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Jace's story?!!!!



And its expected for Fall/Winter of 2013?? Not that far off...


But now...the wait


*Fingers crossed for Fall 2013 release*
Please please please please please

Jace's story?!!!!



And its expected for Fall/Winter of 2013?? Not that far off...


But now...the wait


*Fingers crossed for Fall 2013 release*
Please please please please please

I'm going to keep this short and sweet for this one.

Trey:

You my delicious, dirty-talking vampire, were everything I had hoped you would be and so much more! Seriously, I want your


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Sadie:

Nothing is better than a kick-ass heroine, and Sadie was definitely that. I loved how tough she was, yet still had that hidden vulnerability when it came to Trey.

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Trey and Sadie together:

"I want to be inside you so bad, baby. I want to feel that hot, wet pussy of yours all around me."
"A dirty talker, are you?"
"For the most part, but I can be romantic when the mood calls for it." "I’m not in the mood for romantic. Are you?"
"Hell no." He went at her clothing, tearing the shirt from her back.
"I want to fuck you so hard you won’t be able to walk straight. I’m going to make sure you’re so sore you won’t be able to stop thinking about me and what I’ve done to you."

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Leigh:

You have a sweet, sexy as sin mate that wants to take care of you, and all you can do is whine the entire book about the life that you had before you were turned?

Pretty sure I'll be skipping right over her book when she gets one. Whatever her story is...

I loved Nathan, but Leigh drove me nuts, and she was only a secondary character. Not sure I can tolerate a whole book with her whiny ass. Unless she undergoes a complete personality change, doubt I'd be reading that book.

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Kinsley:

I cannot freaking wait for his book! The set up sounds absolutely delicious.

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Aldon:

That epilogue threw me for a loop. I don't even know how I feel about that. I do know that I'm very excited for his book, because there's one thing that I like more than a dirty talker, a baddie that's also a dirty talker *swoon*

Overall, I enjoyed it, though it won't be my favorite in the series. I've been anticipating this book since Omega Mine. Maybe it was partly setting my hopes too high. Maybe it was that it was overrun by too many other POV's and that took away from Trey and Sadie. I just wanted...more from this one.

4 Dirty-Talkin' Stars

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4.5 Erotic and Heartbreaking Stars


Jack Flacon is a rich, sexy, womanizing, heartless asshole...or so it would seem.

He is who he is, and he doesn't feel like he needs to apologize for it.

The thing is, I'm happy being me and I sure as fuck won't change for anyone. I don't need fixing because I'm not broken. I simply work hard and play harder.

His form of play comes with a good glass of scotch, and spending each night with a different woman. After all, variety is the spice of love, and why should he settle down?

Love fucks you up, which is why I didn't do relationships. Relationships lead to love and being in love opens you up to the possibility of being hurt. Love rips your chest open and puts your heart out there to be broken.

Jack may be an asshole of the first order, and treats his cat with more respect than he does women, but that certainly doesn't hurt his game. Because when it comes down to it, Jack seemingly has it all.
Looks...

Money, charm, oh....and a magic penis.

Without trying to sound cocky, it wasn't unusual for women to orgasm three or four times when with me. Maybe I had the perfect shaped dick. Or maybe I just knew what to do with it.

He is seemingly happy with his life. Until he meets her...and then everything changes.

This was not a case of insta-love. But there was insta-lust. When Jack first sees a beautiful green-eyed brunette, he can't get her out of his head. Something about her just calls to him and draws him in like no other woman ever has.

What starts out as one night of passion

Begins to turn into something so much more.

All of a sudden the beautiful brunette is more than a nameless face, she's Belle, and she's unlike any other woman Jack has been with.

It was like she saw right through the fifteen years' worth of barriers I'd built up around myself to the real me. The one I never showed anyone.

In the midst of secrets that could tear them apart, and the passion that burns between them, their bond grows from lust into something so much more.

Jack begins to understand what love can really do to you. But he is terrified that the man that he has become will never be enough for Belle and he will eventually break her heart.

The steam in this book...I thought my kindle would catch on fire. There were parts that made me pant, parts that made me laugh, and parts that made me want an ice cold shower. And then...then there was that ending!

THAT FUCKING ENDING! It caught me by complete and utter surprise.

I'm pretty sure I bawled my eyes out for the entire last 20%.

Seduce is the prequel for Beautiful Rose. It is the story of love lost and learning to move on. It was erotic, it was intense, and it was HEART BREAKING.

I need...MUST HAVE the next book like YESTERDAY!

Missy Johnson, woman, you owe me here! (well not really, but you know what I mean). But seriously, after you made me cry like a maniac, I think we need to come to an arrangement with the next book here. It's only fair! I might go a little batshit here waiting until September. GAH!!!


ARC courtesy of author in exchange for an honest review

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5 Absolutely Beautiful Forbidden Stars

"I don't know what I'm doing with you."
"That's okay, just don't stop."



Have you ever began reading a book, and just a few sentences in you knew...you just knew that this was going to be unlike anything you have ever read before? Unteachable was that book for me. I was sucked in from just the few first words, and it didn't let me up until the very last page.

To say that Leah Raedar has a gift for words and story telling would be a gross understatement. The writing was one of the best parts of this book. Leah weaves words together so seamlessly and effortlessly that the words blur into images in your mind. The entire book unfolds before you like a movie, and IT.WAS.INCREDIBLE!


Maise O'Malley is not your typical happy-go-lucky, soon to be high school senior. She's an old soul, in the body of an 18 year old girl. She's broken, but she knows it. She hasn't exactly had it easy in life, and her family or lack thereof is anything to brag about. She has a void that she fills with meaningless sex with faceless, older men. And it makes her feel...something...if only for those few too-short minutes.

Thanks, Dad, for leaving a huge void in my life that Freud says has to be filled with dick.

But then one late summer night spent at a local carnival Maise met the one man that will change everything. Evan Wilke.

A steamy encounter in his car later, Maise knows that Evan is not going to be just another faceless memory.

The funny thing was that his kiss had felt like fucking me, and his fucking me felt like being kissed, everywhere, every bit of my body unbearably warm and buzzing.

Unable to face the feelings that Evan and their night together brought out in her, Maise does the only things she can. She runs.
What neither of them know, is that their world is about to collide in a way that both of them least expect.

When Maise walks into class on her first day of her senior year, the man she knew as Evan on that summer night, is now Mr. Wilke, her teacher.

What began as an innocent encounter between two people finding a connection, turns into a forbidden affair.

"I can't hold on to you. You're like that shooting star. Just a trail of fire in my hands."

Evan clearly cares for Maise. He isn't your typical NA asshole hero. But while he's sweet and caring, he is still clearly hiding some dark secrets from his own past.

"Now I know," he said, touching me again, "why I was drawn to you. We have the same darkness inside."
"Our fucked-up parents?"
"Our lost childhood."

Even though the odds are stacked against them, and they're risking everything if they get caught, the connection between Evan and Maise is intense. Their relationship soon stops being only a physical connection, as Evan slowly begins to chip away at the defenses around Maise's heart.


The chemistry between them was absolutely scorching, and the steaminess in this book was off the charts for a NA novel.

"Who am I to you?" I asked, my voice hoarse. "Maise or your student?"
"Both," he whispered.
I felt chills.
"Then fuck me Mr. Wilke."

“I want to fuck you in this classroom,” I said.
He exhaled slowly through his teeth.
“On this desk,” I said. “While you’re wearing your shirt and tie, and I’m wearing nothing but socks.”
He kissed me to make me stop talking.

Their journey together is not an easy one. They face not only the demons from their own pasts, but the obstacles stacked against them; the risk of being found out.

Beautifully written, Unteachable takes you on a roller coaster of emotions.

I cannot recommend this book enough. Even if you don't typically read the New Adult genre, this is a must read. It is not the typically angsty plot with an asshole broken hero, and a naive and virginal heroine.


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"Do you want me to say that staying away from you more than a minute is painful for me? That the thought of not having you in my life tears at my soul? That just seeing your face creates a peace inside me I've never felt before? That having you in my arms is like coming home?"


If you're looking for a romantic suspense that is filled with action, mystery, steam, and will keep you on the very edge of your seat until the very last page...well, you NEED to read this series.

I really liked, but didn't LOVE the first book in this series, this book took me by complete and total surprise. While the series is based on triplet sisters, and each book has a different hero and heroine, it is not meant to be a standalone. A lot of nuances and backstory were heavily covered in the first book, and many things would be missed by skipping it.

Midnight Lies picks up somewhere right around where Midnight Secrets left off. Samantha Wilde, the popular, flirty sister and former homecoming queen took everyone by surprise when she became a homicide detective. While she is still haunted by her parents' murder suicide, it helps drive her need for justice.

When she meets and begins dating sexy emergency physician, Quinn Braddock, Samantha can't help but fall head over heals. Quinn, coming out of a terrible marriage, is not looking for anything permanent. After all, he tried it once, and it didn't work. While they may not share a detailed history or feelings with each other, the passion between them burns hot and heavy.


When Quinn becomes a suspect in his ex-wife's brutal murder, it shakes Samantha's foundation to the core. Her history isn't exactly the best indicator of good judgement and she can't help but harbor doubts of his innocence. Though it doesn't take her long to rectify her mistake. Unfortunately, for Quinn, feeling betrayed by Sam's initial doubts it's too late, and he breaks up with her in a way that leaves Sam brokenhearted. Leaving behind her life and job in Atlanta, Sam moves back to Midnight to begin an investigating business with her 2 sisters.

Five months later, Quinn realizes his mistake and that he wants Sam back. Following her to Midnight seems like the first logical step he's made in a while. He knows it will be a long road back inside Sam's heart, but he's a man determined.


This book was a page turner until the very end. While I found the first book to be a little drawn-out and slow to start, this one more than made up for it.

It was also incredibly steamy. Sam and Quinn burned up the pages together.


Midnight Lies was quick paced and action packed. All of the characters were back from the first book and it was great to get another peek at Zach and Savannah. Even though the mystery of the killer wasn't quite as shocking as it was in the first book, the twist at the end took me by complete surprise.


The set up for the third sister, Sabrina, sounds like it will be the best book of the 3. And I'm still hoping that we'll get a book for Logan and Brody.

ARC courtesy of publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review

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DNF at 50%

I tried, really, I honestly did. Unfortunately, I had to cut my losses before I threw my kindle at the wall.

I'll refrain from rating it since I never finished.

Now for those that are easily offended, I recommend you avert your eyes from this review, because this might be a slight rant.



You've been warned!

What initially attracted me to the book was the description of Slade:
attorney by day and a cocky, foul mouth playboy by night. All girls want Slade Long, but not one has ever been able to keep his attention for long. Having a different woman in his bed every night is how he prefers it-no emotion, no connection.

Yes, I have a certain weak spot for foul-mouthed playboys. But Slade did not deliver on the promise.

Slade is a successful criminal attorney and a complete asshole when it comes to women (I also have a slight weakness for the assholes. What? They're hot! Whatever! Don't judge me)
Yet here we have this ultimate playboy that jumps from woman to woman getting obsessed with a girl he has never even met, all from hearing her voice on a phone.


Right then. Ok. Sure. Moving on...

Sam. Oh poor little naive Sam. She irritated me to no end. She is dating a guy for 8 mo, Jax. However, Jax and her have been having problems lately. He isn't as attentive to her, and would rather go out and party then spend time with her. (red flag, maybe?)
So when Jax calls her to inform her that he will be going to a party at the house of the most infamous playboy in town, Slade, she tries to brush it off. Then when he's still not home by 4 am, she gets worried. Why you ask? Well because what if he's hurt or gotten into an accident somewhere? Really!

She calls Slade to check on her boyfriend. Slade, being complete captivated by her voice, feels the need to leave the chick in his bed and go check on Sam's boyfriend. When he walks in and sees him in bed with another girl, he doesn't tell Sam, since he doesn't know what their situation really is, he doesn't feel it right to get involved in the middle of a problem between 2 people that are ultimately strangers to him.

Sam finally learns that Jax is cheating on her, when she catches him in the act. But then when she finds out that Slade knew and didn't tell her, she gets mad at him. I really couldn't wrap my mind around that. Right, makes perfect sense in blaming a complete stranger for not wanting to get involved in your personal drama.

This was a case of almost insta-love, which I just cannot stand in books.

Slade went from womanizer to wanting a relationship with Sam in the blink of an eye. Oh and he was pretty much in love with her after 3 days together. It just didn't seem realistic at all.

Then there was Slade's little habit of referring to Sam as "Angel". This gets OBNOXIOUSLY repetitive. He calls her that every other sentense. I'm all for endearments, but that's ALL he calls her. This doesn't happen mearely when he speaks to her, oh no! She's referred as Angel in descriptive sentences too.

Angel reaches down for her purse on the floor.

It was always Angel this and Angel that..

"Do you know what I want?" I ask Angel.

"I need to kiss you, Angel"

GAH!


Slade also had a habit for apologizing for EVERYTHING at EVERY turn. Which drove me ALMOST as crazy as his "angel" habit.

Sam, I'm pretty sure had a drinking problem. The girl would drink by herself as she was getting ready. And I'm not even talking a glass of wine here. I'm talking pretty much almost drunk by the time she actually went out.

I'm on my third glass and my second outfit. The more I drink, the sexier my outfit gets.

Every time she got pissed or upset, she would drink, and keep drinking, and then drink some more.

Half the time I wanted to reach through my kindle and smack some sense into the girl. The other half I just wanted to throw my damn kindle at the wall.


The book seemed drawn out, and I kept losing more and more interest the more I read. I couldn't connect with the story or the characters at all. The hero and heroine came off as shallow and two-dimensional. Finally when I got to the 50% mark and was still bored out of my ever loving mind, and still felt like I wanted to beat both the hero and heroine, I knew I had to cut my losses.



Suddenly I'm feeling a need for a few glasses of wine myself



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This book! Holy shit, THIS BOOK! I must have changed my rating for it at least 5 times. After sleeping on it, I knew that even if there were things that happened that I wasn't happy about, I still couldn't rate this anything less than 5 absolutely stellar stars.

What are some words that I'd use to describe this series? Brilliant, Erotic, Dark and Captivating are just some of the few that come to mind.

The Mistress takes off right where the cliffhanger in The Prince left off, and brings us to the conclusion of a series that has captivated and enthralled us from the very first page of the very first book.

I know that no review I can ever write will do the book or the absolutely fucking brilliant writing in it justice. But the best advise I can give to those about to read or even those that have read it already and are not familiar with chess, is to familiarize yourself with it. Trust me! Everything will make so much more sense. So in the hopes of clearing a few things up, since I knew a total of nilch about chess when I delved into it, I'll try to explain some things in my review.

The ultimate objective of the game is to capture the opponents king.

The book is told in several players' POV. There is The King, The Queen, The Pawn, The Rook, and The Knight.

It is also broken up into parts; Capture, En Passant, Castling, Promotion, and Checkmate.

The Players:
The King

"Because there is nothing I wouldn't do to protect you, Eleanor. Nothing I wouldn't do to help you. And nothing I wouldn't do to save you. Nothing."

Soren does was the one character that never got a POV in these books. In The Mistress everything we learn about Soren is garnered from his conversations with Grace and flashback stories told by Nora.

I hate a love/hate relationship with Kingsley in the previous books. Part of it, I absolutely loved him and his humor. Parts of it I thought he came off as a whiny brat. I absolutely adored Kingsley in this book; his personality and sense of humor, and his complete and utter devotion to those he cares for. Kingsley makes it his mission to rescue Nora from the clutches of his long-presumed-dead sister.

"I get her out."
"You and what army?"
"I don't need an army."
"What, are you the French James Bond or something?"
"Of course not. James Bond is vanilla."

The book gives the reader alternating POV's, with a few new players added to the mix.

There's Wes, The Knight:
I adored Wesley in the other 3 books, but he drove me batshit in this one. His constant refusal to understand Nora's lifestyle got old real quick. He came off as judgmental and immature little boy for most of the book.

Grace, The Rook:
Grace, I think for me, was the odd-one out as far as characters go. I really disliked her for most of the book, and ESPECIALLY in the end.
But upon further reflection, I can't even dwell on that anymore. After I googled The Rook and its moves in chess it put EVERYTHING into perspective for me. This is the absolutely FUCKING BRILLIANCE of Tiffany Reisz. There is not one wasted word, sentence, paragraph, or chapter. Everything is linked together. The character (chess piece) roles, the chess strategy names, EVERYTHING!

Laila, The Pawn
Laila, Soren's niece, was a new character that was introduced in this book. I had a feeling the entire time of where her role was leading, and found out I was right. I can understand the direction of this, ultimately, I felt it was a fitting conclusion.

Nora, The Queen

Nora, the infamous Nora, I fucking LOVED Nora.

Marie-Laure

I'm at a loss for words here. Simply put?


When I finished this book, I'm pretty sure I had a day long rant about the ending (Thanks, Jamie for being my ultimate ranting buddy *waves*) Thank God I read this in a BR with the some of my fave girls, so I had some outlet for all my feels. I'm pretty sure I would have gone crazy otherwise. Oh and Amy, girl if it hadn't been for you pointing out the chess reference...I doubt I would have ever thought to do it. So thanks! ;)

Ultimately, though the ending was not the perfect HEA you would envision for a book, I though it was very fitting for this series. It was never a romance novel, so a typical romantic and perfectly wrapped up HEA would not have been accurate, fitting, or fair to these characters.

I'll be honest, I HATED it at first. But when I talked it out with my GR friends, I felt slightly better. What really sealed it for me, was understanding the Chess Strategies that broke up this book.

Castling
(as described on chess.com- like I said, I was clueless in chess)
This move allows two important things all in one move: get your king to safety, and get the rook into the game.

Interesting to note that this was the part that Grace finally went from simply being someone that talked to Soren and was just there, to finally taking action. When Soren goes to give himself up to ML, Grace knows that she has to act in order to save him.

Promotion

Pawns have a special ability and that is that if a pawn reaches the other side of the board it can become any other chess piece (called promotion). A pawn may be promoted to any piece. A pawn is usually promoted to a queen. Only pawns may be promoted.

Interesting to note that in the part of the book titled Promotion, Laila gets together with Wes (the King of Kentucky), essentially becoming the Queen Of Kentucky)

Checkmate
Speaks for itself, really.

I really thought this was the perfect ending to an absolutely phenomenal series. Though left with a few questions in the end Kingsley's bastard son? I hate that it leaves us hanging without having this be confirmed I have come to accept it.

On a final note,
Tiffany Reisz, woman, YOU.ARE.FUCKING.BRILLIANT!


If you haven't read this series yet, what the hell are you waiting for?!!

Links to my reviews on the rest of the books in the series:
The Siren
The Angel
The Prince

**ARC courtesy of publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review**

For more reviews visit: Dirty Girl Romance Book Blog

This book! Holy shit, THIS BOOK! I must have changed my rating for it at least 5 times. After sleeping on it, I knew that even if there were things that happened that I wasn't happy about, I still couldn't rate this anything less than 5 absolutely stellar stars.

What are some words that I'd use to describe this series? Brilliant, Erotic, Dark and Captivating are just some of the few that come to mind.

The Mistress takes off right where the cliffhanger in The Prince left off, and brings us to the conclusion of a series that has captivated and enthralled us from the very first page of the very first book.

I know that no review I can ever write will do the book or the absolutely fucking brilliant writing in it justice. But the best advise I can give to those about to read or even those that have read it already and are not familiar with chess, is to familiarize yourself with it. Trust me! Everything will make so much more sense. So in the hopes of clearing a few things up, since I knew a total of nilch about chess when I delved into it, I'll try to explain some things in my review.

The ultimate objective of the game is to capture the opponents king.

The book is told in several players' POV. There is The King, The Queen, The Pawn, The Rook, and The Knight.

It is also broken up into parts; Capture, En Passant, Castling, Promotion, and Checkmate.

The Players:
The King

"Because there is nothing I wouldn't do to protect you, Eleanor. Nothing I wouldn't do to help you. And nothing I wouldn't do to save you. Nothing."

Soren does was the one character that never got a POV in these books. In The Mistress everything we learn about Soren is garnered from his conversations with Grace and flashback stories told by Nora.

I hate a love/hate relationship with Kingsley in the previous books. Part of it, I absolutely loved him and his humor. Parts of it I thought he came off as a whiny brat. I absolutely adored Kingsley in this book; his personality and sense of humor, and his complete and utter devotion to those he cares for. Kingsley makes it his mission to rescue Nora from the clutches of his long-presumed-dead sister.

"I get her out."
"You and what army?"
"I don't need an army."
"What, are you the French James Bond or something?"
"Of course not. James Bond is vanilla."

The book gives the reader alternating POV's, with a few new players added to the mix.

There's Wes, The Knight:
I adored Wesley in the other 3 books, but he drove me batshit in this one. His constant refusal to understand Nora's lifestyle got old real quick. He came off as judgmental and immature little boy for most of the book.

Grace, The Rook:
Grace, I think for me, was the odd-one out as far as characters go. I really disliked her for most of the book, and ESPECIALLY in the end.
But upon further reflection, I can't even dwell on that anymore. After I googled The Rook and its moves in chess it put EVERYTHING into perspective for me. This is the absolutely FUCKING BRILLIANCE of Tiffany Reisz. There is not one wasted word, sentence, paragraph, or chapter. Everything is linked together. The character (chess piece) roles, the chess strategy names, EVERYTHING!

Laila, The Pawn
Laila, Soren's niece, was a new character that was introduced in this book. I had a feeling the entire time of where her role was leading, and found out I was right. I can understand the direction of this, ultimately, I felt it was a fitting conclusion.

Nora, The Queen

Nora, the infamous Nora, I fucking LOVED Nora.

Marie-Laure

I'm at a loss for words here. Simply put?


When I finished this book, I'm pretty sure I had a day long rant about the ending (Thanks, Jamie for being my ultimate ranting buddy *waves*) Thank God I read this in a BR with the some of my fave girls, so I had some outlet for all my feels. I'm pretty sure I would have gone crazy otherwise. Oh and Amy, girl if it hadn't been for you pointing out the chess reference...I doubt I would have ever thought to do it. So thanks! ;)

Ultimately, though the ending was not the perfect HEA you would envision for a book, I though it was very fitting for this series. It was never a romance novel, so a typical romantic and perfectly wrapped up HEA would not have been accurate, fitting, or fair to these characters.

I'll be honest, I HATED it at first. But when I talked it out with my GR friends, I felt slightly better. What really sealed it for me, was understanding the Chess Strategies that broke up this book.

Castling
(as described on chess.com- like I said, I was clueless in chess)
This move allows two important things all in one move: get your king to safety, and get the rook into the game.

Interesting to note that this was the part that Grace finally went from simply being someone that talked to Soren and was just there, to finally taking action. When Soren goes to give himself up to ML, Grace knows that she has to act in order to save him.

Promotion

Pawns have a special ability and that is that if a pawn reaches the other side of the board it can become any other chess piece (called promotion). A pawn may be promoted to any piece. A pawn is usually promoted to a queen. Only pawns may be promoted.

Interesting to note that in the part of the book titled Promotion, Laila gets together with Wes (the King of Kentucky), essentially becoming the Queen Of Kentucky)

Checkmate
Speaks for itself, really.

I really thought this was the perfect ending to an absolutely phenomenal series. Though left with a few questions in the end Kingsley's bastard son? I hate that it leaves us hanging without having this be confirmed I have come to accept it.

On a final note,
Tiffany Reisz, woman, YOU.ARE.FUCKING.BRILLIANT!


If you haven't read this series yet, what the hell are you waiting for?!!

Links to my reviews on the rest of the books in the series:
The Siren
The Angel
The Prince

**ARC courtesy of publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review**

For more reviews visit: Dirty Girl Romance Book Blog

For over ten years after he and Søren had parted company, Kingsley had lived the most dangerous life he could. He ran from death the way he’d run that night from Søren— in the hopes he’d get caught and taken. Not until they reunited had Kingsley found a purpose in his life again, a reason to live.

Underneath Søren, Kingsley came more alive than he ever felt on top of any girl. He loved his girls, had loved them all. But this was more than love. He couldn’t think of the word for it— not l’amour, not la passion.... la vie. It was the closest word to what he felt that he could find.
La vie.
Life.

Nora was lawless, unmanageable, uncontrollable. You told her one thing, she did everything but that. She laughed when others cried. Danced when others sat. She clawed her way to the top and didn’t even chip a nail on the way up. No one could break her. No one could handle her. No one could shut her up.

"You are blessed indeed to have such a great woman in your life. We are mere princes, you and I. But she is a queen."



The Prince starts off where The Angel left off. Nora has gone to Kentucky to be with Wesley, and Soren and Kingsley are attempting to figure out who had stolen the file from Kingsley's estate and is a potential threat.

Told in three parts, we get a deeper and darker look into the past and present relationship between Soren and Kingsley, as well as the one between Nora and Wes.

The Past

The past takes us back to 30 years ago when Soren and Kinglsey just met. I can't say that learning more about Kingsley endeared him to me any more. Half the time he came off as a surly and spoiled boy, the other half as obsessively in love with Soren.

Soren is still just as terrifying as a boy, as he is in present time. He terrifyes everyone from the students to the staff. Only Kingsley sees something beyond the cold exterior.

“You aren’t afraid of me right now.” A statement, not a question, and yet Kingsley heard the question underneath the words. Why?
“There’s nothing you could do to me now that I wouldn’t want.”
Stearns looked Kingsley up and down, as if he realized an alien lay beneath him instead of a person.
“What are you?” Stearns asked him the same question Kingsley had asked him, but Kingsley had a much simpler answer.
“I’m French.”

The relationship between them is dark, and twisted, and at times reading it almost made me cringe. Though I have to admit, I couldn't picture it any other way.


The Present

Taking place in present time, takes Soren and Kingsley to investigate the person that is threatening them. After receiving a picture of the two of them as boys in school, they realize that the threat is much closer to them than either of them thought. They travel back to the school where everything first started. Kingsley is still trying to get over his unrequitted love for Soren, and jealous resentment of Nora.

Søren told her everything and gave her everything. And then she’d had the audacity to walk away from it all. Søren laid out feasts for her that she merely picked at, while Kingsley lapped up the crumbs that fell to the floor.

Soren is still the stuff of sadistic legends in the underground.

After finishing this book, I can say I am completely and 100% team Soren. I cannot picture Nora with anyone else. Though he still terrifies the living crap out of me, I have to say that getting a deeper look inside the man that he is helped me understand him a lot more.

There is also the mystery of the threat that has come up with the theft of Nora's file. More and more threats keep popping up, that reveal that whoever this threat is knows a lot about everything that has to do with Soren.

The South

The South brings us the relationship of Nora and Wesley. This was my favorite part of the book. Nora was still same old Nora, but Wesley does seem to bring around a different side to her.

"I know how to tie knots that sailors who’ve spent half their lives at sea have never even heard of. I can pick locks that would stump half the cat burglars in New York. I can slice a Post-It note in half with the tip of a bullwhip. I can get any kinky man in the world to drop to his knees, kiss my feet and confess his darkest sins to me just for the pleasure of having me punish him for them. But, Wesley… I do not know who to be with somebody like you. A sweet, kind, vanilla virgin has me stumped. It’s been fifteen months since the last time we tried, and I still haven’t figured it out."

The relationship between them was incredibly sweet, and was the perfect light from the darkness that was Soren and Kingsley. The love scenes between them were equal parts sweet

and it seems like young Wesley finally did allow his sexy side to come a little too


I loved the way he rubbed off on Nora without really changing who she is.

"Nora, have you never cuddled before?"

"Not like this. Here. You lay on your back. I’ll lay on you."
"Fine. Fine…" Wesley rolled onto his back and Nora collapsed onto his chest. He let out a puff of air as she scrambled into position.
"Are you made of lead?"
"I’m solid muscle and evil. Stop bitching and cuddle me."

Now as for the ending....AHHHHHHH!!!!! That fucking cliffhanger! Holy.Effin.SHIT!


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Sean was supposed to be good at solving probles, but he did't have the first fucking clue what to do about Katie.

He was so different from what she'd thought a week ago, and a hundred times more dangerous. Because she could fall for him. If she wasn't careful, she would fall for him.


How, how on earth have I not found this author before?! If you have yet to read a book that is written by the pure awesome that is Ruthie Knox, you are seriously missing out. Now I know, I know, right now you're probably thinking...

It can't be THAT good. But it is, it honestly is.
This was the first book I've read in this series, and I cannot wait to read the rest of the series now. It is easily read as a standalone, though.

It was a fantastic combination of story telling, fantastic characterization, steam, humor, and incredible characters.

Katie is recently divorced, after her highschool sweetheart left her high and dry. Reeling from the fiasco that was her marriage, Katie comes back from Alaska to her hometown of Camelot to start over.
She is now an all new Katie. She's a risk-taking Katie, a sophisticated "Parisian Katie", and she wants to be an Agent Katie at her brother's security firm. She sees her chance when famous and sexy singer, Judah wants her. Though secretive as to why he wants to hire her, the stalker that is threatening Judah is very much evident.

Her brother allows her to be part of the team, but with a slight caveat; he wants Sean to be her partner.

Now Sean...

Oops...sorry, that just seems to be a reflex for when I read his name...moving along...

So as I was saying, Sean...

GAH! Concentrate...have to concentrate!

Sean was so different from so many of the domineering, possessive alpha males that I have read about lately. Though Katie does nickname him "Granite Man".

Katie thinks that Sean absolutely hates her, I mean the man refuses to utter a word to her. What else can that mean, right? Little does Katie know that Sean has had a crush on her since he was a geeky and quiet little high school kid.

He could hardly tell her he'd memorized her in high school. That he'd known all the colors of her nail polish, her favorite clothes, and the names of her friends.
He could hardly tell her she'd worn the sweater she had on today to the office two weeks ago, and her silver necklace had shown up in September and quickly become a favorite. He couldn't help it. He noticed things. He noticed her.

And even though he is now successful and grown, he finds that Katie still leaves him at a loss for words (though there is another reason for it, that I won't mention since I don't want to spoil anything.

When they are stuck alone together working on an investigation, they have no choice but to start talking to one another. Soon Katie begins to see that Sean is not quite the man she thought he was. He is so much more. One night while they are snowed in their car, the passion between them finally comes to the surface.


Sean was such an endearing hero. He wan't perfect, and you couldn't help but just completely fall for him.

Katie was such a fantastic heroine as well. I love her quirkiness and humor. Her internal monologue had me giggling all through the book.

Did it make her a complete pervert, that hearing Sean geek out about computer stuff was turning her on?
Probably.
Did she officially have a candy-apple-red girl crush on her partner?
Yes. Yes, she did.
Way to go, Smarticus. VeryLa Femme Nikita of you.

The interaction between her and Sean never failed to leave a smile on my face.

"You were the kind of girl who punched the boys you really liked, weren't you?"
"I kicked Jeff Myers in the shins all the time during recess. He never understood."
"That explains why my scalp hurts."
"Your scalp?"
"You pulled my hair. Bit me, too. I think you might love me."
"Did I? I'm sorry. I didn't even realize. I was too busy getting screwed so hard, I lost all sense of reality."

And the steam factor in this book? SCORCHING, set your panties on fire HOT!

"Don't make me come again," she said. "I want you with me."
"Next time. This time, I get to watch." His voice in her ear was so low and growly, his hands between her legs so masterful, she gave in and let the orgasm rip through her, one tight, titanic wave that left her trembling when it receded.
As promised, he watched her, his deep blue irises glittering with possessive satisfaction.
"Holy shit," she said.
"Mmm," he replied.
Then he started all over again.

The relationship between them developed with each steamy encounter.


We also get the POV of Judah, though it was minor, and never took away from the story, only added to it. The suspense part was entertaining till the very end. I think I truly loved everything about this book. I could not recommend it enough.

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I hate writing these type of reviews, and I think I'll once again be in the minority with my review here, but I just didn't enjoy this one.
I am stingy with 4 and 5 star reviews. Even my 3 stars at times. Now don't be judgy here

I had a tough time rating this one, but if I had to, I'd go with 2.5 "it was ALMOST good" stars.

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Brianna Ballantine has been searching for her birth mother for years. Unfortunately by the time she finds her, her mother has already passed away. She travels from Ireland to Italy with the hopes of learning more about her family, and since she is set to inherit her mother's Italian villa. Tthere is just one tiny caveat to her inheritance; she has to be married to get it.


Luckily on her flight to Italy, she sits next to Tomas Richards. Tomas and her chat, though I can't say that I ever felt that connection between them.

Brianna is a sex therapist. She's supposed to be free-spirited and goofy, and fun loving, but most of the time she just came off as scatterbrained. Tom is a finance guru coming off of a bad relationship. He's looking to cut-lose and come a little out of his comfort zone. How does he go about this you ask? Oh, he makes a LIST of things that he needs to do.


Being strapped for time, as she only has four days to find a "husband", Brianna and Tom make a mutually beneficial arrangement. Tom will act as her fiance, to get his match-making aunt off of his back, and Brianna will be able to inherit her villa.

The first half of this book was just...

It just dragged.

Brianna droves me nuts through most of this book. I think she was supposed to come across as quirky, but I swear she acted crazy half the time. She would get mad at Tom over something, and then a second later be giggling about it. Or she would go from giggling about something back to mad. Then there was her attempts to try and seduce the sexy, stuffed shirt, Tom. Tom thinks she just wants to sleep with him because she is grateful to him for helping her out, so he's hesitant. Brianna decides to set him at ease with her intentions...

"No...listen to me, Tom. Hear me out. Looking at you makes me feel, well, you should...you should know. We're adults, and unless I'm reading you the wrong way, you're attracted to me as well. So we might as well share a bed and have some fun while we're here together. I know this isn't for real, and I know neither of us wants that, but it's the least I can do."

How does she go about this seduction as far as technique goes? Oh well, she sneaks into his room when he's sleeping, and get on top of him wearing only a sheet.

Luckily for her, Tom was a little more into it than the poor bastard in the gif :)

I would have rated it at around 3.5, had it not been for the ending. I really thought that it felt rushed. The whole I love you for real thing just came out of nowhere, very abrupt. There was so much built up throughout the whole book, that the ending just didn't match.

The sex scenes were a bit lackluster as well. It's not a deciding factor for me. But considering the fact that the entire book, characters, and plot really didn't ring my bell...the lackluster sex certainly didn't help.

This was the first book I have read by this author, so I will try to read her future books just to give it one more chance. It might be a case of this just not being my type of book, but I can't judge that based on just one book. I would really love to get a book for Tom's younger brother. The set-up there his fiance dying in a tragic accident really tugged at my heartstrings.

If you like contemporary romances, you might enjoy this one. I just never got into it. Meh *shrugs* can't love them all.

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He should be the poster board image of what to avoid in teenage pregnancy. The balance between light and dark was just enough to tempt a female to jump over the edge of reason, no matter how hard the recovery from the fall. Fortunately, Julietta despised heights and avoided them at all costs.


This was the 4th and what I thought was the darkest installment in the Marriage series.

Julietta is the oldest Conte sister. All her sisters have already found wedded bliss, but she is perfectly happy being single. She's been burned before, and the last thing she needs is the headache that comes with relationships. Her passion is her business, being the top executive in her family's coprporation, La Dolce Famiglia. That doesn't meet she's complete straight and narrow, she has her indulgences. She loves clothes, but more than that she's a biker chick (I loved her passion for motorcycles. Not often you read about a heroine being a better rider than the hero).

After losing a potential deal for expansion, she's struggling with the need to prove to her family that she can handle the business. Her answer comes in the shape of a six plus foot package of long blonde hair, muscles, and male swagger and testosterone dressed in a fancy suit, Sawyer Wells. He wants to offer her an irresistible offer: an exclusive partnership with his international chain of boutique hotels.

Juliette and Wells both feel an almost uncontrollable connection between them, which mostly comes in the shape of lust. But neither is looking to get involved.

Julietta is not about to mix business with pleasure. But she cannot deny that Sawyer's powerful presence and sexy swagger doesn't draw her in.

Sawyer is determined to get Julietta to be in his bed, and he's not above playing dirty to get it. Though he is honest about his ultimate intentions.

"No, Julietta, I do not believe in love. Never have. I believe in passion and lust, honesty and loyalty. I believe in hard work and sacrifice. I believe in enjoying the gifts of this world. But I do not believe in love."

Julietta fights it as much as she can. But she can only deny Sawyer so long before giving in to what she craves.

"I can't be what you want," she whispered.
His eyes blazed fire, oddly, his face seemed to soften with a possessiveness shed never glimpsed before. "You don't have to be anything, baby. You have no choices left - I've taken them all away. I'm about to play with your delectable body, and there's not a damn thing you can do."

Sawyer is hiding a dark past behind the sexy suit and attitude. His childhood was the stuff of nightmares, and he doesn't think that he give any woman what she needs, a relationship or love. He doesn't believe his past will ever allow him to be that. But he can give Julietta the passion that he thinks has been missing from her life.

He is a man that knows what he wants, and how to go after it. He is also a man that likes control, in and out of the boardroom.


Julietta and Sawyer indulge in a passionate affair, until a particular kink is thrown in their plan: Mama Conte

I swear, the woman is like the friggin Godfather of marriages. I realize that a book is not meant to be highly realistic, but this whole forced marriage thing simply got old by now. Here we have 2 grown adults, and in comes this little old woman who doesn't think they will ever wise up and see they are meant for each other. So what's one to do? Why force them to get married of course!

Why leave thinks to chance? Or allow them to DATE? Just force them to get married to realize their feelings for each other. Yep! Brilliant!

I suppose I was just tired of the whole marriage set up trope at this point. Therefore, this was somewhere between 3.5 and 4 stars for me.

The plot was fairly interesting, and I'd say this was the steamiest book of the series. And I did love Sawyer's character and that he had that darker edge to him. Julietta was a great heroine as well, though she did have her moments where I wanted to smack her too.

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Two years ago, Gunner Ortez lost his brother, Slade, during a rescue mission gone wrong. Trapped in a fire fight, and having sustained multiple injuries herself, Sydney, Slade's fiance, attempts to drag him to safety. When they realize that he is no longer breathing, they are forced to flee and leave Slade's body behind.

Gunner has always harbored deeper feelings for Sydney, and 2 years has done nothing to diminish that. He doesn't feel like he can have her, since he still harbors guilt over pursuing a woman that loved his brother.


Sydney was an extremely strong heroine. She works as the computer and investigations specialist for Elite Ops Division, an off the grid special operations group where Gunner works as a sharpshooter. It’s very refreshing to read about a female character that kicks butt. She wasn’t a damsel in distress that needed rescuing, and she didn't run away and hide from difficult situations.

Gunner had a very quiet intensity about him. He still harbors guilt about the way he lost his brother. But the fact that he cannot stop thinking about his brother’s fiancé is certainly not helping matters either.

While both of them are still dealing with the shared loss of someone they cared for, they begin to realize that they can only fight the attraction that has been brewing between them for so long. Sydney has always had feelings for Gunner, but when she begins to believe that he will only look at her as his dead brother's fiance, she decides to move on. She goes to a bar to try to find another man, but doesn't count on a jealous Gunner showing up. When Gunner realizes that another man might be taking what he wants, he stops fighting and gives into the passion between them.


The relationship between them is still a fragile one, since neither knows where they stand with the other. Unfortunately they don't get the opportunity to talk things out as they get a call from their team leader, Logan, about a hostage rescue mission in Peru. There is also something suspiciously familiar about one of the hostages that Logan needs to confirm.
When the identity of the hostage is finally revealed, everything Gunner and Sydney thought they knew comes to a screeching halt.


What follows is the type of suspense, action, and steam that I have come to expect from Cynthia Eden. The woman can write the hell out of a Romantic Suspense, and this book was no exception.

While the identity of the bad guy is hinted at heavily throughout the first part, and is more or less revealed during the second, it did nothing to diminish from the suspense. The story kept me on the edge of my seat until the very last page.

What I particularly enjoy about her writing, is that we get the killer POV as well, which helps add to the experience and the story.

I have not read the other books in this series, but I intend to rectify that immediately. If they are anything like this one, I already know I'm going to enjoy them. The ending brings a set up for Cale's story, which I cannot wait for. He really intrigued me in this book. Judging from my own experience, this book easily reads as a standalone, though I'm thinking it would have helped to read the first 2 to get a little more background on the other characters that appeared in this book, that were introduced in the earlier ones.

4.5 Suspenseful and Sexy Stars

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“Missed you… so fucking much, Princess.”

Sometimes, dreams don’t let you down because that is the only thing I have been waiting to hear since the day he left me forever.   In my dreams, all my problems melt away, because I am safe. Safe and back in Axel’s arms.


Ok...I just want to get one damn thing straight here. This was a debut novel? Seriously? SERIOUSLY?!!!

Harper Sloan, woman, you rock! Keep on doin' what you're doin', because fuckin' A, but you do it so well!

But as is my usual, I digress...

Isabelle learned a long time ago that fate is not on her side. Once she knew true happiness in the arms of the only man that she has ever loved, her high school sweetheart. Unfortunately things didn't work out the way that she dreamed, and one fateful night everything changed and she lost everything.


For the last two years, she has been trying to come out of the haze that has been her life for the past 10 years. Coming out of an abusive relationship, she is trying to find the woman that she once was, as opposed to the shell of one she became during her marriage. Unfortunately, even though she left her husband, he is not so willing to let go of what he considers to be his.

Isabelle does have many great things in her life now. She has two amazing friends, a great business, and is slowly getting her life back. I loved her best friend, Dee. She was so quirky, and loyal. I cannot wait for her book. Greg was a fantastic character as well. The relationship between the 3 of them was touching at times, hilarious at others.

When her birthday comes around, she is determined to leave behind the painful memories it brings with it in a haze of alcohol. But fate won't let her go so easy, and she comes face to face with her past, Axel.


Isabelle is a very broken character. When you take into consideration her past, her actions and thoughts make a lot of sense. I wouldn't expect for a woman that has been through what she has been through, to be anything other than what she was; emotional, evasive of certain confrontations, down on herself, and pessimistic most times.

Axel has his own idea of what he thinks happened all those years ago, and to say that he is less than thrilled to see the only woman that he has ever loved, would be an understatement.

It becomes evident that there are too many things that are left unsaid between Isabelle and Axel. Both have their own misconception of what happened. But while Axel is ready to face it head one, Isabelle is not as ready and willing to do that. It did get frustrating to read at times. I mean c'mon


It took a while for Axel and Isabelle to come to a place of understanding. One thing was for sure, however, the chemistry between them never died.


Now Axel,

GAWD, even his name makes me hot. Axel was a delicious combination of sweet, possessive, dirty talking sexiness. When it came to the steam factor, well let's just say he delivers

But he also had an incredibly sweet side

"You might not have been by my side physically but I couldn’t deny you were there mentally. Every day I was gone, it was the memory of you that pushed me and even when I thought I had lost you for good and through that anger…”
He trails off and I look up into his eyes.
“Even through the anger of losing you— I still knew you were my angel. My light.”

Did I already mention the steam?

“Can’t wait baby, I’m going to rip those tight ass pants from your body and bury my face between your creamy thighs.   I want to feel that sweet cunt around my tongue.   Going to make you scream Princess, and then when you can’t take it anymore,” he pushes his denim covered hips hard into mine, his thick erection rubbing my clit in the most delicious way, “then I’m going to lick my way up this sweet fucking body and finally I’m going make you mine.”
He rolls his hips and I gasp, so close.
“Oh God”

The book put me on an emotional roller coaster. I spent parts of it going

and parts going

But I mean, really now, the steam factor of this book...let's be honest here

Wel..if I had a cock, I'd definitely have one. So let's go with major lady boner here :)

I loved the story of Axel and Izzy. It was heartbreaking, emotional, steamy, beautiful and heart-wrenching.

I just want to be yours.   That’s all I’ve ever wanted.” I answer, reaching over and linking our hands. “Princess you have always been mine. Always.

“Not one day went by Izzy that my heart didn’t belong to you.   To this day there has only been one woman that has and will ever hold it.   Fuck, baby but the love I have for you is so fucking strong sometimes, I wonder if it will crush me.”

It was a perfect combination of erotic and a great plot. The steamy scenes certainly added to the appeal. But what kept me turning the pages and glued to my kindle, was the story.

4.5 incredibly emotional and erotic stars

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