Book Review: Lord of Temptation by Lorraine Heath

Three young heirs, imprisoned by an unscrupulous uncle, escaped--to the sea, to the streets, to faraway battle--awaiting the day when they would return to reclaim their birthright.

Once upon a time, he was Lord Tristan Easton--now he is Crimson Jack, a notorious privateer beholden to none, whose only mistress is the sea. But all that will change when exquisite Lady Anne Hayworth hires his protection on a trip into danger and seduction. . .

Desperation brought Anne to the bronzed, blue-eyed buccaneer. But after the Captain demands a kiss as his payment, desire will keep her at his side. She has never known temptation like this--but to protect her heart, she knows she must leave him behind. Yet Tristan cannot easily forget the beauty--and when they meet again in a London ballroom, he vows he won't lose her a second time, as fiery passion reignited takes them into uncharted waters that could lead the second lost lord home. 

So I got done reading this book tonight and...I can't. This book made me cry at the end. I've pretty much been reading this book and I just couldn't put it down. This book was actually mailed to me by Avon Books and I just couldn't put it down.

So when Lady Anne Hayworth asked Captain Crimson Jack aka Tristan Easton to take her to her dead lover's grave, he accepts....but for one kiss. She agress and the both of them goes to her dead lover's grave thanks to the map given to Anne by one Florence Nightingale, who was called 'Lady with the Lamp' who worked at the Crimean War as a nurse and once she got to Scutari, she couldn't find her dead lover's grave, so she fell to her knees and cried, Tristan holding her in his arms. That night they made love and then for a while Anne wasn't feeling herself so Tristan took her to the Crow's Nest and she enjoyed it. 

Once they got back to London, Anne tried so hard to resist Tristan's advances but she couldn't and then when it came time to her wedding to Marquess Chetwyn, he confessed that he didn't love her and that she loved Tristan. So in the end they got married and had two girls. And weddings make me cry, so imagine me crying ugly tears. I really do recommend this book a whole lot because you will get feels for it.

Time to Abuse my Netflix: Downton Abbey

Hello everyone and Happy Sunday!

Today I just did my homework and listened to Downton Abbey and honestly this is a good show. I do reconmend this show a lot because I have fallen for Matthew Crawley (curse you books and tv that have hot men for me to fall for!) but other than that its a really good show and I will find Seasons 2 and 3 and be one happy little girl.

The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks

A man with a faded, well-worn notebook open in his lap. A woman experiencing a morning ritual she doesn’t understand. Until he begins to read to her. The Notebook is an achingly tender story about the enduring power of love, a story of miracles that will stay with you forever. Set amid the austere beauty of coastal North Carolina in 1946, The Notebook begins with the story of Noah Calhoun, a rural Southerner returned home from World War II. Noah, thirty-one, is restoring a plantation home to its former glory, and he is haunted by images of the beautiful girl he met fourteen years earlier, a girl he loved like no other. Unable to find her, yet unwilling to forget the summer they spent together, Noah is content to live with only memories. . until she unexpectedly returns to his town to see him once again. Allie Nelson, twenty-nine, is now engaged to another man, but realizes that the original passion she felt for Noah has not dimmed with the passage of time. Still, the obstacles that once ended their previous relationship remain, and the gulf between their worlds is too vast to ignore. With her impending marriage only weeks away, Allie is forced to confront her hopes and dreams for the future, a future that only she can shape. Like a puzzle within a puzzle, the story of Noah and Allie is just beginning. As it unfolds, their tale miraculously becomes something different, with much higher stakes. The result is a deeply moving portrait of love itself, the tender moments, and fundamental changes that affect us all. Shining with a beauty that is rarely found in current literature, The Notebook establishes Nicholas Sparks as a classic storyteller with a unique insight into the only emotion that really matters.

Curse you, Nicholas Sparks. 

Curse you and your ability to write something really romantic and good and making me cry at the end. Just...curse you.  

Beacause of you, I now have a really high tolerance to men when it comes to dating and that's why I'm single as fuck right now. 

I'm supposed to write a review but instead I ended up writing this so yeah....

Wanna know how I feel right now?

Well...let Merida show you how I feel....

Yep...that Merida gif summed up my whole entire feelings for 'The Notebook' and I do really reconmend this book and if you wanna see the movie, here's the trailer....

What's in my Book Purse 1/21/2013: Gosling vs Efron

Hey y'all and Happy New Year! I'm so sorry I haven't blogged in AGES-school started and it has been kicking my ass from here to North Carolina. So for this book haul, I got three books and two of them has two very sexy characters that I think you all know and love. So without further ado, here's the books for the month of January/February.

From Left to Right:

Happy Ever After by Nora Roberts

The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks

The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks

Yep...I got The Notebook and The Lucky One, or as I like to call them, Gosling vs Efron. I already read Channing Tatum (Dear John) already and boy it was good. Now I'm reading Gosling first and boy is it good. Already I'm falling for Gosling's character (and if I ever meet Ryan Gosling, I would jump him, drag him to my room, and have my way with him without his current girlfriend knowing) and I just wanna slap Rachel McAdams's character but that will be in a review real soon. 

Now the Lucky One I haven't seen the movie yet but when I do, I would probably want to jump Zac Efron's bones after I get done with Ryan Gosling. But I have a feeling that I'm going to love Efron's character as well...I think...

I don't normally read Nora Roberts books but I tried to read Happy Ever After and I decided to read it again and already I'm in love with it and about to ship the book's main characters. I'm not going to tell you who but in a future review I will. 

Time to Abuse My Netflix: Once Upon a Time

I thought I start a new segment on here called 'Time to Abuse my Netflix' where I'm bored and I need something to do with my life so I get on Netflix and see what's good. 

So today's show is Once Upon A Time and I keep getting reconmended to watch this show because its really really good. I've seen the first episode of this show when it first premiered on ABC and I absolutely LOVED it a whole lot. So today and all of this weekend I'm going to be watching this movie with popcorn and a drink because I'm going to bloody enjoy this a whole lot.

Lauren Conrad's Starstruck: A Fame Game Novel

Are the stars of The Fame Game ready for their close-ups?

Madison Parker has discovered that not all publicity is good publicity. After turning herself in for stealing some bling, the reality star is stuck doing community service while her Fame Game castmates soak up all the screen time. Not that newcomer Kate Hayes needs more attention—ever since her breakout song became an overnight sensation she's suddenly acting like she's Katy Perry. Aspiring actress Carmen Curtis is finally making a name for herself, but she's finding it harder than ever to get out from behind her famous mother's shadow. And in Hollywood, leading men are a dime a dozen, but a good man is hard to find. So when two of the girls have their eye on the same guy, that can mean only one thing: on-camera drama.

In the second novel in bestselling author Lauren Conrad's Fame Game series, friendships are tested, lines are crossed, and fashion crimes are committed—and that's before the cameras even start rolling.

Anyone who has ever wondered what it is like to make it in Hollywood will love this fun, addictive series written by someone who has seen—and lived—it all. Full of dishy details about young Hollywood that only an insider can reveal, bestselling author, fashion designer, and television star Lauren Conrad shows that the real drama happens behind the scenes.

[via goodreads.com]

So I read this book while listening to the Falcons/Giants game and I absolutely loved it.  It tells how Madison covered for her father and did community service at Lost Paws, and while she was there, she saved the life of a dog named Samson, fell in love with her boss Ryan, and when Gabby ends up in the hospital, she snaps on her sister Spohia and quits The Fame Game. 

Carmen is currently doing a movie for a television show called The End of Love, and she's trying to get out of her mother's shadow. But she's fake-dating Luke (who fake-dates?) and she feels like she's hurting Kate, but when they fake break up, her and Kate becomes friends again and then her Mother, Cassandra, comes back into the photo, kicks her out of her house, and now Carmen's crashing on Luke's...well, bed.

Now Kate...Kate is one of the girls I acutally like.  She's down to earth, a singer and she's trying to get over her stage fright. Trevor sends her and films her doing all these things to cure stage frights and while she's doing all these shows and stuff, Drew, Carmen's friend, is there to help her. 

I do reconmend this book a whole lot and I hope y'all would love it like I did!!

What's in My Purse Bag: December 2012

Hey y'all and it's December-the last month of the year and its my favorite time of the year, Christmas. It's where we put up Christmas trees, lights and decorations, write our Christmas lists to Santa Claus and then wait till Christmas Eve, where you just can't go to sleep because you're waiting on Santa to come down the chimney to bring you Christmas. So this month, the books I got are....

From Top to Bottom:

The Legend of Drizzit Book IV by R.A. Salvatore

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Divanomics by Michelle McKinney Hammond

Starstuck: A Fame Game novel by Lauren Conrad

Books I Brought (not photoed)

Bullet: An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter novel by Laurell K. Hamilton

Books Mailed to Me (Not Photoed)

Tarnished: The St. Croix Chronicles by Karina Cooper

Lord of Temptation by Lorraine Heath

Unending Devotion by Jody Hedlund

Yep...I have a whole lot of reading to do and a whole lot of book reviewing to do...but don't worry I'll be book reviewing real soon so don't you worry! So have a merry Christmas and an amazing new year!!! I know I will!!!