Thank You...

I want to thank all the wonderful authors out there whose books have kept me sane throughout the year. There are too many for me to give you all individual thanks, but there are a few who have been re-reads for me this year when I needed them the most and they are:

JR Ward━Black Dagger Brotherhood & Black Dagger Legacy

Stormy Glenn━Basically for all her work, but especially Cade Creek

Kylie Scott━Stage Dive & Dive Bar 

J M Dabney━Twirled World Universe

Lynsay Sands━Argeneau Vampires

Jenny Woods━Kennedy Ink & Unlikely Heroes

David Eddings━Sparhawks Universe

AKM Miles━Scarcity Sanctuary

RE Butler━The Wolf's Mate & Hyena Heat

TJ Klune━Bear, Otter, & the Kids Universe

John Marsden━Tomorrow When the War Began 

ZA Maxfield━The Cat's Meow & Drawn Together

Alexis Morgan━Paladins of Darkness

Lynn Hagen━Brac Pack Universe

Sherrilyn Kenyon━Dark Hunters

RJ Scott━Montanna Series

Kresley Cole━Immortals After Dark

RJ Scott ~Montana

             

I'm reading this series at the moment and loving it... I have read the first three books quite a few times and now started from book again. I can't wait until I get to book four. If you are looking for some bloody good stories to read, then in my humble opinion this is the series for you. I love how the inter connect but are each their own story. I honestly hope many more books are written in this series.

BLURBS:

Crooked Tree Ranch

When a cowboy, meets the guy from the city, he can't know how much things will change.

On the spur of the moment, with his life collapsing around him, Jay Sullivan answers an ad for a business manager with an expertise in marketing, on a dude ranch in Montana.

With his sister, Ashley, niece, Kirsten and nephew, Josh, in tow, he moves lock stock and barrel from New York to Montana to start a new life on Crooked Tree Ranch.

Foreman and part owner of the ranch, ex rodeo star Nathaniel 'Nate' Todd has been running the dude ranch, for five years ever since his mentor Marcus Allen became ill.

His brothers convince him that he needs to get an expert in to help the business grow. He knows things have to change and but when the new guy turns up, with a troubled family in tow - he just isn't prepared for how much.

NB: This is a previously released title. It includes a new chapter and is re-edited with new cover art.

The Rancher's Son

A man without memories, and the cop who never gave up hope.

When he wakes up in the hospital, the victim of a brutal beating, John Doe has no memories of who he is or who hurt him. The cops can find nothing to identify him and he can't remember anything to help... except the name Ethan and one recurring place from his dreams. Two words, and they're not much, but it's a start: Crooked Tree.

Detective Ethan Allens has never stopped searching for the two boys who vanished. When a report lands on Ethan's desk that may give new leads, he jumps at the chance to follow them up. The man he finds isn't his brother, but it's someone who could maybe help him discover what happened twelve years ago.

What neither man can know is that facing the very real demons of the past could destroy any kind of future they may have together. 

A Cowboy's Home

One burned and broken man finds his way home. Can he find peace in the arms of a man easy to love?

Justin made the ultimate sacrifice for his country, battling domestic terrorism, never the man he really was, using hate to avenge the death of his best friend. The friend he'd killed.

What he doesn’t count on is getting shot, and if he's going to die he wants it to be on Crooked Tree soil. Home.

Sam is as much a part of Crooked Tree as any of the families, and the offer to buy into the ranch is a dream come true. But falling for a hidden, secretive, injured man isn’t the way to keep his head in the game.

Snow In Montana

An actor in the closet, a sheriff in love, and memories that won’t stay hidden.

Jordan Darby is known as the King of Christmas. The star of eight made-for-TV Christmas movies, the leading man who always gets his girl. Filming at Crooked Tree Ranch in Montana, in the ice and snow, Jordan is fighting to make a go of his new company and dealing with fears of exposure over one huge secret. After all, who the hell would buy into him being a romantic straight lead if rumors about him being gay were proven to be true?

Sheriff Ryan Carter is advising on the new movie being made at Crooked Tree. He hoped this would be one day of work and nothing more. Until, that is, he meets the hero. But while Jordan is sexy, he’s also very much stuck in the closet—everything that Ryan doesn’t need in his life. And then lust becomes part of the equation, and Ryan’s quiet life is thrown into turmoil.

Their story unfolds against the chaos that overtakes the ranch, with Adam regaining memories that terrify him and make him look at Justin differently, and Justin leaving the ranch to make things right. Only through trusting in love and friendship can Justin and Adam learn to look to the future instead of letting the past destroy everything. But will they ever see clearly enough to do that?

Don't You Hate It...

Don't you hate it... when you are trying to find a book and you can't remember the name?

MYSTERY BOOK: All I know about said book is that a guy lives with foster parents... they treat him badly and they lock him in the basement without food etc... Child services comes in and takes away the families real children... and they send the child service guy back for the fostered kid in the basement... I think the services guy ends up with the basement guy.

SOLUTION: I'm going through my kindle and then I'm looking up every book I've ever bought and I'm collecting all their Blurbs and putting them in files... long job, but will be worth it in the end... PS: I haven't found it yet.

Don't you hate it... when you can't remember the name of your books character that you really need for the next installment.

CHARACTER: He is the human that is linked to Phoenix in Sons Of Evenmore... he is one of the main characters in the next book and for the life of me I can't remember his name... Looks like I have a re read coming on.

SOLUTION: Find my notes to save a re read... mind you it looks like world war 3 in the office at the moment so  a re read will probably be quicker.

Don't you hate it... when you have so much to do and no time to do it in, or people try to help and make it it far longer than it should be.

JOBS: Basically, I'm trying to de clutter my house and get rid of all surplus stuff. I'm also trying to fix all those little annoying things that no one ever has time to attend... my most important thing is to get my office and Library finished.... I have to nail on all the facing and stain it to match the rest of the office desk and then I can finish off the painting. I need to paint the inside of my house before I can get the flooring changed (by the time I've saved up for the hardwood flooring I'll hopefully have finished the painting) I figured it will be easier to paint before I think of new flooring... less chance of making a mess.

SOLUTION: While the Ex is here I'll get him to cut things to length and buy me the right nails and make sure I have all the paint and stain that I need to get the jobs done.

Don't you hate it... when you think you have something all figured out and then you find out you forgot something important.

PROBLEM: I lost the damn name of the paint I'm painting the interior of my house... and some bright spark painted over the name on the tin... Mind you, I did buy the paint a couple of years ago when the Ex built my library.

SOLUTION: Waste time on line looking through paint swatches until I find it... Solver Paint: MOUSE SA1-100/23-20B

It's Raining Here Today - So I thought...

I would post pictures which have inspired characters for me in some of my stories.

Book Title: Walk This Way

Name : Corey James

Species: Human

Series Title: Toowoomba Boys
Book Title: Angels on Top
Name : Marlowe Weldon
Species: Human

Series Title: The Lines of Marsden
Book Title: (appears in many)
Name : Maffa (Matthew Farnell) & Jaffa (Jasper Farnell)
Species: Twin Werewolves

Series title: The Lines of Marsden
Book Title: (All)
Name : Christian Kincaid-Risely
Species: Vampire

Book Title: Christmastime at Papa Lee's
Name : Casey (Kevin Chambers)
Species: Human

Series title: Masters of Time
Book Title: On the Flipside of Reverse
Name : Tucker McCrea
Species: Witch 

Series title: Pack Matters
Book Title: Chasing Dreams of You
Name : Scott Creely
Species: Werewolf

Book Title: Jettermane
Name : Jettermane Alexandro
Species: Kraviarn Vampire

Series title: Pack Matters

Book Title: Chasing Dreams of You
Name : Jordan & Jaxx Adams
Species: Werewolves


If there is anyone you would like to see how I imagine them leave me a comment and I will show you how I see them.

Two Movies I really Wanna See:~

I must admit that I loved 'The Host' more than I ever liked the 'Twilight Saga' - I am hoping they do the book justice.  Stephanie Meyer wrote a fantastic story and if you haven't already read it I am telling you now go get yourself a copy as you won't regret it.

This series 'The Mortal Instruments' was a complete and utter happy surprise when I read them as my sister recommended them and I was like "yeah, whatever." I got the first two books and had read them both over that same weekend.... Bloody brilliant so I have to thank Cassandra Clare and her awesome story telling gift.

Talking Books - Sherrilyn Kenyon's: The Dark-Hunters #7

The truth is I have been a little under the weather and I have been run flat off my feet. I tells ya, between dentist and doctor appointments with Emily and Mum I never have a minute to spare. Though seeing as once I get to these appointments I have plenty of time to wait, I have been re reading => Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark-Hunter series... I've just finished #7: Seize the Night

Blurb:

 Valerius isn't a popular Dark-Hunter he's a Roman, which means that the largely Greek Hunters have a major grudge against him and his civilization for superceding them. To make things worse, he's very conscious of his aristocratic background and breeding. So it serves him right when he runs into Tabitha Devereaux. She's sassy, sexy, and completely unwilling to take him seriously. (Not to mention that she's the twin sister of the wife of former Dark-Hunter Kyrian - Val's mortal enemy.) What Tabitha does take seriously is hunting and killing vampires - and soon she and Val have to grapple with the deadliest of all Daimons - one who manages to come back from the dead, and one who holds  a serious grudge against both of them. To win against evil, Val will have to loose up, learn to trust, and put everything on the line to protect a man he hates and a women who drives him nuts

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Anyway after finishing this book I realised that this particular story in the series is one of the most pivotal points in this series between good and evil. I also realised that I think this is one of the best warrior series I have ever read. So much happens in this book which effects nearly everyone in the whole series. The Dark-Hunter's is definitely a series that needs to be read in order to get the full effect of the story-line.

If you haven't already read this series that I definitely think you should give it a go... once I finish with the Dark-Hunters I am moving onto the Carparthian series by Christine Feehan.