Stacking The Shelves #10

Stacking The Shelves is all about the books we are adding to our shelves each week, sharing with you our excitement for our newest titles and maybe have you discover a new book in the process! Tynga from Tynga's Reviews is is the host and you can Link up with her and join this meme here: Tynga's Reviews



Hey everyone! Welcome to another STS post,

 This week I was super busy with the kiddos, trying to enjoy the summer and doing fun activities, like setting up a huge waterslide in the backyard. I threw down a huge piece of plastic added water and for even more slippery fun I added soap and it was a blast.
I hope your having a fun-filled summer, too!!

Ok, onto the books this week. I won some great books that I will show to you when I receive them in the mail, but I did receive TWO great books in the mail that I won from Alluring Reads!!
 I also stopped at Wal-Mart and found two great books at great prices. I received some books to review also. So that's about it. I hope you have  a fantastic week and will see your goodies soon!!



Don't forget to enter the two giveaways up on the blog, my birthday celebration giveaway and June's hottest release's giveaway. Also, on the June's hottest release  giveaway you can leave a comment about what July release your most looking forward too, and maybe your choice will be part of July's Hottest Releases Giveaway!

                        

GOODREADS Links in  Pink and Blue

Bought at Walmart $5.99 ea

                                                                            

                                                            




Lothaire is now available  in trade paperback 

Wicked Nights

Won From        thank you!

                                                                                                 

Fairy Metal Thunder  J.L. Bryan

Fairy Blues   J.L. Bryan

Bought for Kindle :

                                                        

Slammed 

Demons Are a Girl's Best Friend

Review copies 

Thank You: Balzar & Bray, Greenwillow, Shiloh Walker, and Signet


                                                        



Defiance   Expected publication: August 28th 2012 by Balzer + Bray

Breathe Expected publication: October 2nd 2012 by Greenwillow

                                                          

Blade Song  by J.C. Daniels  Expected publication: August 1st 2012 by Shiloh Walker, Inc

A Hunger So Wild Expected publication: July 3rd 2012 by Signet

                                                                                                                                                                                          

Review: Wicked Deeds On A Winter's Night by Kresley Cole





Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night



Title: Wicked Deeds On a Winter's Night

Author: Kresley Cole

Series: Immortals After Dark #4

Paperback, 359 pages

Published October 30th 2007 by Pocket Star (first published September 24th 2007)ISBN1416547037 (ISBN13: 9781416547037)

Rated R

Paranormal Romance, Witches, Lykae, Fantasy

Borrowed from library



Her breathless kiss haunts him...
Bowen MacRieve of the Lykae clan was nearly destroyed when he lost the one woman meant for him. The ruthless warrior grew even colder, never taking another to his bed--until a smoldering encounter with his enemy, Mariketa the Awaited, reawakens his darkest desires. When sinister forces unite against her, the Highlander finds himself using all his strength and skill to keep her alive.

His slow, hot touch is irresistible...
Temporarily stripped of her powers, Mari is forced to take refuge with her sworn adversary. It's rumored that no one can tempt Bowen's hardened heart, but soon passion burns between them. Though a future together is impossible, she fears he has no intention of letting her go.

No deed is too wicked for her seduction...
If they defeat the evil that surrounds them, can Mari deny Bowen when he demands her body and soul--or will she risk everything for her fierce protector.

Review~  Highly recommended series for all paranormal romance junkies.  Loved it!



This book was a roller coaster of erotic emotions. Filled with sexual heat and desire.

The story starts off where the last one ended, Players competing in the Tailsman Hie, a race to the finish for a coveted key. A key, that allows the winner to go back into the past to change the future.

In Bowen's case he wants to use this magically infused key to return to his past and bring his so-called mate, Mariah, back to life.



Bowen, a strong, alpha male Lykae living with the burden of her death on his shoulders for over 150 years, is basically a man on a mission to bring her back from the dead, so he may live a life with his "mate". Although Bowen has been living a basically dead to the world existence since his mate died, things seem to change for him during this "race" as he lays eyes upon a woman who stirs feelings in him he never has felt before.

The lovely, coy, Mariketa is a witch, in disguise. She is young and hasn't fully come into her powers. Still learning the ways of the witch, she is a mortal who hasn't reached her full potential and has yet to turn immortal. Timid at first she becomes a character you will  envy! Hell, with a sexy Lykae after  you, you'll wish you were walking in her shoes.



The story plays out mostly in the Guatemala jungle and although Bowen traps and leaves behind the witch he is soon wracked with emotions for her and can't get her out of his head. He figures she must of enchanted him, for he hasn't "felt" anything for so long.

He must set out to retrieve her or face war amongst all creatures of the lore. What ensues is a terrific storyline infused with adventure, heat, and passion, throw in a villain and all bets are off.

The ending shows Mariketa at her best, and Bowen having to choose between two woman as secrets are unmasked....

Without delving into the rest of the story I will say this book is filled with HEATED passion, bordering on erotica. 

It will have you dreaming you had your very own Lykae in your bed. A determined cat and mouse teasing storyline that will leave you breathless and  aroused.

Miss Cole is an "All Star" of the paranormal romance genre, and should be read by all fans of pnr romance. 5+Stars!  

 

 

                                         

                      

    ~Favorite Quotes~



"Oh, great Hekate, is that his voice?” Carrow cried. “I just had an orgasm! Fudge your name tag if you have to, but get you some of that some-some. Remember, friends let friends live vicariously—”

“"What are my chances of stealing a kiss from you right now?" asked Bowen "None point none" answers Mariketa”

"We want you gone. Your presence is obviously upsetting her."

Oh, aye, the poor, wee lass --who tossed me like a skipping stone."

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               



Cover Reveal Poison Princess by Kresley Cole

Kresley Cole, New York Times bestselling author of the The Immortals After Dark Series is tapping into the Young Adult genre with her debut, Poison Princess The Arcana Series.
Set to be released Oct 2, 2012.

Sixteen-year-old Evie Greene’s horrific hallucinations predicted the apocalypse, and the end of the world brought Evie all sorts of new powers. With the earth scorched and few survivors, Evie is racing to find answers. She’s teamed up with handsome and dangerous Jack Deveaux. They discover that Evie is not the only one with special…gifts. And it’s not always clear who is using their talents for good or evil.

Pre-Order here

NO REST FOR THE WICKED/KRESLEY COLE/MY REVIEW

In this next installment in the Immortals After Dark Series, USA Today Bestselling author Kresley Cole delivers a scorching tale about a forbidding vampire who lives in the shadows and the beautiful assassin who hunts him there.

A soldier weary of life . . .
Centuries ago, Sebastian Wroth was turned into a vampire – a nightmare in his mind – against his will. Burdened with hatred and alone for ages, he sees little reason to live. Until an exquisite, fey creature comes to kill him, inadvertently saving him instead.

A Valkyrie assassin dispatched to destroy him . . .
When Kaderin the Cold Hearted lost her two beloved sisters to a vampire attack long ago, a benevolent force deadened her sorrow – accidentally extinguishing all of her emotions. Yet whenever she encounters Sebastian, her feelings – particularly lust – emerge multiplied. For the first time, she's unable to complete a kill.

Become competitors in a legendary hunt.
The prize of the month-long contest is powerful enough to change history, and Kaderin will do anything to win it for her sisters. Wanting only to win her, forever, Sebastian competes as well, taking every opportunity – as they travel to ancient tombs and through catacombs, seeking relics around the world – to use her new feelings to seduce her. But when forced to choose between the vampire she's falling for and reuniting her family, how can Kaderin live without either. ~goodreads

MY REVIEW~
Scorching, Passionate, Heated

An erotic, action-fused, turn-paging book!

Kaderin, ruthless, Valkyrie warrior stops at nothing for the kill. Her nickname says it all, Cold Hearted!

 So nothing seems any different, when she enters the castle of another vampire, she's set out to kill. But, this vampire being so unlike the others welcomes her kill.

Sebastian  has wanted to die for so long, hating his own exsitence for centuries. Never fully accepting being turned into a vampire, by his brother. Living a secluded life, alone, he is more than ready to die, but things turn rather quickly when he lays eyes upon Kaderin. Something changes in him and he soon finds himself feeling again. Kaderin seeing something different in his eyes, is confused and decides to spare him.

Passionate heat ignites and she runs from him, only to find herself wrought with feelings for him. Sebastian's heart is feeling and beating again, and he knows that she is his, forever. A pursuit of sorts begins as he aches to see her again.

Kaderin being the ever cold hearted decides to dismiss the feelings that have ignited within her for the first time in centuries. She "feels" again and sees things in a new light. That doesn't stop her from pursuing the one thing she has longed for. The only way she can get what she wants is to attend and win the Hie, an immortal and dangerous version of  Amazing Race of sorts, with the prize being in the form of a key. A key that reverses and changes the past. The key is coveted by all who attend and everyone attending having their own agenda's for winning this key will have to "race" and fight each other to gather each item necessary to win and advance to the next mission.

That does not change the fact that Sebastian needs and wants to find her in the worse way. Being a vampire he traces to her, over and over again, a feat that is unheard of. He needs to be with her and does everything in his power to be with her and help her win this key, though she refuses him she grows to enjoy his ruthless attempts at winning her over.

The Hie turns more and more dangerous as the missions the competitors must fufill to win a place in the finals, grow increasingly more dangerous and deadly. Can Kaderin, the ruthless winner of many Hie tournaments of the past win this time? Will Sebastian "win" her over, or is all lost as one of Kaderin's own coven sister predict a future laced with death?

*A heated passionate tug of wars of sorts between Kaderin and Sebastian ignites this book into flames.

 Kresley Cole pours pure gold into this book, and turns it into a winner. As great as the first book was, this second installment is amazing. All the elements that I enjoy reading about are present, and I am looking forward to the next installment of the Immortals after Dark Series,

Wicked Deeds On A Winter's Night.

*5 stars/rated R