Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Brenda Novak Free eBook

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Of Noble Birth
Honor Bound
Author: Brenda Novak
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About the books from GoodReads:
Of Noble BirthHe Was a Man Who Took What He Wanted.
And He Wanted Her. 
To escape her cruel stepfather, seamstress Alexandra Cogsworth envisioned sailing far from England . . . though not as a captive aboard a pirate's ship. 
Pirate Captain Nathaniel Kent's strategy for exacting revenge on his cold-hearted father involved taking a valuable hostage . . . not a seamstress he mistakenly thinks is his half sister.
Yet fate has designs of its own, landing them both on board the Royal Vengeance. At sea, Nathaniel intercepts and plunders his father's ships, all the while tormented by his illicit hunger for the tempting prisoner he thinks is his blood relation. And although Alexandra wants no part in this terrifying voyage, to reveal her true identity to the handsome, blue-eyed Nathaniel would invite danger. Not only would she become worthless cargo, but the revelation would surely unleash what she and Nathaniel have been fiercely battling—a rising undercurrent of impossible desire that could sweep them away for good.

Honor Bound (Previously titled The Bastard)To some men honor is just a word...  
Jeannette Boucher, a young French beauty from a family left penniless by the revolution, must marry against her will to save them all from ruin. But almost immediately after the vows are spoken, she learns that her old English husband is impotent—and in his desire for an heir, he plans to compromise her in the worst way. Determined to escape such a fate, she stows away on one of His Majesty’s frigates. But a woman alone is in constant danger. 
To Lieutenant Treynor, honor means everything...
Born a bastard to a wayward marquise, Lieutenant Crawford Treynor was given to a poor farmer to raise and was maltreated until he ran away to join the Royal Navy. Treynor is determined to prove he’s as good as any other man and rise to captain his own frigate. But once he finds Jeannette aboard The Tempest he must decide whether to return her to the man he knows would abuse her—or risk everything, even his life, to keep her safe.'
These are good stories. I'm reading Honor Bound/The Bastard now. And so far, it's entertaining me. Isn't that what romance books should do? Get your free copy from amazon kindle.

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Sweet Release (Kenleigh/Blakewell Family Saga)
[Kindle Edition]

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Author: Pamela Claire
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About the book from Goodreads.com
For five pounds in cash, the convict was hers. Though Cassie hated the slave trade, her Virginia plantation demanded the labor, and she knew this fevered man would surely die if she left him. But as his wounds healed and his muscled chest bronzed from the sun, Cassie realized Cole Braden was far more dangerous than his papers had indicated - for he could steal her breath with a glance or lay siege to her senses with a touch.
Abducted, beaten, and given a new name, Alec went from master of an English shipbuilding empire to fourteen years of indentured servitude in the American colonies. There, he was known as Cole Braden, a convicted ravisher and defiler of women. And while he longed to ravish the auburn-haired beauty who owned him, he knew his one hope of earning her love - and his freedom - was to prove his true identity. Only then could he turn the tables and attain his.....Sweet Release
About the author from her official website:

I have been in love with fiction since I discovered Misty of Chincoteague at the age of 9. By the time I was 12, I’d read all of Marguerite Henry’s books, along with the entire Nancy Drew series, the works of C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and Ayn Rand. Already at that age, I knew I wanted to be a novelist when I grew up.
Then, when I was 15, something extraordinary happened. I discovered romance novels. The first romance I ever read was The Flame and the Flower by Kathleen Woodiwiss, followed soon after by Shanna and Rosemary Rogers’ Sweet, Savage Love. I gave up depressing intellectual classics for stories that made my heart beat faster — tales of bravery, passion, and love. I found that I preferred happy endings to sad ones, no matter how artsy or intellectual they were.
I had the good fortune of becoming an exchange student during my senior year of high school and went to Denmark. I lived in 200-year-old thatch-roofed farm house with a host family that became a true family for me. I fell in love with the small Scandinavian country and stayed for almost three years, traveling throughout Europe and learning to speak Danish fluently. My time visiting European castles and cathedrals awakened in me a love of history. Those memories are among my most precious. Read more at the author's website.


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I haven't read it, but I just added it to my Kindle. It has 15 ratings and it's 5-stars. That's good enough for me to check it out. And best of all, it's free! It's Amazon great?!

Monday, May 28, 2012

Barefoot in the Sand by Roxanne St. Claire

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Barefoot in The Sand
Roxanne St. Claire
Grand Central Publishing
399 pages
Giveaway ends: June 10
About this book from GoodReads:
When all you hold dear is taken away . . . 
When a hurricane roars through Lacey Armstrong's home on the coast of Barefoot Bay, she decides all that remains in the rubble is opportunity. A new hotel is just what Mimosa Key needs, and Lacey and her teenage daughter are due for a fresh start. And nothing, especially not a hot, younger architect, is going to distract Lacey from finally making her dreams a reality. 
A second chance is the only thing you have left.
Love has already cost Clay Walker everything. And if he's going to have any chance of picking up the pieces of his life, he needs the job as Lacey Armstrong's architect. What's not in the plans is falling for the headstrong beauty. Her vision of the future is more appealing than anything he could have ever drafted for himself. Will Clay's designs on Lacey's heart be more than she can handle, or will she trust him to build something that will last forever?

My Take:
When you're cowering in a metal bathtub and a piece of mattress is what's keeping you from certain death, everything is distilled to what is most important in life. That's what happened to Lacey Armstrong when a came and took everything away. Well, almost everything. She still has Ashley, her daughter.  If she's going to start building her dream, she wants the best. Hence, the call to the famous architect builder, Clay Walker. 

However, when she saw him, he's this young, hot dude. She wanted the gray-haired older man whom she equates with respectability and responsibility. Clay had to work hard to convince Lacey to let him help her build her dream. They are attracted to each other, and who wouldn't be? I like Clay's don't let anything stand in your way. He's positive and a fighter.

Just when it looks like Lacey and Clay might have a good chance for a beautiful future, Ashley's estranged father show up and made everything interesting. Especially since Ashley is rooting for her Mom and Dad to get their happily-ever-after. I like the things I learned from this book. Mainly, how much paperwork is involve in erecting a building. It's very educational. 

I give this book a rating of 4-Stars. I recommend this for beach reading. Pack it with your stuff. It's entertaining. Thanks Antoine for my ARC.

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Sunday, May 27, 2012

Sloane Monroe Series Boxed Set (Books 1-3)
[Kindle Edition]

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Available for free right now, May 27, 2012 at Amazon. Click here
I have not read these books, but I have downloaded my copies already. I'm always excited to find new books. Actually, the appropriate word might be giddy. These collection are the three volumes of Cheryl Bradshaw's Sloane Diamond series. The books in these collection are:

Black Diamond Death
Sinnerman
I Have A Secret

All yours for free now if you go and download it from here. Amazon rated this series 4.5 stars. That's a good start of endorsement. Download you copies today and start leaving your reviews on amazon.

About the author from her official website:
Born and raised in Southern California, Cheryl Bradshaw became interested in writing at a young age, but it was almost two decades before she put pen to paper. In 2009 Cheryl wrote her first novel, Black Diamond Death (the first book in her Sloane Monroe series). Within six weeks of its release it was in the top #100 in two different mystery categories on the Kindle and has been a top ranked novel since April 2011 averaging 4.8 out of 5 stars from reviewers. 
Cheryl's second novel, Sinnerman, made its debut in September 2011 and entered the top #100 list in mystery: hard boiled and mystery: police procedurals within 16 days of being released on Amazon Kindle.  She is currently hard at work on the third novel in the series, I Have a Secret, which Bradshaw plans to release in Spring 2012.  
When she's not hard at work writing her next novel, Cheryl is an avid reader and loves to travel.  "Every place I visit offers inspiration in one form or another which I draw from when I'm writing.  I chose Park City as Sloane's humble abode because I lived there and have a fondness for the quaint little town which I visit often." 

Friday, May 25, 2012

Howdy and Welcome

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my clematis after the petals feel off
This blog was inactive for so long. I was mad and disturbed by what happened to the previous site hosted by WordPress. I did not do anything about it for the longest time. However, I missed it, so I'm going to start over. I'm hoping that those who were here before will come again and join me in my celebration of printed words.

There will be giveaways. I'll have to network again. But it will be fun. I can do this and law school, too.