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#Review – Shifter Date – Must Love Lions: Paranormal Dating App Series – by: Alma Black

Must Love Lions (A Shifter Date Paranormal Romance)

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Once you go shifter, you never go back…

Alexis Parrish is very single. Sassy and smart, she’s great at her job as a journalist, but it’s never given her the time to find the right man–specifically, a human. So when she gets assigned to interview Max, a lion shifter, about the new dating app he’s created, she can’t believe her intense attraction to him. After all, humans and shifters don’t date.

Max is used to causing trouble. He broke tradition by creating the dating app, Shifter, which humans and shifters alike can use to answer the call of the wild.

When Max challenges Alexis to give him a chance, she can’t say no. A human like her has no business with this handsome alpha lion, but she can’t resist his magnetism. Their chemistry is primal, their connection positively animalistic. After all, once you go shifter, you never go back.

But when a rogue shifter group against interspecies dating targets Alexis, Max will stop at nothing to protect her. It’s more than his pride on the line; it’s his mate.

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When you bestie tells you to pick up a book and it’s free you don’t argue you hurry and one click it. This is about Max a Lion shifter who happens came up with a dating app to help both humans and shifters find their match.

Although Max has figured out a way to connect others with their perfect match does not mean everyone likes or is excited about this including his own family. They are causing all kinds of road blocks for Max. Alexis is supposed to meet with Max to write a blog article regarding the app with the intentions of discrediting it. The only problem with this is that once she meets Max there is such a pull to him that she cannot deny.

Alexis finds it hard to resist Max when he pushes her to give him a chance. The sparks fly and things heat up. However, them being together puts Alexis on the rogue shifter group radar that is trying to stop humans and shifters from being together. This brings out the alpha protectiveness in Max he will do anything to protect Alexis.

I enjoyed the chemistry between Max and Alexis. This had a great story line and was a quick read.

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Twinsie Melinda year in review including my Top 5 from July to December 2016

This has been a fun year filled with signings. In April we flew to Houston for Books are Bigger in Texas and almost didn’t make it out of Chicago. In May we headed to Chicago for Wild &Windy , September we were in St. Louis for Penned Con and Indianapolis for Indi Unmasked, October we were able to attend Glass City in Toledo.  The best one of the year was the event we put on in July Writers on the River in East Peoria, IL.  With the great success we had in 2016 we are planning it again in July 2017.  You can get your tickets HERE.No automatic alt text available.

On to my top picks for 2016 in no particular order:

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Sunshine and Rain (City Limits #2) – M. Mabie

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Welcome to Wynne, population 3402.

No rockstars. No major politicians. No media moguls.

Things don’t change quickly in a small town, except when they do. It’s been pouring rain all summer long, and the disc jockey and local farmer are all of the sudden attached at the hip. It’s not only the rising river getting deeper and deeper.

This is your basic water tower painting, tractor driving, tailgate cooler packing kind a guy chases the single, blonde, radio vixen with mosquito bite rage from his youth type of romance. Or is it the other way around?

Low on drama. High on Love.

Grab an umbrella because it’s a long wet summer.

Sunshine and Rain is the second stand alone novel is the City Limits series. It follows new characters as they navigate their own small-town romance.

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Sinners Revenge  (Sinner’s Creed MC #2) – Kim Jones

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The sizzling second book featuring the Sinner’s Creed Motorcycle Club, bikers bent on riding chrome and meting out mayhem…

Shady has spent the last eight years of his life dedicated to the Sinner’s Creed Motorcycle Club. But after losing the man who was both his brother and his best friend, he has a new purpose—to avenge the death of the greatest nomad in Sinner’s Creed history.

His plan is flawless. His mission is simple: seek and destroy. There is no room for distractions—especially a distraction like Diem.

She’s infuriating. Demanding. Complicated. Impossible. And for some reason, Shady can’t stay away. But he only has space in his heart for one love: Sinner’s Creed. And the club always comes first. Always.

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Sweet Tooth (Combustible Book 3) – Brandy L. Rivers

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One taste and he craves more…

Isandro has a sweet tooth only a feisty chocolatier can sate. Rejected years ago, her sudden interest comes as a surprise, but he won’t miss this chance.

Seeing is believing.

Until Arianna caught her now ex-lover cheating, she couldn’t shut the door on Derrick. After a few drinks, she’s ready to take a chance.

Isandro is like nothing she ever expected, but everything she’s dreamed.

Derrick won’t take the hint. Her family doesn’t approve of her choices. Now she will be forced to choose between blood and her heart.

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Pretty Ugly (Mercy MC Book 1) – Mary Martel – WOTR Attending Author

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For Carmine life is messy and at times it can get downright ugly.
Bounced from one foster home to the next she’s never really had a real home or a real family. Bitter, spiteful and angry, at the young age of thirteen she finally lands in a place that sticks. And it is in no way a good place… except for him.
One look is all it takes for her to find a home and it’s not in a place but a person.
Lucien Oliver found himself orphaned and in the system after both his parents were murdered in front of him by a rival outlaw motorcycle club. Knowing he’d grow into the man his father groomed him to be, and that being not a very good one, he keeps everyone at a distance and only speaks when necessary. That is, until she shows up.
One look is all it takes for Carmine to steal a piece of Lucien’s heart. A heart he has no desire to give away.
For two years, they live under the same roof and become the best of friends and the only family they have to speak of. Then, one night just days after Carmine turned fifteen, the unthinkable happens and they find themselves ripped away from one another in the most tragic of ways.
It won’t be until years later when they meet again. After Lucien is no longer Lucien but rather the enforcer to the Mercy Motorcycle Club and a man known as King. And after Carmine gets out of jail, doing time for a crime she didn’t commit. Now adults and practically strangers they learn that life for them is always going to be messy and if it can get any uglier it will.
Lucien pushes Carmine too far and she finds herself in the arms of another. But will she stay there, or will she find her way home?
This is the start to a series and a spinoff of The Dollhouse Series. Due to adult content, it is not recommended for readers under the age of 18. Contains m/f/m scenes. The following books will contain m/m and m/m/f scenes.

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Ren the Monsters Adventure (A Ren Novella, #3.5) – Sarah Noffke

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Ren Lewis has seen it all, or so he likes to think. He’s encountered every danger known to man. Due to his powers as a Dream Traveler and unstoppable work ethic, he’s experienced more than any human alive. But Ren is about to have a brand new experience.
He’s being dragged on a family vacation.
When a life altering event falls on Dahlia and Ren, he agrees to take a break from work and explore the West coast with his family. But since not everyone in the Lewis clan can dream travel, Ren is forced to endure regular Middling travel in a car. This vacation from hell is actually a spiritual excursion meant to pull the demons out of Ren. The most powerful man in the world is stripped from his element and visited by three wise women whose jobs are to make him come to terms with his past, present and future. This is a Christmas Carol retelling using a modern day Scrooge.

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#TwinsieForTheDay #Review – The Hopeless (The Huntress #2) by Dawn Robertson and Kristen Hope Mazzola

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I am not a good person.
In fact, I am the worst of the worst. I am a god. I give life and I taketh away. I can ruin someone at the drop of a hat and often do it for fun. Yet the world would never know. I smile for the cameras and live the privileged life. But with every vile existence comes the opportunity for redemption.
She is my Redemption.
I am the Huntress.
Society doesn’t realize how deadly I truly am.

Dawn and Kristen want to warn you: this is not for the faint of heart! But if gore, violence, and extreme sexual situation are your cup of tea, this is the read for you

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This duo knocked it out of the park again! I dragged my feet to finish because I just didn’t want it to end. Ellie is such a dark and twisted character that I want to know more about and the growing role of Linc. I can’t wait to see where The Nameless will take us.
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DAWN ROBERTSON

Three times best selling author Dawn Robertson was born and raised in Connecticut before relocating to Florida in 2013. The same year first novel, Hers debuted as an Amazon Best Seller. Replicating that success with two additional novels in the following years.

The Indie publishing world has grown to love her raw writing style depicting strong
women in real life situations, topping the charts in erotica, romance, and romance-suspense. Robertson has even insinuated that the female characters in her book mirror her real life. But, that I’ll leave to speculation.

When Dawn Robertson is not writing she is a full-time Real Estate professional in Florida, and mother of three amazing children.

Future projects include: The Life is a Fairytale Series.
The Hells Renegades MC Series.
And the highly anticipated series finale’s; The Job Volume Three and His Deadly Game.

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Hi! Thanks for dropping in…

You want to know more about me? Well, let’s see…
I am just an average twenty-something following my dreams. I have a full time “day job” and by night I am an author. I guess you could say that writing is like my super power (I always wanted one of those). I am the lover of wine, sushi, football and the ocean; that is when I am not wrapped up in the literary world.
Please feel free to contact me to chat about my writing, books you think I’d like or just to shoot the, well you know.
A portion of all my royalties are donated to The Marcie Mazzola Foundation.

#Review – Devil’s Vengeance (Sidney Storm MC #3) by Nina Levine

The highly anticipated third book from Nina Levine’s Sydney Storm MC is available now!! Are you ready to meet the flirty & dirty biker called Devil?

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The Sydney Storm MC are back and war is coming.

Dating the sister of a friend is a bad move, but falling for the sister of your club’s greatest ally is the absolute worst move.
Especially when he makes it clear he doesn’t want a biker anywhere near her.

This story contains all the panty-melting sexiness and alpha goodness that Nina Levine books are known for.

This series is best read in order

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I decided to be completely up-front with my thoughts. “Are you just after sex here? I mean, if you are, I’m on board with that, but I’d rather know going in what this is rather than thinking it could be more when that’s not what you’re thinking.”

He smiled harder and leant forward so he could kiss me. His lips on mine blazed a line of hunger along my skin. Every inch of me wanted more. And he didn’t disappoint.

Parting my lips, he deepened the kiss, his tongue searching for mine. He took my face in his hands, and his body slid across the lounge towards mine until we were touching.

I wanted to crawl into his lap and never let him end this kiss.

I wanted to rip his shirt off and put my hands all over his body.

God, I wanted to do so many dirty things to him—things I’d never done to another man, but had dreamt of.

“Darlin’,” he rasped, pulling his mouth from mine, which made me want to cry out my disappointment. “We need to stop this now or else I’m not gonna be able to stop. I’d happily fuck you on this lounge if it’s what you wanted, but I doubt it is.”

I took hold of his face. “I need your lips on mine for at least another five minutes, and if you can’t control yourself, that’s on you.” My words came out on a huff of bossy breathlessness, because that’s what a kiss from Devil did to me. I could only imagine what sleeping with him would do. Hell, he might cause me to stop breathing all together.

His eyes widened a fraction before he grinned. “Jesus, you’re something else, woman.”

And then he gave me what I wanted.

And I knew what his answer would be about whether this was just sex or not.

This was never going to just be about sex.
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 Melinda's Review

I received a copy of this book for an honest review.

What happens when a hot biker is threatened by an ally of the club to stay away from his sister? Oh, that’s right he does what he wants.

Devil is intrigued by a woman protester only to find himself in the back of a cop car with her. He does not back down or give up he keeps pushing until he gets what he wants. Hailee is a strong willed woman she knows what she wants and goes after it no matter what anyone says even family. She has a beautiful soul when she loves she is all in and hangs on. She is not needy and doesn’t complain.

Although Devil is 100% biker and all alpha male he has a kind tender side with it comes to Hailee and family.  Even though Hailee’s brother doesn’t accept the relationship and tries to get Devil to walk away Devil will not be detoured and lets his feelings known.  Devil and Hailee are perfect fit together they are different as night and day but have similarities. When you put them together they are like one they balance each other.

Devil and Hailee’s had instant attraction with chemistry that was explosive from the start. I absolutely loved seeing another side to devil seeing him interact with his niece and nephew was heartwarming. One of my favorites in the book was Hailee’s grandmother, gotta love a woman who says what they want when they want. I enjoyed Devil and Hailee’s story but cannot wait to hear Hyde’s story.  That is going to be a ride.

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When I’m not creating with words you will find me planning my next getaway, visiting somewhere new in the world, having a long conversation over coffee and cake with a friend, creating with paper or curled up with a good book and chocolate.

I’ve been writing since I was twelve. Weaving words together has always been a form of therapy for me especially during my harder times. These days I’m proud that my words help others just as much as they help me.

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#WOTR #Review #ReleaseDay – Shamed (Ruthless Rebels MC Novella Series Book #1) by Chelsea Camaron and Ryan Michele

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Dixon James Cartwright – the cowboy on a steel horse.

Trouble with a capital T.

The rigid edge of his jawline to his no holds barred lifestyle DJ is the one person I should stay away from.

Why then when everything crashes around me is he my only saving grace?

***Each book in the Ruthless Rebels MC is a new couple, but are best read in order. This is a biker book so please expect violence, foul language, and sexual situations. Do not buy if any of this offends you.***

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I received a copy of the book for an honest review.

What a great start to a new series by Chelsea Camaron and Ryan Michele. They do a fabulous job of co-writing and telling a great story.

Kinderly has had it rough she lost her father, then her boyfriend crushed her heart, and now she is left to take care of her mother who has checked out since her father’s death. She was in love with Dixon but when she needed him most he chose Ruthless Rebels MC over her.

DJ has proven himself over the years even gave up the only thing that mattered to him for them but now that Kenderly’s world is falling apart he is taking what has always been his.

I absolutely adored Kenderly her big heart, fight, sass, stubbornness, and ability to stand up to anyone was amazing.  She will not go down without a fight no matter what situation she is in. even if it is her and a baseball bat taking on three burly men she will fight to the end to protect herself if need be. Oh and women be warned she will fight for her man and then unleash on those in her path. DJ was amazing too a dick yes but can be a wonderful man when it comes to Kenderly.

This series is going to be great and the men of Ruthless Rebels has me so intrigued I cannot wait to get to know them all. Shamus is next and I have a feeling his will be a great ride with just as strong a woman for him to go after.

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CHELSEA CAMARON

USA Today Bestselling author Chelsea Camaron is a small town Carolina girl with a big imagination. She is a wife and mom chasing her dreams. She writes contemporary romance, erotic suspense, and psychological thrillers. She loves to write blue-collar men who have real problems with a fictional twist. From mechanics to bikers to oil riggers to smokejumpers, bar owners, and beyond, she loves a strong hero who works hard and plays harder.

RYAN MICHELE

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

She writes MC, Contemporary, Erotic, Paranormal, New Adult, Inspirational, and other romance-based genres. Whether it’s bikers, wolf-shifters, mafia, etc., 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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#WOTR #Review – Inflame Me (Ravage MC Book #4) by Ryan Michele

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Tanner O’Ryan is in desperate need of help.

When her mother suddenly suggests they drive to Sumner, Georgia to get assistance from her father, Cameron Wagner, she is more than floored. In her twenty-three years, she’s never known who her father is, and now she has to put her trust in the man. Not only does she have to trust him, but an entire club full of men and women who live a life she didn’t know anything about.

She quickly realizes she needs more help than she originally thought.

*Contains mature content including, sex and violence. Mature audiences only.*

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This is an audio review.

The narrators for Inflame me did a fabulous job. I was sucked into this story and listened to it in one day I could not turn it off. The sexual tension in this was off the charts we had the story of Tanner and the man that caught her eye plus a little of her mother and father too. Tanner and her mother find themselves in a bit of trouble and the only one that can help them out is Tanners father. Yeap that’s right a father Tanner knows nothing about. Boy is she in for a shocker. Her mother tells her he is in a MC and she has to go into the club and find him. I have to say when she meets “Bandana man” and “a sexy, scary man? I was cracking up. Since the synopsis doesn’t mention who Cameron Wagner is I’m not either.

Tanner has to learn to trust her father, the brothers and the MC family to protect her and her mother. Can she learn to trust them? Will her and her mother leave as soon as the issues are no more or will they stay with her new family, will “bandana man” and “sexy, scary man” let them leave after they show up on their doorstep or will they convince them to stay?

I stopped breathing when tragedy hit Tanner’s father. I could not believe this was happening after all they been through to find him and get to somewhat know him. To see how ‘sexy, scary man” first reacted to Tanner and how different he was with her than the others was heartwarming. Although as scared as she was of him she wanted to be around him and to see him get jealousy when other men got around her was great. It was amazing how quickly the overbearing protective father side came out in Cameron.

This story line was great and to see the guys and how quickly they accepted Tanner and her mother was amazing. They truly mean it when they say they protect their own. I love it when there is a character introduced to the MC life and see how they react to it. I enjoyed the talks that Princess and Tanner had as well as the conversation Ma and Tanner’s mother had. Tanner was no weak woman she held her own when needed and had just the right amount of sass to her.

The ending of this one OMG all I can say is things are coming to blows in the next book. Way to drop a bomb and then end it making us wait until the next book to see what happens. Great job making me want more. Both narrators did a wonderful job I felt as if I was right there watching everything unfold.

about the author

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

She writes MC, Contemporary, Erotic, Paranormal, New Adult, Inspirational, and other romance-based genres. Whether it’s bikers, wolf-shifters, mafia, etc., 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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#ReleaseBlitz #Review – Bestie (Jokers’ Wrath MC, #5) by: Bella Jewel

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From USA Today Bestselling Author Bella Jewel comes a new novel in the international bestselling Jokers Wrath MC Series.

The universe works in mysterious ways.

Well, it did for me, anyway.

It was like it knew that I needed him.

It put him in my life during a time I honestly thought I couldn’t go on.

He was broken. I was broken.

We only had one thing to offer each other – friendship.

A true, deep, incredible friendship.

Laughter fixed us.

Talking bonded us.

He quickly became my everything.

This is our story.

I can’t promise it’s always perfect.

It might make you laugh.

It might make you cry.

It might even make you fall in love.

It’s real.

It’s ours.

It’s us. Besties.

**Contains Adult Themes – This book can be read as a standalone**

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I enjoy Bella Jewel’s writing style and way of telling a story. This one is about Molly and Roman both are on the rebound from a bad breakup. Can these two pull each other up and put the pieces of their heart back together or will their ex’s drag them apart and crush their hearts.

Molly’s boyfriend just broke up with her and she is heartbroken. She doesn’t know why and isn’t ready to let go. That is until she meets Roman. They strike up a friendship and realize they have so much in common. Roman shows Molly how she should be treated gives her and gives her the strength to walk away from her ex. However, walking away makes her ex realize he lost a good thing.

Roman is in love with his ex that treats him awful and keeps stringing him along. Molly tries to get him to see what she is doing to him but he still wears those rose colored glasses and wants his ex back.  It breaks Molly’s heart to watch Roman struggle with wanting to go back to his ex knowing that is not the best thing for either of them.

I absolutely loved the banter between Molly and Roman and watching their friendship grow. Molly’s sister was great at giving her advice. I did want to shake both Molly and Roman at times. Seeing them struggle with their ex’s was tough. Watching the dynamics between all the characters was wonderful. I even enjoyed watching all the different advice everyone had for Jack while he chased a girl. I’m already excited to read Jack’s story.  I have a feeling it is going to be a good one.

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Bella is a fun loving australian and a multiple USA Today bestseller. She spends her days in sunny north QLD with her husband and two adorable daughters. She’s been writing since she was fifteen, and after her success with her debut novel, Hell’s Knights, she has been head down, bum up creating new stories. She is the author of the MC Sinners series, Number Thirteen, Enslaved by the ocean, Where Darkness lies, Life after Taylah, Angel’s in Leather, The Jokers’ Wrath series and ‘Til Death. Her next novel, Step-Lover is due for release in early March 2015.

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#ReleaseDay #Review – Tormented (Fallen Aces Book #3) by Max Henry

Title: Tormented
Series: Fallen Aces MC #3
Author: Max Henry
Genre:  MC Romance
Release Date: December 12, 2016

She’s perfect.


And broken, like you … 
Unaware of how beautiful she is.

And how much worse her life could be … 
She’s cast out for being different, misunderstood, or simply too complicated to bother with.

Just. Like. You … 
She’s still perfect.

Because after all, you can’t break what’s already broken, and you can’t hurt what already suffers.

Or can you …?

“He sent you, then? Interesting.” The low resonance of his words ends on a lion’s purr.
I tip my head back to look into his bruised face—evidence he’s still working, still collecting for the reaper—as he blocks out the sun with his size. He’s over six-foot of bulk, which means my five-foot three petite stature fits snugly into his shadow. 
And as much as I’ve tried to tell myself my memory is a goddamn liar, it still comforts me.
“Apparently I fly below the radar.”
His eyes roam lazily over me, settling on the full sleeve I had tattooed a few weeks back. My breath hitches, betraying the fucking confidence I was trying for, as he reaches out and hooks a thick finger in the leg of my cut-offs. Breathe through it. Breathe. You’ve got through it without giving in before, you can do it again.
“Still getting’ around with your ass hangin’ out, Abbey-girl?”
“Did you think I only did it for you?” I mock.
“How long has it been, anyway?”
I chuckle, shifting my gaze back to his disturbingly beautiful face. He expects me to know how many weeks he’s been in Cali and blurt it out, giving away the fact I’m still painfully aware of him. Yeah, I know how long it’s been, but I ain’t playing that game … yet.
“No idea,” I answer, dealing the nonchalant card as I shrug my shoulders. “Time flies when you’re having fun.”
His eyes darken as he reaches out and places both his meaty paws on my ass cheeks. I force a smile as his fingers skim the hem of my cut-offs where it slices a line over the firm globes. I close my eyes briefly as memories of how good it felt last time his hands were on me come in thick and fast. His touch trails up my back, dipping in at my waist, and pushing the hem of my tank up, exposing my flat stomach as he brings his palms to rest below the swell of my breasts. 
Just a few more minutes and he’ll be done. You can do it.
My fight or flight is going haywire. I need to get away, to place distance between us, but at the same time I’m disgusted on the most part by how easy it seems to keep my feet in place. Anyone else, and they’d be cradling a broken wrist for this, my go-to defense when unwanted hands get too close. But this isn’t just anyone—it’s Sawyer, and it seems that my body still doesn’t know how to lie.
I want it.
But I shouldn’t.
He still wants me.
And I should hate that.
But I’m waiting to see what he does next.
Too much at once, Abbey.
“Still tellin’ the truth, I see,” he teases, swiping his thumbs over my pert nipples before he lets go and steps back.
The sun lances across my face, forcing me to look down to save my eyes watering up. “You want to know why he sent me yet?” I draw a deep, equalizing breath.
“Because you begged him to come?” God, he’s always been such an arrogant bastard.
“Hardly.”
He juts his chin forward, and his tongue peeks out, running along the ridge of his teeth. “What then?”
“War is on, Pretty Boy.” I smile. “It’s time to take daddy down.”
Melinda's Review
I received a copy of this book for an honest review.
This is about two tormented souls. Sawyer is trying to deal with the loss of the one true woman that could chase his devil away.  He is out for revenge against the man who he called father for taking her away from him. The one thing he never expected on standing in front of him is the “wild child” that is under the MC’s protection.
Abbey has her own demons she is trying to forget about. she needs to learn to live with them and feels Sawyer is the one who can teach her. only problem is Sawyer wants to know the past and Abbey cannot give it to him. That is the one thing she has never told anyone the entire truth about.
I was never a big Sawyer fan but after reading this he is amazing the way he deals with his devil and how he begins to treat Abbey. I love how all the guys protect Abbey and say and do what they feel is right for her.  But only Sawyer would do what he did for Abbey to show he loves her. This is not a hearts and flower story it is dark and twisted but I enjoyed it.  Seeing these two help each other and seeing how much they had in common was great.
A few of my favorite lines:
When Angels fear to tread in your presence, then only a devil will bring the calm you desire.
I want to make him need me as much as he needs that voice in his head. I want his broken parts to shine shattered sunlight on mine to make a stunning kaleidoscope of courage.
Max is the author of dark, and highly emotional romance. Her Butcher Boys series is centered around a group of ex-street kids who have teamed up with an indebted motorcycle club to take down a notorious drug lord. And her new series, the Fallen Aces MC, is a spin-off from this dark and dangerous world. Her writing has been described as ‘gripping’, and ‘addictive’, taking you on an ’emotional roller coaster ride’.


Originally born and bred in New Zealand, Max now resides with her family in beautiful and sunny Queensland, Australia. Life with two young children can be hectic at times, and although she may not write as often as she would like, Max wouldn’t change a thing. When she’s not engrossed in her dark and twisted fictional worlds, she can be found enjoying the outdoors while 4wd-ing with her family.


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#WOTR – #Review – Crossover: Devil’s Due MC and Vipers Creed MC Prequel by Chelsea Camaron and Ryan Michele

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Two motorcycle clubs, two different reasons for being, and one lifestyle find each other together.

– Devil’s Due MC –
Respect is earned, never freely given.
Our road is a path for justice. Nomads always on the open highway, we follow the trail, no matter where it leads, everyone be damned.

– Vipers Creed MC –
Respect is hard earned.
Live by the creed, die by the creed. If you aren’t with us, you’re against us. If you step into our world, your balls better be big and your cock even bigger.
Brothers, bikes, and bitches collide. Respect is everything.

When two clubs cross over into each other’s worlds, only madness, mayhem, vengeance, and heat can possibly ensue.

This is a cross over novella between two established MC series. This story takes place before the series begins so it is not necessary to read anything before this book. This work of fiction contains violence, language, and situations intended for mature audiences. This is not meant to be an exact depiction of life in a motorcycle club, but rather a work of fiction meant to entertain.

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Melinda's Review

This is a deal two books in one. You can read this without reading either of the series. This gives you a little insight in to both MC’s and you get to meet each of the men in the series.

Devils Due is on a mission that takes them into Vipers Creed territory. Along the way each man has his own story to tell. Vipers Creed we see how Spook became president and how he is turning his club around making it what he wants. He stands his ground with the Devils Due when they come rolling in and the two clubs have to come to an agreement.

I enjoyed seeing these two clubs together. Mostly I enjoyed seeing all the men and hearing their stories. I have my eye on a few of them that stood out to me. Hope we see more of these two grossing over again. The authors did a great job telling their own story as well as intertwining the clubs.

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CHELSEA CAMARON

USA Today Bestselling author Chelsea Camaron is a small town Carolina girl with a big imagination. She is a wife and mom chasing her dreams. She writes contemporary romance, erotic suspense, and psychological thrillers. She loves to write blue-collar men who have real problems with a fictional twist. From mechanics to bikers to oil riggers to smokejumpers, bar owners, and beyond, she loves a strong hero who works hard and plays harder.

RYAN MICHELE

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

She writes MC, Contemporary, Erotic, Paranormal, New Adult, Inspirational, and other romance-based genres. Whether it’s bikers, wolf-shifters, mafia, etc., 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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#Review – Breathe With Me (Brie’s Submission Book #12) by Red Phoenix

Breathe With Me (Brie's Submission, #12)

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When life gets too rough, breathe with me…

Tono Nosaka, the Kinbaku rope master, has known heartache and loss—never defeat. He is determined to claim his soulmate.
Miss Autumn is courageous and talented, but she hides a personal secret that binds her heart. Just when the walls start to come down, Tono has a dream about Brie so shocking he would make any sacrifice to ensure it never comes true.

Love that strong has extraordinary power.

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I am so enjoying reading the POV of all the men in Brie’s life. They all love her, want the best for her and will protect her with everything they have.

At the end of A Cowboy’s Heart Master Anderson calls Tono to come to take care of and protect Brie. The only thing is Tono was making progress with Autumn now he must leave and hope that Autumn can trust him. Tono goes to Brie to help her through this time in her life. Will he be able to balance this and continue to proceed to break down Autumn’s walls even from a distance?

This was packed with all kind of goodness and suspense too. I so enjoyed the outing Tono took Brie on seeing the Dom’s perform was amazing. the flash backs getting to know Tono better was great. My favorite was when Tono and Autumn had their time together and reading the letter he wrote to her.

Tono was wonderful his calmness to pull Brie up and get her in to a routine to occupy her mind from her current situation is something that Sir would greatly appreciate. His ability to get Autumn to open up to him, trust him and let him break down her walls was heartwarming.

We also get to see a little of Rytsar and he is not happy when we get to see him. I have to say I’m so excited to learn Rytsar is next. He is my favorite and I cannot wait to learn more about him.

My favorite quote was between Brie and Tono:

“But I broke that beautiful heart…”

“You bruised it, you did not break it. How can I fault you for following your destiny? It allowed me to follow mine”

 

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Red Phoenix is an award-winning erotica author who gained popularity with her BDSM series, Brie’s Submission. She has won 8 reader choice awards for her various novels. When she is not writing, you can find her on Facebook or Twitter interacting with fans.

“I heart my fans!” ~Red