Review: Blessed by Ann Mayburn

Blessed by Ann Mayburn

Publisher: Liquid Silver Books
Genre: Paranormal Romance

Heat Rating: 4

Blurb

Shay is an ordinary college girl with an extraordinary birthright. Handsome professor Aiden Klemenson singles her out as a potential Chosen of the benevolent Gods of Creation, and his perfect woman. He tries to convince Eliana that she is born to do the work of the Gods, but her upbringing hasn’t given her much faith in gods or destiny. Despite her better judgment, desire burns between them with an enchantment all its own.

The Gods of Destruction will stop at nothing to keep Eliana from fulfilling her destiny: to become a formidable warrior against evil. Cunning and deceitful, they send demons and magical serial killers to exterminate her before she can become a threat. With Aidan’s guidance, Eliana realizes that in order to survive she must accept her fate and learn to harness the fierce magic within her--and open her heart to his love.


Stacey's Review
 
Set in Washington, D.C. in a new type of society where Gods and Goddesses are worshipped in a vast array of temples, we meet Eliana and Aiden. Though I read the books in this series out of order, in no way did it mess with any of the events or storyline. These books are so well written and it’s easy to find yourself immediately drawn in. I love that while Ann Mayburn included these characters in the second book, she also maintained the integrity of their own personal story. Not giving away too much in her second book in the series. And oh my, is their story good!

Eliana is a junior in college. Her biggest worry has been passing her classes and working at a garden center. Until now. Being a daughter of atheists, she never in a million years would think she would find herself in the middle of a battle over her between Creation and Destruction. But that’s exactly where she ends up. Throw in the fact she has a huge crush on one of her professors that she denies to herself, and the sparks fly.

She soon learns that her professor, Aiden holds all of the answers. Between working at a garden center, school and a roommate who happens to be a witch, Eliana must find a way to protect and ready herself for her time of choosing. And Aiden isn’t the only one who wants to help her with her decision. She is approached by demons who try to persuade her as only demons can. She is tormented by her boss at work and constantly harassed by a college punk who doesn’t understand the meaning of the word “No.”.

Eliana finds herself at the hands of a madman hell bent on raping, torturing and killing women. A man filled with such hate that only one thing could put a stop to his crimes. Trapped, tied up and drugged, Eliana must find the courage to defeat him and survive. Can she? Will she find her path to Creation and her God or will she lose and find herself in the arms of Destruction?

Every single time I read one of Ann Mayburn’s books (and I have now read four), I find myself so involved that I think of little else for days afterwards. She has created an amazing society in Washington, D.C. and, I love visiting. Her characters, though they have strengths beyond us mere mortals, they also have weaknesses. They may be Chosen by the Gods, but their human sides will have you choosing them every single time.

Another amazing book!!!

5 Tea Cups!

      

Review: Lumina by Georgia Fox

Lumina by Georgia Fox

Publisher: Evernight Publishing
Genre: Historical Romance

Heat Rating: 4

 

Blurb

Isabelle is about to have her virginity auctioned off to the highest bidder. Only stern, sensible Salvatore, her cruel aunt’s solicitor, can rescue her. While he’s been her tutor, she’s fallen deeply in love. But Salvatore has dark secrets that keep him from temptation. Their futures seem destined to be apart.

Her pride wounded by his rejection, and trust broken by a shocking discovery, Isabelle tries to forget him. Determined never to endanger her heart again, she finds another man to satisfy her sexual needs.
Until a surprise inheritance brings her back to Salvatore.

Now named “Lumina”, she wants two things from him – the cock he once denied her. And vengeance.
Salvatore, now a free man, has other ideas. He bitterly regretted losing her before and he’ll do anything to keep her this time, even sharing her with other lovers.
Until she’s ready to commit herself solely to him.


Lia's Review
 
Lumina, by Georgia Fox, is the story of a woman’s transformation from a naïve little girl to a wanton hussy.

Isabelle was ripped away from everything she knew and thrown into a world as different from hers as night from day. While living with her mother and siblings, Isabelle was exposed to a poor country girl’s life of hard work, no fortune, but the belief of true love. But when her wealthy aunt takes her on as her newest ‘project’, Isabelle is now fortunate to live the life of riches, education, and culture. There is only one price; no true love. Her aunt wants to auction off her virginity to the highest bidder. After all, only a man of money could be worth this girl, even if she didn’t love him. Devastated, Isabelle sets out to rebel against her aunt and make her own decisions, and her own mistakes.

I instantly liked Isabelle. She was smart and passionate. Behind the naïve girl, there was a strong, brave woman wanting to emerge, and as the story progressed, we saw the transformation in her, as well as the events that led her to it.

Salvatore was a flawed hero. I loved his imperfections and hypocrisy, and hated it at the same time. He was a hero who sinned and needed redemption. Although he redeemed himself in this readers eyes.

The story as a whole flowed wonderfully, with the words painting vivid pictures. There were no dragging moments, no dullness. I was pulled in from page one and not let go until the final page. It was a truly great read and I would highly recommend this to anyone who likes a good story along with hot sex.

5 Tea Cups!

      

Review: Alpha Panthers by Becca Van

Alpha Panthers by Becca Van

Publisher: Siren-Bookstrand Publishing
Genre: Paranormal Romance

Heat Rating: 4

 

Blurb
 
April Waterson has just waved good-bye to her best friend and work colleague after a ritual Friday night out for dinner and drinks. She heads toward a cabstand and begins to feel ill. When April's vision finally clears, she finds herself in an unfamiliar forest, surrounded by gigantic trees. She falls asleep leaning against a large tree trunk.

April finally awakens and finds herself in a palatial-style mansion with two Alpha shape-shifting panthers, Gage and Saxon Kian, claiming she is their mate. She attempts to escape and finds herself being rescued by another shape-shifter, only this time it's a bear. Ben Koku knows April is his mate as well. He asks April to accept his claim so he may help her deal with the dominant, arrogant panther shifters, and she accepts.

Will the three men be able to convince April she is a worthy mate for the three of them?


Stacey's Review
 
In Alpha Panthers, Terra Form 1, Becca Van takes us from the plains of Nebraska into the deep, dark forest of Terra Form on another earthly plane. Terra Form is a loand of shapeshifters and filled with menage’s of the human and animalistic kind.

A story that starts out with a far from classic love triangle involving two were-panthers and a woman. We are witness to not only a ménage with two men but also woman and panther. I have to be honest, it didn’t sit well with me.

However, I pulled up my professional boots and plodded on through to the heart of the story.
A woman in a strange land, claimed and marked by two men/panthers who believe she is their mate, also comes across a were-bear who also believes he has claim to her-- in the process. This making her life even more complicated. Far from her normal, solitary life in Nebraska. Who will she choose? Will she accept her newfound destiny or fight tooth and nail to get out of there and back to her lonely life on another plane? The main story line is easy to focus on if you are not into the human having sexual acts with animals type thing.

Becca Van has written a very steamy read. Her imaginative crafting and phenomenal word weaving gives us a view much different than your run of the mill shifter stories.

I recommend this to ménage fans but with the warning of scenes involving post shifting sexual acts.

3 Tea Cups!

 

Review: Mastered By A Wolf by Belladonna Bordeaux

Mastered By A Wolf by Belladonna Bordeaux


Publisher: Liquid Silver Books
Genre: Paranormal Romance

Heat Rating: 4
 

Blurb

Eliza Dogood is a half-fae-maid coming into maturity and suffering all the growing pangs caused by this life-altering time. The one aspect she’s finding harder and harder to cope with are the lurid fantasies. It’s not uncommon for her kind, but having put herself on the shelf, Eliza faces a lonely future with only her naughty dreams to keep her warm at night. Until she meets him.

William Cope has never considered how a life-mate might affect his solitary werewolf life. He’s about to find out. Eliza is the perfect woman for him. Not only is she gorgeous, she’s a willing slave too. A single caveat has put the brakes on their mating. Eliza is fae. His bite will destroy her.

Contains: light bondage, domination/submission, anal sex


Stacey's Review
 
To be quite honest, Mastered By A Wolf is the very first Historical Paranormal Romance I have ever read. Before I opened this book, I was full of skepticism and preconceived notions. However, once I opened it and began to read—I could not put it down. Meeting Eliza Dogood and William Cope, turned out to be an amazing experience.

Set in 1814 London, this story is about a half fae/ woman who is not fully aware of her powers fae or womanly and a beast of a man/werewolf who is incredibly comfortable with his own abilities. A game of slave and master begins and as it goes on, you see they are not so very different. The chemistry between these two is evident from their very first meeting. A primal need apparent for them both. It isn’t until they almost lose each other, that they find what they have both needed all along. A true, earth shattering, mind boggling love that Eliza and William would sacrifice anything to hold onto.

Belladonna Bordeaux has forever changed my opinion of historical romance stories. She has opened the mind of this skeptic with her wonderfully imaginative story of fae, vampires, elves and werewolves. This story proves that Historical Romance is not just for your Grandmother anymore.

Because of Mastered By The Wolf, I am a newly turned Paranormal Historical Romance follower. She has proven to me that the old adage “Never judge a book by it’s cover”, couldn’t be more true. I’d hate to have missed such a truly fabulous love story. Now, I will no longer slide past the Historical Romance section with averted eyes. Instead, I will search it out with an open mind and heart.

5 Tea Cups!

      

Review: Hernando Heat by Tymber Dalton

Hernando Heat by Tymber Dalton

Publisher: Siren-Bookstrand Publishing
Genre: Menage Romance

Heat Rating: 4

 

 Blurb

Katie Dorchester's heart died with her husband. Worse, her ex-in-laws would kill to steal her property. Forced to leave town, she tries to build a new life in Brooksville.

Enter Joe Lansing and his cousin, Deputy Mason Carlisle. Joe’s had run-ins with the Dorchesters before…and suspects his fiancée paid the price. Mason lost his sister to a rich bully. The men have heartache of their own, but when they intercede on Katie’s behalf to protect her from the Dorchesters, they know she is the one for them.

Katie would do anything to protect Joe and Mason’s reputations in town, including giving up her own happiness with them. When the Dorchesters threaten her men, she tries to protect them the only way she knows. Now her men are in a race to save her life and their new family. Can they keep her safe in the deadly Hernando Heat?


Monica's Review

Hernando Heat is actually a heart warmed story with characters that you will fall in love with because of the rollercoaster of emotions that they each radiate. You have a woman being harassed by her ex-father-in-law but soon find happiness. Then you have 2 grown men acting like children because neither can cook and they each have their own sad story. But just like the woman they find happiness too but for how long because there are times that happiness does not last forever.

Katherine “Katie” is a very strong woman that will not put up with anybody’s bull crap if her life depended on it. She stood up for herself with no help of anyone besides her shotgun when it came to her ex-father-in-law. So moving to a different county, town did not make her cringe she was able to open up a business and start mending peoples clothing or make it. Katie was hit on a lot since she was a single woman even if she was a widow but those men were not very handsome. So when she finds to attractive men and see it in their eyes that they want her, why not court them.

Mason is just a big hunk with soft brown chocolate eyes that you can just fall into a daze with. Then you have Joe with soft pale blue eyes that might remind you of a clear summer sky or even a clear blue ocean, ones that just memorize you. They both know that they have fallen for Katie but Mason has already claimed for but Mason does something that I don’t believe no man would do for another, decides to back down and let Joe be happy. His belief is that Joe has suffered so much already and he is finally smiling everyday something that has not been done in a very long time. Only problem is that before Mason is able to tell Katie about his feeling and why he is deciding not to court her, Joe accidentally declares that he and Katie are engaged to be married. Oh boy does Mason have a fit and gets drink and all three end up on rolling around on mudded clay ground.

In the midst of all of the love making and rejoicing their love, the ex-father in law and ex-brother in law are still threatening Katie. Only they are not ready for what happens to her nor is she. Katie is one that is already very protective of her men so when they threaten to kill them she does what is told of her and leaves with them. Now Joe and Mason know her concerns of the town knowing about their relationship so will they believe what she wrote in the note or go seek her.

I rarely read any historical books just because I would prefer to read about the present time, but Ms. Dalton plot in this book get me so interested. Her writing skills are impeccable. Katie is a fierce spitfire with her shotgun and Mason and Joe with their bickering about their cooking skills. There were times that I caught myself laughing and other times that I caught myself cheering Katie on her way of defending herself. The pain came almost towards the end of the book where it could go either way for them. But on once I got to the end I was so happy for them I cried because they had a long journey in their happily ever after.

I will be keeping this author in my library and will be on the lookout for any more new releases from her. Just maybe she has changed my mind on how I feel about historical stories and give more books a try. Read this book today and read the romance between Katie, Mason and Joe along with the psycho ex-father in law and ex-brother in law.

4 Tea Cups!

 

   

Review: Love Under Two Strong Men by Cara Covington

Love Under Two Strong Men by Cara Covington

Publisher: Siren-Bookstrand Publishing
Genre: Menage Romance

Heat Rating:4

 

Blurb

Tracy has been in love with Jordan Kendall forever. When Jordan gets together with Peter Alvarez, she couldn’t be happier. She fell in love with the handsome Fed at first sight, and she knows the sparks are there for all three of them. But while Peter seems receptive, Jordan still thinks of her as a kid.
So Tracy takes the biggest gamble of her life. When it works, she’s thrilled. Until she realizes that Jordan can’t trust that they’re forever—and that Peter is keeping a secret.

Jordan has never been able to completely relax in his own skin. He wants to believe Tracy and Peter can be his for a lifetime, but his own self-doubt keeps getting in the way.

Then he learns that Peter’s got a price on his head, and Jordan knows he’ll do anything he has to do to protect the man, and the woman, he loves.


Wendy's Review
 
Cara Covington has done it again in Lusty Texas this time she brings together Tracy with two men she could love and be loved the rest of her life.


Tracy may be young but she knows what she wants and she wants Jordan and Peter. The only problem is it took some doing for her to grow up in Jordan's mind for Jordan to actually see that Tracy was the one for them. He loved Peter and knew that Peter loved Tracy also. The problem Peter has a secret that could kill the relationship before it could begin.

Through the story Cara brought the whole situation to the town that I have loved. Where everyone is there to help or give advice. Jordan and Peter are consider the strong men but even strong men have weakness and through this weakness you can find love.


The sexual scenes had the sheet hot and the girl hotter and you won't be disappointed in how these men brought their love full circle.

It can be read alone but the series is the best way to know all the characters and how well you can see a town like Lusty, Texas.

5 Tea Cups!

      

Review: Uncle Dominic's Touch by Jenika Snow

Uncle Dominic's Touch by Jenika Snow

Publisher: Evernight Publishing
Genre: Contemporary Romance

Heat Rating: 4
 

Blurb

Wickedly Taboo Series

Where do we draw the line between love and desire?

Chloe has always loved to spend time at Aunt Clara and her husband's cottage during the summer. The problem is she loves Uncle Dominic more than a niece should.

With Aunt Clara now out of the picture, Chloe needs to show her uncle just how hot she burns for him, and prove that what they feel for each other is not wrong, no matter what he or anyone else thinks.
Maybe not a conventional relationship, but no one can help who they fall in love with. Even if it is...wickedly taboo.

Be Warned: anal sex, incest (not blood related)


Dodie's Review

Chloe has always felt drawn to Dominic. He seems to be the one person who really loves her for who she is. When he and her Aunt Clara get divorced, Chloe finds herself alone with Dominic. A strong, romantic love develops between the two of them. There is a lot that happens emotionally between the characters for a shorter book. They both have to adjust to the new physical aspect of their relationship, but the sex scenes between Chloe and Dominic sizzle on the page. The taboo aspect of their relationship causes some strife between them that I, for one, find completely appropriate and not contrived at all. If the characters and their families didn't have difficulty adjusting to their relationship, it wouldn't have been taboo.

If the fact that Chloe and Dominic's relationship is considered incestuous by many is going to bother you, don't read this book. You are definitely forewarned between the series and the description. If you want to read a sweet romance between two people with a lot of hot sex scenes, and, of course, a happily ever after, then read this book.

4 Tea Cups!

 

   

Review: Away by Allyson Young

Away by Allyson Young

Publisher: Siren-Bookstrand Publishing
Genre: Menage Romance

Heat Rating: 4
 

Blurb

Shy, reserved Alex has been content and absorbed in her work at the University. With no family and no close friends, she is self-sufficient and not interested in relationships until she meets Jeff and Devon, two cops who are investigating an assault on campus.

Jeff and Devon are taken with Alex and think she might be their one. They set out to win her, introducing her to the pleasures of ménage and their dominance in the bedroom, unlocking her sexuality. Their relationship is intense and inspiring, and Alex falls in love with both of them, believing she has found her future until a terrible manipulation compounded by a lack of communication tears them apart.

Can Alex make her way back into the world on her own, away from Devon and Jeff, or will they find her and convince her to forgive them?


Monica's Review

Running away can only bring punished once found.

There are a couple of things that come with a relationship; trust and communication are the most important. Without those there is no relationship and actions can be construed into something that is untrue.

When the story started you knew that Alex was running away from something or someone but you hoped that she could find a way to belong and find someone that truly cared for her. Well when she is questioned by two detectives she knew that she was attracted to them but never thought that they would be interested in her sexually. When she gets proposed a weekend of fun with both of them she is intrigued and goes out shopping for some sexy lingerie. She gets introduced into the BDSM world and finds herself intrigued. She learns that she can have the most amazing orgasms while being spanked, flogged and tied up. But when she comes into some information she starts to withdraw and does something that she never believed she could do out in public. That is when she goes away again.

Devon and Jeff knew from the moment that they laid eyes on her that she was their woman. Devon knew that he wanted her and could not wait to dominate her and have her in their playroom ready to play their kind of games. He was the one that tried to keep his emotions out of sight but she broke him down. Then there is Jeff the sweet heart and the one that showed his emotions but there were times that he was harder then Devon. I thought that Jeff would have been the first one to change the relationship to something more but I was totally wrong and Devon was the first. They made her feel like a princess loved and cared for something that she had not had the privilege of feeling.

The chemistry between the three characters was sizzling. Their loves scenes had me completely enthralled and anxious to read more. There was one sexual scene that just made me sick and my heart went out to Alex. For the first time I wanted to strangle the handsome duos because they were not paying attention to Alex and how uncomfortable she felt. They hurt her but no matter what she was going through with what she believed was their wish. So of course I don’t blame her for leaving them I believe I would have done the same.

This is my first book by Ms. Young and believe me I intend to keep up with her books. There were parts in the book that could have burned the pages literally. When their relationship fell apart I just wanted to know why lies were made, what was the purpose. Alex truly tried to redo her life without the duo but she knew that they would find her it was a matter of time. When she is found they find out about her health, they vow to take care of her and marry her. Read this truly erotic romance you will not regret it and discover her secret.

4 Tea Cups!