Monday, August 24, 2015

Cover Reveal Beneath These Scars by Meghan March





Title: Beneath These Scars
Author: Meghan March
Series: Beneath 
Release Date: September 22nd 2015




Synopsis

I’m the guy you love to hate.

In every story in my life, I seem to end up playing the villain—and I’ve got the scars to prove it.

That role works fine for me, because I’m sure as hell not anyone’s hero.

I run my life and my empire with an iron fist—until she knocks my tightly controlled world off its axis.

She’s nobody’s damsel in distress, but I can’t help but want to save her anyway.

I guess we’re about to find out if there’s a hero buried … beneath these scars.



Author Bio

 Meghan March has been known to wear camo face paint and tromp around in woods wearing mud-covered boots, all while sporting a perfect manicure. She’s also impulsive, easily entertained, and absolutely unapologetic about the fact that she loves to read and write smut. Her past lives include slinging auto parts, selling lingerie, making custom jewelry, and practicing corporate law. Writing books about dirty talking alpha males and the strong, sassy women who bring them to their knees is by far the most fabulous job she’s ever had. She loves hearing from her readers at meghanmarchbooks@gmail.com.



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He loves me, and he doesn’t even know my real name.

The limelight that follows him could expose everything I’m hiding. But even knowing the risks, I can’t force myself to stay away.

I’m going to break his heart, but mine will shatter right along with it.

Will we lose it all when I reveal what’s beneath this mask?




I’ve always known she was too good for me, but that never stopped me from wanting her.

And then I finally had her for one night.

A night I don’t remember.

I figured I’d blown my shot.

But now she’s walked back into my life, and this time, I have the upper hand. I want my second chance.

Will she be able to see the man beneath this ink?




I was raised on the streets, so I know things are rarely as simple as they appear—especially this rich girl showing up at my pawnshop demanding a job.

She’s the most tempting thing I’ve ever seen, and I’ll be damned if I can make her leave.

Shit just got complicated … but when it comes to her—I want complicated.

We’re both fighting our own demons, and our only chance at a future is to let go of the past.

But will we be strong enough to break free from beneath these chains?

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Saturday, August 22, 2015

Review Guardians of the Realms series: Piercing Ecstasy & Binding Ecstasy by Setta Jay







Title: Piercing Ecstasy
Author: Setta Jay
Series: Guardians of the Realms #5
Release Date: January 31st 2015


Synopsis

*Erotic Paranormal Romance*

After a hellish month of searching, Immortal warrior Jax and his brethren, the Guardians of the Realms, are nowhere near finding the sleeping God who was stolen by their enemy. As if that isn't problem enough, after millennia, other Guardians are dropping like flies to the mating frenzy. Jax never dreamed he could be next. After all, he’s too flawed, his sexual appetite too insatiable to ever be completely fulfilled by one being. Could a lone female even handle his needs let alone quench his never ending desire?

Ileana lives a solitary life in the shadows, a ghost thirsting for vengeance. A warrior Ailouros, half cat, whose sheer existence has been kept secret by a special ability no one can know exists, she is closed off and trusts no one. After thousands of years spent in near isolation while hunting her prey, she has finally found a clue leading to the location of her enemy. Revenge is at hand.

When a fantastically hot Guardian unknowingly puts himself in the middle of a deadly intrigue, nearly ruining her careful plans, Ileana is forced to make a choice. Her one chance at finding vengeance will hinge on hurling them both into piercing ecstasy.

Warning: This book is intended for an adult audience. There are dirty talking Guardians with bad language, some violence, and explicit scenes hot enough to give you cat scratch fever.



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It's getting better and better, I swear!

As the story line progresses, things get more and more complicated, major things are about to go down, but nobody knows who, what, where and how.

Jax, the big bad Guardian that used to keep a harem to satisfy his needs - the male warriors need sex to replenish their energies and not get weak - falls and falls hard for a woman that's more feral and pretty wild.

Ileana has lived alone and in the shadows her entire life. She only had one goal: revenge. So, the last thing she wanted or needed was to stumble upon her mate when she was trying to collect information on her enemy.

Except, her enemy was the Guardians' enemy, as well.

So, one common goal, a mating frenzy thrown into the mix and things go crazy.

Plus, there's a twist I was NOT expecting! Actually, two. One of them just means this series is nowhere near its end - thank God, I really love these characters!

The other, well, I'm not a believer of that one but of course I'll just keep on reading.

4.5 stars. Copy received from NetGalley.



  

Title: Binding Ecstasy
Author: Setta Jay
Series: Guardians of the Realms #6
Release Date: May 28th 2015


Synopsis

*Erotic Paranormal Romance*

A Beautiful Weapon Contained.

Natasha and her sister were created with sinister purpose. They were Apollo's most deadly and potent weapons. After finally escaping the evil God long ago, they made a secret life concealed among humanity in Earth Realm. There, Tasha has spent her nights watching the mortals at her club engage in erotic scenes that leave her aching… desperately longing for someone with the power to dominate her, to provide the pleasure she craves. For her own safety she knows she’s destined to live her life in the shadows, but when she sees a male who sparks an insatiable hunger she is unable to remain hidden.

A Powerful Guardian Restrained.

Bastian and his fellow Guardians have spent the last month in a fruitless search for Apollo. They know that something dangerous is on the horizon and it is imperative they lock away the corrupt God immediately. After recently witnessing a number of his brethren find their fated mates, Bastian never considered that he would also be blessed. But when the calm and controlled Guardian sees his alluring and seductive female he learns just how wild and consuming the mating frenzy can be. However, his mate is incredibly powerful and at risk of being caged by his own brothers if he doesn’t do everything, including lie, to protect her.

Immovable Object, Meet Irresistible Force.

It's a battle that both will win if they can survive the deadly forces, both friend and foe, that surround them.

Warning: This novel is intended for a mature audience. You will find kick-ass females, explicit sex, voyeurism and alpha males with bad language. 



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Hoo boy!

I love where the story is headed!

The series is evolving, growing into something major and I just know book seven will have a lot of awesomeness in it!

But in this one, Bastian gets his mate, an Immortal with a past as dark as his. And a twin sister, to boot. The twin sister plays a pretty important part in this story, in the entirety of it, as a matter of fact.

So, Apollo's escaped and he wants Natasha and Nastia. Bastian will never let that happen. Plus, Drake's growling and fuming, up and down, about capturing Apollo. Especially after his screw-up.

Drake. That Guardian stole the show for me and became a fave of mine. The fact that Delia is his mate isn't making me jump up and down with joy, but I'm sure the author has her reasons for making that happen.

Plus, new and unknown characters pop in - literally - and things will escalate because the Guardians have to pull out the big guns. Book seven will be epic, I'm telling you!

I have to say, in this one, the hot scenes kind of went into the background and emphasis was put on the action-part, because this one is action-packed. No, they're no less hot, don't worry.

5 stars. Gimme book 7! Copy received from NetGalley


Author Bio

  

Setta Jay is the author of the popular Guardians of the Realms Series. She's garnered attention and rave reviews in the paranormal romance world for writing smart, slightly innocent heroines and intense alpha males. She loves writing stories that incorporate a strong plot with a heavy dose of heat. Her influences include Judith McNaught who she feels writes a smart heroine to perfection, Gena Showalter, Maya Banks and Lora Leigh. You can often find her writing compared to JR Ward, but if you are a fan of the Black Dagger Brotherhood be warned that Setta Jay’s novels are more erotic in nature.

Born a California girl, she currently resides in Idaho with her husband of ten plus years who she describes as incredibly sexy and supportive, even when it’s Willy Wednesday on Twitter. ;)

She loves to hear from readers so feel free to find her on social media or send her an email and she will happily reply.


Email: settajayauthor@gmail.com

 
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Review Guardians of the Realms: Denying Ecstasy & Tempting Ecstasy by Setta Jay








Title: Denying Ecstasy
Author: Setta Jay
Series: Guardians of the Realms #3
Release Date: June 28th 2014


Synopsis

A headstrong sassy mortal, Rain is a Mageia living in Tetartos, the Realm of beasts and Immortals. Her nights have been restless, filled with sensual dreams of a big blonde Guardian whose glares indicate he wants nothing to do with her. She is determined to shake off the odd feelings until she finds out her dream lover is responsible for her rescue from a demented Demi-God. In doing so, his touch ignites something rare and coveted. Something that she’s never anticipated… Something he should have told her about. Rain is set on making him explain and then feel the full force of her ire.

After a devastating betrayal resulting in the loss of a close friend a century ago, Dorian refuses to trust or engage with Immortals other than his Guardian family. His years of brutal fighting in the underground Immortal rings are over. He patrols the Realms and slakes his lust with the humans on Earth. Existing, but not living as he used to. He knows the moment he scents Rain that he has found his mate and after touching her he plans to avoid her as long as he can... Until he learns she is in danger. Raging, his beast demands that he go to her, but taking her from their enemy has repercussions he fully plans to escape at all costs.

For Dorian, finding a way out of mating Rain means he could succumb to madness and harm those that mean so much to him… but giving in to his burning urge for her means losing control in a heated mating frenzy sure to ignite them both and link them forever.

Warning: brief instances of M/F/F and M/F/M menage, a hot headed, dirty talking alpha male, voyeurism and sexually explicit scenes.



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I do have the knack of starting a series smack in the middle. But, really, I read the blurb and I just couldn't say not to it! It sounded like the perfect book, and one that would get me out of a funk. Not reading for 4 days does not happen often.

So, mythology. Alpha heroes. Strong heroines. That's what this series is all about. I started this one, book 3, with no background knowledge of the series, characters, nada. I have to say, it took me a little to understand who, what, where and how because it's such a complex world, with quite a lot of characters and creatures. And background from the previous two books.

But it pulled me right in.

The story's a little push-and-pull. The hero doesn't want to heroine. She wants him; then she doesn't. And of course that the hero changes his mind. I actually loved that the women in this series have a backbone; they're not to be told what to do or be walked all over on. WIN! And, okay, so the hero was big, bad and blond [my (un)holy trinity], so it was easy to forgive him.

The story line is amazing; the different world, the characters, everything is really well done. You get quite a lot of feels. You will, especially, feel hot, a lot of times. Because, hoo-boy, these guys talk the talk and walk the walk!

So, in a nutshell: PNR + mythology + alpha heroes + strong heroines + unique plot = a very, very happy me!

4.5 - 5 stars. If you're a fan of Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark Hunters, Gena Showalter's Lords of the Underworld, then you'll love this one. Ah, it's just a teensie bit hotter *cough* so hot *cough*

***Copy received from NetGalley after stumbling upon it*** 




Title: Tempting Ecstasy
Author: Setta Jay
Series: Guardians of the Realms #4
Release Date: September 30th 2014


Synopsis

*Erotic Paranormal Romance*

Conn had spent the millennia of his life fighting alongside his brethren as a Guardian of the Four Realms. He’d never allowed himself to imagine that he would be gifted a mate but her scent was inside him now. The intoxicating lure incited his wolf to track her and claim her in a sexual frenzy she could never deny. He refused to repeat the mistakes his brothers had made in their unions, instead he planned to fight the demands of his beast and tempt his female.

Dacia had spent the years of her life as a guardian of her family's secrets. Her days were consumed with helping her siblings search for the Immortals who had escaped the God Apollo’s brutal training camps with her parents thousands of years ago. They were the only hope of finding answers to questions about their lives. Questions her parents hadn’t resolved before their deaths.

Not in her wildest of dreams would Dacia have imagined the answers would instead find her. Or what form those answers would take. The breathtaking male who stepped out of the night and into her life was certainly not one of the hidden Immortals her parents had told of, he was so much more. Wielding both immense power and thrilling strength he aroused not only her body but the wolf hidden within.

Dacia needed to find a way to trust her seductive Guardian, not only with herself, but with her family as well. But how long could she hold out against both the intensity of the mating frenzy that demanded sexual release, and the wickedly sexy male who was tempting not just her body... but also her heart?

Warning: This book is intended for an adult audience. It contains explicit sex; voyeurism; dirty talking males with bad language



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In this one, it's Conn's turn to find his mate. But he didn't expect the small 'army' he got along with said mate.

Dacia's family is pretty big, consisting of several sisters and brothers. Just when she wants to move out and be alone, she finds a sexy stranger in her bedroom. And he's a powerful Lykos, to boot.

Now, this one's a slow burn, compared to the previous books. Conn knows he has to take it slow with Dacia, since she doesn't know of Immortals and their ways, of mates and how it all works. She's lived with and among humans, so she tends to think and act like one. Until her beast sets its sights on Conn, that is.

I enjoyed this one, too and it's always great to read updates about the other couples.

Plus, this one had a major twist, one I didn't see coming, so, I'm curious to see where the author takes it.

4.5 stars. Copy received from Netgalley.


Author Bio

   
Setta Jay is the author of the popular Guardians of the Realms Series. She's garnered attention and rave reviews in the paranormal romance world for writing smart, slightly innocent heroines and intense alpha males. She loves writing stories that incorporate a strong plot with a heavy dose of heat. Her influences include Judith McNaught who she feels writes a smart heroine to perfection, Gena Showalter, Maya Banks and Lora Leigh. You can often find her writing compared to JR Ward, but if you are a fan of the Black Dagger Brotherhood be warned that Setta Jay’s novels are more erotic in nature.

Born a California girl, she currently resides in Idaho with her husband of ten plus years who she describes as incredibly sexy and supportive, even when it’s Willy Wednesday on Twitter. ;)

She loves to hear from readers so feel free to find her on social media or send her an email and she will happily reply.


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Review Guardians of the Realms: Ecstasy Unbound & Ecstasy Claimed by Setta Jay








Title: Ecstasy Unbound
Author: Setta Jay
Series: Guardians of the Realms #1
Release Date: January 29th 2014


Synopsis

As one of the twelve Guardians, Urian has spent the last several centuries in a constant battle to keep the inhabitants of Earth’s Realms under control. Humanity has to evolve, hell beasts need to die, and Immortals need mates. But lately, Uri's mind is overrun with thoughts of when his sexy voyeur will find him again, watching him from the shadows, continuing their wicked game. All Guardians are forbidden contact with the little goddess and her brothers, but his need for her escalating, he finds it increasingly difficult to keep from pinning her down on the nearest surface and making her his.

Alexandra has managed to evade the Guardians and being cast out from the human Realm for centuries, ever since the Creators sent the Gods to sleep for their sins against humanity and banished all Immortals. Always sensing that she was needed on Earth, only once has Alex gone against her instincts and the price she paid will forever haunt her. It is for that reason she forces herself to stay away from the only male who has ever truly enticed her. The only one who has ever made her long for what she knows is dangerous.

In a desperate need to help her beloved brother, she will have to go to the enthralling Guardian, her dark obsession, and even though he will surely attempt to exile her, she won't go easily…

Warning: This book contains explicit and sizzling sex scenes with big dominant males. MFM, ménage, and light bondage.



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After starting the series with book 3 - and loving it - of course that I had to go back, to the beginning of it all, and read the first two. Best choice I've ever made.

First, of course that everything made more sense. While yes, the story line is complex, in book 1, everything is laid out.

Uri's a Guardian; Alex is a demi-goddess. They have a habit, for the lack of a better word - and it's a pretty hot one, may I add!

After practically playing cat and mouse, things are taken to a new level, because Alex needs Uri's help. I love how, besides the main characters' love story, we get a second one too. Plus, since it's all in 3rd person, we get to see pretty much everything else that happens.

These two are perfect for each other. Of course that Uri's alpha, possessive, while Alex is strong and can hold her own. She is a demi-goddess, after all.

Throw in some bad guys that are experimenting on innocents, kidnappings, whirlwind romances and very steamy sex scenes, and you get the perfect book, practically.

This series became a fave. Truly. I don't have one fave character because I love them all. Okay, so maybe I'm partial to the baddest of them all, Drake. Can you blame me?

5 stars. Perfect start to a series. It also hints at what comes next.

***Copy received from NetGalley*** 


  



Title: Ecstasy Claimed
Author: Setta Jay
Series: Guardians of the Realms #2 
Release Date: March 26th 2014


Synopsis

Gregoire has spent centuries with his brother Guardians fighting for the safety and security of the Realms. Endless decades of battling mixed with bouts of mindless sex to sate his needs. Needs that haven’t truly been fulfilled since she was born. The one destined to be his bonded mate. For the last twenty five years Gregoire has kept his distance giving her time to grow into a female who is capable of handling his intense dominance.

Alyssa has done everything that was expected of her, until the day she finds out she has a mate who has left her unclaimed. Unheard of when mates are rare and coveted. Even worse is the fact that he is the most powerful of her race and a Guardian of the Realms. Furious at the rejection she decides she is now in charge of her life. No more will she allow others to rule her.

Against the backdrop of evil forces that are conspiring to topple the Realms, can Gregoire find his wayward mate before she is taken by corrupt Immortals? Can Alyssa forgive him and learn to exert her own female power while surrendering to his savage passion? And will the two of them be able to forge a mate bond that cannot be severed... or will they be forever cursed with an Ecstasy Unclaimed?

Warning: Dirty talking, possessive alpha male; scenes of sexual exhibition; an instance of f/f; spankings and more.




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Hoo boy. They are getting hotter and hotter!

I love that it's a continuous story line, picking it off right where the previous book ended.

Gregoire is the most alpha of all the Guardians, so far. They're all possessive, don't get me wrong, but G takes it to a whole new level. And it's HOT!

Unlike other Immortals, he had known his mate since she was born. Being a rough type and very intense, he didn't let his mate know they were meant to be when she turned eighteen, the age an Immortal can be mated.

Alyssa finds out and she feels unwanted. So, she takes her best friend, Rain, and they up and leave to an island where they can relax but also find pleasure at the hands of other Immortals.

Of course that Gregoire doesn't take that well and he's off to finally claim his little mate.

Alyssa may be innocent, but she's far from naive and a doormat. She speaks her mind, whether Gregoire likes it or not.

I love the gradual process of them coming together and falling for each other.

Of course that it's not all rainbows and sunshine, so the bad guys are still running amok, doing their experimenting.

The feels I got from reading this book... They were all there. It's never a dull moment, with these characters. Nor does it lack the 'sweet-baby-cherubs-that-is-HOT' factor.

5 stars. Nothing more to add, other than read these books.


   Author Bio



Setta Jay is the author author of the popular Guardians of the Realms Series. She's garnered attention and rave reviews in the paranormal romance world for writing smart, slightly innocent heroines and intense alpha males. She loves writing stories that incorporate a strong plot with a heavy dose of heat. Her influences include Judith McNaught who she feels writes a smart heroine to perfection, Gena Showalter, Maya Banks and Lora Leigh. You can often find her writing compared to JR Ward, but if you are a fan of the Black Dagger Brotherhood be warned that Setta Jay’s novels are more erotic in nature.

Born a California girl, she currently resides in Idaho with her husband of ten plus years who she describes as incredibly sexy and supportive, even when it’s Willy Wednesday on Twitter. ;)

She loves to hear from readers so feel free to find her on social media or send her an email and she will happily reply.


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Thursday, August 20, 2015

Blog Tour, Excerpt Reveal & Giveaway~ The Sisters Club by Lauren Baratz-Logsted





The Sisters Club Synopsis:
Four women have little in common other than where they live and the joyous complications of having sisters. Cindy waits for her own life to begin as she sees her sister going in and out of hospitals. Lise has made the boldest move of her life, even as her sister spends every day putting herself at risk to improve the lives of others. Diana is an ocean apart from her sister, but worries that her marriage is the relationship separated by the most distance. Sylvia has lost her twin sister to breast cancer, a disease that runs in the family, and fears that she will die without having ever really lived.

When Diana places an ad in the local newsletter, Cindy, Lise, and Sylvia show up thinking they are joining a book club, but what they discover is something far deeper and more profound than any of them ever imagined.

With wit, charm, and pathos, this mesmerizing tale of sisters, both born and built, enthralls on every page.



Excerpt:
From: Antony.DiCaprio@ctuniversity.edu
To: Lise.Barrett@ctuniversity.edu

Do you have any idea how good you look in those jeans? And how much I’d like to see you out of them? But, alas and alack, I promised Dean Jones I’d pop by for some of his wretched Sherry this evening. Rain check on those jeans?

     Tony was in the same department as I, but he taught only dead authors, while I’d committed myself to live ones – hey, at least we both loved to read. Tony was also the kind of rangy, long-limbed, blond-and-blue-eyed man who could make tweed look trendy and he was my other big secret. Not that we’d get fired if people learned of our on-again/off-again affair – I mean, it wasn’t like he was a student, after all – but it would be frowned upon, particularly when each of us came up for peer review.
     We’d been together for three years. At the end of the first year, he’d asked me to marry him. Not realizing how serious he was, I’d all but laughed in his face.
     “Who gets married these days after just one year together?” I’d said. “And why? I’m not even ready to have kids yet.”
     A year later, following a pregnancy scare of Sara’s, I thought I had the childbearing itch and asked him to marry me. It was his turn to laugh.
     “You’re still not ready to have kids. You’re not ready to be married,” he’d said. “Don’t be ridiculous. Ask me again someday when you understand what it is you’re saying.”
     I had a hunch that his “no” was a defensive reaction to my earlier “no,” but even I could see he was right: I wasn’t ready, neither for marriage nor kids.
     Since then, we’d just continued on in our off-again/on-again way, neither of us ready for anything more, both content to remain what we were at least for the time being: a man and a woman who enjoyed each other’s company more than we did anyone else’s. Oh, and the sex was still good.
     I wrote him back that he could have as many rain checks as he needed, provided he had some power over the universe and could make it warm enough to turn the oddly persistent snow into rain.



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Lauren grew up in Monroe, CT, where her father owned a drugstore at which her mother was the pharmacist. She is a graduate of the University of Connecticut at Storrs, where she majored in psychology. She also has what she calls her “half-Masters” in English from Western Connecticut State University (five courses down, another five to go…someday!).

Throughout college, she worked semester breaks as a doughnut salesperson, a job that she swears gave her white lung disease from all the powdered sugar she breathed.

Upon graduation, she began work at the venerable independent spacebookseller, now sadly defunct as such, Klein’s of Westport. There, she bought and sold for the better part of 11 years.

In November 1994, Lauren left the bookstore to finally take a chance on herself as a writer. Success did not happen over night. Between 1994 and May 2002 – when Red Dress Ink called with an offer to buy THE THIN PINK LINE – Lauren worked as a book reviewer, a freelance editor and writer, and a window washer, making her arguably the only woman in the world who has ever both hosted a book signing party and washed the windows of the late best-selling novelist Robert Ludlum.

Since Red Dress Ink’s call in 2002, Lauren has been kept very busy with writing more novels and checking her Amazon ranking on a daily basis. She still lives in Danbury, with her husband and daughter, where she has lived since 1991.

In addition to writing, Lauren’s daughter keeps her busy, accounting for the rest of her time.

Lauren’s favorite color is green.

Lauren’s favorite non-cat animals are penguins.
Lauren wants you to know that, however you are pronouncing her last name, you are probably pronouncing it wrong


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Reviews ~ Slammer by Tabatha Vargo

Title: Slammer
Author: Tabatha Vargo
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release: August 25, 2015

SYNOPSIS

 The last place Christopher Jacobs, aka X, thought he’d find himself was behind bars. Ten years later, the boy he used to be is gone. In his place is the shell of a man with murder under his belt. Any emotion he once had was left under the gavel when he was given life in prison. That is until the new nurse in the infirmary joins the block. 
Putting your hands on a prison employee will get you the hole, but some things are worth their punishment, and something tells him Lyla will be worth more than he bargained for. 


Lyla Evans isn’t sure about her new job at a maximum security prison, but showing uncertainty and weakness isn’t an option. Taking care of murders and rapist isn’t ideal, but survival is key. She’s warned ahead of time about a prisoner named X, but when she’s attacked, it’s the dangerous X that saves her. Fraternizing with the prisoners is forbidden, but sometimes the most forbidden things are the sweetest.
REVIEWS


Lynn~4 Stars

Do you love great romance? Where the couple fall madly in love, can't keep their hands off each other, and do all the things that lovers do? 

Well go hop on your unicorn and tell him to double time it running on the rainbow back to Candyland and pick yourself up another book on the way. This shit ain't for you.

This was given to me as an ARC for an honest review and honestly I never saw it coming. Lyla Evans is a nurse stuck taking a job in a maximum security prison just because she needs money. There she meets one of the most dangerous criminals ever to be incarcerated in the facility; Christopher Jacobs. AKA, "X". As their meetings become routine, feelings develop. Not much in prison is as it seems (who knew!) and on top of all the vulgar things said to Lyla by the prisoners, and behind her back by the CO's, there has been a price put on her head. When X finds out he swears to himself to do everything he can to protect her. I'm not saying much more because I don't want to ruin it. 

So my synopsis is this, it grabbed my attention from the first page because it begins at a gruesome crime scene. The storyline is good, the character build up is good. There's some things that gave me an "oh come on!" moment. You'll find out which ones when you read the book and realize even with the curtain closed you can't hide what you're doing in there when there's other people in the room. There were some grammatical and spelling errors in it, but since it was an ARC, and the author has yet to get it fully edited, I'm not holding that against the author and using it in my rating. I say it's worthy of a 4 - 4 1/2 star rating in my opinion. 

This is not a sweet book. This is not a relationship with a HEA. So if crude talking prisoners, corrupt prison employees, and the occasional ass raping doesn't bother you, you should probably pick this one up. The end will slap you cross yo face harder than yo momma did the first time you yelled the "F" word when you fell off your bike after the training wheels were removed.

Amy~ 4 Stars

Slammer is the story of Christopher Jacobs aka "X" and Lyla Evans. X has been in prison for the past 10 years, convicted of a double homicide. He has no recollection of the events of the homicide, but pled guilty to the charges, believing he is guilty of the crimes. Lyla is a nurse, who has just started working in the infirmary at the prison where X is incarcerated. X immediately doesn't like Lyla, believing she is too soft to work in the prison setting. Lyla is wary of X because of the stories she has heard of the circumstances surrounding his incarceration and his reputation within the prison.

What eventually develops is a sort of friendship, which then turns into a more substantial relationship. Lyla believes X is innocent of the crimes he's convicted of and begins digging into the circumstances of the case. Some of the information Lyla uncovers upsets some pretty powerful players, and her life is jeopardized because of it. X becomes more of her protector, but Lyla isn't the only one who's in danger within the walls of the prison.

There are scenes that are quite brutal, so if you can't tolerate that, this might not be the book for you. When the final story unraveled, I was shocked by the turn of events. The epilogue was especially chilling for me. The story was well-written and kept me intrigued through out. 

 Shanda- 4.5 Stars
I really didn’t know what to expect from reading Slammer but it did surprise me. I assumed it would be dark since it is sent in a prison but it was ugly. I was intrigued on how the author was going to pull off a love story in a prison. This is the story of Christopher Jacobs aka “X”, a man who has been behind bars for ten years, and Lyla Evans a new nurse at the max security prison X is in. 

X was convicted of a double murder that he doesn’t remember committing, but he believes he is guilty. He is dead inside and greatly feared inside the prison. Lyla’s’ arrival angers him because he is scared for her and just wants her gone. Lyla is wary of X because of how he acts towards her but she is drawn to him and they develop a friendship. As the story progresses and they get to know each other they form a friendship that leads to more. X and Lyla were scorching hot together, and if you are wondering how they achieved this in prison I won’t spoil. I will say this part was a bit unbelievable for me, how they went about it was risky and made me roll my eyes a little, but I was caught up in the hot sex and for the sake of the story I went with it. I liked both Lyla and X, Lyla did things at times that made me question her common sense but for the most part I liked her. X broke my heart, I felt for him struggling to understand how he could be such a monster. 

In an effort to leave this spoiler free I will say the story kept me glued to my kindle. It was violent: what you imagine happens in prison does happen in this book and it was BRUTAL! It was sad: I cried in one scene towards the end. At times the story was hopeful but bottom line it is dark, bloody, and most of all unfair so be prepared. The last 20% of the book had me riveted and the ending was a mindfuck. IT GAVE ME CHILLS! 

Well done! 






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