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Tuesday, May 31, 2016

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Sweet Jayne by K. Webster Publication Date: May 31, 2016 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Dark, Romance, Standalone
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Nadia Jayne’s world is full of villains.
Kasper thinks he hates her. Donovan thinks he loves her. Logan thinks he owns her. Sweet Jayne is a complicated girl… She needs Kasper. She hides from Donovan. She has a plan for Logan. But maybe complicated Jayne isn’t so sweet after all… In fact, she might just be the biggest villain of them all. WARNING: Story contains dark taboo themes and violence both sexual and physical which could trigger emotional distress in reader.

About K. Webster

K Webster2 K Webster is the author of dozens romance books in many different genres including contemporary romance, historical romance, paranormal romance, and erotic romance. When not spending time with her husband of twelve years and two adorable children, she’s active on social media connecting with her readers. Her other passions besides writing include reading and graphic design. K can always be found in front of her computer chasing her next idea and taking action. She looks forward to the day when she will see one of her titles on the big screen. You can easily find K Webster on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, and Goodreads! Website: www.authorkwebster.com Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/bllgoP
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My Review
Arc given by the author for an honest review.

This was quite a story! 

The characters were dark and tormented, which made them extremely addictive and captivating.

Each of them was haunted by an event that changed everything in their existence and defined the way in which they chose to live these last years of their lives.

Jayne is the main focus of the story and she is a mystery, she disappeared for three years and now she is not the same. 

Surrounded by lies and evil plotting she seems to be lost but at the same time she is in control… of what we don’t know, that is the Main Mystery.

Kasper hates her, he seems to be perturbed and lost; but he finds himself, in the hatred he feels towards her. He was one of my favorite characters; he seemed genuine and strong willed. 

Donovan was just wow, I had mixed feelings about him at the beginning of the book but I understood him and fell for him at the end. He is one sexy stepdad that’s for sure.


Last but not least is Logan, he is perturbed on a level that is not sexy, he is evil and he is crazy; though he surprised me at the end on two counts: I didn’t expect for him to be SO crazy and He did have some feelings hiding deep inside after all (spoiler alert if I go on on this).

Overall, the book is amazing, the story is basically a tale of lies and the sacrifices she made for everyone risking her life in the process.

Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Sweet Jayne by K. Webster

My Rating: 4 Stars

Series: No.

Sex Scenes: Yes.

Subject: Taboo relationship, mystery and fighting for love.

Summary

Nadia Jayne’s world is full of villains.

Kasper thinks he hates her.
Donovan thinks he loves her.
Logan thinks he owns her.

Sweet Jayne is a complicated girl…

She needs Kasper.
She hides from Donovan.
She has a plan for Logan.

But maybe complicated Jayne isn’t so sweet after all…
In fact, she might just be the biggest villain of them all.

WARNING: Story contains dark taboo themes and violence both sexual and physical which could trigger emotional distress in reader.


My Review

Arc given by the author for an honest review.

This was quite a story! 

The characters were dark and tormented, which made them extremely addictive and captivating.

Each of them was haunted by an event that changed everything in their existence and defined the way in which they chose to live these last years of their lives.

Jayne is the main focus of the story and she is a mystery, she disappeared for three years and now she is not the same. 

Surrounded by lies and evil plotting she seems to be lost but at the same time she is in control… of what we don’t know, that is the Main Mystery.

Kasper hates her, he seems to be perturbed and lost; but he finds himself, in the hatred he feels towards her. He was one of my favorite characters; he seemed genuine and strong willed. 

Donovan was just wow, I had mixed feelings about him at the beginning of the book but I understood him and fell for him at the end. He is one sexy stepdad that’s for sure.


Last but not least is Logan, he is perturbed on a level that is not sexy, he is evil and he is crazy; though he surprised me at the end on two counts: I didn’t expect for him to be SO crazy and He did have some feelings hiding deep inside after all (spoiler alert if I go on on this).

Overall, the book is amazing, the story is basically a tale of lies and the sacrifices she made for everyone risking her life in the process.



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Saturday, May 21, 2016

Wish for Me (The Djinn Order #1) by A. Star

My Rating: 5 Stars

Series: The Djinn Order #1

Sex Scenes: Yes.

Subject: A different type of love found in a fantasy world.

Summary:
Three wishes. Two lovers. One destiny.

When the snarky Glory St. Pierre discovers the gold mechanical vase in her deceased grandmother’s basement, she has no idea that she has uncovered a priceless treasure: a genie lamp. With a real genie inside. A very sexy genie with a not-so-sexy grudge against the entire human race.

Irving Amir hates being called a genie. He’s a Djinn, and he is none too happy to be in the service of Glory, who is as intolerable, and beautiful, as humans come. Now he owes her his gratitude for freeing him and three wishes. Damn his luck.

But an arrow through the shoulder alerts Irving to the fact that he is being hunted, and after a truce dinner with Glory ends with them both almost being killed, hating each other goes right out the window. As feelings change and love starts to develop, they must dig through the secrets and lies to find the truth...a truth neither of them will ever see coming.

My Review

I got this book on Netgalley for an honest review and it was totally worth it!

The story focus on Glory and Irving. She is a regular student who happened to find herself in the presence of a real Genie, or better said a Djinn. 

She has three wishes at her disposal but nothing is as easy as it seems and she is dragged into a world she didn’t even know existed.

Lots of action, fighting and one sexy guy make this book a thrilling read!

Irving is perfect! At first he seemed a little bit of a douche but then he is just love and sexiness.

Glory is a strong woman that starts this weird journey that shows her that a lot of the things in her life she was certain about are not entirely true and she needs to choose which side is she in.

The sex scenes were just AMAZING! They have crazy sexual tension going on and the connection between the characters was impressive!

The author built this mysterious and fantastic world who just captures your attention and doesn’t let you go.


A must read if you are into supernatural books!




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Friday, May 20, 2016

Good Girl By: Lauren Layne Releasing May 17, 2016 Loveswept


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GOOD GIRL
Lauren Layne 
May 17th, 2016
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In this steamy novel from the USA Today bestselling author of Blurred Lines, country music’s favorite good girl hides away from the world—and finds herself bunking with a guy who makes her want to be a little bad.

Jenny Dawson moved to Nashville to write music, not get famous. But when her latest record goes double platinum, Jenny’s suddenly one of the town’s biggest stars—and the center of a tabloid scandal connecting her with a pop star she’s barely even met. With paparazzi tracking her every move, Jenny flees to a remote mansion in Louisiana to write her next album. The only hiccup is the unexpected presence of a brooding young caretaker named Noah, whose foul mouth and snap judgments lead to constant bickering—and serious heat.

Noah really should tell Jenny that he’s Preston Noah Maxwell Walcott, the owner of the estate where the feisty country singer has made her spoiled self at home. But the charade gives Noah a much-needed break from his own troubles, and before long, their verbal sparring is indistinguishable from foreplay. But as sizzling nights give way to quiet pillow talk, Noah begins to realize that Jenny’s almost as complicated as he is. To fit into each other’s lives, they’ll need the courage to face their problems together—before the outside world catches up to them.



Excerpt 
Noah
“What time did you say this chick was arriving?” Finn asks around his cigarette.
“Tomorrow morning,” I say, rapping my toe against a funny-looking floorboard and wincing when it buckles.
“Huh.” Finn exhales and looks out the window.
I know that tone. “What?”
“Seems she might have gotten here early,” he says, a second before the quiet afternoon erupts with the sound of my dog losing his mind, mingled with the shrill piercing yap of a much smaller dog.
“Seriously?”
Finn shrugs and nods. “There’s a girl outside.”
“Shit,” I mutter as I head toward the stairs, dodging the two broken ones.
Ranger’s about as good a dog as they come, wouldn’t hurt a fly. But he’s a big dog with a big bark, and one serious weakness: gleefully humping smaller dogs. He’s a rescue, and though he was fixed after they brought him in, he’d already gone through canine puberty, or whatever. He’s still got the fierce urge to hump, although it’s more habit than hormones.
I exit out the front door just in time to see my big brown Lab leap forward, his clumsy paws finding the shoulders of a blond girl who lets out a shriek, holding a cat above her head like that scene from The Lion King.
“Ranger, no! Down.”
I run forward, my hand finding the collar of my dog and yanking him backward as I search the ground to find the source of the small-dog barks still piercing the air.
Then I register that the sound is coming from above, and realize . . .
The cotton ball isn’t a cat.
That orange piece of fluff is a dog, and Ranger is apparently in love.
“What the heck is wrong with your dog?” the girl says as she slowly lowers the puffball from over her head, cradling the hideous little monster against her chest as it continues its high-pitched bloody-murder yips.
“At least my dog is actually a dog,” I say, staring in horror at the pointy face of a canine that could fit in one of my hands. “I’ve seen dust bunnies bigger than that thing.”
“Dolly’s a Pomeranian,” she says, setting a hand on top of the monster’s head. “She’s supposed to be this tiny.”
“Well, Ranger’s a Lab. He’s supposed to be this normal.”
“He attacked me,” she says, giving Ranger a wary look as his tongue hangs out the side of his mouth, his eyes locked lovingly on Dolly.
“He didn’t want you, he wanted the . . . dog,” I say, forcing myself to acknowledge that the creature in her hands might be part of the canine family.
“For what, dinner?”
I don’t respond, because now that the crisis is averted, I’ve managed to shift my attention from the dogs to the girl, and . . .
Holy shit.
I’m not sure I’ve ever been sucker-punched by equal waves of lust and disdain before.
Jenny Dawson is hot as hell.
I knew that going in, but up close she’s even more mouthwatering. Her white skirt is short and tight, her legs long and toned.
She’s wearing some billowing pink top, so I can’t get a good look at what’s happening there, but it doesn’t really matter. I’ve always been a legs man, and I can’t stop looking.
The legs are a 10.
The face is a 10.
And the long blond hair spilling over one shoulder definitely begs to be spread over a man’s pillow. My pillow.
And yet even as my cock says yes, my brain is saying hell no.
Gorgeous as she is, she screams diva from the pink toenails to the sky-high stiletto sandals and all the way up to the carefully made-up face.
I just turned my entire life upside down trying to get away from a woman exactly like this one, so this is definitely a look, don’t touch situation.

But I’m looking. I’m definitely looking.


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Lauren Layne is the USA Today Bestselling author of more than a dozen contemporary romance novels.

Prior to becoming an author, Lauren worked in e-commerce and web-marketing. A year after moving from Seattle to NYC to pursue a writing career, she had a fabulous agent and multiple New York publishing deals.

Lauren currently lives in Manhattan with her husband and plus-sized Pomeranian. When not writing, you'll likely find her running (rarely), reading (sometimes), or at happy hour (often).



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My Review
I got this book for an honest review on Netgalley and I LOVED IT!

I always enjoy Lauren books and this is no exception.

It’s been a while since I actually loved the characters from the start and I have to mention I found hilarious the “meet cute” of Jenny and Noah.

Her first line about the three southern men that greeted her at the house just cracked me up! 

I could just picture them and I have to say I drooled a little bit on mi Kindle… yeah exactly my type of men.


The storyline is fun and sexy, they start as total stranger who kind of hate each other, but after some time they start to know a lot about the other and realize that there was so much more to them that what they saw at first.

Jenny is such a sweet character who is having a rough time in her life and career and this getaway is just what she needs to find her way back home. 
But meeting Noah is so much more than what she was hoping for and she gives herself freely to him.

Noah has been through a lot and he is not looking for anything in particular, but he finds everything in her.

The sex scenes are just wow, I think the parts where there is no real sex but just a little bit of foreplay are even better, the connection and sexual energy just explodes through the pages this guys are AMAZING TOGHETER!!!



Overall this is a great book about falling unexpectedly for someone and fighting for that person, even when timing is wrong and it seems as it would never work out.
Love doesn’t care about time, convenience or your plans, it just hits you and you can only hold on and hope to get a forever out of it.

Monday, May 16, 2016

Revelation (The Revelation Series #1) by Randi Cooley Wilson

My Rating: 5 Stars

Series: #1 The Revelation Series

Sex Scenes: Not yet...

Subject: Discovering who you really are and facing things you thought didn't exist. Oh! and some sexy Gargoyles!  

Summary: 
A DIVINE SECRET,
A LOYAL PROTECTOR,
A FORBIDDEN LOVE.

Eve Collins starts her freshman year at college blissfully unaware that one revelation will challenge everything she’s believed to be true about her family, life, and future, and right in the midst of it all is Asher St. Michael.

Mysterious and aloof, Asher is appointed to protect Eve at all costs. Bound by his oath of loyalty to mankind, loving her is forbidden. 

Dark and enigmatic, Gage Gallagher may be even more dangerous to Eve than the demonic army that hunts her.

Caught in the middle of a centuries old war, Eve must choose sides knowing that the wrong choice will cost more than just her life. 

Can Asher and Eve fulfil their destinies or will their love destroy everything?

Revelation is a journey of self-discovery, love, and sacrifice. 

This is volume one of a series.

My Review

I got this book for an honest review on Netgalley and I found it super exciting and captivating!

It’s been a while since a read a supernatural book and it felt AMAZING!!!

Eve is a regular girl who goes to school, hangs out with friends and studies, until one day everything changes. She is submerged into a world of magic and supernatural beings and she is not safe anymore.

The Storyline is really interesting and each character is defined to perfection which made them relatable. I connected with most of them, and learnt to like the different quirks about each one because they are thoroughly described.

Eve is a sweet girl that hasn’t experienced much yet, but in the days that follow she gets a taste of danger and desire in the form of her guardian, Asher.

I don't think I can explain him, he is INTENSE, and nice, and good and bad at the same time... yeah swooning over here!!

The tension between these characters is off the charts!!!!  I couldn’t put the book down and I was constantly at the edge of my seat waiting for the next love scene between them.

The story worked extremely well for me, because she wasn’t irritating and over the top, she just took everything they gave her and started learning, just remarkable and rare when we get a book with a young female character in it.

I can’t wait to know what happens next, this fantastic world has me craving for more!

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Thursday, May 12, 2016

Combative (Combative #1) by Jay McLean

My Rating: 3.5 Stars

Series: #1 Combative series.

Sex Scenes: Yes.

Subject: letting go of the past and your fears. 



Summary: 
We all play victims to our pasts; to the choices we make and the lives we create. 
They define who we are. 
And sometimes if we're lucky enough, the past stays where it belongs: in the past. 
I'm not one of the lucky ones. 
I never have been. 
Because now the past is knocking on my door, offering deals I have no choice but to take… deals that will help bring justice—not just for me, but for my brothers. 


The problem? 
The deal is a ticking time bomb. 
One I didn't know existed. 

Tick. 
Tock. 

My Review
I got this book for an honest review by the author.

I was captivated by the cover, it’s just Breathtaking! I didn’t get much from the summary but I risked it, it was worth it!

The main characters of this book are two people that have been hurt, we are not sure how that happened at first but we get to know Kyler a little bit by the end of the book, he is such a nice troubled guy but his heart is golden, I was definitely crushing on him!

Madison is just a mystery and if I’m being honest I kind of hated her, he opened his house and his heart to her and she just couldn’t be honest, you can’t love someone and still be dishonest with that person. Love is about showing the worst of you and having the other person accept it, everyone loves the nice parts, but it’s the darkness that made us who we are and by not sharing that we are hiding.

I don’t know how he stood there and just let her not answer the questions he had for her, a little mystery is nice, just plain lying is another.

I’m sure she had her reasons, but lies are a dangerous animal, if you keep them trapped for too long they might just break free and destroy everything around them.

Regardless of the lies, she was really good for him on other aspects, she was able to show him that he was worth it, and because of her he changed and grew up, he was able to leave the past behind… for now.


That Cliffhanger… I need to know what happened next!




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Wednesday, May 4, 2016

The Anatomy of Jane (WJM #1) by Amelia LeFay

My Rating: 5 Stars

Series: #1 WJM series.

Sex Scenes: Oh yeah.

Subject: Love comes in all shapes and sizes.



Summary: 
Jane 

I’ve always been on my own. My life used to consist of nothing but work, keeping Allen out of trouble, and if I had time, sleep. Then I became their maid. 

Max 

Every day more than half a million people tune in to watch my show. They trust me. I know it’s because I’m the only son of the prominent Emerson family. However, I like to believe it because I’m honest no matter what story I report on. I’m honest about everything but the man I’ve been f**king for the last four years… and now her. 

Wesley 

First I want three things: First Maxwell Emerson and Jane Chapman both in my bed. Second, to be the best bloody chef in the country. Third, to figure out how to simultaneously get the first and second things I want without any of us getting hurt.

THREE PEOPLE. 

ONE LOVE STORY….

My Review

I got this book on netgalley for an honest review and it was just … wow my deepest fantasy come true!

Jane is a woman who has been struggling in life and lately everything has made a turn for the worse, but even then she doesn’t give up, she is a “giver” and it’s in her nature to help people in need.

She runs away from her problems and this is no different, but this time it takes her to them, and they are SO GOOD together.

The chemistry between them is crazy! 
The way she wants them from the start was super-hot and the steamy sex scenes left me speechless.

The characters were really unique from the start, each of them has a distinct strong personality and what amazed me the most was the different connection between each other.

Yeah it’s a threesome book, but it has so much love entwined within the pages.

Max is a strong character, but at the same time he is the weakest of all of them, because he can’t accept their love, he is too worried of what people would think and that might just ruin them.

I loved the way he was super strong on his job but weak on Wesley’s hands… so hot!

And last but not least, Wesley, he was such a cute guy, and so sexual all the time, I don’t think I can choose between them, I’ll just take them both.

I need the next book NOW! What a cliffhanger! Can’t wait!!!









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Tuesday, May 3, 2016

A Man of Character (Matters of Love #1) by Margaret Locke


My Rating: 5 Stars

Series: Matters of Love #1

Sex Scenes: Yes. 

Subject: Falling in love again and figuring out what you want for yourself.


Summary: 
What would you do if you discovered the men you were dating were fictional characters you'd created long ago? 

Thirty-five-year-old Catherine Schreiber has shelved love for good. Keeping her ailing bookstore afloat takes all her time, and she’s perfectly fine with that. So when several men ask her out in short order, she’s not sure what to do…especially since something about them seems eerily familiar. 

Caught between fantasy and reality, Cat must decide which—or whom—she wants more. 


Blending humor with unusual twists, including a magical manuscript, a computer scientist in shining armor, and even a Regency ball, A Man of Character tells a story not only of love, but also of the lengths we'll go for friendship, self-discovery, and second chances. 

My Review

I got this book by the author for an honest review and it was just PERFECT!

The main character in this story is a woman who's had a tough time in the past years of her life and who suddenly gets her life changed drastically.

The mystery of this strange book she’s found changes her in lots of ways, it awakens her and frees her from the reclusive life she’s been having.

During the book she meets this amazing men who each show her different things about herself she had forgotten or didn’t know she had in her.


The characters are amazing, we have three perfect men each in their own way, so different from each other who are just too good to be true and then there’s this simple guy who she never thought she would like but the mystery within him and her reaction to him are leaving her breathless.

This is a story of lust love and loss, she gets confronted with the different things that made her who she is and it shows us how we change through our life, how different events change our perspective and wants; and it ultimately teaches us about letting go of our fear and insecurities, and never ever choose the easy road.


Even if it seems easier, it doesn’t mean it would be the best way to go and even if the uncertainty seems scary, we should always go with what our heart tells us. 

Never be afraid of putting yourself out there and fighting for what you want, life might surprise you.

It also shows that sometimes you need to let go of the people you love, because you love them, it might be difficult but in the end you need to let them find their happiness. 
It could be friends, family or even an ex-lover who you just keep close because you are afraid of being alone.

She gets lost in the wind whirl of things and in my opinion it’s the only way to get back home, to who she really is, who she lost along the way.

It’s a beautiful love story in more than one way, super funny and with lots and lots of sexy men, and you know what they say… love always finds a way.

Note to the author: thank you for this beautiful love story, they are one in a million! I fell in love with each and every one of them.


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Sunday, May 1, 2016

Looking Through the Curtains: Illustrated Erotic Stories. Collection No. 1 (Looking Through the Curtains series) by Andrey Rider , Stephan Zolotov (Illustrator)

My Rating: 3 Stars

Series: #1 book in Looking Through the Curtains series

Sex Scenes: Yes.

Subject: 25 illustrated sex stories that will wake up your erotic fantasies.


Summary: 
Our SEXUALITY is a major mystery, and we have no clue which little devils dwell deep down in our hearts. Sometimes our own erotic fantasies make up blush, causing excitement and amazement. YET there’s no reason to be ashamed of your secret desires, there’s nothing wrong about them. The psychologists encourage fantasizing in bed, especially if you are a permanent couple. 

These 25 erotic stories were specially created to ignite your imagination; some of them are very “vulgar,” others are “dirty,” some are “hard,” some are “cynical,” and some are pointedly explicit, and that’s what is best about them. The idea is to provide you with a range of plots for new exciting role playing games, to give you and your partner a chance to imagine that you are someone else. Whether you enact this show mentally or in real life, it will grant you new, exciting emotions, for nothing is as dangerous as boredom in bed. Boredom is a killer of love and of stable relationships, and it is not something you want to learn through your own experience. 

Here a lady walks into a sex shop and gets "suggestions" from the shop assistant, here a decent woman is mistaken for a prostitute, here a guy wanders into a ladies' shower, here a plumber gets really impudent, here a girls' get-together ends up in a debauchery... This Collection has everything a sweet tooth might fancy. 

ATTENTION! 
The purpose of these stories is to help adult couples to organize consensual role playing sex games. Some of them involve the enactment of seduction of a minor, sexual harassment or enforced sex! These crimes can have very serious legal consequences. Never try to do it in real life. It’s absolutely prohibited! 

My Review

I got this book for an honest review and I have to admit that I was hoping for a little bit more graphic kind of book, it soundes interesting and different.

Nevertheless, I enjoyed the book and the stories in it.

Some of them I liked a lot and some I didn't.

Beware that this book is full of cheating fantasies so if you are not into that then I suggest you avoid it.

In my case I hate cheating on any level but since it was not the main focus on the stories I didn't mind that much.

There are a couple of really hot sex scenes, the one from the sex shop and the one from the teachers were my favorite!

The writting was good, I had some problems at first with the choice of sexual words some of them sounded a little bit cheese, but I got used to it once I got into the book.
This is a fun short read, stories are not connected and you can have a litte adventure with each one.

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