Hot Mail!

No, no new free books in my mail (and definately not Microsoft's Hotmail), but Janice Maynard's January 2009 release: Hot Mail.



And my favourite book by Janice Maynard so far is Suite Fantasy. ♥

Words. My Blog. Me. And My Favourite Books.

I was picking out some of my favourite books and browsing through them, reliving some of the best moments in my reading-life. And I know I've never really blogged about them. Why? I love them and ought to have alot to say about them right? Well, yes and no.

First, I have a hard time describing my feelings towards a favorite book of mine like -- (reaches to pick out a book) -- Pamela Morsi's Something Shady. The last chapter is just fantastic. But then, fantastic might not be the best/right description for it. I sooo do not have a way with words. I'd just go something like, oh-me-i've-never-read-anything-lie-this-oh-dear-i'm-gonna-cry-again etc.

Second, after reading most of my favourite books, I curl up in bed and wallow in self-pity for days. ☺

Ahhhh! It's Updated!

What's updated? Shannon McKenna's website that's what! I'd be so crazy not to post this. I've waited too damn long, and woweee that cover:

ULTIMATE WEAPON
by Shannon McKenna.

Out October 28, 2008.

Preorder at Amazon.
Visit Shannon McKenna.
ULTIMATE WEAPON excerpt.

Heroine: Tamara ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
Hero: Val Janos ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥


OH me. Her books takes forever to come out, and her website takes forever to be updated. But hey, it's still worth the wait. Though I hate waiting.

From the website:

Tamara’s a bad girl with a dangerous difference. Enter a terrifying, sexually charged world of thrilling suspense where love is the riskiest game of all . . .

THE FIRST CUT IS THE DEEPEST

Covert operations are what Val Janos is all about. The man is mysterious and sinister, and lethally hot. Only Tamara can understand the strange intensity that drives him to win at all costs—and only she can match it.

Val has one weak spot : Imre, the frail old man who befriended him when he was a scared, hungry kid abandoned on the streets of Budapest. But Daddy Novak knows about Imre, and Imre’s head is on the block if Val doesn’t deliver Tam up to Novak’s tender mercies . . .

A white-hot passion explodes when Tam and Val get too close. They both have too much to be afraid of, too much to hide. And now, for the first time, too much to lose . . .

Holy Mama. Val Janos. Mysterious. Sinister. And lethally hot. I don't think I can sleep tonight. I'm so excited! Yay for Tam! ♥

I think I'm always late in knowing things.

Because I'm a Christie Ridgway Fangirl..

So here:


Unravel Me, out Nov 4th 2008. Go preorder at Amazon or at Barnes & Noble.

Hmm.. But I think the cover is not as pretty as her previous book How to Knit a Wild Bikini. I still like the covers of her older books more.


Nevertheless, Christie Ridgway is already a must-buy author it for me. Visit her at her website here, and also at Riding With the Top Down where blogs with a bunch of other ladies. ☺

Why I like her books? Because they make me cry. And think alot.

In my mail.. from Meljean Brooks!

I won a book over at Meljean Brook's blog, and it's just so awesome. Meljean Brook is awesome ♥.

The envelope that had me screaming and dancing around my living room:


The book inside: First Blood by Susan Sizemore, Erin McCarthy, Chris Marie Green, and ♥ Meljean Brook!


The extra goodies from Meljean Brook:


The back of the bookmarks:


And the best part:


Thank you so much Ms Brook! ☺

My Prerogative by Sasha White - Oh so Love it.

I love this book like I've never loved any other book.

Not into swapping, but can't resist this.

I got my hands on this solely because of the cover (hot!) and the author (because of Susanna Carr actually, Jenesi Ash is her pseudonym.)

I'm not into everything else (threesome, bondage, woman-woman, toys etc.) other the normal lurving in my romances. But I really like how the characters grow to understand more about themselves and their partners because of this swap. I still don't really know Caleb (yeah I should re-read), but then to have someone cater to you without any complaints is really heaven. Jamie's got herself a saint. And Aidan? Oh, I ♥ Aidan. I adore his kind. Dominating and CARING. Wish I'm Mia.

* Sigh, I had hoped there was more at the end.

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A side note, I love Susanna Carr's Lip Lock and Ex, Why, and Me very, very, very much. So here:

I'VE GOT IT!

Sundays at Tiffany's by James Patterson (and Gabrielle Charbonnet)

No, I'm not crazy enough to get the hard cover version, but still I got a nice trade paperback size one. Big text! Lots of space! And it's still shrinkwrapped. Now I just have to plan a nice uninterrupted weekend to unwrap it. ☺

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From the back cover:

'When you grow up, you won't remember me'

Jane Margaux was never supposed to remember her imaginary friend when he vanished from her life but he was her best friend she'd ever had and she could never let his memory fade.

Jane was a sweet, funny, chubby seven-year-old, desperately seeking love from her self-obsessed mother, Vivienne, and a father who was wrapped up in a new life with his beautiful young girlfriend. Jane's only friend was handsome, funny, thirty-something Michael. Michael was different; no one else could see him, nor did they believe he existed beyond the realms of Jane's very creative imagination. They would talk from morning till night. As Jane grew older though, the time came for Michael to leave her side, his work done.

Jane couldn't forget him though and, isolated and lonely, she lives in the shadow of her dramatic and over-powering mother. Over twenty years after Michael has said goodbye, Jane catches a glimpse of that unforgotten face, her heart pounding. She can't believe it can be true - could it really be Michael?

This time though, Michael isn't just a figment of her imagination. But will the path of true love be a smooth one? And will Jane get her happy ever after?

Sundays at Tiffany's is a heart-warming romance about a girl who until now has lived her life on the sidelines, about what it feels like to fall in love, a tale of soulmates.

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It sounds beautiful. ♥

James Patterson's other two romance novels are Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas and Sam's Letters to Jennifer.

Julian and his Picket Fences.

What I like so much about Hard Evidence, other than the fact that the hero's name is Julian, and that he's hot-hot-hot, that he's uber protective of Tessa, that he holds her and comforts her when she breaks down, that he broke down her door when she's in trouble at home to get to her asap, that he buys a coffee maker for her, that he buys a plant with a pink flower for her, that he buys many boxes of condoms because he wants to do Tessa, etc. etc., is that there's an epilogue.

I love epilogues such as the one in Hard Evidence. Though epilogues could get abit too happy & cheezy, with all the characters getting along and hugging each other, and having the reader think "damn, is this going to end with the phrase 'and they lived happily ever after'?", I still like it. Alot. ☺

The three books in the I-Team series:

I think I'm going to start on Unlawful Contact next. ♥