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Review: Blushing Violet by Ann Mayburn
Format read: ebook copy provided by author
Release Date: 18 November 2011
Number of pages: 110 pages
Formats available: ebook
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon
Blurb:
Shy and quirky Violet Bishop has finally found the perfect way to meet a man who could fulfill her hidden submissive desires, something that she has never dared to ask her conservative and uptight ex-boyfriends to do. She joins an on-line matchmaking site that puts couples together based on the books that they love, in this case the BDSM erotica that lines her bookshelves.
Two Dominant best friends and business partners, Carlos Romano and Morgan Kane, are matched with Violet. They both want to date her and rather than fight about it they decide to keep the fact that they know each other away from her and let her pick who she wants to be with. A good idea in theory but something that …
4 1/2 Stars,Ann Mayburn,featured,Review,The Latin Lover 
12 Apr 2012
6 comments
Review: Frostbite by Moira Rogers
Format read: ebook received from author for review
Series: Book #5 in the Last Call Series
Genre: erotic paranormal romance
Release Date: April 10th, 2012
Number of pages: 35 pages
Formats available: ebook
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, All Romance Ebooks, Barnes & Noble, Amazon (UK)
Book Blurb:
Kelsey Almeida has lived every one of her lifetimes in relative silence. Her voice is a lure, one that can overcome the strongest of wills. Magic has enabled the Siren to live a normal life…except when it comes to sex. When she’s aroused, no charm can obscure the call of her voice.
Frostbite: Looking for a partner immune to supernatural seduction.
Nothing pierces the icy cool of Cain’s armor. A reaper can’t afford to be swayed by human emotions, even if he still has human needs. Kelsey’s voice heats his blood, but it’s the pleasure of unraveling her secrets that threatens to melt …
4 Stars,Moira Rogers,Review,The Geeky Lover 12 Apr 2012
4 comments
Review: Discount Armageddon by Seanan McGuire
Format Read: Paperback purchased by reviewer
Number of Pages: 368 pages
Release Date: March 6, 2012
Publisher: DAW
Series: InCryptid, #1
Formats Available: Mass Market Paperback, e-book
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Book Depository, Barnes & Noble
Book Blurb:
Cryptid, noun: Any creature whose exsistence has not yet been proven by science. See also “monster.”
Cryptozoologist, noun: Any person who thinks hunting for cryptids is a good idea. See also “idiot.”
Ghoulies. Ghosties. Long-legged beasties. Things that go bump in the night… The Price family has spent generations studying the monsters of the world, working to protect them from humanity-and humanity from them. Enter Verity Price. Despite being trained from birth as a cryptozoologist, she’d rather dance a tango than tangle with a demon, and is spending a year in Manhattan while she pursues her career in professional ballroom dance.
Sounds pretty simple, right? It would be, if it weren’t for the talking mice, the telepathic mathematicians, the asbestos …
4 1/2 Stars,featured,Review,Seanan McGuire,The Needy Lover 11 Apr 2012
18 comments
Review: Green – Eyed Demon by Jaye Wells
Format Read:Paperback purchased by reviewer
Number of Pages:376 pages
Release Date:March 1st 2011
Publisher:Orbit
Series: Sabina Kane Book 3
Formats Available: Paperback,e-book, Kindle Edition, Audio CD
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Amazon Kindle, Kobo, Book Depository
Book Blurb:
Things to do:
1. Rescue sister.
2. Murder grandmother.
3. Don’t upset the voodoo priestess.The clock is ticking for Sabina Kane. Her sister has been kidnapped by her grandmother, the Dark Races are on the brink of war, and a mysterious order is manipulating everyone behind the scenes.
Working on information provided by an unlikely ally, Sabina and her trusty sidekicks–a sexy mage named Adam Lazarus and Giguhl, a Mischief demon–head to New Orleans to begin the hunt for her sister. Once there, they must contend with belligerent werewolves, magic-wielding vampires and–perhaps most frightening of all–humans.
But as much as Sabina is focused on surviving the present, the past won’t be ignored. Before she …
4 Stars,featured,Jaye Wells,Review,The Coffee Lover 10 Apr 2012
2 comments
Review: Haevyn: Humanotica, Book 2 by Darcy Abriel
Format read: ebook provided by the author
Release Date: 20 March 2012
Number of Pages: 285
Publisher: Samhain
Genre: science fiction romance, cyberpunk, erotica, BDSM
Series: Humanotica, Book 2
Formats Available: ebook
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Samhain Publishing, Barnes & Noble
Blurb:
Duty and honor demand the ultimate sacrifice.
Humanotica, Book 2
Everyone has their poison. For Haevyn Briena, it’s her inability to resist a dare. This time it’s a challenge from her friend and lover, Grisha, to sneak into the popular, illegal cage fights that always end in all-male orgies. Eagerly she snaps up the gauntlet, unaware that she will end the night forever changed.
When expatriate humanotic warrior Entreus locks eyes with Haevyn at the sex-fueled event, he is instantly captivated. Despite a duty that binds him to an exiled malevolent sorcerer, he seeks her out in a shattering, illuminating encounter.
3 1/2 Stars,Darcy Abriel,featured,Guest Bloggers,guest review,Marlene,Review 9 Apr 2012
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Review: The Kingdom by Amanda Stevens
Format read: e-book
Series: Graveyard Queen, #2
Genre: urban fantasy
Release Date: March 27, 2012
Number of pages: 376 pages
Publisher: Harlequin Mira
Formats available: e-book, paperback
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Kobo, Book Depository
Book Blurb:
Deep in the shadowy foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains lies a dying town …
My name is Amelia Gray. They call me The Graveyard Queen. I’ve been commissioned to restore an old cemetery in Asher Falls, South Carolina, but I’m coming to think I have another purpose here. Why is there a cemetery at the bottom of Bell Lake? Why am I drawn time and again to a hidden grave I’ve discovered in the woods? Something is eating away at the soul of this town—this withering kingdom—and it will only be restored if I can uncover the truth.
My Thoughts:
Atmospheric. Intense. Those are two words that keep coming to mind when I think about this book, a combination of quiet horror and lingering suspense. The Kingdom by Amanda …
5 Stars,Amanda Stevens,featured,Review,The Needy Lover 6 Apr 2012
13 comments
Review: Alien Diplomacy by Gini Koch
Format read: ARC provided by author
Series: Book #5 Katherine “Kitty” Katt series
Genre: science fiction romance
Release Date: April 3rd, 2012
Number of pages: 448 pages
Publisher: DAW
Formats available: ebook, paperback
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Book Depository (UK), Book Depository (US)
Book Blurb:
Being newlyweds and new parents is challenging enough. But Jeff and Kitty Martini are also giving up their roles as super-being exterminators and Commanders in Centaurion Division while mastering the political landscape as the new heads of Centaurion’s Diplomatic Corps. Enter a shadowy assassination plot and a new set of anti-alien conspirators, and nothing will ever be the same…
This review contains minor spoilers for previous books in this series.
My Thoughts:
In Alien Diplomacy we find our favorite well dressed Aliens and the fabulous Kitty as sharp and funny as always but the setting itself is changed. Jeff’s and Kitty’s new job as Diplomats for the ACs seems to change the game …
4 Stars,featured,Gini Koch,Review,The Geeky Lover 3 Apr 2012
12 comments
Early Review: About That Night by Julie James
About That Night by Julie James
Format Read: e-ARC provided courtesy of Author for Review
Length: 304 Pages
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Series: FBI/US Attorney Series Book III
Release Date: April 3, 2012
Publisher: Berkley Sensation
Formats Available: Mass Market Paperback, Kindle, Nook
Purchasing Info: Publisher, Author’s Website, Amazon, Books-A-Milliion, Powell’s, Barnes & Noble, Goodreads, Book Depository, IndieBound, Kindle, Nook
Book Blurb:
HE’S PLAYING GAMES.
Though Rylann Pierce tried to fight the sparks she felt for billionaire heir Kyle Rhodes the night they met, their sizzling chemistry was undeniable. But after being stood up on their first date, Rylann never expected to see him again. So when she finds herself face-to-face with Kyle in a courthouse nine years later, she’s stunned. More troubling to the beautiful assistant U.S. attorney is that she’s still wildly attracted to him.
BUT SHE’S MAKING THE RULES.
Just released from prison, …
5 Stars,featured,Julie James,Review,The Danger Lover 2 Apr 2012
5 comments
Review: Protector’s Mate by Katie Reus
Protector's Mate by Katie Reus
Format Read: e-Book submitted by Author for review
Length: Novella
Publisher: Harlequin Nocturne Cravings
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Release Date: April 1, 2012
Formats Available: eBook, Kindle, Nook
Purchasing Info: e-Harlequin, Author’s Website, Goodreads, Kindle, Nook, Books On Board, Diesel Book Store
Book Blurb:
After two years in a war zone, werewolf Felicia Serna has finally returned to find another pack has taken over her territory…and the new second-in-command is the very man who haunts her fantasies.
Alaric has wanted Felicia from the moment he laid eyes on her, and now he’s ready to claim her. When a threatening shifter begins stalking them, he’s determined to protect her…even if it means putting his seduction on hold. But even in the heat of danger, their red-hot passion cannot be denied.
My Thoughts:
Wolf shifter Felicia Serna returns home to Alabama after 2 years working as a nurse with an …
4 1/2 Stars,featured,Katie Reus,Review,The Danger Lover 31 Mar 2012
6 comments
Dual Review: Blood and Bullets by James R. Tuck
Format read: ebook copy provided by author
Release Date: 7 February 2012
Number of pages: 352 pages
Formats available: paperback, ebook
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books a Million, Kensington
Blurb:
He lives to kill monsters. He keeps his city safe. And his silver hollow-points and back-from-the-dead abilities help him take out any kind of supernatural threat. But now an immortal evil has this bad-ass bounty hunter dead in its sights. . .
Ever since a monster murdered his family, Deacon Chalk hunts any creature that preys on the innocent. So when a pretty vampire girl “hires” him to eliminate a fellow slayer, Deacon goes to warn him–and barely escapes a vampire ambush. Now he’s got a way-inexperienced newbie hunter to protect and everything from bloodsuckers to cursed immortals on his trail. There’s also a malevolent force controlling the living and the …
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