The Reluctant Amazon by Sandy James (Alliance of the Amazons #1) Carina Press (Sept 2012) Ebook, 300 pages Fantasy Romance When it comes to Urban Fantasy or even Paranormal Romance, it is becoming ever more difficult to find a book with a truly unique hook. For me, Sandy James’ series Alliance of the Amazons is one of those rare gems. Instead of the usual Vampires, Werewolves and Fae (along with those that hunt them), this series is all about a group of four women taking on the mantle of “Amazon”…
Rush Me By Allison Parr Carina Press (April 2013) Ebook, 246 Pages New Adult | Contemporary Romance Rachael Hamilton is a post-grad living in Brooklyn, New York. She is an unpaid intern for Mapel&Co publishing and she scrapes together her rent money by working for an agency doing exhilarating tasks such as photocopying. On a night out with her flatmate Eva (theatre buff and star of Pride and Prejudice – The Musical! We all have on of those eccentric friends), she ends up loosing her group and gate crashing the…
Lady of Light and Shadows by C. L. Wilson (Tairen Soul #2) Audio Realms (Nov 2011) Audiobook, 12 hrs & 42 mins Fantasy Romance *Warning: Contains minor spoilers* Lady of Light and Shadows in the second book in C.L. Wilson’s Tairen Soul series and takes off pretty much where Lord of the Fading Lands left us. It follows the aftermath of the psychic assault on Ellie, and Ellie’s accidental amorous spell on the court (much to her embarrassment). Both of which have had larger implications than either she or Rain could…
On Dublin Street by Samantha Young (On Dublin Street #1) Penguin (January 2013) Paperback, 407 Pages Erotic Contemporary Romance On Dublin Street is part of a collection of books I own called, “The publishers claim it’s hotter, darker, sexier, edgier than 50 Shades of Grey”. Anyone who has read any of my reviews on erotic romance knows how much I didn’t like 50 Shades to the point I only managed to read 10%. So again, I picked up this book, waiting to see what On Dublin Street had in store…
The Silver Rose by Rowena May O’Sullivan (Greenwood Witches #1) Crimson Romance (Nov 2012) Ebook, 320 pages Paranormal Romance When the Bells of Marylebone toll, a witch has one month to bind her magic with a magical mate or give up her powers. Rosa is unprepared when she hears the bells toll for her, as there is no warlock in town powerful enough to help her. Aden is sent to Rosa’s town to help her find her mate and ensure she fulfills her destiny. He just doesn’t realize it is with him. The Silver Rose is…
Seal of Surrender by Traci Douglass (The Seven Seals #2) Crimson Romance (May 2013) Ebook, 187 Pages Paranormal Romance Seal of Surrender is the second instalment in The Seven Seals series. With the second in a series, there is always that worry that it will not live up to the first. This is not an issue here. I personally think it was better than Seal of Destiny. This is not to say that Seal of Destiny wasn’t good in the first place – I loved it. In this novel we…
Bittersweet by Brooke Moss Entangled Publishing (Apr 2012) Ebook, 95 pages Contemporary Romance Having loved Brooke Moss’s novel, Keeping Secrets in Seattle, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from her short novella, Bittersweet. Expectations were high and, although it didn’t quite live up to my previous experience, it was still a sweet romance to indulge in. The book begins with Anna and her eight-year-old autistic son, Bowen, at one of their weekly sessions with therapist, Gianna. Bowen has sensory issues, and struggles with the idea of touching or walking…
Wicked As She Wants by Delilah S Dawson (Blud #2) Pocket Books (April 2013) Ebook, 384 Pages Steampunk Romance Warning: contains minor spoilers The expectations for Wicked As She Wants were extremely high for me, since I adored Wicked As They Come, The Mysterious Madam Morpho and The Peculiar Pets of Miss Pleasance. Dawson had set the bar very high for this book and the fact that it had the vagabond Casper Sterling, AKA The Maestro, had me giddy with anticipation. However, this book just didn’t reach those giddy heights of the…
The Search by Nora Roberts Piatkus (July 2010) Paperback, 490 pages Romantic Suspense Having never read anything by Nora Roberts, The Search took me by surprise as I was expecting a contemporary romance and hadn’t anticipated the gritty extent of the crime plot. It begins with an introduction to Fiona Bristow, our heroine, who is out on a search and rescue mission with one of her Labradors. She has three of the dogs, all of which are trained for S&R, and she is devoted to training her dogs and running…
Fangirl by Angel Lawson Self-Published (July 2012) Ebook, 303 pages Contemporary Romance This was a freebie on Amazon Kindle and I *thought* it would be some zombie book and therefore would have fitted into the zombie event we had back in November. I was wrong, but rather than be completely disappointed, this book was an enjoyable little romance. There are a lot of “What if’s” in the book and the author manages to write in such away that you are experiencing the events that the main character, Ruby, is going through….
Flesh by Kylie Scott (Flesh #1) Momentum (Oct 2012) Ebook, 284 pages Erotic Zombie-Apocalyptic Romance Flesh is an erotic romance set in a zombie-apocalyptic world. Ali is a woman in her 30s who has been hiding in an attic since the zombies started walking the Earth. After two months she decides to head out only to come face to face with Dan. Frightened senseless Ali reacts and holds a shot gun to his face. She’s scared, thinking that he wants nothing from her but to rape her. Dan on the…
Lightning Rider by Jen Greyson TWCS Publishing (May 2013) Ebook, 314 pages Paranormal Romance When we first meet Evy, she is riding her motorcycle through a storm trying to stop her good for nothing ex-boyfriend from robbing her blind. During her race through the storm, we learn that lightening has always caused her physical discomfort if not pain. This time not only is there pain but hallucinations, lightning dancing off her skin and an amazing rope of lightning she can swing like a bullwhip. Maybe the day isn’t so bad after…
Playing the Maestro by Aubrie Dionne Entangled Publishing (Feb 2013) Ebook, 190 Pages Contemporary Romance Melody Mires has banned herself from dating musicians, especially since her latest nightmare, Blake, the individual that runs the orchestra that suffers from a VERY huge ego. She vows to find a man outside of the music industry. However, a little hurdle comes in the form of the failing orchestra’s new conductor: Wolfgang Braun. Wolf is young, fresh German conductor that has been roped in to help the struggling orchestra where Melanie is the main flutist….
Keeping Secrets in Seattle by Brooke Moss Entangled Publishing (Feb 2013) Ebook, 204 pages Contemporary Romance Every so often a book comes along that completely grabs you and won’t let go until you’ve devoured every last page. For me, one such book was Keeping Secrets in Seattle by Brooke Moss. The book has a fairly simple premise which we’ve all seen several times before: out of two best friends who have known each other years, one has romantic feelings for the other. In this case, the friends are Violet Murphy…
APRIL’S BOOK CLUB PICK The Legend of the Crystal Lens by Samantha Graves Piatkus Books (May 2009) Paperback, 336 pages Romantic Suspense/Adventure Simon Bonner, tomb raider extraordinaire, has left his house pretty quickly after an old acquaintance dies after giving him the news that Simon’s ex-wife, Celina, has been kidnapped. In return the kidnappers want the crystal lens and a woman named Jillian Talbot in order to find the Archives of Man. Jillian Talbot is a museum curator and as she leaves the museum she is held at gunpoint, terrified she allows…
