Where There's Smoke by Lex Valentine

Title: Where There’s Smoke

Author: Lex Valentine

Publisher: Liquid Silver Books

Publication Date: 2010

ISBN: 978-1-59578-689-0

Genre: Paranormal/Shape-shifters

Length: Short novella

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Rating: 5 Diamonds

Heat Level: Spicy erotic

Other: M/M, anal, oral

Reviewer: Starla Kaye

Date: 5-27-10

Book Three of the Phoenix Prophecy

I had the good luck of reviewing Book Two in this three-part series and fell in love with those characters. This final story introduced the last brother and wrapped everything up nicely.

Zander had long wondered about his father, but finally learning the truth about the man set in motion a forever change in his life. He was forced to give up his female lover only to meet the man fated to be his mate. Voth, also fated to take over as the next phoenix in the place of Zander’s lover, must earn his place in Zander’s life. The conflicts facing them as well as Zander’s newly-learned-about brothers were many and difficult.

I enjoyed every moment of reading Where There’s Smoke. Be sure to read all three novellas in this series.

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Insolence by Lex Valentine

Title: Insolence

Author: Lex Valentine

Publisher: Cobblestone Press

Publication Date: 2010

ISBN: 978-1-60088-531-0

Genre: Erotic romance

Length: 48 pages

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Rating: 5 Diamonds

Heat Level: Sensual erotic

Other: BDSM, oral, anal

Reviewer: Starla Kaye

Date: 5-23-10

What happens when two best friends, two dominants come together after years of longing for each other? Heat, lots of it!

Aric Calderwood has owned a BDSM club for years, become a powerful dom and believed himself happy with his lifestyle and career. He has never had a real girlfriend, never really wanted one. The only woman steadily in his life has been Ainsley Conner, his best friend and a dom in her own right. Then one day out of the blue she shows up at his club and threatens to destroy his life and their relationship.

I loved Aric’s struggle with his dominant leanings and the way he wanted to treat Ainsley. He couldn’t have a true dominant/submissive relationship with her. But he wants far more than that now. And Ainsley’s finally deciding to take a chance on what she has longed dream for made me cheer for her as well. Risking a friendship for something more is a big conflict and it was handled very well here.

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Runaways by Lex Valentine

Title: Runaways

Author: Lex Valentine

Publisher: Frya’s Bower

Publication Date: 2009

Genre: Werewolf/Vampire Contemporary

Length: 18 pages

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Rating: 4 Diamonds

Heat Level: Spicy

Reviewer: Starla Kaye

Date: 12-22-09

From the second Ranulf Verlaine, werewolf, meets Dante Allerton, vampire, on a train travelling to Paris their need for one another sizzles. His gazes make her burn hot. Just looking at her sends flames along his clan marks. Both know they are bloodmates, but it isn’t easy for a werewolf and a vampire to have a future together. I very much enjoyed this short story and the flash of passion that ignited between them.

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Ride the Lightening by Lex Valentine

Title: Ride the Lightning
Author: Lex Valentine
Publisher: Pink Petal Books
Publication Date: December 2009
ISBN: 978-0-9826023-0-0
Genre: Erotic Paranormal Romance
Length: 143 pages
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Rating: 5 Diamonds
Heat Level: erotic
Other: anal/oral play, BDSM,
Reviewer: Gabrielle
Date: 12/2/09

Emily Carrington is a red dragon who has found her mate in Vahid Delrey a black dragon. With a painful past and many misunderstandings between Emily and Vahid they cannot and do not come together. While Emily thinks that Vahid is a pain and that he does not want her, Vahid believes that Emily is a cold-hearted snob. They both have secrets in their past and it seems that they will continue to fight their love and never get together. Until a fateful day years after their first meeting when Vahid finally learns of Emily’s past. He is shaken to the core by what he sees at hears. He vows to fix the mistakes he has made and to help and love Emily forever. He must make Emily understand him and trust in his love for her. With each of the two hiding their past and not trusting enough to tell the other about it the wall between them only gets thicker and taller. Can they finally let it all go and enjoy the mating as only dragons can or will they forever hold their grudges and lose out on their happily ever after?
Emily is a wounded soul that needs help with her healing and only one person can do that healing for her. Vahid is a gruff and rude Alpha Male but his love for Emily knows no bounds. Underneath it all he really is a good guy. The love that these two share shines off of the pages and is a wonderful thing to read.

Ride the Lightning is a fast paced but emotionally charged read. With the reader hoping that Vahid and Emily can put aside their pride and do what comes naturally. Letting nature take it’s course instead of continually fighting against the current.
Lex Valentine is a great author. Whether it be her fantasy or her contemporary stories she always brings the reader into her world and keeps them entertained throughout the whole book. I for one cannot wait to see just what comes next.

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Mating by Lex Valentine

Title: Mating

Author: Lex Valentine

Publisher: Freya’s Bower

Publication Date: June 12, 2009

Genre: Paranormal Erotic Romance

Length: 21 pages

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Rating: 4 Diamonds

Heat Level: Erotic

Other: Biting, hot sauna sex and more!

Reviewer: Dena Celeste

Date: 11/30/09

Roul Verlaine and Morgan Kale are drawn to each other from the instant they meet. There was no doubt from either of them that the sex was explosive, but Roul wasn’t looking for strings. He also didn’t realize that Morgan was his mate, which was fine with her. Her fear of loving and losing the one to complete her made her willing to let him walk away. Can Roul figure out who Morgan really is to him? Can Morgan let this Alpha wolf bind her to him?

I’m not usually a fan of stories this short, but I have to say that the length didn’t keep the characters from being well-developed and didn’t keep me from getting invested in their outcome! Now that takes some talent. The words painted quite vivid pictures for me, not just of the smoking hot lovin’, but also of the intense emotions! I really, really enjoyed Mating, and the only thing I wished was that it was a bit longer.

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