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19/09/2017

Alphas Of Danger (10 Books) from Your Favourite Authors. Release & ARC Review.

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Synopsis
Happy-Ever-After has never been so intoxicating
Danger…
When a man has beaten it, he becomes a hero.
Lust...
When a woman tastes it, she is helpless to resist his pull.
Love…
It won’t come easily, especially between alpha men and their headstrong women. Threats lurk in the shadows, and the price for passion is often exacted with a bullet or a blade…but the sacrifice is worth it when devotion is the reward. Ten bestselling authors, masters of spine-tingling romantic suspense, bring you brand-new stories that will yank you to the edge of your seat and have your heart pounding as you turn the pages. Best of all, the proceeds will benefit 4 Paws for Ability, a worldwide agency that enriches the lives of children and veterans with disabilities by training and placing quality, task-trained service dogs.
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A very good set with no boring books amongst them.  All will tempt you to look for more from the various authors. 
There are some that are VERY HOT so enjoy. 
I have reviewed each one separately.  
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Devoted To Wicked 
By Shayla Black.  
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Karis Weston  has just had her holiday ruined by some stealing her passport.  When she calls her family for help she gets more than she bargained for. 
Cage is a cop and all too eager to help out the beautiful Karis. 
A little excitement in the sun in this contemporary romance. 
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Countdown 
By Lexi  Blake.  
☆☆☆☆
Ben Parker is an operative for the Canadian government, and his job is to stop a mad scientist who threatening the stability of the world. 
Ms. Magenta is the cover name for the American operative that is part of the same job. 
Thus is set in the future when world politics is in turmoil. 
Can our dangerous agents save the world or will they get diverted. 
A sexy romantic suspense with very good characters.  I would love to read more of their escapades. 
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Power Struggle 
By Mari Carr.  
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Carter is shocked she the "one who got away " walks back into his bar after ten years away. 
Bree Andrews has taken years too get her head together after the devastating events if ten years ago. 
Both are characters have learned they need to have total control.  That can make things very difficult.  When danger strikes someone needs to be in charge. 
A sexy romantic suspense with a BDSM flavour.  
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CIA Covert Team. 
But  Kris Cook.  
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This is a M/M romance and part of the Rainbow Knights series.
Drake McLeod and  Chance Nicholls are part of a new covert team for the CIA.  Not everyone in the company like the idea of a LBGT team. 
Drake and Chance have been having a difference of opinion on the direction their relationship is going.  When the first big case is sabotaged it puts everyone in danger. 
This was not really my normal genre but the story behind the relationship is very good and made for entertaining reading.  
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With A Vengeance,  
By Anissa Garcia. 
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I won't give you the character names in this review because they don't know each other's until halfway through. 
She is trying to find proof a certain senator is behind the death of her friend.  It's a very dangerous game she's playing. 
He has his own agenda,  but can't resist comforting the beautiful stranger he meets. 
The chemistry between the two is combustible,  but can they trust each other?
A very good,  sexy romantic suspense with interesting characters. 
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Hard Asset. 
By Kym Grosso. 
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Evan Tredioux has got an invitation to a very special party.  He needs to investigate the powerful host.  What he sees while he's there shakes what he believes of a friend.
Raine Presley is caught in the wrong place at the wrong time.  A man she has known and worked with thinks she is a spy. 
This is a very sexy part of the "Club Altura" series.  It's very exciting but ends in a cliffhanger.  So you will need to get the follow up to find out what happens to our brave characters. 
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Revenge On The Rocks. 
By Jenna Jacob.  
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Gina Scott is a bar owner who unknowingly upset the wrong man.  He is determined to make her pay. 
Nate Grayson is the not so secret lover of the beautiful but prickly bar owner.  He is not the slightest bit worried about her being older than him,  but she is. 
This is a very sexy contemporary romance with great characters that is part of a series but easily read on it's own.  It will tempt you to read the rest of the series. 
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Seducing Danger.  
By  Kennedy Layne. 
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Landon Smyth is in Aruba for a business merger, now it's all over except the signing.  He can allow himself some relaxation.  There is a beautiful woman he has seen around the resort all week.
Kelli Garrett has been watching the handsome tycoon all week,  but not for the reason he might hope. 
Our characters have some big surprises coming to them.  Some pleasant and others not so. 
A sexy contemporary romance with the usual roles reversed. 
Good fun. 
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Enforce Her,  
By Isabella LaPearl. 
☆☆☆☆

Rambler is on his way home from buying himself a classic motorcycle. He and his band of brothers are part of a very special motorcycle club.  That will make all the difference to the woman he rescues on his way home. 
Ella walked away from Rambler once before,  she must do it again.  She dare not take the risk of staying.  There is danger stalking our heroine.
This is a MC Romance told from the two points of view. It has lots of action and sexy romance.  It is part of a series but easily read on it's own.  
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Executive Ink. 
By Carrie Ann Ryan.  
☆☆☆☆

Ashlynn  Kelly has worked very hard to get to the top of the company.  It's always harder for an attractive woman to be taken seriously in business.  Now the meetings are over what she really needs is a night of hot and dirty sex,  but that's not going to happen.
Jax Reagan has travelled back to the town and tattoo studio he hoped he had left behind to finish the work on one last customer.  Now he can settle into his new job in Denver with Montgomery Ink . That is if he can get his mind off the one night stand he had in Atlanta. 
A hot and sexy short story from the Montgomery Ink series with lovely characters.  It could be read as a stand alone and will not spoil any of the series for you.  Be careful it might melt your kindle.  
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SHAYLA BLACK
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 Shayla Black is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than fifty novels. For nearly twenty years, she’s written contemporary, erotic, paranormal, and historical romances via traditional, independent, foreign, and audio publishers. Her books have sold millions of copies and been published in a dozen languages. Raised an only child, Shayla occupied herself with lots of daydreaming, much to the chagrin of her teachers. In college, she found her love for reading and realized that she could have a career publishing the stories spinning in her imagination. Though she graduated with a degree in Marketing/Advertising and embarked on a stint in corporate America to pay the bills, her heart has always been with her characters. She’s thrilled that she’s been living her dream as a full-time author for the past eight years. Shayla currently lives in North Texas with her wonderfully supportive husband, her teenage daughter, and two spoiled tabbies. In her “free” time, she enjoys reality TV, reading, and listening to an eclectic blend of music.

LEXI BLAKE
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Lexi Blake lives in North Texas with her husband, three kids, and the laziest rescue dog in the world. She began writing at a young age, concentrating on plays and journalism. It wasn’t until she started writing romance that she found success. She likes to find humor in the strangest places. Lexi believes in happy endings no matter how odd the couple, threesome or foursome may seem.

MARI CARR
Writing a book was number one on Mari Carr’s bucket list and on her thirty-fourth birthday, she set out to see that goal achieved. Too many years later, her computer is jammed full of stories — novels, novellas, short stories and dead-ends and she has nearly eighty published works.
Virginia native, Mari Carr is a New York Times and USA TODAY bestseller of contemporary erotic romance novels. With over one million copies of her books sold, Mari was the winner of the Romance Writers of America’s Passionate Plume award for her novella, Erotic Research.

KRIS COOK
Though starting in straight erotic romance, Kris's total focus now is on gay romance. When asked why recently, his answer was "My muse finally came out of the closet. Isn't it about time? I've been out since I was twenty-five."
A voracious reader, Kris loves many genres of fiction, but this writer's favorite books are romances that are edgy, sexy, with rich characters and unique challenges. Kris's influences include Anne Rice, JR Ward, Lexi Blake and Shayla Black. Kris is also the co-host of Romance OUT Loud, an audio podcast that features some of the best voices in gay romance fiction like, Andrew Grey, Damon Suede, Kindle Alexander, Felice Stevens, L.A. Witt, Sarina Bowen, and more. Kris is married to the love of his life - Stephen.

ANISSA GARCIA
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Anissa Garcia earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Speech Communications and English. She held an array of jobs including Public Relations Manager for Barnes and Noble. Wanting a change of pace, she attended The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and trained full-time in theatre for two years. After working in Hollywood as an actress and casting assistant, she relocated to Austin, Texas and began writing freelance for Cosmopolitan and other publications. Her first book, A Promise Kept, is available now. A Promise Made will be available November 2016. When not writing stories, watching movies, or drinking a latte, she loves to daydream about romantic fictional men.

KYM GROSSO
 
 Kym Grosso is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the erotic paranormal series, The Immortals of New Orleans, and the contemporary erotic suspense series, Club Altura. In addition to romance novels, Kym has written and published several articles about autism, and is passionate about autism advocacy. She is also a contributing essay author in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Raising Kids on the Spectrum. She lives in suburban Pennsylvania but has a not-so-secret desire to move to a beach in southern California where she can write while listening to the roar of the ocean. She holds a bachelor’s degree from West Chester University and a MBA from Widener University. In a previous life, she was employed as a speech therapist, a health care consultant, and a product manager for a software company. In 2012, Kym published her first novel and today, is a full time indie romance author.

JENNA JACOB
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USA Today Bestselling author Jenna Jacob paints a canvas of passion, romance, and humor as her Alpha men and the feisty women who love them unravel their souls and heal their scars to find their happily-ever-after kind of love. Heart-tugging, captivating, and steamy, Jenna’s books will surely leave you breathless and craving more.
A mom of four grown children, Jenna and her Alpha-Hunk husband live in Kansas. Jenna loves books, Harleys, music, and camping. Jenna’s zany sense of humor and lack of filter exemplify her motto: Live. Laugh. Love. Meet the wild and wicked family in her sultry series: The Doms of Genesis. Or become spellbound by the searing love connection between Raine, Hammer, and Liam in her continuing saga: The Doms of Her Life (co-written with the amazing Shayla Black and Isabella La Pearl). Journey with couples struggling to resolve their pasts to discover unbridled love and devotion in Jenna’s new contemporary series: Passionate Hearts.

KENNEDY LAYNE
Kennedy Layne is a USA Today bestselling author. She draws inspiration for her military romantic suspense novels in part from her not-so-secret second life as a wife of a retired Marine Master Sergeant. He doubles as her critique partner, beta reader, and military consultant. They live in the Midwest with their teenage son and menagerie of pets. The loyal dogs and mischievous cats appreciate her writing days as much as she does, usually curled up in front of the fireplace.

ISABELLA LAPEARL
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Isabella LaPearl is a USA Today bestselling author known for her collaboration with Shayla Black & Jenna Jacob for the Doms of Her Life Series. She enjoys writing sexy, erotic romance. A wife, mother, writer, reader and a love for riding motorcycles. To say it's been an extraordinary journey thus far would be an understatement... what a rush! What a thrill to realize dreams and see them go from a seed to fruition. So for all you aspiring Authors, who like me, have a fire inside that burns brightly and demands to be sated by writing... Never give up.

CARRIE ANN RYAN
Carrie Ann Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary and paranormal romance. Her works include the Montgomery Ink, Redwood Pack, Talon Pack, and Gallagher Brothers series, which have sold over 2.0 million books worldwide. She started writing while in graduate school for her advanced degree in chemistry and hasn’t stopped since. Carrie Ann has written over fifty novels and novellas with more in the works. When she’s not writing about bearded tattooed men or alpha wolves that need to find their mates, she’s reading as much as she can and exploring the world of baking and gourmet cooking.


18/04/2017

Fractured Silence (Talon Pack #5) by Carrie Ann Ryan. Paranormal Romance. Release & ARC Review.


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The Talon Pack continues with a dark secret that could shatter the future of the Packs, or save them all. 
Parker Jamenson is the son of three Packs, the sole mediator between every Pack in the United States and Europe, and…he’s dying. He knows he doesn’t have much left in him and is in desperate need of a mate. But with the new and unyielding changes thanks to the Moon Goddess, he might not have as much time as he thinks.
Brandon Brentwood is the Omega of the Talon Pack and the youngest of his family. He’s not only one of the famed triplets; he’s also the most secretive. There’s a good reason for that, however, and when a shocking revelation meshes the past and present in a very unexpected way, he’ll look to not only Parker but also a disgraced human to save them all.
Avery Montag knows she’s the daughter of a traitor and doesn’t have much to give the wolves in the way of atonement. But she’ll do everything she can to pay for her father’s sins and find a way to end the war between the humans and the wolves. 
When the three turn to each other in a time of unrest and for vastly different reasons, temptation burns and seduction beckons. Only, the past, present, and future are never as solid as they seem, and the path the trio thought to travel may just vanish before they’re ready.

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The books in this series should be read in order to understand what our packs are facing in this war. 
Parker Jamenson is the Voice of the wolves.  This means he is a mediator who gets called to settle disputes between packs.  On one of his journeys he was exposed to something that is making him sick. 
Brandon Brentwood is the Omega of the Talon pack.  He helps with the emotional well being of the pack.  That is taking too much out of him and he is suffering. 
Avery Montag is the estranged daughter of the wolves biggest human enemy.  Coming to offer her help could cost her her life. 
This is a very sexy,  but also emotional story.  There is so much danger surrounding our lovers will they ever have time together? 
I love this series it always has such a great story line that you can really get your teeth into, and sexy scenes that nearly melted my kindle.
I can't wait for the next book. 


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New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan never thought she’d be a writer. Not really. No, she loved math and science and even went on to graduate school in chemistry. Yes, she read as a kid and devoured teen fiction and Harry Potter, but it wasn’t until someone handed her a romance book in her late teens that she realized that there was something out there just for her. When another author suggested she use the voices in her head for good and not evil, The Redwood Pack and all her other stories were born. Carrie Ann is a bestselling author of over twenty novels and novellas and has so much more on her mind (and on her spreadsheets *grins*) that she isn’t planning on giving up her dream anytime soon



10/05/2016

Prowled Darkness. Dante´s Circle #7) by Carrie Ann Ryan. ARC Review.



Humans aren’t as alone as they choose to believe. Every human possesses a trait of supernatural that lays dormant within their genetic make-up. Centuries of diluting and breeding have allowed humans to think they are alone and untouched by magic. But what happens when something changes? 

Eliana Sawyer’s life was rocked from its foundation twice in as many years. She risked her heart and had it shattered into a thousand pieces when Malik left her with no warning. While she’d normally raise her chin and ignore the pain, she can’t forget what he gave her before he disappeared from her life. 

Malik Ward is a prince amongst the lion shifters and knows that one day he will have to take a mate. Only, his people can never mate with humans. Under the mistaken impression that Eliana was only human, he forced himself to leave before they’d crossed a line and he broke his vow to his people. Now that he knows the truth about Eliana, however, it will take more than groveling to win back the one woman fated to be his.

While Eliana and Malik embark on a new sensuous path that might lead to disaster, the realms aren’t ready to allow the final lightning-struck human to be enveloped into their fold. The couple will have to combat those plotting against them, as well as the broken promises and heated emotions they share. 

Warning: Contains a Leo with a bite that’s worse than his roar, a woman with one last chance at the life she’s always dreamt of, a flame that could extinguish with the wrong sacrifice, and the final journey in the bestselling Dante’s Circle series.

Ellie Sawyer is the only one of the lightening struck women not to have found her mate, and therefore the only one still human. She is likely to stay that way because the man she loves is human and he has left her. Her biggest problem is that she is about to have his baby.
Malik Ward has had to leave the woman he loves because werelions can't mate humans. Especially him, as he is heir to the throne. His father, the Leo is dying, so Malik must put the realm before his own wants. That is until he learns that Ellie is one of the lightening struck.
This is a sexy and emotional story . Our heroine is trying to be brave and strong but the baby is the only one that matters. Once she comes into her power she will be a very unusual magical being. Our arrogant hero thinks he can just come back and say everything if fine now. He has to learn the world doesn´t revolve around him.  They have a lot to sort out in a very short time and traitors to the Leo's realm to battle.
A lovely ending to a great series,that must be read in order.  


New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan never thought she’d be a writer. Not really. No, she loved math and science and even went on to graduate school in chemistry. Yes, she read as a kid and devoured teen fiction and Harry Potter, but it wasn’t until someone handed her a romance book in her late teens that she realized that there was something out there just for her. When another author suggested she use the voices in her head for good and not evil, The Redwood Pack and all her other stories were born. Carrie Ann is a bestselling author of over twenty novels and novellas and has so much more on her mind (and on her spreadsheets *grins*) that she isn’t planning on giving up her dream anytime soon


05/04/2016

An Immortal¨s Song. (Dante´s Circle #6) by Carrie Ann Ryan. ARC Review.

Humans aren’t as alone as they choose to believe. Every human possesses a trait of supernatural that lays dormant within their genetic make-up. Centuries of diluting and breeding have allowed humans to think they are alone and untouched by magic. But what happens when something changes?
Amara Young has always been on the outside looking in. She’s the one lightning-struck woman out of her group who has never felt as if she’s belonged. She lost a year of her life caring for her dying friend, but now it’s her turn to find out who she is. Only when the time comes, two men stand in her way—two men who claim her as theirs.
Tristan Archer, fae royalty and Conclave member, has waited over nine hundred years for his fate. And now he has two chances. While one knows his path, the other seems blind to what they could have. It will take more than a simple risk for Tristan to finally have what he desires…that is if Amara and Seth can overcome their own uncertainties.
While the other two in his life are fighting themselves and their futures, Seth Oceanus knows exactly what he wants. The younger brother of a Conclave member and relatively young in his realm, he knows he’ll have to prove himself so others see him for who he truly is.
As the triad succumbs to their cravings, they will have to fight more than their overwhelming feelings in order to survive.
Warning: Contains an innocent merman, a very talented fae, and a human woman who can outpace them both.
 

This is part of the Dante´s Circle series but could be read as a stand alone.

Tristan is a Fae prince, and over nine hundred years old. He is also terrified of talking to one small lightning struck woman. If he doesn´t ask, he can´t be refused. He has felt the pull that says she is one of his mates. Seth who is a merman shifter is the other part of the triad.  He also feels the pull, but Amara takes no notice of either of them, if she really is their mate she should feel it to.  The nearest Amara has ever had to a family is her friendship with the other lightning struck women. She has some massive changes to deal with.
This is a very sexy, magical story. Our heroine has to call on strength she didn't know she had to claim her family. Our heroes are very different types of men but share one important quality.  They are both good men with lots of love to give. I love this series and can't wait for the next one.


New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan never thought she’d be a writer. Not really. No, she loved math and science and even went on to graduate school in chemistry. Yes, she read as a kid and devoured teen fiction and Harry Potter, but it wasn’t until someone handed her a romance book in her late teens that she realized that there was something out there just for her. When another author suggested she use the voices in her head for good and not evil, The Redwood Pack and all her other stories were born. Carrie Ann is a bestselling author of over twenty novels and novellas and has so much more on her mind (and on her spreadsheets *grins*) that she isn’t planning on giving up her dream anytime soon

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