Monday, October 21, 2013

Review: Safe in His Arms by Renee Rose

Title: Safe in His Arms
Author: Renee Rose

Read copy: eBook
Published: July 30, 2013
Publisher: Stormy Night Publications
ISBN-13: 9781301453849


For as long as she could remember, Becca dreamed of a dominant man to take her in hand, and Zac, the handsome Marine she met at her sister's wedding, filled the role with aplomb… for a weekend. Then the fling came to an end, Zac went off to war and died for his country, and Becca learned she carried a child who would be born without a father.

Seven years later, Becca has done her best to move on and forget about Zac… until the day she walks into her kitchen to find the man she believed she would never see again locked in mortal combat with her son’s nanny, and realizes everything she thought she knew about Zac was a lie.

Like all Black Ops agents, Zac doesn't exist in any government record. His life is a series of deadly missions, and relationships of any kind are unsanctioned. But he keeps one secret. He watches over Becca, the beautiful daughter of a rogue agent, and Parker, the six-year-old boy he fathered that fateful weekend. When he spots a known assassin in their apartment posing as a nanny, he's forced to reveal himself and take them to safety… whether Becca likes it or not.

While Becca may have enjoyed his dominance once, bending her to his will again may not be quite so easy. He is
determined to keep her safe, however, and if a long, hard spanking is required, he is more than willing to oblige. Having Becca over his knee rekindles more than his passion, though; even when the immediate danger has passed, he finds it much more difficult to “ghost out” on his family again. Must he resign himself to protecting those he loves from afar, or can he find a way to be the man Becca needs and longs for, the man who is worthy of her submission and her love?


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Friday, October 18, 2013

Review: Down By The Water by Anna Cruise

Title: Down By The Water
Author: Anna Cruise

Read copy: eBook
Published: September 15, 2013
Publisher: Indie Inked
ISBN: 5269875691280


Lily can't escape the past.

Ten years after a tragedy tore her family apart, Lily is on her way to college for what she hopes will be a fresh start. Instead, she finds herself broken down in the place she swore she'd never return to, the place by the water that damaged her family beyond repair. When Ty Reilly offers her help, she reluctantly accepts, eager to get her car fixed and get the hell out of town.

But before that can happen, an eerily similar recurrence stops Lily cold. With her identity and ties to the old tragedy revealed, new suspicions cast a bright light on Lily. Everyone around her – the guy who offered her help, her own wayward sister, and the town sheriff who remembers her from a decade earlier – begins to wonder if her reappearance is merely a coincidence or if she's somehow involved.

As Lily begins to thread together strands from the past with the present, she realizes that there's no such thing as a coincidence down by the water.

And that you can't ever really leave the past behind.


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Thursday, October 17, 2013

Review: Hustlin' Texas by K.C. Klein

Title: Hustlin' Texas
Series: Texas Fever
Author: K.C. Klein
Read copy: eBook
Published: December 5, 2013
Publisher: Kensington Books
ISBN: 1601831498
ISBN-13: 9781601831491

Only one person in Oak Groves is happy to see bad girl Nikki Logan back in town...

Oak Groves’ most beloved bachelor, Jett Avery, lives by a simple set of rules. Getting involved with a complicated woman isn’t one of them. He learned that the hard way two years ago when he spent one of the most incredible nights of his life with Nikki Logan. But then she hightailed it out of town, never to be seen again—until now. It might be time to break one of those rules...

Picking up the pieces of her life, Nikki is back in Oak Groves, face to face with the one man she’s done her best to forget. But she has her reasons for being here—and they don’t include winding up in bed with Jett. Especially since he’ll never forgive her once he finds out the truth about why she’s back...


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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Review: Sinister by Lisa Jackson, Nancy Bush, Rosalind Noonan

Title: Sinister
Author: Lisa Jackson, Nancy Bush, Rosalind Noonan

Read copy: eBook
Published: November 26, 2013
Publisher: Zebra
ISBN: 1420125788
ISBN-13: 9781420125788

A Killer's Patience

Twenty years ago, a fire ravaged the Dillinger family's old homestead, killing Judd Dillinger and crippling his girlfriend. Most people blamed a serial arsonist who'd been seen around town. But strange things are happening in Prairie Creek, Wyoming, again.

Will Be Rewarded

Ira Dillinger, the family's wealthy patriarch, has summoned his children home for his upcoming wedding. Eldest son, Colton, and his siblings don't approve of their father's gold-digging bride-to-be. But someone is making his displeasure felt in terrifying ways, setting fires just like in the past. Only this time, there will be no survivors.

In Blood

As fear and distrust spread through Prairie Creek, soon all the Dillingers, and those closest to them, are targets--and suspects. A killer has been honing his skill, feeding his fury, and waiting for the moment when the Dillingers come home--to die. . .


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Sunday, October 13, 2013

Review: Lost in a Royal Kiss by Vanessa Kelly

Title: Lost in a Royal Kiss
Series: The Renegade Royals
Author: Vanessa Kelly
Read copy: eBook
Published: November 26, 2013
Publisher: Kensington Books
ISBN: 1420131303
ISBN-13: 9781420131307

With her widowed mother working long hours as governess to the royal children, Linnet St. Clare must look after her siblings and run the household. Now she must add to her worries the fate of Dominic, a poor orphan who has inspired the wrath of the king himself. Clearly Linnet has no time to consider her own desires—much less notice the attentions of a certain handsome, powerful magistrate…

Sir Anthony Tait is at a loss for how to capture Linnet’s interest. If only she would be still long enough for courting. Outright seduction seems the only answer. But will his kisses be enough to persuade her—or might Anthony have something to learn from young Dominic about matters of the heart? And in saving the boy’s future, might Anthony and Linnet at last create their own?


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Review: Stolen by Jordan Silver


Title: Stolen
Author: Jordan Silver

Read copy: eBook
Published: October 6, 2013
ASIN: B00FORE72G



When Roderick Sheridan caught the young woman trespassing on his property high up in the Rockies his first thought was to teach her a lesson; that was before he got a good look at her. With just one look at the stunning beauty he threw convention to the wind and decided to keep her for his own.

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Thursday, October 10, 2013

Review: Slow Summer Burn by Elisabeth Barrett

Title: Slow Summer Burn
Series: Star Harbor
Author: Elisabeth Barrett
Read copy: eBook
Published: August 12, 2013
Publisher: LoveSwept
ISBN: 0345541693
ISBN-13: 9780345541697

Cameron Stahl has everything, so why does she feel like her life is incomplete? A beautiful Boston socialite and a successful entrepreneur, she’s just opened her second boutique in Star Harbor and business is booming. But one searing look from Val Grayson sends fire through her body and shows her exactly what’s missing from her life: a real man who doesn’t play games and who makes her feel like the most desired woman on earth.

DEA agent Val Grayson has always looked after his brothers. Now it’s his turn to find love—though Cam is the last sort of woman he ever dreamed he’d fall for. When courageous Cam realizes she has the insider connections to help Val take down a major drug player within Boston’s political elite, he can’t stop her from putting herself in danger. But as the drug bust of his career looms, all Val cares about is saving the woman he loves before it’s too late.


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