Quickie #Review: Rock Hard by Olivia Cunning - 4 Wine Glasses

Title: Rock Hard 
Series: Sinners on Tour #2

Author: Olivia Cunning

Format: ebook

Published: April 1st 2011 by Sourcebooks, Incorporated

ISBN:13 9781402245794
Links: Good Reads | Amazon
Source: Purchased by Reviewer
Rating: 4 Wine Glasses - LOVED

Sinners’ lead singer, Sed, had his heart shredded when Jessica left him to pursue her dreams, so when she dances her way back into his life, he's not sure he's ready for her brand of pain, or pleasure, again. 
When she convinces Sed to engage in a friends with benefits relationship, things seem to be going his way, until one of his fans catches their explicit public display of affection on film and posts it all over the internet. 
Will Jessica ever trust Sed again? And has Sed become the man of Jessica’s dreams or is he just posing to get what he wants?

Crystal's Thoughts:

Olivia Cunning has penned another fabulous story with the Sinners on tour, this time starring lead singer Sedric Lionheart. I cannot get enough of these sexy bad boys of rock and metal!

#Review: Backstage Pass by Olivia Cunning - 5 Wine Glasses

Title: Backstage Pass 

Series: Sinners on Tour #1

Author: Olivia Cunning 

Format: Paperback, 384 pages

Published: October 1st 2010 by Sourcebooks Casablanca

ISBN: 1402244428
Links: GoodReads | AMAZON
Source: Purchased by Reviewer
Rating: 5 Wine Glasses all the way!

The first in a new erotic romance series, Backstage Pass is a sizzling mix of sex, love, and rock n' roll       It's been months since Brian Sinclair, lead guitarist for the famous rock band, Sinners, composed anything. Unable to write the music that once flowed so naturally, Brian is lost without his musical mojo. But when sexy psychology professor Myrna Evans comes on tour to study groupie mentality, Brian may have found the spark he needs to reignite his musical genius. When lust turns to love, will Brian be able to convince Myrna that what they have is more than just a fling, and that now that he's found his heart's muse, he doesn't want to live without her?

Crystal's Thoughts:

Exciting, emotional and sinfully sexy – Olivia Cunning delivers it all in Backstage Pass!

18 & Over Book Bloggers Giveaway Hop

<center><a href="http://readingbetweenthewinesbookclub.blogspot.com/2011/06/18-over-book-bloggers-giveaway-hop-sept.html"><img border="0" src="http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m538/Bittenbyparanormalromance/18OverCouplesBookGiveawayHop.png"width="200" height="300"/></a></center>Welcome to the 18 & Over Giveaway Hop hosted by myself and the lovely Laurie at Bitten by Paranormal Romance! This hop will run from Sept. 15th - 18th and feature all kinds of bookish delights for the 18 & older reader! 
I have three fabulous books up for grabs this time around:

Dreamland by Alyson Noël (Book Trailer & Giveaway)

Author Alyson Noël released her third book in the Riley Bloom series, Dreamland this week and to celebrate we have a book trailer and giveaway from Zeitghost media!

Riley’s finding that the afterlife can be a lonely place when all you do is focus on work. So she goes to the place where dreams happen, hoping to find a way to contact her sister, Ever. She meets the director, who tells her about the two ways to send dreams. As a Dream Jumper, a person can jump into a dreamer’s dream, share a message, and participate. As a Dreamweaver, an entire dream can be created in a studio and sent to the dreamer. But Dreamweaving was outlawed decades ago, and the studio was boarded up. Thinking it’s her only way to reach out to her sister, Riley goes in search of the old studio. There she finds a ghost boy, who’s been creating and sending nightmares to people for years. In order to stop him and reach out to Ever, Riley is going to have to confront and overcome her own fears.

To find out more about Dreamland and the Riley Bloom series visit:

http://www.alysonnoel.com/

~*GIVEAWAY*~

Thanks to Tara at Zeitghost Media I have one copy of Dreamland to give away to one US or Canadian resident. To enter, just leave a comment answering this question:

If you crossed over to the other side and had the choice to be a Dream Jumper or a Dreamweaver, what would you choose?

and fill out the raffle copter below!

Book of the Month: Interview with Gena Showalter

Good morning everyone! Kelly and I would like to welcome…hold on; I’m having a fan girl moment…*squee*…now that that’s out – Gena Showalter!!! *fans self, and yes I’m repeating OMG over & over in my head right now*
Gena is the author of our Book of the Month for September, Lord of the Vampires. She is also a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, titles well deserved, and one of my absolute favorite authors. Gena has several amazing paranormal romance series under her belt that rank in my top favorite books of all times; Atlantis, Lords of the Underworld and Alien Huntress, along with several young adult works and stand-alone novels, plus a few new series in the works. We’re currently getting Kelly caught up on the pure awesomeness that is Gena Showalter. LoL I think she is looking forward to having the Lords in bed with her at night!
Gena’s newest release though is a series collaboration with authors Jill Monroe, Jessica Andersen and Nalini Singh called Royal House of Shadows. The series itself centers on four royal heirs that were vanquished from their kingdom and their journey to reclaiming it, with each author giving it their own fairy tale twist. Gena kicks off the series with Lord of the Vampires. So let’s get started! (p.s. I don't know what's up with the spacing, Blogger is being naughty today.)

Crystal: Hi Gena and welcome! We’re all huge fans here and are so excited that you could stop by today! As you know, Lord of the Vampires is our Book of the Month; can you start us off by giving us a brief introduction to it please?

Gena: Thanks so much for having me. It’s a pleasure to be here!

Tour: The Hand He Dealt by Tanith Davenport (Guest Post)

To celebrate the print release of her novel, The Hand He Dealt, Tanith Davenport is stopping by today with a great guest post on character names! Congrats Tanith on the release, make sure you all check out this hot new novel afterwards!

Naming conventions

One of the hardest tasks for me when beginning a story is naming the characters. It doesn’t matter how much I like a particular name – if it doesn’t suit the character, I can’t use it. For instance, I love the name “Rowan”, but so far no Rowans have suggested themselves as characters, so that name is currently sulking in my “to-use” pile until I manage to find somebody to fit.