Tease Me (Semper Fi Marines #1) by Melissa Schroeder

In this first book in the spin off from Melissa Schroeder’s Santini Brothers series we meet Bran Johnson one of MJ's brothers. Bran has known Tess since high school when both their dads were stationed together. They kept in touch through college and loosely afterwards but now Bran has been assigned to the same duty station and he has noticed that she is all grown up now. Tess has been half in love with Bran since high school but he was always a player. She knows he isn't the type to settle down so she offers to be friends with benefits. But Tess isn't the only one who has changed so now it is up to Bran prove he is in it to win it for life. 
This is another terrific sweet and sexy story from Melissa Schroeder. Melissa Schroeder knows the military and it shows. 
I received a copy from the author in exchange for a fair and honest review. Honestly I loved this friends to lovers story.

Bend To His Will by Sam Crescent

Rancher Neal Haney is a Dominant and a total jerk to family friend Sandy Breeden. He doesn't think she could understand his lifestyle. Sandy has loved Neal since she turned 18. Now 25 she is at her wits end they've been circling each other and it’s time to force his hand. When they come together it is like nothing each other has experienced before but Neal still seeks to protect her from himself and cruelly pushes her away. Sandy may be submissive but she isn't a pushover either and if he keeps pushing he may very well lose the best thing that has ever happened to him.
Even knowing why Neal keeps pushing Sandy away I cringed every time he spoke so cruelly to her. I had a really hard time trying to figure out what Sandy saw in him. But as my Mama used to say “every pot has its lid” and Neal was the lid to Sandy’s pot. This is a push me pull you kind of story but worth it when you get to the end. 
I was given a copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review.

Orion Rising (Orion #1 & 2) by Cathryn Cade

This is actually the first two books of Cathryn Cade’s sexy scifi Orion series. 

Tyger, Tyger Burning Bryght – The maiden voyage of the space ship Orion is delayed which put the navigator Tryon Jag off schedule and now the 6 foot plus of man-tiger has gone into a mating frenzy and to top it off eco-terrorists have sabotaged the auto-nav computer.  If Tyron can’t get it together the ship and crew will crash and burn in the asteroid belt around the planet Bryght.  Tyger female Calla is an interpreter on staff and volunteers to help bring Tryron out of mating madness.  Things get smoking hot and it isn’t just the computers burning.

Her Commander – War hero Steven Craig is Captain of the Orion.  After the sabotage done to the Orion on her maiden voyage he is determined to keep her safe.  Everyone coming aboard is scanned and he has the best security force money can buy.  Tessa Alligon is a cadet in the Serpentian Guard and as such the Captain considers her off limits.  When Tessa catches him in a moment of weakness he gives in to his desire for her.  His morning after regrets don’t go over to well with Tessa but he has bigger issues it appears there is another saboteur on the Orion. 

These stories just go to prove that no matter where or when or even what species the male is he is going to screw up.  Good thing they are sizzling hot and total sex gods or they might never dig themselves out.

The Bridesmaid: A Novella by Julia London

 Trains, Planes, and automobiles oh my!  In this short sweet novella by Julia London, Kate is headed home to Seattle from New York for her cousin’s wedding and Joe is headed there to take a new job.  They meet in the airport and share a couple of not so friendly encounters but with the bad weather and air traffic controllers strike fate seems to keep throwing them together.  As they travel cross country they get to know one another and it seems that fate has introduced them only to have them at either end of the country.  Can they make a long distance romance work?  Should they even try? 

Julia London has put together a wonderfully sweet and funny road trip romance.  Read it for a quick escape.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read and review.  This book goes on sale October 1^st.

Demon Hunting in the Deep South (Demon Hunting #2) by Lexi George

Blurb:

The warrior and the wallflower . . .

Shy, self-conscious Evie Douglass tries to stay under the radar, especially when her nemesis Meredith Peterson, aka The Death Starr, is anywhere around. Meredith and her bitch posse of skinny girlfriends have tormented Evie since the seventh grade, calling her names like The Whale and Thunder Thighs.

Evie tries to stay invisible, but that’s not an easy thing for a plus-sized gal to do in a small town like Hannah, Alabama. She finds it doubly hard to avoid Meredith’s wrath once she takes a job at the lumber mill. You see, Meredith’s husband is Evie’s new boss. Translation: more torture time for The Death Starr.
Evie thinks things couldn’t get much worse until the morning she finds Meredith’s bloody body sprawled across her desk. Typical Meredith, she gets herself dead mere days after a very public scene in which Meredith accuses Evie of having an affair with her husband. Worse, the murder weapon is found in Evie’s car.

Suddenly, Evie is the Number One suspect in a sensational murder case. But she’s got bigger problems. Hannah is infested with demons—soul sucking, body snatching creatures of evil—and, for some reason, they want Evie. The only thing standing between Evie and death or possible possession is a hunky blond demon slayer named Ansgar.

Ansgar is a Dalvahni warrior, a supernaturally gorgeous race whose sole purpose is to hunt down and capture rogue demons.

Evie could almost swear that Ansgar is interested in more than demons. He seems interested in her. Ridiculous, of course, because he’s sex on two legs and she’s…

Well, she’s Whaley Douglass.

To add to Evie’s troubles, Meredith doesn’t even have the decency to stay dead. She shows back up as a ghost and she’s more of a beyotch than ever. Meredith has deathnesia—she can’t remember who killed her—leaving Evie to solve the mystery herself, or go to jail for a murder she didn’t commit.

My Review:

I am what you might call a “Damn Yankee”.  That is a northerner who comes to the south and stays.  After 20+ years I still have culture shock.  Lexi George has captured the culture and flavor of the south and made it hilarious.  Evie and Addy wouldn’t be half as funny had they not Bitsy’s expectations to live up to.  I was worried about this book because I wasn’t too fond of Ansgar in the first book.  Yes he had his moments but for the most part he was just an a$$.  He is still an a$$ in this book.  I like that he didn’t get an instant make over.  But he has some redeeming qualities and if Evie can forgive him so can I.  If you are looking for a fantastically funny read pick up this book.  I promise you won’t regret it.

Chasing the Shadows (Nikki & Michael #3) by Keri Arthur

Nikki and Michael have been together for four months and for two of them Michael has been gone doing a job for the Council.  Nikki is upset because Michael refuses to involve her in his work.  She is bored.  So when Jake calls her from San Francisco about a job she is so there.  As Michael is finally on his way home he gets word from the Council they need him in San Francisco for a job.  Want to bet it’s the same case Nikki & Jake are working. Nikki’s gifts are growing and she will need them when she and Jake go after a mad vampire bent on revenge.  The more dangerous it gets the more Michael wants to protect Nikki.  He has got to know that she will never be happy as less than a full partner.  Can Michael keep her safe without alienating her for good?

Another fantastic paranormal tale filled with murder, mystery, and romance. Ms. Arthur is a gifted storyteller who creates a world so real you have no problems imagining it.  Her characters make you laugh, cry and sigh. This series just keeps getting better and better.  I look forward to the next installment.

I’d like to thank the publisher and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read in exchange for a fair and honest review.

Winning the Boss's Heart by Hayson Manning

Blurb:

Mason Christian has twelve weeks to flip something old into something new for his Japanese client, and then he’s getting the hell out of Footsteps Bay, New Zealand. Not even his temporary cook and secretary—the feisty, luscious Billie McLeod—will deter him. There’s no denying she makes him feel alive. More alive than he’s felt in three years...

Billie has one dream: save enough money to go to college. That’s why she’s agreed to work for hard ass, all-business-no-pleasure Mason Christian—a man who has every intention of destroying through "modernization" the town’s most cherished historical home. But before she can say see ya, she realizes she’s signed the dotted line and is contractually bound for eighty-four days.  Working with male perfection every day is awesome with a capital A—as long as they can stick to a hands-off policy that gets harder every day...

My Review:

This is a sweet, funny and often sad story about two lonely hearts that  have the capability of healing each other with love if they will only let it in.  Well Mason needs to take the chance.  Billie has so much love to give but a bad marriage has made her question her ability to be what a man needs.  When these two find their HEA it is like the sun coming out from behind a cloud. 

Thanks to Entangled: Indulgence for giving me the chance to read and review this wonderful story.