Handle With Care by Josephine Myles M/M Contemporary Romance April 24, 2012 Samhain Reviewed by Helyce Ben was forced to grow up really fast when his parents died unexpectedly. Just 18, he suddenly became responsible for his younger sister, Zoe, who was only six at the time. He accepted this without question and raised his sister, making her his priority. He worked, bought a flat and against the odds, succeeded in keeping custody of Zoe and keeping their little family together. Ben Continue Reading
Review: Table For One by Ros Clarke
Table For One by Ros Clarke Contemporary Romance February 2012 E-book, novella Entangled Publishing Reviewed by Helyce Claudia Thomas certainly did not expect to be eating alone at Ward’s, a new, very trendy restaurant in London; but that is exactly where she finds herself when her boyfriend breaks up with her on Valentine’s Day. While it’s the last place she wants to be, she really has no choice. Her job as a food critic was the reason she had the reservation in the first Continue Reading
Review: Enraptured by Elisabeth Naughton
Enraptured by Elisabeth Naughton (Eternal Guardian’s #4) April 3, 2012 Paranormal Romance Sourcebooks Reviewed by Helyce Orpheus has spent most of his life thinking that he is a bad seed. The son of an Argonaut and a Medean witch, he was also born with a daemon inside of him-something he has accepted but kept as carefully hidden as he can. In spite of his Argonaut father he was passed over because of his mixed heritage and it was his much younger brother, Gryphon, who was inducted to Continue Reading
Review: Matthew by Emma Lang
Matthew by Emma Lang (The Circle Eight #1) February 1, 2012 Historical Romance Trade Paperback Kensington Reviewed by Helyce Matthew Graham is the eldest of eight children. The world as he knows it is met with unexpected tragedy when his parents are murdered and his youngest sibling, Benjamin, is kidnapped and also presumed dead. He has no choice but to take over as head of the family and raise his younger brothers and sisters. He does it without question and he’s doing the best he Continue Reading
Review: Geared for Pleasure by Rachel Grace
Geared For Pleasure by Rachel Grace (Elemental Steam #1) Erotic Romance-Steampunk March 6, 2012 Trade Paperback Berkley-Heat This is my very first foray into a story with a steampunk theme and I have to admit being a little bit lost in some ways. In Geared For Pleasure we enter into the alternate world of Theorrey where old and new are combined in a very intriguing way. Told in two separate but related stories, we meet Queen Idony’s two shield guards, Dare and Cyrus who are the Continue Reading
Review and Giveaway: Born to Darkness by Suzanne Brockmann
Born To Darkness by Suzanne Brockmann (Fighting Destiny #1) Paranormal Romance March 20, 2012 Hardcover Ballantine Reviewed by Helyce In Born To Darkness, Ms. Brockmann takes us on a fantastical rollercoaster ride of epic proportions! We are transported about 40 years into the future to a world that seems familiar but has made major advancements in technology, science and medicine. A small privately funded company, the Obermeyer Institute is a research facility whose main purpose Continue Reading
Review: Tailor Made by Josephine Myles
Tailor Made by Josephine Myles M/M Contemporary Romance January 22, 2012 E-book novella Amber Quill Press Reviewed by Helyce Felix McAvoy is an art student who has been crushing on his art tutor, Saul, for a while now. He doesn’t think Saul has noticed him at all, even though he has made a point of creating project after project that certainly has Felix standing out and getting noticed by the art community. So, for his final project he is determined to do something that Saul will Continue Reading
Review: Dire Needs by Stephanie Tyler
Dire Needs by Stephanie Tyler (A Novel of The Eternal Wolf Clan #1) Paranormal Romance March 6, 2012 Signet Reviewed by Helyce Rifter leads a small pack of Dire wolves, the last known to exist. To their knowledge, there are only six of them left and they have been tasked with not only keeping the humans safe from the weres, weretrappers, and witches, but to do so without revealing themselves. Rifter and his brother wolves have been around for centuries. They are immortal, each with a Continue Reading
Review: Dance With Me By Heidi Cullinan
Dance With Me by Heidi Cullinan M/M Contemporary Romance July 26, 2011 Loose ID Reviewed by Helyce Ed Maurer loves football. He’s lived it and breathed it and it defined who and what he was until an injury to his neck ended his semipro career. He knew that in the end it could have been worse. If the injury had been just a few millimeters over, he’d be in a wheelchair now. Even so, Ed has to be careful; the slightest incorrect movement can set off a spasm of pain so severe, it takes Continue Reading
Review: Nightborn by Lynn Viehl
Nightborn by Lynn Viehl (Lord of the Darkyn #1) Paranormal Romance March 6, 2012 Signet Reviewed by Helyce Korvel, seneschal to King Richard, High Lord of the Immortal Darkyn, has been sent into France to recover a very old artifact that is rumored to hold the secrets of eternal life. This scroll, crafted in its entirety out of gold during the time of the Knights Templar, was entrusted to one family who has passed it down over the centuries and has kept it hidden and safe. When Continue Reading