St. Patty's Day Celebration Giveaway!!

Are You Feeling Lucky!!

I am so excited to tell you about my next giveaway featuring 8 titles and there will be a total of 14 winners.

For 7 days (3/11 - 3/17) I will be featuring a book and giving away a copy too 2 lucky winners.

On 3/17 I will be having a grand prize with 2 winners.

I'm hoping that everyone will join me in the celebration of St. Patty's Day.  

Day one is tomorrow so make sure you check out the featured book and enter.

All of the books are generously donated by Simon & Schuster and are being released at the end of the month. 

I will be posting all the winners after 3/17. But none of the books will ship until after their release date.

This giveaway will be US only and no PO Boxes.

Please come and vote on my blog about vlogs!

Hello everyone, I recently posted a poll on my left sidebar to get readers opinions about vlogs. Do you love them or hate them? Should I make my own? Would you like to see vlogs about other subjects than IMM? I would greatly appreciate your opinions. Oh, and don't forget to vote on the poll.

Meet the Blogger Behind the Blog - BLHMistress @ Book Lover's Hideaway

Meet the Blogger Behind the Blog

1. Tell us a little about yourself. Anything interesting we should know about? Maybe something juicy? :)  I am divorced mother of one teenage boy, I am a army brat I have lived in Italy and been to Germany. 

2. How long have you been reading? When did you start? When did you officially become addicted? Since I was a little girl , with my dad being in the army I never stayed in one place to long so books were my best friends. I would say elementary school is when I became addicted -Black Beauty and When The Red Fern Grows were my faves.

3. What genre did you start reading first? Or have you always read romance novels?
  I found Romance novels when I was about 15 - Cassie Edwards, Madeline Baker were my favorites and got me hopelessly addicted.
4. What are your favorite genres now?
  Paranormal, Historical Romance and lately UF with a bit of YA
5. Is there any genres you don't like? Why?
  I would say nonfiction- unless its about a topic I interested in like Civil War
6. If you had to guess how many books you have read in your lifetime how many would it be? 700 maybe more I got a lot of years behind me lol.

7. How long does it usually take you to read an average book?
   Sometimes 1 day the most a week depends on how much I get interrupted or Real life gets in the way. 
8. What is your review style? Any formulas? :)
   I used to follow a formula because I was so new at it but now I try and write exactly what I feel about it.
9. Do you tend to judge a book by it's cover?
   Yes I do , I am a cover junkie though since I have started my blog I am learning not to so much go by the cover as to reading the blurb as well.
10. What are you reading now?
   Night Embrace by Sherrilyn Kenyon

This or That?

Hardback or Paperback? Both - Hardback is easy to read while in bed, I can rest it on my lap.
Dog ears or Bookmarks? Bookmarks
YA novels or Adult novels? Adult -love my romance 
Library or Bookstore? I do support Libraries but I do love to buy something about owning books makes me smile.
Reading glasses or No glasses? No Glasses
Snack while reading or No snacks? popcorn or a bowl of cereal
Beach or Mountain? Beach
Vampire or Werewolf? Vampire 
Hot or Flirty? Hot 
Movie 1st or Book 1st? Book 1st
Contemporary or Historical? Historical
Page-Turner or Tear Jerker? Actually both 

My Twitter Page- http://twitter.com/#!/BookLovershaway

My Facebook Page  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Book-Lovers-Hideaway/176950168995211

My Goodreads http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4485811-donna

 

Hottie of the Week

I got some great suggestion last week and I would love for you to send me more. You could even email me pictures.

Monthly Book Giveaway - March

I am planning to do this month's Monthly Book Giveaway a little different. Instead of voting I'm going to pick one myself. The giveaway is also going to be US only which I hate to do. The reason for all this is that my husband says I need to budget but still offer up something good. 


So this month you can enter to win a used but in excellent condition book.

"Dangerous Ladies" by Christina Dodd

(Books 1 & 2 in this series)

Rules to enter:

1. You must be a follower. I pay for the monthly giveaways out of my pocket so I would like it to go to a follower.

2. Giveaway is open to US only. Sorry:(

3. Fill out the form below.

In My Mailbox (14)

In my mailbox is a meme started by the Story Siren. I always love to see what other people got in the mail and to share mine. 

So I got two books this week. Both are books I won in a giveaway.

"My Immortal Assassin" by Carolyn Jewel
I have the first 2 books in this series so I was really happy to win the 3rd book in the series.





"Secrets and Shadows" by Shannon Delany

18 & Over Book Blogger Tag Along Friday!!

Calling all 18 and over book bloggers, are you looking for more bloggers like yourself? Well please join in so we can tag along with each other. This is for a specific group and your blog needs to primarily have book reviews and post adult book content. In other words, if you read books like erotic and adult romance and have adult pic., then you can play tag along. Sorry YA readers, but if you read both (I know some of you do) you can tag along also. Just make sure you have both YA and adult romance on your blog.

I wanted to do this not only for myself, but for others out there that are looking for more adult book blogs.

It doesn't matter what you read if its paranormal, suspense, historical, contemporary or mystery, along with erotic with any genre. As long as it is adult then your in.

You don't have to have blog to join in on the fun. If you like adult content books, please click on a link and if you like the blog then follow that blog. You can comment on there post that you found them from the tag along.

Rules
1.Make a post for your blog to direct people to this post, you will find a code for the pic on my left sidebar. That way we get more bloggers involved.

2. Place your blogs name in the first box of the Linky

3. Then add your post that you made place that ULR in the second box.

4. When you find a blog that you like to follow please leave comment on the post the blogger made, so they can tag along to your blog.

This meme is hosted by Laurie at Bitten by Paranormal Romance. To join in and get the details go to Laurie's blog.

Question of the Week:

How many books do I read in a month? 

I read only about 2 a month because I like to really get into the book and that's hard for me if I read to fast and I have to admit that I spend a lot of time on my blog taking up my reading time.

2011 Historical Romance Challenge - March

Hello Everyone,

It's time for month three of our Historical Romance Reading Challenge. Each month I will post what the giveaway prize will be for that month and also attach a Mister Linky so you can post your reviews for everyone to see. I do check them all btw. If you don't attach a review post of a book that you read in March, you will not be entered into the giveaway. Also, you need 12 reviews to be entered into the Grand Prize at the end. You can post more than one review for the month but you only get one entry into the giveaway. So, yes, you can catch up. 

This month's giveaway is for US only. Sorry:( I have a used book this month that I read a long time ago and I enjoyed it and I think its going to be perfect for this month's giveaway.

And Miss Bohemia has made custom Victorian bookmarks for me to give away each month in my challenge giveaways.

Please link your review of a historical romance that you read this month to the Mister Linky to be entered for a chance to win these great prizes.

 

Winners Have Been Drawn!

First, I want to say I'm sorry that it took me so long to post the winners. We can only do our best when you have hard times, right?

Tonight I' m going to be drawing the two winners of my two separate giveaways. I picked the winners using random.org. I will give each winner 48 hours to contact me with their mailing addresses or I will have to pick a new winner.

Now down to business or should I say fun. =) 


The winner of "This Side of the Grave".  is...................................................................................

 Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal

Next, is the winner of my Historical Romance Challenge Giveaway. The winner will not only get a print copy of this book but its going to be a signed copy of "Seven Nights to Forever." And we can't forget the two bookmarks from Miss Bohemia. If you haven't checked out her store yet you need too. She makes the most beautiful jewelry, bookmarks and key chains.


The winner is.....................................................................................
 
 

Selena @ "The Enchanted Book" 

The Romance Reviews Grand Opening Giveaway.

Hello everyone, I hope you are having a fabulous week already. 

A lot of you may know that not only do I review for my blog but I am a Official Reviewer for The Romance Reviews Website. We are going to have a Grand Opening Giveaway from March 1-31. Here are the details please stop by and say hello I will be checking out My Page to answer any questions or to just say hello.

Here are all the information about this great giveaway:

You’re invited!

From March 1 – 31, 2011

at http://www.theromancereviews.com

It’s The Romance Reviews’ Grand Opening!

Play the games. Explore new books.

Chat with authors. Vote for Best Books of 2010.

Rack up your points!

CAN YOU UNLOCK THE PUZZLE?

Visit everyday to increase your chances to win awesome prizes!

Over 200 prizes waiting for you!

PRIZES:

Weekly Prizes

$10 Gift Cards – 32 winners!

(8 winners each week)

Over 150 Book Giveaways in total

(paperback, hardback, ebook)

Major Prizes

Grand Prize: $100 Gift Card

2^nd Prize: $70 Gift Card

3^rd Prize: $50 Gift Card

For Authors

(based on results of book votes)

Grand Prize: $200 TRR Advertising Package

2^nd Prize: $100 TRR Advertising Package

3^rd Prize: $50 TRR Advertising Package

Main Sponsor

Dorchester Publishing

Participating authors

Kat Martin                      Beth Kery                       Susan Lyons                    Madison Blake

Ashley March                  Karen Rose Smith           LK Rigel                         Gini Rifkin

Sandra Edwards             Grace Elliot                     Suzanne Barrett              Jessica Chambers

Maeve Greyson               Sable Hunter                   Josie Arlington                Tanya Stowe

Laura Tolomei                 Kristen Painter                Renee Rearden                Elaine Cantrell

Susanna Ives                   Amy Corwin                   Keta Diablo                     Suzette Stone

Suzanne Tyrpak              TL Schaefer                    Monique Martin              Kari Gregg

Susan Meier                    Laura Moore                   Susan Roebuck               Kathy Carmichael

Brita Addams                 KT Grant                         Winslow Eliot                 Ingela F. Hyatt

Jan Scarbrough                Victoria Blisse                 Sharon Buchbinder         PG Forte

Bronwyn Storm              Patricia Preston               Alice Gaines                    Cate Rowan

Ann Tracy Marr              Joan Beth Erickson         Tara Lain                         Terri Reid

L.J. McDonald                Lucinda Brant                 Eden Baylee                    Hayley B. James

Jason W. Chan                Pat Amsden                    Elle James                       Linda Mooney

Beth Trissel                     Viviane Brentanos          Morgan Rice                   Rita Hestand

Mahalia Levey                LK Below                       Gale Stanley                    Sarah J. Bradley

Joanne Troppello             Rhonda L. Print              Pamela Jackson               Jenny Schwartz

Mary Manners                 Eve Silver                        Jennifer Crusie                T.C. Archer

Jocelyn Modo                 Sloan Parker                    Kerri Williams                 Stacey Espino

Heather Matthews          Marcia James                   Cherie De Sues               Savannah Chase

Simone Eden                   Lauren Fraser                  Annie Nicholas               JoAnne Kenrick

E.D. Walker                    Rachel Haimowitz          HP Mallory                     Suzanne Rock

Andrea Speed                 Elle Amery                      Nichelle Gregory             Eden Bradley

Shermaine Williams        Berengaria Brown           Tina Donahue                  Taryn Kincaid

Red Haircrow                 Virginia Cavanaugh        Hailey Edwards              Elle Druskin

Rachel Brimble               Frances Pauli                   Nancy J Cohen                Tarah Scott

Em Petrova                     Heather Wardell              Cara Marsi                       CJ Archer

Mary Eason                     Skhye Moncrief              Jana Richards                  Jill James

Alison Chambers             LoRee Peery                   Gail Pallotta                    Alison Henderson

Nicki Greenwood           Alianne Donnelly            Tiffany Ashley                Michael Davis

Gem Sivad                      Stacy Juba                       Tory Richards                 Darcia Helle

LaVerne Clark                Sibel Hodge                    Ashley Ladd                   Jennifer Labelle

Elaine Hopper                 Victoria Howard            

Hottie of the Week

Here is  the Hottie of the week and everyone seemed ok with the cowboy idea and he is 100% yummy!! Please keep up with some ideas for the future Hotties.

In My Mailbox (13)

 

Unfortunately, I have had another week without getting any books in the mail but I'm trying to get caught up on books I already have so I'm doing ok. I hope everybody had a fabulous weekend.

February Book Review for Challenge

Hello Everyone! This is my first book that I have read and reviewed for this challenge.and I'm so excited . She really makes everything fun.  Anyways, my first book to be submitted is The Fallen: Raziel.by Kristina Douglas.This is a fantastic book by a new author. Can't wasit to read the next book

Review: "The Fallen: Raziel" by Kristina Douglas

"The Fallen: Raziel"

by: Kristina Douglas

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Pages: 355

Author's Website: http://www.kristinadouglas.com

Source: Simon & Schouster in exchange for an honest review

Published: January 2011 by Pocket

 

Goodreads Blurb: 

Kristina Douglas’s sexy new series introduces a realm of fallen angels and ruthless demons, where an eternal rebellion is brewing . . . and one unsuspecting woman can change the fate of the Fallen forever. She was just an ordinary mortal . . .
“You’re dead” is so not what Allie Watson wants to hear. Unfortunately, it explains a lot. Like the dark, angelically handsome man who ferried her to this strange, hidden land. The last thing she remembers is stepping off a curb in front of a crosstown bus. Now she’s surrounded by gorgeous fallen angels with an unsettling taste for blood—and they really don’t want her around. Not exactly how she pictured heaven.
. . . until death catapulted her into a seductive world she never imagined.
Raziel is unsure why he rescued Allie from hellfire against Uriel’s orders, but she stirs in him a longing he hasn't felt in centuries. Now the Fallen are bracing for the divine wrath brought by his disobedience, and they blame Allie for the ferocious Nephilim clawing at the kingdom’s shrouded gates. Facing impossible odds at every turn, the two must work together to survive. Raziel will do anything to defend his spirited lover against the forces of darkness—because Allie may be the Fallen’s only salvation.  

My Review:

I love discovering new authors and Kristina Douglas is fantastic. I felt like I was there when I was reading her book. It was really well written with vivid descriptions especially when creating the world that the fallen angels live in.

When I first received this book I was nervous because of the cover which could have been better. I tend to judge books by the cover. I'm glad that I agreed to review it because it was a really good book right to the end. I was also nervous because this is the first book I've read about Fallen Angels but it turned out to be amazing. 

Allie is sentenced to death and  Raziel's job to deliver her but instead he brings her home with him which causes lots of trouble for all the Fallen Allen. Allie struggles with the fact that she is dead and fights Raziel about everything but she turns out to be very kind and helpful. Raziel tries very hard not to be attracted to her because he has commited to himself to have no more mates because they die and his heart breaks over and over. 

The book was well written and I didn't see any major problems or loopholes. The action never stopped and I didn't find my self bored. Kristina has made me a new fan. I can't wait for the next book. I loved the ending even though there was a little cliff hanger at the end thats going to make everyone want to read the second book.

I would recommend this book to almost anyone but the biggies are paranormal romance readers, UF, fantasy, and series readers. I hope you pick up this book some time because it is worth every penny and worth your time to read.    

Overall rating:  

Sex Rating:

There wasn't a whole lot of sex in this book but for what it had gets 4 lightening strikes.

Review: "The Fallen: Raziel" by Kristina Douglas

"The Fallen: Raziel"

by: Kristina Douglas

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Pages: 355

Author's Website: http://www.kristinadouglas.com

Source: Simon & Schouster in exchange for an honest review

Published: January 2011 by Pocket

 

Goodreads Blurb: 

Kristina Douglas’s sexy new series introduces a realm of fallen angels and ruthless demons, where an eternal rebellion is brewing . . . and one unsuspecting woman can change the fate of the Fallen forever. She was just an ordinary mortal . . .
“You’re dead” is so not what Allie Watson wants to hear. Unfortunately, it explains a lot. Like the dark, angelically handsome man who ferried her to this strange, hidden land. The last thing she remembers is stepping off a curb in front of a crosstown bus. Now she’s surrounded by gorgeous fallen angels with an unsettling taste for blood—and they really don’t want her around. Not exactly how she pictured heaven.
. . . until death catapulted her into a seductive world she never imagined.
Raziel is unsure why he rescued Allie from hellfire against Uriel’s orders, but she stirs in him a longing he hasn't felt in centuries. Now the Fallen are bracing for the divine wrath brought by his disobedience, and they blame Allie for the ferocious Nephilim clawing at the kingdom’s shrouded gates. Facing impossible odds at every turn, the two must work together to survive. Raziel will do anything to defend his spirited lover against the forces of darkness—because Allie may be the Fallen’s only salvation.  

My Review:

I love discovering new authors and Kristina Douglas is fantastic. I felt like I was there when I was reading her book. It was really well written with vivid descriptions especially when creating the world that the fallen angels live in.

When I first received this book I was nervous because of the cover which could have been better. I tend to judge books by the cover. I'm glad that I agreed to review it because it was a really good book right to the end. I was also nervous because this is the first book I've read about Fallen Angels but it turned out to be amazing. 

Allie is sentenced to death and  Raziel's job to deliver her but instead he brings her home with him which causes lots of trouble for all the Fallen Allen. Allie struggles with the fact that she is dead and fights Raziel about everything but she turns out to be very kind and helpful. Raziel tries very hard not to be attracted to her because he has commited to himself to have no more mates because they die and his heart breaks over and over. 

The book was well written and I didn't see any major problems or loopholes. The action never stopped and I didn't find my self bored. Kristina has made me a new fan. I can't wait for the next book. I loved the ending even though there was a little cliff hanger at the end thats going to make everyone want to read the second book.

I would recommend this book to almost anyone but the biggies are paranormal romance readers, UF, fantasy, and series readers. I hope you pick up this book some time because it is worth every penny and worth your time to read.    

Overall rating:  

Sex Rating:

There wasn't a whole lot of sex in this book but for what it had gets 4 lightening strikes.

Teaser Tuesdays

 Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My Teaser:

"The Fallen: Raziel" by Kristina Douglas

Maybe they were still arguing over what to do with me. Maybe if the Nephilim breached the walls, my future would be moot. But I would not go down without a fight.

*This is from a Advanced Reader's Edition and uncorrected. 

Hottie of the Week

I hope everyone had a nice weekend. I live in Florida and the weather has been amazing. Its not hot or cold its just been perfect. I also need some suggestions for Hottie of the Week either someone in particular or a specific picture anything. Anyone like cowboys? Tall, dark, light, tattooed? 

Anyways, here is this weeks hottie! 

Cris Evans

In My Mailbox (12)

After a couple of weeks were I received nothing this week I did good. I didn't get a whole lot of books but some that look good and I'm excited about.

"Ravished by a Viking"

by Delilah Devlin 

"The Seduction of Miranda Prosper"

by Marissa Day

"Indulgent"

by Cathryn Fox

The Voting is Over for the Monthly Book Giveaway!

This means that with 46.15% of the vote our next book will be 

"This Side of the Grave" Book #5

by Jeaniene Frost.

 Rules to enter:

1. You must be a follower. I pay for the monthly giveaways out of my pocket so I would like it to go to a follower.

2. Giveaway is open to where ever Book Depository ships. So please check before you enter.

3. Fill out the form below.

Winner of "Afterlight" by Elle Jasper (Signed Copy)

The winner has been drawn. I'm really sorry its so late :(  

Anyways, to the good stuff. The winner is................................................................

Alexa @ Pages of Forbidden Love

Congrats!! Please send me your mailing address within 48 hours or I will have to draw a new winner.

Didn't Win? You can purchase this book below.

All the money I receive from advertisements on this blog I use to purchase prizes for the giveaways.

2011 Historical Romance Challenge - February Reminder

So, I've been having a blast reading all your great reviews. I wanted to remind everyone that we are half way through the month of February and I've only got 25 reviews posted. Get your review in before the end of the month.