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
Review: Tucker by Juliana Stone
Tucker (The Family Simon, #1) by Juliana Stone Romance Contemporary E book February 6, 2014 Self Published Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Couldn’t he see what was inside of her? Why couldn’t he see?” Tucker Simon lost his wife, Marley, when her plane went down over the Atlantic. Unable to locate her body, Tucker has lived in a sense of limbo for three years. He has avoided his family and relationships, choosing instead to involve himself with women who don’t expect more than sex. When Continue Reading
Review: The Chance by Robyn Carr
The Chance by Robyn Carr (Thunder Point #4) Contemporary Romance February 25, 2014 Harlequin MIRA Reviewed by Helyce Laine Carrington has decided to return to the beautiful coastal town of Thunder Point to finish up her R/R after being shot in the line of duty. An FBI agent, she was instrumental in taking down a Prophet wannabe who had used his commune-like group known as The Fellowship as a front for a huge marijuana growing/selling business. When she is put on “desk duty”, during her Continue Reading
Review: Four Years Later by Monica Murphy
Four Years Later (One Week Girlfriend, #4) by Monica Murphy Romance Contemporary/NA E book, 304 pages February 25, 2014 Bantam Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: I miss you. I think about you all the time. I dream about you. I lied to you and I’m sorry. I was embarrassed Ashamed. I want to earn your forgiveness but I don’t know how. Owen, Fable’s younger brother, was seen intermittently throughout Drew and Fable’s rocky romance. Now all grown up and in college, Owen is Continue Reading
Joint Review: Killer Frost by Jennifer Estep
Killer Frost (Mythos Academy, #6) by Jennifer Estep YA/Urban Fantasy Trade Book-Arc February 25, 2014 Kensington Joint Reviewed by May and Tori I’ve battled the Reapers of Chaos before–and survived. But this time I have a Bad, Bad Feeling it’s going to be a fight to the death … most likely mine. Yeah, I’ve got my psychometry magic, my talking sword, Vic–and even the most dangerous Spartan on campus at my side, in Logan freaking Quinn, but I’m no match for Loki, the evil Norse god of Continue Reading
Harlequin Contemporary Romance Box Set Volume One
Harlequin Contemporary Romance Box Set Volume One featuring Sarina Bowen, Rebecca Avery, Amy Jo Cousins and Denise McDonald Released: February 3, 2014 Contemporary Romance Harlequin Reviewed by Mandi Coming in from the Cold by Sarina Bowen Alpine ski champion Dane “Danger” Hollister does not do relationships, though he has an excellent reason. No woman would ever say “I do” to a guy whose faulty DNA will eventually cost him everything: his spot on the US Ski team, his endorsements, Continue Reading
Review: Feel The Heat by Kate Meader
Feel The Heat (Hot in the Kitchen, #1) by Kate Meader Romance Contemporary Paperback January 28, 2014 Forever Review by Tori Favorite Quote: “Oh, please don’t raise your standards for me, Kilroy. Just like I won’t be lowering my standards to a fame-hungry megawhore like you.” Lili DeLuca, daughter to a temperamental Italian chef, wants to attend the MFA but her family comes first. When tragedy strikes close to home, Lili finds herself putting her dreams on hold and managing their Continue Reading