ARC Review: Molly Harper - A Witch's Handbook of Kisses and Curses

Half Moon Hollow Series:
 
Book 3:
 
A Witch's Handbook of Kisses and Curses: Nola Leary and Jed Trudeau
 

 
Expected publication: May 28th 2013
Purchase on Amazon: Molly Harper - A Witch's Handbook of Kisses and Curses
 
Summary:
 
From goodreads.com
 
Nola Leary would have been content to stay in Kilcairy, Ireland, healing villagers at her family’s clinic with a mix of magic and modern medicine. But a series of ill-timed omens and a deathbed promise to her grandmother have sent her on a quest to Half-Moon Hollow, Kentucky, to secure her family’s magical potency for the next generation. Her supernatural task? To unearth four artifacts hidden by her grandfather before a rival magical family beats her to it.
 
Complication One: Her grandfather was Mr. Wainwright and the artifacts are lost somewhere in what is now Jane Jameson's book shop.
 
Complication Two: her new neighbor, Jed Trudeau, who keeps turning up half naked at the strangest times, a distraction Nola doesn't need. And teaming up with a real-life Adonis is as dangerous as it sounds, especially when he’s got the face of an angel and the abs of a washboard—can Nola complete her mission before falling completely under his spell?
 
Review:
 
I freak’n adore Molly Harper! She is on my auto-buy list for a reason. I count on Molly Harper to make me laugh every time I pick up one of her books not a fail. This is the reason I read Molly Harper! With this book I got exactly what I expected, a fun, light humorous book that I didn’t want to put down.
 
The Half Moon Hollow crew is back in this book in their supporting roles. You can count on Jane and crew to make you laugh, in this book we have newcomer to the crew Nola. She is on a task to find her families artifacts, if she fails, her entire family may lose their magic. Nola, has never been a big practitioner of her own magic but that doesn’t mean that she wants her family to lose their magic, their entire village in Ireland counts on it. Back in Ireland Nola is the most practical of her family; I like that in this book she loses a bit of that out of necessity. Her task in general is a bit crazy so she has to go outside her comfort zone quite a bit to reach her goal. Back home, she has a straight laced boring boyfriend. In Half Moon Hollow she has a gorgeous neighbor that tempts her more then he ought to, especially since she has a perfectly lovely boyfriend back home, or is he? While in Half Moon Hollow, things start falling apart between her and her man. And honestly you can’t even dredge up and remorse for that, not with Jed next door! Jed, is muscled, sexy and good with power tools! Plus he is a savior of small marsupials. I mean really how can you turn that down, for boring? Lola starts asking herself that question on a regular basis.
 
The romance in the story is a bit slow to start, for a while I was wondering if it was going to happen at all. However, that didn’t really detract from the story for me. I don’t necessarily pick up Molly Harper for the romance, although it is a nice benefit. I pick up Molly Harper because I want to laugh uproariously and that mission was accomplished with this book. I consider that a win! While this book is light on the romance it in heavy on the laughs. So if you want to laugh, pick this one up!
 
*This book was provided to me through Edelweiss for an honest review. No other compensation was provided.
 
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Blog Tour: Natalie Acres – Imprints

Imprints (MFM) (Dominant Wolves, Submissive Mates 1) by Natalie Acres


Ménage Amour: Erotic Paranormal Western Consensual BDSM Ménage a Trois Romance, M/F/M, werewolves, spanking, wax play, sex toys, HEA]
 
Two pack masters discover an unyielding love in one woman by altering customs and forming new traditions destined to change the Wyoming Territory forever. Imprinting upon and sharing a lover, the Alphas realize their packs must join together, but they will face great opposition when their chosen mate is confronted with a wrenching decision.
 
Pack masters Frank Smith and Jock Corrigan aren’t enemies, but they aren’t exactly friends. Still, their similar fates have been altered by an unusual union they cannot deny. Their relationship with Carla Cassidy forces several wolves to make their independent choices. One will stand with the newly formed pack, but another will fall victim to his own selfish needs and motives. A group of new shifters will emerge and change the course of history, but not before the expanding pack’s goals are tested and tried.

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Review: Kerrigan Byrne–Redeemed

Highland Historical (The Banshees)
 
Book 4:
 
Redeemed: Kylah MacKay and Daroch McLeod
 

 
Purchase on Amazon: Kerrigan Byrne - Redeemed (Heroes of the Highlands) (The MacKays #2)
 
Summary:

To a Banshee, revenge is a dish best served screaming...
 
Kylah MacKay was brutalized and burned alive, but denied her vengeance by a cruel twist of fate. She's drawn to the one man more damaged then her, and becomes a pawn in an ancient war that may cost her very soul. Somehow this man, who has no use for emotion or love, awakens dangerous desires she'd thought died with her.
 
He's a man out of time...
 
Daroch McLeod is a ruthless and brilliant Druid driven by a single purpose: Retribution. Abused and tormented, he's promised not to stop until he's retaliated against his immortal captors. And he's never been closer to his goal. Daroch refuses to let the beautiful, inquisitive Banshee, who haunts his every step, uncover his deadly secrets.
 
Can two souls searching for vengeance find redemption instead?
 
Review:

I pick up a Kerrigan Byrne book and I know that I am going to get a well written entertaining story. She has never, not once failed to impress me with her mad story telling skills. This installment of the Banshee series is no exception to that. This book picks up pretty close to where RELEASED left off.
 
Of the wronged MacKay women Kylah has the most reason for revenge: chained, used and left to burn alive Kylah feels nothing in death. She is left uncomfortably numb. She knows that she should feel something at the very least a burn for revenge but with that option gone for good she has nothing left, not even her Banshee scream. As a banshee she is drawn to strong dark emotions, one day she was out wandering and was drawn to a place of great anguish. It is there in the presence of all that pain that she is finally able to find her own pain and anger and at long last her scream. She is surprised to find that she is not alone in the cave and as it turns out it was the Druid and not the cave that she was drawn too. Never has she felt such pain in one person, not even herself. Daroch is a man of science, a Druid, possibly the last of his kind. Born thousands of years earlier he should have died with his people, but fate was not so kind. Now his one goal in life is to destroy all things Fae, and he is running out of time. When a curious, beautiful banshee shows up in his cave the last thing he wants is her distracting him or finding out what he is up to. If he finds a way to kill the Fae, that would include her…
 
Despite everything that was done to her Kylah has this quite innocence about her. At the time of her death she was still young and had left a fairly sheltered life and even though her innocence was stolen from her she still maintains a piece of that after death. She also has an insatiable curiosity about her, it kind of reminds you of a young child always asking the question “why?”. Only instead of being annoying she asks intelligent questions and has a quick mind. Daroch is at first annoyed that his solitude has been invaded but he quickly comes to appreciate her intelligent, curious mind. Kylah is had to not like, she is sweet and despite her beauty she is not spoiled. With little else to do, Kylah decides to throw in her lot with Daroch whether he likes it or not, so she is a bit of a stubborn wench.
 
Daroch has met his match, finally someone that can out stubborn him. She’s not tangible so it’s not like he can physically remove her from his presence. Daroch is dark, brooding and tortured soul; everything we have come to love in our Alpha male lead. He is freak’n sexy! All muscle, brains, magic and bad attitude! A killer combo if you ask me. Kylah is not immune to this combo either. Even though Kylah almost kills him twice in about an hour, Daroch finds himself thawing towards her. Soon he is finding himself looking forward to her company instead of dreading it and then he is left wondering how in the hell that happened. For over a century he hasn’t so much as wanted to be near another person, but this slip of a lass is getting past all of his defenses.
 
Together, these two are better than they are a part. In such a short period of time they become a team. Each one is strong where the other is weak, each teaching other new things about life and about death. Kylah gets Daroch to rethink some of this theories and start and living. Daroch helps Kylah find herself as a woman and to help her discover she is more than a beautiful face and that she has a brain that she can use. Little by little they help each other heal, but each has a soul deep need for revenge and it may just destroy them both…
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Tune in Tuesday – Feel’n Mellow

This is hosted by Sharonda @ Salacious Reads Where we share what we are grooving to at the moment.

This week I’m in a pretty chill mood so my playlist is reflecting that. Enjoy!

Giveaway: Bec McMaster

So I recently discovered the London Steampunk Series by Bec McMaster and I love it so much that I’m doing a giveway so that you can discover it too, right in time for book two HEART OF IRON to come out!  Sourcebooks the publisher of this wonderful series was nice enough to donate a copy of the first book of this series KISS OF STEEL to one lucky winner!



When Nowhere Is Safe


Most people avoid the dreaded Whitechapel district. For Honoria Todd, it's the last safe haven. But at what price?

Blade is known as the master of the rookeries—no one dares cross him. It's been said he faced down the Echelon's army single-handedly, that ever since being infected by the blood-craving he's been quicker, stronger, and almost immortal.

When Honoria shows up at his door, his tenuous control comes close to snapping. She's so...innocent. He doesn't see her backbone of steel—or that she could be the very salvation he's been seeking.

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ARC Review: Jax Garren - How Beauty Loved the Beast

Tales of the Underlight Series:
 
Book 3:
 
How Beauty Loved the Beast: Wesley "Hauk" Haukon and Jolie Benoit
 
 
 
Expected publication: May 13th 2013
Purchase on Amzon:Jax Garren - How Beauty Loved the Beast (Tales of the Underlight)
 
Summary:
From Goodreads.com
 
It’s all been leading to this.
 
Jolie Benoit has become a skilled agent of the Underlight, relying on her savvy to complete assignments while Sergeant Wesley Haukon was out of commission. But an unexpected clue to the Order of Ananke’s diabolical scheme rattles Jolie, and she turns to Hauk for comfort.
 
It’s been years since Hauk took comfort from the touch of another person, though his love for Jolie is deep and powerful. Uncomfortable in his skin, scarred by a terrible fire, he is unable to give in to the pleasures that Jolie so desperately wants to grant him.
 
Meanwhile, the Order is lurking in the shadows—and when they strike, the blow is swift and terrible. Hauk and Jolie scramble to fight for their community, but with the future of the Underlight threatened, no one is safe. And Hauk will never be the same…
 
Review:
Finally, Finally, we get some action and I’m not talking about the violent kind. For the first two books we have been leading up to this, Jolie and Hauk have been dancing around each other. We knew how Hauk felt but Jolie was a bit trickier. She took a bit longer to realize her feelings ran deeper than friendship. At the start of this book, Hauk is in the hospital recovering from almost dying, again… Jolie is still living life as an agent, but is restless without Hauk at her side. She knows how she feels and she is going to make sure Hauk knows it.
 
The author I think did a really good job with the intimate side of Hauk and Jolie. Hauks insecurities don’t just magically go away the minute he realizes that Jolie feels the same way about him. They have real issues that they have to work through as a couple. Jolie does a fantastic job with working with Hauk and making sure that he knows that the scars don’t matter to her. Hauk truly does try to work through his anxiety when it comes to his skin, though, his insecurities run deep, way deeper than the scars do. There were several moments when these two had me tearing up.
 
This book was more about the relationship between Jolie and Hauk and less about the Underlight although there is still plenty of violent action to be had in this book, after all the struggle continues regardless of whether or not Jolie and Hauk want some alone time. There are some touch and go moments where lives are at stake and there is a disappearance of a character I liked and wanted to see more of. I had struggled with how I wanted this story to end as far as the whole beauty and the beast theme went, in the end I was happy with how Jax Garren decided to resolve that. It was a pretty good compromise. I did kind of want Freya to claim Jolie like Hauk had been claimed, I think that would have added a fun twist to the story, but it all worked out well in the end. A great ending to Jolie and Hauks part of the story and I still look forwards to more Tales of the Underlight.
 
*This book was provided to me through NetGalley for an honest review. No other compensation was provided.
 
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Tune in Tuesday – Randoms

Welcome to another edition of Tuesday Jams, a weekly post hosted @ Salacious Reads

So I couldn’t think of what to pick this week so when in doubt pull out your playlist and put it on random. =)  So the following songs are from my playlist picked at random by whatever method that is used.

John Legend – Slow Dance



Usher – Burn



Five Finger Death Punch – The Tragic Truth