Elspeth

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Love Comes Silently

Love Comes Silently - Andrew  Grey Very cute, and very sweet heart warming tale of love.
Road Blocks (Other Places, #2) - P.S. Power Mmmmm more cheeeeese!
Shortcuts (Other Places, #1) - P.S. Power Mmmm cheesy cheese.Book junk food, cant read just one!

When You Were Pixels (Syntax #0.1)

When You Were Pixels (Syntax #0.1) - Julio-Alexi Genao Beautiful, just beautiful!Gimme more Jules, I have sent bribes in the mail!:p

Burden

Burden - Annmarie McKenna This wasn't bad but the in luuurve in less than 24 hours was a bit ridiculous.
Jack Kursed (Damned and Cursed, #3) - Glenn Bullion How I missed the release date on this I don't know, I am feeling pretty red in the face at the moment.Anyways...I got the wonderful opportunity to beta read this book, and it's a really fun story.I love Jack, he is so not a very nice guy, and I love him for it. Jack is sarcastic, selfish, and not just a little bit mean, but we can't hold it against him. I know if I went without sleep for over 100 years you would find me in a corner, crying, and curled into a ball with sporadic bouts of me bashing my head into a wall. So he has every right to be a bit cranky, and self absorbed to the point of being individualistic. What he isn't is a sociopath because if you are someone he holds dear he will go to the ends of the earth for you. I say this because Jack is not like Alex and Kevin they were wonderful caring people who think of others, Jack not so much. I don't want people to brush this book off because of that they will be missing a great story with an awesome edge of your seat ending. I really enjoyed this book, and can't wait for the next installment. Oh and Glenn, when its time you always have a beta reader with me. We can trade Maine lobster for Maryland blue crab.
A Witch to Live (Damned and Cursed, #2) - Glenn Bullion I really love this author, what a fun read!
Demonspawn (Damned and Cursed, #1) - Glenn Bullion Loved it just as much the second time reading as the first!

Tattoos & Teacups

Tattoos & Teacups - Anna  Martin Where the fuck did the spanking and Daddy play come from? Meh.
Love Next Door - Amelia  Bishop SOOOOOO not what I thought it was going to be.Meh!

Turkey in the Snow

Turkey in the Snow - Amy Lane This was very cute.
The Winter Courtship Rituals of Fur-Bearing Critters (Knitting, # 1) - Amy Lane This series makes me want to learn how to knit.
Bewitched by Bella's Brother - Amy Lane Cute!
Delivery with a Smile - Megan Derr Loved it!Wow, what a fun read!
The Pauper Prince (Changing Moon, #1) - Sui Lynn What do I say about this book, that it was a pleasant surprise, a diamond in the rough, a slow start with a great finish.I am going to say D, all of the above.This book started off like a gormless teenager, with abrupt sentences, grammatical errors, and a lot of telling not showing. I was thinking I made a mistake in buying a book this expensive for the quality of editing and thought of returning it.I am SO glad I didn’t, the ending made up for the rough start, and I have the bags under my eyes to prove it. This book kept me up till midnight proving me wrong on more than one of my assumptions and thank the Sparkle Magic Fairy Princess Unicorn for that.I really enjoyed the mythos in this book, it was more native shape shifter or skin walker than Werewolf in London and the vampires had a different twist. In this book there were two kinds of vampires, there were the royals that could breed like humans and have children. Drones the second kind of vampire are humans bitten by a royal vampire where venom is introduced to the bloodstream and transformation occurs. The shape shifters were along the same theme, where the pure bloods could shape shift into multiple animals, but over the years with interbreeding with humans a lot of the were population can only shift into one animal.Now with this in mind, and even though I liked the mythos I got this dread, the overwhelming fear of I could see the future of this book. All I could think is Lance is a fucking vampire were hybrid and no that isn’t over fucking done at all! Praying to the SMFPU that this was not the case and hoping the author would prove me wrong in my assumptions I kept reading even though it was a work night. Oh, and she did and then some...the ending...there is an epiphany and its beautiful!I cant wait for the next book in the series to see were Lance and Andrew's story goes.
Acrobat - Mary Calmes Loved it!I am not one to like age gaps but this one was done with such flare that it worked.The characters were just perfect for each other and made a cute couple and a great family.This book did what Again tried to and failed...I dont mind the dominace game it that is what is wanted. I am not fond of the whole I am going to tell you what to do and you are going to do it.