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
Review: Tempted by Blood by Laurie London
Tempted by Blood by Laurie London (Sweetblood #3) Paranormal Romance February 21, 2012 Harelquin Reviewed by Mandi Arianna Wells works for a software company by day, but at night she devotes her time to her blog,Paranormalish. When her mother was kidnapped when Arianna was 5, she quickly learned that no one believed her when she said shadows, not a real person, took her mother away. Since then, she has devoted her life to researching the paranormal or odd situations that people can't Continue Reading
Review: Dance With Me By Heidi Cullinan
Dance With Me by Heidi Cullinan M/M Contemporary Romance July 26, 2011 Loose ID Reviewed by Helyce Ed Maurer loves football. He’s lived it and breathed it and it defined who and what he was until an injury to his neck ended his semipro career. He knew that in the end it could have been worse. If the injury had been just a few millimeters over, he’d be in a wheelchair now. Even so, Ed has to be careful; the slightest incorrect movement can set off a spasm of pain so severe, it takes Continue Reading
Review: Nice Girls Don’t Bite Their Neighbors by Molly Harper
Nice Girls Don’t Bite Their Neighbors (Jane Jameson #4) Urban Fantasy February 28, 2012 Pocket Reviewed by Mandi I adore the Jane Jameson series by Molly Harper and was so excited when I learned she would be writing a fourth book. This series makes me laugh and laugh and Nice Girls Don’t Bite Their Neighbors is a very cute installment. Jane has settled down in her somewhat new life as a vampire. She runs her bookstore at night now, hangs out with her vampire best friends Dick and Continue Reading
AAD Spotlight: Melanie Card and Giveaway
Our Authors After Dark Spotlights continue with the very talented paranormal romance author, Melanie Card. Ms. Card likes to walk on the adventurous side with her action packed paranormal and fantasy stories. Currently writing for Entangled Publishing, Ms.Card’s love of story telling began at an early age. In fact, Ms. Card reminisces of two very special teachers who helped foster her love of storytelling in grade school through journal writing time. Ms. Card’s debut paranormal romance Ward Continue Reading
Tori and the Wall Street Journal Talk Erotic
Recently, our very own Tori Benson was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal to give her thoughts on the types of erotic books she reads and how she reads them. We all know Tori is a huge reader and she has been contributing articles about the erotic genre to Heroes & Heartbreakers for some time now. For example, BDSM: Spelling it out in Erotic Romance or Searching for the Elusive F/M/F Menage in Erotic Romance (Oh, that is a hard one to find.) With the whole Fifty Shades of Grey (is Continue Reading
Review: Nightborn by Lynn Viehl
Nightborn by Lynn Viehl (Lord of the Darkyn #1) Paranormal Romance March 6, 2012 Signet Reviewed by Helyce Korvel, seneschal to King Richard, High Lord of the Immortal Darkyn, has been sent into France to recover a very old artifact that is rumored to hold the secrets of eternal life. This scroll, crafted in its entirety out of gold during the time of the Knights Templar, was entrusted to one family who has passed it down over the centuries and has kept it hidden and safe. When Continue Reading
Review: Gone to Ground by Brandilyn Collins
Gone To Ground by Brandilyn Collins Mystery Thriller Fiction March 1, 2012 B&H Publishing Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Neither man nor angel can discern hypocrisy, the only evil that walks invisible, except to God alone.” -John Milton The small sleepy little town of Amaryllis, Mississippi is being terrorized by a serial killer dubbed The Closet Killer. Five murders, all older women, killed in the dead of the night with no clues. Everyone is convinced the killer lives 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: Rocky Mountain Desire by Vivian Arend
Rocky Mountain Desire by Vivian Arend (Six Pack Ranch #3) March 13, 2012 Contemporary Romance Samhain Reviewed by Helyce Rocky Mountain Desire starts off with a bang with all the Coleman brothers and their friends celebrating Daniel’s upcoming wedding with a bachelor party. Matt may have sworn off relationships for himself, but that is not going to stop him from throwing his brother one hell of a party, complete with sexy dancing girls! As he watches his brothers and cousins having Continue Reading