When Lightning Strikes by Brenda Novak (Whiskey Creek Trilogy #1) Romantic Contemporary August 28, 2012 Mira Reviewed by Tori PR firm owner Gail DeMarco finds herself in hot water when her A list client retaliates against some bad PR she gave him and as a result, Gail has been dropped by her other clients. With her business going downhill quick, Gail has to swallow her pride and convince Simon to call a truce and to take her back. Hollywood bad boy, Simon O’Neal only wants one Continue Reading
Review: Love, Hypothetically by Anne Tenino
Love, Hypothetically by Anne Tenino Released: August 27, 2012 M/M Contemporary Romance (Novella) Riptide Publishing Reviewed by Mandi Paul and Trevor had a secret relationship together in high school. Paul considered himself in love, although they never really talked about their feelings much. Trevor was a big time baseball player, with a pretend girlfriend. Although he had the hots for Paul, he never wanted to reciprocate oral sex or do anything “too gay.” One day while Continue Reading
Review: Close Enough to Touch by Victoria Dahl
Close Enough to Touch by Victoria Dahl August 28, 2012 Contemporary Romance Harlequin Reviewed by Mandi I read this book and then let it sit for a few days before I wrote the review because I just couldn’t figure out my feelings for this one. Victoria Dahl gives us a very prickly heroine. Grace is a make-up artist from Hollywood. After getting fired while on set of a movie, and then having a very bad break up with a boyfriend that literally leaves her penniless, she gets in the Continue Reading
Review: Temptation’s Edge by Eve Berlin
Temptation’s Edge by Eve Berlin Erotic Contemporary Romance August 7, 2012 Berkley Reviewed by Helyce Mischa Kennon is a beautiful, talented woman who learned at a very young age that if she wanted to survive, the only person she could count on was herself. She’s proud of her accomplishments; her tattoo shop, Thirteen Roses is successful and she’s also an erotica author. She’s thinking about expanding her shop and heads up to Seattle to meet with her friend Greyson who she is Continue Reading
Review: Feeling Hot by Elle Kennedy
Feeling Hot by Elle Kennedy (Out of Uniform #7) August 21, 2012 Erotic Contemporary Romance Samhain Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: “Three words,” she croaked, her entire body throbbing with lingering pleasure. “Best. Ménage. Ever.” No, it really is the best ménage ever. Tori emailed me this weekend to say she oversaw a twitter conversation talking about how hot Feeling Hot is. And then she said, “two straight dudes give each other pleasure for the heroine’s enjoyment,” Continue Reading
Review: Rough Play by Keri Ford
Rough Play by Keri Ford (The Roughnecks #2) Erotic Contemporary Romance Released: August 15, 2012 Turquoise Morning Press Reviewed by Mandi Jacob Iverson is in the small town of Apple Trail, Arkansas to help his brothers with rebuilding a house. It is here that he meets the gorgeous Flora. When he first realizes this pretty lady is a plumber, he is taken back. But Flora halts his sexist thinking right then and there. Yes she is a plumber and proud of it. She also works part time at Continue Reading
Review: By Surprise by Alyssa Turner
By Surprise by Alyssa Turner March 2, 2012 M/M/F Contemporary Etopia Press Reviewed by Mandi Paxton and Nicholas have been in a committed relationship for six years, and legally married for two. They have a very strong relationship, Paxton always knowing exactly what Nicholas needs and vice versa. Nicholas knows Paxton used to date women and considers himself bi-sexual but in the years he has been with him, the issue of women has never come up. That is until Nicholas finds a box of Continue Reading
Review: But My Boyfriend Is by K.A. Mitchell
But My Boyfriend Is by K.A. Mitchell (Florida #4) M/M Contemporary Romance August 21, 2012 Samhain Reviewed by Mandi I discovered KA Mitchell this past November thanks to Dear Author’s former reviewer Sarah, who I think has reviewed all of Mitchell’s books (you can see the reviews here). I started with Collision Course, which still remains my favorite of her books. In this one, Dylan is the brother of Aaron (hero in Collision Course). Dylan is twenty-two, has sex with women, but also Continue Reading
Review: Inertia by Amelia C. Gormley
Inertia by Amelia C. Gormley (Impulse #1) July 19, 2012 M/M Contemporary Romance Self-Published Reviewed by Mandi Handyman Derrick Chance has lived a lonely life, by choice. By the age of 21, he lost many beloved family members, and now ten years later, lives in the house his grandparents gave him. Although he is gay, he has never had a gay relationship. He experimented with a woman years ago, but with the loss of his grandparents he is too scared to become attached to anyone. He Continue Reading
Review: A Girl Like You by Maria Geraci
A Girl Like You by Maria Geraci Chick-Lit August 7, 2012 Berkley Reviewed by May As this book opens we meet Emma Frazier and her boss Ben, who she has been crushing on since he started working with her at Florida! Magazine. Thing is in an order to impress him she overstated her relationship with a NASCAR superstar Trip (whom she went to high school with) and promised an exclusive interview. Now she’s got to head back to the small town of Catfish Cove on the Florida panhandle and track Continue Reading