Red Hill by Jamie McGuire Fiction Contemporary/Horror October 1, 2013 Simon & Schuster Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “We were surviving, but everyday felt less like living .” A virus is sweeping the nation, pitting man against man. When a small group of people find themselves at the same abandoned farm house, their fates become intertwined and their survival depends on one another. A woman looking for her daughters, a man trying to protect his only child, and a teenager and her Continue Reading
Review: Deception Cove by Jayne Castle
Deception Cove (Harmony #10/Rainshadow #2) by Jayne Castle Paranormal Romance Paperback, 368 pages August 27, 2013 Jove Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “A second honeymoon on a damned island. What could possibly go wrong?” As a light-talent, Alice North has the rare ability to make things disappear, including herself—a gift that comes in handy during her magic act with her dust bunny Houdini. Business mogul Drake Sebastian is day-blind, since his sight was nearly destroyed in Continue Reading
Review: A Puppy For Christmas by Carole Mortimer, Myrna Mackenzie, and Nikki Logan
A Puppy for Christmas by Carole Mortimer, Myrna Mackenzie, and Nikki Logan Released: October 1, 2013 Contemporary Romance Harlequin Reviewed by May I couldn’t believe that stories with puppies and romance and Christmas had all been combined into one anthology. Happy? Oh yes, it made me very giddy. Overall this is a strong set of stories. While I did not read one, the other two are strong enough for me personally that I still recommend this. In fact, what had me on edge about the first Continue Reading
Review: Love Lessons by Heidi Cullinan
Love Lessons by Heidi Cullinan (New Adult M/M Contemporary Romance) Released: October 2, 2013 Samhain Reviewed by Helyce Kelly Davidson has been looking forward to moving away from home and attending college since he was probably in middle school. He is looking forward to being able to just be himself; out and proud and comfortable in his own skin for the first time in his life. He knows that Hope University is the right place for him and he is looking forward to everything that college Continue Reading
Review: Sex & Violence by Carrie Mesrobian
Sex & Violence by Carrie Mesrobian Mature YA Contemporary/Fiction E book, 304 pages October 1, 2013 Carolrhoda LAB Reviewed by Tori Seventeen year old Evan Carter has never considered the consequences of having random sex. From the age of fifteen, Evan has used sex as a way to connect and combat the loneliness of having a father who's never there and being forced to continuously move. He purposely selects girls who are “not normal.” Girls who will let you sleep with them on the Continue Reading
Review: Lovers Unmasked Anthology
Lovers Unmasked Anthology by Katee Robert, Cari Quinn, Samanthe Beck and Tessa Bailey Erotic Contemporary Released: September 23, 2013 Entangled Brazen Seducing Mr. Right by Katee Robert Danielle caught who she thought was the company mailman checking her out in the elevator one day (he was holding a stack of mail) and struck up a flirty conversation. This turned into having coffee every week and building sexual tension. On the night of the company Halloween party, Danielle Continue Reading
Review: Celtic Moon by Jan DeLima
Celtic Moon by Jan DeLima (Celtic Wolves #1) Released: September 24, 2013 Paranormal Romance Penguin Reviewed by Mandi I’m always eager to try new authors, especially when the blurb intrigues me. Celtic Moon has quite a strong start. I got a little tired by the end and I have some frustration with the romance, but let me set it up first. Years ago, Sophie met and fell for a man named Dylan Black. They moved in together and eventually got married in a ceremony outside (nothing Continue Reading
Review: In the Heart of the Highlander by Maggie Robinson
In the Heart of the Highlander by Maggie Robinson (Ladies Unlaced #2) Released: October 1, 2013 Historical Penguin Reviewed by Mandi Mary was tired of living with her brother and tending his store, so when her aunt becomes ill and can no longer run her Evensong Agency, Mary eagerly moves in with her aunt and literally becomes her. The Evensong agency was created to solve domestic disasters. Matchmaking, finding employees, or even the odd jobs that no one else has a solution for. Continue Reading
Review: Drawn Together by Lauren Dane
Drawn Together by Lauren Dane (Brown Siblings #6) Contemporary Romance October 1, 2013 Penguin Reviewed by Helyce Beauty is more than skin-deep… Tattoo artist Raven Smith is blunt and hard, broken and jaded, dark and beautiful. While she doesn’t hide her painful past, she does keep a wall around her heart. She’s free sexually—but no one gets to the real Raven beneath the prickly exterior. With a voice like smoke, Jonah Warner is a smooth-talking, highly successful attorney, Continue Reading
Review: Stir Me Up by Sabrina Elkins
Stir Me Up by Sabrina Elkins Mature YA/Contemporary Romance October 1, 2013 Harlequin TEEN Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Chaos is good.” “Good? There are people humping in the closet. Before cake.” Cami Broussard has her senior year all mapped out. She will continue to work in her father’s restaurant and become an apprentice chef once she graduates; allowing her to continue working along side her boyfriend, Luke. When Cami’s step mother, Estella, announces her nephew, Julian, Continue Reading