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Welcome to Dirty Bits Week!!!

Ready To Get A Little Dirty?
cause everyone likes it a little dirty
Welcome to Dirty Bits week… You might be asking yourself “What is Dirty Bits week?”  Dirty Bits are a group of short stories published by Sapphire Night Books.
I have had the pleasure of reading 10 of these stories and now I want to share them with you.  So each day this week I will be sharing a story or two with you.  I had the pleasure of sitting down with most of the authors to do an interview and one author is going to be doing guest blog too.
At the end of the week I will have a post for you to comment on as to which story you want to read the most.  Out of all the comments on this last day I will pick a winner or two.
All of these Dirty Bits Short Stories are only available in ebook form, but all are packed with lots and lots of dirtiness. So this giveaway is open to everyone near and far.
Feel free to comment on any and all days (you can earn extra points by commenting on each day’s post)…  To enter the drawing you will have to leave a comment on the last day’s post it will be titled “Which Dirty Bits Do You Want”.  Let me know which story you want. Along with you email address.
I hope that you enjoy Dirty Bits week and if it is successful I have plans to do another week of Dirty Bits in the future.  So please also let me know if you had fun with the week, if I should do it again or if I completely failed. 
As always thank you for reading my blog,
books & kisses
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Winner of Visions of Magic

Winner of Visions of Magic is:
NATASHA HOUSE!!!!!!
Email has been sent to winner they have 72 hours to respond or new winner will be drawn.
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Night Magic by Jennifer Lyon

THEIR LOVE IS DESTINED TO RISE AGAIN

Ailish Donovan is a witch ready to do battle. Raised unaware of her powers, she is just sixteen when her mother tricks her into binding with the demon Asmodeus. Pure-hearted Ailish escapes with the connection incomplete but pays a heavy price: For the next eight years, she is shunned by her earth sisters and tormented by Asmodeus’s lust. After hardening her body and mind as a champion kickboxer, Ailish returns home to break the bond—or die.
The Wing Slayer Hunter Phoenix Torq is sworn to protect earth witches, but he is shaken by Ailish’s fierce independence—and his own forbidden cravings. Dark, impulsive, and haunted by his troubled past, Phoenix likewise arouses Ailish in ways she finds disturbing—and irresistible. Torn between mistrust and desire, each must go to hell and back to seek the magic that could set them both free.

Read Chapter 1 HERE:

Phoenix

My thoughts:

Oh me, Oh my, Oh how I loved this book… I had the great pleasure of sitting down with the Uber Hot Phoenix and his equally hot (if not hotter) little brother Key (whom you meet in all the books & Key’s book comes out at the end of May) if you missed the interview please check it out HERE.
Phoenix is such a kick ass good guy.  He has so many demons from his past that he has to battle to keep himself in check.  The minute that Phoenix crosses paths with Ailish everything in his life changes.  There is something about Ailish that pulls at Phoenix.  But he doesn’t know what it is or why, all Phoenix knows is that he has to fight to keep himself sane and keep Ailish safe.
Ailish is a witched curse, who knows that the end is near. One way or another Ailish’s life will end in a few very short weeks.  But Ailish will never let the forces of evil that haunter her win.  No matter what it takes she will fight until her last breath.
Can one man save her from herself and her destiny?
And if he can save her what will the cost be?
What would you sacrifice for love?
If you have not read this series please go check out Jennifer here
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Look for Key’s book in May
Sinful Magic Release date May 31, 2011

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Rebuild My World by Cheryl Norman

More than anything, Taylor Drake wants her life back. She’s returned to her family home, suffering from the agoraphobia that has plagued her since she was brutally attacked in her apartment. Once a confident and successful photographer, she now cowers behind closed doors with a loaded pistol. She fears her attacker will find her and finish the job.
The last assignment chief deputy Adam Gillespie wants is to babysit the spoiled celebrity Taylor. He blames her father for his family’s financial ruin; and her brother, Wil Drake, is the incumbent candidate for Foster County sheriff, Adam’s dream job. Wil is out of town, though, so Adam can’t afford to let anything happen to the sheriff’s sister. Complications arise when someone murders the man he arrests for stalking her.
Adam learns things aren’t as they first seem. Taylor is hardly a pampered prima donna, rather a warm, intelligent, yet troubled woman whom he grows to love. Also, there are holes in the history of the feud between their families that need filling in. He has to reconcile the feud or any future with Taylor is doomed. But first he must stop the cunning killer who wants her dead.

Categories: Fiction, Romance, Romantic Suspense, Contemporary
Length: Novel, 258 pages (print); 63,000 words
My thoughts:
Cheryl does a wonderful job of showing us how fear can run out life if we let it.  But there is one thing stronger then fear and that is love. The only question is are you strong enough to step up and grab it or would you shy away and live in fear for the rest of your life. 
This is the battle that Taylor has to go through in this book.  She must fight everyday to just function.  Never really knowing if the danger she fears will find her or if she is truly safe.  Taylor’s world changes the moment Adam steps on her front porch to check up on her.  There is just something about Adam that makes her feel safe and that scares her.  But will Adam be therefore her when it matters or will he turn is back on her.
If you enjoy a good love story along with suspense then I would highly recommend you pick up this book. 
If you want to learn more about Cheryl or her books you can find her here:
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Silent Partner by Renee Vicent

Grayson Anders has it all. He’s the co-owner of a happening nightclub in downtown Boston, he’s wealthy, and women practically throw themselves at his feet the moment he steps on the dance floor. But profiting from these obvious benefits is not his desire. His passion is dancing and he wants nothing more than to find the perfect dance partner.

Chloe LaRoche is a talented artist, but a failing entrepreneur. Her once thriving studio is now on the brink of foreclosure and unless she paints the next Van Gogh Starry Night, she’ll have to cut her losses and say goodbye to her quaint little gallery. Fearing her career is at an end, she drags herself to the local hotspot, determined to drown her worries in the bottom of a shot glass. At least that was the plan…until she lays eyes on a wickedly sexy, swarthy dancer in the club—Grayson Anders.

Unable to resist, Chloe finds herself in Grayson’s arms, indulging on a passionate, out-of-control, one night stand. And when both awaken the next morning, they are consumed with inspiration.

Grayson finds his perfect dance partner and Chloe finally finds her muse. But will her secret destroy both their dreams?

My Thoughts:

Grayson is on the search for the perfect partner. And at long last he finds her.  Grayson doesn’t waste any time getting up close and personal with her.  But when he wakes the next morning she is gone.  Determined to track her down, Grayson sets out on the town. Only problem he doesn’t know her name.  How do you track down someone you don’t know anything about?   But what is Grayson to do when he does track her down only to learn that there is something about her that she didn’t share with him.
Chloe had never imaging that her night of drowning her sorrows would lead to the best night of her life.  But as morning draws near she knows she needs to leave.  This was just one night, not for the rest of her life.  Chloe finally makes it back to her apartment, daydreaming about the man she just left.  When hands close around her waist she jumps only to turn to find him there, in her apartment. How did he find her?  She doesn’t have time to question, next thing she knows he is kissing her.
Chloe is scared when she finally reveals her secret to Grayson. And he reacts the exact way she believed and hoped he would not.  Now alone, Chloe realized that no one will ever want her.  She is too damaged. 
I really enjoyed this story.  It is a great example of the struggle that people have with another person’s disability.  Grayson does a lot of growing in the story. But whether it is enough for him to win Chloe’s trust back is questionable.   Chloe is so strong in this story. She has learned to adapt to the world she use to live in.  But is she strong enough to trust and open her heart to anyone.
If you want to learn what happens with Grayson and Chloe you will have to check out Silent Partner by Renee Vincent.
Learn more about Renee here
Website  http://www.reneevincent.com/
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Twitter http://twitter.com/#!/ReneeVincent

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First Grave on the Right

Harley sees dead people. That’s right, she sees dead people. And it’s her job to convince them to “go into the light.” But when these very dead people have died under less than ideal circumstances (i.e. murder), sometimes they want Charley to bring the bad guys to justice. Complicating matters are the intensely hot dreams she’s been having about an Entity who has been following her all her life…and it turns out he might not be dead after all. In fact, he might be something else entirely.
Read Chapter One HERE
I would like to introduce you to Reyes:



Reyes Farrow created by the VERY talented Pickyme


My Thoughts: 
This book made me laugh, cry, laugh, put me on the edge of my seat nervous and craving, OH CRAVING more Reyes, *sigh* Reyes.  As you can see from the picture above Reyes is beyond hot.  Thank you Picky Me for allowing me to use your picture.  I don’t want to give to much away but lets just say if you don’t like this book, Charley or Reyes then you are out of your ever loving mind. Charley and Reyes are beyond HOT!!!
I didn’t want this story to end and now I have to wait for the next book Second Grave on the Left (August 2011).  But I know it is going to be so worth the wait.
I have to say a special THANK YOU to the Qwillery for having the giveaway (that I have dubbed my power of positive thinking contest) that I won this book from.  To Darynda Jones THANK YOU for writing this book… I am so in love with you and the characters that you created. 
Want to learn more about Draynda Jones? Check her out here
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Here is a sneak peck at book 2 Second Grave on the Left…


Book 2 Released August 2011

Read Chapter one HERE Warning Mild Spoilers!!!
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Visions of Magic by Regan Hastings

In the ten years since magic has reemerged in the world, witches have become feared and hunted. For weeks Shea Jameson has been haunted by visions of fire. When she unintentionally performs a spell in public, she becomes one of the hunted. Her only hope is Torin, a dangerously sensual man who claims to be her eternal mate.

My Thoughts:
I loved this book so very much.  Huge, THANK YOU to Regan Hastings for writing this book. I can’t wait for book two Visions of Skyfire.
Shea has lived the last 10 years on the run, hiding, living in fear that someone will find her, but not just anyone the MP (Magic Police). If they find her she will meet the same fate as her aunt, death.  Just when Shea thinks she has finally found a safe place everything changes and she is on the run again.  Only this time she doesn’t make it very far.  She is attacked in the middle of the day; in a desperate attempt to get away she sets her attacker on fire, but not with a match or a lighter.  She did it, the fire came from her.  But now she has even more problems a crowd has gathered around her and they are out for blood.  Her blood.  Shea can hear the siren of the MP’s coming of her.  Right before the crowd attacks a man appears out of the fire and takes her away.  But is he friend or foe?
Torin has watch over Shea in all of her life’s.  He has been very patient with her all of these times. Sometimes they are together other times they are a part, but Torin is always there close by. Waited for Shea to come into her power and then he can claim what is his. Shea. The time has finally arrived.  The awakening has started, but will Torin be able to keep Shea safe? Or will he be too late to save her?  Never!  Torin had not meant for them to meet like this, but fate has other plans for them, and Torin has no more time to wait.  Shea has always been his, always will be his and he will not let the MP’s or anyone ever take her from him again.
Torin & Shea are on a journey of discovery.  To discover the magic and power that Shea has coursing through her body and mind.  To discover a love that has stood the test of time, even if one of them can’t remember it.  To discover that sometimes the pull of evil is too hard to resist even for those pure of heart. 
Want to jump into the world of Magic and Eternal Mates?
Leave me a comment along with you email address and 1 lucky winner will win a copy of Visions of Magic.
Contest will run until May 6th
Winner will be announced on May 7th.
Look for book 2 Visions of Skyfire Release Date: 10/04/11

Please check out Regan here
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The Darkest Pleasure by Gena Showalter

Reyes is a man possessed. Bound by the demon of pain, he is forbidden to know pleasure. Yet he craves a mortal woman, Danika Ford, more than breath and will do anything to claim her—even defy the gods.
Danika is on the run. For months she’s eluded the Lords of the Underworld, immortal warriors who won’t rest until she and her family have been destroyed. But her dreams are haunted by Reyes, the warrior whose searing touch she can’t forget. Yet a future together could mean death to all they both hold dear.…
My Thoughts:
Okay, Reyes………. (don’t mind me while I drool)
Reyes is the keeper of the demon of pain.  Reyes has experienced every type of pain anyone can image. Yet the pain he feel being a part from Danika is more then he can bear.  Danika knows she can’t go back.  She has to keep moving forward or they will get her.  Although she is not sure who they she should be more afraid of.  Her feeling for a demon or the demon himself.

Reyes and Danika have to learn to trust one another even if they don’t want too.  Reyes is willing to do anything and I do mean anything to keep Danika safe and away from the Hunter’s that want to hurt her, her family and the rest of the Lord’s.  But is Danika being here going to be with the Lords going to do more harm then good.  Only time and the truth will tell.

Again another wonderful book from Gena. 

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The Darkest Kiss by Gena Showalter

Though she has lived for centuries, Anya, goddess of anarchy, has never known pleasure. Until Lucien, the incarnation of death–a warrior eternally doomed to take souls to the hereafter. He draws her like no other. And Anya will risk anything to have him.

But when the merciless Lord of the Underworld is ordered by the gods to claim Anya herself, their uncontrollable attraction becomes an anguished pursuit. Now they must defeat the unconquerable forces that control them, before their thirst for one another demands a sacrifice of love beyond imagining…

My Thoughts:

Oh I so love Gena’s Lords. This is book 2 of the series and Lucien is one of my favorite characters.  And boy does Lucien have his hands full with not only being the keeper of Death, and the leader of the Lord’s of the Underworld but also with the oh so spicy and feisty Anya.  These two are so smokey hot together.  But are they both willing to risk everything everything to save the other and will that sacrifice be to little and to late.

If you have not read any of Gena Showalter’s Lords of the Underworld what are you waiting for?  I would encourage you to go out and pick up book 1 The Darkest Night (read my review here) and give the Lords a try…


Want to learn more about Gena or her lords or any of her other books?  Please check her out here:
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I’m Back

Been on Vacation for a week, Maui if anyone wants to hate   😀  and have a lot of updating to do…….
I read 9 stories on my vacation. 4 where short stories, 3 where novellas and 2 full stories… I will be finishing up book 10 tonight… That means I have at least 10 reviews to get done… But at last I am still behind by 4 so I now have 14 reviews to do…

So I will be updating my books read list, my reviews and a few other things on my blog…..  

Anyone want another contest???

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Lover Unleashed by JR Ward

Payne, twin sister of Vishous, is cut from the same dark, warrior cloth as her brother: A fighter by nature, and a maverick when it comes to the traditional role of Chosen females, there is no place for her on the Far Side… and no role for her on the front lines of the war, either.
When she suffers a paralyzing injury, human surgeon Dr. Manuel Manello is called in to treat her as only he can- and he soon gets sucked into her dangerous, secret world. Although he never before believed in things that go bump in the night- like vampires- he finds himself more than willing to be seduced by the powerful female who marks both his body and his soul.
As the two find so much more than an erotic connection, the human and vampire worlds collide … just as a centuries old score catches up with Payne and puts both her love and her life in deadly jeopardy
My Thoughts:
I am not sure that it gets any better then when the Warden writes a book… While Payne and Manny was not my favorite book in the series (I still loved this book), this book opens up so many doors for so many books which is what we all want.  I am looking forward to the next book for sure Tohrment needs his HEA.  ♥ ♥ ♥
Manny and Payne are hot together that is for sure.  He is so understanding and loving towards Payne.  I look foward to see this couple grow and how Manny and the Brotherhood handle her being out in the field.  I also am very thankful to have so much Vishous in this book. He grows so much that I think he will never quite be the same again.  I am sure he will still be all dark and scary, but we know now that he does have a softer side.  
And are Butch and Vishous are finally dating?
Well I guess you will just have to read to find out the answer to that question…….
So guess what I have an extra Hardback copy of Lover Unleashed…. hhhmmmmm what should I do with it???   I know I will do a giveaway…
RULES
Leave me a comment on what you think Torhment’s book is going to be titled, did you love, hate or are you indiffernt to Lover Unleashed?
Leave your email address (remember to use (AT) not @ and (DOT) not | . |  we don’t want spammers)
Open to anyone!!!!
Contest will end May 1st
Winner will be announce here on the blog and by email on May 2nd.