Wild Hunger

by Chloe Neill

Series: Heirs of Chicagoland (#1)

Published by: Tantor Media Inc.

August 14th, 2018

Genre: Urban Fantasy

Format: Audiobook

Source: Library Loan

Rating: 4 Stars

     In the first thrilling installment of Chloe Neill's spinoff to the New York Times best-selling Chicagoland Vampires series, a new vampire will find out just how deep blood ties run. As the only vampire child ever born, some believed Elisa Sullivan had all the luck. But the magic that helped bring her into the world left her with a dark secret. Shifter Connor Keene, the only son of North American Central Pack Apex Gabriel Keene, is the only one she trusts with it. But she's a vampire and the daughter of a Master and a Sentinel, and he's prince of the Pack and its future king.

     When the assassination of a diplomat brings old feuds to the fore again, Elisa and Connor must choose between love and family, between honor and obligation, before Chicago disappears forever.

     What I love about this book is that even though it's set in the Chicagoland Vampires world it has a completely different tone from that series.

     Elisa, who is Merit and Ethan's daughter, has been struggling with a secret that only Connor "stupid" Keene knows about.

     On top of that there has been a murder and the only suspect doesn't remember killing. Now it's up to her to find the killer before an innocent man pays the price.

     I really like this story as it is different from Merit's adventures. There are also some "futuristic" details that kind of threw me but then it is set in like 2030 or so. Still, in Chloe Neill's fashion, I enjoy the heck out of this book.

     I cannot wait for the next one and see how Connor and Elise's relationship evolves.

     Beast. Creature. Monster. 

     Dangerous. 

     All of these things have been said about Gren. 

     Willa doesn’t believe it, though. She knows that monsters can sometimes come in appealing packages. She knows that for all of his snarls and fearsome appearance, he’d never hurt her. 

     And she knows she has to get Gren away from the Icehome camp, because no one will ever see him as a person, not when he attacks all who come close. Not when he’s tied and treated like an animal. 

     She’s going to save him… or fall in love. Maybe both. Willa doesn’t mind that he’s a beast, as long as he’s her beast.

     This is the third book in the Icehome series and it is in the same timeline as the first two books. As Lauren is drifting in the "sea" and Veronica has been kidnapped by her dragon, Willa helps her beast escape.

     This book again takes me back to the beginning of the barbarian books when Georgie met Vektal and they were trying to communicate with each other.

     It was a little bit funny but most of all it was heartwarming and heartbreaking because Gren didn't understand that he wasn't a slave anymore.

     I fell in love with him and I kept praying for this couple to find a way to understand each other even though you know it's obvious that they will end up together.

     I cannot wait to read the next book in this series but first I have to finish the Ice Planet Barbarians series because the couple from the next book come from this community.

The Whole Package

by Marie Harte

Series: Movin' On (#1)

Published by: Sourcebooks Casablanca

January 29th, 2019

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Format: eARC

Source: Publisher (NetGalley)

Rating: 3.5 Stars

     Always the caretaker, former Marine Reid Griffith wants to help his brother adjust to civilian life…and help other former servicemen. What better way to utilize their brawn, discipline, and charm than a moving company that hires veterans? But although Reid prides himself on being strategic, he certainly doesn’t plan to fall in the spotlight of one brilliant—and beautiful—PR whiz… 

     PR expert Naomi Starr is determined to bring Vets on the Go! into the spotlight. But when she meets Reid, it might mean breaking her rule to never mix business with pleasure. Especially once she discovers that underneath Reid’s sexy rough-and-tumble exterior is a vulnerable man who just might need what she’s got to give.

     Vets on the Go! it's a small fledgling moving company founded by two brothers and a cousin that only hires veterans.

     Reid Griffith is the youngest of the two brothers and the one that is in charge with the administrative side of things. You could even say that Vets on the Go! it's Reid's brainchild as he wanted to help his brother sustain a job.

     When Reid's brother and another employee stop a burglar and are featured on the news, Naomi Starr, a PR expert decides to offer her services to take Vets on the Go! to the next level.

     I loved the story behind the moving company, I loved the characters (although sometimes the main characters were a little bit awkward together) and I loved the diversity of the characters.

     There were some elements of the story that I didn't like too, like the "villain" (the story could have done without that little "trouble" in my opinion), and her constant obsession of not getting involved with a "coworker".

     Aside from that, I think that it was a really cute story and I'll definitely read the next book in the series.

The Wall of Winnipeg and Me

by Mariana Zapata

Published by: Self-Published

February 28th, 2016

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Format: eBook

Source: Kindle Unlimited

Rating: 1 Star

     Vanessa Mazur knows she's doing the right thing. She shouldn't feel bad for quitting. Being an assistant/housekeeper/fairy godmother to the top defensive end in the National Football Organization was always supposed to be temporary. She has plans and none of them include washing extra-large underwear longer than necessary. 

     But when Aiden Graves shows up at her door wanting her to come back, she's beyond shocked. 

     For two years, the man known as The Wall of Winnipeg couldn't find it in him to tell her good morning or congratulate her on her birthday. Now? He's asking for the unthinkable. 

     What do you say to the man who is used to getting everything he wants? 

     Wow, The Wall of Winnipeg and Me, where do I begin...

     The book starts with this girl Vanessa, who is the assistant/housekeeper of Aiden, also known as the Wall of Winnipeg, wanting to quit because she has accumulated enough money for her to start her own business. She knew from the beginning that this job was not going to be something permanent; that she had a goal.

     Then it goes on to say how she started working for him and doing everything for him and what was expected from her. How she, in the beginning, didn't know anything about the job that she was going to do but she was going to make it work because she needed the money and this job paid really good. Everything after that is Aiden, Aiden, Aiden, the Wall of Winnipeg, Aiden, Aiden, the Wall of Winnipeg, blah blah blah.

     I made it about a hundred pages into the book and then I DNF'ed it. Aiden was an ass and Vanessa has a very low opinion of herself for having held on to a job that she was not happy with because she needed the money and because Aiden was a cold bastard.

     Then after that, for him to have the gall to ask her for a favor even when she kept saying no, no and no? I really don't know how this book can improve so I'm not going to keep reading it. And I seriously do not understand how this book made it to people's top tens of the year and in some cases even the top one.

Since Merit was turned into a vampire, and the protector of Chicago’s Cadogan House, it’s been a wild ride. She and Master vampire Ethan Sullivan have helped make Cadogan’s vampires the strongest in North America, and forged ties with paranormal folk of all breeds and creeds, living or dead…or both.

But now those alliances are about to be tested. A strange and twisted magic has ripped through the North American Central Pack, and Merit’s closest friends are caught in the crosshairs. Gabriel Keene, the Pack Apex, looks to Merit and Ethan for help. But who—or what—could possibly be powerful enough to out-magic a shifter?

Merit is about to go toe to toe, and cold steel to cold heart, to find out.

Wolf Rising

by Paige Tyler

Series: SWAT: Special Wolf Alpha Team (#8)

Published by: Sourcebooks Casablanca

October 30th, 2018

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Format: eARC

Source: Publisher (via NetGalley)

Rating: 4 Stars

     Werewolf SWAT Officer Jayden Brooks has yet to meet The One—but when he rescues teacher Selena Rosa from a hostage situation at her high school, he knows he’s in trouble. Her scent is irresistible. 

     There’s a reason for that powerful scent—and it isn’t an expensive perfume. Thanks to the traumatizing events at the school, the werewolf gene flipped on and Selena’s going through the change. Even scarier, she’s on track to become an omega—an out-of-control and violent breed. It’s going to take everything Brooks has if he wants any chance to pull her back from the edge…and ultimately win her heart.

     This is the eighth installment of the SWAT series by Paige Tyler and I have to say that I am in love with this books. I first started reading this series because of the name of the series. I found it funny that Paige was able to use the SWAT acronym and give it a completely different definition at the same time that the characters are from a SWAT team. Add to that the fact that when I started reading this series I found that these wolves don't change from being bitten and I was hooked.

     This one follows Jayden, the biggest of the teammates and Selena, a teacher on the bad part of town. Like every one of the previous books, you get a before scene where we see the event that made one of the main characters become a werewolf; in this case Jayden. Then you get to understand a little more about the wolves after Selena is threatened by a gangbanger looking to recruit from the students of her class.

     With every book, we get deeper into the world of the wolves and we get to discover more things that have been happening behind the scene that even the wolves themselves didn't know about. The way that things the SWAT have been investigating come to light and how that discovery leads to more questions and problems keeps this stories going and gives a fresh canvas for each book is another reason why I love this series so much.

     I love the action in this books (this one having the prison scene amongst others) and the shocking realizations and even when I know the outcome of some things the story is written so well that I don't mind. I also like how every story is different and how all the characters come from different places physically, mentally and by circumstance.

    Every book has me hooked to it from beginning to end and by the end the next teammate to get their HEA is so well incorporated to the story that you can't wait for the next one and obviously I can't wait for it.

Disclaimer:

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

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     Fall in love with Bones Whiskey in WICKED WHISKEY LOVE, an emotionally riveting, sexy new standalone romance by New York Times bestselling author Melissa Foster. A magnificent love story for those who enjoy fiercely loyal and insanely sexy alpha heroes, smart, sassy heroines, families, bikers, babies, and more!
     In WICKED WHISKEY LOVE...
     After escaping abusive parents and, later, an abusive relationship, Sarah Beckley has spent a lifetime watching snakes shed their skin. With two small children to care for and another on the way, she's finally found a home in Peaceful Harbor with the brother she hasn't seen in more than a decade. She's still searching for her sister, but life is good. If only she could stop thinking about the sinfully sexy doctor/biker who has taken to her children like a loving uncle--and to her like a hungry man.
     Trust doesn't come easily for Sarah, but Bones Whiskey is patient and protective, amazing with her children, and he looks at her like she is the only woman he could ever want--and more. With two little ones underfoot, Sarah expects him to move on quickly, yet with every tender kiss and each trying moment with the children, Bones surprises her. But will the fiercely loyal biker stick around when Sarah's worst secret is revealed, or will he shed his skin, too?
     For more hot Whiskey love, check out Melissa's other Whiskey novels.
     TRU BLUE
     TRULY MADLY WHISKEY
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     And don't miss RIVER OF LOVE, the first story in which the Whiskeys were introduced!
     The Whiskeys are perfect beach reads with depth of story, strong family ties, and a wealth of emotions. Small town love stories with happily ever afters guaranteed.

     Oh My God, what did just happened?

     Wicked Whiskey Love is the story of Bones Whiskey, a doctor/biker, who overanalyzes everything before taking any action; and Sarah Beckley a mother of two and pregnant with a third, who is wary of anyone who shows kindness to her and her children.

     Sarah has gone thru some difficult times and she expects at any moment for people to show her their true face and disappoint her again. But while she resists her attraction to Bones, the once cool and level-headed doc is taking a chance on this attraction without overthinking it.

     Slowly but surely this two break down the walls surrounding Sarah's heart and falling in love not just with each other but with the kids too.

     The only thing I have to say is that I am mad at myself for not trying Melissa Foster before now. I have seen her books on several sites and stores and I've not grabbed one for one reason or other but no more, if I see it I buy it!

     This book had me in such a roller coaster of emotions. Not even 30% into the story and I'd already cried on 4 different scenes. But not just that. I loved that even as I was crying one moment the next I would be laughing the next bawling then smiling then teary-eyed and so on. I really cannot recomend this book enough, you guys just stop reding this and go buy it now. Now! NOW!

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     When the alpha's love for his fated mate is forbidden, he'll risk everything to hold her.

     Detective Macey Carpenter has been on the trail of a vicious attacker for weeks, with nothing more than a vague description of a red-eyed man to go on. She has no clue she's hunting demons, and if the evidence doesn't stop disappearing, she'll never solve the case.

     Before Luke Mason becomes alpha of the Crescent City Wolf Pack, he has to end the French Quarter's demon infestation and keep the police from discovering the truth. But when he falls head over tail for the feisty detective investigating the crimes, supernatural secrets aren't the only things at stake.

     Luke has to mate with another werewolf or he'll sacrifice his position as alpha. But as heat builds between the pair, he discovers Macey has a few secrets of her own. She may hold the key to ridding New Orleans of its demons, but his feelings for her could tear the pack apart.

     This book...Dear Lord! I loved this book. I had the pleasure of receiving this book from Hidden Gems Books. Thank God I was selected. I loved EVERYTHING! This book is the type of book where you notice that the author put a lot of time and dedication into it. When you are going through the book you feel like you are on the scene. That's how well described it is. I had the pleasure to be on New Orleans and loved it. This city is very rich in culture and good people. So the author was pretty accurate describing it. This book totally reminds me of Mercy Thompson by Patricia Briggs which I loved.

     Luke, I love him *deep sigh*, come on who doesn't love a sexy, hot, spicy werewolf (yes, I can continue). Macey, she is a kickass woman, my kind of girl. They're very well developed and complex characters. Makes you sigh just imagining these two. This book is so well developed and has everything. It has suspense, humor, secrets, etc. There is a “secret" -again, come on what book doesn't have one- I could imagine because I saw that coming but I wasn't 100% sure. You probably will say well that happens but trust when I tell you this I can predict finals of books just reading the intro. That how good I am * self-clap on my shoulder*. Really have mystery, romance, etc.

     I totally recommended this book. I noticed this book will be out tomorrow August 21st, 2018, but you can pre-order it and enjoy it on time.

    Well done Carrie! My slow claps to you. I'm so ready to follow this stories...

Wolf Hunger

by Paige Tyler
Series: SWAT: Special Wolf Alpha Team (#7)
Published by: Sourcebooks Casablanca
December 5th, 2017
Genre: Paranormal
Format: eARC
Source: Publisher (via Netgalley)
Rating: 5 Stars

     She’s all the wolf he’ll ever need

     When SWAT Officer Max Lowry meets Lana Mason, he falls fast and hard. He’s positive she’s The One. And Max’s favorite part? Lana’s a wolf shifter too, so they can skip the awkward reveal and head straight to the happily ever after. There’s just one problem: Lana doesn’t know that she’s a werewolf. 

     To make matters worse, hunters with intent to kill have tracked Lana to Dallas. Max has to figure out how to keep Lana safe, show her who and what she really is—and just how much she means to him.

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

     This review is a little late but it doesn’t take away from the fact that I loved this story just as much as I’ve loved every one of the previous books in the series.

     Max Lowry, the youngest wolf in the SWAT team, finds his One when attending a DPD awards ceremony. She is a wolf just like him, trouble is she doesn't know it. Lana for her part is attracted to Max and wants to spend a lot of time with him but her father, deputy chief in charge of the tactical teams, doesn’t want her to.

     Like every book in the series, this one took the span of less than a week but there is so much going on that it feels like much more time. I love the way Max was trying to handle the situation and trying to determine if Lana really didn’t know what she was.

     There were a lot of holy guacamole moments, what with the hunters and the shootings and stuff, that had me glued to my kindle and had me cursing people for making me do my job and not leaving me alone!

     This thing with the hunters is reaching critical points and I can’t wait to see what else is there for the SWAT guys to deal with. I hope the next one is Zane or at least that I don’t have to wait a lot for his story. I want to know what will happen to him after everything he went through in this book.

Wrong

by Jana Aston

Published by: Rutherford Press

October 7, 2015

Genre: Erotic Romance

Format: epub

Source: Purchased

Rating: 4 stars

     I have a history of picking the wrong guy. Gay? Player? Momma’s boy? Check, check and check. 

     Now I can’t stop fantasizing about one of the customers at the coffee shop I work at between classes. It’s just a harmless crush, right? It’s not like I ever see this guy outside of the coffee shop. It’s not like I’m going to see him while attempting to get birth control at the student clinic. While wearing a paper gown. While sitting on an exam table. Because he’s the doctor. Shoot. Me. 

     But what if, for once, the man I’ve had the dirtiest, most scandalous fantasies about turned out to be everything but wrong?

     This book is that kind of book that is short but juicy. I've never read this author. This book came from a friend recommendation, so I trusted her with my life *Now I am being dramatic* I was totally bored with everything (I know you guys have been here too, where you have a list of books to read-on my case like 500-but nothing sounds good to read) so my friend said "you should read this story" and I am so happy I listened to her (this doesn't happen often, my mom will be so jealous). Sometimes you just need something like this to just clear out your mind from those series which are never-ending.

     This story is a total cliche, you know the guy with a great career, rich and conflicted family, but with a touch of originality from the author.

     The heroine I liked, however, like every cliche story on some parts of the story I just wanted to kill her with my bare hands *But suppose to happen as part of cliches* The hero, on the other hand, I melted for and made me laugh with his ironies, especially when they meet, even her knowing what he really does, makes me laugh so much and I felt embarrassed for this two.

     There were parts where I felt like I was reading Cristian from 50 Shades of Grey again and I didn't like it (but Jana I will let it pass this time, just because I really like it)

     The end left me wanting more and my heart bleeding. I really liked the epilogue. Somehow this author changed a little bit of the cliches and made him fall first for the heroine (finally). I am so ready to read the sequel of this story which is going to be the friend (this girl made me laugh like a hyena)

     Jokes apart, I loved how extrovert she was and the full-time stalker. So, final thought, I do recommend this story because its short and I had a good time with this one.

Witch Ways

by Kristy Tate

Series: Witch Ways (#1)

Published by: Kindle Press

August 11th, 2015

Genre: Young Adult

Format: eBook

Source: Kindle Scout

Rating: 3 Stars

     Evelynn Marston didn’t mean to burn down the science room. A little anger, some flames, and an expulsion later, Evie finds herself destined to spend the rest of her high school years at Despaign Academy—named for Connecticut’s last convicted witch.

     Despite its shadowy past, Despaign has the same cliques as other schools, and Evie struggles to fit in and to be noticed by the handsome and mysterious Dylan Fox—that is, until she casts her first spell.

     But even in a magical place, evil lurks. When Evie’s friend, Laurie Silver, turns up dead, Evie must rely on all her newfound powers and friends to find the truth. But bringing a killer to justice may require stronger magic and true love, the kind that can’t be found in a potion.

     I really liked the premises of this story but I got confused. Was Evelynn a witch or not. From the beginning of the book, you get a lot of mixed signals from what her grandmother's telling of what she is to her uncle's scientific explanations but never concrete proof that she wields magic.

     Aside from that, I found the book interesting. Evie is a teen with teen problems and a kickass best friend that is unruffled by the notion that she might have powers. I liked how the mystery involving Lauren's death was developed and I have to say I did not see that one coming.

     As for the "romance" aspect of the book, I am so annoyed! Why do all these flipping books have to have a love triangle? I was not on board with this Dylan dude from the beginning and I hope she ends up with the other guy. He is so into her and she into him, but like always they are so clueless!

     Anyways, I will be reading the next book to see what happens next and see if it unfolds how I'm hoping.

Wyoming Bride

by Joan Johnston

Series: Mail-Order Brides (#2)

Published by: Dell

January 1st, 2013

Genre: Historical Romance

Format: eBook

Source: Purchased

Rating: 4 Stars

     CAN SECRETS AND SECOND CHOICES EVER LEAD TO LOVE?

     After three months in a mail-order marriage, Hannah Wentworth McMurtry is a widow--pregnant, alone, and near death in the Wyoming wilderness. Though she is saved by a man with a face cut from stone, she still grieves the husband who died on their journey west. Hannah needs a husband, but does she dare marry another stranger?

     Flint Creed has also lost someone he loved--when the woman he hoped to marry chose his younger brother instead. Now he must find a ranch wife of his own. But every female in the remote Wyoming Territory is too old, too young, or already married... until he discovers Hannah on the prairie. Flint doesn't pretend to love her, but he doesn't tell her he loves another woman, either. Hannah doesn't pretend to love him, but she doesn't tell him about the child she carries. Though danger surrounds them on the Wyoming frontier, the greatest threats of all are the secrets within--revelations that could destroy the new life Hannah and Flint have begun to cherish.

     What I liked about this book is that it is not your traditional Historical Romance where you have a lady or a debutante trying to either avoid scandal, a man or plain and simple has given up on ever finding a man of her own.

     Hannah has married a man that has promised to take her sisters with them so they can leave the awful orphanage they have been leaving in and being mistreated on. Their older sister left with their two little brothers in the first book and they are tired of wondering what happened with their sister and if she'll ever come for them.

     On the way to Cheyenne, Wyoming her husband dies of cholera leaving her and her sisters to fend for themselves. After an attack from Sioux Indians, she is separated from her sisters and near death when Flint finds her.

     From this point on it a roller coaster of secrets, lies and emotional scars that leave not just this two with a lot of thinking to do but Flint's brother Ransom and his fiance Emaline too. We get this side story that is just the perfect amount of distraction for all the time that goes in between (sometimes months) without letting you feeling like you lost something in the telling.

     I will definitively be adding a couple of Ms. Johnston's book to my growing TBR pile.