Untamed Flame: Cold Authority (Aurora Immortalis Book 1) by Candace Blevins

 

Untamed Flame: Cold Authority (Aurora Immortalis Book 1) by Candace Blevins

 

Blurb:

The Dragon King’s oldest daughter is a certified genius. Emmy left for an Ivy League college at fourteen and published groundbreaking research at sixteen, but she wasn’t happy with the tedium of being the smartest person in the room.

To cure her terminal boredom, she’s burned through her trust fund allotments, borrowed a ridiculously expensive supercar, and slept her way through most of the planet’s top colleges — and been kicked out of every single one because she enjoys playing with the boytoys a little too… publicly.

Her parents are done with her costly whims, and they’ve exiled her to frozen Alaska and cut off her trust fund payments. She’s enrolled in a run-of-the-mill college and bound by a contract that threatens truly dire consequences for breaking the rules.

Emmy is prepared to hate every icy second of it, but she’s completely unprepared for the vampire tasked with keeping her in line. Cold, disciplined, and immortally powerful, he’s the one man she can’t seduce, can’t stop wanting, and can never have. Like her, he’s an apex predator who will never submit.

In a sunless, decadent playground where vampires reign and submission is currency, Emmy learns that fire doesn’t just destroy; it also forges. Caught between a lethal ancient poison and two men who refuse to let her go, can she survive the flames and the ice intact?

 

My review:

Emmy may be a genius but she still wants to experience life and have some fun. Well she’s had her fun and now the folks have shut her down and banished her to Alaska where she’ll have rules and consequences and no trust fund to fall back on.

This story sucked me in and kept me riveted to Emmy’s tale. I can’t wait to see where the next installment will take us.

 

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The Sailor (Alpha Cove #2) by Susan Stoker

 

Blurb:

In a sizzling return to New York Times bestselling author Susan Stoker’s Alpha Cove, a former Navy chef meets his match in a woman who holds her own in a man’s world…and he wants her to be a part of his.

Like his brothers, Zach Young has recently moved home to Maine after the untimely death of his father. In addition to helping his mom maintain Lobster Cove, the family’s beloved property, the Navy cook has big dreams of opening his own restaurant…but, for now, has reluctantly settled for a lobster shack. Not exactly what he had in mind, though a new lobsterwoman in town has made his daily trips to the docks worthwhile.

Having been literally bullied out of her last port city a little farther down the coast, Marit Phillips isn’t in Rockville long before the familiar grumblings begin…hardened lobstermen thinking a petite woman can’t possibly do the job, no matter how experienced. Fortunately, her new boss judges her based on work ethic…and the handsome cook who visits their boat every day? He seems to see things in Marit that even she doesn’t.

But as much as Zach builds her up, there’s another man in town, his polar opposite, trying to tear her down. And he proves more determined than the couple thought possible…

 

My review:

I LOVED THIS STORY! I fell for Marit Phillips alongside Zach. Marit is a petite woman in a non-traditional field. She’s smart, tough and independent. Zach is living the dream. He’s bringing his take on the local staple of lobster to the masses and they’re loving it. When he and Marit meet it’s magic. The tingle is there from the start and only gets stronger. A fantastic addition to the series.

 

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One Quick Obsession (The Cage Family Book 4) by Carrie Ann Ryan

 

 

Blurb:

“Who Hurt You?”

When Hudson Cage asked those words, I shut him out just as I did the rest of those who cared for me. It’s been a year since I made one of the worst choices of my life but now I am stronger and following the path I’ve carved myself.

As manager of the Cage Resort, I want to bring the company into a new era and show the larger than life family that I worth so much more than what my father and ex said I was.

Only to do that, I have to deal with Hudson. The man I can’t get off my mind.

And my neighbor in this small town of ours.

We fight more than we speak to one another, and his over protectiveness is starting to become far too attractive. He holds secrets within those stormy eyes and the part of me that knows it’s a mistake wants to dive deep and know more.

When one lack of control turns to another, there’s no turning back from what we could have. Yet the darkness on each of our paths are closing in.

I don’t want to love Hudson Cage, but if we don’t give in and learn to trust, we both could risk losing it all before we even have a chance.

 

My review:

Hudson is a grumpy bearded artist who likes his privacy. Scarlett is a type A driven manager of a resort. All they do is snipe at each other. When they stop fighting and start to listen to each other the conflagration is intense. These two are downright combustible. Who says opposites don’t attract?

 

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Garters, Ghosts and Wedding Toasts (Southern Ghost Hunter Mysteries #15) by Angie Fox

 

Garters, Ghosts and Wedding Toasts (Southern Ghost Hunter Mysteries #15) by Angie Fox

 

Blurb:

Ghost hunter Verity Long has forty-eight hours to plan her sister's dream wedding on a budget that wouldn't even cover the cake. The venue? A stunning Irish manor in Jackson, Tennessee—enemy territory for any self-respecting citizen of Sugarland. But the place is perfect, the photos are free, and Melody is over the moon.

There's just one tiny catch. Two dead grooms, fifty years apart. And Alec's timing? It couldn't be worse.

Between her ghostly gangster sidekick Frankie bent on stealing the Irish Crown Jewels, a deadly secret hidden under the wedding chapel, and her sweet skunk Lucy finding romance with a boy skunk from the wrong side of the tracks, Verity's got her hands full. And when someone close to her is murdered, she's running out of time.

Can Verity protect the people she loves and give her sister the wedding of her dreams? Or will she lose everything before Melody can say "I do"?

 

My review:

Garters, Ghosts and Wedding Toasts is a fun filled, multifaceted mystery that will keep you laughing and guessing. Who knew murder could be so much fun? Wedding shenanigans and a mystery or several.

 

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Marcus (Nightfall Daddies) by Pepper North & Robin North

 

Blurb:

Yield to the allure of Nightfall, the city’s shadowy gathering spot for the chosen.
Dare to receive a glowing white or blood moon stamp that reappears mysteriously to grant entry to the hottest club in town. Warning: The owners are ruthless as they hunt for their mates. And they're hungry.

Shivery, scary thoughts rock Carina the moment she locks eyes with Nightfall’s head of security. Danger oozes from his green eyes and scarred bulk. Something about this massively built guy makes him irresistible. Surely he’s not interested in a completely average finance specialist. How can he speak in her mind and read her secret desires?

Marcus survived hundreds of rivals in the coliseum. Violence courses through his veins. Now part of a powerful clan, his mission is to protect Nightfall's purpose and all those who gain entry to the club. No one knows the vampires’ presence here has a secret goal. When the notice comes on opening night, he will do anything to keep his special Little safe
Warning: The Nightfall Daddies are possessive, primal, and do not shy from violence. Step into their club with caution. The faint of heart may find their world disturbing.

 

My review:

Vampire Daddies! Marcus is a vampire that has been around since the days of the Roman Empire. That’s a long time to be without his mate. Marcus is the chief of security in the hot new nightclub Nightfall. On opening night he finds his mate and little girl in the person of Carina a sweet financial specialist.

This is not your sugary sweet DD/lg tale, there’s a body count and some laugh out loud moments. Looking forward to the next installment.

 

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