Everyone has their absolute favorite romance and fantasy reads that they revisit time and again. Sometimes starting from the beginning and reading all the way through. And sometimes there are just THOSE scenes that take your breath away and stay with you forever and it's nice to jump back in for a little reminder of why you loved them so much. So this is Smexy's trip down memory lane to our favorite scenes from our favorite books. I thought I'd start with one of mine. - Angela There was no Continue Reading
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Review: The Kraken King: Parts 7-8 by Meljean Brook
The Kraken King (Parts 7-8) by Meljean Brook Steampunk, Romance Serial-Eight Installments June 2014 Intermix Reviewed by Tori Earlier this month I reviewed Parts 1-3 & 4-6 of Meljean Brook’s riveting adventure serial,The Kraken King. I’m back today to review the last two parts of the serial 7 and 8. A former smuggler and thief, Ariq—better known as the Kraken King—doesn’t know what to make of the clever, mysterious woman he rescues from an airship besieged by marauders. Unsure Continue Reading
Review: The Kraken King: Parts 4-6 by Meljean Brook
The Kraken King (Parts 4-6) by Meljean Brook Steampunk, Romance Serial-Eight Installments May 2014 Intermix Reviewed by Tori Earlier this month I reviewed Parts 1-3 of Meljean Brook’s newest steampunk adventure series, The Kraken King. You can read it here. I’m back today to review parts 4-6. There are eight parts total. The end of part three left us not so much on a cliffhanger but in an unsure place. Ariq is still unsure exactly who Zenobia Fox is and what her place is in the Continue Reading
Review: The Kraken King: Parts 1-3 by Meljean Brook
The Kraken King (Parts 1-3) by Meljean Brook Steampunk, Romance Serial - 8 Installments April 2014Intermix Reviewed by Tori Meljean Brook’s Iron Seas series is a rip roaring steampunk adventure filled with dastardly pirates, steamy romance, and dangerous adversaries. In her latest work, The Kraken King, Brook’s takes a different approach by releasing the book in serial form (eight installments total).This format works well as the story revolves around Zenobia Fox, a writer who enthralls Continue Reading
Review: Guardian Demon by Meljean Brook
Guardian Demon by Meljean Brook (The Guardians #8) Paranormal Romance Releases: August 6, 2013 Berkley Reviewed by May Favorite Quote: Khavi smiled. Her teeth glittered like knives. “I do not give spoilers.” From the author’s website: After a terrifying encounter in Hell destroys her trust in Michael, the Guardian’s powerful leader, former detective Andromeda Taylor is ready to call it quits as one of the angelic warriors and resume her human life again. But when demonic forces Continue Reading
Review: Fire & Frost by Meljean Brooks, Caroline Crane, and Jessica Sims
Fire & Frost by Meljean Brook, Caroline Crane, and Jessica Sims PNR/UF/Steampunk Romance Anthology May 25, 2013 Self published Reviewed by Tori Speed Mating by Jessica Sims – Estrella may be going into heat, but she’s determined to remain in control. Just because she’s ovulating doesn’t mean she has to settle for just any man (or his beast). Her sexy alpha’s determined to find her a tiger to take care of her heat and father her child…but no one seems to look quite as good as the man in Continue Reading
Review: Riveted by Meljean Brook
Riveted (Iron sea #3) by Meljean Brook Steampunk, Romance Released: September 4, 2012 Berkley Trade Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I’ll always wait for you...” Meljean Brook once again delivers a “riveting” steampunk fantasy revolving around two personable and quite adorable characters. Plenty of swashbuckling adventure and fast paced action still exists yet the setting and characters involved are completely new and fresh, which only heightens the ever evolving world building. Each new Continue Reading
Review: Heart of Steel by Meljean Brook
Heart Of Steel (Iron Seas #2) by Meljean Brook Steampunk, Romance November 1, 2011 Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Give her a heart of steel.” “A heart of steel? But...why?” “Because there is no other way to survive.” When Captain Yasmeen tossed Archimedes Fox over the side of her ship in The Iron Duke for having the sheer gall of trying to commandeer it, she tosses him in a canal which shows Fox that she wasn’t trying to kill him per say, just give him a little wake Continue Reading
Review: Demon Marked by Meljean Brook
Demon Marked (Guardians #7) by Meljean Brook September 6, 2011 Paranormal Romance Paperback Berkley Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “The Guardians are proof that the universe likes to reward those who sacrifice themselves for others-but I’ve never been interested in that martyr bullshit. So... we have to get that reward some other way. Me? I lied, cheated, and killed my way into it. I paid for it in blood...and I would have paid more if I had to. But I’d be damned before I let Continue Reading
Joint Review: The Iron Duke by Meljean Brook
The Iron Duke by Meljean Brook (The Iron Seas #1) Steampunk Romance October 5, 2010 Trade Paperback, 336 Pages Berkley Trade Reviewed by Mandi and Tori Two hundred years ago, The Horde hid nanoagents inside tea and sugar, and traded these goods with England. No one thought of anything – until the Horde activated the bugs. Using radio signals, the Horde was able to control everyone infected with these bugs – control their emotions and actions– their lust, anger, everything. But a Continue Reading