Tessa Bailey – Raw Redemption

June 22, 2016June 22, 2016 lizellyn Books Strong Sexy Supermale, Suspense

REVIEW

Sometimes I worry that my reviews can’t possible convey how exceptional some books are written. It is much easier to articulate things one doesn’t like about a book. This is my second Tessa Bailey book. She has mastered the art of writing explosively hot steamy scenes. They come often – the scenes, that is. 😉

The book passes muster for being a great suspense, as well. I’m a huge Law and Order fan, which means I set the bar rather high for legal issues in books. There are great twists to the plot. I love it when an author can catch me with unexpected surprises. More importantly, the twists support the character development and don’t seem out of place.

The balance between romance and suspense is incredibly enticing and makes this a 5 star book.

BLURB

Loving her might cost him everything…

Disgraced cop Henrik Vance is having a shit year. Banished to a derelict undercover squad, he’s been tasked with hunting down the daughter of Chicago’s most dangerous criminal. His obsession with saving the beautiful girl destroyed his career. And this time, it might cost his life.

Ailish O’Kelly doesn’t need a hero. She’ll save herself from her father’s violent criminal dynasty, thank you very much. Unfortunately, the sexy as sin cop who crashes her hideout isn’t hearing reason—especially not after the kiss that becomes much more.

His boss wants her as an informant. Ailish wants Henrik to keep whispering filthy things against her skin. But she knows too well the evil they’re up against, and when it comes down to protecting the man who owns her body and soul, she only has one choice…

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ABOUT TESSA BAILEY

Tessa Bailey is originally from Carlsbad, California. The day after high school graduation, she packed her yearbook, ripped jeans and laptop, driving cross-country to New York City in under four days.

Her most valuable life experiences were learned thereafter while waitressing at K-Dees, a Manhattan pub owned by her uncle. Inside those four walls, she met her husband, best friend and discovered the magic of classic rock, managing to put herself through Kingsborough Community College and the English program at Pace University at the same time. Several stunted attempts to enter the work force as a journalist followed, but romance writing continued to demand her attention.

She now lives in Long Island, New York with her husband of eight years and four-year-old daughter. Although she is severely sleep-deprived, she is incredibly happy to be living her dream of writing about people falling in love.

Elodie Nowodazkij – Love in B Minor

June 13, 2016June 13, 2016 lizellyn Books More Sweet than Sensual, Suspense

REVIEW

I love this rock star romance because of the love interest twist. I truly appreciate the originality in the story line. It’s not your typical rock star story.

Each character has more than their fair share of sadness in their pasts. The author uses their pasts to create both a connection between them as well as a conflict. The way that the author incorporates the past into the present was outstanding and made this a really good romance.

The romance part of this book was worthy of 5 stars. Unfortunately, I didn’t care for a significant twist at the end. Nonetheless, I would highly recommend the book. I won’t say anything more on that subject for fear of spoiling the ending. And hey, if you read this book you may feel completely differently about the ending.

BLURB

No promises. No fake tomorrows. That was the plan.

New city. New life. At least, that’s what nineteen-year-old Jen Harrison believes. On the surface, she’s living her dream: dancing in a prestigious dance company in Paris. But her sister’s death and the mistakes she’s tried to bury haunt her. She’s become a pro at hiding who she truly is, and she definitely doesn’t want a guy to derail her, but a one night-stand she can do. Nothing more. She definitely doesn’t plan to see the sexy stranger who made her laugh for the first time in years ever again.

Girls don’t walk away from Lucas Wills. Bad boy turned rock star, he’s got his share of groupies. Always upfront, he doesn’t promise fake tomorrows because love can destroy everything. Been there, done that. His ex not only lied to him, she stomped on his heart, used him to become famous, and almost ruined him. So, waking up alone after a night beyond his wildest imagination with a girl he just met shouldn’t upset him, shouldn’t inspire one of the saddest songs he’s ever written, shouldn’t make him want to chase after her.

When Jen, the one-night stand who got away, auditions to be a dancer in Lucas’ next music video, they can’t stop their growing attraction. But Jen’s secrets and his ex could shatter the careers they tried so hard to build and their hearts…they will have to decide what’s more important and if love is worth the fight.

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Samantha A. Cole – Take the Money and Run

June 2, 2016August 13, 2016 lizellyn Books Strong Sexy Supermale, Suspense

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This is a great little romantic suspense book. Don’t be turned off by the less than stimulating cover.

This is a perfect summer read: hot romance at a cool oceanside cottage. The author writes in such a way that the words flow and you can’t put down the book. The pace is perfect, the suspense is captivating, and the romantic elements are loving in a hot kind of way.

In this book, the author departs from her original series, Trident Security, where a group of men own a sex club. There’s still a criminal suspense element in this story and one SEAL, but the sex is much more vanilla. That’s not to say that’s it is boring. The steamy scenes are delicious as you can feel the desire that the characters hold for each other.

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Shayla Black and Lexi Blake – Scandal Never Sleeps

May 18, 2016May 18, 2016 lizellyn Books Rich Racy & Romantic Romeos, Suspense

The OH SO SEDUCTIVE narration by Kaleo Griffith is absolutely panty-meltingly amazing. Mix that with some incredibly hot dialog and it is sure to make any reader completely hot and bothered.

The suspense part of this novel is sensational. It is anything but predictable and fabulously so.

The perfect gentlemen are a group of powerful and rich men that have known each other since they were kids. The bond between them defines the word brotherhood.

While I have categorized this book under Rich Racy Romeos, I like how the money doesn’t play into the seduction between Gabe and Eve. In fact, it almost works against Gabriel.

I absolutely love the setting as one scene takes place in a brownstone in New York that it was used as a speakeasy during prohibition. I love how it fits so nicely into the story and assists with the character development and history.

I can’t wait to read the next book in this series.

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Sondi Warner – Deserving

April 14, 2016April 14, 2016 lizellyn Books F/F/M, LGBT, Multiracial, Suspense, Three or More Galore

This book blurb drew me in, maybe it will for you, too.

Book Blurb:

Another affair? If you can’t beat them…join.

Angelina Fuentes really hates fending off women who stick to her husband like bees to honey. When her powerful bad boy hires a sexy new cleaning lady named Kristi DuPont, Matteo Fuentes is in danger of messing up big time. This is his last shot to prove to his wife he can be faithful. Or, should Angelina accept boys will be boys and girls will be better?
To keep her marriage intact, Angelina offers a ménage a trois. There’s just one problem: All three of them are in this for different reasons. Angelina is making the ultimate sacrifice out of love. Matteo wants to have his cake and eat it, too. But Kristi isn’t there to satisfy Matteo. She’s there for his wife. She’s there for revenge.

Get what you deserve when you order this dangerously good book from contemporary romance writer, Sondi Warner. Just be sure to hang onto your seats. This ménage a trois thriller will throw you for a loop!

Review:

The premise of this book is sensationally unique. It was an outstanding blend of suspense and sexual heat.

Holy Hades HOT! This is my first F/F/M novel. The steamy scenes are blooding boiling hot.

The crime part was fairly well constructed. I liked that there were a number of side characters that made the story more complicated. However, too many clues foreshadowed the end. I would have liked more surprise.

The book also had a number of other elements that I respected:

It seems like in any LGBT book, some homophobic element is always included. (perhaps one day it will be a non issue) I liked that it was restricted to the perspective of an older generation.
This is a multi-racial book that doesn’t follow all the traditional stereotypes.

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S. Valentine – His Confession

February 25, 2016February 17, 2016 lizellyn Books Erotic, Spicy Stories to Savor, Suspense, Three or More Galore

This is the ultimate romance reader’s dream. Woman in a stifling-sexless relationship dives into a sex-driven, indulgence-filled relationship.

This book has the heat of erotica and plot to keep the reader intrigued. The sex is off the charts, but the struggle with trust is real.

There’s nothing sexier than the mutual ecstasy between Gabi and Darion. “She loved the sounds of appreciation that he made, that he enjoyed every bit of it, as did she.”

Darion’s philosophy in life is “[W]e should stick to what gives us pleasure in life. We only get one chance, ya know, why limit ourselves?”

The one thing that bothered me about the story was all the smoking, which is why I reduced my rating from 5 stars to 4 stars. It’s not that the smoking made me dislike the character. There are many books where I hate the character (btw a great sign of writing) and have awarded a 5 star. The smoking element, persistence, and timing added an “icky” factor that I simply couldn’t ignore. Otherwise, the book is really great. I look forward to reading the next one.

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Valentine grew up in England. Studying English language and literature, as well as law, she worked in a solicitors for many years before moving to Spain. She does however still visit the UK, which in a way, will always be home.

Returning to her lifelong passion of writing books, she’s also a weekly columnist for The Ibizan newspaper on: lifestyle and fashion. Her other interests include reading, shopping and a nice glass of wine to shows such as Sons Of Anarchy, Dexter, Gossip Girl and SATC. She’s a social media addict, and loves connecting with new people.

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Tessa Bailey – Boiling Point (A Crossing the Line Novel)

February 5, 2016January 27, 2016 lizellyn Books BDSM, Erotic, Spicy Stories to Savor, Suspense

Synopsis:

Falling for a con man is the most dangerous game of all…

Con artist Austin Shaw’s been in disguise so long he’s not sure where his fake identities end and he begins. Now that he’s been strong-armed into working for a specialized undercover unit working with the Chicago police—criminals with unique “skills”—the last thing he needs is to risk his iron control. Especially when it comes to a certain stunningly sexy hacker who tempts him with every look of disdain.

Polly Banks will never, ever trust a con man. On the trail of a ruthless crook who destroyed the only family she’s ever known, Polly is unnerved by the shadow who follows her every move. The one who makes her pulse pound and breath short with lust. Austin. He’s infuriating, enigmatic, and pure sex appeal, and she’s determined to resist him.

But an untrustworthy man of disguise can become anyone he wants…including a man that Polly must trust if she’s to escape their dangerous game alive.

Review:

THIS IS A MUST READ!!! Think those other super popular erotic romance series are hot (oh you know the ones I’m talking about)? This book blows them out of the water!

I highlight all my favorite parts of a book when I read – I highlighted so many sections, my copy is all yellow. There are so many quotes that I want to include that my review would be ridiculously long. I can’t help but share a couple (that are PG rated):

“That’s how Austin looks at you. Like maybe you are the freedom and he’s still stuck in the prison yard.”

“Sins were only sins if someone was watching.”

This book is scorchingly volcanic hot. It is so hot that despite the outside temperature being below zero, I needed to pour myself two cold glasses of water. One glass just wasn’t enough.

Austin is skilled in the art of pleasuring women, but yet it’s been a decade since he’s enjoyed sex. The gratification that he gets from Polly certainly makes up for long lost time.

Polly is an intelligent woman gifted in the art of computer hacking and gifted in the art of seducing men. Austin’s caveman possessive side is determined to put an end to her flirtations.

Beyond the explosive sex scenes the story is arc is pretty amazing, too. The “reformed” criminal component was intriguing in the fact that all the characters, both and main and side, were unique. Their crazy backgrounds added cool twists in the story.

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RISKIER BUSINESS
by Tessa Bailey
Crossing the Line, #0.5
Publication Date: January 5, 2015
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

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RISKING IT ALL
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Crossing the Line, #1
Publication Date: January 27, 2015
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

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UP IN SMOKE
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Publication Date: June 23, 2015
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Hud Saunders – The Beasts of Belmont Park

December 10, 2015February 25, 2024 lizellyn Books Suspense

SUMMARY

Paul Marston is an out-of-work actor struggling with the hardest role of his life, being a stay-at-home dad. While he’s changing nappies, his wife Laura Holland, a famous author, is wrapped up in a world of boutique book festivals and champagne receptions.

Then a drunken post-pub party rears its head, and Paul falls full tilt into a bizarre world of drugs, gangsters and high-stakes fishing. This family confessional flips the lid on the middle-class dream and grinds its boot into the new-daddy dynamic.

REVIEW

This is an Antiromantic book. (It is an actual word – I checked the dictionary).

This book is antiromantic because it centers around a couple whose marriage is faltering. Both husband and wife consider having an affair.

Normally, I wouldn’t share a book like this, but the fact that around 50% of marriages in the U.S. end in divorce, I felt compelled. Surprisingly, both the man and woman struggle with the notion of actually engaging in sex outside their marriage. It is this resistant struggle that made the book interesting.

This story was anything but simple. There are in fact a lot of mixed plot lines that carry the story.

Based on the ending, I hope the author plans on following up with a sequel.

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A born and bred West Londoner, Hud realised from an early age he wanted to be a writer. Yet despite this aspiration, he turned his creative energy towards music following a fateful encounter with a folk guitarist who also claimed to be a wizard. Becoming a father to a daughter aged 22 meant that while he pursued this fascinating but largely fruitless career, he donned many other hats in order to pay the bills, including decorator, dispatch rider, software salesman, and professional rebirther, as well as songwriter, producer and rock band manager.

His writing break came as a script editor working on independent films, but finding this too limiting, he turned to writing screenplays himself. Within a year he had an agent and a contract to write the potential blockbuster movie Brothers in Arms for Moulin Rouge producer Martin Brown. After a year in Australia trying to persuade the two outlaw motorcycle clubs involved to agree on the screenplay, Hud returned to the UK chastened, but definitely a writer.

Several screenplays and a computer game followed as well as a fruitful role as Creative Consultant on the Grammy-nominated cult music documentaries 1 Giant Leap and 1 Giant Leap: What About Me? In the past he has run and facilitated men’s groups and workshops. Since then he has founded a successful writers’ group in Queens Park where he lives and has taught Creative Writing to people of all ages and from all walks of life.

Profoundly influenced by his childhood with his radically feminist single mother, Hud is an ardent equalitarian who has been deeply inspired by all the women and the men in his life. His first novel The Beasts of Belmont Park reflects this even-handed approach – none of the characters come out looking good!

Nancy S. Thompson – Stirred

December 8, 2015December 7, 2015 lizellyn Books Spicy Stories to Savor, Suspense

This is a fantastic romance thriller. I love reading a book where unexpected changes in the plot lead to a much more enthralling story than I ever anticipated. The extreme personalities of the characters make for an absorbing read. Eden is emotionally strong despite having to endure crushing blows that would cripple any normal woman. Sean is young and hot. His show of intelligence and sincerity is something that ebbs and flows throughout the story, making him more unpredictable and interesting. The duplicity of all the characters left me completely entertained.

For those romance junkies, like myself, the romance doesn’t get lost in the criminal aspects of the story. The romance adds to the heat as well as to the intrigue.

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Nancy S. Thompson Bio:

Nancy is a California transplant currently living in Seattle, Washington with her husband of 23 years, their son, a student at Seattle University, their giant snow dog, Jack, and his kitty, Skye. She works as a freelance editor for her publisher and writer friends and also has her own interior design business within the model home merchandising industry. When she’s not writing or editing, Nancy keeps herself busy by cooking and baking.

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Dani René – Ace of Harts

November 16, 2015November 16, 2015 lizellyn Books BDSM, Rich Racy & Romantic Romeos, Suspense

Fantastic story arc! Emily Reid is torn between two hot brothers: Triston and Bash. They have a sorted past that makes them untrusting of one another. It is this history that makes the story much more interesting and unpredictable. The brothers’ mutual attraction for Emily Reid makes all those negative feelings toward each other resurface. It doesn’t bring out the best in either of them, but it definitely heightens the sexual passion.

Emily is caught between them and not knowing what is true or possible between herself and either of the men. It’s not just their eye color that differentiates them in Emily’s head. Their actions push her from one man to the other.

Finally, a book that doesn’t jump into the world of BDSM like jumping off a cliff into unknown waters. There’s a more gradual approach like slowly wading into a lavishly ensconced swimming pool.

In the end, Emily chooses the one that can fill her completely: mind and soul.

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