Review: Dating-ish by Penny Reid

June 04, 2017

Dating-ish by Penny Reid
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Standalone - Knitting in the City #6
Release - May 16, 2017
Genre - RomCom
Heroine POV - 1st person
Heat - 3.5 out of 5
Length - 356 pages

There are three things you need to know about Marie Harris:
1) She’s fed up with online dating,
2) She’s so fed up, she’s willing to forego the annoyance and consider more creative alternatives, and
3) She knows how to knit.

After the most bizarre and irritating first date in the history of human kind, Marie is looking for an alternative to men. With the help of her friends, she quickly identifies a few possibilities:

Need a cuddle? Use a professional cuddler. Need affirmation? Get yourself a life coach. Need an orgasm? Try orgasm meditation! Why does she need the hassle of a romantic partner when she can meet all her needs with paid services?
But then her irritating date resurfaces. And he’s not at all the person she thought he was. And he suggests a different—and crazier—solution to her dilemma . . .
As everyone knows (or will soon come to realize), traditional relations between humans are a thing of the past. Robots are our future. And if robots are our future, then why do we need other people at all?

Review: A Vow of Thorns by R. Scarlett

June 02, 2017

A Vow of Thorns by R. Scarlett
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Blackest Gold #3
Release - June 1, 2017
Genre - Paranormal Romance
Dual POV - 3rd person
Heat - 3.5 out of 5
Length - 324 pages
Review of book 1, Vein of Love
Review of book 2, Body of the Crime

Never disobey the court.

Never disobey the crown.

And never tame that vicious heart.

In A Vow of Thorns, sacred laws are broken when a beauty holds an iron heart.

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Review: Only With Me by Kelly Elliott

June 01, 2017

Only With Me by Kelly Elliott
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Standalone - With Me #2
Release - May 28, 2017
Genre - Contemporary Romance
Dual POV - 1st person
Heat - 3.5 out of 5
Length - 302 pages

Life was great.

I loved my bachelor life and working my dream job with the Colorado Springs SWAT team.

That all changed the day I stepped into her bakery. Her smile swept me off my feet, and her panna cotta was heaven.

Cue my very traditional Greek family.

Then all hell broke loose.

The woman I was falling in love with was Italian, and my mother was hell-bent on proving to the world she was the better cook.

If my meddling family wasn’t bad enough, for the last six years Gabi had been on the run from a past she tried desperately to escape from.

Between a beautiful woman on the run, and a crazy family constantly in my business, would I be able to show her I’m the only one who can keep her safe … or will her past steal her away from me?

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Review: This is the End, Baby by K Webster

May 31, 2017

This is the End, Baby by K Webster
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
War & Peace #7
Release - May 23, 2017
Genre - Dark Romance
Dual POV - 1st person
Heat - 4.5 out of 5
Length - 121 pages
Review of book 4, This Isn't You, Baby
Review of book 5, This Is Me, Baby
Review of book 6, This Isn't Fair, Baby

They say the king is the most powerful piece on the board.
However, they haven’t met me.
This queen knows all the rules. She plays the game better than him.
In my game, the queen can knock the king right off the board.
Game over.
The END.
But, I love him.
The darkness threatens to make me lose sight of my strategy from time to time, but in the END, love always prevails.
Problem is, my black king is playing by a different set of rules. His END game is one he shields from me. It’s a game he plays closely with the white king, the most brilliant player of all. Together, they want to END my game.
They want to END me.
This queen doesn’t go down without a fight.
This queen makes her own rules.
This queen will outsmart those who play against her.
This is the END, baby.
In the END, I am going to win it all.

Review: Found Underneath by K.L. Kreig

May 29, 2017

Found Underneath by KL Kreig
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Finding Me #2
Release - May 30, 2017
Genre - Contemporary Romance
Dual POV - 1st person
Heat - 4.5 out of 5
Length - 352 pages
Review of book 1, Lost in Between

It began as a ruse.

Take a girlfriend. Divert the press from the fucked up mess that’s my family until my father is re-elected. Stage a public breakup. Move on.

Only that brilliant plan went straight south the moment I set eyes on Willow Blackwell.

I found her.

My center. My future. A soul mate with the will of a mule and the mouth of a harpy.

I now want things I never wanted before. Permanent kinds of things.

Only Fate—and her ex—have other plans for us.

In some sort of cosmic impossibility, our lives unknowingly intersected years before when tragedy befell both our families. Once the devastating truth is finally revealed, the future I’d found in her will come crashing down around us and for the first time in my life I’m completely helpless.

I may very well lose the only woman I've ever loved to a past neither of us saw coming.

Review: Hot Blooded Prizefighter by Mickey Miller & Holly Dodd

May 27, 2017

Hot Blooded Prizefighter by Mickey Miller & Holly Dodd
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Standalone - Windy City Bad Boys #2
Release - May 16, 2017
Genre - Sports MMA Romance
Dual POV - 1st person
Heat - 4 out of 5
Length - 255 pages

Connor

I'm the king of trash talking, but this time my mouth has signed a check I'm not sure I can cash. Now, I'm fighting in the biggest publicized spectacle, with a chance at a massive payday. I have two months to make this work and prove that I'm the true world champion.

Except, my handlers think I need refinement. You can't fix perfection, but that doesn’t stop my new style coach from trying. Crystal Lawson is set on keeping our relationship platonic, but I can see the lust in her eyes and feel the craving in her touch. We're supposed to keep this professional, but I f*cking love a challenge. I might be an animal in the ring, but I am a beast in bed. Before our time is through, she's going to be screaming my name.

Review: Guarded by Kayla White

May 26, 2017

Guarded by Kayla White
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Standalone
Release - April 22, 2017
Genre - Contemporary Romance
Dual POV - 1st person
Heat - 3 out of 5
Length - 298 pages

Watching over some crazy rich chick seems like a good stop gap from the army. She has no desire to do anything other than get wasted enough to forget.

Parker

Is she for real?

I cannot deal with her bullshit.

This woman has no idea what real life is, it is time for a reality check. Not all of us can have everything paid for. Some of us have to work.

Review: His Dirty Girl by Jax Hart

His Dirty Girl by Jax Hart
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Standalone - Deep Desire #1
Release - May 21, 2017
Genre - Smut
Dual POV - 1st person
Heat - 5 out of 5
Length - 65 pages

By day Ashley is a good little nurse, but at night she dreams of being his dirty girl.

The notes are blurring on the page.
I can't think.
I can't speak.
This man mesmerizes me and I'm in danger of losing everything if I give in to my desire for him.
But it's not going away.
I've never had such dirty thoughts...never wanted a man to do such dirty things to me.

ARC Review: Grayson by Crimson Syn

Grayson by Crimson Syn
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Standalone - Hell's Lovers MC #2
Release - May 25, 2017
Genre - MC Romance
Dual POV - 1st person
Heat - 4 out of 5
Length - 74 pages

She’s a wildcat in bed and she’s driving me insane!
Ever since that first night I can’t get enough of Rahyne Andrews.
Her kisses, her body, her moans, drive me crazy. I can’t seem to say no to her.
My only problem is, that she doesn’t seem to be interested in more than my body.
And I’m not about to have my control taken away from me.
She either bends to my will, or I’m walking.

Review: Sexy Jerk by Kim Karr

May 25, 2017

Sexy Jerk by Kim Karr
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Standalone - Sexy Jerk World #1
Release - May 25, 2017
Genre - Contemporary Enemies-to-lovers Romance
Dual POV - 1st person
Heat - 4 out of 5
Length - 262 pages

My best friend is married.
Everyone I know is married. It doesn’t bother me. I like my life the way it is.

Since I’m single though, when my best friend and her husband finally decide to go on their dream honeymoon, she asks me to watch their three-year-old son.

Of course I say yes.

What my best friend neglects to tell me is that I won’t be babysitting alone.

Feeling Max might be too much for me to handle, her husband asks his only single friend to help.

Nick Carrington and I have met a couple of dozen times. I’ve never really given him a second thought—other than to say he’s kind of a jerk. Out loud. So he can hear. Sure, he’s tall, dark, and handsome. And yes, he has the best ass I’ve ever seen, and I mean ever seen quite literally. You see he mooned me at last year’s Fourth of July barbecue because, like I said, he’s a jerk.