Skin Game by Cara McKenna Contemporary April 29, 2011 E-Book Ellora’s Cave Reviewed by Mandi I first read Cara McKenna last year when I picked up Willing Victim. I really loved that book (hello Flynn!) and then read a quick novella by her, Dirty Thirty. It was very different from Willing Victim. Recently I read The Reluctant Nude under her pen name Meg Maguire and again thought how original each of her stories are. Well guess what I thought after I finished Skin Game? Yep – Continue Reading
Review: Before the Witches by Karina Cooper
Before the Witches by Karina Cooper Paranormal Romance May 17, 2011 E-Book, Novella Harper Collins Reviewed by Mandi Katya has grown up knowing she is different. She can tell if someone is lying or telling the truth. Fleeing from Russia because she is an outcast, she decides to take refuge in America, even if that means selling her body. She is now owned by a dirty man along with several other women – some very young. They are sold as prostitutes and kept in poor conditions. Katya Continue Reading
Review: Dark Descendant by Jenna Black
Dark Descendant by Jenna Black (Descendants #1) Urban Fantasy April 26, 2011 Paperback Pocket Reviewed by Mandi I’ve never read Jenna Black before so when I noticed Dark Descendant is the first book in a new urban fantasy series, I decided to give it a try. Nikki is just a normal girl who has a special knack at tracking down people. Her latest job was to find a girl whom her client, Emmitt claimed to be messed up with a cult. After Nikki finds her, Emmitt asks Nikki to go with him Continue Reading
Review: The Last Time I Saw Paris by Lynn Sheene
The Last Time I Saw Paris by Lynn Sheen Historical Romance May 3, 2011 Trade Paperback Berkley Trade Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “You are late.” Clare Harris reinvented herself from dirt poor farmer’s daughter into a dazzling socialite. She marries into money only to find out that her husband requires her to use her beauty and considerable charms on his clients. Claire has spent her whole life burying her emotions; this is a walk in the park for her. But when her past Continue Reading
Guest Review: Past Midnight by Jasmine Haynes
Past Midnight by Jasmine Haynes Erotic Romance May 3, 2011 Trade Paperback Berkley Heat Guest Reviewed by Helyce. Find her on Goodreads. Past Midnight was not what I expected. The back blurb made me want to read it, but I was saddened when I realized the tragedy was the death of a child. I kind of had to step outside of myself and read this without inflicting my personal morals and beliefs where commitment and relationships are concerned. After all, everyone deals with the tragedy Continue Reading
Reviews: Lucifer’s Daughter and Snowballs in Hell by Eve Langlais and Giveaway
Lucifer’s Daughter by Eve Langlais (Princess of Hell #1) Erotic Paranormal Romance August 9, 2010 E-Book Liquid Silver Books Reviewed by Mandi Muriel owns a bar, has boy trouble and just happens to be Satan’s daughter. She is a princess of Hell, but loves the color pink much to her father’s dismay. She got straight A’s through school and at 23 is still a virgin. This makes the devil weep. He wants his daughter to be evil! To do dirty deeds! Instead, she is waiting to have sex until she Continue Reading
Review: Die For Me by Amy Plum
Die For Me (Revenants #1) by Amy Plum Paranormal YA May 10, 2011 Hardcover HarperTeen Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “You’re the one who took a bite of the apple Kate. Although with a serpent that handsome, I can’t say I blame you.” I was very surprised and pleased by how much I enjoyed Die For Me by Amy Plum. A very romantic and intriguing YA that captures the youthful voice of her characters exceptionally well without miring it down with the often present emo angst and ‘woe is Continue Reading
Review: Etched in Bone by Adrian Phoenix
Etched In Bone (The Makers Song #4) by Adrian Phoenix Urban Fantasy February 22, 2011 Paperback Pocket Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Each of us is shaped by the truth of our natures.” Etched In Bone is the 4th book in Ms. Phoenix’s Makers Song series. Short in terms of a timeline (everything takes place in approximately 3-4 days) but deep in emotional turmoil and angst. I recommend starting at the beginning-A Rush Of Wings- because the over all arc and it’s intertwining sub Continue Reading
Review: Follow My Lead by Kate Noble
Follow My Lead by Kate Noble Historical Romance May 3, 2011 Paperback Berkley Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: So. This is hell, Jason thought. A garden party, being backed into a corner by three of the most baldly opportunistic furies to have been formed in the British system of wealth and aristocracy. Who knew? Jason Cummings (who has red hair, swoon), Duke of Rayne is 30 and ready to get married, because well, that is what one does when one turns 30. Being a very wealthy Duke Continue Reading
Review: Sabine and the Beast by Moira Rogers
Sabine (...and the Beast #1) by Moira Rogers Paranormal Romance E-Book Samhain Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Something was missing, had slipped through his fingers like a spirit, and the world seemed paler without it.” Once upon a time the High Lord of the Forest who went off to battle. He left beyond a beautiful young woman whom he loved with all his heart. However, the High Lord’s mother did not approve of the young lowborn wolf and tried everything to get her to leave the Continue Reading