JINGLE BEARS by Moxie North

Title:  Jingle Bears

Series:  Pacific Northwest Bear #4.5

Author:  Moxie North

Publish Date:   11.01.2015

Publisher:  Wicked Whims Publishing

Category /Genre:  Paranormal Romance, Novella

Recommended for:  18+ due to sexual content

Received from: Amazon purchase

Goodreads link: Jingle Bears

Date completed: 11.30.15

Description from the publisher:

This is not a standalone book!

The novella is a peek into Christmas with the Rochon Bears and the Hayes Cougars. If you haven’t read any of the Pacific Northwest Bear or Cougar books yet this book will leave you scratching your head! Please check out the Rochon brothers and Hayes brothers stories to fully enjoy this novella.

Bring together a huge family of bears, add a dash of cougars, and toss in a few little ones wreaking havoc and you have a Jingle Bears Christmas! The Rochons are hosting Christmas Eve and with the addition of the Hayes cougars to the family, the house is bursting at the seams.

Enjoy the laughter and love of having so many happily mated couples and tiny bears and cougars coming together. With so much happiness and joy to be had, there is one Rochon that is hoping that he too will someday find his mate. Cash loves his big crazy family, but wants one of his own too.

Join the shifter families as they reconnect during Christmas, shower the cubs and kittens with too many presents, and way too much sugar.

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This is the fifth book (#3.5) in the PNW Bears series.  Though I have never read any of the other books in the series, I had no trouble keeping up with who belonged to whom and how they were related, but I’m sure it would be even better had I known the complexities of their back stories.  I know that I now want to go read the rest of the series!

I adore Christmas stories, especially when there are happy families with adorable children. This one had me smiling (and devouring it) from page one until 'the end.'

Grammar/editing:  B – a few small errors (e.g. should be sisters-in-law, not sister-in-laws)

The Pacific Northwest Bears series:

1. Be My Bear
2. Bearly Cooking
3. Bear in Mind
4. Bear with Me
5. Jingle Bears
6. Bearly Healed

Other Books from Moxie North:

• Hexes and Hotties

Pacific Northwest Cougars Series:

       1.      Cougar’s Victory

       2.      Cougar’s Luck

       3.      Cougar’s Gift

BBW on Fire Series:   

       1.      Chloe and Rafe

       2.      Nikki and Chase

       3.      Izzy and Eli

Vegas Large Series:

       1.      Platinum Blonde

       2.      Dealer’s Choice

Wild Whims Series:

       1.      Wide Open

       2.      Bad Bunny

 

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MERGER by Chelle Bliss

Title:  MERGER

Series:  Takeover #2

Author:  Chelle Bliss

Publish Date:   11.28.2017

Publisher:  Everafter Romance

Category /Genre:  Contemporary Romance

Recommended for:  18+ due to sexual content

Grammar/editing:  A – near perfect 

Received from:  Chelle Bliss (as an ARC gifted copy)

Tour by:  Bare Naked Words

Goodreads link: Merger

Date completed: 11.13.2017

Description from the publisher:

Two Rivals. One Enemy. And an Ending No One Saw Coming.

When Antonio Forte met Lauren Bradley, he never expected that making the choice between a possible relationship with her or destroying her company in a hostile takeover would be a hard one. Antonio has always put business before pleasure, but for the first time, he wants both. After proposing a merger of their two companies, Antonio is hoping Lauren accepts his offer so he can show her the world and together they can have it all.

In a world dominated by men, Lauren's leery of anyone willing to show mercy--especially the very handsome, smooth-talking Antonio. Lauren doesn't trust easily, especially when it comes to someone who is threating to dismantle her company, but she'd be lying if she said she didn't find his offer tempting. After finally deciding the path she will choose, a bigger problem emerges--the real enemy is lurking in the shadows and closer than she ever expects.

Merger is the follow-up to Acquisition in the Takeover Duet.

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 MERGER is the second book in the Takeover duet.  You must read ACQUISITION first.

The story continues and so does my love for these two characters.  Their love is as genuine as their dreams and their determination.  The passion is off the charts and brought on many sighs.  This isn’t just a merger of two companies, but also the merger of two souls meant for one another.  Each brings out the best of the other with support and love. 

Obviously, I loved this second book and then found out that Chelle Bliss had released a teaser prequel.  I also devoured it after reading the duet. (Takeover - no longer available.)   These may be the best books she has written!  Do not miss this series!

Note:  while I was given this book as a gifted ARC, my opinions are my own and are given freely.

Takeover Duet:

1.         Acquisition

2.         Merger

Also from Chelle Bliss:

·         Owned

·         Enshrine

·         Top, Bottom, Switch

·         Dirty Work

·         Dirty Secret

The Men of Inked series:

0.5  The Gallos:  The Beginning

1.    Throttle Me

1.5  Throttled

2.    Hook Me

2.2  Resisting

2.3  Rebound (Night Shift Anthology)

3.    Resist Me

4.    Uncover Me

5.    Without Me

6.    Honor Me

7.    Worship Me

ALFA Private Investigations Series:

1.         Sinful Intent

2.         Unlawful Desire

3.         Wicked Impulse

Love at Last Series:

1.      Untangle Me

2.      Kayden:  The Past

 

 

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FIRST GRAVE ON THE RIGHT by Darynda Jones

Title:  FIRST GRAVE ON THE RIGHT

Series:  Charley Davidson #1

Author:  Darynda Jones

Publish Date:   02.01.2011

Publisher:  St. Martin’s Press

Category /Genre:  Mystery & Thrillers, Romance

Recommended for:  18+ due to sexual content

Grammar/editing:  book received as an unedited ARC / errors excused

Received from:  St. Martin’s Press (via NetGalley as an ARC gifted copy)

Goodreads link: First Grave on the Right

Date completed: 09.12.2017; 11.23.2017

Description from the publisher:

This whole grim reaper thing should have come with a manual.
Or a diagram of some kind.
A flow chart would have been nice..

Charley Davidson is a part-time private investigator and full-time grim reaper. Meaning, she sees dead people. Really. And it's her job to convince them to "go into the light." But when these very dead people have died under less than ideal circumstances (like murder), sometimes they want Charley to bring the bad guys to justice.

Complicating matters are the intensely hot dreams she's been having about an entity who has been following her all her life...and it turns out he might not be dead after all. In fact, he might be something else entirely. But what does he want with Charley? And why can't she seem to resist him? And what does she have to lose by giving in?

With scorching-hot tension and high-octane humor, First Grave on the Right is your signpost to paranormal suspense of the highest order.

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FIRST GRAVE ON THE RIGHT is the first book in the Charley Davidson series.  They do need to be read in the order of release.

A laugh-out-loud funny mystery thriller with a healthy dose of romance courtesy of Reyes, I could not put it down.  There is so much I could say about Reyes, but I don’t want to give too much away.  I leave it with he is smoking hot and I want to read more about him and Charley together.  Charley is smart, sarcastic and scarily supernatural.  Her powers are intense and have made for a lonely life.  Luckily, we are entering just when she finally is realizing that she does have people she can trust with her truths.  The supporting cast – her dad, uncle, evil stepmother, secretary/assistant, and many others – are well-developed and are perfect placed to move the story along and add richness to the tale.

This is the first book I have read from this author and I have already put the rest of this series on my “wish list.”

Note:  while I was given this book as a gifted copy, my opinions are my own and are given freely.

Charley Davidson series:

1. First Grave on the Right
2. Second Grave on the Left
3. Third Grave Dead Ahead
4. Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet
5. Fifth Grave Past the Light
6. Sixth Grave on the Edge
7. Seventh Grave and No Body
8. Eighth Grave After Dark
9. The Dirt on the Ninth Grave
10. The Curse of Tenth Grave
11. Eleventh Grave in Moonlight
12. The Trouble with Twelfth Grave

Also from Darynda Jones:

• Brighter Than the Sun
• For I Have Sinned

Darklight Series:

1. Death and the Girl Next Door
2. Death, Doom, and Detention
3. Death and the Girl He Loves

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