Friday, January 31, 2020

Shades of Wicked (Night Rebel, #1) & Wicked Bite (Night Rebel, #2) by Jeaniene Frost ~ Review


In this thrilling new Night Rebel series set in New York Times bestselling author Jeaniene Frost’s Night Huntress world, sexy and ruthless vampire Ian finally meets his match!

The Rule Breaker

Master vampire Ian is unrepentant, shameless…and every shade of wicked. He’s made one too many enemies in his two centuries of existence, including Dagon, a demon who now lays claim to his soul. Ian’s only chance to escape Dagon is to join forces with a Law Guardian, but he’s never been able to abide by the rules for long.

The Law Maker

Veritas’ normal role is police, judge and jury to reprobates like Ian. But she has her own ax to grind with Dagon, so if she can use Ian as bait…well, all’s fair in law and war. As they scour supernatural hotspots to perfect their trap, Veritas soon realizes Ian’s devil-may-care, roguish image hides something much more powerful. And Ian discovers that Veritas has shocking secrets of her own. As they’re drawn to each other with a passion as intense as their peril, either love or justice will prevail. But each will have devastating consequences…



Okay, I have to admit it.  This is the first book I've read by this author.  I know, it's nuts.  I love paranormal.  How have I not read this author before?  In my defense, I'm not a fan of multiple books about the same couple.  And that's what the Night Huntress series looked like.  I'm more of a companion book kinda girl.  I like a couple to be wrapped up in one book.  No long term angst.  But if I'd just tired one of her books, as my friends have all told me, I'd understand.  

I finally did.  But not the first book.  Night Rebel is a spin-off series of Night Huntress.  It does contain a lot of spoilers for the original series but can certainly be read stand alone.  The world is easy to follow and I never felt lost.  I just got details of previous books.  That's okay.  I've already started reading the first book in Night Huntress.  This one was that good.  Even spoiled, I want to read the original series.

Ian.

Yeah, I can see what all the fuss is about.  He's the bad boy of this vampire world.  A man whore with some of the best one liners I've ever heard.  I admit to not being found of him in the first few  chapters.  He's a bit of a sod, as he would say.  I found myself annoyed with him.  But then I fell for him.  He's so adorable as he falls for Veritas.  And he does fall.  She may not believe it but it was clear to me.

As for Veritas, I liked her right away.  Yeah, she's a law guardian and enforces the rules but she is so much more.  She hides behind that status and it's a great place to keep her very huge secrets safe.  Both Ian and Veritas have reason to work together.  Dagon has claim on Ian's soul and Veritas has her own reasons for wanting Dagon dead.  But that demon is not so easy to kill.  These two pull out all the stops to try and kill Dagon and end up discovering some pretty hot chemistry.

The ending was a jerk.  Not really a cliff hanger but close.  I was so glad I had book two ready to pick up the story.  But it fit, this ending.  Nothing is too easy.  Doesn't matter what Veritas' secrets are or how hard Ian tries to prepare, nothing goes right.  I was left shaken at the end and applauding this author.

If you already know how good this author is, then you will definitely want to start this spin-off series.  But if you're like me and have no idea, I suggest you give it a try.  Jeaniene Frost is a master at the paranormal romance world.  I'll be reading much more of her books in the future.

                                             



In the newest Night Rebel novel, set in New York Times bestselling author Jeaniene Frost's Night Huntress world, beautiful, daring vampire Veritas risks all to protect Ian...
Some promises are meant to be broken...
Veritas spent most of her life as a vampire Law Guardian. Now, she's about to break every rule by secretly hunting down the dark souls that were freed in order to save Ian. But the risks are high. For if she gets caught, she could lose her job. And catching the sinister creatures might cost Veritas her own life.

Some vows are forever...
Ian's memories might be fragmented, but this master vampire isn't about to be left behind by the woman who entranced him, bound herself to him, and then disappeared. So what if demons, other Law Guardians, and dangerous, otherworldly forces stand against them? Come hell or high water, Ian intends to remind Veritas of the burning passion between them, because she is the only person seared on his mind--and his soul...



Oh my goodness, I couldn't start this book soon enough.  I was so upset about how Shades of Wicked ended.  This couple needs to be together and I was not pleased that they weren't.

Nothing went their way in the first book.  All the planning in the world still ended up blowing up in their face.  So this time, they took a different route.  Well, they did after Ian chased Veritas down and demanded she faces their relationship.  That was just adorable.  Though I will admit that I wanted to drop kick Veritas a few times.  She needs to NEVER keep a secret from Ian again.  Every time she does, it blows up in her face.  

I had no idea where this was going.  It felt like riding a roller coaster and holding on for dear life.  Again, nothing was easy for this couple.  They had a great plan but, alas, Dagon is one hard guy to kill.  I was really surprised by his last play.  And so very proud of Veritas.

I loved where this one was heading but then it took a strange turn setting up another book.  I have begun to see just have crafty this author is.  She has this couple together yet threatened by something outside of themselves.  They must work together to overcome it.  And thus I have learned that multiple books about the same couple can and do work very well.  

The good news for me, is I can go back and read all the Jeanine Frost books I've missed along the way.  See there is a happy in me thinking I didn't want to read more than one book about the same couple.  Yep.  Lots of books to dig into.

This books is amazing.  I thoroughly enjoyed it.  And I'm now waiting for book three, Wicked All Night.  If you are already a Jeaniene Frost fan (how very smart of you), then don't wait on this one any longer.  It's just that good.  If you haven't read her yet, don't wait either.  Dig in, the pages are perfection.

                                             

Celebrating 9 Years Stuck In Books ~ Day 31 Giveaway


Another new year, another anniversary to celebrate...

It's been 9 YEARS of Stuck In Books!!

Y'all know how we like to celebrate around here--GIVEAWAYS! 

We'll have a new giveaway every day this month, so be sure to stop by and celebrate with us!

Day 31


A Curse So Dark and Lonely (Cursebreakers, #1)Fall in love, break the curse.
It once seemed so easy to Prince Rhen, the heir to Emberfall. Cursed by a powerful enchantress to repeat the autumn of his eighteenth year over and over, he knew he could be saved if a girl fell for him. But that was before he learned that at the end of each autumn, he would turn into a vicious beast hell-bent on destruction. That was before he destroyed his castle, his family, and every last shred of hope.

Nothing has ever been easy for Harper Lacy. With her father long gone, her mother dying, and her brother barely holding their family together while constantly underestimating her because of her cerebral palsy, she learned to be tough enough to survive. But when she tries to save someone else on the streets of Washington, DC, she's instead somehow sucked into Rhen's cursed world.

Break the curse, save the kingdom.

A prince? A monster? A curse? Harper doesn't know where she is or what to believe. But as she spends time with Rhen in this enchanted land, she begins to understand what's at stake. And as Rhen realizes Harper is not just another girl to charm, his hope comes flooding back. But powerful forces are standing against Emberfall . . . and it will take more than a broken curse to save Harper, Rhen, and his people from utter ruin.

In a lush, contemporary fantasy retelling of Beauty and the Beast, Brigid Kemmerer gives readers another compulsively readable romance perfect for fans of Marissa Meyer.




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Thursday, January 30, 2020

Kiss the Stars by A.L. Jackson ~ Cover Reveal & Giveaway

Kiss the Stars
A Falling Stars stand-alone romance from A.L. Jackson
Coming March 5th


Cover: LJ Designs
Photo: Michelle Lancaster
Model: Chase Mattson



DETAILS: 
TITLE: KISS THE STARS
RELEASE DATE: MARCH 5TH, 2020


Synopsis


A Falling Stars STAND-ALONE NOVEL from NYT & USA Today Bestselling Author, A.L. Jackson . . .


A single mother.
An up-and-coming drummer with a sordid past.
Their paths never should have crossed.
But when a senseless crime rocks Mia West’s entire world, she agrees to spend the summer hiding out at her rock-star brother’s mansion in Savannah until the storm blows over.
What she never expected was the gorgeous, brooding drummer living in the guest house.
His darkness a lure.
His gaze a trap.
She knows better than to go after what will hurt her most.
Leif Godwin has two focuses in his life: his band, Carolina George, and seeking retribution for what was stolen from him.
Mia was never supposed to be a part of the equation.
Her eyes an appeal.
Her body a temptation.
Touching her is nothing but a sin.
But will loving her destroy them all . . .


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A.L. Jackson is the New York Times & USA Today Bestselling author of contemporary romance. She writes emotional, sexy, heart-filled stories about boys who usually like to be a little bit bad.

Her bestselling series include THE REGRET SERIES, CLOSER TO YOU, BLEEDING STARS, FIGHT FOR ME, and CONFESSIONS OF THE HEART novels. Watch out for her upcoming stand-alone, KISS THE STARS, releasing March 5th.

If she’s not writing, you can find her hanging out by the pool with her family, sipping cocktails with her friends, or of course with her nose buried in a book.

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Swoon Thursday ~ 1/30/20



Who doesn't LOVE a good swoon?!  We love them for sure!  Check out our swoon below and then add to the fun.

Post anything that made you swoon, past or present read.  Include the cover, blurb and links.  Please no spoilers.









#1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan pushes the limits in her next novel in the Torpedo Ink series.

Isaak “Ice” Koval is on a club mission when he sees a woman who stops him dead in his tracks. Soleil is a sweet, sexy, girl-next-door type. She’s an innocent who should be nowhere near the rough-and-ready world of the Torpedo Ink motorcycle club. But Ice knows Soleil belongs with him—and he’ll do whatever it takes to keep her.

After a life of drifting from one thing to the next, Soleil Brodeur is determined to take control of her life. When her breakup with her manipulative fiancé turns ugly, Soleil searches out the stranger who offered her a lifeline and ends up in a Las Vegas biker bar where she meets a gorgeous, dangerous man straight out of her most secret fantasies.

High on adrenaline, she finds herself falling faster than she thought possible. But Soleil knows little about the territory she’s stumbled into, and even less about what it really means to be Ice’s woman.…



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Swoon...

Ice thought she was the sexiest woman he'd ever seen.  He loved walking into the bar with her, watching the faces of the bikers who were drinking and partying in true biker fashion.  One by one they turned their heads and took in his sexy, elegant woman, who had eyes only for him.  He stopped in the middle of the room, caught her to him and kissed the hell out of her. (Page 143)
Yeah, definitely like Ice.  What about you?  Have you read this one yet? 



That's our swoon this week!  What about you?  Leave us a comment & a link.




Celebrating 9 Years Stuck In Books ~ Day 30 Giveaway


Another new year, another anniversary to celebrate...

It's been 9 YEARS of Stuck In Books!!

Y'all know how we like to celebrate around here--GIVEAWAYS! 

We'll have a new giveaway every day this month, so be sure to stop by and celebrate with us!

Day 30





Inside a prestigious law firm, a rookie lawyer is pulled into a dark maze of lies and violence.

An ambitious Stanford graduate, David Adams has begun a fast-track career at Austin’s most prestigious law firm. It’s a personal victory for the rising superstar—a satisfying reversal from his impoverished and despairing childhood. Now he has the life he’s always wanted: an extravagant salary, a high-rise condo, a luxury SUV, and no limit to how far he can go in the eyes of the top partners.

But after the shocking suicide of a fellow associate—one who, in his final hours, offered David an ominous warning—he feels the pull of powerful forces behind the corporation’s enviable trappings. The suicide leads unexpectedly to David’s discovery of a secret enclave of the city’s homeless, where he can’t help but feel an affinity to these outcast souls. Nor can he ignore the feeling that they hold the key to the truth behind a dark conspiracy.

When one of his new street friends is murdered, David’s clear doubts about his employer start shifting into a dark reality. Now torn between two worlds, David must surrender all that he’s achieved to fight for a larger cause of justice—and become his firm’s most dangerous acquisition.

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

To Seduce A Fae by Mila Young ~ Excerpt & Giveaway


To Seduce a Fae
Mila Young
(Winter’s Thorn #1)
Publication date: January 28th 2020
Genres: Adult, Fantasy, Paranormal, Romance
Luther is the most beautiful of my captors. Still I hate him more than the others. I hate him so much that the darkness inside me comes alive.
When I started university and moved out of my foster parents’ home, I hoped everything would change. That the nightmares, the visions, the voices would stop, but they got worse.
Then three of the most dangerously stunning fae crashed into my life.
Intoxicating eyes.
Devilish lips.
Dangerous intentions.
They insist I belong with them in the Wandering Realm. A place where love is lost, where war is brewing between two realms, and where the once powerful royals are being hunted down and slaughtered.
I’m their savior they say, but there are no saviors amid monsters. These princes who are tasked to keep me safe are keeping secrets of their own. Secrets that will kill me.
So, how am I meant to rid the realm of evil when I feel the dark spreading through my veins?


EXCERPT:

I shake so hard, my hands curling into balls. “They could have killed you.”
“I told you to stay in the room,” he reprimands me.
“Right. And if I had obeyed your stupid command, you’d be dead. Then what?”
“You coming out here could have gotten you killed,” he roars, his cheeks flushing with anger. Fingers squeeze my arms tight as he holds me so close, so damn hard. “I want to spank your ass for pulling that shit out there.”
We stare each other down, and that burning fire in my chest explodes. All I see are those full lips, the look in his eyes drowning in need. “Let me go!” I yell.
Instead, he angles closer, and my body responds instantly. Our mouths clash and our kiss is primal and chaotic. Teeth and lips and hands everywhere. I rake through his hair, fisting it, wrenching him closer. I bite down on his lip, and sweet, metallic blood lingers on my tongue. My hands seize his collar, and I’m hauling him against me. I’ve been dreaming of kissing him since seeing him in the bar, and now this is actually happening.
I may hate him so much, but I want him even more.
Strong hands grasp my hips and he has me in his arms and off my feet so fast, it takes me off guard. I clasp my legs around his hips and he pins me to the side of the car, kissing me with the hunger of a wolf.



Author Bio:
Bestselling Author, Mila Young tackles everything with the zeal and bravado of the fairytale heroes she grew up reading about. She slays monsters, real and imaginary, like there's no tomorrow. By day she rocks a keyboard as a marketing extraordinaire. At night she battles with her might pen-sword, creating fairytale retellings, and sexy ever after tales. In her spare time, she loves pretending she's a mighty warrior, cuddling up with her cats, and devouring every fantasy tale she can get a hold of.



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Celebrating 9 Years Stuck In Books ~ Day 29 Giveaway


Another new year, another anniversary to celebrate...

It's been 9 YEARS of Stuck In Books!!

Y'all know how we like to celebrate around here--GIVEAWAYS! 

We'll have a new giveaway every day this month, so be sure to stop by and celebrate with us!

Day 29


The Hazel Wood (The Hazel Wood, #1)Seventeen-year-old Alice and her mother have spent most of Alice’s life on the road, always a step ahead of the uncanny bad luck biting at their heels. But when Alice’s grandmother, the reclusive author of a cult-classic book of pitch-dark fairy tales, dies alone on her estate, the Hazel Wood, Alice learns how bad her luck can really get: Her mother is stolen away―by a figure who claims to come from the Hinterland, the cruel supernatural world where her grandmother's stories are set. Alice's only lead is the message her mother left behind: “Stay away from the Hazel Wood.”

Alice has long steered clear of her grandmother’s cultish fans. But now she has no choice but to ally with classmate Ellery Finch, a Hinterland superfan who may have his own reasons for wanting to help her. To retrieve her mother, Alice must venture first to the Hazel Wood, then into the world where her grandmother's tales began―and where she might find out how her own story went so wrong.





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Waiting On Wednesday ~ 1/29/20


This is our version of Waiting on Wednesday but with more cuddles, books we can't wait to cuddle for various reasons.

What are we waiting on this week?  THIS!



A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a summer-long challenge that may just upend everything they believe about happily ever afters.

Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author of literary fiction. January Andrews writes bestselling romance. When she pens a happily ever after, he kills off his entire cast.

They're polar opposites.

In fact, the only thing they have in common is that for the next three months, they're living in neighboring beach houses, broke, and bogged down with writer's block.

Until, one hazy evening, one thing leads to another and they strike a deal designed to force them out of their creative ruts: Augustus will spend the summer writing something happy, and January will pen the next Great American Novel. She'll take him on field trips worthy of any rom-com montage, and he'll take her to interview surviving members of a backwoods death cult (obviously). Everyone will finish a book and no one will fall in love. Really.


Okay, I'm a sucker for books about writers.  This one sounds interesting.  Who can resist romance a writer trying to write murder and the reverse.  Hehe.  What do you think?


That’s what we’re waiting on this week! What do you think? What are you waiting on? Leave us a comment and link us up!


Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Stuck In Books Featured Releases & Giveaway



From Berkley...



#1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan pushes the limits in her next novel in the Torpedo Ink series.

Isaak “Ice” Koval is on a club mission when he sees a woman who stops him dead in his tracks. Soleil is a sweet, sexy, girl-next-door type. She’s an innocent who should be nowhere near the rough-and-ready world of the Torpedo Ink motorcycle club. But Ice knows Soleil belongs with him—and he’ll do whatever it takes to keep her.

After a life of drifting from one thing to the next, Soleil Brodeur is determined to take control of her life. When her breakup with her manipulative fiancé turns ugly, Soleil searches out the stranger who offered her a lifeline and ends up in a Las Vegas biker bar where she meets a gorgeous, dangerous man straight out of her most secret fantasies.

High on adrenaline, she finds herself falling faster than she thought possible. But Soleil knows little about the territory she’s stumbled into, and even less about what it really means to be Ice’s woman.…





From Avon...

In the newest Night Rebel novel, set in New York Times bestselling author Jeaniene Frost's Night Huntress world, beautiful, daring vampire Veritas risks all to protect Ian...

Some promises are meant to be broken...

Veritas spent most of her life as a vampire Law Guardian. Now, she's about to break every rule by secretly hunting down the dark souls that were freed in order to save Ian. But the risks are high. For if she gets caught, she could lose her job. And catching the sinister creatures might cost Veritas her own life.

Some vows are forever...

Ian's memories might be fragmented, but this master vampire isn't about to be left behind by the woman who entranced him, bound herself to him, and then disappeared. So what if demons, other Law Guardians, and dangerous, otherworldly forces stand against them? Come hell or high water, Ian intends to remind Veritas of the burning passion between them, because she is the only person seared on his mind--and his soul...


From Harlequin...

Toni Blake returns with the most emotional, tender novel yet in her enchanting Summer Island series.

Suzanne Quinlan has been through a lot lately, so nothing sounds better than a peaceful winter in her cozy cottage on Summer Island. The last thing she wants is a massive lifestyle adjustment — especially when it comes in the form of an injured Zack Sheppard, who is sullen, angry and completely dependent on her.

Zack values his independence above all else. But when he falls down his icy steps, he finds himself with a serious leg injury and in need of round-the-clock care. The only person available to help is his ex’s best friend, Suzanne. It doesn’t hurt that Suzanne is far more attractive than he ever realised, but he’s never been one to settle, and he sure isn’t going to start now.

As Suzanne and Zack grow closer, they both realise they’re in this thing more deeply than they ever thought, and it’s started to cause tension in their small, close-knit community, too. Will Zack be able to commit this time, and will Suzanne be able to trust him? One thing is certain: come spring, the lives and loves of Summer Island will never be the same.


From St. Martin's Press...


In Cold River, sometimes forbidden love is the sweetest of them all...

Perennial good girl Amanda Kittredge knows that her longtime crush on Brady Everett was never really supposed to go anywhere. But when Brady comes home to Cold River during Amanda's first attempt at independence, well, who better to teach her about rebellion than her older brother's bad-boy best friend?

Brady's plans did not include being forced to work the family homestead for a year--and yet, here he is. And, to make matters worse, his best friend's innocent little sister is making a menace of herself in the most grown-up, tempting ways. When Amanda begs Brady to teach her about men, he knows he should refuse. But could Brady's greatest temptation be his salvation?










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