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Pleasure Master
by Angelique Anjou
Anya Rambo is the Medical/Science
Officer on Space Station 13. Because she won’t become part of the
sexual merry go round, she has gained a reputation as an ice queen.
The station is just about done and the crew will be leaving it, but
before that the entire crew is faced with an emergency. There is
something headed toward the station and no one can identify it,
evacuation is called for. The object turns out to be an alien
artifact that appears to resemble a coffin but there is no obvious
way open it and no life signs. Anya fights for the right to examine
the object and is finally given the approval. She is stumped by the
data she receives, but Anya is even more stumped by the erotic
dreams that have begun to happen. In them she meets Legion, an
alien god, and she can’t shake the feeling that he is closer than
her dreams. Can Anya figure out the mystery of the artifact and her
feelings for Legion in time to save everyone?
Pleasure Master
is a futuristic that pulls you along with the suspense. Anya, as
the only medical/science person on the station, knows that the alien
object has affected the emotions of the entire crew but she is
having trouble with her diagnosis. At the same time, she is being
visited by Legion in her dreams who makes her melt. The entire time
I was reading Pleasure Master I was unsure how it
would turn out and exactly who the lead male character was. At the
last minute I was turned around again. Ms. Anjou has taken suspense
and added it to a mysterious futuristic plot. I was lost a bit with
how the ending came to be and even now I’m unsure if Anya got her
happy ever after with Legion.
Debt of Honor
by Elizabeth Batten-Carew
Angelica only wanted to get off her
plane and grab a few special souvenirs; instead she is accused of
being in either a kidnapping plot or at least helping to smuggling
someone out of the country. Her clothes, passport and money are
taken from her, she is not being given access to her embassy and she
is taken to a strange place. Kadin is furious that Angelica won’t
tell him what happened. He blames Angelica for the insult and
disgrace that has been received by his family. Kadin tells Angelica
that she will be paying the implied debt of justice by serving him.
Angelica and Kadin have a night which results in experiences and
feelings neither expected nor know quite what to do about. Kadin
wonders if he might be wrong about what he thought he knew.
Meanwhile Angelica discovers that sometimes being in a harem and/or
having access to it isn’t so bad after all.
Debt of Honor
is a very sexy and steamy look at life in one of the gated estates
in a foreign Arabian country. Kadin believes that Angelica is
nowhere near as innocent as she appears and decides that she will
serve him however he wants to pay what he sees as a debt of honor.
Angelica is being held in a strange land by a sexy, handsome
stranger that believes the worst of her and is faced with strange
new sexual passions. Kadin and Angelica meet under stressful
circumstances and discover that where sparks fly, flames will soon
burst. Ms. Batten-Carew wrote a story that steams off the pages and
when you add minor touches of BDSM it smokes.
I will give a minor warning that
any readers who have a problem with same sex scenes, female in this
case, might not enjoy this story.
Contact
by Jaycee Clark
Daxton Adams has quit the police
force and become a P.I., but he is still looking for the solution of
several murders he and his partner were trying to solve. While
coming across his ex-partner at a crime scene, Daxton realizes that
the same person has committed it as the others. Meredith Fox has
moved to live with her Mom and Sister at the family home after
breaking things off with Daxton. She has not heard from him since
the break up, but still misses him daily. Meredith and Daxton come
back together after he discovers that she is on the killers contact
list. Will Daxton be able to solve the crimes and convince Meredith
that they still belong together before it’s too late?
Contact
shows how sometimes love isn’t enough to keep a couple together at
one time but how that same love can conquer everything another
time. Daxton has loved Meredith for years and was not completely
sure why she broke up and walked away from him. Meredith loved
Daxton but knew that her obligations made it so she had to leave
him. When they come together during a time of danger for Meredith
the suppressed love surges forward and won’t be denied a second
time. I fell for Meredith and Daxton right from the beginning.
They both had personal reasons for their actions in the past, but
real life has changed their priorities. I have happily followed
other stories by Ms. Clark and Contact is a story that
won’t disappoint.
Prince of Desire
by Donna Grant
Lucian Sinclair has left his family
and home in the Highlands to search for his mate. He only as a
short amount of time in which to locate her, forestall a curse and
Lucian has no idea where to start. He decides to stop at a tavern
as he passes through a small village. He is quite happy to discover
his mate at the tavern, now he just has to figure out how to explain
everything to her. Isabelle has lived in her village her entire
life and has never felt danger until a handsome stranger saves her
one night. She feels strangely attracted to Lucian but has trained
herself to be wary of strangers. Lucian and Isabelle quickly submit
to the passion that bursts between them. For Isabelle it will be
the beginning of a strange tale and future if she can believe all of
what Lucian tells her.
Prince of Desire
is an historic tale based in the Highlands but has a magical twist
to it. Lucian has to find his mate and bring her to his home
willingly to save his city. Isabelle does not believe in magic so
taking everything that Lucian says at face value is a struggle for
her. I thoroughly enjoyed reading how Lucian and Isabelle come to
terms with their fate and forge ahead toward an unknown future.
Prince of Desire is a well written historical that
touches into the fantasy of the Fae. I found it to be wonderful
lighthearted story that anyone would love to read.
Mating Behavior
by Mandy M. Roth
Alan Becker is a werewolf with a
major problem. He has a passion for someone that could bring death
to one or both of them as it breaks a major pack law. Alan wants to
claim Katie with everything in him but he fights his desire to keep
her from danger. Katie has decided that Alan will never be anything
other than one of her best friends. Every time it almost looks like
he will answer her passion, he backs away. If they ever do come
together, Katie knows she will have to tell him her family secret
and Katie is unsure how he will react to it. Alan agrees to take
Katie away to a cabin in the mountains to help her research in
wolfs. However all his work is destroyed when they stumble upon a
pack of weres and Alan struggles to save Katie. Katie and Alan will
need to trust each other and work together to make it safely out of
the mountains.
Mating Behavior
snagged me immediately upon starting the story. Alan is a member of
a large important pack, but he left it many years ago and has lived
in the human city since. Katie is from a magical family that has a
darker side it. The sensual feelings between Alan and Katie were
evident from the beginning even as they fought it at first. I could
feel their relief when they finally gave in to their feelings. I
have loved just about everything Ms. Roth has published and I was
not disappointed in Mating Behavior. I was grabbed
and could not let go until the last page was flipped. A must read
for any of her fans.
Phoenix Rising II
is a combination of several genres by great authors. I found that
the stories in this book just built upon the next until suddenly you
were at the end of the book. I have read several of the authors
prior to reading Phoenix Rising II and feel that
anyone who enjoys these authors will want to have this book on their
shelves. Alternatively if you have not read any of these authors, I
think this would be a great way for you to discover them.
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