When you’re traveling, or standing in line for hours, you
can get some reading done. Here’s what I read the past week:
August 31: “Charming
the Professor” by Donna MacMeans, Book 1 in the Charm Gates Time-Travel series,
a time-travel romance at 196 pages. Blurb from book: The Charm Gates have stood at The Court of Two
Sisters for more than a century with no one guessing the secret they hold. A
jealous vindictive queen and a blackmailed alchemist have encased French “charm
teacher” Madeline Charlebois’s essence inside, until a grieving professor
touches the gates during a storm and Madeline tumbles out, not in her own 19th
century Spain, but in 21st century New Orleans. Quantum physics professor Grant
Stewart has mourned his wife’s death for the last three years. He must move on
for his young daughter’s sake, the child who delights in terrorizing
babysitters. Grant needs adequate childcare to pursue tenure at Tulane. What he
doesn’t need is a French beauty believing nonsense like time-travel and voodoo,
and whose very being is melting his heart. Maddie may be without resources but
she’s good at making new friends, even if they are on the quirky side. She
believes Professor Stewart can return her to her own time, but first she must
earn his trust to win his cooperation. Babysitting his daughter gives her both
proximity and love for the child. Will Grant be the key to returning her home?
Or will she, in turn, unlock his frozen heart? All they need is time and maybe
a little voodoo… This was such a fun read. It had been awhile since
I was able to read non-stop for hours (I can do that as a passenger in a car)
and so glad I didn’t have to put the book down. But if my eyesight never recovers,
I’ll blame it on the book. Haha!
September 3: “An
Accidental Gentleman” by M.Q. Barber, Book 2 in the Gentleman series, an
erotica at 166 pages. Blurb from book: Kit Runyon isn’t looking for a man to keep—she’s happy with
the occasional one-night stand and no strings. Making sure her family’s
electronics repair shop is profitable enough to support three generations is
her main focus. But when Brian Hendricks walks into the store, one look, one
word, and she knows he’s not wired like any man she’s ever met before… Brian’s
attracted to Kit’s strength and no-nonsense attitude, but he’s tired of the
one-and-done dating scene. He’s ready to settle down with the right woman, even
if that means he’ll have to play things slow and stay out of her bed to show
her there’s more to love than just mind-blowing sex. But at this rate he’s
liable to short all the circuits… There could be some that would
call this a contemporary romance, but it really is more about their
relationship and how sex is treated that I think it makes it more of an erotica.
Which is kind of funny because there aren’t all that many sex scenes. But whoo!
The stuff that’s there is quite steamy. I really enjoyed reading about Brian
and Kit (Katherine), and even seeing Rob and Nora (from book 1) again.
I might have had a third book to report, but the Tennessee
While driving back from Atlanta (and Dragon Con) I remembered registration opened for the
RT Booklovers Convention (it will be in Atlanta
So… Whatcha been up to? Read any good books?
Happy Reading
Stacy
3 comments:
Looking forward to seeing more pictures from the con. And I have trouble reading in the car, too. The Catbird drove half the way to college last week, so I tried to read. Lasted maybe five pages.
Spent most of last night setting up the replacement for my (formerly) trusty PC, which gave up the ghost for good recently. This involved serous excavation on half of my desk (and thus provides a bit of extra motivation to finish the job). Enjoy the weeke!
Jeff - I'm okay with reading in the car as long as the road is relatively straight and not so bumpy. I-75 in Tennessee isn't quite like that in the summer. :)
I can't read in the car. I hate even reading the GPS display.
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