Review: The Keeper of the Key, by Debra Smith

Title: The Keeper of the Key
Author: Debra Smith
Source: author request
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Length: Novella
Reviewed by: MsPink

Kate, an everyday book store owner, is thrown into a world of danger after receiving a letter from her deceased husband. She follows the clues into the arms of Xander, a tough guy she can’t stop herself from responding to. Her body ignites from a single glance, and she is unable to control her passions. Despite her love they are doomed to fail, because a human can never survive a vampire's hunger.

Xander admires the fiery temper of the seductive human he’s determined to help follow the dangerous trail her dead husband sent her on, ending in the mythical land of Shangri La. In an effort to save her, Xander bonds them together, sentencing her to death unless he can undo the blood tie. Though he craves her touch, he's forced to push her away while they battle their way to the chaos at the heart of Shangri La. Can he protect her from her family’s secrets and find a way to be together, or will their love be lost in the pits of a crumbling castle?

BDSM Challenge Review: Choosing Rena by Dakota Trace

Title: Choosing Rena (Doms of Chicago #6)
Author: Dakota Trace
Source: Author Request
Genre: BDSM Romance
Length: Novella
Reviewed by: MsPink

Once abandoned by a man who collared her for a younger sub, Rena MacAllister wants nothing to do with another Dom. After moving to Chicago to escape her past all she wants is to start and possibly find a man who has never even heard of BDSM scene. When she joins the team at Larson Securities she isn’t prepared for the temptation her new boss, Jackson Levough – a known Dom in the Chicago scene. So after six months of fighting the need to submit to him, she's quits.
Jackson Levough is a desperate man. He may be known has the Playboy Dom but after sampling Rena’s submission during a business trip, he wants more. Especially when he knows he can satisfy every submissive desire the luscious Rena has. But when he returns from a nasty illness, he’s shocked to find her resignation and no forwarding address.
With his skills and determination she doesn’t stay hidden for long. But shortly after he finds her - his entire world blows up around him. Someone is targeting Larson Securities. When the person responsible gives him a choice, either Rena or his business, he's torn. There has to be a way to keep both Rena and his business - he just has to find it.

BDSM Challenge Review: Master's Hunt by Verity Ant

Title: Master's Hunt (A Master of Two Novel)
Author: Verity Ant
Source: Author Request
Genre: BDSM
Length: Novella
Reviewed by: MsPink

Kevin, Renee, and Amiko love each other. Like the triangle—the strongest geometric configuration—their love is both simple and complex, made more complex, perhaps, by the BDSM nature of their sexuality. Kevin is the apex of their union, a sexual sadist and dominant personality. His women, both intelligent and attractive, are submissive, but only to him. He would never harm them, but Kevin, driven by the narrow focus of his sexuality, finds pleasure in inflicting sexual pain in a controlled manner, rewarding good behavior with pleasure.

When Amiko is stolen from their triad, kidnapped by a crazy woman who fancies herself in love with the Asian beauty, both Kevin and Renee are beside themselves with concern for her welfare. They need to find Amiko before something ugly happens to her. From captivity, Amiko tries to help them, but her trail of “breadcrumbs” might just get her into more trouble than she is already in.

Kevin’s forceful nature demands that he take charge of the search and rescue operation. Renee’s love for her sister-in-spirit compels her to accept danger. Amiko must be saved. Any other outcome, the ruin of their carefully nurtured triad, simply cannot be borne.

Review Love's Bright Star by Virginnia de Parté

Title: Love's Bright Star
Author: Virginnia de Parte
Source: Author Request
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Length: Novella
Reviewed by: MsPink

A romance fraught with heart stopping moments, and time stopping episodes.

Siobhan, a professional photographer with cat genes, is rescued from a night club attack by James, a University Lecturer, who can stop time.

Set in the future these two genetically altered people fall in love. Against James’ wishes Siobhan becomes pregnant and their relationship crumbles.

During a scan the baby disappears from the screen, alerting the Defense Department of the child’s possible talents. James and Siobhan, interviewed separately, convince the Defense Agents their relationship is over, but can Siobhan forgive James his continued absence, broken only when he stops time to talk to her at a city Mall?

Determined to rear her child, Siobhan and her friend Anna prepare for the birth.

Can James return in time to save the child, Stella, from her own talents, which will put Siobhan and he, and their future together in jeopardy?

REVIEW - Dust of My Wings (Dante's Circle #1) - by Carrie Ann Ryan

Title:  Dust of My Wings (Dante's Circle #1)
Author:  Carrie Ann Ryan
Source:  Author Request
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Length: Novella
Reviewed by: MsPink

Humans aren’t as alone as they choose to believe. Every human possesses a trait of supernatural that lays dormant within their genetic make-up. Centuries of diluting and breeding have allowed humans to think they are alone and untouched by magic. But what happens when something changes?

Neat freak lab tech, Lily Banner lives her life as any ordinary human. She’s dedicated to her work and loves to hang out with her friends at Dante’s Circle, their local bar. When she discovers a strange blue dust at work she meets a handsome stranger holding secrets – and maybe her heart. But after a close call with a thunderstorm, she may not be as ordinary as she thinks.

Shade Griffin is a warrior angel sent to Earth to protect the supernaturals’ secrets. One problem, he can’t stop leaving dust in odd places around town. Now he has to find every ounce of his dust and keep the presence of the supernatural a secret. But after a close encounter with a sexy lab tech and a lightning quick connection, his millennia old loyalties may shift and he could lose more than just his wings in the chaos.

Warning: Contains a sexy angel with a choice to make and a green-eyed lab tech who dreams of a dark-winged stranger. Oh yeah, and a shocking spark that’s sure to leave them begging for more.