Dare to Resist
Dared to Resist
Laura Kaye
Kady doesn’t want his restraint, but Colton knows better. She deserves love, marriage, and a white picket fence—three things Colton can’t give her. But her proximity and the memory of their steamy near-miss three years ago slowly destroys his resolve. And he’s not sure how much longer he can keep his hands off…or his heart closed.
4 Stars
Have you ever wondered what it would be like if you other half stumbled upon your favorite sexy read! That was what DARE TO RESIST was to me. Kady and Colton have lusted after each other for years. They also care about each other and have a friendship. That thing called LIFE steps in the way. Sharing a hotel room with Kady, Colton stumbled across some information that changes everything. Information that has kept him from her. Now knowing Colton dares himself to give into his ultimate fantasy of Kady! One night in hotel room alone with the woman he has fantasized about for years is going to change him forever.
Kady is sassy, sarcastic and smart. She’s made a great name for herself and a male-dominated industry. She is a fighter and is going to get what she wants! Colton, my, my, my! If you don’t fall for this sexy man, I don’t know what to tell you. Believe me, just read the book and you will more than understand what I mean.
Intense, edgy and sexy as hell! Laura Kaye has this amazing way of putting her characters together in small spaces and make the pages heat up. DARE TO RESIST was like a readers fantasy come true!
NIGHT’S END: Release Day Review and Contest
Today we are celebrating the release of NIGHT’S END, the last book in the indigo court series by Yasmine Galenorn. Yasmine is one of my favorite authors and here at Coffee, Books, Life Blog we are beyond excited to share our review of NIGHT’S END and we have TWO contests!!!
NIGHT’S END (Indigo Court, #5) by Yasmine Galenorn
Publisher: Berkley
ISBN-13: 978-0425259238
blurb:
Eons ago, vampires tried to turn the dark Fae in order to harness their magic, only to create a demonic enemy more powerful than they could have imagined. Now, in a final push, Myst returns with a vengeance to bring the Golden Wood forever under the rule of the Indigo Court.
Newly crowned Fae Queens Cicely and Rhiannon have embraced their destinies and claimed their thrones. But Myst is rising once more, and now, at the helm of her armies, she begins her final assault on the Golden Wood. As Fae, vampires, and magic-born alike fall under the tide of blood, Cicely and her friends must discover a way to destroy the spidery queen before they—and their people—face total annihilation.
About Yasmine
Yasmine Galenorn is the New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and USA Today bestselling author of the Otherworld (Sisters of the Moon), the Indigo Court and the upcoming Fly By Night urban fantasy series. In the past, she also wrote two mystery series for Berkley Prime Crime (one under the pen name of India Ink) and eight nonfiction metaphysical books.
Yasmine is a caffeine junkie (iced, quad shot, almond milk sugar free no whip lattes), and describes her life as a blend of teacups and tattoos–the former in her china closet, the latter on her skin.
She is a shamanic witch, has been married to Samwise Galenorn since 1993, is the mother of four cats, and they reside in Kirkland WA.
Visit Yasmine on the web:
Website & Social Media:
Website: http://yasminegalenorn.com/
Blog: http://yasminegalenorn.com/Blog/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/YasmineGalenorn
Facebook Fan Page: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorYasmineGalenorn
GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/101078.Yasmine_Galenorn
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4.5 of 5 stars
As a loyal fan of the Indigo Court series, knowing the end is coming is always bittersweet! You want to know but you don’t want it to end! What I had pictured in my mind for the way NIGHT’S END would close out this series was far from the mystical and dark tale that Ms. Galenorn has magically woven together.
Cicely, newly crowned Queen of Snow and Ice, is out to finish the war with Myst, Queen of the Indigo court. Looking deep within herself, Cicely finds there is a way to win this war and bring balance back to new forest. Learning that trust as Queen is not the same as trust as a friend. Everyone I have come to love and hate throughout the Indigo Court series is tested to their core to prove themselves. Friendships are further deepened or put at an arm length. Love is lost and memories are made. Sacrifice and loyalty come unexpectedly. Embedded with magic and mayhem, NIGHT’S END is a dark and sexy fairy tale like no other.
NIGHT’S END had a few very unexpected twists that enhanced the depth to story that made me believe this book and series could have ended no other way. Ms. Galenorn has an amazing talent for world building. Creating a world taken over by ice and darkness, making you want to play there. Throwing in every kind of paranormal element, expect the unexpected! NIGHT’S END is a thrilling conclusion to the Indigo Court Series!
NIGHT’S END can be read as a stand alone novel. Ms. Galenorn has given the reader enough of the back story to know and understand. However reading the Indigo Court series books 1-4 will truly take NIGHT’S END to a whole new level. Dark Fae, Vampires, Shifters, Magic Born, Witches and Humans blended together to make an unforgettable tale. Not only do I recommend NIGHT’S END, the Indigo Court series as a whole!
I was given a copy of this book from the author/publisher via netgalley for an honest review!
NIGHT’S END (Indigo Court, #5) by Yasmine Galenorn Blog Tour: June 29th – July 5th
Sunday, June 29th
Monday, June 30th
Tuesday, July 1st
- Vampire Book Club
- Coffee, Books, Life Blog
- Live Chat: Coffee Time Romance – 6pm – 7pm
Wednesday, July 2nd
Thursday, July 3rd
Friday, July 4th
Saturday, July 5th
Appearance/Signing at Seattle Mystery Books – Seattle, WA – 12pm – 1:30pm
And now for the giveaways.
Giveaway #1
Yasmine has kindly offered up one print copy of the first book in the Indigo Court series, NIGHT MYST. Here is you chance to read how it all started!
NIGHT MYST (Indigo Court, #1) blurb:
Born a witch, Cicely Waters can control the wind. When her Elemental warns her that her aunt and cousin are in danger, she packs her Pontiac GTO and returns home for the first time in twenty years. But the magical town of New Forest, Washington has changed. The Indigo Court holds the city in fear; people are vanishing, and strange deaths plague the town. Swept into an unexpected and passionate reunion with her trusted childhood friend Grieve, the Fae prince who taught her how to harness the wind, Cicely finds herself with a fierce and territorial lover. But Grieve has become enslaved by Myst’s court, and now both lovers must walk a fine line to survive the machinations of the Vampiric Fae Queen.
Caught between two evils, both vying for supremacy, Cicely must fight for her family and her future. As she discovers the hidden secrets to her own heritage, will she lose her soul in the process?
Chapter 1 and playlist: http://yasminegalenorn.com/IndigoCourt/index.php?body=ic-
This contest is for US residents only. Now you want to know what you have to do to win. Each person can have up to three entries for this contest.
1. Follow our blog!
2. Comment on this post and tell us what your favorite paranormal being is and why!
3. Follow us on Facebook!
Let us know you did this in your comment. Giveaway will be open until midnight(EST) July 8,2014!
Giveaway #2
Tour-wide Grand Prize contest: Below is the rafflecopter link for a tour-wide prize, offered by Yasmine. The prize basket includes a Kindle Paperwhite and other goodies. The tour-wide contest will begin on June 29th, and will run through the end of the day on July 7th! Yasmine does some really kick butt baskets! You should really check this out!
.Enter Here To Win A Prize Basket From Yasmine Galenorn: Featuring A Kindle Paperwhite!
NIGHT’S END Release Day Blast
Welcome to the Release Day Celebration for the finale of Yasmine Galenorn’s Indigo Court series!! NIGHT’S END releases TODAY, and will conclude our journey with Cicely, Grieve, Rhiannon, and the rest of their friends as they battle to end Myst and defeat her army of vampiric fae.
Eons ago, vampires tried to turn the dark Fae in order to harness their magic, only to create a demonic enemy more powerful than they could have imagined. Now, in a final push, Myst returns with a vengeance to bring the Golden Wood forever under the rule of the Indigo Court.
Newly crowned Fae Queens Cicely and Rhiannon have embraced their destinies and claimed their thrones. But Myst is rising once more, and now, at the helm of her armies, she begins her final assault on the Golden Wood. As Fae, vampires, and magic-born alike fall under the tide of blood, Cicely and her friends must discover a way to destroy the spidery queen before they—and their people—face total annihilation.
Check out the playlist and read the first chapter of NIGHT’S END here!
For a chance to win a prize basket including a KINDLE PAPERWHITE and other goodies from Yasmine Galenorn, follow the NIGHT’S END blog tour this week and enter at each tour stop!
Sunday, June 29th
Post: The Qwillery
Review: Fang-Freakin-Tastic Reviews
Monday, June 30th
Post: Books Make Me Happy
Review: Saints & Sinners Books
Tuesday, July 1st
Post: Vampire Book Club
Review: Coffee, Books, Life Blog
Live Chat: Coffee Time Romance
Wednesday, July 2nd
Post: Paranormal Book Club
Review: Little Read Riding Hood
Thursday, July 3rd
Post: Literary Escapism
Review: Books That Hook
Friday, July 4th
Post: Herding Cats & Burning Soup
Review: Kelly Smith Reviews
Saturday, July 5th
Post: Reading Between The Wines Book Club
Review: Indy Book Fairy
Appearance / Booksigning: Seattle Mystery Bookshop 12pm – 1:30pm
If you’re new to the Indigo Court, you can check out some info about the series at these links:
Indigo Court overview
NIGHT MYST blurb, playlist, 1st chapter
NIGHT VEIL blurb, playlist, 1st chapter
NIGHT SEEKER blurb, playlist, 1st chapter
NIGHT VISION blurb, playlist, 1st chapter
Early Review of Desired by Stacey Kennedy
Desired
Stacey Kennedy
Club Sin Book 3
Kyler Morgan, Master at the legendary Club Sin in Las Vegas, knows how to give women what they want—too well. He hasn’t had a real challenge in a long time. Then Ella Snow enters his life. Beautiful, inhibited, and innocent in the ways of submission and domination, Ella is the new blood he’s been lusting after. Soon, the thrill of training her to embrace his world brings forth desires Kyler cannot control.
After ending an abusive relationship, Ella makes a promise to herself to start living life to the fullest. It’s one of the reasons she seeks out Club Sin. Here, Kyler’s every touch is a lesson in liberation, stirring passions that have no bounds. But as she falls under Kyler’s command, Ella discovers that some secrets are so dark they must come to light. Submission alone may not be enough to save her, leaving her Master with only one question: How can he help Ella heal while unlocking the deep pleasures she craves?
Desired is an erotic romance intended for mature audiences.
Ms. Kennedy beautifully tells a sexy tales of letting go and healing.
Dirty talking Master Kyler of Club Sin, need to protect not only comes from being a Dom, also from being a cop. Wanting a challenge in his life, he gets just that in a vanilla beauty! Ella sets Kyler’s body and mind off. Learning of the lady’s past Kyler goes into protect and Dom mode. Bringing Ella into the life was a blessing and curse all in one. Showing her the pleasures of BDSM makes Kyler realize she is unlike any woman he has known.
Ella’s strength and independence was highlights of this book for me. Leaving a man that hurts her in the worst way, she starts a fresh life. Living in sin city and a vow to try new things, interesting thing are bound to happen. Meeting Kyler turns Ella’s world upside down. Hidden desires surface and Ella find herself submitting to Master Kyler and trusting him in way unknown to her. With her past known Ella wants to submit more than Kyler is willing to push her at this point in her healing. Ella shows that sometimes the submissive has to school a master as his own game.
A beyond sexy story that show the line between abuse and consensual BDSM play is a lot thinker than one would think. Trust, passion and bonding, Ella and Kyler learn who each other are through pleasure.
Ella and Kyler make you want a life time membership to Club Sin!
Book Obsessed Chicks Beach BBQ Bash 2014
There is nothing better than sharing the love of reading and books with people who feel the same as you. I feel very blessed to have met and made a wonderful friendship with the awesome woman who started the Book Obsesses Chicks, Kim Rocha! She has brought together so many people through the love of reading romance books. Over the years her book club has evolved to a blog and has spread all the US and Canada(maybe beyond, but I don’t know that for sure)! 2014 marked the 4th annual Book Obsessed Chicks Beach BBQ Bash. Kim brought together over 120 readers and authors to sit, chat, eat and relax with the beach a few hundred yards away!
Lido Beach, NY
Authors Stephine Julian, Cat Johnson and Tracey Lyons
The awesome KM Fawcett
Fellow BOCs
Me with the beautiful cover model Bryan Benisvy
My fangirl moment of the day!! Patricia Rasey and Lara Adrian!
The girls with Patricia Rasey
Raffle Baskets
The lady of the hour! Kim Rocha!
Me. Tracey, Amy and Maria
Kim with the Authors
As you can tell by the pics, it was an awesome day. Book events are the only place that some of us get to see each other and the BOC BBQ is a truly special event. A time for making new friends and getting lots of love and laugh from those you have not seen for sometime. I always walk away from these events missing everyone right then. What more could one really ask for? A day on the beach with cover models, great food, book talk with the ones that write it and awesome people. Thanks Kim for all the hard work you put into this event. The Book Obsessed Chicks Rock!
Being Sawyer Knight by: Nicola Haken
As lead singer and guitarist of the internationally renowned Souls of the Knight, Sawyer Knight is living a life most men can only dream of. He’s surrounded by music, fame, wealth, women throwing themselves at his feet. He has everything…
Yet he has nothing.
Life as one of the world’s most sought after rock stars is tiring, oppressive and lonely. He spends every day being who the world wants him to be, who his manager tells him to be, who his mother expects him to be… all the while fighting against who he really is. Truth is, he’s used to it. He’s actually gotten pretty good at pretending… at living the lie.
Until Jake Reed, his ex-best friend and the only person who’s ever made him ‘feel’, waltzes back into his life as the band’s new head of security. Jake wants Sawyer – always has, always will. Now, he just needs to get Sawyer to admit that he feels the same…
“You will be mine, Sawyer Knight. The faster you try to run the quicker you’ll fall to your knees. Then, Sawyer… then you’ll be too weak to resist.”
WARNING: this is a male/male book and intended for a mature audience only.
5 out of 5 stars
“What is it like being Sawyer Knight?” With all the gigs, booze, parties and women a guy could ask for, anyone would think Sawyer Knight lives the high life. His band Souls of Knight is an international sensation and records are topping charts. But to Sawyer, it is a lonely and oppressive sort of happiness.
Then the unthinkable happens: his ex-best friend comes back into his life as his new head of security. Sawyer has not seen Jake since Jake confessed his love for Sawyer when they were teens. Sawyer being scared and unsure of what he wanted, did not react well. Jake, not being one to push, let Sawyer and moved out of his life as well as the country. But ten years have passed and Jake is back to claim what is his!
The chemistry between these two is there the moment they reunite. Jake is ready to take another shot at winning over his man and is not going to take no for an answer. However, in no way is Sawyer going to make it easy. Between Sawyer’s insecurities, rowdy band mates, busy schedule, and an unforeseen crisis, Jake has his work cut out for him physically as well as emotionally.
I can honestly say that this book had me hooked from the first page. Sawyer’s plight to come to terms with his sexuality and rectify that with his rock stardom was something that I could relate to. Now, I am no rock star but I am a woman who had to come to terms with her sexuality at a young age. Luckily, like Sawyer, I had people to help guide and support me.
Ms. Haken I give you a solid 5 stars for your amazing story about a different kind of love, life, and pursuit of happiness. I cannot wait to see what is to come.
I purchased this book for myself and all of the opinions expressed are my own, I was unpaid for these opinions. The picture and book description can be found on Ms. Haken’s website; which can be found by clicking the picture above. Happy reading!
FIGHTING FATE by Carrie Ann Ryan
Fight Fate
Carrie Ann Ryan
Redwood Pack #7
With her blue-black hair and striking green eyes, Cailin Jamenson is the epitome of beauty and the exemplar of strength. She has fought the enforced boundaries of being the lone Jamenson daughter and Redwood Pack princess, but it is the potential future with the dark wolf in her path that threatens everything she thought she desired.
Logan Anderson’s own darkness provided the reasoning for his abandonment of his former Pack, the Talons. Now, newly accepted into the Redwood Pack, this jade-eyed wolf and all she represents could be his own undoing.
In this final installment of the Redwood Pack, unimaginable tragedy strikes, and the two wolves who have fought the longest for their independence now face the uncertainty of fate and the epic battle that could end the war… and their lives.
4.5 of 5 Stars
In Fight Fate, Ms. Ryan brings the emotional conclusion to a family, no a pack that has made me cry in happiness and sadness more times than I can count. Over the course of several books and novellas Ms. Ryan has drawn me into the magic, sexiness, legend and love that is the REDWOOD pack.
Through the reading of this series we have gotten to know are star wolves that have been dancing around their sexual tension and draw to one another.
Cailin is the Redwood pack princess and only female offspring of Jamenson family. I love Cailin! She is as strong willed as the males of her pack. She is smart, loyal and sassy. Willing to give herself in any way to stand alongside her family through every battle of this war with Central pack. Although at times she can’t figure out her pack within the pack, Cailin is a dominate wolf and is not willing to submit to anyone. Not even that sexy wolf that she keeps at an arm’s length that fate has dangled right in front of her.
Logan knows all about family. Leaving his former pack with his sister and nephew in tow they sought out residence within the safety of the Redwood pack. Logan is a dark wolf with a past that contains issues with anger and blood that he has fought to overcome. Not only does Logan find the safety for his loved ones, he finds thing that calls to the wolf and make his heart skip a beat. Logan is a smart wolf. Even with his darker side, this sexy wolf had a heart that made me cry.
Unspeakable tragedy falls upon the Redwood Pack in FIGHT FATE. Causing a rippling effect that pushes together the pack in more ways than one. With war on the horizon and sexual tension building to a boiling point, Cailin and Logan give into what fate has been tempting them with.
Ms. Ryan is known to write a book that is going to pull at your heart is some fashion. She has gone over the top with FIGHTING FATE! Emotional is an understatement. I cried twice within the first forty pages of this book. Reading most of this book through burly eyes! Cailin and Logan are so much the same but yet very different at the same time. Both sexy and powerful with souls that make me melt. They have so much passion and depth to who they are. Ms. Ryan has shown the readers there is more to a pack than just being wolves!
Thank you Ms. Ryan for an amazing series that will hold a lasting place in my heart!
Complimentary copy provided by author/publisher for an honest review.
Committed (A Drug of Desire Novel) By: Sidney Bristol
DEA Special Agent Damien Moana works hard and plays even harder. But while indulging in forbidden temptations at a private BDSM retreat, the unexpected happens: He falls under a stranger’s spell. This woman drives Damien to distraction, pushing him to the sweet boundary between pain and pleasure. When duty interrupts their heated encounter, his focus turns to catching a criminal . . . but his head is still with the seductress who ignites his deepest desires. Now Damien must choose between closing the case of his career and losing the woman of his dreams.
Poppy Mercer can’t forget the night she spent with her mystery lover. When chance brings them back together, she seizes the opportunity to again feel his masterful hands on her body. Poppy is a switch who delights in dominating a powerful man . . . and submitting to the ecstasy of his control. Outside the bedroom, however, she questions her place in Damien’s world. His obsession with hunting a ruthless drug lord puts Poppy in the line of fire. And though Damien might be able to save her from danger, salvaging what’s left of her trust is another matter.
Committed is an erotic romance intended for mature audiences.
4 out of 5 stars
What can I say about Committed other then WOW. I have a horrible habit of judging a book by its cover and not reading descriptions. Needless to say when I start reading a story I am blown away about how different it is then what i’m expecting from my single glances. However, I am pleased to say my uneducated book requesting has steered me to Sidney Bristol.
This book is HOT, HOT, HOT!! I’m in love with Poppy Mercer, Damien Moana and all the characters in between. Action, suspense, obsession, and BDSM at it’s finest best describe Committed. Ms. Bristol obviously knows her stuff and I found myself looking up toys just to get a better image of how this stuff works. I was also interested to learn a few things that I never knew about this lifestyle. This book is highly erotic and starts you off right from the start but this is one story where the plot is just as good as the sex and vice versa.
This book is set to be published July 8, 2014 but until then you can check out Sidney Bristol’s other books that can be found on her website (attached to the picture).
I was given an advanced reader’s copy to give an honest review after requesting it from Netgalley.com The description of the book and the picture were found on Sidney Bristol’s website which can be found by clicking on the picture. Happy reading!
Bared – Club Sin book 2
BARED
Club Sin book 2
Stacey Kennedy
In a novel that’s perfect for fans of Fifty Shades of Grey, Stacey Kennedy returns to Club Sin with another wicked and wild tale of submission, seduction, and love.
At Las Vegas’s exclusive Club Sin, Aidan Knight is the Master, unleashing the erotic yearnings of his submissive lovers. But his dominant façade conceals a devastating loss—something he instantly recognizes in his personally trained submissive Cora Adams. Sworn to unearth her secrets, Aidan uses his seductive skills to ignite her wildest desires until Cora yields to the pleasure she can find only with him.
Cora came to the BDSM club to act out her sub-and-dom fantasies without ever revealing the heartbreak that haunts her. But Aidan’s masterful touch is bringing her closer to the edge . . . and deeper into a world of control and surrender. He refuses to allow her to submit to any other man—nor does she want to. It’s a dangerous game they’re playing. For as they give in to passion, they must lay bare their souls for a love that could heal—and free—them both.
Bared is an erotic romance intended for mature audiences.
4.5 of 5 Stars!
Cora and Aidan are the perfect Dom/Sub couple on the surface. The thing about submission is to go beyond the surface. After spend over two years together and being exclusive to each other in the club, Cora has fallen for her Dom in more ways than one!
Cora is fun and feisty! A free spirited woman that knows what she wants. The problem with that is she wants her Dom and not just as dom. Cora’s submission falters when she can no longer contain what she truly feels for Aidan.
Aidan, super sexy Club Sin Master, harbors a hurt that tears at his soul everyday. While he cares for Cora, more than caring and play in the club is about all he can handle. However the thought of another Dom touch her will send him on edge!
Bared is filled with raw emotions that makes the submission look like the easy part. Aidan and Cora both battle deep emotion that could tear them apart. Trust is there, but guilt has the stronger hold. This book is just wow. Ms. Kennedy gave a story that is hot and sexy while digging deep into emotions. More than just a look at what BDSM is. Stacey Kennedy shows that there are more than just ropes and paddles when it comes to a Dom/Sub relationship. An excellent read!
I received this book from netgalley for an honest review!
TEMPT ME by MELISSA SCHROEDER
TEMPT ME
Melissa Schroeder
The man who could be general.
Jesse Johnson is a man everyone assumes will be a general. Everyone, that is, but Jesse himself. He isn’t sure if he wants to give that much to the military. His father has spent most of his life surviving a lonely existence with only his work for comfort. Jesse doesn’t want that—he wants it all.
The woman who tempts him to misbehave.
The last year has been bad for Zoe Jones. Her boyfriend was killed by some nasty guys who then put her in the hospital. She’s come to Virginia to heal not to fall for some by the book, drop dead gorgeous Marine with a chip on his shoulder. But one little encounter leads to a kiss and that kiss leads to all kinds of interesting entanglements. She knows it won’t last because he has big plans, but she can’t help but falling a little in love with him.
A Marine on a mission.
Jesse knows Zoe thinks they’re just having a bit of fun, but he has other plans. Forever kind of plans. He’s one man who knows how to organize a full on assault to get the woman he loves—and nothing will stop him.
4 of 5 stars
Artist Zoe Jones has had her world flipped upside in mores way that one. Healing not just from a physical injury, but also a shot to the heart, love is not something she wants. Healing takes time and care Zoe learns. Sometimes the right medicine comes in an unconventional way.
Jessie Johnson is walking the path of what is expected of him. Being the son of a General, Jessie knows what lies down that road. He wants more than what a star can bring him. Jessie wants life and family.
With a little help from the matriarch of the Santini family, Jessie and Zoe realize what the both truly need is right in front of them. With a nudge and some well spent time together Zoe and Jessie learn that complete opposites can fit together like puzzle pieces. Just read and you will see.
TEMPT ME is a perfect example of why I love Melissa Schroeder’s writing. The book is fun, sexy and a great setup for TOUCH ME. We get to visit with the lovely Joey Santini(whom I love and feel has a second sense about life). Intense passion with characters that make you fall in love with them at the swipe of the page. By the end of the book I feel like I know Zoe, Jessie and Jack. So love that about Mel’s books!!
A side note- I already love Jack, whose story we get in TOUCH ME! The laughter I had from the phone calls between Jack and Jessie alone make this a great read!!
Coffee Books Life 