Dare to Love

Dare to Love

by Sandy Sullivan

Tori will do anything to get the interview she wants, no far is too far for her as she is willing to show and do some crazy things. I had a few laughs and chuckles at the things she tried to pull off. I have to admit she has more balls than I do. She knows how to push the lines as well as Noah buttons as she flips his world upside down in just minutes. Neither is giving up and gives back just what they give. I thought this was a great read, loved the humor, the scenes. The characters are great, the plot even better. The chemistry between them is hot, real and raw.

For me it was a page turner keeping me turning the pages. I read it at one setting I was so hooked I couldn’t put it down. The author gives you a detailed story that keeps you entertained, with some amazing writing. She knows how to pull her readers in with a unique writing style from the start. I loved the twists and turns, how the characters baited each other as well as the chemistry that has you fanning yourself. I haven’t read anything by this author before but look forward to reading more. I see she has an audio out I would love to listen to this book in audio I think it would make a great one.

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Summary

Riding high on the success of his band, Iron Rogue, Noah King doesn’t need anyone much less a nosey reporter from Rock Band News, sticking her gorgeous body where it doesn’t belong. His privacy is one of the most important things in his life, and something he protects with an iron fist. How did his most guarded secret manage to be front page news?

Tori Richmond needed a story. If she broke the silence on the lyrics of Dare to Love, she’d be set and her career would be in the bag. The sexy as sin, tight lipped leader of Iron Rogue wasn’t about to give her any information, no matter what she promised him. Giving into the sexual chemistry seething between them was the wrong thing to do. She’d be just another woman in the long list of women who’d been between the sheets with Noah King, but nothing was more important than the story.

Nothing.

***Contains hot rock stars, a reporter who takes no crap, and two people finding love in the most unlikely place***

Single

Single

Written by: Lyra Parish

Narrated by: Lia Langola

Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins

Unabridged Audiobook

Release Date:05-14-15

Publisher: Lyra Parish

This was a cute little read with a few surprises for Roxane which will leave her speechless and on the run. She isn’t your normal type of women being the President of her father and grandfathers company she has a lot to live up to. This doesn’t leave her much time for romance which she really isn’t interested in. What she is interested in is what happens between the sheets. After her last romance that ended bad with him complaining over how much time she spent on your job she decided to have a few one nightstands. Her friend talked her into going to a special club where no one knows who you are. She meets a man there who intrigues her but won’t give in to her wants. She puts the dream man behind her putting herself into her work. The next man she meet is the lawyer her father hirers that gets under her skin. She can’t stand him, he is everything she dislikes in a man.  Parker has other ideas and is driving her crazy in so many ways. That is all I am going to tell you, it is easy for the reader to work out the ins and outs but not for Roxane who is left in a tail spin.

Ms. Langola narration is wonderful she has a powerful voice that is very pleasant to listen to. Her character voices are great it is easy to know who is talking and just what they are feeling. Her tones are right on the money giving a compelling listen that pulls the reader in. There are no background noise, no volume changes, if any breaks were taken I could not tell. You can feel the emotions in her voice from anger to chuckling this is a wonderful narration. Her character voice and her normal voice are very pleasant to the listener’s ears giving you a story that you won’t want to put down. It is a very clean and clear audio. The plot flows easy and without interruption as the narrator puts the correct voice to the correct character which gave life to this listen. This is the first time I have listen to this narrator and really like how she performs. I am looking forward to listening to more of her work.

At first I didn’t care too much for this story line but as the author leads you into the plot I found I totally enjoyed it. The only issue I have is that this is a cliffhanger and book two has not been narrated at this time. I do not care very much for cliffhanger and most likely will forget to buy this when book 2 does come out. I enjoyed the mystery and how the plot plays out. It will be interesting to see just how and if Parker can win this lady over. I have a few chuckles and there was a few OH MY’S as well as a couple OH NO’s. It was a good plot that does hold the reader’s attention. The listener can feel the chemistry between these two as well as the shock, anger, disappointment and excitement. The characters keep you entertained as they dance around each other. For the most part they are likable and at times very funny.

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Summary

After failing miserably at love, Roxane VanBuren swears off men but not before her determined best friend shows her all the advantages of being single. After a wild weekend full of sex, old-flames, and secrets, Roxane is desperate to forget it ever happened. But she learns it isn't that easy.
Since becoming the President of VanBuren Investments, she knows how important it is for her professional and personal life to remain separate from one another. If the two were to mix, the rumors could possibly ruin her reputation, which is bad for her and bad for business. To avoid that, Roxane allows rules to define and guide her every move. Unfortunately for her, Parker Williams is determined to break them all, one at a time.

Stiff Things: The Splatterporn Anthology

Stiff Things: The Splatterporn Anthology

Written by: Brandon Ford , Cori Vidae , Brian Rosenberger , Olive Whittier , Tanker Ray , Kristopher Triana

Narrated by: Joe Hempel

Length: 5 hrs and 20 mins

Unabridged Audiobook

Release Date:10-19-16

Publisher: Comet Press 

I don’t even know where to begin there is some really twisted stories in here that will leave you with your mouth hung open and brain saying there is no way I heard that right. This is horror at its finest leaving you no doubt there are some really twisted people out there and hoping praying you never meet them. J When the narrator posted he was looking for reviews “PM ME IF YOU DARE” he typed…okay you got my attention. I ask how you can you turn down a dare like that…NOT ME… I really didn’t have a clue what I just requested but it didn’t take me long to tell myself maybe we are in a little too deep here. From the start of the story there is no doubt this is hard core porn and I said to my self- self are you really going to listen to this. Self said a promise is a promise so yes we are.  That lead me to looks of horror, thinking OH MY GOD that is nasty, really, wow didn’t see that coming, to shock as well as shaking in my shoes…okay maybe not the shaking part but I know I never want to meet any of these people. You have been warned…read on if you dare.

Mr. Hempel my hats off to you for the outstanding narration of this book. I am sure you set with your legs crossed and hands over your lap a time or two as you worked your way through this story. I had no trouble at all feeling the excitement of each character at the build up for some thrilling exciting sex scenes.  You even had me feeling sorry for mankind and wanting to pull a few people right out of the pages as they took on the pleasure and then the pain when the end was clear. I found his character voices to be wonderful you have no trouble knowing who is talking, or how much pleasure they are in along with how much pain they feel along with the excitement the deliver is feeling as they bring the pleasure and pain on. There were no background noise (if there had been I would most likely have jumped out of my car running for my life) nor any places where the volume was louder than any other place in the audio. What this narrator gives you is clean, crisp, clear audio that will leave you shaking your head. You have no trouble visualizing what he has just given you it is very vivid that you become so invested you might forget where you where you are and what you are doing.  I really wish I could give more than 5 Stars the narration was outstanding.

The first story starts out they are looking for some action as they have a few VERY HOT scenes with their selves. They finally found one to take up the call went home and got it on for everyone on the net as you yourself think oh and not in a good way. You think what are these people thinking and then you find out. As I was almost to work the audio left me speechless with my mouth hung open think no way that just happened. Yep Yep it did and lord they aren’t done. I had to set in my car listening until the end came still leaving me speechless. I have to honestly say this title fits the book in more ways than one. It will not be the first of these stories that will leave you speechless there are a few. Some I didn’t really care for it was a little hard to understand what the author was trying to show you but horror no doubt is in there. Others will leave you so shocked you won’t be able to talk leaving you looking straight ahead with eyes blinking afraid to face just what happened. Some are nasty beyond nasty and some will make you want to upchuck.  This is one book that is filled with psychosexual horror that will leave men with their legs crossed and pulling back into their selves wishing they could run but to afraid to move.  It will leave women shaking in horror wanting to run the other way.  If you love horror and erotic take the dare and pick this up you will never see humans the same again. I know I am keeping an eye on those around me and I don’t think I will be making any new friends anytime soon. Lol This is just too horrible and to nasty but I bet it will stick with you for a long time. It’s not an audio for the weak there are some very vivid details that you won’t even have to close your eyes to see.  I am still shaking my head.  Words cannot do justice to some of these stories….

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Summary

Don't get any on you.
When Comet Press put out the call for submissions for Stiff Things, we said we were ready to ratchet up the eroticism and visceral intensity with hardcore stories that penetrate new depths of psychosexual horror.
But we weren't as ready as we thought we were for the extreme stuff that came flooding in on waves of blood and other bodily fluids we won't mention here. Not that we're complaining.
In other words, we got what we wished for...and more. So much more that calling it an anthology of erotic horror was no longer strong enough.
The stories themselves dictated a new title. And so here are the stories for this upcoming release with a more apt title:
Stiff Things: The Splatterporn Anthology

Modern Celebrity, by Brandon Ford
Suckers, by Cori Vidae and Brian Rosenberger
One Ear, Always to the Land of the Dead, by Olive Whittier
Godf---ed, by Tanker Ray
The Solution, by Kristopher Triana
Hunter's Moon, by S.C. Hayden
If My Face Were Transparent, You'd See the Devil, by Eric LaRocca
Charlotte the Harlot, by Shequila Rayne
The Penis of the Marquis de Sade, by Andrew Darlington
The Extra Mile, by Paul Allih

Never Give Up
by Heidi Lis 

My Review
5 Stars

This story really touched my heart. I love second chance stories that bring a smile to your face as it tears your heart apart. Getting back together is never easy but when you hold secrets 
it is even harder. When those secrets come out at the worse time nothing good can come out of it. Heidi gives a wonderful story of lost love finding their way back only to have it all almost taken away again. This was a very touching read that will break your heart and bring a tear to your eyes. So many people hurt, so many tears cried, so many people to blame, so many lies told and so much time lost because two people decided to play god to one girl they were suppose to love and take care of. Two people who love so much have parents that think they know what is best for them takes steps to keep them apart. This was a very emotional read that really reaches in and touches your heart.

I could relate to Elsa I felt her pain as not only a young girl but as an adult. There is nothing worse than to lose those you love, some people taken away from you only to find out years later that the ones that should love and support you is now you worse enemy. At first I did not care too much for this character all she did was cry after 5 years still trying to get over a lost love. Once Micah came back into her life and you know all the facts your heart breaks and all you want to do is set beside her hold her and cry with her.

At first I didn't understand Micah his reason for leaving without a word was hard for me to buy but once the author gave all the facts it was very touching. Micah had little choice but to join the military it was a family tradition. He couldn't say good bye or he would never have left. He does send his brother to talk with her but her parents step in taking away that right as they have so many others. On returning and getting out of the military the first thing he does is look up the girl he left behind only to be told he she has moved on and forgotten him. He decides to move on start up with a new lady. This is where the story gets very complicated as he finds out all that he has lost and all that he wants back. 

I found this to be an easy book to get into with a slow start but was soon a page turner to find out what else could go wrong for these two people. The author gives a wonderful plot with a heartbreaking story which will hold your interest as the characters take on a life of their own. The one thing the author never told me was why in all the 5 years he never came home to visit his family. This just seems a little off but it does work well with the plot. This was a book I could not put down the author had me so pulled in as she twisted the plot to bring so much pain and heartache. She gives you a very steamy read with so much passion of lost love that could not get over each other. This is a very emotional and touching read leaving you with the question how can parent that say they love you treat you so bad when you needed them most. Never Give Up is about losing it all only to come together to fight for what is right, taking back what is yours. It is a well written story that will blow your mind with all the author has in store for you. I have been with this author from the first and I must say she has really grown in her writing as well as in her plots. Each book gets better and better. Never Give Up is a keeper you will want to read more than once.



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Book Description
Micah Taylor

My first love.
My first time.
My first heartbreak.

Letting him in was easy.
Forgetting him was damn near impossible.

Five years have now passed…never forgetting.
Five long years that couldn’t erase…his memories…my regrets.

Now he’s back!

What happens when the heartbreak of the past discovers your most guarded secret?

IT’S THE MOMENT THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING!

Lies are told, secrets are exposed, and the heartache of the past force me to reveal the most sacred part of my soul. The day I feared the most was now upon me. How can I survive this yet again, losing him once was bad enough…losing him a second time would destroy me.

I do the only thing I can...

I’m Elsa Winters, and this is my story.

Meet the Author
Heidi grew up in the Midwest, but currently resides with her husband and four children in the Pacific Northwest. Heidi most enjoys spending time outdoors with her family. Between raising her children and obsessing over her favorite reads, she has let the storyteller within herself come to life.
With the love and support of her family, she is following her dream while teaching her children how important it is to follow theirs. She prides herself in believing that anything is possible, the first step is believing in yourself.
Heidi's passionate and loving style in which she lives her life comes through in her writing. Her heart has led her down the genre path of a contemporary and suspense romance writer, but she has plans to extend her vision into other genres as well.

An Opportunity for Redemption (Haven Security 2)

by Donna Gallagher

 

Contemporary Romance

She kept his son a secret for years—she should pay for her deceit. Instead, he’s fighting the urge to drag her back into his arms—and bed.

When ex-commando—and now owner of Haven Security—Nathan Haven discovers he has a son, it’s enough of a kick to the gut. Learning at the same time that this child he’s never met is losing the battle with leukemia—the last straw. He vows to make Rebecca Hammerton regret her decision to keep his son a secret from him. But first he is going to do everything in his power to help defeat the disease that threatens his boy’s life. Then he will deal with the woman that walked away from him seven years ago without so much as a by your leave, turning his heart to stone.

He just has to suppress the constant urge to drag the damn sexy heartbreaker back into his arms—and his bed—first.

Haven Security series

Nathan Haven and the highly skilled, lethal ex-military men that make up the team at Haven Security are more than qualified to protect their clients from danger but these sexy alphas are completely defenseless when it comes to the women that invade their hearts.

About Donna Gallagher

Sydney-born Donna Gallagher decided at an early age that life needed be tackled head on. Leaving home at fifteen, she supported herself through her teen years. In her twenties she married a professional sportsman, her love of sport—especially rugby league—probably overriding her good sense.

The seven-year marriage was an adventure. There were the emotional ups and downs of having a husband with a public profile in a sometimes glamorous but always high-pressure field. There were always interesting characters to meet and observe, and even the opportunity to live for a time in the UK.

Eventually Donna returned home a single woman, but she never lost her passion for watching sport, as well as the people in and around it.

Now happily re-married and with three sons, Donna loves coffee mornings with her female friends, sorting through problems from the personal to the international. But she's on even footing with the keenest man when it comes to watching and talking rugby league.

Donna considers herself something of a black sheep in a family of high achievers. Her brother has a doctorate in mathematics and her sister is a well-known Australian sports journalist.

An avid reader, especially of romance, Donna finally found she couldn't stop the characters residing in her imagination from spilling onto paper. Naturally, rugby league is the backdrop to her spicy tales of hunky heroes and spunky heroines overcoming adversity to eventually find true love.

A multiple ARRA awards finalist in 2013 & 2014 for her League of Love series, Donna is spreading her genre wings In 2015 with the launch of her new romantic suspense Haven Security Series and the re-release of her contemporary erotic novella A Fruitful Intimacy.

My Review

This was a very emotional read my heart went out for Rebbecca to have to deal with a son being so sick alone is trying. Yes it was her choice but it still would have been hard. Poor Nathan finding out in one breath he had a son and in the next one he might die was just heartbreaking. I thought this was a great story with a wonderful plot. I felt it had wonderful characters with soul who stood up for what they believed in.

The characters were great, supportive and went well with the story. There was a few things that throw me in one sentence he said cookie and after that he calls it a biscuit. Nate is holding Danny getting ready to make a call where the author said Jason holds him close to his chest. I reread this a few times and it does say Jason not Nate. This story was base in the US with US military so the Aussie terms just didn’t fit or work for me. The suspense with the brother and the kidnapping I did not feel was needed there was enough going on without that. I will say it did add a little to the story but for me it just felt off.

I did enjoy the chemistry between Nate and Bec even after all these years they could not forget each other. Their love grew even when they felt let down by the other. Nate did grow and really thought about how he would have dealt with the issues years ago. He came to understand he most likely would not have been what they needed. Once they talked it was easier for them both to see how it was and what they meant to get other. It was easier to forgive. I felt the author dealt with some very touchy issues in class giving the story meaning as well as romance. Giving love a second chance with two people who truly loved each other. Overcoming the past even when it was hurtful and left both lacking.  I thought the book had a few issues but was a good read one I really enjoyed. I am giving it a 3.5 moving it up to a 4 star since the author did hold my interest and kept the book interesting. I do look forward to reading more from this author. This is the first I have read of her work

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