Spring Into Romance Hop

Thanks to Anna over at Herding Cats & Burning Soup for hosting the Spring into Romance hop.

April is I Smell Sheep's bloggerversary month.

Shout out to our reviewer Bianca Greenwood for the cool birthday banner above!

 We have an awesome giveaway going on so be sure to enter that too!

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Gotta be honest with y'all...I'm not a big spring fan. Yeah, there are pretty flowers and trees for about a week but all those flowers and trees are having sex and we have to breath that mess in! So my wooly a** stays inside reading, watching TV or going to movies. Here are some of the things I'm looking forward to...

 

Katie and I are REALLY looking forward to going here in May!

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Fall into Romance Giveaway Hop [Oct 14-21st]

Fall Into Romance! Share the romances that had you falling in love with the genre! 

Or the ones that keep you smitten! Stop by each blog for new recommendations and giveaways!

Most of the romances I read are either urban fantasy or paranormal and most of the series I would list are ones you've already run into on this hop. So I'm gonna talk about my top two favorite romance troupes.

1. Forbidden romance is my drug. This troupe runs rampant in paranormal books. Usually in the form of a supernatural person falling in love with a human.  In fantasy it is two people from warring kingdoms. I like my paranormal romances to be male/female. Gay romances, in my opinion, usually fall into the forbidden love category too. I prefer contemporary for male/male romances.

2. Enemies to lovers (love/hate) is my backup drug. Enemy relationships and lover relationships both based on passion. I love watching the shift from one form to the other. But don't give me the cliche miscommunication type. I want them to change their mind because they earned the respect of each other even though they disagree.

Often these two troupes are combined. Make the romance a slow building, simmering kind and I will overdose on that sheep.

What is your favorite romance troupe?

Two of the series that got me combing the internet for more were The Anita Blake series and the Kate Daniels series. One person will win the latest release from both series. Plus I'll throw in some swag from NolaStoryCon.
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Sheep Book Review: Bang (Series: B-Squad #2) by Avery Flynn

Bang (Series: B-Squad #2)

by Avery Flynn
Genre: Romantic Suspense
September 12, 2016
Length: 65k words
Format: Digital/Paperback
Digital ISBN: 978-0- 9964763-4- 8
Paperback ISBN: 978-0- 9964763-5- 5
Freelance investigator Isaac Camacho has a weakness for bitchy blondes, and no one fits the bill quite like former beauty queen and gold digger Tamara Post. She’s sexy, feisty and on the run from a cult leader. Complicated women? Oh he loves them almost as much as he loves watching Tamara act like a total ice queen when he knows she burns white hot.

Calculating opportunist Tamara Post never cared what anyone thought about her—except for her sister. But when her sister dies, it’s up to Tamara to hide her teenage niece so the girl’s dictatorial father can’t marry her off to one of his disciples. The last thing Tamara has time for is Isaac—a man who flirts as well as he fills out a pair of worn jeans and whose stubborn determination to help makes it hard to act as if she’s really as cold as she appear.

When the bad guys find her, there’s only one person Tamara can depend on to help keep her alive until her niece is safe. But once the life and death chase is on, it’s not just their lives Tamara and Isaac are risking…but their hearts.

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Read the full Chapter One with an exclusive section on each of the blogs below!

Read Love Blog (part 1)

Sizzling Hot Books (part 2)

I Smell Sheep (part 3) 

Coffee Time Romance/Coffee Thoughts (part 4) 

Grave Tells (part 5)

So, anyone who knows me will gather these three things right off the bat. I love sexy men. I love Coke-Cola. I love sexy men. When asked if lil' ole me wanted to review a sexy book with the title "Bang", I was like...okay, MAYBE. But then you throw in that said mentioned bang-worthy cover boy is also a Marine? Yeah, I'm sold. 

I didn't know this author, her books or her previous works. Sometimes that's better. You don't walk into a story with expectations set sky high. You ease right in and feel around for a bit, before long you soon realize you may actually like this non-vampire romance. There's hot and heavy mixed in with sassy chicks and more sexy men just to get you all hot and bothered some more. I mean, we all need some hot and heavy in our lives! 

Plenty of tasty story to fulfill any ones appetite for romance, while adding in dangerous notes of adventure along the way. This one's paced just right to fit it's less then 200 pages. A well thought out story that takes the reader from start to finish with ease. I was completely entertained and left with my romance belly filled to just the right amount! 

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KD

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Award-winning romance author Avery Flynn has three slightly-wild children, loves a hockey-addicted husband and is desperately hoping someone invents the coffee IV drip. Avery was a reader before she was a writer and hopes to always be both. She loves to write about smartass alpha heroes who are as good with a quip as they are with their *ahem* other God-given talents. Her heroines are feisty, fierce and fantastic. Brainy and brave, these ladies know how to stand on their own two feet and knock the bad guys off theirs.

Bang by Avery Flynn - Exclusive Chapter Reveal Hop - Part 3

Bang BY AVERY FLYNN

What do former RECON Marine Isaac Camancho, and beauty pageant ice queen Tamara Post have in common? Not much, but the sparks fly, along with the bullets, as they race to save a 16-year-old girl from the clutches of a cult-leader.

Read the full Chapter One Reveal with an exclusive section on each of the blogs below!

Read Love Blog (part 1)

Sizzling Hot Books (part 2)

I Smell Sheep (part 3) 

Coffee Time Romance/Coffee Thoughts (part 4) 

Grave Tells (part 5)

Bang (Series: B-Squad #2)

by Avery Flynn
Genre: Romantic Suspense
September 12, 2016
Length: 65k words
Format: Digital/Paperback
Digital ISBN: 978-0- 9964763-4- 8
Paperback ISBN: 978-0- 9964763-5- 5
Freelance investigator Isaac Camacho has a weakness for bitchy blondes, and no one fits the bill quite like former beauty queen and gold digger Tamara Post. She’s sexy, feisty and on the run from a cult leader. Complicated women? Oh he loves them almost as much as he loves watching Tamara act like a total ice queen when he knows she burns white hot.

Calculating opportunist Tamara Post never cared what anyone thought about her—except for her sister. But when her sister dies, it’s up to Tamara to hide her teenage niece so the girl’s dictatorial father can’t marry her off to one of his disciples. The last thing Tamara has time for is Isaac—a man who flirts as well as he fills out a pair of worn jeans and whose stubborn determination to help makes it hard to act as if she’s really as cold as she appear.

When the bad guys find her, there’s only one person Tamara can depend on to help keep her alive until her niece is safe. But once the life and death chase is on, it’s not just their lives Tamara and Isaac are risking…but their hearts.

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Bang: B-Squad Book 2 by Avery Flynn

Chapter One – Reveal Three

Isaac Camacho shouldn't be noticing how good Tamara smelled.

One, it was weird. He was, after all, hustling through the club's hectic kitchen with one super-sexy, kinda bitchy blonde—his favorite kind—for parts unknown. He should be noticing her ass under that swishy green skirt, not something lame like the fact that she smelled like peach tea spiked with bourbon.

Two, they were dodging steaming pots and hot plates because ugly-as-roadkill bounty hunter Archie Wolczyk was hot on their heels. Even if his former life as a Recon Marine hadn't taught him the importance of survival, his stint in the county jail should have been more than enough to get an important lesson through even his thick skull: Being locked up in the pokey wasn't his style.

So instead of getting distracted by her perfume, he needed to get them both out of here before he ended up separated from the love of his life—women, all of them—for whatever stretch of jail time the judge decided aiding and abetting a fugitive deserved.

"Left." He pressed his palm against the small of her back, noting that his hand spanned almost the entirety of her waist, and guided her past the walk-in fridge and toward the employee break room.

She followed directions but shot him a quick glare over her shoulder.

Prickly little ice queen, wasn't she?

As they hurried through the break room, he ignored the surprised faces of the staff members swapping out street shoes for clogs, but gave a quick wink to the sous chef who'd given him the after-hours all-access kitchen tour a few weeks ago. Stephanie? Stacy? Selena? Sarah. That was it. Then almost as fast as he and Tamara had rushed into the break room, they were out the reinforced steel door and into the fenced-in part of the parking lot. It stank of cooking grease and rotting food from the nearby pair of Dumpsters that had been broiling in the Texas heat for the past few days. He peeked over the privacy fence, scanning the lot for the bounty hunter's backup. He spotted a couple getting out of a sedan, a valet sneaking a smoke, and a stray cat with one ear slinking between the cars.

Nothing of consequence stood between them and his truck, which was combat parked just outside the gate, ready as always for a quick getaway. He unlocked the doors with his key fob and opened the passenger door, then held out his hand to help Tamara up onto the running board. She was tall, but his oversized tires—perfect for off-roading—were no joke.

"No way." She took a step back, as if she could still escape.

It was cute.

"We don't have time for me to sweet-talk you, darlin', so let me put it this way. You either get that fine ass of yours in the truck or I'll expend the itty bitty amount of energy it would take for me to pick you up and flop you down in there."

The start of a snarl curled up one side of her mouth and she took another step back. "Look, I appreciate you giving me the heads up about the bounty hunter, but I don't know you and there's no way in hell I'm getting in your truck."

So, plan B it was.

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Award-winning romance author Avery Flynn has three slightly-wild children, loves a hockey-addicted husband and is desperately hoping someone invents the coffee IV drip. Avery was a reader before she was a writer and hopes to always be both. She loves to write about smartass alpha heroes who are as good with a quip as they are with their *ahem* other God-given talents. Her heroines are feisty, fierce and fantastic. Brainy and brave, these ladies know how to stand on their own two feet and knock the bad guys off theirs.

Who's Your Hero blog hop

This month we're celebrating the men and women (and animals too!) that rock a uniform--whichever uniform that may be. Military, Police, Firefighter and all others who serve and protect. So...Who's Your Hero? Stop by each blog for a giveaway and to find out who OUR favorite fictional and real life heroes are...

Back in 2012 Richard Lee (he designed our sheep logo) made us some super sheep. I thought now would be a great time to let them make another appearance. Meet the Super Sheep Team

Willy Wizard Sheep

Strengths: Magic, broom, intelligence

Weakness: Wonka Bars, librarians, fantasy books

Captain Steve Space Sheep

Strengths: Jet pack, military training, natural born leader

Weakness: Moon pies, aliens and Sci-Fi books

Vicktor Vampire Sheep

Strengths: Vampire powers, 1000 years of experience and charming personality

Weakness: Romance books, Kentucky Fried Chicken, plunging neck lines

Susie Super Sheep

Strengths: Super powers, assassin, witty

Weakness: Krispy Kream doughnuts, comic books, abs of steel

And a big shout out to Team Cap! The Sexiest Superheroes

 

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Hello My Name Is... Giveaway Hop!

We’re ringing in the New Year with lots of giveaways! And by sharing some fun and wacky facts about ourselves. There’s a new giveaway at each stop so be sure to visit them all!

The I Smell Sheep staff is sharing one disturbing interesting fact about themselves! What kind of people have you been getting book advice from...

Katie Dalton (founder)

I used to be obsessed with any and all things new kids on the block. I had the dolls, shirts, socks, tapes, lunch box, and i bought every teen bop mag they were on. I can still to this day sing all their songs. Lol 

Pamela Kinney (reviewer)

I'm a Ghost Wrangler.

(really...she does paranormal investigations and writes books about them!)
http://pamelakkinney.com/

Adria (reviewer)

Okay this totally makes me feel...Sheepish but when I'm alone in the house I talk to myself with a British, Russian or German accents. It's bad enough I talk to myself but I answer in accents. Don't judge me, I have a hidden weird streak.

http://adriasromancereviews.blogspot.com/

Selah Janel (reviewer)

So I watch rom-coms the way other people watch horror movies. I don't know why but I get super embarrassed for/invested in the lead characters so if there are emotional/potentially embarrassing mixup (and there always are) I cannot watch it. I'll have to look away, I'll put a blanket over my head and be all 'YOU IDIOT NOOOO' or have to leave the room and have someone else tell me what's going on and when it's safe to come back in. Obviously I don't do these types of movies in the theatres because that wouldn't be an event for everyone who had to watch me suffer at all.

https://selahjanel.wordpress.com/

Sharon Stogner (co-founder)

I started playing Foosball at 15 and played for 13 years. I was a kick ass offensive player. It is how I met my husband. We competed in tournaments and played every weekend until our first baby... my best shot was a pull-reverse cut.

Denise Belt (reviewer)

I love football. My favorite team is the NY Giants. My daughter and I yell at the TV and follow football closer than the men in our house.

JeanieG (reviewer)

I have always been a parapsychology and paranormal geek. Combine that with the absolute distaste for studying and you have my method for getting through high school and college. I would go to bed a little earlier than normal, read once through any notes or chapters then immediately fall asleep. I was convinced that my brain would continue to absorb the necessary information! Kind of like "dream walking" only "dream studying!" No one can convince me otherwise. And PS, I did make it through all my classes just fine, even nursing exams, insurance exams and securities exams. Now if I can just learn to use that mind control on others!

Bianca Greenwood (reviewer)

Okay ... this is F'd, but I like to bite on the plastic pieces that holds price tags to clothing. And I shop ... a lot, so I have a virtual endless supply.

Gef Fox (reviewer)

Love snakes. Hate spiders. Generally ambivalent towards snails.

Or ... Despite being from Canada, I never learned to skate.

http://waggingthefox.blogspot.com/

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Rockin' Reads Blog Hop

Everyone needs a Rockin' Read! Stop by Sept 23rd to 30th and find out which reads have rocked 2015 for us! There will be a giveaway on each blog so don't forget to visit them all!

Link to main hop page
Here are all the 5 sheep books since Jan 2015 for all our reviewers! You will find something to rock with...

Katie

Dead of Winter (The Arcana Chronicles Book 3) by Kresley Cole

Dark Alchemy  by Laura Bickle 

Archangel's Enigma (Guild Hunter #8) by Nalini Singh

Sharon

Dying for Her (A Jesse Sullivan Novel Book 3)by Kory M. Shrum

Captive Prince: Book One of the Captive Prince Trilogy by

C. S. Pacat 

Prince's Gambit (Captive Prince #2) by C.S. Pacat

Midnight Crossroad (Midnight, Texas #1) by Charlaine Harris

Day Shift (Midnight, Texas #2) by Charlaine Harris

Magic Shifts (Kate Daniels #8) by Ilona Andrews

Hell on Heels - A Quincy Harker, Demon Hunter Novella by John G. Hartness

Pamela

The Witches of Echo Park by Amber Benson

Ghost Killer (Ghost Seer #3) by Robin D. Owens

Pocket Apocalypse (InCryptid #4) by Seanan McGuire

rave Phantoms (A Roaring Twenties Novel #3) by Jenn Bennett

Bengal's Quest (Breeds #30) by Lora Leigh

Trollhunters (Trollhunters #1) by Guillermo del Toro, Daniel Kraus

Vampiress: Bloodborne (Vampiress Thrillogy Book One) by Kya Aliana

DeniseB

Burned Fever Series Book 7

Creche (Dark Guardians Fantasy Series Book 2) by Karin Cox

To Catch Her Death (A Grim Reality Series– Book 1) by Boone Brux

The Wicked City (Siren Song) by Megan Morgan

A Hidden Fire (Elemental Mysteries #1) by Elizabeth Hunter

The Secret: Irin Chronicles Book 3 by Elizabeth Hunter

Fated: Karma Series Book 3 by Donna Augustine

College Arcane (A Novel from the Demon Accords #8) by John Conroe

Eighth Grave After Dark (Charley Davidson Book 8) by Darynda Jones

Dead Ink: A Karma World Romance by Donna Augustine

Ink and Bone (The Great Library #1) by Rachel Caine

Styx & Stoned (A Grim Reality Series Book 2) by Boone Brux

Omega (War of the Alphas Book 1) by SM Reine

The Bourbon Kings (The Bourbon Kings #1) 

by J.R. Ward

The Shadows (Book 13 Black Dagger Brotherhood) by J.R. Ward

Journey (The Chosen One Trilogy Book 2) by Mireille Chester 

Adria

Wolf Trouble (SWAT, #2) by Paige Tyler

Crucible Zero (House Immortal #3) by Devon Monk

MaryK

On Wicked Ground (Solsti Prophecy Book 4) by Sharon Kay

Solsti Prophecy: Paranormal Romance Boxed Set (6 Original Works) by Sharon Kay

Bianca Greenwood

Strayed (Caged #6) by Amber Lynn Natusch

Recurve (The Elemental Series #1) by Shannon Mayer

Sense the Darkness (The Dark Series Book 2) by L A Wild

The Book of Life (All Souls Trilogy #3) by Deborah Harkness

Alice by Christina Henry

Fear The Darkness (The Dark Series #3) by L.A. Wild

TammyK

In His Keeping (Slow Burn #2) by Maya Banks

Angel Lover (Angel Assassins #2) by Tricia Skinner

JeanieG

On a Witch and a Prayer: A Wicked Witches of the Midwest Short by Amanda M. Lee

Favorite Heroines Giveaway Hop

We're sharing our favorite kickass heroines! Come meet these awesome ladies and find out why they're the best of the best. Be sure to stop by each blog. There's a giveaway at every stop!

Hop Hashtag: #FavoriteHeroines2015

http://theherdhops.blogspot.com/2015/06/favorite-heroines-blog-hop.html

The ultimate heroine is Mary. She brought her little lamb to school, which was against the rules. But Mary didn't care! That's how she rolls...Bad. Ass.

Our other favorite heroines:
Katie:

MacKayla Lane from the Fever Series by Karen Moning

Sharon:

Katie Daniels from Ilona Andrews

Alice from Resident Evil

DeniseB:

Charley Davidson from Darynda Jones

Karma from Donna Augustine

PamelaK:

Meg Murry of A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

Lessa of Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey

Daenerys Targaryen of Games of Thrones

Catwoman

Charlie of Supernatural TV show

 

Bianca Greenwood:

Mia Turner in Mimi Jean Pamfiloff's King's Trilogy

Though she's not my all-time fave, I opted to choose a lesser-known heroine to avoid repetition. Mia is a recent standout for me, primarily because I identify with her. This sassy, sharp dressing, blonde hair, blue eyed girl is a whiskey drinker. I can find commonality and inevitable like-ability with any whiskey drinker. It's my "stress-elixir" too ;)

Adria:

Noelle from Elle Kennedy's Killer Instincts series

Gef Fox:

Sabina Kane from Jaye Wells

I'll offer up the heroine that lured me into reading and inevitably becoming a fan of urban fantasy, and that is Jaye Wells' Sabina Kane. I was drawn years ago to the title of a new novel, Red-Headed Stepchild, about an ass-kicking vampire serving as a kind of enforcer for her grandmother who just happens to be the queen of the vampire race. Sabina's father was a mage though, a sworn enemy of vampires, adding the star-crossed aspect of her heritage, as well as some other skeletons in the family closet that are revealed through the run of the series. She's tough, caring, driven, and snarky as heck. There's a lot to love in a character like that. Plus, I'm a sucker for a redhead.

JeanieG

"Zoey"..from "Monsters in my Closet" 

 (The Hidden Books)...of course! Takes everything in stride and helps everyone and everything! And I REALLY like the name!

Dana Perino from "The Five"

Calm in the midst of a lot of large egos and makes more sense than all of them. Plus, she loves animals and that can't be a bad thing!

Catherine Hepburn

Snarky, outspoken and always gives her best.

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Christine Feehan - Earth Bound 

Yasmine Galenorn - Flight From Death 

Gini Koch - The Night Beat 

Renee Pawlish - Nephilim 

Maya Banks - Safe At Last 

Nalini Singh - Shards of Hope 

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