Between Love and Obsession by Cassidy Ryan

Title: Between Love and Obsession

Author: Cassidy Ryan

Publisher: Red Rose Publishing

Publication Date: May 27, 2010

ISBN: 978-1604357097

Genre: Contemporary, M/M

Length: 48 pages (10K words)

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Rating: 3.5 Diamonds

Heat Level: Erotic

Other: Anal

Reviewer: Finn

Date: 9/4/10

Ben can't walk away from Aiden, even though Aiden seems to have no problem walking away from him, time and time again. In spite of his friend's warnings, Ben refuses to believe that Aiden is just using him, until a devastating secret is revealed. However, Aiden isn't the only one with something to hide.

Someone else is keeping a secret that threatens not only Ben and Aiden's relationship, but Ben's very life. Will they be able to keep Ben alive?

I was utterly surprised and taken aback by how much I enjoyed this very short story. There was actually some character development as well as a genuine plot that flowed, along with some conflict. Emotions ran high and I felt for the situation the characters found themselves in and wanted it to genuinely work out for them. While the story starts off right out of the gate with sex, once it ended, the book became about the secret and the resolution to it. But that works and works well. Overall, a highly enjoyable short.

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Retribution: the Unsaid Trilogy Book 2 by Sally Royer Derr

Title: Retribution: The Unsaid Trilogy Book 2

Author: Sally Royer Derr

Publisher: Red Rose Publishing

Publication Date: 2010

ISBN: 978-1-60436-630-0

Genre: suspense romance

Length: 51

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Author Email: sallyroyer-derr@hotmail.com

Rating: 4 Diamonds

Heat Level: spicy

Reviewer: Brecken Stevens

Date: June 21, 2010

Danny and Amy lived through a nightmare in finding each other. Now, they are happily married with two kids and lives they love sharing with their family. That happiness is threatened when Alex, the cause of their original strife and terror is paroled from prison. He says he’s a changed man, but Danny and Amy don’t believe it for a minute. As questions are asked, the threat from Alex increases until he starts assaulting Danny and Amy’s children, all with the goal of taking out the two people who’d put him behind bars in the first place.

When a story already has the love interests deeply in love, there is some serious work to be done to keep it romantic, but Ms. Royer-Derr did without a problem. Amy and Danny were warm and interesting. Alex was evil and sane enough to keep me flipping my epages, just waiting to see what he was going to do to the other characters that I already enjoyed very much and I wasn’t disappointed. There is one more story left in this quick trilogy and with the clues and points already set, I’m sure it’ll be another one to add to the to-read pile.

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