*Book Review* Echoes of Scotland Street (On Dublin Street #5) by Samantha Young

Reviewed By: Siobhán
Format: Arc Paperback
Pages:  336
Published: 15th Jan 2015*

Publisher: Piatkus
Source: Publisher for Review
Genre: New Adult, Contemporary
Shelfability: COVET
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Description: 

"From the bestselling author of On Dublin Street, 'Scotland's EL James' (Sunday Post) comes a seductive story of forgiving the past and making up for lost time....

Shannon MacLeod has always gone for the wrong type of man. After she drifted from one toxic relationship to the next, her last boyfriend gave her a wake-up call in the worst possible way. With her world shattered, she's sworn off men - especially those of the bad-boy variety.

Cole Walker is exactly the sort that Shannon wants to avoid - gorgeous, tattooed, charming, and cocky. But his rough exterior hides a good man - one who's determined to pull Shannon from her self-imposed solitude and win her heart.

As Shannon begins to open up, the passion between them ignites to blazing levels. But when her past comes back to haunt her, her fears may destroy the trust Cole has built between them - and tear them apart for good . ." - Goodreads

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*Book Review* Before Jamaica Lane (On Dublin Street #3) by Samantha Young

Reviewed By: Siobhán
Format: Paperback
Pages: 405
Published: 16th Jan 2014
Publisher: Penguin
Source: Publisher for Review
Genre: New Adult,  Contemporary, Romance,
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Description:
Before Jamaica Lane is the brilliant romantic follow-up to On Dublin Street and Down London Road from bestselling author Samantha Young

Edinburgh was going to be a fresh start for Olivia Holloway. Crippled by shyness around the opposite sex, Olivia nevertheless meets gorgeous postgraduate Nate Sawyer and decides it is time to push her fears aside.

Before long, Olivia and Nate form a close friendship and she finds herself confessing her deepest secrets, and Nate, being her best friend, offers to teach her the art of flirting. As Olivia and Nate's friendship turns intense it soon blossoms into a passionate love affair.

For the first time Olivia opens her heart but what she doesn't realise is that Nate has his own fears and just when she finds herself hopelessly falling for him, Nate's past returns to haunt him.

Will Nate have the courage to confide in Olivia, or will he cut and run? And can Olivia face up to her own fears and keep him?

Before Jamaica Lane charts the love trials of characters introduced in Samantha Young's bestselling prequel, On Dublin Street, and Down London Road.

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*Book Review* The Pleasures of Spring (The Pleasures Series #4) by Evie Hunter

Reviewed By: Siobhán
Format: Ebook
Pages: 480
Published: 24th April 2014
Publisher: Penguin
Source: Netgalley Via Publisher
Genre:  Romance, Erotica
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Description:
Roz Spring is an actress and a chameleon, the kind of woman who always lands on her feet. But even Roz can't talk her way out of witnessing a murder, and she must go into hiding before the murderer comes for her.

Andy McTavish has turned his back on a life of privilege to prove himself in the world of international security. Tall, dark and dangerous, Andy is the ultimate seducer who has never met a woman who can tame him.

Roz needs his protection and, to get his family off his back, Andy needs a fake fiancée. The solution is obvious: pretend to be a couple. Getting up close and personal won't be hard, as the chemistry between them is electrifying.

As two practiced charmers drive each other beyond the limits of sensual endurance, they find their usual defences are no good. When the barriers come crashing down, a raw passion emerges that neither wants to admit.

They know that when the murderer shows his hand, they will face a fight for life and freedom. And if they survive, what will happen when the need to pretend is over?

The Pleasures of Spring is the latest sizzling standalone novel from Evie Hunter whose trademark combination is an addictive erotic story and a page-turning plot. If you're an Evie fan, you won't be disappointed. And if you're new to Evie, well, you're in for quite the delicious treat...

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**Book Review** A Touch of Autumn (The Pleasures Series #3.5) by Evie Hunter

Reviewed By: Siobhán

Format: Kindle Ebook

Pages:  63

Published: 1st Nov 2013

Publisher:  Penguin

Source: Bought

Genre:  Erotica, Romance

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Description:

She’s playing with fire…

Sinead O'Sullivan's life destroyed when she is accused of stealing a fabulous ruby called the Fire of Autumn. Her search for the real thief leads her to the shady underworld world of Parisian BDSM clubs and into the arms of private investigator Niall Moore.

The attraction between them is white hot, but that's not their biggest problem. Their hunt for the jewel draws them into a web of intrigue, blackmail and danger. Believing that the ruby will change hands at an exclusive fetish ball, Niall and Sinead must pose as Mistress and Slave - a role the fiercely Dominant investigator resists.

Niall may play at being her submissive in public, but in private he wants Sinead in his bed and under his command.

And before the party is over, the sparks are going to fly ...

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**Book Review** The Pleasures of Autumn (The Pleasures Series #3) by Evie Hunter

Reviewed By: Siobhán

Format: E-Arc

Pages: 448

Published: 31st Oct 2013

Publisher:  Penguin

Source: Netgalley Via Publisher

Genre:  Erotica, Romance

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Description:

When fine arts curator Sinead O'Sullivan is charged with a stealing the Fire of Autumn, a dazzling ruby with a history of violence and treachery, bail is set at one million Swiss francs.

Investigator Niall Moore is hired to stop her fleeing and to find the jewel. Niall knows Sinead's form as the feisty red-head led him a merry dance when their paths crossed once before. Despite the overwhelming sexual chemistry between them, Niall knows that he cannot trust her.

Sinead toys with Niall, refusing to tell him what she knows about the theft. An expert in interrogation, Niall uses every trick of the trade - and every tool in his erotic armoury - to get at the truth. And Sinead - just as well armed - counters his every move with one of her own.

As thief and thief-taker fight for dominance, there can be only be one winner ... but what happens when the stakes are raised and it's no longer just a jewel and Sinead's freedom in play?

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Book Review: The Mistress (The Original Sinners #4) by TIffany Reisz

MAY CONTAINS SPOILERS FROM PREVIOUS BOOKS

Reviewed by: Siobhán
Format: E-Arc
Pages: 560
Published:  2nd Aug 2013
Publisher: Mills & Boon
Source: Netgalley
Genre: Adult Fiction, Erotica
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Description:
There's punishment-and then there's vengeance.

Nora Sutherlin is being held, bound and naked. Under different circumstances, she would enjoy the situation immensely, but her captor isn't interested in play. Or pity.

As the reality of her impending peril unfolds, Nora becomes Scheherazade, buying each hour of her life with stories-sensual tales of Søren, Kingsley and Wesley, each of whom has tempted and tested and tortured her in his own way. This, Nora realizes, is her life: nothing so simple, so vanilla, as a mere love triangle for her. It's a knot in a silken cord, a tangled mass of longings of the body and the heart and the mind. And it may unravel at any moment.

But in Nora's world, no one is ever truly powerless-a cadre of her friends, protectors and lovers stands ready to do anything to save her, even when the only certainty seems to be sacrifice and heartbreak..

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Double Review: The Pleasures of Summer & A Touch of Summer by Evie Hunter

The Pleasures of Summer (Pleasures #2) by Evie Hunter 

Reviewed by: Siobhán
Format: Paperback
Pages: 448
Published: 30th May 2013
Publisher: Penguin Ireland
Source: Publisher for Review
Genre: Erotica Fiction
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Description:
Summer O’Sullivan is rich, beautiful and in mortal danger. Her father has made powerful enemies who are targeting his precious daughter. Until the threat passes, Summer needs a bodyguard – someone to protect her and, she expects, to treat her with the reverence she’s used to.

Into Summer’s gilded cage comes former ranger, Flynn Grant. As far as Flynn is concerned, this is the assignment from hell, minding the spoilt daughter of a multi-millionaire. Summer and Flynn are poised to hate each other on sight. Even his devastating looks do not make up for how Flynn’s rules cramp Summer’s style. Unsurprisingly, the sparks fly between them. But when Summer breaks the rules one time too often, Flynn teaches her a lesson that leaves them shattered – and bound together in a way that astonishes them both.

In their remote hideout, the two start a battle over who is the tamer, and who is the tamed. It’s a duel that stretches their minds and bodies beyond every limit. And in time their hearts begin to surrender too. But when the dark forces that have been stalking Summer finally track them down, the battle is no longer a game, but a matter of life and death …

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Book Review: Down London Road (On Dublin Street #2) by Samantha Young

Reviewed By: Siobhán
Format: Arc Paperback
Pages: 464
Published: 9th May 2013
Publisher: Penguin UK
Source: Publisher for Review
Genre: Adult Contemporary
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Description:

Johanna Walker knows what she wants. And that's a strong, steady, financially secure man who will treat her well and look after her and her little brother, Cole - something her parents have never done.

But when she meets the gorgeous Cameron MacCabe, a new bartender at work, Jo can't deny the instant and undeniable attraction she feels. Cam doesn't fit into her strict specifications of her perfect partner at all - but for once she is tempted to let her heart rule her head.

And as their intense connection grows, Jo has to stop hiding the truth about herself and her family. Is Cam prepared to accept Jo for who she really is? And is Jo willing to let someone into her life for keeps?

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Book Review: Ten Tiny Breaths (Ten Tiny Breaths #1) by K.A Tucker

Reviewed By: Siobhán
Format: Kindle Ebook
Pages: 264
Published: 9th Dec 2012
Publisher: Papoti Books
Source: Bought
Genre: New Adult, Contemporary
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Description:

Kacey Cleary’s whole life imploded four years ago in a drunk-driving accident. Now she’s working hard to bury the pieces left behind—all but one. Her little sister, Livie. Kacey can swallow the constant disapproval from her born-again aunt Darla over her self-destructive lifestyle; she can stop herself from going kick-boxer crazy on Uncle Raymond when he loses the girls’ college funds at a blackjack table. She just needs to keep it together until Livie is no longer a minor, and then they can get the hell out of Grand Rapids, Michigan.

But when Uncle Raymond slides into bed next to Livie one night, Kacey decides it’s time to run. Armed with two bus tickets and dreams of living near the coast, Kacey and Livie start their new lives in a Miami apartment complex, complete with a grumpy landlord, a pervert upstairs, and a neighbor with a stage name perfectly matched to her chosen “profession.” But Kacey’s not worried. She can handle all of them. What she can’t handle is Trent Emerson in apartment 1D.

Kacey doesn’t want to feel. She doesn’t. It’s safer that way. For everyone. But sexy Trent finds a way into her numb heart, reigniting her ability to love again. She starts to believe that maybe she can leave the past where it belongs and start over. Maybe she’s not beyond repair.

But Kacey isn’t the only one who’s broken. Seemingly perfect Trent has an unforgivable past of his own; one that, when discovered, will shatter Kacey’s newly constructed life and send her back into suffocating darkness.

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Book Review: Pushing The Limits (Pushing The Limits #1) by Katie McGarry

Reviewed By: Siobhán
Format: Kindle EBook
Pages: 397
Published: 21st July 2012
Publisher: Mira Ink
Source: Bought
Genre: YA Contemporary
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Description:
No one knows what happened the night Echo Emerson went from popular girl with jock boyfriend to gossiped-about outsider with "freaky" scars on her arms. Even Echo can't remember the whole truth of that horrible night. All she knows is that she wants everything to go back to normal.But when Noah Hutchins, the smoking-hot, girl-using loner in the black leather jacket, explodes into her life with his tough attitude and surprising understanding, Echo's world shifts in ways she could never have imagined. They should have nothing in common. And with the secrets they both keep, being together is pretty much impossible.

Yet the crazy attraction between them refuses to go away. And Echo has to ask herself just how far they can push the limits and what she'll risk for the one guy who might teach her how to love again.

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Book Review: The Prince (The Original Sinners #3) by Tiffany Reisz

Reviewed by: Siobhán
Format: Paperback
Pages: 416
Published: 20th Nov 2012
Publisher: Mills & Boon Spice 
Source: Publisher/PR for Review
Genre: Adult Fiction, Erotica
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Description:

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer...preferably in bed. That's always been Kingsley Edge's strategy with his associate, the notorious New York dominatrix Nora Sutherlin. But with Nora away in Kentucky, now it's Kingsley's chance to take her place at the feet of the only man he's ever wanted -- Søren, Nora's on-again, off-again lover -- until a new threat from an old enemy forces him to confront his past.

Wes Railey is still the object of Nora's tamest yet most maddening fantasies, and the one man she can't forget. He's young. He's wonderful. He's also thoroughbred royalty and she's in "his" world now. But Nora is no simpering Southern belle, and her dream of fitting into Wesley's world is perpetually at odds with her dear Søren's relentlessly seductive pull.

Two worlds of wealth and passion call to her and whichever one Nora chooses, it will be the hardest decision she will ever have to make... unless someone makes it for her....

Contains spoilers from previous books. So if you haven't read the books yet then just know that they are Not to be missed. And they get darker, hotter and sexier with every book ;)

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Book Review: Dinner With A Vampire (The Dark Heroine #1) by Abigail Gibbs

Reviewed by: Siobhán
Format: ARC Paperback
Pages: 549
Published: 25th Oct 2012 (UK)
Publisher: Harper Voyager
Source: Publisher for Review
Genre: Older YA Paranormal Romance 
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Description:
The sexiest romance you’ll read this year…

One moment can change your life forever…

For Violet Lee, a chance encounter on a darkened street draws her into a world beyond her wildest imaginings, a timeless place of vast elegance and immeasurable wealth – of beautiful mansions and lavish parties – where a decadent group of friends live for pleasure alone. A place from which there is no escape… no matter how hard Violet tries.

Yet all the riches in the world can’t mask the darkness that lies beneath the gilded surface, embodied in the charismatic but dangerous Kaspar Varn.

Violet and Kaspar surrender to a passion that transcends their separate worlds – but it’s a passion that comes at a price…

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Book Review: Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire

Reviewed by: Siobhán
Format: Kindle eArc
Pages: 434
Published: 14th Aug 2012
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Source: NetGalley
Genre: YA/Adult Contemporary, Romance
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Description:
The new Abby Abernathy is a good girl. She doesn’t drink or swear, and she has the appropriate percentage of cardigans in her wardrobe. Abby believes she has enough distance between her and the darkness of her past, but when she arrives at college with her best friend, her path to a new beginning is quickly challenged by Eastern University's Walking One-Night Stand. Travis Maddox, lean, cut, and covered in tattoos, is exactly what Abby needs—and wants—to avoid. He spends his nights winning money in a floating fight ring, and his days as the ultimate college campus charmer. Intrigued by Abby’s resistance to his appeal, Travis tricks her into his daily life with a simple bet. If he loses, he must remain abstinent for a month. If Abby loses, she must live in Travis’s apartment for the same amount of time. Either way, Travis has no idea that he has met his match  

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