Freebie Friday!

 

Welcome to another weekly Freebie Friday post, where I tell you what free samples and full sized products I received in the mail and how you can get them too. Someone asked me why I do a "Freebie Friday" each week, so I'll tell you.

A while back I listed all the free samples and wins that I had received that previous year and so many people didn't believe that I could have gotten so many free things. So I decided to prove it by taking a picture every week and sharing the sites that I found the links to the freebies at. So now you too can get great free samples coming to your mailbox each week.

  You can find links to great samples at Hey It's Free and Freebie Shark.

This week I received:

I cashed out my points on Crowdtap for a $5 Amazon giftcard. 

Free flowers.

You can sign up on Crowdtap  and take surveys that you can then cash out for giftcards too.

The lady next door found a bag delivered by Uber left at her door that she didn't order. It had kids cough medicine, iced tea and flowers in it. My grandson has Covid too so she brought the bag of stuff over to us. So that's how I got free flowers. 

Did you receive any freebies this week?

Book Review: Auctioned For Her Blood by Mara Leigh

 

Book Description

Never go out after dark.

There's a secret in my blood. My mother died to protect me from dark magic, and I've played it safe for the past ten years, never going outside after the sun sets. But I can't live like this anymore. I don't want to die alone and a virgin.

One wrong turn and I find myself on an auction block where two wealthy, powerful men bid their fortunes for a night with me.

I can't deny that I'm drawn to both the cultured intellect and the dangerous bad boy. With them, I'm whisked into a glamorous world of powerful vampires, wild creatures, dark secrets and darker desires.

The secrets held deep inside me are going to come out. All I can do is trust the men I'm falling for to protect me from the danger hunting me.

Auctioned for Her Blood is Book 1 of The Vampires' Illuminant series. Expect a steamy, exciting story, where the heroine falls for more than one man and doesn't have to choose.

My Review

Ember was just a kid when her mother made her go into the magically concealed basement to hide from those bad people who were looking for her. But when her mother disappeared that night she knew her mother was dead and had died for her, to keep her safe. From that moment on she did as her mother had told her to do and never went out after dark in order to keep herself safe. Until one night she can't help but be out after dark for a work event. 

Meeting Zuben changed her life but then meeting Ryker also changed her life but not in bad ways. She now knows that things are not always what they seem and there's a lot more to be seen than she ever knew. Vampires exist and while some are bad, Zuben and Ryker and not the bad kind. At least she doesn't think Zuben is a bad vampire but the people he works for are not good so he tries to keep her safe from them because if they found out what she is, they would keep her locked up and experiment on her. 

I was really liking this book when it abruptly ended on a cliffhanger. I was not expecting that and it really ruined the book for me. 

I give this book 2 out of 5 stars.

Amazon

Review: Daily Goodie Box- January

 

The Daily Goodie Box has been around since about July of 2016. I signed up for an account right after I heard about them. They are 100% free, you don't even have to pay for shipping. And for a free box it's a nice sampler box of products.

What was in the box?

NFco - Natural Mouthwash- You know how some natural mouthwashes have a bad taste to them? Well I was pleasantly surprised that this one was good. It has a good taste to it and because it's alcohol free, it doesn't burn to use.

South of France - Shea Butter Bar Soap- I love trying new soaps and this one smells so good. It has a nice lather, smells good and didn't dry my skin. 

Foods Alive - Nutritional Yeast- I've never used this before but it says you can use it as a seasoning so I added a little to my salad and it was fine. Here's to finding new things to use this with. I love trying new things.

The Good Bean - Crunchy Chickpeas- I've actually made crunchy chickpeas in the oven before but they take so long to get crunchy. So I love that I got to try these because they were good. 

FeelGood SuperFoods - Immune Support Shot- Well since I'm sick with Covid this came at just the right time. It didn't have too bad a taste and I figured it can't hurt to take now when I'm not feeling good. I didn't feel anything from it like the jitters or anything like with an energy shot but it wasn't too bad.

Whisps - Parmesan Cheese Crisps- Nope. I've tried these a couple of times when they've been in the box before. I cannot try them again. The smell is bad enough but the taste is slightly vomit-ish. Not good.

Neuro - Energy and Focus Gum- I chew gum a lot but I could not with this. It had such a bad taste to it. I spit it right out.

Zolli Candy - Zolli PB Cups- Hands down this was the best thing in the box. My grandson and I ate these over a couple of days. We both loved them.

All they ask you to do is try the products and leave reviews for the products you got in order to be eligible for more Free Goodie Boxes. As you guys already know, I'm a fan of all these types of boxes. I love all the different subscription boxes and it's really nice to be able to try new to me products for free. This is a great box to try for.

Oh and one more thing, if you visit their FB Page, they give away Goodie Boxes to people who interact with their posts. So if you've tried before and weren't able to get a Goodie Box, there's even more ways to get one now.

Daily Goodie Box. It's more than just Free Samples!

Have you signed up? Have you received one of these boxes?

I'm a fan of subscription boxes and love trying new products for free so this was a huge hit with me. New products+free box = Fabulous!

Disclosure: I was given and free box in exchange for a review but all opinions are my own.

Book Review: Alpha's Temptation by Renee Rose and Lee Savino

 

Book Description

MINE TO PROTECT. MINE TO PUNISH. MINE.

I’m a lone wolf, and I like it that way. Banished from my birth pack after a bloodbath, I never wanted a mate.

Then I meet Kylie. My temptation. We’re trapped in an elevator together, and her panic almost makes her pass out in my arms. She’s strong, but broken. And she’s hiding something.

My wolf wants to claim her. But she’s human, and her delicate flesh won't survive a wolf's mark.

I'm too dangerous. I should stay away. But when I discover she's the hacker who nearly took down my company, I demand she submit to my punishment. And she will.

Kylie belongs to me.

Publisher’s Note: Alpha’s Temptation is a stand-alone book in the Bad Boy Alphas series. HEA guaranteed, no cheating.

My Review

Jackson is a wolf shifter but he doesn't have a pack, he's a loner and the CEO of his own company. Some years ago there was a hacker who hacked his system but didn't take anything, she was just showing off her skills to him to let him know she could hack him and then she disappeared. He's been trying to find her ever since then with no luck. 

Kylie has been on the run ever since she witnessed something she shouldn't have seen and she and her grandma have been moving around even though the bad guy is in jail. 

Kylie who is the one who hacked Jackson's company interviews for a job there but gets stuck in the elevator with a man not knowing it's Jackson. She's scared of small spaces so she freaks out a little while in there with him and he's able to calm her down until the lights and power come back on. After she gets the job, Jackson can't seem to get her out of his mind and makes reasons to go and see her. But he's a wolf shifter and even though his wolf is telling him that Kylie is his mate, he can't mate her because doing so would put a human in danger. He might even kill her during the mating process, so he tries to keep her at arms length until he just can't anymore. 

When someone tries to blackmail Kylie she decides to go to Jackson and tell him the truth only to find out that the bad guys have kidnapped her grandmother. The action really ramped up at this point because not only does Kylie's grandmother have a huge secret of her own but there's a double-cross going on right under Jackson's nose.

I really liked Kylie and Jackson but there were a few problems with his personality that I didn't care for. He's messing around with a human who he knows could die if he bites her while he tries to mate her but that doesn't stop him from tempting his wolf too many times by being with her. There were too many close calls. Plus he's an alpha wolf and a dominant which wouldn't have been bad if his form of discipline hadn't got on my nerves at times and other times just came across as wrong. She was innocent, had no experience with men and he just came across too strong and wanted things from her that she seemed to inexperienced to be able to tell him she might not want to do. So while I really liked the story, I didn't like him at times. 

I give this book 3 out of 5 stars.

Amazon

Happy Raturday!

 

"It's a cereal kind of morning"

*All pictures this week are courtesy of www.martymousehouse.com*

Apartment Life #286

 

This is a weekly blog post that I'm calling Apartment Hell  Life. I've mentioned a few times some of the crazy things that go on in and around my apartment complex in the past 24 years that we've lived here and people keep telling me I should write a book. But instead of a book, I've decided to share the crazy things that have happened in and around my apartment complex in the last 24 years here in a weekly blog post.

My daughter took this picture with her phone since her phone takes good pictures at night. The ambulance was right across the street from us at 10pm when she got home from work. No idea what was going on but I didn't see anyone get taken away in the ambulance.

I figured out how to download a video I took years ago that I had put on Facebook. I hope this actually works. lol 

We used to call this guy Banjo Man. He didn't live here, he would just walk around and if he saw someone outside, he would stand beside them and play his banjo. Most people got used to him really fast and would let him play near them. I took this video when Banjo Man was standing near my neighbor. 

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I had a package delivered on Tuesday at 6PM but the delivery person never knocked on my door so I didn't know it was out there. I went out just an hour later after seeing the message notification and it was gone. Someone stole it. Thankfully I was able to get a replacement sent out.

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A neighbor had someone knock on his door late one night and when he opened the door the lady opened the screen door because he didn't have it locked and pushed her way in. Then she tried staying the night and when he told her she couldn't stay, she refused to leave. After an argument, he had to physically pick her up and put her outside where she decided it would be a good idea to throw a fit and start yelling and screaming. It was after midnight so I'm surprised one of his neighbors didn't call the police before she left. This is why I keep my screen door locked at all times so people can't just try to walk into my apartment.

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And we've all been sick for almost 2 weeks and my daughter went and took a Covid test because her work told her she had to in order to take a week off from work. Last night the test came back positive so we all have Covid. But we're all doing alright. I'm actually feeling better, we just can't get rid of this cough.

The high this week was 64F/17C

The low this week was 26F/-3 C

So that's it for this week's Apartment Hell  Life! Be sure to come back next week for more.

Favorite Song of the Week!

 

Here is this week's favorite song. While the video is a little strange, the song is great. I hope you like it too. Let me know if you've heard this one before.

Freebie Friday!

 

Welcome to another weekly Freebie Friday post, where I tell you what free samples and full sized products I received in the mail and how you can get them too. Someone asked me why I do a "Freebie Friday" each week, so I'll tell you.

A while back I listed all the free samples and wins that I had received that previous year and so many people didn't believe that I could have gotten so many free things. So I decided to prove it by taking a picture every week and sharing the sites that I found the links to the freebies at. So now you too can get great free samples coming to your mailbox each week.

  You can find links to great samples at Hey It's Free and Freebie Shark.

This week I received:

I received a pair of earphones from Walmart Spark Reviewer. 

I received a full size foaming hand washing kit from Hello Friends.

I cashed out my points on Thrift Pig surveys for a $5 Amazon gift card. 

I didn't like the earphones. They were too big for my ears and hurt my ears. 

The Hello hand washing kit contains a glass bottle and a soap tablet that you add to warm water and let dissolve. It works well so that's kinda cool. 

I linked all the sites I used this week so if you want to find freebies or sign up for the different sites, you can click on the links to their sites. 

I cannot link Walmart Spark Reviewer since that site is my invitation only.

Did you receive any freebies this week?

Book Review: Knight's Redemption by Sherilee Gray

 

Book Description

The Knights of Hell have grabbed my attention and dragged me into their dark, sexy and action packed world!

With one fatal mistake, immortal demon hunter Lazarus started a chain reaction that set him and his five brothers on a collision course straight to Hell.

There’s only one way to save them all—claim his mate, a sweet beauty he doesn’t deserve and will only end up hurting. But immortals fall hard, and walking away from her when it’s over is going to be near-impossible.

When bookstore owner Eve Taylor starts hearing the thoughts of others, she is certain she’s losing her mind. Until the day a wickedly seductive and dangerous warrior appears and introduces her to a terrifying new world—one she has been part of her whole life and never knew.

Now, with a traitor consumed by darkness and driven by revenge hunting them, they have one chance at survival. But they must give into the scorching desire that, if they let it, could destroy them both.

My Review

Lazarus made a mistake, an accident really that cost his friend his mate and now Tobias is out for revenge. Tobias let his demon half take over and is out for revenge against Lazarus so finding his mate is the last thing he wants to do but that's exactly what happens. 

Eve can hear people's thoughts so when her powers showed up and Lazarus shows up to make sure she's safe, all hell breaks loose when a demon goes for her and tries to take her. Lazarus realizes that Eve is his mate and has to keep her safe. So he kills the demon and talks her into coming with him. 

Eve isn't sure Lazarus is the good guy even though he saved her but all kinds of weird things are happening and she knows she'd never be able to fight these demons who want to kidnap her by herself so she gives Lazarus a chance. So when he brings her back to where he and his brothers live, some with their mates, it's not long before Eve starts to feel safe around them. 

But Lazarus is fighting an attraction for her even though she's his mate and she can make him stronger if he tells her and she agree's to mate him so he can fight Tobias. But he doesn't think he's good enough for her so for a while he is able to keep his distance until some secrets are revealed and things don't go as planned. 

I really liked getting to know Lazarus and his brothers and even though I would hope that Tobias comes to his senses and comes back to them, I just don't see that happening which is sad. 

This book has a lot of action but it also has a lot of angst which slowed down the romance but I kinda liked that about this. They are attracted to each other but they don't get together right away and I liked getting to know both of them. The ending was so good that I'm looking forward to reading the next book in this series now. I would have loved this cover if they hadn't cut his face off. 

I give this book 4 out of 5 stars. 

Amazon

Book Review: Ancient Vendetta by Katie Reus

 

Book Description

His responsibility is to his pack, his people—the territory of New Orleans.

When the world devolved into chaos and fire, Alpha wolf King kept his territory from collapsing. Now, every day it seems there’s a new challenge—rogue witches, treacherous vampires, evil dragons. But his biggest threat is Aurora. Unique, magical, a female who sees him, the male, and not simply the Alpha in charge. But she’s thrown up so many walls that he’s afraid he’ll never be able to break through to the woman behind them. When the most dangerous threat they’ve ever faced ravages the city he’ll need her at his side—to defeat it, and then claim the woman who already owns him, body and soul.

But she makes him want more.

After being held captive for a year, Aurora has embraced her freedom. For the first time in her life she’s living away from her older sister in a new territory. A new world. She’s made friends and is helping New Orleans get back on its feet. But she’s far from the woman she used to be. Even so, she can’t fight her ever present and growing attraction to King. Except she’s afraid she’s broken, that she’ll never be able to have a normal relationship again—that she can’t handle being an Alpha’s mate. When an evil linked to his past threatens to tear them apart and destroy the city, she must set her fears aside and find the courage to follow her heart—and the wolf who’s already won it.

Author note: Though part of a series, this book may be read as a stand-alone, complete with HEA.

My Review

King and Aurora have been dancing around their attraction for a while now and after the last book I figured they would end up together at some point. King has been giving Aurora time to adjust to being back and getting acclimated again after she had been kidnapped and held hostage for a year by a crazy dragon shifter. She's not sure she's ready for a relationship but the attraction she feels towards King is real and she's pretty sure he feels something for her too but neither of them are willing to make the first move.

King is a wolf shifter and Aurora is a phoenix shifter but King is the alpha of the territory she lives in. She helps him out when he needs it and has a lot of friends who she's close with. They are living in a broken world right now because some shifters went nuts and destroyed a lot that had been built and now shifters are in charge and trying to keep things safe for everyone including the humans. 

When someone from King's past that he thought was dead makes an appearance, he has to join forces with a lot of different species but he has a lot of friends. What he wasn't expecting is for the Fae to come and ask for his help which opens up all kinds of secrets that he'll have to deal with. 

There's a big battle, secrets are revealed, some truths come to light and we see what a deep love can overcome. This was truly a great addition to this series. 

I give this book 5 out of 5 stars. 

Disclosure: I was given an e-ARC of this book via NetGalley but all thoughts and opinions are my own. 

Amazon

Book Review: Kiss Me Before I die by Rena Marks

 

Book Description

A love affair between a vampire and an Extinguisher is doomed from the beginning, but Afton can't resist the lure of the predator.

Extinguishers are humans deliberately infected with the vampire virus. Children from all social levels are regularly screened for exceptional athletic abilities—speed and strength. Bravery.

Females are especially rare for Extinguishers, since the female body is not prone to muscle mass. Not like a man’s.

Humans thought it appalling that children were fed the blood of a captured vampire in order to improve their performance. But they looked the other way for the greater good of destroying the growing race of evil creatures—Vampires. After all, someone has to police the stronger, more beautiful race of peoples. It was beginning to look like plain old vanilla humans were low man on the food chain and that inspired fear. Like all prejudices, after the fear followed hatred.

That had been me. I was the Queen of the Extinguishers one year previous. Now, at the tender age of twenty-five, I'm the first retired Extinguisher in existence.

I should have known it wouldn't be that easy for the government to let me go.

My Review

The government started taking children away from their parents in order to train them as Extinguishers to fight the vampires. Humans looked the other way as children were taken away, experimented on, trained and fed vampire blood in order to make them strong, strong enough to kill the vampires. 

But not all vampires are bad, most just want to live in peace and have families of their own but humans are scared and thus the Extinguishes rise to kill the vampires. 

Afton was the first Extinguisher, the strongest and she used to be the queen of them. But the Extinguishers are told they can retire once they reach the age of 25...if they live that long which most don't. Afton is the very first to reach her 25th birthday, something the scientists didn't think possible. But Afton is more than she seems, she has secrets, secrets the scientists who experimented on her could not figure out. She was the fastest, strongest and best Extinguisher and the scientists couldn't figure out why or how to duplicate the experiment that made her that way. But Afton, even as a child had an inclination of why she was different, not that she would ever let them know her secret though.

When the scientists couldn't figure out what made her different and couldn't make more like her, they decided to breed her but she put a stop to that right away as well. So once she was old enough to retire, she took all of her files with her, much to the chagrin of the scientists who had experimented on her. 

When she meets Ethan who is a vampire, she doesn't kill him and he won't leave her alone because he loves her but she has strong feelings for him as well even though she fights them. Ethan is great and I loved him. He kept after her, he comes on strong because he knows with all the brainwashing she's had that she'll never willingly be with him even though she has feelings for him, so he pursues her. 

When Extinguishers come after her, Ethan helps her and she finds herself among vampires who don't trust her but she gets to see that all vampires aren't as bad as she's been taught they are. Ethan helps her and she in turn finally sees him for the great guy he is. The secrets that surface were great, it was a slight twist as to why the scientists were never able to make another like her. I really liked the reveal. This was a different take on a vampire book and I liked it. 

I give this book 4 out of 5 stars. 

Amazon

Happy Raturday!

 

"Just out taking a boat ride"

*All pictures this week are courtesy of www.martymousehouse.com*

Apartment Life #285

 

This is a weekly blog post that I'm calling Apartment Hell  Life. I've mentioned a few times some of the crazy things that go on in and around my apartment complex in the past 24 years that we've lived here and people keep telling me I should write a book. But instead of a book, I've decided to share the crazy things that have happened in and around my apartment complex in the last 24 years here in a weekly blog post.

I actually took some video of the police helicopter flying over my apartment complex during the day. So you can see a little more than a phantom light flying in the darkness. LOL

The police showed up as well and were driving around my street. Then they went into the alley for the apartment complex across the street but the tree's are so over grown over there that I couldn't get any pictures of the police walking around over there.

No one was arrested so I guess that's good? Not sure what or who they were looking for though.

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The high this week was 53F/11C

The low this week was 26F/-3 C

So that's it for this week's Apartment Hell  Life! Be sure to come back next week for more.

Happy New Year

 

Freebie Friday!

Welcome to another weekly Freebie Friday post, where I tell you what free samples and full sized products I received in the mail and how you can get them too. Someone asked me why I do a "Freebie Friday" each week, so I'll tell you.

A while back I listed all the free samples and wins that I had received that previous year and so many people didn't believe that I could have gotten so many free things. So I decided to prove it by taking a picture every week and sharing the sites that I found the links to the freebies at. So now you too can get great free samples coming to your mailbox each week.

  You can find links to great samples at Hey It's Free and Freebie Shark.

This week I received:

I received 2 perfume samples this week and both smell really good. 

I also cashed out my points on YouGov for a $15 Amazon gift card.

I linked the YouGov survey site above if you'd like to sign up for the site and earn points for surveys that you can cash out for giftcards. 

Did you receive any freebies this week?

Books I Read In 2021

 

My goal this year was to read 120 books by the end of the year. The Goodreads Challenge is the only reading challenge that I usually do, so here's the list of books that I read. Some I counted as more than one because of box sets. *Is that cheating? I don't know*

1. Healing Her Wolf by Zoe Chant

2. A Dragon Speaks Her Name by Kira Nyte

3. Texas Proud by Diana Palmer

4. Dragon Fire by Juliette Cross

5. Meant To Be Immortal by Lynsay Sands 

6. Alien Protector: A Sci-Fi Alien Romance (Vaxxlian Mates Book 1) by Sue Mercury

7. The Alpha's Redemption (The Kincaid Werewolves Book 3) by L.E. Wilson

8. Big Bad Billionaire (The Woolven Secret Book 1) by Saranna DeWylde 

9. Bjorn Cursed by N.J. Walters 

10. The Black Lily by Juliette Cross

11. Ancient Enforcer by Katie Reus

12. Bull In A Tea Shop by Zoe Chant 

13. Aegir by Lee Savino

14. The Virgin Hunt Games by Mel Teshco

15. Bonded To The Dragon by Laxmi Hariharan

16. A Bridge To Love by Lee Colgin

17. Blue Moon by Lisa kessler

18. Wold Moon by Lisa Kessler

19. New Moon by Lisa Kessler

20. Hatched by Celia Kyle

21. The Warrior King by Abigail Owen

22. Accidental Abduction by Eve Langlais

23. Chaser by Brittany White

24. Claimed in Shadows by Lara Adrian

25. Chasing Charis by Lynn Best 

26. Close Liaison's by Anna Zaires

27. Cutlass by Ellis Leigh

28. Dead of Night by Emily Goodwin

29. Defender Cave Bear by Zoe Chant

30. Delicate Ink by Carrie Ann Ryan

31. Her Vampire Bad Boy (Midnight Doms book 5) by Brenda Trim

32. Rafael by Laurell K. Hamilton

33. Reckless Road by Christine Feehan

34. Elizabeth's Wolf by Lora Leigh

35. Her Vampire Obsession (Midnight Doms Book 7)by Lesli Richardson 

36. Her Vampire Master by Maren Smith

37. Her Vampire Price (Midnight Doms book 3) by Ines Johnson

38. Lone Wolf by Diana Palmer 

39. Her Vampire Hero by Nicolina Martin

40. The Virgin Hunt Games Vol 3 by Mel Teshco

41. Shadow Storm by Christine Feehan

42. Her Vampire Temptation by (Midnight Doms book 8) by Alexis Alvarez

43. Her Vampire Addiction by Tabitha Black

44. Her Vampire Lord by Ines Johnson

45. Her Vampire Suspect by Brenda Trim

46. All Soul's Night (A Midnight Doms Anthology) By Renee Rose and others

47. Adverse Possession by Rebecca Zanetti

48. The Last Warrior by Jennifer Ashley

49. Rebel's Karma by Rebecca Zanetti

50. Her Vampire Knight by Ines Johnson

51. His Captive Mortal by Lee Savino and Renee Rose

52. Seduced By The Dragon Lord by Kiersten Fay

53. Lightning Game by Christine Feehan

54. The Vampire's Captive by Kay Elle Parker 

55. Mile High With a Vampire by Lynsay Sands

56. The Vampire's Prey by Vivian Murdoch

57. Notorious by Diana Palmer

58. Darkness Betrayed by Alexandra Ivy

59. Bite Shift by Lena Nazarei

60. Fierce Cowboy Wolf by Kait Ballenger

61. Night's Illusion by Amanda Ashley

62. Her Vampire Assassin by Erin St. Charles

63. An Alpha's Choice by Carrie Ann Ryan

64. The Dragon's Playlist by Laura Bickle

65. Burn by Suzanne Wright

66. Determined Prince by Michelle M. Pillow

67. Nicodemus by D.B. Reynolds

68. Alpha's Prey by Renee Rose and Lee Savino

69. The Sage Chronicles, Book One - Of the Lilin by Paulette Hampton

70. Firefighter Sea Dragon by Zoe Chant

71. Firefighter Unicorn by Zoe Chant

72. Firefighter Phoenix by Zoe Chant

73. Latent by Rae Salander

74. Witches Get Stitches by Juliette Cross

75. His Beloved by Anna Santos

76. The Master Shark's Mate by Zoe Chant

77. Discovering Dani by N.J. Walters

78. Marked By A Vampire by Angela Sanders

79. Fever: a Blood Moon Rising Werewolf Romance by Lola Taylor

80. Holding Hoarse by Cynthia Sax

81. I'm Not Lion To You by Krystal Shannon

82. Forged In Fire by Juliette Cross

83. Day Zero: Beginnings (Savage North Chronicles Book 8) by Lindsey Pogue

84. The Dryad's Pawprint (Paranormal Council Book 1) by Laura Greenwood

85-87. Double Dragon Box Set by Terry Bolryder

88. Edge Of Darkness by Lara Adrian

89. Etched In Stone by Susan Hayes

90. Gifted Lance by Brittany White

91. Godhunter by Amy Sumida

92. Jaxson by Alisa Woods

93. Gray Card by Cassandra Chandler

94. A Dark Guardian by Donna Grant

95-99. Her Angel: Eternal Warriors Romance Series Complete Series Box Set (Books 1-5) (Her Angel: Eternal Warriors paranormal romance series) by Felicity Heaton

100. Deal With A Demon by Fae Owens 

101. The Traitor by Abigail Owen

102. Ranger griffin by Zoe Chant

103. Knock down dragon out by Krystal Shannon

104. The Pegasus Marshal's Mate by Zoe Chant

105. Cowboy Wolf Trouble by Kait Ballenger

106. Stonewing Guardian by Zoe Chant

107. Ice: Dragon C an by Skye Jones

108. Dark Tarot by Christine Feehan

109. Stealing The Dragon's Heart by Kiersten Fay

110. Fears in the Dark: A Darkest Needs by S.H. Timmins 

111. A Mate For The Christmas Dragon by Zoe Chant 

112. A Mate For The Dragon by Zoe Chant

113. Wildfire Unicorn by Zoe Chant

 114. Wildfire Griffin by Zoe Chant

115. Wildfire Pegasus by Zoe Chant

116. Wildfire Hellhound by Zoe Chant

117. Walking in a Witchy Wonderland by Juliette Cross

118. Annihilation Road by Christine Feehan

119. A Prime's Passion by Shiloh Walker

120. Wild Cowboy Wolf by Kait Ballenger

121. Bewitch the Darkness by Alexandra Ivy

122. The Cursed King by Abigail Owen

123. Wildfire Phoenix by Zoe Chant

124. Immortal's Honor by Rebecca Zanetti

125. Bond of Destiny by Larissa Ione

126. Who Could Have Imagined by Aliette St. Hilaire

127. Razr by Larissa Ione

128. Night's Bliss by Mary Hughes

129. Immortal Born by Lynsay Sands

130. Heart of Stone by Cynthia Eden

131. The Jackal by J.R. Ward

132. Beast by Cambria Hebert

133. Forever After by Ashley R. King

I think I did pretty good this year and I met my goal which is awesome! How many books did you read this year?

Favorite Picture of the Week

 

It looked like it was going to rain for a couple of days this week and after I took this picture we actually did get a little rain. It mostly sprinkled all day Thursday. You already know how much I like these dark days.

Book Review: Annihilation Road by Christine Feehan

 

Book Description

All paths lead to destruction in the new Torpedo Ink novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan.

Savin “Savage” Pajari is convinced he’s not worth a damn thing. He’s not like his brothers. He’s a sadistic monster, a killer—a man no woman could truly love. So it completely throws him when a stranger risks her life for his, pushing him out of the way and taking the hit that would have sent him six feet under. If he had any kind of sense, he’d leave her alone, but Savage can’t get the woman with a smart mouth and no sense of self-preservation out of his head. With one kiss, he’s lost.

Seychelle Dubois has spent her entire life not feeling much of anything, until Savage comes along and sets her whole body on fire. Kissing him was a mistake. Letting him get close would be a catastrophe. He’s the most beautiful—and damaged—man she’s ever met. He has a way of getting under her skin, and what he’s offering is too tempting to resist.

Seychelle knows so little about Savage or the dangerous world of Torpedo Ink, but his darkness draws her like a moth to a flame. Loving him could mean losing herself completely to his needs—needs she doesn’t understand but is eager to learn. But what Savage teaches her could destroy her.

My Review

Savage runs with a biker gang known as Torpedo Ink. They are in fact more like family since they all went through something very horrible as children. They have each others backs and celebrate when a member finds their one person. Savage is a killer and a sadist but he's that way because the people who kidnapped him and killed his family made him that way. He never thought he'd find a woman who would love him because he's very broken. 

Seychelle has a gift that lets her heal people somewhat or at least help them live longer if they are very sick. She can also feel what they are feeling and help if they are anxious, mad, or feeling other emotions. She's a singer but there's a guy who thinks he controls where and when she can sing and she's not happy about it. So when some of the guys of Torpedo Ink ask her to sing at their club, she says she'll think about it. 

Seychelle runs into Savage when she spots him trying to save a child from getting hit by a vehicle but he's not gonna make it out of the way in time until she pushes him out of the way and gets hurt herself. Savage can't believe someone risked their life for him so he goes to the hospital to see her and is instantly attracted to her which doesn't ever happen to him. He tries to leave her alone because he knows he's broken and any woman who he ends up with is going to have to deal with his demons. 

They spend time together and Savage is pretty upfront with her about what he needs but she knows because she catches glimpses of what he does when the rage in him gets to be too much and he needs a release. Each member of Torpedo Ink was trained from a young age to be killers and their paranormal gifts were honed and they were trained to use them which helped them survive the hell they were put through. Now they seek out pedophiles so they can save the child victims and kill the offenders. That's what they've been doing in some of the other books. Unfortunately, all of the members are a little messed up mentally because of how they were raised and the abuse, torture, and hell they went through as children.

Seychelle has made enemies of a couple of different guys because she wasn't easily persuaded and helped a woman who was in trouble and now a couple of guys have her in their sights. So while Savage and Seychelle are getting to know each other better the club members are also keeping her safe. 

This is the 6th book in the Torpedo Ink series and I have been looking forward to this book the most because Savage seems like the most broken. He's a sadist, his nick name is whip master for a reason. There are actually going to be two books just about Savage because one book couldn't do him justice and I'm looking forward to that one as well even though I have a feeling it will be more in-depth in regards to Seychelle and Savages relationship and how he's "training" her to like and accept the pain that he needs. 

This book and this series isn't for everyone. The guys can be crass, rude and rough because they use a lot of bad language and can be quite graphic. Because of all these things I wasn't sure that this series was going to be for me but I just keep coming back to read each book because I've gotten to know these characters and what they've been through and how hard they've tried to put the torturous childhood they had to some use and when they find that one person they were meant to be with, it's nice to see them get a little happiness in their lives for once. 

This isn't an easy read but Savage is so much more than a sadist. He's also a guy who cares a lot about his club members. We get to see what his gift is and how he's been using it without them even knowing it. After that bombshell explodes, we see why Savage is so full of rage and in need of an outlet to release it. I would definitely read this series in order otherwise you might be a little lost.

I give this book 5 out of 5 savage stars.

Disclosure: I was given an E-arc of this book via NetGalley but all thoughts and opinions are my own. 

Happy Raturday!

 

I hope you all had a nice Christmas.

"Candy Cane Elf passes out candy canes."

"Christmas experiments. What could go wrong?"

"Christmas elf hopes you have a wonderful New Year"

"We were just waiting for Christmas dinner" 

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