Book Reviews, Contemporary Romance

Review – Freed

Freed; Rosewood Bay #3 (Series)
by Carly Phillips (Author)

This review is from: July 6, 2018 By Kay Daniels (Kindle Edition-Goodreads)
Rating:⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Heat Level:🔥🔥🔥

Carly Phillips writes the textbook sweet, contemporary romance. It’s why I love reading her books, especially when I’ve been deep in angsty reads. Carly’s books are just what I need to lift my spirits and renew my sense of what’s right in the HEA world.

Juliette Collins grew up in a privileged, sheltered world. One where she believed she was an only child. At the age of 26, only then did she discover that she had two half sisters and that her mother was also still alive. Growing up she was told that her mother died, when actually her father had been paying her to stay away from Juliette’s life. His control was finally at an end when Juliette decided to leave her ivory tower and find her sisters, but more importantly find out who she really is living on her own for the first time in her life.

Andrew Collins refuses to leave his daughter unattended and unguarded, living alone to make her own decisions. He does what he’s always done, watch over her every move. He calls Braden Clark, a PI in the town of Rosewood, where Juliette will be spending her summer. A cushy job following around a debutante and report back her every move to her over-protective father. Nothing ever happens in the small town, but if some guy wants to spend a fortune having Braden spy on his spoiled princess, Braden won’t turn down the money. He has bills to pay and an ailing father to think about.

Juliette loves everything about being on her own. It’s harder than she ever imagined, but she loves the satisfaction of doing things for herself. The best part of escaping her father, meeting Braden Clark. Of course she loves finding her sisters and the connection she has with them is beyond what she ever thought, but meeting the man who could be her forever, that is freeing.

When Braden first meets his new “job” he never once imagined having feelings for her. She’s nothing like a spoiled, rich girl should be. Keeping things separated from his job and the man he wants her to know get blurred. The longer she stays in Rosewood he comes to realize she’s more than just a job and his duplicity may ruin everything between them.

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Excerpt/Teaser Share, New Releases, Release Day/New Release

New Release – Fire Born

Fire Born: Queen of the Seven Stars Book 1

A brand new series from Kallista Dane.
A Reverse Harem romance set in a faraway fantasy world.
Available Now!
Buy Link – https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07DW8W6TC/

Five Alpha males

One headstrong queen

An enemy old as the Universe…

I learned my fate on my eighteenth birthday, the day my father died and I became the virgin Queen.

The day my life changed forever.

The Lord of Darkness has risen. He means to conquer my kingdom and take me as his bride. But to succeed, he needs the power of the five Sacred Sources.

I must find the Fire Born. The one who shifts into a fearsome dragon. He’s come to me in dreams in his human form, stirring shameful, dark desires inside me. The prophecy says he will take me as his mate – and join with me to battle the Lord of Darkness, who has awakened from the spell cast on him a thousand years ago.

Then I must seek out the others. Five in all, each with his own special skill.

The Warrior. The Wizard. The Mystic. And last, the Rogue.

I must secure their protection, their allegiance, using whatever means necessary, whether it be to offer them riches or a title… or my body. A place in my bed as well as on the throne.

The Oracle says only by uniting with these five powerful men will I accomplish my mission. Avenge my father’s death – and save the World of the Seven Stars from an enemy as old as the Universe.

But she never warned me I’d fall in love.

Fire Born is the first book in the World of the Seven Stars, a hot, steamy fantasy series featuring five dominant heroes and one strong-willed heroine. It’s full of magic and mystery, shifters and sorcerers, action and adventure – but above all, it’s a love story.

The last figure disappeared, gradually drifting away into formless mist. But the Dragon Lord, the Fire Born, took on substance. Came down the steps of the dais in his human form, naked once again. I ran my eyes over him, stopping at his cock, thick and hard and heavy.

I glanced at the oracle, but she was no longer visible. The smoke from the braziers hid her from our view – and us from her.

He came closer. Smiled wickedly.

I couldn’t help myself. I reached out, stroked the silky-smooth flesh of his manhood. Oh, Goddess! My handmaidens were right. It did have a steel core.

Wordlessly, he put out his hand and touched my gown. It disappeared. Faded away, as though it was as unsubstantial as the mist around us.

I stood before him. Naked.

Though I’d never been unclothed in front of a man before, I felt no shame. No embarrassment. He ran his hand up my arm, caressed my breast. My nipple puckered, hardening into a dark red peak. He ran a thumb over it, then cupped my breast in his palm and brought his fingers together, squeezing and rolling my nipple between them.

I gasped as a jolt of raw lust shot straight to my core. The tiny bud between my legs began throbbing and I felt a gush between my thighs. He brought his other hand to the back of my head and drew me in. Ran his lips down my throat, stopping at the hollow of my neck to nip at it gently. I shivered and he pulled me closer. Wrapped his arms around me, skin to skin, our bodies pressed together. His erection rubbed against my mound, hot and demanding. Awakening a strange, fierce hunger deep in my core.

I ran my hand down his back. Felt the smooth skin, the layers of hard muscle underneath. He felt so real, so warm and alive. How could this be?

He drew me to the floor, laid me on a pile of soft cushions that had somehow appeared, blurring once again the line between reality and illusion. When he laid down beside me, I reached for him again. I caressed his cheek, ran a finger over his full lips.

Up close, he was even more beautiful, with dark hair in soft waves almost to his shoulders. A stray lock fell across his forehead. I brushed it aside and stared into his eyes. Warm brown eyes, looking back at me steadily.

I caressed his cheek, my fingers brushing against the faint dark stubble along his jawline. Masculine bodies had such striking contrasts. Soft hair, smooth skin, then rough stubble – hinting at the steel that lay below.

I moved my hand lower, exploring. Traced a path down his chest until I reached the head of his cock. So hot, like the flames that consumed him and gave birth to his dragon form. I ran my fingers up and down the thick shaft, watching his face the whole time. He drew in a breath and I saw sparks of fire flicker in his eyes.

Still without speaking, the nameless Dragon Lord parted my thighs with his knees and slid over me. I put my arms around his back and closed my eyes, desperate to have that hot hard cock slide into me. Take my virginity, and set me free to revel in this wild wicked passion he’d awakened in me.

I felt the warmth of him, the weight of him, the smooth hard head of his cock pressing against my slick core…

Buy Link – https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07DW8W6TC/

USA Today Bestselling author Kallista Dane’s steamy romances have hit #1 in Amazon’s Sci-Fi and Western Erotica as well as making the bestselling lists in Sci-Fi Romance, Historical Romance, Contemporary Romance, and BDSM.

She combines eroticism with adventure and intrigue, weaving tale of strong, independent women tangling with the hot Alpha and Omega males who appear in their lives when they expect it least but need them the most.

Kallista loves gardening, chocolate, traveling, chocolate, scuba diving… and did we mention chocolate? She likes to say she’s a little like Goldilocks – she’s lived in northern Michigan, where it is way too cold and the Florida Keys, but that was way too hot. Now she makes her home in North Carolina where it’s (usually) just right!

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Cover Reveal, New Releases

Cover Reveal – Flirting With Forever

WE ARE THRILLED TO BRING YOU THE COVER FOR FLIRTING WITH FOREVER FROM NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER KENDALL RYAN!

FLIRTING WITH FOREVER RELEASES ON SEPTEMBER 3RD!

 

No women.

No sex.

No hooking up.

This is the oath I took in solidarity with my best friend after a particularly heinous breakup left him shattered.

No problem, right?

Wrong.

Because lately, I’ve begun developing big, messy feelings for our best female friend who we both swore was off-limits since we were sixteen years old.

I shouldn’t notice the way her hair turns golden when it catches the light, I shouldn’t make it a goal to see her dimples when she laughs, I shouldn’t find her knowledge on current affairs so sexy.

I’m pretty sure she’s oblivious, which is a good thing, I try to convince myself.
Until one night after too many cocktails when we fall into bed together.

I’m left with an awkward morning-after, and one of the hardest choices I’ve ever had to make.

Confess how I feel, and potentially lose both of my best friends in the process, or bury my feelings and watch her move on?

How can something so wrong feel so right?

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A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author of more than two dozen titles, Kendall Ryan has sold over 1.5 million books and her books have been translated into several languages in countries around the world. She’s a traditionally published author with Simon & Schuster and Harper Collins UK, as well as an independently published author. Since she first began self-publishing in 2012, she’s appeared at #1 on Barnes & Noble and iBooks charts around the world. Her books have also appeared on the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists more than three dozen times. Ryan has been featured in such publications as USA Today, Newsweek, and InTouch Magazine.

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Cover Reveal, New Releases

Cover Reveal – Not the End

COVER REVEAL
Title: Not the End
A Standalone Novella
Author: Gianna Gabriela
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Cover Design: Sly Fox Cover Designs
Release Date: July 27, 2018

BLURB

I needed you.
I needed you to tell me I was beautiful.
I needed you to tell me it was all going to be okay.
I needed you to be with me.
To love me.
To protect me.
I needed you—
but the sad thing is you didn’t need me.
You didn’t want me.
You never cared about me.
And when you gave up on me, I gave up on me too.
I lost myself because I found all my self-worth in you.
And when you left me, I left myself too.
Now I’m left wondering, could I come back for me?

GOODREADS LINK: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40170392-not-the-end

AUTHOR BIO

Gianna Gabriela is a small-town girl living in the Big Ol’ City of New York. She’s been reading for years and calls it her addiction. Her favorite genre to read is anything in the YA, NA, and Contemporary Romance realm. She’s a writer of the sexy alphas you want and the strong heroines you need.

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