tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30416157987735147072024-03-05T03:55:29.324-08:00Dame Vanessa Charles Presents<center><img src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_iQEyEZpYZKY/RjvtigzaZjI/AAAAAAAAALs/g-2JSZVFwHU/s1600/Romance%2BBlog%2BHeader%2B(Custom).jpg"></img src></center>Dame Vanessa Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17289584411849113543noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3041615798773514707.post-13361344871830876032009-11-11T08:24:00.000-08:002009-11-11T08:25:18.972-08:00A Note from the DameOh, Darlings! Did you miss me? I missed you Darlings!<br /><br />I am sorry to keep you waiting, but oh, Darlings! I was on a whirlwind romance that kept me awake from dawn until dusk! I was doing yoga with a very handsome Gentleman; well, a certain kind of yoga!<br /><br />Oh, Darlings, it was to die for!<br /><br />I am back and ready to go, Darlings. I have quite a few reviews in store, so just hold on to your hearts, or other parts of your anatomy, and get ready for some hot and racy reads!<br /><br />Kiss Kiss,<br /><br /> Dame Vanessa CharlesDame Vanessa Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17289584411849113543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3041615798773514707.post-69267401415935386082009-06-16T16:13:00.000-07:002009-06-16T16:15:27.342-07:00The Vampires Quest by Vivi Anna<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNr7Yl9C8Zh_98lzvclLmgQgh0bdN0ws-1rQmVzoGmhCh43DqQvxHT8iOIGmmiDxBp11pGuVtjhC5u4R58w2PvCYjPIbGw64V56crsuUKVfaosbOll-cjqigSslmRR6IWpp9xjkc9BDXC4/s1600-h/n298456.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348067921437485586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 252px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNr7Yl9C8Zh_98lzvclLmgQgh0bdN0ws-1rQmVzoGmhCh43DqQvxHT8iOIGmmiDxBp11pGuVtjhC5u4R58w2PvCYjPIbGw64V56crsuUKVfaosbOll-cjqigSslmRR6IWpp9xjkc9BDXC4/s400/n298456.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Hello My Darlings!<br /><br />There’s nothing I love more than a good vampire tale, except a hot man! It always gets me so hot when a man bites me on the neck. Well, except for my third husband who had fake teeth. He would take a nibble and his teeth would stay on my neck and come out of his mouth! This was not a romantic thing to happen, Darlings!<br /><br />That being said, The Vampires Quest is one of the best paranormal romances I have read in eons, not that I’m that old, Darlings! Well, it really depends on what you mean by old. I can thank plastic surgeons for my youthful physique and looks. And I’m young at heart Darlings! This must be why I always go after younger men…<br /><br />Kellen Falcon is a man with a secret! He has come to Nouveau Monde to crack a rare blood disease…that he has! It’s swimming in his veins and unless he finds a cure, he may die, Darlings!<br /><br />Hope lies in beautiful lycan (a fancy word for werewolf Darlings) Sophie St. Clair. A criminologist and daughter of a pack alpha, she knows that lycans and vampires can’t mix! But, temptation has never tasted so good!<br /><br />When the two come together for a meeting of the minds and bodies, neither the lycan or the vampire could have predicted the results…<br /><br />Oh, Darlings! This book was so hot it sizzled! The sex was sexy, the characters hot and heavy and the action was awesome! I know that this Dame will be swallowing everything Vivi Anna has written (among other things) in the near future!<br /><br /><strong>Five out of Five Pearls</strong> Darlings! Now read this book before it sets itself on fire!<br /><br />Until the next hot and sexy read Darlings!<br /><br />Kiss Kiss!<br /><em><span style="font-family:courier new;"><strong><br />Dame Vanessa Charles</strong></span></em></div>Dame Vanessa Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17289584411849113543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3041615798773514707.post-69480779289287175292009-06-14T09:40:00.000-07:002009-06-14T09:41:28.703-07:00Billionaire Extraordinaire by Leanne Banks<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC5lMSplDoEqzKACt7xszDm-vuPiwKsGez2d7qoYgnDhVR8-W9a4R3t0kN8lRoTpZ1f0KUtreeC-Lru-sTD6xAn2ux1fBR60uLcP48o10zEfHHkaxhj5G7codqDYXBlAAU3oq4KUgfiftq/s1600-h/untitled.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347224203141339282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 253px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC5lMSplDoEqzKACt7xszDm-vuPiwKsGez2d7qoYgnDhVR8-W9a4R3t0kN8lRoTpZ1f0KUtreeC-Lru-sTD6xAn2ux1fBR60uLcP48o10zEfHHkaxhj5G7codqDYXBlAAU3oq4KUgfiftq/s400/untitled.bmp" border="0" /></a><br />Oh Darling Ones!<br /><br />There is nothing this Dame likes more than a sexy man. Unless it’s a sexy man with money. Or, even better, a sexy man with LOTS of money. One must be kept in the lifestyle to which they’ve become accustomed Darlings!<br /><br />Damien Mdeici is a man with a mission and a billion dollars. He’s been brought on by Magalos-De Luca Enterprises to re-organize the company, even if that means slashing budgets and cutting jobs. Helping him in this task is sexy assistant Emma Weatherfield.<br /><br />But both of them have a secret, Darlings! Damien wants revenge on the company for bankrupting his family years and years ago and Emma is actually spying on Damien to get information to her bosses at Megalos-De Luca Enterprises!<br /><br />What happens when thoughts of revenge and spying are replaced with lust? When Damien finds himself falling for Emma, and Emma finds herself falling for the dangerous billionaire, more than just their lives are at stake. They could also lose their hearts, to each other!<br /><br />Oh, Darlings, I can’t tell you how much I loved Billionaire Extraordinaire! It gave me a hot flash so hot that it melted my panties! And it was so funny, I laughed so hard that Juan, my poolboy, wondered what was wrong with me!<br /><br />If you want a good read for the summer, Darlings, this one is it! It’s short, sweet and oh, so satisfying. <strong>Five out of Five Pearls</strong> Darlings!<br /><br />Until the next hot read!<br /><em><strong><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />Dame Vanessa Charles<br /></span></strong></em>Dame Vanessa Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17289584411849113543noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3041615798773514707.post-48460767172819679212009-06-13T11:47:00.001-07:002009-06-13T11:48:20.902-07:00Protector of One by Rachel Lee<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB6ulazgCyiaIxzm7pPIOuvUJfwPI67itTLLUHKxWcNnE9estz0BUWd6JBtuWfZZSeZ9dUCb05qxn_jKQsdduErAMNy1iQcwJYleuNBZT4NPaLNeLBEjPGTUN62jRNckpO_iPly-jhqlXE/s1600-h/n296922.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346885786893167954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 278px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 401px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB6ulazgCyiaIxzm7pPIOuvUJfwPI67itTLLUHKxWcNnE9estz0BUWd6JBtuWfZZSeZ9dUCb05qxn_jKQsdduErAMNy1iQcwJYleuNBZT4NPaLNeLBEjPGTUN62jRNckpO_iPly-jhqlXE/s400/n296922.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br />Oh, Darlings!<br /><br />There’s nothing sexier than a good, strong cowboy who likes to ride his filly! I should know. I’ve slept with enough cowboys to open my own ranch! But I don’t like boring cowboys. This usually means cowboys who do nothing but talk about breeding instead of DOING the breeding; with me that is.<br /><br />The same applies to romance novels featuring cowboys. I want it to be sexy, fun, dangerous. Well, Protector of One was none of those things.<br /><br />It all started out so WELL, Darlings. It’s a shame that it didn’t continue.<br /><br />In Protector of One, we meet Kerry Tomlinson. She’s got a mysterious ability that helps her to see things. When she starts to see a serial killer moving around the small town of Conrad County, she turns to Adrian Goddard for help.<br /><br />But something begins to flame between the cop and the psychic and soon they are trying to escape the passion of their hearts as well as the danger!<br /><br />Well, Darlings, it sounds exciting. It was for the first forty pages or so and then the story just goes poof! Like a puff of smoke. After such a great fantastic start, the plot gets boring boring boring.<br /><br />The book does end well, Darlings, with a happy ending and love all around, but oh, Darlings. Something with psychic visions should be exciting! Not boring like home ec or filling in your taxes.<br /><br />I wish I had liked this book more as it had so much promise, but Protector of One only gets Two out of Five Pearls.<br /><br />So sad, but true. Like so many men I have known...<br /><br />Kiss Kiss Darlings! </div><div><br /><strong><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><em> Dame Vanessa Charles</em></span></strong></div>Dame Vanessa Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17289584411849113543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3041615798773514707.post-73504764695681722962009-06-13T11:16:00.000-07:002009-06-13T11:20:33.728-07:00Midnight Cravings by Various Authors<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigqf2QUxfAUr6004tPIL565bRIaLKrWe-KYwLCRP7ygygSKAWEKZz7oPLYYnIazck8kiWifhx0mjPnPcF2x02yx-6x77xvviGJUoEPmak6K-fE9RAtEKSYP2OL8QlqekpnThhpXtBTZQ-X/s1600-h/aprilNBcravings.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346878496485120978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 258px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigqf2QUxfAUr6004tPIL565bRIaLKrWe-KYwLCRP7ygygSKAWEKZz7oPLYYnIazck8kiWifhx0mjPnPcF2x02yx-6x77xvviGJUoEPmak6K-fE9RAtEKSYP2OL8QlqekpnThhpXtBTZQ-X/s400/aprilNBcravings.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br />Hello Darlings!<br /><br />Sometimes, this Dame just needs a quickie. And I’m not talking about the quickie I had with my pool boy Juan in the pool house the other day. Come to think of it, that one was a little too quick, if you get my meaning.<br /><br />No Darlings, I’m actually talking about short little romances. Well, imagine my delight upon finding Midnight Cravings. It’s made up of six short little novella’s. Inside Midnight Cravings, you’ll find the following:<br /><br />Racing the Moon by Michelle Hauf<br />Mate of the Wolf by Kate Whiddon<br />Captured by Lori Divoti<br />Dreamcatcher by Anna Leonard<br />Mahina’s Storm by Vivi Anna<br />Broken Souls by Bonnie Banak<br /><br />Now, Darlings, I’m a little unsure how to rate this book. Three of the stories were really good: Mate of the Wolf was a hot little story that, even though it was short, got me emotionally involved with the characters.<br /><br />Dreamcatcher by Anna Leonard was completely different from anything I’ve read before, and stood out because of it.<br /><br />The best story in the collection was Mahina’s Storm by the incredible Vivi Anna. That story got this Dame’s blood rolling.<br /><br />Now for the bad: Captured is the second story I’ve read by Lori Divoti and I am pretty sure it will be the last. Just like Dark Crusade, the plot made no sense and I didn’t care a lick for the characters; and you all know how I like a good lick.<br /><br />Racing the Moon by Michelle Hauf is horrible; I’ve never liked her work and this story didn’t win me over at all. Badly written romance is still badly written.<br /><br />And I’m torn with Broken Souls. I think, had Bonnie Banak tried to fit this story into a novel and given it more time, it would have been lovely. But it felt VERY rushed in a short story.<br /><br />Now, this is just my opinion, Darlings. You may like the other stories more than I did. But Midnight Cravings is indeed perfect when you get that craving for a little something extra. Because I enjoyed four out of the six stories, I’m going to give the collection <strong>Three out of Five Pearls. </strong></div><div><br /> It’s not great, but it’s not horrible either. That's how I feel about all my ex husbands! </div><div> </div><div>Until the next sexy read Darlings! </div><div> </div><div>Kiss Kiss, </div><div> </div><div><strong><span style="font-family:courier new;"><em>Dame Vanessa Charles</em></span></strong></div>Dame Vanessa Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17289584411849113543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3041615798773514707.post-91163854835079160252009-06-13T07:14:00.000-07:002009-06-13T07:15:18.552-07:00Dark deceiver by Pamela Palmer<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgofoLrrO0CCkdplb9BRPJL1yuviqdBzOfk0vT8quy3MqLjS01FEpDbKQBKtB25oaNG2Nz8Bi3JuITd1oekgWEj8dNUXbPeMWmBWZOjxzaEVHfnnSmz-fkDDWAgmosq9nngCDGZSxNNqWGS/s1600-h/n258420.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346815417687377314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 253px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgofoLrrO0CCkdplb9BRPJL1yuviqdBzOfk0vT8quy3MqLjS01FEpDbKQBKtB25oaNG2Nz8Bi3JuITd1oekgWEj8dNUXbPeMWmBWZOjxzaEVHfnnSmz-fkDDWAgmosq9nngCDGZSxNNqWGS/s400/n258420.jpg" border="0" /></a>Oh, my Darling Ones!<br /><br />I was so excited to read Dark Deceiver by Pamela Palmer! You will recall of course that The Dark Gate, the first book in the Esri Series, was one of my very favourite romance novels ever.<br /><br />Well, Darlings, I should have known that nothing could be as perfect the second time around. I was reminded of when I married my second husband, Hector Rivera. He had seemed so much better than the first husband, until I found out he liked to buy me lovely lingerie and then try it on himself. But I digress.<br /><br />Dark Deceiver is about Kenderil the Dark who is sent from Esri to invade the human realm. He has one task: steal back the stones of power and kill the small band of humans who do not fall under the Esri spells and magic.<br /><br />The only problem is he falls in love with Autumn McGinn, a regular human who is not immune as the others are. As he tries to infiltrate their plans and learn more about what they plan to do, he finds himself losing his heart to this beautiful creature.<br /><br />Will they fall in love or will Kenderil lose everything when she finds out who he is?<br /><br />Well, Darlings, this book was…okay. After reading The Dark Gate, I was left spellbound and hungering for more more more! Well, I am afraid that Dark Deciever didn’t deliver. Now, don’t get me wrong Darlings, it was good. But it was like when you’re expecting chocolate cake and you bite into it only to discover the chef has baked a low fat chocolate cake instead. Terribly depressing.<br /><br />There was no plot to this book Darlings, not really. Though the action starts right away on page one, part of what made The Dark Gate so incredible was the intense characters, the back stories, the unknown. There was none of that here. Now, I did enjoy it Darlings, but Dark Deceiver did not having me gripping the pages in white orgasmic glee.<br /><br />So I’m going to have to give Dark Deceiver <strong>Three out of Five Pearls</strong> and hope that Ms. Palmer turns up the heat for the next Esri book.<br /><br />Till the next sexy read Darlings!<br /><br />Kiss Kiss,<br /><br /><strong><em><span style="font-family:verdana;">Dame Vanessa Charles</span></em></strong><br /><div></div>Dame Vanessa Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17289584411849113543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3041615798773514707.post-33894735117571206122009-06-13T07:03:00.001-07:002009-06-13T07:03:53.488-07:00Dark Crusade by Lori Devoti<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFBAeY76Na_Ik9cD2_2md4ZElhX7ezssRAV0bZxWQAixWeq_6Ykq5y3WltB0b7DOb1xBCHATKTw3gZtZlWCKS6alSmvTtUUJfo0lx1xhNRYrnutz_0DmgCsNHeyU7J29I7COI3XAMWNkR3/s1600-h/dark_cru.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346812565785061218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 252px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFBAeY76Na_Ik9cD2_2md4ZElhX7ezssRAV0bZxWQAixWeq_6Ykq5y3WltB0b7DOb1xBCHATKTw3gZtZlWCKS6alSmvTtUUJfo0lx1xhNRYrnutz_0DmgCsNHeyU7J29I7COI3XAMWNkR3/s400/dark_cru.jpg" border="0" /></a> My Darlings,<br /><br />You know that I always love a good book. Well, I love a good man for that matter, but that’s besides the point. You know that I give every book I read a fair chance. I give every man I sleep with a fair chance too, but we’re not here to talk about that.<br /><br />When I picked up Dark Crusade by Lori Devoti, it sounded like an incredibly thrilling paranormal suspense novel. Exiled shapeshifer Kerr Vik finds himself in Gunngar, a land in between worlds.<br /><br />His keeps thinking of the woman he loves, a witch named Heather Moore, and draws satisfaction from knowing that she is safe. But she has been transported to Gunngar too, right in the middle of a witch hunt!<br /><br />Without Kerr’s protection, and his love, Heather may find herself burning at the stake like a large slab of barbequed pork!<br /><br />See, Darlings? Doesn’t it sound exciting? Well, Darlings, it is my unfortunate duty to tell you that not only is Dark Crusade NOT exciting. It’s also tedious. I didn’t like Kerr, I didn’t like Heather. The book seemed to go all over the place with no sense of plot or purpose.<br /><br />And Darlings…I’m ashamed to admit this. I’m reminded of the time I had to tell my gardener that he had to replant the peonies after we had crushed them during our lovemaking, but that’s another story. Darlings, I’m ashamed to say that the book was so bad, I couldn’t even finish it.<br /><br />I finish every book I read Darlings, every single book. I just could not stomach this one. For that reason alone I give it <strong>One out of Five Pearls</strong>. My lowest rating ever. It pains me to do it, Darlings, but needs must.<br /><br />Hopefully the next sexy read will be better!<br /><br />Kiss Kiss,<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Dame Vanessa Charles</span></strong><br /><br /><div></div>Dame Vanessa Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17289584411849113543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3041615798773514707.post-61269028677425611142009-06-13T06:47:00.000-07:002009-06-13T06:48:59.384-07:00A Weaver Wedding by Allison Leigh<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFUQODnEzyBxUR-44DqlnnUpge5hlGnjj8eutb1-aF4-qYH1k6Jh0BsqFd8gXtsgXxTu3G6D7kQXKs3zXENZgI8Aehd9e3xfnQ9UL0sJLhx08TEL7eshLZ4PLC2yCmqUcHIBKtaausZ42t/s1600-h/Weaver.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346808641507582306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 253px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFUQODnEzyBxUR-44DqlnnUpge5hlGnjj8eutb1-aF4-qYH1k6Jh0BsqFd8gXtsgXxTu3G6D7kQXKs3zXENZgI8Aehd9e3xfnQ9UL0sJLhx08TEL7eshLZ4PLC2yCmqUcHIBKtaausZ42t/s400/Weaver.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Oh, Darlings, there is nothing that makes a romance more titillating than a secret. I love a good secret, don’t you? For instance, one of my secrets is that I adore it when men wear thongs. Well, I probably shouldn’t have said that Darlings.<br /><br />But no matter! A Weaver Wedding is absolutely to die for. When Tara meets the handsome Axel Clay, they share a weekend of hot, passionate monkey sex. Then he leaves her, cold and alone Darlings! She would be better off with a mink shawl!<br /><br />Then, months later, he returns. Only now he’s assigned to be her bodyguard! Tara wants nothing to do with the sexy and hunky Axel and rightly so since he jilted her. But she also doesn’t want him finding out about the baby he’s carrying!<br /><br />Oh, the scandal Darlings! I love a good scandal as much as I love a good secret! The tension in this book is stronger than an elastic and the passion! Oh, Darlings, the passion nearly sizzles off of the page.<br /><br />Now, Darlings, you know I normally like a touch of the paranormal, but for a contemporary romance, A Weaver Wedding left me hot and bothered! I wonder if Axel Clay has a brother? I know he’s not real Darlings, but a girl can dream.<br /><br />Five out of Five Pearls Darlings!<br /><br />Until the next sexy read,<br /><br />Kiss Kiss!<br /><br /> <strong><span style="font-family:georgia;">Dame Vanessa Charles</span></strong><br /><div></div>Dame Vanessa Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17289584411849113543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3041615798773514707.post-65649635624848511162007-08-07T10:56:00.000-07:002007-08-07T10:57:24.050-07:00Touch fo the Wolf by Karen Whiddon<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkHtnkZTOf-4lGKLGEjLdxwaO7byfWsVAg4OgFWfBIMjnZgXK85T_OZTFHRVIeD3aLnW8A4dri2-oPIOpODNY5UjYLJ4izF1FaXsvAN5dEBHLg4coWIxR2NCIHGSo5rxrIG0bv-KVuacvk/s1600-h/wolf.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096019145909250706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkHtnkZTOf-4lGKLGEjLdxwaO7byfWsVAg4OgFWfBIMjnZgXK85T_OZTFHRVIeD3aLnW8A4dri2-oPIOpODNY5UjYLJ4izF1FaXsvAN5dEBHLg4coWIxR2NCIHGSo5rxrIG0bv-KVuacvk/s320/wolf.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I love any book that has paranormal aspects, wolves an shape shifters! This book has all three Darlings!<br /><br />Of course, my chauffer Jose can be a wolf in bed, but that’s an entirely different matter!<br /><br />Shape shifter Lucaine Herrick arrives in a small Texas town in search of a myth. A Halfling healer who has no idea that werewolf blood runs in her veins. She has the power to heal shifters with one touch. Lucaine didn’t believe that she existed but when he finds her he is even more shocked to find that she is his mate.<br /><br />Samantha Warren is frightened at first when Luc reveals that he is a werewolf. She is even more shocked when he tells her that she is part wolf; that pack blood runs and leaps inside her. Can she trust someone she thinks is mad?<br /><br />They have other problems however. Something, or someone, is stalking Samantha in the shadows and he wants her for himself. Can Luc protect Samantha, get her to heal an ailing child werewolf and protect his ice cold heart?<br /><br />When Samantha is kidnapped and taken from him, Luc knows that nothing else matters but getting his mate back safely. But will she be dead when he finds her?<br /><br />I liked this wolfish tale. It took a while to get started but once it did the plot had more twists and turns than my panties after a night of dancing! Luc was dangerous and brooding and Samantha was a wonderful heroine. She was strong willed and stood her own ground.<br /><br />All in all, a lovely tale. Not my favourite werewolf book, but by no means the worst! This one gets three out of five pearls Darlings and I’m hoping the next Pack book is better and more action packed!<br /><br />Till the next steamy read, Darlings!<br /><br /><br />Dame Vanessa Charles<br /><br /><br /><br /> </div>Dame Vanessa Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17289584411849113543noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3041615798773514707.post-18908980706614029832007-08-07T10:55:00.000-07:002007-08-07T10:56:16.817-07:00Raintree: Sanctuary by Beverly Barton<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQqPKXSd4ndMhUKoQT3eM6IjV86hdrV9PJPMdhzuIrmJukY3DUYnIGSKcuKRQKizWt_OcQeh_lBqkgznRsg9RnunbHGPUd-f6BbfmspyCB9amTlXk1lme9EFGqg0j7rtB64mkxrgbYHyPQ/s1600-h/sanctuary.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096018798016899714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQqPKXSd4ndMhUKoQT3eM6IjV86hdrV9PJPMdhzuIrmJukY3DUYnIGSKcuKRQKizWt_OcQeh_lBqkgznRsg9RnunbHGPUd-f6BbfmspyCB9amTlXk1lme9EFGqg0j7rtB64mkxrgbYHyPQ/s320/sanctuary.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br />Raintree: Sanctuary<br /><br /><br />Things are better in threes Darlings!<br /><br />This is true with chocolate, money and jewellery, the perfect trilogy. My second husband often gifted me with such a trilogy though what I would have preferred is a trilogy of foreplay, steamy sex and cuddling but who am I to complain with a blue box from Tiffany’s?<br /><br />I have waited for the ending of The Raintree Trilogy for three months now and I was not disappointed! It seems the books just get better as you go along. Inferno was okay, Haunted was fantastic and Sanctuary was incredible. This book was hotter than hot, Darlings!<br /><br />War is coming to the Raintree clan! The evil Ansara, their sworn enemy, is about to attack and Mercy Raintree is in danger. She hides a terrible secret and fears the Danir, or leader, of the Ansara clan. Judah Ansara stole her heart years ago and she has loved no other since then.<br /><br />What is she to do, therefore, when he shows up to protect her?<br /><br />The two try to fight their growing attraction but are forced to come together when the battle starts on the Solstice. Aided by her brothers Gideo and Dante, Mercy is able to protect her people. But can she protect herself and her daughter from the man she fears and loves at the same time?<br /><br />Will Mercy be able to protect the Sanctuary and what will become of the Ansara and the Raintree after the war? What strange roll does her daughter play? And will Judah ever love her again?<br /><br />Oh, Darlings, what a conclusion! There is everything you could hope for in this novel: it tied up all the story lines in the previous two books, all the characters from the trilogy were present and mysteries were answered. Most of all, we are witness to a love of the ages. Mercy and Judah are meant to be together and this book simmered with their heat.<br /><br />I didn’t want this book to end, Darlings! I now have to go back to the beginning and read the series one more time. This one gets five out of five pearls, Darlings! I was left breathless! That normally happens after really good sex, but it can happen after a good book too!<br /><br /><br />Kiss Kiss My Darling Ones!<br /><br />Dame Vanessa Charles<br /><div></div>Dame Vanessa Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17289584411849113543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3041615798773514707.post-6504520530163756922007-08-07T10:54:00.000-07:002007-08-07T10:55:01.358-07:00Unforgiven by Lindsay McKenna<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI7AueaS18foejYuoaj-MX94LBcZTvkrCX8JzLKmGWPCYfIu_gJ16ryYyw0mwylBfj_-dubRmS3OO0fM_WXSVBUo7mxG4-qek-IA2QTLLiDPWGKvgA68ulb27A0pSdWwl0MNlKScYUm0DA/s1600-h/unforgiven.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096018544613829234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI7AueaS18foejYuoaj-MX94LBcZTvkrCX8JzLKmGWPCYfIu_gJ16ryYyw0mwylBfj_-dubRmS3OO0fM_WXSVBUo7mxG4-qek-IA2QTLLiDPWGKvgA68ulb27A0pSdWwl0MNlKScYUm0DA/s320/unforgiven.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>There is just something so sexy about shape shifters, Darlings! Especially when they are tall, dark and handsome men. I wish I could find a tall dark and handsome man. All I can find is my chauffeur Darlings! He’s dark and handsome but he’s only four foot nine! His face is right in my cleavage Darlings! He doesn’t seem to mind though.<br /><br />Reno Manchahi is a shape shifter, able to turn from a man to a leopard! He is in prison after the death of his wife and daughter and is given one chance to get out of jail. It will mean killing someone else but Reno looks at killing as just a job. He will do anything to be free.<br /><br />He is sent to Ecuador to eliminate El Espanto, a mysterious figure who helps the poor. Things go crazy when Reno discovers that El Espanto is actually a wealthy lady by the name of Calen Hernandez. The two are instantly attracted to each other but how can they love each other when Reno is sworn to kill her?<br /><br />Things become even more bizarre when they both realize they’re shape shifters and Warriors of the Light. Letting his love for Calen free, they go on a quest to find a mysterious necklace. The love between them blooms to firey heights and the danger they are in escalates as the US government tracks them.<br /><br />But what is the mysterious necklace? What do the Warriors of the Light do? They will have to depend on their love and their shape shifting abilities if they are to survive!<br /><br />I LOVED this book Darlings! It had passion, sex, passion and more sex! It had shape shifting, sub plots, good people triumphing over the bad! Oh, Darlings! If I could get my hands on Reno, I wouldn’t leave my bedroom for weeks on end!<br /><br />The plot is lightning fast and I didn’t get bored at all. The characters are well drawn, likeable and intelligent and the whole element of the paranormal adds so much mystery to the novel!<br /><br />Add to that the fact that Unforgiven is the first in a new miniseries and I’m in heaven Darlings! I have to give this novel four out of five pearls only because the end leaves you guessing. But what an ending it was!<br /><br />Till the next hot read Darlings!<br /><br /><br />Dame Vanessa Charles<br /> </div>Dame Vanessa Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17289584411849113543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3041615798773514707.post-85748400832812777362007-07-07T06:16:00.001-07:002007-07-07T06:17:52.004-07:00Blood Red by Heather Graham<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjKJR2mYKCfcyHddqtz7k_iBccISUr8QDnLL_Lv19tdZdBphiGAoUv32007nckcVv8s4p45auoF95j5e7R4xuGB3mkIlcbx8qf2k9igLAijWi1HYUZSzg4_Y_x8wg7mKJZKarFaTv2CMVc/s1600-h/Blood+Red.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084443411776490594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjKJR2mYKCfcyHddqtz7k_iBccISUr8QDnLL_Lv19tdZdBphiGAoUv32007nckcVv8s4p45auoF95j5e7R4xuGB3mkIlcbx8qf2k9igLAijWi1HYUZSzg4_Y_x8wg7mKJZKarFaTv2CMVc/s320/Blood+Red.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div>Oh, I love a good vampire tale, Darlings! </div><br /><div><br />There is just something that is so erotic about a man running his teeth along your collarbone, wanting to take a bite out of you. </div><br /><div><br />Except of course if you were my second husband, Hector. He had dentures, Darlings! Every time he tried to kiss me on the neck, his teeth would fall out. There is nothing sexy about slobber Darlings! </div><br /><div><br />But thankfully, Blood Red is fantastic, Darlings! Lauren Crow goes to New Orleans with her friends Heidi and Deanna to enjoy a bachlorette weekend. But it goes horribly wrong for Lauren when a fortune teller forecasts her doom! </div><br /><div><br />Lauren is being hunted by two men: Mark Davidson, a vampire hunter. Lauren looks like his first love, Katie, killed at the hands of Stephan. Stephan is also hunting Lauren and wants her for himself. Or, more specifically, her blood. </div><br /><div><br />Fighting what she does not believe is real, Lauren must learn to believe in what she cannot touch. She must also learn to trust Mark Davidson if she is to stay alive. There is a growing passion that is mounting between them and Lauren must decide if her heart is ready for him. For only Mark can protect her from Stephan. </div><br /><div><br />Running from a vampire who desperately wants what runs in her veins, finding love and passion in the arms of a sexy and ravishing vampire hunter…sometimes a girls work is never done….<br />I love every glorious moment of this book, Darlings! It made me want to show more cleavage and lie in wait for my own sexy vampire hunter. Except for the fact that all I have waiting for me is my driver, Jose, who just doesn't do a thing for me, Darlings! </div><br /><div><br />Heather Graham has written a masterpiece of vampire fiction and I gulped this one down in two days flat. It's funny, heart-warming and so very sexy Darlings! I give Blood Red five out of five pearls, Darlings! Anything less would be criminal! </div><br /><div><br />If you're looking for a hot, fantastic read this summer, this is the one, Darlings! Until the next sexy, hot read! </div><br /><div><br />Kiss Kiss</div><br /><div><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:180%;color:#6600cc;"><strong>Dame Vanessa Charles</strong></span></div>Dame Vanessa Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17289584411849113543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3041615798773514707.post-83885134173147253632007-07-04T11:32:00.001-07:002007-07-04T11:34:33.619-07:00Playing With Fire<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOYdYLpr5CAUXQe9YXmhEN4SOb-Mr4sr-eb24k1ECKUlVyqRyPicLctMjTLLlnw-6BN5-yf37mufMZQb-pfDvx8BgQoryWfUCp4L-coQkf2VFiMfmvCqx-ENhhr3GGTkOcI4Fkka2bPYDN/s1600-h/Playing+with+Fire.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5083411580243364946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOYdYLpr5CAUXQe9YXmhEN4SOb-Mr4sr-eb24k1ECKUlVyqRyPicLctMjTLLlnw-6BN5-yf37mufMZQb-pfDvx8BgQoryWfUCp4L-coQkf2VFiMfmvCqx-ENhhr3GGTkOcI4Fkka2bPYDN/s320/Playing+with+Fire.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div>Darlings, I love a good fire.<br /><br />It’s good to roast marshmallows on and it sets the right romantic mood for a sexy date. Except when your date gets burnt by a spark from said fire and the spark happens to have landed on Mr. Winky, thus ending the night’s entertainment prematurely and robbing me of a night of hot, sweaty sex. But I digress.<br /><br />Reading the back of this book, Playing With Fire sounded like a fantastic read. Unfortunately, Darlings, it was anything but fantastic. It was much like an annoying man in a bar that won’t leave you alone. You feel obligated to finish your date out of pity but really all you want to do is go home and eat a tub of ice cream.<br /><br />Bell Jamison has always had tough luck with jobs. She’s been a waitress, a dancer, a maid, a telemarketer and everything in between often working managing to work two jobs at once to support her dad who resides in a nursing home. Regrettably, she also loses as many jobs as she gets.<br /><br />Her present job at Coffee Utopia is no different. Late for work she rushes in to start her shift and a man in a white lab coat rushes in, mumbling nonsense. Belle goes off to contact the police and when she returns, strange men are in the café holding everyone prisoner.<br /><br />They are looking for a formula but no one knows anything. Belle drinks her latte, waiting for the authorities to arrive and finally is able to go home where she falls ill. She wakes two days later with a strange man standing above her bed.<br /><br />Roman informs her that she has drunk a chemical potion that was put in her latte and she now has the power to control the elements; Earth, Air, Fire and Water are all hers to command. Roman gives her an ultimatum: join him and fight those who would use her powers for evil, or he’ll kill her.<br /><br />Belle is in for the fight of her life as she battles bad guys, learns to use her new power and fight the growing attraction she has for Rome. Can she trust a man who wants to kill her? But how can she not when he is the only thing keeping her alive?<br /><br />Sounds good, doesn’t it, Darlings? You would think so but Playing With Fire reminded me of a man with a big car: all flash, no substance. The book just didn’t live up to the cover blurb or the flashy cover itself! So disappointing Darlings!<br /><br />I will try another book from this author but only to see if this one was a fluke. I can only give this one two out of five pearls Darlings!<br /><br />Let’s hope the next hot read is a better one!<br /><br />Kiss Kiss<br /><br />Dame Vanessa Charles </div>Dame Vanessa Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17289584411849113543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3041615798773514707.post-79605932098264794282007-07-03T07:58:00.000-07:002007-07-03T08:14:17.227-07:00Haunted by Linda Winstead Jones<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU8EE71V2-NgPmMvHX0Y65lFJFyvcPf6v-YBDdWF8yHNmxS4ZjLTgC5UDJE38bslmsjaYKKVhzpz1Nov1CBXSQ_w_g6KthcU2Lm3wI77OrmIcFMDKOnM60eltshAtvMHKKNcyNxRVSTRfC/s1600-h/haunted.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082985287559367746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU8EE71V2-NgPmMvHX0Y65lFJFyvcPf6v-YBDdWF8yHNmxS4ZjLTgC5UDJE38bslmsjaYKKVhzpz1Nov1CBXSQ_w_g6KthcU2Lm3wI77OrmIcFMDKOnM60eltshAtvMHKKNcyNxRVSTRfC/s320/haunted.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Oh, Darlings! There’s nothing this Dame enjoys more than sex, love and a bit of magic. But I’ve never been so enthralled with paranormal romance as I have been with the Raintree Trilogy!<br /><br />The Raintree are more than human, Darlings. Each has a power all their own. In the first book in this hotter than hot trilogy, Dante Raintree can control fire. Now, in the second, Gideon Raintree can control electricity and he can talk to spirits!<br /><br />Where his brother Dante is all fire and brimstone, Gideon is like a tall, muscled drink of water! Gideon is a police officer and is tracking a deadly serial killer. His new partner, Hope, gets on his nerves because he is used to working alone. He can talk to spirits easier that way. But what bothers him most is the attraction he feels for her.<br /><br />When a serial killer starts killing people, Gideon is concerned. When his cousin’s roommate is killed in error instead of his cousin, Gideon realizes that he’s in trouble. Someone is targeting the Raintree clan and the only people who would do that are the Ansara, their sworn enemies.<br /><br />Now Gideon must find out who wants them dead, protect Hope who he is beginning to love all in a race against time. Before their time runs out…<br /><br />Oh, Darlings! If only Gidieon Raintree really existed! I would ask him to contact my fourth husband to ask that stupid man where he put my black pearls! I’ve been looking for them everywhere Darlings and can’t find them! Well, that and I’d ask him the code to the safe behind my portrait. I can’t remember the combination, Darlings! It’s so hard to remember numbers when there are so many sexy men to read about.<br /><br />Raintree: Haunted was so much better than the first novel. While Linda Howard did an okay job of setting things up, Linda Winstead-Jones takes things a step further and gives us a story we can sink our teeth into. Gideon is far less annoying than Dante and is a far better hero. The love he feels for Hope leaps off the page and you can really believe that these two will have a love for the ages.<br /><br />But again, there’s no real ending, Darlings! It ends all too soon! Like far too many dates I’ve had lately. As soon as I ask the man I’m with to pay for dinner its excuses, excuses, excuses! I know this is a trilogy, Darlings, but would an ending be too much to ask for? It’s like the promise of sex with no foreplay; just so unappetizing!<br /><br />Oh, but don’t despair Darlings! I give Raintree: Haunted four out of five pearls! It’s an excellent read and a wonderful book. Now I just have to be patient and work my way through Raintree: Sanctuary to find out how the whole mystery ends!<br /><br />Till the next hot read, Darlings!<br /><br />Kiss Kiss<br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;color:#663366;">Dame Vanessa Charles</span></div>Dame Vanessa Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17289584411849113543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3041615798773514707.post-40396649428921852242007-06-05T11:38:00.000-07:002007-06-05T12:02:51.360-07:00Under the Microscope<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNppH1szg0sfdBj5TmWCgE4vbpzlQLwGtVo3m7cXBfnfxIpTqg6oLXiZCY-6L93LQM_-996QyNIPATippX3PSWNba0jBqeACxZyRU684bDwzk4Qv_6eo2LPuY2ekMdS_AZ56RXcLqCYg0l/s1600-h/underthemicroscope.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5072655053718316402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNppH1szg0sfdBj5TmWCgE4vbpzlQLwGtVo3m7cXBfnfxIpTqg6oLXiZCY-6L93LQM_-996QyNIPATippX3PSWNba0jBqeACxZyRU684bDwzk4Qv_6eo2LPuY2ekMdS_AZ56RXcLqCYg0l/s320/underthemicroscope.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br />Hello my Darlings!<br /><br />Wouldn’t it be lovely if there was a drug that could stimulate women? Like Viagra? Strong enough for a man but made for a woman? Well that’s just what one woman creates in this sexy medical thriller!<br /><br />Raine has created the ultimate woman’s drug: Thriller. Designed to jump start a woman’s failing libido (and really, Darlings, is it any wonder that a woman’s libido fails. I mean, have you SEEN a man’s penis? Some of them look like chicken necks!) Thriller is destined to become the next big drug.<br /><br />Until four women die. Now Raine must hire an investigator to find out who killed the woman before the FDA shuts her down. Raine knows that her drug didn’t do it and that she’s being set up for the crime. Turning to the only man she can think of, Raine runs to Max Vanesk.<br /><br />After leaving him three years ago, Raine knows that Max may have trouble trusting her. But they will both have to overcome their issues as someone wants them dead. Someone knows that Raine and Max are investigating the deaths of the four women and someone wants them quiet. After her office blows up, Raine knows she is in a fight for her life; and her heart….<br /><br />Oh Darlings! What a fantastic, wonderful read. It’s been so long since I’ve read such a great romance that was also a fantastic suspense novel! And the sex! Oh, Darlings! It was so hot I had to blow on my fingers to cool them off. Then I went in search of my chauffeur, a delightful man named Jose who only speaks the language of l’amour!<br /><br />There is passion here, there is heat, there is romance and there is mystery! What more can a woman ask for? I loved how Max and Raine finally let themselves go and let their hearts speak to each other. And of course, the fact that Max was built and hung didn’t hurt either.<br /><br />I give this one four out of five Darlings! Perfect for a hot, sexy afternoon!<br /><br />Till the next hot toddy!<br /><br />Kiss Kiss<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Dame Vanessa Charles</span> </span></div>Dame Vanessa Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17289584411849113543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3041615798773514707.post-33657506306569830152007-06-05T11:37:00.000-07:002007-06-05T12:03:45.189-07:00The Dark Gate<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2FUPFt2guCa7Z219omPxo8K4X8uR0FX5yqG2v-VPwNxSA9n_lNPgO4s52wG62nYLZFe5KagOHGtwTNdtC5rrRjuOVPiwqEgXDQ3k7WaF2bOvw0hu3hYORPPwNTnQot8LBEMDRIEysNYtc/s1600-h/THEDARKGATE.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5072657918461502850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2FUPFt2guCa7Z219omPxo8K4X8uR0FX5yqG2v-VPwNxSA9n_lNPgO4s52wG62nYLZFe5KagOHGtwTNdtC5rrRjuOVPiwqEgXDQ3k7WaF2bOvw0hu3hYORPPwNTnQot8LBEMDRIEysNYtc/s320/THEDARKGATE.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div>Oh Darlings!<br /><br />It’s been so long since I’ve read such a fantastic book! I love books that have passion, sex, a plot and sex and great characters that have lots of sex. Oh, Darlings, I have sex on the brain, but don’t let that distract you from this amazing new novel!<br /><br />Jack is a man with secrets. Able to hear voices inside his head, he thinks he is going mad. He knows that he may indeed go insane, succumbing to the same illness that took his father. He meets Larsen, a talented lawyer who has her own incredible secret: she sees visions of other people’s deaths!<br /><br />The two come together to find out just who is raping girls and leaving no trace. The killer is so thorough that not even the victims remember him. Larsen and Jack think they are after a mortal, but they soon find out that they are really hunting an Eresi, one of the Fey.<br /><br />Larsen and Jack must fight an unknown foe and give into the passion that comes to life inside them if they are to make it through to the end alive. But they will have to first trust each other and trust their gifts….<br /><br />Oh, Darlings, what a book this was! I was pulled in from the first page and it never let me go! The characters are well drawn and what I wouldn’t give to get my hands on the incredibly sexy Jack! The best news, Darlings, is that it’s going to be a series! This means I can fill my fantasies with Jack in the future!<br /><br />The only thing that kept bugging me was that Larsen kept having visions and once it was during a hot sex scene! Nothing would make me go limp and dry like seeing someone kick the bucket! Larsen must have been really horny or have stronger will power. Although this Dame has slept with some men who could qualify as the living dead, I take my hat off to her!<br /><br />I give this book five out of five pearls, Darlings! Simply fantastic!<br /><br />Till the next hot read Darlings!<br /><br />Kiss Kiss<br /><br />Dame Vanessa Charles<br /></div><br /><div></div>Dame Vanessa Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17289584411849113543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3041615798773514707.post-45384390733111757582007-06-05T11:36:00.000-07:002007-06-05T11:37:15.423-07:00Familiar Double<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSadwv_7K7PEh0xChi5RIkMnDkAwT5L6ENrSFHybN9SfmZvJERnTccpJJ2wTwfvlx7IY8y4utW_C6l1R1cLezEjwbT608UdAjC5muHyifPQpHwK3jp9yBv2EzCeAPsYGKYjQlEhr0LUtQR/s1600-h/double.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5072650994974221634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSadwv_7K7PEh0xChi5RIkMnDkAwT5L6ENrSFHybN9SfmZvJERnTccpJJ2wTwfvlx7IY8y4utW_C6l1R1cLezEjwbT608UdAjC5muHyifPQpHwK3jp9yBv2EzCeAPsYGKYjQlEhr0LUtQR/s320/double.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div> </div><div>I have been a cat lover for as long as I can remember, Darlings! So how wonderful was it for me to find Familiar Double by Caroline Burnes, starring Familiar, a black cat who solves mysteries! How cute and precious is that, Darlings? Maybe I can get him to do my house cleaning too!<br /><br />Familiar is in Hollywood and finds himself the stunt double for a cat in the movie Midnight Magic. He works alongside Nicole, a beautiful stuntwoman and Jax, the stunt co-ordinator. From the very beginning, sparks fly between the unlikely pair!<br /><br />But then disaster strikes! An ear ring goes missing from the leading ladies trailer and Nicole is accused of the theft! It seems her father may have had a hand in stealing a large jewel, the Eye of Isis, twenty years ago. He always claimed his innocence and now his daughter may suffer because of his fate!<br /><br />Not if Familiar and the handsome, ravishing Jax have anything to do about it. Jax is a Texan and in Texas they stand by their women. Jax bails her out of jail and promises to help her find who did steal the jewel. But soon, the two find themselves unravelling a twenty year old mystery with the help of that frisky feline, Familiar!<br /><br />But there someone on their heels. Someone wants them dead at any cost.<br /><br />Oh, Darlings, what a fantastic book! I wasn’t sure I would like a cat who solved crimes, but he made me laugh and charmed me from the very first page. The only problem I had with this book was that it had no sex! Not one single hot sweaty monkey sex scene! This left me feeling kind of randy and I had to have a go with my gardener. He’s sixty if he’s a day and I know he doesn’t make much money as I pay him Darlings!<br /><br />But I still give this book three out of five pearls because the love story if wonderful and the mystery is fantastic. Read on, Darlings and become familiar with this feline series!<br /><br />Kiss Kiss<br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;">Dame Vanessa Charles</span><br /> </div>Dame Vanessa Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17289584411849113543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3041615798773514707.post-38638287647884719292007-05-22T09:09:00.001-07:002007-05-22T09:10:19.131-07:00The Substitute Sister<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFIsHGp9CRBsWPs6jXMjJRIess-cAAtTTtGNahJ5h4hyphenhyphenvQofuyWFea6ZitXA5ITSryv7VIDqt_rn5kEhpkDJ0Z2w-ueEISQc_oI52E2-O2T6iutNve3MoiKong6YTLqE45RBspLsvYgXNH/s1600-h/Sister.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067418042721996162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFIsHGp9CRBsWPs6jXMjJRIess-cAAtTTtGNahJ5h4hyphenhyphenvQofuyWFea6ZitXA5ITSryv7VIDqt_rn5kEhpkDJ0Z2w-ueEISQc_oI52E2-O2T6iutNve3MoiKong6YTLqE45RBspLsvYgXNH/s320/Sister.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div>Oh, Darlings! What is it with boring romances lately? Can’t anyone write a good, steamy sex scene anymore? I delved into The Substitute Sister by Lisa Childs expecting a fun, gothic romance with brooding men and waves splashing on rocks. What I got instead was a whiney heroine, a very bizarre man and a romance that had no fire to drive away the cold nights.<br /><br />And this Dame has a lot of cold nights, Darlings, due to the fact that I just can’t find Mr. Right. Or even Mr. Right Now. It’s very sad Darlings, but don’t cry for me (Argentina), cry for this novel. Darlings, it just left me cold!<br /><br />Sasha hasn’t spoken to her twin sister Nadine since her husband to be ditched her at the alter and went after Nadine instead. Now, years later, she finds out that her sister has been murdered and has left behind a two year old girl named Annie and Reed, a cop who felt more for her sister than friendship.<br /><br />When Sasha arrives on Sunset Island, she finds more than she bargained for. Her sister left her a house, a large mansion on a cliff, where mysterious things happen at night. And there is an attraction building between Sasha and Reed, the disturbed cop. But does he love her or her dead sister?<br /><br />With a killer on the lose, Sasha and Reed must race against time to find the killer and give in to the passion that threatens to consume them.<br /><br />You would think this book would be exciting. You would think that this Dame would love the paranormal element in the story. But I was so BORED Darlings! I have never been so bored in my life, except if you count the time I was dating the grammar teacher with the small penis. Every time I’d have a fake orgasm in bed and cry out “Oh god oh god oh god!” and he would stop what he was doing and say: “That’s a run on sentence, Vanessa. It really should be Oh god comma oh god comma oh god period. You don’t want to over use the exclamation mark.”<br /><br />Honestly!<br /><br />At any rate darlings, stay away from this one. It just made me want to fall asleep and left me with a weird, funny feeling that reminds me of how I feel after a visit from Jehovah Witnesses. Two pearls, Darlings, and that’s being generous!<br /><br /><br />Till the next read! May it be better than this one!<br /><br />Kiss Kiss,<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Dame Vanessa Charles</span> </div>Dame Vanessa Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17289584411849113543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3041615798773514707.post-361460498671624542007-05-22T09:08:00.001-07:002007-05-22T09:09:28.058-07:00Born In Death<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqfR-i5WCoFulFni9FG1fk3RYsSrF2wlvam721X47jXXLJfA8J-GOWXGCcz_VoyGJ-E31aCHbBvg95Jkj1Fj30oHUgmM14InWXpMz4SIGQrXaRwau9S0KAK5CYrXemgkjSFp8IJdSXi11p/s1600-h/born.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067417772139056498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqfR-i5WCoFulFni9FG1fk3RYsSrF2wlvam721X47jXXLJfA8J-GOWXGCcz_VoyGJ-E31aCHbBvg95Jkj1Fj30oHUgmM14InWXpMz4SIGQrXaRwau9S0KAK5CYrXemgkjSFp8IJdSXi11p/s320/born.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Oh, Darlings. There’s nothing I hate more than a limp noodle. It’s squishy, embarrassing and there’s not much you can do with it except pity the darn thing.<br /><br />I feel much the same about Born In Death, Nora Roberts’ latest outing as JD Robb. The book concerns the death of two number crunchers who were engaged to be married. The two die a grisly death and Eve Dallas, sexy New York Cop from the future, has to figure out why.<br /><br />Also involved is a case of a missing mommy to be. Trudy goes missing and her friend, Mavis, hires Eve to find the pregnant woman. Of course, the two cases come together and Eve must juggle her personal life with her professional, otherwise more people will die.<br /><br />Sounds exciting, doesn’t it? Well, that’s what I thought when the last man I slept with told me he had to wear large underwear because of his size. Except he was talking about his large behind not his large….assets, which turned out to be anything but large. So disappointing, Darlings!<br /><br />As was this book. It was boring, tired and flat, Darlings and I could hardly finish it! Normally the sexy love scenes between Eve and the dashing Rourke make my mouth water but by the end, I didn’t even care about the sexy Irishman! And the day that I don’t care about a sexy, naked Irishman is when I know a book is in trouble.<br /><br />This Dame thinks that Ms. Roberts’ should go out and have lots and lots of sex so that she remembers what passion is. She could also benefit from slowing down on the number of books she puts out. This one rated only one pearl, Darlings. I know, I was heart broken, but you will be too if you read this book!<br /><br />Till the next read, Darlings. I hope its better!<br /><br />Kiss Kiss,<br /><br />Dame Vanessa Charles<br /><div></div>Dame Vanessa Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17289584411849113543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3041615798773514707.post-48582745559369950282007-05-08T10:39:00.000-07:002007-05-08T10:40:36.665-07:00Blood Calls<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaDMvk8zEWkgsbBL83GBIbcmjehVJ9F30xokbHT9P6on2Galp4lR5OXNLyi3ms_FlljgzW0ADyDU-IlsdS-gXJ9HRL15H8o5GWsSEGxtzuyFA6R1QRvkB9B81DTG2om7wFhK9VFseFsku2/s1600-h/bloodcalls.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5062245848208614354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaDMvk8zEWkgsbBL83GBIbcmjehVJ9F30xokbHT9P6on2Galp4lR5OXNLyi3ms_FlljgzW0ADyDU-IlsdS-gXJ9HRL15H8o5GWsSEGxtzuyFA6R1QRvkB9B81DTG2om7wFhK9VFseFsku2/s320/bloodcalls.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Darlings, there is nothing I enjoy more than a little bite during foreplay! And does this book have bite! I don’t mind a little biting as long as his teeth stay away from my plastic surgery. It takes a lot of money to look this good, Darlings!<br /><br />Diego Rivera is no stranger to loneliness. After losing the love of his life, he has shut out his heart to love. That is until he meets the enchanting Ramona, a talented painter who is hiding a horrible secret.<br /><br />He feels such lust for her but he resists as he knows there can be no love between him and a mortal; for Diego is a vampire. But he cannot ignore his feelings for her, cannot ignore how she makes him feel.<br /><br />When Ramona becomes involved in an art scandal, Diego comes to her aid and lets himself feel for the first time in years. But when it looks as if he may lose Ramona, Diego is faced with a horrible choice: let her die or turn her into a vampire.<br /><br />Can Diego work out his feelings for the ravishing Ramona and save her before it is too late?<br /><br />Oh, Darlings! There is nothing I love more than passion and this book has it in spades! It’s sultry, erotic and so very gorgeous. This Dame found herself drooling through most of it! I wanted to reach into the book and pull Diego out of the pages for my very own. A hot Cuban lover, Darlings! Oh, it set my blood boiling!<br /><br />It reminded me of one time when a gentleman approached me in a restaurant and asked if I had ever had a Cuban. I replied no, I had not had the pleasure. I batted my eyes and made pouty lips at him and he handed me a cigar. Darlings, I was heart broken! I wanted him, not a cigar!<br /><br />Either way, this book is beyond fantastic. I give it five out of five pearls! Hot hot hot, Darlings! Diego can bite me anytime!<br /><br /><br />Till the next steamy read, Darlings,<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"><strong>Dame Vanessa Charles</strong></span></div>Dame Vanessa Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17289584411849113543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3041615798773514707.post-63737656615069083402007-05-07T06:16:00.000-07:002007-05-07T06:19:42.675-07:00Raintree: Inferno<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYDGuyaO9EyMmC2bkB8CpLTU9oAU12FrAqm4s2Cce-5HLmUjileczc7IEHH8-RGtqg2oO4SC-RUHUAHvyQVndrwsGUzMIJZ_Vmdpw0mZsqBopVXBVIZDnj8KTFqlAS9FLPllldbUO3s0Py/s1600-h/0507-9-780373-61762-3-bigw.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061807134479197122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYDGuyaO9EyMmC2bkB8CpLTU9oAU12FrAqm4s2Cce-5HLmUjileczc7IEHH8-RGtqg2oO4SC-RUHUAHvyQVndrwsGUzMIJZ_Vmdpw0mZsqBopVXBVIZDnj8KTFqlAS9FLPllldbUO3s0Py/s320/0507-9-780373-61762-3-bigw.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Oh my Darlings, there is nothing I like better than a good fire. Preferably one between two sexy people, not heartburn.<br /><br />Dante Raintree is the Danir, the leader of the mysterious clan of Raintree. The Raintree can control the elements of nature and have magic abilities. Dante can control fire, can cause fire to bloom in his hand. It calls to him and he is its master.<br /><br />Another who calls to him is alluring Lorna Clay. Caught using her telepathic abilities to cheat in his casino, The Inferno, a fire sparks between the two that threatens to consume them both.<br /><br />That is not all they have to worry about, however. The Ansara, the Raintree’s enemy clan, has gathered strength and is launching an attack that will destroy them all, if the Raintree to not prevail…<br /><br />Oh Darling! I was putting out fires left right and centre while reading this hotter than hot tale of love, lust and magic. It made my blood run hot and I thought for a moment my blood pressure had gone up! I wish that Dante would send some of his magic over here and magic me some money…or a man…or a man with money. Really, Darlings, I’m not picky. Either would do!<br /><br />The only problem I had with this book is that it ended too quickly, much like a lot of men I’ve known. Prematurely, if you catch my drift. The ending was left wide open for the other two books in this sexy trilogy, so there is more to come!<br /><br />Which is more than I can say for my love life. Either way, Darlings, I give this book four out of five pearls! Read it Darlings and feel the heat!<br /><br /><br />Till the next hotter than hot read!<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong>Dame Vanessa Charles</strong></span></div>Dame Vanessa Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17289584411849113543noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3041615798773514707.post-76229025664226314902007-05-07T06:15:00.001-07:002007-05-07T06:16:17.824-07:00Angels Fall<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8yXhvHB-dKjgRFvXtHSzoJBCTpCZp1Mf-D8mXhrgITx3FyqoXwaXmJnwoAlkVKz9GBTVfcpUgicmbNmJyCQv-5k9hcJ7yWqQXSgRDVKCfy-N3nFtF5QGB6HpxhwXa8GappRshQKMjSPvv/s1600-h/Angels_Fall_Roberts.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061806799471748018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8yXhvHB-dKjgRFvXtHSzoJBCTpCZp1Mf-D8mXhrgITx3FyqoXwaXmJnwoAlkVKz9GBTVfcpUgicmbNmJyCQv-5k9hcJ7yWqQXSgRDVKCfy-N3nFtF5QGB6HpxhwXa8GappRshQKMjSPvv/s320/Angels_Fall_Roberts.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><p></p><p>Reece Gilmore is a frightened little mouse, Darlings! After surviving a brutal attack at the restaurant where she cooked, Reece was the sole survivor. She flees, broken hearted and goes where the road will take her. She lands in picturesque Angels Fist, a small town where there are many secrets.<br /><br />When Reece sees a woman murdered, no one in the small town believes her except dark, brooding writer Brody. He is the only one who takes her seriously and the passion between them soon reaches a fever pitch. Both have scars from the past. Can they look past them to let the scars heal?<br /><br />More importantly, Darlings, can they escape with their lives? Someone in the town wants the murder to stay a secret and will stop at nothing. Not even killing again. Soon, Brody and Reece are in a fight for their lives to expose a killer and give into the passion that threatens to burn them to cinders.<br /><br />I wasn’t sure about this book Darlings. It was slow to get going and, once it did, it was fine. But it was like a date without the foreplay. A woman needs foreplay to be truly satisfied! And a lot of foreplay? Well, the sparks that were there just kind of dwindle until you’re left with a desire for chocolate ice cream instead of a roll in the hay.<br /><br />This book was a good read where this Dame could turn off her brain and just read it. But I wanted to be engaged by the characters, by the setting. And the entire thing just left me chilly and wanting more. I’m sad to say this is the case with most of my sexual encounters, but that’s a whole other blog Darlings!<br /><br />I give this book three out of five pearls and hope that Ms. Roberts does better her next time out.<br /><br /><br /><br />Till the next book, Darlings!<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">Dame Vanessa Charles</span></strong></p>Dame Vanessa Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17289584411849113543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3041615798773514707.post-51226467021783943762007-05-07T06:13:00.000-07:002007-05-07T06:15:09.070-07:00Dance of the Gods<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcCE0LwoE8Zk2wOLZoWkVLqYq48kPJ7b6-_F024fMUbNHgTJX5E2ikBTdFUQpDBYnMmcqAB_lsFn1kRKbQ_SdlBU8mR5xZYImMbVuuYc858Rt8pVJlqcRD2QfIXSX0QTlwzBhlUN2CCc5-/s1600-h/dance_gods.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061806421514625954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcCE0LwoE8Zk2wOLZoWkVLqYq48kPJ7b6-_F024fMUbNHgTJX5E2ikBTdFUQpDBYnMmcqAB_lsFn1kRKbQ_SdlBU8mR5xZYImMbVuuYc858Rt8pVJlqcRD2QfIXSX0QTlwzBhlUN2CCc5-/s320/dance_gods.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br />In the second book in the Circle Trilogy, The Circle of Six continue their fight against the Vampire Lilith! This was far better than the first book, Darlings and the adventure is there from the get go!<br /><br />Blair is a vampire hunter who is used to living by her own rules. But when she starts to feel for Larkin, a shape shifter from another time, can she let her shields down long enough to let her heart feel again?<br /><br />Even more pressing is the fact that Lilith is trying to stop them from reaching The Dance of the Gods, a circle of stone which will help them travel back in time to the battlefield where they will face Lilith. Can they gather the armies they need and still find time for a quick romp in the haylofts?<br /><br />Oh, Darlings! Things are heating up and this Dame is glad! I was worried that the trilogy would be long, tired and drawn out but I needn’t have worried. I think the problem, Darlings, is that with Morrigan’s Cross, Ms Roberts wasn’t sure what she was doing in the fantasy romance genre.<br /><br />With Dance of the Gods, she seems to have figured it out! This book has love, lust, magic, shape shifter, vampires and hot steamy sex? What more could you ask for on a hot day or a cold night? I’ve known nothing but cold nights having not found a man who is willing to satisfy my every need (especially my need for jewellery from Tiffany’s) but I digress. <br /><br />I give this book four out of five pearls! This was one hot book and the ending was wide open for what is sure to be an excellent climax! And I do so love a good climax, Darlings!<br /><br /><br />Till the next red hot read,<br /><br /><br /><strong><br /></strong><span style="font-family:courier new;"><strong>Dame Vanessa Charles<br /></strong></span> </div>Dame Vanessa Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17289584411849113543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3041615798773514707.post-86279802961024473782007-05-05T12:15:00.000-07:002007-05-07T06:20:43.273-07:00A Touch of Magic<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQNQV-ZGJi3qWmaXoCK-lw1WAuT8ltK-LLr0whppIFUMT_58fdu0bW6gNQhPpvAHfp0KFvSiBu6ZvM4ufqY-NWrGFKhxGwdIWnSmR8Y6AtMUuQ4FlheX08RofkTTvxO-Xk0TqO436BN5KO/s1600-h/magic1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061157524970644354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQNQV-ZGJi3qWmaXoCK-lw1WAuT8ltK-LLr0whppIFUMT_58fdu0bW6gNQhPpvAHfp0KFvSiBu6ZvM4ufqY-NWrGFKhxGwdIWnSmR8Y6AtMUuQ4FlheX08RofkTTvxO-Xk0TqO436BN5KO/s320/magic1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div>Sex and Magic go together like sexy and chocolate.<br /><br />I am loving the paranormal element to these romance, Darlings! So it was with pleasure I picked up a copy of A Touch of Magic. In it, we are in the future, in the year 2561. And Darlings, sexy men still exist!<br /><br />On the planet Samhain, Tirana Albaster meets Lorne. He is a man that stirs thoughts with in her, thoughts of hot steamy sex and a want and need for satisfaction only he can give. But Lorne is more than meets the eye, Darlings! Magic runs in him as he is blessed by the Goddess.<br /><br />Hunted by killers, will Tirana give into her lust for Lorne? And will she let the Magic that runs in her free? She will have choices to make if she is to live!<br /><br />Oh, Darlings! This book has everything! Love, lust, spaceships, magic, sexy men, magical creatures! I felt like I was watching a pornographic episode of Star Treck meets Bewitched! I absolutely loved this hot, elegent tale.<br /><br />I give it four out of five pearls Darlings. I just wish my body could go on an outer space adventure and that the planet Samhain actually existed. Maybe men in outer space wouldn't care that I'm fifty?<br /><br />Till the next read, Darlings!<br /><br /><strong><br />Dame Vanessa Charles</strong></div>Dame Vanessa Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17289584411849113543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3041615798773514707.post-71946631110919949702007-05-05T12:08:00.000-07:002007-05-07T06:21:03.633-07:00Hunters Pride<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4B2jcVzU0DPCS2Bp8oiK4CX8v1Xt2AkEkwjZkgNT_g6cEzu062812QrCBjwpIWkADGUcq_y4HiEE0OEAZweYitm7v1dNitr9eYNHuJ6L11ldr_Va8j7piLGQzkBzDllQ-NHFbbbyzZ2VP/s1600-h/pride2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061155605120263026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4B2jcVzU0DPCS2Bp8oiK4CX8v1Xt2AkEkwjZkgNT_g6cEzu062812QrCBjwpIWkADGUcq_y4HiEE0OEAZweYitm7v1dNitr9eYNHuJ6L11ldr_Va8j7piLGQzkBzDllQ-NHFbbbyzZ2VP/s320/pride2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Oh Darlings!<br /><br />There is nothing sexier than a shape shifter. Especially one who is a ravishing man and then a sexy, hunter cat. I love Shiloh Walker and this one did not disapoint!<br /><br />Duncan Pride is part of a mysterious race of shape shifters. Years ago, he fell in love with young Kennedy, a troubled girl from an abusive family. In fact, Duncan killed her father to protect her! Now how many men would do that for a girl?<br /><br />Years later, Kennedy returns to Pride Mountain to find out what she can remember about the mysterious accident. What she doesn't plan on is losing her heart to the sexy Duncan Pride who wants nothing more than to get her naked!<br /><br />This was a saucy read, Darlings! The paranormal element is something I am not used to but it made my blood run hot like lava! Duncan is so naughty, Kenney is a VERY lucky girl.<br /><br />I only had on problem with this book Darlings: the ending sucked. The climax was awful! I've had the same problem with all the men I bring to bed. All flash in the pan and then no flash! Just awful Darlings!<br /><br />Still worth a good read though. I'll have to give this one three out of five pearls!<br />Till the next hot read Darlings!<br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><br />Dame Vanessa Charles</strong></span>Dame Vanessa Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17289584411849113543noreply@blogger.com0