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ELIJAH’S NEED (Shark’s Edge 9) by Victoria Blue-a review

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ELIJAH’S NEED (Shark’s Edge 9) by Victoria Blue-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date November 22, 2022

Is their love stronger than their secrets?

Finally coming clean with his best friends and girlfriend, Elijah Banks should feel a huge burden lifted from his conscience. But his persistent ex keeps turning up to threaten his future plans for happiness.

Hannah Farsey is determined to be the captain o f her life’s ship. No more putting others’ needs in front of her own , and no more making decisions out of anxiety and fear . Now that Hannah knows Elijah’s darkest secret, should she follow her head and run for the hills , or follow her heart and stand by he r man?

After a rushed marriage proposal coupled with an impromptu trip to Las Vegas with all their friends, she goes into panic mode.

Are they really ready to make a lifelong commitment , or is he acting out of fear of losing her? How far is the gorgeous, successful businessman willing to go to lock down his beautiful, feisty chef?

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REVIEW: ELIJAH’S NEED is the ninth instalment in Victoria Blue’s contemporary, adult SHARK’S EDGE erotic, romantic suspense series, and the third in Elijah and Hannah’s story. ELIJAH’S NEED is the continuing story of caterer/chef Hannah Farsey, and billionaire businessman / security specialist Elijah Banks’, and should not be read as a stand alone as it picks up immediately after book eight ELIJAH’S WHIM.

SOME BACKGROUND: Elijah Banks is the third member of a business triangle co-owned with Grant Twombley and Sebastian Shark. With the partners, and their significant others and friends, targeted by any number of desperate individuals, Elijah Banks has set into motion a plan to protect our story line heroine and her family but Elijah’s past refuses to let go, and secrets reveals a heart breaking darkness.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Hannah and Elijah) ELIJAH’S NEED picks up immediately after the events of book two, and Hannah struggles with the revelations of secrets from the man that she loves. Elijah’s past is dark, dangerous and heart breaking but it is his most recent past that refuses to let go .A night of celebration with family and friends ends in a proclamation of love, and the possibility of their own happily ever after. What ensues is the continuing romance and relationship between Hannah and Elijah, and the potential fall-out as Hannah battles between head and heart as issues of trust continue to build.

The relationship between Hannah and Elijah struggles in the face of secrets and lies, and the demons from the past that continue to circle. Elijah and Hannah are living together in an effort to protect Hannah from her own dangerous past but living together means up close and personal with one another’s foibles and furies. Elijah is desperately in love with a woman who has the capability of breaking his heart but Hannah continues to struggle with a man whose alpha persona wants control both in and out of the bedroom. The $ex scenes are intimate erotic and intense but I dislike the use of a certain four-letter word in my romance story lines.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful, energetic and familiar secondary and supporting characters: Hannah’s boss and Grant’s love Rio Gibson; Elijah’s business partners Grant Twombley, Sebastian Shark and Abbi Gibson; Sebastian’s executive assistant Carmen; Hannah’s parents Lisa and Dave, her sisters-Agatha and Clemson, as well as Elijah’s ex Hensley Pritchett, and driver/security specialist Lorenzo; architect Jake Cole, and Pia aka Cassiopeia, and her daughter Vela. There may be something developing between Carmen and Agatha. Pia and Jake’s story is next.

ELIJAH’S NEED is a story of family and friendships, relationships and love, revelations and acceptance. The fast paced premise is intriguing and entertaining but does little to resolve the ongoing conflict-Elijah’s ex is still on the prowl, and there may be a traitor working at Shark Enterprises. The romance is seductive and provocative; the characters are determined and charismatic. ELIJAH’S NEED ends on a cliff hanger-you have been warned.

Reading order and previous reviews
Shark’s Edge
Shark’s Pride
Shark’s Rise
Grant’s Heat
Grant’s Flame
Grant’s Blaze
Elijah’s Whim
Elijah’s Want

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Reviewed by Sandy

Victoria Blue lives in her own portion of the galaxy known as Southern California. There she finds the love and life sustaining power of one amazing sun, two unique and awe inspiring planets and three indifferent, yet comforting moons.

Life is fantastic and challenging and everyday brings new adventures to be discovered. She looks forward to seeing what’s next!

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FAITH’S TEARS / LYRICA’S LASTING by EC Land -Review tour

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FAITH’S TEARS /LYRICA’S LASTING (Inferno’s Clutch MC 13) by EC Land -Review Tour

 

FAITH’S TEARS
(Inferno’s Clutch MC 12)
by EC Land
Genre: adult, contemporary, dark, erotic, MC romance

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date October 18, 2022

Life is never as easy as they make it out to be.
Faith
Finding my way back to Axel, well, him finding me, it’s been as if we’re sailing on cloud nine. But what happens when another woman comes into the picture claiming she’s Axel’s and that they share a child together.
Do I believe her and her stories? Or do I trust in Axel? He claims it’s all a lie, and he doesn’t remember the woman, but tests do not lie. Do they?
Our lives were torn apart for years, and now that we’re finally happy and have our little family, this happens. My tears are all I have in the dark while I figure out what to do or where we go from here.

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REVIEW: FAITH’S TEARS is the twelfth instalment in EC Land’s contemporary, adult INFERNO’S CLUTCH MC erotic, MC, romance series . This is VP Axel DeVere, and his wife/ol’ lady Faith’s story line. FAITH’S TEARS can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary but I recommend reading the series in order for back story and cohesion.

WARNING: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Axel and Faith), covering several years in the life of our couple, FAITH’S TEARS follows the romance and relationship between VP Axel DeVere, and his wife/ol’ lady Faith. Faith fell in love with Axel years before-still in high school and under aged, Axel bided his time before claiming our story line heroine, a claim that placed Faith in the direct line of fire. An attack against Axel had our hero pushing the woman he loved out of his life, out of his life for several years. Rekindling their relationship continued with announcement of their third child, a rekindling that once again marked our heroine for another attack. Desperate to protect his growing family, Axel called in reinforcements including his father who had been in prison for several years. What ensues is the ongoing relationship between Axel and Faith, and the potential fall-out as a stalker threatens to destroy the woman Axel has always loved.

The relationship between Axel and Faith continues to develop in the face of separation and years apart. Axel has never stopped loving our story line heroine, a woman who is struggling to move on from the past. Issues of trust including Axel’s over zealous need to protect the woman he loves, begin to push all of Faith’s buttons when her freedom is curtailed, and her life on the line. The $ex scenes are intimate and seductive without the use of over the top sexually graphic language and text.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful, energetic and familiar characters including several of the previous story line couples, the return of Rico DeVere, and a rival gang threatening to take over the MC territory. The requisite evil has many faces.

FAITH’S TEARS is a fast paced, character driven story of obsession and madness, desperation and love. The premise is captivating; the romance is provocative; the characters are charismatic and dynamic.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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LYRICA’S LASTING
Inferno’s Clutch MC 13
by EC Land
Genre: adult, contemporary, dark, erotic, MC romance

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date November 15, 2022

Can love and passion overcome everything else?

Lyrica

After everything I went through, there’s only one thing I wish they didn’t take from me. My chance at true happiness. Yes, I love Fuse. He’s everything to me, but seeing what my friends have, I want that too.
Fuse and I find a solution, but what happens when the solution becomes a problem, and I’m left wondering. Can I outlast the pain of more heartache? Will I be enough for Fuse as everything in our lives change?

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REVIEW: LYRICA’S LASTING is the thirteenth instalment in EC Land’s contemporary, adult INFERNO’S CLUTCH erotic, MC romance series. This is Philip aka Fuse, and Lyrica’s continuing story line. LYRICA’S LASTING should not be read as a stand alone, I recommend reading the series in order, or at the very least FUSE’S HOLD #7, as many of the events of Lyrica’s Lasting are as of a direct result of events from several of the previous story lines. The author re-establishes and re-examines many of the plot lines that are important to the current story but sometimes a cursory review is never enough 😉 .

WARNING: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.

NOTE: Some of the events of LYRICA’S LASTING cross over with some of the events of the previous instalments. Fuse and Lyrica’s story begins in FUSE’S HOLD (Book 7).

Told from several first person perspectives including Lyrica and Fuse LYRICA’S LASTING spans several years, and focuses on the building relationship between Fuse and Lyrica. Lyrica has struggled most of her life, suffering atrocities, losses, rapes, injuries and assaults but as the years pass, Lyrica settles into her relationship and love with Fuse always hoping for something more. The time has come for Lyrica and Fuse to think about a family, and in the wake of months as a prisoner of a $ex trafficking ring, Lyrica is unable to conceive but the past refuses to let go, and all plans for a future are threatened when vengeance is at the forefront of destroying our story line couple.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful, and energetic secondary and supporting characters including Faith and Axel, Pitch Black, Breaker, Chains and Tyres, as well as Double Trouble Strip Club owner Lawson. The requisite evil has many faces.

LYRICA’S LASTING is a complex story line with overlapping premises from several previous series instalments. Past events culminate forcing Lyrica and Fuse to take steps in an effort to protect their future but secrets and surprises reveal much more than anyone could have ever imagined. The fast paced premise is haunting, twisted and tragic; the characters are struggling, determined, and stubborn; the relationship is frantic and intense. LYRICA’S LASTING ends on a cliff hanger- you have been warned.

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Reviewed by Sandy

A little about E.C. Land 

E.C. Land grew up in the country and has it deep in her bones. As she grew up, if she wasn’t out on the ball field or playing in the woods, she had her nose stuck in a book. Now she writes romantic suspense stories, specializing in MC (motorcycle club) romance. She plans to broaden her writing horizons in the near future and move into other forms of romantic suspense. When she’s not writing, she’s spending time with her husband, three kids, and fur babies. 

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Monster (RBMC: Belfast 1) by Dani Rene-Review Tour

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?☠Monster (RBMC: Belfast 1) by Dani Rene-Review Tour ?☠

 

 

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date November 15, 2022

They call me a monster for a reason.
I left my morals behind long ago, and I forgot what empathy feels like. Emotions get you killed, and I’m tired of watchin’ people die. Not anymore, not under my rule.

When Father Donahue calls on the club for help, we step up. What I wasn’t countin’ on was her.

She is forbidden. Too young and too pure for me to consider touchin’. The warmth of her is far too temptin’ and I find myself breakin’ all my rules.

Only, the girl is hidin’ somethin’ and when I find out what it is, I will make her pay.
But not before I get a taste of her cherry blossom lips.

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REVIEW: MONSTER is the first instalment in Dani Renee’s contemporary, adult ROYAL BASTARDS MC: Belfast dark, erotic, MC romance series, a part of the multi-authored RBMC world. This is thirty-eight year old, RBMC: Belfast President Cathal ‘Monster’ O’Connor, and twenty-two year old, Miren Doyle’s story line.

WARNING: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Monster and Miren) MONSTER follows the building, age-gap relationship between thirty-eight year old, RBMC: Belfast President Cathal ‘Monster’ O’Connor, and twenty-two year old, Miren Doyle. Ten years earlier, Monster lost his beloved mother to an assassin’s bullet, and in the ensuing time Monster has never stopped looking for the person responsible. Intel reports the whereabouts of his target but the only prize is our story line heroine. Miren Doyle never knew her father until the day she was abducted and held prisoner by the Irish mob. With her mother missing, and her father the target of the RBMC, Miren is once again kept imprisoned where she will fall in love with Cathal O’Connor. What ensues is the building relationship between Monster and Miren, and the potential fall-out as Miren quickly discovers her entire life has been predicated upon a lie.

Miren Doyle is a psychology major but has always been tethered to her mother’s home. Unaware to the extent of her life about to spiral out of control, Miren must come to terms with a past and a family she knew nothing about. Cathal O’Connor swore to avenge his mother’s death, and has never stopped hunting the man he believes to be responsible but new evidence reveals the possibility of another shooter, a shooter he suspects will destroy Miren’s heart.

The relationship between Miren and Monster is an age-gap, forced proximity in which Miren becomes a captive of the RBMC: Belfast Ireland. Believing her life may be in danger from the RBMC, Miren quickly realizes the danger comes from outside, and not from people she will come to call family. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and intense.

We are introduced to several members of the RBMC: Belfast: VP Rebel, tech expert Tye, Road Captain Racer, twin Rev and Brute aka Hadrian and Hades, Sully, Father Donahue and waitress Callia, as well as Miren’s mother Amanda Walsh. The requisite evil has many faces.

MONSTER is a twisted story of family and betrayal, secrets and lies, betrayal and vengeance, acceptance and love. The premise is dark, gritty and dramatic; the romance is provocative; the characters are struggling, determined, desperate and dynamic.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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Mistakes Made (Mission Mercenaries 2) by Marie James-review tour

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Mistakes Made (Mission Mercenaries 2) by Marie James-review tour

 

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date November 17, 2022.

The worst thing you can ever do is make an assumption about me, despite my job resting solely on making people think I’m someone I’m not.
I know that makes me crazy, narcissistic, and a little out of touch with the reality of how the world works.
I’ll never argue that fact with anyone.
Maybe it was the hundred-degree Texas weather.
Maybe it was overstimulation from the crowds at the beach.
Maybe it was one of a million other things that irritated me that day.
But when Raya Reed looked me up and down, finding me lacking on some scale I’m sure no man in her life would ever live up to, I snapped.
It wasn’t until she was tied up in my house that I discovered she was Senator Thomas Reed’s daughter.
A normal person would let her go.
I’ve made a lot of mistakes in my past, but making Raya MINE will never be one of them.

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REVIEW: MISTAKES MADE is the second instalment in Marie James’ contemporary, adult MISSION MERCENARIES dark, erotic, romance series focusing on a group of mercenaries for hire. This is mercenary Liam Stone, and senator’s daughter Raya Reed’s story line. MISTAKES MADE can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story line is revealed where necessary.

WARNING: Due to the nature of the storyline premise, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers including scenes of dubious consent.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Raya and Liam) MISTAKE MADE follows in the wake of the abduction and captivity of our story line heroine. Liam Stone sees red when the young woman he approaches spurns his attempts at flirting and seduction. Determined to own our story line heroine, Liam drugs and kidnaps said woman, unaware she is the daughter of a presidential candidate. Four weeks in hiding find our heroine falling for the man who is all kinds of wrong, the man whose life she will protect in the face of her own safety. What ensues is the Stockholm Syndrome relationship between Raya and Liam, and the potential fall-out when their whereabouts are discovered and Liam pushes Raya out of his life.

Raya Reed has never been loved; she is a prop in her parent’s fight for the ultimate control, a prop whose life is about to spiral out of control. Trapped with a man she knows nothing about, Raya realizes better to be imprisoned then freedom at the cost of her own sanity. Liam Stone doesn’t do relationships. He is a mercenary, a killer, a man who has no conscience or moral code. Taking Raya , claiming her as his own, places Liam in the direct line of fire but there is no place in his life for a woman like our story line heroine.

The relationship between Liam and Raya is that of captor and captive-a sexually erotic relationship in which Liam takes total control Liam was angry, he was p*ssed that our heroine thought herself above everyone else, and in an effort to prove she was nothing more than fodder, Liam took control, including forcing Raya to do as he commands. The $ex scenes are erotic, dramatic and intense with scenes of questionable consent.

The secondary and supporting characters are limited. We are introduced to Raya’s parents Senator Thomas and Mrs. Reed; mercenaries Hollis, Nash and Fox, as well as the return of Angel and Laura (Lessons Learned 1). Hollis’ story line is next.

MISTAKES MADE is another dark, gritty, raw, and disturbing story of erotica, power and control. MISTAKES MADE is not for everyone due to the nature of the story line content. The premise is dramatic focusing on the unconventional relationship between our story line couple. The characters are broken, flawed and determined; the romance is virtually non-existent-Liam wields his power using discipline and control.

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Reviewed by Sandy

Let’s see…where to begin…

I’m inching up on the BIG 4-0. The gray hairs are doubling what seems like daily, and the wrinkles and laugh lines are more pronounced than ever.

I have an amazing husband (Married just over 15 years.)

We have two boys we’re doing our best to raise as respectful gentleman.

I have a master’s degree in criminal justice which I used to work as a juvenile probation office until deciding to write full-time in June of 2019. So that means there’s usually always some criminal/law element to my novels.

If I’m not writing; I’m reading.

My favorite genres recently are bully/reverse harem and enemies to lovers. Maybe I’m reliving my traumatic teen years through the girls who actually end up with the boys. (Not that I would change my history since it’s gotten me exactly where I need to be!)

I love coffee. I miss carbs. Music is LIFE. I try not to be too serious.

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Twisted Metal (Twisted Intentions) by Savannah Rylan-Review Tour

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?Twisted Metal (Twisted Intentions 1) by Savannah Rylan-Review Tour?

 

 

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date November 14, 2022

I should be terrified of them—but I’ve never felt safer…
When I begged the Twisted Metal MC to take me in exchange for my father’s freedom, I never thought I’d be anything more than a trade to them. A transaction.
I was wrong.
On the surface, my three captors are nothing alike.
Trooper, who disarms me with a smile and helps me laugh away my fears. Dutch, whose cocky mask can’t hide his sweet soul. And Ranger, who frustrates me so much I can’t decide whether to kiss or kill him.
I’m more than a bargaining chip to them—and every day I spend with them proves it. But when my past catches up to me, everything threatens to come crashing down around me.
I don’t know how I’ll get out of this mess, but I do know one thing. No one is ever going to control me again.
My guys will stop at nothing to make sure of it.

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REVIEW: TWISTED METAL is the first instalment in Savannah Rylan’s contemporary, adult TWISTED INTENTIONS erotic, MC , reverse harem romance series. This is nurse Naomi Ryland, Trooper, Lead enforcer Dutch and MC president Ranger’s story line.

WARNING: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from four first person perspectives (Naomi, Trooper, Dutch and Ranger) TWISTED METAL follows in the wake of a break in at Naomi Ryland’s father’s house. Naomi is engaged to a local police officer, and when help for her father does not arrive, Naomi finds herself the prisoner of the Twisted Metal MC, having sacrificed her freedom for the safety of her father but as the days pass, and still no one, including her police office fiancé, comes to her rescue, Trooper, Dutch and Ranger go in search of the truth, a truth that pushes our heroine into the arms of the three men with whom she will fall in love. What ensues is the building but acrimonious relationship between Naomi, Trooper, Dutch and Ranger, and the fall-out when the truth is finally revealed.

The relationship Naomi and Trooper, Dutch and Ranger is tempestuous at best. Naomi is their prisoner, and has no idea as to the who, how or why of the attack at her father’s home. Struggling between head and heart, Naomi wishes for her freedom but quickly discovers that she is freer with the three men with whom she has fallen in love. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic provocative with multiple partners, bondage and a little bit of daddy kink.

We are introduced to a few members of the Twisted Metal MC: Bury, Thor, Doc; Naomi’s fiancé Gordon, her father, and Sheriff Barnes.

TWISTED METAL is a story of secrets and lies, betrayal and vengeance, power and control, forgiveness and love. The premise is dramatic and intense ; the characters are animated, determined and dynamic; the romance s spirited and edgy.

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Reviewed by Sandy

 

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Savannah Rylan is a romance writer that spends most of her time writing and reading with her cat, Gris. When not writing about sexy bikers and the women that love them, you can find her on the beach with a drink in her hand or at the gym testing out some strange new position. Yoga, obviously. She lives in Southern California with her husband and Gris, the true love of her life.

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Flawed (Billion Heirs 2) by Vanessa Vale & Helen Hardt-review

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Flawed (The Billion Heirs 2) by Vanessa Vale & Helen Hardt-Review Tour

 

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date November 15,2022

The bad boy brother. The by-the-books detective. A random meeting that will change their lives.

Miles Bridger would rather be home in New York than stuck on a Montana ranch with his newfound half brothers, thanks to his deadbeat dad’s will. Miles now works with bulls and hay bales instead of custom bikes. He keeps his sense of humor about the whole thing…until a dead body surfaces on the ranch and he and his brothers are thrown headfirst into a murder investigation.

Sadie Hopkins plays by the rules in her job as detective, so she’s only too happy to turn a little naughty during a bachelorette party dare. Heat flares between Sadie and the gorgeous blond man she approaches, but when a high-profile case crosses her desk the next day, she’s in for a surprise. The man from the bar is none other than Miles Bridger…and he’s a murder suspect.

Despite this revelation, Miles and Sadie’s chemistry sizzles. But the flawed Miles doesn’t do relationships, and Sadie’s past crashes into the present with a surprising discovery that could spell danger for both of them.

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REVIEW:When these two authors get together, it is always a fabulous time! Flawed is the second installment in The Billion Heirs Trilogy and surrounds three newly found brothers, Miles, Austin and Chance. As always, I recommend reading a series in order to get the best out of it, but Flawed can be read as a standalone.

This book gave all the feels of a small town romance, but with underlying tones of bad boy with a heart of gold romance, but maybe that was just me.

Miles’ life has been turned on its axis. One moment he is living his best life doing what he loves in the hustle and bustle of New York, to rural no man’s land of Montana herding bull and shovelling poo. Thanks to his “never gave a crap” sperm donor, Miles now finds himself with three new step brothers and his life going in a completely different direction than he thought.

In an attempt to clear his head, Miles hops on his latest motorcycle and takes a ride. This leads him to a meet cute with a woman he can’t seem to help not talking to. One thing leads to another, and she ends up on the back of his bike. When morning comes, Miles still can’t get the woman out of his mind, even if she left his bed. Miles returns to what has become his life, only to find that a body has been found on their property. And who is the one to investigate this?

The girl from the bar. She’s a cop, she’s here in his home. What does he do?

This book totally has it all, mystery, excitement, spicy bits and sarcasm too. Sadie and Miles light up the pages with their chemistry and the family drama is no laughing matter either. Two of the three brothers have found love on the ranch. Only Chance is left, and boy oh boy, I can’t wait for his story!!

Click HERE for Sarah’s review of book one SCARRED

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Reviewed by Sarah

 

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#1 New York Times, #1 USA Today, and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Helen Hardt’s passion for the written word began with the books her mother read to her at bedtime. She wrote her first story at age six and hasn’t stopped since. In addition to being an award-winning author of romantic fiction, she’s a mother, an attorney, a black belt in Taekwondo, a grammar geek, an appreciator of fine red wine, and a lover of Ben and Jerry’s ice cream. She writes from her home in Colorado, where she lives with her family. Helen loves to hear from readers.

About Vanessa Vale

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Who doesn’t love the romance of the old West? USA Today Bestselling author Vanessa Vale takes the sensual appeal of rugged cowboys a step further with her bestselling books set in the Montana Territory. They are much more than just sexy historical westerns. They’re deliciously naughty reads that sometimes push the boundaries of fantasy. It’s pure escapism with quite a few very hot, very alpha cowboys. When she’s not writing, Vanessa savors the insanity of raising two boys, is figuring out how many meals she can make with a pressure cooker, and teaches a pretty mean karate class. She considers herself to be remarkably normal, exceedingly introverted and fairly vanilla, which does not explain her steamy stories and her fascination with cowboys, preferably more than one at a time. She lives in the Wild Wild West where there’s an endless source of ‘research’ material.

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Ravaged (Burned, Inc 2) by Naima Simone-Review & Giveaway tour

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Ravaged (Burned, Inc 2) by Naima Simone-Review & Giveaway tour

 

 

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date November 15, 2022

Miriam

It’s no coincidence that my family’s breakup service is called BURNED Inc. I know what it’s like to be dumped. I’ve been there.

Long story short, I’ve got a rule when it comes to my love life: no athletes. As it happens, my best friend, Jordan, is a professional basketball player. He also has a delicious body and sexy tattoos.

But rules are rules.

Jordan

Miriam is my best friend. She’s also the love of my life, the woman I’ve been dreaming about since we met. But she doesn’t do athletes.

I get it. I really do. And I just want Miriam to be happy. Which is why I set her up with a teammate to help her find the man she deserves—even though I can tell she’s into me from that one hot-as-hell night we shared months ago. Still, rules are rules.

But here’s the thing: I’m a competitor.

And sometimes you have to break the rules to win.

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REVIEW: RAVAGED is the second instalment in Naima Simone’s contemporary, adult BURNED, INC erotic, romance series. This is twenty-seven year old, BURNED executive and graphic artist Miriam Nelson, and thirty year old, NBA star Jordan Ransom’s story line. RAVAGED can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty.Any important information from the previous story line is revealed where necessary.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Jordan and Miriam) RAVAGED follows the friends to lovers relationship between twenty-seven year old, BURNED executive and graphic artist Miriam Nelson, and thirty year old, NBA star Jordan Ransom. Miriam Nelson and her siblings Levi and Zora own BURNED, Inc, (Breaking Up, Reversing Nuptials, Evading Disasters), a professional break up service that does the ‘breaking up’ for their clients but Miriam is tired of the business, and wants to commit to working full-time on her secret career. Needless to say, no one knows about Miriam’s professional persona as a graphic designer, an anime artist with her own set of graphic comics but it is Miriam’s attraction to her best friend Jordan that fuels the fires of most of her stories, stories in which she and Jordan are the leading stars. Jordan Ransom is an all-star NBA player who has been sidelined with an injury, giving Jordan time to consider what and who he wants in his life. Having fallen in love with his best friend Miriam, Jordan knows Miriam doesn’t do relationships, and their one and only one-night stand left a small tear in Jordan’s heart. When Jordan’s teammate and widower Daniel Granger expresses an interest in Miriam Nelson, Jordan steps aside, only to realize he may have made the biggest mistake of his life. What ensues is the ongoing but struggling friendship between Miriam and Jordan, and the potential fall-out when both Miriam and Jordan refuse to admit they have feelings for one another.

The relationship between Miriam and Jordan is a best friends to lovers romance in which Jordan watches from the sidelines as his fellow teammate and NBA star Daniel Granger makes a play for our story line heroine. Miriam knows that hurting Daniel is the last thing she ever wanted to do but Miriam loves somebody else, somebody she knows better than anyone else. The $ex scenes are limited but intimate and seductive without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

We are reintroduced to Miriam’s siblings: Levi, Zora, and Zora’s boyfriend / attorney Cyrus (Heated #1), as well as their parents Reginald and Monica Nelson; Jordan’s mother Grace , his estranged father Michael, and fellow NBA teammate/widower Daniel Granger.

RAVAGED is a story of family and friendships, honesty and heart break, acceptance and love. The premise is impassioned and engrossing but predictable ; the characters are animated, sassy and spirited; the romance is passionate.

Click HERE for Sandy’s review of book one HEATED

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Reviewed by Sandy

 

 

 

“Why were you about to leave?” Jordan brushes his lips across my forehead, leaving a trail of fire in his wake. “No, let me guess. Got too close for you. Too real. And what do two people like us, who come from f*cked-up homes where we saw the worst people had to give to each other, know about intimacy, right? It scares the hell out of us. Or it should. And normally, it does. But not with you, Miriam. And you can feel safe with me. I won’t hurt you. Won’t use whatever you share with me against you. So don’t run. Stay.”
Stay.
A shudder ripples through me, and I don’t try to stifle it. Stay. I’ve been wanted for several reasons. My IQ. My talent. Sex.
But no one’s ever asked me to just be. And not with them.
For how long?
The question sits on my tongue like a five-hundred-pound anvil, but I don’t voice it, too afraid of the response. Besides, for once, I’m also content to just be.
Tilting my head back, I rest it on his shoulder. This up close and personal with him, I can catalog every detail on his face. The black pupil with the very thin ring of brown. The tiny scar on the edge of his right cheekbone. The deep dip above his top lip that lends it the bow shape. The almost-there-but-not-quite cleft in his chin.
I’ve drawn him countless times in the last few weeks. So many that his face is as familiar to me as my own. And yet, I could analyze him for hours and still find new elements that would fascinate me. Jordan Ransom could become a new field of study, and I would easily earn my doctorate in him.
“Tonight, I told Daniel I couldn’t see him any longer.”
His eyes narrow, but he doesn’t speak. Yet my heart pounds in my chest, and the beat grows louder, the volume so deafening I can barely hear my own voice.
“It wouldn’t have been fair,” I whisper.
“Why not?” he asks, and that dark, low timbre is midnight and sin. Temptation wrapped in sex.
“You know why.”
He bends his head the scant inches separating us and only stops when his mouth hovers a breath above mine. “Say it,” he orders, his lips so close they nearly brush mine.
“Because he isn’t you.”
Jordan doesn’t move, and I can taste his kiss, but he doesn’t eliminate the remaining space between us. Doesn’t take my mouth and give me what I can now admit I came here for. No, instead he stares at me, his expression inscrutable. Unease twists inside me, and for the first time since he placed me on his lap, I want to climb off, insert space between us.
“We’re going to f*ck,” he states, and while the word sends a lightning bolt of heat straight between my legs, it tightens the screw on my unease, deepens it. Because his tone is flat, almost disconnected.
“Yes.” We are. I need him tonight. And I won’t be able to stop at a kiss. I’m too empty, too hungry. I haven’t felt complete since the last time he filled me.
“And I’m going to be your mistake.” His fingers thread through my hair, sifting before fisting the curls and bringing them to his nose. He inhales, his eyes closing and, for a moment, freeing me from their hold. It’s in this instant that a flicker of emotion flashes across his face. Pleasure. Pain. Both. But when his lashes lift, his expression is back to being a mask of inscrutability. “Don’t misunderstand me. I’m still going to f*ck you. I find I’m so goddam desperate to be inside you I’m willing to have you any way I can. But I just want to make sure I know where we stand.”
Oh God.
Regret pierces me in the chest, sliding between my ribs like the sharpest blade. I have a lot to answer for. The latest being from a couple of nights ago. I run the moments after our kiss through my head. I never called him a mistake, never said I regretted what happened on my couch. But viewing my actions, my silence, through his lens, I can see how he’d interpret them that way. And coupled with how I friend-zoned him after the first time we had sex, calling that a mistake . . . well, damn.
Briefly closing my eyes, I hate myself for causing this bold, beautiful man even a second of self-doubt. He’s no one’s mistake. No one’s regret. And I can tell him that. I could write him a fucking sonnet about that.
Or I could show him. 


 

Published since 2009, USA Today Bestselling author Naima Simone loves writing sizzling romances with heart, a touch of humor and snark. Her books have been featured in The Washington Post and Entertainment Weekly, and described as balancing “crackling, electric love scenes with exquisitely rendered characters caught in emotional turmoil.”

She is wife to Superman, or his non-Kryptonian, less bullet proof equivalent, and mother to the most awesome kids ever. They all live in perfect, sometimes domestically-challenged bliss in the southern United States.

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date: OCTOBER 27, 2022

He needs to get her out of his system. Just once…

Hank Weller doesn’t help people. He leaves that do-gooder nonsense to his best friend, Beau Winston. Hank does what he wants, when he wants, with whomever he wants—and Hank does not want to hire Charlotte Mitchell to be an exotic dancer at his club, The Pink Pony. Sure, he can’t help noticing the dips and curves of her, how shrewd, smart, and funny she is, the fire in her hazel eyes. He’s always noticed. She’d probably draw a crowd and entice the regulars. But after Charlotte’s messy, public divorce made Hank’s club out to be the culprit—and made her the single mother of four kids—he doesn’t need or want any additional bad press courtesy of Charlotte Mitchell. Or the distraction. Unfortunately for him, the town’s prettiest charity case doesn’t seem to understand the meaning of the words nope, no, and never.

Charlotte Mitchell doesn’t much like Hank Weller. Once upon a time, she used to. Years ago, she liked him a whole heckofalot despite other folks in town labeling him as “eccentric” and “nonconformist,” which were polite southern alternatives to “filthy rich” and “self-centered douchebag.” Her opinion of him changed dramatically after he volunteered to be her date to junior prom and then promptly stood her up. They haven’t so much as acknowledged each other in over a decade. But a sudden family emergency means Charlotte needs access to Hank’s club ASAP. Unfortunately for her, the narcissistic fancy-pants doesn’t seem to understand the meaning of the words help, generosity, and compassion.

But he’s about to find himself schooled. Charlotte is going to teach Hank a lesson once and for all about basic human decency, whether he likes it or not.

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REVIEW: FOLK AROUND AND FIND OUT is the second instalment in Penny Reid’s contemporary, adult GOOD FOLK: MODERN FOLKTALES erotic, romance series-a spin off from the author’s WINSTON BROTHERS and KNITTING IN THE CITY series. This is exotic dance club owner Hank Weller, and divorcee/single mother/ teacher’s assistant Charlotte Mitchell’s story line. FOLK AROUND AND FIND OUT can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary. Some of the characters from the original series cross over for back story and familiarity.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Charlotte and Hank) FOLK AROUND AND FIND OUT follows the building but tempestuous relationship between exotic dance club owner Hank Weller, and divorcee/single mother/ teacher’s assistant Charlotte Mitchell. Charlotte Mitchell need information, and applying to work at The Pink Pony is the perfect outlet for Charlotte’s needs but Charlotte, whose husband left her for a stripper he met at The Pink Pony, has no idea as to what she may be forced to do. Club owner Hank Weller knows only too well that Charlotte’s reputation will be destroyed so he offers her a position as bookkeeper, a position that forces Charlotte into Hank’s orbit. Hank and Charlotte’s reputations is acrimonious at best. Hank believes Charlotte sits in judgement of who he is, and the business he runs but Charlotte’s reasons for disliking Hank stem back years, years in which Hank no longer remembers what happened or why. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Hank and Charlotte, and the potential fall-out when Charlotte’s past returns, demanding everything and more.

Charlotte Mitchell is a single mother of four children under the age of seven, and her life is quickly spiralling out of control. Desperate for information, Charlotte is willing to ‘dance’ at The Pink Pony but getting up close and personal with her high school nemesis isn’t high on the list of Charlotte’s things to do. Hank Weller has no idea why Charlotte Mitchell despises the ground upon which he walks but believes she sits in judgement of his particular line of work. Suspecting Charlotte is not revealing the truth about the who, how and why, Hank offers Charlotte a job, placing our heroine in the direct link of fire.

The relationship between Charlotte and Hank is an enemies to frenemies to lovers in which Hank realizes Charlotte is the woman that calls to his heart but Hank’s lack of a successful relationship has him questioning his life choices going forward including falling for a woman, and her ready made family. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and seductive but I dislike the use of a certain four-letter word in my romance story lines.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful and familiar secondary and supporting characters including Jackson and Raquel (Totally Folked 1), Beau and Shelly Winston , Jethro and Sienna Winston (Grin and Beard It 2), Cletus and Jenn Winston (Beard Science 3) as well as Charlotte’s four children, her mother, and exotic dancer turned bookkeeper Hannah.

FOLK AROUND AND FIND OUT is a story of discrimination, judgement, preconceived notions, acceptance and love. The fast paced premise is entertaining, engaging and captivating; the romance is passionate and provocative; the characters are determined and energetic. The epilogue fast forwards the story line fifteen to eighteen years…

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Just Folking Around
Totally Folked

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Reviewed by Sandy

 

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Penny Reid is the Wall Street Journal and USA Today Best Selling Author of the Winston Brothers, Knitting in the City, Rugby, and Hypothesis series. She used to spend her days writing federal grant proposals as a biomedical researcher, but now she just writes books. She’s also a full time mom to three diminutive adults, wife, daughter, knitter, crocheter, sewer, general crafter, and thought ninja.

Please feel free to drop her a line. She’d be happy to hijack your thoughts! You can find her on her blog or email her: pennreid at gmail dot com

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