Must Be Doing Something Right by Wendi Zwaduk

Title: Must Be Doing Something Right

Author: Wendi Zwaduk

Publisher: Total-E-Bound

Publication Date: 2010

ISBN: 978-0-85715-167-4

Genre: Bondage

Length: Short story

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Author Email: wendi.zwaduk@gmail.com

Rating: 3.5 Diamonds

Heat Level: Erotic

Other: Bondage, anal sex, voyeurism

Reviewer: S. K. Fero

Date: 8-27-10

Nate Waterford loves women, has a highly sexual nature, and two secrets. He is in love with Courteney who sees him as her best friend. With his history of playing around, he doubts she would take him seriously if he admitted his attraction to her. And with his fear of letting her know about his “real” life of being a lawyer and part owner of where she works, he is sure she will see him as a liar. But he has his reasons for keeping these secrets.

Courteney Bennett is hesitant to trust men not to lie to her. And she keeps a secret about her highly sensual and sexual interests. Her fantasies are her friends, as is Nate. She is also in love with him but fears losing their closeness if she even admits being attracted to him.

This was a short, fairly hot romance about two characters struggling with believable internal conflicts. The developing heat between them was enjoyable and this was a good read.

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Necessary Madness by Lisabet Sarai

Title: Necessary Madness

Author: Lisabet Sarai

Publisher: Total E-Bound

Publish Date: December 2009

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Author email: lisabet@lisabetsarai.com

Rating: 4 Diamonds

Heat Level: Erotic

Other: M/M, M/F, BDSM

Reviewer: S. K. Fero

Date: 7-25-10



This is such a combination of story types that it is hard to define. It’s a gay romance, a second chance at love, a first chance at love, a May-December romance, and a paranormal suspense, too.



Kyle McLaughlin is a troubled young psychic who sees visions of disasters. Nobody believes him and his life is getting harder to deal with every day. Then he meets Sgt. Rob Murphy, a cop who has experience with someone from his past who had psychic powers. Rob knows they can be disastrous and wants nothing to do with anyone connected to them. Until he finds Kyle on the street and discovers an immediate attraction to the tortured man thirteen years younger. They struggle with their too-strong-to-resist attraction and with a sadistic practitioner of the black arts.



Overall, this was an enjoyable, hot story involving some complicated characters who face many obstacles to find their happily-ever-after.

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The Wager by Dakota Rebel

Title: The Wager

Author: Dakota Rebel

Publisher: Total-E-Bound Publication

Publication Date: July 2009

ISBN: 978-1-907010-58-3

Genre: Paranormal/Vampire

Length: 27 pages

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Author Email: dakota.rebel@hotmail.com

Rating: 4 Diamonds

Heat Level: Erotic

Other: Ménage, anal, oral

Reviewer: Starla Kaye

Date: 6-5-10

Sadie and Will have been together for twenty years as vampire lovers, but they are determined never to let the passion fade between them. As part of that, they place bets with each other during a weekly billiard game. Whoever wins gets their choice of what they want sexually that night. This week the bet takes a much more daring twist, involving two male friends. You’ll have to read this story to see who wins. Or if they all win.

There isn’t a lot of character development here or conflicts, but it doesn’t seem to matter for this kind of story. It’s a nice hot read.

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Learning How to Bend by Wendi Zwaduk

Title: Learning How to Bend

Author: Wendi Zwaduk

Publisher: Total-E-Bound Publications

Publication Date: 2010

ISBN: 978-0-85715-130-8

Genre: Contemporary

Length: 33 pages

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Author Email: wendi.zwaduk@yahoo.com

Rating: 3.5 Diamonds

Heat Level: Spicy

Other: Self-play, Light bondage, ménage

Reviewer: S. K. Fero

Date: 5-29-10

This is a second chance at love story, about a man and his wife trying to find their way back to the love they’d once had.

Separated by Seth’s career in the military and by the atrocities he faced first hand in Iraq, their marriage is tested. Things are said that aren’t meant. Hearts are nearly broken. But can Abby give up on the man she loves? Can she believe the lies she’d been told by a supposed friend of his? Abby decides to take a chance on doing something both intriguing to her and a fantasy of his: a one-time ménage with her husband another friend of his. But will it save their marriage? Or hurt it even more?

The characters are fairly well developed and the conflicts believable. The ménage scene is fairly good. For a quick story, it is a decent read.

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