A Midnight Clear by Emma Barry and Genevieve Turner Historical Romance Novella Released: November 2015 Self Published Reviewed by Mandi This is just the cutest novella. Set in 1948, Francis Dumfries is nineteen and an Admiral's daughter - this means she has a lot of responsibility at home. Her mother passed away when she was fifteen, and Francis really had to step up to the plate. With her father away at war, her teenage self had to care for her very sick mother. Now a few years later, Continue Reading
Review: Dirty Deeds by Megan Erickson
Dirty Deeds by Megan Erickson (Mechanics of Love #3) Released: December 8, 2015 Contemporary Romance Avon Impulse Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: "I was about to take off my dress." Spencer nearly swerved off the road. "In the car?" "You said a bunch of amazing things that made me want to get naked, okay? Quit being nice and stuff and I'll keep my clothes on." What a fun, sexy story. Book three in the Mechanics of Love series (they can all be read as stand alones) I've enjoyed the heck Continue Reading
Review: Coming Back by Lauren Dane
Coming Back by Lauren Dane (Ink & Chrome #3) Contemporary Romance (MMF) Released: December 8, 2015 Grand Central Publishing Reviewed by Helyce Favorite Quote: Damn she was blessed. Not just for the abundance of penis in her life, but the big stuff, the love and connection they brought her. The belonging. Arriving back in Seattle after five years, Jessilyn Franklin is done pretending she didn't want two men. She's done letting anything stop her from being with Adam and Mick, Continue Reading
Review: The First Last Boy by Sonya Weiss
The First Last Boy by Sonya Weiss Series: Southtown Brothers #1 New Adult Released: October 20, 2015 Reviewed by Sheena Sex was the plan. Falling in love wasn't. Eighteen-year-old Montana "Tana" Shaw has a plan for her life and she follows it to the letter. That includes losing her virginity to her best friend, Ryan Collins before she leaves for college. He's wild, tattooed, and oh-so-tempting. She never meant to fall for him. But when Tana learns that Ryan's past is responsible for Continue Reading
Review: Secret Sisters by Jayne Ann Krentz
Secret Sisters by Jayne Ann Krentz Series: No Romance Suspense Thriller December 8, 2015 Berkley Reviewed by Tori Madeline Cross and Daphne Knight were the best of friends growing up in the Aurora Hotel owned by Madeline’s family.. When Madeline is viciously attacked there as a child, the culprit is caught and Madeline is assured he will never bother her again. Bothered by the trauma and secrets, Madeline leaves the island and never return. Now almost 20 years later, Madeline’s Continue Reading
Review: Steal Me by Lauren Layne
Steal Me by Lauren Layne (New York's Finest #2) Released: November 24, 2015 Contemporary Romance Forever Reviewed by Mandi Anthony Moretti loves being a cop. More specifically, a captain in the NYPD. He has siblings as cops, his father was the chief of police - it's in his blood and it's his passion in life. So when a burglar who has been hitting random homes in New York City continuously escapes capture, it really irritates Anthony. This burglar has been named Smiley, because he leaves Continue Reading
Review: Misconduct by Penelope Douglas
Misconduct by Penelope Douglas Series: Standalone-HEA Contemporary Romance December 1, 2015 NAL Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Dark spaces and quiet spaces...that’s all we need” Former tennis champion Easton Bradbury just wants to move forward with her life and new teaching career; leaving her past where it belongs...in the past. But when she meets her newest student and his father, that may be harder than she thinks. Tyler Marick seems to have it all. Wealth, power, and a Continue Reading
Review: Feel The Burn by G. A. Aiken
Feel the Burn by G.A. Aiken (Dragon Kin #8) Released: November 24, 2015 Paranormal Romance Zebra Reviewed by May “I’m fine. Because I’m breathing. And that’s thanks to you.” Kachka folded her arms across her chest. “That is thanks to me. And yet I still do not have your kingdom.” “You have my everlasting loyalty” “The loyalty of a one-eyed rebel king who is allied with two made queens?” She shrugged. “I could definitely do worse.” Picking up where we left off, this book Continue Reading
Review: Blood Kiss by J.R. Ward
Blood Kiss by J.R. Ward (Black Dagger Legacy #1) Paranormal Romance Releases: December 1, 2015 Signet Reviewed by Mandi First - spoiler alert! The heroine actually lives in this book. After The Shadows, you never know. (I'm still bitter - I can't help it. But I really liked this book so I'm moving on.) Blood Kiss is the first spin-off book of Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood book. It's 100% set in the BDB world, in the training center and lots of brothers and their shellans are in the Continue Reading
Review: Fish Stick Fridays by Rhys Ford
Fish Stick Fridays by Rhys Ford Series: Half-Moon Bay, #1 Romance Suspense M/M November 30, 2015 Dreamspinner Press Reviewed By Tori Favorite Quote: I took one look at you, and I felt like someone’d punched me in the face. Deacon Reid spent his life on the wrong side of the law until his sister dies and he’s forced to fight for custody of his niece. Now on the fast track to respectability, Deacon buys a business and plans to settle in the small town of Half-Moon Bay. When he meets Continue Reading