Review: INK: A love story on 7th and Main by Elizabeth Hunter

INK: A Love Story on 7th and Main Author: Elizabeth Hunter Genre: Contemporary Romance Publishing date: 13 March 2018 Links: Amazon Kobo Indigo Rating:

Emmie Elliot hadn’t expected to come back to Metlin, California. She definitely didn’t expect to stay. She returned to her childhood home with a mission: Sell the building that housed her grandmother’s book store and move on with her life. But life doesn’t always go according to plan. To reopen her grandmother’s book shop, Emmie will need a hook. She’ll need a strategy. She’ll need an… Ox? Miles Oxford doesn’t have much interest in quiet bookstore owners. He’s a tattoo artist without a space to work, and the last thing he wants is to get involved with anyone after his last disaster of a relationship. Work and pleasure don’t mix for Ox, but since he doesn’t have any interest in the cute girl with the bold business proposal, he should be safe from any awkward complications, right? She sells ink. He tattoos it. Unusual? Yes. But a book shop/tattoo studio might be the ticket for both Emmie and Ox to find success on their own terms. As long as they keep their attention focused on business.   Just on business.

It’s no secret that I absolutely love Elizabeth Hunter’s work. Starting on the covers of her books which are always exquisite to the quality of her writing. The perfect editing and the time invested in research all add to the indesputable superiority of this indie author.

I was fortunate enough to receive an early copy of this book and to my shame I read it one sitting, it’s really hard to put it down once you start. At least I only ignored the world around me for one day.

The writing, as I have come to expect from Elizabeth Hunter, was perfect. Properly edited and the story was well paced. The descriptions were nicely written allowing visualization throughout the book without being excessive and boring.

Emmie and Ox are well developed and their growth is visible throughout the story. They create many an emotional moment and I went from silently saying ‘yes’ to wanting to yell ‘no’. The secondary characters are equally as interesting and perfectly inserted in the story.

The story is beautiful and a reflection of life with friends and family with ups and downs and the good and bad.

I Loved INK and would love to see this series continue. So many stories to tell and I would definitely like to keep up with Emmie and Ox who could tell us another story or two.

Elizabeth Hunter´s `The Scribe´ is free on Amazon

The Scribe by Elizabeth Hunter Series: Irin Chronicles Genre: Paranormal Romance Rating: Amazon

Hidden at the crossroads of the world, an ancient race battles to protect humanity, even as it dies from within. Ava Matheson has never found a home. She’s traveled the world looking for answers, tormented by voices that threaten her sanity, but even in the ancient city of the Istanbul, answers remain elusive. A chance meeting in the Spice Market puts Malachi on her tail. He’s reckless–resigned to his fate–but something about Ava catches his interest. While unseen forces circle them, Ava and Malachi search for answers. Whispering voices. Deadly touch. Their passion should be impossible… or it could be the only thing that will keep them alive. THE SCRIBE is the first book in the Irin Chronicles, the contemporary fantasy series by Elizabeth Hunter, author of the Elemental Mysteries.

One of the most beautiful books you will ever read.

How to choose just one book boyfriend/girlfriend – `only one´ they say

I am almost certain that regardless of your age, gender, race, religion (or lack thereof), or marital status, every single person that reads fiction has at one time or another fallen in love with a fictional character. I have, often and with so many that it´s a good thing that they are fictional, the crush lasts as long as the book, but sometimes you miss that character and go back and reread the book.

The advantages of having a crush on a fictional character is that the reading experience is so much more emotional and fulfilling. When the character does something funny my laughter is sincere and loud (usually startling family members), when they are hurt the tears that stream down my cheeks are real (at this point family members are seriously considering putting me on medication) and when they are hurt my pain is heartfelt but when they do something stupid I blame the author. What can I say? Love is blind.

There is one blog that I follow on a regular basis, Vampire Book Club, it was created by Chelsea Mueller (also an author). From the blog: “Established in 2010, this blog is for all those who love escaping into novels filled with vampires, shapeshifters, demons, witches and even the fae.”

All this is good, there are some awesome book reviews, new releases and some good recommendations but there is one particular time each year that I really look forward to on VBC, it´s a time when my loyalty to my fictional character crushes are tested.  The Alpha Showdown!

In each round two extremely badass alpha characters compete for votes from readers, the problem is we love them all, how can you choose? It´s like putting someone in a field full of cute baby animals and tell you to take only one… only one? No! I want them all. That´s pretty much how it goes with the Alpha Showdown and I swear that every year it gets more difficult.

Anyway, so far I have cast two votes, the second one hurt slightly but Curran (that was said with a sigh) sadly I had to forfeit Bones for Curran. If you don´t know who I´m talking about you obviously haven´t read Ilona Andrews and Jeanine Frost.

Soooo… all this is to inform the uninformed that if you have a book crush (this is on a paranormal / urban fantasy level, which I assume you understood from the blog´s name) and you want to suffer like the rest of us attempting to remain loyal to the countless book crushes go on to the VBC and join the fun of voting for your favorite alpha on the Alpha Showdown and there are plenty of cool alpha females, so cool to see gender equality.

Just follow the link below and give it your vote, (I promise that it´s more fun than political voting).

Vampire Book Club – Alpha Showdown 2017

Because I like it and because it´s Friday

The Black Keys – Little Black Submarines

Dannika Dark giveaway

Dannika Dark (official)

I haven´t read this series yet but I do like Dannika Dark´s writing and other series. From her official FB page here is a giveaway if you would like to try and win the Seven Series just follow the link.

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Let’s stop demonizing “filler words”

With so many rules of what words one should or should not use, this is an interesting article

Everyday linguistic anthropology

A few days ago, the New York Times published an article by Christopher Mele about so-called “filler words,” telling people to stop using them. Reporting on language often frustrates me, and this was no exception. In fact, thirty-odd linguists — including me — sent them a letter detailing our many concerns with this article. In particular, the article makes two major mistakes:

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Monday…

Shakespeare´s insults

Better a witty fool than a foolish wit is a personal favourite.

Perhaps I should invest some time in learning a few intelligent insults. Only problem is the people they´d be directed at probably wouldn’t´t understand them. So sad.

Emphasising the importance of spelling

I suspect you will laugh, I did too, especially when he mentions the dad and then the mom saying no… mmm wonder why?

Don´t care about spelling, that´s okay until you order a horse and get hores instead.

 

Building from Ashes by Elizabeth Hunter

Building from Ashes by Elizabeth Hunter Series: Elemental World Genre: Paranormal Romance   Amazon: http://amzn.to/2asx5S1 iBooks: http://apple.co/2llsJ4L Nook: http://bit.ly/2l9K5zk Kobo: http://bit.ly/2lSJ39U Smashwords: http://bit.ly/2kUq3dv

The first book in the highly anticipated Elemental World series from Elizabeth Hunter, author of the best-selling Elemental Mysteries. In a world teetering on the edge of change, two beings struggle to find their purpose. Will their paths lead them closer together or tear their worlds apart? For a thousand years, powerful earth vampire Carwyn ap Bryn has served others. God. His family. His friends. But tragedy and loss disrupt his peaceful existence, causing him to question everything he has committed his eternity to. Brigid Connor has known about vampires since they rescued her from a painful childhood. But not even their vast elemental power can save her from the demons that torment her. As loyalties are tested and new paths are forged, a lurking danger slowly grows in the Elemental World. Carwyn and Brigid learn that even secrets revealed can come back to haunt you when you least expect it.