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REVIEW:  Raid by Kristen Ashley

REVIEW: Raid by Kristen Ashley

Dear Ms. Ashley: That I requested Raid for review comes to a surprise to no one. The fact that I gobbled it up in less than three hours probably also comes as no surprise either. Of all of your series, the Unfinished Hero series is the one that I’m most likely to have issues with.(…)

REVIEW:  The Submissive by Tara Sue Me

REVIEW: The Submissive by Tara Sue Me

Dear Tara Sue Me: I picked this book up at Amazon after being somewhat intrigued by the premise. I’ll freely admit that while I disliked 50 Shades of Grey, I was captivated by the “the love of a billionaire” trope. I found out after reading your book that it is also Twific. I found it(…)

REVIEW:  My Liege of Dark Haven by Cherise Sinclair

REVIEW: My Liege of Dark Haven by Cherise Sinclair

Dear Ms. Sinclair, I’m pretty sure I’ve not read anything by you before. I saw Angela James talking about your book on Twitter and clicked over to Amazon to see whether the book might appeal to me.  Threatened by university cutbacks, Professor Abigail Bern’s only hope is to publish a provocative research paper–soon. Planning to(…)

REVIEW:  Cherished by Maya Banks,Lauren Dane

REVIEW: Cherished by Maya Banks,Lauren Dane

Dear Ms. Banks & Ms. Dane, Both of you are “auto-buy” authors for me, although lately, I’m having much better luck with Ms. Dane than with Ms. Banks. Generally speaking, I avoid novellas of any sort because I find that the build up to “I love you” is not drawn out enough for my tastes.(…)

REVIEW:  Slave & Need (Finding Anna series, Books 1 & 2) by Sherri Hayes

REVIEW: Slave & Need (Finding Anna series, Books 1 & 2) by Sherri Hayes

Dear Ms. Hayes, I requested your books because they are published by the same publishing house that first published Fifty Shades of Grey, and I was interested to read another of their authors, even though Fifty Shades really didn’t work for me. I guess I was missing something because I hadn’t grasped that The Writer’s(…)

REVIEW: Duck! by Kim Dare

REVIEW: Duck! by Kim Dare

Dear Ms. Dare. You have a knack for writing characters who are all different, no matter how many times you seem to write them into similar situations or how similar they seem at the start. And your conflicts are entirely character-based, so the conflicts are all different. I find your construction of BDSM sometimes requires(…)

REVIEW: Out of Focus by L.A. Witt

REVIEW: Out of Focus by L.A. Witt

Dear Ms. Witt. I devoured this book. I had issues with it, sure, but I couldn’t put it down. It’s BDSM, done right! It’s hot m/m/m action. It’s TWO Dominants. It’s people with real lives! Yay! \o/ Ryan and Dante have been together for twelve years or so. They’ve been business partners in a photography(…)

REVIEW: Truthful Change by Jane Davitt and Alexa Snow

REVIEW: Truthful Change by Jane Davitt and Alexa Snow

Dear Ms. Davitt and Ms. Snow. I have previously enjoyed your novels, both those I’ve reviewed and those I haven’t. And I had this book in my review pile for a while. But…someone (can’t remember who, sorry) jumped it way up my list by saying how wonderful it was and I spent most of Thanksgiving(…)

REVIEW: Under His Spell by Kathy Lyons

REVIEW: Under His Spell by Kathy Lyons

Dear Ms. Lyons, “Under His Spell” is a book I find hard to grade. And might even find a challenge to review properly but here goes. I like a lot of things about it, while other things make me nervous. It’s the first (sorta vanilla) BDSM book I’ve ever read from Harlequin but I’m not(…)

REVIEW: Beautiful C*cksucker II: Such a Good Boy by Barbara Sheridan

REVIEW: Beautiful C*cksucker II: Such a Good Boy by Barbara Sheridan

Dear Ms. Sheridan. Thank you for sending me your story when I was moaning on Twitter one night about wanting to read a BDSM romance. I hope you don’t regret it. When I agreed to read the book, I had no idea it was #2 of the Beautiful C*cksucker series. I had no idea that(…)

REVIEW: I Heart That City: Razzle Dazzle by Willa Okati

REVIEW: I Heart That City: Razzle Dazzle by Willa Okati

Dear Ms. Okati: After my last BDSM novel review, this short novella was a welcome palate cleanser.   While the writing is sometimes a bit too telegraphic, requiring the reader to infer a great deal about the characters’ motivations and emotions, this very fact also rewards close and re-reading. Zach is a bar tender. Not only(…)