My Second Review
and I’ll quote it in its entirety
from Fran Lee over at her romance blog: http://franleesbookreviews.blogspot.com/
The premise of this hot and sexy sci-fi romance at first leaves the reader with a dry throat and a palpitating heart…how would you feel if you realized that you had been “harvested” as part of an alien search for table delicacies? That you were not even considered to be a thinking, higher creation, but rather a food source or an animal fit only for mindless work? I shared Mari’s fear and shock, and her horror and indignation.
Ms. Barrett’s style carries the reader through a hard-hitting, witty, and wisecracking story at top speed, and this reader, in particular, couldn’t put the book aside long enough to even go get a snack. I read the entire 148 pages in four hours. I think that was a record, even for me. I was spellbound and laughing or tense and angry every moment of the read, and when I was finished, I wondered where the missing four hours had gone.
Ms. Barrett’s well defined and thoroughly engaging characters and her sense of timing were impeccably intertwined to keep me virtually enthralled through the entire book…no lags, no drags, and no yawning here! Her ability to mesh past horrors most of us “earthers” recall from history, and an entirely new world gave me a flashback or two as she led me into a world that is so beautifully drawn that it feels like home.
A romance grown from the ashes of misunderstandings, guilt, and pain. A healthy does of wise cracking humor and a few belly laughs. And the sex…OMG! Hot and wonderful and totally enthralling!
Julia Rachel Barrett is an author I hope to see a lot more of…and she is definitely on my auto-buy list.
I love the four missing hours comment! Thanks Ms. Lee!
In the meantime, a wonderful friend has a release coming out -
Laid Bare, by Cerise Deland
Isn’t the cover yummy???
Blurb:
Tate Ryder had spent his life savoring many women in his bed at once before luscious Anna Stevens came along and didn’t seem to know he was alive. He cursed his lot until one night Anna was attacked outside his condo. Frantic, he whisks her away on his yacht. He vows to keep her in his arms and enchant her sleek body with hot pleasures she’s only imagined.
She answers his intimate kisses with scorching caresses—and wild revelations. She’s been on the run from thugs for years. She’s not who she claims. But one thing is true—she craves Tate now deep inside her body, the way he’s always been deep inside her heart.
Enthralled, Tate lays bare her naked body the way he’s determined to lay bare her nameless enemy—and persuade her to stay with him and the erotic delights that bind them forever.
Buy link: http://www.jasminejade.com/ps-8088-50-laid-bare.aspx
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January 13th, 2010 at 8:19 am
Cerise’s cover had me drooling into my morning coffee. HOT but BEAUTIFUL
January 13th, 2010 at 8:35 am
Yes, I have to remind her that it’s up. It’s one of the hotter covers I’ve seen! j
January 13th, 2010 at 12:06 pm
This was a great review and a lot of fun to read. XXOO Kat
Dang, Kat! How come your posts won’t show up here???
January 13th, 2010 at 9:15 pm
Julia cut totally loose on this one, my friends! it is one hot, sexy, and breathtaking read!