Review: Dark Wild Night by Christina Lauren

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Title: Dark Wild Night 
Series: Wild Seasons #3
Author: Christina Lauren
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Pub Date: September 15, 2015
Heat Rating: Hot & Steamy
Source: Purchased
Rating: 5 Kisses
      
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             Synopsis:

Lola and Oliver like to congratulate themselves on having the good sense to not consummate their drunken Las Vegas wedding. If they’d doubled-down on that mistake, their Just Friends situation might not be half as great as it is now.

... Or so goes the official line.

Review: Veil of Scars by J.R. Gray

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Title: Veil of Scars 
Author: J.R. Gray
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Pub Date: April 21, 2015
Heat Rating: Hot & Steamy
Source: Purchased
Rating: 5 Kisses
     
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             Synopsis:

Steven is tall, dark, and damaged. He doesn't let anyone close, comfortable on the outside of normal life where he can hide his scars behind a wall so high that nothing gets through…except them. Despite a childhood marred with black and blue, he's survived and moved in with his two best friends, Sam and Charlie. 

Life should get better, but it was Sam who held him when the dark threatened to swallow him whole, Sam who gave him a place that felt like home, and Sam who knew every scar and every broken place. 

Review: Hollywood Dirt by Alessandra Torre

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Title: Hollywood Dirt 
Author: Alessandra Torre 
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Pub Date: September 7, 2015
Heat Rating: Hot & Steamy
Source: Purchased
Rating: 5 Kisses     ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
             Synopsis:

Cole Masten. Abandoned by his superstar wife, Hollywood’s Perfect Husband is now Hollywood’s Sexiest Bachelor: partying hard and screwing even harder. Watch out Los Angeles, there's a new bad boy in town. 

Review: Breach of Contract by J.R. Gray

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Title: Breach of Contract
Series: Bound #2
Author: J.R. Gray
Genre: Erotic Romance
Pub Date: November 6, 2014
Heat Rating: Wild & Crazy
Source: Purchased
Rating: 5 Kisses
     
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             Synopsis:

With the legal trouble behind them, Daniel Caplin and Rafael Argon are ready to settle into a low-key D/s relationship, but life is unrelenting, when blackmail shatters their illusion of happily ever after. Pictures from one of the Rafael’s public scenes instill fear into his new submissive, Daniel, acting as a wedge driving the new couple apart. 

Review: Legally Bound by J.R. Gray

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Title: Legally Bound 
Series: Bound #1
Author: J.R. Gray 
Genre: Erotic Romance
Pub Date: March 24, 2014
Heat Rating: Wild & Crazy
Source: ARC
Rating: 5 Kisses
      
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             Synopsis:

The last thing Daniel, a hard-working public defender, expected to see the morning after a one night stand was his hook-up staring back at him from the wrong side of the law. Assigned to work his case, Daniel vows to keep things professional with Rafael but has a hard time controlling his craving for dominance, the control, and the connection they shared. Rafael, a paid Dominant in the Chicago underworld, has been dealing with a cop problem for far too long. Used to sex with no emotion, he’s entranced with Daniel’s submission, his innocence, and…could there be something more? Can Daniel clear Rafael's name, keeping him out of jail and in his life, with the odds, a cop, and the mounting evidence against them?

Review: Capture

Review: Third Debt

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Title: Third Debt
Series: Indebted #4
Author: Pepper Winters
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Pub Date: April 16, 2015
Heat Rating: Hot & Steamy
Source: ARC
Rating: 5 Kisses
      
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             Synopsis:

“She healed me. She broke me. I set her free. But we are in this together. We will end this together. The rules of this ancient game can’t be broken.”
Nila Weaver no longer recognises herself. She’s left her lover, her courage, and her promise. Two debts down. Too many to go.

Review: Say My Name

 

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Title: Say My Name
Series: Stark International #1
Author: J.Kenner
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Pub Date: April 7, 2015
Heat Rating: Hot & Steamy
Source: NetGalley
Rating: 5 Kisses
     
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             Synopsis:

I never let anyone get too close—but he’s the only man who’s ever made me feel alive.

Meeting Jackson Steele was a shock to my senses. Confident and commanding, he could take charge of any room . . . or any woman. And Jackson wanted me. The mere sight of him took my breath away, and his touch made me break all my rules.  
 

Review: The Siren

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Title: The Siren
Series: The Original Sinners #1
Author: Tiffany Reisz
Genre: Erotic Romance
Pub Date: September 25, 2012
Heat Rating: Wild & Crazy
Source: Purchased
Rating: 5 Kisses
     
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             Synopsis:

Notorious Nora Sutherlin is famous for her delicious works of erotica, each one more popular with readers than the last. But her latest manuscript is different—more serious, more personal—and she's sure it'll be her breakout book... if it ever sees the light of day.

Review: Beautiful Beloved

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Title: Beautiful Beloved 
Series: Beautiful Bastard #3.6
Author: Christina Lauren 
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Pub Date: January 26, 2015
Heat Rating: Hot & Steamy 
Source: Purchased 
Rating: 5 Kisses
  
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             Synopsis:

In Beautiful Stranger , finance whiz Sara Dillon met the irresistibly sexy Brit, Max Stella, at a New York City club. Through the series we’ve watched them learn to balance commitment with their less than private brand of playfulness. In Beautiful Beloved, Max and Sara take it to the next step. But the question is: Will they be able to find a balance between the wild sexcapades they aren’t ready to retire, and the demands of parenthood that come along with their new Beautiful bundle of joy? Parenthood: it’s not for the weak of heart.

Review: Playing Knotty

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Title: Playing Knotty
Series: Stand Alone
Author: Elia Winters 
Genre: Erotic Romance
Pub Date: January 26, 2015
Heat Rating: Wild and Crazy
Source: NetGalley
Rating: 5 Kisses
    
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             Synopsis:

Bondage meets bookworm in this sizzling erotic romance about a shy bookshop owner who discovers an exciting new side to herself when an old friend opens a bondage workshop in the back of her store!

Review: Beautiful Stranger

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Title: Beautiful Stranger
Series: Beautiful Bastard #2
Author: Christina Lauren
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Pub Date: April 16, 2013
Heat Rating: Wild & Crazy
Source: Purchased
Rating: 5 Kisses
     
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             Synopsis:

Escaping a cheating ex, finance whiz Sara Dillon’s moved to New York City and is looking for excitement and passion without a lot of strings attached. So meeting the irresistible, sexy Brit at a dance club should have meant nothing more than a night’s fun. But the manner—and speed—with which he melts her inhibitions turns him from a one-time hookup and into her Beautiful Stranger.

Review: The Game Plan

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Title: The Game Plan
Series: Neighbor from Hell #5
Author: R.L. Mathewson
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Pub Date: December 27, 2014
Heat Rating: Hot & Steamy
Source: Purchased
Rating: 5 Kisses
   
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             Synopsis:

Spend the next 40 years in prison or break her lease early? 

Normally she’d be able to say that this one was a no-brainer, but things have definitely changed since she was forced to move in across the hall from Danny Bradford. 

A lot of things…… 

Review: Dirty Rowdy Thing

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Title: Dirty Rowdy Thing 
Series: Wild Seasons #2
Author: Christina Lauren
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Pub Date: January 26, 2015
Heat Rating: Wild & Crazy
Source: Purchased
Rating: 5 Kisses

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             Synopsis:

Despite their rowdy hookups, Harlow and Finn don’t even like each other...which would explain why their marriage lasted only twelve hours. He needs to be in charge and takes whatever he wants. She lives by the Want-something-done? Do-it-yourself mantra. Maybe she’s too similar to the rugged fisherman—or just what he needs.

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