The Only Way to Travel by Keiko Alvarez
Release Date: May 15, 2012
Publisher: Devine Destinies
Pages: 38
Source: book provided by the publisher for review
In just three days, life becomes bizarre for Nancy. It’s bad enough that her husband ran off with his new girlfriend, that she survived a plane crash and a train crash, and that she had a run-in with a terrorist. All of what’s happened to her is impossibly crazy—but the surprise waiting for her at home is crazier yet.
A Shot of Sultry by Macy Beckett
Series: Sultry Springs (# 2)
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pages: 320
Source: book provided by NetGalley for review
Welcome to Sultry Springs, Texas: where home can be the perfect place for a fresh start.
For West Coast filmmaker Bobbi Gallagher, going back to Sultry Springs is a last resort. But with her career in tatters, a documentary set in her hometown might be just what she needs to salvage her reputation. She just can’t let anything distract her again. Not even the gorgeous contractor her brother asked to watch over her. As if she can’t handle filming a few rowdy Texans.
Golden boy Trey Lewis, with his blond hair and Technicolor-blue eyes, is a leading man if Bobbi ever saw one. He’s strong and confident and—much to her delight—usually shirtless. He thinks keeping his best friend’s baby sister out of trouble will be easy. But he has no idea of the trouble in store for him…
Off Her Game by Suzan Butler
Series: Texas Highlanders Ice Hockey (# 1)
Release Date: March 25, 2013
Publisher: Soaring Phoenix Press
Page: 204
Source: book provided by the author for review
Penalty Number One: Men
Making time for men and relationships doesn’t fit into Valerie Chase’s game plan. This crisis-counselor-turned-cocktail-waitress knows the score–Men are a distraction. But when a certain hockey player tempts her wild side, part of her wants to indulge in a little harmless fun.
Penalty Number Two: Desire
As the star center for the Texas Highlanders, Darren Moran’s good looks and deadly determination make him a fan favorite. But after the previous season’s disaster, the last thing he needs is to let some woman crawl under his skin. But… Valerie is different. She brings out the best in him–both on and off the ice–and he’s not about to lose her.
Penalty Number Three: Passion
When the game moves to the next level, Darren and Val have got to call timeout. An unplanned romance is a game-thrower, a sinful temptation that neither of them can afford. After all, there’s no way to have order in matters of the heart when the penalties tally up to an ejection from the game.
Too Stupid to Live by Anne Tenino
Series: Romancelandia (# 1)
Release Date: January 12, 2013
Publisher: Riptide Publishing
Pages: 280
Source: NetGalley
Sam’s a new man. Yes, he’s still too tall, too skinny, too dorky, too gay, and has that unfortunate addiction to romance novels, but he’s wised up. His One True Love is certainly still out there, but he knows now that real life is nothing like fiction. He’s cultivated the necessary fortitude to say “no” to the next Mr. Wrong, no matter how hot, exciting, and/or erotic-novel-worthy he may be.
Until he meets Ian.
Ian’s a new man. He’s pain-free, has escaped the job he hated and the family who stifled him, and is now—possibly—ready to dip his toe into the sea of relationships. He’s going to be cautious, though, maybe start with someone who knows the score and isn’t looking for anything too complicated. Someone with experience and simple needs that largely revolve around the bedroom.
Until he meets Sam.
Sam’s convinced that Ian is no one’s Mr. Right. Ian’s sure that Sam isn’t his type. They can’t both be wrong…can they?
Dirty Laundry by Heidi Cullinan
Series: Tucker Springs (# 3)
Release Date: January 26, 2013
Publisher: Riptide Publishing
Pages: 224
Source: NetGalley
Entomology grad student Adam Ellery meets Denver Rogers, a muscle-bound hunk of sexy, when Denver effortlessly dispatches the drunken frat boys harassing Adam at the Tucker Springs laundromat. Thanking him turns into flirting, and then, much to Adam’s delight, hot sex over the laundry table.
Though Denver’s job as a bouncer at a gay bar means he gets his pick of geek-sexy college twinks, he can’t get Adam out of his head. Adam seems to need the same rough play Denver does, and it’s damn hard to say no to such a perfect fit.
Trouble is, Adam isn’t just shy: he has obsessive compulsive disorder and clinical anxiety, conditions which have ruined past relationships. And while Denver might be able to bench-press a pile of grad students, he comes from a history of abuse and is terrified of getting his GED. Neither Denver nor Adam want to face their dirty laundry, but to stay together, they’re going to have to come clean.
A Table for Three by Lainey Reese
Series: New York (# 1)
Release Date: April 20, 2010
Publisher: Samhain Publishing
Pages: 200
Source: Publicist
Riley Ramirez knew that moving to New York would change her life. She just didn’t expect it to start on her very first night in town. Her attraction to nightclub owner Kincade Marshall is instant, mind-blowing—and mutual. When she finds he is a Dom who requires her complete surrender, even when it comes to submitting to his best friend, Trevor Wellington, she finds herself willing and eager to embrace the sexual adventure.
From their earliest days, Cade and Trevor have shared everything, including women. Yet it only takes one night with Riley to know she is their forever lady. Convincing her that this is more than a temporary fling, though, will take every tool in their sensual arsenal.
As Cade and Trevor set their sights on Riley, however, they’re unaware—until it’s almost too late—that someone is targeting their fragile relationship. Someone who’s taking deadly aim at Riley. Suddenly their struggle to keep their forever woman is a fight to keep her alive…
Just Sex by Heidi Lynn Anderson
Release Date: May 2, 2012
Publisher: Ellora’s Cave
Pages: 191
Source: Publisher
When J.J. stumbles upon his conservative client in the throes of a self-induced climax, his desire to have Kat’s curvy body beneath his reaches the breaking point. At that moment, J.J. knows she needs someone to tend to more than just her yard. Now to convince Kat that he’s the right man for the job. Judging by her pristine yard, Kat already knows J.J. is good with his hands—and she’s more than willing to put those hands to better use. The man fulfills her every lusty dream, and Kat never thought a sex-filled fling would change her life for the good. Too bad it can’t last…
Informed Consent by Susanna Stone
Release Date: December 28, 2011
Publisher: Ellora’s Cave
Pages: 49
Source: Publisher
If you dare to come near me again, I swear I’ll take that as your consent for me to use you any way I choose…
With equal parts determination and trepidation, Tara Calloway risks more than her heart to carry a vital message to her long-ago would-be lover, both hopeful and fearful of the reception that awaits her. She needs to keep it strictly business between them, for everyone’s sake, but Joe Corbett seizes this chance to carry out the explicit sexual threats—promises?—depicted in the letter he wrote her six years ago in a paroxysm of heat and anger.
And she has no intention of stopping him.
Training Tristan by Shannon West
Release Date: March 6, 2012
Publisher: Secret Cravings Publishing
Pages: 43
Source: Publisher
Jed is having a busy night on patrol, with one domestic after another. He’s called to the scene of another one involving what sounds to the neighbors like a man beating his boyfriend. He’s ready to arrest them both and let the judge sort it out when he sees the victim, a beautiful boy who brings out all his protective instincts. When he discovers the boy, Tristan, has nowhere to go, he decides rashly to take him home with him. Tristan is wonderful, beautiful and sexy as hell, but he’s also a bit of a swish. If Jed keeps him, everyone will discover his secret—Jed is very much in the closet. Jed decides to train Tristan to be a bit more masculine, but soon realizes it’s an uphill climb. Will Jed be able to train his lover? Or will he learn to accept him just the way he is?
To the Grave by Carlene Thompson
Release Date: July 31, 2012
Publisher: St. Martin’s Paperbacks
Pages: 432
Source: Publisher
As a psychologist, Catherine Gray understands the power of first love. As a woman, she still has feelings for her first crush, James—a handsome lawyer who was trapped in a bad marriage for years. Now that Catherine has returned to Aurora Falls, and James is divorced, they can finally build a life together. But then she stumbles onto his first love—his ex-wife Renée, missing for the past three years—murdered…
Catherine is stunned. How well does she really know James? What secret destroyed his marriage—and who killed his wife? When a mysterious fire destroys the crime scene, Catherine starts looking for answers. In a portrait for a masked woman, she sees Renée’s eyes looking back at her hauntingly. And when the next victim is revealed, it becomes terrifyingly clear that an obsessed killer is on the loose—and Catherine is next in line…