February 21, 2010



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During my vacation I didn't receive many books...This is a direct consequence of the tight book budget I am on since January, which is a consequence of losing my job and being forced to get unemployment benefits which are much lower than my salary was. I am now forced to make choices and think before I click the buy buttons at my favorite online bookstores. Let's hope I find a new job soon so I can go off this book budget, because I really don't like this :(

Author: Sara Lindsey
Title: Promise Me Tonight
Series: Weston Family Series, book 1
Genre: Historical Romance
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Release date: February 2010
Bought via The Bookdepository

The Weston siblings have been blessed with Shakespearean names and an affinity for impropriety. Prepare to fall in love while discovering how the Westons are won.

ISABELLA IS DETERMINED TO MARRY JAMES…
Isabella Weston has loved James Sheffield for as long as she can remember. Her come-out ball seems the prefect chance to make him see her in a new light.

JAMES IS DETERMINED NEVER TO MARRY…
James is stunned to find the impish girl he once knew has blossomed into a sensual goddess. And if he remembers his lessons, goddesses always spell trouble for mortal men.

A COMPROMISE IS CLEARLY NECESSARY.
When Izzie kisses James, her artless ardor turns to a masterful seduction that drives him mad with desire. But, no stranger to heartbreak, James is determined never to love, and thus never to lose. Can Isabella convince him that a life without love might be the biggest loss of all?

Author: Allison Brennan, Roxanne St. Claire and Karin Tabke
Title: What You Can't See
Series: Anthology
Genre: Suspense
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Release date: January 2008
Won via Allison Brennan

THREE GRIPPING TALES
FROM TODAY'S BRIGHTEST STARS
OF DANGER AND SEDUCTION

Allison Brennan - Deliver Us From Evil (prequel to Seven Deadly Sins series)
Demonologist Anthony Zaccardi can't save the twelve priests brutally slaughtered at a California mission, but he's determined to send the killer -- an ancient demon -- back to hell. And when tough, sexy local sheriff Skye McPherson refuses to believe something supernatural is at work, Anthony realizes that to "Deliver Us From Evil" he must first win Skye's trust, then her heart.

Roxanne St. Claire - Reason to Believe (part of the Bullet Catcher series)
Popular TV psychic Arianna Killian's conversations with the dead have earned her the attention of a killer who fears her abilities, and Bullet Catcher Chase Ryker is the skeptical bodyguard assigned to protect her. æWhen the messages turn deadly, they are given a "Reason to Believe" in life after death...and love...after all.

Karin Tabke - Redemption
After a fatal car crash, bad boy cop Zach Garret's descent into hell is interrupted by an unusual deal for "Redemption." All Zach has to do is return to earth as a warrior sworn to defend his ex-fianc?e Danica Keller, the unknowing keeper of a power coveted by the forces of darkness. But even harder than keeping Danica alive that long is convincing her to give a second chance to the man who once betrayed her.

Author: Lora Leigh
Title: Nauti Deceptions
Series: Nauti Series, book 5
Genre: Erotic Romance
Format:Tradesize Paperback
Release date: February 2010
Bought via The Bookdepository

Caitlyn "Rogue" Walker left her life in Boston to become a teacher in a small Kentucky town. But her dream was shattered when she was framed in a sex scandal. Refusing to be run out of town, Caitlyn shed the identity she had and became Rogue.

Sheriff Zeke Mayes knows there's more to her than meets the eye, though what meets the eye is pretty smoking. He's prepared for a long struggle getting Rogue to drop her defenses-and give in to desire. But soon Zeke will become embroiled in a deadly game that sweeps Rogue up in its wake. And when everything seems to be a matter of life and death, there is no reason to hold back...

Author: Karin Alvtegen
Title: Shadow
Series: Stand Alone
Genre: Suspense/Thriller, Euro Crime Fiction
Format: Tradesize Paperback
Release date: February 2010
Won via It's A Crime blog, received from the publisher Canongate

In a nondescript apartment block in Stockholm, most of the residents are elderly. Usually a death is a sad but straightforward event. But sometimes a resident will die and there are no friends or family to contact. This is when Marianne Folkesson arrives, employed by the state to close up a life with dignity and respect. Gerda Persson has lain dead in her apartment for three days before Marianne is called.

When she arrives, she finds the apartment tidy and ordered. Gerda's life seems to have been quite ordinary. Until Marianne opens the freezer and finds it full of books, neatly stacked and wrapped in clingfilm, a thick layer of ice covering them. They are all by Axel Ragnerfeldt, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, with handwritten dedications to Gerda from the author. What story do these books have to tell, about Gerda, and more importantly about Ragnerfeldt, a man whose fame is without precedent in the nation's cultural life, but seldom gives interviews?

9 comments:

Unknown said...

Your books look a little saucy LOL! Enjoy and Happy Reading!

Unknown said...

I really like the sound of Shadow. I hope you will review it? Sorry to hear about your job, it's a tough market out there right now. I hope you find something soon so you can once again over feed your book addiction ;) Enjoy your books! x

Silver @ TRR said...

Happy reading, Pearl! Sorry to hear about your job, but sending good thoughts your way that you'll find a better one! (((Hugs))) :)

Marissa said...

Great books Pearl so happy reading and I know you will find a new job soon, any boss should be happy to have you! Hugs!

Smokinhotbooks said...

I'm waiting on pins and needles for your Lora Leigh review. I don't think I've read her naughty series...isn't that naughty of me :)

Patti (@TheLoveJunkee) said...

I've got the first two Nauti books but haven't started reading them yet...

And, I tagged you to Buid Your Own Book Boyfriend!

Sophia (FV) said...

Damn, I said I was going to quit Lora Leigh but I think I'm going to have to check out Nauti Deceptions anyway. I like that series.

JennJ said...

Awww hon big hugs and I hear you I was going through this not to long ago myself. I hope things turn around for you really soon! BIG HUGS!!! A great stack of books you have there honey I hope you enjoy them.

Erotic Horizon said...

I love the cover on that last book - "Nauti books" are a winner with me..

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