Wicked Readings by Tawania: VBRT

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

VBT: Review & Giveaway - INTO THE MAGIC (The Adventures Of Star Lite) by. Naomi Bellina

INTO THE MAGIC

*By*

*Naomi Bellina*

BLURB:

Star Lite exercises her emerging magical talents to search for Adam, the seductive stranger who captivated her heart during an extraordinary adventure. Her every sense tells her they are meant to be together, yet he has disappeared. Certain he's in danger, she tracks him down and they meet in Las Vegas, where emotions flare and flames ignite. But Adam must complete a mysterious mission and sends her away. She uses the time waiting for Adam to study with Tristan, a passionate magician with secrets of his own. As Star’s powers are unlocked, she questions the rulings of the authoritarians who control magic. Against Tristan and Adam’s warnings, a premonition moves her to go back to Vegas. There, a new facet of her power puts her life in peril. For protection, Tristan, Adam and Star engage in a sizzling ménage ritual. Join Star as she opens her heart and soul to love, and continues her journey into the magic.

REVIEW:

Into the Magic (The Adventures of Star Lite)

The Magic continues in this second installment of Naomi Ballina's Star Lite Adventures.

Our heroine Star Lite is back on earth, and searching for Adam. The man that she had an out of this world adventure with in the first book Out of The Ordinary.

We find Star traveling to Las Vegas to find our missing hero. She knows something is wrong, but she didn't expect Adam to send her away as soon as she finds him. Their passion is explosive, and she knows that they belong together, that they should stay together.

Adam sends Star away for her own protection. He has feelings for her,but her safety is more important. Then enters Tristan, a mysterious magician who helps Star learn, and master her powers. But Tristan has dangerous secrets of his own, and can't be completely trusted.

Star finds herself in the middle of trouble again, she's in danger, and only with the help of Adam & Tristan can she find her way out of it.

I couldn't wait to get my hands on this book. When I finished the first book Out of The Ordinary I immediately emailed Ms. Bellina, and asked her when this book would be out. Thankfully I only had to wait a few months, and it was well worth the wait.

I really love Star, and Adam. They are a lot of fun to read, and very passionate. You absolutely believe that they should be together. You look forward to taking the adventure with them. Both characters show a lot of growth in this book, and you can't help but cheer them on.

I wasn't sure when I read the blurb for Into the Magic if I was going to be happy with Tristan being added into the mix, but I wasn't disappointed at all. The story wouldn't have been the same without him.

This book had its laugh out loud moments just like in the first book, and I was so happy that the author stayed true to her characters. The sexual scenes were passionate, sexy, and sizzling. The pacing of the story was great, my only complaint is that it was too short. I was not ready for the adventure to end.

Into the Magic is a great addition to this series, and I am so looking forward to see what happens next for Star & Adam

5 STARS/5

Excerpt:

“Are you sure I shouldn’t stay one more day?” she called from behind the door. “If you give me directions, I can do magic. Remember, on Porrima? We did pretty well, together.”

“No, I’ll worry about you and you’ll distract me.”

“I won’t distract you, I promise.”

Star came out of the bathroom wearing a short, see-through robe. Her bedtime garments usually consisted of old T-shirts purchased from the thrift store, which she wore until they had too many holes. For this trip, she’d splurged on this barely there wisp of lingerie. The short style flattered her figure, showing off her legs and hinting at more beneath. Star loved the way the chiffon caressed her skin. Her nipples hardened as the fabric slid over them.

Adam stopped his movements and stared at her. Star gracefully twirled, giving him a full-body view, and she watched his eyes darken and a slow heat flare in them. She suddenly ached for his touch.

“It’s new. Do you like it?”

“I like it very much. I like what’s in it even more. See? You’re already distracting me. Here’s my credit card. Call the airline.”

Star snatched the card from his hand and flounced away, but smiled as soon as her back was turned. He was weakening, she could sense it. He wanted her just as much as she wanted him, perhaps more. His eyes smouldered with lust that demanded to be satisfied.

While she held the phone and waited on hold, she watched Adam set up protection spells. He walked like a panther around her room, graceful and lithe.

GIVEAWAY DETAILS

Naomi will be awarding the winner's choice of any back list Ebook and a fabulous hand made bookmark/magnet goodie pack to a randomly drawn commenter during the tour (US and Canada only please for the goodie pack. International winners can choose a second ebook from her backlist), and the same prize to a randomly drawn host.

Follow the tour and comment; the more YOU comment, the better YOUR chances of winning. The tour dates can be found here: http://goddessfishpromotions.blogspot.com/2013/04/review-tour-into-magic-by-naomi-bellina.html

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Naomi lives in beautiful sunny Florida with the love of her life and a magical calico cat. She writes for various fiction and non-fiction markets, but finds she is drawn to erotic romance because her characters insist on canoodling and falling madly in love. So she lets them. Occasionally, however, they go to dark and strange places. She lets them do this also. Most of her stories will surprise readers with unexpected twists and turns, because isn't that what makes life exciting?

Her interests include dancing, hula-hooping, drumming, and creating healthy meals. She takes the opportunity to play, have fun, and indulge in the pursuit of passion whenever possible. She hopes you enjoy her stories and would love to hear from you at naomibellina(at)live(dot)com. Visit her website at http://www.naomibellina.com/ and chat on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/NaomiBellinaAuthor

Her motto: Never pass up the opportunity to have an adventure!

Links:

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Buy links for Into the Magic

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Thursday, January 17, 2013

VBRT & GIVEAWAY: VAMPIRE COLLECTION - BRINK OF ETERNITY BY. CARIS ROANE

THE VAMPIRE COLLECTION

Two vampire novellas from two very different series, in the same ebook called: THE VAMPIRE COLLECTION.

The first novella, BRINK OF ETERNITY, belongs to the Guardians of Ascension series featuring winged vampires in a world of ascending dimensional earths. The second novella, EMBRACE THE DARK, is the first story in my Blood Rose series. Both novellas explore the sexy mystique of the warrior vampire, each over-burdened by the responsibilities of his job and in need of the love of a good woman.

BLURB:

Discover powerful winged vampire warriors, the Guardians of Ascension, and the women they’re sworn to protect!

Warrior Gideon swore he would never see Elise Jordan again even though they’d been passionate lovers for two years. Her human nature couldn’t survive in his ascended vampire world; she would be vulnerable to attack on every front if he tried to continue a relationship with her. But when Elise starts having visions of the future of Gideon’s sister hunted by death vampires, Gideon can no longer ignore that Elise is in her Call to Ascension, her call to become a vampire. Though determined to keep her at bay, the infamous breh-hedden, an all-consuming vampire bonding ritual, wraps him up tight and demands that he protect Elise. As he strives to keep her alive during her Rite of Ascension, love threatens to overwhelm his carefully ordered, war-weary world.

Reader, please note: BRINK OF ETERNITY was published under a different cover, same title, in
July of 2011. The content is the same.

Cover Blurb

EMBRACE THE DARK

Enter a world of blood-starved mastyr vampires and the rare women who can satisfy their deepest needs…

Gerrod, mastyr vampire of the Merhaine Realm, never thought to have his blood-needs satisfied by a mere human. But Abigail of Arizona is no ordinary woman. She stuns him with her telepathy as well as the richness of her blood. However, her human DNA makes her an unacceptable mate. Yet how can Gerrod turn her away when she alone has satisfied his blood-starvation for the first time in a hundred-and-fifty-years?

When the dreaded enemy of all realm-folk, the Invictus, attacks at a fae wedding, Abigail’s simple human life gets turned upside down. She doesn’t know if she has the courage to pursue a path that means giving herself body and soul to a mastyr vampire. Will she return to her normal existence in Flagstaff, Arizona? Or will she embrace the dark…

REVIEW:

I love this series, and I was excited to get the opportunity to read Brink Of Eternity. Gideon finally got his story, and his girl.

From what I understand Brink Of Eternity falls in between Ascension and Burning Skies in the series. It can be read as a stand alone novella as well. That's a good thing because I was unaware of this novella until recently. I was psyched at the opportunity to review it.

Elise is a human that resides on mortal earth. She has special gifts, and was in a relationship with Gideon. It doesn't help that he believed that he erased her memory after each encounter. Too bad he was wrong about that, and Elise never deemed it important enough to tell him otherwise.

Gideon is A Militia Warrior, he is destined to be A Warrior of The Blood, but hasn't had the desire to move up. He would rather serve with his brothers on the battlefield, then with the Elite.

Elise has a vision one day of Gideon's sister being in danger, so she contacts him so they can save her. Elise along with Gideon's fellow Militia Warriors work to rescue Gideon's sister. They also have to thwart the plans that the Commander has for them.

Brink of Eternity was A good read, and a nice addition to the series. It was definitely too short, I didn't want it to end. I like the romance, and sensual aspect of Gideon, and Elise's relationship. They had known each other for two years, and I think that helped them in the long run.

If you haven't read this series I highly recommend it. If you want a introduction to this wonderful world that Caris Roan has created, I would definitely suggest you read this story.
5 OUT of 5 STARS

GIVEAWAY: Rafflecopter At The End Of This Post

Everyone who purchases the “BRINK OF ETERNITY' book will receive a free copy of “Guardians of Ascension.” Simply email your Proof of purchase of “BRINK OF ETERNITY' to Caris and she will send you a free e-book of Guardians of Ascension. Here is her E-mail carisroane@gmail.com .

First Chapter Excerpt:

While standing in her office, preparing to leave for the night, a vision came to Elise Jordan, a sequence of events that threatened the life of someone she knew. She tried to shut the images down, to stop the flow, something she could normally do. But this vision would not be denied. She saw it through to the end, which was not an end at all, just that point at which the woman, if left on her own, would surely die.

Now she had a decision to make and a vampire to contact, something she had promised herself she would never do.

Elise thrived on order and routine. She enjoyed having a firm schedule. She was the only person she knew who had a genial relationship with her alarm clock.

Everything about this vision, however, invited chaos, the very thing she strove to avoid every day of her existence.

She sighed. She didn’t really have a choice, not if she was to live with her conscience. Funny how her conscience, and not desire or drive or hope or even fear, would dictate her future. Just guilt. Good old-fashioned guilt.

She finished up in her office, going through her ritual: wiping down the counters, checking the optical refractor, frowning because she needed to buy a new one, bringing forward the small trash can beneath her desk to make sure the building maintenance people found it and emptied it. She stared at the trash can. Would she even be here after the weekend?

On Friday night, a single woman should be going out, maybe with girlfriends, maybe to a regular bar, meeting men, meeting normal men, not tracking down former vampire warrior boyfriends from other dimensions. Two or three expletives, a habit learned from said boyfriend, flowed through her mouth and hit the air.

She took off her professional white coat, folded it up, and put it in her tote. She had a stock of coats so that she could rotate them through the cleaners. She never wore the same coat twice in a row. She liked everything fresh, clean, in its place, which meant that what she was about to do went against the grain.

She never went against the grain. Except for Gideon. Gideon in all respects, in every sense, had been totally and irrefutably against the grain.

The last one to leave, she set the alarm, then locked the door to the building. She had a thriving practice that she shared with several other optometrists. Imagine, a clairvoyant setting up shop as an optometrist. Talk about overkill.

She headed to her car, her very sensible Audi, white, of course, against the endless months of strong Phoenix sunshine.

Once inside, she buckled up. In April, the temp hovered in the mid-eighties during the day, so she needed a couple minutes of air conditioning to take the day’s heat off the vehicle. She started the engine and powered up the A/C.

She sat for a minute staring through the windshield at nothing in particular. She leaned her forehead against the steering wheel. She took deep breaths. The hum of the motor and rush of air eased her nerves. Sort of.

Oh, God. Was she really going to do this, open the lid to Pandora’s box, let out all that chaos?

Courage, Elise.

Whatever.

She didn’t have a choice. She really didn’t. Someone’s life hung in the balance. If she felt the routine of her life slipping away, too bad.

She sat back in the seat and withdrew her iPhone from her simple gray leather purse. She touched the screen and brought up Gideon’s number. She touched the screen again. The ringtone chimed along, not caring that she resented the hell out of this conundrum.

“Elise, what’s wrong?”

Oh, God his voice. So deep. Her body knew that voice, every varied resonant timbre. She rocked her hips forward, trying to get more comfortable, trying not to feel so damn much, trying to push all that sudden familiar desire away.

“Elise?”

“Sorry.” Her voice sounded hoarse. “I never meant to use this number.”

“I know. But that’s why I gave it to you. Just tell me what’s wrong.”

“I had a vision.”

“What? Wait a minute. You … had a vision?”

“Yes. Long story, that.” She wanted him, just this once, to go with the flow. Fat chance. Neither of them really understood the concept of flow.

“What do you mean you had a fucking vision? As in, you saw the future?” Yep, no flow.

She rolled her tongue around her mouth. More guilt. “In all our time together, I might have forgotten to mention that I’m clairvoyant. I get visions. I see the future.”

She heard him breathe for the space of eight long seconds. “You’re fucking clairvoyant and you’re just telling me now?”

She had to pull the phone away from her ear. All those familiar expletives rattled through the airwaves and burned up the inside of her car. She sighed again.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

I was ten when I first watched an old movie version of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE and loved it! Movies led to books, which led to writing and after a good long while, publishing. I wrote sweet Regency romance for Kensington for 19 years and recently fell in love with paranormal, although I’ve always had a thing for vampires. I currently write paranormal romance for St. Martin’s Press but I self-publish as well. Building an online platform has been an enormous but rewarding challenge. I think all the changes in publishing will alter how authors approach the business going forward and I for one am thrilled to have so many options.

Caris Roane has published over fifty Regency romance novels and novellas under the pen name, Valerie King. In 2005, Romantic Times gave her a Career Achievement award in Regency Romance. Having had a long-time love affair with vampires, Caris tackled the paranormal genre and built a unique vampire world based on ascending dimensional earths. Her series is called Guardians of Ascension.

Her most recent self-published project, The Blood Rose Novella Series, launched in May of 2012 with the first title: Embrace the Dark.

Currently, Caris is working on a new vampire series set to launch in the Fall of 2013: WARRIORS IN CHAINS with the first novel, BORN IN CHAINS.

Caris lives in Phoenix, Arizona, with her two cats, Sebastien and Gizzy.

Website: http://carisroane.com/

Blog: http://carisroane.com/journal/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/caris.roane?ref=tn_tnmn

Twitter: https://twitter.com/carisroane