What can you say about an author name......Lora Leigh

A word of advice, these books are rated at "Adult Contemporary".

Other than her books are grrrrreat!! Her style is very (and I mean very) original. The characters are loveable (would make great pets). If there's one thing I can say about Lora Leigh is...........she's in a class of her own! For example.....The series of books she’s best known for, her "BREED" series. The story is about how this whole thing got started. Weird scientific experiments to create the next generations of soldiers/weapon (all in one) have gone amok. Man and beast DNA all mixed up to create a new species. To be use and discarded after the war. To be considered as a non human and to be treated worse than the wild animals they were supposed to turn out to be..............Who said that animals don't have feelings. Screw them after you read these books.

"TEMPTING THE BEAST" ...... The main characters consists of Merinus Tyler,and (of course) our hero Callan Lyons. As to how to explain the story........mmmmmmm.............let's see............Hero is half man half beast, created for the sole purpose of a weapon of mass destruction and later terminated after the mission has been accomplished. A small group of these so called “Breeds” manage to escape and established a new race of their own. Our heroine is a reporter who is interested in an expose about the new "Breed" people. What they didn't know was that 'NATURE' can never be contained (these wise words were from “Jurassic Park” part 1). But the scientists have got it wrong. Animals do have feelings. And emotion. And most surprising of all………LOVE. Even after all the hell they went through it is surprising that they were still able to place their trust in people. Ahh…I see. You’d like to know more……..go visit her website at www.loraleigh.com Oh, some of her old books from this series are constantly on sale in ebay. If you feel the hunger (like I did) go buy it!

"The Man Within" ebook cover

"The Man Within" paperback cover.........

I'd rather prefer the ebook cover as it's sizzling hot (as in ow, ow.....burning hot) and the picture is just how it was describe in the book. This time, the story revolves around Roni and Taber. Our hero and heroine who have know each other for a long time. However, the last time they met, Taber gave Roni something to remember him by. But Roni, being Roni, didn't know what it was. Until now, Taber has come to reclaim what's his. Roni. She has always been his since she was just a little girl, and she will now be his, forever. As you read along you will feel the conflict that the characters have against each other. The thing that really gets you is that their 'PRIDE' gets in the way. Comparing to the first book of this series, you'll love the characters more as you'll feel the connection between them and you. Between books 2 and 3 just happened to be a surprise. We've all been reading about cats.....well.....now introducing......dogs, actually it's a Wolf Breed.

Meet "Elizabeth's Wolf". The main characters are Dash and Elizabeth. I thought I loved Taber and Roni, but this one had me crying since I started reading the excerpt. I knew I had to get this book, come hell or high water. And I did. And I love reading every minute of it. The surprise is not Dash or Elizabeth.....ahh, if I tell you, it wouldn't be a surprise would it? The story is lovely the flow is great and most of all, the story is touching. Okay, enough already.....go get your own book to read.

Now book 3 is very difficult to read. As you've started out from book1 and 2, don't even try to measure it with Elizabeth's Wolf. Not even close. But by now, you should now understand what is going on and what the characters have been through in "Kiss of Heat".

The Council's scientist have done to them in the labs. Meet two lovers Kane, he's Merinus brother and Sherra, she's Callan's sister and a member of the "Pride", who were torn apart by the Council's lies and deceit. For so many years this two lovers have been apart through death the death of their child. Until they met again. This time Kane will do all he can to keep Sherra with him. Even if he has to fight her to the death. Whether it's his or hers, time can only tell. This story is quite tough to swallow. Since you do have to read what Merinus and Kane had gone through. Even till this date, I still can't go in to details of it as I (since I do feel like I know them like family) didn't want to know the extent of the tortures that they both went through. It was not a baptise in fire.....trust me on that.

**end of part 1 **

Congratulations to Cynthia Eden

Hooray!!! Hooray!!

I wrote about Cynthia Eden and I got a comment from her. I am also delighted to inform all of (any) you the following news:

Cynthia Eden said...
Hi, Toni!
First, thanks so much for reading my stories--and writing up your thoughts on them. :-)
I think you'll be glad to know (well, I hope you will!) that I'll be releasing 6 full length novels with Kensington over the next 2 1/2-3 years. Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy writing novellas, but I've been itching to get my chance at full length tales. Hotter After Midnight (the one you mentioned) is my first full-length for them, and my second "Midnight" book (we're calling them the Midnight Series), will be out in December (Midnight Sins). I'll have at least two more novels released the next year (maybe 3--a girl can hope, right?). I do hope you enjoy my full-length work--keep me posted! And, thank you, again.
April 16, 2008 12:53 PM

I hope you can see why it is a cause to celebrate as the comment I have posted about her writing should have been a full lenght novel and not just an anthology. Things are looking good, very, very good for her and her fans. Below is what was mentioned on her website:

Kensington…

Posted in Latest News on April 7th, 2008 by Cynthia Eden
I am very, very happy to report that Kensington has offered me another three-book contract–I’ll be writing more of my paranormals for them. Yay!!!! This means I get to dig in and become very busy on my WIP, one tentatively titled BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND MIDNIGHT. For those out there who’ve gotten a sneak peek at HOTTER AFTER MIDNIGHT, my WIP is about Niol.
Did I mention this offer has made me extremely happy?

What else is there left but just to pop the bottle of champagne. But for this, I would also have to congratulate Kensignton Publishing for their wonderful insight in to this author's future. Trust me, you'll never be disappointed about Cynthia. You can also look in to more authors under Kensington at www.kensingotnbooks.com .

And last but not least.........Cynthia.........Honey, you just made my day!!!

This one's for you!

Toni

Barbara Pierce "Naughty By Nature" Book 3 of the Carlisle Series

What can I say about this book? One thing's for sure, the love scene was hilarious!!! No, I am not joking. Go and look it up your self. Barbara knows that I did not write to ridicule her writing, but I just wanted to let you know what to expect from this book. This time, the story is about our heroine Miss. Patience Rose Farnaly and our hero Fowler Knowden, the Earl of Ramscar I'm gonna split it in to 4 parts, okay?

Part 1 - You wouldn't like how our heroine got her introduction to her acting carrier and as a companion to Ram's sister. But what the heck! The story will have to start out somewhere, right?

Part 2 - This is where things start to get interesting. Tension begins to build up as they avoid an inevitable relationship that is about to happened.

Part 3 - Oh yeah! Now things are stirring up and you can cut the tension with a knife. But most of all........YUM!!

And last but not least, part 4 - I will try to put it as gently as I can............I don't get it?!?! Yes, how she was taken, found and retrieve. Duh?!?! Okay, the bad guy got what they deserved. BUT!!! It was all over in a blink of an eye. And her family?!?! What exactly happened to them? Got back together? Never spoken to each other? Exposed for what a fraud they are? What? What? What?

If you could have disregard what I have mentioned above then you'd probably enjoy reading it. I (on the other hand) feel that if a little bit more detail was put in to this then the story would have been smooth like silk. As it is, I felt that there were (very, very small) bumps here and there all through out the part since Patience met and was recognized by her mother. Phoo-phoo!!! or as how we do it here.........Aaarrrrgggghhhhh!!!! I have been very irritated by this ending!

Listen, it is not as if I am saying that I don't like her books, I do. It's just that if there are improvements made here and there, the story would be a whole lot better. Yes!! I would still continue to buy her books. I mean that even the greatest writers sometimes writes things we don't always like, right? Same here. She would (I think) probably like our feed back on the matter. What better way to do so. And, yes!! I will read book 4 of the Carlisle series "Scandalous by Night" as I would any other books written by her.

Rate this book:
A. Electrifying?
B. Agitating?
C. Arousing?
D. Annoying?

E. Addicting?
and last but not least F. All of the above? You tell me! If you don't count for my own personal point of view, then...hell, maybe you'll like it more than me.

Happy reading,

Toni

Barbara Pierce "Sinful Between The Sheets" Book 2 of the Carlisle series.

How do I rate thee?

A. Delectable?

B. Delicious?

C. Delightful?

D. Dreamy?

E. Luscious?

Or F. All of the above?

To find out, you've got to read it yourself. I mean it! I do not have the correct words to describe this book. I am serious!! It's so delicious that I couldn't put the book down. Even as I am blogging here I still have the book in my backpack. What I would like to know is what was Barbara eating when she was writing this book?!?! It seems that this was even better (no....I'd say a whole lot), hotter, steamier than "Wicked Under The Covers". The plot is one I have not seen for a long time. Barbara made good use of the characters by tying then all together in a way that's unimaginable. Trust me, I did not see this coming at all. And if you ask how "Sinful" this books is..........let's just say that when I go to work the arrival flight, I had to bring it just in case I have spare time. If you ask how many times I've got through this book? Is about the same amount of time I spend it on NJ's "To Pleasure A Lady". Both books are mmmm, mmmm, gooood!!! I need more time to find fault to this book, but at the present, I still can't find any. And that's not fair. No you all know that there are others in this series, right? But this one.............this is one of those that you'd wish for to be in hardcover and to collect. Don't know if there are any. I'm still looking through the Internet if any is available.

Oh, yes!! Am so happy about this. As you all know, I am not from a native English speaking country. So.......yes, I had trouble pronouncing the hero's name Fayne Carlisle. It's the first name that I'm having trouble with. Just like his sister before this book too. **SIGHING long and hard**!! It's either I need to learn how to use the dictionary or I need help with pronunciations. That's the only thing bad I could think of for this book. Thank the Lord that the name in book 3 is not this difficult!!! I've already started on it and will be writing about it very soon. Or as soon as I can let go of book 2. As for book 4.........I can only hope it will follow in it's predecessors footsteps. Anyway, I'm going back to read it again. I do so love it.

Happy reading!
Toni

p.s. I think I just thought of a new rating system for Barbara's books. What do you think? Inspiring enough to entice others to read?

The name is Cynthia..........Cynthia Eden

Her books are not for the young and the fainthearted. You could say it’s a collection of erotic short stories. You can get to know her from Red Sage publishing’s “Secrets”

volume 15 "Bite of the Wolf"

volume 16 "The Wolf's Mate"

and volumes 21 "The Caged Wolf"

Eh-em, sorry. Got carried away…At the present, I’m almost finish with her other short in

volume 16 "Never Enough"

"A Red Hot New Year"

and (again) loving it. Actually, there hasn’t been a story by her that I do not love and enjoy. I've seen on her website that her stand alone new novel

"Hotter After Midnight"

which will be out this April 29th. I can hardly wait for it. A stand alone about (what else, of course) a good looking, mouth watering and a terrific loving werewolf. Ahhhh, I can just imagine what he’d look like. All of her alpha dogs (sorry) werewolves are just to die for. I can only wish they’re walking the streets amongst us. As not only would they make great pets, they also love you back more than the normal man should. I just wish that (here we go) she'd write more novels (not that I've read one yet). It's just too bad that a skilled writer such as her is writing a lot of short stories. With her talent to be able to cast a spell to enchant all the readers to be such loyal followers, she should (by now) obtain a reputation equal to those such as: Lora Leigh, Anya Bast and Sylvia Day. I can’t say much about her other books, as I have not had the chance to read them yet. But I do have great expectations about her soon to be out book. If she can write them this good in shorts, she would be terrific in a novel. Her style is unique and of her own. I mean I do read paranormal and sci-fi romance/erotic, although not much but I think I am reading one of their most talented writers. Take Lora Leigh for instance. Who do you think can write better paranormal and sci-fi romance/erotic better than her? For me, I feel that she’s the reigning queen of sci-fi and paranormal romance/erotic writer. Well, maybe another, Christine Feehan? But I think that I can say (for the people with my taste only) you will love each and every one of her characters and would love to get to know them more and more. As each of her short is written and each time you do read them, you will find that you get more and more frustrated. As the story is too short to really (as the saying goes) sink your teeth in to, or that the characters needs to explain how they got in to that precarious incident or situation. Or what so ever!! So, I wrote to her, but I never did ask her this? Should I email to her again and ask about this? Or should I let her find out what I’m really fussing about here? …………what do you think? Let me know, will ya?

Happy reading,
Toni

Barbara Pierce "Wicked Under The Covers" Book 1 of the Carlisle Series.

4, 3, 2, 1...........Here we go.........The cover is absolutely too hot to handle. I mean WOW!! And by the way, it not only looks good, the book itself is terrific. Frankly speaking, I have not had a good read like this for a long, long time. The characters and the story are…….mmmmm……how can I describe them? Let’s see…….

A: Excellent?

B: Impressive?

C: Unforgettable?

D: Terrific?

E: Remarkable?

Or F: All of the above?

The answer is F. Yes, I have not seen the likes of this kind of writing, character and story that is so compelling since I have discovered Nicole Jordan. You can describe her writing to the early works of Catherine Coulter’s ‘Historical Series’. My best comparison is to the “Night or Magic Trilogies”. At a glance, the book is not much and the excerpt is so, so. Nothing really catches your eyes like other authors who make their excerpts so good but the book itself so sucks! Once you start to read Barbara Pierce, you will feel you are compelled to finish it, unable to put it down, etc, etc. No, I am not joking! I actually finish all three of her books in a record time (well, it really wasn’t that fast) but still not as fast as I would have liked as I had to sort through another set of books by Nicole Jordan (please see to my previously mentioned “Courtship Wars” series).

It is very strange that you can rarely come across an author like this. You get so involved with the story and the characters that you feel like you’re sitting right next to them when the incident is taking place. You are actually there watching the story unfold. You get to know the characters on a personal level that when the sequel comes out you still look around to see how the characters of the previous stories are doing? Well ladies, this is how I feel about Nicole Jordan and now I am feeling it with Barbara Pierce. I mean, Lady Fayre Carlisle (I still can’t pronounce her first name) and Maccus Brawley is such a flawlessly suited couple that I was thinking to myself that the story was just too short. When have I last felt like this (here we go again), it was when I was last reading NJ’s latest series. Okay, okay! Enough already with the comparisons between these two authors, but what else can I do?!?! I mean I can’t find anymore historical authors that can (literally) knock me off my feet just be reading the first chapter, right? But these two authors can, and I love them for it. You also get to meet the secondary set of characters who you feel might be in her next book. Well, I didn’t know but I could guess. And I was wrong, so damn wrong. Anyhow, I did not put the book down until I finished the last letter (please do not count the excerpt of her next book too) and then I let out a long, loud sigh. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh, yes! Now, that’s what I call….good and enjoyable reading. Oh, I do have to thank Barbara as she has an excellent glossary (for more information, please look it up in her website at www.barbarapierce.com/Glossary.aspx ) for the words I have (until now) not found in the normal standard (and online) dictionary. For historical romance readers, you (many but not all) must know that some words are difficult to understand. Especially for those who have a hard time understanding (old) English. This glossary help expanded my understanding of the language so much that I copied it down and glued it to my small notebook (not the computer notebook but a real paper notebook). The one I kept when I run in to a word I do not understand. You get what I mean, right? I mean that some of you (English speaking natives an all) might not understand all of what is written down, right? Oh, to hell with me if I’m wrong. But I know that it must be (partially) true. As you can see from my blogs, how bad my English (spelling wise/grammar wise) is. Also, Barbara has an excellent link to help with (almost) all what you might need (for historical references), in terms of books/authors. I know where you're heading, so don’t go there! Here, this is the place for book lovers (like me).


To continue with the titled subject.........."Wicked Under The Covers" is another book that I would highly recommend to any and all historical romance lovers. This author is one you could not pass up. I mean, recently, I just gave up on a couple of pros....such as

.Julie Garwood: Her latest historical will be my last.

Catherine Coulter: I will continue with her contemporary romance only, historical is a no, no!

Let me see……who else…….Amanda Quick, Dorothy Garlock and Shannon Drake: All three of them are no longer on my list.

Virginia Henley: The changes are there, but I can’t put my fingers on it yet. So Until I can figure it out, she’s on my pending list. I’m wondering off again, aren’t I?

Back to the book……It’s a very good book and definitely a page turner. However, I do not suggest for those who loves historical to get your hands on them in the morning before going to work. As it caused me to get to the office almost half an hour late as I got so carried away reading it I forgot the time and left the house a lot later than expected. I feel that this is a book you will thoroughly enjoy. The author has put a lot of work in to it and it shows…..(don’t get carried away now). Wait till I tell you about her second book……..


Enjoy reading!
Toni

p.s. It’s just too bad that the villains in this book get their comeuppance a lot softer than they should. I mean after what they did to our main character, they should have been a harsher punishment. Especially something that will ban them socially forever and so on. Just read the book and you’ll know what I mean.

Finally...........Nicole Jordan's book 3 of "THE COURTSHIP WARS" series.

Yes, folks…….it’s finally here. The last book (maybe) of The “Courtship Wars” Series, “To Seduce A Bride”.



That’s right; I’ve finally found time to read it. Okay, this is what I feel about the book. I loved book 1, adored book 2 and was dying to read book 3……and the outcome is ………drum rolls, if you please……..The more you read this series, the more you get to know the Loring sisters and (might be) tempted to feel about marriage as they do. Well, maybe not like them but close enough. This is the 3rd installment to the “Courtship Wars” series……..We do not know yet if it would be the last of the series or not, but if we all send NJ a lot of email asking her to write more, maybe she will. After all, we are her fans and she will at least listen to us, right?

Lilian Loring, the last of the Loring sisters is about to meet her fate. He comes under the name and title of Heath Griffin, the Marquess of Claybourne. Even tough he is considered to be a charismatic rogue has never had a woman discourage his advances. But he has never met anyone like Lily. For the first time, this will be the battle of not only wits and willpower but of strength and determination of each striving to reach for their individual goals. The end result is spellbinding. Another one of NJ’s books you just can’t put down till the last sentence, the last phrase and the last word is read.

However (o-oh) the book’s ending should have been a lot better. A bit more detailed description regarding to their plans, future and so on. Comparing this book to her past two ones, I’d give this an A- while book 1 and 2’s got A+. It just didn’t click for me, this last book. Something or some ingredient was missing which I can’t put my fingers on. I’ll reread it all again and be back to post it here.

Be back again in a few days. Happy reading!

Toni

I found a new author for historical romance lovers.

And her name is..........Barbara Pierce. You can look her up at www.barbarapierce.com. To all historical romance lovers out there, listen up!!! Her "Carlisle Series" are to die for. Well......I must say, I really can't take all the credits.......okay, okay....this is what really happened. As I was in my favorite bookstore, and was getting fed up with why Lora Leigh’s new books is not in stores yet. As I was gearing up to ring the neck of the sales person, my friend turned to leaf through the shelf. There she found a scandalous cover…..she called me and showed me the book. I didn’t think much of it then. But what the 2nd book did was knocked me out!!! The cover was hot......sizzling hot!! So hot I couldn't put it down after I got it in my hands kinda hot! It was book 1 and 2 from the “Carlisle Series”. Book 1 "Wicked Under the Covers", and book 2 "Sinful Between The Sheets". Lucky me that I found the covers to be kind of interesting (yeah! Like, WOW man!!), and decided to read the back of the book. I remember thinking to myself “So, it’s another historical. Would there be more disappointment for me? How many times have I tried to branch out and never made it to the first quarter of the book? And in the famous words of Samuel L. Jackson’s famous words from ‘SWAT’, “What the hell….” I bought it and had the plastic covers done for them. (Again) I was thinking, “Dear God, help me get some good reading done. Else this ride is gonna be a long way home for me.” I never thought that for a new writer (comparing her to CC/JD or even JG, she quite new), she good! Damn good, I tell you!! The story was original (done a lot of comparison, trust me), character wise too. And I thought that I only had Nicole Jordan left to read on this subject. Okay, before you throw rocks at me…..I’ve given up Virginia Henley **ducking flying missiles**. HEY!!! Don’t take it personally, oooi!!! Listen up. She is giving me the run around; therefore I get seasick from reading too many characters involved with each other and so on. So, I’ve decided to take the easy way out. Look for a new author. And found one. You will not be disappointed in her style, originality (mentioned that), characters (mentioned that, too). All in all, she writes a damn good book.

Now, how do I summarize her works for you? Well, I can only do it for this series. As currently, I am (not yet) on the hunt for her previously writings. Why....do you ask? It was because of a (couple) of bids for a (couple) set of books by Christine Feehan (hardcovers) which I paid my ass off for on ebay. Please, don't forget....the exchange rate for the US dollars here is USD$1 = THB32. I spend more than USD$200 for them, maxed out my credit and therefore, is lying low (well, not that low) and will not be looking in on ebay anytime in the near future. So, that leaves me with her 3 previous books. Oh, yeah! I forgot to mentioned to you that I also got the latest one....."Naughty by Nature". **growling** It's just so damn pitiful that it had to be my first day on the shift. I have a 5 day shift and my off days are Thursday and Friday. This sucks, from tomorrow onwards I get the 5am shift and have to get up at 2am. That means I need to sleep on the bus. So, I will have less reading time. I will need more time as Barbara uses difficult to pronounce name (not for you, I mean for me as I am not a native English speaker). Thanks to her website I did find some helpful meaning so some of the words I never did find in my dictionary. Now, if only I can get my hands on most of the names, words and places. Oh, oh!! Especially the names...I am having a hell of a time pronouncing them. And I don't even think I got them right yet. Well, never mind my ranting. Where am I, oh yeah! Summarized!! Sorry, I forgot myself. After I finished all 3 books, not counting the next one will be out in July "Scandalous Night", I'll let you know as soon
as possible (or in my line of work ASAP).

Be back to post later and updating you on Barabara Pierce. For now.........it's goodbye!


Happy reading,
Toni