Riding Dirty by Jill Sorenson (Dirty Eleven #1) Released: October 1, 2014 Romantic Suspense Harlequin Reviewed by Mandi I've read and enjoyed many Jill Sorenson books, but I think Riding Dirty is by far her best book. Maybe because it's dark and gritty and the sex is ramped up - one of my favorite combinations. Oh! And the hero has served multiple sentences in prison. Excuse me while I swoon. (seriously, I love a prison hero) Cole is a member of the Dirty Eleven motorcycle club. His Continue Reading
Review: An American Duchess by Sharon Page
An American Duchess by Sharon Page Released: September 30, 2014 Historical Romance Harlequin Reviewed by Mandi This is the first I've ever read of Sharon Page and I like her voice. The set-up is very Downton Abby-ish - a grand estate in England needs money. Enter our heroine, Zoe Gifford. From New York, Zoe's mother is in some gambling debt and forged a check. Zoe has a ton of money in a trust fund, but the only way to access that fund, is if she gets married. Zoe is a very Continue Reading
Review: In Your Dreams by Kristan Higgins
In Your Dreams (Blue Heron, #4) by Kristan Higgins Romance Contemporary Paperback September 30, 2014 Harlequin HQN Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: Maybe she’d even get a tattoo on each thigh— Jack Holland’s head was here. Jack Holland, prince of the Blue Heron winery and Holland family is a genuinely nice guy who enjoys life but when he rescues a group of teenagers who drive into a lake, the town’s reaction scares him. He doesn’t consider himself to be a hero, especially since one Continue Reading
Review and Giveaway: Chained by Night by Larissa Ione
Chained By Night (Moonbound Clan, #2) by Larissa Ione PNR 400 pages Releases: September 30, 2014 Pocket Books Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Damn Samnult and his portal of bonding orgasms.” Hunter, leader of the Moonbound Clan, made a deal with a rival clan leader to marry his daughter in order to stop the bloodshed between the clans and gain an ally in the coming war against the humans. But Hunter must first pass three dangerous tests to break an ancient curse that threatens his Continue Reading
Review: All Bets Are On by Cynthia Cooke
All Bets Are On by Cynthia Cooke Paranormal Romance Released September 22, 2014 Entangled: Covet Reviewed by Sheena Favorite Quote: "Let me get this straight. You'll stick your hands in my pants and take my money, but you won't sit down and have a cup of coffee with me?" And "Some dogs didn't have a problem with him, others tried to eat his face off." This was so damn fun to read! Yes it's light-weight and frothy and entertaining! The tagline from the blurb sold me: The Prince of Continue Reading
Tori’s Mini Reviews for September
Every once in a while I like to do some “mini reviews” for books that for various reasons were not able to be included on the review schedule. I usually don’t grade these reviews, but after a few readers emailed me asking for grades, I decided to go ahead and add them. Love and Blarney (Ballybeg, #2) by Zara Keane Contemporary Romance E book/Novella September 2014 Beaverstone Press, LLC RATING: B Very few international authors can hold my attention (I often find the phonetic Continue Reading
Review: Jack by Juliana Stone
Jack (The Family Simon, #2) by Juliana Stone Contemporary Romance E book/Novel/Series August 25, 2014 Self Published Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “She’s the first thing I think about when I wake up. The last thing on my mind before I sleep.” Jack Simon and Donovan James were a couple in love until they day they had a nasty argument and Donovan disappeared, leaving Jack with only a note and a broken heart. Though Jack tried to get to the bottom of Donovan’s defection, she froze Continue Reading
New: Come Dancing by Leslie Wells
Come Dancing by Leslie Wells Contemporary Romance 382 pages June 8, 2014 Allium Press Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I promise I won’t tell anyone a famous rock musician wants to take you out. I mean, Jesus, how embarrassing.”.” It’s 1981 and Julia Nash has recently arrived in Manhattan, ready to leave her mark on the literary world. Landing a job as a publisher’s assistant, Julia dreams of becoming a full time editor, but the fierce competition and her boss's wandering hands Continue Reading
Review: Black Rook by Kelly Meade
Black Rook (Cornerstone Run Trilogy, #1) by Kelly Meade Urban Fantasy E book/Novel July 15, 2014 Intermix Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: "The Little Magus Who Could." Brynn Atwood, a low level magus, has come to Cornerstone Run to circumvent a vision she had of her father’s death. An embarrassment to her father, a high level Magus, and the Magi council, Brynn figures that she can prove herself useful if she is able to prove her visions are real and not figments of her imagination. Continue Reading
Review: Private Politics by Emma Barry
Private Politics by Emma Barry (The Easy Part #2) Released: September 8, 2014 Contemporary Romance Carina Press Reviewed by Mandi Last year I read and enjoyed Special Interests by Emma Barry and was excited to see she had another book coming out revolving around DC politics. Now, before you scrunch your nose and tell me you don't want to read about our lovely government, let me tell you - Emma Barry makes it very interesting. Where we could get bogged down in dry terminology and boring Continue Reading