Addicted to You by Bethany Kane Erotic Contemporary June 7, 2011 Trade Paperback Berkley Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: His already translucent moral conscience vanished into a puff of vapor. She looked like something that ought to be illegal. His cock agreed wholeheartedly. Movie writer and director Rill Pierce and Katie Hughes have been friends for a long time. Katie’s brother Everett is actually an actor and has worked with and been best friends with Rill since childhood Continue Reading
Review: Yours to Keep by Shannon Stacey
Yours to Keep by Shannon Stacey (Kowlaski Family #3) Contemporary Romance June 6, 2011 E-Book Carina Press Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: She snorted and looked out her window. “Oh yes, Sean Kowalski. Your amazing kisses have made all rational thought fly out of my besotted brain. If only you could fill me with your magic penis, I know we’ll fall madly in love and live happily ever after.” Emma lives in her grandmother’s old farm house in New Hampshire. She doesn’t have a lot Continue Reading
Review: Skin Game by Cara McKenna
Skin Game by Cara McKenna Contemporary April 29, 2011 E-Book Ellora’s Cave Reviewed by Mandi I first read Cara McKenna last year when I picked up Willing Victim. I really loved that book (hello Flynn!) and then read a quick novella by her, Dirty Thirty. It was very different from Willing Victim. Recently I read The Reluctant Nude under her pen name Meg Maguire and again thought how original each of her stories are. Well guess what I thought after I finished Skin Game? Yep – Continue Reading
Review: Just For The Night by Tawny Weber
Just For the Night by Tawny Weber Contemporary Romance April 19, 2011 Paperback Harlequin Reviewed by Mandi Larissa is known for romance. She turned an online romance column into a job for Cosmopolitan Magazine. But she now has her sights set on opening a retail store where books, movies, music and everything else a woman would need for romance could go - and she knows just the space. The Cartright Hotel has one opening left in its ritzy retail space, and Larissa wants it, badly. Continue Reading
Review: Three to Tango Anthology
Three to Tango by Emma Holly, Lauren Dane, Megan Hart and Bethany Kane May 3, 2011 Erotic Trade Paperback Berkley Trade Reviewed by Mandi Dirty/Bad/Wrong by Lauren Dane Ava returns home to Petal, Georgia after ten years of living on the west coast. Those ten years ago she had found love and comfort with both Luca and Angelo. With an alcoholic father and a mother who cheated, Ava was an outcast. But Luca and Angelo not only showed her love, but acceptance. It was all too Continue Reading
Guest Review: Past Midnight by Jasmine Haynes
Past Midnight by Jasmine Haynes Erotic Romance May 3, 2011 Trade Paperback Berkley Heat Guest Reviewed by Helyce. Find her on Goodreads. Past Midnight was not what I expected. The back blurb made me want to read it, but I was saddened when I realized the tragedy was the death of a child. I kind of had to step outside of myself and read this without inflicting my personal morals and beliefs where commitment and relationships are concerned. After all, everyone deals with the tragedy Continue Reading
Review: Any Man of Mine by Rachel Gibson
Any Man Of Mine (Chinooks Hockey Team #6) by Rachel Gibson April 26, 2010 Contemporary Romance Paperback Avon Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “You seem to have lost your panties again.” “Oops. I bet that happens a lot around you.” Rachel Gibson is an auto buy for me. From her smexy Chinooks to her crazy Writers Friends series, Ms. Gibson gives me everything I need in a contemporary. Romance, laughter, engaging characters, and a realistic life altering lesson. In her Continue Reading
Review: Driftwood Cottage by Sherryl Woods
Driftwood Cottage (Chesapeake Shores #5) by Sherryl Woods Contemporary Romance March 29, 2011 Paperback Mira Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Marriage is just a piece of paper right? If it’s so damn insignificant then why are you fighting so hard to avoid signing it?” BLURB: Single mom Heather Donovan's dreams of home and family are tantalizingly within reach when she settles in Chesapeake Shores. The welcoming arms of the boisterous, loving O'Brien clan embrace her and her son. Continue Reading
Review: Wicked Games by Jill Myles
Wicked Games by Jill Myles Contemporary Romance March 5, 2011 E-Book Self Published Reviewed by Mandi The game show Endurance Island (think Survivor) needs a boost in its second season ratings, and when a female contestant drops out before the competition starts, the executive producer calls upon Abby. Abby works for MediaWeek magazine, and her boss asks her to drop everything and join this crazy show so she can give an insider’s take on what it is like to participate on Endurance Continue Reading
Review: Sweet Possession by Maya Banks
Sweet Possession by Maya Banks (Sweet #5) Contemporary Romance April 5, 2011 Trade Paperback Berkley Trade Reviewed by Mandi She’s a singer who lives for the spotlight—and can’t resist her adoring fans… Outrageous and out-of-control, Lyric Jones is a spoiled pop star who lives hard and fast, always outrunning her past and the nightmares that haunt her. She’s used to getting what she wants—groupies included—because she can’t stand to be alone. So in bed, it’s the more the Continue Reading