Mine Tonight ~ Book Review

Title: Mine Tonight ~ The Blue Dynasty Series, Book 4 | Authors:  Lisa Marie Perry

Publication Date: April 1, 2015 | Publisher: Harlequin Kimani Romance

Pages: 224 | Genre{s}: Contemporary Romance, Fiction

Summary: 

The night that changed everything… 

After being dumped by her fiancé and losing her shot at TV stardom, Bindi Paxton just wants to get out of town. But there's no escaping the past—not even on the beautiful Seychelles Islands. And when her attraction to former Las Vegas Slayers heir Santino Franco culminates in a night of sizzling passion, she has to fight her feelings for a man who could hurt her deeper than any other has before. 

Santino came to the islands to find the man responsible for the injury that ended his pro-football career. Ending up in bed with Bindi is a mistake they both regret. Except he now needs her help to find his fugitive father. And—heaven help him—he's starting to fall for the stunning Sin City reporter. He can't change their history…but he'd give anything for one more night, and maybe forever, in her arms.

My Review: 

Honestly, I had a bit of a time getting into this book.  Partly because I was reading it intermittently, during breaks at my full time job and partly because I am prejudice against girls named Bindi {sorry to all of the Bindis of the world}.  After chapter Two, it was smooth sailing, even with the intermittent stopping.

I enjoyed how the story line progressed.  It wasn't just a hook up, weep, hook up, marry, weep story.  You were engaged with the characters and wanted them to find their way to one another.  Since the main characters hated one another in the beginning, I wasn't sure this was going to be a love store between them at first.  As the story progressed, I kept rooting for them to realize their chemistry.  The way it was written, it almost seemed like their feelings for each other was tangible.

While this book is number 4 in the Blue Dynasty Series, I had no problem picking up in the midst of the series.  The book is definitely a stand alone hit.  I cannot wait to read the previous three!

My Rating:

Overall ~ 4 out of 5

First Impression of Characters ~ 3 out of 5

Character Development ~ 5 out of 5

Plot ~ 4 out of 5

Book Flow ~ 4 out of 5

Ending ~ 5 out of 5

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About the Author:

Lisa Marie Perry encounters difficult fictional men and women on a daily basis. She writes contemporary romance fiction with plenty of sizzle, energy and depth. Flawed, problematic, damaged characters are welcome. Her tales feature sexy guy-next-door heroes and powerful larger-than-life alphas who are brought to their knees by the love of complicated women. She has received high praise from USA Today and has been nominated for an RT Book Reviews literary award. She lives in America's heartland and she has every intention of making the Colorado mountains her new stomping grounds. She drives a truck, enjoys indie rock, collects Medieval literature, watches too many comedies, has a not-so-secret love for lace and adores rugged men with a little bit of nerd.

Visit LMP at www.perrytalebooks.com

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Katie and the North Star~Book Blast

 

About the Book

Title: Katie and the North Star | Authors: Bethany Lopez and Katie Lopez | Illustrator: Hetty Mitchell | Publication Date: March 13, 2015 | Publisher: Independent | Pages: 26 | Recommended Ages: 2 to 6 Summary: Katie and the North Star is a book filled with adventure, joy, and imagination. Join Katie as she learns why she can't keep the North Star all to herself.  

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* "Katie and the North Star" is available as an e-book for only 99 cents from Amazon between April 23 and 25, 2015. Or, subscribers to Kindle Unlimited can grab an e-copy for FREE! *

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About the Authors: Bethany Lopez and Katie Lopez

Katie and Bethany Lopez are a mother and daughter writing team. Katie is currently navigating through the first grade. She loves reading, writing, and Shopkins. Bethany writes stories for all ages. She enjoys writing full time, and spending time with her family. Katie and the North Star is their first collaboration.

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Prize: $25 Amazon Gift Card or PayPal cash (winner’s choice) Contest ends: May 7, 11:59 pm, 2015 Open: Internationally How to enter: Please enter using the Rafflecopter widget below. Terms and Conditions: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. A winner will be randomly drawn through the Rafflecopter widget and will be contacted by email within 48 hours after the giveaway ends. The winner will then have 72 hours to respond. If the winner does not respond within 72 hours, a new draw will take place for a new winner. Odds of winning will vary depending on the number of eligible entries received. This contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Facebook. This giveaway is sponsored by the author, Bethany Lopez and is hosted and managed by Renee from Mother Daughter Book Reviews. If you have any additional questions – feel free to send and email to Renee(at)MotherDaughterBookReviews(dot)com.

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Caterpillar Shoes~Book Blast

About the Book

Title: Caterpillar Shoes | Author: Angela Muse | Illustrator: Ewa Podles | Publication Date: March 26, 2015 | Publisher: 4EYESBOOKS | Pages: 28 | Recommended Ages: 0 to 8 Summary: Patches is an energetic caterpillar who is trying to decide what activities to do. In the end, she doesn't put any limits on herself and lives her life to the full.

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About the Author: Angela Muse

Angela was born in California to a military family. This meant that she got used to being the "new kid" in school every couple of years. It was hard trying to make new friends, but Angela discovered she had a knack for writing. In high school Angela began writing poetry and song lyrics. Expressing herself through writing seemed very natural. After becoming a Mom in 2003, Angela continued her storytelling to her own children. In 2009 she wrote and published her first rhyming children's book aimed at toddlers. Since then she has released several more children's picture books and released her first young adult romance series, The Alpha Girls, in 2012. Angela's husband, Ben Muse writes suspense/thriller books that can also be found on Amazon. Check out what else she's working on by visiting www.4eyesbooks.com

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Prize: $50 Amazon Gift Card or PayPal cash (winner’s choice) Contest ends: May 6, 11:59 pm, 2015 Open: Internationally How to enter: Please enter using the Rafflecopter widget below. Terms and Conditions: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. A winner will be randomly drawn through the Rafflecopter widget and will be contacted by email within 48 hours after the giveaway ends. The winner will then have 72 hours to respond. If the winner does not respond within 72 hours, a new draw will take place for a new winner. Odds of winning will vary depending on the number of eligible entries received. This contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Facebook. This giveaway is sponsored by the author, Angela Muse and is hosted and managed by Renee from Mother Daughter Book Reviews. If you have any additional questions – feel free to send and email to Renee(at)MotherDaughterBookReviews(dot)com.

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Jill Cooper's YA Series Celebration

Author Jill Cooper just released her second novel in the Rewind Agency Series, Plugged and is currently writing the third novel, Detached. To celebrate her awesome YA series she decided to giveaway a fantastic Lit-Cube that is YA themed! If you haven't heard of Lit-Cube its a very fun company that feeds a hopeless book geek who needs a monthly fix! As the owner says: because book geeks deserve awesome subscription boxes too!

Lara Crane is stuck in her mind, in an indefinite stream of timelines where her life is perfect, just the way she wants it to be. But it's not real. It's all made up to give those who want to use time travel for their own personal ambitions. To give time to finish their experiments and turn Lara into a deadly time travel assassin.

If Lara wants to survive and to stop them, she needs to risk her own mind and soul to get out of a prison so perfect it completes the one dream Lara has always had.

Family.

Order on Amazon for $2.99! Read book 1 - 15 Minutes

Order the Dream Slayer Series on Amazon, Book 1 is Free!

About the Author:

I could write this in the third person. I could tell you what I like, where I was born, and what my favorite things are.

But instead, I'll say I don't want to write like everyone else. I don't want to craft stories you've read a thousand times before. I want my novels to be a cinematic experience, blending themes, genres, and situations unlike any you've ever read.

I want to break the rules. I want you to break out in a cold sweat as you read my books out of fear, love, and excitement. I want my books to be an experience. When you finish, I want you to feel something. Good or bad.

If you do, then I'll have succeeded. If not, I'll keep trying.
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Giveaway ends 4/28/15 at 11:59 EST. Continental US only please, 18+ to enter.

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Get to Know Blurb

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Like many great companies before it, Blurb was actually started by accident. In the early 2000s, Eileen Gittins, Blurbs' Founder, rekindled a passion for photography while trying to figure out her next career gig. 

She wanted to compile her photos into a nice coffee table photo book, but she only wanted to print a handful of copies. The conundrum was that every publisher was quoting her hundreds of dollars for each book! She found this curious – and frustrating. So she asked herself, are there other people like me who want to affordably create their own high-quality book from their photos? The answer, of course, was yes, and it changed her life – and book publishing – forever. 

In 2006, Eileen launched Blurb, a simple book-designing platform and a publishing process that could quickly produce beautifully made books at game-changing price. 


Everyone from award-winning photographers, to couples wanting to commemorate the birth of their child started using Blurb – and they continue to do so today. Even after almost a decade, people are still blown away by Blurb’s user-friendliness, quality, and affordability. People trust Blurb to create every kind of book imaginable, including:

• Cookbooks
• Photo books
• Yearbooks
• Ebooks
• Magazines, and more

Blurb doesn’t just help people make books and magazines, they also help market them by providing publishers with their own dedicated sales page. Blurb’s dedicated sales pages allows authors to:

• Make their book or magazine available to the public or by invitation-only
• Write a compelling book description
• Customize a preview of their book
• Share their book with others on social media

Blurb also created their publishing platform to work seamlessly with Amazon and Apple iBooks Store so authors would have even more options for how they sell their books. 

There are so many remarkable things to share about Blurb – too much for just one post! So keep an eye out for next week’s post because I’ll be sharing some of my favorite Blurb tools and tips -- which, if you’re like me, will leave you thinking … “I didn’t know Blurb could do all that!” 

Oh! And I almost forgot to mention that now through 4/28 you can get 20% off any book you create! Can’t wait to see what kind of book you create! 


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A Craftsy's Weekend Sale

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#ad Get better at what you love to do during Craftsy’s FLASH sale! This weekend only, get up to 50% off Craftsy’s best online classes. Plus, enjoy hours of up-close instruction from expert instructors, without ever leaving your home! Sale endsSunday - shop now!

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KaBOOM!

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With every purchase of Hop 'n' Roll playwear, 1% of the proceeds will be donated to KaBOOM! - a national non-profit that inspires communities to support play and creates great places to play for kids in underserved communities across America. Your readers can also donate directly to KaBOOM! on top of their online or in-store Hop 'n' Roll purchase. Now that calls for a happy dance!

To celebrate the launch of Hop 'n' Roll and the power of play, Gymboree has planned the following activities from April 7 – May 31 with the goal of raising enough money to build better places to play for 10,000 deserving kids:

• Gymboree Play & Music partners will be taking over the Gymboree Play Date page on Tumblr to include creative fun-filled playtime tips and ideas and to foster creativity and confidence. Definitely encourage your readers to check it out!
• PBS KIDS®: Gymboree (proud sponsor of Jim Henson’s “Dinosaur Train” on PBS KIDS) will support PBS KIDS’ “Explore the Outdoors” campaign via special in-store programming on Gymboree TV, giveaways on Gymboree’s Facebook page, and participation in local PBS member station “Explore the Outdoors” events.
• Pinterest Playdate Map: Partners and top bloggers will continue to contribute to Gymboree’s Pinterest Playdate Map – an incredible resource for families to discover new and exciting places to play, whether on a trip or in their very own backyard.

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Free Spring Brights Welcome Box for New Maven Subscribers

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Spring has arrived and fingers and toes are calling out for bright, fun colors! Julep has a new Maven subscriber welcome box offer that is perfect for the occasion. Fun brights and a top-notch beauty bonus make up the Spring Brights Welcome Box and it's free for new Maven subscribers (a $62 value). As a Julep Maven subscriber, you get first access to trend setting colors and top-rated beauty products every month in addition to plenty more perks such as:

• Julep Maven is affordable. You get over $40 of full-size products in every box for just $24.99 per month.
• Julep Maven is flexible. Once you are a Maven and have paid for your first box, you can skip a month if you need to or you can gift your box to a friend - you have choices.
• Julep Maven is the only customizable box of full-size, limited-run nail colors and beauty innovations. That means no surprises, no dupes or colors you don't like. You can see what is in your box each month and have the option of swapping out colors/products you already have or don't want.
• Mavens get benefits all month long at Julep - like 20% off Julep.com, free shipping, early access to secret sales and more - imagine what you can save on your shopping!
• A Maven subscription is also a great gift for the nail polish and beauty product lover in your life.

Join Julep Maven and get the Spring Brights Welcome Box FREE ($62 value) - just pay $2.99 shipping. Enter the codeSUMMERFUN at checkout.

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Why Not Join Stella & Dot

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Love Stella & Dot jewelry and the idea of earning extra income? Well then you should consider becoming a personal Stylist with Stella & Dot! While we all love jewelry (and money!), being a Stylist is about so much more. It's about having the freedom to style your own life and truly enjoy your work. If any of those things intrigue you, then April just might be the month for you to pursue your passion for style.

From now through April 30th, anyone who signs up to be a Stella & Dot Stylist will receive $450 in free jewels and accessories(normally $350)! Not to mention that they'll also get ... 

• A fabulous business
• The ability to work from home and earn extra income sharing the jewelry that you love with others
• Training and support from amazing and successful women
• Free jewelry, as well as significant discounts
• Expense paid vacations
• A personal website and online business center
• and much, much more!

To learn more and sign up, go to http://www.stelladot.com/stylist.

It's never too late to style your life the way you want it.


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New Baby Combo from Mabel's Labels

**This post contains affiliate links and I will be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking on my links. While Mabel's Labels can't give new parents more sleep, their new Baby Combo pack will definitely help make their life easier. The super cute labels and tags in this collection are UV resistant and waterproof, so they're perfect for everything from diaper bags, bottles, and binkies, to car seats, onesies, booties, and blankets. Their durability and multi-purpose use makes them a perfect baby shower gift - not to mention, they are a great way to introduce your little one to the wonderful world of Mabel's Labels. Included in the new Baby Combo Pack are: 15 Sticky Labels (dishwasher/microwave safe and UV resistant) 16 Skinny-Minis™ (dishwasher/microwave safe and UV resistant) 2 Shoe Labels (waterproof and UV resistant) 21 Tag-Mates™ (laundry safe and UV resistant) 2 Bag Tags (waterproof and UV resistant) The Baby Combo also comes with a choice of 4 exclusive solid palettes or 40+ multi-coloured designs, including 2 brand new motifs. Get yours today >> As always, remember - Mabel's Labels offers free shipping to the US on all orders!