Thursday 26 February 2015

Beast of Burden (Hidden Blood Series, Book 2) by A Z Green

Wow! This book had me totally gripped in its claws, I had real trouble putting it down. 

I still love Jaz and Nik and was so pleased this book picked up right where the last one left us.   I finished book one, Beasthood, literally shouting No! because I wanted to know what happens next, A. Z. Green has done it to me again with Beast of Burden and I am left once more eagerly anticipating the next in the series! 

Love the chemistry and angst between Jaz and Nik.  The author writes villains well and you find yourself wanting to see their heads ripped off during the well described fight scenes.  Jaz goes through some real shit in this book but thankfully comes out stronger, she also finally accepts her beast.  Nik has a few skeletons come out that were even unbeknown to him and I am intrigued to see how he copes with them. 

I love the plot twists in the story it keeps you guessing and then surprises you with an option you hadn't even thought of.   

I loved Beasthood, but there is something about Beast of Burden that makes you feel like A. Z. Green has really hit her rhythm. 

Seriously enjoyed it - BOOK 3 ASAP PLEASE!!!!


Book Description:

Pack Leaders who were allies at the time of the Vikings, had rings made to remind them of who they were and what they stood for. Weremen of peace, justice and loyalty. We try to stand by that principle.

After the attempt on Nik's life, he and Jaz leave Deer Creek to escape the dangers and judgements on both their heads. But many are determined to find them and drag them back. 

Curs are creeping out of the woodwork and making themselves known by the increase of deaths, kidnappings and rapes but it seems the Head Council are looking the other way. 
Jaz and Nik put their differences aside to begin her training in self-defence and controlling her ability to Change. Jaz allows herself to trust him again despite their rocky start, and in doing so, she soon understands the true reasons behind his past actions. 

Things aren't what they seem. 

Packs are stirring, enemies are coming out to 
play, humans will be caught in the crossfire, hybrid Weres must fight for their survival and sides must be picked. 

Which side are you on?

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Sunday 22 February 2015

Bitten by a Hellcat (Eternal Mates Series (Book 6) by Felicity Heaton

Whilst not my fave of the Eternal Mates books it was very enjoyable and is another delectable addition to the series.  I imagined Owen to be a seriously tasty example of mancandy and I loved Cait, I do like it when our leading lady has a bit of bite to her and Cait certainly ticks that box. 

The sex appeared early in this book and whilst it did have a hint of 'drunken one night stand after a night out' to it I kind of understand why it was soo quick.  To be fair I should imagine that if you had been celibate for a considerable amount of time and then had the type of instant and intense chemistry that these two have then you would probably move the formalities along pretty swiftly too,  and the chemistry is pretty intense.  Also bearing in mind the fact that it is a novella, things needed to be put into place quickly so that the story could develop swiftly enough.  

As always this book sets your pulse racing both with scenes between the sheets and the ones dodging blades and bad guys.   Owen's secret is a biggy and Cait's true Hellcat form is imaginatively created by Felicity, who would have thought two tails and blue fire! 

Oh and I shouldn't forget to mention the short but intriguing cameo from our fave elf, Bleu (some big clues for his story me thinks).

I am still addicted to this series, cannot wait to read the next book!!

I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.



Book Description:

The sole remaining member of the most famous shifter hunter family in history, Owen Nightingale is a mercenary and a man with a secret held in his closely guarded heart, but when a beautiful rare shifter catches his eye and offers him a job, he has the feeling he’ll be the one paying for helping her—with his heart.

Cait is in a spot of trouble with a capital T. A male hellcat has set his sights on claiming her and she’s one kitty who doesn’t want a collar. When she meets a dark, alluring and mysterious hunter, she sees a chance to rid herself of the male, but the price Owen sets and the fierce passion that burns white-hot between them lures her dangerously under his seductive spell.

Can Owen discover the true intent of the male hellcat and stop Cait from falling into his hands? And can Cait retain control as the heat of desire burns between her and Owen, or will a reckless moment seal both of their fates forever?


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Saturday 21 February 2015

Bitten by a Hellcat Blog Barrage

Yes readers, it's time for another of Felicity's amazing books - I am taking part in the blog barrage and will have my review up here soon but for now read on for more about Bitten by a Hellcat including a delicious excerpt, more about the Eternal Mates books and the Author, Felicity Heaton.





http://www.felicityheaton.co.uk/bitten-by-a-hellcat-paranormal-romance-novel.phpBitten by a Hellcat, the sixth book in New York Times best-seller Felicity Heaton’s hot paranormal romance series, Eternal Mates, is now available in ebook and paperback. To celebrate the release, she’s holding a FANTASTIC GIVEAWAY at her website and sharing sneak peeks of the book. This book works as a standalone, so it’s perfect for those new to the series too.



Find out how to enter the Bitten by a Hellcat international giveaway (ends March 1st) and be in with a shot of winning a $75, $50 or $25 gift certificate at her website, where you can also download a 5 chapter sample of the novel: 






Book Description:

The sole remaining member of the most famous shifter hunter family in history, Owen Nightingaleis a mercenary and a man with a secret held in his closely guarded heart, but when a beautiful rare shifter catches his eye and offers him a job, he has the feeling he’ll be the one paying for helping her—with his heart.

Cait is in a spot of trouble with a capital T. A male hellcat has set his sights on claiming her and she’s one kitty who doesn’t want a collar. When she meets a dark, alluring and mysterious hunter, she sees a chance to rid herself of the male, but the price Owen sets and the fierce passion that burns white-hot between them lures her dangerously under his seductive spell.

Can Owen discover the true intent of the male hellcat and stop Cait from falling into his hands? And can Cait retain control as the heat of desire burns between her and Owen, or will a reckless moment seal both of their fates forever?


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Bitten by a Hellcat - Excerpt:

“Owen,” he muttered and then his voice gained strength as he straightened and lifted his eyes to hers. He looked as if he was gauging her again, studying her reactions. “Owen Nightingale.”

Cait could see why he had been watching her closely now, eyeing her like the hunter he was, no doubt putting everything about her to memory so he could note it all down later.

Including how she reacted to hearing that he was a member of the most illustrious hunter family to have ever existed.

Did he think she would turn tail and run on hearing that he was a Nightingale?

She wasn’t afraid. She was impressed. The perfect and handsome Owen had just become a shade more perfect for her.

“I’m Cait, with a C.” She twisted their hands again and shook his.

He raised a dark eyebrow. “Like Cat, with an I?”

She shrugged and nodded. “My parents thought they were being cute.”

Owen looked her over, a leisurely raking of his eyes from her head to her toes that set her on fire.

His expression gave nothing away, not a single thought or feeling.

“Maybe they thought you were cute and deserved a cute name to match.”

Gods, she wanted to ask what he thought but bit her tongue to stop herself. “Most people don’t think hellcats are cute.”

“I’m not most people.” That flicker of wickedness was back in his eyes as he gave her another once over. “But I can’t really judge whether you’re cute or not since I’ve never seen a hellcat in their true form.”

Cait narrowed her gaze on him and shot him a sultry smile of her own. “I know you’re dying to see me in just my fur.”

He looked as if he might blush, but rallied and fixed her with hungry eyes that left her in zero doubt of his desire. “I wouldn’t say no to seeing you naked.”

She flushed all over, hot from head to toe at just the thought of getting naked with him. She leaned closer, reached her right hand out, and stroked her fingers down his chest. It was as hard as steel beneath the soft material of his black shirt. She heated further, burning hotter as she raced to imagine just how good he would look naked, that honed body on display for her hungry gaze to devour.

Cait wrestled for control over herself and won, refusing to let him fluster her when she was trying to fluster him.

She tilted her head to one side and looked deep into his piercing green eyes. “What’s your view on interspecies relationships? You must like tangling with other species since you’re a hunter.”

His sensual lips quirked into another smile. “I’ve tangled with many species... but never with a hellcat.”

“No?” Cait leaned closer, feeling a little breathless as she narrowed the distance between them.“You don’t know what you’re missing.”

Owen mirrored her, moving closer, his heat washing over her and his heart thumping like a drum in her head, a beat hers tried to match. 

“I think I do know.” He raked his dark gaze over her again and scrubbed a hand down over his mouth. “But I wouldn’t say no to finding out.”

Her heart fluttered again and she wriggled on her seat, tempted to take him up on that offer. She needed to do some business with him first though. Pleasure could come later.

He was a Nightingale. The Nightingale. The infamous Owen. Last hunter of his bloodline.

Her best shot at survival.

“I have an offer you can’t resist.” She slipped her fingers between the buttons of his black shirt and drew him closer still. “I need you to do a job for me.”

A brief flicker of disappointment crossed his handsome face before his expression hardened, turning too business-like for her. She hadn’t meant to douse the fire that had been burning between them, not completely. She had only meant to dial it back a few degrees, from inferno to wildfire, for as long as it took to convince him to take a job from her.

Cait rubbed the material of his shirt between her fingers and thumb, her eyes holding his, even when she accidentally on purpose shifted her hand forwards an inch, bringing the backs of her fingers into contact with his bare chest beneath his shirt. His eyes instantly darkened again, the fire flaring back into life in them. 

Just the way she liked it.

She was beginning to crave that way he looked at her, as if he might die if he didn’t get a taste of her soon.

“You can name your price.” She slipped her fingers deeper into his shirt and pulled him closer, so their faces were only inches apart and an urge to kiss him filled her again. His eyes dropped to her lips and they parted, anticipation curling through her as a voice deep in her heart begged him to kiss her instead. “I have plenty of money.”

His gaze turned hooded. “What if I don’t want money from you?”

She swallowed hard and her courage faltered. “I’m not sure. I’m not the sort to turn tricks for anything.”

Not even her life.

She couldn’t blame him for putting it out there though. The heat between them was intense, stoked mostly by her and her flirting, and he could probably tell she was close to crawling onto his lap and rubbing herself against him. She frowned at that. What was it about this dark hunter that had her itching for a taste of him and unable to deny the urges running rampant through her? 

He was gorgeous, and radiated danger at an intoxicating level, and she always had like men with secrets.

“I wasn’t talking about sex,” he murmured, loud enough for her sensitive hearing to pick up even with the music pounding through the busy club. His green gaze lifted from her lips to lock with hers. “I was talking about you shifting. I want to see you... I need to see you.”

Fire blazed through her, heat so intense she couldn’t contain it. It scalded her cheeks, sparked by what he had said and the earnest desire in his eyes, a look that backed up his words, instilling them with the need and want he had mentioned. 

Cait nodded. “You’ll get to see me in my cat form, and I’ll pay you... ten grand... if you do this job for me.”

He looked satisfied with that offer. “And the job is?”

She opened her mouth and then closed it again when a trickle of fear ran through her, doubts surfacing as she realised what she was asking him to do. She didn’t want the male hellcat after her anymore, she wanted him dealt with, but how far was she willing to go to achieve that? The male was strong and determined. What if he hurt Owen? What if he killed him? Could she live with herself knowing that she had gotten the man sitting in front of her killed?

Owen sighed. “I’ve seen that look before. Believe me... you’re not the first to wonder whether I’m up to the task... and believe me... you won’t be the first I prove wrong when I’m the last man standing.”

The venom in his tone and the determination that flashed in his green eyes told her that he was a man who didn’t like having his abilities questioned. She hadn’t meant to anger him but she had clearly done just that by pausing to think over what she was asking him to do, and she hadn’t even done it because she doubted his abilities. 

She had done it because she feared having to watch him die.

She managed a half smile. “I don’t doubt you’re up to whatever task you set your mind to, Owen... but I’m guessing you’ve never fought a hellcat before?”

His left eyebrow rose. “Another hellcat?”

She nodded. “A male. Let’s just say he thinks like the rest of his kind and believes I ought to just hurl myself at his feet and be his breeding bitch... and I’m of the opinion he can go fuck himself.”

His eyebrow dropped and both of them dipped low above eyes that only grew darker when she took a deep breath and tugged the right side of her corset up to reveal the bruise on her ribs. The blow that had caused it had knocked the wind out of her and had pushed her close to shifting from the pain.

“Are they broken?” Owen reached out to touch the bruise but she dropped her top and smoothed it back into place to stop him, afraid of how she might react if he laid his hands on her.

She wasn’t sure she would be able to stop herself from touching him back and from there it was only a brief hop to making out with him right here in Underworld and right where everyone could watch. She wouldn’t care about the audience either. The passion and need boiling within her were so intense that once she started with Owen, she wouldn’t be able to stop until she had burned them out, and probably worn Owen out too.

“No,” she said when he lifted green eyes to meet hers again, seeking an answer. Fractured... but healing.”

“When did this happen?” He looked back down at her side, his gaze so intense she felt sure it would burn a hole through her corset.

“Around two hours ago... in an alley near here. I was ambushed... we fought... I escaped.”

Owen frowned and lifted his eyes back to her face, a beautiful dark edge to them, one that promised death to whoever had hurt her. “And the male?”

She slid her gaze off to her left, towards the shadowy corner where he still lurked, watching her with Owen.

“Let’s just say he’s too close to me for my comfort.”

Owen looked out of the corner of his eye in the direction she had and the dark slashes of his eyebrows dipped lower. Cait had thought his eyes had held a promise of death before. She had been wrong. The look that had been in them a moment ago was hearts and flowers compared with the one that filled his green eyes now, turning them stormy and deadly.

Cait told herself that she was doing the right thing. Owen Nightingale was infamous. The best hunter there was and a specialist in shifters. If anyone could help her, it was him. He was her best shot at freedom. Her only hope.

She waited for him to look back at her before she poured all of that hope into a question that would pin it all on him.

“Will you take my job?”

Books in the Eternal Mates paranormal romance series:

Book 1: Kissed by a Dark Prince

Book 2: Claimed by a Demon King

Book 3: Tempted by a Rogue Prince

Book 4: Hunted by a Jaguar

Book 5: Craved by an Alpha

Book 6: Bitten by a Hellcat
COMING SOON:
Book 7: Taken by a Dragon – Coming March 10th 2015


About The Author:

Felicity Heaton:  


Felicity Heaton is a New York Times and USA Today international best-selling author writing passionate paranormal romance books. In her books, she creates detailed worlds, twisting plots, mind-blowing action, intense emotion and heart-stopping romances with leading men that vary from dark deadly vampires to sexy shape-shifters and wicked werewolves, to sinful angels and hot demons! If you're a fan of paranormal romance authors Lara Adrian, J R Ward, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Gena Showalter and Christine Feehan then you will enjoy her books too.

If you love your angels a little dark and wicked, the best-selling Her Angel series is for you. If you like strong, powerful, and dark vampires then try the Vampires Realm series or any of her stand-alone vampire romance books. If you’re looking for vampire romances that are sinful, passionate and erotic then try the best-selling Vampire Erotic Theatre series. Or if you prefer huge detailed worlds filled with hot-blooded alpha males in every species, from elves to demons to dragons to shifters and angels, then take a look at the new Eternal Mates series.

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Wednesday 18 February 2015

Craved by an Alpha (Eternal Mates, Book 5) by Felicity Heaton

This was another delicious instalment to the series.  We met Cavanaugh in Hunted by a Jaguar where Felicity gave us just enough of a peek at him to pique my interest, I eagerly anticipated his story and I wasn't disappointed! 

He is an alpha male in every sense of the word and would certainly make me purr! The passion between him and Eloise flows out of the pages and the internal turmoil is well written. I love a good fight to the death and again I wasn't disappointed, the fight scenes and movements flow so nicely that it's easy to imagine.

It's gets your pulse racing and is an enjoyable story that's easy to loose yourself in, but not for too long, this is a novella so it's shorter than others in the series but it doesn't loose anything, I was still in there with the characters, routing for them, it was fast paced and fun. 

Why, I do believe I may be slightly addicted to this series.

I received and ARC in exchange for an honest review.


Book Description:

Having turned his back on his snow leopard pride, Cavanaugh has been counting the days until he’s free of a role he never wanted—one that separated him from his fated female and stands between him and the future he craves with her.

Just days from the night he will finally be free to be with the low-ranking beauty who stole his heart, she walks back into his life and threatens to destroy everything he’s worked towards in the five long years they’ve been apart.

Eloise has traveled across continents searching for the male who was once her best friend and so much more to her, but was now her pride’s true alpha. Desperate to fulfil a promise to her kin to save them from the tyrant he left in charge, she convinces Cavanaugh to return to his pride, but as they journey to Bhutan, doubts bloom and old feelings resurface, tearing her between duty and her deepest desires and impossible dreams.

Will Eloise be able to resist the burning need that Cavanaugh reignites in her and remember her place in the pride? And can Cavanaugh find a way to save his kin and claim the future he craves with the woman he loves?

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