Review: Beyond A Highland Whisper

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Title: 

Beyond A Highland Whisper

Author: 

Maeve Greyson

Release Date:

February 18, 2011

Publisher:

The Wild Rose Press

Word Count:

approx. 73,000

Purchase Links:  

Amazon

The Wild Rose Press

Author's Website:

http://www.maevegreyson.com/

Description:  

Can love prevail over the dark magic of a woman scorned?

The last time Latharn MacKay walked among his kinsman was in Scotland of 1410. Sensuous and charismatic, all the women wanted him, but none could capture his heart. Latharn's charm became his curse when a dark sorceress didn’t take rejection well. She snared his soul into a crystal globe until the one woman destined to be his love whispered his release. Now all Latharn has to do is find her and guide her to him without speaking a word.

One of the youngest archeologists in St Louis of 2010, Nessa credits one thing for this achievement: the recurring dream of a heart-stopping Highlander since the summer she turned eighteen years old. Little does she know, he's not some fantasy cooked up by her subconscious. He’s a trapped soul determined for Nessa to end his six centuries in hell.

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Review: A Love Rekindled

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Title: 

A Love Rekindled

Author: 

Myne Whitman

Release Date:

March 2011

Word Count:

approx. 72,000

Purchase Links:  

Amazon

Author's Website:

http://www.mynewhitmanwrites.com/

Description:  

When Efe Sagay receives a transfer to the branch of a prestigious hotel chain in the Nigerian capital, she accepts it, happy to return home to family after years in the United States. Also, Nigeria is a big place, right? There should be nothing about her new city, Abuja, to remind her of the heartbreak of her relationship with ex-fiancé, Kevwe Mukoro.

However, Efe is facing Kevwe across an office seven months later, swamped by emotions she’d thought were dead. When Kevwe claims he’s never stopped loving her, and asks why she abandoned him, Efe stomps off, incensed! Wasn’t it the other way around?

But they are unable to stay away from each other, and buried desire flares. Ultimately, passion is no match for the bitter memories of broken promises. Efe and Kevwe have to resolve the traumatic events of the past before love can be rekindled.

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Review: Eulogy's Secret

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Title: 

Eulogy's Secret

Author: 

Grace Elliot

Release Date:

October 18, 2011

Word Count:

approx. 68,000

Purchase Links:  

Amazon

Amazon UK

Smashwords

Author's Website:

http://graceelliot-author.blogspot.com

Description:  

In the four weeks since her guardian’s death, Eulogy Foster has lost everything. She travels to London seeking the help of Lord Lucien Devlin, the estranged brother who doesn’t know she exists. But Lord Devlin turns her away and alone on the streets, Eulogy is attacked, robbed and thrown onto the mercy of a passing stranger.

Jack Huntley - bitter, cynical and betrayed in love -believes women are devious, scheming creatures and not to be trusted. So when one night he saves a naive young woman from rape, little does he suspect how life is about to change. Despite his growing attraction to Miss Foster, Jack has a problem: Eulogy Foster has a secret involving his bitterest enemy, Lord Devlin, and he can’t trust her.

As Eulogy learns the haunting story of her mother’s past, she knows she will only marry for true love. Deeply drawn to Jack Huntley, she needs him to confess his love before she shares the secret of her birth. Caught in a deadlock, with neither able to confess their true feelings, events take a sinister turn as it becomes clear someone wants Eulogy Foster dead.

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Review: Four of Hearts

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Title: 

Four of Hearts

Author: 

Roz Lee

Release Date:

November 2011

Publisher:

Red Sage Publishing

Word Count:

approx. 61,000

Purchase Links:  

Red Sage Publishing 

Amazon 

Barnes & Noble

Author's Website:

http://www.rozlee.net/

Description:  

Marriage hasn’t tamed Candace Callahan’s sexual curiosity, something her husband Ryan is grateful for, but when she asks him to tie her up for her anniversary present, he knows he’s going to need the help of their friends, Richard Wolfe and his wife, Fallon. 

Dr. Fallon Enright is the resident sex therapist aboard the Lothario - the cruise ship co-owned by her husband and Ryan Callahan. When Ryan asks to participate in one of their couple’s rope bondage classes, Richard isn’t sure it’s a good idea, but Fallon assures him all will be well.

What begins as innocent curiosity, blossoms into a polyamorous relationship none of them could have expected, but they are powerless to ignore. When the tabloids expose their new lifestyle, the foursome must choose between the love they feel for each other, or accepting society’s moral constraints.

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Review: Love Me Twice

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Title: 

Love Me Twice

Author: 

Roz Lee

Release Date:

August 1, 2011

Publisher:

Red Sage Publishing

Word Count:

approx. 57,000

Purchase Links:  

Red Sage Publishing 

Amazon

All Romance

Author's Website:

http://www.rozlee.net/

Description:  

Sean Callahan came aboard the Lothario to do his brother Ryan a favor, and ended up the man in charge when both Ryan and Richard left the ship with the women they love. The last thing he needs is a complication, and Celeste is definitely a complication. Once upon a time Celeste had been part of his team as well as his lover, but after a disaster of a mission, and the realization that the other member of his team, Drew was in love with her too, she'd disappeared. Now she’s back, and it’s high time she choose.

Some women have all the luck. Celeste just isn't one of them. All the luck she seems to have is the bad kind. How else can you explain ending up on a ship with the two men she's tried to forget for the last five years? Even worse, not a thing has changed. She still loves them both. Leaving them behind only postponed the decision she knows she has to make, and they aren’t helping any. In fact, they’re both doing everything they can to convince her to choose them. But, Celeste isn’t choosing anyone until she understands how their ménage a trios turned into a ménage gone wrong.

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Review: Legacy of the Highlands

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Title: 

Legacy of the Highlands 
Author: 

Harriet Schultz 
Release Date:

November 1, 2011 
Word Count:

approx. 99,000 
Purchase Links:  

Amazon 

Smashwords 
Author's Website:

harrietschultz.blogspot.com/

Description:  

What does a vow made 700 years ago in Scotland have to do with a murder in twenty-first century Boston?

When Will Cameron’s body is discovered in a Boston alley, the only clue to the thirty-four-year-old man’s murder is a pristine Scottish sgian dubh dagger left beside it. His devastated widow, Alexandra, flees Boston to find refuge in the Miami villa of Will’s best friend, Diego Navarro, who has the means, power and temperament to solve the puzzle and to avenge the senseless killing.

Diego, a handsome and wealthy Argentine, is equally determined to win the grieving widow’s heart. The growing attraction to each other becomes hard to resist as Alex and Diego follow leads that take them from Miami to Buenos Aires and Scotland, unraveling the Cameron family’s secrets and the Legacy of the Highlands.

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Review: Midnight Sun

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Title: 

Midnight Sun

Author: 

MJ Fredrick

Release Date:

June 2011

Word Count:

approx. 60,000

Purchase Links:  

Smashwords

Amazon

Author's Website:

http://www.mjfredrick.com

Description:  

This wasn’t the adventure she’d signed up for…

A sexy boss, a rough crossing, and pirates—all Brylie Winston wanted was a job to help her earn money to buy her own restaurant. She hopes to earn it by working as a chef on a cruise to Antarctica. But she’s slept with her boss, which throws her off-balance even more than the rough seas and warnings of pirates in the area. And he’s determined to have a repeat performance…

Bad boy former snowboarder Marcus Devlin is running from his reputation, sent to learn the family business after decking a senator’s son and making the papers. So maybe he indulged in a last-minute fling before boarding his family’s cruise ship to Antarctica. Perhaps Fate is showing him that wasn’t so bad—the gorgeous redhead who snuck out of his bed is on the cruise. She’ll be a lovely distraction during his exile.

But when South American pirates take over the ship, his instinct is to protect her and the other passengers. But what does a spoiled rich boy know about saving people’s lives?

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Review: Hunted

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Title: 

Hunted

Author: 

Carolyn Rosewood

Release Date:

July 15, 2011

Publisher:

Evernight Publishing

Word Count:

approx. 30,000

Purchase Links:  

Evernight Publishing 

Author's Website:

http://carolynrosewood.com/

Description:  

For the past four hundred years, Jahi Wickes has made forged documents and credit cards for the female demons who seduce men into signing away their souls. While enjoying the parades at Mardi Gras, she's ambushed by two angels. One is her former guardian angel, and the other is the Nephilim who’s tracking him.

Dagon has been chasing Vassago for three years. His first big break comes in the form of a cute, sexy demon. When he learns the real reason Vassago is hunting her, Dagon has more trouble than he bargained for. Not only was Vassago sent to guard souls in Purgatory after screwing up his assignment with Jahi, but the person who paid him to destroy her is one of her fellow demons.

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Review: Erotic Deception

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Title: 

Erotic Deception

Author: 

Karen Cote

Release Date:

October 14, 2011

Publisher:

MuseItHot Publishing

Word Count:

Approx. 51,000

Purchase Links:  

MuseItHot Publishing 

Author's Website:

www.karencote.tv/

Description:  

Her brother was dead. He’d practically raised her and stood by her during a miscarriage that left her barren. He’d been the sole person she’d had left in this world. How had Dr. Lily Delaney with a PhD in Psychology missed the psychotic signs of Anthony Capriccio, the Kansas City District Attorney and her ex-fiancé? Now at twenty-nine she was on the run to hide from the impending threats to her own life. But on the road to a safe secluded lake community, Lily crashes into the path of a new dangerous element, literally. One with deep blue eyes who totes a badge and carries a gun. And would their budding relationship be threatened when Lily finds out her own doctor had lied and discovers she really can have children? How would the sheriff take knowing she’d gotten pregnant when she’d already heartily assured him she wasn’t?

 

After his experience as a detective in Kansas City, Missouri, Jet Walker enjoyed his life as sheriff of the quiet lake community, Windom Hills. However, when Lily Delaney literally crashes into his car and life, his world disrupts into chaos. Couldn’t the woman do anything normal? Between fighting to protect her and fighting against his growing attraction for her, the previous peace Jet had found was now falling apart. And how could he possibly trust another woman after the trick his ex-wife played in trying to pass off another man’s child as his?

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Review: Painted Jezebel

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Title:
Painted Jezebel 

Author:
Jolie Pethtel 
Release Date:
September 30, 2011 
Publisher:
MuseItUp Publishing 
Word Count:
approx. 65,000 
Purchase Links:
MuseItUp Publishing 
Author's Website:
http://websd-jezebeljinxcom.webs.com/

Description:  

Publicist Finn Mackenzie has always been lucky, until an ill-fated affair with a vindictive writer leaves him one chance for redemption: a spectacular public appearance by the elusive best-selling romance author, Jezebel Jinx.

Unfortunately, the cute but kooky writer refuses to cooperate. Jezebel believes she’s cursed with bad luck. Riddled with anxieties, she never leaves her home— until the gorgeous, albeit desperate Finn whisks her away to a writer’s conference, against her will.

After the initial shock wears off, Jezebel’s dormant hormones kick into high gear around the hunky Finn.

When his ex turns up murdered and Jezebel is the prime suspect, ill-planned sexcapades are the least of their worries.

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Review: Stand and Deliver Your Heart

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Title: 

Stand and Deliver

Author: 

Killarny Sheffield

Release Date:

September 16, 2011

Publisher:

MuseItUp Publishing

Word Count:

approx 61,000

Purchase Links:  

Muse It Up Publishing

Author's Website:

http://romanceauthorkillarneysheffield.yolasite.com/about-us.php#/

Description:  

Mistress Sarah was once a woman of promise, until a greedy relative left her to fend for herself on the cold, hard streets of London.  Now, she does the only thing she can to survive and care for those she has sworn to protect.

 

Lord Byron Cobbett has given up on life after the death of his beloved fiancée.  On a trip to London to clear his family’s name he is involved in a carriage accident.

 

Sarah gets more than she bargains for when she unwittingly rescues Byron.  She must find a way to convince him to keep her secret.  Can she allow herself to love him and still keep her promise?  Will Byron stand and deliver his heart to the auburn-haired bandit and risk his own freedom?

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Review: The Innocence of Roast Chicken

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Title: 

The Innocence of Roast Chicken 
Author: 

Jo-Anne Richards 
Release Date:

Republished May 2011 
Publisher:

Rebel ePublishers 
Word Count:

approx. 83,000 
Purchase Links: 

Amazon 
Author's Website:

http://joannerichards.com/

Description:  

After an idyllic childhood and magical holidays on her grandparents’ chicken farm, the conundrum is why Kate – now married to Joe, a human rights’ lawyer – is so cynical, closed and unforgiving.

Her unrelenting attitude, combined with Joe’s loss of faith in his ability to promote change, precipitates a painful confrontation.  The necessary expiation reveals a child’s loss, a child’s feelings of impotence and a child’s anguish at her failure to pre-empt harm.

Kate’s liberation is evocative, elegant and compelling. 

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Review: Don't Look Now

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Title: 

Don't Look Now

Author: 

Heide Katros

Release Date:

July 2011

Word Count:

approx. 97,000

Purchase Links:  

Amazon

Direct from Author

Author's Website:

http://www.heidekatros.com/

Description:  

Les Harper faces some tough choices about his future with a prestigious law firm and the unexpected inheritance of his father’s estate. Hoping to clear his mind, he decides on a short trip to New Orleans. Instead of the anticipated R&R he ends up in a police holding cell, a suspect in a street murder. 

Careena Torres, a tough New Orleans cop is the arresting officer. She turns a deaf ear to his claim about his innocence. However, when his claims are confirmed the next day she looks him up to apologize. She is not prepared for the instant attraction she feels for Les. For years she has hidden a dark past behind her police badge. She is not ready for any relationship, though she doesn’t realize that it’s already too late for that. But since the murder was gang related, sanctioned by a handful of dirty cops, who believe that Careena and Les know more than they admit both their lives are on the line. 

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Review: Secrets in the Sand

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Title: 

Secrets in the Sand

Author: 

Alana Lorens

Release Date:

April 2011

Publisher:

The Wild Rose Press

Word Count:

approx. 58,000

Purchase Links:  

The Wild Rose Press 

Author's Website:

http://alanalorens.com 

Description:  

After a run of bad relationships, Lily Pearl Evans has finally become an independent woman. In the New Mexico desert town of Chaparral, she works for herself in her own house,  she sets her own rules, and she's determined no man will hold her back again.

Gene Nicholas worked for more than a decade to achieve his dream to be a doctor. Wanting to share his gifts with those less fortunate, he leaves South Florida to volunteer for a tour with Doctors without Borders in Mexico.

When Gene provokes a showdown with the local Mexican drug cartel, he becomes a man with a price on his head. On the run, he ends up on Lily’s doorstep, a mystery man forced to conceal his past to protect them both. With the cartel’s dangerous web drawing tight around them, can Lily and Gene survive a druglord’s revenge?

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Review: The Ravaged Fairy

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Title: 

The Ravaged Fairy

Author: 

Anna Keraleigh

Release Date:

May 25, 2011

Publisher:

Evernight Publishing

Word Count:

approx. 52,000

Purchase Links:  

Evernight Publishing

Amazon

Author's Website:

http://annakeraleigh.weebly.com

Description:  

What would happen to a fairy without wings?

Thame is a warrior, a golden fairy who is loyal to the King and new Queen. They are on the verge of war with the Trolls. It’s an ongoing battle that he fought with success...until now. The enemy captures him, cuts off his wings and strands him on the remote Aran Islands. His escape is a miracle, but the night is still young.

Breena never expects to find a half-naked man with a mutilated back in the middle of her home. Now she finds herself in the middle of a war she didn’t even know existed on top of discovering she’s only part human.

Can Breena heal Thame's ravaged heart?

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Review: Love Never Fails

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Title: 

Love Never Fails

Author: 

Lee Ann Sontheimer Murphy

Release Date:

May 29, 2011

Publisher:

Rebel Ink Press

Word Count:

approx. 58,000

Purchase Links:  

Amazon

All Romance

Author's Website:

http://leeannsontheimermurphy.blogspot.com/

Description:  

Old love sometimes fades away...

When a late night phone call from the former love of her life interrupts both her sleep and her otherwise quiet existence, Caroline Cunningham finds she can't refuse Reid Ramsay's request for help. As the call pulls Caroline back to her small hometown and into the heart of the search for Reid's missing brother, Caroline finds the feelings she thought she'd buried where Reid was concerned are indeed alive and well.

And sometimes it refuses to die...

Reid Ramsay is still in love with Caroline Cunningham. As they work together searching for Reid's brother, Reid and Caro finding themselves attempting to rebuild the life they once shared together. But their future remains uncertain. Before they can find the happiness they seek, each must work through the emotional baggage of the past and test the theory they desperately hope rings true.

Laura’s Review:

Review: Pulled

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Title: 

Pulled

Author: 

Amy Lichtenhan

Release Date:

February 24, 2011

Publisher:

The Writer's Coffee Shop Publishing House

Word Count:

approx. 116,000

Purchase Links:  

The Writer's Coffee Shop Publishing House

Author's Website:

www.amylichtenhan.com

www.thewriterscoffeeshop.com/alichtenhan

Description:  

For nine years, they drift through life, unable to forget the one who holds the strings to their hearts.  In an attempt to escape the pain of her past, Melanie finds herself trapped in a loveless marriage, while Daniel loses himself in a career that means nothing without Melanie by his side.

Now, when their lives intersect, neither can deny the connection they felt so long ago.

But will the power that drew them together be enough to heal the wounds from their past, and do they have the courage to overcome the insecurities and fears that threaten to keep them apart?

Pulled is a story of attraction and separation, of destiny and duty, of a love so strong it refuses to give up even when all others have.

Laura’s Review:

Review: Hog Wild

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Title: 

Hog Wild

Author: 

Christine London

Release Date:

Publisher:

MuseItHot Publishing

Word Count:

approx. 45,000

Purchase Links: 

MuseItHot Publishing 

Author's Website:

Description:  

Kyle Matthews might have the music world by the horns, but when he loses out in love to his most famous client and best friend, he escapes into the wilds of the desert southwest on a restorative motorcycle trip. Will the hard driving, salty tongued gorgeous mechanic he relies upon to fix his Harley be able to mend his heart, as well?

Laura’s Review:

Review: Tell Me You Want Me

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Title: 

Tell Me You Want Me

Author: 

Amelia James

Release Date:

March 2011

Word Count:

approx. 61,000

Purchase Links:  

Smashwords

Author's Website:

https://trashystreasures.wordpress.com/

Description:  

Their first kiss is impulsive, fun, a little wicked—everything Jane Elliot isn’t looking for in a man—but desperately needs.  Their second kiss is slow, deliberate, an instant connection—everything Austin Sinclair never had with a woman—and doesn’t want.

 

Jane isn’t the easy conquest Austin’s used to.  She’s a stubborn-as-hell bookworm who’s more interested in studying than dating.  She needs a little—no—a lot of fun in her life, and Austin’s just the guy who can give it to her.  Too bad she thinks love should easy. Too bad Austin knows it isn’t. 

 

Everybody told her to stay away from the heartbreaker, but Jane knows there’s more to Austin than full-body contact kisses and bad boy charm.  All he ever promised her was a good time and wow, does he ever deliver….

 

Laura’s Review:

Review: The Pickle My Little Friend

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Title: 

The Pickle My Little Friend

Author: 

T.C. Archer

Release Date:

March 2011

Word Count:

approx. 9,000

Purchase Links: 

All Romance 

Amazon

Author's Website:

http://www.tcarcher.com/

Description:  

The ninth victim in the Bicycle Chain murders is found dead on his living room floor grasping a paper bag containing a pickle.

Detective Jack Carter is working on the biggest murder case of his life. Which means, the last thing he needs is to find out that the one woman he has feelings for might be involved in the murders.

Vicky Peik knows things—and one of those things is that her boss, Detective Jack Carter, is in over his head. Vicky has stayed a step ahead of Jack in her private investigation. Only problem is, despite her ability to sense the killer, he has managed to stay a step ahead of her. Something’s wrong, and it’s closer to home than Jack can imagine. Can Vicky find the killer before things go too far, and Jack can’t get out? 

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