What I read this week: Fire of the Dreki by LE Wilson The Sergones Coven #1 Paranormal Romance October 11, 2018 by Everblood Publishing I really wanted to like this book more than I did. I was so intrigued by the blurb. The beast is awake, and it burns for its mate. Kohl Sergones knows there's no place for a woman around a creature like him—half vampire, half dragon, and the only one of his kind. Taken in by a coven of vampires who make their home in the underground caverns of central Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Two people with trust issues quickly become each other's addiction. Can they learn to trust enough to fall? “I want to kiss you.” My breath escapes in a whoosh. “Just that?” God, please do it. Over and over. “For now,” he says quietly. But I see him retreating into himself. It’s shame. No matter what I say, he still believes he’s damaged goods. “And if I want you to do more than kiss me?” I ask, pushing. The light in his eyes dims further. “Button …” His voice cracks and Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
On Monday, Angela talked about: C- review – An Easy Death by Charlaine Harris (Fantasy) On Tuesday, Tori talked about: C+ review – Kill The Queen by Jennifer Estep (fantasy) On Wednesday, Sheena talked about: Willa's Beast by Ruby Dixon (paranormal) On Thursday, Helyce talked about: C+ review – The Lies We Told by Camilla Way (thriller) On Friday, Kini talked about: C review – Steeped in Love by Julie Evelyn Joyce (contemporary) DNF review – Going Down on One Knee Continue Reading
Kini’s Friday Kisses
This was a moderate reading week for me that had some meh reads. Steeped in Love by Julie Evelyn Joyce. This blurb makes it seem like this book will be a cutesy story as the heroine is back in the dating world. She read the tea leaves of potential mates and uses the findings as a reason to not date them. The hero is the writer in residence at the local coffee shop. They meet. Have great banter. He eavesdrops on her dates, then over time gets jealous and then finally asks her Continue Reading
Helyce’s Thursday Thoughts
I ventured outside of Romance this week and took a ride with a psychopath... The Lies We Told by Camilla WayThrillerReleased: October 9, 2018Berkley In The Lies We Told, we alternate between the past and present. In the past, we meet Beth and Doug who are realizing that their young daughter is showing some very obvious signs of being a psychopath. She’s bullied kids at school, killed her mother’s precious pet bird (leaving the bird’s head on the pillow next to Beth while she slept), Continue Reading
Sheena’s Wistful/Wanton Wednesday!
I missed you guys! I've been sick, but I'm getting better and determined to crawl from my sick bed and bring you today's lovey/lusty feature! Today's sweetly saucy snippets are from the undisputed queen (in my realm) of alien-sci-fi-romance, Ruby Dixon's latest release, Willa's Beast. A moment of your time to fan-the-fuhk-OUT, please. The year was 2017. The season, spring and I was heavily, heavily in the grips of alien smut fixation. It was all I read. Historical romance? Paranormal romance, Continue Reading
Review: Kill the Queen by Jennifer Estep
Kill the Queen by Jennifer Estep Crown of Shard, #1 Urban Fantasy/NA October 2, 2018 Harper Voyager Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: "I had no desire to become someone else's puppet..." Lady Everleigh Saffira Winter Blair, heir to the throne, went to live with relatives in the royal court of Bellona after her parents were assassinated. Thought to have no magic, she is regulated to a life little above a servant. When her cousin, the crown princess, stages a coup; assassinating her Continue Reading
Cover Reveal: The Risk by Elle Kennedy
THE RISK by Elle Kennedy Briar U, #2 February 18, 2019 Self Published Get ready for another fun and flirty romance from New York Times bestselling author Elle Kennedy! Bad girl Brenna Jensen would never date a hockey player. It’s too much of a risk, and not just because her hockey-coach father would kill her if she ever got involved with one. She’s been there, done that, not looking for a repeat. But a certain college player has gotten under her skin. He’s cocky, insolent and all about Continue Reading
Angela’s Monday Mornings
What I read this week: An Easy Death by Charlaine Harris Gunnie Rose #1 Fantasy October 2, 2018 by Saga Press "Since the president died, the world has gone to hell. God help us all." The first book in the newest Charlaine Harris series is an alternate history fantasy set sometime in the early 1900's. When Franklin Roosevelt was assassinated before being formally sworn in as president a chain reaction started and ultimately the government failed. The Native American tribes reclaimed their Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Not all girls dream of being rescued by Prince Charming. Some girls dream of the capture. Ballerina Emily Charles always knew she was kinky, but it takes a special invitation to The Noire House--a private club where all manners of sensuality are explored--for her to realize the depths of her fantasies. During the brief dates held in total darkness, she meets the mesmerizing Sam Roche. Sam is just the kind of seductive Dominant Emily went to The Noire House in search of. He leads her Continue Reading