Torn by Cynthia Eden Series: LOST, #4 Romance Suspense May 31, 2016 Avon Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “If I have you...I have everything.” PARTNERS . . . FRIENDS . . . Forensic anthropologist Victoria Palmer has always been better with the dead than the living. Shutting down her emotions, she lets few people in. But then Victoria’s latest investigation takes her and agent Wade Monroe to Savannah, Georgia. Handsome, dangerous, and more than ready to play dirty on any case, Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Hero: Ezekiel Steele. A security guard for the House of Payne. Feels dead inside and unable to love. Until he meets Essie. Heroine: Essie Santiago. Brutalized when she was sixteen. Eight years later she has defied the odds and is now competing in a reality tv contest to become a designer for the House of Payne. For the first time since she was attacked, a man interests her. His smile was brilliant enough to light up the entire complex. Then, while she was still trying to recover Continue Reading
May Mini Reviews
Struck by Amanda Carlson Urban Fantasy DNF Struck is the first in her new PNR Phoebe Meadows series. A young woman finds out the hard way that she is the result of a liaison between Odin and a shieldmaiden. Forced on the run, she finds herself struggling to accept her destiny while trying to stay alive. I am a fan of Amanda Carlson’s and Viking/Norse mythology so I was excited to be offered an arc. I really wanted to like this one but there was just no connection for me. I like the Continue Reading
Review: Second Time’s A Charm by Kay Blake
Second Time’s A Charm by Kay Blake Romance Contemporary March 28, 2016 Self Published Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “ I loved her and I wanted to spend the rest of my life trying to prove it. ” Liz Alexander left New York six years ago with a broken heart and never returned. When her best friend passes away, Liz heads home to face her past and the man who almost destroyed her. Liam Parker hasn’t had any contact with Liz since she packed her bags and left. He never stopped Continue Reading
Review: Showmance by L.H. Cosway
Showmance by L.H. Cosway Romance Contemporary May 16, 2016 Self Published Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is to just love and be loved in return.” Fans are sure to notice the deviation in plot and characterization that Cosway takes in her latest endeavor. Showmance is a sweet, sexy, mildly angst driven romance that perfectly showcases the allure of opposite attraction by slowing building a relationship between an introvert and a romantic. Mild Continue Reading
Review: Divine Descendant by Jenna Black
Divine Descendant by Jenna Black Series: Nikki Glass #4 Urban Fantasy May 16, 2016 Pocket Star Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I’m surrounded by the dead in the middle of the night hoping to pull a previously unknown power out of my ass. What could possibly go wrong?” Private Investigator and immortal descendant of Artemis, Nikki Glass, learns a very valuable lesson in vengeance when a group of fertility goddesses decide to strike. The lives and loves of the gods and goddesses Continue Reading
Review: Love, Alabama by Susan Sands
Love, Alabama by Susan Sands Series: Alabama, #2 Romance Contemporary April 13, 2016 Tule Publishing Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “We’re all broken just a little” Emma Laroux, former Miss Alabama and current pageantry coach, is pretty content with her life. Who cares if she is cursed when it comes to dating men? She has her home, health, business, and family for comfort. When her sister lands her own reality cooking show, Emma helps out and finds herself at odds with the show’s Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Hero: Ryan. Enforcer for the Phoenix Pack. A grumpy, grunting, broody alpha. Content with his life until he meets MaKenna Wray, she turns it and him upside down. Heroine: Makenna Wray. A lone wolf who works at a shelter to rehome other lone shifters. Enjoys teasing Ryan and unlike most, isn't at all intimidated by him. Ryan is sure Makenna is his mate but MaKenna doesn't feel the mating bond and has severe abandonment issues. Ryan decides that the best way to get MaKenna on board is to Continue Reading
Review: The Voodoo Killings by Kristi Charish
The Voodoo Killings by Kristi Charish Series: A Kincade Strange Novel, #1 Urban Fantasy May 10, 2016 Vintage Canada Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Look kid, I’m not raising a zombie so you can send it to buy beer.” Kincade Strange is a 27-year-old freelance voodoo practitioner living in Seattle, WA. Hard-pressed for funds and pulling seances for bored, rich kids, Kincade finds herself in the middle of a mystery when she happens upon a zombie who was a famous artist while alive Continue Reading
Review: The Girl From Summer Hill by Jude Deveraux
The Girl From Summer Hill by Jude Deveraux Series: Summer Hill, #1 Romance Contemporary/Comedy May 3, 2016 Ballantine Reviewed By Tori Favorite Quote: “Why do women always fall for bad boys, then get angry when they turn out to be bad boys?” Casey Reddick, a celebrated chef, never expected to wake up to a sexy naked man showering on her front porch but she’s not one to complain. That is until he sees her watching him and accuses her invading his privacy and spying on him. Tate Continue Reading