Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

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My Teasers from Tart Shorts by Gemma Rice

Closing eyes, running a languid hand onto a hip, I hold my arms to my sides, outlining pixie petite, ending with Goth boots and sheer black stockings. I prefer closing my eyes and just dancing, letting myself feel the aggressive music. It speaks to my basic instincts, filtering into my blood stream, turning me into a molten cup of seduction. A chalice aching for trickling liquid.

Rice, Gemma (2011). Tart Shorts (Kindle Locations 38-41). Gemma & Poppet. Kindle Edition.

Finally it releases me; opening my eyes, surveying the dimly lit interior, searching for an exit path away from the hot sweaty bodies around me, a light flickers in the ink sheathed recess of the far wall. Dark eyes highlight, caught in the flame's illumination, staring straight at me.

Rice, Gemma (2011). Tart Shorts (Kindle Locations 47-49). Gemma & Poppet. Kindle Edition.

Shinobi by Sessha Batto

The first thing I am going to say is that this book was phenomenal!!!!

Now for the disclaimers: This book is not for the faint of heart, squeemish, prudish, conservative or under 18s. It contains graphic homoerotic sex, mutilation and torture.

Having said all that I will go further and say that all the scenes in the book were appropriate in order to tell the story and at no time did I ever feel that anything was over done, over played or over the top. Infact without these scenes I do not think I would have been able to fall in love with the characters as whole heartedly as I did.
The central character Yoshi is the infamous Shadow Wolf of the Takahashi clans and he has a secret. A secret he has been carrying for 26 years. Shinobi is the story of what happens when his secret is revealed to one of the most dangerous men in their organisation and the series of events that unfold as a result.
Shinobi is a saga that is completely character driven. It is clear from the start that Sessha Batto has lovingly written every beautiful descriptive detail. The book is gut wrenching, extremely visceral and it cuts to the bone. Once the healing begins however we discover beauty and passion. The love scenes are endearing and sweet with just enough of everything to make them perfect.
I was not sure what to expect when I read this book and even then it surprised me I honestly could not put it down and I loved every minute of the read. I cannot wait to read Book Two Struggle for Balance coming fall 2011.