Review: The Blind Date by Jen Talty 4 of 5 stars

The Blind Date by Jen Talty
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Werewolf Chaz Ferguson is a member of the Twilight Crossing Council and has spent the last ten years policing the paranormal world. When he is forced to take a vacation, and with no idea what to do with his time, a friend arranges for him to meet Gerri Wilder at the Paranormal Dating Agency promising him it will change his life (which he really does not want). Teacher Daphne Jade has never been lucky with men for her whole life and always seems to attract weird people. When she takes a date arranged by Gerri Wilder she has no idea she will be dating a paranormal, that he will be a werewolf and even more that he is actually her soul mate. To add to the strangeness of the whole situation, it turns out that Daphne is not what she thought he was either. How is this meeting of Chaz and Daphne going to go?

Wow - this was certainly a smoking hot story of the meeting of two people and the events that happened to bind them together. I liked the element of Daphne not being human and how that was discovered and how that related to Chaz and his family. I did struggle with this twist on the mating of two people which was very different from any other author I have read. Well written and easy to read and understand. Contains explicit sexual content.

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Review: Bearback Lumberjack by Liv Brywood 5 of 5 stars

Bearback Lumberjack by Liv Brywood
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Bear shifter Angela is sick of living in a city and desperately needs to get out in the country. She also needs a man who can be a mate to her and make sure that her needs are met. So she goes to Gerri Wilder and registers with her. As part of that, she agrees to take 2 weeks off her job and go stay with a man in the middle of the woods to see if they can get along - after all looking at his picture he is incredibly hot. Bear shifter Jagger is sick and tired of his brother nagging him to find a mate - he was in love once and it fell apart so he is not prepared to try again - he'll carry on alone thank you! But to appease his brother he signed up with an agency and has agreed for a woman to stay with him. He'll just cope for the time she is there, avoid her as much as he can, then send her back. But when he meets Angela his bear goes wild and insists she is his mate - the problem is he is far too scared to fall in love with anyone again. Can fate decide their destiny?

I loved this story. Jagger was so determined to not fall in love with Angela and in the end, he just could not fight the mating bond and his growing addiction to her. I loved the way he reacted when she went for a walk and the weather changed and I think that was when his downfall started. Well written, this was a fairly quick and easy read that definitely involved a lot of emotions and conflicted thinking for Jagger. Contains explicit sexual content.

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Review: Red Alert by Tina Moss 4 of 5 stars

Red Alert by Tina Moss
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Shifter and Special Agent Jame Bradshaw is the newest team leader for the Paranormal Crimes Division. She is dealing with a situation involving a mass murder in the Capitol building which has put the city on red alert and the urgency for her to solve this case quickly is immense. Vampire Drake is 150 years old and was a vigilante but is now a new PCD agent. On his arrival, the case heats up as does the sexual tension between them. Trying to find out if there is a traitor in the PCD she also has to call a Code Red (the highest level) as they battle to find out who is behind the murders. Jame has another battle going on in the background - she needs to let down her defences and use the passion between her and Drake into a true partnership before she loses far more than just her badge. Can they work it all out?

I loved this story which had multiple story streams all running in parallel and weaving in and out of each other. I loved the underlying attraction between Jame and Drake which thankfully was resolved in this book (it started in the previous book when Drake had rescued her). It's certainly building up and I just wonder how it is going to twist and turn in the next instalment of this story. Well written and easy to read and understand. I don't think you absolutely have to read the previous book in the series although it will help you to understand some of the characters and dynamics between them. Contains some explicit sexual content.

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Review: Loki A Paranormal Romance with Norse Gods, Tricksters, and Fated Mates (Gods on Earth Book 2) by J.C. Andrijeski 5 of 5 stars

Loki by J.C. Andrijeski

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Loki was feeling pleased with himself - he had stolen a magical ring called Andvaranaut from under the noses of Thor and Odin plus his own son Jörmungandr. But walking through a market in Nepal, a woman stole it from him in a very fleeting instant. Hot on her trail he is determined to get his ring back even if he has to punish her in ways that they might both enjoy. As he starts to learn more about Lia Winchester he realises that she is a professional thief, proficient liar, escape artist and very very sexy. Maybe they can partner on a heist of their own in the future?

Wow - this book was smoking hot from the start to the finish. Loki was completely mesmerised by Lia firstly with anger that she had stolen from him and then with lust and a fascination into what was a strong and very clever woman. I loved the way that Loki had a sense of honour and there were definite lines that he was not prepared to cross (let alone allow others to cross either). I loved the way that it appeared that he had crossed Lia near the end, but then she was able to work out that he actually hadn't and what he had really done (very clever). Well written and easy to read I was addicted to this story and definitely read into the early hours of the morning because I just could not put it down. Contains explicit sexual content.

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Review: Taming London by Milly Taiden 4 of 5 stars

Taming London by Milly Taiden
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

London Warwick is a dragon shifter and millionaire playboy. He lives a life of indulgence sleeping with a different woman every night and has absolutely no plans to change his bad-boy ways. Even when his mother decides he needs to revamp his image so that he is successful in finding his mate - something he definitely has no plans to do. And so he decides to make it very difficult for the PR expert that he mother hires for him to clean up his image. PR Consultant Bethany Russo has had a crush on London Warwick for years and is determined to ignore that and only be professional while she sorts out his image - the last thing she wants to do is become another notch on his bedpost by being another of his conquests. The only issue is that as soon as he meets her he realises that she actually is his mate and he really needs to handle this carefully. Sparks fly between them both and there are plenty of stolen kisses and hidden secrets along the way. Every time Bethany opens her heart to London something goes wrong - can a cold case murder and international hitman stand in the way of this romance or will they find their HEA?

This was a lovely story of misunderstandings, irresistible attraction and intense danger. Throughout it all, I was hoping that they would find a way to trust each other, resolve the cold case and have a HEA. It was well written as I could sense and feel the thoughts and emotions of the characters as they went through the events in the story. Really enjoyable and I am looking forward to reading the next one in the series about another of the Warwick brothers. Contains some explicit sexual content.

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Review: Their Royal Compromise (Paranormal Dating Agency) by Godiva Glenn 4 of 5 stars

Their Royal Compromise (Paranormal Dating Agency) by Godiva Glenn
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Fae Fianni is the aspect of Harmony and has been looking for love for a while, and so after ending another relationship that was going nowhere, she consults Gerri Wilder from the Paranormal Dating Agency. Dragon shifter Liam is the king of Nova Solara and rules along with his council Risk and Arron. They are all sexy and as alpha dragons often fight each other when not fighting everyone else.
After arriving there, Fianni finds herself in the middle of an insurrection and is surprised to find out that the three have to find just the one single mate for all of them or they'll lose the crown. She starts to wonder to herself - do they want true love or is she just a royal compromise?

This was definitely a dramatic story as we had the merging of the story of the insurrection, the three dragons and their relationship to each other, Fianna and her own thoughts of herself and relationships, her relationship to each of the three dragons as well as her relationship between the three of them as a single entity. There was certainly a lot going on and a lot that was eventually resolved after the usual mixture of mixed messages, assumptions and misunderstandings. In the end, everything was happily resolved and I believe they will make great progress with any outstanding issues. Well written and very enjoyable. Contains explicit sexual content and FMMM sexual descriptions.

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Review: Midnight Star by Ophelia Bell 4 of 5 stars

Midnight Star by Ophelia Bell
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Dragon shifter Astra Garrick is known as the Midnight Star and is the Nova Aurora Arena League’s reigning solo champion. Her brother was known as Ebon Claw and was also an Arena League champion. He was killed by an opponent using poison to eliminate him. So it is devastating when a title-hungry opponent of her own attacks her using the same drug that killed her brother. So now she is on a quest to try to find the source of the toxin which is either crippling or killing dozens of the champions on Nova Aurora, however, as part of that quest she never expected the matchmaker Gerri Wilder to send along with her two other shifters - the first is her brother's best friend and her former childhood crush and the second is a former champion who was associated with the toxin. Now they are on their way to Earth where the truth lies and a love that might compromise them all!

There were a lot of paths and individuals involved in this story which was definitely interesting to read as you worked through the whodunit with them all in order to find the true source of the toxin. There were a few dangers and dramas along the way, and the characters managed to work their way through it all in order to find a solution to whatever was in their way. I definitely enjoyed the mystery side of things and to a certain extent the relationship side of things. I did, however, lose the point of things at the end after an event involving a fire which was not logical and not very likely. Well written and easy to understand. Contains explicit sexual content involving multiple sexual partners.

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