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SHE’S ON A MISSION TO SAVE THE PLANET…
Mermaid Angel Tritone has been researching humans from afar, hoping to find a way to convince them to stop polluting. When she jumps into a boat to escape a shark attack, it’s her chance to pursue her mission, but she has to keep her identity a total secret…
WHEN HE DISCOVERS HER SECRET< THEY’RE BOTH IN MORTAL DANGER…
For Logan Hardington, finding a beautiful woman on his boat is surely not a problem, especially since her presence helps his relationship with his young, newfound son. But when Logan realizes what she truly is, and the jeopardy his family is in, he doesn’t know whom to trust. Suddenly following his heart has never been more dangerous…
This is the third book in Ms. Fennell’s mer trilogy. I enjoyed this book more than book two, but less than book one. I had trouble getting into the story, and the talking birds (and lizards) bothered me like they did in WILD BLUE UNDER. Logan and Angel make a great couple and Michael is a really sweet little boy. I think that Michael was my favorite character in the book. I loved Angel’s excitement about human things - especially her love of clothes. It reminded me very much of Ariel’s cave of human things in the Disney Little Mermaid. All in all this was a fun, quick read and I would recommend it for anyone who loved the little mermaid.
the book girl gives CATCH OF A LIFETIME a 3/5
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Snow on the roofs and wreaths on the doors and chains on the tires…isn’t Christmas in New England wonderful? But Charlotte Prescott is too busy taking in super-sexy reporter Sam Landry to notice the nip in the air. Make that the nip in the air alternating with the scorching heat that rises whenever she and Sam are alone together. Charlotte would be happy to forget the supernatural third wheel who seems to be staying for the season in the quaint old house she inherited. It is real. Someone’s slurping down all the good eggnog. And something is drawing Charlie and Sam together under the mistletoe - not to mention everywhere else. Happy holidays!
This book worked for me on some levels and not on others. I loved the relationship being built between Charlie and Sam, but could have done without the ghosts. What seemed like it should be a major plot point, Charlie’s house being haunted, was really a very little part of the book. It set up the reason for Sam and Charlie to meet, but that was about it and the resolution happens so quickly that I almost missed it. I thought the book was just okay and not really what I expected it to be.
the book girl gives CHRISTMAS SPIRIT a 3/5
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Forever a Bridesmaid, Never an Undead Bride
Once a devoted children’s librarian, Jane Jameson now works at a rundown occult bookstore. Once a regular gal, she’s now a vampire. And instead of a bride, she’s an eternal bridesmaid - which leads her to question where exactly her relationship with her irresistible sexy sire. Gabriel, is headed. Mercurial, enigmatic, apparently commitment-phobic vampires are nothing if not hard to read. While Jane is trying to master undead dating, she is also donning the ugliest bridesmaid’s dress in history at her best friend Zeb’s Titanic-themed wedding. Between a freaked-out groom-to-be, his hostile werewolf in-laws, and Zeb’s mother, hell-bent on seeing Jane walk the aisle with Zeb. Jane’s got the feeling she’s just rearranging the proverbial deck chairs.
Meanwhile, Half Moon Hollow’s own Black Widow, Jane’s Grandma Ruthie, has met her match in her latest fiance. He smells like bad cheese and has a suspicious history of dead spouses. but Jane’s biting her tongue. After all, would a nice girl really think she has a future with a vampire.
This is the second book in the Jane Jameson series. The book is hilarious. Jane finds herself in some very funny situations between being undead and a best friend who is marrying into a wolf pack that thinks him loosing a pinkie toe is hilarious. This was a really fun, quick read. There didn’t really seem to be any major conflict though. There are lots of little things, but no one big thing. I think that this book wasn’t a strong as the first book where Jane was being framed for murder. It read a little like someones journal. Just detailing what was going on in Jane’s life day to day.
the book girl gives NICE GIRLS DON’T DATE DEAD MEN a 3/5.
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At sixteen, Dakota Dunn was America’s Pop Princess. Now twenty-five, she’s all grown up and washed up. She decides to head to her parents’ lakefront retreat in Tennessee, fixing to write some new songs and transform her image from squeaky-clean to kickin-country.
Turns out, while she was in L.A., her folks handed over the operations to sexy, cranky cowboy Trace Coleman, a former bull-riding champion benched by injuries. He’s not too happy about Dakota’s arrival and makes no secret of it. Although Trace is rough around the edges, Dakota feels a pull of attraction she can’t quite shake. For all his brooding, Trace has an animal magnetism that may just lead Dakota to dig in her heels and hold on tight.
This book was fun! I loved Trace and his grumpy exterior. Dakota took some getting used to, I wasn’t sure if I was going to like her and Trace together, but it did work for me. I am a sucker for the wounded hero so Trace was my favorite character. There isn’t really much I can say about the book other than it was a fun read, but lacking in emotional depth. I thought that there could have been more diving into the emotional needs of both main characters instead of just their sexual needs.
the book girl gives HE’S NO PRINCE CHARMING a 3/5
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LuAnn McLane
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He was the stuff erotic dreams are made of.
Salon owner Julie Stanford has wanted Nathan Tucker ever since she gave him his first massage. Getting paid to feel every inch of his body, stripped, oiled and spread out in front of her…the stuff dreams are made of. But the sexy guy was oblivious to the signals she was sending - until she finished off his final rubdown with something extra. In face, the best extra he’s ever had. Unfortunately, he came around too late. Now, Julie’s moving on…
She was everything he’d dreamed of.
The woman was driving him crazy. She lit fire to his insides, then ran like a scalded cat. And now she’s going to someone else to have all her fantasies fulfilled? Over his dead body. He’s mover than willing to give her what she wants, and as soon as he pins the little minx down, he’ll show her his own brand of sweet seduction.
This is the third book in a series revolving around a group of friends - Faith (book 1), Serena (book 2), and Julie (this book). I loved the first two books, but found this one only okay. Julie is very forward and takes what she wants, which I like about her, but she isn’t really patient or understanding of other’s feelings. I felt like she tried to roll right over Nathan at times. Nathan is supposedly a big alpha male, but I found his waffling over his feelings for Julie a little wimpy. My favorite parts of this story were the ones between Faith/Gray and Serena/Damon. Julie and Nathan just didn’t do it for me. I am looking forward to Micah’s book next, he seems a very complex character.
the book girl gives Sweet Seduction a 3/5!
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Maya Banks
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Winnifred Hathaway has been an invalid ever since a case of scarlet fever nearly killed her. Kev Merripen is a tall, dark Romany Gypsy who was taken in by the Hathaways when he was just a boy. He has always kept his fierce passion for Win a secret, since he knew that a romantic relationship between them was impossible.
Win goes to an exclusive clinic, a long way from home, her family - and Merripen. There, she begins to make a remarkable recovery. And when she returns two years later, Win is a changed woman.
But Kev has become a hard man who denies his love for Win. When a suiter sets his sights on her, Kev relizes that it’s now or never. If he is ever to find happiness with Win, he must propose - and in order to do that he must confront a dangerous secret.
This book only worked for me because of Win. I couldn’t stand the stoic Kev at all. HE just wasn’t a character I felt anything for, but I love Win. She has had a hard life, but isn’t content to lay around and not live it. I loved her take charge attitude. The relationship only works because she tries so hard to make it so. Not taking no for an answer. I found all of the backstory into Kev and Win’s brother-in-law Cam’s lives very interesting and it helped me to understand more about both characters. Without that insight, I wouldn’t have believed in the relationships being formed. This book was just okay and I wasn’t upset that I had put it off for so long.
the book girl gives SEDUCE ME AT SUNRISE a 3/5!
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Lisa Kleypas
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First Stop: the Taj Mahal
Determined to forget her husband’s infidelity and bring her confident, fiery self back, Tamara Rayne is in India on a trip of a lifetime. Love isn’t on her itinerary, so she hardly notices when blast from her past Ethan Brooks boards her train…
Next Stop: a dream proposal?
The maverick entrepreneur has wanted Tamara ever since he met her. Under the shimmer of the Indian sun, Ethan decides he’s waited long enough…
This book was a hit and a miss for me. I loved the descriptions of India. The food that the characters talked about and the places that they visit made me long to see and taste the same things. The romance between Tamara and Ethan left me cold. I just couldn’t see a connection between the characters. The seemed one dimensional and flat to me. In my opinion there just wasn’t a reason (other than sex) for this couple to be together.
the book girl gives A TRIP WITH THE TYCOON 3/5!
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Nicola Marsh
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Callie falls head over heels - literally!
Callie is tired of being a clumsy geek-girl. So during a school trip to London she buys her ticket to popularity: a pair of real Prada pumps. But then she wobbles on the cobblestones, trips in her too-high heels, and conks her head. When she comes to, it’s the year 1815!
Luckily she meets kindhearted Emily, who mistakes Callie for a long-lost friend. Sparks soon ignite - of the nice and not-so-nice variety - between Callie and Alex, the handsome but totally arrogant Duke of Harksbury. Too bad Alex seems to have something sinister up his ruffled sleeve…
Can Callie save Emily from a dire engagement, win a kiss from Alex, and prove to herself that she’s more than just a loud-mouth klutz before her time in the past is up?
This was a cute read, but there were some things that threw me out of the story. The thing I liked about the story is: Callie is transformed as she pretends to be Rebecca in 1815. She goes from a shy, clumsy girl to a confident young lady. My main problem with the story was Callie’s age. In 2009 she is 15 years old, but in 1815 she is at least 18 because she is the same age as Emily who has already had a season and is engaged. Plus, Alex is drawn to her and he is, in Callie’s estimation (although I’m not sure if it is ever confirmed), 19. I just couldn’t get past the thought that she was a child.
the book girl gives PRADA & PREJUDICE 3/5!
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Mandy Hubbard
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Brooding Hawk St. Claire, Duke of Stourbridge, believes Jane Smith to be a mere servant girl - albeit a remarkable attractive one! So when genteel Miss Jane is wrongly turned out of her home for inappropriate behavior following their encounter, the duke takes her in as his ward.
Although Hawk is the first man to make Jane’s pulse race, she knows she cannot risk falling for his devastating charm. A marriage between them would be forbidden - especially if he were to discover the shameful truth about her…
This the first book in a new mini-series through Harlequin Historical. I really enjoyed it. The plot is simple and from the beginning I knew exactly how it was going to end, but getting there was an enjoyable read. Hawk is your typical alpha male Duke, who doesn’t want to be bothered with love even though he knows that he needs to marry in order to have an heir. Jane is a young woman who has been treated like a servant by her guardian’s family and sees a means of escape when Hawk is leaving the estate of her guardian. Neither one wants to fall in love with the other, not do they want to feel the way they do about each other. I liked this book enough to want to know what happens with the other family members, but probably would borrow from the library rather than buy them.
the book girl gives this book 3/5!
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Carole Mortimer
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ADDICTED TO RISK - AND TO EACH OTHER.
DANGER DOESN’T GET ANY HOTTER THAN THIS.
Maya Jackson doesn’t sleep with strangers. Until the night grief sent her to the nearest bar and into the arms of the most explosive lover she’s ever had. Six months later, the dedicated arson investigator is coming face-to-face with him again. Gorgeous, grinning Logan Cain. Her biggest mistake. Now her number one suspect in a string of deadly wildfires.
Risking his life on a daily basis is what gets Logan up in the morning. As the leader of the elite Tahoe Pines Hotshot Crew, he won’t back down from a blaze - or from beautiful, lethal Maya Jackson. She may have seduced him with her tears and her passion, but it’ll be a cold day in hell before Logan lets down his guard again. But when Maya’s life is threatened, his natural-born-hero instincts kick in, and Logan vows to protect the woman sworn to bring him down. And as desire reignites, nothing - not the killer fire nor the killer hot on their trail - can douse the flames…
I didn’t enjoy this book as much as I wanted to. Having read others by the author I expected more romance. The main characters are trust into a situation (arson) and in the middle of this they find love with each other. It just wasn’t realistic or believable to me. I wanted there to be more of a basis for Maya and Logan’s relationship than just the stress they were under and trying to solve the mystery of who was lighting the fires.
The book girl gives WILD HEAT 3/5!
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Bella Andre
