Review: Sweet Disorder by Rose Lerner (Lively St. Lemeston #1) Released: March 18, 2014 Historical Romance Samhain Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: "You're one of the somebodiest somebodies I ever met." Phoebe lives in Lively St. Lemeston, a town with an upcoming election. Phoebe is poor, living in two small, cramped attic rooms and barely supports herself by writing stories for young girls for a publication. Her husband printed the town's newspaper but died, leaving Phoebe's Continue Reading
Review: Satisfaction by Sarah Mayberry
Satisfaction by Sarah Mayberry Released: February 28, 2014 Contemporary Romance Self Published Reviewed by Mandi Maggie Hendricks owns a book store, has great friends and is generally a happy person. There is only one thing that really bothers her - she has never had an orgasm. Ever. As in, not by herself or with another person. She is so sick of pretending to have one when she is with someone and sick of not being able to get there herself. So when a friend of hers tells her that she Continue Reading
Review: The Pirate’s Secret Baby by Darlene Marshall
The Pirate's Secret Baby by Darlene Marshall Released: March 2, 2014 Historical Romance Amber Quill Press Reviewed by Mandi I've enjoyed Darlene Marshall's books in the past and she does a nice job with The Pirate's Secret Baby. The baby is actually eight year old Mattie, whose mother has recently died. Her governess, Lydia tracks down Mattie's father, Robert St. Armand, the captain of the Prodigal Son and known pirate. Robert has been with many (and I mean many) women, so it's a shock Continue Reading
Review: It’s Always Been You by Jessica Scott
It’s Always Been You (Coming Home, #5) by Jessica Scott Romance Contemporary/Military March 4, 2014 Forever Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Do you need a hug?” Captain Ben Teague lost his faith in everything the Army teaches when his best friend and mentor is unjustly accused of disobeying orders during an intense firefight that left Ben scarred and wary of the Army's objectives. Four years later, he is forced back into command when a military sanctioned witch hunt makes Ben part of Continue Reading
Joint Review: Beyond Jealousy by Kit Rocha
Beyond Jealousy by Kit Rocha (Beyond #4) Released: March 17, 2014 Erotic Dystopian Self Published Reviewed by Mandi and Tori Blurb: When Rachel Riley sacrificed a life in Eden to protect the O’Kanes, she earned her place in the powerful Sector Four gang. But the former crime princess is tired of being everyone’s sweet little sister . It’s time for her to get wild, to embrace her fantasies as only an O’Kane can—with a delicious exiled soldier and the gang’s wickedly sinful tattoo artist. A Continue Reading
Review: The Innocent by Shiloh Walker
The Innocent (F.B.I. Psychics, #4.5) by Shiloh Walker Paranormal Romance/Romance Suspense E book, 158 pages March 11, 2014 Samhain Publishing Favorite Quote: “The Force runs strong in my family.” Reviewed by Tori Jay Roberts indulged in a year long intense online affair with Linc Dawson until Linc sends her a tense email, breaking up with her. Jay is confused and heads to Hell, Georgia to find out why Linc broke things off with her. What she discovers is that Linc hasn’t been Continue Reading
Review: Love Hacked by Penny Reid
Love Hacked by Penny Reid (Knitting in the City #3) Released: March 3, 2014 Contemporary Romance Caped Publishing Reviewed by May “Are you free Thursday?” I nodded in earnest, not even thinking about my smile – it was unplanned, unmeasured, and completely genuine. “Yes. Free as a bird not in the zoo or any other kind of captivity including but not limited to belonging to a falconer.” Sandra is the queen of bad dates. She makes them all cry, and makes them think of some other woman in Continue Reading
Review: Shaking The Sugar Tree by Nick Wilgus
Shaking The Sugar Tree by Noah Wilgus Romance Contemporary M/M Southern Fiction E book, 304 pages January 31, 2014 Dreamspinner Press Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Can’t we have one conversation that doesn’t involve my penis?” Wiley Cantrall is a gay single father, raising his disabled son, Noah, after his meth addicted mother abandoned him at birth. A failed writer who supports himself and his son with food stamps and by working as a supermarket cashier, Wiley struggles with his Continue Reading
Review: Baby It’s Cold Outside by HelenKay Dimon
Baby, It's Cold Outside by HelenKay Dimon (Men at Work #1) Released: February 25, 2014 Contemporary Romance Samhain Reviewed by Mandi This book starts with some really hot sex y'all. Like boss/assistant, up against the door sex, letting all their pent up lust come through after a long time of flirtation. No wonder her control had finally cracked tonight. She'd opened the door to say goodnight and let him know everyone, including the cleaning crew, had cleared the floor. Knocked right Continue Reading
Prince of Tricks by Jane Kindred. (Aka the book that took Mandi out of her reading slump)
Prince of Tricks by Jane Kindred (Demons of Elysium #1) Released: January 7, 2014 Erotic m/m paranormal romance Samhain Reviewed by Mandi I've been in a bit of a reading slump lately. I wanted to read a book that excited me, and nothing I picked up was satisfying that need. I have 1,000 books in my to-be-read pile yet nothing appealed. I was whiny!! And no one likes a whiny reader. So I whined to Tori and her response was - Prince of Tricks by Jane Kindred. Now, when she told me to read Continue Reading