The Angel by Tiffany Reisz (The Original Sinners #2) Erotic BDSM Romance Releases: September 25, 2012 Harlequin Reviewed by Mandi My Favorite Quote: “My confession begins,” Father S said, “as the confessions of many men begin – with three words.” “Father, forgive me?” Michael hazarded a guess. Father S sighed. “I met Eleanor.” A few months ago I read The Siren and at that point it was my favorite book so far this year. I found the writing to be so engaging and refreshing. The Continue Reading
Review: Cherished by Maya Banks & Lauren Dane
Cherished by Maya Banks & Lauren Dane Erotic Contemporary BDSM August 7, 2012 Berkley Reviewed by Helyce Exiled by Maya Banks Prince Alexander “Xander” Carrera has waited four long years for Talia Monforte to grow up. From the moment he’d first seen her, he knew she would be his, but she was much too young at that time. After learning about Talia’s mom’s illness, he sent them to France so that Talia’s mom could receive treatment and Talia could go to school, all compliments of Continue Reading
Review: The Theory of Attraction by Delphine Dryden
The Theory of Attraction by Delphine Dryden Contemporary Romance, BDSM July 9, 2012 Carina Press Reviewed by Mandi When the review request for Theory of Attraction came my way, the author described it as a BDSM Nerd-mance. How could I resist a book like this? I wish more books were published with this theme. A nerd who has a secret BDSM side…let’s discuss. Dr. Ivan Reynolds is a rocket scientist. He lives in a townhouse complex that is highly populated by computer scientists and Continue Reading
Review: Melt Into You By Roni Loren
Melt Into You by Roni Loren (Loving on the Edge #2) M/M/F BDSM Erotic Contemporary July 3, 2012 Berkley Heat Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: “It just means you’re hella kinky,” he said with a broad smile. “And of course, that I’m a kickass lover.” When Evan Kennedy was 16, she became good friends with her foster brother Jace and one night, their friendship turned into something much more. After that night, Evan runs away, and Jace never hears from her again. Evan was living out Continue Reading
Review: The Siren by Tiffany Reisz
The Siren by Tiffany Reisz Erotic BDSM May 1, 2012 Reviewed by Mandi Note: While I do hide spoilers in this review, the comment section may include discussion of them. Favorite Quote: And although two people can love each other deeply, sometimes love alone doesn’t cut it. We can only sacrifice so much of ourselves in a relationship before there’s nothing left to love or be loved. Last week I saw Courtney Milan tweet about how much she enjoyed this book (read her review here). I had Continue Reading
Review: Sweet Addiction by Maya Banks
Sweet Addiction by Maya Banks (Sweet #6) Erotic BDSM April 3, 2012 Trade Paperback Berkley Reviewed by Mandi Ren has a very strong submissive side. She knows what she likes, and she is very confident and unapologetic expressing her wants and desires. After being in several D/s relationships, she has found all of her needs taken care with the dominant, Lucas. Although love isn’t necessarily a part of their relationship, he provides security and protection and in return Ren gives Continue Reading
Tori and Helyce Talk Fifty Shades
***Many Spoilers-Beware*** Helyce: Like most of you, I am not immune to the chatter that occurs on our favorite review blogs, Goodreads or Amazon’s reviews. So, it’s no surprise that I was alerted to the book, Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James. I read the back blurb, read a few reviews on Amazon and Goodreads, marked it “to read” and promptly forgot about it. It was only after I joined Twitter a few weeks ago and saw the chatter there that I decided to bite the bullet and finally read this Continue Reading
Review: A Little Harmless Submission by Melissa Schroeder
A Little Harmless Submission by Melissa Schroeder (Harmless #6) Romantic Suspense, BDSM October 25, 2011 E-Book Self Published Reviewed by Mandi Rome Carino has just discovered a fourth murdered girl, and they are all connected to the BDSM club Rough ‘N Ready. Every girl has been a submissive at the club at one point or another. Rome is good friends with the owners of the club, so he has been trying to keep his distance so that they don’t become too involved in the investigation. Continue Reading
Review: Belong to Me by Shayla Black
Belong To Me by Shayla Black (Wicked Lovers #5) Erotic Romance/BDSM October 4, 2011 Trade Paperback Berkley Heat Reviewed by Helyce When Tara Jacobs’ best friend, maid of honor and fellow agent goes missing while on assignment, Tara leaves her FBI analyst desk job to go undercover as a sexual submissive in order to infiltrate a sex ring, locate the missing agent and rescue her. In order to prepare, Tara and Agent York, will train at Dominion, a BDSM club, in order to convincingly 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