Undone by Lila DiPasqua (Fiery Tales #4) Erotic Historical Romance April 23, 2012 Self Published Reviewed by Mandi I think I’ve read all of Lila DiPasqua’s previous books which are fun, erotic historicals based on fairy tales. In Undone, she plays off of the story of Rapunzel. Angelica is running from France, and her evil stepfather. Under the guise of a commoner, she takes shelter in a convent in the Republic of Genoa. She finds peace and contentment, and most of all security. No Continue Reading
Review: Playing For Keeps by Liz Matis
Playing for Keeps by Liz Matis Contemporary Romance November 30, 2011 Self Published Reviewed by Mandi Samantha Jameson has had a crush on Ryan Terell for a long time. Through college, she kept the football star in her sights, but nothing ever came of her attraction to him. Samantha starts her post-college life as a hard-core journalist, traveling to the middle east to cover the war. After a brutal time, where she is kidnapped for three days she is now back in the states, and has Continue Reading
Review: Blood Avenged by Gabrielle Bisset
Blood Avenged by Gabrielle Bissett Paranormal Romance December 2011 Self Published Reviewed by Mandi Sasa is an empath who on occasion helps Madame Quiterie, who runs a voodoo shop in New Orleans, with a bit more insight to her customers. Without the customer knowing, Sasa gives signals to Quiterie when she is with a client to let them know if she was affecting them one way or another. Sasa does all this to barter Madame’s Quiterie’s spells to help her ailing mother. Although only Continue Reading
Guest Review: Cage the Darlings by Elora Bishop
Cage the Darlings by Elora Bishop F/F Fantasy November 2011 Self Published Guest Review by Jill Sorenson This is a difficult review to write. I don’t read much Fantasy, and this story didn’t make a big impression on me. It’s easier to review books with obvious strengths and weaknesses. For Cage the Darlings, I had to look hard to find the flaws that led me to put it down. This fairy tale retelling opens with a young woman stealing a necklace from her latest conquest, a Continue Reading
Review: The Merzetti Effect by Norah Wilson
The Merzetti Effect by Norah Wilson Paranormal Romance June 2011 Self Published Reviewed by Mandi Ainsley Crawford is an OR nurse looking for a new job which is how she finds herself in a bad part of town in St. Cloud, New Brunswick looking for Dr. Bowen’s office. Dr. Delano Bowen advertised the need for multi-talented nurse; someone who can draw blood and help as his research assistant as he tries to unlock a cure for a particular blood disorder. As she looks for his office, Ainsley is Continue Reading
Review: Devil’s Luck by Carolyn Crane
Devil’s Luck by Carolyn Crane (The Disillusionists #3.5) February 28, 2012 Paranormal Romance Self Published Reviewed by Mandi One look at Simon and you know he is a wild man. With dragon tattoos, flamboyant (yet sexy masculine) clothing, and a “who cares” attitude, he is the definition of a bad boy. Having spent years working for Packard and his disillusionist team, now that Packard is free and the villains are taken care of (somewhat), Simon is off on his own. An addicted gambler, Continue Reading
Review: Fall Into the Sun by Val Kovalin
Fall Into the Sun by Val Kovalin M/M Contemporary Romance January 30, 2012 Self Published Reviewed by Mandi Alejo and Bobby have been in love most of their lives, but as they find themselves in their early forties, Bobby hopes now is the time that they can actually find peace and love with each other for the rest of their lives. Having been lovers as young adults, the circumstances of life forced them to go in different directions. Alejo’s family is deeply immersed in the Catholic Continue Reading
Review: Pixie Dust by Laura Lee
Pixie Dust by Laura Lee Paranormal Romance December 31, 2011 Self Published Reviewed by Mandi There was something about the blurb that really appealed to me in this review request. *A lonesome fairy with no clue how to wield her powerful magic. *A ruggedly handsome warlock torn between his past and his present. *A five hundred year old, sinfully sexy vampire who's obsessed with solving the mystery of a particularly interesting bartender. Karli Lane is the only fairy left on the Continue Reading
Review: Her Husband’s Harlot by Grace Callaway
Her Husband’s Harlot by Grace Callaway (Mayhem in Mayfair #1) Historical Romance December 2011 Self Published Reviewed by Mandi I’m making an effort this year to read more self published books by authors I’m unfamiliar with. When this book came through my review requests, the blurb intrigued me. A wife disguises herself as her husband’s harlot? I had to know why. This books opens with Lady Helena Harteford and her husband the Marquess of Harteford, or Nicholas married for one month. Continue Reading
Review: Fated Hour by Samantha McHargue
Fated Hour by Samantha McHargue Time Travel Romance December 2011 Self Published Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I came two hundred years for the feel of your heart against my lips, telling me you love me...” Fated Hour is the sequel to Ms. McHargue’s Timeless. At the end of Timeless, Alexandra (Lexi) Kane was transported back in time by a jealous rival. Her lover, Lance Reed, defies space and time to find her and bring her back. What seems to be only a short 4 month time span to Continue Reading