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Guest Reviews are Posted

Posted March 5, 2009 by Tracy in Reviews | 0 Comments

Head on over to The Book Binge and check out two of my reviews!

Life’s Breath by Nancy Wald
The prince usually saves the girl but can the girl save the prince? Fifteen years ago, sorceress Arlana created something evil. It now threatens to destroy the kingdom she calls home. To defeat it, she must fulfill her destiny. Not only does the future of the realm hang in the balance, so does the life of her beloved Prince Garrett.

Magic, treachery and loyalty gives Prince Garrett reason to doubt, to resist…and love Arlana. When she asks him to set honor aside and tie his blood with hers, can he sort through the scars left on his heart and accept the obstinate sorceress? Is love enough to save a kingdom in crisis?

Seducing a Scottish Bride by Sue-Ellen Welfonder

Lady Gelis MacKenzie, one of the most desirable heiresses in the Highlands, yearns for love. When a vision shows her a darkly seductive man, she knows she’s seen her future betrothed. But when she finally meets the handsome stranger, she finds a man who has endured more than any warrior can bear. She must use all her wiles to convince him that love is worth any challenge.

With his dashing good looks and smoldering eyes, Ronan MacRuari, known as the Raven, is every woman’s dream. Yet with his late wife newly buried and the MacRuari curse haunting him, he weds only to satisfy his clan. Refusing to believe in curses, Gelis trusts the magic of her second sight. As she kisses away the Raven’s doubts, she unleashes a torrent of desire. Yet Ronan knows that loving Gelis places her in mortal danger. Soon he’ll fight dangerous forces to protect her as only a Highlander can — with his whole heart, his honor, and his life….

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Guest Review: Life’s Breath by Nancy Wald

Posted March 4, 2009 by Book Binge Guest Blogger in Reviews | 2 Comments

Guest Review: Life’s Breath by Nancy WaldReviewer: Tracy
Life's Breath by Nancy Wald
Publisher: Lyrical Press
Publication Date: February 16, 2009
Format: eARC
Genres: Historical Romance, Paranormal Romance
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three-half-stars

Fifteen years ago, sorceress Arlana created something evil. It now threatens to destroy the kingdom she calls home. To defeat it, she must fulfill her destiny. Not only does the future of the realm hang in the balance, so does the life of her beloved Prince Garrett.

Magic, treachery and loyalty gives Prince Garrett reason to doubt, to resist…and love Arlana. When she asks him to set honor aside and tie his blood with hers, can he sort through the scars left on his heart and accept the obstinate sorceress?
Is love enough to save a kingdom in crisis?

Arlana was found by a knight when she was 4 years old and when no one claimed her he raised her as her own. She is now a sorceress, unbeknownst to any, and helps her king during times of war. She has seen the demise of the kingdom and must do everything in her power to stop it.

Garrett, the prince, has returned from 5 years at war and is seeing Arlana in a new light – considering she’s now 19 instead of a gangly 14 year old. He’s not sure what he’s feeling for her but he wants to spend more and more time with her.

When Arlana tells Garrett and his best friend Logan about her powers and what she has seen in her crystal ball they make a plan to save the king and his kingdom. What Arlana hasn’t told anyone is that in order to save the kingdom she must die so that the evil Wizard’s Life’s Breath will be pulled from him.

Arlana has fallen in love with Garrett but knows they can never be together. She is willing to sacrifice all for her love for him. But will she really have to sacrifice or will Garrett be the one who needs to change in order for their lives to continue?

This was a great little novella. I was pulled into it after reading the prologue and didn’t want to put it down until it was done. I was anxious to see how Arlana was going to save the kingdom and I really wanted to know how things turned out with Garrett. For a story that wasn’t a full length novel the characters were well done and I felt as if I knew Arlana well by the end.

Rating: 3.5 out of 5

 

three-half-stars


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What I’ve Been Reading This Week

Posted March 2, 2009 by Tracy in Features | 10 Comments

Hey folks! Another week has gone by – and actually a whole other month. Where does the time go?

Life in Sunny So. Cal is just going along pretty well. My youngest did another poetry recital this past week – again not letting me record her (she really needs to stop that). I think she was less confident about this one. It was about Abraham Lincoln and it was 4 stanza’s 4 lines to each stanza – wow. It had words she didn’t even know and were hard for her to remember – poverty, slavery, Civil War (she kept saying silva war ;)) but she did well. She said she had to be prompted a little on the last stanza when she was doing it in class – but of the 6 kids who “recited” this week she was the only one who didn’t read it so I was pretty damned proud of her.

My oldest is doing well. We’ve temporarily stopped the tutoring which is sad (husband’s job is crazy). She’s improved tremendously though and it was well worth the money spent. Hopefully we can get her back in when life settles down a bit. Her big news this week (she wanted to make sure I wrote this) was that she got her bangs cut. lol Isn’t that cute? She’s crazy. We started growing them out when she was 4 so she doesn’t really remember ever having them. She loves them! I think she looks younger with the bangs – she insists she looks older – yay, just what I need. lol

I also went to the Bookstore today for the first time in almost a month (holy cow!) and bought 4 more books. Dear God they’re starting to take over my office! lol My hubby just rolled his eyes. Hey – if you don’t want me to buy books don’t buy me a Borders gift card! 🙂

So on to what I read this week:

First up was The Commander’s Desire by Jennette Green. Jennette randomly befriended me on myspace and I went to check out her page. This is her first published book (from what I can tell) and on a whim I decided to purchase it. I’m so glad I did. This was a great book that takes place in the Middle Ages. A king who is trying to take over another kingdom sends his sister to marry their king. Only the king doesn’t want a wife and gives her to his Commander – a huge, scarred man with a bent/broken nose. The problem is the sister is there under false pretenses and is supposed to murder the Commander – which she is willing to do because she hates him for killing her older brother. What happens between the two kingdoms as well as the romance that blooms between the sister and the Commander was well done. I was completely captivated and didn’t want to put my ereader down for a moment. I did, but quickly picked it up at the next possible moment. I’m looking forward to any other books Jennette comes out with.


Next I read books 2 and 3 in the Tall, Dark and Dangerous series by Suzanne Brockmann, Forever Blue and Frisco’s Kid. I have to say I’m really liking the series. The books are category short so there’s not a ton of story there but what is there is great. I particularly liked Forever Blue. I thought the banter and coming together of Blue and Lucy was very sweet.
In Frisco’s Kid Frisco is just a pain in the ass and feeling sorry for himself but the way that Mia and Natasha bring him around was pretty cool. This was one book where I didn’t mind seeing the hero cry. Oh and I love the cover there to the right. Humina, humina love those arms! 🙂


Seducing a Scottish Bride by Sue-Ellen Wolfender was my first read by this author. I read this one for The Book Binge so watch for my review over there. I’ll try to let you know when it posts.


Life’s Breath by Nancy Wald was a novella I also read for TBB so again, keep your eye out for the review.


I started Crate and Peril by J.D. Warren but just couldn’t get into the story after 5 chapters. It may have to do with the fact that I felt like I was missing stuff not having read book 1 in this series (which I didn’t know existed until I was completely annoyed and looked it up). Has anyone read this series and if so would you recommend reading book 1?


Sweet Release by Pamela Clare was my next read. Nikki had given me this trilogy a while back and I just hadn’t picked it up. Silly Tracy. This was a great book. An English shipping magnate who is kidnapped and shipped off to the Colonies under the guise of him being a “defiler and ravisher of women”. A woman who is running her father’s plantation buys the convict’s indentured servitude evne though he’s almost dead by the time he gets to America. Will the man who is supposedly a rapist be able to clear his name and can he resist the plantation owners daughter? I loved the characters and the story equally. I read this one pretty quickly as I was so engrossed in the story. I’ll definitely be picking up book two sooner rather than later.


Last up was Too Good To Be True by Kristan Higgins. I hadn’t decided until this moment to do a review on this book but I feel one coming on. lol Yes, I’m thinking I’ll post it Tuesday.

Have you read any of these books and if so what did you think?

Happy reading!


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