Review: Street Game by Christine Feehan

Title: Street Game (Ghostwalkers Series, #8)

Author: Christine Feehan

Published: December 2009
Publisher: Penguin Group
Format: Audio Book
Source: Public Library
Characters: Jamie Fielding, Mack McKinley
My Rating:

Synposis:

For Mack McKinley and his team of GhostWalker killing machines, urban warfare is an art. But despite a hard-won knowledge of the San Francisco streets, Mack knows from experience that too many things can still go wrong. Danger was just another part of the game—and now he’s come face-to-face with a woman who can play just as tough.

She’s Jaimie, a woman with a sapphire stare so potent it can destroy a man. Years ago she and Mack had a history—volatile, erotic, and electric. Then she vanished. Now she’s walked back into Mack’s life, as a spy with more secrets than are good for her. Against all odds, she’s hooking up with Mack one more time to take on an enemy that could destroy them both, or bring them back together in one hot, no-holds-barred adrenaline rush.

If you follow my blog you will notice that this book stayed on my 'currently reading' list for quite a while because I would find myself constantly setting it aside. The only reason I did complete it was because it's Christine Feehan.

My major problem with this book was that I didn't know any of these people. They weren't introduced in earlier books and finally got their own story. They were complete unknowns to me. I didn't seem to form any kind of attachment to any of the characters, primary or secondary. I didn't car one way or the other about Jamie or Mack. He seemed rather cold, like there wasn't any depth to his character.

The action in this book also fell flat for me as well. It seems as if it's getting a little redundant. I hope this isn't a glimpse of what's to come for the Ghostwalker Series, because if so, it's very disappointing.

Book Blogger Hop: April 30 - May 6, 2010

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Waiting on Wednesday: Volume 1 Issue 3

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill @ Breaking the Spine. It is showcases upcoming releases of books that I'm looking forward to. It is somewhat similar to one of my previous posts, Anxiously Awaiting.


Title: Honeysuckle Summer
Author: Sherryl Woods
Release Date: May 25, 2010

The Blurb

Her devastating marriage behind her, Raylene Hammond is truly thankful for her best friends, the Sweet Magnolias. They’ve taken her in, shielding her from the world. Then she meets sheriff’s deputy Carter Rollins, and suddenly Raylene’s haven no longer feels quite so safe.

Carter understands why Raylene is trapped inside. He’s even taken to bringing the outside world to her. But with two kid sisters to raise, just how much time can he devote to this woman who’s stolen his heart?


Raylene knows Carter is a man worth loving, but she may never be strong enough to accept what he’s offering. How long can she ask him to wait? Maybe they’ll never have more than this one sweet summer.

Teaser Tuesday: Sweet Temptation by Maya Banks

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by MizB @ Should Be Reading. To participate, all you have to do is the following:

• Grab your current/upcoming read
• Open to a random page
• Share 2-3 "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page
• Be careful not to include spoilers! (You do not want to ruin the book for others.)

Share the title & author so that others who enjoy your "teaser" may add the book to their TBL pile.

"You make a beautiful canvas, Angelina," Cole said in a husky voice. Before she could process the barrage of heat and edgy euphoria, an entire trail of wax blazed up her midline to the valley between her breasts.

page 234; Sweet Temptation by Maya Banks



Please leave a comment with a link back to your teaser posts or post your teaser in my comment section if you do not have a blog.

Spotlight: The Bride Collector by Ted Dekker

Each Monday, I thought I would try and spotlight a different book that I find interesting from reading the blurb. This week I'm spotlighting The Bride Collector by Ted Dekker. I know my blog is mainly romance, but from time to time I do read a little mystery and thrillers. Although I've never read Ted Dekker before, I am a fan of James Patterson and this book came up as one I may like since I like Patterson. The title is what caught me, so I had to read the blurb. This is another book I'll be adding to my local library wait list.

Title: The Bride Collector

Author: Ted Dekker
Published: April 13, 2010

The Blurb

FBI Special agent Brad Raines is facing his toughest case yet. A Denver serial killer has killed four beautiful young women, leaving a bridal veil at each crime scene, and he's picking up his pace. Unable to crack the case, Raines appeals for help from a most unusual source: residents of the Center for Wellness and Intelligence, a private psychiatric institution for mentally ill individuals whose are extraordinarily gifted.

It's there that he meets Paradise, a young woman who witnessed her father murder her family and barely escaped his hand. Diagnosed with schizophrenia, Paradise may also have an extrasensory gift: the ability

In a desperate attempt to find the killer, Raines enlists Paradise's help. In an effort to win her trust, he befriends this strange young woman and begins to see in her qualities that most 'sane people' sorely lack. Gradually, he starts to question whether sanity resides outside the hospital walls...or inside.

 to experience the final moments of a person's life when she touches the dead body.

As the Bride Collector picks up the pace-and volume-of his gruesome crucifixions, the case becomes even more personal to Raines when his friend and colleague, a beautiful young forensic psychologist, becomes the Bride Collector's next target.
The FBI believes that the killer plans to murder seven women. Can Paradise help before it's too late?

To read an excerpt of The Bride Collector, click HERE.

In My Mailbox: Volume 1 Issue 2

In My Mailbox (IMM) is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi @ The Story Siren. Every week I'll post what books I've received either by mailbox/library/store.

I'll try to post an entry of IMM every Sunday that I receive books by mail of that week.

Listed below are the books I received this week.

Books via Local Library

We are All Fine Here by Mary Guterson
Gone to the Dogs by Mary Guterson
Happiness Sold Separately by Libby Street

Books via Amazon.com

Delicious by Shayla Black
Unfair Advantage: Diablo Blanco Club by Qwillia Rain
Forbidden Heat by Opal Carew
Forbidden Fantasies by Lynn LaFleur
Get Your Sexy On by Kimberly Kaye Terry
Glutton for Pleasure by Alisha Rai
Ivy's Twisted Vine by Latrivia S. Nelson
Sweet Restraint by Beth Kery
Secret Ties by Opal Carew
Sweet Temptation by Maya Banks
The Darker Side of Pleasure by Eden Bradley
The Satin Sash by Red Garnier
The Sweet Spot by Kimberly Kaye Terry
Three's Company by Lorelei James
Veterans Through the Fire by Rachel Bo


Books via PaperBack Swap

Duplicity by Nikki Soarde

On My Wishlist: Volume 1 Issue 3

On my Wishlist is a weekly meme hosted by Book Chick City. I'll try to participate in this meme each week either on Saturday or Sunday. I will be posting books that I haven't bought yet or have not been released yet.

Title: Perfect Formation
Author: K.B. Alan
Published: 2009
Publisher: Ellora's Cave

The Blurb

Friends for much longer than they've been lovers, Taryn and Richard enjoy each other's company while looking for "Mr. Right". When the darkly handsome Caleb walks into their lives, the sexual attraction is instant and mutual — for all three. Caleb wines and dines them then shows them how good it can be if they trust him to lead the way. One night is all it takes to prove that the three of them are a perfect match, at least in the bedroom.

Taryn has to decide if explosive sex and the feelings quickly overtaking her are worth the risk of losing it all — again. Richard sees Caleb and Taryn as the perfect couple but isn't so sure there will always be room for him in their ménage a trois. Sexual dominant Caleb has to suppress his urge to tie them to the bed until they understand that they both belong with him — forever. But if they don't come around soon, he'll be pulling those ropes out after all.

Title: Her Werewolf
Author: Lisa Andel
Published: May 05, 2007
Publisher: Ellora's Cave

The Blurb

Kris Anderson gets more for her birthday than she bargained for. Not only does she find out she's not human and that the incredibly sexy man who invited himself to her birthday dinner is a werewolf, but there's someone out there who wants to capture her. Or kill her. Her mother certainly didn't teach her the etiquette for this situation!

Suddenly thrown into a supernatural society she never knew existed, Kris finds herself engaged to, and engaged in sex with, four males she's just met. At the same time she's learning how to use a magic she didn't know she had. All while trying to evade her enemy. Not even a god can keep her safe.
Find out what happens when an anything-but-ordinary human has her world turned upside down and the only thing left that she can count on is her own wit. And her werewolf.

Review: Linger by Maya Banks

Title: Linger

Author: Maya Banks

Published: May 04, 2010

Publisher: Samhain

Format: Trade Paperback

Pages: 267

Source: purchased via Amazon.com

Characters: Catherine Cullen-Wellesley, Logan Wellesley, Rhys Cullen, Emily Donovan, Taggert Donovan, Greer Donovan

My Rating:

Synposis:

Love can help broken spirits soar again…

Songbird
Years ago, Greer and Taggert meant everything to Emily. Their cavalier rejection sent her into the arms of their youngest brother. Her angelic voice launches her to stardom—until tragedy shocks her into silence.

Grieving for their brother, Taggert and Greer take Emily back to Montana, determined to help her heal and find her voice again. Under the protective shield of their love, she begins to blossom. Then an old threat resurfaces. Now the men who love her face a fight for what they once threw away.

Stay With Me
Catherine hopes her announcement to the two men in her life—she’s pregnant—will be the perfect start to the vacation they promised her: two weeks on a Jamaican beach. No cell phones, no emails, no business. But when they blow her off for yet another “business emergency”, she packs her bags for her long-awaited vacation—alone.

When Logan and Rhys come home to an empty house, they realize two things: One, it was a mistake to take Catherine for granted. Two, they’re not willing to just let her walk out of their lives. Getting her back will be the toughest deal they’ve ever negotiated.

First off, I'd like to say that 'GD' was used so many times throughout this book that I lost count. I feel like this is the only curse word Maya knows.

Okay now that I've gotten that off my chest, on with the review. Linger is a anthology of two of Maya's previous ebooks, Stay With Me and Songbird. Trust me by the end of this book you'll never want to hear the words: GD, songbird, or sweet pea ever again.

Stay With Me
There's not much I can say about this one other than hot sex, but not much substance. I didn't like the heroine at all; she seemed to be too whiny and weepy. There were times when I honestly felt bad for her, and then there were time when I wanted to yell at her to do something about it if she was not happy with the status quo. I know that it's easier said than done, but I feel like there is only so much you can sit back and take from some one before you've had enough. The guys just kept making promises that they were not keeping until the very end when tradegy struck. I would have prefered the husbands to change their ways because they wanted to, not because it took a tradegy for them to see the light.

Songbird

This story seemed to be a twist off of Stay With Me and Colters' Woman. I've never been a fan of books where the hero/heroine starts out married to one person and the ends up married to that person's sibling. If she had started out withall three siblings instead of her being married to one and then him dying and her getting with the other two it would have been fine. Instead it was just a little icky to me. But Maya hasn't wrote a sex scene I didn't like, so of caousre that part was on point. It was just the back story I did not like. Although I did enjoy one of the last chapters where Emily was speaking with Sean, but I won't get into that and spoil it for others. I have to say this one isn't one of my favorites.

Book Blogger Hop: April 23-29, 2010

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Guess the Book...{2}

This is a meme hosted by Jill @ Romance Rookie, that looks like great fun. On Fridays, I'll post a snippet/excerpt of a book from my TBR pile to see if you the readers can guess the title and author. I'll try to host my version of this meme each Friday. Happy guessing!!

Can you guess from which book this excerpt came?

He touched his mouth to hers. She did not flinch. She took his kiss. And so he pressed firmly, indulging the sweet fire lingering on the center of her lips.
First kisses were always awkward. This one flamed with welcoming adventure. It wasn't really their first. Yet it was the first they'd both agreed to.
She was the one to dash her tongue across his, blending her fiery chocolate heat with his own. He had never tasted a finer kiss. A kiss so wickedly hot, and capable of melding two mouths that would normally never touch.
"I like that," she said against his mouth. Her lashes fluttered. "The chocolate, I mean."
"Right, the chocolate." He kissed her again, more chaste, a finale to something that could become much more were the gauzy tent not so sheer.
"Thank you," he said. "For teaching me to experience new
tastes."

Sounds steamy! Anyone know the title?

Waiting on Wednesday: Volume 1 Issue 2

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill @ Breaking the Spine. It is showcases upcoming releases of books that I'm looking forward to. It is somewhat similar to one of my previous posts, Anxiously Awaiting.

Title: Water Bound
Author: Christine Feehan
Release Date: July 27, 2010

The Blurb

For Sid, the last thing he remembered was being enlisted to protect a vulnerable young woman in the coastal town of Sea Haven. Then, as if in some nightmare, the mysteriously sexy bodyguard was lost in the swirling currents of
the ocean, and sucked deeper into the nothingness of a freezing black eddy. Just as quickly, just as miraculously, he was saved—pulled ashore by a beautiful stranger. Her name is Rikki, a sea-urchin diver in Sea Haven. She always felt an
affinity for the ocean, and the seductive pull of the tides. And now, for the enigmatic man she rescued. But soon they will be bound by something even stronger—each other’s tantalizing secrets which will engulf them both in a whirlpool of dizzying passion and inescapable danger.