Review Taste of Home Comfort Food diet cookbook

Title: Taste of Home Comfort Food Diet
Genre: Cookbook
Website

A follow up to the best-selling original, this second volume of Comfort Food Diet Cookbook offers 416 new family friendly recipes for hearty all-time favorites with fewer calories than expected. In addition to hundreds of recipes, the book consists of testimonials and photos from actual dieters, a six-week meal plan, notes on exercise, tips on making healthy food choices, and more. Realistic portions combined with exceptional taste put pleasure back in healthy eating without sacrificing quality or satisfaction. After all, the Comfort Food Diet is about what people can eat, not what they have to give up.

My review
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I was very impressed with this cookbook. I have tired these diet cookbooks before and I was not able to find any good recipes, but I found a lot of recipes in this one. The first of the book is full of tips and ideas on who to lose weight. There is even a 6 week daily planner to help you get started filled with foods that are in this book, very easy to use. I cooked a few recipes this weekend and my family loved them. I found them easy to cook and I also loved that just about every recipe has a picture. The only downside was of course, was there isn’t a lot of desserts, should have known LOL. Every recipe has the calories and the nutrition facts so you just can’t go wrong if you follow them.

Sample of one I cooked this weekend
1 cup uncooked elbow macaroni
1 pound lean ground beef (90% lean) (I don't eat beef, so I used ground turkey)
1 medium onion, chopped
1 can (28 ounces) Hunt’s® Original Diced Tomatoes, undrained
2/3 cup frozen corn
1 can (8 ounces) Hunt’s® Tomato Sauce
1 can (4 ounces) chopped green chilies
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup minced fresh cilantro
Cook macaroni according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a Dutch oven over medium heat, cook beef and onion until meat is no longer pink; drain. Stir in the tomatoes, corn, tomato sauce, chilies, cumin, pepper and salt. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 3-4 minutes or until heated through.
Drain macaroni; add to meat mixture. Stir in cilantro and heat through. Yield: 6 servings.

Nutrition Facts: 1-1/3 cups equals 224 calories, 6 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 37 mg cholesterol, 567 mg sodium, 24 g carbohydrate, 4 g fiber, 19 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2 lean meat, 2 vegetable, 1 starch.

Bitten's She-Wolf Pack Review Thursday for February

Bitten's She-Wolf Rating System

For the month of February 2011

Title:  Past Pleasures
Author: Charlotte Stein
Authors website

novella eBook
Source: Amazon Kindle and Barns & Noble

When Kate agrees to a mad experiment with something as insane as time travel, she expects exactly what Professor Waites had suggested: dystopian nightmares and possible barbarians.

So when she finds herself in a future where women no longer exist and the men have no idea what they’ve been missing, she can’t seem to catch her breath.

Especially when the men in question—the darkly handsome Tem, and his starkly beautiful companion Aley, are so curious and so ready to learn everything she has to teach—including all the past pleasures they never knew existed.

~Ronda's ~

Review Rating: 4 - A Pack Howl

Sexual Rating:  Four Alarm Fire #@!%$

Interesting!  Stupidly Funny!

What an interesting take on time traveling into futuristic life where men only exist and just thinking of the possibility of it and the fact how they are portrayed as pure idiots just blows my mind.  The fact that it takes a woman to come into their future to show them how sex is one thought that just cracks me up.  When I say Stupidly Funny I mean “Comical”, so stupid it was funny and I laughed out loud several times at the comments or questions asked.

The story was pretty good for a short story and the characters were out of this world hilarious, however, when it came down to the erotic scenes it was 100% HOT!  I totally enjoyed a female showing a male-male couple how adding a women to the mix is twice the pleasure and the ending was justified as the woman ends up going back into the future for more HOT sex.

Laurie's
Review Rating:  3 - One Good Howl 
Sexual Rating:

This a quick and funny read, I found myself laughing out loud several times. Enter a world where women are nonexistent. When a woman suddenly pops in from the past, the men is stunned at first and then well *clears throat* you get the idea of what comes next, but what can you expect they have never laid eyes on a woman before. I recommend this for any who likes a quick hot m/f/m futuristic read.

Here is a quick tease
“There’s no such thing. It’s a replica! I told you the government had replicas.”
“I don’t think replicas look the way it does. It looks like a man.”
“It looks nothing like a man. Look how small it is! And it has boobles!”
Now it was the second one’s turn to roll his eyes.
“Those are not boobles. Perhaps they’re some sort of…growth. Maybe he’s wearing something under his clothes.”










Cynthia's
Review Rating: 4 - A Pack Howl
Sexual Rating:  HOT

My inner geek was doing the happy dance reading this one -- a sci-fi erotic romance with a little humor thrown in.

When she volunteered to test the time-travel machine, Kate Connor expected to find a decimated planet inhabited by troll people in the year 3033. Instead when she “landed”, she found (among other things) two gorgeous men and a planet without women. Like all initial encounters, getting to know one another can be fraught with misunderstandings.

"He’d heard that the past had been full of feelings and people doing things that were really outrageous and extreme all the time, so to her he most likely looked like an aloof weirdo who wanted to probe her with things.
Next time. Next time she came -- oh, if she did, if she did -- he would be enthusiastic and animated. And shake her hand. And give her a cracker."

Just imagine, having to teach/learn sex-ed hands on! An entertaining story that contains enough heat and futuristic mumbo-jumbo to keep the pages turning!

Review Drink of Me by Jacquelyn Frank

Title:Drink of Me
Author:Jacquelyn Frank
Source: Purchased by me
Format: Mass paperback
Genre: Paranormal romance
Authors website

In a world where emotion can be a deadly weapon, one slight, battered runaway holds the key to a dark and twisted enigma..."Drink Of Me", she whispers, her silver eyes trusting, pleading. What female dares speak such words to one of the Sange? His people are scorned by every race for their fierce sensuality, their fearful rituals. And as Prime, Reule is the most telepathically gifted of them all. But nothing has prepared him for the intensity of emotion radiating from the outlander rescued by his Pack. Terrified, tormented, but beautiful beyond measure, Mystique shatters his legendary control. As she reaches for him in the steamy heat of the healing baths, he knows this blind need can have but one end...

My review:
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Drink of Me had me caught in its grasp by the second chapter and by late midday my daughter was asking me “are you going to read all day?” What can I say, when I find something I really like I can’t quit LOL. I must confess I liked Jacquelyn Franks Nightwalker series, but they didn’t even come close to holding my attention as this book did. Now my biggest disappointment is this is the only book, so I won’t get to read about the rest of the great pack characters, UGH!! If you want something a little different in the paranormal world with action and very strong emotions, it may have you hooked too.

I liked the flow for the storyline and it was easy to read. I thought the heroine Mystique was just awesome and I loved her ability. She’s been through a lot with the bruises to prove it, but she is still strong. She has no idea what her name is, but that doesn’t stop her if she feels to use her ability that she really knows nothing about. I loved the pack and how the telepathy worked with them all and how they all felt emotions between each other. The leader Prime Reule is strong and will do anything for his pack. I really felt the emotions in this book, what Mystique went through alone will make you either cry or choke up. I highly recommend this book!

Guest post with author Anitra Lynn McLeod and ARC giveaway!

 Please welcome Anitra Lynn McLeod. I will tell you one thing I love about Anitra she loves to chat, so chat a way.

It'll take more than one man’s love to tame her wild heart.

Bithia, newly crowned empress of Diola, indulges herself with as many men as it takes to satisfy her voracious passion. Now that it's time to continue the family line, though, her advisors expect the unthinkable: for her to submit to one man from a sexually primitive planet.
Drahka disobeyed his tribe's strict sexual rules once. The shame still haunts him. He longs for a fresh start, but breaking one cardinal rule—a man gives, a woman takes—is not an option. His struggle to learn local customs is complicated by a mentor whose eyes hunger for the empress...and for him.
Viltori is exhausted. He's tried to teach Drakha that there are many ways to find pleasure, only to be met with anger, even violence. Touching the handsome primitive only sharpens his unbearable lust for Bithia, making him wonder if execution for failure wouldn't be a blessing.
When Bithia witnesses the results of Viltori's training, she realizes only these two men can fill her empty heart, inspiring her to take command of the throne at last. Except those who've held the reins thus far have a sinister reason for keeping Bithia—and her new consorts—in their place.
Warning: This erotic romance contains a lusty empress, a primitive alpha male, a dedicated acolyte with domineering tendencies, copious amounts of hot m/m and m/f/m sex, secret torments, burning desires clashing with duty, and a little bit of meddling by future gods.

Caution!  This excerpt is R rated and contains m/m

Viltori settled into the softest chair he’d ever sat upon as he motioned for Drahka to sit across from him. For a long time they simply sat, using the furniture as a way to teach each other new words.
Even in the unfamiliar room, they fell to their usual form. Point, ask, explain and repeat. Immersed in learning, Drahka was oblivious to the fact that his robe, unlike his trousers, did not stay closed when he shifted about. Each time Drahka moved, he revealed more of his hairy calves, then his thighs. Each time he celebrated his understanding, Drahka lifted the crimson fabric up higher, getting ever closer to the juncture of his legs. After grasping a particularly difficult word, Drahka lifted his hands in triumph, which wrenched his robe apart, exposing his hips, cock and both legs.
Viltori tried not to gape, but the man was huge, hairy and, hottest of all, uncut. Most men on Diola, even those in the barbaric outer regions, were circumcised shortly after birth. Viltori had not known of the difference until he’d traveled to Oughun. As he stood with several other men urinating directly into a rushing stream, they’d excitedly pointed to his differentness. The Oughun men asked a hundred questions and Viltori hoped he’d answered them fully. Oughunian men had never seen a cut cock and Viltori had never seen one that wasn’t. Culturally they exchanged much that bonded them together. Viltori knew Drahka was uncut, and he’d tried to tell Drahka that he should inform Bithia, but when he’d tried to show him this information, he’d lashed out. Oughnians had clearly defined taboos about same-sex touching of any sort.
To his horror, Drahka noticed the direction of Viltori’s gaze. Before he could babble out an explanation, Drahka cupped his cock and asked, “What is wrong with my cock?” Lowering his head he said, “You tried to touch, to show me, and I tried to hit you. I’m sorry. Please now show me what is wrong with my cock.”
Gulping, Viltori said, “Nothing.” Not a damn thing he could see, anyway. He’d like nothing better than to do to Drahka what Rown had done to him earlier. “What makes you think there is anything wrong with your cock?”
“Bithia say something uncute.”
After a moment, where he couldn’t imagine anyone, even Bithia, calling a cock cute or not, Viltori understood. “Not cut,” he said. “Uncut, not un-cute.” Briefly, he explained the difference between the two words, then tried valiantly to convey the meaning behind Bithia’s comment.
Thrusting his finger at Viltori, Drahka demanded, “Show me yours that is cut.” Concern filled his stoic face as if he were genuinely worried that someone had cut up Viltori’s cock.
Eyeing the door, wondering just how much longer Bithia would be gone and if she’d be upset about him teaching her consort this, Viltori moved to a seat that blocked him from view of the doorway. If she did enter suddenly, he could pull his robe closed before she saw what he was doing.
Drahka seemed to understand the furtive nature of their discussion. Frowning, Drahka moved to the couch, sitting next to him. He eyed the door that was well over the high back of the couch. When Viltori parted his robe, showing Drahka his painfully hard, circumcised cock, Drahka leaned over.
Breathing hard enough to brush hot air over the pounding length of Viltori’s cock, Drahka said, “You not cut.” Reaching out his left hand, Drahka wrapped his fist around Viltori’s cock. “No cut.” Lowering his head, placing his face a bare breath above the tip, Drahka bellowed, “Ah! Cut off tip!” Pulling back, yanking open his robe, Drahka grasped his own cock and tugged his foreskin. “Cut off tip, not cut up cock!” Proudly displaying his penis, Drahka considered Viltori’s for another moment, then grasped him again. Running his fingers up and down, hardening him further, Drahka leaned close again and asked, “When you were cut, were you hurt?”
“I was a baby when they cut me.” He thanked the gods for that. He couldn’t imagine what having that done as an adult would be like.
“You no feel pain now?” Drahka ran a fingertip along the faint circumcision scar that encircled the hardest part of Viltori’s prick.
“No, it doesn’t hurt now.” Of course, that wasn’t quite true. He was so hard and excited his prick truly did hurt. If not for Rown’s generous gift, he would have erupted all over Drahka’s hand.
Drahka nodded, turning his attention to his own cock. “Mine hurts. Bithia’s servants scrubbed under the tip.”
Viltori cast a wary eye to the door, than to Drahka’s hand-held prick. “Does it hurt now?”
“Some.” Frowning, Drahka looked toward the door Bithia had exited. “She take twice, then suck once. Still I am excited thinking of her.”
Nodding, Viltori asked, “On Oughun, do men seek solo pleasure?”
Horrified, Drahka yanked his hand off his cock. “I not doing that, just showing!”
“Calm down. I’m not accusing, just asking.” However, clearly by his response, the men of Drahka’s tribe did not masturbate. In a way, such a taboo made perfect sense. His tribe was relatively infertile. Each ejaculation was sacred and necessary for the continuation of his people. Self-fulfillment would be considered the height of selfishness.
Not only had Drahka been a virgin when he’d gone to Bithia, he’d been relatively untouched. If he could have swooned, Viltori would have. Drahka was a blank slate. Anything he or Bithia taught him about their culture he would believe, accept and likely perform. Heady with the erotic possibilities, then cautioned by the ethical dilemma, Viltori reluctantly wrapped his robe around his body.
Following suit, Drahka covered himself up too. “Is looking wrong?”
“No, I’m cold. Did you want to see more?” Gods, why was he asking? He should let this matter drop.
Drahka considered for a moment, then whispered, “Do you do solo touching?”
Technically, he wasn’t supposed to, but then he realized he was teaching and letting Drahka watch him masturbate could be considered a form of education. Or maybe he was just desperately trying to justify doing what he wanted to do.
“Do you want me to show you?” Viltori caught their reflection in a mirror strategically placed across from the couch. They made a wicked contrast: he in white, Drahka in crimson, his finger-length blond hair glowing, and Drahka’s long black hair gleaming. Drahka was bigger, broader, the silk of his robe caressing massive muscles below. Viltori was muscular too, but not like Drahka. In his tribe, Drahka had been a hunter, felling great beasts to feed the entire group. He also cut trees for their fires. Such hard labor gave him a remarkable body, one the elite would pay handsomely to mimic through surgical enhancement.
Drahka nodded. “Show me solo touching.”
Parting his robe, Viltori took his cock in hand, cradling his shaft with his dominant right hand as he cupped his balls with the left. “The trick is not to rush.” Gods no, he wasn’t going to rush. He wanted to enjoy every bit of this encounter. Desperately he prayed to the god of Harvesters that Bithia would not return until he was finished with his lesson.
Drahka watched intently for a moment, then parted his robe. He gripped his cock with his right hand and stroked, fumbling.
“Use your dominant hand.” Viltori nodded to his left.
Drahka switched to his left hand. Now his motions were sleek and exact, mimicking perfectly what Viltori did.
“Slowly?” Drahka asked. “Faster would feel better.”
“Stroke too fast and it’s over too fast.” Viltori had to summon the very depth of his will to continue with his measured, even strokes. “Solo touching is a way to learn to last longer when with a woman.”
“Ah, that is good to learn. Bithia happy with longer lasting.”
“Bithia will be happier with me lasting longer,” Viltori corrected automatically.
“Bithia will be happier with me lasting longer.” Drahka repeated the words, then looked to him for confirmation that he’d spoken correctly.
Viltori nodded, knowing full well his interest at the moment was not with Bithia’s pleasure. His gaze darted between his own hand, Drahka’s, and the mirror where he could see them both. Drahka’s body was big and covered in dark hair. Muscles flexed as he tightened his form to keep his mounting passion at bay.
“Feels good,” Drahka said, squeezing his fist a bit tighter, causing his foreskin to move smoothly up and down his shaft, exposing the slick, dusky-red tip.
Viltori thought he would climax right there. Drahka kept his gaze on Viltori’s hand, mimicking each motion. He followed along so exactly that when Viltori looked into the mirror he felt he was stroking Drahka’s cock. His mouth watered, desperate for a taste of him.
Behind them, they heard a click. Their eyes met, widened, and they hastily jumped to their feet. Viltori had his robe down covering his prick in an instant, but Drahka struggled with the open ends and the tied sash. Before he could determine if the couch was high enough to shield him from Bithia’s view, she looked directly into his eyes through one of the mirrors.
“Tell me, Viltori, exactly what have you been teaching my consort?”


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Review of POWER PLAY by Xondra Day

POWER PLAY
Xondra Day
Evernight Publishing
Published January 17, 2011
ISBN# 9781926950174
Erotic - EBook
Novelette - 35 pages
Author Request Review
Evernight Publishing




Daria Desmond is a woman hell bent on exploring not only herself, but also the boundaries of her marriage. With the firm belief that variety is the spice of life, she heads into the adventure of a lifetime with a most agreeable husband. Her life is an erotic journey of self discovery, and in the end, only one thing matters—her marriage and the bond that comes with it.

Be Warned: multiple partners, bondage, forced seduction, sex games, brief m/m interaction.



My Ratings
Review


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Daria and Tom’s marriage is on the verge of collapse and divorce is imminent. However, they do love one another and agree to try therapy to save their marriage.

A large part of their therapy sessions had been about breaking boundaries. Dr. Rogers encouraged them to learn outside their comfort zones.

And that, My Dear Readers is a call for sex exploration, and the only reason why I gave this a Sexual Rating of 3. Daria and Tom’s foray outside their comfort zones include role playing (sex with strangers, intruders), ménage, a bit of D/s, and some of what is mentioned in the blurb above. Unfortunately, I didn’t feel any heat, passion, HAWTNESS, sizzle, spark, snap, crackle, or pop.

The author tries to weave somewhat of a story in between the sex scenes. The story is told from Daria’s view point and she has a career as the editor of a women’s fashion magazine. Regrettably, her behavior is inexcusable. And then about three-quarters way through the book, Daria goes from bitch to pussy cat in less than sixty seconds. Go figure.

Interview with author Christy Poff

Please welcome erotic romance writer Christy Poff!

Laurie-Hello Christy, I am so glad you accepted to do this interview. Would you tell us a little about yourself?

Christy -In essence, there’s not a great deal to tell – I’m married with two kids and an amazing granddaughter outside of Philadelphia, Pa.  I love to travel and hope to get up to Canada in the next few years. I used to be a firefighter but things happened and I no longer can do it.

Laurie-What inspired you to write?

Christy -A family trip to Gettysburg one day and my first historical hit paper.  It’s also a period of time with so many fascinating people and events. I love it when an idea comes to mind then ends up as a full-length novel or even a novella.

Laurie-Out of all the books you wrote, do you have a few that hold a special place in your heart? How about your heroes and heroines, do you have a favorite among them?

Christy -Chase for an Angel will always be my favorite as well as Jessie and Andrew though my other characters are all fighting for second place.

Laurie-What are some of your favorite author’s and some of your favorite books you've read?

Christy -I love Christine Feehan’s Dark series as well as Laurell K. Hamilton’s Anita Blake series. I literally go through withdrawal between books in WEB Griffin’s Badge of Honor series which centers on the Philadelphia Police Department.

Laurie-What sub-genre that you write? Do you have a favorite?

Christy -I write several, in fact.  I love vampires and werewolves as evidenced from my Eyes of Darkness series which at this moment has no last book in sight as it keeps continuing on, my Internet Bonds and Desire series are erotic with BDSM involved, and I’ve got some thrillers as well.  I basically write what comes to mind at the moment – except for Sci-Fi.

Laurie-I recently read WAR IN DARKNESS: MOONSTRUCK and really enjoyed it. What was your favorite part about witting this story?

Christy -The fact I could base it in Charleston, South Carolina (one of my favorite cities in the world) since I have a good amount of family there plus the time period.  Being able to merge the history aspect with the vampire idea intrigued me.

Laurie-With War in Darkness: Moonstruck setting in Confederate times, did you have to do any research while witting?

Christy -I had a lot of the information about the city already but I wound up calling a very nice man at the Exchange Museum in Charleston to ask him about the stores underneath the original building.  When I saw the construction and architecture of them, I knew I had to use the underground area in the story.  Looking into Osceola was fascinating, too. I can also cheat and ask my cousin for any naval help.

Laurie-Can you tell us what inspired you to write the heroine as a spy?  Most people say women didn't do things like this back then, but I believe they did. So, I loved this idea!

Christy -Then they aren’t aware of Belle Boyd, Crazy Betty and several others who worked to undermine the Union and Confederacy.  It’s rumored that Betty had one of her spies in Jefferson Davis’ household in the Confederate White House in Richmond.  Belle’s life is fascinating, as well.  Women had attributes and wiles the men didn’t and they used them to get information on and to either side.  Having her get pulled into the covert side of the war worked well.

Laurie-Have you ever thought about writing more books like your War in Darkness Moonstruck?

Christy -I have another one planned for the series which continues the story of the Austin Brothers who are werewolves in the Tennessee and Shenandoah Valleys.  Their stories began in the first book which released under the Torrid Teasers line at Whiskey Creek Press Torrid.  The book had two short stories—Addicted to Cyn which dealt with the idea of vampires making a nightly feast at the battlefields though one had a conscience and the other, Scarlet Love which told about a girl taken hostage by Yanks since her home lay in the wrong area and the man who saved her and took her farther south to his home.

Laurie-Would you tell us a little of what you’re working on next?

Christy -I’ve just finished the edits for the fourth Desire book which releases in a few weeks and I’m not sure what might come next though I am looking into more Civil War elements.

Fun questions:
What your favorite color? Black

Do you have any pets? Used to have three cats.

What your favorite movie and TV show?  Favorite movie is Casino Royale with Daniel Craig and TV Show is a toss up between several – Torchwood, Doctor Who with David Tennant or any of the Doctors preceding him as I don’t like Matt Smith, Top Gear but only the UK original and Hawaii Five-O ( loved the original with Jack Lord and love the new one with Alex O’Loughlin.) Other than that, you’ll find me watching any hockey game I can.

Do you have a favorite food or place to eat? Shrimp is my favorite food followed by chocolate.  As to favorite restaurant – good question.


Place to find Christy
You can find Christy's Poff books here
Christy's Web Journal - Bravenet Blog 


My review of  WAR IN DARKNESS: MOONSTRUCK by Christy Poff

Thanks again Christy!

Dead Hunter by Lizzie T. Leaf

Title: Dead Hunter
Series: Dead Done Right Book Three
Author: Lizzie T. Leaf
Author’s Website: www.lizzietleaf.com/
Source: Requested Review
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Format: PDF
Length: Novella
Buy link



Arie Anne Hews is a trained vampire hunter out for the kill. A chance meeting with the hated beings has Arie in turmoil. Especially, when handsome Dr. Jonas Nickels is on the scene.

Jonas Nickels has no desire to be involved with a mortal, but can't resist the dark-eyed beauty. Even if he is on her hit list.

Family secrets tinged with evil make an impossible path for star-crossed lovers.


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Dee's Thoughts:

Arie is a strong, loyal, ass-kicking character. I enjoyed her immensely. Her growth as a person and her strength to accept new realities is much-admired.

Jonas I have been crushing on and I was so happy with the Leaf’s choice of mate for him. This character is strong, caring, and loving. His determination to be there for Arie and for their relationship to grow was incredibly sexy.

I don’t want to give anything away on this one and it would be to easy to considering its length. This is a great short read with great lead characters and worth a read.

Review Deadly Heat by Cynthia Eden

Title: Deadly Heat (Deadly #2)
Author: Cynthia Eden
Source: purchased by me
Format: Mass-paperback
Genre: Romantic suspense

She wants revenge . . . Six months after her lover died in an arsonist's blaze, firefighter Lora Spade calls in the FBI's elite Serial Services Division to track the elusive killer. When Special Agent Kenton Lake is lured into a violent inferno, Lora pulls him to safety and is stunned - not by the fire, but by her own searing attraction to Kent. For the first time in months, she longs for something other than vengeance.
He wants her . . .
Kenton's interest in Lora should be purely professional. But one fleeting kiss and he can't get her out of his mind. Her combination of strength and vulnerability makes him want to protect her, and that means solving this case - and fast. For even the passion igniting between them can't hide a terrifying truth: Lora is the next target in a murderer's sadistic, fiery game.
A vicious killer wants only . . .
DEADLY HEAT

My Review
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Sexual-

Paranormal suspense author Cynthia Eden is a new voice to be reckoned with in romantic suspense world with her new Deadly suspense trilogy. Deadly Heat is an edge of your seat page-turner along with the added heat that will keep you fanning yourself. If you love mystery, romance, extreme action, and a hot agent that will do anything to protect his woman, then here is your series. It wouldn’t surprise me to find out Cynthia Eden makes the top of New York Times bestsellers list with this series.

I loved both the hero and heroine. Lora is a fierce fire fighter that will stop at nothing to save a victim(s) from a fire. She not only has this fierceness in her work she also adds it with her family and her love life. Agent Kenton gets pulled out of the fire and is put into another fire just by being around Lora. These two finds the fire gets hotter as they are together.

I have to give Cynthia a round of applause for the way she wrote the villain. He is very sick in the head and Cynthia tells his story very well almost too well.

This is a must series to be on any romance readers list!!

ARC Review Wild Desire by Lori Brighton

Title: Wild Desire
Author: Lori Brighton
Source: Requested review
Genre: Historical romance/paranormal romance
Format:
Length: Novel
Authors Website

FIRST HE DROVE HER MAD
In what feels like a moment, Beatrice Edmund goes from being a proper lady cooped up in a stuffy Scottish castle to traveling miles from anything she’s ever known, in the midst of the wildest adventure of her life. And at the center of that adventure is the most infuriating, puzzling scoundrel on earth. She cannot take her eyes off him.

 THEN HE DROVE HER WILD
 Colin Fitch cannot deny he’s drawn to Beatrice—but lust is all he could possibly feel for the sharp-tongued minx. Still, if there’s a chance she can help him stop the madman he pursues, he must withstand her obvious disapproval. Yet withstanding the longing he feels for her is growing more troublesome by the second… And Colin has never been terribly good at staying out of trouble..

My Review:


Rating-

Sexual-

In all fairness I have to say this before you read my review. I read this 548 page book on my computer and I normally stick with novellas or a book around 300 pgs. So because of the length I am afraid it has affected my reading and reviewing of this book. I can only sit on my chair and read for so long then I am antsy and want to move on, so please keep this in my while reading this review.

Wild desire is a very dangerous sexy adventure set in India. I found the story fell in the middle for me. I liked it yet, I didn’t like it. I really liked the adventure, the India setting and the paranormal elements in the story. The author also placed a few surprises along the way. What I didn’t care for was the back and forth relationship between the hero and heroine and the story did drag. Overall this is a good read, but one you can sit down and go back to later. I will say for those that loves emotional main characters problems, this will be right up your ally.

Beatrice leaves her castle to visit her cousin Leo and his new wife Ella. She never expected to be left alone with a madman Colin, He irritates her to no end and on top of that they have men trying to kill them. So she gets pulled in to an adventure that has all kinds of danger. She is scarred and tries her best to help. The thing is are they after him or her? He has special powers, but she has special blood. While these two are running for their lives they both find an attraction between for other. They just fight it the whole way.

Teaser
You fainted.
He scoffed, pushing up onto his elbows. Don‘t be ridiculous. I‘m a man and an American, we don‘t faint.
She lifted one dark brow and leaned back on her heels. Well, then you took a nap, a very deep, very long nap.