City of Light by Keri Arthur (Outpost #1) Urban Fantasy Released: January 5, 2016 Signet Reviewed by Mandi I love when I see a new urban fantasy series - but unfortunately, I don't think I'll be reading book two of this series. Here is the blurb: When the bombs that stopped the species war tore holes in the veil between this world and the next, they allowed entry to the Others—demons, wraiths, and death spirits who turned the shadows into their hunting grounds. Now, a hundred years Continue Reading
Review: Thicker Than Water by Brigid Kemmerer
Thicker Than Water by Brigid Kemmerer YA Romance Mystery/Suspense December 29, 2015 Kensington Reviewed by Tori Thomas Bellweather hasn’t been in town long. Just long enough for his newlywed mother to be murdered, and for his new stepdad’s cop colleagues to decide Thomas is the primary suspect. Not that there’s any evidence. But before Thomas got to Garretts Mill there had just been one other murder in twenty years. The only person who believes him is Charlotte Rooker, little Continue Reading
Review: The Rogue you Know by Shana Galen
The Rogue You Know by Shana Galen (Covent Gardens #2) Released: September 1, 2015 Historical Romance Sourcebooks Reviewed by May Susanna is ready to crack as this book opens and we really were just told not shown how bad her life is. Indeed we are told our heroine is very over protected to the point that she seems to have anxiety attacks and is in a constant state of wanting to scream or cry because her mother isn’t just protective – she’s a real nasty piece of work always picking at Continue Reading
Review: Accidentally Hers by Jamie Beck
Accidentally Hers by Jamie Beck (Sterling Canyon #1) Contemporary Romance October 6, 2015 Montlake Romance Reviewed by Helyce When ruggedly sexy backcountry guide Grey Lowell moves to Sterling Canyon, Colorado, after buying the ski-expedition company Backtrax, his plans don’t include romance. Still, it’s fun to look—especially across a crowded restaurant at a beauty he dubs “Bambi.” But all his plans change later that night when he’s injured by a drunk driver. Physical therapist Continue Reading
Review: Last Hope by Jessica Clare and Jen Frederick
Last Hope by Jessica Clare and Jen Frederick Series: Hitman, #4 Romance Suspense September 29, 2015 Berkley Reviewed by Tori Rafe Mendoza is a mercenary who uses his deadly skills and money to provide a safe haven for the poor, defenseless, and disenfranchised. When a fellow mercenary is kidnapped, Mendoza and his team are forced to retrieve a very sensitive list from an arms dealer in exchange for his life. Mendoza has his target in his sights...but she is nothing he expected. Ava Continue Reading
Review: If the Key Fits by Stephanie Blakeman
If the Key Fits by Stephanie Blakeman Contemporary Romance August 4, 2015 Self published Reviewed by Helyce This story starts off by setting a really dark tone as we meet our heroine in a flashback scene where she’s soaking in a tub, trying to recover after being gang raped and beaten by club members on the instructions of her boyfriend Frank Bishop, aka Slayer. It’s not the first time, but it’s bad and she is so close to letting the blackness take her over when strong hands pull her Continue Reading
Review: Delayed Penalty by Sophia Henry
Delayed Penalty by Sophia Henry (Pilots Hockey #1) Contemporary Romance Released: September 1, 2015 Loveswept Reviewed by Mandi Auden has been cut from the soccer team which means she has lost her soccer scholarship and needs to find a summer job quick. She goes back home to her russian grandparents, who raised her, and her grandfather assigns her a job - to be a translator for a russian hockey player. This excites Auden greatly - she loves hockey and although this isn't for the Continue Reading
Review: Here Comes Trouble by Anna J. Stewart
Here Comes Trouble by Anna J. Stewart (Tremayne Family #2) Released: August 18, 2015 Contemporary Romance/Suspense Intermix Reviewed by Mandi Former beauty queen Sheila Tremayne looks dainty, but she’s tougher than she seems. The hard-as-nails business woman is determined to bring down corruption among Lantano Valley’s rich and powerful. Her latest scheme to get technology tycoon Chadwick Oliver is going perfectly until a distraction arrives in the form of Malcolm—the man who broke her Continue Reading
Review: Make You Burn by Megan Crane
Make You Burn by Megan Crane (Deacons of Bourbon Street #1) Released: August 4, 2015 Motorcycle Club Romance Loveswept Reviewed by Mandi This book had potential - I was even a little excited when I first started reading it. A motorcycle club romance set in New Orleans. It starts off gritty and sexy. Ajax was a member of the Deacons of Bourbon Street motorcycle club (MC). But ten years ago, near the time Katrina hit, he left the club to become a mercenary. I wish I could elaborate on why Continue Reading
Review: Spun by Shyla Colt
Spun by Shyla Colt (King of Chaos #1) Released: April 2015 Motorcycle Club Romance Hot Ink Reviewed by Mandi I thought I'd try the first book in this new motorcycle club romance series to see if the culture was something that I would enjoy. I didn't enjoy. Nevada is twenty-one and the daughter of a Chaos motorcycle club member. She was brought up at the club and it runs her life. She hasn't been able to make any of her own decisions and just wants to be free - but leaving the club Continue Reading