I'd like to thank Roxanne @ Bewitching Book Tours for giving me this opportunity to participate in the JUDE MAGDALYN SERIES Blog Tour and providing me a copy of the book to review. And I would like to welcome L.M. to ABTB! Also, check out my review of SHADES OF GRAY.
Series: Jude Magdalyn #2
Author: L.M. Pruitt
Genre: Urban Fantasy Fiction, Supernatural Fiction, Paranormal Romance
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Publisher: Red Hot Publishing
Format: PDF,
ISBN: 9781927116296
Release Date: January 20, 2012
Source: Tour Host {Bewitching Book Tours}
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Tagline(s): ~NONE~
Summary: All I wanted was a little peace and quiet.
Instead, I've got dead Covenant members and a steady stream of letters from the new guy in town. His beverage of choice? A 2002 Merlot, with a shot or two of powerful virgin blood.
On top of that, I'm breaking in a new police liaison, failing at playing matchmaker, and fighting nausea like it's a full time job. All I wanted was a little peace and quiet.
Instead, I've got dead Covenant members and a steady stream of letters from the new guy in town. His beverage of choice? A 2002 Merlot, with a shot or two of powerful virgin blood.
On top of that, I'm breaking in a new police liaison, failing at playing matchmaker, and fighting nausea like it's a full time job. Did I forget to mention that I've also got enough girls living at the Crossroads to start my own boarding school?
Peace and quiet? Out the window.
Review:
MY REVIEW WILL BE POSTED LATER. SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE.
About this Author:
L.M.
Pruitt has been reading and writing for as long as she can remember. A
native of Florida with a love of New Orleans, she has the uncanny
ability to find humor in most things and would probably kill a plastic
plant. She is the author of the Jude Magdalyn Series as well as New Moon
Rising, featuring Cari Gravier, and Taken, featuring Frankie Post. She
is currently at work on the next book in the Moon Rising series, Harvest
Moon Rising, due out April 2012. Ms. Pruitt makes her home in Florida
with two cats--one smart, the other not so much.
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Excerpt Shades of
Desire
“If someone doesn’t get me a lemon in the next
five minutes, everyone will suffer. A lot.”
“Jude, I love you. Which is why I can say you’re being just a little
overdramatic.” One look at my face and Theo changed his tune. “But then again,
you could say pregnancy is dramatic and you’re just getting into the groove.”
“Nice save.” I tried to sit up again. Halfway through the upward
movement greasy waves of nausea rolled over me and I eased back down onto the
pillow. Strands of black hair clung to my sweaty face and I closed my eyes,
exhaling slowly. “Not as nice as that lemon would be right now, but nice.”
“Elizabeth will be here in a moment. No doubt she’ll have a lemon. And
tea. And toast.” Theo turned over to face me, laying one hand over my still
mostly flat stomach. If you looked close, you could see the smallest of bumps.
I know, because I checked. Every other day or so.
If anybody told me three months ago, that the week before Halloween,
I’d be lying in bed with a man who absolutely adored me—even the crazy
parts—I’d have asked them what the hell they were smoking. If they’d thrown in
being pregnant, I would have punched them in their jaw. Then gone to the store
and bought a dozen pregnancy tests and prayed for them all to be negative.
But that was before the Covenant.
In two weeks, I’d gone from being an orphan raised by nuns, to the
latest in a long line of only daughters. Women charged with the protection and
well-being of hundreds of people with unique powers. Some made flame burn for
hours, while others called the wind to knock you flat on your ass. They were a
group of people who came together over two-hundred years ago, bound by a
prophecy. One with no past, lost in the present, will bring in the future,
through gifts of both this world and the next.
And lucky me, I’d passed the job interview.
I’d sent Hart to a muddy, watery grave-literally. Unless something went
crazy wrong, he’d stay under the Mississippi until the Final Judgment. Williams
ruled the vampires of the city now and kept his distance as much as possible.
And I, Jude Magdalyn Henries, led the Covenant. Maybe I wasn’t terrific
at it. But Gillian would be proud.
All things considered, I think I came out with a pretty good deal.
Strike a Pose
Fashion in the Jude Magdalyn Novels
When I was growing up, I read quite a few historical romance
novels. For one, I like the romance. For two, I liked the history. Actually, I loved the historical backgrounds
so many books had. Authors like Bertrice Small provided painstaking details
about everything from food to military techniques to fashion.
Ah, fashion. Even when it makes no sense at all (like the
latest trend in cropped pants with bold flower patterns—really, I don’t get
that), fashion is still one of the easiest ways for people to express
themselves. It’s also one of the funniest, as any person who has ever had a
fashion doll or played dress up can tell you.
Below, I’ve put together a few pictures of some of the
outfits you might find on various characters in the Jude Magdalyn world.
(NOTE: The document I received would not allow me to save and post the photos. I'm so sorry about this!)
All of these were put together with the help of Polyvore, so
if you like playing dress up, stop by and check it out. Unfortunately, I
couldn’t show you some of Theo and Williams’ choices—the site is pretty heavy
on female attire. I hope you’ve enjoyed taking a look in the closets of some of
the characters you’ve (hopefully) read about.
And now for...
If it's not one thing, it's another.
Felipe, one of New Orleans's most infamous--and crazy--vampires is back
in town. And to say he's unhappy is an understatement.
Duprees and Williams have to track down Felipe, fast, before he claims
any more victims. If that means making a deal with the Devil--otherwise known
as St. Germaine--and using an untrained dhampir, so be it.
If that wasn't enough, I've also got rebellious teenagers, feuding
couples, and a suddenly full social calendar.
The more things change....
Excerpt
“I’m going to kill her.” I didn’t throw the
phone across the room like I wanted to, but instead, set it down gently on the
coffee table. I took a deep breath and held it for a long moment before
releasing it. “I’ll just have to owe Williams another favor.”
“That would put you at
owing him three times, which is three times too many.” Theo slid the phone out
of my reach. I’d already thrown two phones this month, so I didn’t begrudge him
the action. “What exactly did Danie do this time?”
It’d been almost a month
since Williams had shown up in the foyer and left his niece—Hart’s daughter—in
my care. Not that I really wanted her here or that she wanted to be here.
Things were just getting back to normal after the terror of Halloween, after
darting around the city trying to find Hart’s other psychopathic
brother. Having Hart’s daughter under my roof made me more than a little
uneasy, even though he was still at the bottom of the Mississippi.
I’d argued with
Williams. Danie had argued with Williams. Even Mickeal, Williams’s
second-in-command and currently stationed at the Crossroads, had argued with
Williams. He refused to budge. And my conscience wouldn’t let me throw her out
without a definite place to go.
So Danie stayed. And did
her best to make all our lives a living hell.
“Shoplifting. Again.” I
drummed my fingers over my stomach, then stopped when one of the bumps kicked a
little. Theo and I still called them the bumps, even though it was starting to
look like I’d swallowed a small beach ball. At the rate I was going, I’d be as
big as a cow by the time I delivered in May. “Down at that tourist shop.”
“Which one? There’s only
half a million or so.” Theo made a little circle motion with his finger and I
gave him my back. I always seemed to have a knot between my shoulder blades
these days. Whether it was from Danie or from the bumps, I couldn’t begin to
guess.
“Voodoo Blues. The owner
recognized her, so instead of calling the police, he let her go and called me.
I’ll send Elizabeth down tomorrow to take care of it.”
“Have you ever thought
about letting her get picked up by the police? Seeing if having the law come
down on her would actually make her see how stupid she’s being?” Theo pressed a
kiss against my bare shoulder. I shrugged half-heartedly, tapping my fingers on
my knee.
“Maybe it would work. Or
maybe she’d go nuts on them and then we’d have a serious problem.” Restless
now, I stood up to pace in front of the fireplace. It was just now ten p.m. and
most of the house had been up long enough to start getting into trouble. Any
minute now, someone was going to knock on the parlor door and tell me they
needed help with something.
I wasn’t psychic. It had
happened often enough that it was a given.
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