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Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Book Review: Night’s Caress (The Ancients #1) by Mary Hughes + giveaway

Night’s Caress (The Ancients #1)
by Mary Hughes
September 25, 2017 
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Publisher: Entangled Publishing
Page Count: 288 pages
Format: Digitial
ASIN: B074DZH8YK
ISBN-13: 9781640633360
In this small town, nothing is as it seems…
When artist Brie Lark left her vampire ex and her straitjacket of a hometown to breathe free in New York City, she promised herself two things: she’d never go back to Meiers Corner, and no more vampires. The last thing she expected—or wanted—was to be sent back home on an assignment. But her boss at the FBI needs her undercover on a murder case, working with a black-haired, black-eyed giant god of a man who’s her idea of perfection, except for one thing—he’s a vampire.

FBI Special Agent Seb Rikare is an ancient vampire hardened by loss. He’s cut all emotions to protect himself and leads a deliberately steady, almost sterile life. The brash young woman forced to pose as his lover irritates him, with her jangling bracelets and colorful hair. But as much as she irritates him, he finds himself drawn to her lively spirit and he’s tempted to make fantasy a reality.


You really can't go wrong with vampires. Not in my personal undead book anyway. Vamps are just plain ole fun! This vampy tale was exactly the way I wanted it. Hot and heavy girl porn with some good action and adventure to suck you in

Sure, the story itself is not something earth shattering that's going to win every award in the universe. But does it need to be? Can we not just enjoy a fun PNR for what it is? I wont make you answer any other questions in this review. However, I will give you an answer to both. Hell no and yes we can sir! 

As for the start of a new series, this is such an entertaining read you get a good feel for the characters. I know this new series is a spin-off from the authors other saga, so if you enjoy it as much as I did there is more where it came from. 

Looking forward to book two!  


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Night’s Caress Excerpt
Copyright © 2017 Mary Hughes
I was intensely aware I was alone in a bedroom with Seb Rikare.

My whole body clenched.

His eyes changed. Heated. Darkened.

I swallowed hard. My heart started to beat faster. What would it be like to caress the silky-looking skin of his face? Nibble that honed jaw? Touch my mouth to those perfect, masculine lips? All I had to do was take a few short steps to find out.

I took one without even knowing it.

His nostrils flared and he drew in an excited breath.

He wants me, too. At the thought, my belly thrilled and my heart thumped hard. He’d touch me in return. Hold me secure in his strong arms. Cup my face in his big hands, press his lips to mine, communicating his need in a passionate kiss.

I took another step toward him.

He took a single, unconscious step toward me.

Oh, yeah. In that moment, I wanted to play with fire.

Sure, Derek had me under his spell within weeks. Seb, as strong and handsome as he was, could no doubt do it in days.

But just once wouldn’t hurt, right? I wanted to, so badly.

Couldn’t I touch him once, to see if his skin was silk or cream? Nibble his jaw, to test how honed it was? Taste his mouth, to satisfy the curiosity burning in my body?

Just a taste.

Somehow, while I argued with myself, my curious feet had brought me to stand before him. He gazed down at me. At nearly six feet myself, I was usually the one looking down. Even with me in heels, he was over half a foot taller. The novel experience sent another thrill through me.

I made a small noise, like a whimper.

His black eyes lit with fire, a hunger so primal I could see it burning in his gaze. His hands rose. Slowly, so I could have stopped him, he cupped my face in both his hands. My whole face. Damn, the man had big hands. He bent closer, his intent clear.

He was going to kiss me.

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About the Author:
Mary Hughes writes steamy paranormal romances and wickedly fun romantic adventures, stories that crackle with action and love. Challenging, smart alpha men—and women not afraid of a challenge. Oh, do the sparks fly when he meets THE woman guaranteed to infuriate and inflame him most.

In real life she's an author, a spouse and mother, a flutist, a computer geek, and a binge-TV-watcher of The Flash, Elementary, NCIS, and Wynonna Earp.

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Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Alpha Male Diner: Wizard Prince Recipe by Mary Hughes + review + giveaway

Welcome to the Alpha Male Diner. Gabriel’s panther familiar, lean, black-haired, golden-eyed Pan, will park your Lambo for you. Right this way! Your salad is chilled, your wine is sparkling, and your food sizzling hot—enough to melt your insides. My name is Mary, and I’ll be your server tonight.

Gabriel Light (Wizard Prince)
Recipe created by Mary Hughes 
Mind Mates (Pull of the Moon, book 2)

Ingredients:
-Six feet five inches of royal wizard
-Plain glass spectacles, behind which are spectacular, star-shot green-blue eyes, like the moon sparkling off a Grecian sea
-Power over earth, wind, water, and fire
-A resourceful, brilliant mind

Seasoning:
- The honed, deadly reflexes of a battle mage
-A dry sense of humor
-A deep reservoir of self-control
-Magically charged kisses...and more than kisses ;)

Mix all ingredients and add:
-Confidence
-A steadfast heart
-World-shattering, taboo attraction
-High-stakes action

Taste Test

Excerpt: 
Owner of the Choice Buy store in Michigan, wizard prince Gabriel Light sees his employee, wolf shifter Emma Singer, fall off a tall ladder. He’s just managed to catch her and set her on her feet when her angry pack alpha shows up. 

Bzz-bzzt. A buzz like an angry hornet stung wizard prince Gabriel Light’s ears the moment the predator slunk into the store. 

Cap’n Crunch me. Gabriel had magically alarmed the door for just such an event, but why now, when he’d finally gotten a semi-innocent excuse to wrap his arms around this warm bundle of soft, sweet-smelling heaven? 

Emma. It felt like he’d been dying to hold her forever. Now, with her in his arms, was the first time in months he could breathe. 

But that buzzing alarm told him the approaching beast was male, a wolf shifter, and, from that level of sting, Emma’s alpha. The beast was not going to appreciate seeing her in another man’s arms. 

She started trembling, no doubt in response to the alpha’s rampant fight-club stench, a musk even Gabriel could smell. He tried to ease her tension with a joke. 

“Hey, Emma. How many tickles does it take to make an octopus laugh?” 

She skewered him with a disbelieving stare, icing his flesh. He’d blundered, she didn’t understand he was trying to comfort her, nobody gets my skewed sense of humor… Then she gulped and said, “Eight? Like, um, eight legs?” 

Immediately his world brightened. “Nope. Ten tickles. Get it? Tentacles?” 

She managed a tiny laugh, tinkling bells to his ears, and her body relaxed slightly under his arms. “That was such a dad joke.” 

He loved that she, of all the people he knew, actually laughed at his jokes. He smiled into her eyes like a besotted fool. 

Of course, that was when the he-wolf prowled into view. 

Gabriel wondered how far he could get with the wolf by protesting his intentions were honorable. Probably not far. The creature was only barely in human form. 

The wolfman was medium height but had a face like a dented shovel and a body like a trash compactor, his muscles-on-muscles popping in a stringy T-shirt that barely qualified past no-shirt-no-shoes-no-service.
 

Worse, with the hair sprouting everywhere, nose elongating like a snout, and lengthening canines, this alpha was dangerously pissed. 

Hard to reason with a pissed-off wolf. They tended to bite first then ask questions…never. 

Yet instead of releasing Emma, Gabriel’s hand dropped from her clenched jaw to open protectively on her back. 

“The fuck?” the wolfman snarled. 

Something inside Gabriel snarled right back. 


Mind Mates (Pull of the Moon Book 2)
by Mary Hughes
August 23, 2016
329 pages
Pretty little shifter, wizard prince—their taboo love could burn the barriers between worlds.

Shifter Emma Singer has more problems than she can shake her pretty little wolf tail at. Her heirloom journal is missing, her pack alpha wants her for his harem, and her family plans to sell her to him. Even her wicked little crush on her hot boss is doomed—why would six-and-a-half feet of handsome royal wizard want a boring, good-girl iota shifter like her? Not to mention her only power is going berserker—that's a real relation-shipwreck!

Gabriel Light is a wizard prince who turned his back on his exceptional powers after he was accused of causing his parents' death. Now he pours his intellect into his tech business, and hides his naughty, forbidden lust for his pretty shifter clerk. But when his sister is imprisoned, and Emma is kidnapped, it's time for this alpha geek-wizard to decloak with all laser cannons blazing. Only one problem—how can he be sure Emma won’t get caught in the crossfire?

Then Gabriel and Emma stumble on hidden magic, a key to power beyond imagining—if they can stay alive long enough to use it. But if Emma unleashes her berserker wolf on their enemies, can Gabriel draw her back from the brink before she destroys everyone in her path?

Warning: Contains a hot wizard prince panting to bring out a good-girl shifter's naughty side. Accidental voyeurism, deliberate orgasms, a jealous rival wizard, and fun with prophecy.



Review
Iota wolf shifter Emma Singer is accustomed to second string. She’s learned to take the lead from others as her station in pack life dictates. And so, from afar she pines after her boss “alpha geek” Dr. Gabriel Singer. Unbeknownst to Emma, Singer is a wizard prince in addition to the owner of Choice Buy. Singer, an extremely powerful witch, knows exactly what Emma is and he also knows exactly what the penalty for a shifter-witch match would be. Death.

This is a quirky, whimsical little love story. It’s imaginative, well written, well crafted. I enjoyed the latter portion of the book with its intense action and character development. I especially enjoy Hughes’ food description; it’s vivid and sensual. Unfortunately, the characters just weren’t my thing. Emma’s character is built on her weakness, and while this is an excellent format to build and strengthen a character through the course of the story, her stuttering, neediness, and lack of confidence was a bit of a chore for me to read. Gabriel wears sweater vests … constantly. While this may appeal to some, I just can’t get behind the passionate ripping off of a sweater vest. Gabriel is kind and considerate, which is lovely and tender, but again not a quality I like in my alphas. Call me dysfunctional, I know, but a guy who uses expletives such as “crunchberry crap” and “bacon-fried damn” doesn’t earn this reviewer’s ardour.

If you like your romance sweet and sensual, Mind Mates is your book.


3 ½ sheep





Bianca Greenwood

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As a girl, Mary Hughes spun romantic, happily-ever-after stories to get to sleep. A husband, family, two degrees and a blackbelt later, she's delighted to spin them for readers.

She's lived with love and loss, in bright times and dark, and learned we can all use a break from reality every now and then.

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