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Captivate (Need, book 2) by Carrie Jones.

Zara and her friends knew they hadn't solved the pixie problem for good. Far from it. The king's needs grow deeper every day he's stuck in captivity, while his control over his people gets weaker. It's made him vulnerable. And now there's a new king in town.

A turf war is imminent, since the new pixie king, Astley, is moving in quickly. Nick nearly killed him in the woods on day one, but Zara came to his rescue. Astley swears that he and Zara...

 "Now where did I leave that review?"















I decided to add a Book Review Index page where my book reviews can be found alphabetically by author.  As I post my reviews I will add the new review link to the index.  This way you can spend less time searching and more time reading!

Beyond the Map's Boundary by Nibi Soto.

All Mattie Bott and Trevor Karington have ever known were unusually happy, stable lives without any hint as to who they really are. Suddenly, Mattie starts seeing into the future and witnessing historical events appearing on particles of light. Unknowingly, Mattie was born into a family of Trekkers (time travelers). In order to save Mattie from dissolving into the core of time, Trevor becomes her Splitter (time link), making it possible for her to ...

Today we have with us paranormal romance author Ami Blackwelder.  Ami Blackwelder is the author of The Other Five Senses , The Day the Flowers Died , and The Hunted of 2060 .   

Interview
EJ:  Where do you get ideas for your writing?

Ami:  My genres consist of historical and paranormal romance.  (By historical I don't mean cliche, heart-throb erotics. I mean ROMANCE, not sex, and set in an intriguing period of time, consisting of actual history).

My ideas begin as a seed that I play with and if th...

"Right now the bare branches of the trees look like drowning arms reaching for help.  I stare and stare at the bark and see shapes of spirits there.  The dark knots where limbs used to be remind me of screaming mouths."
pg. 16

"Pixie kings leave gold glitter in their wake.  Regular pixies?  Not so much."
 p.g 17, Captivate (Need, book 2) by Carrie Jones

My review of Need (Need, book 1) is here .


Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading . Anyone can play along! J...

Please welcome today's guest author Sam Hilliard.  Sam Hilliard is the author of The Last Track , an action packed paranormal suspense thriller.

Here is Sam's quite humorous guest blog:

I have often wondered what it is to be "Jersey". Originally from the Midwest, I'm still an outlander in the Garden State, for certain. I guess I can live with that, but to say I'm not Jersey after fifteen years, means that membership takes more than just living here, even on a full-time basis. Watching the...

Masquerade (Blue Bloods, book 2) by Melissa de la Cruz.

Schuyler Van Alen wants an explanation for the mysterious deaths of young vampires.  With her best friend, Oliver, Schuyler travels to Italy in the hope of finding the one man who can help--her grandfather.  Meanwhile, back in New York, preparations are feverishly under way for the Four Hundred Ball, an exclusive gala hosted by the city's wealthy, powerful, and unhuman--a true Blue Blood affair.  But it's the after-party, a masquerade...

Hello everyone.  It's Friday!  Let's do the Hop!

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Please welcome our very special guest author Leanore Elliott.  Leanore Elliott is the author of Beasts of Forever (Beasts, book 1).  This highly anticipated erotic paranormal romance novel is due to hit shelves September 28, 2010.


















Interview
EJ:  When did you begin writing?

Leanore:   About eight years old. I wrote stories. My first story was about a Turtle named Lolipop that went on an adventure and met all kinds of creatures along the way. I went through a stage at the age of nine where I answe...