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Marie Harte

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Author: Marie Harte

Caffeine addict, boy referee, and romance aficionado, NY Times and USA Today bestselling author Marie Harte has over 100 books published with more constantly on the way. She's a confessed bibliophile and devotee of action movies. Whether hiking in Central Oregon, biking around town, or hanging at the local tea shop, she's constantly plotting to give everyone a happily ever after.

Review Archive

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  The Only Thing 5 Stars This book was terrific in so many ways. Though it is part of a series, it stands alone while giving you glimpses of previous characters lives and carrying on their story. But, it’s also like a blending of families. There were so many reasons Hope and...
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  Collision Course 4 Stars "Collision Course" is the fourth book in the Body Shop Bad Boys series. Joey and Lou had me cracking up. I loved each character and I felt like I personally knew them. Joey is just a single mother trying to do right by her son but when Lou gets determined...
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  Served Hot 4½ Stars A confident woman against a manipulative man is the basis of this contemporary romance. While at first glance it seems as though Dex and Maya are going to be at cross purposes, especially as they have a history of Dex blackmailing Maya. However, soon...
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  Served Cold 4½ Stars "Served Cold" is the first book of a trilogy involving two groups of friends. The women have been friends since elementary school. Upon learning Jack Bloom and the Black cousins have returned to town, they make a pact to get back at these men for things...
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  Served Sweet 4½ Stars Competition isn’t always the best thing to happen. In this story, the third in a trilogy about a group of friends, competition has become a way of life between Riley and Anson. The problem is that neither of them has taken the time to really talk to the...
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  All I Want for Halloween 5 Stars Halloween has never been so fun! I absolutely loved this story. The characters come to life and they are very down to earth. Don’t expect millionaires or superstars because you get a biker and a baker. Okay, there is a little reality tv thrown in there...
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  Just the Thing 4½ Stars If you read the previous book in this series and wondered what happened to the other brother, this book will answer all of your questions. (On a side note, you do not have to read the first to enjoy this one but if you like hot guys pick it up.) Gavin...
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  Zero to Sixty 5 Stars Easy on the eyes, tough on the heart and detrimental to the hormones. Marie Harte is an author after my own heart. There is nothing more toxic to the hormonal chemistry than a man with a puppy (except maybe a single dad). The fact that Sam was a bad boy...
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  A Sure Thing 5 Stars This is the first book in a new series but fans of Marie Harte will be pleasantly surprised to find several characters from other series showing up in this one. It’s amazing how she intertwines her stories yet each stands alone. Yes, you don’t have to...
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  Roadside Assistance 5 Stars I loved this book. The interactions between all of the characters were so real. Family is important to Cyn and Foley, though each of their families are very different. Cyn and Foley are also not even close to perfect which makes them very believable....
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  Test Drive 4½ Stars Johnny Devlin’s had his eye on scorching-hot bartender Lara Valley for ages so when she asks him on a no-strings-attached date, he’s not about to say no in this sexy and fun contemporary romance. Johnny is a charmer with a checkered past and Lara is a...
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  The Dragon King 4½ Stars This is an excellent addition to Marie Hart’s Ethereal Foes series. If you haven’t read the previous stories, this one might confuse you for a bit but just go with the flow. It really does come together. From a two year old dragon king to demons and angels,...
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  Havoc and Hell: A Dragon's Prize 4½ Stars It’s time for James to do his penance for a prank gone sideways and he’s supposed to serve Teban, the dragon prince but he bolts only to fall prey to a pretty woman with very sharp teeth in this exhilarating paranormal romance. Kihra is havoc and when...
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  Duncan's Descent: A Demon's Desire 4½ Stars Duncan Sinclair is being bombarded with love, kindness and affectionate sex and the only way out is to agree to sway souls for heaven with an angel as his partner in this delightful paranormal romance. Be prepared to be charmed and delighted as sinning...
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  The Dragons' Demon: A Dragon's Dream 4 Stars This short story moves very fast and at times can be a bit confusing. It jumps right into the story and never slows down as a family of demons plays a prank involving dragons. This prank not only has everything falling apart and not going the way it was...
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  What to Do with a Bad Boy 4¼ Stars This entertaining story is part of a series yet I had no problem reading it without being familiar with the other books. It is a great combination of sizzle and humor while it gives a view of somewhat atypical characters, given that Del is a salty language-using...
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  Ruining Mr. Perfect 5 Stars Fun and light hearted this romance will have you glued to the page! Though part of a series, this book definitely stands alone though it may make you want to read the previous books. Neither of the lead characters are what you would picture as romantic...
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  How to Handle a Heartbreaker 4½ Stars Being Uncle Brody, or Ubie as Colin would say, has always been enough for Brody until he laid eyes of Maddie's roommate Abigail. There is just something about her that draws him closer to her flame. And yet he can't seem to get one thing right when it...
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  A Major Distraction 3½ Stars Final book in the series and just as steamy as the first two. Lots of erotic talk and voyeurism. While I enjoyed the talk, voyeurism isn't a favorite. It helped it was just the main characters Brad and Genevieve and only eight feet separated their windows....
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  Bending the Rules 4½ Stars Bending the Rules is the fifth book in the Wicked Warrens series by Marie Harte. This book can be read and enjoyed as a standalone novel but some of the characters found in this book are in some of the prior books. Rex Samson is a southern man who uses...
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  A Major Seduction 4 Stars This is a HOT read and proof that playing hard to get can work. Maria has always worn her heart on her sleeve where Mike is concerned and it got her nowhere. She looks elsewhere and suddenly Mike is interested. Leaving Maria thinking WTF? She decides...
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  The Troublemaker Next Door 4½ Stars For Flynn McCauley, finding out that there are three beautiful women next door to his brother’s house was like getting the winning lottery numbers. Being told by his oldest brother to stay away only made them that much more tempting. Grabbing at the first...
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  A Major Attraction 4 Stars So Kyle and Olivia just "officially" met; they've been starring in each other's fantasies for months. I thought this was a cute and really steamy read. These two connect (in more ways than one) right from the start and it's all good until insecurities...
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  Making the Grade 4 Stars This book is definitely part of a series but can be read and enjoyed without having read any of the previous books. The main characters, Faith and Brian are set up on a blind date. Each has been told a bit about the other but not all of the truth. This...
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  Prey & Prejudice 4 Stars I love the Cougar Falls series from Marie Harte. I've enjoyed each book and felt that the series only gets better with each one. Just when I think it can't get any better than the last book, By the Tail.... it does. I loved Prey and Prejudice, it is now...
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  Ever After 3 Stars His Choice - Carrie Ann Ryan: 2.5 stars This story suffered from chronic telling and not showing, which made it hard to really get into the character's minds. The conflict felt contrived and I ended up simply not really feeling it at all. Beasts of Burden...
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  Right Wolf, Right Time 3½ Stars In Cougar Falls #6 we meet back up with the cast of characters from the past books. We have Monty a wolf shifter and Sophie who has just discovered her Ac-taw heritage. Monty realizes she is his mate, but Sophie is a shy sweet girl and until trouble comes...
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  By the Tail 4 Stars I really have enjoyed the previous Marie Harte books that I have read and decided to try one of her paranormal romances. This may not have been the best choice. Though this is book 1 of this series, it seems that this series is an off shoot of another...
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  Raising the Bar 4½ Stars ‘Raising the Bar’ is the third book in the Wicked Warren Brothers series by Marie Harte. Dylan Warren swapped places with his identical twin brother and is caught by a contractor named Harper. He meets Harper in a high-class club that meets the members...
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  Tip of the Spear 4½ Stars It can’t get much worse than raining rocks from the sky, can it? But wait, yes it can! With the sky rocks came major changes to the planet and the creatures that inhabit it. And so a new civilization was born, divided by the Impact Zone; old west on the...
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  Working Out 3½ Stars This is a well written novel with good characterization and plotting. All the boxes are ticked, even the kink one. While there is nothing wrong with this novel, I can’t help but think that Ms. Harte can write novels like this in her sleep. You won’t be...
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  Silver Tongue 4 Stars As a powerful empath, Kitty Nelson tempers the emotions of a team of high strung psychics, keeping the peace until she meets her match in a man who won’t cave to her looks, her smiles or her psychic skills in this thrilling paranormal suspense. After...
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  Outfoxed 3 Stars I really enjoyed the fictional setting for this book series, a town full of various shapeshifters. I hate having to say this but, the whole premise of this book was weak. A lot of romances are guilty of this flaw, but it’s the way that the big misunderstanding...
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  Fortune's Favor 3 Stars Nathan Kraft learns that the woman who raised him was murdered and that she was actually his mother and not his aunt. He wants revenge on the man who murdered her, his uncle. Nathan has always been able to know where an item has been. With his special...
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  Grayson's Gamble 4¾ Stars If life is like a box of chocolates then Marie Harte’s Circs Series is the Godiva Chocolate in any Paranormal/Fantasy, Ménage reader’s library. Grayson Belle and his partner Sebastian Decker are both Circs working for the government assigned to hunt down...
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  Talson's Match 4¼ Stars Romec is the last to fall under the spell of Selection in his family. He's been having dreams but business comes first. On Earth to investigate the goings on at Port Chase he encounters a hostile but sexy woman who has Otra features. He's instantly attracted...
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  Talson's Net 4¼ Stars Third in the Talson Series. Val has issues with Rowe Trainer, co-heir to Chartrell Shipping, his family's competitor and apparently enemy. With explosions and sabotage afoot the trail leads directly to Chartrell and Val takes advantage of a gap in Rowe's...
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  Talson's Test 4½ Stars Z likes his life just as it is thank you. With his youngest brother getting married you would think the pressure would be off, but the universe has other plans. Being Otra he has the gift of seeing the future and he keeps seeing a woman setting the world...
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  RetroCog 4 Stars Hot, just a little bit dirty and with enough danger and mystery to keep things interesting -- this is a good addition to Harte's psychic hottie series. Despite a bit of insta-love and pronto-commitment, I really did like this romance between Noah and...
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  Talson's Wait 4½ Stars Jamie is an indentured slave to Roarke Talson. Taking a page out of history people in debt to the government are sold as slaves with a time limit. Clauses are added to the contract to protect everyone and if broken void the contract. Jamie added a no-sex...
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  Kate Undone 4 Stars Kate has been given her own pack. It’s what she’s always wanted to but she’s not happy. The two male Ravagers she’s been given as her mates don’t seem to want her. While she fights her first heat, she craves her two men....
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  Seriana Found 3½ Stars Seriana Blue is determined to live a life that is not tied to her father’s piracy or to his second in command, Abjon Afier. She ran away from home and has been hoping from planet to planet in an attempt to avoid being captured and returned to her...
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  Namesake 4 Stars Boy did Vicki step into the wrong bar. Instantly singled out by Eric and his packmates, her life is about to change whether she wants it to or not. Is it bad luck or destiny? Living in a small segregated community in Kansas, Vicki is used to the unusual....
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  Julian's Jeopardy 4¾ Stars Julian's Jeopardy is one in a series that can be read on its own but I would recommend reading the rest of the series. Marie Harte is a fantastic author she has something for everyone in this book. A little mystery, intrigue, a little fighting and some...
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  Hayashi's Hero 4 Stars Morgan and Kisho's story is action-packed, dynamic story that somehow still manages to be both tender and romantic at the same time. Harte does an amazing job of weaving Kisho's insecurities about love, his homosexuality, and his feelings of belonging...
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  Dawn Endeavor 1: Fallon's Flame 3¾ Stars As par for the course in Marie Harte's Circ series -- this story was hot, fast-paced, exciting, and definitely kept me on my toes.  I enjoyed how the overall storyline is unfolding slowly with each successive story, Harte manages to combine just...
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  Engaging Gren 4¼ Stars Marie Harte paints a vivid and exciting world in her Vrail series and this installation doesn't disappoint. Although Temis rubbed me the wrong way with her initial scene interacting with Gren, she quickly proves that she's not as impulsive and headstrong...
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  Caging the Beast 4¼ Stars Tarn is known as the Destroyer of the Otherworld Army and has spent many years fighting for his people and policing rogue Ebrellions in the Vrail System. It is when he agrees to do a dangerous job to help his nephew that things change. For it is on the...
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  Lurin's Surrender 4 Stars Bounty Hunter and Captain, Mara Seni doesn't question the jobs she's hired to do she just does them as quickly and expediently as possible.  That is until she is hired to track and capture Lurin Vez, alleged rapist and murderer, and return him to...
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  Derrick 4½ Stars Genetically altered people - known as Circ - have increased sensory abilities. Along with these abilities comes an increased need to procreate.   Derrick has been sent out to find Sabrina Torrence before the people from PPA do. Sensing...
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  Roane 4 Stars Roane and his crew of Circs work for a private agency that hunts down the rogue Circs and eliminates them if need be. Circs are genetically altered humans that can change into something not human and not entirely animal. Another organization...
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  Guardian's Redemption 3½ Stars I've been looking forward to this book since I read the stories of the Royal Four, but I have to admit that it was somewhat of a let down. It is still fast-paced and entertaining, characteristic of all of Marie Hart's stories but it seemed anti-climatic...
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  Creation's Control 3¾ Stars Ryen freed from the labs that trained and tortured him is having trouble adjusting to the outside world. His emotions are out of control and he is a danger to all around him until Drekk takes him in hand. The goal is to teach him to control himself around...
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  Satyr's Myst 4½ Stars Rick owns a private pleasure resort that caters to open sexuality. He's received death threats and someone blew up his yacht, so he's been hidden away with a male body guard, Trevor and Lilah who arrives later to protect him and make his stay more enjoyable...
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  Mirror, Mirror 4½ Stars Throughout many years there was a superstition wrapped around Grandmother Rovela's house. It was said that there was a ghost trapped inside a cursed large, standing mirror and only on Halloween can the ghost be freed. But each Halloween, Grandmother Rovela...
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