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Loving Laney

by Lorna Jean Roberts

Publisher: Ellora’s Cave

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Synopsis:

The absolute last thing Laney wants or needs is an Alpha werewolf. She fled a life of abuse and neglect at the hands of one, so there’s no way she’s interested in letting another into her life. Not even a sinfully gorgeous specimen. Uh-uh, not interested, not in this lifetime…

Then she meets Cooper Brady—and the man is delicious. Good sense is overwhelmed by the need to touch him, taste him, and perhaps a night of hot, melt-in-your-mouth sex is just what she needs. It’s just a one-night stand after all, no strings attached, no messy goodbyes. Perfect.

Well, it would have been if he wasn’t her mate. Mated life has its upsides, like sizzling, addictive, overwhelming sex—yummm. But lust can’t help her convince Cooper not to wrap her in cotton wool, it can’t help her tame or avoid bitchy packmates and it definitely can’t help her figure out who’s trying to scare her with nightmares from her past.

But hey, it sure does help.

Loving Laney by Lorna Jean Roberts

Review by Manda Kay

4.5 Whips/5 Whips

When I saw that this was a werewolf story, I of course had to read it.  After the whole phenomenon that is Twilight, I am hooked on all things werewolf. I love to see how authors will take such a popular genre and put an interesting spin on it. I do have to say this was interesting.

From page one, I was hooked on the main character, Laney. She was witty and tough and exactly how I like my leading ladies to be. I was drawn in immediately and I had a hard time tearing myself away.  Not long after falling for Laney, we meet Cooper. If I thought Laney was great, she was almost overshadowed by the man that was Cooper.  Immediately I knew he was melt worthy and I couldn’t wait to see their relationship take off.

So, on top of Laney and Cooper being a hot couple who were hot for each other, they are BOTH werewolves. Talk about icing on my swoon cake.  This book took me on a wild ride of hot to trot werewolves, mystery and as I like to call them, the fun bits.

All together, Lorna Jean Roberts hit this one out of the park. You’ll feel for Laney as she learns to love not only Cooper, but herself. You’ll swoon for Cooper’s tough side, but also feel for his soft side.  If you’re like me, you’ll also get side tracked by the other male werewolves and wish they were in the story more.  That reason alone is why this one is .5 away from a full 5 whips. I really loved the pack and wanted more of them.

This book is full of loving and Laney is definitely loved by Cooper, if you know what I mean.

I hope this cast of characters is brought back in another novel by Lorna Jean Roberts. Sequel? I say yes!

House of Sin

by Lacy Danes

Her most important duty—serve the master’s pleasure.

Emily’s dreams are simple: a life of dedicated service at a respectable estate, and a strong marriage filled with love and devotion for one man. Portage Place, the manor where her parents apprenticed, seems the perfect place to start. Though it is whispered that all is not as it seems behind its grand façade.

The rumors, it turns out, ring with truth. The halls are saturated with sensuality, desire and lust. Despite the scandalous duties she is asked to perform, she is determined not to stumble on what could be her first step toward her dreams. Dreams that, lately, have included the manor’s fiery haired groomsman.

A promise to watch over his younger half-brother brought Adam to Portage Place. For the first time in five years of enjoying the delights of the manor’s unbridled debauchery, Emily’s innocence touches the protector that still lives deep in his core. This house of sin may have ruined him, but he will see to it that it doesn’t ruin her.

It seems, however, that behind every door lurks a conspiracy to bind Emily in velvet chains of desire. Until the only way out is for Adam to take the biggest risk of all…

Warning: If servants sleeping with servants, who are sleeping with all the peers and guests at the house upset you…you won’t like this book. Contains explicit sex scenes, threesomes and a whole lot more!

House of Sin by Lacy Danes

Review by Armenia

3.5/5 Whips

House of Sin portrays the household of Lord Gregor and his sons’ uncensored sexual exploits of their servants. The descriptive imagination of Ms. Danes explicity paints how life may have been for many servants living under the debauched rule of a sexual tyrant. The sex was plentiful, unabashed and at times had me blushing.

Poor Adam is struck with Emily’s innocence and helps to keep her away from some distasteful sex games in the household. But her dream of one day giving her virtue to the man Emily will marry is an impossibility while in service to Lord Gregor. After a few days of protecting her, Adam realizes he has fallen in love with Emily. She has sparked in Adam the desire to seek happiness and be the man he yearns to be. Adam and Emily do have their touching love scene, their declaration of promised lust and love in their future was sigh-worthy.

Ms. Danes delivers one hot, spicy historical novella with believable characters and scorching sex scenes in House of Sin. I could not stop reading until the end.

Victor Connagher is no stranger to the Dallas BDSM scene. As CEO of a risqué cable channel that caters to adventurous adults, he ensures the lifestyle is portrayed in a positive light. He even supports a local bondage club. Yet behind the cool, confident mask, Victor lives in fear.

Once, and only once, he lost control of his inner Dom—and it cost him his fiancée. Now, no one knows how hard he works to keep his darker appetite for pain buried. No matter how much his saucy, confident associate producer makes his fingers itch to once again take up his riding crop.

Shiloh Holmes is a sub, but she’s no doormat. She’s always suspected Victor has the skills to feed her insatiable need for pain, and now she’s found the perfect way to crack his formidable control. Develop a new reality show, America’s Next Top sub…and dare him to compete.

Week after week, as Shiloh fearlessly challenges the real Victor to come out of hiding, he realizes his past mistake was only a blow to his pride. If he loses Shiloh, he could lose his heart.

Warning: Explicit sex, BDSM, reality television, a very reluctant Dom, an audacious sub willing to do anything to win for him, and one very wicked riding crop.

Hurt Me So Good by Joely Sue Burkhart

Review by Armenia

4.5 Whips/5 Whips

I admit I don’t watch much reality television but with the first paragraph of Hurt Me So Good I was hooked. Joely Sue Burkhart grabbed me by the collar and lead me down a path I could not stray, and I gladly followed. To my fascination this super-length novella overflowed with sexual tension that seem to increase with each page. I found myself at the edge of my seat as I “watched” Victor and Shiloh’s story unfold before my eyes. As contestants on a television show called America’s Next Top Subthe chemistry between them sizzled “on” and “off” the stage. The sex is hot, the foreplay edgy, and lots of dominant/submissive action got my total attention. Although Victor’s reluctance to unleash his intensely dark desires had me wondering if he could satisfy Shiloh’s need for painful release. I had to admire Shiloh for her planning and persistence to help Victor realize he was her true Master; that only her offer of surrender and challenge could bring him total completion.

As a warning, the story leans heavily towards intense BDSM play, quite edgy for a typical romance book. Readers wanting a quick glimpse into the power play of Domination and Submission will not be disappointed. Hurt Me So Good delves into the psche of two very complex individuals with very dark needs. They truly are two halves of each other, requiring the strength of one another to complete themselves.

Joely Sue Burkhart did a beautiful job of portraying this lifestyle in a positive light. I highly recommend Hurt Me So Good for the romance reader who wants an edgy romance.

The Highwayman
by Ali Katz
Amber Quill Press – ISBN-13: 978-1-60272-517-1
Synopsis- http://www.a-katz.com

Hungary, 1750
Janos Vesh is a man on the edge. He’s spent all of his adult life fighting his past. Now he roams the highways of the southern Carpathian Mountains chasing what little vengeance fate has to offer for the wrongs done to him and to his family. But satisfaction eludes him, and his only comfort comes in the arms of his lover, Stefan.
    The soldier’s constant love is no longer enough to rein in the highwayman’s growing recklessness. Stefan doesn’t know what drives Janos along the path to self-destruction. He knows only that trying to save the man he loves from himself is fast becoming a losing battle. He’s not ready to give up, but ideas are running short.
A robbery gone bad, a descent into darkness, and Janos’s fragile hold on sanity begins to crumble. Stefan has one last hope. 

The Highwayman Reviewed by Jasmine
4.5/5 Whips


   A sexy masked man with a dark and tortured past – Yum.  A tough soldier in uniform willing to make sacrifices for his love – Yum.  The two of them together – Yum Yum!  We have complicated men, in a complicated time.  Did I believe their love? Yes.  Janos’s salvation?  Love concurring all?  Well 1750 was a precarious time for anyone, two gentlemen in love does give me some concerns as to Happily Ever After, but I am sure as hell rooting for them.


   The novella was impossible to put down.  Sometimes I wish that I had it as a physical book to chuck at our main character Janos.  Has anyone else had one of those moments?  

“Janos did not trust. If he did once, he’d forgotten how.
Still, he wanted and waited for Stefan to look back. A single
glance was all he needed to chase him down and reveal all.
Just a glance, but Stefan never looked back.” Pg 60 The Highwayman

My issue was Janos never changed – the situation reveals him – he does not grow to trust.  Plus at that moment when I really wanted him to crack a little and reach out to his lover, he just remained quiet and I would have aimed the book at his head and let loose.


The Highwayman is a great read and Ali Katz writes a well layered tale.   If you enjoy M/M and historicals this will be right up your alley.  Pun intended.
- Jasmine