REVIEW - PASSIONATE INK (GIVEAWAY)

"Tattoo artist Catalina Brown falls head-over-orgasms for the stranger who asks for a tentacle tattoo on his... most sensitive body part. Normally mixing business with pleasure isn't her thing, but he's a sexual magnet she's instantly drawn to..."

Author: Jan Springer
Pages: 129 pages
Publisher: Ellora's Cave on July 2012
Form: E-book (from the author/publisher for an honest review)
Genre: Erotic Paranormal Romance (+18 Only)
Series: Pricked
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Excerpt: Chapter 1

"Tattoo artist Catalina Brown falls head-over-orgasms for the stranger who asks for a tentacle tattoo on his... most sensitive body part. Normally mixing business with pleasure isn't her thing, but he's a sexual magnet she's instantly drawn to, particularly after Cat experiences a wicked-hot artistic high while tattooing his every succulent inch. It all seems too good to be true.

Octoposeidon shape shifter Calder Croft catches the female's succulent scent when she passes his California marina, and he can't ignore the way she fires his blood. After meeting her, he's stunned to discover Cat has no idea she's a shifter about to come into her Change. It takes all his self-control to keep from ravishing the sexy woman right on the spot. Calder has to tell Cat the truth about her heritage. She'll either accept her birthright as a shifter-or succumb to madness, forever losing their chance at love."  ~ From Goodreads

Hot tattoos, tentacle sex and wicked chemistry - that's Passionate Ink for you! I have to say that living in this day and age if you haven't heard of tentacle sex you are sheltered girl! Okay, so I had heard about it, and was wondering if any paranormal romance was gonna take that on and just on luck I ran into Passionate Ink on my guest to look for tattoos and romance ( I've been addicted to Ink Master ) - I found the Pricked line on Ellora's Cave and the cover looked so yummy, the blurb so good I had to have this. To my surprise it's immediately revealed Catalina in into tentacles - and I was like whoa-hey! this is what I've wanted to come on in PNR! Let's test drive it!

I loved the story, the plot was hot, little wicked and intriguing! Catalina is about to shape-shift for the first time, she's experiencing black outs and uncontrollable lust, but not just for anyone but for Calder the hottie getting tentacle/octopus ink done. This would all be fine but something is off, and she can't be sure if Calder is bad news, and yeah the black out, worst case scenario, brain tumor, or is it... flashbacks of hot tentacle sex in the bottom of the ocean with Calder are unnerving and with him keeping secrets she's not sure anything's real any more.

Calder is trying to keep his cool, but telling Cat she's a shifter is not gonna be easy. there is the added threat of her going into denial, shifting and loosing her marbles. Calder's introduction to the story was seriously hot! I mean he's reacting to Cat in primal way while she's prepping to tattoo his cock, and that was both hot and slightly uncomfortable, I mean she's gonna be doing some painful things in no time to said member. I was quite flustered with Calder, tall, dark, sexy drink of water, half naked ( and not in the traditional way ) and well endowed sitting legs spread on a tattoo chair, just waiting for you to touch his... Geez, am I blushing!?

Okay, the sex, gotta write about it as it's so novel! Tentacle sex with an octoposeidon shifter. Let's get body parts straight here; so a man's body, normal tentacle still present, but his hands and legs turn into tentacles, woman's body same thing but no man tentacle ( pause for giggles trying to write this scientifically out of context ). Basically it's one tentacle to hold on to a female octoposeidon and three to but into three places where men like to but pleasure sensing appendices. And it's kinda hot, it's kinda really hot. I think it's the whole one guy, maximum pleasure thing - no need for other guys to butt in ( oh god, that was by accident! ), it's just you and your honey and triple penetration. LOL! What's not to like?

About the ending... That was the only part I didn't like, it ended too abruptly, with all the talk of other shifters he would have to defend her posession as mate against, I though there would be a grand finale with a pouching octoposeidon shifter. Sure the ending was a happy one, but too abrupt.

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REVIEW - ONE HOT KNIGHT (GIVEAWAY)

"Yves Sucat was a Crusader trapped in a canine body…until a beautiful twenty-first century dog groomer offered the missing link to break his spell. But Regina Patterson was no fluffy-headed female who would instantly melt at Yves' silvery seduction."

Author: Christy Gissendaner
Pages: 250 pages
Publisher: Entangled Covet on Aug. 2013
Form: E-book (from a Tour for an honest review)
Genre: Paranormal Romance
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Excerpt: Chapter 1

"Stupid curse!

Yves Sucat was a Crusader trapped in a canine body…until a beautiful twenty-first century dog groomer offered the missing link to break his spell. But Regina Patterson was no fluffy-headed female who would instantly melt at Yves' silvery seduction. The more time he spent with the tender-hearted blonde, the less he was able to keep his paws—hands!—off of her.

Regina was much more comfortable with dogs than men, and the stunningly handsome – stunningly male – knight who now shared her apartment was no exception. She’d hoped to find a man as loyal as the pooches she pampered day after day, but would Yves’s broken curse end with her own broken heart?"  ~ From Goodreads

One Hot Knight is One Hot Read! There is only so much seduction from a medieval knight this girl can take! And I don't think I would have lasted as long as Regina. ;) The story of a Knight cursed to dogdom for 900 years only be rescued/changed back to man ( even though temporarily ) by a fetching dog groomer, then seduced and by the said knight was happy happy happy reading for me! Now I've only read two Entangled Covet books, and both are 5 Stars - I sense a trend. Christy Gissendaner is a pro at keeping this funny, light and entertaining! With enough depth to keep things grounded One Hot Knight was excellent addition to the lighter side of paranormal romance!

The romance between Yves and Regina was made to be, the two got on famously as girl and dog, there was some shock to Yves changing shape but she took it pretty well, and Yves snaking his way into her life and eventually in to her bed was a joyous journey of seduction and amusing dialog. Of course Maeve the witch who cursed Yves happens to still be alive so she puts some cracks on those happy walls and creates drama to keep things interesting and keeps you wanna keep reading on.

Top three likes: Yves' doggie thoughts were amusing and authentic, Regina's diet woes were cute, Yves' seduction techniques were delightfully medieval!

Top three dislikes: The dog show... why would he do that? Regina keeping the secret, another why? But that is all folks, other than those two I loved this!

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REVIEW - DARK WOLF

"Lily Cheval chooses to live alone, but a series of rapes and murders leave her wary and worried for her fellow Chanku. Then she meets Sebastian Xenakis and the connection is intense and immediate. The son of a charismatic cult leader, Sebastian is a mysteriously sensual man who uses magic to shift into wolf form..."

Author: Kate Douglas
Pages: 350 pages
Publisher: Kensington Books on April 2013
Form: E-book (from NetGalley for an honest review)
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Series: Spirit Wolf  #1
Amazon: Buy / $9.39 (Kindle) ( EU price, click to see yours )
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Excerpt: Chapter 1

"It is a new beginning for the Chanku. For so long they kept their shapeshifting ability secret, but now they have assimilated into the world in ways they once never thought possible. Still there are those who want to destroy them, with dark powers of their own…

A Bold New Beginning...

The CEO of Cheval International, Lily Cheval chooses to live alone, but a series of rapes and murders leave her wary and worried for her fellow Chanku. Then she meets Sebastian Xenakis and the connection is intense and immediate. The son of a charismatic cult leader, Sebastian is a mysteriously sensual man who uses magic to shift into wolf form. He and Lily come together in a moment of supreme ecstasy, succumbing to a primal passion that leaves Lily shaken but utterly alive. Is Sebastian her lifetime mate or is he her worst enemy?"  ~ From Goodreads

I don't know if this is just me or the fact that I've been on painkillers while reading this but... I'm bit baffled. Everything was so serious, and busy and dramatic and it was hard in the first half of the book to pinpoint the whole magic stuff, the humans, and the Chanku which were shape-shifting wolves ( maybe ) and then the guy who maybe or maybe not was one, and there were herbs. I was a lot confused.

The interaction between what I thought was the main couple Lily and Sebastian was interesting and it soon became another brain teaser with Lily's love for Alex, and then Annie's love for Alex and then Seb attraction to Alex... and I just thought this was gonna be straight forward romance!

Now the four of them get hot and heavy and it begins to make sense that the Chanku are more err... pack animals and into sharing than humans. Sebastian's first time with Alex was quite hot even though I'm not into the M/M books. And Lily's role is quite big and quite serious, as is she, I would have love to have seen her let her hair down... not a lot of laughs in this one.

Now Dark Wolf was interesting read, even though, kinda in the Urban Fantasy end but with serious romance areas, I think anyone who loves a detailedly created world of shape-shifters and magic is gonna like this. Me? I don't think I'll follow the series just because I'm more Romance girl than Urban Fantasy these days.

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REVIEW - WOLF WITH BENEFITS

"Toni doesn't know how she keeps getting herself into these situations. But even she has to admit there’s something about Ricky Lee Reed that she finds kind of interesting…and downright sexy. Now they just have to survive long enough to figure out if what they have is worth fighting for."

Author: Shelly Laurenston
Pages: 433 pages
Publisher: Kensington Books on March 2013
Form: E-book (from NetGalley for an honest review)
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Series: Pride #8
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Excerpt: Part of Chapter 1

"Ricky Lee has no plans of getting serious about anyone, but he will protect Toni Jean-Louis Parker. Not just because he’s been hired to do so, but because it’s the right thing to do. And if that means traveling around the country with one complicated She-jackal, dealing with chocolate-eating wild dogs, instigating trouble between his brothers, and having the most amazing sex he’s ever had…well, who said his job didn't have perks?

Toni doesn't know how she keeps getting herself into these situations. But even she has to admit there’s something about Ricky Lee Reed that she finds kind of interesting…and downright sexy. Now they just have to survive long enough to figure out if what they have is worth fighting for."  ~ From Goodreads

The blurb is misleading, I was expecting yet another great Paranormal Romance by Ms. Laurenston and most of the time it's not even about the romance between Ricky and Toni. This was both sad and upsetting. If they would have sold this one as just Urban Fantasy then I would have known what to expect, it's never fun to expect one thing and get the other. Now, let's forget what I said for just a second shall we?

Wolf With Benefits was great UF story with a steady plot and intrigue, tons of laughs and unique characters! Most of this book was positive and witty, even though almost every female in the book seemed to be a dangerous bitch or atleast over the top, and I admit it got old pretty fast. I hate saying all the things I didn't like about this book because I'm a big fan of Ms. Laurenston writing - but one more, way too many point-of-views, I think  four is pushing it, but over ten is too much ( let's see if I recall them all; Toni, Ricky Lee, Reese, Brendon, Kyle, Delilah, Oriana, Freddy, Jackie, Paul, Vic, the Russian bear, Dez, Dee-Ann, Ric, sociopath killer, Raina, the lion-bpolarbear shifter and his fiancee... I just can't recall all of them! ), it breaks concentration and when reading romance it's just no good.

Now to all the things I loved about this book! I loved Ricky lee and his redneck hillbilly personality and his ability to be both funny and lethal when needed and he was just hanging out taking it easy which was humorous to read. Toni really was a peacemaker keeping the brood of ten siblings in line with them making Toni and the readers mad. I loved the snarky, witty language and the kick-ass characters.

I have always enjoyed Shelly Laurenston's writing, she's got talent in creating a world that's fun to read, that keeps you on your toes and ( usually ) is hot as hell! So if you are a fan of the series you'll love meeting all the old cast members and some new ones! Just make sure to read it as more UF than PR and you'll be good!

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REVIEW - CARESSED BY A CRIMSON MOON

"When Eva arrives at the ancient fortress high in the Carpathian Mountains, she is shocked to find a ravaged man with dark burning eyes filled with loneliness and dangerous desire.Would she be his lover…or his prey? His savior…or his victim?"

Author: Amanda J. Greene
Pages: 388 pages
Publisher: Self Published on January 2013
Form: E-book (from the author/publisher for an honest review)
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Series: Rulers of Darkness #3
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"Consumed by madness and tormented by dark memories of blood and death, Hadrian Lucretius, King of the Validus Clan, has returned after living in self-imposed exile for nearly three hundred and fifty years.

To maintain peace with the vampires, Eva Maldonado is offered as a sacrifice to the crazed vampire king by her father, the alpha of the Silveria Shifter Pack. Hadrian’s reputation is both legendary and lethal; he is ruthless, bloodthirsty, lusty, and soulless. When Eva arrives at the ancient fortress high in the Carpathian Mountains, she is shocked to find a ravaged man with dark burning eyes filled with loneliness and dangerous desire.

Would she be his lover…or his prey? His savior…or his victim? Would Hadrian lure her into madness or would their perilous passion be their redemption? "  ~ From Goodreads

I had forgotten how much I like Amanda J. Greene's writing, she has a talent of uniting sexy vampires with spunky modern women and creating lots of yummy romance drama! This time though Caressed by a Crimson Moon was lacking the fast pace plot the previous books had. I immensely enjoyed the first and last 20% of the book, they had the drama and the action and the story telling I've come to love from Ms. Greene. The 60% in the middle could have been better. Why, you ask? Well the story seemed to stall while Eva and Hadrian simply lusted after each other and met "randomly" around the castle she'd been brought to. And if you know me at all, you know I really dislike flashback memories. So why did you give it 4 stars then, you ask? Well, read on. ;)

Hot, hot, hot! Although first part of Eva's and Hardian's love life was the ultimate tease, it was still super tempting and that hot; will I, won't I, and should I, shouldn't I? was extremely addictive to read, I couldn't have stopped had I wanted to, because The Law of Romance Novels says the couple must knock boots! And they did eventually. The middle 60% was reading like erotic romance as where the surrounding 20% were the paranormal romance, with all the other characters I've grown to love like Gabriel, Gannon, Sonya, Dimitri and Dorian and their respected mates.

Now what I loved about Hadrian was that he was the ultimate bad boy, kinda mad but wanting so badly to redeem himself and be a good ruler for his clan, the poor guy just never gave himself enough credit and that started to grate my nerves, but luckily he had Eva who brought out the sexy side of his alpha nature which worked wonder on those grated nerves. ;) The first 80% of Caressed by the Crimson Moon I didn't think I was going to like Eva and Hadrian as a couple, but I totally changed my mind ( as we women are allowed to ) after Hadrian got his shit together and decided to fight for her. I loved Eva in the beginning she was a spunky survivor and you immediately took her side and wanted her to get away from her abusive Pack, then thought she was way too easy in the middle, and loved when she got her ducks in a row at the end. A real roller coaster read for me!

Rulers of Darkness Book 1 ~ Caressed By Moonlight

~ My 4.5 Star Review  

Rulers of Darkness Book 2 ~ Caressed By Night

~ My 5 Star Review 

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BLIND HEAT - REVIEW & GIVEAWAY

"Marcus is anything but an ordinary Joe. Even if humans don’t know he is a shifter and millennial being, he’s the sort of man women notice. A night of passion spent with Marcus is a night any female, human or Pantherian, won’t forget."

Author: Nara Malone
Pages: 239 pages
Publisher: Ellora's Cave Publishing on May 2012
Form: E-book (from tour for an honest review)
Genre: Paranormal Erotic Romance (+18 Only)
Series: Pantherian Passions  #2
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"Allie is determined to build an ordinary life. To survive she needs to be the sort of woman no one notices. She has a generic job, lives in a generic apartment, and thinks maybe one day she’ll find an ordinary Joe who wants an average Jane sort of woman.

Marcus is anything but an ordinary Joe. Even if humans don’t know he is a shifter and millennial being, he’s the sort of man women notice. A night of passion spent with Marcus is a night any female, human or Pantherian, won’t forget.

But Allie does forget. She repeatedly fails to recognize him even after an intense sexual encounter. Marcus isn't satisfied until he discovers the source of her problem—face blindness, a genetic disorder with no cure. Marcus decides to use erotic rituals to teach Allie to see with more than her eyes. What he doesn't count on is that she will see past the man and recognize the beast within." ~From Goodreads

The story in Blind Heat is very interesting, we have Allie with all her coping mechanisms for face blindness and Marcus, a shape-shifting Pantherian, who is trying find out what she did with something in his protection - as he figures out why she keeps snuffing him out he's more determined than ever to make her remember him, trust him.

Allie was likable even with her disability that could have easily been written in a boring way - but I really did enjoy reading her thinking process and how she combated her face blindness. Marcus being the spiritual leader of his people on Pantheria sure likes to get down and dirty, which kinda doesn't spell spiritual leader to me, but then again my idea of spiritual leader might not be the norm ( think Buddha here ) - as hot as Marcus was and as skilled as he was in seduction there were parts that didn't sync with me. But really I imagine they wouldn't trouble anyone else but me. ;)

The romance sure was steamy! I liked the sexual suspense and denial before things really got hot and heavy - I'm a firm believer in building to amazing, hot as hell emotionally invested roll in the hay and Blind Heat sure walked a well balanced line on that! Yummy! Ellora's Cave sure knows how to pick good erotic romance authors and Nara Malone is one of them!

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