LASR Anniversary Scavenger Hunt: Temporarily Out of Luck by Vicki Batman

August 24, 2021 By Leave a Comment

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Great job. What man? And murder.

Newly employed at Wedding Wonderland, Hattie Cooks is learning the industry from a woman she greatly admires. When her former brother-in-law is found dead in his luxury SUV, all fingers point to Hattie’s sister, who is planning her own I Dos.

Detective Allan Wellborn is caught between a rock and a hard place—Hattie’s family and investigating the murder of a well-connected Sommerville resident, the same loser who was once married to Hattie’s sister. Determining who’s the bad guy—or gal—isn’t going to be easy and sure to piss off someone.

Can Hattie beat the clock to find out who murdered Tracey’s ex before she is charged with the crime and her wedding is ruined?

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LASR Anniversary Scavenger Hunt: A Balancing Act by Ilona Fridl

August 24, 2021 By Leave a Comment

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Lenora LaRue, Bareback Rider Extraordinaire, is the star of her family’s circus—until a cyclone hits.

A main tent pole falls on her during the storm, and when her injuries require the loss of her leg, her family abandons her, believing she is of no further use to them.

John Mallory, the young surgeon who does the necessary operation, decides to help her readjust to the real world, against his father’s advice. John takes her to his aunt’s sanitarium in the resort city of Waukesha, Wisconsin, where the two of them undertake to teach Lenora how to live outside the harsh circus culture that has been her whole life.

He sets up a practice in the town to be near her, positive that rehabilitation is possible.As a woman doubly cursed by society as both a cripple and a former circus performer, Lenora is not so sure. She struggles to learn social skills…but can she learn what love is, too?

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LASR Anniversary Scavenger Hunt: The Romanov Legacy: A Novel by Marilyn Baron

August 24, 2021 By 2 Comments

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Two women, centuries apart, and the secrets that bind them.

Melody, a young single mother, discovers she’s descended from the last Tsar, Nicholas II. She becomes the best hope of a secret global society, Guardians of the Romanov Legacy, dedicated to restoring a Romanov to the throne of a New Russia. A diary and an heirloom necklace inherited from her murdered grandmother hold the key to her identity and to the location of the Tsar’s lost shipment of gold.

She must accept the sacrifices her birth demands and trust the machinations of the estranged father of her child. To refuse means turning her back on her heritage, her daughter’s legacy, and the long line of her family’s women who were keepers of the secret. Will her longing for true love have world-changing consequences?

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LASR Anniversary Scavenger Hunt: The Huntress by Sevannah Storm

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A sassy detective struggles to maintain her integrity in a multi-species world but finds herself choosing sides in a vampire-shifter war instigated by a human politician.

CALLIE is a sassy detective, known for her attitude and her ability to endanger her partners. While investigating a senator, she stumbles upon suck-bloods (her word) and a canister, embroiling herself in a diabolical plot older than her grandfather. Trying to stop her dying sister from an unlikely conversion, she falls for an ancient suck-blood and discovers that she’s more than human.

GABRIEL is centuries old but has withdrawn from society, preferring to spend his years avoiding vamp politics and reading ancient Greek texts. Asked to rescue Callie as a favor, he doesn’t expect her to tempt him with her scent, her delicious blood and her honor. When another vampire abducts her, Gabe must use his allies and their skills to find her before she suffers through a conversion dooming her to an eternity of enslavement.

The passion between them is potent, their love empowering as Callie learns that controlling everything won’t bring her happiness. Gabe discovers that to truly live he must lose his heart. What follows is the merging of vampire and human, of lust and love, of honor and forgiveness whilst preventing the suck-bloods and beasts from fighting a war they didn’t start.

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LASR Anniversary Scavenger Hunt: Mutual Release by Liz Crowe

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As president of her own company, Julie Dawson has all she ever wanted — money, power, independence, and respect.

But her carefully crafted façade conceals a history of helplessness. Because she refuses to rely on anyone but herself ever again, she considers herself an expert on remaining emotionally aloof.

Evan Adams is no stranger to success, or personal demons. The horrific trauma that destroyed his twin sister, and tore his family apart forced him to craft a new life from the ashes of the old. He’s intent, focusing ahead, not dwelling on his murky past, but something important is missing. He knows what that thing is but refuses to acknowledge it.

When a chance encounter brings these two strong-willed people together, they begin a long, erotic journey through hell that could lead them to a match made in heaven.

A coming of age novel about two damaged souls learning to trust…on the long road to love.

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LASR Anniversary Scavenger Hunt: Taken by the Bratva by Harley Wylde & Paige Warren

August 24, 2021 By Leave a Comment

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She’s been used. Broken.
Scarred inside and out, she tries to hide. But I see her.
There’s a fire burning deep inside. One they haven’t extinguished.
Imogen Byrnes is going to be mine.
I’ll show her there can be pleasure with pain. Freedom in submission.
I’m a monster. Her monster.
I’ll bend her to my will.
Break her in new ways.
Then I’ll put her back together.
My beautiful, broken girl will be in my bed, and she’ll wear my ring.
Once she’s mine, I’m never letting her go.

NOTE: Taken by the Bratva is a stand-alone short novella with a limited plot, lots of steamy sex, and a guaranteed happily-ever-after. No cheating and no cliffhanger. Please be warned there are scenes that may trigger sensitive readers.

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LASR Anniversary Scavenger Hunt: The Magic of Music by Genevieve Montcombroux

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Marina Standen, a celebrated pianist, suffers from amnesia after a near drowning. Trent Vargason’s daughter, Sophie, has been left blind and suffering from selective mutism after the car accident that killed her mother and baby brother.

On Christmas day, the pastor invites Marina to play for the service but, scared by her lack of memory, she doesn’t accept, although she attends the service. In church, the organ draws her in, she touches the keys and her fingers play, but she doesn’t know what.

On hearing the music, Sophie speaks for the first time, before relapsing into silence. Marina agrees to teach the little girl while she herself is re-learning the music.

Life in the small town is filled with human drama. When Marina suggests that Sophie has recovered some vision, their lives are thrown into turmoil.
Will love be enough to heal them?

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LASR Anniversary Scavenger Hunt: Ghosts & the Ancient Stones by Silver James

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FBI Agent Sade Marquis has no time for romance…
No one ever said loving a human would be easy. Sinjen St. John is willing to make sacrifices. Up to a point. Sade’s running scared as ghosts from her past haunt her present. Using her job to put space between them is just an excuse but maybe they don’t have a future. Is it time to cut his losses?

Then someone painted a target on her back…
Sade doesn’t need anyone, especially not an infuriating master vampire or an infernal dragon with plans of adding her to his hoard. But there’s a new Magick in town—one with powers he shouldn’t have and he wants her for his very own. Time to take care of business.

Where in the world is Sade Marquis?
Paris. Washington, DC. Edinburgh. And a few Magick Realms thrown in just to mess with her mind. Will Sade catch her nemesis before time runs out? Only ghosts and ancient stones know the answer…

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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Wish I Could Read Again for the First Time

August 24, 2021 By 60 Comments

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Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday!  This week’s topic is Books I Wish I Could Read Again for the First Time.  When I read the topic, my mind immediately jumped to my favorite books.  Though there is something to be said for giving books a second chance, most generally I don’t want to read books again that I didn’t enjoy the first time around.  Let’s get to the list!

Moon Called by Patricia Briggs-I know. I know.  I’ve mentioned this series a lot, but it is so good!  I fell in love with it right from the start and would love to go back and fall in love with it again.

Beauty by Robin McKinely-Again, I know I’ve mentioned this book many times, but it is a cherished favorite.  It would be wonderful to go back and experience it again.

Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice-The very first vampire book I ever read!  I’d love to discover vampires again.

Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien-I read the first book in the series in school and absolutely had to get the rest of the books afterward.  It would be great to discover Middle Earth all over again!

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins-I was hesitant to read this one as I’m not a dystopian fan, but I had a very good friend recommend it.  Once I started reading, I devoured this series!  I couldn’t read fast enough.  I’d love to feel that intensity again.

Blossoming colorful flower with wavy gentle petals and pleasant aroma between aged textbook pages on blurred background

Discount Prices by C.S. Feldman-I picked this up not knowing what to expect, and I loved it!  I’d like to experience that pleasant surprise again.

Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder-I read this in elementary school, and my teacher made it so much fun!  It was when I fell in love with historical fiction.

Undead and Unwed by Mary Janice Davidson-While I quit reading this series, I truly loved the first several books.  I read it with a friend and we shared a lot of laughs over it!  That would be fun to experience again.

My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows-Another book that I’d love to laugh over for the first time!  It is by far my favorite in the Lady Janie series.

Charlie the Ranch Dog by Ree Drummond-My kids loved this book when they were younger!  I’d love to experience the first time we all sat on the couch giggling as I read again.

Have you read any of these?  Would you like to experience them for the first time?  What other books would you like to read again for the first time?

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LASR Anniversary Scavenger Hunt: Yours, Sir by A.S. Morgan

August 23, 2021 By Leave a Comment

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Releasing what holds her back.
Desdemona is on a mission: drink too much tequila, dance, and figure out who she really wants to be. She had no intention of falling in lust with the darkly intriguing guy at the end of the bar. But once he invades her wildly imaginative head space, she can’t shake him. His mysterious sexiness fits too perfectly into her naughtiest fantasies.

Looking for what he’s never had.
Kane is a successful club owner who’s made the decision to walk away from a sexually deviant lifestyle in order to find the kind of intimacy he craves. So why does this sensual and vibrant woman—a woman full of the light he’s never known—tempt his control and threaten his intention for a new life?

If he claims her body, will she surrender her heart?
Kane can finally see a new future for himself and it’s because of Desi. But when Desi’s fantasies lead them both into the shadows where Kane once ruled, he fears he must choose between the life he seeks and the woman who’s claimed his heart.

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