Midnight by Elizabeth Miller ~ Book 1 from the McKenna Chronicles

I grabbed the first book, Midnight, in the McKenna Chronicle by Elizabeth Miller the other day. I devoured it within less than 24 hours! First off its a book about a presidential hopeful Colin McKenna. We meet Charlise "Charlie" Carter who is a free lance writer who the campaign is interested in hiring to work on the social media of the campaign for McKenna for President.

While this book is about a politician, is soooo not a political book. this book is gripping because of the writing, the character development as well as the story line that will drag you in and not let you go. This is a new author for me, and I'm hooked!

This is not one of those books that's just about a hot guy and a curvy not so perfect girl with tons of sex scenes as filler. This book is dark, with a twisting plot that leaves you questioning everything about these two characters. When the book ends your are definitely left with the questions "What is going on?" So you immediately need to grab book two, Midnight Sky!

Definitely a five star book! *****

Dark Desires 1 ~ Touched By You~ By Emily Jane Trent

Another cliff hanger people! This short story is not very long. It is the first part of another series that gives you just a taste to wet your whistle, and leave you hanging at the end. 

This story showed we have Natalie and Trent, who meet up four years ago for a little elicited fun at a concert. Fast forward 4 years and Natalie has landed a dream scholarship to a dream design school in NYC. She gets a room to rent from a former model and all her dreams are coming true. That is until she bumps into Trent. The man who gave her and incredible orgasm at a concert four years ago and then disappeared. She has held this man to such high standards that no man can ever compare. When she meets him she is shocked and excite. Trent goes out of his way to whoa Natalie, really wining and dining her. Until Natalie realizes, after giving up her virginity to him, that he has been manipulating her life to lead her back to  him.

The characters are kind of week, and you definitely get the sense that it cheesy romantics, but under it all Trent is supposed to be a dormant who likes rough. Sex, while Natalie is niece and innocent in so many ways. The story is kind of slow, and makes you hope that the other parts of this series will pick up the pace. 

It not a bad read, if you need something to read to kill and hour or so of your time.

Unlawful Attraction Vol. 1: Alpha Billionaire Romance by M.S. Parker

First, again we have another short story, not a full novel. However I was expecting this because Ms. Parker is known for these types of stories. But this the only thing I knew before reading this book. After the first page I knew this book was unlike all the others.

First we have Dena, she is a character we've seen in the Club Prive books. Dena is quitting her job to take a job as and Assistant District Attorney. Her dream job. While she's looking at how her life is changing , how one door is closing and another is opening, she is definite feeling lonely.

We quickly learn that Dena is having a difficult time finding a man who meets her needs. See she's not a true sexual submissive, or a true female dominant, she actually a switch. Someone who likes to dominate men sometimes, and other times likes to be dominated. It's truly difficult for her to find someone like herself. We get to see her as a female dominate, which is smoking hot. But it doesn't completely satisfy her. 

We get to meet Arik, who is new to NYC and to Club Prive. He is also an Attorney but for the other guys, he's a defense attorney. We learn how unsatisfactory Dena's new job is and hoe frustrating her whole life is, in walks a very sexy Arik, to Leather and Lace , another NYC BDSM club. They hit it off instantly, you could almost feel the heat coming off the pages. But then your left wanting. 

This book has great character development and we really dive into this world, which we have had glimpses at from Ms. Parker's pervious books. I look forward to grabbing the rest of Dena and Arik's story and hope they can find a happy ending.

The Billionaire's Toys- Book One- Brooke Ravenwood

This first thing I have to tell you about this book, is that it is not a full length novel. It is only the first part of a series of short stories. This story is about 71 pages long, so a great quick read, but does leave you hanging. 

The idea of this story is you have a cute young lady named Jennifer, who is busting her butt working in a lingery store, and ear lying her degree in fashion design. Her goal is to one day be a designer of beautiful women's undergarments. She meets a beautiful man named Jack Montgomery. He was a customer at the shop she worked at and he left his credit card behind. Jennifer is asked to bring it to him. She soon realizes this man is a sexy hot billionaire who wants to show her how sexual she can be and really push her limits. The characters ar developed really well. And the heat is evident between the to character. The only problem with this book, is its so much like all these others ut on the market. Boy meets girl, boy wants to dominate girl, girl does what guy wants. Pretty much a Pretty Women Movie reference. It wasn't a bad story, but it wasn't very remembrance either.

Life Blood by V. M. Black

I read Life Blood, by V. M. Black on a bonus day off. It was a super quick read. I had the heads up that this was more like a short story, that is left in a cliff hanger. There are several of these short stories, so I strongly recommend getting all of the short stories so you can read them more as a whole novel. I grabbed this book via kindle on one of the free days. 

So knowing that this story was short, and left a cliff hanger, I was surprised how fast I got sucked into this story! You have a young girl, a senior in college with her whole life in front of her, except she has terminal cancer. Her doctors have suggested hospice. But she also gives her a card with no name, just a phone number. She has so many questions, but you really don't get the answers you need to really understand what she's signing up for. The only thing we know is that we have a devilishly handsome man who she can't resist and the determination to live, even when everything says she's dying. 

The charter development of the female lead is really well done, especially within  such short number of pages. I get drawn in to this world, wondering who is Mr. Thorne really? And wondering first what choice Cora is going through make, and how will that choice play out for he. You definitely get sucked in because of the life or death h situation that Cora is in, the more curious when Mr. Thorne presents another option which has a 1 out of 100 chance of actually working. 

I definitely recommend grabbing this free version, and if you like it, grab the next five books in this series! 

Satan ~ book 5 of The Hades Squad ~ by Jianne Carlo

This past long weekend I was able to tucker down and devour several books! Not only did I finish Dead Ice and The Bourbon Kings, but I also read Book 5 in the Hades Series.  Satan's book was so good! 

First you have a typical story where girl meets guy, guy reacts to girl, girl wants to have four days of hot monkey sex and fun, before she goes off on a mission to killer her families murderer. Angel (gotta love the play with names 😏) is trying to get all of her ducks in a row and bide her time until she can kill the man that has murdered her parents and brother. Meanwhile, you have Satan who is very anti-social leader of a black ops security group who are all ex-navy SEALs. 

When Angel shows up a his door step, he has a immediate physical reacting, but he's a guy, so no big surprise. But this perpetual bachelor, quickly finds that Angel is quickly making room in his house, life and heart. Angel is so much like Satan, that it's surprising. These two are hot together, plus there is mystery, decent, and suspense in this amazing story. We get to see some of our previous characters and get to enjoy a great story.

The Bourbon Kings by J. R. Ward

The first book in a new series by famed author J.R.Ward is The Bourbon Kings. This story is set up similar to her New York Times Best Seller Series, The Blackdagger Brotherhood Series. You have a story that revolves around one main couple, but actually encompasses everyone near by. So you have all these amazing characters Witt their own problems/issues, that cause there to be multiple story lines, with different plots going on within one amazing story. The character development is spot on with this southern gentlemen and ladies of southern privilege. There is such deceit and back stabbing that your drawn into this southern soap opera. 

The story does start off slow, in my opinion, simply because it's a new series and so much back story that we need to learn about. . But it quickly sucks you in until your drowning in these characters and wondering what drama they are going to have to face next. The amount of tragedy this family has to face would even make Jerry Springer say "wow!"  I was able to read almost this entire book (minus 54pages) all on a quiet Saturday before the Patriots Game ;)

 I kept wondering when Lane and Lizzie would just get their sh*t together. One of my favorite terms is God won't give you more than you can handle, but for this family you just want them to catch a break. This is not a fairytale story where everything is wrapped up at the end with a happy ever after ending. Instead you are left worry about these characters, you are emotionally wrecked after finishing this novel and are so consumed by the characters, that it's almost heartbreaking to realize you have to wait for the next novel.

So Ms.Ward, like always, I am patiently awaiting the next novel in the Bourbon King Series, so I can jump back into this amazing world you have created. I have so many questions unanswered and want to see what happens to these extraordinary characters you have created. however maybe the Television Series that the rights were sold, may help me also :) check out the link to this new article! http://deadline.com/2015/08/the-bourbon-kings-nbc-drama-series-kentucky-1201503538/