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From The Sookie Stackhouse Companion by Charlaine Harris. I just got this and haven't gotten any farther than the third sentence. Some story and a compendium of of all things "Sookie."
Wearing only my underwear, I stood in my sunny bedroom and went down my checklist.
Well, that's how I always review my checklist. Usually my first item in the list is, Put on my clothes. We know one thing, neither Bill nor Eric will be stopping by her sunny bedroom. Why? Because it is sunny!
Of course, that doesn't mean a Were Tiger or Wolf, a shifter, a goblin, elf, fairy, a witch, or your local serial killer can't stop by. You know something is going to happen because she is in her undies. You. just. know. Of course, with it being a story and all that is to be expected. Look for a review soon.
The last episode of the season is almost here. And, wow what a ride it's been. Everyone wanted Sookie and Eric to hook-up but I'm unsure what we expected of Eric. He is only the second man Sookie has been with and I don't know that we all thought it was up to par. The shower scene sure wasn't what we expected.
The first episode of their lovemaking was in a swampy forest on some mossy ground after which he seemed to fly them into her foyer—in position, mind you, and then up to her room. Can you say "calamine lotion" for the icky bites you would get having sex, nekkid on the floor of the anywhere outside in the backwoods of Louisiana? Granted it was probably in a studio and not outside but suspension of disbelief equals belief in the created world and that has bugs.
And, Bill can behave like a man from the 19th century: you know the Victorian-Close-your-eyes-and -think-of-England-Period (They had filthy minds actually; some day we can discuss Victorian Erotica). But, if we look at his promise to always protect Sookie and to destroy anyone who knows she is fae we see that most of his behavior (except bonking Katya and Portia) has been Sookie-centric. In order to protect her, he continues to lie about Sookie's abilities and he changes his decisions when she is in danger.
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Image via WikipediaAva Delaney calls herself a hybrid—a living, breathing human who happens to have vampire poison running through her veins. The only thing greater than her thirst for human blood is her capacity for guilt. She does her best to avoid the human world, for everyone's sake.
When Ava accidentally enslaves a human while saving him from a vampire, she realises she has to look for help setting him free. Despite her misgivings, she expands her world but finds herself dragged into a possible vampire civil war. With the help of some new friends with ambiguous loyalties, she tries to find a way to keep her human, and herself, alive.
Thirst is the first in a series of paranormal novellas. Now comes with preview chapters of Taunt (Ava Delaney #2).
A surprisingly fun novella about a young woman's search for an identity as a human or a vampire or something in between. Ava's mother was bitten by a vampire while pregnant. But she died after Ava was born leaving Ava to be raised by her grandmother. Sadly she was raised to believe herself evil and demonic; a bit of Jeaniene Frost's Cat mixed with Ivy from Kim Harrison's Rachel Morgan series.
I was more than two thirds of the way through the book when I realized we were in Ireland. I didn't know until then; thinking the occasional vernacular was perhaps British-Canadian although I had never heard it.
But you have to love the young, cute and utterly quirky Ava with her OCD counting rituals that help her make it through the day without snacking (a new diet strategy, friends) on anyone. Another of her strategies is drinking quarts of milk which, if you think of it as a substitute for blood makes some sense. She is confused and kind to the poor young man she accidentally enthralls and undeniably attracted toPeter who, while he hates them desperately is dating the most powerful vampire's daylight administrative assistant. The vampires we meet are all imbalanced or idiotic, laughing maniacally and behaving as if the only thing of any importance to them is blood, even if they have just fed.There is a "council" which needs a little more work and the vampire poison mechanism could be helped too.
Except for hints of loose behavior on the part of her neighbor and a few heated moments between her and the vampire hunter, Peter, the novel is pretty clean.
Lots of fun. A few bugs that will be worked out in further volumes.
Having narrowly averted an (under)world war, Cat Crawfield wants nothing more than a little downtime with her vampire husband, Bones. Unfortunately, her gift from New Orleans' voodoo queen just keeps on giving--leading to a personal favor that sends them into battle once again, this time against a villainous spirit.
Centuries ago, Heinrich Kramer was a witch hunter. Now, every All Hallows Eve, he takes physical form to torture innocent women before burning them alive. This year, however, a determined Cat and Bones must risk all to send him back to the other side of eternity--forever. But how do you kill a killer who's already long dead? (Frost, on Goodreads)
I was feeling this book was predictable but on further reflection I can see a whole new theme evolving from Cat and Bones being free from the "agency." Cat is becoming more confident; not just cocky, but sure of herself with people and with vampire society. She is better with people: sympathetic and kind as necessary and friendly toward their new medium Tyler. She and Bones don't seem to walk on eggshells around each other anymore and yet their connection is stronger all the time. It's a loving relationship that many women would and do covet. Their relationships with their pals seem to also have solidified although my favorite, Vlad Tepesh, never showed up for the party and Mencheres is only around for a short time.
If anything is the stand-out here it has to be the plot. It's new, inventive, and different. Frost did some major research into the history of with hunters and the inquisition. Isn't There is one subplot in the background that occasionally pushes itself into the fore, messing up plans as it does, and it is left a bit untied. In this Agency sub-plot there's a new player, Madigan, a vampire despising grade 'A' a$$hat, in play. I think we'll be seeing those ends tie-up in the next book. In this book I expected the Agency to stick its nose into the story again.
Cat is still carrying energy from VooDoo Queen, Marie Leveau's, blood. She still picks up abilities from the blood she drinks, but she loses them unpredictably. The Leveau blood is attractive to ghosts.
The story line is that although they are looking forward to a little R&R after their last battle Cat and Bones are approached by their own friendly and loyal ghost, Fabian, with his ghost girlfriend, Elizabeth to help capture and stop the ghost of an evil inquisitor and witch hunter. Although he was eventually denounced by the Church he did a lot of damage to a class of person he hated: women. To him all women except the Virgin Mary and her mother—and with enough leeway and fear he probably would have denounced them as witches too. He wrote the Malleus Maleficarum or Hammer Against Witches. Nice guy, huh? Were alive today he would be a religious extremist. Back then everyone was Catholic although there were some rumbles about the power of the Church. Rumbling was pretty dangerous and often fatal.
He was a very nasty man, but his ghost is just as nasty with a few advantages like poofing away when under attack. It is that against which Cat and Bones may not survive. It seemed to me to be the plot in which they were the least likely to survive.
Frost's love scenes are gentle and loving and part of the book rather being how Frost sells the book.
Recommended to people who enjoy a good Urban Fantasy, with Casper-friendly ghosts and super evil spirits. It is a MUST-Read if you are a follower of Jeaniene Frost.
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Well friends we are getting down to it and the witch versus vampire war has gone to another level with Bill, Pam, Eric and Jessica defying Nan’s edict not to spill human blood. The looks ahead have offered freakishly shocking and terrifying images. As I said, they aren’t going to let the good times roll in Bon Temp.
For anyone who doesn’t know French Bon Temps is French for Good Times and the phrase Let the good times roll is much associated with mardis gras which is much associated with Louisiana. Laissez les bon temps roulet is how you might say it with an insouciant grin when you were in New Orleans. (the verb tense on the roulet and the Laissez
Could be wrong- if you know please tell me.)
What’s going to happen?
As you know I type this as it happens, then watch over and over and over again to make sure I have it correct. In two weeks I get to go to bed at a normal time; I won’t be waking my husband up at 2 or 3 AM as I crawl into bed muttering about Eric and Sookie.
Here we go
Outside MOON GODDESS EMPORIUM Jessica says she is so sick of silvering, feels like she did when she had PMS.
Bill says the objective to kill the witch finish it tonight.
She wants it done, Pam says, before 4:mdash; she has a mani-pedi.
In the coven “Martonia” says, “The vampires are outside with automatic weapons. What idiots.” Sookie says they’re here to blow it all up. Casey expresses a wish to leave; Marnie tells the coven they can leave throwing her knife onto the floor. The vampires that Marnie is controlling are standing ready. Enraged that they are all going to die Casey rushes “Martonia,”
The knife flies through the air allowing “Martonia” to kill Casey.
Marnie pukes out Antonia. Only Lafayette can see. Says “Marnie just puked a bitch out. Realizes its Antonia.” Antonia denounces Marnie. Antonia tells her “Evil has blossomed in you,” and that their time together has come to an end. Marnie say she can’t leave and uses a binding spell and although Antonia fights it she is reabsorbed. Jesus says they are fucked.
Vampires, outside MOON GODDESS EMPORIUM: They are about to attack, when Jason races in to stop them because Sookie is inside. They express anger at Sookie for being in the way. Jason defends Sookie against their “Fuckin’ Sookies.” He asks if they are nuts reminds Eric she took him in, and that Bill used her like his own private soda fountain.
They decide to abort. Pam is pissed off, “Holy shit gentleman do not tell me you put our entire species at risk for a gash in a sundress. Jason shows them the protective spell wall. Bill says they have to disable it. Walking after Jessica as she goes to put her flamethrower he agrees with Bill and then out of human hearing
Image via WikipediaAside: Jason trying to talk to Jessica and she tells him that he is the furthest thing from her mind. As he says “good.” Bill and Eric are attacked by Marnie’s Vampires.
Marcus’ motorcycle shop. Sam is trying to find out where Marcus is from the pack member there. He holds a gun to his head but hands it to Alcide. They discuss being accessories to murder. Luna comes in looking for Marcus; he stole Emma out of school. She sees Sam and asks why he’s there. He tells her about Tommy and she had not known he was dead.
This isn’t wolf it is right and wrong, plain and simple. Pack member says he’d be back that’s all he knows.
Debbie, Marcus and Emma at Alcide’s: Marcus is trying to convince Debbie to go away with him. Emma comes in, She wants to talk to her mom. Marcus tells her to go color. He turns back to Debbie telling her that the two of them make sense together. He will get her off the V. She tells him she has tried and some days she doesn’t know if she wants to get off. Marcus says the V is filling the emptiness of Alcide not giving her children. He needs a real were for a mother for Emma.
Pulling away Debbie tells Marcus she can’t, because she loves Alcide.
She tells him she is with him because Alcide has been unfaithful. Marcus doesn’t buy it, embraces her and tells her they need to pack a bag and leave. <i> I can’t tell whether she has realized he is nuts here or not.</i>
At MOON GODDESS EMPORIUM Jesus says Casey has a pulse. Marnie says look she isn’t a murderer.
Jesus begs her to let him save her asks for supplies and he and Lafayette take Casey to the bathroom where Lafayette realizes she is dead. Jesus says he knows but they need Casey’s body to force Antonia out of Marnie.
Marnie tells the group she is sorry, the whole thing was self-defense. Holly asks why she would do such a thing. Sookie says she heard she was she was kind and loving. Marnie says she was a doormat and prefers being what people are scared of. Doesn’t want to be patronized or coddled. “Casey attacked me!” she yells, “I had every right. I am not a punching bag.” “I get it.” Sookie tells her; people are finally respecting her after feeling like an outsider, misunderstood, picked on. Tells Marnie that she just wants a connection.
Holly says she has connection; they all on her side they’re are friends, Sookie tells Marnie she can end this, that she has all the power. Marnie smiles and nods.
Andy on his long walk home is cursing out Terry. He start to talk to himself with alternate negative personality. Tells himself to hold it together. He sees a light in the woods: The light turns into a fae, who tells him to stay away. When he says she can trust him he’s police, she repels him with a bright, Sookie like light. It is more yellow than Sookie’s light.
Emma at Alcide’s alone downstairs calls her mom.
Luna is still with Sam saying how Marcus and Emma probably long gone. She gets a call but Emma doesn’t know where she is. Sam and Alcide look at the phone number. Alcide realizes it’s his phone number.
Eric is holding Marnie’s Female vamp at her neck with his foot. The male vamp has been staked as there is not much of him. Bill pulls his heart from the mess and asks waving it in the robot vampires face asks if she sees what following will get her. Eric tells him not to bother that Martonia had complete control and was a robot. Pam pulls her vintage Cartier necklace off, Bill asks if there is nothing that can be done to save her. The female vamp says it is he that needs saving.
Bill calls to Martonia, “Antonia, show your face witch, hiding behind magic like a coward does not become you.”
Inside, looking at Holly and Sookie, Marnie says, “You’re right, it’s time for negotiation.” She dons a leather jacket and tells Sookie to join her. Sookie calls out that Marnie wants to negotiate. The female robo-vamp says I only serve Antonia. Bill tells her to be quiet. Martonia gives her the hincarle (lit. sink in Spanish?) rex , kill the king command and the female leaps up to attack Bill. He repels her throwing her into the protective spell’s wall. The vampire painfully burns to cinder.
“Amazing isn’t it: the power of the sun harnessed,” Marnie says. Most people can’t get through it but it kills a vampire with just a touch. Retracting his fangs, Bill tells her that it doesn’t matter what she hides behind, she has killed her last vampire. She says he is optimistic.
Bill tells Marnie to let the girl (Sookie) go, but Marnie is sarcastic, Oh, you want to negotiate?
Eric growls out “Let the girl go.” Marnie says fine she can go but I’ll need something in exchange.
Bill says “What?” and Eric says “Anything.”
Marnie says, “Your lives, kill yourselves; both of you. ” As Sookie begs Marnie to make them a real offer Bill and Eric accept if she keeps her word to set Sookie free. Marnie says she will be as free as a resurrected bird. Which given the 15 second life span of her resurrected parrot isn’t much of a promise.
Tells Marnie if she reneges she will never leave the building alive and that everyone she ever cared for will be slaughtered without mercy. Marnie nods.
Bill is going to shoot Eric and then Pam will shoot Bill. Agreed. Sookie starts to cry. They see it and Bill smiles slightly.
Pam, sobs out something like Meet the true death over some bo peep I don’t fucking think so. And shoots a bazooka, or something like it, towards Marnie as Jason yells and Bill says Pam I forbid you.
The spell doesn’t break but there is a huge blast that shakes everything inside and out as the energy rebounds.
At Alcide’s: Luna rushes in to grab her child. Alcide hushes her and Luna asks where Marcus is Emma says he is upstairs with that lady. Alcide realizes that Marcus is with Debbie. Sam tells Luna to take Emma outside.
Upstairs, Debbie is telling Marcus that he has to go that she feels guilty. Sam and Alcide burst in. There is the usual round of It’s not what you think and then the menfolk insult each other. Marcus says it’s just like a shifter to hide behind a gun they come from coward or common stock. Sam shoots back that Marcus his behind five men when he killed his brother. Putting the gun at the foot of the bed Sam offers hand-to-hand combat says he will snap his neck with his own hand. Debbie lunges for the gun, but Alcide throws her back to the bed as the two men start fighting.
Marnie tells Sookie look they don’t care about you, there is no negotiating they see it as weakness and she is not weak. Roy agrees, “You sure as shit ain’t.” Jesus and Lafayette casting a sell on Casey’s body. Her body will amplify the magic.
Jesus warns Lafayette the thing will get scary; that Lafayette may see and hear things he doesn’t want to. Lafayette says that that ship has already sailed. Jesus continues his instructions and preparations, telling Lafayette not to take anything he says or does personally. He might end up in his demonic face, he doesn’t know. Pulls knife out of Casey, which Lafayette isn’t too happy with. Jess makes Lafayette take the knife.
Using Casey’s blood he draws symbols on himself and in Spanish begins a chant that I partially translated as blood of ___open the gate between this world and the other. He tastes the blood almost retching and then magic takes him and he is strong.
Outside, Eric is berating Pam . Jessica is singed, as Bill asks her if she is okay, she says yes and then says Suicide? “Don’t ever do that to me again.” They hear groaning, and it is Jason badly hurt, burned she has to give him her blood to save him.
Andy comes to, Fae tells Andy she is sorry she hurt him out but he smells like a vampire. She says she knows now that he is not. Where did she come, from what is she doing, why is she is on top of him, he asks. Her name is Morella. Morella kisses Andy he responds telling her she is beautiful. She makes him pledge to protect her because she is vulnerable in his world. She makes him swear to the light. She says “It is sworn.” They make love.
Sam and Marcus are fighting, destroying Alcide’s bedroom. It goes back and forth. Alcide tries to intervene for Sam who tells him to back off, Debbie tries Sam chokes Marcus with his knee. Debbie tries to help Marcus but Alcide stops her, as he tells him he is not a man, that he is pathetic weak and small, but he stops short of killing him. Marcus starts to go wolfen and grabs for the gun, Alcide jumps Marcus and the gun shoots several times. Both wolfen-eyed now Alcide has Marcus by the neck. He lets off but Marcus chokes to death anyway.
Debbie says, “Oh God, What did you do?” Alcide growls at her, You.” but she goes on,”It’s alright it’s okay we can fix this.”
He says to her the formal words of dismissing her from his life, “Debbie Pelt, I abjure you.”
“No, please don’t.” she begs. But even as she exhibits denial and shock, he continues, “I see you no longer, I hunt with you no longer, I share flesh with you no longer. She is sobbing as he walks out. Sam picks up the gun and follows her out. She alls to her knees, alone in a ruined bedroom with her dead alpha.
At MOON GODDESS EMPORIUM Marnie is scrying using a pool of Casey’s blood. She asks for the present and it shows her the vampires outside. She asks for the future and it shows her dead. She lies, “The vampires are planning on murdering us all, quickly form a circle.” They hesitate.
“I saw it in the blood! If we do nothing we’re signing our own death warrants. They have no regard for our lives, so just join me now. They go to her.
Jesus is carving some letters into his arm (possibly an X and a T), then he demands Lafayette tie his hands with Marnie’s green scarf . He tells Lafayette to put some of the mixture they made earlier; it burns, but Jess won’t let him stop. He says the scarf symbolizes the bond between Marnie and Antonia and that they have to break it.
In common area at MOON GODDESS EMPORIUM , Sookie is standing back. Marnie tells her that she wishes for everyone to leave here alive but doesn’t guarantee it. I think she was telling her that if Sookie doesn’t join up that she will make sure she doesn’t. Sookie joins the circle
Outside Jason is healed but vamps stat to be pulled to the wall of protection. Sookie hears Jason trying to stop it.
As the coven chants they are be pulled to it. . The wall is glowing and expanding. “Stop this Sook!” Jason yells in his mind.
Sookie fairy fires destroying the circle and it stops.
Jessica screams that she is so sick of this Necromancy shit!
Pam is beseeching Eric to forgive her. She knew the protection spell would spare Sookie. He tells her to get out of his sight before he kills her.
Marnie is mad at Sookie that she crossed her and incarcerates her in a circle a wall of fire. Locks others in the coven to the wall saying they have all betrayed her. As the fire is creeping towards Sookie and she begs, “Oh God,” Marnie is smiling. At one point she says that God has nothing to do with it. Lafayette sees this and tells Jesus to hurry it up.
Chanting Jesus’ voice is changing, amplifying and modulating, the scene goes back and forth
Bill and Eric hear Sookie’s fear.
Jesus is pulling Antonia out, he goes into demon form and he breathes fire on the scarf . As the bond breaks Antonia comes out I think she says thank god. She holds her hands in a prayerful position and disappears. It looked a bit as if she were beamed up. Marnie cries out. The fire around Sookie goes out the rest of the coven is released. Tara says she quits this group. She runs in to hug Sookie. Jesus and Lafayette are back to “normal.” Whatever that means when one person is a medium and the other is a brujo.
The Protective wall is released. Eric and Bill charge in Bill has an automatic. Sookie tells him not to shoot; they were all hostages. He says, “Just Marnie.” and everyone clears away Except Roy who says they will have to go through him. So Eric does and then drinks the blood out of the aorta (I guess) in front of Marnie.
Bill shoots her as she yells, “No one lives forever, not even you.” She falls just as in her vision.
Aftermath
Sam comes out from Alcide’s house. Emma runs to him happy to see Sam but obviously expecting Marcus too. Luna hugs her he let’s Luna know with his eyes tha Marcus didn’t make it.
Back at the Bellefleur’s house, Arlene is asking Andy what happened, that Terry has been driving all around looking for him.
They sit at the table and Arlene asks him what is wrong. He tells her about the fairy, he heard a zap and a woman jumps out of a ball of lite, then we made love and I was good at it. Anyway after she jumped back in the ball of light and vanished like magic.
Arlene asks him to remember when Terry went off his meds.
“I ain’t crazy.” He counters. She says the V may had touched his mind too.
“But it felt so real,” “She says she is sure it did, but what’s real is that he has a family that loves him, Holly thinks he’s cute, he’s the sheriff: these are the <i>real things</e>. She goes to call Terry.
He sits reflecting and says her name, “Morella.”
At MOON GODDESS EMPORIUM, Eric iforms Bill that he glamored those he requested. Lafayette trieys to comfort Jesus. He’s crying Lafayette tells him he did what he had to do.
Eric and Bill are walking away from Sookie, They look at each other , back at her and she at them.
Jason sits alone at a table, Jess comes by with a glass of water and asks how he’s feeling.
Jason: Much better, Sookie’s good, I can see again, Thanks for, you know. He smiles.
Jessica: You’re welcome.
He drinks some water.
Jason: So, I drank your blood again.
Jessica: Well it was either that or die
Jason: I know, I know we’re in a world of fucked up I will lose my best friend, Jessica: don’t tell me about loss
Jason: Ah, Even withuth your blood in me you’re all I think about. what the hell am I am I supposed to do now?
Jessica: Wish I knew.
Lafayette and Jesus in bed: Lafayette tells Jesus that even with everything he’s seen tonight there was some freaky shit.
Jesus sad about Marnie.
Lafayette says Marnie was a big girl and made her own decision to hold people hostage and murder her friends. That bad juju was going gto come back to her.
Jesus agrees but still he is feeling guilt.
Lafayette tells him not to forget that he saved people. “We’re alive, we’re safe, be happy for that.”
Jesus replies that he is.
Lafayette kisses Jesus who is falling asleep.
Lafayette starts to fall asleep, Something makes him open his eyes. He sees Marnie above the bed , when he opens his mouth in shock she dives in and posesses him .
Inside this episode: I love these because I am fascinated with how all these decisions are made.
This was so funny it would have made liquid come out of my nose if I had been imbibing anything at the time. It is so funny that I'm not entirely sure the petitioner isn't David Sedaris having some fun on Sarah.My general reaction to anything this funny is that it was written by David Sedaris.
by SB Sarah • Saturday, September 03, 2011 at 07:07 AM
This query made me LOL like AOL and ROFLMAO like Chairman Mao. Enjoy A’s request with me, won’t you?
Let me start by saying I have NO idea why I want to re-read this book because it just sounds awful, but that seems to change nothing because the darned thing sticks in my head and I want to read it anyway, even if it’s probably going to hit the wall 10 times before I finish it (so I’d rather not use my e-reader). The book had to have been published prior to 2000because I remember reading it in high school, but it’s very probable it was published prior to that.
The main thing I remember is that the lead female (I want to say her name was Kate) is the best friend of the hero’s little sister. The hero, upstanding guy that she is, thinks she’s a big ol’ slutbag because of a misunderstanding at the beginning of the book involving her being naked in a poolhouse while changing clothes, when a snake comes in and scares the tar out of her. Hero comes in just as Heroine is clinging nakedly to Random Witless Male Bystander and of course Hero assumes she’s the afforementioned big ol’ ho-bag. Wackiness ensues over the course of several years where he’s attracted to her and makes her feel like a skank because of his issues. Of course the heroine is actually a virgin and would never allow someone who wasn’t the hero to approach her sacred love cavern with their rod of steel, but the hero refuses to believe it and treats her like crap
for most of the book.
I also might be confusing this part of the plot with another book, but it seems like the main character is so much the Queen Ultimate Virgin of All Things Unpenetrated that she has some kind of physical problem and there’s this doctor who’s all, “We must surgically remove your hymen or this dude and his purple-headed love stick are going to rip you a new one - literally,” and the heroine is all, “But no, if you remove my hymen, how will the douchebag I’m in love with know that I’m not a big ol’ slut
bag?” And there’s a big dramatic sex scene involving pain and the hero is all, “Oh darn me and this freakishly giant penis! I could have hurt you. You must really love me to do such a thing.”
So does this ring any bells for anyone? Honestly, I have no idea why I want to re-read this book, but it’s been driving me crazy for about 6 months since it first popped back into my head. I want to say it’s a Diana Palmer (and it sounds exactly like her kind of thing) but I looked through her booklist and didn’t see anything that matched it.
Seriously. I hope that this book is found so that it can be read and reread by ALL OF US. Because OMG. WTF. BBQ.
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My note: this is the kind of thing that makes me want to create a meat puppet and sell it on line.
Ils ne sont pas en laissant le bon temps rouler dans Bon Temps. I am not certain how that is translating but I hope it's they are not letting the good times roll in Bon Temps. Because, in Louisiana they are suppose to Laissez les bons temps rouler (let the good times roll). In fact I think they went through the wrong door; you know the one that says DO NOT ENTER.
I really did not think Jason had this much logical thinking and ability to stand up for his sister in him. His brain may break now. I think Eric is really hurt by Sookie's revelation of still loving Bill. And, well Pam is just being Pamish.
When Nicole Whitcomb's car runs off a Colorado mountain road during a blinding snowstorm, she is saved from death by a handsome, fascinating, and enigmatic stranger.
Snowbound with him for days in his beautiful home high in the Rockies, she finds herself powerfully attracted to him. But there are things about him that mystify her, filling her with apprehension.
Who is Michael Tyler? Why does he live alone in such a secluded spot and guard his private life so carefully? What secret--or secrets--is he hiding?
Nicole has secrets of her own and a past she is running from--but Michael understands her better than anyone she has ever known. Soon, she is falling as deeply in love with him as he is with her--a profoundly meaningful experience that is destined to change their lives forever.
As the sexual tension between them builds, however, the clues mount up. When Nicole learns her host's terrifying secret, there is nowhere for her to run but into the blizzard raging outside, and Michael may be the only one who can save her life.
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Publisher:Vanguard Press; Mass Market Edition edition (August 2, 2011)
Picked up Hardcover at BEA; no expectation by publisher.
As I began this book I had to check in my records to see if I had read it before. I have read two or three books with very nearly the exact same beginning in this past year. And, it seemed to pull in a lot of themes from other vampire books like Twilight. While well written prose made this a compelling read, tired tropes pull it down below this writer's potential. Gorgeous girl has accident in a snowstorm, mysterious man rescues her. He turns out to be a ridiculously wealthy supe, and so on.
There are a few switch-ups that deny our expectations in what could have been an entirely predictable read. The romantic scenes are well done, and the ending totally took me by surprise. The writer very obviously did a lot of research into several technical areas and periods in history.
This was more of a romance novel with a paranormal element than a paranormal romance. You'll need a box of tissues.
http://www.nocturnebook.com/excerpt.php
Enjoy this video of the theme song, My Love Is Like A Red Red Rose
If you are new to the #FF fun, Feature & Follow Friday is a blog hop that expands your blog following by a joint effort between bloggers. Feature & Follow Friday is now hosted by TWO hosts, myself of course and Alison of Alison Can Read. Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it'll allow us to show off more new blogs!
How does this work? First you leave your at either hosting blog's FF post, then you create a post on your own blog that links back to this post (easiest way is to just grab the code under the #FF picture and put it in your post) and then you visit as many blogs as you can and tell them "hi" in their comments (on the post that has the #FF image). You follow them, they follow you. Win. Win. Just make sure to follow back if someone follows you!
Now to make this #FF interesting we do a FEATURE blogger. If you are interested in becoming a Feature click on the drop down link above FEATURES &amp;gt; Feature &amp;amp; Follow Friday and get on the waiting list! Follow the hosts (Parajunkee & Alison Can Read) and the two Feature blogs.
If you could change the ending of any book (or series), which book would you choose? And, why?
Well, I would have to say I would choose the Chicagoland Vampire Series recent release, HARD BITTEN by Chloe Neill, but Chloe doesn't like spoilers I cannot say why. Suffice it to say it was because it was not what I wanted to happen in the book and not because it was a poorly or ill conceived ending.
The Invasion of 2020, the first book in the Shifter Evolutions series was officially released on September 1, (Books 1-5 are out now)
The Invasion of 2020 is the prequel to Shifters of 2040. The Shifter Evolutions begins with the middle book, The Shifters of 2040, and gives the reader the choice for the past or future. This release of the first book in the series, The Invasion of 2020, will allow readers to engage the series chronologically also.
Readers will enjoying finding out more about Uri Petrov and Dr. Samantha Croon as they discover what exactly brought the shifters to Earth and what sparked human fears. Who was the young Marn and young Raul and what molded them into who they became?
Here is an Excerpt from Ami:
Straddling Lane, Frenier’s knees dug into the soft porch sofa and his arms braced on each side of her neck. He dangled a fresh strawberry above her wet lips and teased. The resolute glint in her eyes stayed fixed on the moist fruit as it oscillated. “Let me have it!” she demanded, her long tongue showing. “Come and get it,” he whispered, his breath blowing over her porcelain like face. With only his beige trousers on, the beads of water from the shower earlier slid over his defined muscles and dropped one by one over Lane’s naked leg. In only lace panties and a pink bra, her blonde hair sprawled over the sofa, underneath and behind her. Like the indents in desert sand made by slithering snakes, her hair appeared soft and perfectly patterned. “Give it to me, Frank!” She batted her lashes, her chin angling upward as her lips fought to secure the strawberry. Like getting a fish to charge at bait, Frenier had become an expert fisherman when it came to her, when it came to most women. Both players at love, they understood the game. Nibbling on his fingers, the fruit dangled too far away for her mouth to savor, and yet too close for her to give up. Another bead of water dropped from Frenier’s chest and landed on her toned thigh. A twenty-year-old flirt, Lane grew comfortable with such romantic antics and rarely cared who she hurt. Focused on the highest rank in the military, she had ambition and decided early on she would do anything to get ahead. Not thinking twice about how Frenier’s wife would feel if she ever found out, Lane enjoyed living on the edge; dangerous liaisons spiced up her otherwise dull military life. When he lowered the fruit closer to her lips, Lane finally gripped it between her teeth like a shark and chomped each bit until only his fingers remained. Meeting them, she kissed once and then threw her head to the pillow underneath her. “I am dreadfully bored,” she muttered, sometimes sounding like a car that wouldn’t start. But Frenier didn’t care how much maintenance went into Lane as long as she kept her form in pristine shape and was willing to share.
Ami Blackwelder is a forbidden romance writer in the paranormal and historical romance genre. Growing up in Florida, she went to UCF and in 1997 received her BA in English and teaching credentials. She travelled overseas to teach in Thailand, Nepal, Tibet, China and Korea. Thailand is considered her second home now. She has always loved writing and wrote poems and short stores since childhood; however, her novels began when she was in Thailand.
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