Review: Simply Irresistible by Jill Shalvis

Format read: ebook
Release Date: 1 November 2011
Number of pages: 684 pages
Publisher: Forever
Formats available: ebook, paperback
Source: review copy provided by publisher through NetGalley
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon

Christmas in Lucky Harbor is a 2-in-1 reissue of Simply Irresistible and The Sweetest Thing by Jill Shalvis, this review is only of the 1st story: Simply Irresistible

Blurb:

Simply Irresistible – Book #1 in the Lucky Harbor series

Maddie Moore’s whole life needs a makeover.

In one fell swoop, Maddie loses her boyfriend (her decision) and her job (so not her decision). But rather than drowning her sorrows in bags of potato chips, Maddie leaves L.A. to claim the inheritance left by her free-spirited mother-a ramshackle inn nestled in the little coastal town of Lucky Harbor, Washington.

Starting over won’t be easy. Yet Maddie sees the potential for a new home and a new career-if only she can convince her two …

Review: “Hot Text” by Cari Quinn

Hot Text by Cari Quinn

Format Read:e-book provided courtesy of the author
Length: 94 Pages
Release Date: November 2, 2011
Publisher: Ellora’s Cave
Genre: Erotic Romance
Formats Available: Kindle, Nook, eBook
Purchasing Info: Author’s Website, Publisher, Goodreads, Kindle, Nook, All Romance eBooks

Book Blurb:

Sometimes what you think you want and what you need are two very different things.

As a technical editor, Jeffrey Maddox deals with plenty of words, leaving him few to spare on people, except his baby sister. To keep Daisy from wrecking her newly rehabbed life by shacking up with her older, married lover Lonny, he impulsively texts Lonny’s wife, Karyn. And then meets her at a coffee shop on a snowy night, ostensibly to convince her to stay with her philandering husband.

But soon texting turns to sexting. After spending the night getting to know Karyn, Jeff wants something much more personal—Lonny’s wife. For himself.

Despite her …

Review: Karma Girl by Jennifer Estep

Format read: ebook
Series: Book #1 in the Bigtime series
Release Date: 1 May 2007 (reissued as ebook on 12 July 2011)
Number of pages: 360 pages
Publisher: Berkley
Formats available: ebook, paperback
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon

Blurb:

Bigtime, New York, is not big enough for both Carmen Cole and the superheroes and ubervillains who stalk its streets. An intrepid reporter, Carmen’s dedicated her life to unmasking the spandexwearers, all because her fiancé turned out to be a superhero, and a cheating one at that-sleeping with none other than his nubile nemesis.

Exposing the true identities of the nation’s caped crusaders and their archenemies has catapulted Carmen from her sleepy southern hometown to the front pages of the country’s biggest newspaper, The Exposé. Hobnobbing with millionaires and famished fashionistas is all in a day’s work for a woman on the trail of the Fearless Five and Terrible Triad. But when Carmen …

Review: Ruby Red Metallic by Casey Sheridan

Format read: ebook
Release Date: 1 April  2011
Length: short story (of 6612 words)
Publisher: Breathless Press
Source: review copy provided by publisher
Formats available: ebook
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Kindle store, Breathless Press, Excerpt

Blurb: Only one thing stands between Alaina and her passion. His name is Scott.

Alaina knows her cars, and she doesn’t view what she does for a living as stealing. Using all the physical attributes she has at her disposal, she merely acquires the high-end vehicles for a business partner. Although the beautiful cars turn her on, she has her heart set on a particular gem. When she finds her jewel, Alaina is pleasantly surprised by its handsome owner, Scott.

Now she’s faced with a dilemma. Does she choose the man or the gem?

My Thoughts: Ruby Red Metallic is a very short but incredibly hot erotica novella!

Alaina is a strong, independent and sensual young …

Review: Golden by Joely Sue Burkhart

Format read: review copy provided by author Release Date: 29 August 2011Number of pages: 72 pagesPublisher: Carina PressFormats available: ebookPurchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Carina Press, B&N, Kobo, Powell’s

Book Blurb:

Golden-eyed Jin has spent her life preparing to be the Emperor’s consort. She knows her destiny is to serve the Emperor by indulging the dark desire that he has buried deep inside his heart—the desire to give pain.

Only she can take the pain he yearns to give, and transform it into the most unimaginable pleasure. But to enjoy all the Emperor can give her, she must survive assassination attempts from those who would keep them apart. Seducing the Emperor is risky…but it’s the only way to fulfill her destiny.

My Thoughts:
I was prepared to be thrown into a story like non I read by Burkhart …

Review: Deadly Descent by Kaylea Cross

Format read: ebook provided by publisher through NetGalley
Release Date: 5 September 2011
Publisher: Carina Press
Formats available: ebook
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon

Blurb:

Devon Crawford is an officer; Air Force Pararescueman Cam Munro is enlisted. Dev flies medical evacuations; Cam jumps into danger zones to save lives. Dev wants to return home from Afghanistan with her heart untouched; Cam will do anything to win the woman he loves.

Reaching for happiness in a war zone is the last thing Captain Devon Crawford plans, but she can’t ignore the feelings she’s hidden for so long. Cam’s sexy charm and wicked kisses weaken her resistance, but she’s too afraid of losing him to give in.

When Dev’s helicopter and crew are shot down and set up as bait by a notorious warlord, Cam risks all to save the team. What he doesn’t know is that the trap is set for …

Review: Red by Kait Nolan

Format read: ebook provided by author for reviewRelease Date: 14 August 2011Formats available: ebookPurchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Smashwords, Barnes and Noble, All Romance EBooks, Amazon UK, Amazon DE,

Blurb:

Every fairy tale has a dark side…

Elodie Rose has a secret. Any day, she’ll become a wolf and succumb to the violence that’s cursed her family for centuries. For seventeen years she’s hidden who and what she is. But now someone knows the truth and is determined to exterminate her family line. Living on borrowed time in the midst of this dangerous game of hide and seek, the last thing Elodie needs to do is fall in love. But Sawyer is determined to protect her, and the brooding, angry boy is more than what he seems. Can they outsmart a madman? And if they survive, will they find a way …

Review: Dangerous to Her, by Virna DePaul

Format Read: e-ARC submitted by author for review
Length: 224 Pages
Release Date: August 23, 2011
Publisher: Harlequin Romantic Suspense
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Formats Available: Mass Market Paperback, Kindle, Nook, eBook
Purchasing Info: Author’s Website, Goodreads, Book Depository, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, eHarlequin, Books-A-Million, Powell’s, Chapters, Kindle, Nook, eHarlequin ebook

Book Blurb:

“I’m not afraid anymore.”
For years, court reporter Mattie Nolan kept her child a secret. The man she once loved chose his dangerous job—undercover cop—over her. But now, Sacramento detective Dom Jeffries is all that’s standing between her and the drug kingpin set on revenge against everyone who put him away. Including Mattie.

Though teetering on the edge of burnout, Dom goes undercover as a bailiff in Mattie’s courtroom. While he pretends not to remember her, thoughts of her touch, her smell and the smile that had …

ARC Review: Never Enough by Lauren Dane

Format Read: ARC provided by the authorNumber of pages: 304 pagesRelease Date: September 1st 2011Formats available: Paperback, eBookPublisher: Berkley HeatPurchasing Info: Goodreads, Amazon, Book Depository (UK), Author’s website

Book Blurb:

Gillian Forrester spent her life running…until Miles came along. The moment she held her older sister’s unwanted newborn, Gillian stopped running and began building a life for her adopted son. Now, thirteen years later, Gillian’s sister reveals the father’s identity on her deathbed-a revelation that shakes Gillian to her core.

Adrian Brown is the epitome of the successful rock star. It takes a lot to shock him-but the bombshell that he has a son rocks his world. And Adrian is even more surprised when the buttoned-up elegant woman who’s raising him ignites his erotic and romantic attention-and engages his heart.

My Thoughts:
I should start this review by …

Review: Wild & Steamy by Meljean Brook, Jill Myles, Carolyn Crane

Format Read: ebook submitted by Author for ReviewLength: 123 PagesGenre: Urban Fantasy, Steampunk Romance, Paranormal RomanceSeries: The Iron Seas #0.4, The Disillusionists Trilogy #2.5Release Date: August 3, 2011Formats Available: eBook, Kindle, NookPurchasing Info: Meljean Brook, Jill Myles, Carolyn Crane, Smashwords, Goodreads, Kindle, Nook

Book Blurb:

The Blushing Bounder by Meljean Brook - An Iron Seas novella of 15,000 words: The search for a killer puts Detective Inspector Mina Wentworth’s life in danger and her assistant, Constable Newberry, in the line of fire. But Newberry faces a danger of another kind: to his heart, by the woman forced to marry him. What will it take for this prudish bounder to convince his wife to stay?

Vixen by Jill Myles - A shifter novella of 15,000 words: Miko’s denied her were-fox nature for far too long and turned her back on her vixen heritage. But when she meets two very sexy cat-shifters, she …