Unattainable by Madeline Sheehan (Undeniable #3) Erotic Contemporary Romance Released: September 20, 2013 Self Published Reviewed by Mandi The first half of my life I’d spent falling in love with him, and the second I’d spent trying to fall out of love with him. And so starts the story of Tegan and Cage. Although each book in this series has a new hero and heroine, the world builds upon each book, making you really have to read these books in order to understand the politics, Continue Reading
Review: Snow-kissed by Laura Florand
Snow-Kissed by Laura Florand Released: September 1, 2013 Contemporary Novella Self Published Reviewed by Mandi I really enjoy marriage in trouble themed romance books. It is a different dynamic than boy meets girl and fall in love. These books usually have older characters and always seem more…mature. And the pain – oh the pain. I love to torture myself with a very painful book and hope to be rewarded with warmth at the end. Laura Florand does a nice job with this. Kai and Kurt Continue Reading
Review: Stripped by Edie Harris
Stripped by Edie Harris (City2City #1) Released: September 17, 2013 Contemporary Romance Self Published Reviewed by Mandi So listen up. Not too long ago I read Wild Burn, a western by Edie Harris that I really enjoyed. Then she came out with The Corrupt Comte, an erotic historical that I gobbled up and made everyone read. Not long after she sent me Stripped, a contemporary book about an actor and a make-up artist. I thought, geez, will I like this? I’m not always super keen on Continue Reading
Review: The Bridge by Rebecca Rogers Maher
The Bridge by Rebecca Rogers Maher Released: September 16, 2013 Contemporary Novella Self Published Reviewed by Mandi Awhile ago I read Hurricane Lily by Rebecca Maher, and I remember thinking that this author has a really good voice. So when she asked me to review The Bridge, even though the blurb gave me chills, I had to accept. The Bridge is a very powerful novella. It’s profoundly sad, yet hopeful and romantic. I wasn’t even sure if someone could write a believable story Continue Reading
Review: Requiem For The Dead by Kelly Meding
Requiem For the Dead (Dreg City #5) by Kelly Meding Urban Fantasy Released: September 16, 2013 Smedge Press Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: She's died twice while protecting her city…and she'd do it again to save the people she loves. Many fans including myself were not sure this particular book would come into existence after we were informed the series had been dropped by Meding’s publisher. I was pleased to see Meding decided to publish on her own and bring her fans book Continue Reading
Review: Price of a Kiss by Linda Kage
Price of a Kiss by Linda Kage Released: August 15, 2013 New Adult Self Published Reviewed by Mandi When I read in the blurb that this new adult book featured a hero who is a gigolo, I had to read it. Mason Lowe has a sister with cerebral palsy and a single mom who works and works. Their rented house is owned by their next door neighbor who is about to evict them for not keeping up with the rent. But the lady next door also proposes that if eighteen year old Mason sleep with Continue Reading
Mandi reads a Cracky, Slightly Horrifying MC Book, and Lives to tell the Tale
Have you ever read a book that you secretly guilty-pleasure loved, that you want everyone to read yet at the same time you don’t want everyone to read? This is me with Undeniable by Madeline Sheehan. This book came out last year and I remember general buzz – some loving, some hating – but all saying “whoa, this book has some crazy in it.” Last night my hair dresser went on and on about this book so I came home and thought I’d read the first chapter or so just to get a feel. But it was so cracky, Continue Reading
Review: Stay With Me by Elyssa Patrick
Stay With Me by Elyssa Patrick (With Me #1) Released: August 22, 2013 New Adult Self Published Reviewed by Mandi Hailey has just started college, but she isn’t just another teenage face in the mix. She has a very famous face. A child star, she has done broadway and film and is very famous. But it was her mother that always pushed her into acting, and now that Hailey is able to take control of her life, she has decided to leave Hollywood behind and go to college. She craves to just be Continue Reading
Review: Beyond Pain by Kit Rocha
Beyond Pain by Kit Rocha (Beyond #3) Released: August 23, 2013 Erotic Self Published Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: “Fucking. It doesn’t start when you get naked, not the way I do it. With three books out in this ‘Beyond’ series, I’m confident enough to say this is my favorite and most anticipated erotic series. Kit Rocha (the writing team of Moira Rogers) writes a very well done sexually charged world. The characters that have made it to Dallas O’Kane’s sector four home are Continue Reading
Review: The Runaway Duchess by Jillian Eaton
The Runaway Duchess by Jillian Eaton Released: July 2013 Historical Romance Self Published Reviewed by May In re-reading the blurb I was sent about this book I can see why I was so eager to read it. Marriage of convenience, commoner hero, free spirited heroine – heck I want to read it again just thinking about the set up. The problem is that in every possible way, this book was a fail for me. It was very nearly a DNF but I was curious enough about some aspects that I muddled through it. Continue Reading