Earlier today Helyce reviewed (and loved) the Marked anthology. Now the authors are here with some sexy excerpts from each story. MARKED: Three stories of passion, possession, and ink Stories can take us from our everyday world into the future, or to places in the current here and now that we've never before been. They can show us heat, and passion, and in the case of an anthology, provide more than one trip to a fabulous happily-ever-after. Kit Rocha, Lauren Dane and Vivian Arend Continue Reading
Review: Marked Anthology by Lauren Dane, Vivian Arend and Kit Rocha
Marked by Lauren Dane, Vivian Arend and Kit Rocha Erotic Contemporary Anthology February 10, 2014 Self Published Reviewed by Helyce It is extremely rare that I read an anthology and enjoy every short story featured, but Marked totally captivated me and I could not put this one down! It is all kinds of hot and sexy! Here’s the breakdown (blurbs from Goodreads): All That Remains (Metamorphosis #1) by Lauren Dane New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Lauren Dane takes you Continue Reading
Review: Drawn Together by Lauren Dane
Drawn Together by Lauren Dane (Brown Siblings #6) Contemporary Romance October 1, 2013 Penguin Reviewed by Helyce Beauty is more than skin-deep… Tattoo artist Raven Smith is blunt and hard, broken and jaded, dark and beautiful. While she doesn’t hide her painful past, she does keep a wall around her heart. She’s free sexually—but no one gets to the real Raven beneath the prickly exterior. With a voice like smoke, Jonah Warner is a smooth-talking, highly successful attorney, Continue Reading
Review: Cake by Lauren Dane
Cake by Lauren Dane Contemporary Romance Novella Released: September 17, 2013 Harlequin Reviewed by Helyce Wren Davis, art student and part time bike messenger, has been delivering papers to renowned Seattle artist Gregori Ivanov for a while now and over time they’ve become friends. An artist herself, Wren enjoys watching Gregori work as his pieces come to life. It doesn’t hurt that he’s extremely attractive and often works shirtless, his tattooed and pierced body a whole different Continue Reading
Review: Lush by Lauren Dane
Lush by Lauren Dane (Delicious #3) Contemporary Romance April 2, 2013 Berkley Reviewed by Helyce Favorite quote: “I’d really like to get up in what you’ve got, Mary Whaley.” Damien Hurley is a rock star in every sense of the word. He’s lived this life since he was just out of high school and he’s enjoyed all the perks that come with this lifestyle. He’s got a typical bad boy reputation and he makes no apologies for it. Then he meets Mary Whaley. She’s like no other woman he’s ever Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday: Lush by Lauren Dane
BLURB: Mary Whaley has her hands full running a successful catering company and overseeing her supper club. She has everything she ever wanted—or so she thought. When she meets ridiculously hot and very dirty rock star Damien Hurley at her friend’s engagement party, the attraction she feels is overpowering—and she isn’t about to deny herself. Damien is used to a hard and fast life. He and two of his brothers started a band when they were fresh out of high school—then they hit the big time and Continue Reading
Review: Going Under by Lauren Dane
Going Under by Lauren Dane (Bound by Magick #3) February 5, 2013 Paranormal Romance Berkley Reviewed by Mandi I recently discovered this series and read the first two books and really enjoyed them. Lauren Dane has created a really nice paranormal world mostly filled with witches, but other supernaturals as well. While each book features a new hero and heroine, the world has been building up the past two books. This book really dives into what would happen if witches were Continue Reading
Mandi Discovers the Bound by Magick Series by Lauren Dane
Over the summer, Pamela and Kati recommend this series to me, and I bought the first book but then never got around to reading it. A bit ago I received an arc of the third book, Going Under and saw many positive reviews for it on Goodreads and decided it was time to give this series a try. How pleasantly surprised I was! And I say that because it’s hard for me to find a new paranormal series to get excited about. Lauren Dane writes an exciting world filled with witches, mages, shifters and other Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten–December 7th
10. Palm tree or……Happenis? (thanks Kate for the pic) 9. Lauren Dane had some announcements this week. First, she is going to have a new series for Berkley called Ink and Chrome. In her words, “Ink and Chrome is set in a motorcycle and hot rod shop called Twisted Steel, set in Seattle. The first book is The Long Haul (tentative)” Doesn’t come out until 2014, but still. I’m excited. The second announcement from her is that she is one of the launch authors for the new Red Hot Continue Reading
Review: Tart by Lauren Dane
Tart by Lauren Dane (Delicious #2) M/M/F Contemporary Romance Released: November 6, 2012 Berkley Reviewed by Helyce Juliet Lamprey is the owner of TART, a very successful bakery in town. Along with her good friends Mary and Daisy, she’s expanded the bakery to now include Mary’s catering business and provide a place for Daisy and other local artists to display their art. She’s enjoying life in general, and though she’s not dating anyone seriously that quickly changes when she runs into Continue Reading