Sunday, May 29, 2011

I am going on vacation. Yay!!

Hello Everyone,
I just wanted to let you all know that I'm going out of country for vacation but I will still be able to get on the internet and will be checking my email and blog.

Make sure you come back for my Couples Giveaway Hop I have scheduled post to go up everyday. I'm going to be doing a feature of Eve Langlais (interview, excerpts, review, list of her books just in case you haven't seen them yet etc.

Cruise Ship Pictures, Images and Photos

Bon Voyage Pictures, Images and Photos

Monday, May 23, 2011

Celebrating 700 followers with a Mystery Giveaway - Winners


I 'm really excited about this giveaway because all my followers are very special to me and I've made some great friends. Now to the good stuff, the winners. Since we reached 790 followers I have added another winner to my giveaway. So we have to announce the 2 winners. 
Winner #1 is.....................................Kaity G.
Winner #2 is ....................................Brittany Gale 
These are mystery giveaways so all I need is your mailing address with in 48 hours.

Monday, May 16, 2011

Book Review: Vampire


Hello,
I am so happy to have signed up for this blog tour because the book was fantastic. Josie is a girl that dreams of having sex with a vampire. On her birthday she gets an invitation too go to this vampire party. Ends up she dates 2 vampires that are very different and one ends up being very dangerous.


I'm so glad I picked to review this book it was awesome and if you have a thing for vampires you must read this book. Any genre actually: paranormal, Urban fantasy etc. Please write back and tell me how much you liked or disliked the book.  

I can't wait to see what she has coming next. I give The Vampire Guide to Dating 5 stars. I read it in one sitting. You must read this book.

So far this is my favorite book of this year. I just love here writing style and it was something that you must read. It's a fun quick read and she takes Vampires to a whole new light. I' don't want to give to much away.
But, It's a story about a woman that constantly dreams of having sex with a vampire. Well she gets her wish and now she has 2 vampires to date. Turns out on is the bad vampire and one is the nice vampire. I LOVED this book and read it all in one day so I believe this is totally worth the money to buy this book. Here is a video from the authors website. This is a fast sexy read I finished this book in two day and it was totally original and believable. This book made laugh, Heat up I was sorry it ended so soon. I'd recommended this book to Paranormal Romance lovers. The dialogue was perfect swift and flowing.



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Sexual Rating: 



Friday, May 13, 2011

2011 Historical Romance Challenge - May

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Hello Everyone,
It's time for the 5th month 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 a copoy of "Seducing an Angel" by Mary Balogh.




I will also be giving away a copy of "The Courtship Dance" by Candace Camp.









Don't forget about posting your review to be entered into the contest.



May's Monthly Book Giveaway

Hi Everybody,
I know I'm really late on posting. 
So for this months book giveaway I have 

Into the shadows by Christina Dodd & Never After by Laurell Hamilton

I hope you have a great week and I hope you will enjoy your books.

Entering is easy just comment with your name and email address and that's it :)

Thursday, May 12, 2011

H.P. Mallory Books on Sale

I wanted to announce that all of H.P. Mallory's books are .99 each for the next four days only (on Nook and Kindle). If you haven't read any of her books now would be a great time she is a fantastic author. By the way I'm reading her book Toil and Trouble now. Here are a few of the books she has written.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Review: "Tenderfoot by Amy Tupper

"Tenderfoot"
by: Amy Tupper
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Pages: ebook
Source: Author in exchange for a honest review
Published: April 2011 at Smashwords
 
Goodreads Blurb: 
TENDERFOOT is the first of four coming-of-age novels about a college girl struggling with the revelation of her family’s paranormal secret.

Jules is running. With the death of her mother behind her, she arrives at college in Chapel Hill ready to focus on friends, classes, and Andrew, the sweetest guy a girl could crush on. But Nick, the campus rock star, is always around, pressing every last one of her buttons. Things get strange when Nick plays his guitar, and even stranger when Jules discovers he wears a pendant identical to her dead mother’s. She wants answers. When her family's secret is revealed, Jules must choose between running away from the one person she has opened up to or running with him toward an unknown future.
Dary's Review:
This book really surprised me with how much I liked it.  I loved that the setting of the book was just getting to college, where you finally have that freedom from your parents, where anything is possible, and where you really start to figure out who you are.

Jules reserved demeanor didn't endear her to me at the start, but she won me over as she tried to fit in and embrace her new life.  Yes, at the start she just went along with Jade and her other friends, but it wasn't too long before she wasn't forcing herself to do so and took the lead in her friendships. 

I wasn't sure where the story would lead with Jules' discovery of her new senses.  I liked that the info was slowly doled out, so that we learned when Jules did and there wasn't the big info dump. 

I loved the romance with Andrew, it was so sweet and innocent.  Andrew's sneaky ways to ingratiate himself in her life had me smiling.  I also felt very sorry for him various times, he was up against things he didn't know and had no way of fighting.  But he did come through when it was important.

Nick is a character that I am not sure I like even knowing everything.  He is always there, knows too much, and a master manipulator.  It seems like he is looking out for Jules' best interest, but I am not sure, at times it seems like he has his own agenda.

Once character that I didn't expect to like or even see much of was Jules' father.  There were some conversations that had me tearing up and made me really like the man.  He was able to give Jules some great advice, but from the opposite side of the issue.

My one issue with the story was that it seemed like we were finally getting some answers when the book ended.  This just means that I will be waiting for the next book to see what happens!

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Monday, May 9, 2011

What I've been up too lately?

I'm sorry if things have been a little slow recently I've been extremely busy lately and I haven't been posting much but I have been getting caught up on my reading. I have read two 5 star books one that is for a book tour I'm participating in later this month. Keep an eye out during the next couple of days to catch my reviews because these are going to be must read books. 

I will also be posting about the monthly book giveaway and the Historical Romance Reading Challenge for May. So make sure you enter to win these giveaways. The posts will also be going up with in the next couple of days.

Finally, my 700 followers mystery prize giveaway ends May 15th and we only need 14 more followers to reach 800 and 3 winners in the giveaway.

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Blog Tour featuring H.P. Mallory

I know its nearing the end of the blog tour and you all have probably heard a great deal about her fabulous books in the Dulcie O'Neil Series so I decided I would fresh things up a little and talk about how I came to fall in love with H.P. Mallory and her books. In fact, H.P. Mallory, is one of the best new authors I read in 2010.
Late last year, around August, I was asked to read and review one of her books, "Fire Burn & Cauldron Bubble", and of course is was amazing. If you haven't read my review yet you must just click here.
Shortly after I reviewed the first book I had H.P. on my blog for a Author Spotlight. I would like to share a little of that with you now. 


Can you tell us a little about yourself?
Sure, I'm 33 and I'm married and have a 17 month old son. I live in California although I lived in the UK for two years--Cambridge and Edinburgh, and that's where I was bitten by the writing bug!
 When and why did you begin writing?
I began while living in Cambridge, England and it was basically because I was living in such a magical place, I felt the need to be creative. You can't help but think of great stories when confronted with such awesome history!

What do you think makes a story great?
It has to be something that keeps you up late at night and something you can't put down--a page turner. And it really doesn't have to do anything with subject matter. As long as it's a page turner...

Now about "Fire Burn & Cauldron Bubble:
If you could describe this book in one sentence what would it be?
The story of a woman finding herself and dealing along the way with love, fear, comedy and hope.
How did you come up with the title?
Love that you asked me this question! No one has asked this yet and it's from Macbeth. It's when the witches are chanting--they say: Double Double Toil and Trouble, Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble!
We all have to know. Who designed the cover?
LOL well, I did the design. I need to caveat this by saying I purchased the images and then added the Halloweeny backgrounds, changed hair and eye color and added the text in photoshop. Yay photoshop!

And my favorite question and answer was this one: (I'm so glad I gave her that chance and you need to too.)
Is there anything you want to say?
I just want to thank you and all my readers for giving my books a chance. I know there are so many choices out there for you all to read and it really means a lot to me when someone takes a chance on me!  

I am now reading Toil and Trouble its making me fall in love with her writing all over again I can't wait to read her Dulcie O'Neil Series. 



Thanks for stopping on my blog for the blog tour and its been great having you here.

 

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Both winners of this month's book giveaway.

I am happy to announce the two winners we have this month for our monthly book giveaway.

The first book The Paid Companion was won by Melissa @ Books and Things.
The second book Wait Until Midnight was won by Vivien.


Congratulations ladies! Please email me with your mailing address' so that I can get your books to you. If I don't hear anything from you within 48 hours I'll have to pick a new winner.

Monday, May 2, 2011

Introduction of the 18 & cover Blog Hop with some great prices

Welcome to my blog. I am a adult and anything in these books are not apporpritot for minors. But I have some time I will listen to son play the  guitar. So I help him is help.

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Winner of my Historical Challenge for April!

I'm happy to announce the winner of my challenge giveaway.
Kylie @ Talking Teacups  
(Love your header by the way)



The ebook copy of "Torn Asunder" was donated by the author and I had the pleasure of reading this book and it was fantastic look for my review later and a author spotlight.

The beautiful bookmarks come from Miss Bohemia. You should check our her store.

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Celebrating 700 followers with a Mystery Giveaway - Update

Hi Everyone,
I'm so happy to announce that we still have until May 15th and we have already reached 778 followers which adds an additional winner to the contest. We only need 22 new followers to have 3 winners so get the word out there and increase your chances of winning a book off your wish list.


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18 & Over Book Blogger Tag Along Friday!!

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18 and over book blogger tag along is for a specific group of book bloggers. You have to primary review adult books. Yes, I know some of you still read teen and adult, so if you do both your welcome to join in. You can read any genre paranormal, suspense, historical, contemporary or mystery and of course, erotica books. And if you blog has a few extra hot male pictures, well, that’s an added bonus! LOL. So if you have a book blog like this and would like to find others please join in the tag along.

We are small in number, but we do love books and other bloggers. So please if someone follows you and leaves a comment please follow back.

How it works
Please visit Laurie's blog for more details here.

Now, if your new don't be shy most of these ladies are here every week and they are very, very friendly (I know because I follow most of them;)

So get out there and find some bloggers like you!

This is a weekly theme so please come back next Friday and join in again if you can. I try to post this on Thursday night around 9:00 pm.

Question of the week: Do you have another hobby besides reading?
 
Yes, I like to do all sorts of Arts and Crafts mostly oil painting.

Do you have another hobby?

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

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:

"Torn Asunder" by Kiki Howell

Castigating himself, he was aghast at the horrors at the horrors his mind was dredging up. She could be manacled somewhere with the tight metal cutting into her tender flesh. No sooner had he fought the image than he rioted with the grim vision of another man's hands on her. Rage seized him...

Winner of the Hoppy Eggstravagaza Hop

Winner!!

of the 
Hoppy Easter Eggtravaganza Blog Hop






is...



librarymom
*Congratulations! I need you to email me your mailing address within 48 hours or I have to draw another winner. romancebookjunkiesdanielle@yahoo.com

Monday, April 25, 2011

In My Mailbox (16) - Hop Update

 The books I received in my mail box or how ever you get them.


Books I Bought:
Never After"Never After" by Laurell K. Hamilton Yasmine Galenorn, Marjorie M. Liu and Sharon S.hnn This is a used book.





Plain TruthPlain Truth by Jodi Picoult. No I haven't read any of her books but I have heard great things about this author. This is a used book.




A Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book OneGame of Thrones Its supposed to be coming on to HBO so I decided to read it instead.(Of course) =)I usually read only romance but this book looks awesome and I can't wait to be able to start it.






Hello everyone! I hoped you enjoyed the Eggtravaganza be caused it was great we had lots of participants. Tomorrow I will announce the winner as soon as possible.  So keep as eye out for tomorrow if I can read them all fast enough. hee hee

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Hoppy Easter Eggstravaganza Blog Hop!

Time: Starts April 20th - 25th
I'm really excited for this hop. I'm going to be hosting a giveaway that is a Easter
box instead of a Easter basket.   Here is a picture of the Easter box you could win.

What's Included:
1.Kiss of the Highlander
2. Journal with a matching Magnetic shopping lists.
3. I also got 4 BIC Pens that write in the favorite spring colors.
4.I got a couple of sweet candies too: Reese's eggs in a carton.
5 A chocolate bunny of course no basket should go without.
6. Last I got you a fingernail polish form the movie HOP.

Unfortunatly, you need to live in the US to enter. 

I'm making this giveaway as easy as I can.
1.You must be a follower
2.Just leave a comment telling us your name and email. 
3.You can also enter by sending this info to my email address (romancebookjunkiesdanielle@yahoo.com).

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Promo for "Overload" by Anitra Lynn McLeod







His planet is his prison…and only she can set him free.
After a year, Michael "Overlord" Parker finally knows who's been pilfering his black market goods. Astonishingly, the elusive Bandit of Taiga isn't a man. It's a woman, an infuriating spitfire who's half in love with Michael's overly romanticized reputation.
Remarkably Average Mary exudes an intoxicating scent that Michael can't quite puzzle out, even with his unique ability. As long as she remains bound and blindfolded, he has the advantage—and the bonus of tormenting the bane of his existence.
Mary's deceptively innocent face has never failed her. Yet somehow she's at the mercy of a man she knows only as "Commander". His demands are simple. Surrender her methods of banditry, or surrender her body. As his essence invades her intuitive ability—and her remaining senses—she becomes increasingly frantic to escape before she yields all that and more to her compelling captor.
Their sensual sparring ignites, and Michael finds himself wanting to erase Overlord's myth from her fantasies in favor of the real man. But first he has to foil the slippery little devil's escape attempts. And find out who's been using her to unknowingly help the empire wipe him off the face of his own planet.
Warning: This futuristic medieval contains a planet-owning alpha hero, a feisty heroine who can swear in over thirty languages, a side-kick with a crackleseed addiction, witty repartee, epic space battles, sensual karate, and tight black leather pants.

Excerpt

Planet Windmere, main compound, 2478
Blindfolded, gagged, shackled hand and foot, Remarkably Average Mary stood still as she listened to her captor.
His voice edged low, acerbic, mocking. "This bit of fluff forced the bounty hunter to bind, gag and blind?"
Another man answered, conciliatory yet condescending. "He had no choice, Commander."
So far, that's all anyone had called the man she'd been caught stealing from. The title didn't narrow the field of who he might be. Lots of egotistical freaks liked to be called commander.
Sniffing deep, she got a curious whiff of old worn leather, lemon-oiled wood and her own body. Beyond that, the tang of metal and processed air. She heard machines throbbing, cycling, in the background as the two men discussed her.
Using all her honed senses, she counted four men aft; cotton, canvas and well-oiled guns, backed by heavy breathing. Definitely at least four men standing behind her, but she heard more people in the room. A big room, by the way sounds echoed.
She didn't know what to expect, but prospects for her survival dimmed. When she felt fingers fumbling at her gag, she lashed out with her only weapon-teeth.
The probing hand retreated, removing her gag.
"If you attempt to bite me again, I'll have your face shackled too," Commander said. "Understand?"
Tilting her blindfolded head as if she could see him, she took back one of her best weapons-her mouth. "Stop sticking your hand in my face, and I won't try to bite it."
After a pause, he offered, "I could stuff the gag back in."
She didn't want that filthy rag back in her mouth. If she'd kept her trap shut, the bounty hunter wouldn't have shoved the damn thing in her face in the first place.
"I'm going to remove your blindfold. No biting. Do you understand?"
"Yes," she hissed. "I'm bound, not brainless, you jackass."
After another long pause, he said, "Yes, Commander."
She straightened and grinned. "Thanks for the promotion. I always wanted to be a commander."
With a yank, her blindfold came away. She blinked as her eyes adjusted to bright light. She stood in an immense room filled with computers, operational panels, armed guards, and the most handsome man she'd ever seen in her life. Short and rather dull till now. Her life, not him. Commander-it could only be he-towered over her bound body. Red silk. Black leather. Seven solid feet of male.
Breathless, she gasped. "Oh-my-God."
Her captor narrowed sparkling golden-brown eyes. "You will address me as Commander. Comprende?" Long, tall, firm and fit, he reclined against the edge of his mahogany desk, yet still seemed to threaten.
"Sí, señor." She snickered with false bravado.
"Pardon me?" His cold tone reminded her that he could kill her with a snap of his fingers.
"Pardon me, Co-man-duuur." When she bowed, her plastimetal shackles rubbed together with a musical sound.
"Maybe she's too stupid to be afraid," said a man with dusty blond hair and mossy-green eyes. He stood six and a half feet tall and weighed a good two-forty.
"Why should I be afraid of you?" Dismissing him before he could answer, she glared at her captor. "You're obviously afraid of me."
Commander tilted her a slight, sardonic smile filled with perfect teeth. "How do you figure that?"
"I'm the one shackled hand and foot with four guards on me."
Unfurling like a great flag, Commander pushed away from the desk that dominated the middle of the room. Towering, bigger than any tree on Taiga, he smiled condescendingly down into her face. "I see I'm going to have to make it abundantly clear to you who's in charge."
She looked him over from his bare feet to his face. Only an idiot would doubt who stood in charge at the moment. She worked her exhausted body and her sleep-deprived brain into gear.
"What're you going to do? Beat me up while I'm chained?" She inhaled, tasting the tang of his cologne. When she found the maddening scent distracting, she leaned back. "That really won't impress your men. It wouldn't impress me, either, but then again, my opinion of you couldn't get much lower."
A smile hinted about his face. "A bandit with a smart mouth."
"I'm not a bandit." She knew what she did and why. Glory to the cause overshadowed a vulgar truth.
"What would you call someone caught red-handed with a shipment of goods that didn't belong to them?"
She touched her tongue to her lips. "Unlucky?"
One corner of his mouth pulled up in a quirky half grin. "Still makes you a bandit. An unlucky bandit, but a bandit nonetheless." His penetrating gaze made her feel naked.
"I didn't steal. I-liberated." Reduced to arguing semantics, she looked away from him.
"A modern-day Robin Hood. Pray tell, good lady, why did you liberate my goods?"
She shut her mouth tight and scowled at his marble floor.
"I'll make you a deal, Remarkably Average Mary."
Suspicion narrowed her eyes and her scowl deepened. He mocked her, just like everyone else. If he thought she would live up to her nickname, he was fooling himself. And he had her permission to do so. "What deal?"
"My Runner told me he had a difficult time subduing you." Graceful as a cat, he moved to stand close enough for her to touch. Clinging Dardinian silk and smoldering Byzantine leather echoed every part of a dangerous male body. He not only showed himself off with the most expensive fabrics in the Void, but he made it clear she would be an utter ass to challenge him physically. "The bounty hunter said you're well versed in the forbidden arts."
Karate, Tae Kwon Do, Jujitsu-she knew street fighting too. Hands, feet, teeth, whatever she had. Whatever it took. Just knowing how to fight could get her thrown in jail.
"So? Fighting isn't a crime-oh, wait. Yes, it is. But so is possession of IWOG goods." She sneered. "If you turn me in, you'll have a lot more explaining to do than I will."
"I have no intention of turning you in." A dark challenge filled his gaze. "I'm going to unshackle you."
Her mouth dropped open. He was going to let her go? Hope dried up as fast as it spurted. "Unshackle me and then what?"
"We fight." He moved back to sit on the edge of his desk.
Incredulous, she gaped at him for several moments before her eyes narrowed. "Fight for what?"
"If you win, I set you free. If I win, you tell me why you were stealing my goods."
A shiver of fear ran from the tips of her bound hands to the toes of her bound feet. He had a foot in height and at least a hundred pounds of muscle on her. Not only that, but he had a solid ton of armed guard in the room.
"You really want to fight me?"
"Afraid?"
Swallowing a lump in her throat, she lifted her chin. "For you, yes. I wouldn't want to embarrass you in front of your men by kicking your ass." Nothing like flaming arrogance to mask trembling fear.

Thank you Anitra!

Monday, April 18, 2011

Winner of Japan Fundraiser!

The winner of my Japan Fundraiser Giveaway is ................................







mamabunny13


Congratulations! You have 48 hours to send me your mailing address for your prizes.
 
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