LUSTING FOR COVERS ~ KANE'S MATE: ARMAGEDDON MATES BY HAZEL GOWER

Lusting for Covers is a weekly meme, held on Sunday, that allows bloggers to share their current cover obsession with fellow book lovers.

This meme is hosted by TBQ @ TBQ's Book Palace.

Once you are ready to join the fun, please fill out Mister Linky over at TBQ's blog post with your name/blog name and the direct link to your Lusting for Covers for this week!

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Here's my candidate for the week:

 Faith's life has always balanced in two worlds—the normal human world and the supernatural. Now she has to choose between the two.

Faith York is human, but she has psychic powers, which is a little odd since neither of her parents have paranormal abilities. Thankfully, the werewolf family who lived around the corner help her learn to control her powers. She instantly fell in love with the entire family, but especially Kane, the oldest son who is next in line to be Alpha. Unfortunately, Kane doesn't see Faith the same way she sees him. Heartbroken, she leaves town.

When Faith returns from two years overseas, her parents throw her a welcome home party. Faith is shocked when Kane kidnaps her from the party and mate marks her. Now she struggles with the choice of whether to leave again and live a normal life—a life she yearns for—or stay with the man she's always dreamed of and live a supernatural life.

To complicate matters further, her psychic powers intensify and she begins to have visions of an upcoming demon Armageddon. Then she learns she was switched at birth, and she has a half-brother…who is half demon.

Faith must be stronger than she ever believed possible, and maybe in the process, she can trust herself to give Kane another chance.

Content Warning: Sexy werewolf alpha, graphic sex, strong language, and violence.

Why I chose this--

While perusing Goodreads, my eyes gravitated toward this picture. HOLY HOTNESS. Such intensity, sexual chemistry between the models. 

Er...and her hand is down his pants. 

The guy reminds me a bit of Vin Diesel, who I think is sexy as hell. Shaved head, tatts...drool. I do think he could have just a tee tiny more meat on his torso, but you won't see me complaining if he approached me for some quality time **Big Grin.

After reading the blurb, I think I'll be adding this to my library.

What about you? What cover are you lusting over? Leave me a comment, I'd love to hear from you! 

ARC BOOK REVIEW ~ KEPT BY SHAWNTELLE MADISON

Title: Kept ( Coveted, Book 2)

Author: Shawntelle Madison

Expected Release Date: November 27, 2012

Publisher: Ballentine Books

ARC provided by NetGalley

Fresh from defending her pack in battle, Natalya Stravinsky, a whip-smart werewolf with a lovable neurotic streak, wants a little rest and relaxation. Once an outcast, she’s now eager to rejoin the ranks of her New Jersey pack, and has even gotten a handle on her obsessive urge to hoard holiday ornaments. Yet Nat barely has time to revel in her progress before the next crisis comes howling at her door.

Nat’s father has suddenly gone missing, captured by the Russian werewolf mafia. And as Nat steps up to save her dad from a mob boss’s deadly game, two men step in to play another round for her heart: her gorgeous alpha ex-boyfriend, Thorn, and her new flame, the sweetly sensitive wizard Nick. With her life growing more harried by the minute, Nat must stay cool, calm, and collected . . . or else risk losing everything.

 

I swear when I picked this book, I had no clue it was the second book of a series. That said, I did not feel lost in the story that began with Coveted. 

Nat Stravinsky is a snarky werewolf with a bad case of OCD. How she handles it in this book is amusing and provides some humorous dialogue.  She has recently lost face in her family, but when her father has been kidnapped, she has the opportunity to finally prove herself.

She is left with the task to drive a beat-up truck and deliver it to a waiting pack of Weres in Maine--all in twenty four hours. Easy Peasy...until she finds herself fighting for her life against some really dangerous creatures along the way.

To top it off, Nat finds herself trying to decide between two sexy men--Nick, a wizard who makes it no secret that he loves and adores her, is determined to win her heart. Then there is Thorn, her ex-boyfriend, who she still cannot forget. One owns her heart, the other her soul.

What I love about Nat is her loyalty to her family, despite their difficulties in the past. Also, she never stands down for what she believes in, no matter how the deck is stacked against her. She has an unwavering drive and ambition that makes her such a strong heroine.

Kept is a delicious treat for fans of the paranormal genre--Weres especially--and the story delivers great pacing with an action-packed adventure to help turn the pages to see what happens next.