Review: Call on Me (Loving on the Edge #8) by Roni Loren Contemporary Romance Released: July 7, 2015 Berkley Reviewed by Sheena Oakley Easton wants two things: to be a good mom to her daughter and to ditch her less than ideal night job. Hooking up with bad boy drummer Pike Ryland? Not on the agenda. She needs a promotion. Not sex, tattoos and rock ’n’ roll. Pike isn’t about to let Ms. Prim and Proper shut him down so easily, especially when he stumbles upon Oakley’s sexy night job. Continue Reading
Review: Right Next Door by A.J. Pryor
Right Next Door by A. J. Pryor Contemporary Romance E book June 30, 2015 Self Published Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I could stay like this all night. Breathing in your scent, never leaving your body.” Addison Peacock has carried a torch for her college fiance for five years. When he leaves after graduation, promising to return, she is forced to stay due to her father’s illness. Now he’s back-only he’s married and she doesn’t find out till after they slept together. Shattered Continue Reading
Review: The Girl Next Door by Amy Jo Cousins
The Girl Next Door by Amy Jo Cousins (Bend or Break #3) Released: June 16, 2015 Contemporary Romance Samhain Reviewed by Mandi Kaetrin who reviews for Dear Author tweeted me a few days ago and recommend this book. She said the phrase, "straight guy BJ" and I was sold. A straight guy participating in a blow job with another man is like my unicorn. (More like a unicorn with two horns). I digress. There is much more to this story than BJs. Cash is one of the most likable heroes I've Continue Reading
Review: My Cowboy Promises by Z.A. Maxfield
My Cowboy Promises by Z.A. Maxfield (The Cowboys #4) Released: June 16, 2015 Contemporary M/M Intermix Reviewed by Mandi The blurb says Ryder Dent is a "true-blood cowboy" and while it may run in his family, I wouldn't consider him a cowboy. He works at his father's farm store and lives in Texas. That's about as cowboy as he gets. Ryder is gay but hardly anyone knows. When his friend Andi was teenager, she got pregnant by a rodeo star and didn't want anyone to know he was the father. Continue Reading
Review: A New Hope by Robyn Carr
A New Hope by Robyn Carr (Thunder Point #8) Contemporary Romance June 30, 2015 Mira Ginger Dysart came to Thunder Point at the lowest point in her life. Lost in her grief following the death of her son to SIDS, her parents feared that she’d never break out of the dark void she’d made for herself. Out of ideas, they ask their niece Ray Ann to have Ginger out for a visit. RayAnne’s take charge attitude was exactly what Ginger needed to make some changes. Surrounding Ginger with people who Continue Reading
Review: A Pound of Flesh by Sophie Jackson
A Pound of Flesh by Sophie Jackson (A Pound of Flesh #1) Contemporary Romance/New Adult Released: June 9, 2015 Gallery Books Reviewed by Sheena Their love is forbidden. But won't be denied... Can true love heal the deepest scars? For Kat Lane, teaching inmates at a New York prison is her way of upholding the legacy of her beloved father, murdered fifteen years ago. But when new student Wes Carter walks into her classroom, she's shaken by the strength of her attraction to him. Carter is Continue Reading
Review: True Devotion by Liora Blake
True Devotion by Liora Blake Series: True, #2 Contemporary Romance June 22, 2015 Pocket Star Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “If I wanted to be sexually assaulted by a bottle of awful body spray, Simon, I’d go hump a cologne display in a drugstore.” Devon Jenkins, sister to famous rock star, Trevor “Trax” Jenkins, has been playing a game with her brother’s sexy infuriating band mate for two years. Every since they met and he tried to lay some cheesy lines on her, it has been an Continue Reading
Review: Ride Steady by Kristen Ashley
Ride Steady by Kristen Ashley Series: Chaos, # 3 Contemporary Romance/MC June 30, 2015 Forever Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “If she’s the girl and you’re it for her…then you’ll ride steady.” Carissa Teodoro thought she had it all. A good husband, a nice home, and a baby on the way. Then she caught her husband cheating on her. Now she and her son live in a run down apartment complex with no support coming in and a car that’s on it’s last legs. When a sexy biker stops to help her Continue Reading
Review: Moonlight On Nightingale Way by Samantha Young
Moonlight on Nightingale Way by Samantha Young Series: On Dublin Street, #6 Contemporary Romance June 2, 2015 NAL Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I’m a selfish bastard. I want to bury myself inside of you, and I’m not sure I can keep holding myself back from doing it.” Logan spent two years paying for the mistakes he made. Now, he’s ready to start over. He has a great apartment, a good job, and plenty of women to distract him from his past. And one woman who is driving him to Continue Reading
Mini Reviews for June
Tori's Mini Reviews: Need Me by Tessa Bailey Romance Contemporary RATING: C The second story in Bailey’s Broke and Beautiful series centers around a student, her professor, and the forbidden love affair. Similar to book one, the storyline is engaging with a solid set up, strong characters, and bits of humor and heartbreak. While somewhat engaging, I didn’t connect with this couple so well. I found Honey to be selfish in her objective to seduce Ben. Not until the Continue Reading