In My Mailbox {59}

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.

Books via Borders

Burning Down the Spouse by Dakota Cassidy

Kade Armed & Dangerous by Cheyenne McCray

Trinity by Lauren Dane

Books via Public Library

10th Anniversary by James Patterson

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

And the Winner is...

How to Seduce a Scoundrel

Maureen

Chelsea B

Carol L

No One's Gonna Love You ~ What's Your Song? {20}

Weekly meme hosted by Amber

No One's Gonna Love You by Band of Horses

It's looking like a limb torn off
Or altogether just taken apart
We're reeling through an endless fall
We are the ever-living ghost of what once was

But no one is ever gonna love you more than I do
No one's gonna love you more than I do

And anything to make you smile
It is my better side of you to admire
But they should never take so long
Just to be over then back to another one

But no one is ever gonna love you more than I do
No one's gonna love you more than I do

But someone,
They could have warned you
When things start splitting at the seams and now
The whole thing's tumbling down
Things start splitting at the seams and now
If things start splitting at the seams and now,
It's tumbling down
Hard.

Anything to make you smile
You are the ever-living ghost of what once was
I never want to hear you say
That you'd be better off
Or you liked it that way

But no one is ever gonna love you more than I do
No one's gonna love you more than I do

But someone
They should have warned you
When things start splitting at the seams and now
The whole thing's tumbling down
Things start splitting at the seams and now
If things start splitting at the seams and now,
It's tumbling down
Hard

Theme Thursday {8}: Action

This meme is being hosted by Kavyen @ Reading Between Pages. Each Thursday she will be posting a new "theme" Anyone can join in; here are the rules:

• A new "theme" will be posted each Thursday
• Select a conversion/snippet/sentence from your current read
• Post your selection, but don't forget to list the title and author of the book
• This event is open for one whole week
• It is important that the theme is conveyed in the sentence (you don’t necessarily need to have the word)
  
  Ex: If the theme is KISS; your sentence can have “They kissed so gently” or “Their lips touched each other” or “The smooch was so passionate”

This week's "theme" is: ACTION

She let him go, and he stepped into the street and put his hand out, and an instant later, a cab pulled over to the curb. Jack kissed her again, then she slipped into the car, he shut the door, and she pulled away from him and down the block.

page 99; The Darlings in Love by Melissa Kantor

Review: The Vampire Next Door by Ashlyn Chase

The Vampire Next Door
Ashlyn Chase
Series: Strange Neighbors #3
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Publication Date: August 1, 2011
Mass Market Paperback {p.354}
Source: Publisher
Genre: Paranormal
Characters: Morgaine, Sly Flores
Challenge: 100+

In this third installment of Chase's lively, sexy, paranormal trilogy, we meet witch Morgaine, who is deathly afraid of the dark, and her vigilante vampire neighbor Sly, who has his reasons for hating sunlight. Sly needs Morgaine's magic to help heal a broken fang, but with further help, and sometimes hindrance, from the wacky apartment dwellers around them, they may become each other's last hope for a normal life...

Morgaine is a witch who has pretty much every phobia you can think of. She and Sly, the resident vampire, are a likely match because he too has just been going through the motions of living since he was turned.

These two seemed to have a mutual affection for one another, but the chemistry was pretty none existent. They really liked each other, and were nice people in their own right, but I just never bought them as a "couple." It felt as though they were together for the sake of the story.

The secondary characters living in the building did offer a bit of comic relief. Especially Lily, the new resident to the building, who seemed to be one of the more interesting characters. But we seen very little of her. Morgaine's cousin Gwyneth was a bit too over the top with the southern speech and her ditziness.

Overall the story seemed to start out okay with great potential, but never really took off.

Teaser Tuesday: The Vampire Next Door by Ashlyn Chase

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.

She moved closer to Lily and draped an arm around her. "Now, I don't usually swing this way, but for the sake of my neighbors..." She pursed her lips. "Pucker up, darlin'. Looks like we're gonna have to get cozy real fast.

page 193; The Vampire Next Door by Ashlyn Chase

Review: Taydelaan by Rachel Clark

Taydelaan
Rachel Clark
Publisher: Siren Publishing
Publication Date: February 11, 2011
Kindle {p.75}
Source: Publisher
Genre: Sci-Fi, Menage
Characters: Kayla, Jessica, David
Challenge: 100+, Ebook

Kayla has been hurt before so it feels very safe to secretly fall a little in love with her best friend and her best friend’s husband. Jessica and David have a few secrets of their own, and the fact that they’ve both fallen in love with Kayla is probably the least shocking of them. They’ve been searching for their Taydelaan, or third, the one who completes them, but they found Kayla instead, and no matter how sensible it should be to walk away, neither Jessica nor David wants to. They love Kayla and are willing to alter their plans for the future just to stay with her. But in an effort not to hurt the woman they love, they’ve left out a few essential details. When Kayla finds out and their world comes crashing down, will they be able to convince her she is exactly where she belongs?

Kayla is in love with her married best friends. Already having been burned by a man she didn’t realize was married when she was involved with him; Kayla is unwilling to go down that road again and has closed herself off. Unbeknownst to her, Jessica and David are in love with her too.

Taydelaan was an interesting read for me in the fact that it featured two females to one male. You don’t really see much of that when it comes to ménage relationships. So that added a unique spin on the overall experience. Ms. Clark does a nice job managing to express the emotions of all the involved parties in a way that the reader feels engrossed and invested in the story.

It was a quick read but it moved along at a believable pace and progression. My only complaint would be that I would have liked to see more of their triad relationship outside of the bedroom. They were never a threesome in public settings, other than David picking the two ladies up from work on one occasion.

This was a promising read for me and I look forward to reading more from Ms. Clark.

In My Mailbox {58}

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.



Books via Borders

Dangerous Pleasure by Lora Leigh

Make Mine a Bad Boy by Katie Lane

The Sweetest Thing by Jill Shalvis

Total Abandon by Opal Carew

Books via Paperback Swap

Wicked Sacrifice by Lora Leigh

Review: Squire by Jet Mykles

Squire
Jet Mykles
Series: Indigo Knights #1
Publisher: Loose Id
Publication Date: September 7, 2010
Kindle {p.158}
Genre: LGBT
Characters: Izzy Rose, Rabin Squire
Challenge: 100+, 50 States ~ Illinois

Rabin Squire is on top of the world. At long last, everything is going his way. He’s about to go into the studio with none other than Brent Rose to put together a new album for his band, the Indigo Knights. Okay, so there’re currently only two members of the band, but with Brent’s help, that’ll soon change. Things are looking up.

Then there’s Izzy, Brent’s cousin. Rabin’s never been interested in a guy before but he can sure tell when one is gorgeous, and Izzy is that. He’s also funny, and sweet and...sexy as hell.

Since he’s not gay, Rabin never expected to have a fling with Izzy. But Izzy says their having sex doesn’t make him gay. Rabin’s not so sure about that but if Izzy’s good with it, what harm can come of it? Izzy agrees; no one else needs to know.

Then an even bigger opportunity means that Rabin has to move away. So if the thing with Izzy was no big deal, why does it hurt when it comes to an end?

Izzy is attracted to Rabin and is constantly flirting with him. Rabin enjoys the attention though he claims to be straight. He also can’t seem to help but notice how pretty Izzy is.

After a night spent clubbing, they find themselves in bed together. They both claim it’s just sex and fun with no strings, no emotions. Of course that always works out. The two of them fall in love with each other, but neither discloses this information to the other.

I’ve always been a fan of Jet since my very first book by the author. I would have liked to see Izzy and Rabin interact more outside the bedroom. I’m not a big fan of the secret relationship.

Squire was just an okay start to the new series for me. But I am looking forward to seeing what’s next.