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Review: Tucker’s Fall (aka: My favorite Yet!)

Tucker’s Fall by Eliza Gayle
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

My favorite Eliza Gayle book yet. Loved the story, the setting, the characters. Especially Tucker. Just the right amount of BDSM for my taste. Can’t wait for the other stories in the Purgatory Masters series. Get on it EG!

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Book of the Week: Reclaiming Isis

Men don’t exist on planet PrimeC and machines are responsible for pleasuring and impregnating women. Isis can’t help but feel as if something is missing. When a poisonous gas warning sounds, she gets lost while rushing to evacuate and finds herself in the arms of a man. Not just any man. Tall. Wide. Dangerously handsome. And he insists that she belongs to him — and his best friend.

Warning: Reclaiming Isis includes hot sex machine lovin’, anal pleasure, a BBW, and two gorgeous men who make her dreams come true.

 

Just a little teaser to wet your appetite:

The grand hall smelled of sex and sweat. And fear. Bodies brushed against her. Heat crept up the back of her neck as she ran toward the light.

“Natacha?”Her friend didn’t answer.

Isis gulped back her fear and pushed on. One of her oldest memories was of an Octican scare. She’d been young. Some of her friends hadn’t made it to the ship in time. She tried reasoning with herself. In recent years the Octican warnings sounded when the level of Octican reached deadly levels on PrimeC. She silently prayed she’d have enough time to get on board. Once on a lifeship, they could wait until the levels returned to normal… she just had to get there.There had to be a shortcut. Her hand brushed a knob and she twisted it.

“Natacha!” Her friend still didn’t answer. Natacha had always been the faster runner. She was probably all the way to the end of the hallway by now. Isis worried her bottom lip for just a moment, wondering if she should take the shortcut.The voice over the speaker system thrust her into motion again.

“Octican warning. Octican warning. Please board the nearest lifeship.”

Isis slipped through the door and found herself in another hallway. Her eyes were finally adjusting to the dark, but the floor was freezing against her bare feet. Ahead, she saw the blazing red symbol for the ship pad. She paused, sighing with relief, then ran toward the glowing sign, every muscle in her body moving in perfect unison toward one goal: getting off this planet.

Her sore toe snagged on something and she pitched forward. Pain throbbed up her leg from the arch of her foot. “Oh!”

The warning bell continued its annoying blare overhead. With limbs heavy from the orgasm, the cold, and the exertion, Isis pushed on. Shivering, she focused on the glowing sign, concentrated on putting on foot in front of the other.

Her time wasn’t meant to end by suffocation and the explosion of her capillaries. She was supposed to be pregnant. A mother. A real woman.

Review: Deception Point (aka, someone had to say it)

Deception Point by Dan Brown
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Deception Point started off so good, but by page 400 I was ready for it to be over. Brown is a master of suspense, leaving the reader wanting to know what happens next. But the last 150 pages of this book struck me as a joke. That old saying: what else can go wrong? Brown just keeps piling it on. So the book went from a 4.5 star to a 3 star for me.

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Review of Stranded with a Cajun Werewolf

 

Crystal at Romancing  The Book:

“The author did a great job with the plot and I never felt I was missing out on anything, even though I haven’t read much of the series. I felt that it had a great flow. I enjoyed the characters. The way they pick and carry on just makes you laugh.”

10 Steps to Becoming a Better Writer – Infographic

As a writer, I am always looking for ways to improve on my writing whether that’s the actual writing or improving the frequency.  I love this infographic from Copyblogger with it’s simple idea for how to be a better writer.

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Surprising Darcy: Another Teaser

 

Aiden stopped next to the black and white cat on the arm of the sofa. Green-gold eyes squinted open and stared up at him. He gave Cookie a long stroke and then scratched under her chin. Cookie looked up at Darcy as if to say “Haha…I’m getting all the love.”  It was pathetic to be jealous of a feline. Really, it was…but she knew what it felt like to be petted and caressed by those masterful hands.

He pulled a small fuzzy mouse from his pocket and placed it between the cat’s front paws. “A little something to keep you occupied,” he said and straightened.

Yep, definitely perfect. She bit her tongue to keep from shouting “marry me now!”

He turned and gave her one of his trademark smiles. For a moment she wondered if she’d spoken out loud, but then he whispered “I have a surprise for you too,”and her insides went to mush.

“I like surprises,” she purred, letting her fingers walk up his chest.  At six feet tall, Aiden was God’s gift to womankind.  Golden blond hair, bright turquoise eyes, and a come- hither-smile that had women crawling over each other to get to him.  Whether he was in a suit, scrubs, or nothing but skin, he was breathtaking.  Trapping her hand under his, he made a sound somewhere between a growl and a groan. It reverberated through her blood, all the way to her toes. How could this man turn her on so quickly? So often?

Wrapping his hands around her rib cage, his thumbs grazed the side of her breasts and she fought for self control so she wouldn’t push herself into his hands.  She needed to play hard to get, at least occasionally.

The truth was she was putty in his hands. And he knew it.

“So,” she said, tearing herself away from him and his dreamy eyes.  She strode into the kitchen, letting her hips sway.  “What’s my surprise?” she asked, knowing he’d follow her.

 

New Year’s Eve Traditions – Infographics

I am always fascinated by the traditions of other cultures.  Here are some New Year’s Eve traditions from around the world.  What do you do on New Year’s Eve?

 

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Book of the Week: Surprising Darcy

 

Two months ago Darcy Evans had a little too much to drink and during a night of hot sex, admitted one of her most secret fantasies… to have two men at once. Today is her 29th birthday and her boyfriend Aiden Sinclair is ready to help her celebrate. In fact, he has a surprise in store that will make her fantasy a reality.

Warning: Includes two hunky males, a blindfold, decadent birthday cake, and a night of fantasy come to life.

 

Just a little teaser to wet your appetite:

Darcy Evans pulled her front door open and let her eyes rake over the handsome blond haired man leaning against the door frame. Her heart seemed to bounce around in her rib cage and her loneliness dissolved instantly.  His brilliant blue eyes sparkled down at her as a slow smile showed off that cute dimple on his left cheek. Perfect white teeth peeked out from behind the sensuous lips that played a starring role in many of her fantasies.

She smiled back, soaking in his presence. It was pathetic how much she’d missed him this past week. She should have gone out for drinks with her friends or something. Anything that would signify that she actually had a life outside of the kitchen and this incredible, seductive man.

He pulled a bouquet of pink flowers from behind his back.

“Happy Birthday.”

He remembered! Oh yes, he really was perfect. Her own father couldn’t be bothered to remember the day his daughter was born, but Aiden…Aiden came from a family that celebrated important events.

“Thank you!”  She accepted the bouquet and cuddled the flowers to her chest. Lilies. She inhaled deeply, letting the intoxicatingly sweet scent wash over her.  He stepped across the threshold, looking every bit the successful surgeon in his coal gray suit, and she raised her cheek for his kiss.

Aiden Sinclair had been her friend since they’d shared a wall two apartments ago.  They’d been lovers for the last three blissful months and for the past week he’d been in Houston for a medical conference. Even though he’d called her throughout the week, there was nothing quite like being in his arms, feeling his touch, his kiss.

He strode into her living room and she followed, admiring his easy movements. Some men would look restricted, uptight in a suit…but not him. His long legs gave him a sexy swagger. Sometimes she envisioned him as a heart stealing, treasure plundering pirate…maybe he was in a past life.

As usual, he looked completely at home and that familiar fantasy took over…the one where he came home to her every night. She could see him standing in the foyer, flipping through mail, or shaving, first thing in the morning. It was a dangerous fantasy, one that would be so easy to wish for. But she had no business wishing for such things, they’d only been together for three months… and four days, but who was counting.

She grimaced.

She was counting.

 

 

The History of Christmas Trees – Infographics

It’s that time of year, just a day to go for all those anticipating tomorrow morning with enthusiasm.  Maybe this will help get you in the mood.

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How Much Are Times Changes – Infographic

There’s an inherent fear of change for some people, and yet change is all around us.  Change seems to happen whether we embrace it or not.

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