Title: New Game in Town

Author: Cora Lee Gill

Publisher: Ellora’s Cave

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Rating: You Gotta Read

Reviewed By: Donna

Blurb:

There’s a new game in town, and Gina is writing all the rules. Or so she thinks. She’s taking some drastic personal measures to turn up the heat during Canada’s icy cold hockey season. She’s set on sampling life’s finer pleasures. But where’s a girl to start? With a list, of course. Creating a spreadsheet with her sexual wish list is just the beginning. Now she needs to cast the starring role. What Gina doesn’t count on is accidently emailing her secret list to Connor, the captain of the Vancouver Reign Warriors hockey team.

Imagine her shock at Connor’s determination to make every item on her list a reality.

Not happening, Gina promises herself. But Connor has different ideas.

Review:

Gina has reinvented herself to achieve her goal of becoming an independent, confident woman. She thought that she was in control, but a mistaken email to the hottest man she has ever laid eyes on proved just how out of control she really was.

Connor has women falling all over themselves to get a piece of him. He is not vain, but he does know his looks and position as the captain of a winning hockey team contribute to his ability to get any woman he wants. Any woman that is, except the one he wants.

Cora Lee Gill is a very pleasant surprise for me. New Game in Town is the first book I have read by this author, but I’m really hoping for many more. The characters are intriguing, the setting was perfect, and the sex scenes…mmm mmm mmm. A wonderful story that got my heart rate jumping.

Title: Reaper’s Property

Author: Joanna Wylde

Publisher: Ellora’s Cave

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Rating: You Gotta Read

Reviewed By: Donna

Blurb:

Marie doesn’t need a complication like Horse. The massive, tattooed, badass biker who shows up at her brother’s house one afternoon doesn’t agree. He wants Marie on his bike and in his bed. Now.

But Marie just left her abusive jerk of an ex-husband and she’s not looking for a new man. Especially one like Horse—she doesn’t know his real name or where he lives, she’s ninety percent certain he’s a criminal and that the “business” he talks with her brother isn’t website design. She needs him out of her life, which would be a snap if he’d just stop giving her mind-blowing orgasms.

Horse is part of the Reapers Motorcycle Club, and when he wants something, he takes it. What he wants is Marie, but she’s not interested in becoming “property of”.

Then her brother steals from the club. Marie can save him by giving Horse what he wants—at home, in public, on his bike… If she’s a very, very good girl, she’ll get lots more of those orgasms only he can offer, and he’ll let her brother live.

Maybe.

Review:

Marie is grateful to her brother for letting her stay with him, rent free, after her soon-to-be ex-husband smacked her around. He has always been there for her, and she will always be there for him. Even if that means allowing herself to be kidnapped as blood collateral by a criminal gang of bikers and claimed by the biggest man she’s ever seen. He is definitely a horse of a different color, and it is all “bad boy black”.

Horse met a beautiful, smart, funny woman who can cook. For some reason, he is drawn to her more than he has ever been drawn to anyone, and when her brother pulls a dumb stunt that has marked him for termination, Horse steps in with a plan to save him and put Marie exactly where he wants her. In his bed.

Reaper’s Property is an edgy romance that depicts a bad ass biker and his newest obsession. The characters are emotional and sexy with realistic personality traits (even the scary ones). The plot was well thought out with twists and turns, not all of which I saw coming, and a very happy ending. The setting was interesting, and the sex was wild and plentiful.

An excellent read for those who love the bad boys.

Title: Infinite Surrender

Author: Gayle Donnelly & Robyn Mackenzie

Publisher: Ellora’s Cave

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Rating: You Gotta Read

Reviewed By: Donna

Blurb:

Book two in the Blood Feud series.

Shape-shifting Coteri warrior Talon is mad with jealousy at the thought of Chloe, the woman he loves, being with other men. After a sizzling encounter, Talon is stunned to realize she’s only his—has only ever been his. But his family line is tainted and he knows he isn’t good enough for the torturously tempting redhead.

Spurned by the best friend she betrayed and rejected by the man she wants so badly it hurts, Chloe leaves her home with the Coteri to investigate a series of brutal murders that could have sinister implications for them all.

When he learns there’s a traitor in their ranks and Chloe could be in danger, Talon will move heaven and earth to make sure she’s safe—and to make her his, body and soul.

Review:

Chloe is not a warrior, but she has been trained to fight. When her life falls apart on the personal front, she decides to take on a very risky and dangerous assignment far, far away from those who have hurt her. Little did she know that there was no escaping the one man who hurt her the most.

Talon is not good enough for Chloe. He knows that, but he can’t seem to help himself where she is concerned. He can’t keep his hands, lips or other various appendages off her luscious body, and he knows there will be hell to pay now that he has given in. It really is too bad that he will never be able to keep the one woman he could ever love.

Infinite Surrender is an engrossing book that is very hard to put down. The sex scenes are sizzling, but the plot is intriguing, the setting is wonderful, and the characters are vividly brought to life. I love this series and can’t wait for the next installment. Come on “Betty”. You’re next! (Or is it to be Sean?)

Title: Infinite Betrayal

Author: Gayle Donnelly and Robyn Mackenzie

Publisher: Ellora’s Cave

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Rating: You Gotta Read

Reviewed By: Donna

Blurb:

Book one in the Blood Feud series.

Mina Roarke has always been told she is special. In what way, she’s never fully understood…until circumstances lead her down a path of adrenaline-charged danger and blazing sexual heat, and introduce her to a world she never knew existed.

Mathias, a warrior for a secret shifter race known as the Coteri, has been ordered to protect Mina at all costs. Although his oath to protect her is paramount, can he rein in his animal instincts long enough to avoid claiming the one person he’s forbidden to have?

Reader Advisory: This book contains brief scenes of torture with explicit sexual overtones that some readers might find offensive.

Review:

Mina is hurting and almost completely alone in the world. After the death of her mother, the only person she trusts is her best friend, Chloe. Finding out that her father, whom she thought had died before she was born, is very much alive and well is a shock. Actually finding him is an even bigger surprise, but the absolute biggest surprise of all is discovering that she is not quite human. With all these disturbing events and discoveries in her life, a sudden, instant and almost immediate love-at-first-sight moment is the last thing she expected.

Mathias is one of the king’s favorite generals. He is infinitely loyal and will complete any task assigned to him, including babysitting the never before seen princess. But when the general meets the princess, sparks fly and their connection is undeniable and irresistible. Now that he’s addicted to her, the only problem is not knowing if the king will let him keep his head after marking his daughter.

Infinite Betrayal is an engrossing tale that was hard to put down. The Coteri is a shape shifter race, but it wasn’t quite the same as the typical werewolf story. The main characters have depth and the villains evoke murderous emotions. The plot is interesting and takes a fresh spin on shifters. The setting is interesting – a castle built into a mountain in Germany, among other locales. Overall, it is a highly entertaining, romantic and erotic read.

Title: Undone Diva

Author: Lila Dubois

Publisher: Ellora’s Cave

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Rating: You Gotta Read

Reviewed By: Donna

Blurb:

Book Three in the Undone Lovers series.

As an entertainment lawyer, Emory has his share of famous clients. But when A-lister Sasha Brazil is caught in a sex tape scandal it should have been a PR nightmare, not a legal matter. But Sasha is being blackmailed because her tape shows her bound and begging to be used, everything her hard action-star hero persona isn’t. If the tape gets out her image will be destroyed.

Emory takes Sasha on as a submissive, telling her that she’s safer subbing to him than to a man who might blackmail or betray her. Together they begin a passionate BDSM relationship centered on Emory’s specialty, role-play. The sexual relationship quickly morphs into something more, but Sasha has secrets, and when the man who turned Sasha into a submissive shows up even love may not be enough to save her.

Review:

Sasha is an action star. She’s tough, aggressive and impossible to beat. At least she is in her movies. And in her public persona. In real life, however, she hides the fact that she is a submissive with needs that only a strong Dom can relieve…and she actually wants to be beaten. She travels across the country to Doms she has only met online to try to fulfill the need that claws at her, but her last encounter has ended with a blackmail tape, and the only person she can turn to is her lawyer.

Emory has never been overly impressed with movie stars. They are all divas as far as he is concerned, and with each new breach of contract suit he files, the more he thinks of them all as spoiled brats. He is very surprised when his hottest client asks him to take care of a blackmailer instead of a caterer. And even more surprised when he sees the evidence. His beautiful bombshell is a submissive, and he’s determined that she will be his submissive.

Lila DuBois has written another winner. The characters and the plot are very believable, and the sex scenes are scorching hot. I have added her to my “must read” list.