Review: Suddenly Wolf by Abby Blake

Suddenly Wolf by Abby Blake

Publisher: Siren-Bookstrand Publishing
Genre: Paranormal Romance

Heat Rating: 3

 

Blurb

No. No. And hell, no.

There was no such thing as fate…or werewolves.

Three testosterone-laden, alpha male types claimed she belonged to them? And that they were willing to share? Nope, couldn’t be happening. She must’ve hit her head harder than she’d realized because something was clearly messing with her usually sensible thought processes.

But how the hell could she explain the crazy way she heard their thoughts in her head? Or the inexplicable way her body reacted to them all even though they were absolutely not her type? Oh, and, yeah, the wild, blazingly hot dreams of foursomes? They totally sucked.

So why then, when faced with a chance to reclaim her quiet life, was Andrea suddenly desperate to make Xavier, Daegan, and Isaac live up to their promise of forever?



Wendy's Review

Abby Blake brought a story that has you using all your emotions to get through it. It is a refreshing touch and an enjoyable read.

Andrea owned and operated her jewellery store with pride but one night and it all comes to a halt, when closing her store she forgot to lock the door which almost caused her life. Fumbling robbers accidently shot Andrea in a hold up and as she was bleeding out. Her only hope happened to be with Isaac and Daegan the two wolves who found her and made the decision to save her by turning her into a wolf, it was perfect because they found their mate, they decided to act first and deal with the ramifications from their brother Xavier.

To no avail Andrea embarks on an adventure that she couldn't quiet fathom and to live with three men who claim to be her mates. Things like this don’t happen so there must be a reasonable explanation of why she is a wolf now and how she is attracted to three men/wolves.

As things progress Andrea came to realize that not only was the sex wonderful and out of this world so was her life. She came to realize that her life was empty without her men.

Xavier, Daegan, and Isaac live up to their promise of forever. To them Andrea is their life long mate and they wanted nothing more than to please her in life and in bed. Even though Andrea kept saying these men were not her type, she knew that there were no other men for her.

5 Tea Cups!

      

Review: Her Ex-Marines by Becca Van

Her Ex-Marines by Becca Van

Publisher: Siren-Bookstrand Publishing
Genre: Menage Romance

Heat Rating: 3
 

Blurb

Rachel Lamb is on the run from the law. She is exhausted, hungry, and down to her last few hundred dollars after meandering for nearly six months from Miami to Slick Rock, Colorado. She applies for the position of secretary at the sheriff's department and sends up an alert when she asks to be paid cash in hand.

Sheriff Damon Osborn is horrified when he inadvertently learns what has happened to Rachel and vows to protect her with his life. He offers her a place to stay, knowing his brothers will be as attracted to the small woman as he is. The three Osborn brothers, Damon, Tyson, and Sam, have recently finished serving as marines and vow to keep Rachel safe using all their military training.

Rachel is kidnapped. Her life is in the balance. Will the three Osborn men save her in time? Or will justice fall by the wayside?



Monica's Review

The more I read of Ms. Van’s series Slick Rock the more enthralled I am with them. She totally outdid herself in this third book and the path that she explored with their happily ever after was wonderful.

Rachel Lamb witnessed a drive by shooting and knew the man that pulled the trigger. When her life was threatened along with her mothers she fled. She made sure her mother was safe and out of harms way and she drove from state to state hoping to be a step ahead from the person that wants her dead.

The Sheriff Damon Osborn from Slick Rock is immediately attracted to Rachel from the moment he laid eyes on her. He offers her room and board in his home with his two bachelor brothers without hesitation. When Tyson and Sam find out that a woman is staying in the master bedroom they have a fit. They have vowed to find a woman to share but give it a shot when they hear Rachel and see her for the first time. At that moment like Damon they know they want her.

I really liked Rachel because she fought so hard to keep her emotions at bay but with the Osborn brothers touching her every chance they could she was so sexually frustrated. Well what can I say about the three Osborn brothers, they are total hunks, thanks Ms. Van for every single detail of their physic. Their personalities are so different but with Rachel in the picture they mesh so well. The love scenes were so hot and exciting, believe me you will not be disappointed. The ménage scenes were well written with the exception of their first time together. I think it was a little to much to start with all of them together when this was her first sexual experience. Don’t get me wrong it was totally hot but it felt too sudden.

Although this story was a little to short it was a great read. For those readers who enjoy romantic scenes with just a hint of suspense this erotic read is for you. See how Rachel is able to escape the bad guy and find herself entwined with three sexy men ready to make her the happiest woman alive.

4 Tea Cups!

 

   

Review: Double E Ranch by Becca Van

Double E Ranch by Becca Van

Publisher: Siren-Bookstrand Publishing
Genre: Menage Romance

Heat Rating: 3
 

Blurb

Felicity Wagner drives to the Double Eagle Ranch ten minutes outside of Slick Rock, Colorado, to apply for the job of ranch hand. The moment she sets eyes on ranch owners Tom and Billy Eagle, her body awakens for the first time.

Felicity is saved from an attack by one of the ranch hands, and when the sheriff, Luke Sun-Walker, is called in, he takes one look at the bruised and battered woman and knows she is the right woman for him. Luke and his lifetime friends Tom and Billy agree to woo Felicity together. They know the cool, calm woman Felicity portrays to the world is a facade she is not even aware of and are determined to break down the walls she has erected to get to the fiery, passionate woman beneath.

Felicity's life is threatened by the insane ex-ranch hand, James, and the three men know time is running out to save their woman. Will they get to her in time? Or will they be too late?


Monica's Review

When Felicity Wagner comes to the Double E Ranch she knows she needs the job as a ranch hand because her funds are getting low, so when she is hired and signs a contract she knows everything will be fine. The only exception is that she is attracted to her bosses Luke and Tom Eagle. She feels uneasy with one of the ranch hands and when she finds herself being slapped and her shirt ripped from her body she knows she is in big trouble.

Luke and Billy Eagle know they want Felicity but still Tom puts her through the test to see if she can handle the job. Luke and Billy are both dominate men but Luke seems more dominate than Billy but they are both built with an amazing body. Both are amazing men and I can’t say I like one more than the other. Then when Luke Sun-Walker is introduced it’s like the heavens opened up on him and gave him the body that any woman in their right mind would want to ravish. To me he seemed even more dominate than Tom and it seemed that he took the lead in the relationship. Tom, Billy and Luke vow to keep their woman safe from the ranch hand that tried to rape her but when she is on the verge of a mental/ emotional break down they have no idea what to do and worry that they pushed her to hard.

Things happened pretty fast between the four characters. I enjoyed seeing how their transformation of lust grew into love but most of all the passion that they shared. Once Felicity was able to open up about her past and how she was never loved things really took off from there. Felicity is written as a smart and independent woman determined to make it on her own. She does not realize that keeping all of her emotions bottled up will hurt her health. So once she is able to acknowledge her emotions she is able to find happiness and the men are more than happy to contribute to that. So when she goes missing the men vow to find her and also take care of the ranch hand that touched their woman again.

This story was a little too short but no matter what it grabbed me by my throat and wouldn’t let go until I finished this book in one sitting. The passion that flowed through this story was amazing how in tune they were with each other. I can’t wait to read the next book in this series and see who is next to have their happily ever after. Read this story and see but surprise is in store for these four characters and how happy they will be together till they grow old.

4 Tea Cups!

 

   

Review: Double Montana Treats by Marla Monroe

Double Montana Treats by Marla Monroe

Publisher: Siren-Bookstrand Publishing
Genre: Contemporary Romance

Heat Rating: 3

 

Blurb 
 
Drew has been working her ranch with only one other person for so long she is more than happy to hire ex-convicts Jeb and Marshall and give them a chance to help her through the winter. Not only do they warm her bed and work the ranch, they help keep her safe from whoever is intent on sabotaging her farm and possibly taking her life.

Jeb and Marshall served their time and are ready to get on with their lives. Unfortunately, no one wants to hire ex-convicts. Drew gives them a chance to prove they’re trustworthy and more than up for the job. When Drew is injured, they take care of the ranch and her at the same time.

When the dust settles and the culprit is behind bars, will they stay with Drew and start a family, or will they move on?


Monica's Review

When Drew finds herself hiring two ex-cons she knows that she is in big trouble. There is something about the two cowboys that intrigue her. She is a very strong woman and has been handling her ranch with only one person helping since her husband past away. Drew knows that the winter is almost upon them and she needs the help. There are also things that are happening at the ranch but she can’t figure out who is doing the harm.

Jeb and Marshall are both drawn to Drew from the moment that they laid eyes on her. They know that they are ex-cons but would like to see if they could have something with her. They know she has needs and it seems to them that they can take care of them. Once they see things happening at the ranch they know they cannot leave until they find out who is threatening the life of Drew. Sure first it starts off as fence cuttings, then someone endangering the horses but when they find her unconscious with a goose on the back of her head they know someone is out to get her killed.

Although I loved the characters in this story, I had a hard time believing the storyline. I can’t say specifically what it was but there was something missing in the relationship. Everything happened so fast, the way they became one. Yet they had their doubts about the relationship but it still happened. Then Jeb actually never admitted his feelings for Marshall and never came clean about what happened to Drew. I feel as if Drew was cheated out of this relationship. Marshall and Jeb never came out and told Drew about what happened in their past, what happened to them before they went to prison. How they knew each other and what kind of lives they lived. How they became who they are. Why they need each other in a ménage relationship.

I can say is that Jeb and Marshall are truly great lovers. I felt so bad for one of the secondary characters, Kenny. He was also in a different kind of relationship which also had rough patches. Kenny was involved with another man by the name of Robert. Jeb and Marshall were not discreet when it came to loving Drew. Jeb was a very dominate man and he let Drew know that when in the bedroom she listened to him and do as he told her. When she found herself over his knee and received a spanking she found herself intrigued and could not believe she wanted more.

Overall it was a good book. If you love hot ménages and hot cowboys you may want to add this one to your shopping list.

3 ½ 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: 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: Slick Rock Cowboys by Becca Van

Slick Rock Cowboys by Becca Van

Publisher: Siren-Bookstrand Publishing
Genre: Menage Romance

Heat Rating: 3

 

Blurb

Tara Rustle has just spent her twenty-third birthday alone, just like her last six birthdays. She arrives home from work to find her home burning to the ground. This event is the crux of Tara's grief for the mother she lost six years previously and the loneliness she has endured, and she snaps.

Tara wakes up in the arms of two sexy, masculine men, Clay and Johnny Morten, in the town of Slick Rock, Colorado, with no memory. She feels comfortable with the two men, so when they offer her a job cooking for them on their ranch, she accepts their offer. Little does she know the two men were once her childhood neighbors.

Tara's memory returns. Clay and Johnny set about seducing the one woman they have lusted after for years. Everything seems to be progressing nicely, until an old flame of Johnny and Clay's turns up. Celia is insane and threatens Tara's life.
Will Clay and Johnny get to Tara in time to save her from a crazy ex-lover? Or will Celia win and end Tara's life?


Monica's Review

Well the Slick Rock Cowboys surely move fast to get the woman they have loved since she was a teenager. Only they are not as slick as they think with how they express their previous sexual relationship to her.

Tara is a strong woman but has been through hell and back. Since the day her and her mother left Slick Rock they have been struggling to survive. So it was not a huge surprise that she had a emotional/ mental breakdown. She felt so lonely, not loved out of place. So when she finds herself being consoled by two cowboys she feels safe but there is something about them but she can’t pinpoint what.

Clay and Johnny can’t believe that they finally have the woman they have loved in their arms and vow never to let her go but when her memory returns they find themselves giving her a good spanking for the cursing she is doing. They give her the pleasure they had dreamed about since the moment they realized that she had left town. Only that is not going to solve their problems and they know that she has had lived a life of hell since leaving her home town. They start to show her that she can live again and take her horse back riding and try to show her a good time. There’s only one problem when an old flame shows but at their doorstep all hell breaks loose.

Wow, I think I need to say this but this old flame is a complete crazy psycho woman that will do anything to get her men back. When Tara finds herself in a hit and run accident she thinks she is out of the woods with this woman. But think again Celia comes back and only to try to finish doing the job and confess a little secret.

This story had the same beginning as another book I read but a total different ending. Ms. Van was able to write this story with such believable characters with so much emotion and depth. She captures your attention with where Tara’s life has lead her to and you feel as if you are part of her journey in finding the one place where she knows she will be loved and she can love back. I love that she does not back down from her men and she is able to somewhat keep up her sassy attitude. She will keep them on their feet and they will love every minute of it.

Slick Rock Cowboys is an exceptionally well romance story. The love and pain that these characters share only makes them stronger, all you can do is fall in love with them. I am looking forward in reading more about this wonderful series Slick Rock.

3 ½ 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: Beast by Sophie Oak

Beast by Sophie Oak

Publisher: Siren-Bookstrand Publishing
Genre: Paranormal Romance

Heat Rating: 2
 

Blurb

Fresh from his latest scandal, vampire playboy Dante Dellacourt has been given an ultimatum—take a consort and settle down or be disowned.
Exiled by her pack, the werewolf Kaja is stolen from her frozen plane and awakens in a foreign world. Frightened and alone, she savagely fights for her freedom.
When Dante and his Fae cousins are called to defend the gnomes of the marketplace from their feral prize, he discovers that Kaja glows like no other consort he has ever seen. Exotic and wild, her body calls to him in ways he had not dreamed possible.
In order to claim his werewolf, he must first tame this ferocious beauty. But to earn her submission, will Dante be forced to unleash his inner beast?


Monica's Review
 
“This is what I need, Kaja. I didn’t understand it before. I’m a warrior. I’m a beast, and this is my cause. Come with me. Fight with me. And this isn’t my home, Kaja. You are my home.” I hand no idea he could be so demanding, such a beast nothing like the Dante in Bound: A Faery Story.

I was ecstatic when I found out that Dante was going to have his own book. I loved him in Bound: A Faery Story; he was such a playboy, so funny, harmless especially when he was scared of a little kitty kat. Now in this book he actually has to seek a consort in order not to lose his way of life but never thought that he would fall in love believed he could still have his playboy way.

I could not believe how the story began with Dante, him starting in a Bachelor television show. It was the ending of the show where he is about to choose a finance but he had another plan. Yet in another scandal he finds himself in family drama and is threatened by his father, find a consort or else. He comes up with a plan to find the most inappropriate consort and please his family but regret what they did and sent her away. Then Dante can go back to his playboy way. His cousin’s were on their way to the marketplace to take care of an uncontrollable woman and he believes he found the perfect consort.

Kaja is a werewolf that has been outcasted by her pack. She was the only one in her family to survive after her family was killed when her father lost a fight to become the First. She does her best to find the door to go to another plane but the PlaneWalker takes her prisoner and takes her to the marketplace. When she awakens she finds herself in a cage and when Dante walks into the tent with his cousin she believes that Beck is the biggest threat. She makes the biggest mistake in that belief because Dante thoroughly dominates her and shows her who the master is.

The inner beast comes out of Dante when Kaja is around him and especially when she puts herself in danger. The true claws of the vampire come out and are ready to slay anything that stands between him and Kaja. He understands that he needs to bring out his dominate side, something he did not know he had but it feels good and this is a way to tame his werewolf. When his enemy strikes and he feels that Kaja is in pain he knows what he has to do and lets the Beast out to play.

Dante really took me by surprise with his dominate ways, some spanking, bondage and toy playing. Then when his beast would come out he just seemed like a true warrior keeping his Kaja safe. When Kaja was introduced at the beginning she seemed fragile, confused but she developed into a strong woman starting to see that she finally belonged. She understood that Dante did not want her forever but she was going to take as much as she could from him. The when he would least expect is she would flee.

I loved that I was able to read about the characters from the first book, which I loved. Then to read about another character from a totally different book is awesome, who would have thought to have Julian Lodge as a vampire in this book. Well, duh Sophie Oak of course.

Dante and Kaja belonged together from the moment that Dante had Kaja pinned down in the cage. They were hot together. This book could be read as a stand alone book but if you have not read the first book it will help to know where it all began. I can’t wait to see what Ms. Oak has in store for the next book in this series. This story is amazing, so pick up your copy today. All I have to say is keep it coming Ms. Oak because I will be there ready for anything that you dish out.

5 Tea Cups!