Category: Series

The All-Star Antes Up by Nancy Herkness

Posted May 31, 2016 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Series / 0 Comments

The All Star Antes UpTitle:  The All-Star Antes Up
Series:  Wager of Hearts #2
Author:  Nancy Herkness
Genre:  Contemporary Romance, Sports Romance
Published:  May 31, 2016
Publisher:  Montlake Romance
My Rating:  4 stars
Source:  NetGalley
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“No strings, no rings.” That’s Luke Archer’s motto. As the champion quarterback for the New York Empire—not to mention a self-made billionaire—Luke has given up on serious relationships. Women only want him for one thing: the thrill of being with a superstar. And he likes it that way too. But when his best friend announces he’s retiring from football to spend time with his wife and kids, Luke feels like he’s missing out on something much bigger than his career.

The assistant concierge in Luke’s luxury high-rise, Miranda Tate fled her family’s dairy farm to come to the bright lights of New York City. She works hard to move up and sends her spare earnings home to her brother. When she and Luke meet, there’s an instant sexual attraction which turns steamy quickly, but they’re in completely different leagues. Could Miranda be just the woman Luke needs to win the most important game of his life?

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Mercury Striking by Rebecca Zanetti

Posted May 31, 2016 by Marsha in Romantic Suspense, Series / 0 Comments

Mercury StrikingTitle:  Mercury Striking
Series:  The Scorpius Syndrome #1
Author:  Rebecca Zanetti
Genre:  Post-Apocalyptic, Romantic Suspense
Published:  January 26, 2016
Publisher:  Zebra
My Rating:  5 stars
Source:  NetGalley
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With nothing but rumors to lead her, Lynne Harmony has trekked across a nightmare landscape to find one man—a mysterious, damaged legend who protects the weak and leads the strong. He’s more than muscle and firepower—and in post-plague L.A., he’s her only hope. As the one woman who could cure the disease, Lynne is the single most volatile—and vulnerable—creature in this new and ruthless world. But face to face with Jax Mercury…

Danger has never looked quite so delicious.

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Sutherland’s Secret by Sharon Cullen

Posted May 30, 2016 by Marsha in Series / 0 Comments

Sutherland's SecretTitle:  Sutherland’s Secret
Series:  Highland Pride #1
Author:  Sharon Cullen
Genre:  Historical Romance
Published:  January 19, 2016
Publisher:  Loveswept
My Rating:  4 stars
Source:  NetGalley
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Terror reigns in the aftermath of the Battle of Culloden. As British troops obliterate the last traces of the Jacobite cause, Brice Sutherland, the Earl of Dornach, risks everything to arrange a covert escape route to Canada for his fellow Scots. But when he encounters a dying Englishwoman, hauntingly beautiful though scarred by manacles and unable to speak, Brice’s true courage is put to the test. Nothing but ruin could result from helping her, or worse: falling in love.

The pampered daughter of a marquess, Eleanor Hirst was the talk of the London season when she wed the Earl of Glendale. Little did she know that his posting as an officer in Scotland would be their undoing. Now her husband is dead and Eleanor is a fugitive in a hostile country. Desperate for help, she throws herself on the mercy of Brice Sutherland, a handsome Scottish warrior who should be her enemy. Instead, he cares for her tenderly, reviving her shattered spirit—and awakening urges unlike any she’s ever known.

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Flash of Fire by M. L. Buchman

Posted May 29, 2016 by Marsha in Romantic Suspense, Series / 0 Comments

Flash of FireTitle:  Flash of Fire
Series:  Firehawks #7
Author:  M. L. Buchman
Genre:  Military Romance, Romantic Suspense
Published:  May 3, 2016
Publisher:  Sourcebooks Casablanca
My Rating:  4 stars
Source:  NetGalley
Cover Description:

When former Army National Guard helicopter pilot Robin Harrow joins Mount Hood Aviation, she expect to fight fires for only one season. Instead, she finds herself getting deeply entrenched with one of the most elite firefighting teams in the world. And that’s before they send her on a mission that’s seriously top secret, with a flight partner who’s seriously hot.

Mickey Hamilton loves flying, firefighting, and women, in that order. But when Robin Harrow roars across his radar, his priorities go out the window. On a critical mission deep in enemy territory, their past burns away and they must face each other. Their one shot at a future demands that they first survive the present-together.

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Chasing Memories by Anna James

Posted May 28, 2016 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Mystery, Series / 0 Comments

Chasing MemoriesTitle:  Chasing Memories
Series:  Forevermore #2
Author:  Anna James
Genre:  Contemporary Romance
Published:  January 12, 2016
Publisher:  Samhain Publishing
My Rating:  4 stars
Source:  NetGalley
Cover Description:

Lucas Morgan wants to know the cause of the hit-and-run accident that killed his grandmother, and he s certain the truth is locked inside the head of India Leone an interior designer apparently suffering an all-too-convenient case of amnesia.

Determined to either trip her up in a lie, or wait for her memories to return, Lucas offers India a job at one of the luxury hotel properties he s developing. He never thought he’d wind up falling for the woman at the top of his suspect list.

India isn’t so sure herself how she ended up at the wrong place at the wrong time. Until her memories return, how can she possibly move on with her life? The police say she’s innocent, but too many questions linger.

Desperate to get away, she seizes Lucas’ offer, never expecting to fall in love with him. Or that he would be keeping secrets that could not only break her heart, but cost her life.

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How To Rescue A Rake by Jayne Fresina

Posted May 28, 2016 by Marsha in Series / 0 Comments

How To Rescue A RakeTitle:  How To Rescue A Rake
Series:  Book Club Belles Society #3
Author:  Jayne Fresina
Genre:  Regency Romance
Published:  January 5, 2016
Publisher:  Sourcebooks Casablanca
My Rating:  4 stars
Source:  NetGalley
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Nathaniel Sherringham has returned to Hawcombe Prior a changed man. Gone is the reckless rake who went out on a limb to propose to Diana Makepiece three years ago. Now Nate’s mysterious new wealth has the town’s rumor mill spinning. To stir things up (and get Diana’s attention), Nate boldly announces his plans to marry “any suitable girl” under the age of 25.

Diana, now 27 and still single, is acutely aware of Nate’s return. When her mother suggests a trip to visit a cousin in Bath, Diana leaps at the chance to escape the heartbreak and regret she can’t help but feel in Nate’s presence…and avoid his irritating charade to find a bride.

But for Nate, Diana has always been the one. He might just have to follow her to Bath and once again lay his heart on the line to win her attention-and her heart.

Read on for my thoughts on How To Rescue A Rake.  No true spoilers, promise.

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The Duke’s Accidental Wife by Erica Ridley

Posted May 25, 2016 by Marsha in Series / 0 Comments

The Duke's Accidental WifeTitle:  The Duke’s Accidental Wife
Series:  The Dukes of War #7
Author:  Erica Ridley
Genre:  Regency Romance, Historical Romance
Published:  March 1, 2016
Publisher:  Intrepid Reads
My Rating:  4 stars
Source:  NetGalley
Cover Description:

Miss Katherine Ross is a wealthy, eccentric socialite who knows precisely what she wants: No husband. No children. No candlelit tête-à-tête with the insufferably emotionless Duke of Ravenwood. She’s convinced his heart is ice — until she touches that chiseled chest for herself. One lapse in judgment is all it takes to turn both their lives topsy-turvy…

The Duke of Ravenwood isn’t cold and haughty, but a secret romantic who has always dreamt of marrying for love. Instead, he gets Miss Katherine Ross — a headstrong hoyden intent on unraveling his carefully ordered world. He doesn’t know whether to kiss her or throttle her. Can they survive each other’s company long enough to turn a compromise into love?

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Outlaw Cowboy by Nicole Helm

Posted May 24, 2016 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Series / 0 Comments

Outlaw CowboyTitle:  Outlaw Cowboy
Series:  Big Sky Cowboys #2
Author:  Nicole Helm
Genre:  Contemporary Romance
Published:  May 3, 2016
Publisher:  Sourcebooks Casablanca
My Rating:  4 stars
Source:  NetGalley
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Ever since his father’s accident, Caleb Shaw vowed he’d mend his wild ways, and he means to keep his word. He’s a changed man. A better man. And he knows he should want absolutely nothing to do with his crazy old life…or the maddening temptation that is Delia Rogers.

Because Delia? Is nothing but trouble.

Delia’s been stealing her sisters away from their violent father ever since she was old enough to fight back. But now with the police on her trail and all her bridges burned, there’s nowhere left to run but back into the arms of the one cowboy she knows she shouldn’t need. Caleb has always been too good for her, no matter how bad he claimed to be. Yet when close quarters turn into something more, Delia and Caleb are forced to decide what really matters: mending their reputations or healing their wary hearts.

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Descended From Dragons by Tricia Owens

Posted May 24, 2016 by Marsha in Series / 0 Comments

Descended From DragonsTitle:  Descended From Dragons
Series:  Moonlight Dragon #1
Author:  Tricia Owens
Genre:  Urban Fantasy, Paranormal, Romance
Published:  May 14, 2016
Publisher:
My Rating:  4 stars
Source:  NetGalley
Cover Description:

Beneath the glitz and glamour of Las Vegas lies another city. A secret city in plain sight, full of warlocks and demons, shapeshifters and golems. A city that feeds off the chance magick that is generated by gamblers and which is ruled by mysterious beings called the Oddsmakers.

It is in this strange underbelly of the occult that Anne Moody runs a cursed pawn shop for the desperate, the curious, and the magickally inclined. Though the job is boring, it keeps her under the radar. None of her customers have any inkling that she is a dragon sorceress with a power that’s been feared throughout history. One day, a visitor to her shop pawns a stone statue that is more than it appears. The statue is a gargoyle named Vale, who is shrouded in mystery and secrets. When she learns that Vale is possessed, and that the person responsible for cursing him plans to take over Las Vegas with a horde of demons from Hell, Anne realizes it is up to her to defy the Oddsmakers and save the city, and possibly the world.

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Lone Wolf by Tessa Clarke

Posted May 21, 2016 by Marsha in Series / 0 Comments

Lone WolfTitle:  Lone Wolf
Series:  The Wolf Shifters of Raven Ridge #1
Author:  Tessa Clarke
Genre:  Paranormal Romance, Shifter Romance
Published:  December 8, 2015
Publisher:
My Rating:  4 stars
Source:  NetGalley
Cover Description:

When curvy veterinarian Delany Nichols meets sexy rancher Leif Pierce, sparks fly, but Leif is a wolf shifter with a past, and his brothers have expectations that he’ll share his future mate. Leif’s oldest brother, Wyatt, wants Leif back as part of the pack, for Leif’s own good, but Leif is determined to be a lone wolf and keep Delany all to himself.

When Leif’s secrets catch up with him and threaten to tear he and Delany apart, Leif must confront his demons and his brothers, and convince Delany he can be trusted with her heart.

While the majority of Shifter Romances are very sensuous, sexy and downright hot – it does need to be said that this one is considered Erotica as well and has an adult 18+ readers warning.  You’ve been warned.  🙂

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A Most Delicate Pursuit by Pamela Labud

Posted May 17, 2016 by Marsha in Series / 0 Comments

A Most Delicate PursuitTitle:  A Most Delicate Pursuit
Series:  The Hunt Club #2
Author:  Pamela Labud
Genre:  Regency, Historical Romance
Published:  May 17, 2016
Publisher:  Loveswept
My Rating:  3.5 stars
Source:  NetGalley
Cover Description:

Though he’s fiercely loyal to his friends, Michael Carver has managed to avoid romantic entanglements by cultivating a reputation as a rake and a gambler. Believing himself incapable of intimacy, the Earl of Blandon avoids anything more than lighthearted flirtations or trysts with married women—which leaves more than enough time to slip out into the wilderness for a little fishing. All is well until Michael agrees, as a favor, to keep his best friend’s stubborn yet alluring sister-in-law company.

After one failed engagement, Beatrice Hawkins would rather become a spinster than risk her heart again. Her family, however, is relentless when it comes to finding her a suitable match. So when the roguish earl suggests they join forces to feign courtship and throw everyone off their scent, Beatrice only hopes the ton will take the bait. But at the hunting lodge where Michael takes her to escape prying eyes, Beatrice finds herself lured in by the unexpected charms of a man who has so much love to give—even if he doesn’t know it yet.

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