I’m a Sucker… For a Series

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Anya Bast, book series, Candace Havens, Christie Craig, DESPERATE & DATING, DESPERATE & DECEIVED, DESPERATE & DELICIOUS, DIVORCED, Felicity Heaton, FOOL FOR LOVE, Lily Graison, MAID FOR LOVE, Marie Force, Pamela Clare, Roxanne St. Claire, Susan Mallery, The McCarthy's of Gansett Island, Victoria Dahl

 

Life has been crazypants lately, but I have had time to read (shocker!) and I’ve found that I have a few addictions.  Coffee, chocolate, silly wedding shows, Glee…  but book series most of all.

Yup, I am truly a sucker for a series and I am author-loyal to boot.  In fact, I have discovered some of my all-time favorite authors because I started a series, and just had to read the next one, and the next one, and so on and so forth and then ended up reading an entire backlist because I loved the author.   I’m looking at you, Pamela Clare, Anya Bast, Jill Shalvis, Roxanne St. Claire, Victoria Dahl, Christie Craig, Marie Force, Susan Mallery, Candace Havens, Susan Andersen, Felicity Heaton, Lily Graison…  Oh, there are too, too many to rattle off, (now I’m sounding like an Oscar speech!)   So, yeah, I think we can safely call it an addiction.

So….  Speaking of my addiction, Marie Force had book release yesterday and it’s wonderful.  Of course, you know me, I’m not one for recapping the story, but it’s the story of seemingly one-sided love until something changes everything.  I don’t remember if I told y’all about the first of the series, but it’s great too- always fun to watch a confirmed bachelor morph into a devoted man- and there’s more to come with this series.  The series is The McCarthy’s of Gansett Island.  The first one, MAID FOR LOVE centers around oldest brother Mac McCarthy and the second, FOOL FOR LOVE centers on youngest child and only daughter, Janey.  There’s another one releasing in July, and it would be pre-ordered if that option were available.

So….  What else have a read lately?  Let’s see… Ah, yes, the always funny Christie Craig.  Each of the three books (see, there’s that addiction again) revolve around one of three girlfriends who meet every Friday night to talk about sex and drink.  Not a bad club for three hot, divorced women.  Of course, since the series starts off with DIVORCED, DESPERATE & DELICIOUS, it’s pretty perfect.  The heroes are nothing to sneeze at either, although I’ll let you see for yourself (we can delve into my love of men in uniform another day).  The other two are DIVORCED, DESPERATE & DATING, and DIVORCED, DESPERATE & DECEIVED.  One thing I have to say, though- these women might call themselves desperate, but none of them would ever be called a shrinking violet.

Surprisingly, that’s all I have for now.  I hope everyone has a fabulous weekend (hopefully complete with Monday off!) and I hope to return sooner than later.

I’ve Been Reading All Weekend!

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Candace Havens, Darah Lace, Jill Shalvis, kindle, Nicola Marsh, reading, SPEEDING

Well…..  I haven’t written all that much this weekend.  Truth is, pre-order books arrived on my Kindle April 1st and I simply had to read them!

First, there was She Who Dares, Wins by Candace Havens.  This is the second in the Stonegate Agency series and was super fun.  I’m sorry I have to wait till May for the next one, Truth and Dare.  If you haven’t read the first one, Take Me if You Dare, you should.  The Stonegate Agency is a security agency with ties to the CIA and all that goes with it.  Like I said, super fun.

The second book I read was The Sweetest Thing, by Jill Shalvis.  Now, I will totally admit to being a Jill Shalvis fangirl.  I’m not even sure how many of her books I own.  This, too, is a second installment in a series.  This series, Lucky Harbor, is emotional as all get out.  Rarely am I moved to tears while I’m reading, but this one did that (also kept me up till nearly 3am!).  There’s so much here I can’t really begin to explain without throwing a spoiler in there, so let’s just say you should read it.  If you haven’t read the first one, Simply Irresistible, you should.  I am kinda bummed I have to wait till December for the next one!  Oh well, I’m sure I’ll love Head Over Heels when it arrives via pre-order too.

The next one (I know!) is by a facebook friend, Nicola Marsh.  She’s an Australian writer and her book, Sex, Gossip and Rock & Roll, was thoroughly Australian.  This was a story that did revolve around rock & roll… and sex and gossip.  Two very damaged souls find each other and fight it every step of the way.  If you haven’t read much by Australian and UK authors, I highly recommend it.  I will admit I looked up a couple words that are not typical American words, but that’s how we build vocabulary, isn’t it?

And…  I read a cute short, Wrong Number, Right Man by Darah Lace.  This one was sizzling hot, and cute as hell.  I love friends to lovers stories and this one didn’t disappoint.

So, other than reading this weekend, what did I do?  Oh, um, not much 😉  I *did* make chocolate chip pancakes and bacon for brunch this morning, and I have actually written some more of Speeding today as well as some of Skylar’s story.  For those of you who have been keeping up with my other stories, you may be surprised who shows up in Ashford and sweeps the delectable Sky off her feet.  Stay tuned 🙂