{"id":20060,"date":"2018-01-05T10:53:17","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T16:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=20060"},"modified":"2017-12-27T18:54:41","modified_gmt":"2017-12-28T00:54:41","slug":"topten-wotr2018-paranormal-mafia-contemporary-nonfic-bdsm-twinsie-kristis-2017-top-ten-shaylablack-teresagabelman-stacygail-jennajacob-carrieannryanmamriehart-jmwal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=20060","title":{"rendered":"#TopTen #WOTR2018 #Paranormal, #Mafia, #Contemporary, #NonFic, #BDSM – Twinsie Kristi\u2019s 2017 Top Ten: @ShaylaBlack, @TeresaGabelman, @StacyGail, @JennaJacob, @CarrieAnnRyan,@MamrieHart, @JMWalker, @VanessaMarie"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Wow, another year is in the books. Speaking of books I read sooo many good ones that it was hard to pick a top ten but I finally did it!! Lol!!
\nI have a vamp, some contemporary, a hot as hell Russian ex assassin, a funny as hell non-fiction, a MC, and another hot Russian!! Here they are in no certain order, hope you enjoy!!!<\/p>\n

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Happy-Ever-After has never been so intoxicating\u2026 Danger\u2026 When a man has beaten it, he becomes a hero. Lust… When a woman tastes it, she is helpless to resist his pull. Love\u2026 It won\u2019t come easily, especially between alpha men and their headstrong women. Threats lurk in the shadows, and the price for passion is often exacted with a bullet or a blade\u2026but the sacrifice is worth it when devotion is the reward. Ten bestselling authors, masters of spine-tingling romantic suspense, bring you brand-new stories that will yank you to the edge of your seat and have your heart pounding as you turn the pages. Best of all, the proceeds will benefit 4 Paws for Ability, a worldwide agency that enriches the lives of children and veterans with disabilities by training and placing quality, task-trained service dogs. Stories Contributed to Alphas of Danger: 1. SHAYLA BLACK – FRISKY BUSINESS 2. LEXI BLAKE – COUNTDOWN 3. MARI CARR – POWER STRUGGLE 4. KRIS COOK – CIA COVERT TEAM: RAINBOW KNIGHTS (M\/M) 5. ANISSA GARCIA – WITH A VENGEANCE 6. KYM GROSSO – HARD ASSET 7. JENNA JACOB – REVENGE ON THE ROCKS 8. KENNEDY LAYNE – SEDUCING DANGER 9. ISABELLA LAPEARL – ENFORCE HER – A LEATHER, PIPES & PASSION SHORT STORY 10. CARRIE ANN RYAN – EXECUTIVE INK – A MONTGOMERY INK SHORT STORY<\/p>\n

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My review of these 10 awesome authors <\/a><\/p>\n

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I need to get my motor running.
\nLiterally.
\nAll I want is to learn how to build engines,
\nCars, motorcycles–anything.
\nYou name it; I want to feel it rev in my hands.
\nFabricate it into something mine,
\nBend it to my will,
\nCreate what hasn’t been built before.<\/p>\n

But nobody takes me seriously,
\nAnd I’m no damsel in distress.
\nI can and will get my hands dirty,
\nVery dirty.<\/p>\n

And now, I have that chance,
\nWorking with Jesse Valentine,
\nTop motorcycle and hot rod fabricator.
\nBut he’s got a reputation for more,
\nMuch more.<\/p>\n

After all, he’s nothing but a cocky,
\nOverinflated jerk,
\nAnd I’m just interested in mechanics,
\nCold, hard, machines.
\nI was born to bend, build, create,
\nAnd I won’t change for anyone,
\nNot even him.<\/p>\n

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My 5 star Review<\/a><\/p>\n

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I\u2019m Griffin Reed\u2014cutthroat entrepreneur and competitive bastard. Trust is a four-letter word and everyone is disposable\u2026except Britta Stone. Three years ago, she was my everything before I stupidly threw her away. I thought I\u2019d paid for my sin in misery\u2014until I learned we have a son. Finding out she\u2019s engaged to a bore who\u2019s rushing her to the altar pisses me off even more. I intend to win her back and raise our boy. I\u2019ll have to get ruthless, of course. Luckily, that\u2019s one of my most singular talents.<\/p>\n

Sixty days. That\u2019s what I\u2019m asking the gritty, independent single mother to give me\u2014twenty-four\/seven. Under my roof. And if I have my way, in my bed. Britta says she wants nothing to do with me. But her body language and passionate kisses make her a liar. Now all I have to do is coax her into surrendering to the old magic between us. Once I have her right where I want her, I\u2019ll do whatever it takes to prove I more than need her.<\/p>\n

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My 5 star review<\/a><\/p>\n

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They say first impressions mean everything. Either Maximus \u201cMax\u201d Gunn didn\u2019t get the memo or he didn\u2019t care. The gorgeous, muscle-bound Dominant\u2019s assumption that I, Mistress Sammie, was a submissive set my blood boiling. I wanted to drive the toe of my coveted Louis Vuitton stilettos between his legs\u2014and bring him to his knees.<\/p>\n

But anger wasn\u2019t the only burning emotion Max ignited inside me. The potent sexual attraction we share threatened to burn me alive, too. Unwilling to cede our Dominance, the battle for control raged like a third world war, both in and out of the dungeon. It would take a coup d’\u00e9tat for love to conquer our drive to command.<\/p>\n

But when Max learns the secrets of my past, and attempts to heal my scars, I don\u2019t know if I\u2019ll be able to still the battle\u2026or fall willingly to my knees.<\/p>\n

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My review of this WOTR Author<\/a><\/p>\n

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He doesn\u2019t remember.
\nIn the beginning, women and alcohol were one in the same. Until he met her.
\nThe pain and heartache he caused her died when he was shot and fell into a coma.
\nWaking up is the only way he can get back to Maxine Stanton while she does everything she can to push him away.<\/p>\n

She hates him.
\nEvery fiber of her being loathes the man she fell in love with but she can\u2019t control her heart and wants him just the same.
\nWhen Dale Michaels finally wakes up, she realizes they need to end this once and for all, before it destroys them both.<\/p>\n

When an unexpected source rips through what they\u2019ve worked hard to maintain, only then do they realize the full potential of their love.<\/p>\n

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My review of this WOTR Author<\/a><\/p>\n

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***TRIGGER WARNING: This is a MAFIA romance. In addition to several scenes with strong sexual content, there are also scenes involving violence, death, gun play, mention of sexual abuse, and adult language. Due to the nature of this book, it is intended for 18+ audiences only***<\/p>\n

My name is Dash.<\/p>\n

The Vitaliev Bratva had always been a part of my life, but I was never a part of it. My father built it from the ground up, and while he never hid what the family business was, he never wanted my life to be tainted by it.<\/p>\n

But my father forgot one thing.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m also a Vitaliev.<\/p>\n

Everything I hold dear has been targeted since my father\u2019s death\u2014my business, my friends, and the peaceful world I\u2019ve built for myself. But it wasn\u2019t until the love of my life, Polo Scorpeone, was struck down by a sniper\u2019s bullet that I realized being a Vitaliev isn\u2019t a curse. It\u2019s a strength.<\/p>\n

I will face my hidden enemy with the Vitaliev fire of old, and I\u2019ll do it with the most powerful lethal weapon Chicago\u2019s underworld has ever known by my side.<\/p>\n

Come to find out, the legendary Scorpio is hard to kill.<\/p>\n

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Check out my review of this yumminess<\/a><\/p>\n

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The riotously funny debut from the drinking star with a YouTube problem.<\/p>\n

Since launching her YouTube channel \u201cYou Deserve a Drink\u201d in 2011, comedian Mamrie Hart has built an intensely devoted following of more than half a million viewers. Like her bawdy and bacchanalian show, Hart\u2019s eponymous debut pays tribute to her boozy misadventures with an original cocktail recipe accompanying each hilarious tale. From the \u201cLeaves of Three Martini,\u201d commemorating the hookup to whom she accidentally gave poison ivy, to the \u201cBizzargarita,\u201d in honor of the time she and a friend were approached by two uber-Republican couples who wanted to \u201cswing\u201d while on vacation in Mexico, You Deserve a Drink is as useful as it is entertaining.<\/p>\n

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Check out my 5 star review of this non-fic<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Montgomery Ink series by NYT Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan continues when the final Denver Montgomery sibling refuses to fall for his brother\u2019s former flame\u2014the company\u2019s new plumber.<\/p>\n

Wes Montgomery watched his entire family fall in love, and now finds himself ready to settle down. Except the one person he seems to find chemistry with is not only his twin\u2019s ex, she also works for Montgomery Inc. But when the two find themselves in one compromising situation after another, Wes realizes he\u2019s having second thoughts about the dynamic woman who\u2019s burst her way into his life. Sure she sets off his temper, but she also makes him hot in every other way possible.<\/p>\n

Jillian Reid never loved her best friend like everyone thought she should, so she pushed him away so he could have his future. Now, despite fighting it, she finds herself attracted to the one man she shouldn\u2019t. When her father\u2019s health takes a turn for the worse, and a danger no one saw coming show its face, she\u2019s forced to turn to Wes for help. The two of them have fought off their attraction long enough, and each cave to the desire. But this enemies-to-lovers tale might have an ending no one ever dreamed of.<\/p>\n

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Check out my 5 star review <\/a><\/p>\n

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Steve, the self-proclaimed Invisible Warrior, has not had a typical life. Trained by the VC Warriors, he still has to prove his worth, but with humor and sheer will, he refuses to give up.<\/p>\n

In one afternoon, his life changes, as do the lives of three others. Steve Richardson has a serious choice to make between two women and someone who holds his heart like no other.<\/p>\n

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TRIGGER WARNING: This book contains flashbacks of violence and drug abuse, and the impact of these factors on family members. If you have issues with these elements, this book is not for you.<\/p>\n

Chicago\u2019s premiere tattoo studio, House Of Payne, is across the street from the Mad Cow diner, but it might as well be on another planet as far as waitress Paradise Simone is concerned. She\u2019s a good girl from Waukegan with a past she\u2019d rather forget, and a future that goes only as far as the next day. What does she know about superstars and paparazzi?<\/p>\n

But Pari does know danger when she sees it, and tattooist Max Kulagin has it written all over him. A proper Waukegan girl should know to steer well clear, but she can\u2019t resist Max when he leaves beautiful, intimate art sketched out on cheap diner napkins.<\/p>\n

Beautiful, intimate art\u2026of her.<\/p>\n

Max knows ugliness. He was born in it. Raised in it. Had it shoved down his throat every goddamn day. So when he stumbles across true beauty, he worships it. There\u2019s a deep sensuality in the waitress who likes to suck on her pen whenever he\u2019s around, and he\u2019s just the man to bring that beauty out in her. She might be a lady in the street, but one look at Pari tells him she\u2019s going to be a freak in the bed.<\/p>\n

And in the shower.<\/p>\n

And while he\u2019s driving with her head going to town in his lap.<\/p>\n

The life Max leads might be in the spotlight, but it\u2019s Pari who gets caught in the glare. When her past catches up to her, it\u2019s her life that holds all the excitement, and not in a good way. But there\u2019s no force on earth that can take Max\u2019s beautiful Paradise away now that he\u2019s finally found it.<\/p>\n

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***This standalone, mildly erotic contemporary romance contains a woman with an oral fixation and a man who\u2019s happy to encourage it. There are multiple sex scenes that include oral sex. No cheating, no love triangles, no cliffhangers. HEA guaranteed. Due to adult language and sexual content, this book is not intended for people under the age of eighteen***<\/p>\n

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Check out my 5 star review of this Hot AF Russian<\/a><\/p>\n

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Alpha\u2019s of Danger\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Fabricating Jada<\/a><\/p>\n

More Than Need You<\/a><\/p>\n

Resisting My Submission<\/a><\/p>\n

Numb<\/a><\/p>\n

Year of the Scorpio: Part Two<\/a><\/p>\n

You Deserve a Drink<\/a><\/p>\n

Inked Memories<\/a><\/p>\n

Invisible Warrior<\/a><\/p>\n

House of Payne: Max<\/a><\/p>\n

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