Sample Mondays: The Switch by J.C. Emery

 

Sample Monday is a meme hosted by Salacious Reads. What a great way to share novels you have downloaded onto your e-reader to give you a taste before you buy it.

 

I have never read anything by J.C. Emery and she has a book coming out October 28th, Ride (Bayonet Scars #1) that I really want to read. So I thought since a new author to me I would like to sample one of her other novels and get a feel of her writing voice. I know this book 2 in Men With Badges series but the blurb caught my attention more than book 1. Figured since it is a sample and just want to get a feel for her I thought it could not hurt as being 2nd book in a series. Have not sampled The Switch yet but hoping do so before Ride comes out. The cover is drool worthy.

The Switch (Men With Badges #2)

by J.C. Emery

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Blurb by Goodreads

 

Shelby Brignac has gotten herself into some trouble. From her awful taste in men to her poor choices, she just can’t catch a break. After stupidly helping her boyfriend with his loan sharking business, Shelby has decided she wants out. It’s just too dangerous for a waitress, in her opinion. But just when she thinks she’s free of the headache, she’s offered up one last job– one last job she can’t refuse: retrieve a precious antique gem and she’ll get her best friend back alive.

Hiding out in New Orleans’ French Quarter with the rare purple diamond in tow, Shelby thinks she has no way out of the seemingly hopeless situation– that is until Chase Guilliot, an off-duty cop intervenes, saving her life. Too bad for Chase that the gunman who’s hot on his tail doesn’t care if one of his targets carries a badge– he just wants Shelby’s head and that diamond back. And he’s not above killing a cop to get it.

On the run with a hot rare diamond and a beautiful hot-headed woman, Chase’s oath to serve and protect is pushed to the limits. Unsure if he can trust the one person he wants to more than anything, Chase swears he’ll get both he and Shelby out of this mess alive, but then he’s done with her for good– or is he?

THE SWITCH is a thrilling contemporary romance that likes to live on both sides of the law.

Lusting For Covers: #147 Fury Of Desire by Coreene Callahan

Lusting For Covers is a weekly meme hosted by TBQ's Book Palace . Lusting For Covers is held on Sunday, that allows bloggers to share their current cover obsession with fellow book lovers. It can be new, old, a reprint, or even a book that is not yet out-- it's all up to you! Join in on the fun, head over to TBQ's Book Palace and list your Lusting For Covers candidate.

I am back! Miss me much...I missed you! Can we say hello Delicious-Dragon-Shifter sporting his intense eyes. Models face is perfect and of course loving the sexy Tatt on his chest. Well done cover. Have yet to try this series but got my attention with Dragon-shifters. 

 

Fury of Desire (Dragonfury #4)

by Coreene Callahan

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Of all of the warriors in the Nightfury pack, none is more complicated or more damaged than Wick. Emotionally scarred from a childhood of slavery and torture, Wick can barely stand the touch of another person. But all bets are off when he meets newcomer J.J. Solares. When J.J. is unjustly imprisoned, Wick agrees to help rescue and return her to the family fold. But Wick lives a life of self-imposed isolation, even among his beloved brothers in arms. Venturing into the world to seek justice for J.J. may be more than he can bear.

Meanwhile J.J. fights for her life at the hands of brutal prison guard Griggs. When she winds up in the hospital she sees no hope for things getting better. But events take a dramatic turn when she and Wick encounter each other. The connection they share is unlike anything either has felt before. J.J. believes she is hallucinating when she sees the majestic dark-haired god sweep in to save her, and Wick is shaken to his core by the attraction he feels for J.J. For the first time in his life, he finds himself wanting to get close to a woman.

After J.J.’s rescue, the two retire to Wick's mountain home, where J.J. recovers from physical injury while attempting to help Wick recover from his emotional ones. But neither is out of harm's way yet. And when they find themselves in the center of a Dragonkind war, they are forced to make the ultimate choice between surrendering to their fears or each other’s love.

ARC Review: Bold Tricks by Karina Halle

Bold Tricks (The Artists Trilogy #3)

by Karina Halle

Publisher: Forever (Grand Central Publishing)

Purchase Links: Amazon  Barnes & Noble

Blurb by Goodreads

USA Today bestselling author, Karina Halle, brings you the final installment in her sexy, action-packed, Artists Trilogy contemporary romance series.

The Faster They Live, the Harder They Fall . . .
Raised by con artists, Ellie Watt has a lot of crazy childhood memories-but none crazier than being scarred with acid by the demented crime boss Travis Raines. Now Ellie is a full-grown woman who lives for revenge, and Travis is a full-blown drug lord who kills for pleasure. The sadistic bastard has kidnapped her good friend Gus as well as her mother, whom he's been holding as prized possessions in his heavily guarded lair. And Ellie has only one chance in hell of getting them out alive-using two dangerous men who love her to death . . .

One is Camden McQueen, a talented tattoo artist who's made a permanent mark on Ellie's heart. The other is Javier Bernal, her fiery ex-lover who's busted more than a few heads in his time. From the crime-ridden streets of Mexico City to the predatory jungles of Honduras, this unlikely trio forms an uneasy alliance in the deadliest game of all-a gun-blazing battle to the finish that will pit enemy against enemy and lover against lover. And Ellie must choose the right man to trust . . . or die.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have been hooked on The Artists Trilogy since the beginning, sad to see it coming to an end but like all series there is a time when it needs to end. The plot for this series has been true since the beginning. Loved that Karina Halle never swayed from the main plot.  Kudos to Karina Halle for a well put together series that was never over it expiration of needing to end. The Artists Trilogy series was just the right amount of novels that flowed smoothly together with beautiful, well put together covers that start with Ellie on it and end with her on it.

Bold Tricks had me on the edge of my seat with the kick butt action, twist and turns that I never knew where it is was going. I do not think I have talked so much to a book before. Especially with  two scenes that Karina had me  almost in tears and saying "Karina what have you done" then I could not  swipe my kindle fast enough saying "Karina please tell me you did not just do this".  I loved having Camden, Ellie and Javier together.  Never a dull moment with them. Even had me giggling a few times.

Karina Halle is extremely talented in the "Love Triangle" department. The best is I never knew who Ellie would pick. Even towards the end when I knew Ellie had made her choice I still was not sure since Karina Halle loves to throw many surprises towards her readers.  I started this series with On Every Street (The Artists Trilogy 0.5)  and fell in love with Javier. Then in Sins & Needles (The Artists Trilogy #1) I fell head over heals with  Camden. To my shock with Shooting Scars (The Artists Trilogy #2) I was torn between Javier and Camden. So going  in to Bold Tricks (The Artists Trilogy #3) I was really not rooting for one or the other. I went into it knowing which ever lover Ellie picked I would be happy.

Loved how it all turned out with Javier, Ellie and Camden. Karina Halle did a phenomenal job in the direction the characters went. Thank you Karina Halle for the best ending to a fabulous series with  a perfect Epilogue.

 

ARC provided by publisher, Forever (Grand Central Publishing) at NetGalley for an honest review.

 

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