The Tower in the Woods by Tara Quan (Undead Fairy Tales #1) Liquid Silver Books (January 2013) Ebook, 89 pages Erotic Zombie-Apocalyptic Romance The Tower in the Woods by Tara Quan is a paranormal romance with an interesting premise. It is a spin on the Rapunzel fairy tale but set in a post zombie apocalyptic world. Nel is posted to the eponymous tower as a sniper but is completely cut off from the rest of WITCH (Women’s Independent Territory Church) apart from weekly visits from Mother Goethel, the prophet. Nel Zapur picks…
A Bandit’s Stolen Heart by Michelle McLean (Blood Blade Sisters #1) Entangled Publishing (March 2013) Ebook, 254 pages Historical / Western Romance Cilla Richardson is a modern-day Robin Hood, well as modern as you can be in 1856. She robs from the rich, most notably her brother, Frank, the crooked sheriff and helps out the poor. Her life takes a change when she hits Leo, our hero, over the head during one of her raids. You can imagine he is a bit shocked when he finds out the bandit Blood Blade…
Wait for You by J. Lynn (Wait for You #1) Harper (Aug 2013) Paperback, 384 pages New Adult, Contemporary Romance As my first foray into the newly created genre of ‘new adult’, Wait for You by J. Lynn didn’t feel like that big of a step away from the young adult fiction I am already accustomed to. The book has a fairly simple plot, as Avery Morgansten moves away from her home town in Texas and begins her life again at college (university to us Brits!). However, she is nineteen and…
Bed of Roses by Nora Roberts (Bride Quartet #2) Brilliance Audio/Piatkus Books (Sept 2009) Audiobook, 9hrs & 27mins Narrator: Angela Dawe Contemporary Romance Bed of Roses is book two in Nora Roberts’ Bride Quartet, following four best friends who run a wedding planning business. Book two is Emma’s story, the florist of the group. Emma’s a very different lead to Mac in the previous installment. She is light, fun, sexy and romantic and I found I liked her very much. She is my kind of girl, warm and kind-hearted. She…
Don’t Bite The Bridesmaid by Tiffany Allee (Sons of Kane #1) Entangled Publishing (May 2013) Ebook, 209 Pages Paranormal Romance After reading Allee’s urban fantasy, Banshee Charmer, I was excited to hear about Don’t Bite the Bridesmaid, the first in a new series entitled Sons of Kane. However, I was in for a bit of a surprise as this book was very different from her previous work. Luckily, this was in a good way and I found myself lost in the book very quickly. The premise of the story is…
Coming Home by Christine S. Feldman Crimson Romance (March 2013) Ebook, 149 pages Contemporary Romance Callie Sorenson has been travelling the globe, writing and going from job to job ever since she left high school. She rarely calls her mother and she tries to avoid going home as much as possible so she doesn’t have to relive the death of her beloved brother, Elliot, who died in a car accident when she was sixteen years old. Danny McCutcheon has only seen Callie a handful of times since she left. But…
Just for Now by Abbi Glines (Sea Breezes #4) Simon & Schuster (April 2013) Paperback, 307 pages New Adult Contemporary Romance Just for Now is my second foray into the new “New Adult” category and I must say it was completely different from my first with Losing It by Cora Carmack. Different in tone, use of language and sexual imagery. This is definitely not for young readers. But was it good, and did I enjoy it? The simple answer is yes, but there were a few issues… One of my biggest gripes is the language used by…
Werewolves Be Damned by Stacey Kennedy (Magic & Mayhem #1) Entangled Publishing (April 2013) Ebook, 204 pages Paranormal Romance Nexi Jones watches helplessly, as her adoptive parents are slaughtered by werewolves. She is saved by two men dressed in leather kilts that call themselves Guardians. Taken back to an Otherworld where she is told she is part-guardian and part-witch, Nexi wants nothing more than to get revenge on the creatures that killed her parents. She is willing to do anything, even be instructed by Kyden, an elite Guardian. The man is,…
Down London Road by Samantha Young (On Dublin Street #2) Penguin (May 2013) Paperback, 407 Pages Contemporary Erotic Romance Having devoured On Dublin Street in a matter of a few days, I was more than giddy at the prospect of reading Down London Road. As with its predecessor, Down London Road continues with a story that is an emotional rollercoaster ride that by the end of the book you are exhausted but happy that everything worked out in the end. True, for those few days, I once again sacrificed sleep…
The Awakening: Aiden by Abby Niles Entangled Publishing (April 2013) Ebook, 167 pages Paranormal Romance Dr. Jaylin Avgar is a psychiatrist and half-shifter who has spent her career counselling other shifters who have lost their mates. Between watching her mother grieve over the death of her father, and dealing with her patients’ grief, she has decided to never mate with a shifter. Aiden O’Connell contacts Jaylin to help his friend, Liam, overcome his grief after being rejected by his mate. Aiden instinctively knows that Jaylin is his mate but she…
Blood Vine by Amber Belldene (Blood Vine #1) Omnific Publishing (Jan 2013) Ebook, 290 pages Paranormal Romance Blood Vine follows the story of Zoey Porter. She works in public relations in San Francisco, sleeps with her boss, Ethan, on an unfortunate and regular basis and has a tendency to keep herself to herself since the death of her husband, Michael. On a regular day at work, Zoey is sent out to the Kastel Wine Estate to help Andre Maras relaunch his brand of wine. Little does she know that she…
Love with a Chance of Zombies by Delphine Dryden Ellora’s Cave (March 2012) Kindle Edition, 74 pages Erotic Zombie-Apocalyptic Romance Love with a Chance of Zombies is a fun erotic romance set in a zombie-apocalyptic world. At only 74 or so pages, Dryden manages to pack a lot in. There’s hot sex, love, zombie killing and a doc who’s trying to find a cure. The story opens up with feisty heroine, Lena Stanton, out in the field shooting zombies. She’s then called to stand guard over Dr. Lucas Naye, who’s…
The Laird’s Forbidden Lover by Amelia C. Gormley Riptide Publishing (May, 2013) Ebook, 86 Pages Historical M/M Romance Tavish MacIntyre and Iain Munro have been lovers for years, but now they no longer have the excuse of ‘boyish fancy’ if they are caught; for loving another man in 16th century Scotland is considered a sin against God. Tavish is being groomed as the next Laird of Creachann-Dubh, but when it comes to modest, farm-boy Iain, he has no concern for obstacles of rank or religion. Iain, on the other hand, is…
The Reckoning by Alma Katsu (The Taker #2) Century (April 2012) Paperback, 384 pages Paranormal Romance Warning: contains spoilers for book one The Reckoning picks up three months after The Taker ended, with the alchemist, Adair, still bricked inside a cellar and Lanore going on with her life with Luke after she killed Jonathan. Suddenly, Lanore feels a presence in her mind that has been missing for the past two hundred years and knows that Adair is out of his prison. Panic sets in as she realizes that he will be coming for…
The Warlord Wants Forever by Kresley Cole (Immortals After Dark #0.5) Simon & Schuster (Aug 2011) Audiobook, 3hrs & 58 mins Paranormal Romance I’ve been thinking about starting Kresley Cole’s Immortals After Dark series for a while and after a couple of prompts from some book blogging friends, decided to buy one as an audiobook. I actually wasn’t quite sure what was the first book in the series and have since found out that The Warlord Wants Forever is not the first book, but a later written prequel novella. The…
