Mini Review: Besiege by June Gray

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Besiege
Series: Disarm #2
Author: June Gray

SUMMARY
(From Goodreads)

The continuing story of Elsie and Henry…

Elsie has waited six long months for Henry to return from his deployment to Afghanistan. But she learns that, sometimes, the person who leaves for war is rarely the same one who comes home…

MY THOUGHTS

Besiege is the second novelette in the Disarm series by June Gray.

In Besiege, we pick up where we left off in the last book.  Henry has just been deployed to Afghanistan and Elsie is left with being alone for six months.  After finally admitting their feelings for each other in the last book, this proves to be a real test to their relationship.

Elsie learns through another military wife, small things to help in the pain of being left behind at home.  She forms a friendship with this other woman and they both are there for each other.  Dave, a friend of Henry’s and Elsie’s brother, checks on her while Henry is away.  This leads to a small glitch in Henry and Elsie’s relationship with Dave making a move on Elsie.  Add on the stress of learning that Henry’s base was attacked and Elsie starts to fall apart.

When Henry returns though, he isn’t the same man who left.  He is dealing with PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) and has closed himself off from Elsie.  Together they have to try and figure out a way to help him which leads to him going to California for therapy and to spend time with his family.  Again, Elsie has to watch Henry walk away and deciding what she can do to help.

While this book wasn’t as sexy and hot as the first part in the series, this one does deal with serious issues. While I think that Henry didn’t really need to travel to a therapist, it does create a good set-up for the next part and leaving the reader with another sad cliffhanger.  Even though it wasn’t as good as the first book in this series, I do plan on reading the next book.

MY RATING

Very Good! I would recommend this book!

Review: Addicted by Charlotte Stein

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Addicted
Author: Charlotte Stein
Genre: Adult Romance / Erotica

SUMMARY
(From Goodreads)

Kit Connor has always led a safe, cautious life. But when her friend points out that her erotic writing lacks something, she decides to attend a Sexual Healing group to improve her knowledge.

Kit expects to find the gritty underbelly of sex, and instead finds louche, laidback, sex-loving Dillon Holt.

He makes a suggestion to her: that he will tell tales of his sexual excess, and help her book get the realism it needs. She agrees, but hasn’t the least idea of what she’s getting into.

Dillon doesn’t have simple advice in mind … he has lessons to teach her. Lessons on everything she’s never dared to experience, from kink to real passion.

Now Kit is never sure: is Dillon the addict, or is she just addicted to him?

MY THOUGHTS

After reading a previous book by Charlotte Stein, I have been watching out for new releases by her.  The last book I read was a short story, but this one is a full length that I was highly anticipating.  Ms. Stein can right descriptive scenes like a master story teller.  It actually feels like you are the character in the book with all of the emotions pouring from the pages into your body.

I absolutely loved Dillon in this book. He was so carefree and funny that it was refreshing in this genre.  After reading so many books about Alpha/Dominant men with having to have the upper hand, it was delightful to read about a main male character actually being kind and very generous to the woman in the bedroom.  This is not to say that he is not a strong and alpha man — the man is freaking huge in height and “length” — but he has a tender side as well.

Kit was just as funny, but she did get on my nerves at time with her inner dialogue and embarrassment at every little thing.  This is something that could be overlooked, but at times I just wanted her to get over it and quit making up such random things in her head.

Overall, I enjoyed this book.  It had the steamy factor, the hot male lead, the chemistry, the humor and the wonderful writing I knew Charlotte Stein could deliver.  Another hit by an author I am “Addicted” to now!

MY RATING
Very Good! I would recommend this book!

Review: The Siren by Tiffany Reisz

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The Siren
Series: The Original Sinners #1
Author: Tiffany Reisz

SUMMARY
(From Goodreads)

Notorious Nora Sutherlin is famous for her delicious works of erotica, each one more popular with readers than the last. But her latest manuscript is different—more serious, more personal—and she’s sure it’ll be her breakout book…if it ever sees the light of day.

Zachary Easton holds Nora’s fate in his well-manicured hands. The demanding British editor agrees to handle the book on one condition: he wants complete control. Nora must rewrite the entire novel to his exacting standards—in six weeks—or it’s no deal.

Nora’s grueling writing sessions with Zach are draining…and shockingly arousing. And a dangerous former lover has her wondering which is more torturous—staying away from him…or returning to his bed?

Nora thought she knew everything about being pushed to your limits. But in a world where passion is pain, nothing is ever that simple.

MY THOUGHTS

This is one of those books where you want to read it so bad, but you also don’t want to start it because of fear.  I have heard amazing things about this series and was told on numerous occasions to read it.  I have also heard that it delves deep into the BDSM world with heavy emphasis on the S&M.  While I am huge fan of erotica books,  I now realize that everything before was tame compared to this book.

The first half of this book was hard for me.  I couldn’t get a real connection with Nora formed and my feelings for her were just ho-hum.  It is hard to explain in words my exact feelings for her because she was so far off the map of my comfort zone.  I loved her banter with Wes and Zack, but I was actually scared of her character just as much as Zack was.

Soren was also a character I wasn’t sure about.  Was he a bad guy or a good guy?  While I am still not sure which side of the camp to place him in,  I can honestly say that the camp is starting to blend together into one. There really isn’t a good side or a bad side. For now I am going to hold him in the neutral zone even with the revelations that came throughout this story.

Wesley.  Oh sweet Wesley. I think he was one of my favorite characters in this book.  My heart hurt for him so much.  I seriously hope the next book in this series will give me some peace with his heartache.  I really want him to be happy.

Then we have Zack.  Brooding and British.  The London Fog. Those two sentences are Zach, but he is also so much more.  He is a man who is hurting, who is looking for freedom from his guilt, and a man who is trying to understand how Nora can live the way she does.  This man has been through a hard time with his wife and you desperately want him to have happiness again.

This book really pushed me to the end of my comfort zone.  If you think you can handle BDSM in your erotic reads, then just consider them tame and vanilla compared to what you will read in this book.  There were even spots I had to stop reading and reassure myself that it was just a book and continue on.  It might not have started out great for me as a read, but it definitely converted me into a fan of this author and the characters by the last half of the book.

MY RATING

Very Good! I would recommend this book!

Review: Anything He Wants by Sara Fawkes

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Anything He Wants
Series: Dominated By The Billionaire #1-5
Genre: Erotica / Romance

SUMMARY
(From Goodreads)

Lucy Delacourt’s temp position isn’t quite her dream job but it pays the bills. The highlight of her day is riding the elevator in the mornings with a handsome stranger. Tall, dark, and sexy as hell, Lucy knows he’s way out of her league, but a girl can look, right? 

Everything changes the day the stranger seduces her. Completely out of character, she yields without a fight, but she has no idea her wanton acts with a man whose name she doesn’t know will change her life forever. Because the sexy stranger is none other than Jeremiah Hamilton, billionaire CEO of Hamilton Industries, and one taste isn’t nearly enough to satisfy his need.  As the billionaire pulls Lucy deeper into his world of high stakes business deals and ruthless takeovers, he demands nothing less than her complete surrender.  But even as enemies seek deadly revenge against him, she’ll discover that her greatest threat is falling for her fiercely guarded boss…and yielding to her own darkest needs.

MY THOUGHTS

I had been dying to start this series ever since I saw it offered on Amazon as short novels in a series.  I kept telling myself that I would wait until they were all released before deciding if I wanted to purchase them.  Then I noticed in the store that they had packaged them all in one print book and decided to risk it.

Right after the first chapter I knew I was going to have problems with this book.  The writing was contradictory in so many things.  One minute she is an innocent heroine with little experience and the next she is tramping it up all over the building.  Jeremiah was so dominant at times that he bordered on rapist and walking a fine line for a sexual harassment suit.  For instance, when you are there for a job interview and the man interviewing you makes you bend over his desk so he can look at you while asking interview questions, well then honey you need to run.  Also, can someone please tell me how choking someone to the point of nearly passing out would be something you do to someone who has never participated in a BDSM relationship before?

By the time I was reaching the home stretch of this book, I was finally starting to get a little bit of interest in the plot and characters.  Then the author seriously ends the book the way she did?  I don’t think I could see myself reading this story further if the author is planning on continuing the story with another installment.

MY RATING

       
I did not like this book at all!

Review: Reaper’s Property by Joanna Wylde

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Reaper’s Property
Author: Joanna Wylde
Genre: Erotica / Romance 

SUMMARY
(From Goodreads)

Marie doesn’t need a complication like Horse. The massive, tattooed, badass biker who shows up at her brother’s house one afternoon doesn’t agree. He wants Marie on his bike and in his bed. Now.

But Marie just left her abusive jerk of an ex-husband and she’s not looking for a new man. Especially one like Horse—she doesn’t know his real name or where he lives, she’s ninety percent certain he’s a criminal and that the “business” he talks with her brother isn’t website design. She needs him out of her life, which would be a snap if he’d just stop giving her mind-blowing orgasms.

Horse is part of the Reapers Motorcycle Club, and when he wants something, he takes it. What he wants is Marie, but she’s not interested in becoming “property of”.

Then her brother steals from the club. Marie can save him by giving Horse what he wants—at home, in public, on his bike… If she’s a very, very good girl, she’ll get lots more of those orgasms only he can offer, and he’ll let her brother live.

Maybe.

MY THOUGHTS

Oh my. Where can I start this review? How do I share my feelings on this book.  Let us start with just admitting that this book is addictive. Lets create a Reaper margarita!

1 shot of Son’s of Anarchy
1 shot of Undeniable by Madeline Sheehan
Throw in a shot of Motorcycle Man by Kristen Ashley.
Stir that cocktail up and you have Reaper’s Property by Joanna Wylde.

We have motorcycle clubs, bad bikers, violence, sex, and a man named Horse.  Why would a man go by the name of Horse?  Well, because he is hung like a horse. Yes. Take that in people.  Everyone in the book even agrees to it. He will even flat out tell you this.

Marie: So why are you called Horse?
Horse: Cause I’m hung like one.” 

I really loved the down and dirty inside look at the Motorcycle Club world.  It can be full of violence and sex, but it also can be filled with family and fun. I think the main thing I loved about this book was the alternating point of views.  We get to read from both Marie and Horse’s POV.  I wasn’t a fan of how the book started out jumping from one point in time to another and then back though.  If I had to complain about one thing, then that would be it.  This author is my new addiction.  I really hope we get to dive into the Reaper family some more in future books because I have fallen for these Alpha-holes hard!

FAVORITE QUOTE

“Nope, not Jesus, just a man,” Horse whispered.
“Although when women see my dick for the first time, they’ve been known to fall down on their knees and worship me.”

MY RATING

Very Good! I would recommend this book!