to Max, especially when it seems all Max's friends, her mother and stepdad and the whole town of Gnaw Bone want them together and both she and Max get embroiled in the murder of Max's ex-friend and the town of Gnaw Bone's most detested resident - a man everyone has motive to kill, especially Max.

I'm addicted to Kristen Ashley!!  She was recommended to me and I have read 3 books of hers so far and have Loved Loved Loved everyone!!! My favorite so far is Sweet Dreams...<3TATE<3!! 


I found Teaser Tuesday at Book Savvy Babe.

Review: At Peace by Kristen Ashley...

BEST OF THE BEST

After rereading At Peace I have to say although I hated Joe through the first part of the book because of the way he treated Violet,  he also did some great things for Violet and her daughters in the beginning. And He soooooooo made up for all of his crap in the last half of the book and LOVE LOVE LOVE his character for it. This book brought out so many different emotions and has become one of my favorites and that is due mostly in part to Joe's character. The HATE/LOVE feelings I have for him are now just love, especially after reading him in future books and the special way he has with Violet's daughters just melts my heart!!!  So another great read and keeper on my shelf!! I definitely change this to BEST OF THE BEST rating. Love this book!! 

I just finished At Peace by Kristen Ashley. I LOVED it but Sweet Dreams is still my favorite!!  In At Peace I struggled with HATING Cal through the first part of the book!! Of course he redeems himself...OMG, does he redeem himself...then I just LOVE LOVE him but up until that time UGH..I HATED him!!! LOL I think this is a theme in Kristen Ashley books--HATING the Alpha Heroes then LOVING them. LOL  Still my favorite is definitely TATE!!  I am addicted to Ashley's books now and I am on a mission to read everyone!! LOL ;)  I didn't want to write a full review right now and when I come back to write my review I may have to change my rating to Best of the Best but for now I am leaving it with a 5.

Violet Winters once had it all but lost it when her husband was murdered by a criminal madman. During a cold winter night Violet has to leave her warm bed to tell her neighbor to turn the music down. And that’s when she meets sinister, scarred, scarily attractive security specialist, Joe Callahan.

She wants to deny it, but Violet can’t beat back the hunger she feels for Joe so she gives in again and again. Feeling it himself, Joe feeds Vi’s hunger, breaking his own rules to keep her in his bed.

Even though Violet had only one man in her life, she’s sure Joe is giving her the signals and Vi decides she’s ready to take a second chance at life and, maybe, love. But Violet doesn’t know the dark secrets in Joe’s past, secrets so soul-wrenching, they’ve drained him dry. With nothing left to give, Joe’s determined to live his life alone and he breaks Violet’s heart.

Crushed by Joe’s betrayal, Violet comes to terms with the fact that, no matter what signals he gave, Joe was not theirs to win. But Violet’s husband’s murderer is obsessed with her and heartbreak again haunts the door of the Winters home. When it does Joe is forced to face the knowledge that he can’t fight Violet’s pull, she’s under his skin and filled him full to bursting.

Joe needs to win her back and put his life on the line to keep Violet safe. But, having had it all once, can Violet endure losing Joe?

18 & Over Book Blogger Follow...

18 & Over Book Blogger Follow is a weekly feature that begins on Fridays and runs through the weekend, hosted by Crystal from Reading Between the Wines. This is a Friday blog hop with the objective to find and visit other book blogs that share the same interest as you, namely book geared towards the 18 & over crowd, and make some new friends!


PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT with either the link to your own 18 & Over Book Blogger Follow post, or share your answer in a comment here (if you don’t have a blog). Thanks!


Question of the Week: 


Have you ever snuck a peek at the end of a book before reading it?


LOL...I have quite often actually!! Because I love HEA, I sometimes read the epilogue or the last chapter before I even start the book!!! This way I'm prepared for whatever happens, especially if it is a book in a series!! ;)


Now it's your turn!!

Sweet Dreams by Kristen Ashley Review...

BEST OF THE BEST

 Lauren Grahame has spent her whole life thinking something special was going to happen. She didn't know what it was, she just knew it would one day be hers. 
But she learned the hard way that special wasn't on offer.
So, after divorcing her cheating husband, Lauren searched for nothing special and she thought she found it when she landed a job as a waitress in a biker bar in Carnal. It was perfect: a nothing job in a nowhere bar in Nowheresville.

Then Tatum Jackson walked in. Part-owner of the bar, he took one look at high-class Lauren and wanted nothing to do with her. And he made this known,loudly. Tate's angry insults seared in her brain, Lauren decides the feeling is mutual and she doesn't want anything to do with the gloriously handsome Tate Jackson. The clash of the bartender and barmaid begins but, even though Tate makes his change of mind clear (in biker-speak, a language Lauren is not fluent in), Lauren is intent on going her own way. Until a serial killer hits Carnal and Lauren finds out Tate isn't a bartender, he's a bounty hunter. He stakes his claim for Lauren before he goes on the hunt for a killer but Laurie doesn't speak biker nor does she understand bounty hunters and Tate comes back from the hunt to find his old lady has moved on. Life throws curveball after curveball at Laurie and Tate as secrets are revealed, women are brutally murdered, Tate leads Lauren to special and Laurie tries to find her inner biker babe.

I have been having a tough time lately with my book choices.  My TBR pile is overflowing . I have not been reading hardly at all because all my time is spent on my blog. I have not been able to find the balance needed.  Out of the few books that I have read, 1 was excellent, 1 was really good and the other I am still struggling with even though I want love it so bad!!

Wickedly Delicious Book Blog recommended an author that I had never heard of before. I figured I would check her out and try one of her books.  I honestly didn't know what to expect and the way my reading attention was going, I wasn't expecting much.  WOW...was I surprised!! Sweet Dreams just knocked me off my feet and made me a lifetime fan of Kristen Ashley!!

I may post pictures of sexy men and  puppies on my blog and I am a fan favorite of menages but I am serious about my books!!  There are a handful of books that get the honored place on my shelf to be read again and there are even less that as soon as I finish the book I want to read it again. This book was that for me!! I wanted to reread it before I was half way done it!! I don't think I have felt this strongly for a book in a long time.

I alternately hated and loved Tate at the same time. Just when I thought he was a total jerk and hated him he turned around and explained his actions is such a way I was a goner for him!!  In the end I was head over heels in love with him--even before the end. He may be my favorite Alpha male character of all time.  And I  know my Alpha males...Brody, Hawk, Dimitri, Bones, Raphael, Curran, Adam..to name a few.  Tate was a tortured, broken, dirty-talking, sexy, bossy, arrogant, possessive, sweet, caring, bad ass--all my favorites!! LOL ;)  I wasn't sure about Lauren at first, there were times when I thought she was too easy on Tate and he took advantage of her but then she grew into her own (ultimately because of him) and I loved her as much as I did Tate. She was perfect for him!! Their relationship wasn't easy as they both had emotional baggage that didn't come out right away. I loved this!! I just had to keep hoping they would get their HEA!! They both deserved it!!

I have to say that Ashley definitely knows how to write HOT, STEAMY, SEXY, INTENSE sex scenes!!  WOW!!  She definitely knows how to write a dirty talking Alpha bad ass--again my favorite!!

There were so many twists and turns and just when you thought things would calm down, something else happened to kick my emotions back up--it was like an emotional roller coaster. Sooooo good!!

Sometimes a book just grabs you and holds on not letting you go.  An amazing book is based on a few things for me; when I have to stop reading-I really don't want to and I put off whatever it is until the last minute, including eating.  And the whole time I am away from the book, I am thinking about it and can't wait to get back to it.  This is what this book did to me.  There are only a few authors who have books that have had that effect on me.

I don't feel that I can write a review worthy enough of this book and I thank Kristen Ashley for writing a book so good that it was a joy to read and that I reread as soon as I was done.

I know that everyone has their own opinion, but for me this book was one of the best if not the best book that I have ever read!!!

Now I have to go and reread it again-seriously!!! :)

Waiting On Wednesday...

"Waiting on" Wednesday is a weekly post, hosted by Breaking the Spine, to share the upcoming release I am inpatiently patiently waiting for :)

This week's "waiting on" choice is: 
                                                        

Blurb from BookStrand: 

[Siren LoveXtreme Forever: Erotic Paranormal Ménage Romance, M/F/M/M/M/M, werewolves, light consensual BDSM, spanking, HEA]

Forced to leave her home in Ireland after witnessing her father’s murder, Ava O’Brian discovers a family secret and will do anything to avenge her father’s death. Escaping to the United States, she begins a rigorous training and uses her computer hacking skills to stop her father’s killer from stealing her money, her castle, and her father’s businesses. Little does she know there is more at stake than meets the eye.

Learning that werewolves exist and that her family shares such a bloodline is mind-altering. Getting caught up in the middle of a police investigation seems really bad. But once she comes in close contact with five wolves in law enforcement, her body has a different reaction than fear. As Task Force Three, the five Declan brothers are part of a secret order created to protect were-law and the Circle of Elders. In the midst of an investigation they find their mate, but she is not so easy to catch and will alter their destiny like no other mission has before.

Note: There is no sexual relationship or touching for titillation between or among siblings.

A Siren Erotic Romance   Dixie Lynn Dwyer is a Siren-exclusive author.

My choice this week is a little different then my other books that I am waiting on. I am a HUGE fan of Dixie Lynn Dwyer and I love her books!!  I have been waiting for the continuation of this series for months. This is the 3rd book in the menage series.  ;)

What's your "waiting on" choice this week?

PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT with either the link to your own "Waiting on" Wednesday post, or share your ‘waiting on’ in a comment here (if you don’t have a blog). I would love to see what your waiting for. Thanks!  :)

Found "Waiting on" Wednesday  at Miss Vain's Paranormal Fantasy .


    

Teaser Tuesday...

  

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading. This meme is simple and fun, you just pick up your current read, flip to a random page, and choose 1 or 2 teaser sentences to share! Here are the guidelines:

• Grab Your Current Read
• Open to a random page
• Pick two “teaser” sentences from that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO SHARE SPOILERS! (make sure what you share doesn’t give too much away. You don’t want to ruin the book for other readers)
• INCLUDE the TITLE & AUTHOR too, so other TT participants can add the book to their TBR and wish-lists! If possible, add the page number.

PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT with either the link to your own Teaser Tuesdays post, or share your ‘teasers’ in a comment here (if you don’t have a blog). Thanks!

Today’s teaser comes from Chaos Burning by Lauren Dane, published by Berkley Sensation/The Penguin Group.


He made a sound. A snarly sort of moan. It snagged her attention, held her in place. And then he smiled. Oh goddess, that smile. It made her legs go to rubber. (page 80)

The life of Lark Jaansen, hunter in Clan Gennessee, has been shaped by violence and unrest and it defines her future. Well-trained and resilient, she’s met her militaristic match in Simon Leviathan, a warrior not of this world. Locked in mutual admiration, and a desire so hot it burns, Lark and Simon have something else in common: they love the dark, and as a shadow is cast over their world, they’re each coming into their own.

A mysterious war has been waged among the Others. As witches and humans turn against each other, as fae retreat in fear, and as vampires rise, Lark and Simon discover that an unseen force is behind it. A single, hungry entity older than recorded history has returned to gorge on the magick of his victims. He is the Magister, nothing less than the end of time. Finding him is Lark and Simon’s first hope. Surviving him is their last.

I was lucky enough to win an ARC copy of Chaos Burning from Lauren Dane. I am on page 112 and I am LOVING this book so much!!!  <3 Simon <3

I found Teaser Tuesday at Book Savvy Babe.

Cover Love Monday ...

The Rules:   Choose a cover (or two, or three), preferably new-ish, and share what you like

about it. Grab the graphic or don't (just so long as you link back). I'll be posting Cover Love every Monday but fell free to post yours on whatever day works best for you. Cover Love is hosted by Rabid Reads.


   
Eric Warden knows that half-Shifter wildcat Iona is passing for human, living without a Collar in the human world. He also knows that if she does not acknowledge her Shifter nature and her mating hunger, it could kill her. Iona finds the mysterious and dangerous Eric, a wildcat and leader of his Shiftertown, haunting her dreams, but she vows never to "come out" and take the Collar, fearing backlash against her mother and sister for hiding the fact that she's Shifter. But Eric is a compelling Shifter male, and Iona's hunger calls to him. 










Spike, one of Liam Morrissey's trackers, is assigned to watch over a human woman rescued from a feral Shifter. Spike takes her into his home (with his TV-watching grandmother), and finds his charge not a timid young thing fearing Shifters, but a fiery woman who ignites sparks deep within him. 




I love these covers because...

Well, I'm not sure there is anything not to like about these covers!! ;)  SEXY MEN, TATTOOS and 6-PACK ABS...what more could you ask for. I am a HUGE fan of Jennifer Ashley and I love this Shifters Unbound series. I can't wait for these two books to be released.


What's your Cover Love? Do you love this cover? Hate it? Tell me what you think.

PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT with either the link to your own Cover Love post, or share your ‘love’ in a comment here (if you don’t have a blog). I would love to see the cover you choose. Thanks!


I found Cover Love at Miss Vain's Paranormal Fantasy

Puppy Love...

I love this picture....courtesy of Life with Dogs....

Happy Easter...

 

Love this, so cute!!

Bunny Napkin...adorable!!

Love the little Easter baskets!!

This cracks me up!!!

18 & Over Book Blogger Follow...

18 & Over Book Blogger Follow is a weekly feature that begins on Fridays and runs through the weekend, hosted by Crystal from Reading Between the Wines. This is a Friday blog hop with the objective to find and visit other book blogs that share the same interest as you, namely book geared towards the 18 & over crowd, and make some new friends!

Question of the week:

Have you read a romance or erotic novel with an M/M or F/F relationship in it? If so, did you enjoy the read? And if you haven't, is that something you would read in the future? 


This is a tough one for me.  I'm not sure how comfortable I am with reading strictly M/M and F/F books yet.  I'm pretty new to this genre and have only read a couple M/M and no F/F books.
I have liked the M/M books that I've read, but felt like there was something missing. Maybe it's just that I have not been exposed to the right M/M books.
For me I think it depends on who the author is and the way the characters and story are written. 
Mostly I am exposed to this genre through the menage romances that I love to read.  Some of them have M/M along with M/F/M. I have loved these books and most of them are written by my favorite authors!!  I will say this, If the books do have M/M, I like my M's more on the HOT, SEXY ALPHA side instead of the other version.  A perfect example is Todd and Ben from Lauren Dane's Laid Bare, they love each other and they also love Erin, the relationship revolves around all three.  Dane has written some of the HOTTEST, SEXIEST sex scenes between the three of them and Todd and Ben alone. 

For right now I think I will stick with my M/M only when there is a F in the middle. LOL ;) 
For those of you who do read M/M; Do you have any suggestions??  What are some of your favorites??

PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT with either the link to your own 18 & Over Book Blogger Follow post, or share your answer in a comment here (if you don’t have a blog). Thanks!

Feature & Follow Friday...

Feature & Follow Friday is a blog hop that provides exposure to the bloggers participating. It enables us to expand our following by meeting new bloggers as well as connecting with familiar ones. Hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read, both feature a chosen blog for the week. Please feel free to follow me, leave a comment with your link, and I will be sure to visit your blog and follow you back as well.  Follow me via  Linky, GFC, E-mail, RSS reader or Twitter.  I look forward to meeting you!! :)


This weeks featured bloggers:

This weeks question:

Have you ever bought a book BECAUSE of a bad review??

I have not and would not buy a book just BECAUSE of a bad review.  Now have I ever bought a book that had bad reviews?? Sure I have and I have absolutely loved some and hated others, but I didn't and wouldn't intentionally set out to buy a book with a bad review. 

I do pay attention to the reviews to see what people are saying and then I look at how many bad reviews the book has received and why vs the good reviews the book received.  Just because the reviewer didn't like the book doesn't mean that I won't also.  For me it depends on the author and the book, I would have missed out on reading some great books if I had judged them based on the reviews. 

I've shared mine, now it is your turn. Make sure to leave your link and if your not a blogger, please leave a comment anyway, I would love to know your answers.  

Thanks and Welcome to Belle's Book Bag!!