Wild For Me (Balefire 3) by Tam DeRudder Jackson-a review

Wild For Me (Balefire 3) by Tam DeRudder Jackson-a review

 

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date November 18, 2021.

Dakota

Annabelle Stewart, all tight leather skirt and hot lace panties, thundered into my life for one night after a rock show and calmly drove away the next day. She should have been like any other one-night stand I’ve had over the last ten years touring with Balefire. But she wasn’t. At odd moments, I catch myself thinking about her, wondering if I made as big an impression on her as she did on me.

Then I walk into the rehearsal for our drummer’s wedding, and who’s standing with the bride? The hottie who keeps me awake with thoughts of our one night together. Beautiful, smart, and sassy as hell, Annabelle sets me on fire with her kisses and leaves me hanging. But I’ve got plans for her.

Annabelle

I never expected to see him again. Two years after hooking up with Dakota Perri after a Balefire concert, I’d convinced myself that night was a fantasy. But the way he looks at me during Jack and Clio’s wedding, like he remembers every second of our one-night stand, lights me up. Too bad I blew it.

Then I score an management internship with the band, an opportunity guaranteed to land me a scholarship with a top graduate program—if I don’t earn a reputation for sleeping my way to success. Which is a problem. I see Dakota every day. Every time we’re together, the sparks fly faster and hotter. If I want to achieve my goals, I have to resist him. But how can I resist a man as panty-meltingly hot as Dakota Perri when he says he’s wild for me?

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REVIEW:  WILD FOR ME is the third instalment in Tam DeRudder Jackson’s contemporary, adult BALEFIRE erotic, rock star romance series focusing on the members of the rock band Balefire. This is twenty-eight year old lead guitarist for Balefire Dakota Perri, and management intern Annabelle Stewart’s story line. WILD FOR ME can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty but I recommend reading the series in order for back story.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Annabelle and Dakota) WILD FOR ME follows the second chance romance and relationship between twenty-eight year old lead guitarist for Balefire Dakota Perri, and management intern Annabelle Stewart. Two years earlier Annabelle Stewart spent one glorious night with our story line hero but walked away the next morning, leaving only her panties behind. Fast forward to present day where Annabelle would reconnect with Dakota at Clio and Jack’s (PLAY FOR ME) wedding, a reconnection that would lead to Annabelle working as a management intern for the band but all is not well when Annabelle suspects a problem with the band’s manager, a problem directed at our story line heroine. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Annabelle and Dakota, and the potential fallout as Dakota becomes suspicious of Annabelle and her unlikely intentions.

Dakota Perri never forgot about the one that got away, and reconnecting with Annabelle meant the stars and planets had aligned. Now that Annabelle had been hired to work with the band, Dakota ‘s attraction to Annabelle did not go unnoticed and in this, behind the scenes jealousy and betrayal were about to destroy our story line couple.

The relationship between Dakota and Annabelle is one of second chances, second chances that will all but be shattered with issues of trust brought on by someone else.Annabelle had fallen in love with our story line hero but neither one would admit to forever or something more. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and passionate without the use of over the top sexually graphic language and text.

Once again, we are introduced to the members of Balefire: Adam Tron; Blu Connolly and Ashleigh Baker (Sing For Me 2), Jack Whitehorse and his fiancé Clio Barnes (Play for Me #1), as well as their manager Garrett Phillips,PA Caroline Zanetti; Annabelle’s sister Emma, their parents Alan and Ellie Stewart, and Dakota’s father Rich Perri. The back and forth between band members, as well as their significant others is real and heart warming.

WILD FOR ME is a story of power and control, jealousy and envy, second chances, misunderstanding, issues of trust, love and forgiveness. The premise is dramatic and edgy with moments of fun; the characters are spirited, energetic and impulsive; the romance is sensual and provocative yet at times, heart breaking and sad.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Play For Me
Sing For Me

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Reviewed by Sandy

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Tam DeRudder Jackson is the author of the paranormal romance Talisman Series and the contemporary romance Balefire Series. Her favorite “room” in her house is her back patio where she dreams up stories of romance and risk. When she’s not writing her latest paranormal or contemporary romance, you can usually find her driving around with the top down in her convertible or carving turns on the slopes of the local ski hill. The mom of two grown sons, Tam likes to travel, attend rock concerts, watch football and soccer, and visit old car shows with her husband. She lives in the mountains of northwest Wyoming where she spends most of her free time trying to read all the books. Her TBR piles are threatening to take over her office, and she’s fine with that.

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The Right Cowboy (Granite Junction 3) by Megan Ryder-review tour

The Right Cowboy (Granite Junction 3) by Megan Ryder-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date October 21, 2021.

A sheriff seeking the truth, and the bad girl who will make him question everything…

Find her long lost dad? Check
Have a hot affair? Check
Land in the cross hairs of the town police? Wait. What?

Abby Byrd is on a journey to reconcile her past. Venturing to Granite Junction, she’s searching for the father she hasn’t seen in twenty years. It was meant to be a quick stop. Meet him and move on. Then, her car broke down. Temporarily stuck in the tiny little berg, the silver lining comes in the form of a sexy sheriff who allows her to check sizzling fling with a handsome cowboy off her bucket list.

Nathan Holt is married to his job as sheriff, and that’s the only long-term commitment he intends to embark on. Especially after experiencing first-hand the devastation his own family suffered through after his father’s death. Yet when a woman as fiery as she is beautiful comes to town, challenging him and firing his libido, he can’t help but be drawn to her like a moth to a flame.

Unfortunately, as feelings begin to develop between the two, Abby becomes the target of malicious gossip and accusations. Will Nathan see past the faulty evidence and ludicrous claims against her? Or will his sense of duty and fear of commitment blind him to the truth?

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REVIEW:The Right Cowboy by Megan Ryder is book three in the Granite Junction series. Abby Gaines has just settled all of her mother’s affairs and is meandering her way West to California. Her and her best friend has plans on opening a coffee shop together. Taking her time and seeing all the roadside attractions that she wants, she realizes she isn’t far from Granite Junction where her estranged father Earl lives. She always thought Earl abandoned her, but going through her mother’s things she found letters from Earl to her. Ones her mom kept from her. Upset with her mother she debates with herself on stopping and meeting her father. Her car makes the decision for her when it breaks down at the overlook right outside of Granite Junction. That’s when she meets Granite Junctions Sheriff Nathan Holt.

Nathan was born and raised in the same town he now protects. His father was the Sheriff when he was growing up and he always knew he would follow in his fathers footsteps. Neither Abby nor Nathan were expecting the other to come into their lives. With Abby’s car out of commission for the foreseeable future she decides to make the best of her time in Granite Junction.

Abby starts working at her Dad’s diner to help out, and to feel the waters on a relationship with her dad. She also gets a part time job with a cleaning service, to get work off paying for her car repairs. But when someone starts stealing from all the places Abby works or cleans, she is quick to be the scapegoat since she is the new stranger in town. But what will this mean for her relationship with Nathan? The Sheriff has a job to do, will it ruin what he has found in Abby?

I love all the characters in Granite Junction. Small town vibes also leads to small town gossip! I loved how gossip spread so quickly through town, and how the friends were always there when needed! Highly recommend the Redemption Ranch and Granite Junctions series!

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
The Wrong Cowboy
The Restless Cowboy

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Reviewed by Erin K

Ever since Megan Ryder discovered Jude Deveraux and Judith McNaught while sneaking around the “forbidden” romance section of the library one day after school, she has been voraciously devouring romance novels of all types. Now a romance author in her own right, Megan pens sexy contemporary novels all about family and hot lovin’ with the boy next door. She lives in Connecticut, spending her days as a technical writer and her spare time divided between her addiction to knitting and reading.

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A Thousand Cuts (Underworld Kings) by Anne Malcolm-Review Tour

A Thousand Cuts (Underworld Kings) by Anne Malcolm-Review Tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date:November 25, 2021

I did not set out to be a mafia wife.
I came into this home, into this life as a hostage.
He was nothing more than my captor.
A murderer. A criminal. A monster.
Until he was more than that.
He took me as payment for a debt. Nothing more than a pawn in an intricate game of lies, manipulation and death.
He saw the darkness in me. It called to him. Just like his wretched soul called to me.
He was king of the underworld.
And he wanted me to be his queen.
But despite how much the most depraved parts of me wanted that crown, I knew I only had one option.
Take the Catalano family down.
Or die trying.

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REVIEW:How is this Anne Malcom’s first foray into the mafia genre? It’s so good! As a long time fan of all of Anne’s books, A Thousand Cuts is a fantastic addition to her repertoire.

From page one, ATC pulls you in with complex characters, killer chemistry and hot sexy scences that will spice up the imagination. Cristian is an over the top alpha, he’s dark and gritty and the hold he has on Sienna; its…carnal. If Cristian is dark Sienna is light, but with her own shadows. Their connection is on another level, more than just steamy scenes, more emotional and intimate.

It was super brave of Anne to dip her toes into the mafia subgenre, and boy oh boy did she knock it out of the park. The characters are awesome, as the plot progresses and the twists and turns happen, as a reader you can’t help but want to know the ending, but be sad at the same time that it’s going to end. I really hope that Lucia and Lorenzo get a story, I feel like Anne left it open to happen. Oh and definitely more Felix!

If you’re looking for a dark, depraved, steamy romance, then look no further than Anne Malcom’s A Thousands Cuts. Four Stars!

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Reviewed by Sarah

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Anne Malcom  has been an avid reader since before she can remember, her mother responsible for her book addiction. It started with magical journeys into the world of Hogwarts and Middle Earth. As she grew up, her reading tastes grew with her. Her obsession with books and romance novels in particular, gave Anne the opportunity to find another passion, writing. Finding writing about alpha males and happily ever afters more fun than reading about them, Anne is not about to stop any time soon.

Raised in small-town New Zealand, Anne had a truly special childhood, growing up in one of the most beautiful countries in the world. She has backpacked across Europe, ridden camels in the Sahara, eaten her way through Italy, and had all sorts of crazy adventures. Currently living in London, she’s on a whole new adventure. Watch this space…

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Jacob, Sparrow, Dash (Odin’s Fury MC) by Victoria Jayne-reviews

Jacob, Sparrow, Dash (Odin’s Fury MC 1-3) by Victoria Jayne-reviews

 

JACOB
Odin’s Fury MC 1
by Victoria Jayne
Release Date: August 31, 2021
Genre: adult, contemporary, MC, erotic, romance

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Memories aren’t enough.

As the son of Odin’s Fury Motorcycle Club’s VP, Jacob “Romeo” Karolsson has a lot to live up to. Going to Ohio for club business is his opportunity to prove himself. If he does it right, he can also use it as his second chance with Sparrow Malone, the one that got away seven years ago.

But Sparrow has goals and a life of her own. As the daughter of a fallen biker, she knows a woman’s place in an MC all too well. It’s her place within the club she’s not sure about. Then Jacob rides back into town and steals her self-control, her decency, and her morals.

Amid lollipops, love letters, and a serenade, their undeniable connection draws them to each other. But their club obligations may keep them apart. In a world where loyalty is everything, they have to decide where theirs lie and what is worth sacrificing.

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REVIEW:JACOB is the first instalment in Victoria Jayne’s contemporary, adult ODIN’S FURY MC erotic, MC, romance series. This is twenty three year old Jacob ‘Romeo’ Karolsson, and waitress Sparrow Malone’s story line.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Sparrow and Jacob) using present day and memories from the past, JACOB follows the second chance romance and relationship between twenty three year old Jacob ‘Romeo’ Karolsson, and waitress Sparrow Malone. Seven years earlier, Jacob fell in love with his best friend Sparrow but life happened and Sparrow disappeared without a trace. Fast forward to present day wherein Jacob Karolsson, and his Odin’s Fury Montana enforcer Dash have been tasked with checking out the Ohio chapter of the Roughneck Riders MC, a struggling MC but club with potential to patch over to the Odin’s Fury MC. Enter Sparrow Malone, a waitress at the Broken Spoke, a biker bar owned by the Roughneck Riders, whose father was a member of the Roughneck Riders MC, and the woman about whom Jacob Karolsson has never stopped thinking. What ensues is Jacob’s desperate attempts to woo back the woman he lost seven years earlier but a woman who is now the girlfriend and potential ole lady to Michael ‘Pipes’ Barton, a prospect for the Roughneck Riders’ MC.

Sparrow Malone’s father gave his life for the Roughneck Riders MC, and therefore Sparrow considers herself part of the family. With the appearance of Jacob Karolsson, old memories threaten Sparrow’s relationship with Pipes, a man who is about to spiral out of control. Hoping to get eventually work the books for the Roughneck Riders MC, Sparrow works diligently to get her diploma, but life had other plans for out story line heroine.

The relationship between Sparrow and Jacob is one of second chances: a rekindling relationship wherein Jacob’s attempts at seduction are met with derision and scorn. Sparrow is unable to deny her attraction to the man /boy she left years before but her life is now in Ohio, with the Roughneck Riders MC. The lone ‘$ex’ scene is furious and fast.

We are introduced to Odin’s Fury enforcer Dash, as well as several members of the Roughneck Riders MC including their president Bowie, Tut, and Sparrow’s boyfriend Michael ‘Pipes’ Barton.

JACOB is a slow building story of second chances and obsession, as our hero struggles to accept that the love of his life has moved on; and a heroine who has never stopped loving the man she can no longer have. The premise is edgy but primarily focuses on Jacob and Sparrow’s backstory and current non-relationship -I was hoping there would have been a little more buildup of the MC framework for upcoming instalments as it appears the Roughneck Riders are about to implode but saying that their story has only just begun and continues in book two SPARROW; the characters are tragic and spirited; the romance struggles in the face of diverging paths.

JACOB end on a bit of a cliff hanger-you have been warned-Jacob and Sparrow’s story continues in book two SPARROW.

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SPARROW
Odin’s Fury MC 2
by Victoria Jayne
Release Date: September 14, 2021
Genre: adult, contemporary, MC, erotic, romance

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Regrets. She has a few.

Nothing went how Sparrow Malone planned. Her boyfriend didn’t get clean. She didn’t take the entrance exam, and the motorcycle club her father had been a part of is crumbling. To add insult to injury, Jacob didn’t stay in Montana.

Screw him over once, shame on her. Do it twice, shame on him. Jacob gave up on Sparrow when he left without her two years ago. But Odin’s Fury Motorcycle Club still had business in Ohio, which meant he did too.

The first time, it wasn’t their fault. Their second chance didn’t end well. While both swore never to repeat past mistakes, they can’t help themselves.

With the two clubs merging into one, it’s either going to be third time’s a charm or three strikes and they’re out.

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REVIEW: SPARROW is the second instalment in Victoria Jayne’s contemporary ODIN’S FURY MC erotic, MC, romance series. This is the continuing story of twenty six year old Jacob ‘Romeo’ Karolsson, and waitress Sparrow Malone. SPARROW should not be read as a stand alone as it picks up approximately two years after the cliff hanger of book one JACOB.

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

Told from dual third person perspectives (Sparrow and Jacob) using present day and memories from the past, SPARROW picks up approximately two years after the events of book one JACOB wherein Jacob aka Romeo Karolsson, had returned to Ohio to claim the woman he had always loved but Sparrow had made up her mind, and chose to remain with Pipes, the prospect, from the Roughneck Riders MC. Fast forward to present day wherein Jacob was now an official member of the hierarchy of the Odin’s Fury MC, and Sparrow’s life with with Pipes had gradually degraded and our heroine would suffer the brunt of her lover’s addictions and fury. With the return of the Odin’s Fury MC to Ohio, the Roughneck Riders were no more, and Sparrow was about to suffer at the hands of the man she thought she had loved. What ensues is the rebuilding relationship between Jacob and Sparrow, and the rebuilding and cleanup of the once powerful Roughneck Riders MC.

The relationship between Sparrow and Jacob continues to be a second chance romance but this time Sparrow knows that Jacob is the man she has always loved. When Jacob returns to claim Sparrow as his own, Sparrow will suffer at the hands of another man who has also laid claim to our story line heroine. The $ex scene is intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

Most of the previous story line characters return, as well as Jacob’s father and Odin’s Fury MC VP Tex, Roughneck Rider’s road captain Rooster, SAA Clark, Monty, Teller, Sparrow’s mother Dixie, and Jacob’s friend and Odin’s Fury new SAA Daniel ‘Dash’ Bowden.

SPARROW is a story of abuse and addiction, second chances and acceptance, changes and moving forward. The world building focuses on the clean up and take down of the Roughneck Riders MC, and the patchover of the men who would now claim Odin’s Fury MC as brothers in arms. The fast paced premise is graphic and gritty; the romance is captivating; the characters are charismatic and energetic. DASH’s story is next.

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DASH
Odin’s Fury MC 3
by Victoria Jayne
Release Date: November 30, 2021
Genre: adult, contemporary, MC, erotic, romance

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Sticks and stones will break his bones, but floggers, whips, and canes excite her.

Dash came to Ohio to serve as interim vice president and help fix their recruiting problem. But when the longtime President dies, their territory is in jeopardy.

Between the stress of a dwindling chapter and the reluctance to institute the planned regime change, Dash sought a club woman for comfort. However, when his tastes became a little too much, she declined. Further frustrated, he turned to the internet and flirted with an aptly named woman: GINGERSNAP.

Getting back in the saddle after her self-imposed exile, Liz “GINGERSNAP” Martin takes a chance with him. He seems like everything her ex wasn’t – confident, dominant, and most importantly not a criminal – or so she thought.

Two out of three ain’t bad, right?

Their scenes can light the world on fire. He brings out her submission and makes her feel safe. But Liz struggles with the risks of trusting him.

Dash knows keeping her around means exposing her to the dangers of biker life.

It’s his role to protect her, even if that means from himself.

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REVIEW:DASH is the third instalment in Victoria Jayne’s contemporary adult ODIN’S FURY MC erotic, MC romance series. This is former military medic/Sargent at Arms turned VP thirty-two year old, Daniel ‘Dash’ Bowden, and twenty-eight year old nurse Liz ‘Gingersnap’ Martin’s storyline. DASH can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty.Any important information from the previous storyline is revealed where necessary.

WARNING: Due to the nature of the story line premise, including scenes of bondage, spanking, Dom/sub and BDSM, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Dash and Liz) DASH focuses on Dash’s journey back to Akron where the Odin’s Fury Ohio chapter is struggling with the impending death of their long-time president. Assuming the position of temporary VP, Dash, along with the other members of Odin’s Fury struggle to make sense of the loss, the shake up in the MC hierarchy, and the possible betrayal from within. Meanwhile, Daniel ‘Dash’ Bowden’s life outside of the MC is that of a Dominant, and our hero, has been looking for a suitable partner for play. Enter twenty-eight year old nurse Liz ‘Gingersnap’ Martin. What ensues is the building ‘fet life’ relationship between Daniel aka PRK, and our story line heroine, and the potential fall-out as a betrayal to the club means lives will be forfeited but at what cost?

DASH is a story that focuses on the impending death of a respected man but a death that is about to push Odin’s Fury into chaos. Dash, along with his MC brother Romeo, is only in Ohio for a short period of time but with one brother missing, and several more actively betraying the MC membership, Dash finds himself anxious and stressed in the wake of grief, loss, and deception. Needing an ‘outlet’ ,Dash actively seeks a suitable submissive, and finds exactly what he is looking for in our story line heroine.

The relationship between Dash and Liz is very slow to develop as our couple spend most of the story line apart, as the author is developing their back story, history and pathway towards a future. Our couple have no inclinations, at this time, towards a romantic entanglement; most of their interaction has been virtual or online with only a couple of physical play times toward the second half of the book. All $exual scenarios involve BDSM, and Dom/sub play.

We are introduced to Liz’s best friend Anemone aka Ane, whose speciality is rope play, as well as the return of several members of Odin’s Fury MC, Ohio chapter.

DASH is a story death and grief, betrayal and vengeance, BDSM and Dom/sub roles. The slow building premise is inviting and intriguing; the characters are charismatic and impassioned; the romance is limited. DASH ends on a cliff hanger-you have been warned. Dash and Gingersnap’s story continues in GINGERSNAP.

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Reviews by Sandy

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Victoria Jayne is the epitome of a Jersey Girl. She doesn’t [know how to] pump her own gas, enjoys pork roll, and grew up on the Jersey Shore.

She’s lived throughout the state of New Jersey and remains there with her sports journalist husband and two darling daughters.

When not writing, Victoria enjoys baking with her daughters, rooting for the New Jersey Devils, thinking of home improvement projects, and staying up far too late chatting on Discord.

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Ruthless King (Dark Syndicate 6) by Faith Summers-Review Tour

Ruthless King (Dark Syndicate 6) by Faith Summers-Review Tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date September 30, 2021.

The truth hurts, but lies can kill…

I offered to do anything to save my father’s life when he was captured by the devil he owed a debt to.
A three-million-dollar debt.
So, I became the devil’s spy as I entered the lair of the Cartel King to take a job as a live-in nanny for his niece.
My orders were simple.

All I needed to do was this:
Get close to the Cartel King.
Be his to do anything he wants me to do.
Make him trust me enough to tell me the secrets his enemies need.

Do that, and I would save my father.
I just never expected to fall in love.
Or that Alejandro Ramírez would be the first man to heal my broken soul.

When he discovers the truth, I may wish I’d died instead of making that deal with the devil.

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REVIEW:RUTHLESS KING is the sixth instalment in Faith Summers’ contemporary, adult DARK SYNDICATE dark, erotic, age gap, Mafia romance. This is forty-eight year year old head of the Ramirez cartel Alejandro Ramirez, and twenty-five year old nanny Lucia Ferreira’s story line. RUTHLESS KING can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

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

Told from dual first person perspectives (Alejandro and Lucia) RUTHLESS KING follows in the wake of the abduction of Lucia and her father William Ferreira. William Ferreira owes millions of dollars to the mob, and Lucia is about to pay the price for her fathers transgressions. Alejandro Ramirez is the current head of the Ramirez Cartel, and needs a nanny for his one year old niece, and Lucia is ripe for the picking but what Alejandro doesn’t know is that Lucia has been tasked with uncovering any and all information about our story line hero, a man who is falling for his niece’s nanny. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Alejandro and Lucia, and the potential fall-out as betrayal against Alejandro comes from within including our story line heroine.

Lucia Ferreira doesn’t want to spy for the man known as El Diablo but her father’s life hangs in the balance, and Lucia is forced to gather information against the man with she will fall in love. Alejandro Ramirez lost everything approximately one and half years earlier, instantly becoming a single father to his two week old niece in the wake of her parents murder but Alejandro has spent the last few months desperately searching for the people responsible never realizing that the answer to his vengeance is the woman with whom he will fall in love.
The relationship between Lucia and Alejandro is an age-gap romance wherein Alejandro hires Lucia to be both nanny and a woman to warm his bed. From the outset their mutual attraction is palpable but Lucia knows that if her secrets are revealed, her life will be forfeit, along with the life of her father back home. The $ex scenes are intimate, seductive and intense without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful and energetic secondary and supporting characters many of whom we have met in previous story lines. We are introduced to several of Alejandro’s security and members of the Ramirez Cartel, as well as Lucia’s father William, and the housekeeper/ former nanny Estelle. The requisite evil has many faces.

RUTHLESS KING is a story of betrayal and vengeance, secrets and lies, power and control, trust and obsession. The premise is heart breaking and emotional; the romance is captivating and provocative; the characters are broken, desperate , charismatic and lost.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Ruthless Prince
Dark Captor
Wicked Liar
Merciless Hunter
Heartless Lover

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Reviewed by Sandy

Raw heat is still streaking through my body just from the mere handshake.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a more perfect man. 

Eyes the shade of a crow’s wing are locked on mine, and full symmetrical lips quirk up into a mercurial smile.

His face is all angles with high exotic cheekbones and a chiseled jaw you’d find on a storybook prince. The bright morning sun shines over his skin, making it look like the sun kissed it that color bronze. 

The gray streaks in his beard, hairline, and temples only serve to highlight his beauty and strength in what I can see of the rest of his body. As if to highlight that his perfection came with age and he’ll look even better and better, and sexier, the older he gets. The silver hoop in his ear tames him a fraction, adding to his style but also conjuring the image of a pirate in my mind. It gives a glimpse of the conquering cartel king he is. 

Of course, I was given a picture of Alejandro Ramírez before coming to this ill-fated interview. So, I already knew he looks like a seamless blend of Antonio Banderas and my all-time favorite Mexican actor Eduardo Verástegui. 

Alejandro is what they would look like if they were one person. 

The lucid image makes me wonder if I really am stuck in a fucked-up rendition of a dark fairytale. One where he is the prince and I’m the villain, or maybe everyone is the antithesis to good in this story. 

Faith Summers is the Dark Contemporary Romance pen name of USA Today Bestselling Author, Khardine Gray.

Warning !! Expect wild romance stories of the scorching hot variety and deliciously dark romance with the kind of alpha male bad boys best reserved for your fantasies.

Dive in and enjoy her naughty page-turners.

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Nightwolf by Karina Halle-Review Tour

Nightwolf by Karina Halle-Review Tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date November 20, 2021

My name is Amethyst DeMille and I’m in love with a vampire.
Sounds complicated, doesn’t it?

Yet the fact that he’s a sexy, centuries-old blood-drinking vampire isn’t what makes our relationship complicated.

It’s because we live in the same house together, work at the same exclusive club together, and he happens to be my best friend with absolutely no idea how I feel about him.

I mean, sure he’s probably seen me give him heart eyes more than once. Wolf is not only a deadly, charismatic vampire with great persuasion skills, he also happens to be built like a Nordic God, all solid muscle and chiseled bone structure and haunting eyes that I sometimes think tell me more than he wants me to know. He’s the type of guy most women find themselves falling for (and not just because they might end up his next meal).

But despite the simmering sexual tension and yearning between us, I know there’s no way I’ll ever be able to tell him how I feel. After all, I’m a human and he’s a vampire and he’s told me more than once that those love stories never end well.

Too bad my heart doesn’t know the difference.

NOTE: This book is a spinoff of The Dark Eyes Duet, featuring Wolf & Amethyst, but can be read as a total standalone. However, if you are reading it as a series, The Dark Eyes Duet (Black Sunshine and The Blood is Love) should be read first.

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REVIEW:Ever since I read (Black Sunshine and The Blood is Love (A Dark Vampire Romance Duet) and we met Wolf and Amethyst, I wanted to know more of this couple and their “friendship”We get to see their past, and how it shapes their future. We also get to see their battle with emotions and feelings for one another.

So, a vampire and a human? Wolf had been told that a relationship wasn’t possible, it would only end in tears.But this couple didn’t listen to what other people told them. They’ve danced around their attraction for one another for a few years.Both deny they have feelings except friendship for one another. But friends and family know different, and to prove a point they send them off together, and that’s when things really take a turn for the pair.

I loved catching up with Solon and Lenore from (Black Sunshine and The Blood is Love) and all the rest of the characters. Her mother was a delightful addition, and the scenes they have together are very touching.

This book wasn’t big on drama and twists, but what it lacked in suspense it made up for in emotions. And boy are we put through the emotional wringer!

You haven’t read the previous books, it’s not a big deal. But you get a taste of the banter and tension that exists between Wolf and Amethyst.

There is sadness, and because the author faced huge losses herself, they came out in full force. It was very moving and emotional.

It’s a friends to lovers story at its best. It’s also a little of forbidden love (vampire don’t mate with humans)

It does have triggers, so please read the warnings before reading this wonderful story.

And the ending…… just perfect ?

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Reviewed by Julie B ?

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SAVAGE HEARTS (Queens and Monsters 3)by JT Geissinger-Review tour

SAVAGE HEARTS (Queens and Monsters 3) by JT Geissinger-Review & Excerpt tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date November 19, 2021

Savage (adjective):
1) Not domesticated; wild and untamed
2) A brutal or vicious person
3) Malek Antonov

He’s a myth. A ghost. A legend.
A Bratva assassin so feared, some won’t even dare to speak his name.

He comes in search of vengeance for the death of his brother, but what he finds instead is me.

A girl he thinks is someone else.
Someone unrelated to the man who killed his brother.
Except I am.

And when he finds out my true identity, he decides to take me as repayment for what he lost.

Now, I’m a little bird trapped in a cage, and the only way to survive is to make friends with the monster who captured me.

Except friendship isn’t what the monster has in mind.

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REVIEW: SAVAGE HEARTS is the third instalment in JT Geissinger’s contemporary, adult QUEENS AND MONSTERS erotic, Mafia, romance series. This is thirty-three year old, Bratva assassin Malek Antonov, and twenty-four year old freelance editor Riley Keller’s story line. SAVAGE HEARTS can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary. Riley is Sloane Keller’s sisters (Carnal Urges 2). For fans of JT Geissinger, there is a character cross over with the author’s DANGEROUS BEAUTY, and BEAUTIFULLY CRUEL series.

NOTE: There are some scenes of sexual spanking and breath play that may be triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from several first person perspectives including Malek, Riley, Declan and Kage, SAVAGE HEARTS focuses on Bratva assassin Malek Antonov’s need for revenge in the wake of his brother’s murder by the Irish Mob. Malek is a ghost, known as the ‘hangman’ in the criminal underworld but a man determined to right a wrong no matter the cost. Believing his target, head of the Boston Irish mob Declan O’Donnell, is possibly trafficking our story line heroine Malek offers to ‘free’ Riley Keller but quickly discovers Riley will be more useful as a pawn in his need for revenge. An attempt on Malek’s life finds Riley in the direct line of fire, and in the aftermath our heroine is whisked to places unknown, while Malek desperately tries to save the life of the woman with whom he will fall in love. What ensues is the building relationship between Malek and Riley, and the potential fall-out as Malek’s star is on the rise in the Russian Bratva, and Riley finds herself alone, wondering where everything went wrong.

Riley Keller is estranged from her sister Sloane but a surprise phone-call finds Riley a virtual prisoner more than a guest at her sister’s new home with the man that she loves but the Irish mob is at war with the Russian Bratva, and Riley will quickly discover that she is a pawn in a much larger game of betrayal and death. Malek Antonov doesn’t do relationships, as he is constantly on the go as an assassin for the Russian mob.Abducting Riley brings our hero up close and personal with a woman that pushes all of his buttons, buttons that haven’t been pushed in a very long while. Falling for his captive means placing our heroine in a dangerous position, a position that will bring our couple face to face with the man in charge.

The relationship between Malek and Riley begins as a need for revenge as Malek must avenge the death of his younger brother but kidnapping Riley forces Malek to reconsider his need for vengeance, a vengeance that is often guided by the heart and not the head. Time spent together finds Riley falling for her sexy abductor, a man who stirs something deep within our story line heroine. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and passionate.

We are reintroduced to Riley’s sister Sloane and her fiance Declan O’Donnell’s, Declan’s right-hand men Kieran, and Spider aka Homer; head of the Russian Bratva in New York Kazimir ‘Kage’ Porter and Natalie Peterson (Beautiful Creatures), Killian Black, and the King of the Bratva Pakhan. Spider’s story is next in BRUTAL VOWS.

SAVAGE HEARTS is a story of betrayal and revenge, power and control, family and blood, acceptance and love. The premise is haunting, gritty and twisted; the romance is provocative and spirited but I am not a fan of the male lead called ‘daddy’; the characters are energetic, controversial, animated and intense-the back and forth between Riley, and most of the other story line characters is often humorous, quirky, frenetic and fun.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Ruthless Creatures
Carnal Urges

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Reviewed by Sandy

“Yeah. Oh—can I ask you a favor? Will you please not hurt him? Kieran, either. He’s the other bodyguard. The bigger one. They’re both really nice.”
Malek stares at me in disbelief.
“Sorry. Is that asking too much? It’s just that I’d never get over it if they got hurt because of me. They’re only trying to do their jobs.”
After a moment, he says angrily, “You know who I am. You know what I do. Correct?”
“Yes. I’ve been filled in on the particulars.”
“And you’re lying there with my hand around your neck asking me not to hurt your bodyguards.”
He says it like my sanity is in question.
“I know it’s maybe a little unorthodox.”
“No,” he says flatly.
“Please?”
He growls, “What the fuck is wrong with you?”
“There’s no need to get testy.”
“Testy?”
“I’m just saying. You don’t have to get all mad about it.”
Furious again, he glares at me, grinding his jaw and probably calculating how much pressure it will take to snap the brittle bird bones in my neck.
Before he does, I say, “I also want to thank you for the rose you left me. That was really nice. I’ve never had a man bring me flowers before. I know it was only the one, and also you thought I was a captive prostitute at the time, but still. It was thoughtful. So thank you.”
He stares at me with an expression somewhere between confusion and amazement, with a healthy dose of disgust on the side.
“Now is probably a good time to remind you that I’m still the same person you left the rose for. So if you did kill me, you’d be killing her, too. Just a thought.”
“Are you on drugs?”
“Not at the moment, no. Why, do you have any?”
“There’s something wrong with you. Mentally. Right?”
That makes me laugh. “Oh, totally. I’ve got more than a few screws loose. At least that’s what my dad tells me. But he’s super uptight, zero imagination, so his opinion doesn’t really count. Not that he’s wrong, because he isn’t, but normies shouldn’t judge creatives. They just have no idea how we’re wired. Why are you looking at me like that?”
“I’ve never had a conversation with an insane person before.”
“Very funny.”
“It wasn’t a joke.”
“Ouch.”
We stare at each other in silence. His hostile, mine hopeful. He still hasn’t murdered me, so things are looking up.
“Malek?”
“What.” He says it flatly. With dread.
“Thank you for not killing me.”
He says emphatically, “Don’t thank me yet.”
“You’re still deciding?”
“If only to get you to shut up, yes.”
“In that case…” I make a zipper motion across my lips.
He watches with outrage, astonishment, and absolute disbelief.
“Actually, before I shut up, I also want to say that it was really sweet that you tried to save me from being a sex worker. I mean, what a gentleman! A gentleman killer who gives strangers big wads of cash in restrooms. You’re quite the puzzle, Mr. Ghost. Or is it just Ghost? I’m never sure how the nickname thing works, except between me and my sister, but that doesn’t count because my whole family is a little weird. I’ll just call you Malek, if that’s all right. Or Mal for short, since we’re such buds now, what with you breaking into my various bedrooms for midnight visits and all. Okay, I’m shutting up now. Here I go.”
I press my lips together and gaze up at him, watching him struggle with dueling urges to cut off my air supply or break something over my head.
Maybe he’s right about me being insane, because rather than terrifying, I find his indecision understandable.
He’s not the first man I’ve driven to the brink of murder. He’s just the most capable of actually going through with it.
“Oh, one more thing—”
“I know a way to keep that mouth quiet,” he snaps.
Then he kisses me.

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A former headhunter, J.T. Geissinger is the author of more than a dozen novels in contemporary romance, paranormal romance, and romantic suspense.

She is the recipient of the Prism Award for Best First Book, the Golden Quill Award for Best Paranormal/Urban Fantasy, and is a two-time finalist for the RITA® Award from the Romance Writers of America®. Her work has also finaled in the Booksellers’ Best, National Readers’ Choice, and Daphne du Maurier Awards.

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Trusting Cassidy (Silverstone 4) by Susan Stoker-a review

Trusting Cassidy (Silverstone 4) by Susan Stoker-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date November 16, 2021.

In this final installment of New York Times bestselling author Susan Stoker’s Silverstone series, a battle-scarred assassin must rescue an old flame from ruthless drug lords.

What was supposed to be a short trip to Jamaica becomes a years-long nightmare as Cassidy Hewitt and her son fall into the grip of an infamous drug kingpin. Desperate for rescue, Cassidy risks everything to send secret letters to the FBI, hoping someone, anyone, will answer her call.

When secret operative Leo “Gramps” Zanardi sees Cassidy’s letters, he knows this isn’t just another covert mission. The two had electric chemistry back in high school, and Leo finds himself eager for a reunion—even if the circumstances aren’t exactly ideal.

After arriving back in Indiana, Leo and Cassidy think they’re free to start a new life together. But the kingpin’s goons won’t let go of Cassidy so easily: they follow her from Jamaica, leaving carnage in their wake. Before the pair can fully embrace the love they’ve been missing all these years, they’ll need the entire Silverstone team’s help to be victorious in the showdown of their lives.

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REVIEW: TRUSTING CASSIDY is the fourth and final instalment in Susan Stoker’s contemporary, adult SILVERSTONE erotic, military, romantic suspense series focusing on group of former US Special Forces soldiers, who own and operate Silverstone Towing. This is forty five year old Leo ‘Gramps’ Zanardi and forty-one year old, teacher/single mother Cassidy Hewitt’s story line. TRUSTING CASSIDY can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary. The SILVERSTONE series is a spin off from the author’s Mountain Mercenaries series but you do not have to have read the aforementioned series to understand or follow the current timeline.

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

Told from dual third person perspective (Leo and Cassidy) TRUSTING CASSIDY follows the building romance and relationship between forty five year old Leo ‘Gramps’ Zanardi, and forty one year old, teacher and single mother Cassidy Hewitt. Five years earlier, following a contentious divorce, Cassidy Hewitt applied to be a teacher in Kingston Jamaica but quickly discovered she and her son were virtual prisoners of a drug kingpin who would target Cassidy’s now eleven year old son Mario to become another drug runner. Fast forward to present day, desperate to escape her captor, and return home to the USA, Cassidy writes a series of letters to the FBI, wherein former US Special Forces solider and high school friend Leo Zanardi grabs the assignment to rescue our heroine. Along with his fellow Silverstone soldiers, Leo would go in undercover in an attempt to locate and save the woman with whom he would fall in love but all does not go well, and trouble would follow our couple back to the United States. What ensues is the rescue and building relationship between Cassidy and Leo, and the potential fall-out as Cassidy and Mario are targeted placing everyone at Silverstone in the direct line of fire.

Leo Zanardi has loved Cassidy Hewitt since meeting our heroine in high school but Leo struggled with their four year age difference, and in this, left behind the woman with whom he would fall in love, only to return to our heroine married and a mother. Embarking on one final assignment Leo was determined to rescue Cassidy and her son, and claim the woman for his own happily ever after. Cassidy Hewitt was getting desperate to escape the prison in which she and her son were struggling to survive. Threats to their lives began to take a more ominous turn, and Cassidy wondered if they would ever make it home, alive.

The relationship between Cassidy and Leo is a high school friends to lovers, military rescue of a woman and her child from a notorious drug lord. Leo had not seen Cassidy for close to twenty-five years, twenty-five year in which Leo never forgot about the woman that got away. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

The secondary and supporting characters include all of the previous story line couples. We are up close and personal as the next generation is born, looking five, ten, fifteen and twenty years into the future .

TRUSTING CASSIDY is a story of betrayal and abuse, search and rescue, friendships, relationships, acceptance and love. The premise is engaging, intriguing and emotional; the romance is seductive and captivating; the characters are energetic, charismatic and strong.

Previous reviews
Trusting Skylar
Trusting Taylor
Trusting Molly

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Reviewed by Sandy

New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author, Susan Stoker has a heart as big as the state of Texas where she lives, but this all-American girl has also spent the last fourteen years living in Missouri, California, Colorado, and Indiana. She’s married to a retired Army man who now gets to follow her around the country.

She debuted her first series in 2014 and quickly followed that up with the SEAL of Protection Series, which solidified her love of writing and creating stories readers can get lost in.

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