Review: Alien's Getaway by Tina Moss 3 of 5 stars

Alien's Getaway by Tina Moss
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

She might be a security officer on Earth's first deep space vessel but the worst move she made was to buy a ticket for the Space Z Pleasure Cruise as she is abducted and far from home needing her to rely on new alien allies to escape her captors. The real wild card is a sexy Rhonar warrior who vows to protect her and they escape in an escape pod together. After crash landing on a faraway planet, he is soon describing her as his fated mate but she is not the romantic kind. As they fight for each other's lives she can't help but be drawn to him. Can they escape and can they trust the bond that is pulling them together?

I enjoyed this story although some of it was a little fast-paced and felt abbreviated. I enjoyed the moments when they both had to fight for their survival and it was great to see a strong and sassy woman who was not prepared to hide behind the man. I liked the fact that there was a similarity between the end of this story and the others. Easy to read and understand, this story contained mature content.

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Review: Resist Me by Lauren Connolly 4 of 5 stars

Resist Me by Lauren Connolly
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Independent woman Luna Lamont discovers she has a surprise inheritance but it is on the condition that she marry and so she is willing to walk away from it even if that then means her awful father gets it. Then she realises that it could actually mean she can buy her twin brother's freedom from a crime boss and so she rethinks it. So she starts to think about who would be willing to help her. Salesman Charlie Keller literally falls for Luna as soon as he sees her. More accidents in her presence happen but they are the same wedding party and so can't avoid each other initially. To his surprise, Luna then proposes a marriage of their own.

I really enjoyed this story with the sassy Luna doing everything she could to resist her pull to Charlie together with Charlie doing his best to support her while waging a slow war of attrition to get her to see him as the man she could love and have a partnership with. I loved the dog Pig and how central to the story she was at times. I was really rooting for Charlie in the end and so was thrilled when Luna could no longer resist his pull. Easy to read and understand, it was a captivating story that pulled me along with the story. Contains some light mature content.

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Review: Forever After by Ashley R. King 4 of 5 stars

Forever After by Ashley R. King
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Librarian Autumn Reid is nearly thirty years old, lives in Covey Crossing and in order to get out of a rut decides to enter the dating show Forever After. The show features a vampire bachelor and the winner gets the choice of either a cash prize or immortality. Autumn doesn't expect to get far and so is just looking at it as a bit of a shakeup to her life. Vampire Oliver Gray is also an impoverished Duke and desperately needs to get money to save his estate, so when he is offered the chance to become the bachelor on Forever After he has no choice but to accept. The catch is he has to wear Victorian clothing from the war he was turned in and to have hibernated for the last one hundred years. He does, however, struggle with the gorgeous woman with the smart mouth and the sense that she is actually his one true mate. Figuring out their feelings is the least of Autumn and Oliver's worries as the contestants are murdered one by one and it appears that a vampire is to blame. The director moves the whole programme to England to try and solve their problems but that doesn't help. Can they solve the murders and both stay alive and free to pursue their burgeoning relationship?

I enjoyed this story which had the underlying romance between Autumn and Oliver woven into the murder mystery around the Forever After dating show. Some parts of the story were a bit cheesy but other bits were quite enjoyable. It was interesting to see the contrast between the different contestants in the competition and the lengths they were prepared to go to in order to win and consider how that reflects on human nature in general. It was easy to read and understand with minimal sexual content. It was easy to read to distract you from real-life and lose yourself in another world with vampires.

I received a copy of this from StoryOrigin and am voluntarily leaving a review.

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Review: Blood King by Amber K. Bryant 3 of 5 stars

Blood King by Amber K. Bryant
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Sybille Esmond has inherited her family's business and summons the spirits of the undead and guides them to the afterlife. She never wanted to but it pays the bills although there are huge risks including becoming undead. Elis Tanner is undead and trying to be reformed although he does bring along a possessive ex-wife which increases the risks for Sybille as she helps him to confront his jealous ex-wife as well as try to investigate the Blood King who refuses to die by stake or poison. As part of this Sibille is harrowingly possessed which leaves her burned and bruised she finds herself drawing closer to Elis who may be the only one capable of helping her to kill the Blood King although more is in jeopardy as the minions and the King close in. Can Sibille survive this and will the Blood King be defeated?

I really wanted to like this story as the outline looked really interesting, however, I did find it hard to read and it was difficult to keep track of the plot as the author expanded the events that were happening. There was a lot of what I consider to be background information and a little bit too much detail on Elis and his ex-wife (and their unorthodox meeting). I did manage to get back into it so maybe it is like 2 books joined together - one about Elis and his life with his wife, and another about Elis working with Sibille to find out more about the Blood King and tackle the ex-wife. It was enjoyable just don't expect to be blown away.

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