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Top Five Favorite Foods by Jodi Payne and BA Tortuga – Guest Blog

November 15, 2018 By Leave a Comment


Long and Short Reviews welcomes Jodi Payne and BA Tortuga who are celebrating the recent release of their newest book Heart of a Redneck.

Top 5 Favorite Foods

Hey y’all! BA and Jodi here to introduce our new book Heart of a Redneck to y’all. It’s a great city/country romance set in Boulder, Colorado. Gordon is a successful restaurateur from Boston, and Colby is a tile guy from Texas. Between the two of them, they have opinions about food.

Colby’s Favorite Foods

1. King ranch casserole — classic Texas comfort food: cheese, chicken and chiles. Uhn.
2. Chocolate pie — not French silk pie, but the cooked kind. (Colby’s a touch particular about that.)
3. Chicken fried steak with mashed potatoes and gravy.
4. Flat nachos — piled ones just won’t do for that Texas boy.
5. Chili — His granny’s recipe, of course. No beans.

Gordon’s Favorite Foods

1. New England Clam Chowder. He’s a Boston boy! It’s the only thing he really misses about living in Boston. Other than his sister.
2. Filet Mignon. Rare. Surf and turf anyone?
3. A western omelette. Even better if you serve it with some fresh salsa and a tequila sunrise. Breakfast is really his favorite meal.
4. The Albóndigas de Cerdo on the Tapas menu at Delmara, his flagship restaurant. Little pork and ricotta meatballs with this amazing, rich tomato sauce. Seriously, his chef is gifted.
5. Pizza. Meat, veggies, extra cheese, whatever you order, he’ll eat it. Except pineapple. And SPAM. Okay, no Hawaiian pizza.

Colby McBride is a blue-collar cowboy trying to make ends meet laying tile in Colorado. A loner by choice, Colby works hard with his hands and finds his peace camping in the mountains outside Boulder. Gordon James is a white-collar restaurateur who owns not one, but two successful establishments in downtown Boulder. He’s a sophisticated urbanite who is devoted to his work and is accustomed to getting what he wants.
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The men are friends, but sparks fly when Colby falls in love and decides to show Gordon how much fun a good old boy can be. They’re just beginning to explore their relationship when Gordon’s sister’s suicide leaves him with custody of his five-year-old niece.

Colby comes from a huge family and is eager to help with the girl and to prove his worth to Gordon. But neither of them is ready for the tremendous changes to their already busy lives, or for how this new relationship with Olivia challenges them, complicating the way they interact with each other.

They say opposites attract, but can these two very different men work together to join their disparate lives and form a strong, if highly unlikely, family?

About the Authors:

Jodi Payne takes herself way too seriously and has been known to randomly break out in song. Her men are imperfect but genuine, stubborn but likable, often kinky, and frequently their own worst enemies. They are characters you can’t help but fall in love with while they stumble along the path to their happily ever after. For those looking to get on her good side, Jodi’s addictions include nonfat lattes, Malbec and tequila any way you pour it.

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BA Tortuga: Texan to the bone and an unrepentant Daddy’s Girl, BA Tortuga spends her days with her basset hounds and her beloved wife, texting her sisters, and eating Mexican food. When she’s not doing that, she’s writing. She spends her days off watching rodeo, knitting and surfing Pinterest in the name of research. BA’s personal saviors include her wife, Julia Talbot, her best friend, Sean Michael, and coffee. Lots of coffee. Really good coffee.

Having written everything from fist-fighting rednecks to hard-core cowboys to werewolves, BA does her damnedest to tell the stories of her heart, which was raised in Northeast Texas, but has heard the call of the high desert and lives in the Sandias. With books ranging from hard-hitting GLBT romance, to fiery ménages, to the most traditional of love stories, BA refuses to be pigeon-holed by anyone but the voices in her head.

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The Storm in Our Chests by Enrique Betancourt – Spotlight and Giveaway

November 15, 2018 By 4 Comments

This post is part of a virtual book tour organized by Goddess Fish Promotions. Enrique Betancourt will be awarding a $10 Amazon or B/N GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour. Click on the tour banner to see the other stops on the tour.

After being separated abruptly, best friends Benj and Élan reunite after five years. They are not children anymore, and teenage and experience changed them.

Benj used to be an isolated antisocial child, now he’s popular and outgoing, leaving for college in the following year.

Élan used to be chipper, now he’s sad and insecure after years of being tossed around the foster system and realizing he is gay, crushing on a boy he thinks is unattainable.

Their reunion proves to be a challenge as they are the polar opposites of how they knew each other, the journey to healing and proves to be tough. Bonding again may be the only thing that saves them. Through small moments and swift dramatic turns, Benj and Élan will have to prove they are more than friends – they are buddies, and the epitome of unconditional love.

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BENJ

“Please! Don’t take my best friend away!”

I remember. Vividly.

It was a scream that tore my vocal cords to shreds as I ran as fast as I could, as far as my young thirteen year old legs could take me. I remember. Sometimes I still dream about it, most times it’s just a repressed memory, sometimes it’s burning in my mind so badly that I have to wake up or else I’d drown in my sleep. I know that I wouldn’t actually drown, but it feels like I would. Can someone actually drown in their sleep? I don’t want to test that theory. Sometimes I’m afraid my mind would decide that it’s had enough and return to that day, that moment. It’s hard to explain, but it’s an intense feeling of helplessness. Of uselessness.

“Please! Please! Don’t take my best friend away!”

I hear a beating, the drumming of my heart that threatened to break my ribcage, as I hear myself with a younger prepubescent voice scream against the cold air, watching as they drive away. I try to run faster. I try to save him. I try to be Superman. But I’m not. I can’t reach the car, I can’t reach it as it enters the highway and I see him for the last time. His eyes, tear-filled eyes, against the back window of the car, looking at me. Waiting for me to save him. But I can’t save him.

I’m not Superman. He was.

He was my Superman.

About the Author:

I am the published writer of a novel called THE IMAGINARIUM OF THE INNOCENT by Austin Macauley Publishers, and also I have been awarded the Rosa Maria Porrúa Award for my Spanish-language novella SOBRE LAS CENIZAS. My books stand out for their literacy excellence that got me an award, and the dramatic and emotional way I handle my characters. I am Mexican who lived 6 years in the United States, I love to read, to write and music is such a powerful inspiring force for me.

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Some Men’s Dreams by Eileen Dreyer – Spotlight and Giveaway

November 15, 2018 By 7 Comments

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SHE HAS NO TIME FOR LOVE

Dr. Gen Kendall has paid too high a price to let anything get in the way of her dream. In one month she’ll be a full-fledged doctor. She just has to impress her chief of staff, Dr. Jack O’Neill. She impresses him, all right. With one swing of a softball bat she puts him in his own hospital and changes both of their lives forever.

HE HAS NO TASTE FOR LOVE

A widower with a 12-year-old daughter, Jack hopes this move to Chicago will signal a new life for them both. He doesn’t plan on finding himself literally at the feet of one of the most compelling women he’s ever known. He certainly doesn’t expect her to turn his life upside down when she recognizes something in his daughter that could well break his heart. Is love enough to see them through, especially when it means that not just Jack but Gen must face the ghosts of their pasts to save his little girl?

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Dr. Genevieve Kendall met the new chief of pediatric critical care at the house staff softball game. More to the point, she knocked him out.

Literally.

Dr. John Parker O’Neill, the handsome new wunderkind of medicine, who until very recently had made his name in Boston by effecting near-miraculous saves of desperately ill children, had this day decided to introduce himself to Chicago’s Memorial Medical Center by pitching for the attending-physicians’ team that always challenged the residents on the field of battle the Saturday after Memorial Day.

He had so far pitched as near-perfect a game as anybody would have expected him to. By the time Gen showed up late, because of a surprise admission she’d had to finish, he’d helped the attendings trounce the hapless residents by a score of fifteen to one. The residents promptly sent Gen in to pinch hit for their own sadly overmatched pitcher.

For Dr. O’Neill’s part, he looked unwrinkled and unflustered, standing out on the pitcher’s mound in perfectly pressed khaki shorts and a peach Izod shirt, his hawk-like features tanned and smiling, his gray-fingered black hair tousled just slightly in the humid breeze of an early Chicago summer afternoon.

Gen, on the other hand, looked as if she’d just pulled a thirty-six-hour shift, which, in fact, she had. Stretching the kinks from a sleep-deprived body still encased in wrinkled, Snoopy-decorated scrubs, she tossed her thick chestnut braid over her shoulder and choked up on the softball bat.

“Come on, weenie pitcher!” she taunted, much to everyone’s surprise. “See if you can reach the plate!”

Dr. O’Neill’s smile, a thing of controlled beauty, widened a notch. He tossed the thick, scuffed ball a couple of times into his oiled and gleaming glove and eyed his prey as if she were an amusing child.

His first pitch was wide. Gen waited until the ball safely thunked into the glove behind her to give her bat a few more practice swings.

“Big-time doctor can’t even find the strike zone,” she taunted, which drew howls of outrage from the infielders and another enigmatic smile from her foe.

His next pitch was as sweet a strike as is allowed in slow-pitch softball. Gen watched it arc into the afternoon sun and smiled with delight. She was winding up even before the ball reached its apex. Feet planted, left shoulder slightly forward, her whole body tensed for contact. The ball dropped toward her, and she slammed into it as if it were the head of the last surgeon who had called her an idiot.

The crack of a solid hit could be heard into the next diamond. The ball shot straight back the way it had come. Gen never even got the chance to drop her bat or turn toward first base. She recognized imminent disaster before anyone else.

Even Dr. O’Neill.

“Oh, shit,” was all Gen got to say before the ball, with unerring accuracy, slammed into Dr. O’Neill’s forehead and dropped him like a rock.

About the Author:

New York Times bestselling, RWA Hall of Fame author Eileen Dreyer has published 31 romance novels in most genres, 8 medical­forensic suspenses, and 10 short stories.

2018 sees Eileen enjoying critical acclaim for her foray into historical romance, the Drake’s Rakes series, which Eileen labels as Regency Romantic Adventure that follows a group of Regency aristocrats who are willing to sacrifice everything to keep their country safe. She is also working on her first non­fiction book, TRAVELS WITH DAVE, about a journey she’s been taking with a friend’s ashes.

A retired trauma nurse, Eileen lives in her native St. Louis with her husband, children, and large and noisy Irish family, of which she is the reluctant matriarch. She has animals but refuses to subject them to the limelight.

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The Promise of Tomorrow by Anne Marie Brear

November 14, 2018 By 1 Comment


The Promise of Tomorrow by Anne Marie Brear
Publisher: Self-Published
Genre: Historical
Length: Full length (355 pages)
Heat Level: Sensual
Rating: 5 stars
Reviewed by Mistflower

Charlotte Brookes flees her lecherous guardian, McBride, taking her younger sister with her. After a year on the road, they stumble into a Yorkshire village where the Wheelers, owners of the village shop, take them in. This new life is strange for Charlotte, but preferable to living with McBride or surviving on the roads.

Harry Belmont is an important man in the village, but he’s missing something in his life. His budding friendship with Charlotte gives him hope she will feel more for him one day, and he will marry the woman he yearns for.

When McBride discovers where Charlotte lives, his threats begin. Harry fights to keep Charlotte safe, but World War I erupts and Harry enlists.

Left to face a world of new responsibilities, and Harry’s difficult sister, Charlotte must run the gauntlet of family disputes, McBride’s constant harassment, and the possibility of the man she loves being killed.
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The Promise of Tomorrow is one of those books that the reader will absolutely love or the reader will not like it at all. It will depend on who likes melodrama. I’d wager if the reader enjoyed the movie The Patriot with Mel Gibson, then they’d be a candidate to read and love this story.

The book is very well written, there is no doubt about that. The cast of characters are strongly developed and relatable. The heroine, Charlotte was a perfect match for the hero, Harry. Together, they were unstoppable and unforgettable.

To be honest, this book could have ended at chapter eleven for me except the plot thread of the villain, McBride, would have been unresolved. I’m not giving any spoilers because the prologue states “World War 1 erupts and Harry enlists”. That was chapter twelve which felt like a start to another story. The first eleven chapters were a splendid romantic love story and then the next fourteen chapters were pretty much about Harry fighting in the war.

It’s my opinion that a military wife would perhaps more likely enjoy this story because she has walked in Charlotte’s shoes. I’m grateful for what our military men do for our country but I know I would never make a good military wife. They have to be able to push their selfishness aside. They have to possess the ability to support their husbands and send them off with their blessings when they are deployed. The solider misses their children’s births, birthdays, anniversaries, etc.

This was a heartwarming love story that I’m sure it could have been someone’s reality at one time. I prefer to read books that make me laugh and escape the responsibilities of my life. I didn’t enjoy feeling sad for Charlotte while Harry was fighting in the war, wondering if he was going to return home alive.

I have no choice but to rate this book a five because I recognize that it’s a genuine quality book. It would make a great Netflix movie. The narrative has several threads among the characters to keep the story flowing and the reader’s interest captivated.

It is my honest opinion that readers should give this book a try.

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Sight by Kait Gamble

November 14, 2018 By Leave a Comment


Sight by Kait Gamble
Publisher: Evernight Publishing
Genre: Contemporary
Length: Short story (50 pages)
Other: M/F, Voyeurism
Rating: 3 stars
Reviewed by Fern

Can you fall in love with someone you’ve never met?

Chloe has. Or, at least, she’s fallen into lust with the man who lives in the apartment opposite hers. Night after night they catch glimpses of each other going through their evening routines. But it’s a delicious surprise when things take a more salacious turn inviting her into a voyeuristic fantasy.
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Mason can’t believe his luck that he’s found himself in what can only be described as the perfect relationship. Companionship, nightly stress relief, and all without having to deal with any drama. All he has to do is look across the way at the gorgeous siren in the window who’s more than happy to play along.

But what happens when watching is no longer enough?

Chloe had endured a horrendous day and wanted nothing more than to eat, then relax in the bath with a lovely glass of wine. Getting an eye-full of the handsome man who lived in the penthouse on the opposite side of the street from her was also an added bonus. Mason didn’t know anything about the woman who lived on the opposite side of the street except for what he could see – and boy did he enjoy watching her. What will happen when Chloe and Mason finally meet?

I found this to be an interesting and fun short story. I was really pleased that the author alternated between Mason and Chloe’s view-points each chapter as this really helped me get a good feel for both of them and I feel the story wouldn’t have been the same without it – especially as the two of them take some time to actually meet and not just watch each other. I was a little disappointed that there was a fairly important grammatical error near the start (“Where this for me…” instead of “Wear this for me…”) and while often very small editing mistakes slip by me this one completely jolted me out of the sexy and fun moment in the story. I also felt a little bit like the plot with Chloe’s ex-boyfriend was a little unnecessary. While I understand this added conflict into the plot I personally felt there was plenty of tension in Chloe and Mason falling in love with each other and knowing they didn’t really know the other properly. There was plenty of doubts, questions and longing in the romance between Chloe and Mason and I personally felt this was ample conflict and a fresh outlook – dating only by sight. In comparison the whole ex-boyfriend thing felt a little cliché and unnecessary, but readers who prefer ample conflict in their stories might feel quite differently to me in this matter.

Aside from these two small blips I found this a really interesting story – rather similar to how I imagine an old-school peep show might be like. The author did a great job to my mind in expressing how both Chloe and Mason could only view each other – no talking or communication other than through what they each saw – and yet how they really could connect on quite a deep level and fall slowly in love with each other like this. Instead of instant gratification, or a quick getting to know you phase Mason and Chloe had plenty of unanswered questions, but got to know each other on a different yet still intimate level. I found this refreshing and quite different.

A quick read this story covered plenty to my mind – with hot sex, two interesting characters and a different style of romance. A good story I really enjoyed it.

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It’s All About Me – Carrie Jo Howe’s Photo Journey – Guest Blog and Giveaway

November 14, 2018 By 9 Comments


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It’s All About Me – Carrie Jo Howe’s Photo Journey
1. I’ve written 2 books.

2. I lived in Chicago, Illinois for 20 years.

3. I have 3 sons.

4. I currently live in Key West, Florida with my husband and dog.

5. I learned that:
Key West is scattered bits of land surrounded by water

In Key West, you can adopt a rooster wearing a diaper (the rooster wears the diaper – not you. Well actually it’s Key West – you can wear a diaper too if you want).

And it’s one human family.


This human chose NOT to wear the diaper.

6. Paddle board yoga is actually fun (after the thousandth time of falling in). It’s very gushy at the bottom of the mangroves.

7. I’m friends with Hemingway – who is a little grabby.

8. I went to Fantasy Fest! (I’m the photographer not the model.)

9. I have a blog about crime in the Keys because I love the criminals here.

And I love the fish crimes here. Here is a picture of the infamous Turtle Bandit.

10. I’m afraid of ghosts. AND, there are billions of ghosts in Key West. I’ve always had the creeps and Robert the Doll is one of the scariest “Chuckies” out there. He’s in the East Martello Tower. He’ll cast a curse on you if you don’t ask permission to take his picture (skin crawling as I write this).

My front porch is painted Haint Blue – so I’m safe. I hope.

Peg Savage has contractually agreed to move to Key West, Florida. The smudged signatures on the damp cocktail napkin are irrefutable proof.

“An adventure…” her husband Clark says.

Peg can’t swim; she’s afraid of bridges (there are 42 of them); and she doesn’t want to leave her friends. However, after a bottle of Cabernet, a move from Chicago to the southernmost city in the United States seems like the best decision ever.

But now Clark has taken a long term job in Cuba and she’s on her own.

Neither her dog Nipper, nor the ghosts in the attic, offer up any good advice. But how hard can it be living in paradise?

Peg dives into island life but the more effort she makes, the wider her wake of catastrophes. She is tortured by a paddle board, a giant poisonous toad, the local Conservation group, and the patron saint of hurricanes. Not to mention the persistent sweat rash under her left breast.

A tropical depression descends on the island – one that can’t be cured with medication. Peg must gather her strength if she has any hope of surviving the storm.

Enjoy an Excerpt:

The next day, when Clark greeted Peg in the kitchen, his face lit up with hungover happiness. Peg held up the still-damp paper towel contract – black ink sticking to her index finger and thumb.

“Yes, here’s the proof.” She dropped the drunken pact into the desk drawer on top of the crusty remains of past contracts that refused to lie flat. She could just make out the blotchy inked words company, job and dog on the corners of the stacked agreements.

“It’ll be fun, an adventure.” Clark kissed her lips, his breath a mixture of mouthwash and sour bar towel. “I’ll make the arrangements. We can get away at the end of the week.”

Peg wished that he would stop saying the word adventure.

About the Author: After raising three boys in the suburbs of Chicago, Carrie Jo Howe now lives in Key West, Florida with her husband and her dog. Her latest novel, Island Life Sentence, is a fictional account of an American Midwestern woman who feels like an alien in the “one human family” of Key West. Carrie Jo’s first book, Motherhood is NOT for Babies, received a rave review (thanks Mom), and works wonderfully as a form of contraception. Her blog Florida Keys Crime Report, tells of all the goings on in the Keys, where bank robbers get away on bicycles, and perps caught with undersized, pinched, out-of-season lobsters get more jail time than drug runners. She is currently working on the sequels to Island Life Sentence.

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The Arts of Love by Harley Easton

November 13, 2018 By 12 Comments


The Arts of Love: Stories of Sensual Creativity by Harley Easton
Publisher: Self-Published
Genre: Contemporary
Length: Full (179 pgs)
Other: M/F, M/F/M, menage, spanking, public exhibition, voyeurism, masturbation, BDSM
Rated: 3.5 stars
Review by Poppy

You know what they say about those creative types…

Playful, rebellious, sensitive and passionate, nobody loves like an artist. These sixteen stories set the stage for racy encounters with bad boy rock stars, sensual actors, and artists seeking their muse. Inside this collection you’ll find:

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Look for some quick, titillating stories? This might just be the perfect book for you.

I went into this anthology thinking I was going to be reading erotic romance, but I think that’s a little misleading. These sixteen stories are all just a few pages long (from three pages to twenty-something) but the common thread is sex in many forms. Though some of these end with a “happy for now” type ending, the focus is definitely on the physical. These character have few inhibitions right from the start and waste little time before getting down to business.

Some of these stories worked better for me than others. I particularly enjoyed “Talk Elizabethan to Me” which was a clever bit of public seduction. And those that included characters who were already acquainted with one another felt more believable, like “The Dividing Line”. Some had a stronger focus on the art they represented, like “Tempo Changes” where the hero describes the changes in the speed and intensity of their sex by use of musical terms, and “Resonance” which used music seductively, even more arousing than the sexual act itself.

In many cases, I did wish for even more description of the sex, though. While the author certainly included many behaviors that reflected the erotic tone of the stories, the intimate details were occasionally lacking. And, I have to be honest and say I don’t really like erotica (as opposed to erotic romance) and these stories definitely danced along that line. I missed the intense emotional connections that I craved. I think many of these stories would provide an amazing jumping off point for longer, more in depth stories–in particular “Mistaken Identity” which left me wanting more–but the author clearly has a wonderful imagination and I admired her ability to wrap sixteen short stories in such a clever trope of art.

So, all-in-all, I appreciated this anthology. It did exactly what it was supposed to do, and should satisfy the reader who is looking for hot sex in small bites. I hope the author creates longer versions of some of these stories. She has a way with words, and managed to create interesting characters in only a few pages, many of whom I really came to care about. Not easy to do with so few words!

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June’s Double Rainbow by Cheryl Holloway

November 13, 2018 By Leave a Comment


June’s Double Rainbow by Cheryl Holloway
Publisher: Holloway House
Genre: Contemporary
Length: Short story (17 pages)
Heat Level: Sweet
Rating: 3.5 stars
Reviewed by Lavender

When love and monogamy fail…Her fiancé breaks off the engagement.

At first, June is stunned, but then, she is determined to move on to better things…like an unplanned trip to Paris for her job—where she falls deeply in love with a man from another part of the world. He wines and dines June; sweeps her off her feet; and ultimately, wins her heart. Their short romance echoes an endearing love. When she returns to the US, he calls her faithfully every day. Then suddenly, no call…
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This cute little story starts off right with the action, the problem, and doozy of a bombshell dropped into June’s lap. She does some retrospection, trying to figure out where things went wrong. This gives a reader a good look into her personality. She’s likeable, but one will wonder why she loved the man who hurt her.

There is a theme of Christian faith, which gives June somewhere to turn in her distress. One will feel her frustration as she comes to realizations.

June makes a good decision, and readers will look forward to what happens when she decides on going on an adventure to Paris. She arrives in Paris, and the author gives readers wonderful little sensual details—the food, the sights, etc., to set the scenes.

The ending of the story offers an enjoyable conclusion.

As this tale unfolds, sometimes, rushed, there is some vagueness and on-the-surface writing. Sometimes characters are presented abruptly, without enough being written about them. There are some tense issues as well, but this story has some underlying depth and a good message and was worth the read.

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His Ward by Sam Crescent

November 13, 2018 By Leave a Comment


His Ward by Sam Crescent
Publisher: Evernight Publishing
Genre: Contemporary
Length: Short story (110 pages)
Other: M/F, Spanking, Anal Play
Rating: 3.5 stars
Reviewed by Fern

The last thing scarred and reclusive Luca Brown wants is the guardianship of an eighteen-year-old girl. Now that his friend is dead, he’s the one that’s got to take charge of Mavis Miller. The only problem … she’s not a girl. From the first moment he sees Mavis, his reaction to her scares the shit out of him. He’s now responsible for her, and that means he shouldn’t be thinking about her in anyway at all.

Mavis has never fitted in. Even her parents hated her and shipped her off to boarding school. Luca is different, and the scar on his face doesn’t scare her. After eighteen years of being ignored, she’s shocked when Luca takes her over his knee and punishes her for putting herself in danger. His touch. His hands. They drive her wild, and she wants him.
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She’s the first woman to not flinch away. He should tell her no. He’s the guardian, but he doesn’t see her as his ward. No, he sees her as his, and he doesn’t want to just protect her—he wants to own her.

Luca had been in seclusion for ten years – ever since a fight had caused his scarred face to be spread in the media far and wide. Content to remain in hiding, loving his work creating furniture, Luca enjoys his solitude until a phone call forces him to return to the wider world. A single phone call informed Luca that his best friend from high school had died and left his eighteen year old daughter – along with a hefty trust fund that couldn’t be handled by anyone except Luca – in his care. Annoyed, Luca might not be happy to leave his sanctuary behind, but he knows his duty. And soon Mavis is far more than a burden around his neck.

I found this to be a really interesting book. In some respects it’s a very well-told tale – older man falls in love (and lust) with his much younger ward. But I think that describing this story so simply would be doing it an injustice. Mavis is not some sweet, innocent and sheltered little miss and Luca is definitely not the big bad wolf. As we learn more about Mavis’ history and how she grew up it’s pretty clear that while chronologically she might be eighteen, she’s pretty worldly and has her head screwed on properly. And while Luca might be almost twice her age, at no stage did I feel he took advantage of her or even wanted to abuse the power he (legally, at least) had in their relationship.

With these parameters set up fairly clearly and very early on in the story, I felt able to relax and actually enjoy the issues, chemistry and sexual tension between Luca and Mavis. I think this story still won’t be everyone’s cup of tea – Mavis technically is a minor and Luca legally is her guardian, but for an erotic romance I feel that some boundaries (within limits and tastefully written) are meant to be explored and broken. I certainly feel that this story is a good example of this particular taboo being handled in a tasteful and enticing manner.

I found the sex hot, explicit and slightly dirty with just a tiny hint of kink. I feel readers who like their erotica very spicy won’t find anything lacking with this – but neither Mavis nor Luca are shy once they finally get intimate with each other. I thought there was a good balance between the plot of Mavis and Luca learning about each other, coming together and their sexual escapades and for an erotic romance I thought this certainly fit the bill nicely.

While this story won’t be everyone’s cup of tea – the whole older man/younger ward thing is still somewhat taboo – I personally found this interesting, tastefully written and hotly written. I thought Mavis and Luca’s characters were complex and kept my attention and the sex was hot and prolific. A good story that I feel should appeal to a number of readers.

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Mistletoe in Mayhem by L.E. Rico – Spotlight and Giveaway

November 13, 2018 By 5 Comments

This post is part of a virtual book tour organized by Goddess Fish Promotions. L.E. Rico will be awarding a $10 Amazon or B/N GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour. Click on the tour banner to see the rest of the stops on the tours.

A Christmas Wedding In Mayhem

You’re cordially invited to the wedding of the century! Please join bride-trying-not-to-be-a-zilla Hennessy O’Halloran and her prince-in-shining-snow-boots as they finally say, “I do.” Unless a rogue wedding planner and a blizzard that takes out the entire Midwest can stop them, these two will get married on Christmas. The town of Mayhem will make sure of it.

A Surprise Baby In Mayhem

The town of Mayhem, Minnesota, is about to have a population explosion…and the Whiskey Sisters are getting more than they expected! While newlyweds Henny and Bryan are anxiously awaiting not one but two little bundles of joy, Jameson and Scott are focusing on planning their own perfect wedding, with only one troublesome toddler in tow. But babies have a way of arriving on their own schedules…and fate has a way of intervening in this quirky hamlet. Now, the couple finds themselves scrambling to beat the clock—and the odds—to their own happily ever after before their unexpected special delivery arrives.

Travel to the quirky town of Mayhem, Minnesota, with these two companion novellas that prove love, and sisterhood, will always save the day.

Enjoy an Excerpt

From Novella 1: Christmas Chaos

I pull her into my arms, reveling in the feel of her soft curves pressed against my chest, and rest my chin atop her blonde head. She buries her face into my sweatshirt.

“Hennessy, honey, you need to stop worrying about all the little details. We’ve come this far and, with the help of a whole lotta people, we’re going to have a beautiful wedding. With or without heat. With or without light. As long as you’re there with me, up at the altar, then nothing else matters,” I murmur into her hair.

She looks up at me with pale blue eyes, brows arched in concern.

“Bryan, I don’t consider heat and light ‘little details.’ And the roads—they’re like ice! How will anyone get here safely? How will we get here safely?”

I sigh and brush the hair back off her forehead.

“Do you have any idea how much I love you?” I ask. “And that’s not a rhetorical question.”

“I think I have some idea,” she replies, the corners of her mouth quirking up a little.

I shake my head.

“No, I don’t think you do. I wanted this wedding to happen fast because I couldn’t wait another day to be married to you. Don’t you see? It doesn’t matter—none of it matters. In the end, it’s just you and me taking a vow before God. It’s not the wedding, Hennessy. It’s the marriage.”

Her eyes study mine for a long moment before she puts a soft hand to my cheek.

“I’ll try to stay calm,” she assures me. “And I do know how much you love me…because that’s how much I love you, too.”

I lean down, my lips finding hers. It’s a beautiful, candlelit moment. Until it’s not.

“Noooooooooo, Mama! Miiiiiiiiiiine!”

Our kiss transforms into a double-sided snort of laughter. We pull away from one another, chuckling. When she opens her mouth to say something, I hold up my index finger to stop her.

“And before you worry about Jax being too young, or too unpredictable, he’s a little detail, too. An incredibly loud, incredibly destructive detail…but a little one, nonetheless.”

“Yeah, well, maybe we should reconsider letting him be the ring bearer,” she says.

“Why? You don’t think he can handle it?”

“Uh, well, you know the plastic bottle cap ring we’re using for practice?”

“Yeah…” I nod, wondering where she’s going with this.

“He just swallowed it.”

About the Author:

L.E. Rico didn’t set out to be an author. In fact, she’s made a name for herself as a classical music radio host—doing her best to make the music and the composers relevant by putting them into a modern context. It was just a few years ago that she discovered a passion for writing that blossomed into an entire novel. And then another. And another. And, while she still spends plenty of time on the radio, telling the stories of the great composers, she spends even more time composing her own great stories.

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