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Monday, September 16, 2019
Die For You by Michele Mills #BookReview
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Love, in a hopeless place.
Two months after a virus took out civilization, Rachel Donnelly is the last living soul in California, as far as she can tell. Until she runs into a Marine sniper, battle-hardened but alive and healthy.
Adam Sanchez would love nothing more than a slamming session of I-can't-believe-we're-alive post-apocolyptic sex in the back of his Hummer. But Rachel's fragility, inexperience-and much younger age-hold him back from exposing her to his raw, aggressive sexuality. If anything, Rachel needs protection. Especially from himself.
As they band together with other survivors to battle feral animals, violent ex-cons, and motorcycle clubs jockeying for power, Rachel grows stronger in mind, body, and spirit-strong enough to give the dangerously sexy Marine what they both crave.
The power of their passion rocks Adam's world, bringing him to his knees-which, he discovers too late, is the worst possible place to be when danger springs from the shadows.
WARNING: Contains a sexy Marine, a tattooed ex-con, a girl who blossoms into a sexually assured young woman, laughter despite the pain, m/f/m menage, hope, love, and more bad language and violence than are strictly necessary.
My Review
The blurb to this novel is astounding! It totally grabbed me and I had to immediately read the first three sample chapters, which also hooked me. I bought the book with high expectations. It fell a little flat after that. I guess I was expecting the story to go in one direction and the author chose another. No big deal. It was still a really good story, just not what I was expecting.
Weirdly, I enjoyed the overuse of the bad language. It made the story more realistic with the f-bombs constantly thrown around. If a virus wiped out 75% of the population, I'm pretty sure those who were left would be cussing up a storm.
I think I would have liked this story to be more of a slow burn romance. It was basically insta-love, which works great for a lot of readers. I really enjoyed Adam and Rachel's emotional attachment to each other, but to me it felt rushed. The connection that the two characters felt for each other was passionate and well written.
The characters were believable. Adam is a Marine, an Alpha male with a past relationship that has left him wounded. He's passionate and protective of what's his. Rachel is a young girl, fresh out of high school, currently attending college until the outbreak, clearly inexperienced in the reality of life and love. Both of these characters grow throughout the book as the new world they are forced to survive in changes them forever.
The steamy sex scenes were definitely worth the price of the book. There were plenty of them and quite enjoyable.
Now that I know what I'm getting into with this author's writing style, I'm interested to read the rest of the series. There are two more books in the series, one of which is Trevor's story which I'm eager to read.
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Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Book Review: Brook Street: Thief by Ava March #bookreview #Regency #mmromance
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
London, 1822. It was only supposed to be one night. One night to determine once and for all if he truly preferred men. But the last thing Lord Benjamin Parker expected to find in a questionable gambling hall in Cheapside is a gorgeous young man who steals his heart.
It was only supposed to be a job. Cavin Fox has done it many times—select a prime mark, distract him with lust, and leave his pockets empty. Yet when Cavin slips away under the cover of darkness, the only part of Benjamin he leaves untouched is his pockets.
With a taste of his fantasies fulfilled, Benjamin wants more than one night with Cavin. But convincing the elusive young man to give them a chance proves difficult. Cavin lives with a band of thieves in the worst area of London, and he knows there's no place for him in a gentleman's life. Yet Benjamin isn't about to let Cavin—and love—continue to slip away from him.
My Review:
This book wouldn't let me go. I started reading it late one night. Just a few pages, I thought, until I fell asleep. Two hours later, at 2am I was still awake enjoying this captivating romantic read. I kept turning "just one more" page until I reached the end. I simply couldn't stop until Benjamin and Cavin found their happily-ever-after. And these two men definitely deserved it! After all that they'd been through, they deserved to find happiness in each other's arms.
This is an lovely erotic romance between two men during the Regency Era. One is discovering for the first time where his passions lie and another is finding true love for the very first time. Their encounter with each other changes both of them in different but significant ways. The rest of the story is about how they come to terms with those changes and what to do about it. I loved these characters! They were well-written and really drew me into the story.
I definitely enjoyed reading this book! This is the first book I've read by this author, but I'll be reading more from Ms. March if this is the beautiful, tear-jerking prose she is accustomed to writing. I've already added the rest of the Brook Street Trilogy to my TBR list. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants a sweet, passionate, charming romantic tale.
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Friday, October 24, 2014
Book Spotlight: Spooky Sojourn by @AshleyLadd
Title:
Spooky Sojourn
Series
Name (If applicable) N/A
Publisher:
Totally Bound
Genre:
Contemporary Erotic male-female contemporary paranormal romance
Book
Length: 50,000 words
Official Blurb:
Someone’s trying to kill Deanna, but is it the ghosts
she doesn’t believe in, the rich socialite who might be a murderess, or someone
else with a beef against The Gilroy Hotel and Resort that Deanna has just been
hired to manage? The Gilroy’s owners
want the ghosts, or whoever is causing the trouble at the hotel eliminated, and
they are pressuring Deanna to do the job as quickly as possible. Harry DeVeaux,
paranormal investigator comes highly recommended to do the job and against
Deanna’s better judgment, she hires him.
Although Deanna thinks Harry’s crazy for believing in
ghosts and Harry thinks Deanna has a closed mind to the possibilities of ghosts
and they highly annoy each other, sparks fly. Deanna can’t help but fantasize
about Harry and inspired by a romance convention visiting her hotel, writes her
fantasies in a private blog that Harry finds, hacks, and reads. Ooh la la!
Excerpt:
Wow!
Deanna
reread her fantasy, barely able to believe she’d penned it, wondering if she
should delete it. Did she really want to make out with Harry, a perfect
stranger, on a public beach? Did she really want her words on the Internet,
even in a supposedly private blog under a make-believe name?
Well,
it was confidential, right? As long as she didn’t give anybody the web address
or password or tell them about it, it would remain secret.
Enough
fantasizing! She had to get back to work. Dragging the files out, she
familiarized herself with the ghost sightings as well as Lynette’s and Grant’s
history. By the time she finished, she knew how they’d died and the theories
about their suicides-slash-murders. She also knew that everybody was afraid to
point fingers at the now very influential and powerful Roxanne
Cambridge-Anderson. Could Roxanne be behind the haunting nonsense? Did she want the hotel shut down? But
that made no sense. The rumors portrayed Roxanne as a murderess. It wouldn’t be
in her best interest to keep their legend alive.
Deanna’s
temples began to ache the harder she thought about everything, so she decided
to go to sleep. Hopefully she’d awake if any hijinks took place in the bowling
alley.
About
three a.m., deafening booms awoke her. Light brightened lane fourteen and all
but one pin lay scattered on the wooden floor.
Groggy,
Deanna tried to gather her senses. She looked around then, to her horror, she
saw an iridescent figure of a man on lane fourteen picking up a glowing ball.
Collecting her presence of mind, she grabbed her webcam, pointed it at the
ghostly shape and turned it on. Shaking, she tried to hold her computer steady.
Not believing what she was seeing, she knew there had to be a rational
explanation. Perhaps some machine was projecting the image onto the lanes.
Perhaps a real person stood in front of her in glowing phosphorescent powder.
Whatever
or whoever it was, picked up the ball, and knocked down the spare pin. Then the
‘apparition’ bowled three strikes in a row.
Unexpectedly,
he turned and glared at her, fire shooting from his eyes. Pins flew from all
the lanes at her. Her heart racing, she ducked under the score table.
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Author
Bio:
Ashley Ladd lives in South Florida with her husband, five
children, and beloved pets. She loves the water, cats, and playing on the
computer.
She's often incorporates humor and adventure into her books. She
also adores very spicy romance, which she weaves into her stories.
How you can contact Ashley:
Friday, September 26, 2014
Book Spotlight: Her Men by Ashley Ladd
Title: Her
Men
Publisher:
Totally Bound
Genre:
Contemporary Erotic male-female-male romance
Book Length: 22,000
words
BLURB:
Forty-four year old Julie Weston has loved Timmy and James
since her college days twenty something years ago. She's fantasized about both
all these long years, never able to choose between them.
Hoping Tim and James will attend, she attends their college
marching band reunion. When both men show up her dreams are answered. They're
sexier than she imagined and she hopes they won't be disappointed by her older
self.
It turns out both men came just to see her again and neither
is happy about the other’s presence. They fight over her, confusing her more
than ever. It takes a hot ménage…or two…for her heart to decide which one she’s
in love with.
EXCERPT:
Oh God. She couldn’t make up her mind, just as she’d feared. They were both
fulfilling her dreams and almost her
fantasies. Why couldn’t she be like Connie and love just one man?
“I’m
single. And confused,” she admitted unhappily, hoping and praying her answer
wouldn’t drive either man away before her heart could decide who it wanted. She
held her breath, waiting for James to drop her on her ass and leave in disgust.
But
he stayed. His eyes darkened. His fingers bit into her arms, but he didn’t walk
away. Instead, he kissed her again, rubbing his groin against her. When he
finally released her, he promised, “Game on.”
Tim
stomped over and shoved James away. “What the hell was that?”
James
pushed him back. “What in the hell does it look like?”
“Keep
your hands off her.”
“I
don’t see a ring on her finger, and she started it.”
Tim
wrinkled his brow, captured her hand and yanked her to him. “She’s had too much
to drink.”
Again
she help up one finger and repeated, “I just had one.” She thought it best not
to mention the
Benadryl.
With
sad eyes, Tim asked, “Who do you want? Me or him?”
Fighting
back sudden, scalding tears, she freed herself, stepped back and regarded both
men. “I don’t know.”
Tim’s
expression grew incredulous as if she’d struck him. He echoed, “You don’t know?
Since when do you like him?”
“Maybe
since you dumped her,” James said with a sneer. He puffed up and faced off with
Tim. “If you don’t like it, back out. I’m going to fight for her—like I should
have before.”
Tim’s
eyes grew large as saucers. “I had no idea. You were with Theresa…”
“Theresa
dropped me like a hot cake. And you disappeared.”
“And
I heard she was going out with Gus, not you.” Tim looked around as though to
make sure Gus wasn’t about to pop out of nowhere.
She
heaved a sigh. “Gus was my friend. He fell for me, not vice versa. I feel bad
if I led him on. It wasn’t intentional.”
“Like
me? You never realized I liked you as more than a friend,” Phil interjected as
he danced nearby with Anita.
She
blanched and wanted to evaporate.
James
winked. “It seems you were quite the siren, leaving all of us shipwrecked in
your wake.”
Stunned,
she clasped her hand to her throat. “I swear, I had no clue. I’m so sorry.”
“Yet
you’re still leaving us in your wake, honey.” Tim glared at all of them and
fisted his hands on his hips.
Honey? She didn’t like the sound of that.
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AUTHOR BIO:
Ashley Ladd lives in South Florida with her husband, five
children, and beloved pets. She loves the water, animals (especially cats), and
playing on the computer.
She's been told she has a wicked sense of humor and often
incorporates humor and adventure into her books. She also adores very spicy
romance, which she weaves into her stories.
How you can contact Ashley:
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