Spotlight and Review: RUTHLESS by Lexi Blake

Release Day Launch and Review: Seduction in Session by Shayla Black and Lexi Blake

Review: Wild Card by Lora Leigh

Title: Wild Card  

Series: Elite Ops #1
Author: Lora Leigh

Published: September 2008

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It was supposed to be simple. All Navy SEAL Nathan Malone had to do was rescue three young girls from a Colombia drug cartel, then allow himself to be captured just long enough to draw out a government spy. That was before his mission went disastrously wrong…and before his wife, Bella, was told that Nathan was never coming home.

Bella’s mourned her husband’s death for three long years. But she has no idea he’s still alive. Forced to assume a new identity, the man Nathan was is now dead. If he can get back to his wife, can he keep the secret of who he really is…even as desire threatens to consume them? And as danger threatens to tear Bella from Nathan’s arms once more?

Review: The Men With The Golden Cuffs by Lexi Blake

Title: The Men With The Golden Cuffs
Series: Masters and Mercenaries #2 
Author: Lexi Blake

Published: 29 May 2012

A woman in danger…

Serena Blake is a bestselling author of erotic fiction. She knows how to write a happy ending but hasn’t managed to find one of her own. Divorced and alone, she has no one to turn to when a stalker begins to threaten her life. The cops don’t believe her. Her ex-husband thinks she’s making the whole story up. She has no one left to turn to except a pair of hired bodyguards. They promise to guard her body, but no one can protect her heart.

Two men in search of love…

Adam Miles and Jacob Dean are halves of a whole. They’ve spent their entire adult lives searching for the one woman who can handle them both. Adam is the playful, indulgent lover, while Jacob is the possessive, loving Dom. When Serena comes into their lives, Adam is certain that she’s the one. But Jacob’s past comes back to haunt them all. He is suspicious of Serena’s story, and his concerns are driving a wedge between him and Adam. But when the stalker strikes, they will have to come together or lose each other forever…

Buddy Review with Maru, my bestest friend and buddy reader :)

Review: The Dom Who Loved Me by Lexi Blake

Title: The Dom Who Loved Me
Series: Masters and Mercenaries #1
Author: Lexi Blake
Published: 27th September 2011


Blurb

A routine mission…

Sean Taggart is hunting a deadly terrorist, and his only lead is the lovely Grace Hawthorne. She's the executive assistant for an employment agency Sean suspects is a front for illegal activities. To get the truth, he is going to have to get very close to Grace, a task he is all too eager to undertake when he discovers her deliciously submissive nature.

…turns into a dangerous seduction.

Soon, Grace Hawthorne is living a double life. By day, she is the widowed mother of two college-aged sons. By night, she submits to Sean's every dark desire. She's living out her wildest fantasies of pleasure—intimate acts of trust she's only read about. As passion engulfs her, a murderer strikes, and Grace learns that Sean has a deeply hidden agenda. Will Sean choose his mission and break her heart or be the Master of her dreams?

Our Sean:

Our Grace:

Aly: Hi Maru. We've read THE DOM WHO LOVED ME by Lexi Blake a few weeks ago, but I still remember with pleasure

Maru: Hi Aly! Yes we did, and I loved the book! Thanks for making me read it

Aly: My pleasure :)) Did you like the blend of erotic romance and suspense? Would you change anything in the book?

Maru: No, I think that everything worked perfectly for the story. It had a lot of suspense and the steamy scenes were AWESOME

Aly: They were, they were... )

Maru: and I liked how the author treated the age difference

Aly: I did as well, though I kind of forgot it was there very fast. I also enjoy the overall ARC with Ian and Mr. Black

Maru: yeah, me too

Aly: BTW I hate that asshole Black! I wish he were killed in this one

Maru: OMG!!! I freaking hated him!! Me too!!! the end almost killed me!

Aly: Yes, poor Adam! I almost died when I read about what happened on the stairs

Maru: Dude, yess!! I was holding my breath all throughout the last couple of chapters!

Aly: I was doing the same! But enough with the spoilers let's talk about the whole team and how they worked together. I found their interactions fascinating.

Maru: Alina! Stop reading my mind!

Aly:I don't wan't to Marina! =))

Maru: I thought the group dynamic was really good! I loved Ian, the bossman

Aly: He's my favorite, besides Liam...He had the big brother act down pat! I also liked Eve, the voice of reason even more now that I did the first time I've read it

Maru: Oh yes...can´t wait to read his book!

Aly:All of them are SO good!

Maru: Eve seemed a super profound character!

Aly: Yhea, she and Alex are a little fucked up. It hurts a little reading about them tlll they fix it up *sigh* here I go with more spoilers :))

Maru: Hahahaha...don´t spoil too much!! I didn´t get to Eve´s nook yet!

Aly: That's all I'm saying

Maru: Awesome!

Aly: Hmm, how about Sean's cooking talent? the dude is almost perfect!

Maru: L-O-V-E-D that!!! He is hotter than hell and can cook??? Where do I find one?

Aly: Yes, I'm signing up for that as well :)) though like his brother more, he has such an... edge… gives me shivers

Maru: LOOL, yes he does. What I really like about the series is that every character has an amazing side story and really deep, which makes you want to continue reading the series

Aly: It's true. And I like the writing style, it maxes them seem so... real! Now... thinking about it, I wouldn't change a thing about the book, not even the drama!

Maru: Yeah, everything makes perfect sense for the story, even the drama

Aly: I think we touched everything but the interpretation of S and M...

Maru: oh yeah...that

Aly: I didn't agree with all of it, but it worked for them

Maru: yeah, it´s like a custom made s&m for Sean and the chick

Aly: I also loved that Ian had a club and not even there he couldn't stop controlling everything :))

Maru: ahahaha..yes, Ian the control freak hottie

Aly: Please send him my way =)) All in all, I think both of us had fun reading it. I'd give it 4, because I hated that they didn't communicate with each other, Sean and Grace I mean.

Maru: Ditto baby

Aly: We'll continue with book 2 soon ;)

Maru: Thanks everyone for joining

Review: The Way Home by Cindy Gerard

Title: The Way Home

Series: One-Eyed Jacks #2

Author: Cindy Gerard

Published: 29th October 2013

I received this ARC copy thanks to Gallery Books and Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.

A heartwarming Christmas story from the New York Times bestselling “true master of romantic suspense” (Romantic Times). Four years ago Jess Albert got the news that her husband Jeff was killed in action in Afghanistan, and a painful void entered her life. The more time passed, the more acutely she felt that emptiness. But when Tyler Brown, former military hero and all-around alpha male, shows up a year after she’d last seen him, Jess gradually begins to realize there is one thing that can make her feel whole again—love.

As they’re planning their wedding and new life together, Jess receives shocking news: her husband is alive, under the care of a young Afghani woman hiding him from the Taliban. Even as he sees their happily-ever-after slip away, Ty arranges for the One Eyed Jacks and Black Ops, Inc. teams to make a daring and dangerous rescue mission to bring Jeff home. The hardest thing Ty or Jess has ever done is to let the other go.

When Jeff returns to Jess, broken physically and emotionally and with no memory of their history, they try to heal their marriage and each other. But as time brings them together more as friends than lovers, an unexpected development helps them see the true way home, to the people they love. 

Review: Love and Let Die by Lexi Blake

Title: Love and Let Die

Series: Masters and Mercenaries #5

Author: Lexi Blake

  A Tragic Love Story

Charlotte Dennis’s mission was clear: distract and misdirect CIA operative Ian Taggart by any means necessary. If she failed, she would never see her sister again. With her training, it should have been simple, but after one night in Ian’s arms, she knew that saving her sister would mean losing the man of her dreams.
Ian was tracking a terrorist when he met the beautiful American daughter of a Russian mobster. His instincts told him Charlotte was trouble, but his body craved her like a drug and his heart would not be denied. She took his ring and his collar. For once he was truly happy. But as he closed in on his target, her betrayal cost him his mission while her sacrifice saved his life. As she died in his arms, Ian vowed he would never love again.

A Dangerous Reunion

For six years, Charlotte has thought of nothing but returning to her husband, her Master. Working in the shadows, she has devoted herself to earning a chance to reclaim her place in Ian’s life. But forgiveness isn’t a part of Ian’s vocabulary.
Nothing is more important to Ian Taggart than his new mission. But the information he needs is firmly in the hands of the woman who betrayed him. To catch his most dangerous prey, Ian will have to let Charlotte back into his life. As the hunt takes them to some of the world’s most exotic locations, the danger grows and their passion reignites.

Will Ian forgive his wayward submissive or lose her again?

Note before review: I posted 3 status updates till I reached 15%, after that nothing. The explanation for this is very simple: I just couldn’t tear myself away after that, even though there were some amazing quotes!