18 & Over Book Blogger Follow

18 & Over Book Blogger Follow is a weekly feature that begins on Fridays and runs through the weekend, hosted by Crystal from Reading Between the Wines.

This is a Friday blog hop with the objective to find and visit other book blogs that share the same interest as you, namely books geared towards the 18 & over crowd, and make some new friends!

Question of the Week: Have you read a romance or erotic novel with an M/M or F/F relationship in it? If so, did you enjoy the read? And if you haven't, is that something you would read in the future?

Absolutely! I don't read much F/F, but I'm read a lot of M/M romance. I started with reading M/M/F and graduated from there. In terms of male/male romance, a couple of my favorite authors are Riley Shane, Cameron Dane, Josh Lanyon, and Diana DeRicci. Naming my favorite books...there are just too many. For me, whether it's M/M, M/F, F/F, or any combination thereof, if it's a good story with great characters, I'm gonna love it.

And I cannot wait for Qhuinn and Blay! It's about time. ;)

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Waiting on Wednesday: Midnight Rescue by Elle Kennedy

Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine which spotlights eagerly anticipated upcoming releases!

I confess, I actually already have an arc of Midnight Rescue. But since I love Elle Kennedy's work and I haven't had a chance to read it yet (it's up next), it's my WOW pick this week :)

Title: Midnight Rescue
Series: Killer Instincts, Book 1
Author: Elle Kennedy
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Publisher: Signet Eclipse
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Elle Kennedy Reading Order

Book Description (from Elle Kennedy's website):

Dangerous. Ruthless. Savage.
And she’s the good guy.

Abby Sinclair had a desperate childhood until she was rescued and adopted by a retired army ranger who molded her into a master of self-defense. Now, she’s a cunning and fearless assassin thrust into assignment after dangerous assignment, using everything she has—nerve, resilience, strength, sex—to come out on top. Her only rule: never trust anyone.

Abby’s latest assignment is in Columbia: go undercover and snuff out a dangerous arms dealer active in the underground sex trade. But when Abby purposely blows her cover in a last-ditch attempt to free the helpless victims, deadly mercenary Kane Woodland is recruited as back-up. His mission: get Abby out of that hell hole.

The last thing Kane expects is to feel primal attraction for Abby. But when she convinces him to join her on her perilous mission, their newfound passion could put the lives of their whole team at risk.

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Teaser Tuesday: Karma by Carly Phillips

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

- Grab your current read
- Open to a random page
- Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
- BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
- Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

I simply love Carly Phillips's Serendipity series. I recently got my arc of book 3, Karma, and couldn't resist diving in. Since I just started, I pulled my teaser from right where I'm at in the book.

Teaser:
"Liza drummed her fingers against her purse as she waited for Brian to be brought up from the holding area. She wondered if the cell in the back of the police station had a plaque engraved with her brother's name on it."
*Karma by Carly Phillips, page 8 of arc copy (book releases 5/1/12)


Book Description:

Police Officer Dare Barron has had a crush on Liza McKnight ever since he was a teenager. But despite his lifelong attraction, the closest he's ever come to interacting with her is watching Liza regularly bail out her brother at the station.

Dare's dark past with Liza's brother, Brian, has always kept him from pursuing her. But suddenly Liza finds herself in need of protection and Dare appoints himself as the man for the job. And while the sizzling attraction between Dare and Liza draws them together, the past that Dare and Brian share threatens to keep the two apart forever.

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Sexy Snippets: Karma by Carly Phillips

Tuesdays have never been so sexy!
Sexy Snippets is a weekly feature hosted by Reading Between the Wines for the 18+ crowd. To join in just grab the button, post a sexy paragraph or two from your current read and share the author & title so other participants can add the book to their TBR list if they like. Then add your post to the linky below so everyone can follow along. Have a sexy good time!


I adored Carly Phillips's first two Serendipity books (Serendipity and Destiny). I just started book 3, Karma (available May 1st), so I have to flip through for a sexy snippet:

She wasn't usually bold, but he made it easy, and the next thing Liza knew, she was opening the packet while Dare quickly stripped off. his clothes and rejoined her, sliding beside her on the mattress.

His body head wrapped around her as he brought his mouth down on hers. She moaned and opened for him, amazed at how right it felt to be with him this way. She still held the condom in one hand but used the other to work her way down his body, feeling the differences between his skin and the taut muscles beneath.

*Karma by Carly Phillips, arc copy page 114

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Review: Dearly, Departed by Lia Habel

Dearly, Departed by Lia Habel
Series: Gone With the Respiration, Book 1
Publisher: Del Ray
Genre: Romance
ISBN: 9780345523310
Blue Ribbon Rating: 4 out of 5
Original Review Link
Book Purchase Link

Nora Dearly is not like other girls her age. Instead of being interested in clothing, social calls and raising her station through marriage, Nora is fascinated by military history and politics. With both her parents dead, Nora has no choice but to live under the control of her social-climbing aunt. At least, until zombies attack her home. Nora is saved by masked military men…who aren’t exactly alive themselves. Thrust into a world unlike the one she’s known her whole life, Nora learns of “The Laz” a virus that reanimates the dead. She also happens to fall for Captain Bram Griswold, a handsome, noble soldier who happens to be a zombie himself. As the world tumbles into chaos around them, Nora and Bram must fight for the survival of all they know and love, all the while knowing that the clock is counting down on their doomed romance.

Zombies, star-crossed lovers, action, adventure, romance and more are at play in DEARLY, DEPARTED. With her debut novel, author Lia Habel has delivered a wholly unique story that is sure to entertain fans of paranormal, steampunk, cyber-Victorian and romance alike.

Nora is an intelligent, brave young woman that I adored from the first. She’s not super human and she doesn’t automatically accept the situation she’s been thrown into, but rather asks questions and reacts like a normal person would. Though DEARLY, DEPARTED is told in the first person from five points of view, Nora is the readers’ entrée into the world that Ms. Habel has created. Learning about this inventive world through Nora’s eyes was one of my favorite aspects of DEARLY, DEPARTED.

As for the zombies, I absolutely loved Bram and all the zombies of Company Z. They’re victims of The Laz, but they’ve retained their minds and personalities and, with the help of science, they’re able to function so well you almost wouldn’t know that they were the reanimated dead. Their strength of mind and character in the face of all they’ve been through endeared them to me. I don’t think I could pick a favorite among those of Company Z, but if I had to, it’d be Bram. I can easily see why Nora falls for him. He’s intelligent, honorable and doesn’t kid himself that his time is limited. He’s also brave enough to try and defy the odds by being with Nora, knowing that there is little chance that their star-crossed love could end happily.

I don’t want to talk too much about DEARLY, DEPARTED, for most of the fun of the story comes from not knowing what happens. I’ll end this review by saying that DEARLY, DEPARTED was a wonderful story and I’m looking forward to Ms. Habel’s next GONE WITH THE RESPIRATION book, DEARLY, BELOVED.


Note: My review was written for Romance Junkies and is cross-posted here with permission from Romance Junkies.

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Book Reviews: Young Adult

This is a master list of all my young adult book reviews. The books here are span all subgenres of YA and if they're romance, the reviews are also posted in my romance reviews section.

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New Reviews

Reviews for Upcoming Releases

Anthologies/Multiple Authors (alphabetized by title)

Alphabetized by Author:
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |

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- The Anatomical Shape of a Heart by Jenn Bennett
- Serious Moonlight by Jenn Bennett
- The Witch Hunter (The Witch Hunter, Book 1) by Virginia Boecker

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- Ink and Bone (The Great Library, Book 1) by Rachel Caine
- Paper and Fire (The Great Library, Book 2) by Rachel Caine
- Ash and Quill (The Great Library, Book 3) by Rachel Caine
- Smoke and Iron (The Great Library, Book 4) by Rachel Caine
- Gwen & Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher

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- Twelfth Knight by Alexene Farol Follmuth

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- Dearly, Departed (Gone With the Respiration, Book 1) by Lia Habel
- Dearly, Beloved (Gone With the Respiration, Book 2) by Lia Habel

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- Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, Book 1) by Robin LaFevers
- Otherworldly by F.T. Lukens
- So This Is Ever After by F.T. Lukens
- Spell Bound by F.T. Lukens

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- Accomplished (Georgie Darcy, Book 1) by Amanda Quain
- Ghosted by Amanda Quain

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- The Renaissance of Gwen Hathaway by Ashley Schumacher

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- Unmasked (Venice Falls, Book 1) by J.J. Wynn

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Disclosure Notice: In accordance with FTC Guidelines, I would like everyone to know that while I do purchase my own books quite frequently, you should assume that each book reviewed here at Wit and Sin was provided to the reviewer by the publisher or the author for free.

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Monday in Review

It’s update time :)

Below are the newest reviews I’ve written here, on Joyfully Reviewed, and on Romance Junkies. The master list and categorical lists on the right-hand side are updated as well.

Reviews for upcoming releases:
- The Duke’s Perfect Wife (Highland Pleasures, Book 4) by Jennifer Ashley (available 4/3/12)

All other new reviews:
- When a Scot Loves a Lady (Falcon Club, Book 1) by Katharine Ashe
- Three Wishes by Stephanie Bond
- Dearly, Departed (Gone With the Respiration, Book 1) by Lia Habel
- The Saint (Highland Guard, Book 5) by Monica McCarty

Upcoming reviews:
- Good Cop, Bad Cop by Jenna Byrnes and Jude Mason
- Chain Reaction (8th Wing, Book 2) by Zoë Archer
- Demon’s Bride (The Hellraisers, Book 2) by Zoë Archer
- Skies of Fire (The Ether Chronicles, Book 1) by Zoë Archer
- How to Be a Proper Lady (Falcon Club, Book 2) by Katharine Ashe
- The Fireman Who Loved Me (The Bachelor Fireman of San Gabriel, Book 1) by Jennifer Bernard
- Hot for Fireman (The Bachelor Fireman of San Gabriel, Book 2) by Jennifer Bernard
- Aloha Kaua by Jenna Byrnes
- A Perfect Storm Rising by Cameron Dane
- Elliot’s War by Kim Dare
- Trust, Love, Submit by Kim Dare
- If the Slipper Fits (Cinderella Sisterhood, Book 1) by Olivia Drake
- How to Ravish a Rake (How To Series, Book 3) by Vicky Dreiling
- Too Hot to Touch (Rising Star Chef, Book 1) by Louisa Edwards
- Some Like It Hot (Rising Star Chef, Book 2) by Louisa Edwards
- A Very Personal Trainer by Justine Elyot
- A Beginner’s Guide to Rakes by Suzanne Enoch
- Screw Santa (Who Needs Christmas?, Book 1) by Joyee Flynn
- Sinful Wager by Alice Gaines
- Bound Hearts (Portland Tide, Book 2) by C.C. Galloway
- Trouble at the Wedding (Abandoned at the Altar, Book 3) by Laura Lee Guhrke
- Bachelor Number Four by Megan Hart
- Intimate Beings (The Being Trilogy, Book 2) by Jessica Inclan
- Straight Cowboy by Jan Irving
- Midnight Rescue (Killer Instincts, Book 1) by Elle Kennedy
- If You Give a Girl a Viscount (Impossible Bachelors, Book 4) by Kieran Kramer
- The Sure Thing by Claire Matthews
- Secret Light by Z.A. Maxfield
- Blood Persuasion (Immortal Jane Austen, Book 2) by Janet Mullany
- Keeping Faith by Kris Norris
- Strangers in the Night by Brynn Paulin
- Raw Desire by Kate Pearce
- Karma (Serendipity, Book 3) by Carly Phillips
- A Night Like This (Smythe-Smith Quartet, Book 2) by Julia Quinn
- Alien Sex 102 by Allie Ritch
- Carrie’s Answer (Corporate Affairs, Book 1) by Sierra and V.J. Summers
- Meredith’s Awakening (Corporate Affairs, Book 2) by Sierra and V.J. Summers
- Primal Law (Alpha Pack, Book 1) by J.D. Tyler

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