Archives for November 2015

BOOK REVIEW – Relapse In Paradise – Roxanne Smith

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4 STARS!

A really fun read!  There’s sarcasm and sass, there’s loyalty and friendship, and along the way, there’s a romance in the making!

Emily Buzzly is recently divorced, and her has sent her on a trip to Honolulu to lick her wounds.  Once she arrives, she’s shocked to be met by what appears to be a beach bum, who says he’s her tour guide for the duration!

Boston is a transplant to the island, and works as a tour guide just to earn enough money to keep his soup kitchen running to feed the hungry on the island.  He left the real world years ago and found his calling on Oahu.

As he shows Emily around the island, they learn about each others lives and they set out to solve a mystery and help a friend.  Amidst all the crazy chaos, they are really enjoying each other’s company.  Can there be a future for this guy who loves to act like a bum and this corporate lady?

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ON SALE @ $2.99 – Full Contact – Sarah Castile

Ray wraps his arms around me and holds me tight as if something terrible has happened and he doesn’t want to let me go.

Full Contact. This is how Ray speaks when his emotions overwhelm him. I melt into his stillness. His body is hot and hard, his breath warm on my neck. He smells of leather and sweat, sex and sin. Nothing can tear me away.

When you can’t resist the one person who could destroy you…

Sia O’Donnell can’t help but push the limits. She secretly attends every underground MMA fight featuring The Predator, the undisputed champion. When he stalks his prey in the ring, Sia is mesmerized. He is dominant and dangerous and every instinct tells her to run.

Every beautiful thing Ray “The Predator” touches he knows he’ll eventually destroy. Soft, sweet and innocent, Sia is the light to Ray’s darkness-and completely irresistible. From the moment he lays eyes on her, he knows he’s going to have to put his dark past behind him to win her body and soul.

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New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Sarah Castille, writes contemporary erotic romance and romantic suspense featuring blazingly hot alpha males and the women who tame them. A recovering lawyer and caffeine addict, she worked and travelled abroad before trading in her briefcase and stilettos for a handful of magic beans and a home in shadow of the Rocky Mountains.
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BLOG TOUR / BOOK REVIEW – His All Night – Elle Wright

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His All Night
Edge of Scandal #2

By: Elle Wright

Releasing November 24, 2015
Forever

 

THE PRICE OF PLEASURE

In relationships, Calisa Harper has clear rules: no expectations, no commitments, no one gets hurt. She doesn’t need a diamond ring to bring her happiness. She just needs Jared. Fine, fit, and ferocious in bed, Jared is Calisa’s ideal combination of friend and lover. But the no-strings status they’ve shared for years is about to get very tangled.

Jared Williams is the kind of man most women long for: sexy, successful, and ready to settle down. He knows convincing the commitment-phobic Calisa that forever is nothing to fear won’t be easy—especially when his ex turns up with a daughter she never told him about. In a heartbeat, Jared and Calisa’s passion goes from fiery to fragile. He wants to hold on to the love they share but is terrified that their next night together could be their last…

 

Link to Follow Tour:  http://www.tastybooktours.com/2015/10/his-all-night-edge-of-scandal-2-by-elle.html

Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25057563-his-all-night?ac=1

Goodreads Series Link: https://www.goodreads.com/series/141831-edge-of-scandal

 

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4 STARS!

A little different of writing style than I typically read, but I really enjoyed it!  Cali and Red had a chemistry that made you want more.  More sex, more cuddles, more laughter, more talking, etc.  Just more of “them”.  A sexy read with lessons in being a survivor no matter what life throws at you.

Calisa Harper is one tough cookie.  She takes what she wants and doesn’t take any slack for it.  What she wants right now is Jared Williams.

Red’s twin sister, Sydney, is Cali’s best friend.  They’ve known each other for years and were great friends first, and for a few years now have added benefits to their friendship.  They keep it on the down low, and always say “no strings”.  But Red’s life changed when he found out that he fathered a little girl with an ex.  He’s trying to find out where she is, and knowing that he’s a Dad has changed his outlook on life.  He wants a happily ever after … but Cali is still running scared from her past.

Will Red be able to convince Cali that she can have a happy ending?  And will finding his daughter help them, or end them?

**  Received free in exchange for an honest review  **

 

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Author Info

As a little girl, I loved to be holed up in my room creating stories with my Barbie Dolls. There was no subject I didn’t tackle. It was always my dream to write a soap opera. As I grew older, I assumed that dream was just that… a dream.

Born and raised in Southeast Michigan, near Ann Arbor, my mother always instilled in me the importance of reading. There was never a time when I wasn’t going to read, in the process of reading, or just finished reading a book. It was also my mother who, later on in my life, gave me my first romance novel: Indigo by Beverly Jenkins. From that moment on, I became a fan of Ms. Jenkins for life and a lover of all things romance.

I’m living my dream now.

 

Author Links:  Website |FacebookTwitter | GoodReads

Website:  http://www.ellewright.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElleWrightAuthor
Twitter:  https://twitter.com/LWrightAuthor
GoodReads:  https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/9831226.Elle_Wright

 

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“Why don’t you get rid of the stiff and come up to my room?”

Tempted as she was, Cali wasn’t going out like that. “No,” she breathed, suddenly feeling very…hot. “I have a date.”

Slowly, Jared edged closer to her. She retreated until the hard doorknob dug into her back. Reaching behind her, he flipped the lock on the door, the click echoing in the empty bathroom. Sucking in a deep breath, she waited, anticipating his next move.

His fingers flitted across the hem of her dress and he inched it up a bit. Kneeling down, he slipped his hands under her dress and slowly pulled down her underwear. She held her breath, wondered what he would do next.

“Step out of them,” he ordered in a low, deep voice.

Bracing her hands on his shoulders, she stepped out of her lace panties. With a smirk, he stood up, tucked the thin material into the inside pocket of his suit jacket, and pulled out a tiny key card. He placed it in her hand and closed her fingers around it. “Room 1179,” he murmured, his lips a mere inch away from hers. Closing her eyes, she took in the smell of cognac on his breath and leaned closer.

His soft laugh brought her mind back to their location and she opened her eyes. She opened her mouth to speak, but he placed a finger over her lips.

“Shh. Try not to think about what I’m going to do to you, while you’re on your date.” Swinging open the door, he walked out, whistling.

She hated him—in the best way.

 

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BOOK REVIEW – Second Chance Christmas – Ellen Butler

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3 1/2 STARS!

This book had a good premise, but I felt like it moved along too fast.  It was a short novella length type, and I think would have been much more enjoyable had it been a full length which would have given room to explore their past, and redevelop their relationship deeper.

Emma Taylor is a prominent DC attorney, and is surprised to be called in the middle of the night to pick up her ex-fiance from the Emergency Room after a bar fight.

Major Colton Evans has just gotten out of Walter Reed hospital after being flown home after he was injured overseas.  He’s trying to decide what to do with the rest of his life, and is surprised to see his biggest mistake waiting for him when he gets out of the ER.

Colton regrets letting Emma walk out of his life and end their engagement a few years ago.  Will he be able to convince her to give him another shot?

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BOOK REVIEW – Fire on Ice: The Complete Series – Dakota Madison

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5 STARS!

Okay, I went into reading this book fairly blind … I liked the guys chest on the cover (hey, I’m honest!), and I liked that it was about a hockey player, but have never read this author, or heard any reviews  —  I so loved it!  I adored Kian from the first page, and Taylor just seemed like such a fit for him that you just had to hope that from the first time he laid eyes on her, that she would give him a chance.  I wish there were a couple more books for me to run out and buy to enjoy more of them.

Kian Kavanagh walks into a bar … no really, he does! … and a short time later, meets the woman of his dreams.  Just their first eye contact across the room knocks him for a loop.

Taylor Thompson is there with a friend just conducting an experiment for her psychology class, she never expects to meet a guy.  And what a guy he is.  Kian plays minor league hockey, and that’s actually a negative immediately in Taylor’s eyes because she’s been hurt by a jock in the past, and swore to never date one again.

Kian convinces her to take his number, and is shocked when she actually calls him.  They casually see each other a few times, and it doesn’t take long for them to realize that they are a great fit.  They are enjoying life when Kian gets called up to the majors and has to move to Seattle.  When Taylor suffers a horrific trauma, will she be able to come back from it? And will Kian be able to be there for her when he’s not even in the state?

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BOOK REVIEW -Melt For Me – Elisabeth Naughton

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4 STARS!

A sweet Christmas read!

Ella McKinley owns Yuletide Spirits, a pub in Holly, NC where the entire town is decked out for Christmas and people are flocking through to visit.

Tate Kendrick shows up out of the blue one day.  He and Ella dated back in their college days, but they broke up and he went on to become a big rock and roll success.  Now he’s back, saying he still wants “the one that got away”.

Does Ella still feel the same or will she send him on his way?

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BLOG TOUR – BOOK REVIEW/GIVEAWAY – The Idea of You – Darcy Burke

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5 STARS!

Loved this book!  It’s well written, and the main characters get into your heart immediately and have you pulling for them to get together.  I hadn’t read any of the previous ones about the family, but this will not be my only!  Can’t wait to go back and read the previous siblings stories and will look forward to hopefully seeing more of Alaina and Evan in future family members stories.

Movie star Alaina Pierce is looking for a way out of Hollywood as a media circus is starting up around her.  Her production partner Sean suggests his in-laws place in Ribbon Ridge, Oregon, so she packs up and heads out.

Evan Archer has just moved back home to live with his parents and is the first to run into Alaina at the apartment over his parents garage when he goes to help he hears the piercing alarm of the smoke detector going off and goes to help her get it to turn off.
Evan is a breath of fresh air to Alaina after living in fake Hollywood for so many years.  He doesn’t seem to have a filter, and everything that comes out of his mouth is honest.  A what you see is what you get kind of guy.  After a few interactions with him and his family, she’s told that he has Aspergers.
They spend as much time enjoying each others company as they can while she’s there, and neither is looking forward to her going home to California.  When they lead such different lives and want different things for their futures, can there be anything beyond the here and now for them?
**  Received free in exchange for an honest review  **

THE IDEA OF YOU
Ribbon Ridge #4
Darcy Burke
Releasing November 17th, 2015
Avon Books

 

Evan Archer has always preferred peace and solitude to the loud antics of his large, hard-to-navigate family. But when Archer Enterprises needs a new creative director, Evan jumps at the chance to claim the job he’s always wanted. Moving home is easier than he expected, but Evan isn’t prepared for the stunning A-list celebrity hiding out in his family’s garage apartment.

Following a major tabloid scandal, movie star Alaina Pierce escapes to Ribbon Ridge. She’s immediately drawn to the quiet, picturesque town and the incredibly sexy—if a little quirky—Evan. He may be built like a Greek god, but he’s honest and straightforward… so different from the Hollywood types she normally dates.

Their attraction is undeniable, but Alaina can’t elude the paparazzi forever, and Evan has no interest in being in the limelight. When the secret she’s been keeping is exposed, the idea of Evan—of real love and a family like the Archers—could vanish in an instant.

 
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Evan Archer rounded the larger of his parents’ two garages and was immediately hit by the smell of smoke and the peal of an alarm. He instinctively pressed his hands to his ears and looked up at the apartment on the second floor of the garage. Smoke billowed from an open window. Despite the excruciating sound, he ran toward the door, threw it open, and vaulted up the stairs. The door at the top, which led to the apartment, was open. The acrid scent of smoke assaulted his lungs as the scream of the alarm violated his ears.

A woman stood beneath the alarm madly waving a towel.

Evan strode to the dining table situated in front of the windows and pulled a chair beneath the smoke detector. He said nothing to the strange woman, but nevertheless she moved out of his way. He stepped onto the chair and promptly pulled the battery from the alarm. Blessed silence reigned. He closed his eyes with relief.

“Thank you,” she said, draping the towel over her shoulder. “I am so sorry about this. Who are you?”

He didn’t look directly at her but recognized her immediately. “You’re Alaina Pierce.”

“I know who I am. Who are you?” There was a guarded, tentative look in her eyes. He universally sucked at decoding emotional expression, but that was one he knew. Probably because he’d seen it in the mirror so much when he’d been younger.

He jumped down off the wooden chair and returned it to the table. “I’m Evan Archer. Are you staying here?”

“Yes. Sean didn’t tell you?”

“Nope.” Evan hadn’t seen his brother-in-law today, but that wasn’t unusual. He and Evan’s sister Tori lived in a condo in Ribbon Ridge proper, while Evan lived fifteen minutes outside the center of town with their parents in the house they’d all grown up in. “Should he have?”

“Maybe not. My being here is a secret.”

Then it made perfect sense that he hadn’t told Evan. He was terrible at keeping secrets. “I suck at secrets.” And knowing when to keep his mouth shut.

“I see. Well, do you think you could keep me a secret?”

Maybe. If he didn’t make the mistake of blurting it out without thinking. “I guess.”

“Hey,” she said with more volume than she’d used before. “Would you mind looking at me so I can see if you’re telling the truth?”

He forced himself to look straight at her. She was beautiful. But not in the glamorous movie star way he’d expected. She wore very little makeup, not that she needed any at all. The color of her skin reminded him of rich buttermilk, and her hazel eyes carried a beguiling sparkle. They were very expressive and probably her defining feature. Along with that marquee smile he had yet to see.

“Do you have a superpower that allows you to detect lies?”

Her mouth inched up into an almost-smile. “Yes, I do. It’s a side effect of being ridiculously famous.”

“Good to know. I was only moderately famous, so that’s a skill I don’t possess.” He was also fairly lousy at lying. How could he recognize it in someone else? He looked away from her, settling his gaze on the still-smoky kitchen. “I’ll do my best not to expose your secret.”

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 Darcy Burke is the USA Today bestselling author of hot, action-packed historical and sexy, emotional contemporary romance. Darcy wrote her first book at age 11, a happily-ever-after about a swan addicted to magic and the female swan who loved him, with exceedingly poor illustrations.
A native Oregonian, Darcy lives on the edge of wine country with her guitar-strumming husband, their two hilarious kids-who each seem to have inherited the writing gene in some form-and two Bengal cats. In her “spare” time Darcy is a serial volunteer enrolled in a 12-step program where one learns to say “no,” but she keeps having to start over. Her happy places are Disneyland and Labor Day weekend at the Gorge.
 
 

 

BOOK REVIEW – Controlled Burn – Shannon Stacey

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4 STARS!

This was a fun book to read.  You have a sweet guy, protective of his elderly landlords who is suspicious of the granddaughter he never knew existed suddenly showing up.   There’s sexy flirting and hot sex, and then there’s the heartwarming side of watching Jess and her grandparents embrace knowing each other.

 

Boston firefighter Rick Gullotti lives upstairs in the Broussard house.  Joe & Marie are like family to him, so when he gets a message that Joe has fallen and they are at the hospital, he rushes over to check in on them.

Jessica Broussard receives a message for her father, David, from a Doctor in Boston about her grandfather.  Her Dad isn’t in the office right now, so she decides to fly to Boston to check on the grandparents she has never met and get them situated in an assisted living facility.

Jessica and her grandparents enjoy getting to know each other, and when it’s time to go back to San Diego, she’s sad to leave them.  She also doesn’t want to walk away from whatever it is she and Rick have been sharing as they spent time together over the last few weeks.  Will they find a way to make a long distance thing work?

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BOOK REVIEW  – Nanny Makes Three  –  Cat Schield


5 STARS!

A decade old crush walks back into her life out of the blue!

Hadley Stratton gets called out on an urgent nanny job and is shocked to see Liam Wade open the door.  She’s sure he doesn’t remember her from her old competition days, but she recognizes him.

Liam has just been blind-sided by an infant being thrust into his arms mistakenly thinking he’s the father.  He figures out that it must be his twin brother, Kyle, but he’s a Navy SEAL stationed overseas and he needs someone experienced to take care of his niece while he tries too locate him.  Imagine his surprise when “the one that got away” knocks on the door.

As they take care of Maggie and grow closer, their past attraction grows stronger and they start a relationship.  Will their past hinder their future happiness or will they be able to overcome their issues and be happy?

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BOOK REVIEW – Taking It Off – Claire Kent

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4 STARS!

 

It’s HOT, and it’s filled with sexy strippers, steamy sex and some romance thrown in to boot!

Elizabeth Marks is at her old college roommates bachelorette party, and she’s hating it.  Strippers gyrating all over the place are just NOT her cup of tea.  She’s barely hanging in there, when she spots the sexy guy standing over at the bar.  When she goes to take a breather later in the evening, she runs into him and they chat.  He dares her to show back up at the club twice a week for the next month so he can show her that it’s more than she sees at face value.

Matt Stokes is the owner of Bare Assets, and when he’s trying to make Elizabeth admit that there can be a sexy side to the club even if she’s not into it, he decides to show her by taking the stage himself even though he doesn’t dance very much anymore.

Elizabeth doesn’t want to like the place, but she wants to see Matt again, so she shows back up.  Will they act on their attraction for each other or will they decide their lives are too different and walk away?

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