Alluring by Sarah Curtis Series: Alluring, #1 Contemporary Romance January 6, 2015 Self Published Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: "You are the breath I need to breathe... Without you, I am nothing." Alexis Taft has no time for relationships while working two jobs to pay off her mother’s medical bills and sister’s college tuition. She certainly has no time for notorious player Jackson Cole who also happens to be her boss at Allure. But what Jackson wants...Jackson gets. And he Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
You'd think being abducted by aliens would be the worst thing that could happen to me. And you'd be wrong. Because now, the aliens are having ship trouble, and they've left their cargo of human women - including me - on an ice planet. And the only native inhabitant I've met? He's big, horned, blue, and really, really has a thing for me... Hero: Viktal. A large, blue, horned, alien who rescues Georgie when the ship she was being held captive on crashes on his planet. Heroine: Continue Reading
Review: Sacked by Jen Frederick
Sacked by Jen Frederick Series: Gridiron, #1 Contemporary Romance Sports /NA Releases: September 6, 2015 Self Published Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I started my life the day I met you. Everything else was just practice.” What he wants he gets... Knox Masters is a quarterback's worst nightmare. Warrior. Champion. And...virgin. Knox knows what he wants--and he gets it. All American Football player? Check. NFL pros scouting him? Check. Now, he's set his sight on two things. Continue Reading
Review: Violated by Jamie Fessenden
Violated by Jamie Fessenden Contemporary Fiction/MM Released: August 7, 2015 Dreamspinner Press Reviewed by Tori Derek Sawyer has it all with a fiance, a good job, a romantic getaway cabin on the lake, and his dog, Gracie. When his best friend and coworker, Victor, sexually assaults him on a business trip then turns around and files harassment charges against him at work, Derek loses everything. Alone and scared, Derek is stuck in a web of fear and shame that is tightening around him Continue Reading
Review: Archangel’s Enigma by Nalini Singh
Archangel’s Enigma by Nalini Singh Series: Guild Hunter, #8 Urban Fantasy/Paranormal Romance Releases: September 1, 2015 Berkley Joint review by Tori And Sheena Naasir is the most feral of the powerful group of vampires and angels known as the Seven, his loyalty pledged to the Archangel Raphael. When rumors surface of a plot to murder the former Archangel of Persia, now lost in the Sleep of the Ancients, Naasir is dispatched to find him. For only he possesses the tracking skills Continue Reading
Smexy Scene Sunday
Hero: Knox Masters. A senior at Western State. Headed for the NFL. Smart, gorgeous, and talented. Oh, and he's a virgin. Heroine: Ellie Campbell. A junior at Western State. Her brother is on the football team. Smart, beautiful, and holding on to a very big secret. Oh, and she doesn't date football players. Ever. My vaunted self-control slipped, and while I’m sure of her, I know she’s not sure of me. Not yet anyway. So I came up here to relieve myself, gain a measure of Continue Reading
Review: If You Only Knew by Kristan Higgins
If You Only Knew by Kristan Higgins Women's Fiction/Contemporary Fiction Trade Book HQN Books August 25, 2015 Reviewed by Tori Wedding-dress designer Jenny Tate understands the happily-ever-after business, yet somehow she's still involved in her ex-husband's life. In fact, Owen's new wife may—inexplicably—be Jenny's new best friend. Sensing this, well, relationship isn't helping her move on, Jenny trades the Manhattan skyline for her hometown up the Hudson, where she'll be able to bask Continue Reading
Tori’s Mini Reviews for August
Red Card by Liz Crowe The Blackjack Genlemen, #2 Romance Contemporary/Sports Rating: D I picked up Red Card because I enjoy sports romances and I had seen some good reviews for the first book in the series. Red Card starts off interestingly enough. An international male soccer star falls hard for a semi pro women's soccer player. Insta love prevails and I enjoyed seeing how emotionally vocal the hero was in his feeling for the heroine. However my pleasure soon morphed into horror as I got Continue Reading
Review: If He’s Noble by Hannah Howell
If He’s Noble by Hannah Howell (Whetlocke, #7) Historical Romance/Paranormal July 28, 2015 Zebra (Kensington) Reviewed by Tori For Lady Primrose Wootten nothing has been ordinary since her father the Baron died and his wayward family filled the estate with greed and treachery. Primrose knows if she can just track down her brother, he can send the odious relations on their way. But instead she finds this enormous, powerful stranger, and forgets entirely what she was doing in the first Continue Reading
Review: Jack Gets His Man by D.E. Haggerty
Jack Gets His Man by D.E. Haggerty Series: The Gray Haired Knitting Detectives, #2 Romance Contemporary/MM E book Self Published Jack should be on top of the world. His clothing store, Fabulous, Darling is making money hand over fist and his best friend has found love but Jack can’t seem to shake his restlessness. Quickly approaching his fortieth birthday, Jack is unsure of where his life is headed. When his office manager comes to him complaining he can’t handle the workload by himself Continue Reading