As promised, and after about 2 hours struggling with the uploads, here are the pictures of our first ever Smuggler get-together! Warning: crazy dorkiness ensues. Continue at your own peril! Of course, for our first ever in-person meeting, we…
August 2008
Hello, my name is Ana and I am a nalinisinghholic. My addiction started a bit late and only after I read Book 2, Visions of Heat. But from that moment on I was intrigued by the world-building, by the…
Title: Hostage to Pleasure Author: Nalini Singh Genre: Paranormal Romance Stand Alone/ Series: Book 5 of Psy-Changeling series. Summary: Separated from her son and forced to create a neural implant that will mean the effective enslavement of her psychically…
Title: Mine to Possess Author: Nalini Singh Genre: Paranormal Romance Stand Alone / Series: 4th Full length novel of the Psy-Changeling series Summary:Clay Bennett is a powerful DarkRiver sentinel, but he grew up in the slums with his human…
Title: Caressed by Ice Author: Nalini Singh Genre: Paranormal Romance Stand Alone/ Series: Book 3 of the Psy/Changeling series.Book 1 – Slave to Sensation Book 2 – Visions of Heat Summary: As an Arrow, an elite soldier in the…
The Smugglers’ Sorting Hat hath spoken and the two winners of The King’s Favorite are: KateAymless Please ladies, email us your address to thebooksmugglersAThotmailDOTcom. Congratulations, hope you enjoy the book as much as we did!…
Title: Razor Girl Author: Marianne Mancusi Genre: Shomi – Sci fi Romance Stand Alone / Series: Stand Alone Summary: Molly Anderson is not your average twenty-one-year-old. It’s been six years since she and her family escaped into a bunker,…
After our Long Weekend with Loretta Chase, Susan approached us with a chance to read and review her historical fiction novel The King’s Favorite. Having come highly recommended by Loretta, we eagerly agreed–and fell in love with her book.…
Title: The King’s Favorite Author: Susan Holloway Scott Genre: Historical Fiction Why did we read this book: During our recent Chat With an Author, Loretta Chase mentioned Susan Holloway Scott’s The Royal Harlot as one of her inspirations for…
First it was Kmont with Summer of Night. Then, Kate with The Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes. Now, it’s The Happily Ever After’s Christine turn to…read a straight Dark Fantasy novel. We dared her to read….. Title: Across the Nightingale…
Avast ye, mateys! A couple of announcements and some cool happenings around blogsphere…. This week: Friday we kick off another weekend with an author: this time it’s Susan Holloway Scott. We will be reviewing her new book, The King’s…
For this episode’s unearthings: the wonderful works of Christopher Pike! Any other Christopher Pike fans in the house? Anyone that grew up in the 80s and 90s is familiar with a few key authors that wrote young adult series’.…
Title: Hunter Kiss Author: Marjorie Liu Genre: Urban Fantasy Stand alone or series: Prequel to the Hunter Kiss series Summary: “My mother used to say that the tale of the world is drawn in blood, blood in flesh, veins…
Title: The Huntress – Year One Author: Ivory Madison, Cliff Richards, Art Thibert,Jason Wright, and Sal Cipriano Genre: Comic Books Stand Alone or Series: Huntress – Year One issues #1-6, in a new miniarc about the character’s origins Summary:…
Smugglers Get Together At Last
Thea and I have met a couple of years ago at a Lost message board. Both of us being fans of the show and spoiler whores, we pretty much spent a few hours every day talking online and discussing…
Heroes Season 3 Preview!
Wow! Is anyone else looking forward to this? No? Just me? It looks so so sooooooo good!…
For this week’s ponderings: What’s the best moment of emotional personal triumph (of the pump your fist in the air variety) in a movie? The Karate Kid – Daniel-san single-handedly kicks the asses of all the mother f*ckers in…
Title: For A Few Demons More Author: Kim Harrison Genre: Urban Fantasy Stand alone or series: Fifth book in the Rachel Morgan/The Hollows series Why did I read this book: I love Rachel Morgan. Kim Harrison is my hero.…
Tagged!
Tagged! Not by slimer though. This time from Aidan of A Dribble of Ink! Copy the list below. Mark in bold the movie titles for which you read the book. Italicize the that you’ve watched. Tag 5 people to…
Title: Manhunter – Street Justice Author: Mark Andreyko, Jesus Saiz, Jimmy Palmiotti, and Steve Buccellato Genre: Graphic Novel, Superhero Stand alone or series: Part of Mark Andreyko’s Manhunter run, collects issues 1-5 Summary: (from DCComics.com)When top federal prosecutor Kate…
I was working on my calendar and preparing my schedule for the next few weeks (I am NOT a control freak ok?) when I realized how many highly expected books are coming out between now and September 30th. This…
Title: Pleasure Unbound Author: Larissa Ione Genre: Paranormal Romance Stand Alone / Series: Book 1 of new series called Demonica. Summary:In a place where ecstasy can cost you your life… She’s a demon-slayer who hungers for sensual pleasure—but fears…
I Know It’s Cheesy, But…
Ana and I have been talking, and we wanted to start a new occasional special. In which we share some guilty pleasures. Embarrassing? Perhaps. But hey, they’re guilty pleasures. Nothing wrong with that. And so I’ll kick it off…
So, as a newbie to romance novels, I am little by little working my way through the new releases and the “classics” of the genre as well. Something Wonderful is a beloved romance novel and JM is hailed as…
Thea: A week or so back, with the upcoming new release of Meljean Brook’s new novella, “Thicker Than Blood” in the First Blood anthology, I was talking with Ana about how I was excited to read this new short…