Oct 24: “One
Moment’s Pleasure” by Rue Allyn, Book 1 of the Wildfire Love series, a
historical romance. Blurb from book: One Moment’s Pleasure will become a lifetime’s passion when Boston spinster, Alexis
Alden, embarks on a search for her missing sister. Pretending to be a rich
bored woman looking for an interlude with an anonymous male, Alexis enters the San Francisco bordello
where her sister was last seen. She escapes the bordello almost too easily, but
she can’t escape the passion ignited by a stranger’s kiss. Born and raised in
the brothels of the California
gold rush, Dutch Trahern worked for years to erase a childhood spent committing
petty crimes and worse in order to survive. That past comes back to haunt him in
the form of a woman he rescues from prostitution. Now his hard won
respectability is threatened by an irresistible desire for a woman he shouldn’t
want. When I started reading the book, I wondered who this Edith
character was, since she’s not listed in the blurb. Well, it turns out Alexis
isn’t mentioned in the book! I guess they changed names and forgot to change
the blurb, because the same blurb is on Goodreads. Hmmm… It was an entertaining
read for a genre I don’t normally read. But I bought this book because I met
the author at Lori Foster’s Reader and Author Get Together, and also because
she’s a Rom Vet like myself (www.romvets.com).
I would have preferred to read one of her erotica stories, but none of them were
for sale! But I can handle a historical romance when set in the States. No
Lords or Ladies about! Haha! J I would have liked the sister-line be wrapped up
better, but I guess that’s in future books.
Oct 25: “A Winter
Wedding” by Gemma Brocato, a contemporary romance novella, #2.5 in the Five
Senses series. Blurb from Goodreads: With their hearts in harmony, tying the knot should be a
piece of wedding cake for Pippa Sanders and Clay Mathers. But Fate’s a nasty
mistress. One week before their special day, Pippa narrowly escapes when fire
erupts in the ballroom they’d reserved for the ceremony. They’ll have to use
every resource at their fingertips to implement Plan B. In this case, B stands
for the barn at the Sleepy T Christmas Tree Farm. Hobbled by a sprained ankle,
Pippa is unable to help with the preparations. In spite of the grime
accumulated over twenty years, Clay is determined. He promises Pip he’ll
transform the barn into an idyllic location for a winter wedding. Plus, he’ll
make time to throw in a special surprise. What Clay doesn’t factor into his
plan is the snowstorm bearing down on them. With predictions of up to two feet
of snow, will Mother Nature prove too much of an obstacle to overcome?
I’ve become hooked on this series and it has nothing to do with the fact that
the author is one of the Sassys on the Sizzle and Sass page I help run. I
wanted to read this book, but she didn’t have an epub version. My husband is
looking for projects to practice with and I offered his services. So of course,
I had to read it and make sure it was formatted correctly, right? J
I loved the story and I loved being back in Pippa’s and Clay’s heads. Gemma has
a way of making me choke up in almost every one of her books. That’s high
praise, don’t you think?
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Oct 30: “Fear No
Evil” by Allison Brennan, a romantic suspense. Blurb on book: Instead of
preparing for her high school graduation, Lucy Kincaid is facing a vicious
execution. Lured by an online predator, she’s destined to die horribly—live on
the Internet—while hundreds of heartless viewers watch and vote on the method
of her slaughter. Her family’s only hope rests with Kate Donovan, an FBI agent
who took on the same sadistic killer once before…and lost. Blamed for another
girl’s gruesome murder, Kate’s been fighting to clear her name. But she agrees
to join the hunt for Lucy—and reluctantly steps back into her worst nightmare.
With time running out before the bloody webcast airs, Kate teams up with
forensic psychiatrist Dillon Kincaid to get inside the head of her twisted
quarry, zero in on his chamber of horrors, and reach Lucy before grim history
repeats itself and another innocent’s brutal death goes hideously live.
Even though I already knew the outcome of this story (because I’ve read all the
Lucy Kincaid books to date), I was fascinated to see how it all happened. So
glad I was able to read it straight through. But now I want the next
series—which I don’t own. Dang! I’ll certainly rectify that soon. This really is
a great series and I could kick myself for waiting so long to read them.
Oct 30: “Freaks”
by Tess Gerritsen, a Rizzoli & Isles short story. Blurb from Goodreads: Homicide cop Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura
Isles have seen their fair share of mortal crimes, but the death of Kimberly
Rayner may qualify as inhuman in
more ways than one. When corpse of the emaciated seventeen-year-old girl is
discovered next to an empty coffin in an abandoned church, mysterious bruises
around the throat suggest foul play. Caught fleeing the scene is the victim’s
closest friend, Lucas Henry, an equally skeletal, pale teenager who claims he’s
guilty only of having a taste for blood—a craving he shared with Kimberly. But
the victim’s distraught father doesn’t believe in vampires, only vengeance. And
now, another life may be at risk unless Rizzoli and Isles can uncover the
astonishing truth.
This has been sitting on my Nook forever. Interesting little story. Somehow
those never really satisfy me, though. I much prefer meatier ones. But hey, I
got credit for reading ANOTHER book, so I’m taking it! J
I’m only one book behind in my reading goals, now. Yay! Yeah,
my writing took a hit, but I was on vacation, so I’m letting it slide.
So... Do you have guilty pleasures that you can feel guiltless about during vacation?
Happy reading!
Stacy
7 comments:
That's a lot of reading. I used to do this much.
Donna - It helps that one was a novella and one was a short! :)
Of course, it also helps to be on vacation where you don't have anything else you want to do!
It looks like Allison has an evil fixation.
On vacation, the closest we come to guilty pleasure is getting the kids to bed late, so THEY sleep in.
Michael - Go to bed late so they can sleep in? Why not go to bed EARLY so you can have fun at night? That would be my goal. Well, it used to be anyway.
Glad you had fun during your vacation. I can't think of anything that I do that I feel guilty about. No, I'm thinking and cannot come up with anything.
Wow, you've been readin gup a storm. I'm impressed. Also jealous.
Ivy - I always feel guilty reading when I should be writing (or cleaning).
Linda - Take a vacation! :)
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