BEA'S BOOK NOOK "I can't imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once." C. S. Lewis “If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.” ― Oscar Wilde

Showing posts with label Kincaid. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kincaid. Show all posts

Sunday, March 26, 2017

Steph Reviews Hot on Ice: A Hockey Romance Anthology by Avery Flynn, Heather Long, Kate Meader, et al

Publisher: Avery Flynn
Format Read: e-book
Source: From the pr firm in exchange for an honest review
Release Date: March 21, 2017
Buying Links: Amazon*iTunes | Barnes & Noble
* affiliate links; the blog receives a small commission from purchases made through these links.

Blurb from goodreads:

18 brand new sexy stories from bestselling authors, every one too steamy for the penalty box . . .

20% of royalties from sales of Hot on Ice will go to Homes for our Troops, a charity that builds specially modified homes for injured veterans.

Get ready to fall in love with the smokin’ hot hockey players of the New Orleans Cajun Rage. After this season’s Cinderella run all the way to the Finals, these heroes have won the Cup—and now your heart is the goal.

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Choose Your Favorite Kensington Hero! Day 2


In a March Madness style elimination tournament, Kensington will pit its heroes against each other in four rounds as readers and fans vote in each match for their favorite hero. The winner advances on to the next round until there is only one hero left standing. Will he be a dashing duke? A fearsome vampire? A sexy detective? Only time will tell.

The heroes were hand-picked by 32 of their authors including Kat Martin, Shelly Laurenston, Alexandra Ivy, Hannah Howell, Mary Jo Putney, and more!

The matches will run from Midnight to Midnight each day for a full 24 hours of voting.
 
Every Monday-Thursday (except President’s Day) from February 9th – March 13th, there will be new matches and new opportunities to vote. Each Friday there will be a recap of the week’s play and highlight the heroes we have lost. There will be two matches per day (Except the 12th and 17th, which feature three matches). Go here to vote


In honor of the tournament, many of the books featuring the heroes are also being offered at a discount in the ebook format. These can be found here: http://www.kensingtonbooks.com/hvsh

The contest is also being hosted on Kensington's main site here: http://www.kensingtonbooks.com/heroVSHero

Today's Line Up:  




VS



AND




VS  



Sunday, October 19, 2014

Bea Reviews Stirring Up Trouble by Kimberly Kincaid

Publisher: Zebra
Series: Pine Mountain #3
Format Read: eGalley
Source: from the publisher in exchange for an honest review
Release Date: October 7, 2014
Buying Links: Amazon* | Book Depository* | ARe* | Barnes & Noble
* affiliate links; the blog receives a small commission from purchases made through these links.

Blurb from goodreads:

Looking for inspiration...

Sloane Russo's turned a decade of crazy jobs and whimsical travel into a career writing steamy novels set in exotic places. Trouble is, Sloane's flat broke now—and she can't channel sun-drenched beaches in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The only fast cash in town comes with some seriously distracting temptation: Gavin Carmichael, hot, handsome and oh-so-hard-headed.

Gavin isn't the impulsive Don Juan of Sloane's novels. He's raising his thirteen-year-old half-sister, and he's pretty sure he's supposed to act like he's never heard of fun. Sloane is way too sexy and irresponsible to be his idea of a good tutor for Bree, but the unpredictable anti-nanny may be irresistible as well...

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Blog Tour: CarolKat Interviews Romance Author Taryn Kincaid




I would like to thank Taryn Kincaid for taking out valuable time from her parasailing up and down the Hudson River to celebrate the release of Heat Wave the latest in her 1Night Stand series.  I also appreciate her adjusting the tin foil to throw the CIA (Culinary Institute of America) off her trail while she answers my interview questions. I think they are after me too.

Read my review of "Heat Wave" here and then enter the giveaway.


Taryn is an Olympic caliber athlete egg roller and spends a great deal of her time petitioning the U.S.O.C. to introduce a fantail shrimp competition. When she's not bungee jumping off the Palisades or parasailing up and down the Hudson River, she devotes her time to caring for her aging pet walrus, arranging her voodoo doll-pin collection and practicing rhythmic chants. At this moment, she is busy sweeping up the loose masala chai tea leaves she spilled all over the kitchen floor. (Probably because she needs COFFEE.) Wait. Is that something…sparkly?

Taryn hangs around a lot on Facebook and Twitter with her trillions of fans and pops in at Goodreads from time to time. You can catch her on her website, http://tarynkincaid.com, and her blog, http://dreamvoyagers.blogspot.com where she lives for comments! She implores you to buy her books so she can retire.

Find Taryn Online:

Website | Twitter | Facebook | Goodreads | Amazon

Blog Tour Review & Giveaway of Heat Wave by Taryn Kincaid

Publisher: Decadent Publishing
Series: Sleepy Hollow #4, 1NS
Format Read: PDF
Source: Sizzling PR in exchange for an honest review
Release Date: August 13, 2013
Buying Links: Amazon* | Barnes & Noble | Decadent | ARe
* affiliate link; clicking & purchasing results in a small commission for the blog

Blurb from goodreads:

Sent into the human realm to retrieve prodigal princess, Zena Night, Bhyrne Raines is shocked and unprepared for his carnal reaction to the sexy succubus. In service to the succubus queen, the rugged enforcer must stifle the instant passion exploding within him. Fulfilling his royal duty doesn’t allow for quickie dalliances. His biological clock is ticking, and he begins to enter breedspawn, an intense and unstoppable frenzy of mating all fire-demon males must endure. But the more he wants to avoid Zena, the more he’s drawn to her.

Reluctant to give up her carefree life of partying among the mortals when the hot-as-sin Bhyrne comes to fetch her for the queen, Zena uses her succubus wiles to entice him, or at least delay the inevitable trip to the royal court. Once in the demon stronghold, hidden deep within the Catskill mountains, she learns the reason for the summons: she must choose a consort within two days.

Zena needs a mate. Bhyrne needs to mate. With time running out for both of them, they each turn to 1Night Stand. With time running out, can Madame Eve come to the rescue?


Monday, April 1, 2013

CarolKat Reviews Blizzard by Taryn Kincaid

Publisher: Decadent Publishing
Series: Sleepy Hollow #4, The Edge
Format Read: Kindle
Release Date: February 22, 2013
Buying Links:  Amazon  Barnes & Noble  Decadent Publishing 

Blurb from goodreads:
Mandy Malone ditches her pharmaceutical convention and the married male colleagues hitting on her to hurry home to her waiting family. But she doesn’t bank on the blizzard that forces her off the road and into a deserted rest stop. When she meets another road refugee, their attraction is immediate and molten hot. Suddenly, getting stranded doesn’t seem like such bad luck after all.
Although totally unprepared for Mandy’s unvarnished proposition, Jack is intrigued by the erotic offer of a promising night of no-questions-asked sex. But when he notices the wedding band on Mandy’s finger, will he forego the lure of a torrid clandestine affair, or give in to the fantasy of blazing hot sex on a wintry night? 

CarolKat's Thoughts:

This is the most awesome, get stuck in a blizzard story I have ever read. Taryn has taken the hot, sexy one night stand to a whole new level in Blizzard. I could feel the cold of the blizzard and Mandy's fear as she looks for a safe place to stop in the blinding snow. I felt her relief as she saw the rest stop. Stranded with no charger for her cell phone Mandy is rummaging through her purse when approached by Jack. This is one of my favorite scenes in this book.

"Is this what you're looking for lady?"
Mandy glanced up, startled by the deep, rumbling baritone that echoed loudly in the fairly quiet building. And even more startled by the tall, gorgeous hunk of manhood bundled into a down parka standing next to her table.
From here the heat goes up, and you'll find yourself smoldering right along with them.

The ending is totally unexpected and shocked the living daylights out of me. I think my mouth is still hanging open.

This is definitely a must read! Bravo, Taryn!

Waiting for Taryn's next project is a torture I am willing to bear. I know she has something quite tantalizing in store for us.
  
Carol owns this kindle book. A slightly different version of this review first appeared on goodreads.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Excerpt from Frost by Taryn Kincaid




Book Blurb ~

Dagney Night, a sought-after succubus, is no stranger to blazing hot sex. But as Valentine’s Day approaches, she longs for something more. When oddly erotic paintings arrive for display at her art gallery, arousing everyone who views them, she wonders about the mysterious artist who created the works.

Maxwell Raines, a fire-sex demon, lives a life of solitude and seclusion behind the walls of his compound at Sleepy Hollow, channeling his lustful impulses into his art—until his muse deserts him and his temperature rises past the danger point. He needs sex. Now.

When Madame Evangeline arranges a torrid Valentine’s 1Night Stand for them, will the flames of their encounter b
e too hot to handle?

Publisher: Decadent Publishing
Genre: Romance, Erotica, Fantasy
Format: ebook
Release Date: January 30, 2013
Buying Links: Amazon  Barnes & Noble  Decadent  ARe


******************************************************************************

About the author:

Taryn Kincaid lives in beautiful Bora Bora. Or wishes she did. When she's not parasailing up and down the Hudson River, taking care of her aging pet walrus, or volunteering at the local animal shelter [oh, HELL, no], she loves to arrange her voodoo doll-pin collection and practice chanting. Taryn is dedicated to eradicating the Kardashians and Honey Boo-Book from the face of the earth, along with The Bieb and sparkly vampires. At this moment, she is busy adjusting the tin foil to throw the CIA (Culinary Institute of America) off her trail. She hangs around a lot on Facebook and Twitter with her trillions of fans and pops in at Goodreads from time to time. You can catch her on her website, http://tarynkincaid.com, and her blog, http://dreamvoyagers.blogspot.com where she lives for comments!

Find Taryn online:

Twitter
Video
Facebook
Goodreads
Amazon

 ******************************************************************************
 Excerpt 

Dagney followed her sister’s glance, and her heart flipped like a gymnast unable to nail a vault. Darkness swathed the gallery with the exception of the lights above or below each of the paintings. The large man emerging from the shadows held her rapt. Waves of pure, unadulterated lust smacked her with such force she didn’t even see Lily and Campbell leave. The blast of raw desire crumpled her to the floor. Her gaze remained riveted on the tall hunk of ferocious male stalking toward her, radiating undiluted carnality. He set something carefully on the floor and grasped her by the elbows, his touch surprisingly gentle when he lifted her to her feet.


“I’m Maxwell Raines.”

Yeah. No kidding. Who else could a guy so hot, so studly, possibly be?

She told herself not to swoon. Ordered herself not to swoon. But, Goddess, that rumbling voice. More potent than a train barreling over the tracks. And he smelled so good. Sinfully masculine. A bit of musk, a bite of pine, an essence of dark, smoky nights. Sexy scents. Reminiscent of tangled satin sheets that had been given a good work-out.

Her legs turned to rubber, and she doubted they’d support her on their own. She’d be mortified if he’d have to scrape her puddled body up again. But he hadn’t yet relaxed his grip. Could she bullshit her way through the meeting without collapsing? “You’re late,” she said.

“I’m never late.”

“Well, the party’s over, Mr. Raines.” She waved a hand around the empty room.

“Depends on your perspective.”

“You’re big on perspective, are you?”

“I’m a painter.” A brief shrug accompanied his blunt words. “Obvious connection.”

“Right. But as you can see, everyone’s left.”
 
“You haven’t.” He gazed down at her, a black brow flaring. “And you’re what I’m here for.”



 *******************************************************************************


You can read a review of "Frost" here.

Taryn will be giving away Valentine's chocolates, candy and book swag. Grand prize: a copy of Lightning, or another ebook from her backlist, chocolates and book swag to one randomly chosen commenter at the end of the tour.



The more you comment during Taryn's blog tour, the better your chances of winning a prize are. The tour dates can be found here:







Monday, February 11, 2013

Guest Review of Frost by Taryn Kincaid

Publisher: Decadent Publishing
Series: Sleepy Hollow #3, 1NS
Format Read: kindle
Release Date: February 12, 2013
Buying Links:  Amazon  Barnes & Noble  Decadent  ARe

Book Blurb from goodreads:
 Dagney Night, a sought-after succubus, is no stranger to blazing hot sex. But as Valentine’s Day approaches, she longs for something more. When oddly erotic paintings arrive for display at her art gallery, arousing everyone who views them, she wonders about the mysterious artist who created the works.

Maxwell Raines, a fire-sex demon, lives a life of solitude and seclusion behind the walls of his compound at Sleepy Hollow, channeling his lustful impulses into his art—until his muse deserts him and his temperature rises past the danger point. He needs sex. Now.

When Madame Evangeline arranges a torrid Valentine’s 1Night Stand for them, will the flames of their encounter be too hot to handle?
Reviewed by: Carol. Carol was raving about this book over on facebook so I asked her if she's write up a review and she agreed. 

Carol's Thoughts:

Dagney Night is a bored succubus and Gallery owner. Maxwell Raines is a reclusive, talented artist and a Fire Demon.

When Dagney sees the response to Maxwell's paintings she decides she needs a real date and contacts 1Night Stand to set something up.

When Maxwell finds out it is Dagney who is hosting his show, he rejects the idea of a public meet at the Gallery Party. He also contacts 1Night Stand but to set up a private party for him and Dagney on that night.

Dagney had just about given up on him when he finally shows up. Everyone has departed except for Dagney's sister who is on her way out the door.

One of my favorite lines in this book is when Dagney decribes Maxwell's work to him:
"Oh, yeah. Your work talks. Like a bullhorn in a library reading room."

As we watch these two delightful characters sort out their individual issues the sparks start flying. It's steamy...let me rephrase that... HOT with hints of romance.

Not too far fetched to think a HEA may be brewing going forward.

I couldn't put this down once I started reading and read it again to warm up with all the snow.

I give this read 5 stars. Bravo,Taryn! I am looking forward to the release of "Blizzard".

Carol owns this ebook.