I occasionally need a break from standard romance fare. I love small town romances and romantic suspense with cops chasing baddies. I love wagering dukes and possessive wolf shifters. But conventional romance hasn’t been doing it for me lately. So I picked up a book about a porn star who signs a contract to serve…
I loved the first book in the Hitman Novel series so much, I happily jumped into the second, Last Breath, expecting great things. Unfortunately an issue I had with the first book but was able to ignore became so extreme in the second, it pretty much took over and my enjoyment decreased exponentially. College student…
Some authors have a truly distinctive voice. I’d definitely place Charlotte Stein in that category. Her intense storytelling and offbeat characters, amplified by phrasing that almost veers into stream-of-consciousness, definitely stands apart from much of what I read. I’ve enjoyed a few of her works in the past, but wasn’t quite sure her Under the…
First, let me say this book probably won’t appeal to everyone. The themes are dark and religious (but not preachy) and the trauma the heroine has suffered in the past can be difficult to read about. But if you are looking for a brief story with a high emotional impact, you’ll be hard pressed to…
Hopping on an airplane every other weekend to escape life’s everyday drudgery sounds like a grand time. You can visit exotic locales, meet interesting people, or just take some time for yourself. But the heroine of Flying doesn’t do so for any of those reasons. She does it to lose herself in anonymous sex with…
I picked up Slave Girl, set in the Roman Empire, as part of my ongoing quest to try new settings. The setting was adequately developed, mixing authentic Roman elements with some supernatural Celtic fantasy. The characters were acceptable but not great, and the writing is technically sound. The problem, though, was really in the erotica…
Secretly, I am a sucker for a good erotica and even more so, a good erotica with BDSM in it. The BDSM underworld is interesting to me, especially with all the hype over the Fifty Shades trilogy. I will admit much to my chagrin; I didn’t hate Fifty Shades as much as I thought I…
Haynes newest book introduces us to Charlotte, a high school counselor and sex therapist, and Lance, the high school principal. While the role play – between boss and employee, or principal and student – that the pair engages in most of the time is steamy, overall the book doesn’t make that connection with the reader’s…
It’s time to crank your speakers up to 11. We’re going on tour with one of my favorite fictional rock bands, The Sinners. After the events of the previous Sinners on Tour books, the band is minus their soundboard operator Dave, currently recovering from an accident. This presents an obstacle to resuming their tour schedule…
My disclaimer for this book is that it is definitely an erotic romance. Anyone interested in reading it should approach it as such and I will review it as one. That being said, as far as erotica goes, this is an excellent book. It had a fantastic balance of kink and romance that kept me…