Carry You Home by K. Ryan Series: Carry Your Heart, #2 Romance Contemporary/MC February 9, 2016 Self Published Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I fear no fate for you are my fate…” Caleb Martin and Isabelle (Iz) Sawyer are finally in a good place together. Iz has gotten her father into rehab for his drinking, is back in college taking the art classes she wants, and has found love with Caleb. Caleb is gaining status in the club and is ready to take the next step with Iz. When an Continue Reading
Archives for February 2016
Review: Incriminating Evidence by Rachel Grant
Incriminating Evidence by Rachel Grant Released: March 2015 Romantic Suspense Self Published Reviewed by Mandi I'm really excited to have found this author - I love romantic suspense but I find it hard to find a lot of books that I like in this genre. Annika Martin, aka Carolyn Crane sends out a weekly newsletter with one dirty quote from the book she is reading. That is how I discovered this book. This is a new to me author, and I will definitely be checking out her backlist. Isabel Continue Reading
Act Like It by Lucy Parker
Act Like It by Lucy Parker Contemporary Romance Released: November 2015 Carina Press Reviewed by Mandi You make Mr. Darcy look like the poster child for low-self esteem. This book has been out for a few months and I've had a lot of people text me, email me and tweet me and say - READ IT! So I bought it and then it got buried on my Kindle (seriously, how many book are buried on my kindle??) and I kind of forgot about it. But I finally read it and I fell in love. This book is adorable, it's sexy Continue Reading
Review: Jockblocked by Jen Frederick
Jockblocked by Jen Frederick Series: Gridiron, #2 New Adult February 11, 2016 Self Published Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “...Sometimes taking a risk gives you big rewards.” “And you’re that big reward?” “You won’t know unless you give me a try.” Warrior Linebacker Matthew “Matty” Iverson is entering his last year of college eligibility and is up for the position of team captain. That is if he can get their quarterback, Ace Anderson, to shift to the safety position. Easier said than Continue Reading
Feature: Debt by Rachel Dunning
Debt by Rachel Dunning - coming March 2016 - $.99 Pre-Order Sale The Debt Collector I pay my debts, and I expect others to. I was raised in the slums of London, I knew nothing of privilege. My father was murdered when I was seventeen. Morty figured my father's passing meant I would automatically take on dad's debts. I refused. And I paid for that refusal. So did my sister. So now I fight. All I know how to do is fight. The best cash is in the states, so that's where I am now. A big Continue Reading
Review: The SEAL’s Secret Lover by Anne Calhoun
The SEAL's Secret Lover by Anne Calhoun (Alpha Ops #1) Contemporary Romance Released: February 2, 2016 St. Martin's Reviewed by Mandi I've had great success with Anne Calhoun in the past, but this book did not work for me. Rose Powell has a demanding job in a field of all men. When she finds out her brother, a former Navy SEAL decides not to accompany their grandmother and her friends to Turkey for a vacation at the last minute, Rose grudgingly fills in. She doesn't want to let her Continue Reading
Tori’s Day Trip to Coastal Magic Con 2016 and Giveaway
Saturday I headed up to Daytona Beach to attend the Coastal Magic Convention. Jennifer Morris aka @HappyTwilighter hosts a fabulous reader/author convention every year called Coastal Magic Convention in Daytona Beach, Florida. CMC is a smaller convention that focuses on bringing readers and authors together in an intimate setting that faciliates more one on one interaction. This three day event starts on Thurday and ends on Sunday. From big name authors to those just starting Continue Reading
Review: Dirty Ride by Chantal Fernando
Dirty Ride by Chantal Fernando Series: Wind Dragons MC, #3.5 Romance Suspense/Novella February 8, 2016 Pocket Star Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: "I did what I wanted to do from the very beginning." Irish has hovered on the edges of this series since book one. We don’t know much about him beyond being an enforcer for the Wind Dragons but we do know might get us killed. When he meets a sexy redhead at the local watering hole, he turns on the charm only to find himself firmly Continue Reading
The Relaunch of the Lucani Lovers series by Stephanie Julian
This six-book paranormal (werewolf) romance series was previously published but is being rewritten and freshly edited. When I dreamed up the idea for the Lucani Lovers, I started with the thought that I wanted to do a series about werewolves simply because they’ve always fascinated me. I also knew I wanted to set my stories in my Etruscan Magic world. I already had the mythology laid out for my Darkly Enchanted and Magical Seduction series. I just needed a few defining factors. My Continue Reading
Review: Resplendent Rush by Bella J
Review: Resplendent Rush by Bella J Resplendence Series, Book 2 Contemporary Romance Released: January 11, 2016 Liquid Silver Books Reviewed by Sheena Lexi is a vivacious, quirky, and fiercely independent woman with enough attitude and wit to intimidate even the most confident of men. Levi is a sexy-as-hell, cocksure, smoldering hot marine blessed with smooth swagger and cool confidence to charm his way into any woman’s bed. The one thing they have in common, though, is their Continue Reading