Piper Doone – MM Good Book Reviews

Title: Forced Impressions
Series: N/A
Author: Piper Doone
Genre: Contemporary
Length: Novel (200 pages)
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press LLC (January 25th 2016)
Heat Level: Explicit
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥4.25Hearts
Blurb: Jonah Landers’s promotion to detective isn’t going so well. His first undercover operation is a disaster thanks to Rafael Santos, a Cuban-American detective so far undercover, no one on Rafael’s Miami-based squad even had a clue he’d already infiltrated the prostitution ring Jonah was targeting. Two years and an insane twist of fate later, Jonah finds himself transferred from Orlando and partnered up with Rafael in Miami—and their rocky beginning doesn’t get any better.

For the sake of their careers and because he realizes he’s falling for Rafael, Jonah makes every attempt to smooth things over and move on with his love life. He turns his attention to A.J. Choya, a Seminole Indian who runs the tech department. But there’s no spark between them, and Jonah has to admit his feelings for Rafael aren’t going away.

When a new case falls into Rafael’s and Jonah’s laps, they must go undercover again and become intimate in a way that forces them to confront their feelings for each other—no matter the consequences.

ISBN: 9781634767644

Product Link: http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=7346

Reviewer: Aerin

Review: This is the first Piper Doone book I’ve ever read, and I’m not going to lie, the reviews and low ratings it’s gotten so far made me nervous. But once I started to read it, I immediately got into it and couldn’t put it down.

Jonah Landers’s recent undercover work didn’t end as well as he hoped. His inexperience and nervousness almost made him break cover, and the surprise appearance of another undercover agent almost ruined months of hard work. Jonah got a black eye that will ensure he’ll never forget his first undercover mission, nor the agent who gave him said black eye.

Rafael Santos is a seasoned detective who’s pretty much an expert when it comes to undercover work. What he’s not very good at is communication, and the fact that he “didn’t think” to tell Orlando PD about his undercover work that will bring him into their jurisdiction wasn’t a big deal, right? Rafael and Jonah’s first encounter ended up with Rafael’s fist connecting with Jonah’s face and Rafael had nothing but contempt for Jonah’s inexperience.

Two years later, Rafael and Jonah’s paths cross again. Jonah transferred to Miami after his personal and professional life crashed and burned, and his new partner is none other than Rafael Santos. You know how boys in school act when they love a girl? Rafael spent most of his time tugging on Jonah’s metaphorical pig tails, taunted him and annoyed him, and criticized every single step that Jonah took.

So in case you haven’t gotten the meaning, what Rafael really wanted was to throw Jonah against a wall and fuck the living shit out of him, which he proceeds to do later on in the book.

I loved Rafael’s permanently grumpy and intense mood, which only got worse when Jonah started dating A.J., a tech guy from the station. The relationship between Jonah and Rafael becomes drenched in sexual chemistry and tension. Jonah can’t stop thinking and fantasizing about Rafael and Rafael becomes progressively more frustrated until things come to an explosive end when Rafael and Jonah go undercover together.

All the sexual tension that’s been hanging out throughout the book leads to Rafael and Jonah having the hottest and dirtiest make-out session I’ve seen in a long time! So what if they haven’t been together since the beginning? I really couldn’t care less, because the wait was soooooo worth it! And when they get to the part where they have sex…. mind blown!

In my experience, intense and broody characters deliver the best and hottest sex, and Rafael didn’t disappoint, not even a little bit!

The only thing I would’ve liked to be different is maybe a few additional chapters to expand on Rafael and Jonah’s relationship, and Rafael’s POV (that would’ve made this book perfect!). Other than that, this book hit all the right spots!

* I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review through http://mmgoodbookreviews.wordpress.com *

Title: Playing Hard to Forget
Series: N/A
Author: Piper Doone
Genre: Paranormal
Length: Novel (200 pages)
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (December 26th, 2014)
Heat Level: Moderate
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥4.5Hearts
Blurb: Ethan Robertson never asked to be the latest in a long line of werewolf hunters, but the war between his family and the werewolf Kinnairds has raged on for a millennium, and he is expected to fight like all the Robertsons before him. But then he meets Liam Kinnaird, a gorgeous, mysterious werewolf Ethan falls hard for. Despite the danger, they carry on a torrid affair until a terrible explosion destroys everything, including Liam and Ethan’s memories of their time together.

Twenty years later, Ethan is embroiled in battle once again and catches a glimpse of Liam. It triggers intense, erotic dreams that Ethan thinks might not be dreams at all. But he’s never been anything but enemies with Kinnairds. He’s certainly never been in love with one. Or has he?

ISBN: 978-1-63216-887-0

Product Link: http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=5881

Reviewer: Prime

Review: This story on the surface seems kind of like the usual hunter vs. shape shifter story. However, as much as it, it’s more like Romeo and Juliet, with two families feuding over a millennia and carrying on the feud with each generation as the stories were passed down.

The prologue opens as a folktale before we get to the meat of the story, which opens in Part 1, Chapter 1. This is where we meet Ethan Robertson. He is a member of the human family, which have been fighting with the Kinnaird Clan to wipe out the wolves who one of their distinguished ancestors initially started the feud with.

We first meet Ethan Robertson as a young man who is being trained by his father, along with his sister, to be a soldier against the Kinnaird. He seems sweet, kind hearted and untainted by his family’s hate for the werewolves they hunt. Soon later, we meet Liam Kinnaird, a werewolf, who approaches Ethan and speaks to him after watching the human. Ethan is immediately intrigued by Liam.

The relationship that begins to grow between Liam and Ethan inPart one truly does read like Romeo and Juliet. Part 2 is set 23 years later and thankfully, I can say the characters have changed and matured during the skipped years. The change in Ethan is both horrifying and amazing, and quickly we find out that there’s more to things than meets the eye. It’s sad what happened to Ethan but the plot picks up quickly and doesn’t keep us waiting for too long to know just about everything.

Even though this is a full-length novel, this is really easy to read and the plot moves along at a rapid and steady pace. The Robertson family do truly come across as the monsters of the piece, they’re not just misunderstood, they have contorted the feud and in the end, it’s easy to feel sorry for Liam and the rest of his Clan.

It’ll probably be difficult not to have an intense dislike for Ethan’s sister, Fiona. The words witch and bitch don’t quite cover how negatively I feel about her and in that respect she is a well-written character although she doesn’t change terribly much between 1991 and 2014.

No matter what happened, Ethan retains his kindhearted nature, despite the Robertson nature trying to taint him. The thoughts and internal battle Ethan goes through to remember Liam also plays out really well. It’s not all angst, like the 20 year old he started as, but more mature in line with the 43 year old he becomes.

We get an epilogue of a sorts but the story is left wide open for a sequel, particularly when there is mention of a name in the epilogue that is mentioned oh so briefly in the beginning. Also, Ethan and Liam’s story stops abruptly, just when they are starting to get their shit together. Leaves me wondering what is going to happen…

* I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review through http://mmgoodbookreviews.wordpress.com *

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