Immortal Trust by Claire Ashgrove (The Curse of the Templars #3) Tor Books (March 2013) Paperback, 440 pages Paranormal Romance Warning: contains spoilers Immortal Trust is book number three of The Curse of the Templars series. I was so looking forward to reading thins after having immensely enjoyed the previous two books in the series. Although Immortal Trust didn’t grab me as much as Immortal Hope or Immortal Surrender, it was still an enjoyable read. Chloe Broussard is an archaeologist that loves her job. Having spent a lot of her time in Egypt working in…
“Thoughtful Ramblings” is a feature where we discuss bookish subjects. These posts are just our own thoughts about certain topics that may get us hot under the collar and we need a good rant or just things we want to share with fellow bloggers and readers. What Age is YA? After having read Kresley Cole’s Poison Princess, I found myself totally confused regarding the whole young adult (YA) genre, and really struggled when it came to reviewing it. I started talking to a few of the girls about it (aka…
Elijah by Jacquelyn Frank (The Nightwalkers #3) Piatkus (March 2012) Paperback, 362 pages Paranormal Romance Right, so… I really don’t know where to start on this review. Mostly because I have never had to do a DNF before. I feel like I have wimped out, but with my reading time so limited, and my book list growing bigger and bigger, I am sad to say I don’t have the time to finish books I am just not enjoying, and I am gutted that I didn’t enjoy Elijah. I desperately wanted to…
I’m very pleased to to be welcoming author Claire Ashgrove to the blog today. Claire is the author of the Curse of the Templars paranormal romance series, which I’ve really enjoyed, published by Tor Romance. Welcome to the blog, Claire. Let’s get started. Were the Knights Templar something you were interested in before you started writing or was it something that grew from an idea for a plot? I have always loved the Templar. Well… make that knights in general. And when I set out to do a paranormal series,…
Water Witch by Carol Goodman (Fairwick Chronicles #2) Ebury Publishing (Sept 2012) Paperback, 339 pages Paranormal Romance Warning: contains spoilers Water Witch continues a little way on from the ending of Incubus, with Callie having banished Liam to the Borderlands. Who’s Callie? Who’s Liam? Okay, a quick catch up for those of you that haven’t read or can’t remember my review of Incubus. Callie Mcfay is a half fey, half witch Professor at Fairwick College. When she first arrived in Fairwick she fell in love with a beautiful old house, and its…
Sweet Magik by Penny Watson (Klaus Brothers #2) Wild Rose Press (Nov 2011) Ebook, 302 pages Paranormal Romance Yes, that’s right.. this is an adult book and one of the main characters is the son of Santa! As I hadn’t read the first in this series I was rather dubious as to how this was going to pan out, but it actually worked quite well. Oskar Klaus is a snowboarding, green haired, heavily tattooed hunk that people tend to treat as eye candy and something of a playboy instead of taking…
The Spirit of Christmas by Liz Talley Harlequin (Nov 2012) | Ebook, 288 pages Contemporary Romance If you want a sweet read for Christmas then you cant go far wrong with The Spirit of Christmas by Liz Talley. Its cute and lovely, although smacks a little ..(ok..on reflection, a lot) of the Dickens Classic, A Christmas Carol. Add to that you get two love stories for the price of one! Mary Paige Gentry is running late! She has to be at the family christmas party, now, but she still has the…
Poison Princess (The Arcana Chronicles #1) by Kresley Cole | Simon & Schuster (Oct 2012) Hardback, 369 pages | Paranormal YA If you have read my Top 10, you will know that Kresley Cole is one of my favourite authors, and Poison Princess, the first in The Arcana Chronicles, (and her first foray into Young Adult fiction) is a reminder as to why. I could go on for hours, about Kresleys (I say this like we are on a first name basis..isn’t that what nutty people do?? Am I the only person…
A GIFT FOR ALL SEASONS (Summer Sisters #2) by Karen Templeton PUBLISHER: Harlequin RELEASE DATE: 16th Oct 2012 FORMAT: Ebook, 224 pages GENRE: Contemporary Romance Hiring Patrick Shaughnessy to landscape her new inn was strictly a business arrangement. Until April Ross got to know the war-scarred single father
and his irrepressible little girl. Patrick made it clear he wasn’t looking for romance. Neither was April. But could she make him see that some risks were worth taking? The lively, widowed blonde might be the most tempting woman Patrick had ever known, but the returning vet knew a…
Rapture by J.R.Ward (The Fallen Angels #4) Piatkus Books (Sept 2012) Paperback, 502 pages Paranormal Romance Warning: contains spoilers I have really enjoyed J.R. Wards The Fallen Angel series so far, and whilst it doesn’t rate as highly on my must read shelves as the Brothers, lovers of J.R.Ward really should pick them up. Rapture brings us a little further along Jim Herons quest to save souls in the fight between good and evil. We find ourselves back in Caldwell, with a naked Matthias curled up on Jim Herons Grave. As those of…
Dracula’s Desires by Linda Mercury (Blood Wings #2) Kensington Press (Sept 2012) Ebook, 269 pages Paranormal Romance Warning: contains spoilers I am coming to the conclusion lately that I should just stick to the first book in a series. If I am honest, which I always try to be with my reviews, I was rather disappointed with Dracula’s Desires. I was expecting this to be a continuation of Dracula’s Secret, but apart from a couple of the story lines, it was totally new. Sadly, I found it hard to follow and…
Ghost Planet by Sharon Lynn Fisher Tor Books (Oct 2012) | Paperback, 352 pages Sci-Fi Romance Ok… so… WOW. What do you mean that’s not enough???? Oooh.. ok, so you want some details. Fair enough. Here comes the why. For those of you that follow me on Twitter, you will already know that I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Not only is it a brilliant new concept, but the chemistry between the two main characters is great, and you really get a fabulous idea of the world in which it all…
THE EVERLASTING by Tim Lebbon PUBLISHER: Allison & Busby RELEASE DATE: Aug 2008 FORMAT: Paperback, 350 pages GENRE: Horror Thirty years ago, Scott s grandfather slaughtered his best friend, then committed suicide. Now the spirit of the murdered man has returned, seeking the ancient volume that can return him to life — forever. Pursued by this savage spirit and accompanied by a strange woman who claims to be immortal, Scott must do the impossible. He must find the book that may have driven his grandfather to murder and destroy it before its secrets…
Dracula’s Secret by Linda Mercury (Blood Wings #1) Kensington Press (July 2012) Ebook, 269 pages Paranormal Romance Well, Dracula’s Secret is going to mess with your mind a bit in the beginning! Throw away what you ever thought about Dracula and rewrite him as a female. Yep, thats right, Vladimir Dracula is a girl! He/she still becomes a vampire however, so we are not totally shunning tradition Way back, when Dracula was born, her dad (gawd that feels so wrong) was looking for an heir to help carry on the family…
Shattered Magic by Rebecca York (Chronicles of Arandal #2) Carina Press (Aug 2012) Ebook, 78 pages Paranormal Romance Warning: may contain spoilers Wow, this was a quickie! When Carolyn said Rebecca York’s Shattered Magic was going to be quite a short one, I didn’t expect it to be quite so short. We are introduced to Rowan as she runs away from her life in Valleyhold. She is betrothed to Telman, a man well respected within her community, and something of a hero to the village elders. Rowan and her sister Willow have a…
