I read romance ! So what ?

A very sad week end

2008-11-11T18:25:00.003+01:00

I have not blogged for a while and I come back with the very sad news that my Grand-Mother from my father's side died Friday.
She was 85 years old and sick for so long I knew it was coming but I still can't really acknowledge it.
She's been such a big part of my life for so long, I don't know how we'll do without her.
I miss you Mémé I will always love you

Nightwalkers by Jacquelyn Frank

2008-07-24T10:42:00.006+02:00

I've had the three first books of this series for months ! I don't know why, but I did not read them right away, I always had something I thought would be better to read first.

Let me tell you something, I've been a fool for month, this series is not only good, it's fantastic !!

Once I started to read Jacob, I just had to read the rest. I had not been this enthralled by a series since I discovered Kenyon's dark hunters, Ward's brothers or Moning's fever series.

Jacob the first instalment introduces this new paranormal series masterfully. Jacquelyn Franck had created a world in which demons co exist in the human realm. not only it gives us a good look at what the series will be, it also takes us in a world of sensuality that let us breathless. Jacob and Isabella burn the sheets like nobody's business.

Gideon is more an introduction to the next book, we meet the heroin of the third tome. As well written as Jacob but it has a more intellectual aspect. The heros and his heroin take their time re-learning each other, and letting their feelings grow. Jacob and Isabella are the heros and heroin of the first book are omnipresent for our greates pleasure. A traitor is discovered and Lycanthrope and vampires appear to fight alongside the demons.

Elijah Begins with the heros almost dead and saved by Siena his Lyncanthrope heroin. Althought the heat between the protagnists is indeniable, the plot in this tome is thiner that the previous ones. That did not prevent me to like this book at all, but I was hoping that with strong heros and heroins as are Elijah and Siena, we would have a plot a bit more aggressive.

Damien, the eponym heros is not a Dmeon but a Vampire. We met him in the second tome "gideon". His Heroin Syreena is the sister of Siena the heroin of the third book and is a lycanthrope with very special Lycanthropic abilities. Raised by the monks after a terrible illness, She is not sure of herself and is not use to make decision. Damien will have to help her overcome her upbringing and introduce her in his world where sensuality is not an adjective but a way of life. The Nighwalkers are still fighting the Demon Traitor who combined force with a rogue vampire. The shadwodwellers another race make their appearenceinb this book

Noah the Demon kind is coming out soon and Ijust can't wait to have my hands on it.

Jacob - Nightwalkers, book 1

Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Zebra (December 1, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0821780654

Since time began, there have been Nightwalkers—the races of the night who live in the shadows of the moonlight. Love with humans is absolutely forbidden, and one man makes certain to uphold this ancient law: Jacob, the Enforcer…

For 700 Years, He Has Resisted Temptation. But Not Tonight…

Jacob knows the excuses his people give when the madness overtakes them and they fall prey to their lust for humans. He’s heard every one and still brought the trespassers to justice. Immune to forbidden desires, uncontrollable hungers, or the curse of the moon, his control is total… until the moment he sees Isabella on a shadowy New York City street. Saving her life wasn’t in his plans. Nor were the overwhelming feelings she arouses in him. But the moment he holds her in his arms and feels the soft explosion of her body against his, everything changes. Their attraction is undeniable, volatile, and completely against the law. Suddenly everything Jacob has ever believed is inflamed by the heat of desire…

Bring on the night.

Gideon - Nightwalkers, book 2

Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Zebra (June 1, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0821780662

They're called the Nightwalkers—proud, ancient beings who live in the shadows, existing just beyond the human world. But there are also dangerous humans who hunt them—necromancers who use the blackest magic to manipulate them. And for a Demon named Gideon, the battle against these evil forces will soon be all too personal.

As a Healer, heknows her body. But it's her heart he wants.

For a thousand years, Gideon has healed his people. And as the oldest surviving male of his race, his wisdom has always been respected without question. But Gideon knows that even he is vulnerable to the powerful, primitive desires that befall his kind during Hallowed moons—and nine years ago that truth was hammered home when he found himself claiming Magdelegna, the Demon King's sister, in a wild embrace.
Horrified by his lack of control, he left her wanting and furious—and then exiled himself for the better part of a decade.
Now, with necromancers threatening his people—and Magdelegna nearly their victim—Gideon must face another truth. He and the beautiful, stubborn Magdelegna are destined to be together, to share a love as deep and old as time itself. But first he needs to regain her trust. Then he'll have to save her life.

Every night holds secrets.

Elijah - Nightwalkers, book 3

Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages
Publisher: Zebra (December 18, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0821780670

They are called the Demons, one of the elusive Nightwalker races living in shadow and struggling for survival against their human enemies. Their proudest warrior is Elijah, a man who bends for nothing and no one...until one woman brings him to his knees...

Some Feelings You Just Can't Fight

He is known as the Warrior Captain--a master of every weapon, a fierce soldier sworn to protect his kind. Powerful, relentless, merciless, Elijah has always won every battle he's ever taken on--until now. Ambushed by necromancers, he is left for dead only to be discovered by the woman who could very well deliver the final blow...Siena, the Lycanthrope Queen.
With three centuries of warring, little more than a decade of uneasy peace has existed between the Lycanthropes and Elijah's people. Now, after a lifetime of suspicion, the warrior in Elijah is consumed with a different battle--winning Siena's heart by giving her pleasure beyond all boundaries. What starts as attraction and arousal soon burns into a passion with consequences that will echo through the ages for both their people. And as would-be enemies become inseparable lovers, another threat approaches, one with the power to destroy them all...

Surrender to the night.

Damien - Nightwalkers, book 4

Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Zebra (June 1, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0821780689

They are the Nightwalkers, mysterious beings who dwell in the shadows of our world, and Damien, the Vampire Prince, is among the most powerful of them all. But one woman will tempt him with a desire unlike anything he has known, and together they will face a terrifying and relentless foe…

He'd never loved. But she was irresistible.

As reigning Vampire Prince, Damien has tasted every pleasure the world has to offer - consorting with kings and queens and delighting in sensual adventure. Now, tired of such pursuits, he devotes his energies to protecting his people. The war between human necromancers and Nightwalkers has escalated, and when the enemy makes a daring move, kidnapping Syreena, a Lycanthrope Princess, Damien boldly follows. He succeeds in rescuing her, but is unprepared fr the erotic longing her lush snesuality awakens in him.
Gifted with rare abilities, Syreena grew up in a cloistered setting and was forbidden to form attachments to others, yet the connection Damien feels with her is immediate, intoxicating, and impossible for either to resist. But claiming Syreena as his mate could have shattering repercussions for every Nightwalker - and leave their enemies more dangerous than ever before…

Temptation tastes sweetest at night.

Jenna Petersen

2008-06-10T17:05:00.003+02:00

I just discovered this author who has not yet been translated in french but who should ...

She writes historical romance as Jenna Petersen and Erotic romance as Jess Michaels.

She's written an historical serie called "The lady spies" which is ewtremely well written and moving. This is a faboulous series full of exitement and intigue. Once you start reading you just has to turn another page and the terrible thing is it's get harder to put down the book page after page, book after book ...

From London With Love

(Lady Spies Book 1)

August 2006

ISBN-10: 0060798610

Meredith Sinclair is everything a lady of society should be. She sparkles at every party, men fall at her feet and every woman longs to be like her. But beneath that popular exterior lurks a serious spy. And her newest assignment is very personal.

She is sent to investigate Tristan Archer's involvement in the robbery of a painting that may have hidden secret information about the British Army's movements in France. Meredith knows she shouldn't grow to close to a potential traitor, but many years ago Tristan saved her life. And it's harder and harder to believe he could be so wrong when his kisses are so right.
Will the evidence break her heart... or will her heart set them both free?

Desire Never Dies (Lady Spies Book 2)

January 2007

ISBN-10: 0061138088

Shy, intelligent widow Anastasia Whittig is really a Lady Spy in name only. Though she invents important items and decodes evidence, she’s hardly ventured into the field and keeps herself wrapped in a shroud of mourning for her late husband. She’s perfectly content to continue her sheltered life, but when one of her best friend’s is shot, she’s forced into service at the side of Lucas Tyler.

Lucas is a daring, talented spy, driven to solve the case of attacks on his fellow agents. He doesn’t want any help, and certainly not from Ana. But as the two edge ever closer to the disturbing truth, they cannot keep from developing a grudging respect for each other. And they cannot ignore the undeniable desire that threatens to change both their worlds.

Seduction is Forever

(Lady Spies Book 3)

ISBN 10: 0061138096

Master spy Emily Redgrave hasn’t been the same since a night six months ago when she was cut down by a would-be assassin’s bullet. Though she is physically recovered, she’s still haunted by memories of the trauma and regrets for what almost happened. She’s desperate to re-enter the field and regain her confidence. When she’s assigned to follow and protect Grant Ashbury, the Earl of Westfield, she reluctantly accepts, knowing this ‘babysitting’ duty could very well lead to more advanced cases.

What she doesn’t know is that Grant is a troubled spy in his own right. And he’s just been assigned to follow her by his own superior officers. But as the two chase each other around London, they inadvertently uncover a real case and a magnetic desire that draws them together in shocking, scandalous ways. Can Grant and Emily overcome their past traumas and work together?

And just who is the mysterious Lady M?

Dark Curse - Due out in September 2008

2008-06-10T16:26:00.003+02:00

Book 19 in the Dark Series
Hardcover: 416 pages
Publisher: Berkley Hardcover (September 2, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0425223434

Lara Calladine is haunted by childhood memories of being held prisoner in an ice cave and kept sane by the whispered stories told to her by her imprisoned aunts. They instilled mage and Carpathian magic deep within her and then helped her escape. She has spent years searching for the cave in hopes of finding the answers to the riddle of her past as well as finding her aunts who may have given their lives saving her.

Nicolas De La Cruz has returned to the Carpathian Mountains--his homeland--on orders from his eldest brother, Zacarias, to bring news of a conspiracy to the prince of their people. He is weary of his long existence and plans to end it away from his brothers where they will be unable to stop him once he has fulfilled his duty.

Lara and Nicolas paths collide in an explosive adventure that rocks the Carpathian world.

I love Christine Feehan, her books are always fantastics ! Ever since I picked up Dark prince I was hooked.

The cover of this books has a dragon on the back and the back cover tells us that tha action will probably be in the cave Feehan introduced in her short story Dark Descent. Which led me to think that the heroine might have some DragonSeeker or/ and mage blood in her ...

Le blog d'une grosse

2008-05-23T14:22:00.003+02:00

I discovered this blog whose name in english would be " blog of a fat girl" or something like that.

I thought it would be a blog making fun of people who are big but not at all.

This is the blog a a girl Cathy wich is apparently herself a big girl and it's about the difficulties we all face concerning food and how we struggle to lose or maintain our weight. All is made with humour, it's a funny witty blog ...

Blue-Eyed Devil by Lisa Kleypas

2008-05-07T11:57:00.003+02:00

Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Piatkus Books (March 6, 2008)
ISBN-10: 0749938765
ISBN-13: 978-0749938765
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.8 x 1.1 inches

Blue-Eyed Devil is the story of the charming, volatile and ambitious Hardy Cates, who is determined to carry out his private revenge against the Travis family. Haven is the rebellious Travis daughter who struggles against her overpowering attraction to the most dangerous man in town. But when Hardy crashes a Travis family wedding, the heiress and the bad boy uncover an explosive chemistry that neither of them can deny. Hardy Cates is an unscrupulous rascal, but now he's trying to clean up his act. He is looking for the perfect society wife, the kind of woman Haven Travis could never be. Having once been burned by a love affair gone wrong, Haven vows to stay far away from the sexy heartbreaker. However, Haven discovers that the temptation of a blue-eyed devil is hard to resist. And then when a menace from Haven's past appears, Hardy may be the only one to save her ...

After a disastrous marriage where she ended up at the end of her husband' fist, Haven Travis met Hardy Cates which has been introduced in Kleypas’ previous book Sugar Daddy. She knows he is a bad boy but she also knows that when things get rocky she can count on him, she knows that he the one’s kisses she can’t forget.

I love Hardy, even in Sugar daddy I felt powerfully attracted to him, I can only love a man gone from nothing building himself up ….This man had me from the first line … He is a take charge kind of man and he is not afraid of the challenge Haven represent with a chaotic past and fear of men and intimacy …

Even better than Sugar Daddy, this book reeks of sexual chemistry, sensual delight, it’s a race pulsing romance … Do I need to say more ?

Karen Marie Moning's Fever series on screen ???

2008-04-24T19:50:00.002+02:00

On her Board, Authort Karen Marie Moning has announced that the the twentieth Century Fox/New Regency Productions has optioned the Fever Series.

What that means is they plan to explore developing it. It may or may not happen. and she will of course, keep us posted as things progress.

You can find that wonderful news on her board and here on the New York Times !!!

Congratulations Karen we're so happy for you and to be honest for us too, because we've all been dying to see Mac and Barrons on screen !!!!

Waking beauty by Elise Friedman

2008-04-16T11:36:00.003+02:00

Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Three Rivers Press; 1 edition (June 22, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1400051061
ISBN-13: 978-140005106

What would you do if you went to bed ugly, fat, and depressed and woke up the next morning in the body of a goddess? This is exactly the miracle that befalls Allison Penny, who has spent most of her twenty-two years on this earth in a serious slump (to say the least). Having long since given up on her life, Allison is stuck in an apartment with an evil sexpot roommate, trapped in a dysfunctional relationship with her alcoholic mother, and miserably working as a cleaning lady to pay the bills. Now, of course, Allison wastes no time in test-driving her new looks, and she experiences all of the power and fun that come with being gorgeous. Men and modeling agencies are falling all over her, and she finally has the con?dence to live her life without trying to disappear into the background. But even for the beautiful people, things can get complicated, and soon Allison finds herself with a whole new set of problems.Darkly hilarious, engaging, and full of surprises, Waking Beauty is a modern-day fairy tale with an all-too-real moral: No matter how much we hate to admit it, it’s what’s on the outside that counts.

This books is all about appearance and how we deal with how people look at us, How we deal with ourselves, and the demons that are eating us inside out. The thing is even the most perfect people have to deal with insecurities, lack of self confidence and Allison with her new self have to face them and also new problems…

Every woman would love to wake up gorgeous and not to have to worry about diet, the thing is few of us can lol !!! Caustic, funny, emotionally surprising, this book is a modern fairy tale with a distinctively moral No matter how hard it is to admit, we all know that what really matters when we met someone is appearance but it’s funny how they built a multi billionaire market on this thing called ‘inner beauty” just to make us all feel better, safer …

Sugar Daddy By LIsa Kleypas

2008-04-09T18:13:00.003+02:00

Mass Market Paperback: 432 pages
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks; Reprint edition (March 4, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0312351631

Liberty Jones fell in love with Hardy Cates when she was fourteen and three quarters and he was seventeen. However, Hardy wasn't going to let even love stand in the way of his ambition to escape the poverty of his childhood. He had left town - and Liberty broken hearted. But Liberty is also a survivor - and determined to make a better life for herself and her baby sister. Moving to the big city, she finds a job and an unlikely friend in billionaire tycoon Churchill Travis. But though Churchill's son is convinced she's nothing but a gold digger looking for a Sugar Daddy, their relationship goes deeper than most people think. But just as Liberty and her sister begin to feel settled in their new life, Hardy comes back into their lives...

After more than 20 historical books Lisa kleypas has decided to change course and has written a contemporary women fiction’s story. which also happen to be written at the first person.

This story is a love triangle but as often in the first person writing we only get the narrator point of view, which is limiting in a romance where we expect to have both point of view of the relationship. However this story is emotional, hot and the love is all along this book starting from the love of liberty for her mother and ending with the choice between two loves, the love of the past and the love of the future.

We all at some point can relate with Liberty, be it is in her relation with her mother or with boys, her awkward growing up in a trailer park, in her dealing with what life put in her way, being born in the wrong side of the tracks and trying to make it big in the big city…

Fans of Lisa Kleypas might be surprised at this new genre but they sure will come back for more.

Spring Swap

2008-03-22T19:45:00.004+01:00

I'm member of a french BBS named "Les Romantiques" and for spring we decided to organized a swap (you know I send a prensent to X, X send a present to Y etc ...) well today I received my prensent or presents in this cas beacuse there are two books and candles and teh cutest tiniest purse.

Here are a picture of those presents , Thanks to Saroune who sent them :)

Melissa Lopez

2008-03-21T22:49:00.005+01:00

Dark Sentinel (Netherworld)

ISBN 1-59998-896-8
Publisher Samhain Publishing
Release Date March 2008

When Lash is yanked from his tortured existence in Netherworld and dumped naked in the Louisiana Bayou, you'd think he'd died and gone to heaven. Except Lash died a millennia ago, and a condemned soul like his can never enter Paradise. This new life feels like the next best thing, full of small miracles like silence and ice water and the company of a beautiful, compassionate woman.

Teva knows nothing about the mysterious stranger she's taken in, only that he needs her help. Well, the fact that he's gorgeous hasn't escaped her attention, either. Along with a taste for heavy-metal music and an inherited talent for magic, Teva has a trusting heart. She can't see Lash as anything other than the sexy, gentle man who soothes her nightmares away. Neither can she see the sinister plot to steal her soul.

Against his will, Lash has been sent to corrupt Teva's soul with sinful pleasures. Starved for tenderness and aching with desire, Lash yearns to accept the loving embrace Teva offers. But he can't give in to passion without tainting her, condemning her to the horrors of Netherworld. The ultimate battle between good and evil is brewing, and Lash stands in the middle. His soul belongs to Satan; his heart belongs to Teva. Can the Dark Sentinel not only protect the woman he's come to love, but earn a second chance at life?

Dark Sentinel is the first book of Melissa Lopez's Netherworld series.

This serie is all about love, redemption and finding the one special personn who'll help you find the light after the darkness. Miss Lopez created a word between this plan and the next that will take the reader to a place so dark and forbinding that he might want to come back from the Netherworld

I've never read a book by this author before but after reading this book I only want more. The next installement DARK CHANCE will be released in june 2008 by Samhain Publishing and I just can't wait to have my hands on it.

Warning, this title contains the following: explicit sex, graphic language, and graphic violence.

This is me

2008-03-20T17:28:00.002+01:00

For the people who asked me if I've been dumped because I'm ugly (I love this kind of question) here is the answer. I put a picture of me so you'll make your own opinion ....

Well if you ask me I know I'm not a Marilyn Monroe but I don't think I'm ugly either, I guess I'm just plain, a normal person with some extra pounds around the hips lol !

Hugs (even to the nasty ones !!)

Erotica - BL - Yaoi - M/M

2008-03-12T16:17:00.007+01:00

Few years ago I discovered Man/Man erotica which I've loved ever since.

Some of my Favorite Authors are :

Jet Mykles whom I made an article that you can find here,
Rhianne Aile, Erotic fiction with a romantic soul. http://www.rhianneaile.com

Laura Baumbach, Books where the sensual delights of explicit lovemaking are teamed with the thrill of romance. Stories so hot the pages curl.http://www.laurabaumbach.com

Alex Beecroft - Adventure and Romance -- Where Brokeback Mountain meets Master and Commander. Rum, Sodomy and the lash in the 18th Century Royal Navy. http://www.alexbeecroft.com/Adventure_and_Romance.shtml

Ally Blue, http://www.allyblue.com/

JL Langley, .http://www.jllangley.com

And so much more ....

Reading M/M erotic romance has been my "Dirty little secret" or I could say my "Guilty pleasure" for a while ...

I'm finding myself more and more trying to find more stories which include M/M romance.
Why do I love this kind of romance ? I don't know yet I jst know that I can't do without ...

I also read some Manga Yaoi which I discovered last year thank to Gallya " Girl I can't thank you enough"

My first one was Haru wo Daiteita which alternativetitle is Embracing love. It's a drama, romance and the age rating is mature it may contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence)

Plot Summary:

The adorable and attractive main characters of Haru wo Daiteita are Kyousuke Iwaki and Youji Katou who are both in the film industry, having starred in various adult video films and are trying to climb the ladder of success and become greater actors. Iwaki is accepted to star in a popular movie, having beaten Katou in the auditions. During their time together, Katou believes he is in love with Iwaki-San, who on the contrary refuses to believe that he is in love. It is later on that another gay actor comes back to Japan and co-stars with Katou that problems starting arising. And it is from then on that the two realise where their hearts are set.

I cannot not talk about "Finder series Love Prize" which also goes by other names like "Finder no Hyouteki", "Finder no Ryoshuui", "Finder no Sekiyoku" or "you're my love prize viewfinder".

Summary :

During a routine journalism assignment, freelance photographer Akihito Takaba is captured by the mysterious Asami, a powerful leader in Japan's underworld society. Asami forces his captive to undergo a night of pleasure and pain never before imagined...and soon both can't forget the other...

This manga is just not good is in my opinion extraordinary, not only by the storie which I find complex, enthralling but also by the design of the mangaka (artist) YAMANE Ayano. This is a very controversial series, you either love or hate it.

Here is an extract :

Which 'Pride and Prejudice' guy is for you?

2008-03-10T18:36:00.002+01:00

Your proud and prejudiced match is Mr Fitzwilliam Darcy! One of those dark and mysterious hotties... mmmm...

Christophe Mae Live

2008-03-06T15:44:00.006+01:00

I've seen a concert yesterday evening, with three friends. The artist is a french singer very popular since the show "le Roi Soleil" ( the sun king, the story of Louis XIV) in which he acted "Monsieur" the King's Brother.

His music is Kinda Raggae influenced and of course he's got a great energy. It was a good show but I have to admit that with only one album behind it was a bit "not enough". I'll be seeing him on stage again but I'll wait for him to release two or three album more.

As for all concert from populair singer, there were a load of "Screaming virgins" which never cease to amaze me ... reminds me of a time when I was 13 and a huge Fan of the first Boys Band "New Kids on the Block" lol

I'll be putting videos of the show later on tonight.

The sensitive man

2008-02-23T13:26:00.002+01:00

The Sensitive Man

A woman meets a man in a bar.
They talk; they connect; they endup leaving together.
They get back to his place,and as he shows her around his apartment.
She notices that one wall of hisbedroom iscompletely filled with soft, sweet,cuddly teddy bears.There are three shelves in thebedroom,with hundreds and hundreds of cute,cuddly teddy bears carefully placedin rows, covering the entire wall!It was obvious that he had takenquite some time to lovingly arrange the mand she was immediately touched by the amount of thought he had put into organizing the display.
There were small bears all alongthe bottom shelf,medium-sized bears covering thelength of the middle shelf,and huge, enormous bears runningall the way along the top shelf.

She found it strange for anobviously masculine guyto have such a large collection ofTeddy Bears, She is quite impressed by his sensitive side but doesn't mention this to him.

They share a bottle of wine and continue talking and after awhile, she finds herself thinking,
'Oh my God! Maybe, this guy could be the one!
Maybe he could be the futurefather of my children?'

She turns to him and kisses himlightly on the lipsHe responds warmly.
They continue to kiss, the passion builds, and he romantically lifts her inhis arms and carries her into his bedroom where they rip off each other's clothes and make hot, steamy love.

She is so overwhelmed that she responds with more passion, more creativity, more heat than she has ever known.
After an intense, explosive night of raw passion with this sensitive guy, they are lying there together inthe afterglow.
The woman rolls over, gently strokes his chest and asks coyly,'Well,how was it?'

The guy gently smiles at her, strokes her cheek looks deeply into her eyes and says:

'Help yourself to any prize from the middle shelf'

A Caress of Twilight by Laurell K hamilton.

2008-02-18T15:03:00.002+01:00

Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages
Publisher: Fawcett (March 4, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0345423429
ISBN-13: 978-0345423429

I am Princess Meredith, heir to a throne–if I can stay alive long enough to claim it.
My cousin, Prince Cel, is determined to see that I don’t. As long as we both live, we are in a race for the crown: Whichever one of us reproduces first gets the throne. So now the men of my royal guard– frightening warriors skilled with blade, spell, and gun–have become my lovers, auditioning with pleasure for the role of future king and father of my child. And they must still protect me from assassination attempts–for unlike most of the fey, I am part human, and very mortal. All this royal back-stabbing makes it very difficult for me to pursue my living as a private investigator in Los Angeles, especially since the media made sure the whole world knows the Faerie princess is alive and well in sunny California.

Now, in the City of Angels, people are dying in mysterious, frightening ways. What the human police don’t realize is that the killer is hunting the fey as well. Havoc lies on the horizon: the very existence of the place known as Faerie is at grave risk. So now, while I enjoy the greatest pleasures of my life with my guardians, I must fend off an ancient evil that could destroy the very fabric of reality. And that’s just my day job.

I'm not a huge fan of the Anita Black series which I find too tame for my taste but after reading Kiss of Shadow, the first Merry Gentry book all I could say was "more". It got on my nerves to have to wait for "A caress of twilight" but when I got my hands on it as for the first book I couldn't put it down.

This series is a political-sex-paranormal thriller where sex is used not for love but to gain political power in the two courts (seelie and unseelie).

Merry is a paranormal PI working for the Grey agency. She has been assigned to help Maeve Reed another sidhe from the seelie court. Maeve is not only a sidhe she's also a former goddess in exile from the seelie court where King Taranis banished her a century ago.

In Caress of twilight Merry has her hands full of sidhes (pun inteded) and the storie grows as Merry comes into her powers and responsibilities, sending us into a spiral of actions, both in and out of bed.

And now I just can't wait to be home to read the third book in this fantastic serie "Seduced by moonlight"

Women's golfers

2008-02-14T15:45:00.002+01:00

Two women were playing golf.

One teed off and watched in horror asher ball headed directly toward a Foursome of men playing the next hole.The ball hit one of the men.

He immediately clasped his hands Togetherat his groin, fell to the ground and proceeded to roll around in agony.

The woman rushed down to the man, and immediately began to apologize.

"Please allow me to help. I'm a Physical Therapist and I know I couldrelieve your pain if you'd allow me,"she told him.

"Oh, no, I'll be all right. I'll be fine in a few minutes," the man replied.

He was in obvious agony, lying in the fetal position, still clasping hishands together at his groin.

At her persistence, however, he finally allowed her to help.

She gently took his hands away and laid them to the side, loosenedhis pants and put her hands inside.

She administered tender and artful massage for several long momentsand asked,'How does that feel'?

He replied:"It feels great, but I still think my thumb's broken."

Merci

2008-02-13T10:12:00.001+01:00

I'm not proefficient in English so I will be brief. Thank you Tisha for your message.

I think our two blogs can be complementary. Although we have often the same tastes, we also have different views of the same story.

Wanting what you get by Kathy Love

2008-02-12T17:00:00.000+01:00

Wanting what you get - book 2 in the Stepp Sisters Trilogy
Paperback: 352 pages

Publisher: Zebra (November 1, 2004)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0821776134

ISBN-13: 978-0821776131

This can't be happeningIs he flirting with me? I must be imagining things. Why would Mason Sweet, the gorgeous mayor of Millbrook, Maine, the man I've secretly been in love with since the seventh grade, flirt with me? He's the town golden boy, and I'm, well, the local librarian. The Stepp sister who stayed close to home. The one who bakes brownies...then eats them all. My thighs make that whick-whick-whick sound in pantyhose. He can't possibly be flirting with me. So why is he giving me that melt-you-where-you-stand look? Why is he pulling me close? And what is he whispering in my ear?

Sorry, could you repeat that? Now I'm hearing things, because I swear Mason just asked me if I'd like to...well, he wasn't asking for a book recommendation, let's put it that way. Oh my, my, my. Okay, Ellie, stop blushing like a teenage girl. I'm sure he didn't mean it. Maybe I should just alphabetize something. Be the good girl everyone expects. Eat another brownie. Forget this ever happened. So why is it I can't stop myself from saying, "Yes...."

The second instalment of the Sisters Stepp trilogy, "Wanting what you get" is about the youngest daughter Ellie and Mason.

Ever since High school, Ellie has been in love with Mason Sweet. She was a full figure and shy teenager and he was the most popular guy. But years later when Mason takes an interest in Ellie, she discovers that the high school cutie now mayor is not as perfect as he seems to be…

There are books which can seem a little bit simplistic, somehow naive. Here a young woman dreaming of her prince charming who finally makes a move on her and takes away her insecurities. That storie could have stopped here but Kathy Love gives us a couple whom step by step (pun intended) will give to this novel a depth we did not suspected.

Mason's alcoholism is going to be a catalyst for Ellie who will become a woman by realizing that some added kilos are nothing compared to the unwell-being and the disease of the man she loves. Mason is not the prince charming she thought him to be but she will love him to the point of risking losing him.

With this novel, the author shows us that they are wounds of childhood which will never really heal but it is up to us to confront them and why not call for help.

Gaelle

2008-02-12T16:28:00.001+01:00

I'll be working with my friend Gaelle on reviews. I'm happy to say that she and I share a love for romance but our tastes are sometimes differents and we just agreed to disagree :) lol

You can find our joined work under the label Work With Gaelle.

Gaelle not only likes to read and reviews books, she also a wonderful writer herself. She writes in french and I'll try to translate her work whenever she allows me to.

She has a blog in French which you can see here named after the books "Wanting something more" from the trilogy of the stepp sisters by Kathy Love whom we both love and our work will naturally starts with a novel "wanting what you get" from the Stepp Sisters Trilogy.

Thank you Gaelle ! I'm glad you decided to work with me !

Love ya Girl !!

Tisha

Jet Mykles

2008-02-11T17:57:00.000+01:00

I just joined Jet Mykles yahoo group.

This fantastic authors of many novels also does graphic art which you can discover in her web site

Her books can be found at www.loose-id.net

Jet thanks for adding me in your group muuaaaaahhhhh

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Moon Fever

2008-02-05T20:10:00.000+01:00

Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Pocket (September 25, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1416514902
ISBN-13: 978-1416514909

Spellbinding paranormal stories by four stellar authors that will send shivers of desire down your spine.

In "Tempting Fate" by Susan Sizemore, Desiree dreams she spent a passion-filled night with sexy rock star Jon Coyote...and that he told her he was a vampire. But when Desiree discovers she is mysteriously pregnant, her erotic fantasy takes a strangely realistic turn.

An angry ghost is haunting Caroline's house in "The Darkness Within" by award-winning author Maggie Shayne. But when sexy private investigator Jim Lipton offers to help discover what is going on, Caroline suspects that he has a personal interest in her ghost -- and in her.

In "Cobwebs Over the Moon" by Lori Handeland, Manhattanite Carly Kelly is pursued by werewolves across the wintry Alaskan wilderness, and only ruggedly handsome soldier Dylan Shepard stands between her and death.

Lycanthropy takes an exotic tropical twist in "Crazy for the Cat" by Caridad Piñeiro. When scientist Jessica Morales travels to the Amazon jungle, she discovers that beneath the savage grace of her local guide, the handsome Javier da Costa, lurks a hidden wildness that is as tempting as it is dangerous.

I've read the first story which is Tempting Fate by Susan Sizemore. I hate to say it but I think it was less intersting and good than the rest of her vampire serie. Being a short storie doesn't help of course. The plots are never as good in a short storie as they could be in a full novel.

I'll be reading MAggie shayne, next ...

Dawn's awakening by Lora Leigh

2008-02-04T14:24:00.000+01:00

Paperback: 283 pages
Publisher: Berkley (February 5, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0425219755
ISBN-13: 978-0425219751

The runt of the lab she was created in, Dawn Daniels endured years of torture by her pride brother and the council soldiers. Finally freed from her torment, she’s now a Breed Enforcer, in control of her own life. Until she’s assigned to protect the one man destined to be her mate—and realizes it’sfar too easy to lose total control…

One of the Breed’s most important supporters, Seth Lawrence has spent years trying to forget Dawn, knowing that her lost innocence has made it impossible for her to get close to anyone. But suddenly neither of them can find the strength to fight the overwhelming passion between them. At least until the most brutal tormenter from Dawn’s past reappears—and threatens to destroy theirnewfound love, along with their lives…

After waiting months to read that book, I must say that it was worth every minutes of it.

Lora Leigh takes us on a wild ride with this latest installation of her breeds serie. I cried a few times at the horror of what Dawn had to face during her time in the lab and the some more when free... well not really free, she's still prisoner of the nighmares that wake her at night.

Seth is the perfect mate for her. Not only is he a gorgeous Alpha male and hotter than hell, but he is also understanding, caring and so in love with her.

We also have a huge and surprising introduction a the end of the book, introduction that we have been waiting for a long time.

This books is not as sexualy graphic as the previous ones ( jacob's faith ...) but it contains some scenes of rape/violence that might hurt the sensibility of some readers.

One night with you by Sophie Jordan

2008-01-29T12:05:00.000+01:00

Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages
Publisher: Avon (December 26, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0061339261
ISBN-13: 978-0061339264

Anything can happen after dark . . .

Tired of being treated like a servant by her own family, Lady Jane Guthrie finally has a chance to escape . . . at least for one night. Attired in a daring gown, she arrives at a scandalous courtesans' masquerade ball looking forward to her few hours of freedom. But when she sees Seth Rutledge, her skin begins to tingle with anticipation. Many years ago, Seth broke her heart by falling for her beautiful, title-hungry sister. But now here he is, right in front of her, offering her his lips . . .

Embittered by war, Seth returns home to inherit the title that would have once won him the woman of his dreams. Though duty demands he wed, he's convinced passion no longer has a place in his life . . . until a masked siren sets his heart aflame. Desperate to find her again, he has no idea it's his childhood friend Jane—and that after one night together their lives will never be the same.

I've just discovered that authors and just the title is promissing, I can't wait to have it in my hands and let myself falling for a night with Seth Rutledge ....