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Currently Reading – Sweet Dreams by Kristen Ashley

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Sweet Dreams
BAD BOY ALERT!!! Ok I think I found one!!!! Another (older?) Brian/Travis type and WOW. It’s a long book, I can tell, and I’m SO into it (a little over a quarter of the way in and I’ve been reading for awhile now). I posted this on my Facebook, and figured I’d post it here, too.

If you want to indulge with me, here’s what I wrote 😉

“Ohhhhh I found one. Oh my he’s awesome. Nothing’s really happening yet and yet, I can’t put it down cause everything is happening. So far, so amazing. Alpha and awesome and brooding like no other. Like another Brian but more alpha. Infuriating and possessive yet so unbelievably sweet but in his way. You guys… Wow.” read more

Character Look-Alikes – Phury From The Black Dagger Brotherhood

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Phury, the hero of Lover Enshrined (my book review can be read here – wow it’s from 2009!! LOL!)
At one time (until his own book!) Phury was competing for my #1 favorite brother. His only competition? His twin, Zsadist. Z was always a touch ahead of Phury for me. As the angrier, more tortured brother, he appealed to my bad-boy curiosity, but Phury was so compelling. A mysterious, intriguing character, a kind and gentle warrior, but obviously tormented in his own way. In my mind, the most gorgeous of them all, and the most noble. Not a bad-boy bone in his body… and yet, another one who was completely unattainable, due to his devotion to his deeply troubled brother. read more

Book Review – Comfort Object by Annabel Joseph

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Comfort Object (Comfort series)
Well this was fun in a “can’t-put-it-down-even-though-I’m-cringing-and-so-often-appalled” kind of way! WARNING. This book is not for everyone. I had mixed reactions from some of my reader friends (some who really enjoyed it and some who hated the “hero” far too much to enjoy it). And while I can agree that this kind of bad-boy would probably have anyone running for the hills, in real life (he’s just so UGH!!!!), I will admit from the safety of my couch, I read through it like a fiend. I just had to see where this was going, and how it was going to end. But please. Don’t go into this book lightly. As I re-read some scenes for this review, I’m back to being appalled again. All in one sitting, you get the whole effect, but piecing it out like this… YIKES!!! read more

Book Review – Strangers by Barbara Elsborg

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Strangers: Ellora’s Cave
This was good!! Really good. Buuttt… I was able to put it down and go to sleep without dreaming about them. For the most part, I didn’t get to “live” them. Though this certainly all changed with the last quarter. WOW! I totally became one with the book at that point. I could feel everything and it was a whirlwind of a hot mess! So while I enjoyed it in it’s entirety, the beginning and the end were what truly got me (the middle… left me irritated). read more

Currently Reading: Strangers by Barbara Elsborg

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Strangers: Ellora’s Cave
Despite my “wonky work week” (which will actually be stretching into two wonky work weeks by the looks of it), I have still been reading. Never fear!! Wonky works weeks don’t mean I’ll be missing in action or anything (just a bit more erratic then usual 😉 ) . In all actuality, my “overtime” weeks find me reading the most as I desperately need a book to help me unwind.

Now of course, I’m not racing through the books like I normally do, but I’m happily reading one right now that I just started and will probably finish tonight (if it’s good enough, that is, to keep me up late). read more

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