Something Real by Nellie Christine Released: January 2017 M/M Contemporary Self Published Reviewed by Mandi Elijah has rules when he dates men. Very strict rules including, no kissing, no snuggling afterwards, no second dates etc.. Safe to say, you get one wild night with him, and then no more. These rules have kept Elijah's heart safe and that's how he likes it. Besides being a sex rule maker, Elijah also loves to sing and is very talented. Music doesn't pay the bills for him, so he works in Continue Reading
Review: Zero to Sixty by Marie Harte
Zero to Sixty by Marie Harte Series: Body Shop Bad Boys, #3 Romance Contemporary February 7, 2017 Sourcebooks Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Give her hell, Sam Hamilton. And try to look less serial killer and more solid citizen. Smile, why don’t you?” He forced a smile at her. Willie blinked. “Eh, maybe not.” Sam Hamilton has been feeling about lonely since his best friend found his soulmate. When he meets Ivy Stephens, a young lady who is interested in adopting one of the Continue Reading
Review: Pretend You’re Mine by Lucy Score
Pretend You’re Mine by Lucy Score Publication Date: October 22, 2015 Contemporary/New Adult/Military Pub Yourself Press Reviewed by Kini Burb: I only wanted to protect you... Luke Garrison is a hometown hero, a member of the National Guard ready to deploy again. Strong, sweet, and sexy, he doesn't have a girlfriend and doesn't want one. When the wildly beautiful Harper stumbles into his life, though, he realizes that she's the perfect decoy. A fake girlfriend to keep his family off Continue Reading
Review: Under her Skin by Adriana Anders
Under Her Skin (Blank Canvas Book 1) Publication Date: February 7, 2017 Contemporary Romance Sourcebooks Reviewed by Kini Blurb: Battered by a life determined to tear him down This quiet ex-con’s scarred hands may be the gentlest touch she’ll ever know. …if only life were a fairy tale where Beauty was allowed to keep her Beast Ivan thought the world was through giving him second chances. Who’d want a rough ex-con with a savior complex and a bad habit of bringing home helpless Continue Reading
Review: Beauty and the Wiener by Casey Griffin
Beauty and the Wiener by Casey Griffin (A Rescue Dog Romance #2) Released: February 7, 2017 Contemporary Romance St. Martin's Reviewed by May Addison is a dog groomer who also loves Dachshund dogs (especially her rescued one, Princess) and volunteers at San Francisco Dachshund Rescue Center. Currently she’s got two goals: find the perfect man to be her one and only true love, and launch her line of dog clothing to the elite dog society of San Francisco. I picked up this book for two reasons. Continue Reading
Review: Jacked Up by Samantha Kane
Jacked Up: Birmingham Rebels #3 Publication Date: January 31, 2017 Contemporary, Sports Romance Loveswept Reviewed by Kini Blurb: The secret about the Birmingham Rebels is out: With a girl in the middle, two mouth-watering football studs are better than one. Linebacker Sam Taylor feels like a ticking time bomb. He left the army with emotional wounds as fresh as the scars on his back. Sam’s been living like a monk, but his best friend, defensive lineman King Ulupoka, wants to get him laid. Continue Reading
Review: Close to Home by Lily Everett
Close to Home by Lily Everett (Sanctuary Island #5) Contemporary Romance Released: February 7, 2017 St. Martin's Reviewed by Mandi I love a marriage in trouble trope as it t can present a different kind of conflict in an already established relationship. I liked the set-up in this one. At the age of seventeen, Tessa had to escape the commune her parents raised her in, for her own health and safety. She hides in a neighbor's barn and this is where twenty-two year old Johnny finds her. He Continue Reading
Review: Fury on Fire by Sophie Jordan
Fury on Fire by Sophie Jordan Series: Devil's Rock, #3 Romance Contemporary January 31, 2017 Berkley Reviewed by Tori Fury on Fire is the third book in Sophie Jordan’s Devil's rock series that revolves around a trio of incarcerated felons and the woman who free them from their demons. North Callaghan and his brother Knox (All Chained Up) were sentenced to Devil’s Rock for manslaughter after they killed the man who sexually assaulted their cousin. Good men who had their whole lives Continue Reading
Review: Wild Horse Springs by Jodi Thomas
Wild Horse Springs by Jodi Thomas Series: Ransom Canyon, #5 Contemporary Romance January 24, 2017 HQN Books Reviewed by Tori Dan Brigman may not lead the most exciting life, but he's proud of what he's achieved: he's a respected lawman, and he's raised a bright, talented daughter on his own. But finding alone, sparkly blue boot in the middle of a deserted highway gets him thinking maybe the cowgirl who lost it is exactly the shake-up he needs. After losing her baby girl, Brandi Continue Reading
Review: On Second Thought by Kristan Higgins *Giveaway*
On Second Thought by Kristan Higgins Contemporary Romance/Women's Fiction Harlequin HQN January 31, 2017 Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “This is so good. Thanks for making me shower.” On the heels of Higgins’ entertaining and thought-provoking If You Only Knew, Higgins revisits her sleepy little town of Cambry-on-Hudson, New York in On Second Thought. Using the dysfunctional O’Leary family and the timeless topics of love, loss, family, and second chances, Higgins builds a story on Continue Reading