Turn Me Loose by Anne Calhoun Series: Alpha Ops, #6 Romance Suspense St. Martin’s Press May 30, 2017 Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “One of these days you're going to say my name, and you’re going to say please, and then you’re not going to be able to say anything at all.” Awkward can’t even begin to describe this couple’s relationship. Anne Calhoun brings the heat when she reconnects Riva Henneman with the man she fell in love with seven years ago. Ian Hawthorne. The only problem Continue Reading
Review: Going Deep by Anne Calhoun
Going Deep by Anne Calhoun Series: Alpha Ops, #5| Romance Suspense November 1, 2016 St Martin's Press Reviewed by Tori Famous pop singer Cady Ward, Queen Maud to her fans, has come home to rest and recuperate after a long grueling tour. When an overzealous fan is able to make it backstage after her last concert, her manager demands she hire a bodyguard. Police officer Conn McCormick has his own problems with a potential scandal that could ruin his career. His captain decides to 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
Review: The Muse by Anne Calhoun
The Must by Anne Calhoun (Irresistible #5) Released: December 1, 2015 Erotic Contemporary Berkley Reviewed by Mandi Although the romance in this one is definitely a stand alone. for those that have read Evening Storm, you are all too familiar with the massive Ponzi scheme that has taken place. In Evening Storm, the hero of the book was the whistle-blower who brought down the MacCarren family. The Muse features Arden MacCarren, who had no idea her father or brother, now arrested by the Continue Reading
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Arden MacCarren can’t afford to lose control. Her family’s investment house has failed, their professional reputation is all but destroyed, and it’s up to Arden to hold the line. The only distraction she allows herself is a weekly drawing class where she can forget everything. Then she meets Seth Malone. When he poses in her class, strong, mysterious, and unbearably sexy, she can’t resist him. The only thing she can do is keep it purely physical—no emotions, no strings, and definitely no Continue Reading
Review: Evening Storm by Anne Calhoun
Evening Storm by Anne Calhoun (Irresistible #4) Releases: August 18, 2015 Contemporary Romance Intermix Reviewed by Mandi Ryan Hamilton is a wealthy, Wall Street playboy who accidentally uncovers a big secret at his company - the owner, and by all accounts a big family guy, is the head of a Ponzi Scheme. Ripping off his investors, Ryan realizes he has two options - pretend he never saw the fake accounts, or go to the FBI. With the beginning of an ulcer, he tells the FBI everything he Continue Reading
Review: The List by Anne Calhoun
The List by Anne Calhoun Released: March 3, 2015 Erotic Romance Berkley Reviewed by Mandi Anne Calhoun gives us a more serious and somber erotic story of two people working their way through the first year of their relationship. From meeting, to having sex, to marriage and then divorce, Daniel and Tilda have quite the journey this first year. Daniel is a FBI agent in NYC who investigates white-collar crime. He meets Tilda one night at a mutual friend's house. Tilda is from England but Continue Reading
Review: Afternoon Delight by Anne Calhoun
Afternoon Delight by Anne Calhoun Erotic Romance September 16, 2014 Intermix Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “...the list of foodstuffs that shouldn’t be introduced to a woman’s private parts is actually quite long.” Tim Cannon is an EMT whose lifestyle has him constantly on the move. He uses one night stands to burn off his excessive energy. Over six feet of pure muscle and bearded sex on a stick ensures Tim never lacks companionship but when he meets a food truck chef, he finds Continue Reading
Review: Jaded by Anne Calhoun
Jaded by Anne Calhoun (Walker's Ford #2) Released: February 4, 2014 Contemporary Romance Berkley Reviewed by Mandi Alana Wentworth left her high-powered family where she was the research librarian for her family's foundation and moved to the small town of Walker's Ford, South Dakota to serve as the temporary library director. After a bad break-up, she felt she needed to find herself and a spontaneous move to a new place was a life cleanser she was craving. She rents an old home from the town's Continue Reading
Review: Uncommon Passion by Anne Calhoun
Uncommon Passion by Anne Calhoun Released: September 3, 2013 Erotic Contemporary Romance Berkley Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: “What is this?” she asked. She wanted to rub up against him. She wanted to see him, touch his bare skin. She wanted… He gave a low laugh she felt rumble in his chest as much as heard in her ears. “Chemistry,” he said, and lifted his head to look at her. “This is some kind of wicked chemistry.” This is a book about a woman who wants to feel and a Continue Reading