Sleigh Bells in the Snow by Sarah Morgan (O'Neil Brothers #1) Released: October 29, 2013 Contemporary Romance Harlequin Reviewed by May Snow Crystal, Vermont is the quintessential Vermont small town that I imagine when I think of that beautiful state. It boasts breathtaking fall scenery, skiing, and a small caring community who loves calling it home. The problem is, the resort is losing money and it won’t be long before the O’Neil family loses their businesses and family Continue Reading
Review: Ethan in Gold by Amy Lane
Ethan in Gold by Amy Lane (Johnnies #3) M/M Contemporary Romance Released: October 4, 2013 Dreamspinner Press Reviewed by Helyce When Evan (Ethan) Costa was a little boy, he was the victim of a sex act that changed everything that he’d known up until that point in his young life. His mother, unable to accept or deal with the incident, becomes a cold, unloving woman, and Evan’s siblings not knowing any better follow her example. Evan grows up, hungry for human touch and as he enters Continue Reading
Review: The Way Home by Cindy Gerard
The Way Home by Cindy Gerard (One-Eyed Jacks #2) Released: October 29, 2013 Contemporary Romance Gallery Reviewed by May When Jess Albert learned the devastating news that her husband, Jeff, was killed in action in Afghanistan, a painful void entered her life. The more time passed, the more acutely she felt that emptiness. But four years later, when Tyler Brown, former military hero and all-around alpha male, shows up, Jess gradually begins to realize there is one thing that can make her Continue Reading
Review: Once a Rake by Eileen Dreyer
Once a Rake by Eileen Dreyer (The Drakes Rakes #4) Released: October 29, 2013 Historical Romance Forever Reviewed by Mandi The Blurb: Colonel Ian Ferguson may be a rake, but he's no traitor. Accused of trying to kill the Duke of Wellington, the disgraced Scotsman is now a fugitive--from the law, the army, and the cunning assassin who hunts him. Wounded and miles from his allies, Ian finds himself at the mercy of an impoverished country wife. The spirited woman is achingly Continue Reading
Review: The Sweetest Scent by Susan Laine
The Sweetest Scent by Susan Laine (Senses and Sensations #4) M/M Young Adult September 23, 2013 Dreamspinner Press From Goodreads: Bro Sumner loves his girlfriend, Lacey Adair, who underneath her pretty dress is in fact a boy, and she loves him right back. They are an exclusive item in high school, but they face some dangerous opposition, including a bullying fellow jock on Bro’s football team and Lacey’s violent alcoholic father. Lacey gets some martial arts training from an ally, Continue Reading
Read Pink!
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, and there is still time to take part in Penguin’s Read Pink initiative. Read Pink® in Support of Breast Cancer Awareness What’s black and white and pink all over? The initiative by the Penguin Group (USA) called Read Pink® in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month (October)! This literary embrace of a life-saving cause last year resulted in more than 400,000 best-selling romances shipped with Read Pink seals and information about the charity it Continue Reading
Review: Trancehack by Sonya Clark
Trancehack by Sonya Clark (Magic Born #1) Released: October 28, 2013 Paranormal Romance Carina Press Reviewed by Mandi Blurb: It’s 2065. Those born with magic abilities live in government-run zones, without rights or freedoms. Fear of magic created this segregated world and fear keeps it intact. A high-profile murder brings Detective Nathan Perez to Magic Born Zone 13. He’s had little experience with the Magic Born and isn’t sure what to expect during his first encounter with a Continue Reading
Review: Heating up the Holidays Anthology
Heating up the Holidays Anthology Released: October 28, 2013 Contemporary Romance Loveswept Reviewed by Mandi Play With Me by Lisa Renee Jones I DNF’d this story. Hero is this cold businessman. Heroine is hired as his assistant. I did not like at all. I wish this story wasn’t the first in the anthology. Oh well. Snowfall by Mary Ann Rivers. Blurb: Jenny Wright can’t get enough of her erotic conversations with someone she knows only as “C.” Flirting online helps Jenny Continue Reading
Review: The Wicked Wallflower by Maya Rodale
The Wicked Wallflower by Maya Rodale (Bad Boys and Wallflowers #1) Released: October 29, 2013 Historical Avon Reviewed by May This story opens as Lady Emma is coming out into society and discovering that London society is just as cruel as her finishing school. The girl who bullied her there is on the scene and making sure her nickname “the buxom bluestocking” is known to everyone, as well as making sure Emma and her friends quickly get placed as the least likely girls. To get in Continue Reading
Review: The Iron Traitor by Julie Kagawa
The Iron Traitor (The Iron Fey: Call Of The Forgotten #2) by Julie Kagawa Paranormal Romance-YA October 29, 2013 Harlequin Teen Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “You can’t save everyone. Sometimes, you have to make the decision to let them go.” Ethan Chase once again finds himself up to his neck in the machinations of the Fey when he is forced to go back into Nevernever to help find his nephew, Keirran, the Iron prince. Keirran is determined to help all the Forgotten fey from fading, Continue Reading