Cold Magic by Kate Elliott (Spiritwalker #1) September 2, 2010 Fantasy, Steampunk Paperback, 528 Pages Orbit Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote:”When I saw you coming down the stairs that evening, it was as if I were seeing the other half of my soul descending to greet me.” Catherine (Cat) Hassi Barahal’s life is about the change drastically when she is mistaken for her cousin and forced in to marriage with a cold mage she doesn’t know. When it comes to light that she is not her Continue Reading
Review: A MidWinter Fantasy Anthology
A Midwinter Fantasy Anthology November 23, 2010 Fantasy E-book (Trade Oct 2011) 336 Pages Dorchester “A Christmas Carroll” by Leanna Renee Hieber Just days after the ending of Darkly Luminous Fight for Persephone Parker, Headmistress Rebecca is lonely and sad. The death of her friend and fellow guard member Jane lays heavy on her soul. She feels guilty for her death, and just all around miserable. For twenty years she served in the guard, and for twenty years she has pined Continue Reading
Review: Naughty and Nice Anthology
Naughty and Nice Anthology Contemporary Romance December 6, 2010 E-Book Carina PressReviewed by MandiHoliday Sparks by Shannon StaceyWhen Chloe Burke blows the fuse at her parent’s old house while housesitting, she calls electrician Scott Quinn to come turn the lights back on. Scott has had a crush on Chloe since high school, but running in different circles, Chloe doesn’t remember him. Now working in Boston, Chloe is enjoying being back at home for a few weeks, and enjoying the Continue Reading
Review: You Dropped a Blonde on Me by Dakota Cassidy
You Dropped a Blonde On Me (Ex Trophy Wives #1) by Dakota Cassidy Contemporary Romance December 7, 2010 Trade Paperback, 368 Pages Berkley Trade Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: "How nice that two lonely people in the world had clearly made a connection. Now there'd be two less lonely people in the world. How very Air Supply." Maxine (Max) Lou Anne Henderson Cambridge didn't know how low she had sunk until she physically threatened a teenager for getting hired over Continue Reading
Review and Giveaway: Stranger by Zoe Archer
Stranger by Zoe Archer December 7, 2010 Historical Paranormal Romance Paperback, 370 Pages Zebra Reviewed by Mandi Gemma Murphy has been following Catullus Graves and his friends for some time now. After first seeing him in the Northwest Territory of Canada, she now finds herself on a boat, to England. A reporter, she loves to investigate, and she knows Catullus and his crew have many secrets. Catullus is a member of The Blades of the Rose, a secret organization that protects Continue Reading
Review: Beg Me by Shiloh Walker
Beg Me by Shiloh Walker November 19, 2010 Erotic Contemporary E-Book Self-Published Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: “Come here, Superman. My man.” Tania Sinclair not only has lost her husband three years ago, but she went through a brutal rape by her husband’s twin brother a year later. Tania likes her sex rough and she loved to play out rape fantasies with her husband. Obviously her husband never hurt her and it was all just a game in the bedroom. But when her Continue Reading
Review: In the Company of Vampires by Kate MacAlister
In The Company Of Vampires (The Dark Ones #8) by Kate MacAlister Paranormal Romance November 2, 2010 Paperback, 334 Pages Signet Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Virgin goddess! Isleif is getting our ale and Eirik is using the privy, but he will return soon, unless his guts are bound up again. If that is the case, then he may need to purge his arse. You will have ale with us.” Francesca Ghetti told Benedikt that she could not be his Beloved until she knew she loved him on her Continue Reading
Review: Geist by Philippa Ballantine
Geist (A Book Of The Order #1) by Philippa Ballantine Fantasy October 26, 2010 Paperback, 304 Pages Ace Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Keep sailing Young Pretender...you know where to find me, have you a need.” When Deacon Sorcha Faris’s husband and partner Koyla is critically injured during an violent geist attack, she gains a new and untried partner; Deacon Merrick Chambers. Rumors have been whispered that the geist are attacking throughout the land so Sorcha and Merrick Continue Reading
Review: Her Kind of Hero by Kathleen Dienne
Her Kind of Hero by Kathleen Dienne Romantic Suspense November 22, 2010 E-Book Carina Press Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: But who doesn’t like thinking about a nice big penis? I was certainly thinking of one, now. Two years after her husband’s death, Vanessa thinks she might be ready to get back into the dating world, and she has her eyes set on a man whom she has known for quite some time. Derek was her husband’s best friend, and has become her really good friend in the Continue Reading
Review: The Princess in His Bed by Lila DiPasqua
The Princess in her Bed Lila DiPasqua Erotic Historical Romance November 2, 2010 Trade Paperback, 336 Pages Berkley Trade Reviewed by Mandi The Marquis’ New Clothes: To save her cousin, Aimee must retrieve a jeweled ring from the most sinfully seductive man at court, the Marquis de Nattes. But to search his considerable wardrobe she’ll have to get very close to the notorious rake…and soon she finds herself very close to him indeed, with his clothes—and hers—utterly forgotten… I Continue Reading