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Welcome also to Steamy Saturdays! This is the day of the week where I review a book that I’ve read that is on the steamier side of romance. Most of you know how fond I am of the Blaze line from Harlequin – here’s another one of these lovely little red books! Enjoy!
One Man Rush by Joanne Rock
ISBN: 978-0-373-79682-3
Release: April 2012
Publisher: Harlequin Blaze
Source: I purchased this book to read and review
Blurb:
Matchmaking Case File #114
Requested Match: Kyle Murphy, pro hockey player. (This guy can score.)
Challenge: Not looking for anything serious (yet).
Notes: Ridiculously attractive, sexy, irresistible…and I want him for myself!
Matchmaker Marissa Collins is looking for a man. A hot, successful man. But the man she’s considering—hockey player Kyle Murphy—is for a prospective client. Marissa’s matchmaking professionalism goes MIA, though, when she meets Kyle…who’s not coming along quietly.
Kyle isn’t looking for a match. He has his eye on the prize—the Stanley Cup—or at least he did before Marissa dropped into his life. Now he’s playing a new game, one where getting Marissa in bed is the goal. And if he has to play dirty…that’s even better.
One Man Rush by Joanne Rock is another Blaze novel that arrived in that little brown box, once each month!
These little red books are mind candy. They fit in my purse and entertain me when I get stuck at a dance studio, ice rink or swimming pool! They are the perfect spicy read!
This story is no different than most of the Blaze stories that I read. It is ultra hot, entertaining and well written.
Marissa Collins is the daughter of a famous singer who was injured in a car accident. Marissa is now responsible for supporting her mother, and has turned to matchmaking to make money. She has had some successes and some high profile clients. She has been hired to match hockey player Kyle Murphy with a socialite. The meeting goes from bad to worse when she first meets him. The chemistry between the two of them is intense! It wouldn’t do for word to get around about her stealing potential clients!
Kyle Murphy is a man who knows what he wants. He has his head screwed on right and he is entering the playoffs. He needs his full concentration on his game and doesn’t need to be messing with a relationship. After one screwed up practice, he decides that he needs Marissa at his side so that he can concentrate on his game. That starts the beginning of a pursuit that ends in a HEA!
I liked the characters of Marissa and Kyle. I liked the old fashioned values that were present despite the steaminess of the story. I’ve read many books by Joanne Rock, and I continue to enjoy her writing! Pick up a copy of this book and enjoy a few hours of reading!
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Steamy Saturday is the day of the week where I review a romance that I’ve read that is on the steamier side! I hope you enjoy this week’s selection!
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Mine by Jill Noelle
Blurb: In a decadent empire of the far distant future, Gabriella is chosen to serve as a sexual companion for the king. However, Brie has no intentions of joining the Select Few. In fact, she has another mission, entirely…one that is destined to alter the future of the kingdom’s poverty-stricken population.
Michel also serves the king. It’s his job to train Brie to suit the king’s sexual preferences. Trouble is, Michel wants Brie for his own.
Gabriella is one of many chosen at a young age to serve the king. It is something that she has always know is her destiny while growing up. The time has finally come for her to enter her training to sexually serve the king and her tutor will be her friend Michel. Gabriella is attracted to Michel, she sits and watches him exercise, fantasizes about her training.
Michel serves the king as a trainer. He “trains” or initiates all the girls that will serve the king. He has been doing this for years, but he has reached the point where he can no longer support his king and has another agenda. He hopes to bring down the king’s corrupt rule. What he doesn’t realize is that Gabriella has an agenda as well.
This short little story is plenty spicy! At just over 70 pages the story is over and done with quite quickly. The author manages to pack alot of action into these pages and although this story doesn’t have many pages, it feels like a full length story. There is a comment at the end of the blurb on Amazon that although this story is set in the future, it has a “historical” tone. I thought that was an odd comment to make, but it is true. This story kind of feels old fashioned, somehow.
The characters are well formed and interact well together. I like the secondary characters. The king is suitable evil and uncaring towards his people. His character is so well written that his behavior elicits a strong negative feeling from the reader.
Pick up a copy of this book and experience it for yourself. Jill Noelle has several other stories published.
Study Partner by Rebecca Leigh
Publisher: Breathless Press
Release: Mar 2011
Source: TRRBlurb: Study partners become lovers. Can what starts as hot and steamy sex blossom into something more?
Carla Montes and Edward Gardner are both third year law students finishing their last final before graduation. They’ve been study partners all year, but on the eve of the final, what starts as hot and steamy sex in one of the study rooms in the campus library blossoms into something much more.
What could be hotter than study partners finally giving into their desires in a moment of stress. Study Partners is a short, ultra hot story of what might happen in the library when studying should be going on!
Carla and Edward had been study partners all year, and run into each other at the library the night before their last exam of law school. Carla has been in lust with Edward all year; who wouldn’t be attracted to this gorgeous man! He has always treated her with respect, as a fellow student that he studies with. Something happens that night in the study room. They let loose and give into their desires!
This ultra short, yet super hot story will rock your world. It’s well written and determined to set the pages on fire. The chemistry between the character is palpable and the action is well written. Even the twist at the end is completely unexpected! This is a great short story that has everything – characters, chemistry, action and happy ending. A must read!
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Welcome also to Steamy Saturday! This is the day of the week where I post a review of a book that I’ve enjoyed that is on the steamier side of romance. Today’s review is for something a little different…
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Saddled Up – An Amber Oakley Adventure by Penny Birch
ISBN: 9781907761843
Publisher: Xcite Books a division of Accent Press Ltd
Released: Apr 2011
Source: I received a copy to read and review from TRRBlurb: Amber Oakley is back! Determined as ever to avoid getting her bottom smacked but her own deep needs and the awkward circumstances she finds herself in trying to solve her financial difficulties mean otherwise.
Offering riding tuition to girls from wealthy families seems like a good idea, but Portia and Ophelia Crowthorne-Jones prove to have a few ideas of their own, and are soon indulging both their lesbian desires and their cruel sense of humour at Amber’s expense. Will she end up as their plaything, or can she turn the tables and teach the little brats the lesson they so clearly deserve?
Saddled Up combines spanking, some naughty girls and some exciting raw sex. Amber and her girls serve up an ultra hot, fetish-filled steamy novel worthy of a look!
Amber Oakley is a fan of spanking! As the story says at the beginning, “Some girls need to be spanked.” Saddled up is the story of Amber, her love of spanking and the various people she comes into contact with. Amber is embarrassed of her need to be spanked. She doesn’t tell anyone. She keeps it a secret. To get her fix, she visits Hannah Riley at an out of the way trailer park. She’s sure she will never run into anyone she knows there, assuring her of the anonymity she wants to cover up her needs. Her inability to act normally eventually lands her in trouble. She’s spotted by some locals and her secret is out. Although Amber prefers women, she finds herself spending time with men at times. The first scene with Sebastian is unbelievably awkward at the same time unbelievably hot!
Saddled Up is an incredibly hot women’s erotica. For fans of spanking and women’s erotica, this book should be a must buy. The story romps along, at times awkward because of Amber’s innate lack of social skills, at times racing from one scene to the next. The characters are well developed and make for very interesting reading. Some of them the reader loves to hate, others, the reader cheers on.
All in all, Saddled Up is an explicity, fetish-filled romp of a book. Well worth a look!
Saddled Up is available on Amazon
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Welcome also to Steamy Saturdays! This is the day of the week when we get to talk about a book that is on the steamier side of Romance. This week’s selection is One Queen with Two Kings by Louisa Neil. I enjoyed this book and I hope you enjoy my thoughts about it!
One Queen with Two Kings by Louisa Neil
ASIN: B0068NF4LS
Publisher: Siren Publishing
Release: Nov 16, 2011
Source: I received a copy of this book to read and review from TRRBlurb:
On the morning of her second wedding, Thea realizes marrying Lloyd is a mistake and learns his ultimate motive is to gain control of her family business. When confronted, Lloyd admits lying. His bombshell confession is that he gave the search team false coordinates, wanting Thea for himself instead of looking for Dexter and Russell’s crash site. When the men are found alive, they bring home proof that their plane was sabotaged by Lloyd. While reconnecting with her husband and his friend, she realizes their relationship changed. Catching the men in a compromising sexual position reinforces her theory. Accepting Dexter and Russell had become intimate while on the island is earth-shattering. She’s floored when they suggest combining the two relationships into one, a threesome the men have dreamed about. Can she share her husband with his best friend? Can she be the queen with two kings?
One Queen with Two Kings is a menage that I picked up to read some time ago. From the blurb it seemed like an interesting concept for a story. Two best friends, Russell and Dexter, crash land a plane on a deserted island and are there alone for 2 years before they are found. In the meantime, one of the men’s wives has moved on and this book starts on her wedding day to another man. Realizing that she is making a big mistake, Thea backs out of the wedding, and the past two years, complete with all the false stories that her supposedly loving fiance has been spreading about her come to light. She comes to the conclusion that her husband and his friend might not be dead after all, and re-opens the search for them. The men decide that what happens on the island stays on the island, but they aren’t able to keep that promise after their rescue.
This is an ultra hot little menage story. At the beginning, it seems to be a bit over the top with the manipulative fiance, but everything fits into place after a few chapters. I loved reading about the relationship between these three people. Although this story is an erotic menage, it is truly written as a happily every after romance. Such a treat to read!
One Queen with Two Kings can be purchased at Amazon
Welcome to Sugarbeat’s Books – The Home of the Romance Novel!
Welcome also to Steamy Saturday! This is the day of the week that I post my thoughts on a romance that is on the steamier side! Nothing on but the Radio is a story that I read some time ago. I received a copy from The Romance Reviews in exchange for an honest review. Hope you enjoy my thoughts.
Nothing on but the Radio by Jodi Lynn CopelandISBN: 978-1-61118-419-8Publisher: Loose-Id.comRelease: May 2011Source: I received a copy of this book to read and review from TRRBlurb: To hell with her critics; Taryn James is going to make it in the songwriting industry. If only Brian Macovney weren’t standing in her way. Gorgeous he may be, but he’s also nasty, trampling on her dreams by insulting her lyrics and all because he once failed to deliver in bed.It’s been five years since Brian had his ego cut down its knees when he failed to perform sexually with Taryn. Now he’s forced to see her again, at the Sugarfoot Island songwriting conference, which he attends as a sponsor and she an aspiring songwriter. From nearly the moment of their reunion, Brian recognizes two truths: Taryn is a highly talented songwriter. And Brian’s eager to regale her with talents of his own…in his bed, on his balcony, bent over the edge of his Jacuzzi tub…Taryn can’t decipher what’s hotter, her need for revenge, or the feel of sexy-hot Brian in her arms, their body’s joined together and slick with passion. Temptation this good is damned hard to pass up.The rules are firm…no relations between the conference staff and songwriters…but then the conference hasn’t actually started, and weren’t rules made to be broken?Publisher’s Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: anal play/intercourse.
Isn’t it great to get one more kick at the can? The one night that goes spectacularly wrong in your life, you get a chance to do over. Would you take it? Can you get past a horrendous first date?
Nothing on but the Radio is a short story about Taryn James, who is determined to succeed as a songwriter, and her nemesis, Brian Macovney. Several years before Taryn and Brian had a bad one night stand ending with Brian lashing out at Taryn by telling her she would never succeed at songwriting. Here it is some time later and Taryn decides to sign up for a songwriting conference, knowing that Brian would be there. She decides to face down her one and only bad date – the man she hasn’t been able to forget.
This short little story is hot and graphic. It even comes with it’s own warning from the publisher! Certainly not for the faint of heart. It is, however, a story about a first date that ends in bad sex and how the couple recovers from that point so the sex is the central theme of the book. At first I felt that both the main characters were quite self-centered, but it was interesting to see how they changed and grew over the space of this story! Although the story only covers about 140 pages, it has the feel of a full novel. This is a neat little read. Pick up a copy and give it a read.
Nothing On But The Radio is available at Amazon
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Welcome also to Steamy Saturdays! Saturdays is when we have a peek at one of the books that I’ve read that is on the steamier side of romance. Today’s choice is one that I read a while ago and really enjoyed. I hope you enjoy my thoughts on another edition of Blazing Bedtime Stories!
Blazing Bedtime Stories Volume VII by Rhonda Nelson & Tawny Weber
ISBN: 978-0-373-79692-2
Publisher: Harlequin Blaze
Release: June 2012
Source: I purchased a copy of this book to read and review
Blurb:
It’s bedtime–and bestselling authors Rhonda Nelson and Tawny Weber have two deliciously wicked tales to tell you…
The Steadfast Hot Soldier by Rhonda Nelson
Army ranger Tucker “Bear” Midwinter has two rules when it comes to the ladies–no tiny women, and no dancers. So why does petite ballet teacher Veda Hayes turn his blood into liquid fire? Still, the heat between them won’t be denied. Will this soldier melt…or burn up?
Wild Thing by Tawny Weber
Compared to her beautiful siblings, groomer Andrea Tanner always felt like an ugly stepsister. But when she’s left tied up and fuming, her prize pooch, Medusa, stolen, Andrea can’t help hoping her prince will come. And he does. Hunky P.I. Percy Graham arrives in time to save the day–and to remind her that he hasn’t forgotten the naughty night they once shared….
This book is one of the novella collections that Harlequin is fond of putting together. I received this book as part of my monthly subscription and thoroughly enjoyed it!
The first story was about Army Ranger, Tucker (Bear) Midwinter, who has been shamed into helping his mother move during his first leave in a long time! Imagine his surprise when his mother is leaving just as he gets there, and he is left alone in the little studio he grew up in. He’s left to finish the renovations that the new owner wants done before she takes possession. Imagine his surprise to find that the new owner is Veda Hayes, whom not only had a crush on him growing up, but he can’t seem to resist. Although he has sworn off of small women, and certainly doesn’t want anything to do with dancers, the more time he spends with Veda, and the community he grew up in, the more that he finds he wants to make a life with this wonderful woman in this great supportive community.
This was a different sort of a story. I wanted to slap Bear’s mother for the years of neglect that he underwent, but at the same time, it was a wonderful illustration of how a community can really raise a child. Simply a beautifully written love story.
The second story in this novella is about Percy Graham’s second time around with Andrea Tanner. Andrea has always seen herself as the plain member of the family and when the gorgeous Percy Graham expresses interest in her, she really doesn’t believe that he could be interested, so she stops returning his calls. Imagine his surprise when during an investigation of custody situation of a dog, he finds Andrea tied to a chair in her grooming business and the dog gone. Determined to get to the bottom of the crime that has been committed and now more than curious about the claims of his client, Percy takes Andrea along on a crime solving adventure that has them working though their issues and dropping laundry along the way!
This was a cute, ultra hot novella that must not be missed.
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Welcome to Sugarbeat’s Books – The Home of the Romance Novel!
Welcome also to Steamy Saturdays! Saturdays are the days that we talk about a book that is on the steamier side of romance. Today is one of the latest books I got in my Blaze subscription. I love the cover 
I hope you enjoy my thoughts about this book. It will be released in January
The Risk Taker by Kira Sinclair
ISBN: 978-0-373-79733-2
Release: January 2013
Publisher: Harlequin Blaze
Source: I purchased this book to read and review
Subject: Totally buff ranger Gage Harper
Current Status: Walking wounded— both physically and mentally
Mission: Finally get the girl he could never have
Obstacle: She may just be the biggest risk he’s ever taken
All returned POW Gage Harper wants to do is forget, even if he has to let some gym rat beat him to a pulp to do it. He certainly doesn’t want to tell the tale of his heroism to the tabloids. Especially since he’s no hero…. But one journalist is determined to get the inside scoop–and she’s the only girl Gage has never been able to resist.
Hope Rawlings never took Gage’s romantic advances seriously growing up. After all, she was just his buddy, and a guy like Gage could have any girl he wanted. But now she needs his story to get her dream job in the city. And she’s willing to do anything to get it.
As I mentioned, this book was in my latest box of books from Harlequin. The cover grabbed me as I was looking through the books and I decided to read this one first. I loved this book!
In this story, Gage Harper has come home to his home town of Sweetheart after being rescued. He had been captured in Afghanistan and tortured. He is now trying to figure out what to do next while being hounded by reporters in the surreal environment of Sweetheart in the week leading up to Valentine’s Day. Gage is back living with his parents and has run into the only woman he’s ever wanted, Hope Rawlings.
Hope spent all of her childhood as Gage’s buddy. She watched him have girlfriend after girlfriend and had no intention of being another notch added to his belt. When he enlisted in the army and then told her that he loved her, she pushed him away. After losing her mother, she had no intention of losing someone else that she loved, expecially a risk -taker like Gage. But now he’s back and she’s been offered her dream job in exchange for an interview with him.
Gage and Hope are excellent characters. They are both stubborn. Where Gage is always looking for something new to give him an adrenalin rush, Hope is the opposite, determined to have a safe and secure life. Although Hope has always loved Gage, she is determined to keep him at arm’s length. They know each other so well, and when they finally get together they shoot sparks off of one another. Their chemistry simply combustible.
It was refreshing to read a story about characters that have such hard won happily ever after! I will be seeking out more by this author! Truly one of the best Blaze novels that I’ve read this year!
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Welcome also to Steamy Saturday! Today I’m going to review a menage that I’ve read recently. I hope you enjoy my thoughts on this book! If this sounds like something you would be interested in reading, please find some buy links at the bottom of the post to pick up a copy!
A Bride for Two Babes by Edith DuBois
ISBN: 1610348141
ASIN: B00579MC1E
Release: July 2011
Publisher : Bookstrand
Source: I receive a copy of this book from TRR to read and review
New York businesswoman Emilie Benson feels like she’s been banished into exile upon arriving in Male Order, Texas to sell her father’s baseball team, the Dallas Outlaws. The last thing on her mind is falling in love, but when she meets the sexy twins interested in buying her father’s team, she realizes she may be getting more than she bargained for.
Grayson and Gavin Stephens have grown up loving baseball, so deciding to become the owners of a Major League Baseball team feels like the perfect plan. Especially when the mysteriously seductive Emilie Benson comes waltzing into their life! When Emilie becomes their lover, it doesn’t take long for the twins to realize she is the woman of their dreams.
As sole heir to her father’s company, however, there’s another man who desires Emilie. And he will stop at nothing to keep the twins away from her.
Emilie Benson is the pampered daughter of the super rich Ralph Benson. She’s not pleased to be sent on this particular errand – talk to a couple of guys who want to buy her father’s baseball team. She doesn’t anticipate that the buyers will be a set of brothers who are young and attractive. Determined to hold her own in this arena of men, she takes on Gavin who seems like the most fun loving of the brothers to see how far she can push him. She challenges him to bring her back a Babe Ruth signed baseball during a baseball game and the games are on!
This is a hot little short story! Gavin and his brother Grayson Stephens are attractive, seductive and certain of their sexual power! They play off of one another – they compliment each other. Gavin seems to be more of a risk taker than Grayson, but they are both aggressive in going after what they want. Emilie is a ball buster! She’s attractive, she’s forthright and she’s confident in her sexuality. She uses men for her needs, but never allows them to use her. She has met her match with Gavin and Grayson. The conflict provided by Julian Steele was well written and a great addition to this story.
This menage story is explicit and not for the faint of heart. These three people know what they want sexually and get it. The added bits of information about the town of Male Order allow readers who read this series of books to add more and more information about this town and it’s occupants.
A thoroughly enjoyable read! A good suggestion for fans of menage.
A Bride for Two Babes can be purchased at: Amazon
Welcome to Sugarbeat’s Books – The Home of the Romance Novel
Welcome also to Steamy Saturday!
This is the day of the week where I post a book that is on the steamier side of romance. You all know how fond I am of those little Blaze books! Here’s another one. I hope you enjoy my thoughts on this steamy little book! Frankly, all you need to do is to look at the cover and you’ll be able to tell this is a great book
Her Man Advantage by Joanne Rock
ISBN: 978-0-373-79688-5
Release: May 2012
Publisher: Harlequin Blaze
Source: I purchased this book to read and review
Full body contact never felt this good…
By rights they should have hated each other.
Filmmaker Jennifer Hudson doesn’t want to make a hockey documentary any more than hockey defenseman Axel Rankin wants to star in one. But neither of them anticipated the molten rush of pure lust for each other and they can’t help but give in, on and off camera…
The last thing Axel needs is a camera shoved in his face, probing into his life and his rocky past. Especially if the woman calling the shots is a mouthy, assertive, drop dead sexy redhead–who makes him want to do things that definitely require an adults-only rating!
His favorite game just got a whole new set of rules.Axel Rankin is a man determined to be the best hockey player he can be. What he doesn’t need is some woman trying to film a documentary in the middle of his team’s run for the playoffs. He needs all the concentration he can muster. Is a stubborn, hot-tempered redhead is the last thing he needs or just the ticket to a win?
Her Man Advantage is in the Double Overtime series recently released by Harlequin, but this book is sort of a continuation from One Man Rush also by Joanne Rock. Axel is the foster brother of Kyle Murphy, the hero in that book. Axel grew up in Finland, but was raised by Kyle’s family from a relatively early age. As we find out, he has a history in Finland which the publicity of this film that Jennifer wants to do will bring back to haunt him. Regardless of the risks, Axel finds himself drawn to Jennifer and unwilling to give her the space that he knows is prudent.
I like the characters in this book. Jennifer is a feisty redhead that is determined to make a name for herself in filming documentaries. She isn’t going to let anything get in her way; certainly not a huge smelly, sweaty, mountain of a hockey player fresh from practice! Axel provides just the foil for her assertive characteristics.
This is a great hot little read. The sex sizzles and the story races along. The book is small enough to fit in a purse, and short enough to be consumed in a few hours. Highly recommend!
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