In My Mailbox {37}

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 Publisher

Goodnight Tweetheart by Teresa Medeiros

Books via Paperback Swap

Holiday Seduction by Jaci Burton & Lauren Dane

Laid Bare by Lauren Dane

Book Beginnings & Friday 56: Believe in Me

The Friday 56 is a weekly meme hosted by Freda's Voice. Check out the rules and join in the fun.

Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
Turn to page 56.
Find the fifth sentence.
Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of this blog. Post a link along with your post back to this blog.

Book Beginnings on Friday is a meme hosted by A Few More Pages. Anyone can participate; just share the opening sentence, or two, of your current read, making sure that you include the title and author so others know what you're reading.

Book Beginnings:

"And how do you feel Jordan? Do you believe Richard's been doing everything he can to prove his commitment to making your marriage work?"

Friday 56:

"Speaking of mature, I ran into Officer Cooper at the gas station. It seems somebody's signed him up for a Doughnut of the Month club. You happen to know anything about that?"

Review: Consent to the Cowboy by Abby Wood

Consent to the Cowboy
Abby Wood {Facebook | Twitter}
Publisher: Carina Press
Publication Date: May 26, 2010
Kindle
Source: Publisher/NetGalley
Genre: Erotica, Western
Characters: Daphne Norris, Will Hanson
Challenge: 100+, Ebook
My Rating:

Surrounded by beer-swilling, skirt-chasing cowboys her whole life, barmaid Daphne Norris has no intention of ever settling for any of the men in her Podunk hometown. So when bronc rider Will Hanson sends shock waves to her core with just one glance from his striking green eyes, no one is more surprised than her.

But Will is no ordinary cowboy, and he can see that Daphne is no ordinary small-town girl. He can sense in Daphne the quiet strength and devotion needed to satisfy a man like him, a man who needs to be on top, in every aspect of his life.

Daphne hasn't ever succumbed to her submissive desires before, and Will awakens her in ways she never imagined. While she's not prepared to give him her heart, she agrees to Will's offer of three days of intense pleasure, and then she's walking. But Daphne falls hard and fast, and now she has a decision: return to a normal life, or give up everything for Will...

Daphne has been living her life by turning down any and all advances from the cowboys that frequent the bar where she works. After her cowboy father abandoned her and her dying mother, she wants nothing to with cowboys. That is until Will Hanson enters the picture.

Will is not your average cowboy, but he has his mind set on Daphne and the aims to have her. Will is a Dom looking for his perfect sub to take care of, and feels that sub is Daphne.

I enjoyed the relationship between these two, but I did have a problem with Daphne constantly running away when she had a problem. I thought the whole D/s relationship was built on a foundation of trust and communication, but that never seemed to be the case with Daphne. All her trust and communication only seemed to take place with their sexual encounters.

Will constantly had to chase her down and talk her back into the relationship. Once they got past all that they were actually pretty good together.

Waiting on Wednesday {35}: Breaking the Rules

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. {Button courtesy of Bewitched Bookworms}



Breaking the Rules
Suzanne Brockmann

March 8, 2011

Izzy Zanella didn’t need another reason to butt heads with his Navy SEAL teammate and nemesis, Danny Gillman. Then he met Danny’s beautiful younger sister, Eden. When she needed it most, he offered her a place to stay, a shoulder to cry on—and more. And when she got pregnant with another man’s child, he offered her marriage. But Eden’s devastating miscarriage shattered their life together—and made the intense bad blood between Izzy and Danny even worse.

Now Eden's back, on a mission to rescue her teen brother, Ben, from their abusive stepfather. Winning legal custody is her only chance, if she and Izzy can prove their broken marriage is still in one piece. But they’re not alone: when Danny and his girlfriend Jenn offer to help, he and Izzy agree to bury the past and fight for Ben’s future.

As they plan their strategy, Izzy and Eden grapple with the raw passion that still crackles between them—while Danny and Jenn confront new depths in their own rocky relationship. But events take a terrifying turn after Ben befriends a girl fleeing a child prostitution ring. When the young runaway seeks refuge with Eden and Izzy, her pursuers kidnap Ben—and a deadly standoff begins. Now, they must all pull together like never before, and strike back swift and hard, to protect their unconventional little family and everything they hold most precious.

Tackle It Tuesday {5}: No Rest For The Wicked by Kresley Cole

Tackle It Tuesday is a meme I started here, that's a play off of a similar meme of the same name hosted by Janice and Susan at 5 Minutes for Mom.

Here at the Book Obsessed version of this meme, the idea is to "tackle" books that have been sitting on your shelves collecting dust waiting to be read. Or to "tackle" those we've started, but yet to finish because life has gotten in the way. Also to help encourage blogger interaction, which is always a plus.

Anyone can participate!! Just link your posts in the comments section!


No Rest For the Wicked
Kresley Cole

Shelved since September 20, 2008

Centuries ago, Sebastian Wroth was turned into a vampire -- a nightmare in his mind -- against his will. Burdened with hatred and alone for ages, he sees little reason to live. Until an exquisite, fey creature comes to kill him, inadvertently saving him instead.

A Valkyrie assassin dispatched to destroy him . . .

When Kaderin the Cold Hearted lost her two beloved sisters to a vampire attack long ago, a benevolent force deadened her sorrow -- accidentally extinguishing all of her emotions. Yet whenever she encounters Sebastian, her feelings -- particularly lust -- emerge multiplied. For the first time, she's unable to complete a kill.

Become competitors in a legendary hunt.

The prize of the month-long contest is powerful enough to change history, and Kaderin will do anything to win it for her sisters. Wanting only to win her, forever, Sebastian competes as well, taking every opportunity -- as they travel to ancient tombs and through catacombs, seeking relics around the world -- to use her new feelings to seduce her. But when forced to choose between the vampire she's falling for and reuniting her family, how can Kaderin live without either?

Teaser Tuesday: Believe in Me by Laura Moore

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.

"I've got better ways to waste my time, like going bowling with God. Speaking of which, I gotta fly. The Rev had to bring his car into the shop so I'm driving. Think Robocop will give me a ticket if he catches me speeding with the Lord's main man as my copilot?"

"You could have the whole heavenly host crammed into that car and Rob Cooper would still nail you, so don't even think about it," Margot fired back.

Owen cleared his throat. "Excuse me, I know this is none of my business, but I have to ask. What is bowling with God?"

page 139; Believe in Me by Laura Moore