Tag: romance

This Chick Read: Alienated by Melissa Landers

Cara, an honor student in her high school, was chosen as one of the first alien exchange students with L’eihr. They look human, but are a genetically engineered race, cloned to weed out imperfections, like greed, hate, humor and love.  Before she goes to their planet, a L’eihr exchange student, a boy named Aelyx, is sent to Earth to live with her family and join her in her classes at school.  At first, Cara is not thrilled with this idea, but after Aelyx’s arrival, Continue reading “This Chick Read: Alienated by Melissa Landers” →

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This Chick Read: Winterblaze (Darkest London Series) by Kristen Callihan

Winterblaze, the third novel in the Darkest London series, is about Poppy, the oldest sister, and her estranged husband Winston Lane.  In the last novel Winston had been mauled while investigating the werewolf who had been stalking Daisy, Poppy’s sister.  Because of that, this whole “other” world had been opened to him, including the role his wife plays in it, unbeknownst to him.  After learning that their 14 years of marriage has been built on lies, he left Poppy and went off to brood.  Three months later, Poppy forces Winston to face her.  While trying to figure out their feelings, they discover a murder, and fall into an investigation that becomes about more than life and death.  It is about saving Winston’s soul. Continue reading “This Chick Read: Winterblaze (Darkest London Series) by Kristen Callihan” →

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This Chick Read: A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn

We are introduced to Veronica Speedwell, in this first novel in this series.  Veronica is an abnormality for her time, she is a scientist, earning a living collecting butterflies.  Traveling the world, by herself, a single woman and adventurer.  She is unmarried, and enjoys taking lovers, although she has a rule that they must not be Englishmen.  In 1887, these things make her very unusual, and as this story unfolds, the mystery of Veronica Speedwell and her unusual-ness (is that a word?) gets even more strange… In a good way! Continue reading “This Chick Read: A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn” →

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This Chick Read: The Glittering Court by Richelle Mead


The picture above is of Richelle Mead at the RT16 Book Fair in Vegas last April. I had her sign the copy she is holding above, and will raffle it off below, so please look for the link to win! THIS CONTEST IS OVER

Review:

When I read the synopsis for this book, I thought, ok, hasn’t this topic been done already? But, as I read the book, I realized, that while there is one similarity to The Selection by Kiera Cass, this book takes that general idea, and enhances it a thousand fold. Continue reading “This Chick Read: The Glittering Court by Richelle Mead” →

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This Chick Read: A Useful Woman (Rosalind Thorne Mysteries #1) by Darcie Wilde

Set in 19th Century London, Rosalind Thorne falls from society’s heights to barely living on the edge, after her father ran from his debtors, taking her older sister with him.  Rosalind, left with her mother, who refused to face the truth about her husband, had to give away all of their belongings to pay her fathers debts.  After her mother’s death Continue reading “This Chick Read: A Useful Woman (Rosalind Thorne Mysteries #1) by Darcie Wilde” →

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This Chick Read: Shut Out: A Bayard Hockey novel by Kelly Jamieson

Kelly Jamieson’s first book in the Bayard Hockey series has a great story, relatable characters, and delivers a serious mhessage. Shut Out is not your typical sex with puck bunnies kind of storyline ( yes, they really call them puck bunnies).  There was a lot of action, both on and off the ice, but the author’s storyline about consensual sex, gave this novel a very serious subject. Continue reading “This Chick Read: Shut Out: A Bayard Hockey novel by Kelly Jamieson” →

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This Chick Read: Wicked Burn (Realm Enforcers #3) by Rebecca Zanetti

Rebecca Zanetti’s bio on Amazon says she wasn’t finished with the Dark Protectors series, so she created the Realm Enforces series, to continue some of these characters storylines. Thank Goodness for that! Zanetti created a world in the Dark Protectors series that had good Vampires and bad Vampires, a war, some psychics, shifters and witches, OH My!  I, along with the rest of the paranormal loving, reader universe ate these books up, Continue reading “This Chick Read: Wicked Burn (Realm Enforcers #3) by Rebecca Zanetti” →

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This Chick Read: Ride Hard by Laura Kaye

There is a fascination in the romance industry for the hard living, hard drinking, lawless, overly tattooed man’s man, who finds himself tamed by either the lawful girl next door or the beautiful buxom damsel in distress.  This novel gives us a heroine, Haven, who is a bit of both.  The MC Biker hero is Dare Kenyon, also all of the above, but mixed in with the tattoo’s and hard living is a decent guy Continue reading “This Chick Read: Ride Hard by Laura Kaye” →

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This Chick Read: Honour Bound (Highland Magic book 2) by Helen Harper

In the first book of the Highland Magic series, Gifted Thief, Integrity Adair finds out about her heritage.  In this novel, she fights for the honor of house Adair by competing in the Sidhe Games.  Integrity is always ready with her wit, still delivering one liners that pretty much only she finds funny.  In these games she is at her wits end, as anything goes, and everyone is against her. Continue reading “This Chick Read: Honour Bound (Highland Magic book 2) by Helen Harper” →

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This Chick Read: Finding Fraser by K.C. Dyer

K.C. Dyer has written a clever, funny, and sweetly romantic book about a young woman who is out of work and unlucky in love.  Emma, a HUGE fan of Diana Gabaldon’s book, Outlander, decides to take what little money she has and travel to Scotland to find her Jamie Fraser, and blogs about her journey.  Emma’s blog attracts a loyal following of young women, eager to hear her exploits with Scottish men, and root on her search exuberantly. Continue reading “This Chick Read: Finding Fraser by K.C. Dyer” →

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