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Monthly Reads: February 2023

Posted March 7, 2023 by Holly in Features, Giveaways | 5 Comments

It’s a new month so we’re back with a list of our Monthly Reads to share with each of you. This is where you’ll see what each of us has read and what our favorite books and our least favorite books of the month are. Check it out.

Casee

Knight’s Redemption (Knights of Hell #1) by Sherilee Gray | 3.75 out of 5
Things We Never Got Over (Knockemout #1)(audio) by Lucy Score | 5 out of 5
Knight’s Salvation (Knights of Hell #2) by Sherilee Gray | 3.5 out of 5
Demon’s Temptation (Knights of Hell #3) by Sherilee Gray | 2 out of 5
Knight’s Dominion (Knights of Hell #4) by Sherilee Gray | 4 out of 5
Knight’s Absolution (Knights of Hell #5) by Sherilee Gray | 4 out of 5
Knight’s Retribution (Knights of Hell #6) by Sherilee Gray | 4.25 out of 5
The Joy of Minimalism by Zoey Arielle Poulsen | 2 out of 5
A Curse in the Darkness (The Thornheart Trials #1) by Sherilee Gray | 4 out of 5
The Club: Obsession (The Club #1) by Lauren Rowe | 3 out of 5
A Vow of Ruin (The Thornheart Trials #2) by Sherilee Gray | 4.5 out of 5
A Trial by Blood (The Thornheart Trials #3) by Sherilee Gray | 4.5 out of 5

My favorite read of the month was A Trial by Blood by Sherilee Gray. My favorite audio book was Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score. Both these books were amazing.

Holly

Red Rope of Fate (The Elves of Lessa #1) by K.M. Shea | 3 out of 5
Holding on to Chaos (Blue Moon #5) by Lucy Score (audio) | DNF
Steadfast (True North #2) by Sarina Bowen (reread) | 4.5 out of 5
Pretend You’re Mine (Benevolence #1) by Lucy Score (audio) | 3.5 out of 5
Finally Mine (Benevolence #2) by Lucy Score (audio) | 3.75 out of 5
Protecting What’s Mine (Benevolence #3) by Lucy Score (audio) | 4 out of 5
A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorn and Roses #2) by Sarah J. Maas (audio) (reread) | 4 out of 5
A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorn and Roses #3) by Sarah J. Maas (audio) (reread) | 4.25 out of 5
A Court of Silver Flames (A Court of Thorn and Roses #4) by Sarah J. Maas (audio) | 3.25 out of 5
Moonlighter (The Company #1) by Sarina Bowen (audio) | 3.25 out of 5
Loverboy (The Company #2) by Sarina Bowen (audio) | 2.25 out of 5
Body Check by Elle Kennedy | 3 out of 5
Say Yes by Elle Kennedy | 3.5 out of 5
Things We Hide from the Light (Knockemout #2) by Lucy Score (audio) | 3.25 out of 5
Queen of Snow (Fairytales Reimagined #1) by Laura Burton | 3.5 out of 5
Good Boy (WAGS #1) by Sarina Bowen (audio) (reread) | 4.5 out of 5
Stay (WAGS #2) by Sarina Bowen (audio) (reread) | 4.25 out of 5

My favorite read of the month was Protecting What’s Mine by Lucy Score. I really loved the story overall and the romance. My least favorite read was Loverboy by Sarina Bowen. I’m honestly a little disappointed in myself for finishing it.

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Monthly Reads: January 2023

Posted February 1, 2023 by Casee in Features, Giveaways | 5 Comments

It’s a new month so we’re back with a list of our Monthly Reads to share with each of you. This is where you’ll see what each of us has read and what our favorite books and our least favorite books of the month are. Check it out.

Casee

I only read 11 books this month & most of them were rereads. Here is hoping for a better February.

The Prize by Julie Garwood (reread)(audio) | 4.5 out of 5
Winter’s Awakening (Warlords of Empyrea #2) by Georgia Lyn Hunter | 4.5 out of 5
Warlord’s Storm (Warlords of Empyrea #3) by Geoergia Lyn Hunter | 4 out of 5
The Bride by Julie Garwood (reread)(audio) | 4.5 out of 5
Archangel’s Resurrection (Guild Hunter #15) by Nalini Singh (reread)(audio) | 4 out of 5
Beyond Destiny (Fallen Guardians #8) by Georgia Lyn Hunter | 4.5 out of 5
Archangel’s Enigma (Guild Hunter #8) by Nalini Singh (reread)(audio) | 5 out of 5
Archangel’s Heart (Guild Hunter #9) by Nalini Singh (reread)(audio) | 5 out of 5
Archangel’s War (Guild Hunter #12) by Nalini Singh (reread)(audio) | 4.75 out of 5
Ancient Vengeance (Ancients Rising #6) by Katie Reus | 4.25 out of 5
Promise Me Always (Redemption Hills #4) by A.L. Jackson | 3.75 out of 5

My favorite book of the month was Winter’s Awakening (Warlords of Empyrea #2) by Georgia Lyn Hunter. I loved Sebris. My favorite reread was Archangel’s Enigma (Guild Hunter #8) by Nalini Singh. I don’t remember reading this book, so it was like reading it for the first time. Love that.

Holly

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (audio) (reread) | 5 out of 5
The Return of Eden McCall (Wide Open Spaces #3) by Judith Duncan (reread)| 4 out of 5
The Hookup (Game On #1) by Kristen Callihan (reread) | 4.5 out of 5
Fall Into Me (Hearts of the South #7) by Linda Winfree (reread) | 4.5 out of 5
The King’s Captive (Gates of Myth and Power #1) by K.M. Shea | 3 75 out of 5
The King’s Shadow (Gates of Myth and Power #2) by K.M. Shea | 3.5 out of 5
Magic Rises (Kate Daniels #6) by Ilona Andrews (audio) (reread) | 4.5 out of 5
Magic Breaks (Kate Daniels #7) by Ilona Andrews (audio) (reread) | 4.5 out of 5
Magic Shifts (Kate Daniels #8 by Ilona Andrews (audio) (reread) | 4.5 out of 5
Heart of Ice (The Snow King #1) by K.M. Shea | 3.5 out of 5
Magic Binds by Ilona Andrews (audio) (reread) | 4.5 out of 5
Sacrifice (The Snow King #2) by K.M. Shea | 3.25 out of 5
Snowflakes (The Snow King #2.5) by K.M. Shea | 2.5 out of 5
Magic Triumphs (Kate Daniels #10) by Ilona Andrews (audio) (reread) | 4.5 out of 5
Protecting What’s Mine (Benevolence #3) by Lucy Score (audio) | 4.25 out of 5
Red Rope of Fate by K.M. Shea| 3.25 out of 5

My favorite read of the month was Protecting What’s Mine by Lucy Score. I really liked the small town and the romance. My least favorite read was Sacrifice by K.M. Shea. I didn’t dislike the book, but I was really hoping for more and ended up disappointed.

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Sunday Spotlight: Recovery Road by Christine Feehan (+ exclusive excerpt)

Posted January 22, 2023 by Casee in Features, Giveaways | 3 Comments

Sunday Spotlight is a feature we began in 2016. This year we’re spotlighting our favorite books, old and new. We’ll be raving about the books we love and being total fangirls. You’ve been warned. 🙂

Sunday Spotlight: Recovery Road by Christine Feehan (+ exclusive excerpt)Recovery Road by Christine Feehan
Narrator: Ryan West
Series: Torpedo Ink #8
Also in this series: Judgment Road , Judgment Road, Vengeance Road, Vendetta Road, Desolation Road, Reckless Road, Savage Road, Annihilation Road, Recovery Road
Publisher: Berkley
Publication Date: January 24, 2023
Format: eARC
Source: NetGalley
Point-of-View: Alternating Third
Content Warning: View Spoiler »
Genres: Contemporary Romance, Paranormal Romance
Pages: 410
Length: 11 hours and 15 minutes
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Series Rating: three-stars

A broken man finds a woman worth living for in the new novel in #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan’s Torpedo Ink motorcycle club series.
Kir “Master” Vasiliev doesn’t care whether he lives or dies. He’s a burnt-out shell with no one and nothing but his club. Whatever Torpedo Ink needs, Master will put himself in harm’s way time after time. If he doesn’t make it back, he’s certain everyone will move on just fine.
Investment banker Ambrielle Moore knows her own mind, and she’s not willing to settle for anyone. So when a second-rate gangster and his thugs try to coerce her into marriage—and giving up all of her family’s money—she’s having none of it. Until they turn to cold-blooded murder.
Grieving and enraged, Ambrie is ready to go scorched earth on her captors when Master shows up anticipating a damsel in distress. But Ambrie is nothing like he expected, and everything he never knew he desired....

Excerpt

“Could any of the others have been put on that license, or just you?”

He shrugged his shoulders, hesitant to tell her. He didn’t want her to look at Keys, not even for a moment. Keys was a brother, but Ambrielle was his wife now. No one touched her. No one flirted with her. She was off-limits.

“Not just any of them. Keys volunteered to have his name put on it, but I said no.”

“Why?”

He sighed, but he wasn’t going to lie to her. They weren’t going to start out that way, not after his big fuckin’ speech. “Because that asshole Thompson wasn’t going to lay a finger on you. I knew I could stop him.”
“Why would you marry me, Master?” Ambrie persisted, her voice soft.

“Because I wanted you to belong to me. And you do. You’re mine. Your body and soul belong to me. Now I just need to win your heart. That’s going to be a little more difficult. I’ve never managed to win anyone’s heart. Not ever. I’ve got a big fuckin’ challenge in front of me.” He gave her that same faint smile that never reached his eyes because smiles in his world weren’t ever real.

Ambrielle’s small white teeth bit down on the side of her lower lip and chewed at the mark he’d put there. The tip of her tongue touched it as if soothing the bite. “You really married me because you wanted me? Why?”

He let out his breath. For the first time he wanted to laugh. Really laugh. “Look at you, woman. You’re so fucking beautiful it hurts. And you’re pure class. The way you move, the way you talk. You look like something out of a magazine. You’re smart. You can actually think for yourself and you’re not afraid to look me in the eye when you’re pissed at me. I could go on, but it doesn’t matter. A man like me doesn’t stand a chance with a woman like you. I approach you in a bar and ask to buy you a drink, you’d tell me to fuck off.”

Those strangely colored eyes drifted over his face and then down his bare chest. She shook her head slowly. “You’re the first man in my entire life I’ve ever been physically attracted to.” Her smile curved her full lips, drawing attention to the mark he’d put on her. His mark. “I saw you and the chemistry was off the charts, even when I knew I was going to have to kill you. It was such a shame. Then you kissed me, and you melted my panties off. I would have taken the drink in the bar. I probably would have gone home with you if we made it that far. That’s how classy I am.”

She could make his cock hard just talking about her panties melting off. Shit. He was acting like a teenager without the least bit of control. His jeans weren’t even halfway buttoned and already the material was too damned tight. You’d think he hadn’t seen any action in years.

“Tell me what you need from me. What kind of marriage did you envision when you thought about it?”

Her gaze dropped to the front of his jeans and her breathing changed. He kept back the grin of pure satisfaction. His princess liked his body, especially his cock. He hoped she had no inhibitions when it came to sex, because he didn’t have any.

“I always thought I’d find a man who loves me, but things change, you know. I can accept that.”

He didn’t know what the hell love was, and they’d just met. It wasn’t as if he could reassure her. But he would do his best to give her a good life with him. “I’ll do right by you.” That was the best he could give her. “Keep talking, princess, what do you want out of our marriage? What kind of life are you looking for?”

If she kept looking at his cock with hunger in her eyes and that little tongue of hers kept darting out and moistening her lips until they were wet and gleaming, he was going to palm the back of her head and bring her mouth right where it belonged. There wasn’t going to be time for any more talking.

Excerpted from Recovery Road by Christine Feehan Copyright © 2023 by Christine Feehan. Excerpted by permission of Berkley. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

Torpedo Ink

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Sunday Spotlight: January 2023

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About Christine Feehan

Christine Feehan Author

I live on the beautiful Northern California coast and draw much inspiration from the beauty around me. I've always been a writer, for as long as I remember. My sisters were forced to read all of my books from the time I could write a story on paper.

I love family. I love my brothers and sisters, my children, my grandchildren and my great grandchildren. My home was always full of kids and children give me so much joy.

I also love my "sisters of the heart", those friends who have supported me through my life, laughed with me, cried with me and loved me regardless of how crazy my life got. I am a strong supporter of women helping each other which is why I became a third degree black belt and taught self-defense to women who'd been abused.

I love people and dogs, good books and great coffee and I'm lucky to know just how blessed I am.


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Monthly Reads: December 2022

Posted January 19, 2023 by Holly in Features, Giveaways | 5 Comments

It’s a new month so we’re back with a list of our Monthly Reads to share with each of you. This is where you’ll see what each of us has read and what our favorite books and our least favorite books of the month are. Check it out.

Casee

I didn’t read much last month. The holidays took everything out of me.

Devil’s Daughter (The Ravenels #5) by Lisa Kleypas (audio) | 4.25 out of 5
Breaking Fate (Fallen Guardians #2) by Georgia Lyn Hunter | 4.25 out of 5
Guardian Unraveled (Fallen Guardians #3) by Georgia Lyn Hunter | 4 out of 5
Devil in Disguise (The Ravenels #7) by Lisa Kleypas (audio) | 3.75 out of 5
Heart’s Inferno (Fallen Guardians #4) by Georgia Lyn Hunter | 4.5 out of 5
Shattered Dawn (Fallen Guardians #5) by Georgia Lyn Hunter | 4.25 out of 5
Hunter Avenged (Forgotten Brotherhood #6) by N.J. Walters | 3.5 out of 5
Recovery Road (Torpedo Ink #8) by Christine Feehan | 4 out of 5
Smoke and Steel (Wild West MC #2) by Kristen Ashley | 1 out of 5

My least favorite book was definitely Smoke and Steel by Kristen Ashley. I just kept expecting it to get better & it never did. Very disappointing.

Holly

I haven’t had time to read lately. Work is kicking my ass.

One Fell Sweep (Innkeeper Chronicles #3) by Ilona Andrews | 4.5 out of 5
Repeat (Larsen Bros #1) by Kylie Scott | 4.5 out of 5
The Mistletoe Kisser (Blue Moon #8) by Lucy Score | 4 out of 5
In a Jam by Kate Canterbary | 3.75 out of 5
Magic Tides (Kate Daniels: The Wilmington Years #1) by Ilona Andrews | 4.5 out of 5
The Christmas Fix by Lucy Score | 3.75 out of 5
Heart of Hope by Lucy Score | 2.5 out of 5
Holiday Hexes (Winter Witches of Holiday Haven #3) by JL Collins | 3 out of 5

My favorite book of the month was Magic Tides by Ilona Andrews.

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Monthly Reads: November 2022

Posted December 5, 2022 by Casee in Features, Giveaways | 8 Comments

It’s a new month so we’re back with a list of our Monthly Reads to share with each of you. This is where you’ll see what each of us has read and what our favorite books and our least favorite books of the month are. Check it out.

Casee

I read & listened to a lot of books in November. It makes me happy.

Sentinel of Darkness (Darkness #7.5) by Katie Reus | 3 out of 5
Guardian of Darkness (Darkness #7) by Katie Reus | 4 out of 5
Devil in Winter (Wallflowers #3)(audio)(reread) by Lisa Kleypas | 4.75 out of 5
A Very Dragon Christmas (Darkness #7.6) by Katie Reus | 4 out of 5
Darkness Rising (Darkness #8) by Katie Reus | 4.5 out of 5
Devil in Spring (The Ravenels #3)(audio) by Lisa Kleypas | 4.5 out of 5
Kiss of Fire (Dragonfire #1) by Deborah Cooke | 3 out of 5
Garrett’s Destiny (Dark Protectors #15)(reread) by Rebecca Zanetti | 4.5 out of 5
Edison (The Navesink Bank Henchmen #10) by Jessica Gadziala | 3 out of 5
Dream Chaser (Dream Team #2) by Kristen Ashley | DNF
Hello Stranger (The Ravenels #4)(audio) by Lisa Kleypas | 4.25 out of 5
Prince of Fire (4 Princes #1) by Riley Storm | DNF
Darkness Undone (Warlords of Empyrea #1) by Georgia Lyn Hunter | 3.75 out of 5

My favorite book(s) of the month were Darkness Rising (Darkness #8) by Katie Reus and Devil in Spring (The Ravenels #3) by Lisa Kleypas on audio. My least favorite was Dream Chaser (Dream Team #2) by Kristen Ashley.

Holly

I didn’t have a lot of time to read this month.

The Last Dragon (Kings of Avalier #1) by Leia Stone | 3.5 out of 5
The House Witch (The House Witch #1) by Delemach | 3.75 out of 5
The House That Walked Between Worlds (Uncertain Sanctuary #1) by Jenny Schwartz | 3.75 out of 5
House in Hiding (Uncertain Sanctuary #2) by Jenny Schwartz | 3.5 out of 5
The House That Fought Back (Uncertain Sanctuary #3) by Jenny Schwartz | 3.75 out of 5
Any House in a Storm (Hidden Sanctuary #1) by Jenny Schwartz | 3.75 out of 5
Dance with the Devil (Mercenary Librarians #3) by Kit Rocha (audio) | 4 out of 5
Crowbones (The Others #8) by Anne Bishop (audio) | 4.25 out of 5
Clean Sweep (Innkeeper Chronicles #1) by Ilona Andrews (audio) (reread) | 4.5 out out of 5
Sweep in Peace (Innkeeper Chronicles #2) by Ilona Andrews (audio) (reread) | 4.25 out of 5
One Fell Sweep (Innkeeper Chronicles #3) by Ilona Andrews (audio) (reread) | 4.5 out out of 5
Sweep of the Blade (Innkeeper Chronicles #4) by Ilona Andrews (audio) (reread) | 4.5 out out of 5
White Hot (Hidden Legacy #2) by Ilona Andrews (audio) (reread) | 4.25 out of 5
Wildfire (Hidden Legacy #3) by Ilona Andrews (audio) (reread) | 4.5 out of 5

My favorite read of the month was Crowbones by Anne Bishop. It wasn’t my favorite book of the series, but it was a lovely read. Creepy and entertaining. My least favorite read of the month was House in Hiding by Jenny Schwartz. I didn’t dislike it, but I didn’t enjoy it as much as the other books in the series.

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Monthly Reads: November 2022

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