Hero: Will Caruso. Leaves his high-powered NYC job and takes his dog south on a road trip. His dad, the boss, isn't happy. Heroine: Teresa Valentini. Hired by Will's dad to lure him back to NYC by using her sexy body. Will takes one look at her naked body and is a goner. Under a spoiler tag because it's verra naughty. [spoiler]“Feels so good. You’re so hard.” “Tell me something I don’t know,” I grit out, grabbing her ass in both hands and pulling her drenched juncture tight Continue Reading
Cover Reveal: Follow by Tessa Bailey
Blurb: He wants her soul. Too bad she already sold it. Family is everything to gambling den darling, Teresa Valentini. Blood comes first, especially before men. So when her brother lands himself in hot water, she’s willing to do whatever it takes to save him. And showing up topless in her unwitting savior’s motel room is turning out to be the furthest thing from a hardship… Will Caruso is the bad boy of New York’s financial scene…and he just found out the very thing that drives his Continue Reading
Review: Too Beautiful to Break by Tessa Bailey
Too Beautiful to Break by Tessa Bailey Series: Romancing the Clarksons,#4 Contemporary Romance Released: September 26, 2017 Forever Reviewed by Sheena Leaving Belmont Clarkson is the hardest thing Sage Alexander has ever done. From the moment they met, she knew Belmont was the one, and getting up close and personal with him on his family's epic road trip has taken her desire to a new, even hotter level. But there's no way she can go there---not without revealing secrets that could Continue Reading
Review: Disorderly Conduct by Tessa Bailey
Disorderly Conduct by Tessa Bailey The Academy, #1 Romance Contemporary/Erotic August 29, 2017 Avon Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “No one moves like us, Ever. No one talks to each other without words like us. Don't you know that?” Charlie Burns figured he found the elusive unicorn of all relationships when he meets and engages in a no strings affair with the most beautiful and sexually enticing woman in the whole state of New York-Ever Carmichael. A police cadet currently at the Continue Reading
Review: Too Hard to Forget by Tessa Bailey
Too Hard to Forget (Romancing the Clarksons Book #3) Publication Date: April 25, 2017 Contemporary Romance Forever Reviewed by Kini This time, she's calling the shots. Peggy Clarkson is returning to her alma mater with one goal in mind: confront Elliott Brooks, the man who ruined her for all others, and remind him of what he's been missing. Even after three years, seeing him again is like a punch in the gut, but Peggy's determined to stick to her plan. Maybe then, once she has the Continue Reading
Review: Wound Tight by Tessa Bailey
Wound Tight by Tessa Bailey (Made in Jersey #4) Released: December 5, 2016 M/M Contemporary Romance Entangled Reviewed by Mandi Tessa Bailey is the queen of the dirty talking hero and I'm always excited for a new release. And then she tells me she is writing a male/male. Excuse me while I swoon off my couch in anticipation. Wound Tight is FULL of intense sexual tension and hot, hot sexy times. Definitely some dirty talking too. If you've read this series, you've met Renner, the Continue Reading
Top Ten Reasons to Read: Worked Up by Tessa Bailey
Factory mechanic Duke Crawford just wants to watch SportsCenter in peace. Unfortunately, living with four divorcee sisters doesn’t provide much silence, nor does it change his stance on relationships. But when a fellow commitment-phobe stumbles into his life, getting him good and worked up, he can’t deny his protective instincts. Samantha Waverly’s brother just put her in an impossible situation. The only way out? Marry huge, gruff, gladiator look-alike Duke—for show, of course. She doesn’t Continue Reading
Review: Crashed Out by Tessa Bailey
Crashed Out by Tessa Bailey (Made in Jersey #1) Released: December 7, 2015 Contemporary Romance Entangled Reviewed by Mandi I like the premise of this book but the execution didn't work so well for me. Growing up, Sarge fell in love with his sister's best friend. Jasmine is eight years older, and was even his babysitter for some time. As a teen, he would use any excuse to be in the same room with her. She would ruffle his hair and be on her way, and Sarge's teenage hormones could Continue Reading
Wicked Wednesday: Top Ten Reasons to Read – Up in Smoke by Tessa Bailey
Connor Bannon is supposed to be dead. Dishonorably discharged from the Navy SEALs, he's spent the last two years working as a street enforcer in Brooklyn for his cousin's crime ring. Through a twist of fate, he's now in Chicago, working undercover to bust criminals. But when a cute little arsonist joins the team—all combat boots, tiny jean shorts, and hot-pink hair—Connor’s notorious iron control slips. Erin "she's getting away" O'Dea knows two things. She hates authority. And… Continue Reading
Mini Reviews for June
Tori's Mini Reviews: Need Me by Tessa Bailey Romance Contemporary RATING: C The second story in Bailey’s Broke and Beautiful series centers around a student, her professor, and the forbidden love affair. Similar to book one, the storyline is engaging with a solid set up, strong characters, and bits of humor and heartbreak. While somewhat engaging, I didn’t connect with this couple so well. I found Honey to be selfish in her objective to seduce Ben. Not until the Continue Reading