Privilege (The Valesky Crime Family Book 2) by Tina Donahue

 

Privilege

The Valesky Crime Family Book 2

by Tina Donahue

Genre: Dark Mafia Romance 

She’ll destroy the mobsters who murdered her brother… unless they kill her first.

District cop Lia Blosky warned her twin brother not to get involved with the Valesky Crime Family. He didn’t listen. Now, he’s dead, tortured horribly before mobsters murdered him. Out for blood, she’ll do anything to see these monsters dead.

FBI Special Agent Adrian Kalin is connected to the Valesky Family in a way he loathes and doesn’t want. His stepfather rules the syndicate and is tired of Lia threatening to kill him and others responsible for her brother’s death. To shut her up for good, he orders Adrian to murder her. Who better than an FBI agent who has no connection to her and knows how to hide evidence?

Adrian resists, but if it comes down to saving Lia or his brothers and mother from Dimitri’s rage, he’ll have to choose family.

In a deadly game between each other and the mob, Lia and Adrian fight to survive… while also surrendering to their undeniable attraction to each other.

This is book two in the Valesky Crime Family series, can be enjoyed independently and has an HEA.

Publisher’s Note: This contemporary dark mafia romance contains elements of mystery, suspense, action, adventure, adult themes, and possible triggers for some readers.

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The Valesky Crime Family Book 1

A Russian kingpin wants her dead… the only one who can stop it is the man sent to murder her.

Toni Flores loved her dream job working for a respected US senator until he raped her. She’s determined to bring him to justice, no matter the cost.

For years, Dimitri Valesky, head of a Russian crime family in America, has bought off those in government. Just like the senator responsible for Toni’s assault. When she won’t keep quiet about it and risks Dimitri’s business, he orders his stepson Michael to kill her.

Michael’s a lobbyist not a mafia enforcer. He refuses the insane demand, but Dimitri insists. The power he holds over Michael and his brothers is absolute… or so he believes.

Rather than murder Toni, Michael intends to romance her. Once he convinces her to keep quiet about the Senator, she won’t be a target any longer and Dimitri will back off on the hit. The plan falls apart and now they are dodging mafia enforcers, bullets, and Dimitri’s outrage.

Michael and Toni fight to stay alive and save those dearest to them as they also fall hopelessly in love.

This is book one in the Valesky Crime Family series and has an HEA.

Publisher’s Note: This contemporary dark mafia romance contains elements of mystery, suspense, action, adventure, adult themes, and possible triggers for some readers.

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Tina’s an Amazon and international bestselling novelist who writes passionate romance for every taste – ‘heat with heart’ – for traditional publishers and indie. Booklist, Publisher’s Weekly, Romantic Times and numerous online sites have praised her work. She’s won Readers’ Choice Awards, was named a finalist in the EPIC competition, received a Book of the Year award, The Golden Nib Award, awards of merit in the RWA Holt Medallion competitions, and second place in the NEC RWA contests. She’s featured in the Novel & Short Story Writer’s Market. Before penning romances, she worked at a major Hollywood production company in Story Direction.

On a less serious note: she’s an admitted and unrepentant chocoholic, brakes for Mexican restaurants, and has been known to moan like Meg Ryan in When Harry Met Sally while wolfing down tostadas. She’s flown a single-engine airplane (freaking scary), rewired an old house using an ‘electricity for dummies’ book, and is horribly shy despite the hot romances she writes.

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Book Reviews: The Bonekeeper's Mate (The Monster's Mate Book 9) by Adrian Blue

The Bonekeeper's Mate (The Monster's Mate Book 9)
by Adrian Blue
Published March 13th 2019
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Heat Level: Sizzling
Taboo: Monster sex
Rating: 4

In the Territory of Deathfall, cold weather only means one thing. Mating season.

When Bridget flees her husband and escapes into the forest, she never expects to survive the night. She definitely does not expect to find salvation at the hands of the fearsome creature who lives there. But the Bonekeeper is nothing like the rumors say and her terror quickly turns into something far different. As the heat between them grows, can Bridget find her happiness in the arms of a monster?

Book Review: I’m still not sure what sort of creature Narik was but it kinda reminding me of the Displacer beasts from DnD. Anyway I thought this was a sweet short story and was the perfect length. It had a good plot that kept me reading and engaged. I kinda saw were it was going but still liked how things played out. I found it cute how Narik  stuck to his traditions, it helped to build the tension a bit. I enjoyed this story very much, even if the sex was a bit of a surprise.  

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Nepenthe (We Are Nepenthe, #1)

by Octavia Hyde

"Even now, the Ptolarch retained the face and upper body of a male human and spoke quiet words to the female he cradled. The female who was already carrying the first egg mass any of them had implanted since leaving Nepenth."

 

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Book Review: Lust of the Deep by Adrian Blue

Lust of the Deep
by Adrian Blue
Published September 18th 2016
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Heat Level: Red Hot
Taboo: Tentacle Porn
Rating: 3

Beth, a marine biologist with a passion for sea creatures, is on an expedition to find a pod of bottle nose dolphins when her boat is overtaken by a storm. She is thrown overboard and wakes on what she thinks is a deserted island. But she is definitely not alone there. It quickly becomes obvious that the island's tentacle monster inhabitants have something very special in mind for her. 

Book Review: Beth, a marine biologist, ends up shipwrecked on an island. She not only finds the dolphins she was looking for but also an undocumented tentacle creature. She finds herself taking an unorthodox approach to researching their mating habits. Ok so this was basically just tentacle porn. Smut for smut sake. No real story just something to gets your rocks off to if your into that sort of thing.  

Cover Reveal: Of Claws & Inferno Of Cinder & Bone Book 5 by Kyoko M

 

Of Claws & Inferno

Of Cinder & Bone Book 5

by Kyoko M

Genre: SciFi Fantasy Romance 

In a modern day world teeming with marauding dragons, there is only one solution: The Wild Hunt.

Dr. Rhett “Jack” Jackson and Dr. Kamala Anjali have worked for the Knight Division capturing wild dragons for years, but now the government has decided to hold a tournament called The Wild Hunt. Jack, Kamala, and their teammates Calloway, Libby, Agent Shannon, and Yousef, must capture five of the deadliest dragons alive before the opposing team or they lose their jobs at the Knight Division. Jack and Kamala are also chasing after Kazuma Okegawa, the yakuza lieutenant who has been trying to kill them. Okegawa is planning a hostile takeover of the worldwide illegal dragon trade and if he succeeds, everyone will be in grave danger. Between the Wild Hunt and Okegawa’s plot to destroy everything in his path, Jack and Kamala have to rely on each other to stay alive in the middle of an inferno.

Of Claws and Inferno is the fifth book in the Of Cinder and Bone science fiction/contemporary fantasy series. It follows Of Cinder and Bone, Of Blood and Ashes, Of Dawn and Embers, and Of Fury and Fangs.

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Kyoko M is a USA Today bestselling author, a fangirl, and an avid book reader. She has written the Amazon bestselling Black Parade urban fantasy series as well as the Of Cinder and Bone science-fiction dragon hunting series. She has a Bachelor of Arts in English Lit degree from the University of Georgia, which gave her every valid excuse to devour book after book with a concentration in Greek mythology and Christian mythology. When not working feverishly on a manuscript (or two), she can be found buried under her Dashboard on Tumblr, or chatting with fellow nerds on Twitter, or curled up with a good Harry Dresden novel on a warm Georgia night. Like any author, she wants nothing more than to contribute something great to the best profession in the world, no matter how small.

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Book Review: Were-Puffer (Mounted by a Monster) by Mina Shay

Were-Puffer (Mounted by a Monster)
by Mina Shay 
Published January 12th 2014
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Heat Level: Red Hot
Taboo: Fish Shifter Sex
Rating: 3

Dana is a marine biologist working in a top-secret research facility with a deadly strain of piranha. Late one night, an accident causes her to fall into the tank of deadly fish. Luckily, sexy Paul from the Pufferfish Division has a few tricks that might save Dana. What Dana doesn’t realize is just how unnatural his tricks are, and that they extend to every part of his male anatomy.

Review: Ok so I saw this and just had to read it. I mean a were-puffer fish, now I have heard of everything. This was one of those that could have been better as a longer story. It had a lot of potential, into being something more and even kinda hints at it. The sex was interesting, but I’m not sure if it was something that someone would get off on in real life. I don’t want to spoil anything, but a knobby dick that puffs up and deflates. It just seems like I don’t know it wouldn’t be all that satisfying. Maybe that’s just me, but this was pretty meh in my opinion.  

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Witch Queens: Tales from Oz
by S. Cinders

"I could feel his body lengthening as his muscles bulged out even further than before. His eyes had taken that scarlet glow and I knew that I was no longer dealing with Scarecrow, but with the beast."

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