Toot's Book Reviews: Spotlight, Review & HUGE Giveaway : Gena Showalter's BLACK AND BLUE Trick or Treat Halloween Hop! (PNR)

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Book Blurb

The sizzling second book in New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter’s Otherworld Assassin paranormal romance series.

He is every woman’s fantasy…

Corbin Blue is a man of many talents. One of the most powerful otherworlders ever born, he is wealthy, a professional football star, and a legend in the bedroom. But only a select few know he is also a black ops agent…and there is no better killer. When he and his crew are attacked and separated, he’s forced to turn to his boss’s daughter for help—a woman with even more secrets than Blue.

She becomes his only obsession…

Evangaline Black has always been wary, guarded. No man has ever breeched her walls. Until Blue. He has never been denied something he wants, and now, he’s decided he wants her. As he sweeps her into his double life of seduction, intrigue, and danger, he helps her see beyond the darkness of her own past. But as an enemy closes in, Blue will have to let Evie go to keep her safe—even though he'd rather die than live without her…

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Toot's Review

Black and Blue is Gena Showalter's newest addition to her Otherworld Assassins series which is an off-shoot of her very original, Alien Huntress series. As someone who loved the Alien Huntress series, I was thrilled when she had announced her new spin off series but was less than thrilled with the first book that came out, Last Kiss Goodnight (you can read my original review of that book here). As you may or may not know, I'm a huge fan of Gena's and when I was asked to do an early review of this newest edition, I have to be honest, I was a bit leery but of course, I'm not stupid and I said yes! I knew that this could go either way but I was hoping for the best and I'm so glad that I did! GENA FREAKIN' HIT IT OUT OF THE PARK!!!! She has returned to her roots and written a wonderful, adversaries turned buddy cop turned lovers turned true love, PNR book. We even get nods to the old Alien Huntress series with cameos by some of our old favorite friends like Dallas, woot woot!!!! Ok so before I get ahead of myself, I'll give you a little synopsis.

Blue is a total man-whore in the public's' eye. He's also a star football player but what the public doesn't know is that it is all a cover. He's a special ops (black ops) undercover agent and will do anything to get the job done, including lying, cheating, killing and yes, seducing. All while maintaining his playboy persona. Another thing the world doesn't know is that, while he loves the double life, he hates it as well. He longs for a normal life and belonging to a special woman who will love him for him and not the superstar playboy he's become but Blue is kind of trapped. He is duty bound to this life because the man he considers a father and mentor is also his boss, Michael Black.

While Michael Black has more money than God, his highest priority is his family, whether by blood or by heart. He rescued Blue when he was 5 and has had a hand in raising him. Michael considers Blue a son of sorts and has fashioned Blue into the perfect weapon with the playboy cover but the one thing Michael won't stand for is for Blue to use his playboy appeal on his daughter, Evie Black. Nope Blue is not to go anywhere near Evie but fate is a meddling brat and has her own designs for the pair whether Michael likes it or not.

In the blink of an eye, all of Michael's plans go up in smoke, literally! Michael, Blue and his gang get blown to smithereens. The men are scattered to the wind and Blue needs help. He decides to turn to the one woman who he knows can help and not blow his cover. Knowing Michael will be OK with it as long as he keeps his hands off her, he turns to Evie.

Evie Black is the pampered princess of Michael Black. She's young, wealthy and oh yeah she's freakin' smart. She holds numerous degrees in just about everything. She graduated at 13 and has never looked back. She's also trained as a special ops agent. She's too smart for her own good and unfortunately while out on an op, she got sloppy and someone got killed. Since then she has fallen back on her medical degree and become a doctor. She wants nothing to do with special ops and especially nothing to do with one super sexy, superstar, alien playboy named Blue.

So was that a good enough synopsis, LOL. I tried not to spoil too much. Yes the two would-be lovers get thrown together but what I didn't tell you is right from the get-go, these two throw sparks. They sling verbiage back and forth like a verbal tennis match. They banter and tease and it's absolutely adorable and it's completely hysterical! Oh, and OMG *waves hands frantically like a total loon* there's one scene at a strip club, oh no you don't, I'm not going to ruin it for you but can you say.....Jack Hammer......the male stripper, freakin', LOL!!! This is truly a wonderful book. I loved the chemistry between the two characters. I loved the pacing of the book. I loved the peeks at old characters in the world that we haven't seen in awhile. I loved the buddy cop antics of the two and *fans self* the heat coming off the pages singed my blankets.

If you want a great alien PNR with oodles of banter, antics and all together cuteness. You're gonna love this book!!! Go get it!!!

I give it 5 out of 5!!

Author Info

Gena Showalter is the New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of the White Rabbit Chronicles, Otherworld Assassins, Angels of the Dark, Lords of the Underworld, and several of other series. She has written over thirty novels and novellas. Her books have appeared in Cosmopolitan and Seventeen magazine, and have been translated in multiple languages.

Connect with Gena: Website | Facebook | Twitter | GoodReads

~Giveaway~

At the end of the tour Gena will pick THREE (3) winners to receive:

GRAND PRIZE: $100.00 gift card to Amazon

RUNNERS-UP: TWO (2) winners will each get an autographed copy of BLACK AND BLUE and some SWAG from Gena.

HALLOWEEN HOP INSTRUCTIONS & RULES:

Thank you for joining in Gena Showalter's BLACK AND BLUE Trick or Treat Halloween Hop!

The instructions and rules are easy!

1) Every day there will be 3 - 6 participating blogs. In order to enter the giveaway you must "Trick or Treat" at the participating blogs, see which candy the blog has posted and then enter the name of that candy into the Rafflecopter widget.

2) There is ONE MANDATORY blog PER DAY. In order to enter the giveaway, you must visit the mandatory blog of the day. You will receive 10 points for each mandatory blog entry.

3) Once you visit the mandatory blog of the day, you then have the choice of gaining extra points by visiting the "Optional" blogs for that day. You will get an extra 5 points for each optional blog you visit. Once you visit each blog, write down the candy you found at each blog and be sure to enter it Rafflecopter widget to get your points.

~To Enter~
Please fill out the rafflecopter below or click HERE
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Tour Info

BLACK AND BLUE Halloween Hop Tour Schedule- 10/18 - 10/31

HALLOWEEN HOP

OCTOBER 18

Books and Their Seven Deadly Sins (mandatory contest entry)
http://booksandtheirsevendeadlysins.blogspot.co.uk/

Curse of the Bibliophile (optional extra points)
http://curseofthebibliophile.blogspot.com/

Nette’s Bookshelf Reviews (optional extra points)
http://nettesbookshelf.blogspot.com

OCTOBER 19

Window Seat on A Rainy Day (mandatory contest entry)
http://www.thewindowseat13.com/

Manga Maniac Café (optional extra points)
http://www.mangamaniaccafe.com

Paranormal Book Club (optional extra points)
http://www.paranormal-bookclub.com

OCTOBER 20

Eclipse Reviews (mandatory contest entry)
http://totaleclipsereviews.blogspot.com

My Book Addiction (optional extra points)
http://mybookaddiction.com

Book Nerd (optional extra points)
http://booknerdash.blogspot.com

OCTOBER 21

Booked & Loaded (mandatory contest entry)
http://bookedandloaded.com

Toot's Book Reviews (optional extra points)
http://tootsbookreviews.blogspot.com

Darkest Addictions Reviews (optional extra points)
http://darkestaddictions.blogspot.com

OCTOBER 22

Book Monster Reviews (mandatory contest entry)
http://www.bookmonsterreviews.com/

Victoria's Gossip (optional extra points)
http://victoriasgossip.com/blog/

Who's Reviews (optional extra points)
http://whosreviews.wordpress.com/

Taking It One Book at a Time (optional extra points)
http://takingitonebookatatime.blogspot.com

OCTOBER 23

Vampires, Werewolves, & Fairies, Oh My (mandatory contest entry)
http://vampireswerewolvesfairiesohmy.blogspot.com/

The Reading Café (optional extra points)
http://www.thereadingcafe.com/

Darker Passions (optional extra points)
http://darkerpassions.net

Romancing Rakes For The Love of Romance (optional extra points)
http://romancingrakes4theluvofromance.blogspot.com/

Paranormal Romance Fans for Life (optional extra points)
www.paranormalromancefanforlife.blogspot.com

OCTOBER 24

Mad Hatter Reads (mandatory contest entry)
http://madhatterreads.com

Fundinmental (optional extra points)
http://www.fundinmental.com

Urban Girl Reader (optional extra points)
http://www.urbangirlreader.com

Little Read Riding Hood (optional extra points)
http://littlereadridinghood.com

OCTOBER 25

10/25 A_TiffyFit's Reading Corner (mandatory contest entry)
http://tiffyfit.blogspot.com

Tome Tender (optional extra points)
http://tometender.blogspot.com

My Secret Romance (optional extra points)
http://www.mysecretromancebookreviews.com/

Queen of All She Reads (optional extra points)
http://queenofallshereads.blogspot.com/

OCTOBER 26

Reading Between the Wines (mandatory contest entry)
http://www.readingbetweenthewinesbookclub.com/

Mythical Books (optional extra points)
http://mythicalbooks.blogspot.ro/

Coffee Talk Writers (optional extra points)
http://coffeetalkwriters.wordpress.com/

Rumpled Sheets Blog (optional extra points)
http://rumpledsheetsblog.wordpress.com/

OCTOBER 27

Books, Books and More Books (mandatory contest entry)
http://booksbooksmorebooks.blogspot.com/

Close Encounters with the Night Kind (optional extra points)