Month: January 2012

In between procrastinating on house cleaning and sitting down to finish my latest book I am reading, I thought I would post a new recipe that I just love.  The flavors are deep, subtle and mouthwatering.  And the chicken was even better the next day. This calls for butterflying the chicken.  If you have never… Continue reading Lazy Sunday and a New Favorite Recipe

A Chance Encounter is the first book I have read by Gale Stanley and the first in the new series from her, Hybrids #1. I have mixed feelings about this book so I give it a 3.25 rating. This is Gale Stanley’s take on the Secret Government Project/Evil Scientist story and she does a nice… Continue reading A Review of A Chance Encounter by Gale Stanley

My rating: “http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/261735926″4 of 5 stars Rating: 4.5 stars In All Best Are Off Marguerite Labbe has crafted a lovely, warmhearted romance. This book has everything I love in a story – great characters, a terrific plot, marvelous dialog and a HEA that had me smiling long after I had finished the book. And I… Continue reading A Review of All Bets Are Off by Marguerite Labbe

I knew this book would be heartbreaking from the very beginning. After falling in love with Roan and Paris in the first Infected book, I had been debating how quickly I wanted to delve into this one. I decided on the cowardly choice and read a much lighter book instead. But the characters kept calling… Continue reading A Review of Infected Bloodlines by Andrea Speed

Today’s quick post is all about those trashy things you secretly love and hide from others, whether it is Twinkies, National Inquirer like magazines or in my case, a new show on Foodnetwork called Bama Glama. Like all guilty pleasures, I accidentally fell into this one.    Flicking through the channels, I saw this white… Continue reading Trashy Secret Pleasures – Bama Glama

Rating: 3.5 out of 5  I liked it but wouldn’t read it again. Lessons In Love is the first in the Cambridge Fellows series and my first introduction to Orlando Coppersmith and Jonty Stewart, fellows at St. Bridge’s College, Cambridge. Set in Edwardian England, civility and restraint are the rules of the day and even… Continue reading A Review of Lessons in Love Cambridge Fellows #1 by Charlie Cochrane

This is the first book of Andrea Speed’s that I read and it is a case of love at first read.  Infected Prey includes the first two books in this series and what a fabulous introduction to this author. The world created here is one in which a werecat virus has spread much like HIV… Continue reading A Review of Infected Prey by Andrea Speed

From Riptide Publishing: “Josh knew the night shift at the Quik-Mart would be full of freaks and geeks—and that was before the hell portal opened in the parking lot. Still, he likes to think he can roll with things. Sure, the zombies make a mess sometimes, but at least they never reach for anything more threatening than… Continue reading A Review of the Josh of the Damned Books (Pretty Monsters and Peek-A-Boo)

From Dreamspinner Press: “Blame it on jet lag. Jason Greene thought he had everything: a dream job as a partner in a large Philadelphia law firm, a beautiful fiancée, and more money than he could ever hope to spend. Then he finds his future wife in bed with another man, and he’s forced to rethink… Continue reading A Review of Blue Notes by Shira Anthony