A Bloody Good Secret (Secret McQueen #2) By Sierra Dean Urban Fantasy E Book September 2011 Samhain Publishing Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Don’t let those wolves bowl you over, Secret. You’re the prize, not the property.” A Bloody Good Secret picks up about 3 months after Something Secret This Way Comes. When Secret was given the name of her next “assignment” at the end of Something Secret This Way Comes, she decided the best way to handle it was not to and ran to her Continue Reading
Review: Barging In by Josephine Myles
Barging In by Josephine Myles September 20, 2011 E-Book M/M Contemporary Romance Samhain Reviewed by Helyce Dan Taylor is a travel writer who has agreed to write an article about vacationing on a narrowboat along the canals of England. Dan had counted on his friend Tristan tagging along as an assistant of sorts, but Tristan, an aspiring actor, gets an acting job and jumps at the part leaving Dan to his own devices. Dan heads out on his own, looking forward to a week on the Continue Reading
Review: Envy by J.R. Ward
Envy by J.R. Ward (The Fallen Angels #3) September 6, 2011 Paranormal Romance Paperback Signet Reviewed by Helyce Envy is book three in JR Ward’s Fallen Angel series. I’ve had rather lukewarm reactions to the previous two books (Covet and Crave) but I decided that I would give book three a try and decide from there if I would continue. Well, third time’s the charm, my friends. Ward really stepped it up in this book Here’s a little background. If you read Ward’s Black Dagger Continue Reading
Review: Finding Eden by Kele Moon
Finding Eden by Kele Moon BDSM M/M Contemporary August 19, 2011 E-Book Ellora’s Cave Reviewed by Mandi Finding Eden is a prequel to Beyond Eden, which came out last year. In this book we discover how Paul and Danny’s relationship started, and just to what extent Paul goes to feel pain. Paul and Danny have been friends for a long time and they both are in love with the same girl Eve. But Eve leaves to go off to college. (Beyond Eden starts with Eve coming home ten years later) Continue Reading
Guest Author Maggie Robinson and Giveaway
Mandi, thanks so much for having me here to talk about Mistress by Marriage. This is the third book in the Courtesan Court series. (The fourth and final, Master of Sin, comes out next April, but they don’t have to be read in order or even together.) I’ve got a new series in the works, but am missing my Jane Street world already. It’s been the setting for three novels and two novellas, and plays a part in the next book even though it takes place on a Scottish island. When I made up Jane Street, Continue Reading
Review: Mistress by Marriage by Maggie Robinson
Mistress by Marriage by Maggie Robinson (Courtesan Court #3) August 30, 2011 Historical Romance Trade Paperback Brava Reviewed by Mandi I absolutely adored this book. I went in with a little trepidation because while I liked the first book in this series, Mistress by Mistake, I ended up not being able to finish the second book, Mistress by Midnight. But everything works in this third book. Baron Edward Christie is a very controlled, regimented man. He wears the “Christie face” Continue Reading
Review: Blood Cursed by Erica Hayes
Blood Cursed (The Shadowfae Chronicles #4) by Erica Hayes Paranormal Romance Paperback August 2, 2011 St Martin’s Press Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “...the most compelling memory is the ache sharp pain in his heart. Her hot green eyes dazzle him. Her toothy smile stops his pulse. Her touch befuddles his senses and wobbles his legs weak. The rich purr of her voice makes him crave chocolate cake.” Ember is a bloodfairy, which makes her a highly sought after prize to the Continue Reading
Review: The Gladiator’s Master by Fae Sutherland and Marguerite Labbe
The Gladiator’s Master by Fae Sutherland and Marguerite Labbe Historical M/M Romance September 19, 2011 E-Book Carina Press I have to thank Jen from Red Hot Books for recommending this book to me. When she said the words, male/male gladiator book, I ran to NetGalley as fast as my fingers could type. Caelius is a Roman politician who after his uncle dies, inherits a ludus, or a stable that houses gladiator slaves. These gladiators though are in no fighting condition. Due to Continue Reading
Winners!
Two winners to announce today. The winner of Romancing the Countess by Ashley March is: Pam P The winner of Isle of Night by Veronica Wolff is: Crystal F. Congrats to both! Continue Reading
Giveaway: Studenstein by Daisy Harris
A man built for sex… A woman who wants more… Freedom fighter Shani Brown is determined to drag the ungrateful Royce back to her team in Seattle. Despite his denial of mistreatment, she wants to give him a chance at a better life. Due to her horrific past as an unlicensed love-bot, Shani never plans to have sex again. But Royce’s makers punish him remotely with crippling pain. His only escape is to orgasm. Never one to turn her back on a job, Shani soon finds herself servicing him—and soon Continue Reading