Serenity was a very interesting and intriguing book to read. The author’s world building pulled me right into the story and immersed me in the rich world the book is set in. Serenity has not had it easy from birth and has had to deal...
4¼ StarsDon’t Look Back is a standalone novella but will also be part of the next Partners in Crime 5 anthology. This is a great intro for new readers to Josh Lanyon’s books. Don’t Look Back pulled me in from the opening pages whe...
3¾ StarsJulie Tilling is the strong, dependable, reliable one in the family. But when she begins to search for answers into her best friend from high schools death, which was ruled a suicide, she gets tangled up in a situation she never expected. W...
3½ StarsZerah’s Chosen is a YA fantasy novella. It centers around the world of Zerah and the five who are “chosen” to be Guardians or protectors of their world. The guardians of the elements of Life and Death are born to every gen...
4 StarsThe Double Bind is not a perfect read. Laura Estabrook’s attack in the prologue is the catalyst for the rest of the novel. Laura Estabrook is a social worker who works at a homeless shelter. When one of her clients dies and leaves beh...
4¼ StarsPeep Show is a scorching hot read. Usually in anthologies or story collections, there is one or two bad reads, but that is not the case for Peep Show. I enjoyed most stories in this collection but some of my favorites were: Showtime by Susa...
4¾ StarsDecember 12, 2012 is the last day of the Mayan calendar. It is the day which is supposed to mark the end of the world. This is the story of Jed DeLanda, a Mayan descendant who is an expert at the “Sacrifice Game”. In the Courts...
4 StarsHeartless is about Gaius Aelius Draco. His priestess wife, Mehnit, has cursed him because he betrays her trust. In order to possibly break the curse and redeem himself he hopes to find a canopic jar. The jar has had many owners over t...
4½ StarsSophie Steele is a recent college graduate who has her entire life planned out. She plans to move in to her sister Bella’s apartment so she can start building up her savings and financial portfolio. Bella Marie is out when Sophie arri...
3½ StarsI will preface this review by saying I am a fan of Ms. Halliday’s writing and loved her “High Heels” series. Scandal Sheet is the first book in Ms. Halliday’s newest series, Hollywood Headlines. Tina Bender is a goss...
4¾ StarsAdele Georges is looking for her father who was captured by the Nazis. As she tries to find him, she meets a German soldier named Manfred. Manfred befriends Adele and tries to help her. This is the beginning of a romance and a conflict whic...
3¾ StarsMarci Bayne is thePresident of Marshall Media. She doesn’t believe in dating her employees after a very bad end to an affair she had with a co-worker. The problem is sexy hunk Keefe Donegan has just been hired as her new vice presiden...
3¼ StarsViolet Rose’s Great-Aunt Zeta left her a suitcase of bones. The bones belong to a pirate. When Violet gets home, after a few glasses of wine, she gets curious and decides to opens the suitcase. She finds a scroll inside the suitcase,...
3 StarsTease: Steamy Short Stories is a collection of eleven stories and was a quick and easy read. Ms Black's book is filled with great storytelling and fantastic, creative sex scenes. Tease: Steamy Short Stories is a smooth, captivating and ente...
4¾ StarsElla Stuart is cheating on her husband Jackson with William Ashfield. William and Ella's relationship is interesting. He turns to her for comfort from his wife, Beth and rebellious daughter, Cate. She believes that he and her husband both l...
3¾ StarsOpal LaZelle works in the movie industry as a special effects makeup artist. She comes from a magical family where each person's gifts shows in a different way. Opal works exclusively with Corvus Weather during the filming of a new horror m...
4½ StarsSex & Chocolate is an office romance. A subgenre/niche I happen to really enjoy. Jim Williams is the newest lawyer at the law firm where Steve Wheeler works. Steve is the young rising star at the firm and Jim is assigned to help him wit...
3¼ StarsCharis Sur has been assigned to protect one of the most important VIPs on a luxury liner, the INS Padigion, full of rich people waiting to watch a star go nova. But Jason Narak, someone who Charis doesn’t want to see again, is al...
4¼ StarsBetter Late Than Never is an interesting story. It is romantic, tender and a fullfilling read. Randy Stroud is a single father and runs into his old love Kristen Smith when he goes to her daycare center to enroll his son, Wade. The r...
3¼ StarsMating Season is a four author anthology featuring the following stories - No Place To Run by Regina Paul, Flights of Fancy by Dahlia Rose, Midnight Shift by Brenda Steele and A Hare’s Breadth by Dorian Wallace. In "No Pla...
4¾ StarsSteve and Alex were best friends in high school. And while both were gay, it stayed on the friendship level. Though Steve did try to get it to the more than just friends level. To say that they had different views on sex would be an underst...
4 StarsThis is the first book by Risqué I’ve read. I was pleasantly surprised how easily and quickly I became lost in this book. How would you handle it if the man you were in love with were constantly unfaithful to you? Monday...
3½ StarsI had a hard time writing up this review. Not because this is a bad book, but I have become a fan of Ms Bradley’s writing. She is one of my favorite new authors. I did not want any bias to filter into this review. 21 st Century...
4½ StarsUndressing Snow White is a new twist to the old fairytale that is full of hot scenes, new twists and not-so-classic characters. If you choose this story expecting, the classic story or characters you will be disappointed. While they’r...
3 StarsMarian rents a home in Fear Point to get away from her cheating ex-boyfriend. Unfortunately the house turns out to be haunted. Now Marian has to deal with the ghost of the owner of the house she rented. Jon is determined to break the curse...
3 StarsIf you are looking for fairies dancing in the moonlight, happily ever after and lots of sex this isn’t the book for you. What you will get when you pick up In Love with a Younger Man is a deep, thought-provoking story of a woman...
3 StarsCaine Greennard is losing control over his ability to shift. Caine decides to leave his pack and goes off on his own. He’s afraid he’s becoming a zerker (when a werewolf is trapped in his musk form and unable to shift back). Cai...
4¾ StarsSeduce Me by Megan Clark , touted as an erotic novel, pretty much begins and ends with sex. But there is more than just sex to this book. I had a difficult time getting into the story. But I am glad I did not give up on the novel. Eventuall...
4¼ StarsLily Bartholomew has it all. Lily has the perfect life – fabulous husband, the perfect apartment, a baby she adores but underneath it all everything is falling apart. There’s the society circle she both despises but yearns to be...
5 StarsMadison “Maddie” Springer is at it again in Mayhem in High Heels book 5 in the High Heels Mysteries Series (Spying in High Heels, Killer in High Heels, Undercover in High Heels and Alibi in High Heels). In the end of Alibi, Rami...
4 StarsThis was a truly remarkable book. Bob Hamer worked twenty-four years as an agent for the FBI. The bulk of his time with the FBI was spent undercover. The Last Undercover is filled with tales of Bob Hamer’s days as an undercover FBI ag...
5 StarsThis story was difficult for me to get into at first. I wasn’t sure what to think or feel about the heroine, Michaela “Mike” Edwards. At first I thought she was a bit over the top in her tomboyish ways. This book almost be...
3¾ StarsThis review was actually more difficult for me to write than for a less than stellar book. Not because the book is bad, quite the opposite. But because the book is wonderful and I am a fan of Ms. Bradley’s writing. Forbidden Fr...
5 StarsThe sex was plentiful and steamy in Pleasure U but I had difficulty enjoying them beyond the surface level. Unfortunately, this story was not as enjoyable as I hoped and didn’t live up to my expectations. It was predictable and had me...
2¾ StarsThe book opens with an intense scene that may be difficult for many readers to stomach. But do not let that stop you from reading this wonderful tale. When Day Breaks is a suspense set in the exciting “KEY TV” world created by M...
4 StarsSecret Diary of a Call Girl by Belle De Jour was not what I expected when I first picked up the book. It was an interesting read, set in diary style, full of interesting tidbits or antidotes. Surprisingly to me though, the book had a touch...
3 StarsMarried Lovers was the first Jackie Collins book I’ve read in a long time. I used to sneak and read my mother’s as a teen. Honestly, the book was better than I had thought. I was able to easily get lost in the book. There is the...
3 StarsThis was a very steamy read. Melanie Drake works as a bartender in a gay/bi bar. There are four friends comprising two gay couples who catch her eye and gets her pulse and imagination racing. Van Dansk and Calen Maxwell want to spice up the...
5 StarsFor Better, For Worse was a spectacular read. It is real, emotional, sexy and highly erotic. Lance and Samantha Phillips have been married for seven years, not all of them bliss filled. In an effort to save their marriage, they’ve att...
5 StarsBetrayal is the third book in the Black Door Series by Velvet. The first two books – The Black Door and Seduction are not necessary to understand this book but it would be helpful if readers are familiar with the other two novels befo...
3½ StarsI was pleasantly surprised when I sat down to read this book. It was hard for me to get into the story at first and I didn't know how I felt about the hero, Vincent Rutland. But once I got into the story and Vincent's character was revealed...
4 StarsWriting Romance: The Ultimate Guide on Craft, Creation and Industry Connections is one of the few craft of writing books I've read cover to cover. It is real talk from authors who have been in the industry and made a name for themselves. Wr...
4 StarsSorin is a vampire king and someone's trying to kill him. Kayla has been sent to guard him, unbeknownst to him. That's the basic gist of the story. The story opens on Sorin involved with one of the ladies of his harem and he gets interrupte...
5 StarsHot Nights, Dark Desires is a collection of three hot stories with sexy characters, which will leave you breathless and wanting more. The three short stories contained within this anthology are intricately plotted and detailed and because o...
4½ StarsScions: Insurrection is book two in the Scions series by Patrice Michelle. Readers who enjoyed the first book (Scions: Resurrection with the delicious hero Jachin Black) will definitely enjoy this book which is Landon Rourke's story. Landon...
4½ StarsAlison Palmer moves to London after her adulterous husband's death in order to get her life back together. One benefit of London is her good friend Ginny is there who helps Alison find a temporary job house sitting at Foxton Hall. She meets...
3 StarsAspen Brooks survived her senior year and being stalked and kidnapped in the Revenge of the Homecoming Queen and now she's about to enter her first year of college at in Twisted Sisters. And Aspen expects things to go much smoother than las...
4½ StarsCourtney Hudson agrees to go out for a night on the town with her cousin Pilar. Unfortunately Pilar is a no show but the evening picks up when she meets the sexy Alaskan detective, Lloyd Vance. Things heat up between them and they end up ba...
3½ StarsThe good news - Dr. Carla Ruiz's has made a ground breaking invention, Revelations. The bad news - she's been played by her boyfriend Brian who stole the revolutionary invention. And to make matters worse - her company's rival now has a ver...
5 StarsCasey McCloy is in a completely different world. Moving from Normal, Illinois to the Upper-East Side of Manhattan to live with her grandmother at The Bramford when her mother wins a grant to do research for her first book in London is a bit...
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