Saturday, October 29, 2016

His Little Lapis: The Red Petticoat Saloon


His Little Lapis: The Red Petticoat Saloon

    Written by: Renee Rose
    Narrated by: Meghan Kelly
    Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
    Unabridged Audiobook
    Release Date:08-22-16
    Publisher: Blushing Books Publishing


My Review
This was really different than what I normal read I wasn’t expecting it to be so much about playing a little girl. I really did not care for the story line I just have a problem with grown men wanting to have relations with a child even if it is a women dressed up like a little child. For the most part if you over look the child issue the story wasn’t bad and was well written. Since I did not care for the story I mostly put my focus on the narrator.

I have listened to one other audio from Ms. Kelly I really wanted to listen to more of her work to see how it compared. I thought her narration in this audio was really good she really puts emotion into the listen. Her voices fit the characters giving power to the males, and soft and sexy to the female as well as her child like voices were just darling. There was no place where the volume was higher or lower than any other place in the audio. If breaks were taken you could not tell. Her voice was very clear you had no trouble knowing who was talking and just what they are feeling. I could really feel the emotions in her voice whether sad, happy or angry. I thought she brought a lot to this audio. I opinion is she makes it worth listening to. I look forward to listening to more from her in the near future.

I understand this is a fantasy story I just had some trouble with this story line. I have a hard time believing anyone would enjoy being a prostitute especially is someone had been  sexual assaulted and had to turn to it to make a living having sex with so many men I doubt very much if anyone would have enjoyed it.  I also have trouble with women running around outside dressed as she did. Maybe I am wrong but I thought they dress with little more clothes on when going out in this time area.  

I did enjoy how she went to help his niece and showed herself as the fine lady she was before prostitution. She was a very strong lady who had no trouble standing up for herself.. I enjoyed the baiting back and toward between her and Will. I still have major issues with any man wanting a woman who looks like a little girl so the sex scenes for me just didn’t work. I also have a problem with prostitution being charming with all the wild carrying on in a mine town.  I thought how the author wrote about the town it’s self was realistic with the harshness and violent found there.  For me most of this story was a big turn off. I know with an audio there is more to it than just the story you must also review the narrator for me the narrator made this worth listening to.  
If you enjoy this kind of read this is a narrator you do not want to miss she really bring the story life in details that you can picture the scenes in your mind. I feel sure there will be people who will not only love the narrator but the story as well.  Please do not let my review turn you away from the story this is just my thought and feelings.

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Once a respectable young governess, Louise Small tumbled from society's grace after her employer forced himself on her. She wound up at The Red Petticoat playing Little Lapis Lazuli, a submissive who dresses like a girl and offers her bottom up for frequent spankings.
She enjoys her new identity, so far removed from the prim governess she'd been, but she longs for a real daddy - one who is kind and caring, yet willing to administer real discipline. When she spies Culpepper Cove's Mayor interacting with his young niece, she knows he's just the sort of man she wants. But his disdain for her and her profession put them in conflict.
Letting go of her little self, she reverts to the proper, fine-mannered governess to win his attention. But at what cost? With her little side squashed, and no hope of being accepted in polite society, she hardly knows who to be or what kind of life to lead. Would being the Mayor's wife be enough?
About The Red Petticoat series:
The Red Petticoat Saloon series is a collection of books written by number-one and USA Today best-selling authors. Each book tells the unique story of a different woman, a "gem", who comes to the saloon to find a safe haven and discovers they become part of a family. Recurring characters appear in each book to allow listeners a continuity as they learn about the women who have learned to bend but have not broken under the harshness that life has to offer. It is a series where strong, loving men find not only entertainment at the saloon but the special women who reside under its roof.

Thursday, October 27, 2016

Seducing the Marquess


Seducing the Marquess (Lords and Ladies in Love #1)
by Callie Hutton


 My Review
What made this story for me was the humor I totally love a book with humor. The author brings to the table very likable characters that pull you in giving you a highly entertaining read.

Devon has been bought up with strict ways a wife, or married couple should act he thought he found the perfect lady in his lovely new wife Eugenia. She has such grace, just the right tones, the right actions to make those in the ton very happy. No one can or will find fault in his lovely wife. He really is thrilled to have got such a lady but something is a little off, he just isn’t satisfied in his marriage. He can’t put his finger on it she hasn’t done anything wrong she is just as she should be.

Eugenia on the surface is a little cold she is one that never lets anyone sees her emotions. No one can make her show how she really feels. She is a lady and always knows her place in public. In the Ton everyone looks up to them and their marriage. This is how a couple should act with respect not showing any feeling. For Eugenia she is happy with her husband he is everything he should be and more. Devon never would dream of embarrassing her and is very discreet. This was what she thought she wanted but she finds herself very unhappy. She is ready to stand up and make a stand she hopes Devon feels the same way. This is where it gets very interesting the Ice Queen is about to have a thawing out and make some moves that just might make the Ton see her in a different light.

This was a charming and delightful read. I thought them already being married added to the story. I loved the baiting and head butting as these two work out the true meaning of a marriage. I really enjoyed watching Eugenia come out of her shell going for what she wanted her husband’s love.   I thought the characters were delightful as well as the plot. We all know how marriage is it was nice to see a marriage work taking the good with the bad finding a middle ground and saying the heck with what people think. This was a story that pulled me in giving me pleasure from start to finish.  

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London, 1819. Richard, Marquess of Devon is satisfied with his ton marriage. His wife of five months, Lady Eugenia Devon, thought she was, too, until she found the book. Their marriage is one of respect and affection, with no messy entanglements such as love. Devon’s upbringing impressed upon him that gentlemen slake their baser needs on a mistress, not their gently bred wives. However, once married, he was no longer comfortable bedding a woman other Eugenia. When she stumbles onto a naughty book, she begins a campaign to change the rules.
Lady Eugenia wants her very proper husband to fall in love with her. But her much changed and undeniably wicked behavior might inadvertently drive her confused husband to ponder the unthinkable—his perfect Lady has taken a lover. But the only man Eugenia only wants is her husband. The book can bring sizzling desire to the marriage or it might cause an explosion.

Monday, October 24, 2016

Keeping Cole's Promise


Keeping Cole's Promise
by Cheryl Harper


My Review
Cole’s heart has always been in the right place but his brain hasn’t always been on the straight and narrow.  All his life everyone has left him until one sweet old lady took him in when his mother dropped him on her doorstep. No one has ever loved him like his grandmother. There isn’t anything he wouldn’t do for her. When she got sick he made a bad choice he was young and dump which got him in a mess of trouble.  Many years later with many visits from that sweet old lady until the day she took her last breath making Cole promise to stay out of trouble. The book starts off with him getting out of jail and the trouble he has. Everyone deserves a second chance but people just aren’t willing to give that.

This book really hit close to home for me. My company has rules and we must stick to them. We deal with money, going into customers home. Sometimes it breaks my heart to turn a person away because of their background I would have really have liked to hire them. I feel they have learned their lesson and need that break but the rules say no. I am not saying all are turned away but those with major crimes are. For this reason my heart really went out to Cole who really is a great character. He has such a warm caring heart which is what got him in trouble to start with. Most of the town just doesn’t see it this way, memories are long as they hold one crazy night against him. Once a bad seed always a bad seed.

I thought this was well written with wonderful characters. The author put a lot of thought into how people really react to a con man. Almost from the first page road block are put up in Cole’s way. He is strong and nothing will hold him back when he sets a goal. Rebecca had me laughing almost from the start with how she dealt with Cole. She had to do some back paddling more than once. She really has a very kind sweet heart just a little misguided at times.

Here we find that sometimes there is good trouble which Cole gets a little confused. He just wants to be left alone to keep his promise to his grandmother. He feels if he gets messed up with troubled teens that he will be right back where he started. What it takes is one kind sweetheart of a woman with a temper and a very set mind to rock his world.

I really enjoyed how the author brought Cole across showing so many misunderstanding not only with him but the town. I really liked how Cole and Rebecca’s relation builds slow adding humor to the mix. It isn’t all easy there are some very rough roads. I totally loved the animals and the animal fair in town. There was one couple who adopted a dog I wasn’t very crazy about as I am sure you will be too. This is a book with in-depth meaning which brings out the pain, sorrow and the smiles in you.  When things go wrong you know where the finger is going to be pointed.  This is about forgiving, starting over, learning to move on, taking that first step to a better life, helping others and giving of one’s self.
It really was heartwarming. I totally loved the ending.

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It's time he lived up to his word

Eleven years ago, Cole Ferguson made the biggest mistake of his life, but now he can finally get back on track. The first step? Nail the job at the local animal shelter and keep his head down. But working at the shelter means spending time with Rebecca Lincoln. Rebecca is beautiful and kind but she's also determined to save the world. Cole isn't about to join her. Helping Rebecca would mean breaking his promise--running toward trouble instead of staying clear. She doesn't need him anyway. How could she ever see him as more than just another charity project?

Saturday, October 22, 2016

Where Wind Meets Wave


Where Wind Meets Wave  (Prairie Hearts #6)
by Caroline Fyffe

 My Reveiw
Jake has always had my heart from the beginning. A man who just wants to know who he is and where he came from with a mother who makes a living in a saloon pleasing men telling him she didn’t know who his father was comes clean with handing him a letter from his father. All Jake ever wanted was a last name so he could marry his true love. Jake really broke my heart in the last book thinking without a last name he wasn’t good enough for Daisy. Jake has always shinned but here he really comes to life as he travels to meet his father wanting answers. I really never cared too much for his mother but I have to say I came to understand her better in this book. Sometimes you have to do what you have to so you can get by making a living and trying to raise a son. Yes she will not get mother of the year but you find your heart soften just a little for her.

Here Ms. Fyffe brings excitement to the read as Jake finds answers not all are ones he likes. What he finds is a town that is corrupted along with a few other surprises it is left up in the area if he will even make it back to Logan Meadows. The author gives you a thrilling read of prison, prison escapes (you won’t believe who is here), some very lovely ladies one he will adore the other might drive him crazy with her wild ways (it isn’t what you thinking).  If he returns to Logan Meadow he might not be by his self, leaving one to wonder just how Daisy will take the news. First he has to see his father through his death, deal with family business, help a friend and deal with a prison along with some very bad men who just might try to kill him.

My heart was with Jake through his journey, meeting his father, finding answers and maybe a few surprises along the way. I had to chuckle as he took his first bite of seafood, I have to say I agree with those oysters nasty stuff. I even had a few chuckles along with holding my breath as things unfolded.  The author gives you some MAJOR twist that will throw Jake off keel a little but making him a much stronger character that only has you falling deeply in love with. There is a touch of mystery of who a man is and what is he doing here.  It is filled with action that is packed so very nicely to give you a thrilling read. The author is holding a lot to her chest on this read, it isn’t a story you can tell much about without giving the whole book away. Let’s just say you will be deeply surprised at the twist, you will fall in love with the characters, meet a few from the past along with a few new ones, with a ending that will make you just about cry. It was such a pleasure watching Jake get his own story and find his place in the world. I think this might just be my favorite of the series.

This is one of my go to authors when I need a feel from the west with hot cowboys, delightful ladies and a town that helps it own. You will find just delight in each one of her read. It won’t be long before she becomes one of your favorite as well.

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Drawn from Wyoming Territory for the first time in his life, Jake Costner sets off to find his destiny, leaving his love behind in Logan Meadows. NOVELLA Where Wind Meets Wave, Book 6 of the Prairie Hearts series by USA Today bestselling author Caroline Fyffe, will keep you on the edge of your seat.


Newport, Oregon, 1883
Learning his saloon-girl mother has known all along who sired him, Jake takes his fate into his own hands and travels away from the only family he’s ever known. Unaware of what awaits him at the end of his train ride, Jake discovers not only a dying father, but a surprise that will change his life—forever. More is on the line than returning to Logan Meadows, where Daisy Smith awaits the wedding he’s promised. Given new awakenings, bitter sorrow, and a daring escape, will Jake return a whole man? Or will the happiness he and Daisy have been building for the last two years be lost Where Wind Meets Wave…

Enjoy the Western Historical Romance Prairie Hearts Series in order:

Where the Wind Blows
Before the Larkspur Blooms
West Winds of Wyoming
Under a Falling Star
Whispers on the Wind
Where Wind Meets Wave (Novella)

Watch for more Prairie Hearts novels to come…