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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.
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Title: Insider
Series: Exodus End #1
Author: Olivia Cunning
Genre: Erotic Romance
Pub Date: June 30, 2015
Heat Rating: Wild & Crazy
Source: NetGalley
Rating: 4 Kisses
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Synopsis:
Toni wants to be an insider.
Logan just wants inside her.
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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.
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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?
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Title: Night Owl
Series: The Night Owl Trilogy #1
Author: M. Pierce
Genre: Erotic Romance
Pub Date: February 11, 2014
Heat Rating: Hot & Steamy
Source: Purchased
Rating: 2 Kisses
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Synopsis:
At twenty-eight, Matt Sky has the perfect life. He has a beautiful girlfriend, a massive inheritance, and four national bestsellers -- all penned under his airtight alias, M. Pierce.
At twenty-seven, Hannah Catalano is a train wreck. Her boyfriend is a deadbeat and her job is abysmal.
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Title: Fall for Me
Series: Ladder Company #1
Author: JC Emery
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Pub Date: April 28, 2015
Heat Rating: Ohh La La
Source: ARC
Rating: 4 Kisses
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Synopsis:
Melanie Kincaid is a trust-fund baby with a knack for sassy comebacks and unnecessarily complicating her privileged life. So, of course, she would have to fall in love with a man she can't have.
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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.
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Title: The Phoenix Campaign
Series: Grace Colton #2
Author: Heidi Joy Tretheway
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Pub Date: April 20, 2015
Heat Rating: Hot & Steamy
Source: ARC
Rating: 4 Kisses
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Synopsis:
Ambition. Lust. Sacrifice. Politics just got a whole lot sexier.
Grace Colton’s life is a blur—security, appearances, and a desperately fast ramp-up to Election Day. Political consultant Jared Rankin is pulling the strings to win the White House with the Conover-Colton ticket.
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Title: Attraction
Series: Elements of Chemistry #1
Author: Penny Reid
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Pub Date: April 6, 2014
Heat Rating: Aww...
Source: ARC
Rating: 4 Kisses
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Synopsis:
One week.
Private beach.
Invisible girl.
Jerk-faced bully.
What’s the worst that could happen?
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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.
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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.
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Title: How to Punish Your Playboy
Series: DommeNation #3
Author: Mina Vaughn
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Pub Date: April 6, 2015
Heat Rating: Wild and Crazy
Source: NetGalley
Rating: 3 Kisses
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Synopsis:
In this saucy and funny domination romance, pin-up model Veronika Kane meets sexy, arrogant Aston Delano and decides to teach this playboy a lesson he’ll never forget.
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Title: Silver & Black
Series: Silver & Black #1
Author: Tyler May
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Pub Date: February 27, 2015
Heat Rating: Hot & Steamy
Source: Purchased
Rating: 3 Kisses
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Synopsis:
Does love have a cost?
Brian Silver is CEO of the world’s largest coffee house chain in the world, Silver Coffee. Growing up in a wealthy family, Silver had it all: money, fame, and any man he wanted, but that was never enough. Silver wants more. After a tragic health event that leaves him vulnerable in life, he realizes that business will not bring him the happiness he needs, and he’ll do anything to find that happiness.
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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.
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Title: Stealing Rose
Series: The Fowler Sisters #2
Author: Monica Murphy
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Pub Date: March 3, 2015
Heat Rating: Hot & Steamy
Source: NetGalley
Rating: 3 Kisses
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Synopsis:
People say the youngest child has it easy, but nothing can be further from the truth. Unlike my two sisters, Violet and Lily, I’m never in the limelight. I just work my butt off for Fleur Cosmetics and get little to no thanks for it. I’ve been pushed too far one too many times, and I’m finally brave enough to do something about it.
