Review: My Fair Princess

My Fair Princess by Vanessa Kelly
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

The family that kills together, stays together.

I hope getting revenge was worth it.

He's such a Debbie Downer!

She has practical skills, which are better than having skills just to impress a man.

She's a good daughter.

Stratton is openly flirting with another woman in front of his wife, and she doesn't care?

Good for her, and good for him for defending her. Andover deserved that, and more.

He still doesn't know her stepfather was killed by bandits, does he?

I always wondered. What do the servants do all day when the master is living at one of his other houses?

I've never heard of a kissing gate. Cool. You learn something new every day.

Can you feel the sexual tension in the air?

And Stratton had seemed so helpful...

If it had happened now, Pietro would get arrested for statutory rape, and rightly so.

Scunthorpe is probably a smuggler himself.

Such a stupid man. Does he not know women at all?

I bet she would kill for a camcorder to be invented right now.

Now that's a lady who can take care of herself!

Who's Sir Dominic?

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Review of Outlander Season 2 Episode 13

Caitriona looks good with graying hair. And Claire's a surgeon now. Nice.

Bree's a ball-buster.

"Roger and Bree, sittin' in a tree.."

"That one person.." Poor Roger thinks she must miss Frank, but she's talking about Jamie.

And we're back to the 1700s. And Charlie's still crazy.

Bree and Roger continue the lovefest. At Fort William. Tears.

Love Bree's accent!

The gallows!

Caitriona rocks those glasses. Lallybroch! So sad.

Whoa, Claire. You want to kill a prince?

Haha, Bree! Way to stumble into an innuendo.

Claire's looking at a document that she signed in the past. Weird.

Yikes, hope Roger's not a relative!

Yeah, Bree. She's been to Fort William.

Dougal's not cool with Claire's murder plan. Shocking.

Hey, Gellis. Have you gone through the stones yet?

Creepy wax statue of Charlie.

Dougal and Jamie fight. Dougal goes after poor Jamie's hands.

What the..Did you just help kill Dougal, Claire?

Nice singing voice, Roger!

So Frank Black Jack was a psycho?

Not all his fault, Rupert.

Claire goes to visit the Clan Fraser marker at Culloden. Beautiful.

Trying to explain to your daughter that you traveled in time...

I heart Roger.

Murtagh's not broken up at all by the murder of Dougal. He's all, "Yeah, and?"

Fergus, be safe.

Bree's understandably shocked. But that was a low blow, girlie. Just because she said Jamie was the love of her life? You should have seen him. You wouldn't have blamed your mother.

I wish they could have adopted Fergus.

Geillis sucks in the 1960s, too.

Jamie, why do you want to fight? You could be safe.

The Jamie/Murtagh bromance lives on,

Poor Roger, to be related to crazy Geillis.

Jamie's very knowledgeable about women's cycles. Better than most men now.

See, Brianna? Mama's not so crazy after all, is she?

Wow. That sky is gorgeous!

What a hard thing for Jamie, to send his wife to the "other man".

Because there's always time for sex with Jamie. If she wasn't pregnant before, she sure is now.

Hope you won't be disappointed with another girl, Jamie.

Jamie lived! Yay! But are you sure you can go back to the right time, Claire?

Caitriona's eyes. Wow.

So weird to hear modern music during the credits.

Review: Cookie Therapy

Cookie Therapy by Karla Brandenburg
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Why does Mrs. Mead not want to see his father?

Nice bedside manner, Ted. You suck.

Her mother sounds like an idiot.

I think he should sue for custody. If Shannon can't handle it full-time when Trey is two, what happens when he turns into a hormonal teenager?

Great first impression, Audrey. Haha!

Why is her aunt acting so weird?

Boy is she clumsy!

His father slept with his girlfriend? While his own grandson was sleeping in the room? Eww!

A lot of busybodies in this town.

Ewwww. No wonder Aunt Brenda didn't want this guy to be her doctor. He's a creep!

They should re-open the bookstore.

Hallelujah! Finally you grew some balls and told your mother off, girl.

Ooh, nice ring. I like the symbolism of why he chose it.

Crawl back to your hole, Shannon. And take Elizabeth's mother with you.

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Review: Buried Treasures

Buried Treasures by Mary Manners
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Boy, I would not want to be driving in that storm!

Her husband was killed in a church? Poor thing! No wonder she doesn't want to go.

Such an adorable little girl.

So they are both widowed.

Paul is a good young man.

Now I'm hungry for Italian food.

I like his sneaky approach to fixing her house.

Lemonade from a mix sounds gross.

Poor man. He was caught between a rock and a hard place. He had to do this for his friends. His wife should have understood. The blame for her death lies as much on her shoulders.

I want Paul to paint my room.

Oh, Paul. I want to give you a big hug. Alcoholism is a disease.

It's good to give Paul tasks to keep him busy in a crisis like this.

I like Julianna's idea of heaven.

Girl, you gotta work on your excuses.

Kids bounce back so easily sometimes.

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FitBit: Useful or Not?

So today I saw a potential new physical therapist. I wasn't getting enough cardio at my usual place, so I asked him what I could do to change that. He suggested the arm bike, which I've had for years (and I hate it because it overheats and locks up on me).

Then he suggested wheeling as fast as I can and wearing a FitBit watch to see how fast I can go. But don't those cost a lot? And aren't they only for walking and running?

Not the case, it appears. Or at least, it won't be the case soon. Apple has apparently developed a watch for wheelchair users. But is this watch feasible?

According to a recent article, "Instead of standing breaks, people in wheelchairs will be prompted to wheel or spin their chairs around regularly. Apple will also start tracking distance, speed and calories burned during wheelchair use, just as it does for walking or running." http://bigstory.ap.org/article/45481999f2e3401d9ec6238b54825f76/apple-watch-will-soon-track-fitness-wheelchair-users#

Sounds good, right? And then you go on to read that the watch will cost at least 300 dollars. WHAT? Most people in wheelchairs can't find jobs. No matter what the media will tell you, prejudice against the disabled exists. If no one will hire me, and my only income is my disability check, how am I going to afford half a month's pay? Granted, I personally don't live off my check, but what if I did?

Society is already telling us that as disabled people we just just stay at home and age. If you want to not get fat as well, you should buy an expensive watch to prompt you into exercising. That, or join a gym, which takes care of that pesky disability check burning a hole in your pocket.

And hey, now that you can't afford to eat, you'll lose the weight even quicker.

Review: Dangerous Protector

Dangerous Protector by Katie Reus
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I didn't think I'd be good at painting, but it's fun to challenge myself. It's harder than it looks!

Well that came out of nowhere. Poor car.

Flirting and car bombs just go together. Not. Haha!

Whoever planned the bombing did so for maximum impact. Kids could have been hurt or killed!

Cute kid. He's smart, too. His grandma clearly loves him a lot.

Well the cops sure messed up.

Wow. He sure knows how to start an evening out right! Even I'm overheated.

Okay, who the hell is this Gina? Are the cookies poisoned?

Good man. You called her bluff like she needed you to do.

It's not over, you two.

Hubris is a criminal's downfall.

Good doggie.

Dillion, one day you'll understand women. Sort of.

That is the loveliest idea for an engagement ring I ever heard.

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Release Day Blitz: LIVE WIRE by Cristin Harber

ABOUT LIVE WIRE

Where Are They Now? on iBooks!

Titan Group is expanding! New recruits mean Jared Westin has potential new hires

to scrutinize. What he didn’t expect was his very pregnant wife Sugar to finagle her

way onto the surveillance team as the prospects were assessed.

Her involvement in the simple observation goes dangerously wrong. She and best

friend Lexi Black stumble into a problem with Russian mobsters. Sugar is forced to

draw on her old ATF tricks, but weeks from her due date, she has no choice but to

team up with Bishop O’Kane, a potential-new recruit and Parker Black, Lexi’s hacker

husband, who must go undercover.

This is special ops novella is packed with high-stakes crime and intrigue, a baby

story for Boss Man, and two steamy romances for two of Titan’s favorite couples!

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ABOUT CRISTIN HARBER

Cristin Harber is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling romance author. She

writes sexy, steamy romantic suspense and military romance. Readers voted her

onto Amazon’s Top Picks for Debut Romance Authors in 2013, and her debut Titan

series was both a #1 romantic suspense and #1 military romance bestseller.

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