REVIEW - The Grumpy Billionaire Who Stole Christmas by Erin McCarthy & Lili Valente

The Book

Release Date: 28 November 2022

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I’m a grump and proud of it. I hate forced cheer, pointless traditions, and the fact that everything in Jingle Bell Junction reminds me of my lonely teen years.

Which is why I decide to steal the town’s ridiculous Christmas tree topper and burn the peg leg—yes, a peg leg. I’ll be doing the town a favor by making Jingle Hell a slightly less embarrassing place to spend the holidays.

Then, sweet, generous, sunshine-y Holly Jo catches me in the act. Holly, whose smile has always melted my icy heart. Even when we were kids.

She ropes me into baking dog treats with her to make amends, when the power goes out and we’re snowed in together for the night.

Add in one roaring fire, an unexpectedly sexy reindeer costume, and some whipped cream, and suddenly my trip to Jingle Hell is turning into Jingle Hell Yeah…

But what happens when one night with this woman isn’t nearly enough?

Contents include a lonely businessman, a happy-go-lucky optimist in a reindeer costume, and all the holiday hijinks. This swoony romance is the first book in a series of interconnected standalones following the billionaire Ratcliffe brothers.

My Review    5 STARS

**My thanks to the author for providing me with a free copy for an honest review**

In this book we are taken to Jingle Bell Junction, a small town with bad cell service that Luke has been forced to go back to after the death of his grandfather with his siblings.

It is here, that drink Luke makes a mistake and is caught by Holly-Jo, an old friend, and she makes him help her in order not to hand him over.

Realising that Luke has lost his Christmas spirit she does her best to get Luke to remember the past and to have a little fun after they are stuck at the community centre.

It does not take long for Luke to loosen up and be seduced by Holly and her charms, realising that he has always liked Holly-Jo and that he needs her in his life to bring back the joy that he has been missing.

I really enjoyed this book and really loved the collaboration of the authors.

REVIEW - Alpha Collects (Alpha Horde #4) by Milana Jacks

The Book

Release Date: 6 May 2019

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It takes a special kind of Omega to bring an Alpha to his knees. 
Kind. 
Sweet. 
Beautiful. With legs that go on forever, colored eyes, perky protruding nose, funny ears, and… Were was I? Ah yes, I collected one such Omega, and I’m bringing her before my king. 

I am Tayseer, the Collector, the Legend. 

And I will deliver my people the queen.

My Review  4 STARS

In this the last book of the series we finally see Tayseer find out about human women.

Tayseer was carried away by Loyo, Vemlox's hound and he is found by Jewel, who found herself in an alien planet 7 tears ago when she was only 13.  She has been given to a beta family who have used her as a slave and she had therefore learnt the language on her own.

Jewel takes her back to her family and looks after him as they mistake him for part of the horde.  Tayseer has no choice but be looked after by a female that he cannot see properly, but when he can finally see, he knows exactly what he has found and punishes those that have kept her hidden.

Tayseer starts by doing his job and collecting her and his possessions, but it is not long before his brother traps his and then the king comes to the village and Tayseer is under more stress and prepping Jewel for him.

By being by himself and not having other collectors there however, he finds himself falling for this strange female and even has himself in a panic at one point.

Jewel is kidnapped from under his nose when he ends up in a fight with the king and it is Loven who eventually has to go and get him, while Jewel finds herself in Ohala and going into heat, but when Tayseer arrives he does not immediately want to see her which hurts more.

Tayseer of course ends up going to see her, helping her heat and bonding her and getting his own red armour and challenging the king, all while knowing secrets that not many others know about the king.

I really enjoyed seeing Tayseer fall and learning new life lessons and taking over with his Jewel at his side.

REVIEW - Alpha Knots (Alpha Horde #3) by Milana Jacks

The Book

Release Date: 22 February 2019

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If I keep her, there’s no going back. 

Officer Samantha Noell 
In the blink of an eye, I’m head-first in a snowdrift, rescued by the biggest, greenest—man?—I’ve ever seen. Whatever he is, he turns my take-no-crap attitude into need. I should escape, but I’ve got a hunch that I’m close to solving a cold case involving several women who disappeared into thin air. 

Vemlox 
My plan is foolproof. Fetch the Omega and hand her over to Montar, thus sealing Loven’s alliance between Guardians and Horde. Thanks to a glitchy space gate, I’m stuck in a freezing cave with something that’s turned the simple delivery into a suicide mission. An Omega I must not want and can never have. 

Unfortunately, she’s going into heat. And Serpent help me, I will betray the Horde and starve on a pole if only to keep her.

My Review  4 STARS

In this book we have Vemlox who has been in the last two books on a mission to find allies to join the horde in order to fight against the king.

Vemlox knows that there is going to be another human who he is going to use to get Loven's brother to have in order to help his case.  

Samantha is a human cop who has only recently graduated and want to be a detective, the case of the missing two human women entries her, and when she goes back to investigate late at night she finds herself transported for a foreign planet in the snow.

Vemlox finds and takes Sam up the mountain on his back, but looks after her and with his knowledge of the other two human women, makes her more comfortable, but he finds himself liking this female.

His sister Sidone, a rare Alpha female  greets him when he reaches the top, but the news of Loven and his female has already reached them.  Sam only feels comfortable with Vemlox and loves the more BDSM wants of Vemlox and loves being commanded.

Vemlox has to deal with Tayseer as he turns up, but Sam helps and Tayseer is dispatched and taken away by the hound of Vemlox.  He then has to issue a challenge to Loven's other brother and wins.  He then can take the other Alpha males to the Horde, including his sister.

Enjoyed this part of the series and cannot wait to read Tayseers story.

REVIEW - Alpha Bonds (Alpha Horde #2) by Milana Jacks

The Book

Release Date: 7 January 2019

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He should nip this desire in the bud, but it's grown beyond his control.

Cyan
One second, I'm battling an overgrown hedge with a pair of clippers. The next, I'm running for my life, positive I've stumbled onto a prank reality show set, complete with a towering, red-haired guy in costume who throws me over his shoulder like I weigh nothing — I'm a big girl, never been thin.

Half of me is horrified to find out I've somehow been transported to an alien planet. The other half would sure like to explore the masterpiece of muscle under that armor.

Kinre
Horde life is simple. Hunt the enemy, kill the enemy. But after Loven broke the law by bonding an Omega meant for the king, life got real complicated. Instead of exterminating Telean rebels, I'm playing nice to recruit them for Loven's stupid rebellion.

Then I make a big mistake. Huge. I rescue a helpless human, only to discover this curvy, tempting morsel is an Omega about to go into heat. Fleeing the Telean ship and returning her to the Horde stronghold means abandoning the Telean alliance — and destroying everything we've risked our lives for.

I should nip this desire in the bud, but it's grown beyond my control.

My Review  4 STARS

In this second book of the series we have Loven's brother Kinre going on a mission when human Cyan enters the portal on each by accident and finds herself in the swamp jungle that Kinre is going through and he needs to keep her quiet when she screams nearby.

Cyan is also from San Diego and works in her late fathers gardening company that her step father is running to the ground.  She is of medical descent and is fairly short and well rounded.

Kinre finds her and is stumped when he finds another human Omega woman and ties her up and gags her in order to keep her quiet and in order to do his mission.

Kinre tries his best to keep away from her but ultimately cannot resist her smell and ends up doing things to keep her calm.  When his brother Tayseer interferes though all best are off as he needs to keep this human safe and away from his brother who works for the king.

Cyan ends up being sent back to Ohala to Loven on Venlox's back while Kinre stays to finish his mission.

The space between them however has them really missing each other and when Kinre finds his way back to Ohala, he bonds his human woman and also gains his red armour like Loven.

Cannot wait to read the next book in the series.

REVIEW - Alpha Breeds (Alpha Horde #1) by Milana Jacks

The Book

Release Date: 26 Oct 2018

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Omegas belong to the king. But this one belongs to me. 

Kingsley 
At the frat party, someone must have spiked my beer, because I see a bright light and find myself sitting on a bed with a huge, green monster looming over me. I screech and throw every sharp object within reach. But you know what’s really weird? I’m terrified and, at the same time, there’s something about those black eyes, that scent, that purrrr that makes my body come alive. 

Loven 
I fight for the honor of someday owning an Omega—a rare breeding female reserved for Alphas hand-selected by the king. For years, fighting alone has been enough. Until I scent this alien female, and my body emits a mating call. 

Omegas are the king’s property. If I don’t deliver her to the Omega Compound, I’ll lose my life, the lives of my Horde Alphas, and risk starting a full-scale rebellion. And yet, I can’t part from her. This one belongs to me. 

***Science fiction alien captive romance with Mf Omegaverse flavor. Inside the pages: No cliffhanger. No cheating. Barbaric unapologetic alpha male who loves HARD. Dystopian (dark totalitarian) world.

My Review   4 STARS

This is the first book that I have read by this author and I was pleasantly surprised.

The first chapter took me a little to get into and it does not take long for our human woman to enter a portal and find herself on an alien planet.

Kinsley does not get out of the building she finds herself in much at all, in fact she seems to spend the majority of it in Loven's bedroom as is is not only safer there, Loven, the male that finds her there decides as she is an Omega female that he should breed her.

Loven is the leader of the horde and when he discovers Kinglsey cannot help but fall for the strange woman and make her feel safe and cared for.  When he finds he has bonded to her after a coupling, he discovers their planets kings secret and changes his way of thinking for his woman protection.

The novella moves very fast, but still has a good amount of world building and description of the place around them.

REVIEW - A Hundred Million Reasons (Lonesome Point Bachelors Book 10) by Lili Valente

The Book

Release Date: 18 October 2022

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If Yasmin North knows one thing for sure, it’s that love sucks. That’s why she’s moving forward with her happily-ever-after solo plan, with the help of a sperm sample from a six-foot-two donor who apparently holds a doctorate in both computer science and social work. Meaning he’s brilliant and kind—talk about superior baby-making DNA.

But when the sperm bank informs her the sperm she has her heart set on was mistakenly sold to her from the storage-only database, Yasmin declines the refund and sparks up a please-let-me-have-your-baby-batter email negotiation with the unnamed donor instead (albeit, not very successfully). Add in her mother’s prize-winning rooster terrorizing her around her parents’ farm and so far, Yasmin’s move back to Lonesome Point is proving less than ideal…

The first time Noah O’Sullivan visited his cousin in Lonesome Point, Texas, he fell hard for the fun, quirky little town. So he’s not really surprised to find himself falling hard for a fun, quirky Lonesome Point girl. The moment Yasmin races past him, chased by a giant demon rooster, his gut utters two words—yes and mine.

It’s clear he and Yasmin have an instant connection, but convincing the wounded woman to let him be her knight in faded blue jeans is proving harder than he expects. Especially when he discovers she’s the woman who was accidentally given his sperm sample…

Previously published as Going Rate for Mr. Right (c) 2016 as a part of Erin Nicholas’s Sapphire Falls Kindle World series.

The Lonesome Point Bachelors Series (each book can be read as a standalone):

• Leather and Lace
• Saddles and Sin
• Diamonds and Dust
• Twelve Dates to Christmas
• Glitter and Grit
• Sunny With a Chance of True Love
• Chaps and Chance
• Ropes and Revenge
• Eight Second Angel
• A Hundred Million Reasons

My Review  5 STARS

**My thanks to the author for providing me with a free copy for an honest review**

I first found this author when I read the first book in this series and she very much became a most favourite author of mine.

This novella is back in Lonesome point and follows Yasmin on her quest to become a mother after finding she has bad test in men and swears that she is giving up men for a happy after she chooses.

Noah is in Lonesome point visiting his cousin, but knows that shortly he will be moving there for a quieter life.

With a chance meeting after her mothers Rooster chases her through Lonesome point they both feel a connection, but Yasmin is a little skittish.  When she finds out that Noah is the man that she is supposed to meet in regards to a sperm sample, she is a little freaked out.

Noah feels a connection with Yasmin and when he finds out that it is the woman who has he with a feeling like he has never felt before, he is up for changing his mind.

I really liked the connection between the pair and the fact that the rooster seems to push them together as they navigate his dislike for them both.

Really hope we get to see more of this series in the future.