The Romance Bookie

***WARNING*** Mature Eyes Only!!! No body under the age of 17!!*** I was recommended Sylvia Day's Crossfire series, by one of my blogging friends, Liz, over at Books I Think You Should Read and Yes/No Films . Liz ended up trading with me the first two books of the series, with two of my old books; so I was definitely looking forward to checking them out! Well I finished Bared to You last night, and let me just say I'm glad it got recommended to me!! From Goodreads:   Gideon Cross came into my life like lightning in the darkness… He was beautiful and brilliant, jagged and white-hot. I was drawn to him as I’d never been to anything or anyone in my life. I craved his touch like a drug, even knowing it would weaken me. I was flawed and damaged, and he opened those cracks in me so easily… Gideon knew. He had demons of his own. And we would become the mirrors that reflected each other’s most private wounds…and desires.The bonds of his love transformed ...

***WARNING!!!! MATURE EYES ONLY!! CONTAINS SEMI-GRAPHIC ADULT SCENES!!!*** Okay so I'm just going to come out and say it... Lip Service ??  That sounds pretty gross right?? Well, what a surprise I was in for!! And let me just tell you I'm SOOOO glad it wasn't what I thought it meant!! So anyway, Lip Service by MJ Rose was originally released in 1999, and while it has been compared to the NYT Bestselling series Fifty Shades of Grey EL James, let us all do the math...If Lip Service was originally released in 1999 and Fifty Shades in 2011, shouldn't we be comparing Fifty Shades to Lip Service , not the other way around??? Anyhow, to be honest I don't actually know why they have been compared, because other than similarity in genre... Erotica, they are both completely different novels! Description from Goodreads : Lip Service is the prequel to M.J. Rose's Bestselling Butterfield Institute Series which includes three novels - The Halo Eff...

I've got something really exciting today! Actually it was supposed to be on Friday, because that was the day this awesome book was released, but because I completely forgot, I suck!! Anyhow, today I'd like a huge welcome for Lisa Renee Jones, the author of If I Were You !!!!  I actually read this book last month and absolutely loved it!! (Review HERE!! ), so enjoy! The Romance Bookie: Would you tell us a little bit about If I Were You ?   Lisa Renee Jones: If I Were You is a story that came about because my fiancee was buying and selling storage auctions long before the shows ever came about. He found a journal and was enthralled by it. There was plenty of drama in the journal including a murder next door. He was convinced I needed to write a story about a journal found in a storage unit and began bugging me to do it. And bugging me. And bugging me! All that bugging got me thinking and slowly a story took shape. I resisted though so it simmered a long time....

If I Were You by Lisa Renee, won't be released until August 24th, but upon the request of the publisher and author, and hearing what it was about, I was definitely intrigued, and excited to get my hands on this book! And let me just say, I was not disappointed! Before I go on and on about what this book is about, I'll just give you the Goodreads description, so I can actually talk more about what I thought! Fifty Shades of Grey meets Basic Instinct Book 1: If I Were You Book 2: Being Me Book 3: Revealing Us About IF I WERE YOU… How it began… One day I was a high school teacher on summer break, leading a relatively uneventful but happy life. Or so I told myself. Later, I’d question that, as I would question pretty much everything I knew about me, my relationships, and my desires. It all began when my neighbor thrust a key to a storage unit at me. She’d bought it to make extra money after watching some storage auction show. Now she was on her way to the airp...

***WARNING!!! THIS BOOK CONTAINS MATURE ADULT CONTENT NOT MEANT FOR YOUNGER AUDIENCES!!*** The Fifty Shades Trilogy by EL James has had many people on their toes over the past few months.  Why? Honestly, I guess there are quite a few answers that could be given, but overall, I keep asking myself the same thing...WHY?? Just like with Fifty Shades of Grey I'm still not sure what to think of this series. The thing is, is some ways I somehow understand why women are loving this series.  But then at the same time I can't help but feel disgusted! Women want to be taken seriously.  They want their independence, they want to have the same, and equal rights as men, but at the same time they want to feel loved, protected, and taken care of by their loved one.  I get it. I do. I know I want that one day.   But there is just so much WRONG with Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey's relationship. Before I go into these wrongs (and please take into considera...

Before I truly begin, I must warn!! ***WARNING!!! FOR MATURE EYES ONLY!!!*** Okay...I don't even know where to begin... Let's see...hmmm...honestly?? I have no idea what to think! There are just so many words that come to mind when describing E.L. James' #1 New York Times Best Selling Book , Fifty Shades of Grey ... I'll start with the negatives first: Disgusting (tampon!! EWW!!!), controlling man (I HATE THAT!!!), beating, spanking, and a main character that is easy to manipulate. Now to the positives (and keep in mind some of these may be contradicting some of the words above, because like I said, I honestly don't know what to say): HOT!!!!, Sexy!!!, loving (some parts), WOW!!!, did I mention HOT???!!, and...oh probably a ton of others, but I can't think of any others right now. My head is reeling from this book!! This book is kinky! Sex filled, page after page of SEX!, Christian Grey can be so sweet, but then the next SUPER SCARY!!, and ...