Kaid has watched as members of his clan have found and claimed their One, their Mate. Even the female that he had once hoped to claim as his own has found and claimed her One. He’s lonely, he’s tired of waiting, and his Bear is growing bitter and despondent watching from the side, never gifted with his own. He’s tired of hurting. Then a visit from an old friend delivers his heart’s desire. He’s speechless. She is beyond all he ever dreamed. But there’s a problem; she’s more Alpha than he is, housing a Monster that even she is afraid to release. And the little fact that he failed her before he ever knew she existed; how can she forgive him for his failure if he cannot even consider forgiving himself?

Delilah was born in captivity. Her parents murdered. All she has ever known is rules, permissions, cruelty, forced to barter in trade each day for her very survival. The concept of love, family and happiness mean nothing to her; they are merely words. Her captor leaves one day, never to return. She believes she’s been left to die a slow, painful death, starving in the cell that is her home. Then a chance encounter saves her; a human searching for answers stumbles across her hidden prison. She doesn’t trust him, but she’s got nothing to lose and he’s got food! So she goes with the man on an adventure that takes her to an Alpha who could be all she never knew she needed. Now if only the Monster that resides inside her wouldn’t eat her newfound friends, this might not be too bad!

While Kaid and Delilah struggle to form a bond other than the obvious physical one, a vengeful, unseen threat from the past scurries into the periphery of their lives, threatening not only their new-found chance at happiness, but the lives of every member of their clan and the very land they call home. Will this threat be detected in time to save the lives of all Avaleigh’s Boys and everyone they hold dear?

This book is the third in a new series, Avaleigh’s Boys, about a group of shifters who make their home in the backwoods and bayous of South Louisiana. Their clan consists of a mix-matched group of five shifters who depend on one another and are loyal to no end. These are their stories.

Warning: Intended for mature audiences. These stories contain hot bear, dragon, wolf and lion shifters. They like to cuss, fight and love their women. This book contains explicit love scenes, lots of use of the “F” word (among others), and some abusive scenes both inferred and described that may be disturbing for some readers. If you are offended by these subjects, please do not buy this book.

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OH My GERD!!!  I was so excited for Kaid to get LAID…I mean…find his mate!!  Dude has been hella grumpy lately over waiting for his Ever to show up.  Bam told him she was comin’ but the waiting was killing him!!

So we meet Delilah and we are instantly broken for her.  We know the horror she lived with being one of Lurin’s victims but hearing the extent and length of her capture……..so unbelievably sad.  She is so confused over these kind people. No one is kind for nothing.  Everyone wants something in return.  So to see these people offering care and protection made her edgy.  Then to see a DRAGON chasing a HUMAN set her off!!  She let everyone know right away she will not tolerate any abuse.

Kaid is struck stupid by his mate’s history but also by her strength.  He can’t believe it but especially how socially isolated she has been. The smallest things are all new to her.  The idea of sharing food to show acceptance in a family or making a sandwich to show someone you are care all things we take for granted but she feels are monumental.

Delilah fears her “monster”.  She is afraid of what she might do to her new family.  When Delilah senses danger she hides herself away from her family which kills Kaid.  When we understand the reason of her fea,r which is a true fear, I loved seeing Delilah embrace her monster and go after her clan/pack!!

Some of my favorite scenes are with Mav and Delilah. She is a riot and he really gets her mentality.  He understands her fears.  But Mav is hurting so bad.  I can’t wait for his book.  He needs to open his eyes and accept his Ever before she is so far gone by his betrayal.

Bam…seriously when does he get a book. My shifter man needs some love.  I THINK we have seen his mate based on his reaction at the bar buuuuut I still want his HEA!!!!

Sandra R Neeley is a 50-ish Mom, Nana, Wife and Author who masquerades by day as an Administrative Assistant and Manager. She is pretty much a home body who lives in the Southern United States with her husband, kids and a menagerie of animals. She has lived for most of her live with various and sundry characters running around in her head thankfully (and sometimes not so thankfully) distracting her from the standards of day to day life. They finally got so loud that with much encouragement from her husband and her mother, she decided to give them a voice.

Bane is solid, dependable, jaded, and painfully lonely. He is also a bear shifter, hot, sexy, dominant and panty-dropping gorgeous. He’s spent his entire life protecting his older brother from the cruelty of others, including their own parents. He’s never thought he was worthy of anything, much less a Mate. Then he sees her working in the only grocery in their small backwoods town, and he’s stunned. She calms him, gives him joy, makes him hope. His heart comes alive. But she’s young, and she’s quiet; he fears she’ll run from his obvious dominance. He decides to move slowly, earning her trust one day at a time. Then, just as he thinks things are falling into place, she crushes his soul, and disappears.

Janie has spent her entire life protecting herself and her mother from the terror that is her father. She’s always been made to believe that she was less than. She has accepted that her life will be spent alone, plain ole’ Janie, working her young life away in the local grocery. Then one day a beautiful, sexy, confident man comes into her store. She knows she’ll never be able to do more than admire him from a distance, until he smiles at her and makes her feel like the sun. But her father notices her interest in Bane, and demands that she cut him out of her life. He has other plans, and they don’t include a man in Janie’s life. He needs her submissive, and untouched.

Ricky is a small town hood and drug dealer. He’s surrounded himself with what he thinks is a powerful and imposing gang. But they made one mistake; the woman they agreed to take as settlement on a debt is Mate to a shifter. Never take a shifters Mate and expect to live! When Janie is traded to the drug dealer as payment for her father’s debt, it brings the wrath of an entire clan of shifters down upon the heads of Ricky and his gang. Will Bane be able to save his Janie? Will Janie be able to accept Bane’s true nature? Can they forgive each other and find the happiness that every shifter prays for?

This book is the second in a new series, Avaleigh’s Boys, about a group of shifters who make their home in the backwoods and bayous of South Louisiana. Their clan consists of a mix-matched group of five shifters who depend on one another and are loyal to no end. These are their stories.

Warning: Intended for mature audiences. These stories contain hot bear, dragon, wolf and lion shifters. They like to cuss, fight and love their women. This book contains explicit love scenes, lots of use of the “F” word (among others), and some explicit domestic abuse. If you are offended by these subjects, please do not buy this book.

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AHHHHH OMG This book!!  SO if you read book 1 (if you didn’t then why haven’t you?) you aren’t shocked to know that Janie is Bane’s mate.  She is a bit younger than him and so he approaches her slowly to make sure she won’t bolt. He slowly starts to let his feelings be known for her and she’s over the moon.  How can this hottie like her? How can he even look her way when he has all the “grocery store groupies” dying for his attentions.

Janie has some super big secrets in the closet.  She and Bane have so much in common but because she is silent about her family life, he has no clue.  When Janie’s drunk, no good dad decides to put an end to Janie and her romance,  Janie is super upset but does what she can to keep her mom safe.  That wasn’t enough because her dad sells her off to the local drug lord.  What a great father!!

The couple must overcome A LOT to be together.  He must save her even though he has the shattered heart.  He can’t let his mate suffer even IF she rejected him.  They also must face the fact he is afraid of him and his family.  Shifters are scary if you don’t know what is happening!!  Needless to say, the pack family is there to help them figure everything out!!

I feel like we got an extra bonus story about Goldie and Sadie.  I was super excited to read the short chapter.

GAAAAAHHHHH Bam……when did he steal my heart?  No clue but I need for him to find love so badly.  He is such an amazing guy and then to find out about his ability……..the whole Daisy story and then YIKES what he tells Kaid….eeeepppppp.  I am so ready for book 3!!!!!!

Sandra R Neeley is a 50-ish Mom, Nana, Wife and Author who masquerades by day as an Administrative Assistant and Manager. She is pretty much a home body who lives in the Southern United States with her husband, kids and a menagerie of animals. She has lived for most of her live with various and sundry characters running around in her head thankfully (and sometimes not so thankfully) distracting her from the standards of day to day life. They finally got so loud that with much encouragement from her husband and her mother, she decided to give them a voice.

Revised Cover, ISBN is the same as original 1519033532, ASIN is the same as original B01MAXX68A

In the backroads and bayous of Louisiana lives a clan of mix matched shifters. Their Alpha, Kinkaid, has been kidnapped by a ruthless Dragon who thrives on torture and pain. Kaid struggles to survive against all odds. Unable to contact his clan, and weak and unable to shift from his Bear, he has given up almost all hope.

One night a human female is brought to the Dragon’s compound against her will. Avaleigh has been chosen to be the Dragon’s Mate. She is tortured to the brink of insanity, easily overpowered by the Dragon. Gradually she realizes that she has no chance of freedom. But will she be strong enough to save Kaid’s bear? And if she does, will he be able to leave her there?

Sitting alone in a smoke filled bar room, another Dragon waits. Stuck in this place, for no reason other than his Dragon refuses to leave here, Daniel GreyStorm watches the patrons come and go. Frustration keeps him company as he waits, wondering what fascination this Louisiana backroads bar holds for his Dragon. He has no idea he is on a collision course with fate.

This book is the first in a new series, Avaleigh’s Boys, about a group of shifters who make their home in the backwoods and bayous of Louisiana. Their clan consists of a mix matched group of five shifters who depend on one another and are loyal to no end. These are their stories.

WARNING: Intended for mature audiences. These stories contain hot bear, dragon, wolf and lion shifters. They like to cuss, fight and love their women. This book contains explicit love scenes, lots of use of the “F” word (among others), and some abuse by evil shifters. If you are offended by these subjects, please do not buy this book.

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So I love paranormal and I love shifters. This book was a big win for me.  I admit it sat on my shelf for a few weeks because I didn’t have the time.  When vacation hit, BINGO I was all in.

When I started the book, I admit I was unsure if I was going to like it.  The beginning is a bit dark but I promise It’s not NEAR as dark as other stories out there but be warned that there is non-consentual sex in the first few chapters.  So there Is my review warning for ya……But like I said it’s not that bad but…..

Avaleigh was been kidnapped and is being held against her will by a really bad, bad, bad shifter.  She is giving up on escaping but she sees another animal also being abused.  Her final thoughts before she is willing to die is to save the bear.

Kaid is on his last string.  He is the alpha of his pack but is being kept in his bear form.  He can’t understand the spells that his is being contained under.  When a strong-willed human who has endured her own abuses helps him escape, Kaid clams this human as his own.  He gives her his bite to help hide her from the bag guy they are on the run from.

Kaid bring Ava into his clan of misfit shifters.  The guys all love her and her care.  She has becoming the missing link to their pack.  The missing female needed to help the guys form the solid family unit they are.  Kaid and Ava are in this predicament.  They both love and care for each other but they aren’t the “True Mate” for one another.    Should they go ahead and claim each other?  If so then what if their true mate appears????

One night while singing her butt off with the guys in karaoke, in walks Daniel and everything flips on a dime!!  Let’s just say Ava’s true mate found her and is not thrilled to see her snuggling with a group of shifters.

The bar scene was the best.  I was giggling my butt off.  But I loved seeing the Kaid-Ava-Daniel dynamic play out.  Ava is pulled in many different ways.  Her duty to her mate or her duty to her family.  She doesn’t think she can have both!!

While the Pack is dealing and evaluating, the bad guy is tracking down his “mate”.  He wants her back.   Let’s just say things go really bad for him when he comes across a true mate and her pack family!!!

The other guys in the pack…seriously….Bam. My heart for this guy.  But then Bane…..shut up.  Mav and Goldiy cracked me up but…..but…Kaid……I need to know my Alpha is going to be ok!!!

Books 2 and 3 are downloaded so I shall find out soon enough!!

Sandra R Neeley is a 50-ish Mom, Nana, Wife and Author who masquerades by day as an Administrative Assistant and Manager. She is pretty much a home body who lives in the Southern United States with her husband, kids and a menagerie of animals. She has lived for most of her live with various and sundry characters running around in her head thankfully (and sometimes not so thankfully) distracting her from the standards of day to day life. They finally got so loud that with much encouragement from her husband and her mother, she decided to give them a voice.

For three years, two months, and five days, Ryan Cole has been a man on a mission—preparing for his future with April. Now a Harvard graduate employed by a top law firm, he’s ready to claim his girl—whether she’s ready or not.
April David asked Ryan for time, and she got it, along with an all-consuming need to break free of her past and love not just herself, but the only man worth fighting for.
When April arrives at Ryan’s graduation reception prepared to discuss their future, she’s derailed by his jealous best friend and her psychotic therapist.
After fighting through interruptions and misinformation, they discover all that’s left is their love. But after so much time apart, do their paths still align or are they willing to change for love and their future??
For Ryan is Book #2. For your reading enjoyment, please read For April first. Thank you.

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Oh brother!!  When I finished book 1, the only reason I didn’t start it right away was I needed sleep!!  I woke up bright and early this morning to start the last leg of my long vacation ride home when I opened my book.  Man was I ready.  I read the blurb THIS time and knew April and Ryan were in for some trouble from meddling people.  Plus they both had fears or “what if……” since they haven’t been together for 3 years.

So, after 3 years of only chatting on the phone or through skype, April strolls into Ryan’s Harvard graduation party to stake her claim!!  The only issue was that she was scared to death that he might not like the new her or all the success she has in overcoming her demons.

Ryan is speechless when he sees his woman stroll in like no big deal!!  He was angry she kept the secret of her trip but at the same time he is wanting to grab her and claim her like he should have 3 years ago.

The two try several times to talk and admit their feelings buuuuuuuut it seems they both have admirers who will do everything they can to stop the connection from being fortified.  April’s long-time therapist and Ryan’s study buddy seem to think the pair will do better part.

I loved the story and seeing how strong and confident that April has become.  Ryan is blown away as well.  April knows who she is and what she wants and Ryan is her future.  No one will stop her from taking what she has waited and struggled for…no one.

Ryan is so excited by this new April.  He still sees the unsure girl he met but he falls more in love with the new and improved April.

In the spring of 2013, Jillian Jacobs changed her career path and became a romance writer. After reading for years, she figured writing a romance would be quick and easy. Nope! With the guidance of the Indiana Romance Writers of America chapter, she has learned there are many “rules” to writing a proper romance. Being re-schooled has been an interesting journey, and she hopes the best trails are yet to be traveled.
You’ll find a bit of her husband in her paranormal series, The Elementals, as he’s a chemist and has to answer all her, “Could this really happen?” questions.
Water’s Threshold, the first in her Elementals series, was a finalist in Chicago-North’s 2014 Fire and Ice contest in the Women’s Fiction category.
Three things about her: She’s a Tea Guzzler, Polish Pottery Hoarder, and lover of all things Moose. Her current positions with Indiana Romance Writers of America are Program Chair and 2015 Conference Co-Chair. The genres she writes under are: Paranormal and Contemporary Romance with suspenseful elements.
Jillian is also part of an Indiana author group, which posts videos answering questions readers post for writers. Visit The Juicebox Dialogues on YouTube for some sassy video fun with romance writers.

Vengeance: punishment inflicted or retribution exacted for an injury or wrong.

 

Austyn Cruz’s life has been turned on its axis. She’s done with sitting on the sidelines while those around her deal with her problems.

Growing up in the Ravage MC, there’s always been someone at her back. Now it’s time for her to deal with her problems on her own. That is, until the guy she’s lusted over and loved for more years than she can count decides to claim her.

Only, it’s too late. He’s too late. Everything has changed.

Ryker James lives by one rule: live free. His past does not define him, but it does decide to give him a wakeup call after years of lying dormant. It’s time to face his demon and make sure, once and for all, it never comes back into his life. All the while protecting the one and only he’s loved for longer than he should.

Two people tied together by their pasts. Two people searching for vengeance. Will the retribution they seek tear them apart, or bring them together? In the end, justice will be served … the Ravage MC way.

** Bound by Vengeance (Ravage MC Bound Series Book Three) is a standalone full-length novel. You do not have to read the Ravage MC series nor Bound Series to follow this book, but if you’d like to see where it all started, you really should. **

 

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Ryan Michele found her passion in making fictional characters come to life. She loves being in an imaginative world where anything is possible and has a knack for special twists readers don’t see coming.

She writes MC, Contemporary, Erotic, Paranormal, New Adult, Inspirational, and many more romances. And whether it’s bikers, wolf shifters, mafia, or beyond, Ryan spends her time making sure her heroes are strong and her heroines match them at every turn.

When she isn’t writing, Ryan is a mom and wife living in rural Illinois and reading by her pond in the warm sun.

 

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He was my first love…
I wanted him to follow his dreams. I wanted him to escape the life he hated. I thought I was doing the right thing by not telling him how I truly felt. Until it was too late, and my silence turned into my biggest regret.
Twelve years ago, Shane Owings died, taking my heart with him. I was left devastated and broken hearted. Time didn’t heal, as the years went on I only missed him more.
She was my best friend… the only woman I ever loved.
When I ran off to join the Army, I left behind everything I had ever loved. I thought I was doing the right thing, but my good intentions quickly turned into my biggest regret.
Every year on the anniversary of Shane’s death I watched as Lillian Nelson visited Shane’s grave and spilled her secrets to a dead man. Each year I hoped she wouldn’t be back, that her heart would finally heal and she would move on. But year after year she was back. So many times I wanted to reach out and comfort the beautiful woman, but I knew she would never forgive me. It was my fault Shane was dead.
Until… A terrorist shows up looking for revenge.
I had to come out of the shadows and protect the one woman I had no business falling in love with.

Free is a steamy last chance at love military romance. No cheating. Guaranteed HEA. Over 18! Bad boy alpha military men use foul language and enjoy dirty talk.

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Riley Edwards is a bestselling multi-genre author, wife, and military mom. Riley was born and raised in Los Angeles but now resides on the east coast with her fantastic husband and children. Her two eldest children have flown the coop and are now serving in the US military. Riley also has a teenage daughter that is the source of laughter and wit around her house. Her youngest son is a “bad-ass” in training and is very much a mini version of his Alpha father.
Riley writes heart-stopping romance with sexy alpha heroes and even stronger heroines. Riley’s favorite genres to write are romantic suspense and military romance. (Those are also her favorites to read.) She’s known for her jaw-dropping plot twists. You know the ones? Those pivotal scenes in a story that when executed so flawlessly it leaves you breathless and begging for more? Yeah, those! She’s mastered the art of blending suspense, romance, and smoldering sexy times. It’s like Criminal Minds, and the Spice Channel mated, and a perfect love child was born.
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For April

Contemporary Novella – 2-book series. – For Ryan

Ryan Cole has two stiff middle fingers for those who say, ”You can rise above your past”…because, yeah…when has that ever happened?

Until it does…

After aiding an influential Senator, Ryan is thrust into a scenario that lays the foundation for his dreams of becoming a trail lawyer. All he has to do is befriend the Senator’s daughter—a woman with no friends, no social skills, who’s past traumas are even worse than his own…and on top of all that, she’s the most beautiful woman he’s ever seen.

As Ryan manipulates his way into April’s life, he discovers he’d do anything to release her from the cage she lives within.

But when he slips and April discovers her father’s plan—and Ryan’s part in it, he must face the consequences of his betrayal and a possible future without the woman he loves.

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GAH!!  So I admit I am a fan of Jillian so I went into this not really knowing what the book was about…Lazy to not look up the blurb but I love her stories sooooooo I opened the book on a road trip.  I couldn’t put it down.  I kept asking “are we there yet?” not because I wanted to get out of the car but because I wanted to make sure I would get the book finished before we arrived at our destination!!!

I loved the concept of Ryan and Aril.  They both have dark stories and broken hearts.  They both look to lean on each other to heal their wounds.

Ryan is approached by April’s father to befriend his quirky and damaged daughter.  He needs to get her out of her darkness and maybe back to some semblance of “normal” by today’s society.  Ryan takes the job and thinks that because he has a “way” to charm the ladies it will be cake.  Little does he know that April will be the one woman who will not fall for his charms but fall for his heart.

April is a broken woman who is living with shame and guilt.  She doesn’t know how to shake the demons but when Ryan offers her a lifeline to enter a normal friendship, she takes it.  She is scared outta her mind and is confused as all get but she wants to be a good person.  She finally has the desire to BE A PERSON again.

The storyline of their friendship soon turns to love and then they must face some challenges.  He is going away to college but her family secrets finally come to light as well.  The two begin a downward spiral.  When I finished the book, I felt for April.  I understood everything she was saying.  I also felt for Ryan because I understood everything he was saying.  I can’t wait to open the next book because I need resolution to their story and a final HEA.

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The love of Trenton Quinn’s life disappeared suddenly. He tried to move on with his life but couldn’t forget about her. When evidence arises suggesting she fell through a time hole he decides to figure out how to follow her to the past and bring her home.

Genevieve Byrne fell off a cliff landing in Regency England and total chaos ensued. Immediately upon her arrival she was kidnapped and held hostage by French spies. Only a miracle would see her through it and she prayed that somehow the love of her life would rescue her. But he never came and she had to find a way to save herself.

After careful research Trenton finds a way to travel through time, but will he be too late to save the woman he loves?

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ANNND It all comes together in the end.

Through this entire series we have seen Trenton searching for Genevieve.  We have seen him marry and divorce another because his heart is all in for Genevieve.  This last novel brings all the pieces to you, the reader, so we can see what happened to Eve and if Trenton can bring his love back to the present or will he stay in her new time.

Trenton screwed up royally when he let work get in the way of his relationship.  When he thought he lost his love he did marry Regina dropped that charade when he found how to go to his love through time travel.

Genevieve has given up on Trenton and she has lost a connection with Regina.  She has settled into her life as the Governess.  When Trenton show up she is mad but still loves him yet still mad at him…hey ya’ll she can be mad at him all she wants…LOL  Woman’s Prerogative.

The couple has a lot to stuff to deal with but one kiss from Trenton has Genevieve trembling and trying to deny her love for him and love for the new guy…LOL

I loved seeing the book/series come full circle.  We got to see everyone with whom they were meant to be with at the end of it all.

Dawn Brower works as a substitute teacher and enjoys the flexibility it gives her to concentrate on her other endeavors.

Growing up she was the only girl out of six children. She is a single mother of two teenage boys; there is never a dull moment in her life. Reading books is her favorite hobby. While she loves all genres she focuses most of her writing on historical and contemporary romance.

There are always stories inside her head; she just never thought she could make them come to life. That creativity has finally found an outlet.