Unexpected Circumstances Book One: The Handmaid ~ Shay Savage

Blurb

In a bold political move, Sir Branford claims a handmaid as his bride instead of the expected princess in an attempt to spark a war. Poor Alexandra knows little of how to behave as the wife of a future king and knows nothing of the man who is suddenly her husband.

Alexandra knows she is being used as a pawn and must do her best to avoid scheming noblewomen and the scorned princess, accept her position as her husband ascends to the throne, and overcome her fears of the man with whom she now shares a bed.

Sir Branford is determined to have it all – the kingdom, a wife of his choosing, and the revenge he seeks for the death of his father. He doesn’t expect the naïve handmaid to become more important than he ever could have foreseen.

Review

Historical type Romances is one of my top favorite genres..

I just don't get to read them as much I used to..

So when I saw Shay Savage was giving it a go...There was NO way I was going to pass this up!!

Loved Sir Branford from the start.. He's on a mission and Nothing and No One will get in his way..

Can't wait to watch Alexandra grow and become a strong partner.. 

I'm sure there will be a ton of hurdles to overcome..

So ready for more!!!

This was such an amazing start and a real Tease

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In The Red: Nomad Biker's (Devil's Due MC, #1) ~ Chelsea Camaron

The event that shook one small town to its core was never solved. The domino effect of one person’s crime going unpunished is beyond measure. 

He’s no saint. 

Dover ‘Collector’ Ragnes rides with only five brothers at his back. Nomads with no place to call home, they never stay in one place too long. Together, they are the Devil’s Due MC, and their only purpose is to serve justice their way for unsolved crimes everywhere they go. 

She’s not afraid to call herself a sinner. 

Emerson Flint still remembers the loss of her elementary school best friend. She is all grown up, but the memories still haunt her of the missing girl. Surrounding herself with men at the tattoo shop, she never questions her safety. Her life is her art. Her canvas is the skin of others. 

However, danger is at her door. 

Will Dover overcome the history he shares with Emerson in time? Will Emerson lead him to the retribution he has always sought? 

Love, hate, anger, and passion collide as the time comes, and the devil demands his due. 

This book sucked me in INSTANTLY wow!!!

You get to ride along and see how guilt can consume you, mold you, take over your life..

Guilt can turn ugly and sometimes drives you to take matters into your own hands

when everything good has been tainted..

This was a kick-ass story about real life heart wrenching circumstances!!

It's about 6 men that take retribution to a whole other level..become a band of brothers, well vigilante nomads really and make shit happen..

A fast paced super hot read I couldn't put down.

Chelsea Camaron can seriously write an engaging story

she's hooked me on so many of them..

Cannot wait to see what she has in store for us with these damaged men

looking for redemption 

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Smut ~ Karina Halle

What happens when the kink between the pages leads to heat between the sheets?

All Blake Crawford wants is to pass his creative writing course, get his university degree and take over his dad’s ailing family business. What Amanda Newland wants is to graduate at the top of her class, as well as finally finish her novel and prove to her family that writing is a respectful career.

What Blake and Amanda don’t want is to be paired up with each other for their final project but that’s exactly what they both get when they’re forced to collaborate on a writing piece. Since Amanda thinks Blake is a pushy asshole (with a panty-melting smirk and British accent) and Blake thinks Amanda has a stick up her ass (though it’s brilliant ass), they fight tooth and nail until they discover they write well together. They also might find each other really attractive, but that’s neither here nor there.

When their writing project turns out to be a success, the two of them decide to start up a secret partnership together using a pen name, infiltrating the self-publishing market in the lucrative genre of erotica. Naturally, with so much heat and passion between the pages, it’s not long before their dirty words become a dirty reality. Sure, they still fight a lot but at least there’s make-up sex now.

But even as they start to fall hard for each other, will their burgeoning relationship survive if their scandalous secret is exposed or are happily-ever-afters just a work of fiction?

Loved Loved Loved!!!

Funny, Sexy, Quirky and Best of ALL Different...

The banter between these two was hilarious, they both had the other pegged! 

Blake was a this cocky, self absorbed A-hole and Amanda was a total Prude!!

Or so they thought..

The Fun & sexy times began when they are paired for a writing project..

Prepare for your cheeks to hurt from the permanent smile on your face.. Mine still are  while I'm writing this with a perma-grin  happens every time I think about this books..

Once the writing started, you could see the chemistry just start sizzling off the pages

and boy it was HOT!!!

Smut was a fantastic Sexy Romance Comedy I couldn't put down..

Blake was nothing like what I initially saw on the surface he won me over immediately 

and Amanda was the cutest and I thought pretty transparent just wanting to be accepted as she was..

I got the feel for the behind the scenes - an idea of what a writing duo might be like..

(Well this was one very (cough) Hot writing Duo )

With secondary characters I couldn't help but fall in Love with as well and 

I can't forget to mention Fluffy..

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Evil ~ Tijan

You know that group of people in school that everyone fears? Popular. Beautiful. The in-crowd?

That was my family. Kind of. 

We were above that group. We held court over everyone else. We were the best looking. We were the mysterious and elusive ones. Most of the girls wanted to (and did) date the guys, but they didn’t want to be one of us. They couldn’t be. They were our prey.

We were the feared.

But like every family, nothing is as it seems. That was my truth.

Kellan was in his own league. He was our leader and he was the one no one messed with. No one dared. He was ruthless, powerful, and no one could match him…

Except for me.

I was about to find out just how different I was from my family.

I love paranormal and it's been a while since I picked one up!

Kellan was mysterious, secretive and so protective he's what kept me reading

wanting to know more, see where all the drama would lead us..

Not sure if I set my expectations too high?

I love TIJAN and was looking forward to her next release and the whole paranormal spin had me diving in!

Shay had me intrigued at first but then she sort of felt like she was always confused, unsure.. Not wanting to accept certain things .. which I won't go into since I don't want to give anything away..

The other two secondary characters are what sort of put me off I think..

But I saw their necessity.. they're the ones that kept Shay on her toes..

Maybe if it was a bit longer I would have liked more?

There was just so much build up, suspense and mystery that when it all got wrapped up in a series of events it was just too much all at once..

Overall a suspenseful paranormal read with more of a YA vibe I wish was longer..

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The Spiral Down (The Fall Up, #2) ~ Aly Martinez

I was afraid to fly.

He made me soar.

After years of climbing the ladder of success in the music industry, I finally had everything I could want. 

Yet I still found myself wandering through life alone.

Captain Evan Roth was the one man I never saw coming. 

Tall, dark, mysterious… Straight. 

We were both damaged beyond repair and searching for something so elusive we weren’t sure it even existed.

But, when two broken souls collide in midair, falling is a given.

I just never expected to crave the spiral down.

So we met Henry in The Fall Up.. he was this fun loving guy, a rock for Levee

Famous, Loaded, Hot and Openly Gay!!!

He kept it fun and light but deep down you could tell he was so ready for his HEA..

His biggest addiction, his drug of choice?

He only went after straight guys.. 

Henry loved the challenge, the mere knowledge that he made them curious, 

made them go against everything they thought they knew about their sexuality..

Seduced them out of their comfort zone!!

The down side to that was that he would usually just turn into "that experience"

Not the One!!

Evan was a bit down on his luck, He was flying Part Time which meant a heck of a lot less air time than he would have liked and not just because of his pockets, He just went through a break up he was sure was for the best although he felt horrible about it!! 

and Oh Yea he's managed to catch Henry Alexander's eye.. 

Growing Up flying was ingrained in him.. Evan felt at ease in the air 

Henry? Well not so much.. Not at ALL!!!

Secrets, Emotions and Pasts did not play a roll when these two got together 

and it was easy to see they were both spiraling out of control..

a few white lies on Henry's part 

Evan not wanting to put a label on his sexuality but not being forth coming with 

his past experiences.. lead to major blow ups..

These two together were HOT!!!

and once they both admitted to what they wanted and set the LABELS aside..

Henry + Evan = Heaven

Loved this read!!

If you've never ventured off and picked up an M/M romance

this would be a wonderful way to pop that cherry..

It was sexy, sweet & hot..

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The One ~ Kristin Vayden

When your best friend is also your boss, ‘great ideas’ aren’t always optional.

After all, when you run the largest fashion, gossip and trend blog in the country, you got to take risks to keep it edgy.

Believe me. This is edgy.

The idea? For one week, date every male fantasy.

The list?

The Jock

The Rock star

The Billionaire

The Stepbrother

See how they are all crossed off except one? That’s because he’s Satan.

And Scottish.

And my best friend’s stepbrother.

And there may or may not have been an incident in Jr. high that he hasn’t forgiven me for…but that’s history.

Or so I hope, because I’m at his mercy for the next week…

This was an amazingly wonderful read!!

It was by Kristin Vayden a new to me author I will definitely keep on my radar..

The story was funny and engaging..

The characters were well developed in such a short story and you couldn't help but 

keep those pages turning trying to see what other disastrous date Merry would be set on..

It was such a cute, sexy, fr-enemy type scenario I thoroughly enjoyed  

wouldn't mind reading a sequel with Roxi and "Her One"

An overall fast paced, sexy-sweet plot with a few fun secrets revealed along the way

And a Scottish Brogue that will have your panties melting off

**sigh**

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Opaque Mirrors ~ Courtney Lane

When the line between fiction and reality bleeds, there is no end to the lies or a truth to be found.

It was never supposed to happen. He was supposed to remain a porn star—the source of my fantasies—in my expansive collection of torture porn. But he found me, and he only wants one thing from me. He calls it the ultimate orgasm; death.

He gives me the illusion of choice—my life or his.

I thought my choice would be the end of my troubles, but it followed me to a town known for its close-minded, small population and hypocritical way of thinking. 

My madness lurks in the shadows. It watches me and seduces me with pretty smiles and dirty degradation. It assures me that my fantasies aren't wrong. It tells me that they will star in all of my nightmares…and I want nothing more.

Content contains strong violence, coarse language, graphic sex, scenes of horror, and situations that most readers would find objectionable. Reader discretion is highly advised.

Fiction & Reality were completely BLURRED...

This was an absolute Mind Fuck!!

I just didn't know what to believe.. the Title is so fitting

Nothing was as it seemed, but then again the story had you thinking it was so 

transparent when it really wasn't..

Whitney tried to move on.. tried hard to put her 

past behind her..

tried to suppress her erotic desires, 

her dangerous thoughts ..

Her fantasies of erotic torture!!

what's a girl to think or do when the very thought of getting her hands on 

snuff porn gets her excited, can so easily get her off!!

Were her daydreams real? did she have anything to do with all the murders taking place? 

Was she losing her mind?

What was real?

This read was filled with twists and turns,, 

mind games like I never could've imagined..

I thought I was having a nervous breakdown while reading it.

It felt sort of like a "who done it" murder mystery..

With an Erotic flare!!

Mason was an enigma hot and cold.. 

He pushed all of Whitney's naughty buttons and was able to fulfill her darkest desires..

Was he a mind reader? where did he come from? 

what secrets did he hide behind that control freak persona?

 why the mood swing's into a total asshole?

Up until the very end I held my breath, when it all finally began to unravel and the puzzle pieces were neatly placed.. (and no they did not just fall into place for me)

It's all made clear and we are no longer looking at a distorted picture.. But one with full clarity, fucked up truths and an HEA..

 Are you ready for the Ultimate Orgasm?

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