REVIEW - Shopping for a Billionaire Box Set One (Shopping for a Billionaire #1-5) by Julia Kent

The Book

Release Date: 11 August 2016

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Ever meet a hot billionaire while your hand's in a toilet in the men's room of one of his stores?

No? So it really is just me. Hmm.

When you're a mystery shopper, you get paid to humiliate yourself, all in the name of improving customer service. Romance isn't in my job description. But the day I met Declan McCormick it was love at first flush. 
Until I nearly castrated him with my EpiPen.

How Hot Guy and Toilet Girl became an item involves my crazy mom, a trip to the ER, my homicidal cat, my fake wife, and true love.

Don't look at me like that. I'm just doing my job.

I'm shopping for a billionaire.

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The Shopping for a Billionaire collection from New York Timesbestselling author Julia Kent is a 600+ page, hilarious romantic comedy with heart, heat, and laughs.

This boxed set contains the previously published:
Shopping for a Billionaire 1
Shopping for a Billionaire 2

Shopping for a Billionaire 3

Shopping for a Billionaire 4

Christmas Shopping for a Billionaire

My Review.    4 STARS

This book had me laughing out loud at times making my children look at me funny while I listened to this story.  Tanya Eby is the narrator for this one and she does a fantastic job.

Shannon is a mystery shopper for a living and seems to have so many unfortunate events, that its funny, even if she meets Declan in the mens toilet whilst fishing out her phone from the toilet bowl.

Declan is from a wealthy family after his father built up an empire and he is immediately struck by how different Shannon is to every other woman he has met before.  When he happens to go to a meeting where her company are giving a presentation for a business proposal for their company, he uses this to lunge for a date, disguising it as a business meeting.

Shannon has a great friend in Amanda and her other co-workers and her mother is a hoot, her cat a laugh as well really.  The book is told from just Shannons point of view, so we never really get what Declan is thinking at times, especially when the eccentric or unfortunate events happen when he is around.

I enjoyed having all the books together so that I could listen to the whole story at once and how things begin and end with Shannon and Declan.  I do wish however that we had an epilogue of a year or two further into the future to see how the pair were holding up together.

REVIEW - Claimed by the Mountain Man (Montana Mountain Men #4) by Gemma Weir

The Book

Release Date: 30 November 2021

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Infuriating, sexy and seemingly everywhere, Penn Barnett is far too sexy for his own good. It seems like every woman in Rockhead Point has had a taste of the mountain man, and I can definitely see the appeal.
When I literally fall into his orbit, he tells me I’m his the moment our eyes meet. But my life is anything but simple, and right now I just don’t have the time or energy for another complication in my world… no matter how hot he is.
Only he isn’t prepared to take no for an answer… and he’s determined to make me his.

Now he’s everywhere I am, following me home and trying to take over my life. But I’m not the only woman who wants to be claimed by him and his ex has open access to my life, especially when I’m staying in her mom’s house.
If I’m his and he’s mine, how come everything is trying to tear us apart? He wants to claim me, and I might want that too, but my life isn’t my own, and for the first time ever… the Barnett brothers’ legacy might not be as powerful as real life.

My Review  5 STARS

Penn Barnett has been looking for HIS woman ever since Granger and Alice found love, but when single mum Lulu literally bumps into him on her first day at work he KNOWS that she is the woman that he has been looking for.  Therefore he lets his brothers know he has finally found her and practically forces his way into her life and stays at her place of business until he can get more out of the woman he now claims as his.

Lulu has only been in //// Mountain for the last week or two and is shocked and angry at the way that a strange man just pushes his way into her life and claims that she is now HIS woman.  However there is something about Penn that also turns all her buttons on and excites her even if it is also terrifying and annoying.

Penn is initially shocked when he find out that not only does his woman have a six month old baby, but lives with the mother of his ex bed partner.  However after his initial shock, he just claims the child as his and proceeds to care for for his princess shocking Lulu at a man who just accepts her daughter as his own.

Both Penn and Lulu certainly fight their corners with Penn certainly having more of a temper than previous members of the Barnett family, however he too shows that he will do anything in takes to keep the woman he wants close and letting everyone know that she is his.

I really enjoyed this book and seeing more of the now bigger family dynamic of the Barnetts and seeing the other family members interact and just accept the new members of their family and the brothers constant love, help and support of all of their family members.

REVIEW - Kept By The Mountain Man (Montana Mountain Men #3) by Gemma Weir

The Book

Release Date: 1 July 2021

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Kind, insistent and refusing to go away, Granger Barnett is one of the most gorgeous men I’ve ever met. I imagine every woman in Rockhead Point wants a taste of the mountain man. Except me. 

When my RV breaks down, he shows up like the good Samaritan ready to save me, only I’m not looking for a hero. But it turns out no isn’t a word Granger hears that often, especially not from the woman he thinks is meant to be his. 

He says it’s fate, I’m confident he’s got the wrong girl.

Only, apparently the Barnett brothers know how to get their own way. So now I’m staying at his house and he’s talked me into giving him the weekend to convince me I’m his. 

But while I’m planning my great escape, I realize he doesn’t just want the weekend, he wants to keep me forever.

My Review  5 STARS

What happens when very timid Alice breaks down in her RV and Granger Barnett happens to come along?  A man who steam rolls his way into Alice's life and who helps her in mind, body and soul.

Alice has spent the last five years living a nomadic life, travelling around America for work and not settling anywhere for very long.  She is convinced that she is a poisonous person and cannot be loved by anyone.

Granger is another one of the Barnett boys and when he sees someone stranded on the side of the road he stops to help only to find that he knows instantly that the skittish woman he encounters is THE woman for him.

He can see that there is something in Alice's past that is holding her back and with his caveman tendencies he certainly shows Alice that he is the man for her, that he can take her insecurities and all the decisions away from her that cause her trouble, while still helping her become a stronger more secure and solid woman.

Alice has been abandoned too may times in her life and feels that she repels people because she knows that she is clingy and needy if she lets her guard down.  Therefore she has spent the last part of the last five years alone without making friends.  When Granger all but bulldozes his way into her life and tells her that he can take anything she throws at him, she cannot believe it at first.  Granger however not only takes it, he also shows her that he needs her clingy needy personality.  He shows her that he is the man for her and becomes her biggest supporter and advocat.

I really loved this book and the man that Granger showed us that he is.  Really looking forward to see more Barnett men fall under the spell when finding their perfect woman.

REVIEW - Shenanigans (Brooklyn #6) by Sarina Bowen

The Book

Release Date: 15 Mar 2022

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What I meant to do in Vegas: Let my hair down for once and celebrate winning a medal at my first women’s hockey all-stars competition. 

What I actually did: Got senior prom drunk and woke up married to Brooklyn’s star winger, the great Neil Drake. 

He’s the heir to a billion dollars, and I barely survived my childhood. Our friendship is based strictly only on hockey, takeout food and smack talk. 

And now holy matrimony. Although we both know it can’t last, especially once his evil family gets wind of our Vegas shenanigans… 

Contains: Meddling teammates, meddling parents, ugly jewelry and a pretend-kiss that nearly sets the world on fire.

My Review. 5 STARS

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

What happens when you are both Professional Hockey players, you have always fancied each other and you get dunk in vegas?

Charli (Charlotte) is away with the woman's hockey team in vegas at an awards with the male hockey team, among the male team is her brothers best friend Neil.  When they wake up in the same plush room, blank spots in their memories and half naked, things become more interesting.  Especially when they find a tacky ring in Charlie's hair and a marriage certificate on the side board.

Lots is packed into this fast reading story with mis-haps, hilarity, awkward moments, horrible family and most of all a love that emerges that makes each person stronger.

I really loved Neil and the way he supported Charlie, her dreams and what he wanted too.  He certainly stuck up for her and in turn, they both showed each other what they were missing in life and what a life together could really be like.

REVIEW - Archangel's Light (Guild Hunter #14) by Nalini Singh

The Book

Release Date: 28 Oct 2021

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Nalini Singh returns to the world of the Guild Hunters for the most highly anticipated novel of the beloved series—a love story so epic it’s been half a millennia in the making…

Illium and Aodhan. Aodhan and Illium. For centuries they’ve been inseparable: the best of friends, closer than brothers, companions of the heart. But that was before—before darkness befell Aodhan and shattered him, body, mind, and soul. Now, at long last, Aodhan is healing, but his new-found strength and independence may come at a devastating cost—his relationship with Illium.

As they serve side by side in China, a territory yet marked by the evil of its former archangel, the secret it holds nightmarish beyond imagining, things come to an explosive decision point. Illium and Aodhan must either walk away from the relationship that has defined them—or step forward into a future that promises a bond infinitely precious in the life of an immortal…but that demands a terrifying vulnerability from two badly bruised hearts.

My Review  5 STARS

At last we have the story of Aohdan and Illium and in this book we get both the past and the present as we see how this pair have become so close and the major events that have shaped them.  We get to see their pair, but them we also get to see their happiness.

Aodhan went to China to help Suyin as a second to help her in the aftermath of her Aunts death as she establishes herself as the new Archangel.  Aodhan is only there to help however, but having newly awakened to a semblance of what he was before he had been taken Illium is finding it hard that Aodhan is becoming angry when he tries to help.

Illium however has a massive heart and shows his love for those he holds close by holing on a little too tight and giving more of himself and not thinking about himself.  

We also finally get to see the event that had Aohdan taken and held hostage for two hundred years as he finally opens up to Illium and reveals why he did not wish to be touched by others or even Illium.

It was not much of a shock to watch as this very close pair of friends evolved into something more.  As they shared their last secrets and finally opened up that last little part of each other, trusting the other with the last vestige of themselves and the knowledge that they are together forever.

I am certainly hoping that we get more books in this series and I am currently sad that there are currently no further books in this series.

REVIEW - Archangel's Sun (Guild Hunter #13) by Nalini Singh

The Book

Release Date: 26 November 2020

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A horrifying secret rises in the aftermath of an archangelic war in New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh’s deadly and beautiful Guild Hunter world...

The Archangel of Death and the Archangel of Disease may be gone but their legacy of evil lives on—especially in Africa, where the shambling, rotting creatures called the reborn have gained a glimmer of vicious intelligence.

It is up to Titus, archangel of this vast continent, to stop the reborn from spreading across the world. Titus can’t do it alone, but of the surviving powerful angels and archangels, large numbers are wounded, while the rest are fighting a surge of murderous vampires.

There is no one left…but the Hummingbird. Old, powerful, her mind long a broken kaleidoscope. Now, she must stand at Titus’s side against a tide of death upon a discovery more chilling than any other. For the Archangel of Disease has left them one last terrible gift… 

My Review  5 STARS

In this book of the series we have the Hummingbird, Illiums mother coming into her own and out of the sheltered world that she has been accustomed to where she recoved from the pain of her past.  The Hummingbird takes back her name of Sharine as she helps Archangel Titus in Africa as he battles across both northern and Southern Africa the scourge of the unborn let loose by the now deceased Archangel of Northern Africa and Lijiun of China.

Titus is a loud Archangel who seems to scare off people that do not know him, however we soon see that there is more to Titus than first appears.  We see a strong man quite happy to show his softer side when needed and who has older sisters that mother his and constantly give him advice even if he does not need it.

Titus sees a new person in Sharing however and even though her new strength is shocking, he does not stop her from growing back into herself and actively encourages her to be herself even at times if it goes against his protective instinct.  Sharine on the other hand feels younger than ever and loves coming back into her true self and discovering things that have long been forgotten.

I really enjoyed this story and hope some of the Archangels get to have a happy ending, especially Neha.

REVIEW - Archangel's War (Guild Hunter #12) by Nalini Singh

The Book

Release Date: 26 September 2019

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Return to New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh's darkly passionate Guild Hunter world, where human-turned-angel Elena Deveraux, consort to Archangel Raphael, faces a new challenge that threatens the balance of the world.

Wings of silver. Wings of blue. Mortal heart. Broken dreams. Shatter. Shatter. Shatter. A sundering. A grave. I see the end. I see. . . .

The world is in chaos as the power surge of the Cascade rises to a devastating crescendo. In furiously resisting its attempts to turn Elena into a vessel for Raphael's power, Elena and her archangel are irrevocably changed. . .far beyond the prophecy of a cursed Ancient.

At the same time, violent and eerie events around the world threaten to wipe out entire populations. And in the Archangel Lijuan's former territory, an unnatural fog weaves through the land, leaving only a bone-chilling silence in its wake. Soon it becomes clear that even the archangels are not immune to this deadly evil. This time, even the combined power of the Cadre may not be enough. . . .

This war could end them all.

My Review  5 STARS 

This book does start up slow as it leads up to a war, however when the war starts there. is constantly things going on and the war is on a massive scale.

Pretty much all of the previous characters portray a part in this story and fight with Raphael and the Cadre as they fight for the lives of humans and the world against Lijuin and her forces.

There is a lot of dead, even a few Archangels, however the remaining fight together, there is romance in how Raphael and Elena fight for each other and those they love and the greater good.  There is suspense as we wait for the war to come, then the wait to see how and when the next will fall.

Yes, finally Lijuin is defeated, but she has left a scourge upon the earth that now needs to be cleansed and some Archangels first need to heal and recover, others who have woken agree to help until the injured have recovered and they can go back to sleep.

The power balance restored we end with Raphael and his Elena having made stronger alliances, but fighting back to get the world back into order.

Apart from getting a little tedious about 'when will Ljiuin die!"  The story really held me captive and I was so invested in the characters.  

I am glad that there are at least two more books, and I am wondering what can happen next.

REVIEW - Archangel's Prophecy (Guild Hunter #11) by Nalini Singh

The Book

Release Date: 26 September 2019

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Return to New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh's darkly passionate Guild Hunter world, where human-turned-angel Elena Deveraux, consort to Archangel Raphael, is thrust centre stage into an eons-old prophecy . . . 

Midnight and dawn, Elena's wings are unique among angelkind . . . and now they're failing. The first mortal to be turned into an immortal in angelic memory, she's regressing. Becoming more and more human. Easier to hurt. Easier to kill.

Elena and Raphael must unearth the reason for the regression before it's too late, and Elena falls out of the sky. Yet even as they fight a furious battle for Elena's very survival, violent forces are gathering in New York and across the world.

In China, the Archangel Favashi is showing the first signs of madness. In New York, a mysterious sinkhole filled with lava swallows a man whole. In Africa, torrential monsoon rains flood rolling deserts. And in Elena's mind whispers a haunting voice that isn't her own.

This time, survival may not be possible . . . not even for the consort of an archangel.

My Review  5 STARS

Goodness, so much happens in this book.  And the ending?  I am so very glad that I have the next book lined up so I can find out what happens next already without having to wait.

The book focuses on Raphael and Elena again (thank goodness because I love them).  Elena finds that the cascade wants something different from her and her body begins to change, which not only frightens and confuses her, it frightens and confuses Raphael too.

Elena get whispers in her mind from another being but it is only about halfway through that we find out who it is and that the person is just letting her know what is supposed to happen and what she has seem of the future.  But is the future set in stone? Or can it be changed with a fierce will and a strong heart?

Raphael and Elena fight for their future and their friends, and their strong love for each other has them in its grip right until the end of the book.

A brilliant book continuing with a series that is seriously impressive.

REVIEW - The Last Eligible Billionaire by Pippa Grant

The Book

Release Date: March 2022

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Emotionally unavailable doesn’t even begin to describe my new fake boyfriend. He’s cold. He’s distant. He has more defenses than a nuclear missile silo. And he’s the ultimate catch of the century. At least, according to his bank statement.

My job’s simple: Keep Hayes Rutherford’s matchmaking relatives and all interested ladies away from the cranky, grumpy, walled-off heir to my favorite movie empire, and in return, he won’t ruin my life over a teensy, tiny little misunderstanding.

But the more I sneak past Hayes’s walls and fences, the more I realize that while we might be from different worlds, we have more in common than either of us expected. The man under all the glitz, glamour, and dollar signs could be the real love of my life.

But you know what they say about fake dating a billionaire—it’s all fun and games until the scandals start.

The Last Eligible Billionaire is a swoony, laugh-out-loud romance featuring a botched wax job, a woman in over her head, a man in over his heart, and the sweetest misguided dog to ever play matchmaker…or at least make sure these two anti-love birds never have clothes when they get out of the shower.

A new stand alone romantic comedy from Pippa Grant.

My Review  5 STARS

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

Oh. My. Goodness.  It has been a while since I have laughed quite so much at the actions of characters in a book, but this book had me in hysterics at times.

Begonia is certainly a character and she is living her post divorce life and has such a big and friendly hear that you cannot help but fall in love with her.  Her dog Marshmallow is such a chaotic thing, that you cannot help but fall in love with him and his mischievous behaviour that at times embarasses his owner and other member of the Rutherford family.

Hayes Rutherford is in a point in his life where others are getting on his nerves and he has had his heart shattered by others who should have known better and broken his trust.  This in turn has lead him away from love and wanting to be married.  When he finds that Begonia is in his Maine house, he decides that he can find a use for her, especially with his mother on the way with a potential marriage partner.

There are some really good support characters in this story and the extra bonus epilogues are great, although I perhaps would have loved to see them after they are married, but it certainly had me smiling taken completely along with the ride.

I cannot wait to see what Pippa Grant comes out with next.

REVIEW - Scored by Lili Valente

The Book

Release Date: 1 March 2022

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Begging my brother’s best friend—aka NHL superstar, Ian Fox—to help me ditch my V Card wasn’t part of my “make it big in NYC” plans.

But after years of being “cute little Evie,” I’m tired of waiting for Mr. Right. I’m ready for Mr. Right Now and Ian is everything I’ve ever wanted in a first time. He’s kind, funny, confident, and has a legendary…stick.

Seriously, his stick has its own page of search results, complete with gray sweatpants shots hot enough to make even a clueless virgin drool.

And yes, my brother will murder us if he finds out, but we’re both grownups.

We can keep a secret. We have to since I just landed an art therapy job working with his troubled team.

All we’re doing is a little practice. (Or…ehem...big practice.)

Too bad my heart didn’t get the memo. 

My Review  5 STARS

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

Evie is a 24 year old artist who is living with her friends in New York and she currently has a job as an art therapist while going to college.  Her brother is on the staff and is more than a tad overbearing after picking up after their mother ran off and their father all but neglected them.

Ian is the captain of the ice hockey team that both Evie and her brother Derrick are working for and has also been Derricks best friend since childhood.  He has also always been there for Evie, but it is only when Evie starts standing up for herself and he finally sees her in her new clothes and she propositions him to help her with the problem of her v-card.

Both Ian and Evie discover something though that their friendship hold something even dearer to them, a love that started long before they even realised and a belonging with each other and a rightness that was not there with anyone else.

I really enjoyed this story and we get to meet Evie's friends and housemates that hopefully all get their own HEA.  I am glad that we will see Evie's best friend Harlow and Evie's brother Derrick get the next story though.  Derrick may finally find a strong woman that can stand up to him and his more controlling ways.

REVIEW - Archangel's Viper (Guild Hunter #10) by Nalini Singh

The Book

Release Date: 26 September 2017 

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Enter New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh’s breathtakingly passionate Guild Hunter world with the story of a woman who isn’t a vampire or an angel…or human…

Once a broken girl known as Sorrow, Holly Chang now prowls the shadowy gray underground of the city for the angels. But it’s not her winged allies who make her a wanted woman—it’s the unknown power coursing through her veins. Brutalized by an insane archangel, she was left with the bloodlust of a vampire, the ability to mesmerize her prey, and a poisonous bite. 

Now, someone has put a bounty on her head… 

Venom is one of the Seven, Archangel Raphael’s private guard, and he’s as infuriating as he is seductive. A centuries-old vampire, his fangs dispense a poison deadlier than Holly’s. But even if Venom can protect Holly from those hunting her, he might not be able to save himself—because the strange, violent power inside Holly is awakening… 

No one is safe.

My Review   5 STARS

**My thanks to Netgalley and Berkley Publishing Group for providing me with a free copy for an honest review**

This book happens along in the same timeline as the previous book Archangels Heart and focuses on Venom and Chloe, Chloe a girl that was saved when Elena and Raphael nearly died in the first book of the series.  Now we get to see her survival and transformation into a person that is not broken and starts to accept who she is now.

Chloe has a task to do and when Venom comes from the Sanctuary while Raphael and Elena are away he offers to look after Chloe when he sees how much she is actually struggling and how much they are alike in many ways.  He can help her and both of their poison does not work on the other.

When something unexpected comes up as Chloe finds out more about the 'thing' inside her, they both end up on an adventure in another Archangels domain and along the way, find out that there is a fine line between love and hate and that maybe there is someone who compliments them and gets them better than anyone else in the world.

Chloe certainly had an inner strength that she was not aware of and Venom certainly learnt a few lessons from Chloe.

I am really looking forward to the next book in the series.  This is one awesome series.

REVIEW - Archangel's Heart (Guild Hunter #9) by Nalini Singh

The Book

Release Date: 1 November 2016

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New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh takes us into a dangerous and exhilarating world where a deadly, beautiful archangel and his once-mortal consort are caught in a fury of twisted darkness…

One of the most vicious archangels in the world has disappeared. No one knows if Lijuan is dead or has chosen to Sleep the long sleep of an immortal. But with her lands falling into chaos under a rising tide of vampiric bloodlust, a mysterious and ancient order of angels known as the Luminata calls the entire Cadre together to discuss the fate of her territory.

Accompanying her archangelic lover Raphael to the Luminata compound, guild hunter-turned-angel Elena senses that all is not as it seems. Secrets echo from within the stone walls of the compound, and the deeper Elena goes, the uglier the darkness. But neither Raphael nor Elena is ready for the brutal truths hidden within—truths that will change everything Elena thinks she knows about who she is…

Nothing will ever be the same again. 

My Review   5 STARS 

In this edition we have Raphael and Elena as they head to meet the rest of the Cadre and their escorts.  However things are not all as they seem with the Laminate.

We get to seem more of Aodhan as he is Elena escort and we see a little more of the reset of the Cadre especially Elijah and Hannah and Raphaels mother Caliane.

There is far less romance in this book and it focuses more towards the mystery of the Lumia and the secret they are hiding along with the mystery of Elena's heritage.

I loved the interactions with Aodhan and really hope that he and Illium get a story where they get a happy ending together.  They really deserve a happy ending with each other.

Looking forward to what happens in the next edition.  This series is really addicting.

REVIEW - Archangel's Enigma (Guild Hunter #8) by Nalini Singh

The Book

Release Date: 3 September 2015

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New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh returns to her world of dark passion and immortal power—and to one of the most seductive and impenetrable heroes ever to stalk the Guild Hunter landscape…

“Oh, Naasir. So weird, so bloodthirsty, so unique and wonderful…I have fallen for him…”—Fiction Vixen

Naasir is the most feral of the powerful group of vampires and angels known as the Seven, his loyalty pledged to the Archangel Raphael. When rumors surface of a plot to murder the former Archangel of Persia, now lost in the Sleep of the Ancients, Naasir is dispatched to find him. For only he possesses the tracking skills required—those more common to predatory animals than to man.

Enlisted to accompany Naasir, Andromeda, a young angelic scholar with dangerous secrets, is fascinated by his nature—at once playful and brilliant, sensual and brutal. As they race to find the Sleeping archangel before it’s too late, Naasir will force her to question all she knows…and tempt her to walk into the magnificent, feral darkness of his world. But first they must survive an enemy vicious enough to shatter the greatest taboo of the angelic race and plunge the world into a screaming nightmare…

My Review  5 STARS

I loved Nassir in the previous book and I completely fell in love with him in this book.  He is a complete character, but has an honest childlike quality to him which draws you in further.  I really do hope to see more of him in future books.

Andromeda is a scholar who led her ruthless father and parents that had not fostered a close relationship with her.  Andi is kidnapped by Lijiun for the information that she knows about the sleeping ancients, especially one called Alexander about whom there is a prophecy, however after meeting Andi before she is kidnapped, Nassir believes that she is the mate that he has been searching for.

With Andi having made a vow of celibacy until a certain grimoire is found, Nassir plays by the rules and the pair get ever closer, especially after Nassir gets Andi out of her prison.

It this edition we get more romance, war, a continuation of the long running story, new characters, more depth to other characters, a little more of Raphael and his spymaster Jason and Elena.  The main story focuses on Nassir and Andromeda and their two tasks, find Alexander and wake him and find the Grimoire.  

As always I cannot wait for the next instalment of this series and love that I do not have to wait after having taken so long to read the rest of this series.

REVIEW - Archangel's Shadows (Guild Hunter #7) by Nalini Singh

The Book

Release Date: 28 October 2014

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In the wake of a brutal war, the archangel Raphael and his hunter consort, Elena, are dealing with the treacherously shifting tides of archangelic politics and the people of a battered but not broken city. The last thing their city needs is more death, especially not a death that bears the eerie signature of an insane enemy archangel who cannot - should not - be walking the streets. This hunt must be undertaken with stealth and without alerting their people. It must be handled by those who can become shadows themselves...

Ash is a gifted tracker and a woman cursed with the ability to sense the secrets of anyone she touches. But there's one man she knows all too well without a single instant of skin contact: Janvier, the dangerously sexy Cajun vampire who has fascinated and infuriated her for years. Now, as they track down a merciless killer, their cat-and-mouse game of flirtation and provocation has turned into a profound one of the heart. And this time, it is Ash's secret, dark and terrible, that threatens to destroy them both.

Nalini Singh, the NEW YORK TIMES bestselling 'alpha author of paranormal romance' (BOOKLIST), returns to her stunning world, as it braces itself for destruction.

My Review  5 STARS

In this latest instalment the romance features Cajun vampire Janvier and the guild hunter Ashwini who have been circling each other for around four years.

Ash was injured during the war again Lijuan, at it was Janvier who helped her recover as he knows that she is the one for him, however, Ash is keeping a secret that she believes will be the end of them.

Going on her first assignment since her accident, Janvier happens to be at her door when she is leaving so decides to tag along.  In the end, when Janvier also gets an assignment they end up having to team up anyway.  

We also get to see more from Raphael and Elena as well as more from Raphaels circle as you see even further the bond between them all and we get to see more of Nassir, who certainly seems to be a character.

Loved this instalment and cannot wait to see what happens next in both romance and the angel war.

REVIEW - Archangel's Legion (Guild Hunter #6) by Nalini Singh

The Book

Release Date: 31 October 2013

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Nalini Singh, the New York Times bestselling “alpha author of paranormal romance” (Booklist) returns to an immortal world of violent passion and lethal power…on the brink of a deadly archangelic war.

Angels are falling from the sky in New York, struck down by a vicious, unknown force.

Vampires are dying impossibly of disease.

Guild hunter Elena Deveraux and the Archangel Raphael must discover the source of the wave of death before it engulfs their city and their people, leaving New York a ruin and Raphael’s Tower under siege by enemy archangels.

Yet even as they fight desperately to save the city, an even darker force is stirring, its chill eyes trained on New York…and on Raphael. Rivers of crimson and nightmares given flesh, the world will never again be the same…

My Review   5 STARS

The Archangel and his consort are back in this tale so expertly woven that at times you cannot help but weep for the characters when they hurt.

Raphael has warmed since falling for the once mortal vampire hunter Elena, who shows him what he was starting to ignore.  She is almost like a conscience to him and keeps him on the straight and narrow where she can, even if it hurts.  He in turn is a constant for her and is there for her even when she does not realise that she hurts and helps her face her pain.

There are lots of secondary characters that we have seen in previous books that we also love to see and we certainly get to see the bond that they have all created and the stubbornness of each of them.

When the war finally gets started, we see a true bond and a team that would die for each other if needed and Raphael and Elena prepared to died for the cause if this is the case.

I really enjoyed finding my way bak into this world and cannot wait to sink my teeth into the next book to find out what happens next in this saga.

REVIEW - My Big Fat Bloodsucker Wedding by Bella Jacobs

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Release Date: 8 February 2022

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It’s all fun and games…until you stake your sister’s fiancé. 

Okay, fine! I’m not really going to stake Colin or his brother, the insufferable, bossy-fanged Darcy Blackmore. At least not as long as I can find another way to stop our siblings from getting hitched.

My sister, Lizzy, won’t admit it, but she doesn’t love Colin. She’s sacrificing herself so we can stay in Nightfall, New Hampshire, and renew the magical shield keeping the paranormal creatures here, including witches like us, safe from human discovery. 

I have ten days to find another way—aside from a bloodsucker wedding—to secure our legacy and not a lead in sight. So, imagine my surprise when the wretched, though admittedly smoking hot, Darcy comes to the rescue.

His scheme? 
We pretend to be hot for each other, trick Lizzy and Colin into confessing they don’t really want to tie the knot, and sort out how to save the town once the wedding bells are silenced—permanently. 

It’s not a bad plan. In theory.
If only Darcy wasn’t every bit as delicious as he is obnoxious. If only he’d kept his secret sweet side under wraps and kissing him wasn’t the most amazing thing to happen to my lips in my entire life. If only this fake love had stayed fake, instead of creeping into my heart on stealthy little vampire feet. 

Now I have a decision to make—keep faking it with the world’s sexiest vampire until I lose big at love, yet again, or leave my new hometown and all the people I’m coming to love behind. Forever.

My Review  5 STARS

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

There is lots to smile about when you get a Bella Jacobs book, good writing, brilliant characters and a story that just draws you further into the page the more you read.

This book was brilliant and I loved the two main characters Blaire (f) and Darcy (m).  Blaire is a witch that only recently found out about her heritage when her grandmother died and left her and her sisters the family house.  The oldest wonderfully sister is also required to marry a town elder in order to keep the shield that protects the village going.

Blaire is a strong character and had to learn to do handy work in order to help look after her family, their own and earn income when their mother often left them to look after themselves.

Darcy is a vampire that has been alive for a few hundred years and lost his wife and children when he was unable to go back from being turned.  Although he has had trysts he has never loved again, but with Blaire around he is tempted on so many more levels than he thought possible.

There are good supporting characters and a few on the bad side that give us people to dislike and lots of feels for our good guys.

I am also now looking forward to seeing what happens between Annie and Baron after the ending and hoping we get a book for all of the Wonderfully sisters!

REVIEW - Deal With The Devil (Purgatory #4) by Cynthia Eden

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Release Date: 9 June 2015

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New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Cynthia Eden spins a hot new paranormal Purgatory story with…DEAL WITH THE DEVIL. 

Eric Pate is used to making his own rules—as the director of the PARA Unit, he is the boss. Everyone rushes to obey his commands, and no one knows his secrets. No one ever gets too close to him. But then he meets her. 

Ella Lancaster is tired of being a prisoner. She escaped one hell just to find herself in another, but Eric doesn’t consider her containment with his agents as punishment. He actually thinks it is a form of protection. But Eric is so very wrong. Ella doesn’t need protecting, not for anyone or anything. 

But when the PARA Unit comes under attack, Ella and Eric both find themselves battling a supernatural beast that they never expected. Forced to join forces, to make a deal, Ella and Eric are soon fighting side-by-side, and their attraction for each other can’t be contained or controlled. Hot. Wild. Consuming. Ella’s deal with her devil is soon taking over her life. 

And as Eric falls deeper and deeper under the mysterious Ella’s spell, his legendary control begins to crack. The beast that he has kept chained so carefully inside rises to the surface. Unfortunately, when the devil loses his control…there is real hell to pay. 

My Review  4 STARS

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

I have enjoyed this series and I this book we get to meet a new species and character in Ella.  Ella was a captive in the last book that managed to get free when the lab was on fire and Connor set her free.  Since then she has been in the custody of Eric Pate and the Para Unit, but she is not happy about it at all.

Eric is intrigued about Ella and knows she is hiding something, but he is not sure what.  He is also not sure why he is drawn to the woman. Unfortunately he pushes Ella a little too far and her hidden side comes out.

But when someone from Ella's past rocks up, he pushes both Ella, but especially Eric as he finally ends up letting his monster out and it is only Ella that is able to calm him and bring him back.

It was good to see the normally unflappable Eric fighting to stay in control and for his emotions to be let free more.

I have enjoyed this series and I am seriously kicking myself for having this sit on my kindle for so long.

REVIEW - Baby, Please (OHellNo #7) by Mimi Jean Pamfiloffarc

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Release Date: 20 January 2022

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From New York Times Bestseller Mimi Jean Pamfiloff comes a Surprise Baby Romantic Comedy, BABY, PLEASE.

SURPRISE! IT’S A GIRL!

DEAN

Ever since I was recruited by my college football team, I’ve pushed myself hard. Going pro and earning some real money is a must. Mostly because my brother, Flip, is in a bad place, and I’m all he’s got. 

No problem. I’m tough. I’m a hard worker. I’ve got a plan. 

Then right before the season starts, a woman shows up at my apartment with a baby, claiming I’m the father. And then she leaves her with me. For a week? Forever? 

I have no idea, but college, football, and the single-dad gig don’t go together. And forget about my experience with babies. Does this thing come with an off switch? Volume control? Is that a poopie diaper? Help! 

Things go from bad to worse when the public catches wind of my surprise-baby situation, and it turns into a PR nightmare. I’m suddenly the poster boy for young single dads. 

This isn’t happening. 

Suddenly, all eyes are on me, both on and off the field, and the only person who can keep me from losing my mind confesses her love. 

And I mess it all up. Her, football, baby, everything. 

Now I’m going to have to choose: fix my career or fix my personal life, including coming to grips with loving a baby girl who might not be mine.

My Review   5 STARS

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

We are back with the HellNo series and I could not be happier. We get to a little of a character in the previous book, however this book mainly stays focused on the main man, Dean and the woman that surround him.

Dean is a man that has clawed his way up from nothing since he was little and looked after not only himself but his little brother.  Nothing much good has every happened to him and he lives has life getting from one goal to another.

When a baby lands on his doorstep, even though he is still young at 22, he steps up to the plate and looks after her, even though the little girl could not be his.

In this book Dean grows even more and is able to love and get help where he needs it.  He also learns to fight for what he wants, not just what he needs.

I loved Dean and Lara in this book and I hope that Deans brother Flip will also get a happy ever after now that he has fought to become clean and a better man himself.

Cannot wait for the next Mini book and to see where she inserts herself into the book :)