Ah, paradise. Palm trees swaying. The sound of the tide rolling in. A man playing the ukulele. Okay, I could totally do without the ukulele-playing, but you get my drift. Books that feature a tropical setting are usually an automatic must-try for me and Lorie O’Clare’s latest does not disappoint. The fact that it features…
The second book in Lauren Dane’s Phantom Corps series takes readers on an adventure through a unique futuristic world of parallel universes. The Federation Universes are about to be overtaken by the evil Imperialists, and now the Imperium has discovered a device to collapse portals, by which means travel between universes is achieved, in a…
Any Wicked Thing by newcomer Margaret Rowe is billed as an erotic historical romance. As a fan of erotic romances and historicals I was thrilled to receive this one for review. It quickly became apparent though that this would not work for me as erotica, or even as a romance. In her youth Frederica Wells…
Maya Banks’s latest Sweet erotic romance, Sweet Possession, may or may not be a tale of interracial romance. The cover, on which a topless man is pressed up against a topless woman, makes one think it’s likely the man is white and the woman is black or of mixed race. And while the man in…
I often have trouble believing in a one-woman-forever HEA for heroes with a “casual sex only” history, but when the author shows that the hero is truly ready for a change – irrespective of the heroine – I’m able to set aside my disbelief and enjoy the romance. Holly Lawson’s boyfriend – a man she…
While Bliss started with a glimmer of promise, it quickly plummeted into gross, illogical erotica that was truly porn without plot. Kara Spencer is a sex columnist whose boss forces her to attend a sex conference. She is supposed to interview a Tantric master to get some tips for her readers. Kara is less than…
Tease Me is an erotic thriller. While I liked it well enough, I couldn’t help but think that more thrills and a little less eroticism would have been an improvement. As Tease Me begins, Byron Hawthorne is obsessing over a blog titled What a Girl Wants. He has become addicted to its anonymous author’s sexual…
With a name like Monica Burns, I expected some pretty intense love scenes in Kismet. My expectations held true, but despite early fears it would be a physical-based relationship, the book ended with a relatively satisfying love story. Unfortunately, much of the rest was lacking. Allegra Synnford is a well-known courtesan in England who is…
Warning: this book causes extreme eye rolling, loud sighing, and uncontrollable urges to scream at the characters. Alyssa Deveraux and Luc Traverson shared one night of uninhibited passion that left both of them shaken. Alyssa wanted more, but Luc was terrified of his loss of control. The next morning he left without a word. Now,…
Velvet Haven would be better classified as a paranormal romance rather than an erotic romance. It doesn’t have the tendency to place the main characters into slightly incredible situations for the sake of sex, which is a very, very good thing. However, the story itself, while starting off interesting, ultimately took a downturn into the…