The VIP Doubles Down by Nancy Herkness (Wager of Hearts #3) Released: April 18, 2017 Contemporary Romance Montlake Romance Reviewed by Mandi This is book three of the series centered around a group of three male friends who make bets about whether they will find true love. This is the first I've read of the series and it stood alone well. The bet thankfully didn't play too much into this story - I don't like it when there is a bet, which leads to a relationship, and the eventually the Continue Reading
Review: All-In by Sarah Curtis
All-In by Sarah Curtis Series: The Gamblers, #1 Contemporary Romance April 5, 2017 Self Published Reviewed by Tori River Kingston never wanted to follow in her famous poker player father’s footsteps. Financial security is her game and the only gambling she does these days is in her client’s portfolios. When her older brother Royal gambles his way into debt with the mob, River is forced to come out of hiding and play in the Omega One-a large stakes poker tournament in the Bahamas-in Continue Reading
Review: Walk of Shame by Lauren Layne
Walk of Shame by Lauren Layne Love Unexpectedly, #4 Contemporary Romance Released: April 18, 2017 Loveswept Reviewed by Sheena Pampered heiress Georgianna Watkins has a party-girl image to maintain, but all the shopping and clubbing is starting to feel a little bit hollow—and a whole lot lonely. Though Georgie would never admit it, the highlights of her week are the mornings when she comes home at the same time as her uptight, workaholic neighbor is leaving to hit the gym and put in a Continue Reading
Review: The Thing About Love by Julie James
The Thing About Love by Julie James (FBI/US Attorney #7) Released: April 18, 2017 Contemporary Romance Berkley Reviewed by Mandi First I have to say, what is up with this cover? At first glance, or from far away, it looks bloody! But it's a broken lollipop? Not my favorite cover, and not my favorite book by Julie James. She writes meticulously detailed FBI agents - you can tell she puts hours, and hours of research into her stories. Some books, an author just slaps on the title of FBI Continue Reading
Review: The Hot Shot by Kristen Callihan
The Hot Shot by Kristen Callihan (Game On #4) Publication Date: April 18, 2017 Contemporary/Sports Romance Self Published Reviewed by Kini First we were friends. Then we were roommates. Now I want more... What can I say about Chess Copper? The woman is capable of bringing me to my knees. I know this about five minutes after getting naked for her. No one is more surprised than me. The prickly photographer my team hired to shoot our annual charity calendar isn't my usual type. She's Continue Reading
Review: Make Me Beg by Rebecca Brooks
Make Me Beg by Rebecca Brooks Men of Gold Mountain, #2 Contemporary Released: March 20, 2017 Brazen Reviewed by Sheena Favorite Quote: "How can anyone turn down cake? Can I eat the cake and not see you? You can eat the cake while I eat you. Shit. Shit." Foster kid preservers, makes friends to die for, falls in love and does it all by standing on their own two feet. Sweet troupe. I'm into it. I've also been on a restaurateur-foodie fiction bender, so Make Me Beg checked all the Continue Reading
Review: A Charmed Little Lie by Sharla Lovelace
A Charmed Little Lie by Sharla Lovelace Series: Charmed in Texas, #1 Romance Contemporary April 18, 2017 Lyrical Shine Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “You should walk in there at ease with the world. Like you're getting more sex than anyone in the room.” When Lanie discovers her aunt is dying, she tells a few little lies to help ease her passing. Only, her aunt didn’t quite believe her. Now Lanie has to find a husband and convince him to live with her in her childhood home for Continue Reading
Review: The Mistakes by Elizabeth Brown
The Mistakes by Elizabeth Brown Series: Off Limits, #3 Contemporary Romance/Comedy April 4, 2017 Self Published Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: "Hey, stop touching my vibe." [...] "You know, you can get your own on the internet. You don't need to go around stealing them." It started as a promise. A momentary lapse in sanity had me agreeing to two months of celibacy. Then Mark Bishop showed up. My new boss was cocky, possessive, and unfortunately, sexy as hell. My first Continue Reading
Review: Trust Me by Laura Florand
Trust Me by Laura Florand (Paris Nights #3) Released: April 4, 2017 Contemporary Romance Self Published Reviewed by Mandi This book picks up right after events in Chase Me (the series can be read as stand alones.) In Chase Me, there is a terrorist attack in a well-known restaurant, and some people are injured. Lina, our heroine, is the pastry chef and it was her cousin who initiated the attack. Lina is Arab-French, her grandparents immigrating from Algeria to France a few decades ago. Continue Reading
Review: At Attention by Annabeth Albert
At Attention by Annabeth Albert Series: Out Of Uniform, #2 Contemporary Romance LBGT/MM April 10, 2017 Carina Press Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: "You make everything else make sense." Lt. Apollo Floro is a 31 year old Navy Seal and widower who is raising his twin daughters alone after his husband passed away two year ago. Wearing his grief like a shroud, Apollo has buried himself in his work and his family, stuck in a place between love and anger that he isn’t ready to move on Continue Reading