ARC Review: Lethal Nights by Lora Leigh

***I received an Advanced Readers copy through Netgalley. ***

Thank you Natalie for the request for review. Did not expect to love this. I did.

This is not my first try in this series. I have read the first book only in the series. And the one thing I can definitely say is that it is better the book I had read before in the series.

I did get a sense this might not be the first book in the series half way through the book because I did not check or read goodreads when I got the request for the review. Or might not have read the whole request. I just read the book blurb and went straight to reading.

One of the advantages of not checking before reading was that I do believe this book can do good as a standalone. But for readers who wants a better in-depth understanding, I suggest reading from the first book.

I loved this 3rd book in the series, Lethal Nights, better than the 1st book I read. Ilya and Emma Jane are not just attracted to each other at the get go but slowly forms an almost magical relationship. They did not just understood each other but communicated better with each other than family or friends. They were aware of each other so unlike some of the other book heroes and heroines.

The plot and the “bad guy” or “villain”, was a bit apparent from the very early on. But somehow the suspense or surety of it was little too stretched which became a little annoying after a while. Though the plot was a bit stretched because of the suspense  but there was enough actions and interesting characters that made me want to go back again and again.

This has a erotic romance feel to it but somehow it did not feel like the prevalent genre in the book for me. I am not exactly sure if it is a paranormal or a fantasy. But it has tinges of magic in it here and there. It is an action romance which I do believe will satisfy readers who want action but a bit of romance and wouldn't mind a bit of possible magic.

There is one question in my mind at the end of the book. Is Illya and his family shifters or something else?! They are special, that I got. But how special? I did expect at least some kind of answer for that question.

Illya and Emma Jane are both have pasts. Painful pasts that not just threaten to disrupt their lives but might just end up with blood. Maybe theirs.

ARC Review: Collision Point (Brute Force #1) by Lora Leigh

Title: Collision Point
Author: Lora Leigh
Series: Brute Force Book #1
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Release Date: February 27, 2018
No. Of. Pages: 336 Pages
Review: 3 Stars

**I received a copy from Netgalley in Exchange for an honest review.**

Synopsis: 

Riordan “Rory” Malone is a force to be reckoned with. A member of the Brute Force Protection Agency and an operative working with the Elite Ops, Rory is the fiercest of warriors and protectors. Honed from the strong Irish stock of their grandfather and sharpened to a razor’s edge, Malone men live for one single purpose: to protect the women who own them, body and soul. From the moment he saw Amara Resnova, he knew she could be that woman.

But Amara, daughter of an alleged notorious crime lord, is a force in her own right. When she betrays her father, she’s finds herself in the arms of a man who is dangerous for her body and soul.

Can Rory keep Amara safe while protecting his own heart? Can Amara trust Rory not to break hers even as the danger mounts, threatening to take them and their passion to a breaking point?

Riordan and Amara is a heady combination. 

They have a chemistry that is ever burning. Like with all of the Lora Leigh books I have read the romance does not disappoint. 

When I started reading the book, I because almost sure this was not the first book in the series or that their is a book before Collision Point that I had no Idea of. I was right and wrong. This book is probably a spin-off of the Elite Ops Series but as far as I do know this is the first book in the series. 

The beginning felt disjointed, since it felt like I was missing a major piece of the back story. I was thrust into the middle of the story and it was not a happy feeling. Unlike my previous foray into Lora Leigh which I almost always read in one go. This time it took a couple tries to get into the book and when it did, the story made more sense. 

Riordan is a soldier and a protector who fell in love with the woman who he was supposed to be protecting. When Amara comes back or heals after the kidnapping she has lost a year of her life of which Riordan is the main memory. 

The escalation of the suspense of who kidnapped Amara and why was the main plot which is very cleverly spun. Each and every memory was a blanket of suspense that was lifted and a peek towards what was. 

 Her memory loss was a huge contention between Riordan and Amara. But something that made Riordan stick to his guts. He was not willing to let go of Amara, not without a fight. 

Riordan was easy to understand unlike Amara. Even now, I am not wholly sure If I do understand her. 

Collision Point is for readers who like their suspense and a bit of action along with their Romance.

Review: Claim My Baby by Taryn Quinn

Review: Claim My Baby by Taryn Quinn

Title: Claim My Baby
Author: Taryn Quinn
Series: Dirty Dilfs, Book 2
Publisher: Rainbow Rage Publishing
Genre: Erotic Romance
No. Of. Pages: 362 Pages
Release Date: 28 February 2018
Review: 4.5 Stars

Synopsis:

You’re going to be a daddy.

Those were the last words I ever expected to hear.

As one of the fabled Hamilton twins, I enjoy my life just as it is. Why wouldn’t I? Check out my stats.

Co-owner of Hamilton Realty, a multimillion dollar business.

Doting uncle to my niece, Laurie, and my soon-to-be nephew.

All-around sexy, single guy who doesn’t do strings—ever.

Then I went to Vegas with my sister-in-law’s best friend, Sage.

Choices were made. Alcoholic beverages were consumed. Virginities were taken.

Hers, not mine.

Then Sage announced I’d knocked her up. And oh yeah, she doesn’t expect me to take an active role, because she knows I can’t handle anything except my d*ck.

Say what?

She’s so wrong, and I’m going to prove it to her. I’m going to claim my baby—and Sage.

Author’s note: This book is about the process of becoming a DILF. Oliver doesn’t start out as a single father, but by the end of the book? Hoo boy.

Author’s Note part deux: Claim My Baby is a standalone rom com with a romantic HEA ending and no cliffhanger.

Sage and Oliver is the kind of couple who you would see fighting a lot. And Love fighting with each other as much. I have only seen handful of couples like that. Their fighting each other shows their love, If you look close enough. 

The beginning, I thought for sure they hated each other. 

Wow!

The book is the second in the series and It never hindered or made it difficult to finish the book.The first book in the series is about the Hamilton Twin Seth, whereas the second book is about the Oliver the other Hamilton twin. So, in essence, the stories do entwine each other but very beautifully. 

Claim My Baby, the title is a in a way misinterpreting for me. Because I went into it thinking Oliver did not want the baby but later realized he does. The question for the future readers is Do they fall in Love with each other? When Oliver finds about the baby is it a position or a negative reaction? 

The climax, is what actually defines the title. Not the story from start to finish. And the climax is sweet and will make you yearn for something like that.

Review: The Russian: A Bad Boy Romance By Renee Rose

Review: The Russian: A Bad Boy Mafia Romance By Renee Rose

 

Title: The Russian: A Bad Boy Mafia Romance

Author: Renee Rose

Series: --

Genre: Romance, Erotic, BDSM, Dark

Publisher: Burning Desires

No. of Pages: 70 Pages 

Release Date: December 18th , 2017

My Review: 3.5 Stars

SYNOPSIS:

 MY PRISONER. MY OBSESSION. MY SUNSHINE.

I can't stay away from her.
I don't care if I get whacked by the mob. Or fired from the FBI.
There's no way I'm letting her get hurt.
Hell, if any of them touch her, I'll blow my cover in a second.
She's my solnishko.
Her brother's a scumbag. He owes the don money.
The don sends me to collect my pound of flesh, but I want more than a pound.
I want her.

A Dark Mafia Romance. With an element of BDSM in it. 

Yuri and Lucy, both are very different and opposite until you zoom in on the attraction they have towards each other. Both of them come from a different backgrounds. What brought both of them together was a bad decision by Lucy's brother. 

This is Erotic Romance, however one thing worth mentioning is Lucy is Yuri's Prisoner. There are scenes that may not be completely consensual. 

For Lucy being kidnapped and held by Yuri brought about desires and wants that she did not even know she had. This book introduced her to BDSM. If it was a series it continue on to her finding out what else she likes. 

That being said. It is a dark romance which could be read by readers who wants to know more about BDSM. But the consent may rankle some readers. Though Miss Rose wrote that piece in such a way that it was balanced out for me by the intimate and consensual scene that came up. 

For me this was a great short story to just unwind in with a cup of tea because apparently I can't make edible coffee. And I love coffee. 

**Thank you to Net Galley and the publisher for providing the copy in exchange for review.**

Review: Truckers 1 & 2 (Curvy Virgin & Alpha MFM+ Menage) by Q. Zayne

Review: Truckers 1 & 2 (Curvy Virgin & Alpha MFM+ Menage) by Q. Zayne

Title: Truckers 1 & 2

Author: Q. Zayne

Series: (Not Sure)

Genre: Dark Romance, BDSM, Menage

Publisher: Hughes Empire

No. of Pages: 93 Pages 

My Review: 4 Stars

Truckers 1 & 2 is the story of Buck And Lyle. Both are truckers; if you were wondering. 

Now, before I go further; Below is the Synopsis from Goodreads: 

Synopsis:

" Truckers—Tyrone is now live. The intense adult material in this book is not for everyone.
I have a secret. I still have my V card, and I'm on my first road trip across the country.
Is the smoldering hot trucker with the melting smile a knight of the road, or is he the bad man I've been warned about?

Buck has plans for me. By the time I find out what he expects my untouched, curvy body to endure, I'm not sure there's anything I wouldn't let him do, including everything risky with his silver fox buddy and their mammoth Black best friend. Even when I'm reluctant, Buck knows just how to master me to get everything he wants.

If you're up for this, come on Gia's first ride! These hot short reads are for readers 18+ due to strong sexual content, language and dark themes. Not advised for sensitive readers, or anyone prone to being offended or triggered by fiction. Truckers 1 & 2 contain power play, sharing, unprotected first times, ownership and age gap fast love that may disturb some readers. If you like spirited BBW heroines, tough and tender heroes, dark romance, and imaginative fantasy, the scary-hot moments will make you squirm in all the right ways. Truckers is a novelette and Truckers ~ Lyle is a novella. They are not novels. Both are stand-alones featuring a different couple and HEA.

There are brief previews of two other blue collar menage books in this edition for you.
Please note: These books first appeared as singles. Truckers has appeared in other bundles. Lyle hasn't appeared in any previous collection.

Adventurous readers, let's roll.
Q.    "

 Truckers, is an intense and Dark Romance. And it is a Romance. Buck and Lyle's stories are both different with their plot and the climax. With Lyle's story being a lot more Love at first Romance then Buck's.

There is a not a lot of Dark Romance that I can say is DARK but SWEET. For me Lyle's story was that. It was dark but it was sweet.

Trucker's is a combination of Menage, Inter-racial, and a bunch of dark erotic that may and can make a some of the reader's take a step back. But Q. Zayne made it work. I do not think this a complete dark romance. There were other elements that balanced out that part of the book for me.

That being said this is a series, It can be read as a series as well as a stand-alone.

Review: Someone Like You By Brittney Sahin

Review: Someone Like You By Brittney Sahin

Title: Someone Like You 
Author: Brittney Sahin

Series: .....................

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Publisher: EmKo Media

No. of Pages: 234 Pages 

My Review: 4 Stars

 I received the ARC through Netgalley. Thank you so much to the publisher for the opportunity.

I honestly do not remember when was the last time I have read a romance that did not have either an element of Mystery or Paranormal or Fantasy. 

This probably is the first one in some time. 

My first time reading Brittney Sahin's book. I loved it. It was slow to start. But when It did. I flew through the rest of the pages. 

The plot is simple. One I have read before but the characters are different. For me that made all the difference. From Noah and Grace's simple rule to always tell the truth to each other. To Grace finding Noah sweet and protective; even trying to protect her from himself and vice versa.

"You may have been born into this life, but that doesn't mean you have to let it control your future."

I can probably give you a dozen more of these that made me fall in love more with Noah or even with Grace. Though I have a feeling If I did that I would give you the whole story. 

The book maybe a romance but I think the secondary characters gave me a sense of family. I would love to read about their stories; If their is any in the future. 

Discriptive. Swoon worthy reading.

Review: Pint-Sized Protector (Bad Boy Inc. Book 2) By Eve Langlais

Review: Pint-Sized Protector (Bad Boy Inc. Book 2) By Eve Langlais

Title: Pint-Sized Protector

Author: Eve Langlais
Series: Bad Boys Inc. Book 2

Genre: Contemporary, Romance, Humor, Suspense

Publisher: Eve Langlais 

No. of Pages: 338 Pages 

My Review: 4 Stars

It took some time to get into the book. When I did..... Ooooh boy

Kacy and Meathead. Sorry, I can not get the name out my mind.

It was fun  to read as well as being a Romantic Action. It did the job of covering all aspects of a Good Romance that I like.

Kacy is an Independent women that can kick meathead's butt. Their relationship was something that I did not get at first time around.

Their relationship was quite the opposite of what I usually read. Kacy is a  'I don't need Protection' or a 'I can do it myself'. Kind of girl. Except she probably can do what she says she will do. 

I would love to say that I totally loved it. But I only started absolutely liking half way through the book. Going into the book, I thought it was going to be Kacy and the guy she was going to protect that was the main characters. But It was not the case, The Synopsis does not say anything like that. This was something that put me off from the beginning until I actually started liking both of them. 

A great Romance for any who likes a Go and get 'em kind of gal in the story.

Review: Yes, Sir (Southern Submission Book 1) By Paige Warren

Review: Yes, Sir (Southern Submission Book 1) By Paige Warren

Title: Yes, Sir

Author: Paige Warren

Series: Southern Submission Book 1

Genre: Erotic Romance, BDSM

Publisher: Changeling Press LLC

No. of Pages: 123 Pages

My Review: 4 Stars

The Story as far as I can tell is pretty simple. A father trying to get his daughter back. He makes a deal with Zoe to be his fake fiance. One of the things that was apparent at first glance was their attraction. It was a lust at first sight.

You could probably say it was a love at first sight. But somehow I do not think that. During the course of the book, both Zoe and Beau got to know each other. There were little things between them that made me fall in love with the characters more and more.

I am not going to mention those things since the book is a short story it might just give the whole book away.

The book also had bits of BDSM in it. For readers who do not read BDSM it may became a little uncomfortable. I would like to say that this book can be great also for readers who want to get to know or even try to experiment on the BDSM reads.

The Cover was something that I think could be better. It only interpreted part of the book for me.

The climax was by far the best for me. It gave a feel of family and satisfaction that I absolutely adored.