Heating up the Holidays Anthology Released: October 28, 2013 Contemporary Romance Loveswept Reviewed by Mandi Play With Me by Lisa Renee Jones I DNF’d this story. Hero is this cold businessman. Heroine is hired as his assistant. I did not like at all. I wish this story wasn’t the first in the anthology. Oh well. Snowfall by Mary Ann Rivers. Blurb: Jenny Wright can’t get enough of her erotic conversations with someone she knows only as “C.” Flirting online helps Jenny Continue Reading
Review: Wild Man by Kristen Ashley
Wild Man (Dream Man, #2) by Kristen Ashley Romance Contemporary Paperback, 483 pages Forever October 29, 2013 Reviewed by Tori Note: This book was originally self published in 2011. It is now being rereleased through a publisher, and available in print on 10/29. Favorite Quote: “Is this sinking in that maybe I’m trying to move on in a variety of ways including moving on from Jake Knox slash Brock Lucas?” Tessa O’Hara thought she had found her happily ever after but when she Continue Reading
Review: Obsession by Jennifer Lyon
Obsession by Jennifer Lyon (The Plus One Chronicles #3) Released: October 3, 2013 Contemporary Romance Self Published Reviewed by Mandi In the explosive conclusion to The Plus One Chronicles Trilogy, obscenely rich, jaggedly handsome and still obsessed with love and vengeance, Sloane Michaels must face an impossible choice: lose the woman he loves or betray his twin sister’s memory. Watching the man she adores destroy himself for revenge, Kat Thayne knows she should run and Continue Reading
Review: The Perfect Match by Kristan Higgins
The Perfect Match (Blue Heron, #2) by Kristan Higgins Romance Contemporary Releasing: October 29 , 2013 Harlequin HQN Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “This was...what was the word for it? Hell. Yes. This was hell.” Honor Holland has been in love with her best friend Brogan since high school. Her best friend with benefits. When her gynecologist makes some off hand remarks about her age, motherhood, and the fact her eggs aren’t getting in younger, she makes the decision to ask her Continue Reading
Review: Winning the Boss’s Heart by Hayson Manning
Winning the Boss’s Heart by Hayson Manning Released: September 9, 2013 Contemporary Romance Entangled Publishing Reviewed by Mandi This book has a super broody hero and a heroine who likes to give him a hard time. The author executes it quite nicely. Mason’s infant daughter died years ago, devastating him and ending his marriage. He has never quite recovered from the guilt he felt and has submerged himself in work. He flips houses into retreats for high-end clients and his next Continue Reading
Review: Friday Afternoon by Sylvia Ryan
Friday Afternoon by Sylvia Ryan Released: September 2, 2013 Erotic Lyrical Press Reviewed by Mandi Blurb: Before kids and the responsibility of life, Levi and I shared a spontaneous, erotic, and deliciously deviant marriage. Years transformed what we had into something comfortable and worn. It hurts me to think his desire for me has cooled. I miss that look of his. Slightly evil and totally hot, like he wanted to devour me. Haven’t seen it in ages. When I first married Mia, she Continue Reading
Review: After the Kiss by Lauren Layne
After the Kiss by Lauren Layne (Sex, Love & Stiletto #1) Released: August 26, 2013 Contemporary Romance LoveSwept Reviewed by May Here was a short-term kind of girl begging for a long-term relationship from a long-term kind of guy who wanted a fling. It was movie-worthy. It was laughable. Julie Greene doesn’t do relationships. She is all about the first date. The parties. The glamour. The high off of a first kiss or being so enticing to a man he just must have that second date. What Continue Reading
Review: Unbound by Cara McKenna
Unbound by Cara McKenna Released: October 16, 2013 Contemporary Romance Penguin Reviewed by Mandi I’ve said this countless times on this blog but I love Cara McKenna’s voice. She always gives me something different in her stories, and many times they are filled with characters who are not super rich or have wealthy backgrounds or families. They are just people, usually one of them struggling with something quite dark, and we get to see them fall in love and realize what they are Continue Reading
Review: A Seaside Christmas by Sherryl Woods
A Seaside Christmas by Sherryl Woods (Chesapeake Shores #10) Women's Fiction Septempber 24, 2013 Harlequin Reviewed by May As the only child of a single mom, Jenny Collins wanted nothing more than to be part of a large, rambunctious family like the O'Briens. Ironically, though, when her mother married into that family, Jenny found herself feeling more like an outsider than ever. Now, after years in Nashville as an established songwriter, Jenny's drawn back to Chesapeake Shores to Continue Reading
Review: A Puppy For Christmas by Carole Mortimer, Myrna Mackenzie, and Nikki Logan
A Puppy for Christmas by Carole Mortimer, Myrna Mackenzie, and Nikki Logan Released: October 1, 2013 Contemporary Romance Harlequin Reviewed by May I couldn’t believe that stories with puppies and romance and Christmas had all been combined into one anthology. Happy? Oh yes, it made me very giddy. Overall this is a strong set of stories. While I did not read one, the other two are strong enough for me personally that I still recommend this. In fact, what had me on edge about the first Continue Reading