Showing posts with label Adventure. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Adventure. Show all posts

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Review: The Kraken's Mirror


Author submission in exchange for an honest review.


Title: 
The Kraken's Mirror
Author: 
Maureen O. Betita
Release Date:
January 31, 2011
Publisher:
Decadent Publishing
Word Count:
approx. 75,000
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Description:  

Treated by our youth oriented society as invisible and sexless Emily Pawes attends a pirate festival to recapture the make believe magic she knew as a younger woman. She wins an interesting bit of booty at an old woman's bric-a-brac stand. The Kraken's mirror is a magical portal and transports her to a land of Hollywood piratitude, where swashbuckling heroes own iPods. With little choice, she embraces the madness, deciding she’ll play pirate until she figures out how to get home. Or wakes up in a padded cell.

Instead of men in little white coats, she encounters the handsome Captain Alan Silvestri. He is a man haunted by a strange curse. Good luck is his to command, but it comes at the cost of any place to call home or people to call family. Resigned to die shunned by all, forced to sail every three days, he begins to dream of a special woman.

When they meet, sparks fly, passion flares. He needs her to be free, but more than that, he needs her to be whole. They set sail, uncertain of who has control of the wheel, seeking to defeat his curse of good luck and discover all the Kraken’s mirror plans for them.

Deniz’s Review:

Friday, March 4, 2011

Review: Thief of Hearts: Tempted in Thailand

Author submission in exchange for an honest review.


Title: 
Thief of Hearts: Tempted in Thailand
Author: 
E.M. Lynley
Release Date:
January 2011
Publisher:
Ravenous Romance
Word Count:
approx. 68,000
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Author's Website:


Description:  

What do Thai mobsters, a map, and an ancient Ruby Buddha have in common? They're all major headaches for Trent Copeland!
Trent knows men like the handsome, hunky ones in the gay romances he writes don't really exist, but that doesn't stop him from wishing. When he travels to Thailand in search of inspiration for his next novel, he gets far more than he bargained for in the form of seemingly perfect Reed Acton.
Reed's mission is simple: get the treasure map by tomorrow or risk seriously pissing off the local thugs. Only problem is, it's wound up in the backpack of a hapless romance writer by mistake! A sexy, oh-so-irresistible romance writer.
One misadventure after another, and soon ruthless Thai mobsters are on their trail. Is Reed watching out for Trent, or are his motives darker than they seem? But they'll have to work together if they want to stay alive.
From the neon-lit streets of Bangkok's seedier side, to ancient caves deep in Thailand's sacred Northeast, Trent and Reed discover the most priceless treasure of all: each other.

Laura’s Review:

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Review: Aldric and Anneliese


Author submission in exchange for an honest review.


Title: 
Aldric and Anneliese
Author: 
Harry E. Gilleland, Jr.
Release Date:
Available Feb/March 2011
Publisher:
4RV Publishing
Word Count:
approx. 46,000
Author's Website:




Description:  

Aldric and Anneliese is an action/adventure/romance fictional story set in the late sixth century in the region that is today’s Eastern Europe. It is the story of Aldric, a great warrior, and of his battles and his great loves. It is the story of Anneliese, treated cruelly by Fate but whose love saves Aldric from a lifetime of despair. It is a tale of nation-building, kings, knights, fair ladies, battles won and lost, triumph, betrayal, tragedy, revenge, redemption, and great loves. It is a story for the ages.
 


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