Showing posts with label Best of 2019. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Best of 2019. Show all posts

ARC Review of Vermilion Lies by L.D. Rose

April 07, 2019

Vermilion Lies by LD Rose
Wherever Dax Knight sets foot, hell is bound to freeze over.

As a mercenary for the Order of the Senary, Dax departs for New England to assist his comrades in battling the vampire forces threatening to consume the Northeast. The last thing he expects to find is a gorgeous vampiress who surrenders to him entirely. Ensnared by her allure, their intense attraction ignites, and he discovers she isn’t what she seems.

Cindel Konstantinov has been on the run since she escaped her sire’s possession, trading one life of abuse and imprisonment for another. As her hope for freedom wanes, she encounters one of the infamous Knights, and his dangerous appeal is undeniable. After a life-altering moment of mercy, they careen down a path of secrets, lies, and a forbidden passion neither of them can resist. But when her past comes back to haunt them, they’ll have to face the consequences of their actions—and their desires.

Dax and Cindel will need each other more than ever as their world spirals into chaos. But are they strong enough to survive the oncoming storm?

ARC Review of The Vanished Specialist by K Webster & Nicole Blanchard

April 02, 2019

The Vanished Specialist by K Webster and Nicole Blanchard
My lilapetal is dying...and I can’t save her.
The woman who brought me back to life may not live long enough to see me truly happy.
All the tests, the experiments have failed me...and I have failed her.
If I don’t devise a cure to save my alien, I’ll spend the rest of my existence on Mortuus alone.

The others believe my mate isn’t strong enough to survive. That she can’t breed and should be put back into cryosleep until she’s healed.

But I won’t allow it.

I will defy the only family I’ve ever known to save her.
Even if it means vanishing into the unknown.

She is all that matters and no amount of her protests will keep me from doing what I must to keep her safe.

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ARC Review of Demon You Love by L.A. Fiore

March 20, 2019

Demon You Love by LA Fiore
Anton Scalene
I was born in hell, raised in a nightmare.
I was fifteen when I killed for the first time.
As a child, my dreams were about climbing out of that hell, of being on top of the pile of bodies and not one of them.
I live in the shadows, find solace in the darkness.
Until her.
A chance meeting, a fleeting moment…
Her innocence beguiles me.
I want her, but to have her would destroy the very part of her I crave.
And even knowing that, I can’t stay away, until my past threatens to drag her into my nightmare.
Letting her go is the hardest thing I’ve ever done, but a demon has no business falling in love with an angel.

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Review of Into Hell by Brenda K. Davies

March 18, 2019

Into Hell by Brenda K. Davies
Release: June 10, 2017
Genre: Paranormal Romance - demons
Multiple POV - 1st person
Heat: Descriptive
Type: Book 4 of The Road to Hell series
Length: 420 pages
Format: ebook purchased from Amazon
Good Intentions - ★★★★☆
The Road - ★★★★★

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Review of The Road by Brenda K. Davies

March 16, 2019

The Road by Brenda K. Davies
Release: January 3, 2017
Genre: Paranormal Romance - demons
Dual POV - 1st person
Heat: Descriptive
Type: Book 3 of The Road to Hell series
Length: 384 pages
Format: ebook purchased from Amazon
Good Intentions - ★★★★☆

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Review of The Road to Hell Series Box Set by Brenda K. Davies

March 14, 2019

The Road to Hell by Brenda K. Davies
Release: December 29, 2018
Genre: Paranormal Romance - enemies to loveres
Dual POV - 1st person
Heat: Descriptive
Type: Books 1 & 2 of The Road to Hell series
Length: 763 pages
Format: ebook purchase from Amazon
My Review of Good Intentions - ★★★★☆


Review of Tainted by N. Isabelle Blanco & Dee Garcia

March 13, 2019

Tainted by N Isabelle Blanco and Dee Garcia
And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. - Mark 7:20-23

The streets of Boston are running red with blood.
It isn’t the first time, either.
Forget the history of this city; it’s what happened nearly nine-years-ago that continues to haunt us all.
Especially me.
They say obsessions can destroy you.
Well, I’m here to tell you that’s a fact.
A serial killer played games with us once, leaving our heads spinning.
I chased them down, threw my whole life into chaos. From the very first kill, I was there.
Watching.
Analyzing.
Losing myself.
My career nearly ended before it ever began.
Then, suddenly, the killer vanished. Gone into the shadows. Never to be heard from again.
Until now.
They’re back, fiercer and bolder than ever. An obsession reawakened that threatens my sanity and leads me towards a collision with a new fixation.
One more dangerous.
One much more vile.
She’s everything my religion warns man to stay away from—the quintessential temptress sent to ruin our lives.
I thought the case would be what ended me.
Turns out, I’d sell my soul for just another taste of her.

Review of Good Intentions by Brenda K. Davies

March 11, 2019

Good Intentions by Brenda K. Davies
Release: July 17, 2016
Genre: Paranormal Romance - enemies to lovers
Dual POV - 1st person
Heat: Descriptive
Type: Book 1 of The Road to Hell series
Length: 374 pages
Format: ebook purchase from Amazon

Review: Space by Penny Reid

March 03, 2019

Space by Penny Reid
Release: March 11, 2019
Genre: Contemporary Romance - Best friend's sister
Dual POV - 1st person
Heat: It's coming (I hope)
Type: Laws of Physics #2; Hypothesis #2.2
Length: 200 pages
Format: eARC provided by Social Butterfly PR
Review of book 1, Motion - ★★★★☆

One week.
Private cabin.
Famous physicist.
Still an unrepentant slacker.
What’s the worst that could happen?

Mona’s meticulously planned allotment of relaxation is thrown into chaos by the unscheduled appearance of her older brother’s band of friends, including the one person she'd hoped to never face again. Abram still makes her feel entirely too much, which is one of the reasons she disappeared after their one week together. But now, trapped on a mountain of snow and things unspoken, Mona will have to find a way to coexist with Abram, chaos and all.

Review: Keep It Classy by Lani Lynn Vale

February 24, 2019

Keep It Classy by Lani Lynn Vale
Release: March 5, 2019
Genre: Contemporary Romance - enemies to lovers
Dual POV - 1st person
Heat: Descriptive
Type: Standalone - Bear Bottom Guardians MC #7
Length: 252 pages
Format: eARC provided by Inkslinger PR

Ghosts are real.

Well, technically speaking, maybe not. But the ones that haunt a man’s soul? Those are very real. So real, in fact, that there are times when Castiel would rather silence them forever in the worst way possible than to go on living with them haunting his every step.

Review: The Son & His Hope by Pepper Winters

February 09, 2019

The Son and His Hope by Pepper Winters
Release: February 12, 2019
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Dual POV - 1st person
Heat: mild & infrequent
Type: standalone - a better read if you read The Ribbon Duet first
Length: 572 pages
Format: eARC provided by Social Butterfly PR

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“Things you should know about me from the very beginning:
I was born to true love, witnessed the destruction it causes, and vowed never to let such agony happen to me. I am not a story-teller like my father. I am not a writer like my mother. I am just a son—their son.
I am happy being alone.
And that is all I ever want to be.”

Review: Motion by Penny Reid

January 30, 2019

Motion by Penny Reid
One week.
Home alone.
Girl genius.
Unrepentant slacker.
Big lie.
What’s the worst that could happen?

Mona is a smart girl and figured everything out a long time ago. She had to. She didn’t have a choice. When your parents are uber-celebrities and you graduate from high school at fifteen, finish college at eighteen, and start your PhD program at nineteen, you don’t have time for distractions outside of your foci. Even fun is scheduled. Which is why Abram, her brother’s best friend, is such an irritant.

Abram is a talented guy, a supremely gifted musician, and has absolutely nothing figured out, nor does he seem to care. He does what he feels, when he feels, and—in Mona’s opinion—he makes her feel entirely too much.

Laws of Physics is the second trilogy in the Hypothesis series; Laws of Physics parts 1 (MOTION) & 2 (SPACE) end with a cliffhanger.

Review: Silence by N. Isabelle Blanco

January 21, 2019

Silence by N Isabelle Blanco
Release: January 23, 2019
Genre: Paranormal Romance - Forbidden
Male POV - 1st person
Heat: 4.5
Type: Standalone
Format: eARC provided by author

When my brother, the King, married fifteen-years ago, I welcomed his new family as my own. His wife . . . her baby girl.
My niece by marriage.
I left to war the savages. For years I traveled back and forth, seeing that child age.
But then the last battle kept me away for five years . . .
I’ve returned now to take my rightful place: second-in-command to the throne.

I am everything this kingdom stands for—everything it needs. The kind of pillar not even my brother can aspire to being.
They all look up to me. To maintaining their code.
Yet, they do not know the truth.
In the grip of the shadows, she haunts me at night.
During the day, she smiles and whispers, showing me traces of that sweet little girl.
At night, she’s there, a vision in black. Watching, stalking . . . no words need to be said.
She knows.
I’m losing the battle. This thing between us is an evil spark.
Thousands of years of honor are threatened—about to be shredded by the impossibility of our desire.
She doesn’t care.
It’s in her silence that she kills me . . . and she wields it like a blade.
The savage call of her blood is more than I can handle . . .
And the need to own her body might destroy us both.

Review: Demon's Mercy by Rebecca Zanetti

Demon's Mercy by Rebecca Zanetti
Release: January 22, 2019
Genre: Paranormal Romance - Forbidden
Dual POV - 3rd person
Heat: 3.5
Standalone - Dark Protectors #9
Format: eARC provided by NetGalley

Duty meets desire . . .

Mercy O’Malley hates killing people. So when she’s assigned to take out Vampire-Demon Logan Kyllwood, she lures him to a seedy bar in Scotland, then decides to kidnap him instead. How can she cold-bloodedly end all that heat, those green eyes, that ripped body?

Unfortunately for Mercy, attempted murder and kidnapping are just foreplay for the Kyllwood brothers. Logan may be the youngest of the bunch, but death and violence are already a way of life. Now he’s ready to complete a painful, terrifying ritual to become one of the Seven, dedicated to protecting this world from the most dangerous evil it’s ever known. But first he has to deal with a blackmailing Fey, a ransom demand and his own pounding need for the last female he ever should have fallen for.

REVIEW: PARRISH BY JANINE INFANTE BOSCO

January 18, 2019

Parrish by Janine Infante Bosco
Release: January 22, 2019
Genre: MC Romance
Dual POV - 1st person
Heat: 4
Standalone - Satan's Knights #4
Format: eARC provided by author

It’s not a wicked world that drives a man to sin, it’s a deranged mind. Baptized in dirty water by Satan himself, I’ve spent my whole life fighting the good fight, searching for the light in the darkness of insanity. Now, the light I’ve basked in for so long is finally dimming and the time has come for me to take my final bow before the curtain closes on my sanity.

After making a deal with the district attorney and providing my club with full immunity for the crimes we’ve committed, I have twenty-four hours to remind my wife, Reina, why she fell in love with a bastard like me before I turn myself in and break her heart.

But twenty-four hours isn’t enough.
Not for me and certainly not for the Devil.

Tragedy strikes, and my world implodes. It’s lights out for Jack and Reina and a man can’t survive without his sunshine. Engulfed in darkness, consumed by the crazy, I’m a weapon of mass destruction, ready to wreak havoc on the wicked world.
Word to the wise—proceed with caution, motherf*ckers.
The Bulldog is back!

Review - Surge by Angel Payne

January 06, 2019


With her physical abilities ignited beyond imagination, Emmalina Crist now stands as an equal with the love of her life, Reece Richards. The only thing better than becoming a badass warrior by day is basking in the man’s passion by night.

But the newly christened Flare―and all her solar-powered abilities―must remain a secret from the world, hidden from enemies that threaten to reemerge at any moment...like the most important day of Reece and Emma’s life. The crisis exposes a new layer to the Consortium’s vile vendetta and forces the newlyweds into a painful separation.

When Reece and Emma are finally reunited, the joy is double-edged. Team Bolt is still in danger, and there’s a precious new life they’ll do anything to protect―including going into hiding. With her identity stripped and her life changed, Emma questions her choices and retreats from Reece. The hero of LA is broken and searching for answers, and everything hangs in the balance.

Review of Raw: Rebirth by Belle Aurora

January 01, 2019

Raw Rebirth by Belle Aurora
It had been six years since my world was turned upside down.
He exposed me to the darker side of life and I could never go back to the person I was.
I had been through more things the average person couldn’t even relate to.
If I had the chance to go back and do things differently though?
Not a chance.
I’d pick him a thousand times. A million times. For eternity.
I guess not much has changed.
My name is Alexa Ballentine, and I am still in love with my stalker.

Publication Date: January 2, 2019
Genre: Second Chance/Romantic Suspense
Multiple POV - 1st person
Heat: 3.5
Book 3 - RAW Family series
Format: ebook ARC provided by Give Me Books

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