RELEASE BLITZ: Ricochet: Friendly Fire (Ricochet, Book 2) by Heather C Leigh

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Blurb

Rick "Ricochet" Brennan served eight years as an elite Marine special ops Force Recon soldier. After an injury, and the terrible memories from that night, he retires and goes to work for his former Command Officer, Howard "Mack" McEvoy, at his training center in Atlanta.

Sanctum MMA appears on the surface to be a normal gym, training elite fighters to be the best. Except each trainer, hand-picked by Mack, possesses a special background that allows Mack to run one of the best-kept secrets in the country.

When twenty-three year old Quinn Wallace finally escapes her abusive husband, she turns to her father’s old Marine Corps buddy, Mack, for help. Broken and skittish, Quinn finds herself surrounded by large, intimidating men— men who could easily overpower her. She avoids them the best she can, but when Rick turns out to be more than just a rough fighter with bruised knuckles, she finds herself wondering if she can allow herself to trust again.

Excerpt

*Warning: graphic

 “Law breaker? Hardly,” she scoffed. “I just don’t want to go through the trouble to get a license and then have to change my…” The conversation came to an abrupt halt. Quinn looked up at Rick slack-mouthed, with discernible fear in her wide eyes.

“Change? Change what?”

She waved a shaky hand in the air dismissively. “Nothing. I don’t know what I was saying.”

Rick knew she was lying. He didn’t even need the extensive interrogation training he received in the Marines to see the blatant lie.

What in the hell is she hiding from me?

He was getting damn sick of the evasiveness and the games that Quinn played. Unfortunately, this wasn’t the time or the place to get into an argument with her and he promised that he wouldn’t push her to discuss things. Rick silently seethed, clenching his hands under the table.

The rest of the meal was finished quickly. Neither of them touched on subjects other than safe, impersonal ones, sports, traffic, and the weather.

F*ck! I’m sitting here discussing the mother f*cking weather while the girl I love slips through my fingers.

Love? A bolt of fear shot through Rick’s heart, jump starting it until it was pumping erratically against his chest.

I love her?

Rick mulled it over as they drove back to Quinn’s apartment, turning it over in his mind a hundred different ways with no clear answer. He walked her up the stairs, waiting for her to unlock the door. As he stood there watching her, the sun glinting off of the golden highlights in her dark hair, it finally hit him, sucking the air from his lungs.

Without a doubt, I f*cking love her.

Quinn opened the door, turning to say good-bye. This time, Rick wasn’t going to let her push him away. There would be no more keeping him at arm’s length. He loved her, and he wasn’t going to give up. Pride be damned, he’d f*cking grovel on his knees if that’s what it took.

Rick inhaled a deep breath and moved into the apartment, forcing Quinn to step back so he could fit through the doorway.

“Rick, what—”

Done with the bullsh!t dance they’d been doing, he silenced Quinn by crushing his mouth over hers, spinning them until her back hit the partially open door, slamming it closed. Rick pressed his weight against her, pinning her soft body against the thick slab of wood as he dominated her, thrusting his denim-covered c*ck against her abdomen. He could sense the exact moment Quinn stopped fighting, giving herself over to the pleasure. Her tense muscles relaxed and her mouth joined in, yet she allowed Rick to control the kiss.

Lips and teeth mashed together brutally, Rick’s tongue plunging into the depths of her mouth. This wasn’t a gentle kiss meant to be romantic. No, it was a rough display of possessiveness, of pent up desire. It was all of Rick’s love and anguish coming out in one overwhelming display of need and power.

He slid his arms around Quinn’s waist, gripping her round backside and pressing his fingers deep into the soft flesh. He tugged her hips forward, grinding their groins together almost painfully. Quinn moaned into Rick’s mouth, her desperate sounds acting like gasoline on the fire roaring through his body.

Review

RATING:

*Complimentary copy received from author*

Please NOTE: For mature readers; graphic language/scenes.

As I was reading this, I really feel this shouldn’t have worked but lo and behold, it did. There was a whole lot of talk about emotions and at times, the angst was bordering on heavy-handed but it totally worked. For the most part, it felt like it was all about exploring their respective feelings for each other. Quinn continuing to do her best to move forward and not mess whatever it is she had with Rick, if she was lucky. I did want to wring her neck at certain times but I get it. I understood why she was struggling the way she was. And Rick was doing his best to be more comfortable about his feelings for Quinn, it was just endearing to see.

There was very little action except near the end and if you count the scenes with Rick and his buddies doing their MMA and covert operative stuff. I did enjoy those parts. It satisfied the 12-yr old boy in me, with the mention of St. Pierre LOL And all that talk about secret ops reminds me of the action/suspense film I’ve enjoyed in the past.

If the last part of the 1^st book felt off for me, the last part here completely worked for me, when the real action started happening. The intense pull between these 2 was magnetic. And I knew with what scene that sh!t was about to go down. And down it went, leaving the readers with 1 big cliffie of an ending.

Gah!!!

Ricochet Series Reading Order

Ricochet:  Locked & Loaded

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Ricochet:  Friendly Fire

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Ricochet: Extraction Point

Releases April 12th

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Author Information

After growing up in New England, I currently live just outside Atlanta, GA.

I love the Red Sox and hate the Yankees.

I love hot, sexy romance novels, but hate long, drawn out misunderstandings as a plot line.

I love book series, but hate cliffhangers.

I love alpha males, but hate when they borderline on abusive.

Mostly? I love love love chocolate.

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RELEASE DAY BLITZ: Unblocked- Episode 2 by Marni Mann

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Blurb

One taste was all it took. 
Derek Block demands more. 
Frankie Jordan wants to run. 
Pleasure complicates business. 
But some passion is just too hard to resist. 
Things are getting hotter as real estate gets real…. 

This is Episode Two of the five-episode Timber Towers novella series.

Excerpt

*Warning: graphic

I knelt on the bed and straddled her body, holding her hands against the headboard. I had made a special request for this bed, I wanted something wooden, with slats on the headboard, carved and sanded, so the finish was smooth on all four sides. I knew she could handle the rubbing, but I didn’t want her skin cut or splintered.

“You’re not going to tie me up…”

I weaved the flannel around her wrists and secured the knots to the headboard. “I’m not?” The shirt was tight enough to prevent her from moving, but loose enough to allow circulation.

She glanced at my handiwork. “You warned me that you would do this…I never thought you really would.”

“Don’t ever doubt me, Frankie. I always keep my promises.”

Review

RATING:

*Complimentary ARC provided by author*

Oh my, was that intense or what! And all thanks to Derek!! I tell ya, Derek is one intense smokin' hot piece of alpha! *g*

So Frankie was still reeling from that awkward situation she found herself in at the end of book 1, but Derek didn't really give her a chance to dwell on that. His 'pursuit' of her was relentless and all take-charge, whether he continues to believe it's just a one-time deal for him/both of them. Loved it! I don't think Frankie really stood a chance. 

I like how Frankie is discovering things about herself when it comes to Derek without compromising her work self. And thanks to Derek's POV, I like seeing how his control slips every now and then because of Frankie. Their personalities are now really opening up, along with the story. Theirs and the people around them too, like Brea and Will...

It really feels like this was over in a blink of an eye. I guess that's how much I'm enjoying it. And you can tell, there's so much more to reveal abut Derek and his past, how that might affect the present and the future. I wonder how Frankie will handle all that as her thing with Derek spills over her work which I'm sensing it will, at some point. And with that cliffhanger, dang! You just won't be able to just walk away.

Marni, book 3 now pleeeease!!!

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REVIEW: Stygian by Nashoda Rose

RATING:

*Complimentary ARC received from author*

Please NOTE: For mature readers; graphic language/scenes.

Danni: Mortal

I remember nothing of my abduction two years ago. Sounds and scents trigger horrific flashes, but it’s all a blur except for one man with brilliant green eyes. When the tatted six foot two Adonis shows up at my door, my knowledge of the world is shattered. Bound to the immortal Scar by an ancient spell, we are on the run. Because Balen is the hunted. 

And if he dies, so do I.

Balen: Scar Tracker My code of honor was respected without question … until I consumed the blood of a vampire in exchange for a mortal woman’s freedom. The Scars want me imprisoned. The Wraiths want me dead. But the woman I can’t forget needs me. And I’ll risk everything to protect her. Even if it means killing her. 

Because in order for her to live—first she must die.

 Full-length novel. Come meet the Scars.

Scars: Immortal warriors with capabilities derived from the senses: Trackers, Sounders, Healers, Tasters, Visionaries, and the rare Reflectors. They each have what is known as an Ink, a tattoo that can be called to life.
There are three full-length prequels to TAKE (scars of the wraiths). This is book One. All three prequels were previously published and have been re-written entirely and are now in multiple first person POVs.

*Stygian was originally entitled JUMP.

REVIEW

Danni and Balen's story started from a very bad place that came with a lot of sacrifice and from this sacrifice, a connection was born. Not as natural as it turns out but no less real regardless.

I love Danni's journey from her horrific experience to being who she became. Her pain and her strength, felt genuine. And as she became this "new person" and having to deal with the new world she finds herself in, I was feeling everything she's feeling, the confusion and all. I love her caustic humor and her feisty spirit throughout the story.

Balen, now if you're enamored with Nashoda's H's as much as I am, then I think you won't be disappointed with Balen, not at all. Sigh... 

I love the connection b/w Danni and Balen. Heart this couple, for sure!

Seeing that this is a prequel, I felt it was a good introduction to this new world that Nashoda built, or at least I took this to be a better one than how it was with Take. There were multiple POVs so you just don't get Danni's and Balen's POV. I didn't understand why at first, then I got it, this is a prequel after all. And these POVs definitely sucked me in some more to their world but it did take away a bit of time from Danni and Balen's story, just sayin...

Lastly, if my first Nashoda read reminded me of KA with a Nicholas Spark feel to it, now with her PNR world, I'm getting a Nalini Singh feel as well. And I'm definitely ok with that.

Who's next Nashoda? Kilter? Yay! Then Waleron? Yay! Then go back to Keir and Anstice? Jedrik? Ryker? Hack? I can keep going, you know... Pretty please with icing on top:)


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PRE-RELEASE BLITZ: Silver Bastard by Joanna Wylde

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Blurb

First in the new Silver Valley series from the New York Times bestselling author of the Reapers Motorcycle Club Novels.

Fourteen months. For fourteen months, Puck Redhouse sat in a cell and kept his mouth shut, protecting the Silver Bastards MC from their enemies. Then he was free and it was time for his reward--full membership in the club, along with a party to celebrate. That's when he saw Becca Jones for the first time and set everything in motion. Before the night ended he'd violated his parole and stolen her away from everything she knew.

Five years. It was five years ago that Puck destroyed Becca and saved her all in one night. She's been terrified of him ever since, but she's even more terrified of the monsters he still protects her from... But Becca refuses to let fear control her. She's living her life and moving forward, until she gets a phone call from the past she can't ignore. She has to go back, and there's only one man she can trust to go with her--the ex-con biker who rescued her once before.

Puck will help her again, but this time it'll be on his terms. No more lies, no more tears, and no more holding back what he really wants...

Excerpt from Silver Bastard

(*Warning: Graphic language)

“The Longnecks—they’re the MC my stepdad hung around with—they kept a lot of club whores around. Do the Silver Bastards do that, too?”

“Yup,” she replied. “It’s a free country and the brothers bring guests here all the time. Some of them stick around, some of them don’t. Some find they aren’t as welcome as they thought.”

“Doesn’t that bother you?”

“Boonie’s d!ck is the only one that matters to me,” she replied, her voice matter-of-fact. “As for the women, I care less about who they’re sleeping with than how they act the rest of the time. Like I said, f*ck with the sisters and you won’t last. Bridget won’t be back if she keeps this shit up.”

“Old ladies didn’t get to make those decisions in the Long- necks.”

Darcy smiled sweetly. “We don’t get to make those decisions in the Silver Bastards, either. Yet the right decisions still magically happen. Nobody knows how, really. Guess it’s just all our good karma coming back to us.”

My mouth dropped. Darcy winked.

“You think those men don’t need us?” she asked. “Boonie likes sleeping next to me. Gets cold and lonely when all the old ladies take a girls’ weekend in Seattle. Would be even colder and lonelier if we didn’t come back, and one time we forgot to for nearly a week. Fortunately things worked out and we found our way home again. Now things tend to work out faster.”

My eyes went wide.

“You serious?”

“Do I look like a woman who will eat shit?”

Point taken.

“Let’s get this trash out. I’m sure Puck will be looking for you  soon, and I want to make sure all the girls meet you first. That boy’s crazy about you—it’s cute. Like a pit bull crushing on a kitten.”

About the Author:

Joanna Wylde is a New York Times bestselling author and creator of the Reapers Motorcycle Club series. She currently lives in Idaho.

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REVIEW: Dominic (Ties of Steel, Book 2) by MJ Fields

RATING:

*Complimentary copy provided by author

Please NOTE: For mature audience; graphic scenes/language

The Italian, seductive, quiet alpha, Dominic Segretti, is leaving Livorno, Italy and headed for the Jersey Shore.
His family's business is in danger of crumbling under the management of a man who tormented and grossly underestimated his investment in a business he grew up loving, and the hatred of a man who made his life hell for thirteen years.
He has been quietly waiting for the right moment to bring Benito Deluca to his knees. He comes to the US, armed with enough evidence to prove his case to, Josephine Steel, his aunt, and his cousins, Cyrus, Jase, Zandor, and Xavier.
The night before he plans to tell them of the corruption that could cause the demise of DeLuca INC, he decides to take a night to de-stress. He plans a night of relaxation and enjoyment for himself at the Hilton Casino on the shore.
Delaney Johnson is starting over after a break-up and graduating college. She has landed the job of her dreams in NYC. Arrangements had been made to stay with her best friend, Nikki Bassett, and her fiancé', Abe O'Donnell.
Feeling that her luck has suddenly changed, she stops to play a few slots, just for fun. She finds herself winning big, and gains an admirer.
One hot night of uninhibited sex with a stranger takes her places she never knew she could go.
Dominic sees something in her, something familiar, something undeniable. Will this one hot night turn into many, or will the Beast's plans crush any hope of them exploring their future?

Review

I’ve come to the conclusion that MJ’s writing and I are not compatible, unfortunately. This is now the 2^nd MJ read for me that turned out just ok. The first one didn’t quite work out as well either but seeing that I’ve gotten a complimentary copy for this one too, I plowed thru it… More comme ci comme ça… sigh…

I’m finding I’m not a big fan of the way she lays out insta-connection b/w the H&h. I’m sorry, but I just couldn’t buy it basically. Unfortunately, the same concerns I had in my head with Abe were prevalent here too, with 1 or 2 minor improvements. I still couldn’t quite match the pacing of the story. From where I stand, the mood of the h seems to dictate the pace of the story. It drove me bat-sh!t crazy, personally. The last 30% kinda’ dragged for me as well. On the plus side, at least there was some semblance of responsibility with the use of protection during the first time and the dialogues flowed a lil more smoothly for me, which both bothered me in the first book…

So I think as much as MJ does her alpha H’s justice and she can write smokin’ smexy times, at this point , they’re not enough anymore for me to keep trying her other books, unfortunately. 

~Leftie

REVIEW: Abe (Ties of Steel, Book 1) by MJ Fields

RATING:

*Complimentary copy received from author*

Please NOTE: For mature audience; graphic scenes/language

Twenty-six-year-old Abraham O’Donnell is the CFO of Steel Inc. After working tirelessly for over a year, he takes a week off to enjoy the sand, surf, and bikini-clad women of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. After all, he's earned it.
When a brief interlude with a flight attendant in her hotel room goes awry, Abe heads to a rental home with a private beach. While floating naked in the pool, he learns a guest house on the property is also occupied. So much for rest and relaxation. Ever the gentleman, Abe tries to make the most of his misfortune, and offers to make the beauties staying on the property some dinner.
It's senior year and Nikolette (Nikki) Bassett is a few days late for her last college Spring Break with her four best girlfriends. When she arrives, all these ladies can talk about is the guy next door. And once Nikki gets a look at him, she knows what they mean. Fresh from an afternoon of surfing, Nikki can hardly believe her eyes when Abe approaches. The sexual tension and banter between the two of them leads to steamy hot sex on the Atlantic shore.
It's only a Spring Break fling, and both Abe and Nikki know better than to make it out to be more than that. Or do they? Abe’s calm demeanor changes once he has a taste of Nikki. That night, no location is safe. He takes her on the beach and ravages her in his bed. But despite their mind-blowing sex, Abe's taste for ultimate control in the bedroom makes Nikki uneasy. Nikki's just getting over a heartbreak and she can't afford to let Abe in. So, she pushes aside her budding feelings, and leaves Florida and Abe behind without a backwards glance.
Not used to being dumped and afraid to admit how much it hurts, Abe cuts his loses and heads back to Steel Inc., resume his role at the top of Steel Inc., pouring his heart and soul into his work. But Nikki Moore won't be forgotten so easily. Her taste, scent, voice, the noises she made when he brought her to ecstasy, the way she tasted on his tongue, and felt under his touch haunts him. Always fighting for control, Abe tries to push Nikki far into the back of his mind, as he fucks the rented women he had grown accustom to. 
But Karma is a bitch, and Abe blames her for Nikki leaving him the way she did. So when Nikki shows up unexpectedly, Abe welcomes Karma with open arms. Control has left the building and safety of one's heart is no longer strong enough to stop what happens next.
Abe, is the first in the Ties of Steel series from bestselling erotica author MJ Fields. It is a spin-off of the bestselling Men of Steel series featuring the Steel brothers: Jase, Cyrus, Zandor and Xavier.

Review

This is a first MJ Fields read for me and it wasn’t quite the winner I hoped it would be… Comme ci comme ça…

I enjoyed the premise, how a one-night stand turned out to be not so one-night stand. The MC’s are also ok, even the side ones, who clearly starred in MJ’s previous books and will star in future ones. They’re funny when they’re together.

What quite didn’t work for me:

I couldn’t quite got into the rhythm of the story. I’m sucked in one minute starting to really fall for the story then out of the blue, I’m yanked back out. It feels like the emotions flip at a drop of a hat. And it feels like some things got resolved quickly and too conveniently. And some of the dialogues had me scratching my head. So as ok as Nikki is, to a degree, I felt less patient about her waffling feelings for Abe. And Abe is all alpha, and sexy as hell. But one itty bitty thing, I happen to be one of those readers who likes to be responsible even in her romance reads so the lack of protection off the bat throws me off. All personal preference, as you can see…

I will still read Dominic, the 2^nd book in the series as I have also gotten a complimentary copy of that one and I stand by my commitment. My only hope is that between the first book and this, some things may have changed and I’ll get to enjoy the writing better. *crosses fingers*

~Leftie