Future Shock by Elizabeth Briggs

Blurb:

Elena Martinez has hidden her eidetic memory all her life—or so she thinks. When powerful tech giant Aether Corporation selects her for a top-secret project, she can’t say no. All she has to do is participate in a trip to the future to bring back data, and she’ll be set for life. Elena joins a team of four other teens with special skills, including Adam, a science prodigy with his own reason for being there.

But when the time travelers arrive thirty years in the future, something goes wrong, and they break the only rule they were given: do not look into their own fates. Now they have twenty-four hours to get back to the present and find a way to stop a seemingly inevitable future from unfolding. With time running out and deadly secrets uncovered, Elena must use her eidetic memory, street smarts, and a growing trust in Adam to save her new friends and herself.

My review:

Future Shock by Elizabeth Briggs is a fast paced fun read with a lot of twists and turns. A big corporation takes advantage of desperate gifted young people by sending them on an experimental time travel mission with real consequences. Our heroine is a smart young Latina who will keep you rooting for her even when things look the darkest. I liked each of the kids and a few of the “adults”. I thoroughly enjoyed this book.

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Prince of the Playhouse (Love in Laguna #3) by Tara Lain

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Driven by his desire to become a successful fashion designer and concerned with hiding his questionable past, Ru Maitland lets his obsession with action movie star Gray Anson on the big screen replace his social life. Then obsession and reality collide when Ru is asked to design fashion costumes for a special performance of Hamlet at the Playhouse in Laguna starring none other than Gray Anson. Gray turns out to be a compelling mix of shy and brash and, despite a high profile engagement to a female socialite, the signals Gray sends Ru have his libido doing the salsa.

Gray Anson has what most people only dream of—great wealth, huge fame, a job he loves. For that, he’s given up any semblance of privacy and the right to say no to the thousands of people who depend on him and the millions who love him. He sees everything he’s ever wanted just outside the bubble of his life, but how can he make the compromises needed to embrace it? When Ru’s shady past crashes into Gray’s paparazzi-haunted present, both men have to learn that sometimes the only acceptable compromise is the truth. 

My review:

m/m

Prince of the Playhouse is a fantastic addition to the Love in Laguna series. Love and secrets don’t mix.  Gray Anson is a big time action movie star who is so far in the closet he could be paying rent in Narnia. Ru Maitland flamboyant gay designer has secrets of his own. When these two get together the earth moves. These two are made for each other if their secrets don’t kill their relationship before it can begin. I love Ru. He may not be as over the top as Shaz but he is no shrinking violet either. And Gray is a confused stud. He knows he is gay but his job hasn’t made it easy for him to come out of the closet. He really hasn’t had a reason to until he falls into the catlike eyes of our Ru. Watching these two go through trials and tribulations to get to their happily ever after was at times frustrating but oh so worth it in the end. I am looking forward to the next installment in this terrific series.

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An Immortal's Song (Dante's Circle, #6) by Carrie Ann Ryan

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Humans aren’t as alone as they choose to believe. Every human possesses a trait of supernatural that lays dormant within their genetic make-up. Centuries of diluting and breeding have allowed humans to think they are alone and untouched by magic. But what happens when something changes?
Amara Young has always been on the outside looking in. She’s the one lightning-struck woman out of her group who has never felt as if she’s belonged. She lost a year of her life caring for her dying friend, but now it’s her turn to find out who she is. Only when the time comes, two men stand in her way—two men who claim her as theirs.
Tristan Archer, fae royalty and Conclave member, has waited over nine hundred years for his fate. And now he has two chances. While one knows his path, the other seems blind to what they could have. It will take more than a simple risk for Tristan to finally have what he desires…that is if Amara and Seth can overcome their own uncertainties. 
While the other two in his life are fighting themselves and their futures, Seth Oceanus knows exactly what he wants. The younger brother of a Conclave member and relatively young in his realm, he knows he’ll have to prove himself so others see him for who he truly is. 
As the triad succumbs to their cravings, they will have to fight more than their overwhelming feelings in order to survive. 
Warning: Contains an innocent merman, a very talented fae, and a human woman who can outpace them both.

My review:

m/m, m/f/m, m/m/f

Sometimes the strongest come from those that have been broken. Amara has rebuilt herself and is a strong as they come even if she doesn’t know it. She is certainly strong enough to take on the merman and the 900 year old Fae prince that claim to be her true mates. I truly got a kick out of seeing Amara come into her own. For someone who has been through the hell that was her life she has a heart of gold and now two studly guys to share it with. An Immortal's Song  is a fun addition to the Dante’s Circle series.

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The Undoing (Call of Crows #2) by Shelly Laurenston

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No one would ever accuse Jace Berisha of having an easy life—considering her husband…you know…killed her. But that was then! Now she fights for mighty Viking gods with the spectacular and vicious Crows.
 
But things are turning very bad, very quickly because a vengeful, ancient goddess has come into the world with just one thing on her mind—ending it. And the only way they can hope to stop her is if the Crows join forces with their one-time enemies, the Protectors. A Viking Clan created to do nothing but kill every Crow they see. 
 
Thankfully, Protector Ski Eriksen is a peace loving kind of guy. Because the woman he is desperately trying to get close to is the beautiful and not-very-chatty Jace. Battling Nordic clans? Unkillable goddesses? Jace’s mean-spirited dog? None of these things would ever get in the way of a true Viking!

My review:

I absolutely adored this book! This book has it all. I am gushing. Where to start… I adore Jace and Ski as a couple. I love that he as smart as he is had to work to figure out how to get Jace to notice him. I love that he is adorably geeky and super hot at the same time. Okay the head turning thing squicked me out at first but then I started to think of the possibilities. Jace is a wonderfully complex character and I fell for her right along with Ski. This book made me laugh out loud, curse out loud, sigh out loud and spit tea through my nose during a scene with Brody Hawaii and a certain squirrel. I loved the first book but this book took it up a notch and I cannot say enough about this series. Fans of Kevin Hearn’s Iron Druid series might get a kick out of this. This book will leave you exhausted and wanting more. I really want to know more about Jace’s Grandmother and uncles.

Go buy this book and if you haven’t read The Unleashing (Call of Crows #1) you really ought to.

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The Admiral and the Wildcat: Scifi Alien Romance by Mina Carter

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Gabriel Buchanan is a fighter. Once a marine, now he's an Admiral and lawyer for Alliance Fleet. He spends his time taking on the tough cases no one else dares to touch. His life changed course after a messy divorce, making him vow never to love again. Until a hot blonde who matches his drive to fight shows up on his watch. She's a real wildcat--one Gabe wants to get up close and personal with. 

Wildcat Lead Warrior, Kelis, has problems of her own keeping amorous young warriors at bay. But that's the least of her troubles--she has a secret she wants to keep at all costs. For Kelis is not just any warrior but the daughter of a Warlord with impeccable bloodlines. To her dismay, her father gives her an assignment she can't refuse--infiltrating Alliance Fleet. 

Gabe is pissed when the beautiful but lethal Kelis puts his protection detail in the medbay. What will he do when he finds out she's his now personal bodyguard? 

Sparks fly and tensions run high because Wildcats do it better...A statement Gabe is more than happy to put to the test. All...night...long. 

My review:

If you believe that laughter belongs in the bedroom and that tough girls can be sexy too you will love this book. I did. Wildcat Lead Warrior, Kelis is a badass. She has been a warrior her whole life. Not many challenge her and of those that do not many win. Kelis is less than thrilled to be assigned to protect a human Admiral/lawyer but is thrilled to find out that the Admiral is a former Marine and that warriors take all kinds of forms.  The Admiral and the Wildcat is a fast paced fun and sexy read.

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Two's A Couple, Three's The Law by Eve Langlais

Blurb:

Can one woman handle two dominant men intent on staking their claim?

Warning: This story contains adult subject matter and language that is probably not suitable for anyone. (Erotic Paranormal Menage Romance, MFM)

Two's a couple, three's a ménage, not to mention the law. Welcome to an alternate world where the government gives tax breaks to women who choose to take on two or more men--and werewolves live amongst us.

Despite the laws encouraging polygamy, Chloe isn't interested in a relationship with one man, let alone two. But all that changes when a werewolf client decides he wants her for more than just legal aid. He's not alone though. Her nemesis in the courtroom, district attorney Anthony Vanderson, is also intent on seduction.

Caught between two men--naked and panting--she succumbs to passion, gets embroiled in a mystery and learns werewolves aren't the only creatures living amongst humans.

My review:

I loved this laugh out loud, alternative reality, fun and sexy PNR. First I loved that the heroine was six foot tall. Us tall girls don’t get a lot of stories. I love that she didn’t fall over for these guys; they had to work for it. Not the sex - her heart. I loved that it was the guys wanting the relationship and the girl had to come around to it. If you want a fun break from reality - I recommend this story.

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Bound For You (Men in Blue #6) by Jayne Rylon

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Ben has lived through hell. He only survived captivity and torture by the brutes who’d been attempting to develop Sex Offender, a potent aphrodisiac used as a date rape drug, because of the guy he met—and fell in lust with—in the drug lord’s dungeons.

Ryan became Ben’s roommate after they escaped. His nearness is constantly tempting Ben to force Ryan to submit to his dark desires. Disgusted by how similar that makes him to their captors, he’s managed to hold off so far. How long can he keep his cravings for Ryan’s sexy body at bay?

On top of that, they both seem to be falling for the same woman. If Ben has reservations about unleashing his sexual appetites on Ryan then that goes double for Shari, who is entirely too sweet and inexperienced for either of them. Or so Ben thinks.

When Shari teams up with Ryan to change Ben’s mind, it seems like Ben might consider turning their three-way fling into something serious. Until a threat to Ben’s niece reminds them that it’s not always possible to keep those you love safe. After losing his sister in the Sex Offender scandal, Ben might never be ready to take that risk again.

None of them could have realized they were bound for something greater than a traditional partner in life, but Shari and Ryan are sure the three of them will benefit from the love of not one, but two, strong, giving soul mates who can help them leave the darkness of their past behind.

Will they be able to convince Ben that living fully is better than living cautiously?

My review:

Jayne Rylon brings it all in Bound For You. This sweet and sexy ménage will have you running the full scale of emotions. You will laugh and cry you will get angry and you will sigh. These characters have been through hell and the author puts them through just a bit more so they can get to their hea but I swear there were times I didn’t think any of us were going to make it.  A fantastic addition to the series.

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