Santa Baby by Heidi Cullinan Series: Minnesota Christmas, #4 Romance Contemporary/MM November 8, 2016 Grade: B- Heidi Cullinan revisits Logan, MN and a favorite couple when a newcomer to town and finds an invitation to more than just the holiday festivities. The last installment in Cullinan’s Minnesota Christmas series gives readers the gift of erotic delights when a committed couple decides to add a third to their relationship. What first starts out as a physical connection that allows Continue Reading
November Mini Reviews
Tori's Mini Reviews: Caught For Christmas by Skye Warren Series: Stripped, #3.5 (Novella) Romance Suspense Grade: B (Currently only $.99 on AMZ) Skye Warren takes us back into The Grande with this sexy steamy holiday novella where she gives a lost soul a chance at redemption in the arms of a man who will do anything to save her. Drenched in sexual tension and suspense, fans will cheer the hero's determination to save the young woman he has grown to love from the worst possible Continue Reading
September Mini Reviews
Tori's Mini Reviews: Winner Takes All by Erin Kern Series: Championship Valley, #1 Romance Contemporary Grade: D When I picked up Winner Takes All, I was expecting a steamy, sexy antagonistic romance combined with a conflict that deals with a scandalized ex-football star and his chance at redemption through coaching his former high school football team to glory. We sort of get this but the road to redemption is paved with a long rambling story that struggles to assert itself and is Continue Reading
August Mini Reviews
Tori: Worked up by Tessa Bailey Romance Contemporary Grade: B+ Tessa Bailey certainly brings her A game as she introduces us to a pair of commitment phobics whose marriage of convenience opens the door to more than they could have ever imagined. Humor, outrageous chemistry, wild unpredictable sex, and some mild angst helps to build a page-turning erotically charged romance when a pouty, growly, giant of a factory worker finds his world turned upside down when he meets a sexy, upbeat Continue Reading
July Mini Reviews
Tori's Reviews: Wild Ride by Chantal Fernando Romance Contemporary/Novella C+ Wild Ride is the 4.5 installment in the Fernando’s Wind Dragon MC series and fans are pleased to see it is the elusive Talen’s story. Talen is the president of the Wild Men MC; a rival club of the Wind Dragons. Though the MCs don’t get along, his relationship to a Wind Dragon brother and another member’s girlfriend complicates the situation. Content to stay in the background, trying to keep his MC on the Continue Reading
June Mini Reviews
Tori: The Body Reader by Anne Frasier Mystery/Thriller Grade: B+ Anne Frasier writes a compelling and thought-provoking psychological thriller that examines the stability of a police detective who was kidnapped and tortured for three years. Frasier does a fantastic job of giving our heroine a voice; allowing us to see how her captivity changed her on a physical, mental, and emotional level. Frasier balances it with the thoughts and impressions of those around her who knew her before the Continue Reading
May Mini Reviews
Struck by Amanda Carlson Urban Fantasy DNF Struck is the first in her new PNR Phoebe Meadows series. A young woman finds out the hard way that she is the result of a liaison between Odin and a shieldmaiden. Forced on the run, she finds herself struggling to accept her destiny while trying to stay alive. I am a fan of Amanda Carlson’s and Viking/Norse mythology so I was excited to be offered an arc. I really wanted to like this one but there was just no connection for me. I like the Continue Reading
Tori’s April Mini Reviews
Bounty by Kristen Ashley Series: Mountain Men Romance Contemporary GRADE: B Fans will love Bounty, the seventh installment in Ashley’s Mountain Man series and Deke Hightower’s story. Chalked full of all the things that drew me to this series in the beginning, I was more than pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed Bounty. The slow burning romance was very sweet and sexy but this story shines as a contemporary too. Emotionally gratifying with Ashley’s signature humor, camaraderie, Continue Reading
February Mini Reviews
Tori’s Reviews: Drive by Sidney Bristol Romance Suspense RATING: DNF Drive promised to be an exciting romance suspense pairing a roller derby queen with a bad boy street racer who is helping the FBI. Having read Sidney Bristol before, I expected a well plotted action packed story with a romance dripping with lust and sexy times. Unfortunately, I didn't get much of that. The story starts out well. We meet the main protagonists and get their back story. Adrian owns an auto repair shop and Continue Reading
January Mini Reviews
Headed for Trouble by Shiloh Walker Series: McKays, #1 Romance Suspense Grade: B Headed for Trouble is the beginning of a new trilogy series by Shiloh Walker. Built around a trio of siblings-the McKays-this romance suspense blends an intense emotional romance with a nail-biting suspense storyline as the youngest McKay, Neve, finally comes home after leaving so many years ago. On the run from an abusive ex-boyfriend, she is forced to come clean about her ordeal and let in the family she Continue Reading