Until November (Until #1) by Aurora Rose Reynolds

November is looking forward to getting to know her father and the safety of a small town. After leaving the Big Apple and her bad memories for Tennessee, November starts working for her dad at his strip club doing the books. The one time she’s allowed there during club hours she runs into Asher Mayson. He’s perfect until he opens his mouth and makes assumptions. November wants nothing to do with Asher but too bad for November, fate has other plans. 

Asher Mayson has never had a problem getting a woman, that is until November. Now all he can think about is making November his and keeping her safe. 

Warning 18+ sexual content and a strong Alpha Male.

3.25-3.5 Stars

“So the Mayson curse is real. Fall in love on sight and all that bullshit.” 

Ok. I’m a little torn as to what to rate this book. I really enjoyed it for the most part, but there were a lot of things that annoyed me. 

I normally don’t mind the whole insta-love thing, but I really didn’t get why the Hero had such a hard-on for the heroine. Honestly, I thought what’s-her-name, oh yeah, November, was just an okay heroine. I mean, her name is part of the book’s title for pete’s sake and yet, I still forgot her name. Umm, yea, she’s pretty forgettable as the heroine. 

I’m in an Asher fog.

Normally when I’m swooning over a Hero, I’m in a beautiful, blissful haze. Normally. However, the expression Asher fog was used WAY too much. I even decided to search the term on my Kindle and it stated that it was used ten times. Umm, are you sure? Cuz I swear it was used more than that. Ugh! Use a thesaurus or something. Asher fog, Asher fog, Asher fog… yada, yada, yada…**eye roll** You get my point. 

“All I have to offer you is stability and love. I have nothing else. If you left me tomorrow, some other guy would be there giving you the same thing I do. You’re beautiful, funny, smart, kind. And the se, fuck me, sex with you is off the charts. If you left me—Christ!” He closed his eyes, shaking his head. “If you left me, I would never be able to find another you. Someone who fills my life with the beauty that only you give me.” 

I do love Asher Mayson, our uber-possessive-protective-tattooed-Alpha. I’m such a sucker for Heroes like him, but like I said before, I just didn’t know what he saw in November. 

I really hate being harsh, but sometimes I can’t help it. However I do have to admit that I did like the story, but it just didn’t wow me like I hoped it would. Honestly, if it wasn’t for Asher, I don’t know if I could’ve finished this book. But please don’t let my review deter you. To each their own, you know? I see a lot of positive reviews and I can see why people would love this, but alas, I wasn’t one of those people. 

Oh! Before I go, I do have to say one huge positive thing: I CANNOT WAIT for the next book! It’s going to be Trevor & Liz’s story. We got a preview of it at the end of this story and I seriously want this story in my hands NOW. 

ARC Review ~ The Professional: Part 1 (The Game Maker 0.1) by Kresley Cole

ARE YOU READY TO PLAY?

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole comes The Game Makers; a scorching new erotica series about a young woman desperate to uncover the mysteries of her past and the hitman bound to protect her.

From an opulent palace in Russian, to the wicked playgrounds of the mega-wealthy in Paris, to the sultry beaches of Spain, the two lovers will discover that even their most intimate—and forbidden—fantasies can come true…

Expected publication:  December 16, 2013

3.5 - 4 Stars

This is my first time reading anything from Kresley Cole. I wasn't sure what to expect, but...DAYUM...Part 1 left me INTRIGUED and wanting MORE!!!

Although I had a few issues, after I reached the half-way mark I could not put down this story! There is major insta-attraction going on right in the beginning. What can I say about Sevastyan? He is...

Dark, Dangerous, Domineering!!!

We learn that he works for Natalie's father as a bodyguard/enforcer/professional hit man. Perhaps the only thing I didn't like is that he calls Natalie “pet”. As much as Sevastyan is as attracted to and can't help fool around a bit with Natalie, his mind is going Nyet, Nyet Nyet!!! His loyalty ultimately belongs to her father. She should be off limits, right? Well, Natalie is a determined one, and she's got her sights on Sevastyan to be her first. Oh, the tension is high!

I have to admit that I almost gave up on this novella. The majority of the erotic scenes are in the first half, and I wondered if the entire thing was going to be a string of erotic scenes, but the second half is where all the grand opulence comes to play. The reader is transported to chilly Russia, and we get a little more back history of some of the characters. There's a threat simmering in the background, but really nothing big happens in the suspense department. Part 1 really only lays down a foundation for the rest of the series and whets your appetite. There is a big CLIFFHANGER!!! Grrrr! WHY?!?! I want more Sevastyan! Hurry up, Part 2!

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Cover Reveal ~ Beauty From Love (Beauty #3) by Georgia Cates

Beauty From Love (Beauty, #3)

By Bestselling Author Georgia Cates

Expected release January 28, 2014

An Adult Contemporary Romance

The epic romance between an all-American beauty and her Aussie continues in this final installment of The Beauty Series. Jack McLachlan is fulfilled by more than he dared to dream possible. He finds everything he never knew he wanted—or needed—in Laurelyn Prescott, his last and final companion. Life is beautiful with his beloved by his side but their post-wedded bliss is cut short when his dark past springs into their present happiness. He wants to shelter Laurelyn but keeping her untainted by his previous life proves impossible when yesterday’s sins insist on returning to haunt him. Will it be possible for them to find happiness in their forever with a past like his? Beauty From Love is an adult contemporary novel and is not intended for younger readers due to mature content.

     

About the Author 

Georgia resides in rural Mississippi with her wonderful husband, Jeff, and their two beautiful daughters. She spent fourteen years as a labor and delivery nurse before she decided to pursue her dream of becoming an author and hasn’t looked back yet. When she’s not writing, she’s thinking about writing. When she’s being domestic, she’s listening to her iPod and visualizing scenes for her current work in progress. Every story coming from her always has a song to inspire it.  

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Cover Reveal for Sweet Rome (Sweet Home #2) by Tillie Cole

GENRE: New Adult Contemporary

PUBLICATION DATE: 30th January 2014

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You met Romeo Prince in the Amazon & USA Today bestselling novel, Sweet Home. Now hear the story from his lips: unbarred, uncensored and raw to the bone.

It makes me laugh when I hear that folk think Mol and I rushed into it too fast, spouting that we couldn't possibly have felt what we did for each other in such a short space of time. I say, how the hell would they know? We made it, didn't we? She became my whole life, didn't she? And as for my folks not being real, being true? Tell that to me aged ten, eleven, twelve — damn, all my bastard life — when I was never enough, when I was beaten until I bled for being too good at football and not being everything they'd dreamed: the perfectly dutiful son. Tell that to thousands of kids around the world getting wailed on by asshole parents for whatever stupid reason; tell them that evil don't exist in their eyes. Fuck Romeo and Juliet: this is the story of me and my girl, from my lips. No mushy sentiment, no cheese, just the plain, hard truth, and, because I'm feeling generous, I'm going to let you in on more of our story too. Sweet Rome is a New Adult Companion Novel to Sweet Home — contains adult content, sexual situations and mature topics. Suited for ages 18 and up.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Tillie Cole is a Northern girl through and through. She originates from a place called Teesside on that little but awesomely sunny (okay I exaggerate) Isle called Great Britain. She was brought up surrounded by her English rose mother -- a farmer's daughter, her crazy Scottish father, a savagely sarcastic sister and a multitude of rescue animals and horses.

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Sex. Love. Repeat. by Alessandra Torre

I love two men. I screw two men. I am in a relationship with them both, and they are both aware there is another. That is all they need to know, that is all I let them know. They don’t need to know a name; they don’t need to know anything, but that they are not alone in my heart.

They have accepted the situation. Stewart, because his life is too busy for the sort of obligations that are required in a relationship. Paul, because he loves me too much to tell me no. And because my sexual appetite is such that one man has trouble keeping up.

So we exist, two parallel relationships, each running their own course, with no need for intersection or conflict. It works for us, for them, and for me. I don’t expect it to be a long-term situation. I know there is an expiration date on the easy perfection of our lives.

I should have paid more attention, should have looked around and noticed the woman who watched it all. She sat in the background and waited, tried to figure me out. Saw my two relationships, the love between us, and the moment that it all fell apart.

She hates me.

I don’t even know she exists.

She loves them. I love them.

And they love me.

EVERYTHING else hangs in the balance.

FIVE HUGE STARS!!!

And that’s how it is. I fuck Stewart, I fuck Paul, and they both know about it. And the more I fuck one, the more turned on the other gets. The more competitive, aggressive, loving they become. It is a constant, whirling sea of sex. I love it, and they love it. 

Speechless.

I…I don’t know what to say. It’s been a few hours now since I finished this book. A few hours for me to realize that this book, this journey, was all done. This story was a perfect example of fantasy escapism. If you don’t know that means, that’s okay. It’s a term I came up with while I was reading this. I don’t really know how else to describe it. 

"Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul." ~ Joyce Carol Oats

I understand that you hate me. That you curse me for my greed. But if I’m okay with it, and they are okay with it, how is it anyone else’s right to judge? 

I’m all for monogamy and all its swoony glory, but seriously…this story, as fucked up as the situation was, I wanted it; I wanted the fantasy that was Madison’s life. She has a relationship with two drop dead gorgeous men, a sex life to fucking die for, but never once was she ever cheating on the other. Both Stewart and Paul knew about each other; accepted and even embraced this unique situation. They both loved her, too, and she loved them both equally.

He worried about me. My safety, my happiness. Worried about losing me due to lack of attention. He wanted me to have a steady fuck, wanted someone to make up for the slack he couldn’t provide. He wanted someone safe, friendly. Someone I wouldn’t leave him for, but that would make me happy. 

Stewart. 

He’s rich, handsome and a workaholic. He loves Madison, but she will always take a backseat to his job. Their relationship is fucking explosive, raw and unapologetic. He wants her in his life, but knows he can’t give her everything she wants especially with her voracious sexual appetite. He just doesn’t have time to be there for her sexually, physically and emotionally. He also doesn’t want her fucking around with random strangers, so what does he do? Encourages her to have a boyfriend; another man in her life to fill the voids that he can’t provide her. But she will always belong to him. Crazy, right?! Fuck!

I love this man, who has not one stressed out bone in his body. He concerns himself with two things: surfing and keeping me happy. I love his outlook on life, a Bob Marley style philosophy. We fuck, we surf, and we love. 

Paul.

He’s carefree, gorgeous and does nothing but surf and worry about making his Madison happy. He’s not rich by any means, but he and Madison are happy with what they have. They’re happy and in love regardless of Madison’s other life, a life with another man who holds the other half of her heart. Madison was very upfront with him from the very beginning and though he initially said he couldn’t share her, he eventually agreed to their unique relationship. He loves her unconditionally and understands why she won’t leave Stewart. He just wants to keep her happy. He is afraid to lose her and dreads the day when she will eventually have to choose. 

They both own my heart now, an equal division fought over by two sets of blue eyes. 

This, my dear reader friends, is one hell of a story. I have a huge love/hate thing for love triangles and cheating, but this was NOTHING like what I expected. I can’t even categorize it as a love triangle nor a story that involves cheating. Is it cheating when everyone involved is a willing participant? I don’t. This story was so much more than that. It was emotional, full of steam and drama, but it was so unpredictable. Just when I think I knew what was going on, it would skid to halt and go in another direction. The twist in the story made me even more anxious. I was glued to this book and just devoured this. It was some crazy shit, but fuck, did I enjoy every single moment of it. Crack book worthy for sure!

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