Title: Tempting Bad

Author: M. Robinson

Date published: May 23, 2015

Genres: Adult Erotica

Steam Rating: Risqué

Main Characters: Brooke & Devon

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M. will blow your mind with this book y’all. Her brilliance knows no bounds. -Jen

Brooke
I’ve come from a privileged life and an even more privileged upbringing. My parents taught me right from wrong and everything in between… except I wanted the gray area. I wanted to live life on the edge with the possibility of falling over. I didn’t care about the consequences because I had no heart…
I left that on the floor of my parents’ bedroom door, shattered.
And never went back to pick up the pieces.

Devon
Family first.
I learned the meaning of the word hate.
I learned that life is a battlefield and I stood frontline.
I learned that praying doesn’t work and God doesn’t listen.
And I learned how to be a man…
All at the receiving end of my father’s fists, my mother’s tears, and my sisters screams.
You can’t run away from your past…
It will always find you, especially when you’re asleep.

Warning: Book contains adult situations.
Sex/language. Mature readers only.

Hmmm… Where to start? You need to know that I read Tempting Bad AFTER I read M.’s VIP Trilogy. (It is not necessary to read them first, but I highly recommend it. You can find the box set HERE)

After finishing the Trilogy I could NOT wait for Brooke’s story. I was yearning to know more about the sultry little slut and needed to know what made her tick. What happened to her to make her so jaded and so emotionally guarded? My first impression of her in VIP almost made me think she was going to be a conniving “frenemy” to the beloved Ysa. I didn’t want to like her… For fear that she would break my heart. How wrong was I? I can’t even count the ways.
Devon stole my heart as soon as Ysa walked into his bar. If anyone deserved to have a happily ever after it was him. This book made me rethink every interaction between him and Ysa in the Trilogy books. Giving me much needed insight into his mind in regards to their relationship. The execution of Brooke and Devon’s story was impeccable.

Brooke’s character was perfect. Perfectly broken. The spoiled little rich girl whose dreams are shattered by a secret she doesn’t understand. She is determined to never let a little thing like “Love” penetrate her heart and break her again. Who better to take on the VIP world than Brooke? She will make you fall in love with her and keep you begging for more… All the while calculating new ways to keep you coming back for another taste. She always appears to be available while never actually BEING available. She has made her life exactly what she wants it to be… She is perfectly happy… Or so she thinks.

And then there is Devon. Umm… Hello?!!! Is he not the embodiment of delicious?! In VIP we get “friendly” Devon, “brotherly” Devon… In this book we get “Sexy” Devon, “Dirty mouthed” Devon… “Holy fucking yum” Devon. We also get him in ways we never imagined. Damaged… Broken… Protective. Unlike Brooke he wants love… Wants to be loved. But he is haunted by the demons of his childhood and fears that he will become a monster. Destroying everything in it’s wake of he allows anyone to see what’s inside of him. The guilt… The pain… The tragedy.

When Brooke and Devon find each other their cataclysmic relationship is an eruption waiting to devastate everything in it’s wake. He is a man haunted by his memories and she is a woman on a mission to rule VIP. What they don’t factor in is love. Isn’t it always the least suspecting who get blindsided?

Aahhh! Spoilers spoilers spoilers!!!! I want to tell you so much. If this is your first taste of the VIP world I am so jealous… OooOo — how lucky you are to get to experience these characters for the first time. I wish it was my first time again, there is nothing quite like being enveloped by M. Robinson’s genius.

If you have read VIP, Madam, and MVP – I want give away the secrets you think you have figured out. I want to tell you EVERYTHING!!! How? Why? Who? Sadly… I can’t. All I can say is… Expect the unexpected. Because as soon as you think you’ve got it figured out – BAM! – your visions are demolished. M. will blow your mind with this book y’all. Her brilliance knows no bounds.

(You didn’t REALLY think I would give you spoilers did you?? Hahahaha!)

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I was there, but I wasn’t.
I danced around in a sea of emptiness and longing, it moved around me easily, carelessly, harshly.
It was all and it was nothing.
It made me full and it made me empty.
It pleased me and it dismayed me.
I didn’t care. I was there to do a job. To be a VIP. I played my part beautifully, just as I always did. Letting myself get taken away on empty promises of nothing, but somehow seemed like everything.

What if everything you thought to be true about love was shattered… Would you still take the chance to experience it?

Title: Punctured, Bruised and Barely Tattooed

Author: Jade C. Jamison

Published Date: September 30, 2014

Pages: 172

Steam Rating: Risqué

Genre: NA/Adult/Erotica

Main Characters: Kory McCallister & Stone Bowman

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Little bit Alpha… Little bit Sweetheart…

Stone Bowman is THE man! -Jen

**COMPANION NOVEL to the TANGLED WEB series**                     

Kory McCallister has had her eyes on tattoo artist Stone Bowman for quite some time—so long, in fact, that no other guy will do. Stone pushes every turn-on button Kory has—he’s tattooed from head to toe; he’s hot; he’s funny and charming; and he’s also mysterious. So when Kory’s friends dare her to ask Stone out on a date, she can’t believe she actually finds the guts to do it.

More surprising? He takes her up on the offer.

She discovers that, while his past might not be quite as dark or mysterious as she’d imagined, it’s bigger than she’d expected, and it’s something she will need to contend with if she decides she wants to keep him around to color her life for good.

Phew! I really enjoyed this book. The setting and back story behind the characters was intriguing and captivating…. But it’s fast pace didn’t linger on and on until it became repetitive. Which was a really nice change. Some authors feel the need to explain every single detail… Which is okay… But the expert way that Jade gets to the point without dwelling, made it more real. She had me feeling as though Kory was a real girlfriend of mine. That she just needed an outlet to finally tell her story…  like she just needed to get it out in order to expel the demons from her mind and finally get some peace. I felt her need pour through the pages. She is funny and sarcastic and extremely down to earth. And even though she suffered a terribly traumatic childhood she chooses to push through so that she can finally move forward. Don’t get me wrong, she definitely struggles with opening up – but when it finally happens, you can’t help but feel the angst leave her heart.

Stone fit perfectly with her. He revelled in the fact that she was different from all the other women in his life. She wasn’t there because of Malevolent Disorder or Spawn… She was there because of him. Just Stone. His demons make him more real. His struggles to get where he is now are heartbreaking. While his past is not as soul wrenching as hers, it is still a bone deep story to behold.  Which caused him to be guarded as well. Confiding in each other helps them both put things behind them.

Okay, now on to the good stuff heeheehee…. Can I just say HELL YES!

Talk about perfect combination —- Little bit Alpha… Little bit Sweetheart… Stone Bowman is THE man! He can sense what Kory needs before she even realizes it herself. They seriously could start a fire they are so hot together! Shit, these two had me reeling for more! The care he takes with her when she needs him to be gentle – The strength he gives when she doesn’t want to think… It’s effin panty melting! He is a GOD. Kory is one lucky ass chick.

And thus begins my love affair with Jade’s writing. I am a 100%  stalker  ummm….. fan.  I can’t wait to embark on my next adventure within her pages. If you haven’t discovered the genius that is Jade C. Jamison – what the hell are you waiting for? An invitation? Well, here it is:                                       

GET HER BOOKS NOW. You will not be disappointed. Get ready to fangirl babes… She rocked my literary world!

Jade C. Jamison was born and raised in Colorado and has decided she likes it enough to stay forever. Jade’s day job is teaching Creative Writing, but teaching doesn’t stop her from doing a little writing herself.

Unfortunately, there’s no one genre that quite fits her writing. Her work has been labeled romance, erotica, suspense, and women’s fiction, and the latter is probably the safest and closest description. But you’ll see that her writing doesn’t quite fit any of those genres.

You’ll have to discover Jade’s writing for yourself to decide if you like it.

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Daniel scanned them, looking for anything interesting to lift the dreary Monday, and his eyes went wide when they landed on the face of the man whose bed he had been in last night. “Oh shit,” he said too loudly, drawing the attention of the bailiff. He waved her off, muttering, “Nothing.”

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He promised to take me as far as I could go—and I wanted to go to the edge. My whole life has been a cover, a con, a lie. I was born into the grift, raised on the thrill of playing someone I’m not. As a rule, I never let anyone get too close—until Cole August makes it impossible for me to stay away. Cole is tough, sexy, and intensely loyal, yet his secrets are dark and his scars run deep. Not many women can handle his past, or the truth behind his fierce demands. But something about him beckons me—and our desire is a game I must play. I know he’s dangerous, that even his touch is trouble, but what is passion without a little risk? Add it to your Goodreads list here!

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He let go, then moved to face me. I missed his touch, but the trade-off was worth it. I’m not the kind of girl who swoons over hunky firemen calendars and I’ve only seen Magic Mike once. But as far as eye candy went, Cole was a walking, talking Milky Way bar, and at least as tempting.

“Really,”he confirmed. An easy smile bloomed on his face, and he shook his head slowly, with obvious pleasure. “I didn’t realize that working as a barista required such honed salesmanship.”

“I’m a woman of many talents,” I said, then fluttered my lashes.

“Damn right you are.” He drew in a breath as he looked at me, and try as I might, I had no clue what he was thinking.

“That was quite the commission you just brought in,” he finally said. “I have a feeling you’ll be getting Christmas cards from Tiki for the rest of your life.”

“I look forward to it. What about you?” I asked boldly, and blamed it on the wine. I met his eyes, and fervently hoped that mine really were a window to the soul, because right then I wanted him to see straight inside me. “What will I get from you?”

“That depends on what you want.”

“Want,” I repeated. Where Cole was concerned, what didn’t I want? “I told you earlier that you owed me,” he said. “Do you want to call us even?”

“Do you?”

He was silent for a moment, and then one moment longer. “No,” he finally said. I lifted my chin. “Good.” His expression remained perfectly stoic, but he lifted his hand toward my face, then dropped it, as if he were a child who’d caught himself about to do something naughty.

“It’s okay,” I said, my voice almost a whisper. “I won’t break.”

“Don’t be so sure, blondie. I’ve been known to destroy even the most resilient things.”

“I’m not a thing. And you won’t destroy me.” I hesitated only a second, then took one step closer. The difference was only inches, but the air seemed suddenly thicker, as if my lungs had to work harder to draw in oxygen. “It’s okay,” I said again.

All around us, the party continued, but I’m not sure either one of us was aware. Instead, it felt as if we’d stepped into a vortex, and at least in our little corner of space and time nothing else mattered or even existed.

I held my breath, wanting his touch so badly I could taste it. And when he finally brushed the side of his thumb over my cheekbone, it was all I could do not to moan aloud.

All too quickly he took his hand away, leaving me bereft.

All too quickly he stepped back, forcing the world around us to come back to life.

“I just had to see if I was right,” he said.

“About?”

“Your skin. It’s like touching a promise.”

“Is it?” I murmured.

“Tender,” he said. “And a bit mysterious. With layer upon layer just waiting to be discovered.”

My breath stuttered in my chest. “I didn’t know you thought that,” I said. “I didn’t know you thought about me at all.”

He was silent for so long I began to fear he wasn’t going to answer. When he spoke, his words cut through me, sharp and sweet. “I think about you more than I should.”

It was suddenly very warm in the gallery. Little beads of sweat gathered at the hairline on the back of my neck. I needed air, because it seemed as if all the oxygen had been sucked out of the room. Somehow, miraculously, I formed words. “What are you thinking now?”

Julie Kenner (aka J. Kenner and J.K. Beck) is the New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of over forty novels, novellas and short stories in a variety of genres. Praised by Publishers Weekly as an author with a “flair for dialogue and eccentric characterizations,” J.K. writes a range of stories including super sexy romances, paranormal romance, chick lit suspense and paranormal mommy lit. Her foray into the latter, Carpe Demon: Adventures of a Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom by Julie Kenner, is in development as a feature film with 1492 Pictures. Her most recent trilogy of erotic romances, The Stark Trilogy (as J. Kenner), reached as high as #2 on the New York Times list and is published in over twenty countries. J.K. lives in Central Texas, with her husband, two daughters, and several cats.

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Title: The Plus One Chronicles

Author: Jennifer Lyon

Series: Plus One Chronicles (Boxed Set)

Published by: Jennifer Lyon Books

Date published: Dec. 2, 2013

Genres: Contemporary, Sports, Mystery/Thriller

Book Length: 442 pages

Steam Rating: Steamy/Risque

Main Characters: Sloane Michaels & Kat Thayne

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“The Plus One Chronicles is an emotional roller coaster that gets you panting, sweating, biting your lip and leaves you down on your knees breathless and begging for more!” ~Becca

Don’t miss this bestselling, sexy and emotional trilogy in a boxed set! 

A proposition brings billionaire ex-UFC Fighter Sloane Michaels and beautifully damaged Kat Thayne together in fiery passion, but will a dark and dangerous obsession tear them apart?

**This boxed set is intended for readers 18 and over due to sexual content.**

Book One: THE PROPOSITION:

Rich, sexy and volatile, Sloane Michaels has a dark agenda that keeps his heart on ice. His extreme wealth gives him the control he craves and his skills as an ex UFC fighter the tools he’ll need to extract his ultimate revenge. But when the woman he never believed he’d see again crosses his path, Sloane is caught between the vengeance he needs and a sexual conquest he craves.

Kat Thayne has been in survival mode for six years, hiding behind the sweet creations for her bakery. But when a random carjacking brings her face-to-face with her darkest fears and hottest fantasy, Kat is forced out of hiding and offered a dangerously passionate proposition. One she knows she isn’t strong enough to refuse. 

Book Two: POSSESSION:

Savagely sexy billionaire Sloane Michaels ruthlessly controls his life and everything in it. Even his sex partners are carefully negotiated plus-one arrangements, including his latest, the fiery bakery owner, Kat Thayne. But Sloane’s control is challenged when his mentor becomes seriously ill, and Kat takes over more and more his heart. Sloane is in a desperate balancing act of trying to keep the woman he loves while attaining the vengeance he craves. 

After surviving an attack six years ago, Kat Thayne escaped her fears in the protective world of her beloved bakery. Then Sloane Michaels storms into her life, making her feel beautiful, strong and sexy. Yet as Kat pushes her boundaries and uncovers a dangerous secret in her past, Sloane’s controlling side emerges. Worried that Sloane will possess her mind, body and soul, Kat fights to keep her hard won independence. But just as Sloane demands her complete surrender, she discovers he has a dark side that could destroy them both.

Book Three: OBSESSION: 

In the explosive conclusion to The Plus One Chronicles Trilogy, obscenely rich, jaggedly handsome and still obsessed with love and vengeance, Sloane Michaels must face an impossible choice: lose the woman he loves or betray his twin sister’s memory. 

Watching the man she adores destroy himself for revenge, Kat Thayne knows she should run and never look back. But running isn’t her way anymore. Kat has grown into a fierce fighter, and the man who helped her get there is the very man who needs her strength now. But as the sizzling passion and hard-won love bind Kat and Sloane even tighter together, old secrets and lies explode around them. Danger threatens. And Kat soon realizes that she’s risking more than her heart to be with Sloane…she’s risking her very life.

Okay, I think in order to do this review well, I am going to have to break it down into parts. So here goes:

I hate to admit it, but I only read these books because I read Once A Marine and fell in love with Jennifer’s writing style. When she offered me this series to read I just couldn’t pass it up! Gosh am I glad that I got the chance…this series…just WOW! The characters are exciting, dynamic, deep, real, relatable, lovable, steamy, sexy…umm…so many other adjectives apply here!

The Plus One Chronicles is an emotional roller coaster that gets you panting, sweating, biting your lip and leaves you down on your knees breathless and begging for more!

The Proposition – Book 1: 123 pages

This book totally intrigued me. The cover art, the blurb, the plot line are all so unique and captivating that I just KNEW that I had to read it! I haven’t read an erotica book in a while (This is no 50 Shades of Gray but it is definitely Erotica!) and was super excited to get my hands on this one…I mean come on, who doesn’t love a little erotica in their book from time to time?

Let’s get to know our characters a little, shall we?

Kat Thayne is a woman that is determined to reach a place in her life where she is independent, strong, and, most of all, safe! She is the ultimate survivor. I LOVE the fact that Kat refuses to do the typical romance novel chick thing and “swoon” for the sexy Mr. Sloane (Okay maybe she swoons a little…but who wouldn’t?!? What I mean is that she doesn’t just change everything about herself and jump into a situation with blinders on. She thinks things through and makes smart choices! Dang it, we need more books like this with STRONG SMART women characters! Not every chick that gets the hot rich guy needs to be ditzy!) Kat may be afraid of just about everything, but she manages to stand her ground and get past it. 

Sloane Michaels, the dark and seemingly dangerous and sexy business man, is the owner of SLAM Gyms and an ex-UFC fighter that has some major commitment issues. In order to make sure no woman ever gets too close, Sloane has this crazy (and yet totally awesome) Plus One deal that he makes. When Sloane first showed up, I honestly wasn’t sure if I was going to like him or if he was just going to be an ass. Over time, I figured out that it is a little of both!

There are a TON of background characters that I quickly fell in love with! I can honestly say that I would PLEAD, BEG, BORROW, STEAL AND STALK for a book about these background people! Seriously…I NEED to know what happens with Ethan! Come on, you can write another book right? I became so attached to the characters that I cried just as much because of them as I did for Sloane and Kat!

What about romance? I know one of the biggest complaints that come up about erotica books is that they are all wham-bam-thank-you-mam and not enough in the sweet and lovey in between. Even us deviant freaks like a little lovey dovey once in a while! Jennifer Lyon manages to find the perfect balance between spankings and sweet-nothings! I never once felt like something was missing from the romance or that the story line went in some random direction just to fit in a new sex scene. I also never thought that the story line was simply added in to get from one sex scene to the next, as I often thought with 50 Shades! Some erotica books seem like the author sat down and wrote out EVERY sex scene and then said “Hmm…how can I make it seem like this legitimately happened…”.  Not so with The Plus One Chronicles! All three books flow well, have a balance of mystery, action, romance and naughty!

Kat and Sloane have CHEMISTRY! The sex is explosive, emotional, and bonding; even if that’s not what they had in mind when they set out on this Plus One journey. I swear, these two can’t keep their hands off of one another, no matter where they are! Some of their public displays of affection definitely left me blushing and I wasn’t even a part of it! This couple is absolutely the HOTTEST I have ever read! They are 100% MFEO (Made For Each Other) and the angst, yearning, and sexual tension left me breathless!

Possession – Book 2: 148 pages

It’s 3 days later…and now that the initial Plus One agreement has been made and things are well on their way to uncharted territory, the story really gets interesting! It’s supposed to be all about the pleasure, the sex, the passion….they aren’t supposed to care about one another! Some how the lines have started to blur and the consequences are monumental!

Possession provides us with a TON of back-story and helps to fill in a lot of blanks. It really solidified my connection with the characters and my need for them to be happy and safe. We get a new character….Drake. Drake quickly became a HUGE part of the story and came to mean a lot to Kat as well. Seeing Kat with Drake causes Sloane a lot of issues. He isn’t sure how to feel or what to do about it. 

Sloane spends a great deal of time training Kat, trying to help her fight her inner demons as well as those that can physically harm her. Kat isn’t alone in having things from her past to over come. Sloane’s past is quickly coming to meet his present and he knows that it will most likely change, if not end, his relationship with Kat. Watching Kat’s inner strength meet up with Sloane’s outer strength and merging into one as a couple…just DAMN…I want more please!

The chemistry we got a taste of in The Proposition grows to immense proportions in Possession! I still can’t get over how perfect these two are for one another. They compliment one another, they fill the darkness with light, they make them want to strive to be a better person. Now we just have to hope that neither Kat nor Sloane does something that they will regret!

The flow of the character development is totally realistic and believable. The suspense and sexual tension is mind blowing! I am still drooling over the amazing secondary characters! Every single one adds something to the story and manages to enhance my feeling of being a part of the story. 

I will warn you…this book ends with one HELL OF A CLIFF HANGER! I was definitely happy that I had the books as a boxed set because if I had had to wait to know what happened…I may have thrown my Kindle against a wall and yelled at people randomly in the street!

Obsession – Book 3: 171 pages

I’m not sure whether to be thrilled about reading the last book or sad that it’s over! I have become so attached to these characters that I’m just not ready for it to end! It’s hard to review this book without giving away a ton of spoilers for the series…but I’m going to try!

There is one good thing and one bad thing about a trilogy…YOU KNOW THAT IT’S OVER! For me, this is a toughie! For a series that I have come to love that is filled with characters that I am utterly attached to…I’m just not sure if anything can stand up to the expectations that I have developed. I know where I think the story should go…where I want it to go…and now I get to find out if it does.

Unlike the first two books, Obsession seems to focus more on Sloane and his insecurities and issues instead of Kat. Kat does an outstanding job of showing Sloane what love is. Even when things aren’t going so wonderfully, she is still there, still providing him with support and still caring. Kat shows Sloane what true love and acceptance really mean, now the only question is if he can accept it or not.

While Kat’s demons and past take a backseat to Sloane’s, she does get the chance to face her biggest fears and get a bit of pay back. I was so damn proud of her for how she handled things, I can’t imagine what must have been running through her head…let alone Sloane’s!

Obsession has quite a few twists and turns. It had me crying out, gasping, crying a bit more (I’m sorry, but if you don’t cry during this book then you have no heart or SOUL! LOL) and then laughing when I least expected to. The unexpected is just around the next page and no matter how much you think you know what will happen…think again! Jennifer Lyon pulls out some awesome surprises that left me dying for more!

We learn a little bit more about Drake and Ethan, which just makes me want Ethan’s story even more! That boy/man deserves to be happy and dang it I want to be there when it happens! **HINT HINT HINT** Pretty please with a sexy as sin alpha male on top write Ethan’s story?!?!?!?

This book answered all of my questions and then broke my dang heart! I still haven’t gotten over how flawlessly this book completed the series. The amount of puzzle pieces that were tangled with others and still managed to fit perfectly…the mystery unraveling at an agonizingly slow and yet perfect pace…the romance that blooms and grows from an erotic Plus One to an amazing and undeniable love…EVERY LITTLE THING about this book was amazing! I cried tears of joy, sadness and acceptance. I laughed. I screamed. I pleaded for things to be different…but the story had to play out the way it was meant to.

Overall:

I was utterly captivated and entranced by this series! The main characters and secondary characters are all so special, so well developed, so REAL that I felt like I was a major player in the book. I felt as if I could help things develop…change the out come…maybe if I could just find the right doctor…but, we all know that isn’t how it works! Jennifer’s writing style submerges the reader into a world that seems so real and believable that at times we forget that it’s not. Sometimes we find ourselves so deep in the story that we cry, we jump, we laugh out loud, we get frustrated, we get mad, we get excited…we may even get quite hot and bothered with a few scenes! I have never read a book that flowed so perfectly and kept me wanting more until the very last page as The Plus One Chronicles did. I never once felt like I was reading an erotic novel…I simply enjoyed it immensely and delved deeper to connect with the characters and enjoy their times together.

Simply put…if you haven’t bought The Plus One Chronicles, I highly recommend that you do it now! Make sure you set aside the time to sit down and read it…focus on it…bond with the characters and become a part of the story! I guarantee that once you start you will not want to stop!

Jennifer Lyon/Apodaca is an award-winning author and an unrepentant coffee-and-book addict. She’s written mysteries, romances, paranormals and grocery lists under the names of Jennifer Lyon and Jennifer Apodaca. She loves creating powerfully sexy alpha heroes and the heroines who tame them!

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