Beyond Control by Kit Rocha (Beyond #2) Released: March 14, 2013 Erotic Romance Self Published Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: “Dallas O’Kane didn’t chase after women who ran. Dallas O’Kane lifted a finger and women came running.” Blurb: Alexa Parrino escaped a life of servitude and survived danger on the streets to become one of the most trusted, influential people in Sector Four, where the O’Kanes rule with a hedonistic but iron fist. Lex has been at the top for years, Continue Reading
Review: There is No Light in Darkness by Claire Contreras
There Is No Light In Darkness by Claire Contreras New Adult January 10, 2013 Self Published Reviewed by Tori Blake Brannon’s life became a cruel mixture of lies and half truths when her parents were murdered and she was kidnapped as a young child. Now in college, she seeks to discover what really happened that fateful night. Who took her and why? Her friends and lover try to help her in her search, though she seeks to push them away in fear that they will suffer for her asking Continue Reading
Review: The Problem with Seduction by Emma Locke
The Problem with Seduction by Emma Locke (The Naughty Girls Series #2) February 13, 2013 Historical Romance Self Published Reviewed by Mandi Elizabeth is a wealthy former courtesan who has an infant son. She was mistress to Captain Nicholas Finn who is the father of the baby. The problem is, Finn demands the baby come live with him and his wife, leaving Elizabeth devastated. So she comes up with a plan. Lord Constantine Alexander is a penniless fourth son in a family that can Continue Reading
Review: Velocity by Amelia C. Gormley
Velocity by Amelia C. Gormley (Impulse #3) Released: March 2, 2013 M/M Contemporary Self Published Reviewed by Mandi I’m very pleased at this last installment in the Impulse trilogy, which follows the shy, handyman Derrick, and his accountant lover, Gavin. When these two first met in book one, they couldn’t have been more different. Derrick had been celibate for ten years, gay but never having been with a man. He was a shy, awkward loner. Gavin was coming out of a controlling, Continue Reading
Review: Raid by Kristen Ashley
Raid (Unfinished Heroes #3) by Kristen Ashley Contemporary Romance February 27, 2013 Self Published Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “You’re my reward.“ Hanna Boudreaux lives in the small town of Willow, Colorado and has spent her life crushing on the gorgeous larger than life hometown hero, Raiden Ulysses Miller. Raid left Willow at age eighteen, joining the Marines and returned a little quieter and a lot more dangerous. When Hanna finally decides to stop “stalking” Raid and Continue Reading
Review: Agent of Desire by Charlie Evans
Agent of Desire by Charlie Evans (Jessica Booker #1) Romantic Suspense February 16, 2013 Self Published Reviewed by May This is the story of a new agent on a new mission. When she receives her orders in a hotel bar she expects another boring job and instead finds herself in the middle of a lot of action. Not just action – but agents double crossing her and new twists when she least expects them. This is going to be a game changing mission for Jessica, and a lot is at stake. Jessica Continue Reading
Review: Collide by Juliana Stone
Collide by Juliana Stone (Barker Triplets #2) Contemporary Romance January 15, 2013 Self Published Reviewed by Mandi My biggest complaint with the first book in this series is that I didn’t experience the hero and heroine falling in love enough. In Collide, we get to see a much more emotional relationship with Shane and Bobbi. It also helps that the two of them used to be deeply (and turbulently) in love as young adults. Shane is an ex-con, having gone to prison for doing some Continue Reading
Review: Caleb by Emma Lang
Caleb by Emma Lang (Circle Eight #3) Western Historical Romance February 6, 2013 Self Published Reviewed by Helyce Caleb Graham didn’t want to be a rancher. Not after he’d met Brody Armstrong, the Texas Ranger assigned to the case when his parents were killed and his youngest brother Benjamin was kidnapped. Now, five years later, that’s exactly what he is, a Texas Ranger. He rarely gets home to the Circle Eight. Though he misses his family, all they do is grumble about how he never Continue Reading
Guest Review: Down to You and Up to Me by M. Leighton
Down to You & Up to Me by M. Leighton (The Bad Boys Series: Books 1 & 2) Contemporary Romance September 22, 2012 & January 4, 2013 Self-Published Guest Reviewed by Shelly. You can find more reviews by Shelly at Goodreads. This is a fun, quick read. The kind of books you pick when you just want to rest your mind and enjoy the ride. Nothing that requires a lot of emotional investment or ‘edge of your seat’ contemplation. Nope, just a good, hot, sexy twins, lots of fun, a Continue Reading
Review: Big Bad Bite by Jessie Lane
Big Bad Bite (Big Bad Bite #1) by Jessie Lane Paranormal Romance January 28, 2013 Self Published Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “The next person who tells me to hurry up before I finish my cup of coffee gets a bullet in the ass.” Police officer Jenna O'Connor has spent her whole life hiding from what her mother called the Others - supernatural beings. Repeatedly told they would kill her because of her hybrid status, she has spent her life staying under the radar, letting no one Continue Reading