Review Second Chances by Lauren Dane

Second Chances
Author: Lauren Dane
Erotic -Light BDSM - eBook - From Netgalley
eBook - 200 pgs
Release Date: October 25, 2010
Author's Website


Ten years ago, Rori Simon left town shy, unattractive and with zero self-esteem. Now she’s back, older, stronger and finally loving herself—and it shows. Hot men are soon knocking at her door, including Jude Callahan, the bad boy who starred in her teenage daydreams…and her adult fantasies.

Jude can’t believe the sexy, confident woman before him is actually Rori! She’s gotten under his skin like no other woman has…and brings out secret desires he can’t resist. He wants to dominate Rori with every fiber of his being. Wants to own her and pleasure her. To cherish her as he makes her his.

Rori discovers she likes being controlled. She also knows Jude is not a one-woman man. Everything changes when she meets Zach Helm. Edgy, sensual Zach knows just what she needs, and before long, she’s in love. Jude watches them together and wonders if he’s lost his chance forever…

THIS IS A REVISED AND EXPANDED EDITION FROM THE ORIGINAL 2005 VERSION.


Rating



Sexual


This was a very emotional read for me. This was a very heavy relationship story with a lot of interesting dialogue and steamy romance scenes. Although there was a D/s theme with bondage and some minor spanking/flogging, it wasn't described in enough detail to make you squeamish if that subject bothers you. The story takes place over several years which allows for a lot of growth and changes in the three main characters. One aspect of this story that I found unique was that none of the characters sought the D/s lifestyle because of issues in their past. Instead of needing a reason for it, they approached it as something that they simply preferred and enjoyed. I also liked that although the characters were flawed, they never blamed others for any of their issues.

Review Heart's Sentinel by P.J. Schnyder

Heart's Sentinel- Terra's Guardians, #1
Author- P.J. Schnyder
Paranormal romance Shape-Shifter Predator cats
eBook pgs 206
Requested review
Authors website

Born human, Mackenzie never wanted to be a shapeshifter. After a shifter stalks and brutally Changes her, she runs to the jaguars of River Gap pride for protection from the stalker still searching for her, to come to terms with the attack and learn to control her new, powerful cougar body.

Adam, a River Gap Sentinel, is assigned as her guard and mentor. Well aware of his strength and how new she is the shapeshifter world, he holds himself back from the flames of primal desire she ignites. But, to survive the stalker, they both need to first battle their pasts and learn what it truly means to be the sentinels of each other’s hearts.

Rating-

Sexual-

These shape-shifting sentinels are dominant and sexy. This is a excellent start for a series. I loved the action, emotions, surprises, shape shift fighting and all around great cast of characters. If you love any paranormal romance shape-shifter predator cats, this is well worth the try.

The heroine, Mackenzie, I loved. I really enjoyed reading the emotions the author gives you after her attack with her stalker. She takes you through her sorrow and triumph of finally getting rid of her baggage she was holding on to. One thing I really enjoyed that I normal really don’t is the fact Mackenzie is insecure especially after the attack and after one old boyfriend that puts her down, the author doesn’t drag it out, but brings it out just enough and then takes and turns her out of it.

Adam is wonderful!! He is one that will weather any storm that comes at him. Adam knows what happened to Mackenzie and does everything in his power not to rush or hurt her. He also shows his true intentions for Mackenzie when he takes on a challenge for her.

One thing I love to read in shape shifting books is a special mating . The sentinels’ goes through a bond mating in this book, its really different. Now for the sex its hot, it does take a while and its not a whole lot of it but what’s there is hot, especially the shower scene.

The first of the book is about Mackenzie’s training and getting to know the background of the sentinels, so this may drag a little for some at first. Now I have to get the second book to this series...

Reveiw Cruel Enchantment by Anya Bast

Cruel Enchantment, Dark Magic #2
Author Anya Bast
Paranormal Romance
Mass paperback- 336 pgs
Authors website

Even the most powerful hands need a delicate touch…
Emmaline Gallagher is a master of wielding personal glamour. As a free fae who lives among humans, she must hide her true self at all times as she works undercover within the powerful Phaendir—for if certain factions within the Phaendir gain control, the fae will be wiped from existence. Now, an object of fae power lies within a locked ancient box. And there is only one fae who can forge the key.

Known as “the Blacksmith” Aeric O’Malley can create or destroy almost anything with his forging skills. Emmaline has come to him in need, but he and Emmaline have a past—and he has spent centuries wanting to take revenge on her for her transgressions. But now that he has her within his grasp, something about her keeps him from exacting his vengeance—or is it merely her glamour blinding him?

Trapped by fate, Emmaline must hope that she can reach Aeric’s furious heart before it’s too late…

Rating-

Sexual-

I really enjoyed this book. Anya has a writing style that is all its own and that’s what keeps me coming back for more. I love the hot sex and dangerous men with strong women Anya writes along with the added action and excitement you just cant go wrong in trying this series, you may just find yourself truly enchanted as I did.

As I started reading this one I was skeptical for a bit, because of Aeric relationship isn’t one the greatest given his past, with Emmaline, but Anya kept it fresh and flowing very nicely to where I ended up loving the hero Aeric, especially when I read how his feeling runs for Emmaline.

Emmaline I loved her. She has a talent that I don’t want to spoil for you, I will say its not good. When I read how she got that away, WOW! It was very emotional. I don’t quite think I have read a heroine that went through all the pain as she did and then she as to go back through it again.

As the first book I love the world Anya has set up with all the steamy romance, action and sick-o villains. I didn’t find anything I hated or didn’t like, but I find it dragged some that’s the reason for the 4 starts.
Series order
1. Wicked Enchantment
2. Cruel Enchantment
3. Dark Enchantment realise next year

Review Runes by Em Petrova

Runes

Author-Em Petrova

erotic romance m/m/f

ebook 171 pgs

Authors website
Release date for this book is Oct 1st here is the link http://www.eredsage.com/store/Runes_Em_Petrova.html

When immortals Will Cochran and Evangeline Mayer are thrown together by a phenomenon known as The Calling, they breech the barriers of a conventional relationship. By sharing their blood and bodies, their minds and souls are also entwined. But Evangeline has been yanked from the arms of her mortal love, Sean Livingston, and the echo of his touch never leaves her.
When she’s kidnapped by a sadistic immortal seeking revenge for the loss of his own mate, Sean is summoned as a means to torture her. Their reunion both titillates and torments her new mate, Will. He and Sean make a pact to share the woman they both love, and find new desires arising in the arms of each other.
To My Reader: The passion felt between two people in love is glorious, but add a third person and experience the breathlessness. I hope you enjoy the sexy trials of immortals Will and Evangeline and the mortal man they both find irresistible

Kathleen review
Rating-

Sexual-

This book surprised me, usually erotic book's are mostly sex and no story. This one had a bit of a story and I liked it. Em also used a lot of emotions in writing this book. Rune had 2 hero's that the heroine was in love with and I felt the frustration for all the characters because of this. The love scenes were SCORCHING and there was a small M/M scene at the end that I found to be yummy, lol! The ending did have a HEA for the three of them. The one thing that made me keep this book a 3 star and not a 4 star was that one of the love scenes happened at a part of the story I felt it did not belong.So if you like Scorching Hot Paranormal book's and don't mind a bit of M/M you might enjoy this book too.BTW, if you go to Red Sage Publishing and look this book up, there is a little video about this book. I found both the hero's REALLY sexy in this video. It helped me to put vision to the story.

Review Dragon Witch by Kathy Kulig

Dragon Witch
Author Kathy Kulig
Novella ebook paranormal romance
Authors website

Book Description
Biologist and witch, Jaida Chel combines nature magick with herbal science to protect Kai, the last shapeshifting dragon on her world of Somerled. But when Captain Brayden Stokes reenters her life not only is Kai’s life at stake, but so is Jaida’s secured position in the colony. Brayden and Jaida can’t resist the sexual heat between them, even though she knows a relationship would be doomed. Fleet pilots don’t stay planetside for long.

Jaida is torn between Brayden and her dragon and companion, Kai. When Kai morphs into a human twice a year, his sex drive is ravenous. He must mate for twenty-four hours or die. Unrestrained passion between Kai and Jaida temps Brayden into a forbidden encounter. With Jaida’s sassy, wicked ways, the three cross boundaries, exploring eroticism beyond their imagination. When secrets and betrayals are revealed, Brayden must risk everything for one last chance at love

Rating-

Sexual-

Dragon Witch is an out of this world story, that's fun and very hot! I truly enjoyed excellent short story, that’s mixed paranormal and fantastica. If you like action, adventure, emotions and hot sex with some m/f/m action this maybe for you. I loved both the hero and heroine with the added dragon, that at a point will surprise you for what he really is. Kathy knows how to write a short Novella that makes since and fun with added surprises.


This book receives Top Bite Award

Review No Mercy by Sherrilyn Kenyon

No Mercy Dark Hunter #18 and Were- Hunter #6
Author Sherrilyn Kenyon
Paranormal romance
Hardback 343 pgs
Authors website

Live fast, fight hard and, if you have to die, then take as many of your enemies with you as you can. That is the Amazon credo and it was one Samia lived and died by. Now in contemporary New Orleans, the immortal Amazon warrior is about to learn that there’s a worse evil coming to slaughter mankind than she’s ever faced before.

Shapeshifter Dev Peltier has stood guard at the front of Sanctuary for almost two hundred years and in that time, he’s seen it all. Or so he thought. Now their enemies have discovered a new source of power--one that makes a mockery of anything faced to date.

The war is on and Dev and Sam are guarding ground zero. But in order to win, they will have to break the most cardinal of all rules and pray it doesn’t unravel the universe as we know it.

Rating-

Sexual-

As a huge Dark-Hunter fan this one didn’t cut it with me. I was very disappointed. Again this one is nothing like the books pre Acheron. I wish if the books are going to keep up with this pace Kenyon would go ahead and finish the series.

Again you get a lot of new of new characters you have to keep up with like this series doesn’t have enough then there is the added of all the different new gods and new demons. Like does anyone know who Lazarous is? There is so much Mythology going on that I forget who is who in a year, so anyone really needs a guide in each book of who is who.

What I was most disappointed with is the sex and romance you get a couple halfway scenes and you remember the mating scene you get with the were- hunters? Well its not in this one, so you miss that too Garr……

Then there is the lack of detail in a lot of different scenes. It would leave one that just picked up this book with out reading the rest of the series going WHAT! This book left me questing more than I should.

Then there is Nick when is Kenyon going to let him grow up and take what happens to him as life not someone else fault..

Now as for Sam and Dev they are very good together if their romance was let grow it would have been fantastic. Sam and Dev were fun the way they would cut up with each other but again you really don’t read them as much as you should its everyone else.

Stryker is as always up to no good, so you get lots of action and plenty of blood. I just hope book twenty will be better. I really feel like the Dark Hunters has been put on the back burner.

Spoilers
As I keep thinking about this book the more I don’t like it. It just seems to me Kenyon is letting Nick get the upper hand to where he is going to take Acheron place. Acheron even make a statement in this book that “Nick may one day kill him“. But what gets my goat the most is I know Ash has had a bad past life those of you that read his book knows what he went through and he never wanted a D-H to know about it, now all the sudden things are popping out one is Sam now knows Acheron was a whore. It just makes me feel like Kenyon is going to somehow take Acheron down and its not going to be good and I not going to be reading that one at all.
Spoilers stop

Interview with Katie Salidas with giveaway of an autographed copy of Immortalis Carpe Noctem

KATIE SALIDAS Bio


The youngest of four children, Katie has always had a desire to entertain. Since, early childhood, she's dreamed up fantastical characters and scribbled them into pages of various journals and notebooks. Taking an interest in vampires at an early age, she devoured every book, featuring those blood sucking creatures, in any genre she could find. She claims that, of all the monsters out there, vampires had always been the most interesting.
It was only natural that a love of reading about vampires, and a love of writing, turned into a desire to write her own stories.
A Las Vegas native, having grown up in the famed City of Sin, Katie loves to feature it as a recurring setting for many of her stories.
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Katie Interview

Laurie-Would you please tell everyone a little about yourself?

Katie-First off, thank so much for having me here today! For those who don’t know me, Hiya! I’m Katie Salidas, author of the new urban fantasy series, Immortalis. The first book was published in March of this year and the sequel is currently being edited. I hope to have it ready for early 2011. I also love to write a little Paranormal Romance and Erotica. It makes for a nice change of scenery.

I’m a work at home mommy. Writing and taking care of my family is my job and I love it. I have a beautiful daughter and a wonderful and supportive husband. Both of them have pushed me to realize my dreams of being an author.

Laurie-Do you have a hobby? If so would you please share?

Katie-Actually, writing started out as a hobby. I’d been writing stories both short and long for years. After I was laid off from my regular job, my family pushed me to see if I could make something of my writing. Still not sure if I will make anything of it, but I am having fun trying.

Laurie-Do you have a favorite place to go to write?

Laurie-My couch. I know, it sounds silly, doesn’t it. I lounge on the love seat, in front of the window, with my laptop and write as the muse strikes.

Katie-You have a Urban Fantasy series called Immortalis, would you tell us a little about this series? How many books do you have planned so far?

Immortalis Carpe Noctem is my baby. It was the first full length novel I was able to finish. As I said I have written things for years, but nothing was novel length.

The entire series is planned at 4 books, but that could change as Alyssa tells me her story. I’m a self-proclaimed pantser, meaning I write as the muse strikes. As long as my characters have a story to tell, and readers are still interested in them, I’ll keep on writing.

Immortalis follows the struggles of Alyssa, a fledgling vampire with a penchant for finding trouble. She is stubborn, naive and too headstrong for her own good. Needless to say, she has a lot of learning to do. I wanted to focus on the human element and show the transformation and coping that happens while stepping into this new supernatural world. That is the core of the series. Each book will show Alyssa’s growth, not just in age, but in knowledge and character as well.

Laurie-You have written a vampire eBook which is my favorite House of Immortal Pleasures. Would you please tell us some about this book? Are you going to write more?

Katie-I am so glad you enjoyed this story. It really is one of my favorite stories.

Many people have asked me if I will continue with Connor and Daphne’s story. After such a great response, how can I say no? I’m not sure when I will have it finished, but yes, there is more and Connor and Daphne will return for another Novella.

House of Immortal Pleasures was a fun story to write. Being a pantser, I tend to just let the muse take me where she will. In this one, she took me to a small town out side of Las Vegas. Pahrump Nevada, a place known for it’s brothels. My niche is vampires. I write them into every story I create. So I thought, what would make a Brothel more interesting? Why not make it a vampire brothel?

Rather than go the obvious way with the story, pure erotica, I decided to twist things up and make it a romance instead. Finding love in the last place you would think to look. And Daphne does just that. After being dragged there kicking and screaming, she finds her knight in tarnished armor.

So, will they live happily ever after? Hmmm, wait and see.

Laurie-I seen on your facebook you have an erotic story coming out around Halloween called Halloween Fantasies, could you please give us a little about this story?

Katie-Another fun story to write. Let’s face it. Erotica is just fun. This one was inspired by an annual ball held in Las Vegas at Halloween. Sadly, I must admit, I have been too chicken to go myself. But I have always wondered what it would be like. And what if those costumed characters weren’t all wearing costumes.

What would it be like to give in to your fantasies for one night, no guilt and no real strings attached.

This one is definitely more traditional erotica than my last offering, but I think readers of paranormal romance will still appreciate it.

Thank you Katie so much!

Here is Katie's book with descriptions.

Immortalis: Carpe Noctem




Bleeding to death after brutal mugging on the campus of UNLV, Twenty-five year old Alyssa, is rescued by the cold and aloof, vampire, Lysander. Taking pity on her, he shares the gift-and curse-of immortality. She awakens as a vampire and is soon devastated by harsh realities of her new way of life: the loss of her friends, her independence, and her humanity.
As if having her humanity stripped away was not enough to make life interesting, Alyssa finds out her “turning”, did not go unnoticed by the rest of undead society. Old enemies; an ancient sect of vampire hunters, known as the Acta Sanctorum, as well as a powerful Vampire mistress, each set plans in motion to destroy both Alyssa and Lysander.
Only by accepting her newfound immortality, seizing the night, will Alyssa hope to survive. She and Lysander must fight together against two sets of enemies bent on destroying them both.


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http://www.risingsignbooks.com

HOUSE OF IMMORTAL PLEASURES

Blindfolded and kidnapped, Daphne is whisked away to the famed, House of Immortal Pleasures, a Vampire-run Brothel in Pahrump, Nevada.

Sometimes the only way to mend a broken heart is to get back in the saddle. At least that is how Daphne’s friends see it. And since Daphne isn’t showing any signs of letting that happen, they take it into their own hands. With a few shots of liquid courage, a pat on the ass, and a donated gold card, Daphne is unwillingly sent into fantasy room 123 to meet her creature of the night, Connor.

It’s Connor’s job to seduce and entice Daphne to try all the expensive, sexual services on the menu. And he is prepared to do just that, until he peers into her mind and sees the damage done by her broken heart. After learning of her past pain, Connor’s plans change. No more is this a game of seduction to pad the pockets of the brothel owner. Connor decides to lavish Daphne with real attention and affection. Something she desperately needs. He will heal her heart the only way he can, by showing her she is beautiful, desirable, and sexy.

Available on Amazon Kindle
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Halloween Fantasies


Touted as the sexiest party of the year, the annual Halloween Fantasy Ball is the one place a girl can let loose and succumb to her wildest fantasies.

Disguised as a sexy vampire huntress, Sasha captures the attention of Dante, a real life creature of the night. For Sasha, meeting bona-fide vampire is enough to fulfill one of her life long fantasies. She’s ready to go home a happy woman.

But Dante has other plans. It is after all, a night of fantasies, and he has a few of his own to share.





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Review Devil Wares Plaid by Teresa Medeiros

Devil Wears Plaid
Author- Teresa Medeiros
Historical romance
Mass paperback 407 pgs
Authros website

AN INNOCENT WOMAN
Emmaline Marlow is about to wed the ancient patriarch of the Hepburn clan to save her father from debtor's prison when the Hepburn's sworn enemy Jamie Sinclair bursts into the abbey on a magnificent black horse and whisks her away. Jamie is everything her bridegroom is not--young, handsome, virile...and a perilous temptation for her yearning heart.

A DANGEROUS MAN
Jamie expects Emma to be some milksop English miss, not a spirited beauty who will defy him at every turn. All of his plans to use her as a pawn in the centuries old Highland feud begin to go awry when irresistible passion flares between the two of them. A man can kidnap a bride, but is it possible for him to steal her innocence without losing his own heart?

Rating-

Sexual-

I know some of you will love this one. Me I found it good, I get tired of the same old virgin routine, this is why I stay from historical romance so much just about every time I pick one up it has the virgin heroine and the hero has all the women he wants before and during it just drives me crazy. This one you get a little robin hood and the McCoy’s and the Hatfield’s going on. It has a excellent start and its very funny at times.

Emmaline finds herself taken by Jamie Sinclair on her wedding day. Little does she know Jamie and her was to be husband Hepburn family has been true enemies for a very long time. Jamie also helps others out that finds themselves in the clenches of the Hepburn’s . What Emmaline doesn’t expect was to fall for someone like Jamie.