Continuity series

     I read a review for this book last year and I'd been looking for it ever since... Ta da! I found it!  It was a very good story and I'm glad that it finally made its way into my hands.  This was a great Christmas story... and, while it is March, I could still get myself into the mindset of the season... without any of the stress!  Bonus. 

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  As for this month's challenge, Carrie Alexander is another NTM author bringing my total to 4 NTM harlequin imprints / lines and now, 24 authors.  My totals are 34 books for the month, so far, 26 of which are harlequin imprints and 8 that are "other".
 I'm not, however, doing well this month with the ratio of books from my TBR to new acquisitions:  I've read only 4, maybe 5, books that have been languishing in my TBR as opposed to 30 (or 29) recent acquisitions.  Ah well... the price of looking for NTM authors, I guess! LOL 

RATING:
Excellence: Great to Very Good ~ 3.0 stars
Steaminess: Romantic to Sensual

     I first got this story because of a couple of comments that Deb (debkc3) made regarding the author and how much she enjoyed her writing.  Okay, so I was already somewhat hooked... then after reading a couple of reviews I knew that this was a story that I really wanted... so I got it!  It was everything ~ and more ~ than I had expected or hoped.  Fantastic story by a fabulous author.  This will be on my list of top books for 2008!

RATING:
Excellence: Excellent to OUTSTANDING ~ 4.5 stars
Steaminess: Sensual

     Oh what a wonderful book to end both a month and a challenge with!  I've not read anything by this author before, but I do have a number of her books in my TBR.  I've picked them up solely because of the way the stories sound (by the blurb on the back) and I'm very happy to say that I was not mislead, nor was I in any way, shape or form disappointed in the story.  Ms. Johnson writes a fabulous story with such emotion and realism that I could not help but be absorbed into what was going on.  Definitely a new (to me) author that's become both a favourite and autobuy!

RATING:
Excellence: Outstanding ~ 5 stars
Steaminess: Romantic

This is my first book of the year and my first book review and blog post. I heard about this new continuity series at the signing of Sizzle, Seduce & Simmer in Melbourne late last year.