Category: Romance

REVIEW: How a Heart Beats by Ellis Kaye

10/21/2019

Title: How a Heart Beats

Author: Ellis Kaye

Genre: Romance, Contemporary

TBR Reviewer: Bella

Rating: 5 stars - A Must Read!

Heat: 3/5 - Blush worthy!

Nurse Olivia and Doctor Anderson are a great pair but love is never that easy. Just as they start a relationship, a contagion infects the hospital. Love may not be enough to save them.

I love medical dramas on television. Surprisingly, I haven’t read to many of them. This is a fantastic story! Olivia is such a great character. I loved her personality! She is definitely sassy. Her chemistry with Anderson is thrilling. When the contagion hits, there’s some great suspense. I really enjoyed watching them work together and save lives. This is the first book I’ve read from Ellis Kaye and definitely not the last!

How a Heart Beats is a must read!

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REVIEW: Love by Accident by LM Spangler

10/21/2019

Title: Love by Accident

Author: LM Spangler

Genre: Romance, Contemporary

TBR Reviewer: Bella

Rating: 5 stars - A Must Read!

Heat: 3/5 - Blush Worthy!

This is a second time love story. Haven is divorced and trying to plan out her life when she meets author Ford. Together the sparks fly but can they get over their pasts to save their future?

This is a totally sweet, perfect for my mood kind of story! A car accident brings Ford and Haven together. Their romance is a slow sizzle that really builds up their growing feelings for each other. They have a push and pull of uncertainly with each other that is darling. I really enjoyed reading their struggles and triumphs. I couldn’t stop reading. I needed to find out how their happy ending played out. Let me tell you, that ending is so satisfying and sweet.

If you’re looking for a short romance to sink into, Love by Accident is your perfect choice!

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REVIEW: Running from the Cyborg by Anne Kane

10/21/2019

Title: Running From The Cyborg

Author: Anne Kane

Genre: Scifi, Romance

TBR Reviewer: Bella

Rating: 4 stars - Highly Recommended Read

Heat: 3/5 - Blush Worthy

Caitlyn snuck out on Jakob after a wild night together. When he finds her again, he’d determined to keep her but Caitlyn isn’t so easily won. She’s also not sure why a cyborg like Jakob would travel all over the galaxy to find her when they’re don’t normally become attached to their bed mates.

This is book five in the series and I did feel a little lost at the beginning. Caitlyn and Jakob act like they know each other but it’s a very brief description, almost like a synopsis of what happened. Perhaps the events happened in the previous book? I’m not sure but our main characters are having sex just after meeting which didn’t give them much sexual build up and the sex scenes are just too close together. I really liked Caitlyn. She did what she could with what she had in order to survive. Jakob was harder to like. He’s got more of a caveman approach. When Caitlyn leaves him again, in bed with the room bill, it takes another year to find her but find her, he does. Once he finds her the second time, the book really gets great. We get action and some mystery as to who is chasing Caitlyn. The ending has a cliffhanger and I’m interested to see how the story turns out.

I think if the book was longer and had more meat to the story it would have been an amazing scifi romance story. These 52 pages is an interesting looking into Anne Kane’s Cyborg world. I think if you give Running from her Cyborg a read it’ll entice you to read more in the series.

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REVIEW: Storyteller Hit by GW and Paula Calloway

10/17/2019

Title: Storyteller Hit

Storyteller 2 - not stand alone

Authors: G.W. and Paula Calloway

Genre: Apocalyptic, futuristic, romance,

TBR Reviewer: Bella

Rating: 3/5 - A Good Read!

Heat: 2/5 - Flirty!

Shadow and Ghost are together but forces threaten to tear them apart. Will their past or another man ruin their happy ending in this dangerous world?

So, that blurb is definitely a turn off. There’s just too much explanation, too much running on. I think a tease is better when reading a blurb just so I can get a hint of the story but not a synopsis of it. That said, the story is pretty good. It is jumpy with the scene breaks. There are also some slow moving scenes. I really liked Shadow and Ghosts chemistry. They feel like a great couple together and I am really routing for their happy ending. Their relationship takes a hit from another man looking to make Shadow his. That makes for a great conflict.

Overall this series shows a lot of promise and I look forward to the next book!

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REVIEW: Killian's Hope by Elyzabeth M Valey

10/15/2019

Title: Killian's Hope

Alpha Protectors

Author: Elyzabeth Valey

Genre: Romance, Erotic, Paranormal,

TBR Reviewer: Bella

Rating: 5 stars - Must Read

Heat: 4/5 - Smoking Hot

Wow! Just wow! What a book. Killian is excited to spend time with his mate Prudence on their next mission. Prudence believes the mission should take precedence above all else so she can be the next priestess. But Killian is an awfully strong temptation…

This is such a great story! I was so in the mood for some sexy story with a plot I could really sink into. Killian’s Hope is a perfect choice. Killian’s so into Prudence, they are, after all mates but her reluctance is a great tease. Then there’s the world building. This is such a complicated story with multiple moving plots and the author does a brilliant job of winding through that field. I had no problem following along and really enjoyed this story. There’s such a heavy subject about following your ‘career’ dreams or dive into true love. Their romance is beautifully laid out with a intense plot and I could not put down this book.

Killian’s Hope is a must read. ABSOLUTE. MUST. READ!

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REVIEW: Vegas Lights by D.S. Dehel

9/18/2019

Title: Vegas Lights

Series: Scorched Souls

Author: D.S. Dehel

Genre: Romance, paranormal,erotic

TBR Reviewer: Bella

Rating: 4 stars - Recommended Read

Heat: 3/5 - Blush worthy

Sylvie the sylph saved a singer and finds herself pulled into his wild world. Xavi has issues to deal with but maybe Sylvie is just what he needs to find the right path…

This is a sexy band romance mixed with paranormal. The beginning is confusing. The reader is just kind of thrown into the world and I was left lost. It almost felt like this is the third or fourth in a series. It is also odd that Slyvie manages to save Xavi instead of his guards. However, Sylvie is extremely likeable. From the beginning I found her a great character. I also really liked the magical world the author created. It isn’t too heavy with paranormal but just enough to really intrigue me. The sex scenes are romantic and hot but their pace is a bit off. Some bits are rushed and others are dragging. Sylvie and Xavi make a great couple though. The ending is a very satisfying finish.

Vegas Lights is a fun paranormal romance!

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REVIEW: Future Betrayed by Jacey Holbrand and Elizabeth Monvey

9/18/2019

Title: Future Betrayed

Project Mars 2

Author: Jacey Holbrand and Elizabeth Monvey

Genre: romance, erotic, scifi

TBR Reviewer: Bella

Rating: 4 stars - Recommended Read

Heat: 3/5 - Blush Worthy

Future Betrayed is a similar story to the first in the Project Mars series. Sector forces Dain to work on Mars while his partner Ben remains on a dying earth. But that doesn’t last. Sector has discovered a way to impregnate men and this couple must face their darkest hour to reunite.

This is a bit too similar to the first story but I enjoyed it. The author does a fantastic job writing likeable, realistic characters. Both Dain and Ben really make a great couple. I can feel the bond between them and very quickly I was routing for them to have their happy ending. The story does feel rushed. Several plot points are solved too quickly. Then we come to the pregnancy which is not something I enjoy or normally read about. The scifi aspect of this series has been interesting so far. I hope the author continues the series but perhaps more diverse plots for future stories. I really like the idea of an evil corporation that’s trying awful ways to help the human population and a resistance trying to stop them.

Future Betrayed is an interesting addition to this scifi series.

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REVIEW: An Uncommon Whore by Belinda McBride

9/17/2019

Title: An Uncommon whore

Author: Belinda McBride

Length: 192 pages

Genres: (Erotic-romance, gay , science fiction, adventure)

TBR Reviewer: Stefan

Rating: 4- A recommended read

Heat: 4- smoking hot

A swashbuckling adventure set in outer space. Pasha is a slave and a male whore. He can’t remember his past only total allegiance to his owner. All this changes when a one-eyed pirate wins him for a day playing cards. When they’re alone, instead of fucking, the pirate kneels before him and calls him ‘your highness.’ Pasha, the slave, is really Lio, Helios Dayspring a king of a defeated people. This is only the beginning…

An Uncommon Whore takes you on a whirlwind ride across the universe. The one-eyed pirate is really Captain Griffin Hawker, and they were once lovers. They escape, but Lio has a slave chip in his head. To keep Lio from going mad, Griffin is forced to imprint him aka have sex, to lock in his authority as his new owner. The story sweeps you along…they meet and recruit Carlotta, who turns out to be Lio’s sister-in-law…and on it goes...sword fights...blasters, and more. Lio regains his memory. The story ends when Griffin, Carlotta, and Lio return to their new home planet. Who can they trust? That question will be addressed in book two of the series. I like that the story uses subheadings to let you know the perspective as the story is written in the first person. The man on man sex between Griffin and Lio is very graphic. The author doesn’t leave anything to the imagination. Some of the later sex scenes are just too much. Less is more here. A couple of the scenes, I felt are contrived and don't move the story along. The plot hints at conspiracies and betrayals but doesn’t resolve them. Book two of the series…maybe?

The story lives up to its title…an uncommon whore. An enjoyable, science fiction, adventure romp.

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GIVEAWAY: Lovely Digits by Jeanine Englert

9/10/2019

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Title: Lovely Digits

Author: Jeanine Englert

Genre: Historical, romance, suspense

TBR Reviewer: Bella

Rating: 4 stars - Highly recommended read

Heat: 1/5 - Tame

Lovely Digits. This is a historical romance suspense novel by Jeanine Englert. Spinster Lucy is the layer of the dead (mortician). The new constable John isn’t exactly new to the town. As they start a romance a killer strikes. Now they must find the murderer before more bodies appear.

This story takes place in 1849, Clun England. I found the details of that time period very vivid and fresh. I could really see the picture that the author was trying to paint with her words. John uses Lucy’s knowledge to help find the killer. I really like that aspect of John. Women arent exactly given much credit back in those times and he treated her as his equal. They have a sweet romance. I enjoyed their dance coupled with the suspense. I’m a huge fan of romantic suspense. This is a great addition to the genre. I did find that some scenes are a bit slow moving. The killer is … Oh, you thought I was going to tell you? Never! Insert evil laugh. You have to read the book to find out who’s murdering people in Clun England. There are also a few twists that caught me by surprise. This is an enjoyable read that I’d recommend if you like historical books.

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REVIEW: Paint it Black by Julia Talbot

8/21/2019

Title: Set in Stone

Author: Julia Talbot

Length: 42 pages

Genres: (Paranormal romance, Gay, Adult)

TBR Reviewer: Stefan

Rating: 3 stars - A Good Read!

Heat: 3/5 - Blush Worthy!

This is a fun, silly quickie. Simple plot, Rezoth is a master demon who sends a lesser demon, Lemus, an incubus, to collect sexual energy from humans. Lemus is good at his job--his specialty is men, and he returns awash with energy. Rezoth offers Lemus a reward and is surprised when Lemus wants to make love to him.

The sex between them is a little over-the-top and tongue-in-cheek but an incubus is made for sex. There are explicit sexual descriptions that will get you hot. Quickly, Lemos is promoted to Rezoth’s personal body slave and collared. Lemos is happy as he doesn’t have to return to the human dimension, but stay and worship Rezoth. This doesn’t last long. One job of a master demon is to hear petitions from other demons. Rezoth doesn’t rule in Farol’s favor, and Farol, is stupid enough to kidnap Lemos. Rezoth follows Farol to the human dimension to save the man he loves. This is a quick read to waste an hour. Comedy wasn’t listed as a genre, but this story made me chuckle. The ending is definitely happy-ever-after…

Lemos is chained to Rezoth for an eternity in hell. Guess that means two demons discovered heaven in hell!

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REVIEW: How a Heart Beats by Ellis Kaye

REVIEW: Love by Accident by LM Spangler

REVIEW: Running from the Cyborg by Anne Kane

REVIEW: Storyteller Hit by GW and Paula Calloway

REVIEW: Killian's Hope by Elyzabeth M Valey

REVIEW: Vegas Lights by D.S. Dehel

REVIEW: Future Betrayed by Jacey Holbrand and Elizabeth Monvey

REVIEW: An Uncommon Whore by Belinda McBride

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