I received " The Dining Club" through goodreads first reads program .
Only a four star read because I really had a hard time liking the main charactersI received " The Dining Club" through goodreads first reads program .
Only a four star read because I really had a hard time liking the main characters but I found the supporting characters much more intresting and I found myself wanting to know more about them. Grace our main female character I found to be very needy which I suppose fits with a submissive personality however I did. Like her much more that her boyfreind David , who I found to be a cold and obnoxious .
With that said the story line did pull me in. Grace is in love with David but senses a distance between them and his inability to committ. David finally reveals to her ,the side of himself which prevents himself from committing which he chooses to reveal to her is The Dining Club , a sex club at which he is a dom With controlling intrest. He needs Grace to committ to exploring the Bdsm lifestyle through a sereies of trials based on four different table levels in The dining room. Each table level introduces a different aspect of the Bdsm world to her. However each level is. A pass or fail if you fail you leave and he never sees you again, David's demeanor as if the prospect of never seeing her again after six months in a relationship meant nothing drove nuts! Even when she did pass a level and they were together afterwood he seems cold to me. The sex scence and challenges were not though, the challenges were creative and well written and served to move the story along. Grace does have some competition for David in the story in the form of the head manager of the Dining Club , Amber. A very strong willed , sexually creative women and another man intrested in having more than just sex with her Andrew who I would to see the author do his story. Overall I enjoyed the read and am hing for a follow up book! ...more
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Was excited to read this book and glad I did, who would I recommend. To anyone who has read, FiReceived this book from Goodreads first reads program .
Was excited to read this book and glad I did, who would I recommend. To anyone who has read, Fifty shades, Crossfire series or Gabriel's inferno and enjoyed them would appreciate this book!
Natalie Porter a Nebraska College student, an adopted child has been spending all her extra hard earned cash Searching for her biological Parents and when she finally finds someone that tracks them down he disappears off the face of the earth , but a girl needs a break from her three jobs and school so out she goes to party with her girls t the bar. Natalie does have a knack at figuring put men and their hang ups or pitfalls at one look but that ends When Sevastyn walks in, she can not quite pin him down , tall, rugged , dressed in a sharp 3 piece suit but a hint of reel with Tattoos, she inds herself strangely attracted to him but when she tries to ntrest him in a drink and a conversation he comes across cold.
Natalie calls its night and heads home for. Hot bath and to try and get tall dark and handsome off her mind ; hard to do when tall dark and handsome breaks into your home abducts you and tells you he is taking you to your biological father in Russia for your protection, Natalie wants to trust Sevastyn she is very attracted to him and she finds herself submitting to his demands. Sevastyn begins to explain what Natalie can expect when she reaches Russia and who are father is,he reveals that he is her fathers enforcer but knowing that doesn' t change the attraction. Sevastyn knows he should stay away from his bosses daughter but the attraction is very strong The sexual tension is off the charts throughout the book, the relationship between these two is complicated both of them have issue more so Sevastyn , but Natalie will have a strong enough effect on him that he will work through his problems. For the most part. The Bdsm world is very prominent in the book so if this is not your cup of tea you may not enjoy .
I happened to enjoy, not only did you have romance, an Alpha male, bdsm you also had A whole Mafiya ordeal running along with it, to keep you further engaged!
I am hooked and being reeled in, no fighting the pull here!
Let me start off by saying I love RebeccaArc kindly provided by author for honest review!
I am hooked and being reeled in, no fighting the pull here!
Let me start off by saying I love Rebecca"s Character Amy women who will pull the other women put of her bed and hit her wins huge points with me!
Rebecca Geller, has let her fiancé for obvious reasons ( see above) and now she leaving Calofornia for an opportunity to work at Stonehaven publishing in New York a dream of hers since childhood! She has to get there first,which means several unpleasant events must happen, first leaving home and getting her mother to accept it , flying not one of her favorite things, but her freind from college has booked and paid for her ticket and it beats traveling by train.
Rebecca, not being a good flyer, starts to freak a little when major turbulence hits , causing her to drop her purse which sends it kidding into first class long ith her anti- nausea pills, so braving the turbulence she makes her way to first class within stewardess hot on her heals to run smack dab into Mr hot and sexy, sex on a stick Nicholas, turbulance bing a fickle thing sh finds herself in Nicholas lap and almst immediately being kissed and fondled, knowing she should drag herself away but having a hard time and um apparently Nicholas is having a hard time too!, they do part and neither exchanges a number Rebecca is little dissapointed he did not ask for her number but only being separated from her former fiancé Miles for. Three weeks gives her pause .
Once in newyork it seems these two are fated to keep running into each other , and it keeps getting mor and more intresting when she arrives or her interview to find out that her Nicholas is Nicholas Stonehaven, the very person she will be working for, she needs and ants this job for the opportunity it presents but the next six months are going to be hell trying not to fall into Nicholas bed.
Once you read about Nicholas you will see just how hard it's going to be!
I am totally hooked can not wait to see how this all plays out, don't miss put this one is only going to get hotter! ...more
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The more I read from Ms.Linden, the more I am sure I have to read of her books!
" LovReceived copy of this through the goodreads first reads program!
The more I read from Ms.Linden, the more I am sure I have to read of her books!
" Love and Other Scandals" was a delightful, fun fast paced reads thanks to two wonderfully written characters, Joan Bennett is a sharp, quick witted wallflower A vibrant women that enjoys a good verbal sparring, with a mother whose taste inthe current fashion trends lands Joan with a wardrobe horribly wrong forger body type.
Lord Tristan Burke is equally sharp witted rogue who loves challenge and getting the last word in and winning the argument when Joan is involved ,is a challenge. A chance run with Joan at her brother Douglas's home , when she pushes her way in to extract a promise from her brother and wields her wit and blackmail skills superbly Tristan is hooked. not that he realizes it yet. Agreeing to help Douglas track her down before she can make it back home and deliver said promise to Mrs Bennett , just pulls him in further because it turns out Joan out unescorted has ventured to bond street and an uncommon book seller. Joan in her rush to escape Tristan leaves her book behind "50 Ways to Sin" . Tristan takes the book with the intentions of delivering it, delivery ofa book a young single women should no posses at a ball tricky, especially we're Joan is involved. Every encounter with Joan leaves Tristan wanting another and More so, when Douglas ask him to look in on her when he and his parents must leave London, he knows he should not , it is playing with fire , however as. Friend he concedes.
Kisses, balloon rides, flowers , tea , dances and these two are stirring up the Gossips and scandal is just a dance away!
Book received as part of the first reads program for an honest review.
Lady Caroline Delmarre is finally free! Thanks to a trust left to her by her mot Book received as part of the first reads program for an honest review.
Lady Caroline Delmarre is finally free! Thanks to a trust left to her by her mother. Caroline has been trapped in her country home a veritable prisoner thanks to her farther's belief that she had a week constitution and would make poor decisions in a social setting to only be further imprisoned after her farthers death by her brother. Caroline's father and brother believed her to be like her mother ,which as you read through the book it becomes evident that her mother suffered from depression, but Caroline is the furthest from suffering the same malady. Caroline has been biding her time Making sure her brother can not block her from her trust but it all comes to a head when he refuses to let her go to London with her freind Fiona , to be Fuona's maid of honor. With the help of her ladies maid and freind Fi she makes the move to London with the intent to stay just long nough t see her best freind married then be off to th continent to prevent being dragged back by her brother Jarrett.
Caroline finally starts enjoying herself in London, while attending a ball with Fiona and her fiancé James she makes eye contact with a handsome man,none other than Philip Montcalm , " the lord of the Rakes" Philips a second son has not had any responsibility ,hespendshis nights seducing, gambling and the typical rakish pursuits and encouraged by his own father to do so; however Philip is feeling bored until he sees Caroline , curvacious , dark haired with lucios lips and he can't take his eyes of her or his lustful thoughts . Caroline is obsessed with the idea of The lord of the Raikes, has been since the first time Fiona mentioned him; having her freedom finally and with no intention of staying in England or marrying she has been entertaining having an affair; Caroline feeling empowered sends Philip a note asking him to meet her in the Gardens.
From Clamdestine meetings in gardens to sexual encounters in remote rooms at musicals Caroline and Philip engage I an affair, Philip introduces her to a ,aster submissive relationship during their sexual encounters along with some light bondage . However for two people whos only intrest was an affair with each other, each encounter brings them closer and more emotionally connected , with both questioning their feelings. Though Caroline's heart may becoming engaged she can no allow herself to fall in love Their is still the danger of her brother , theossible loss of her income from the trust nevermind her absolute belief that marriage was what led to her mothers ailment and whenever wishes to be a prisoner again.
Enjoyable read, different then your typical historical , don't worry everyone gets their HEA they just travel,a different road getting there!...more
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This book has a little of everything to offer, intrigue, romance, adventure, actionReceived copy of this book through Goodreads , first reads program.
This book has a little of everything to offer, intrigue, romance, adventure, action. ,the fey and ahape changers .
Our heroine Callista Hawthorne ,a young necromancer of fey llineage is subject to her half brothers whims and used by him as a medium to talk to the dead for a fee, but no amount of money she earns using her skill in such a way will ever enable her to escape the situation he has gotten them into . Her brother owes large sums of money to a Notorius London criminal; Corey . Callista in a failed attempt at running away meets David St . Leger, however her first encounter with David though he comes to her rescue winds up with her knocking him senseless, After all what should you do when a large wolf after attacking the ,men chasing you turns your direction, but hit him! However , a unconscious shape changer, leads to a naked shape changer now being held by her brother and Corey as a prisoner. David, bound and tied with silver chains and trapped n Callista'sattack ,strikes a bargain with her to help her escape to her Aunts on the Isle of Skye in Scotland for his freedom, the very same bargain that he will at times regret and other times be thankful for. David beng a man of honor sticks to his agreement. And the two embark on a adventure of weeks of travel , in close quarters with a very tempting women,chased by Corey and his men and at the sametime chased by Beskin an enforcer for the clans. Truly enjoyed, i liked that this was not an inst-a-love romance, yes an immediate attraction, but these two came together over time while facing challenge after challenge and on the run and not even safe when they reach their destination.
What a great book, hot and sexy read this in one sitting couldnot put this down !
Felix Sinclair , a hot, chisled literary agent is on his way home froWhat a great book, hot and sexy read this in one sitting couldnot put this down !
Felix Sinclair , a hot, chisled literary agent is on his way home from a writers convention, he is over tired from travel insomnia and trying to stay awake during the drive; to spite his best efforts he awakes to find himself in a ditch. Bruiised and battered Felix finally extricates himself from the car and begins walking to find help, when the skies open up.
Poppy Montgomery, is sitting home alone in her old Victorian ,reading, just her and her dog Bo, when Bo starts barking and growling, looking out into the night she sees Felix walking and shivering up her drive. Poppy takes Felix in and promptly orders him to strip , of course it takes her several times telling him to get out of his wet clothes and assuring him his has nothing she has not seen before fr Felixto comply. But it becomes apparent when he removes his wet boxers and she is dumbstruck an silent that she has not seen anything like Felix ! Felix finally asks Poppy if she sees something she likes; this brings her back to ger senses , alittle flushed bu with a mission.get Felix into a hot tub and warmed up, his lips are blue and he is shivering.
. Poppy and Felix are instantly attracted to each other and though I is out of character for Poppy she winds up having a hot mind blowing one night stand. The one night stand for Poppy draws to the forefront for her just how lonely her life is, for Felix a man use to multiple one night stands his fling with Poppy leaves him re- evaluating his life style.
Wonderful story line, great hot sex scenes! ...more
Room at the Inn by Ruthie Knox , brings Carson Vance home to Potter Falls to care for his injured father aWonderful book, three delightful novella's!
Room at the Inn by Ruthie Knox , brings Carson Vance home to Potter Falls to care for his injured father after continually traveling the world building embassy and other facilities trying to make mark on the world. More importantly his fathers injury brings him back to Julie , julie his addiction . Carson's father. Is not making it any easier fr Vance to be home , he has filled his room withhold furniture and will nt allow him to empty it and sleeping on the coach s killing his back, s f course his Dad tells him thet he should geta room at Julie's bed and breakfast. Julie is floored to see Carson and fights her never ending attraction for Carson through the rest of the story becauseshe a,ways falls back in love and he always leaves her again, will he this time?........
All I Want for Christmas Is You by Molly O 'Keefe is the second novella up in this book and this story. Is young love and the chasing f dreams Billy 20 years old just recently made second round draft pick selection for the NHL and home fr Christmas t marry his girl Maddy who is turning 18 the day after Christmas. The young couple faces the challenge of telling Maddy's parents, will this one simple act tear them apart?.......
One Perfect Christmas by Stefane Sloane s set in Surrey England . Jane Merryweather must marry, and marry well to save her family and estate. Jane does find an agreeable matching Baron McKee , however he elopes to Greta green 2 weeks later after proposing to Jane with someone else;leaving Jane alone in London and thankfully in the hands of her childhood freind Lord Lucas Cavanaugh who endeavors to take Jane's mind off of the baron by escorting her around London and out to places such as Gunthers ce until he realizes he loves Jane and it scares hi sends him running to the Herbrdes for seven months and Jane back to Surrey. Lucas is home fr Christmas and still in love with Jane but find the courage t tell her. Lucas.s chance to set things right might just come in the form of Jane's lost donkey..........more
Such a beautiful story! A story built around a tale of Cradle Harbors lighthouse keeper Linus, his wife Lydia and mermaids. The whole town is still toSuch a beautiful story! A story built around a tale of Cradle Harbors lighthouse keeper Linus, his wife Lydia and mermaids. The whole town is still to this day affected in many ways by what is referred to as the Mermaid Mutiny of 1888. The mutiny for Tess is a reminder of the magic of childhood and her mother ; for Tom Grace coming to Cradle harbor is a life changing experience.This book has multiple relationships that are so deftly described you become submerged in this poignant romances, losses and familial trials.I loved this book, though the main charachters are Linus , Lydia, Tess and Tom there is so much more going on ; secondary characters and there story lines all fit together beautifully .
Thank you Penguin books, Ms Marks and goodreads first reads for a wonderful book, my review has in know way been influenced by any of these groups....more
Lady Cordelia Collingsworth is left to her own devices in London , with a brother , the head of the family who is a drunk ndEnjoyed this book so much!
Lady Cordelia Collingsworth is left to her own devices in London , with a brother , the head of the family who is a drunk nd gambler who has not only waisted away his fortune but has taken her small inherantence left to her .Cordelia is forced to work to put food on her table., so she winds up employed as a gossip columnist, her assignment find out where Nico Blackburn, man of mysterys money comes from.
Nico has come to the ball rooms of London hunting a rogue vampire who threatens the stability of the vampire world both born and made . Lady Cordelia spends days trying to get to Nico in an attempt to wrest info from him to no avail, until Lord Hurst shows a sudden unwanted intrest in her.Nico's attraction to Cordelia is immediate and sets the two of them on a collision course.. To Scandel......desire, passion and ever present danger abound . Little different twist on the vampire theme born versus made vampires an Ms. Schroeder has introduced enough characters to carry this series out another four or five books already. I can not wait or the next book.
My thanks to Goodreads first reads program and Melissa Schroder for raffling this book .
Katie MacAlister has scored another win with this book as far as I am concerned. In her usual style she gives us another sexy Dark one in Nikola CzernKatie MacAlister has scored another win with this book as far as I am concerned. In her usual style she gives us another sexy Dark one in Nikola Czerny and his quirky heroine Iolanthe Tennyson (Io).
Iolanthe(Io) has come to Austria to spend the summer with her cousin Gretl and practice her hobby of photography , which she hopes to turn into a possible profession. While attending a goth fair with Gretl, they meet up with some old friends of Gretl's. Imogen and Benedikt Czerny; Io desperately wants to use Imogene as a subject of some pictures withthe back drop of a local forest considered haunted, but Imogen refuses.
The next day Io talks Gretl in to taking her to the forest and leaving her there to get photo's with the idea that she will photo shop Imogen in afterwords. While walking through the forest Io comes to a clearing with a large swirling cloud.........Next she is waking up in the forest, missing her camera and phone and working her way back to the road for the trek into town. She runs smack dab into Nikola's horse and carriage in the 18th century and life just gets stranger from there...
To divulge more would be to provide more spoilers and what fun would that be you are just going to have to read it!
Thanks to Goodreads first reads and Penguin books for this advanced copy and the Great Read!...more
Thanks to Goodreads first read and Random House for the GOOD READ!
What can I say 4 stars for this one. Victoria Baker is a women who has allowed men Thanks to Goodreads first read and Random House for the GOOD READ!
What can I say 4 stars for this one. Victoria Baker is a women who has allowed men to walk all over her all her life ; she has taken over the running of the family ranch after hers fathers death. Victoria is seeking a new life for herself and son Jacob after her husbands horrific and disgraceful death. Unfortunately , Victoria knows nothing about ranching . Victoria finds herself relying on Eli Turnball her fathers ranch Forman to teach her,however he has a hidden agenda of gaining the ranch for himself. Through the head butting between the two them a sexual tension and relationship develops, each of them drawing out parts of the other that they never expected.Victoria grows stronger and Eli opens up emotionally ! Multiple sub plots with supporting characters weave this story all together.
I received this book through the Goodreads first reads giveaway;thanks I enjoyed it!
Spirit Fighter is a wonderful adventure book for children , a basiI received this book through the Goodreads first reads giveaway;thanks I enjoyed it!
Spirit Fighter is a wonderful adventure book for children , a basic good versus evil story. Jonah Stone our 13 year old hero is not having a good day, he has done horribly at basketball tryouts and told by the coach not to bother coming back for the remaining days. Jonah heads to the soccer fields seeking some peace before heading home , feeling down he asks For Gods help; his farther a preacher has instilled this in him. He takes his frustration out by kicking a soccer ball, which disappears into the sky thinking he is seeing things he does it again with another ball.
Later at home he finally speaks with his farther about what happened; his parents sit him down later that night after his siblings Eliza and Jerimiah go to sleep and explain to him that he is developing Angel powers because his mother is a nephilim ( half angel and half human) making him and his siblings quarterlings .
The adventure truly begins when his mother is kidnapped by the Fallen Angels in service to the Devil. Gods Warrior Angels and the family's Gurdian Angel ,bring the message from God that Jonah and his sister Eliza will be The ones to rescue their mother. Over the course of the next 24 hours they come face to face with fallen angels, leviathan , evil serpents, philistines and their own grandfather Marduck a Fallen Angel in charge of the east coast for the devil. The Journey to save their mother requires them to engage their faith and they are rewarded for it!
Yes , this is a Christian based book with a wonderful adventure, Spirit Fire can be read just as a great story and adventure or used to open talking points since stories for example such as the fall of Jericho are mentioned!
**spoiler alert** I received this book through goodreads first reads! I found the book to be a quick easy read.
CFO Clay Blackwell finds himself in a **spoiler alert** I received this book through goodreads first reads! I found the book to be a quick easy read.
CFO Clay Blackwell finds himself in a the situation of being upset with his current girlfriend Ruby for breaking the 3 basic rules of their relationship. 1. No sex with anyone from work, 2. No sex with someone else in their home and 3. Ruby has to tell him when she has a date.
Unfortunately , for Ruby he does not find out from her,about her breaking the no sex with a coworker rule while trying to spice up their relationship , but from another coworker . One who he is interested in; but because she is a coworker has stayed away from. Jessica ,who catches Ruby having sex in the office is mortified that the man she dreams about and has been secretly in love with for the past three years enjoys being told and encourages his girlfriend to have sex with other men , then come home to him tohave even better sex while she describes her experiences with the men she picks up earlier.
But it does not stop Jessica from taking advantage of the situation! Clay tries not to get himself involved but succumbs anyway.
Decent plot line , intresting charachters but found myself annoyed with Clay, for an apparently intelligent man he broke his own rule to start with; he worked with Ruby!
I received his book as a goodreads giveaway and very glad I did; though this book is not from a genre I normally read I truly enjoyed the book.
This i I received his book as a goodreads giveaway and very glad I did; though this book is not from a genre I normally read I truly enjoyed the book.
This is the ninth book in the authors series about her captivating and intelligent private investigator, Masie Dobbs. This book can be read as a stand alone ! Ms Winspear does a wonderful job of setting time, location and character description so anyone can follow along.
Briefly so as not to provide too many spoilers ; Masie is called upon by a group of old friends to look into the suspicious death of Eddie Pettit( an intellectually slow young man) who had a great gift of being able to handle horses in any state, a true horse whisperer. Masie does not only wrestle wih solving this case but ; along the uncovers a few more suspicious deaths that seem to be connected. Masie is also dealing with her own issues of how to handle her new fortune and change in status, but also her feelings of inadequacy and not fitting in with the man she loves , Viscount James Compton's ,circle of acquaintances that she must now engage socially with and what her true feelings are for James . Wonderful read!...more
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