Cries of Penance by Roxy Harte

Title: Cries of Penance

Author: Roxy Harte

Publisher: Lyrical Press

Publication Date: September 2010

ISBN: 9978-1-61650-187-7

Genre: Erotica

Length: Novel

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Author Email: roxyharte@gmail.com

Rating: 5 Diamonds

Heat Level: Erotic

Other: BDSM during pregnancy, lactation play, M/M/F

Reviewer: Starla Kaye

Date: 8-21-10

Book 5 of The Chronicles of Surrender

Three of my favorite characters return in this book: Celia and her two lovers/masters, Thomas and Garrett. They make up a very interesting ménage living in a dark and different world as part of their lives. Three people who have chosen to participate in a BDSM lifestyle beyond their everyday lives.

As if their chosen relationship and lifestyle aren’t complicated enough, Thomas has a secret identity in a black ops organization. The side of him that he has tried to keep private and not part of their ménage takes a turn for the worse. I won’t go into the many obstacles and complications both he and the others face, but they will keep the reader turning the page and wondering how it can all possibly work out.

Not only does Thomas’s secret job threaten their relationship, but also each of the other two people must deal with some very challenging things in their individual lives. Celia worries about their relationship surviving the many changes brought on by circumstances, including her upcoming new role as a mother to Thomas’s twins and a step-mother to his four children. Garrett faces a serious situation with his parents and has to determine his role in the much more complex ménage. And Thomas tries desperately to keep everyone safe as well as saving their special relationship.

I was fortunate enough to read and review the fourth book in this series, Echo of Redemption, as well. Now I have to go back and read the first three. And I will have to wait anxiously for the next book in the series, Vow of Silence. It isn’t often I find a cast of characters and a storyline that I want to be sure and not miss any books in the series. This is an author I’m definitely adding to my list of favorites.

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Echo of Redemption, Chronicles of Surrender Book 4 by Roxy Harte

Title: Echo of Redemption, Chronicles of Surrender: Book 4

Author: Roxy Harte

Publisher: Lyrical Press, Inc.

Publication Date: May 17, 2010

ISBN: 978-1-61650-149-5

Genre: Erotica

Length: 177 pages

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Author Email: roxyharte@gmail.com

Rating: 5 Diamonds

Heat Level: Spicy erotic

Other: BDSM, Ménage

Reviewer: Starla Kaye

Date: 5-24-10

Love can be so complicated, especially in a ménage relationship. Even more so when the woman involved becomes pregnant by one of her lovers.

Celia has struggled in life and finally found who she really was when she became part of a ménage, one where she answers to two masters. She loves each of them and for different reasons. Thomas owns her soul, but Garrett owns her heart. But she fears that having a baby will destroy the family they’ve become. And, Thomas, the true father of her baby has secrets that threaten everything even more.

The story has very well-developed characters with complicated pasts. Conflicts and obstacles, twists and turns. There is much in the story to keep a reader interested and pulling for the characters to find some kind of happiness in the end. An excellent read.

Celia (Kitten/Sophia): pregnant; she loves them both; CEO of an alternative daily tabloid; partner in Master’s club

Lord Thomas Fyre: has a twin; owns her soul; plays with him on Tuesdays; she is his Sophia; Demetres Aristotle Velouchiotis

Master Ice (Garrett Lawrence): owns a BDSM nightclub; owns her heart; plays with him on Mondays; infertile; she is his Kitten;

Socrates Nikos Velouchiotis: Thomas’s twin

External: pregnant, torn between being mommy and sex slave; can the ménage survive if he leaves; Garrett needs to embrace his inner-Dom; Garrett thinks the baby is Thomas’s

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