I Dream of Genies by Judi Fennell (Terra's Review)

He needs to change his luck, and fast!

Matt Ewing would gladly hunt down a fortune in lucky pennies if he thought it would help save his business. But for all his hoping, Matt's clueless when his long-awaited lucky charm falls in his lap in the form of a beguiling genie. He just can't believe that this beautiful woman could be the answer to his prayers...

She's been bottled up for far too long!

Spending 2,000 years in a bottle would make any woman a little stir-crazy. So when Matt releases Eden from her luxurious captivity, she's thrilled to repay him by giving him the magical boost he needs...

But for all her good intentions, Eden's magical prowess is a little rusty and her magical mistakes become more than embarrassing. And though Eden knows falling in love will end her magic and immortality, she can't help but be drawn to the one man who wants her just for herself...

(Terra's Thoughts)  First off let me say that I enjoyed Judi's Mermaid series immensely but I Dream of Genies makes the rest of them pale in comparison.  This book is such a hoot!  I started laughing right from the very first page and couldn't stop even after I finished the book.  I still giggle when I think about so many different scenes.  If you want to start your New Year off with a bang and full of laughter then this is something you must read.  It rates right up there with Godiva chocolates everyone!  YUMM!

Poor Eden our heroine has been stuck inside a bottle for nearly two thousand years.  Not that she's been deprived in said bottle for all the creature comforts but hey we all need some shopping, sex, chocolate, sex, fresh air, sex.  Get my drift?  Guess there are a few drawbacks to having all the creature comforts.  LOL!

Matt Ewing is luscious.  Works out everyday running past Eden's bottle only to unknowingly torture her with a body of Adonis.  He's as kind and the sun is bright but has the Luck o the Irish, or is it bad luck you might say.  Try as he might he just can't seem to get things to go the way he would like them and he puts all his effort and skills into whatever he tackles.  That's enough to give anyone a complex.  And if that's not bad enough, his brother is perfection personified which irritates the Hell out of Matt to no end.

The story starts out with Eden wishing like crazy for a way out of her glass prison and Matt wishing for a break.  Well I guess you can say they both get their wish when Matt happens to be in the right place at the right time to have Eden land face first in his lap unconscious and he just doesn't know what to do.  Should he thank God for this delivery or try and wake up this raven beauty before someone thinks he might have done her harm.  Talk about an opener to a book.  Whew..........!!!

Judi Fennell has really done her homework here.  This story is ripe with one liners, unpredictable predicaments, Genie on the run, poor sap as a hero that just can't seem to keep his flag from flying at full mast and a array or quirky hilarious characters.  This goes from giggle mode to all out laughter in less time than it takes to snap your fingers.


Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca; Original edition (January 1, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1402241895
ISBN-13: 978-1402241895

Christmas Treat Recipe that is oh so Delicious!

Trash

1 stick butter or margarine
12 oz. Semi sweet chocolate chips
1 cup creamy peanut butter
12 oz. box Crispix cereal
1 lb. powdered sugar
1 white kitchen trash bag

In two quart sauce pan, melt butter, chocolate chips and peanut butter. Pour Crispix into large bowl. Slowly pour chocolate mixture over Crispix. It will look horrible! Gently fold mixture over until all Crispix are covered. Take a medium white kitchen trash bag and pour ½ lb. powdered sugar into the bottom. Pour the bowl of chocolate covered cereal on top of the sugar. Cover with the rest of the sugar. Tie top of bag with a twist tie and shake the bag. The Crispix are now individual and each one is covered with the white powdered sugar and tastes like a peanut butter cup. After cooling, place in an air tight container. Will keep for several weeks.

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No Mercy by Sherrilyn Kenyon (Terra's Review)

Live fast, fight hard and if you have to die then take as many of your enemies with you as you can. That is the Amazon credo and it was one Samia lived and died by. Now in contemporary New Orleans, the immortal Amazon warrior is about to learn that there’s a worse evil coming to slaughter mankind than she’s ever faced before.

Shapeshifter Dev Peltier has stood guard at the front of Sanctuary for almost two hundred years and in that time, he’s seen it all. Or so he thought. Now their enemies have discovered a new source of power- one that makes a mockery of anything faced to date.

The war is on and Dev and Sam are guarding ground zero. But in order to win, they will have to break the most cardinal of all rules and pray it doesn’t unravel the universe as we know it.

(Terra's Thoughts)  Honestly let me ask you this, how can anyone not love The Dark Hunter Series?  Dark Hunter's are the epitome of good and evil wrapped up in one tiny little package but with one Hell of a punch.  This installment is right in tune with the rest of the series except that now we have a female Dark Hunter.  Hell hath no fury like a Women's Scorn and our little heroine fits this to a T!

Our heroine Samia (Sam for short) is an Amazon warrior with a temper to match.  Talk about feisty.  Whew.......Sam gives the word a new meaning.  She has a gift, well maybe a curse if you want to look at it that way, that will make her on the top most wanted list of the Denizens of evil.  Can she be saved?  Will she cave into a forbidden love after the pain and heartbreak of losing her husband and son in her natural life?  Can she keep her emotions in check before they cost her more pain and suffering that she doesn't know if she could possibly face again?

Dev Peltier is as tall, dark and handsome as they come and with one heck of a bite to boot.  He's snugly as a big ole teddy bear and has finally decided to start looking for a mate.  Working for Sanctuary as a bouncer gives him the opportunity to check out all the females but will there be one in particular that will catch his eye?  Will he be able to fight his lust and his big ole heart to save his kiester from the frying pan for a relationship that is forbidden by all?  Most of all will he be able to save his temper and put a stopper on his lust to save him from getting killed and an eternity in Hell?

Sherrilyn has given us a much awaited new installment to a beloved series.  Action packed with plenty of lust, love, romance in the most unusual settings and a believable storyline that will make you wish the next book was here now so you could just keep on reading till your hearts content.  The story has the perfect pace with a writing style that is as smooth as silk that you can't help yourself.  You will try as hard as possible to go find a little hiding spot and just curl up and ignore the outside world until the very last page.

I must say that I found it absolutely wonderful to finally have a female Dark Hunter.  A woman with baggage aplenty that she tries to bury in order to exact the revenge on the death of her beloved family.  The author has given Sam a personality to be wary of but also a human side that succumbs to the emotions that make her so real that she could easily be a member of the family that needs a little love and lots of hugs to help her through the tough times.  You really can't help but cry with her and wish that maybe you could have been there to help prevent what happened in her previous life.  You can feel her wariness of love like its a second skin and cringe at her temper and stay out of her way.

Out of all the Dark Hunter books I would say that Acheron is my favorite and this one is my second in line favorite.  I really can't wait to see what the author has up her sleeve for the next book.

Hardcover: 352 pages
Publisher: St. Martin's Press; First Edition edition (September 7, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0312546564
ISBN-13: 978-0312546564

Holiday Stories by Tawny Weber (Guest Blog)

I’m a big fan of this time of year. The magic of the season, the message of caring, and the comforting traditions. And, actually, of the romance as well.

Every year my daughters and I like to make a big batch of cookies, pop a bowl of popcorn and curl up in front of the fireplace to enjoy a few of our holiday favorites.

Our top ten favorites are (in no particular order):

1. Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer
2. Frosty the Snowman
3. It’s a Wonderful Life
4. The Year Without a Santa Claus
5. A Christmas Carol
6. Charlie Brown Christmas
7. A Christmas Story
8. Miracle on 34th Street
9. How The Grinch Stole Christmas
10. Santa Claus is Coming to Town

My favorite holiday reads are the anthologies. This time of year gets so busy, I rarely find the few consecutive hours of reading time (and once I start a book, I really REALLY want to finish it), so a collection of novellas is a perfect fit. Something I can read between batches of cookies or while taking a gift-wrapping break. Which was why I was so excited to participate in Harlequin Blaze’s MUST HAVE BEEN THE MISTLETOE anthology. My story, A BABE IN TOYLAND, was all kinds of fun to write. The kind of story I enjoy during the holidays, and one I hope readers will like as well.

So how about you? Is there a movie you love to watch each year? Or a holiday book you love to read? Are you a fan of the holiday romances?

Excerpt:

This was what drowning in lust must feel like. Waves of passion poured over her, overwhelming Rita’s senses with excitement. She tried to catch her breath, but her mouth was too busy playing slippery-slide against a pair of deliciously erotic lips.

Her body melted as molten heat swirled. Jelly-like, her legs buckled. Rita had never had a kiss like this. Never. A single hands-free, fully-dressed kiss and she could taste the edge of a hot, wild orgasm.

Wanting—needing—more, she pressed tight against the hard, well-sculpted chest and moaned.

It wasn’t until someone tugged at her arm that she realized she’d lost her mind. Kissing a total stranger. At work. Insane. Barely cognizant of the whoops and whistles, Rita slowly pulled back to stare up into blue eyes she recognized from her naughtiest secret dreams.

Tyler? Tyler Ramsey? No way. Had Santa come early?