A Bloody Good Secret (Secret McQueen #2) By Sierra Dean Urban Fantasy E Book September 2011 Samhain Publishing Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Don’t let those wolves bowl you over, Secret. You’re the prize, not the property.” A Bloody Good Secret picks up about 3 months after Something Secret This Way Comes. When Secret was given the name of her next “assignment” at the end of Something Secret This Way Comes, she decided the best way to handle it was not to and ran to her Continue Reading
Review: Barging In by Josephine Myles
Barging In by Josephine Myles September 20, 2011 E-Book M/M Contemporary Romance Samhain Reviewed by Helyce Dan Taylor is a travel writer who has agreed to write an article about vacationing on a narrowboat along the canals of England. Dan had counted on his friend Tristan tagging along as an assistant of sorts, but Tristan, an aspiring actor, gets an acting job and jumps at the part leaving Dan to his own devices. Dan heads out on his own, looking forward to a week on the Continue Reading
Review: Envy by J.R. Ward
Envy by J.R. Ward (The Fallen Angels #3) September 6, 2011 Paranormal Romance Paperback Signet Reviewed by Helyce Envy is book three in JR Ward’s Fallen Angel series. I’ve had rather lukewarm reactions to the previous two books (Covet and Crave) but I decided that I would give book three a try and decide from there if I would continue. Well, third time’s the charm, my friends. Ward really stepped it up in this book Here’s a little background. If you read Ward’s Black Dagger Continue Reading
Review: Finding Eden by Kele Moon
Finding Eden by Kele Moon BDSM M/M Contemporary August 19, 2011 E-Book Ellora’s Cave Reviewed by Mandi Finding Eden is a prequel to Beyond Eden, which came out last year. In this book we discover how Paul and Danny’s relationship started, and just to what extent Paul goes to feel pain. Paul and Danny have been friends for a long time and they both are in love with the same girl Eve. But Eve leaves to go off to college. (Beyond Eden starts with Eve coming home ten years later) Continue Reading
Review: Mistress by Marriage by Maggie Robinson
Mistress by Marriage by Maggie Robinson (Courtesan Court #3) August 30, 2011 Historical Romance Trade Paperback Brava Reviewed by Mandi I absolutely adored this book. I went in with a little trepidation because while I liked the first book in this series, Mistress by Mistake, I ended up not being able to finish the second book, Mistress by Midnight. But everything works in this third book. Baron Edward Christie is a very controlled, regimented man. He wears the “Christie face” Continue Reading
Review: Blood Cursed by Erica Hayes
Blood Cursed (The Shadowfae Chronicles #4) by Erica Hayes Paranormal Romance Paperback August 2, 2011 St Martin’s Press Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “...the most compelling memory is the ache sharp pain in his heart. Her hot green eyes dazzle him. Her toothy smile stops his pulse. Her touch befuddles his senses and wobbles his legs weak. The rich purr of her voice makes him crave chocolate cake.” Ember is a bloodfairy, which makes her a highly sought after prize to the Continue Reading
Review: Song of Oestend by Marie Sexton
Song of Oestend by Marie Sexton August 22, 2011 Paranormal M/M Romance E-book Total E-Bound Reviewed by Helyce Aren has good reason for making the huge, life changing decision to move to the Oestend prairie and take the job of bookkeeper on the BarChi ranch. His four-year relationship with his professor is over and he finds he has no other options. When he receives word of the job he figures he has nothing to lose and makes the very long journey out to Oestend. Upon arriving in the Continue Reading
Review: Ghost Soldiers by Keith Melton
Ghost Soldiers by Keith Melton (Nightfall Syndicate #2) Urban Fantasy July 12, 2011 E-Book Samhain Reviewed by Mandi It’s been a long wait for book two in Keith Melton’s Nightfall Syndicate trilogy. As Ghost Soldiers opens, vampire Karl is in Romania working on an assignment from The Order of the Thorns. A violent organization that protects the world from the knowledge of the supernatural, they have forced Karl to help them on a dangerous mission. Karl is to hunt down a dangerous Continue Reading
Review: Demon Marked by Meljean Brook
Demon Marked (Guardians #7) by Meljean Brook September 6, 2011 Paranormal Romance Paperback Berkley Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “The Guardians are proof that the universe likes to reward those who sacrifice themselves for others-but I’ve never been interested in that martyr bullshit. So... we have to get that reward some other way. Me? I lied, cheated, and killed my way into it. I paid for it in blood...and I would have paid more if I had to. But I’d be damned before I let Continue Reading
Review: Viscount Breckenridge to the Rescue by Stephanie Laurens
Viscount Breckenridge to the Rescue by Stephanie Laurens (Cynster #16, Cynster Sisters Trilogy #1) August 30, 2011 Historical Romance Paperback Avon Reviewed by Mandi Heather Cynster is 25 and almost on the shelf. Tired of the same crowd, she decides to sneak out to a more risqué party, to see if she can find the man of her dreams in a new social circle. Instead she finds her nemesis, Viscount Breckenridge. These two have known each other for many years, and have never gotten along. He Continue Reading