5 Smooches!

Synopsis

One playboy billionaire.
One heartbroken heiress.
One sham marriage.

What could go wrong?
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That’s what notorious playboy Silas Cecil-Coke thinks as he returns to England to persuade Molly O’Flaherty to marry him. Certainly, their brief fling last year ended in heartbreak (and a black eye,) but matters are different now. Molly must marry to save her company, and if she must, Silas is determined that he’ll be the man she chooses.
But between the bitter memories and the competing suitors, Silas discovers that wooing a bride is no easy task, unless, of course, he decides to stop playing fair…

Review

Dang, Sierra Simone writes the steamiest most well written books I have ever read.  I mean, there is a time and place for some smut and I do like it occasionally but Sierra somehow makes her erotic literature so much more than just sexy.  Her books are beautifully written and so very sensual.  I swear every time I read her stories I can feel the heat just crawl up my neck and hit my face.  It takes a lot to make this professional romance reader blush but somehow Sierra manages to do it with every book.  Silas and Molly were no exception.  They were super steamy together.

But what I loved most about this story was the drama and Silas.  This series is actually a spin off of the Markham Hall series and while I loved Julian, I think that Silas beat him by a bit and really stole my heart.  Maybe it is because Silas is so sweet and likable.  He is quite funny and makes a lot of bad decisions but he also is just so terribly fun and delightful.  It was hard not to fall in love with him.  His playboy ways are of course a part of his charm but he really warmed my heart with his genuine love for Molly.  Even when at times when his actions were questionable, I was still rooting for him and Molly.

‘I. 

Was.

Not.

In love.

With Molly O’Flaherty.’

And Molly.  Lord, her story is so incredibly sad and I admit that I didn’t like her much in the Markham Hall series but she really came across as a completely different person in this book.  You really find out what has hardened Molly and why she is the way she is and it is truly heart breaking.  I found myself admiring her tough exterior and soft fragile insides.

“Don’t call me darling,”

“And don’t pull that playboy shit on me.  We both know better.”

As always this book was impeccably written as is the case with all of Sierra’s books although I am a little mad about the huge cliffy at the end of this one.  I am dying for the next book.  DYING!  The Persuasion of Molly O’Flaherty is sexy beyond reason, sweet, angsty, and intriguing.  I am simply in love with Silas and Molly being in love and I cannot wait for more.

“You deserve my blood and my pain and my torture.  You deserve to watch me branded with hot iron, and I would do it gladly, if only to spend that much more time with you.”

~Amie

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5 Smooches

Synopsis

I’m a pawn, a piece of chattel, a toy–used and forgotten.

When you’re done with me, you can walk away with no regrets. That’s how my husband sees me. I try to be the best wife possible for him. After all, he took me on when no one else would. Now–he’s in debt and owes more money to the loan shark than we can possibly repay.

But, don’t worry, he’s come up with a solution, it’s just not one I was expecting.

…I’ve been TRADED.

Review

Rebecca Brooke is an author I can always count on to deliver a story I can get lost in and Traded was not only no different it exceeded all her others. Traded is a tale of an abused wife and the man who would become her savior.

Elena has been so broken down by her scumbag husband Dominic that when he gives her up to a bookie he owe she doesn’t question it. This is the life she deserves right? But from the moment Ashton sees her he knows there is more there and even though he is not the kind of man to use and abuse women he takes her for 3 months in the hope that he can get her away from Dominic and maybe even show her she is worth more than that. But is going from a bad home to one that revolves around a life of crime is difficult to say the least.

While aspects of this novel venture into the “dark” category the vast majority of it is about Elena learning her self worth and Ashton teaching her the beauty life holds. For me Ashton was like a alpha bad boy light. Rough around the edges but not over the top and he had an amazing sweet heart in the center of it all.

The sexiest book Rebecca has put out yet, Traded will excite you and if you are anything like me you will be begging for more (ahem I want Miller’s book asap!)

~miranda

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4 Smooches!

Synopsis

Secrets and lies have been the foundation of Lucy Washburn’s life. We’re taught to learn from our past, and she’s definitely learned from hers. Now that she knows what not to do and whom not to trust, her life is finally coming together, just as she hoped.

Until she meets him.

Drake Prescott was that kid; you know the type. Both an athlete and a scholar, he was determined to achieve his goals and dreams, the most important being elected president of the United States. There isn’t anything he desires more than to hear “Hail to the Chief” played in his honor. Now an incumbent U.S. senator seeking reelection and paving his road to the White House, he’s living his dreams.

Until he meets her.

***INCUMBENT IS A STANDALONE NOVEL INTENDED FOR READERS 18+ **

Review

I love a good naughty, sexy political escapade; the level of power and seduction and secretivity that comes with someone high ranking and the intrigue involved with sneaking around.  With Incumbent however, what we get is much more romantic and sweet than raunchy and lewd but it still manages to grasp your attention and deliver a very good and insightful storyline and what helps this along is some sterling characterisation in the form of both the handsome, charismatic United States Senator Drake and the shy, secretive school teacher Lucy.

Drake comes across as very confident without being annoying and arrogant, he finds something very alluring in Lucy and indeed discovers his inner alpha as he determines that he needs her and she belongs to him, but as he so eloquently puts it, not as his possession but as his girl.  Lucy is highly intelligent and a bit of a history and political buff but that isn’t all there is to the heroine.  We find out just how broken but resilient she is on the inside, caring but wary and hopeful too.  Drake has the power and social standing so it’s with trepidation that Lucy begins a beautiful and captivating love affair with him and as she has a few secrets in her past the could derail any chance Drake has at the presidency, Incumbent delivers on suspense and drama as well as romance and sensuality.

‘“Let me be the one,” I said softly.

With narrowed eyes, she leaned her head back to study me.  “The one to do what?”

“The one who makes your heart beat harder.  The one who makes you smile as if you don’t have a care in the world.”’

Mason, Lucy’s best friend offers some good support throughout the story as does Drake’s extensive and invasive but loving family, of who I’m sure we’ll see plenty of throughout this series.  Incumbent was a lovely read that could have benefitted from a bigger build up in sexual chemistry between the two protagonists but over all it was well written and I definitely look forward to reading the next book in the series and discovering which striking brother of Drake’s will be next to fall in love.

~Nicole

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4 Smooches!

Synopsis

Thirteen years as a rugby superstar.
Thirteen years of winning streaks, of making more money than I’ve known how to spend, of women throwing themselves at me.
Thirteen years since I last saw her, knowing she has every right to hate me, her so-called stepbrother.
Thirteen years knowing I ruined her life and left without looking back.
Or so she thinks.

Money can’t buy forgiveness, but at least it can get my foot in the door.

Hooked is a complete, standalone romance novel with mature themes intended for readers 18 and over.

Review

Would you believe this is the first step-brother romance I’ve read.  I was probably too presumptuous about those storylines because I thought they all sounded so similar but I was glad I eased myself into this sub-genre with Iris Parker’s Hooked.

Simon Ferguson did nothing but make his step-sister Emelia’s life a living heck in the two years they spent under the same roof, thirteen years ago.  English, rugby playing and with enough swagger and confidence to rival any sports superstar, Simon feels the intense need to make amends and rectify all the wrongs he caused as a teenager, starting with intelligent and benevolent Emelia.

‘“That fire,” he said softly into my ear, his lips brushing the soft, tender patch beneath my earlobe as he made his way down towards my collar bone.

“And if I’m not more careful, it’s going to grow and grow.  You’re the only one who could put it out, and the blaze will devour me whole.”’ 

It was incredibly interesting to read the destructive and bitter teenage Simon’s diary entries, I think it was certainly beneficial so that we as the reader got an insight into how bad and haunting his thought process was but I still think we would have benefitted from actually going back to that time and experiencing those incidents because without them I still felt a strange disconnection from Simon.  Emelia is a kind hearted and forgiving heroine but one with a good backbone and integrity, especially when she has run ins with her arch nemesis, in fact some very good comedic scenes comes from a little friendly competition between the two.

It was a good book but I did think it needed expanded upon in certain areas.  I enjoyed it thoroughly but just didn’t love it because of this.  The sexual tension was again good but I feel like it too could have been explored a bit more therefore amping up the chemistry and friction between the hero and heroine.  It was well written and the dialogue was witty and fresh and the contrast between Simon’s English tongue and Emelia’s American was on point, usually it’s difficult to get it right without one of them coming across as stereotypical and misused, but Iris certainly has her characters down pat.

~Nicole

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