Walk On The Striped Side Blog Tour!

Here at Co2BL, we are HUGE Jessie Lane fans! Well, maybe me more so than Lindsay...  She likes to say I'm a "stalker" while I call it being a #1 fan!  

Lol. I can't help it that you like to "stalk" Jessie Lane! 

So we are super stoked to take part in the blog tour for JL's newest Big Bad Book release, Walk On The Striped Side, featuring the oh so hot tiger Shifter Gage Ivanov and his lady love Elena Demos. Without further ado, here we go!

Does he have his claws in her for good? Or is she just yanking his tail?

Elena Demos’s life has been turned upside down. Her mother has passed away, leaving Elena and her two half-sisters to deal with their mother’s will and the crazy stipulations it contains. For the three sisters to inherit the substantial amount of money left behind, they have to go to work with two aunts they've never met, in the family business they've known nothing about, Amazons Inc. If that isn't bad enough, she runs into the man who once broke her heart, and it’s only their first day on the job. 

Gage Ivanov is a stupid beast. He let the woman who should be his mate go because she couldn't be told of his Other identity. Now, Elena’s back, but she refuses to give in to his demands for her to be his mate. The timing for all of this couldn't be worse, either, because Gage and his circle of friends are trying to subdue a rogue pack of wolf shifters in Germany who threaten to out the Others to the world of humans. Will he be able to juggle the oncoming conflict and win back his mate?

Claws, love bites and handcuffs - OH MY!

"What says 'I love you'? A flamethrower"

Oh My Freaking God! This book was so fabulously awesome I don't even know where to start! I read BBB for the first time a while ago and then again more recently when I knew WOTSS was going to release so I could refresh my memory. Both times I was left wanting Gage's book immediately! Normally I'm an impatient person, but I have to say, this was totally worth the wait! Jessie Lane has outdone herself! I laughed my ass off, I cheered, I swooned, I got all hot and bothered and I was, yet again, left wanting more! Gage Ivanov is one seriously hot, alpha, stubborn kitty! And Elena Demos is the puurrrfect woman for him! I am a huge fan of the strong female lead who can take care of herself and doesn't need a man to swoop in and save her. Elena was that and so much more. She didn't take (too) much crap from Gage and she (attempted) to give as good as she got. What! He is a shifter with mega strength, that was the only reason she didn't take him down! Well, that and the handcuffs ;) Elena also has a sense of humor to go along with her steel demeanor. Her 'presents' she left for Gage at his house were freaking hilarious! Her extreme fear of spiders was so funny and so relatable I cringed right along with her. One of my favorite parts was when she got so pissed that nobody believed that scary bastard was stalking her! Well, Elena, I believed you! LOL The ongoing story of saving the the leader of the Corvus Pack was well continued and I was glad to see old friends from the first book. The writing was again superb and I loved all the characters. JL has created a paranormal world that I love reading about. I fall in love with each character and crave more about them all! WOTSS was exactly what I was hoping it would be. An awesome story for an awesome character. I really can't wait to read the next book and see what's gonna happen next!

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Made special just for us from the awesome Jessie Lane herself, here's the playlist for WOTSS which features some pretty great songs!

Hi everyone! I’m here at Confessions of 2 Book Lovers to talk about one of my great loves – MUSIC. These are the ‘other’ songs I listened to while writing Walk On The Striped Side. While the song itself might not be a ‘perfect’ fit for the characters or story, something about the music struck a chord with whatever I was feeling while writing.

Christina Perri – Human

Imagine how Elena feels when she figures out Gage broke her heart because she was human and he wasn’t?

Halestorm - Daughters of Darkness

This song was the background music anytime I wrote a scene where the Demos sisters were up to their usual shenanigans. 

Halestorm - Bad Romance (Lady Gaga cover version)

Gage and Elena might love each other, but they’re not warm and fuzzy people. Hell, Elena spends basically the first half of the book trying to get revenge on Gage by apprehending his sister on a bogus murder charge. So I felt this cover of Lady Gaga’s song was very aprpos for them at times.

P!nk - True Love ft. Lily Allen

Lets go back to that statement I just made about Gage and Elena not being warm and fuzzy peeps. Yeah. This song. I totally should have put it on the “published list”, but I forgot to. The song says it all ladies.

Daughtry- Broken Arrows

This song came to mind when Gage was trying so hard to show Elena how sorry he was that he broke her heart. It’s another song that really should have made that “published list”. I totally love this one.

The Pretty Reckless - Just Tonight

This is one of those songs for Elena for when she was still so heartbroken from Gage, but also wanted him with everything she had. The turmoil in this song is so painful it’s beautiful.

A big THANK YOU  to Nikki and Lindsay for having me here today! I love these girls! Hopefully I introduced some of you to some great music. I love finding new music that I love. Does anyone have a song they thought of while reading Walk On The Striped Side? Or perhaps you’d just like to share your favorite song of the moment?

Omg! *fangirling* Did you see that! She said our names! 

  

I did see that! That is the coolest thing ever!  

Lol We'd also like to give a big thanks to Jessie for the opportunity to read an arc of Walk On The Striped Side and for taking part in this blog tour!

Crystal and Melissa often live half their lives with their heads in the clouds dreaming of alpha military hunks, werewolves and kick ass heroines crazy enough to chase after creatures that they unquestionably should know better than to chase.
Their first YA novel, The Burning Star, was released in May 2012. Big Bad Bite is their second novel, but their first adult paranormal romance. They are now working on their next two novels, Walk On The Striped Side and Secret Maneuvers. With these projects underway, they are looking forward to showing the rest of the world their crazy stories, heroes and heroines that often plague their minds until written, and hope you will join them on their journey!

(Aka, do like Nikki does ;) )

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Who Wants to Take a WALK ON THE STRIPED SIDE!?

So Nikki...do you know what book we're talking about today?

YES!!!!! *bouncing excitedly in seat* I ❤ Jessie Lane!

LOL. You don't say. This is HUGE news to me. ;) 

Lol. Don't lie, Lindsay. It's not becoming of you ;) You totally knew I'm obsessed... er.. in love... er a huge fan of Jessie Lane! :D (do you think my stalker vibes are coming through? )

LOL. Yes, yes I do. But Jessie Lane already knows that you're a stalker so I don't think it matters. And I don't know that I would call it lying...I think I need one of these: 

Review: Dragon Bound by Thea Harrison

Dragon Bound by Thea Harrison

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Half-human and half-Wyr, Pia Giovanni spent her life keeping a low profile among the Wyrkind and avoiding the continuing conflict between them and their Dark Fae enemies. But after being blackmailed into stealing a coin from the hoard of a dragon, Pia finds herself targeted by one of the most powerful—and passionate—of the Elder Races.

As the most feared and respected of the Wyrkind, Dragos Cuelebre cannot believe someone had the audacity to steal from him, much less succeed. And when he catches the thief, Dragos spares her life, claiming her as his own to further explore the desire they've ignited in each other.

Pia knows she must repay Dragos for her trespass, but refuses to become his slave—although she cannot deny wanting him, body and soul.

UN-FREAKING-BELIEVABLY AWESOME! I abso-effin-lutley love this book! Right now, I am wishing I had a better relationship with words so I could describe how amazingly awesome this book is! Alas, my eloquence is unreliable so I'll just have to make due with what I got... To start, I am now a major fan of Thea Harrison! She has been placed in my Top 5 Favorite Author category. (Which I will be adding to my shelf list as soon as I'm done with this review.) :)

This is one of those books that has everything. The plot is very well written and, importantly, original. I love the alternate universe. I like how its described along the way and not all at once and with the bombardment of unnecessary details. The book itself was a little on the longer side, compared to others I've read lately anyway, but really there's nothing that could be taken out. I actually wish there had been more. I was really not ready for it to end and I caught myself slowing down at the end to prolong the ride. And oh what a ride it was! Since my venture into all the different types romance books, I have found that I love a good 'bad boy' and even the domineering alpha type too. Dragos was all that rolled into one hot as sin, fire breathing dragon straight from my wildest dreams. He was so in charge and at time freakin hilarious I fell in love with yet another fictional character. Pia is the most awesome chick evvah! She has definitely ranked in the top of my fave female leads. All her internal banter had me in stitches, which was great since a lot of times the internal dialogue in books can get boring and monotonous real quick. The relationship between Dragos and Pia was just awesome. They were funny, they were hot as hell in bed and the fact that they had only known each other for like a week before their feelings were announced didn't bother me like some 'in love in two days' stories can.

O.k so there's an awesome plot that you can't get enough of; characters very well written that make you lol on numerous occasion (loved it); drama to keep you guessing; sex that makes you need a shower when its done *wags brows*; is there anything else?...

One of my absolute number one favorite things about this book was how we were kept wondering what the hell Pia was! I don't know if I was so absorbed that I should have guessed sooner and missed it due to my natural blondness or if it was just that well written. I'm gonna go with the latter... just sayin! I like all the different types of beings. It's nice to read a paranormal that has more than just the typical vampire and werewolf beings in it.

So to sum it all up, in case it wasn't too obvious, I love this book and I think everyone who likes hunky bossy men or strong female leads or paranormals... ok the list goes on. EVERYONE should read this book! :D

SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
In case its not clear, this next bit should only be read if you want one of the best secrets of this book spoiled!


This was my pic that made me think of Pia in here Wyr form! **Don't look unless you've read the book! It will SPOIL the surprise!!!**


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