FRIDAY FIFTY-SIX (56) - PRINCESS MINE

The Friday Fifty-Six(56)

The Friday 56 is hosted by Freda's Voice.  Here are the rules:

• Grab the book nearest you.  Right Now
• Turn to page 56.
• Find the fifth sentence.
• Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or if you don't have your own blog, in the comments section of this blog.
• Post a link along with your post back to Freda's Voice.
• Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, or most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST. 

My Friday 56:

 

 

Princess Mine by Brindle Chase

 

He hunched over, bracing his hands on his bent knees and sucked in deep breaths. Briar collapsed to the ground. Before them stretched the purple-hued Gharfandan mountains that marked the border between Ithlamir and the Dwarven lands. They would be there by the mid of night. 

 

So what's your Friday 56? 

CONTEST WINNER - ALL OF YOU BY RHIANN CAHILL

The Winner is :

Victoria Zumbrum (tor923)

Thanks to everyone who entered.

FTC Disclosure:  Prize purchased by the review blog.

NEW RELEASE & A CONTEST

Today is a new release day at Noble Romance and today I'm featuring
Rhiann Cahill

All of You

Only You series

Claire Jones never dreamed the fantasies she’d been having about the young guy next door would ever become reality but after a push from her best friend and one encounter involving dirty laundry she’s getting more reality than one woman should be allowed. But with reality comes emotion and Claire finds herself falling deeper and deeper under Ryan’s spell.


Ryan Doherty wants in Claire’s pants but he soon discovers hot sex isn’t all he’s after. She makes him happy in a way nothing and no one else ever has and if he has to use their amazing chemistry to stay in her life he will. Because having more of Claire isn’t an option. It’s the only choice.




Can Ryan and Claire bridge the age gap to find the love of a life time or will what others think destroy the best thing either of them has ever found?



Contest Rules




1. Answer the question "How many books has Rhian published with Noble Romance?"   Hint: Answer found Here


2. You must leave your email address in order for your entry to count so that I may contact the winner. If you are afraid of spamming just put your address in with breaks, ie: name at mail dot com



3. You must be a follower of the blog.



4. Open to both U.S. and International Readers




5. Contest winner will be chosen via Random.org on Wednesday night, September 28, 2011

Good Luck Everyone!

FTC Disclosure: Prize Offered purchased by review site.

CONTEST WINNER= MARI CARR'S PARTY NAKED

And the Winner is:

Iowacakelady!

Congratulations!

Winner Chosen via Random.Org

Prize purchased by Review Site

FRIDAY FIFTY SIX (56) - PLEASE REMEMBER ME

The Friday 56 is hosted by Freda's Voice . Here are the rules:

• Grab the book nearest you.  Right now.

• Turn to page 56.

• Find the fifth sentence.

• Post that sentence (plus one or two more if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you don't have your own blog) in the comments section of this post.

• Post a link with your post back to Freda's Voice. 

• Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, most intellectual book. USE THE CLOSEST.

My Friday 56:

Please Remember Me by
Wendi Zwaduk

"Not a problem at all. I love meeting my fans." She grinned and tucked her dark hair behind her ears. "Did you know you made the tabloid shows?"


So, what's your Friday 56?                                                                       

BLURB AND A GIVEAWAY - PARTY NAKED BY MARI CARR

Party Naked by Mari Carr

Cocktales, Book One

Stephanie Harper is perfectly happy co-owning Books and Brew, where she slings drinks and entertains her friends with cutting wit and a cynical take on love. She’s convinced she has no time for anything deeper than sex; she has a business to run, after all. And her thrice-married mother has proven happy ever after doesn’t exist.


Jarod Nolan begs to differ. Chance has him running into Steph—and giving her a ticket—one morning, but it’s fate that finds him in her place of business that same evening. A sizzling one-night stand ensues, and although Stephanie escapes before he wakes the next morning, Jarod is already sure she’s worth the chase.


Steph’s more than willing to party naked with the hot cop, but she’s adamant they’re driven by lust, not love. Jarod is prepared to prove otherwise, even if it means giving up one of the things he and Stephanie do best…

What’s that old saying? Abstinence makes the heart grow fonder?


Can't wait to read this book so I thought I'd share and give away one copy.

Contest Rules

1.  Answer Mari's question "Does abstinence make the heart grow fonder"?

2.  You must leave your email address in order for your entry to count so that I may contact the winner.  If you are afraid of spamming just put your address in with breaks, ie: name at mail dot com

3.  You must be a follower of the blog.

4.  Open to both U.S. and International readers

5.  Contest winner will be chosen via Random.org on Sunday night, September 24, 2011.

Good Luck Everyone!

FTC Disclosure:  Prize awarded purchased by site owner.

WAITING ON WEDNESDAY - SEPTEMBER 21ST.

"Waiting on" Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine  which highlights upcoming releases we're eagerly anticipating.

This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is:

A Way To A Dragon's Heart by Xakara

Arriving at Liquid Silver just in time for Halloween 2011.

Dragon Shifter Kryssa Drake works twenty hour days, seven days a week, racing toward a sabbatical and hiding from the dating world after a devastating break-up that left her questioning her sense of self. The highlight of her day is the two hour lunch spent listening to Near Human Xander Luciano, co-owner of Luciano's Deli across the street, and living vicariously through his on-again/off-again relationship with Avian Caleb James. Over the years and countless intimacies of their friendship, Kryssa has grown to love Xander and the idea of Xander and Caleb, but ideas and potential are not enough to brave the pain of the past so soon.

Pastry chef and Near Human Xander Luciano has spent the last two years trying to charm Kryssa out of her vow of a five year isolation following her break-up. He's spent that same two years sorting out his feelings for his college sweetheart Caleb and trying to figure out a way to pin the restless Avian down or to finally make peace with a few months of happiess at a time. When Caleb opens the pastry cafe they always dreamed about and invites him to become a partner, Xander sees the flicker of hope that maybe half of is dream is about to come true. When he's volunteered by Kryssa's brother and boss to assist her in her current projects, as well as help her relax in his cabin up north, Xander thinks his persistance and culinary skills just might help him have it all.

 

Sometimes the only way to get a good man to settle down is to have a good woman help. And oft times, the most direct way to a Dragon's heart is through her stomach.

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



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MAILBOX MONDAY - SEPTEMBER 19TH.

I didn't get anything in the actual mailbox but I did buy some books for the Kindle over the weekend.                                                                                     

Here is what I bought:  

 

Hot Vampire Seduction (Vampire Wardens Book 2) by Lisa Renee Jones

The underground vampire population of Austin, Texas has taken to hosting orgies with human women who've been forced to indulge in a new aphrodisiac.The drug, Blood Red, is a mixture of a rare type of werewolf blood and that of a vampire. Blood Red creates an insatiable desire for sex in the user to the point of pain in the absence of pleasure. Sometimes that pain leads to death.

Vampire Warden, Aiden Brooks, has spent more than a hundred years enforcing the laws of his race, and life has taught him that anyone that he allows into his world ends up dead. Despite knowing this all too well, having painfully loved and lost in his past, when his search for the creator of Blood Red places coroner Kelly Riggs directly in both his path, and that of a dangerous clan of vampires, his desire for her goes well beyond offering her protection. He's drawn to her bravery, seduced by her feisty spirit and beauty, but he is determined to resist her, fearing he will put her in harms way. But Kelly is already on the radar of the enemy, and when she gets too close to the evil vampire clan's secrets, she is given Blood Red. Now Aiden's hunger for her might be the only thing that can keep her alive but who will save her from him? 

 

** Warning*  Explicit - Hot.  Menage included you have been warned.

 

 

 

Bound in Darkness (A Vampire/Werewolf Romance) by Cynthia Eden

Hunter...

When it comes to killing vampires, werewolf Cade Thain is the best slayer in the Northwest. So when a witch hires him to take out a pureblood vamp, the assassin thinks it will be just business as usual. One less vicious vamp on the streets...one more undead parasite gone from the earth. Then he meets her.

Protector...

Allison Gray isn't the prey that Cade expects. Beautiful, innocent, she stirs a dark desire within him. Allison hasn't transformed fully into a vampire, not yet, and it's Cade's job to make sure that she never does. Allison thinks that he's at her side to keep her safe, but Cade is supposed to pick the right moment--and kill her.

Lover...

Killing Allison is soon the last thing that Cade plans. As she begins the transformation that will turn her into a vampire, her bloodlust and their desire merge in an explosion of need that neither can control. But Allison's enemies are closing in, and the coming battle will take Cade and Allison beyond life, beyond love...and into a deadly darkness that waits to claim them both.

Did you get any goodies in the mail or buy any new books over the weekend?

 

FRIDAY FIFTY-SIX (56)

The Friday 56 is hosted by Freda's Voice.  Here are the rules:

• Grab the book nearest you.  Right Now
• Turn to page 56.
• Find the fifth sentence.
• Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or if you don't have your own blog, in the comments section of this blog.
• Post a link along with your post back to Freda's Voice.
• Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, or most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST. 

My Friday 56:

The Bodyguard's Princess by Ann Mayburn

"Suspected terrorist, Lalita Chetana, is believed to have killed herself this afternoon."

Rashid watched the barely concealed disgust flash across the anchor‟s perfect features.

"Once again, the video you are about to see is graphic. In it, Lalita Chetana douses herself

with gasoline in front of a group of tourists at the base of the Washington Monument."

 

 

So what's your Friday 56?

WAITING ON WEDNESDAY- GOING UP!

"Waiting on" Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine which highlights upcoming releases we're eagerly anticipating.

This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is:

Going Up by Lena Matthews

Watching Koko Brown’s kinky elevator exhibitions has become the best thing about Reese Desoto’s Tuesdays and Thursdays. As head of security of Sarraf Enterprises, he’s been keeping two very attentive eyes on the dark-skinned beauty and her naughty habits, but he’s over sharing her performances with all the other men in security. He’s ready for a private show.

Koko always feared that one day her elevator fetish would get her in trouble, but she never thought her comeuppance would appear in the form of a man as devastatingly handsome and commanding as Reese. To her delight though, instead of reprimanding her, Reese offers her access to a private elevator, one in which she can be as wicked as she pleases for an attentive audience of one. All she has to do is step in, strip down and enjoy the ride.

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

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NEW RELEASE TUESDAY

There are some really great books out today.  I've highlighted the books I'm interested in reading.

Dark Empress by Anitra Lynn McLeod - Samhain Publishing

Four people. One rope. Desire plunged into dangerous obsession…

The Onic Empire, Book 5




Errion Ald’Areed senses that his business partner’s passion for designing pleasure upgrades for service robots has cooled, but nothing he’s tried—men, women, exotic adventures—has lifted Lorren D’Buren’s ennui. Until he sees the look in Lorren’s eyes when the intergalactic ambassador from Diola crosses their path at a charity ball.






Under the watchful eye of Gabriyel, her faithful bodyguard, Farjika is determined to live down her empress mother’s scandalous reputation for taking multiple lovers. Her instant attraction to Lorren, though, tempts her to cross her self-imposed bounds of propriety. And Gabriyel is shocked that his level-headed mistress has fallen so easily into a torrid affair.






At first Errion is pleased that Farjika has roused Lorren out of his funk. When he notices the depth of the mutual fascination, though, he realizes he must act quickly—or lose his sometime lover and best friend.






His plan to eliminate the threat is perfect in its beautiful complexity. Until one snag in his delicate web of seduction plunges them all into a potentially deadly tangle with no way out…

Black Gold by Vivian Arend- Samhain Publishing

Their wolves are howling at the moon. Their human halves are on different planets.

Takhini Wolves, Book 1




Lone wolf Shaun Stevens’s automatic response to the words “happily ever after”? Kill me now. Yet with all his friends settling down he’s begun to think there may actually be something to this love-and-roses crap.



One thing’s for sure: his dream mate will have to out-cuss, out-spit and out-hike him. So he never expected the one to push his forever button would be a blue-blooded Southern debutante with a voice as dark and velvety as her skin.


When Gemmita Jacobs steps off the plane in Whitehorse, Yukon, it’s about more than her caribou research project. It’s her declaration of independence from an overprotected upbringing. Except there’s something in the air she can’t quite define—something that unexpectedly rouses her mating instincts.


Moments after their eyes lock, the deed is done—and done thoroughly. When the pheromone dust settles, though, all the reasons they don’t belong together become painfully clear.


It’s enough to make a wolf learn a whole new set of cuss words…

Full Circle by Avery Beck- Samhain Publishing

If you love something, set it free. If it comes back to you…run.

Nine years ago, Elisa Haley set tongues wagging when she returned home from college single and pregnant. Finally, her long-delayed graduation is just weeks away. She’s ready to move out and move on to a bright, shiny future in another state…until a face from her past walks into her brother’s veterinary office. A man who once offered her one night of comfort in his arms. The memory burns as hot in her soul as the guilty secret he must never learn.


Tired of the big city, grieving a recent loss, Dr. Liam Barton longs for a home and family in a quiet small town. When he arrives for his first day at the veterinary clinic, he’s not surprised to find Elisa behind the desk. Curiously, though, she barely acknowledges their shared past, and insists she can’t wait to get out of the town he’s already come to love.


Elisa, determined to be nothing more than friends, tries fixing Liam up with Windy Flats’ most eligible women. Yet the old passion still simmering between them melts her resolve, and uncovers secrets that refuse to stay buried. Secrets that put both their hard-earned futures—and their hearts—at risk.

A Four Gone Conclusion by Delilah Devlin - Samhain Publishing

One devilish night…or a chance at heaven?

Lone Star Lovers, Book 5



Sam Logan’s foster sons have a bad rep in Two Mule, Texas. Most of it earned. When it becomes clear they don’t plan on giving up scootin’ after every pretty pair of boots in town anytime soon, he issues the one thing he knows they can’t resist: a challenge. Find a wife.


The oldest, Johnny, is actually grateful. He’s had his eye on Mean Ellie Harker for a long time, and Sam’s challenge is the kick in the pants he needed to ask her out. Except before he can make his move, his brothers kidnap her right out from under his nose. Now, instead of being one question away from victory, he has to compete for the woman of his dreams.


Ellie thought she’d be a dried up old spinster before Johnny finally untangled his tongue long enough to ask for a date. But instead of teaching him better uses for that tongue, his brothers have whisked her away to the ranch. At first she’s furious…then intrigued when she starts to wonder what it might be like to have not just one sexy cowboy dedicated to her pleasure, but four…

Ragnar and Juliet by Lucy Woodhull - Liquid Silver

Bounty hunting is usually so easy. Flash a little cleavage, mix a roofie cocktail, and Juliet has her man right where she wants him: out cold, ready to be swapped for cash. Her passions are freedom, trashy clothes, and pie -- not necessarily in that order.

Hunky alien ship captain Ragnar doesn't deserve torture at the hands of the psychotic king who hired Juliet; he liberated one of William the Nefarious' illegal concubines. Juliet can't ignore such a noble act. She doesn’t trust men, but this one, with the kindest smile she's ever seen, picks away at her resolve to stay aloof and clothed. He's just so...nice! Crazy she can deal with; sincerity is terrifying.

Before she gives in to her irrational urge to get a timeshare with him (and his cute tail), they're caught by the bad guys. Ragnar disappears and abandons her to her disgusting captors -- so much for togetherness. Perhaps he’s not such a saint. Even worse, Nefarious William (who prefers "Bob") has nominated her for Concubine of the Evening. This dubious honor does not thrill her, and only a few hours remain before the king’s mind-altering drugs obliterate her free will.

Sexual slavery might not be fatal, but Juliet would rather die. Of course, the third option (run away to a beach and hump Ragnar silly) is the best, if they can live that long.

And if you haven't seen the book video for this book.....you really should check it out Here

So this is what I'm looking forward to....what about you?



CONTEST WINNERS FOR ENTICED BY HIS FORGOTTEN LOVER AND FACE-OFF

Congratulations To The Winners:

Elizabeth and Victoria

I'll be emailing you ladies tonight!

Thanks to everyone who entered the contest.

WEEKEND CONTEST- ENTICED BY HIS FORGOTTEN LOVER OR FACEOFF

This has been a very strange week for me - so I've decided to throw a contest over the weekend.  There will be two prizes and two winners...and the winner gets to choose the prize.......so first up.....

Prize Number 1- Ebook copy of

Faceoff by Kelly Jamieson

Kyla has tried so hard to be one of the boys. She was always like a little sister to Tag. One summer, things changed from sibling teasing to blazing sexual tension. When they’re reunited for a two-family reunion, the desire and lust are still there, simmering below the surface.




Tag is a pro hockey player who is cynical about women. He knows they’re only interested in him because of who he is. Kyla is an attorney who’s still trying to be “one of the boys” at her law firm. They’re both adults and neither of them is looking for a relationship. A hot summer week at the lake. Need. Attraction. There’s no reason they shouldn’t explore each other.


Prize Number 2- Ebook copy of
 

Enticed by His Forgotten Lover by Maya Banks

"Have we met?"

Answer: a right hook! Because Bryony Morgan pulls no punches. Even when she's very pregnant and facing down the father of her unborn child. She fell for wealthy hotelier Rafael de Luca when he courted her for her beachfront real estate. Then he disappeared. Now, she's in New York for answers—and she won't accept a brush–off.




But selective amnesia after a crash has Rafael puzzled. How could he ever forget a combustible beauty like Bryony? Solution: return to the island where they met, and relive the unforgettable nights in question—until he remembers everything


Rules for Contest:

1. You must leave a post stating which book you would like to read and why.  Please make sure to leave your email address so that I can contact the winner.

2. You must be a follower of my Blog.

3. Contest open to all since this is an ebook only contest.

4.  Winner will be chosen using Random.org and will be announced sometime after noon on Monday, September 12, 2011

Have a Great Weekend Everyone!

FTC Dislcosure:  Prizes to be awarded paid for by site owner.