Wednesday 2 April 2014

The Pleasures of Spring (Pleasures #4) by Evie Hunter







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£2.99

466 Pages


He picked up her hand where it grasped the water glass, felt her pulse and looked into her eyes. 'You don't want a man with manners. You want someone who will let you walk on the wild side, who knows what you're really like ...'

Roz Spring is an actress and a chameleon, the kind of woman who always lands on her feet. But even Roz can't talk her way out of witnessing a murder, and she must go into hiding before the murderer comes for her.

Andy McTavish has turned his back on a life of privilege to prove himself in the world of international security. Tall, dark and dangerous, Andy is the ultimate seducer who has never met a woman who can tame him.

Roz needs his protection and, to get his family off his back, Andy needs a fake fiancée. The solution is obvious: pretend to be a couple. Getting up close and personal won't be hard, as the chemistry between them is electrifying.

As two practiced charmers drive each other beyond the limits of sensual endurance, they find their usual defences are no good. When the barriers come crashing down, a raw passion emerges that neither wants to admit.

They know that when the murderer shows his hand, they will face a fight for life and freedom. And if they survive, what will happen when the need to pretend is over?

The Pleasures of Spring is the latest sizzling standalone novel from Evie Hunter whose trademark combination is an addictive erotic story and a page-turning plot. If you're an Evie fan, you won't be disappointed. And if you're new to Evie, well, you're in for quite the delicious treat...


What a great read.
This book never has a dull moment with suspense, humour and just the right amount of kink to keep you turning the pages.
Ex Domme and thief, Roz Spring is witness to a murder. Andy McTavish is trying to get her to go into protective custody before the murderer, Ex navy seal turn bad, Hall, gets his evil hands on her. But Roz has other ideas as she tries to raise the money to help her low life dad pay off the bad guys so after he is released from prison they don't put him six feet under.


4 Stars

Sunday 16 March 2014

Misbehaving by Tiffany Reisz




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£1.79
ebook, 108 pages

Published February 11th 2014 by Cosmo Red Hot Reads from Harlequin 

 Wanted: Adventurous, open-minded man willing to try anything…

As a popular sex blogger, Beatriz gets paid to have orgasms. So being on deadline the week of her sister’s wedding isn’t as rough as it sounds. There’s just one hitch: Bea’s assignment is to write a review of a sex position manual, but she doesn’t have a plus one to play with.

The good news: Ben, the one who got away back in college, is also attending stag--and he's as temptingly gorgeous as ever.

The bad news: Ben turned down Bea’s offer of graduation night sex five years ago.

The best news: He’s not planning on making the same mistake twice.


A red-hot retelling of Much Ado About Nothing for people who love Shakespeare but thought his plays could use a few more sex scenes.

A Cosmo Red-Hot Read




Short but sweet, naughty and nice, and sooooo funny, Tiffany Reisz has done it again with the latest erotica novella. A brilliant read for an afternoon, and it's really easy to get along with, its as if you already know the characters.

Such a thoughtful wedding pressie from a character from another book ( sorry, I am not giving it away ;-))

I love the Bell hop, I think I might need more of him x


5 STARS

Hearts Under Siege by Natalie J. Damschroder






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Ebook £0.99
Entangled Publishing, LLC
222 pages.



Product Description

Brady Fitzpatrick has spent a decade burying the pain of a broken heart while working for SIEGE, an information-gathering spy agency. That it kept him away from his family as well as his best friend Molly has been an unfortunate side effect. But when his brother, also an agent, is killed during a foreign op, Brady is drawn into a web of intrigue that threatens the lives of everyone he loves…
Molly Byrnes has loved Brady forever. As his best friend and a de facto member of the Fitzpatrick family, she holds them together in their crushing grief. But as a member SIEGE’s ground team, she doesn't buy the official line about Brady’s brother’s “accidental” death and launches her own investigation—only to uncover a shocking secret that she and Brady must get to the bottom of before their target finds them.
Tangled emotions land them in bed together, opening Brady’s eyes to the incredible, fearless woman who’s been there for him all his life. But after a lifetime of disappointment, how can Molly trust the possibility of a future with him…or if they can count on any future at all?

Started off well but became more unbelievable as the story progressed.  It was a pleasant enough read. I wouldn't really class this as Military romance even though this is what I was led to believe.  I thought SEIGE was a bit wishy washy and the bad guys could have been overpowered with a 4 yr old brandishing a water pistol (sorry that was a little unfair) The bad guys could have been a bit more badder! ( Is that even a word?!)
And the dangling knives...what is this a cartoon.

3 STARS

Monday 10 March 2014

Risking It All for Her Boss by Sharron McClellan






Entangled Publishing.
Amazon UK £0.99
204 Pages



Heroes for Hire: Big Risk. Big Reward. No Regrets.
 
When High Risk Securities (HRS) agent, Eva Torres, botches an undercover job by failing
to rescue both of the kidnap victims she was sent to retrieve, Quinn Blackwood—her former
lover and the man who broke her heart—pulls her and one of the victims out of harm’s way.
As a penalty for her sins, she’s offered the dull job of escorting a former bio-chemical warfare
scientist to Washington D.C. to reunite with his daughter. Much to her displeasure, the job of
monitoring her assignment is given to Quinn.
 
Quinn isn’t thrilled with the situation either. He taught Eva everything he knew about secrets,
sex, and lies—but the biggest lie of all was the one he’d told himself: that his missions for
HRS were more important than anything, including his relationship with Eva. Because now
that they’re working together again, the urge to put his hands on her, to feel her beneath him, is
killing him.
 
Things only get worse when their current operation goes wrong, and the scientist they’re
guarding is kidnapped mid-air. Now, Eva and Quinn have to work together to find him before he
is forced to create a monstrous weapon that could destroy entire cities. A hard task made more
difficult when they find themselves fighting both the enemy and their building desire for each
other. Can they work together for the sake of the mission without reigniting the passion between
them—or will passion be the salvation of them all?
 
This is a military romance set in Colombia and America.  It started off well, straight into the action with Eva rescuing Felix but then it fizzles out.  This could do with more...everything.  More description, more action, more suspense, just more everything.  The story line is good and with a bit more Oomph it would be a fantastic read.

3 STARS



Thursday 6 March 2014

Savage Secrets (Titan #6) by Cristin Harber


Published February 24th 2014 by Mill Creek Press
298 pages
ebook £3.09 from Amazon UK


**Adult audiences: book includes violent scenes**

Savage Secrets is the newest title in the USA Today Bestselling Series!

When the past is impossible to ignore, love may be the only way to survive.

Caterina Cruz has no home. No loyalties. No objection to exacting torturous revenge. Her life’s mission is to destroy the terrorist who murdered her family. Then she steps into an elaborate game of charades alongside a Titan Group operative posing as an arms dealer—and her newlywed husband. The sexy distraction may be more than she can handle.

Attacked with a psychedelic drug weeks before, Rocco Savage is plagued with hallucinations that threaten his new rank as Titan’s second-in-command. No one knows and he wants to keep it that way. Throwing him further off his game, he now has a wife with her own secrets he can’t crack and an agenda he can’t control.

Their mission—an elaborate deception of heated glances and passionate kisses—spins out of control. With Rocco's mind already compromised, can he keep his secret and his distance? And with Caterina's tragic past controlling her every move, can she keep the con up long enough to secure her revenge? Or will both go down in flames?



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A Must Read, Wow
This has to be the BEST book in the series so far.  Absolutely fantastic military romance.  This book is set in London, Virginia, and Spain and as the title suggests Rocco Savage has a secret but then so does Mi6 interrogator Caterina Cruz.  The chemistry between the pair of them is super hot and I love the way Cat gets Rocco going by talking Spanish to him and the way she handles a weapon whether it be a gun or a super large knife held between her teeth. If big hot guys with big guns who pull out all the stops to save the girl is your cup of tea then this is defiantly for you.

**WARNING** This story has a violent sexual scene and Cristin Harber has done a great job of portraying the horror of the attack without making it overly graphic and I would also join Cristin in saying that...

"Rape is a crime.  Talking about it isn't.  There are many resources out there, Including After Silence to help in the healing process"

Tuesday 4 March 2014

Her Summer with the Marine: A Donovan Brothers Novel by Susan Meier






Their competition has never been so irresistible

The last person Ellie McDermott wanted to run into after returning to her hometown is Finn Donovan, her high school nemesis and the guy she crossed the line from enemies to lovers with one night years ago. Now ex-military, tattooed, and still sexy as hell, Finn is a complication Ellie doesn’t need—she needs to concentrate on saving her family business.

Finn’s entire life, Ellie was there, going head-to-head with him in every class, bee, and test. So it’s no surprise she’d show up just as he was about to take over her father's struggling business. It is a surprise, though, that his attraction to her is even more explosive than it had been. Acting on their attraction is one thing, but Finn has to turn a profit to save his own family, and nothing—not even love—will get in his way. 




  A cute little romance between the owners of two funeral homes in the same town and only enough business for one. Who will win the battle of the burial plots or will romance win the both over. Your safe with this book, just the right amount of sexy moments and humor to keep you reading. 

3 STARS 

Monday 3 March 2014

Point of No Return by Rita Henuber





Fans of thrilling military romances will love Rita Henuber’s books.

Marine Major Honey Thornton is nobody’s fool, so when she’s brought in for an off-the-books mission by a manipulative two-star general, she has to wonder why. When it turns out Honey’s mission is to investigate a military contractor tied to the recent kidnappings of innocent children, she signs on immediately. Little did she know one of the first people she’d have to question was her sometime lover, Jack O’Brien.

Jack O’Brien left the CIA bitter and disillusioned and now hires himself out as a contract spy. When his brother and sister-in-law are mysteriously killed and the young daughter they left behind is targeted for kidnapping, he smells a cover-up and goes underground to find out who’s behind it all. Not sure who he can trust, the situation grows more tense when the sexy Honey starts asking questions he’s not sure he wants to answer.

With suspicion flaring on all sides and passion burning between them, Jack and Honey have to decide whether they can trust each other and bring down the people responsible, no matter how high up the chain of command it goes. Because when you’re navigating the murky political waters of the Pentagon, the CIA, and private armies, it’s hard to know who’s got your back, who’s on your side, and who’s lying to your face—and sometimes the only thing you can trust is what you know in your heart.

About the Author:

Rita Henuber is the author of Under Fire, Under Fire: The Admiral, and No Holding Back. Her heroes and heroines are either in the military or government service because she writes what she knows—her father was in the Coast Guard and immediate family members served in every branch of the service, ranking from private to admiral and working as desk jockeys, grunts, pilots, and everything in between. Retired from government service herself, Rita now lives on the barrier island where she grew up.


Military romance seems to be my favorite thing to read at the moment.  I love sexy alpha males and hot 'hold their own' heroines and this book does not disappoint.  I enjoyed the technical details that seem to bring a scene to life and there's no shortage of steamy bits too.  This fast became a book I couldn't put down.
Only one issue I had with this book and that was the phrase 'flaming fish balls' , once or twice I could have handled but it's constantly cropping up, I thought it was because the author wanted a substitute for the 'F word' , nope, I was wrong because ' f''king flaming fish balls' was in it too.  This did detract from my enjoyment and so I give this book a 3.5 Stars instead of a 4.  I would certainly read others by this author and I would recommend this book.


3.5 Stars

Sunday 23 February 2014

The Inside Out Trilogy by Lisa Renee Jones, also includes the add on Novellas

OK so I'm going to start from the beginning of the series with 'If I Were You' which I was very lucky to win a signed copy, but that aside I would always have read this series any way as I'm a big fan of Lisa Renee Jones.
When Sara McMillan finds a stack of journals in a storage unit, she’s shocked and enthralled by the erotic life the writer led. Unable to stop reading, she vicariously lives out dark fantasies through Rebecca, the writer—until the terrifying final entry.

Certain something sinister has happened, Sara sets out to discover the facts, immersing herself in Rebecca’s life. Soon she’s working at the art gallery Rebecca worked at and meeting Rebecca’s friends. Finding herself drawn to two dangerously sexy men, the manager of the gallery and a famed artist, Sara realizes she’s going down the same path Rebecca took. But with the promise of her dark needs being met by a man with confident good looks and a desire for control, she’s not sure anything else matters. Just the burn for more



 A great start to the series, nicely written with suspense and passion.  Sara , after reading the journals Rebecca has written, lands her self a job at Mark Compton's art gallery in the hope of finding out what happened to Rebecca only to be slowly sucked into the world of BDSM herself.  The saying curiosity killed the cat is a worrying thought that I can't shake as I continue to read. An Excellent read.  Warning, cliff hanger ahead x

5 Stars

 Kept under lock and key, discovered by chance, dangerous new secrets and scintillating adventures lie within Rebecca’s private diaries—searing scenes from a passionate journey inside a world where pain is pleasure, pleasure is pain, and where every limit she once had is no more.

The Seduction
Rebecca’s daring first encounter with the Master . . .

The Contract
Once she is his, there’s no turning back . . .

His Submissive
Passion and torment become one . . .

My Master
It’s Rebecca’s turn to take control . . .

And told from his point of view,
The Master Undone
Shattered after Rebecca walks away, he questions his need to control. But when a challenging new woman revives him and then disappears, he knows one thing: he must have more. . . .

5 Novellas in this book, 4 to be read straight after 'If I were you' and 1 to be savored later after 'Being Me' book 2.  Rebecca's journals are an incite into her emotional life as the BDSM lifestyle begins to blur into her day to day life and the struggle to keep it separate. 
I thought this was going to be more erotic than it was but it was still a good read and by the end of 'My Master I am reduced to tears by the heartbreaking decision Rebecca feels she has to take.

5 Stars 
 

Fascinated by the dark fantasies in the journals she’s discovered, and the two men who have now found a place in her life, Sara McMillan finds herself torn between her new life and her past. Now, more than ever, Sara identifies with the lost journal writer, Rebecca, and is certain that something sinister has happened.

In the arms of the sexy, tormented artist Chris Merit, Sara seeks answers about Rebecca and ends up discovering things about herself she never knew existed. Chris forces Sara to reconsider who she is and what she truly wants from life, but not before his dark desires threaten to tear them apart. Her boss, Mark Compton, offers her the shelter to understand just what those needs mean to her, and what they might have meant to Rebecca, but can she trust him to lead her to a final conclusion to Rebecca’s story?

Another great read.  You finally find out what happens to Rebecca thanks to the boys from Walker Security (read the Tall, Dark and Deadly series to catch up with those sexy boys) I love it when two series collide, its like catching up with old friends.  
The only thing I would say is considering everyone in the book seems to be evolved in the BDSM scene, it all seems a bit vanilla.

4 STARS 
*** The Master Undone is a part of the Inside Out trilogy, and is told from his POV. ***

I told him goodbye, and I will not call him. I know if I do, it will be my undoing, and I'll once again be caught up in his spell. I will once again be...lost.

In her private journals, Rebecca laid bare her soul, revealing her obsession for the one man whose erotic demands captivated her imagination--and enslaved her forever. Now, with Rebecca no longer in his life he is lost, questioning everything he thought he knew about himself and about control he holds in such high regard. One women will reach out to heal him and then turn away, leaving him haunted. She is nothing he thought he wanted and somehow everything he needs. He tells himself to forget her but he cannot escape his desire for her. He has to have more..
 

  Out of all the novellas so far in this series this one has to be my favorite. Mark goes home to be with his parents after discovering what happened to Rebecca. His mother is having surgery for breast cancer and Mark discovers Crystal can be a welcome distraction. An excellent quick read.

4 STARS 





 You've discovered Rebecca's secrets. You've discovered Sara's secrets. Now Sara will discover "his" deepest, darkest secrets...but will those secrets bind them together--or tear them apart?

After reading some of the reviews on Goodreads I was beginning to worry about the book, was worried it wouldn't be as good as the others but O how I was wrong, nothing to fear here, it was fabulous.
The erotica is just that little bit more spicy and there's quite a bit more suspense. OMG the end! for all those who DNF, I feel sorry for you, I thought the epilogue was the best bit. I'm biting my nails in anticipation of book 4. 

5 STARS 





In a world where my only escape has been my art, Sara has been the light in my darkness. And there is darkness, the kind of inky black that can bleed from my life to hers.

She doesn't see it. She doesn't understand what I've shown her. And my biggest fear is that soon...she will.


This novella is Chris Merit's POV and it begins straight after Revealing Us ends.
 The story continues in Paris, You learn what happened to Chris and you get an inkling into what makes him tick.  Sara gets to see the painted dragons and the real dragons in Chris's Paris life.  I Loved this but it was over far to quick for me and I just want more...

5 STARS

Thursday 20 February 2014

Boys Next Door by Sommer Marsden






Three Men, One Woman, Maximum Passion

Never in her hottest dreams did Farrell McGee expect a move to Tower Terrace to be such an erotic roller coaster ride.

"Good luck getting your key. I’m the middle house across the road should you need anything. At all," he said. The tone, the words, the accent on the anything. Oh god, he was one of those men. Men who had tons of self assurance and sexual prowess and total faith in their bedroom abilities. Those men were dangerous.

Starting over at twenty eight, Farrell McGee discovers sleepy Tower Terrace teeming with handsome men. Well, maybe not teeming, but three heart-stopping men do live across the road from her.

Despite feeling she's fallen backwards into a fairytale, complete with a big stone tower, a local legend and missing love letters, it becomes clear that all three of her neighbours have a sensual grip on her. She's powerless to choose just one, and just as powerless to get them out of her head or her bed. Deke, the devilish good boy who's superb at being bad. Coop, so often annoying in his gruffness, but oh so dominant where it counts. And Stephen the pretty, sweet, slightly submissive one. Her sex life has never been so good and her heart never so torn. She needs to choose one man, when she's not ready to give up any of them. But deep down she knows who she wants



Hot steamy action from the first page but soon wears a bit thin as there's more sex than storyline to the book and I'm finding I'm scanning through the sex scenes the further I get in to the book just in the hope of finding some thing more interesting.  This would have been a good book if a little more thought had gone into the writing, it needs more depth.  I disliked the crudeness of some of the descriptions and it could have been more sensual but THEN, just when I think this is going to be a standard read  the last couple of chapters are captivating.  They have feeling and emotion, everything the rest of the book didn't have and I'm now feeling robbed that the rest of the book wasn't the same.  

In the end the last few chapter more than make up for the rest, this is an adult read and I did enjoy it in the end.

3.5 Stars 

Monday 17 February 2014

His House of Submission by Justine Elyot






He's a collector with some kinky interests on the side. She's here to catalogue his most prized possessions. But will she end up being one of them?

Sarah arrives at Jasper Jay's country house thinking she has been hired to take an inventory of his large collection of historical artifacts. But when she and her lover, Will, are caught by Jasper sneaking a peek at some of his more private pieces, she starts to suspect a more ulterior motive.

Alone with Jasper in his secluded manor, Sarah finds herself enthralled by the enigmatic collector. Pretty soon, they’re entangled in an intense relationship of domination and submission that excludes the rest of the world.

Until it intrudes, in the form of a vengeful Will, bent on exposing everything his erstwhile boss has worked so hard to keep secret



 Sorry but I thought this book was pretty naff, not much of a storyline, characters had no real depth and I didn't have any emotional attachment to any of them.  Thankfully a short read

1 STAR

Monday 3 February 2014

Deadly Beginnings (Kinncaid Brothers) by Jaycee Clark






Jaycee Clark is best known for her Deadly books, a series of romantic suspense novels featuring the very sexy Kinncaid brothers. But before Aiden, Ian, Brayden, Gavin, and Quinlan there was Jock Kinncaid, the charismatic patriarch to the Kinncaid family, and Kaitlyn O’Reilly, the woman who captured his heart forever.

Kaitlyn O’Reilly, an RN, believed she’d found love with the charming and well-liked surgeon she’d met at work. Landon Goldburg was kind, attentive, and she thought they had so much in common. Now engaged, the good doctor has quickly become the man of her nightmares. As he grows more controlling and violent, Kaitlyn wants her freedom.

Jock Kinncaid can’t stop thinking about the quietly beautiful—and engaged—redhead he met at a fund-raising gala months ago. He knows a spitfire lurks beneath the surface of this woman who’s invaded his dreams, and he knows she’s exactly what’s been missing from his otherwise ideal life. When a chance meeting throws the two of them together again, Jock swears he won’t let her get away this time.

But even as Jock vows to protect the woman he loves and Kaitlyn struggles to trust Jock and the passion between them, the deranged doctor is bent on destroying them both, even if it means killing the only thing he loves.



 Excellent.
Just my kind of book. Weirdo has the girl, good guy gets the girl and lives happily ever after. This is an excellent one to start with if your like me and haven't read the deadly series, also listed as 0.5 in the series it was released after the other 5. The story centres around Jock Kinncaid and how he saves Kaitlyn O’Reilly and the birth of Aiden ( Aidens story, first 1 of the series https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... )

I must read for romantic thriller lovers.

Just the right amount scary moments and steamy scenes. I'm sure am going to love the rest of the series, I've just started book 1

Wednesday 29 January 2014

Heat Wave by Sara Orwig



 
Marilee O’Neil isn’t one to turn down a challenge, not even when it’s to pilot a friend’s hot air balloon in a race. But when she’s forced to change course and make an unexpected landing on a wheat farm, Marilee’s overconfidence gets the better of her, and she ends up in the middle of a swimming pool, giving the handsome sunbathing farmer quite a shock! But Cole Chandler takes surprise in stride, gallantly rescuing Marilee from her soggy landing, and instantly setting her body afire. Though Marilee tries to resist their growing attraction, she can’t deny that it isn’t just the summer heat that has her on the edge.


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A nice read with the action starting from the very first page when Marilee crashes her hot air balloon into Coles pool.  I love the banter between them and there's quite a spark from the beginning but this book was written in the 80's and there is where it should have stayed.  If its going to be re-released it should have had a modern revamp.  This book has left me wanting... (bit like Marilee!)  I'm sure if you brought it into the 'New Adult' genre it could be a 3.5 to 4 stars but sadly its a 2 for me.

Saturday 18 January 2014

Little One-Yard Wonders by Patricia Hoskins, Rebecca Yaker


Book Description

 Buy from Amazon UK

1 Jun 2014
Step-by-step illustrated instructions, beautiful close-up photographs, and pattern pieces included in a bound-in envelope make it easy and fun to create all kinds of adorable items, including the Merry-Go-Round Dress, the Ruffle Romper, the Western Shirt, and the Secret Monster Overalls. From tops and caps to play mats, pillows, and plushies, this book overflows with creative clothes, accessories, toys, and furnishings for little ones from newborn to elementary-school age. Whether you're furnishing your nursery, making new clothes for a growing child, or creating a unique gift for a baby shower, this collection has the perfect project for you.
 
What's not to like about this fabulous little book, 354 pages of great diagrams, pictures and instructions.  A must for novices and experts.  Your craft room will not be complete without it

5 Fabulous Stars

Wednesday 15 January 2014

Westin's Chase. A Titan Novel 3 by Cristin Harber

Description

THE MASTER OF EVERYTHING HAS FOUND HIS MATCH
Jared Westin knows his reputation and likes it. He gets the job done. No emotion. No baggage. That’s why his elite ops company, The Titan Group, is better than the best. They complete projects classified as mission impossible.

And then, in walks a woman as tough as she is sexy. His counterpart in every way, should he choose to admit it.

SHE’S NOT WILLING TO LET HER HEART FALL
Ousted undercover ATF agent Lilly Chase only answers to “Sugar.” Jared is the only man who can see past her leather-and-lipstick demeanor, and that revelation is terrifying. She was fired for helping Titan on a questionable arrest she should’ve ignored, then partnered with Jared’s rival on an assignment in Afghanistan.

Distance and danger do nothing to change her feelings. When she’s left on the side of a mountain to die, an unexpected ally comes forward, and might open her heart.

THE STAKES COULDN’T BE HIGHER
Saving Sugar isn’t a normal rescue operation. It pits Titan against its rival, Jared against his nemesis. Chasing Sugar’s heart isn’t a simple task, either. She fights him, fights them, always ready to run. When she becomes a pawn in a game of collateral damage, Jared must risk his life to save her—the woman whose bravado and surprising sweetness has given him the one thing he never had. Love.



 Book 3 in the Titan series and this one is just as good as the others.

 Jared has met his match with Sugar, trying to keep her safe from a rival company and then to discover a traitor in the Titan camp is nearly too much for Jared to handle.

This has to be my favourite so far, 


Sugar loves pushing 'boss mans' buttons and she's driving him crazy with her running away routine. 

It's an all action read from the first page and you can't put it down till your finished


Brilliant, action packed 5 stars


Tuesday 7 January 2014

Domino Effect by Jill Elaine Hughes



Peter Rostovich is an enigmatic international artist with ties to the Russian mafia. He manipulates everyone he comes in contract with and nobody can figure him out—not even himself. More than that, he has a taste for bondage, which he infuses into his art.
Virginal Nancy Delaney is an aspiring reporter who tries to crack Peter’s shell. His work is like nothing she’s ever seen—complete with a live sculpture that gets the exhibit shut down by the police.
Peter hates reporters, but Nancy captivates him to the point where he makes her part of his exhibit within seconds of meeting her. He introduces her to the world of BDSM, but his involvement in the criminal underworld puts Nancy in the sights of his fiercest enemy.

 A quick fast paced read with never a boring moment to be found but could have been better if more thought had gone into some of the smaller details.  There were a few contradictions in the story and the fact that Nancy has gone from Virgin to Dominatrix in just a matter of a few days was just unbelievable and the fact that there is no real emotion to being taken against her will into the sex trade was disappointing.  I also thought Julian the Navy Seal Concierge would have helped Peter save the day but sadly not, seems so far he's destine to be stuck behind a desk at The Ritz !

Monday 6 January 2014

Wrecked by Priscilla West



Description

A New Adult Romance Novel by USA Today Bestselling Author Priscilla West
“There would be no happy ending for us. He was too damaged. I was too broken.”
Two years ago, Lorrie’s mother was murdered. But that wasn’t the end of it. Reeling from the tragedy, Lorrie’s father spiraled into alcohol, depression, and finally suicide.
The two most important people in Lorrie’s life are both gone but she’s still alive.
Trying to recover from the tragedy, Lorrie returns to campus, ready to pick up the pieces of her life. All Lorrie wants is to get back to “normal.”
Then she meets Hunter. The man, the legend, “The Hammer.”
Hunter is a cage fighter who takes on every fight like he’s got nothing to lose. His life is a tangled mess of girls, booze, and fist fights. And while it may seem like he’s got a devil-may-care attitude, he’s fighting a private cage-match with a monster he can’t defeat.
Lorrie knows that Hunter is exactly the type of guy she should stay away from, especially in her fragile state, but Hunter has other ideas.
As Hunter and Lorrie grow closer together, will they be able to overcome their pain and heal each other? Or will they both end up wrecked?
GENRE: Mature New Adult Romance (18+)
LENGTH: Novel, 350 pgs
RESCUED (WRECKED BOOK TWO: Coming Early 2014)

This started off so well.
 Lorrie back at college after her mum is murdered by her step dad and her dad kills himself, shes trying to get back to normal when in a freak accident she ends up falling into a frozen lake.  Trapped under the ice she thinks she'll surely die until shes rescued by the handsome Hunter Jensen. 
I was gripped, this sounded like a must read ... and then it fizzled out.
I don't have any idea what Lorrie looks like, I can't remember if the author has actually described her and far to much time was wasted messing around with a box of abandoned kittens.  The chemistry was just fine between Hunter and Lorrie there was no need for the kittens.
It was a struggle not to abandon this book at 76% but if I had I'd never have found out about Hunter, which I'm pleased I stuck with it but sadly its just not going to make me buy book 2 :(

3 OUT OF 5 STARS