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Review: Welcome, Reluctant Stranger (Between Two Worlds Book 3) by Evy Journey

A foiled assassination attempt, a corrupt government and an almost two decades’ long mystery are the surprising and intriguing elements in Welcome, Reluctant Stranger, the standalone third installment in Evy Journey’s excellent Between Two Worlds romance series.

At age nine, little Leilani Torres’ seemingly perfect life was uprooted when her mother suddenly arrived at her school and took her out of class before whisking her to the airport. There, she and her two siblings, along with her mother, boarded a plane and left behind her island home on Costa Mora – and her physician father.

Eighteen years have now […]

Marta Cheng2019-01-22T11:09:48+02:00March 23rd, 2018|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: Romance Book Reviews|

Review: Hello, Agnieszka (Between Two Worlds Book 2) by Evy Journey

Life has a funny way of exposing even the best-kept secrets and when it does, it has the potential to devastate. Such is the case in Hello, Agnieszka, the standalone second book in the Between Two Worlds romance series by Evy Journey.

Agnieszka (Agnes) Halverson has been a devoted wife and mother to her husband, Charles, and their three children, all grown now with lives of their own. Their only daughter, Elise, is shocked after receiving a phone call from her father who tells her that her oldest brother, Peter, had just tried to commit suicide. The next day, […]

Marta Cheng2018-03-19T12:32:32+02:00February 5th, 2018|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Romance Book Reviews, Women's Fiction Book Reviews|

Review: Keiko by Bernie Donnelly

When life slips into a deep, spiraling rut, pulling yourself out can be difficult, but it always helps when an exotic and unexpected stranger falls into your path. In Keiko by Bernie Donnelly, two people from opposite sides of the world find one another and find a fresh spark of possibility for happiness.

Bruce Stevens is an exhausted CPA with a marriage careening off the rails, while Keiko is a mysterious Japanese woman who needs some tax matters handled in the lonely town of Sarasota. This unlikely meeting intoxicates Bruce, who sees Keiko as a chance to start the next […]

John Staughton, Senior Reviewer2020-05-28T10:12:17+02:00January 29th, 2018|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Contemporary Fiction Book Reviews, Romance Book Reviews|

The Manor by Sally Ferla

The Manor is a work of BDSM erotica by Sally Ferla that exposes readers to the complex mistress/slave discipline.

Jennifer and her mistress, a wealthy businesswoman, have committed to living the mistress/slave lifestyle, which has suffered lately due to Jennifer’s willful disobedience. In an effort to save their relationship, Jennifer’s mistress leaves her at an etiquette academy called the Manor. Unbeknownst to Jennifer, the mistress of the Manor is a psychiatrist who operates the Manor as a medical asylum – one to which Jennifer has just committed herself. Jennifer’s new life consists of slave etiquette training, each leading to harsh […]

Marta Cheng2019-01-22T05:38:58+02:00January 22nd, 2018|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Erotic Book Reviews, Romance Book Reviews|

Review: Beloved Bone of My Bones-Rapturing Love by Myrline Pierre Fils

In her debut New Adult novel, Beloved Bone of My Bones-Rapturing Love, Myrline Pierre Fils tells an engaging story of the complications that arise after love at first sight.

Anna-Marie Henry has been accepted to San Mollan University on a full scholarship, and she’s secretly thrilled to be leaving Boston and her domineering father behind for the warmer climes of California. What she doesn’t count on is falling hopelessly in love with a good-looking guy she fleetingly sees at the airport before boarding her plane for California.

Anna-Marie happily learns that her feelings are reciprocated when the same guy […]

Marta Cheng2019-02-11T09:16:56+02:00October 16th, 2017|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: New Adult Book Reviews, Romance Book Reviews|

Review: To Seduce an Assassin (The Omaja Series Book 2) by Jayla Jasso

To Seduce an Assassin by Jayla Jasso, the second book in her Omaja series, is an electrifying romantic adventure that manages to improve on its predecessor. In Book 1 of the Omaja series, the rugged Yavi lost his love and has sworn off entering into another torrid affair. The younger sister of Jiandra – the heroine of the first novel, married to Yavi’s brother – has had a crush on Yavi since her teens. Now twenty, Graciella has her sights set on him, even though he’s taken an oath of celibacy so he can concentrate on his duties as Emperor.[…]

Lysa Grant2019-10-04T07:35:31+02:00August 18th, 2017|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Fantasy Book Reviews, Romance Book Reviews|

Review: Girl Unseen (Beyond the Grave Book 3) by Athena Daniels

Writing a great mystery, capturing the soul of true romance, and driving the imagination beyond the world we understand are all tough tasks that certain authors face, but managing to combine all three in the same unforgettable novel is a rare feat. In Girl Unseen, the third installation of the Beyond the Grave series by Athena Daniels, readers are pulled into a paranormal tale of mystery and danger, peppered with plenty of heart-pumping romance and action.

Pia Williams is a key part of the first two novels in this series, but here she takes center stage with her unusual […]

John Staughton, Senior Reviewer2019-07-12T03:10:23+02:00June 30th, 2017|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Paranormal Book Reviews, Romance Book Reviews|

A Bed of Brambles (Draymere Hall Book 2) by Sam Russell

A Bed of Brambles (Draymere Hall Book 2) by Sam Russell is a romance about the steamy and turbulent relationship of Hettie and Alexander. They’ve been apart from each other for six months when Hettie comes back home. Their relationship, tumultuous as it is, picks up right where it left off, with the hope of doing it right this time. Hettie wants to manage her ambitions with her romantic life and opens up a livery stable, but soon finds she needs Alexander’s help, which may bring them together or break them apart.