Tag: Jill Monroe

Review: Lord of Rage by Jill Monroe

Posted September 23, 2011 by Tracy in Reviews | 4 Comments

Princess Breena had been dreaming of her warrior lover when she was ripped from her Elden castle and thrown into a strange, dangerous realm. Lost and alone, she prayed for survival and vengeance for her stolen kingdom. She found both in a woodland cottage…in a dark bear of a man.

The golden-haired beauty had eaten his food and slept in his bed when Osborn found her. Though he wanted to awaken his virgin princess to carnal pleasures, Breena wanted more—including his warrior skills. Skills the once-legendary mercenary had long buried. Now Osborn had a choice—risk his life or deny his princess her fairy-tale ending.

Princess Breena has been dreaming of a man for months. She loves falling asleep and opening her mind to this warrior that she can only visit while dreaming. When her family’s castle is attacked she is thinking how she would love to have her warrior by her side when she suddenly is transported away from the castle.

She ends up in Ursa far away from her homeland. She sees no one for days and is tired, hurt and hungry. She comes upon a cottage and though no one is home they have food and a bed – which she takes advantage of.

Osborn is shocked when he finds a woman sleeping in his bed – and even more shocked when he finds it’s his dream woman. He thought she was just a figment of his imagination but here she is, in the flesh. He knows immediately that he can’t be distracted by her and knows she must leave his home. The pair end up making a deal though and the longer Breen stays the more he wants her to stay.

I really liked man things about this book. I loved how it was taken after the fairy tale of Goldilocks and the three bears. That tale never gets enough air time in my opinion! Lol I also very much liked how the author gave Breena a couple of different connections that would both draw them together and possibly push them apart. There was great tension, hot lovin and some sweet romance in the story that really made it a good read.

I have to say I am a bit disappointed, once again, in the fact that nothing happened with seeking vengeance on the Blood Sorcerer who is the villain who attacked their home. The two things that were implanted in all the four children before they were sent away was “avenge” and “survive”. We’ve seen two of the children survive but nothing about avenging. I really hope that we get more info about this in book 3 and don’t have to wait until book 4 to find out how they fight back.

I’m also quite curious about the timeline in this series. In book 1 Nicolai, the oldest brother, was gone for 20 years. In this story Breena was gone for maybe a couple of months if that. I can’t quite figure out how it’s all going to work as I can’t imagine Breena and her Beserker waiting 20 or more years. I guess I’ll just have to wait and see.

Rating: 3.75 out of 5


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What I Read Last Week

Posted September 19, 2011 by Tracy in Features | 4 Comments

Hi everyone!
I hope you had a great weekend. Mine was completely unexciting as I stayed home the whole weekend. My kids weren’t thrilled with that but whatcha gonna do when you have so much to do? IDK!
Since not much was going on in my life I’ll get right to the books. :0)

My first read of the week was a short by Missy Welsh called WHAT. This is a free read and pretty darned cute. It was about a guy who works in a tattoo studio and has a crush on his straight boss but there are some paranormal things going on. It’s a VERY short story and I would have loved to have known more but for the quickie it was it was pretty good. 3.5 out of 5

Next was another free story by Missy Welsh called You and a Billion Blue Tiles. I loved this one. It was about 2 kids – 1 who has lusted after the other for a darned long time. They have one night of lovin but it doesn’t end there. This was another short (not as short as the previous one) and it just had that something that clicked with me. I ended the book with a huge smile on my face and that’s always a good thing. 4.5 out of 5

The Taming of the Rake by Kasey Michaels was my next read. This was a really good story about a woman who goes to her brother’s archnemesis when said brother is going to marry her off to a religious fanatic. She knows that the man, who is a bastard son hates her brother because of a past incident with her sister and she hopes that he can be talked into marrying her to save her. The story is about their trip to Gretna Green, his family and their romance. I loved the personalities of the characters and their humor. This is the first in the series about the bastard brothers, The Blackthorn’s, and I will definitely be reading the next 2 books. 4.25 

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As much as I loved the book I wonder at who chose the title. The man, Beau Blackthorn, was in no way tamed during this book and he certainly wasn’t a rake. In fact it said at one point it stated how much he liked his quiet life since he’d returned from the war. Who comes up with these titles???

My Tracy’s TBR Challenge read for the week was Physical Therapy by Z.A. Maxfield. It’s a shame that I even let this one sit for longer than 3 months but I did. I really liked this story a lot. You can read my review of it here. 4.25 out of 5

Red by Kait Nolan was my next read and it was a good one too! This was a YA paranormal that had to do with werewolves/wolf shapeshifters. If you like YA and paranormal I definitely recommend this book. You can read my review here. 4.25 out of 5

Next up was Bride for a Night by Rosemary Rogers. This was the story of a woman who is the daughter of a wealthy man but he earned his money through trade and he is the son of a butcher – not a great lineage as far as the ton’s concerned. But Talia Dobson gets engaged anyway (her father bought her a fiancé) but he jilts her at the altar. The father then blackmail’s the man’s brother into marrying her instead – and he’s an Earl! The Earl, Andrew, sends Talia off to his country estate where she is then kidnapped by the French for overhearing traitorous information. Andrew heads to the rescue and during the course of the book the pair fall in love. It was a good story but it dragged a little in the middle – which is when they were trying to escape from the French so it really shouldn’t have. Overall pretty good. 3.5 out of 5

Sand and Water by Shae Connor was after that. One man, John was a widower but had been with men before. He had a daughter but it had been 5 years since his wife died. He meets Bryan who is in town helping his sister and her husband renovate their B & B. They have a connection and talk about a relationship but Bryan has residual issues with moving forward because of his previous relationship and what happened with that (and I’m not going to give you that spoiler!). I liked the concept in this book and though I liked the story I did have some issues with it. One was that I loved the characters but felt that the author didn’t get into both characters as much as she should have. It was told in 3rd person but we only got to see things from John’s point of view – rather than both men – and Bryan was the one who, in my opinion, had more serious issues. 3 out of 5

Lord of Rage by Jill Monroe is book 2 in the Royal House of Shadows series. This was Breena’s book. When her parents are attacked she’s sent off and ends up in Ursa which is the land of the Beserkers. She meets Osborn who is actually a man that she’s been dreaming about. He wants nothing to do with her – well not exactly true but he fights his feelings – and she wants his help. I’ll be posting my review on Friday so I’ll tell you more then.

Last for the week was Must Love Lycans by Michele Bardsley. This is book 8 in the Broken Heart Vampire series and takes place 8 years after the last book. Damien is in a clinic run by Kelsey and she thinks that he believes himself to be a werewolf – but he really is and he wants her as his mate. He bites her to claim her but instead of just claiming her it starts to turn her into a Lycan, which has never happened before. They must try to find a way to stop Kelsey from dying as she may not survive the change. It was a darker book than the previous ones I’ve read from this series. It still had humor but not quite as much as I think Damien was just a darker character. Read for The Book Binge. 3.75 out of 5

My Book Binge reviews that posted this past week:
*crickets chirping*
Happy Reading!


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Nora Roberts Does Author Talk

Posted August 15, 2008 by Holly in Discussions | 6 Comments

These videos are absolutely hilarious, but this one is probably the funniest yet. When Rosie and I had lunch last weekend (hee hee) she was telling me about it and I just had to share. That reminds me, I have something else to share with you that I got from my lunch with Rosie. I’ll do that tomorrow.

In the meantime..check it out.

Now check out Nora’s interview on Author Talk.

Check out more Author Talk videos here.


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