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ISBN: 9781426890703
Publisher: Carina Press

Mandy is content with her job as a librarian, her longtime boyfriend, Martin, and the lovely home they share. So what if their sex life is vanilla? She’s not the wild type anyway.

But when she wakes up one morning-unsatisfied-from an erotic dream starring her favorite movie star, Mandy starts to crave sexual adventure in real life. Too bad Martin won’t oblige, because it’s not Tuesday or Friday. Then Mandy finds out what Martin’s been doing the other days of the week-or rather, who. And suddenly she needs to prove to herself that she’s not boring in bed.

Fortunately, there is no shortage of smoking-hot men willing to help her on her sensual quest: a nameless library patron who could be Brad Pitt’s twin, a coworker she suddenly sees in a different light, and the neighbor who usually rubs her the wrong way wants to show her he can rub her the oh-so-right way, too! Lucky for Mandy, her lovers are more than willing to share…

Overdue for Pleasure by Shelley Aikens is a book that I received for review from NetGalley.

As you can read from the blurb, Mandy, the main character of this book wakes up one morning and her whole life changes. She goes to work at the library, only to be tempted by a stranger. This encounter leaves her so unsettled that she decides to head off on a buying trip, only to have a fantasy encounter with another stranger on the bus. At this point, she is so unsettled that she decides to abandon her day and head home, only to find her long time boyfriend, Martin, at home, obviously having recently had sex with someone. In a fit of anger, she throws Martin and all his possessions out of the home they were sharing. What a horrible day!

This book is written from the point of view of Mandy and written almost as a dreamy fantasy. It seems that Mandy feels out of control of her life and she is drifting from one fantasy encounter to another. She goes from being a person who has her life all set for her at the beginning of the book, through a period of uncertainty and exploration, to finally a more settled state at the end of the book. This book is quite graphic; it is billed as Erotica. As such, there is alot of sex in the book, but there is also a good story line. The life of Mandy over the short period that the book covers is well conveyed. Her character goes through alot of change. Although some of the characters are a bit inconsistent, the character of Mandy is well fleshed out.

The pace of the book is good and this book can serve as some nice light, spicy reading for a few hours. Not for the faint of heart!

This review was originally posted on Sugarbeat’s Books

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!

Fortune

By Annabel Joseph

Publisher: Ellora’s Cave

Kat doesn’t know whether or how to end her six-night-a-week party habit, not to mention her unhealthy addiction to meaningless sex. Then an accident lands her in the hospital. She wakes to find a menagerie of origami figures—and a gorgeous neurosurgeon—beside her bed. The complexity of the paper creations is nothing compared to the complexity of dark-eyed, authoritative Ryan, who seems determined to give her life some direction. Trouble is, Kat’s just as determined to resist his efforts to tame her wild side.

With persistence, Ryan draws Kat into his world of dominance and submission, where quiet commands and lengths of rope awaken needs and desires she never knew she possessed. But Ryan’s intimate, erotic shibari sessions frighten Kat as much as they excite her, for each simple knot requires infinite trust and inspires complicated emotions.

Then a family crisis tests their love and threatens to snap the fragile ties that bind them. Will fortune ever smile on this unlikely couple, or will fate tear them apart?

Reader Advisory: For those who subscribe to a “more the merrier” philosophy (*cough* we do *cough*), this story contains a scintillating m/f/f/m scene.

Fortune By Annabel Joseph Review

Review By Jasmine

4.75/5 Whips from the Backseat

Fortune by Annabel Joseph is an emotional read.  Be prepared.   Ryan and Kat are two people making a journey to come together and it is no easy road.  Kat is complicated.  Kat is confused.  Kat is trapped by modern life, or maybe just trapped in her life.  Ryan is a sexual Dominant who steps in and forces Kat to look at herself, to evaluate where she is in her life.

The emotional development Annabel Joseph incorporates into this BDSM Romance raises the bar for other authors within the genre.  So why not a 5/5?  Ryan.  He is a sadist more then just a dominant and there is the element that detracted from the intimacy for me as a reader.  There is paddling, spanking, whipping, and more in a lot of BDSM books.  In previous reads the submisive partner may not have at first enjoyed a certain activity, but rarely was an item used that the one on the recieving end did not enjoy, or at least not hate.  The scenes in the book where it was just an enjoyment on the Dominant’s part of inflicting pain made me uncomfortable.  Nowhere near uncomfortable enough to stop reading.

Fortune by Annabel Joseph is a highly recomended read if you like BDSM and it ranks in the top 10.  There is a lot to say about this book and its approach to realistic characters.  That is the best compliment you can give a book these days.  A lot of them are good and enjoyable reads, but there is not much to say beyond that.  This is the type of book you tell others to buy so you can talk to them when they finish reading it.  So please comment if you have read it – there is so much to discuss.
- Jasmine

Find out about Annabel Joseph and her other titles at her website – http://annabeljoseph.wordpress.com/

The Earl’s Intriguing Impostor

by Paige Cameron

Publisher: Siren-Bookstand, Inc.

Damien Aldermann, the Earl of Royston, is requested to visit Lord Norton, Damien’s deceased father’s best friend, and meet his daughter. Damien is concerned for Lord Norton’s mental health. He has been ill and never quit grieving the loss of his wife and small daughter at sea, fifteen years ago.

Damien is certain this woman is an imposter. But when they meet he is uncomfortably attracted to the black haired, violet eyed beauty. Forcing himself to ignore the strong physical desire, he seeks to uncover her deviousness.

Annabelle has fled her home in Spain to seek out a father she recently discovered existed. She hoped he’d protect her from the man she fears, but he is ill and Damien is determined to prove she’s a fraud. She doesn’t understand the immediate attraction she feels for Damien. Can she ever trust him enough to share her secret and ask for help?

The Earl’s Intriguing Impostor by Paige Cameron

Review by Pepper

4.2 Whips/5 Whips

The Earl’s Intriguing Imposter by Paige Cameron is a good, solid erotic historical romance. The plot isn’t a new one, but Cameron manages to make it interesting and enjoyable enough that she can be forgiven for using a tired storyline. After all, as one of my author friends said, unless you’re lucky enough to come up with something like Harry Potter, there are very few, if any, really new plots out there. So what’s a writer to do?

Cameron’s characters are decently well developed, and her portrayal of life in nineteenth century England feels quite authentic. Her sex scenes are hot and steamy, even if they are a tad intense for a Spanish virgin and an English lord in the 1800s. But I never once got the feeling that she put them in just to meet the requirements of the erotic genre. When Annabelle and Damien had sex, they did it at a natural time and place for the story, so it didn’t strike me as awkward. (Of course, there’s hardly ever an unnatural time and place for sex. After all, without hot, steamy sex, what’s the point of living? At least, that’s my opinion. And if I can’t find a convenient time and place to have some myself, reading about it is the next best thing. Sigh.) Anyway, the sex in The Earl’s Intriguing Imposter moved the plot forward smoothly and naturally. Just like it’s supposed to do.

The only gripe I had with The Earl’s Intriguing Impostor is that the sexual tension seemed a bit forced. Annabelle and Damien tried just a touch too hard, for too long, to fight it, making it appear unnatural. Or maybe I just got tired of having Cameron point it out. I’d rather she had “shown, not told” about it. But that’s a only minor flaw and didn’t really dim my enjoyment of the story all that much.

The Earl’s Intriguing Impostor is definitely worth reading. Cameron’s voice is fresh and appealing, the story well-written, and the characters charming. The world she creates is a great place to spend a little time. And have some vicarious hot, steamy sex. That works for me.

A Demon’s Kiss

by Sable Grey

Publisher: Breathless Press

Patricia Weaver has always loved Jack Avery, but when she finds out he’s a soul-collecting demon, everything changes. Drawn to him despite the darkness that surrounds who and what he is, Patricia finds herself swept away by his sexual heat but in the end must decide if she can accept and love him…talons and all.

(Synopsis: Breathless Press)

Genre: Erotic Romance (mild), Light Paranormal, Historical

A Demon’s Kiss by Sable Grey

Review by Jasmine

4.5/5 Whips in the Backseat

A Demon’s Kiss by Sable Grey is a solid short read.  It is not every author that can this scillfully pack a punch of paranormal demons and sweet romance.  Sweet is the only way I can think to describe the interaction between Patricia and Jack.  She has pined for him as he runs the general store, he has been listening to her thoughts, that are anything but innocent when it comes to him.  The question is, when the Demon wings come out will she stay or will she run?

What I found very interesting is that the book is a historical set in 1837 Roscoe, Colorado.  Really as I read the historical setting slipped away which I found rather nice.  It would have hung up a story this short if the author had dwelled to much on the setting and distracted from the boy likes girl, girl likes boy aspect.  All in all this is a nice read, that warms the heart, as we see that courting between the hero and the heroine brought to a head by her discovery of Jack’s Demonic side.  Otherwise they likely would have been going on carriage rides and picnics for quite a while in their chaste road towards marriage.

Definitely a fun read for those that are partial to the genres of paranormal or historical and even for those that are not.  The relationship between these two characters drives the story like the most enjoyable reads do.

- Jasmine

Buy the Book at Breathless Press – http://www.breathlesspress.com/erotic/a-demon-s-kiss.html

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Bound By Trust

by Lila Munro

Publisher: Whiskey Creek Press – Torrid
Genre: Contemporary
ISBN: 978-1-60313-869-7

The Widow:
After her husband Gage is killed in combat, Madi Melbourne finds out just how hard being a widow can be. She’s been left destitute piecing together a life she never knew Gage was living, and as the puzzle takes shape she begins to fall apart.

Her Savior:
Rafe McCarthy has always been known as the unit playboy. Having never married and childless he finds himself examining his life and looking at the what-ifs, then a beautiful widow moves in next door and he begins to discover something he never knew existed inside of him.

Learning to trust…
How can he convince her to trust again and place that trust in him? Will he be able to live up to the responsibility he has taken in teaching her love again?

Rating: Erotica – Controversial

Bound By Trust by Lila Munro

Review by Pepper

4.3 Whips in the Backseat

Bound by Trust by Lila Munro is a heart-wrenching story of love and betrayal. It focuses on both the dark and the light side of being the wife of a man in the military: the extreme loneliness faced by the wives of men deployed overseas, the fierce loyalty and camaraderie of men serving together in the military, and the ample opportunities for betrayal of marriage vows by both husbands and wives when separated for long periods of time. Being a military wife myself, I thought Munro handled these issues with honesty and sensitivity. Yet she didn’t downplay the emotional and financial devastation that one spouse can cause another when betraying the sacred trust of marriage.

Bound by Trust gives an insider’s look at the effect military life can have on married couples, though deception and betrayal are certainly not limited to military spouses. And while the story centers on Madi, who discovers her late husband led a secret life filled with lovers and unpaid debts, Munro makes it clear that there are as many stay-at-home women who betray their deployed husbands as there are deployed men who betray their stay-at-home wives. Munro also points out how easy it is to be betrayed when you are young, naïve, and willing to let your spouse handle all the finances. As Munro makes abundantly clear, “Check, Don’t Trust” is a motto that shouldn’t apply to marriage, but too often does.

Bound by Trust has a few plot surprises, which I enjoyed immensely. Though it started out with the cliché of two people who have a one-night stand and try to build that into a relationship, it quickly expanded into a much more complex plot, filled with conflict, tension, and suspense.  These plot twists, coupled with Munro’s intriguing and enchanting characters makes Bound by Trust time well spent.

Everlong

by Hailey Edwards

Publisher: Samhain Publishing

Synopsis:

Madelyn’s life is far from fairytale perfect. She is second in line for the throne of a corrupt, brutal monarchy. Or at least she was until her dark guardian sacrificed his life to hide her safely in a realm of infinite possibilities.

For years she’s lived among a colony of escaped slaves as her guardian’s widow. Even in this simple life, though, nothing is as it seems. Her hero kept a secret—a younger brother named Clayton Delaney. Warrior, winged demon…and the man who now wants to lay claim to her heart.

No longer cast in his brother’s shadow, Clayton meets all obstacles head on, including one named Maddie. His infatuation with her reaches the breaking point when she undergoes a royal rite of passage, going into heat and pushing them both over the edge.

Just as Maddie learns that some risks are worth taking, she discovers that her guardian may be alive. And she’s forced to make a choice between the man she’d thought she loved, and the demon willing to lend her his wings.

Warning: This book contains virginal angst, a hero who’s too nice for his own good, wings, claws, and convenient use of glamour. It contains heartbreaking loss, conversation with a woodland creature, and sweet, sweet demon loving.

Everlong by Hailey Edwards

Review by Pepper

Everlong by Hailey Edwards is a thoroughly enjoyable read. Edwards has created a complex world filled with danger and intrigue. Her characters are complicated and well developed. The pace is fairly fast for most of the book, and even when it slowed a bit, the characters and their world were enough to hold my interest. And the touches of humor only add to the appeal.

Everlong is told from the point of view of Maddie, the demon princess with her tragically amputated wings, who is thrust into a new life in a strange place, where her royal blood is more of a handicap than an asset. In this earth-like world, where coffee is addictive —the demons’ drug of choice—our hero, Clayton Delaney runs a settlement for demon who have escaped the slavery enforced by the queen, Maddie’s mother. When Maddie ends up in his settlement, she blames her attraction to Clayton on his resemblance to his brother Harper, Maddie’s long-lost first love. She tries to resist Clayton, but he refuses to be denied. Gotta love a demon that just won’t give up!

One of the things I particularly liked about Edwards is that she wasn’t afraid to have Maddie fall for someone other than Clayton prior to their first meeting. So many times in romantic fiction, the hero and heroine come together never having loved anyone before each other. Which to my mind, isn’t the way the real world works. In Everlong, Maddie comes to Clayton, not only still harboring feelings for her first love, but thinking that first love is dead. That makes him almost a legend in her mind, so Clayton has a great deal to overcome.
Maddie’s life is no picnic either, especially with all the complications of being a demon about to come into her first heat. Still, with all the luscious demons she had to choose from, I’d put up with all the problems just to be Maddie’s situation myself. Too bad things like this only happen in fiction.

Maddie’s story is told in first person, which I normally don’t care for, but Edwards handled it well-enough I could lose myself in Everlong despite my obvious bias. Read it and see if you don’t agree.

See More of Hailey Edwards Books at her Site: http://haileyedwards.net/

Night Ranger’s Moon

by Tara Nina

Publisher: The Wild Rose Press

ISBN: 1-60154-800-1

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Synopsis:

Weylin Anthropos is a Lykoian with anger issues and a demon in his past that haunts his soul.  He’s a Night Ranger, one of the elite protector’s of the Lykoian clans. Without the backing of the council, Weylin sets out to find his brother. The trail leads him to Mississippi and a village that many Lykoians would rather forget.
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Ghosts of the past linger on these hallowed grounds but are disturbed by an intruder…an enemy from his ancestry. One he must face and defeat if he is to survive and find his brother.
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Long and lethal, a charcoal gray wolf from an unfamiliar clan interferes in his surveillance. Her presence toys with his mind, body, and soul. Where did she come from? How did she find him?  And most of all, what did she want?

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Night Ranger’s Moon by Tara Nina

Book Review by Pepper

3.6/5 Whips
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Night Rangers Moon gives a different slant on the wolf-shifter genre, bringing together two Lykoians who are both an elite type of wolf cop. One a rogue and the other by the book, they are forced to work together to complete their missions. It’s an interesting premise, and Tara Nina handles the plot well, giving us lots of twists and turns, suspense and excitement, and hot steamy sex.
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I had only one problem with Night Ranger’s Moon. While I enjoyed the sex scenes, after the first one I didn’t really feel they moved the story along like they should have. It was almost as if they were inserted to fill space. That said, the plot was really first class, and the villain more than a match for the hero and heroine. There were enough twists and turns and interesting characters to make Night Ranger’s Moon worth reading.

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Find out more about Tara Nina’s other titles on her website – http://www.taranina.com/

READ AN EXCERPT:

Excerpt:

An unusual, erotic scent filled his nose as he caught the surprised and angry heat in a set of sexy cobalt blue eyes staring back at him. He paused and suddenly knew he couldn’t snap the creature’s life vein even if he wanted. The knowledge of who lived within this wolf’s flesh washed over him. Pure need filtered through his system causing him to harden. Intense animal urges thrashed through his veins yet he refused to bow. Never had he taken a female in wolf form, and he wasn’t about to do so now. To do that mated him for life, and he wanted no mate.

Not now, not ever.

On an angry growl, Weylin released the death grip he held to her throat and backed away. He shook his entire being and returned to human form. Naked, he stood before the female wolf and knew he stared at the woman he followed through the village.

She sat upright on hind haunches, held her chin in a regal tilt, and returned his steady gaze. The dilation of her pupils gave the only indication that his naked form affected her in any way. He read defiance in those hot cobalt blues. Good, he decided. It seemed to him, she battled nature’s demands and wanted no mate either.

Though, according to an antiquated Lykoian law, he’d won the right to take her as his own. He’d beaten her. In the ancient culture, that meant he could mount her and mate her if he chose, and she could not resist. But he didn’t believe in the archaic testaments of the old tribal ways. With a sister of his own to protect, he was a true believer in the freedom of choice when it came to a mate. His lip curled as he stared at the beautiful wolf. Desire roared through him urging him to claim his right.

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Tara Nina’s other titles with The Wild Rose Press

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Blue Moon Rising

by Tara Nina

ISBN 1-60154-058-2

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Missing children, werewolves and a mysterious castle in the swamps of South Carolina test Rae Richardson’s version of reality. Strange things happen around her convincing her that maybe werewolves do exist. The sight of a large black wolf in the swamp only fuels her overactive imagination. Crossing paths with a handsome man ignites a fire in her soul she refuses to acknowledge. Something about this stranger raises her suspicions. Did he have a hand in the children’s disappearance? Or was it the over-powering need in her gut to be near him the reason for her mistrust?

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Nick Anthropos is on a quest, one that does not include saving children or meeting the woman of his dreams, his Lykoian soul mate. Her scent teases his senses and keeps him on edge. It’s obvious to him she doesn’t know her true self. But can he teach her to be the wolf he knows lies within her soul and save her from the very creature he set out to destroy? If he fails she would be lost forever.

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Lykoian’s get one chance in life to bond with their soul mate forever. Failure is not an option.

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