Operation Auction - Maya Banks Video by Tessa Dare

A few months ago a bunch of other romance book lovers such as myself got together for a great cause in Operation Auction...which you can read more about HERE.

So one of my favorite authors Tessa Dare donated a home made video trailer for the winning author's book and the lucky winner was Maya Banks!! Although I've never read her books I have to say after watching the delightful video below I have decided I need to do so immediately.

So without further ado here is the book trailer for Maya's highlander series made by the funny and wonderful Tessa Dare...

I hope you enjoy and I hope you can support Maya...I honestly plan on getting these books!!

Happy Reading,
Mindy

Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase

 
 
They call him many names, but Angelic isn't one of them . . .
Sebastian Ballister, the notorious Marquess of Dain, is big, bad, and dangerous to know. No respectable woman would have anything to do with the "Bane and Blight of the Ballisters"—and he wants nothing to do with respectable women. He's determined to continue doing what he does best—sin and sin again—and all that's going swimmingly, thank you . . . until the day a shop door opens and she walks in.
She's too intelligent to fall for the worst man in the world . . .
Jessica Trent is a determined young woman, and she's going to drag her imbecile brother off the road to ruin, no matter what it takes. If saving him—and with him, her family and future—means taking on the devil himself, she won't back down. The trouble is, the devil in question is so shockingly irresistible, and the person who needs the most saving is—herself!

Okay after hearing a lot about this book around the web (my favorite romance book haunts) and hearing nothing but positive things about it I decided to get it. This is my first book by Loretta Chase.

I have to say I'm very glad that I took the advice of  all those lovely ladies and got this book.

Although there was a lot of positive things of course there were people who found the hero a bit brash and hard. But I decided to make my own decision on this. So I have to say that those descriptions of him are what made me love him so much. I have to admit (and some of you may already know this from previous posts) but I love a dark, tortured hero. I don't know what it is about them and finding redemption with love. It sounds so darkly poetic and Gothic. So yes Sebastian was gruff, hard and somewhat unpleasant but when you read of his background it is not hard to see why. Also, from what I could tell from his description he was HOT but he found himself to be completely ugly thanks to his father. He was a child when he thought his mother just abandoned him because how could she love someone so hideous. So yes I do understand where he was coming from there and understand why he was the way he was.

I also love a smart, sarcastic and sharp tongued heroine just as much as I love my tortured heroes. I love that they speak their mind and aren't afraid to do so. And you must remember this is a historical so women who speak their mind were pretty rare I'm sure during this time. Jessica Trent came from a large family and helped raised many of her nephews. She was a great beauty like her grandmother and felt she did not have to settle for one of the many proposals but could wait for love. OH that makes me think I loved her grandmother Genvieve she was awesome!

This book was absolutely wonderful and I had a hard time putting it down. The character interaction was great but was seriously worried that Jess' brother would end up trampled to death by horses because lets get real he was stupid as they come!

I am also excited because this is book three in a series and I read it first and totally did not freak out which is awesome. I have always thought I had to read every book in a series in order (well some you kinda have to like Harry Potter) but mostly with historicals you see reoccurring characters but nothing so that would hinder you from reading a few out of order.

So I loved this book and have bought Loretta Chase's newest book Silk Is For Seduction and I cannot wait to plunge into that one!

So if you want to read a wonderful and beautifully told book then you need to do yourself a favor and pick up a copy of Lord of Scoundrels TODAY or tomorrow's fine to but at least by the end of the week, LOL!!

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Currently Reading: Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3) by Suzanne Collins
Up Next: Silk Is For Seduction by Loretta Chase
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HAPPY READING!!
Mindy
xoxo

Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins

Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the annual Hunger Games with fellow district tribute Peeta Mellark. But it was a victory won by defiance of the Capitol and their harsh rules. Katniss and Peeta should be happy. After all, they have just won for themselves and their families a life of safety and plenty. But there are rumors of rebellion among the subjects, and Katniss and Peeta, to their horror, are the faces of that rebellion. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge.

Well I finally finished reading Catching Fire. I've been having a rough time reading lately. I just have not been able to find the time to read. I used to be able read at work but unfortunately our client base has picked up and I've been working a lot longer so it took me twice as long to read because I've had to read maybe 2 or 3 minutes here and there.

This is the second book in the Hunger Games series. In this we find Katniss Everdeen having won the Hunger Games and is on the victory tour with her fellow District 12 tribute Peeta Mellark. Also with her open defiance of the Capitol by simply trying to save Peeta's life she has become an even bigger pawn in not only the plans of the Capitol but also in the plans of the rebels starting to up rise.

So after going through the victory tour she gets ready for the next Hunger Games and the Quarter Quell (happens every 25 years) and the special circumstances that will come.

Well in a show of force by the Capitol the 75 Year Quarter Quell takes former victors of all districts and uses them as the pool to draw from for that year's tributes. So for District 12 there are only 3 victors. Katniss, Peeta and Haymitch. So Katniss will be going in the ring again to fight for her life and soon Peeta is her partner again.

So in the ring the tributes fight for their lives and in the end Katniss learns in the end that the revolution has begun and she is the most integral part because she's the girl on fire. The symbol of the revolution!!

I loved this book. I've become deeply addicted to the Hunger Games!  I cannot wait to see the first movie and read the last book, Mockingjay. I was going to read it next but decided to through a historical romance in the mix just to shake things up a bit...yeah I'm crazy like that!!

So if you want to read this for yourself just go here -->Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)

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Currently Reading - Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase
Up Next - Mockinjay by Suzanne Collins


Thanks and happy reading,
Mindy