January 2016 Book Haul | In My Mailbox

W...W...W...Wednesday 27/01/2016

To play along, just answer the following 3 questions:

What are you currently reading?

What did you recently finish reading?

What do you think you’ll read next?

My current read is Grayson's Vow by Mia Sheridan

I recently finished reading An Ounce of Hope by Sophie Jackson

I think my next read will be The Marriage Bargain by Jennifer Probst

#BUILT BLOG TOUR by Jay Crownover

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Harper (28 Jan. 2016)
• ISBN-10: 0008116237
• ISBN-13: 978-0008116231

From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Marked Men books comes an electrifying new spin-off series,Saints of Denver, featuring all the characters fans have been dying to read about.

Sayer Cole and Zeb Fuller couldn’t be more different. She’s country club and fine-dining, he’s cell-block and sawdust. Sayer spends her days in litigation, while Zeb spends his working with his hands. She’s French silk, he’s all denim and flannel.

Zeb’s wanted the stunning blonde since the moment he laid eyes on her. It doesn't matter how many smooth moves he makes, the reserved lawyer seems determinedly oblivious to his interest—either that or she doesn't return it. Sayer is certain the rough, hard, hot-as-hell Zeb could never want someone as closed off and restrained as she is, which is a shame because something tells her he might be the guy to finally melt her icy exterior.

But just as things start to heat up, Zeb is blindsided by a life altering moment from his past. He needs Sayer’s professional help to right a wrong and to save more than himself. He can’t risk what’s at stake just because his attraction to Sayer feels all consuming. But as these opposites dig in for the fight of their lives, battling together to save a family, the steam created when fire and ice collide can no longer be ignored.Sayer Cole and Zeb Fuller are as different as two people can be. She’s country club and fine-dining, he’s cell-block and kill it and grill it. Sayer spends her days in litigation, while Zeb spends his working with his hands. She’s French silk while he’s denim and flannel.

The differences between the two of them don’t stop Zeb from dropping every hint he can think of that he would like to get to know her on a more personal level, but Sayer seems oblivious to his interest or is just too nice to tell him to take a hike. To Sayer, a guy like Zeb could never be interested in someone as reserved and boring as she is. She’s never been with anyone that was hot enough to melt the icy exterior she’s had wrapped around hera since her awful childhood. But what if Zeb is the one who might finally thaw her out…?

Cover:  I love this cover.  The black and white, with the vibrant pop of pink really makes it stand out.

I also like that it compliments the Marked Men series.

I've been a massive fans of Jay Crownover's Marked Men series from the second that I picked up Rule.  

So when I found out about a new series from her- I was extremely excited.  

Then I got even more excited when I found out that while it was a new series, it was still connected to the Marked Men - Sayer is Rowdy's sister.

On paper Zeb and Sayer shouldn't work- but there's this attraction and chemistry between them that shows otherwise.  I seem to love stories where the love interests are TOTAL opposites

As always Jay Crownover has written a guy to swoon over.  I love Zeb just as much as I loved Rule...and I LOVED Rule...just saying.  I found myself rooting for Zeb and Sayer- despite wanting to shake Sayer at some points.

While you don't have to read the Marked Men series first, I do think it gives you a nice platform to start this series, you'll be able to see connections and already know a few characters that pop up here and there.  And if you enjoyed the Marked Men series- then you need to pick this one up!!  I look forward to more installments in this series.

Definitely one to read!

Recommends for;

Romance lovers, New Adult fans, Marked Men readers

Teaser Tuesday 26/01/2016 'Grayson's Vow'

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

-Grab your current read

- Open to a random pageShare two “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

- BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)

- Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teaser.

This week's teaser comes comes from the 88% mark of Grayson's Vow by Mia Sheridan.

"It was a gray dreary day in downtown Napa, made drearier by the fact that I had just pawned the ring I'd given Kira on our wedding day for some much needed cash.  Shame and embarrassment engulfed me.  This was what I'd been reduced to-again.  I had originall bought the ring for Vanessa, and yet handing it across the counter to the pawn shop owner had brought a sharp ache to my chest, not because of whom I had bought it for, but for whim I had ended up giving it to,  Kira."

Across a Moonswept Moor by Julie Moffett

Paperback
Publisher: Love Spell (Aug. 2001)
ISBN-10: 0505524481
ISBN-13: 978-0505524485

A love match...

An enchanted dagger bearing a mysteriously familiar inscription pointed Fiona Chancellor to Ireland in search of her missing cousin. Then a midnight visit to Celtic holy ground slid her into the seventeenth-century--and into the arms of the most gorgeous male she had ever seen. But after one clash with the stubborn man, Fiona longed only for her twentieth-century comforts.

Instead, she found herself pressed against Ian Maclaren, galloping across moonswept moors to escape death. The hot-blooded barbarian ordered her about as if she were a soldier. But his kisses left no doubt he thought of her as a woman, and soon she knew she would trade a thousand bubble baths for one of his passionate embraces. For although she had traveled across three centuries into the past, it had taken only a moment for her heart to recognize she had met her match.

Cover: Another typical romance cover, but I love it.

I re-read the first book in this duology recently, A Double Edged-Blade, and loved it just as much the second time around as I did the first.

But I had no idea there was a follow up novel, until the author mentioned it to me on Instagram.  So I immediately went about tracking it down.

And I’m glad I did.

Across a Moonswept Moor follows the story of Faith’s cousin, Fiona.  Fiona is still looking into the mystery of her cousin’s sudden disappearance during a mission in Ireland- and herself ends up travelling back in time- where she is reunited with Faith, but also is introduced to a Scotsman called Ian.

The romance between Ian and Fiona didn’t strike me as believable as Miles and Faith’s- because I think theirs built more gradually, whereas Ian and Fiona’s seemed quite sudden.  I wished for development between the two.

However, I did still enjoy it, and I loved seeing the characters from the first book again.

4/5 stars.

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