No one is more annoyed than me when I don't get posts up when I'd intended. I hate not keeping a schedule for the few things that I actually bother to try and schedule. Unfortunately it happens that sometimes life kicks me - not down but back. So I'm a couple days late with last week's review of the daily featured books but if there's one thing I know it's that (as with most things) it's still better to post late than never!
Have a great day. And hopefully happy reading.
MORE THAN MUSIC
by Elizabeth Briggs
Classical
musician Maddie Taylor secretly dreams of a louder life, but geeky girls like
her don't get to be rock stars. That is, until tattooed singer Jared Cross
catches her playing guitar and invites her to join his band on The Sound, a
reality TV show competition.
Once on the show,
Maddie discovers there's more to Jared than his flirty smile and bad boy
reputation. With each performance their attraction becomes impossible to
ignore, but when the show pressures them to stay single, they're forced to keep
their relationship secret.
As the
competition heats up, Jared will do whatever it takes for his band to win, and
Maddie must decide if following her dream is worth losing her heart.
BOUND BY A DRAGON
by Linda K. Hopkins
Book 1 – The Dragon Archives
At twenty-two,
Keira Carver needs to find a husband, but the prospects in her small medieval
village are not pretty slim. So when Aaron Drake, a handsome stranger, takes up
residence at Storbrook Castle, set deep in the surrounding mountains, Keira
takes notice. Just as interesting is the fact that a fire-breathing dragon has
also moved into the neighborhood, and is rumored to live in caves beneath the
mountain fortress. What exactly is the connection between Aaron Drake and the
dragon? And when the dragon rescues her from the unwanted attentions of some
village boys, who will set out to rescue her from the huge, scaly,
fire-breathing monster?
EIGHT HUNDRED GRAPES
by Laura Dave
There are secrets
you share, and secrets you hide… What if your beloved fiancé, he of the crinkly
smile and irresistible British accent, had kept a life-changing secret from
you? And what if, just a week before your dream wedding, you discovered it?
Georgia Ford, bride-to-be, hops in her car and drives through the night, from
Los Angeles to Sonoma, to her safe haven: her family, and the acclaimed family
winery. Georgia craves the company of those who know her best, and whom she
truly knows. Better yet, it’s the eve
of the last harvest—the best time of the growing season, and Georgia knows
she’ll find solace—and distraction—in the familiar rituals. But when Georgia
arrives home, nothing is at all familiar. Her parents, her brothers, the family
business, are all unrecognizable. It seems her fiancé isn’t the only one who’s
been keeping secrets…
Eight
Hundred Grapes is a story about the messy realities of family, the
strength (and weaknesses) of romantic love, and the importance of finding a
place to call home.
THE DUKE AND I
by Julia Quinn
Book 1 – Bridgertons Series
This book
includes the 2nd Epilogue
Can there be any greater challenge to
London's Ambitious Mamas than an unmarried duke?—Lady Whistledown's Society
Papers, April 1813
By all accounts, Simon Basset is on the verge of proposing to his best friend's
sister—the lovely and almost-on-the-shelf—Daphne Bridgerton. But the two of
them know the truth—it's all an elaborate ruse to keep Simon free from
marriage-minded society mothers. And as for Daphne, surely she will attract
some worthy suitors now that it seems a duke has declared her desirable.
But as Daphne waltzes across ballroom after ballroom with Simon, it's hard to
remember that their courtship is a sham. Maybe it's his devilish smile,
certainly it's the way his eyes seem to burn every time he looks at her . . .
but somehow Daphne is falling for the dashing duke . . . for real! And now she
must do the impossible and convince the handsome rogue that their clever little
scheme deserves a slight alteration, and that nothing makes quite as much sense
as falling in love.
Saturday’s
With Princess
WINTERLING
by Sarah Prineas
Jennifer—
Things here have
gotten very bad.
My girl, when you
opened the Way, something happened. It has been weeks since you left, and
spring has still not come. The rains continue, every day. Winter has been
creeping back in. The river through town is flooding, and none of the farmers
have been able to put in their crops.
I am afraid that
something from that world is spilling over into ours.
You must come
home at once. I need you here.
But Fer can't go
home yet. Ever since she went through the Way, she's felt an attachment to this
new world and its magic, and senses that it is perilously out of balance. The
key to healing the land and defeating its powerful ruler lies in Fer's past and
the parents she never knew. She must discover who she is and unleash her inner
warrior before the worlds on both sides of the Way plunge into a never-ending
winter.
And see the REVIEW (by Princess) here.
Enjoy!
