Dear Readers: Help Restock Yara's bookshelves....

Dear Readers:

Fellow Book Blogger Yara Santos recently lost her home in a devastating fire.

Members of the book blogging community have joined together to help restock Yara's bookshelf.

Please take a few minutes to visit Yara's Bookshelf to see if there is something you could do to help. New or gently used books are fine. There is a list for Yara and also a list for her boys.

Then take a look at Lani Woodland's Blog to see how authors are helping out: http://www.laniwoodland.blogspot.com/2012/01/helping-out-friend.html

Let's come together and bring a smile back to Yara's face! Please pass share this info with others.

Waiting on Wednesday: Kismet

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

In the heat of the desert night, passion rises like a flame...

Raised in a brothel, Allegra Synnford quickly learned that survival meant taking charge of her destiny. Now, as a renowned courtesan skilled in the pleasures of the flesh, she vows she will never be vulnerable to any one man...

Sheikh Shaheen of the Amazigh has been hiding from his past for a long time, but not enough to forget how another courtesan made him abandon his life as the Viscount Newcastle. When Allegra ignites his desire, his need threatens to undermine his cover.

With old enemies circling, experience tells him he must resist her charms at all costs. But Allegra has her own game to play...with a man who can't afford to lose.

Kismet by Monica Burns

release date 2/07/2012

Until next time...Happy Reading!

Far From Here by Nicole Baart {review}

Far From Here

by Nicole Baart

Paperback, 352 pages

Expected publication: February 7th 2012

by Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group

How long do you hold on to hope?
Danica Greene has always hated flying, so it was almost laughable that the boy of her dreams was a pilot. She married him anyway and together, she and Etsell settled into a life where love really did seem to conquer all. Danica is firmly rooted on the ground in Blackhawk, the small town in northern Iowa where they grew up, and the wide slashes of sky that stretch endlessly across the prairie seem more than enough for Etsell. But when the opportunity to spend three weeks in Alaska helping a pilot friend presents itself, Etsell accepts and their idyllic world is turned upside down. It’s his dream, he reveals, and Danica knows that she can’t stand in the way. Ell is on his last flight before heading home when his plane mysteriously vanishes shortly after takeoff, leaving Danica in a free fall. Etsell is gone, but what exactly does gone mean? Is she a widow? An abandoned wife? Or will Etsell find his way home to her? Danica is forced to search for the truth in her marriage and treks to Alaska to grapple with the unanswerable questions about her husband’s mysterious disappearance. But when she learns that Ell wasn’t flying alone and that a woman is missing, too, the bits and pieces of the careful life that she had constructed for them in Iowa take to the wind. A story of love and loss, and ultimately starting over, Far From Here explores the dynamics of intimacy and the potentially devastating consequences of the little white lies we tell the ones we love.

First Line(s): The brought things.

Like hopeful penitents or sojourners making the pilgrimage to a holy land filled with story and sorrow, they arrived with gifts.

My Review: What a great book, a book that I was glued to from the first word to the very last. The emotions Nicole Baart was able to write were real, raw and beautiful! You sat there mourning with Danica over the loss of her husband.

Far From Here was my first novel read by Nicole Baart but it will not be the last, she is amazing. I highly recommend Far From Here to anyone!!

My Rating:

Waiting on Wednesday: Darkest Highlander

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

In the acclaimed Dark Sword series, the darkest, fiercest warriors of Scottish legend finally meet their match—in the brave, fiery hearts of the women they cherish…

For years, Broc has watched over her, protected her—and hidden his love for her. But when his beautiful Sonya, finds herself in a hopeless situation, the Highlander flies to her side to save her. Unfortunately, before the Druidess can thank him, Broc is captured by his enemy and destined for eternal pain…

Sonya vows to help her noble warrior, though he is imprisoned in a mountain of pure evil—bound in chains of the darkest magic. With Sonya’s own magic fading, she must summon the greatest power of all to save the man she loves. But even if these two hearts are united, will they be strong enough to defeat the heart of darkness? Or will their undying love doom them for all eternity…?

Darkest Highlander (Dark Sword #6)by Donna Grant
Release Date 1/31/2012

Until next time...Happy Reading!

Top off Tuesday: Firefighters of Station 5

What better way than to top off a good book than with a GREAT Cover!Amanda from On a Book Bender, Christi from Smitten with Reading,and I want to see the covers that made you swoon! Feel free to play along and show us your favorite covers. Button made by Missie

This week I bring you not one, not two but 5 covers...

Let me introudce you to the men of Firefighters of Station 5 by Jo Davis.

Hey!!! No touching! You all sit on your hands right now... mine x 5!
I mean they are all hot just because they are Firefighters but add in those chests and abs, wowzer!

Seriously, if you have not read this series ( what is wrong with you... I kid, I kid!) please do! It's smoking good!

1. Trail by Fire
2. Under Fire
3. Hidden Fire
4. Line of Fire
5. Ride the Fire

click above links to get the full details on each book!