Just For the Night by Tawny Weber Contemporary Romance April 19, 2011 Paperback Harlequin Reviewed by Mandi Larissa is known for romance. She turned an online romance column into a job for Cosmopolitan Magazine. But she now has her sights set on opening a retail store where books, movies, music and everything else a woman would need for romance could go - and she knows just the space. The Cartright Hotel has one opening left in its ritzy retail space, and Larissa wants it, badly. Continue Reading
Review: Three to Tango Anthology
Three to Tango by Emma Holly, Lauren Dane, Megan Hart and Bethany Kane May 3, 2011 Erotic Trade Paperback Berkley Trade Reviewed by Mandi Dirty/Bad/Wrong by Lauren Dane Ava returns home to Petal, Georgia after ten years of living on the west coast. Those ten years ago she had found love and comfort with both Luca and Angelo. With an alcoholic father and a mother who cheated, Ava was an outcast. But Luca and Angelo not only showed her love, but acceptance. It was all too Continue Reading
Review: One Magic Moment by Lynn Kurland
One Magic Moment by Lynn Kurland Time Travel Romance May 3, 2011 Paperback Jove Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I’m not sure I’ll survive you.” Tess Alexander is still trying to come to terms with the fact her sister, Pippa (One Enchanted Evening), is married to an honest to goodness 13th century knight and now lives in the 13th century with him. Though Tess, a professor of medieval history, has been deeded her very own medieval castle (Sedgewick), Tess remains with her feet Continue Reading
Review: Something Secret This Way Comes by Sierra Dean
Something Secret This Way Comes (Secret McQueen, book #1) by Sierra Dean Urban Fantasy May 10, 2011 E-Book Samhain Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: ”You have my word that any future insults will be much more personalized and meant only for you.” Secret McQueen is a bounty hunter. Half vampire and half werewolf, she was hired by the vampire council at age 16 to hunt and kill rogue vampires. Now at age 22, her name is the vampire equivalent of the bogey man. Keeping her dual Continue Reading
Review: The Perilous Prophecy of Guard and Goddess by Leanna Renee Hieber
The Perilous Prophecy of Guard and Goddess by Leanna Renee Hieber (Strangely Beautiful #3) Fantasy May 3, 2011 Paperback DP Reviewed by Mandi The Perilous Prophecy of Guard and Goddess is a prequel to the first two books in Leanna Renee Hieber’s adorable historical fantasy series. In this book, we are taken back to a time before The Guard that we have come to know. The Goddess and her beloved Phoenix start a new guard in Cairo. We are introduced to Beatrice, The Leader, Verena Continue Reading
Guest Review: Get Lucky by Lorie O’Clare
Get Lucky (The Bounty Hunters Book #2) by Lorie O’Clare March 29, 2011 Romantic Suspense Paperback, St. Martin’s Press Helyce, who I love to chat book with, is guest reviewing today. You can find her on Goodreads. Get Lucky is the second book in Lorie O’Clare’s Bounty Hunter series. Centering around the King family and their business, King Fugitive Apprehension (KFA), this story picks up sometime after Play Dirty ends with Marc King arriving in Colorado for a much needed vacation. Continue Reading
Review: Phoenix Rising by Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris
Phoenix Rising (Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences #1) by Philippa Ballantine & Tee Morris Steampunk April 26, 2011 Paperback Harper Collins Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Yes Books, I know. I’m such a bad, bad agent. I should be put across your knee and spanked.” BLURB: Evil is most assuredly afoot—and Britain’s fate rests in the hands of an alluring renegade and a librarian. These are dark days indeed in Victoria’s England. Londoners are vanishing, then reappearing, Continue Reading
Review: Driftwood Cottage by Sherryl Woods
Driftwood Cottage (Chesapeake Shores #5) by Sherryl Woods Contemporary Romance March 29, 2011 Paperback Mira Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Marriage is just a piece of paper right? If it’s so damn insignificant then why are you fighting so hard to avoid signing it?” BLURB: Single mom Heather Donovan's dreams of home and family are tantalizingly within reach when she settles in Chesapeake Shores. The welcoming arms of the boisterous, loving O'Brien clan embrace her and her son. Continue Reading
Review: Anchor by Jorrie Spencer
Anchor by Jorrie Spencer Paranormal Romance April 19, 2011 E-Book Samhain Reviewed by Mandi Mala never outgrew her night terrors. At twenty-eight, her nights are a battleground as she defends helpless wolves from attack by their own kind. The effort costs her—one dream often leads to a week of missed work. When her defense of a young wolf is rewarded by the mention of a real town, she finally has the chance to learn if her dreams are just as real. She never expected to Continue Reading
Review: Mirrorlight by Jill Myles
Mirrorlight by JIll Myles Time Travel Romance February 6, 2011 E-Book Self-Published Reviewed by Tori Ok. First off let me say if I had a mirror like this I would never leave my house. With that being said, Mirrorlight by Jill Myles is a cute modern fairy tale-esque story about a young woman who has coasted in life and a young man who’s choices in life left him trapped in time. Can Cora gather the courage to free her fantasy man? Or will she once again let life and love Continue Reading