Let It Snow by Heidi Cullinan (Minnesota Snow #1) M/M Romance (Holiday) November 26, 2013 Samhain Reviewed by Helyce Frankie Blackburn, while using his GPS, still managed to get himself lost in northern Minnesota-having gone in the opposite direction of where he’d wanted to go. When he finally arrives in the small town of Logan, he stops at a diner to get directions, a map and a snack only to learn that he has unwittingly driven into a massive snow storm. He decides to brave it, gets Continue Reading
Review: Training Season by Leta Blake
Training Season by Leta Blake Released: December 2, 2013 M/M Contemporary Romance Self Published Reviewed by Mandi When I heard this book featured a male Olympic figure skater that falls for a Montana rancher, I had to try it. Unfortunately it didn’t quite live up to my excitement.. Matty is a former Olympic figure skater, who has been struggling with injuries and the drive to keep going. At twenty-one he has accomplished a lot, but he knows he could have done better. He has Continue Reading
Review: Gifts of Honor Anthology by Stacy Gail and Rebecca Crowley
Gifts of Honor Anthology by Stacy Gail and Rebecca Crowley Released: November 21, 2013 Military Romance Carina Press This book has two holiday military stories. I recommend them both. Starting from Scratch by Stacy Gail This is the first I’ve read by Stacy Gail and I liked it. Sullivan comes home from another tour in Iraq, but this time he comes home with a severe head injury. When he left months before this, his wife Lucy was very angry that he signed up for another tour Continue Reading
Review: Simply Irresistible by Lisa Plumley
So Irresistible by Lisa Plumley Contemporary Romance Released: December 3, 2013 Zebra Reviewed by May Blurb: Tantalizing. Hot. Mouthwateringly delicious. The pizzas at the Portland restaurant chain Shane Maresca is secretly priming for takeover are all that and more. Unfortunately for him, so is Gabriella Grimani, the business owner’s daughter. He had no idea who she was when they had their first X-rated one night stand. Now she’s all he can think about. For someone whose career hinges on Continue Reading
Review: Don’t Want To Miss A Thing by Jill Mansell
Don’t Want To Miss A Thing by Jill Mansell Romance Contemporary E book November 5, 2013 Sourcebook Unlimited Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “If anyone thinks less of you for liking ‘YMCA’...well, then they’re not worth bothering about.” Dexter Yates enjoys life as a carefree bachelor. Money, looks, and freedom keeps him in hot demand with the ladies. That is until his sister dies and leaves him guardianship of his eight month old niece, Delphi. Suddenly Dexter is a single parent with no Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Hero: Gage Emerson. Real Estate Mogul. Playboy. Trying to buy up heroine’s family’s land. Heroine: Marina Knight. Bakery owner. Trying to protect her legacy from Gage. My hands are still pinned in his grip, and I struggle against it, wanting to touch him. Needing to touch him. “If I let you go, are you going to run?” He breathes the question against my neck, his teeth nibbling the sensitive skin. I shake my head. No way am I going to run away from this, though a tiny voice Continue Reading
Review: At Any Price by Brenna Aubrey
At Any Price by Brenna Aubrey (Gaming the System #1) Released: December 4, 2012 Contemporary Romance Self Published Reviewed by Mandi This review has some spoilers. I had to laugh at myself a bit as I read this book. The blurb threw me off a little. Very rich man bids for innocent heroine’s virginity so she can go to medical school and help her mother who has cancer. Selling your virginity for that? Very noble. (and yes, slight eye roll). But I had heard some good twitter buzz Continue Reading
Review: Full Throttle by Erin McCarthy
Full Throttle by Erin McCarthy Fast Track #7 Contemporary Romance December 3, 2013 Berkley Reviewed by Helyce Shawn Hamby grew up around racing having been raised by her grandparents who owned a dirt track. She’d even tried her hand at racing when she was younger, but gave it up to handle the business side of the track, working side by side with her beloved grandfather. When he dies, he leaves her the track with some rather odd restrictions. Rhett Ford is a young up and coming Continue Reading
Review: Torn by Monica Murphy
Torn (Billionaire Bachelors Club #2) by Monica Murphy Romance Contemporary November 19, 2013 Avon Impulse Reviewed By Tori Favorite Quote: “I want to completely give in to sin and not worry about the consequences.” Marina Knight came to this party for one thing only: to slap Gage Emerson in the face. Poised to snatch up her family’s real estate empire, the sexy tycoon is on the verge of making an enemy for life—even if he can make her melt with a single kiss … When Gage discovers Continue Reading
Review: When It’s Right by Jeanette Grey
When It’s Right by Jeanette Grey Released: December 3, 2013 Contemporary Novella Samhain Reviewed by Mandi Nate and Cassie have been friends for a long time. Nate has gone through a string of girlfriends, each one never amounting to anything serious. Cassie prefers to spend her nights on the couch with a book, and secretly lusting after her best friend, as he always turns to her to drown his sorrows after his relationships end. Nate is sick of dating the same type of women and Continue Reading








