Book and Author Review - Gena Showalter

I'm going to review a series of books written by Gena Showalter.  There are only 2 in this series and they are about an ordinary girl who meets with an extra-ordinary accident and becomes endowed with super powers.  But wait there is also a super hunky supernatural good guy.  He is of course sexy, muscled to the max, soft as a marshmallow and as tough as nails.

Playing with Fire

Meet Belle Jamison, barista - currently.  Belle has been leading an ordinary life, wishing for super powers, being unsatisfied with her life, believing that she should be doing more.  She's always late for work and finds it hard to hold down a job long enough to make ends meet.  Her ultimate goal is to make enough money to pay for her father's assisted living care.

 

One day, while on the verge of getting fired, a mad scientist, Dr Roberts, - and I mean MAD - slips a super power formula into her Mocha Latte.  Needless to say the beautiful Ms Jamison becomes ill and while going through the 'change', the delectable Agent Masters comes to her rescue or rather her 'neutralization'.  
They talk, they fight and finally they fall in love and have extremely well written hot sex.  Oh how nice?  I love reading sappy love stories especially when there is awesome hot sex involved.  I'm not going tell how it ends but after a series of mishaps - spoiler alert - a very happy ending.

Twice as Hot

Part 2 in the series and the - spoiler alert - pukily happy couple are planning - you guessed it - their wedding.  Agent Rome Masters is on a mission, which goes horribly wrong and he comes back without his memory of Belle.  He can't remember Belle and is being manipulated by his ex-wife as well to get him back to make a second go of their marriage.  In the meantime, Belle is trying to make Rome remember her but makes a deal with the man who stole Rome's memory that she will go on 3 dates with him if only he gives Rome his memory back.  This man is gunning for Belle's affections and is willing to do anything to win her heart.   There is a moment or 2 when you think it's over but wait there's more!  And that's all I'll say about that.

I personally think it's well written, even if the story line is a little predictable.  There is a few hot make out sessions and Agent Masters is drool worthy!

Gena Showalter wrote the first of the series in 2006 and followed it up 4 years later with book 2.

Gena Showalter is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over thirty books in paranormal and contemporary romances, as well as young adult novels. Her series include White Rabbit Chronicles, Angels of the Dark, Otherworld Assassins, Lords of the Underworld, Alien Huntress and Intertwined.  Her novels have appeared in Cosmopolitan Magazine, and Seventeen Magazine, and have been translated in all over the world. The critics have called her books "sizzling page-turners" and "utterly spellbinding stories", while Showalter herself has been called "a star on the rise".

Check out Gena's personal website for further information about her upcoming books.  Gena is also on Goodreads.

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I've read a few other books written by Gena and I have to admit I was never disappointed.  If you've never read any of her books I highly recommend her.

Blacklisted is about 2 girls who just want to have fun.  Camille has the hots for bad boy Erik, who, unbeknownst to Camille is an Alien Investigation and Removal agent.  This book is more for young teenagers, but I still enjoyed it.

Oh My Goth is about a fiercely individualist Goth girl who wakes up to discover that the whole world has gone Goth and she's actually -- gag -- popular.

Jade Leigh is a nonconformist who values individuality above all else. She has a small group of like-minded Goth friends who wear black, dabble in the dark arts, and thrive outside the norm. They're considered the "freaks" of their high school. But when Jade's smart mouth lands her in trouble -- again -- her principal decides to teach her a lesson she'll never forget.
Taken to a remote location where she is strapped down and sedated, Jade wakes up in an alternate universe where she rules the school. But her best friends won't talk to her, and the people she used to hate are all Goth. Only Clarik, the mysterious new boy in town, operates outside all the cliques. And only Mercedes, the Barbie clone Jade loathes, believes that Jade's stuck in a virtual reality game -- because she's stuck there, too, now living the life of a "freak." Together, they realize they might never get back to reality...and that even if they do, things might never be the same.

This too is a book for young adults/teenagers, but still an enjoyable light hearted read for us older folks.

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