Addison Reed's fiance has been killed and she will do anything to protect his interest in an indigenous tribe in Brazil. However, Brazilian tycoon, Bruno Duarte, owns the plot of land the tribe lives on and is intent on selling it. Addison kidnaps Bruno to blackmail him in helping the tribe get more time to relocate. Bruno realizes that he needs Addison to make his dying father happy, he negotiates with her to marry him in exchange for relocating the tribe.
I loved Addison's determination and how devoted she was to her friends. Bruno was a smoking hot self made man that had a troubled past. The chemistry between Addison and Bruno started as tense but ended up as white hot. Just loved it.
I received this book as an ARC from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Friday, August 15, 2014
The Geek Billionaire Makeover (a Sexy in Seattle novel) by Theresa Meyers
Image consultant Caroline Parker is has been out for revenge against Joshua Martin since she was in high school. Josh has had the hots for her since high school when he was her younger brother's best friend. Caroline always thought he was just one of her brother's geek friends and wanted revenge because she believes that he wrote a letter to her father causing her to be sent to a military style boarding school in another country. Also, she feels that Josh robbed her brother of his share of his company as an original founder. Now, Josh is the CEO of Aeon Industries and needs Caroline to bring him from geek to GQ so he can get funding for his project. Caroline is being blackmailed by Mr. X. He demands that Caroline be Josh's image consultant and get the plans for his latest project or he will frame her brother for murder.
While I liked the book, there were just way too many times that I was left scratching my head and was looking to fill in some continuity issues in the book. There was more was more of an explanation as to why Josh hates crowds than for some of the major plot lines in the book.
1. The whole blackmail thing seems to be a major part of the plot, after all, that is why Caroline got herself hired as Josh's image consultant. Yet, it is wrapped up very offhandedly. And Josh didn't seem bothered about the woman he has fantasized over attempting to blackmail her.
2. The other thing a reader needs to get around is Caroline's fixation on her brother being left out of the company. Throughout the novel, until the last chapter, there are references: "This all could have been Connor's - at least a third of it." There was a sentence from Josh's perspective of how there was a "secret" account that he had. The reader has to assume that he has been putting one third of the profits into the "secret" account for her brother. At the end of the book, he is called up on stage at Comic-Con to be introduced. Was he back with the company? We will never know.
3. There was a lot of continuity problems with Caroline and this military school in a "foreign" country". One page mentions that Josh was a sophomore and she was a senior. Another page said she was sent to boarding school at sixteen. Another page said she was sent to boarding school in Eastern Europe April of her Junior year. So, how old was she and was it boarding school or military school. What military man would send his child to a school (no matter what type) in EASTERN former Communist block countries EUROPE.
4. So much of Caroline's issues revolve around her father. Is he alive? In the first chapter, there is a mention of thinking that the person could be calling about her father being in trouble at the VA hospital. There are other vague references to him but nothing about present day and why he is at the VA.
So, what could have been a great book ended up with an editor failing to catch some glaring continuity issues.
I received an ARC from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
While I liked the book, there were just way too many times that I was left scratching my head and was looking to fill in some continuity issues in the book. There was more was more of an explanation as to why Josh hates crowds than for some of the major plot lines in the book.
1. The whole blackmail thing seems to be a major part of the plot, after all, that is why Caroline got herself hired as Josh's image consultant. Yet, it is wrapped up very offhandedly. And Josh didn't seem bothered about the woman he has fantasized over attempting to blackmail her.
2. The other thing a reader needs to get around is Caroline's fixation on her brother being left out of the company. Throughout the novel, until the last chapter, there are references: "This all could have been Connor's - at least a third of it." There was a sentence from Josh's perspective of how there was a "secret" account that he had. The reader has to assume that he has been putting one third of the profits into the "secret" account for her brother. At the end of the book, he is called up on stage at Comic-Con to be introduced. Was he back with the company? We will never know.
3. There was a lot of continuity problems with Caroline and this military school in a "foreign" country". One page mentions that Josh was a sophomore and she was a senior. Another page said she was sent to boarding school at sixteen. Another page said she was sent to boarding school in Eastern Europe April of her Junior year. So, how old was she and was it boarding school or military school. What military man would send his child to a school (no matter what type) in EASTERN former Communist block countries EUROPE.
4. So much of Caroline's issues revolve around her father. Is he alive? In the first chapter, there is a mention of thinking that the person could be calling about her father being in trouble at the VA hospital. There are other vague references to him but nothing about present day and why he is at the VA.
So, what could have been a great book ended up with an editor failing to catch some glaring continuity issues.
I received an ARC from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
Monday, August 11, 2014
A Highlander's Obsession by Vonnie Davis
I didn't know why I requested "A Highlander's Obsession" from NetGalley. I rarely read contemporary and when I do, they are "traditional" romances, not "shape shifter" romances. The cover was incredibly hot, so I decided to give it a go. Boy, was I glad I did. I thought my e-reader was going to melt from the hot Highlanders!
Effie Iverson Munro has received an inheritance from a in Scotland and is taking her beloved granddaughter, Paisley Munro with her. Paisley is a vet tech that has the unusual ability of being an animal communicator. Which is helpful because Creighton Matheson and part of his clan are shape-shifters.
With Effie inheriting her uncle's estate, the shape-shifters are worried that she is going to threaten the land and the rumors start flying making Creighton hesitant to trust Paisley.
This book was humorous and passionate from beginning to end. Paisley developed from a woman leary of others due to her parents rejection and her fiancee using her as a money-maker to a confident woman secure in the love of Creighton. The supporting characters were more than background decoration. I can not wait for Creighton's brothers to have their own novels.
This is definitely a must buy book!
I received this book as an ARC from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Thank you!
With Effie inheriting her uncle's estate, the shape-shifters are worried that she is going to threaten the land and the rumors start flying making Creighton hesitant to trust Paisley.
This book was humorous and passionate from beginning to end. Paisley developed from a woman leary of others due to her parents rejection and her fiancee using her as a money-maker to a confident woman secure in the love of Creighton. The supporting characters were more than background decoration. I can not wait for Creighton's brothers to have their own novels.
This is definitely a must buy book!
I received this book as an ARC from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Thank you!
Love Is by Kate Pearce, Marie Hall, Zoe York and others
"Love Is" is an anthology of forty novellas from Historical Romance to Contemporary to Science Fiction. The novellas are grouped by category and each one is given a "Heal Level" from 1 lip to 5 lips.
I liked the quick style of the novellas. I found new authors and some new books to read. This is a book that I will pull up on my e-reader when I don't have time for a full length novel, but need something quick to read.
I received this book as an ARC from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Thank you.
I liked the quick style of the novellas. I found new authors and some new books to read. This is a book that I will pull up on my e-reader when I don't have time for a full length novel, but need something quick to read.
I received this book as an ARC from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Thank you.
The Wager (a Sisters of Scandal Novella) by Lily Maxton
Anne Middleton doesn't follow society's rules. She has a wager with her sister that their host has Confessions of a Courtesan and is searching his library when she is caught by Michael Grey, the Earl of Thornhill. Thornhill once courted and had proposed to Anne's widowed sister. Anne writes a letter of apology to Thornhill and this begins a friendship through letters revolving around their discussion of the novel.
I liked the uniqueness of the letters that Michael and Anne exchanged in the beginning of the book. They were able to develop a relationship that Anne would not have normally allowed because he had courted her sister a year ago and she didn't want to be compared to her sister. There is a desire between them that the letters brought out. Michael tempts Anne through a wager and takes their relationship from paper into the physical.
This was a great novella. I enjoyed reading it and the first in the series.
I received an ARC from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Thank you.
I liked the uniqueness of the letters that Michael and Anne exchanged in the beginning of the book. They were able to develop a relationship that Anne would not have normally allowed because he had courted her sister a year ago and she didn't want to be compared to her sister. There is a desire between them that the letters brought out. Michael tempts Anne through a wager and takes their relationship from paper into the physical.
This was a great novella. I enjoyed reading it and the first in the series.
I received an ARC from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Thank you.
The Irresistible Miss Peppiwell (a Scandalous House of Claydon novel) by Stacy Reid
The Honorable Lord Anthony Thornton is searching for a new mistress when he sees Phillipa Peppiwell at a ball and is enchanted with her beauty. When he seeks an introduction, Phillipa attempts to shut him down until her obsessively unwanted "suitor" Lord Orwell demands a dance. Anthony saves her by telling Orwell she had promised him the current waltz and whisks her away. While Anthony is struggling to fight his attraction to Phillipa (he has been rejected by other ladies of the Ton due to his highly amorous nature) he also pursues Lady Jocelyn Rathbourne. Phillipa is also being courted by Lord Hoyt but she is holding back accepting his proposal due to the scandal in her past. When the secret that Anthony has been withholding is made public, their future is at risk.
I will have to admit that I liked the characters of Anthony and Phillipa. I understood why Phillipa didn't want to marry and why she was cautious around Anthony. The family relationships between Anthony and his siblings and parents were well written. However, I disliked Phillipa's mother and aunt. They only thought of their reputation not how Phillipa felt. Her sister didn't deserve to marry her beau. She only thought of how Phillipa's marriage to Anthony would affect her marriage chances.
This is the second book by Stacy Reid that I have read. It runs concurrent with "The Duke's Shotgun Wedding" and explains what Anthony did that caused the Duke to marry. (If you haven't bought it, DO IT NOW! It was awesome!) Both of the books are steamy hot! I enjoy Ms. Reid's novellas because it isn't plot buried among sex scenes. The sex scenes are well written as part of the plot.
She calls them "novellas" but I hate that word. To me, it is synonymous with stories stuffed in an anthology that I am left wondering where the remainder of the story is. Stacy Reid has NOVELLAS. There is a beginning, middle with a conflict, and an end with conflict resolution and HEA. The characters are not flat like "novellas". There is true character development. Her books are ones that I will read over and over while I am waiting for the next one in the series.
I received this novella as an ARC from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Thank you very much!
I will have to admit that I liked the characters of Anthony and Phillipa. I understood why Phillipa didn't want to marry and why she was cautious around Anthony. The family relationships between Anthony and his siblings and parents were well written. However, I disliked Phillipa's mother and aunt. They only thought of their reputation not how Phillipa felt. Her sister didn't deserve to marry her beau. She only thought of how Phillipa's marriage to Anthony would affect her marriage chances.
This is the second book by Stacy Reid that I have read. It runs concurrent with "The Duke's Shotgun Wedding" and explains what Anthony did that caused the Duke to marry. (If you haven't bought it, DO IT NOW! It was awesome!) Both of the books are steamy hot! I enjoy Ms. Reid's novellas because it isn't plot buried among sex scenes. The sex scenes are well written as part of the plot.
She calls them "novellas" but I hate that word. To me, it is synonymous with stories stuffed in an anthology that I am left wondering where the remainder of the story is. Stacy Reid has NOVELLAS. There is a beginning, middle with a conflict, and an end with conflict resolution and HEA. The characters are not flat like "novellas". There is true character development. Her books are ones that I will read over and over while I am waiting for the next one in the series.
I received this novella as an ARC from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Thank you very much!
Saturday, August 9, 2014
A Winter Wedding by Amanda Forester
James Lockton, the Duke of Marchford knows he has to marry and requires a suitable bride, but most of his time is taken up catching spies for the Foreign Office. He has figured out that his Grandmother and her companion, Penelope Rose, are the infamous matchmaker Madam X and has given her an ultimatum: find him a wife or marry him herself.
I noticed Marchford in "A Midsummer Bride" when he was an awesome supporting character and had hoped he would get his own novel. Penelope started falling in love with him and Marchford was just starting to notice her for her intellect and recognize she was able to assist him with exposing French Spies. This novel opens with intrigue. Marchford is chancing the man in England behind the French spies and needs Penelope's help.
It is unfair to call the other characters beyond the Hero and Heroine "secondary". They are not afterthoughts, but well drawn and like able characters. The Dowager is the perfect grandmother, loving and just a touch eccentric. She adds spice by being in love with the Earl of Langley and planning her own wedding!
Again, Amanda Forester gave readers a well written novel. This is the third in a series and it was so well written that a reader could pick it up first and not feel like they needed to read the previous two before they could read it.
I received this book as an ARC from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
I noticed Marchford in "A Midsummer Bride" when he was an awesome supporting character and had hoped he would get his own novel. Penelope started falling in love with him and Marchford was just starting to notice her for her intellect and recognize she was able to assist him with exposing French Spies. This novel opens with intrigue. Marchford is chancing the man in England behind the French spies and needs Penelope's help.
It is unfair to call the other characters beyond the Hero and Heroine "secondary". They are not afterthoughts, but well drawn and like able characters. The Dowager is the perfect grandmother, loving and just a touch eccentric. She adds spice by being in love with the Earl of Langley and planning her own wedding!
Again, Amanda Forester gave readers a well written novel. This is the third in a series and it was so well written that a reader could pick it up first and not feel like they needed to read the previous two before they could read it.
I received this book as an ARC from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
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