Cleveland Author Event 2016!

       So I've got a lot to catch up on, from what I have been reading to the adventures of the last weekend in June when I dragged the Mister to attend the Cleveland Author Event. 

#CAE16 was freaking awesome!! Not only was it a weekend away with the hubby, doing what we wanted when we wanted without the parenting responsibilities.  But I also got to meet some of the amazing authors I have read!  This was my first ever book signing event, and holy shit!!! I'll try not to scatter my thoughts on this too much so you can keep up. 

To attend we had to drive 9 hours!!! We left at midnight, (No turning into a pumpkin for us) and arrived very early to Cleveland!  Thank god we missed all the freaking rush hour traffic by getting there so early.  We were able to check in early!! Normal people who have been up since midnight would choose to take a nap right?!? Nope, I had the bright idea to walk down to the lake and visit the USS COD. 

 This is the view we were greeted with! Me, sleep deprived, didn't realize it was still 830ish in the AM and that nothing really opened up touristy wise until 10ish.  Pretty sight to see though!! I'm weird, I know, I love reading and exploring historical sights or things such as this submarine.  But anywho.  So then we wandered round and round, my feet were screaming at me!!

After a subway ride (NEVER AGAIN in downtown Cleveland) we headed to the famous market for crepes.  I chose sweet over savory, this is Nutella with bananas.... YUM!  Hubby got savory, something with bacon and healthy crap.... not as yum for me. 

After another exciting (scaryish) subway ride, we walked some more! (My feet were very angry with me) and we finally visited the USS COD........ small spaces, in a sub, OMG.

I got a message from one of top favs ever, LM Carr, that she was going for a walk after making it to the hotel.  So we met up with her, trying to keep the fangirling down to a minimum, I tried to get it out of my system on my walk, I got to meet her while appearing as cool as a cucumber.  HA! We hung out ( how many readers get to really say they hung out with their favorite author?????) chased down some K LOVE, and had a drink.  She had authory things to do and my hubby wanted some nap time. 

Later that night......

 We saw BT Urrella ( I always mess up his last name), Cassia Brightmore ( For someone who writes so dark and twisted, she is extremely sweet.  Plus I embarrassed myself and spilt some of her drink on her while I was talking with my hands.), and River Savage (love her accent).  My husband got selfies with everyone lol but the selfie that I was "surprised" with the most, the one that I was like holy shit, was the one he sent me when he went outside to smoke.  I was sitting there minding my own business and get a picture message.

Right to Left: Dylan Horsch, My hubby, Lance Jones, and I believe Victoria Ashley's man. 

I immediately recognized Lance Jones, so I sent back holy shit you just got a selfie with Lance Jones.  He replies, well technically with male models. HOLY SHIT!!

Had dinner at Pizza (216) both nights, absolutely amazing freaking pizza!! When we go back for CAE 2017, we will definitely be coming here again!!

Then the signing, getting to meet new to me authors, authors I've read, authors I have chatted with randomly on line and getting to see LM Carr in action!!

Me, LM Carr, and her awesome PA Karrie.  I have so many pictures and not enough space on this to post them all.  Let's just say some surprised me, the lines, the amazingness of Helena Hunting who signed in another room after the even because she still had a line. 

For giveaways, Jenn Hype donated a book.  As did Skye Callahan!!  I have a couple of totes signed by authors, River Savage, Cassia Brightmore, and 2 by Helena Hunting!! Along with countless swag!!  Now the question is will there be enough interaction on the blog to give this away???

Book hangovers.... or alcohol hangovers????  I don't know which is worse?!?!  Lets go with book hangovers because it lasts so much longer than a day!!!

I finished the Pucked series by Helen Hunting and now its like I just can't get into another book, its so aggravating!!!! Of course there are three books that are coming out this month that I just have to read....

T.M. Frazier is coming out with Soulless which is the second book to Bear.... the way that Lawless left off, that crazy ginger..... I just have to know what the hell is going on?!?!?!?  Talk about cliff hangers.... this was one bitch of a cliff hanger!?!?!

Then there is Tijan Meyers third installment in her paranormal series.... Davina!!! Super pumped for this one because the relationship between Davina and Luke is just so damn titillating... whats even more awesome is that she moved up her release date it was originally the 22nd of February!!!

One of my all time favorite authors L.M. Carr is coming out with her second series.... shes been posting little peeks and teasers about Shane's story and I have been dying to read his story.  I didn't think too fondly of him in the Giving Trilogy because of what he did to Mia, but I just know he will redeem himself in my eyes!! 


So yeah, book hangovers really fricking suck.... especially when you have heard such amazing things about other books and when you try to read them you just can't get into them because every other word your thinking back to your last epic read!!!!

Act of Salvation..... plus some....

Anything written by KC Lynn will be read by me.... she could post her grocery list, I along with many others would read it!! An Act of Salvation is book 2 in her Acts of Honor Series, the spin off to the Men of Honor Series.  This novel tells the story of Katelyn and Nick, Katelyn was first introduced at the very beginning of the series as a minor character, and in time she came around to being one of the characters you just have to know about.  Nick Stone is from KC Lynn's Beautiful Insightful, as the sexy FBI agent and partner to its main character Ryder.

I have realized today this past week I have read 9 books thus far, everything one of them epic in their own ways.  When I received the ARC to the book above, I was in the middle of Wrath, book 2 of the Wrong series by LP Lovell and Stevie J Cole.  OMG I thought I was going to have a fricken migrane trying to decide which book to read or continue to read.  KC Lynn won out..... read the rest of her series and you'll know exactly why!!

I read AoS in five hours....FIVE FUCKING HOURS..... its one of those books you want to savor because you know how precious every word written is... you want to savor it at the same time needing to rush it so you can find out what happens.  Let me tell you the cover is sexy in its own right, the story itself...HOLY FUCK! You have to read it, one click it when it comes out on the 27th to fully understand its epicness.

What else have I read this week......
Absolution by LP Lovell & Stevie J Cole
Wrong by LP Lovell & Stevie J Cole
Wrath by LP Lovell & Stevie J Cole
Acts of Salvation by KC Lynn
Smoldering by Tiffany Aleman
Scavenge by Tiffany Aleman
The Dark Light of Day by T. M. Frazier
Dark Needs by T. M. Frazier
Falling to Pieces by Leddy Harper
and I am in the process of reading Davy Harwood by Tijan

How many books is normal for you all to read in any given week?

New obsession

I am the type of reader that once I am introduced to an author, who writes the kind of book that I just can't put down, I become hooked and have to read the rest of the books they have written.  It happened with KC Lynn and the Men of Honor series, T.M. Frazier, Beth Flynn, Jennifer L. Armentrout, and her alter adult ego J. Lynn......

Now its Stevie J. Cole and LP Lovell!!

I was introduced to Absolution by my fellow Feisty Bitch, she talked about how it had been banned, which hello that makes anyone curious I would say. 

Fucking Hell!!! Absolution was the right amount of dark and twisty that it makes you question your morals, you almost feel like you too will go to Hell if Evie doesn't find her absolution!

Stevie J. Cole and LP Lovell hit this fucking book out of the park..... I have now moved on to Wrong.... and have many more that have been added to my TBR....

This cover I personally feels makes the fucking book, Evie praying with blood on her hands for absolution from her sins.......

If you enjoy dark reads these two amazing authors are right up your alley...... even if you don't I recommend you give Absolution a read..... I have never liked dark reads.... murder, rape, death, and all those other taboo twisty things that no one dare speak out loud..... After Absolution I will be expanding my horizons and giving them a try. 
The worst that can happen is you click a sample to download and you don't like it or can't handle it.... Absolution will have you one clicking after the sample.... you just have to know what happens... why Evie is the way she is..... who or what is her absolution??? 

This book may have ruined me forever..... in that amazingly good way that leaves you obsessed, you feel like you should be wearing your shades at night....haha.... or just start stalking the authors that have made you into this dark and twisty individual that can't wait to read more of their dark and twisty thoughts.   

All our Feisty Bitches followers.... GO. GIVE. ABSOLUTION. A TRY. IT WILL SAVE YOU TIME IF YOU JUST ONE CLICK NOW!!!!!!
 http://www.amazon.com/Absolution-LP-Lovell-ebook/dp/B016N2XGJK/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1453310785&sr=1-1&keywords=absolution+by+stevie+j+cole

Hello beautiful book friends!!

Hello beautiful book friends.... 

I am so excited to finally get this blog started... please bear with me though because honestly this is a first and still in the process of figuring it all out.  

I'm Sam, half of the Feisty Bitches, haven't figured out yet if I am the feisty half or the bitch.... hehe.  I absolutly love to read almost anything from Young Adult to Erotica Adult, I do have favorites of course... most recently I have discovered Jennifer L. Armentrout's Lux series.

OMFG!! If you haven't met Daemon and Katy yet, you are so seriously missing out.  I started out religiously reading when I discovered that Twilight the movie was actually a book series.  From then on I was hooked line and sinker, that series was the first that kept me up all night long just to finish the book and then I had to have......HAD TO FUCKING HAVE..... the next book.  When I reached Breaking Dawn's conclusion I was heartbroken because it was over.  But thanks to Stephenie Meyer's I discovered a woman whose writing drew me in and led me to have my first official book obession.

Richelle Mead.... author of the Succubus Series, Vampire Academy Series, the Bloodline Series, Age of X Series, and Dark Swan series.... talk about obsessivly stalking an authors website waiting from them to post an excerpt or the next release date!  Then I got to go to a signing, and talk about fangirling out on an author!! I completely forgot my name when she asked who to make it out to, saying me, giggling and telling her she is a literary genius.  Ah to meet your first favorite author.... nothing like it.

Back to my latest read though..... Daemon and Katy... I tend to stay away from the paranormal series, for a while it felt like if you read one then you have read them all and of course nothing compared to your favorite.  So I exhausted my vampire need, my witchy need, and just supernatural in general.... then this amazing woman on facebook from across the pond, Jodi, recommended the newest book she had started.  An alien paranormal series........... what the hell.... why not.... this woman has yet to steer me wrong..

I BOW DOWN TO HER!!!!  Amazing fucking series that had me itching for the next every time I ended one of the five books in the series, thank god the series was completely written and out by the time I got to it because if not I may have had a coronary.... it is an epic love story....but not any normal love story... not boy meets girl and falls in love.  It was boy meets girl and let the douchebaggery begin.... little mousy kitten turning into a fierce tigeress!!!