Synopsis

In a world where arranged marriages are settled before birth, Shula Kelley does her best to get out of one, with unexpected results.
Dramatic Book One of a six book serial. About one hundred pages. Subsequent novels will come every eight weeks. Heed the sins.

Taxonomy of Sins:

Wrath * Idolatry * Blasphemy * Paternal Ignominy * Hatred * Deceit * Sedition * Sexual Immorality * Suicide * Apostasy * Homosexuality * False Prophecy * Infanticide * Negligent Homicide * Fornication * Heresy * Pride * Wickedness * Strife * Covetousness * Murder * Lasciviousness * Variance * Lust * Desecration of the worst sort

Texas year 2250, Sovereign for two-hundred years. Those stereotypes you just imagined? Multiply them by 1,000. It’s a comedy so dark…never mind. Not a comedy.

Review

Beauty and Pain. The depth of character that the heroine, Shula, conveys in this first part in a six part serial is so profound, I find it hard to describe just what I am feeling. First off, let me just say that she is truly a badass chick. She is beyond strong. I can’t even fathom the idea of an arranged marriage, and her knowing and taking drastic efforts to make her life her own, well that’s just stronger than I can imagine. This story is futuristic, as in it takes place in 2250. In Texas. The country is not what it seems though. There have been many changes throughout the two hundred plus years and one of them, is catapulting women BACK into the eighteenth century. As a woman, while reading the astonishing beliefs of the main evil villain, James Agnesson, I was both shocked and awed at his depravity. I understand that some people are racist, or misogynistic, or just plain crazy, and James is definitely all three, but Arden’s articulation of these three intertwined just makes him plain SCARY. The world he resides in he is King. He takes this very seriously, even with ‘acquiring’ an eighteen year old wife (Shula) after the deaths of two previous wives. Can we say foul play?

Ok, back on track to Shula and her total badassery. She is a very young woman who had to endure the death of her mother. The death she knows down deep in her soul was perpetrated to keep Shula from having to marry into the Agnesson family. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work and as the story unfolds, Shula is gathering all of her strength to exact her own brand of justice. She is going to make the ugliest bride ever. That’ll show King Agnesson and his superficial ways. It DOES show him, and instead of marrying her in front of the whole town, he pawns her off to his son Jared. Well, doesn’t that just throw a gigantic kink into Shula’s plans. Now what is she to do? She actually likes Jared.

This is a brilliant beginning to a new series. It is different, and yet it contains ageless themes and morals. The bigotry, badassery, intense variety with the sex scenes, and the overall feeling will leave you breathless! I don’t want to give away too much, so just buy it and enjoy something amazingly different!

5 ENORMOUS Smoochies

~Nicole

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4.5 Smooches

Synopsis

Three years have passed since Dare Wilde walked out of Reagan McKinley’s life. Three years of radio silence. Three years of regrets.

But she’s not the same girl anymore. Now, at twenty-two, Reagan has big plans to change her life, and it all starts with a trip to Europe. Instead of heading into Harvard Law like her parents had planned, she’s crossed the ocean to follow her dreams in the art world. Her dreams. For once.

A chance meeting in Paris brings Reagan and Dare face-to-face again, but is it serendipity…or penance? A chasm of unspoken hurt stands between them, but they can’t fight the passion they have for each other. And now that she’s found Dare again—the one person in this world who makes her feel whole—she doesn’t want to let go. Problem is, she may not have a choice.

Two parts. One whole.

Together…they’re out of control

Review

Out Of Control is part two of six in the Untamed serial by Victoria Green and Jinsey Reese. Dare and Reegan’s story is so beautiful yet so hard at times to read. You want so much for them to get past all the bullshit and just be together because, damnit, anyone reading this can see how much they NEED to just be together.

So, I totally fell for Dare and Reegan’s story in Untamed and was dying, although a bit scared to continue in Out of Control. I mean three years have passed, THREE YEARS! This just breaks my little heart! Although necessary for the story, I am never a big fan of time passing like that, for some reason all that wasted time just makes me so sad for them. All the same, Out of Control picks up three years after Untamed in Paris where Reegan is working for the gallery for the summer and surprisingly where Dare is living.

 It is clear from the moment you see these two together again that the special spark they have is still there, but here is where it gets heartbreaking, Dare is determined to push Reegan away. She hurt him so bad he just cannot relive that. Although personally, I believe this is such a pigheaded man move because he hurt her too when he disappeared (as she points out.) The sexual chemistry in this book is off the charts as I knew it would be after reading Untamed. Dare is a bit more stubborn and hard headed, much as a hurt man often is. Reegan is somewhat more mature and understanding of the fact that she needs to get out from under her family’s thumb if she wants any kind of real life for herself.

I love me a serial but I have to say I am dying for these two to get their HEA. Reegan has her demons that I believe she will need to sort through first. And Dare, oh Dare he will have to work past his hurt of the rejection he felt from Reegan. I do believe these two can make it work (oh and they better) but I also belive that the authors are gonna make me work for it! Out of Control is very well written and I never would have guessed it had two authors. I cannot tell where one began and the other picked up. I am so exited for this story to continue, I think it is safe to say I am hooked!

~miranda

5 Smooches

Synopsis

My name is Catarina.
Or, that’s who I was christened to be, anyways.
I live in a convent. I am a nun in training. A postulant.
I am eighteen years old.

I am a predator.
No one is safe from me.

I am protected.
No one can get to me.

By day one way, by night another. They call on me.

My name is Catarina.
Codename: Night Fury.

No one is safe from me.

I will come for you.

Review

“I will tell you one thing, so listen carefully and heed my warning: Things are not always as they seem.”

Night Fury: First Act is the first part in a new serial by Belle Aurora. I was warned by the author before I started it that it was a bit “out there” and I assured her that was not a bad thing. I was SO right; I loved it! I went into this completely unsure what to expect and honestly a bit afraid. I don’t know why I would ever doubt I have never read anything by Belle I didn’t love. Her writing is so good I immediately got sucked in and couldn’t stop until I was finished.

“I’d kill a man, but the thought of hurting my friend’s feelings makes me ill? Oh, man I am all sorts of screwed up.”

I don’t want to go into the plot too deep because I personally want to figure out the twist and turns to a story all on my own and not have them handed to me. But Catarina has been raised in a convent from a very young age and is a nun in training but her training is a bit “different” than that of a typical nun. I loved how Catarina’s innocence of being a young woman who has never really been exposed to much outside of the convent really came across in the writing. I really could feel her inexperience in a lot of things but also could tell she was a young woman fighting with the feelings that come with being 18.

“Don’t you fucking dare. Open your eyes, baby. Look at me.”

I was worried going into this story about the romance aspect since none is mentioned in the blurb and all I will say is while Catarina’s growth and destiny are clearly the main part of the story there are some very, very, very HOT parts too. OMG I loved this part of the story but I refuse to give any of it away, I was so surprised by the outcomes and I want you to be too!

“Sacrifices must be made. There is no other way. Fate can be a cruel bitch.”

Night Fury is completely different than any other romance I have read. The characters had me constantly guessing and being that this is the first in a serial I am left with quite a few questions that I cannot wait for the answers to! I love a story that takes me away to a place very different than my own life and this is exactly that. It is a crazy and intriguing plot and I am dying for more! Great job Belle now hurry and write me some more!

~miranda

5 Smooches!

Synopsis

I met Sarah Kate Erickson when I was twenty-one years old. I was lucky enough to keep her for seven years before a tragic accident stole her from me. She didn’t die, but sometimes I think it would have been easier if she had.

I lived in a haze for those four years after the accident. Catering to her every need, even though she hated the very sight of my face. I tried to hold on to her and the future that we were supposed to build together. But you can’t hold on to someone that doesn’t exist anymore.

It wasn’t until I met Jesse Addison, a barista at the local coffee shop, that I realized I didn’t just lose Sarah that tragic night, I lost myself as well. Jesse taught me how to let go of the past and learn to love again. But what happens when your past haunts your present and the woman you used to love refuses to accept the woman you can’t live without?

**Intended for readers 18+. Each book in this series can be read as a standalone.**

Review

Wow.  I think Aly Martinez is a new writer on the scene and I was literally blown away after reading Changing Course.  It was completely different than any other book I have encountered lately.  I was gripped from page one; turning the pages, sometimes laughing, heart pounding, shedding a few tears now and then.  This book ran the entire gamut of emotions for me.

Ok, Changing Course was A LOT to take in.  Brett meets Sarah at the tender age of twenty-one.  They fall head over heels in love.  The kind of love that you think will last a lifetime.  Only it doesn’t.  Years later and Sarah has a horrific accident and Brett loses her, but not like you think.  Flash forward 4 years later and Brett meets Jess.  She is the exact opposite of his long lost Sarah, but Brett cannot stay away from her, but can he move on from Sarah and the memory of the person she used to be so that he can move forward with Jesse?  I know what you are thinking but it isn’t!  I promise!  No love triangle!  Trust me!

Oh my, I loved the characters in this book.  They were so loveable and real to me.  Lets start with Brett.

Brett is just an incredibly tortured man.  He lost the love the of his life and has been celibate for the last 4 years, not even contemplating moving on with his life.  There is a lot to love about him.  He smart, honest, sexy, and loyal.  Too loyal, if you ask me, but you have to respect a man that honors his vows; for better or worse.  And believe me, Sarah is definitely worse, like a lot.  Jesse is the first woman to peek his interest since Sarah.

“Jesse does things to me.  She makes me feel like myself again for the first time since I lost Sarah.”

I found myself rooting for him so hard.  He deserves to be happy after all that he has suffered and who better to give him that than sweet, shy, and kind Jesse; the exact opposite of Sarah.  Jesse may seem meek, but I have to commend her on sticking around, fighting for her man, and giving Brett a chance.  Their relationship had me on pins and needles.  The tension was high all on accounts.  And the sexual tension was amazing and super sexy!

“Jesus Jess you taste so fucking good.  I knew you would be sweet, but I’m never going to get enough of this.”

I could go on and on about how much I loved this book but I am really afraid to give too much away and I really hate spoilers.  Just know that this book was incredibly well written, hella sexy, with a heaping ton of angst; exactly to my taste.

~Amie

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