August 30, 2012 by Tamie

The Lure of the Great Alpha Male

We all want him. Not just any alpha male.
We all want the Great Alpha Male.

The Alpha Male...

An alpha doesn't walk into a room. He commands it. Without effort, he could defeat every male there. The intangible vibe pouring off those broad shoulders announces the danger louder than a bull horn.

Sexy Sentence Saturday: Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning…

Today’s Sexy Sentence Saturday comes from the first book of one of my top 5 series: Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning.

I read this series in March of 2011, and I was addicted to it for months…O, and Jericho Barrons? Yup…he’s one of my top 3 fantasy boyfriends, along with Gabriel Emerson, and Christian Grey. If you’ve never read the Fever series you really should….

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March 7, 2012 by Tamie

Poll Results Are In So…

Poll results are in…

Smooches and hugs to all who voted

I’d love to see more of those =69%

( I know y’all are wanting me to comment on that percentage…it’s a mighty fine number…mighty fine)

I’d be ok with that = 19%

I don’t care one way or the other = 4%

Nope…not interested = 8%

Clearly those that voted want to see some fantasy dates around here so…

Um…wouldja, couldja vote in these 2 related polls…please…please…please?!?

I can’t make any guarantees on answers 1,2, or 4…I can only beg…I’m not above begging…but no promises…

Choose as many as you like and add ur own choices…

That’s it for the moment…thanks to everybody who voted!

Tamie Xo

March 4, 2012 by Tamie

Barrons’ Sex POV on Audio…

Hey Fever Fans! Do y’all remember the Sex from JZB’s POV that Karen Marie Moning published last year?!?

Well…KMM has had an audio version made and you can purchase it for $1.99 thru her website. The article itself is wonderful and I encourage you to read it if you haven’t. At the end she writes “The Alpha Alternative download includes a scorching hot 30-minute audio recording of the sex scene I wrote from Jericho Barrons’ point of view, plus a PDF download of the text for your eReaders and computers.” and “Email me and let me know what you think. Phil and Natalie totally nailed the scene! Not much makes me squirm. This did “

Something else I really love is that she has a small sample to let you listen to. I’d warn you that the sample is graphic tho short, but if ur a Fever gurl like me that’s A-OK. Now I’m also the type of gurl who must have anything and everything available to add to my Fever collection, so yes I’ve purchased it. If anybody else has or does lemme know what you think.

Tamie Xo

February 28, 2012 by Tamie

This and That…

Today I wanted to discuss and share a little of this and that…some quickie thoughts if u will. Altho I must confess I don’t normally advocate for quickies…sometimes a quickie is just what you need…for the moment

Titles – When I first started doing reviews and other posts one of the hardest things for me to do was come up with a title. I knew I wanted it to be something catchy, and I wanted it to be something that would make people want to read whatever it was. Reviews don’t really lend themselves to that however, unless I want to make it so long it takes up 2 lines…Problem with that is I never liked how it looked at the top of the post. A secondary problem is that it makes the link sooooooooooooo long. I kind of gave up being creative on that, and pretty much just stick with the standard book blogger format, boring tho it may be.

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February 7, 2012 by Tamie

Search Engine Terms #2…

Back in December I shared some of the search engine terms that have brought people to Bookish Temptations. The number of visits via search engine terms has grown a lot since BT began, versus those brought to the site from what used to be the majority ie. Twitter, Facebook, Goodreads, a link from another site, etc.

That of course is good news because it means that we’re reaching people who might not have found us otherwise, and that if they like what they see they’ll return. All blogs need new viewers to continue growing, and I’m really happy to say that Bookish Temptations has seen a very steady growth in site visits since it began.

There’s a great team of people here who put a lot of effort into making BT a place you’ll want to visit over and over. We appreciate each and every visit…each comment left…all the RT’s on twitter, and everything our faithful readers do to support us.

That being said I thought it might be fun this time to give you my reactions to some of the search engine terms…they are unedited btw and my comment appears in parentheses…

sylvain reynard gabriel’s inferno moan (hmmmm)

why are jamie and lord john fightinh at the beginning of the scottish prisinor

stories about hucows (you can google it for an explanation O’0)

“sylvain reynard” turtles

bookish tempttions

most seductive line in fifty shades of grey

let’s get popp rockin with descriptive writing (not a clue)

gabriel emerson potential actors (I have a few in mind)

e.l. james literary agent

anonymous twi

best book 2011 poughkeepsie debra anastasia

books feed my mind with fantasy (mine too)

actor to play christian grey in fifty shades of grey (Yes please)

badjujube

“do you know how much you mean to me?” he breathes against my ear. “no,” i gasp.

“fifty shades” grammer (I never think of grammar when I think of Fifty)

fantasy boyfriends (I have lots of those)

sexy indie bath tube

+picture of sylvain reynard (Sorry, don’t have that 4 u)

reading on clive owen

blog christian grey (Christian and blogging? Could be interesting non?!?)

jerico barrons car holy fucking cow

a discovery of witches fever series (2 books in 1 search engine term…clever)

twi totally anonymous writing contest

lost girl, copyright infringement, fever series, moning

does christian die in fifty shades freed (read the book)

make my fantasy boyfriend (you gotta do that urself dood!)

what would christian grey look like

v’lane

gabriel’s inferno movie adaptations

e.l james literary agency is

when is gabriel’s inferno second book coming out (the sooner the better)

l want christian grey (line forms behind me)

inferno disclosure

fotos jericho z barrons

dirty one shots and fanfics

rehvenge barb

david gandy is barrons (lots of people would agree…I’m still thinking Jason Momoa)

british erotica

explain of purebred

characters from but i love him book

what to read after shadow fever (IKR?!?)

topping from the bottom fifty shades freed (I googled that one too)

literary crack

Last but not least…here are the top 3 search engine terms that have brought someone to Bookish Temptations:

bookish temptations, ”gabriel’s inferno”, fifty shades freed

We’ll do this again in a couple of months cuz I know I’ll get some more good ones, and just in case you were wondering…yes, I have googled many of these myself after seeing them because sometimes I just don’t get the connection…sometimes I find it, but other times I’m still left wondering. Now, go forth and search engine term away…it may show up here someday

Tamie Xo

January 30, 2012 by Tamie

Bloodfever by Karen Marie Moning

I used to think my sister and I were just two nice southern girls who’d get
married in a few years and settle down to a quiet life. Then I discovered
that Alina and I descend, not from good wholesome southern stock, but from an
ancient Celtic bloodline of powerful sidhe-seers, people who can see the Fae.
Not only can I see the terrifying otherworldly race, but I can sense the
sacred Fae relics that hold the deadliest of their magic.
When my sister was found dead in a trash-filled alley in Dublin, I came over
to get answers. Now all I want is revenge. And after everything I’ve learned
about myself, I know I have the power to get it….
MacKayla Lane’s ordinary life underwent a complete makeover when she landed
on Ireland’s shores and was plunged into a world of deadly sorcery and
ancient secrets.
In her fight to stay alive, Mac must find the Sinsar Dubh-a million-year-old
book of the blackest magic imaginable, which holds the key to power over both
the worlds of the Fae and of Man. Pursued by Fae assassins, surrounded by
mysterious figures she knows she cannot trust, Mac finds herself torn between
two deadly and irresistible men: V’lane, the insatiable Fae who can turn
sensual arousal into an obsession for any woman, and the ever-inscrutable
Jericho Barrons, a man as alluring as he is mysterious.
For centuries the shadowy realm of the Fae has coexisted with that of humans.
Now the walls between the two are coming down, and Mac is the only thing that
stands between them….

Bloodfever is the 2nd book in the Fever series by Karen Marie Moning.

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January 18, 2012 by Tamie

My Book Boyfriend…Jericho Z Barrons

Week #3 of My Book Boyfriend hosted by Missie over at The Unread Reader

This week My Book Boyfriend is: Jericho Z. Barrons from the Fever series by Karen Marie Moning.

Anybody that knows me well can tell you how much I flove this man and talking about him. He is in my, not so humble opinion, one of the best and the sexiest doods ever written, and that’s saying a lot considering all the books I’ve read.

1st a physical description mkay? Jericho is about 6’2 with dark hair, golden skin, and dark eyes. He has strong, chiseled features, and a full mouth…Can I just say I love authors who use the term full mouth? *thud* He’s intensely masculine, and sexual with an omnipresent carnality about him. He’s around 30. He has an accent and his ancestry is Pict. You can google it…I did. He dresses in fine clothing, and looks mighty fine in them. He’s usually a button up shirt, and tailored trousers type of guy, but he can rock the jeans just as well. The backview is really quite spectacular. This makes for a whole lot of ~~fantasizing~~ ~~durtay dreams~~ pleasant thoughts for me, and if you haven’t read these books yet. O trust me on this. You’ll have a good time with Jericho…infuriating quite often, but with his skills and prowess?!? I’ll live with it

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January 16, 2012 by Tamie

I have a Fever…

No silly…not that kind of fever…this is the good kind….and it all started with Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning.

It’s been a long time since I’ve done a post about one of my favorite book series. That’s right I’m talking about the Fever books by Karen Marie Moning. So, I’ve decided to revisit them. I’ll be doing a series of Fever posts over the next few weeks…cuz in all honesty…there’s no such thing as too much Fever.

I did a review of the series as a whole back in July. Now I want to delve a little bit deeper into each of the books on their own. I didn’t find these books by myself. Nope, I gotta give credit for my addiction to ‘em where it belongs. JAG was the Fever dealer for me, and it’s been almost a year since I first read this literary crack.

The 1st book in the series is Darkfever. Here’s the publishers blurb…

MacKayla Lane’s life is good. She has great friends, a decent job, and a car that breaks down only every other week or so. In other words, she’s your perfectly ordinary twenty-first-century woman. Or so she thinks…until something extraordinary happens.

When her sister is murdered, leaving a single clue to her death–a cryptic message on Mac’s cell phone–Mac journeys to Ireland in search of answers. The quest to find her sister’s killer draws her into a shadowy realm where nothing is as it seems, where good and evil wear the same treacherously seductive mask. She is soon faced with an even greater challenge: staying alive long enough to learn how to handle a power she had no idea she possessed–a gift that allows her to see beyond the world of man, into the dangerous realm of the Fae….

As Mac delves deeper into the mystery of her sister’s death, her every move is shadowed by the dark, mysterious Jericho, a man with no past and only mockery for a future. As she begins to close in on the truth, the ruthless Vlane–an alpha Fae who makes sex an addiction for human women–closes in on her. And as the boundary between worlds begins to crumble, Mac’s true mission becomes clear: find the elusive Sinsar Dubh before someone else claims the all-powerful Dark Book–because whoever gets to it first holds nothing less than complete control of the very fabric of both worlds in their hands….

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December 28, 2011 by Tamie

Favorite Book Passages from…a whole lotta books.

One of my favorite things to discuss here…other than my fantasy boyfriends are great quotes, scenes, and passages from my favorite books. I do this because I’m hoping for one of two reactions.

1) That I spur the interest of someone who hasn’t read the book they come from enough so that they’ll go read the book.

2nd) To bring back good memories for those who have read and enjoyed them.

Most of the books I choose to read nowadays don’t come from the big publishing houses. They are books not readily available in places like Barnes and Noble, or even from your local library. There is so much talent out there that needs your help and support. I really hope that you’ll take a look at the smaller publishing companies like Omnific and TWCS if you haven’t already.

When you find an author(s) you love make sure you spread the word. Recommend, review, list, tag, rate. You don’t have to have a blog to do any of those things. You can do it on Goodreads, Amazon, Twitter…

Do the authors appreciate it? YES! They do!

I promised you great passages didn’t I? Well what are you waiting for? Make the jump and read…O by the way…most of the ones I chose are …erm…spicy. Did you bring your fan with you?

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