T.G.I.F Weekly

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T.G.I.F. WEEKLY

TGIF Weekly is a Friday post where we choose 3 books we want to read from our TBR list. The goal is to read at least 1 of these books before the next Friday. In the comments YOU tell me which book you think I should focus on. Then in the next TGIF post I will share a short blurb about what I thought of the book. The blurb will only be for the book most voted for in comments.

 *Please note that if a book is not read one week it may be on the list the following week* 

Ok so here are my 3 book choices from my TBR shelf . 

Shadow's Claim

Reign of Blood

Beautiful Disaster

Pick the one I should read next and let me know in the comments!

Reflections on Dark Needs at Night's Edge

Dark Needs at Night's Edge by Kresley Cole

Bestselling author Kresley Cole continues her seductive Immortals After Dark series with this tale of a vampire shunned even by his own kind and a beautiful phantom, bound together by a passion they cannot resist.

A RAVEN-HAIRED TEMPTRESS OF THE DARK...
Naomi Laress, a famous ballerina from a past century, became a phantom the night she was murdered. Imbued with otherworldly powers but invisible to the living, she haunts her beloved home, scaring away trespassers -- until she encounters a ruthless
A VAMPIRE WARRIOR CONSUMED BY MADNESS...
To prevent him from harming others, Conrad Wroth's brothers imprison him in an abandoned manor. But there, a female only he can see seems determined to drive him further into madness. The exquisite creature torments him with desire, leaving his body racked with lust and his soul torn as he finds himself coveting her for his own.

HOW FAR WILL HE GO TO CLAIM HER?
Yet even if Conrad can win Naomi, evil still surrounds her. Once he returns to the brutality of his past to protect her, will he succumb to the dark needs seething inside him?

My rating: Liked It

Néomi Laress is a ghost who lives in the same house she was brutally murdered in. Elancourt was a classic gothic estate but is now abandoned.

As a human she was a famous ballet dancer.


Conrad Wroth is a fallen vampire who kills for blood and whose eyes have turned red. Fallen vampires are hunted down by the forebearers because they are dangerous and because the memories of their victims make them crazy.

After Sebastian, Nikolai and Murdoch find their brother, they bring him to Elancourt bound and chained ensuring his safety. I thought it strange that Conrad was the only one who could see .....the beautiful female.


Néomi is a gentle ghost and the most sensual if ever there was such a thing. She could move things with her mind and scared unwanted guests if she had to, but she began having strong feelings for Conrad right from the start and she made him want to be a better person/vampire.

Néomi contacted Mariketa the witch to see about giving her a body. She might be a powerful witch but she could not bring Néomi back from the dead. However she was able to embody Néomi for awhile under the understanding that she would die again very soon . During that short period of time Conrad came back to life. He was blooded and claimed Néomi for himself and eventually got married yadda yadda yadda

I liked all the characters in this book particularly Nix. Who doesn't like her right? She's my favourite.

Desperately Wanting ...Heart of Venom

Heart of Venom (Elemental Assassin #9) by Jennifer Estep

This title will be released on August 27, 2013.

The hotly anticipated ninth novel in the hugely popular Elemental Assassin series finds Gin Blanco on a dangerous mission to rescue a friend.
When a terror from the past threatens Gin’s friend and body-disposer, Sophia, Gin will stop at nothing to protect her, even if it means walking straight into a killer’s trap. Meanwhile, the rocky romance between Gin and Owen reaches a turning point—can they reunite and rekindle their love? Or will the things Gin has been forced to do in her line of work as the deadly assassin the Spider keep them apart forever? Assuming, that is, she survives long enough to find out…

Why I chose this book

Gin Blanco is a kickass assassin who I"ve come to know and love reading about. Her jobs always get her in hot water (sometimes even cold water literally) but she always comes out on top cause she's that good . 

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Stay With Me, a sexy New Adult releasing 8/30/13!

Received a copy for review by author

With one look, I’m his . . .
With one touch, he’s mine . . .
With one kiss, it changes everything between us . . .
I’ve been famous since I can remember. Singing, acting, dancing—I’ve done it all. The tabloids cover my every move, but I don’t want that anymore. I want to be normal, whatever that is.
When I leave Hollywood for college in Vermont, I’m on my own for the first time in my life. This is my chance to figure out who I am and what I want in life.
But it’s a lot harder than I expected. I can’t escape my image. Classes are difficult, and I’m struggling. And then there’s Caleb Fox.
Sexy, intriguing Caleb Fox.
Caleb is the one man who doesn’t want to use me. He breaks down my walls. He challenges me. He wants me. And I just don’t know if I can give him the same—or if he’ll stick around when he finds out my shameful secret that the tabloids haven’t managed to uncover.
Dating him is risky enough, but loving him could break me.

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About the Author:

Elyssa Patrick writes fun, sexy, and emotional contemporary romances as well as New Adult. Besides being slightly addicted to chocolate, she loves cupcakes, classic movies, and Shakespeare. Elyssa is currently working on her next novel. 

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A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole

A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole

O my heck!

At first I kept calling it "A love like no other" but we are dealing with monsters and creepy paranormal beasts who are like criminals and psycho's. The type who rape and kill. Well. One was anyway.

“He pointed a shaking finger at her. 'You,' he growled. She jerked glances over both of her shoulders looking for the unfortunate You he was addressing. Her. Holy shite, this madman had settled on her.”

My reading update from page 44 of 356: rape is not sexy nor is it romantic! I am disappointed in this book. So far Lachlain is a big brute monster who rapes and makes demands and orders Emmaline around. NOT.GOOD. Oh and I forgot..... STEALS her credit card!!!!

Turns out, the story wasn't that bad in the end and I absolutely loved the way Kresley Cole kept me turning the pages. It absolutely rocks!

Lachlain , King of the Lykaens, was tortured for 150 years by the head of The Vampire Horde and the oldest and cruelest vampire ever. Demestriu. He is also Emmaline's father.

Emmaline the innocent never knew her father or mother and was fostered by Annika, a Valkyri. She had been protected for 70 years from all others of the lore and raised to never bite another. Until she meets her abducter....

That would be Lachlain. When Lachlain kidnaps her and is close to raping her over and over again(that I hated with a passion) Emmaline is fearful of him and pleads with him to let her go. You must understand where he is coming from. After 15 decades of torture in fire, dying again and again, even a Lykae could lose his mind. Hate and revenge is what kept him sane.
Until he tracks her scent.......

If it weren't for her I don't think he would've ever escaped his torture...She was his salvation.

But O the agony! patiently waiting for him to stop hurting her; and until she fell in love with him, I could hardly bare it. He tried so hard to please her....but failed in O so many ways, until....
- she stepped up to the plate..... - she'd never even played baseball before :p

Yes Emma the braveheart would go down in the pages of history for *cough (a reason I dare not say lest I spoil it) She's a real heroine but aren't all Valkyrie's like that? If you love HEA's you'll love this one.

My rating: I Really Liked It!

About this author

Kresley Cole is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the electrifying Immortals After Dark paranormal series and the young adult Arcana Chronicles. She has also written five award-winning historical romances.

Since her first novel was released in 2003, Kresley has published nineteen books with Simon & Schuster and has seen her releases translated into more than eighteen foreign languages. She has traveled over much of the world and draws from those experiences to create her memorable characters and settings. Two of her favorite places to visit include the rain forests of Central America and the Queensland area of Australia.

Cole’s trademark action, sensuality, and humor are exemplified in her popular Immortals After Dark Series, which revolves around the Lore, a secret stratum of hundreds of immortal creatures--ranging from Vampires to Lykae, Furies to Shifters, and Fey to Valkyrie--that each have their strengths, weaknesses, and age old prejudices against the others. Though they secretly live among humans, they constantly war among themselves, which gives her a lot of material.

In 2007, Kresley won the prestigious Romance Writers of America RITA award for best paranormal for her novel A Hunger Like No Other, and in January 2009, she became a #1 New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestseller with her sixth IAD installment, Kiss of a Demon King. In 2010, Kiss of a Demon King earned Kresley her second RITA award. 2011 brought Cole her second #1 NYT bestseller with Dreams of a Dark Warrior. She lives in Florida with her husband and far too many animals. She spends any free time traveling and enjoys all things related to boats and water.
You can learn more about Kresley at www.kresleycole.com

It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

This Is What I've Been Reading
Hot Steamy Romances with Sexy Warriors.Vampires.Valkyries. Berserkers and Lykae

Immortals After Dark series by Kresley Cole 

What I Read Last Week

The Warlord Wants Forever is about Nikolai Wroth a human warlord turned vampire who wants his HEA with Myst the Coveted Valkyrie.
No Rest for the Wicked is about Sebastian Wroth who has his work cut out for him with Kaderin the Coldhearted in a game called The Hie.
Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night is about Bowen MacRieve of the Lykae Clan who was enchanted to the wrong woman but who finds love in Mariketa the Awaited.
Dreams of a Dark Warrior is about Regin the Radiant loving Aiden the Fierce only to be reincarnated 4 times over 5 centuries with the final reincarnation Declan Chase finally achieving Ohalla meaning he becomes an immortal.

What I'm Currently Reading

A Hunger Like No OtherI don't like this one because the Lykae is an evil monster who rapes a young and timid Valkyrie/vampire. This is the only one so far that is "wrong".

What I Plan On Reading

• Finish reading the Immortals After Dark (7 more books to go)..
• Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire

The new Abby Abernathy is a good girl. She doesn’t drink or swear, and she has the appropriate number of cardigans in her wardrobe. Abby believes she has enough distance from the darkness of her past, but when she arrives at college with her best friend, her path to a new beginning is quickly challenged by Eastern University's Walking One-Night Stand. Travis Maddox, lean, cut, and covered in tattoos, is exactly what Abby needs—and wants—to avoid. He spends his nights winning money in a floating fight ring, and his days as the ultimate college campus charmer. Intrigued by Abby’s resistance to his appeal, Travis tricks her into his daily life with a simple bet. If he loses, he must remain abstinent for a month. If Abby loses, she must live in Travis’s apartment for the same amount of time. Either way, Travis has no idea that he has met his match.

Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night by Kresley Cole

Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night by Kresley Cole

What a beautiful well-written story! It reminds me of Beauty and the Beast sort of.

Bowen MacRieve is a Lykae, a protector to his mate Mariketa, afterall.

Two centuries of his life is totally spent and wasted from grief because of some damn sorceress' spell!! Häxa had enchanted him to Mariah, the fey princess, years ago making Bowen think Mariah was his mate, but it almost destroyed him when she died. Häxa killed her and fed off his grief for centuries!

She also used Bowen to get to Mariketa, the Awaited One. Mariketa is a witch, soon to become a powerful sorceress. They fall in love and this is their story...I LOVED IT!

It's best to read this installment AFTER No Rest for the Wicked .


My rating: Amazing!