5 Smooches

Synopsis

He ruined me.

Even though I knew he was playing games, I couldn’t resist him. He was under my skin, in my blood, and deep in my bones.

He saved me.

My life was a lie and I had no idea. He forced me to see the truth. Although it hurt, he healed me.

Because of him, I was strong enough to survive.

Review

“This thing between you and me, it’s happening. You won’t admit it, but you want me. You can’t keep your goddamn hands off of me. Your mouth says you don’t wanna do this, but your body, well, it’s fuckin’  honest. As soon as I touch that pussy, you shut up and spread. Until that doesn’t happen anymore, it’s mine.”

I have been a fan of C.C. Wood’s book since I first read her Girl Next Door series and have devoured everything she has put out since. All or Nothing is C.C.’s first real leap into erotic romance and she hits it out of the park. I was intrigued by the synopsis and captivated by the story, full of twists and turns that kept me guessing till the very end. All or Nothing was a surprising read that has be begging for her to produce more books in this genre.

This book is difficult to wrap up without giving away spoilers so I am going to keep this part short. I honestly believe that you will enjoy it more if you go in with a minimal amount of information. The book starts with Jena starting to date and falling for new boyfriend. Justin. After months of dating Justin’s best friend, King, appears even though he has never even mentioned him before. It was hate at first sight lol ok so not hate but from the very beginning King rubs Jena the wrong way and to way she is weary of him is an understatement.

“Sit. Your. Ass. Down. Jena,” he barked. “Fuck you, King!” I shouted.

Based off what I thought I knew I believed I was going into some sort of cheater book or a love triangle so I was surprised to find that neither of these are true. And while I refuse to tell you any more that goes down just know that the relationship between Jena and King that develops is organic and true.

 King was the kind of Alpha Male I dream of. Possessive and protective he went out of his way to do what was right for Jena and give her everything she desires even the desires she doesn’t know about. Jena is a strong willed heroine who doesn’t just roll over and let a man take over her life. She stands her ground and refuses to be less than anyone’s equal (not that King would want anything less from her) Jena is as surprised as the rest of us when she finds that as much of a fighter that she is in life she gets off on submitting in the bedroom. Somewhat confused by these new and exciting feelings she is both scared and aroused by the things that King can do to her heart and her body.

‘Then he kissed me, as light and gentle as butterfly wings, and the tears returned. I knew right then that King was in my heart, whether I wanted him there or not. Whether he wanted to be there or not. And when he left, my heart would just break. The part where he resided would wither and die.’

All or Nothing is the first book in the Wicked Games series but is stand alone novel that gives us that happily ever after we all crave. Fast paced and well written book All or Nothing is a book that kept me excited to keep turning the page to see what would happen next. Supremely sexy and action packed it had everything I love in a good erotic novel and then some.

~miranda

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5 Smooches!

Synopsis

Coming September 8, 2015

This stand alone version includes Bonus Scenes adding an additional ten thousand words to this novella. Closet Confession was previously released in the Night Shift Anthology.

Dr. Derek Babineaux is intelligent, dedicated, and one of the best ER physicians in the fast-paced world of critical care at Tulane Medical in New Orleans. Always on top of his game, he’s thrown off balance when the newest medical staff member finally unleashes his hidden desires.

Justin Delacroix’s job at the inner city’s busiest hospital might be just what he needs to ease back into civilian life after a long stint in the military. High-performing shifts make working as a trauma nurse at TMC the perfect way to utilize his skills and quick reaction times. There’s only one problem, his attraction for one sexy ER doctor is off the charts, but he has his reasons for not returning Dr. Baby’s night shift advances. Or maybe he doesn’t.

Review

“I want you so fucking bad I hurt.”

Wowza!  This book!  Smoking hot!  I mean, it really was!  This was one of the hottest that I have read from these authors and God, I loved it.  I did not read Closet Confession when it first came out in an anthology as a very short story but now it is over 10,000 words longer and it totally rocked.

The sexy, the secretiveness and the surprise.  Good job, guys, you got me!  LOL  I loved everything about this book and I especially appreciate how Kindle Alexander always manages to take a sensitive subject and handle it with such tender love and care.  They are my go to authors for hot steamy m/m books with heart and Dr. Babineaux and nurse Justin Delacroix are no different.  Get ready for a steamy read with a side dish of surprise.

~Amie

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4 Smooches

Synopsis

To touch a Dark One is death.
To talk to an immortal is suicide.
Yet, I’ve been marked by both.
A Vampire.
And the King of the immortals.
My life is no longer my own.
And now I know the truth, my life was never mine to begin with.
It was theirs.
It’s always been theirs.

Review

‘I wanted to touch him. I wanted to taste him. It was more than just being near him – I wanted everything about him to consume me until I wasn’t even me anymore.’

As hesitant as I was to jump into this new paranormal series from Rachel Van Dyken I can honestly say it stole my day and I cannot wait for more from the series. With a cast of characters that will surprise and amuse you this was a book that was literally impossible to stop reading. I quickly became attached to both Ethan and Genesis and while I spent most of this book worried I was encountering a love triangle what I got was a epic story of two people destined for each other.

“Only when your need is so great for him that you’ve forgotten yourself completely. That’s when you whisper his name.”

Genesis has always known of the immortals and what her role to them would be if her number was called. Only when the time comes she quickly finds out that she actually knows nothing and everything about the life she has lived and the one she thought was meant for her has changed. Trapped between the affections of a vampire and a dark one, Genesis is confused and scared but in the midst of a brewing war she learns of her own strength and finally finds a way to let go to her hearts desire.

‘I learned something in that instant.

He was a jerk.

No, he was a selfish ass.

But I missed him.

And I hated both him and myself because he’d turned away, and I needed him to be close.’

Overall I thoroughly enjoyed this book and cast of characters. The crew of immortals was so captivating that I on edge waiting to get each of their stories.  I will say for a good point of the book I noticed many similarities to her novel Elite, book one in her mafia series. While still very different, I personally saw many similarities not only in the feel and mannerisms of the characters but in the details of the story. In no way was this a bad thing nor was this a retelling of the same story just that at times I got slightly distracted by this. Still I would recommend this book to all romance and paranormal lovers as well of those who love the Eagle Elite series as I do.

~miranda

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4 Smooches!

Synopsis

Shaylee

As a child, I believed in the fairytales my father told me.
Until he was gone and with him, that belief.
As a girl, I believed in the friendship and protection of Aden.
He made me begin to believe again.
As a woman, I believed in the possibility of love and passion between myself and Aden.
Until he was gone and with him, my belief in magic and happy endings.

Aden

When she was a child, I was tasked with her protection.
As a girl, I became her friend.
As a woman, I could no longer see the child I knew and was forced to fight a growing attraction.
Unable to lie and unable to tell the truth, I left.
Now I’ve returned to give the knowledge I couldn’t before, that she is half Fae.
The darkness is stalking her and I am desperate to teach her what she needs to know to protect herself.
And determined to make her mine.

*Part of a series, while it can be read as a standalone, the story continues to build through the following books.
**Recommended for 18+ due to sexual content and language
*** Approx 73,000 words, this is a full length novel.

Review

Shaylee used to believe in the fairytales her father would tell her about; including stories about the Fae, but when he is killed she stops believing and shuts her mind off from such things. But on her 21st birthday she discovers there is a reason why her father told such stories and the man who broke her heart is the one charged with her protection, development and learning. Will she accept what she is told? Will she let Aden back into her life? And is she in more danger than either of them imagined?

This was quick, fast paced, exciting and magical read that any reader who loves Fae stories will thoroughly enjoy!

“IT IS COMMON AMONG humans to see things not as they are, but as what their imaginations perceive them to be. Experiences are romanticized, and folklore is created. However, some of these tall tales are not as far-fetched as you might think.”

I really enjoyed this fast paced story, it had an intriguing plot line and two leads that I fell in love with. Shaylee was confident, strong and passionate and I loved that she wouldn’t let anyone walk over her and continued to show determination throughout hard times in her life. She was a feisty female and someone I would look up to!

“The next day he left and never came back. He hadn’t even said goodbye. I was torn to shreds. I’d lost my best friend, my hero, and . . . he broke my heart.”

Aden was sexy, mysterious, confident, cocky and definitely an alpha male. I loved how his feelings for Shaylee changed and grew as she did, he was the protector, the best friend and then the lover. His protective tendencies and his thoughts about Shaylee were hot and sexy and he is definitely one of my favourite book boyfriends.

“Despite your stubborn resistance to admitting it out loud, we both know you’re mine. Body, heart, and soul, we belong together. You’re also mine to protect, Shaylee, and I can’t do that if I’m not there. I need you with me like I need air to breathe, baby.”

I was hooked from the first page with this story. The author really draws you in from the beginning due to the writing and plot of this book. I was intrigued straight away and wanted to know what was going to happen. I loved all the supporting characters who each added different elements like some light hearted moments, friendship and humour. The relationship between the two leads was electric and the different elements of the story meant I read this is one sitting! It was threaded with suspense and mystery; is Shaylee’s ex-boyfriend dangerous? Are the being followed? Is she developing powerful abilities for a reason? It really kept me hooked!

“I want it all. I want her to give me her body, her heart, her perfect soul. No matter how many miles I run, I can’t get away from the fact that I’ve already given her all of those things. She fucking owns me, and I can’t out run the reality of it.”

My only complaint was that it ended all so quickly! I definitely wasn’t expecting the epilogue as I feel there were definitely some unanswered questions and it was too quickly wrapped out. Although I actually enjoyed the epilogue, I think it should have come a lot later on after some more development of the story. I can’t wait to read the next in the series which follows characters from this book but I really hope it re-visits Shaylee and Aden and maybe goes back a bit to answer some questions I still have concerning these two.

Bethany

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4 Smooches!

Synopsis

All it takes is just one moment to change the course of your life. For me, it was one perfect night.
I have always had a thing for my brother’s best friend, Ben. When I found him on my parents’ couch, drowning his sorrows in a whiskey bottle, my attempts to comfort him quickly turned into a night of raw and intense passion.
My foolish heart hoped he might feel the same way I do.
But Ben wasn’t there to stay and I woke up the next morning alone with a broken heart.
I attempted to forget the guy with a smile to die for and a touch that sets me on fire.
I thought I was over him.
I thought he was gone forever.
Until, eighteen months later Ben returns and learns my secret. Now, he is hell-bent on winning me back.
He plays dirty.
And he won’t stop until he gets what he wants—me.

But he has secrets of his own.
Secrets that could destroy everything we might have and everything we are.

Not suitable for under 18’s due to strong language, violence and sexual content

This book is an interconnected standalone and first in the series.
approx. 86,000 words

Review

“He’s always been in my life somehow, until he disappeared one night. That one night.”

I really enjoyed this book which is the authors debut book! It also got me out of my dreaded book funk so yay! extra points!! So onto a bit about the book. Frankie has had a crush on her brother’s best friend for as long as she can remember but she’s sure he dislikes her that is until one night  and they share a night together which meant something to her and what she thought meant something to Ben too, until she wakes up alone with just a note left by Ben and then he disappears. Eighteen months later and they come face to face and are confronted with past and present issues to be resolved. This time around it’s not only the secret of their past keeping them tied to eachother.

I liked Frankie! I thought she was pretty strong considering. She was pretty much in love with Ben and he crushed her heart and disappeared without a word, well except for the one word he left on his note. Now eighteen months later and she is forced to come to face to face with him unexpectedly and along with that it’s back at the place where she has no doubt where she will be relentlessly ridiculed – her parents aren’t exactly a warm and friendly pair. She was also 100% selfless and I loved that. I loved what she was willing to let herself be put through for the sole benefit of someone else. I think she will be a very relatable character for a lot of people for sure!

Ben! I loved him. I’m a weak person when it comes to Book Boyfriends, I forgive them way too easily! He hadn’t even explained himself and I was kind of in love with him already… um, oops? lol! And when he did finally get around to it I loved him so much more! I loved his cockiness and cheekiness. He did also had a vulnerable side and I am a complete sucker for a vulnerability to a character, if I didn’t love him already I definitely would have now! I wanted to hit him at a certain point but thing about him was  that from the start he was more than willing to admit he messed up big time and even  more so determined to fight for what he left behind so I could never really stay mad at him!

“I’ll get that trust back, Frankie. I’ll get you back.”

I really did enjoy this book! At the start it was harder to connect with Frankie but not long after there are more characters added and more elements to the story and it really started to flow then! Oh I loved all the supporting characters and I took an extra liking to Frankie’s brother! I really hope Dave gets his own book! Another thing I really loved in this book was the take on family, the fact that family is what you make it. The difference between ‘blood’ family and the family you CHOOSE and boy did I love the family that Frankie chose.

“It’s family – not by blood, but by choice. And that is worth so much more.”

So, I was kind of expecting for this book to just consist of lots of hot sex and some dramatics. What I wasn’t expecting was the emotion and depth to it! There’s definitely sexy times! but the sexual tension? *WHEW!* And the emotional depth is something I seriously wasn’t expecting but I loved. There is build up and development in this story, I’m not going to lie sometimes I wanted to shout for them to jump eachother!! but the sexual tension and funny moments get you through it and honestly I think if they did have sex any sooner it would have ruined the story a little and when they do finally get to the sexy times it was so worth it, the build up was so much fun and you really get to know the characters. I thought I had it all figured out but there was a twist thrown in that caught me off guard and I definitely wasn’t expecting at all. All in all it was a really good book and I think there’s a little of everything in it and I’ll be definitely keeping an eye out for Dave’s possible book!

 4 smooches from me!

– Jade x

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