Month: November 2013

Bullet by Garrett Leigh

18745179Title: Bullet

Series:   Boy Blue 01

Author: Garrett Leigh

Genre: Contemporary

Length:   Novella (114 pages)

Publisher: Loose Id (November 4th, 2013)

Heat Level: Explicit

Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥4Hearts

Reviewer:   Eli/Mandingo

Blurb: Levi Ramone entered the gay porn market for one reason, and one reason only: he needed the cash to pay his momma’s spiraling gambling debts. Seven years later, he’s a veteran with a reputation as one of Blue Boy Studio’s most ruthless tops, and when his boss suggests it’s time for a change, he finds himself staring down the barrel of a gun. Figuratively speaking, at least.


Enter Sonny Valentine, a go-go dancer at Blue’s sister club, Silver’s. Levi has secretly admired Sonny from afar for years, but there’s a problem. He can’t stand Sonny and the feeling is entirely mutual. When Levi learns Sonny is to play the third part in a scene he already considers his worst nightmare, he figures things can’t get any worse.


But when preparations for the scene from hell collide with tragic events in his personal life, he finds his fast-growing, red-hot attraction to Sonny just might be the only thing left between him and a bullet.

Purchase Link:   http://www.loose-id.com/bullet.html

Review: There are many who believe that those in the porn industry are inherently broken people.  This remains a hotly debated topic. This book focuses on a broken man, Eli, who’s found himself in porn as a way to make money.  The most connecting human experience is for him often devoid of emotion.  Levi literally detaches himself from his sexual experiences as a porn star and doesn’t seem to enjoy the experience much. For him the sex trade is really a means to an end. A financial end. He has learned to straddle the world of his life and being a porn star.

Sonny enters the story to help give Levi a conscience and to allow him to heal from his brokenness. Every single one of their encounters moves Levi from his current place to a place where he can begin to begin to live rather than just exist. The story focuses on Sonny helping Levi prepare for what is to become the most challenging experience of his porn career. Sonny is Levi’s catalyst for change.  However, while Levi must manage this professional challenge, his personal life and demons are also causing him angst. The collision of these two realities creates the crisis in the story, which both Levi and Sonny must overcome.

The story is about the porn industry so there are a number of very racy and explicit scenes if the reader is looking for heat. However, the scenes between Levi and Sonny are transported to being more because sex between these characters is more about them needing a human connection even in the midst of their sex trade. The overriding theme, however, is about delving into Levi’s psyche and how Sonny can help him achieve a sadly lacking balance. Sonny’s presence and his growing connection to Levi is what will allow Levi to dodge the bullet so to speak. This is not your typical love story, but then set in the porn industry – how could it be?

Centurion by LB

1308294Title: Centurion

Series:   Heated Exchange

Author: L B

Genre: Drama/Historical

Length:  Short (5K)

Publisher: Lime Time Press

Heat Level: Explicit

Heart Rating: ♥♥♥ 3 Hearts

Reviewer: Cat

Blurb: “Can I be yours?”

Centurion Gaius Priscus has had his fill of war and death but knows no other life. When he meets the captive Salicar’s gaze after battle, months of stringent self-denial catch up to him in a blazing rush of need.

Salicar is a healer, an educated man unused to battle but with his own experience of death. He should prefer death to captivity, but cannot find the courage to make it happen.

Will the hardened warrior, tired of death and destruction, deny his captive’s plea?

Purchase Link:   https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-centurion-1308294-157.html

Review: Gaius Priscus is a warrior and Salicar is a healer that lives in a town that rebelled. Gaius took Salicar as a captive even though he wasn’t really fit enough for a field worker to sell as a slave. He mainly took him to pleasure him on the trek to camp.

The story and description were good and interesting.  It’s such a short story, I can’t say much without spoilers the only real problem I had was I was into the story, reading away and all of a sudden it was done. No warning, no closure, no coming soon or to be continued.  BAM! Just nothing. I was very disappointed. I do hope there is more to come.

I recommend this if you like short stories, flash fiction, Roman set stories, slaves, and some hot mansex.

Saving Alexander by Susan Mac Nicol

91vXwvwoxFL._SL1500_Title: Saving Alexander

Author:  Susan Mac Nicol

Genre:  BDSM

Length: Novel (256 pages)

Publisher: Boroughs Publishing Group (October 28th, 2013)

Heat Level: Explicit

Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥ 5 Hearts

Reviewer: Cat

Blurb:Punishing himself for a horrific past that is not his fault, bestselling author Alexander Montgomery seeks redemption and love—and perhaps he will find it.

Famous author though he may be, Alexander Montgomery is not someone you take home to meet Mother. Seriously flawed, damaged by a horrific past, he’s trying hard to claw his way back to normality. But how can anyone respect what he truly is? His therapy involves regular sessions at Study in Scarlet, an exclusive S&M club.

Then comes Sage. Tall, with black hair and blue eyes, an up-and-coming actor with impossible charm and boy-next-door good looks, he’s the perfect choice to play the leading man in a TV adaptation of Alex’s last best-seller. Even more, he is a man you introduce to your family. Which Alex would do—if he weren’t taken by another man who offers the punishments Alex prays will wipe away the past and make him the person he wants to be. Yet, perhaps there is another path to redemption. If only the solution would reach out and touch him

Purchase Link: http://boroughspublishinggroup.com/books/saving-alexander

Review: Warning: this book contains explicit scenes of S&M used as therapy

Alexander is an up and coming author with a haunting past. He sees Eric at Study of Scarlet an S&M club to punish himself for his past as part of his therapy. He wrote his books with an actor in mind as his inspiration for his main Character so he jumped at the chance to meet Sage in person and have him play the lead in the series being developed from his books.

All in all this is a beautifully written book full of the struggles of love and life.

I have to say I totally loved this book. Before I go into why I will say that there was lots going on, lots hinted at and some of the stuff thrown out there left me with a couple unanswered questions or was solved a bit lightly. I can’t say any more on this without giving away the plot.

Having said this I will also say I still think this is one of my favourite books. I loved Alexander through all his flaws he was amazing. He isn’t a bad man he is a broken man. He tortures himself mentally and physically for his past. 

Sage on the other hand is the perfect hot hero. Some people reading this may think he is too good and he would never accept Alex’s situation (seeing the S&M man).I disagree. Perhaps in reality it would have been even harder than in this fiction book but I think it was handled well here. The conflict was shown, the jealousy and pain was shown. This is one of those stories of love being difficult. But life is difficult. There are things in each of ours past that our lover must abide.

The struggles of this romance were great and I thought the mystery was good and very twisty. There also is a lot going on in this story besides the turmoil of the relationship. I would have liked a bit more of Sage.

I highly recommend this book if you like lots of angst, broken men, actors, authors, mystery S&M, and lots of very hot mansex.

My Business, Your Pleasure by S.J. Thomas

18755552Title:  My Business, Your Pleasure

Series:  Romance On the Go

Author:  S.J. Thomas

Genre:   Paranormal Romance

Length:  Novella (41 pages)

Publisher:  Evernight Publishing (November 5th 2013)

Heat Level:  Moderate

Heart Rating:  ♥♥♥♥4Hearts

Blurb:   Justin has one rule: never get involved with immortals. It’s bad for business and dangerous. Trouble is his business partner Elliot—an immortal being with undeniable sex appeal—makes him want to break that rule.

Hoping a night with an immortal will get this infatuation out of his system, Justin visits a rival club looking for a one-night stand.

Elliot has wanted Justin for ages, but despite his best efforts has gotten nowhere. So when he learns about Justin’s plans, he turns up at the club, hoping one night will turn into many more.

Will Justin let down his guard and let Elliot become his partner in more than just business?

Product Link:  http://www.evernightpublishing.com/my-business-your-pleasure-by-sj-thomas/

Reviewer:   Tams

Review:  Short, Sexy and Steamy! My three favorite colors!!

Justin is in love with his business partner, Elliot. He refuses to act on his feelings though. He has a strict rule to never mix business with pleasure, or date immortals. Elliot is an incubus, a sex demon, who is also in love with Justin. In an attempt to quench his thirst for companionship, Justin takes the night off and heads to a club that will ‘cater’ to his needs. Elliot finds out where Justin is going and follows, determined to claim what he thinks should be his. Will Justin cave when he finds out the feelings are mutual? Or will he hold strong to his ‘rules’.

This short was a fast, fun read with sex appeal and intrigue. Just a skoch of suspense thrown into the mix kicked the story up a notch. When Justin finally succumbs to Elliot’s advances, you will find yourself hoping and praying that Justin decides to stay and not chalk their adventures up to a one-night stand. I highly recommend grabbing a copy of this one.

This short is the latest installment in an ongoing series titled ‘Romance On the Go’ by Evernight publishing. I’ve read all the shorts in the series, and although they aren’t linked as in the same characters and continuations, they are all very good on their own. If you’re looking for a quick fix to get you through lunch, or a quick read before bed to ensure your dreams are sexy decadent, check out Evernight! http://www.evernightpublishing.com/romance-on-the-go/

Delta Blues by Ellen Cross

4230deltablue510w-430x645Title:  Delta Blues

Series: Preternatural Rescue Center 01

Author: Ellen Cross 

Genre:   Paranormal Romance

Length:  Novella (101 pages)

Publisher:  Extasy Publishing (October 14th 2013)

Heat Level:  Mild

Heart Rating:  ♥♥♥3Hearts

Blurb:   In a World where the Alpha are the law, Beta the order, and Omega the knowledge…the Delta have become the oppressed.

The night of Samhain is fast approaching, and for that one night a year, Gray and the last remaining Dire Wolves—amongst others—are entrusted with the protection of the veil between worlds, while it’s at its thinnest. Add in the threat of a new drug on the market, and they’ll have to work twice as hard to keep everyone safe. The last thing he needs is a sexy little Delta to save.

As a lowly Delta, Red Wolf shifter Ryan has never known peace. Cast away and unwanted, he is quickly taken captive and trained as a dancer at The Howling, a strip club in the worst part of Praeter. Hungry, abused, and kept in a drug-induced fog, his life is nothing. He is nothing but the orders and twisted demands of his captor. All that changes when he catches the scent of a wolf in the crowd.

Long ebony hair, eyes that can’t decide if they’re green or blue as they follow him on stage. Unable to stop himself, Ryan does the one thing guaranteed to earn him punishment. He touches the other wolf. Peace. For those few brief moments, the hunger, the pain, the torment…all gone. The price to feel that respite again, though, could very well be his life.

Product Link: http://www.extasybooks.com/delta-blues/

Reviewer:   Tams

Review:  Gray is a Dire wolf shifter and the Alpha of his group of wolves that protect the veil between our world and someplace dark and sinister. On the eve of Samhain, when the veil is most vulnerable, Gray stumbles on his mate in a sleazy strip club, The Howling. His attempt to focus on the task at hand, saving the world from pure evil, is muddled with his need to protect his mate.

Ryan is a Delta in a world where Alpha, Omega, and Beta are the top of the food chain. Delta’s are discarded, unwanted, and abused. But not this Delta, not anymore! Gray and his pack mate Law (short for Lawson) have found their mates in Ryan and one of his fellow Delta’s being held captive at The Howling. When Gray is captured and tortured by the sick son of a bitch that holds the Delta’s captive, Ryan’s instinct to protect HIS mate kicks in. Can Gray, Ryan, and Law escape The Howling? More importantly, how can they protect the veil when they are prisoners?

I loved the concept of this book, the characters, and the storyline especially that little twist with the threesome. The end felt rushed though. All loose ends were tied up, but I almost felt short-changed with the ending. That being said, this was still a fun read. Fast paced, action packed and sexy.

 

Paul & Sam by Justin South

13482637Title: Paul & Sam 

Author: Justin South 

Genre:   Contemporary Romance, Suspense

Length:  Novella (45K)

Publisher:  Justin South

Heat Level:  Mild

Heart Rating:  ♥♥♥2.5Hearts

Blurb:   Paul & Sam is a MM romance murder mystery. Their story is plot intensive, with a degree of psychic chemistry, as the following brief description indicates:

19yo Paul lives a lonely, tormented existence. One night he meets Sam in extraordinary circumstances. He discovers Sam hero-worships him for saving his cousin’s life after a cowardly beach incident two years earlier.

Blinded by infatuation for his hero and devastated by the recent death of Tim, his twin brother, Sam passionately pleads to Paul to become his partner. While deciding, Paul is drawn into Tim’s psychic maze of cryptic messages. What is Tim’s influence? Does Tim empower Paul to identify the culprit who caused his cousin’s near-death? Can Paul decipher Tim’s cryptograms to solve the mystery surrounding his passing?

Follow Paul’s journey to love and happiness. Share the passion as two young men overcome insecurities and develop their innate strengths. Admire the kindness and generosity of Sam’s family as it assists others less fortunate. Deliberate the madness of revenge leading to the exposure of evil judicial corruption and a suspenseful court case.

Product Link:  https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/367257

Reviewer:   Tams

Review:  Paul’s life has been anything but a fairy tale. Mistreated, abused and abandoned by his family for being gay; Paul continually makes the wrong choices in his life. He’s had his moments though. Like when he pulled a young injured surfer out of the water and saved his life. Circumstance and another bad decision will change his life forever this time. The question is, will it be a change for the better? … Or worse!

Sam lost his twin brother Tim to a random act of violence. He almost lost his cousin to a random accident, but the quick thinking of a certain young man saved his cousins life. Sam has idolized that hero in his mind ever since. So when his father brings home a drifter that is down on his luck Sam is overjoyed to come face to face with his hero, Paul. Sam and his family are genuine, down to earth, good Samaritans. So when they make Paul an offer, to become part of their family and become Sam’s life partner, Paul has his reservations. The mutual attraction and animal magnetism that he shares with Sam help him make the right decision.

As the story unfolds, we meet Sam’s cousin and Paul develops an interesting connection with Tim, Sam’s dead twin. In a unique twist, we learn that these random coincidences that occur throughout the story may not be so random after all. They are all, in fact, linked.

There was so much potential in this book that when I finished, I was aggravated that it was never fully recognized. It read like a rough draft for a high school English paper. The storyline of twists and turns and everything converging in the end was so intriguing, that is what kept me reading. At times the dialogue of various characters ran together, this confused me and I had to go back to be sure I was hearing the correct character. The base of the plot, a down on his luck drifter who is completely alone with no family gets the family of his dreams and finds the love of his life, was endearing. The execution, however, did not translate that well in print.

If you can get past the mediocre writing and see just the meat of the story, this might be an enjoyable read for you. I’m giving this one a 2.5 because I’m torn. While the writing wasn’t up to par, the storyline itself was engaging. Hell, that cover alone is worth grabbing a copy just so you can stare at it, pet it!

 

Absinthe by Julia Talbot and B.A. Tortuga

18747087Title: Absinthe

Series:   (Not yet)

Author: Julia Talbot & B. A. Tortuga

Genre: Paranormal

Length:   Short (38 pages)

Publisher: Torque Press (October 30th, 2013)

Heat Level: Explicit

Heart Rating: ♥♥♥ 3 Hearts

Reviewer:   Eli/Mandingo

Blurb:Bartholome would give anything to get his young lover Rene to stop running away from him. Years ago, he made a stupid mistake, letting the rest of their wolf pack come between them, but he knows better now. Rene’s not sure he can believe Barthe will ever want him. Can they come back together before they lose their chance forever?

Purchase Link:   http://www.torquerebooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=76_106&products_id=4052

Review: WoW.  It’s amazing exactly how much heat can be packed into 38 pages!  The story is very short and actually has two plotlines. The first story is about Bartholome and Rene and Rene accepting that he and Bartholome are meant to be together.  There are some small insecurities to overcome for said acceptance to occur. Once that acceptance happens, the second story begins which is about Bartholome’s best friend and what (no the what is not in error) appears might be his mate as well.  The author is clearly setting the reader up for the next story that will follow this one.

At first, I thought that this as a light BDSM sex romp type of book and then I realized that the author had snuck in a theme of belonging and creating your own family that you are comfortable with.  Not only do Bartholome and Rene find each other and begin their HEA, but also his BFF is apparently well on his way to doing the same.  The four will create their own pack and begin a new reality.  So there’s lots of steam as we have come to expect from a paranormal romance and a solid literary theme thrown in for good measure.

Unexpected Rescue by Silvia Violet

18713972Title: Unexpected Rescue

Series:   N/A

Author: Silvia Violet           

Genre: Contemporary

Length:   Novella (95 pages)

Publisher: Silvia Violet (November 4th, 2013)

Heat Level: Explicit

Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥ 5 Hearts

Reviewer:   Eli/Mandingo

Blurb: Shrapnel from an explosion tore up Jackson’s leg and ended his career as a Navy SEAL. Being forced into the civilian world was bad enough, but being told he’s crazy is intolerable. No matter what the doctors or anyone else tells him, he knows a supposed ally was responsible for his injury, and that same man is determined to shut Jackson up for good. 

When Jackson sees a kayaker clinging to his boat from the balcony of his beach house, his instincts tell him something dire is about to happen. Jackson rescues the injured man and insists on hiding him until a former SEAL teammate arrives. As Jackson struggles with separating reality from soul-shattering flashbacks, the injured man’s compassion and growing trust tear down his barriers, and Jackson begins to wonder if his heart is as dead as he’d assumed. 

Purchase Link:   http://www.amazon.com/Unexpected-Rescue-ebook/dp/B00GEA51KY/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1383788716&sr=1-1&keywords=unexpected+rescue+silvia+violet

Review: Unexpected rescue is a good read on two levels. It offers the reader a bit of an action adventure with a two strong romantic leads. Jackson is a man on the edge, barely holding on to his sanity with an equally tenuous hold on reality. Addy, the man rescued from the boat by Jackson is Jackson’s unexpected rescue; but it is Addy’s emotional rescue of Jackson that is the true unexpected rescue and what provides this story with its heart and its core.

The secondary character of Jackson’s bff is wonderfully scripted and it is his love and unconditional acceptance of and for Jackson that will help to propel Jackson to finding the parts of himself he believes he’s lost and to begin to build a new life with a new reality. 

There are some books you read where the sex is gratuitous. The general premise is that since it’s a love story with two hot men, the two hot men have to have sex. Then you have the other books and sex scenes where the sex/love scene is as essential to the book as air is to breathing.  It’s the scenes where the sex isn’t really about sex. Instead the sex is about loving and healing and making the character realize that there is life out there, if they are but willing to grasp it. When the sex scene does appear in the story, the reader has been craving it, but more importantly, the reader recognizes its necessity to the story.

A wonderfully compelling read.

In Liam's Wake by Ashlyn Forge, Review, Blog Tour & Giveaway

liam-tour-promoHey everyone! It’s me Pixie *whoop* I’ve gate crashed again to bring you another Blog Tour this time from a brand new author, Ashlyn Forge!!! I’ve read the book and it’s pretty cool and something to really get your teeth into, there’s also some pretty great prizes to be won so don’t forget to enter the raffle down at the bottom of the page. Oh yeah, don’t forget to show us some love by leaving a comment to tell me how wonderful I am er… I mean how great all us reviewers are and how perfect Portia is (she made me write that LOL). So enjoy the review, join in with the raffle (just follow the link) and help me in my bid for Universe domination! Much snuggles Pixie 😉

In Liam's Wake Cover2Title: In Liam’s Wake

Series: Toy’s and Soldiers 01

Author: Ashlyn Forge

Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy    

Length: Novel Plus (439pgs)    

Publisher: Ashlyn Forge (7th October 2013)   

Heat Level: Low – Moderate     

Heart Rating:  ♥♥♥♥4 Hearts

Reviewer: Pixie     

Blurb: For eight years, Liam Baldwin has been trapped underground in ‘The Colony’. His best friend and fellow detainee, Riley Scott, is comatose. Only Riley knows how to get out, but as the fifth year of his slumber comes to a close, Liam’s hope of ever seeing home again has faded.

Now he’s faced with two options: Continue in his quest to revive Riley despite amassing staggering debt as well as the wrath of bounty hunters and vengeful mutants, or leave the past behind–leave Riley behind–and give his life, his body, his mind, his loyalty over to the establishment by becoming a soldier for The Colony.

Two roads, one path, and no return.     

Purchase Link: US: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FPYT5V6

UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00FPYT5V6

Review: Liam was unwillingly brought to ‘The Colony’ with his now best friend Riley eight years ago. Now stuck underground his only hope of a way out is if Riley wakes up from his five-year coma, but although he clings to his hopes of returning to the ‘Outside’ he has the opportunity to improve his lot by joining the Elete soldiers. Can he give up his dreams of returning home or should he throw the security away on the small hope that there really is a way out?

This story has a very dystopian feel to it, leaving you feeling like we are reading about an all-new world or about survival after an apocalypse, but it isn’t, it is a secret land that is whispered about in legends… Atlantis, Shangri la or Avalon but it is far from the paradise that we dream about. Liam and Riley were dragged to ‘The Colony’ against their will, they were forgotten about then left to fend for themselves, now several years later Liam looks after Riley as best he can, but Liam’s habit of gambling against the odds always backfires. When Riley wakes up from his five years coma unable to remember much of anything, Liam’s hopes of a way out begins to fade and he becomes desperate.

This is a great story that is very involved and has many mystery connections, there are many interesting aspects that we discover the longer we read, and the characters are interesting and varied. Liam is a dreamer, he dreams of returning to New York and his life and refuses to accept the life he now has, he has the opportunity of a lifetime but his dreams are too much to let go of. Riley is messed up he can’t remember much and Liam is nothing like the Liam he remembers, as time progresses he himself begins to change and there is a huge mystery surrounding him.

Although this is a great story, I did wish there was some explanation to explain ‘The Colony’ rather than the clues that were dropped throughout the book. I found myself struggling with the setting until I figured out they were on Earth but in a secret underground world, with very rare people. This is a brilliant storyline that you will leave you both frustrated and desperate for more, you will love and hate the characters as we follow them through the difficulties they face and the difficulties they bring on themselves. We see many story threads that are just at the beginning but we do get a sweet though awkward relationship between Liam and Riley.

I recommend this story if you love science fiction and legends merging, fighting for your freedom against the odds, and finally accepting your place in the world, an honest sweet love, and a twisty ending that raises the eyebrows in surprise.

Ashlyn Forge BioIn Liam's Wake full cover

Ashlyn Forge spends most of her days self-editing, writing, and editing. Her love of
storytelling, and the imagination in general, has put her in an on-and-off
relationship with Writing for a number of years. She is particularly drawn to
anything resulting in blurred lines between magic and science, as is evident in the
surreal world of her Toys and Soldiers series. Her literary ambition in life is to see
one, if not all, volumes of the Toys and Soldiers Series tucked neatly under
everyone’s pillow. If it were not for the discordant jumble of ideas clamoring for
attention in her head, she would also take up crocheting.
Liam Baldwin PortraitSocial Links:
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Refined Instincts by S.J. Frost

18593960Title: Refined Instincts

Series: Instincts Book #5

Author: S. J. Frost

Genre: Paranormal　

Length: Novel (213 Pages)

Publisher: MLR Press, LLC (October 31st, 2013)

Heat Level: Low to Moderate

Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥4.5 to 5 Hearts

Reviewer: Lisa

Blurb: Troy Raines wants it all to end. His pain, his heartache, his regrets. Having been in hiding to avoid capture from the Tribunal, he returns to Chicago believing since that’s where everything began for him, it should end there, as well. Renart Bellerose has known many regrets in his long life as a vampire, but few are stronger than what he has regarding Troy Raines. As the one to make Troy a vampire, he gave him power, money, anything he thought Troy wanted, but he restrained on giving him what they both needed. When Renart and Troy face each other again, anger and passion explodes between them. Renart wants to help Troy find redemption, but as danger closes in, it might be too late to set right the wrongs of the past.

Product Link:  http://www.mlrbooks.com/ShowBook.php?book=SJF_REFI

Review: This is one of the most heartwarming stories I have had the pleasure of reading. It has everything you would want in a story: love, hatred, pain, fear, heartache, passion, and tenderness. Troy’s pain in the past has led him to his future. Trying to end his life, found his beginning to happiness. Renart has in the past, turned his followers but never taking full control over their care. He did however feel passionately for one of his turnings, Troy. The plot of this story is exceptional. You are given an uprising by some young vampire who just wanted control over others and one who was evil. The evil being killed by his best friend.

This has a story line and plot that will keep you on the edge of your seat every time you read it. It was well told and delivered perfectly. Troy and Renart have so much passion towards each other as well as anger at first. The pain they both felt can actually be felt by the reader. It makes you want to cry and pull each one to you. However, the love the fee for each other when confusions are cleared makes you just smile and laugh. They are in so much danger, but there is so many who stand up for them and beside them. The romance is there in the way for each other, the way each man lights up when the other is in the room and the way they are willing to give their lives up to save the other.

There isn’t a lot of sex in this story, but what is there is very hot and makes the windows in the room steam up. You can tell just by reading it that there are so many feelings that you stand on the side cheering them both on to get their rewards. This story is very tender but also kind of series. It would be one that you would read one evening with the music turned on lying on your bed. I am glad to have it in my library and will look forward to reading it over and over again.

Silver Shadows by Logan Zachary

71yxDOrJ-FL._SL1500_Title:  Silver Shadows

Series:  Lights Out from Torquere Press

Author:  Logan Zachary

Genre:   Paranormal Romance

Length:  Short (21 pages)

Publisher:  Torquere Press (October 16th, 2013)

Heat Level:  Moderate

Heart Rating:  ♥♥♥3Hearts

Blurb:   Victor Summers has accepted a position at the Ragingwood Manor as a paid companion for David Ragingwood, son of the Master. As Victor settles in for his first night, a violent storm rocks the mansion and someone stands at the foot of his bed. Who is it? What do they want? And what is Victor’s real job? With hidden passages, flickering candles, and secrets around each corner, Victor is unsure what is lurking in the shadows of Ragingwood and what they really want of him.

Product Link:  http://www.torquerebooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=79_107&products_id=4037

Reviewer:   Tams

Review:  Short, Sexy and Steamy. My three favorite colors!

Victor Summers is starting his new job at the prestigious Ragingwood Manor as companion to the elder Ragingwood’s son, David. He’s surprised when he arrives to find he will be treated like a member of the family instead of a mere servant or companion. His first night at the manor there is a violent storm and he awakes to find someone in his bed. A heated night of passion with someone just a little more hairy than normal leaves Victor sated, happy and confused. He sets out to figure out who shared his bed and pleasured him last night.

This was just a cute story with a paranormal edge. There is a lot of content for just a few pages. I’d like to see more of the characters in this short. You learn that Victor is an orphan, but I’d like more on that story. You learn that the Ragingwood’s have a secret, but I’d like more on that story as well. Regardless, this was a very sexy little short, I highly recommend!

An Erie Halloween by V.L. Locey

aneriehalloween185Title: An Erie Halloween

Author:  V.L. Locey

Genre:  Paranormal

Length:  Novella (79 pages)

Publisher: Torquere Press (October 29th, 2013)

Heat Level: Moderate

Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥ 4 Hearts

Reviewer: Cat

Blurb:Templeton Reed has been hiding his inner polecat since he was a child. Keeping his animal secreted is hard for a shifter, especially when one is living in a secret community of mystical beings. It`s the wolf shifters that cause Templeton the most trouble with their darned sensitive noses.

Templeton has a run-in with the Lake Erie pack and their alpha, Mikel Lupei, at the Office for Transmogrification Registration (OTTER). Templeton has a desk job checking registration papers and dealing with wolf shifters is not part of his job description. After that upsetting meeting the meek and mild office worker suddenly finds himself in the center of not only civil unrest among the shifter community, but a violent plan for a coup aimed at rousting Mikel.

Templeton and Mikel, a skilled tracker of rogue shifters, are soon not only fighting for their lives, they`re also fighting the rigidly archaic rules of their kind, as well as the person responsible for trying to take over Mikel`s pack from the inside. Can this magical odd couple turn a passionate attraction into a full-fledged love affair?

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Review:   Templeton is a skunk shifter and works at Office for Transmogrification Registration (OTTER) as a desk jockey, checking registration papers. Mikel and the Erie pack work there as trackers. After an attempt on Templeton’s life, Mikel seems to appoint himself as Templeton’s protector. 

This is a very fun, humorous and hot story with a bit of mystery and intrigue thrown in for good measure. I loved the playful banter between Templeton and the other characters. I laughed my butt of at the funny interjections and clichés of Templeton’s though and telling of the story.  There was a lot going on and several twists and turns. I have to say the mystery did throw me of and I am pretty good at figuring them out pretty early.  You just can’t help to laugh at the way he jokes about his scent and stuff. I was skeptical at first about a skunk shifter but it really worked.

If you’re looking for a different take on  the paranormal, a slightly new world, lots of humor and some  pretty hot, sensual ,mansex  and just a good, sweet, funny, romantic mystery; I recommend this one.

Hard Ass is Here by S.C. Wynne

18664778Title: Hard Ass is Here

Series:   N/A

Author: S.C. Wynne

Genre: Contemporary

Length:   Novella (103 pages)

Publisher: Loose ID (October 15th, 2013)

Heat Level:  Explicit

Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥ 3.5 Hearts

Reviewer: Eli/Mandingo

Blurb:Senior Analyst Taylor Williams knows there’s an embezzler at Peterton Financial, and he’s been doing everything he can to catch the crook. Unfortunately the numbers keep adding up to him being the thief. 

When corporate sends in Regional Manager, Phillip Daniels to catch the crook, it’s obvious he suspects Taylor right off the bat. Phillip is gorgeous, sexy as hell and a hard ass. But when it comes to sexual attraction logic can’t compete. Even though Phillip suspects Taylor might be the thief, he can’t keep himself from bringing him into his bed, time and time again. 

Will the numbers add up to a happy ending for these two?

Purchase Link:   http://www.loose-id.com/authors/q-t/s-c-wynne/hardass-is-here.html

Review: This is a variation on the office romance. Phillip is the boss and Taylor is the junior employee.  They are working together to locate the embezzler in the office and along the line they become involved in a pseudo relationship. Both understand the office politics of them being in a relationship and so there’s that issue for them to contend with. Then throw in some personal issues which Taylor has that complicate his life, and you have the makings of a very complicated coupling.

There is a realism to the story as the reader gets to see both Phillip and Taylor struggle with their personal issues and crossing the boundaries by being involved in an office fling. This is Taylor’s story so his motivation and issues are fairly well-defined.  Phillip by contrast seems very normal when viewed through Taylor’s lens. However, the story is about Taylor’s struggle and arc and his coming to grips with his issues of control and trust, Phillip serves as a catalyst to get Taylor to move forward in his life.

The story is well written and believable. There is a clear, well-defined story line and the characters are believable in their roles. The men have an amazing physical connection so there’s enough sizzle and heat for the reader to enjoy as well. All in all a pleasant read.

The Silver Solution by D.T. Dragon

fc602a41bdd01ea6a151c4b4fafc409f.image.300x450Title: The Silver Solution

Author: D T Dragon

Genre: Paranormal Romance / Halloween / Werewolves

Length: Short Story (6956 words)

Publisher: Silver Publishing (October 26th, 2013)

Heat Level: None

Heart Rating: ♥♥♥3 Hearts

Reviewer: Thommie

Blurb: Friends, employers, lovers, and nature conspire against Ralph having a quiet life while tending to Mr. Hudson’s vast garden estate. A Halloween college survival trip during the full moon further complicates things, leaving Ralph to prove that nature doesn’t define us.

Ralph just wants a quiet life tending to his employer’s vast estate. But life has other plans. Conan, the forester over the fence, still wants the heady sex of their college days. His employer, the rich and influential Hudson, keeps coming up with schemes to kill werewolves to avenge his mother’s death. Russell, Mr. Hudson’s sheltered son, seems equally trapped by this world.

A compulsory college survival trip prompts Hudson Senior to insist Ralph accompanies his son into the forest. At Halloween, the full moon pulls an incited mob with guns and alcohol into the woods. Man and nature conspire, and Ralph must battle his inner demons to prove to Russell nature doesn’t define us.

CONTENT ADVISORY: This title has a HFN ending.

Product Link: https://spsilverpublishing.com/the-silver-solution-ebook-p-60434.html

Review: What a strange world this one was. Werewolves exist and are hunted down. Not only that – that makes some sense – but also men are totally against nature. As if knowing nature, surviving in the wild is something, no one ought to do. Admittedly, I would love to read a longer story set in this world, there were questions that this idea drew out of me and now I’m enticed.

That said, in this story we have a rich Mr. Hudson who had lost his wife from “nature” and is now on a vengeance trip, throwing a campaign against werewolves and trying to enforce humans a silver solution for their waters. Yes, silver shall be the doom of those dreadful creatures.

Ralph is thankful his employer, Mr. Hudson, doesn’t know he has one such creature on his very own grounds. While Ralph only want to care for the perfectly manicured outdoors of Hudson mansion, he is constantly thrown into various scenes that won’t let him be in peace. There is Conan, the forester and college sweetheart, from outside the fence, there is Russell, the young Mr. Hudson, who is a tempting creature on his own, and there is of course his employer who is throwing said temptation on his hands for a bit of “nature training”. There is a big outdoors trip coming up after all.

But visiting Nature is not as simply as it once might have been if it ever was. Nowadays, especially on Halloween, drunk and armed people roam on their witch-hunt and they shot at everything that moves. Innocents die a fast death and one ought not to be out there on a full moon.

Creepy much? Well not so much, I would have been happier if this read could make me shake with dread since there was no lovemaking (how disappointing was that), but it was nearly there. The playful flirtation going between young Russell and Ralph was fun to read. You kept expecting for that something to happen, I did certainly expect the werewolf to throw the kid down and molest him a tiny bit. The chemistry was there though, the anticipation too. The feeling of that something about to happen never left you alone as Mr. Hudson was a threat to be considered. So when everything went down that anticipation was not for nothing as the end was a bit of a surprise. Or at least it surprised me, for some reason I didn’t saw it coming.

So if you’re searching for a Halloween story this might be one for you to read, I sure liked it.