Dragons' Jewel (Nightflame Dragons Book 1) by Milly Taiden

Blurb:

Gianna Harris doesn’t think twice when joining a program seeking surrogates for an alien shifter planet whose female population was decimated during war. It’s better than grieving a mother who doesn’t remember her. With tears, Gianna says her goodbyes then travels to planet Daeria where she meets not one, but two sexy dragons who claim she’s their mate.

As the dragon king and leader of the shifter council, Voss has a duty to rebuild the planet after a shifter war destroyed everything. The surrogate program was supposed to be simple. The female volunteers are assigned to the shifter species they want and are not forced to do anything they don’t want. 

When Voss caught the scent of one of the first females to arrive at the spaceport, he and his best friend, Azar, break a few rules to claim their true mate. They steal her away from the wolves she was assigned to. And a particular wolf wants her badly enough to start another war if she isn’t turned over. 

Readers: This is a smokin' new series with badass dragons and sassy women that will keep you on your toes. If you like menage, get to reading.

My review:

m/f/m

Dragons' Jewel drops us into new worlds with new possibilities. This is the first in an exciting new series and if the rest are anything like this one I can’t wait.

This story is the tale of the selfless daughter made queen. She has not one but two sexy shifters wanting nothing more than her happiness. This adventure will keep you flipping pages to see what happens next.

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Tiger's Claim (Shifter Rogues #2) by Celia Kyle

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Jaguar shifter Stella Moore has one thing on her mind - to take down the anti-shifter organization that destroyed her family. Her plans are going perfectly until a sexy-as-sin stranger throws off her game and decides the only way they can both avoid getting caught is to claim her as his girlfriend. Wait! What? Now she has to fly to a tropical island and play along because the alternative is...deadly.

Most people know Cole Turner as an uber-wealthy playboy - not as a tiger shifter who's part of a special ops team to protect his kind. Now his undercover mission has been compromised by a redheaded bombshell, and every animal instinct he has is screaming mate. To survive among so many enemies, they'll have to keep up their romantic act, find their intel... and absolutely not fall in love along the way.

My review:

Romantic suspense shifter style. I didn’t feel the chemistry between Stella and Cole until late in the book. They proclaimed it but I didn’t feel it. The story over all was good but I just didn’t feel the love. I did enjoy the intrigue and adventure.

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Vampire with Benefits (Supernatural Selection #2) by E.J. Russell

Blurb:

A match between a vampire and shifter could be deadly—but this broken beaver doesn’t give a dam. 

Silent film actor Casimir Moreau had imagined that life as a vampire would be freewheeling and glamorous. Instead, he’s plunged into a restrictive society whose rules he runs afoul of at every turn. To “rehabilitate” him, the vampire council orders him mated to an incubus with impeccable breeding who’ll mold Cas into the upstanding vampire he ought to be. Or else.

As an inactive beaver shifter, construction engineer Rusty Johnson has fought—and overcome—bias and disrespect his entire life. But when his longtime boyfriend leaves him for political reasons, Rusty is ready to call it a day. Next stop? Supernatural Selection and his guaranteed perfect mate, a bear shifter living far away from Rusty’s disapproving clan.

But then a spell snafu at Supernatural Selection robs both men of their intended husbands. Rusty can’t face returning to his clan, and Cas needs somebody on his arm to keep the council happy, so they agree to pretend to be married. Nobody needs to know their relationship is fake—especially since it’s starting to feel suspiciously like the real thing.

My review:

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Life just isn’t fair. Beaver shifter, construction engineer Rusty Johnson can’t shift.  Undead life isn’t what Silent film actor Casimir Moreau thought it would be. Neither of them was supposed to ever meet but the guys they were supposed to meet ended up married to each other (see Single White Incubus Supernatural Selection #1).  But they need each other and as time goes by they find that maybe opposites do attract. Despite a slow start this story gets funnier and sweeter with each page. I ended up really liking it.

Though this is part of a series I think it can be read stand alone.

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Perfectly Inappropriate by Stacey Kennedy

Blurb:

A woman scorned and a politician with a wild side connect online—and explore their hottest fantasies in the flesh.

Olivia Watts knows that her problems are painfully average. She got engaged, and her fiancé cheated. She gave up on her dream job—street photographer—and settled on a more practical one: graphic designer. She scrimped and saved to buy a home, only to realize how empty it was. So when Olivia hears about an exclusive dating app that matches subs with highly trained doms, she does something she never thought she’d do in a million years: She signs up. The last thing she expects to find is a man whose sizzling touch reawakens the woman she used to be. . . .

Noah Grant has no time for relationships. His sole purpose is to win reelection. That’s why he pays a premium to the discreet app that satisfies all his dark desires. But after sweet, innocent Olivia is vetted and arrives for their week together in his penthouse, it’s blatantly clear that she’s running from her demons. Noah’s more than willing to be her escape—until their emotions get tangled up in their games. Now, to become worthy of Olivia’s heart, Noah will have to prove that he’s more than a fantasy.

My review:

Sweet, sexy and sassy. This story has it all, a sweet woman who has done all the right things only to have her heart stomped on and finding herself in a place she never thought she’d be, a dominant politician who is determined not to put any woman through the life of loneliness that a political wife would lead. He never counted on her and she wants more than he is willing to give. But oh the steamy while they figure it out. Break out a cold drink and kick back and enjoy.

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Nice Day for a Mage Wedding: Casino Witch Mysteries 4 by Nikki Haverstock

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Mage Bridal Party Etiquette 
__Plan the bachelorette party even if you are given two hours’ warning. 
__Wear whatever hideous dress the bride picks out. 
__Try not to get killed and ruin the wedding. 
Ella and Vanessa are having a pretty busy week between being forced to be in Vin and Tiffany’s wedding and investigating the murder of a local property manager for Bear, all while Ella tries to convince Monza Colleen that she would be a perfect apprentice. Ella is stronger than ever, but from a magical charm bracelet to collapsing ice sculptures to the bridezilla from hell, she has her hands full. Add on Patagonia’s panache for getting into trouble, and Ella might not survive. 

My review:

More madness from the world of BFF’s Ella and Vanessa. Ella’s magic is getting stronger and she is finding out more about herself and what she wants from life. That is if someone will stop trying to kill her long enough to enjoy it. The author puts Ella and Vanessa through hell in this book but I still managed to laugh at their shenanigans. This is part of a series and I recommend reading the other books first so you can better understand what is going on in this book.

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NEW HONEY IN TOWN (Sweet & Dirty BBW MC Romance Book 8) by Cathryn Cade

Blurb:

He’s living the good life, free and wild. 
Until the woman he left behind hits town…with a gift he can’t refuse. 
‘Rav’ Harkness rides free, parties hard and makes no promises to the women who pass through his life. 
The one thing on this Devil’s Flyer’s mind is forging a place for himself in the E Washington chapter. If that includes war with a rival club, he’ll fight alongside his brothers, no question. 
Della Bonyer is a woman on a mission—find the biker who left her pregnant and jobless, and make him pay. 
When her old car breaks down in the parking lot of the Devil’s Flyers clubhouse, that’s fine with her. She’s here to stay… at least until she gives birth to the baby she’s carrying. 
This Christmas, the Flyers will celebrate more than one birth…that is, if the clubhouse is still standing when these two ex-lovers are through battling. 
Will love’s sweetness be worth the sting? 
Ride along another hot, alpha Devil's Flyer. The bigger the alpha… the harder he falls. 
Each book can be read as a standalone, with a HEA, no cheating, and honey-sweet, turn-up-the-heat ro-mance! 

My review:

How can a rough and tough biker book be so sweet. ‘Rav’ Harkness is a bad a$$ biker with a heart of gold. Della Bonyer was raised in the biker culture but has aims of becoming a cop so she can protect women and kids from the crap she had to endure growing up. Rav and Della may be opposites but things do heat up whenever they are in the same space.  I loved watching them find each other and taking on whatever the future brings.

This was a sweet and sexy story.

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Unexpected Gifts (Chattanooga Supernaturals #9) by Candace Blevins

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Polly was nearly killed in a vampire battle near the end of the American Civil War. Her body needed time to heal, but she awakens into a startling future no one in the eighteen hundreds could’ve possibly dreamed of. To further complicate things, Polly wakes a week before Thanksgiving, so she’ll have to navigate the craziness of modern day Christmas on top of everything else.

Jayce is an ancient vampire who’s taking it easy while he lives under this identity. He was a famous physicist in the roaring twenties, but he’s currently a bartender, where everyone knows him as Ace. Abbott assigns the super-genius to teach Polly about this world she’s awakened to — with cars, airplanes, indoor plumbing, and smartphones with a camera in every human’s hand.

Cole is a bear shifter, and is Jayce’s partner. Lover. Whatever. Cole is a physics professor and doesn’t have time for silly labels — nor is he thrilled with the prospect of having a seven hundred year old former Queen of England living in their home. If she thinks he’s bowing to her, she’ll be sorely disappointed.

Sergei was abducted from foster care by an evil vampire as a child, and turned into a werewolf. Abbott rescued him when he took over Maryland, and he’s living with Jayce and Cole, employed as their house manager, but he wants to be so much more to them.

Two vampires, a grizzly bear, and a werewolf. It sounds like the beginning of a joke, but these four living under one roof is serious business. Follow them through an extraordinary Christmas season as they each find ways to offer Unexpected Gifts. 

My review:

Unexpected Gifts takes us on a journey of discovery. A slave learning to make good decisions when he’s never had to make them before. A vampire just out of a 150 year healing stasis has to decide who she is going to be in this modern world. And 2 long time lovers have to figure out if their love can stand an addition or two. This is not a light fluffy romance. This goes deeper and will leave you thinking long past the last page about the nature of family and freedom. Well done Ms. Blevins.

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