Blacque/Bleu by Belinda McBride (Arcada #1) Loose Id (Oct 2010) Ebook, 220 pages Erotic M/M Paranormal Romance Blacque/Bleu is a pretty good erotic m/m paranormal romance. I liked the author’s writing style although there wasn’t as much depth to the overall story as I would have liked. The book definitely focuses much more on the sex than the plot, but it was a fun read. The characters are very likeable, and the sex scenes were quite well done and sexy. Blacque is a werewolf mechanic and Bleu, who works in the…
Torch in the Forest by Marcie Kremer Entangled Publishing (Feb 2013) Ebook, 139 pages | Historical Romance Eleanor of Strathcombe is an 18 year old widow and she wasn’t lucky when it came to her marriage with her bigot of a husband, Edgar. She continues to be unlucky in love as William of Litchfield attempts to take her hand in marriage, which would be her worst nightmare come true. Her situation then takes another dramatic descent as poachers have been taking game off of her land and the estate adjacent and…
NEW SERIES ALERT THE SERIES: Nemesis Unlimited BOOK #1: Sweet Revenge | RELEASE DATE: June 2013 PUBLISHER: St. Martin’s Press | GENRE: Historical Romance When Jack Dalton escapes from Dunmoor Prison, he has only one thing in mind—finding the nobleman who murdered his sister and making him pay. But when he reaches the inn where the Lord Rockley is rumored to be staying, three well-dressed strangers are there to meet him instead. And the pretty blonde is aiming a pistol right at his head … Joining Nemesis, Unlimited has made Eva…
The Gilded Fan by Christina Courtenay Choc Lit (Feb 2013) Paperback, 350 pages Historical Romance Technically, The Gilded Fan is the sequel to The Scarlet Kimono, but you really don’t have to have read the first to read it at all. Our heroine is Midori, a woman of half Japanese, half English heritage raised in Japan as a Samurai. However, the new Shogun with a fear of Christianity has declared that all foreigners must leave or face execution. For readers of The Scarlet Kimono, Midori is the daughter of Hannah…
Dead Silent (A Dylan Scott Mystery #2) by Shirley Wells | Carina Press (Aug 2011) Ebook, 254 pages | Mystery Dead Silent by Shirley Wells is the follow-up to Presumed Dead, in which Dylan Scott finds himself called back to the Lancashire town of Dawson’s Clough – a place he never thought he’d see again. This time the private investigator has been called upon to solve another disappearance case, that of Samantha Hunt. Sam was a bright and bubbly young woman with her whole life ahead of her, until she failed to…
Hi Guys! Hope you’re having a great weekend. Here’s the low down on what happened at BCC this week… REVIEWS 5 Star Review - After Hours by Cara McKenna 4.5 Star Review – Banshee Charmer by Tiffany Allee 4 Star Review – Fire by Kristen Cashore 3.5 Star Review – Losing It by Cora Carmack 3.5 Star Review – Devil’s Due by Rachel Caine 3.5 Star Review – Most Likely to Succeed by Kate Davies 2.5 Star Review – Phantom Waltz by Catherine Anderson 2.5 Star Review – Voodoo on the…
Welcome to Sunday Love-in! This is a new feature where an author shares one of their favourite smexy-time scenes from their latest book, tells us the reason for their choice and then shares the scene with us with a delicious excerpt. Enjoy. Tiffany Reisz and… The Sex Scene That Should Have Gotten Her Arrested My editor probably started saving up bail money the day I pitched her my idea for THE PRINCE, book three in The Original Sinners series–“So part of THE PRINCE takes place in the past where my two male…
THE AUTHOR Avery Aster pens erotic romance for Ellora’s Cave. As a resident of New York’s Upper East Side and a graduate from New York University, Avery gives readers an inside look at the city’s glitzy nightlife, socialite sexcapades and tall tales of the über-rich and ultra-famous. “I write about what I see in my metropolis that never sleeps–Manhattanites on the quest for a passionate thrill,” Avery says. “By and large, my characters are drop-dead gorgeous, ripped straight from the headlines and on the hunt for their next conquest.” Undressed…
BOOKISH NEWS Hi, and welcome to our new feature, in which we highlight and discuss some of the news that has been big in the bookish world this week. Male Werewolves Join Bitten Pack It’s been a few weeks since we shared the news that Laura Vandervoort was being cast as Elena in Bitten. Many people have been waiting anxiously to see who will be cast as other main characters from the show – and we have more news to share on that front! Greyston Holt has been cast as…
‘You Need to Read This!’ is a new feature at BCC. We recommend a book or genre that we love to one of our fellow reviewers. It’s a bit scary as they can hate a book you love or love a book you hate. Let the fun begin! Phantom Waltz (Kendrick/Coulter #2) by Catherine Anderson | Signet (2007) Kindle, 418 pages | Contemporary Romance LAURA: Why I Chose Phantom Waltz Catherine Anderson is one of my favourite romance authors, but I don’t think any of the other reviewers on the site have picked up…
‘Thoughtful Ramblings’ is where we discuss bookish topics. Ones that have us all hot and bothered and we need a good rant to air our grievances or topics that have us all thoughtful and we just need to have a bit of a ramble… Bookish Trends – Are they a good thing? Have you noticed the trends in books lately? That might seem a bit of a silly question, as they’re glaringly obvious. I assume they’ve always been there to some extent: publishers must take advantage of their market like any other…
Losing It (Losing It #1) by Cora Carmack Ebury Press (March 2013) | Paperback, 280 pages New Adult | Contemporary Romance Bliss Edwards is twenty two and in the last year of her degree at university. Her life is pretty good other than one thing which hovers over her head like a dark cloud – her virginity. It’s not that she’s held onto it for any reason other than she’s not found anyone she particularly likes enough to lose it to. So her friend, Kelsey, decides she needs to go…
EXCERPT FROM THE WOLF GIFT (Click for Larger Image) ANNE RICE ONLINE Website | Goodreads | Facebook | Twitter ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Anne Rice is the author of thirty-one internationally bestselling books including The Vampire Chronicles (from Interview with the Vampire to Blood Canticle), the Mayfair Witches sequence and The Songs of the Seraphim. She lives in Palm Desert, California. ABOUT THE BOOK: MAN OR MONSTER? Anne Rice reinvented the vampire legend. Discover what she’s done with the werewolf myth After a brutal attack Reuben finds himself changing. His hair…
Voodoo on the Bayou by Elle James (Cajun Magic #1) Entangled Publishing (Feb 2013) Ebook, 217 pages Paranormal Romance Voodoo on the Bayou by Elle James is a playful paranormal romance novel set in Bayou Miste, Louisiana. It opens with a confusing scene where Craig Thibodeaux is cursed by a voodoo witch for having insulted her granddaughter. His curse to be a frog in daylight hours until he can persuade a woman to fall in love with him before the next full moon. Enter Elaine Smith, the protagonist of this novel…
We are pleased to welcome author Kaylea Cross to the blog today. She is the author of many military romantic suspense books, two of which we enjoyed and reviewed here at BCC: No Turning Back and Relentless. So, please welcome Kaylea… I’ve always loved writing military romantic suspense, but I’d never before tried writing a book where both the hero and heroine are active military. Because I felt it’s important to showcase what our men and women in uniform are currently doing over in Afghanistan and other places around the…
