The Striker’s Chance by Rebecca Crowley Released: September 2, 2012 Contemporary Romance Carina Press Reviewed by Mandi I like sports romances and this is the first I have read of a soccer hero. Once I realized the hero could be David Beckham in my fantasy world, I was sold *wink* Kepler de Klerk is from South Africa and became famous in England with his amazing soccer skills. He was not only labeled an elite athlete, but also a playboy. One night while driving on icy roads, he Continue Reading
Review: The Dimple of Doom by Lucy Woodhull
The Dimple of Doom by Lucy Woodhull (Samantha Lytton #1) Released: August 2, 2013 Contemporary Romance Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: Usually food was my number one passion, but this man was locked in a dead heat with fried chicken. It’s rare that a book really makes me laugh out loud. I remember laughing really hard at the start of Nice Girls Don’t Fangs by Molly Harper. I laughed while I read Playing for Keeps by R.L. Mathewson. There are many times authors tell me their books Continue Reading
Review: Uncommon Passion by Anne Calhoun
Uncommon Passion by Anne Calhoun Released: September 3, 2013 Erotic Contemporary Romance Berkley Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: “What is this?” she asked. She wanted to rub up against him. She wanted to see him, touch his bare skin. She wanted… He gave a low laugh she felt rumble in his chest as much as heard in her ears. “Chemistry,” he said, and lifted his head to look at her. “This is some kind of wicked chemistry.” This is a book about a woman who wants to feel and a Continue Reading
Review: What Happens Between Friends by Beth Andrews
What Happens Between Friends by Beth Andrews (In Shady Grove #2) Released: August 6, 2013 Contemporary Harlequin Reviewed by Mandi I love the best friends to lovers trope and I also love the Superromance line from Harlequin so I had to try this one. After the first two chapters I started mentally making a list of everyone I was going to force to read this book because it was so darn cute. While the remaining part of the book didn’t quite hold up to the first two chapters, overall Continue Reading
The Hero by Robyn Carr
The Hero by Robyn Carr (Thunder Point #3) Contemporary Romance August 27, 2013 Harlequin MIRA Reviewed by Helyce As a young girl, with no family left after her Aunt dies, Devon falls for a handsome charismatic man who takes her under his wing and invites her to live in his home. With little choice, the opportunity to be safe with shelter and food, is too much to pass up and she accepts. Once there, he showers her with attention and she falls in love with him, gets pregnant and has a Continue Reading
Review: Lost to the Desert Warrior by Sarah Morgan
Lost to the Desert Warrior by Sarah Morgan Released: August 20, 2013 Contemporary Romance Harlequin Reviewed by Mandi I adore Sarah Morgan’s voice and Lost to the Desert Warrior didn’t disappoint. Layla, princess of Tazkhan’s father just died. But there is no love lost. Only seeing her father a handful of times in her twenty-three years and knowing just how cruel and evil he was, she is relieved to see him dead. But now she has more pressing problems. A man named Hassan wants the Continue Reading
Review: Love Overdue by Pamela Morsi
Love Overdue by Pamela Morsi Released: August 27, 2013 Contemporary Romance Harlequin Reviewed by May Quiet and conservative D.J. has just been hired to be the librarian in a tiny town called Verdant, Kansas. Little does she know that the woman who found and hired her, really just wants to set her up with her only son. Scott Sanderson took up his family’s business and is the pharmacist (and owner) of the town’s drug store. Divorced and not looking to try the whole commitment thing Continue Reading
Review: Personal Assets by Kelsey Browning
Personal Assets by Kelsey Browning (Texas Nights #1) Contemporary Romance Released: August 26, 2013 Carina Press Reviewed by Mandi Allie runs a popular business in town called Personal Assets. A place where women gather to learn not only sex advice from Allie, but a plan to grow sexually, become more confident and take chances in their love life. Allie loves her job and was able to open it by getting a big loan from her father. But he is evil and will cause her much grief in this Continue Reading
Review: Glitterland by Alexis Hall
Glitterland by Alexis Hall M/M Contemporary Released: August 26, 2013 Riptide Reviewed by Mandi I found this cover so striking, I liked the blurb and it’s a debut author. It was a no brainer to try this one. Ash Winters is an author who is clinically depressed, bipolar and not quite sure he has the wits to live his life on a sane level. Once institutionalized, he now gets severe panic attacks and pretty much soaks up all of his friends patience. In all these years, this is Continue Reading
Review: Tempting Fate by Amber Lin
Tempting Fate by Amber Lin (The Lost Girls #3) Released: August 6, 2013 Erotic Contemporary Novella Loose Id Reviewed by Mandi Rose is a very talented ballet dancer with aching joints. She has been dreaming of opening up her own ballet studio and teach, and she thinks she has enough money saved up to make that step. When her friend finds the perfect spot to lease, Rose knows now is the time. But Rose lives with a very overprotective older brother and knows she must break the news Continue Reading