WEEKLY CONTEST/GIVEAWAY

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Here is this weeks giveaway contest.
  At times, there will be more than one book, but most of the time I will be featuring a weekly giveaway of one book. For these giveaways, I will NOT contact you if you win.  I will announce the winner and you will have 48 hours to respond.  If I don’t hear from you.  the book will be passed to the next winner in line. 
Now here is the book(s) for this week and the rules will follow after the description:
Devil’s Cub is one of Georgette Heyer’s most famous and memorable novels, featuring a dashing and wild young nobleman and the gently bred young lady in whom he finally meets his match…
Powder and Patch— This early, unusual romance by Georgette Heyer features a young country gentleman driven by jealousy to transform himself into a sophisticated dandy to win the lady he loves.

GIVEAWAY RULES:

1. You must be a follower to enter.
2. Contest is only available to the USA.  
Sorry, but limited funds at this moment in time. 
This could change later.
3.  Leave a comment on this post.

OPTIONAL: 

4. Mention the contest on your blog for +1 extra entry.
(Please post the link in a separate comment to qualify.)
5.  Tweet about this contest for +1 extra entry. 
(Please post the link in a separate comment to qualify.)
6. Follow me on Twitter for +1 extra entry.
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7. Subscribe by email for +1 entry.
This contest is open until 4/26/2010 with the winner being announced on 4/27/2010.
GOOD LUCK!!

CHECK THIS OUT!

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I had the wonderful pleasure of being interviewed over at The Last Word by The Spork Of Doom!  Not only did I get interviewed, but I got a cupcake made especially for my blog and she is offering a giveaway to a lucky reader of the interview! I told her three of my favorite authors, and the winner gets to pick one book by one of those authors to win just for commenting! You really need to go check it out and be prepared for a great laugh as well!

Free digital download of Colter’s Wife

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Right now you can get a free digital download of Colter’s Wife from BooksOnBoard.
1. Click HERE to go to Books On Board
2. Add ‘Colters’s Wife’ to your cart
3. Choose your digital format
4. Sign in or register
5. Complete the checkout process
6. Download your free book!

COVER ALERT!!!

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Thank you Smexybooks for sharing!
AMAZON BLURB:
The battle between good and evil has left the future of humanity in the hands of a reluctant savior and his band of fallen angels. Seven deadly sins that must be righted. Seven souls that must be saved.
While his first task was success, Jim Heron is battling a demon that can take any form for the soul of someone he must identify on his own. If that weren’t enough, his old boss Matthias wants Jim to assassinate an AWOL member of The Firm – Isaac, the man Jim is pretty sure he is supposed to save. Jim knows first hand that once you’re in The Firm, there’s no getting out. But when Jim finds Isaac to warn him, he has been picked up by the police for illegal street fighting, and it is clear that Isaac is falling for his gorgeous public defender. Is their love the redemption that will save Isaac’s soul? Or has the demon Devina set an elaborate trap?
Due out October 5th!

CAN’T STAND THE HEAT by Louisa Edwards

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CAN’T STAND THE HEAT
Author: Louisa Edwards
Source: Library
  • Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: St. Martin’s Paperbacks; 1 edition (September 1, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0312356498
  • ISBN-13: 978-0312356491
SYNOPSIS:

For sharp-tongued food critic Miranda Wake, the chance to spend a month in Adam Temple’s kitchen to write an exposé is a journalistic dream come true. Surely Miranda can find a way to cut the hotshot chef down to size once she learns what really goes on at his trendy Manhattan restaurant. But she never expected Adam to find out her most embarrassing secret: she has no idea how to cook.

Adam’s not about to have his reputation burned by a critic who doesn’t even know the difference between poaching and paring.  He’ll just have to give the tempting redhead a few private lessons of his own—teaching her what it means to cook with passion…and doing more with his hands than simply preparing sumptuous food.

MY THOUGHTS:

The cover caught my eye when reading about this book on another blog.  I was excited to find another romance that features cooking as well.  So I sat down to read this book  by Louisa Edwards, waiting for my mouth to water at all the romance and antics in a kitchen.  Well, I am still waiting.

The book started out great.  We have Miranda, who is an independent woman who speaks her mind, and we have Adam, a strong yet cocky mouthed cook.  I thought their was going to be a spicy romance brewing in the pages.  For some reason though, I just couldn’t bring myself to care about the characters.  To me, they just didn’t seem to click.  For the first half of the book there was barely any dialogue between the two.  When they did talk, it was boring.  I did like Jess and Frankie though.  Frankie was hilarious and Jess was a great secondary character for the book.  The book was slow moving and just couldn’t quite take off for me.

Overall, a book I would recommend checking out from the library instead of spending your money on first.  If you end up liking it, buy it afterwards.  I would still give this author another chance and read the second book in the series though, just so I can see if the writing and story can become better.

MY RATING:

 
  A Decent Read.
Has Some Drawbacks Though.