Dr. Aubriella Byrne isn’t the adventurous sort. The most daring thing she’s ever done is travel to visit her cousin in Kent to research her doctorate. Until she catches a glimpse of a man in another era through a mirror—she takes a leap of faith and goes to his time to find him.

Killian Lynwood, Earl of Thornbury finds Aubriella wandering the lands outside his castle. She has an ethereal beauty and frailty that makes him want to protect her. Safeguarding those he loves has been his duty since he was a small boy, starting with his mother. Aubriella quickly becomes a female he cares deeply for.

Aubriella isn’t sure if she should tell him who she is, or more importantly where she’s from, but secrets and lies have a way of unraveling. Killian has a few of his own he doesn’t want to come to light. The decision to trust each other is a hard one. Sometimes love isn’t enough and their secrets might destroy everything.

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This book in the series starts with Aubriella, a history major and person who specializes in English history of the time, yelling at Trenton about how her family can time travel.  She looked into the mirror to see a sad gentleman that she just must get to know when it BOOM its starts.

Brie wakes up and is with the handsome gentleman named Killian.  She wants to get to know him because she did her thesis on his family for college.  When she overhears he will be attending a rally she must stop.  She knows through her knowledge that the rally turns deadly.  She will do anything and everything to stop him from going.

Killian is struck stupid b the beauty who stumbled on his lands.  He will not fall into a trap because all women are poison.  When he mentions going to a rally this sprite of a woman insisted on attending with him.  He doesn’t trust her but can’t stop looking at her.

The journey to the rally has the two of them spilling half-truths to protect their true self.  Brie runs into someone from the future who might ruin her entre plan.  However, the couple end up playing a version of truth or dare and all the secrets start to fall!!

The end of the book we see the set up for the next story of Brie’s half sister and her Duke.

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.

***This is part two of a four part reverse-harem serial. Recommended for 18+ for language and sexual situations. It is approximately 18,000+ words. Note: this does end on a cliffhanger***

Lucy Bryant has just been saved by the mysterious and handsome STF Agent Hollis Grey after a ruthless attack. Things become complicated when it’s suspected that the attack was a set up, and it all seems to be circling back to the reason Hollis showed up in Lucy’s life in the first place.

As Hollis’s case begins to heat up, so does Lucy’s love life.

Her feelings for Hollis and Sloan are confusing the hell out of her and she can’t decide who her heart wants more. Surprisingly, the guys are suggesting a ‘why choose’ option. Shouldn’t that make things easier?

What’s a vampire to do? With everything that’s going on in her life, taking a vacation in the sun is starting to look more appealing than even blood…

Order to read:

Blood and Ink
Blood and Lust
Blood and Bondage
Blood and Revenge

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Blood and Lust: Under the Skin Serial Part Two by K.B. Ladnier

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GAH!!!  YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  This book made me super happy!!  To turn on my kindle and see this little baby sitting there waiting for me…yup I told the family to figure out dinner because I was going in!

So Luce….welll at the end of the last book Hollis saved her from some bad vampires who were trying to kill our girl…so not cool FYI.  Hollis is totally enraptured by Luce and he has no clue why.  He needs to protect her and do other things with her too *Wink*

Luce wakes up in a blood lust haze and attacks the agent but then discovers he has a secret he has been hiding from everyone.  The couple spend time getting better acquainted and learning more secrets…..  Come on you KNOW what I am meaning people!!!  When it’s time to go home Luce is a mess because she knows she has a certain wolf that will not be happy with the smells he will be smelling.   The trio discuss a reverse harem situation and Claudia is super jelly!!  LOL    Girl I am so with Claudia on this scenario!!

Luce is kinda flipping out but needs to think. While she is taking her “thinking time”, the bad guys get even badder.  Hollis has to have Lucy try to id Viper when everything goes haywire!!

I love how in this serial nothing seems rushed.  KB takes the time to tell the story but doesn’t make it drag and certainly doesn’t rush it.  She gives all the characters time to let you the reader understand what is going on.

I am super stoked for the 3^rd installment of the 4series serial.  I THINK I know who was talking to Lucy but ya just never know do ya….until the next book!!!

K.B. Ladnier is from a small city in Southern Mississippi. She has one daughter and three cats who she claims are stealing her soul in only tiny doses so she won’t notice. She is a cyborg and spends most of her time hiding from her tiny human so she doesn’t have to share her snacks as she reads her favorite books. She hates the beach yet lives only ten minutes away from it and daydreams of mountains and snow. She is married to a hot nerd and loves him dearly even though he hordes cookies and occasionally hides her prosthetic leg from her when she’s mad, so he can get a quick escape. She plans to write as long as people continue loving what she does, otherwise she’s going to say screw it and do her second dream of owning a coffee shop. Though, she may still do both.

Dire straights.

Rock bottom.

Out of options.

It’s where we were. My pack and I.

A simple bargain.

A childhood crush.

Could it work? In a world of fated mates how would we possibly fake it for everyone?

Luca made it all sound so easy. My heart, body, and wolf were on board. I just needed to convince my head.

I couldn’t deny the alpha he was or the chemistry between us. Only time could tell if it would be for eternity.

A not so simple bargain changed it all.

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Whoop!  Love me some shifters!!

This was a great, quick read for me while I was hanging outside on a nice afternoon free from work.

Caleigh and her pack are having some financial issues.  She tells her father, the Alpha, but also lets it slip to her sister from another mister/another pack member bestie Sage.  Caleigh is pretty sad and stressed out when Sage calls that she has a solution to her problems.  Caleigh runs to find out WHAT!!

Luca is Sage’s older brother and Alpha of the pack.  To say he is a dominant man s an understatement.  He gives Caleigh a plan, be my mate for 6 months and I will bail you out……WHAT?  Has he been drinking?  Luca can and does get any woman he wants so why does he want Caleigh?

Caleigh goes all in and is falling for our Alpha when things happen to cause her to not believe in him anymore.  The couple have to come to face some real-life issues with their “fake” mating.

I loved the story and thought it was a super fun, light read for any shifter lover.  I would love more from the family because there is a story there about Safe and Caleigh’s brother I just know it!!!

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

Attending a co-worker’s Halloween party dressed as a sexy fairy was the worst decision Shelby Maxwell made all week. That is until she lets her temper get the best of her in front of Dallas’s finest and ends up in the back of a police cruiser. Too bad the gorgeous jerk responsible for her bad behavior didn’t have the sense to avoid the police, himself.

When someone shoots up the party, the gorgeous jerk, Nick Kang, sprouts fur, explodes out of the police cruiser, and saves the day. Nick’s jerk streak continues as he leaves Shelby to explain what happened.

After her name is released to the press, a penitent Nick arrives to protect Shelby from the killer’s mafia associates. Close quarter guarding leads to close quarter groping and a little more intimacy than Shelby is prepared for. But it may be time to put her past behind her and accept far more than the safety Nick offers.

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I so enjoyed this read it had me turning pages to see what Shelby would say next.  She doesn’t hold back. What kind of girl is Shelby well let me just say when she goes to Halloween party where she dressed as a fairy, and not in the Tinker Bell fairy kind of way, when she runs in to the biggest jerk ever Nick and we see her personality shine. What’s a girl to do when being treated like this she lets loose and finds herself in the back of a police cruiser with the Jerk. Thinking her biggest issue is going to jail only things go terribly wrong and she finds herself in a strange and unbelievable predicament.  Just when she thought no biggie I will never see him again she is pulled out on a double date with her bestie only to find she is face to face with the Halloween party Jerk. Now that she finds herself in the center of danger Nick takes it upon himself to protect her. Nick has found his one but Shelby has no idea what that entails only that she is up for a little fun but when Nick has to bring in back up she finds her life may have to take a change of course.  Is she ready for that? Can she be what Nick needs?

I loved seeing Nick and Shelby’s personalities show when they are with one another.  Shelby had me chuckling and turning the pages to see what was going to happen next. Not only did I enjoy Shelby and Nick but I also found myself wanting to know more about the side characters also. I enjoyed this book and cannot wait to read more of this series.

Anya Breton is a web monkey with an obsession for nail polish and rubber chickens. Her fears include Peeps and people who hate clowns. Her genres include erotic romance, urban fantasy, and young adult—all with a little quirk. She lives in the Midwest where land is cheap and corn is cheaper.

WHEN THE BEAST WITH A HEART OF GOLD

Everything changed for Jasper Benedict, the Earl of Ailesbury, the night his family died in a tragic fire—the same fire that left him disfigured. Now, his scars have given him the name the Beast of Faversham. But when he stumbles upon a damaged carriage during a tempest, the beautiful woman inside reminds him of the man he wishes he could be: free of his past, and able to love.

TAMES A BEAUTY WITH A WICKED PAST

When her carriage breaks down outside Faversham Abbey, this is just the most recent in a long series of misadventures for Miss Adeline Price. Her beauty hides a fatal flaw: she’s quick to judge, and rarely looks beneath the surface. But the longer she’s around Jasper, the more she begins to want to be better—someone deserving of him.

But when it comes time to reunite Adeline with her family in London, will Jasper believe that she sees not his scars, but the good, honorable man he is?

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AHHHHH Beauty and The Beast!!  This book is totally a retelling of Beauty and The Beast!!

So our girl Adeline is a bit of a spoiled brat right?? She pouts a lot ad gets her way a lot with her brother and new sister in law/bestie Theo.   When Adeline has to take her 2 youngest sisters to boarding school she has a problem with her carriage.  It breaks down in the coldest and rainiest of nights.

Jasper is a scarred man who only has the servants for friends.  The town calls him the Beast and he is ok with the lonely life.  He has duties to his people and that is all he can see for his future…his duty.  When he offers to let Adeline in his house for the night, everything changes for the two

Adeline sees an imperfect person become the perfect match for her.  Jasper learns that he too wants more than just his duty to the villagers.  The couple have to learn how to communicate with each other on his lands with his villagers and when they are forced to return to London and deal with the ton.

I loved this book.  I loooooved seeing Adeline grow as a person in the novel.  We see the brat becoming a woman and taking a stand for what she wants.  I loved Jasper for his heart.  He may act like the shunning doesn’t hurt but he wears his heart on his sleeve.  When Adeline is the first woman to look at him as more than a Beast, he is so confused and unsure what to do.

The ballroom scene made me have a few tears especially at how bare Adeline lays it all out for her family and friends regarding Jasper.

USA Today Bestselling Author Christina McKnight writes emotional and intricate Regency Romance with strong women and maverick heroes.

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