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SHADOW RISING (The Shadow Slayers #2) by Cassi Carver-a review

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SHADOW RISING (Shadow Slayers #2) by Cassi Carver

SHADOW RISING is the second storyline (September 25, 2012 release) in Cassi Carver’s The Shadow Slayers series. At the end of Slayer’s Kiss we discover that Kara Reed is the daughter of the late Fallen Demiare king and her rightful place is now on the throne. But when her bond-mate Julian is killed trying to protect her, she is unwilling to let go. Hoping their supernatural abilities will help to regenerate the love of her life, Kara will soon find out, that what you wish for isn’t what you will always get.

Gavin, a member of the Fallen and Julian’s best friend, had pledged to stay by Kara’s side, to guard, protect and to love, but Gavin has been MIA for close to 9 weeks and Kara has felt betrayed. With her guardian Jaxon now falling for her BFF Abbey, Kara is depending on Aiden who seems more than perturbed when he is called to perform his duties. But Kara is one of the few females born to the Demiare and as a princess-in –training it is the Fallen’s responsibility to protect and guard in the absence of her mate. When a coven of witches demands the blood of a Dark Wing angel, Kara knows that her task will be next to impossible-the Dark Wing are the enemy. But when a Dark Wing enters her life, who looks suspiciously like her fallen mate, Kara’s hopes soar thinking the impossible has come true.

Kara’s friend and witch Abbey was injured in the last storyline. As a being of supernatural powers Abbey should have healed, but all attempts have failed. There is one possible cure for Abbey, and if Kara agrees to the witches’s terms, she hopes that both her life and the life of her friend will be spared. But when Gavin returns from his 9 week absence he is shocked to discover that the Fallen angel he once knew as Julian, is now a Dark Wing who is on the verge of plunging in to the abyss. Without their help, the Dark winged Julian will be lost to them forever.

Shadow Rising is an intriguing storyline that builds on the world created by Cassi Carver. We learn more about the clan and the coven of witches, as well as their connection to one another. I enjoyed Shadow Rising and felt it was a much better storyline than the first book- Slayer’s Kiss, but I will add, that many introductory books in a new series tend to be over saturated with too much information that can actually detract from the premise and enjoyment of the book. The character development continued as Cassi delves deeper into the lives of the Fallen, and more of the background history of the Demiare is revealed. Although Jaxon and Abbey are an integral part of the series, they were basically in hiding through most of this book, but Cassi will bring them into focus with their own novella-Silverwing’s Sorceress in December 2012.

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LINK TO OUR REVIEW OF: Slayer’s Kiss

Reviewed by Sandy

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Maya Banks’s Breathless Trilogy

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Maya Banks’s BREATHLESS Trilogy

Maya Banks will be promoting her new BREATHLESS trilogy with the release of book one RUSH in February 2013.  The series follows 3 friends-billionaires Gabe Hamilton, Jace Crestwell and Ash McIntyre as they dominate in the boardroom and the bedroom.

 

 

TITLE:  Rush

AUTHOR:  Maya Banks

SERIES:  Breathless Trilogy

RELEASE DATE:  February 2013

 

 

LINK to Pre-Order RUSH: Amazon / Barnes and Noble

 

 

TITLE: Fever

AUTHOR:  Maya Banks

SERIES:  Breathless Trilogy

RELEASE DATE:  April 2013

 

 

LINKS to Pre-Order FEVER: Amazon / Barnes and Noble

 

 

 

TITLE: Burn

AUTHOR:  Maya Banks

SERIES:  Breathless Trilogy

RELEASE DATE:  August 2013

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An Interview with Faith Hunter

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An Interview with Faith Hunter


The Reading Cafe is happy to have the fantastic Faith Hunter as our guest today.

Faith has just released Death’s Rival, her 5th book in her Jane Yellowrock series. Our review of Death’s Rival is just below this interview.

Faith is here to talk to us about Death’s Rival, and to tell us a bit about herself.

Let’s meet Faith.

 


TRC: Hi Faith.  Thank you for taking the time to answer some questions today. We are always looking forward to reading about the author behind the book, it is a pleasure to have you here at The Reading Café.

Would you please tell us about yourself?

Faith:  Hi. Thanks for having me here.

Well, I’m a writer with several different pen names (all of them mine, BTW) and I write in a *lot* of different genres. As Faith, I have written post-apocalyptic urban fantasy (the Rogue Mage series) and am currently writing dark urban fantasy—the Jane Yellowrock series.  Lately I’ve been writing 2 books a year, but I am getting ready to slow down on that a bit and see if I have a life left!

When I’m not writing, I am caring for elder parents and in-laws, making jewelry, target shooting, gardening bit, and white water kayaking. My hubby and I like to RV to white water rivers and paddle. I missed most of the paddling season this past summer with those elder-care issues so I am really looking forward to some fall paddling!

TRC: When and how did you become interested in writing?  What is your writing process? Do you have a specific place and time you like to write?

Faith:  I fell in love with writing in high school and decided on writing as a career when my tenth grade teacher told me I had talent. I have a writing room painted a soothing shade of bluish-green, furnished with a lovely little glass-topped wooden desk, a PC, a gas log fireplace, a dual recliner, TV, whichever of my orchids are currently blooming, and most of my collection of skulls and bones.

TRC: How did you come up with the idea of the Jane Yellowrock series?

Faith:  Tea with Kim Harrison. Seriously. We were tired and brainstorming—mostly to remember what it felt like to be purely creative. And Jane was born. 🙂

TRC: Can you please explain the premise of your Jane Yellowrock series?  Also, how many books do you plan for this series?  Hopefully this continues for a long time to come.

Faith:  Jane Yellowrock is a Cherokee Skinwalker who can shift into any similarly-massed, female animal, *if* she has sufficient DNA material. Jane is a hunter of rogue-vampires, and in Skinwalker—the first book in the series—she is hired by the Master of the City of New Orleans, Leo Pellissier, to find and dispatch a rogue-vamp who has turned on his own and started draining and eating vamps.

I am hoping for 10 to 15 books. And then spinoffs. Of course. LOL

TRC:  You just released your 5th book in the Jane Yellowrock series.  Please tell us a little about Death’s Rival.

Faith:  For Jane Yellowrock, having Leo Pellissier as a boss took some getting used to. But now, someone is out to take his place as Master Vampire of the city of New Orleans, and they’re not afraid to go through Jane to do it. After an attack that’s tantamount to a war declaration, Leo knows his rival is both powerful and vicious, but Leo’s not about to run scared. After all, he has Jane. But then, a plague strikes, one that takes down vampires but leaves humans untouched, but as carriers of the dread disease.

To uncover the identity of the vamp who wants Leo’s territory, and to find the cause of the vamp-plague, Jane will have to venture into the underbelly of vamp society, where rules were made to be broken. As she circles closer to the truth, she finds the answers to the secret that could turn every vampire in the U.S. true-dead…

TRC:  Your other series is the Rogue Mage.  Would you please tell those who have not read this series, the premise of Rogue Mage. 

Faith:  The end of the world came. The angels appeared and lifted swords of justice and billions of humans were judged and died in the first of the three great plagues. Then the demons appeared and brought the celestial war to Earth. The first generation of humans born after the “end of the end” were able to twist and work with left over creation energy to do something that looked a lot like magic. Afraid of what they didn’t understand, the remaining humans declared war on the teenaged mages and the seraphs put the magic users into gilded prisons called Enclaves.

Thorn St.Croix is a mage in hiding, the only of her kind living in secret among the humans. If the humans discover what she is, she will be tortured and killed. But when her ex-husband is kidnapped by the Dark, Thorn’s stepchild comes and begs her help. To keep the child happy, Thorn will brave both the Dark and the humans who hate her. But she has no idea what that decision will cost her or the world in which she lives. That’s the premise for book one – BloodRing – and the entire series.

TRC:  Many people are confused as to how to describe Urban Fantasy.  Since both of your series are Urban Fantasy, would you care to try and explain this genre?

Faith: For me it is three things:
1. Voice. The way the authorial voice (or narrative voice) sounds and feels is called voice and tone. All Urban Fantasy has a similar contemporary voice (though each writer is distinctive within this field) .
2. Setting. Modern, urban, technological, violent, and tough. A story where the bad guy (or the bad thing) gets what he/she/they deserve.
3. Character. One who is modern, urban, cool, and kick ass.

TRC:  What are you working on now?

Faith: Trying to finish Blood Trade. Sigh… And I am getting behinder and behinder. (rolls eyes)

Okay. Let’s talk all things Beastly.

TRC: Beast has her own Facebook page.  How has Beast handled her popularity?

Faith: Beast is . . . preening. And enjoying the invitations to hunt in the fan’s backyards. She believes that she fully deserves all the adulation and attention. Hey. She’s a cat. Know what I mean?

TRC: *frowns and looks toward the doorway…* ‘Was that a scream I just heard?’

Faith: Ummm. Yeah. It *is* okay that I brought Beast along on the interview, right? I mean she gets pretty ticked off when I leave her behind, and she’s been left behind a lot on this blog tour.

TRC:  *eyes wide open…stutters*  Welcome Beast, I hope you ate.  But I do have two rare steaks in the refrig.

 

Beast:  (sits slowly and stretches out, panting) Want to hunt cow. Or Bison. Do you have cow to hunt?

 

 

TRC: Uhhh. No. But since you are here. . . Beast, you have become a big star.  How do you feel about this?

Beast:  Beast is happy as long as hunting is good. But humans who offer belly rubs are good too. Rub my belly?  (Beast rolls over, exposing her belly. She yawns hugely, showing off killing teeth). Come on. Rub. (chuffs with laughter when human backs away.)

TRC:  Beast, since you are so close to Jane, can you tell us something we don’t know about her?

Beast: Jane has no secrets except from herself. She does not remember her past. She does not remember the evil she has done. But she will remember soon. (looks at Writer) Writer knows.

TRC:  What do you think about Jane’s Rick.  Do you approve?

Beast:  Want Rick as mate. Want Bruiser as mate. And Leo. Need strong mates. Jane is foolish kit. Wants only one mate. I do not understand this.

TRC: You do complain about Writer not taking you on trips. How did you arrange to come here?

Beast:  (chuffs with laughter) Writer did not see Beast hiding in back of essuvee. Beast is good hunter. Beast is good hider. Beast is good.

TRC: Beast is there anything you would like to tell your fans.

Beast:  Fans should send Beast deer to hunt. Beast likes deer. Also want to hunt elk. And bison. Cow would be good too but Writer will not let me hunt cow. Says cows belong to cattlemen. Writer is not fun.

TRC:  Faith, I read on your website that you enjoy target shooting.  Does this come in handy when you need to calm down either Jane or Beast?

Faith:  Mostly when I need to let off some steam. After a long week at the keyboard, I need a valve-release. If I don’t have time to go paddling, then a trip to the shooting range is in order. The Hubby hangs my man-shaped targets on the basement windows to scare off burglars. It seems to be working. 🙂

LIGHTNING ROUND

Favorite Food: Shrimp

Favorite Dessert: Italian wedding cake

Milk or Dark Chocolate: Dark

Favorite TV Show: NCIS with Covert Affairs as a rising second.

Last book that you read: I don’t remember the last one, but I am currently reading
Deb Harkness’ Shadow Of Night.

Who is your favorite fictional character (not your own): Harry Dresden.
Hands down. Love me some Harry!

Do you have pets? Oh yeah. We have two spoiled-rotten rescue dogs, Blonde Pomeranians named Tommy and Tuffy. Right now Tommy is asleep on the leather recliner—on a pillow, of course, for his royal comfort, and Tuffy is under my desk chair wedged between the wheels so I can’t shift *at all* without him knowing instantly.
Can you say separation anxiety?

TRC: Thank you, Faith & Beast for answering our questions. We look forward to continuing to read your books, and to work with you again in the future.

Faith: Thanks for having me here. It’s a good day. Come on Beast. Home. Beast! Stop chasing the nice people here. Stop that! They do not liking hiding under their desks. BEAST!

If you would like to know more about Faith Hunter, you can find her at the following links:

Website:http://www.faithhunter.net/wp/
Facebook
Twitter:
Goodreads:
Beast Facebook:
Jane Yellowrock Facebook:

Faith has graciously offered to give a member of The Reading Café a chance to win a copy of Death’s Rival.

1.  You must be a member at The Reading Cafe. If you are not a member, please register using the Log-In at the top of the page, or by using one of our social log-ins.

2.  If you are using a social log-in e.g. Twitter, please leave your email address along with your comment.

3.  Please post a comment and say hi to Faith or Beast.

4.  Giveaway open to U.S. & Canada Only

5.  Contest runs from October 9th – 12th.

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Death’s Rival by Faith Hunter – a Review

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Death’s Rival by Faith Hunter – a Review

 

Death’s Rival by Faith Hunter is the 5th book in Hunter’s Jane Yellowrock series. 

For those of you who have not read this series, Jane Yellowrock is a supernatural skinwalker, who shares her body with the soul of a mountain lion. Skinwalkers are able to shift into various animals.  She a is rogue-vampire hunter, who is now working in New Orleans for the powerful Master of the City, Leo Pellissier. Jane Yellowrock series has a fantastic and different premise, with a wonderful and complex heroine. Jane and her equally wonderful alter ego, Beast, are totally sensational together.  In Death’s Rival, Faith Hunter does it again, with a terrific story that is intense, and filled with non stop action from start to finish. 

Death’s Rival picks up not too long after Raven Cursed. Jane is still working as Leo’s “enforcer”, but she is somewhat feeling down, as we know from Raven Cursed, her friend Molly is keeping her distance from Jane, as is her boyfriend Rick.  But a serious situation has arisen across the country that requires Jane’s attention.  She is sent by Bruiser, who is Leo’s Primo and another possible boyfriend of Jane’s to Sedona and Seattle to discover why the Vampire Masters of those cities are being affected by a rampant disease.  The Masters in their weakened condition are passing over their commands to an unknown powerful vampire, in exchange for an antidote to keep them alive.

Jane takes her team ( Derek & his men) to investigate, & take blood samples so that they can have Leo’s scientists discover a cure.  But things do not go smooth, as this powerful vampire is one step ahead of them.  Jane had to defend herself to kill an enforcer for the new vampire, and because of this, the vampire wants Jane, as well as Leo’s death.  Jane manages to get back to New Orleans, but the mystery gets more complex, as the blood samples were destroyed, and a betrayer is within Leo’s ranks.  Who is the unknown old time Vampire?  How is this disease being transmitted?  Is there a cure?  Death’s Rival is indeed a mystery, and filled with heart pumping action, constant danger; as a full scale war is upon them.  

Through all of this, Hunter continues the story revolving around Jane’s identity, which is still hidden.  Hidden to the New Orleans Vamps; hidden to most of the men and people in her life; but most of all, the hidden secrets of her childhood that Jane herself cannot remember.  The Vamps and human who work with Jane,  know she is not human, but they do not what she is.  But in Death’s Rival, we learn so much more, as does Jane.  She learns the truth of her history and childhood, and becomes an even stronger person in this book.  I loved how strong Jane and Beast are together.  I absolutely adore Beast, especially when she takes over and shifts to the mountain lion she is.  Jane and Beast together are so much stronger.  In this book, we get to see more of Beast, and her thoughts, as Hunter has taken this to another step up. You know when Jane is mind talking, or when it’s Beast.  So well done.

Faith Hunter has also created some wonderful and even villainous characters in this series that we usually get to see in each book…Bruiser, Leo, Rick, Katie, Derek, Sabina, as well as some new characters, such as Eli (a hunk I hope is in Jane’s future), Alex, and the evil D’allyon.  In Death’s Rival we get a heavy dose of these characters throughout this fantastic ride, with every moment filled with non stop fighting, danger, suspense, surprises, and betrayals.

Jane Yellowrock is a fantastic hard edged heroine.  She is smart, tough, hard assed, persistant, complex, but she is also fun, caring, sexual and loyal.  As for Beast…sigh….love her, especially since she comes out more in this book.  Death’s Rival is a great addition to this series.  If you have not read this series, I suggest you do so, but importantly if you do, start from the first book, Skinwalker.  You need to learn about Jane and Beast, and the beginning is the best place to start. Thank you, Faith Hunter for giving us more of Jane and Beast.

Reviewed by Barb

Copy provided by publisher

 

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Faith Hunter – Biography-Bibliography

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Faith Hunter – Biography-Bibliography


Biography

Faith Hunter, fantasy writer, was born in Louisiana and raised all over the south. The Skinwalker series, featuring Jane Yellowrock is taking off like a rocket with Skinwalker, Blood Cross, Mercy Blade, Raven Cursed, and Death’s Rival. Her Rogue Mage novels, a dark, urban fantasy series—Bloodring, Seraphs, and Host—feature Thorn St. Croix, a stone mage in a post-apocalyptic, alternate reality, urban fantasy world. These novels are the basis for the role playing game, Rogue Mage (2012).

Under the pen name Gwen Hunter, she writes action-adventure, mysteries, and thrillers. As Faith and Gwen, she has 20+ books in print in 28 countries.

Hunter fell in love with reading in fifth grade, and best loved SiFi, fantasy, and gothic. She decided to become a writer in high school, when a teacher told her she had talent. Now, she writes full-time and works full-time in a hospital lab, (for the benefits) tries to keep house, and is a workaholic with a passion for travel, jewelry making, white-water kayaking, and writing. She and her husband love to RV, traveling with their dogs to whitewater rivers all over the Southeast.

Bibliography
(As Faith Hunter , she writes in the fantasy genre, and as Gwen Hunter in the thriller genre)

Faith Hunter

Jane Yellowrock Series

Strange Brew (Signatures of the Dead-anthology)
Skinwalker – July 2009
Blood Cross – January 2010
Mercy Blade – January 2011
Cat Tales – December 2011 (e-book special- 4 short stories)
Raven Cursed – January 2012
Death’s Rival – Oct 2, 2012
Blood Trade – April 2, 2013

Additonal titles

Easy Pickings – December 2011 (with C. E. Murphy) – A Jane Yellowrock and Joanne Walker Crossover.

Have Stakes Will Travel – September 2012– (e-book) Tales from the world of Jane Yellowrock.

 

Rogue Mage series

Bloodring –  November 2006
Seraphs – May 2007
Host – November 2007

Additional books

Bloodring Timeline
Angel Hierarcy

 

Gwen Hunter

To find out more about each of Gwen’s books, check her website:
http://www.gwenhunter.com/

Rhea Lynch, M.D. series

Delayed Diagnosis -June 1, 2001
Prescribed Danger – April 1, 2002
Deadly Remedy – February 1, 2003
Grave Concerns – January 1, 2004

DeLande Saga series

Betrayal – 1994- reissue- February 28, 2004
False Truths – August 30, 2004
Law Of The Wild- December 31, 2005

Stand-alone books

Blackwater Secrets – January 2007
Bloodstone –January 2006
Shadow Valley –  January 2005
Ashes to Ashes – June 1997
Sleep Softly- February 2008
Rapid Descent –  February 2009

Miscellaneous

Garrick Travis series (Gary Hunter)
Death Warrant – Oct. 1990
Death Sentence – July 1992

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UNCONTROLLABLE (Nature of Grace #2) by S.R.Johannes-a review

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UNCONTROLLABLE (Nature of Grace #2) by S.R.Johannes

UNCONTROLLABLE is the second instalment and September 24, 2012 release in S.R.Johannes young adult Nature of Grace series. Uncontrollable picks up approximately 3 months after Untraceable. Our heroine Grace has suffered many losses but life in the small town near the Smokey Mountains keeps getting worse-the few friends she had are barely talking, her mother is leaving for a new job and her BFF since childhood is refusing to acknowledge her existence. And when Agent Sweeney from the Fish and Wildlife Department returns to town, Grace is more than willing to help in the tracking of the endangered Red Wolf but someone or something is killing off the wolves and Grace is the next target. With the addition of two qualified trackers, Sweeney hopes that hunt will be short but they will soon find themselves in a fight for their lives.

Grace has always lived in the shadows of the Smokey Mountains. As an avid outdoors person, Grace was the first to volunteer to help track the recently released Red Wolves, but as part of a classroom assignment she would find herself grouped together with ex-bestie Wyn and his new girlfriend Sky. And to complicate matters, the weather was turning a bitter cold and snow storms were forecasted for the immediate future. And as you can guess, unqualified student help does not make for an easy or uneventful assignment. Students will go missing, wolves will be found dead and the realization that someone is still trying to end your life will find Grace the hero once again when she discovers the truth behind big business and the environment.

S.R. Johanne’s UNCONTROLLABLE is a well-written, fast-paced storyline that will keep you wondering with the turn of every page. Old friends will find each other in the most unlikely of circumstances only to lose out to a love that is stronger than anyone believed. And in saying that, the YA love triangle is ever present and frustrating, especially when both young men will tug at your heart and your soul. No one should have to suffer a broken heart. I am enjoying the Nature of Grace series and look forward to the next instalment by S.R. Johannes.

Read our reviews for:
Untraceable and Unspeakable

Reviewed by Sandy

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Wife for Hire by Christine Bell – a Review

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Wife for Hire by Christine Bell – a Review

Wife for Hire by Christine Bell is a wonderful cute romance novel, with some steamy sex scenes.  A very fun and enjoyable read.  Here is a blurb from Bell’s Website to give you an idea what the story is about.

Blurb:

He needs a wife for three weeks…

Owen Phipps is out for revenge. His mission? To expose the man who stole his sister’s money and dignity. All he needs is a “wife” who can play along. Too bad his last best hope is an actress who tries to mace him with perfume when he offers her the role of a lifetime.

Lindy Knight is a real sap. She loves too hard, feels too deep, and often finds herself saying yes when she should be saying “Let me think about it.” She can’t believe her good fortune when Owen offers her more than enough money to hold off foreclosure until she can find a job. Three weeks at a resort, money she desperately needs, and she gets to help bring a criminal to justice? Score.

It seems easy enough until the first time a couples bonding game turns intimate, and they realize how dangerous their mutual attraction could be. Can they keep their hands to themselves long enough to find the evidence Owen needs? Or are the close quarters more temptation than they can handle?

Review:

We meet Lindy from the start, as she comes home to a mess in her house.  She has little puppies that have torn her couch to pieces.  Poor Lindy, she was already upset when the doorbell rings and she sees this hot gorgeous man through the peephole.  Having forgotten that she answered an ad for a short job stint, the man on the other side was there to interview her for a job.

Then we meet Owen, who interviews Lindy to play his wife for three weeks at a resort.  You can see from the description, Owen wants to avenge his sister, who was fleeced by a con artist.  Owen wants Lindy to play his wife, as he tries to expose his sister’s former boyfriend.  However, when Owen meets Lindy, everything that shouldn’t go wrong does, and he questions whether she is the right person for the job. Some funny stuff here.  But Lindy needs the money, as she faces a foreclosure on her house, and she convinces Owen, she can act and will do a good job as his wife.

Owen, is not only sexy, but he is Irish and loaded.  He fixes up Lindy with expensive clothes and jewelry, to enable her to act the part as his wife.  Both Lindy and Owen were great together, the chemistry between them sizzles as soon as they leave for the resort.  Lindy wants to settle down, get married and live a normal life.  Owen has no intention of ever having any kind of relationship. Past experiences, especially with his family has soured him of any type of commitment.  I loved Lindy, who was a fun, smart, witty heroine.  She is the perfect sweet girl next door, and Owen is determined not to let himself fall for her.  They do act the part well. 

They both work the resort in finding information about the owner, his sister’s ex, who took all her money.  It’s a fun story, meeting other couples, and seeing Owen and Lindy act like a married couple.  So many funny parts, but the best is to see the two of them becoming more and more attracted to each other, and the sexual tension was hot.

Owen knowing that Lindy wanted a commitment, resigned himself to cold showers, but in the end, it was Lindy who decided even if it’s for a short time, she needed Owen desperately.  He of course jumped at the chance, and this is where the steamy sex comes to play.   

They both were great together, not only the sizzling sex, but just their banter, and their overall chemistry.  Christine Bell does a great job with this fun story, a good plot also, with somewhat of a mystery.  But most of all I thoroughly enjoyed Lindy and Owen.  I won’t tell you how this ends, as you will have to buy this book to find out.  I really enjoyed this book, as it had everything…romance, a great couple, sex, hysterical moments, and just plain fun. 

Reviewed by Barb

Copy provided by Publisher

 

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Wrong Bed, Right Guy by Katee Robert-a review

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WRONG BED, RIGHT GUY (Come Undone #1) by Katee Robert

Wrong Bed, Right Guy is the July 2012 release in Katee Robert’s erotic romance series Come Undone.

Working along side Nathan Schultz, Elle Walser spent most of her time fantasizing about seducing the man who occupied most of her dreams. When her brother Ian had suggested she apply for the position of coordinator at Nathan’s art gallery, she had no idea what to expect. But finding herself in Nathan’s bed with a tattooed and naked stranger, her dreams of seduction failed. Humiliated, it took everything she had to apologize and head for the hills.

Thinking he had almost had sex with his brother’s girlfriend, Gabe Schultz wanted an explanation. Returning from LA, Gabe knew something was eating his brother, but Elle Walser was on his mind. And checking on his nightclubs was as good an excuse as any to visit his younger brother. It had been 6 months since he was last in town and he needed to get back to work. But the loneliness that Gabe felt only increased when he realized that something or someone was missing from his life.

Elle’s humiliation increased when she realized that the man in Nathan’s bed was his brother Gabe. Angry at herself, Elle chose to blame Gabe for their misadventures the night before, but accepting an invitation to dinner brought everything into focus. She was angry, embarrassed and wanted Gabe. But her reaction to the man pushed at her good girl persona, and she continued to play the heartless bitch to Gabe’s sexy male. She acted like he was trash and she was too good for the likes of a tattooed man.

Elle was starting to realize the mistake she had made blaming Gabe for the things that went wrong. His kindness and quick actions showed he cared, and even at her worst, Gabe was willing to put up with her attitude. But finding herself in Gabe’s arms the next morning, Elle had an abrupt change of mind, and her feelings for Gabe were starting to show.

Things back in LA weren’t going well. Hiring a new manager when the old one was caught skimming off the top, Gabe was tired of dealing long distance with the threats that were thrown at his staff. And getting to know Elle was taking up his time, especially when she finally took an interest in his work. But when Elle finds Gabe in the arms of another woman, memories and flashbacks threaten to destroy her. Reliving the embarrassing way her ex treated her, pushed Elle over the edge and onto the street. But things are not always as they appear which made Elle stop and think about what she really wanted-and it was Gabe.

WRONG BED, RIGHT GUY is an erotic romance novel with a HEA. The story of two people looking for someone special in their lives, and finding love where neither expected. The relationship starts out at rock bottom and at times gets progressively worse. And the sexual energy between the couple is electric and at one point it is the only thing the two have in common. But like many relationships, the path is bumpy with ups and downs, and in the end, the reality of what they have together far outweighs what they have alone. There are  a couple of amusing moments especially when Gabe tries to appease Elle with a bouquet of flowers.  An interesting look at two people seemingly so mismatched that you wonder how they could ever stay together.

Copy supplied by the publisher.

Reviewed by Sandy

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