Semi-Charmed by Isabel Jordan August 29, 2014 Paranormal Romance Self Published Reviewed by Mandi I guess you could say I was semi-charmed by this book. The hero and heroine were intriguing and engaging, but this book had an overall rushed feel to it and a disappointing resolution with the bad guy. While it's an okay paranormal romance, it could have been better. Harper Hall gets premonitions - visions of crimes as they are happening, which greatly help the police in some cases. She Continue Reading
Review: Act of Mercy by Mandy M. Roth
Act of Mercy by Mandy M Roth March 2014 Paranormal Romance Self Published Reviewed by Mandi Duke and his buddies are Paranormal and Security Intelligence (PSI) Operatives, kind of like cia/navy seals of the paranormal world. They have been alive for centuries. Duke is a lycan, but others in his unit are lion shifters or other animal shifters. There are also vampires and fae that roam this world, all a secret to the humans. We don't really dive too deep into world building in this one, so I Continue Reading
Review: What A Lady Needs for Christmas by Grace Burrowes
What A Lady Needs for Christmas by Grace Burrowes (MacGregors #4) Released: October 7, 2014 Historical Romance Sourcebooks Reviewed by May This story opens as Lady Joan is trying to book passage on a (full) train and a child comes to her aid. The child happens to belong to Mr. Dante Hartwell, a man Joan has met and thinks well of. As the pair get to know each other on the train a bit Mr. Hartwell realizes that a marriage to Joan could be most advantageous, and Joan realizes while Continue Reading
Review: Return to Me by James Oliver French
Return To Me by James Oliver French M/M Contemporary Romance November 23, 2014 Self Published Reviewed by Helyce Goodreads blurb: What would you do if the man you loved vanished without a trace? Kyle and Todd meet at a party in their freshman year at college. They fall in lust at first sight, then deep in love. In spite of Kyle’s melancholy past, their future together looks bright. Then Kyle disappears, leaving Todd heartbroken and alone, and their dreams in ruins. Fifteen years Continue Reading
Review: The Masseuse by Sierra Kincade
The Masseuse by Sierra Kincade (The Body Works Trilogy #1) Released: December 2, 2014 Erotic Romance Berkley Trade Reviewed by Mandi I was excited to read this book - I had not read a true erotic book in a while and I liked the idea of the hero not being the billionaire, but the billionaire's "body man." A body man I learned is like a bodyguard, but he also does other stuff billionaires need done. In this case, sometimes this stuff isn't exactly legal. The Masseuse is the first in a Continue Reading
Review: Wild For Him by Jill Sorenson
Wild For Him (Aftershock, #5.5) by Jill Sorenson Romance Suspense E book-Novella November 17, 2014 Self Published Reviewed by Tori When an earthquake hits California, Mitch Stone knows fate is telling him that it’s time to leave Denver, go get his girlfriend in San Diego, and try to salvage their relationship. Instead, he finds himself roped into helping his girlfriend’s best friend at an evacuation shelter. Gwen Tagaloa is having a strange day. Thrown out of bed during an Continue Reading
Review: Fixing the Hole by Katherine Halle
Fixing The Hole by Katherine Halle M/M Romance (novella) 80 pages November 5, 2014 Dreamspinner Reviewed by Helyce From Goodreads: Heavy rains and strong winds slammed an uprooted tree through Steve Crowell’s roof, leaving a gaping hole to match the one in his heart. After his ex left him for a younger man, Steve’s not sure he’s ready to handle another disaster. His best friend highly recommended the contractor, but the man’s already late, and when he shows up with his music thumping, Continue Reading
The Highland Dragon’s Lady (Highland Dragons # 2) by Isabel Cooper
The Highland Dragon's Lady (Highland Dragons # 2) by Isabel Cooper Historical/PNR/Fantasy Released December 2, 2014 Sourcebooks Casablanca Reviewed by Sheena Favorite Quote: "I didn't even know your sort enjoyed young women, " she said, by way of firing another shotacross his bow, "at least not in any way but dinner... "Myth and fable, I assure you," said Colin. "Oh there's a villain in every family, if you look hard enough. A great-great-great uncle might have breakfasted on the Continue Reading
Review: Part Time Lovers by Shelley Munro
Part-Time Lovers (Clare Chronicles, #1) by Shelley Munro Erotic Romance E book, Novella November 25, 2014 Samhain Publishing Reviewed by Tori Part Time Lovers is a short erotic novella and follow up to Farmer Wants A Wife; giving us Nolan’s story. Nolan Penrith was roped into participating in a reality show and abandoned his lover, Yvonne McDonald, to star in it. Before the show even started though, Nolan had treated Yvonne carelessly, keeping their relationship a dirty little secret. Continue Reading
Review: Throwaway Girl by Kristine Scarrow
Throwaway Girl by Kristine Scarrow Contemporary Fiction/YA E book, 224 pages October 18, 2014 Dundurn Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “…We are ‘Throwaway girls,’ kids that are too old to be cute and cuddled, too set in our ways, and too old to be saved because the damage has already been done…” Andy Burton knows a thing or two about survival. Since she was removed from her mother's home and placed in foster care when she was nine, she's had to deal with abuse, hunger, and Continue Reading