Review Suite Encounters: Hotel Sex Stories by Rachel Kramer Bussel

Title: Suite Encounters: Hotel Sex Stories
Author: Rachel Kramer Bussel

Source Publisher request 
Genre: Erotica
Length: 244 pgs of short stories

Edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel

Hotel Hookups

Honeymoon suites, by-the-hour trysts, erotic escapes, romantic rendezvous...From vacationing couples reliving their glory days to coworkers heading downtown for secret quickies, Suite Encounters is sure to deliver the key to your wildest fantasies. Suzanne Fox teases us with a sexy murder mystery weekend in "An Inspector Comes," while in "Surrender with a Twist," Suleikha Snyder serves up lusty Las Vegas—no collection of hotel erotica would be complete without Sin City sex. Lily K. Cho brings on the kink as a married couples explores what it means to be "Unbound at the Holiday Inn," and Anna Meadows introduces a mermaid who seduces as well as she swims. Rachel Kramer Bussel, editor of the bestselling Do Not Disturb, knows just what makes us so hot for hotels: "I hope you'll be inspired on your next vacation, staycation, or work trip to engage in the spirit of these sexy stories."

With contributed stories by Delilah Devlin, Donna George Storey, Tenille Brown, Ariel Graham, Anna Meadows, Remittance Girl, Emily Moreton, Suzanne Fox, Suleikha Snyder, Lily K. Cho, Justine Elyot, Elizabeth Silver, Erobintica, Tahira Iqbal, Steve Isaak, Valerie Alexander, Andrea Dale, Ellie Vokes, Michael A. Gonzales, and Rachel Kramer Bussel.

Review of Siren's Serenade (Wiccan Haus Book 4) by Dominique Eastwick

Title: Siren's Serenade (Wiccan Haus Book Four)
Author: Dominique Eastwick
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Length: Novella
Reviewer: Twigs

Loving her might just be the death of him.

When Coast Guard rescue swimmer Kaleb Theldon sees what he's sure is a mermaid pulling his partner into the murky depths of the Bering Sea, they call it PTSD. In order to save his career, Kaleb agrees to a week at an island spa off the coast of Maine. But the spa is nothing like he expected, and he isn't prepared for the sexy siren that crosses his path. But will her passion be more than one mere human can take?

Serena has a problem, and after four previous visits to the Wiccan Haus, she'd expected things to get easier. But on the mermaid’s fifth visit, Kaleb walks in and everything in her life becomes complicated. Never has she wanted to mate with a human man before. But can she love a man who has a chip on his shoulder a league long when it comes to mermaids? Can she deal with her own issues all while keeping her true self secret from the man she loves?

And will loving him prove deadly?

This time, the staff have more than healing on their agenda. Can the siblings, Myron, and Rekkus prove to these two lovers that things aren't always how they appear on the surface? Or will Kaleb's demise be found in his Siren's Serenade?

Welcome back to the Wiccan Haus.

Have you heard of The Bloggy Awards?

Well, if not let me tell you of what little I know. I just now noticed them popping up all over Facebook etc.. A small group of bloggers that created this, to help out other bloggers and I love to see others help others. I wanted to share this with guys so you can get to know The Bloggy Awards and their mission , so you can help out. Please read more below. 

Hello, this is the official page for the Bloggy Awards. The Bloggy Awards is run by Lisseth from Read-a-Holicz, Nikki from Fiction Freak, Trayche from ILoveTeenBooks, and Eileen from ***Singing and Reading in the Rain***, four teens who love to read and want to spread the blogger love!

The purpose of the Bloggy Awards is to spread blogger love and recognize some of the most amazing blogs out there. 

Click here to read more about these ladies mission!  And please help spread the word! 

ARC Review Shattered Magic by Rebecca York

Title: Shattered Magic (The Chronicles of Arandal, #2)

Author: Rebecca York

Source: Netgalley

Genre: Fantasy Romance

Length: Novella (approx 75pgs)

Release Date: Aug 20, 2012 from Carina Press
 


Desperate to escape an arranged marriage to an evil magician, Rowan flees her village--and runs right into the path of a handsome stranger. When Grant comes to her aid, she takes comfort in his arms...and sees a solution to her problem. Her betrothal will be called off if she loses her virginity--and her virile protector is the perfect man to do the honor.

Determined to seduce him, Rowan traps them together in a cave, where she and Grant soon give in to their undeniable desires. But despite their growing bond, she cannot reveal her telekinetic powers or risk being persecuted as a witch.

Grant has a secret of his own--he is Prince Grantland, reluctant heir to the throne of Arandal. He's thrilled to find a woman who's interested in him, not his crown. But he and Rowan cannot hide themselves--and the truth--forever. Will their love survive once Grant discovers she's everything he's been raised to hate and fear?

Review Original Sin by Samantha Towle

Title: Original Sin (The Alexandra Jones series, #2)

Author: Samantha Towle

Genre: UF/Paranormal Romance
Length: Novel 

Alex has run. Leaving everything she knows and loves … Nathan, behind. She’s a fugitive; hiding from the Original Vârcolacs who want to claim her for themselves.

Hiding in Italy, she has changed her identity and her appearance; working in a coffee shop in the quiet town of Sassano.

Then Zeff steps into her life. He’s solid, sturdy, but more so he’s human – he’s someone real, tangible, a friend throwing her a lifeline in a world of loneliness.

Believing she's safe from attack, nothing prepares Alex for what's lurking in the woods, on her doorstep, intoxicating her into a web of control and deceit.

Danger is closer than her shadow ...
the hunt is on again, forcing Alex into the hardest dilemma yet.

The list for attending Indie Romance authors is now complete

Here is the latest Indie Romance Convention happenings. The register opens on October 1, 2012.

Now, let me give you an update. I have the completed list of attending authors for the Indie Romance Convention in October 4-5th, 2013. I am excited about the list they are all wonderful and I can't wait to meat them in person! 

ARC Review Never Seduce a Scot by Maya Banks

Title: Never Seduce a Scot (The Montgomerys and Armstrongs #1)

Author: Maya Banks

Source: Edelweiss

Genre: Scottish Historical Romance

Length: Novel (352pgs)

Release Date: Sept 25 2012 from Ballantine Books at Random House

 

A sinfully sexy new romance from Maya Banks features a remarkable woman whose rare gift teaches a gruff Scottish warrior how to listen with his heart.

Guest author Vicky Loebel

Please welcome Vicky Loebel! 

The Road to Hell is Paved with Bad Intentions

Welcome to "Keys to the Coven," a humorous, tightly-plotted, sometimes dark urban-fantasy/romance set in an original universe where karma is power, sex is karma, and it's not who you know but whose soul you own that matters.

When I started “Keys,” I had an (I thought)  scathingly brilliant idea for an erotic fantasy. My hero, Max, is a demon who has to have glorious life-affirming sex with women in order to maintain the emotional connection that keeps him in the living world.  Lots of women. Lots of sex.

Because this is urban fantasy, I gave Max another job (destroying evil magic artifacts), and since it needed conflict I plopped him into a story with a reluctant witch, Felicity, who’s immune to Max’s supernatural charm.

That meant one woman and…oops…not so much sex.

Max and Felicity set about breaking a family curse that would make her the concubine of an evil arch-demon. Since she hasn’t automatically hopped into bed with him, Max has to learn to interact with Felicity as a person. And since he’s not going away without completing his job (demon!), Felicity has to “witch up” and accept her supernatural powers.

Bitten’s She-Wolf Pack Thursday Review for August

Title: Destiny Bewitched (Shadows of Destiny, #4)

Author: Leia Shaw

Source: Requested Review
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Length: Novel (ebook 197pgs)

Deemed “trailer trash” by humans and the daughter of the most disgraceful family of witches and warlocks since the Puritan age, Samantha is used to fighting her own battles. When her younger sister is taken to the Underworld, Sam doesn't hesitate to rescue her.

To survive the harsh land, she makes a deal with a demon — the most dangerous of creatures in the realm. Even with those lustrous horns, Geo is as hot as the hell she's stuck in. Fighting nasty beasts in a supernatural version of the gladiator games is easy compared to falling in love with a man who has no future to offer.

ARC Review The Devil's Match by Victoria Vane

Title: The Devil's Match ((The Devil DeVere, #4)

Author: Victoria Vane

Source: Author Request

Genre: Historical Erotic Romance

Length: Novella

Release Date: Aug. 24, 2012 from Breathless Press

Once burned twice shy… 

but when old flames come together…

passion reignites...

When burned once… Arriving in London as her goddaughter's chaperone, Baroness Diana Palmerston-Wriothesley wants to avoid her erstwhile lover at all costs. Once nearly consumed by passion, four years has reduced the former inferno to bitterness and ashes.

By an old flame... A world-weary master of seduction, Ludovic "The Devil" DeVere is bored with his chosen life of debauchery. When Diana's charge disappears, she is forced to seek help from the devil's lair, and their mutual desire reignites with undeniable ferocity.

Fire is best fought with fire… While DeVere is hell-bent to have her back for keeps, Diana is equally determined to bring him to his knees…by acquiring some sensual secrets of her own.

Guest author Kiki Howell

Please welcome Kiki Howell 

In writing my latest series, I looked at the paranormal clans in my stories – vampires, witches and werewolves – and put them up against each other, strengths to weaknesses, in war and in the bedroom. I wanted to see who had the upper hand where, but also, how I could increase the heavy breathing, the orgasms, the relationships that broke all the rules in my little resort town of The Willows.

Mating Season by Alice Gaines

Title: Mating Season-cabin fever novella series
Author: Alice Gaines
Source: Edelweiss
Genre: Erotic Romance
Length: Novella
Release date: August 14,2012
Reviewer: Carin

Being stuck together in a redwood forest can really bring your inner animal out . . .
The last thing Gayle Richards wanted was to spend days alone in a cabin with Nolan Hersch, fellow professor and macho loudmouth. How could she observe the animals' mating habits alongside a man who made her blood boil…and not just in anger? The only thing more frustrating than Nolan's opinions on male sexual superiority was how much he made her want to rip his clothes off.

Well, the thin air in the mountains must have gone to Gayle's head, because she sets up a challenge: three days to prove who's more insatiable in bed. With Gayle and Nolan making their best efforts to wear each other out, this may just be the sexiest experiment of all.

Review Finding Gaia by Kimberly Chapman

Title: Finding Gaia

Author: Kimberly Chapman
Source: Author Request
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Length: Novel
Reviewed by: Emi

Wealthy, handsome Jason Truitt appears to have it all: he runs an international conglomerate of environmental businesses and research facilities, he lives in a luxurious mansion…
and he can’t die.
But his uncanny health and failure to age keep him distanced from normal human life. For over a century he’s been searching for the one other person on earth he suspects is afflicted with the same condition. Like him, she has lived under many different names to keep her immortality secret, so in honour of her supernatural ability to induce plant growth by thought alone, he thinks of her as Gaia.

Finding Gaia, however, is only the beginning, for where he has used his talents toward prosperity, hers have brought loss, isolation, abduction, and unspeakable torture. She will need all that he can give to reclaim her own inner strength and rediscover who, what, and when she is.

August 2012 Discussion of the month

August Discussion is:

What are some ick factors in a book that disgust you so much that it  ruins the whole book for you?

Review Ravaged Anthology

Title: Ravaged : Vol 1 

Authors: Heather Whittington, Mickey J. Corrigan, Leona Bushman, Persephone Jones, K.R.R Bridgestreet, Silvia Violet, Annabeth Leong, D.F. Krieger, SJ Thomas, Erin O'Riordan

Source: Request

Genre: Paranormal Erotica (Shifters)

Length: approx 260 pgs

Published by Breathless Press

Join ten authors as they reveal that things are not always as they seem. 

Don't worry, they guarantee the sexy shifters in their stories will bite...

And that you'll like it. 

From lions to bears, dolphins to gargoyles; we're sure you'll find a juicy story to sink your teeth into.

Hot Summer Heroes Blog Hop August 13-19

This giveaway is for US only and you have to be 18 and over to enter because this set is romance erotica. Please fill out the raffelcopter to enter. 

So, what's up for grabs? Well, I have three trade size books listed below. The first book is new but I have read the last two, they are still in like new condition. 

Book promo Giveaway A Lascivious Lady Author: Jillian Eaton

Title: A Lascivious Lady

Author: Jillian Eaton

Genre: Historical Romance

Length: Novella (90 pages)

Description: Can a realist fall in love with a dreamer?

Josephine never wanted to marry Traverson. In love with a Duke, she had dreams of grandeur… until a lowly Earl stole them away from her. Unable to forgive Traverson for what he took, she has exacted her revenge in the most unforgivable of ways. 

Traverson fell in love with the bright eyed, fair haired country girl the moment he first saw her. Entranced before he even learned her name, he used everything in his power to make her his, realizing too late love is something that cannot be bought.

Brought together by a mutual acquaintance, Josephine and Traverson must finally face the feelings they have been avoiding. Can Josephine overcome her tawdry past? Or is it too late to love a man who may have finally given up on her?

18 and over giveaway blogger hop sign up for Sept 13th-16 2012

I wanted to post a reminder Sept 13-16 is almost here, so if you haven't already signed up for the 18 and over giveaways hop get in there because the linky closes around 13 days!

Sign up link here 

Review of The First Spell ( Prequel to the Hot Magic Series)

Title : The First Spell
Author: Rachel Carrington
Source : Author request
Genre: Fantasy Romance
Length: ebook novella  96 pages
Publisher: Amazon digital
Reviewed by: Cerridwen

Though a prequel to the Hot Magic Series, this is a standalone book. None of the other books in the series, Indigo Spell, Breaking the Spell, and Unchained Spell, need to read first!

Captivated by a wizard with amnesia, Jensen knows he’s only asking for trouble when he takes her to his world. Finding out she’s a member of an enemy guild doesn’t change his connection to her. And their first kiss only strengthens his need to keep her close.

Barely knowing her own name, Charlemaine begins having horrible visions of impeding doom, and she’s labeled an enemy of Jensen’s guild. She doesn’t trust she isn’t being used as bait to bring down the group of powerful wizards, but she doesn’t want to leave Jensen.

Jensen will risk anything to save Charlemaine’s life when magic gives way to betrayal. But will the need for vengeance overcome even the strongest love?

Review Black Desire by Karyn Gerrard

Title: Black Desire (Blackthorne Clan #2) 

Author: Karyn Gerrard 

Source: Gift from author 

Genre: Erotic paranormal romance 

Length: Novella

Reviewed by Laurie 

Tristan Black of the Blackthorne Clan has known heartache and pain. He is a Dhampyre (half-Vampire) and most would say blessed with extreme longevity. Tristan would say cursed as he observed the long, slow decline and then death of his human wife due to old age while he seemingly aged not a day. Now seventy years later, he meets Katrina Hammond who piques his interest.


Katrina is a romance writer on summer vacation when she meets the mysterious and dangerously sexy Tristan. Katrina now finds herself in the middle of a clash between the Blackthorne Clan and a pack of Thropes (wolf shape-shifters).


Can Tristan protect Katrina, and can he protect his heart?


She awakened feelings in him he thought he would not have again. He considered these passions to be little more than vampiric mythology. She awakened his...black desire.


Content Advisory: Brief M/F/M, and M/M sexual situations