Wonderfully Wicked Read-a-thon

Wonderfully Wicked Read-a-thon
Oct 17-27, 2014
details here
This looked like a fun challenge for the season. Giving it a go...

Book reading list:
(links will light upon completion)

The Bodies We Wear by Jeyn Roberts
-my review

Drowning by Jassy de Jong
-my review

Queen of Hearts vol. 2 by Colleen Oakes
-my review

Frostbitten by Heather Beck
-my review

Los Gatos Black on Halloween by Marisa Montes
illustrated by Yuyi Marales
-my review

Drowning by Jassy de Jong

Drowning
by Jassy de Jong

Find out more about this book and author:
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Release date: December 7, 2014
Publisher: Astor + Blue Editions
Genre: Erotica, Romance, South America
Paperback: 236 pages
Rating: 4.5

Sensuous but stifled New York City photographer Erin Mitchell thinks going to South Africa on assignment will be the perfect getaway. But when a flash flood washes away Erin’s vehicle and she is stranded at a luxury safari lodge, Erin’s romantic working vacation takes an interesting turn.

She awakens from her near-drowning and meets her rescuer, Nicholas--hot and brilliant, successful and caring -- not at all like her abusive husband. At Leopard Rock in the steamy South African heat, Erin faces the toughest choices of her life. Nicholas is ripped, he's smart and he's "no strings attached."

To give in, or not to give in drowns Erin’s senses as she struggles with two impossible goals: ignore the exquisite physical charms of her host, and conceal every last detail whenever her controlling husband calls. On the other side, Nicholas faces impossible choices of his own, as the bon-vivant playboy may just possibly collide with feelings more powerful than lust.

Erotic. Exotic. Wild.

Drowning sizzles in the African heat as one woman is stretched to the breaking point by the strength of her vows and the intensity of her seething primal desires.

PeekAbook:



My two-bits:

And now, for something different...

My last erotic reading was Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James a couple years ago. Thought it was time to mix up my current reading pattern of mostly YA and dystopia with something naughty.

I found that this book provided some steamy scenes with a storyline that dealt with lust and love. It fits the bill for an entertaining hot and fast read with characters who just can't resist that pull of love despite their circumstances.

I liked the setting of this story which was an estate in South Africa. I am left wanting to read more stories in a similar location to get a better sense of the land and culture.

This story also got me thinking of toxic relationships.

About the author:

Jassy de Jong lives in the countryside outside Johannesburg, South Africa, and shares her life with her wonderful partner Dion, two horses and two cats, one of whom is permanently stationed on her writing desk during office hours.

She enjoys traveling, cooking, cycling, and competes in dressage on her Thoroughbred, Msasa Magic.

Jassy was thirty-five years old before she met her soul-mate, and while kissing a few frogs along the way (who stayed frogs), she learned a lot about life, love and relationships. She adores writing about the incredible experience of falling in love, and believes that everybody deserves a happy ending... especially her heroines.

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* review copy courtesy of publisher

* added this to my Bookish Bingo challenge - square: Red Cover

* if you are over 18 yrs of age and would like my review copy, let me know in comments. -offer ends Oct 31, 2014

Stacking the Shelves - 10.4.14

Stacking the Shelves
hosted by Tynga's Reviews (details)
Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!

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Bought:

Horrorstor: A Novel
by Grady Hendrix
-horror, art, unique
Amazon | Goodreads
-----> I have an ebook review copy, but decided to buy the print version for best reading experience.

The Clockwork Scarab
(Stoker & Holmes #1)
by Colleen Gleason
-mystery, steampunk
Amazon | Goodreads
FREE for kindle:

This Night So Dark
-short story that connects the first two novels in the Starbound trilogy,
These Broken Stars and This Shattered World
by Meagan Spooner and Amie Kaufman
Amazon | Goodreads
-----> GET yours: this is a pre-order and will be available Oct 7, 2014

FREE ebook:

Sacrifice
-gangs, thriller
by Coral Russell
Amazon | Goodreads
-----> GET yours: from BookBunnyPR, available until Oct 10, 2014

For Review:

Drowning
by by Jassy de Jong
-erotica, south africa
courtesy of publisher
Thanks Stephanie!
Amazon | Goodreads

The Spiritglass Charade
(Stoker & Holmes #2)
by Colleen Gleason
-mystery, steampunk
courtesy of publisher
Thanks Lara!
Amazon | Goodreads
Library:

A Discovery of Witches: A Novel
(All Souls Trilogy)
by Deborah Harkness
-vampires, witches
Amazon | Goodreads
Deborah Harkness’s sparkling debut, A Discovery of Witches, has brought her into the spotlight and galvanized fans around the world. In this tale of passion and obsession, Diana Bishop, a young scholar and a descendant of witches, discovers a long-lost and enchanted alchemical manuscript, Ashmole 782, deep in Oxford's Bodleian Library. Its reappearance summons a fantastical underworld, which she navigates with her leading man, vampire geneticist Matthew Clairmont.

-----> listening to the audio version

Dreaming about getting soon:

To All the Boys I've Loved Before
by Jenny Han
-romance, YA
Amazon | Goodreads
Lara Jean’s love life goes from imaginary to out of control in this heartfelt novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Summer I Turned Pretty series.

What if all the crushes you ever had found out how you felt about them…all at once?

Lara Jean Song keeps her love letters in a hatbox her mother gave her. They aren’t love letters that anyone else wrote for her; these are ones she’s written. One for every boy she’s ever loved—five in all. When she writes, she pours out her heart and soul and says all the things she would never say in real life, because her letters are for her eyes only. Until the day her secret letters are mailed, and suddenly, Lara Jean’s love life goes from imaginary to out of control.

OTHER things on my shelf: kinda book-related

True Blood
dvd tv seasons 5 and 6
-----> Netflix binge-ing and enjoying the last two seasons of True Blood which are based on the vampire books series by Charlaine Harris -- still have to catchup on reading these.

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* some of these may be offered as giveaways within the next two months

* comment and TELL me what you have acquired for your shelves recently

* per usual, check out the sidebar for my current giveaways offers