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Keeping the Throne (RBMC: Durango 3) by Nicole James-review tour

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?Keeping the Throne (RBMC: Durango 3) by Nicole James-review tour?

 

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date August 30, 2022

I’m the president of the RBMC’s Durango Chapter.
My brothers call me Rock.
I’ve spent my life devoted to this MC.
I’ve built this chapter from the ground up and I’m not about to watch everything I worked so hard to build go down in flames, but keeping this throne may cost me everything I hold dear.

I lost the love of my life years ago, and since then no woman has come close to filling the emptiness that hole has left in my heart. I’ve pretty much given up on there ever being a second chance at a love like that again for me. I’ve accepted that it just isn’t in the cards.

Until I meet one very right woman in one very wrong place at one very wrong time. I never saw this coming. Not in a million years.

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REVIEW:KEEPING THE THRONE is the third instalment in Nicole James’ contemporary, adult RBMC: DURANGO, CO erotic, MC romance series, a part of the multi-authored RBMC series. This is fifty-year old, RBMC Durango President Richard ‘Rock’ Rockingham, and thirty-two year old Iron Death MC princess Evelyn. KEEPING THE THRONE can be read as a stand-alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed here necessary.

WARNING: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from several first perspectives including Rock and Evelyn, KEEPING THE THRONE follows the building relationship between RBMC Durango President Richard ‘Rock’ Rockingham, and thirty-two year old, Iron Death MC princess Evelyn. One year earlier, the expulsion of Evelyn’s then boyfriend Malik from the Iron Death MC placed a target on everyone involved. Evelyn became a virtual prisoner until her escape, an escaped from the man about to seek revenge. Fast forward to present day wherein Malik, now the new VP for the Vipers MC, takes aim at the Iron Death MC, and with it, the hunt for our story line heroine. To protect his daughter, Evelyn’s father and president of the Iron Death MC Duck, calls in a marker from Rock and the RBMC Durango chapter, a marker meant to protect our story line heroine but to everyone’s shock, Evelyn has ‘met’ several members in a previous encounter, an encounter no one is likely to forget very soon. Struggling with his attraction to Evelyn, Rock’s first priority is to his Club but the heart wants something it should not have, a woman he has sworn to protect with his life. What ensues is the building relationship between Rock and Evelyn, and the potential fall-out as Malik makes good on his threats, taking aim at the Iron Death MC in his hunt for revenge and the woman he calls his own.

Rock and Evelyn met previously under less than ideal circumstances but Evelyn’s reputation doesn’t fair well with the RBMC Durango chapter, a reputation earned on their first encounter. Rock is a widower who lost his wife four years earlier, and never thought he would again find love. Meeting Evelyn stirred something deep within our story line hero, something everyone suspected but Rock refused to acknowledge what was or what was meant to be. Protecting Evelyn also meant protecting Evelyn from the people within the RBMC so Rock makes a decision to pull Evelyn into his life, and into the home he once shared with someone else. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and intense.

There is a large ensemble cast of secondary and supporting characters from both Iron Death MC, the Vipers MC, as well as the RBMC Durango. We are re-introduced to Rock’s daughter Lola and her husband Memphis (Club Princess), his son Trez and Isabella (Climbing the Ranks), as well as Evelyn’s father Duck, and her ex Malik.

KEEPING THE THRONE is a story of family, relationships, friendships and loss; obsession, power and revenge. The fast paced premise is engaging and captivating ;the age-gap romance is seductive ; the characters are energetic and charismatic.

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Reviewed by Sandy

 

 

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Lethal Justice by Kathy Lockheart -Review & Excerpt tour

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Lethal Justice (SECRETS AND THE CITY 3) by Kathy Lockheart -Review & Excerpt tour

 

 

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A crime leader has fallen for the wrong woman. She’s his hostage in a heist, and if he leaves any witnesses, his colleagues will kill them both.

A hostage isn’t supposed to develop feelings for her captor—a man who’s the antithesis of everything I stand for. And my captor isn’t supposed to see me in a way no one else ever has, let alone want to protect me from the other men who plan to end my life…

Surrendering to our unexpected feelings could spell death for us both. Especially when Easton is given a direct order: Kill me, or they’ll kill him and his brother.

Soon, our lives, along with the lives of everyone we love, are in danger. And time is running out…

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REVIEW:LETHAL JUSTICE is the third instalment in Kathy Lockheart’s contemporary, adult SECRETS AND THE CITY romantic suspense series. This is Easton Wells, and twenty-six year old, marketing analyst Zoey Williams’ story line. LETHAL JUSTICE can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

Told from first person perspective (Zoey) LETHAL JUSTICE follows in the aftermath of a robbery at Zoey Williams’ father’s former condo. Following a hit and run accident that left her estranged father in a wheelchair, Zoey became the sole responsibility for the man who broke her heart but finances were tight, and Zoey needed an influx of cash, and returned to her father’s condo to retrieve a piece of jewelry with some sentimental value but Zoey walked in on a robbery in progress, and found herself a captive of three hired thugs. Three men hired to rob the condo were now threatening to kill our story line heroine but one of the thieves was determined to protect Zoey from the others and herself by placing himself in the direct line of fire. Upon her escape, Zoey would eventually come face to face with her captor and would-be rescuer, the man with whom Zoey would fall in love. Enter Easton Wells. What ensues is the problematic and hypocritical relationship between Zoey and Easton, and the fall-out everyone comes cleans about their personal involvement.

Zoey Williams was destroyed the day her father left the family behind but following his accident Zoey was the only person available to help her father heal but in helping she placed herself in dire financial straights. Hoping to sell the only piece of jewelry left behind, Zoey had no idea she would come face to face with her future, a man who was willing to protect our heroine with his life.

The relationship between Zoey and Easton is controversial at best. Easton is desperate to protect an innocent woman, and Zoey sees something in Easton that does not make him all bad. Following the robbery, and our heroine’s subsequent escape, Easton is desperate to protect the woman with whom he is falling in love, a woman who is willing to risk her own freedom for the man who could have destroyed her life. The $ex scenes are passionate but mostly implied.

We are introduced to Easton’s brother Gavin; physical therapist Alex, and Zoey’s father, as well as Detective Shane Hernandez of the Chicago PD.

LETHAL JUSTICE is a story of betrayal and desperation, power and money, family, friendships, relationships and love. The premise is intriguing and thrilling; the characters are desperation and determined; the romance is subtle but seductive.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Deadly Illusion
Fatal Cure

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Reviewed by Sandy

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I kicked my foot toward him, hoping to slam the heel of my foot into his nose. But he blocked that one, too. I tried to yank away from his grip, but doing so rocked the chair and tilted one side of it into the air. Before I could correct the center of gravity, the chair tipped over, sending me into a free fall, my nose on a collision course with the wooden planks.
But he grabbed me before I hit—one arm around my stomach, his other hand gripping my upper arm.
He pulled me into a standing position as if I weighed nothing and set me back on my feet.
“Careful,” he said, a blend of irritation and enjoyment seeping from his tone. “I’d hate to see you hurt that beautiful face of yours.”
“Because you prefer to do it yourself?”
I heard him huff a laugh-breath.
Why isn’t he letting go of me?
He stood there, his hands on my body, doing what? Staring at me? Smelling like burnt sugar.
Strange. I’d have expected him to smell like chemically rotting feet, not delicious and inviting.
“So, this is what you do?” I said, heat pooling beneath my cheeks. “Break into people’s homes and then murder them if they happen to come inside?”
No answer.
“What an exemplary member of society we have here,” I snarled.
“Let me give you some advice.” His tone was low and even.
“This ought to be good. Advice from a criminal. I’m waiting with bated breath.”
He tightened his grip around my waist until my chest pushed into his. “You’re bound and blindfolded and at my mercy. Provoking the very person who holds your life in his hands is unwise.”

 

Kathy Lockheart is an author of Romantic Suspense novels. Her books—which have a unique blend of emotional elements typically found in women’s fiction and the romance and danger elements found in romantic suspense—contain themes of dark romance, antiheroes, and forbidden romance. When she’s not writing, you can find her silently cursing the person who put fluorescent lights in dressing rooms.

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Let Me Love You (Excess All Areas 5) by Scarlett Cole-Review tour

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Let Me Love You (Excess All Areas 5) by Scarlett Cole-Review tour

 

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date August 30, 2022

He’s loved her forever. Now she’s marrying another man.

Chaya
The wedding plans are underway, and the Save the Date cards are sent. If only the man she was marrying was the man she loved with all her heart.
Being a contemporary woman in a traditional faith requires compromise. Being in love with her best friend, Sad Fridays’ guitarist Ben King, the man who saved her years ago, is agony.
It’s official. He has ruined her for all other men.

Ben
He’s never fallen off the stage while drunk, until the Save The Date card lands on his door mat.
Despite loving Chaya forever, her father made it crystal clear. Ben will never be the one for his daughter.
Now she’s marrying another man, and Ben is beginning to wonder just when Chaya will realise it’s him she should be saying I do to.

When tragedy reunites them, Chaya is caught between her fiancé and her love. And it’s up to Ben to fight for Chaya or let her go forever.

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REVIEW:LET ME LOVE YOU is the fifth and final instalment in Scarlett Cole’s contemporary, adult EXCESS ALL AREAS erotic, rock romance series focusing on the members of the rock band SAD FRIDAYS. This is Dr. Chaya Tobias, and rock musician/mechanic Benjamin ‘Ben’ King’s story. Line. LET ME LOVE YOU can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty but for back story and cohesion, I recommend reading the series in order.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Chaya and Ben) with a final chapter from Nan, LET ME LOVE YOU follows the second chance romance and relationship between best friends Dr. Chaya Tobias, and rock musician/mechanic Ben King. Approximately fifteen years earlier, a then sixteen year old Ben King rescued an eleven year old Chaya Tobias from a sexual predator, and in the years that followed Ben and Chaya’s relationship went from friendship to love but as Ben and Chaya’s lives went in different directions, so too did Chaya’s family’s demands for our story line heroine. Chaya Tobias was as an Orthodox Jew, and her family expected their daughter to remain faithful to her beliefs and marry another Orthodox Jew. As Ben King was more or less a non-believer in organized religion, Ben was not seen as an acceptable mate, and Chaya’s family pushed our heroine in another direction. A quick engagement, and an even quicker date for Chaya’s wedding sent our hero into a downward spiral wherein Ben would have to recover with his family at home but a family emergency pulls Chaya back into Benjamin’s life, a life that continues to struggle without the woman he loves. What ensues is the rebuilding friendship, and romance between Chaya and Ben, and the potential fall-out as the ramifications of Chaya and Ben’s relationship begin to take its’ toll on our story line couple.

Ben King has been in love with Chaya Tobias for as long as he can remember but Ben did not follow the Jewish faith, and he would never be accepted by Chaya’s family. A case of religious discrimination, Ben found himself watching from the sidelines as the woman he loved became engaged to another man. Chaya was doing herself and her fiancé a disservice, knowing she would forever, be in love with someone else. With the band on a one month tour in America, the time apart made Chaya reflect on what was and what may never be.

The relationship between Chaya and Ben is a friends to lovers wherein Chaya’s family tried to control our story line heroine but Ben would point out the reality of their situation, a reality that forces the Tobias family to look long and hard at their own preconceived notions. Chaya has never stopped loving our story line hero but marrying someone else meant not be true to herself. The $ex scenes are intimate and intense, without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

All of the previous story line couples play secondary and supporting characters. We are reintroduced to Nan aka Rhoda Palmer, as well as Chaya’s parents Issur and Anna.

LET ME LOVE YOU is a story of family, friendships, relationships and love; religion and ethnicity, preconceived notions, acceptance and love. The premise is emotional and heart breaking; the romance is seductive and fated; the characters are struggling, charismatic, and determined.

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Reviewed by Sandy

The tattoo across my right hip says it all really. A Life Less Ordinary. Inked by the amazingly talented Luke Wessman at the Wooster Street Social Club (a.k.a. New York Ink). Why is it important? Well, it sums up my view on life. That we should all aspire to live a life that is less boring, less predictable. Be bold, and do something amazing. I’ve made some crazy choices. I’ve been a car maker, a consultant, and even a senior executive at a large retailer running strategy. Born in England, spent time in the U.S. and Japan, before ending up in Canada where I met my own, personal hero – all six and a half feet of him. Both of us are scorpios! Yeah, I know! Should have checked the astrological signs earlier, but somehow it works for us. We have two amazing kids, who I either could never part with or could easily be convinced to sell on e-bay.

I’ve wanted to be a writer for a really long time. Check through my office cupboards or my computer and you’ll find half written stories and character descriptions everywhere. Now I’m getting the chance to follow that dream.

I am represented by Beth Phelan at The Bent Agency, NY.

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??Second to None by K.A. Linde-Review Tour??

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??Second to None (Coastal Chronicles) by K.A. Linde-Review Tour??

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date August 30, 2022

Maddox Nelson is the only boy I’ve ever loved.

And the only one to break my heart.

I thought I was over that long ago. After drowning the heartbreak in two failed marriages, I should want safe and easy, and Maddox is nothing but complicated.

Now that I’m back home in Savannah, I can’t deny the pull toward him. He’s the grumpy to my sunshine, the introvert to my extrovert, the uncompromising to my go with the flow. But years of friendship, love, and tangled lust binds us together in the city where it all began.

When heat flies between us, he makes it clear that we already had our chance. Both of us should move on.

Except I’m no longer okay with that idea.

I’ll prove to him that I come second to none.

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REVIEW:SECOND TO NONE is the third instalment in KA Linde’s contemporary, adult COASTAL CHRONICLES erotic, romance series. This is actress Josephine ‘Josie’ Reynolds, and designer Maddox Nelson’s story line. SECOND TO NONE can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

Told from first person perspective (Josie) using present day and memories from the past, cover several years in the life of our heroine, SECOND TO NONE follows the acrimonious and heart breaking relationship between Josie and Maddox. Josie is best friends with Maddox’s twin sister Marley but Marley had made Josie promise never to date her brother. The attraction between Maddox and Josie was palpable, and throughout the years Josie and Maddox would get together, break up, and eventually destroy one another’s hearts. Josie had always wanted to be a movie director but her first attempt was a disaster, and an offer to audition for a television show, would make our heroine a star. Maddox, jealous of Josie’s direction in life, a direction that no longer included our story line hero, went on to become an academy award winning set designer something of which Josie was proud. Fast forward to present day wherein Josie has been called back to Savannah Georgia, in an effort to film a movie finalizing the television show that was such a success but our heroine never expected to come face to face with her soulmate, the man who destroyed her heart years before. Enter Maddox Nelson. What ensues is the rebuilding romance and relationship between Maddox and Josie, as our couple must come to terms with the past, paving way for a possible future for our story line couple.

Meanwhile, Josie has been estranged from her mother since she was twelve years old. Having lived with her father, a struggling artist, Josie never understood why her mother had abandoned our heroine for what appeared to be bigger and better things but her mother’s journal would reveal the truth, a truth that would bring Josie closer to her family, and to the success she once had.

The relationship between Josie and Maddox is an emotional roller coaster as our couple are constantly pushing one another away. Maddox and Josie have never stopped loving one another but they were often in different places at different times, and Maddox struggled with Josie’s success in the face of his own. Their rekindling relationship, brought together by forced proximity in the world of movie making, finds Josie looking back, wondering where everything went wrong. The $ex scenes are intimate, passionate and intense without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful and energetic secondary and supporting characters many of whom we have met throughout the series. We are introduced to Josie’s mother Rebecca, and her father Charles. Ash and Amelia’s story is next in WAIT FOR ALWAYS.

SECOND TO NONE is a complex and detailed story of family, friendships, relationships, secrets and love. The premise is captivating ; the romance is seductive and intense; the characters are charismatic and dynamic-the back and forth frenetic friendships remind me of the cast of FRIENDS™ without the humor or laugh track.

Reading Order and Previous reviews
Hold the Forevers
At First Hate

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Reviewed by Sandy

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K.A. Linde is the USA Today bestselling author of the Avoiding Series, Wrights, and more than thirty other novels. She has a Masters degree in political science from the University of Georgia, was the head campaign worker for the 2012 presidential campaign at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and served as the head coach of the Duke University dance team. She loves reading fantasy novels, binge-watching Supernatural, traveling, and dancing in her spare time.

She currently lives in Lubbock, Texas, with her husband and two super-adorable puppies.

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The Lost Ticket by Freya Sampson – a Review

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The Lost Ticket by Freya Sampson – a Review

 

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Description:
When Libby Nicholls arrives in London, brokenhearted and with her life in tatters, the first person she meets on the bus is elderly Frank. He tells her about the time in 1962 that he met a girl on the number 88 bus with beautiful red hair just like hers. They made plans for a date at the National Gallery art museum, but Frank lost the bus ticket with her number on it. For the past sixty years, he’s ridden the same bus trying to find her, but with no luck.

Libby is inspired to action and, with the help of an unlikely companion, she papers the bus route with posters advertising their search. Libby begins to open her guarded heart to new friendships and a budding romance, as her tightly controlled world expands. But with Frank’s dementia progressing quickly, their chance of finding the girl on the 88 bus is slipping away.

More than anything, Libby wants Frank to see his lost love one more time. But their quest also shows Libby just how important it is to embrace her own chances for happiness—before it’s too late—in a beautifully uplifting novel about how a shared common experience among strangers can transform lives in the most marvelous ways.

 

 

Review:

The Lost Ticket by Freya Sampson is a wonderful standalone novel.  Libby Nicholls, our heroine, arrives in London to stay with her older sister, and family (husband and son); coming off a shattering breakup of her boyfriend of 8 years.  While on the bus heading to her sister’s house, she meets an elderly man, Frank Weiss, who is a retired actor, and rides the number 88 bus every day. Because Libby has red hair, Frank says she reminds him of someone he knew 60 years ago; he reminisces about a chance meeting with another red-haired woman, who was a young artist, and drew a picture of Frank.  They planned to meet at the art museum the following day, but when Frank got home, he could not find the phone number and address she had given him.  Now that he is retired, he frequently rides the bus in hopes he runs into the girl that got away. Libby is moved by Frank’s desire to meet the girl (woman) again, and decides to help him in his quest.  A friendship builds, especially since Frank has a form of dementia.

Libby will meet Dylan, who is a care giver for Frank and other people who need help.  They get off on the wrong foot, but in a short time their friendship grows, as they both are determined to help Frank. Libby becomes inspired to find a way to help Frank, and in the process gets Dylan to work with her with posters advertising the story, all along the bus route.  Along the way, they get to meet different people, who also knew about Frank, as he was so well liked, and most of those people wanted to help Frank find her. Esme, a young girl who is also one of Dylan’s carer, and has down syndrome, joins them often, who was also very sweet. They all spent a lot of time together, enjoying the many places they visited.

Though Dylan dresses like a biker, with a Mohawk, so different then her ex, she slowly begins to realize that she is caring for him; Dylan also begins to fall for Libby, but something later happens that keeps them apart, and brings the nasty boyfriend back in the picture.  Will Libby and Dylan find a way to act on their feelings?

The Lost Ticket was a delightful, sweet and fun story, with wonderful characters, and very heartwarming. I really enjoyed this book, which was so very well written by Freya Sampson.  The Lost Ticket had a bit of everything, family, friendships, romance, love and even the sad dementia part.  I suggest you read The Lost Ticket, as it is a must read.

Reviewed by Barb

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The Liar’s Crown by Abigail Owen – a Review

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The Liar’s Crown by Abigail Owen – a Review

 

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Some shadows protect you…others will kill you in this dazzling new fantasy series from award-winning author Abigail Owen.

Everything about my life is a lie. As a hidden twin princess, born second, I have only one purpose—to sacrifice my life for my sister if death comes for her. I’ve been living under the guise of a poor, obscure girl of no standing, slipping into the palace and into the role of the true princess when danger is present.

Now the queen is dead and the ageless King Eidolon has sent my sister a gift—an eerily familiar gift—and a proposal to wed. I don’t trust him, so I do what I was born to do and secretly take her place on the eve of the coronation. Which is why, when a figure made of shadow kidnaps the new queen, he gets me by mistake.

As I try to escape, all the lies start to unravel. And not just my lies. The Shadowraith who took me has secrets of his own. He struggles to contain the shadows he wields—other faces, identities that threaten my very life.

Winter is at the walls. Darkness is looming. And the only way to save my sister and our dominion is to kill Eidolon…and the Shadowraith who has stolen my heart.

Enemies to lovers ✔️
Kidnapping ✔️
Magic ✔️
Adventure ✔️
Secrets ✔️

 

 

Review :

The Liar’s Crown by Abigail Owen is a standalone YA Fantasy.  There are a few triggers, so read the warnings.  As soon as I see this author has a new book, I’m there. The cover is gorgeous (I’m thinking I might need a paperback for my shelves) ? Abigail Owen knows how to write paranormal romance (please look at her Inferno Rising/Fire’s Edge series).  Balancing the plot and romance is always tricky. Writing for a YA (Young Adult) audience when a lot of your books aren’t YA takes skill. So enough about the author, let’s get down to the book…..

Meren is a twin (the younger one) and as tradition states her life is to be in the shadows, she’s there to protect her sibling (if danger arises Meren is expected to sacrifice herself!) so her confidence in herself is nonexistent, she chafes at her role in life, but there isn’t anything she can do about it….

But Meren does escape the Ivory tower she’s locked away in (to Meren it’s more like a dungeon.) She wanders the streets at night whilst wearing different disguises.

The plot is skilfully layered with twists/turns and OMG moments…. As you read the book, things become clearer and a few things make sense. The descriptions in this book place you right in the moment, you can smell the streets that Meren visits, you can see the grandeur of the palace, and you witness King Eidolon’s sickness/madness.

King Eidolon is after Meren’s sister Tabra, so she does the job she was born to do, she stands in her place, and becomes King Eidolon’s bride! (I wouldn’t trust this guy an inch) But before the wedding takes place, Meren is kidnapped!!

Reven is a complex character, essentially good, but his secret makes him reluctant to be actually good?! His character has plenty of conflicting emotions and motivations. And he certainly gets more than he bargained for when he kidnaps the wrong princess!!

And then we have Cain ? and in the world’s I read why can’t she have both ??

The characters have a hard time trusting one another as they travel through this story. Kidnappers are usually nice people, so when does the kidnapper become protector? (You’ll need to read the book?)

Can Meren save her sister from the clutches of Eidolon? Can she figure out what Eidolon really wants? Can she be the hero in this story? And can I get the next book please.

I wouldn’t say it’s a cliffhanger ending, but it does leave us and the characters wondering where this will take us next…..

Reviewed by Julie

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ICE KING: (A Dark Romance) by BB Hamel-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date August 26, 2022

I can’t handle the cold.
Notorious businessman Ansell Drake feels nothing and wants only money, power, and pleasure. He’s called the Ice King for a reason: nothing penetrates his frozen heart.
When my fiancé William Crawford cheats on me, I blow up both our lives in a spectacular and public fashion.
Ansell’s the one that shows up when I need someone the most. He gives me a place to stay and promises to keep me safe from my stupidly wealthy, aggressive, and rabidly angry former-fiancé.
But Ansell does nothing for free. He’s got a price, and I’m not sure I can afford it.
The Ice King terrifies me. He’s beautiful and mysterious but there’s danger lurking behind those emotionless blue eyes. He asks too much, demands even more, and if I refuse to obey then I’ll face the wrath of my former-fiancé all on my own.
I’m stuck between a frozen monster and a white-hot devil, and I don’t know which will tear me to pieces first.

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REVIEW:ICE KING by BB Hamel is a stand-alone, contemporary, adult, dark erotic romance story line focusing on thirty-five-year old businessman Ansell Drake, and music promoter Marie Pearce.

WARNING: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Ansell and Marie) ICE KING follows in the wake of a series of images and emails sent to our story line heroine, images that reveal her fiance’s betrayal with a number of women. Confronting her soon to be ex-fiance in public, and sending the pictures to a local online gossip site, was only the beginning of Marie’s plan to out her cheating boyfriend but Marie never expected the repercussions that followed including threats against her livelihood and her life from some expected and unexpected sources. Having stepped in to help our story line heroine, businessman and all-around ice-king Ansell Drake, offers his support, eventually claiming Marie as his own. What ensues is the building relationship between Ansell and Marie, and the potential fall-out as secrets reveal a possible betrayal from the man with whom she is falling in love.

Ansell Drake is a man who sets into motion the make or break deals for up and coming musicians and bands. Marie has discovered a group she believes is worthy of Ansell’s help but never expected to need Ansell to save and protect her from herself. Marie is determined to fight her ex-fiance and his powerful family on her own but she is clearly at a disadvantage when more than one potential ‘fixer’ is hoping to take her down. Naïve to the reality of the possible death, our heroine is determined to fight the fight, alone.

The relationship between Ansell and Marie is one of immediate attraction but Ansell is a cold, heartless and powerful man who has shut himself off from everyone else. Meeting Marie and professing to protect the woman who now controls his heart places Ansell at a possible disadvantage when he finds himself threatened by the same people aiming for our story line heroine. The $ex scenes are aggressive, intense and erotic with some scenes of spanking.

We are introduced to Ansell’s right hand man Baptist Tomkins; Marie’s ex-fiance William, and his father Magnus Crawford; Marie’s friends and online gossip blogger Bella Baby; as well as Marie’s father Geoffrey Pearce, most of whom have an agenda using our story line heroine.

ICE KING is a story of betrayal and vengeance, mistrust and dysfunctional family values, power and control, acceptance and love. The premise is dark and dramatic; the characters are dangerous, charismatic and powerful; the romance aggressive and impassioned.

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The Fountain (Second Chance 1) by John A Heldt -a review

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The Fountain (Second Chance 1) by John A Heldt -a review

 

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date August 14, 2022

Portland, Oregon. In May 2022, the Carpenters are a sad lot. Bill, 81, has just buried his beloved wife. Paul, 75, has terminal lung cancer. Annie, 72, is a paraplegic with broken dreams. Childless and directionless, the siblings face an uncertain future in their childhood home.

Then Bill, a retired folklore professor, learns from a dying man that the legendary Fountain of Youth, his obsession for decades, may be more than a myth. He races to Mexico to find the truth.

Within weeks, the Carpenters, with nothing to lose, enter a mysterious cave and exit in July 1905 as healthy young adults. They begin new lives in Oakland, California, only vaguely aware of a devastating earthquake that will rock the San Francisco Bay Area on April 18, 1906.

In THE FOUNTAIN, the first book in the Second Chance trilogy, three siblings find opportunity, romance, and heartbreak as they make the most of a new lease on life.

Readers’ Advisory: The Fountain is the first novel in a family saga that spans several years. While some storylines are resolved, others are not. They are addressed in subsequent books.

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REVIEW: THE FOUNTAIN is the first instalment in John A Heldt’s adult, SECOND CHANCE time travel romance series focusing on the Carpenter siblings: William, Paul and Annie.

Told from several third person perspectives THE FOUNTAIN focuses on the search for the Fountain of Youth. In May of 2022, 81 year old William Carpenter is a retired professor of folklore, and learns the mythology about the Fountain of Youth may be the reality he and his siblings are looking for. Having just buried his wife, William believes he has nothing more to lose, and convinces his siblings Paul 75, who has terminal cancer, and Annie 72 a paraplegic, to test the proverbial magic waters in La Paz, Mexico but the myth comes with the caveat of time travel, a caveat wherein the siblings have no idea where in the world or when they will land. Arriving in 1905, William now 23, Paul 17, and Annie 14 will find love and experience loss when history repeats itself with the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco.

John A Heldt weaves a little bit of fact with fiction in each of his time travel series, and The Fountain is no different. We are introduced to author Jack London, US General Frederick Funston, as well as a look at the early Suffragettes, and the losses and devastation of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The premise is interesting and intriguing; the romances are sweet; the characters are charismatic and passionate.

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