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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Please Welcome Sandy Sullivan

1. Tell us your latest news - I'm working on a story I'm going to pitch to Harlequin/Silhouette at the Central Ohio Fiction Writers Conference on 10/1-10/2. By December of this year, I will have had a release every month since December of 2009.
2. What initially inspired you to become an author? I've always loved reading romance novels and always wanted to write one. I wrote one a couple of years ago and a couple of people told me it should be published so out it went.
3. What is your favorite book? And Why? I have way too many that I love to ever pick just one.
4. Do you have a particular time of day to write? We love to hear about a writer’s process. I try to write in the early morning because I seem to be more productive during the early hours. I get more brain fogged as the day goes on.
5. What do you find to be the most difficult part of writing? Not starting new projects! I seem to get new ideas and then don't finish the one I'm working on.
6. Do you have a favorite author? Mmm…not really. I read anything that catches my fancy, but I do like Lily Grayson, Tonya Ramagos, Jude Deveraux, Susan Wiggs and so many others.
7. Tell us about your first published work. My first published piece by a regular publisher is Cowboy Love. It's about a young woman who is a registered nurse and she's been in a rough relationship with a bull-rider who tends to be heavy handed. She breaks it off with him and her friend convinces her to go out to Brenham Texas for a long weekend to visit the friend's parents on their ranch. The heroine also rides rodeo and grew up on a farm. She meets her friend's neighbor the next morning when she hears him cussing and raising hell while he's trying to break a mare. The heroine has also been taught by her father to tame horses with little more than a gentle hand and kind words. When the two of them meet again in the bar that night, sparks fly, but she has to go home in a few days.
8. Do you have a favorite of your own works? To me, my favorite is always the one I'm working on at the time. The hero and heroine are so real to me, it's like living their lives through the words on the paper.
9. Where can our readers find you on the web? www.romancestorytime.com, www.sandysullivanauthor.blogspot.com, http://twitter.com/sandys37 http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sandy-Sullivan/120827420748?ref=nf
10. Where can they buy your books? www.bookstrand.com/sandy-sullivan
11. Anything you would like to add? I love to hear from my readers so visit my website and email me if you'd like. I'm also going to be at the Central Ohio Fiction Writers Conference on 10/1-10/2. Come on by and see me.
Blurb:
Melissa Gordon, CEO. Her dream job. No man can compete. Until one hunky construction worker shows her what a real man can do, with a voice that can melt butter and hands that drive her crazy. When he opens her eyes to the world of BDSM and takes control, she can’t help but want to see what else he knows how to do.
Andrew Novak’s on a mission. Help his sister at any cost, even his heart. Someone else is controlling his movements. He doesn’t want to use the beautiful woman and head of Marshall Enterprises, but he doesn’t have a choice. She stands in his way.
Lissa. Just her name drives him to distraction and past reason. One night in her arms isn’t enough—will never be enough—but when she finds out what he’s done, she’ll never forgive him.

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Summer Heat by K.B. Cutter

Title: Summer Heat

Author: K.B. Cutter

Publisher: Noble Romance Publishing

Publication Date: 2010

ISBN: 978-1-60592-130-3

Genre: Erotic Romance

Length: 27 Pages

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Author Email: kbcutter@optonline.com

Rating: 5 Diamonds

Heat Level: spicy

Other: Menage, f/f

Reviewer: Sky

Date: 8/10/10



Madison’s marriage is over, but her relationship with Kate is really heating up. A beach vacation is just what the twosome needs to play house and explore the sizzling physical side of their relationship. And when Kate invites a sexy surfer guy over to play, anything can happen.



I enjoyed this very short summer story. The beach is a perfect backdrop to the girls’ romance, and it was particularly fun to watch Madison drop her inhibitions and cut loose after trying to live a life she was clearly not happy with. Summer is the time to play, and KB Cutter’s characters leap right into the spirit of the season. Made me want a vacation!

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Prowleryns: Demitri's Devil by Kate Hill

Title: Prowleryns: Demitri’s Devil

Author: Kate Hill

Publisher: Changeling Press

Publication Date: 2010

ISBN: 978-1-60521-334-7

Genre: Paranormal/Shapeshifters

Length: Novella

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Rating: 5 Diamonds

Heat Level: Sensual

Other: Oral

Reviewer: S. K. Fero

Date: 8-16-10

Patricia is the sometimes rebellious, always independent daughter of the tribal leader of a race of shapeshifting cats. She knows her duty about needing to marry and mate in the customary way, but she fears losing herself. She fears giving up her independence to a traditional mate. And the mate she has agreed to marry is inflexible, arrogant and chauvinistic. “The man had irritated her with his pole-up-his-ass attitude…the man stirred her anger, but also weakened her knees and made her clit tingle” She sees her upcoming life as miserable…except she also lusts after Demitri.

Demitri is the adopted son of a shapeshifting cat race in Russia. His life is very complicated what with his not being born of the tribal leader’s blood and having to soon face a challenge to become the new leader. He needs a strong mate, one who will follow the traditional ways. Patricia isn’t really the right mate for him with her tendency not to respect the traditional lifestyle. “Once they were mated, he could help her understand the merits of tradition.” She will be a trial for him, yet she excites him like no other woman ever has.

The characters were well developed and the external and internal conflicts are good as well. The backgrounds and settings pull the reader into the story. There is a delicious romance developing between two people who think oppositely about the traditional ways, but slowly realize they aren’t as opposite as they believed. And I enjoyed how they grew to respect each other and had each other’s backs when serious trouble came about.

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