Romance Book and Audiobook Reviews and Deals
Here are the dozen books (or series starters) I recommend for any adult woman to read this summer. There are quite a lot of books to choose from, and picking a top 12 is not easy, but I will pick this list from books I have read over the past year and a half (That is about 150-200 books!) (Actually,… Read More
The Colorado Mountain Series by Kristen Ashley. Interconnected Standalones. To say that I love Kristen Ashley would be an understatement. Her books all have hot Alpha men, hot sex (but not over the top at all), great heroines, love, suspense, and great epilogues. They are all nice and juicy and long. Her heroines tend to be a bit older and… Read More
Favorite Dom/sub BDSM Romance Books See a more updated list in What to Read After Fifty Shades of Grey I love me some alpha men. I love a man who can take control in the bedroom. I like like to play in the bedroom and get fairly kinky. But I really enjoy reading about the more intense Dom/sub relationships. The… Read More
First off, props to the guy on the cover! Holy hell, what a bod! Very important: to get the best experience with this book, read the first: Masters at Arms. Nobody’s Angel by Kallypso Masters builds on the story started in the first book about Marc and Angelina, but also brings in a new character, Luke. In the last book,… Read More
Masters at Arms by Kallypso Masters is a great start to the Rescue Me series. Beware, that’s what this is……a START. This FREE book is actually a prequel to the next three individual books. The book reads like an anthology until 60% through when the characters get together. All of their stories begin before they are shipped to the Gulf… Read More
Holy Sweet Nuts! I absolutely LOVED The Unidentified Redhead by Alice Clayton!!!! Are you PMS-ing? In a bad mood? Just read a depressing book? Do you need to feel good, laugh, smile, and just plain enjoy a book without angst? This is the book for you. This is definitely in my best books of the year list, and Alice Clayton… Read More
I read Flat Out Love by Jessica Park last summer. I have probably read 150 books since then, easily. But this book has remained with me as one of the most unique, special books I have ever read. 5++++ stars for story, 1/2 H for heat. Julie is starting college in Boston. When her campus housing falls through, she has… Read More
Kristen Ashley has officially ruined me. No other books leave me feeling like hers do! I am so glad I have been pacing myself through her books. They are an indulgence, and need to be treated as such. If I read them all in a row they might lose that special feeling I get when I read her books. You… Read More
The Dream Man Series Reading Order by Kristen Ashley BEWARE!!!!! Kristen’s books are a little long, and so, so good you don’t want to put them down. My advice? Don’t start them at night if you want to get to sleep. Her books all have a similar feel. Each one of them so far have been “unputdownable”. While there are a… Read More
Holiday Bound by Beth Kery is a book that I’ve read a few times. I read it last Christmas and the Christmas before (a few times). It still stands out as one of my favorites. Alex’s estranged father is coming to visit his ski resort and meeting his much younger girlfriend there. When a blizzard closes the roads, Angeline (the… Read More
On the Island by Tracey Garvis-Graves kept coming up on my recommendations from Amazon. For some reason, I kept avoiding it. I think it is because of the cover–a lone woman on the beach. Even the description wouldn’t have sold me (I like my men alpha, not boys) but when a few of my goodreads buddies said they loved it,… Read More
OMG. I abso-freakin-lutely LOVED Games of the Heart by Kristen Ashley!!!! LOVE-LOVE-LOVE!!!! So, I say this about almost every Kristen Ashley book (because I love them all) but this one, I think, may be my favorite. I loved Mike in At Peace, but I really loved him here. He is an amazing, protective dad, an honest cop, and a HOT,… Read More
The Burg Series by Kristen Ashley Kristen Ashley has a way of writing cool, tough, HOT alpha males like nobody else. Almost all of her men are good guys in security, policework or something similar. They are straight shooters who are old fashioned in many ways. They pay, they protect their women, and they always man-up. The heroines are… Read More
Unleashed Ross Siblings #1 (but there is a prequel, see below) by Cherrie Lynn was a great friends-to-lovers, second chances story. Kelsey found her husband in bed with her best friend from college, Evan’s fiance, leading to the break-up of both of their relationships. Kelsey always had a crush on Evan, but by the time Evan came around, Kelsey was already… Read More
Backstage Pass (Sinners on Tour #1) by Olivia Cunning is one of my favorites. If you like ‘kinky fuckery’ then you will like this. But it isn’t just about the sex, there was actually a great story! Brian is the lead guitarist for top Rock Band the Sinners. Myrna (ugh, poor girl with that name) is a Psychology Professor who… Read More
The Night Huntress and Night Huntress World books by Jeaniene Frost are my absolute favorite book series ever. Fifty Shades of Grey is up there too but I’m not sure anything could knock down Cat and Bones. You say you don’t like vampire books? Have you ever really tried? Bones is rich, impossibly handsome, strong, dangerous, controlling, (sound familiar?) and… Read More
Love Unscripted by Tina Reber is one of those books that has remained on my favorites list despite reading a whole bunch of other phenomenal books since. I have also become her facebook friend and her sense of humor and creativity keep getting better. On to the book. Ryan is a MEGA star (I picture him like Brad Pitt). Taryn is… Read More
I read Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire over the summer 2011, right around the time I read Fifty Shades of Grey. Though this book has no strong graphic sex, it had that same intensity that we love in Fifty. It was one of the best books I read this year. I could not put it down. This book consumed me!… Read More
Butterflying Perfect. That’s how I would describe Point of Retreat (Slammed Series) by Colleen Hoover (the second in the Slammed series-read Slammed first). No, these books are not my normal genre, but who cares? When a book (or books in this case) moves you the way these do, nothing matters. Point of Retreat takes place a year after most of… Read More
Holy Moly! Slammed (Slammed Series) by Colleen Hoover was so good!!! I’m afraid my review can never do it justice. Rating 5+ Heat Rating 0. At first I thought, ugh, I’m not really in the mood for another YA, but the reviews were so good, even from all my friends that love smut, so I had to continue. And I’m… Read More
Story 5+++, Heat rating 5. I really loved Bared to You (A Crossfire Novel) by Sylvia Day. I feel bad that everyone compares it to Fifty Shades of Grey, but how can you help it? Gideon Cross is rich as sin and beautiful. He is broken from some sort of sexual abuse. He is hot, possessive & dominant. He… Read More
**** RE-READ UPDATE!!! I loved it even more the second time!!!! I raised it to a 5 Star rating!!!***** I would have to rate Knight by Kristen Ashley a 4.5* for story and a 4 for Heat. There was a lot I LOVED about this book. I must say though, there was a good amount I didn’t, but I still highly… Read More
Wow. This book, Sempre (Forever) by JM Darhower grabbed me, pulled me in, and didn’t let me go for 3 days. While I usually prefer an older, slightly smuttier read, this story left me wanting for nothing. I laughed, I cried, my heart broke multiple times, I was on the edge of my seat, then it all began again. It… Read More
Fifty Shades of Grey Series by E.L. James Series Reading Order Fifty Shades of Grey by EL James began as Twilight fanfic and has obviously developed a life of it’s own! Now being developed into a major motion picture, these books have awakened many people’s love for reading. Read them in order. My sister accidentally got the third book (Fifty… Read More
