ARC Review: To Love a Wolf by Paige Tyler

Series:	SWAT #4
Pub. Date:	June 7, 2016
Publisher:	Sourcebooks Casablanca
Length:	352 Pages
Source:	NetGalley

Paige Tyler's books are always quick reads for me. It has nothing to do with the page count, but everything to do with her pacing and the amount of action she infuses. It keeps the story moving along at a fast clip. I love these types of books and authors that having the story pace down pat. But now, on to the plot!

Stackin' the Shelves #36 and Weekly Update

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Welcome back bambinas!

This is Stackin' the Shelves, the weekly feature where I showcase all the books I have accepted for review, one-clicked, won or borrowed from the library. I didn't have a lot going on this week. I am behind on my reading schedule, so I am just really trying to catch up. So this is what I was up to blog-wise this week. Did you one-click any of these... or have you already read them?

As you can see - I went on a Kristen Ashley kick. I am adding the audible editions to all my ebook copies... at least where the audible version is $1.99. I am doing a re-read in audio of her books starting in June and I am excited to see how some of my favorite stories are performed!

Series Saturday Audiobook Review: Dark Desires After Dusk by Kresley Cole

Series:	Immortals After Dark #6
Pub. Date:	May 20, 2008
Publisher:	Simon & Schuster Audio
Narrator:	Robert Petkoff
Length:	10 hrs 54 min

I am so behind on this series! I am hemming and hawing on whether I should go back and start from the beginning. I really don't have TIME to go back and start from the beginning... but I don't remember what happened in the past books and its driving me crazy! Plus, the series is narrated by Robert Petkoff, who may just be my new favorite male narrator. I am very picky with the boys narrating my stories... so I am happy to have found one that I like.

Freebie Friday Review: Wild Irish Roots by Tricia O'Malley

Series:	Mystic Cove #0.5
Pub. Date:	Sept. 12, 2014
Publisher:	Park & Stowell
Length:	73 Pages
Freebie Date:	Jan. 2015

Wild Irish Roots is the prequel novella to the Mystic Cove series briefly details the relationship between Margaret and Sean, which I is background for the first full book, Wild Irish Heart. I have had this book on my TBR List for quite a while. I was excited for the Irish setting as there aren't a great deal of contemporary romances set in that back drop.

#FF Feature & Follow Friday #10 - My Most Interesting Bookish Experience

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Audiobook Review: Truthwitch by Susan Dennard

Series:	The Witchlands #1
Pub. Date:	Jan. 5, 2016
Publisher:	Listening Library
Length:	14 hrs 41 min
Narrator	Cassandra Campbell

The Witchlands are a fantastical world separated into various empires where everyone is born with a different type of witchery. Witches of wind, fire, water and threads seem to be the most common, but there are also the rare witches of iron, blood and truth. The warring empires are operating under a 20 Year Truce, which seems in imminent danger of ending. Our protagonists of the story quickly become pawns in the war on the horizon.

ARC Review: Duke of Sin by Elizabeth Hoyt

Series:	Maiden Lane #10
Pub. Date:	May 31, 2016
Publisher:	Grand Central Pub.
Length:	364 Pages
Source:	NetGalley

Please forgive me, for I have been living under a rock. This is my first read from Elizabeth Hoyt, and I so wish I would have picked her up before now! But one good thing about finding a stellar author late in the game is that you have their whole backlist of books to work through instead of waiting around months or a year for a new release! I will definitely be working through this lady's backlist because I totally dug her writing style.

ARC Review & Giveaway: The Angel Wore Fangs by Sandra Hill

Series:	Deadly Angels #7
Pub. Date:	May 31, 2016
Publisher:	Avon
Length:	384 pages
Source:	Edelweiss

The Angel Wore Fangs rounds out the seven deadly sins, one suffered by each of the seven Sigurdsson brothers that warranted their 700 year sentence to become vangels (vampire angels) in the war of good and evil. While I have not read all of the earlier books in the series, I followed along quite well and didn't feel like I was missing any world building or too much back story.

ARC Review: Torn by Cynthia Eden

Series:	LOST #4
Pub. Date:	May 31, 2016
Publisher:	Avon
Length:	384 pages
Source:	Edelweiss

Cynthia Eden and the LOST series have never disappointed me. I was almost hesitant to start this book because the last romantic suspense I read didn't do it for me. But after the first few pages of this story, I knew it was going to remind me why I love romantic suspense. Note to self: never doubt Cynthia Eden! 

ARC Review: Deception Island by Brynn Kelly

Pub. Date:	May 31, 2016
Publisher:	Harlequin
Length:	336 pages
Source:	Edelweiss

Sadly this book didn't work out for me. But I may just be hitting a reading slump, so take my review with a grain of salt. I will lay out what worked and what didn't... and the things that didn't work for me might be what you like.  Goodness knows I am not the end-all be-all of reviewers, and there are many that loved this book on Goodreads.  I will commend Brynn Kelly on this debut novel at least, for I know it was no easy feat. While the execution didn't work for me, she has put together a great premise and I love the hero's background in the French Foreign Legion. I am also curious about the hero's friend and teammate from the FFL (Flynn I think his name was), and if he gets his own book, I will give Ms. Kelly another shot. 

Stackin' the Shelves #35 and Weekly Recap

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Welcome back bambinas!

This is Stackin' the Shelves, the weekly feature where I showcase all the books I have accepted for review, one-clicked, won or borrowed from the library. Not a whole lot is going on this week, The furbabies are having a better week.  They insist on waking me at 6:30 every morning.  So I decided to take us on a walk yesterday morning while it wasn't Hot as Hades out.

While the pups get excited to put their leash on and go out the door... they find the experience better in theory than practice. We didn't even make it a block before they were done. I had to coax and cheer them on for the last section of the block because they were about to drop.  This is Lucky's "OMG I'm Dying over here" face.

Maybe we will try half a block tonight after sundown... so that means just to the corner and back. Look out - here we come! So that is what's going on with me. And below is what's going on with the blog. Thanks for stopping by and please shoot me a comment below to let me know what you are up to or what's on your shelf!

Series Saturday Review: The Fairest of Them All by Cathy Maxwell

Series:	Marrying the Duke #2
Pub. Date:	May 31, 2016
Publisher:	Avon
Length:	384 pages
Source:	Edelweiss

I was a big fan of the prior two books in the Marrying the Duke series. I thought Jennifer and Fyclan's story in A Little Thing Called Love was uplifting and happy, and I had a great emotional connection to Ben in his and Elin's story in The Match of the Century.  While The Fairest of Them All was an okay read, it is not my favorite of the series.

ARC Review: The Pages of the Mind by Jeffe Kennedy

Series:	The Uncharted Realms#1
Pub. Date:	May 31, 2016
Publisher:	Kensington Publishing
Length:	432 pages
Source:	NetGalley

Gah! This book!  Jeffe Kennedy has truly outdone herself with this story.  From the beautiful cover to the very last word, I was captivated by this fantastical tale. I predict it will be one of my favorite books of the year.

Throwback Thursday Audiobook Review: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

Series:	Alice in Wonderland #1
Pub. Date:	1865
Re-Release Date:	Dec. 2015
Publisher:	Dreamscape Media
Narrator:	Tim Gerard Reynolds
Length:	3 hrs 5 min
Source:	Hoopla

It's hard to believe that this book is over 150 years old, and is still providing entertainment to the masses today. With Tim Burton's adaptation of Alice Through the Looking Glass having just been released, it inspired me to read the original series to see how things are translating so many years later.

ARC Review: Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine

Series:	The Great Library #1
Pub. Date:	July 7, 2015
Publisher:	Berkley Publishing
Length:	352 pages
Source:	NetGalley

Rachel Caine has woven a wonderfully complex world full of intrigue, conspiracy, and dangerous secrets with a diverse cast of engaging characters, and them pitted against a corrupt governmental-type entity known as The Library. 

ARC Review: Demon Hunting with a Dixie Deb by Lexi George

Series:	Demon Hunting #4
Pub. Date:	May 24, 2016
Publisher:	Lyrical Press
Length:	354 pages
Source:	NetGalley

Lexi George's books make me happy. I was feeling grumpy today when I started Demon Hunting with a Dixie Deb, and it totally distracted me and put me in a better mood. Plus its always uplifting to know that I am not the only crazy attorney out there... Lexi being a lawyer as well lets me know that it's okay for me to be a little outrageous and yell things like "SON OF A BISCUIT!" and other creative southern swears around the office when I get a paper cut, or trip over my own feet, or have to deal with some difficult opposing counsel. Just goes to show that you can be smart AND silly... and that even the highly educated enjoy some good slapstick humor now and then.

Tuesday Teaser: The Honey Series by Kristen Ashley

Did you guys hear? My abso-favorite author has a new series coming out with St. Martin's Press!  I was so stoked to get this news from the publisher today!  I have been watching Kristen's updates on Facebook... but now we have dates!  This is the ultimate tease, knowing that the goodness is out there, but we have to wait almost a year for it! I am very interested to see how this series is going to turn out as its a little outside of my normal trope. But I always say, Queen Ashley could probably write the phone book and I would read it. So of course I clicked my pre-order button. Pre-Order your copies today!

ARC Review: An Enchanted Spring by Nancy Scanlon

Series:	Mists of Fate #2
Pub. Date:	May 24, 2016
Publisher:	Diversion Publishing
Length:	250 pages
Source:	NetGalley

In Nancy Scanlon's second installment of her time travel series, Mists of Fate, we get to see how a medieval Irish warrior adapts to the modern world in present-day New York City and Boston.