I’ve got your Number by Sophia Kinsella Contemporary Romance February 14, 2012 Hardcover Reviewed by May What happens when you lose your priceless heirloom emerald engagement ring, have your phone stolen, and see a phone in a garbage can? Poppy decides its fair game, and takes possession of the phone and works on keeping her life in order. She quickly discovers that the phone was tossed as an assistant quit her job and walked out of a conference. I’ve got more Continue Reading
Review: Breakaway by Deirdre Martin
Breakaway by Deidre Martin (New York Blades #11) Contemporary Romance February 7, 2012 Berkley Reviewed by May Favorite Quote: Sandra glanced furtively toward the living room, then back to Erin. “I know he’s good looking and that, but I bet he’s the selfish sort who heaves himself on top of you like a great walrus. Then it’s a few pokes and he’s done, rolling off you with a burp and a fart until he falls asleep.” Two years ago Rory, living large in New York City as a hockey star Continue Reading
Tori and Helyce Talk Fifty Shades
***Many Spoilers-Beware*** Helyce: Like most of you, I am not immune to the chatter that occurs on our favorite review blogs, Goodreads or Amazon’s reviews. So, it’s no surprise that I was alerted to the book, Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James. I read the back blurb, read a few reviews on Amazon and Goodreads, marked it “to read” and promptly forgot about it. It was only after I joined Twitter a few weeks ago and saw the chatter there that I decided to bite the bullet and finally read this Continue Reading
Review: A Town Called Valentine by Emma Cane
A Town Called Valentine by Emma Cane January 31, 2012 Contemporary Romance Avon Reviewed by Mandi When Emily Murphy walks into a bar and sees a sexy cowboy looking at her from under his hat, she knows she is in trouble. After having a couple of beers and making out with him on the pool table in the back room, she knows she is more than in trouble. Emily Murphy finds herself back in Valentine Valley, a mountain town she hasn’t been in since she was a little girl. Now that her mom Continue Reading
Review: Packing Heat by Kele Moon
Packing Heat by Kele Moon January 31, 2012 M/M Contemporary Romance Loose ID Reviewed by Mandi Mandi’s Favorite Quote: “Do you want that, Gav? You wanna be my cock whore?” Firefighter Brad Archer has a crush on his roommate Gavin. Openly gay, Brad lives in agony that his seemingly sexually confused friend walks around half naked all of the time. Brad knows Gavin has dated women, and he also thinks Gavin might be interested in men, but Brad has never come out and asked him. Gavin is Continue Reading
Review: Once a Ferrara Wife by Sarah Morgan
Once a Ferrara Wife by Sarah Morgan Contemporary Romance January 24, 2012 Harlequin Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: Slowly, she turned her head and looked at him. He turned his head too and his eyes fixed on hers. Both should have looked away but neither of them did. The inevitability of it was as sweet and sharp as the desire that stabbed through her body. Laurel Ferrara is going back to the one place in the world she has no desire to be – Sicily. And she is going to see the Continue Reading
Review: Sugar Rush by Donna Kauffman
Sugar Rush by Donna Kauffman Contemporary Romance December 27, 2011 Brava Reviewed by May Favorite Quote: I made cinnamon rolls, then needed something to occupy me until Tyler Florence. Ultimate cheesecakes today. Tyler. And cheesecake.” Charlotte took a moment, hand to chest, sighed. “It’s the closest I’ve been to multiple orgasms since February.” Lani moved away from her career as a head pastry chef in New York to a small island off the coast of Georgia called Sugarberry Continue Reading
Review: Twisted Up by Lissa Matthews
Twisted Up by Lissa Matthews December 20, 2011 Samhain Publishing Contemporary Romance EBook Reviewed by Helyce Justin and Ella are already a couple when this story begins. Justin wasn’t looking for anything when he walked into that bar, that night. A group of women were there, playing some sort of Trivia game and they were short a player. He figured, what the heck, and sat down next to a gal to start the game. She looked up at one point and smiled and that small, simple thing was Continue Reading
Review: Rocky Mountain Haven by Vivian Arend
Rocky Mountain Haven by Vivian Arend (Six Pack Ranch # 2) Contemporary Romance January 10, 2012 E-book Samhain Reviewed by Helyce Rocky Mountain Haven is the story of Daniel Coleman and Beth Danube. We met Daniel in the first book, Rocky Mountain Heat. Daniel is the middle Coleman son and we learn enough about him to know that he is the calm one, the peacemaker in the family. We learned that he’d been in a relationship with a woman, one he thought he’d marry, but it didn’t work Continue Reading
Review: A Facebook Affair by Tara Chevrestt
A Facebook Affair by Tara Chevrestt Contemporary Romance December 9, 2011 Breathless Press Reviewed by Mandi Kelly Littleton has had a hearing impairment her entire life. As a child, life was very difficult for her because she was different and in a public school. She had to wear hearing aids over her ears and talked a little different than everyone else. In her second and third grade years though, there was a boy, Brandon, who always had a gentle smile for her amid all the mean Continue Reading