Hide Your Heart by Tracey Alvarez (Far North #1) Released: April 18, 2015 Contemporary Romance Self Published Reviewed by Mandi Lauren Taylor had a very busy modeling career and a husband in New York City, until said husband abused her one too many times. Fleeing, she takes her young son back to her home country of New Zealand. She has become a car mechanic and restorer of classic cars and has moved onto a large piece of property she will share with her brother....and to her surprise, Continue Reading
Review: All For You by Laura Florand
All For You by Laura Florand (Paris Hearts #1) Released: May 2015 Contemporary Romance Self Published Reviewed by Mandi Célie and Joss grew up together in a not so great part of France. Célie is a few years younger than Joss, and her older brother was kind of friends with Joss, so she ran in the same circles with him. Célie has always had a crush on Joss. Joss, has always had a crush on Célie, but couldn't do much about it seeing that she was just a teenager. All Joss wanted to do was Continue Reading
Wicked Wednesday: Riding off into the Sunset with the Anti-Hero
When a big scary biker shows up at Jimmy’s Diner fifteen minutes before the end of my shift—covered in tattoos and looking at me like I’m on the menu—I should flip the open sign to closed. But I don’t. I’m too used to doing what I’ve been told. Too used to working and struggling and surviving to do anything different. A closed sign wouldn’t stop him anyway. He’s here to collect a debt. And I’m the only one left to pay. (Blurb for Shari Slade’s Ride Me Hard) Goodreads l Amazon Ride Me Continue Reading
Review: Last Kiss by Jessica Clare and Jen Frederick
Last Kiss by Jessica Clare and Jen Frederick Series: Hitman, #3 Romance Suspense Released: May 5, 2015 Berkley Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “We are all strange in our own way.” Vasily is one of the Bratva’s top enforcers. Changes in circumstances and his own views has Vasily deciding the Bratva needs a complete overhaul to make room for a new path and a new leader In order to do this, he makes a deal with the council. If he brings them a lost artifact that is rumored to be Continue Reading
Review: Midnight’s Kiss by Thea Harrison
Midnight’s Kiss by Thea Harrison Series: Elder Races, #8 Paranormal Romance May 5, 2015 Berkley Sensations Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Oh soldier, how did we come to such a place?” Midnight’s Kiss picks up right where Night’s Honor left off. The Nightkind (vampyres) demesne is currently engaged in a battle over the throne, with Julian Regillus, the reigning king, and Justine, a powerful council member, at it’s center. Melisandre (Melly), heir to the Light Fae throne, is Continue Reading
Review: The Friend Zone by Kristen Callihan
The Friend Zone by Kristen Callihan Series: Game On, #2 Contemporary Sports Romance/NA May 5, 2015 Self Published Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “The sum of my existence equals you.” Gray Grayson has it all. A top NFL draft pick; he has the looks, the moves, and the reputation of being a playa but when he is forced to borrow his soon to be agent’s daughter's pink Fiat for the summer, he discovers the one thing he has been missing. Ivy Mackenzie is spending a year abroad with Continue Reading
Review: Win by Submission by Melynda Price
Win by Submission by Melynda Price (Against the Cage #1) Released: April 28, 2015 Contemporary Romance Montlake Reviewed by Mandi I haven't had much luck in reading MMA books lately. What does this mean? Where are my awesome fighters who meet awesome heroines? Cole fractures his spine during a fight - and it's bad. So bad, he ends up in a wheelchair and the doctors say there isn't much else they can do for him. So bad he will probably walk with crutches the rest of his life. His Continue Reading
Review: Colin by Sotia Lazu
Colin by Sotia Lazu (Threefold #1) Released: March 19, 2015 Erotic Self Published Reviewed by Mandi I accepted this review request because the author mentioned this: Although the trilogy eventually involves m/f/m and m/m, this part is m/f and includes voyeurism. This is book one of three, so there is no HEA. I'm a sucker for m/f/m and m/m, so I wanted to see how it all plays out. At 56 pages, not a ton of things happen, but it's a quick and dirty read. Not deep, but dirty Continue Reading
Review: Pucked by Helena Hunting
Pucked by Helena Hunting Released: May 3, 2015 Erotic Contemporary Romance Self Published Reviewed by Mandi Jane from Dear Author rec'd this book to me, and we have pretty similar tastes in our reading so I listened up. She also said it contained toilet humor, and being the only female in my house, I am quite fond (forced to be fond?) of this type of humor. This book not only made me laugh, a lot, but it turns into a wonderful, sweet and VERY DIRTY romance. The hero is a little awkward Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Hero: Gray Grayson. College football star. A playa both on and off the field. Heroine: Ivy Mackenzie. College graduate. Doesn't date players of any kind. Ivy has been having some very naughty thoughts about Gray and and thinks she may now be oversexed so she asks her sister, Fi, about it. :P “Can a person…I don’t know…be oversexed when they aren’t having any sex?” The instant the words are out of my mouth my face flames and I want to call them back. As it is, they hang over Continue Reading