A Midnight Dance by Lila DiPasqua (Fiery Tales #3) Historical Romance August 2, 2011 Trade Paperback Berkley Trade Reviewed by Mandi This is the first full length book by Lila DiPasqua, although it follows her previous short stories with a twist on erotic fairytales. In A Midnight Dance, we get a version of Cinderella. Sabine Laurent was once a wealthy young adult. Her father owned a very respectable theater in Paris that catered to the elite. Sabine and her twin sister Isabelle Continue Reading
Review: The Many Sins of Lord Cameron by Jennifer Ashley
The Many Sins of Lord Cameron by Jennifer Ashley (Highland Pleasures #3) Historical Romance August 2, 2011 Paperback Berkley Reviewed by Mandi Six years ago, Lord Cameron Mackenzie found Ainsley Douglas rooting around his bedroom. Before she left, she was seduced and had secretly taken a necklace which she thought belonged to another woman. Later, Cameron was angry she took the necklace, but more angry that she stopped the seduction. Feeling she would betray her elderly husband, Continue Reading
Review: Bound by Moonlight by Nancy Gideon
Bound By Moonlight by Nancy Gideon (Moonlight #4) July 26, 2011 Urban Fantasy Paperback Pocket Star Books Bound by Moonlight is book four in Nancy Gideon’s Moonlight series that centers around the life of Detective Charlotte Caissie and her shifter lover Max Savoie. I have not read the previous three books in this series, so if I infer anything incorrectly, I apologize in advance. In this installment, Charlotte and Max are now a couple and they are not hiding their relationship. Continue Reading
Reviews: Wolf Town and Push Pull by Joely Skye
Wolf Town by Joely Skye (Wolf Town Trilogy #1) M/M Romance June 15, 2010 E-Book, Novella Samhain Reviewed by Mandi Scott Lund has been living a very lonely existence for the past nine years. A Minder, he has psychic abilities that allow him to manipulate others minds. He is able to push thoughts into people to make them do his will. Scott was abused once when he lived in a pod, with other Minders. Never wanting to experience that again, he has been on the run for years – trying Continue Reading
Review: Storm’s Heart by Thea Harrison
Storm’s Heart by Thea Harrison (Elder Races #2) Paranormal Romance August 2, 2011 Paperback Berkley Reviewed by Mandi *Spoilers for book one, Dragon Bound* By the end of Dragon Bound, Dragos had killed the crooked Dark Fae King, Urien, setting up Tricks, whose real name is Niniane to be the new Queen. Niniane’s father (the previous king before Urien) and family were slaughtered by Urien, but she escaped and for the past 200 years has taken refuge with the Wyr demesne. During this Continue Reading
Review: Touch of Frost by Jennifer Estep
Touch Of Frost (Mythos Academy #1) by Jennifer Estep Paranormal YA July 26, 2011 Paperback Kensington Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “...this gypsy girl happens to have a grandma who can curse you so bad that your dick will fall off, so watch your step...” First off let me say I LOVE Jennifer Estep’s adult Elemental series. So when I heard she was writing a YA series I begged, pleaded, schemed, and had some “not so proud moments” in order to secure an ARC Of A Touch Of Frost. Continue Reading
REVIEW: ANOTHER KIND OF DEAD BY KELLY MEDING
Another Kind Of Dead (Dreg City #3) By Kelly Meding Urban Fantasy August 2, 2011 Paperback Random House Publishing Reviewed by Tori Been there. Done that. Evy Stone is a former Dreg Bounty Hunter who died and came back to life with some extraordinary powers. Now all but five people in the world think she is dead again, this time for good—immolated in a factory fire set specifically for her. Evy and Wyatt, her partner/lover/friend, can no longer trust their former allies, or even the Continue Reading
Review: Trespass by Meg Maguire
Trespass by Meg Maguire Contemporary Romance July 26, 2011 E-Book Samhain Reviewed by Mandi After reading The Reluctant Nude earlier this year, I became very excited to try something else by Meg Maguire. Trespass didn’t quite live up to my expectations, but it still offers quite a different story, which I’ve come to expect from Meg Maguire aka Cara McKenna. Sarah is on the run. From Buffalo, New York you know she is running from something serious she was involved in, but as the Continue Reading
Review: The Amorous Education of Celia Seaton by Miranda Neville
The Amorous Education of Celia Seaton by Miranda Neville (The Burgundy Club #3) Historical Romance July 26, 2011 Paperback Avon Reviewed by Mandi “Never get into a cart with a strange man.” And so our journey begins. Due to a set of unforeseen circumstances, Celia Seaton loses her job as a governess and hitches a ride with a stranger in a cart – trying to get to an acquaintances house to sort her life out. Most of Celia’s life was spent with her father in India, but after Continue Reading
Review: The Bed and the Bachelor by Tracy Anne Warren
The Bed and the Bachelor by Tracy Anne Warren (The Byrons of Braebourne #5) Historical Romance July 26, 2011 Paperback Avon Reviewed by May As I turned the last page of this book I found myself pondering three things. First, that I have no idea why the couple featured in this book fancy themselves in love. Secondly, how am I going to settle on a grade for this book? Finally, why in the world was this titled “The Bed and the Bachelor”? Lord Drake Byron loves math and science. Continue Reading