Dream Lover by Sarina Wilde

Title:  Dream Lover

Author:  Sarina Wilde

Publisher:  The Wild Rose Press

Publication Date:  2010

Genre: Contemporary erotic

Length:  45 pages

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Rating: 4 Diamonds

Heat Level: Erotic

Other: Anal and oral play

Reviewer:  Starla Kaye

Date: 11-1-10

This is a story of love at first sight that warmed my heart…and made me “hot” at the same time.

Allie Franklin has had dreams of an erotic lover since college and the dreams keep getting more intense. On a plane headed for a job interview she finally meets a man fitting her dream lover and is in instant lust.

Tom Armstrong is a doctor going for a job interview and meets a woman who not only steals his breath, but quickly wins his heart. Can he really fall head of heels in love in such a short time? Sure the heat between he and Allie is hot, hot, hot, but…

For a very short story, there was just enough glimpse into the characters to pull for them as they unexpectedly ran into the one person perfect for each of them. And you might need a fan while you read their story.

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Dark Blood by JJ Massa

Title: Dark Blood

Author: JJ Massa

Publisher: Midnight Showcase Fiction

Publication Date: 2009

ISBN: 1555-5496

Genre: paranormal romance

Length: 119

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Rating: 3  diamonds

Heat Level: spicy

Other: n/a

Reviewer: Brecken Stevens

Date: October 28, 2010

In Love Like Blood, Julianna Gold’s health isn’t the only thing holding her down, her oppressive relationship is also taking its toll. Raiden Vagner is a vampire who heard Julianna’s call years before and has been searching ever since. When they finally meet, Raiden hopes he’s in time to reverse the damages done by her MS and when threats on her life become stronger, they’ll have to trust each other to keep Julianna alive. 

Rubies, Sapphires, And Ivory is a shorter story about Niccolo and Ivory. Niccolo is a vampire out in the world for good times and interesting company. Ivory is just trying to make enough money to pay her debts and really start her life. They meet in Italy while Ivory is working as an interpreter and after a lovely meal, they spend a long night together, only to have Ivory have to leave in the morning. Unable to get her out of his mind, Niccolo tracks Ivory down and they rekindle their passions, but when Ivory realized Niccolo is something more than he seems, any chances of a relationship will go on hold.

In the second story, JJ Massa kept things simple and short, making it a quick, sexy read without the usual gloss of perfection vampire stories sometimes embrace. Ivory is human and when she was frightened, she acted like one. The first story was a little tedious because too many voices got added to the mix. The storyline itself was a great idea. I wanted Julianna and Raiden to get together and the danger line of Julianna’s husband being so angry and unhappy pushed the suspense along. Unfortunately, with so many different points of views having their say, the urgency deflated right when it could have exploded. Vampire lovers will still enjoy the story because Raiden is yummy and Julianna really is a very likable character. It was a great idea that just didn’t quite pan out which is why it only made three diamonds.

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Urban Wars Two: Cold Wind in August by Pat Cromwell

Title: Urban Wars Two:  Cold Wind In August

Author: Pat Cromwell

Publisher: Red Rose Publishing

Publication Date: 2009

ISBN:978-1-60435-254-2

Genre: Urban fantasy

Length: 173 pages

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Rating: 3  diamonds

Heat Level: spicy

Other: m/f, m/m

Reviewer: Brecken Stevens

Date: October 30, 2010

JD is a police officer in a different time-a much harder time. The only light in his existence is his job and an encounter with his angel years before. But now Angel is back and JD has some serious decisions to make. To be with her means accepting compounded lies and prophesies. To walk away means leaving the woman he loves to fend for herself.

Cold Wind In August is what I’d call urban fantasy. It’s a little futuristic, the world is completely changed and the romance never builds, never crests but it serves its purpose to get JD and Angel where they need to be for the next segment of the series to happen. The amount of back story needed to get the reader even into the plot line was very off putting and even halfway through I wasn’t rooting for JD and Angel to make it. So, three diamonds in the romance department and readers wanting to see a romance build, aren’t going to find it here. If a reader does like the urban fantasy type story with some sex in it, this might be a good go-to read.

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Banished Scoundrel by Anita Philmar

Title:  Banished Scoundrel

Author:  Anita Philmar

Publisher:  The Wild Rose Press

Publication Date:  2010 

Genre:  Paranormal/Shifters

Length:  122 pages

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Rating: 4.5 Diamonds

Heat Level: Erotic

Other: Oral

Reviewer:  Starla Kaye

Date:  11-2-10

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The intriguing world of Ardenia filled with tragedies in the past and facing many changes continues to be important in this second book in the series dealing with finding the three lost princesses.

Kitty came to the human world years ago in a child’s foolish moment of adventure. She has lived under the ruthless control of a powerful man since then, cast under a memory spell and knowing nothing of her past. Previous attempts at escape have never worked and she tries to accept her miserable life. And then a handsome gambler comes into her world, winning her freedom if she will go away with him. But is she leaving one man’s control for another’s?

Jack Avery wants a chance to gain favor with the Queen and be accepted in his homeland of Ardenia again. To do so he must find and return another of her missing daughters in the human world. Cast under a spell, she doesn’t know what happened to her, or that she is Princess Noelani. She goes with him, but reluctantly at first. Yet as they travel together, they face an overwhelming sexual need for one another. He finds his original goal changing, but…

The characters in the series get better and better. I pulled strongly from the beginning for these two lost and wounded souls as they struggled to deal with their past lives and find happiness with each other.

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Agent of Mercy by Betty Ann Harris

Title: Agent of Mercy

Author: Betty Ann Harris

Publisher: Red Rose Publishing

Publication Date: April 22, 2010

ISBN: 978-1-60435-682-3

Genre: contemporary romance

Length: 71 pages

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Author Email: lizzie0412@hotmail.com

Rating:  3 Diamonds      

Heat Level:  sensual

Reviewer: Gabrielle

Date: 11/5/10

   

FBI agent Sam Blake finds himself falling for the woman he is supposed to be taking down. Catherine is known for getting rich men to fall in love with her so she can steal their money. As the two find themselves in the beginnings of a relationship things begin to go awry. Just who is playing whom?

 

 I had a hard time getting into this story. The characters lacked depth and emotions making it a dry read for me. The way it is written it reads more like a summary of a longer story. I would have enjoyed learning more about Sam and his feelings. I enjoyed the storyline and I think that if the story were a bit longer and continued on from where it ended it would have been a better read for me.

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Seek and You Shall Find by Mechele Armstrong

Title:  Seek and You Shall Find

Author:  Mechele Armstrong

Publisher:  Liquid Silver Books

Publication Date:  2010

ISBN:  978-1-59578-701-9

Genre:  Sci-fi

Length:  64 pages

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Author Email:  mechele@mechelearmstrong.com

Rating: 4.5 Diamonds

Heat Level: Erotic

Other: Oral

Reviewer:  Starla Kaye

Date:  10-25-10

A tale of a man being gifted with a rare woman who exists to fulfill his every sexual wish and his discovery that he wants more than that.

Blackguard thinks only of saving his planet, doing whatever he must to protect his people. Even if he must do something he would rather not, like marrying a seeker morph, a woman who in her bonding with a man will become whatever he desires. Most men would jump for joy at marrying a woman driven by sexual heat to bend to his every wish and command. He isn’t most men. But to cement an alliance his world needs, he must take for wife the woman promised to him.

Annalisse has always known her fate and has accepted that she was given to a man for political reasons. Being a seeker morph, she knows her role, knows she will become whatever this man desires. And yet, when she first faces him, she bristles in irritation at his attitude toward her. She desires him with an overpowering need, one which he can’t resist. But she discovers that she wants more from this man than just sex and bending to his every whim.

The book has an interesting cast of characters who face not only danger from around them but also battles between themselves. Sexual tension is constant and is one of their obstacles. From the very beginning I felt strongly for the hero and was pleased to find the heroine was much more than just a purely sexual being.

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The Queens of Merab 4: Temair's Earth by Violet Summers

Title: Queens of Merab 4: Temair’s Earth

Author:  Violet Summers

Publisher:  Changeling Press

Publication Date:  2010

ISBN:  978-1-60521-437-5

Genre:  Paranormal

Length:  Novella

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Author Email:  violetsummers@yahoo.com

Rating: 5 Diamonds

Heat Level: Sweet, sensual, erotic

Other:  Bisexual, ménage

Reviewer:  S. K. Fero

Date: 10-23-10

In this fourth book of The Queens of Merab series, Princess Temair is seeking the last of the four elemental Consorts that she must have before taking over the throne of Merab. She arrives in the lands of Earth and is immediately drawn to Elan, the biggest of Lady Earth’s sons. He is almost completely opposite her first three Consorts, far different than his other twenty-six siblings, and is surrounded by a sense of calm and steadiness that she can’t resist.

Elan, the thirteenth son of Lady Earth, thinks wistfully of belonging to Temair and her other Consorts, but he is certain his dream can never come true. He isn’t a first son like the other three Consorts. He isn’t as beautiful on the outside as the others. And he is huge, intimidates most women. How could he possibly ever be considered for the final husband she seeks?

With this book, the rebellion is growing stronger. Temair has discovered what a troubled society she will rule over, how men are abused and exploited. She cannot allow that to continue, but first she must have all of her elemental powers and the support of her four Consorts. Even as she nears gaining all that she needs, an enemy who has followed the Princess and her Consorts reveals himself, shocking them with his identity.

This has been an exceptional series from book one on. Reading each new book has been like going back to look in on the lives of old friends. The characters have grown both in the depth of their characterizations but also in the strength of the special relationship built together. At first I wasn’t sure about how four men could share one woman, especially four such strong men. But Violet Summers convinced me that it was possible. I look forward to more stories about these characters and their friends.

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The Queens of Merab 3: Temair's Aire by Violet Summers

Title: Queens of Merab 3: Temair’s Aire

Author:  Violet Summers

Publisher:  Changeling Press

Publication Date:  2010

ISBN:  978-1-60521-422-1

Genre:  Paranormal

Length:  Novella

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Author Email:  violetsummers@yahoo.com

Rating: 5 Diamonds

Heat Level: Sweet, sensual, spicy

Other:  Bisexual, ménage

Reviewer:  S. K. Fero

Date: 10-22-10

This series gets better with each story. You do not want to miss reading any of the series!

Princess Temair continues on her tour of the Queendom to find her third Consort. Her first two husbands travel with her and she falls more deeply in love with them as time goes on. But she faces her first real challenge in the Land of Aire in claiming her next consort. At the same time she works through this obstacle, a scheming villain is in the background and determined to end her life.

Aire Lord Zevan lives a miserable life, would like to escape it, but doesn’t believe it is possible. He has known only humiliation and the worst side of women. Temair’s kindness shocks him as much as he is drawn to her. But can he dare to hope for the life she offers him?

With each novella, the reader is gifted with a chance to grow more in love with the men in Temair’s life. Each man is so different from the others and yet fits both perfectly with her and with the family she is creating. At the same time the romantic relationships are developing, a plot thickens for war in the background. This is another definite keeper.

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Queens of Merab 2: Tamair's Rayne by Violet Summers

Title: Queens of Merab 2: Temair’s Rayne

Author:  Violet Summers

Publisher:  Changeling Press

Publication Date:  2010

ISBN:  978-1-60521-409-2

Genre:  Paranormal

Length:  Novella

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Author Email:  violetsummers@yahoo.com

Rating: 5 Diamonds

Heat Level: Sensual, spicy, erotic

Other:  Oral, voyeurism, masturbation, anal, m/f/m

Reviewer:  S. K. Fero

Date:  10-21-10

In this book two of Queens of Merab, Temair is finally stepping toward taking over her role as Queen of Emetra. She must find and marry four men from the different elemental worlds, men who will complete her. Along with her first consort, Miach Lord Fyre, she moves into the Rayne lands to search for her second consort. Yet the task of searching out her next husband is not the only problem she faces. A rebellion is brewing and someone wants her dead.

Dathan, Lord Rayne, is almost a complete opposite of the prickly Lord Fyre. He may be the eldest son of the rulers of Rayne, but he believes he is also the least likely of the seven sons to be seriously considered as a consort for the next Queen. But on first sight of the arriving royal couple, Dathan is drawn to the “luscious little Princess” and to her hottie first consort. Miach could be a problem, though.

This series just gets better. The characters are wonderful, the mix of magic and sensuality interesting, and the sexual tension hot, hot, hot. I was in love with the first consort, but now I love both of the men.

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Queens of Merab 1: Temair's Fyre by Violet Summers

Title: Queens of Merab 1: Temair’s Fyre

Author:  Violet Summers

Publisher:  Changeling Press

Publication Date:  2010

ISBN:  978-1-60521-331-6

Genre:  Paranormal

Length:  Novella

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Author Email:  violetsummers@yahoo.com

Rating: 5 Diamonds

Heat Level: Spicy

Other:  Oral

Reviewer:  S. K. Fero

Date:  10-19-10

Temair isn’t ready to be the next Queen of Emetra, but her time has come. She isn’t ready to go into the Queendom and find the four consorts of the various elements that she must marry. Again, she must do what is necessary. When she meets her first consort, a handsome and proud warrior of Fyre, he lights an unexpected spark within her.

Miach, the eldest Lord Fyre, has only lived preparing to battle and train. He has never considered marriage, nor desired it. But when the heat flies between he and Temair, his life changes whether he wants it to or not. She chooses him for her first consort and he can’t refuse. And maybe he didn’t really want to anyway.

There is an interesting cast of characters set up in this first story in the series, The Queens of Merab. Conflicts are many, particularly external. And the sexual tension grows steadily into heat, heat, and more heat. You will want to read all of the stories in the series.

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Just This Night by Juliet Cardin

 Title:  Just this Night

Author:  Juliet Cardin

Publisher:  Breathless Press

Publication Date:  2010

ISBN:   978-1-926771-87-8

Genre:  paranormal Romance

Length:  23 pages

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Rating:   4 Diamonds

Heat Level:  sensual

Reviewer:  Suki

Date:  10/17/2010

“Genna Cosworth, a five-hundred-year-old witch overcome by loneliness, casts a beauty spell upon herself in an effort to find love—even if it’s just for one night.

Richard Barrentine is a man any woman could fall in love with: tall, dark, and irresistibly handsome. The pair spend a passionate evening together, but when the midnight hour draws near, Genna realizes she cannot live without him.

Desperate, Genna comes to the only conclusion a witch in her position could…she has to freeze time.

But can she live with herself after having brought light and love to her life by plunging the remainder of the world into darkness for an eternity? Perhaps the better question is can Richard give his heart to the woman who, for him, is willing to do just that?”

I truly enjoyed this short tale, of love, hope and what every woman knows that when someone tells you you’re ugly you believe it. There was so much punch in so short amount of pages and to tell you the things I liked would give away too much of the story. Both Characters are wonderfully deep for so short a book.   Add it to your Halloween goodie bag and you won’t be sorry J

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Summon the Wind by Abby Wood

Title: Summon the Wind

Author: Abby Wood

Publisher: Breathless Press

Publication Date: 2010

ISBN: 978-1-926771-77-9

Genre: Paranormal, Erotica

Length: 23 pages

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Author Email: msabbywood@gmail.com

Rating:  3 Diamonds

Heat Level: Erotic

Other:  Oral

Reviewer: Cassandra Parker

Date: October 12, 2010

Alexis and her sisters have cast a spell to find their true loves. Carly and Bonnie have already found their loves and now its Alexis’s turn. Alexis is all about control and that is something she can’t maintain with a male witch. Unfortunately for Alexis that’s who the Goddess picks out for her, in the form of a childhood friend, Lance. Will Lance be able to convince Alexis that they are destined to be together and that he didn’t interfere with her spell?

This story was the best attempt at a story but still didn’t do enough to be a compelling story. The couple had a previous history which was interesting but there wasn’t time for anything to develop. This entire series is under 70 pages and it shows. I love Abby Wood but I wish she would have developed these more.

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His She-Wolf Warrior by Marisa Chenery

Title: His She-Wolf Warrior

Author: Marisa Chenery

Publisher: Liquid Silver Books

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ISBN: 978-1-59578-591-6

Genre: paranormal

Length: 58 pages

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Rating:  4.5  Diamonds

Heat Level:  Erotic

Other:  oral play

Reviewer: Gabrielle

Date: 10/15/10

 

This short story was a sweet read. Eli has decided to never settle down and tie himself to just one woman. That is until Saskia enters his life. Eli finds himself wanting more and more to be with her. Saskia is not immune to their attraction either. Hopefully they will be able to figure it all out before it is to late.

 

The instant attraction that Eli and Saskia have is a wonderful read. I really enjoyed Saskia she is a woman in charge and thinks she has no time for relationships yet she falls deeply for Eli. Eli is a man who loves with all his heart and when Saskia hurts him we see just what a stand up man he is. He loves her but will not smother her with something she does not want but the two cannot take their time to work things out. It seems Miles has found them and wants to put an end to things. Both Eli and Saskia endear themselves to the reader as we see just how far they will each go to save the other.

 

This is a great installment in Marisa Chenery’s werewolf series. Each and every hero and heroine in this series is a great character and I cannot wait to see them all find their mates. 

As with all of this author's other books, this one was not only a hot read but one that lets the love shine through.

 

 

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