Review: Never a Hero by Marie Sexton

Title: Never a Hero
Series: Tucker Springs, #5
Author: Marie Sexton
Published: May 13, 2013
Pages: 167
Genre: M/M romance
Source: NetGalley
Publisher: Riptide
Rating: C
Reviewed by: Marq

summary from Goodreads
Everyone deserves a hero.

Owen Meade is desperately in need of a hero. Raised by a mother who made him ashamed of his stutter, his sexual orientation, and his congenitally amputated arm, Owen lives like a hermit in his Tucker Springs apartment. But then hunky veterinarian Nick Reynolds moves in downstairs.

Nick is sexy and confident, and makes Owen comfortable with himself in a way nobody ever has. He also introduces Owen to his firecracker of a little sister, who was born with a similar congenital amputation but never let it stand in her way. When she signs the two of them up for piano lessons—and insists that they play together in a recital—Owen can’t find a way to say no. Especially since it gives him a good excuse to spend more time with Nick.

Owen knows he’s falling hard for his neighbor, but every time he gets close, Nick inexplicably pulls away. Battling his mother’s scorn and Nick’s secrets, Owen soon realizes that instead of waiting for a hero, it’s time to be one—for himself and for Nick.

Review: Tangled by Emma Chase

Title: Tangled (The Tangled Series)
Series: Tangled, #1

Author: Emma Chase

Published: May 20, 2013

Pages: 254

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Source: Purchased

Publisher: Omnific

Rating: B+

Reviewed by: Marq

Favorite quote: "She talks like you. It's not every day you hear a four-year-old say Prince Charming is a douchebag who's only holding Cinderella back."

summary from Goodreads

Drew Evans is a winner. Handsome and arrogant, he makes multimillion dollar business deals and seduces New York’s most beautiful women with just a smile. He has loyal friends and an indulgent family. So why has he been shuttered in his apartment for seven days, miserable and depressed?

He’ll tell you he has the flu.

But we all know that’s not really true.

Katherine Brooks is brilliant, beautiful and ambitious. She refuses to let anything - or anyone - derail her path to success. When Kate is hired as the new associate at Drew’s father’s investment banking firm, every aspect of the dashing playboy’s life is thrown into a tailspin. The professional competition she brings is unnerving, his attraction to her is distracting, his failure to entice her into his bed is exasperating.

Then, just when Drew is on the cusp of having everything he wants, his overblown confidence threatens to ruin it all. Will he be able untangle his feelings of lust and tenderness, frustration and fulfillment? Will he rise to the most important challenge of his life?

Can Drew Evans win at love?

Tangled is not your mother’s romance novel. It is an outrageous, passionate, witty narrative about a man who knows a lot about women…just not as much as he thinks he knows. As he tells his story, Drew learns the one thing he never wanted in life, is the only thing he can’t live without.

Review: Sun, Sand, Sex by Linda Lael Miller, Jennifer Apodaca, Shelly Laurenston

Title: Sun, Sand, Sex
Series: The Long Island Coven, #1
Authors: Linda Lael Miller, Jennifer Apodaca, Shelly Laureston
Published: April 30, 2013
Pages: 352
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Source: Publisher (Kensington)
Rating: B
Reviewed by: Ellie

Favorite quote: “And how would I call you, Nick? Look you up under one-night stands in the phone book?”

summary from Goodreads
What's better than a long, lazy day at the shore? Think beach-blanket bingo with a sizzling hottie (or three). So sit back, relax, and don't worry about tan lines, because in this scorching collection, swimsuits are definitely optional...

LINDA LAEL MILLER
One Last Weekend
College sweethearts Teague and Joanna Darby, once passionately in love, are on the brink of divorce. When a ferry strike leaves them stranded together at their beloved beach cottage, it could be the most awkward weekend ever. Or the perfect chance to fall for each other all over again-one steamy encounter at a time...

JENNIFER APODACA
You Give Love a Good Name
Lexie Rollins is a wedding planner on the lam. All she did was defend herself (with a staple gun) against a sleazy groom-who knew the Assault and Battery charges would stick? Now Lexie's "vacation" at an exclusive resort has put her at the top of gorgeous bounty hunter Nick Vardolous's list. And Nick always gets his woman-every which way imaginable...

SHELLY LAURENSTON
My Kind of Town (The Long Island Coven #1)
Deputy Kyle Treharne of seaside Smithville, North Carolina, hates Yankees-even exotically beautiful ones like Emma Lucchesi. The sexy New Yorker's got trouble written all over her, and she knows more than she's telling about the increasingly strange goings-on in his town. But if the lady's got a few tricks up her sleeve, so does the lawman. And it's high time for every wicked thing to be deliciously revealed...

Review: Come Undone by Jessica Hawkins

Title: Come Undone (The Cityscape Series)
Series: Cityscape, #1
Author: Jessica Hawkins
Published: January 1, 2013
Pages: 288
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Source: NetGalley
Rating: D
Reviewed by: Marq

summary from Goodreads
Olivia Germaine has already found love. Devoted wife, loyal friend, determined career woman - she’s created the life she always envisioned.

But when Olivia locks eyes with a handsome stranger across a crowded room, he peers a little too closely and sees emotions she thought she’d buried long ago.

David Dylan, alleged playboy and eternal bachelor, challenges Olivia to confront the life she’s built and to make decisions that could either lead to happiness . . . or regret.

Will Olivia be able to draw the line between lust and love?

And can David respect that line?

Cover Reveal: Risk and Reward by Alisha Rai

Risk and Reward is Book 2 in the Bedroom Games series, Wyatt and Tatiana's story continues. Expected publication late June/early July 2013.

Blurb currently not available.

Play With Me, book 1 of the series, is available now and it's really good.

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Early Review: Binding Agreement by Kyra Davis

Title: Binding Agreement
Series: Just One Night, #3
Author: Kyra Davis
Release Date: May 20, 2013
Pages: 128
Genre: Erotic Contemporary Romance
Source: Publisher (Pocket Star)
Rating: D
Reviewed by: Marq

summary from Goodreads
As her affair threatens her job and the sexy billionaire Robert Dade becomes more controlling, Kasie has to figure out if her passion is leading her down a path she really wants. She’s seduced by his gifts of power, success, and adventure, she’s overwhelmed by what he can make her feel with a single touch, the way he can make her ache for him with just a look. But is the cost of absolute power and pleasure a price Kasie can afford? And does she truly know this man who says he can give her everything…or is he still a stranger after all?