Sarah Jordan is the winner of the Susan Squires book giveaway! Sarah wins a copy of Susan Squires latest book " A Twist in time"! Congrats Sarah! Keep checking back and reading reviews i have another great book giveaway in the works soon!
Sarah please email me your address so i can forward it on to Susan and she will be sending you your book!
A huge thank you to Susan Squires for donating her wonderful book to a lucky reader!
Lisa
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Friday, April 30, 2010
Last day to enter to win Susan Squires lastest release " A Twist in Time"
Quick like a bunny scroll down to my review of Susan Squires book " One with the Darkness" and leave a comment and email address and your entered to win her latest release " A twist in Time"
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Review: "Chasing Perfect" 1st book in the Fools Gold series by author Susan Mallery
Anyone who knows my book reading tastes knows i'm a huge Susan Mallery fan. I've done my best over the last year or so to read everything she's ever written. lol Really it's true! I'm like that when i find a author i really like. I have a huge pile of her books here at home that I've read and well many I've re read more than once. As a matter of fact i just re read Straight from the Hip Tuesday. I have a small pile of some of her older stuff in my TBR pile so like i said i'm working at it. I can't think of even one of her books I've read that i didn't absolutely love. I can't pick a favorite so don't even ask. Susan is out with a new book this week which is the first in a new series. The book is called Chasing Perfect and the series is called Fools Gold. Fools Gold is actually the name of the town where the books in the series will take place and there is a website dedicated to that. You can find that by clicking here. If you're interested in reading this series I'd highly recommend looking that website over. There is plenty of interesting things on there. It will get you familiarized with the series, the town and the people in it. You can even read chapters one and two of Chasing perfect on there as well.
OK how about a little blurb about Fools Gold, CA and Chasing perfect.
Welcome to Fool's Gold, California, a charming community in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. There's lots to do and plenty of people to meet, especially women. Because there's just one tiny problem in Fool's Gold: the men don't seem to stick around. Maybe it's the lure of big-city life, or maybe it's plain old bad luck, but regardless of the reason, the problem has to be fixed, fast. And Charity Jones may be just the city planner to do it.
Charity's nomadic childhood has left her itching to settle down, and she immediately falls in love with all the storybook town has to offer—everything, that is, except its sexiest and most famous resident, former world-class cyclist Josh Golden. With her long list of romantic disasters, she's not about to take a chance on another bad boy, even if everyone else thinks he's perfect just the way he is. But maybe that's just what he needs—someone who knows the value of his flaws. Someone who knows that he's just chasing perfect.
Sound good? You can find out more about the characters in this book and the ones currently in the works here at the Fools Gold website. Josh and Charity both have issues with trust and both had less than stellar childhoods. The town of Fools Gold pretty much raised Josh from when he was 10 yrs old and deserted by his mom. Charity's mom didn't leave her but was never there for her so essentially she raised herself. They have to learn to trust themselves and each other if they want to find happiness. Josh experiences a traumatic death of a friend while racing and it so scarred him he retired from racing. He came back to Fools Gold to give back and silently struggled with his inner demons. Charity tries to avoid him, but finds her attraction to him impossible to not acknowledge it. Finally they get together but there are all those doubts that Charity has and the fear Josh has he's not good enough for her. Want to fine out if they work it out? Read the book! lol There are several things going on in this book that involve the people of Fools Gold which i'm sure we'll see where they go in the following books. This one introduces you to the people of Fools Gold California and gets the series started. There are some secrets to be discovered even in a small town where it's believed there is no way for there to be any secrets. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves a fun romance and likes to read series books. Susan Mallery gives us a good start to this new series with Chasing perfect! I give it 5 out 5 Modokker Books Pick stars!
BTW the next book in the series is called " Almost Perfect" and will be out in paperback June 29th
OK how about a little blurb about Fools Gold, CA and Chasing perfect.
Welcome to Fool's Gold, California, a charming community in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. There's lots to do and plenty of people to meet, especially women. Because there's just one tiny problem in Fool's Gold: the men don't seem to stick around. Maybe it's the lure of big-city life, or maybe it's plain old bad luck, but regardless of the reason, the problem has to be fixed, fast. And Charity Jones may be just the city planner to do it.
Charity's nomadic childhood has left her itching to settle down, and she immediately falls in love with all the storybook town has to offer—everything, that is, except its sexiest and most famous resident, former world-class cyclist Josh Golden. With her long list of romantic disasters, she's not about to take a chance on another bad boy, even if everyone else thinks he's perfect just the way he is. But maybe that's just what he needs—someone who knows the value of his flaws. Someone who knows that he's just chasing perfect.
Sound good? You can find out more about the characters in this book and the ones currently in the works here at the Fools Gold website. Josh and Charity both have issues with trust and both had less than stellar childhoods. The town of Fools Gold pretty much raised Josh from when he was 10 yrs old and deserted by his mom. Charity's mom didn't leave her but was never there for her so essentially she raised herself. They have to learn to trust themselves and each other if they want to find happiness. Josh experiences a traumatic death of a friend while racing and it so scarred him he retired from racing. He came back to Fools Gold to give back and silently struggled with his inner demons. Charity tries to avoid him, but finds her attraction to him impossible to not acknowledge it. Finally they get together but there are all those doubts that Charity has and the fear Josh has he's not good enough for her. Want to fine out if they work it out? Read the book! lol There are several things going on in this book that involve the people of Fools Gold which i'm sure we'll see where they go in the following books. This one introduces you to the people of Fools Gold California and gets the series started. There are some secrets to be discovered even in a small town where it's believed there is no way for there to be any secrets. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves a fun romance and likes to read series books. Susan Mallery gives us a good start to this new series with Chasing perfect! I give it 5 out 5 Modokker Books Pick stars!
BTW the next book in the series is called " Almost Perfect" and will be out in paperback June 29th
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Book review: Working Stiff by author Tori Carrington
This is the last published book so far in the Sofie Metropolis series. I believe there are at least 2 more books in this series to come. Sofie is really getting the hang of being a PI now. Business is picking up even if her Uncle Spyro is still out of the country on vacation. She hires her cousin Pete to help out. In this book she is asked to find a missing body that disappeared from her Aunt's funeral home and she is also asked to prove the innocence of a young by accused of her killing his girlfriend. He's from the wrong side of the tracks and the girlfriend was wealthy. Of course these things are never easy and there always seems to be someone wanting her stopped. On a side note her dog Muffy is acting strange. It seems like the dogs gone back to the way it was when when his former owner was still alive. Did i mention the black cat? Hmmm lots going on with Sofie. There is also Dino who seems to spending time with Efi Sofie's sister and of course Jake Porter returns as well. Sofie's got to find her way through this mess. Here is a bit of a blurb from the Tori Carrington website.
The week before Halloween, a body disappears from Sofie’s Aunt’s funeral home. It might be a holiday prank, but Sofie’s barely begun to investigate when she’s handed a truly hot case: prove the innocence of Little Johnny Laughton who's on trial for murder! And what happens when sexy Aussie bounty hunter Jake Porter finally takes her up on her many offers?
I have to admit i was a little frustrated at the ending of this book and felt bad for Sofie but I'm thinking that book 5 will fix alot of that. I've got to day this book has plenty of action and story packed in it. You won't be bored. What's awesome here is Sofie is getting stronger and stronger in each book. She doesn't need a man to take care of her and she fights her way to get where she wants to be.
I give Working Stiff 4 out of 5 Modokker Book pick stars. This is the best of the 4 books so far i think. Read the series and make your own opinion though. Happy Reading!
The week before Halloween, a body disappears from Sofie’s Aunt’s funeral home. It might be a holiday prank, but Sofie’s barely begun to investigate when she’s handed a truly hot case: prove the innocence of Little Johnny Laughton who's on trial for murder! And what happens when sexy Aussie bounty hunter Jake Porter finally takes her up on her many offers?
I have to admit i was a little frustrated at the ending of this book and felt bad for Sofie but I'm thinking that book 5 will fix alot of that. I've got to day this book has plenty of action and story packed in it. You won't be bored. What's awesome here is Sofie is getting stronger and stronger in each book. She doesn't need a man to take care of her and she fights her way to get where she wants to be.
I give Working Stiff 4 out of 5 Modokker Book pick stars. This is the best of the 4 books so far i think. Read the series and make your own opinion though. Happy Reading!
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Book giveaway and review: One with the Darkness by Author Susan Squires
Susan Squires is a new author to me. This is the first of her books I've ever read and i wasn't sure what to expect. I can honestly say i had no clue but once i started reading i was quite intrigued. I've been lucky lately in that several of my recent reads have been unpredictable and different. Makes things exciting when you're not sure how the whole story is going to go. One With the Darkness is the first book in a series entitled "The Da Vinci time Travel series". OK so I've given away that the books have time travel in them. At this point I've only just read the first one and while there is time travel that is not what the entire book is about. First let's have a little blurb from Susan's website.
Contessa Donnatella di Poliziano has power, beauty and — as a vampire — eternal life. But she also consumed by regret that centuries ago in ancient Rome, she failed to make her one true love, Jergan, a vampire too. But just as she despairs, the discovery of a 300-year-old note leads her to a gift left by her old friend, Leonardo Da Vinci. He built her a machine to take her back in time to re-write the history of her heart.
Once back in time, Donnatella loses her memory of the intervening years. Yet when she sees the breathtaking barbarian slave from afar, she feels she has always known him. For Donnatella, their awakening passion feels both old and new. But as they fall in love again, the danger of the emperor Caligula’s Rome threatens to tear them apart. The very act of going back in time has changed history and sends events spinning out of Donnatella’s control. Now Jergan’s love for Donnatella, and Jergan himself, must survive the most perilous test, and if he fails, the two lovers will be separated again… for eternity.
Sound intriguing? I thought so too. The year is 1821 Florence, Tuscany. Donatella has been alive for thousands of years. Lived so many lives with different names. She has one regret in all those lives. Her one true love Jergen was not there with her to share all of them. Donatella is a vampire you see with a immortal life. Jergen was once her slave a captured warrior that she saved. They fell in love but the laws of her people dictated she could not make him a vampire so they lived one life together and then she was alone. All she had to remember him by is their son Gian. One day Donatella finds a note from her good friend from years ago Leonardo Da Vinci. He says he has what she needs to find happiness again. Curiosity gets her to go check out what he's talking about and leads her to the catacombs and a time machine. She decides to see of she can get it to work and suddenly she finds back in time. Back when she was called Livia and right before she was to meet Jergen. Can she relive the events and change history? It won't be easy. First of all she is not just Livia she is also Donatella as they somehow merge to be one person. She doesn't remember the past really just these little blips of memory thanks to Donatella but she doesn't trust it. Then she is also knee deep in a plot again the Roman emperor that may lead to her death and those of her friends. Then there is Jergen. She feels something but isn't sure of herself. There is alot going on in this book, you won't be bored. I give "One with the Darkness" 4 out of 5 Modokker Book Pick Stars!! An exciting read and indeed quite different. You can go to Susan Squires website to find out more about this book and the series itself by clicking here. I suggest you do this, it's very interesting.
Now let's talk about the giveaway. Susan Squires has generously offered to give to one commentor today a copy of Copy of her NEW book. "A TWIST IN TIME"! This is her latest release in the Da Vinci time travel series. This book came out in stores march 2010. All you need to do is leave a comment and your email address and your entered. Contest runs through April 30th. Winner announced May 1st. Susan will be sending this book to the winner and the giveaway is open to residents of the US, Canada and Australia. Good luck and be sure to check out this series. You can find Susan on Facebook or of course find her on her website Susan Squires. Don't forget to add yourself as a follower of this blog if you want to read more reviews and any future giveaways and share the link to this blog with friends. Thank you!
Contessa Donnatella di Poliziano has power, beauty and — as a vampire — eternal life. But she also consumed by regret that centuries ago in ancient Rome, she failed to make her one true love, Jergan, a vampire too. But just as she despairs, the discovery of a 300-year-old note leads her to a gift left by her old friend, Leonardo Da Vinci. He built her a machine to take her back in time to re-write the history of her heart.
Once back in time, Donnatella loses her memory of the intervening years. Yet when she sees the breathtaking barbarian slave from afar, she feels she has always known him. For Donnatella, their awakening passion feels both old and new. But as they fall in love again, the danger of the emperor Caligula’s Rome threatens to tear them apart. The very act of going back in time has changed history and sends events spinning out of Donnatella’s control. Now Jergan’s love for Donnatella, and Jergan himself, must survive the most perilous test, and if he fails, the two lovers will be separated again… for eternity.
Sound intriguing? I thought so too. The year is 1821 Florence, Tuscany. Donatella has been alive for thousands of years. Lived so many lives with different names. She has one regret in all those lives. Her one true love Jergen was not there with her to share all of them. Donatella is a vampire you see with a immortal life. Jergen was once her slave a captured warrior that she saved. They fell in love but the laws of her people dictated she could not make him a vampire so they lived one life together and then she was alone. All she had to remember him by is their son Gian. One day Donatella finds a note from her good friend from years ago Leonardo Da Vinci. He says he has what she needs to find happiness again. Curiosity gets her to go check out what he's talking about and leads her to the catacombs and a time machine. She decides to see of she can get it to work and suddenly she finds back in time. Back when she was called Livia and right before she was to meet Jergen. Can she relive the events and change history? It won't be easy. First of all she is not just Livia she is also Donatella as they somehow merge to be one person. She doesn't remember the past really just these little blips of memory thanks to Donatella but she doesn't trust it. Then she is also knee deep in a plot again the Roman emperor that may lead to her death and those of her friends. Then there is Jergen. She feels something but isn't sure of herself. There is alot going on in this book, you won't be bored. I give "One with the Darkness" 4 out of 5 Modokker Book Pick Stars!! An exciting read and indeed quite different. You can go to Susan Squires website to find out more about this book and the series itself by clicking here. I suggest you do this, it's very interesting.
Now let's talk about the giveaway. Susan Squires has generously offered to give to one commentor today a copy of Copy of her NEW book. "A TWIST IN TIME"! This is her latest release in the Da Vinci time travel series. This book came out in stores march 2010. All you need to do is leave a comment and your email address and your entered. Contest runs through April 30th. Winner announced May 1st. Susan will be sending this book to the winner and the giveaway is open to residents of the US, Canada and Australia. Good luck and be sure to check out this series. You can find Susan on Facebook or of course find her on her website Susan Squires. Don't forget to add yourself as a follower of this blog if you want to read more reviews and any future giveaways and share the link to this blog with friends. Thank you!
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