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The Lion Kings
by Renee George
Published by: Book Boutiques
August 25th, 2015
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Format: eBook
Source: Library Loan
Rating: 3 Stars

     For six months, Madeline Granger has been overwhelmed by an almost magnetic pull that has kept her on the road, traveling all over the Midwest and erotically dreaming of two men… her lion kings. When she wakes up in Kansas, just outside the perimeter of a traveling carnival, it miraculously feels like coming home. But after she meets the two men who shouldn’t exist outside her own mind, it’s hard for her to reconcile that her dream lovers are two very real and sexy men, not imaginary. All she knows for certain is she wants them both.  
     Adam Michael’s and his brother Cage, both lion-shifters, not only run Pantheros & Co Carnival, they are the stars. Making a home for his crew of misfits and outcasts was Adam’s dream. Cage was his most desperate rescue, and after a profound loss, Adam worries that Cage’s grief will drive him toward a brutality he can’t come back from.  
     The last thing either lion-shifter expected was Madeline Granger. She might be the answer to Adam’s prayers, in more ways than one, if he can get Cage to look past his pain. But, can Adam and Cage see Madeline as more than a substitute Clary? And can Madeline rescue two Kings drowning in their own sorrow? 
     Maddie might want The Lion Kings to rule her body, but is she strong enough to rule their hearts.


     The Lion Kings follows this woman named Madeline Granger who is a sort of psychic where she sees the past. She has been having dreams about this two guys Adam and Cage and has been restless for about 6 months going from town to town.

     When she gets to a small town in Kansas and near the carnival, this Restless feeling she's been having goes away. And it is then she realized that the men she's been having dreams about are real.

     I really liked the story and the development of the characters and the Mystery of the death of Clary. That last one had me guessing at every turn and still, I wasn't able to figure out who was responsible or why until the very end.

     What I was a little bit skeptical about in this book was the connection between Clary and Madeline. More than once I thought that the brothers we're replacing Clary with Madeline.

     Aside from that, it was a really fast and cute story and if you like Paranormal romance I recommend this one to you.
January 10, 2019 No comments
Love Letters to the Dead
by Ava Dellaira
Published by: Brilliance Audio
April 1, 2014
Genre: Young Adult
Format: Audiobook
Source: Purchased
Rating: 5 Stars

     It begins as an assignment for English class: Write a letter to a dead person. 
     Laurel chooses Kurt Cobain because her sister, May, loved him. And he died young, just like May. Soon, Laurel has a notebook full of letters to the dead - to people like Janis Joplin, Heath Ledger, Amelia Earhart, and Amy Winehouse - though she never gives a single one of them to her teacher. She writes about starting high school, navigating the choppy waters of new friendships, learning to live with her splintering family, falling in love for the first time, and, most important, trying to grieve for May. But how do you mourn for someone you haven't forgiven? 
     It's not until Laurel has written the truth about what happened to herself that she can finally accept what happened to May. And only when Laurel has begun to see her sister as the person she was - lovely and amazing and deeply flawed - can she truly start to discover her own path. 
     In a voice that's as lyrical and as true as a favorite song, Ava Dellaira writes about one girl's journey through life's challenges with a haunting and often heartbreaking beauty.


     First of all, I would like to apologize for not putting it in the review of a book last week. But I was dealing with some news story from Puerto Rico, which had me very worried and a little sad. The news was that my mother found another mass that might or might not be cancer. Never in my life have I felt so powerless. I, who reside in the United States, receive news as this one falls apart. She is a survivor of breast cancer and liver cancer for more than 20 years. The good news is that later this week she received more results from the biopsy, and it is not cancer. However she still needs surgery, but despite all for me this is great news.

     Returning to the subject of books, this book has been published for several years, more precisely in 2014, and as always was in my TBR. As my mood took me to the point that I was a little melancholy for the news that I received. This book, what can I say about this book ... It is not something that is used to. The point from which it is counted is through letters. Not as always we see that it is a person we are used to. I love him in that aspect to begin with. It is a sad story but at the same time of courage and of many willpower.

     It is not easy to be at a point where you just follow by inertia. Where everything seems to be wrong and you have to put a smile on your face even if everything is wrong in your life. Where you have to smile so as not to worry other people. This book is great, it's very emotional. I cried like I did not cry with a book. I highly recommend it and not only because it makes you depressed because you believe me will make you cry, but because it has a story to tell and which we have to learn.

     With this been said I want to thank the people who care and show interest in these things. And some last words from the bottom of my heart fuck cancer, my prayers to all that families which are going through this. And for those families that passed and are going through as the story of this book. You can get it for free when you subscribe to audible.


November 26, 2018 No comments
Love and Libations
by Patricia D. Eddy
Series: Holidays and Heroes (#2)
Published by: PageCurl Publishing
February 12th, 2015
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: eARC
Source: Hidden Gems Books
Rating: 3 Stars

     Dreams don’t die.
     Can an amputee bartender help an abused woman reclaim her dreams?
     Garrett’s dreams could have ended with the loss of his leg. Yet he’s behind the bar, working towards his own restaurant—and someone to share his life with.
     Lilah forgot how to dream. Years of abuse left her feeling worthless. A chance meeting stirs a longing for more, but Garrett can’t help her reclaim her dreams—she’s got to do that on her own.
     Will Lilah share her dreams with Garrett? Or will her past destroy them?


Disclaimer:

This copy was provided by the publisher via Hidden Gems Books for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of it or the content of my review.

     This is a cute short story of self-discovery and acceptance that I found I liked.

     Lilah is in an abusive relationship. Garrett sees that and tries to help her even when she's in denial and puts herself down. Lilah and Garrett have both been through some painful pasts and I think they are perfect for each other.

     What I would have liked was for the author to delve deeper into the character's lives and their backgrounds. We get this small stories of how they got where they are and how they felt at the moment but not much else. Then we have the characters meet on one or two occasions and then they don't see each other for almost a year.

     In between, there is nothing letting us know what they've been up to or how they're doing. There is no time for readers to connect with the characters and that is why I gave it 3 stars. It was a likable and entertaining story but not something I'll remember in a few days.
September 13, 2018 No comments
Love Unscripted
by Tina Reber
Series: Love (#1)
Published by: Atria Books
January 1st, 2013
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: eBook
Source: Purchased
Rating: 3 Stars

     An A-List Movie Star…
     Ryan Christensen just wanted to be an actor. Never in his wildest dreams did he imagine a life where fans would chase him, paparazzi would stalk him, and Hollywood studios would want to own him. While filming in Seaport, Rhode Island, Ryan ducks into a neighborhood bar for a quick escape from legions of screaming fans…and finds much more than he expected.
     A Small Town Girl…
     Nursing a recent heartbreak, Taryn Mitchell believes men are best kept at a safe distance. But when Ryan Christensen unexpectedly bursts through the front door of her pub, she can’t help but be drawn in by his humor, charm, and undeniable good looks. At six foot two, with dirty blond hair, blue eyes, and an incredible body, Ryan has every girl in Seaport swooning. But Taryn isn’t every other girl.
     A Relationship that Doesn’t Follow the Script…
     Despite her better judgment, Taryn soon finds herself falling hard for Ryan. But is their bond strong enough to survive the tabloid headlines, the relentless paparazzi, and the jealous fans who seem determined to tear them apart?


     I really liked the story of Ryan and Taryn. What I couldn't take was all the girly, girly things on the book. As it was on the POV of Taryn all was very dramatic and it was very annoying. It was very teenagery for me. I like some sentiment behind the story, like with the accident and all but it really killed it for me every time Ryan was made to look like a pussy and not the manly man we want to see on our fantasy.

     I get that Tina has to show that he is tired of the constant invasion of privacy and the lies the paparazzi invent just to sell a story but I think she took it to the extreme and showed him to be weak. In my opinion, he could have used a bit more backbone.

     I liked the end with the plot of Lauren and Kyle, the accident, and the subsequent reveal of the truth but I think it could have used a little more man personality on it. I just hope that the next book it's not so bad and I can give it a better rating.

July 06, 2018 No comments
Lying in Bed
by Jo Leigh
Published by: Harlequin
December 18th, 2012
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Source: Purchased
Rating: 4 Stars

     Get Intimate: The Workshop 
     Explore sensuality and true intimacy at the luxurious Color Canyon Resort.
     Private assignments include sexy "homeplay" and more…
     The setup was simple. To ferret out a blackmailer, FBI agent Ryan Vail and his partner are going undercover as a couple at an intimacy retreat. But when Ryan wakes to find a replacement "wife" in his bed, he knows he's in big trouble…. 
     FBI agent Angie Wolf is on the job. Sure, there's a wicked attraction between her and Ryan, but they're professionals. Touching, kissing—it's all part of the sting. But the intimacy retreat is doing its job, because each tension-filled night in bed is blurring the line between truth and lie. Now this investigation has turned into one irresistible temptation!


     This was a fun reading and also a heart-tugging one.

     What Ryan needs and what Angie wants are one and the same although they don't want to acknowledge it. I almost cried at Ryan's confession at the workshop the last day and was pissed at him at the way he handled the day after. I mean prick much!

     Anyways, I love the story and the elements behind it. The way they went about solving the mystery and the bad guy. I just can't believe what he used the freaking blackmail money for!!

     The end of the book I would have liked something different like I don't know, have something more concrete about their future. Maybe he took the job in DC and she transfers there. But all in all, it was an amusing, interesting and slightly annoying (in a good way) read.
June 18, 2018 No comments
Love Means...No Shame
by Andrew Grey
Series: Farm (#1)
Published by: Dreamspinner Press
September 14th, 2009
Genre: GLBTQ Romance
Format: eBook
Source: Purchased
Rating: 2 Stars

     Geoff is in the city, living the gay life to the hilt, when his father's death convinces him to return to the family farm. Discovering a young Amish man asleep in his barn, Geoff learns that Eli is spending a year away from the community before accepting baptism into the church. Despite their mutual attraction, Geoff is determined not to become involved with him, but Eli has discovered that Geoff shares his feelings and begins to court him, neatly capturing first Geoff's attention and then his heart.
     Their budding relationship is threatened by closed-minded, gossipy relatives and the society at large, a whole new world to Eli, and he must decide whether to return to the community, his family, and the world and future he knows or to stay with Geoff and have faith in the power of love.


     I started this book loving the story but as it went on I started to lose enthusiasm. I liked that it was told on 3rd person POV and that it got us started with a little background story in Goeff. I loved the fact that it wasn't insta love (nothing wrong with that but most books have it) and that it took many months for the characters to act on their attraction.

     I started to lose hope in this book when it took too long for them to act on their attraction. They had meaningful kisses, explosive kisses even, that were orgasmic as the author described them and then...nothing. No heavy petting, no rubbing, nothing. It took until after 60% of the book for something to actually happen and then it was just once or twice and then the book was done.

     Also, there was the fact that the author kept writing that Eli "vibrated". It always made me think of BOB. Seriously just say he shivered or something. He's not a cat!

     I liked the story and I found some interesting things in it but please I need more sexy times and less blah blah time thank you very much.
May 22, 2018 No comments
The Lost Duke of Wyndham
by Julia Quinn
Series: The Two Dukes of Wyndham (#1)
Published by: Avon Books
May 27th, 2008
Genre: Historical Romance
Format: Mass-Market Paperback
Source: Gift from Friend
Rating: 5 Stars

     Jack Audley has been a highwayman. A soldier. And he has always been a rogue. What he is not, and never wanted to be, is a peer of the realm, responsible for an ancient heritage and the livelihood of hundreds. But when he is recognized as the long-lost son of the House of Wyndham, his carefree life is over. And if his birth proves to be legitimate, then he will find himself with the one title he never wanted: Duke of Wyndham.
     Grace Eversleigh has spent the last five years toiling as the companion to the dowager Duchess of Wyndham. It is a thankless job, with very little break from the routine... until Jack Audley lands in her life, all rakish smiles and debonair charm. He is not a man who takes no for an answer, and when she is in his arms, she's not a woman who wants to say no. But if he is the true duke, then he is the one man she can never have...


     For the past five years, Grace has been the companion to the dower dutchess of Wyndham and she is apparently the only one that can deal with the old lady and not run for the hills. When coming back from a ball they are stopped by highwaymen to be robbed and the old dutchess starts acting a bit crazy since one of the men looks like her dead son (or at least what she can see of him since he's wearing a half mask).

     Jack is a carefree man that has many secrets but always has a smile on his face no matter the problems he faces. He is charming and a rogue and he wastes no time in trying to seduce Grace at every turn.

     I love Grace and Jack. Both of them have tragedy in their pasts that puts them in the circumstances they find their selves in but at the same time they have a childhood full of love and caring family. Jack is a terrible flirt and I like that he has a warped sense of humor.

     From beginning to end this book is a fun, enchanting read that left me glued to the pages even when the ending was so glaringly obvious. I can't wait to read Thoma's book since there where a couple of scenes I'm curious about that I hope are told in his book (since both books are kind of on the same timeline).
April 22, 2018 No comments
Last Chance Cowboy
by Leigh Riker
Series: Kansas Cowboys (#2)
Published by: Harlequin: Heartwarming
May 1st, 2017
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: eBook
Source: NetGalley
Rating: 2 Stars

     Why couldn't Shadow have stayed away? 
     Rancher Grey Wilson has fought hard to rebuild his life in the ten years since that horrible night she left, the night their love, their families, their whole town was torn apart by tragedy. And he's almost succeeded. But now that Shadow Moran is back in Barren, everything seems to be going wrong. The family ranch his father entrusted to him is struggling. Worse, Shadow still blames him for what happened that night, and Grey's starting to have his own doubts about his innocence. Then Shadow reveals a secret that shakes him to his core…


Disclaimer:

This copy was provided via NetGalley for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of it or the content of my review.

     I am in love with cowboys (at least the ones in books) and when I saw this one on NetGalley I couldn't help myself. I had to give it a go. This is the second book of the Kansas Cowboys miniseries and it can be read as a standalone but it makes you curious about the first book.

     Grey has been having troubles with his ranch and with the people of small-town Barren, Kansas because of an accident ten years prior that killed a young man. Even though he was cleared of any wrongdoing he was still blamed for it.

     Shadow is the sister of the man that was killed and she was Grey's sweetheart until the shooting. Shortly after the death of her brother Shadow left town and didn't come back for ten years and when she came back was to revealed to Grey some things she's left hidden for so long.

     This is like the publisher says a heartwarming story of second chances and forgiveness. But it was a quick read that left me wishing for so much more.

     That more that I was looking for includes a better storyline as it was kind of repetitive. Better editing as there were parts where something happens; like Grey taking off his vest; and a paragraph or two later he takes it off again and it is worded the exact same way as the first time you read it.

     Other things that bother me where the fact that Shadow and Grey kind of stayed on that time ten years before and sounded young and uncertain and at times annoying.
April 04, 2018 No comments
Lauren’s Barbarian
by Ruby Dixon
Series: Icehome (#1)
Published by: Self-Published
October 20th, 2017
Genre: Sci-Fi Romance
Format: eBook
Source: Kindle Unlimited
Rating: 4 Stars

     A lush, tropical island on an icy planet makes no sense.
     Then again, not much makes sense anymore after waking up and finding myself not in bed but on a strange world populated by aliens. Since that moment, I’ve learned that nothing is normal anymore and I’ve got to roll with the punches. I can handle this, though. I’m strong and capable.
     So… washed up on a tropical island? Got it handled.
     Separated from the others in my group? Handled.
     Stranded alone with a brutal but delicious alien man that can’t speak English but has great… ahem… body language? Yup, handled.
     Add in the fact that my cootie – a symbiont I need to survive – has chosen my big, hulking alien friend as my fated mate? Let’s just say that the situation isn’t the only thing that’s going to be handled. 
     But it isn’t long before I learn that the tropical island paradise is a death trap and we’re all in grave danger, aliens and humans alike. To survive this, I'll need my tempting guy to give me a hand with the situation… good thing he's got four of them.


     Since I discovered Ruby Dixon last year I have loved her books and this one is no exception. I never thought blue, horned and plated (or four armed or any other crazy way Dixon can think off) was going to be sexy, but boy does Dixon knows how to work it.

     In this book, we go back to the Ice Planet where the Barbarians live. Now it is the turn of Lauren and her group of stranded humans (and some decidedly not humans). After the barbarians of the Ice Planet Barbarians (IPB) series save the group from the stasis pods they are in, Lauren and Marisol get into a bit of trouble and get separated from the group ending up in a tropical island.

     K’thar and his fellow islanders are very different from the barbarians of the main island. They are divided into different groups. The Strong Arms who have four arms, the Tall Horns who have very big horns and the Shadowed Cats who have body/facial hair.

     I loved this book so much. I think this story has much more flesh than the couple of books I’ve read in the IPB series. This book took me back to the beginning when Georgie and Vektal were trying to communicate. Although not as hilarious as that one it was still pretty funny.

     I do recommend that if you haven’t finished reading the IPB series you do so because although this book is a stand-alone if you’ve started the IPB series you’ll be a little bit lost. That being said I cannot wait to read the next story in this new spinoff. In the meantime, I’ll be finishing the IPB series.
March 23, 2018 No comments
Lure of the Dragon
by Anna Lowe
Series: Aloha Shifters: Jewels of the Heart (#1)
Published by: Twin Moon Press
April 18th, 2017
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Format: eBook
Source: Free (Amazon)
Rating: 3 Stars

     Good dragons? Bad dragons? Twenty-four hours ago, private chef Tessa Byrne didn’t know about the terrifying world of shifters. Now she knows too much, like the fact that a ruthless dragon lord is determined to claim her — forever. Tessa flees to Maui, where sunny skies, swaying palms, and a handsome stranger conspire to play tricks with her heart. Can she truly trust Kai Llewellyn and his band of battle-hardened shapeshifters to save her from a gruesome fate?
     "Don’t trust a human, and never, ever fall in love with one." Those are lessons Kai learned the hard way. But Tessa is different. Her emerald eyes mirror the mysterious pendant she wears, and her flaming red hair makes his heart race. Is his inner dragon just greedy for a new kind of treasure, or is Tessa his destined mate?


     I struggled a bit with this book. I have been reading it for about 6 months and just now finished it. I liked the plot of the story but there was something in the writing style that didn’t let me got into it.

     Tessa is running for her life after discovering that there are more things in this world than humans. She is a private chef and was contracted to prepared dinner for a wealthy man that got obsessed with her as soon as he saw her and locked her up after transforming into a dragon in front of her. She is helped by another shifter and sent to Maui for protection.

     Needless to say her protectors are shifters too and one of them (Kai) is her mate. What they don’t know and learn piece by piece is why Morgan was so obsessed with her.

     A lot of times the chemistry between the main couple wasn’t there for me. There were a lot of thing that were rushed and others left in the air (or maybe they are there but as I wasn’t to into the story I didn’t find them).

     I did like one of the other characters and I might try the second book just to see it it was just me that was not in the right mindset or not. 
January 07, 2018 No comments
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