Review of Unacceptable Risk by Jeanette Grey

Title: Unacceptable Risk

Author: Jeanette Grey

Source: Author Requested Review

Genre: CyberPunk Romance

Format: Novella

Publisher: Samhain Press

Release Date: December 13, 2011

Blurb:

Plix spends her lonely, gritty life digging into the mysteries her father left behind. Armed with a variety of cybernetic enhancements and a talent for getting into places she shouldn’t be, she searches for clues to his murder—and who’s responsible for poisoning her city.

Waking up on a street corner with her brain wiring fried to a crisp, she figures she must have gotten close this time. There’s only one man she trusts to pull her back from the brink: a tuner who can retrieve the evidence hidden deep in the recesses of her mind. A man she dares not let too close to her heart.

When Edison downloads a secret SynDate schematic from Plix’s burnt-out circuitry, he knows with dreadful finality that nothing—not even the fiery kiss he’s been holding back for years—will stop her from pursuing her quest past the point of insanity.

All he can do, as he helps her plan her final mission, is ease her pain, watch her back…and hope one of them doesn’t pay with their lives.

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I am a huge fan of futuristic sci-fi stories, so I was very excited to be able to review this novella. 

The story opens up with Plix, a young woman that's had numerous enhancements done to her, hurt and alone. She makes her way to Edison, a geeky, but lovable tuner. The sexual tension between the two main characters is evident from the first moment they appear together. I loved the way the two interacted with each other. Both pining for the other, but can't (won't) reveal their true feelings for one another. As the story progresses and the dire situations Plix is in are revealed to the reader, the connection between the two characters becomes stronger and more evident as Plix is required to lean on Edison more than ever. Mrs. Grey did a wonderful job of creating two characters that truly suited one another, but were both too caught up in their own mission to admit it. 

Upon reaching the end of the story, I was really wishing there was more. I wasn't ready to leave that world behind. You can't help but feel for Plix as she sacrifices herself and everything she holds dear in life to help bring down the monsters that are making her world unbearable. 

I highly recommend this book to anyone that wants a good, romantic, futuristic story. 

Review of Sweet as Sin Kenya Carlton

Review of Sweet as Sin

Title: Sweet as Sin

Author: Kenya Carlton

Source: Requested Review

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Format: ebook  178pgs

Release Date: September 8, 2011

Blurb:

The rich and available Captain Drake Devilin had the biggest body count in World War I.  Injected with serum that turned him into something unnatural, Drake’s troop annihilated the enemy, but once his tour ended, Drake was plunged into a world of family tragedy and financial ruin.

Sienna Caldwell is stunning to even the biggest cynic; with her exotic looks and rich brown skin, the playboy wasn’t exempt from her charms.  Buckling under the pressure of his financially strapped inheritance, Drake makes a deal with the devil to marry the prosperous landowner in order to protect her.  After one year, he can return the black beauty back to her island and collect on the fortune that will save his family’s reputation, but the task proves far easier said than done.   The war may have made Drake into something lethal, but he soon finds his new bride was born more powerful than he could ever imagine.  Not only does Drake have to figure out away to keep his hands off his alluring wife, but also he has to make sure she stays alive.

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I enjoyed this book more than I originally thought I would. I hate to say, I originally requested it because I was just mainly looking for something new to read, but once I got engrossed in it I found it really hard to put down. Drake Devilin is a deeply complex character that keeps you guessing almost the entire story. Sienna Caldwell is never quite what she appears to be on the surface. With the two together the reader is constantly wondering what’s going to happen next. Maddie, the little vixen, is one of my favorite characters. She had moments in the story that literally made me laugh out loud. The supporting characters of this story help drive the plot along in ways I didn’t think they could. There are a lot of characters in this story, and usually there are too many side plots going on with those characters that a lot of books become confusing. In this story however it really worked. Over all I really enjoyed the complexity of the characters and they enter acted with each other. While this isn’t a super quick read if you have the same reaction to it that I did the average reader can finish it within a day or so.  

ARC Review of Embrace the Night (Phoenix Files: Book 2) by Alexandra Kane

Title: Embrace the Night
Author: Alexandra Kane
Source: Author Requested Review
Genre: African American Paranormal Romance
Format: ebook Novella – 164 pgs
Release Date: September 29, 2011

Blurb:

John Groves is a professor of World History in Raleigh by day. But outside the world of academia, he uses his special talents as a telekinetic to fight crime as a member of PHOENIX.

Tatiana Yates owns a beauty shop in downtown Durham. After leaving the hot curlers and shampoo bowl behind, she releases the tigress with, running free in the forests around RTP. And ripping the bad guys a new one as a seasoned PHOENIX operative. 

When the two are paired together to solve the mysterious disappearance of priceless artifacts from the North Carolina's Museum of History, can they fight their fiery attraction long enough to get the job done?

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Tatiana is a fiery shifter that takes charge of every situation she’s put in. When she is put as the superior officer to lead a team to solve a series of robberies, she immediately butts heads with John Groves. John is a telekinetic history teacher that tries his hardest to push Tatiana’s buttons. The sexual tension between the two is evident throughout the story, and their hot night together just makes it that much more prevalent. Together, with the help of their team, they use everything they have to find out who is behind the robberies.

Embrace the Night is the second book in the Phoenix Files series. Reading the book made me want to go back and buy the first one in the series. Although I’m sure reading the first book would make a few things make sense, it is not imperative to read it to understand the book.

Review of Out of the Shadows (Shadow Warriors Series)

Title: Out of the Shadows
Author: Gabriella Hewitt
Source: Requested Review
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Format: ebook Novella – 58pgs
Release Date: August 16, 2011

Blurb:

When the last shadow warrior falls, so will all humanity.
With each demon he vanquishes in service to the Aztec sun god, Tomás fulfills his duty to defend humankind—and surrenders another piece of his humanity to his wolf spirit. All hope seems lost until a mission leads him to the door of the one thing he thought he’d never find…his spirit mate. The only woman who can save him from oblivion.
When Carolina hears the wolf’s howl, it pierces the very core of her lonely heart. Yet she dare not answer. As the last guardian of her land and the secret it contains, she is haunted by the mistake that cost the lives of her family. Never will she repeat that mistake, especially with a warrior who is more beast than man.
Chasing away the demon is easier than breaching the barriers around the heart of the young woman who possesses a strange power over water—and his very soul. But if they are to survive the night, he must convince her they are destined to stand together.

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This action pact novella had me entertained from the very beginning. Carolina, a strong, stubborn, passionate heroine, has spent most of her life protecting the one thing she has left to love in her world. Tomás thought he had lost everything inside himself that made him human until he found the one thing that would change his view of life forever. There is an instant connection between Carolina and Tomás and the scenes of romance between the two leave the reader wanting more. While they both are trying to figure out what is between them, they will do whatever it takes to protect their world from the demons that threaten to destroy it. Through finding each other they are able to save everything they hold dear. I am eagerly awaiting the next book in this series.