Enemy Lover by Bonnie Vanak

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ENEMY LOVER
Author: Bonnie Vanak

  • Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Silhouette (November 1, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0373617984
  • ISBN-13: 978-0373617982

Synopsis:

After nearly being killed by his destined mate, Draicon Damian Marcel hunts her down in New Orleans and discovers she’s been infected with the lethal stone spell and her body is slowly turning into granite. She’ll be trapped forever inside stone, her spirit alive, but imprisoned for eternity.

Thinking he murdered her brother, Jamie Walsh hates and hears Damian, but must team up with the werewolf leader to find a missing book of magick that contains a cure to save her. As they search through the French Quarter for the book, they race against time and battle evil Morphs who will use the dark magick spells in the book to eliminate the Draicon for good.

My Take:

Damian Marcel, Draicon of his pack, is looking for his draicara, his life mate. He finds this in the woman named Jamie Walsh. Jamie tried killing Damian before and it is a wonder he wants her for a mate in the first place. you see, Jamie had seen Damian kill her brother with his pack helping in it. She believed her brother was a good man, but we come to find out that the man she thought was her brother was actually a Morph. A morph is an evil magick.

Jamie is cursed with a spell that is turning her body to stone. Together the must find the Book of Magick and find the cure to reverse the spell.

I found that in this book there are more than one ways to write about wolves. They can have magical abilities that I wouldn’t have even thought of. The author did a wonderful tale that expanded the beliefs of how werewolves should be written. We find that family is more important than anything in this book and family is something Jamie never had growing up

All in all I like this book. Like I said it opened my eyes to different ways paranormal stories can evolve. I will check out some more of her books and see if she did this with other paranormal creatures as well. This was a great read from Silhouette Nocturne.

My Grade for this book:


Very Good! You have to read this book!

More Blog Awards!

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I am feeling so loved right now! I am so excited to share these with others as well!
I received both awards from Faye over at Ramblings of a Teenage Bookworm! So here goes!

I give this award to all my followers and whomever stops by to leave comments! Without you I wouldn’t even be receiving this!


Isn’t the friendship bear so cute! Here are the 5 people I am sending this to!
My Dear Friend Dawn @ Froggaritaville’s Bookcase
The Optimistic Pessimist @ The Optimistic Pessimist
Jessica @ A BookLover’s Diary
Rachel @ Bookworm Wannabe
My Dear Friend Tanis @ All That Rubbish

Thanks everyone!!

Blog Award

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Dawn over at Froggaritaville’s Bookcase has given me a blog award for my book blog!

The “Zombie Chicken Award” is very important! The blogger who receives this award believes in the Tao of the Zombie Chicken — excellence, grace, and persistence, in all situations even in the midst of a zombie apocalypse.

These amazing bloggers regularly produce content so remarkable that their readers would brave a raving pack of zombie chickens just to be able to read their inspiring words. As a recipient of this world-renowned award, you now have the task of passing it on to at least 5 worthy bloggers.
Do not risk the wrath of the zombie chickens by choosing unwisely or not choosing at all.

So, for my five choices – I choose:

1. Anna @ Anna’s Book Blog
2. Faye @ Ramblings of a Teenage Bookworm
3. Dawn @ Froggarita’s Coffin (HAHA Got ya back!)
4. Kate @ The Neverending Bookshelf
5. Blanche @ There’s No Such Thing As Too Many Books

Thank you Dawn and be sure to pass it on everyone!

Interview with Jennifer Armintrout

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Today I am happy to interview Jennifer Armintrout for our Q&A this week! As some as you know, Jennifer is the genius behind the Blood Ties Books. There are four of them in all and are available for purchase already. They include the following:

Align Left

Today Jennifer is here to announce a new series that will be available for purchase October 1, 2009. This is an exciting time for me because I am a HUGE fan of her writing! This girl can write! So here is the pictures of the new series with my Q&A following:


Hi Jennifer, Welcome to My Overstuffed Bookshelf! Glad to have you here. To start off can you tell the readers a little about yourself?
Well, I’m a mom to two kids, I live in a very small town in Michigan, and I’m a very irresponsible and disorganized person.
Can you tell us a little about your new releases coming up?
I have a trilogy of back-to-back-to-back releases in October, November, and December. Which will never happen again, because that is an ungodly amount of work in short amount of time. Basically, the story takes place in a time when humans have irreparably damaged the division between the physical world and the world of fairy tales and nightmares. Now, both worlds are stuck together on Earth, and the creatures who are trapped here are not happy. The first book, Queene of Light, tells the story of Ayla, a half-human faery who works as an assassin for the faery court in the Underground, the huge city in the sewers that the creatures have established. The other books, Child of Darkness and Veil of Shadows, continue the story.
When did you start writing? How did you decide what to write?
Everyone says, “I’ve been writing since I was a child,” and it’s true that I wrote stories when I was younger, and eventually I moved on to fan fiction when I was a teenager, but I never thought I would actually be a writer. My grandmother, Peggy Hanchar, wrote historical romance in the eighties and early nineties, and she always kind of pushed me to be a writer. It wasn’t until after I dropped out of college that I considered writing for real, and by the time I made that decision, it seemed pretty clear that I should write something I found interesting, myself. I’ve always been a big fan of vampire movies and books, so writing my first series, Blood Ties, was kind of a no-brainer. After that, I got bored of vampires and kind of moved along to new ideas. Basically, if I would read it, I will write it.

When your not writing what kind of books do you like to read? Do you have any favorite authors, that are must reads?
I read basically anything. More genre fiction than anything, really, because I don’t have the patience for a lot of literary fiction. It can be so gloomy, and it’s like, “Okay, I guess you’re asking tough questions and really examining what humanity is capable of and the tragedies that people can endure, but… man, you’re bringing me down,” so I don’t read that kind of thing that often. My husband’s step-mom lent me The Lovely Bones to read and I almost slit my writsts in the bathtub. As for authors, again, I read just about anything. My favorites in Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy are Gena Showalter and Charlaine Harris, but I always feel like a jerk for mentioning anyone because I think, “God, what if someone I know who writes reads this and thinks I’m mean for not mentioning them?”
What are 3 things that are “must haves” for you when you sit down to write a new book?
1. An idea.
2. A contract offer.
3. Diet Coke.
I really don’t write anything (besides fan fictions) that I don’t know I’m going to get paid for, and I’m looking into having my blood replaced with Diet Coke.

As a fan of your Blood Ties series, can readers expect to have the same darkness that was felt in that series in your upcoming series, or is it going to be a little lighter and more humorous?
I think the Lightworld/Darkworld novels, the ones that are coming out this fall, are darker than the Blood Ties series. Blood Ties was a little more accessible because the protagonist, Carrie, was relatable on a human level, and she used human emotion to make her decisions. If something really horrible happened, she thought, “God, that’s really horrible.” In Queene of Light, Ayla is an assassin, and while she has a very human side to her, she rejects those emotions and feelings. If something horrible happens in her world, she’s probably the one who caused it.
Okay I am going to ask you to answer the following quickie questions:
Your favorite character from Blood Ties: Carrie is the one I feel closest too, because I was in her head so much. But Max is the one I could see hanging out with, because he’s the most like me.

Your favorite thing to do in your downtime: Farm Town on facebook. Not even kidding, that is the most addictive game ever. And it’s so stupid. I feel ashamed for liking it so much. “Yeah, I could have been playing through Heavenly Sword again, but I’m playing Farm Town instead.”
If you were a vampire, bagged or from the neck: From the neck. If I were a vampire, I would kill so many people. I have a mental list of who goes first, when that day comes.
Your favorite paranormal creature: I know you mean vampire or werewolf or whatever, but I’m going to willfully misinterpret the question and say Jareth, the Goblin King.

Jen
Dude, my books are awesome.
www.JENNIFERARMINTROUT.com

I want to thank Jennifer so much for taking the time to do this for me! She truly is an awesome author!! Be sure to go check out her site and pick up her current books that are out! And while you are it go pre-order her new series too!