"Marguerite, only rags, some stained a deep umber like the crust of a pie long since forgotten in a hot oven, stared back." Shaded, Dede Nesbitt.
Shutter Step takes me back to a time when a short story from Roald Dahl or Shirley Jackson was just what I needed to transport me to another time and place. This collaboration of authors offers multitudes of fantastic imagery. In short stories, every single word needs to count to pull the reader in.
I highly recommend this anthology of shorts. The stories are refreshing and absorbing giving the reader just enough.
“Then let me explain something to you.” He puts his arm around my shoulder like a very bad scene from the Godfather. “You are friends with them. In turn that makes you friends with me… and Antonio is marrying Megan, your friend. Antonio is going to be the Boss. We treat friends like family. That means you are friends with, and practically family with, all of us.”
Kristen Ashley has done it again! The Unfinished Hero Series is my favorite of all of her series.
There is just something captivating about these dark heroes. I loved the mystery that surrounded Deacon and his devotion to Cassie. The time jumps caught me off guard, but they did not break me out of the story. I recommend Deacon and the entire Unfinished Heroes series if you enjoy reading about a dark, mysterious, alpha-male.
Demons, Vampires, and Phantoms! Oh my!Raise your reading up a notch from ordinary
to extraordinary with these four paranormal romance tales by authors: AP
Jensen, Elizabeth Loraine, Norma Jeanne Karlsson, and Amy Rachiele.Add HEARTS BEWARE to your TBR on
Goodreads!http://bit.ly/heartsbewareanth
Synopsis:
Clutch of the Demon: AP Jensen
Cara is a demon hunter. When she
interrupts a chain of events orchestrated by a master demon, he punishes Cara
by infecting her younger sister with a fatal disease. Time is running out.
Desperate for a cure, Cara hears a whisper of a mystical being trapped beneath
stone that may be able to help her for a price…
Phantom Lives: Elizabeth Loraine
After the sudden death of her parents
Abigail Black decides to take her life back from her abusive boyfriend, Dallas,
and start over. She is drawn south from her childhood home in Memphis into a
world she thought only existed in her dreams. Ones that she has had since she
was a small child, of a place so real, she could describe everything and
everyone in minute detail. And there's Bill, a man who has her cautiously
believing in love again.
Suddenly she
discovers the place in her dreams really exists and it is calling her to it.
Why?
Another page turning
romance adventure from Elizabeth Loraine. Phantom Lives intertwines the
modern world with the post Civil War world of Collier, a plantation Abigail has
had dreams about her entire life. Now she is about to find out why. It's a
fantasy world of spirits and immortals built in a way which fans of Ms
Loraine’s will again thoroughly enjoy. Find out who Abigail was in the past,
and how it changes everything.
Misunderstood
Miracles: Norma Jeanne Karlsson
The small things are never what
they appear to be...Isolation is important when you’re different. Thirty
years of protecting himself ends with one blast intended to end his life. The
explosion happened. The building collapsed. Kane Rand walked away. He always
walks away, which is why they want him.They
can try to shoot him, stab him, set him on fire or anything else they can come
up with to subdue the mob enforcer. It won’t work. Kane is impenetrable. His
skin keeps him safe while his cunning mind and deadly skills keep him alive.
There’s nothing to protect his heart. Alannah Carey steals his unprotected soft
spot with one look. Now he’s in the fight of his life to keep her safe, his
family alive and himself out of the hands of an agency that’s been trying to
capture him from the time he was born. The miracle of life soon becomes a
tortured cell where survival is the only option. Or in Kane’s case, a breeding
ground for vengeance.
Vampire’s Need: Amy
Rachiele
Fleeing for her life,
Sybrina leaves behind everything to escape the dark creature that wiped
out her family. It now wants to finish what it started. Sybrina stows
away aboard a clipper ship and poses as her recently murdered brother,
Paul. The year is 1866. Can Sybrina solve the mystery of the creature
that exsanguinates it victims? Elijah is a vampire. He watches Sybrina
from a far. His life is bland and he feels the need to protect her, following
her across the ocean. But does he need to do it or his motivation deeper?
Does it stem from him wanting her?
The opening scene starts with a gripping bang and keeps you
rooted to your seat. The main characters, Eric Cameron and Dr. Emily Jordan,
are polar opposites with great chemistry. They are both strong and broken in
their own ways.
Eric is lonely despite being famous.He is painted as a charismatic and talented
hockey player.Ms. Laverentz does a
great job of pulling out Eric’s failings as well as his redeeming qualities.
Dr. Emily Jordan is a mother and hard worker.Her past is violent and holds some secrets
that eventually she has to deal with.
I truly enjoyed this story’s voice, character angst, and
tense situations.I recommend this book
to romance readers.If you haven’t
picked this one up, you are missing out.
I once told you, "Every sin I commit, every life I end, every soul I purchase, I do so to watch in gratifying amusement as it fades out. I've taken these lives with whole and complete intentions of watching my sins and transgressions affect and alter the life of others."
I'm afraid those words no longer hold even a thread of truth.
The man you once knew is now nothing more than a ghost.
The blood staining my hands is no longer a consequence of my amusement.
I have become pure evil. The blood you see is the result of my visceral need to hinder the torment and desolation left in my wife's wake.
If you are foolish enough to believe all men are worthy of redemption, even those of us born evil, take my hand and allow me to show you what I believe about Redemption.
For this is, after all Roman's Redemption.
I was born and raised in
Louisiana… and No, I do NOT live in a bayou, I actually see the beaches on the
gulf coast more than I see a bayou, lol. I started writing poems and short
stories very early in my life. You know, for the Michael’s and Leo’s and Nick’s
in my life. I've been a book hoarder since I was eleven years old, but then a
couple years ago something wonderful happened! The 50 Shades of Grey craze
brought to life my inner smut whore and I commenced to read anything and
everything smut affiliated. When reading wasn't enough anymore and I noticed
that so many of the authors of my favorite indie authors and their books
weren't getting the exposure their work deserved, I turned it into a mission,
starting my own blog, buying their books and reading them one by one. I then
wrote my reviews for my blog and didn't hold back in writing them (Hell yeah
those motherfuckers are profanity laden). I've never done a single thing in my
life halfway. I always go all in. After the success of my Blog, and the
insistence of one of my bestest friends, my sister from another mister, Trina
Taylor of Bad & Dirty Books, I was ready to finally take the plunge and see
if I could write a book that was worth a damn. I'm a Southern girl to my core,
a self-proclaimed smut whore, and I keep hearing that I’m an author, but
honestly… I don’t believe the rumors, lol. I don’t feel like a kickass bitch
spittin’ out lyrics, or stories, like a motherfuckin’ rockstar.
Tattooed across my ribs are the
words I have always lived by: 'Aut viam inveniam aut faciam tibi.' Latin for:
If I cannot find a way, I will make my own.
Deserves more than 5 stars!!!!
Wow yet again Kimber has done it again with Roman's Redemption,
I didn't think anything could top Roman but I was wrong, truly amazing, Kimber has a gift at telling dark, twisted and gritty reads, I was hooked from the first page.
One thing i am absolutely sure of i hated Seb all through the book, I had different thoughts on Roman, one minute i hated him the next minute I loved him and truly felt for him, one thing that did stay constant with me was i loved Heather, Mac, Mace she was kick ass.
Not for people who don't read dark books as it isn't for the faint hearted but i will say you really don't know what you are missing if you don't read this book!!!! ~Gemma
Wow wow wow. This was just as good as the first book, another amazing job. Kimber Dawn definitely has away of sucking you in!! I can't say it enough both of these books are absolutely amazing! Dark as hell but what a great read. I couldn't put it down. I stayed up all night just to see
what was happening next. If you like dark and I do mean really dark this one was fantastic. ~Nina
Kimber is sick and twisted and I love her mind, but I hate it just as much.
Never in my life have I hated 2 word more. The dislike I have for 6 little letters, THE END, is monumental. Normally, I'd want to ask why, but I realize your sick and twisted mind wouldn't tell me. In the end, I have to admit, I love the evil that is Roman William Payne even more now than when I first met him. For the life of me I have no idea why.
This book is dark, so if you want or prefer sweet, don't attempt this. You'll want to run for the hill and pray to God to clean your mind just for looking this way. But if you enjoy the company of the little devil that's parked on everyone of our shoulders, if you like the dark side of the tracks then by all means, go meet Roman.
Kimber is like the Rob Zombie of the book world. That's how I see her. Dark, twisted, and messed the hell up. I'm totally girl crushing on her yet again.
Woman, you rock! ~ Nancy
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