Hot Cover Monday! A Low Down Dirty Shane (Misfits and Mayhem series book 1) by Sierra Dean

A Low Down Dirty Shane
Coming December 25, 2012

Thick-skinned vampire assassin meets smart-mouthed druid archer. Run, Cupid, run.

Shane Hewitt has been many things—failed husband, supernatural punching bag, and now a bitch to the vampire council of New York City. He thought killing rogue vampires was the hardest thing he’d ever do. Until a hot redhead smashes into him, shouts orders and announces she’s saving his life.

The sole female warrior in a family of druids, Siobhan O’Malley knows how to take care of herself and protect the big city from beasties who breach gateways from the fae realm. The last thing she needs is a misguided, leather-clad hottie’s help to get the job done.

Except maybe he’s exactly what she needs. Siobhan is expected to be a willing, virginal sacrifice on her twenty-fifth birthday. Sex with Shane to stay alive? If he can pull his foot out of his mouth long enough and stop driving her crazy, no problem.

Now if only the bad guys would leave them alone long enough to get the deed done.

Warning: Contains a wee red-headed archer with deadly aim; a leather-jacket-wearing vampire hunter with a habit for saying all the wrong things; and a life-saving ritual that will leave them both panting.

Find out more about the fabulous Sierra Dean on her website here www.sierradean.com

Sneak Peek! The first historical Original Loveswept – The Devil’s Thief by Samantha Kane

The Devil's Thief by Samantha Kane, Excerpt

Releases November 12th
Find out more about Samantha Kane here on her website www.samanthakane.us

Book review: Never Seduce a Scot ( Montgomery's and Armstrong's book 1) By Maya Banks

September 25th 2012

Never Seduce a Scot

This sinfully sweet new romance from Maya Banks features a remarkable woman whose rare gift teaches a gruff Scottish warrior how to listen with his heart.

Eveline Armstrong is fiercely loved and protected by her powerful clan, but considered “touched” to outsiders. Beautiful, fey, with a level, intent gaze, she doesn’t speak. No one, not even her family, knows that she cannot hear. Eveline taught herself to read lips and allows the outside world view her as daft, content to stay with her family. But when an arranged marriage with a rival clan makes Graeme Montgomery her husband, she accepts her duty—unprepared for the delights to come. Graeme is a rugged warrior with a voice so deep and powerful she can hear it, and hands and kisses so tender and skilled he awakens her deepest passions.

Graeme is intrigued by his new bride, whose silent lips are ripe with temptation, whose bright, intelligent eyes can see into his soul. As intimacy deepens, he learns her secret. But when clan rivalries and dark deeds threaten the wife he has only begun to cherish, the Scottish warrior will move heaven and earth to save the woman who has awakened his heart to the beautiful song of a rare and magical love.

This is book one in a new historical series for Maya Banks. It's also the first ever historical written by her for me to read. I wasn't sure what to expect but i heard really good things about her other historicals so i was hopeful. I'm kind of particular about my historicals too. This one starts out with The Montgomery's and Armstrong's as bitter enemies. They are also the largest of the clans in the area and the king wants to make them behave and get along. He makes Graeme Montgomery marry Eveline Armstrong. Eveline is thought to be daft or touch in the head. Truth of the matter is she is just deaf. She can read lips if the person is facing her.  She suffered a terrible accident 3 years prior when she was thrown from her horse into a ravine and was badly injured and not found for 3 days. They wasn't sure she would even live. She was also keeping up the ruse she was daft to protect herself from someone. Graeme hates the Armstrong's so much but one look at Eveline and he's pretty much lost right on the spot. lol The majority of the story is spent on them getting to know each other and her trying to get his clan to like and respect her but there is also a threat hovering that comes to haunt them. I love how Graeme treats her with respect right from the start. Takes a while for the others to come around and i like that that wasn't rushed. My favorite part i think is when Graeme finally figures out she's deaf and not daft as the rumors were going around. It's was great to see him get excited about the fact that he can communicate with her and he never treats her as anything below him. Instead he elevates her. I fell in love with the characters and look forward to more in the future from this series. 4 out of 5 Modokker Book Pick stars for Never Seduce a Scot by Maya Banks.

Find out more about Maya Banks and this book as well as her other work here on her website www.mayabanks.com

Book review: Shades of Temptation (Book 2 Special Investigations series) by Virna DePaul

WILL HE HELP PROTECT HER...
Carrie Ward understands dangerous men, and she's got the scars to prove it.
These days, the Special Investigations Group detective saves her risk taking for
the job. But when she's asked to pursue a high-profile serial killer, she'll
have to join forces with the last man she wants to depend on-Jase Tyler, an ace
senior detective who's as reckless as she is cautious. And despite her best
intentions, the sparks begin to fly.


OR DRAW A KILLER FROM THE SHADOWS?
As Carrie and Jase race to try to save the next victim, the passion that
simmers between them ignites. But a cunning killer at the top of his game is
challenging Carrie to play to the very end. Now all she can count on are her
instincts-and Jase, the one man daring enough to keep her safe....

Shades of Temptation is the follow up to Shades of Desire in the Special Investigations group series by Virna DePaul. I read book one and enjoyed it. It was a bit more intense than what i usually read for romantic suspense but i liked it. Shades of Temptation is book two and for me a whole lot more intense than book one. Jase and Carrie are on the same team, both are attracted to each other but have never acted on it. They each have their own internal problems with their pasts and their family lives growing up. Carrie is the most messed up in that area though. There are trust issues that the two have to work through. The romance portion of this book is small compared to the suspense part but for me it was part thriller as well. There is more violence that what i would expect in a romantic suspense.The writing was excellent and well done and i was surprised by the twists and turns throughout the story. Several things surprised me but i think that as i said already it's part thriller too and so the violence was a bit for me but true to the story being told. By the end i was stunned by some of how the story wound itself up. I was pretty torn up on how i felt about it. 4 out of 5 Modokker Book Picks starts for Shades of Temptation by Virna DePaul.

Find out more about Virna DePaul on her website here www.virnadepaul.com

Hot Cover Monday!! Love Irresistibly (FBI/US Attorney book 4 series) by Julie James

HE’S USED TO GETTING WHAT HE WANTS…

A former football star and one of Chicago’s top prosecutors, Assistant U.S. Attorney Cade Morgan will do anything to nail a corrupt state senator, which means he needs Brooke Parker’s help. As general counsel for a restaurant company, she can get a bug to the senator’s table at one of her five-star restaurants so the FBI can eavesdrop on him. All Cade has to do is convince Brooke to cooperate—and he’s not afraid to use a little charm, or the power of his office, to do just that.

AND WHAT HE WANTS IS HER.

A savvy businesswoman, Brooke knows she needs to play ball with the U.S. Attorney’s office—even if it means working with Cade. No doubt there’s a sizzling attraction beneath all their sarcastic quips, but Brooke is determined to keep things casual. Cade agrees—until a surprising turn of events throws his life into turmoil, and he realizes that he wants more than just a good time from the one woman with whom he could fall terrifyingly, irresistibly in love . . .

Read more about this book on Julie James website here www.juliejames.com