JOCKBLOCKED is Book 2 in Jen Frederick's Gridiron
series about college football players and their love
lives. After reading and loving JOCKBLOCKED, I am
compelled to hunt down a copy of the previous book, SACKED.
Since
many of the characters are college boys who are often
drunk Read more...
WOLF'S ASCENSION is Book 1 in Lauren Dane's Cherchez
Wolf Pack series. WOLF'S ASCENSION has all the earthy
eroticism you love and would expect from any Lauren Dane
novel, with a paranormal twist. The beginning of WOLF'S
ASCENSION is like something out of The Read more...
ACCIDENTALLY IN LOVE WITH THE BIKER by Teri Anne Stanley
is part of Entangled's What Happens in Vegas series,
which includes stories by various authors. Each story
takes place at the same romance convention in Las Vegas,
but are otherwise unconnected. Although this is the first
book Read more...
THE LADY'S COMMAND is the first book in the Adventurers
Quartet by Stephanie Laurens. Unlike other books by
Stephanie Laurens, THE LADY'S COMMAND opens with a newly
married couple. THE LADY'S COMMAND doesn't skimp on
passion, but rather than the twists and turns of Read more...
BLOOD KISS is Book 1 in J.R. Ward's Black Dagger
Legacy
series. BLOOD KISS focuses on two couples—longtime
mated pair Butch O'Neal and Marissa as well the
burgeoning romance between fellow classmates and
warriors-in-training Craeg and Paradise. The romances
parallel each Read more...
WILD WOLF CLAIMING is Book 8 in Rhyannon Byrd's
Bloodrunners werewolf series. Even though characters
from previous books make appearances in this story, I
believe readers new to this series can still enjoy
WILD WOLF CLAIMING. Since there are humans in WILD WOLF
CLAIMING, the Bloodrunner Read more...
BETWEEN A VAMP AND A HARD PLACE is a standalone story and
not part of the same vampire mythology in Jessica
Sims' Midnight Liaisons series. Even though this is
not
part of the Midnight Liaisons series, BETWEEN A VAMP
AND A HARD PLACE has some of Read more...
THE WARRIOR VAMPIRE is Book 2 in Kate Baxter's Last True
Vampire series. Readers new to the series will be able
to follow along without too much confusion because the
vampire mythology is explained for the new non-vampire
characters. THE WARRIOR VAMPIRE pairs a warrior witch Read more...
THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE VAMPIRE is Book 4 in the Dead
in the City series by Sara Humphreys. Trixie LaRoux
and
Dakota Shelton are vampires in the same coven but are
complete opposites. Dakota's sexy cowboy swagger and his
approach of "killing her with kindness Read more...
GHOST IN THE WIND is Book 7 in E.J. Copperman's Haunted
Guesthouse cozy mystery series. I am always a little
giddy at the prospect of reading a new Haunted
Guesthouse mystery. These stories are always
entertaining because I love ghosts, and the characters
are Read more...
OUTTAKES FROM THE GRAVE is a gift for all fans, including
me, who lament the loss of new stories in Jeaniene
Frost's excellent Night Huntress series. These clips
are newly discovered treasures for fans and provide
interesting insight into the characters and how the
author sees them Read more...
TO CATCH HIS MATE is a novella and Book 5 in Savannah
Stuart's Crescent Moon series. This Crescent
Moon
series is a favorite of mine and always a lot of fun.
There is no villain in TO CATCH HIS MATE and the conflict
comes from Read more...
BEAUTY AND THE BOSS by Diane Alberts is Book 1 in the
Modern Fairytales series. A villainess of epic
proportions, and one worthy of any fairytale, forces
researcher Maggie Donovan to be in an engagement of
convenience with her sexy boss. Benjamin Gale III isn't
so much Read more...
THE FIX UP is Book 1 in Tawna Fenske's First
Impressions series. Ben Langley is both a sexy science
geek and a reluctant businessman. His first meeting with
PR woman Holly Colvin is entertaining and Tawna Fenske
creates sparks and chemistry from the moment they first
meet Read more...
CHRISTMAS WITH THE BILLIONAIRE RANCHER is Book 1 in Mandy
Baxter's Billionaire's Club: Texas Heartthrobs
series.
Within the first few pages of the story, Mandy Baxter
establishes who the main characters are and what drives
them. Nate Christensen is a former soldier turned sexy
cowboy trying Read more...
THE BILLIONAIRE SINGLE DAD is Book 2 in Mandy Baxter's
Billionaire's Club: Texas Heatthrobs series. The
personalities differ from book to book, but the high heat
level is the same in every Mandy Baxter billionaire book
-- scorching. Single dad and billionaire hottie Carter
Christensen may seem Read more...
THE HOMETOWN HOAX is Book 3 in Heather Thurmeier's
Hoax
series. For readers who worry about reading a series out
of order, there is no worry here because the characters
and places in each book are not connected but they all
have a "hoax" theme. Heather Thurmeier Read more...
SWEETEST SCOUNDREL is Book 9 in Elizabeth Hoyt's Maiden
Lane series. For me, the main characters are the
driving
force behind this story. The hero and heroine have such
vastly different life experiences and unique ways of
looking at the world, that their romance is all the Read more...
TELL ME YOU NEED ME by Joya Ryan is the first book in the
Search and Seduce series. After two years of having
a
fiery, strictly sexual, affair of seeing each other
sporadically, Gage McGraw is looking to add some depth to
his relationship with Chloe Franklin. There Read more...
PLAY DIRTY is Book 2 in L.P. Maxa's Devil's Share
series. PLAY DIRTY is very much a character-driven story
and the characters are all three-dimensional. The rock
stars in PLAY DIRTY talk and act like you would expect
young guys to -- sometimes silly Read more...
My fav Almodovar film is Flower of My Secret. I liked the adaptation from a billion years ago of the Anne of Green Gables series. I loved the book version of The Shining more than the film. I love just about any of the Jane Eyre adaptations but the Fassbender version with it's switched around format gets the mood exactly right.
Yes! This is what I live for - witty and intelligent characters. Love Stephanie Laurens' heroines because they are intelligent and look at the big picture. Love witty dialogue like in a Celeste Bradley novel or Claudia Dain's Courtesan Chronicles series.
I never really understood the whole "step-brother" romance phenomenon. I mean I guess there's no biological connection so one level of ick is removed but....I don't know. I read a story once by Red Garnier about a man and woman who were not biologically related & didn't have a "step-" connection, but the guy's family always looked at the woman and her sister as family and tried to treat them that way and force the future H/h to fit that mold. They became friends in their youth and suppressed their natural attraction that developed over time organically. But to me, that's different.
I love beta heroes as well as alpha types. One of my favorite beta heroes is Reggie from "The Pursuit of Marriage" by Victoria Alexander. He's a sweetie, good to his family, a loyal friend, and very easy going. After wearing his heart on his sleeve too many times, he invents an alpha alter-ego to try and win him love. His friends help spread stories of his supposed exploits to help him out because they want to help him since he's such a good friend and a good guy. Very funny story. My favorite beta hero.
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